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BIOGRAPHICAL
T\MFS DVRhOW ^IVMJSil Oi ol tl luh
_i t nen t Dar t i i 3l 1 inv iheii i tl e 1-ith
t "May 1017 James D Slandiah was talk 1 to his
fiiiHl home ^ uitne of Michigan le hal spent the
„rtafer part of his life in this state nnil as tlie ^ears
H re added to the cicle of the centuries he nidile for
i 11 self a moat prommtnt position in conneetion with
II 1 uainesB life not only of Detroit and of Michigan
1 lit of the entire eountr-^ becoming one of the central
f^ires in connection witli the packing industry of
\. men el His powers were level oped through the
\ rcise of effort and from each esperience of life he
leirued the lesson therein contained He ma Ic splen
1 1 Hie of his time his talents and his opportunities
1 i step by step he a h inced to a position of leader
lip gaming ntt oulv nottble ancLesa but aW the
1 i].eLt and tonfidi nee of all iith whom he «as asso
<ntel
Mr Sfinliah w^s 1 orn m Pontne Michigin Novem
I r 12 1849 an 1 18 a son of John Dim and Emma Lee
(1 rrow) Standiih The former ma a son cf Samuel
sti dish and a Iireet leseendant of Milea '^tindish in
l( eighth generatJMi The mother wis born m Old
L\mi Connecticut ml the Stan lish fimilv was a!ao
long represented m that state Samuel Standish the
granltather waa born in Norwich Connecticut Maj
S 17j3 and waa married to Lois Curtis of Woodburv
Connecticut 1 daughtir of Eldad Curtis Samuel
Stinliah removed to Stoekbridge Massachusetts anl
lu Apnlj 1776, volunteered for aerMie under Captain
Hollies -with whom he waa on duty for twenty daya
In September 1776 while residing in btockl ridge he
Tgam volunteered under Colonel Simonds of Williams
town Massachusetts and Major Bossiter of Eichmond
Massaehuaetta, ant was m the battle <f White Flams
New lork on the 29th o± October of that vear re
cemng hia discbarge in the Ittter part of November
On the 8th of Juh of the following jear he was called
'it with the militii at Stoekbridge, marched through
the t>wii8 along the wav to Fort Ann and then jcnned
Liptiin El ulej a ' company of Richmond Masaa
chusetts While on picket dut> ^t Fort Elward he was
tiken prisoner and while held ■is a prisoner of wit saw
the Indiina kill and scalp Jennie McEea He was
tal>en to Fort Ticonderoga where he was made t true
1 team haulinj, provisions for the British On the
tl iri trip he escaped md went to Arlington \ ermont
ind from there proceeded to his home in Stockbridgo
rrninj. m ScftLmber 1" " Lat r he n vel to Ben
ningt n \ erim nt an i itt r tl Re\oIil
rtsidc 1 in (minille New iork to whi h pHcc he went
about 1783 His aon Simuel was born there at that
late and in 1800 the father ser\ eil as collector of the
town His name ia mentione < in the nttional ofitcial
register hat of pensioners resi ling in Granville in 1840
at tl age of eighty six years He died Match 18,
1841 and was buried in the cemetery at North Gran
\ille New Yorli There his son Samuel, the grand
father of Janiea D fetandish lived
The tamily removed to Detroit when James Darrow
Standish was a young lad of nine years and he at
tendel the public schools ot this citv, while later he
became a student in Kalan laoo College thus qualify
mg by liberal educational training for life s praetieil
and responsible duties On the 32d of May 18 1 Mr
Standish was united in marriage at Adrian Michigan
to Miss Jennie C Hart
For hve years prior to his marrnge James D
Standish was with the packing firm ot Stantish &
I^ es an 1 was the original Standish of the Hammond,
Standish Company During the last twenty yeara of
his life he was connected with many financial busi
ness and social organizations of the city and was
rec<gnizcl aa a man of prominence in Detroit He
entered the employ of Standish &, I^es in lit" thI
two ■tears later waa given a worliing interest n tl e
firm which became Standish & Company Subse
quently he assiated in organizing the firm of Ham
mond Standiah A. Company being associate 1 m the
enterprise with George H Hammond and Si Inev B
Dixon This was m 1872 and m 1880 the business
was incorporated They became well known aa pack
ers and wloleaale and retail dealers in proiisiona Mr
Stanlish remaining secretary and treasurer ot the
ei"mpan> from ita organization until his demise In
1881 he also became secretary <tnd treasurer of the
O H Hamm md Cimpany which transferred its gen
eral offiees to Chicaf.o in 1889 at which time he re
mo\ed to that cit> When the company was merged
into the National Packing Company in 1902 he be
cime secretary and trosurer of the amalgamated
(rganization anl so continued until 1904 He then
again t ok up his abode in Detroit anl assumed his
luties with Hammond Stanlish & Company aa secre
tary and treaaurer Still further he extended his ef
forta and activitiea bi becoming preaident ot the He
tioit Beef tompanj jresident f the Caftlt Feed rs
L an ( ifaui ot Soitl Omah N 1 risk a a lirtcttr
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of the Commercial National Bink of Detroit the
Securit'i Trust Compinv tad. the Michigan Sivmga
Bank and also of the So ith Omiha Nitional Bank of
6outh Umaha By reiaon of the extent and import
anee of the busineis interests whi h he de\ eloped lad
controlled he was one of the best known men in the
packing jndu'itrT and Detroit mleid kst oi e of her
foremost representat \e^ when Mr Stindish paasod
He and his family long tutupied % prominent poai
tion m the sji.ial circles of the eitj To him and his
wife noro horn two children. James D., Jr., and
Jane H., the wife of H, C. Van Voorhis, now residing
in Brookline, Maaaaehusetta. They have two chil-
dren, Stan dish and Peter.
Mr. Standish made hia home at No. 1411 Bnrna
avenue. He had long been a devoted member of the
Epiaeopal church and along social lines was con-
nected with the Detroit, Detroit Athletic the Detroit
Conntry ind Lake bt Cliir Fish ng and Shooting
Clubs He was ilso ■> member <f the Board of Com
mecte and interested m all thit had to lo with the
citi s welfare iievehiment and progreas He en
joyel golf to whn,h he turned for reereition The
intereats ani activities of hia 1 £e were well balanced
He gave due thought to his important h isincaii af
faira yet never allowed these to so monopolize his
tune as to exclu It his active participation in the
social amenities of life or 1 is etmeat support ot til
those plana and projects which have to in with cul
tural progreas or the material intellectual and moral
advancement cf mankind
COLONEL ?IDNE"i DUNN" W-iLDON one of
Detroit s mo<it prominent citizens who've activities and
connectuns haie been closely a'^nociated with the citv s
wonderful in du trill growth w a native of Lc ndon
England and was born January 29 1S73 a ^on of Jimei
La\ and JuLa (Dunn) Waldon The father a civil
engineer was for twenti three jears in the emplov of
Pickford &. Company of London After coming to the
Umted States m 1S93 the father hved for a number of
years at Mount Vernon Ohio where he and his wife are
both buried
Sidne\ D TValton acquired his elucation in the schools
of London and South Kensington England after which
he learned the trade of a Iccksmith in the factory of
Holba Hart & Companv m London In February
1895 Mr \\ aldon came to America with hia parents
who located at Mount Vernon, Ohio, and m that citj he
becam e t d nith the Cooper Engine Works, being
thu n pi d 1 1 1896.
He th n w nt t Erie, Pennsylvania, where he secured
a po t n with th Ball Engine Company, so continuing
untl I 1 3 1900 He joined the Foster Automobile
Compan of Ro h ter. New York July 5, 1900, remaining
there until April 18, 1902, when he accepted a clerical
position with the New York & Ohio Automobile Com-
■ pany, organized a short time previously at Warren, Ohio,
to manufacture the one-:'^ linder car designed by the
Packard brothers
This was m the pioneer da3S of the great Packard
industrv and marked the beginning of Mr ft aldon s
connection with it which contmued through thirteen
years In November 1903 Mr Waldon came to Detroit
at the time of the removal of the business to this cit^
His subsequent relations nith the compan3 became more
and more important and carried him through the positions
of sales manager assistant general manager general
manager and vice president m which latter capacity he
was serving when he severed his connection with the
Packard interests on the 1st of March, 1915. Mr. Waldon
next became director of engineering in the Cadillac plant
in Detroit, remaining in that capacity until July 1, 1916.
In 1910 Mr. Waldon had met Orville and Wilbur Wright
and had made flights in the planea ot that period, becoming
a firm believer in the future of air navigation. At the
organization of the Aero Club of Michigan he was a charter
member He was a member of the committee that
included Howard E Coffin and Henrs B Jov for the
purchase of aeroplanes for the AerD Club in 1915 He
with other members of the Aero Club of Michigan
succeeded m influencing the national advisory committee
for aeronautics to come to Detroit in November 1916
for the purpose of studving the possibdities of Detroit as
a center of air craft manufacture and meidentallv inspect-
ing the new Jov Aviatioo Field now "^elfridge Field at
Mount Clemens At the request of Ceneril Squires
Mr Waldon entered the air senice in December 1916
and took a prominent part in the earl^ organization and
subsequent work of the aviation section In February
1917 he was commi sioned captain in the Signal Corps
Aviation &ection
In earh 1917 Mr Waldon orgmized the Air Manu
facturers Association out of the mdustrv then existing
was assistant chief of the Equipment Division of the
Signal Ctrps when that division was formed and helped
to organize and served as a member of the Air Craft
Production Board until he went Jierseas In August
1917 he was promoted to colonel which rank he was
holding when he left the aervice December IS 191S
His work had included service in Washingtsn overseas
and m Dayton Ohio
Colonel Waldon after hia return to Detroit was made
a member of the street ra Iwaj comm swon bj Ma^ or
Couzens and served m 1919 He was one of the pro
moters of the Detroit Motor Bus Companv and is now
vice president of that company He was one of the group
of ten men who organised the Liberty Motor Car Company
and put that project on its feet.
On the 20th of October, 1898, Colonel Waldon married
Miss Lois Strong Burton, of Erie, Pennsylvania, and they
have one daughter, Maunie, whose husband, Karl Adams
Dietrick, is employed at the Packard Motor Car Com-
pany.
Colonel Waldon has always given his political pupport
to the republican party and has ever recognized the duties
and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship.
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He beloi^s to the Episcopal church and is also aJi exem-
plary representative of the Masonic fraternity. He is
welt known in the best social circles of the city, while his
club membership includes the Detroit Club; Groase
Pointe Country Club; Detroit Athletic Club, of which
he is a director; Detroit Automobile Club of which he is
president; Aviation Country Club of which he is a
member of its advisory board Bloomfield Hilis Country
Club; Aero Club of America of which he s a governor;
Automobile Country Club and the Camp Fire Club of
Michigan.
Colonel Waldon's dty home is at 160 Longfellow
avenue, while his residence Fislierton Farm m the
Bloomfield Hills section is one of the attractive places in
that delightful suburb and named ifter Great Fiaherton
Farm, the former home of hie grandfather in the beautiful
North Devon section of England. He finds his chief
recreation in farming and takes delight in life in the open.
WALTEE MacFAKLANB The name MacFirline
5 tl at of an anuent clan lesten led through succes
sm eeneritions trom the E-irls of Lennox the dis
t mtive badge of whom wis the cypress In ancient
times the lind forming the Hestern shore of Loth
Lomond from Tarbet upwards anii the greiter pir\ f
the parish of Aeroehar was inhabited by the wild
MacFatl-ines plaided tlin From Loch Sloy i small
1 ke neir the base of Ben Voirlnh whiLh formed their
githenng place they took their slogan or war erj of
Loeh S\o^ I Ltch blov In Gaelic Loch hluii aigm
fies the lake f the lost or arrov The remote
ancestor of the Uan was Gilchrist the younger hrothei
I Maldwin thir 1 Earl of Lennox By t charter of
the latter still extint he gave to his brother Gil
Christ a grant iiv tuns de supenon ierochar le
Luss whiih continued in possession of the cHu til!
tl e death of their last chief Dun tn son of Gikhnst
■jIso ohtamel a charter of his Isnl trim the Earl )f
L nno^ and appears in the E>gmaii Boll unler the
nme of Duncan MioGilehrist de Lev enaghes A
eranls(n if this Duncin wss named Bartholomew, in
Giebo abbreviate! into Parlanor Pharlan and from
him the (.Ian adopted the surname of MacFarline
On the estmction of the direct male line ot the
Fiti of Lennox in IH'S the then chief ot the Ma<.
r^rlines claimed the earldom as heir male but with
01 1 smcess and m 1460 alter the death of Isabella
D icbess of Alban, eldest daughter ot Dun<an the
E ghth the vast possessions of the earl lom were di
vided among tl e fmdal I eirs and Sir John Stewirt
Lord Dimlev great grsndson f Earl Buncsn became
Eirl of Lennox In the meantime the chiet of the
MscParlmes -ind bis family hal all been cut off and
minv cf the clan hal left the district for other parts
of the cointn In tlis disorganized state without a
p1 lettain the clan MacFarlane would have sunk into
men rets neca of the Lennox famih or been dis
pers 1 altogether hal not a gentlen ai ot tie clan
nmcl \nlrpw "\IicFirUn m'iTriel th laughter t
Sr J In Stewart Esrl ot Lennox and obtained p a
session of Aeroihar the hereditary territorj ot his
tribe His son Sir John MacFarlane assumed the
title m 1493 of taptam if the cHn not being allowed
by them to assume the higher title ot chief ss he was
not the destenlant (f tie indent familj who had
held that dignity The elan MaiFsrline were a very
aggressive people 18 many a tale will tell ind of the
lair Is of the Ml Farlanes there have been no tewer
than twent3 three The Isst of them went to America
in the early part of the eighteenth century A 1 rsnci
of the family settlel in Irelanl in the reign of James
the Seventh and the headship of the olan is claimed by
its representative MacFarlane of Huntstown H<use <f
the tountv of Dublin Mr Skewe in his w rk on
the HighlanlR of Scotland sail It is impossible t
write the MacFarlane sketch without alludinj, to the
eminent intiquarv Walter MacFarlane who is cele
bnted among histirians as the indefatigable ollecto
of the ancient recorls of the country as his ancestors
had been among the other highland chieftains f r their
prowess in the fiell The most e-^tenaive an! viliallc
collection which his inlustry hss been the mesns f
preserving f rms the lest monument to his m morv
ind as lonf, as the existence of the ancient recorls of
the country or a knowledge ot its ancient histor> re
mains an object of interest to any Scotchman th
name of MacFarlane will be handel down as one of its
benefacttrs The family itself however is now nesrlv
extinct after having held their origiml lauds for a
periol of SIX hundret leirs
It IS from this ancestry that Wilter MacFarlane is
descended He was born in eastern New York, June
lo 1850 at roll Spring on the Hulson Brought to
Detroit when a mere child he here attended the public
schools of the cit^ anl later for a time wss a pupd at
West Point He was particularly apt in lesignmg and
drawing and was soon emplo-ved in an architect's
office his first position being in Mr Lloyd's office.
Later in the year 188'i, in company with Mr Bogera,
he started in business (or himself unler the firm name
of Bogers & MicFarlane which maintained offices in
Detroit for slmost thirty years This firm ■
t tin
I time suf-
nl termed a part-
r Lenz graduates
Bclvel m IQIO and Mr MacFarlane a
ferel nervous breakdown going for a while t
Cclorado snd Arizona In 1912 however he v
able to resume his former activ
nershij with 'Walter Maul ani Waltei
in architectural courses at the University of Michigan
This firm has been happj and successful m its hnsmew
associations and has gamel a large and growing clien
tele Mr MacFarlane was not only in architect but
an artist with all the artist love for anl lov m the
beautiful He spent some time m travel m Europe and
the Orient with the famous New York artist, F. D.
Millet who was later among those who were lost on
the Titinic Mr MacFarlane brought hack many
s uvenirs f his travels particularly si ch as pertain
( the nrtistic in arcl lecture
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He was easentiallj- s. designer ml it mis to thia
I ranch of the nork that he iexoted hn entire atten
tun Tl ough not tollege trained he had the natural
ahility of the artist combined with a keen intelleot
and oseeptional aptitude for his nork He drew plins
for many of tl e oflieo builiings banks and factories of
Detroit wl leh ace monuments tit hii ability Among
the more important buildings are the Morgan &
Wrig-ht plant the CidilHe Motor Works Murphy
Power Plant Kmgs China '-■tore aul manv other buBi
nesf blocks besides a large number of the moit leau
tiful hemes in Detroit which are the work of his mind
ind his pencil
On the 14th of October 1914 Mr MacFarlane inl
Miss Mildrel A CnfRu of New iork C t> were mar
ried m South Orange New Jersey and made tl eir
home for a tune at No 5'5 St Paul street in a terrace
Sjx months later thei remoyed to their resilence at
what IS now WiS Iro luois ayenue where they were
liMng at the time of Mr MacFarlane s death n the
16th of December 1919 He had I een a life member
ot the Boat Club was i member of the Country Club
at Grosse Pointe and was <ne of the oldest members of
the Detroit Club He served on the I oard of the Old
Detroit Athletic Club and was identified with a num
ber of professional organizations He was also a mem
ber of the Rons of the Americin Eevolution
In politics Mr MacFarlane mas a republican and
his relig nus faitl was indicated in his membership m
the Fort Street Presbyterian church He was a man ot
quiet studious nature, who lo^el the quiet of his home
his books 1 s flowers anl his friends 4 multitude
mourn his passing which resultel from complicaticns
auperindueed by his breakdown of lears before but
the name ot MacFarlane will find place on the pages of
Dctrt t s history as long as tli splendi 1 monuments ( f
hs ability stand as -ircliit ct iral ad ri ment of the
ALEX\.^DEB Vi BLUN M D F A C S iromi
nent Detroit surgeon was born in Detroit on March 4
IBS'! His father Alexander W Blain Sr is of
Scotch parentage and was born in Canada while bis
racrther who bore tl e maiden name ot Mar> Orav was
born m Scotland but left the land of hills ani heather
when quite yiung accompan ed by her parent' to tl e
new world Alexander W Blam Sr has been well
known in Detroit for the past fifty years as a land
scape gardener He was at one time president ot the
park and boulevard board. During the Civil war he
served for three years in defense of the Union and has
always been as loyal to the interests and welfare of
his country as when he followed the nation's starry
banner on the battle fields of the south. To him and
his wife have been born five children: Daisy M.;
William J., formerly of Los Angeles, now deceased;
Dr. J. Harvey, a dentist of Detroit; Bethune Dufiield,
an attorney; and Alexander W., Jr., the subject of
this sketch.
] r RH n the youngest of the family obtained his
early education m the Detroit public and high schools
He later entered the Detroit College of Medieme and
Surgery from wl ich he was graluatel with the class
of 1906 Deciding early tn a surgual career he be
came assistant to the late Dr H O Walker and served
three years in that apacitv Following his graduation
he became a member of the interne staff of Harper
Hospital where lie remained for two years the last as
chief of the resident staff TJjon the completion of
lis interne service he MSited the leading Ameriean
surgical clinics and returned to Detroit to enter pri
\ate practice Sin<e that time h s rise to prominenr-e
has been \eri rapid He was made junior attending
surgeon fo Harper H spital and on instructor in hia
Alma Mater Dr Blain is now associate pr fessor of
surgery m the school frim which he graduated and
senior attending surgeon to 8t Mary s Hospital
Dr Blain has been a frequent contributor to me Ileal
literature having published over fifty contributions to
medical and scipntific journals He has also served as
associate editor on the Detroit Medical Journtl The
Physician and Surgeon (Ann Ar! or) and tl e Inter
national Journal of Surgery (New lorki He was tor
two J ears editor of the Leucocyte
Aside from his me Ileal actu ities Dr Blain has
taken a keen interest m other scientific subjects par
ticularh ornithology the science of birds anl was
for three years editor f the Bulletin of the Michigan
Ornithological Club His interest m scientific subjects
IS further evidenced by his membership m the Michi
gan Academy of Science American Ornithologists So
ciety Wilson Ornithological Club B(r>a! Society of
Arts (Louden England) In 1906 le was elected a
fellow of the American \sso ation for the Advance
ment of Science
His surgical work however has clamed the major
part of his time ani energy and to attain the higl ts
degree of efticienp^ possible m thit field he has taken
\arious postgraluate courses in the principal medical
and surgical centers of Europe as well as America
He IS a member of tl e Vi a^ ne County the Michigan
State an 1 the American Medical Associations He is
a barter member of the Detroit Academy of Surgery
He was one of tie tour hunlred s irge ns who met m
V, ash ngtou in 1913 to rgtn ae the American College
of Surgeons of which he is a fellow
Dr Blain is a member c£ the Detro t 01 il Detriit
Athletic Club Detroit litrht Club the Eatex Golf
Club, Detroit Board of Commerce, and The Royal So
cieties' Club (London, England). Fraternally he is
identified with Zion Lodge, F. & A. M.; King Cyrus
Chapter, E. A. M.; Detroit Commandery l^o. 1, K. T.;
Michigan Sovereign Consistory; and the Mystic Shrine.
He is also a member of the Greek letter society Nu
Sigma Nu.
On the 14th of June, 1917, Dr. Blain was married
to Euby Johnson, o£ Detroit, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. .Tohnaon, and they have two children:
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Alexander W (III) born m 1918 snj Sliirie\ Suth
Urn in IS'O
In 1911 Dr Blsin desiring to improve inethoda of
diagnosis and treatment, organized the Jefferson Climc
The constant growth of that orginization since iias
been evidence of the vilue of the idea Dr Blain
maintainel that specialists sh<uld not be isolited lut
should work tngithet so that the patient could lii^e
the benefits ot specialista working in ^ arums lines
The advent of the X ray laboratory and the pr gress
made in physics and physiotogicii ehenuatri are lake
w 136 factors m perfecting diagiioeia In 1018 the
Phillip McMillan home at Jefferaon anl Dubo s was
purchased b^ Dr Blain an 1 transformed into 1 med
i<al and surgical building with lal oratonti consul
tition anl. treatment rooms Over five thousand pa
tients were treated m the past jear coming in mauv
cases from se\ ernl states and Canada Group Med
icine Biya Dr Blain will not supplant the general
prietitioner but in the future speiialists will work m
close harmon\ ind the cisea difteult of diagnosiH will
have the benefit of the several specialists ■yt one time
in the completion ot diagnosis rather than to be te
f erred to seteril isolated specialists The Wipense lu
cident to tlie latter method has made niodeni scientific
treatment prohibitive particularly to the middle
class of people — the backbone of our country Under
'Group Medicine the highest tvpe of medical care la
brought within reach n<t ouh ot the very riih but to
thtsi lu <il! walks of lite
BART H MiNNII^b well knjHu ii th bii k i j,
fratemitv ot Detroit being \ ice presi lent ot tlii.
Union Trust Coinpauv, was born m Thimeaville On
tarto, Canada anl icquired his earlv education on thit
side ot the border The family is of Irish incestrv
The grindfather Jdn Manning wis a mate on tH
ship Bellerophon which captured Napoleon ifter tl e
battle < f Waterloo The parents of Bart H Manning
were Bobert and Deborah (Ahern) Manning The
form r wns born in Limerick Ireland anl became an
ofiicer in the British armj He saw active serv ice in
the Crimeiii war and again in the Sepo> mutiuj in
India remaining with the army for twentl one veirs
His wife WIS 1 native of Cork Irelaiil
Bart if Manning was seventeen years ot nj,e when
he came to Detroit and for two anl a half veirH there
after he was employed by T H McMillan On the
expiration of thit period he entered the othces of the
Union Trust Company in a clericil capacity and
worked his wav upward becoming eventuillv real
estate officer, while m 1921 he was elected to the vice
presidency He had advanced steadily through the
intermediate positions b> reison of his fidelity close
application thoroughness inA developuig powers ind is
today recogni7ed is an tbie factor in banking circles
He IS also chairman of the board of directors of the
Springvillc State Bank.
Mr. Manning was married in 1906 to Miss Margaret
Ktune^, of DttKit and they have become pirents of
two children Kobert and Katherme Mr Manning is
a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus
and he is well known in the club tiirUci) of the city
belonging to the &t Clair Countrv Clul the Detroit
Athletic CTub, the Detroit Curling Club the Bankers
nub ind also to the Detroit Eeal Estate Boar 1 He is
well known lUiong the leading business men of this
cit> and his popularity is the outgrowth ot his plcasin^
jtrsoual qualities anl his mirkcl busini ss abilitj
CHABLtS iLOWERR who died October 27 19 1
was a member of the Detroit bar and one who tiok a
most active and 1 elpful part in i romotinj, pro4,rPN
sive legislative measures and who w is long a stalwart
chini) ion of humanitarian principles and letivitip'i
Ho waa born in Bucks eeunty Pennavlvania Decern
ber 14 1845, a son of Joaeph and Sarah (Pickering)
Flowers and while spending hia youthful days under
the parental roof pursue! his education in the public
schools and in toucord Seminary of Delaware county
Ieuns>lvania in which he completed his course in
l»ei He was afterward a student in the Fort Ed
ward Collegiate Institute at Fort Edward New York
in 1864 5 Having gained marked ability in steno
graphic werk he was employed as stenographer anl
official reporter in the circuit court of Detroit froni
1868 uutil 1881 and much of his life was devoted to
public service of an important character He was
one I f the first to become active in having ofticial
(.ourt reporting introduced into man j states He acted
la ofticial court reporter in Illinoia in 1869 at the con
stitutional convention and also filled a similar posi
tion m Ohio in I8"l and in Pennsj Iv ania in 1872 He
occupied the position of circuit court commissioner
from 1881 until 1884 was corporation counsel ot De
troit from 1896 until 1900 anl fire commissioner from
1894 until 18«S In 1901 he waa electel to represent
his district m the Michigan legislature waa reelected
in 1911 anl llld and while serving as a member of
the house was made chairman of the judiciary com
mittee He was again elected to the legislature in
111? and was instrumental in securing the adoption
of the constitutional amendment for women s suffrage
by a majority of one hundred and ninety thousand
For many years he was a close student of vital prob
lems and issues 1 efore the countrj and his aid and
influence were ever on the side of progress and im
provement Ht was a man of broad vision who never
measured any question by the inch rule of self al
wavs inferming himself concerning th cpin ons of
those able to speak with authority regarding the point
at issue The anahtieal powers of the lawyer the
close reasoning and the logical led ictions of the
member of the bar were manifest in all of his posi
tions upon every important public question He wn
tinuoualy engaged in practice since 1879 and enjoyed
a large and distinctively representative clientage. He
belonged fo the Detroit Bar Association and the
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Miehigan State Bir Aasueiatioii and liu enjo^el m
high measure the respect and conildeiLCe ot hia col
Iwaguea and eontemporants m the profession
At Chester Pennsylvania <n the 30th of June 1868
Mr Plowera wedded Mibs Mtry E de Normandie
Their ehildren were Noiinin who died in Jackson,
Michigin Mirj, the wite of Chirlea B Marble of
Boston Massachusetts and Herbert B of Balti nore
Marylin 1 After the death of hii first wite Mr
Fkwers wai marnel in November 1918 t Miss
Gertrude 1\ etl erell Wokott of Oik Park Illinois
Mr? Flowers now resides at 2695 'Virgimi I^rk Dt
Mr riowers nas a member ot the Bene\okt t Iro
tectiv e Order of Elks also of the Sons of the \mer
lean Bevolution and he wi^ the [.resident ot tbe
Michigin Hospital School for Children He took keen
interest in all that pertaintd to publu progress md
was especially mtereatel in proieets that ire bised
upon a broad humanttananism He was reired in the
filth of the Society of Friendi and ita bi>iic teath
ings were guiding principles in his life His jolitieal
allegidnee wis alwiya given to the tepublicin party,
and he was act ve m bringing ibout those wholesome
anl purifying retorms which have been growing up
in the pohtical situition of the e intr>
JOHN UOULD HAR\L'i M D TU tl r igh
Btulv anl (.ireful preparation which must j re J the
attainment of sucesa has m the career ot Dr John
Gould Harvev been con b ned iv th a bruid e^pernnee
th'»t hti placed hun among the ablest jhisic ii a ind
surgeons of the citj Moreover he is actuated by a
senae of conscientious duty in all that be does tor hia
patients a spirit of br ad humanitiriiniam under
h ing his Bcientilii, knowledge and proteaaionil ac
quirements Dr Hir^ ej is one of Detr it s mtive
sons He wis lorn Octnter 20 18"^ it ^1 Wiuler
street where hia mother now lives hia parents being
John and Tcsi e (Campbell) Har; ej T! e fat! er was
a well known druggist of Detroit up to the tune of
his death conducting one of the citj s most p pular
anl pr gressne drug atorei The mother is still a res
ident of Detr it In their familv were sit hildren
Cirol ne Jeasie Mrs David Law Mrs Neil Bentiey
Cimpl ell a praetitint, physician and John & f this
The last named m earlj bovhool attended tbe Case
school and later continue 1 his studies m the Central
high suhool from which he was griduatet m 1896
Ha next attended the Princeton Univeraity ani later
'entered the University of Michigan ia a melital stu
dent bamg graduated therefrom in 1902 He then
became attached to the United State>i Marine Hospi
tal anl Public Health Service with the c mmisaion
of lieutemnt but late in 1903 resigned and entered
upon the private practice of medicine m Detroit He
was the first medi il ofE er ti leive pr v ate practice
fur servue Apr 1 8 1917 He hia since e nt nuet
lit I s chosen pr tession, with a lirge practice in this
city save for a periol of eighteen months lurmg
the World war He is todav regirled as onu of De
troit s able phvsicians and surgeons sptcializmg
in internal medn,ine md regarled as an authontj
on miny important branthes of that division of net
In 1914 Ur Harvey joined the United States Naval
Br gide m Detroit as a representative of the medicil
d vision anl was commissioned an enaign from which
nuk he rost to lieutenant comminder U S N Ite
aervP Foree Class ' He served for eighteen months
during the World war anl for fifteen m<ntha of that
per od ■was overseis in France and in the Engliah
chinnel At the eloae of the wir he waa medical
ofiicer at the United States Nav il Aviation Bepair
Bise at Eastleigh Englin 1 and was reco^niZL 1 as
one of the most able medicil directors m the vinous
branches of the service He attended the lecture
courses ot internal medicine at Gliagow ind Edin
1 urgh Seotlind in 1012 ind he 111 poatgialmte
w<rk at the University of Michigan in 1107 In fact
throughout hia entire career he haa remamel a tlnae
and discriminating student of the science of medicine
an 1 haa further kept in touch with the tree 1 of
proteasional thought and progress thro igh 1 is mem
bership m the Wa3Tio County Medical Society the
Michigan State Medical Associati<n and the Ameriein
Medical Association He la likewise a tellow of tl e
American College of Internal Medicine ani a member
of the American Congress of Internal Medic me
On the 'Id of October 1912 Dr Harvev was marrie 1
to Miss Evehn Eeattie of Detroit daughter of Emmet
J Beattie of this city and they have become parents
of one child Enth Eliaabeth born m Detroit January
10 1018 The family resideni-c is at 480 Kirby ivenue
West
Dr Harvey is well kn<wn in Masonic circles hav
ing memberahip in K 1 winning Lodge P % A M King
L^rua Chapter RAM Detroit Commandery K T
and Moslem Temple of the Mvstic Shrine He like
wise belongs to the Detroit Athletic Clnb Detroit
Automobile Club Fine Lake Country Club Detr it
Boat Club the Michigan Univeraity Club the Prince
ton University Club and the Detroit Curling Clnb
He was fleet surgeon of the Detroit Boat Club and
IS a member of the gold cup committee of the Detroit
la ht Club He is also aeni r melical ofliccr ot the
^<itlonal Naval Volunteers for Michigan He is
widely known through h s professunal and social ra
lit ons and his stand ng is just as high anl just as
enviable m one connection as n the otl er
MOBBIS H ELUMBEKG Of the resourceful and
prtgressive young men who have played important
part m the splendid industrial advancement of De
tro t withm the past decide a place of no minor im
portance mist le accorlel t Morns H BI imberg
v^ho^e al ility and prescien e have enabled him to
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(.rasi opj itii ties iiid li lis ithii efEorta ilvint
t secure pHce is one of tlie representative business
len ol the lOunger generation m the metropolis of
Michigan He is todav the president of the Morcia
Eluniberg Companj whfflesile iealers in elettneal
supjliea with headquarters it 21b Jefferson avenue
Eiat
Mr Bluml ecg wis 1-orn in Russia on the 29tli of
--cjtenil er 188( and la a son <f Adolpli and Bachael
(Jicobson) Bliiinberg who immigrated with tl eir
tni ulv to America in the j ear 1890 and eatablished
thtir honiB in Detroit where the father sborth after
ward engaged in the drj goods business with wliicli
he ontinued to be suceessfullj identiiied until his
Ipith in Julv ISIO his wife having paased ana> in
the veir 1000 Their eleven children are Mrs
S'jrah Arinstum Mrs Adolph Jaeobaon Morria H
Ostar Solomon Mrs Lillian Klein Max, Abnham
Benjamin Bose and Sidne}
Morns H Elumbtrg was about four vears nf ig
at the time when the faniilv home waa eatabliahed n
Detroit and here he attended the public schools until
lie hid attuned to the age of fourteen veirs, when
le obtiinel the position of errind boy in the employ
(t the Fnnk Teal Electric Companv with whi<h eon
cern he continued his connection until 1914 an 1 with
which he won promotion to in executive pisition of
important order He hid the good judgment to proht
tuUv by the discipline gained m this connection
Sirring no pains to leirn e\erv possible detail of tht
1 us ness an 1 thus he waa well fortified when m 1914
le resigned his po'iition anl fonnled the concern of
wJich he IS now the etecutive held ind which unler
1 IS direction has become one o^ the lea ling exponents
f the wholeaile trade in electrical supplies m Dc
trdt Th ugh the enterprise la conlucttd under the
t tl of the Morns H Elumberg f ompan^ its founder
IS ti e sole wner of the large and prosperous business
wl ich well vouches for hia ability, his progressive
1 sg ind his correct busmesa polieiea In his estab
lisl ment and in other direct connection with the 1 uai
n ss Mr Bh n berg retains a corps of fuUv fift> em
plo^es
Un Miv 30 ins Mr Blumberg was married to
Miss Ida Bint diughter ot Morris Bint ot Detroit
The* ha^e no children
J 1 politics Mr Blumberg is indepen lent of atnct
pirtisan lines he is in ictne member of the Detroit
Uoird of Commerce la ifftliited with the Masonic
IrTternitv the Knights of Pvthiaa and the B mi
B ntl mi holla memberahip in the Detro t Flee
tnc 1 Club
DR. L. BlJtON A!5HLE"i, engaged iii mr'dital
practice in Detroit, hia native city, became a pupil
in the public schoola here at the usual a,ge, and when
in his youth he determined to make the practice of
medicine and surgery hia life work, he laid his plana
to secure the education which would qualify him for
the profession. He became a student in the Detroit
( ollej,!. ot Meliiine anl Si rgerj anl was graduate!
in 1914 Hath the M D degree lor two years there
liter he occupied the poaiti n of house aurgton at
Harper Hospital and liter concentnted hia eft rts
and attention upon opentne surgery in laso lation
with Dr C D Brooks Dr Ashlev is recognizei to
day as one of Detroit s eipert surgeons His experi
ence has been of c<mprehensi\e charicter ind hia
knowledge las been continuously promoted bv wide
stud> acquainting him with the most modern methods
He and his partner have a large suite of rooms on
the ninth floor of the David Whitney building in 1
have everv modern devue and equipment neeessarv
for the furtherance of their surgical work
Dr Aahle^ was born April ** 1893 in Detroit and
IS a aon of ^oble and llorente (Kelley) Aahlej He
waa marntd in 1916 to Miss Edna Mav Hajward ind
they have three children Jamea Byron Mary Elizi
beth anl Lomld Hayward
Dr 4ahle^ is 1 Mtaon haiing memberahip in Ionic
Loige \ F S. 4 M in 1 in hia political belief is
1 ropubliein haung aupportei the pirtj since at
timing hi8 majontv He attends the Trumbull
Avenue Presbyterian church ind in ita teachings ire
found the rules which hwe guided him in evtry rela
tion of life Along professional lines his membership
connectiuns are with the Wayne County Medical So
cietv the Michigan '^tate Medical Society and the
4meruan Medical Association During the pen d of
the World war he sen el as i lie itenint u th M di
tal Reserve Corps
JOHN ROS^ RU-iSEL I resident of the Great
Likea Engineering W orka of Detroit in which Lity
he WIS born Julv 11 1857 is a aon of deorge B and
Anna E (Dii enport) Rusael He acquired i public
school edui_ition m his nitive city and then entered
the University of Miehigin from which he won his
Biehelor of Arts degree in 18"0 He then took up
the study of medicine and the M D degree wis con
ferred upon him m 1882 Upon lei\ ing college be
ga^e up the idei of continuing in the practice of
medicine but began an icti\e business cireer with
the Ruasel Wheel & Foundrj C)nipany one ot the
largeat manufictunng institutions of Detroit and in
1885 was mide secretary and treasurer later on be
coming iice presilent m which oflite and as one of
Its directors he still continues
Upon the orginizition of the treat Lakes Eng neer
ing Works in 100 successors to the RiversUe Inn
^^ orks steel ship ind engine buil lers Mr Russel
bcLime the secretary and treasurer In 1909 he was
Lie ted t the vie presidency anl m 1917 to the
presidency of the company, which m its large capacity
for the crmstmction of steel ships, in ita ahipyards
and engine planta at Detroit and Eeorse, Michigan,
and Ashtabula, Ohio, placed ita owners among the
most important manufacturers of the country. In
1930 Mr Bnasel retired from active business.
In political belief Mr. Busael is a democrat and in
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religious faitli a Preslijter di He Velougs tu the
Delta Kappa Epailon Club feotietj of Naval Arehi
touts & Marine Engineers and tlia Amencin Iron &
Steel Institute ot New York to the Hi ron Mountain
Club of Huron Mountain Michigan, anl is a member
of the Board of Commerce and tl e lea lin^ social
clubs of Detroit
On the 17th of Seitemler 1890 Mr Eu-isel -nas
married and has three dai ghter>" Margery D Eliza
beth S anl Katharine S The eldest daughter is now
the wife of Eaj mond K Dtkena a prominent attor
nev ot Detroit
CHAELFb H HODIjES pre* dent t the Detroit
Lul ricator Companj and first vite president of the
American Badiatfrr Gompai^ was bom m Fond du
Lac Wisconsin, Octtber 26 1859 tie son of Henry
Clay and Julia (Bidwell) HoJgea In 186- his parents
moved back to Detroit Mr Hodges early eduiation
was received at the Patterson school of Detro t and
the Orchard Lake Military Aealemy Irmn tl ere he
enterei the Universiti of Michigan and was graduated
with the class of 1882 Upon his return to Detroit he
eitered the emploj <f the Detroit Steam Baliator
Company which company was succeeded >v the De
troit Radiator Compan'\ of which latter company he
was secretary At tl e t me the Detroit Radiator Com
pany amalgamated -with otl er>i m 1893 forming the
American Eadiator Company Mr Hndges moiei to
Chicago which citj became the headqiarters of the
American Eadiator Company as treasurer of that com
pan% and a member of the executive committee For
ten %e8rs he was act ve n the upbuilding of that com
pany s business In 1902 upon the advice of his
phv^i lan he was obliged to gi^ e up act ve t isiness
and for tww years traveled extensiA ely in this country
anl abroad In 1%4 he returnel to Chicago and re
aumpd fur f<ur veara his duties with the Amer can
Raliator Companj is treasurer vice pres dent and
n ember of the executive comnittee
In life Mr Hodges wai again oblige 1 to retire from
such strenuous work and he moved back to Detroit re
ta ning a semi active c nnection with the American
Kadiat r Company as vice president and member of
the executive committee which pes tions he holds at
tbiB date ''hortlj after coming to Detroit he was
elected president of tl e Detro t Lubr cator Con pany
and has continued a'' iti executive head ever since In
the development of the letroit Lubricator Companv,
which was established by Mr Ho Iges father forty
four years ago he has been agisted bv h s two broth
ers Clarence B and Frcder ck W reipectively as vice
president and secretar-; treasurer Among Mr Hodges
various other interests, he is a director of the National
Bank of Commerce, director of the Federal Eeserve
Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch, and director of the
Michigan Sugar Copipany, In club circles he is well
known, belonging to the Bankers', Detroit, Detroit
Athletic, Tondotega, Witenagemote, University, The
Cuuitr^ bi sse P mte El ling & Hunt, Bloomfield
Open Hunt Bloomfield H lis Country and the E iron
Mou tain Clubs He is also a vestryman of Christ
On the 17th ot Tine 1885 Mr Hodges was married
m Detroit to Miss El zabeth Wetmore, a daugl ter of
the late Charles H Wetmore Mr and Mrs Hodges
have two sons Wetmore and Charles H Ji Wetmore
was born in Detroit in 1887 educated at the Detroit
Un versitj School and Harvard Universitv graduating
in 1911 IS now secretary of tl e American Bad ator
Company ii d resiles m New York During the World
war he was a lieutenant m the United States Coast
Artillery serving until the signing of the armistice
His wife was formerly Mias Dorothv Chapman of Boa
ton and thej haie two sons Wetmore Jr and Wil
liam Chapman Charles H Jr was bom in Chicago
m 1895 attended the Chicago Un versity School and,
later when lis parents returned to Detroit tie De
troit In versitv School He graduated from Harvard
Lniiersitj with the class of 1916 He is now con
nectel with tl e Detroit Lubricator Companv He is a
veteran, of the World war having served as second
lieutci ant first lieutenant and captain of the Three
Hundred and Thirtv se-i enth Infantry Bightl fifth
DiMsion returning from Prance after n ne months of
overseas duty as aide to General CI ase W Kennedy
of the Eightj fitth Div sion H s wife was formerly
Miss Grace Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Ja nes
Wilson of Detroit
JOSEPH H ANDEIES M D PADS The
exceptional privileges wh 1 Dr Aniries enjovei in
connectioi with preparing limself for hia chosen call
II g mirk 1 im as a man of speciallv fine professional
spholarsh [ ev en as hii teihni al skill has given him
rank as one (f the leaJmg exjonents of modem surgi
cal science in the state of Michigan Aside from his
exacting and important professional service the
Doctor s interest in art has given h m reputation as
a connoisseur tie wlile his private collection of art
productions is one of interesting and valuable orler
In his represent ^tlve practice Dr Andries cone en
trates h s service exch sively to the department ot
aurgerv and his handaomelv appointed ofB.ces are at
1633 35 David Whitney buil Img
Dr Andries was born m tl e city of Milwaukee
Wiscot sin on the 7th of April 1374 and is a son of
Engelbert and Chr stine (Wemhoimer) Andries both
natives of Germanv wl ere they were rearel anl edu
tated and whence the father come to the Un ted
States m 1868 anl the mcther m 1870 After main
tainmg their home in Milwaukee a few years tl e par
enta of Dr. Andries came to Detroit, and here Engel-
bert Andries, a man of fine education and distinctive
culture and intellectuality, became publisher of
Stimme der Wahrheit, one of the strong and influential
German papers of Michigan and one which exerted
admirable influence in the formulating and direction
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t popular aenhment and action among representative
tiaeuB of German liicth or lineage The Stimme der
ttihrlieit Tias made an eiponeat of loyal American
pint under ill conditions and ticiumstances an! in
1 Idition to being toundpr of this paper Mr \ndnes
Uca le publisher of Mii-higan 'V oltablitt both of the
I ipers gaining wide cirtulation Sinee his retirement
from actue business Mr Andnea has eontinuel hia
usidenee in Detroit, and is one of the eitv s venerable
ind honored citizens The names of the tine familj
,i tweUe children are Henry, Eaymond, Lirl, Leo,
Mphouae, Cecelia, Ida, Aurelia, Hildegard, Antoinette
(Mrs John Butler), Clara {Mrs Edward J Miller),
ijid Dr Joseph H, of this review, v-ho was the aec
Olid in order of birth All ot the eliildren are living
The parents are devoted eommuni cants cf the Eoman
1 ithLlic church, m whieh they have long been nieni
] ra of the parish of &t Joseph's Lhureh, Detroit
From 1881 to 1S87 Dr Joseph H Andries was a
stiiUnt m the parochial school of &t Joseph's church
lutroit and thereafter he lontinued his studies at
I iiiaiiiB College, Buffalo, New York, until 1890
liiiu 1890 to 18^3 he attrnded the Detroit College,
i w Uni^ ersitj of Detroit, completing his c'asaical
0 irio In 1S93 the Doctor became a student in the
lical schoo'l of the University of Munich, Ger
1 iin, where he remained until 1894, and from 1S04
ti 1897 he continued his studies in the fio\il Fred
iriLk William University, in the citv of Berlin, this
ji at institution ha^ ing conferred upon him in 18**
the degree of Doctor of Medicine, alter which he
(ompleted a six months' pcratgraduite course in the
II dical department of the irni\ crsities of \ leuna
Vuitria, and Home, Itai^ In addition to these splen
li I advantages he further fortified himself bv serving
iH and one half j ears At assistant surgeon of the
KiankenhiuB Moabit in the cm of Berlin In 18<>9
Jir indnes returned to the home city of Detroit
"I ere he his continued m active ind succe'iiful prac
ii I la a surgeon and where he his giined secure
1 Ullage ground as one of the leading surgeons of the
state of Michigan, mth a rcputition that tranicends
the buundaries of this conimonw ealth He is a mem
her of the surgical stafE of St Mary'^ Hospital, where
he gnes a generous shire ot his time to clinical surg
cri, and he is doing admirable service also m the
tducational work of his profession, in the capacity of
iliiiical professor erf surgery m the Detroit College of
MBdicino He is a member of the American Mcdml
^SMiciation, the Michigan State Medical Society, and
tlie Wa>nc County Medical Society, besides being a
li How of the American College of Surgeons Dr
\h Icies has found time and occasion to make valuable
contributions to the standard and periodical litera
tire of his profession and keeps in close touch with
til r matkatle advances in surgical wicnce, to which
thi experiences and lesson'? of the World war gave
Hfecidl impetus In addition to the professional affilia
tioiis already noted Dr indues maintains actue
memtcrship also u tl e Miasiss ppi \ allei Medical
Association and the Northern Tri htate Medic*»l Asso
eiatiou In January 1020 Dr Andnes was one of
the organizers ot the Academy of Surgery of Detroit
and was Mce president o± tl at organization He and
his wife are zealous coi imunicauts of the R nan
rath )lic church and he is a member ot the Knigl ti
of Cell um bus
On the 20th of Ma\, 1903 was solemnized the mar-
riage of Dr Andrusi to Miss Charlotte Fnede, daugh
ter of Otto Fnede a prominent citizen of Rochester
New York, and she is the gracious and popular pre
Riding genius of the beautiful family home, which is
a center of gracious hoapitalitv Dr and Mrs An
dries have two children \lfred C, who was born
April 10, 1904, IS a student in Detroit Universitj, in
which he is a member of the class of 192(], Eleanor
Lucile, born Oetooer 18, 1907, is attending the Acid
emy ot the Sacred Heart, one of the leading eduea
tional institutions of the Catholic church in Detroit
Dr Andries finds his chief recreation through
diners phases of outdoor life, and in appreciative
stud> of the history of art, including music As an
art connoisseur he has collected uianv treasures, cape
ciallv in fine paintings, including a number ot old
masters In his handsome ofhces are displayed a
number ot his \aluable paintings, one of the meist
noteworthy being that entitled Joseph and His
Brethren, attributed to Italian Master Paola Frin
tesco (1640), this ancient canvas having been pro
nounced bv competent judges to be virtually piiee
less The beautiful home of Dr Andries at 1241 Edi
sun avenue, is made specially attractive bj reason of
ita many art treasurera, a large portion of which were
personally collected by the Doctor while he was in
various parts of Europe
HARRY BROWER One of Michigan s native sons
who IS making good m connection with progressive
business enterprise m Detroit is Harry Brower, who
IS here a vigorous and successful representative of
the real estate business, with office headquartets at
816 Free Press building
Mr Brower was born at Manchcater, "Washtenaw
ctunti, Michigan, on the 5th of March, 188b and
la a son of Porter and Winnie (Whitloek) Brower
both likewise natives of Michigan, where the re
spectiv e families were founded many years ago
Porter Brower became a successful dry goods mer
chant at Manchester and was also activelv interested
in farm enterprise in W ashtenaw county he and hia
wife being now resi leuts of the v illage of Chelsea, that
county, and the subject of this review being their onlv
child
Harrj Brower attended tie public schools nf hia
nativ e village until he had advanced himself into and
prrfited b> the advantages of the high a hool and
thereafter he wis a student in Hillsdale Cnllege,
withdnwin^r from that institution to enter the De
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troit College of Law in which he wis gnJuifed i^
a member ot the claas ot 191^ Hia reeeptinn ot the
degree of Bachelor f Liws wis attended by his
aimiasion to the bar of his native state, and there
after he continued in the practice of his profess on in
Detroit unt 1 1915, when, indination, and recognized
e'^pediencj led him to abanlon the priUice of Ian
and turn his ittention to the real estate buameas his
distinctly e success in which has fuUv justified hia
change of vocation He has a anbstintial general
real estate businesi has developed and eiploited a
number of attractive subdivisions including 'V ictor
Park and Oakville and a desirable tract on Fort
street West CireumBpcetion and careful and honor
alle methoia have attended his \area operations in
tie handling of Detroit realty an^ his reputation in
his choien sphere of enterprise is suuh aa to injure
to him cumulative success and precedence
On Septtmber 31, l^lb, Mr Erower was married
to Aliaa Gertrude Goodwin daughter ot William flood
win a representative citizen of Wyaniotte, Michigan
Mr Brower takes loy,U interest in the welfare and
advancement of his home c ty and native state is m
dependent in polit cs and has had no ambition for
public office of any km 1
FEANE L KLINGENSMITH If luccess in life
was to le merely measured bv wealth thLU many men
are born successful but when measured b^ subsequent
achievement the career of Frank L Klingenamith
president of the dray Motor Corporation of Detroit
full} estatlishes his position among the city s highly
sueoeasful business men starting on his business
career without special advantages other than hia
superior natural ability he baa attained a position of
prominence n tl p fiell of his aoti\ ities tl at has given
him a broad international acquaintance in business
financial and mdnatnal circles A modern philosopher
has said ' Sutceas does not depend upon a map but
upon a time table ' In other words net the locality
in wbicb one reaides but tbe use which he makes of
his time determinea his adianeement and julged by
this standard there can have been few lile lours in
the business career of Frank L Klingensmith On
the contrary he has wisely utilized every opportunity
and legitimate advantage that has come to him and
each day m his career has marked off a full fait hed
attempt to know more and to grow more
Mr Klingensmith waa born May 18 1879 at Pitts
ford Hillsdale county, Michigan a son of Charles
Philip Klingensmith a farmer who emigrated to the
United States from Bavaria m 1853 ind Sarah
(Ish) Klingensmith The parents are both deceased
The father died March 3 1917, and the mother July
19 1916
Prank L Klingensmith was the youngest of a fam
ily of SIX children and received bia early education in
the public schools of Hillsdale, where he also com
pleted his high school work He further prepared him
sell tor a 1 usinesa career at the Ypailanti Business
College fr m whi h institution he was graduated itt
1900 His first position m the business world was
that of a clerk for the Detroit Safe Company which
he accepted m August 1900 He remained in this
connection until Februarj 1903 when he entered the
employ of Standart Brothers a wholesale hardware
louse of Detro t aa a >ookkeeper and continued in
that capacity until m October, 1905 Mr Klingen
smith then j ned the force of tbe Ford Mot r Com
panv aa caahier This was early m the history of
that great industrial enterprise and when much of tt
was >et in tie f rmulatne stage Mr Kl ngensmitb
was aoon advanced to the ptsition ot assistant secre
tarj and assistant treasurer In 1J15 he became vice
pres lent treas irer and one of three directors the
other two being Henry Ford and his son Edael B
F(rd Mr Klingensmith remained in this important
capauty until January 1Q2I when he resigned Dur
mg the mure than fifteen years that he was aasocnted
with the Ford Motor Company his rise was from a
subordinate position to the h ghest and most important
one ever filled in the company by any individual out
side the Ford family Mr KImgenamith hal no lit
tie to do with forming the policies of the Ford Motor
Company and their e^ecuti n and he is entitled to a
tredt deal ot credit for the succeas of that company
During the latter flye or six years of hia connection
with it he hal supervision of the general commer
uial end <f the business, m charge of finances and
sales having to do with prolally aa great a volume
of business as any individual in America at that t me
and unquestionably won for him a position among the
I untry a ablest industrial executives and financial
n anagers This unusual distinction was achieved by
hard work close application to business a constant
ut Iization of w nderful natural ability an I above all
bv serving anl retaining the confidente of fellow em
ployes and the public by conscientious transact ons
In fait one of Mr Klingensmith s strongest charao
teristics IS his inherent love for a square deal
Upon Mr Klingensmith s resignation from tl e Ford
Mot r Company, he, together with Frank F. Beall,
took tver the old established firm of the Gray Motors
Company for many years marine engine builders and
m 1921 organized the Grav Motor Corporation Mr
KImgenamith becoming its first president This cor
poration with a plant comprising eighteen acres of
land at Mack av enue and the Terminal Itailroad are
the pioneer builders of a low pri ed modern motor car,
known as the Gray and probably not in the history
of the motor car industry in Detroit haa an e itirely
new car been as enthusiastically received as th s one,
as evidenced by the first vear s output having been
practically contracted for at its in tial showing m
hevr York The Gray Motor Corporation is backel by
a directorate of unusual standing and influence and
a manufacturing and technical organization of the
highest ability
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4muiig Mr Klingeii smith s other intereata ire tl e
\saoeiated Charities of Detroit of which he 13 treaa
rer both he ani lira Klingenamith tailing 1 Xeeu
Til helpful interest m ehantaHe aetivities ind they
T flfliliated with the Epiacopil ehureh Mr Khng
nsi 1 th IB well known in club circles belonging to the
D tr It Club Detroit Athletic Club Detroit Golf
till Bioomfield Hilla Countrj Club of whith he is
I r silent Oakland Hills Countrj Club Ekomfleld
Op u Hunt Llub and the Bankers Club His tivorite
r ri"it en is golt while he la alao fond of hunting
t I fisl ing
On \ugust 1" I90j he n is mtrried m Detroit ta
\1 ss Julii Elizabeth Myhrs a dau^l ter ot John A
I 1 Lnieline (Bills) Mjhri of this eitv Mr and Mrs
Ivl ugensmith have two sona and a daughter all born
in Detroit Thomas Bogue horn June 7 1900 Charles
II hi (II) horn Miv J" I&IO and Fiizateth Ann
lorn Oitober 20, IWi The Khngensmith resilence
Hiltop m the Bloorofleld Hills is one of the at
tn tne homes in that e-^eluiive resilential section
In his pohticil relations Mr Khngensmith it 1 re
I ul he-in while fraternally he is a Maaon anl has
I Tiled up both routes be ming a R.night Templar
•ii 1 1 thirt) aecond legree Maaon He is a member
t the Board of fonimer e and his co peration and
1 ean be ccuntel upon to further Detroit s welfare
n e\ r^ possible wiv He is keenlv interested in the
^rcwth ot the eitv and he attacks everything for
public benefit with 1 ctntigious enthnsiaam At no
t p does he stop short of the Buccessful accomplish
ei t ot his purpose whether m relation to public af
i ira or to I usiness and he is tndai regtriel 1 dy
1 ni c force m the commercial and m lustnal circles of
Dttr it Mr Khngensmith stands as a high tvpe of
\n erica a beat eitiEenahip resonrcefu! farsighted
yublic apirite! and with that steadfastness of pur
pose whiLh enal les him to accomplish his object in
tl e upbuilding of individual fortune and in the sup
I rt of interests ot vital worth to the communitY
FDGAR CH\ELES MARSHALL one of tie
1 nger business men of Detroit otcupiea 1 hi„h
stii ding in eommer lol circles of the city aa one ot
the owners of the Fred G Marshall 4 Sona under
t A uf, establishment a business wh 1,1 wis estab
I shed bv his father and tl e house haa eier enjoyed
1 enviable reputation for I igh cUas service integ
rily anl progressiveness A mtive of this citv Mr
M rshaU was btrn Januan 3 1?<)S of the mir
ri ipp of Fred G and Elizabeth (NeiderrailMr) Mar-
■ih ill HiB brothers and sisters are Pred G,, with
«hom he IS associated in business; Mrs. Gustavo
Kalt? and Mrs Florence Miller and Mrs. Elaa Ed-
inrds, both of whom are widows.
In the pubhc schools of his native city Edgar
rinrles Mirshall pursued his education, later com-
pleting a postgraduate course in the Cincinnati Coi-
legf- of Emtaltiung, having previoualy received valu-
*!! )e tr in ng along that line un ler the guidance of
Ins lather 4.fter eomfleting his course cf inatruttion
Mr Marshall entered his father a underttking eatab
hshment and m 1912 was admitted to membership in
the firm of Frel G Marshall & Sons with which his
br<ther Fred G is also identifiel and they are mw
abh managiof, the extensive business built up by the
initiative spirit and powers of organizati>n of the
father maintaining the same high standard of ex
ellence which has e^ er characterized the under
taking They Larry the finest line of funeral acces
acriea and their courteous and tactful treatment ot
e istomers an 1 superior servict have secure 1 for them
1 larg fatromge theirs being one of the three larg
est establishments of the kind m the citj Thev per
sonallv attend to eiery detail of the bnsinesa so that
no featuie of the funeral arrangements la e\ex neg
letted the work being most sjstematiLalli ant
quietly performed and their servKes haie I een ni
nently satisfactory to patrons
On the Ibth of October l<tl8 Mr Marshall wus
united m marriage to Miss Marj Monahan of Detro t
and the-\ have a large circle of friends in the oitv
He is a stanch republican in his political views and
has been called to public office Ber\ing as dcputj
sheriff anl discharging I la dutiea mOBt faithfulh and
capably Fraternallv he 13 identified with the Masons
being a member of Zion Lodge No I, F & A M anl
also belonging to the Consistorj, to Moslem Temple
of the Mvstic Shnne and to the Grotto He la like
wise a member of the Lions Club and his standing
in his particular line of activity is indicated in the
fact that he is serving as a member of the adviaorv
board of the Embalmers of the State of Michigan
He is also a member of the Detroit Ihineral Directora
AssociatKn and the Michigin Funeral Direct rs Asso
ciation He resides at No 82>9 Thirl avenue in
Detroit He spenis nuch of hia leisure time on the
water being ver^ fond of boating and has from time
to time owned several high powered motor boats He
ilscr finds much enjoyment m automobiling spending
a onth each ^ear in motoring over \arioua sections
of the countn He is an energetic and progressive
\ oung man who has won a high standing in buainesa
circlea of the ity and he is ably carrying forward
the interests built up by his father He has man>
friends m Detroit where his life haa been passel and
le la lovai to all tl ose interests whiU make f r
honoralle nnnh< d an 1 j regressive citizenship
LEWIS EMIL MAIEE, M. D. Among the physi-
cians of Detroit who have achieved distinction, a prom-
inent place is held by Dr. Lewia Emil Maire, whose
reputation, especially as an ophthalmologist, is by no
means confined to this city or state. Lewis B. Maire
is of French Huguenot descent and was born in the
city of Philadelphia, September 3, 1855, but has re-
sided in Detroit since hia very early years, his parents
having settled in this city when he was an infant.
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He received his e-nh education m the public schools
and then took up the atudj of medicine m the De
tcoit Medical College and was griduatei in the class
of 1881 Subsequentlj he rounded out hia medical
education with a speciil course on the eje and ear
at the Manhattan Bj e and Ear Hospital, New York,
after which he spent (Onsiderable time in spenal col
leges and hospitals in New lock, aequir ug esienence
ind alwrbing all available knunlelge on ophthal
molog-v
He has heen praetiung his profession in Detroit
since his graduation ani is ■Kidely known as an emi
nent physician Also, his reputation lud ability
brought him positions on the faculties of two colleges
and he has been assistant pcotesaor of materia medua
m the Detroit Medieal Oolkge ind oeeapied the chair
of ophthalmologj and otology in the Michigan Col
lege f)f Medicine anl Surgerj In the pursuit of his
profession his studies and researches ha\e been pro
found and he has contributed largely to medical liter
ature, writing on scientific subjects pertammg to
inadioine and allied s lences For more than a quar
ter of a century Dr Maire has conducted large free
eye and ear clinics m connection with his praeti&e,
where thousands ol patients have re<eived grat utoua
medical and surgical treatment For about ten years
from 1883 he was diMSion surgeon for the Wabash
Eailroad and from 1893 to ItOO was expert eje and
ear examiner for the lastorn dmsiOTi of the railroad
His professional ofliliations are with the Wajme
County Medieal Sooietij of which he has been pres
ident, the Michigan State Mednal Soeietj, the De
troit Academv of M( iioine, of which he 1 as been
president, the American Academy of Ophtl aimologj
and Oto larjngfflogv, the Ophthalmological (-lub and
the Internationa! OongCKSS of Ophthalmol ogv as 'well
as the AmeriLan Me I1C4I Association He is also a
member of the Masonic fritcrnitv
But while he has achieve i listinetion in thi Iroad
field of medicine, Dr Maire has exhibited a 1 igh
order of abilitj in construLtue wtrk as a citizen He
has resided m Gross e Point e Park for the past twenty
years and has been an active force in the phjsitai
development of that anotocratic suburb, as well as m
its social ani civic life During his residence there
he has exerted himself assiduously to promoti. the
schools and the welfare wf the municipality generally
He with others organized the present system of schools
in Grosae Pointe and has served as president of the
board of education He alio assisted m the (rganiza
tion of the health district board and the 1 illage of
Grosse Pointe Park He has been a member of the
board of trustees of the village for four years, of
the board of health for two years and also served on
the school board for a period of tweU e years
Dr Maire married Miss Florence M T Davis and
their children are Lewis, tirace, Constance, Julian,
Charlotte, A Lincoln, Katherine Edward D and
Stephen F Two of the sons, A Lincoln and Edward
D, servtl their country in the World war, the former
in the irmy and the Utter in the navv
Dr Maire is aftiliated with St Columbo Episcopal
church of Detroit He is a man of culture and ideals
who his founl time outside of his professional and
public activities to make such an extensive study of
the arts that he is considered a connoisseur and he
haa contrilutLd seitral scholarly articles on art and
general literature
JOHN A BUINE, a well known att<rnej (f De
troit, was born at Marlette Mi<higan, December 22,
1878 and ccmes of Scotch amestry m the paternal
line, his father being (reorge Boyne, who was born
m the lani of hills and heather and camo to Amer
11 a in the days when sailing ■\essel3 largely plied
the ocean Thu trip from the ahorea of hia natiie
LOuntry to the American seaboard required two
months He first settled m Canada and in ISbS came
to Michigan, where he toik up a homestead claim
and engaged in farming Not onh did he contribute
to the agricultural development of the district but
also held many loiil oftices of public trust, serving
as justice of the peacf', as school inspector and as
treasurer of the school board, occupying that poi
tion for eighteen vears He also held many towns
ship offices He is still a well preserved man al
though n>w in his eigl ty litth year, his birth having
jccurred on the 24th of May, 1837 In young man
hood he wedded Agnes Ida Jones, who wis born in
Marlette, Michigan and is now seventy years of age
Their family of sis children included Nelson George,
Charles Prank H all living m Marlette, and Edwin,
who js an mstruLtor m the high school at Midland,
Michigan
The other member of the familj is John A Bovne,
who IS the el lest After attending high school at
Marlette he entered the law ofiiees of Judge D
Stuart McLrlure under whose direction he pursued
his law reading until he eime to Detroit, and after
ward entered the Detr<it College of Law He was
graduated m 1901 and began practice as a railroal
attorney with the Michigan Central in 1905, being
employed m the ofli e of Henry Busse), vieo president
ind general c'uniel He continued la that position
until the death of Mr Eussel on the 2jth of Pebru
ary 1920, and since that time his entire attenticm
has been given to the practice of law with ofdces at
214 MofEat building He is well versed m the prin
ciples of jurisprudenie and his comprehensive knowl
edge )f the law has made 1 im a most vxluahle adviser
and counselor in connection with railway matters
and the management of the business interests which
are now under his supervision
On the 2'>th of September 1901 Mr Boyne was
married to Miss Juel Nesbitt of Detroit, daughter of
William and Marv Jane Nosbitt of Ottawa, Canada
Mr and Mrs Boyne reside at 127 McLean avenue.
Highland Park
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Mr Bo\ne Ins 1 een ilentified witli repul lictii pol
1 ics 111 Wayne pouttt> for several j ears -is a member
t the countl on ii it tee at present being a, member
tr m Highland Park He and his wife are coiiBistcut
1 mbers of tl e Presbyteriin chinch He belongs
Iso to the Mas niu fraternity and liis titcn the
1 grees of both lork and bcottish Rites He la now
I pist high priest of Peninsular Chapter K A M an I
I ember of Miehigaii Sovereign Conaistorv He like
lae bel n^s t Mo^ietii Temple of the Mjstic Shnne
Detroit Coinmaniieri No 1 K T ind Mouroe Coumil
In Club circles to hi, ii well known Invmg mom
] rsli p m the Law^ ers Club the Felloweraft Athletic
Clul the lugleside Hub and the Detroit \ntomobjle
i lab Ho enjoys the respect ind confidence of his
{rofossicnal colleagues and coutemporacies lad liai
Je for 1 imselt i most creditable position as i
r iresentitnt (f the Detroit bir
THOMAfe McGregor B^ lis work as founder of
MpGregor Institute and through the activity of ins
15 in tme and philauthrop e affairs smfe his kath
ri ims McL ret,OT made an indelible imprei ion upon
tl titv and people of Detrcit
Thomas McGregor the joungest in a timih cf six
I ildren was lorn in &t Liwreuce county Ntw
\ork December 33, 1840 His father the Rev Join
"VI McGregor, was a well known Presbiternn mm
st r lorn ^nd edncsted in fceotlind When t loung
1 -xa he hid come to the United States to be the
] stor of a settlement of Scottish immigrants who at
tl P beginning of tlie nineteenth centurv as pioneers
I r \ ed the rigors of the then far west settling
ntrthern ^ew lork He died m IS'l As the
ungest ot the cl ildren Thomas reim nel at home
th his parents until early manhood ittending tlie
fiblic sehcols lul carrying on his fithtr s firm
In those eirli dus the Lountry clergvnnn giuenllv
! 1 out his B nt( stipend bv firming
On the 1st of Mirch 1804 Mr McGregor wis nnr
r 1 to Elizal eth A Taitt who like himself had
„r wn up m the bt Lawrence eouutj settlement and
wlose father Jimes Tiitt was i representatu e of a
r ijectel Scottish family A year liter following
tl L trenl of empire with his voung wife he 1 ft 1 omo
II 1 moved westwar) from New lork state to Erie
ounti Ohio neir what is now the town of San
1 sky joining there friends ind relatiies who had
1 recede 1 them fr ii the eist In 18"3 thev bccime
res lents of Tolel Ohio where they liied for the
It twentv ■(eirs Hera he wis engaged i,hiefli in
tl e musiu buiiness at the same time gmiig generously
f liimself to philiuthropic effort until he finally dis
oitijuei business altogtther and le^otel himself
itireh to the lervice of his fellows
It was at this period he estabhslel a small mis
s n f{r destitite men locitPd n '^t O ir street
Toledo 11 1 IB r silt of exjiri uce i tl i \ rk he
( iiceiiel 1 plan tor iniugunting similir institutions
in the principal lake cities of the country To carry
out this idea he went to Detroit in the late fall of
1890 spending several months interesting tnends mi
refitting 1 builliuf, at W il East larnel street wlerc
the activities t tl e j roi ose I mstit ite mij,l t 1 (
Earlj in April 1891 folkwing tin formal opening
of the institute in Detroit Mr McGregor became ill
returned to his family in Toleio ani pissei i«n
on the 30th of thit month His wife surM^el him
tor more than tl irt^ ■years her deith oucurnnt, in
Detro t Oetol er 4 1921
The demotion f Thomas McGregm to the unfor
tuiiate men whom he served was e\traoriinarv an!
was accompanied by rare torgetfulness of self His
premature death due to overwork so emphasized and
exalte 1 these noble qualities eepei.iall3 m the minds
of the employed staff and of friends and supporters
that as it were his spirit, reincarnated in the institu
fion itself imparted a \itality which during all these
succeeding vears has been its most \aluable attribute
In its development the institute has occupied two
other bull lings sinee the original one on Lamed
street the preaent structure on Brush street hiving
been specnlh erected f r the purposes nf the insti
tute m IQOO
To aeeomplish the iims ind promote the ideals bj
which Thomas McGregor sought to help his unfortu
nate and destitute fellows the institute now (1922)
has beds for six hundred tiftj meals three times per
dT\ 1 itlis ml tnmigation of clothing clothing anl
shoes tor 1 limited nnmber resi lent physician free
dispensirv ind an employment bureau In ad lition
to these relief features such portuns of the building
as ire not required for destitute men are used as a
lodging hcuse ind hctel for those able to pa-\ the
purpose being to furnish associations superior in
sinitari md moral tone t> the ordinary cheap lodg
ing house The help and encouragement thus given
to men is emphasized m a higher and spiritual wa>
bv the non sectarian services in the chapel and the
frien Ih counsel of the religious director and hia 1 elp
Mr 11 1 Mrs M Cr g r had tw s ns ml one
diughter Tl elder soi Trao W wis >orn April
14 1S69 Upon the death of his f ither he left Ober
Itn College an 1 came to Detroit to take charge of the
newh founded institution He was then twentj two
tearu of age In 1001 he married Kathenne Whit
nei daughter of Divid Whitney Jr and his con
tinutusly been illied with Detroit and its interests
In allitiou to the supervision of the institute he
has been a leader in miny of the etvio and benevo
lent movements of the city The younger son Mur
tiy WIS born August "3 187" and becin e miniger
of McGregor Institute succeeding his brother Oc
tober 1 1915 His wife was Jessie Kn ght ot
Detr t Tl 1 loiter Ei tl was lorn Ai gi st "5
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Detroit
Thua the nioie McGregor haa long been associated
in Detroit with i tivity for human g od and the
two aons are wocthj suceesaora of the r father in
his high pi rp ie t aasiat tht uiif rtumte So f < r
nearly a century in Amen a a splendid worK las
been carr ed fnrwarl making the ndme an 1 onored
one since the Ee'v John M McGregor became identi
fiod with the Presbyterian ministry and crossed the
AtKntic fr(m Scotland to the "United States
WILLIAM GODlBEl LBECUEN" Mce president
and treasurer of "W atlmg Lerct et & Oompiny is one
of the woll knwwn men in financial and investment
aecnrity circles of Detroit He wis born in this
city March 9 1879, a son of Edward Henr\ and
MaUna Ann (Boe) Lcr hei and in the acqnire
ment of in education attended the gralel schools and
the Ctntril high school bince start ng out m the
business world he has made continuous advancement
and m 190^ became secretary and treasurer of the
Gitraltar Quarrj Cumpiny so s-rvrng until 1^09 He
then turned 1 s attcnt n to finanual interests t e
coming saleamin for the bond depart nent of the
First National Bank of Detroit ict ng m that ca
paoit-i from 1909 until 1913 when he was madu
manager of thit brineh of tic business On the
lat of Jannirj IQilb, he was one of the <rganizers
of WatUng Lerchen & Company ot wl ich he wis
made treiaurer and five yeara Kter or on the 1st
of January 1Q21 he became vice president which
office he now fills together with thit of treasurer
This house deils in high gride bonds and in^ eat
ment securities and its strict integrity and rein
bility hive not onl\ secured a i ticeptioniliy
high class clientele among the city s leading financial
institutions ani capitalists but a foremost rank
among investment t ankers and brokers in Detroit
Mr Lerthen is also connected with other t is ness
enterprises uf the eit> be ng- i lire tor ot tl e F< rt
Shelby Hotel Company ind tl e At t e Ice Cream
Company
On the 8th of November I'^O'i he wis married
to Hiss Mibel Dorothy Holaon o± th s city and they
have become the parents of two sons Gillian God
frey, Jr., who was bom November 4, 1916, and Ed-
ward Hodson, born June 12, 1920.
Prom 1916 until 1919 Mr. Lerchen waa a member
of the board of governors of the Inveatment Bank-
ers Association of America and during the World
war he served on the executive committee which had
charge of the various Liberty Loan drives in Detroit
and Wayne county, giving much valuable time to
assisting the government in the promotion of war
measures. He is well known in social circles of the
city as a member of the Detroit Club, Detroit Athle-
tic Club, the Detroit Golf Club, of which he waa
formerly secretary i
ilent the Orpheus Llub and the liners Llul He is
treasurer of the Fine Arts SoLietv a member of the
board of governors of the Detroit Stock E^^change
a raemler of the board of directors of the Detroit
Bond ot Commerce 1919 192" wis first president
of thL Bond Men a Hub f Detroit and vice chair
mm of the Miuhigin Group of thi, Int estment Bank
era Ass ciation of Amern,a m 1921 Fraternally Mr
Lerchen is identified with the Masons belonging to
Corinthian Lodge F &, A M His life has been well
spent, characteriaed by a etnservat on of his forces
and by devotion to duty whether in public or private
connections The strength that he has manifested
in business circles has its root ui upright honorable
manhood winning for him the mqiaJifieJ regard of
those with whom he has beet ass eiatel Mr
Lerchen a reaidtnee is at No 1 OS El son
HiRR'i LYNN PlEH'iQN The Lfe record of Harry
L-ynn Pierson covered fiftj six \ears jet withm this
period he contributed to the world a work in many ways
Especiilh was he active m advancing mdustrial and
commerLial enterprises m Detroit al o promoting religious
and soc al activities He was bom at Birmingham
Michigan on the 21st of April IS65 an J was a son of
Smith P and Emma (Beldingl Pierscn Hi: acquired his
education in the publu schorls of Betroit and m 1S*)0
when twentj five yeara of age opened a harness making
estabhshmeat in association with Willis Hough at 210
Jefferson avenue After some jears the busmess was
removed to its present location — 532 "Uest Congrfis
street — where it has since been conducted under the name
of the Najlon Picrson Hough Companj Mr Pierson
was a moving spirit in the continued growth and success
of the businesa and served as vice president of the cor
poration for a number of years until his death He
alwajs held to the higheat standarda in the line of goods
manufactured and in the treatment accorded patrons
through the buoineaa transact ons of the house He
maintiined an unas adable reputation for commercial
intigrity and reliabihty as well as for enter] rise and
progrcssiveness For several years Mr Pierson was
identified with the Western Robe Company (now the
Hugh tt allace Eobe Company ) as its secretary and
treasurer an I ^ member of its board of directcrs from
1905 to 1907
On the 18th ot October, 1893, Mr. Pierson waa married
to Miss Carolyn Davison and they became the parents of
three children. Harry Lynn, Jr., is president of the
Naylon-Pierson-Hough Company, He served as a
captain in the American army during the World war and
was married January 24, 1920, to Mary Elizabeth White-
head. Harriet, the second of the family, is at home and
Bclding, the youngest, died in 1919, at the age of fifteen
years. The wife and mother passed away in 1910 and on
October 15, 1913, Mr. Pierson married Miss Eoxane Loud.
On the 2d of December, 1621, Mr. Pierson suddenly
passed away at the Detroit Athletic Club and in his death
the city lost one of its outstanding figures.
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1;V LYNX T'llOUKOX
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The extent of his interests is easiest told by the enuiuer-
ation of those various activities of which he was a part,
In hia church, St. Paul's cathedral, he had only recently
been elected junior warden. Formerly he had served as
senior warden at St. James church at Birmingham, hia
native city, and had been a member of the vestry of
St. Andrew's church, Detroit. He was also at one time
president of the Church Club of Michigan and took an
active interest in all individual and organized efforts
which contributed to the advancement of the church and
the extension of its influence. He was a member of the
board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion for more than twenty years and at his death was
treasurer of the organization. The interests of the
Young Men's Christian Association were very near his
heart and few men have meant so much to the
tion and its purposes. Mr. Pierson was one of the
organizers of the old Board of Trade, also was a charter
member and first secretary of the Board of Commerce,
which held its first meeting in his home His interent in
the Detroit Community Fund, as a member of the board
of the executive committee, is well known He was a
lite member of the Red Cross. Mr. Pierson belonged to
the Detroit Athletic Club and was in the gjTnnasium of
this club when death called him. As a member of the
Detroit Boat Club, in which he worked untiringlj for its
best interests and for two years served ai president he
was presented with an honorary memberifhip a diatmction
which has been granted to few men. He alio had mem
bership in the Detroit Club, the Countrj Club, the North
Chaimel Club, the Detroit Orchestral Association, the
Society of Arts and Crafts and the Santa Barbara Country
Club of Santa Barbara, California. All of these associa^
tions combine to indicate the breadth of his interests and
the princely qualities of the man,
Mr. Pierson was practically retired from business and
consequently was enabled to give a large share of his
attention to the things which make for a better and bigger
Detroit. He was a man of marked influence in the
religious world and equally recognized as a man of affairs
in the business world. He recognized no reason for the
separation of his business policy and his religious pro-
fessions; to him the two were identical. His was a type
of influence that should rule the commercial field and his
career proved that fidelity to high ideals is not incom-
patible with the attainment of material success.
After Mr. Pierson's death, the officers and directors of
the Detroit Board of Commerce passed the following well
merited resolution of respect; "Harry Lynn Pierson,
whose lite ended in what is ordinarily held to be the
middle age of man, was a Detroiter born, and a Etetroiter
by education. His entire business career was spent in
contact with Detroit industry and the merchandising of
its products. He had an abounding faith in the greatness
of his city. He made an important contribution, in a
hfe devoted to manufacturing and distribution, to that
greatness. He had a distinctly human interest in the
promotion of the interests of Detroit, which was mani-
fested by participation in the endeavors of hia fellow
citizens to advance those interests. The activities of
Harry Lynn Pierson were peculiarly close to the history
of this body. He was one of the group of citizens of
Detroit who initiated the movement for the foundation of
the Detroit Board of Commerce. He was the secretary
of the preliminary organization which formulated the
plans which led to the incorporation of the association.
His associates of the earlier days of its history recall with
gratitude the cheerfulness and energy with which he
devoted his time and his influence to its creation. What-
ever of good it has accomplished for commerce, industry
or community betterment in Detroit during its existence,
is creditable, in important share, to the early work of this
citizen who has gone to his reward. The directors of the
Detroit Board of Commerce therefore record the ey-
of their deep regret at the ending of the life of
their late associate, their appreciation of the worthiness
of his private life and his business career, and their
sympathy with those to whom his departure comes as a
shock and the aad occasion of a deep family gnef "
In like manner, the board of directori of the Detroit
"i oung Men s Chriotian Association ofliciallv expressed,
in well chosen words, the following resolutions
' In the sudden death of Harry Lvnn Pierson, a be-
loved member of the board of directors of the Detroit
"ioiing Men's Christian Association and for four jears its
efficient treasurer, the Association has lost one of its
most faithful and valuable supporters and we, hie asso-
ciates, a dear friend and cow orker
' Bom in Detroit fift>-six years ago, Mr. Pierson has
been prominently identified with the commercial activities
of the city, has aided in all its good works and has borne a
large burden in its upward progress. Early in life he
became interested in the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion and brought to Its work his sound business judgment,
his active mind and energetic strength. He was loyal in
his devotion to its interests and for many years gave
unsparingly of his time to the exacting duties of the
treasurershipi in which office his untarnished business
reputation for integrity and fair dealing and hia financial
training were invaluable. Upon the executive com-
mittee he gave most earnest attention to its many details
and often made great sacrifices to attend to its duties.
His wise counsel was often sought in the administration
of the affairs of the Association.
"Personally, Mr, Pierson was a lovable man, genial,
kind-hearted, quiet and approachable, and of a tempera-
ment that makes for enduring friendships. His devotion
to Christ and his church was the outstanding characteristic
of his life. He was a fine example to the young men of
our membership and an inspiration to the members of the
board of directors. We feel deeply hia sudden death but
rejoice in his confidence in God. To him there was 'no
sadness of farewell ' but the hopes expressed by the poet
were fulfiUed.
" 'Twilight and evening bell
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark—
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For though from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far
I hope to see mv P lot face t faee
Whe I ha\e crossed the tar
Vi e pla 0 upon o r records our appre at on of his
great worth and e^pw"! to h s bereaved famdj our sorrow
and sympathy n then- afflict on
EBNEST J 8HIPMAN a w 11 tno n an J sueeess
fnl realtor ot Detro t was bor n Howell M li gan
a son of E eh'ird Arnoll an! Otel a (Verhoeff) ''h p
man anl a brother of Freler k C Sh pman f Detro t
and Harry E aad Arthur W Sh pn an of Ch eago
Hs father -via? an offictr n the S g al Corps luring
the C 1 war and mis at a atelv assoe atel w th
Generals Logan anl Sher dan He was marr el n the
old r rst Presbyter in ch coh of Detro t b Dr Duf
field and lur g the latter Os remov d w th ha
f am ly from Howell M h gan to Lou sville Ken
tucky where he organ zed anl nstalled tl e first tele
phone system of that c tv later return ng to Detro t
w th his family
Ernest J 'Sh pman thui ^pent a port on of his early
youth n the south but returnel to Detro t n al ont
1885 with h 3 patents and 1 ere acqn re 1 h i educa
t on. purs ng a publ o and I gh school c urse and
afterward stui\ ng several Iranel es of learn ng under
private tutors At the t me erf the Span sh A ner can
war Mr Sh pman was 1 member of the M li gan
Naval Er gade and was w th the first western troops
ordered to the coast He served on the celebrated
Yose te and after the war oont ued n the serv ce
rising to the rank of na gat ng officer and becon ng a
1 e tenant sen or grade He was n the serv ce alto
gether from 18J7 to 191 a i was one of fo r ho re
ce ved the d amend n elal for fifteen years ser
V ee fron the na al orga zat o Dur ng- th s per od
he bee n e assoe ited w th a n mber of n en who are
pro nent n Detr t today
\fter ret ri g fron the navv Mr Sh pman jo ned
the An er an Bad ator Conipan as finan al eieeu
t ve and s at II one of ts stockhollers He s also
tl e secretary of the Palmer Park Land Company
which was organized in 1909 and since that tune he
has figured actively m real estate c rcles of Detroit
contributing not a little to public progress and al
vanceraent ty his operations of this eharaeter He
IS now the v ce pres dent and treaiurer of the B rm ng
ham ViUas Land Company which he organ zed in
1914 s president of the Ernest J Shipn an Land
Company whuh he organized m 1916 is vice pres
dent of the Elizabeth Lake Corporation wh ch he
organize 1 in 1916 and vice president of Oakland
Investment Company which he organized in 1917 He
has splan lid bua ness qnal fications and has become
thoronghlv familiar with real estate valies n anl
around Detroit Hia activities have contnb ited in sut
stantial n eaa ire to the city s growth and progress
In 1910 Mr Ship ! an was n arned to Miaa Eliza
beth Hascall, a niece of ex-Governor Wisner. He be-
longs to the Detroit Athletic Club, the Oakland Hills
(_ untrj CI h the Canopua Llub the B rm ngham
C If Clul the Arn v and Navy CTub the Detroit
Aut Club and also to the QltertWlkea Command
of tl e Span sh W ar "V eterans H s religious fa th is
t! <tt of the Pr abvter an church and h s pol t al be
1 ef that of ti e repnl 1 can partj Al ng bus neas 1 nes
he s CO mected w th the Detro t an 1 Nat onal Beal
Eatat Boards H a var o s eml ersh p connect ons
nd ate the scope of h a la) ora and t s a well known
fact that h b eooperat on a at all t mea be e nnted
upon to furtl er any plan for Amer can zat on work
H a ow 1 f e too has been renultant n h a bua ness
affa rs a d today he is ranked w th Detro t a strong
and apahle bua ess men
JOHN L DICKI^SON a pr nent reprea nt t ve
of naurance nteresta f Detro t and a n en ber of
o le of ta old and 1 unored fam 1 es s also well
known n other connect o s be ng the possessor of a
fine bar tone vo ee He waa torn in th s ty Apnl
20 188b a son of Jamea E a d EI zabeth K (Orr)
D ck s n who bee me the pirents of fi e hi
dren Jol n L of th s re ew Pa 1 C Horace E
Howard 0 and Jul a T vho 1 ed n 18 8 at the
age of e „1 teen, ears I the publ c and h gh
schools of Detro t Mr D k nson acqu red h s elu a
t on also devotmg h s attent on to the study of
mus c hay ng the benefit of natruct on from some
of the most o mpetent teachers n the e ty He s
the possessor of notable mus al talent anl ks fine
bar t ne o e has been heard t advantage n a
nun 1 or of tl e lea 1 ng church cho rs of the e ty
w th vh cl 1 e was conn cted from 1905 unt I 1911
He then became lead ng bar tone w th the bheehan
Encl si Grand Opera Company and tor three jeara
waa a memi er of that organ zat on d r ng wh ch
per 0 1 he toured the Un ted States also vis ting
Can la and Mex CO His operat c career was a most
sue es ful one winn ng for h m fa orable not ces
fron lead ng mus al crit cs m all sect ons f the
country but m 1W4 he waa obi gei to se er ha
connection with the company owing to ill health
Return ng to Detro t he beiame associated w th
his father who was then conducting an msuran e
agency and following tl e leatl of the latter he
took over the b ism ess which he has since operated
n ost successfulb He acts as local agent for the
PI oen I Insurance Con panv of Hartford Connecti
cut the Mercant le of America and the Queen of
New "iork anl the C tizens of Miasour al! of wl ich
companies apec alize m flre nsnrance and he is also
United States repreaentat ve of L b Lloyls for
insurance covering automobiles and lewelry He
writes a large amount of insurance annually g v ng
h s personal attention to the adjnstn ent of all claims
and through his nstnimental tv agreements are
reached which are sat sfaetory to the policy holders
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\^ V S Llovd^ reyreseotative in Mic-higau h«
q ttles practically all c] iima from his ofhce, his de
iisions being geaeTally accepted is entirely just and
rtasonible He is an astute busmes'i man and is
illj earrjing forward the interests established b\
h n tathec, of whom 1 e is proving a worthy sune'iior
On the Ibth of Juh, I**!* Mr DiokinBon wis
united in marriage to Wias Jessie L Bennet ot De
t! )it, and their manj attracts e personal qualities
lave secured for them a host cf frienis m the city
Mr Dickinson la a stanth rcpuhlKan in hi9 political
Mens, interested m tht welfare and sacceas of the
part'\, and in all matters of i,itizenship hia influence
IS on the side of idvmeement and iinproTementj his
hearty cooperation being given to e\erj project whii,h
haa for its object the betterment of the eit>, while to
all worthy charitable enterpriaes he is a generous con
trtbntor He is still active in musical eircles, being
haritone soloist at St Paul s cathedral in Detroit
His has been a life of diiigenee and determination
iiirt success in large measure haa come to reward his
fffurts He is a man ot high principles and sub
itintial qualities, progressiie ind reliable m business
an! lo^il in citizenship ind wherever known he is
li Id m high esteem
JOHN" L^MTH, who for man-\ ^eirs was engaged
m firming in Wajne county and spent hia later veira
ai I real estate dealer was born in Hamtramck town
slop, now a part of Detroit, June 10, 1852, his par
iiiis being Peter and Eliza (Gamtj) Lynch, who
mrn natn es ot Ireland and in early life came to" De
troit, wheri thev were living at the time of the birth
of their son, John He was two ^ears of age nhen
they purchased a farm of eighty acrea on Van Dyke
and the Lynch road Thia tirm was the home of the
family as the years passed and upon the death of the
J irentB the estate was divjded, Jwhn Lynch receiving
the home and twenty five acres of land
It waa tt this home that Mr Lynch took hia bnde
tiilloning his marriage on the 10th of June, 1S84, to
Miss Emma Honcroft She was born in Lecsville,
iw a part of the city cf I>etroit, and is a daughter
uf David and Tathenne (Vokes) Howcroft, both of
whom were mtivea of England, while their marriage
His celebrated m Leeaville, Michigan Dai id How
proft was a brick manufacturer having a plant at
Leesville, which was at that time a brick center of
< nsiderable proportions Now eierj trate ot the
iniltiatry there has been obliterated m the growth of
Hie modern city upon the old premises where once
^tnod the brick kilns
Following his marriage Mr Lvnch continued to
""o'age in farming for mam >Ptra and upon the old
iiineatead his children were born EatherE the eldest
1" now the wife of Otto E Rumpel of Detroit and
they haye lae child, Milton John D, who graduated
from the law department of the TIniversitv of Mich
'tan, IS now an attorney of Detroit He married
Edith Louise Benson and thej ha\e one child, Edith
Louise Eussel Earl is a medical student at the Uni
versity of Michigan as a member ot the class cf 1923
Allie J IS a teacher m the Irving school of Detroit
Mr Lynch ■nas quite prominent in local public af
fairs He served his township as a school director
most faithfully for thirty -vears and the cause of
education ever found m him a stalwart champion
He was public spirited and net onb waa deeplj inter
ested m educational mattera but alao m all lines of
en 10 betterment and improvement He fillei various
township offi-ces at different timea and was treasurer
of the township for seieral terms A school which
was erected on the Lynch fiubdmaitm was called the
Lynch school m his honor indicative of the tangible
interests which he had always manifested in the cause
o± public education
Mr Lynch continued to make his home upon the
farm for sixty jcars and in 1913 he subdivided his
land, which he stld in building lots, retaining cmly
two lots on "Van Dike avenue for the tamily should
thej ani time care to build m that locality In the
following year Mr Li nch removed to Detroit and
m August, 11^17, he purchased the home at No- 1056
East Grand bouleiard which he continued to occupy
until hia death and which is atill the residence of
Mra Lynch He was a home loving man, devoted to
the welfare of his family, and did not care for clubs
or social actiiities of that character In politics he
waa a democrat He paaaed awav June 10 ItSl, be
ing very suddenly stricken after a 301 ous evening
spent with his famili, his children and grandchildren,
who live on either side of him his death occurring
withm fifteen minutes after he waa stricken Hia loss
was the occasion ot deep regret to those who had
known him m business and tn his man} friends but
most of all to the memtera ct his own householi, for
he WIS ever a len deioted husband and father,
counting no personal sacrifice or effort on his part too
great if it would enhance the welfare and promote
the happmcas of his wife and children
TV J REIDELL, district manager of the American
bales Book Company, Limited, of Detroit, has long
been identified with thia business and has contributed
largely to its success Mr Eeidell is a Canadian, his
birth having occurred at Waterloo, Ontario He was
edueated m local achools of his native country and
earlv took up the study of law but changed his plans
concerning a life work and accepted a clerkship in
a hardware atore, where he was employed for a year
He then went into the office furniture business as a
salesman on the road, handling ofSce, school and
church furniture Later he became identified at Niag
ara Palls, New York, with the predecessors of the
Ameriem "^ales Book Compani, Limited, and has
been in this same line of business with the same
company continuouslj since In 1911 the present
firm at)lp was assumed and Mr Eeiiell, who acted
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a a special traveling representative tor the eoinpam
throngli a period of fifteen veira and hai been atite
manager for e ght j eirs eame to Detroit as repre
Bentative of the business in 1913 The tride of the
company extendi throughout the Unitpd Stitps anl
the head of&ees are miintained m Elmira New lork
They handle sales books and autographic registers
for all kinda tf bus n ess, including restaurant hotel
and cafe ivsttms Their sales books are noted for
their convenient hindlmg and their adaptability *<
all lines of commerto Thev have an OTtensi^ e
patronage in Michigan their output bringing in a
gross motme of fi\e miDion dollars for the ^eac 1920
The compinv has non been in existence for forty
J ears and hta operated under the present name since
1911
Mr Beidell was married in 1919 to Miss Edna Pond
of Grand Eipids He is a fonrth degree member of
the Knights of Columbus ind has membership in the
Catholic church ind in the Elks Fellowcraft Clui
Kiwanis Club ind Detroit Automobile Glut He »is
also a member of the Americin Protective League
during the World war The mijor part of his time
and attention however has been given to b ismeis
affairs and he ii rei.of,ttized as i dsnimic force m
commercial Lireki — i man capable of controlling ei
tensive interests and one who has leveloped i lig
business for the Detroit branch thro ighoi t the state
of Michigan
CHARLES M EOEHM Detroit has reason to feel
proud of her native sons, for she owes much of her
present prestige and gceatneis to their progressiveneis
keen business sigaeity and unswerving loialtv to her
interests To this class belongs Chirles M Koehm
who as president of the firm (f Roehm S. DaMion is
controlling a pioneer enterprise of the citv and a lead
ing productive mdustrv
A member of one of the honored pioneer families of
Detrcnt Mr Roehm was born in this eiH on the 2bth
<f March 186" his parents being Herman and Caro
line (E ch) Edhm The father, a native of Germanv
was born October 28 IBS'" and was i son of John
David and Elizabeth C (Schnepf) Boehm who became
the parents ot thirteen children In 184 they came
with their family to the United States settling m De
troit at an early period m its development In the
public schools of the citj their son Herman obtained
his education and m IS'iJ when fifteen years of age
he started out on his business career securing a posi
tion in the office of B B & W R Ncr\es hardware
merchants afterwards associating nith the M S
Smith Company at that time engaged m the lewelrv
business In 186" he became one of the trganizera of
the har iware firm of Eadcl fF Boehm i West n which
later became inown as Roehm Brothers In 1872 the
atvle was changed to Roehm & Davison and m 1901 the
firm was incorporated at which time Herman Boehm
was chosen president which (ffice he continued to fill
until 1 is demise His marked capabilitj initiative anl
upright methods enable 1 1 im to levelop an undertak
in J, ot large proportions and he became one ot De
tr< It 1 foremost business men and most highly re
spoctcd uitizens He was an earnest and taitl ful
member of the First Presbyterian church and was a
progressive m hia political views while fratemallj he
WIS identified with the Masonic order He was one of
the pioneers and upbuildera of Detroit in whose de
velopment and prosperity he ever took a deep and
helpful interest and his name is maeparatlv associated
with the early history oC the citv In 1862 he had
married Misa Caroline Bich whofe lemise occurred
on the 28th of May 1905 In their ti nily were four
children Charlea M All ort H George E and
Urace M
Alter completing his public school course Charles M
Roehm entered hia father s hardware estal lishment m
1885, being at that time eighteen jeara cf age and
fcr the past thirtv aeven vears ho has been a memter
of the hrm of Roehu & Davison He devoted everv
energy to learning the business of wl ich he mastere I
every phase and in 1901 when the firm was mcor
porated for two hundred thousand 1 liars he was made
general manager his father becoming president while
Mr Davisen served as vice president anl treasurer
and Mr Goo Iwillie filled the office of secretary In
IQIO Charles M Roehm was chosen secretary and treas
urer which offices he held until January 1121 when
he w IS made president of the eompanj following the
death of his father In 1920 the cajital stock was in
creased to one million, two hunjred thousand dollars,
the maj ritj of which is controlled by the subject of
this review and the firm operates a th roughly modern
plant on Beaufait avenue extending from Mack to
Benson avenues and equipped for the handling of
structural and bar steel They are also wholesale and
retail lealers m hardware and automobile aocessonas
and their business is Iargel> confined to points m the
state tf Michigan They also ma n tain an crtfice on
West Woodbridge street m the 1 usmess center of De
troit, and now employ in the neighlorhood of one bun
dred persons Since assuming control of the enterprise
Mr Roehm has greatly enlarged the scope of its aetivi
tiea displaying m its conduct the san e administrative
ability determination and energy which characterized
his father anl place 1 him at the head of important
nterests He is now guid ng the destiny of one of the
mportant industries of the citv and also has other
business interests being a director of the Detroit
Trust Company and the National Bank of Commer e
On the 2<tth of June 1892, Mr Roehm was nmted in
narriage to Miss Mary Stevens and they became the
parents of three children Lawrence S Margaret K,
now the wife of Donald G Eade and Herman (H)
who died January 13 1921 The family resile at No
5728 Second bonlevard
Mr Roehm a puhl c spirit finds expression in his
n embersl p m the Detroit PoarJ ot Ctmner e whose
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iref l]j fori) lateii jlina for tl e I lopii ut of tie
b 3 ess ttterests of tl e c tj re e a h a lie rty co
operat on anl support He a well known n aoc il e r
cles b ng popular member of tl e Detro t Detro t
Athlet e Detro t C olf BIctod field H lis UilvHn 1 H lia
try Clul s the Binkers Uul of Detro t and the
01 1 Colo V CI b He ortl ly beara a nime tl it for
0 er 1 1 alf cent rv has atood aa a aynonym for
{,r t enterpr se and rel ab 1 ty tt con mere al c ccles
a Detro t mJ the atre gth that 1 e manifests n on
t 1 of Ji ■! bui ne a nteresta haa ta root n npr ght
1 n able n mhood w nn n„ for h n the u quil fled
1 of tloae m n y.h h s e t re ! ± his teen
1
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EDW\BD J W\EEEN" O e of the well kno to
1 e tat le Icrs of D tro t s Ed ard J Warren
H as b rn it B rnett Junet on V, aeons n Maj
1 18C a B n of Job a 1 D 1 tha {K ngsb ry) War
ren The father waa a a tive of the stite of Ne
Ink 1 -lO n ifter the o tbreik of h st 1 t ts be
tween the jiorth ind the south le left his farn near
B rn tt J n t on and enl ated for aerv ee i tl e C \ 1
r 1 g a member of the F rat W aeonsm
a al H aa n n as oned first 1 eute i
tl 1 a reg ment nai iss gnel to tie M aac
t ct be n" k lied n an engagen e t it Bit
M aso r n the 1st of August 18b2 S bs<
tl e n otl er removed to M eh gan taking p 1
I n e at Bi C tj SI e met a ae dentil deith n
Itl near Visaar M ch gan
Edwird J Vi irren the only sur v ng n ember of i
f m It of five ch Idren attonled the graded ind
1 (,h schools of Bav 0 ty M el gan snbseq entlv pur
u n„ 1 CO t e n the Maj 1 ew Bus ness C liege of
[ tro t For son e vears Mr ^W arren was engaged
t. a photographer be ng located at Poughkeeps e New
\ork He entered the 1 f e inaunnce 1 usmesa be
n ng state agent for M ch gan for the Prov lent
L f e & Trust Company and returned to Detro t Later
1 e organ zed the photograph c stud o n Detro t
h cl a now coniu ted by the C M Hayea Con pany
1 id ng ph tographers of tl e state i d subaequently
f in ntereited n the real eatite busmeaa w th
I el he has s nee been lent fied He wis also one
t the organ zers of the C bi De elopme t Co n
lany operat ng i large tract of land n Ciba He
aee red anoth r lirge trict of twel e h ndrel icres
n the upper part of the lower pen ns Ii of Michigan
h cl he developed nto orchard linda co d ct ng the
nterpr se under the t lie of tl e Pen nsulat Tr t
Company Aft r sellmg these hold ngs he tarned h s
jttent 0 to r tr t realty n wh h he haa s nee been
nte eatei Ho s also a d reetor anl tie seeretarj
f the Un on Realty Con panj ind a a n an f ent
I r le nd detorm nat on whose plana are caref lly
i mulited and promptly exec ted
In 188b Mr Warren wis n ted marr age to
■y 8 B rtla \1 e 'Walker ot Det o t 1 lau„l ter
f Mr 1 Mia Joh D Walk r tl t rn er ol
■whom was the rgiu zer and the farst prea dent at tl e
T^alker B II Po ti g Company engaged n o ts de
a Ivert s ng Tl ree children ha e 1 een born to Mr
nd Mrs Warren Nell e L a tl w f e of C Lou s
W 11 ams a druggist on Mack iven e Detro t She
s 1 rn at Po gl keeps e Ne ' lork ind icqu red
1 r educ t on n Detroit attending tho graded schools
a d tl e Ce tr 1 h gh school from wh 1 al e was grid
uated Mr and Mrs Will an a h e one da f,hter
Nareia M ss E 1 th M Wirreu ilao i
P ughkeep e New lork a 1 kew se
the Central h gh school of Detroit
ipible buiinesa oman be ng treaa
Brothers dealers n bu Iders suppl et
p es lent of tl e Detro t .
, f,ra iuate of
of Thoniaa
Woman s Cl b
ind a dreetor n tie won n a C tv Cl b Th aon
John L no-er W rr w a Vorn n D tro t and fol
lo ng h a g aduat on tron the Central h f,h acho 1
he an e a student at the M ch gan Agr ultural Col
lege He i now rea d ng n th i o ty and is connected
th tl e C tv Weltare B rea He s a veteran of the
Worl Iwrelt gisipr vate and be ng ass gne 1
to the S xteenth Eng neers Corps He won pro o
t on to the rank of aergea t and as sent w tl h s
command oyerseis ren ain ng n the ser ice for a
per ol of two veirs He marr el M sa Ivi Donaldson
of Emp re M ch gin and thev have tecon e the par
ents ot 1 da ghter Dorothj
Mr Edward J Warren rea dea n a bei t ful home
wh ch he hia j at eon pleted He is ndependent n
h R pol t cal \ ews v t ng for the man whon he
con ders be't q al fied for office reeardlesa of party
t es He a prom ent n Masonry belong ng to Ashlar
Lodge F & A M in 1 lie IS liao a past cl ineellor
ommander of Damon Lodc-e N 3 Kn t,ht8 of
P>th as He s a member of Pe naulir Chapter
BAM Ml gan So ere gn Cons atorv A & A
S E and Moslem Temple of tie Mjat c Shr ne In
hu bua ness car r he 1 monstrat I it t s poas
lie t ac omplisl tl r ugl 1 ter m d eftort s 1
d reeted
BA1.MOND C JENNlNGb O e of the 1 gh class
tailor g eatatl shments of Detro t s that of the
Jenn ngs Compan ot wh eh Eaym nd C Jenn ngs is
seeretarv treasurer The bus ness was founded n 18 *>
an 1 3 one of the oldest enterpr ses of the k nd n the
e ty wh le the house has e er borne in uniaaa lable
reputat on for b s neaa ntegr tv and rel ab 1 ty Mr
Jenn ga s nit ve of tl a c tv and haa here spent h s
1 fe He was borH A g st 2 1883 a son of Jar a
S Je n nga a d a grandson of W 11 am Jenn ngs who
WIS 1 nit e of Boston Massachusetts but spent the
great r pirt of h s 1 fe n New T rk c ty He be
eame pron nent n mercant le c rcles of that c tv
engig ng n the wl olesile elotl ng b s ness n the
old Aator Ho se for ninv veics H s son Tarv s S
Jenn ngs rem itrnNwTk t to Detr t
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in 1872 and opened i tailoring establishment in the
McGraw block becoming its first tenant but since
1915 the busincas i aa been looited in the David Whit
ney building He married Mias Sarah Carman and
they became the parents of the following named
Emilv, Henrietta, who is the wife of Fritz boebel
Mary Jams S Jr wh during the World war
served for a year as a lieutenant n the ordnance de
partment at Wasl ington D C Charles Raymond C
and Frank Mrs Jennings grandfather was i native
of the state of New "iork wlile his father was born
1 Holland and the Jennings family t ime originallj
frou
nl
After comiletng the w rk of tic high school Bay
mond C Jennings entered the tailoring businesB with
his father in ly04 an 1 in 1915 they incorporated their
interests under the style of the Jennings Company,
with R C Jennmga as secretary treasurer in which
capacity he has since served They employ the most
skilled labor utilizing only the best grade of ma
terjals and the work turned out by their establish
ment has always been characterized hy good taste
and superiority of 3t>le and finish They employ the
most progressive methods m the conduct of their m
terosts and their reasonable prices and rt. liable deal
ing have secnred for them a larf,e patrona|,e Thej
cater to the high class trade of tl e citv and have tvcr
found that satisfied customers are the best adv-rtise
ment Mr Jtnnmgs gives hia personal attention to
every detail if the business and has cmtribnted in
substantial measure to tl e sucLess of the enterprise
On the 23d of August 1913 Mr Tenninga was
united in marriage to Miss Lenore '^m th of Detroit
and they have bei-ome the parents (f a -daughter
Betty Jane He is connected with the Betail Mer
chants Bureau and is also an active member of the
Board of Commerce whose plana and projects for
the expansion of the trade interests of the city re
ceive his hearts cooperation and the nature of his
recreation la indicated by his membership m the
Ltwhmoor Golf Clnb He is a reliable and progressive
biismess man a. loyal and public spirited citizen and
his many stprlmg traits of character have won for
him the esteem and goMwill of a host of frienls
STRATHE\RN HENDEIE rising to tie position
of manager of important railway interests an^ con
tmumg m active connection therewith to the time of
his death was a native aon of Detrcrit born Octobir
12 1866 his parents being George and Sarah Siblev
(TrowT ridge) Hendne The father was a native ot
the eity of Glasgow Scotland, where his Tirth o
curred on the 9th of February 183i He acquire 1 a
public school education m his native country and in
1849 became an employe at the Glasgow & Southern
Railroad Tl us it will be seen that his first busmesa
experience was m connection with transportation m
wl ich line he was destined to attain to great prom
inence in a fireign land and m which line also his
son fetratl earn Henirie found his 1 fe work In
19j8 the fat! er came to the new w rid and took up
his residence at Hamilton Ontario nhere for a time
he was m the empluj of his brother anl then became
a member ot the tirm retaining an interest m the
1 uaineas until hia leath In 18'i9 he remove 1 to De-
troit after which his name was identified with many
of the railway pro]ects in this part of Miuhigan
On the Slst ot Ottober 1863 George Hendrie was
united m marriage to Miss Sarah Sibley Trowbridge
a laughter of the Hon Charles C Trowbridge of De
troit Their eldest son Strathearn Hendrie, was edu
cated m the put lie schools of Detroit and later tutired
for college He next entered Trinitj College at Hart
ford Connecticut from which he was graduated with
the Bachelor of Arts degree m 188 It waa aeven
V ears after his return to Detroit or in November
1894 thit he was married in thia city to Miss Cath
arme Mane Moran a daughter ot William B Moran
of whom mention la made elsewhere in this work To
this marriage there were lorn three children Wii
ham ^ an Djke George Strathearn a mechanical en
gineer and Elizabeth Trowbridge who is a student
in the Convent Duponloup in Pans
Strathearn Hondrie after graduating fr m college
immediately became associated witli his f atl er as
sistmg him in railway management He was treasurer
and one of the directors of the Detroit Citv Railway
from 1889 until 1891 and was manager and treasurer
of various snburban eleetne railwavs intluding the
Wyandotte & Detroit River and the Detroit & Pontiae
Railway occupying the latter position from 1890 until
1902 He was also general manager and treasurer of
the Grand Eapids Holland K, Chicago Railr ad and
treasurer of the Detroit Siver Land Company His
buamesa aetiv ties were not even limited by these
connections extensive and important as tbev wore
He represented many large 1 usmess projects includ
mg the Detnit Savings Bank the Detroit & Cleve
land Navigat on Compan-\ the Crosse Pointe Land
Company the Detroit & Cleveland Boat L ne the
Detroit Taxicab Company and the Detroit Gear Ma
chmery Companj of all of which he was a director
His ludgment was notably sounl and his diserimim
tion keen He had the ability to correlate seemingly
diverse interests into a unified and harmonious whole
and to bring about important results in the achieve
ment ot a given purpose in I usmeas His cooperation
was therefore eagerly sought in the management and
control < f large concerns and his labors were crowned
with a n table measure of s iccess
There is an interesting militar} chapter in the life
record of Mr Hendne who waa a member of the
Michigan State Naval Brigade from 1894 until 1903
serving as its commander for the last two years of
that period He was also an ensign in the Hnited
States nav-y during the Spanish Americm war in
1808 while during the World war his son George
Strathearn Hendne served on a s il marine chaser in
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tmeign waters for i
mg chief bolt
Mr Hendne wis i follower of Fpiscopil teithjng'i
hiving membership m Christ church He l)eloiiEed
to the Yonlotega, Detroit, Detroit Boat, University,
Wolverine Automobile, Countn , Detroit Ratquet and
Curling, and Grosie Pomte Eiding and Hunt flubs,
ah I to the Army and ISaw Club uf Washington, D
0, to St Andrew 's Olub of New York and was an
honorary member of many otln,r elubs throughnut
tl e country His capability can be measured by the
extent of his activities and interests, for he attorn
plished whatpier he undertook, obstacles anl liffi
cult IPS seeming but to serve aa a renewed impetus
for effort' on his part and he ne\ er stopped until he
rf ached hn objective He died August 25, 1915
WILLIAM L 4USTIN, who since February, 1921,
has been lonnetted with the Fred M Bauiall Adver
tising Company, one of the loading enterprises of this
iharicter m Detroit, has had broad esperience in the
advertising field and i? regarded as an expert m this
linL of n ork He is a native of Michigan, his birth
having occurred at Adrian on the 37th of Januarv,
1385 His parents v^e^e Silas S and Sarah 4uxtin,
wl( reared a tamih of eight children, namely Minn
( arnbum, Eva Cambnrn, Augusta Pennington, John L
Lavexne, Cora Field, Grace McCoy and William L
In. 1S91 the family removed to Teeumseh, Michigan,
1 d in the p iblK and high schools of that eitv William
L Austin atguired his education On uompleting his
itudies he entered the ofGee of the Teeumseh News
■» a printer s apprentice there continuing for a year,
after which he became a clerk in the poat ofiiee,
«hire he remained for three years He next became
is'.ociated ■nith a small printing estabhshment and
iunng his fonr years' connection therewith itquired
I thorough knowledge of the businew, alio devoting
Ins leisure hours to ?tudv of the advertising business
It was in 1905 that Mr \ustm came to Detroit, at
which time he became a member of the staff of the
0 J Mulford Advertising Companj, whose offices
were at that period located at No 83 West Fort
itreet He remained with that firm, for four years,
during -which period he gamed valuable experience
il ng advertising lines and m 10OQ he became ad
vertismg manager for the Griv Motor Company, with
wl ich he was identified for fl.ve years, having entire
iharge of their advertising and doing a large amount
t semi technical advertising work in that connection
He noTt became connected with J Walter Thomp
^m Company, a prominent firm of this citv, handling
1 large number of accounts from all sections of the
<ountrv and had charge of their copy and production
lepartmcnts He remained with that corporation for
six years and in February, 1921, formed his present
association with the Fred M Randall Advertising
''ompany one of the leading firms of this character m
the city He handles all tvpes of general advrrtismg
for the companv hiving ihargt ot a number ot their
leading accounts, but ho has largely specialized along
semi ttch meal lines such as engines and automobile
attessories He is regarded as a very capable man
in his special line of work and his servnes are prov
ing very valuable to the firm whith le represents
In 1910 Mr Austm was united in marriage to Miss
Dorcas Allen tt Detroit, and they have become the
parents of a son, William L 4ustiu, Jr , who was
born June 16, 1915 The family reside in an attrao
tive home at No 42^ Glynn Court, whure Mr Austin
spends all of his leisure hours, finding his greatest
happiness at his own fireside He is a republican
in his political views, interested in the welfare and
smtLSS of the parti, but has never been an aspirant
for the honors and emoluments of public of&te, feeling
that his business requires his undivided attention He
has won success by industry ability and common sense
and thesL qualities unite to make him an upright man
and useful citizen
ALBERT BEEVEE, an alert, energetic and pro
gressjve young business man of Detroit, is president
and general manager of the firm of Little ^ Beever,
leading contracting plasterers of the city He is a na
tive of England, his birth having occurred in London
on the 3bth of December, 1893, and his parents were
William John and Kathenne (Bamsev) Beever, who
were also natives of that countrj, where the father
also followed the trade ot a pUsterer executing many
large contracts along that line in London Both par
ents are deceased Thev reared a family ot nine chil
dren, one of whom has passed awav, those who sur
vivc bemg William, Fred and Harry, all of Detroit,
George, wht still resides in London, England Sidney,
who makes his home in Svdnev, Australia, and Mrs
Alice Conppx, Mrs Ada Abbott, and Albert, who are
residents ot Detroit
Albert Beever acquired his early education in the
schools of London, England and at the age of eleven
years came to Detroit, where he continued his studies
Deciding to follow in the footsteps ot his father, he
became an apprentice to the plasterer's trade and
during this period attended the "i M C A Technical
high school, where he completed a course in architec
ture After mastering his trade he became identified
with the \inton Company, filling the position ot esti
mator For seven years he continued with that firm,
at the end of which period he became one of the
organizers of the Little S/ Beever Company and is
now serving as its secretarj and treasurer Since its
ini,eption the business has enjoyed a steady growth
and has reached extensive proportions, owing to the
high qualit^i of the work done by the company and
their reliable and progressive business methods They
have executed many important plastering contracts,
among which may be mentioned the residences of
Truman H dewberry and Dr T N Torrey and the
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Detroit Athleti Clul and tli \ nre re gnized i?
experts in the line in uliieh they specialize
On the 14th erf lelruarv 1914 Mr Beever was
tiiiited in marriage to Miss Ella Billing a laughter
of Mr and Mrs Samuel Billing pr m nent residents
of this city The three children of this union are
Eileen who was born in 1915 Bobert wh se birth
occurred m 191 lal Donild born m 1920
In hiB politieai views Mr Beever is % republiuin
casting hn ballot in favor of the eanlilites of thit
party where national issues are at ^tate 1 ut at local
elections he votes for the man best qualificed for ofiice
regardless of party ties He is a member ot the
Contracting Plasterers Association of -which he is
serving as secretary and treasurer and la also eon
netted with the Bu Iders & Traders Exchange and the
Detroit Board of Oommeri,e nhile his sonal nature
finds espre'Bion m the Oenopui Club He is yet a
young man but he has already accomplished much and
all who know him esteem him for his pnergi hi«
agreaaneness and his sterling integrity
ELISHA TA\LOK No histmy of Detroit w ild te
complete without reference to Ehaha Taylor from
the fact that he was one of the eminent lawyers here
and becan e connected with the eit> m pioneer times
Through the interienmg years he contributed much
to uphollins; the legal and moral statis of the torn
munit\ and to the mater il and intellectuil irogr ss
Mr Taj lor waa born m Charlton Saratoga county
New \oTk May 14 1817 and his life recorl co\orei
the intervening period t the 6th of August 1906
when he passed away m Detroit having reached the
age of almost ninety veirs His ancestral history is a
most interesting one as the line can be traced back
in authentic manner to Baron Taillefer a \aloroua
Norman who accompanied William the ConquLror
from France into England and met hia death in the
historic Battle of Hastings October 14 1066 The
Norman William h wever was victorious in hia bat
tlea with Englanl a earlv inlalitanta and he after
ward awardel to the Taillefer family large landed
estatea in the County of Kent where tl e baronial
rank and appurtenances were maintained inviolate
Edward Tavlor descendant from Baron Taillefer in
the ninth generition was the founder of the family
in the new world having crosael the Atlantic m 1C92
He first settled at Middletown Monmouth county
New Jersey where he became posaesscrr of a large
landed estate His great grandson John Taylor re
moved from New Jersov to Charlton Saratoga county
New York m l" 4 becoming one of the pioneers of
the Empire state and one of ita moat prom nent citi
zens He served aa ludge of the county court from
180S until 1818 and spent the last years of hia life
in the home of his son John W Taylor who waa
chosen to represent Saratoga countv m the United
States congress for a score o£ veara from 1813 until
1833 during which time he was twice elected speaker
tt tic 1 01 s ot lejreaentativps The death ot Judge
Join Taylor occurred m 18''9 The father of Elisha
Taylor William Tavlor a son <t Judge John Tayl r
waa a aubstantial citizen and wealthy farmer of Sara
tffga county and at one time visited Michigan and
made investment m fo it hundred acres ot land at
brand Blanc Genesee counts but did not take up hia
abode thereon He passed away in Charlton New
"iork in 185t> He named Lucv Hargtr on 1 their
children included Elisha Tajior who spent his jouth
ful davs on hia father s tarm m the Empire "itate and
ittended the district sthods, to the age ot twelve
V ears after which he became a student m one of the
excellent schools of that penol an naiemv at Cherry
"V alley Otaego county New York He pursued his
preparatorj tourse in an aiadtmv at Hamilton New
\ork and in 1833 became a student m Union College
at Schenectady, where he came under the instruction
of Dr Eliphftiet Nott presilent of the institution
and one of the most distinguished elucators of his
da* Impaire i health however forced Mr Taylor to
al andon his e liegiate course m 183b and for some
time he travelel in the soTith for the purpose of re
euperatmg Witi his return to New "ifrk he re
aumed his studies m Union College and wis grain
ated therefrom with the Bachelor of Arts degree in
183" Durin„ his college dava he became a member
ot the Phi Beta Kappa and w is popular m college
eircles A part of his time while at Union College
waa devoted to the study of law and follow ng his
graluation he accepted the position of tfacher of a
select school at Athens Greene counts New York
In the following vear just after attaining his ma
]oritv Flisha Tailor came to Detroit with his couam
a young man of about his own age to inapeet tie
land whieh his father ha I purchaaei at Grand Blanc
seme years before The two voung men were each
poaaessed of a capital of five hundred dollars anl each
purchased an Indian ponv with which they set forth
upon their journey of investigation through the new
state which was still tonsiiered a frontier region
Thev not only visited the tract of land which Mr
Taylor a father had purchased but tl ey alao passed
through Monroe Te umseh JachsiTn Adrian Mount
Clemens Black Biver now Port Hur n and other
settlements in the eastetn part of the state The
cousin finally left for Chicago but Elisha Tavlor had
determ ned to make Detroit his home With notable
prescience he foresaw something of wl at the future
had in store for this great and growing section of
the country and believed that Detroit must ultimately
1 ecome a eiti of consiierable importance Time has
proved the wisdom of hia judgment and the value of
his opinions and he lived to witneas the continuous
growth and pr gress ot the city for two thirds of a
century He had brought with I im from tl e east
varioua letters ot mtroiuetion and recommendation
! ut only one of these 1 e presented and that was to
Peter Morey then attornev general of the state by
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whom he ms tordnlh wcipomel Mr Ti^lnr became
I law student in tlie office ot Mr Morev ind it wi^
n t long before he was mtrod iced to Glovernor Stei ens
T MaBtn, who after some conversation with tl e young
min ju luirod Po >ou want an ofiieet The replj
«is in tl e iffirmatne ind Mr Mas n then said \erv
well I 11 mike jou a notirj public He continued
h 1 law reading and m 1839 was idmitted to the bar
1 on oximinati n betore Honr> N Walker who acted
f r the court Mr Tiylor at once entered upon pr&f
tiee forming a partnership with Mr More* his former
preceptor and each year he made itealy advaii,e in
his chosen profession unt I he became recognized as
(ne ot the capil ie and emintnt members of tie legal
professi'n n Mn,hij,an He prepared his cises with
^reat thoroughness and care presented his cause
(li>arlv and eogcnth 1 1 fore the Lourts ind triel all
kinds of cases with ability and power It was his
custom everj summer ti ia> aside his profesNional
li ties and interests for a time and go to the farm at
(xrand Blanc where he levotei himself to the manual
labor of tilling the soil gaining that physical de
itlofment and strength so necessary for success in his
profcsaion Thp farm following the father s death
brothers and sisters 1 it as he prospered in his under
takings Elisha Taylor p irchased the interests of the
jther heirs from time to time until finalh he became
s le owner of the property whiph was gralualh ap
treciating in value and which eventually jielled him
large flnaimal ret irns He also mile investments n
real estate and other properties in Detr it ind at
\arirus points in M chigan and his notilly sound
1 idgment was manifest in the splenlid rtsults whieh
fdlowed his realty investments
In the year 1844 Mr Taylor returned to New lork
and at Schoharie was united in marriage to Miss
Aurelia H PenEeld their ■^ outhf ul friendship having
ripened into love Her fathtr was Thomas Penfield
a succo'isful manufacturer and leading citizen ot
Schoharie Mr Taylor brought his bride to Detroit
^here thej traveled life s journey most happily to
t, ether until separated b} death on the 2Zd of No
lember 1888 when the wife was called to the home
Throuf,l out the perio 1 of his residence in Detroit
Mr Ta3lor was keenh interested m its political ao
Mties and its moral and elucational progress He
voted with the democratic party in early mani ood
nd his close stud3 ot political problems and of the
tal questions of the day his ability to present these
1 roblems with clearness and force naturally sag
gested him far public office He served as master
in chancery from 1842 until 1846 and in 1843 filled
the office of citv attorney In the same jear he was
male a member of the loard rf edicafion anl so
served for two years He was also circuit court com
raissioner from 1846 until 1854 and was clerk of the
supreme court in 1848 49, when Detrnit was still the
capital ot the state He was registrar of the United
States land office trom 1853 until 18 j7 and acted as
United States pension agent from 1854 until 1870
He continutd to give his political allegiance nnfaiter
ingh to the domocratii. part^ until after the outbreak
of tie Cml war when he felt that he was more m
sympathy witl republitan principles and purposes and
beeime connectel w th the latter party His political
position was always based upon a thcrough inder
standing of the vital questions involved and in all
matters of public concern he delved to the r ots ot a
question His attitude toward his country during the
last hours of the Civil war is shown in the fact that
he voluntarily sent a coutnbut on of eigl t thousand
dollars to the United States tceas iry in New York,
when the government announced that it needed money
to prosecute the war He gave it willinglj though m
later years the sum was repaid with four per cent
interest
The early religious training of Mr Taylor was that
of the Protestant Episcopal church, with which he
was allied until after his marriage when he identi
flel himself with the Presbyterian church to which
his wito belonged In 1854 with fortj three others
he assisted m organizing the Jefferson Avenue Pres
Ijtenan church and in 1856 he was elected an eller
thereof continualh holding the oflice until his death
a half cpnturv later He likewise served as oommis
sioner to tie general assembh ot the Presbyterian
cl urch at Harrisburg Ponnsylv ania, m 1868 and at
Saratoga Springs New lork in 1884 He was also
representative of the general assembly at Detroit in
1891 He acted as president of the Detroit city mis
sion board m lS-9 and m 188C he was pres dent of
the Presbyterian Alliance of Detroit He worked
untiringly to promote the offices anl objects of the
church exemplifying in his life the teachings cf Him
who' came to minister and not to be ministered unto
A splendid cl aracterization ot the man and an excel
lent pen picture of Mr Tavlor has I een given by a
contemporarj biographer who wrote Mr Taylor
was a man of fine appearance ani of iistmctive per
sonal graciousness emphasized by his culture and
great intelle tual powers He was five fiet ten inches
m height and weighed about one hunlred and seventy
five pounds He was well porportioned had bl nsh
gray eves an 1 medium complesion His hair orig
mally brown turned snowy white and with his long
beard which he wore during the last fifty >eirs of
his life his appearance became m time truly patri
archal It has been note! that in recent years he was
perhaps tfe only gentleman of the oil school who
wore upon the streets of Detroit a dress coat A
goodly share of material wealth was possessed Ij Mr
Taylor who owned real estate anl other properties
in Detroit and elsewhere in the state All through
his long and significantly useful life he enjoyed a
reputation for strict integritv honorable dealings,
and generous and discriminating kindliness in thought
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word and deed. Further than this, the reputation
fully denoted the intrlnaic nobility of his character,"
He passed the last years of his life in the home of
Jiis only sui'viving child, De Witt H. Taylor, and had
almost reach I'd the ninetieth milestone when he
wrapped the mintle of his couch ahout him and liid
down to pleasant dreims
BDWAED ■WATROL& JEMiS M 1), LL D
Many there are who accord to the medical proftssion
the position of highp'^t honor aa the one of greatest
usetulne's to minkm 1, and the physician of marked
capability ani wide eiptrience alwiya occupies i
prominent position m his fomm inity Sneh a. place
was accorded Bdward V, Jenks, % man of broad sci
entifiL attainments and wide general leirning, ■whc
from the outset of his profei-sion-U Lireer male
steady advancement until lie long occupied a p] ice
m the front rank He comtintlv deitloped hia
powers through wide reading md research, and his
contributions to the world s work were indeed valu
Dr Jeuka waa born in Vntor, Ontario lounfy, Jtew
York, March 31, 1833, md waa descended from Bng
lish an<eBtry, his people being of the Quiker faith
Among the representative a of the mme was one of
the early colonial goiemora of Ehode Island ani m
the various generations of the familv have been
found men of prominence in professional, buainLSS and
public service The Doctor's grandparents m the
piternal line were Obediah and CJirinda (Watrousj
Jenks, and his parents were Nathan and Jane (Bush
nell) Jenka The father engaged in merchandising at
Victor, New York, for manv vears ind waa a man of
large mfluence in hw eommunit^ On leaving the
Empire atate he removed to northern Indiina, where
he purehaaed land and contributed much to the de
velopment and progress of that region He made
extensile investments m Lagrange county, where he
established the village of Ontino, and m 1843 he and
his family took up their abode in the citv of La
grange, where his remaining diys Tvere spent He
was the founder of the Lagrange Collegiate Institute,
which he largeJy endowed and which became one of
the strong educational institutions of that part of
the country, drawing its support not only from In
diana but from the adjoining states as well
Dr Jenks pursued his education m this school
■which had been established bv his father, foUowmg
his early aeholaatic training recei\ed in the public
schoola of the Empire state Later he studied under
private tutors and e\entually matriculated in the
medical dtpartmeut of New York Umveraitv, m
which he ccmtmuel his studies until impaired health
forced him temporarily to put aside his textbooks
Later he entered Oastleton Medical College at Castie
ton, Vermont, and was numbered among its alumni of
IS'i'i Having thus thorouchh qualified for the prac
tiee of his profession he returned to Lagrange county,
Indiana, where he took up active practice, and as he
responded to calls his drives into the country proved
very beneficial to his own health. Prom the beginning
success attended him, and his reputation spread ao rap-
idh that hia practice soon covered not only Lagrange
but adjoining counties m Indiana and Michigan He
was at all times ambitious to promote his efficiency in
his chosen calling and following the establishment of
the Bellevue Hoipital Medical College in New "iork
citj he went there for postgraduate werk and again
came under the instruction of Dr James B Wood,
who had formerh been one of his ireceptora and who
was a member Of the faculty m the new inatitution
Trom this college he received his ad eundem degree
lii 1864 and swon afterward removed to Detroit
Dr lenks entered upon hia professional career in
this citj as a contrict surgeon for the United States
army, and he also soon built up a large pri^ ate prac
tue, the public reidily recognizing his ability to cope
with the intricate and involved problems of disease
He likewise became widely known to the profession
through lua serine covering four jears as one of the
editors of the Detroit EoMew of Medicine, which
magazine ho assisted in founding and which 1 irgely
through hia efforts beiame a valuable contribution to
profeaaional literature In 1368 Dr Jenka waa elected
to the chair of obstetrics and diseasea of women m
the Detroit Medical College, an institution which had
come into eMStence in considerable measure through
his efforts, tor he waa one of ita founders and pro
meters and became the first president thereof His
reputation m the meantime had made him known
througho it the country, and he was ottered the chair
of surgical diseases of women m the medic.il depart
ment of Eowdom College in Maine There he lectured
m the spring months of each year alter the close of
the season s work in the Detroit Medical College
In 1*^75, however, he severed hia connection with
Bjwdoin College, OTrmg to the extensive demands
made upon him fjr professional service elaewhere
For manv veara he was surgeon in both St Luke's
and &t Mary's Hospitals, specializing on diseases of
women and children and he also became consulting
surgeon of the Women a Hospital of Detroit He be
came one of the attending phvaicians of Harper Hospi
tal, acting in that connection from the time of its or
ganization until 1872, when he resigned He served
aa chief aurgeon of the Michigan Central Railroad
for a number of years and all of the time enjoved
an eKtensive private practice He gave himaelf unre
servedly to his jrofcssion He never hesitated to
perform any a or vice when called upon that would
benefit his fellowmen and hia continual atudy and
broadening experience soon placed him m a position
of leadership among the representatives of the med
ical profession not onh in Detroit but thrcmghont
Michigan and the central west In fact his reputation
extended from coast to coast and his opinions were
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jgr^ely act pted as authoritj hy his professional
hr thren
In 1870 Albjon College at All ion Michigan eon
fejred upon Dr Jenks the h norarj degree of Dottor
ot Laws and also invited liini to fill tl e cl a t of
nipheal and surgical diseases of women anl clinical
B\ ecology m the Cliieago Medical College He ac
ceiied beeommg the suctcssor of Dr W H Ejford
h >< profession il colleagues anl contemporaries in De
tro t greatly regretting his leparture when in Oeto! er
JS 1 he removed to Chicago There he contributed
n Krge measure to the effective teichmg torce in the
college with which he was eonneoted until 1882 when
filing health olliged hun to resign In that year
he estiblished a private hospital for the treatment
of liseases of women at Geneva Illmms and at the
BE e time continued in pru ate practice in Chicago
wh re he mamta ned his residence His onerous pro
fesii Dal duties and climatic conditions in the city
hy the lake however proved so detrimental to his
iealth tl at in 18fi4 he returned to Detroit and re
ma ned an honored representative of the medical pro
fes' on of this eitv until his den ise
In 18"3 the Mi higan State Medical Society had
hnnored Dr Jenks with ele tion to the presidency
8nl he was made an honor irv member of the societv
aft r his removal to CI icago He likew se served as
president of the Detroit Aeadtmy of Mediume and
wif an honorary nitmber of the Man o Medi al is
Boontion the Ohio State Medical Society the Toledo
Medieal Assooiatun the Cincinnati Obstetrical So
ciely the Northwestern Medical Societj of 01 o and
other similar institutions Ho was a corresponding
men ber of the Gvnccologica! "^oeioty of Boston a fel
low of the Obstetrical Society of Lot don England
anl was one of the founders and active memters of
lb American Gynecological Society and tl e Detr it
Mf ileal and Library Association He aiso had raem
benhip in the American Medical Association and wa^
fliH le chairman of its obstetrical section in 18"8
In connection with his life work a contemporary
bicgrapler has written Dr Jenks early came to a
realization of the value of concentration in his pro
feas onal 'nork and recognizel fully that spec aliaing
w 3 destined to become a most important phase of
th=> same He therefore devoted himself with all of
fe or and zeal to the specialty m which he attiinel
to 10 great distinction and on which his high profes
sin al reputation largely rc^ts now that he has passed
s^nj His special or specific lal ors as suggested by
for going statements were in the field of gjnecology
anl ohstetrics and in these lines he was a recognized
authoritj even as his numerous art cles and publica
h 1 fl m this department remain to lav distinctly an
thor tative Within the compass of this article it is
iifiposs ble to enter into full detail regarding his con
trilotions to med cal literature but among the more
'B portant of such offerings may be noted the f llow
'It The Use of % iburnum Pranifolium m Di-ieases
of Women The Cause of Sndien Death in Puerperal
Vi omen Perineorrl aphv, with Special Beference to
its Benefiti in Slight Laceration and a Description
of a New Mode of Operating On the Postural Treat
ment of Tympanites Intestmalis Following Ovari
otomy, The Eel at ion of Goitre to the Generative
Organs of Women The Treatment ot Puerperal Septi
cen la ly Intra Iterine Injections The Practice of
t.ynecolOf,v in Ancient Time' tnnslated and pub
lished m the Deutsche Arel iv fur Geschichte der Med
icin und Med Geogtajhie bj Dr Ele m-w ac liter to
which s given an extenled ntroduction with strong
commenlition of the research and earetul investiga
ton male bj Dr Jenks Contribution to Surgical
Gvnecologv read before the Illmcis State Medical
Society and many other articles of great scientific
aid profess onal value Of the estimate placed ipoa
Dr Jenks by his protession it is possible to give
example from distingu shed sources and m po nt of
this IS entered the following appreciation from Dr
Tha Ideus A Heami of Cincinnati His reputation
as a writer is so thoroughly international that we
need not speak of it for I could add noti mg to it
His articles show great research, espeoiallj in classic
history along the line of obstetrics and gynecological
art and literature He has long since proved himself
an able teacher He is a skjllf il operator in gvne o
logical anl obstetrical s irgerv In 1887 Dr Jenks
established a private hoi^pital for the treatn ent (f
tie d sease'i ot womei at b3f) Port street 'West and
this he designated as Willow Lawn Hi made the
home or hospital a distinctive power for good m the
c n munitv Dr Jenks levotion to his protession
was one to which all else was subordinated and he
found hia greatest pleasure in his study and in the
active work of the vocation in -nhicl le achieved so
n uch of success and distinction
In 185" Dr Jenks was united m marriage to Miss
Jul a Darling a daughter of J H Darling of Warsaw
New York who parsed away a si ort time later On
the 8th of N)vember 1867 Dr Jenks weddel Miss
^arah B Joj the eldest daughter of James F Jo^
a distinguished citizen of Detroit Dr and Mrs Jenks
became parents of two children Martha R, who is
no ^ the w dow ot Colonel Harry Otis Perlev formerly
of the melica] department of the United States army
anl Nathan mentioned elsewhere in this work
Dr Jenks interest centered in his family ani m
his profession, each roeevmg the due proportion of
his time and interest He was a dev ted husband
and father and in matters of citizenship he was loval
and public spirited but had no time for that active
work m which others engage though his finano al
and moral support were ever given to those measures
which he deemed of greatest worth an I value to
the community at large He was a man erf scholarly
attainments constantly brcadening his kn wledge by
wile reading and association with him meant espan
sion and elevati n L f e was to him purposeful and
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its opportuniticB for good he never neglected. The
worth of his eontribution through his profession was
real and valuable, and the world is better for hia hav-
ing lived. The Doctor was a prominent Mason, a
member Detroit Commandery, No, 1, K. T., and of
Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Ho died on
the 19th of March, 1903, on. a train between Chi-
cago and Detroit, while returning from a trip to
Mexico
NATHAN JENKS, M D There is m ti ing so difo
cult perhaps as to Inu up to the staniirls of an
honored name Pirsoml i_hiricteriati<,i are olten
made the subject <f an unfiir eompirism •xo.i the
individual is hampered rather than strcngtl ened by
the fact that ho belong to a family that has produced
distinguished representitii es In the oast of Hi
Nathan Jenks, however following in He prufeasionil
footsteps of 1 IB fither he lemonstrate 1 that his
powers were of a high order and his i< tivities i so irce
of great usefulness to his fellow men
Dr Jenks wii a native son (£ Detroit born on the
3d of June 1872 h a parents leing Dr Edward W
and Sirah R (Joy) Jtnks His early edueitional
opportunities iiere those afforded by the public schools
ot Detroit ind when he 1 ad completed his course of
stndi there he matrHulatcl in Dartmouth College and
won the Bachelor of Science degree upon ^ridmtion
with the class of 189b Like t la father he determined
upon the practice (f medicine as a lite work and be
came a student la BelUvne Hospital Medical College
while later he enterei Cornell University at New York
city inl WdS tlero graduate 1 in 1899 with the M D
degree Prom that time forward he devoted his un
remitting attention to his profess onal duties and
found in the esenise of eftort thit lis powers were
const antU expanding •xni that his experience was
prov ng a postgnduate school in which he was learn
ing manj valuible lessons He first lecame a mem
ber of the house staff of Bellevue H spital in New
Tork and gained that broad and liberal knowledge
which can never be acquired aa qu ckly in any other
way as in hospital practice On severing his connec
tion with the instituticn in June 1900 he returned
to his native citv where he openel an offi.ce and fol
lowed his profession throughout his remaining days
He was not long m demonstrating his ability ind his
practice steadily grew in \olume and importance He
became lecturer on obstetrics and clincial midwifery
m the Detroit College of Medicine and was also ap
pointed Msiting obstetrician to the Woman s Hospitil
and Infant s Htme He was identified with aeveral
profeasional organizations, including the Detroit Acad
emy of Medicine, the Wayne County Meiieal So
oiety the Michigan State Medical Siciety and the
American Medical Association He wis a member of
Beta Theta Pi and was also a Mason
Dr Jenks was married on the 8th of October 1W2
to MiHH Ehzabi^h Cady, a daughter of D D Cady i
partner in the wholesale grocery house of Lee, Cady
& Company of Detroit. Dr. Jenks was well known
through his social connections, having membership
in the Detroit Club, the University Club, the Detroit
Boat Club and the Society of Colonial Wars. His
social qualities made for personal popularity wherever
he was known, while his professional ability added
further luster to the fair name of Jenks in connec-
tion with medical practice in Detroit Dr Jenks
died Maj 29, 1916 and is survived bj his widow and
a daughter, barah Elizabetl who was born November
14 IW in Detroit
COLONEL HAREl OTifa EERLEl a pUaician of
distinguisl ed abil ty dev ted almost his entire lite
to the service ot his country in his professional ea
pacity Through Lourage and abibty he won promo
tion to the rank of eolonel and m the discharge of
I s lutes he travelei not only to different sections
of this touctry but to many parts of the world He
was a man of broad liberal culture and scholarly at
tamments bi reason of extensive reading and his
wide travel an 1 e'^i er ences Born in Portland, Maine
on the 13th ot November 1852 he was graduated
trom the Park street grammar school of that eitj in
1864 and completed a course m the Portlanl high
school with the class of June 1809 He then entered
Bowdom College at Brunswick Maine anl with the
removal of the family to Detroit Michigan in 1870
he left BowUm and became a sopl omore m the Uni
lersity of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he was
graduate! in June 1873 with the Eachel r of Arts
degree, while in June WG, he won the Masters de
gree
It was in IS'S tl at Colonel Perley entered upon
the study of n edicme in the Dctro t Medical College
in which he completed hia course with first honors of
his class m April 18"6 Subsequently he went to
Pari'^ IVance for further study returning in Aigust,
18 "8
Colonel Perley then entered the army as first lieo
tenant and assistant surgeon and lias placed on duty
at Fort Monroe Virgin a and afterward at Fort
Pembina, Dakota and Port Assiniboine the time be
mg thus passed until 1891 when he was transferred
to Governor s Island, New York, as atafE surgeon
for General W S Hancock USA He had been
pron oted to a captaincj on the 5th of August 1881,
and from Govern r s Island he returned to the de
partment ot Dakota serving there from June 1883
to August 1887 at Ports Pembina Magmnis and also
at Fort Snelling St Piul He waa nest ordered to
Port Wayne Michigan where he remained until 1890,
when he crossel the continent with the Fifth United
State Artillery and was stationed at Port Mason,
Calif irnii
Colonel Perley had pleasurable association with
many of the most distinguished military figures of
the country, for he served as surgeon on the staff of
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Genenl Nelson A Miles General Jaha Uibbon and
treneril Thomas H Eug r uf tl e TlDited titites armj
Later he was ordered to the wir department it Wash
ington at which time he had the benefit of a year a
atulj in the Johna Hopkins Medieal College at Balti
more Maryland In 1892 he weat to Plattsburg Bar
rd ki New "iork when, he remiined until 1894
It was m the latter j ear that Colcmel Perlej was
ordered to the eomniand ot the irmy ind Na\y Gen
eral Hospital at Hot Spr ngs Arkansas anl recened
hia promot on to nrjjor m tie "Lniti,d fetatea iriaj
en the 7th of Deetmber 189j He wis engage 1 in
duty there at the t me of the crathreak of the 'Spanish
ImeriLian war in 1S9S and exanuned all the Arkanaaa
> lunteers after which he wis presented hj the state
with a Hwordlelt aadile and Iriile m recognition
of the vail able service whieh he had rendered in.
that eonnectinii In August 1891 he w-ia ordered to
the commnnd uf the hospital ahip Kel ef and for two
■^eira he wis iruismg in the E hilippme lalinda and
in the waters of Japan lud China during the Boxer
war with the China Relief Expedit on
3n Septembtr ITOl he returne 1 to America and
was again stationed at Plattsburg Barracks New
Y rk wlilo later he wis sent to St Louis Missouri
where he was on dut^ in the meilical supply depot
Later he went to Port Logan Colorado where 1 e waa
111 lef surgeon Au^uiit 1904 brought h m. promotion
to a lieutenint colonelcy and to the position of dcputv
•J irgeon general ot the United Statea army He was
then ordered to W est Pomt New York as chief sur
geon of the Military Academy and ha I the honor of
being the first to occupi the ehair of militarv hvgiene
at West P nt On the 2d of Septemler 1906 he
sailed for the Phil ppine Islanda as ehiet surgeon for
thi. department of M ndanao with headquarters at
Zamboanga sirMng undtr General Tasker H BliM
Hia activities there cohered a period of two veara
closing with hia return on the ^4th of Detember liKS
On the lat of Januarj IW* he wa^ raided to the
rank of full colonel and went t) Denver Coloral in
J ilv of that year aa chief surgeon of the department
ot Colorado continuing in that state until July 1911
when he waa tranaferrel to F rt Leavenworth Kanaas
aa (.hief surgeon On the 8th of May 1913 he was
returned for disability an 1 went to Fort Preble Maine
vhere on the 9th of Auguat of the same year he
passed awai his remains being laid tt reit in the
beautiful national cemetery at Fort Arlington
Colonel Perlej had been marrie 1 on the 2ad )f J ine
1883 on Governor s Island to M aa Kate Brook Bajlor
who passed away at Hot Springa Arkansas March
13 1898 leaiing one daughter Loia Eavlor Perley
On the 5th of October 1904 m Detroit waa celebrated
the marriage of Lieutenant Colonel Perley and Miss
Martha Eeed Jenks, of this city, a daughter of one
of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons of
the state of Michigan — Edward Watrons Jenks, M D
LL. D.,— her mother being Sarah Eeed (Joy) Jtnks
daughter f Times 1 Joj of one of the moat dia
tinguishod fdtnil es of Detroit Colonel Perley s
laughter la a gra luate of ti e Emma Willard school
of Troj, New York alao of Smith (joUege and is
at home with her mother m Detroit
Colonel Perley a interests were wiie and vane 1
ahowmg hin to bo a broad minded man of liberal
culture ani of high purposea He had membership
in the Rei lutinnar^ So lety of New YorK in the
Colonial Wars of New York the Society ot Poreign
Wars and the Orler of the Dragon and was alscr a
inenil i.r of tt e Uj 1 a Delta Phi In Masonry he at
tamed the Knigl ts Templar degree in tl e York Eite
and the thirty seeond let,ree in the Scott sh Rite an 1
was ever a worthy exemplar of the teachings anl
purposes of the craft He held membership in the
Episcopal church, and his lite was ever guided by the
most manlj principles He combined with those qual
itiea which eome through military discipline an un
f altering c urteay and ^ calm manner that won him
friendship wherever he went The men who served
under him his fellow officers ani his sipenors all
entertained for him the highest respect and regard
THEODORE T MacMANXTS A moat sneeeBsful
carter la that of Tl eodore P MacManus who haa
devoted hia life to the advertiaing business and la
now serving aa president of the company which bears
his name m which c nnection he is controlbng the
leading enterprise of this character m the eitv For
many generations the family resided m Ireland and
the name was onginalH written Magnus mean nt,
great being later changed to MacMaghuus and si bse
quently waa shortened to its preaent term The Amer
ican prcrgenitor located in Albany New York, and
eventually representatives ot the fam ly settled m
Buffalo that state where it has been established for
more than a century Mr MacManus was born in
Buffalo and his } arents were John and \aa (Garvin)
MacManua He acquired h s education in the public
school? of that city also attending Canisius College,
and on starting out in life for himself became con
nected with the advertising business in whioh he has
continued For se\eral years he eondu''ted an enter
pnae of that cl aracter in Toledo Oh o and then
came to Detroit, establishing the Thcod<re P Mac
Manns Company which on the 8th of \uguat 1916
was incorporated un ler the laws of the state of Mich
igan Mr MacManus s serving as president the
other officera being Arden Yinkey vice president and
E T Sterner aecretarj They make a apecialty of
handling the aJvertiaing tor large corporations and
Mr MacManua administrative pcwers initiative
spirit and determined purpose have enabled him to
build Tip a business of extensive proportions. The
company have m their service from forty-five to fifty
employes, having a larger office force than any other
advertising firm in the city
Mr MacManus marrie i Miss Alice Holdridge and
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they have sis children: Theodora, John, Alice, Hubert,
Hugo and Theodore, Jr. The family home, Stouycroft,
ia located in Bloomfield Hilla. Mr, MacManus is a
man of high inteileetual attainments and the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laivs has been conferred upun
him by Notre Dame University of Indiana. While
reBiding in Toledo he took an active and prominent
part in public affairs. He was a member of the board
of trustees of the public library and was nominated
for the oflce of state senator but declined to become
a candidate. He is a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club, the Eloomfleld Hills Country Club and also of
the Chicago Athletic Club. Mr. MacManus has never
been content with mediocrity but has ever striven
toward the attainment of high ideals, living up to
the standard set by his name in its original sig-
nificance. Utilizing every opportunitv presented tor
advancement, he has steadily workert hia way upmrd
through merit and abilitj until hi. ntw occupies i
position of lcai]ership in hia ehoain vocation being
recognized as one of the moat luciessful advertising
men in the United States anl an expert m this fiell
WABBEN LA VEENE EAECOCK M D mho amce
1904 has been auperintenlent anl directtr of the Grace
Hospital of Detroit, was bom at Eden Erie Lount^
New York, March 14, 1873 his parents bein^ Daiid H
and Eliza C. (Bellsnapl Eabcock both of wl om nere
natives of Eden. He is deaeenied from James Bib
cock, who landed at Salem Massaehusetti in 1642 and
was later secretary to Governor Wmthrop
Warren L. Babcock obtained his elucatmn m the
Hamburg (N, T.) Academy in Caton s Business Col
lege at Buffalo, New York and in the College of Phy
aicians and Surgeons at Baltimore Mari land from
which he was graduated m 1893 with the degree of
M. D. He specialized m medicine as an alienist from
18B3 nntil 1903, and since 1904 has bien superintendent
of Grace Hospital at Detroit His original profes
sional work waa as medical interne in the Maryland
State Hospital at Cat nsviUe Maryland in 1893 and
1894. In the latter year he became resident physi lan
in the State Hospital at Binghamton New York
there remaining until 1895, -when he waa appointed as
sistant physician of St Lawrence State Hospital at
Ogdenshurg, New York where he contmuel until 1903
In the latter year he was npiomtel chief surf,eon of
the New York State Soldiers and S<iilors Home at
Bath, New York, for the purpose at louatructing a hos
pital and occupied that position for two yetrs coming
to Grace Hospital as its snperinfendent in 1904
Through the intervening period of eighteen years he
has remained in active connection with this mstita
tion and has made Grace one of the most efS lent hos
pitals in the middle west maintaining high stanlails
in e^ery particular. His professional rank m enviable
and la indicated in the fact that m Wl" he was hon
ored with the presidency of the Wa'^ne County Med cal
Society, while since 1915 he has aervel as one <f the
trustees of that organization. In 191B and 1920 he
was president of the Michigan Hospital Association
and in 1911 waa president of the American Hospital
Association, while in 1919 he was president of the De-
troit Society of Neurology and Psychiatry.
On the 30th of December, 1S98, Dr. Babcock was
married in Eden, Erie county. New York, to Miss
Helen M. Wood, a daughter of Cyrenus and Ellen
Wood. They have become parents of three sons and
a daughter: Warren W., born November 30, 1897,
Ogdensburg, New York, TJniveraity of Michigan, M.
D., 1923; Lyndon B., born January 4, 1900, Ogdena-
bnrg. New York, University of Michigan, A. B., 1922;
Kenneth B., bom October 1, 1902, Bath, New York,
Univeraity of Michigan medical department, 1927;
Margaret C born January 14 1908 in Detroit
The religious faitl (f Dr and Mrs Balcock is
that of the Baptist church Fraternally he is a thirty
second degree Mason belonging to Corinthian Lodge
Michigan Sovereign Consistory and to Moslem Temple
of the Mystic Shrme Hia military record is an inter
esting one In 1915 he was commissioned first heuten
ant la the Medical Reserve Inited States armj, and
was ordered to service on tie 25th of May 1917 On
the 9th of July following he ■was commissioned a
mijor of the Medical Corps on the 18th of June
1<>18 was commissioned lieutenant colonel and on the
11th of November 1918 the day the armistice was
s gned received his commission as a colonel of the
Medical Corps He ser\ ed as regimental surgeon of
the Sixth Kogiment C A C in 111" and was com
manding officer of the American Bed Cross Hospital
Ntr 3 in Pans Frante earli m 1918 Later he be
came commanding officer of Base Hospital No b
A E r serving from 1918 until 1919 He was deco
rated b> the French government as an officer ot the
Legion of Honor m 1919 and reteiiel the silver Medal
of Honor from the French war department ra the
same year and a citation trom General Pershing was
also received in 1919 Dr Eabcock is a mtmler of
the Detrdt Athletic and Army and Navy Clul s and
was president of the Detroit Philatelic Society m 1919
and 1920
TAOOB COTNER Ja A man of the highest
ileals a man who appliel his ideals to a long busi
ncss career a man of the widest interest in his
worll one unselfish svmpathttic abound ng in good
humor — this was Jacob Cotner Jr , wrote one ot the
Detroit papers editorially when he passed away on the
18th of March 1921 A thoughtful review of such
a career cannot fail to inspire any individual It
indicates what can be atiomplished m the attainment
of success and it inlicatea moreo\er that a success
ful business life ma> be made a m<st important fattor
f<r g<ol in the world It would be impossible ti
measure the influence of the life work ot Mr C tner
for it had its effect not only upon the thonaanda with
whom he personalb came in contact but upon the
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tliousinds and thousands of -(oung readers ot "The
Vmecicin Eov, ' the publiiation with which he waa bo
kng iBSfftiated In thia pubhuation he expressed his
ideals foe helpfulness of the youth of the land by giv
ng them that which was stimulating, interesting, m
ttructive and inspiring m literiture adapted to the
outhful mind While various business activities at
I fferent times tlaimud his attention his later years
«Lre Loneeutritcd upon the publiiation of the mag'a
/ine, vihieh has become knwwn throughout the kngth
ini breadth of the land There is scarielv a tinj
himlet or villije in all the eountrv where "The
Vmerjcin Boy ' is not known, and to the upbuilding
f this pubhcition Mr Cotner demoted manj ^eirs of
} ,1 life
Jacob Cotner, Jr , was bom September 14 ISbO in
Mansfield, Ohio, being one ot the three children of
lacob and Catharine (Hartraan) Cotner The father,
I native of Pennsylvania devote 1 his life to the oc
cupation of farming ind passed iwa^ in "Mtinsfield
Ohio
J'icob Cotner waa reirel m Mansfield, Ohio, where
lie pursued a public school edueition, passing through
(.msecutive grades to the high school In young
II anhood he turned hif attention to the hard^^are
huainess, securing a poiitiou as ernnd bov in a hard
wire store At the age of seventeen he was sent
out to travel for the firm From the outset of his
career he made steady progress and at nineteen jears
nf age was a traveling salesman for the hardware
house of Mcintosh Huntington Compinv of Cleveland,
Ohio Making the best possible use of everi ipportu
nity for legitimate advancement he had two jears
liter become president of the Mansfield Bolt &, Nut
Company, but after selling his interest in that ton
eern he again went upwi the road, representing the
Warren Packard Company ot Warren, Ohio, wholesale
iron dealers He was atterward a trayelmg salesmin
for the Simmons Hardware Company of St Ljuis and
subsequently became connected with the Ba-^ter "stoi e
C mpany ot Mansfield
Eemoving to Detroit, Mr Cotner was similarly en
gaged with the Fletcher Jenks Hardware Company
and next with the Peninsular Stove Company but
It length turned from mercantile pursuits and tecame
ilentified with educational and publishing interests in
1S91 For thirty years he was identified with husi
n S3 of that character becoming secretary and treas
irer of the Collector Publishing Company whuh in
l'^*9 established The American Boj a magazine
^^hieh as its name indicates s for yonng bovs and
wlich has always mamtamed the highest standards
IS a publication of th s character In 1901 the >nsi
n 33 was reorganized under the name of the Spngue
Pul lishing Company, and as its popularity increased
and the lusmess steadily grew ind developed it be
came the company s leading interest and all other
publications including that ot the correspondence
S"hool of law anl scleral legal pulheations were
sold In this conneition one of Mr Cotner's bio
graphers said "In the tears that he was engaged
in building up tho publication, 'The American Boy,'
he passed through all the various hardships which
can come to one identified with the launching of an
enterprise But thesi, never had the effect of harden
mg him Nor did the prosperity which finally re
warded patience and endeavor taint his character or
alter his relations with neighbor or friend or employe
by anj thing diaco\ erable Ho was more than a good
citizen He was a good deal of a man "
On the 6th ot December 1887, Mr Cttner was
united m marriage to Mis3 Mane Etta Trowbridge,
a daughter of D N Trowlnige, representative ot a
prominent family of Toledo, Ohio Three children
were born of tl is marriage Emerson Trowbridge,
bom in Detroit June 28, 1890 Dorothy Kathenne,
who was born November oO, 1892 and Russell Mur
ray, born Jul} 10, 1898 Mrs Cotner passed away
October 30, 1899 and on the Uth ot November, lOOl,
Mr Cotner wedded Miss Celia L Eurke, of 4na
Arbor, a daughter of William Burke, well known m
that city
The family are members of the Congregational
church and Mr Cotner was for many years a most
active worker therein He served for a time as a
trustee of the First ani later of the North Wood
ward Congregational church and he was for some time
president of the Congregation ii Club of Detroit He
also took a most deep and helpful interest m the
Young Men's Christian Association, ot whiih he
sertel as a director He belonged to the Ohio So
ciety of Detroit, of whieh he was one of the founders
and the second president and he hal memhersh p m
the Detroit, Detroit Athletic Detroit Golf, Players and
Ingleside Clubs He was also a member of the De
troit Eoari of Commerce and was keenU interested in
civic affairs, cooperating m all plans and measures
for the general gcrod Following his demise the De
troit Free Press said Jacob Cotner did not appear
much in the public eye, but he was nevertheless one
<f the citizens of Detrnt who worked consistently
and effeotuallv for the betterment of his fellowmen,
and he was appreciated, and loied by a very wide
circle of friends who know the inwardness of his
motives and the extent of hia achievements 4a one
<t the leading spirits m the Sprague Publishmg Com
pany he did a prai-tical work for the -vmith of this
country that can scarcely be estimated He was one
of those who went to the root of the matter ui an
enleavor to help build up the citizenship of the coun
tri "
Another of the Detroit papers said editorially: "In
the death of Mr. J, Cotner, Jr., secretary and treasurer
of the American Boy magazine, Detroit loses a moat
valuable citizen, and American boyhood one of its
stancbeat friends. Mr. Cotner's claims on the at-
tention of his fellowmen and on the world about Mm
were inspired not by self-assertivenesa nor by love of
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applause He -worker! quitth through the ^arioua
aveitues through ithiLh it 19 giveu meu of his atimp
to impreaa themaeiics for good on tlic commuuitj m
which they li\ e To the men and women immudiately
associated with him m the work <rf publishing the
American Boy, from the highest ofii lal in the or
ganizition down to the humblest worker, he wis ever
the encouriging helper, a rare mixture of kindliness
and mdomitible energy The success and a i claim
that cime to him in his work which wia in a great
meaaurea responsil le for making the American Boy
the wholesome and widely reid hoja' magazine it la
today, he shared generoualv with those with whom
he worked Outside of his business activities he
participated widely and activelj in various endeavors
that make for character building and safeguarding the
elements moat vitdl to the needs ol the community In
the church, in the Young Men s Christian Association
and m other organizations of this kind he was as
active as he was in bis efforts to build up a magazine
on which the boyhood of 4merica itself could build
To more than a million boy readers of this pericdical
and through them to their parents, the memorj of
this nnostentatioua worker and big hearted man may
well serve as *in mipirition H19 achievements were
not featured by dash and iaring, no stroke of luck
raised him over night to a position of fame he built
oa the "^ure foundation of human kindlineas and hard
work, and wen the esteem of ill who knew him It is
good to thiiilc of the kind of success which came to
this rain It IS good to think that there 13 in America
opportunity tor men like J Cotner, Jr , to live Ohria
tim lives unobtrusively and still through their work
ind idealism touch the hearts and minds of innumer
^b^e people m remote corners of the lanl In hia life
the word ' imenoin becomes truly significant '
AETHUE THOMA? WATFRFALL iice president
of Dolfee Brothers Tncorporited and thus one of the
prominent figures m eonnectinn with the automobile
industry, which hai made Detroit the fo irth city in
the Union haa through tl e steps of an orderly pro
„resBion reached the prominent pos tion which he now
oeeupiea He was born in Detr it January 26 18"0
and 18 a aon of John Buxton and Phoebe Wheeler
(Rclmaon) Waterfall He is a representatu e in
both the paternal and maternal lines of pioneer fam
ilies ot Detroit established in thia city in the early
40s He acquired his preliminary education in the
public schools and afterward pursued special courses
of study in Detroit He started out in tl e business
world as an employe of the Busael Wheel & Foundry
( mpan> in 1889 and in that connection w tked his
way steadily upwird through a period of fifteen
V ears advancing to the position of general superin
tendent in 1904 His connecti a with the company
was maintained until 1912 when he beeame traflic
ommissioner of tl e Detroit Board of Commerce in
which poiit on he continued until 1116 Hia lienti
ficatiira with the Dodge Brothers Imorporated dates
frtm that time and as vice president he is giving
his attention to conatruetive effort, to administrative
direction an! executive control ot one of the mam
moth industrial plants of the country His previous
experience has constituted a valuible asset in the
conduct tf the busineas with which ho is now eon
neeted From each experience m lite he haa leirne 1
the lessons therein contained and be his contmuall^
reached out along broadening lines for the benefit
of the business interests which he has represented.
He is today regarded is a strong, forceful and re
sourceful factor in the industrial circles of the city
his namo being enrolled among the most prominent
manufacturers in this great automobile center
On the 11th of September, 1895, Mr Watertall
was united in marriage to Miss Crystal F Reader
of Detroit, and they have one son, Thornton Edwin
The rehgioua faith of the family is that of tl i
Methodist church Mr Waterfall 19 a past president
of the \mencan Foundry men 'a Association, is a
thirty aecond degree Mason and la identified with the
Detroit Athletic, the Detroit Grolf Club and also im
portant cinbs of Chicago and Now "iork He is the
aecohd vice president ot the Detroit Board of Com
merce and a director of many imprrtant corpcrations
His entire life has been passed in the city which la
vet his home and hia lellcrw townsmen have been
witness to the steady progress which he has made
m the legitimate fiel Is ot business until he is n iw a
dominant figure m connection with the automtbile
industry of the world
CHARLES CLARKE, wideh known m railwn
circles by reason of his torty si-c 1 ears connection with
the Grand Trunk system, was born in Olarkston
Oakland county, Michigan April 17 184R and was
the fourth in order of birth m a family tf nine chil
dren whose parents were Eb nezer and barah A
(Wooi) Clarke The father was born n Manliua
Onondaga county New Tiork August 6 l'*12 and
died at Michigan Center Jackson county Michigan
Pebruarj 4 1868, at the age of fift-y si^ jcars Hs
wife was born April 7 1819 and departed tl is life
at Sherman Texaa October 8 1885 They were mar
ried on the 10th of October 1839 History concedes
the mme of Clirke to be of distinguished derivation
It is derivei from the word clencus meaning a priest
or those engaged in clerical pursuits or other sources
of learn ng the designation clerk being given
them the word being pronounced dark The final
e was added later or about the year IbOO The an
cestral line of Charles Clarke s trace 1 hack to JosepI
Clarke wl 0 was born in Suffolk England about IbOO
and came to America about 1639 He settled m
Windsor Cunnecticiit and served in fejng Philip a war
He waa the founkr of the family in the new world
There are moat interesting records in connection with
the njn e )f Ularke in relation to the colonial wars
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n les were situated in an iiolated section of tlie coun
tr fir removed from trauBportatimi facilities, and
after leaving the railroad Mr Diehl experienced much
Q llienltv la eonveymg liia live atoi-k and eqnipment to
its destiuat on His only companions were Me-iican
g des ind £\e dajs were consume 1 m making the
JO irney After spending six months m that aobtary
Bi 1 remote region he decided tw return to civilization
Hud came tu Botroit wh eh city has sinee >een his
h lie In 1906 he joioel the Ford Motor Company
ai!seqiientli being promoted to the position of chief
picthasing agent, in which oapaiiti he is now serving
BroTid experience along mechanical lines well qualifies
h for this ofliee of trust and responsibility and his
effi leney reliability and eoneentrated effort are essen
tn elements in the sueeessful operation of an industry
of mammoth proportions During the World war Mr
F rd turned o\er his plant to the government and
Mr Diehl aided materially in the work of production
during that critical period in the nation s history
On the "th of October 1<»03 at Kent Ohio Mr
Diphl was unite 1 in marriage to Miss Princes Kent
Pirkl ill a daughter of Mr and Mrs WHO Park
hill
Mr Diehl is a veteran of the Spanish American war
H tnlisted as a private m Companj B of the Eighth
01 ij Infantry sailing from New York to Cuba on the
steamship St Paul under Captain Sigsbee anl return
mj, on the Mohawk and was mustered out of the strv
11-0 at 'W ooster Ohio on the Itth of No-\ ember 18J8
is a member of the Detroit Boar! of rommereo he
i 1 all in hiB power to promote the welfare ai d pros
per h of his (ity and he is likewi-ie a member of the
fair frice committee on whuh Judge Connelly is also
sef, ng He i"! a prominent clubman being connected
with the Detroit athletic Bloomfield H lis Country
Bel Bun Golf and Detroit 'iacht clubs and served
as rr iident of the Tellowcraft Athletic Club now
the Michigan ( lub He also belongs to the Question
Clul of New "iork citv and to the Ohio Society of
Detroit In Maaonrj he has attained high standing
hiv ng taken the thirty second degree in Michigan
Go\(ri,ign Consistory while he m also connected with
tlia Shrine and his political allegiance is given to
the republican party His life recorl is one m which
nofiHe business ability and the recognition and ntil
izafitn of opportun ty are well balanced forces Thor
ougfuRsa and diligence have charicterized all of his
worl and he fully deserves the honor that is accorded
the tortunate individual who has fought and won in
the -reat battle of life Mr Diehl resides at 149 Call
for ^ avenue
niFSTEB AETEUR PEEEIS who si ee li*0<> hi-i
""g (,ed m the general practice of law in Detroit mas
bon in Gabon Ohio April 5 18St and is a son of
Alfred G and Daisy (MeNefE) Ferns The father is a
f^'Hav passenger conductor The son was educated in
the yiMiE schools of his native citv passing through
eocaecutive grales to the high school of Dajton Ohio
This constituted his educational opportunities as far as
scl ool training was concerned but m the school of ex
fenence le has learned many valuable lessons He
spei t one year employed as a street car conductor in
Ann Arbor, Michigan and he there entered upon the study
of law pursuing hia course m the State University until
gradi ated with the class of 1908 He was afterward
admitted to practice at the bars of Ohio and of Michigan
and in 1909 he removed to Detroit where be opened an
office and has since devoted his attention to the profession
lie tries many kinds of fases and tries them well his
thoroughness and careful prepirdtion being salient tea
tures in his continued and growing success
On the 27th of June ISO** Mr Ferns was united m
marriage to Mms Gertrude badler ot Ann Arbor
Michigan He finds his recreation largely m taking
long automobile trips Fraternally he is a Mason and
he also belongs to the National Union while lormerly
he was presi lent ol the Wavne County Cabinet He
wi"! likewise mighty supreme noble of the Protected
Home Circle anl his membersl ip connections alon^
these 1 ne^ indicate the high standards which lave
alwajs governed him in the relations of lite He be
longs to the Detroit Bar Association and also to the
Lawyers Club an 1 he has the warm regard of his
colleagues and c nten poranes m the profession
TH0M4.S TOHN THORPE secretari of the Munlus
Prulucts C mpanj Ltl now engage 1 m the mam
tacture of soft Ir nks which have had a wide sale
and are betoraing very popilar has thus been con
nectel with the business activities of Detroit for a
number of i ears He was born in this citj September
5, 1884 a son of William Presu an and Ana (Trinler)
Thorpe both of whom were natives of Hul! England
The father came to Amer ca when a young man of
nineteen 3 ears while the mother crossed the Atlantic
m her girlhood Thev were marr el in Detroit and
Mr Thorpe has been engage 1 n the trucking business
m this city for fort% five ^<■ua being now president
and trea'surer <f the firm of E Ferguson t Company
As he has prospered m his unlertakings and has leen
able to enj)y leisure 1 e has spent much time in pleas
urable travel hav ng crossel the Atlantic on five difEer
ent occa'^ions in making trips to England and the con
tment H11 mfe passed awaj in Detroit la 198S
They were the parents of four cl ildren William P
Mrs Theolore Be3ster Lulu, who is attending the
Homeopathic Medical College at Ann Arbor, Mich
igan and Thomas John
The last named the voungeat of the family ob
tamed his early education m the public schrols and
after attending the Central high school started out
to provide for his own support by entering the emplov
of E Ferguson & Company occupying a clerical posi
tion for several veara He afterward engaged m the
automobile business as a sales agent and continue 1
in that connection until 1908 when he secnred a
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1903 and will eomplete her h gh school ed cat on n
19 "
Wlile always an act ve fig re n ra Icoad cries
Mr Clarke £o ad t me and opportnn ty to part e pite
in pubic affara ind belongel to tie Betro t Board
of Conmer e to tl e Detro t Board of Trad to the
Detro t Transportat on Ci b ■ind to tl e O ty Ser ce
Leigue of Detro t lie was also i meml er ot the
Nat onal eograph c Soe ety of Wasl ngton D C
and belonged to tl o Maion c t atern ty lie triivuled
extena velj -was a keen observer 'inl a cl ae foUoner
of the world a progress not only on th a a de the
Atlant e 1 ut a other eountr et %a well One ot hiB
to rs to fore gn Ian la waa a tr p to Japan vhere he
tl oronghlv stu 1 ed the country anl Ht r p bl shed the
result of his ol s vit o a m a volu e cnt tie! Jajan
—a Ch Id of the World s Old Age H dedu
tions were aonnd ind log oil h s pr s nta oi of
fa ts clear luc d and enterta nmg He d d ju f
s dlenlv on May "4 1J18 and th s pass 1 from tl e
icene of eartl ly act v t
I St n^ ahed fig re n x-
1 r ghout h a 1 f e had n
n relat on to all tl ose f c
,nl cult ral progreifs and
: who 1 a<l I
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FRANCIS M4EIAN LILIIBRIDCE vho for f rtv
tlreeyear naa d nt fiel w th the 1 n ber bua neas t
Detrnt vas born n One da eountT New lork bep
tember 9 1848 and aa one of a fam ly of ten eh 1
dren five aona and five daughters of whom he was the
J 0 ingest The parents were Ira and S phron a (Mer
r ckl L II br dge For ^enerat ons the tan Iv wat
prom, nent ts repre entat es be ng progress e e^u
cated and h ghly ntellectual people nel i ng man
judges lawyers and profess onal men of h gh moril
character It s a notable fact that of the brothers
and B sters of Franc s M L lltbr dge all passed anav
n the order of b rth he be ig the laat a rv or of
the fam Iv The elde-it Harr on wis a farn er of
New Tork Harlan was cons 1 gem'ral to th Sanl
w 1 slands Jult ^ Hard L II b Ige as II
known J r t of Detro t Ira was nterested n u nmg
n connect on with Capta n El er Wa d and the other
brother was Franc s M L 11 br dge of th a rev ew
The la t named ame to Detro t n 1873 a d for a
t me wa as oc ated u th a Mr Beers in the lumtpr
bns neis Later he vas connected w th Alfrel A
Dw ght V, th whom he rema ned foe twenty five years
travel ng throngh the country and buy ng hardwood
for the firm wl eh 1 e represented At the end of that
per od or n 1905 Mr L 11 br dge estihl shed bua
ne s on h s own acconnt nder the na ne of the F M
L 11 be dge L mber Con pany sell g to tl e reta 1
trade He cont n ed at the head of th a lusness to
the t me of h 9 death wh ch oec rred Apr 1 14 1916
He was a n ost enerfet c suoeessful and
I t nesa man and made for h n self a prom i
t on n lun L) r I Ho ondu t i h s ntereala
I dt a now No slO ra 1 B ver a enuu
On the 1st of Januarj 18 9 Mr L 11 Ir dg
nn tel n n arr ate to M sa Kuby McM Hen who a
lorn near G ne a on Seneca lake New "iork Sh
aa brought 1 her parenta to M h gan vhen but
f ur J ears of age the f n ly setti n„ o a farm ne
Ann Arbor whence ren o al was male to letro t
hei she vas th rteen ^eara of age She pursued h
edu t on n the old Cia^ s hool To the marr age f
Mr and Mrs L lHr dge there was bor but on 1 i i
Ruby B rdaall who a now the wife of Albert E
Peters secretary uf the Detro t Un ted Ea Iways and
they res de at B rm ngham M eh gan They 1 a p
three cl Idren ilbert a men ber of the class of 19
at the Central h gh hool Mar an mho ? attend
tl e I ggett S hool for rla and irtl ur j pup I
the B rn ngham acl ools
Mr L II 1-r ig alwa a ga e h a pol t al suppo t to
the republ an lart and wh le he was never an a
p rant for ofiie he al as kept ell nformed on tl e
tal quest ons and ssuea of the day He belonged to
th Board of Co nmeree tl e Lumber Board of Trade
nd yaa leepl nt rested n all that perta ed to th
c t3 B welfare and proj,reBa of eommun t and on
n nvealth Fraternally he naa i member of Un on
Lodge F & A M and h s rel g oi s fa tl was that ot
the Congregat o al chur h He i 1 m ny char tabl
leeds n a most ostentat ons n ann r never alio t ng
a needy perion to pa a fron h s presence w thout help
t some k nd He s lov ngly remembered by those to
I on he gave k n lly ass stance and to all ho 1 n
1 n ever relat on of 1 fe f r he as a p bl c sp r
ted e t en a fa tl fnl fr e la 1 a le ot I 1 si a 1
and father
W ALTER WEISL \u o g tl e alert i tog ess
anl nergetojon^l sues en ot Detr t who r
ap dly fori, ng the r way to the front a Walter We s
0 ne ted w th the Detro t Beef Con pan He waa
I r n th a ty Apr I 13 IBS'! and is a son of ta 1
We se I pro cent real estate man wl o s n
to d at length on nother page at th s work Hjv
g n astered the brand es of learning ta ght fl
t, led schools and the Easter h gh ch ol fie
t 0 t he cont nued h s e 1 cat on n the G t hess
Metr lol tan Bua ness College froro wh eh he s
gral ated n 110" On tie "d ot Januar 1903 I
se u ed the pos t on of collector w th the Detro t Beet
00 pa y and s nee that f me has ad anced st ally
tl e regarl anl t st of h a en ployera o that pro
not on haa followed and he has served ai ass stant
1 ookkeeper an 1 later n cl trge of the beef alf and
lamb depart nent It s th s last pos t on that he
s ow tounl a d h B eific e c s w lely reeogn zed
He 1 as thorougl ly a q a nte 1 h mself w th all ph es
of tl e bus ness that have eome nnder his jur sd ct on
and 1 aa developed h s powers through the esere ae f
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] be ome j-irenta of three liughters Evelyn
re trude who was bom m tl la city and is a student
jn the University of Michigan Marguerite Ehzabeth
nho IS now attending high aehool as also is Marian
Ig 1 elle The firaily residence is at 2S''5 West Grand
1 levard
■\tr and Mrs Widman are members of the Wood
n rd 4.venue Presbyteriin ehurch, in which Mr Wid
a in IS serving as a trustee His political endorflement
h»i always been gnen to the repuHnan partj and
hia interest m progressive citizenship has been mam
test m many wiys As de from promot ng the organ
z-ilion of the Milwaukee Minuf acti rers As'^ociation
] e 1 01 in e i charter member of the Detroit Board of
Coimerte an orgamiation which hiB figure 1 mo'it
pr n inectly in connection with the eitj s development
unl with the solution of important eivie problems
rraternalb Mr Widman is a Mason belonging to
Pileatine Lod„e No 357 A F & A M King Cyrui
( hapter RAM and Detroit Commandery No 1
K. T also to Moslem Temple of the Myatie Shrine
He also hai membership in the Detroit Athletic Club
the Ingleaide Countrj Club and the Detroit Automo
bile Club and his var ous membership reHtions indi
cate the high standards which govern him m all the
associations of life and which have male him an
honored figure in businesa circles dependable and
progressne his lalnrs at all times being far reaching
and rciultant
EDVilN L DWYER one of the leading men con
ne ted with the stove industry in Detroit was for
merly purchaiiEg agent tor the Pen nsi lar &tovo
Uiiijanj but IS now treasurer of the corporation
The nana of Dwyer is synonymous with 'itove mak
ng in Detro t and the great work of the family m
d V loping th s premier inlustry is described else
wl ere in this work
tlwin L Dwj or is 1 natue a n of Detroit lorn
hei on September 2" 18 9 His parents wore James
ind Susan (Lane) Dwjer the forn cr of whom ^as
n of the founders of the Pen nsular Stove Company
Jam s Dwyer paasel away in the year 1911
P dwm L Dwyer ■nas educated in the Universit} of
Detruit from ■which institution he was later gradu
ated In 1898 he entero 1 the service of the Peninsu
lar '^tove Company beg nnmg as a clerk and ulti
"lately pasaing through the various grades of the
business until he tecame the compan3 s purchasing
ogcnt which posit on he retained for a number of
Tears In 1911 following his father s death he be
can e treasurer of the companj and has smue 1 een
this engaged Mr Dwyer is recognized as one of
the strong units m the large organization of the
l^eninaular Stove Company and has contributed much
to tile constant j-rogreai of the institution
Eoating was a favorite jastime with Mr Dwyer
m former vears but the ei gencies of businesa now
" r hm from folloinn;, the sport m tl e degree he
did m recent years He is a member of the Detroit
Boat Club and the Detroit Club, m the aSa rs of
wh oh he takes a warm interest He gives a gool
citizen 3 attention to civic matters but has never
been a seeker of political favor or position
GEOEGE H BEACH who possessed determination
and initiative to work put a new syatem of aelling
life insurance until he is known today throughout the
country as a life insurance expert and one of the
largest writers of life insurance throughout the
Unite 1 States maintains agencies in Detroit Grand
Rapids St Louis and New York under the name of
The George H Beach Company, Inc His sue ess has
been phenomenal and yet it has resulted from his
study ot conditions both external and psi cholog oal
There are many who have felt the msi iration of his
personal suggest one and instructions I ut tl ere are
many more to whom the story of his lite cannot help
but be of inspirational value
George H Eei h was born m Green Oak Michigan,
March 2, IS^S h s parents feing Gtorge W anl Eetta
(Judson) Beach The removal of the family to North
Dakota made him a public school student at Fargo
and later he entered upon a science course in the
Agrieultuial College of North Dak ta He then ma
tnculated as a student m the University of Michigan,
continuing his studies m tl e medical department, a
member of the clasi of 1899 He lett college how
ever to become a salesman and after three rather un
eventful years in the buimess world he beoime state
agent for Michigan of The Canada Life Assurance
Gompanv, oeeupving that position frcmi 1902 until
1907 He then res gned and associated himbolf with
The Mutual Benefit Life Inaurance Company During
theae early vears m the life insurance profession he
was only winning moderate success— a condition which
did not aatisfj hia ambitioua nature It was then
that he began workmg out the Beach svstem of life
insurance service leading to the organization of The
Geo H Beach Company Inc of which he is the
president L nder the caption of A Wonderful
Salesman the American Magazine of Match 1918
presented a most interesting story ot his methods
It had always been his desire to iisccrver the real
secret of anccess in selling life insurance He had
been engaged in the life insurance b isiness for sis
years when at the age of thirty four he gave up his
position with the Canada Lif« moved his family of a
wife and two children into a Detroit sul urb with the
letermmation to not iwily liw withm his means but
to save something from his ineome and to figure out
tl e best methois of br nf,ing life insurance 1 efore the
public and making it salabJe For four years he
struggled at the pro! lem denying himself many of
tl e comforts of life wh ch he had known m his more
lucrative position When the four years had passed
he had worked oi t his theories had found that they
stood the teat ot actual experience and were prjMng
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signed to tie positi ii I uningtr of tht Chi aiH
plant at "W indBor w 1 ere he coutiuued untU 1904
He w^s then ekctei Mce president and setretar^ of
the Detroit eompanv in 190d ind later was mide man
ager This was followed by bis promotion to the
■vice presidency anl until December 2-1 1921 was the
sei-ond eTecutue officer of a buamesa that emplcya
SLven hundrc 1 and fitty operatives m its plant Dur
mg the war the toinjanv was engaged m the manu
faclure of a uarb irctor tor tanks lud also ordnance
material ind bv reason <f its eflioiency ii these
directions reeencd oiSLial citation from the govern
ment On resigning ■x^ Mce president of the l m
piny Mr Johnstn crginized the Penco Corporation
of which ho 18 president and genenl minager
handling the salea ot all automotive produr-t' imiii
facture 1 by tie lenftrthj Injector t^iinpa ii anl
later tn other pro li cts as well
On the 11th of November 1911 in this citi Homer
S Johnson was marrie 1 to Norma Kee>ie ii d they
have become the parents of two daughters Kithenne
and Betty Bissell tht latter \ orn n IHlb The fara
ilv residence is it 1490 Iroquois a\enue
Mr Johnson \otes with the republican party ind
h s religious faitl is that of the Unitarian cliutcli
He belongs to the Detr it Boar 1 of Commerce and he
11 a member of the ilpha Delta Phi a college fra
tern tv In club circles he has a wide acquaintance
ha\ing membership in the Detroit Country Lochmoor
Detroit Automobile Detroit Athletic and University
Clubs while along business lines his idPntihcation is
with the Natl ml Mannfaiturers issoeiation and the
Detroit Employers Association While he recognize?
that it is ju>"t IS necessary to play well as to work
well that rest and rclaiition ha\e the r place m
every well balanced character he has at the same
tune been a close student of all thoie questions and
problems which m am wa-\ affect trade relations anl
labor conditions and has been active in seeking
practical solution for all the questitns which come up
for settlement He is a nan of action rather than of
theory and his well defined plana ha\ e been Vent
ficiallj resultai t as factors for the general goid in
business relations and as elemonti in tl e attainment
HENBi CLAl HODGFS was Urn March 2 18.b at
^louth Hero ■Vermont and c-imo to Detroit m 1S50
He remained here for a short time and then went to
Marshall Michigan and from there to Huntington
Indiana where in 1853 he began the study of law
While pursuing his studies he also taught in the coun
try scl ools of that section during the winter term
In 1853 he returnej to Michigan and located m Niles
where he entered the employ of J F Cross & Company
who contri lied marble quarries m Vermont The fol
lowing year he was admitted to partnership in the
business and removed tt Pond lu La l^is onain
where the firm established 1 ranch | iirtcrs Mr
II i„ n 11 it line i iis 1 1 e in W Lscons n until 186.
and Ihen cane back to Detr it and entered into part
nership with his brother, Charles C Hodges and Ed
ward Barker unler the trm name of Barker, Hodges
IL Brother Tins firm assumed the general agency for
the Connectuut Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Harttord for the states of Miehigan Wisconsin Iowa
and Minnesota In 1864 Mr Barker retired trom tho
farm, which then became Hodges Brothers In addition
to their 01 irations m the fiel 1 of life insurance
Hodges Brotl ers were among the pioneers m the real
estate business in Detroit latgelv handling their own
property, which included a large portion of the ell
Woodbridge farm lying north ot Gran I River avenue
anl embracing both silea of Lincoln a'venue anl the
east side of Trumlnll avenue Later they pnrchasel
a tract of lanl at the corner of what is now State and
driswold streets and built the Hodges building which
was sutsequently soil To Henrv Claj Hodges and the
late David M Kichardson Detroit js mdelted for the
conception of the idea of establisl mg what is now
Grand boulevard A somewhat different route was
originally planned but largely through the efforts and
suggestions of Mr Hodges and Mr E ohardson that
nagnilicent druewaj was lonstrueted n its present
location
In Ifi'S the Hodges Brothers purchase i the business
ot Tohn B Grout minutacturer of lubricating deviees
and later organized and incorporated the Detroit
Raliator Companj of which Henry C Hodges became
president anl remained its executive head until super
aeded >y his son Charles H Hodges in 1<>06 The
growth and development of this in lustri has made it
one of the most extensive anl important of its kinl in
the worll In IS'i, Henry C Hodges became vice
president and one of the managing directors of what
was then the Wvandotte Boiling Mills and after the
death of Captain Eber B Wart he succeeded the latter
in the presidency Mr Hodges was associated with
Captain Ward and others in the organisation of the
Detroit \rizona Copi er Mining Company and sue
ceed d Captain Ward a'' jresilent of the company In
188^ Mr Hodges anl his brother effected the mcor
poration of the Detroit Steam Radiator Compam, the
pioneer manufacturers of the present type of cast iron
r idiators and which company was sold out to the De
troit Radiator Companv the latter company aul se
quently bi coming one of the units which made up the
American Radiator Company
In politics Mr Hodges was a repnMican m so far
as national issues were mvohed He attended the eon
minated Lincoln for the preai
: a man of mJependent views
strict partisan lines — a man
iterest m all that touched the
whi h he so long maintained
was a recognized
\9ile from the husi
n 1860 which i
Ho V
n 1 not constrained t
>ho displayed a loyal
iill being of the citv :
IS home and where his
\non>m tf mtegntv anl h
-s jiase f Mr H 1t,(s
■ he occupied a prom
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of Mr Merrill servei m tip Worll war iiameh
Chirles H and Har\ei M Tie former was a. tap
tam m the Medual Corps while the latter served tor
tw o veais in Pranci, with the Four Hundred and
Eighteenth Engineers Mr Merrill is a memlier of
tho Episcopal chiireh and hii political allegiance is
gnen to the republican part* He is a mem>er of the
Detroit Automobile Club ind friternall> la identified
with the Masons, belonging to Palestine Lodge F &
A M Mr Merrill has ever based his activit? in
b I'Jineas affairs upon strict mtegntv inl close ap
plicat on ind hia suceei' represents the wise use of
his time and fa.lpnt4 tumbmed with i redlv r togn
ti n of opportunity
DANIEL WILLIAM SMITH The qi Uities of >usi
ness leadership are in a substantial degree the pos
session {f Dan el W Smitl president of the Peter
Smith Heater Comptnv and one of Detroit s boat
Known citizens His cocperation anl marVed extcit ve
al-ilitv lave also been big factors m the de\el p ei t
of other industrial enterprises wh ch have contributed
largely to the c ty s present commercial power and
greatness He wis torn in this city Mari,h 4, 1874
and is a member of one of its oil anl prominent
families whose nirae his long figure 1 prominently
m matiufactnring circles here His father Pettr
Smith became the inventor of valuable heating aj pli
antes and was reoogmaed as one of Detro t s fore
most citizens anl substantial business men
Daniel W Smith was reared in the sect on of Detroit
near the oil B sh p school At the age of seventeen
he left Si.1 ool anl went to work m a factory begin
nmg a career m ind istrial lines that has occupied by
far the greater part of his t vis neas life He began
m his father s factory as a workman subsequently
being advani.el to foren an supormtendei t an 1 flnallv
on the death of his father >ecame presilent of the
Peter "^mith Company In this eonnettion he controls
one of the irapirrtant manufacturing enterpr sea in
Detroit Extending the scope of his aetivitiei he has
become an officer in other well known mlustnes of
the citv serving as vice president and general man
ager of the Sattley Company treasurer of the Liberty
Foundry president of the Daniel W Smith Company
and a director of the Harwich Stamping Company
Mr Smith has also gained distinction in military a£
fairs In 1893 he enlisted m Con pany P Fourth In
fanfry Michigan National Guard and on May 1 1898
he was male quartermaster sergeant in Ctmpany M
Thirty tlird Mi higan Volunteer Infantry and scried
with the regiment m Ciba On his return he was
commissioned second lieutenant of Company C First
Michigan Infantry and on Jan lary 2b 190j he was
made eaptaia and aljutant while on January 17 1914
he became major and adiutant general of the Michi
gan Brigade on the Mexican border He also served
m the World war obtain ng a eaptamev in the Motor
Transport Corps He first refused a lieutenant co!
one] 'i n tl e div s tn ot purchases and supplies be-
cause ot his desire tor autiie service in Prance. Hia
command was en route to France when the armistice
was Binned
Mr Smith IB conne ted with a number of Detroit
( rf, mizations mcluUng the United Spanish War Vet-
erans the \ eterans of Foreign Wara, the Military
Order of the World War the Military Order of For-
eign V> ars the Detroit Club the Detroit Athletic Club,
the Loehmoor Coiintrv Club the Detroit Boat Club the
Dttroit "iacht Club the Oil Club Engineers Club of
New York and New Ttrk 'iatht Club
In his politital connections Mr Smith is a promi
nent memter of the republi an party anl as a eanli
late for n ayor of Detroit n 1921 was supported
>y the most representative and important business or
ganiaations aa well as b^ tho best element m the city
^one can queati n his lovalty and patr otism and he
atanda as the higheat tjpo of American manhool anl
cit zenship
Mr Smith married Ethel \daa s Mittelberger Thoy
hi\e two children a daut:,hter ^ riginia and a son
Daniel W Jr mho waa born March 16 1906, in
Detroit Mr Smith s citj residence is at 517 Seybum
avenue while his summer bene is Maple Crest at
"^ psilanti Mii.higan
WILLIAM EST! STANDART iite uhairn ^n of
tie firm of Mandart Brothers Hardware Corporation
tl e leading wholesale har Iware house of Detroit is
one ot the best known mon n tho wholesale hariware
trade m this section of tlie country Mr btandart
was horn October 2j 187Q in Detroit the older son
of his parents Eobert '
Standart of whom extended t
elsewhere in th s work
William Estv &tanlart attended tie schools of
Detroit In the lear l^ts le lett school and entered
Staniart Brothers hariware house where he rema ned
for two years subsequently entering Cornell Un ler
sity as a member of the class of 1904 He left the
university in 1901 before the completion of his course
and reentered bus ness again identifying himself
with the Standart Brothers wholesale hardware
establishment He familiarized himself with the de
talis of all departments hia seryice having included
that of clerk in tie shipping department while for
several years thereafter be hal charge of stock
Fmallj he became a salesman for the concern m local
territcrv and his ib litv m this field gained to the
1 ousa a numler of new and representative accounts
In his individiil work in advincmg the interests of
this oil and reliable Detroit house he las uphell the
high prestige of the family name and while acting as
salesman he establ shed close business relations with
a number of the leading automobile industries the
result teing the establishing of a permanent trade for
th firm Upon the incorporation of tl e business in
190" ho becan e vice chairman and in lOlb aerMCt
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n r al interests in tl ■) c ty aa •> deilec sh bs -ind
!is known as a n an str tlj j st tail scrupulously
) n est Mich gan number 1 h m an nng h r nat ve
ns h 8 b rth ha ng oeurred at Br ghton Aut,ii8t
4 1858 Ha parent -were John an I Louse Be ker
1 former a hardi^arc neiekant of Bnf,l ton and
ti r fim It were two son'i and two di ghters M a
1 0 ie Bro vn ind, Mrs Metti Gartner tioti of De
rot Charles C of th s re en and W 11 am L lo
1 ving in Preseott Michigan
Tn 1 a jouthful lavs Chirles C Becker att nded
I 3ch ]'5 of Brglton omplot ng the i^ork of the
ules anl of tl e 1 feh scl ol and then started o t
H the tua ness world la a clerk n h q father a 1 ard
Liter
ho .
el h 3 att
t<j tlo
anl sloe tr de Hi Br ghto wl ere le
ned nntl 1885 i^hen he ronoial t letrot
rl 0 gh the nterven ng i r o 1 to tl e t n e nf ha
I tl he wai 1 res dent of th s o tj Ilore he estil
( Id 1
1-naness it No i^S C
i for abo t a even vea
Grat ot where ht en
ize 1 after vh eh i
vhcre 1
> ed 1
.nler)
Tie
i tie oil
rela
.t 1 the b Id ng
to 51 Trit ot
or t venty e ght
so th a street
II al ays <trr e I a h ^1 grtde ot gool^ never cater
g to 1 ehe p trade ind the nin e of 1 s atore be ime
onv I oua w th qual ty and worth
0 the lltl f August 1890 in Detr t Mr Becker
in tel n n arr age to M bs Kate L R ggs laugh
t r of John and El za B cgs of Oa vego Ne t "i ork
h h t Mra BeeKer ma born b t ahe WIB only
ur e rs of age vhen the fan ly hon e was e tal
1 lei n Detro t where she p raned her ed e t o
I g graduated from the Central h gh ichool Mr
1 Mrs Becker beon e the pare ts of a laughter
II 1 n Buthj now the w fp ot Ir T H Ednirl Best
t Detro t
In h b pol t cal op n o s Mr Beck r folio vel an
J pendent course support ng n en in 1 neasurea
thcr than partj et he vas al va s k enly uter
te 1 n everi tl ng p rta n g to the pi u 1 1 g md
Up welfare of the c t j He was a Mas f h j,h
k 1 elong ng to Palest ne Lodge P S i M
I g Cyrus Chapter E A M Damaseua Com and
E T and M ch gan Severe gn Cous stot A
\ S E wh 1p w tl the Kol les of the Myst e Shr e
I WHS also identified He lilongol to the Misonic
'" olt Club ind he manifested a most helpful ittitude
1 e^ erythmg that ooneerned Masonrj and the adop
t on of its high principles, which rest upon a recogni
tion of the Irotherhood of mankind and tie obhga
I ng therely imposed Mr Beekor'a isaoeiates in
p err relation of life fmind him ia true as steel and
1 ■. passing was a distinct loss to the eommunitv
1 rlv m life he formet the rule of never owing a
m anything and to this he strietlv adhered He
' nSe it his purpose to do r ght by all and fairness
"1 ]Hstice were imong his mtst marked uhinctens
t ca He aJs 1 ad a m 1 tiry record to h a crol t be
ng a nen her f the Detro t L ght Intantry for thr o
years at tl e end of wh oh t me he wia honor ) 1
i aci arg d and he be ame a chirter men ber of tl o
Cuater ( o ne I Nit o il Un on a tr^ternal organ zi
tion aer gas cr tary of the co nc 1 for t vent
"WILLIAM L H^-WKINS s well know n o
mereial circles of Detroit as president of the Mich
gan A ton ot ve Supply Companj d sti 1 utor of
accessor an 1 garage equ pment and that 1 e is a
voi ng n an of super or bus ness ab 1 ty is den o
stratel n ti e fa t that lur ng the tl ree jeirs f
ts eJcistenee tl e enterpr se has enjoyel xemirl
ablT rap d growth wl h has 1 een due n large n is
re to tl e enterpr s ng metl ods md w se minit,e ncnt
of ts d rect g heal Mr Hawk ns wis born
Buflalo Nc York Aug st "0 1881 and s a aon of
Linn E ind Marj (Howse) Ha vk ns loth of
whoin re nat es of Canada the former born
Queb e an 1 the latter m tot Cather nes m the pro
n e of Ontar o In th earlj 80a thej croase I tl e
border nto the U ted States anl located n Buffilo
N'ew lork where they rema nel unt I 1886 when the
can e to Detro t The fati er engaged n bua ness as
1 mercl ant ta lor and ilao conducted i gentlemen a
turn sh ng goads eatabl shn ent n this c ty ind wia
er successful n manag ng hia nterests He a now
1 V n^ ret re 1 n Detro t b t the nother passed a 1
n th s c ty n lOlG it t! e ao- of seventy two Tl ey
be a ne tl e parents ut tl ree ch Idren Albert E
Mrs Ellen C More nl W Jl an E all of wh m ire
res dents of Detro t
Mr Hawk ns attended the Jefterso publ c school
of Detro t unt 1 he reicl ed h s f o rteenth year and
tlei
atartel c
elf E
t on of offi. « bov w tl Boel n L, Day son wholesile
1 arl ar mer hants of th s c t Is salary teing i
very dest o e He thoroughly mistered e ery ti k
ass g el I m and tlrtngh cl se ijpl at on d 1 ge ce
in I leter n nat n grid ally won advancement from
0 e poa t n to another f greater importance and le
pon 1 I tj nt 1 he was it length mide oiEce n an
"cr anl purohas ng agent He r s gned on the 3th
of F bruary IBiq ifter twenty years of fa thf 1 and
efti nt scrv ce w tb thit corp rat on and on the 1st
of March became presilent of the MicMgan Auto
motive Supply Company of which he had been one
of the oiganizers Walter Matthews being made vice
president and William P Beckley aecretarj , treasurer
ind general manager Their eatibliahment wis at
first situated at No 1"" Eist Jefferson avenue, but
on the 1st of 4pril, 1921, the npid increase m their
1 usiness necessitated their removil to their present
commnriious quarters at No 134 Eiat Jefferson ave
nue They carry a large stock of lutomobile acces
series and garage equipment and gne employment to
seventeen persons including a sales force of se\en
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In. tlie acqu rement of ■in elitition Mr Dawsoa
attended the Armadi and Muskegon high anl Hetk
ley Manual Training schools after whioh he entered
the University of Michigan, ■where he completed a
three >earB course in meciianxcal and civil engineer
mg In 1910 he oVtainel a position in the Iraftmg
department of the firm of Whiteheid & K^iie^ where
he waa employed for about s s months and Hda then
for a short time with the Pennsi Ivania Sdlt Manu
fatftnrmg Oompanv at Wyandotte Mich j,an He
next became identified with tie Ford Motur Comjanv
with whith he eontmued for three and a half jeara
and during the Htttr part of that perol was man
ager of the drafting room anl superintendent of C(n
st ruction In 1914 he embarked in businesa on liia
own iccount as a memi er of the firm of Kennedi" &.
DawsoTi manufaetuxerH reprLsentatives and dealers
in ape ii! building materials Thev superMae the
placing of materiaH and alao lo a large amount of
contract work their buainess having a?s mel eiten
sive proportiona owing to their able direction and
thorough knowledge o^f the work m ■whith thej are
Mr Dawaun was unite 1 m mirriat,e to Miss Ada D
Oliver and thtj ha^ e le ome tl t jitent? of two chil
dren DorotU Ellen anl 'William Orlei Mr Daw
aon s a m mher of the Woolward Avenue Presbv
terian church and fraternalh 1 e is identifie 1 with
the Masons belonging to Palestine L Ige F & A M
and t( Highland Pirfc Chapter, R 4 M He la
Beeretary treasurer c f the Detroit Engineering So
eiotv anl IS a member of the Cinopus Clul while for
r creation he turnq to bowling and baselall He has
attainel higl stanimt, in his profession and is a mtn
of honorable principles and substantial qualities pro
gresaive and reliable in business loyal in citizenalup
and at all timis di^planng demotion to the duties that
devoh L upon him
ALBERT U WIDMAN who f r ei^l t -v irs \m
1 oen associate 1 witl the Cat IHt Mot r Cii (.ora
panv now occupying the resj onsible position of man
ager ot manufacturing has steadily adi-inted m h«
business career his continuous progression it length
bringing hira to this important connection with the
great automobile industry which cnstitites the basic
element of Detroit s greatness and growth
He IS a native son of the citv his birth ha\ ng 1 ere
wceurred Sejtemler 3'' 1872 his parents being Cosmos
D and Isabelle (Rich) Widman the former of Eiro
pean birth while tie latter wis born in Michigan
In early life the father came to 4.mer ca with hia
parents and waa educated m Detroit where sul se
quentlv he became jdentifiei with manufacturing
interests and established C D Widman &, Compaii>
of -which he was president The company engagel m
the manufactire of furniture and fixtures and the
business was developed to substantial proportions the
father being identified fl erew th until his death in
188a Tl e u thei has also ] aase I d> d> Tl ej w ere
the parents f tour children Clarj E the wife of
Frederick L Andrews Wele B tie wife ot deorge
J bnau and Florence J the w f e ot D nald John
s n all living in Detroit and Albert U Widman,
who la the only son
Tl f last named acquired his earlj education in the
pul 111 schools of Detroit and for four jears studied
in the Ken von Military Academy at Gambler Ohio
while later tv pursue 1 a mei-hanical course in the
Micliigan Agricultural College Hl was thus thor
oughly qnalified for lite s practical and responsible
di ties and started out in the business world lu con
nect on with the firn of C D AS idmau & Company
of which his tither waa the head Pirental authority
w IS 1 ot exercised to give him in easy berth He
thor ighlv mastered the various duties entrusted to
1 n and worked his waj upward tl rough ability and
experience In 1894 he became cue of the traveling
salesmen for the firm and remait ed upon the r ad
m that coi nection until 1900 dblj represent ng the
htuse in the territory over which le had cl arge He
was then ad^vanced to the position of superintei dent
of the faetorj and from 1900 until 1910 was secretary
anl general manager of the eompan On the lat of
January 1911 the irm went out f Lusmeas and
Mr Widman became treasurer of the Autoparts Manu
faetunng Companj Here his initiative an 1 enter
J rise met with substantial results The factory of the
new corporation was in a district that needed better
hre protection and improved railroad facilities and
Mr Widman at once started to work to secure united
a tion and his labors were an important factor in the
organization of the Milwaukee Manufacturers As
aociation wlieh took in the principal manufaeturera
of the Milwaukee Junction district of Detroit Mr
Widman later became the president thereof and the
association under his guidance secured the desired
res ilts — results richly beneficial to the manufacturing
anl lisiness interests represented in that section of
the citv From 1910 until 1914 he was treasurer and
general manager of the Autoparts Manufacturing Com
pany and ivith the advent ot the eight cylinder motor
car in 1914 tl e Cadillac Motor Car Company secured
his seru ees and he was made night superintendent
Since tl it late he 1 ad devoted his entire ener|,y to
the de^ elopment and interests of the Cadillac and m
1920 in recognition of his valuable strvice he w{is
made manager of n anuf actunng which position he la
now most efficiently filling He still remains a di
rector and the vice president of the Autoparts Man i
faetunng Company of Detroit which is today large
and important He la accounted one of the most
f r eful and resourceful men in connection with the
1 otoT car industry of Detroit owing to hia long
associat on therewith his indefatigable mdustrj his
sagac t% and his initiative
On the 14th of November 1901 Mr Widman was
marriel to Miss Ida M "ierge of Detrn t and they
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1 le become pirents tf three daughters Evelyn
G rtrude, who wis born in this c ty and is i student
in the University of M uhigin Mirguente Elizahetli
niio 19 now ittend ng high sehool aa alao ib Marian
laibelle The familv residence is it 28''5 West Gnnd
I niilevard
Mr and Mrs Widnnn ire menibera of the Wood
ward Avenne Preabiterian ehureh in which "Mr Wid
II n IS serving aa a trustee His p litical endorsement
hiB always been gnen to the republican party and
his intereit in progressn e citizenship has been mam
tfit m mlny wayf Aside from promoting the organ
i7ition of tlie Milwaukee Manufii-turers Association
he became a i,harter member of the Detroit Board of
Lomraerce an organization which his figured most
pr mmentlj in connection with the city s development
lud w th the solution of impi>rtint eivic problems
Fnteraally Mr Widman is d Mason belonging to
Palestine Lodge, Nn 357 A F i A M King Cyms
Chapter R 4. M and Detroit Commandery !No 1
k T also t( Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine
He aho i ^^ leembirship m the Detroit ^.thletii, Clu!"
tlie Inglaside Country Club and the Detroit Automo
blip Club and his various membership relations indi
cate the high stanlaris which govern him in all the
associations of life and which ha\e made him an
honortd figure in business ciriies iepen lable ind
progressive hia J^btrs at all times leng tqr readiin^
^iid resultant
EDWIN L DWYEE one of the leidmg men con
nOLted w th the stOie industry m Detroit was for
mcrly purthismg a^ent for the Peninsulir Stove
< 0 pinj but IS now treisurer of the corporation
Tht name of Dn\er is synonymous with stove mik
ing ill Detroit ind the great work of the tamilv in
lei loping this premier industry is described else
nlipro in this work
Elwm L Dwier is a nitne son of Detroit born
hei on Septeml er 27 187t His parents were James
anl Susan (Lane) Dwjer the former of whom was
ue of the founders of the Peninsular Stove Co npanj
Janes Dwyer passed iwit in the year IBll
Elwm L Dwver wis educated m the TJniversitv of
Detroit from which institution he was later gralu
ated In 1898 he entered the service ot the Peninsu
!ar '^tove ("omp^nj beginning as a clerk and ulti
mattly passing through the various grades of the
business unt 1 he became the companj s purehising
sgint whith posit on he retained for a number of
leirs In IQ^ll following his father s death be be
Cdm treasurer tf the companj and has since been
tliUi, engaged Mr Dwvi'r s reoognized as one of
th'' Btrcng units m the lirge organization of the
Peninsular Stove Companv and has contributed much
to the constant progress of the institution
Ecifing WIS a favorite pistime with Mr Dwver
" f rmer jeirs but tie exigencies of business now
^ t r him from f How n„ the sport in the degree he
did in recent ^ears He is a member of thi, Detroit
Boat Clib and the Detroit Club, in the ifEairs of
which he takes a warm interest He gives a good
citizens attention to ei\ic matters but has ne\er
been a seeker of politi al favor or position
GEOKGE n EE^CH wl o poaaesai,! determination
and initiative to work out a new avstem of selling
life ina irance until he is known today throughout the
country as a life insurance expert and one of the
largest write ra of life insuranei, throughout the
Unite 1 States mamdinB agencies in Detroit Grand
Rapids St Louis and New York under the nime of
The George H Beich Oompanj Ino His success has
teen phenomenal ind yet it his resulted from his
studv of conditions both external ind psvihologieal
There ire many who have felt the inspiratim of his
person il suggestions ind instructions but there are
minv more to whom the story of his lite cliinot help
but be of in spirit lonal vilue
George H Beich was born in bteen Oak, Michigan,
March 2, 1873 his pireuts being George W and Ketta
(Julson) Beach The removal of the family to North
Dakota mide him i public school student at Fargo
and later he entered upon a scieute course in the
Agricultural tollege of North Dakota He then ma
triculatel is a student in the Univers ty of Michigan
continuing his atudiea in the mednal department, a
member ot the clias of 1899 He left college I ow
p^ er to become a salesman and after tl ree rither un
eventful years in the business world he becime state
igent for Michigan of The Canada Life Assurance
Compinv occupvmg tl at poaition from 1902 until
1907 He then resigned and associated himself with
Tl e Mutual Benefit Life Insunnee Compini During
these early years in the life insunnee profession I e
WIS onb winning moderate success — i condition which
did not satisfy his ambitious niture It was then
that he began working out the Beich s^st m of life
insurance service Jeidmg to the organizatun of The
Geo H Beach Compiny Inc of which he is the
president Tjnder the caption of A Wonlerful
tilesman the American Migazme of March W18
presented i most interesting stor> of his metho Is
It had always been his desire t discover the rial
setret ot sucetss in selling life insunnee He had
been engaged m the life insurmce business for six
\ears when it the age of thirty four he gave up his
position with the Canadi Life m<\ed his family of i
wife and two children nto i Detroit anburb with the
determination to not on\y Ine within his means but
to save something from his income and to figure out
tl e 1 eat methods of bringing life inaunnce before the
public an! making it salable For four veara he
struggle 1 at the problem denving himself many of
the comforts of life wh ch he had known m his more
lucrative position When the four years bad pissed
he had worked o it his theories had found thit they
stood the test fff letuil e\perienee ind were proving
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h gblj res Itaut B uce then he has pr a 1 ed to h s
associates Men 1 uy vhat you 1 e n your heai
It s all r ght to dress m onsp cuousiy 1 ut n real tj
you sell jourself i 1 y r opm ons lour su cess
depends uptm the worth of your op a ons Cloth ng
and a show of prosper tj are unnecessary
The story in h s own words s as follows
Tl ei'e are deHa te reasons for suceess a sell ng
I hrst earnestly sought a work g ph losophj of 1 fe
Through mu h itr ggie I found a ph losophy that
satisfied Th s was i gr luil exper enee oo n g to i
greater fulln si and i e v defin te tang ble know
al le progress each vetr All n en have so ne sort t
fa th or bel et — a code of action based upon i pitch
vork of trad t ons
— or try to apply
n iny men square i
t the juest <n
pply
an 1 prejud <
ho lo 1 ssesa evpn tl
it — to the r everyd y
I cry aeton) How nan Ds
! Woodrow Wilson puts t? Ho v
an D en real ze t! e 1 s re of the i fotefithers
Abrahan t d Moses* I b 1 eve that the Tew —
obviously the n ost n erialh luee ssful people — can
lay h s s eeeiB to the seren tj of h s i% th It is a
working philosophf that he has I een ta gl t ai-tually
to apply n e\erida> 1 v ng a ode 1 law^ that he
cin and does 1 ve up to a d thit sat sties 1 i soul I
1 el eve n a rambl ng v rel gious ph los j 1 \ with
bus neas w th life beciu^e ■tnv ph losopi v low ever
s n pie f appl ed prod ces nd v d al ti r personal
ty It follows that tl e h gl er or nore deal the
philosophy the n ore eo prehei s ve n appl at on to
1 fe— tl e stronger the n ore powerful tl e perso al ty
An n w tl personal t cii eerti nly be more sue
eesstui than one w thcnit Th q estion th r solves
tselt into one f determ n g fitness ind wl ere each
pers n an be of greate t I p etit to h s fello vmen
After thit fi d out wl it pe pie want whit tl ej leed
then furn sh t to then it tl p lel^t p ss I le cost A
man who <■ nprom ses w tl whit he knows t te best
for the other fellow II get h s reward here i d now
— h 8 hell w 11 ot be reser el for after i wl le
Mr Beach and I is representat vet approich i mm
fpon the stanlp nt of do g h n an ict al serv ce n
the mitter of nstr ct ng 1 m aa to tbp il e of my
nsurance vl ch he carr es an! uf any vl h he may
aoqu re H s bus ness ph losophy s It o do
SOD eth ng for people perf r n a ser e f r tl em
d sregard ng the n itter of profit except as it eon es
la naturally alnivs ereat ng cond t ons — ps^elologv
if von will — for men to patronize you, but letting
people sell themselves on the bi>"is of superior SLriice,
telling them the good things m their old insurance,
thev will be inclined to invest more "
This was m direct contnst to sales methods in
former times among msunnee men who on the iver
age belittled everything but the kind of insunnce
which thev were handling Mr Beach h-is alwl\«
worked in a constructive wav with the idei of service
to his clients tuA to do this he usuilh writes It i
prospect e I nt ask ng f h s ser ice in go ng over
the 1 ent a pol les ani alv s ng in as to any
changes ne es8ar3 to br ng tl em up to the best deas
of nsuran e em be of an ilue No bl gat on s
in urred th s wi> ind the ofEer ot real help s
seldon de I ed Tvor s t n erely an ofEer of help
II B ser ee beeon es a ta g ble th ng n ass 3t ng men
to understind insurance ind to get the n ost out of t
for the r own heneflt Th s dea of personal setv ce
has been the sell g po t haik of the n ar elous sue
ee s wh oh has come to George H Eea I
It was in the year WOI that Mr Beach n irr ed
M ss Lou te Alsdorf of Lansing M chigan who
passed a a t 0 ■vears later lea\ ng two 1 ttle diugh
ters Helen Lou se a I El sal eth On the 1st of
Januar IHO Mr Beach as n irr ed again h s
second un on be ng v tl Grace Holman of RocI ester
Ind a 1 a I the have three ch Idren George Hoi
an Margaret Lou se and Jean Bracket
Mr Beach finds I s re reat on in firn ng motor
ng tra el and real ng He I as ilwa s bee of a
stud ous nature ind fro ! s reid ng he 1 as ^leii ed
a w le general ntormat on and vet t s lot onl a
matter of nformat on but also a past n e to h n
Fraternall les on eete i w tl Cor nth in Lodge
F & A M He 1 elonc^ to the Detro t Athlet e
Qub g es I s pol t il lleg ance to the republ can
party anl i rel g ous fill s a Presbyter an On
all tal quest ons and suVjects of publ e concern lis
vision s br ad ind h s s ght keen He get<i n ueh
of the real joy out of 1 fe be e h s course a
founded up the Tolden E le of helpfulness of
serv ce of just e and of tr th These raav be old
fashioned pr nc pies but he has fo nd the r v rth
FRED HATS DIEHL whose life his been a var ed
ind event* 1 o e s m n portint fact n tl luto
mob le nlnstry of Detro t occupy ng tl e resp ns He
pos t on of cl lef purchas ng agent for the Ford Motor
Comianv w tl wh I he has been lent fie 1 smee 1906
He was born n Akroi Oh o November "0 187 his
pirents 1 e ng W II am H and Mary Al ce (Sisler)
D ehl vl 0 were alao nat yes of the B ekeve state
The fati er s one of the leading n erei ants of Akron
1 ut tl 0 nother h s j issed away In tl eir f u Iv vere
three ch Idren John H a ret de t of Kent Ol o
Mrs Carleton B ddle of Akron ani Fred H
In tl e gramn ar and h gh schools of h s nat e c ty
Mr D ehl acquired h s ed cat on and after liy ng as de
his textbooks he secured employment with the Quaker
Oits Company also' working for the American Cereal
Company He next became connected with the B. F.
Goodrich Tire Company of Akron, with which he re-
maintd for eight years, gaining valuable experience
along mechanical lines After severing his connection
with that firm he went to Kent, Ohio, and entered the
emplo3 of the Peterson Manufacturing Company, with
whieh hi was identified for a year, and then went to
MiMco t( tikt i) irgi i f some mining properties. The
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mines were Bituited in an isolated section of the coun
trj, fir removed from traniportatiOTi facihtiei, and
ifter leaving the railroad Mr Diehl eipenenced mueli
liflu ultv in conveying his live stock and equipment to
its destination His only companiona were Mexican
(.uidLS and ti o days were tonaumpd in maiijig tho
nourne^ After spenhng six months m that solitary
and remote region he deeided ta return to civilization
and came to Detroit, which city has amce been his
home In 1906 he noined the For 1 Motor Company,
subsequently being promoted to the position of chief
puri-haamg agent, m whuh eapaeitv he is now serving
BrnaJ experience along mechanitil linps nen qualifies
him for this office of trust and responsibility and his
efflcienev, reliability and concentrated effort are essen
tial elements in the successful operation of an industry
of mammoth proportions Dunng the World war Mr
Ford turned oi er his plant to the government and
Mr Diehl aided matoriaJly in the work of pro luction
iurmg that critical period in the nation's history
On the 7th of October 1003, at Kent, Ohio Mr
Diehl WIS united in marriage to Miss Frances Kent
Parkhill, a daughter of Mr and Mrs W H C Park
hill
Mr Diehl is a veteran of the 'Spanish American war
He enlisted as a private in f ompanj E of the Eighth
Ohic Infantry sailing from New York to Cuba on the
steamship St Eaul, under Captain Sigsbie, and return
mg on the Mohawk, and was mustered out of the serv
lee at booster, Ohio, on the 19th of November, 1898
As a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce ho
does all in his power to promote the welfare and pros
peritj ot his city and he is likewise a member of tlie
fair price Lommittce, on ■nhich Judge Connelly la also
serving He is a prominent clubman being connected
with the Detroit Athletii., Bloomfield Hills Country,
Bed Bun Golf, and Detroit Yatht clubs and served
as president of the PeJlowtraft AthletK' Ciub, now
the Michigan Club He also belongs to the Question
Club of New York eity and to the Ohio Society of
Detroit In Masonry he has attained high standing,
hav ing taken the thirty second degree in Michigan
Sovereign Consistory, while he is also connci-ted with
the Shrme, and his political allegiance is given to
the republican party His life record is one m which
notable businosa ability and the recognition and util
ization of opportunity are well balanced forces Thor
oughness and diligence have characterized all of his
work and he fully deserves the honor that is accorded
the fortunate individnal who has fought and won in
the great battle of life Mr Diehl resides at 141 Call
CHESTER YETHUE FEEEI*^, who since 1W9 has
engaged in the general prai-tiee of lav. in Detroit, was
born m Gabon, Ohio, April 5, 1«S% and is a son of
Alfrel G and Daisy (MoNefE) Ferns The father is a
railway passenger conductor The son was educated in
the jublic schools of his native citv passing through
consecutive grades to the high school of Da>ton Ohio
This constituted his educational opportunities as far as
school training y
pericnce he has learned t
n\ ent one vear employed £
Ann Arbor, Michigan, and h
of law pursuing his e
led but in the school of ex
any valuable lessons He
a street car conductor in
there entered upon the study
a the State University until
with the class of 1908 He was afterward
tdmitted to practice at the bars of Ohio and of Michigan
and in 1909 ho removed to Detroit, where he opened an
office and has since devoted his attention to the profession
He tnes man> kinds of eases and tries them well his
thoroughness and caretnl preparation being salient fea
tures m his continued and growing success
On the ^7th of Juno, 1908, Mr Ferns was united in
marriage to Miss Ucrtrude badler, of Ann Arbor,
Muhigm He iinds his recreation largely m taking
Icng automobile trips Fraternally he is a Mason and
he also belongs to the National Union, while formerly
he was president of the Wayne County Cabinet He
was likewise mighty supreme noble of the Protected
Home Circle and his membership connections along
these lines indicate the high standards which have
always governed him in the relations of life He be
longs to the Detroit Bar Association and also to the
lawvers Club and he has the warm regard of his
colleagues and eontemj orariea in the profession
THOMAS JOHN THORPE, secretary of the Mundns
Products Company, Ltd , now engaged m the n anu
facture of soft drinks, which have lial a wide sale
and are becoming very popular, has thus been con
nected with the business activities of Detroit for a
number of years He was born m this city September
0, 1884, a sen of A^illiam Presman and Ann (Trinder)
Thorpe both of whom were natives of Hull, England
The father came to America when a young man of
nineteen years, while the mother crossed the Atlantic
m her girlhood They were married in Detroit and
Mr Thorpe has been engaged in the trucking business
in this city for fortj five l ears, being now president
ind treasurer of the firm of E Ferguson &, Company
As he has prospered in his undertakings and has been
able to enjoy leisure he has spent much time in pleas
urable travel, having crossed the Atlantic on five differ
cut occasions in making trips to England and the con
tinont His wife passed away in Detroit m 1888
They were the parents of four children William P
Mrs Theodore Beyster, Lulu, who is attending the
Homeopathic Medical College at 4nn Arbor, Mich
igan and Thomas John
The last named, the youngest of the family, ob
tamed his early education in the public schools and
after attending the Central high school started out
to provide for his ovra support by entering the employ
of B Ferguson & Company, occupying a clerical posi
tion for several years He afterward engaged in the
automobile business as a sales agent and continued
m that connectif n until 1108 when he secured a
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clerml p sitiou witl tli \S at MJi. Eri, ri Later
lio puiUiaaed an interest in tie business and leiamc
secretary This position he nan occupiea and since
the passage of the prohibition law the West Side
Brewery haa gradually comertel its plant into a
soft drinfc manufacturing establishment Thev make
wlut IS known as near beer and »>oft drinka unler
the trade name of Munlus and their output his be
come \eTj popular the product hjun^ a wide sale
The business is today carried n under the name of
the Mundus Products Company Ltd ind the patron
age IS steadily inereiaing
On the Ibth ot September 1907 Mr Thorpe mas
niarritd to Miss Meta Louise Darrastaetter daughter
of Mr an 1 Mrs Hermin Darmatietter and thev ha^e
bocon e parents of two children El'a Louise born m
Detroit m 1008 and Minon Elizal eth born in 1913
Both are attending the citv schools
In his political mcws Mr Thorpe is a republicin
keeping well intormel on the questions and issues ot
the da-v He alio bekngs to the Detroit Athletic
Club and both he and 1 is wife ire members o^ St
Paul s Epispopal church while s fiallv they ir well
known having mam fnenda in this c U in which
Mr Thorpe has ^pent hia life
LHARLES FRANflS KUHN M D who founded
the Simiritan Hospital of Detroit one of the leading
institutions of this charatter in the eitj anl uho has
for a number of jear-i enjoved a well earnel reputa
tion as a leading physician and aurgion was born
Noyeniber 1 1870 in this city hia parents I emg
Jacob anl Elizabeth (Hoch'tadt) Kuhn The father
was born at Newark New Jersey while the mother
was a native of Germany an 1 came to America with
her parents in early girlhood Tht familj home was
estallishel in New Jersey where si e wa^ afterward
married and then came with her husband to Detroit
Here Mr Kuhn engaged in the grocery business on
hia own aci-ount betoming one of the successful
merchants of the eitj He pasaed aw av m 1912
while his wife iiel in 1Q13 sorviied b\ seien of
their children Mrs Elizabeth Beardslee of Detroit
Charles F Mrs W 8 Blessed Clara Edward J
living in Los Angeles California Arthur C an 1 Mrs
Anette '^tofer With the exception of the brother on
the Pacific ooaat all are yet residents of Detroit
In early life Dr Kuhn attend 1 the public sihools
of this city while later he ontiuue 1 his education
in the Detroit Business College He then began learn
mg the carnage trimmer s tndt and afterward en
gaged m carnage manufacturing on his own account
Just about this time the automobile made its appear
ance and the Ford and Dodge interests were dei elop
ing their motor cars Aieorlmgly Mr Kuhn ceased
to engage m carriage manufacture and decided to
take np the study of medicit e He was urgel by the
motor ear manufactirers to e<ntinie m tl at buai
neaa but concluded to g le hi'j attPnti n to the meli
cal scitnce leil ips he ha^ not massed tlie mamm th
fortune that he wouH have done had he given his
attention to automobile manufatturing but there has
tome to him a gratifying sense of satisfaction in the
go<d that he has been able to do to his fellowmen
through Ins professional ai,tivity He began to study
mclicine m I'*''' m the Michigan College of Medmne
anl was graduate 1 m IWl binee then he haa taken
postgraduate work m New iork Chicago Boston and
other medical centers He founded the Samaritan
Hospital whii,h IS one of the leading hospitals of the-
iti at the present tiiie and from the beginning haa
remained as president The equipment of the hoa
pital IS most modern m e\erv particular and the in
stitution has been a most valued addition to the hos
pita] facilities <rf the citv Dr Kuhn haa alao an
extensive private practice and his abibtj 1 as brought
him prominently to the fr nt his high standing anl
eflicienci feing recognized 1 j his colli-aguea and
contempotariea m the irofessun as well as h\ the
general public
On the 1st of May 1911 in Detroit Dr K ihn was
married to Miss Ella M Memke a daughter cf Her
man Meinke anl thej have tecome parents of six
children Cliaxles Francis Jr whw was torn in De
troit in 1913 Albert in 1914 John in 1916 Henry
in IJl/ Robert m 1<319 and Helen E in 1921 The
family home is at 450t Coram nweilth Mrs Kuhn
IS a graduate of the Detroit high school and of Albion
College and was a teacher ot Latin in the Detroit
high school prior to her marriage She la very active
m s lal circles of the citj and is widely known m
'■onnecti n with benevolent work being now e\
presilent of the Ladies ancillary of the Samaritan
Hosj ital
Dr Kutn has rendered valuable public service aside
from the practice of m diciae and surgery for from
IW" until I'^ll inclusive he was a member of the
Ditroit 1 oard of education and serve 1 as pteaiient of
tie board dur ng the last two years of that period
He has membership with all the Masonic lodiei of
the 'Scottish Site anl ho is a member of the Amer
lean Legion anl of the Detroit Chapter of Ofiitera
)f the Great war having been comm ssioned a first
lieutenant m tonneetion with an American base hos
pital Hia strictly professional relations ire with the
■Wa-\ne County the Michigan State the Tri State anl
the American Medical issociations and he s also a
fellow f the American College ot Surgeons Com
prehensile study and esperienoe laie brought him
steadily to the front, and today he ranks with those
who hi\e been most active in maintaining the high
est protessional atandaris anl in promoting advance
ment in all professional activity
CHOIES C BECKFE One of the oil time mer
clanta of Detroit passet away when on the llth f
D(L mler 1921 C 1 irles C Becker wi^ called tu his
hnil r St Up had Ion;, 1 Pen ident fiel with com
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mere ai interests in this eit\ as a deakr n alioes ind
■nil known as a man strictly just and scrupulously
honnat Michigan numbers i h m among her natiie
sons his birth having occurred at Brighton, August
4 IRIS Hh parents were John ^nd Louise Becker
the former a hardwire merchant of Brighton and in
the r fim ly wort two R<n>" and two daughters Mrs
Loi se Brown and Mrs Motta trirtner both of De
trcit Charles C, of thiireiiew ind William L wl o
la Imng in Prescottj Miehigin
In his youthful days Charles C Becker attended
the schools of Brighton eompletmg the work of the
grades and of the high sihool and then atirted out
m the buBinesa world is t ilerk m his titlier s hird
ware store Liter howe'ver he turned his ittention
to the 4)0ot ind shoe trik at Brighten where he
rem med until 1885 when hi, removed to Detroit
Tl rough the intervening period to the time of his
deith he was a rosidtnt f tins citi Here he estab
liahed business at No 123 Grand Ki\er where he re
mained for jbout seven ytirs Later he removed to
No 22 Gratiot where he continued until the biiil ling
was razed aftir wl ich he removed to '51 Gratiot
((11 number) There he remained for twenty eight
\ Lars and was one ot the old mer hints on this street
He alwiys earned *t high grade of goods never tit r
ing to 1 cheap tnde and the nime of hn store lioame
a\ n nvmona with qualiti and worth
On the 11th of August, 1890 m Dctrtit Mr Becker
was united in marriage to Mias Kate L Eiggs diugli
ter ot John and Ehzi RiggB of Oswigo Nuw lork
in which citv Mrs Becker wis born but she was only
f 01 r years of age when the familv homo was estab
1 shed in Detroit where she pursued her educition
being graduated from the Central high school Mr
ind Mrs Becker beoami- the parents of a iiughter
HeUn Euth, now the wife of Dr T II Pdwird Best
of Detroit
In hia politiLal opinions Mr Becker follirwed in
in Icpondent course supporting men and meisur s
rather than party, yet he waa alwivs keenly inter
estol m everything pertlining to the upbiiill ng tnd
the welfaro of the citv He wis 1 Mis n <f 1 igh
rank belonging to Palestine Lodge F i,A M
ting Cyrus Chapter BAM Damascus Commini
erj K T and Michigan Sovert gn Conaistorv A
A S E while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
he was also identified He belonged to the Miaonio
Golf Club and he manifested a moat helpful attitude
n evtri thing that concerned Masonry and the adop
tion it its high principles, which rest upon a rocogni
tion of the brotherhood of minkind and the obliga
tions thereby imposed Mr Becker 9 associatea m
e\ PTs relation of life fmind him is true as steel ind
ha passing was a distinct loss to the oomminity
Earlj in life he forme 1 the rule of never owing i
man anything and to tl is he atrictlv adhered He
made it his purpose to do right by ill and fairness
ind justice were amoi g 1 is moat marked rharicteris
tics He il= lal 1 militir\ record to his credit be
ing a member of the Detroit Light Infantry for three
veirs it the end of which time he waa honorably
disthicged and he became a charter member of the
Custer Council National Union a fraternal organiza
ticn servmj, as secretary of the council firr twenty
WILLIAM L HAWEIN'5 is well known in lom
mtreial iircles of Detroit is president of the Miel
igin Auttraotive Supply Company distri>utor of
aecessor> an 1 garage equipment and that he is a
young man of superior bus mesa ability la demon
strated in the fact that during the three years of
its existence the enter] rise has enioye 1 a remark
ably rap d growtl which his been due in lar^e mcas
ure to the cnterpriaing methoda and wiae management
of ita directing held Mr Hiwkins waa born m
Buffalo New lork August 30 188^5 and is a son of
rdwm L ind Mary (Howse) Hawkins both ul
wham were natives of Canada the former born it
Quebec mi the latter m St Cithennes in the prtv
nice of Ontino In the early 80s they crossei the
border into the United States and located in BufTal
New "iork where thoj nmainod until 1886 when thii
came to Detroit The father engaged in business aa
a merchant tailor and also conducted i gentlemen s
furnishing gocrda establishment in this city ind was
veri successtul m managing his interests He la now
hvinj, retired m Detroit but the mother passed swav
in this citv in 1916 at the ij.e of seventy two Thev
became the parents of tl ree children Albert E
Mrs Ellen Cilra re anl William E ill of whom are
reailents of Detroit
Mr Hawkins atten 1l 1 the TefEerson public school
of Detroit until he reachel his fourteenth year aud
then Btirted out in life fir himself se uring the posi
tion of office boy with Eoehm & Davison wholesale
hardware merchants (f this citj, his salary be ng a
\iry m dest one Ho thoroughly masterel every task
assigned him and through close applieation diligenee
and determination gradually won adyancen ent from
one position to another f greater importanee and re
aponsibility until he was at length made ofiice mm
it,er ini purchasing agent He resigned on the 28th
ot February 191'i after twenty years of faithful and
efficient service with that corporation and on the 1st
of March became president of the Michigan \uto
motive ^upplj Company of which he had been one
of the organizers Walte* Matthews being made vice
president and William F BecXley secretary treasurer
and genera] manager Their establishment wis at
first situated at No 1 i East Jefferson avenue but
on the 1st of April 1921 the rapid increase in their
I usiness necessitated their removal to their present
commodious quarters at No 1"4 East Jefferson ive
nue They carry a large stock of automobile acces
s<riea anl garage equ pment and give employment ti
seventeen per'jnnt inch Img 1 Silos force of seven
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men They c nduct their busiatss al n^ tl « moat
progressive lad up to date lines They cater to the
wholesale trade exclusively and theic strict integrity
and Btraightf < tvi ard hnsmess methods hue secured
f>r tl em an eiteni \e patronage so that the enter
pnae is n<w one of the largest of the kind m the
state In the condu t ot the bus neaa Mr Haikms
d iilajs sound judgment and marked executive ability
and the rapid growth of the uniertaking la largely
attrit utahle to his mtinng efEorts
On the 2>1 of Angust 1<}10 m Windsor Canada
Mr Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss Grace
Tox a daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles & Fox ot
KmgsviUe Can la Tl ej ha\ e a daughter Grate
Shirley whoae hirth occurred OUober 0 1920 and a
son Wilha,m Edwin who was born Jan lary 24 1922
In hia politieal views Mr Haw kits is an independent
republican voting for the candidates of that party
wlecL national issues are at stake but at local elec
tiona he eaata his ballot m favor of the man whom
he deems best qi alified for ofliee without regard to
party ties Fraternalh he is identifiel with the
Masons belong ng to Zion Lodge, F & A M Mr
Hawk ns has led a busy aeti\o and useful life em
pl Ting eierj opportinity to advance an I his present
prosjeritv is attrilutahle entirely to lis own labori
lis close apjlication and his laudihle ambition The
jears ha\e chronicled his growing success ani at ail
times his career has been anch as would bear the
closest mv estigation and scrutiny He stands high m
business circles of Detroit and in all mitfers of
citizenship his influence la on the aile of a i\anee
mcnt and impr vement
BEENAED FEEDERICK NEHLS Detro t iwes
n ueh to the 1 usmess ability enterprise and progrea
s io apirit of ita natne sons who ha\e founl in this
citj splendi I opportunities for advai cement and
through the le\elopmcnt of their inherent powers and
talents thej have also contributed m anhatantial
to tl 0 work of upbniid ng advancement and
'nt To this tlass belongs Bernard F bet
ter known as Barnes F Nehls who was born in thia
c fv Octol er 9 18 9 and s now serying aa president
of the John E Mark Corporation m which connection
he IS controlling one of the leading real estate firms
of Detroit His parents were John and Hannah
(Vehro) Nells b<rth of whom were natives of Ham
burg German} John Nehls came from an excellent
family H s nncle was Genera! Blueber who dis
tinguished himself at the battle of Waterlo In 1849
Join Nehls an! his wife emigrate! to the United
Stites making the T<yage in an oli time sailing
vessel wh ch was several months in crossing the
ocean They lande 1 at New Tork and proceeded
westward to Buffalo coming to Detroit by way of
the Great Lakea Tl e father was a carpenttr and
al inetmaker and followed his trade m this c tv until
his lemise which o curred in 18b- while the mother
ilso paascl away here
Barney F Nehls was the only chill f his parents
and la now the only a irviymg member of the tamily
He attendel the Duflieli and the Bish p Union schools
and tor about sis months was a pupil in Patterson s
B ^t, S lo 1 In 18 3 when fourteen j ears of ag
he entered on an aprrenti eship to the cal met maker s
trade but deciding not to follow that line of octupa
tion became a salesman m Hejn a Bazaar where he
remame 1 for eight years On the exp ration ot tl at
periol he again took ui his trade working for a year
n the emploj of J H Black & Company earpeta an I
Lurtama and then iPLoming ilentified with the
Hudaon Symington Company dealers in carpets and
draperies Mr Nehls nest boLame a salesman for
Brown &. Brossy dealers m sheepskin rugs In An
gust 1892 he entered commercial circles on h s owii
a count pirehaaitg the electroplating business ot
Edwarl Bromley situated at No 116 Miami ayinue
now Broad wa J where the Capital Theater now
atanda At that time there was but one other place
of business on Broadway— that of Philip Breitmej er
— aid many people expressel sirprise at Mr Nehls
tor lo atmg tl ere while others predicted hia failure
D ir ng the early Uv a nf the automobile ind istr> one
f Mr Nehls customers was Henry Ford who brought
m some automobile parts to be nickel plated for the
hrst Cir he built Mr Nehla sinossfully conducted
the electroplating business for more than twenty
seven years or nntil 1918 In that year he went
abroa] visiting the war zone England anl other parts
of the oil worll and spend ng about a year n foreign
lands On returning hon e he noine 1 the John E Mark
Corporation of which he was made president and is
now occupv ing that office tins being at the heal of
one of the succeaaful real estate firms in Detro t Ii
conducting its operations the company haa dev eloped
aeveral fine anbdivisions doing no little to improi e
tie citv Mr Nehls owns a large amount of vacant
propcrtv on Marquette Island a onsideratlo port un
of which has been subdivided He also owna a fine
homo at Pleaaant P mt m the Les Cheneau'x region
equippei t r winter r summer oeeupancv where he
spends portions ot both seasons to indulge in his favor
ite recreations ot snowahoemg or yachting
On tie 1st of August 188" waa aolemnized the mar
riage of Barney F Nehls and Emma G Kaiser a mem
1 er of a prominent family of this city and their only
child a son Carl Bernard was born July 13 1884 in
Detroit He attenied the grammar and high sch ols
of the e tv and the University of Michigan and for
two years was emjlojed as a ehem cal and steel en
gmeer at Charlottenburg Germany He then became
connected with Harry Brearley the noted steel en
gneer of Sheffieli England and inventor of the
celebrated rustless steel While thus engage 1 Carl
B Nehls invented and patented a steel known as
Euatn rstain which is of great value and is now sold
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lliioughout the worii be ng used iiy R F Mosley &
(.ompany, Ltd of Sheffieli England in the minu
tacture of the famous Sheffield eutlerj Carl B Nehls
cupies a foremost position in hia profeaaion and is
J )w identified mth the Carbon Steel Corioration of
littabwrgh, Pennaylvaiiia whiuh he aervea m an im
])ortant capacity During the World nir he wia de
(liied bv the United '^tate8 government to ^uperin
t nd at the plant of this corporation the bu Iding of
I ibv tanks eapeeially to pas^ on the steel going into
tlieiT construction On the 15th <f November 191b
tirl B Nehls married Miss Kite Moorewood of
Sheffield England and they have a large c rtk of
frienda in Pittsburgh where thev reside
Barney P Nehls is a member of the Detro t Keal
Fstate Board and his political allegiance m f,iven to
the republioan party Fraternallj he is identified
with the Maionie order, in which he has attained the
thirty second degree in the eonsi^tor^ an! he s ilso
a member of the Mystic Shrino He is a man ot brtad
vision, with keen insight into business iff airs and
ituations and his investments have 1 een micked ly
good judgment He has le 1 an active life and 1 is
natural energy anl industnuua nature have been
manifest tn whate\ er 1 e has undertaken A lemark
ally well preserved man hia enthusiasm for his hob
h es of yachting ani gardei ing ii as great as at any
time in liia life while hia skill m both is well kuonn
Few men in Detroit outside of public life have any
larger ac quaint anceshij. tl dn Barney F Nehls Ho
i as been aueeeasfnl and his tetivities have been fac
furs in the pu>lic progress and prosperity ot Detroit
where lis ei tire life has teen passed and where he
( upies a n ost creditable pos tion amoi g the best
EARL A WUNLtER Aa pres lent and general
I ana|,er of the Ameritan Machine Products Com
I my Earl A Munger OLCupies a prominent position
11 manufacturing circles ot Detroit and his influence
IS one of broadening acti^ itv and strength in the field
in which he operates He is seldcm m error in mat
t rs of judgment when passing upon the value of any
I usineas opportunity and his keen maight into 1 uai
n Bs aituationa has materially increased the succeas of
tl e company which he repreaents
Mr Munger was born in Anderson Indiana and
tl ere attended the grammar and high schools after
Uieh he learned the trade of todmaker For two
I ars he was witl the Jtemv Electric Company and
later was employed in various small shops of Indiana
gaining valuable experience along mechanical lines
SibseqnentJy he was placed m charge of a large ghop
at Ingersoll in the proTince of Ontario Canada,
"lich was engaged in making three inch shells tor
the British government remaining there until he or
f,anized and became president and general manager
"f the American Machine Products C mpani of De
fr it on the l''th of Noiember 1017 Their large and
well equippel factors s 1 ated at Eighteenth and
Howard streets and they are engaged in manufaetur
mg twist drills reamers milling cutters etc their
output being shipped to all parta of the Unitel States
and also to various points in South America and Can
ada Tl is ii one of the largest industrial onterpnses
cf its kit a m the city and the fact that Mr Munj,er
has been chosen to fill the responsible poaiticn of
president of this important undertaking la proof of
hia notaHe powers of a Iministration and business
In his political \ ews Mr Munger is a repul liean
and fraternally he is identified witl the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks He is a member of the
Fellow raft Club and for recreation he turns to
hunting and fishing Actuated by a strong purpose
that will not permit hin to stop short f the success
ful acccmplisl ment ot anything he undertakes his
I usineas career has been marked by continuous ai
\anLemcnt and his work has been entirely of a con
structive nature contributing to pu>lie progreas and
jrospenty aa well as tu individual aggrandizement
FE\^K TOHN WILKOWSKI Among those whose
enterprising spirit at d well directed efforts along buai
neas lines haie contributed toward making Detroit
the fourth city in the United States in commercial
irapcrtance is numbered Frank Jchn W ilkowski who
is serving as the secretarj and treasurer of the Wil
kowski Hardware Company He is a member of one
of the old and prominent families of the eity and a
nit le son of whom Detrcit mav well feel proud He
was horn, on the 4th of De ember 1880 of the mar
riage ot AntoT and \ eronica (Skelnik) Wilkowski
who are of foreign birth and came to the United
Statea at an early period in their lives Thev were
married m Detroit and the father learncrd the car
penter a trade which he followed for seieral years,
afterward establishing a grocery store on Canfield
avenue and later moving to Chcne itreet Subse
qi entl> a small stock of hardware waa added this
being gradually increased to meet the growing de
mands of the public aa building aetivitiea became more
estensnc in the neighborhoid and finally the grocery
department was discontinued For many -(ears he
conducted thi
Frank J who is
prise Both pare
and nine children
Anthony Paul H
are still
nun g the enter
iding m Detroit
n to their union John
Anna \gnes Sophia and
Prank J all )f whom hate been factors m the de
velopment and upbniliing of the city
In the acquirement of an education Frank John
Wilkowski attended the parochial schools and tor four
years the Polish Seminary after which he was a
student in Detroit College Entering on his busi
ness career he bei-ame an emjlove m the hardware
estabhahment of Staniart Br thers with whom he
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remained until 1107 g-iimng a eomprchensn e knowl
edge of the huiiness He then resigned hia position
m order to embirk upon ia indepeudent vt,uture ind
placed a small stock of hardware in the groecrv store
conducted liv lis fitliur With the growtli of tbe
oitT the business expanded raj idiv and they dia
posed of their groceries in order that thei might
devote their attention to the hardware trade The
bustne^i has been incorporated under the firm stjle
of the Wilkowski Hardware Companj, its present
ofll'.ers being John J Gamalski, president Anton
Wilkowski, MCL president and Frank J Wilkowski,
seiretarv and treasurer The firm carries a complete
stock of shelf and heavj hardware ot the best grade
and caters to both the wholeiale and retail trades
the business having reached large proportions The
present extensile undertaking is largeh the out
growth of the initiative spirit, powers of organization
and well formulated plans of the officials who have
been lereistent, resolute and energetic workers -viateh
ful of e\en new avenue opened in the natural rami
flcation^ of trade and manifesting at all times strong
exeeutiie power
On the 12th of Oetober, 1^15 Mr Wilkowski mar
ned Miss Agnes 4lraham, a member of a well known
familv of Ruth, Michigan They ha\e beiome the
parents of two sons Arthur, whose birth occurred
July 27, ]»lti, md Frank J, Jr, born October 7,
IIIT Mr W ilkowski is a faithful Lomraunicant of the
Eoman Catholn. churth and is also connected with the
Knights of Columbus, in which he has taken the third
degree while his politnal allegiance is given to the
repubhuan ; arti His BUiLe^s represents the wise
use ot his time, talents and opportunities and he
worthilj bears a name that has long stood as a svnonvm
tor honor and integrity m commLr<ial tireles of
Detrcit
CH4EI.LS TBFAT BK4bU Among the Urge j ro
du tiie industries whuh have been important factors
m the attainment of Detroit s present lommeroial
power and greatness is numbered the Michigan
Smelting &. Refining Company, of which Charles
Treat Brajg is the efficient works manager, and he
also has established a national reputation as a chemi
oal engineer his services oeing in constant demand in
this connection A natu e of Indiana he was bom
m Bloommgtou on the 5th of September, 1883 his
parents being Stokely S and Marj M (Treat) Bragg,
the former also a native of the Hoosier state vthile
the latter was born m Arkansas The paternal
grandfather a brother of Gentral Braiton Bragg,
was a member of the southern aristocracy and in an
early dav removed from South Carolina to Indiana
His son, Stokelj S Bragg, took up the study of
medicine, receiving his M D degree from the Hni
lersity of Indiana, and for nianv vears suPtessfully
followed his profession Later he turned his atten
tion to mercantile puranita and for the p lat thirty
■(Lars Ins been prtsident of the Hiv us deJUa torn
panv a large wholesale dry goods house of Indian
tpolis, Indiana He is also connected with many
other large enterprises ill that locality and occupies
a fortmost position in business circles of the city
The mother aisc snrines Three children were born
to tlmr union Hugh anl Robert E, both of whom
irt livin ' in Indianapolis and Charles T the sub
jut of this review
In the acquirement of an education Charles T
Bragg attended the gt immar and high schools of In
dianapohs, after which he became a student at Pur
due University, where he completed a course in chami
cal engineenng being graduated with the class of
IQOb He at once entered upon the work of his pro
fession filling a position in the chemical engineering
department of the Ohio Brass Companj at Mansfield,
Ohio, where he remained for tour years He then
btcnme technical director for Berry Brothers Varnish
Company of Detroit, with which he was identified for
a similar length of time when he returned to the
Ohio Brass Company as chemical engineer a posititn
which he continued to fill for two and a half years
In 1<118 he returned to Detroit as works manager of
the Michigan Smelting & Refining Company, one of
the largest industries of the city The fact that he
was chosen to fill this important office is in itself
proof of his executive ability, business acumen and
mterprise, and the rapid development of the business
IS largely attributable to his powers of administra
tion and close appluation He is a man of indomit
able energy and force, and m addition to directing
this large business he also finds time to act as con
suiting engineer for mani large enterprises in van
ous seitions of the country He has acquired the
habit of pamatakinj; a c cur an in his work and has
kept in touch with all the developments m this science
being regarded as an eminent authority on chemical
aubiects This work he performs in his study at
home during the hours when he is not occupied with
his managerial duties and among those '
be :
Angelo Brothers of Calcutta, India H W Peabodv
& Comp4ny and Baer Brothers of Kew York citj ,
and thL United States Plavmg Card Company of Cin
cinnati Ohio while he is now completing consulting
ith the largs shellac plant of
on & Company of New York citv, im
commodity During the World war he
consulting engineer bv the Norfolk
inection with ship bottom paints by
na\y jard with regard to furnaces
iraft for wings, and bv the ordnance
■> linings for French motors shells,
fcr the naval training station at Chicago Illinois
At Indianapolis Indiana, on the 20th tf Jiilv 1907,
Mr Bragg was united m marrnge t
P< arson a daughtei ot Mr anl Mri
John R Andf
porters < f this
ras employed '
navy yard in ci
the- WashrngtoB
and coating air
iJepartmei
( Orn D
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son The father was firmei'ly a leading inggiat uf
that e tv and both parents are bow decease! Mr
and Mr"! Bragg have three children Orin Jane who
wai born at Maiafiell Ohio m I'lOS and is ncrw at
tending the Northern high sthool of Detroit Charles
Pearson who was born at Detroit m 1912 and is bow
1 student m a privitt school and Eichard Emmett
h ae Tirth occurred m this e ty in 1918
In his politicil views Mr Bragg niamtiins an mdc
pendent attituJe ind his religious faith is indicated
1> h 3 inemberBl ip m the North Woodwari Methobst
Episcopil churi-h of whieh 1 ard 1 e is a member
Hi? pnblic spirit finds expreision m his niLmhership
in the Detroit Board of Comn erce and he s a past
pre^deut ot Phi C amma Delta i loll gt fraternity
15 1 memler of the Detroit Athletic Club the Oak
lind Him Country Club and Detroit Boat Club while
traternallv he is identified with the Masons m which
he has attaineJ the Kn ghts Temjiir degree He is
^Iso 1 memter of the I»en York Engineers Club the
New York Clemists Club ind the S)eietv of Detroit
Chemists of which he is a past president the Amer
lean Lhemieal Society and the Detroit Section of th-it
or^inization of which he is a pi^t president the
An er c-jn Institute of Chemical Engineers of which
he IS 1 director the American Electro Chemical So
ciety the American Society for Testing Materials
the American Institute of Mining Engineers the In
stit ite of Metallurgical Engineers the American 8o
cietv for Steel Treating the Royal Society f Arts
of London England and La Societe Franca ?e de
Chiraie He is past presilent of the Purdue Univer
sit'i Club In August 19''1 he was appointed to the
Detroit boar 1 of water commissioners by Mayor
Conzens ani lecam president of the <ommiB8iOB
March 1 192" A man of notable scient fie attain
ments and exceptional 1 uamess ability he has at
tempted anportat t things an 1 accomplished whit he
has attempted He has never been content to choose
the second best but holding to high ideals has made
lis work a dynan c force m aectmplishmg results
1 ch hale been factors m an a lyancmg cnihzation
■niLLIAM W WAEEEN Since 1^15 William W
Warren has been ident fied with commercial interests
of Detroit as genera! agei t for tl e National Life In
'iurancp Company of Monfpelicr \ ermont and has
here succeeded in b uld ng up a l^rge business for the
orpontion which he represents For twenty one
leirs he has deyote! his attention to insurance in
terests and la a recognize! expert m the Hell m which
he specializes He was born in Portland Maine July
13 1870 and is a s n of Dennis and Jul a (Buckley)
Warren natiyes of Ireland tiho "nere brought to the
fnited States bv tl eir jarents -when still m the r
teens The maternal grandparents settled in Bidde
for! Mane while tie paternal grandparents bei-ame
residents flortland that state Following his n ar
riage which occurred in the Pine Tree state the
father enj,afced m the grocery business in Portland,
where he remained until 1878 when he remoyed with
his family to Springfield Massachusetts, beoom ng a
gr>cer of that titv along whith line le continued
active until his demise In the family were four
children Edward iiho defended the interests of lis
country as a soldier m thi, '^panlsh An erican war and
died n sen lec \lice who has also passed away
Elizabeth a professional nurse who during the prog
ress of tie World war served aa a raemter of the
American Hosp til Oorpa on the bittle fielda of
Frame and who is now residing m Boston Massa
..husetts ai d William W ot this reyjew
In the graded at d high achoola of Springfield
Maasachuaetts Mr Warren pursned his education
later completing a course m a business college He
then became associated m bus ness with his father
with whom he remaine ! until he was thirty years of
a^e when he turne ! h s attention to the life insur
ance bus ness becoming agent at Springfield for the
New "iirk Life Insurance Company So capably did
he perform his duties in this connection that he was
advanced to the position of agencv director at Yonk
ets New York and for thrte years cont nued to repre
sent the company at that place being then sent to
Providence Rhode Island where he hai charge of
their interests for ten years or until 111^ In that
J ear he took oyer the general agencj for the Na
tuna! Life Inauranee Company of Mmtfelier "V er
mont establiahing his headquarters at Providence
and having under his junadiction the state of Rhode
Islan 1 and the eaatern portion of Connecticut He
1 nilt up a lery si cessful organization in that tern
torv anl continued to hold that position until 191'i
when he wis tenderei the general agency for Mich
igan bi th s corporation maintaining his headquarters
in Detrcit His long ccnnectioa with insurance inter
ests 1 as given hira a thorough knowledge of the bnsi
ness and through close application perseverance and
untiring energy he has succeeded in building up a
substantial business for the corporation in the state
In Springfield Massachusetts on the l"th (f Oe
tober lq03 Mr Warren was unite! m marriage to
Miss Katherine M Keete a daughter of Mr and Mrs
Michael Keefe prominent residents of that city
Mra Warren was educated in a convent at Spring
fiell and 1} her marr age las become the mother of
four children Miriam who was born at Springfield
November 37 1904 anl is now a junior n tl c Junior
Ccllege of Detroit Kathorin who was born at Prov
idence Rhole Island February 14 1908 and is at
tending a conv 1 1 at Detroit W lliam W Jr who
was born m Pro\ idence December 15 1901 and la now
a at( dent at the Holv Name Institite of Detroit and
David who was born at Providence February 35
1913 and IS attending the Blessed Sacrament sch ol
Mr and Mrs Warren are act i\ e and faithful mem
I era of the E min Catholic church anl he la also
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(.OBiiected with tip Knights of l,o)uniloi in which
he has attuned the fourth degree atrving as grand
Icnight ot the order while re aiding at Springfield
Masaad isetts He la a demoerit in his pohtiLil
lews anl hia been eillcd to puhlic (fiice having
aerved as cih councilman of bpnngfleld His busi
1 IS career has I pen one of ontinuvus advancement
and the record of his life is the storv of earnest
endeavor crowned with ^ubstnntiil suote^s He is i
11 -ill of high personil stanlmg of marked business
iiitef,rit\ and liiliti and hia sterling wtrth has
lined ftr Jum the reap t and f. od will of a largo
rtle of frienda
rotary and
H\.RRY & H4LL iice l real
general n aniger of the Llwis Hitl Iron Works and
president of the Lewia Hall Motors Corporation two
distinct corporat ns in vihich h>wever both Mr
Lewia and Mr Halt are interested has gamed for
himself a commanding position in the industrial cir
eks of Detroit T<ward the goal of success he has
e^ er pushed forward and at times his progress has been
Mr Hall ms btm in Eochester Now "lork August
20 11(82 a son of J ,hn and Cyrilla (Staley) Hall His
father was born m Derby England, and his mother
was born in Miamisburg Ohio The f<rmer came to
America m 1868 at the age of twentj three years
settling first in Omaha Nei raska where he entered
newspaper eirLles as a reporter on the Omaha Bee
Lpon severing newspaper relations he conducted a
retail grocery 1 usiness which was successfully car
red on for severil vears He subsequently became
connected with James ^ ick & Son of Rochester New
York an old and snhstantial seed firm, with whom he
was issocntt 1 for several jears when he decided to
enter the insuranne business m which he was very
aettte until his retirement in 1Q11 During this period
he was secretarr and treasurer of the Western New
lork Hortiiultural boeietv for twentj five years anl
at the same tune secrutary of the Natwnal Nursery
mi.n s Association for ten years in which societies
he was very active He filled the office of park com
misaioner in Efchester, New T rk for a number ot
years anl was ofl orwise active in connection with
public affairs and fiUe I yanoua other prominent posi
tions of honor and trust He is also" greatly interested
m Humane Society work and served as vice president
of the E Chester Humane Society for miny years He
IS now retired and making his home in Detroit at
the age of seventy five years His fati er was William
Hill a magistrate ot 'Derh^ England who at the
same time conducted a printing establishment He
was most active in public afEairs and religious ac
tivities John Hall wed led Cyrilla Staley the wed
ding l-emg celtbrated m Omaha Nebraska Mrs Hall
13 now sei enly three years of age Thev became
the parM»;ta tf si^ O Idren Lillv May is the wife
of Frank C Baker f trlana 111 mo a who is a pro
tessor of natural science in the State Universitj of
Illinois Gtraee Mortimer is the wife of Frank &
Brewer sales manager tor a branch of the Bourne
Fuller Coupany of Cleveland Ohio at UnionMlle
Connecticut Gertrude Taylor ts the wife of J Eugene
Hasten seiretary of the Liak Manufacturing Com
panj at Canandaigua, New York Maude Emiiv is
the wife of Howard W Lvman ot Syracuse N w
York, who IS professor of vocal and choral music
in -Syracuse University and also direitor of the Central
New York Musical Festival Association Blna Elmtre
IS the wife of Ernest D Southwiik secretary and
treasurer of the Lew is Hall Motors Corporatu n of
Detroit
The other member of the familv is Harry S Hall
of this review who in his early boyhood attended
the No 15 public school at Rochester New York and
atterward became a student m the Eochester high
school He also spent one year in thi, Dwight Mooly
School for Boys at Mt Hermon Massachusetts lie
started out in the bus nesa world as an architectural
tracer for the firm of Fav & Dryer architects of
Rochester, anl while thus working in the iavtime he
attended night school for three ei enings a week at
the Eochester Mechanics Institute taking up the
study of archtteettire and architectural drawing He
entered the office of the chief engineer ot the Buffalo
Eochester & Pittsburgh Railroad where he made him
self generally nsefnl in both engineering and ar hi
tectural work Later he became chief draftsman fir
James A Salter an architect with wh m 1 e rcmainel
tint li l<>01, when he entered the employ of the \ an
Dorn Iron Works ot Cleveland Ohio as architectural
engineer in connection with their jail and prison
building department Subsequently he had entire
charge of the designing of this department While
with \ an Dorn he was associated m the design of
the steel cell blocks for the Maryland State Peniten
tiarr Baltimore Man land Tombs prison New York
city the West ^ irginia state penitentiary at Mounds
yille. West Virginia and many others of lesser im
portance His connection with the Van Dorn Iron
■Works was obtained throut,h his efforts in aecuimg th
contract for his associates for the Wyoming co intj
sheriffs resilence and jail at Warsaw New York
where he met the president Mr Jaa H ^ an Dorn
who was attracted to Mr Hall by tie n anner in
which he handled this contract He also wis asso
ciatel in the design of the recent steel cell block and
relesign of eell buildings of the Michigan state prison
at Jackson Michigan He likewise was the architect
and engineer for the ity lail at Salt Lake C t^
Utah, which contract was placed m 1903
He left the 1 an D rn Iron Works m lt04 to be
come associated with the Heraog Iron Wirks of
St Paul Minnesota until the fall of that year when
he was induced tcr accept a position with the White
head & Kales Ir n ^\ orks of Def ro t doing estimat ng
contract ng anl lesignmg tor this firm and also fur
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thenng their interest in jail and prison cell work they
having fecored the contract for the steel cell block
f r the Michigan State Prison at Jackson Michigin
for -wlith Mr Hill prepared the original drawings
wl en with the % an Dorn Iron Works His first at
fention wa» d reeted to the completion of this eell
block ani later he secured contracts for cell blocks
f r the Halo stite penitentiaTT, Bo se Idaho the
North Dakota state penitentiary Bismarck North
I akota and then designed and built the si eriff s
reoidei ce and eounti J^ll at Allegan Michigan In
April 1906 the San Frai cisco earthquake anl fire
took place anl he inluced the tends of hii company
to permit him to go to that citT for the purpose of
3P uring contracts tor str ictnral steel So ^ure was
Mr Hill of ol ta ning some of the work thit he offered
t paT his own expenoes should he tail to get any
business He secured the very first contract for
stru tunl stetl that was let in San Frani-mco after
tie earthquake at 1 th s was the first Bfructuril steel
frame to bo completed after tie earthquake being
tl e bi ildmg for Hale Brotl crs Drj G ods Company
at Sixth and Market streets m San Francisco He
then secured a contract for tie Hewes building a
seventeen storv building at Sixth and Market streets
immediately adjacent to Hale Brothers building also
for the Italian American Bank building the Emma
Ferris building the Clunie building and the Spreck
els building annex immecliatelj adjacent to the Call
1 u I ling T! 0 stru<tnral steel for these buildings
am untei approximately to two hundrel and fitty
thousand dollars He maintained an office m the
Afutual Eat k huillmg in San Francisco until the work
nil finished there in 1<>08 although he made monfhh
trips to Detroit in order to familiarize himself with
the progress of the shop work for these contra ts
Mr Hall returned to Detr< it and close i several
loLal contracts He then betame interested m securing
tte structural steel contracts for work on the New
lork state barge canal for which contracts were just
c mmencing to be let anl was sncee'isful in securing
contract tor the lock gates lock lalves buffer beams
g lard gates and Iridge on wl at is known as Ton
tract No 31 at Little Falls New lork from the
firm of Ca'jev & Murraj of Roch ster New "iork who
I ad the general contract It might be well to mention
that Lock No l" at Little Falls New "I'rk tor
wh ch thei furntuhed the lock gates is the largest
single lift l<ck in the worJl laimg a ten feet and
SIX inches greater lift than the greatest lift on the
Panama canal This contract was followed bv his
securing the contract tor the structural steel on Con
tract No 8 from the Pittsb irgh Fastern Company of
Trov New York This contract included Dam No
4 and Lock No S lo ated at (.ranesiille Dam No
5 and Lock No •) l<7catei at Rotterdam Junction
also Dam No. 6 and Lock No, 10, at Scotia, New
York. These three dam structures were made up of
three spans each, having a total length of approxi-
mately SIX hundred and fifty feet, from the under
sile of which were drcpped structural members up n
wtose face a series of dam gates restel To these gates
were secured heavy chains which wl en connected with
an electric wineh on the deck of tl e br Igc ma le it
possible to lower and raise these gates to regulate
the fiow of water m the Mol awk nier and tl us mam
tain pr per depth of water for the navigating of
barges on the Barge Canal system Each of tl e locks
was equipped with structural steel lock gates buffer
learns anl lock vahes Mr Hall als secured the
contracts (or the same class of work at Lockport
New York Eochester Now York Ballwinsville New
York Oswego New York New London New York
anl Crockers Reef New York Tie total antunt of
these contracts was approximately six hundred and
fifty thousanl dollars Mr Hall compiled all of the
estimates secured the contracts and suecessfulh
s iperm tended them in the ficH to completion He
severed his connections with this con pat v in Julj
1913
Mr Hall then became associated w ith He nrv B
Lewis in organizing the Lewis Hall Iron Works the
business previous to this time I eing conducted in the
nau e of Henrv B Lew s This business has also
gr wn and prospered and is t da\ one of tie prom
incnt structural steel companies in tie city Botl
Mr L WIS and Mr Hall are practical business men
wlo enjoy m a marked n easure tie confidence ot
the architects cfntractora and the p iblie because of
their broad experience and tireless efforts in their
endeavor to please those who entrust them with con
tracts together with their recognized fairness Since
their association they have fabricated the structural
steel for the Tuller hotel Palais De Danse Peoples
State Bank Strelinger building T B Eajl building
Detroit titv Gas Company the Northern high scl o 1
the Ford Motor Company office bu Iding at Highland
Park Unit No 2 of tl eir six storv manufacturing
plant be ng two hunlrel ail fortv feet ly eigth
hundred and sixty feet together with ni merous smaller
contracts at the H gl Ian 1 Park plant as wcU as the
E ver Rouge plant and Dearborn plant the Ford
Motor Company serv ce building Scrant n Pennsyl
vania the Fori Motor Cimpanv service builling at
Detroit the Filtrat on plant residence garage ex
periraental building and boat 1 ouse for Henry Ford
at Dearborn Michigan several buildings for the
Packard Motor Car Comjanv amtng them being the
heat treat plant foundrj torge shop several court
buildings together with several allitions to present
buildings and other contracts the power house and
loading locks for the Hudson Motor Car Company
the et fire plant for the Essex Motor Car Company
several building towers trestles and conveyor
framework for the Michigan Alkali Comjany Wjan
dotte, Michigan; several buildings, sand tower, power
house, towers, and conveying framework for the Sol-
vay Process Company; several buildings for the De-
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troit Copper & BraBs Rolling Mills the mini facti ring
llant of the Detroit Presse 1 Steel Company several
buiH ngs for the Timk en Detroit Asle Companv also
contracts for tuillmga and unpr cements to the
Chalmers Motor C*ir (.ompanj Morgan % Wr ght
forapim Continental Motor-i Corptrat on D dge
Brotlers Bull Mallealjle and numerois oti er mis
eeUaneuus buil lings n Detro t the orig nal [lant of
the Saginaw Malleat le Iron Cmnpany Saginaw Mioh
igan tl e central foundry of the Cenoral Motori Com
pany Saginaw Muhigin several miaeellanec us con
tracts for the Buick Motor Company at Flint Michi
^an the Public Market Flint Michigan the grand
^tinl for the Municipal baseball park the sis
storT Cummin ga building several smaller mia ella
neo la contricta in Flint ind W Ison Body Co npany s
pHnt Bay City Michigan
Durinj, the W orld war the Lewia Hall Iron Works
was engaged on one hundred ppr cent war work re
ceiMng priority <ertificatea fron thi. Unite 1 States
govornn ent m order tint thei n ght obtain materials
and men for the e"ieeuting f the contracta that were
placed with them Among these might 1 e mentioned
The falncating and eretting of the complete new plant
of the Detroit Shipbuilding Company at Wvai dotte
Michigan tl e power house for the An erican bhip
building Company at Lorn ne Ohio the Victory
plant of the Alumini n Castings Companv at Cleve
land Ohio m which were manufatt ired parts for the
L bertj aeroplane motor? a large bu Idmg for the
National Lamp Company Nela Park CIe\e and Oh o
a builling for tie National Lamj Companv at Oakland
California a building for the Gra\er C rp oration
LhiLBgo Illinon who manufactured stacks for the
submarine chasers and other war cratt the Liberty
] lant of the Uuminum Cast ngs Companv Detroit
Mich fcan a duplication of the "V ictory plant at
Cleveland Ohio pri'viou'sly mentioned the freight
house tor the Norfolk & Western Railroad, at Charles
toi West Virginia a duplication of the orig nal
Saginaw Malleal le Irtn Companj plant tor n anu
tacturing tread Irnka for tanks for the British gov
ernment as well as other war work tw power houses
and several other build ngs tor the Dow Chemical
Companv including no of the EiZgewood Arsenal the
\ r Nitrate plant at Ancor 01 lo 4t this time they
are furniahing and erecting the structural steel for
tl e Oaklan 1 countv jail Pontiac Michigan the Jovi,e
juhl c school at Detroit Michigan and the Caas
Techi ical sch ol dt Detrdt Michigan which is the
largest public technical a 1 ool in the country
They lave a well estatl all d and splendiUy eqip
ped plant serve! with ample railroad facilit es They
employ at present about one hundred an! fifty people
Henry B Lewis la preaident of thia company Mr
Hall la vice president aecretary and general manager
In 191 J Mr Lewis and Mr Hall tecame interested
n the build ng of a m tor truck wf i h tl ev named tl e
Hall truck having it mini tt e possibility of ottaining
agreed to si p at their c
to Pans which upon ita
French government waa
to Pjris and gave an e
1 auling supplies to and
secured f r the firm an ■
a ( ntract from the European countries then at war
The first demonstration was a success wh ch eventually
proved to be t! stepping atut e to tl e incorporation
of a company for the eichsive purpose of man
ufacturing motor trucks The demonstrition truck
waa sten on the streets of Detroit bv Guv Lew n f
Lond n Lngland tl en one of the largtst motor trn It
operat<rs of tl at I'ltj who within a few hours ot
seeing tl o truck on the atreet heavily loaded with
structural bteel arranged to purchaat the truck Upon
its arr val n tl e British mejropolia the truck won
immod ate favor anl kd to an order from Mr Lcwin s
establ shment for several trucks A Mr Perrv of
the Ford Motor interests m England then gave a
contract for one hundred trucks bi t after sev eral
of these had been shipped the embargo waa place 1
on f irther sh pping to England on account of the
war In the n eantime they had been introd iced to a
representative of the tontnentjl Blnk of Pans ail
ra r sk an 1 expense a truck
ircval and approval bj tie
transferred trom Bor leans
cellent account of itself m
:rom \ erdun Moreover it
■der for several trucks from
tie Belin estai lishment of Fans The trale likewise
ettended to Australia but when at length war on
ditions placed an embargo on further si ipping II ey
began the development of the American tra le by
seinring agencies m the principal cities of the United
States these agencies resulting in the sale of approx
imateh eight hundred trucks
After the United States enterel the war a c n
tract was placed with the Lewis Hall Iron "Works in
1918 by the United States government for liv e hun
dre 1 Class B army trucks It was necessarj to seek
larger manufacturing facilities to execute this con
tract and therefore the former plant ot the Pfl i II r
Companj on Gratiot avenie was leased for the pur
pose A very efficient organizatiot was i ^ r 1
nth Mr Hdll lireeting operations and 1 ii |ust
gotten nicely under wav when t! e arn istice waa
signel and the contract suspended It will le well
to mention that William K Ackerman i mot r truck
engineer was associated in all motor truck activities
fri m tl eir inception in 191') to the present tin e The
constant growth of the business led to the organizing
and incorporating tf the Lewis Hall Motors Corpora
tion of which Mr Hall is president dire tor and
takes an active part in its management They ae
quired a property and have a ver( efiicient plant
capable of turning out two hmdrel and fifty trucks
per month Tl cy manufacture Hall Trucks in f)ur
sizes same 1 eing one and ne half ton two and one
half ton three and one half ton and five ton The
1 usiness was incorporated \ith preferred stock ot three
hmlred and fiftv thousand (JS^^OOOOOO) lollars and
twentv thoisinl al ares no par oilmen stock Tlie
plant covers three aid jne I alf a res Mr Lewis is
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lice president of this company, with E. L, Southwick
1^ aecrttary aad tre'ianrer W, K. Aekorman as vice
president an 1 engineer The directorate is composed
of the focegoingj also with John H. Hart, vice presi-
dent of the First & Old Detroit National Bank; W.
Howie Muir, director of the Peoples State Bank; Pred
C Gilbert, president fft the Viilean Axle Company and
John O Hara as directors
On November 11 1914, Mr. Hall was married to
Mias Harel C Vinghan daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
WiHiam Vi "V aughan of Detroit. Her fatlier ia presi-
lent of the WiUnm W Vaughan Company of this
city, who conduct i pickling and preserving linsiness,
^nd he IS well known in cominereial circles. Mr. Hall
13 prominent m club life m Detroit, having member-
ship m the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit Boat Club,
Detroit Golf Club of which he ia a director, Lochmoor
Countrv Club, Bloomfield Country Club, Detroit Rotary
Llub Detroit Engineering Society, Detroit Board of
Commerce and Ingleside Club
He la always ipproachable and genial of kindly
spirit with *i continuous tecogniticm of the rights
and privileges of others and the fact that he has
Lver placed the businesa game tair combined with
his indefatigable enterprise has constituted one of the
most important elementa in the attainment of his
BU <.eia -which is of notable character haung been
achieved in a remarkably short space of time Each
step m Ins career hia been a forward one that haa
I rought him ultimately to the goal of prosperity and
be- atands to laj conspicuous in the manufacturing and
industrial circles of his ad pted citv
JOHN J. RAMSEY treasurer and general manager
of the Detroit Automobile Inter Insurance C-^change
was born in this city fee] tember 3 1872 and la one
of the three children ot Tl omas and Marion (Russell)
Ramsey. He attended the grade schools in early boy
hood and afterward continued his education in lugl t
school. His first position in the buainesa world v.'us
that of bookkeeper with the G io B McMillan Com
pany, whtno he also rcpreaentcd as office manager
during the latter part of the tweh e year period with
which he remained with that house He next became
general auditor for the Packard Motor Company m
1903 and continued with that company until 1911
when he became seerotari ind treasurer of the B E
Thomas Motor Car Company This business was ab
aorbed by the United States Motor Corporation anl
Mr. Ramsey then engaged in tl e automobile trimming
and painting business From 1014 until 191G he was
resident manager of the Ferro Motor & Foundrv Com
pany of Cleveland Ohio Subsequently he became
the treasurer and general manager of the Steering
Gear & Parts Company and in 1919 he 1 ecame treas
iirer of the Richards Audit Company of Detroit He
remained in this connection until January l')22 when
lie resigned and hcljed rgan zi> the Detr it 4uto
mobile Inter-Inauranie Exchange This organ /it on
furnislies insurance on motor vehiclea to members of
the Detroit Automobile Club only. Mr. Ramsey is a
director of the Anderson Tool & Supply Company.
On the 14th of September, 1900, Mr. Ramsey was
married to Miss Jessie Armstrong, and they have one
daughter, Helen Jean. Mr. Ramsey is a member of
Palestine Lodge, No. 357, F. & A. M.; King Cyrua
Chapter, R, A. M.; Detroit Commandery No. 1, K. T.;
Michigan Sovereign Consistory, A. & A. S. B.; and
Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He haa mem-
bership in the North Woodward Presbyterian church,
and his political belief is that of the republican party.
He is prominent in club circles, having membership
in the Detroit Athletic Club, the Bed Bun Golf Club,
the International Association of Botary Clubs, the
Board of Commerce and the Detroit Auto Club, con-
nections that indicate much of the nature of his in-
terests outside of business. Mr. Ramsey resides at
843 Longfellow avenue.
HOW 4BD H TAYLOR Oi e f tl e succes'iful
lusiness enterpriaea ot Detroit s the Connav Brief
Company printers of court record briefs ot which
Howard H Taylor has served as secretary since its
organization He is a most prof,ressive and enter
prising buainesa man of determined purpose and
marked strength of character and whatever he under
takea he earriea forward to successful completion He
IS one of Detroit a native sons his firth having oc
curred on the 27th of Apn! 1S81 Hia parents were
(_assius P and Came B (NefE) Taylor natiiea of
■\ ermont who took up their resilence m this city in
the early bOs The father became well known as
deputy United States marshal a posit on which he
held for over thirfj years He passed away in this
city in 1014 The mother is still lining Two chil
dren were Vorn to their union Biwin C a dis
tmguished educator who is professor of art at Tale
Universit} and Howard H of this review
In the schcfols of his native oitv Mr Tailor tc
quirel his elucation and after completing his studies
made 1 s way to the west locating m southern Call
f rnia where for three veara he engaged m ranch
ing He then returned to his 1 ome m the east and
accepted a position as adi ettising solicitor for the
Detroit Free Press w th which he contmuei until
1910 when he resigned and organize 1 the Conway
Brief Company of which he has since been secretary
Its first president was Thomaa J Barry 1 ut since his
demise his daughter Miss Alice E Barry has filled
that office with William Goering as vice president
and treasurer and Robert J Conway as manager The
company prints court record briefs lawyers papers
etc and has built up a large business in this connec
tion c»perating one of the best printing plants m the
citv The success of the undertaking is due m large
measure to the powers of organization and notable
oxpcitne abjl ty of Mr Taylor who s an energetic
citable anl taraighted lusiness man
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CHARLES ALPEED HUGH THOM, secretary of
the firm of Gregory, Mayer &, Thorn, office outfitters
and stationers of Detroit, is one of the eity'a well
known business men. Mr. ThODi was horn in Montreal,
Canada, February 22, 1871, his parents having been
Alexander and Mary (Van Antwerp) Thorn. The
fa-tUer waa born in Elgin, Scotland, while the mother
was a native of Montreal, where the family home was
maintained for many jears. The father was connected
with the British government service in various de-
partments, first as an officer in the British army and
later as a pension officer for the government. Both
he and his wife have passed away, their remains hav-
ing been inferred at Montreal. They had a family of
eleven children, five of whom are still living: J. H.,
who is vice president of the Standard Accident Insur-
ance Company of Detroit; Anna M., the wife of Lieu-
tenant Colonel James Oooper, of Montreal, who is
secretary-treasurer of the Crown Kcserve Mining
Company; Mrs. George Schrader, of Montreal; Charles
A. H.; and P. V., of Cleveland, Ohio.
In his boyhood Charles A. H. Thom attended the
public schools of his native city and in 1887 came to
Detroit, then being a youth of sixteen years Here
he began working for the Standard Accident Insur-
ani-e Company and continued in that connection foi
about four years. He then entered the employ of
Eichmond & Backus Company, stationers and office
outfitters, with whom he continued as city salesman
for seven years, when he resigned to engage in busi-
noM on his own account. He was one of the organizers
of what is now the Gregory, Mayer & Thom Com-
pany, which was incorporated May 1, 1809, and of
which he has since been secretary. This is one of
the most important basiness interests of its kind in
the country and enjoys the distinction of being Amer
ica's largest office outfitters. Among an extensive
and high class local clientele, this firm is office out-
fitter to the Ford Mo^or Company, supplying all their
office furniture and other office equipment whernver
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born July 20, 1&05, is attending the Liggett school of
Detroit.
In politics Mr. Thom maintains an independent atti
tude, disregarding party ties. He belongs to the De-
troit Athletic Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the Bloom-
field HiJls Country Olnb, and the Masonic fraternity
He is past master of Palestine Lodge, No. 357, P. &
A. M., is a past commander of Detroit Commandcry,
No. 1, K. T., and has also taken the degrees of the
Scottish Rite. He belongs to the St. John's Episcopal
church.
Mr. Thom has been connected with Detroit busmu-s
interests for thirtj- five years, more than thirty of
which have been with the stationery and office out-
fitting trade. His life has ever been guided by high
and honorable principles which have made for in
tegrity and reliability in business, while his enterprise
and energy have also been potent factors in the at-
tainment of the success which has come to hliu in the
development of the interest of the firm of Gregory,
Mayer & Thom. Mr. Thom resides at 357 Arden park.
DR CHARLES E. BLEAELET, for forty years a
resident of Detroit, where he came to be known as
one of the ablest physicians and surgeons, was born
in Toronto, Canada, on the 30th of October, 1855, and
was one of a family of five children, whose parents
were Alexander N. and Eliza (Vernor) Bleakley. The
father was extensively engaged in business as a rail-
road contractor, devoting his life to that business.
Spending his youthful days under the parental
roof Dr. Bleakley attended the public schools of
Toronto, until graduated from the high sehcrol and
afterward became a student in the Ontario College
of Pharmacy. He also attended the Coburg Univer-
sity and later became a student in the Michigan Col-
lege of Medicine and Surgery, thus thoroughly qualify-
ing for the practice of his chosen profession. He
remained throughout his life a close student of those
principles upon which the science of medicine is
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based inl am thing waa of interest to him that ctn
cerned the laws of health anl life He entered upon
medical praitiee m Detroit in 18<>0 and here con
tinned mth marked success in profesBional work until
about f<urteen vears prior to his death, which oc
eurred Februarj 2^, 1920 He always kept abreast
with the latest disco^oriea and researches in con
nection with medicine and surgery and his pronounced
ability Tvon him a liberal and exteniue practice
On tht 15th of November, 188fi Dr Bleakley was
united in marriage to Mias Jessie Poillon Martin, a
daughter of Captain Francis Martin, who n men
tioned at length on another pige of tliis work
Ciptam Martin was lorn June i 1800 and passed
awT.1 January 31, 1901, having nearly rtached thi
notable old age of one hundred and one years
Dr Bleakley belonged to the Masonic fraternity
liav ng mem^Lrahip m Detroit Lolge No 2, T & A
M He wai also a consistent member of St John f,
Episcopal church and the sterling worth ot his char
acter was recognized by all who knew him His fife
exemplihea manv high ideals m all of hi? varied rela
t ons anl hu is numbered mth those vsho have mide
vail ible contribution to Detroit s U v clopment an i
well being
MARVIN HOGE HAEBI80N imong the pro
greasnt real estate lealers of Detroit whose actiri
tiea hai e not onlj been a source of individual profit
but hav e also been factors in the improvement and
upbuilding of the citv is numbered Marvin H Har
risoo who has developed a large business m this
hue through capable management anl atraightfor
ward business methods He was born in Jarvisburg
North Carolina, July 22 1877 a son of Joshua and
Annie C (Jarvis) Harriaon and comes from the
old Harriaon family of Virginia that include 1 the
paternal ancestry of two "presidents of the United
States
The miternal grandfather of Marvin H Harrison
mas a Methodist minister, nho settled in North Caro
Ima and it wis m his honor that the town of Jarvis
burg was named The Harrison family has also figured
prominently in the annals of that state where the
father became the ovintr of a large plantation, on
which he continued to make his home until his de
miae which occurred m 1907 and the mother passed
away m North Carolina in 1916 To their union were
born seven children six ot whom survive namely
Luther H -i resident of Marines ^o^th Carolina,
Mrs Margaret Gallop wh ise home is at Norfolk Vir
ginia Mrs William Cleve, also living m that eity,
Joel B, who IS residing in Florida Thomas Jarvis
uf Detroit and Marvin Hoge, of this review
Mr Harrison attended a private school and also
pursued his studies under the instruction of a gov
erncss who taught all of the children in the family
On starting out in the business world he secured a
pfsitirn as bookkeeper i\ith the Cnlahv Packing
tomj inj being ccnnectei fcr a time with the branch
of that corporation at Ntrfolk "\ irginia He readily
adapted himself to the business and was advanced
frcm time to time to more important capacities until
during the latter years of this connection he was a
traveling representative for the Cu lahj interests cov
ering the states of Maryland \ irginia North Caro
lina and South tarolma This gave him a wide ae
qusmtanceship with tl e trade througl that section
and hia success established his reputation aa a very
able man m that line
Mr Harrison severed hia connection with the
Cudahy (.ompanv to accept a better position with the
Chicago firm <f Schwarzschild and 'Sulzberger and for
a time traveled over those same four states in the
oterests of that firm In recognition of his capabili
ties he was ac lee ted bv Sehwarzachild and Sulzberger
t( become livision manager of their interests in the
Pacific northwest, which included the states of Ore
gon Washington Idaho and Montana with headquar
tera at Seattle Washington
Mr Harriaon remained in that connection until 1909,
when he became identified with the real estate buti
ness m Spokane Washington That eitv waa the
scene of his activities until 1915 when he camo to
Detroit and entered the real estate business aa a
member of the firm of O'Connor & Harrison his part
ner being Andrew Louis O Ccnnur a highly esteemed
business man of this city
O Connor & Harrison maintain offieea m the Dime
Bank building and have been verv successful in the
management of their interests having developed and
sold the Fordham, Hanford Maplelawn Cloverlawn,
Oaklawn and W ashmgton Heights subdivisions com
prising several hundred acres in all Thev also repre
sent other realtors in the hanlling of property and
have negotiattd n anv important realty transfers be
ing numbered not tnly jmong the successful operators
m this field but among the highust class real estate
firms m the citj
Mr Harrison is i memUr of the Grosse De Golf
& Country Club the Detroit Riding and Hunt Club,
also the Detroit Eeal Estate Board He is an enter
prising business man, whose career has been marked
bv steady advancement, due to his untiring efCorts,
the thoroufchnesa with which he has alwavs performel
his work ani his strict business integrity Detroit
numbers him among I er leading realtors capable 1 usi
Hi ss men and eh;; bie bachelors
WILLIAM O BARNES proprietor of the W 0
B-imes 'Saw & Equipment Company of Detroit was
born at Liverpool, New York November 6 18!18 a
son of Charles E and Emma (Lecj Barnes who were
ilso natives ot the Empire state where they always
resided The father is a mechanical enf,ineer who has
been very successful in business during the course of
an active life He still makes hia home in Liverpool
and IS numbered -imong its h ghh resj ected cit s-ens
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During the Oi\ I war he was a iolunti,er aoldier with
the Twelfth New "i rk Kcgiment participating m
many bittloi for he was with the army throughout
the entire period of t. nflict His wife pissed away m
leio In tleir fimilj were three children Wzlliom
0 D L wl 0 IS a resident of Liverpool !New York
and Flossie M who also makta her h me at Liver
"n lliam 0 Btrnes obtimed i grammar and high
school education m I is native city after which he
bwamc an apjrentiLC tw the machinist s trade He
t! uroughly aeqi amted himself with mechanical 1 nes
and then took a position as tr-neling sUesman and
tepreaentatii e of the Fairbanks Stale Company of
fcpcingfield Massacl usPtts He not onlj sold the
Lompanv s product but also acte 1 as erecting engineer
and ontinued on the real for that corporation until
1916 when he res gned anl came to Detroit wl ere he
established the W O Barnes "lales Con pai v TI is
later becan e the W O Barnes baw &, Equipment
Companj witl Mr Barnes as sole owner He is en
gaged in the sale of the W O Barnes hick aaws eir
cular aaws and other saws carrj ng an extensne line
of equipment of this nature He has now organize i
a ctmpany f<r the exclusive manufacture of saws and
hack saws of his own 1 sign having Itrmerly had his
prod ict maie for the trale bv othera His brand has
become wilely known throughout the country and
there is a grtat demand tor hia product m lumber,
sawmills and other plants and he is alsi> now export
ing large quantities to foreign countries At present
he employs five traveling salesmen wl ile there are
twenty five people at work in hia fact ry m Detro t
In April 1911 in Detroit Mr Barnes was n arried
to Miss Marian Durkee a daughter of Frank D irkce,
of Albion Michigan He had one child bj a former
marriage Mrs C B Cecil who was born in L verpool
New York was educate! at Ballwmsi lie New Itrk
and la now a resident of Detroit
Smee attaining hia majority Mr Barnes has alwaja
■voted with the republican party Fraternally he la a
Chapter Mason and he belongs to the Masonic Country
Club also to the Fellowcnft Athletic Club whik h s
interLSt in the welfare progress and upbuil ling ot
Detroit la indicated in his membership m the Board
of Commerce He lends hia support to all meaaures
whieh he deems of itil concern m eommunitv affairs
an 1 m everv reUtion of life he is actuated bv a spirit
of progreas that pro luces results
JUHN BEGEB A rec rd of worthy and constr ic
tive achievement haa been that f John Beger who is
treaaurer of the Polonia Publisl ing Con pany which
publishes the Polish Daily Record m Detroit one of
the foremost foreign language papers in Michigan
wielding wide and 1 enignant influence He hta been
associated with the levelopment of other important
enterpr ses m the Michigan metr>polis and hia auc
cesa haa been the direct result of his own effort as
he was a poor b j when he <
won adv anecment tl t< ugh
well directed endeavors
Mr Beger was lorn in 1 eland December -5 18 4
and la a son of Joseph and Jennie (Gajewski) Beger
both )f whom paaae 1 their entire lives m tl at country
The father became a railroad official ani was long
identified with the operation of railroa Is maintained
undtr guv ernment control in Poland In 1907 he made
a visit to the Unite i States where he traveled ci
tensivelv and waa received with distinction 1 \ k id
ing railroad men who extended to him manj oour
tesies Alter making a atu ly of railway operation
in th a countrv he returned to Poland and there in
the citv of Posen his death occurred Jan lary 18 1919
His wife passe 1 to eternal rest m 1906 Both ware
earnest communicanta of the Catholic church They
became the parents of ten children namely Stephen
Stanley, Boman Silvester Mrs \ ctoria Klecaynski
innie Mane Paula Martha and John the last named
being the subject of this review and the oldest of the
family
The schools of his native lani afforled Join Be^er
his V uthfil educati n and when nineteen veara of
age he went to Berlin Getmanv where he foun 1
clerical employment and where he rema ned until
1897 when he decided to tn his fortunes in the
United States where he felt assured of better oppor
t inities for tl e winning of independence through
indiv dual effort Ipon his arrival in this countrj
he came to Detroit and after here l^orkIng two ■years
as clerk m a mercantile establishment he opened
a small grocery store m a neighborhood of exeeUent
Polish peoile He not only built up a substantial and
prosperous tusinesa but also became an honored lealer
in community affairs He has continued lov al and
1 beral in aid ng h s fellow countrymen and mauv
V mg people tr m Poland are indebted to him for
km llv counsel and assistance after eommg to the
Unite 1 States His loyalty to the land of his adtption
1 as been intense anl he has ever striven to beget in
the hearts ot other sons of Poland an equal respect
for and 1 ve of American institutions Many a poor
Polish boy who came to Detroit attributes his success
n life to the ii fluence and advice of Mr Beger whose
I uman tarian siirit s as broad as is hia civic lovalty
nviolable He continued to give lis personal super
VIS on to his substantial grocerj business for thirteen
vears but sold the same m li^ll and opened a restiu
rant wl ch ho conducted as the Beger Bestaurant
He soil that lusiness m 1916 anl in 1919 he estal
lishod the Detroit Bottling 'Works for the manufactur
mg of s ft drinks of various kinds This enterprise
rapi lly expanded m scope and finally he meorp rated
the business and became president of the eompat y
thus formed He continued as its oh ef eiecuf ve until
October 1920 when he soli his interest m ved by an
earnest desire aa he himself has admitted to give
son e of his emploves a chance This action was
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quite in hatmonj with many others tl at lia\e tlar
aitenzed hia lareer n wl Kh he lias alwajs been
ready to help otheri — more than nhith eaa scarcely
be said m praise of ativ man
In 1913 Mr Beger betame assouattd mth other
representative Polish citizens m establishing tit De
tr it P lish Dail> Hetord whieh m earlv stages was
1 small and unpretentious daily of limited circulation
but will li twday ii a newspaper of wide influence and
1 daily circulation of twenty two thonsand— an ip
jreeiille lirger urLnlation than can b( claimed by
inj other fore gn languagL paper m Michigan In
the nfbuilding of this splendil newspaper enterprise
Mr Beger has taktn mist Mtal and helpful interest
md hia formuHted man^ of tht progress ve polic es
that ha^ e conserved its financial success and its con
etructi\L influence in connection with popular senti
ment and action He has been treasurer of the com
pany from the time of its incorporation In 1914 Mr
Beger wis acti\e m the orginization of the First
btate Bink of Hamtrimck m which he continues a
stockholder ind in 1920 I e prmnoted lud organized
the Central Foreign Exchinge Corporation of which
1 e IS president This company s principal functions
are m the handl ng of foreign exchange and trins
Atlantic steamship tickets ani its oflice headquarters
ire established at the northwest corner of Edw n
street inl Joseph Canpiu avenue On February 15
m_l he was one of the organizers of the Citizens
Bank of which he his since teen president its place
f business being also at the northwest comer of
Edwin street and Joseph Campia avenue He was
ne of the organizers m 1910 of Uom Polski at Forest
nd Chene streets the leaimg Pohsh club of Detroit
was one of the origmil boird of d rectors of that
lub and m 191t) ind 1919 served is its president
Mr Beger his been one of the most prominent ind
resourceful figures m Polish welfire moyements in
Detroit and Miehigm and through personal ani or
ganized influence has done much to infuse the spirit
of Amernanism in newly arrived Polish immigrants
He was president ot the Polish Falcon Branch 31 So
cietv of Detroit from IBll to 1913 inclusive ml
during American participiti
^ as actl^e m supporting the
and other sustaining
g lined 1 signiflcmt cooperation
1 hsh c tizens
Mr Beger is a member of Eetiil Grocers Associa
t un and the Detroit Bo^^d of Commerce is ifliliited
1 ith the Benevolent Prttective Order cf Elks the
Polish Citiyens Club of America the Detroit Polish
Club and the Ee\ Peter Skarga Society md the
7wiazek Narodowy Polski Society His relig ous
faith IB that of the Catholic church m which he is
s I earnest and influential communicant in the pinsh
t St Josephit church as is also his wife His politi
(il sujptrt IS gncn to the reiulliean partv
0( November 2fi 1898 Mr B g r marrie ! Miss
. the World war he
us go^ernm nt loans
hia efforts I avmg
m the J art of ither
Stella Wesloaki daughter of Anthony "Wesloaki a
prosperous grocery merchant of Detrcit, ind of this
union have been born six children Stajilev who
wis born August 20 1900 is a student in the Detroit
Business College John A wis born July 1 1902 and
IS ittending tie Northeastern high school ot Detroit,
and ill of the daughters are attending the paroehial
sehool of St Joseph s church their names an i re
spective ddtes of I irth being here recorded Theo
dora October 22 1906 Rose September 22 1909
Man August 18 1911 ml Helen Pel ruin 20
1913 Mr Beger s home is at i't'* MicD ugal where
he has reside 1 since 1913
WILLIAM BUCKLE! has entered m )st deeply ind
effectively into the devekpment of one of the sub
stant al an 1 importint business enterprises of the
Michigin metrtpohs He is sole owner of the busi
ness which is conducted under the name of the Na
tional Silk Company ei^aged in a large and growing
trade from two well equipped stores
Mr Buckley wis lorn at Detroit December S2,
1883 a son of Patrick and Ellen (McCov) Buckley
both natives of Ireland ani very young when their
fiinilies came to the United Stites ind established
their home m Detro t Patrick Bui,kley eventaiUy
became successfully engaged in the retail grocery busi
ness at Detroit which activity he maintamel until
h s death in 1812 His widow passed to the life
eternal in 190S Of their si3 children the subject <rf
th s review is the fifth in order of birth the others
being Mrs E G Woods Thomas Gerald James
ani Marv Ellen
William Buckley received his education in the De
troit put he schools and tie Detroit Business Uni
V ersity After com] leting his eourse n the last named
institution he became a clerk in the retail depart
ment store of Pardridge & Blickwell where he i
el 1
itil 1J06 obtaining etpene
which fitted
effectively for the independent business enter
prise which he initiated m that jear under the title
of the National Silk Companj Mr Buckley s two
mo lei establishments are given oyer espeeiallv t the
marketing of all kinds ot silk goods ani a v rv large
and representative patronage has been developed
under the vigorous but caretul policies eif the owner
Ho has b ult for his entetpriie a reputation whieh in
itself IB one of the most valuable commercial assets
In addition to this business Mr Buckley is a manu
ficturer of i varied Ime of cloth products for the
trade an I in thii industrial enterpr se ho retains
an average working force of about one hindred people
Mr Buckley is recognized as one ot the most pro
gressive of the younger Detroit business men, but his
unqualified jersonal popularity has not vet drawn him
from the rinks of the citv s eligible bachelors He
IS 1 member of the Board of Commerce, is independent
m pditics and is a eommunicant of the Catholic
ch irch His s i es is ail the mere gritifvin„ to
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contemplate by reason of the fact that it has been,
won entirely through the medium of his own ability
and well directed effort''.
CONBAD JOHN" NETTING, presi.lent of the C J
Netting Companj, lighting contractors and dealers
in lighting fixtures, 1504 Bandolph ilreet, was born
in Germany, No\ ember 'i, 1868 Hh parents, John
Conrad and Catherine (Beekle; Netting, -viere alao
natives of Germany and came to America during the
early childhood of their eon Conrad, settling m
Pontine, Michigan, where the father engaged in the
shoe business His death occurred in Pontiac, after
which his widow removed to Detroitj where she, too,
passed away
Conrad J. Netting, their only living child, was a
pupil in the pnblie schools of Pontiac, which he at-
tended to the age of thirteen years and then worked
upon a farm near that city to the age of nineteen.
Thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and
profitable, however, he came to Detroit in 1888 and
here entered the employ of P. A. Billings & Company,
with whom he learned the trade of a chanlelier maker
After acquainting himself with the business he con
tinned to work f(r tl at firm until January 189b
when he resigne 1 his pusiti n to establish business
on his own iccount as i member of the iirm of Barton
& McBean This later became Birton \, Netting
dealers m ohaniehers mintcis ani tiling Atter a
time Mr Netting purchased his partner s interest
ani the firm style of C J Netting & Companv was
alopfed The business was incorporated in 190"^ and
Mr Netting has since been the president From the
beginning the tride hai steadily increased ui til now
from seventvfiie to ne hunlred people ire emploved
in the various branches of the house Mr Netting is
president of the Barton & Netting Companv of Wind
scr Canada For miny jears he has been active in
this line and his progreasiveness and enterprise have
constituted the sound and substantial bisis upon which
he his built his success In 1921 the business was
remove 1 to its present location, where Mr Netting
erected a building plannel solely for the require
n ents of his business and compnting the most lom
mt dious and 1" est appointed structure occupied 1 y
hii line not nlv in the citv l^ut the country
On the 18th of February 1891 Mr Netting was
mirrjed to Miss Glita Beckhissmger a laughter of
Mr and Mrs Chnstnn Beckbissinger of this eitv
Four children hat e been born to them Conrad J Jr
who WIS born m 18m in Detroit and attended the
Universitv of Michigan is now m business with his
fither He married Miss Bosalind Bishop of Detroit
and thev now have two chiiiren Conrad John (III)
and Robert Wesle> Mrs "Stanley E Stock the sec
ond of the family was bom in Detroit in 18S3 and
after completing her high school course attended
Gouchet College Baltimore and was graduated from
the National Domestic School of Arts and Science
at Washington, D. G. Mr, and Mrs. Stock reside at
Benton Harbor, Michigan, and have two children,
Marjorie Lee and Marion Louise. Clarence Edward,
born in Detroit in 1895, obtained a high school educa-
tion, then attended the University of Michigan and
during the World war he was for twenty* months in
France, serving with the ambulance department of
the United States Medical Corps. He held the rank
of sergeant and did valiant duty in defense of Amer-
ican interests in the long war. Halph B., born in De-
troit in 1897, after attending the high school became
a student in the Annapolis Naval Academy, from
which he was graduated in due time, and during the
World war he was a lieutenant on the destroyer Davis.
He 18 now in the regular service. He recently
wedded Miss Dorothy Mareia Jerome, and following
their marriage Lieutenant and Mrs. Netting left for
New London, Connecticut, there to remain for several
months.
Fraternally Mr. Netting is connected with both the
York and Scottish Kites in Masonry, belonging to
Palestine Lodge, No. 357, F. & A. M.; Detroit Com-
njanlerj No 1 E T ani Michigan "Sovereign Con
siator> He is also a member of Moslem Temple of
the Mystic Shrine His membership relations like
wise extend to the Mich gan Club the Detroit Athletic
ind the Eed Run Golf Clubs He is a member of
the Detro t Board of Commerce which indicates his
interest in progressive commiinitj affairs and his
religious faith is indi ated in his connect n with
the First German Baptist church The greater part
of his life has been passed in Michigan and from
the age of nineteen years he his been a resilent of
Detroit where he hts so direetei his business activ
ities and interests as to win a \erv desirable position
in commercial circles while various admirable tnits
of character hue established him firmly in the warm
regarl of manv friends His home is at I'iSS Penn
silvania avenue
WILLIAM H TOUNG is one f tl e citv a n ost
prom nent representatives of fire ani aecidsnt insur
ance and was the founler ani is the heal ot the
W H Young Ccnpanv handlmg insurinee of this
class Born in Detroit Oetoter 13 1864 he is a son
of John J and Marv E (Beeves) Young who had a
familv of eight hildren three of whom are Jibing
Mr lomg attended the public schools of Detroit ind
his hrst business experience was gained in selling
newspapers Many ot the moat successful iien ot the
countrv have started out in this wiv earning a
meager living by becoming newsboys For ttto vcara
he was employ ed as an ofiice boy m the auditor s
office of the Michigan Central Railway and on the
23d of Februari 1883 he I ccan e ilent fled with the
insurance business of C W Moore who at that time
was local manager for the New York Life Insurance
Comp'jnv Mr Young became identified with the
selling end of the business and it was not long before
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liP Hia rte i,nizel is one of thp lomjany t Itading
s luitors Wlile m the empkj of Mr Motre le alao
BOld policies for the Aeoident Insurance t-ompanv of
North America and from 1892 until 1897 he was spe
cial city a^ent for L P Margali In August of the
latter year he beLame special agent for tl e <-Lntral
Accident Insunnce Company of Pittsburgh Penns^l
vania, ind continued to all that position for almost
eleven wars ox until January 1<108 During the sue
eeedmg tno years he wis agent for the Bidelitj &■
Casualty Company of N"ew York He established his
irtsint business m January 1910 b> securing desk
room at No 822 Ford building The buwness has
steadily grown and developed until todaj Mr itung
represents the Columbia Casualtj Companj of Ne«
York as general agent and is lo al agent for the Cale
doniau Pire Insurame Cimpanv, the New lork Under
writers the London & Lani.aihire the Califcrnia Fiie
Insurance Company tlio Citizens Insurance Company
of Missouri the New England Mutual Lite Insurance
Company and others with of&ei-s at 51o Ford build
mg
Mr ioung his builded up a large business on
square dealing, with adequate service rendered to his
clients The high character of the various corpora
tions which he repre'ients and his own integrity and
enterprise have gained for him a most enviable rtpu
tation in ong his LOntemporanes in tl
iieli He his now been connected ■with
terests in Detroit for thirty nine years and recently
I e a Imitted I is two sons Frederick A and William
M to' a partnership so that m all probability the
W H Ioung insurance agency will long be per
On the the 14th of December, 18S7 Mr Young was
united in marriage to Miss Lillie E Auringer and
they have Ave children Prederitk 4. wh( was horn
m 1889 William M in 18<>3 Mary E m im'^
Charles J in 1897 and Margaret L m 1002
Mr Young belongs to several msurime societies
and to seyeral traternal organizations He la a
member of Palestine Lodge F & A M King Cyrus
Chapter BAM Monroe Council E & S M
the Palestine "V eterans Club and the Masonic C-ountry
Oiub His political endorsement is given to the re
publiLsn partv and his religious faith is manifest m
his membership in the First Baptist church His life
has ever been the expression of principles which
neither seek nor require disguise and along the hues
of an orderly progression in business he has reached
a notable and creditable position
EirHARD COL HEDKE \ice president an 1 gen
fral manager if the Eat m Clark Compani is one of
the well known men in tin manufacturing and whole
sale chemical and di e stufE trade He was born in
Germany October 16 1885 a son of Custave and
Bertha (Block) Hedkc, who came to America in the
early '90s, locating first in Cleveland, Ohio. Subse-
quently the fimih remoiel tr Trentrn Mahigan,
where the father becime conneetei with the Church
Q larry Company now i subsidiary of the boh ay
Iroecss Company Tht. family home has ever since
hem in Trenton where Mr and Mrs Uustaie Hedke
ire numbered among the town s highly respected Liti
zens Their five children are Mrs William Spaller
of Trenton Mich gan Bichird C , of this review
"Urs Harrt Butler of Detroit and Walter E and
W ilium E both of whom are resi lenta of Trenton,
Michigan
Richard C Hedke was but a child ot six years when
his parents came to America He ol tamed his oarlv
education in the fublic schools of Cleveland, Ohio
and later continued his studies m the Trenton public
schools In further preparation for a business
career he graduated from the Sheldon School and
so(n ifterward 1 ecame ittaehcd to the siles torce
of the Church Quarn Company of Siblev He re
mained in this connection for about three years and
on the 27th of August, 190" enterel the emploj o(
the Eaton Clark Company of Detroit importers and
manufacturers of dvi, stuffs an 1 chemicals Mr
Hedke s conne tion with this companv was first with
the city sales department while later he called on the
trade through Michigan Panada and a portion of
Ohio as well as haiing charge of the eitv sales His
succLSS demonstrated his ab litj as a salesman and
hiB labors and ideas have leen contributing factors in
the growth of the business Mr Hedke was for about
SIX years manager of sales and also secretary of the
company when on the 11th of February 1920 he was
elected to the position of \ice president and general
manager He is also vice president of the Rainb<w
Cdor & Chemical Company
On the 22d of June 190" Mr Iledke was married
t > Miss Louise M Lillev of Trenton a daughter of
Charles and Jennie Lillev well known and prominent
residents of Trenton Thev have become parents of
four children Genevieve Lucille, born June 8 1009
Charlotte Louise September b 1911 Evelyn Lilley,
June 28 1914 and Jeannette Lojs January 31 1919
Fraternally Mr Hedke is a Mason and has attained
the thirty second degree of the '(cottish Bite in the
Michigan Sovereign Consistory while with the Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine he has also crossed the sands of
the desert He belongs to the Detroit Botary Club
and IS interested in the purposes and projects of that
organization He is likewise a member of the Island
Country C3ub and these organizations class him with
their popular representatives He has splendid quali
ties that make him a forceful factor m business cir
cles nei er allowing him to stop short of the success
f il accomplishment of h s purpose Mr Hedke s
resilence is at No 47 N(rth Front street Trenton,
Michigan in which town he takes an active part in
CIVIC affairs For several lears he has been a member
of the board of education and is now president of
that body. He has also served as a member of the
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cil of Trpntm \a a nemher of tie Metli
leopal church he takes an aitne part in ita
(.th t
GEOEtrE T BIDEE T
which shapes our ends ii
Whether it « fart or onh '
nnaolied prol lems Manv •:
e of 1
there ib a deatmy
1 oft quottd pro\erb
cidenee is one of the
m has started in life
With his face set dettrmmedlj in ne direction ex
erting e\eiv effort to reach a certain goal oi Iv to
finl his stej:*! straying m the pathway of another
course largeh influence! by elrh environment ind
habit Ceorge T Badtr subject ot this sketch n ade
a determine 1 effort to atilk out a pathway for kimsLif
m the rhirn aceutieal profession iut eirlv aaso la
tions an 1 the necesaitv of looking ifter tl e fam ly
real estate interests iliierted his footsteps into an
(ther channel ind tor over twenty eight ^ears he
has Veen counted among Detroit s reliable and pro
ductne real estate men
No dontt had the trei d of events led Mr Baler
into the ^n8!ness channels of his earlv ambitions sue
ceas would have come to hira m equal it not greater
measure than he has achieved in his present life s
work A well regulated life careful]* planned edu
cation auppltmcnted by knowledgi, gained through
extensive travel and intelligent obaeriation have
brought rewards to him at a period of life when
they are not only serMiealie m a praet cal sense,
bit contribute as well to the fullness of the enjoy
ncnts which are among the chief quests of jcople m
j,eiieral
beorge T Bader -naa born in the citv of Jackson
Michigan Juh 22 186b a son ot George and Hannah
M (Falahee) Bader the latter also a nat ve ot Jack
son The father was descended from a well to do fanl
ilj wlich for successive general ons had been engaged
in the manufacture of fabrics in the kingdom of
Wurttemlerg Germans It was m 1861 that George
T Bader s father came to Jaekaon In 1865 he wedded
Misa Hai nah M Falahee of that citv whcse parenta
were n imbered among the early settlers of that local
it> George T Bader was cnlv four mcnths old when
hia f'ither died in 18b6 and his unboundel gratitude
and lo\e are tie el)quent tribute he gives to the
faithful intelligent and f ster ng care hia mother de
voted to his early education and training and eape
ciallj the cl se eompan onship spent m travel both
in America and al road which Bierted the strongest
influence in shaping his character and business career,
and which endure 1 until her leath in January 1912
Mr Ba ler s ru limentary e iueation was obtained
m the parochial an J high schools of Jack son grad
uatmg from tl e latter Jane 30 18«4 Later he com
pleted a regular course m chemistry and materia
medi a in the Jackson College tf PLarn acv After
passing examination as a registered pharmacist before
the State Board of Pharma v he made hjs first bisi
nesB venture m the retail drag business m the city
of Jacks n Ti is 1 us less lid n t seem to fill the
scope of ambitions of vcung Bader and he set forth
to attempt larger things He came to Detroit and
entered the emjloj of the wholesale drug firm of John
J Dodis & ( ompanv, as proprietary 1 uver and
later when this hrm was absorbed bv Farrand, Wil
hams &. Clark Mr Baler spent about a jear in their
employ as traveling salesman His ambitions were
however not vet satisfied and he determine 1 to fit
himselt for the drug brokerage lusiness and for that
jurpoae he spent six months in study and investigation
of the subject m ^ew lork eitj Returning to De
troit he decided tl at the field at thit t me was i ot
bjg en u^h to warrant the undertaking and he just
naturalli driftel into the real estate business with
wl ich he had experience from earl* bovhood being
required to assist his mother m looking dtter and
managing her property interests in Ja kaon
In the tall of the jear 189i, Mr Bader openel a
real estate office in Detroit This was j ist about the
time the big real estate loom of 18S8 ISW anl lasl
was nearing its end id Mr Eader was barely well
started on his real estate career when the panic of
1893 struck anl the bottom fell out of Detnit real
estate values He mile manv good purchases of realty
during this periol and has s noe become one of the
widely known reaih men of the citj anl has b on
very successful m handling property moiti,age loans
an I fire insurance
On the 24th of January 1894 Mr Bader was united
m marriage to Miss Loretta I B sset of Detroit the
joungest daughter of Mr anl Mrs Isaac A Bosset
Their union has been bless d with seven children one
boj wlo diel in infancy a d six beautiful daughters
tl e names of whom are Mignonne A who was edu
cated m the Sacred Heart Coment at Crosse Pointe
and waa married to Mr Kean L Cr nin ot Detroit
J me 18 1919 Beatrice F Loretta J and Rcgma
Dolores who were also edu ated in the Sacred Heart
Convent, and Mary Josephine and Mary Georgia the
latter two temg tw ns who are now attending th
Sacred Heart Convent Mr Baler is a member of
the Detroit Eeal Estate B ard and Detroit Boarl ot
Commerce anl is interestei in all those forces whi h
are making fcr a greater and a better city
FEANE J '5ULLI\AN Fcr over a quarter of a
century the Sull i an familj has figured prcminently
in business circles ct Detroit m connecticn w th the
meat industry and as pres lent of the 8uO van Pack
ing Company Prank J Sullivan is all} carrying
forward the interests established by his father mam
taming the same h gh stan lards which hav e ev er
characterized the operatic n of the business He is one
of Detroit s native sons and was >orn April 29 1883
Sullivan m whose family were seven ehiliren all of
his parents being James T and Catherine (Falvej)
whom oecupj positiffns of importance m their re
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3pe<.tive Imus The paternal grindfither, Jeren lah
SuUnan, was a farmer residing at B rminghim Mifh
igan in whieh eity the birth of his son James J
oeLurced The latter b gan his business career m 18*5
as 1 cattle buier and dro%er and m 1895 founded
the SuUivin Beef Companj t{ Detroit From thit
dite until hia death in 1<»12 he etntmued m tht live
stock business buying eattk m Detroit, Chit a go
Kansas City and St Ltuis an I shijpmg them to
Buffalo on which mirXet lie sold his o^n cattle tor
thictv five 1 ears Aa ne'irlj as can be recalled up to
the time of 1 is deith he never misaed over three
weeks in thirty fi\e years on that market ind proved
to be OTie of the very few suLce^sful men m this
line of busints'' He Bi,ried as pro' dent of the
bulhvan Beef Company until his demise whi h oe
curred June 12, 1012 He wis a verj oapa>le and
enterprising business mm and one of the moat prom
inent md highly respetted residents of the city
After completing his public school course, Prank
T Sullivin lasisted his father in his opirations is a
tattle bu\er ind m 1895, when James J Sulliyin and
William TSreford organized the Sullnan Beet Com
panj he issisted in its management being admitted
to a partnership m thi comern in 1103 The business
WIS thus conducted until April IQoa wht,n it was
reorganized with a capital stoik of two hundred ind
Iitt-v thousand dolHrs ind its present title of the
Sulhian Packing Company was i»>3umed James J
Sullivan cantinumg m the oflee of presileat while
Prank J '^ullnan was made seeietary ind treasurer
Ii 1910 the capitaliaition was increistd to three hun
Ired and seventv five thousand dollars and following
the death of the father m 19U Mr Sullivan sue
eeded him m the office of president which he has
s nee capably filled On the 1st of Mav 1919 the
ipidlizition was raised to a million sei en hun Ired
nd fifty thousand do'llira an 1 this is now one of
the llrgest inlopendent packing industries of the
(ountry Mr Sullivan is proving a worthy suLcessor
f his father and diaplijs strong business al^ilitv in
the management of the interests built up bv the lat
ter's constnietue genius the lolume of business trans
leted having been more thin trebled since he issumed
otttrol The Gump an v minufactures the Cadillio
I ams and bacons one of the most popular brands on
the market anl their nam plant nhich is modern
in every particular contains a floor space of o^ er
one hundre 1 and twenty fi^ e thousand square feet
They also operate two 1^ ranch plants m this city ind
<ne in Toledo Ohio and are represented by 1 rokers
II every large city in the country They do i general
I icking business their trade covering the United
States and c ntinental Europe and in the opention
ot their business m this city they employ over five
1 undred persons For the past three years their sales
have iveraged ten million dollars annually and it is
wmg to the notable 1 usineiB ac imen lud enterprise
t the men who ire the head of s ii-h lirgp under
takings as this that Detroit owes its p s tion is the
fcurth citv in the United States
Mr Silhian resides with his mother at No 3985
TrumluU iven le He is a member of the Detroit
Club the Detroit Athlet c Club, the Detro t Colt Club
and the Detroit B Jing & Hunt Qub being well
known ind popuiir n sociil circles of the citi His
1 f e has been feuiied bv high stindirla and he is
lovil fo all thoae interests which jnake for honorable
manhood and progressive citizenship He is a man
ot lirge affiirs a 1 minant factor in the induitr il
life of the cit> ml is lending adjed prestig to an
honored family name
FEANK C TEAL In the han 11 ng ot all kinds of
eleotne supplies Frank C Teal has built up a Urge
anl prosperous business of which he is the ■lole owner
and whieh is eonlucted under the title of the Frank
C Teil Electric Company, with headquarters at j 77
Bates street Detroit
Mr Teal was born m Rochester New lork on the
23d of December IHbi ani is the only child of Wil
ham ind Alice (tamith) Teal the termer a nitive
of England and the latter of the state ai New York
where their marriage was solemnized Wilham Teal
cimo to the United =^tates in his jouth and eventually
became successfully established m the manufaet inng
business in Boehester New York where both he and
his wife continued to reside until his death
The graded and high schools ot his native city af
forded Prink C Teal his youthful education which
was supplemented by in effective ccurie in the Etches
ter Techn cal Schocl where he fortified himself as
1 competent draftsman and mechanic He wis an
ambitious and energetic young man On the 1st of
Jinuarv 1S%9 he came to Detroit and entered the
employ of tl e Brush Electric Company with which
he cont nued unt 1 1891 when on a modest scale he
f undel his present in dependent business to which
the passing lears have brought substantial aucceas
the establishment being now one ot the largest ind
most important of the kind in the eitv and eon
trolling a substantial anl representative trade b th
■n hole sale and retail
Mr Teal has ever man fested distinct eiyio loyalty
and progressivencss but has had no desire for public
office and is independent in polities He is an active
member of the Detroit Board of Commerce and holds
membersl ip m the Detroit Boat Club and the Bltrom
fi Id Hills Country Club
On July 26 1897 Mr Teil marnel Miss Carolyn
B Pox of Isle St George in Lake Erie near the
Ohio shore She was a laughter of Peter Fox Mrs
Teal W11 summoned to the life eternal m 1908 and
!s survnoJ bv one child Miss Theodora Teal who was
born m 1906 and who is n )w i student in the Liggett
Schotl for Girls <ne of the representative edu ational
institutions of her nntiio <it> On the l^tl f Janu
in 1Q1> Mr T al ma united in mirr igp t Miss
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Belle Ktrgers, a daughter of Mrs Alice KogeiB ot
Detroit, and they reside m a beiut ful home at H _
Boston boulevard West.
HAKOLD LEE WADSWOETH la representative of
one of the e^^ly families of Detroit prominently
known thrcrugh pioneer conneetitn with tie mannfie
ture of i;ig»r boses here The buainesa is now earned
on b> the Wads worth Campbell Box Company of
which Harold L Walaworth is the pre^ileat In
the interiening period the business las grown to ex
tensive proportions and in its control the present es
ecutive ofticer manifests splendid administrative power
keen sagacity and unfaltering enterprise Detroit
numbers him among her native >"ons hia 1 irth having
opcurre 1 here on the 20th of 4pnl 1893 Hia pirents
were Thomas A and Jennie (Sot hi) Wi da worth
both ot nhoni were niti\ s of Detroit ani belonged
to lw( of the eitii fam he' of this section ot the
state Here thev were rearel edueited and married
and in ISb'l the father btgin the manufacture of
cigar boxei having been the first to enter upon th s
industry in Michigan As time jasset the hi smess
steadily grew and developed until eventuallj it was
taken over by the Wadsworth Campbell Bos Company
of which Thomas A Wadsworth was elected presilent
He served m that capacity until his death in 191"
He had survived his wife who passed away m 1913
Harold L. Wadsworth, fheir only child received
his early education in the Detroit University school
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in the navy as a second-class seaman. Later he was
made first-class seaman and, upon taking an e-iam
ination, was promoted to chief boatswain's mate and
sent to the ensign's school at the Great Lakes Naval
Training school. In the summer of 1918 he became
ensign and held thn rank until the time of his distn
rollment in January I'lll
After leaving the service Mr ■Walsworth spent a
portion of his time d rectmg the pel tj and manacmg
the Amercan Box Supply Companj a concern devoted
to the sippljing of e gar manufacturers w th all
the r requirements except tobacco This concern in
the few years of its existen e has developed remark
ably due to its eioellent policy of servue and satis
faction and its president Mr Wadsworth has been
no sn all factor m its success
On th 15th of October 191fl Mr Wadsworth was
n arriel to Miss Sally Macaulev of Detroit a daughter
of H H Ma aulev In religious faith Mr and Mrs
Wa liw orth are Episcopalians and Mrs Wadsworth
fakes an active part m the Christ Chnrch Guild
Mr Wadsworth belongs to the Detroit Country Club
the Detroit Clul Michigan lale Club and the Uni
versitv Club and la popular m these organizations
fiuimg warm friends among those of broad intellectual
c iltnre and highly developed capabilitv wl ile m busi
ness cir les J is resourcefulness and unabatmg energy
hdve l"rou(;ht him stead Ij to the front
THEODORE J PARRON Since early lovhood the
life of Theo lore J Cwron has b m one of unremitt ng
toil and industry and to him has come the crown of
earntst active effort — success and an honored name
He now occupies a prom nent position m comiiercial
circles of Detroit as head of the firm of Carron &
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also cwmg to the fact that he has ever realized the
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the customers at his store alwajs receiving courteous
treatment and a fair return for the money invested
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Hia business haa aasumed extensi'vc pcoportiona aod
he cinka «ith the Iciding clothing n er hinta of the
Mr Carron wis united in marr ago to Miss Lillian
^ iniei' who liki, her husband la oi French deaeent
in 1 they have become the parents ot tour children
Lunel ^ who n following the profeaaion of tiaehing
m ( levUand an. I i-i ilso fitting h maelt for the Jesuit
J ciesthood having completed thirteen years of tl e re
quite i fifteen years course Harold G who la man
ager ot the Exide Battery Companv of fl is citv
Urbin J nho is his father a bus neaa aasoeiatc and
El se M who la the wife of D B Bmgen of Detroit
Mr Carron la a memi er ot the CatI olie el urch and is
prommentb identiliid with the Knights of Ooiumbua,
in which he has attained the third degree He la
itso identified with the Fellowiraft Club and as a
m ins of relaxation turns to l>asebill beinf, an
enthusiastic advocate of the natioml game He la
n well read 1 roadminded man who keeps thoroughly
inttrniel contermng the lealmg questions and issues
t the As-i and ta mteresttd in everything that per
tains to public progreBs anl prosper ty Ho has at
ta ned auceesa by strict mtigrit^ the conaeientious
d scharge of al] obligationa and unremitting attention
to m industry in which h takes great interest and
>ilicl he thoroughly nnderatanda His stanimg in
ommercial circKs is an enviable one and he is widely
inl favorably known in Detroit with whose advance
m nt and ipbuiHing he has >een a<tnely identifiel
f r almost fo ir lecades
EUtrENE J SCHULTE one ot Detroit s native
s na la well and faiorablv known in bnainess circles
f the cit\ as preaident of the Schulte Optical Com
panv in which Lonnection he is controlling (ne of
the leadmg enterprises of this character in Detroit
He waa born October " 1888 and hia parents were
Peter J anl Joseph ne (Euhn) Schulte in whose
fam ly were nine children He acquired his elucation
in the public and parochial athoois of this citv and
when eighteen ^ears of age 1 ecame associate! with his
hrnther O E Schulte who hal establ shed the
presei t undertaking on the 30fh of December ISC'?
0 1 December 15 1<H5 the business was incorporated
unler the st-yle of the Schulte Optical Company O E
Scl I Ite 1 ecommg president an 1 treasurer while
F igene Sehulte ^as ra-»de vice president and Margaret
r Schulte stcretary Two years later the subject
f thia review was electel president with 0 E
Scl ulte as treasurer and Margaret Schulte as vice
presi lent in which capacities thev are now serving
Tt s a a close corporation capitalized at twenty five
ttousanl dollars and the company is engaged m the
manufacturing of mountings and the grinding and
fitlit g of glasses employment being given to twenty
fii( persons Their aupenor workmanship anl strict
alhtrence to h (,h standarls of businoaa ethics have
secure 1 t r them a large patronage and tl ey rank
with tie leading manufacturing opticians of the citj
Mr Schulte gives his pers nal attention to every
detail at the huamesa and his a Immistrative abilitj
initiative sj irit enterj r se an I determination have
been imjortant fictora m its levtlopment and ei
pansion He has a compnhensne knowlelge cf the
w rk n which he is ongagLd I aving won the degree
of Do(tor of Optometry in 1<I-1 after aueeesafully
paasing thi uxam nation bv the state board
On the 33d of Auguat 1911 Mr Schulte was united
in n arriage to Miss Helen Schemanakj and they have
five children Ethel Huth Kenneth Mane and
Margaret The fam li are Catholica in religious taith
belonging to St Catherine a parial and Mr Sehulte
la a member of the \ an Dyke One Hundred and the
Detroit Sere let V tf Optometrists while hia political
allegiance la given to the repuMican party Progress
haa ever been hia watchword and thoroughness and
mliistry haie been atrong elements in the atta nment
of his present si ccess He la numbered among the
public spiritel citizens and representative >oung busi
ness men of Detroit and is well entrenched m popnUr
confidence and esteem bv reason of his strict in
tegriti his enterprising sp rit and his distinctive ei\io
JACOB DANIEL Je, who 1 eeame prom nentU
known in the buainesa ureles of Detroit as a brick
manufacturer and who in every relatitn of life com
mauled the respect and confilenee of those witl
wlom he was asaoeiated was numbered among the
nat ve sons of this city his birth having occurrel
on Cratiot rtad May '0 1860 his parents being Jacol
and Elizabeth Daniel The father about the year
1864 established a brick plant on Thirtietl street
near Michigan avenue Pre^ loua to that tin e he had
had a plant on bratitt road In tie year 1<!"4 he
entered into partnership with Conrad Clippert and
moved the plant to Martin avenue where for aome
time thei eontinut 1 to (arry on a hrick^arl
Jac b Daniel Jr spending his youthful daya under
the parental roof acquire 1 his education in the put lie
schools of Detroit anl started out m the bus ness
world It connection with his father under whose di
rection he acquired thorough and comprel onsive
knowledge of brick manufacturing in everv phase
and detail He was associated with his father for
some time but later purchased the I usmesa and op
eratel indepen lently 'While tie plant waa at No
4141 Clifpert avenue it waa an open varl with a
capacity of sixteen tl onsand brieka per da^ and waa
operated onh in the aummer months In 1902 the
present Jacol Daniel Brick Companv was meorporated
Jacob Daniel being aecrttai^ a id treasurer After
3. removal waa made to a new location on Dewey
avenue mcrdem equipment was secured including a
drier and the capacit-\ of the plant waa thus more
than doiblei making a la h output of thirti three
thousand >ricks h1 le tie wcrk is carried on through
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out all seasons of the year the bricks being manu
faetured from clay found cm. the premiBea Thus the
1 uameas was developed into on? of the large ind im
portant jroducti\ mduBtriea ot the eity ajid sttnl''
as a monument to the enterprise progresaivenesa ■iiid
business capacity of Mr Daniel
On the 1st of September 158'i Mr Daniel was
married to Miss Augu'ite Diibke of Detroit wh< was
born in Germans and came to Detroit with her par
ents when five j ears of agi. Mr and Mrs Daniel
had a familj of eight children tive of whom ate
li\uig Cirolme who is at home Herman who mar
ned Margiret Tillman Elizibeth who is the nidow
of Charles Klein and is at home with her mother
Albert John, and Edith who jb employed in the
Peoples State Bink The eldest son Herman, la the
president of the Jacob Daniel Brick Company while
Mrs Auguste Daniel la the treasurer and Albert
John the younger s n i*) setretarj The children
were ill educated in Detroit the sons reeemng excel
lent business tr'iining Herman attende 1 the Detroit
Business XTniversity and Albert John puraued i course
in the Business Institute
It was on the 5th of August 1920 that Mr Daniel
passed away having been ill for nine months with
heart trouble He was neyer a club man but was 1
consistent member of Stephinus Evangelical Lutheran
church In thit faith he departel this life It had
guided hira in all the relations ot life and made him
a man whom to know was to esteem an i honor His
integrity matched his industry and enterprise in hia
business career and in every relation uf lift 1 e mcaa
ured up to high standards
WIILIAM DAMS McCLLLOUGH, combm tig buai
ne*iB insight with e\ecuti^e ability is ac ompliihing
successf il re>"ults is a fattor in the industrial world
of Detroit He jh the president of the Premier Cush
ion Spring Com] an> one of the rapidly growing jn
duatnal interests of tl is c,itv He was born in Detroit
January 26 1886 anl at the uaual age turned to the
taak of winning an elucation but his adiantagea
and opportunities in that direction were much cur
tailed owing to the death of his father wh le he was
quite young He was thus forced to start out m life
to provide for his own aupport and made his initial
step m the buamess world as driver of a gr eery de
\i\ery wagon Later he obtained a position m the
Freer estal lishment m which he continued nntii 1901
when he went weat and spent two j ears on a cattle
ranch gaming valuable experience m that way Sab
lequentiv he was for two jeara in Indianapdii and
for two and a half years he resided m New York city
He became a travtling salesman for the Motor Parts
Corporation of New Tirk anl m IQIO returned to
Detroit where he accepted the position of purchasing
agent fir the Cadillac Motor Company remaining in
that eonnectim for a pern I of three veari He was
neit with the Detroit Wire '^prlng Company until
1915 when, lesirouB that his labors ahould more di
rectlj benefit himself he organised the Premier Cush
ion Spring C mjanj in 1<»15 anl bccime its presi
dent continuing aa the chief executive officer through
the mtervenmg period This company his been ver>
successful, and in 1920 erected a large plant on Belle
Mie avenue covering two acres ot grjund ivhereH
its faeilitiea were greatly enlarged, loading to au
increase in its working torce until there are now
tour hundred names on its payroll During the war
Mr McLullough organized the Premier Machine Com
pany for the purpose of making tools for plants en
f,aged in munition work and turnishe 1 a large quan
tity of tools, dies and fixtures to the Fori and D dge
corporations, also supplied parts for airplanes anl
Liberty motors In fact the company was entire)*
devoted to patriotic work during the war period
Mr Mctullough was united in marriage to Miss
Grace Coh en of Detroit That social pleasures elai n
a reasomble share of his time is indicated in his
membership with the Detroit \thletie Club the De
tro t B it Club tie Oakland Hills (.ounfrv Club anl
m the Plavet s Club He also belongs to the Board
ot Commerce The nteresta f his 1 f e are eienly
balance 1 for he d< es n< t allow social afEairs tu
interfere with the demands (t buainesa He is poa
sessed of notably sound ludgment and executive
ability and is a maaterful man in busmeaa circlea
Prom the humble position of Irn er of a delivery
wagon he rose to the presidency of an important cor
poratiou before reaching the age of thirty jears and
m fact has built up the whole 1 uainess structure him
self He IS the head of the office of the Premier
Cushion 'Spring Company and looks alter ill outsile
worK as well He is a human dvnarao running with
<ut friction and with accelerattl speed as the demind
1 producing the results that apell succeas
W \ MAE\ 4a assiatant secretary of the D
troit Board ot Commerce V. A Mara la an important
factor m the successful management of that organiza
tion, whose well devised and promptlj executed plans
ha^e been largely responsible for the city s present
industrial p wer and greatness He wis birn in St
Louia Missouri, and attendel the public schools (t
that city afterward completing a courae in the St
Louia Univer'iitv He then became e<nnected with
the Wabash Railroad as assiatant superintendent of
the dining car aerviee, which position he held for t«o
years enlisting at the enl of that period in the One
Hundr d and Sixty fourth Depot Brigade which he
joined at St Louis He rece ved his training at the
Oftieera Train ng School at Camp Pike where he was
commiaaioiied a aecond lieutenint and he then took
the course at the Small Arms Firing School at Camp
Perry Ohio and subseq lently was instructor on the
rifle range at Camp Grant Dlmois which latter pos
tion he contnuel to fill intil the signing ot the armis
tee there r ceiving his distl arge in December 1918
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Con ing to Detroit Mr Mara wib appointed seere
nn of the Adcraft Club ind after serving m that
i],ii,it\ f r I time he becime assistant aecretaiy of
the Boic 1 ttt Commerce He la now capably dis
hjrginf, his dntiea m thit connect on an I la ilao
editor of the Detroiter the official publication f the
Boarl of Commerce
Mr Mira wis united m niarnage to Miaa Edith
Ingham and ther hive beef me the parents of i daugh
ter Mary Patricia He la ndependent in hia political
I ewa and m religioua faith la a Cathobe while he s
Asn identified with the Knights of Columbus An
alert energetic and progressi\ e voung min he la
i-iking the moat of hia time his talenta and hii op
p rtunities ind la pressing stead Iv forward toward
the goil ot aui_eess while his sterling qualities of
manl d have won for him the goodwill ani high
r t.'irii of 1 host of fnenls in hia ad ptei city
L EOH&L H ELDEIDGE There ha"? been much
lnltldtl^e an I energy involved m upbuilding of the
large and proaperoua wholesale provision buainesB con
ducted by the treoxge E Eldridge Oompanv at 2fl56
Eighteenth atreet Detroit anl the vigor and resource
fulness that la\e 1 rough t idiincenent to th s enter
prise represent largely the mfluence exerted by the
n an whoae nime givea title to the company and who
IS its executive head This corporation apeeiaiizes
in handling of butter and eggs and when eonsidera
n 13 taken of the fa t that the business was started
nh a fiw years ago with a modeat capital and that
I erations are n w based upon a paid m capital stock
I one hundred thousand dollars and the annual busi
ncss averages more than two million d liars there is
(onveved an idea ot the admirable powers that have
1 en brought to bear in tht connection
Mr Elindge was born at Vasaar Tuscoli county
tlichigin on the 31st of August 1884 and h a son
f Captain James and Adeline (Leonard) Eldridge
Iso natives of Michigan The father was long and
d,ctiyely lientified with navigation interesfa bcth on
the Great Lakes and on ocean 1 ners and after having
commanded numerous vessels he was finally ciiled int
service under tte direeti n of the United States ship
ping board his residence being in New York city
luring the intenals he is not m active service aboard
essets and his ofhcjal title being captain or master
His wife died at Vasaar Michigan m the year 1900
anl the subject of this review is their only child
In the lullic schoola of Vaasar George R Eldridge
ontinued his studies until he had profited by the
idvantages of the high school and thereafter he was
graduate i from Brown Commercial College New York
it> After completing his course there Mr Eldridge
gained practical experience m connection with the
produce business and in 1912 with a capital of sev en
hundred dollars he founded the modest enterprise
from which haa been evolved in Detroit the sub
stantial and important wholesale business now con
ducted inder the title of the George K. Eldridge Com-
pany In 1915, as a matter of commercial expediency,
Mr Ellridge effected the incorporation of the busi-
ness and haa since continued as president and general
manager of the company, of which Charles F. Werth
IS \iCL president, and Carl W. Wolf the secretary
and treasurer. The concern gives employment to an
average force of somewhat more than fifty persons.
Mr Eldridge and hia associates have made a fine rec-
ord m their buaineas and are numbered among the
progressive and representative business men of the
younger generation in the Michigan metropolis.
Mr Eldridge is actively identified with the Detroit
Board of Commerce, holds membership in the Detroit
\thletic Club, the Oakland Hills Country Club and
the K winia Club, and he ia affiliated with both the
York and Scottish Bite bodies of the Masonic fra-
ternifj as well as with the Mystic Shrine.
On February 17, 1919, Mr. Eldridge married Miss
Elizabeth Hyatt, daughter of Henry S. Hyatt, a prom-
inent citizen and business man of St. Louia, Missouri.
Mr an 1 Mrs. Eldridge have a daughter, Nancy Eliz-
abeth born June 1, 1B21, and their residence is 1550
Edison aiecue.
JOHN H. DbVISSER, vice president and 1
of The Coon-DeVisser Company, well known manu-
facturers agents, is a prominent figure in the oom-
merciil circles of Detroit. He is a native of thiS!
state hia birth having occurred at Kalamazoo, on the
8th of November, 1884, a son of John and Lina C,
(Smith) DeVisser. He had a brother, William F.,
wh died m 1900.
In tl e acquirement of his education John H. De-
Viaser attended the public aehoola of Elalamazoo,
Michigan and in due time enrolled in the University
(ft Michigan, from which institution he was graduated
m 1907 with the B. 8. degree in mechanical engi-
neering The following year he came to Detroit and
was affiliated with the inspection department of the
Standard Accident Insurance Company until February,
1910 when the preaent company, known as The Coon-
DeVisser Company was formed, first as a copartner*
ship In 1914, however, they incorporated, with Mr.
Thurlow E. Coon as president, John H. DeVisser as
vice president and treasurer, and F. H. Field as secre-
tarv This company represents twenty-six of the
country s leading manufacturers in Detroit, among
wlom are the following: American Engineering Com-
pany Armstrong Machine Company; Aahtou Valve
Company Baker-Dun bar- AUen Sales Company; Ball
Engine Company; Buffalo Forge Company; Buffalo
Steam Pump Company; Carrier Air Conditioning
Company Cooling Tower Company; Hoppes Manu-
facturing Company; J. C. Homung Company; Hlinois
Eng ne ring Company; Kewanee Boiler Company.
The Coon DeVisser Company has a sales force <rf
Pleven expert men in various lines.
During the World war Mr. DeVisser put ail personal
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intLtests aside and eulJBted in the United States army
He v,-)S capt'Jin in the Ordnance Uepirtmint, Field
Service Division and was stitvoned at Camp Meide,
Marylind, and M Washington, D 0 He entered the
armv m November, 1917, was eommisaioned a major
m September, 1918, and received his honorable dis
charge m March, 1919, after which he returned to
Detroit and resumed his duties with the compinj
Mr DeVisaer la a man of good buameaa lapicitj and
acknowledged integrity of character and he has been
a dominant figure in the continued success of the
Coon DeVis'ier Companv He possesses an energj and
endeavor which -ire prominent attributes of leaders
in all lines of endea-vor and he has won both a gratify
ing amount of prosperity ani a position imong the
foremost buamess men ot this city
Aa a public spirited citizen with the welfare of the
community ever at heart, Mr DeViaser holds mem
bership in the Rotan Club and the Board of Com
merce ind he is active in ali movement's for etvie
betterment He is a member of the AmeEvc^n So
oiety of Mechanical Engineers and the Detroit Bngi
neering Society, and while a student at the TJni
veraity he became a member of the Sigma Chi fia
ternitj He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, in
engineering fraternitv, and Sigma Xi i scientifit
fraternity He is lientifaed with the Detroit Athletic
Club, Detroit Boat Club Oakland Hills Country Club,
and the Players Club He is unmarried ind resides
at the Detroit Athletic Club
BOBEET B C\ROLIN, engaged m the manufacture
of brass an! aluminum castings was born November
30, 1871, m Detroit, a son of John B and Madeline
(Aspenleiter) Carolin The father was a native of
Dublin, Ireland, and was a son of Bernard Carohn
who was the first of the family m Michigan He
became the owner of a truck farm near Detroit, which
he conducted in the old days, and he was once -i
gardener m the Botannal Gardens of England and
had % letter of commendation from Queen Victoria
After residing for some time in Michigan he estah
lished a florist business and conducted hothouse' m
Detroit, cnntinumg in this enterprise to the time of hia
death Hia son, John B Carolin, waa a natne of
Dublin, Irelind, and belonged to the familv for which
the Carolin bridge m that city is named The name
Carolin is a derivative of Charlemagne anl the an
cestral line of the familv i^ traced back through many
generations m France to the great world conqueror
Charlemagne
Hobert B Carolin of this review obtained his early
education in the public schools of Detroit and after
hia tPTtbooks were put asjde he learned the trade
of brass mblling in the "shops of the old Galvin Brass
& Iron Works After mastering the business he
reside! for a short time m Chicago but soon returned
to Detroit and was m the employ of the Ideal Manu
faotunng Company for a vear and a half after which
le WLUt to Elmira, Iiew "iork, where he worked for
a short time in a foundry He discovered that he could
nut learn all branches of the business completely
in anj one establishment, so he accepted various posi
tions, working at different times in New York, Balti
more, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
gaming a large and varied experience in all kinds and
(lasies of molding In 1898 he returned to Detroit
and was made ftreman of the Detroit Lubricator
( ompan\ At a later period he took a position with
the firm of Clayton & Lambert and remained with
them for a period cf thirteen years In 1912 he
pstablibhed business on hia own account on Superior
street and in July, 1919, remoi ed to his present lota
tun at Nos 1253 to 1259 Military avenue He makes
both brass and aluminum eastings and has customers
all (ver the country He is widely recognized as an
"Xpert foundry man and those who give him their
patronage are always sure of perfect castings from
his plant
In 1897 Mr Carolm was married to Miai Louiae
Meinke and the> have a family of nine children
Robert B, Loui? Emmett, Mary Louise, Lawrence
John, Josephine Dorothea, Edward, Jamea Patrick,
Charles Alojsius and William Joseph
Mr Carolin is a member and one of the organizers
of the Detroit Foundrymen a Aast uiation, alao haa
aerved as vice president and president, also of the
Board of Commerce and has attained the third degree
m the Knights of Columbu' He is well known and
highlj respectei not only f<r his business abilitj lut
tjr his sterling character He has been actuated
bv a most laudable ambition in connection with busi
ness affairs and the thoroughness with which he has
masttred everv phaie and branth of his chosen trade
hai brought him to a most enviable place as an expert
f ( undr^ man
DAVID TODD LORIMER, who for many years was
a well known tigur* m tnancial circles in Detroit,
passed out of this life on the Qth of OLtober, 1921,
lea'v mg behind him a memory fragrant with good
deeds His was a kinlly apint that waa constantly
reading out helpfully toward others and the many
sterling traits of character which he displayed have
cauatd hia name to 1 e revered and honored by all who
knew him Mr Lorimer was a native of Owosso,
Michigan, born Jul} 26, 1567, and came to Detroit
m hia boihood da>s His parents nere Thomas Todd
and Alue Lorimer, the latter a native ot Eimlurgh,
Scotland
David T Larimer spent his mouthful dava a? a pupil
sn the Detroit public schools During his childhood
his home was located on Belle lale near where the
flagpole now stands at the west end of the island and
he attended school on Joseph Campau avenue In com
panv with his brother, Thomas he afterward engaged
in thL real estate business and following the death
nf his 1 rother he became aeoretary to Stephen Baldwin
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Later he entered the employ of the JJimc &aMngs
Bank and remained with that institution until Miy
1 1910 when he became affiliated mth the iJetroit
Trust ( omptDv in the real estate department He
tl ua if,aiii became actively identified with the buai
neH3 with which he was thoroughlj fimiliar and le
W11 splendidly qualified to tilie up the importtnt
iiities ind re'p( Qsibilities thit devolved upon him
itter entenng the bink He wis scrupuloush honest
thorough, accurate and enterptismg ani his pro
nounced qualities were such as make for success
On the 15th of June 18<»2 Mr Lonmer was mar
no I at Mansfield, Ohio to Mias Jeiaie Keller a
native of that city Thej hecime parents of t«o
daughters Helen Irene who is n w the wife of
Lin an J Craig of Detroit and 1 a« f ux children Ly
man Jr Robert Bruce Lonmer and Mananna Craig
and Eutb Elizabeth, who is at home Mr Lorimer
was widely known in Detroit where his social qual
ities aa wt.ll as his business ability endeared him to
minj For a long i enod he was actively identified
with tie vachting interest? of Detroit holding mem
berahij in the Detroit Tatht Club in which he served
a? commodore Later he became a, meml ex of the
Detroit Boat Club and was its commodore it the time
f his deith his membership therein dating from the
rganization He alio I elonged to the Ingleside Club
■jnd the Detroit Curling Club He was widely known
n Masonic circles having membership m Palestine
Lodge F & A M King Cvrus Chapter E A M
and Detroit Commander^ E T He was an attendant
at St Paul s cathe Iral Mr Kalph Stone president
ot the Detro t Trust Company, m vcneing the deep
regret of Mr Lonmer s fellow workers in that fi
nantial organisation said Dave Lorimer s life was
ne of unselfish service to his fellowman — not m an
wlinarj sense but eonspicuoualy so He took especial
pleasure in helping others and alwavs in an unosten
tatious manner He was generous scrupuliusly lust
and his integrity beyond question Hb nas loved by
eier\ man and woman in our organization an I these
things are the true teat of a fine eharaiter
EDG\I{ M GEEGOEi One of the most important
and successful inlustnal enterprises ot Detrut is the
Belle lale Boat &. Engine Company of whuih Edgar
M Gregory is the vice jresilent and general man
ager and the fact that he has been chosen to fill tl ose
respons ble positions is indisputable proof irf his exo
euti-\ e ability business acumen and enterprise He
was 1 orn m Detroit a son of William B and Came
(Shook) Gregory and in the public schools of the
Lity he pursued his education subsequently taking up
the stuly of marine engineering In 1908 he became
identified with the Belle Iile Boat & Engine Company
which engage! in building marine eng nes until 1914
They ha\ e s nee specialized in the building of speed
runabouts turning out a boat a week m their large
plant on the river Thei have three hundred and
fifty seven boathousea and a ^ard which will accommo
dite eighty boats and they also occupy ill of the
ground on Motor Boat Line from Jefferson avenue
t< the Detroit nver They are both designers and
builders of motor boats and the superiority of their
I roduct IB indicated in the fact that the volume of
their buBiness has been doubled each >ear until this
1 as become the largest undertaking of the kind in the
iitv Since 1<>14 Mr Gregory has been vice president
jnd general manager of the eomiany and that he
p sseoses superior business ability and marked initia
tive is shown in tl e remarkable growth and levelop
1! mt of the enterpr se
On the l^th of lune IQlf occurred the marriage
of Edgar M Gregory and Mias Frances McHenery
of Pennsjlvania and they have 1 ecome the parents
of a son and a daughter Edgar and El aahefh They
are members of the Episcopal church and he is con
neetel with the Detroit Yacht Club and the Fell<rw
craft Club, while hia political allegiance is given to
the republican partj He baa made wise uae f his
time bs talents and lis opi ortunities carrying for
ward to successful completion whatever he has under
taken while at the same time he has contributed m
substantial meaaure to the advancement f his city
along industrial lines and he ranks with the foremost
business men anl pr gressive citizens of Detroit
JAMES D BUTTEEFIELD With offices m the
Hammond building Mr Butterfield is one of the Mgor
us and repreaentatn e exponents of the real estate
lusmess in the metr polls of h s native state He
was born at Algona St Clair ountv. Mi higan and
s a son of Tames D and Emily (Owen) Bitterfield
the fom er having been born in Vermont and the lat
ter in the state of New York The parents were
young at the time of the immigration of their re
spective families to Michigan and in this common
wealth James D Butlerfleld St, becan e prominently
ilentifici with the lumbering mdustrj his operations
having leen of extensive order at the time when this
m lustry was at its height in Michigan Of him more
specific mention is made on other pages in the per
soual sketch of Wells D Butterfield the elder of his
two children The parents enntmuei their reaiience
m Michigan until their death
After having profited by the ad\ant^gea ofEered
m the public schools of his native village James D
Butterfield Jr completed a course in Baatman Eusi
ness College m Poughkeepaie New York and upon his
return to Michigan he was cont nuouslv engaged in
clerical work m Detroit until 1889 when ha showed
his initiative energy and self reliance by here estab
lishing himself in the real estate business of which
he has continued a prominent and influential repre
sentative to the present time At various intervals
he has owned or held interest m properties that are
now among the h ghest pr ced par els of realty in
Detroit anl had he held these for speculative pur
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posea he would have been today a millionaire. He
sold at normal prices, and has the aatisfaetion of
knowing that he has thus contributed materially to
development and progress in the city. Hia transactions
in real estate have been of broad scope, and relia-
bility and fairness hare characterized him in all of
his buaineas operationSj even as loyalty and liberality
have characterized hia course as a citizen. Mr. Butter-
field gives his allegiance to the republican party, and
in connection with hia business he ia an active member
of the Detroit Beal Estate Erchange.
In Detroit was solemnized the marriage irf Mr.
Butterfield and Miss Jessie Smith, a daughter of
Daniel J. Smith, who long held prestige as one of
the leading photographists of this city. Of the two
children of Mr. and Mrs. Butterfield, the elder is
James D., Ill, who was born and reared in Detroit
and educated in its public achools and who is now as-
sociated with the well known construction and con-
tracting firm of Stone & Webater, of this city. He
gave gallant service as a representative of Michigan
in the great World war, being assigned to the Third
Division, and was at the front at St. Mihiel, the
Argonne Forest and Chateau Thierry, France, and
later was with the army orf occupation in Germany.
While many of his comrades fell in battle and many
others were severely wounded, it was his good fortune
to escape injury. He served as a private throughout
his entire term and saw two years of the severest
service on the great battlefields of France, in which
connection he received honorable mention for bravery
in action. He was honorably discharged on the 25th
of August, 191S. Miss Mary Lois Butterfield, the
younger of the two children, is a student in the Uni-
versity of Michigan.
GEOHGE NEXSEN BRADY. Various business in-
terests profited by the enterprise and progtessiveness
of George Nexsen Brady, who was called to the home
beyond on the 25th of December, 1920. His coopera-
tion was a strong element in the attainment of suc-
cess, and though during his last days he left the more
active cares of business to others, he was the vice
president of the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Company
at the time of his death. He was born in Detroit on
the 25th of August, 1837, his parents being Samuel
Preston and Elizabeth Mary (Nejtsen) Brady, the
former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter was
born in New York city. The grandfather in the pater-
nal line was General Hugh Brady of the United States
army, who was for many years a prominent figure in
Michigan's history and in whose honor Fort Brady at
Sanlt Ste. Marie was named. Samuel P. Brady and
hia wife early became residents of Michigan and for
many yeajs the father was extensively engaged in the
warehouse and shipping business. He built the Brady
warehouse at the foot of Woodward avenue, which
is still standing and is one of the landmarks of the
early days of Detroit. He conducted the warehouse
and shipping depot business up to the time of his
death, remaining throughout the intervening years
a leading factor in the business circles of the city.
George N. Brady attended the public schools of
Detroit and later continued hia studies in a private
school conducted by Professor Rufus Nutting at Lodi
Plains, Michigan. He was also at one time a student
in the Gregory Commercial College at Detroit. While
at Lodi Plains his school companions were pupils from
among the best families of Detroit, including DeGarmo
Jones, Cleveland Hunt, Luther Trowbridge and
Charles Delano. After leaving school ha returned to
his native city and became associated with the busi-
ness activities of his father, joining the firm of Brady
& Company, commission merchants and dealers. In
addition to carrying on a commission business the firm
furnished supplies to the miners on Lake Superior and
operated a line of steamers plying between Detroit
and the Lake Superior mining camps. After many
yeais his brothers, Preston and William H,, succeeded
him in the warehouse business and George N. Brady
became interested in the Detroit & Windsor Ferry
Company and was identified with that organization
until his death. The warehouse property erected by
Mr. Brady's father has for many years been tinder
lease to Jefferson T. Wing, who is stil! conducting
business in the original building. At the time of his
death Mr. Brady was president of the Elmwood ceme-
tery, a director of the Detroit Fire & Marine Insur-
ance Company and otherwise connected with business
affairs of the city.
In December, 1965, Mr. Brady was united in. mar-
riage to Miss Augusta McClelland, who passed away
on the 22d of April, 1900. She was a daughter of ex-
Governor Robert McClelland, who was also secretary
of the interior under President Franklin Pierce and
a member of congress from Michigan. Mr. and Mrs.
Brady became the parents of a son and a daughter.
The former, Robert McClelland Brady, born May 3,
1868, in Detroit, was graduated from Trinity College
of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1890 and is now president
of the Hygeia Eilter Company of Detroit. The daugh-
ter, Mary A,, is the wife of Admiral Robert M. Berry
of the United States navy and they reside at Bloom-
field HiOa, Michigan.
Mr. Brady held membership with various leading
clubs of Detroit, including the Detroit, Detroit Boat,
Lake St. Clair (old club) and the Bloomfleld Hills
Country Clubs. In politics he maintained an independ-
ent attitude and his religious faith was that of the
Episcopal church. He was one of the prominent Epis-
copal laymen of Detroit. He was long associated with
old St. Paal's church. Congress and Shelby streets,
on the site now occupied by the People's State Bank.
He was one of the founders of AH Saints' Mission on
Livernoia avenue, near Michigan. For about twenty-
five years, with Mrs. Biady, he never failed to attend
the Sunday school in that far-away mission, of which
he was superintendent.
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8t Andrew s church Putnam and Fourteenth ave
nues and St Phillips church on MoDoueall avenue
n ar trnt nt owe their organization to the aetivitr
nf Mr Biadj ind H C Parke of t4rke Da^is &
Comjanv In Ht«r >eac3 le w^a identified with St
Tamus church Birmingham near his country home
His eon Eobert McClelland Brady ib treasurer of the
ixecutive Lountil of the dioee'je of Michigan Mr
Brad> was a memljer of the Detroit Board of Com
n erte and manifested a keen, and helpful interest in
e( erj thing pertaining to the welfare ajid progress of
his native eitj- He took a great interest in the Bo(
Stout movement esj ecially the Boy Scouts of Detroit
He was the owner of a forty acre farm oa Green lake
m Indei"endenee township Oakland county Michigan
almirdtU Bitiated for lamping purpose? and on
hiLh he had permitted tl e Detroit Boy Scouts to
I itch their summer camp !Not long before hia death
i e arranged that the north part of this property as
d uded by the highway running through it be given
t the Independenie Corporation a holding eompan%
t he held for the lermauLnt me and benefit of tie
B \ 'Scouts of Amerna The portion of this property
m the south side of the highway was gi\ en to the
iioces© of Micl igan to be used for a camj for boys
or for recreational purposes for the elorgj On the
I rat named proporti has been 1 uilt a lodge contain
1 ig a dormitory and assembly r om coating more than
tei tl ousand dollars tl e monei for the construction
hai ng been gi^en by Mr Braiy before hio death
The camp is known as The George N Bradi Scout
Reservation m memorj of the donor The new public
school baildmg at Joy road and Lawton avenue dedi
ited in the spring of 11^'' is also named the George
N Braly s hool in his honor
As a further light upon the character and works
of thia Bjlendid citizen ne present in part an obituary
which a].peared in the Michigan Churchmen His
long life WIS passed in the city of hi a birth and
tl ough cot a, public man he was one of the best known
md most highly respected c t ?ens He was a man of
genuineness and of a most attractue personality He
would prefer that anjone who knew and loved him
sliould merely say of him 'He tried to do his duty
He hal no pretensei and claimed nothing for himself
e\eept to live hia life in self respect and in doing as
mu h good to others aa each day might bring to hia
heart and 1 and With a genius for friendship he
ladiated ehtcr and goodwill going aboit doing good
to old and ^oung men and women not obtrusively
nor es-pe tmg anything m return lut simply letting
the springs of his kindly 1 fe spontaneously fl w forth
* • * Chiefly cl ara teristic was his unfailing jn
terest in the welfare of to^s and \oung men which
indeed served to evi ri>?s and reinfor e his own v outh
fulness for Mr Brady always kept young Through
the Associated rharities of which he was an active
n ember and larticularly as in adviser and supporter
f the Michigan Fresh Air Societv he kept actively
m touch with the voung and fo md substantial hap
pmess in doing them good * » • Thus passed a
good man full of honorable years a sound wholesome
kindlv sermeable life whose memorj and worth are
registered in the grateful hearts of manj people who
■were made better and happier because of him
LEON ALFRED PADDOCK Important business
interests claim the attention and profit by the direc
tion of Leon 4. Padiock vice pres dent and general
manager of the Canadian Bridge Companv of Walker
ville and president of the Bases Terminal Eailroad
He has the power of concentrati n which enables
bim to give his entire thought to the matter m hand
an 1 thus he brings to bear all of his force and power
vn the aucomplishment of his purpose He is one of
M chjgan s native s ns h s hirtl having oc urred at
P ntiae on the 20th of Februarj 1879 and his par
ents were Alfred H and Elizabeth (Wood) Paddock
He has a sister Louise and a brother Frederick
In the acquirement of an t lu ation Mr Paddock
jttendel rural schools an! the Pontiae high school
after which he entered the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor and was graduated fi m that institn
tion in 1904 with the degrees of B S anl C E In
August of that year le became identifiel with the
Canadian Br dge Company aa a draughtsman emit nu
ing to act in that capacity until February 190b when
he went to MeCalls Perry Pennsylvania aa instru
raent man having charge of survejs for the McCall
Perry Company In October 1906 he returned to
Walkerville Canada anl resumed hia former connee
tion with the Canadian Bridge Companv with which
he has since been asso lated In February 110" he
was made assistant superintendent and m October
1911 won prcni otion to the position of superintendent
while in August 1911 he became vice president and
i,eneial mdniger He is now filling those oiSces and
virtually controls the entire business owing to the
retirement of the other executiie officers He has been
lentifie 1 with the Canadian Bridge Company iince
its infancy and the present success of the enterprise
IS largely attributable to his well formulated plans
and capable management Dnring the Wurld war tha
activities of the company were devoted to the in
tereata of tl e allies and Mr Paddock had charge of
the work in that connection He also haa other im
portant business interests having served as (resident
ot the Eases Terminal Railroad since January 1933
and he a likewise i director of the Maritime Bridge
Id Detroit in I90tt Mr Paddock married Miss Nel
I e Hare and they have become the parents of two
children Austin Joseph whose b rth occurred July
IS 1108 at Washington Court House Ohio and
Margaret born September 26 1917 m Detroit They
reside at Nc 1569 Bewick avenue and attenl St
Mark s Methi d st hurch Mr Paddock gives his
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political support to the men and me i^ ires of the re
publican partT and lie is a member of the Border Citj
Chamber of Con meree the Detroit Engineering So
cietr the Detroit, Athletic Club, the St Clair Country
Club and the Old Co\any Club He is a man of well
balance! capacities and powers who haa taken cogni
zanee of his opportunities utilizing them to the best
advantige and his exp-inding powers have made him
cipible of contr lling Hrge interests the success of
which lepends upon not'jblp idmmiitrative abilitv
■VilLLIAM HATDEN BYRNE who spent hi'j life
of sistj J ears in Detroit where he coanted his fneniis
b> the hundreds ind never knew an enemv was born
on the 6th of Septen her 1860 his parents being
Ml hael and Susanne (Morrison) Byrne The father
became i resident of Detroit in early life and en
tered businesi circles as proprietor of a bakery buai
neas on Michigan avenue near Wayne Later he dis
posed of this and turned hia attention to the hard
■ware trade opening a store at the comer of Cass and
Michigan aienues at which location the business was
carried on for twmtv vears
William Hajdtn B^rne was educated in the Detroit
public stl oola and after completing the w rk of tl e
grales attended the Central high school -while later
he became a atndent in Goldsmith s Busineai College
in which he pursued a general commercial course
When about eighteen yeirs of age he enteral his
father a hardware atote and was actively associated
■with hia father m the conduct of the business ant 1
the latter s death at which time William H Bjrne
withdrew his interest from the store at the corner of
Cass and Mich gan and removed to a location on
Grand Eiver avenue diagonallj across the street from
the present location There he remained for sei eiiteen
years at the end (f which tne Mr Byrne erected
the two atorv building at 4470 Wabash avenue at the
corner of Grat d Kiver in 1912 At this location
the business is still eonilucted by the sons who are vet
engaged in both the wholesale and t 1 b 1
trade. Mr. Byrne was most active th 1 1 i
ment of the business which he left t th d
ranked high among the representat d
fn! merchants of the city. He belong d t th Mb
gan Hardware Association and also t th N t 1
Hardware Association and was as w 1] m b
of the Detroit Betail Hardware Deal A t
On the 10th of July, 1889, Mr. By w t d
in marriage to Miss Louisa M. Campb !1 d gbt f
John C. and EUzabeth (McMillan) C pb 11 wh
were residents of Windsor, Ontario. H f th di d
when ahe was but a year old. He d t w
acquired in the public and high sob 1 f W d
and by her marriage ahe became the m th f th
sons: George Hayden, the eldest, wh mpl t i th
course in the Hancock and Central h gh him
ried Mildred Vay Handall, He is t t
tee of the First United Presbyterian h h Ch 1
Edward McMillan the second son after completing his
high school and college career married Ellen Argatha
Beale and thev have two children Charles McMillan
Be ale and Ellen Be ale Frank Herbert Eosa the
third of the family la a graluato of the Central high
s hool anl of the Detroit Technical Institute He
13 a member of the Beard of Comn erce of Detroit
and IS an active church worker being novr president
of the Young Peoples Society 411 three of the sons
are interested in the wholesale and retail hardware
bus ness which was established an 1 developed bi
their father and which the> have carried forward to
still greater proportions theirs being one of the im
p( rtant commercial enterprises of the city
In his political views William H Byrne wis alwajs
a stalwart repnbhean but never an aspirant for
put lie office He belonged to the Knigl ts of The
Maccabees and was au active and prominent member
of the First Un ted Presbyterian church in which
he served as a trustee and at all times took an active
interest in the varioua hnea of church work He was
quiet and reserved in manner but extremely kinrih
an! lovable m disposition dignified yet unassum
mg a lover of his home and of his family He was
a most congenial companion a devoted husband anl
father and a true friend. Sjendmg his life in
Detroit he saw the city develop trnm a small town
to fourth place among the great cities of tl e t intrv
In h s last illness total paralysis from an undetermined
cause brought about the end and he passed awav
Tune 23 llwl His hundreis of frienSs deeplj telt
their loss in bis gomg He is greatly missed in busi
ness in sueial and m church circles but m at of all
in his own household, where he counted no personal
efiort or personal sacrifice on his part as too great if
it wouH enhance the happii ess of hia family His
lite was ever guided by the highest principles and his
contribution to the moral progress of the world was
real and substantial
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nenee and influence in connection with a minufie
luring industry of broad scope and importince spe
nl di>itinc.ti )n being his in the in^ ention of the
ew Bihr multiple driller which is manufactured by
h ton I anv of which be la vice president and general
naniger
Ml Buhr was born m Alaaee Lorraine Germany
tl at fair province whose return to Frenth dominion
markel a thrilling part in the bloody drama of the
World war and the dite of his nativitr i^as April 1
187" He 1^ a son ot Theu?oId and Clotilia (Mtuter)
Buhr loth likewise nati\ei of Alsaue Lorra ne where
tie father pi'Jsed hs entire 1 f e and where he fol
luwel the tride of toolmiktr during his aetiie career
He lie I in 1^13 at the ago ot sixti one jcara just
one year before the inception ot the great World
war which was destined to drench the soil of his nd,
tivo province with heroic soldier bioo 1 melud ng that
of many gallant ^ oung Amen an^ His widiTw now
resides at the ol 1 h mestead During tl e war she
Ifft 1 er natue land and joined her son Joseph P m
Detroit but after the armistice she returned to her
Id home whert she is earnestly watching and m
=( tar as possible aiding in the work of rohabilitati(m
as the p!ai,e is endeared to her bv the hallowed mem
ones and associations of the past In her fan ily
were se\en children Alovae who is now a resident of
Detroit Thcobold super ntendent of the tool depart
ment in a factory in ilsace Lorraine Xayier Mane
Mbcrtme, and Bertha who 1 kewise remain in their
native proMn e and Joseph F of this review
The last named was the first t rn hia birth occur
ring a few years after the close of the Franco I rusaian
Bar which resulted m Alsace Lorraine being annexe!
t the German empire The schools ot his native
province afiorded him his early elucation and at the
at,e of nineteen years his ambition and "elf reliant
ai irit caused hin to se\ er the home tioa and set
f rth to seek his fort ine in the United 'States Soon
after his arrnal he became a resilent of Detroit, and
in order to familiarize himself more expeditiously with
tl e language of the ]and of his adoption he attended
tlie night classes at the Central high school while
1 applied himself diligently during the day m an
ir n foundry His meel aniual ability his alertness
aid his fidelitj made him a \aluable workman and
h continuel se\en years as an emj,Ioye m this one
t undry Determined to fit himself for a broader field
<r service he began to learn the trade of pattern
1 aker and in 1911 completed his apprenticeship in the
ilraftmg roon He then organized the American Pat
t rn Works the business of which was later absorbed
by the Nelson Blanck Manufaotanng Company of
which he has since been the yife president and gen
eral manager In 1114 Mr B iht perfected his mien
t nn known as the Buhr multiple driller an ingenious
aid lery valuable device that is fully protected by
I tents and tl at now constitutes the principal prod
t of the conpauy It is a fully adjustable driller
■with ballbearings and adaptable to standard sizes of
spindles from three to twelve m number The busi
nesa of tl e Nelson Blanck Manufacturing Compan'\
now entails the employment of a corps of eighty five
workmen Their factory and general o&ces are lo
cated at 7" 43 Dubois street Detroit and they haie
branch offices in New York Pittsburgh Buffalo, Cleie
land Indianapolis Dayton Chicago and San Fran
cis<o w th foreign brand es in London Fans and
Mian
Mr Buhr la also president and direct r of the Buhr
Machine Tool Company an 1 tl us it may be seen that
he has won a secure place m connection with the
industrial aoti\ities of the Michigan metrop<lis where
he commands unqualified esteem in both 1 usmess anl
social circles In politics he aligns himself as an m
dependent Eepublican He la a member of the De
troit Boar! of Commerce la affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity, incluimg Moslem Temple of the Mistic
Shrine, and is treasurer of the local Alsace Lorraine
Society m which he takes deep interest
On October i 1406 filr Buhr married Miss Henri
etta Christine "^trate daughter of Herman Strate gen
eral superintendent of the Buhl Malleable Iron Com
pany of Detroit and the chiliren of this union are
Joaepl Henri who was torn in the year WI? and
Marguerite Bessie born in Tan larv 1921
WILLIAM R CATION Banking interests have
been said to be the heart of the commercial 1 ody
indicating healthfulness of trade and it is a well
kaown fact that a substantial bank dees more to
produce stability in times of panic than any other
institution Among those prominent m financial cir
cles of Detroit is William It Cation cashier of the
local branch of the Federal Eeserve Bank He thor
0 ighly unlerstanda mtdern finance and has laborel
effeotivelv to broaden the scope of the mst tution
with which he IS connected Mr Cation is a natiie
of Illino 3 hia birth haimg occurrel m Peoria on the
5th of April 188J He there acquired his education
attending the public sehoola and the Bradley Poly
technio Institute and on lay ng aiide his testbooka
he entere 1 the Central National Bank at Peoria that
state as messenger He f und favor with his employ
ers because of his trustworthiness his ready adapta
lilitv to all branches of the business and his un
faltering diligence and was rapidly promoted until he
at length became assistant cashier Owing to ill
health however he was obliged to resign hia position,
and going to Adams countj Pennsylvania he there
purchased a farm which he successfully cultivated
for some time raising thereon many fine \arieties of
fruit The outdo r lite restored his health and he
still retains posaession of the property being greatly
interested m agricultural pursuits In 1<>16 Mr Cation
came to Detroit entering the F rst & Old Detroit
National Bank with which ho was connected until
the 31st of December 1917, and in March of the
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foDowittg year he Ijec^iut, one 1 1 the orgaaizers of tlio
Detroit branch of the ledera! Reserve Bank, of which
he was made ciahier, ani has since served in that
capaeiti He is well known as in able financier of
more than ordinary ability, who his promoted the sue
cesa of the institution with which he la connected
by aystematie and progressive work He la thoroughly-
familiar with the complex problems of banking and
hia knowledge is guided and directed by his general
business ability
On the 14th of August, 1918, Mr Cation iias united
in marriage to Mias Catheryne B Finch and they
have become the parents of a daughter, Barbart In
hia political views Mr Cation is a republican ind hi-j
religious faith la indicated by hia membership m the
First Presbyterian chunh He is fond of horseback
riding and is much interestei in farming, to which
he turns as a relaxation from the arduous cares of
business With industrv and determi nation as iom
mant qualities, he has made steady progress in the
business world, advancing from a humble financial
position until he new ranks with the leading bankers
of Detroit Moreover, his business record is such as
anv man might be jroud to possess, being character
ized at all times by strut honesty and integrity
GILBERT WILL'^ON LEE is numbered among the
eity'a foremoit business men and citizens His ac
tivities embrace a wide acope and haie earned him
into important relatione with the commercial, mdus
trial ani financial de^elopment of Detroit He wai
born in Romeo, Macomb county, Michigan a son of
Nathan H and Amelia (Peck) Lee, both of whom
were born m the state of New York He was gtadu
ated from the Romeo high school as a member of the
class of 1879 In the same ^e■\I he came to Detroit
and took a position as clerk with the firm of George
0 Wetherbee & Companv, wholesale deilera in wcroden
and ■nillow ware In 1882 this companv was mcor
porated and young Lee became one of its atoekhold
eri this being a marked tnbnte to his early business
capabilities
In 1885 Mr Lee formed a partnership with Ward
L Andrua and pnrcha^ied the wholeaale grocery buai
nesa of D D Mallory & Oompanv This enterprise
continued until 1892, when it waa succeeded by Lee
& Cad-\, and sub>"equently incorporated under the
laws of Michigan m 1907, Mr Lee becoming presi
dent of the corporation The business of this firm
IS one of the most extensii e in its line in the middle
west It owns and operates branches throughout
Michigan Mr Lee as executive head of the firm
has been an important factor m its growth and de
velopment.
He has for many years operated in no small way in
Detroit real estate, commencing in 1890 buying and
selling acreage property in the Woodward avenue dis-
trict, and mcrre recently by selling several large sub-
divisions in the Gram! River avenue diatriot — well
kntwn IS the Gilbert W Lee aubdivision. Grand Eiver
Park subdivision, Gilbert subdivision and Lee s ib
di^ ision
In 1898 with prominent associates, Mr Lee organ
laed the Peninsular bugar Eeflning Company, manu
tacturers of beet augars The factory, located at
Caro Michigan, was the second to be built in this
state Upon incorporation of thia company, Mr Lee
mas made president and continued m that capacity
until 190b, when this companv was amalgamated with
five other plants and the Michigan Sugar Company
was organized, Mr Lee becoming director and Mce
president He is also director of the First National
Bank of Detroit, director of tht. First National Com
I>au3 , iirettor and treasurer of the Paige Detroit
Motor Car Company, director and Mi.e president of
the Himmond Building Company, also hnancially in
terested in other enterprises He served as president
of the Michigan Whole wle Grocers Association for
three years, trom 1899 to 1901 inclusive
While a republican, he has never entered actively
into politics, but has not neglected his civic duties
and responsibilities, alwajs bearing his full share in
the burdens of higher citizenship In Club circles, he
13 well known, being a member of the Detroit Club,
Country Club of Detroit, Yondotega Club, Bloom
held Hills Country Club, Lochmoor Golf Club, Oak
land HiUa Country Club, Grosse Pointe Biding and
Hunt Club, the Bloomfield Open Hunt, the Detroit
Athletic Club, Bankers Club ot Detroit, also St
4ndre« s Golf Club, Mount Hope, New York, and the
Sankati Head Golf Club, Siasconset, Massachusetts
Mr Lee stands high among Detrcit'a best citizens
and has long bein regarded aa one of the citv'a
strong, able, resmirLcful ani farsighted business men,
whose steadfastness of purpose has enabled him to
accomplish his object in the building of individual
fortune and in the support of interests of vital worth
to the communitv
Mr Lee was first married to Miss Sara Hammond,
whose death occurred October 7 1892 She was tha
daughter of the late George H Hammond, one of Da
troit's moat prominent and influential citizens Tbeil
only child a son, George Hammond Lee, was born
September 17, 1887, and died October 24, 1913
On February 2b, 189S, Mr Lee was married to Miss
Harriet Norton, daughter of the late John D Norton,
well known banker of Pontiac, Michigan Their only
son, Norton Dorman Lee, born m Detroit, June 15,
1899, was educated in the Detroit University School,
the Hill School, enlisted m the United States navj in
ms, received his naval framing at the Ctnited States
naval training station at Pelham Bay, New York,
entered the United States navy unit at the Princeton
University, where he remained until the armistice,
after which he entered the University of Michigan.
He left the latter institution to become associated
with his father in the firm of Lee & Cady, and while
in the pursuit of his duties, in less than two weeks
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f on the t mo he enterel the b ^ ness he met ha
nt n ell leatl an ice dent on Noven ber lfli,l
Mr Lee Tea d s at No 01 Ferry avenue East and
pen la much time n enj yme to h s farm kncrwn as
I 1 nd Brook loeated n the well kuonu and beaut f I
I loomfield H 11a d str et He s in attendant of Chr at
I r ! haa been an exteus ve traveler and an en
I s at c goiter devoted to n otar ng and r d ng and
k ng u ch enjovment n his stables
e.LAEA BLANCHE ARTHUR
! rgely been d voted to npl ft work ■
life Ua
urn m &t
New B unsTOiek Canada October 18oS i
i ughter ot Alexander Ne era and Marti a H (Lewia)
1 eters &he s a descend nt of Judge \\ 11 4m Peters
Rhode Islanl v/'h.a vent to New Eruns ok Canada
th the loyal sts at the t me of the American Revolu
t on Ha BOn 'san uel Leonard marr ej E h I e T1II7
afee
1 ose parents were al 0 lo
thtr of Jiirs Arthur
Iq publ c and pr ate sch 0
rsuel her el at on an i al'
aden v of New Br naw 1
ilnatod from the New Br 1
lool for tea hers be ng then bat
Her n other wa the first worn
Clara Blanche Peters
attended the bhefliell
while later she waa
V ek Normal Tra n ng
n years of
er n New
Brunaw ok ani was an early advo ate of eoedncat on
P llo V ng 1 or mar age n 18?" Mrs Arthur 1 ved
n Detro t M h gan where she becan e nterested n
uman e ffraf,e and other n ovementa t r the upl ft
f the omn un ty and the atate "-ih became a charter
ne ler of tie fi t Eq al Suffrage Club n Detro t
an zed n 1887 ani inbseq ently served as t prea
d nt for n ne ears In 1906 she was elected prea
d nt of tl e State Equal Suffrage Aasoi- at on of M ch
n and under he lea lerah p the suffrag sta secured
a ta^ pa g and bond ng franch ae for women
thro gl the rev a on of the state const tut 0 and
1 g nn ng n 191 cond ctei a state v ie campa gn
f equal 8iiffraf,e result ng n ts a 1 pt on b tl e
M h gan voters n 1918 Sirs Arth r also e tabl ahed
tl e flrat publ e playground n Detro t n 1901 n the
1 of the Euaael s hool on Euasel street The move
n nt beoame popular and t o more pla gro nls were
] ed V tl n t 0 vears after wh ch 1I e se urel the
s pp rt of the school board for the movement and
tl w rk waa then taken m er by that board The
playground movement led to the eatabl ahn ent of a
c tv reoreat n eomm ss on wh h haa charf,e of all
P bl 0 recreat on and Detro t a now far n the lead
of n any other c t ea n th s 1 ne of work To Mra
A tl nr waa also due the ntroduet on of shower batha
uto the publ 0 aehoolhouaea of Detro t and n 1908
n reoogn t <ni of her endeavors n th s d reet on the
Iv establ shed a publ c bathhouse wh ch was named
Tl Clara
\.l ng many other bnes of publ e benefit and prog
a Vra Arthur has & reeled her labors She s a
" u 1 er of tl e City Federation of Women s Clubs
of wl cl sle served as pres lent n 190 She s a
charter member of the Twent eth Centurj Club anl
she belongs to the Ant Tuberculosis Soc etj f 1 oh
she has aer ed aa pres dent and v ee pres lent hu ng
also a charter men ber of the board of d rectors of the
Detro t Tuberc los a San tar um She haa acted as
cha rman of the nduatr al and child labor comn ttee
of the Federal on of Women a Clul s and she has
stud ed broadly the problem wh ch had engaged the
attent on of the federat on n th a connect on anl haa
aas ated n find ng aolut on tl erefor She s the auti or
of a brochure ent tied The Iragresa of M ch g n
^^omen Mra Arthur trul belon 1 to those ot whon
There a an army that never waa 1 ated
Wh ch earr ea no colora nor erest
But apl t n a tho aand detacl menta
la break ng tl e road for the reat
WALLACE W TUTTLE fa tory mana-er 4nd one
of the orj,an zera of the Four Wheel H^draul c Brak
Company of Detro t s numbered among tl e res donta
of the c ty vho have come to th a sect on of tJ e
country from New England for h a b rth occurred n
Stamf rd Connect 0 t October "6 1839 H s p r
enta Henry A and Jenn e (Cobb) Tuttle are nat vea
of Masaaehuaetta and ^ em ont reapeet ely although
the f rmer waa born n Galesburg 111 no a on the
return tr p of a pra r e schooner vis t to relat vea n
Missour The r early ancestors came from Engla d
cross ng the Atlant on the first tr p f tl e Ann
1 eh waa one of tl e 1 oats that folio ed the Ma
fio er The progen tor was Ebenezer Cobb ho pu
el ased land from the Ind ana The founler of the
T ttle fam ly n the new world waa W 11 am Tuttle
wlo oame to Imer oa on tie second v a^e of the
Ma; flower and 1 ecame an early settler n the New
Ha en colon Both tl e father and motl r of Wallace
W Tuttle 1 ve always res ded n New Englanl
pen 1 ng the greater part of the r 1 vea n Connect
0 t although Mr Tuttle a meehan oal eng neer and
man faeturer s now ret red and operatea 1 tl 010 gh
Ired sto k f a m Wool Lea at Upton Ma aach setts
■where the home of the parent' a mainta ed In the r
fam ly were two children Al e 4. now Mr Day d
Col 0 d 1 ng at Upton and V. alia e W
The latter after n a ter ng the branches of learn ng
ta gl t n the p bl e schools entered the Worcester
Polvte hn e Inst t te and st 11 later became a student
n the Un e s tj of M ch gan from wh h he waa
graduate! n IJl*! upon the corpplef on of a ourse n
meehan eal eng neer ng He at rted upon 1 s pro
feaa onal care r with the \ an Ble k M tor Company
of Monroe M oh gan as fact rv eng er and re
n amed w th th s con pany for a year He next ae
cure! a poa t on w th tie S mplei: Auto noble Com
p nv of New Brunsw ck New Jersey aa asa stint
ch ef of tool des gn on the product tm of fore gn aero
plane m tors and there he also rema ned fOr a vear
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In 1917 he eame to Detroit and waa engaged m prjvate
development work, as an engineer until April, igi"),
■when he organized the Engineering Service Corpora
tion, consulting engmeprs <<pecializing and deaigiiing
and developing eari, track a iiid tractors In 1921
he formed his present connection with the Four Wlieel
Hydraulic Brake Company
On the 15th of r.o\ember, 1^5, Mr Tuttle wis
married to Misa Marjorie Fitch at Lanamg Michigan,
daughter of the Hon Ferna 8 Fitch, atate ^upecm
tendent of educition ind a prominent editor ind
educator of the atate Mrs Tuttle la a gra ludte of
the University of Michigan and a ladj of mnite
cnltnre and refinement as well ni of liberal school
training To Mr and Mra Tuttle has been born a
son, Henry A (II), whose birth occurred m Detroit,
August 4, 1917
In hia political vk«'5 "Mr Tuttle la a rcpublitan
He belonga to thi Masrnic fraternitj ind his mem
berahip m Ionic Lodge of Taunton, Massachusetts,
and Washtenaw Chipter, No 6 R A M , at Ann
Arbor He is also i member of the Misonic Country
Club, was elected to Sigma Xi, the honorary sci
eatifle fraternity, and is a member of the Society
of Automotive Engineers
HARRY EAPH^EL MILLER wis born on a farm
near Anohorville Michigan, September Q, 1S31 being
the thirl aon ot John P ind M4deline (Jacobs) Miller
The father, also a native of Michigan, waa a like
captain and at the same xime supervised and manage!
his farming interests He becime the owner of several
Tesaela on the lakea mi Mas alwiya in cnmmand of
these He removed with his family to Eichmoad,
Michigan, when hia son Harry wis about four \ears
of age ind the latter there obtuned a puHic school
education In 1S96 hP iccompanied his pireata to
Detroit where he finished hia education and became
the assistant of hia brother, Prank P Miller ■when the
latter undertook the manufacture, operation and sale
of -vending machines ind cish regiatera The com
bineil enterprise and energy of the brothers made the
buainesa a profitable one and when it waa soli m
1909, Harry R Miller entered the empky of the Cable
Piano Company of Detroit and Chicagw, acting as
manager of one of ita factory branchea For five
years he was thus connected with the bnsineas but
resigned his position to become ag^m associated with
his brother, being made secretary and treasurer of
the Frank P Miller Real Estate Exchange, and has had
entire supervision of the sales force and of the ad
vertising m both of which he has displayed such
originality, imtiati^ e and enterprise as to produce
most marvelous and desirable results Opportunity
need never knock at his door but once, for to its
call he makes immediate response It vias it this
time that he entered a field fur which he wis par
tienlarly well qualified From each experience in
life he has learned fie lessons therein contiinpl ind
he has dene moat effe<ti\B work as supervisor of the
sales force, which has been developed until the firm s
emplojes now number between four and five hundred
While the main ofSie la located in the downtown dis
trict, there are branch ofiieea maintained at various
joints throughout the city and many subdivisions
hiie been openol up ind de^iloped, H R Miller
1 aving chirge of the sales which have been promoted
and conducted with the assistance of the large force
ot employes Mr Miller has the faculty of calling
torth the best in those m his service and of develop
iQg their abilitj to an unusual point Thej recognize
that cooperation mth him means their advancement
and promotion as opportunity ofiera Another branch
of the business under the direct control of H It
Miller la the advertising and in this connection he
I as advanced some very original and unique ideas
which have brought attention to the property handled
1\ the company, producing aplenlid reaults m salea
Not only la H B Miller the aecrttary ind treisurer
of the Prank P Miller Eeal Estate Exchange but alao
holds a similar poaition with the Frank P Miller
Land Company, the Frink P Miller Investment &
Homes Company, the Frank P Miller Building Com
pany ind the Bendi Park Lind Company Btsidea
King a atockholder in the ab^ve mtntioned companies
he IS also i at oik holder in aeveral other companies
whuh he hds helped to pnmote Hia mfiuence over
employes is a moat potent torte in developing sojnd
businoa'i principle a, honest dealing and gentlemanly
deportment The firm has ever held to the highest
standards in its personnel and the treatment accorded
pitrons, and efficiency and faithfulness on the pirt
of employes are never overlooked or forgotten by
the members of the company they represent Asso
tiated with his brotlar, Frank P Miller, he has made
the Miller Real Estate Exchange the equal of that
uf any real estate concern of Detroit, with no superior
On the 11th of Mav, IMS, Mr Miller was united in
marriage to Miss Frances Roberts, a daughter of
Nelson L Roberts, i prominent real estate man of
Port Huron, Michigan Both of Mr and Mrs Millers'
daughters have paaaed away Their religious faith
IS indicated m their connection with the Roman
Catholic Church of the Annunciation and Mr Miller
belonga alao to the Knights of Columbus, to the
Wolverine Automobile Club, the World g Salesmanahip
Congress, the Detroit Automobile Club, the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks ind the Board of Commir(,e
Ho greatly enpys motoring and jathtmg and turns
to these for recreation, ani as opportunity jermita
he tngages m travel, having visited many ot the
most important pi ints of interest in the United States
PENNINGTON McKEE COMPANY One of De
troit s leading industrial enterprises is the Penning
tonMtKee Oonpan^ engaged in the manufacture of
tents, awnings and all kinda of canvaa covers The
business was c stal lislied m 1398 <ind paaaed mto the
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1 anda ot its present onneis m 190" In the following
I tar the business was incorporated and as the years
ha^e passed it has enjoyed a healthful and continuous
growth having n w reiched extensive proportions ow
ng to the aupenonti of tl e output and the progres
sne methods ind straifchtfornard dealing which haie
it all times eharittenzcd the husmess transietions f
thB firm In 18"*^ they were 4«arded tie government
contract for tents to he use i in the Spanish Ameriu-jn
«ar ind ilso supplied the government with tenta for
uie during the Worll war The Pennington MoKee
Lompanj ranks mth the leading manufacturing enter
I ri*"ea ot this ehar^eter m the state ind its present
fiieers are Frank L Pennington, president, Chirles
W Pennmgtun iice president and William H Pen
u ngton sei,retarj md treisurer Ail are progressive,
pnergetie and caj:ible busines*" men and in eommerciil
ireles of Detroit their standing is of the highest
Frank C Pennington the president of the companj
«as torn in Palmei'iton n the province of Ontario
CinaiT a aon ot John W ani Zellia C (Hinslej)
Pennington who crossed tie border into tie United
Stites ind became resi tents of "jrosse lie Michigan
Tihen their son Prank C, was but four years ot age
He ittended the pul fie schools of Detroit to the age
of eleven years and was then obliged to seek employ
nient oning to his fathers demise Hia first posi
tun waa thit of oaah bov and m 18<>8 he began learn
ng the tent and awning mtnufaetunng buainess \ntii
tl e company of wl leh he la now president and with
ihich he has since been connected He has t thorough
kn wleJge of everj phase of the business ind is well
qualified to guide thi deat niea of the extensive under
taking of which ho is now the heid displaying marked
exei-utive ability initittive and enterprise
Frank C Penningt n wis united in mirriage to
Miss Josephine N Neill and they have man3 friends
n the Lity He is a stanch republican in his political
news and his rehgioua faith iB indicated by his mem
bcrship in the ^ estminster Presbyterian church He
IS a member of the Westminster Club of that church
and fraternally la identified with the Masons belong
mg to Highlinl Park Lodge F t A M , to Mich
igin Sovereign Consistory A % A S B m which
he 1 aa atttmed the thirtv second degree and to
Moalem Temple of the Mvstic fehrine In his busineas
areer he demonstrates what it is possible to ac
omplish through determine 1 effort w aelv directed
Forced to aeek his own livelihood at the early age of
leven yeara he his worked his way steadily upward
prompted thereto tv a laudable ambition and he now
ranks with the foremost business men of Detroit
His brother Chirles W Pennington the vice pres
ilent of the company was born at Grosse lie Mich
igan and acquire 1 his education in the schools of De
tr( it He also started out in life as a cash boy and
was employed m various capacities until WOS when
i e joined tl e tompani which he now represents He
n an expert cutter an! much of the success of the firm
IS attributable to his untiring eff rts anl lose applici
Charles W Pennington was united in marriage to
Miss Goldie I Pice and they have become the pir
ents of a aon, Wildo Friternally he is identified with
the Misons belonging to Zion Lodge F & A M
and he is ilso connected with the Independent Orier
f Odd PellowH, his membership being with Jubilee
Lodge of which he is past grand master As the
irchitert of his own fortunes he has builded wisely
and well an 1 he ranks with the prom nent business
men ind progressive citizens of Detroit
^\ lUiam H Pennington who is setretary and treas
urer of the company wis born in Paislev Ontario
Cinada and was bi\ years ot age at the time of the
removal of the fimilv to Grosse lie Michigan He
attenied the public schools of Detroit to the age of
twelve years and then startel out in the world on
1 la own account working first as task boj, after
whiLh he became an eleiitor operator and later stock
man with a dry goods i ouse feubaequently he entered
the drug and chem tiil department of Parke Davis
^ Company, with wh m he remiineJ f r eleven yeirs
on the expiration of which period he assumed his pres
ent duties in connection with the Pennington McKee
fomianv of which he had been a large stockl older
for some tune He la iblv cinng for the interests
under his charge, devoting every effort to the further
expinsion of the business ind his activities have been
pndu t ve of excellent results
William H Pennington was united in marr age to
Miss Jennie M Patterson, and they have become the
pirents of a daughter ^ irginia C He is a faithful
and consistent member of tl e Jefferson ivenuL Pres
bytenan church and fraternally is identified with the
Masons belonging to Detroit Lodge No 2, F i, A
M and is also a member of the Maaonic Country
Club He IS numbered amonj, the self made men of
Detroit who owe their advancement and prosperity
directly to their own efforts for he started out m life
empty han led and by perseverance and diligence has
r en to a position of prominence in manufacturing
circles of Detroit
ALBERT E DWIEE another member of the well
known Dwv er family which his been prominent for
many years in the social ind industrial life cf the
citv 18 1 natue of Detroit born October 3 1881 a
son f James anl Susan (Lane) Dwyer
Mr Dwi er was educated in the parochial schools
in the Central high school and m Detroit College
the latter an academic institution Following the
close of lis coUeg lourse he traveled extensively
with hia parents thus augmenting his educational op
portunities with the experiences inseparable from
travel On his return to Detroit Mr Dwver entered
the employ of the Peninsulai Stove Company he
started at the bottom learning the details incidental
to the manufacture f staves ind was gradualU pro
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meted stcj, b^ step in the biainess uut 1 le reache I
the position of purchiamg igent lu 1911 tl e duties
of whith. etill devolve upon him His efi rta and
practical kntwledge of the trade have been a strong
factor in the ateadj flucress of the mannfaetunng
establishment and like hs wtrrth^ father lefore 1 ini
the keenness of his interest in the business is born
ot a natunl love for tbe work
Albert E Dwver h-is never so ight politieil prefer
ment but has supptrted the dumoLratie party very
consiatentiv He is a member of the Detroit Club
In uvic ifEnirs Mr Dwver has always been a willing
supporter of those thing'i Vihi h tend to pr m te tht
weltire of the
S irt Fir
H4WS0N BLAINE H4EMUN one of tie best
known and most sueeessful of the -vonnger buimess
men Lonnected with realty jnti-reats m Detro t was
born m Chuago Illinois Seitember 6 18S4 and is
of English lineage the line being traced back to John
Harmon who was lorn m England in 1617 and be
came one of the early colonists of Springfield Missa
chuietts The parents of Bawson B Harmon were
Benjamin Franklm and Fannv (Tuttle) Harmon the
former a native of the state of New York while the
latter was born in Milwaukee "Wisconsin Following
their mainage thev removed to Ch cago where the
father was suceesafulh engaged in the grain uommia
sion business for a considerable period and there
passe 1 awav He was a member of the Chicago Board
of Tra le and recognized as one of the prominent busi
ness men of that cit^ 4mong his other b ismess m
terests he owned and operated a large stock firm near
Trenton Hlinois He was a veteran of the Cml war
having SPr\ed with the rank of maj r in the One
Hundred and Fortieth New 1 ork Eegiment with
which he fought throughout t! e period of hoitilit os
aa a member of the Armv of the Potomac and was
wounded m the Battle ot Gettysburg and in the Battle
of the Wilderness Hi™ widow auriivea and residea
m New lork city Thei were the parents uf three
children Mabel who is deceased Frances M livmg
in the eastern metropolis and Bawson B
The last named attended the graded schools of Chi
eago and was a high school pupil there Subseqnently
he became a student in the Detroit University School
and was graduated with tl e class of 1905 Ee next
entered the ITniveriit^ of Michigan in which he spent
two years pursuing a course in cle tncal engineering
He afterward entered into the 1 isiness of ele tncal
contracting under the firm name ot MeClearv Hirmon
k Company and was thuf engaged from IQO" until
I%Q when he sold out in order to concentrate his
efforts and attention npon the real estate business
■which he conducted m a general wav while specializ
ing in the handling of subdivisions His operations
have been earned on under hia own name and that of
the Harmon Williams Compani He has handled much
property at Birmingham and Grosee Pointe The
Lompinv tonlrola one t the largest
subd visions of this section Mr Harn on is a director
and the secretary of this company als assistant aec
retan and treasurer of the \illage Homns Company
and treasurer of the Birmingham Estates Company
He has thoroughly informed himself concerning irop
erty valies m and i ear Detroit and is able to speak
with authontj upon anj question relative to real
L'tate transactions here
On the 8th of October 190S Mr Harmon was mar
ried to Miss Marv Boby Waldo a daughter of Mr
and Mrs Lewis C Waldo Her father who was presi
dent of the ^hito Star line of steamers retentlv
passed awav He is mentioned at length on another
page of this work The period of his residence in
Detroit covered three decaies and ttr more than a
third of a century his name waa prominently knrwn
in connection with maritime interests Mr and Mrs
Harmon have bt ome parents of one son Eaws n E
Jr who was bora in Detroit July 28 1913 ojid is
now a pu] il m the public schools
Mr Harmon is well known m club circles being
a director an 1 secretary of the Oakland Hills Country
Club a member of the University Club the Detroit
Country Club the Detroit Athletic Club and the Tim
veraity of Michigan Club He has membership with
the Sons of the American Revolution which indicates
his descent from one of the heroes m the war for
independence and also belongs to the Loyal Legion
During the World war he was a member of the Quar
termaster Corps being commissioned a second lieu
tenant and stationed at Port Sheridan Illinois In
politics he IS a i regressive repuHiean alert to the
interests and opportunities of citizenship an 1 ever
seeking the public welfare His religious faith is that
of the Presbyterian church and he has membership in
the loung Men s Christian Association Determma
tion and energy are dominant factors m his career and
through the possession of these qualities hia tourse
has been marked by steady progress that has brought
him to an enviable position among the prominent
real estate men of the city Today he controls exten
sivt and import int interests and his labors j.ro of a
character which contribute to the welfare and uybuild
ing of Detroit as well as to the adv aneement of hia
individual fortunes Mr Harmon s residence is at No
383 Washington roal Grosse Po nte ^ illage His sum
mtr home is on his farm in Bloomfield Hills
4CADEM1 OF THE 8ACBED HE4ET Over
scventv 3 ears ago the Religious ot the Saerei Heart
at the invitation rf Mr and Mrs Antome Beau 1 1 en
and with the approval of the bishop Bt Bev P P
Lefevre first came to Detroit tcr devote themselves
to the education of our youth itter a few weeks
spent as the guests of their benefactors they opened
their first convent in June I80I m a small frame
house on Tefferson avenue but the following year
the numl ir f their pupils required them t rent a
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larger building In ISoi i property called Elmwood
was purchased md there the boarding and dav sihools,
IS ilso the free school, increased in numbers and
the foundatiLUs were laid on which have been built
up the present flourishing academies on Lawrence
a^ enue and at Groaae Pointe, m which ideal location
the boarding school was established in 1S85
After 1 few years at Elmwood, hiving obtained a
ilcar title to the property sitmted lu Je&erson avenue
ind Antoiae street bo generously donated to the So
cietv of the Sicred Heirt, the Religious were able
to transfer their growing works to the former Beau
bien residence and there to erect, in 1861, the large
Lonveat which for over halt a century wis a land
mark in v,i at wis at thit time the favorite residentiil
section of the citv, but which the industrial ictiiities
ot retent loars concerted into a purely business center
Thm it WIS that the property on Lawrence avenue
«ai purchased and there, in 1918, the preient spacious
Academy of the Sacred Heart was opened
From the early da^s of the ftnindation to the pros
int time the Catholics of Detroit hue shown their
ifpreeiation ot the strong mental and moral education
fpcured by their daughters under the gentle hut firm
training of the Religious The first school registers
record the following names among many others equally
well known Godfroy, Cole, Provencal, Piquette,
Gaf,nier, Brennan, Van Dyke, Pitcher, Elbert, Davis,
Cii-otte, Holbrook, Beanbien, Hall, Moran, Chapoton,
Marum Bull Dubois, Pljnn, Campau, Ives, O'Brien,
EJliot, St Aubin, Connor Palmi Lewis, Baby,
O'Flynn, Einpelle Brodhead, McBntee, Willis, Du
eharme, Bradford, Larned Peltier and Flatten
To one not acquainted with the life led by the
Editions — a life cf prayer combined with intellectual
activity — it could hardly seem credible that their in
fluenee should be so far reaching and so prcductiie
of fruitful results, but many a woman, old and young,
of our city and our state realizes tl at her happiness
and her uaefulnefs m life are due to the principles
with which she was imbued m girlhood at the consent,
where she learned to be "very mntrcent very strong,
and determined to do something for God in her life "
It IS not only upon the daughters of the rich that
the Eeligious lavish their intellectual and spiritual
gitts but they stretch out to the children of all classes
— witness the Sicilian school on Jefferion avenue —
an! indeed to the women of all classes, tor by means
of Eetreats an! other works of zeal they are ready to
proi ide special help for special needi to all with whom
they come in contact
JOSFPH KINNELL formerly well known as one
of West Detroit's leading building contractors and in
liter years actively connected with the development
of the West Jefferson and Eiver Rouge districts which
havt been converted into popular residential sections
of the citv and into thriving manufacturing centers,
«as born in Onllia Ontario, June 7 1862, his parents
being Ziblin and EliEabeth (Annia) KmneU, the for
mer a native of Clayton, New York, while the latter
was born in Ohio Both became residents of Conaii
in early life and there became acquainted and were
married They afterward removed to Caro, Michigan,
where Mr KmneU purchased a farm, and in the course
of years he was reckoned as one ot the most progres
sive and successful agriculturists of that section of
the stite For twenty eight years he engaged in
farming in that locality and at lt.ngth passed .iway
at Caro His widow surmes and ii now a resident of
Detroit In their family were seven childrtn, tour
of whom are still living The others in addition to
Joseph Emnell are Mrs Ella De May, of Detroit,
John Eichaid, living at Grande Prairie, Alberta Can
ada, and William H, whose home is in Saskatchewan,
Canada
Joseph Kmnell spent his bo>h5od as a public schtoi
pupil and as a farm bred lad, working in the fields
through vacation periods and after his school days
nere over until bis twentieth year He then began
learning the carpenter's trade and in 1882 he took
up the business of contracting and building, whuh he
fcllowed first at Caro', Michigan, and afterward in
Detroit Many prominent buildings in this city are
monuments to his skill and ability and one o£ De
troit s finest public school structures was erected under
contract which Mr Emnell secured He continued in
the business until 1Q02, when he gave up contracting
and building and turned his attention to real estate
and to home building in what was then the village
at Delrav and is now the Delray district of Detroit
He began the improvement of this section on West
Fort as far out as the Eiver Bouge, which it that
time was a vast stretch of waste land, but through
his activities and progressive business methods it has
beiome one of the thickly populated sections of the
city Mr Kinnell has developed more property and
has erected and sold more homes there than any other
realty man in the cit\ He has also de\ eloped and
sold for the Woodmere Eeal Estate Company the
Woodmere subdivision, which is a large residential
section at Ei\ er Rouge He has closely studied
conditions, has foreseen the growth and development
of the city and m his real estate activity has prepared
fur the changes which ha\e occurred By reason of
his sagacity and enterprise he has gained a prominent
pi ice among those who have handled realty in De
Mr Kinnell has also figured prcrminentlv in connee
tion with public office and public welfare He has
filled a number of important positions of public trust
since becoming a resident of the Delray district on
West Fort street He was for two terms president of
the village erf Delrav before its anneitation to Detroit
and for several terms he served as the treasurer of the
Sprmgwells school board His actiyities have ever
been resultant factors m the way of progress and im
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The pleasant homo life of Mr. KinnfiU ha^l if' be-
ginning in hia marriage on the 22 d of April, 188*, to
Miaa Lillie Jane Havena, of Caro, Mielugan, daughter
of Mr. aad Mra. William J. Havena, formerly residentB
of Eocheater, New York, whenee they removed to
Caro in 1880, Mr. and Mra. Kinnell now have three
children: Eena A., born in Caro in 1887; Lester J.,
born in Detroit in November, 1880; and Tola W., born
in Detroit in October, 1S90. All have attended the
graded and high achoola of Detrnit. Lester J. married
MisB Joaephine Hiller, of thia city, and tlvej- have three
children, Janette May, Joseph L. and Veruioe, all born
in Detroit. The father of this little family group is
engaged in buaineaa in this city. The second son,
Tola W. Kinnell, married Miss Sent a L. Eohde, of
Midland, Michigan, and their two children are Mar-
garet Jane and Lisbeth Ann.
Mr. Kinnell is identified with Detroit Lodge, No. 2,
r. & A. M., and has attained the thirty-second degree
of the SeottiBh Bite m the Michigan Hovereign Con-
sistory. He ia alao a member of Moslom Temple of
the Mystic Shrine and he belonga to the Knighta of
Pythiaa. Hia interest in community afEairs is shown
in his active connection with the Detroit Board of
Commerce and religiously he is identified with the
Methodist Episeopai church. Hia interests are broad
and varied and his energies have ever been directed
into thoae channels through which flow the greatest
good for the greatest niimher. His life has been well
Spent, actuated by high ideals and guided by worthy
principles which have made him a man nhom to know
OEEN RCOTTEN. Not only in the development of
the western end of the city but of the central busi-
ness portion, as well, ia the name of Scotten prominent.
Daniel Scotten, whoae tobaccos were known from one
end of the United States to the other, and whoae real
estate enterpriaes were talked of in Detroit and across
the river, had an able lieutenant in his nephew, Orpn
Scotten, who not only carried the mantle oast npon
his shoulders by Daniel Scotten, but wrested from the
tobacco trust the Scotten plant, reatored to Detroit
a moat important induatry and carved for himself a
niche in the hall of local fame.
Born at Palmyra, New York, July 15, 1850, tlie son
of Walter and Almeda (Parker) Scotten, when a young
child Oren Scotten came with his parents to Quincy,
Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He
came to Detroit when about sixteen years of age and
entered the tobacco business with his uncle, Daniel
Scotten. He learned the business thoroughly in all
departments and was a trusted aide to the originator
of the immense business, and when about twenty-five
years of age took entire charge of the property. The
business was about to go under and his uncle told
him to take it and make what he could out of it. By
hard work and ceaaeleas effort he rebuilded it upon a
firm foundation and worked up a aplendid trade, a
trade that had never been excelled in the palmiest
days of the enterprise.
About three weeks before the death of his uncle,
Daniel Scotten, the business and plant were sold to
the American Tobacco Company and Oren Scotten tem-
porarily retired from active business life. In responae
to the earneat requeat of Detroit bnaineas men, and
from a feeling that the hundreds of employes would
be benefited bj- the reopening of the plant, which was
shut down when purchased by the American Tobacco
Company, he negotiated for the repurchaae of the plant
and formed what was then known as the Scott en-
Dillon Company. It was uniformly successful from the
start, and he continued in active charge of the busi-
ness up to the time of his death, which occurred Sep-
tember 23, 1906. The business, under the old name,
is still in active and successful operation.
Mr. Scotten, whose remains now rest in Woodmere
cemetery, was a prominent member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. He served as fire com-
missioner and waa much interested in the department,
doing a great deal toward bringing it up to its present
splendid atate of efficiency. He waa also a valued
member of the Detroit Board of Estimates. His re-
ligious faith was that of the Baptist church, and he
was greatly interested in all benevolent and charitable
work, being a liberal contributor in that direction.
On May 15, 1873, Mr. Scotten was united in marriage
to Mary Clark McGregor, daughter of Alexander and
Bebecca (Brown) McGregor, who were both born at
Glasgow, Scotland. As a result of this happy union
eight children were born as followa; Bebecca, wife of
Dr. Angua McLean; Walter, a vice president of the
Scot ten-Dillon Company; Bessie Marjorie, who married
Edwin R. George; Daniel, of Detroit; Marion Clark,
who married Harold H. Emmona; Oren, who died at
the age of thirteen years; Priaeilla, the wife of Armin
A. Darmataetter, and Eobert McGregor, who is in the
L'. 8. Diplomatic Service.
Mrs. Seiitten has been a resident of Detroit since
1873, and baa lived in her preaent stately mansion
for twentj- years, ever since it was built under the
personal direction of Mr. Scotten. It is situated in the
central front of five and one half acres of land and
is considered the finest residence in the west end of
the city. ,
Mr. Scotten 's death was sudden and unexpected. He
was seized with an attack of pneumonia when out
with a hunting party about forty miles north of Perth,
New Brunswick, which resulted fatally. The Detroit
Pree Press in commenting upon the death of Mr.
Scotten, says: "From the starting point of nothing
for capital excepting pluck and sense, he reached the
rank of millionaire, of an esteemed citizen and brilliant
business man. He was the first man at work in the
factory in the morning and the last to leave at night,
thus developing a knowledge of tobacco that excited
the admiration of the growers, expert in all respects.
In addition to hia intereat in political and municipal
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affa TB he win devoted to art and a thorough sports
n a H s beaut ful home on Fort street b tiled with
art treasures sk ns and other troph es ot the chase
Mr Sootten held the pres dency of the fire eomn iss on
fo two J ears and there wis a genu ne fr endsh p
between h m ind the men He wis un veraally liked
nil respected and h s loss a ser ous one t the c t
of Detroit
DARIUS II LEAN For t ent t o joars Danus
AIcLem h'iB been engag d n the man ticture ot per
fumes n Detro t ind has bn It up a bus n sa of es
tens e propo t ons wh le the super or qual ty of h 3
product ha^ I rcn ght h n var ous pr zes n leading
e\pos t ons of the vorld Mr McLean la of Lanid an
t rtl the pla e of h a nat v ty be ng Oiley Ontar o
and the date tl e 13th of October 18bl H a parents
ere Jacob and Anna Angel ne (Beeman) McLean
ind wh !e sjend ne h s jouthful days n the r home
1 e attended tl e publ c schools erf Detro t for the
m Ij removed to th a c ty wl en he was a j outh of
F r two years Mr MeLetn waa a stud nt a. ths
Belle ue P! armaev School of New York c ty and n
18 4 he entered the en ploy of E N L ghtner &. Com
p ny pertum n anufaoturers ot Detro t w th whon
J rema ned for twentj s x yeara or until 1900 whe
he estabi ahed bui ness on h s ow acco nt as i minu
fi turer of perfumes In 190 the bus ness wis ab
Borled by the Allan Pfe ffer Cinpany of bt Louis
d Mr McLean became general maniger thereof
He ha*i concentrated hs efforts an I at tent on upon
tl 1 bus nesa throughout all tl e nter e ng veara and
I <ia atta ned i pHce f leadersl p in th s connect on
H voB the grand pr ze for perfumei at the Ly s ana
lur hase Expos t on held n St Lou a n 1904 anl at
tl e Par a Expos t on of 1911 I e alao ga n 1 tl e grand
pr ze aa ell as tl e gold n eial for h a regular 1 ne of
I erfumea He ren a ned n St L u a u t I 190S when
he returned to Detro t and here eatibl ahed the M
L in Laboratory of 'wh oh he ^ the ^ole owner H a
I u neas a now one of estens ve and ^''^t ty ng pro
p rt ona a i the 1 gh quaiit of products n an f e
ture 1 nd handled by the eompan places Mr Mc
Lean n a po t on of leaderal p n h s el osen I ae of
lu? neas He a alao a ci rect r of the Standard Sa
SI & Lo n Bank and a regarl 1 aa a moat progrea
e busmeaa n an
Mr McLean hai been marr ed tw ee He first
wedded En Iv E Sprague v,ho paaaed awav n ISQ"
I aving two eh Idren Will am W Ibur and Gertrude
sho a the w dow of E Morr s Mendle wl o d ed n
March IS^l SI e a u otl er of t o ch Idren Eaymonl
nd V rg n a On the 3d of October 1894 Mr Mc
Lean was marr ed to Cora Gatea Da\ es H s son
W 11 am W Ibur McLean stud ed electr cal eng neer
ng and becan e a aa lor on tl e Croat Lakes Ee pur
ued a CO rse n nav gat on and when the TJn ted
f tei enterei tl e Worll v r 1 e became an officer n
the transport service c ' ng to the rank ot second
ofB-oer He d d n ch transport dutv ficat on the
Atlant and then on the Med terranean aea and after
tl e war he took p farn ng n Essex co nty Ontar o
Lanaia where he s now lo ated He n irr ed Effie
Monnier of Kalamazoo M eh gan Th a the son re
turned to the land vh ch was the home of h s fore
fathers for Ti omas McLean the grandfatl er of
Dar us McLean and three pre ous generat ons had
1 ved n Cana la The family co nea of Scotch an
cestry and vas or ginallv from tl c island of Mull on
wh ch the anc ent f rt lurround d bT a moat has
1 een repa red and con erted nto a caatle bj tl e
present McLean o ner The Been an tam ly from
yhom Dar us McLean is descended n tl e m terml
1 ne was ne of tl e ol lest f am 1 cs of Ne v England
the fir t anceator com ng to th s countr from Eng
Mr McLean haa held to tl e rel g ous fa tl of I s
forefathers and a a zealous and loval member of tl e
Ep scopal church m wh cl he 1 aa aerved aa vestry
man for a n n her of years H s pol t cal support is
g ven to the repuH can partv and fraternally 1 c 3 a
Maaon belong ng to Pr endah p Lodge F & 4. M
K ng Cyr s Chapter RAM Damascua Con n and
er K T M ch gan S vereign Cona atorv and Moa
lem Temple of the M st e Shr ne He 1 kewiae be
longs to the D oceaan Cl b anl to the Detro t lacht
Club wh eh nd cates aon eth ng ot the nature f h a
reereat on h s per oda of d vers on 1 e ng al aya
g ven to mar ne aporta and interests
JAMES EDC YB a? a prom uent ta tor n the
b a ness c rcles of Detro t where he became exten
s vely engaged n handing sugar and was also a
d rector of the F rat Nat onal Bank He ad anced
at ad ly in h s bus ness career by reason of the p s
aeaa on of thoae qual f es wh ch are always easent il
to a c esa — enterpr se anl de term mat on Mr Edgar
was horn ear Kalamazoo M h gan May IC 1845 a
son ot W II am Henr an 1 Mar3 (Eabeock) E Igar
He obta nel h a earl edu at on in the publ o s 1 oola
of Kalamazoo anl was prcjared for college under
pr vate tutora He cxpe ted to enter lartmo th C 1
lege b t ow Qg to a I anco n h a father a bu ne a
arr ngementa the flan was abanloncd He waa a
man of hroad ani 1 beral culture and tl rougl out h a
ent re 1 fe he read broadlv thought deeph and fo nd
keen pleas re n h s aasoe at on w th men of master
m nds
It was n 18fl that h s father removel to Detro t
anl here engaged n tl e sugar business Jan ea Edgar
I cepted a poa t on w th the firm of K C Barker &
Con pany tobaecon ats w th w! om he rema ned for
e ght Tears On the exp rat on of that jer od he
entered into partnerah p w t) ha father They were
first locate i m a store on Jefferson avenue where
the rema ned for some t me and as the ban
gre y and n ore space was need d a atore was b It
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for them on Atwater street where thej ren am«d f r
nnny jears finally removing tw tie location on West
JefEeraon a\enue where they were d ing business at
the time of Mr E Igar a deatl In the leg tiniate
lines of commercial aetnity he won aulatantial sue
cess and was rei^ognized aa one ot the representative
merchants of the titj
On the 5th of January 1970 in Levington Ken
tuckj Mr Edgar waa miined to Miaa Mari Goodloe
a daughter ot Julge William C Goodloe a dia
tinguished resident of that eitj lad 4.1mira (Ousley)
Goodloe Two ehillren were born of thia marriage
Bess e Edgar, who died May 1 1893 ind Glutton
Coodloe Edgar who matr ed Mnry McComia and hdS
two children James Elgir and Katharine McComas
Edgar
When St John a Ep stopal ehurth wia a chapel on
High street Mr Edgir became a member tl ereot and
in fact was identifted witl the church from ita organ
ization He served aa \estnman and did everything
in his power to promote ita growth and extend ita in
fluenee Hia polit al allegnnce waa given to the
demoeratn. partj until the progressive repuhhein
movement waa instituted when he became a follower
thereof being a warm admirer of Theodore Eoosevelt
0 MAURICE STAPPOEB M D Among the leid
ing representat i ea i f the medical fraternity of De
troit IS numbered Dr C Maurice Stafford who is ape
eiahzing m aurgical wirk in which he has been very
aueeessful the hat of his patients being an eitensne
ooe He was born in Eases county n the province <t
Ontario Canada November" 1881 a aon of John and
Ida (WilJiama) Stafford the former of whom s now at
the head f the Commeri. ,il Engraving Companj
whoae ofBoes are located in the Mack Bulling of
Detroit
In 1885, when four veari of age Dr Stafford was
br ught bv his parents to Detroit and after completing
his public school education he entered the University
of Michigan wlere he pursued a bterary cour'je being
graduatel in 1904 with the A B degree He then
became a stulent in the medical lepartment of the
university where he remained two years then trans
f erring to the Detroit College of Me heme where he
won his M D degree in 1906 In the following year
the Master of Arts Jegree wai conferred upon him by
the University of Detroit He thua entered npon the
work of his profession well equipped bv a broad and
liberal education and for two vears was interne at bt
Mary s Hospital of Detroit, acting as chief of the
house staff during the see<nd year He spent some
years in Saskatoon in the province of Saskatel ewan
Canada serving as health officer anl also conluctmg
the filtration plant there He is now specializing m
surgical work his ability being attested m the large
practice accorded him and f r sixteen years he baa
follows I his profession gaming 1 road experience anl
ilso promoting h s eflic enn througl wide reading and
Dr Stafford was united in marriage to Miss Pannie
Cottom, a member of an old familv of thia citj and
they have become the parenta of four children Valma
( harlotte Claude Maurice Jr Bobert Cottom and
Frederick Charles
Diring the Worll war Dr Stafford served for a
J en 1 of eleven months n the Med cal Corps of the
Canadian arni> thus rendering valuable serv ce to the
allies anl also adding to his professional skill He
keeps in touch with the alvancement that is contmu
ally being male along medical and surgi al lines
through his membership in the Wayne County MiLh
gan State and American Medical \asociati ni the
Society of American Bacteriologists and the American
College of Surgecns He is t member of the Phi Beta
Phi fraternity and is a prominent Mason ! elonging
to Palest ne Lodge, F & A M Palestine Chapter E
M Detroit Commandery K T Michigan Sever
which he has at
and Moslem Ttmple
member of
0 gn Consistory A S, A
t line 1 the tl rty "lecond degr(
A A 0 N M S
Dr Staff rd is a faithful ai
Crate Episc pal church and an tLt ve wtrker ii its
1 half haiing been identified with the cl urch since
its establishment on tl e tth ot Miy 191" as a miss on
He was one of the organizers of the parish and is
serving as chairman of the finince committee raisin„
all but three thousand dollars of the neeessari finds
for its upbuilding Land was pur based upon whii,h
was erected a fine parish house costing eighty five
tl ouaand dollars anl there is also a beautiful chapel
and a guild r on The parial has enjoyed a phenom
enal growth and now has a membership of four hun
dred and fiftj Dr Staffer 1 aeryed as senior warden
f the church until January 1920 and is now a lestry
n an his efforts in ita behalf having 1 een effective
and resultant 4.S a member of the medical fraternity
he has attainel high rank among those whoae akiU
IS uniformh atknowlelged and his life has been one
of broad usifulness to his fellowmen for in every
relati n he 1 as measured up to the high ideala which
he has set up for himself
EMMET DWiEB \iee president anl factory man
ager of the Michigan Stove Gompauj and therefore
active in tl e control and regulation of most important
manufacturing and commer lal interests was born m
Detroit June 30, 1881 a son of Jerem ah and Mary
(Long) Dwver In the puiauit of his education he
won the Bachelor of Arts legree upon graduation from
the Univeraity of Detroit m 1901 and later entered
tl 0 Maasachusetta Institute of Technology which con
ferred upon him the Bachelor of Science degree upon
the completion of a course m mechanical engineering
as a member of the class f 1905 Two vears later,
or m 1907 he became identifiel with the Michigan
sto\L ( umpan> of wl ich his father was president
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JO I although starting in a mmor Lapieity he has
orkpd his wa> npwarl through all tie departments,
ItimatPly Ijeooming assistant suj.eriutendent. In 1912
( mas made vice president and fittory manager and
atill occupying tl is dual position As factory man-
j,er of the Michigan Sto\ e Company he had oversight
n± the munitions contract with the United States gOT-
rnioent in this plant They made sjx-inch trench
ortar shells ind were jioneera m the manufacture of
shell [f tlis Kiui in the United States. They also
a le furnaces ind hotel eq iipment tor cantonments.
In the report of Assistant Secretary of War Benedict
rowcll on American munitions it was said; "The
Ml hig'in Sto\e Company wis especially active in ini-
I roi ing methods for making those shells. ' ' Mr.
l>wver was a member of the Trench Mottar Shell
iisotiation anl wis appomtel one ot the committee
i two to study and report on methods of mortar
shell manufacture
On tie 18th of July 1912 Mr Dwjer was married
t Miss Mine E Wide of Philadelphia and they
live an extensive circle of friends in Detr) t Mr
Itwyer is well known in club circles havinj, member
ship n the X uiversitv Country and Hunt CIul s inl
he also belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon oi New
^ ork city and to the American Society of Mechanical
Lngmeers His religious faith is that of the Cathohi.
1 urch He is i member ot the Detroit Board of
mnmerce and is interested in ill ot the plana and
1 roiects of that organization for Detroit a upbuildinf,
I r the exteniion of its tride relitiona and the main
t ance of civic virtue ini eivio honor
FPMUND &. JONES CORPORATION The pro
1 ts ot the Edmund & Jones Corporation who are
vtiinaii ely eatibliahed ai manutacturers t limps
( nd a readv n irket in praet cally all corners of tl e
rl 1 and the m lustra is another of the large under
i k ngs m whick Detroit takes a just pride
The companv was originally organized as tl e Ed
und & Jones Mmutieturin^ Company lut in March
1^16 the title was ehlnged to thu Edmund t Jones
rporation due to the icquisition of subsidiary com
ni iLS Managing the affairs of tl is enterprising
trn are George F Edmund president Williim T
Innes vice president L H Bedford treasurer anl
^ E J<nes secretary md to these men is due the
ih Kmenil success which has attendel the develop
cut ot the lusmesa since ita inception in its present
Tl e Fdn i nd & Jones C rporation mmufacturei
1 1 1 s ot all kmda for use on lutomobilea tractors
T 1 motor b it« It em pi ova in avenge force of
c i,]it hundred and fiflv people who are alwiva busily
pn plowed It ahipa lamps all over the United States
cross the border to Canadi to Fnnce Italy and
ther European countries aa well as to countries out
le Europe ind its products find a ready market
I th n ac ount f excellence and adaptability The
busineaa, in common with so many others in this coun-
try, haa had a marvelous growth since 1915, and the
present outlook would seem to indicate that the Ed-
mund & Jones Corporation will handle a bigger volume
of trade when the existing unrest subsides.
The people of Detroit regard the men at the head
of this corporation as excellent citizens, animated by
one desire, which briefly stated, muans the com-
mercial development of Detroit as a manufacturing
center.
WILLIAM WHITNEY TALMAN, vice president
and treasurer of tlie Hoskins Manufacturing Company,
waa born in Detroit, July 14, 1878, a son of William
Swift and Suaan (Sawyer) Talman, both of whom
were natives of Boehester, New York. In early life
they came to Detroit, arriving about the year 1865.
The father here entered upon a general insurance busi-
ness which he conducted very successfully to the
time of his death in 18Q8, when he was fiftj sit years
of ago His widow survived him for a long period
! iBSiug away in Detroit m 1J14 at t! e age of seventy
SIX Thej ha 1 a family of five children four of whom
are living Mrs J Harrington Walker a resident of
Detroit Mra Mary T Sterling residing at Forrest
HUls Long lalind Mrs C F Krosa of Detro t and
Suaan Sawyer who was a twin of Willnii Wh tnei
and died in early lite
William W Talman attended the public schools an 1
after completing hia kigb school coi rae entered the
University of Michigan from whi h he was graduate!
on the completion of a course in mechinical engineer
ing in 1100 He then beci ne a representative of the
Development Company of 4merica a New York con
cern engage 1 m mining <! orations in Arizona Mr
Talman remained with the company for a year aa a
mining eng neer and on the expiration of that period
he discontinued that work and became aasociatel with
the railway supply business conducted hj the St
Louis Car Wheel Company He continued with that
corporation at St Louis for seven years and in 1909
was offered the position of sales manager witl the
Hosk ns Manufacturing Company of Detroit and a
few vej,rs later was made vice president ind treas
urer The Hoakins Manufacturing Company is en
gagtd m the manufacture of el ctnc furnaces pyrom
eters and rtsistante materials It occupies a largo
factory and oflice buillmg at 4445 Lawton avenue
The manufaet iring interests of the firm are carried
on from the time of recciv mg the raw material until
the finislied pro luct i' placed on the marktt The
build ng IS thoroughly modern in its equipment and
in Lvery particular and skilled workmtn arc em
ployed Mr Talman is also a director of the Walker
Metal Products Companj of Wilkirvilk Canada
On the 4th of Fohruary 191' Mr Talman was
married to Mias 4da Barber of Englewood New Tor
sey a laughter <f lames Barber and they have he
come ] arents of three aons WiUiam. Whitney born
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in Detroit, February 4, 1915; Janios Barber, born
August 10 1916 ■ and Thomas Sawver born May 14,
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In politics Mr Talnnn supports tliL republic in
party He is well ItafFwii in club circles having mem
berahip with the Detroit "UnneraitT Detroit Athletic
Country Indian Village anl Loehmoor Country
Clubs He ilso belongs to the Sigmi Phi a Greek
letter fraternity and to the Sons of tht \raerican
Eevolution, being eligible thereto beciuae of ancestral
connection in the patermi line with thi vir for in
dependence He is also a eonimunicant of Christ
Episcopil church and is interested in e\er> thing that
has to do with progress inl improvement along mj
terial intellectual socnl and moral lines The sterl
ing T\orth of his character la rpcognized by all who
come into contact with him and hia buiinesa isso
ci-ites class him with the most popular ind representa
tiie ■\oung nnnufactirerB of Detroit
JOHV J WALSH a well known in! successful
attornei of Detroit s i mtne of thia c-it\ He w iS
born July 28 1R"8 t son of John anl Mar^ (St-J k
pole) Walah The fither a native of Ireland, came
to America when but a lov of thirteen fir^t making
lis home with an aunt m ( hicago in whieh eitj he
resided for aeveral years Subsequently he came to
Detroit wtere he leirntd the cand> manufacturing
business and for i numt er of vears was connecte 1
with that industry He wis foreman for Thorpe &
Hawley also for Gray Tojnton & Fox both beinR
well known manufacturing firms of Dttroit Tohn
Walsh later followed the >usiness of a centra tor anl
subsequenth was in the grocLrv buoiness at 302
Muhigan avenue for more than twenty vears At
length he retired to private life and at the age of
seventy two vears is an exeeptionalli well preserved
man both mentally and phv^ieally His wite also sur
\nea and their six children are a credit to an^ parent
age In the order ot biith thev ate John J Mary
Philomena the wife of Professor D« Forest Stull f
the Marquette N rmal school Mrs James F Barrett
whose husband js mentioned elsewhere in this work
Mrs Katherine Rentro of Detroit Mrs WiUiam Cleary
ot Detroit and James E a real estate dealer of
Detroit
John J Walsh attendtd tie public and j aruihial
schools of Detroit also the Detroit Business College
before entering the Unuersitv of Detroit from whi h
he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts legree
in 1898 and Master of Arts degree m 190 1 He next
entered the Detroit College of Law and received his
LL B degree m 1903 from which tin e until Februarj
1906 he was a clerk in the assessor s office resigning
that position to engage in aetne practice with lames
E Pound Mr Walsh was with Mr Pound for o\er
two >ears wl en he entered the offices of Walker t
Sjaulding until becoming associated with Bobcrt
M Brownson at Pontiac Michigan In the Utter coi
r.ection Mr. ^\ 1 1 he attorney and assistant
purchasing ag t f th Flanders Manufacturing Com-
pany and lat I u att ney and treasurer of the
Oakland Mot Ca C up n at Pontiac for the Gen
era! Motors Con i ny M Walsh maintained his re
lationship with these companies until 1911 since which
time he has devoted himstlt to the general practice
of law his success being best attested by the high
class clientele he has acquired and retained Aside
trom his professional activities Mr Walsh is interested
in the real estate firm of Barrett & Walsh oomjrising
his brother in law James B Barrett and his brother
James E Walsh Thej atL sole owners of Harper
Avenue subdivisions Noa 1 and 2 and have met with
substantial sue ss in this connection
On April 29, 1911, Mr Walsh was married to Miss,
Chailotte Den t ij a uaugnter ot M J and Bride
Denned* tf Da\ton Ohio Mr and Mrs Wialsh have
fi\ e chil rin Charlotte Moiry, who was bom in
Pontiai- Michigan January 30 19 1- Bride Maty,
whose birth occurred at 1 ontiac Michigan Februar*
9 1913 John (III) who was born in Detroit May 28
VH5 Mark Denned* bori in Detroit January 18
IflS and James Viutent who was born in Detroit,
November 8 1930 Ihe religious taith of the family
IS that of thi. Boman Catt olic ch iich and Mr Walsh
IS a prominent member ot the Knights of tolumbus
cf which he la past chancellor and a member of the
fourth degree He 1 elon^s t the U D and D (_ L
alumni an 1 la a member of tl e Detroit Board f Com
raerce anl the Detroit and Miehigin State Bir Asso
ciationa
Dli Lli^NMNU H STiLES, a distinguished lepre
sentatne of the medical fraternitj of Detroit, mam
fests marked abilitj in the practice of his profession
and las also become well known as an instructor and
an internist He is a natue son of Detroit and comes
ot diatinguiahed lineage his ancestors being of Seotth
anl English descent, but the family in loth the pa
ternal and maternal lines I as been established in
America since pre Se\ olutionar* dai a His great
granifather tought under General Stark at the battle
of Bennington and a represmtative of the Cirpenter
(amih to which he is related on the distaff side
fought m defense of the colonies at the battle oi
Bunker Hill while Claries Sumner the distinguished
statesman was also d member of a I ranch of that
After completing his public scl ool education Chan
ning H Stiles entercl the Detroit Medical College
from which he was graduated with the dass of 1906
He at once entend upon the work ot his profession
and for fifteen years was an mstructor m the Detroit
Medical College specializing m diseases of the heart
and chest and also loing g neral el nioal work He
was most successful as an educator imparting clearly
and readily to others the knowlelge which he had
a quire 1 For fifteen veira he was ph>s!cian at Har
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jer Huspitil aud is now dtvofmg the ^^e^te^ pirt of
1 3 attention to his large pri^ite practice He is a
1 ler ot hia profession deeply interested in it^ stien
lit and humanitarian phases and his ■ibilitv haa
1 een constantly promoted not only bv experience but
Iv wiie reading and stndy, which have kept him
il reast with the advancement that is being contmu
llv made in the methods of medical and surgical
In June 1910 Dr Stiles was united m mirrnge to
Ml a Mirgaret Ha ipton of Listowel Ontario Clnadi
nd they hive miny friends in the city He s a
ilutd member ot the Wavne t-oTinty ind Michigan
State Medicil Soo eties and the tonsresa ot Internal
Medicine and is also connected with Phi Eho Sign a
r I silon, a college fr<itLrnit\ Fratemallv he is identi
f cd with the Masons belonging to City ot the Straits
lolge F & A M and to King Cyrus Chapter E 4
M His soeiil nature finds expression in hia member
ii ip m the Micl ig-ut Club and Botary Plub and he is
Ibo a member of the Spanish American War Veter
1 1 haMDo sir^Ll in that conflict as a prnate of
( ipan^ L Tl irti first Mi higin \ ol inteers He is
Ttremelv foni of children b rls and nature
THE CON\E^T OF THE S iCHED HEART at
( rosse Pomte Earins is one ot the n any sim \\i in
stitutions established throughout the world under the
(are of the Religious of the Sacrod Heart The So
lety ot the Sacred Heart was founded m 1800 by
BUasod Madeleine Sophie Barat and the education of
j,irls was undertiken is its ch ef w(rk In 188o the
Sgciety already well known m Detroit where Mother
Ilardey had opened i da> school in 18j1 founded a
I oirding school in the delightful suburb ot Grosse
1 uinte ten miles from the city A large farm which
1 rms pirt of the property furnished fresh fri it vege
tables and diirv prod icts so that the pupils enjoyed
ill the benefits of country life
Ii 1887 a piro hnl school was opened for the chil
Iren of the neighborhood The expenses of ma ntim
I g this school and its teachers of repairing and add
ng to the school builimgs as wint rf spice male it
eceasiry fell until witl n the lait few i eirs entirelv
ipon the nuns In 1899 the corner stone of the prett^
httle Gothic chapel was laid ind m 1^00 it was
1 lemnly eonseented by Right Reverend Bishop Folei
Now thit street cirs and autom biles hive la Ic com
unieation so eas^ it is diflcult for us to realize that
forty J ears ago Grosse Pointe was so inaccessible that
hildren placed at school in September often passed
peks without receiving a visit from their parents
The roals were too heivy with mud or inow to illow
1 cirriage to reach the convent But the life of the
111 Iren flowed leacefullv on with little interruption
from the great world outs le It was a happv life of
itudv and plav
The spirit has ntt changed with the growth of the
iti Simplicity and strength are still the d stiQCtue
marks umed at in Grosse Pointe is in ill tl e con
vents of the feociety The means employed m this
training of girls for their lite work as Christian women
are religious intellectual mi moral
A practical knowledge of their relig on and moral
tTiinmg hold the first rank The mtellectuil sile )f
the education given is general rather than special
aiming more it wominlj than at professional ex el
lence Wherever the sp nt of the Sacred Heart his
been understood the children cooperate fully with the
nuns in the miintenanoe of discipline ml i high
Stan lard of work
The plin of studies has not varied m essentials
s nee the opening of the sthciol in IBS'! but modifici
tions to meet the growin„ educaticnal deminls haxe
been introduced The class system is the basis of the
organization and all English subjects are taught by the
class mistress A lesson in Christ in doctrine is given
dailj and m the higher classes an elementary course
in Apologetics is added There is a four years course
in the elements of ph losoph^ melud ng outlines of
logic ethics psychology and some questions bised on
related branches of metaphysics In the lower classes
sacrei history Am rican English and ancient history-
arc tiught and then three vears are given to the
study of the Christian era — early mediaeval ind mod
em Great stress la laid on the teaching of the Eng
1 sh linguage and litent ire The literary side of edu
cition IS m fict considered to be of more intrinsic
worth ml e\en of greiter power in the guidance of
life since the qualities of mind which it develops have
a closer relation to real eipcr en e in most 1 les than
those proluced by science in so far as it is accessible
to girls I'rench f rms part of the general plan of
study other modern Imguages are tiught as the par
ents maj require The courses in Latin and mathe
raatics correspond with those followed m the piblic
high schools Nature studj and drawing are included
m the t,eneral curriculum f r the prepiratorj classes
Courses in chemistrv an! physics ire given m the
sen or school Needlework lessons ire given to all
The program of stulies aims at giv ng as complete an
introduction as g rls can master in their school vears
to the various departments of study which may inter
est them m after life The object is to enable those
who have gone through it to lud^e wisely of persons
an 1 things and to distinguish between the precious
and the 1 lie m questions cf literature art taste con
duct and manners
The school s organized into two distinct depart
ments the lunior aud the senior schools Chillren
1 uder twelve usualh form the lunior sch ol They
have a speciil time table idapted to themselves with
longer hours of sleep and recreation The senior school
IS divided into three grcnips Members of the senior
classes who have deserved the Bibbon of Merit
take their share m the school government Discipline
ind supervision ire strict but the vigilance is like
thit f a moth r whose witchfulness nothing eseipes
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but who is not looking out for what ia baij. Wljeii
supervisioii is surroundeil with an atmospliere of trust,
when it goes by the priueiple: '"Don't have anything
to hide and then you will never be afraid of being
"seen," it acts in open daylight and neither provokes
resentment ncrr invites manoeuvering to outwit its pre-
cautions. The idea is to allow each ehild to be itself
and to surround it with an atmosphere of so mueh at-
tentive affection that it may be unconstrained and let
out the real aclf with its good as well as its weak
points, thus beeoining known, so that it may be taken
in hand to correct its defects and tauglit to know and
control itself. Efforts are stimulated by a system of
rewards. Prizes and certificates are given once a year.
Prizes are awarded for the greatest number of first
places obtained in written teats. Certificates are given
to those whff have attained, the required average in the
written testa in any subject.
The method of character training is indirect. It
aims at giving guiding light within, and power to
climb a difficult path, and pick a way through un-
known country by that light. This must be waited for,
and slowly developed, and it is recognized that it does
not suit all children. There are in fact many, full erf
good resources and gifts, but with something in their
character which makes it impossible for them to bear
this workmanship. They do not want it, and it seems
to make too great demands upon them. For this rea-
son the school is never very large. There is a number
beyond which it is hardly possible to give each one the
personal study and attention which are required for
careful formation of individual character.
For more than a eenturj- the Society of the Sacred
Heart has been educating girls and for nearly half
that time the convent at Groase Pointe has been carry-
ing on its work and transmitting its spirit. As years
go on and the second and third generation come to the
school a general view may be gained of the family
likeness and features resulting from the training. It
may be said that the family likeness is quite remark-
able. Their affection for their own school is lifelong,
but they have a wider family spirit; they feel at home
in any at the convents and any nun of the Sacred
Heart, known or unknown, is their friend. It is diffi-
cult to put into words what gives the family likeness;
it is a certain family affection, a central devotion, a
likeness in point of view, a kind of language in com-
mon. They are of the family o^ the Sacred Heart.
It is clear that such an organization cannot be
worked by individuals, however gifted. It ia a com-
plex whole, calling for coordination and subordination
of parts. It is not a system to which a iey can be
given — it is a living spirit with a way of life of its
own. It is the fruit of the teachings of the Society as
a whole and of those set forth from the beginning of
the Society by Blessed Madeleine Sophie, its fonndress.
The persOTial gift of the whole being for personal serv
ice; the gift of love for love, with the added depth
and devotedness which comes of understanding (hat a
eoul may make reparation and give real consolation to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the coldness and in-
gratitude and misunderstanding which met the adt
vauees of His love when on earth.
HERBERT HARRISON HILLS, M, D. Detroit owes
much of its prosperity to the automobile industry,
which has been a most important factor in the de-
velopment and upbuilding of the city. An outstand-
ing figure in this line of activity ia Dr. Herbert Har-
rison Hills, who as vice president in charge of the
sales, advertising and service activities of the Pack-
ard Motor Car Company represents one of the largest
[nanufacturing enterprises of this character in the
entire cmintry. The fact that he has been chosen to
fill this important position is in itself proof of his
executive ability, business acumen and enterprise.
Dr. Hills is a native of Michigan, born in Davison,
July 23, 1881, arid is a son of George and Margaret
(Skinner) Hills, who were born, reared and married
in this state. The father was for many years prom-
inently identified with the lumber industry in Mich-
Herbert Harrison Hills, who is an only rhild, at-
tended the grammar schools and completed his high
school course at Flint, Michigan, after which he
entered the medical department of the State Uni-
versity at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1903. Returning to Flint, he there
openod an office and successfully followed his profes-
sion for a period of three and a half years. He then
decided to enter the commercial field and became
assistant sales manager for the Buick Motor Car Com-
pany, with which he continued for two and a half
years, being successful from the start. He then re-
signed to accept a similar position with the Packard
Motor Car Company and served in that capacity until
1011, when he was made sales manager, continuing
to fill that office until 1916. He was next promoted
to the position of assistant general manager and three
years later was made vice president. For many years
the Packard passenger cars and trucks have held a
position of supremacy and Dr. Hills' initiative spirit
has enabled him to formulate well devised plans
which have been important elements in the espansioa
and development of the business.
At Flint, Michigan, on the 7th of November, 1606,
Dr. Hills was united in marriage to Miss Frances
Pierce, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pierce,
prominent residents of that city. The three children
of this union are Mary Louise, who was born in 1913;
Franklin Pierce, born in 1015; and Frances Virginia,
whose birth occurred in 1917.
In his political views Dr. Hills is a republican and
in religious faith is an Episcopalian, while his social
nature finds expression in his membership in the De-
troit Club, the Detroit Athletic Club, and the Detroit
Golf Club. His career has been one of the continuous
progress, owinir to his initiative spirit, his ready rec-
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o^nition and utilization of ipptltunitj and his aplen
d d idministrative and executive ability He has ton
itrueted h s own buccohs and at the same time his
lahots have I een of a character that havt. tontributed
to public progress an 1 pro^ptrity
EDWIN HERZOG president of the Un ted sIqIls
Fmince Corporition of Detroit, was born in fh a eitj
May 3, 188U a aon of Otlo and Augusta (GweilnerJ
Herzog both ot whom were born in Germany but lame
to imerua in early life settling in Detroit where the
tither engaged in mercantile pursuits tu the time of
his death in 1S95 Hia widow la still a resident of thia
c tj In their family were five children, two of whom
iri. living the daughter being Mirgaret the wife of
W A Sthweitzberger of Detroit
Eiwm Herzog ittmded the public schools ot Detro t
and also the German Ainericin Seminary an 1 itter
leaving sch ol secured a pos tion as cash Voy witji
the J L Hudson (_ompani From this minor position
he worked his way steadily upn ird to a clerkship and
itterward becime assistant bookkeeper He resigned
that position to betcme lookkeeper for the Dime Sav
in„s Bank and coi tinued to act in that eapaeitv from
IWO unt 1 IWl when le was promoted to receiving
telkr and so served until l<t03 He was then made
managLr of the Woodward avenue bramh of the Dime
Mvings BaiiK. and continued in charge there until
IQl" when h( resigned and m eonnettion with others
rganized the Lincoln State Bank Soon afterward
1 wev tr ho returned to the Dime livings Bank and
0 Lupied various pfsitions until 1918 when he was
n ade manager of the western branches for the corpora
t on and retained this position to 1919, when he was
made manager of all branches In this responsible
pcnition he continued with ofSce m the main bank
ani in January 19>1, was elected a vue president of
the institution in charge ot branches He was in the
employ of the bank altogether for over twenti jeara
anl steadily worked his way upward his fidelity effi
ciency and industry being important contribut ng ele
n ents to the success of the institution He had a part
in planning the activities of tl e Hamtramck Bank and
its ecmstru< tion was an idea which he developed and
which has been applied to all the latest branches of
the Dime Bank On March 1 1922 he resigned his
(nnection with the Dime Bank to become i resident of
tl e newlv organized "Un tod States Pmanie Corpora
On the 25th of Folruar^ 1903 Mr Herzog was mar
r ad to Miss May C Bailey of Detrmt daughter of
Dr Pre! Bailey anl a granddaughter of Mr and Mrs
tt illiam B Young Mr and Mrs Herzog have become
parents of three children; Nannette, who was born
in Detroit, August 22, 1904, and died February 2, 1920;
Marian Justine, who was born in Detroit in 1008 and
died in 1910; and LiUis Joy, bom in Detroit in 1013.
In his political views Mr. Heraog is a republican and
fraternally is a Mason, belonging to Palestine lodge.
i &. A M to King C3rus Chapter R A M to the
Grotto and Eastern Star He is a loyal follower oi the
t achmga and purposes of the craft, exemplifying in
1 s life the beneficent spirit which underlies the order
His life tetord should serve as i sourte of tneturage
ment and inspiration to others, for from a humble
clerkship he 1 is risen to the prtsilencv ot a strong
financial institution and his progress has been the di
rect result of his own efforts his trustworthiness and
the effiLiencj which he has developed through experi
Lfice and study of the task entruste 1 to him
JOHN F FELLBATH One of Detroit i alert
energetic anl progressive j oung mer hants is Jol n F
Fellrath a dealer m c al and one ot the m st exten
siv e operators along this line m the citv The I nai
ness WIS established over tl irty years af," by hia
father and tl e name of Fellrath has long btcn a prom
inent anl honored one in commercial iircles of the
citv Mr Fellrath is most capably carrying forward
the interests intrusted to hia care d splavmg mature
julgment and marked executive abilitv He was born
in Detroit Octol er 1 189o the only son of John ani
Caroline (Gruber) Fellrath and a representative <f one
of the oldest families in the city, his paternal grand
f at! er h-tvmg resiled in Detroit previous t( his re
moval to New Baltin ore Michigan His sun John
Fellrath was 1 orn on a farm m the vicinity of New
Baltimore an 1 during his childhood hia parents re
moved to Dearborn Michigan at an early period in
the levelopmLUt of that section of the country his
tather being obligel t cut down the trees in order
to clear a space upon which to build a home He was
reared in Dtarborn and on reaching alult years tn
tered mercantile circles as a coal dealer having estab
lished his residence in the city of Detroit About the
vtar 189(t he purchase I the coal jarda at what is now
\o 3316 Michigan avenue and so rapidh did his trale
ievelop that he soon afterward opened a second vard
on Roosevelt street on the line of the Michigan Cen
tral Eailroa 1 continuing active m the cond ict of both
establishn ents to the time of his death on the 5th of
January, 1931 since which time the business has been
operate! bv his son John P Fellrath He was an ex
ceptionally capable business man and 1 is probitv his
sincerity and his kradl> nature drew to him a host of
fr en Is who deeply regretted his demise
John P Fellrath attended the parochial schools of
his native eity and subsequently pursued a high school
c urse in the ITniversity cf Detroit After completing
his studies he ji ined his father in the coal business,
assisting m ita operation until tl e 16th of April 1118
when he enlisted for service in the World war becom
ing a member of Company P, Three Hundred and
Thirty-ninth Infantry, a regiment whose achievements
will live forever in the annals of American history.
He was mustered into the service at Camp Custer,
whence he went with his regiment to Camp Mills, from
which point they embarked for England. They re-
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mained but a moiitli hi that trrautry, however, and
were then ynlered to northotn Russia. The terrible
hardships, privations and losses which they suffered
while stationed in that country of extreme cold and
the remarkable heroism liUplayed by the men, are
matters of history and have excited the admiration
and sympathy of every loyal and patriotic American.
Mr. Fellrath received his honorable diaeharge in July,
1919, after fifteen months of active service, and re-
turning to Detroit, he once more took up the duties
of eivil life. Since hia father 's demise he has had
charge of the extensive business built up by the lat-
ter, of whom he is proving; a worthy successor, dis-
playing sound judgment, initiative and marked execu-
tive ability in the extension of his interests. He is
conducting one of the leading eoal yards in the eity
and for over thirty years the name of Fetlrath has
stood as a synonym for integrity, reliability and en
terprise in business circles of Detroit.
Mr. Felirath is a Catholic in relieious faith and an
active member of the Knights of Columbui and he is
also identified with Lamed Post of the American
Legion. He is a moat progressive and energetic young
business man who has made the moat of his time, his
talents and his opportunities. Devotion to duty has
ever been one of his marked characteristics and in
every relation of life he measurea up to advanced
Ktandards, standing as a high type of American man-
hood and citizenship.
J. RHURLT KENNARY. There is no calling nor
profession in which advancement depends more surely
upon individual effort and ability than in the practice
of law, and the position to which J. Shurly Kennary
has attained is an evidence of hia capability and his
devotion to the interests of the profession. He was
born in Detroit, August 6, 1879, and ia a son of
Anthony J. and Wina F. (Hutchison) Kennary, the
former a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while
the latter was born in Cobourg, Ontario. The father
and mother came to Detroit with their respective
parents and were married in this eity, Anthony J.
Kennary became well known as a public and govern-
ment official and for a number of years he served as
market clerk of the city of Detroit, while later he was
with the United States customs and is now connected
with the department of pub'ic works city of Detroit.
To him and his wife have been born two children, J.
Shuriy and Plnrenee B.
J. Shurly Kennary mastered the branches taught
in the grades and in the high school of Detroit and
then entered the University of Detroit, from which he
was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in
IMl, while in IS03 he entered the Detroit College of
Law and was graduated with the class of 1904. He
at once opened an office in Detroit and through the
intervening period has made steady professional
progress. For a time ho was associated with the firm
of Dickinson, Warren & Warren and later with its suc-
cessor, Dickinson, Stevenson, Cullcn, Warreu & Butzel,
thus continuing from 1001 until 1005. He became a
member of the law firm of Atkinson, Kennary &
Preston for the years 19ii5 and 1SI16 and on the 16th
of April of the latter year was appointed assistant
attorney general of Michigan, which office he filled
until October 1, 1910. He then returned to Detroit
and entered into partnership relations as a member
of the firm of Navin, Sheahan & Kennary but for the
past several years has been alone in practice. Mr.
Kennary is recognized as both a forceful and re-
sourceful lawyer. He has at different periods been
connected with business interests of Detroit, now be-
ing a director of the Beilevue Foundry Company.
On the 15th of July, 1918, Mr. Kennary was mar-
ried to Miss Pearl A. Baker of Detroit, daughter of
Harman and Martha Baker of Fulton, New York.
Mr, Kennary is a republican in his political views and
a Catholic in religious faith. He belongs to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Detroit Real
Estate Board and the Delta Theta Phi, while along
professional lines he maintains connection with the
Lawyers Club, American Bar Association, the Michigan
ar Association auU the Detroit Bar Association. He
has ever adhered to and maintained high professional
standards,
JOHN FRANCIS BENNETT, M. D. When the
earthly career of John Francis Bennett closed the
word finis was attached tu a record that should ever
serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement
to all who knew him, for Dr. John Francis Bennett
was not only an eminent and capable member of the
medical profession but was also a man whose gentle
ness of spirit, whose kindliness of deed and whose
nobility of purpose endeared him to all with whom
he came into contact. He was birrn on the 13th of
September, 1864, in Salem, Michigan, a son of Asher
C. and Barbara (Kapp) Bennett, the former a native
of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bennett came of English and
Dutch parentage and was reared under Christian
influi'nces, which exerted a marked influence over his
career throughout Mb life. His early educational ad-
vantages were those offered in a small city and later
he spent a year as a student in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Michigan, while later he
was graduated from the Michigan College of Med-
icine and Surgery at Detroit, receiving his M, D. on
the 15th of March, 1892. Some time afterward he
completed a course in the New York Po.itgraduate
School and during his college days in Detroit con-
ducted a drug store on Michigan and Sixth street,
thus meeting the expenses at his collegiate work. He
disposed of the store, however, in 1891 and imme-
diately after his graduation located on Holcomb ave-
nue near Jefferson street in Edwards Cottage, where
he remained for a few years. Later he removed to
old No. 2021 Jefferaiin avenue and afterward erected
;i residence at old No. 199,S Jefferson avenue at the
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c irner of Beh idere which residence is still standing
is the years passed his practice steadily grew and
tor an esten led period he had a verv large patronage
In fact his abilitv soon gained him jlaee m the front
Tink of the niediial profession and at all times he
(ommanded the respect and ctnfidenLO uf his eol
1 igucs and contemporaries as well as of the generil
p iblic A tew yeirs after his graduation he was ap
J in ted profeasor of phyaital diagnosis m his Aim a
Mater ^nd he mas recognized aa an able educator, as
Hell as 1 suecissful practitioner of medieine and
surgery He was the vice president of the board of
tri stees of the Boule\ard Sanitarium and in 1900 he
I e II e a n cml er of the United 'States pension e\
II inin^ boird At different periods he wis cilied
t public oflice Ber\ing m several posit ons that were
t strietly m the line of his profession In 1889 he
las ele tel school inspector ind occupied that position
n a mot tapable and helpful manner for eight years
In 190b he was elected county coroner and in 1908
-11 rpLli ted to that position contmuinj, in the office
I atil his deith which occurred on the 19th of June
IWO
\.t his demise Dr Bennett left a wife and two sons
It WIS on the 13th of 'September 1887 that he mar
r ed Amv M Smith at South Lvon Michigan a daugh
tpr f Nathan Warren and Sophia (Bullard) Smith
«ho were residents of thit plice Her father wis one
f the pioneer settlers there having come to Michigan
th his parents from the stite of New "iork in eirly
life His wife s people came from the state of New
Iork anl both familici establishei homes in Soith
Lion Dr and Mrs Bennett became parents ot three
hildren Dr Zina B Bennett and Merle Francis
Bennett birth of whon art mentioned elsewhere in
th s work and Winogent Birbira who died m 1900
In hiB politieil 1 ews Dr J F Bennett was always
T stalwart ropublicin and never lightlv regarded the
d it ei of citizenship but on the contrary fullv met
iprv tbligation thit devohed upon him His religi
"US filth was that of the Muthodist church and fra
termllv he was connected with Independent Order
f Odd Fellows also with the Knights of the Mac
i-abees while m Misonry he attained the thirty
second degree of the Scottish Rite One of the tents
of the Maeeihees wis named in his htnor Hi be
Innged to the University Club ml he wis a member of
the Michigan Light Guards a standing militarv or
ginization His prominence is a eiti/en and his stal
Wirt friendship and support of the cause of education
IS indicated m the fict thit one of the school build
mga in the eighteenth ward wis named the John P
Bennett school m his honor He belonged to the
W avne Counts and Michigan Stite MediLal Societies
ind also to the Ameritan Medical 4ssoc atiou ind
tt rough thi proceedings of these bodiea kept at all
times abreast with the advancement ctntmuousU
n 1 le by the medical profession When he passed i« ay
tfi Wa^-ne C unti Mediial Stci fv Wceklv in its
memorial article irf Dr John F Bennett said Born
m the country of Enghsh and German parentage
brought up under Christian influences educited in a
small city a yeir at the university a graduate in
medicine elected i member of the boari of educititn
serving eight years twice electid coroner of Wivne
counts the list time I v the largest majority any
candidite for this office had riLeived a teacher m
his Alma Mater thus this man builded his life How
well hi built his lift a work reveils Dr Bennett
wai earnest in all hia undertakmga— to such in extent
at t mea tl at those who lid not know him thought him
pugnacious When once he made up hia mind that
there were two sidea to i question i rigl t ind i
wrong all knew upon which side to find him Neither
triend nor 1d^ersa^^ could persuade him to devidte
trom his course Financial gam politicil promotion
Rociil preatige — all these influeneei hiro not in the
least He w is an apt student <f politics but he ne\er
played pohtiis from the politician s standpoint In
his profession he was a worker and a student ambiti
ous to gi^ e hia patients tie beat of aerviii. which he
did administering alike to poor and rich E\er^
physiLiin should do his part in caring ftr the powr
Dr Bennett certainly did hia full shari. of service
His early death was due to his untiring demotion to
those seeking his assistance Hia reward did not
come in dollars ind centa but rither in the honor
of a well spent lite The medical profesaion is just a
little bit better for Dr Bennett a having been a mem
her of it the city of Detroit is justly proud of hia
having been her citizen local politics had the benefit
ot 1 man honest and tearless a rare combination
V gold titizen, a good physicim a clem pol ticiin,
he lii(.l honorablj ind give up hia life without com
JOHN L HINDELANG secretirv and treasurer of
The George H Beach Company engaged m the life
msuraniL business was bom in Chelsei Miel gan
Auguat 9 1878 a son of Louis H ind Henrietta W
(Lammers) Hindelmg The father is i nitive ot
Michigan while the mother wis of Holland descent
Her pirents removed from Holland to Canada md
later cime to Miehifcan where Mr and Mrs Hmde
lang met anl mere married Subsequently the father
engaged in farming md afterward becime identified
with various other oeenpations and invested interests
He IS atil! i resident of Chelsea Michigan and re
muns an active fictor in the business world Lut his
w fe pissed awa} in Chelsea m 1884 In their family
were three cl ildren John L who is the eldest 4 G
1 ving it Chelsea ind L H a resident of Smdusky
Ohio
John L Hindelang ohtamed his education in the
school of Chelaea until he had completed the high
achool course and afterward p irsued a apccial literary
course in the University of Mithigm He then became
connectel with the Gile Manufacturing Companj of
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Albion Michigan an J 'ipeut ten i ear*" in the cmpioj
of this coinpinT While there he organize 1 the cost
departn ent and wis later made assistant superintend
ent but resigned to engage m tlie life insurance I uai
1 eaa becoming district agent for the Mutual Benefit
L fe Insurance Compinv with heidquirters at Jack
S( n Michigan He spent the auci-eeding two vears in
that connection and then resigncl to lecouie inatruL
tor of agents for the firm of Johnst m & Clark genual
agent's of the Mutual Ben fit Life Insurance Company
His assjciatiou with Johnston & Clark cohered four
tears and he also acted is special service man tor
policy holders during that period In Octoler 1915
he Vecame connected with George H Beach and one
ye ir later The George H Beach Company was organize I
and Mr Hindeiang became secretary and treasurer
in which connection he has since continued Thev
represent a large number of reliable life insurance
companies and are the originators of the portfolio sts
tern analyzing and orrrelafing the insured s entire line
of insurance trom an indi pendent point of Mev, The
George H Beach Companj has offices in Detroit New
1 ork citj St Loms Missouri and brand Eapida
Michigan and numbers among its clients many of the
moat prominent men of the United States and Canada
The business has been develope 1 to extensive propor
tions and success in large measure is crowning tl e
efforts ot the officers of this company
On the 2^ of May, 1905 Mr Hindeiang was rawried
to Miss Mary E Slowey of Albion Michigan daughter
of Thomas J and Maiy T' Slowey and they have
become parents of three children Marian H who
was born m Albion in 1106 Edwin C born in Albion
in IIIU and John L born in Detroit in 1S15
Mr Hindeiang is ot the Eomnn Catholic faith and
is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus
He also belcngs to the Ditroit Board ot Ctmmeree
Khile along the line ot his chosen life work he is con
ne ted with the Life Underwriters He is a progres
sive lusmeas man, alert and wide awake to every con
tingency and oppirtunty that may arise in I usmess
and his ready use of every legitimate advantage that
has come ttr him has brought him to a crelitaHe and
prominent position in life insurance circles as the
aecretary an 1 treas irer t The I eort,e H Beach ( m
pany
EGBERT T TAPERT M D One of Detroit s most
popular most eftnifot and best known surgeons is Dr
Eobert T Tipert whose atealv ahaniement has
brought him to a point of professional leadership
Born in Detroit on the Ist of October 18 " he is a son
of Herman E and Catherine (Heck) Tapert who were
also natives of the "Fourth City." The grandparents
in the paternal line were Henry and Adeline (Frank)
Tapert, both of whom were of European birth. Henry
Heck, the grandfather on the maternal side, also
came from Europe to America and settled in Detroit
at a very early day. He wedded Eva Shoemaker, who
also arrL\ed lu Detroit during the period ot its pio
ueer settlement Herman E Tjpert reared and edu
eated in Detroit atternard engaged in the retail meat
lusmesa for man^ years and for a consider ible period
ht was also the meat inspector for the Detroit hoarl
of health He passed away in this eitv in 1W5 nl
IS still survived bv his widow who yet makes her
home m Detroit In their family were two (hillren
the vount,er beinj, Alfrc 1 B , also a resident of this
In early life Dr Tapert the elder son, attended the
public and high athooia until his graluation from
the latter and then hai ing letermined to make tha
practice of melic ne his lite work he entered the De
troit College of Melicine and faurgerv Irom which
he waa graduate! with the M D degree in 1901
■kfter spending i brief period as interne m Harper
Hospital during which time he gained much ^aluabIe
experience he <ppned an office for the private practice
of medicine and through the intervening years has
continued a representative of hia hoaen calling in
hia native citv his life record standing in contradis
tinction to the old adage that a prophet is never
without honor sa\e in his own country, for in the
citi of his l^irth Dr Tapert has made steady pro
progress and is today recognized aa one of
surgeons of Detroit as he his largely
specialized in aurgiial work and it is said that there
IS no more eiipert practitioner m the citv than Dr
Tapert He is chief if stafE of the Deacon ss Hospital
of Detroit and a memtir of the surgical staff of
Providence Hospital In 1902 soon after he began
practice he waa male assistant surgeon for the De
troit police department and at the same time was
city physician He belon|,a to the Wavne County
Medical Society also to the Michigan State Medical
Ass eiation anl the Amen an Medical Association,
and he is a member of the !Nu S gma Nu a college
fraternity He is a Unite 1 States pension examiner
( t the first congressional district
On the 8th of March 1917 Dr Tapert was married
to Miss Katherine Maoauley a daughter of Mr and
Mrs Archibald Macaulev residents of Eiplev Canada
I>r and Mrs Tapert occupv an enviable social position
and he is well known and popular ammg the pr fea
Binn not onlv in Detroit Lut elsewhere m the state
BENJAMIN SIEGEL, owner of one of the large
lepartment stores of Detroit, conducted under the
name of the B Siegel Company, owes his prosperity
entirely to his busineas ability and capably directed
energy Watchful (f every opportunity pointing to
success ho has wisely directed his labors, meeting
public demands in the conduct of his store, rendering
every possible service and courtesy to hia patrons until
hia buainess now ranks among the flrat in the mer-
cantile field of Detroit.
Mr. Siege! waa born in Germany, his parents having
been Feist H. and Caroline (Gagle) Siegel, He attended
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1 e publ e and h gh s hooia of Mannhe m Baden and
18 6 he c n e to A er ea Here n 18 7 he started
t Q the bus ess world at Sel a Alabama m a
J, neral merchani se store In IKRl he ^^^ ved a.
1 etro t nd here organ zed f 1 e B S egel Co npa to
age a the sale of lad es ases and ch Idren a
lo ks su ts and furs Tl e su ess wh ch followed
"\lc S gel a efforts ' ell nd catel n the appearance
th bus neas entail shment on the southwest e rner
o± 'ftato 1 d Woodvird wl el a'S a matter of 1 i
I cil record 3 the s te of the famous ol 1 St A Ire s
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Mr S egel k o n to p aseas lar^e aaure tl at
I al tj wh eh for t of a better tern las lee
lied eon n ere il nt t on In otl er words he read ly
3 tl e advantage to be der vel n a bus neaa a tui
t on anl s qu ek to nt 1 ze t the icq renent ot
c» H ha^ kept ibreast of the t mes n tl e
] erat o of h ■j t re foil ng ] ei the ne est
J best of n etropol tan atandarli He has ga nel
p tat on for fa r deal ng n the matter of value.
i 1 al t of stoek nI h I aa been one of the pr n
I ai factors i br g ng h and h g bua ne'^ to tl e
t ont rank of Detro t a great merchants
On the d of Ma 1904 n Detro t Mr S egel was
n rr d to M ss Soph a S egel He belonga to the
1 i ue v Club anl to the Detro t Board of Con n erce
1 1 reereat on. con ts cl eflv of o tdoor ports
UENPl DESNOIBR BAR'-TAHD Th rtj n e
ra lave 1 n ailed t the cvcle ot the oentnr es
Henry Deanoyers Barnarl paisel a yay but hi
D raoTv a at U eher al ed 1 y those 1 o ore his asso
tes nd contemporar es n law pract ce or vho came
th n the clo er c rcles of his fr endsh p He 1 longod
t one ot the old ai d honored p oneer fa nil ea of tl e
tv ni n oreover he made for h nself a place of d s
t t on as a representat ve of the legal profess on
Hg a-i horn March "=! 1851 in Detro t n the old
D anovers hon eite i then o c py ng the present s te
tl e Detr t p t oftic H s father w s Honr Bar
d of Hartforl Connect cut and hs otl er lore
ti e ma ien nan e of Joseph ne 8 Deanovers H a
f ther -v/Bt an em nent wr ter on top ca perta n ng to
I eat on anl ha authorsh p brought h n n ore than
n t nnil f e his wr t ngs be ng w lely read H a
work ent tied Nat onal Ednoat on n Euroi e attraete 1
w le pread attention both n th s c ntry and n Bng
In 1 He v a ted Detroit at an early day on a lecture
1 r and wl le here marr ed Joseph ne S Desno ers
1 ghter of Peter J I eanoyers Mr Barnard was at
tl t t me ment oned prom nentlv n connect on w th
tl chanceilorah p of the M eh gan Tin vers ty but
deel ned to remam n the west and returned to Hart
ford Connect cut where he 1 ved unt 1 h s leath
Henry D Barnard ga ned h s early ed cat on n the
puhl e schools of Hartford and afterward went abroad
f r further study and spent some ■years n He delberg
i Berlin -while later he went to Rome On h s re
am to Amer ca he can to Detro t and vas for some
; me o anagrag clerk for tl e law firm of D B & H M
Duffi.eld H B nterest n the profea on being
L akened he prei arel for act ve pract ce and was ad
n tted t the ba 18 6 when t vent live vears of
as narr ed to M sa
of tl late Judge
vent where so a any of Detro t
eilow st dents Two eh I Iren wer
rr age Ct arles no decease 1
nl
11 an B and
office 8 n the
nard a death
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! bro ght
Two yeara later Mr Barnar 1 i
Cathar ne El za Moran diughtei
Charles Moran She reeeved h
Saered Heart
dan hters w r
born f th a E
Mary Joseph ne
boon after 1 s marr age Mr Barnar 1
partnersh p with h a brothers n law W
Fred T Moran and thej were o cup m;
Can pau bu Iding at the t me of Mr Ba
H 3 puhl career was luch as to earn
respect an 1 confidence of all who
contact w th h m He was a d st nt,n shed lawyer who
prepared h s cases w th great thor ughneaa and care
a 1 presented 1 s cause w th for ofulness so that he
seldom filed to win the verd ct desired He figured
pro ently too n f I e publ c I fe ot tl c co n un tv
In 18 9 he a elected allerman of th old f urth vard
and at the conclua on of h s term accepted a n m na
t on on tl e democrat c t cket for eonne Iman He was
the only democrat ele ted out of twelve nom neea— a
trib te to h 8 personal wortl an I popular ty and the
eonfiden e rep aed n h m a tnb te wh ch was n
every way deserved Wl en the board of co nc Imen
became de no rate at the beg nn ng of 1883 he vas
unan ouslv elected ts pres \ ng ofhcer reee ving the
votes of all h a pol t cal opponents n add tion to thoao
of tl e d mocrat c s de of the house He exerc sed h b
ofRc 1 prerogat ves n s pport of
tie pubic gool and hs iojalt net
never called into quett on Mr B mard
ment oned n democrat c c rclea n eonne t
non nat on for 1 eutenant "o e
and the urgent appeals that were made to him to be
CO ne a cand date for the mayoralty are matters of
h atory I rel g o he was a devo t Ron an Oatl ol c
belong ng to Sta Peter a d Pa 1 s Jesu t church and
voa pro nent m the benevolent and in the soc al
work of the church He was a man of except onal
I ferarv atta nn ents a br II ant eonversat onal st anl
He held n eraberah p n the
Detro t Boat CT b bea des be ng
m. s local countj and state bar
a soc at ons He succ n bed to ptoma ne po son ng on
the 3)th of Jannarv 1S83 after a very br ef llness
an 1 the unt melj death of so br II ant a man v th
uch a proD ng f ture cast the e ty n gloom Few
\ounj, n en were so w dely known and held n more
affect onate regard thro ghout Detro t than Mr Bar
nard and b s pass ng was s neerely n o rned by all who
knew h m Many beautiful tributes were pa d to his
tellect al atta nments and to h a worth as a lawyer
congen al compan o
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and as 3 gentleman Hia life is leautiJ:ill\ tmimLl
up in the tribute of his friend, the late Heur\ Uusael
' A scholar and a gentlemaa hy tl e grace of God '
FRANK POTTEE JOHNSTON There were iiu
spectacular phases in the life record cf Frank Potter
Johnston but hia entire uareer wis imrke 1 Iv in
earnestness of purpose, bv well defined p ana, by
thoroughneaa and persiiteni,v — qualities that over
come difficulties and obstaeles ind ultimitelv win the
deaired result Men of this character cimstitute the
true stctngtl anl stability of evert communitv anl
their contribution ti the worli s work 1*1 re il lud
valuable
Mr Johnston waa Liorii in Lanaing, Miihigin, Au
gust 22, 1861 Several leira of his youth were pasaed
in South Haven, Miihigtn, and he supplemented his
earlT educationil privileges b\ study in Kalamazoo
College, m which he pursued the literarj course and
in due tune wis graduated He initiated his business
taroer in Kalimazoo, becoming identified with the
B S Wiliiims Company, windmill manufnturera
with w hom he continued for aev entcen years,
thoroughly acquamting himself with every phiae of
the business as well as with general buaineaa prin
ciple>" On the eipiration of thit period he went to
Ivew York and waa identifaed VMth minuf ictunng in
tereata in the metropol s for five 1 eir>"
Mr Johnston cimt t" Detroit as miniger for the
Detroit Screw Works ind was connected with that
corporition tor fifteen >ears After serving for a
time as manager he was elected to the vn,e presidency
and liter waa chosen preaident continuing ia the
chief exeiutive of the business for several veira or
until he retired from fhit poaitioa in September,
1911 In the meantime he had become 1 toctor in
banking circles hiving m mi been elected to the
vice presiiieney of the Industrial Bank in which he
had been interested from ita orginizition realizing
the need of such an institution in Detroit Hb was
also a director in the Society for Sivinga and i stock
holder m other banking institutions When actively
connected with manufacturing he took t helpful in
tereat in the Employers' Association ml wis preai
dent of that bodv for two terms but withdrew from
connection with the association about tv^o tnars prior
to his death or at the time ho severed his connection
with the Detroit Screw Works
Mr Johnston waa married to Miss Anm Johnson
who passei awiv in March 1917, leaving two sms
Elwood Charles and 'William Durand who remained
with their father until he waa called to his final rest
Mr Johnston waa a member of the Masonic f rater
nity, connected with the lodge chapter and comman 1
erv at Kalamazoo, Michigan His politieil support wa"?
given to the republican partv ind he was well known
in elub circles as 1 member of the Detroit Club De
troit Golf Cluh the Detroit Boat Hub ml the Detro t
Automobile Club He wjs sp km ot is 1 high diss
gtntlimanU man and the innite refinement of his
nature made him avoid everj thing gross or common
Ncvertheleas he was of democratic apirit, alwivs
recognizing true worth in others, and the m-tnv sterl
ing traita ot his chiratter give him a firm hold upon
the affectionate regard of thoae with whom he was
aaaoLiated His demise occurred November 11, 1920
when he had reithed the age ot fifty nine years
GEORtrlA EMFBY One of the features of our
American busmesa hte that his imazed tl ose cf for
ei^'n birth is the ievelopment of the "first nnk busi
ness woman To quote 1 writer in the Siturdav
Ni|,ht The eeonomiiallv independent woman, seen
in ill her great growth in this country, is the wonder
of the world ' When boards of commerce from other
(ountrtes have visited the United States they have
been luiized ind delighted with the progreas and the
accomplishments of the American business woman
Nowhere outside ot New York city cin be found tins
t^pc of American wominhood in any greiter develop
ment than in Detroit This city has more representa
tive business women who have achieved signal sueeeaa
in their particular line thin any other citv with the
exception of the eaatern metropolia Meriting diatine
tive mention m this connection is Miss Georgia Bmerv
who has gained a national reputation in insurtnce
circles She has apeeialized in insurance tor women,
presenting the anbjeet to them as a protection for the
future, ind so well have her plana and methola worked
out that inunv sileswomen in the companj— the Mis
sichusetts Mutual Life — ire sent to her for triinmg
A native of Qalien Michigan, Georgia Emerv is a
daughter of Alexander Toll and Eliza (Blileslee)
Emerv, the former a liwver bv profession The daugh
ter ittended the jiublic schools ot Gilien until ahe had
mistered the prelimmarv branches of learning ifter
which her fither sent her to Chicago to enjov the ad
vantigcB ot the letter equipped schools of the city
After the removal of the familv to Flint where her
father practiced law, she attended high school there
until graduated She then took up the profession ot
teichmg, which alie followed at Michigan Citv, Indiam,
and it Muskegon Michigan, anl in the latter place
ahe becime principal of the largest school m the city
— a siTiteen room building In 1901 ahe went abroad
ind after securing special permission she made blue
printa for educational purposea of historical paintings,
sculpture and wcrks of art with her own camera These
Here the first thit were ever mide in this way for
schools and irt students and when ahe returned she
had orders from schools from every state m the Union
Aa these pictures were numbered and autographed Misa
Emery easilv recognized her original pictures This
WIS before the Perry ind other aimilar pictures were
placed upon the market, and with this activity as a
hobi V Bhe WIS able to put two young girls m aelt sup
ptrt UR positions until thev completed their school
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It was while engaged in elutational work that Miaa
Emery recognized the growing need of insurance anicng
business women and the opportunity tor women m that
field She took this up practically aa vacation work
Jirst lint her immediite and wonderful aueceaa made
her decide to devote her hte to insurance and she
h-'cime Supcrinten lent ai the Woman s Department
tf the Massachusetts Mutual Life Inaurime Company,
devoting her entire time to selling insurince among
women She studied the business moat thoroughly ind
tomprehens vely, and her broid vision ini cle^r per
ception enabled her to reidilv grnsp ei ery phase ot
the work and her mitiatiie brffught forth new methods
(f intereatmg the public in the matter of insurance
lu tbis she became a pioneer m teaching women to
want inaurani. and the buaineas which she writea
amtnuts to a large figure annually
While B, buBineas woman Mi-is t.merj ha^ fount
time toi much uaefu! and eonatruttii e work in other
Imi-s as well W hen the suffrage movement waB acti\ e
in Michigan she was treasurer of the state organiza
tion She is a charter member of the Detroit Business
■tt Oman s Club and a past president of that organiza
tion This was one of the ong nal clubs formed among
busineas women m the United Stitcs, and Mna Emerj
was one of the first ten business women who met m
Ntw iork city in Mav, IfllS, to diaouss the feasibility
ani necessity of a national organization of business
women Thev formulated a plan for a national society
oi business and professional women s eluba and she
was appointed a member of the permanent committee
(t twenty five whose dutv it was to jut the national
organization into working condition and superviae
its operation Tl 11 committee hia not as \et been dis
solved fehe is a member of the executive bnari of
the National Business and Professional Women s
Clubs IS a charter member of the Woman s City Club
ani haa always been on its board of directors, while
for many jeara she has been advisor to the Argus Club,
an organization of jounger business women bhe has
also seried on the executive board of the City Federa
tion of Women s Cluba continuously for many yeara,
and was treasurer thereW for two years She is the
aecretirv of the state republican woman's committee,
although in voting she casts her ballot for the candi
date whom she regards as best qualified tor the ofliee
sought She was elected the first chairman of the
board of directors of the Merrill Palmer aehool m 191S
and there are few progressive movements instituted
in Detroit which do not seek her cooperation support
and advice For veara she has been a member of the
"ieung Wfrman a Christian Association and she belongs
to Kilwinning Chapter of the Eastern Star and the
Detroit White Shrine of Jerusalem
Miss Emery has tie diatinction of being the first
woman owner and driver of a Ford motor car She
made the trip to Chicago before there were anv im
proved highways aucb as are in existence todav She
belongs to the Detroit Automobile Club and her club
relations tlso extend to the Parliamentary Liw Club
and to the Gavel Club She belongs to the League of
Women Voters and is a member of the woman a auxil
lary to the Salvation Armv Beacue Home and a direi
tor of the Girl Scouts fehe is likewise a member of
the Detroit Underwriters' Association and at one of
its meeting she made the first address deliiered by a
H Oman before the local body President William W
Me Clench, of the Massachusetts Mutual, for many
tears had regarded Mias Emery ta possessing the
highest qualifications for the training of women
agents of anj ot the company 8 women representatives
ani it was to Miss Emery that he entrusted his daugh
ter for training when she decided to enter life m
s iranee w<rk bringing her to Detroit for the purpose
Ills lonfidenee was fully justified, for his daughter
succeeded beyond her own expectations and is beeom
ing one of the best producers m the eompanj
Besides all ot her various aetivities hitherto m
licated. Miss Emery linda time for those interests that
entertain and educate in the way of lectures and other
worth while attractions, and day bj day witnesses the
constant broadening (f her activities, especiallv among
business and protessional women, and the prcduetion
ot results that contribute to the world's progress
HON HOEATIO S4WYEE EAELE While the I is
tory of the industrial levelopment of Detroit would
be incomplete were there failure to make prominent
reference to Horatio Sawyer Earle, he has also left the
imprtis of his indmdualitj and ability upon the hiB
torj of the state in many other wa^s He haa long
been a recognized leader in the ranks of the republican
party and represented his district in the state senate
At the same time he has been 1 close student of manv
of the important economic and sociological prtbloms
before the countrj, haa been a supporter of the good
roads movement and has labored untiringly and effec
tivelv for the benefit of the >outh of the state, espo
eially the newsboys The evidences of his devot on
to the individual and to the eommunity at largo are
many and tangible, and he well deserves represents
tion in this volume
His birth occurred at Mount Holly, Vermont, on the
14th of Fel-ruary, 1855 He represents one <f the old
f imihes ot !New England, his parents being Nelson C
and Eli?a A (Sawver) Earle His youthful days were
largely devoted to the aequirement of 1 district school
education m Mount Holly and at the Black Bi\er
Academy in Ludlow, Vermont, while for a time he also
attended night achoo! at Chicopee Falls, Massachu
setts His youthful experiences were those of the farm
bred boy, for he was reared upon a farm to the age of
nineteen years, after which he started out in the buai
niss world by obtain ng a position in an iron toundry
Steadily le worked his way upward until he became
foreman, inventor, patentee and traieling represent
Mr Earle dates hia residence in Detroit from 1889
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and here crganizeJ the H ■"■ F-irl M
Company a patent holding company He s proident
of the North Wayne Tool Company farm edge tool
minufaeturera of Hallowell Maine He further e*.
ten U I the BLope of hia activity by establishing the
Gentssee Graiel Company of which he la likewise the
president and he also occupies the position of cl let
executive of the Good Roida bupply Companj In fact
he is very widely known in manufaLturing and mlua
trnl ciieles in Detroit, and aside from this he ■Kas it
one time treaaurer of the Euseland Piik Cemetery
Association
Mr Earle a connection with publii" interest haa
t>rout,lit him prmnmently to the front -is a Ifidmg
utizen of Detroit Before removing from Niw Eng
land he had served as asaiatint chief of the hre de
partment at Chieopee Falls Maisaehnaetts in 1883 In
1815 he was chairman of the Michigan League of
American Wheelmen good noads committee and m ISW
was male chief counsel for the Mi higan divis on It
waa m 1900 that he was called to the ofhce f state
senator being elected to the poaitioi on the rep il liean
ticket and throughout the mteriening pen d he hi^
been active in political circlei In 190b he was elected
to the presidency of the National Le-igue of American
Whtelmen and in 1001 he was chairman of the M ehi
gan highway commission He also served as state
highwav tommi'jsioner from 1903 until 1«09 He be
came identified with the progres-iive wmg of the
republican party m 1<>12 anl in that jear was a can
didatt for the office of maior of Dttrcnt In 1920 he
reeeiVPi strong endorsement fir the nomination tor
go\ ernoT of Mul igan many representatives of the
press and others prominent m public life giving him
their stanch support on which occasion he was spoken
of as "a thorough business man, not a politician and
m every wav fitted to administer the businesa of the
state ' He did Lspeciallv effectiie work m behalf of
good roads when a member of the senate doing much
to improve the public highways through the agrieul
tural districts and by reastn of this he was signallv
I onored bv the people of the state by the erection of
two monuments— un I at Mackinaw City and tne at
( ass Cit-v^as acknowledgment tf the ^alne of his
service in improving the public highways He has
SLTvel as president of the National Convict Labor
f (f)d Beads Aasociatun an! was the founder of the
^n eriean Btadmakers Association
Mr Earle is a mimber of the Methodist Episcopal
church ani has been ven active in church work and
m efforts to safeguarl anl protect the vonng He is
now the vne president of the Newsboys Association of
Detroit and has been interestel in this mnvement for
many -veais He is serving as federal state director of
the boys' working reserve, acting in that capacity dur-
ing the World war period and since. In Masonry he
haa attained the Knight Templar and Consistory de-
grees and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He like-
wise belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of
CITY OF DETROIT
Elka and the Odd Fellows and ia interested in theae
fraternities because of the good accomplished and the
principles of nniversal brotherhood inculcated. He ia
a member of the National Exchange Club and waa its
president during 1&20 and 1921. He is also a member
f the Detroit Athletic Club; the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association; and the Detroit Board of Commerce.
On the 15th of February, 1874, at Mount Holly, Ver-
mont Mr. Earle waa united in marriage to Misa Agnes
L Lincoln, of Plymouth, Vermont, who was the mother
of his oldest son. Dr. E. H. Earle, of Wayne, Michigan.
She died in 1878. On the 23rd of August, 1882, at
Chieopee Falls, Massachusetts, he wedded Anna M.
Kej es the mother of hia other son, George Lewis Earle,
mentioned elsewhere in this work. The former during
the World war was commissioned a major and as such
lartictpated in many of the fiercest battles on the west
ern front He took part in the lri\ l in tht Argonne
forest and m other Lngagemcnts ot equal note and
after the armistice was signed was with the army of
oe upation in Germany for sis months before being
finallv discharged He waa in Europe altogether for
eleven months and nineteen da* s and he is now de
noting his attention to medical practice m Wa^ne
M ehigan Mr and Mrs E fe Earle remain residents
of Detriit where they took up their abode in 19S9
ho various ha\e been the activities of Mr Eirk
that thert, are few lines of Detroit a advancement ai 1
progress with which he has not been more or less
closeh associated fcr in business he haa made for him
aelf a creditable position while in public aftiirs he has
rendered service of great value and tenefit to the com
monwealth Moreover he has studied raanj of tie
economic and sociolotical proHems of the country with
the result that he has put forth pfEective efforts toward
bringing about impruvel conlitions for the young
especijlly for those lads who must seek a livelihood
bv selling papers upon the streets of the city He
recognizes m suih the opportunity tor the develop
ment erf substantial citizens and his labors have teen
an effective forcf in planting and devel ping high
ikals am ng il>^s nf this class
SW LEMAE %riTZLE\ highlv capalle m I us
ness and in engineering aitivitics waa b rn in Detrtit
June 18 1810 and is a son of Tacob Henry and 4nnie
Eliza (Barney) Spitzlev He prepared for college as
a student in the Central high school of Detroit and
then entered the Univeraitv ot Michigan where he
pursued his engineering crurae being gn^uafed with
the degree of Mechanical Engineer as a member of
the class of IW Starting out m the business worlj
he was production manager for the C<ntinontal Motor
Corporation for a time and later bei'ame a member of
the A. J. Smith Construction Company. He next
organized the Spltzley, Wideman Construction Com-
pany, and in 1014 he became a member of the House-
man, Spitzley Company, but in 1916 organized the
R. L. Spitzley Heating Company, doing business at
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240 West Lamed atruct. They are plumbing and
heating confracturs and are experts in th^ic line of
wnrk. Steady advane«ment haa markefl the course of
Mr. Spitzley ainee he started out in. the business world
and from his experience of life he haa learned the
lessons therein eontaiuedj gaining valuable knowledge
which ho has put to practical use in his business career.
Mr. Spitzley eomea from a familj- that has long
been prominently associated with industrial activity
in Detroit, for he is a grandson of Henry Spitzley,
who was a member of the firm of Spitzley Brothers,
builders, who did a large amount of building in De-
troit during the latter half of the nineteenth century,
his associate in business being his brother, Joseph.
Henry Spitzley lived to niaety-two years oC age, pass-
ing away in September, 1921, while Joseph Spitzley
has reached the age of eighty-four.
Bay LeMar Spitzley, of this review, was united in
marriage to Miss Jessie L. Houseman, and they have
become parents of two "(ons both born in Detroit'
I{a> Lester, born Januiry 1915, and Joseph Henry,
born Ma\ 19, 1917, the latter bearing the n*me^ of
Ills grandfather and his grandfather s brother, who
were so long assoLiited with building operations in
Detrrit The relif,iona tilth of the family is indicated
m their membership in the Second Church of Christ,
"Scientist Pditicilly Mr Spitzley gnea his lupport to
the republican party and stanchly idvocitea all moas
ures and plana for the pnblie good He lelongs to
the Detroit Athletic Club, Loehmoor Club, the ^ ortex
Club, Idle Hour Club, Detroit Yacht Club, Board of
Commerce inl Beech Gro^e Country Club for he is
ippretiative of the social imenitiea of life and in
thdo oTganizations ini through other relations hai
gained many wirm friends Along professional lines
lie alio has important memberah p connections, being
identified ■with the Detroit Engineering Soeieti, the
American Societj of Heating and Ventilating Engi
n era, and the Siniet'^ of Ameriein Military Engineers
BRlbON DEXTER HORTON, president of the
''quare D Companj and for many years activfly en
gaged m the electrical engineering busmt'js, was born
in Fenton, Michigan, September 28, 1871, and is a son
of Dexter ind Lavina (Loaee) Horton The family
cornea uf English ani-estry, the prOf,enitor of the flia
ih in America being Bainilas Horton, who erosied
thfl \tlantic from England m J623 Both Deiter
Htrfon and his mfe were natnes of Michigan and
spent their entire lives in this state The father wis
engaged in the agricultural implement buamess at
Feuton and there he and his nife reared their family
of four children Mrs H H Eaekham, now of De
troit; Mrs. Z. D. Patterson, living at Poughkeepsie,
New York; Bryson D., of this review; and Mrs. C. L.
Bussey, of Detroit.
Bryson D. Horton obtained his early education in
the graded and high schools of Eenton, Michigan, and
completed his high school course in 1890. In 1891 he
matriculated in the State University at Ann Arbor,
where he pursued an electrical engineering eourae ind
won his Ba helor of S enee degr e n ISS^ ind a
varsity M in athlet cs He atarted out in tl e bus ness
woild in the empio of the Birtlett Illuminat ng Com
pany of Sag naw M eh gin oecnpj ng the poa t on of
Foreman in 18")^ and 189b He was after vard ass st
ant engineer t the pirk in i boulevard coramiaaion at
Detroit in 189b and 1897 and in the latter year served
as electrician for the Public Lighting Commission, In
1899 he was made chief electrician with that commis-
aion and in 1900 served as auperintendent of construc-
tion. On resigning his position he was made electrical
engineer with the Detroit Copper Mining Company at
Morenci, Arizona, and there continued until 1902. In
1903 he organized and became general manager of the
Square D Company. His activities have been of a
broad character, bringing him wide experience and
intimate knowledge of everything electrical. While
mth the Public Lighting Commission he waa granted
a leave of absence and seriei as chief eleetneiin on
the U S h Yosemite during the Spanish Amencin war,
acting in that capacity until hostilities were over It
WIS followfing his return from Arizona that he organ
ized the Square D Company, manufacturers of safttv
appliantea This was organized m 1903 an 1 the busi
neis hai smcu grown to largo proportions Eeuentlv
the plant has been increased to almost double its
tormer size, and that the enterprise is one of the fore
moat business concLrns ot the city la indicated in the
fiLt that they now employ troni six hundred ind
lifty to leven hundred people in the three plants which
thev opente Their appliinees ire sold all o\er the
worll ind are safety devicea which preclude the poa
aibihtiea of injur j in the operation of dingerous
michinery In t-ict the Square D aafety switches
eliminate ill dinger of accidents and firt found in open
knife electric switches The switch unit is completely
enclowd in a metal box provided with a hinged cover
ind the switch is easily operated by a hmdle on the
outsile of the bix A safety locking off feitiire pro
vents carLless closing of the switch when enyone is
working on the line or the equipment controlled by the
switch, thus protecting workmen agi nst death or
serious injury eiuse i by accidental starting of ma
chinery The value of the device is mdicifed in the
continuous growth of the business, which has now
reached m-immoth proportions The oflicers if the
compiny are Bryson D Horton, presiient Z D Pat
tcrson, vice president, A MtcLaehlan secret arj , and
T J Kauffmin treasurer ind manager
On the 28th of June 1905, Mr Horton was married
to Misa BessiL R Bouslog, of Peru, Indiana, a daughter
of R. H. Bouslog of that place. They have become
parents of two children; Mary L., who was born in
Detroit in 1906; and Dexter, born in this city March
29, 1912.
Mr. Horton is a Mason, belonging to the lodge and
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chapter ani la ilso ilentififl with the Mismit. Cluh
try Club He hekngs to the bpaniih. Amecitan War
Veterans A^iaociatu ii inl Gilbert WiiXea Command and
has membership in the Detroit Golf Detroit Athletic
and Detroit l^acht Clubs He is likewist i member ot
the Nationil Association of Manufattnrt^rs the Amen
can Institute of Electrical Engineers and Ameriein
Soeietj of feafetj Engineers He la alsf> a member of
the Detroit Engineering Society Hia abilitv la pro
nounced in the field ot his chosen labor ind step by
step he his advanced, winning his promotions through
wide knowledge and efSeitncj in electncil engiiietrmg
until he la todiy at the head ot one f tl l iir^t lI a
trital interests ot Detroit
EOLLIN HO\^AKD feTE\ ENS, M D a ihj'jui.n
of broad BCientiflc attainments 'was born in Blen
heim, Ontario, Canada Tannary 7, 18b8, hn parents
being Nathan H and \da Jane (Burk) Stevens At
the uaual age he became a public school pupil, thus
continuing his studies to the age of twelve jears in
his natiie town, alter which he became a pupil in
the public an I high schools of Chatham, Ontario He
also attended the Chatham Colle|,iate Institute and
for one year attended Tortnto Universitv Ho next
entered upon preparation for the practice of meduine
at the Universitv of Michigan at Ann 4rbor and was
graduated from the Hon eopathic College thereof with
the class of 1889 In the aame year he waa made
a Imntiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons and from 188J nntil 1891 he served as house
surgecn of Grace Hospital m Detroit The year l<t02
was demoted to further stndv in the Lelanl Stanford,
Jr , University of (.alifornn after which he went
abroad and matriculatel in F nsen's Medieinske L^s
institut at Copenhagen, Denmark and also dil post
graduate work in akin disease'; in Vienna, Berlin
Hamlurg, an! Ltnion in 1902 3
Dr Stevens' practice has been of m important and
exten^iive character In addition to hia initial con
nection with Grace Hospital he was attending path
ologist from 18'»4 until 1800, anl gvnecologiat from
ISflb to 1900 and dermalologiat amce 1902, while since
1905 he has bten Roentgenologist He waa also male
dermatologist and Roentgenologist of the German
Poll clinic and became a lecturer on skin diseasei in
the Homeopathic College of the University of Mich
igan so continuing until 1008 He is today recognized
as an eminent sjecialist m Roentgenology and derma
tologj and IS an expert on radium and it« medical uses
He occupies a suite of offices in the DsMd Whitney
building and has an expert X ray assistant m Dr
Howard P Doub He is today at the head of one of
the largest practices in the city and he belongs to the
■^ajne Countj Medical Society, the Miohigin "itate
Medical Society the American Medical Association
the American Roentgen Bay Society, the American
Radium Society the American Society of Endocrin
kgv and is a fellow 'f tie American Collegp of
IhiaiLians He was Kn ret « th the presilenci ot
the Detroit Homeopathic Practitioners Sdieti in
1904 and 10Oo and the presidency ot the National So
cietv of Phjsual Therapeutics from 1905 to 190b He
IS the first vice president ot the Radiological bocietj
of North America Dr "stevens founded the Detro t
Society for Sex Hygiene and also the Detroit Mjcologi
cal Society, both of which he aer\ci as president for a
number of years
Dr Stevens is a stalwart republican ind has served
as chairmin of the sanitarj committee of the Boarl
of Commerce When in that capacity he tried hard
to gne Detroit a garbage statute, whuh the citj
still greatly needs and at all times 1 e has studied
the public welfare from the standpoint of healtl
and the prev ention of disease
On the Ibth of March, 1892, Dr Stevens was mar
ried to Dr Mai> Ella Thompson and they spent their
honeymoon at LelanJ Stanford Unneraity in Call
forma The> have become parents ot a daughter,
Frances E, who waa graduated from the University
of Michigan in the class ot l'i21 and is now at Rad
cliffe College The family residence is at 47 Fingree
avenue Dr Mary Stevens is greatly interested in
sociological problems, is ex president of the House of
Correction and is a member of the btard of managers
of the Girls Protective League and also of the Chil
drca's Aid Society She, too, is a graduate of Ann
4rtor, where she completed courses in literature, art
and meUmne She belongs to the CoUege Club, to the
Twentieth Century Club, the Women s City Club and
to the Delta Gamma sorority and was vice president
ot the national organization of the Association of Col
lege 4.1umnae now known as the American Aasocia
tion of University Women, of which she is a lite mem
ber, as well as of the Michigan Women s League
She was also president of the Cc liege Equal Suffrage
League from its organization until Michigan granted
suffrage to women
Dr Steyena serve 1 on the board of truatees of the
Church of Our Father and has lon|, been lientificd
with the Unitarian faitli He haa also held member
Hhip in the College Equal Suffrage League and is a
member of the Detroit Board of Commerce He has
served aa secretary treasurer of the board of trustees
of the Bova' Home and d Arcambal Association, com
mnnly known as the Ford Republic He belongs to
Oriental Lodge, A F & A M and in his life has
ever exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft
which IS based upon a recognition of the broti er
hood of mankind and thi obligations therebj imposed
Dr Stevens has ever hell to the highest stindards,
recognizing fnllv his duties and responsibilities not
only in a professional capacity but as a citizen and
as a man He understands not only the laws of health
but the laws of life in the broadest sense of that term
and wherever his aid is needed on the aide of progress
reform, and impro-\ ement it is quickh and cheerfully
t,iven In clut cirdes he has 1 eeome well known aa
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a member of the Masonic, Country, Detroit Golf,
Ingleaide, and Michigan Union Cluba.
ORBIN ALDEN" DE MASS. Although but thirty-six
years of age, the life of Orrin Alden De Mass has beett
a varied and eventful one, filled with many interesting
pspenenees, for his activities have covered a brcrad
Held. He has became well Itnown as a poet and sports-
man and is a man of versatile talents who possesses
those qualities which make for leadership in any tine
to whieh he may direct his attention. He was born
in Detroit, October 18, 1885, and comes of distinguished
ancestry, being a descendant of John Alden and Pris-
eilla Mullens. He acquired hia education in the public
Echools of his native city and has been engaged in
various lines of business. Impelled by the desire to
become acquainted with various parts of the country,
lie went west and explored the Eoukiea, engaging in
mining and eonstnietion work and the building of
bridges, etc., for a period of two years. He then made
liis way to Alaska, traveling extensively through that
vast and undeveloped country of limitless possibilities,
iind also exploring the wilds of northern and western
Canada, thus gaining much valuable and useful in-
formation. On returning to Detroit he entered the
paper box business with which he was identified as a
fltockholder for a period of nine years and in January
1916 formed the preient firm of De Mass & Kogel
schatz eondnctmg % high class tailoring estibli'jhment
He las built up t I^rge luiinesi in tl is connection
ml his high &t^ndlnJ, in trade circles of the city is in
1 eatel m the tact that he is serving a^ ehairmin of
the ioard of directors of the Detroit Mcrcl ^^t Tailors
Association In the manigement of 1 is interests he
iti^iplavs sound judgment energy ind enttrpr se and
success in sulstantiil measure has rewarded his efEorts
Hunting and gime conservation hive been lifelong
hobb ea rf Mr De Miss He has hunted from Cali
f mia t Maine an! from Detroit to Hudson Bay and
vl lie he IS familiar with every species of game anl
Tsh to be fomd in Michigan he has always taken his
trophies in strict adlerence to thi, laws His record
f time and money sptnt in the interest of conserva
ti n attests tie fact that he has save! more game
than has ever fallen from his gm He is one of the
ti ree fo mders of the Miel igan 'sportsmen s 4ssocia-
tun has been the author of many sections and prni
^lons at the Michigan game acd fiah lawi and has
fctrvel on numerous state commissions for tte preserva
fjon of the natural resources of the state He is an
i onorari member of several o
zaticms and has always been j
nl trad
untv sportsmen a organi
a ofScer m the Michigan
s Asiociation He knows every trout stream
! state anl his alvice is constantly
inught by incomplete anglers and hunters m all
parts of the country Conserve the opportunities for
recreation m field and stream and there need be no
worry about the good citizensl ip virile manhood and
n ral responsibility of cur futurt gentrati ns is the
theory advanced and practiced by Mr. De Mass, who
is devoting every effOTt to maintain for future hunters
and fishermen in Michigan the same recreational facil-
ities that lovers of the outdoors of the past and pres-
ent have enjoyed. He is an eloquent orator and his
services are much in demand at public gatherings. He
is also a writer of note and has contributed to many
magazines both poems and articles on outdoor sub-
jects. He is now publishing a volume of poems, en-
titled "Vagabond Verses," issued by Doran & Com-
pany of Hew York, the background of whieh is his
varied experiences afield and as t re am.
Fraternally Mr. De Mass is identified with the
Masons, belonging to Ashlar Lodge, F. & A. M., aud he
is also connected with the Aviation Country Club at
Green Lake, Michigan, being likewise an honorary
member of several country clubs. He is a broadminded
man of high intellectual attainment and his life has
been an exemplary one in all respects. Ho has ever
supported those interests which are calculated to
benefit humanity, while liis own personal worth is
deserving of high commendation.
MAURICE S. MARR. Insurance interests of Detroit
find a capable representative in Maurice S. Marr, who
is an alert energetic and enterprising voung business
man ready for any chante for advancement and equally
ready to meet an\ emergency In the coniuct of his
interests he displaja sound judgment and keen discern
ment and success in substantial measure has rewarded
his efforts He was born in this city April 2> 1891 a
son of Maurue E and Phebe (Shelley) Marr and a
grands n of Maurici Marr a native of Scotlani who
emigrated to America as a jouth taking up his resi
deuce m Detro t where he >ecame well known m com
mcruial circles installing the first pi mp in the old
waterworks plant His son Maurice R Marr was
first employed as a clerk with the old drj g( ods firm
f F Lowry &, Company and subsequently purchased
the business which he auctessfulh LonJuited tor a
number of years, ranking with the prominent merchants
f the citv He also beoame active m public affairs
and at the time of his death was serving as secretary
)f the Detrtnt board of education of which ho had
1 ein a memler for eight ve«s He was a Mason of
high standing 1 elocgmg to the eommandery and eon
sistor\ in which he had attamed the thirty sec<nd
degree and his personal qualities were such that he
wen tie warm friendship of all with whom he came
into contact
After ctmpleting the work ot the grades Maurice S
Marr became a, pup 1 in the Central high school and
his initial experience in the business world was gained
as a clerk m a drug store where he remained for a
year The nest three years were spent as t me and
(ost clerk with tie Cadillai, Motor Company and sub
sequently he has been for ten years tonnected with
erests He entered commercial cirUes
ceount establishing the M S Mart In
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; Agency wh eh 1 e liai aiuee succeMfulh cou
ducted He has built up a lirge pat/onage diipln\iiig
marked ex-ecutne a! ilit^ initiative and mature jud^
raent m tht managtmeot (f his interests
On the ITtli of June 1Q30 Mr Mart was married to
Miss Carobn Bare of Detroit and they are popular
jn social cirilea of the citv The\ have a son Rcbert
Bane Marr born August 10, 1931 Mr M-irr is %
republican in his political views and his religious tiitJi
is indicated by his membership m the North Vi ood
wird Ghri>"tian ehurch He is an active ani earnest
member of the Boird of Commerce whose plans f r
the expansion ot the trade interests fif the cit5 re
ceiie his he^rtj support ind he is also conneetei with
the Cortex Club while fraternallj he is identified with
the Masons bel nging to' Citv of the Striits Lodge
F i, 4. M to King Cyrus Chapter R \ M, and to
the Grotto iJurmg the recent war with Germany he
lerved as i member of tht Twenty aixth Machine tiun
Battalion in 1<»18 and was stitionel at Lamp Sheridan
AlabamT He is a most progressive and energetic joung
busine>"a min ini a lo>al ind public spirited citizen
whoie min> omneilille tra ts of character hiv
gamed tor him the esttem ii 1 go( Iw 11 f a lot ot
fnenls
EUGENE BEMB, service manager and vice presi-
dent of the Bemb-Eobinson Company, one of the
largest motor car distributing companies in Detroit,
has an identification with the automobile trade which
dates back to the early years of that industry in
this city. Mr. Bemb was bom February 22, 1887,
aud ia a brother of Walter J. Bemb, president and
general manager of the Bemb-Eobinson Company, in
whose sketch on another page of this work is given
extended mention of the parents and family,
Eugene Bemb attended the Normal Wesleyan school
in his youthful days and after his textbooks were put
aside he worked for a time in the floral business
established bv hii mother and conducted under the
nan e of the Bemb Flora! Con pany Later however
he determined to learn the auton obile bu>" nesa wh cl
was -)t fhit tne lust gett g a fir 1 old as one of
the growini' ndustr ea f I etro t Mr Be 1 se
cure 1 a pos t on w th W E Metzger tl o p o oer a to
dealer of tl e c ty wl oae al w r o s cr the it
tie nortleast corner of Jeff rio an I Br si streets
Mr Bemb renanel n tl at connect on from 1Q04 to
1906 during h h t me he acqu rel comprehend e
knowledge of motor car construct on He the re
s gned and sec red T]iitonwthWllT F A
Neumann as alesmm n tl e a to tr ck lepirtment of
h 3 agencv He wis e t n th en plo of CI arles
and George Gra t who were igents of the B k
car n Defro t L ter th i flrn to I on the Thon as
Detro t agenc nnl Mr Beml tl ui le ame connected
with the latter concern, which then inchided a number
of men whff subseiuenfly liecnme very prominent' in
automobile circles, anioni; them beinjj Roy Chapin,
During this
building anl
LOUS endurance
etc In 1609
H wirl Coflin J lines Tn h anl Geor„e (. Behn
While with the Thomas Detroit Company Mr Bemb
was a demonstrator and toured the country from
coait to loast demonstrating these
time he spent consiienble time
entering Thomas Detr< it cars in
events such is the IWT GliHui t
he hanlled the Chalmers car in 1 ill climbing contests
and on the Glidden tour in which event he brought
back the Detroit trophy which was donated bv the citv
He was assoLiated with the Oh ilmers interests until
1<»12 and was service nnnager for this companv a part
of this period In Itl" le bee i me connected with the
Hudson Motor Car Compmv He remained with the
Hudson Companv as listrict sties minager assistant
service mani^ir and ts service manager until 191Q
when he decide! to en„age in business with his bro
ther Walter T and I ecame sen ice manager anl
vice president of the BembEobmson Company in
which dual capacity he has continued contributing
largelj to the upbuilling of the organization m hia
department as well as to executive control The
Bemb Eobmson Service Station is known from coast
to eoaat as one of the best equipped plants of the
kind m the country
On the 10th of July, 1913, Mr. Bemb was married
to Miss Maude Burgwm of Detroit, daughter of John
Burgwin, represent mg a prominent family of this
city that has resided here for more than a half cen-
tury. Her father died m Detroit in October, 192n.
Mr. Bemb helonga to the Masonic fraternity. His po-
litical allegiance is given to the republican party and
he does all in his power to further community pri>-
gresa and upbuilding. He belongs to the Oakland
Hills Golf Club and the Detroit Auto Club and he is
also a member of the Society of Automobile En-
gineers,
W, E. BECK, prciidimt of the Bellevue Eoundry
Company of Detroit, was born in Lancaster, Ohio,
March 16, 1887, and is a son of Samuel H. and Matilda
C. (Rippey) Beck, both of whom were also natives of
Ohio, their respective parents having become pioneer
residents of that state. Later the parents removed
from Lancaster to Cleveland, Ohio, and there the
father engaged in the insurance business, becoming
field organizer of the TInited States Casualty Company
of Cleveland. They had a family of four children:
Mrs. E. H. West, whose husband is president of the
West Stee' Cast'nga Company of Cleveland; Mra. B. H.
Stilson whose husband ia chief clerk of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company at Cleveland; Mrs. J. H.
Kitchen, whose husband is a retired capitalist of
Cleveland; and W. R.
The last named, the youngest of the family, obtained
hia early e-lucation in the public schools of Cleveland,
pasain" firouirh consecutive grades to the high school
and afterward attending the Western Reserve Uni-
versity, from which he was graduated with the class
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(f 1909 He next entered the Ciae School of Applied
ene m Cle^elind and fimahed his course there m
IQll He afterward became a'sistant manager of the
}I 11 Clutth Company of Cleveland anj later acted aa
metallurgist of the Weat Steel Caatinga Company of
Cleveland f(r tw > years In, 191t> he eime to Detroit
jad organized the EelUvue Founlry Compiny in May
1Q17 Of this he has since been the pre«dent and the
1 uameas has devel ped to large prnportiona ao that
:t now neeessitites the omplovment of one hundred
j.eople m order to meet thi, demands of the trade Mr
ISei,k maintaina in open ahop employing skilled libor
1 ithont regard to union or other affiliationa Because
he believea m the right of every man working if he
so desires without the dictation of others he has
Irought about much unwarranted criticism among the
fjundrymen s unions and n one occasion was shot
and severely wounded bv strikers His course how
ever reeeivea the mdorstment of fair minded people
who do not belieie in the domination of tie labor
pirtj anv more thin the dommation of capital to the
(i triment of tl e interesta of others
On the 3d of July, 1913 Mr Beck was married to
"Miss Margaret Kenyon of Clevelanl Ohio daughter
t W S Eenyon of that city He is a member of
tie Fellowcraft Athletic Club and is appreciative o£
the social amemtiea of life while the aterling traits
of bis own character have won him many frienda ind
the higl respect of all who know lught of hia career
and are familiar witb hif
LLIPTON f. DYER a mem>er of the Detroit bar
[ractieing aa a mcmler of the hrm of Augell Turner
&. Dyer is a nitiv e <f Mn.hij,an and has always residel
this state He was born at Bvron and ii tl e son
of John and Khoda (Da\ia) Dyer natives of Devon
si ire England
\fter completing hia prelim niTy education Mr
Itver entered the tJniver'Jitv of Michigan from which
he was graduate 1 in 1TO8 with degree erf A B
After spending three years as instructor in the high
s hool of Sault Ste Mane Michigan he resumed his
univeraity work gradnating from the law department
of the unnera tv in 191^ with legree of Juris Doctor
He began the practice of law July Ist of that year
forming at that time an association with the law firm
of Angell Boynton McMillan Bodman 4 Turner On
Tuly 1 1011 he became a meml er of the firm of Angell
if Turner and on Jnlv 1 1120 a member of the
firm of Angell Turner &. Dyer The firm la engaged
m corporation and general practice representing as
'egal counsel the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation
t mpany New York Central Bailroad Company Penn
s\lvania Eailroad Company Detroit City Gas Com
puny Solvay Process Company and American Car &
F imdrv Company For the past Six years Mr Dver
111' acted as professor of pleading and practice in the
law department of the University of Detroit
On September 12 1&16 Mr Dyer waa united in
marriage to Miia Bess B Browne of Nashville, Michi
gan He la a member of the Detroit Ear Association
anl Ditroit Athletic Club
J T &TEW\RT HAMILTON, M D Dr J T
Stewart Hamilton auperintendent of Harper Hospital
ini one of the recognized leaders ot the medical pro
fession m Detroit was born June 20 1880 m this city
a son of Thomas anl Ana Jane (Chambers) Hamilton
thi. f jrmer a native of Buffalo New T<rli, and the lat
ter of Niagara Falls New "iork They came to Detroit
in early life but m 1892 remo\ ad w th the r family to
northwestern Ilhnoia settling in Joliet The father
waa superintendent of the Joliet bto^o Wffrks for
many years but at the present time la living retired,
making his home in Detroit To Mr and Mrs Hamil
ton have been born S\e children William F of De
troit T Stewart Mrs E T Giest of Joliet Illinois
Dr Robert T Hamilton of Detroit and Mrs W H
L>on of &.no3iMlle, Iowa
l>r Hamilton attended the public schools of Joliet,
passing through consecuti\ e grades to the high school
and afterward entered the Northwestern University of
Chicago from which he was graduated on the com
lletioi of a medical course witl the claaa of 1905 He
was then made an interne n Harper Hospital of De
troit and later became assistant surgeon for the Copper
Eange Mining Cumpanv at Painesdale Michigan
Subsequently he accepted the position of medical direc
tor of Harper Hospital unler Mr Moulder and after
ward became assistant superintendent under Dr Wayne
Smith At th death of Dr Smith in igi") he wia ad
vinced to the superintendenci of Harper Hospital and
s now occupying this important and responsible posi
tion He has brought the institution up to a high
state of perfection in ita medical and surgical work
It IS thoroughly equipped with the latest appliances
needed in medieal and surgical practice and its high
standard of elfieiinej is attested in the liberal patron
age accorded the institution
On tie 1st of September 1110 Dr Hamilton was
married to Miaa Lucy Duncan Safforl a daughter of
Major Benjamin D SafEord an oflcer of the Seven
teenth Michigan Kegiicent Two children have been
1 orn to Dr and Mrs Hamilton Thomas Stewart born
in Detroit June 19 1911 and Jane January 1 1917
Dr Hamilton is a member of Corinthian Lodge F
& A M He also belongs to the Detroit Boat Club and
the Plum Hollow Golf Club During the World war
he served as a captain of the Medital Corps in the
Fourteenth Division He la now one of the directors
ot the PuHie Welfare Commission and a member of
the Committee of handicap for the Amencaa Bed Cross
a member of the American Legion He 1 elougs to th»
Wayne County Medical Society the Michigan State
Medical Association and the American Medical Aseo
ctation ts a member of the American Hospital Asso
ciation and a trustee of the State Hospital Asaociatiou
He is keenly interested in everything that has to do
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With profesaional progress ani keeps in. toueli throu^li
liroad study and investigation with the latest researches
an 1 discoveries ot thi profession His work has ever
won tavonble criticism of LontemporarKS and col
leiguea and he is todav occupying a place in the fore
moat ranks of the phssieians laA 'Jurgeon' (f Dttroit
HENE\ M DUBOIS is a prominent member ct tlie
legal profes'fion m the prictice ot whuh he ha^ been
^ctl^ely engaged for moce than thirty veirs He la
a native of Michigan, born in Wi'vne Ciiuntj, August
li, 1850 He v&s educated in the public sehtxols and
it the &tate Normal school at Ypsilanti Following
the close of hi? course at the Normal school Mr
DuBois taught for ten vears nt the same time giving
his attention to the study of law, with the ^ lew o^
making that profession hi^ future sphere of work He
was also superintendent and inspector of sthools at
Bedford Michigan Mr DuBois was admitted to the
state bar m IStO and immediately commenced the
praetiCL oi his proftsiion, in whith ht continued alone
until 1903 when he and his brother, John W DuBois,
formed a partnership under the firm name o£ DuBois
S. DuBois, this mutually agreeable partnership still
existing, each succeeding year adding to its legal pros
tige and establishing it more widely in the publii,
confidence Henr\ M DuEois held the ofljce of instice
of the peace for seven vears
In 1837 Henr^ M DuBoia was ui tel in marriage
to Miss Emma L Harris and they became the parents
(f three children Harold M , Sarah E, who married
Frank Briokman, and Philip A Mr DuBois la a
thirty second degree Mason and also a member of all
the auxiliary Masonic bodies Palestine blue lolpe,
the Birmingham Chapter, Northville Commander\ the
Detroit Consistory and Shrine, and the Eastern Star,
m the affairs of which he takes a warm interest
The DnEoiB familj are of Trench Huguenot ancestry
and ha^e been in America for generations Louis
DuEoi'j, a direct ancestor settle 1 m Ulster county,
New ^orK hia name appears on a monument erected
to the mem or J of the iirst let tiers at New Platz,
Ulster county, New "iork It is known that when the
Huguenots were driven from France thej found a
home m the provinue of Ulster in the North of Hoi
lanl trom which they lattr immigrated to America
and it 13 probable that their location m Holland w ai
responsible for the name of Ulster being given to the
new settlement in this country
HENBl FRANCIS (LeHUNTE) L^bTEK was lorn
at Sanders Court m County Wexford Ireland on the
8th of November, 1S37 He waa the second Hon of
Eev William N Lyster and Ellen Emily Uotpcr,
daughter of John Cocper Esq , of Birch Grove Countj
Weiford His father had graduated with the degree
ot B A from Tnnitj College, Dublin, with the Uass
of 182(3 and had first \isited \ u erica in 1829 He
returned to Ireland and was married in 1832, in which
\ear he came to Amirica going to Lenawee counti
Michigan where he organize 1 and eonstruLted the
Episcopal church at Tecumsth in 1833, having raiaed
the mone^ partly bv donations in the east A partia?
list ot subscriptions recently discoiered in the archives
of that church discloses as subscribers such namis
as Andrew Jackson (then president), Henry Clay
Daniel Webster, Thomas H Benton, and Henry A
Wise It was on a visit to Ireland m 1837 that Dr
Lyster, the subject of this article, was born His
family were of Vnglo Irish stock, having come from
Lngland in the reign of Queen Elizabeth about thi
year of 1590 Thei belonged to the ancient famili
of Liater or Ljster which was settled in the West
Riding ot Yorkshire prior to 1312 Dr L^ ster s fa
tlier, in aidition to graduating from Trmit> College
Dubl n, also studied theology at the University of
Edinburgh Ho was a personal friend of Sir Walter
Stott whom hf visited at Abbottatord He was
or lame I in the Church of England in 1S30 Among
the many places filled bv him, he was also the first
rector of Christ Church, Detroit (1846 49) He died
in 1877 and was buried in Elmwood cemetery Detroit
Dr Lyster was an infant of less than a year oli
when his parents returned to America, and his entirt
loutli was spent m Detroit, Monroe, and in the hills
of Lenawee counts His earh education was such as
was affordel hv the private scho)ls of that day He
entered the University ot Michigan at the age of
sixteen gradniting with the class of ISo'! with the
degree ot A B He then entertd the medical depart
ment of the university, receiving the degree of M D
in 1%0 In 1861 he received the degree of M A
He had lust begun the practice of his profession when
then Civil war broke out, and he at once responded
to the call for volunteers and was commissioned as
sistant surgeon to the Second Michigan Infantrj, later
becoming surgeon of the Fifth Michigan Infantrv
and still later surgeon in chief of the Third Brigade
First Division, Third Corps, and surgeon m charge of
the Field Hospital, First Division, Third Corps, oper
atmg surgeon in the Second and Third Corps and
acting medical dirntor and medical mspcUor ot the
Third Corps He served during the entire Civil war
m the Armi of the Potomac and was jresent in
twentv four battles and skirmishes He v, ts wounded
in action on May ^, 1864 He hid the distinition of
performing the first and the last amputation upon a
Michigan soldier during the Civil war tht first being
at the skirmish of Elackburns Ftrd on Jub 18 I'tbl,
and the last at Clover Hill, Appomattox Court House,
Virginia, on April 0, 1801,— the day of Lee's surrender
4fier the war h^ came to Detroit where he resumed
the practice of medicine and surgery, which he con
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the establishment of a boari of health, and it was
princjially due t) his efforts thit the Detroat board
f hpilth cime into exiattnee The necessity of suih
a boiri had long been apfirent to him and as el air
man ot tl e comm ttte appomtei 1 y the state biarl of
health he made a rep rt of a proposed plan at the
anitiry eonvt-ntion held in Flint m January, 1381
(\nnual Eeport Michigan Statp Board tf Health
ISSl Kept nt 79 p 54) It was through his efEorts
that an apt waa jasied hi the legislature of that year
cstallnhmg the board tf health of the city of De
troit Monv of tl e ref jrms suggeited ly him at that
time were too far m advance of the period although
tiei are cow aecupted as a matter of course through
0 it the countrv namely inspection ot schowl children
Iwellings etc
Dr Ljatcr »aa always interested in the develop
rent <f tie public high school system of Michigan
ind at one time served as sthool inspector in Detroit
Hf, V, IS one of the founders of the Michigan College
of Medicine which afterwards consolidated with the
Detroit Collp^e of Med c ne ani for manj vears was
n the fipultv of the latter institutirn He was also
onsultmg phvitian to Harper Hospital the Woman a
Hiispital and Fotinilinga Home and the Children a
Free Hospital He waa also a contributor to many
of the mediol jnagazmca ot that time He died
when m hia fift* seventh v>.ar
Dr Lester was married m Wash ngton D C on
Jiniar\ uO JSb" t< Winifred Lee Brent daugi tor tf
(-aptam Th ma^i Lee Erent IT 8 Armv Captain
Brent wis a graduate f ttest Point having ieen
appomtei from Virginia by President Andrew Jack
son and served in the Field Artillery throughout the
Mex <ran war anl the Seminole Indian war in Florida
He was Irevetted for gallantrv at the battle of Buena
\ nta He belon^e 1 to the well known Brent family
rf Maryland anl "Virginia being the son of William
Brent Esq of Eiehland Stafford county \irginia
When a young lieutenant ot artillery stationed at
Dptroit le married Jane W Ikins daughter of Htn
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Mrs Ljster has lived in Detroit since 18 8 and on
March 15 1922, celebrated her eightieth birthday
Of the children of I>r and Mrs Lvster, three sons
anl two daughters are living (1) Colonel William
J Lyster of the medical department U 8 4rmv
was graduated from the University (f Miihigan with
the degree of Ph B m la^a and received the degree
of Doctor of Publ c Health from the Univers ty of
Pennsj Ivania m l")!! He i as 1 stinguished himself
m the army for his work m sanitation anl is the
inventor of the Lyster Bag which has been used
for some years throughout the army tor sterilizing
drinking water Prior to the untrj of America into
the World war he served from Mav Iflir as medical
observer with the British forces subsequently after
the entrv of America into tl e nar he vja made
liaison officer anl stationel it London i ntil April
1918 when he was recalled to Washing,! n to help
organize the Gas 'lervace In roeognit on of 1 is work
in London luring the great war he was made a Com
panion of St Michael and St George (C M G )
which order was conferred upon him hv the Pr nee
of Wales when he viaited this countrj in 1920
Crltmel Lister had previoisl} scried in the Ph lip
pine Islanls and at one time was jttaehel to the Icga
tion at Pekin China (2) Henry L Lyster is mentioned
m tie following article (3) Thomas L B Lyster was
also graduated from the University of Michigan re
ceiving the degree of B 8 in 1901 and later atten led
Cornell University where he reeeived the degree of
Master of Mechanical Engineering in 1103 He is
nffw an electrical and mechanical engineer at Niagara
Palla New York where he helped to organize and
construct the Hooker Electro Chem eal Company
During the earlj part of the war he ent red the air
servi e aa a captain going to Prance in July 1917
in charf,e of certain engineering pr'jects of the air
service He subsequently became chief of designs
anl projects assignel to the air service headquarters
in Pans and Tours He was prtmoted to successively
the rank f major ani lieutenant colonel Alter the
w r I r aumel 1 s occiiat (n at N'lagara Falls {i)
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Eleaaor Carroll Parker is widow of Edward H. Parker
of Detroit. <5) FlOTence M. Rntherforii is wife of
Captflia S McP Butlierford, U S Armv
HENBl L4.IRENCE Ll'^TER i nt ie ot De
troit js the aeeoiid son ot Dr Htnn F Li ster in i
Wimfred Lee (Brent 1 L3 ster referred to m the pre
ceding irticle His early education waa lequired n
the pniate and pu>ln. 9cho<ls ot Detroit In the ae
a I year of high schirol he ieft and went abroid
where for
atudits in. Weim
land In 1892 hi
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turnej to the Inited Statea an!
Lniveraiti of M ehigan rectriv
■ m 1895 and that of LL B in
After almission to the bir he entered upon
active practite of the law m Detroit where he has
continued ever since excefting when absent on mili
tary aeriiee He is a member 0^ the American Midi
igan State and Detroit B'lr Asaoentions
Mr Irjater is a veteran of two wars ifter lis
graduation from the university he joined the Mich
igan Naial Reserve then m its mfancv servmj, from
189 to 189B During the Spamah Americtn war in
18<>a he served la a seaman on boird the XI S S
Yoaemite m the West Indies After pitroling tit
soithern toast of Cubi the Yosemite was orlerel
to Porto Rieo to blockade the harbor at San Jmn
While there she engiged and destroyed the Spanish
coa\erted cruiser Antonio Loptz on June t,8
1898 at the same time engaging the Spinish j,un
boats which came out of the harbor ind bem„ s I
jected to tht fire of Morro Castle For the sinkm^
of th a ship the eriw of fl 0 loaemite received the
last prize or bounty monev paid bv the g \ ernment
under a law which hai been in forte for a centurj
anl wheh was npealel the year after the Spai si
war Fiftj thousand lollara was awardel to the
officers an I men of the Tosem te as bounty monei
It was the only bounty monev awarded during the
Spanish An erican war where a superior force of the
enemv was engaged exclusive of the land batter es
thus entitling the crew to dtuble bounty n onej
Soon after the entrj of America int> tie World
war Mr Lyiter agam offerel his services anl was
finally commissioned on August 2" 191'" as eapta n
m the Air Service ot the United States Army He
was ordered to active duty aa September 11 1917 at
Kelly Field Texas where he command? 1 the bi-s
Hundred anl Forty first (One Hundrel and Tnenti
second) 4ero Squadrin He took this squalron 01 er
aeaa leaving KelJy Field in December 1917 an 1 lom
ing the American Expeditionary Forces in Franc in
January 1918 On March 1 1918 he was put in toni
raand <m tl e Ninety fourth Aero Squadron at Issodun
France taking it to the front on the 4th of Mar(h
1918 Tlis squadron afterwarls 1 etame the famous
Hat la the Ring so called from its insignia and
was later commanded bv CHptain Elward 1 Rickcn
backer, American Aee of Aces, who was with it
throughout his whole career on the front. On the
subsequent formation of the First PuTsuit Group of
the American Air Service on the front, Captain Lvater
Has assigned to headquarters staff and nade aljutant
t the group This organizati<m waa conip ■le 1 of
tour of thi. leading combat air squadrons on the
fr nt nameh the Twenty seventh Ninetj fourtji
^ln ty fifth anl One Hundred anl Forty se\enth and
substqiently the Oai Hundred ani Eighty fifth night
flying squadron He was with this organizat on
sue esaively with the Fo irtb Eighth and & xth
French and First American Armies in respectively
the Chalons Toul Aisne Marne Vesle anl Verdun
defenaiie sectors from March 5 1918 until the armis
tice on November 11 1918 With his organization he
was in the following ttiij r operations Champagne
Marne deftnsive (Chateau Thierry ) 15 18 Jilv 1918
Aisne Marne offensne 18 July b August 1918 St
Mihiel offensive 16 18 September 1918 Menae
Argonni. offensive 26 September 11 November 1918
Tl e First Pursuit Group of Air Seriice was as its
name implies the hrst combat organization ot the Air
Service to be formed larger than a squadron This
or(,anization made an enviable record at the tt nt
and containel manj distinguished officers a uong
whom were Major Eaonl Lutberry Captain Hamilton
Goohdge First Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt First
Lieutenant William M Russel and Second Lieutenant
Frank Luke, Jr all of whom were killei in combat
Out of a complement ot one hundred an 1 thirtj tw
1 ilots ot this organization there were 3event> three
casualties thirty five of whom were killed in a t on
eleven wounded and twenty one taken £ ris oners On
the other hand the First Pursuit Group brought d mi
two hundred and eighty six enemj aircraft Of tie
eighty two German balloons brought lown on all
fronts Iv American forces sixty were brnught doi n
by the First Pursuit Group aeeording to oftieial
records Considering that the Americans lost onij
two hunlrel and seventyone aeroplinea and firtv
five ballo<ns on all fronts during the war th s recorl
IS bv eompar son remarkable
Upon his discharge trom the arn j in May 1919 Wr
Lyster returned to Detroit to resume the practice of
his profession He is a member of the Delta Eappa
Epsilon college fraternitj and of the Detroit C'Oun
tr\ "Universitj Detroit Bexat and Crosse Po nte
Riding & Hunt Clubs and ot the D K E anl Aero
CluU of New York titj
HAB^Ei BALDWIN WALLACE whose business
and CIVIC activit es have brought him to a position of
prominence amemg Detroit a beat cit zens was born at
North£eld Ohio Nov en ber 11, 1883 and comes from
a highU respected family in that section of the Bu k
c-ve state His father Hiram H Wallace was b rn
Februan 18 1843 at Brandywme Ohio and n De
ce iber IS 13(>7 at New London Pennsv Ivan a was
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married to Miss Mariaana Mearaes. She was bora in
1843 at North Bast Maryland a daughter of John
aal Mariatina (Waugh) Mearnoa Hiram H 'Wallace
was a well known anl aQceesaful farmer who for a
[ un 1 er of yeirs li\el retire! at Northfleld Ohio
where hia death occurred October 1" l^tSl Hia wife
hai passed awjy February 18 188" at the age of
toitj f<Jur Of their nine cl ildren four ire liiing
Mrs Herbert B Lamping and Schuyler J Walliee of
Cleveland Ohio Gecrge H W-illic-p of Lns Angelea
in 1 th( subject of thia article
In the public schools of Northheld Ohi Har ey
B Wallace purs led his eiily education passing
thr ugh consecutive grades to his graduation trom tl p
h gh SLhool with the diss of 1901 when lp entPrel
"\r unt Ui n College and completed a courat with
the Ph D degree m 190b Soon after leaiing Lollege
he came to Detroit and entered the employ of the
H rt n Cato Minufaoturing Company with whom ] e
rimimpl for two and a half years and then became
onn te 1 with the Penu aular Emery Wheel Company
ds manat, r c ntmumg until 1111 During tl is pen 1
ie was tl ougbttully LonaiiJering businesa conlit ona
inl nee Is and perceived the requ rement along minu
f ii-turing lines for a diamond pointed tool Hia analy
*iis of the situation found fruition in the organization
nt the Wheel Trueing Tool Company ot which he is
the president and generil minager This oompanj
an ifietures diamonl pointed foola and is i large
II rter of diamonla for this purpose It miintama
1 tinchea and ofiieii m New York city Chicago Cleve
Und Loa ingeles and Windsor Canada The bus
ness hti gr wn to esteasiye proportions and the
company bin dies diamonds particularly adapted to
specific need*" havmg an extensive atock of the gems
*• necessary m mechanical production A large <at
<i.lOf,ue s ssued annuallj', g ymg a pictorial and
1 trl al description of many of the tools manufactured
anl the tints of diamonds i,arried Thia great buai
! ^s enterpr se that has I n b nit standa aa a menu
n eni to the progresaiveness initiative and enterpris
n}, spirit of the founder 4mong his other buamesa
interest') Mr Wallace la a director of the American
State Bank of Detroit of the American State Bank
f Dearborn Michigan tl e Americtn State Bank of
Pern laie Michigan is vice presiient and director of
tie AraeruMn State Bank of Highland Park, treasurer
of the Detroit Soluble Oil Company ani director m
tl e Motor Bankers Corporation of Detroit
On the 21th of September 1906 Mr Wallace mar
ried Miss Olive M Snj der of Detroit daughter of
Mr and Mrs Charles N Snyder her father haying
been mayor of Loram Ohio at the time of his death
Mr and Mrs Wallace have four children all born in
Detroit namelj ^ irgmia Lee l'*07 Oliye Jane
190Q Donald James 1911 and Marjorie Belle 1914
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are well known socially
and Mra. Wallace ia prominent in the society of High-
land Park, where they reside at 80 Farrand Park.
She belongs to the Highland Park Women's Club, to
the Detroit Woman's City Club, to the P. E. O. Society
and to the Oross Country Kidmg Club Mr Wallace
has membership in the Detroit Athletic Club the
Ingleside Club the Automobile Country Clib anl with
various Masonic bodiea such as Highland Park Lodge,
F & A M , Detroit Commanderv No 1 K T Mich
igan Soyereign Consist rv and Moslem Temple nf the
Mystic Shrine Hia political allegiance is guen to the
repuHican party Both he ant Lis wife are <ons stent
members of the W odward 4venue PresVvteriin
church and his devotion to tl e public good is manifest
a director of the Detroit Board of
a director of the Highland Park
school board After serving in the latter flice t r a
term Mr Wallace was reelected The law requires ac
ceptanee and the oath of ofliee witbin ten days but
Mr Wallace was then on the ocean Howev er he was
reached by wireless and upon arrival m Lonion he
visited the American consul and took the oath £ office
The school Icarl thereupon reelected bim president
n which capauty he la now serving Important ani
extensive as are his business affairs he always has
t me to' cooperate in plans and measures for the gen
eral good, being especially mterestei in the ca ise of
education and taking an active part in the work of
the Detroit Board of Commerce now being first vice
president of that organizat on His business car er
la notal le bj reason of the rapid growth of the enter
{.rise wl ich he ftunded inl promoted fjr tolay the
Wl (.el Trueicg Tool Company is one of the largest
industrial dumond in porting firms and manufactur
Lrs of diamond to Is in the country havinf, had a
phenomenal growth m the past five years Eeeent
consolidation ot the mines which control the world s
diamond production for the purpose of equalizing the
output ani stabiliEing prices caused Mr Wallace to
make a trip to Europe which he did in company with
his wife anl daughter Virginia Lee Always alert
he IS ready to meet any exigency or c n 1 t n that
may arise m trade and hs resourcefulness enibles
him to cope successfully with developm nfs as they
HENRY O SAGE who is a native son of Michigan
IS s rving as secretary treasurer of the Bierce Sage
Company leading representatives of insurance inter
ests in Detroit He is an ast ite farsighted b ismess
man whose plans have been carefully formulated and
promptly executed and through the successful conduct
of his individual intereats he has largely contributed
to the commercial development of his city He ao
quired hia education m the public schools of Michigan
and up n starting out m life for himself he be ame
connected with the insurance business along which
line he 1 as continued gaining a thorough and com
prehensive knowledge of the business. He is now aerv
ing as secretary -treasurer of the Bierce-Sage Company,
having acted in that capacity since the incorporation
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of the firm Tlii» is oue of tlio oldest i
in Detroit haiinj, It n istiblishel tv N A B prce
111 X86'i, aad m IS^ta the buamca was taken over h-\
Mr Sage and William B Bierce the son of N A
Eierce They ineorporaled it m 1915 They handle
all kinds of insurance eieept life and also siue auretv
I on Is building up a lirge patronage m both eon
nectiona theira >eing one of the lealmg enterprisea of
the kind in the city
Mr bige vtis united m m image to Mi si Dora
Thomas and thei beeimL the parents of a son Robert
D Tiho 1
V pursuing \
a the Lni
^ersity of Michigan as a mtn btr ot the elafs if 1922
demoting apecial attention t( tlie drama and belles
lettres He is possessed of much 1 terarv talent and
will undoubtedly win diatinetion aa an author having
ilreadj written a plav frr the Central high aehool
which has received moat favorable cntie sm The wife
ind mother passe 1 awa^ in 1901 and her den ise was
telt as an irrepartl le loas bv her immediate family
ind a wide iirele of frienda for her lifo was in all re
fpeeta an admirable one Industry has been tl e key
which haa unlocked for Mr &age the portals of sut
etas He holda to high ideals in citizenship is actn
ated by a progressne spirit in busmeas and in ever}
relation of hfe measures up to the highest stan lards
ot manhood anil eitizenahip
WILLI VM \ETnUR WATT s w 11 k n
mmer al c r lea of Detro t as n ager t the 1 eal
I ranch i the Pantasote Con pany ot ^ew York his
fllees I e ng n tl c Penobsc t bu 1 i ng He s a nat ve
ot Canada hi 1 rth hav ng oteurrel n Port Hope
n the iro n e of Ontar o o tl 21st of June I87'5
Hs parents were Jam s A ani Margar t (Duchar)
Watts the former of whom waa born n Montreal
Canala a d tie latt r n Brookl ne Mnssachuietta
James 1 Watti for a cons deral le t me was engaged
n tht manufacture of s Iverware at Ham Iton Ontar o
ader the at lo of tl e Mer den Britanu a Company He
later ret re ! from th s bu? ness and removed to Brook
Ivn Ney, lork wlere !e i adei for a per od of
twent years He s bacjuently returned to Han Iton
0 tar 0 where h a len se o curre 1 In h s f a n It
ere t vtr ions Alf 1 & who passel away n 191(
vh le Bcrv g aa an officer tl the transport d v a on
of the Br t sh arn v lur ng the World ar and W J
1 am Arthur
The latter ttended T-Iper Canada College at Toront
n I Tr n ty College at Port Hope from wh el
graduated
(ours On e ter g
man ork ng for v
n 1 01 he be ame (
pany of New York
firm to Detro t to open a
made man iger and he ha^
of J
! terary
the complet i
■us nesB 1 f e he 1 ecan e oales
ous manufa tur ng firms and
eeted w th the Pantasote Con
In 191" he. was sent b that
offiee of wh eh he waa
ce repre ented the eo n
as well as in various other connections and its si.yerior
qualities have aecured for it a wide aale.
In Windsor, Canada, on the 4th of December, 1905,
Mr Watts was united in marriage to Miaa Louise L.
Emery a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Emery,
pron inent residenta of that place. In religious faith
Mr Watts is an Episcopalian, and his social nature
Iinds expression in hia membership in the Detroit
Club the Essex Golf & Country Club, the Detroit
Athletic Club, the St. Clair Golf Clnb, and the Officers
Mesa of the Twenty-firat Esaex Fusilcers of Windsor,
(f whieh battalion ho ia a reaerve officer. He also
holla membership in the Detroit Automobile Club and
the Ontario Motor League.
WILLIAM CHESTEK TOMKINS. Among railroad
ofhe als in the United States and Canada there are
few better knerwn than 'William Chester Tomkins, the
treasurer of the western lines of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way system and treasurer of the Detroit Terminal Rail-
r al He is honored and respected not alone by col-
leagues and contemporaries, but by the employes of
these roads in the varions departments, and his ac-
quaintance is a most extensive one among those who
control railway interests in this country.
Mr Tomkins was born in Montreal, Canada, May 19,
18(1 and comes of English ancestry His parents
J sepl and Lmi sa (Acton) Tomk ns are botl nat ves
f England and earl 1 fe crosse 1 1 e Atla t c to
Canada The father afterward becan c vestrv c!e k
f r '^t Ceorge s Church n Montreal anl o Iv reo ntly
ret red from that posit on To h m a I h s w fe ha
been bor five children Mri George H Dobb e of
South Orange New Jersey W Iban C Fss el g
m Montreal Canada Ed th the w fe of Fred Fran
ck m of M ntreal an 1 Bertha also of the san e c ty
W Ilia C Tomkins ol tamed h s early o lucat on n
the graran ar s h oli of Montreal and later atte ded
the MeG 11 Norn al School at Montreal after I ch
he obta ne 1 the p s t on of office boy w th the Hon
Peter M t hell MP S x ontha later he re gned to
aeceit a pos t n w th tl e Grand Trunk Ba Iwaj Com
panv and thui t ated the career that has brought
1 -a stead Iv to the front unt 1 he a now one ot fi
eommanl ng figures n ra Iway c rclea a \ er ca He
started mam nor eler cal pos t on but rose ^teal It
be ng aivanced fron one pos t on to another of larger
re pons b 1 tT unt 1 eventuall he becan e secretar to
the ce pres dent of the Grand Trunk Ea Iwai
tt pos t on was tl at of ass stant to lie
t and later le was elected treasurer of
! nes of tl e Cnnd Tr nk Ea Iwaj S s
e to Detro t n 1917 H s 1 kew ae tl e
treasurer rf the Detro t in Toledo Shore
Ea Iroad and treasurer ot the Detro t Term al
Ea iroad and add t on s treasurer of all the sub
s 1 ary co npan es of the Grand Trunk west of the De
troit and St. Clair rivera. He is likewise a director of the
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Eailway, a director
secretary a
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of the tontiaL O-ilori &, Northern Railroad of the
I etroit &, Huron Eailway the Bay City Terminal Rail
luad the Grand Rapids Terminal Railroad the Chicago
i, Kalamazoo Term nal Raiiroal the Grand Trunk
J mction Railroad and the Detroit Terminal Sailroad
He IS tho? natrumental in establishing the poliuy and
iirecting the managBm at of larioua railway interests
■snd there is no one more thoroughly informed concern
5 railroid business thin he
On the 7th of September 1898 Mr Tomkms was
r arned to Miss Florence Deverell of Montreal Can
a la daughter of Henry Deverell and they have two
children Dordhy Louiae who was born m Montreal
lune 19 1899 and after attending the high school of
tl it eitj Secame a pupil m McGUi Univeis tv at Mont
real and William Arthur who was born in Montreal
May 17 1903 and is now attending the Detroit North
em high school The family reiilenee is at ^91 West
minster
Mr Tomkma and his family are members of &t
J Beph s Bjiscopal f hurch and fraternally he is eon
npcted With Palestine Lodge A F & A M and King
C\rus Chapter R A M He belongs to the Detroit
Boar! of Commerce and to the Detroit Boat Club
nUo to the lelloicraft Athletic Club the Transporta
lion Club and the Tro^ G !f and Country Club His in
lereats are broad and varied his activity ever of a
forreful and resultant character and his labors have
e^er been directed m chancels of usefulness to the
great majoritv while his entire li£e has been actuated
I tl e spirit of progress and improvement
ILBERT C HUTCHINSON One of the fest known
of the vounget generation of foundrymen and manu
faeturers m this great industrial center of Detroit and
one nho has come to the front very rapidlj wjthm the
past few J ears as a result of his energy and thoroughly
honest as well as progressive business methods is Albert
C H itchmaon He was born m Mishawaka Indiana
Aigust 8 IS-g a swn of Dr Charles W and Sarah
(tasa) Hutchinson, the former a nat ve of Cleveland
Ohio while the latter was born in Mishawaka Indiana
It was m the latter city tl at thev were marned after
wl ich they took up their residence there and the
f ther became a ■well known and prominent phviician
ai i surgeon of that place He is st 11 active in his
pr feasion there and tlie years have further demon
st ited hjB skill and ability in coping with the intn
c te pioblema of disease His wife passed away in
lo:8
ilbert C Hutchinson their only child was a pupil
n the public schools of hia native city until after he
hd 1 completed a high school course and then entered
L'-high Univeraitv of Pennsylvan a from which he was
gr duated in 1902 winning the degree of Civil Engl
sppr He tl en entered upon the active practice of the
pc fesaiwn for which he had prepared He worked m
^iriois parts of the country wherever duty called and
m 1911 came to Detroit where he entered the emplov
ol the Whitehead & Kales Iron lounlry Company He
continued with that corporation m hia profeasional
apiiit^ as fiell engineer and siperintendent until
191() when he becan e one of the organizers of the
Brown Hutchinson Iron Foundry C<mpanv which es
tathshed business in a modest unassum ng way on
Meldrum avenue The lusiness however grew with
such rapid striles that it was found necessary to scLure
larger quarters and the new plant was erected at No
1831 Clai avenue and the Crand Trunk Railway This
was opened for business on the 1st of Januaiy, 1930,
anl ts molern equipment and progressive methods
onstitute 1 the important features in the attainment
of the suteess which now enables the company to give
emplojment to more than seventy five people They
are minufaeturers of all tinds of steel structural build
mg material and Mr Hutch as on has teen secretary
and treasurer (f the ci mpan^ since its incorporation
On the 2d of September 1903 Mr Hutchinson was
marriei to Miss Lile Bell of Holidaysburg Pennayi
vania a daughter of Mr an i Mrs Martin Bell The
four children of this marriage are John who was born
in Pittsburgh Pennsjlvania in 1904 Martin B born
in In lianapolis Indiana in 1906 Roberta born in In
dianapolis Indiana in 1909 and Albert C born m
Detroit m 1910 The three eldest children are attend
ing school the youngest being not yet ot school age
Praternally Mr Hutthinson is a Mas n belonging
to the lodge chapter and council and he is a loyal
follower of the teaching anl purposes of the craft
which he exemplifies in all of his relations with his
fellowmen To know Mr Hutphinson is to know (ne
worths of trust and conhdence and one who holds
friendship inviolable so that it naturally follows
that he is a man who counts his fr ends bj the store
A MoMULLEN CREED Commercial interests of
Detroit find a prominent representative m A MeMul
len Creel who s nee 1914 has here engaged in the in
surance business and in the intervening per od he has
eajo\ed a steadily increasing patronage He s an
alert enterprising business man whose plans are care
fully formulated anl promptly executed anl m the
management of his affairs he displays sound judgment
and keen discrimination He was lorn in Jamestown
New York a son of the Rev Blward and Fannv
<McMulIen) Creed and his early education was ac
quired in various sections of the country as his father
was a minister of the Methodist church and was as
signed to different pastorates He prepared for college
at Penaington Seminary in New Jersey and then en
terei the University of Maryland where he pursued
a law course being graduated from that institution
with the class of 1905
In the same year lie was admitted to the bar of In
diana and following his graduation he resumed eon
nection with the insurance business in which he had
previously been engaged becoming identified with the
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Title Guarantee & Suretv Compiny for whcmi lie
organized the central west department maintaining
his headquartcri at Indiampolii Indiana So sue
ceasful was he in managing the inter sts erf the firm
it this point that he waa called to the home office at
Seranton Pennsjhania and male \ ice presiltnt ot
the eompanj with whom he wis a^soeiatei until I'm
«lpn le cam to Detroit Here he rgan zed the A
MtMullen Creel Company which he conducted until
191" when the business was incorponted is the Creed
Company under which style it is now operated al
though Mr Creed is no longer interested in the con
cem ha^ mg resigned and lold hia interests m Jan
narj l'»21 In the samt month Mr Creed became
associated with the Wagner Ti\lor Edson Company
Incorporated one o* the oldest insurance organizations
in the country having been organized at Philadelphia
in 18b6 Mr Creed is vice president and resident direc
tor of this company mauitaining hia heidquarters at
Detroit
Mr I. reed has devoted his entire life to inauranee
interests and lias gained a comprehensive knowledge
of everi pliase of the business, I is knowledge of the
li» being of great assistance to him in the conduct
of hig interests In his present ffltial connect on he
18 bending his energies to adm nistritive direction and
t^Lcntive control gmng careful oversight to even
detail ind conducting the business with notable as
aurinoe and power for he possesses the foresight the
self reliance and business sagacity necessary to carry
on large enterprises sueeessfullj
Mr Creed was united in marriage to Miss Winifrel
Parshall of Erie, Penniylvann and they have a wide
ac luaintanceship m this citi In his potitital views
lie IS a republican anl his religious faith is that of
the Church of Chnxt 'Scientist He is a prominent
Mason belonging to the XFniversitj Lodge ot Detrt it
to the Indianapolis Consistory in which he has at
tamed the thirtj stcond degree and also to the Mvs
tic Shrine of that iify anl his public spirit finds ex
presszon in his membership in the Board of Commerce
wh<se projects for the welfare and development of
Detroit meet with his hearts cooperation He ii also
a member of the Ingleside Clul and the Detroit lacht
CluV of the latter of which he served as a director
for two years and waa f rmer]> athletic dire tor of
the Young Men 8 Christian Asaoiiation at South Bend
Indiana Mr Creed also belongs to the Armv and
Navy Club is chairman of the merchant marine com
mittee of the Detroit Board ot Commerce and r pre
scnts the Board of CimmercL on the m ddlc w st mer
hant marine committee Mr Creed was one of those
instrumental in organizing the Exporters and Impor
ters Club two years ago He also belongs to the Na
tional Federation of Insurance \geiiti and its affiliated
body the state federation He is interested m all
forms of athletic sports and is particularly fond of
horseback nding lis life 1 e ng a well balance 1 one
During the Worll war he enlistel as a corporal in
the Pie Hundred and Fiftieth Begiment of the Michi
gan state troops and was promoted to the rank ot
sergeant later to lieutenant and finally was made cap
ta n of his cimpanj receiving liis honorable disehargr
in October 1919
A constructive policy has been followed by Mr Creed
throughout his entire business career Along the path
of opportunity open to all he has reached the go.il
of notable success his progress being due to the fact
that he has recognised advantages which others havt
passed heedlessij ly His life has ever been actuatnl
by high and honorable principles and his acts are
promptel by worthy motives, and Detroit is fortunaiL
m claiming him as a citizen.
MAURICE E FITZ-GBEALD, a well known Detroit
lawyer whose extensive clientage is indicative of his
professional ability was born at Bluegrass, Fulton
count J Indiana on the 5 th of February 1874 his
parents leing John and (-jnthia A (McLoehlin)
Fitz Gerald, likewise natives of tie Hoosier state
The father toll wed general agricultural pursuit' in
early manhood but subsequently timed his attention
to mercantile interests at Bluegrass Both he and his
wite ha\e passe 1 away
Ma irice E Fitz Gerald obtained his preliminarv
educatDn in the aehoola of his native town later
attended the Logansport high schot 1 and also pursue I
a course of stii> in Halls Oummereial College (f
Logansport Indiana During his high school da\ b
he was a classmate of Hon Edw n Denby seeretar
of the navy under President Harding Huing deter
mine! to make the prait ce of law lis life work hi>
entered the University of Michigan at Ann irt or an 1
received the degree of LL E from that institution at
hw graduation in 1895 He was admitted to practice
at the Indiana bar in March, IS 95, to the bar ot
Ohio in 1900 and to the Michigan 1 ar on the llth nt
No\ ember 1«14 while on the 6th of March 1017 he
waa admitted to the United States supreme court
He 1 as been numbered among the most able members
uf the legal fraternity of Detroit since opening a
ofiice here in 1014 anl lis practice las been of a
distinctively repre'entativo character, connecting hini
with much important litigation Icarl m the eoi rts t
the district
On the Uth of March, 1903 Mr Fitz Gerald wa^
united in marriage to Miss Sarah C Rowe of Eieh
mond Indiana He reeentlj purchase 1 a beautiful
c untrv home, known as Fitz Gerald Farm near Mil
ftrd Mi higan, where he spends the summer months
while his winter residence is at No 50"1 Pacifi
avenue in Detroit Mr Pitz Gerald gives his political
allegiance to the democratic party and m 1918 was
a can lidate for the ofiice of prosecuting attorney
Fraternally he i* identified with the Benevolent Pro
tective Order of Elks anl the Sigma Chi and he also
belongs to the Lawyers Llub the Detroit Bar Aaso
ciation and the Detroit 1 ranch of the Indiana Society
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— connect lona whieh. indicate the mture and breadth.
t his jntere>"t3 ai d a t viticH Hi^ ■jttrict le aoeial
lualitiea ha\e gained 1 im many fnends and hia
; oaition in profesHional circles is an enviable one
RAYMOND L HAWKINS president of the Wol
r ne fctamping Companv and general superintendent
t the Long Manufacturing Company of Detroit, was
\ orn in New York city April ^ 1S8 Hia parents
John and Boae (Kelsey) Hawkins were nat ves of
Hartford, Connecticut, and representatives of old Nei\
England families their ancestral line dating back tu
n early per od in the colonization of the new world
Tlie father was identified with the Deuber Watch
(. ise Uompiny for manj years and later with the
TV aterbury Witch Ctmpanj of Waterbnry, Gjnnecti
cut filling the pos fion ot asiistant super ntendent for
an extended period or to the time of his death which
0 curred m 1902 The mother now res des in Dayton,
Oh 0 as dcres the only daughter of the family Mrs
C eorge Pieptr, w ho ii the j ounger of the toe! ildren
Raymonl L Hawk ns wis i student in the high
school at Waterbury Connecticut and afterward pur
sued a correspondence eo irse m mecliin cal engineer
ing with the Intprnational Correspondence School After
V, nnmg his diplomi he oentinued his studies under
Mr "Vickerson mechinical engineer with the Water
hurv Ferry Foundry Company and afterward followed
hii profession m Waterbury Connect i-ut and Dayton
Olio In 1900 he became eonntcted with the Davis
"fe Mng Machine Company having el irge of the ex
pcrunental department for eight years He then re
a t,ned and be anie si pen ntendent of the Ohio Electric
Cnn piny at Dajton and after two years he returned
to the Davis Sewing Machine Compani tak ng full
elarge of the drop f )rj,e department He continued in
thit responsille position for two years and then went
to Walkerv lie Ontario where he was connected with
th Do mm on Stamping Ctmjany He assisted m
eM^lllshlng the drop forge "ihop for that oompany and
I'D tmuel there for eight months after which he oame
to Detroit as general superintendent of tl e Long Manu
facturing Company manufacturers of automolile radi
at rs This is one of the extensive producti'v© indus
tf s of the citv there being six hundred employes at
thpir plant Mr Hawkins position is therefore one of
larjre responsibility and importance He also became
one of the organizers of the Wolverine Stamping Com
pany doing a metal stamping business and fi cnishmg
fttplovment to more than twenty people Their patron
ag 13 steadily developing the business being now
II a jrosperous condition and Mr Hawkins is the
pros dtnt
On the 7th of October 1912 m Cmcinnafi Ohio Mr
Hawkins was mimed to Miss Emma Segar daughter
f Joseph Segar of Charleston West ^ irginia They
tavp one child John Segar born in Detroit in August
III t The parents are meml ers of the Christian Sei
fn e church and fraternally Mr Hawkins is a Mason
takei tl e York Rite degrees and becoming a
of Detroit Commandety K T He is also a
member of Masonic Countrj Club His course has
been marked bv steadj al\ani,ement whicl has re
suited from the fact that throughout his life he has
(ontmued in the same 1 ne of business for which he
prepared by thorough training in early manhood His
skill and efficiency haio been developed through Vroad
eicperience and he is today a prominet t figure in m
dustrtal circles
HARRY T CLOUGH a man of notable executive
al ility and powers of organization has beoome well
known in real estate c rUes throughout the country
and since 1*>I4 has been executive secretarj of tl e
Detroit real estate board, which is regards 1 as one
of the best managed organizations of this character in
the United States He is an exceptionally keen and
farsighted business man and actuated at all times by
laudable ambition and a spirit of enterprise anl deter
mination he is alls to overcome all di&oilties anl
obstacles m his path and carry forward to successful
c<mpleti n whatever he nndertakes
Mr Clough, IS a native of the east He was bom m
Orleans county New York and when but five years ot
age was brought by his parents to Detroit acquiring,
his education m the publ c schools of the city and als(
in district schools of the state for following the Civil
war his father removed to a farm in Michigan This
was practically an undeveloped tract only one acre
having been cleared and Mr Clough St devoted his
energies to the improvement and cultivation of his
lani Wlen sixteen years of age Harrv T Cio igh
sec ire d employment m a post o&ce anl he his since
occupied positions of executive control possessing a
genms for details and the management of men On
severing his connection witl the post ofiice he en
tered tl e acrviee of the American Express Company
an 1 subsequently became district manager for the
Union Telephone Company it Owosio Michigan
which posit on he occupied for seven years In IQIO
he came to Detroit as general superintendent of the
Inter State Long Distance Telephone Company and
after serving for two years and three months m that
caparity he was made executive secretari of the De
troit real estate board and is now occupy ne, tl at oflice
whose duties he assumed on the Ist of Apr 1 1914
The object of this association la to improve the con
ditions of the real estate profession m the city of
Detr it and its environs by the culti\ati)n of a high
stindard of ethics in all transactions the promotion
of a cordidl cooperation between the members of this
association and the adoption and enforcement of such
rules and regulations as shall lest protect the inter
ests of dealers owners and purchasers of real estate
to advance the interests of Creater Detro t bv promot
ing public improvements and the enforcement of stat
utes protecting the welfare of realty owners to
promote the enactment erf laws for the i etterment of
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teal estate o ers agents nl brokurs As tl e jres d
ng gen ua of the Det o t re 1 estat board Mr Clough
has do e notably effect work a d under h a capable
anagement the board ha^ accompl shed notable work
ind rink h gh \ tl oth r organ zat ana ot th a ehar
aeter and a fiuan ally ?t ng It waa alao due pr a
c pally t h s efforts thjt tl e M ch ga btate Heal
B tate Aaaoc at on wfl'5 rgin zed ind he i cloaely
de t bed tl both the state a 1 iiat o il a^so at ons
He possesses tl ose qu 1 t a h ch make for leader
sh p n any ! ne of a t t
a 1 h 3 busmess methods 1 a
I V str ct ho or and nteg t
I 188 Mr Clougl s tel n marr a^e to M ss
\da <- Pro t an 1 thev 1 be ome the pirent of a
laugl ter h sa a A wl o was graduated f on the
t n er^ ty ot M chiga v th f I e elasa of 1Q15 at
h eh time the Bachelor of 4rts legree wta conferred
pnn her She s no v tea 1 er of Engl sh and h story
tie Northwestern 1 ^1 sel ool nd h s been verj
t ces-iful as an edu tor
In i % pol ties Mr Clo gl s a rep bl can and
rel g oua fa th a a Congref^at o al at He a a
pron nent M son 1-elong ng to Palest ne Lodg No
357 F & \ M ind to tl e chapter at O oaso M ch
gan where he wis worsh pful n aster of Owosso Lodge
n 1908 He s also ident flel th tie Mison Co n
trv Clnb and tl e Bro klinds tcm try til He s tl e
possessor of •» djnam c peraonal ty a d th no k n
wl cl he a engaged s a n ost important one h s libors
conatitut ng potent elements n the le elopn ent f 1 a
e ty and stite and m all that he does 1 e ^ actuated
bv a public ^p r tei devot on to the general good H s
] fe has been a busj act e and seful ne filled ^th
ho orable purpose and aecon pi sh ent anl Detroit s
fort nate n ela m ng 1 m aa a c t zen
HOWABD A BAUEB 'tt h le aln at e er n
ce vable 1 ne of bua ness s found nDtot tsa
Tell known fa t that the uton ob le ndu tr las
been the cl ef feature n tl e ma velo i growth and
developnent of the c tv It s n th a fioli of
act V tv that How rd A Bauer has won for h ms If
a creditable ame anl place be ng now jrea dent and
treasurer of the Nash D sir but ng Company He
was born n Buffalo New York March 16 188q and
a a son of Anthony and El zabeth (loung) Bauer
both of whom were nat ves ot the En p re state where
they spent the r 1 yea The father was veil kno n
in connect on th tl e fur t e b s ness an 1 as th
the Buffalo School Fum ture Company for many jears
spend ng h 8 last lays n the c tv of Buffalo wl ere I a
w dow "t 11 te^ lea In tl e r fan Iv wore thr e eh I
dren Howard 4 Fre ler ek and M C prtrode O Shea
all of Detroit
Howard A Bauer spent 1 a a hool days as a pup 1 n
the publ schools of Buffalo New York and after
putt ng as de h a textbooks dec ded to learn nechan cs
and aoqua nt himself w tl mechau cal Imea He
the efore e te el tl e plo ot the Centaur Motor
Conpanv of B ffalo th wl ch he ren a ned for a
few years and after leav ng that corporation bee
an en ploye of tl e Oaklan 1 Motor Car Company of
Pont ac M ch gan tl e sales departm nt and finally
aas stant sales u a ager it tl e factory In 1<)1
he can e to Detro t I ere I o ngaged n the uto
motile acceaso es I ua ness o hia w aecffunt e
tinu ng successfullj tl is field nt 1 1917 when
1 e aecured tl e age ey tor Nash products for M ch gan
ten tory He has a ee 1 een one of the successful
A str butors of otor cars this e ty The bus
neas a coi ducted unl r a copartnership rel at on anl
s m e of the profital le concerns ot Det o t
O the 1st of Ju e 1<)10 n Detro t Mr Ba c
vas marr ed to M sa f la te Spr ng a daughte of M
and Mr>" San uel Spt ng Mr and Mri Bauer 1 a e
a laughter Mary J ne bo n 4pr 1 16 19 0 Frt
tetnally 1 e a con e te 1 tl tl e Masons and ha»
becon e a u en I er ot the Cona story and the Mvat c
Shr ne He al o belo ga to the Detro t Auto Club
the D tro t Board o Co nmei e and to the Brooklanda
G If anl Cou try lul asoc at ona wh ch ind cate
the nature of h s nterests and activities outside the
fi Ids of bus ness Mr Bauer s res dence a at 9 Mon
t ey avenue H ghl n i P rk
CVPTAINCH\ELE Cx^Bl INER H 4MPT0N lo
f r fortj to r ears d a res lent of Letro t and
thro gl out tl e per od n a gener I western agent for
the Boon er 4u B sche t Press Co pany of Syracuse
New lork was born n Hamburg Ere county New
lork June 1 184 a 1 was early left an orphan He
received a 1 itr t scl ool ed cat on and n 1861 be
ca e a tulent n the Nor al School at 41ba y New
On the 8th of Septen ber 18 1 1 neteen ; ears
f ge Cajta H mpton enl gte I a p ate in
fo pan H E ghth New York (_a 1 y He was a
second orporal hen m stered n an 1 on the 19th
of August 186i wa male first sergeant He b ea e
first sergeant s \ ia; s later and was 1 scharged for
p omot 0 on the th of SeptemI er follow ng He
w s tl e m le second I eutenant of Company D Fif
teenth Ne v ^ rk Cavalry on the 5th ot October 1863
an 1 was con n% oned capta n on the 13tl of February
I86j being -stered n aa a ch on tl e l^th ot Apr I
o£ tl at vear He res gned on account of II I ealth and
as ustered o t May 15 1865 Following h s en
1 stn ent he was in camp near Wasl mgton unt 1 M tch
186" and after ard a rvel the lepartnent of the
She a doah \t ^W ncl eater on the 5th of May 186"
1 e waa capture I an 1 was held as a pr soner at Lynch
I urg a 1 at B lie Isle V rg n a unt 1 paroled on the
10th f SeptemI r He afterward rejo ned h a com
n and and part e pated n many ra ds and sk rmishea
of the Army (rf the Poton ae until captured n battle
by Colonel Moatv « Confederate for ea near Upperv He
■\ itg nia Februar 18bi In tl e fi„ht there he s a
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ti ued 1 bullet wound it the right shoulder and a sibre
wounl on the head aal V'Oa believed by hia comrades
to have bton killed During the Antietam campaign
his command served m Pleasanton a eavilry division
having previoush distinguished itself bv its escape
frmn Harper s Terry at the time of the surrender of
that plate m September 1862 ty passing through the
b^siegmg lines at night and capturing from the enemy
»h!ie on the way an ammunition train of one hundred
H-igons -ind its escort of six hundrtd men The regi
n ent frught under Pleasanton in the famous cavalry
lattle it Be'i erlj Ford "Virginia where it suitained
the hpav cat lust of any regiment on thit field, its
ea^ualtiLS amounting to twelve killed thirty one
wounded and se^en missing Colonel Daiis was killed
in 1 personal encounter m that action At Gettysburg
the regiment tn ight m Gamble a brigade Butord s
division — the brigade wh th opened that h stone en
gagement on the morning of July I 1863 During
M eriian s riids and the Shenandoah tampiign m 1864
Captain Himpton and his omman 1 serve! n Wilson a
(Third) I Msion which wa'' commanled by General
C ister m the final tampaign of 1865 an! during its
term of service lost fourteen ofiiLers and ninety one
men killed m battle or died f wounds After Captain
Hjmpton wa^ ciptured the second time he was con
fintd n Libby prison Eichmond, Virginia in Macon
and Sav annah Georgia and m Charleston south Caro
1 na and m the last nan ed e ty was place 1 under
the fire of the bwamp Angels ' the Union guns
which were shelling Charleston Later he was held
at Columbia and Charlotte until sent to Wilmington
North Cirolma where he was released and paroled
March 1 1865 On reporting to Washington he was
gnntel leave till May 10 and being too ill to serve
he resigned and received his discharge as previously
stated on the 15th of May
As a soldier le did his full part in camp (n the
m<irch and on the firing line with courage and devo
tion unsurpassed In responding to the toast, The
I'lag at Pasadena Caiifornia February 34 1906 Cap
tain Hampton told something of his own experience He
spoke aa follows 'From my earliest recollection I
have loved thia dear old flag from mv childhood it has
been a patriotic insp ration and when in September
isri at the age of nineteen I was permitte 1 to don
the blie m its defense there was no more enthusiastic
collier in the ranks Mv story begins on the 20th
of February 1S64 near Uppervilie Virginia where
as a lieutenant I was m command of the rear guard
of a detachment f cavalrv A lash at the enemy by
a squal of a dozen uavalrv a sudden turning of the
foe outnumbering us five to one a lively retreat tul
lets thick as swam mg bees a eloae encounter a bullet
through the shoulder a sabre cut m the forehead a
Htundtd horse and a tumble to the ground senseless
furnished a live tableau nearlv a dead Tank and at
the same time an involuntary introduction to Colonel
M si \ An appeal to the colonel for release on aciount
of disabling woinds was reterrel to the !
tie request denied July 4 18641 Hon
(f that day (in Lilhv prison) warms my heart and
sends the blood rushmg through my veins With the
rising of the sun can e patriotic impulses Dvery one
ot the eighteen hundred ofltcers in that stoakale was
imlued with a single thought — to eelel>rate the glorious
Fourth Gunpowder and the usual noise produ ers
wore impossible to we s ibstituted songs, speeches and
cheers As we entered the building used as a hospital
the sight that almost dazzled (ur eves was a miniature
copv of Old Clory attached to a pole and waved over
t ix heads tv Captain H H Todd Eighth New Jersey
Infantry At sigl t of the dear old emblem of libtrty
tears and i,heera were intermingled With clasped
hands and swimming eyes we gazed on our guiding
star, whose light had been hidden trom us ao many
long anl weary months and we then and there re
newed our vows to be ever true to its starry folds
though death m rebel prisons be the penalty
From 1870 Captain Hampton was general western
a^ent for the Boomer t Boschert Press Companv f
•^-^racuse, New York and from 1872 made his head
luarters m Detroit becoming a resident of the city
in 1873 During that time manj thousands of lollars
passed j early through his hanls and the manager of
the ompany said that during the forty six years with
them not a single error was ever made in his accounts
On the 14th of Mav 1868 Captain Hampttn was
marr ed to Miss Emma \ Stark of Br ckport New
l.ork and fhej became the parents of two sons
\rthur Stark (who marnei Edith heesee) is very
active in the Worldwide Baraca Sunday school work
ot which he has been i national officer for eighteen
tears Dr Charles G the second son is a ientist He
married Rachel Brearley and they hate two da ighters
Alioe and Helen Both sons are members of the Loyal
Legion anl Mrs Hampton is a past national presilent
of the Woman s Belief Corps, the auxiliary of the
Grand Army of the Eepublic He was a charter mnm
1 er of Fairbanks Poit No 17, Grand Armv of the
EcpuHic also later a charter member of Detroit I est
No 384 its ( ommander m 1902 its a Ijutant in 1899
anl from 1910 to his demise He was also recorder
of tl e Military Orler of the Loyal Legion of Michigan
ani had various fraternal relations being a member
of Palestine Lodge A P S, 4 M , and Detro t Com
n anderv No 1 K T He was also made an I onorarv
member ( t the Union Lodge A F & A M He had
meml ership with Cadillac Council No 111 of the
United Cimmercial Travelers Governor Ferris ap
punted him secretarv of the Michigan Vicksburg Mill
tary Park commission and he prepared and read the
I istor^ of the work of the commission at the dedication
anl unveiling of the Michigan monument at Vieka
burg November lOj 191f He had lUst completed the
historv for publication when death called him on
October 11 IW? His career as a citizen was marked
with the same lovaltt anl levotion to duti ai was
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his military rei-onl. ili' recogiiizei) the trutli that
patriotism, integnty in busineaaj purity of life and
iiKjral courage are as necessary to preserve a nation
as courage in war is to save it in times of emergency,
and he lived accordingly. His entire record was a
credit and honor to tlie land which he so honored and
ALBERT BBOWN LYONS. A. M., M, D., P. B.
C. S., 3 distinguished scientist and man of afEaira, who
ia now chief chemist with Nelson Baker & Company
of Detruif, and who has made valuable contribution
to the world's progress along various lines, was boru
at Waimea, Hawaii, April 1, 1841, and was the fourth
in order of birth in a family of five children, whose
father was the Rev. Lorenzo Lyons, who in 1831,
when a young man of twenty-four years, was sent by
the American Board of Foreign Missions to the Ha-
waiian Islands. For fifty-four years he worked aa a
missionary on the island of Hawaii, during which time
he was instrumental in the erection of fourteen
churches, and he enjoyed the friendship and regard
of the king as well as the people of the island. He
was a small man, weighing less than one hundred and
ten pounds, but he had a mighty spirit and an untir-
ing enthusiasm. When ho died the king sent a
Hawaiian flag in which to enshroud him, and the
Sunday schools of the island erected a monument tcr
his memory. Belonging to the same family were
John Lyon, founder of the famous school for boys
at Harrow on the Hill; WUliam Lyon, the immigrant
of 1635; Mary Lyon, founder of Holyoke Collegia and
the first woman to find a place in the American Hall
of Fame; General Nathaniel Lyon, who saved Missouri
to the Union, for which he gave his life] Caleb Lyon,
designer of the state seal of California and £rst terri-
torial governor of Idaho; and Hon. WiUiam H. Lyon,
who gained distinction by his just and efBcieut admin-
istration 0^ the ofiioe of Indian commissioner. The
Doctor's mother, whose maiden name was Lueia Smith,
was a lineal descendant of John Smith, who was ban-
ished from Massachnsetts on account of his heterodox
views and was one of the six who accompanied Roger
Williams when he sought greater freedom in Rhode
Island, Among her ancestors was the Rev. Chad
Brown, first minister of the Baptist church founded in
Providence by the Roger Williams colony, whose de-
scendants have been prominent in. the history of
Rhode Island and gave the name to Brown University,
Mrs, Lyons was a woUian of eiteeptional force of
character and unusual ability. The Doctor's father
acted as superintendent of public schools as well as
missionary to Hawaii and was also paymaster for the
school teachers, land agent for the government and
postmaster for the town.
Dr, Lyons was fortunate in having a home environ-
ment and parental examples that were most stimulat-
ing. From the home school at Waimea he received
a preparatory training which enabled him to enter
under the auspices of the American board, serving
mainly as a preparatory school for the children of the
mission but occasionaJly carrying its students through
the freshman and sophomore years of a regular college
I'ourse. His mother seemed to have bteen extremely
wise in her care of her children. She imbued in them
ail interest in the world about them and in all crea-
tion so that while Dr, Lyons was still in the pre-
paratory school he surprised his school fellows by
writing compositions on such subjects as ' ' The
Ocean," "The Plurality of Worlds," and "The Six
Days of Creation." She was also awakening his deep
interest in botany, which through her interpretation
became a most fascinating study to him. He collected
an herbarium and wrote descriptions of every plant
collected. During his college days he formed the
acquaintance of Sam Armstrong, who later com-
manded a .colored reginient in the Federal array dur-
ing the Civil war and who became widely known a^
the founder of Hampton Institute, Dr. Lyons was
greatly stimulated by the example of Mr, Armstrong
and after twcr years of thorough and earnest study he
completed his work at Dahu College. To provide him-
self with the funds for completing his college course
he taught one year in Oahu College and secured the
appointment of tax assessor for the district of South
Kohala.
Dr. Lyons entered the junior class in Williams Col-
lege, Massachusetts, and was graduated with valedic-
torian honors in the class of 1865, The succeeding
year was devoted to teaching chemistry and physics
in the Eagleswood Militarj- Academy at Perth Amboy,
New Jerse.v, and later he became a student of chem-
istry in Michigan University at Ann Arbor, having
correctly formed the opinion that no other school in
the country was givinji so thorough and adequate a
course in chemistry as the Ann Arbor institution. He
devoted two years to a medical course and studied
various branchei besides, including that of pharma-
ceutical chemistry. The course at that time largely
consisted of laboratory exercises with considerable at-
tention being paid to alkaloids, and thus it was that
Dr, Lyons first became connected with pharmaceutical
and alkaloidEil work.
Having received the M. D, degree Dr. Lyons came
to Detroit and was here assistant to Professor Duf-
field, then occupying the chair of chemistry in the
Detroit College of Medicine but was obliged to carry
the work of Professor Duflield on account of his ill-
ness. In the summer of 1869 Dr. Lyons was given
the position of professor of chemistry, which he filled
for twelve years. Meanwhile he established a pre-
scription store on Fort street, and the business stead-
ily grew and developed during the succeeding nine
or ten years. He then formed a partnership with
A, B. Stevens, who afterward became professor of
pharmacy in the University of Michigan. His partner-
ship with Mr. Stevens was maintained until 18S1,
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when Dr Lvons severe! his nncction nith the retail
pharmacy busineas and accepted a poaiti u. with
Parke Davis k Con panv as analytical ind consulting
chemist ^ hile with Parke DaMS & Company he be
cime impressed with the importance of stindardiza
tion of s ich preparat ons is fluid extracts and of the
tlkaloidal drugs He workei out stanlarls for a
n imber of drugs and their flui 1 estraet'' an 1 the
lattpr were placed un the n irket under the name of
Normal Liquids which name they hel 1 for many
lears The standards which he then eatabli'ihed some
forty yeira is,o hue remained prieticalU unchanged
and havi> now received officnl aaneti n Br Lyons
was the first to employ as a general a ''''ay method
fox the quantitative extraction of alkaloids macera
tinn of the powdured drig with a givtu volime of
the appropriate solvettt, m presence of ammon a or
wilt IS now known as the aliquot methol This
process lad been previously apphel to the commercial
n inufieture of cocime from cota leaves Hia work
nn alkaloids also led to hia publishing n 188 a Man
111 of Pharmaceutical A'Jsajm, wh h book remimed
for many veara the standard work on its sulject in
the Unite 1 Stites In 1887 the Pharmaceutical Era
was started in Detroit and Dr Lyous became its
e litor Pharmaceutical journals were almost i novelty
in ih ae Uys and he ih wed hia qualillcat ons as in
editor m the breidth ot v ew which the journal dis
playei and m the modestT of hi-s editorials He isso
onttd with himself Pr f^ssora Prpscoft aid "V aughan
as coed tors and the future Professors Stevens and
Euldiman as ci>ntri> itors He inaugurated a series
of historical articles of more than passing interest and
mimtamed an Index Pharmaceuticus which g ves
a comprehensive survev of the penoii al pharmateuti
cal literature of that period His name appears m the
Era as editor d ring four \ears but in 1888 he was
appointed government chemist for the Hawaiian
Islands and w out to Honolulu Here the dynamic
energ> and v ersatility of (he man iirst displayed it
sell without restraint and m add t on to h s duties
as E \ernment chen ist he took the professorship of
cheiiistn in his former alma mater Oahu College
and taught not only chemistrv but also physics
botany zoology physical geography ) gic ge logv
and astronomi He showed his versatdity in the
manv lines which he handled and let the thorougl
ness ot h s methods an 1 his capibil tj as inftructor
have been raanitest in the fact tl at manj f his
lormer pupiis ire atiil in corresp ndence w th him
including Professor Hiram Bingham torn erlv of iale
University and now a lieutenant colonel in the United
States aerial service It was he who conducted the
expedition for the exploration of Pern anl discovered
the prehistoric fortified city of the Incas near Cuzco
Professor Bingl am said Dr Ljons has always had
1 verj warm place iB my heart I shall never forget
1 ow h taught me the joj"! of living out of iotrs and
of exploring Mv w rk woull never have tak n a itl
a satisfd turj f ru and vieldei
suits had I not bad those years ot early training
» th him Inotl er student writes He opened
mj ej LS to the wonder and beauty of the out of
In r world and another, The year with him
meant enrichment for life, Sot- bo opened new worlds
to his pupils
In the American Journal of Sciences appeared va
riuus reports concerning Dr Lyons work in geol gy
esi-ecially m the atudv of the volcanic sols of the
islands his labors resulting in some mportint c n
tr butions t their geological history He also made
ne of the most ctmplete oUectio a of shells in i
istence including many tree shells very difl:erent
trom the more common sea shell' He is an atknowl
edged authority on conchol gy and with his return
from the Hawa lan Islands he gave a large pirt of
his wonderful collection to the Museum of the Detroit
biientiflc Association His comprehensive stuiy too
has made him a recognized authority on ferna and
other forms of plant life eapeciallv of tl c rare va
rietiea He diaplaya equal talent m chem strv and
in mathematics \fter a considerable sta^ on the
Hawaiian Islands dinng v^hich time he carried his
researches and investigations far and wide he re
turned to the United States ani was given charge m
189" of the chemical department of Nelson Baker &
Company at Detroit
In tl e year 1885 Dr T yens jomed tht American
Pharmaeeutieai Association and was identified there
with during the per od of his residence in Hawaii
In 188' he was secretary of the scientific se t n and
was once more called to that position for the year
18^7 In 18t8 he was made chairman of the section
(n e lucation and legislation He has also renlered
important aid as a member of the committee on re
vision of the Pharmacopoeia of the association and
was chairman of this m 1900 " The year 1900 I rought
him election to the membership of the eighth com
mittee on revision of the United States Pharmaco
poeia anl again in lUlO he was elected to th-- ninth
revision committee Hia painstaking and a hdarly
work on this committee ent tie 1 him to high rank
among the pharmacists of \.meriea For more than
thirty years he haa been a fellow of the Boyal Chem
ical Society of London and he waa made an honorary
m mber of the British Pharmaceutical Conference in
1<*11 Ht 1 as written largely along pharmaceutical
lines and the value of his contributing articles on
alkaioidal asaavs and tests and specific gravity tables
hav been wi lelv acknowledged He has written va
noua papers for the American Pharmaoenticai Associa
tion and the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association and
was also a contributor to the Eighth International
Congress of CI emistrv His wr tings have appeared
in pharmaceut cal journals of the eountrv from time
to time In 18<t<) he revised his "Manual of Pharma
ceutical Assaying which was then publiihel under
tie titl f Practical 4ssanng of Drugs and Galen
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leals Hia ^uthor1lllp ■ilso intluiks a mtst uaetul
volume on botanical ^yuonyma entitled, Haul ^^mes,
Scientific and Popular, whieh was issued in 1900
The L>cn fimily of imerica owe him. a debt ot graj
itude tor hia genealot,iLal resuacLli ■work, which, took
form in t three luluiHi. Ljon Memorial, published
imn 1907
On the 25th of April, 187S, Dr Lj oni was mirried
to MiBs Edith M Eddy a daughter of Eei Zicharv
£dd> D D, and a direct descendint of John Alden
and Milea Staniiish ot Mayflower tame Mr-- Lv<n^
has become well known in hteratj circles through her
poeticil ^nd prose compositions Both Ur ind Mr?
Lions hiAc taken in atfivi part in church work, the
former serving as i deaion in the Central Union
church o£ Honolulu, an undenominational OTganiza
tion anl later in the First Congregltioml church of
Detroit which elctted hun a life member of the board
of deicons
Dr and Mrs Lyons have i dauglittr and a son
The former, Lucia Eidy Lyons following her gndua
tion from the University of Michigan m 1903, wis
sent as a missitnari to northern China in IWi bj
the American board, ind she ipent twelvt years in
misiionarv labor in the orient and mastered the
Mandarin and the Shantung languages The son,
Albtrt Eddj Lyons, completing a course m the Mich
igan Universitv in 1S08, dnrmg which time he spe
cialized in languages afterward spent three seisons
in traiel m France and Spam and later spent three
vears as teicher in French and Spanish m the '^tate
University He is now assistiint protissor in Spinish
at the Uni\ersiti of Wisconsin
It woull be tautologual in this conn^Uion to enter
into any phrase of statement showing Dr Lyons to
be a man of broad scholarh attainments and scientific
acliieicment for this ha^ leen shadowed torth between
the lines of this review Perhaps no better charatter
ization of this well known Detroit scholar and sci
entiflt can be guen than by quoting from an article
prepared by Wilbur L ScoviUe, 'To know Dr Lions
elightlj IB to respect him to know him moderateh is
to honor him, to know him intimately is to wonder
at his \eTsatility and the strength of his mind and
character When the pharmacopoeia revision commit
tee wanted a head for its lubcommittee on tables,
only Dr Lions was eonsidtred Then, wer no mail
for the position This occurred on both ot the last
two revisions When the national formulary commit
tee stnght help outside its rwn ranks in iiml judgment
of the tc^t it obtained it plentifully from Dr Lyons,
I detett errors, time after time, which
men have overlooked, m a mystery but
And the American Pharmaceutical As
profiting todai because of the care and
the preparation of the
it a member of the com
fifteen gi
he does
sociation
judgment of Dr Li
N F IV although he
nittee
markplh better
for
pres
ot the iniLman i liuimai.tutii.al issocntion \t
that time Dr Lions had been given np to await
death, bv several of Detroit s most eminent surgeons
and physieiani Eight months before that sketch ap
peared he had bcin trfd that he could live ouli a
>tar, and thire wta no mistake about the diagnosis
Bit he IS still alii L and working, though unable to
attend tho Association meetings Each working day
linls him at his desk, and his mmd is as vigorous as
tier Only a magnificent courage, an unwaiirmg
f ealt> to the opporlunities of life and in nndaunte 1
calmness toward the future can account foi his being
alue And phnrnnti has prohtcd no kss in tliise
three and a halt years of trial than in a corrLsponding
three and a half lears of full vigor No one expected
that he would hnish his work on the reiision rf the
pharmacopoeia, and his assistanci on the national
formulary was not dreamed ot But both haie jrof
i(ed Pharmacy owes to Dr Lyons the dcielopment
of alkaloidal assajmg in America He was a pioneer
m that subject and the author of the first work m
English treating of it The first standardized alka
loidal preparations placed upon the American market
were established by Dr Lions F(r botanical nonien
clature and synonyms Dr H H Uusbj accords to Dr
Lyons the highest authority m America His judg
nient on botanical questions is rarely disputed But
one does not think of him as a specialist His breadth
of mind and lersatility are a continual wonder, and
his judgment commands respect in all (.ireles He lias
won the highest honors his church can give, he is
esteemed as a citizen an<l honored as a scientist The
British chemical and pharmaceutical societies have
both recognized his abilities and have honored him
The American Pharmaceutical Assoi lation, in which
he has done lahiable work, is also glad to \alue him
whik hp IS still amonj us "
NORMAN GUNNI=!ON THOM 49 tr is ircr ot thf
Citv Printing Compani, ot whuh he was one <t tie
founders has devoted eiery energy to the deielopment
and growth of the business anl is largely responsibU
for Its present success He is numtered among thi
self made men who owe their ad\ ancement and proa
periti directly to their own efforts, for he started out
in life emptv handed and hi his perseverance and
diligence has gained a place among the represent
atne business men of Detroit He was born in York,
PcnnijUania March 1, IS", a '?on of ^^ illiain H
and Mary (Leightner) Thomas, who riared a familv
of nine children, the brothers and siatera of the sub
ject of this review being Wallace Bruce, Walter
Scott, Chaunco^ Blair, Mary, Martin Bi rd Hestand,
Bdlph and Waldo Emerson
In the publit schools of his natne city I>ornan fi
Thomas acquired his early education and on tho 11th
of October 1899 when a voung man of twtnti two
>ears, camn to Detroit enrolling as a student in the
Detroit C lUge if Law anl working hia wai through
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that institution, thus iniicatmg his inherent strength
of Lharacter In Julie, 1902, he became identified with
the Detroit White Leal Company aa aasiatant advertit
mg manager, having charge of printing m connection
with the advertising department, and hia conaci
enticrus and efficient work m thit conneLtion led to
his promotion to the position of manager, m which
eipieit^ ho continued to serve for a period of twelve
I ears In 1914 he hecame one of the founders of the
Cit\ Printing Company, of which he was male trees
uter, with TA alter Scott Tliomas aa president and Boj
I Lott as se ritan The firm engages in a general
printing and puljlishmg business and owing to the
high qualitv of the work tumtd out, its pTOmptneas
m exe uting contracts and its reliihle and progrewive
I usijiess methods it has succeeded in building up %
Hrge patnn^ge, being regtrded is one of the leading
printing houses m the citv It has installed the
most modem equipment and accessories used m print
ing establishments and something of the nature of the
growth of its business la indicate 1 in the fact that
it its inception they operated but two pre'ises, while
they now utihze si'^
Prom its orglnization Mr Thomis has served as
treasurer of the corapinv and his close application,
enterprising spirit and executiv e ibilitv h^ve been
I otent factors m the development of the business Hn
(areer pro\fls that prospentv and an htmored nime
may be won simultaneously In the business world
he has made stead v advaneemeut wisely utilizing
hia time, talents and opportunities and as the arehi
tect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and
well He IS a man of high personal standing ot
t irked business integrity and ability and Detroit
numbers him among her valued citizens He is trustee
c f the Detroit Masonic Country Club, a member of the
rrgani?ation lommittee of the Commercial State Sav
ngs Bank and belongs to the Detroit Yacht Club
CARL L BRUMMfi secretary and treasurer of the
I ommonweilth Brass Corporation, was born in De
troit January 27, 1857, hiB parents being Dr Carl and
J melia (Steiniger) Brumme The father was born in
tiottmgen Hanover Grermani while the mother s birth
ce irred m Dransfeld m the kinglom of Hanover
Thtv eame to America in 1H''2, settling in Detroit The
tathtr was a graduate of the TJniversitj of Gottmgen,
ompleting a course in the medical department, and
iffer he came to the new world he continued m the
prietiet of hie choatn profession, being recognized for
any j ears as one of the learned and highly respected
ihvsicians and surgeons of the city He was active m
I is chosen calling until his seventieth year, when he
retire 1 from practice passing away at the age of
fightv four years hn lirth having occurred in 1827 and
1 IS leath in 1911 He had long survived his wife, who
Tabsed awav in 1873 Their family numbered two
laughters, Lillie and Mrs Edward Stange, both re
ilmg m Detroit
Carl L Erumme, the onlj son of the family at
ten led the German American Seminary of Detroit and
later the Capital high school, while subsequently his
father Dr BrummS took him to Europe, where they
traveled for six months On returning to this country
Carl L Brummfi entered Goldsmith s Business Col
lege from which m due course of time he was grad
uated He then started m business on the 22i of
August 1876, being employ ed in clerical lines by Buhl,
Ducharme & Company, doing a hardware and jobbing
business He occupied a responsible position with the
house for ten j ears and then resigned, after which he
went to Cincinnati, Ohio Entering the firm of the
Krehg Lithographing Ctmpany and aetmg m the ea
pacitv of treasurer he met with success during the
livi. vears in wl ich he earned on business there He
then sold out and entered the employ of J T Wing
&, Company, ship ehanilers and dealers m mill sup
plits He waa with that concern for seventeen years,
ten of which he managed this business and he then
resigned becoming interested m the Lavigne Mann
faeturing Company, the predecessor of the Common
wealth Brass Corporation He started with the house
as general utilitv man and has gradually advanced
until in the offi.oe of scLretarv and treasurer he has
much to do with eitCLutive management and admin
istrative control This corporation employs in ire than
two hundroi and twentj five perple Mr Brumme
IS one of the principal stock holders
On the 16th of June 1887 Mr Brummfi was married
to Miss Stella Francesca Krebs of Cincinnati, Ohio,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph Kribs, who removed
from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati Mr and Mrs BrummS
have two children EliEabeth who was born m Cin
einnati, Ohio, and edui-ated m the Barstow an! Liggett
schools m Detroit is now the wife of C Bruce George,
and they have two children, Charles Walter and
Frances Elizabeth, botl born in Detroit The son
Carl Walter, born m Detroit was educated in the
Batstow public sihool and the Central high school
During the war he was with the Harper Hospital unit,
which was stationed at Dijon, FrantP The familj
residence is at 728 Taylor avenue
Mr Brummfi is a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club, also of the Harmonie Societj, the Detroit Golf
Club and the Detroit Curling Club, Associations which
indicate the nature of his interests and recreation out
side of business A strong purpose has guided him
tl roughout his life and in all of his business affairs
he has held to high commercial standards, while enter
prise diligence anl close application have brought him
merited prosperity
L J C4RLT Although one of the younger repre
sentatives of the Detroit bar L J Carey has already
attained a position of distinction in the ranks of the
profession and is now at the head of the legal depart
ment of the Michigan Mutual Liabil tv Company, be
ing re,:;arded as an luthcrity on liability insurance
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He iH forging Bteadilv to the frout iii I is i r tesi u
being actuated at all tunes bj laulable ambition anl
a sjirit of enterprise and determination that proniits
his continued effort intil le las r dthed the 1 sired
Mr Carey is a nativt, son of Miel igan He was
born at Monnt P]eaaant Dcl ml er IS 1892 his
parents being Pitrick and Mary (MtDonald) (_are\
He attended the publu anl high sihoola of his natue
cit> after whieh he was a sfudent at i norn ^l scho 1
during two sum!ni,r sesaiona He tl en took ip tl e
profesaion of teaching whiel he followed for two
\ears and anbsequentlv entered tie Central State
Normal School which he attended for one iiid a hilf
veara He then pursned a eturse m the law depart
ment of the University of Detroit ind after success
fully passing the state pxammation was almitted to
the bar m Swptember 1017 Entering the (fSce ot
BLanmont Smith & Hams 1 e there continui 1 until
liuguat ISW when !e became identiSel witl the
Michigan Mutual Liat iht\ Companj being plat d in
charge of their legal dtpirtment He has made t
apeenl study of workmen a compensation or emplov
ers liability inanrance as well as of g neral insur
ance and is cons dered in luthorit} on liabilitv in^ur
ance his serv cea being \erv valuable to the large
corporation which he represents With a mture that
cannot 1 e content with mediocrity 1 e has closeh ip
plied I imself to the mastery of his profession and he
IS regarded as an able lawyer and wiae eounaelor
In October 1917 Mr Carey waa united m marriage
to Mias Lena Dougherty and they ha\e tecomo the
parents of two children Donald and Barbara Lou He
IS a member of the Knights of Columbus and is also
connected w th Delta Theta Phi a college fraternity
His time and attention are cl lefly gl^ en to h s legal m
terests and m a profession damatid ng keen ntellectual
ity and mdiv dual merit he is making eont nuoia prog
ress his ability being atteatel bj h s professional col
Jeag lea an 1 c nten ponr es and als b\ the general
^■1 ILLIE J PR 4.TT There is m ich t interest to
1 e f und m a rei ipw of the 1 fe work of W illio J
Pratt as h s ent re recori was characterized bv
fldeliti to dutj and faithfulness to e^ ery trust re
1 used m him He was born m Prattyille Michigan
December 2 187^ his parents being Henry M and
Nettie (Heed) Pratt The town of Pratt-viUe was
named m honor of the father and his brother who
were the founders of the village where thej eon
ductel I general merchandise store at an early lav
and also trwned and perated a sawmill and a chair
factory They were doing a profitable business there
for many years before a railroad waa built into the
county
Willie Pratt as he was alwa>s known bv the family
and his frienda atfende 1 the ullage s 1 ool and after
wari became a pupil in tie high scho 1 at Hudson
M c.higau w I I later i e i ursutd i coura m a b lai
ness college W hen his uncle removed tr m Pratt
ville thus vnthdcawing from the firm ot Pratt Broth
ers Willie Pratt joined his father under the style ot
Pratt & 'ftn and Tevoted hia attention to buying and
SLlling grain and lav for the firm Later f r se\eral
^ears le was connitted with Eaymond P Lipe of
Toledo n tie same lapac tj and m the ^ear IQIO le
went to Addiaon Michigan where I e again bought
anl aoli t,rain hay and s miidT products and also
extendel tht scope of hia attiv t es to include the con
duct of a oal jard In the year 1912 Mr Hartwiek
sent tor Mr Pratt to come to Detroit where he en
t,aged in the gram and hay I usinnas with Edward E
Hartwiek and & orge Aust n for a few months Vut
later took charge of the e al onl of the >usiness f i
the Hartwiek Lumber Coiniany at the Jefferson lards
In 1914 he establ shed a coal lusiness on h s own
iciount at Owosst Michigan where he remained
lowever for onl* a year wl en Mr Hartwiek again
besought him to take charge of some ot his business
— the building ot the golt links of the Brooklanl
Golf and Country Club In this connection Mr Pratt
I ad supervision over abtrat tl ree hundred men nd
remained in that work for four years or until thi
links were ready to turn oier to the clul The Brook
land golt conrst la considered one of tl e finest m the
state todav r wing to the capability anl tfCectne
lal or of Mr Pratt
Wlen thia taak was finished le again came to De
tr It with the Hartwiek Lumber Company going to
the Woodward avenue branch with which he was
associated for a ^ear and when the Grand n^ r
Iranth waa atarted be was made supennten lent there
laving complete charge of the yard work While on
lut\ at the ^arls on the afternoon it November l"
l'»2I Mr Pratt was shot 1 y a drunken man seeking
reinstatement in the jard alter having teen d s
charged Mr Pratt was a man who lal no enemies
and ptasessed the feift of 1 andhng men and making
friends of thtm Even the man who shot him sail
that he had n tl ing against him and did not know
whi be did t
On the 20th of Fel ruary 1908 Mr Pratt was mar
ried at Jatkaon Michigat to M ss Nellie A Hart
wick a sister of Jamea Watkins Hartwiek an 1 of
Major Edward Edgar Hartw ck a sket h of whom
appears elsewhere n this work Thev are the ehil
Iren of Micl ael ^ and Jane Augusta (Obear) Hart
wick The Hartw leks are one ot the oldest familiea
in America Nellie Hartwiek was born m Grayling
frawford county Michigan Her father was a pio
neer settler of the town owning the first public house
when it was a log cabin affair Later on the same
corner he erected a hotel which was afterward de
stroyed by fire In fact twice at this corner a hotel
was hurnei anl for a time the corner was boarded
up after which the beautiful noiern hotel callei the
Sh ppcnag ne w s crc ted and was n nic 1 tor an
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Indim chie£ at one time resident of Michigan ^.t
the time of the conitmct m of the bujlding it was
lugg sted the name Hartwick be given to the new
hotel bnt the family demurred and the In lian name
WIS iinally de(,iied on
Mr Pratt ■waa distinctively a home Ifvmg man,
Licmg nothing for cluba bnt greitly enjoj ing the
companionship of hi a friends, whom he gathered
iround him at hi3 own fireside He did not care to
eiteiid his atquaintdnce to % large group but had the
liLpeat appretiatifin f<r sincere friendship In poll
ties he was a republican and his religioui fiith was
that of the CongrLgational church— hn fa th domi
mting his iifc at all times
(jHABLES LESLIE E'iNER, M D In the seien
lears of his connection with the med cal profession in
Detroit Dr Cliarles Leslie Kvner has built up a large
practue of a diatmetively representative oharaoter
He was born in Mart naburg, West Virf,inia July 14,
i-H"^ a son of Alfrei and Martha (Spencer) Kyner
the ttrmtr a native of Orrstown ani the latter of
'ihippenaburg, Pennsj Ivania In early life they be
ame residents of We'it Virginia and for fortj years
resided in Martinsbnrg, the father following the occu
I ition of farming He died m Mattinsburj in 1918
having for several veara survived hia wife, who paased
awav in 1910 Their family numbered fleven children
Mn C M Brown living m Hedgosville, West Vir
(;inii, Mra B M Eiohard, also of that place, D P, a
reailent of Portland Oregon, Mrs Judson Blue, of
^linehester, A itginia, Mr^ C 0 Blue of Martmsburg,
\\est Virginia, Mrs John Knadler, of Tabkr, West
^ rginia, and Dr Kyner, who was the fifth in order
I- birth
^.fter attending the public achoffla of Martmsburg,
i)r Kjner continued his itudies m a preparatory
thod and college at the Illinois Wesleyan University
at Bloomington and won his Bachelor of Arts legree m
Jnn'i He then took up the profession of teaching and
1 as superintendent of public schools m Illinois for
i x^riod of five yeora, but this constituted only an
1 itial step to other professional activity on his part,
t r as soon as opportunity permitted he entered Rush
Mbdieal College of Chicago and began preparing for
medital practice After a year he matriculated in the
nciicU department of the Univeraity of Michigan at
Vnn Arbor and c<mpleted hia course in im Since
winning his degree he has engtged m practice in
li troit and as the years have paased hia patronage hai
'inalily increased so that sueeeas m substantial meas
ire has come to him
In July 11)15, Dr Evner was married to Miss Con
sl^nee Nichezjnski, a daughter of Mr and Mra Prank
^ ehcaynski, of Detroit They have two children
Rflert Spencer, born )n this city Auguit 1 1917 and
'^irf.inia Louise January 11 1920 The family reside
Al- Uoi ^ ancouver avenue
Pohtieally Dr Kyner 1*1 a republican He belongs
to the Detroit Automobile Club and to the Nu Sigma
I^u fraternity He also has membership in the Wayne
County Medical Society the Michigan State Medical
Aaaociation and the American Medioal Asaociation
He keejs m close touch with the trend of modern pro
feasjonal thought and pragrcss at all times and any
thing which tends to tring to man the key to the com
ple^ mystery which we call life la of deep inttreit to
him He started out m the world aa a farm boy
worked hia way through schonl, secured a thorough
education and today stands high m the medical pro
feision of Detroit, enioving the full confidence and
Tef,ard ot profissional colleagues and contemporaries
WILLI \M W De L \N&F a prominent engineer of
Detroit, IS now serving as secretary treasurer of the
Charles E Sihene Conpany, controlling extensive
business interests aa general contractors anl builders
Hl has been identified with a number of important
buainesa enterprises of tl is city and his labors have
been a valuable element in promotmg the work of
progress and development m this section of the state
He IS a native son of Michigan, his birth having
jccurrel in Grand Rapids and his parents were John
and Margaret (Nickrlj) De Lange, the former a native
of Holland and the ]atter of Germany
After completing his c mmon achool education Wil
ham W Do Lange enterel the Michigan Agricultural
College where he puraued an enginoLnng course, be
ing graduated with the class of 1907, at which tinie
the degrees of Mechanical Engineer anl Cml Engineer
wert conferred upon him He entered upon profes
aional work in connection with the Gabriel Concrete
Reinforcement Company of Detroit with -whom he re
mamed from January 1 1W7 until January 1, 1912,
when the company became insolvent He then pur
chased tl e assets of the firm and reorgamred the busi
nesa under thi, name of the Gabriel Eemforoement
Company ot which he waa made president, occupying
tl at position from January 1, 1912 until January 1,
19 0 He then di'jpoied of his interests in the busi
ness and loined the Charles E Schewe Company, which
he now represents as secretary and treasurer This
company was incorporated May 1, 1Q20, and has
already built up an extensne business as buillera and
general contractors having been awarded many large
fontrdcts Among the most notal le structures which
they have erected may be mentioned the Eord City
high school building ?t Mark's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, the Regent Tl eatre building anl the Field
Theatre Mr De I ange has a comprehensive knowl
edge of the scientific principles which underlie his
profession combined with keen insight into business
affairs and s tuations and his efforts ha\e been potent
factors in promoting the success of the corporation
with which he is connected
In 1909 Mr De Lange was united m marriage to
Misa Grace C Weise and they have become the parents
of two sons Paul W and William In his political
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views Mr. De Lauge is a republican and his religious
faith is indicated by bis membership in the Methodist
Episcopal church. He is a member of the Fellowcraft
Club and the Board of Commerce and is active in
support of all worthy projects for the improvement and
advancement of his city. For recreation he turns to
fishing and motoring and is fond of life in the open.
He has attained high standing in his profession and in
business matters he has ever been found prompt, re-
liable and energetic. His initiative spirit and powers
of organization have led him into important relations
and while attaining individual success be has also
substantially contributed to public progress and pros-
perity. He is regarded as one irf the leading citizens
of Detroit and his progressiveness has been a potent
element in its continued development
PAUL OREN Although one of the j oungtr mem
bers of the Detroit bar Paul Oren has mide ripid
advancement in his profes'Jion and 1 as suceeasfuUy
demonstrated his ability to etpe with the intricate
and involved prol lem^ of the law He was born m
New Cumberlind Penni^Uania August 19 1888 a
son of Jesse and Margaret (\oung) Oren anl ae
quire 1 hi>" early e Inc-stion in the public schools of
his native city His business training was acquired as
a special agent of the Bureau of Corporations and the
Peleral Trade Commission with which he wis con
neote 1 for five i ears His legal traininj^ was received
m George Washington Universitv wl ch in 1914 con
ferred upon him the LL B degree and m April 1915
I e was admitted to the Michigan bar Coming to
Detroit he became a law clerk tor iilan H Prazer
and Haro'ld H En mons, with whom he was associated
for one j ear when he became chief law clerk for
the law firm of Clark Emmons Brvant & Klein of
which Mr Emmons became a member Tv.< years
thereafter he ftrmed a partnership mth William H
Wetherl ee and pra ticed as a member of the firm of
Wetherboe i Oren until July 1 1920 when he ae\
ered that relationship and has since conducted his
law business independently maintaining an tffice in
the Penobscot building He has been connected witb
a nunfber of important law cases and the list of his
clients IS constantly increasing He is an earnest and
dia criminating student thoronghlj familiar with the
principles of jurisprudence and in their amplication is
seldom if ever, at fault He has mu<.h natural ability
but IS withal a hard student ind is never lontent
until he has mastered every detail of his eases
On the 21st of December 1013 Mr Oren was united
m marriage to Misi Bess Carlson and thej became
the parents of two daughters Ruth Jane who is de
ceased anl Barbara Ann, who was lorn January 2o
1911 Mr Oren is an active member of the Detroit
Board of Commerce lomg all in 1 is power to promote
the welfare and ad^auLtment of his adopted citv He
also IB dPoply ntertsttd m the moril prtgress of bis
comm inity and s an earnest menber of tie First Con
gregationil ehunh, in the work of which he takes a
leading part having formerly served as superintendent
of its 'lundat school He is connected with tht Ram
bouillet Countrj Club and fraternally he is lientifitd
with the Masons, belonging to City of the btraits
Lodge, P & A M , King Cyrus Chapter RAM,
Detroit Commanderj, K T , and Moslem Temple of
the Mjstie Shrine He is likewise a member of the
Eappa Sigma, a college traternitv, the Lawvers Club
and the Detroit Bar Association His time and atten
tion are chiefly given to his law practice and m a
profession demanding keen mtellectualitv an 1 in li
iidual merit he is making continuous progress
EMM 4 LOUISA SPOOR, tne of "Uic hi^'an s nitno
daughters was born at Ann Arbor her parents being
StepUn Henr3 ani Louisa Eothwell (DoJslei) Spoor
The ancestry of the Spoor family can be traced back
to Jan Wibesse &poor who came to America m the
seveuteeth ceuti ry from Harlingen Hollanl and set
tied m lower New York His five wns etnstitute the
progenitors of the hve branches of the family in the
United States s me migrating into MaaMchusi,tts an 1
some to eastern New "iork the name undergoing
numerous changes of spelling from time to time Tl e
1 ranch to which StepI en Henrv Spoor belongei hOK
c\ er retained the original spelling Some of tl e
tamih were farn ers and some were trades pe<ple Tl e
D dslev fimiiy from which Mns fapior is descended
in the maternal line came trom Nottinj^iaii England
The father who was a teaci er >j profession died
when h s daugl tor, En ma, -nas but a littlo girl She
attended the traded and high schools of her native
t ty ind also a business college there and after com
plet n^ her education she took up teaching at 4nn
Arbor and was thus engaged for two years Later
she came to Detroit and accepted a position with tl e
Indicator Publishing Company as a stenographer,
while subse luentlj she acted both as stenographer an I
cash er The comjanv tor whi<h sh wtrked [ul
lished an in', irance journal this being the onij oi
p ibl she in the state of Michigan It baa a national
circulation and is one of the oldest nournals of the
kind in the c untry having been established m 1883
and Miss Spoor ■some time ago acquired by purchase
the stock of the company and is now the princ pal
owner ot the publication as well as the manager She
has made it a most e-^cellent and sueoesafal trade
lournal and one of great interest to represent a tiv es of
Miss Spoor also became one of the four organizers
of the Business Women s Club of Detroit In this she
was associated with Miss Emil^ Butterheld an archi
tPct Dr Rhiida ParquharBon anl Miss Jean Fmley
a teacher in the Pernm ShortI and School They met
at lunch and proposel a plan for an organization which
later became a int in the National Federation tf
Business and Prof essii i al \^ omen s Clubs one of
the most I t nt tr^inizati ns ot won en in the toun
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tr> Miss Butterfiell was ita first president and Miss
Spoor was treasurer tor two years ?lie also acted as
ehairman of the press committee from the time of
organization until 1921 She is now chairman ot the
sehohrshjp i-ommittee ind has labored most eimeatly
ind effectneh for the object of the cr^raiiization In
her ptlitical views Miss SpooT is a republiC'in, giMng
itanch supiort to the p^rtv since attaining the right
of franchise &he keeps tboruughlv intormed eoncem
ing the iital questions and issues of the diT, having
comprehenan e knowledge of miny general questions
afEeoting (ivie welfare and progress, while it the same
time she is thoronghlj crnverstnt with the bus nesi
whicl claims hLr attention and m which she has non
notable auceess
M LEWIS BBOWN, seeretary of the Motor Prod
utts Corpontion, one ot the largp^t ot Detroit's man
ufactnnn^ conLerna, wis born in E isioe, Illinois, Feb
ruary 10, 1871 a son of Lewis and Man (Moore)
Brown The father was born m Westuheater county.
New York, while the mother was a nitive of Fnglind
and cime to America in early girlhood, settling in
Watertown, Wisconsin, in (.ompanv with her parents
There she later became the wife of Lewia Brown and
remodel to Roscoe, Illinoia where he engaged in
farm ng Both he and hia wite apent tbeir last days
m Roekford, Illinois Their family numbered three
children, the two daughters being Mrs Sarah C
Eanaom ani Mrs Bessie McDonald, both of Rtscoe
Illinois
M Lewis Brown the only son and the voungeat ot
the familr attended the public schools of Eockford
and after completing his high school studiea there
entered the Universitr of Hlmois, from which he was
graduated m 1<)03 upon the completion of a course in
mei.hanicai engineering Following hia graduation he
become an employe of the John Deere Plow Company
of Moline, lilmoii, in the mechanical department and
there remained for five yeira, while later he had five
years' practical busmeas expenente with the Kawneer
Manufacturing Company of Niles, Michigan
Mr Brown dates his residence in Detroit from 1913,
at which time he orgamzPd the Unn eraal Metal Com
pony and conducted buamesa succasafuUv until a
merger was effected with various other corporations
and he became the secretary ot the Motor Products
Corporation on the 30th of April, 1916 The new
company waa formed by the amilgamation of the Uni
versal Metal Comp my, Superior Manufacturing Com
pany, Vanguard Manufacturing Companv, Einda Man
ufacturmg Company, the Diamond Manufacturing
Company of Detroit and the Diamond Manufacturing
Company of Walkerville Ontario The Motor Prod
ucta Corporation now haa three large plants, located
in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and in Walker
Mile Ontario They manufacture motor parts and em
ploy two thousand people at the Detroit plant, which
will ultimately be the parent institution The com
pany haa here one of the most modern fictories to
be tound anywhere in the country They have sixty
fi\e acres of ground at Mack a\enue ind the Belt Lino
Railroad, giving them ample space for the enlargement
ot their plant, which is already one of the mammoth
indusfria) institutions of Detroit Since 191b Mr
Brown has continuously served as secretary of the
eompanj, which is the largest producing motor parts
company m the state today The other officers are
D B Lee, president and general manager, C F Jen
sen, vice preaident H II fceeley, aecond vice presi
dent, and B K Seeley, triaaurer In addition to his
interest in thia business Mr Brown la a direetir of
the Detroit Vi ood Products Company
On the 30th of October, 1907, at Chimpaign, Ilh
noiB, Mr Brown was married to Miss Clara P Pisher
and thev have one child, Lewis F, who was bom in
Moline, Illinois, in 1908 The family resideuLe la at
No 232'* West Grand bouleiard
Mr Brown belongs to the Detroit Athletic Club and
also to the Detroit Board of Commerce anl is inter
tested in all those activities which are a matter of
c iMo virtue and cimc pride He contributes to any
thing that tends to promote the progresa of city and
state and is in e\ery way a paMic spirited citizen
Moreover in tuameas his has been a notable record,
for he started out in life empty handed and 'b^ thor
oughnesi, persistency of purpose and adaptability has
readied a very prominent position in indnatrial circles
GEORGE A CRANE, closely asaocitted with the
building trade of Detroit m connection with the John
Bollm Comjan^ ^eneral contractors w^s born in Taun
ton, Massachusetts in 1885 the son of Horace Putnam
and Jennie (Irving) Crane
He acquired his early edutation m the public schools
of Taunton and after the completion of a hi^'h school
course he then entered the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology it Boston and w is graduated with the
civil engineering degree aa a member of the class of
1907 For a yeir folfowing he was in Arizona with
the C y E & P Eailroad and later he spent two
lears m construction work in the employ of the state
of California Hia next position waa with the Thom
son Starrett Company of New York, doing construction
work in Portland, Oregon, and in Chicago Later he
became connected with the Garden Callahan Company,
with which he remained for a time and then joined the
George A Puller Company, which he repreaented in
Montreal for a period of five years, becoming manager
there in 1916 In 1918 he came to Detroit aa manager,
which positi m he held until 1<12I when he became aa
sociated with the John Bollm Company one of the
largest concerns of its kind in the city While a mem
ber of the George A Puller Company, Mr Crane
pKved a prominent part in the building up of modem
Detroit Among the many notable structures which
have arisen through the skill and ability of Mr Crane
and those employed under him are, the News building.
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the blast furnace at Eivec Eouge an rflliton to the
Beeemng Hospital, the new building ftr the National
Biscuit Company ■inil the Detrmt p ibiie library
These are structures which show thit Mr Crane la
thoroughly familiar with engineering problems and the
praetieal phases of his work and that biB long esperi
enee and executive ability enable him to iireet with
eare and wisdom the labori of tho-se who -(crit under
him
In 1911 Mr Crane was united in marriage to Mi89
MmIIb F Loops and to them ha\e been born two ehil
drtn Horace Irving ani Bu'iell Andrew He comes
of a family that has always measured up to the one
hundrcl per cent American "(tandirl an3 a familj that
has bem represented on American soil since the mi idle
of the seventeenth Lentury It his furnifhel some
yerv able men to the nition the Hon W Murray
Crane being of one branch of thi>i f im 1^ Un the
maternal aide George A Crane is descended from
Gen George Godfrey ot Eevolutionarv war fame, so
that he is eligille to mLmbership with the Sons of the
Ameritan Eevolution Mr Cram is a member cf the
Teihnology Club also the Ltwiers flul tf Nen 1: nrk
FREDERICK T BUCHANAN well kncwu in busi
ness circles of Detroit as general *'nperintendent of
the furniture and carpet department of Neweomb,
Endieott & Compatu and vice pre'Jident of the C M
Hall Lamp Company was born in Dorchester Eng
land, June 3 ISbS His parents are. Vi illiam and
Charlotte (blug) Buchanan who were also born in
that country and in 1870 left their nati\e land, estab
lishing their htme in Ottawa Canada In 1880 they
crossed the border info the United States, taking up
their residence m Detroit, where the father became
identified with business interests They are at present
residing at Brook line Maasachusett*" the father in
his ninety second vear, while tlie mother has now
reached the age of seventy nine Of the seven ehil
dren born to their union one has passed awai those
aurvivmg being William, Jr and J B both of nhom
are residenti of Detroit Florence Ann who is un
married and resides with her parents in Brookhne
Mrs John Ogilv^ whose home is m British Columbia
B S a resident (f Montreal, Canaia and Fred
enek T
After completing his pul 1 c si-hool education Mr
Buchanan took up the study of architectuie m the
ofBce of one ot Detro t a leading architects but n)t
finding the work to his ta'jte gave up the idea at the
end ot two years and in 1883 became connected with
the Neweomb Endieott establishment in the humble
capacity of delivery bov So capably did he perform
his work that he was advanced through various de
partments until he now occupies the position of
general superintendent of the house furnishing and
carpet department m which connection he has super
vision over one of the largest and most important
branches of the husiness He is also interestel m
jther lines of attnity be ng \i e pres lent of the
( M Hall Lamp Company
On the 17th of November 1817 Mr Buchanan was
inited in marriige to MiaB Grace F Bemis a daugh
ttr of Mr and Mrs Arthur Bemss, of SpringEBld
Massachusetts and a TLpresentative of an old and
prominent eastern famih whise ancestors were pas
spugers on the Mayflower Mrs Buchanan received
liberal educational advantages being a graduate of
one of the well known colleges for women m the
east and she is popular in social circles of Detroit
To this union has been born a laughter Margaret
who was educated in the Ligg tt School for Girls and
is n(rw the wife of L B larr of Cleveland Ohio
and thej havt a laughttr M r},ari.t born \uguat ^2
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In his pobtieal views Mr Buchanan is independent
and m religious faith he is a Congregational st Fra
ternally he is identified with the Masons, his mem
lership being with Kilwinning Lodge, P S A M
and he is also conneuted with the Detroit Golf and
Boat Clubs Mr Buchanan s resilente la m the Bloom
fiell Hlls section
lETLB P EOILE Tie green sle ot Fnn has sent
her sons into every section of the wtrld, where thev
hav e aided in colonization in 1 m the wcrrk ot general
improvement and progress Amtng those who have
come to Detroit is Peter P Bivle who was born in
Donegal Ireland on the 1st t August 1890 his
parents being Neil and Mary (0 Donnell) Bovle who
were also natives of that countrv where tliLV were
reared educated and married The father was a
farmer and a man of strong intellect studying broadly
and tliinkmg deeply He became a t-itizen of influence
in his Lommunity and his death was the occasion of
deep regret there He passed away when Peter P
Bavie was only nine There is also a brother, Owen
I Bovle wh( was then but twelve He has also been
a resident of Detroit since his return from seventeen
months of service with the American Lxpeditionarv
Forces m France
Peter P Boyle attended the common schools and
afterwards the Irish Training College, from which he
recen ed the certificate of a teacher in the Gaelic tongue
or the Irish language In 1909 he came to Amen a
to continue his stulies and here reentered ollfge at
Brtoklyn New York, ani subsequently attended "^t
Charles College at Baltimore, Maryland, and was
graluated from the latter school on the completion of
a classical course m 1910 having in the meantime
studied English Latin Greek French Italian ani
Gaelic When his college days were over Mr Boyle
scLured a position first as an insurance agent for about
a vear then as a hotel clerk In December l<tl2 he
came to Detroit and worked for a time with Crowley
Milner & Company and later with the Studebaker
Corporation Within the nett two years he was able
«ith the assistance of his br ther to attend the De
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troit College of Law, and while thus pursuing hia
atudies he worked for Dodge Brothers in their inspec-
tion and sales department and leaving there in 1916
took a position with the Travelers Insurance Company.
He completed his law course by graduation in the
class of 1917 and passed the state bar examinations.
At the time he received his law degree he was attend-
ing the first officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois, but owing to physical disabilities developed
while there he was honorably discharged from further
military duty. Accordingly he entered upon the active
practice of his chosen profession on the 10th of Sep-
tember, 1917. Eepently he was active in trying a very
notable case in which he secured a verdict for large
damages.
On the 30th of November, 1917, Mr. Boyle was mar-
ried to Mia a Evelyn Barger, a daughter of Edward
Earger, and they have three children; Virginia N.,
born September 7, 1918; Evelyn M., born October 17,
1919; and Owen J., born July 27, 1921.
Mr Boyle is in^lependent in his political views aad
is a non-sectarian in religion. Fraternally he is a
Mason, being a member of Palestine Lodge. He be-
longs to the Sigma Nu Phi, a college fraternity, also to
the Lawyers' Club of Detroit and to the Michigan
State Bar Association, the Detroit Bar Association,
the American Legion, having been very active for
three years as a member of its Wayne county council
an'l bping a member of its executive committee. He
is also a member of American Academy of Political
nnil Sociai Science and the Masonie Country Club.
FRANK H, DODGE. Among the large productive
industries which have contributed in substantial
measure toward making Detroit the fourth city of the
United States is numbereil the Burroughs Adding
Machine Company, of which Frank H. Dodge is a vice
president and general manager, and the fact that he
has been chosen one of the chief executive officers of
this gigantic corporation is in itself evidence of his
executive ability and enterprise.
Ohio numbers Mr. Dodge as a native son, his birth
having occurred in Auburn, February 27, 1878. At the
usual age he entered the public schools and when he
had mastered the preliminary branches of learning he
became a student in Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, in
which he pursued a business course. He took up com-
mercial work with the Burroughs Adding Machine
Company as a salesman in Cincinnati in 1902. Later
he went to Dayton, Ohio, as representative of that
company and afterward to Pittsburgh, Penniylvania.
There after a time he waa made agency manager for
western Pennsylvania In 1908 ho came to the De-
troit plant as assistant general sales manager and in
1010 became sales manager, while in 1917 he was
director of sales and was also elected a director of the
Burroughs corporation. Three years passed in that
connection and in 1920 ho was elected a vice president
and in 1922 was appointed general manager. Thus in
a position of administrative direction and executive
control he is contributing in large measure to the
successful management and continued development of
a business which in its ramifying trade relations
reaches out to all sections of America and of the civil-
ized world.
In 1900 Mr. Dodge waa married to Miss Donni Crane,
anil they have become the parents of two children,
Frederick and Carlotta. Closely stu'lying political con-
ditions and problems, Mr. Dodge has always given his
support to the republican party but haa never sought
nor desired office aa a reward for party fealty. He
is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M., and is well
known in club circles of the city, belonging to the
Detroit Club, Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit Golf Club,
Oakland Hills Golf Club and the Ohio Society. He
has always manifested the thoroughness and earnest-
nosa which must precede the attainment of success
and those who know him rank him as one of the repre-
sentative business men of Detroit.
JAMES ARTHUE of Detroit, whose artistic skill in
photography won him notable recognition in many
local, state and national exhibits, developed his talent
to a high point, thus reaching a position of leadership
in the interesting field to which he devoted his efEorts.
A native of Montreal, Quebec, Mr. Arthur was born
on the 27th of May, 185.^, and was of Scotch parentage.
His father, Alexander Arthur, and his mother, Cath-
erine (Alan) Arthur, were born at Helen sboro, near
Glasgow, Scotland. The father and a brother were
furriers with establishments in Montreal and in Scot-
land, the brothers alternating in spending a year in
each place.
James Arthur was educated m Montreal and aa
there were no public schools at that period he attended
the best private schools of the city. He was a lad of
artistic inclination and taite, possessing a marked
love for the beautiful and by reason of this inherent
tendency he tnrned his attention to the artistic in
phorto graph y. On the death of Ma father he entered
the employ of J. & J. W, Notman and it was during
a trip to St. John, New Brunswick, that he waa mar-
ried. In 1881 he came to Detroit and here entered into
active aosociation with J. E. Watson. In 1883 he be-
came senior partner in the firm of Arthur & Philbric,
a partnership that waa continued for eight years, after
which Mr. Arthur continued in business aa proprietor
of the Arthur Studios. He always occupied locationa
on Woodward avenue, first on Woodward and Grand
River and later one block north, where the business has
been carried on for thirty years. He won many medala
m national, state and local exhibitions for the superi-
ority of his work, which won him rank among the fore-
most photographers of the United States. Into hia
work he put all the talent of a great artist, becoming
one of the leading photographers of hia time. Ho
closely studied character, pose and the artistic phase of
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every picture which he made and his work at times
was almoat indesoribably beautiful.
It was in September, 1882, at St. John, New Bruns-
■wielc, that Mr. Arthur waa married to Miss Clara
Elanehe Peters, mention of whom is made on another
page of this work. They eame at once to Detroit and
here they reared their family of three children:
Kenneth A., manager of the Arthur Studies. He served
in the United States navy during the World war and
he married Miss Jane Fitzpatriek of Chieagu, Nathalie,
who IB the wife of Norman G. Reinecker of Baltimore,
whose grandfather was a major in the Civil war, and
by whom she has two sons, Donald anil Douglas; and
Muriel, living at home. The family circle waa broken
by the hand of death, when on the 12th of January,
1912, Mr. Arthur paaaed away. During the long period
of hia reaidence in Detroit he had never allied him-
self with any party but voted according to the dictates
of his judgment and hia conscience. He waa interested
in all that pertained to the welfare of the city and
hia cooperation was never withheld from any project
which he believed would prove of benefit along mate-
rial, intellectual, cultural and moral lines. Hia activ-
ities, however, centered in his art and hia constant
progress led to a moat enviable leadership in the broad
fields of photograph;
THOMAS P. MUEPHY, a younR lawyer coming riip-
jdly to the front in the practice of his profyssion,
which is largely corporation work, is a native of the
Keystone state, born at Olyphant, Pennsylvania, Oc-
tober £1, 1801, a son of Thomas P. and Ellen (Fadden)
Murphy, the former of whom was a well known citizen
of Olyphant, where he waa superintendent of water
supply and chief of the fire department ; he mas
killed in a fire accident whiJe engaged in the discharge
of his duties.
Thomas F. Murphy was educated at St. Patrick's
school and at the high school, Olyphant, Pennsylvania,
dt the State Normal sehoolj Mansfield, Pennsylvania,
.mrl later entered the University of Michigan, from
which he was graduated with the law class of 1915
and in the same year was admitted to the Michigan
state liar. While in the university he was president
ijf his class.
Since his admission to the bar Mr. Murphy has
bean in practice on his own account, his professional
efforts being largely in the direction of office and cor-
poration work. He is steadily advancing to the crea-
tion of an influential position in the legal life of
Detroit, where he has numerous friends, both pro-
fessional and lay. His earlier practice was carried
on at Morenei, Michigan, where he remained for about
eighteen months.
On June 24, 1910, Mr. Murphy was united in mar-
riage to Laura Victoria MacKenzie of Blossburg, Penn-
sylvania, She is a graduate of the Emerson School
of Boston, and has been a teacher of English in the
Southern Female College of Petersburg, Virginia; at
the Queen's College, Charlotte, North Carolina; and at
St. Margaret's, Toronto, Canada Mr. Murphy is a
member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, of the Comedy
Club, the Players Club, Fine Arta Club, Oakland Hills
Country Club, Detroit Yacht Club, and the Knights of
I'ulumbus. He holds membership m the Detroit, the
Michigan State, and the American Bar Associations,
in the affairs of which he takes a warm intereat. He
ia a supporter of the republican party, and while living
in Morenei he was chairman of the republican club of
that place. On behalf of republican interests he has
made a tour of Michigan with Senator Townsend, in a
speaking campaign, and he is always active where the
interests of hia party are concerned.
ALBERT W. TRIPPENSEE. There is perhaps no
record which appears in thia volume that indicates
more clearly the force of industry and determination
in winning success than does the life history of Albert
W. Trippenesee. It is said that in the year 1833— tlie
year of the widespread financial depression when
business was at a standstill and it was almost impos-
sible to secure any kind uf a position — there ap-
peared in Flint, Michigan, a young man who presented
himself at the shop of W. P. Stewart and applied for
a job. To the inquiry as to wliat he could do around
a wagon making shop, he answered that what he
wanted was work and that he was willing to do any-
thing. The answer favorably impressed the owner,
Mr. Stewart, who told the applicant to call the next
morning and go to work The proprietor was a man
of gruff manner and the lad was timid, so that it waa
with difficulty he summoned courage enough to face
his prospective employer the next morning, but he
knew that work he must have and that somehow he
must gain a start When he opened his pay envelope
at the end of the first week, he found that he was
receiving the munificent sum of siv: dollara, and that
amount continued to be hia weekly ea'rninga for many
weeka to come. However, he was gaining knowledge
and experience there, and he posaeased an observing
eye and retentive memory. Moreover, he soon demon-
strated to his employer that no task was too arduous
for him to perform. One of the first .jobs to which he
was assigned waa to pa as lumber through a am all
aperture to supply the machines He worked with a
man much older than himself, who at the tap of the
noon bell dropped his task to go for hia meal. Mr.
Trippenaee continued at hia work, however, and this
fact was noticed by his employer who as a reward for
his faithfulness gave him much easier work Con-
tinuing to watch the boy, he saw that he could train
him to be a valuable workman and promoted him from
one position to another until in a comparatively short
apace of time he waa able to handle any work that he
waa given to do and won promotion over others who
had been in the establiahmcnt much longer. Thua
Albert W. Trippenaee started out in the business world
and has now arrived at a prominent place In the man-
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ifaeturmg cirelea of Detroit, being at the heal of the
Trippensee Maiiuf'jcturiQg Companj makers of auto
mobile bodies In fact h b establishment la one of the
Hrgcst of the kind in Detroit
Mr Trippensee came to tliis seetion ot the country
trom New lork He was born in Erie countj of the
Empire state March 29, 1974 and is a Hon ot Willnm
F and B. iCina (Teachout) Tnppenaee tliu former a
nitive of Germanj and the latter of Erie eountv New
lork The father came to America, m 1SJ9, settlmg
in the En piro Bt^te where he met and mimed Misa
Teaehout He atterward engage 1 m farming and in
18S1 came to Michigdn, establishinj, hia home on a
firm jn Genesee cwuntj while later he removed to
bagiDdW countj There he continued to engage m
farming to the time of lis death which OLCurred in
1813 when he had reiched the age ot seventy nine
jeara The mother surMieg ind is still hving in Sagi
naw county Tl ej were the parents of eight children
Frederick P residing m Los Angeles Cihfornia
William F who la the president ot the Tnppenesee
Minufactunng Companj Frmk J secretary and
treasurer of the company Mrs George Eejnolds of
baginaw Michigan Ecna also of fcai,maw Herbert
0, of Detroit Reuben, nhi is attending the Michigan
Agritultural College and Albert W
The last name! was a pupil m the schools of New
\ rk but hid hirdly tegun his education there be
tore tie family remcved to Michigan ind he cun
tinned h s studies m Genesee coiiutj an I in Flint this
state He then left 1 omc in order to mal e a start in
the bnsiness world and as previously stited became an
emploje of W F Stewart, carriage and wagon manu
faUurer of liint, with whom he learned the trade,
acquainting himself with every phase of the bus neas
in principle ind detail 4bout the time when he left
his first emplojer automobiles were coming into gen
eral uae He removed to Detroit in IQOi and for three
and a hilf yeirs wis associated with the Detroit
Un ted Eailwaj but de>"irous of engiging in business
)n his own account he joined with his two brothers m
11(06 in organizing the Trippensee Manufacturing Com
[anj manufacturers of the Tnppenaee planetarium
and Diikers of wood specialties Later they converted
their business into an automobile minufacturing en
terprise wl ich las lev eloped from a smili concern
until it IS DOW one of mammoth proportions employing
moTQ fl an eight hundred people Of this company
William F Trippensee ig the preaident with Albert W
Tripi ensce as vice president and Frank J Trippensee
as the secretary and treisurer Today the great in
dustrj la meeting an extensive demand for automobile
lodies on the part of companies that as^ierable motor
cars and vear by year their trade is growing in
volume and importance
On the 24th of May, 1899, Mr Trippensee was
mimed to Miss Fannie M Waltersdorf of Oakland
■■ount^ Michigan a diughter of Amoi Walters lorf,
ind they have be erne patents of one son, Albert A
wha waa born in Detroit in 1905 and la now attending
the Cisa Te hnieal high school where he is specializ
ing in mechin cal engineering He la also studying
music un ler a mister violinist
Mr Trippensee was at one time connected with the
JSatDUil Guard serving as sergeant of Company A,
Th rd Michigan Infantry at Flint, for four yeara He
IS 1 Methodist in religious faith and has taken both
the lork and boot t is h Eitea degree a of Masonry
Vi hile known aa one of the prominent manufacturers
of the city, those who meet hira in other relations
te^tifj also to his aplendid quilitiea <f companion
slip and friendship and to hia strict ilherenee to the
lii^h standards indicated in his church ind fraterni!
W A McWHlNNET a man m the prime of life
alert enterpnsmg progressive who reidily rectgnizes
and utilizes the opportunities tl at lie al-out him, has
by reiBon of his capability risen to a posit on if dis
tinetion in conneeti n witl the financnl interests of
Detr It being now vice president of tl e First Na
t oni! Bank He is of Cinadian birth the ilace and
date of his nativity being Chatham Ontario March 22,
1865 Hia parents were Andrew Gordon and Ellen
(Mercer) McWhmnev Hia fati er came to America
trom the north of Irelanl, but the ancestry is traced
back to Sfotlin 1
W 4. McWl mnev pursued hia education m the
T^ind'iir h gh 'jpIiooI and when his textbooks were put
aside turned his attention to banking in connection
with the Canad an Bank of Commerce at Windsor
He was afterward transferred to the Gait branch of
that lastituti n and remained with the f ank for five
jeif altogether He then accepted a position with
the Chicago Milwaukee &. St Paul Eiilroad Company
n the passenger department ind was located at Fort
Wayne Indiana for a time, wlile liter he waa sent
to Cleveland Ohio continuing m tie railwav service
for fiv e years At the expiration of that period he
agiin tecame identified with banking and removed to
Detroit where he joined the forces of the Commercial
Nation il Bank, with which he waa connected until it
was merged with the First National He remained
w th the new bank which retained the name of the
First National and whith finally became the Firot &
on Detroit National Bank cm the 30th of 4pril 1914
With tl 13 bank he is still connected He began his
linking career as a clerk and gndually advmced
from one position to a higher one until he was ma ie
isaiatant caahier Finally m Jan lary 1920 he was
made vice president of the Fir^t & Old Detroit Na
f onil Bant, which la his present posit on This bank
IS now the First Naticmil Bink the name leing
change! Jinuarj 23 1922 There is no phase of the
banking buainefs with which he is nd thoroughly
familiar and his efficiency and cipibility are widely
recognised Hia judgment is aounJ his enterprise un
faltering and his initiative has been i strong element
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la the success of the inatitution with which he la (.on
nected
In 1888 Mr McWhinnej was marritd to Miss Hester
Kent fetrong, of dalt, Oiitari<7, Canada, and thev have
one son, Mercer Strong Mr McWhmney has a,lwaya
been an enthuaiiBtie devotee oi outdoor apoits, heing
espefnlly interested in fishing curling and bowling on
the green He belongs to the Detrmt Athletic Club,
also to the B<ard of Commerce ind is keenly inter
ested in the plans of the latter organisation for the
benefit and upbuilding ot the citj He belongs as well
to the Church Club of the Episcopal church ot the
diocese of Michigan -ind lenis his hearty aid and co
operation to ill measures wl ich are deemed of vilue
in promoting the uplift of the individual and ad\anc
ing the welfare of the community at Hcge He is
recognized as a man of broad vision ind sound juig
ment He looks ten vears vounger thin his age ind
is most energetic and wide awake at all times He
never stops short of the successful accomplishment ot
his purpose and that purpose is e^et of a character
which contributps to the public ivelfire ai well is ta
individual success His high ideals ever find e^prea
sion in practical plans for their fulfillmpnt ind his
'efforts and activities are it ill times beneficial and
resultant
WILLIAM D C MOEBS Prominent in the real
estate fields of Detroit was William D C Moebs who
acquired large holdings m the city and also became
prominentlv associated with hotel mteresta Born in
Detroit, July 34, 1874, he was a son of George and
Frederieke (Baumml Moebs, the former one ot the
pioneer residents of the city The son attended the
publii" schools until graduated from the Central high
school and in 1889 he completed a course in the Eiahop
Union school He afterward became a student in the
Univeraity of Michigan, matriculating in the law ie
part ment, and while he did not take up the practice
of law as a life work his knowledge thereof was of
great value to him in the conduct of business affairs
at a later daj When his textbooka were put aside
he became identified with the cigar business of which
hia father was the owner and following the death of
the father he and his brothers, George and Gustavo,
cimed on the businest under the firm st\lo of W D
C Moeba &j Compim of which Mr Moebs of this
review waa the president Thev ecnducted both a
wholeaile and retail eigir business controlling a
chain nf seven atorei until 1906 when the^ sold their
entire cigar interests to the United Cigar Stores
Companv
It was then that Mr Moebs turned 1 is attention to
real estate and acquired large holdings in the down
town section of Detroit He soon be amp actively
mtereated in the promotion of manufacturing enter
prises and in IWi he becime president ani manager
of the Hotel Tuxedo and Cife Fronfenie He eon
tinued his mtprests in reil estate throughout his re
mainmg days and waa presidtnt ot the 'W D C
Moebs Company, also of the Wayne & Michigan
Realty Companj, and secretary and treasurer of the
Rotary Engine Companv, while of the Michigan En
gineering tompiny he was a director Hia business
activities thus covered a broad aeope and were of a
varied ind important ehincter He had acquirpd 1
block of propertj it the corner ot Field and Jeffer
aon atreeta and ilao had property it Gauklers Point
near Grosse Pointe, in connection with which ho was
perfecting plana for ita development He displayed
mirked business ability and keen insight in placing
hia real estate investments, in promoting realty trana
fers, and it seems that in all business transactions ot
this charicter his judgment was never at fault
In the >ear 1897 Mr Moebs was united m mar
riage to Miss Nellie Hedges, of Detroit, who piased
away, leaving two children Helen Elizabeth, who
13 a student m the University of Wisconsin special
izing in the romance languagea, and William D C,
Jr , who IS a student m St John's Military Academy
at Delafield, Wisconsin In 1<>13 Mr Moebs was mar
ried to Mias laabella Moig, who survivea him tie
death ot Mr Moebs having occurred November lb
1921, at the Detroit Golf Club, where he and his wife
had taken up their real den cp
In his political viewa Mr Moebs waa a stalwart
repnblicin, ind fratemillv he waa connectei with
the Elka Lodge No 34 He was a prominent figure
in soeiil and club circles, belonging to the Harmonic
Society, the Concordia Societv the Detroit Boat Club
Detroit Golf Club and Detroit Yicht Club of which
he was commoiore in 19011 He ilso had membership
m the Plum Hollow bolt Hub, the Unucrsitj of
Michigan Club, the Detroit Curling Club the Detroit
Wheelmin and the Fellowcraft Athletic Club He
belonged to the Detroit Board ot Conimerce to the
National Board of Commerce ind to the Detroit Hotel
Men's Association, ind he w is a member of the city
ippraising committee His interests and leti^ities
were thus of i comprehensive character mdieiting
the breadth of his vision and hia ready recognition of
opportunities not only for his own advancerapnt but
for the public good as well He was a man of scholar
ly attainments ani liberal culture as well as nf splen
did business ability and his well rounded character
made him a favorite in all thp urcles in which he
moved
THOMAS J TOOMFT Business enterprises of De
troit ire measure! in terms btyond those applicable
to enterprises of similar character m most cities
Detroit has grown bv leaps ind bounds Its business
interests hiA e been developed almost over night, and
yet thev are of i most substantial character and are
baaed upon the most thorough and reliable business
pr nciples Activelv connected with one of the largest
concerns of the kind in the country is Thomas J
Toomev the secretary of the Detrnt Cabinet Com
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p'jn} While Detroit is constantly attracting men of
Liittrprise and business discernment, it is also a notable
fact that a large proportion of her cap tarns of indus
try tre native aona, among whom la numbpred Mr
Toomei, his birth having hera ocLurrel TanU'iry 25
1881, hiB parents being Birth olomew and Katharine
(Pitzgibbona) Toomey, the former a native <rf Tip
perarv Ireland, while the latter was born in Limerick
Ireland It wis m the year 18G5 that Bartholomew
Toomev came to the United Stitea, setthnn' m De
troit, ind m 1872 the mother arni ed m this country
•^he too mide her w-sy to this city, where later they
were married, the wedding being celebrated m the
Catholic church in 1873 Mr Toomey entered the em
ploy of the American Car & Foundrj Company, with
which he remained for many j eics, and during the
greater part of tl is period was the superintendent of
the forge department He la now deeeiaed but hia
wife 18 still living Here they reared a fimily of five
hildren of whom Thomi'j J la the eldest the others
being Bartholomew P, Agnea M, Edward J and
Katherme E , all residents of this city
The early education of Thomas J Toomej was ob
tamed m the parochial ind public schools of Detroit,
ind wheji his school days were over he secnrei a poai
t on with the Detroit Cabinet Company, md for the
J. tat twenty two years he has remained in active eon
uection with this concern rising frtm hia crciginal poai
Hon to the seoretaryahip of the company ani also be
lommg a Diembet of its board of director'; His entire
life has been devoted to the interests of the Detroit
Cabinet Company, which is today one of the largest
cntprprisis of the kind m the country, and to this
r suit Mr Toomey has contributed m no small measure
On the 8th of September, 191% occurred the mar
riage of Mr Toomey and Mias Anna MtCarty of De
troit, daughter of Mr and Mri James MoCarty, repre
"cutatives of one of the old time families of the city
Mrs Toomev is a Bister of one of the police inspeetors
of Detroit Mr and Mrs Toomey have bee nme patents
of three children Ann Katherine, bom in Detroit in
Vugnst, 1915, Thomas J, m l<tl7, and John Edward
in IQlt
PoliticallT Mr Toomey is a republican He belongs
t( the Roman Catholic church and is a third degree
member of the Enights of Columbus There have been
nn spectacular phiiei in his career His course has
hipn marked hv that atead> progress which reaults
from diligence anil industry and hjs work has ever
1 1 n of that subatantial character which brings about
'Kbility in the business life of ev'
GOEDON D. FAIRGRIEVE, who in 1918 became
Rcnera! manager of the Anderson Electric Car Com-
pany of Detroit, haa been continuously identified with
tlita business for a period of twenty-three years. While
a native of Canada, hia birth having occurred in Lon-
'^"n, Ontario, in 1884, he was brought to Detroit by
Ilia parents, John and Margaret (Templeman) Fair-
grieve, who were natives of Stotland Here he pursued
his education, which he completel Iv study in the
Central high aUiool In 1S98 he entered tht, ofhce of
the Anderson Electric Car Company and bj reason of
hia industry, faithfulnesi and capabilitj made himiilf
an important factor in the conduct of the buainesa and
in 1914 waa elected one of the direotora of the corpora
tion In fact hia progress haa been continuous and
after a time he was chosen vice president, in charge
of sales, continuing to act in that capacity until 1918,
when he was made general manager
Gordon D Fairgrieve ineddpl Mias Cecil Chapotou,
of Detroit, md the3 have many friends m the city,
enioj mg an enviable aoeial position Mr Pa rgneve
belongs to Detroit Lodge, No 2, F & A M , and la
a loval foUowir of the teachings and purposes of the
cratt He is i member ot the Detroit Athletic Club,
the Detroit Golf Club, the Automobile Club, the Fish
mg Club and also of the Eoarl of Commerce His
recreation is well taken, maintaining an even balance
with his intense business activity He votes with the
repul Iiean party and is a stanch advocate of ita prin
ciples but has no desire for offii-e, preferring to con
eentrate his efforts and attention upon bia business
affaira He has contributed much to the auccess of
the Anderion Electric Car Company and the steady
growth of the buameaa is indicated in the fact that
the plant la now being doubled in aize under hia
WILLIAM BENJAMIN MOHAN The Mtran
familv WIS one ot the beat known and moat dis-
tinguished pioneer families of Detroit They came
of Pieneh ancestry and were among the early im
migrants to the St Lawrence valley Pierre Moran
waa the founder of the family m America and was
horn m Bastican, France, m 1651, and in 1678 he mar
Tied Madeline Grimari Among their descendants
manv were noted as clergvmen lawyers and landed
proprietors Originally the name waa spelled Monnd,
and it IS thu'' found in many of the earlv documents
and records pertaining to the family
Charles Moran, son of Jean Eaptiste Moran, the
son of Pierre, settled in Detroit in 1734, and in 17b7 he
was married to Marguerite Grimard TremWey, whose
family possessed the sptgneurie de Tremblev as early
as 1681 '^ho died in 1771, leaving two aons, the
younger of whom, Charles Moran, was born in 1770,
and m 1794 he married Catherine Vissier De Laferte,
whoae only child was Judge Charles Moran He was
born April 21, 1797, and in 1822 waa married to Julie
De Quindre, bv whom he had fiie children, only one
of whom lived to maturity, however. After the death
of hia first wife Judge Moran was married to Mias
Justine McCormack and they became the parents of
five children.
Of this family William B. Moran was the second
son. He acquired his early education at the Patter-
son school, which ia ao lovingly remembered by those
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who were pup la there He afterward attended St
Johtt a College at F rihan New "lork and waa f,cal
late] from that matit it on as a member of the claai
of J8b6 He remamel in the sthool as professor of
mathematifa for two vtirs and later bej,an reading
law under William Gra\ making unusually rapil
piogreas in his studies s that lie was admitted to the
bar in 1870 He became ne of the f<7remost lawyers
of Detroit and continued in active practice here until
about 1885 when ho retired in order to give his at
tention to other interests Mr Moran became one
of the founders of the Peninsular Stove Worts and
was aetivelj identified w tb its managenient for many
years He was also the owner <f a largo landed estate
and much city property also tracts of land at Grosse
Pomte He became oni <f the original stockholders
of the Amtriean Hart w Companj and of the De
troit ElectriL Light S. Power Company, of which he
was president at the time of his death He was liie
wise a director of the Peoples Sav nga Bank and thus
many important business interests profited bv his eo
operation and direction
It inas in I8"2 that Mr Moran w ii united m mar
riage to Miss Elise Emilj Van Dyke a daughter of
James Van Dyke and their only child is Catharine
Mane wl o married Strafliearn Hendrie For hi*i see
ond wife William B Moran married Frances A Des
noyer*" anl two soni were bom to this marriage Wil
liam A and Henr^ D both of Detroit
The religious taith of tl e f amilj is ti at of the
Catholic church Mr Moran Temg a communi ant of
the Jesnit CatholiL cl urth In politics he was a dem
ocrat and he served as eity comptroller during Major
Chamberlain s administration He was likewise a mem
ber of the Detroit park con mission at the time that
Belle IsJe park was purchased bv the city He belonged
to various cmc and social organizations ncludmg the
principal clubs of Detroit and his social prominence
equaled his business capability and leadership His
entire record reflettel ere lit and honor upon the city
111 which he made his home and for many j ears
William B Moran was tne of the moit esteemed rcsi
dents of Detroit He lied December 6 189j
H4E0LD i.L4.NS0N SLEEPER was born in To
ledo, Ohio, February 7, 1894. His parents were Ar
thur Levant Sleeper, who was born in Boston, Massa-
chusetts, and Miss Fannie Teats, a descendant of an
English family. Mr. Hleeper devoted his life to .the
practice of law and died in Norwalfc, a suburb of
Toledo, Ohio, in 1900, having been identified witk the
bar of the latter eity from 1890.
After r-ompleting his early education Harold A.
Sleeper attended the law school of Harvard Univer-
sity, Eeturning to Detroit, he was admitted to the
bar in 1916 and entered upon the practice of law
in the ofSces of Judge Alexis C. Angell. Mr. Sleeper
was for two years general attorney for the Pete
Marquette Railway. While associated with the rail
id he represented that company in a number of eon-
its before the Interstate I ommtrce Commission ia-
hmg the structure of railroad rates He later
ened oflices in Detro t for the general jraetiee of
In his pdteal Mews Wr Sleeper is a republican
and his religious faith is that ot the Episcopal church.
He 13 a member of the follow ng clubs the University
Club of Detroit Harvard (-lub of Michigan Harvard
Club of New York city Hariard Law School Associa-
tion of Boston the (.ountr^ Club of Grosse Pointe
Farms the Sons of the Amer can Revolution the De-
troit Bar Association the Michigan State Ear Asso-
ciation the American Bar Assuciati n the Lawyers
Club ot Detroit, the Detro t \utomol le flub and the
Detro t Board of Commerce
BMERi E HARRI*^ vice president ot the Pittle-
kow Heating & Engineering Company of Detroit,
was ! orn in Oakland county Michigan February 8,
1874 and is a son of Henry md -Jarah (Gillette)
HarriH the for ner born m the state of New York
while tie latter is a native ot EngU d Th j m
to Michigan in early life anl I ere tl f tJ li
engaged in farming
Emery E Harris was rearel in th 1 man
of the farm bred boy and atten led th 1 t t hi
of Oakland county after whiel he t d h
education m a high school at Ann A b d t
enterel the Uniiersitj of Muhigin t d t n
the engineering department When hi our w
completed he became eonnectf 1 with P k D &
Company with whom le renamed to y d
after resigning his position with that h h
associated with \lbert Kahn one of D t t m t
noted architects Ho occupied an imj t t p t
with Mr Kahn. in connection with h t g and
gineering work and so continued fo tw 1 >
On the expiration of that periol he became the
president of the Pittlekow Heating & Engineering
Comjany m the jear 191" and has s ni-e loon active
in building heat ng plants and duing engineering
work of a most important character His labors have
found expression m the building and installation of
heating plants in the Free Press building of Detroit,
m the plant of the Hudson Motor Car Company, the
Packard Motor Car Company, the Anderson Electric
Company, the Continental Motor Company, Detroit
Athletic Club, the Kreage building, the Country Club,
the Vinton building, the National Bank of Commerce,
the plant of the Ford Motor Company, the Detroit
Golf Club and many others of equal prominence. Mr.
Harris has developed expert skill in this connection,
and his ability is recognized by his fellow members of
the American Society of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
Mr. Harris wai married April 29, 1903, to Miss Mary
Blackmnre, of Wayne, Michigan, and they now have
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two children Thonns born m Detroit in 1910 •ind
now attending schocrl and Elizibeth I orn in 1<HS
Mr Hama la a member of the Masonic order and of
the Masonic Coantry Club He ilao telonga to the
Hotiry Club to the Detroit Gdf Ch b and minv other
organizations interested in eivio ind soc al welfare
The farm boj of thirty or forty yeira ago haa become
a prominent factor m engineering eir lea of the
f iirth largest titv of the Union and 1 la progreas is
attributatlo ent rely to h s own intellif,Pi th directed
efforts and creditable ambition
CHARLES E MILLEE pitaidont and general man
ager of the Michigan Steel Tul e Products Companj
of Detroit waa b rn in Towas Michigan Tanuarv 6
ISS" but waa only a year old when he accompanied
h ' parents John F an 1 Anna E (Pfeiffer) Miller
on their removal to Bncyrus Ohio Ht waa educated
in the schools of that aitv hnt m 18<»6 at the age of
fifteen years he secured employn ent m the Shelby
steel Tube WorXs at ''helby Ohio and remained witb
that eorp ration for twelve years spending the first
two years of the time m the factors then eight years
in the engineering department and later represented
tl o company for two vears up n the roal selling their
predicts so tl at he acquired a thor ufch knowlclge
of the business in everv department and obtained a
thorough busmeas training and experience While
tl 1 3 engage! le alao attended night schoola and per
feeteZ himself in engineering and other atudiea He
was ambitious to make autatantial progress and
utilized every opporfun ty towarl that end
In 11108 Mr Miller loined the Standard Welding
fompanv of Cleveland and Detroit, being located,
however in Detro t For e ght years or until 1116 he
■was sales manager for that corporation and through
his able direction of his department contributed m
mirkel measure to the success of the >us ness
It was in 1916 that Mr Miller rgan zed the Mich
igan 'Steel Tube Produ ts Company of which he was
secretary and treasurer until September 1918 when
he 1 ecame prcs dent and general manager He has
since bent his energies to administrative diroetion and
eieeuti^ e control of the bus ness which under hia
careful gi idance has steadily developed and ntreased
becom ng one of the large industr al eoni-erns of De
troit When America entered the World war this
company turned its plant o^er to the United States
government and did a ^ast amount tf munition work
for tie government They mile ninety per cent of
all the steel tul es made for Liberty engines and
ai-^t? per cent of the tubes for aeroplanes besides
making two n lUion powder tubes for shrapnel The
company now n akes steel tul mf, £ r automoyile con
stmction motorcycle anl bicycle construction and for
\arious other uses covering a wide field Something
of the extent of their business is indicated m the
fact that they now manufacture twenty four mil
hon feet of stee! tubing per >ear anl eniploj tl ree
hundred and fifty workmen
On the 24th of June, 1003 Mr Miller was united m
marriage to Mias Ethel Ashley of Shelby Ohio He
la a thirty seconl degree Mason hav ng membtrship
in Woolward Lodge P & A M, of Cle-veland Ohio
K n^ Cirua Chapter BAM Michigan Sovereign
Consist jry A A S E and M slem Tcmjle of the
Mystic Shr ne at Detroit He beloi gs to the Detroit
\thlet c Clul to the EeJ Run Golf Club and to the
Board ot Commerce and he is an enthusiastic golfer
His religicus faith is that of the Lutheran church
and politieallj he is a repiblican giving h s allegiance
to the party becaust of a firm belief m its principles
He never seeks ofiice nor lias he ever been neglectful
of the duties of citiEenahip but meeta fully every
oWigat on that dev Ives upon him in tlua connection
His worth as a man and citizen is widely aoknowl
elged and his record shoTill serve as an example to
otliora showing what can be accomplishe 1 through
determined purpose when there is a will to dare and
to do Obstai-les and difficulties in his path have
seemed to serve but as an impetus for renewed effort
on his part and steadily he has pushed forward to his
objeetue being regarled today as a prominent figure
m the manufacturing circles of his adopted city
WILLIAM F HOFFMAN presilent of tie Indus
trial Electric Manufacturing Company was b rn m
Detroit June 4 1S76 a son of F William and Sophia
(Frandsen) HodTman both of whom were of European
I rth the father being a natn e of Sasony Germany
while the mother was born in Denmark Ihey came to
America early in the 60s in young manhood and
womanhood The father afterward engaged in the
manufacture of fine cigars which business he carried
on successfully for many years or to the time of his
death which occurred m 1905 He is still aurvi\ed b>
h s widow who yet remains a resident of Detroit In
their family were five children two of whom are now
deceased while those living are William F Edith
who IS a music an of note and prominent in musical
circles now belonging to a ladiea orchestra which
la traviling a tl eatrioal circuit and Theodora who
William F Hoffman <btained his earlv education in
the schools of Detro t and in the school of experience
has learned many valuable lessons After laying aside
hjs textbooks he took up electricity aa a profesaion
and served an apprenticeship He later followed the
Vusmeas m larious branches and with several well
known electrical firms On the I'ith of January 1913
he gave up hia positum and organized the Iniustr al
Electric Mannfactur ng Company under wh ch name he
has successfully conducted business to the present time
For two vears he specialized m electric devices and
then began the manufacture of maohinerv auto parts
tools dies and fixtures The business has grown to
large proportioms employing now more than twenty
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people, and the plant is modern in every department.
Mr, Hoffman has been the president since the incor-
poration of the company and to his efforts, practical
knowledge and eipab 1 ty and h a well liev s d plans
the sueeesa of the ndertak ng s largely attr b tal le
He a also a d rector a d the secretary an 1 treasurer
of the Nev He Steer ng Wheel Company man fa tur ng
a patent steer ng vheel for automob les
On the 3d of War h 1904 Mr Hoffn a waa mar
r ed to M as Uara Irene "V ollbreeht of Detro t a
daughter of Mr and Mra Charlea A ollbreeht They
have one son Eiv n Edward born n Detro t n 1906
Mr Hoffmin ! elonga to tie Mason c lolge and also
to the Harmo Soe etv He s a self n ade n n 1 a^
ng worked h s way upward ent lely through h i own
resources and h s prog ess on haa been steady br n
ng 1 m to a po nt of success as the bead of the In
dustr al Blectr e Ma ta tunng Company of Detro t
FR4NKP WILCOi a self eUu it d and self n ade
D an his attained h gh standing n Masonry and 1 a
al-io I ome pron nent n con mere al e r les of I e
tro t as a mer hant ta lor display ng marked ab 1 tv
and enterpr se n tl e management of h s nterests He
was bor n Eddy v lie Iowa Jnlj j ISI* a aon ot
J hn a d Jem na (Hopk ns) W Icox nat es of 01 o
who cros^ei tie pK na to the Hiwkeye state m the
early 50? The fither took uj i homeateid wh h
througl vei s ot lal or oua to 1 he brought to a h gh
Btite of development becom ng the o ner of a vil
able tarm At the outbreak of the C v ! war he vm
an ong the firat to a swer the ill for volu teera and
waa 1 revetted a co-l n 1 of tl e Sevenfl lo va Reg
net At the battle of Belmo t M saour he wia
among the first to fill rece v ng n a \ f,u ahot
wounds but recovered auflic ently to be ible to re
sun a his far ng operat ona iltho gh he can ed aome
f tl e bulleta w th h n to the day ot h a deitl He
I saed a 1 at Dayto 01 o n 1881 wh le the
n other a den se occurred at Ottawa that stite n
1371 In their family were eight children, of whom
but three are now living; Prank P., of this review;
Peter K., a resident of Idaho; and Mrs. Sarah B.
Grower, whose home is at Magnolia, Arkansas.
Mr. Wilco:^: was deprived of his mother 's loving
care when sixteen years of age and hia youth was a
period of earnest and ttnremittmg toil, his educational
oppcrrt unities being very limited as it waa necessary
for him to assist his father in the cultivation of the
home farm. For about sii months he attended a
diatriet achool in Iowa and when thirteen years of
age he began the task of educating himself, devoting
his evenings to atudy, and through cloae application,
determination and persistency of purpose he soon ac-
quired a very thorough education. He has remained
throughout his entire life an earnest student and a
close observer, being interested in all that pertains
to progress and development, and haa become well
informed on many subjeets.
At the early age of thirteen years Mr. Wilcox
started out to earn his own livelihood, at first working
aa a hotel porter, and when fifteen years of age se-
cured employ ment n a br tkyar 1 after wh ch he
filled a poi t on n a lumberyard an I later accepted
a elerksh p n a country store He tl en came to De
tro t enter ng the dry t,ools establ shment of Free!
n an Brothers n a cler cal apac tj wh le subsequently
he becam onnecte 1 th tl e D M Torrj Se d
Company w th wh cf he rema ned tor a per od of
twenty years Ho next beea e lent fied th the
P oneer Vi oolcn M lis Compiny and I le n the
employ acju red i thorougl knowledge of woolens
and also of ta lor nj, Th s 1 1 to h s connect on with
h 3 present 1 ne of 1 us ness and m 1907 he opened
a mer hant tailor ng establ si n ent of wh oh he has
s nee been the head be nj, no locate i at No 411
West Port street He poM ss a an expert kn «ledi,e
of the trade ml the ork turned out ot h s shop
represents the h gl est a 1 e emont n the sartor al
irt while h s progress e 1 us n ss metho Is an 1 thor
ough rel ib 1 t^ hive se ure 1 for 1 m the confidence
and support of the publ H s jjtronage has now
reached large proport ons an 1 he s recogn zed as
one of the lead ng merchi t ta lor of tl e c tv Mr
W Icox s shop W1S recently entered bj tl eyes who
took h s e t re sto k of v olen goo Is lea ng noth ng
b t en pt shelves an 1 nisi our of need two prom
ent hankers of the e tv ame to 1 s aas stance offer
ng h nl n ted cr d t and thus enabi ng h m to
eont nue h a business Tl s no dent clearly dem
onatratea h a u quest oned h nesfv id nt gr t n
ill b a ness aft rs nd 1 s stlnl g n eo nmere al
c rcles of the e ty
On the sa ot Apr I 1894 Mr W leox was n ted
n n irr age to M ss Ed th May lutton a daughter
of Jan es R a d Delunh A D tton prominent res
dents of Detro t Tw ch 1 Iren ha e 1 een born of
th s n on Kither ne vhose t rtl occurred n 18 7
and who a a graduate of the Un vers ty of M ch
igan; and Prank P., Jr., who was born m December,
1903, and la now a student at the Northern high
school of this city.
For over twenty years Mr. Wilcox has been identi-
fied with the Masonic order, m which he has attained
honor and distinction, the thirty-third degree having
been conferred upon him. He has been grand master
of the Eoyal & Select Masters of the state, and is
now serving as grand high priest of the Royal Arch
Masons of Michigan. He has been elected an hon-
orary member of Highland Park, Ai-acia, Ionic, Find-
later, Loyalty, and Palestine Chapters, is one of the
nine members of the board of trustees of Micliigan
Sovereign Consistory and is also a member of the
board which has in charge the erection of the new
Masonic Temple. He is one of the most prominent
Masons in the state and an exemplary representative
of the order, endeavoring to fulfill in his life its
teachings concerning mutual helpfulness and brotherly
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hindneaa. His record measurea up to the full standard
of honorable manhood, and he fully deserves the re-
spect and esteem that are accorded the fortunate
individual who has fought and won in the great bat-
tle of life.
ALVIN GEORGE 8HBEMAN, of the Detroit Vapor
Stove Company, ia a young man of unusual buainesa
ability, enterprising and possessed of marked ex-
ecutive power. He was born in Detroit, December_14,
1887, and in the pursuit of his education passed through
consecutive grades to the high school. When his
course there was completed he entered the employ of
the Detroit Vapor Stove Company of whiih his father
Join S Shern in has been the president i nee the
mcorpordtion of the buiinc^s on the 6tl of M.irch
isg'i It was in 1903 that Alvm G feherm^n stirted
m to learn the business and after working his wiy
ipivdrl through variouf depirtments he ms at length
n ■ide general manager in 191/ Iirental authority
^is not est,rted to win hm promotion He gained
h s alvauLement through merit and abilitj and is
tl rcfore well quilified to hive general supervision
over the operation of the plant, which today ctiers
G\e ind a half acres Thej emplov five hundred men
m the plant ind ha\e eighty five salesmen Their
cipiciti 18 one thousand stoves diilv ind they have
idoptel the automobik svstem of minufaeture so
that eaih mm does the same operation ill the time
The ocnipanv was alsw among the first to alopt the
h\e Ui week an! they find it \erj sitisfatttry to
the nn ployes Theirs is i. liberal policy toward tl ose
in their employ and the work of the plant is thoroughly
SI sttmatized and moves on with tl e regularity and
pr cision of clockwork There is no useless oxpendi
furp of time libor or material and the results achieved
ire most sit sfactorv while the policy of the com
pinv toward their emplojes is one whith 1 as awakened
the !o'\alty of th(se in their service
Mr 'Sherman of this review wis n arned m Detroit
to Winifred Hemmeter and they have one son Jack
Htrlert Shermin born in Mirch 1116 Mr Sherman
11 a ditetttr of the Continental Bank and is a mem
1 er of the Board of Commerce and the Society of In
1 istrial Engineers He is well known m tl e club
circles of the citv as well as m business connections
belonging to the Detroit Athletic Club and tl e Loch
moor Golf Club — associations wl Kh inlieate much
conceri ing the niture of his interests and
HEBBFBT O HEKEICK president of The Her
nek Chidw ck Company, Inc one of the leading
real estate firms of Detroit was born m Shiawassee
unty Michigan, No^ ember 16 1869 his parenti being
Albert D and Wary A (Fowler) Herriek the former
a native of Lockport New York while the latter was
bom in Michigan and was a daughter of one of the
p oneer settlers of the state Their marriage was
celebrated m Michigan anl Mr Herriek afterward
engaged in farming, but at the time of the Civil war
put aside all business and personal considerations and
enlisted at Ypsilanti, remaining at the front until
May 2, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He
is one of the comparatively few remaining veterans
of the long conftiet between the north and the south
and is now residing with his son at Royal Oak, Mielii-
gan, at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died
April 13, 1920, at the age of seventy-eight. Their
family numbered five children, three of whom survive.
Herbert O. Herriek attended the district schools
until his twelfth year and afterward was 'a pupil in the
public and high schools of Battle Creek, Michigan.
When eighteen years of age he started out in the 1" isi
ness world by becoming a salesmm for the Nichols A.
bheparU Company hanjhng threshing machines For
ten leirs he was one of the most successful salesmen
of the ompany an J on the expiration <f that period
resi(^ned his poi tion t( betome western representative
of the H W Johns Man ville Company of Nlw lork
city, with which he continued until 1911 He was then
made manager of their Michigan branch with head
quarters in Detroit, ind continued thus until 1915
when 1( became issoc ated with J G Pierce in or
f,inizing the James Q Pierce Corpontion of whi h he
became the vice president and general sales manager
This corpontion h ts alrtady plieed upon the market
twelve lirge subdivisions including fifteen thousand
acres of land in whith the original investment was
one m Uion e ght hundred thousand dollars In Sep
tember 1930, Mr Herriek was one of the organizers
of The Herriek Chadwick Compiny Ine This firm
has hal d remirkible success in its line of business^
that of real estate dealers specializing m North Wood
ward business and resilence property S nee 1920 Mr
Herriek his resided in the Eoyal Oak section, where
he built his ittracti^e 1 ome
In Dp ember 1S90 Mr Herrifk was married to Miss
Hirriet Ruisell of Lansing Michigan daughter of Mr
and Mrs Samuel Hussell, and thev have two children
Bussell 0 born m Battle Creek Michigan m 1891 was
grid late f in Milwaukee ind married Miss Winifred
Emmins of Detroit, where they make tl eir home
They have two sons Eichard and Herbert 0 RusaeU
0 Herritk is Detroit representative for The irco Com
panj of Cleveland The second son Wendell D born
in Battle Creek Michigan was a salesman until he
volunteered for service m naval aiiation serving on
coast guard duty at Pensicola Florida At the time
of the signing of the armistice he continued as a
rescue and was sulsequently called into service being
now engineer anl mechanician on the U S S Tan
tic He married Mane Leierton of Detroit and thev
have one child Betty Jane Herriek Their home la
also m Detroit Both young men have displayed ex
cellent busmess qualifications and have made good m
the lines in which thev have directed their efforts
Mr Herriek s religious faith is that of the Episco
pal church and in politics he is a republican He is
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ever loyal to any cause which he espouses and his
position upon any vital question is never an equivocal
one. Those who know him— and he has a wide ae
quamtanee — esteem him as a man of many admirable
qualities and characteristics. Ho can be depended upon
at all times and in any emergency to do the right thing
and m all of his business career he has followed con-
structive methods, his path never being strewn with
the wreck of other men's fortunes.
W. SHERMAN LISTER, a well kcowu rcpresenta
live of the real estate busiupss in Detroit, was born
in Eidgeway Township, Lenawee county, Michigan,
July 8, 1874. and comes from one of the excellent
families in that part of the state. He is a son of
George A. Lister, who was born in Michigan soon
after his parents had emigrated from Yorkshire, Eng-
land, to the United States. The mother of W. Sher-
man Lister was Lacy A. Hindes, and her mother,
Sarah Ann Perry, belonged to that distinguished
family from which came the Commodores Perry of
Lake Erie and Japan fame. John Hindes, the father
of Lucy A., was a Verm outer, whose family was
identified with the Green Mountain boys, prominent
m the early history of that eranm on wealth.
W. Sherman Lister has proven himself a man of
broad vision, whose views of life are eompceli endive
and whose opinions are based upon no false values.
His edupational opportunities, supplementing his early
public school training, were those afforded jn the State
Normal College at Ypsilanti, Michigan, and in Doane
Academy and Denis on University at Granville, Ohio.
Immediately following his graduation from the Clay-
ton (Mich.) high school he taught for a number of
years m district schools of Lenawee county. Follow-
ing this experience he entered Doane Academy, located
at Granville, Ohio, which eity is also the leat of Deni-
son University. Here he had vtijrk in bnth the acad-
emy and the university, and later entered the Mich-
igan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, Michigan,
where he completed the regular life certificate course
and then resumed his work as an educator, being
elected in 1899 Superintendent of Schools at Grass
Lake, Michigan, where he graduated the classes of
1900 and 1901. In the succeeding year he was Super-
intendent of Schools at Dundee, Michigan, and in
1903 became superintendent of schools at Vassar,
Michigan, where he remained for four years. He was
then reelected for the fifth year but at the same time
was offered the superintendency of the schools at
Lapeer, Michigan, and was also tendered the position
of superintendent of agents for the Euquitable Life
Insurance Company of New York, with headquarters
at Lansing, Michigan. He chose the last named, be-
lieving that it offered a broader field, and was ac-
tively connected with the life insurance business at
Lansing until 1908. In that year a situation arose
in Ionia, Michigan, which induced Mr. Lister io per-
'mit his name to be considered for the position of
superintendent of the public schools of that city and
he was elected. He served as the head of the school
system of that city through the succeeding four years.
Mr. Lister's work in the Ionia schools, as in those
he had previously directed, was marked by progress
and efficiency, changes and additions to conrses of
instruction, as for example the introduction of manual
training, domestic science, the pure kindergarten,
school gardens, school savings bank and other features
which at one time were considered radical but now
arc to be found in all the better conducted schools
of the country. In 1912 he finally abandoned the
profession of teaching because of the small remunera-
tion it yielded for good services, this condition offer
ing no inducement to a man to make it a permanent
calling. His example furnishes a striking illustra-
tion of one lack of public care for the mental and
moral training of the young. Much has been said
about the public schools being the bulwark of the
country and yet the salary paid then and now to
teachers was and is yet totally inadequate to meet
ordinary living conditions for those most competent
to guide oTir youth in the formative period of their
lives. In Mr, Lister ia found a man with marked
ability to make good in different walks of life, yet
the profession which he chose and loved offered so
little in a pecuniary way that as a matter of mere
self-preservation he was forced to abandon it. He
would have been glad to continue in the teaching
profession throughout his life if he eould have had
reasonable assurance of a competency in his declining
years. In 1921 Mr. Lister was a candidate for mem-
ber uf the board of education for the eity of Detroit.
Existing conditions, wo repeat, forced him to give up
the profession and in 1912 he came to Detroit, where
he entered the real estate field. For one year he was
connected with Lambrecht, Kelly & Company and for
another year was in a profitless partnership. He then
embarked in business alnne, establishing the W.
Sherman Lister Company, of which he is the sole
owner XTnder his direction the business has de-
veloped with remarkable rapidity and he ia reeogniaed
as one of the leading real estate men of Detroit. His
straightforward methods, clean business practices and
the general high character of his work in real estate
circles have all had the efieet of securing for him a
position of the highest standing among Detroit real-
On the 6th of August, 1902, Mr. Lister was married
to Miss Sarah E. Schureman, who died September 28,
1916. On the 31st of December, 1919, Mr. Lister
wedded Mrs. Laura R. Van Nouhuys and they have
a son, W. Sherman, Junior, born April 11, 1921. By
her previous marriage Mrs. Lister had a son, Herbert.
Fraternally Mr. Lister is connected with Excelsior
Lodge, No. 116, F. & A. M., of Grass Lake, Michigan,
and he also belongs to the Eloomfield Hills Country
Club, the Detroit Board of Commerce, the Detroit Beal
Estate Board, the Detroit Automobile Club and the
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Young Men a Chriatiau AaaociEitioii He la a prom
inent and active member of the Firat Baptist cl urch
■it ^V oodward and Pingree aveftuei being leader of
tl e class m Applied Chriitianity in the Sunday Bible
set ool president of the alvisory council of the De
troit Baptist Union -ind chairman of the property
committee of the Dttroit Baptist Union Mr Lister
18 at present presilent of the North Woodwarl week
daj school of religion This BChyol is orginized among
the group of Protestant ohurehi,B that are clustered
out Woodward avenue ntrth of the boulevard and
withm the eity limits It is maintained for the chil
dren of the public schotls m that neighborhood who
assemble m the North Woodwarl Congregational
churoh for one hour eich week for religious mstrao
tion being etcuaed for that week 3a^ peiiod trom
attendance at the public school The churches co
poratmg at present are The Baptist Congregi
lionj] Chr stian Presbyterian -ind Bpis<opal In
I ulities he maint'i ns an independent e urie voting
for men and measures rather than party but was
tmce % eat didata on tlie democratic ticket for the
office of supermten lent ot public instruction in Mich
igin He 1 IS done some campaign ng for the demo
cratie party and he waa n< tably act ve in connection
w th the Liberty Loan Inves and w\a one of the
1 our M nute men in Dctr it during the war His
\ision of ] fe IS broad lis career being actuated by
sterling ilea? concerning men, conditions and oppor
litities He his always beheied with Prpsident
Fhot of Har\ard that the p irpo?e of education is to
1 velop chwaeter anl he has ever put forth effort
.ilong the line erf assisting, hia f ellownien in tl ose in
terests which make for character development Life
las ever been to him eart eat ani p irposeful anl be
c^uie of the 1 readth of hii wisdom and his deep inter
e t jn humanity as'iociition with him means eipan
'On and ele\ation Mr Liatcr resiles in ont of the
pleasant homes of the North Woolward section — at
-ni Tajlur avenue
\LFEED E MORAN a prominent and progressive
• inufacturer of Detroit for veara connected with the
Peninsular ^to\e Compan-; holding the of&ce of soero
arv to that companj was bom in the c ty a son of
Fred F and Satilla (Butterfleld) Moran well known
residents of Detroit
Mr Moran was edicatel in tie Detroit College
later entering the University of Michigan m which
n^tit ition he took the A B course graduating with
le ela'js of IW" He entered the PeninsuUr Stove
ompanv s works first start ng in the pattern shop
t! en was tmsterred to the iron pattern si op nest
lo the mo ildmg lepartment which he foil wed bv
'> quir ng a knowledge of polishing These suceeasi've
''hangps enabled Mr Moran to acquire a thorough
ETOnnd ng m all branches of tho stove work and he
as promoted to be foreman of the gaa range depart
ment where he remained for some time and was trans
terted to the office He waa appointed secretary of
the eompan3 m 1J18 reaching this position by steady
application to buiincs and giving evidence of eon
sideralle executive alility Dur ng the Worll war
Mr Moran had the rcaponsil ility of handling all the
tact ry war work and m this connect on he 'pent a
large portun of his time in Washington deahng with
iimerous details arising out of the eompmy s eon
In 1909 Mr Moran was united in marruge to I la
Schmilt and tl ev are the parents of four children
Fred T (II) Elizabeth Annette and Alfred B Jr
Mr M(ran is a member of the Detroit Cl ib, the Detroit
Athletic Club and the Countrj Cl ib in the affairs
'f all <f which he takes a warm interest is ha loes
in all CIVIC movements dts j,ned t> imi rove the wel
tare of the community
FREDERICK BUHL wh passed fr m earth with
the good wishes of hia friends still warm upon their
lipi was one of the p oneer merchants of Detr it and
a citizen of sterling worth command ng tl e c nfidenee
and respect of his associates in bus ncs and in his
social life during the long period he stood forth as one
of the foremost sons of the Citv of the Straits He
was a man of foroefil individuality and plived a large
part in the business annals of the metropolis and the
atate with vihose annals his name anl that of his
brother Chr stian H Buhl wore most prominently
identified
Frederick Bub! was a native of Pennsylvania hav
mg I een born in Butler county November 2" 180b
being the second son in a family of eleven children
His parents were of sturdy Cerman ancestrv and the
Buhl tamdy was found in the Keystone state in the
days of the colonial wars The parents were toth
natives of Saxony Germany where thev were reared
to maturity and where they became acquainted but both
immigrated to America bef re boeoming man ind wife
0 ving to the exigencies of time anl place tl e educa
t onal facilities afforded Preloricb Bui! were meagre
but h s strong mentality and doterm nation to win his
waj in the world supplied tl is deficiency and his keen
1 ow eis of assimilation and observation enal led h m to
ov or omc this handicap At the age of sixteen he left
his native counti and vvent to Pittsburgh Pennsvl
vania for the purpose of learning the jeweler a trade
Vut his health being poor he did not long follow this
vocation In 1333 he came to Detroit after having
first landed at Chicago with which place he was not
favorablj impressed In Detroit he entered into part
nerah p with his brother Christian H Buhl n the
hat ai d fur b isiness building up a most lucrative
>usnpas The firm of F &, C H Bihl continued m
exiitencp for more tl an twenty years their operations
in I andling furs broaden ng so that eventually they
embrace 1 the entire northwest In 1842 they joined
the successors to the American Fur Company in the
purchase of fura thronghont Canada and the states
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bordering on, the Greit Lakes Thej earned in thia
most lucrative businesa under the old firm name until
1855 when Christ an H Buhl withdrew to enter the
hardware biisiness Thereafter JProdenek Buhl eon
tinned the busme-iis in in individual nnnner becoming
one of the largest si ippers of fura m the country as
well as 3 manufacturer and importer of tura The en
terpriso was conducted under the mine of P Buhl &
Company and the Lontern gained a wide reputation for
reliability and for its wide acope of operations Mr
Buhl aevered his eonneetion with the buamesa in Feb
ruary 1887, when he sold out to his son Walter after
which time the buamesa waa conducted m the name
of Wilter Buhl S. tompanv until it wia sold to Blwin
S George in I8<>8
Fredenclc Buhl wi^ a man of great buaineaa sagaeitv
and of the most progressiva ideas as a citizen stand
ng for ail that was loval an! right He took an active
interest m all that affected the welfare of the city m
which he lived and aerved the citv of Detroit a a
major in 1848 and the recorl of his a Iminiatration is
one that leads perpetual honrr to him and the mumc
ipalitv He waa ne of the original d rectors of the
Merchanta Evchanjie and the Board of Trade which
waa organized m 1847 and wai active in its work as
he wai m other organizatitns to which he belonged
He was a director of the ''tate Bank for a number of
1 ears and waa a director of the Second National Bank
at the time of hia leath He was also prominent m
affording the citv street ra Iwav facilities and was
for some time president of tl e Fort Wsvne & Elm
wood Railroad Company He rendered Taluable scrv
ices aa president of Harper Hospital one of the noble
matitntiona of Detroit an 1 generonsly donated large
Bumi toward the success of that institution In pohtica
he was a republican anl he was it ill times prominent
in the eonncila of hi'i parti
At the elose of a useful and clean life he passed
from earth Maj 12, 18<»0, leeply mc irned b;; all who
knew him and left enshrined n the mmda tf the people
t all men should emulate
WILLIAM JOHN STRENG For thirty i ears Wil
liam John Streng waa prominently known m connee
tion with the furniture trade of Detroit and was also
president of the Palmer Manufacturing Company His
position m business circles was an eniiable one for
progressivenesa and energy brought him steadily to
the front while mtegritv m all things made his name
a smonim of reliable dealing Mr Streng was born
August 7, 1868, m Detroit his parents being Jacob
and Christiana (Neubert) Streng whose family num
bered five children
On reaching school age W Uiam J Streng entered
the public Bchools mastered the branches taught m
successive grades became a high school pnpil and
eventually attended night achool improving every
opportunity to promote his education In young man
hood he learned the upholsterer a trale anl cintinued
to work along that line until he eml arked u
for himaelf Eventually he became the president of
the Palmer Manufacturing Company an important
enterprise m Detroit It was m the vear 1892 that
he established the Grand Furniture Company on &ra
tiot aienue, of which he became president and where
he continued for almost three decades, or until the
time of his demise on January 8, 1<>15 He was thor
oughlv familiar with every phase of the furniture
trade not onlv in connection nith its manufacture
but list in connection with its sale and he developed
a profitalle buaineas of large proportions
It was on the 2Qth of April, 1890 that Mr Streng
waa married to Miss Marv Galster of Detroit, a laugh
ter of Jacob Galster Mrs Streng and two chillren
survive The son, Edmund G, who wai born April
26 1892, IS iice president of the Grand Furniture
Company He married \ era Hogge the daughter,
Eleanor B , born July 2b, 1898, is tl c wife of Clarence
F Betsmg who la connected with the foreign ct
thango department of the People a State Bank of De
trot Mrs William J 'Streng succeeded her husbani
to the presidencv of the Gran 1 Furniture Coropanv and
the Palmer Manufacturing Company
Mr Streng was well known m Maaonic circles He
was a member of Kilwinning Lodge No 317 F &.
A M and attained the thirtj aecond degree of the
Scottish Eile and was a member of Moslem Temple
of the Myatii, Shrine He als belonged to the Inde
pendent Order of OM Fellows and to the Turners and
he had membership in the Yacht Club Politically
he was always a republican, gumj, stalwart support
to the party and its principles There are many who
remember him a a an alert and entLrpriaing buainess
man and as a substantial citizen while those who
came within the lIosc circle ot h s friendship thtrish
the memory of one who ms p\ r t them a valued
companion
DIETSCHE SIUHT SFFINt. COMPANl One of
the most interesting and progressive business tntcr
prises of Detroit is tl at conducted bv the Dietsehe
Sight Seeing Companj owners and managers of the
sightseeing ears This business baa tecome one of
the features of the tity and is now m the fourteenth
year of ita existence during which time it has shown
Detroit to oier one million touriats Thi, city is tiday
fourth in size on the \meriein continent and 4 C
Dietsehe as the founder and promoter of this business
has made it possible for visitors to see the citj in the
greatest comfort and with equal thoroughness He has
closely studied Detroit, so that every phase of interest
to the public mav be shown— its line eommenial enter
prises its great automobile factories its stately
churches its beautiful residences, its brtad boulevards
and incomparable Belle Isle Park The business of the
compan> has 1 cen intst thoroughly systematized The
carf leave ^ < Iward a\Lnue at Larned street eierv
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1 alf hour, beginamg it 9 o Uock in the morning anl
continuing until i 30 m the afternoon There is much
of interest in Dotioit dating lack to the old Frenoli
period ind on dow n to tl e era of modern progress tl at
has n ado this the fourth city of the Un on and no
po nt of gentral mteTe*!! la tmitted on the tour of the
IhetRthe Sight fceeing Company Moreover Mr
Diets he has mide th s a tour de luixe inasmuch aa
ft t trips are mide in the apieioua Packixi sight see ng
ara A msw to the eonvenienoe of the patron is also
ubaerved as tickets ein be seoured or reservationa
mi le for the to ir at the leading hotoLs and clubs of
the citv and after bemg shown many of the enter
priBPs wh ch are worll leaders in their 1 ne together
w tl the beautiful parka and thoroughfarea one cannot
but feel that Detroit mcrita her nell earned reputation
f<r beauty aa well aa industrial greatness
FRINK A BKEYULT There aie minv «ho when
1 sh ng authoritative atitements concerning real
state interests tonoult Frank \ Breai It who is the
iccretary and the sales minager of the James 8 Holden
Company of dynamic Detroit. Constantly watchtul of
opportunity, he has so directed his efforts and labors
that he has won steady advancement and hia position
in real estate fields is one of growing importance. De-
troit claims him as a native son, his birth having here
occurred February 3, 1879, his parents being Charles
and Mary (McGree) Breault. The father was born in
Canada, but came to this city in early life and was
here reared. After attaining adult age he joined the
Detroit police force and has been one of the patrol-
men and offieials thereof for nearly a half century, be-
ing still associated with the service. He is now in-
spector of the Detroit police department and is the
oldest in point of service among its representatives in
Ihe city. His course has been marked by notable faith-
fulness to duty and by advocacy of the highest stand-
ards of activity in this field. His wife was born in the
-itate of New York and came with her parents to De-
0 t -where al e waa marr ed She too s st 11 1 v ng
1 Ij her n arr age she has lecome the mother of
gl t h ! Iren t o of whom 1 i\e pissed a ay Those
h surv ve are Ceorge F Charles H Alfred T
I on 9 J Frank A anl Mrs George W Budell all vet
1 V nc n Detro t
In 1 s outhful days Frank A Breault waa a pupil
St Ann a Cithol c school and afte ward attended
1 t o t College When h s textbooks were p t as de
1 started out n the bu ness world n connect on
th mercant Ic 1 nes and then, became a salesman for
1 e Detro t Cap Company man facturer^ of men s and
1^ vs c ps He cont nued very sueeesifuUy n that
1 e of endeavor for several years but eventually he
t rued h s attent on to tl e real estate bus nesa enter
the employ of the James S Holden Company a
1108 as a representative of ts sell ng force He de
otel h 3 t D e to that work unt 1 1915 when he was
I ted secretary and sales manager for the con panv
which 11 one of the largest operating m real estate
circles in this city His long experience as a sales
man has well qualified him for esecutivo management
an 1 otitrol and he is now giving splend 1 sat stdction
anl cnntribut ng much to the si ccess of the firm
through his ability to direct the lal ora of others
"Mr Breault is of the Eoraan Catholic taith an 1 he
s a third decree member f the Knigl ts of Columbus
In polities he ii i republican alwajs vert ng with the
I artj yet never seeking or desiring ofB.oe as a reward
for part} fealty He b lon(,s to tl e Detroit Athletic
Out also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
He 13 a muu 1 er of the Detroit \ acl t Club and his in
terest in communitj welfare is shown in his memher
ship in the Detroit Boar! of Commerce He is also
connected with the Detroit Keal Estate Board and in
that connexion bends hia energy to solving tl e prob
lems that come lefore the real estate men in his efforts
n t onlv to built up a profitable business but so to
direct his labrrs that h s work shall prove of com
m initj benefit
ALFRED LYNN McMEANS. Among the important
manufacturing enterprises which have been factors in
establishing the prestige of this city aa a great indus-
trial center ia numbered the Michigan Lubricator Com-
pany, of which Alfred L. McMeana is the president,
and in this connection he is controlling a business of
large proportions. He was bom at Fairbury, Nebraska,
May 28, 1877, a son of Homer and Jennie (Crockett)
McMeans, the former a native of Indiana and the lat-
ter of Ohio. They became pioneers of Nebraska and
for thirty years the father acted as agent at Grand
Island for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, while
later he was stationed at Omaha, in which city his
demise occurred. The mother survives and is now a
resident of Detroit. In their family were two chil-
dren; Thomas E., who is preaident of Twin Valley
Motor Company of Johnatown, Pennaylvania; and
Alfred L
In the t,ramroar and h gh schools of Crand Island
Nebraska Mr McMe na obtained his edu t on and
after la ng i le h s textbooks he was emploved along
varouslnea In ISO he came to letro t eeur ng a
I a t on w th the Murphy Cha r Companv w th wh ch
he was connected for three yeara and d mg that tune
was r p dly advanced nt i he at I ngth became aa
>( atant super nten lent He then cepted a s m !ar
pos t on w th Do l^e Brothers lead ng auton ol IB
an facturera of th s c ty and for th rteen years re
ma ned w th tl at firn That h s s rv ces were thor
0 t,l ly apprec ated by h a en ployers s n 1 cated n the
fact that at the t me of h s res gnat on n 1920 he
was fill ng the ofR e of secretarv In that vear he was
failed to the pres dency of tl e M ch gan Lubr eator
Con panv and that he was chosen for th s pos t on of
1 rg re pons b 1 tv proves conel a ve!y that he is the
possessor of super or adm n strat ve powera marked
f rce of char cter and n t at ve Th s s one of the
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ollest and n OBt substant al product ve nlustr es of th
I, tj and w th tlie growth of Detro t the bus neas has
expanded unt 1 the plant now eovers in ent re bio k
e ght hundred workn en be ng employed n ta opera
tion Mr MeMeana s also a d re tor of the Dotco t
Soe et> for Sav ngs and the Comn n ty Un on
At La Junti Colorado on the 10th of Auguat 1901
Mr McMeons was marr ed to M ta Carr e Wa te and
they have become the parents of four eh Idren Buth
Evelvn ina born n 1908 and a now atte d ng tl e
Pr nc p 1 School for G la St Lou a M asour W 11 am
Edward whoae b rth occ rred n 1911 ind who a it
tend ng tl e grade aehools Mary \ g n a born n
191^ a d John Mirahall bom 19 1
In h a pol t cal v ewa Mr MeMeans a a republ can
and fraternally le a dent hed tE th Maaona t
longing to I maaeu*" Commandery ot th a e t nI le
h a aoc al nature finda expie a on n h s n emberah p
n the Detro t Club the Detro t Athlet e Club and the
Bloomfield H lis Countrv CI b Prog ew 1 a.n 1 een the
keynote of h a career and bus ness relee of De
tro t he has ga ned that pos t on of 1 at net on wh eh
f 11 8 concentrated effort a d al 1 ty of » I gh orfle
He has constructed h s o n suceesa anl s a self n ade
n an whose example a one ell worthy of emulat on
EKNEST A KERSTEN a veil known n bus n ss
c rclea of Detro t aa n ana^eT of the n port depart
ment of the Kres^e Comjdn a post n f large re
Jipona bil t wh eh he has occup ei for the piat ten
years proving thoro ghly effie ent onac ent ous and
trustworthy m the discharge of h s d t ea He was
I and n that countrv
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bom m Stendal Gennanj
aequ red a 1 beral edueat on atte dmg var oi
fron 1887 unt 1 1890 when he entered the U
of Berlin wh ch he attended until 1901
Ion ng year vas spent m h s fatl er a n
stabl hi! eat anl d r ng 1902 and 1W3 he waa en
gage i n the lumbe 1 na nesa Danz t^ go ng to
Rusa a a d Inl a n a 1 u ng tc p d r no- th t t n
In 1903 he enterel tht e plov of the Br t sh Ad
ralty b v ng and sh pp ng In her from Rusa a
Ind aid Afr ea to England and n 1B07 he located
n Canada
\ year lat r Mr Eeraten croaaed the borlcr nto
the Un ted "States and n order to f,a n a tl orongh
knowledge of A ner an b s nesa metl o Is he con
pleted a co rae i i con nere al college In 1909 a d
1910 he was connected w th the exp it oftice of one
of Detro t s large auton ob le fa tor ?•< and n the
latter vear he jo ned tl e Kreage Compa aa inager
of the r mport department of wh eh I e has s nee h'ld
charge In 1914 he ma le t vo tr pa to Europe and
a nee ^ecomng id ent fie d w th the company he has
crossed the ocean e ghteen t nea n th r ntereats
st g Englanl Hollanl Gern an Sw tzerland
Swelen and Fra ce He s a an f w de forma
t on and super nr ntelle tual tta nments 1 o
tl rough extena ve travel hai |,aln 1 knowledge of
I r ous parta of the vorld such aa is
by fe V atatean en and 3 re ogn zed aa one
of the lead ng author t ea on tar ff quest ona n th s
country He representa the utereata of the Kresge
Con pin n Wash ngto D 1. go ng before the wajs
anl n cans comm ttee of the house on mport ques
t ons and han Ilea all cases concern ng dut on
mporta n connect on w th the firm For th s purpose
he completed a spec al course n law and has been
remarkal 1 suce saful the courts v nn ng ma y
verd cts favoralle to the ntere ts of h a enplojea
who value h a serv oea ^ ery h ghly He stron^l
opposed to the Forlney tar ff b 11 and d d II n 1 s
pow r to defeat the measure
In 191o Mr Kersten as n ted a mar ag to
M as El oretta La pman of Ham Iton Ontar a Can
ada He s e 1 er of ti e mercl a t mar ne con
m ttee anl th lore gn Trade Comn ss on and also
of the Detro t Eoarl of Commerce hose plans and
proje ts tor the expans on of the trade relat o s of
the e y rece v ha earnest cooperat on He a 1 ke
w se con eeted w th tl e Old C lonj Uul a of Ne
York London a d Par the Exportera &. In porters
Club ni tl e D tro t \utomol le Club ani fraternall
a dent fled vith tl e Mason c order belo g ng to
Palest ne Lodge F & A M H a 1 fe haa been well
spent character ze 1 by the conaer at on of his forces
bv the ut 1 zat on ot ojport n ty and by a cor t
nlerstanl ng f 1 f e a alues and purposea He poa
Besses those qual t es nh ch n ake for lealer h p 1
Sana of large ntellectual 1 berty w th whom s
s at i>n means e^tpans on a d elevat on
■\\ ILLIAM EER MUIB For many ears W 11 n
Ker Mu r was n o tsta d ng figure n ra Irffad c r lei
where he waa re ogn zed as a nan of narkel bus
ne s cipac ty and n table exe t ve ah 1 ty "fth le
these qual t es br ught h m nto pron nen e and ma le
t posa hie for h m to enjoy 1 fe comfort and son e
of ts luxur es he vll te best remembered perhaps
tecauae of h s mirked de\ot on to tl e publ o welfare
and i s close adl erenee to h gh deals in relat on to
1 s feliowu en He was bom n E In arnock Ayrsl ire
S otland March "0 1829 and h a mother waa a de
see d nt of one of tl o How ea co enanters of Lo h
goyne He had n anv of the a ost sterl ng character a
t ea ot the S otch race and h a record was ever a cred t
to that land wh ch has furn ahed Amer ca w th s eh a
splend d percentage of n en of real ab 1 ty men vho
had been act e n the establ shment of the Amer can
rep bl c Dur ng h a youthful days William Ker Mu r
man fested a marked inter st n ra Iroad mechan cal
eng neer ng an 1 n surgerv but gradually h s a t v t es
centered n the former 1 ne a he spent h s after school
hours n some eng neer ng estal 1 shment H s n t al
connect on w tl ra Iroal terests was made when he
se red a pos t on n the t cket office of an Ayrsh re
ra ! ay and aer ed tl ro gh all the grades of ra Iroal
mi Ion ent thni q r ng a fhorout,h knowledge
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t wh h h 1 t t)Iy flu d Wh 1 m tli
t Elh ly mpylfmdth
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G tWt ElwyfC dwh ff dhm
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tl f th amp y
It was on the expiration of that periol that Mr
Muir eanie to Detroit and was appointed general man
ager of the Detroitj Grand Haven & Milwaukee Eail
road, the Great Western having become largely inter
e'ited financially m the completion of tl is lin« to Lake
Michigan The task wis teeompliahed by Mr Muir
ind tlip road equipped with rolling stock through its
PntiT' lengthj the compin> also acquiring two ateam
•^hipa to connect with Milwaukee so thlt excellent IT
rangements were thus made fox freij,ht and pisfenger
trafiie When in Deoember, ISb'i Mr Muir rcsi(,nel
the luina^ement of the Detroit, Grand Haven & Mil
wiukee Eailroad he accepted an appointment aa is
Bjstint general superintendent of the Mil! igan Centnl
under R N Eice A few vcars later however he wis
proffered the ofSce of general Bupenntendent of the
Great Western and entered upon the duties of that
pisition, improMug the property of the line until it
was one of the beat in the eountrj He affeeteO a
thange trom the Canadiin broid gauge of five feet
BIX and a hilf inches to the American gauge of four
feet ind eight and one half inches and he thoroughly
orginiied and equipped it a>" att eaKtern and weatem
link When that ti'jk had been aucee='tfully accom
plished he once more became superintendent cf the
Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee line but after a
brief period again aevered his connection with that
irrporation to iCLppt the manigement of a new rail
roid through Canada with bnnches on the American
iide of the boundiry line, known aa the Canadian
Southern Eiilwiv He continued to hold an interest
in that road when after several ytaxa he retired from
active railroid minigement and at the time of hia
death he wia well known in mduatrial and lusmesa
eirclea aa president and general manager of the Eureka
Iron & Steel Worka and also as presi knt of tlie Star
Line of Steamers. Thus from a comparatively humble
position in the business world he had passed on to a
plaeo of administrative direction anl executive control
managing large and important interests and solving
iliflieult and complex transportation probltms He was
widely known in railway circles and honm'ed wherever
he was known.
Mr. Muir was first married to Ehzi 'Steele a native
of Scotland, who died in Detroit. The children of this
marriage were four in number: Miss Jennie H Muir of
Detroit; Helen, who became the wife of Henry Eussel
d d d in Detr it She was mother of five children
M Allan F Elwards, Mrs J Thayer McMillan Mra
H Id F Warlwel!, Join Farrand Busael deceased,
1 W Uiim Muir R isiel wl o was i first 1 eutenant
tl lation service and was killed m action during
th W Id nar, Isobel the third laughter is n<w the
f f Wttmore Hunt of Detroit and their children
CI eland Muir Hunt, wl o served in the navy
d g the World war anl Mrs Norman Prebel Fl zi
M b Lame the wife of Eethune Dufheld and they
h f r children Muir who served in the artillery
i i, the World »ir Mr= Riuhard Neight ors George
who WIS a member of the Aviation Corps during the
Wor] 1 war and la now attending the University of
Michigan ani Miriui who is ilso a stulent at that
university William Ker Muir a second marriage waa
to thri^tina Hendr e daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Strathearn) Hendrie, and to this marriage were born
two ch Idren W Hwwie Muir who married Marian
Lewis and their children are Mrs John H Potter
residing at Cdoralo Springs Colonli Mri T TftorXen
Hunter ot Detroit anl W lliam K who 13 attending
Hotthkiaa School at Lakeville, Connecticut and Chria
tina the vmingeat of thi. family is the widow of
Harry C Van Huaan ani her chillren a.f Mra Phelps
Newberr> and Cor iin Van Husan, i\ho wia a member
ot the Av atiott Corpi and is deceased Mra Christina
Mu r though more than n nety yeara of ige, la alert
clear of intellect anl intcreated in passing events
"^1 (. was eighty sev en years of age on the 11th of
November 1918 tit day on which the arm st ice was
It waa tn the 33d cf June 18<)3 that William Ker
Muir died \ contemporarv biographer ^ rote of him
as follow ■< A man of supreme executive capacity
Mr Muir iccomplished much for an^ cnterpriae with
which he T^as connected Biit much aa he did jn the
fjreat field of transportation, his name will longer ro
ma n enshrined in general honor and admiral )n for
his remarkal le public spirit and altruism He eon
cerned himself deeplv with all matters pertaining to
the interest and welfare of the city <f hia adoption
and give generouslv of himself and of his finances
tc an^ measure likely to result m benefit to the whole
ot society One of his civic ambitions was to see
the river bridged at Detroit and to a committee he
•J ibn itted a plan for a low wmter bridge across the
r ver at this point H>wever the complet on of the
Port Huron tunnel embarrassed the efforts of thoae in
favor of a hnlge About a decade before Mr Mnir a
demise he was a member of the poor commiision of
Detrcit and while n this office he secured the adoption
of a scheme to fumiah lodgings for the wandering
members of humanity The open door for tramps was
at the Woodbridge street station and they were also
fed compelled to take a bath and their clothing
steamed and dried The other members of the board
finaliv opposed Mr Muir a charitable and sanitary
scheme on the grouni that it tended to increase the
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number of tramps who came to the eity Up n the
sbaadunmeut cf the plan Mr Muir resigned his posi
tion Mr Muir filled many important and respunsible
positions both in Biitam and Ameiict and he has
filled them ill with credit to himaell and with •td'tan
ttge to the community His public record ot half a
century is without a st,tin ind his printe fharattec
was always suth as to wm tor him the regard esteem
aad friendship of all gooi men witli nhom he ime
into eontaet He wis n thorough sympathy with our
American institutions Foe i ears he was presilent
of St Andrew s Society He share I the religious con
MLtion of 80 many of his cuuntrimen and wif aa
earnest and generous member of the Jefferson Avenue
Presbytenin churLh He Ued June _ 189_ Nearly
a third of a century has elipsed since Mr Muic ] assed
on, but the record of hia life is one of Detroit s proud
traditions an 1 the influpnce of hi^ pngreasi^e and
beneyolent spirit will ntt soon he lost '
EDW\UD i EOBERTS In thoroughness and the
misterv of t^erv dot il of th( duties that hive de
volved upon him lies the st ret of the success which
his tr ught Edward F Roberta to the prominent
position which he now occupies in industrial circles
of Detroit 13 vice president in ehirge of manufac
turmg of the Packard Motor Cir Company Mr
Hot erfs has been pcommentlv identified with the
progress and development ot the automotive industry
for more than twenty jears and in his present eon
nection he has supervision oier one of the largest and
most modern lutomobile manufaitunng plants in the
world His career has bepn one of continuous ad
vancement and has taken him through the various
departments pertaining to the manufacturing end of
the industry
Mr Boberts was bom m Chimplain New \ork
August 24, 1S76 a son erf Philip and Josephine (Mil
lett) Koberts who were ilso mtnes of the Empire
state, whence tliev remcn ed to Massichnaetts ind
loth are now deceased the father pissing awav it
Wesfheld Massachusetts, while the mother s demise
occurred in Detroit In their fimilv were five chil
dren of whom three survive Charles M a resident
of Champlam New York Mrs W A Turgin who is
In mg m Chicigo Illinois ind Edwird F
In the acquirement of an education Mr Eoherts
attended the grimmar and high schools of Champlain,
after which he started out in life for himself At the
age of fifteen he secured emplovment with the Shen
dan Iron Works of Champlain as t michimst s ip
prentice, serving the full term of four leara After
mastering the machinist s trade he journex ed east and
for the next three years worked at his trade in vari-
ous shops During part of that time he attended night
school In 1899 he entered the bicycle industry, con-
necting himself with the Lozier Bicycle Company of
Wostfield, Massachusetts, as a toolmaker, and worked
through the various departments until he was ad-
\aniel to f reman of the experimental department
which post he filled for two years Then foreseeing
the possibilitie'i of the automolile he accepted the
position of superintendent of the C J Moore Manu
fictnring Company of Westfield who were among the
jioneer automobile manuficturers In April 1903,
riceiving an offer from the Pickird Motor Cir Com
panv, at that time locited at W irten Oh o, he went
to that city ml entered their employ as todmaler
n their experinentil department When the factory
moved to Detrot in the fill ot 1903 he was al
vanned to foreman ot virit us departments, such as
miLhining assembling etc He was rapidly alvanced
to tl e position ot assistant superintendent superm
tendent mechmieil superm tind en t general superm
tendeot and to faetorj manager and on April 19
1920, was chosen vice president in charge of manu
tacturing, whi h import int office he ably fills at the
present writing Mr Roberts responsible position
with one of the most important industries in the en
tire world ten thousand workers being employed in
the shops of tl o conipiny is chariLtenzed by his
a>iht^ to think in largt terms and to larry forwirl
his plins to 1 SUL esafil outcome No detail m con
nection with the operation of the business is too un
importint to receive his attention and at the same
time he directs the larger factors m his affairs with
no title assurance and power
At Westfield M issachusetts on the 26th of Decem
ber 191)0 Mr Eoberts was united in marriage to
Miss Emma Demo re, a daughter of Mr and Mrs
( harles Demore prominent residents ot that city
Poor children hive been born ot this union Kath
erine, whose birth occurred it Westfield, Mawa
(husetts Louise Hazel aid Frances ill born in De
In his political views Mr Roberta js i republican
and IS well known in club circles of the city aa a
member of the Detroit Athletic Detroit Golf Detroit
lacht anl Bcookiinds Gdf Clubs while his fra
tirnal connections are with the Masons and the
Knights of Pythias He is a member of the Society
(f Mechanical Eng neers also the Society of Auto
mobile Engineers mi belongs to the Detroit Board
of Commerce He is preeminently a mm whose eon
stmtlv pspandmg powers hive taken hira from humble
surroun lings to the field ot large enterprises and con
tmually broadening opportunities He has attempted
important things anl iccompliahed what he has at
tempted and he fully deaeri es the honor that is ac
corded the fortunate mdiiidml who has fought and
won m the great battle of hfe Mr Roberts resi
dence is 117 Fisun avenue Highlmd Park
AUGUST QUANDT. For "over a half century August
Quandt has been engaged in the tobacco business in
Detroit and throughout the entire period his name
has stood as a synonym for enterprise, integrity and
progressiveness in business circles of the city. He
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was born alictml on tie IStli of May 184"" ind hia
pirent3 were Frederick and Dorotl^y (DehnhofE)
Quindt In 1801 the family came to the United States
tnd three jeirs liter settled m Detroit, where the
father lived retired until his demise, the n other also
passing away m this city Of their large fimily but
tour children are now living Frelenck whose home
15 m Duluth Minnesota Mrs Charles Marker ot De
tc t August and Augusta who is connected with a
Lath III" c nvent anl is knovn aa Sister Gabriella
Catherine
In the schools of his native land August Quandt ob
tamei his education ind upon reaching Detro t he
se ured a pos tion with Frineis Eckart a prominent
c gar manufacturer of this city, with whom he re
named for four years during which period he thor
0 igl Ij learned the trade Having caretully saved his
earnings he doeided to embark m business on his own
ai-(,ount anl on the 2/th ot March 1871 opened a
wJoloaalo and retail ci^ar and tobacco store at No
16 Grat ot a^ enne From its intoption the enterprise
proved a suceeastul one and at the end of four years
Mr yuandt was forced to seek more spate and removed
to No 138 Gratiot avenue, where he remaintd until
1913, becoming owner of the property, wl ich lias since
gredtlv inireased in \alue He is now located on Rus
lell street where le has a, large store and workshop,
and 11 Bole proprietor of the establishment He poi
soa^LS an exptrt knowledge of the business in which
hi. 1^ engaged, having devoted his entire life thereto
and IS one of the oldest and most reliable tobacconists
in the city He carries a large assortment of fine
tobaLLOs and cigars and through lAofe applitation and
i-apable management has built up an extensive busi
On the 12th of November, 1871, in Detroit, Mr
Quan It was married to Miss Mmnie Baum^arten who
pitsel awa> in this citr, November 10 mi Thev
1 p ime the parents of six children Minnie, who is the
wife of Dr Jacob W Rothaoher a leading physician
of Detrt it by whom she has a daughter, Wilma, now
the wife cf Brvan Tromhly, August, Jr, who is asso
'■latod with hi^ father in business and who married
Thristme Kerr and a has a son August Quandt (HI),
now a student at the TJni'versity of Michigan Clarence
a resident of this city Edmund and Herbert, both de
ceased the former of whom engaged in the practice
of medicine in Detroit and who married Mabel Kim
inell and ouo son Edmund was born to them, and
Ai;nps the wife of Ferdinand Fendler who ilacr reaides
m Detroit and has one son, Ferdinand, Jr
Mr Quandt has a beautiful summer home at Niw
Baltimore, Michigan, on Lake St CJair and tl ere he
'penda much of his time during the warmer months of
the year, finding recreation and enjoyment in the oc
ipation of gariening He gi\es his political support
to the republican party for he deems that its policy
I" est conserves national progress and promotes public
■■t-ibilitv He IS numbered among Detroit's pioneer
cit zens f<r he has here made his home for a per od
of fift> ei^l t 1 ears and has borne his lull share in tl e
work f levelopment and upbu Idmg hs influence be
ing at all times on the side of alvancemeit and im
provement He is numbered among the si-lf made men
who owe their prosperity directh to their own efforts
for he started out m 1 fe empty handed and through
perse\ erance and diligence has w orke J his wav steadily
upwarl to a p a t n among T etro t a moot suceeisfui
1 of Dttroit a
R'V.LPH FORDON a r
akrt progressive young business man is a member
of the firm of Backus Fordon & Compani, leading
■(tock brokers of the oitv His parents were Emil
and May (Danbean) Fordon the former a native of
Germany while in the maternal line he represents the
fourth generation of the family in the United 'States
After finishing his course m the Central h gh school
of this I'lty Mr Fordon entered McGiU University at
Montreal Cana la where he studitd both arts and
me li ine but before completing his medical course
he left that institution ,ind became a student at the Dc
troit College of Law On the 28th of December, 1917,
he enlisted for service in the World war, entering the
United States School of Military Aeronautics at Cor
nell University at Ithaca, New York, and following his
graduation therefrom he was sent tcr Kelly Field at
''an Antonio, Texas, as a member of the Flying Squad
ron He received his discharge in November, 1918
and returning to Detroit, he became identified with the
stO(k brokerage business He became a member of the
firm of Backus, Fordon & Company, and their business
13 rapidly developing o^ing to their close application,
reliabilitj and capable management
Mr Fordrn wao united m marriage to Miss Mar
garet Louise Poit whose father became well known
in business circles of this city as the manufacturer of
the Queen Anne soap She was born m Detroit and is
a graduate of Welleslev College taking an active part
m the social life of the city as a member of the Col
lege and Women's City Cluhs In his pditieal views
Mr Fordon is a progressive republican anl he is a
valued member of the Detroit Stmk Etel ange His
life has been characterized by devotion to duty in
every relation and his enterpr^e and business judg
ment have enabled him to accomplish much, although
he la still a voung man, while his aml-ition and energy
will undoubtedly carry him steadily forward
CHARLES EIDEE Detroit owes much to the en
terprising spirit and marked business ability of Charles
Elder, who for twenty three years has been proprietor
of the Pans Laundry, in which connection he la con
trolling onu of the leading enterprises of the kind in
the city, and he is also interested in other large com
mercial undertakings wh (,h have benefitted by hiB
cnoperation and progregiiveness He -was born in this
eitv 'itptember 32 1873, at Napoleon and Antome
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streets His patent-! were Daniel and Dorothy (Cor
nagej Rider both of whom nere natues of Germans,
the fcrmer coming to the United '^titea is i joung
man while the latter was br ught b\ her p'jrenta to
thi>" oountrv when but two ^eara tf agL
In the public scliooU of Detroit Mr Bider acquired
his educition ind thirty fiie jears ago he entered the
laundry business with which he his since been iden
tiGed becoming proprietor of the Pans Laundry in
1898 Thit IS one of the oldest an I most reliable es
tabliahments of this thinoter in the iity and for over
two loeades the name hai stood for high clias SLrviee
an 1 enterprise m business eircks of Detroit Mr
Elder has also extended hia efforts in other directions
and IS now president ot the Cadillac C gir Box Com
pany a director of the Sewell Cushion Wheel Com
pany and tne Swift Lin i Cod panv while he also has
other business mtereatt He has never been afraid
to venture where favoring opportunity has pointed the
way and he possesses the determination anl adminis
trative ability necessarj to carrj forward hia plina to
a. suLcesiful terminition
Mr Elder was united in mimage to Miss AtaJa
Gagnon ind they have become the parents of three
daughters Dorothy Adile who was graduated from
the Universitv of Michigan with the clas' of 1921 re
cemng the degree ot B A She specialized m the
atnd^ of French and is a linguist of ability Two other
daughters Helen and "V irginia died about the ago of
seven years In hia political views Mr Eider is a
republKan ind fnternilly he is identified with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks He is a stanch
advtcate ot ithletie sports pirticularly of baseball
anl IS still an active pirticipant m the national game
A strong policy has been followed by Mr Bider
throughout his business career Along the pith of
opportunity open to ill he his reiched the goil of
notatle success hia proj,ress being due to the fiet that
he his recognized advantages which others hive passed
heedlessly by and that he is a man of strict integrity
and moril worth is indicated bv the high esteem m
which he is hell by those among whom hia life haa
been passed His residence is at 1010 East Grand
boulevard
HHSSELL LOWELL PREYMAN a representative
of the Detroit bar who has practiced hia profession in
Detroit sinci 1<»15 was born m W ipakoneta Ohm
June 11 1890 a son of Frelenck W ind Samantha E
(Morria) Preyman, the former of whom is serving is
superintendent of aehooH at Pulaski Georgia Fred
enck W Frevman was a native of 'Wapakoneti Ohio
and resided there until 1105 He serve! as mayor
of his native cit^ two terms and haa ever been active
in educational wjrk
It waa m the public anl high set ools of his native
citv thit Eusaell Lowell Frtvmin icquired his early
education itter which he entered the Ohio ^Itite
Hniversitv from whi<h he was graduated m l<tlO with
the M E degree He next beiame a student at the
Detroit College ot LiWj which conferred upon 1 im the
LL B degree in 1<»15 and m June of the san e veir
he WIS idmittel to the Michigm bir He opened
an oftice in Detroit ind hia s nee been connected
with the bir of this cit\ being first associited m prac
tice with Edward A Eich under the firm style of Eieh
^ Preymin a relit on ship that wis miintained from
1915 uttil the fall of 191- Mr Prejman has since
practued his profosaion independently and has been
accorded a good pitronage for he has displaj ed mirke 1
ability in the trial of intri(ate cases He is careful in
imlyais clear m his reasoning md logical in hia de
ductions and has e^er conformel his practice t) the
highest ethics of the profession
On the "d of September 1916 Mr Preyn an was
united m mirriage to Miss Joyce E &mart of Siult
•^te Marie Michigan anl they have become the pir
ents of a son, Eusaell Lowell Jr who was born Feb
ruarv 12 1<»20 The famih resile m an ittraetive
home at No 2241 La&alle Gardens South, and they
have a lirt« circle of frienda in the city Mr Frev
man was first lieutenant of Ccmpiny K feeionl Reg
mont 01 ( National Guard from 1905 to 1<)0" Mr
Froyman is a member of the Delta Theta Phi frater
nitj the Commercial Law League of Americi the
Detroit Bar Association the Lawyers Club of Detroit
anl the Ohio Club Hia time and attention are chiefly
given to his law practice anl in a profession de
minding keen intelleetuality and individual merit he
IS miking continuous progress ranking with the moat
promising youaf, attornejs of Detroit
CHARLES S LEE la well known in buainess eirclea
of Detroit as resident n anager of the Howe Saw,
Corrigan i. Bertles Company investment bankers,
whose mam offices tre loeited at Grand Bapid^ Michi
gan and the fact thit he has been chosen to fill this
responsible position is proof of his executive abilitj
business acumen and enterpriae He was born at
Indianipohs Indiana September 15 1884 and is a
son of Alfred P and Mary (Sleets) Lee who ire
also natives of the Hoosier state m which they male
their home until 1890 when they removed with their
family to Chicago There the father became isaoeiatel
with "^ T Fiah & Company and remained a resident
of that city for fifteen veirs after which he dis
posed of his business interests and went to Boston
Missachnsetts where he haa s nee made his homo He
organized the Clovcrdale Iroduee Company of which
he IS the president and the J-usmess is now one of et
tensive proportions branch houses being main tuned
m many eastern cities He was president of the Bos
ton Produce Exchange, hiving filled that of&ee for sev
eral terms being the first to te reeleetel to thit office
and >s one of the most suicessful buainesa men of that
city Mrs Lee also survives Pite children were born
to their union Lester B a prominent attorney of Clii
cigc \rtl ur J ind Mrs Hlrry S 4.11er both of
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whom reside at Ferguson, Missouri, Lotta L, of Chi
igo an 1 Charles 8
Charles S Lee attenled the grammar and high
«h oIb >t Chicago, from which he was graduated m
1904 and three years later eomplete 1 an aeademio
course in the University of Chicago, after which he en
tered ujon his business career a^ an emploje in the
Mutual Savings Bank Shortly afterward he aeiered
his connection mth that institution becoming iJen
tilled with the American Trust i, Sivings Bank, which
ma liter merged with the Continental Trust &. &av
inRs Bank and for a year thereafter he continued in
thpiT servii-e, filling a clerical position In the latter
pirt of 1908 he came t Detroit as a representative
(f tlo ■ftoolin WcNear & Moore Bmd Conp^ny with
which he rtmamel for five years being regarded as
ono of its most successful salesmen He next joined
Hodenpyl Hardy & Company and for seven years was
connected with that firm On the 1st of October, 1930,
tlip Howe Snow Corrigan ^ EertlLi Compinj inieat
ment bankers of Grand Bapids, Michigan opened a
branch office in this city and Mr Lee a enviable record
aa a bond salesman male him that company a choice
tor the position of manager Broad experience has
made h m thoroughly fam liar with every phase of the
ijiiLStment business anl the confidence reposed in him
! I the firm has been fully justified for m the short
time in which he has had charge of the oMlc at this
point he has succeeded in ]rawing to the company a
large clientele composed of the rospreaontative businesa
lULU of the Lity Thev hanlle only first class aecurities
■ml are conducting ono of the largest bond housea in
the state, their headq larters bemg maintained at
Grand KapiH, Michigan while thirty five salesmen
represent the company throughout the state Previous
to the World war Mr Lee acted as special representa
tive of the Fedora! Reserve Bank of the Chicago dis-
trict at Jackson, Michigan, and he later represented the
Reserve Bank in Livingston, Eaton and Ingham coun-
ties, becoming recognized in financial circles as a young
man of superior business ability.
At Chatham, New York, on the 14th of August, 1919,
Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Mary Adele Hoes,
d daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Guy M. Hoes, well known
.ind highly respected residents of that city. To this
union has been born a daughter, Mary Jane, whose
hirth occurred at Chicago in 1920.
During the World war Mr. Lee engaged in the work
uf furnishing theatrical performances for the Ameri-
i-an soldiers in France, being appointed regional direc-
tor of the entertainment department at Paris, in which
■onneetion he supplied talent for the various camps
'mil aectora in his district, eighty-five performances be-
ing given each day. He was thus occupied during the
iircater portion of the time the United States was
engaged in the war against Germany, but was called
liome to assist in promoting the last Loan issued by
'he government, and rendered valuable service to his
i''iuntry. He is a member of the Jackson City Club
of Jackson, Michigan the University of Chicago Club,
the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit Automobile Club
and the Bond Men a Cluba of Chicago and Detroit
His political allegiance la gnen to the republican party
Hia business career has been marked by continuous
pr gress and what he has accomplished representa the
ht utiliEation of his innate powers and talents com
bmed with a readj rei-ognition of ojportun tj He
has ever been guided by high ideals inl his life has
been an exemplarj one in all respects commanding for
him the unqualified resptct and confidence of ail with
whom he has been assouatod
ELBEET HAZELTON FOWLEE, president of the
Commer ill btate faaimgs Bank la one of Detroit's
well known lusmess and professional men whose ac
tivitios have been a contributing factor to tho eitv s
growth and development Mr Fowler was born m
Ontario Canada, December 31, 1883 and was but a
chill when hia parenta Henry J and Elizabeth (HazU
ton) Fowler, removed to Chicago Illinoia In that
city Libert H Fowier waa reared and received hia
early elucati n graduat ng from tho South Chicago
high school la 1901 That fall he entered the Uni
versity of Michigan, from which he receive 1 his
Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the
class of 190a Subsequently he took the law course
at that inatitution and received his LL B degree in
1910 He then came to Detroit and entered into active
practice but aoon afterward concentrated his efforts
and attention upon the development of subdivisions
and other real estate, also building projects in which
be became interested He aasociated with Carl Storm,
m the Detroit Investment Companv developed Garden
C rart Tennjson Homes Oakwood Manor Fort Street
Highlands and Country Crest sudd visions and built
more than a hundred residences. His experience along
these linos has given him a comprehensive knowledge
of Detroit real estate and on such values his j'udgment
is highly regarded.
In 1921 Mr. Powlor organized the Commercial State
Savings Bank, the largest state bank ever organized in
Michigan, and became its first president. He is also
president of the Oakwood State Bank of Oakwood,
Michigan.
On the 15th of September, 1909, Mr. Fowler was
married to Miss Fannie L. Ptolemy, of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, and they have a a on, Hugh S., and two
daughters, Ruth Elizabeth and Marian Louise, Mr.
Fowler is a thirty-second degree Mason of the Michi-
gan Sovereign Cousistoty, A. A. 8. E., belongs to Mos-
lem Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Washtenaw Chapter,
No. 0, E. A. M., and is vice president and a trustee
of the Masonic Country Club. He is president of the
Oakwood Improvement Association and of the West
Eoyal Oak Improvement Association. He favors base-
ball as hia recreation and for ten years baa been a
member of the Detroit Masonic League. He is inter-
ested in golf and is a dtvuteo of fishing. His interests
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and activities are broad and varied, and the forces of
hia life well balanced. He has always shown a pro-
it and his activities have brought him to
; creditable position among Detroit's valuable
business men and citizens. Mr, Fowler resides at 899
EALPH H. BOOEMYER, M. D. Tlie profession as
well as the public accords Dr. Ralph H. Bookmyer a
prominent position among the medical practitioners
of Detroit. Close study has formed the basis of his
advancement, and combined with an appreciation of
the seiontilic phases of his profession ia a deep and
abiding sympathy that prompts him to put forth
earnest and unfaltering effort where the welfare of
his fellowmen is involved.
A native of Ohio, he was born at Payetteville,
February 29, 1884, his parents being Thomas W. and
Martha (Murray) Bookmyer, the former of whom
was born in PonnsyUania ind the latter in the Buck
eye state In early life the father became a resident
of Ohio, establishing his home in bandusky ind for
many years he was well known in edueationil irUes
of that city but liter removed to Cincinnati to be
come president of Bartlett s Business College He
was ■ver> successful m tondutting that institution,
which was recognized is one i f the leading commercial
colleges tf the citj, and is now hving retired m De
troit The mother also survives Five children were
born to their union; Mrs. Leo L. Wagner, a resident
of San Jose, California; and Augusta, Leonora, Mrs
Clara Ditchy, and Ralph H., all of whom are living
in Detroit.
In the grammar and high schools of Sandusky, Ohio,
Dr. Bookmyer pursued his education, after which he
completed a classical course in Leland Stanford Uni
versity of California. He then entered the Detroit
College of Medicine, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1915, and following this he served
as interne ■ at Grace Hospital for a year, gaining
thereby valuable practical experience. He has since
been associated in practice with Dr. H. W, Hewitt,
a leading surgeon of this city, save during the period
of his service in the World war. He joined the
Medical Corps of the regular army and was commis-
sioned a major. For two years he was in active duty
in Franco, being attached to the Second Army Corps,
and after receiving his discharge returned to Detroit,
where he has since successfully followed his profession,
having built up a large practice. He has never lost
the attitude of a student toward his profession, and
through constant reading and careful study of the
cases which he treats he is continually broadening hia
knowledge and ability. He is a member of the ataff
of Providence Hospital of Detroit and is most thor-
ough and conscientious in the performance of his pro-
fessional duties.
In Detroit, on the 3d of August, 1920, Dr. Book-
myer was united in marriage to Mies Marion Larkin
and they have a son, Ealph Hugh, Jr., born September
14, 1921. The Doctor 'and his wife have an extensive
circle of friends in the city. He ia a Boman Catholic
in religious faith and a prominent member of the
Knights of Columbus, in which he has taken the
fourth degree. His professional connections are with
the Wayne County and Michigan State Medical So-
cieties, the American Medical Association, and the
Society of Military Surgeons. In the field of pro-
fessional service he has made continuous progress,
and his pronounced ability is not only demonstrated by
his success in practice but is also attested by his fel-
low practitioners.
STETJART L. PITTMAN, aeeretary of Koane, Hig-
bie & Company, investment bankers of Detroit and
dealers in high gride securities is widely and favor
ably known m business cuclea of this citv, where he
has spent almcat his entire life, being t representatue
of one ot its most prominent pioneer families He was
born m Detroit August 10, 1888, and his parents were
Lansing Mizner and Annette (Stenart) Pittman, the
former % native of Michigan and the latter of Maryland.
The father became one of the most prominent business
men of Dttroit, being one of the founders of what
IS now known as the Pittmans & Dean Coal & Ice Com-
pany and serving ai its vite president until his demise,
which oc urred in 1893 The mother subsequently re-
mirried nd is now the wife of Homer C. Wise, of
Flushing, New York Mr and Mrs Pittman became
the pirents of two children Ernest W etmore, 1 real
dent of Albany, New York, and Steuart L
Mr Pittmin was iciorded liberal educitional op
portunities, attending the grammar and high schools
of Flushing, New lork, the Haverford (Pa) Prepar
atory School, Phillips Academy at AndoM,r, Missa
chuaetts and later ent red Yale Un v rs ty from wh eh
he was graduited n 191 Tl ua well qual tied to en
tor upon 1 f e s lut ea and respons b 1 t es he returned
to 1 s nat ve c ty and beci ne connected w th the P tt
n ans &. Dean Con piny vh ch hid been establ shed
by h s father occupv ng ano s respons bJe pos tions
w fh the firn unt i July 1110 when he jo ned Ke ne
H gb e L C n pany n estment bankers of Detro t
Th«y are conduct ng one of the lead ng finine al enter
pr s s of the o tv and Mr P ttmin has s nee served
as s retary of the companj and a men ber of ts
board of d rectors wh le he a also a d rector of the
P ttmans & Dean Corapanj He d spliys the sin e en
terpr sing sp r t and notable bus neis ab 1 ty wh oh
d st nf,u si ed I q father ani placed h m at the heid ot
e'^teni ve nterests and h s ntell gentl d re ted ef
forts and earnest appl cat on are prov ng of great
value in expanding the scope of the business with
which he is connected.
On the 3rd of Juno, 1916, Mr. Pittman was united
in marriage to Miss Doris McMillan, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William C. McMillan, member of an old
and highly respected family of this city. Four children
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have been born to tbis union Lansing M, whose birth
ceurred in Dctrnit on the 23J of March 1917 Philip
M Uillin wbo was bora in Waihington D C , Septeni
ler 2_ iqiS Frances Thii er 1-orn in Detroit, April 3,
] I 0 ind Amy Steuart who was born in this city
n the 2'Jth of September 1921
During the World war Mr Pittman entered the serv
0 as a private in the Field Artillery and was later
trinsferrel and assigned to the ar forces being sta
i nned it WtiIik gton D C Ii Dei n ler iqi be wis
nmni ssioned ie ond lieutenint anl m August of Ihe
I Uowing leir won promot on t the rink of f rst
1 (utenant receiving his dischirge on the lat of Feb
ury 191<> He is a member of Chriat church of Detroit
n the work of which he is act vely interested, and is con
1 ec-ted with tbe Sigmi Phi Ui^ilon Phi Laml di S gma
ind Delti Kappa Epsilon college fraternities the
Senior Society of the Scroll and Key the lale Club of
^pw York city the University Club of Detroit, the
I rosae Pa nte Eidmg & Hunt Club the Detroit Eae
q et S Curling Club tl e Detroit Club and the De
tr it Country Club being aecretiry and a director of
tic list named orginizltion Mr Iittmin is an en
t rprismg and progressive joung buameaa man who
K rthilv 1 eira 1 name that his long been an honored
n !■ n coinmcr lal circles of Detroit ind a nitive son
1 ie record reflects cred t npon the city
ERALD JAMES McMECHAN long identified with
tl banking mtcresti of Detro t ini tontinu ng in
let ve Lonnection with the Union Trust Company until
h 1 death was born in Berl n now Kitchener Ontario
n the 15th of Pcbruarv 18M His fathir wai the
K \ John McMechin a minister of the Presbyterian
ch rih and the mother was in ler miilenhool Miss
Miry Jean McKellar Gerald J McMecl an -vias edu
C3t(d in Canada under the careful suporMsion of his
fitl er and started out in the business worll on his
nun a unt at the age of suteen years by which
timo the foundation had been laid tor a deep and
brnad education and for success in later life. Few men
wprp better read or were more conversant with a
Erv\iter variety of topics than Mr. McMechan, who at
all times was thoroughly informed concerning the vital
HUostioBs of the day. He took a keen interest in all
matters of general concern and kept at all times in
touph with the trend of modern progress.
In the year IS&O, when sixteen years of age, Mr.
MeMeehan came to Detroit from Pieton, Prince Ed-
^BT'l county, Ontario. Here he was first employed as
8 flirk with the Baugh Stoam Porge Company. He
continued there as an accountant until February, ISM,
when he entered the employ of the Union Trust Com-
pinr At the beginning he was the only clerk and
aei"0Hntant and for some time he carried all of the
burden and the actual transaction of the business.
He pontmued with the Trust Company throughout the
'einaimler of hia life, holding various offices, being
wsrle assistant secretary February 24, 1902. On
March 22 1906, he was elected secretary and on April
26 1912 he was male a vice president hold ng these
dull positions until his leath Throughout the entire
period he bal o%ersight of all the vinous phases of
the business It a said thit he was tl e one man who
knew everj deta 1 of the Union Trust Company a in
terests Ho was a very close stjdent of aU branches
of tht banking and trust business in 1 his ji dement
WIS at all times s und his distr mination keen anl
his enterprise unfaltering At the time of hia death
he had been the confident of two generations of Do
troit business men m their nvestments -inl he hal the
warn ^firsonal regard f all with whom he cime into
contact
On the 15th of Oetol er 1918 Mr MeMeehan was
married to Miss Besaie M Gillespie of Detroit and
tbei had one son, Jervis Bell Mr M Me hin also hid
a son Dunbar D M Meehan of Detroit born to a pre
vious marriage The death of Mr McMeehm occurred
November 5 10^1 and wis the otr-as n ot deep anl
wi lespread regret He had been a member of the
Detroit Club the Detroit Athletic Club Detroit Curling
Club a member of the Detroit Boird of Cc i merte and
of the Reil Estate Board In yomg manhood he was
greatly interested m athletics and was one of the
founders of the Detro t Athletic Club His political
allegiance was given to the rejuUiian pattv and his
relig ous faith wia that of the Presbjternn church
His life was actuated by high purposes anl at no time
lid his retord require disguise On the contrary his
hfe history wis as an open book which all might
reld anl those who were f imil ar with his career
recognized m him the possession of mmy sterling and
admirable tnita of chincter Thit his was i well
spent life is ndicated m the fact that his stanchest
frienls were those who knew him from his boyhood
ml were most closelj issociated with him ill through
the intervett n„ ytars t( tie t me of his demise
"WILLIAM A. HABEEMAR. A large percentage of
those who have won success and prominence in business
circles of Detroit are natives of this city, finding in
this great and growing metropolis opportunities for ad-
vancement unsurpassed by any other city in the coun-
try. To this class belongs William A. Habermas, who
is dealing in physicians' supplies and surgical instru-
ments, in which connection be is at the head of an en-
terprise of large proportions, and in the management
of his interests he displays marked business ability,
enterprise and determination.
He was born in Detroit on the 24th of October, 1883,
his parents being Charles and Henrietta (Lang) Haber-
mas, both of whom were of European birth, the former
coming to the United States as a young man of twenty,
while the latter arrived in this country when sixteen
years of age. They were married in Detroit and the
father subsequently engaged in the manufacture of
carriages at No. 1172 West Port street, becoming the
pioneer carnage manufacturer of this city He con-
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tuLued active along that line until his dtm se, nhich
occurred m 1901, but the mother is still living in thia
city In their familv were six children Hinrj J ind
Edward, both of whom are deteaaed, and Arthur C,
Mrs A W Walters, Mra (. O Kamsey and William
A, all of whom are resiients of Detroit
Mr Habermaa attended the grammir and high
schools of his natn e city, from which he wii graduated
at the age of seventeen and hig in tial business ei
ptrienoe was secured in the emjloj of the J F HartE
Company, dealers in physicians suppliea That he nas
faithful and efBcient in the discharge of hia duties is
indicated in tl e fact thit he rose trom the position of
office boy to that of manager of the surgical depart
ment, and feeling that hi? knowledge ot the business
v/tB anffioient to enable him to conduct in enterprise
of thiB character on his own account, he organized the
W A Habermas Compinj on the lat of Novembpr,
1919, whicl he has since succcsafullj managed He
carries a Lompleto line ijf phyaieiana supplies and ""ur
gical instrumenta and is npidly building up a lirge
business in thia connection owing to his untiring in
dustrv aci comprehensive knowledge of the work in
which be 19 engaged
On the ''th of Febmirj, 1906, Mr HaberniaB was
united in marriage to Miss Ada Leiidick, a daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Leddick, of this city, and three
children have been born to this union: Carlyle B.,
whose birth occurred on the Slst of October, 1907, and
who is attending the Northwestern high school; Ed-
ward J., who waa born July 21, 1909; and William A.,
Jr., bom January 19, 1917.
Mr Habermas is a republican in his political views
and fraternally le is identified with the Mai<n'<, be
longing to Bedford Lodge F & A M to Michigan
Sovereign Consistorv and to Moslem Temple of the
Mvstie Shrine and also to the Masonic Countn Club
the Detroit Yacht Club and the Fellowcraft Athletic
Club He has eagerlv availed himself of every op
portunitj to advance and hi'j present aui-eess ii en
tirely attributable to his own efftrts His life record
IS a most commendable one and his work sustains the
enterprising spirit that has long been aynonjmous with
the family name in Detroit wl ere he is widely known
and highlv esteemed
FRANCIS 0 GAtTKLEK a s ictessful bnsintss man
of Detroit and well known for his activities m amuse
ment and industrial enterpniea js a native of this
city, born October 21, 1880, a son of Jacob A. and
Josephine (Weber) Gaukler. He was educated in
the parochial schools of Detroit and later entered
Notre Dame University of Indiana, where he finished
his education. His first step in business was to take
up insnrance, working with his brtrther, and as he
progressed along this line he decided to broaden the
sphere of hia activity and in 1908 started the Mich-
igan Insurance Agency but sold out his interest in
this business a short time afterward. He then en-
tered tlie real estate field, with which he is still quite
prommentlj connected, but he is best known as an
organizer and owner of amuaoment enterprises
It was m 1919 that Mr Gaukler became president
of the Knickerbocker Tlieatre Company, operating the
leading theitre of the east end aection He built
the Detroit Baemg Bailwaj and wag managing di
rector of the Detroit Eacing Eailwav Company up to
the t rae the citv took oi er this propertv for tl e
widening of the Belle Isle Bridge approach, and presi
dent of the Mountain Bide Companj, both of whith
afford considerable pleasure tn I irge numbers of the
peoplf He Has a controlling interest m each of
theie companies and is generalh regarded as one ot
the well to do business men in Detroit He has reached
this position by the cserciae of persistent effort and
sound juigment, to which has to be ailed an intimate
knowledge of the kind of amusement the public
wants Mr baukler ur;;anized in 1920 the Michigan
Marine Motor Corporation of Detroit and has been
its president since the business started This eor
poration specializes in the building ot amgle cylinder,
four cycle, marine motors, and the superior quaiitj
of its product, together with the square deal policy
of the companj, have been a big factor m its aueeass
trom the beginning.
In 1907 Mr. Gaukler married Miss Mary Louise
Murray. He is a member of the Detroit Athletic Club,
the Lochmoor Club, Groase Pointe Shores, Detroit Boat
Club, Detroit Yacht Club, the Detroit Board of Com-
merce, and the Knights of Columbus. He resides in
the Indian Village section.
CAPTAIN FR4.r.CIS M4PTIN had rounded oit i
(tnturj when death ealle 1 him At tie time of hi
demise he wis the oldest ofccer of the United "itatea
SevLUue Marine Service Hia lite was traught with
many intereatmg events and at times with d fScult and
dangercua experiences The last quarter of a centutv
paaaed quiet Iv in i pleasant home m
Detroit among tlis
homred hira Capt'
Tune i 1800 He c
was but natural ths
desire to folJow the ;
f New lork luring
friends who knew loved
Martin waa born m New lork
e of a seafaring family and it
here early de\ eloped m him a
He attended the public schools
■arlv voTith but when
twelve J ears of age went to sea on the \igilant, a vcs
sel owned hy his uncle Then followed long years of
a 1 venture which took him into almost every port on
the tace of the globe. He \isited Petrograd when that
city, then known aa St. Petersburg, was but a village.
A most interesting experience of his life was given in
the Detroit Free Press as follows: "It waa May 6,
1821, a month before he had attained hia majority, that
the famous spectacle of Napoleon's burial was wit-
nessed by him. Ho waa second mate of the Purinton, a
sailing vessel commanded by his uncle. Captain Wil-
liams. They were bound from Java to the Netherlands
with a cargo of sugar and rice, and put into the lonely
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island of St. Helena for water and vegetables. At t!ie
mouth of the harbor the trading vessel was peremp-
torily challenged by the British sloop-of-war, Eoaalie.
Captain Martin sajs he rememberB the Bosalie par-
ticularly well, because she was commanded by Captain
Marryat, who afterwards became famous as the writer
of books for boys. The Furinton was allowed to enter
fh^ harbor, after their wants were explained, but they
were under the constant escort of the man-of-war,
Vigo, which was stationed in the inner harbor. The
yoTing ofScer went ashore with his uncle, the captain,
expecting to remain for a few hours, but a terrible
gale hlew up, driving the Vigo down on the Purinton
and the erew of the latter were forced to slip their
cable to avoid disaster. She was carried far out to
sea and was unable to enter the harbor again for
thrpe days.
'■This enforced exile allowed the captain and his
nophew to witness the simple yet impressive ceremon-
ies which attended the burial of the Man of Silence,
the tread of whose armies had crushed all Europe and
had shaken the world. It was a sorrowful scene, as
narrated by Captain Martin. He was a youth then and
a hero worshipper. His sympathies were altogether
with the misfortunes of the great Corsican. The dis-
mal weather and dismal funeral rites impressed him as
an evidence of English cold-bloodedness. The em-
peror was laid to rest beneath his favorite willow tree,
and, beside the military force present, there were a
few ladies, wives of the British officers. One of these,
who had greatly sympathised with the lonely ejcile and
had done her little part to make his last days com-
fortable, was a weeping mourner at the obsequies.
Taptain Martin expresses the belief that had the Eng-
lish confined their prisoner on some more healthy
island he would have lived once again to electrify the
world bj' the audacity of his plans and his incom-
parable military genius. This Detroit monagenarian
IS believed to be the only living witness of this his-
toric spectacle."
The experiences which came to Captain Martin were
indeed interesting and at times exciting. In 1824 he
battled with pirates on the high seas and events of his
cireer would fcrrm most interesting reading if related
1; a novelist Dur ng hia dajs ia a manner he be
'■imp the friend of many famous men including Audu
Ion the great ornithologist Ciptiin Mirriat after
^ ard well kn wn as a writer of books tor lo^s Gen
Til bcott ani manj others
Ciptiin Martin entered the United States Btvenue
Main© Si.r\ice in 1832 receiving his commission as
tl ird lieutenant from President Andre v Jackson In
Iho following vear he was stationed at CI arleston
^outh Carolina which was then pa'ising through the
nillifieation period In 1836 he participated m the
Seminole war, taking part in the dangerous Indian
hunts thrcTugh the Florida swamps He participated
n the battle of C rjua Christ Telia's n 1S46 unler
' eneral Taylor and later became acquainted with Gen
eral Scott and other famous leaders in the Mexican
war. He was on duty during mucli of the struggle on
his cutter along the coast of old Mexico as a part of
the blockading fleet. Various promotions brought him
to a captaincy in 1851 and while connected with the
marine service he was in command of several famous
vessels, including the Andy Jackson, the John Sherman
and the old Fessenden. In 1876 he was placed on
waiting orders and in 1895, when congress made provi-
sion for the retirement of men from the revenue serv-
ice, he was placed on "permanent waiting orders" and
half pay. He passed through many vicissitudes, saw
many famous places, met many distinguished people
and wandered into far distant lands and many isolated
places, some of which have never been explored by
civilized man. The story of his life can be matched
b.v few and his mind was filled with many interesting
reminiscences of his voyages.
Captain Martin was married twice. In 1829 he
wedded Rachel Brown of New York city. On the 11th
of February, 1861, Jane G. Clawaon of New York city
became his second wife. He was survived by four
childri'n, a son and daughter of the first marriage and
a son and daughter of the second marriage, these be-
ing; Frank B., who was in the United States engineer-
ing department at Bock Island, Illinois; Louise; Dr.
William C. Martin, a distinguished surgeon of this
city; and Jessie Poillon, the widow of Dr. Charles B,
Bleakley of Detroit. Captain Martin passed away
January 31, 1901, having nearly reached the one hun-
dred and first milestone on life's journey. He resided
in Detroit from about 1856 until 1860, again in 1865
and returned to take up his permanent abode in this
city in 1872, locating on First street, where he con-
tinued to make his home until his demise. Two of hia
i-hildren survive, these being Dr. William Clawson
Martin and Jessie Poillon Bleakley, the widow of Dr.
Bleakley mentioned elsewhere in this work.
Captain Martin celebrated Ms one hundredth birth-
day and the occasion was made a gala day through
the calls of his many friends, including the leading
citizens of Detroit and the many beautiful gifts of
flowers which he received. On that day be walked into
the parlor unattended to receive his friends and with
facultiei largely unimpaired recounted inci lents of
his earli life and reminiscences of the events which
have marked his career Detroit was most proud of
her centenarian anl delighted to he nor him by reason
of wl at he 1 ad accomplished in h a active life by rea
son of the splendid service which he had rendered to
1 IS eountrv and by reason of the veneraiile age which
i e attained rounding out an entire century until at
lengtl the wearv wheels of life were still
MAX FEUHATJP Among the large prodnctivo in
dustries that are eontrib iting factors to Detroit's in
dustria! greatness is that of the 'fan Telmo Cigar
Manufacturing Company of tihieh Max Fruhanf is
and genera! manager and the fact that
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he has been chosen to fill these importint positions is
proot of his executive ability, business ■leumen and
enterprise He was born m Cincinnati, Ohio, Jinuirv 4,
1875, of the martiige of Moses and Mary Anne Pru
hauf He waa accorded a common school education and
his initial commercial eipenence was lequired in con
nection with the distilling of liquor He then entered
the employ of Haia Brothers, who are numbered among
the largest cigar manntaeturers in the United States,
and starting at the bottom of the Hdder, ht gradually
worked his way upward to a position ot trust and
responsibility The San Telmo Cigar Company was
organized m 1898 \v Oscar Eosenberger, who eontinued
at its head until his demise m 1918, at which time the
enterprise was purchased bv Hass Brothers Mr Fru
hauf was sent to Detroit to take charge of the busi
nesi and is nin serving as vne president and general
manager ot the company, which employs over a thou
sand persons and in the two Detroit factories utilizes
over one hundred and fifty thousand square feet of
floor space m the manufacture of cigars Tbe products
of the San Telmn Cigar Manufacturing Company have
always stool for quality and its most popular brands
of cigars are the f ourt Eojal, La Resta, Joan of Arc
and Robert Bacon Mr Fruhauf thoroughly under
stands all phases ot the busmes' and this practical
knowledge together with his sound judgment and un
tiring eaergy, has enabled him so to oondact the af
fairs of the company that its trade has shown a steady
In 1906 was solemnized the marriage of Max Pru
hauf anl Miss Alma Haai and thc\ haie become the
parenti of a son Mai, Jr , whose birth occurred in
1W9 Mr Frulauf is connected with the Michigan
Manufacturers Association and through his member
ship in the Board of Commerce he does all m his
power to prcmote the trade interests of the eity He
IS also a member of the Tcbaceo Merchants of the
UniteJ "States and his fraternal relations are with
the blue lodge of Masons the Knights of P^ thias, the
Eagles and the Elks, while his political allegiance is
gi\en to the republican part( He is also identified
with the Bedford Country Club and the Phoenix Club
ani his personal qualities are sui h as make for popu
lantv His life re ord is one in which notable tusi
ness ability and the recognition and utili7ation of
cpportun ty are well balanced forces and Detroit
numbers him among her self made m n and \aluablo
CARL B GRAWN, a well known and proi,reBBive
lawyer of the younger s hcol at present engaged in
the practice of his profession in partnership with
Judge Harry A Lockwood, in the Dime Bank huil Img,
Detroit, la a native son of Michigan, born at Traverse
Citv January 6, 1888
In 1001 Mr Grawn entered the Central State Nor
mal sohcrol at Mt Pleasant, Michigan, of which msti
tution his father had been presiient for some years
graluating from that school in 1906 During the
period 190b 1907 he was principal of the high school
at Grayling, Michigan In the fall of the latter year
he entered the literarj department of the University
of Michigan as a junior, having gained two years
credit on the literary course, through work done at
the Central State Normal school Mr Urawn grad
uatel from the Iiteran department of the uniyersitv
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1909, and
immediately thereafter entered the law department
ot the University of Michigan, graduating with the
degree of Juris Doctor m 1911
Thus equipped for the practice of his profession
Mr Grawn came to Detroit and entered the law of&ce
of Memam, Terkes and Simons, m the Fori building,
remaining m that office for two years For the next
three years he was engaged m the indepenlent prac
tice of his profession, with of&ces in the Ford building,
and at the end of that period he became associated
m tbe practice with Judge Harry A Locknooi, and
this mutually agreeable partnership is continued The
practice consists chiefly of corporate and real estate
law, and an influential and growing busmess is being
developed
In 1914 Mr Grawn was married to Miss Gertrude
A Lockwood, and they are the parents of one child
Helen Lockwood Grawn Mr Grawn is a member of
the Delta Upsilon literary fraternity and of the Phi
Delta Phi legal fraternity He is a member of the
Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit Boat Club, Detroit
Tennis Club, University ot Michigan Club, Michigan
State Bar Association, Detroit Bar Association and
Lawyers Club of Detroit, in the affairs tf all of which
he takes a keen i
WENDELIN C SCHRAGE, rrominent in business
circles and in the steel trade for a number of years
IS now socretarj and treasurer of the Craine Sohrage
&teel Company, which was organized m the early
months of 1932 Mr Schrage has made steady progress
m his business career because he has made the most
of his time, his talents and his opportunities, not be
cause he has been blessed with unusually good luck
Wendelm C Schrage was born at Detroit January b
188S, a son of Joseph and Catherine (Lingeman)
Sehrage and one of seven children His education was
received in the parochial schools and at 8t Joseph's
College He thin began his business career as an em
jloje of the Union National Bank, his first poa tion
having been that of messenger boy That he was a
faithful, conscientious and efficient worker is indicate 1
bi the fact that on severing his connection with the
bank at the end of two and a half years he was filling
the position of recen ing teller having served in that
capacity for a perioi of eight months
In 1906 Mr Sohrage became ilentified with tie
Pittsburgh Shafting Company lirst as bookkeeper in
the of&ce at 394 East Atwater street His work in
this connection led to his promotion to cashier m Itll
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a 1 three years Hter to secretary and treasurer wh le
on the 4th of June 19 0 he became jr s i nt ot tie
corapinv The P ttslurgh Shaft ng Con pany were
i str h tors of ool 1 fui b1 eU steel n I allil ite 1 w th the
Columbia Steel SI af t ng Compiny of P ttsburgh as
igents for M 1 gan The con pin} was organ zed n
1 J" As ment onod lefore n 192 tte Cra ne '^chrage
steel Company was organ zed by W ndelin C Sehrige
Clyde P Crame anl Arthur A &ehrige for the pur
pose of d sti but ug cold fin shed steel products n th s
terr tory nclud ng d rect n II sec ce for cold drawn
id cold rolled stnp for tl e a counts of the W koff
Drawn Steel Company of Pittsburgh Pennsyh ania and
the Columbia Steel Compatij of Eljna Ohio Mr
Schra^o IS seerotarj and treasurer of tl e comjany
Ht ciupies a very responsible position for one of his
^ e*ira but has proved wlU qualified to diael arge the
oner(u<i duties which Uvolve upon him as setretary
On the 8th of June 1909 Mr Sthrage wai united
in marrnge to Miss Katherine Warner of Warren
Michigan ind they ha\e become the parents of a
laughter, Mary Kathleen who was born October 21,
1 U" and a son, Kichard Arthur born June 6, I'^Hl
Mr S hrage is independent m his political views
tastinf, his ball)t tor the candidates whom ho deems
best fitted for public iiffi.ce His interLst m the wel
faro of Detroit is shown b} his membership m the
B ard ot Commerce and hii willing eoo]erit on in the
flans and purposes of that organization In religious
faith ho IS a Catholic anl holds membership with the
Knif,hts of Columl us Mr Schrage alsi t eiongs to the
Detroit Athletic Club the Detroit Yieht Oub and the
Bi.nL.vo lent Protective Order of Elks
CHARLES L MILLER Am<ng those whose aitiv
ities have contributed materially to the development
and improvement of Detroit is numbered Charles L
M l!er a specuUtue builder and a progressive ener
getie and capalle business man whose nell directed ef
f<rts have resulted m the attainment of a gratifjing
dP),''^* "^ success He is a native of Michigan his
birth having occurred in Macomb county on the 20th
of Mari-h, 1861 and his parents were Carl and Chris
tine (Gantz) Miller who were of German birth and
came to the United States at an early period in their
lives They were married in Macomb county, Miehi
gan m the mid lie 50s ani there the father success
fully followed tl o occupation of farming for many
jtari Mr and Mrs Miller became the parents of ten
children four of whom survive John a resident of
Denver Colorado Mrs Ida Develer of California
CI arles L and Walstone the wife of Max Reiger of
Mount Clemens, Michigan
In the district schools f Macomb county Charles L
Mill r acquired his education and after lavmg aside
his tsTtlotks he assisted h s father in the cultivation
of the home farm until he reached the age of twenty
one vears He then took up the arpenter s trade and
n 1884 can e to D tro t where for so e f me 1 e f 1
lowed h s trade n the emplov of others In IBS') he
began the contract ng bus ness and later engaged n
bu Id g ! 0 nes on h s own ac ount He has s nee con
t n ed a t ve n th s field and has erect 1 manv fine
res denies for wh eh he finis a realy sale wh ]e he
also owns a large number of homes h ch 1 e r nts anl
from th s source ler ves a substant al aid t on to h s
ncome The res deuces wh h I e has 1 u It are ot s t
stant al construct on and attract vo des g i tor he has
a thorough knowledge of h s trade and uses none lut
the best mater als n h s bu Id ng operat ons He has
transformed unsghtly vacancies into a district of beau
tiful homes, having conducted h s buillmg activities on
a site opposite Wattrworks Park which is now one
(f thi. finest residential sections of the cit}
On the 11th of April 1887, Mr Miller was united in
marriage to Miss Pauline Died rich whc was born
August 18 18b8 a dauglter of Mr and Mrs Charles
Diedrieh well knov^n residents of Maeomb county
Michif,an Mr and Mrs Miller now have three chil
dren Delia wl o was born January 2S 1S88 and le
came the wife of Carl Hess of Detr<]t Clara who was
born September 5 1880 and is the wife of Bert Clung
of this city and Ctra, whi wdS born April C ISQl and
married Ernest Orling They reside lo Detroit and are
the parents of two laughters Carolvn and Marjone
Mr Miller is a republican in his p litieal views, and
fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Pro
tective Order of Elks His business career has been
one of continuous prtgress due to his untir ng ndus
try and also to the fact tl at he has continued in the
field IB whiLh ho embarked as a joung man With the
piSiLUg vears he has gained wide e'^penence which
makes him an authority in his line of work and he
rinks with tl e leading business men of his city whii-h
has greatlv protited thrtugh his lalors
FRANKLIN C \LLAGHBR was born at Polo Ogle
counts Illinois October 15 1865 and wai a son nf
Eh Baker and Esther (Underwood) Gallagher who
were natives of West "Virginia and of Deposit New
T( rk respectively In young mauhool the father re
moved westward setting m Polo Dlinois and sub
stqucntly he engaged m the mercantile business at
Maquoketa Iowa In his family were three sons and
two daughters Franklin John P who has passed
awaj Charles A who is living at Maquoketa Icrwa
and Mrs Harry E Douglass and Mrs Gustav H Foer
sterling both of Detr it
Franklin Gallagher largely acq ured his education in
the publit schools of his native citv and in the sthool
of experience he also learned manv valuable lessons
He started out in the business world in connection
w th the retail bakery and confectionery trade m the
year 1885 and in 1890 he became associated with the
wholesale trale in handling bakers' confectioners' and
Boda fountain supplies with the firm of Chapman
Smith t Pffmpanv of Chicane as a traveling sales
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man. Itt 1899 ho removed to Detroit and later became
president of the firm of E. B. Gallagher & Company,
succeeding hia father upon the death of the latter.
The business was organized in 1S99 by Eh B. Gal-
lagher, and his two sons, Prankiin anj John P.
Gallagher, and was incorporated in 1902. The com-
pany are manufaeturors and wholesalers of bakers'
and confectioners' supplies, selling only to the whole-
sale trade, and an immense business was built up.
Through his commercial connections Mr. Gallagher had
a wide acquaintance throughout Michigan, Indiana
and Ohio and his business covered a wide territory.
On the 24th of June, 1835, in Maquoketa, Iowa, Mr.
Gallagher was united in marriage to Miss Mary L.
Tubbs, a daughter of Ara E. and Ellen M. (Truax)
Tubbs. Her father was one of the early settlers of
Iowa, removing to that state from Canada in 1849.
Mrs. Gallagher is of the eighth generation of the
Truax family living in America, her ancestral line
being traced back to Philip de Trieux, who was private
secretary to Governor Mmuet of New York, in 1630.
As time passed the spelling of the name was con-
tracted to the present form, and the line comes from
an old illustrious family of Trance. Mr. and Mrs.
Gallagher became parents of a daughter, Edith Helen.
Mr. Gallagher was keenlj' interested in public af-
fairs and withheld his aid and support front no- plan
or measure that would prove of public benefit. Fra-
ternally he wa"! a Mason, belonging to Ashlar Lodge,
F. & A. M,, and Peninsnlar Chapter, E. A. M. He
mas also a charter member of the Exchange Club.
He had membership with the Detroit Board of Com
merce and thus cooperated in well organized plans
and improvements for the city's upbuilding through
its trade relations. His political allegiance was given
to the republican party. Thronghont the greater part of
his life he held membership in the Central Methodist
church and its basic principles and teachings consti-
tuted the guiding spirit m his life. His entire course
was characterized by justice and scrupulous honesty
in business and that he won success is attributable
to the straightforward methods which he ever fol-
lowed. A contemporary writer has said; "Mr.
Gallagher was unassuming and affable in manner,
solid and practicable in thought and action and en-
joyed the unlimited confidence of his fellowmen."
Mr. Gallagher died August 14, 1913.
JOHN EMMETT MARK. Among those whose busi-
ness activities have constituted effective forces in
Detroit 's upbuilding and improvement is numbered
John E. Mark, who for the past ten years has been
identified with real estate operations in this city and
is now acting as secretary and treasurer of the cor-
poration which bears hia name. He was born in Patm-
land, Randolph county, Indiana, March 11, 1880, a
son of Lemon B. and Nancy Elizabeth (Morris) Mark,
who ware also natives of the Hoosier state, in which
they spent their entire lives. The father was one of
the leading business men of Indianapolis, being a
member of the Layman Carey Company, wholesale
hardware dealers of that eity, and for o^er thirty
years he served as an officer and director of that firm.
He passed away in Indianapolis in 1906 and in the
following year the mother was called to her final re'Jt.
Their family numbered two children: Mrs. Lenna B.
Bowersmith, a resident of Los Angeles, California;
and John B.
In the acquirement of an education John E. Mark
attended the grammar and high schools of Indianapo-
lis and afterward spent a year as a student in Pur-
due University of Indiana. His initial business ex-
perience was obtained in the advertising department
of the Indianapolis Journal, in which connection he
was associated with Harry New, and he remained with
that publication until it was sold in 1904, when he
became manager of the News -Semi tar, published at
Memphis, Tennessee. Tor two years he served in that
capacity and then became connected with the adver-
tising department of the Daily Oklahoman, issued at
Oklahoma City, remaining with that paper fur two
and a half years. Ho next joined the staff of the
Columbus (Ohio) News as advertising manager, con-
tinuing to fill that ofiice for two and a half years,
and in 1912 came to Detroit as lease manager for the
Will St. John Company, a leading real estate firm of
the eity, his identification therewith covering a period
of five years. He next became sales manager for the
Houseman & Spitzley Corporation, real estate, and was
active in the promotion of their interests until De-
cember, 1920.
On the 15th of that month Mr. Mark organized the
John E, Mark Corporation for the conduct of a real
estate business, and since its inception the enterprise
has enjoyed a rapid growth, due ta the capable man-
agement and thorough reliability of the men at its
head. Barney F, Nehls, one of Detroit's foremost
business men, i.i president of the corporation, while
Mr. Mark acts as secretary and treasurer. They have
developed and sold a number of subdivisions, among
which may be mentioned the following: Doran Gar-
dens, Lakeland Heights, Grosse Pointe Gardens, Not-
tingham Boad, Morin Park, Blake's Park, Dearborn
Manor, Harding Heights, Ten Minute Park, and the
Zanger subdivision, while they have also disposed of
many pieces of private property. Mr, Mark is an ex-
part valuator, and through broad experience and care-
ful study has gained a thorough knowledge of the
business in which he is engaged, being recognized as
one of the successful realtors in the city.
On the 2.'>th of February, 1897, at Chicago, Illinois,
was solemnized the marriage of John E. Mark and
Emma Dean Allen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Allen, former residents of Martinsville, Indiana, her
father being now deceased. To this union wern bom
two ehildran, a son and a daughter, Jackson A., the
elder, was bom in Martinsville, Indiana, August 2-'i,
1899, and acquired his education in the grammar
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schools of that city anl m Northwestern high school
of Detroit During the World war he entered the
United St^tes mirine serMce becoming chief coach
of the r fle ringe on Pir s laHnd aul estal liahing a
nofible record aa a nnrksmin He is now a student
it St John s Military \cadeniy at Delafiell Wiscon
sin The daughter Lucille was born in Iniianapolis
m 1900 and attended the schools of that city and of
Detroit She married Frank O Neal and la a resident
tf Toledo Ohio
Mr Mark gives his political allegnnce to the re
publican partj, ind in Masonry he h^a attained high
atind ng belonging to Palestine Lodge anl the chap
ter Monroe Council and to Damascua Commandery,
while he 13 ilso eonnectei with the Masonie Cointry
Club He IS a member of the Detroit Real Estate
Board Tho force of his personal ty the kecnnoaa of
his inBight anl the aoui dness of his julgment have
brought him to a I osit on of i rominence in re-il estite
circles of Detroit and while le has gained fiuinciil
independence 1 is operations have at the same time
1 ecn of great Icnefit anl \alue to the city
AMIL F NERLIN6EE a succeasful real estate
operator of Detroit wh has been aetne in this field
tor tl e past eight jears, was bom m Pittsburgh Penn
sylvania May 2 18"S and his parents were J hn and
Fredencka (Jacob) Nerlinger both of whom were of
foreign birth The father came to the United States
m 1868 and the mother arrived in th s country in 18*0
They remained residents of Pittsburgh nntil 1878
when the> came to Michigan establishing their home
m the VKinitv rf Traverse City where the father de
V ted his attention to farming unt I 1114 when he
moiel to Traverse Citv He continued to live there
until 1918 when he came to Detroit anl ha^ since
been a resident of this citv The mother also sur
vn ei and four children were b rn of their union J
W of Detroit Charles, who makes his home in Spo
kane, W ashington, one who baa passed awav, and
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On the Ist of September 1913 Mr Nerlinger came
to Detroit anl entered the real estate luaineas spend
tng two years with B E Taylor alter which he joined
R H Taylor with whom he was associated until the
1st of October 1921 when the latter went to Cab
tornia for the benefit of I is health and Mr Nerlinger
then acquired c ntrol of the business He has handled
some of the largest sales organizations m Detroit and
IS a very successful realtor his thoroigh knowledge
of real estate law be ng of great value to him m the
Lonluct of hn luainess He spec ahzes in the han
dlmg of sul divisions on Woodward and Granl River
avenies anl on the weat aide of tie city and has
neg tiated many important realty transfera hia ofUce
leng located in the Penobscot building
At Traverse Citv Michigan on the 8th of June
1104 Mr Nerlinger was united in marriage to Miss
Roaella Vof,Ieaong a daughter of William P and Eva
\ oglesong w ell known residents of that citv To
th s uni n has been born a daughter Margaret Louise,
whose birth occurred at Traverse City on the 2d of
\pril, 1911
D iring 1 18 aenior year n high school Mr Nerlinger
w IS a member of the Hannah Riflei a military organ
laation which later became Ctmpanv M Thirty fourth
Micl igan Volunteer Infantry He went to Cuba with
tl is c mpany in 1898, during the Spanish American
war He alao enlisted for service m the World war
and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the avia
t n department Ho is a member of the Ltyal Legion
and fraternally is dentified with the Masonic Order
in which he has taken the thirty second degree and
he also belongs to tl e Masonic Country Club He haa
led an active anl useful life utilizing every oppor
tunity to a Ivance and 1 is present success is entirely
attributable to his close application and his laudable
imbition, while hia labors have also been an element
in the developm nt and improvement of the c t\ with
which he hai alliel lis nterests
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being Elmer V of this rtview, and Claries S, who
resides ut south em California
Mr fcutton aftenied the grammar and high auhools
of Richmond, Michigin, trom which he was graduited
at the age of twenty one Teirs and lubsequently he
there established a laundrj, whieh he conducted sue
ceistuiU until he was prevailed upon to accept the
ofilce of register of deeds of Matomb couatj, entering
upon tin, duties tf that position on the 1st of January
1903 For four years he continued to -serve in that
cipipity, making a highly creditable rtcord at a public
offtiial, cliaraet prized by efhciency and marke 1 devo
tion to duty He then entere i the real estate held in
Mount riemens, succtatfuU'v operafing ilong thit line
until 1915, when he disposed of his interests in thit
city ind eime to Detroit Here he has since devote!
his attention to the insurance business, purthasing
in enterprise of imal! proportions which he his crn
vtrtoi into one of the leading agencies m the cit^
He deals in general mauranpe and conduct') his in
terests under the aU le of the Sutton Insurance Agenci
of which he is president and manager He hit ma le
1 close study of the business m which he is (u^a^id
and owing to his progressive methods an 1 unque'?
tioned integrity ind leliabilitj, he has secured a large
number of policyholders
Mr Sutton his four children Mibel, now Mrs
iKin C Lundy, who MS'i born in Riehraond and is
now hving in Detroit, Merle E, also a nitue of
Eichmonl whn is engaged m the ■nholeiale and retail
(anh business in Mount ClemPns Tli V, wlo was
I orn m Rithmond and is now the wife of J F Mon
teith, a resident of Dttroit and Mildred, a nitne <f
Mount Cltmens and a student at the Northwestern
high school of Detroit
Mr "mutton s political allegiance is given to the re
publican party He is a prominent Mason, a memi er
rf University Lodge, No 482 F & A M Hl wii
riiied in Btchmond Lodge, No 187 P % \ M it
Richmond, Miehigin, ind for several jears was secre
tiry o£ that lodge but subseijuently transferred his
membership to the bine lodge of Detroit He belongs
to the chapter at Mount Clemens to Michi„'an
^o^ereign Consistory, A & A S R , m nhich h( has
taktn the thirty second degree and he has crossed the
1 ot sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic
•-.hrine He is also an Odd Fellow, loining that order
it RiLhmond and later transferring his membership
to Macomb Lodge, No 13, I O O P , it Mount
( Jemens, Michigan He is a man of high principles,
of undaunted enterprise ind liuiiHe imlition in busi
ne^s, who commands the respect an 1 i infi Icnce of ail
with whom ho las been associated
ADOLPH RICHARD ELBLEIN, M. D., a man
whose professional activities were of the greatest
service and benefit to his fellow men, always hold
to the now seemingly old-fashioned idea that a phy-
sician is to render aid to humanity, that this is the
1 isii, element of his profession and that it si imld i e
as far as possible detached from any spirit of com
merciahsm Dr Elblein was continually estendmg
a helping hand through his professional interests and
activities and step by step he advanced until he
occupied a distinctive position among the eminent
representatives of the profession m Detroit He nas
born m Bavaria, Germany, September 6, 1836, and
was a son of Joseph and Johanna (Wenzel) Elblein
His father wis mavor of one of the Bavarian cities
ind many other ancestors held high militarj positions
Dr Klblain w as educated in private schools of
Ranria and in the universities of Munich ani Ileidcl
berg He did two i cars' hospital work in Munich
ind for several years was a anrgeon in the king i
armi His professional training was very thorough
and his experience broad betore he came to America
m 186b, so that he was well qualified for important
pr(fessional duties when he crossed the Atlantic
Settling in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, he SODU took out
his naturalization papers and became a citizen of
the United States He continued m active practice
^t Pittsburgh until 1875 when he removed to Detroit
and opened an ofhce continuing actively in the prae
tiee of medicine and surgerv in this city for forty four
years He was consulting physician of the Grace
Hospital for many years and he belonged to the Wayne
County Medical Society, the Michigan Homeopathic
Medical Society and the Michigan State Medical So
lety He wrote various att» les on medical subjects
for the leading perioiicals of the profession and b\
reason thereof became most widely known m pro tea
sional circles
On the 2lth of Tuly 1873, Dr Elblein was unite!
in marriage to Miss Mary Praneea doldbach who
jasscd away on the 18th of April, 191S They ivere
the parents of a daughter Adele Marv who became
the wife of Oliver ^eIson Gardner represented else
where in this work Mr and Mrs Gardner had a
laughter, idele Mirv Dr Elblem was gifted with
a remarkable tenor voice and daily sang selections
from many of the grand operas m his home circle
He Lame from a family of musicians and composers
This talent has descended to his danghter and grand
daughter It was his great desire to remain active
to the en!, and he practiced medicine until the very
dose of his life
The last two summers of his life were spent at "The
Flms ' m ClarkBton Michigan, the eountrj home of
his daughter, with his little granddaughter, Adele
Gardner, who was the constant companion and crown
ing joy of his closing years
In his political views Dr Elblein was always a re
publican, giving earnest support to the party from
the time when he attained the right of franchise.
He never sought or desired oflce, however, preferring
to concentrate his efforts and attention upcm his pro-
fessional interests. He served his followmen through
love and kindness as well as through a desire to attain
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sucueas and pcominenee in his profession and he had
the reaps t and love of a verj wide circle of friends
jnd a quimtinees He went about ilotng good and
his mini deeds of benevoleni-e and kindness will i-ause
1 b niemorv to be cherished through manj jears to
come He passed away September 30 1910 when he
hil reiched the advanced age uf eif,l tv three years
4i the dav with its morning of hope and promise its
noonti ie of activity its evening of eoinpleted and
•! lucessful effort ending in the gratefi 1 rest and quiet
t the nifcht HO ms the life of this good man
LEWIS P NICHOLSON a native son of Detroit
IS well known in bus ness cireles of the city as seere
tin ind genenl manager ot the Michelaon Land &
Hon e Compini anl his well directed efforts have
I een resultant fictors in the continued growth ot the
r£,ini?it n during the past few jears He was born
August 14 18"7 and his parents were Mathew K and
Sirah TineNich Ison his father lied suddenlv in 189
while hia mother piased iway November 18 19^1 Mr
Nicholson IB one of a family of seven children, three of
w htm are still living He attended the public schools of
this oitv and began his buimess career m the yeir 1890
it the age if thirteen years as in office bov in the em
llo\ of the Detroit Ele(,trical Works subsequently
nil ning promotion to the position of billing elerk For
three yeirs he remained with that firm and then entered
the service of the city being for eight years in the
mplov of the board of 1 ealth during the latter part
f luch employment at the ht,ad ot the vital statistics
I pirtment It was during this city employment that
II was able to add to his limited educition by taking
Jdvantige of the Y M C A evening clisses He
nest turned his ittention to the field of public account
ing, maintaining in office in the Campau building,
while for a time he wis located in the Ma7csfie build
ng In 1912 he became office manager for the Miehel
t- 11 Lind S, Home Company and two \ ears liter was
riade assistant secretary, while m June, 1918, he was
hosen secretirj and general manager, whii'h position
hf now holds, and is eoncentnting his ittention upon
he responsible duties whuh now devolve upon him
I'ls expert knowledge of accounting and progressive
ieis h-iie been of great \ alue in the conduct of the
I usinoRs and the extension of its scope and he has
I Pu watchful of every new avenue opened m the
ntural nmificitions of trade
On the 21st of June IQOO Mr Nicholson was united
!i inirnige to Miss Bertha L Sterling, a daughter
'1 the late G F Sterl ng, who was Detroit's leading
thutographer and thej now have three sons Sterling
I Wesley G ind Wilbur D The family attend the
Highlanl Park Congregational church, their home be
II e in that section of the citv, and m his political
' ews Mr Nicholson is a republican He occupies a>
trfmment position m his community, in whose up
' uildiQg and improvement he has played an active and
'i Ipful part, and was a member of the charter eom
n ission which made Highland Park i i,iti He has
also tiken a loading role in iromotin^ educational
standards m tl ii district and was a member of the
school board when the first modern school the Henry
Ford was erected in Hij,hland Park ten vcars igj
His capable work in that connection led to his re
election and he is now serv n^ as vice president of the
board He is i member ot the executive committee ot
the Highland Park "iomg Men s Christian Associa
tion ana is connected w th the Peilowcraft Athletic
Club while fraternally he is identified with the Benev
olent Protective Or ler of Elks and the Mdsons 1 e
longing to the Highland Park Lodge No 4(i8 F &
A M and Highland Park Chapter No IbO R A M
He deserves much credit for what he his accomplished
m a business way for he started out m life empty
hinded and has wercked his way steadily upward by
pers stent energy and unfiltering determination He
has ga ned high stind ng m business circles of Detroit
anl his record is proof of the fact that success and an
honored name may be won simultaneously
JOHN EOBERT SUTTON As president of the
Policyholders Service & Adjustment Compiny of De
troit John Robert Sutton occupies an assured posi
tion m insurance circles of the city, ani his influenee
IS one of broadening activity and strength in the
field >n which he operates He was born in Hillsdale,
Michigan where he still maintains his home, on the
25th of Februiry 1868 his parents being Robert B
and Anna B (Wragg) Sutton The father became a
successful lumbermin and was numbered among the
leadmg business men and highly respected citizens of
Hillsdale, where he passed away at an advincel age,
the mother s demise ilso occurring at that place Be
fore coming to Michigan he had participated in the
War of 1812 and was a muit loval patriotic and
public spirited American
John R Suttcn who W4S the only child in the
family, was aicorded liberal elucational alvantages
completing the work of the grammar and high schools
of Hillsdale after which he entered the Peek skill
(N T) Mihtar\ Acalemv from which he was grad
uated in 1887 He then lecame a student in the
University of Michigan which conferred upon him the
LL B degree in 1890, upon the completion of a course
m law He did not take up the work of his profes
sion however, but turned his attention to the msur
ance business, with which he was connected as a
traveling representative until 1908, gaming during that
pcriol a clear insight into this branch of activity
Seeing the possibilities for an opening in this field,
his initiative spirit led him to organize the Policy
holders Sen ice & Adiustment Company, of which he
has since been the president This business is unique
and IS the only one of its kind m the United States,
furnishing expert counsel on insurance questions and
engineering service on fire protection and insurance
rates as well as adjusting fire losses for the policy
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holders This service la entirelj for the policj holders
and has no eouneetion witli inBurame interests Mr
Sntton. maintains a well appointed suite of oBieea m
the Majestic building, and hii knowledge of the law
la of great aaaistinee to him jn the conduct of hia
mtpreats He poasessea the foresight, self reliince and
busineaa sagicity neeessiry for the smtesaful manage
ment of a large nndertakmg and his standing in in
aurattce circles of the city is an enviable one
At Hillsdale, Michigan, on the 8th of Oetoher, 1890,
Mr Sutton was married to Miss dertrude March, a
daughter of Mr and Mrs E J March, leading reai
dents of that place, aftd to this union has been born
a aon, John B , Jr , whoie birth occurred at Hillsdale,
June 15, 1819, and who is now a student at Union
College He was in the World war and aaw service
Oierse^s as a soldier m the healquarters troop of
the Eighth Division
Mr Sutton is a member of the Episcopal church
He is connected with the Detroit ithletie Club, and
fraternally he la identihed with the Masonic order,
and 18 a member of Mystic fehrine His progreasiie
spirit and powers of administration have enable! liira
to develop an enterprise of large proportions, and m
buamesa eircle>i of Detroit his standing is of the high
est, while in all matters of citizenship his influence is
on the side oS advanienipnt and impro\ement
MAXWELL J PABSCH a_ well known hat manu
facturer of Detroit who hii built up a business of
aubatantial proportions that la steadily in urea sing,
haa also made the renoi ition and reembellisbmcnt
of hats one of the profitablu departments of his busi
ness While he has thus become widely known as a
progressive and leading merchant of the city, he has
alao taken part m shaping the political hiatorj and
activity irf Detroit m the pait >ear or more and is
filling the office of supervisor Detroit numbers him
among her native sons, his birth having here occurred
October 21, 1S83, his parent" being Joseph and Julia
(Kraft) Parsch, the former a native of Michigan,
while the latter waa born in Berlin, Germanj
Maxwell J Parsch obtained his education m Bt
Joseph's College and in the Detroit Business XJniver
iitv, after which he took special courses m ehemistry
and pharmacy but did not pursue either of those
professions for any length of time It wis on the
17th of Dei-ember, 1913, that he eatabliohel his present
business of hat manufacturing in Detroit Here he
not only manufactures and designs ladiei' hats, to
the ultimate satisfaction and pleasure of the wearers,
but also carries on a renovating and eleanmg buamesa
The sueeeaa attending his enterprise haa induced him to
double tho working capacity of hia establishment and
it is generally felt that he now haa one of the beat
equipped plants of the kind in the country west of
New Tork city. His method of restoring used hats
ia a secret process of hia own invention and is at-
■ tracting much attention and securing wide support.
as seen m the many orders he re^-nn es from a large
and steadilv growing connection of customers Sui.h
a business la of recognize! \alue at this time of
high costs m all materials and all kinda of wearing
apparel
In October, 1909, Mr Parsch v, is united in mar
riage to Miss Mauie Edna Se\mour, who passed awaj
m 1917, leaving two daughters and a son Evelyn,
S\lvia and Leonard Mr Parsth belongs to the Ma
sonu fraternity and also to tho Young Men's Christian
Assowation, m the affairs of whith hi tai ea a warm
and practical interest
During the Worli war Mr Parath manifested a n lat
patriotii, demotion to his countrj by his liberal sup
port of both time and money to the larioua Libertj
Loan drives and stamp sales He haa >ut recenth
entered politics as an active fatter, although long
interested in the vital political questions and issues
of the day In 1920, however, he was prevailed upon
to betome a candidate for supervisor on the repub
lican ticket and waa elected to the office The past
J ear he has served the people in a moat capable and
conacientious manner, doing everything m his power
especially to aid the poor people in these strLUUous
times His habit of truth telling has not alwavs made
him popular with politicians and thus it was ttat
Mr Parsch was defeated in the republican caucus by
the so called "gag rule " The people, however, desir
mg to benefit further by his services, carried his
name to the democratic party an I, heading the ticket,
he was elected for a seccnd term in 1921 and la again
filling the position to the satisfaction of all who have
the interests of the communitj it heart
GUY POTTEE HENRY The automobile mduatrv
has tarried the name of Detroit to many remote re
gions of the world and a prominent figure in this ftel I
of activity iR &UV Potter Henrv, who is chief engineer
of the StudebaXer Corporation— a position of great
responsibility, for which his high professional attain
menta well qualify him He was born in Davison
Michigan, August 9, 1877, his parents being Lewis and
Alena (Potter) Henry, the fcrmer d. native of Detroit,
while the latter was also born in DaMSon Soon after
their marriage Mr and Mrs Henry removed to Plint,
Michigan, where the father entered business circles,
becoming <ne of the loading photographers of the
town, and there both he and his nifo pissed the greater
part of the remainder of their lives They had reared
a family of fi\e children John, a resident of Detroit
Roy, who IS living at Indianapol s Indnna, Floyd of
Columbia VI lie, Michigan, Mrs Abbie Taylor, nhosi
home IS m Detroit, and Guy P
In the acquirement of an education Mr. Henry at-
tended the grammar and high schools of Flint, after-
ward becoming a student in the University of Mich-
igan, in which he completed a course in engineering
in 1901. For three yeara thereafter he waa engaged
in various engineering poaitions, including one year
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it a ce e t m 11 and he then eame to Detro t be
on n" a structural engineer w th tl o Au er can
Be Ige Company For seven jears 1 e ren ■! ned w th
tl It fir do ng consc ent ona and effi eut vork ■ind
n the 7th ot March 1111 he became connected y, th
tl e eng neer ng lepartn e t f the "^tudebaker Corpor
t n of Detro t He eont n ed n tl at branch of the
lu eas unt I JanuicT 101 hen he wa^ m de super
tenient of plant No 3 occupy g that pn-i t un uut 1
'September 1916 when be as transferr 1 to the set
ee parts Zepartn e t 1 ere he rema uel unt 1 I'HS
He then took charge of work n tJ onatruetion le
partment for a year at the end of wl cl tune 1 e vas
n ale auperv scr of all construct on and parts depirt
nts cont nu ng to a t n that capac ty nt 1 the
1st of \agust IQ 0 when he as pron oted to h s
present po' t on of eh ef eng neer Broad etper ence
a d comp ehens ye prel m nary study haye g yen h m
an expert knowleige of h a profess on anl h s thor
ough rel ab 1 ty and s per or work have place 1 h n
t the head f the eng neer ng lepartn pnt of one ot
tl e 1 cgost automob !e n anufa tur ng concerns tl e
ntr\ his serv ces be ng of great yalue to the
orporat on wh eh he represents
Vt Peru 111 no s o the 2d of Auguat 1105 Mr
H nry was nn ted n n arr age tcr M ss M nn e O llett
d ghter of Mr and Mrs Peter C llett veil known
s lents of that pla e a d they now have t vo ch 1
Iren V rg n a who was born n 1910 and s a student
tl e publ c scboola and Jack Lew e born n 1J16
B th are nat \e'a of Detroit The fam ly rea dence s
t 141 Ed "ion
"Mr H nry i profesa unal connect ns are w th the
'^oc t of Automot ve Eng neers the Detro t Eng
eer g ''oe etv the An er an Soe ety of Mechan eal
I ng eers nd Tau Beta P H s pol t cal alleg ance
g yen to the republ can party He obta ns needed
r t and recrcat on through h s membersh p n the
I tro t Coif Detro t 4thlet e an 1 OakiM i H Ih
0 nfcy Cl bs and fraternally be s dent fied w th
tl Ma'i ns belong ng to the blue lodge at Ann Arbor
nl to K ng Cyrus Chapter of Detro t Eypr str v ng
ard the atta nment of h gh 3eal>" h s profess onal
ecr has been one of continuous advaneeme t anl 1 e
1 s ga ned that prom nen^ e wh ch follows super r
lit an 1 concentrated effort H s eontr 1 ut n to
th world s work a a aluable one and he s a na
h n to know >? to e-(t em and admire
S'RED A BEHB The 1 ar ot Detro t finda a lead
" r pre entat e a Fred \ Behr a member of the
m of Behr S. fool dge ant h s deyot on to h s
1 nts nte ests c n I ne 1 w th hi con prehen ve
linowledge of the pr nc pies of jur sprudenee have
1p h m an able lawyer efEeet ve n h s vork n the
urts A nat ve aon f Detro t and a memter of one
"t the old families of the city, ha was born April 9,
1S88, his parents being Otto and Minnie (Lindeman)
Behr, the former of whom was born in Ann Arbor,
M h gan and tl e latter n Detro t In early 1 fe the
father an e to th s c tj and eng ged n the t r an 1
1 de bu ness bu Id ng up a trade of large pr port ons
He a now 1 ng ret red The moti er s also 1 v ng
and to the r un on five children were born Otto H
ho s deceased and Edgar 6 Fred A Herbert C
d Waldo L all of whom are res dents of Detro t
In the aoqu rement of an edueat on Fred A Behr
ttenled the gran mar sch ols and the Central h gh
s hool of Detro t after vh oh he entered the Uni
V rs tv of M el gan from wl eh he aa graduated n
1910 on tl e con plet on of a eonrae n law He became
ssoe ated w th Orla B Taylor a pron nent lawjer of
tl s c t and later a D ember of the fl n of Ta>lor
D Ibr dge & Beh » th wh cl 1 e as eo nected unt 1
1917 when be w thdrew an 1 8 now praet ng under
tie firm style of Bebr £ Cool Ige onluet ng a sue
cessful law bus nes-" Mr Bebr s veil read n the
m nut le of the law and s able to base I s argument
pon knowledge ot and fan 1 ar ty w th pr cedents and
to pre ent a case upon ts ner ts never fa 1 ng to
reeogn e the ma n i o nt at asue and ne er neglect ng
to g ye i thorouf,b [reparat on
On the 18th of June 1917 Mr Behr w s u ted o
n arr age to M as Cam 11a McLean a lau^l ter ot
John A and Anna McLean well known res dents ot
tb s e ty Dur ng tl e World war he rendered al able
serv ee to the governn ent be ng ecm m ss oned a
second 1 eute ant the a r lerv ce a d a t nj, as in
nstructor at ar ous av at on flel Is unt 1 the close of
host 1 t ea He a a member of the Detro t Atl let e
Clul and the Loci n oor Country Club and fraternally
s dent fied w th the Maio e order wh le I =i pro
feaa onal conne t ons are w th the M oh gan 'itate and
Nat onal Bar Ass o at ons In a profess on wl ere ad
van en ent depenls upon md dual m r t an I ab 1 ty
1 e s stead ly work ng h s way p ard nd h a up
r gl t p I cv has game I for 1 m the onhde ce a d re
spe t f h s colloagues and alao of the general p bl c
He an ami t ous energet c and w Je awake y u g
nan who has t! oroughly dent fied lis interesta with
those of h s nat ve c ty ant 1 s personal qual t es are
8 b tl at he has game! tl e war fr e dsl ip of n any
ERNE'iT EDWIN EEOSS One of the old and
sul st nt al eommerc al enterpr ses of Detro t la that
of tl e Traub Manufacturing Con pa v makers of high
grade jewelry of wh eh Ernest E Bro s the prea
dent a d le 1 aa nstituted many well dev se 1 ilans
for tl e developn ent of the trade and the n anigement
of the undertak ng keep ng t not only n 1 ne hut
rather n the lead of the progress ve n'<t t t ns ot
fh a character n the c ntry 4 nat ve f M eh gan
h vas born at Ann Arbor Jan ary 21 187 his
parents be ng Jacob Prelar ck and Barbara (Fr tz)
Er S3 wl are al o nat vea of that c ty n wh eh they
have always resided. For many years the father en-
gaged in the manufacture of tine carriages but he is
now living retired, being one of the moat highly re-
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speeted reaidents of the city To Mr ind Mrs Brosa
■were born five ehillren Fred of Ann Arbor Carl of
Detroit Lewis of Aim Art or Cldra who married
Cliirles De Pries of Ann Arbor and Erneat E
Mr Broas acquired his eduLation in the gramnnr ^lld
high ai"! ools of Ann Arbor Mithigan and on atattjng
ont m the business worll ho intered the Traub jewelr\
store ot Detroit >eginning in a minor eapacitj and
gradually working his w■^^ upward through the faith
ful performance of each tisk allotted him until he
became manager while he is now filling the office of
president, in which connection he is at the head of one
of the leading jewelry manufaLturing eompnniea in
the United States The Traub Manufacturing Com
panv s by fat the most extensive industry of its kind
in Detroit and tl e I igh ehiricter of its products ranks
it with the best in the United Stite-i The concern
makes a very high grade ot jewelry employing the
most expert craftsmen and its product 11 sent to lead
mg jewelry firms in the largest cities of the countrj
Employment is furnished to one hundred persons and
for many 3 ears the firm name has stood as a synonym
for enterprise reliabilit's and superi r workmanship
in jawelrv circles throughout the eouutrv Mr Bross
givei hia close personal attention to the deta Is of the
1 usmesa also i as the ability to see clearh it>" larger
aspects and has been farsigbted in tl e 1 rLction ot the
policy of the concern
At Yp'Jilanti Michigan on tl e 4th of October 1904
Mr Bross was united m marriage to Mifs Marian M
Eeai a daughter of Mr and Mrs Maro N Read, the
former a well Inown financier and highly respectel
citizen of that place Mrs Broas attended the public
schofls of Ypailanti anl the Liggett School for Qirla
in this citv and is prominent in social circles of De
ttoit and among the ■various organizations to which she
lelongs are tie 'Woman a Cify Tlul the League of
■Won en Voters and the Tnentieth Century Club
Mr Broas gives 1 is political allegiance to the re
publican party and m relif,ious faitb he 11 a Presby
terian while through his membership m tl e Detroit
Golf and Detroit Athletic Clula he obtains needed
recreation from the cares of bus neas Along the path
of opptrtuniti open to all he has reached the goal
of notal le auc ess his progress being due to the fact
that he has recognized and atilized opportun tio'j which
others have passed heedlessly ty He has ever based
his aotnity in lusiness affairs upon strict integrity
and i-loae applicatitn and ho deserves elassificat on
with the a elf made men anl piogressive cili7Pns of
Detroit Hia residence is at S60 Atk nson aveni e
HERBERT HENSON E'^ ERARD. In a history of
Detro t and tht. state of Micl igan it is imperati\ e
that mention be male of Herl ert Hcnsoi Eierard
■who m many ways wa^ a prom nent factor in the
promition of busmeis mtereats espec ally acti\e
m connection with the paper inlustrv B rn in KaH
mazoo Michigan on the flth f De en I er 18 n he
was a son tf J<hn Henson dnd Henrietta (McBnde)
E\eracd The father was a harnos>" maker and manu
factirer of le ither goods m Kalan az<o and Herl-ert
H Everard spent his youthful days n that cit^
re eiving his early education in the pul lie 'chooh
while later he pursued an acaiemic CO irse in Kala
mazoo College
His first venture in the business world wai m con
nccfion with an enterprise of hia own He eatablishel
a printing business m company with a yo ing man of
the name of Pease forming the firm of Pease &,
Eyerard in the cunluct of a general job printing busi
ness Later Mr Pease discontinued hia connection
■with the busmesfl ■whith was then carried on under
the stjle of H H Eytrard & Compam 'iome time
later Mr Everard joined forces with the Ihling
Brothers, who had a book bindery, and for a number
of years he ■was identified ■with this industry retirmg
therefrom about I'JO" The business had been carried
on unier the firm style of the Ihling Brothers Everard
Ccmpany
In 1902 Mr Fverard went to Munismg Michigan
where he built a paper mill for the Munismg Paper
Company this be ng one of the large plants of the
kmd in tht, state Five years liter m 1907 he re
moved to Detroit and became president and manager
of the Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Company which
un ler his management withm a period ot nine 1 ears
developed from a small concern to one of the f<re
most enterprises of the kind in the country One of
the large contracts ■nhich was signed by Mr Everard
was a contract with the post ofiice for tw hunlred
and twenty five t<ns of rtd pulp for the tl en new
parcel post tags He did not confine hia attention
solely to this enterprise extensive anl important as it
became bat also had large holdinga in paper mills
throughout the entire state and was an outatanding
figure in connection with the paper mduatry of Michi
gan He waa also a director of the Kalamazoo National
Bank of the Bryant Paper Company and mam other
business enterprises all of which profted by his co
(perat on 1 enefiting tv hia sound judgment keen
sagacit* anl lis splend d eseeutue al litv
On the 18th of May Mr Everard -was united m
marriage to Miaa Altl ea C Van de Walker of Kala
ma?oo and they became the parenta of s ■?: children
Ethel now tht wife of John H Penniman of Kalama
zoo by whom she has one son John Ei erard Penni
man -ihce the wife of Joseph M Ward of Detroit,
and the m ther of two children Prank Weston and
Herbert Pverard Wari Henrietta the -wife of
Walter B Cary of Detroit and the mother of one
daughter, Althea Everard Cary; Eleanore, the wife of
Herbert V. Book and the mother of two daughters,
Eleanore Elizabeth and Vivienne Althea; Robert Hen-
son, of Kalamazoo, who married Pauline Bobb, and
has one son, Robert Henson, Jr.; and Hester, who is
at homo.
While residing in Kalamazoo, Mr. Everard was a
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member of the Bchool board and served as its presi
dent for many jeirs taking a keen and helpful inter
pst in educational affairs He was instrumental in
brm(,ing the kindergarten ind mtnuil training into
the schods ot Kalan azoo and introduced other pro
ires'ive methods that now constitute important
fpitures m tie cdiaeationil syatem of that citT He
WIS 1 n ember of the Episcopal church in KUimazoo
ind served as \estr^man thereof After hs removal
t Detroit he bec,ame i men ber of tht Boird ot Cora
u Tee in this citi and was als i member ot tl e
Detroit Club and the Detroit Athletic Club His politi
al illegianie was always given to the republican
parti but 1 e never sought nor desired the honors
and emoluments of putlic office as a recognition ot
lis jarti teOtv Fraternallv he was connected with
the Masons, belonging to Damascus Commanderv K
T while he also attaine 1 the thirtv second degree of
the Scottish Bife m the consistorv Following his re
n lal to Detroit he 1 ecame a communicant of 8t
I aul s EpiSLupal church During the ann lal outmg of
the Detroit Board of Commerce on the 13th of June
191i Mr Everard sustained injuries when the stairs
of the Lake Superior Paper Company plant at Sault
SaintL Mane Ontario collapsed ani from these m
]uriLS he lie] J me 18 1^13
The p=itcem in which he w as held 1 v his associates la
1 st expressed in the tollowing extract from resolu
tl ne jdnpted by the Board ot Commerce Viith fiel
IT gs of the deepest sorrow and with an unusual scnat
nf personal loss the members of the Detrmt Board of
fommeree record the untimely death of one of its
mrot valued members Quietly and with characteristic
lodesty Herl art H Everard had accepted a welcome
t<: our citv as the guiding spirit of one of its fore
mot industries In the few years of our association
le 111 attained an enviable place m our regard as
r iresentative of the best in the civic and industrial
rrogress of the comiiumtv and the many who knew
nd appreciated the great gentleness ani kindliness
f hs nature wjll ever retain the in'Jpiration of his
triendship ' A like feeling was enterta ned tor him
I V all who knew him, not only m Detro t but through
out the state His career strong and pncp<seful was
ever actuated bv noble motives and rne cannU but
tpel that luch a areer is not term nated hv death
Where we write enled
The ant,el3 write begun
fHARLFS H HELLEB Among the large maun
facturing enterprises which have teen potent factors
m making Detroit one <f the greatest industrial cen
ters of the United States is that of the Bower Holler
Bearing Company of which Charles H Heller is secre
tarv and treasurer He was born m Dayton Ohio
\pr 1 I'i 1875 a son of J F and Mary (Falk) Heller
who were also natives of the Buckeye state As a
"ung man the father 1 eeame a traveling salesman
1 lit later turned his attenttion to general merchandis
mg m Dayton. He passed away in 1901, but the
mother survives and is still a resident of that city
In the fdmilv were four children F W an 1 J H
Heller and Mrs W F Koriik who make their home
in Davton and Charles H of this review
Folic wing his graduation Irom the Dav tin high
school Charles H Heller complete! a commercial
course, after which he embarked in the insurance buai
ness in that city and fur fifteen years devoted his at
tention thereto, being very succes'iful in the coniuct
of his interests He then disposed of his business and
joined the Bower EoUer Bearing Company, which was
at that time being organized in Dayton, and the en
terprise was maintained m that city until 1907, when
the business was moved to Detroit In 1910 it was
reorganized under the laws of the state of Michigan,
and since its establishment Mr Hellet ha^ teen secre
tary and treasurer of the company The plant is well
equipped for the manufacture of roller bearings, be
ing one of the most raodern and best managed manu
facturing establishments in the state, and the extent
of the business is indicated m the fact that employ
ment is furnished to about five hundred workmen the
superior t J of the (utput commanding for it a wile
On the 10th of October 1901 Mr Heller was united
in m«r age at Dayt n Oh o, to M ss Marj A Shmtz
a dauglter of Mr and Mrs Joseph '^hantz promintnt
residents of Hamilton that state To this union has
been born a s(n Charles whose birth occurred at
Davton October " 190", and who is now a student
at tl e Joyce Junior high school of Detroit
Mr Heller is a member of the Episcopal ckurch
while through his memlership in the Detroit Athletic
and LochmoM Golf Oluts he obtains needed r,- rea
tion from business cares Hia career has been marked
bv steady advancement due to his close application
his study of the business to which he has turned his
attention and his unquestioned integrity and reliabil
itv and Detroit regards him as a valued acquisition
tr its citizenship His residence is at No 2985
Iroquois av enue Detroit
WILLIAM B BEOWN a lea ling florist ot Detriit
IS numbered among the substantial ani enterprising
business men of this citv where his entire life cover
ing a period of forty five years, has been spent He
was born December 13 1876, a son of Robert and
Ehi-abeth (Flool) Brown, the former of whom was
brought to Detroit by his parents when but two %ears
of age while the latter was a native of the city and
a representative of one of its h<nored pioneer fam
ilies The father became identified with commercial
circles of Detroit as a wholesale dealer in meats and
m the conduct of hia interests he was very successful
ranking with the leading business men of the city He
passe 1 away April 24 1931 The mother has also de
parte 1 this life Thev became the parents of five
ch Idren but onlv two of the number are living
William B of this review and Mrs Lillie Ball a
resident of Seattle, Washingtor
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In the public schools of his native Lity Mr Broun
acquired his urlucition and on startmj; out in the
business worll became in employe ot the Detroit
Floral Company, with whuh he was connected until
1004, during winch period he thoroughly mastered the
buiine^ He then decided to embark m business on
his own aeeount in i established the William B Brown,
Florist, Gompaiii, iihieh from a small beginning has
grown to in enterprise o£ larno proportions He ear
lies a lirgp asiortment of the choicest varieties of
fioivers and shnibs and has i number of greenhouses
He emplovs the mo^t modern and progressive methods
m the conduct of his intercts and his reliable deUing
and prompt servue hn e secured for him a large
patronage He is also a director of the Pierct Land
Company ani i'5 an astute business mm wlose pltins
are well formulated and promptly csctutcd
On the 10th of Vpril 1903, llr Brown was united
in marriage to Mi'^i Augusta Maitner and they have
become the parent? of four children Bennett, who
was born m W08, William H , Jr , born in 1909,
Eatherme, bom in 1910, and Richard, bom in 1915
All are natu es of Detroit and are attending school m
Birmingham
In his political news Mr Brown is a republican and
frateinally he is identified with the Knighff of
Pythias, the Independent Order of Odl Fellows and
the Masons, belonging to the SI rine o£ the lait named
organization He is serving as commissioner of the
city of Birmingham and I is high standing in buaineis
circles of the city is indKated m the fact that he is
serMug as chairman of the board of directors of the
Detroit Eetail Florists Association He is also ilenti
tied with the Wheelmen's Club, the Canopus Club and
St Andrew's Society and his personal characteristics
are those which make for popularity Tn business
affairs he has made steady progress, his capable man
agement and indefatigable industry constituting the
toisis upon which le has builded his prosperity He
has thoroughly identified his interests "itli those of
his native city and his progressiv encas has been a
potent element in its continued dei clopinent
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un r ind gi,nerftl manager and in Juh, 1918, became
also the president of the company Thus through the
steps of an orderly progression he has reached his
present position of administrative control His long
connection with the business has made him thoroughly
familiar with e\ery phase thereof, bo that he is able
most wisely to direct the development ot the trade
and the efforts of the employes
It was m Detroit, on the 25th of October, 1919,
that Mr lieats was united in marriage to Miss Mary
B Harrington, of Monroe, Michigan Mr 1 eats is
a communicant of the Episcopal church and his po
litical endorsement is given to the repabliean party
He IS also a member of the Detroit Board ot Com
merce and tht Detroit Athletic Club the Auto Country
Club, the Builders & Traders Exchange, and the Na
tional Geographic Society He recognizes the worth
of all those interests and activities which enter
into the development of the individual and the up
building of the communit\, and hia aid and support
are given to all measures which he deems essential
factors to public progress and improvement
ROBERT GARY JAMIESON, M D The name of
Jam I es on has long been an honored one in medical
circles ot Detroit and Dr Robert Cary Jiraieson, an
eminent skin specialist, is ably sustaining the tradi
tions of the family in this regard He is widely and
faiotabh known m this city, where he has spent his
lite, and in both the paternal and maternal lines comes
of distinguished ancestry He was born in Detroit, a
son of Dr Robert Andrus and Emma Louise (Thompson)
Jamieson and a grandson of Andrew Jamieson, d
native of Glasgow, Scotland The father, who was
one of the leading physicians ot Detroit, passed away
in 1910 at the age of sixty seven years and his demise
was the occasion of deep and widespread regret, for
his many sterling traits ot ch iraeter won for him the
respect, honor and love of those with whom he came into
contact The Thompson family were numbered among
the early residents of Windsor, Canada, arriving in
that city m 1850 Mrs Jamieson 's father, J M
Thompson became well known m business circles of
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specializing in the treatment of diseases of the skin,
m which he has developed expert skill and ability
heing Lonuected with the leading derma to logical asso
iiition in the United States the American Derma
tol gi al Soeietv Close atudv Ins formed the basis
t lis advancement and camtined with an appreua
tion ot the acientifie phises of his professi n is a deep
in 1 abidin[{ svmpnthy thit prompts liim to put torth
( irnest anl unfaltering effort where the welfare ot
) 1 fellowmen is concerned He his ilwavs mide hit
[rtfeBBtnil duties his first consideritura >eing most
tl trough anl tonseientious m the performance of the
wtrk that devolves upon him in this connection and
in ■iddition to a Iarf,e pru ite prattice he has charge
ot the dermitologit,al department of the Harper Hos
p til out pitient department and is alao dermitologist
nf tie Receiving Hosj-ital and tie William Booth
Mem rial Hospital Peeling that progress should be
tie watcbworl ot the pr fes'^un at all times he keeps
n touch with the greit truths which science is con
stantly revelling through his membership in the
tta>ne Co mtv and Michigan State Medical Societies
ind the American Medical Association, the Detroit
Tiermatologieal Society and the American Dermatolo^
cdl Ass ci^tion
la 1909 Dr Jameis< n was united m marriage to Miss
Larohn Po^pltton <£ Birmingham, Michigan and
tiev have n anv frunds in the city He is a, meml-er
f the Phi Rho Sigma college friternitv and is also
ikntified with the Detroit Medical Club the Detroit
Athletic Club and tie Bloomfield Hills Country Club
\ n an f advanced scientific atta nments Dr Jamieson
has ma 1l continuous pr gres' in his profeis on until
le now ranks with the leading skin specialists m the
untn He holds to high purposes and ileals and
111 life work has been of worth m the world The
loctor resides in the Elotmifield Hills section
ALEERTIE AHVID HUGHES M D Ihe medical
rrofession o£ Detro t finds an able representative in
Dr All ertie Arvid Hnghes a man of enterprising
'I-irit commendable ambition aud untiring industry
and m his practice he displays a sense of conscientious
ijiplication wt ich has made his work entirely ^atisfac
torv He IS a native s<n of Michigan his birth hav
ing occurred at LiMngston on the 27th of September
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t,raduatel Kith the class of 1911, and has since sue
ceasfully tolJowed his profession in this eitj the list
of his patients now being an extensile one He has
neier lost tie attitude of a student toward his pro
tession and through constant rea ling and close sti dy
of the cases which come under his care he is cun
tinialh broadening his knowledge and ability His
tell w townsmen recognizing his high professional at
tamments have called him t public office and for
five years he held the position ot health ofccer of
St Clair Heights after which he was appointed diag
nostician for the citi of Detroit and baa since served
in this capacity d seharging h s duties most efBcientlv
and conscientiously He is self educate 1 providing
the funds necessary tor his medical training by taking
charge of the grocery lejartment ot C H Britton
and he also was employed as a salesman on Satur
days by the wholesale grocerj firm of Lee & Cady
likewise assisting, in fheir bookkeeping department
4t Fowlerville Michigan on the ^tlt of June 1908
Dr Hughes was united in marriage to Miss Grace M
KnocFihuizen a laughter of Mr anl Mrs N" C Kntoi
huizen prominent residents of that plai;e Mr
Knooihuizen was for six years county superintendent
f schools of Livingston county Michigan Mrs
Hughes is a graduate of tie Ipstlanti Normal feci ool
and preiioui to her marriage was prominent in eluca
ticnal circles of the state teaching school at Cedar
Springs anl Detroit, and for a year was an instructor
in the high school at FowlerviJIe, proving a \erv
capable educator
In his political views the doctor is a democrat
and he has taken a prominent part in public affairs
serving tor two terms as eitj clerk of FowlerviUe
townslip clerk two terms and also for two terms
filling the oflice ot township treasurer He is a Baptist
m religious faith and his professional connections are
w th the Wayne County and Michigan State Medical
Societies and tl)» American Medical Association In
Masonry he has attained the thirty second degree, be
l<ng ng to 1-oth the 1 rk anl Scottish Eites to Acacia
Lodge, No 477 of which he is a past master Damascus
Commanlery K T and Moslem Temple of the Mvstic
Shrine and high priest in council Princes of Jem
^alem Scottish Bite He also .a a member nf tie
Maatnie Country CI ib aud the Detroit Taeht Club Dr
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here 0£ this numler it Harry Brabm, leiK t jry of
the Detroit Board of lire Commiasionera, whose
prMLiit Tesponail le position has been won through
merit and ability He was born April 11, 1876, a son
of ^^ illiam and Mary (JerJy) Bribyn, who were iIbo
natives of thia city, ind tlio father here spent his
bfe The mother still nnkea lier home m Detro t To
their union were born five thildien but one i is paaaed
away Those living are Lilinn, John, Eajmond ind
Harry, al! residents ot thna i, t\
After completing his grainmar school courae Harry
Brabyn enteied Citon s Business < ollege, whirh he at
tended for two years and then accepted a clerical posi
tion with the Cincinnati, Hamilton &, Dayton Railrnad
Company He rem lined in their employ until July 3
1901 when 1 e became a stenographer and olerk for
the Detroit Board of Tiro Commissicniers, contin iin^'
thus active until July, l<»na when he was alio made
bookkeeper So ablv did he perform his dutioa that
on the Ist of Tuly, 1012, he wai again promoted, be
ing appointed assistant secretarv This ofiiee he fillpd
nntil the 1st of July, 1916 when he became el lef
clerk and on the 1st of Juli, 1920, he was r-hosen
SLCretary He is well fitte 1 to discharge hia preaent
dutiea, for long experience as an employe of the board
has made 1 im thoroughh familiar with everv pi lae of
the work, and his services are very valuable to the
On the 4th of October 1810 Mr Brab>n was mar
riei to MiBS Hilda "^emon, a daughter of Joseph and
Ida Semon, prominent residents of this city Mr and
Mrs Brabyn have bieome the parents of two ehillren
Florence, who was born m Detroit is a graduate of
the grammar and high schools al Detroit and is now
employed as a stenographer m the purchaain^ depart
ment of the city, Charlotte, born in 1905, la a student
in the Detroit high school In his political views Mr
Brabyn la independent, eaatmg hia ballot m favor of
the candidate whom he deems bes^fitted for office,
regardless of party ties With industry and determma
tion as dominant qualities, he haa made steady prog
resa m the business world working bia way upward
as he haa proven km worth and capability and that
he IS a man of sterling integrity is indicated by the
high esteem m which he is hold by those among whom
his life has been passed
WALTER E WORK of the firm of Work & Fretz,
general traflie mana^era of Detroit was born in Bir
mmgham Iowa Mamh "^ IS8? His parents Thomas
J and Emma (Giauque) Work are also natives of
Birmingham and the father waa there engaged m
the farm implement business He is at present re
sidmg m Pasadena, Californ;a They are widely and
fay or ably known where they ao long resided and
where they reared their family of flye children
Walter B Work, after attending the public schools
of Birmingham, completing a lngh school course by
graduation in 1902, entered ujon the special traffic
course in the LaSalle Extension University He started
out in the business world in the employ of the Mich
igan Central Kail road on the 4th of October, 1904,
removing to Detrojt and continuing m the freight do
partment until July 1, 1909, when he resigned and
became connected with the S S Kre^ge Company
onners of five and ten cent stores throughout the
country Ho organized the traffic department with
that company anl remained with them until January,
Wll, when he organized the firm of Work & Freta, a
partnership relation, and aa general txaflii, managers
theixa has grown to be one of the moat successful
and important business enterprises of Detroit— an
almost indispensable adjition to many ot the big buai
ness interests of this city The firm of Work & Fret?
has saved thousinds and thousands of dollars m excess
freight charges for shippers, owing to its expert knowl
edge aa to routing classification anl freight rates
The company has in its emploj siiteen expert account
artts and traflic experts and at the same time both
Mr Work and Mr Freta are giving their entire at
tention to the business In addition they have an
outside force in various branches in Canada
On the lat of August, 1013, Mr Work was mamol
to Miss Marguerite Osborne of Petoskey, Micl igan <i.
daughter of Dorland ( Osborne of thai city To them
have been bom two children Eleanore, born in 1915
and Wilham Harrison, born in 1917 Mr Work js a
member of the National Traffic Service Aasociation
and he is identified with several civic and social
organizations He belongs to the Detroit Board of
Commerce, is a member of the Detroit Auto Club anil
the Caravan Club Hia religious faith is that of the
Congregational church and he is one of the committee
of management of the Northwestern Branch T M
C A, fil55 Grand Hiver avenue He la also identified
with the Masonic fraternity, haa attained the thirty
second degree of the Scottiah Rite and is a member of
Moslem Temple of the Mystic fehrine He likewise
has membership with the Detroit Congregational Union
anl all those forces which are of value aa factors in
good government and general progress and improve
ment receive his endorsement and support
STANLEY EO/YCKI a leadin^r building contractor
of the Pit3 , has levoted his life to construction work
and 13 a recognised expert in his line He was born
m Poland, May 8, 1882 a son of Frank and Frances
Josephine Eozycki, who became the parents of eleven
children Mr Rozycki came to tins country m the
vear 1901 ani located in Detroit After completing
his education, wl ich waa acquired in the parochial and
public schools of his native country and Detroit
schools, he entered the employ of d fEerent building
contractors of this city, and subsequently was for a
time conne. ted with the same line of work m the
service of Henry George His next position was with
Stanley fhrtnowski with whom he remained for two
ve-irs after whuh he engaged in building homes of
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in IS tipef tor Honir \\ irre i i well known reil
itit opentor it Detroit and for a number of jears
as thus occupn 1 In 1909 lie organized tl e Rozycki
Brothers Compiny, of which he ha^ since 1 e n tl e head
inl chuf owner md i3 now engaged in general con
tniting anl huillmg He specializes in carpenter
lork and has pc(biMv erected more churches and
I ir <hia] school buininf,a tl an any other contractor in
the city among which nnv be mentioned the follow
II i, St Albertus school St Hj'jeinth s church St
Horiin 3 church itxA school '^t Hcdw g s parish
ho me and school Bethel BTangelieal church on West
( nnd loulo^ard 8t Thomas church and school St
Aj,noi church and school Our Lalv of Mount Carmel
1 rch Wyandotte Michigan and tie CI urcbes of
the Assumption and tl e Blessed Virgin Mary He
■jlso built the Dickinson sthool the first school m
Hamtramck the Milli r sch ol for Spnngwella villige
Notre Damt content tie Orchard Lake Poliah
■^eminar^ an 1 s x publiL school buildings for the De
troit toarl of elueation Among the n iny other
structures ot cquil prominence Mr Hozycl i has built
t«f) business blocks for Hugh Ch'ilmeTs on Wo Iward
iipnue and sn office ani fact ri buiUing at East
Granl boule\nrl and Monn street Hh le a noti^ those
f r whom he I as bu It res dences may bt mentioned
"W lliim E Keine ot Crosse Pointc L M Coleman
un West Chicago boulevard Prank Schmidt of \tden
t^rk ani Paul Weidner on Lake Shore dr ve Mr
li zjcki IS a mister workman cirefully supervismg
eucr\ detail of the libori of those m his employ
Broa 1 experien e has g ^ on hi n t eomprehens ve
knowledge at the business n which he is en„agel and
] ( Iocs all of the estimating himself In the e>.ecu
tion of contracts he is prompt and thorfiughly relnble
1 1 nauillv empl is from twenty five to seventy five
workmen the m<st of whom ire carpenters although
t tines when the building season is at its height he
s obi ged to double the number of employes
In 1905 Mr Bozycki was i nited in marriit.e to Misa
Vnii Ouzicki and they have become the parents of
sei en chil Iren 4melia F Stanley P Walter J Harry
J Irene Anna and Arthur Raymond The family
reside it No 1950 East Canfield i\ ei ue and are faith
f ] c mm inicants of the Polish Cithol c church Mr
R i^ ik s a n ember of the Pdhsh Catholic tJnion and
s also president of the house of represent it jvea of
thit organization the Carpenter Contractors Associa
tion the Aaaoeiated Building Employers anl the Em
ploi ers Associat n His political allegiinee is f,iven
t the repubhein part\ He is •» member of Bom
I olsk and was one of the charter members of that
rganization Since storting out in the business v. rid
1 p his made continuous advancement Ins prosrc's be
g due to the fact that he has continued in the sime
I le of 1 t yit\ which he first entered thereby gaining
thit specialized knowlelgc ivhieh makes him an
utl c tv m hi"? chosen occupition As the irchitcct
f his own fortunes h has builded w seh md well
I an> of Detro t s hue pubhc I uill ngs^residenccs
business blocks factories churches school buildings
and buildings of various ] esc riptiona— standing as
monuments to his skill and handiwork and his record
JB pro f of the fief that success and an lonorel name
may be won aimultaneously
HENRY WIEtrERT secrctarj anl treasurer ot the
Robert Oik mn Land toiipanj s numbered imong
the progresano real estate operators of Detroit hia
ictivitj m this tield contributing to the material up
biildmg of tie city as well aa to mdiviJual suc<ess
He WIS born in Eorse Micl igan then a sul urb ot
Detroit and new Ijmg within the confines of the
city on the 11th ot March 1882 his pirenta being
Lous and Hannah (Stroebel) Wiegeri who were of
foreign birth and at an eirlj period in their li\ea left
their nitit e land to become leaidents of the United
States In this country their marriige occurred ml
tl e fither subaequentlv came to Wayne countj Mich
igan purchasing a firm in the vicinity of Ecorse
which he successfullv cultivated for many years re
ma n ng a resident of the locality until hia demise
The mother has also passed away In the r famih
were aeien children one of whom js decease 1 Those
who snrv ve are Mrs Minnie Reeck Mrs Emm
Pitow Mrs Ida Dasher Mrs Louis Colwell William
anl Ilenrv
In the acquirement of an educatitn Henry Wiegert
attended the grade 1 schools of Eeorae and the high
school of Vi yandotte M chigan after which he became
a student at the Detroit Business University from
vihi h h WIS graduated in 1901 His m tial business
exper ence wis obtained ia a clerk in the Citizens
Bank of Detroit w th which he was connectel for a
yew He then resigned his position and entered the
til Detroit National Bank wl ere he remained from
IM) until 191i during which period he fillel various
responsible pfis tions On severing his relationship
with that institution he was tenlered tie poaition of
las stant cashier with the Merchants National Bank
of Detroit which he contmued to fall until 1<)19 when
he res gned m order that he might turn his attention
to the real estate business He I as since been active
al< ng this line and is now secretary and treasurer of
tie Eotert Oakman Land Company one of the lead
ing real estate firms of the eitv He displays sound
■judgment in the conduct of his affairs keen sagacity
in plicmg investments and by reason o£ hia enterprise
anl diligence has won a substantial measure of success
In Detroit on the 3d of July 1913 Mr Wiegert was
united m marriage to Miss Geneva E Mavnes a
laughter of Captain Daniel Maynes wh) baa long been
prom nently identified with nangation interests m the
vicinity of the Great Lakes In his political views
Mr Wiegert is a republican anl he obtains pleasure
in 1 recreation through his menibersh p with the De
tr it Tacbt Cli b He deserves rauc-h iredit f r ihit
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ho has accomplialied in a business wiy, tor he Btartod
out m life empty hauded and haa worked his way
steadily upward by persistent pucposa tnd untaltiriog
enterprise until he now ranka with the representative
business men and valued eitizena of Detroit Mr
Wiegert built his residence at No 4231 Ford Highway
m 1P22, and his is one of the attractive 1 omes in
that section of the city
LAWRENCE DE LONd BUHL president of the
Bihl Stamping Coraplm , an I idtntified with many
other of the big busimss interests and manufaotnr
ing cnterprnes of I'etroit was born in this city,
November 16, 1887 He is a brother of Artbur H Buhl,
m connection with whose aki,toh on another pa|,e of
this work more extended mention is made of the
family
Lawrence D Buhl attended the pubhe achotla of
Detroit and continued hia education in the University
of Michigan and m Trinity College at Hartford, Con
nectieut, where he remained a student for two years
He then began preparing himself tor an ai-tive business
areer and entered into connection with one of the
ommereial and manufacturing interests foundel by
his father He started m a minor position with the
Buhl Stamping Company and rose steadilv through
succesaiio promotions to the position of assistant
auperintendtnt For three >pars he worked at the
bench in the ihopf and thus gained intimate knowledge
of the practical phases of the >usinLsa so tl at be is
5 of the workmen as well as
end of the business is an execu
ras mad( one of the directors
! president of the company, in
s controlling a mammoth inter
prise, the largest of th( kind in the oountrj Hi, also
haa various other business connettiona being Mce pres
ident of the Buhl & ^ons Company, of Detroit, wholi,
sale dealers in hardware, cutlery and sporting goods
and also manufacturers of iron steel, nails, etc He is
vice president of the B ihl Malleable Iron Company
second vice president of the Sattley Coin Handling
Machine Company director of the National Can dim
panv, a director ot the Metal wood Manufacturing
Cirapany, and is also a director of the First National
Bank and a director of the J etrmt Copper and Brass
Rolling Mills He is serving on the board of iirectora
or as an officer in various other businesn concerns
and his cooperation is tonsiderid a valuable asset in
the successful conduct and management of any busi
On the 28th of October 1914 Mr Buhl was married
to Miss Cora Sales Peik ot Detroit, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Albert Peck pro ncnf res ients of this
city Tl e three cl Idrc ot tl s marr age are Cora
Peek born n 1917 EI zal eti Ann born in 1919 and
Mary Carol ne 1 orn n IQ 1 Mr Buhl s a prominent
figure in el b c rcles 1 e n^ i eml cr of the Detroit
Club of wh eh he s also a 1 rect r the Detroit
Athletic Club the Detro t Countr Club the Loch-
able to direct the labor
to manage the ofBcial
tua Eventually he '
and at length becami
whiLh connection he i
moor Country Club, the Detroit Boat Club, the Bloom-
field Hills Countrv Club, the Pine Lake Club, the Hunt
Club and the University Club Hia interests and ac-
tivies are thus bro^d and varied. His is a well bal-
anced charatter and be plaues a jnst yaluation upon
the activities and interests of life. While he belongs to
a prominent and representatiye family of the city, it
IS his personal worth and individual capability that
have gained for him the high commercial and social
standing which is today his Mr. Buhl resides at No.
1517 Iroquois avenue
CHARLES S HITTER Entering the employ of the
Detroit (raa Company in 1901, as chief clerk, Charles
S Eitter has advanced through the ateps of an orderly
progression until he now occupies the position of secre-
tary treasurer of that corporation. He was born near
New Albany, Ohio, August 12 1871, the son of George
S and Catherine (Klick) Bitter, both of whom are
Charles S Eitter icquired his education in Colum-
bus Ohio, and following his graduation from the East
high school started out in life for himself, securing em-
ployment m the oftie of the Ohio State Journal, where
he learned stereotyping, ind was thus occupied for
three years He then entered the banking house of
Brooks, Butler & Crmpanv, with which he remained
tor two i ears, after which he was employed in the
ofSee of the Columbus Gas Company, a connection he
maintained from 1893 until 1901, or for a period of
eight years In the latter year he came to Detroit as
chief clerk for the Detroit Gas Company and was
made seiretary in 1904 In 1912 he became treasurer
and he has since serv ed as secretary-treasurer of the
company
On the 6th of January, 1910, Mr. Eitter was united
m marriage to Miss Cardme Madden and they have
become the parents of a son, Robert Henry, now four
vears of age Mr Ritter is a republican in hia
politifal views and his rehgious faith is indicated by
his membership m the Congregational church. He is
a member of the American Gas Association and is also
identified with the Detroit Athletic Club and the De-
troit Boat Club finding his recreation chiefly in golf
and ttnnis, althtugl he formerly did considerable
J RAY HONEYWELL Although one of the more
recently established realtors of Detroit, J. Bay Honey-
well has already become recognized as & leading oper-
ator m this field of activity and his success is the
merited reward of hia enterprise foresight and sound
indgment He is a native of Canada, his birth haying
occurred at Cobnrg, m the province of Ontario, on
the 19th of November 1S85 His parents, Martin A.
and Elizabeth (Terrill) Honeywell, were born in
Pennsylvania, and following their marriage they be-
came residents of Ontario, Canada. They now make
their home at Flint, Michigan, where for many years
the father has been in the employ of the Buick Motor
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Car Company holiing % responsible position with that
J Ray Honevivell, their only child attended the
grammar and high schools of Elkton Michigan, while
aubaequentlv he pursued a course in a normal sthool
He then took up the profession o£ teaching which he
toll wed for a year and afterward became Bale^min
for a real estate firm selling farm lands in \irmiis
jarts of Michigan He was so successtul along thit
line thtt he decided to embark in business on hii own
iccount ind m 1918 can e to Detroit where he opened
T real estite office and has smee engaged m selling
low n town properh He is regarded as an xpert
valuator anl has negotiate! n any important realty
transfers having won the Lonfiden e anj support of
the puHie oi»ing to his straightforwarl and reliable
business methods
At Bad Axe Michigai , on the 5th of January 1908
Mr Honeywell was united m marriage to Miss Mildred
Wright a daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wright
prominent residents of that plaoe Fwe children have
been 1 trn of this unitn Joiephme whose birth oc
curred at Ba I A^i and who s now attending school
at Detroit Ehzabeth als< a native of that place
Margaret who was born in 'it Louis Misaoniri and
(. eorgiana au 1 Jack btth natives of TJnionville Mith
igan
Mr Honevwell gives his political allegiancL to the
rej ublioan partv and fraternalh he la identified with
the Masons belonging to the lodge at Ba I Axa and
also to the chapter In his business aSairs he has
made steady advancement his capable management
iU 1 indefatigable industry constituting the basis upon
which he has built his prosperity and his progressive
DLsa ias constituted an important element in the de
velopment of his citj
COLLINS B SCOTT Although but twenty four
\eara of age Collins B Scott has already taken a fore
most position at the Detroit lar his rapidly develop
ing powers establishing him with the most brilliant
members of the profession in this city A native son
of Detroit he was born in 189" his parents being E
A and Jessie (Palmer) Scott After completing the
wtrk of the high school be became a student in the
Detroit College of Law from which he was grad lated
at the igo of twent} 1 ut was not admittel to the bar
until 1918 leing at the time ot his griluation t o
V ung to qualifv thus indicating his unusual mental
endowments
In June 1918 Mr Scott enlisted in the United
States Naval Reserve and was stat oned at the (flicir s
training school on the municipal pier in Chicago
where on the completion of his training he was mad
an instructor On again assuming the duties of civil
life he took np the prattice of his profession and was
ot long m demonstrating bis ability He was ap
pt nled assistant prosecuting attorney m ^ av ne
county handling the supreme court business in which
he made a remarkable record for so voui j, i man
Two of his cases are particularly v^orthj ot mention
beuause of their estabiishmLut of legal preceients
One mvolvel the right ot a woman to serve is a
) iror m a criminal case Prior to this time fl e point
hai trequentlv been contested 1 ut the right had bten
denied The case was camel to the supreme tourt
which renderel a dicis (U m his favor anl ostabliahei
the right of a woman to sit on the jurj in a criminal
case The other case involved the constitutionality of
the present recorder s court and was decided in Mr
S ott B favor He is a member of Delta Theta Phi
I toliege fratemitv which has a larger memi ership
than any other law societv in the country, and while
attending the Detroit College of Law he served as
president of his class He is also a member of the
Detroit Athlet e Glut and fraternallj is identified with
the Masons belonging to Palestine Ltdge F & A M
He 1 as the energy and faith in the future character
istic of a 1 oung man and much ot that mature judg
ment which is ordinarily associated with a man manv
JEFIEESON E WEBB is well and favorably known
m commercial circles of Detroit as sales manager for
the Lowne S, Eobmson Lumber Company one of the
largest enterprists of this character in the state and
he has also gained prommeuLe through his position
as chief e-^ecutive iffiecr of the Detroit Rotary Club
He was born m Shullsburg "S\ isconsin on thi, 22d of
March 188' a sen of William Q anl Rarah Ann
(Sayres) Webt the former also a nativi, of that state
For some time the father engaged m the drv goods
business in A^ isconsm but subsequently removed with
his famih to Hampton Iowa Both mother and father
have passed away
Mr Webb acquired his education m the common
schools of Hampton Iowa, and on entering the busi
nesa world became connected with the lumber industry
working for a short time as a clerk for a Chicago firm
He then became traveling representative for the
Morgan Sash &. Door Companv of Chicago representing
that firm m Michigan For twelve years he continued
to fill that position and m 1918 joined the Lowne
i, Kobinson Lumber Companj of Detroit as sal a man
ager and has since served in that capacity
At Sault Ste Mane Michigan on the 30th of June
iq08 Mr Webb was united in marriage to Miss Ella
Hill a iBUglter if William P and Ann Hill prom
inent resilenta of that place To this union has been
lorn a daughter Barbira Ann whose birth (ccurred
on the 2"! of March 1<H7
In his polit cal views Mr Webb is a republican and
Detroit Fraternally he is identified with the Masons,
be ng a Knight Templar and also belonging to Moslem
Temple ot the Mystic Shrine He is deeply interested
in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of bis
itv state ml nation and during the World war was
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made a director of the various Loan drives, in which
eonnectiou he rendered valuable aaaistanee to the gov-
ernment. He ia president of the Rotary Club, an
organization of international importance. He ia now
entering upon his third term as chief executive officer
of the Detroit body, having been reelected to the posi-
tion on the 11th of May, 1921. He is a member of the
Detroit Board of Commerce and finds needed rest and
recreation in outdoor eporta, being a member of the
Detroit Athletic and Detroit Golf Cluba.
EDWIN C. BROWN. Each individual haa a part
to perform in the world's work and the ability with
which he does this determines his position in the
regard aS his fellowmea. Directing his activities in
the field of railroad service Edwin C. Brown con-
tributed much to public progress. Men came to know
and respect him because of his fidelity to duty and
his progressiveness and his thorough reliability and
he remained an active factor in the world's work
until he passed away on the 6th erf December, 1915.
He had attained a ripe old age ete his life's labors
w d d hia b th having occurred in New Hamp-
h tl 1 th f February, 1831, his parents being
S 1 C 1 M tha (Johnson) Brown. He pursued
h d t th public schools of the Old Granite
t t d 18 0 he started out to provide for his
ow pp t 1 cepting the position of baggage
th th Ml ukee & Mississippi Eailroad, now
p t f tl Ch go, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
by t m St d ly he advanced, being promoted to
ght
S. N thw t
1 passenger conductor. He after-
I enger conductor for the Chicago
B Iroad from 1856 until 1865, but
t his ability and fidelity came to
I to the position of master of
t p t t which capacity he continued for
fi: y I 18 0 he was made superintendent of
th Ch B 1 gton & Quincy Railroad in Iowa
d d f period of four years, when in 1874
1 b m d superintendent of the Michigan
C t 1 R It i t Jackson, Michigan, serving until
188 I th 5 tt year he was advanced to the
p hi p t of general superintendent for the
d t D t t d cted in that connection for eight
y wl h b me assistant to tlie president of
th d d m ined until 1909, when he retired.
H Id had covered a period of fifty-seven
d iring wh h he had made notable progress en-
tirely through individual merit and capability.
On the 3d of January, 1858, in Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Sarah P. Blake,
a daughter of John H. Blake of New Bedford, Massa-
chusetts. They became the parents of three children:
Marion, now the wife of William C. Quick of New
Tork; Sarah, the wife of Frank A. Slocam of Brook-
lyn, New York; and Frank S., who was an ofBcial of
the Michigan Central Eailroad and died May 9, 1920.
In his political views Mr. Brown was a stalwart
republican, giving unfaltering allegiance to the party.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason and he also had
membership in several clubs. In religious faith lie was
a Protestant. He had a wide acquaintance in De-
troit and his forcefulnesa and capability as a busi-
ness man, his progressiveness and loyalty in citizenship
and his faithfulness in friendship gained for bim the
warm regard of all who knew him.
JEREMIAH DWYER, one of the pioneers and fore-
most figures in the stove industry of America had
passed the eighty-second milestone on life's journey
when his death occurred on January 30, 1920.
Mr. Dwyer was born in Brooklyn, New York, August
22, 1838, and in the same year his parents, Michael
and Mary (0 'Donnell) Dwyer, removed with their
family to Detroit, then largely a frontier town of little
industrial or eommereiai importance. He attended the
public schools and following his father's death, which
occurred in 1848 as the result of an accident, he took
charge of the home farm four miles from Detroit and
continued its cultivation until it could be sold. He
then accepted employment in a saw and planning mill
and was afterward an apprentice at the Hydraulic Iron
Works for four years, thus learning the moulder's
trade. Later he worked in several shops and in 1861,
in association with his brother James, organized the
firm of J. Dwyer & Company, stove founders. In 1864
the business was reorganized under the name of the
Detroit Stove Works and Jeremiah Dwyer was asso-
ciated therewith until 1869, when he sold his interest
and went south because of impaired health. In 1871,
however, he again became a resident of Detroit and
with others organized the Michigan Stove Company,
the largest stove manufacturing plant in the world,
of which he eventually became president, so serving for
a number of years, when he became chairman of the
board of directors and so remained until his death. He
likewise became a director of the Peoples State Bank,
the Michigan Fire & Marine Instiranee Company, First
and Old Detroit National Bank, Peninsular Stove
Company, Art Stove Company, Security Trust Co., the
Michigan Copper & Brass Company and the Ideal
Manufacturing Company of Detroit. For two terms
Mr. Dwyer served on the board of estimates of Detroit
and for twenty-four years was a commissioner of the
house of correetion.
In this city on the 22nd of November, 1859, Mr.
Dwyer was united in marriage to Miss Mary Long,
who died April 19, 1919, and eight children were born
to them: James W. resided at Sydney, Australia, where
he died; Elizabeth B., is the wife of James A. Smith
of Cleveland, Ohio; John M., is chairman of the board
of directors of the Peninsular Stove Company; William
A., is president of the Art Stove Company] Francis T.,
now deceased, was president of the Standard Foundry
Company; Vincent E,, now deceased, was an attorney
at Detroit; Emmet is vice president and factory man-
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ager of the Michigau Stove Company; and Grattan L.
d£ Detroit
For many yearB Mr Dwyer maintained memberslup
in the Detroit Board of Corameree and was a member
of the Detroit and Country Clubs Hjs religious faith
was thit of the Catholic church and m political belief
he was a democrat He turned to fotLien travel for
Teereation ind in his trips abroad gained that liberal
culture wlieh onlj travel can brmg
B, A 'W \tiNEE occupies a prominent position among
the succesafui automotile dealers of Detroit where he
has made his home since 1918 being dov, president of
the W^Ene^ Brothers Company handling the Stearns
Knight fits He i" a nitive of this state hif birth
having occurred n Fiirhi^ en on the 24th ot February
1884. He s 1 son of Albert C ind Fieanor (MeUin)
Wagner nitives of Germanj who is children cime
with their parents to the United States the families
settling in Michigan where Mr and Mrs W af,ner
were reared educated and n arried The father be
came identified with business interests of Pairhaven
where he resided for many -years aceiiniulatittg a com
fortable competence through his industry and able
management of his affairs He is now living retired
in Detroit and his wife also surMvcs Six children
were born to their union namely George S W C
Alma who mimtd Dr T J Brennan Sylvia Mil
dredi and B A All are residents ot this city
In the acquirement of an tdu ation Mr Wagner
attended the public schools of Harbor Beach MicLi
gan and alter completing his studies he turned his
attention to mechanical pursuits serving an appren
ticeship to the n achin st s trade with a company of
Hiron Muhigan He worked at his trade m Bad Axe
f)T a time and then opened an auton ohile garige in
that place which he continued to conduct intil 1918
■when he came to Detroit seLunng the agency for the
Stearns Enight cari recognized as one of tl e 1 est
machiULs on fie market today He secure 1 a lo a
tion at the etrner of Elliott street and Jefferson B\e
nue an 1 from a small beginning the enterprise has
grown to one of large proportions On the Ist of
January 1921 the I us ness was incorporated as the
Wagner Brothers Company w th the s il ject of this
review as the president the other officers being W C
Wagner \ico president and George S Wagn r seire
tary and treasurer Mr Wagner ke ps well informed
as to the latest developments in the automobile in
dustrv IS progressive m his luetho is an 1 success in
substantial measure has rewarded his efforts
On the 4th of June 1113 at Ruth Michigan Mr
Wagner was united m marriage to Miss Marv Sproutz
a daughter of Mr and Mrs Colman Sproutz prominent
residents of that place Three children haie been born
to this union John whose bitth oc urred m Huron
county Michigan in 1916 T an also a natii of that
county born in IQl** an! Rol ert who was born n De
trnit in IIIO
In his political views Mr. Wagner is a republican and
in religious faith he is a Catholic He is also c<nneeted
with the Knights of Columbus m which he has at
tained the third degree and he likewise has member
ship relations with the Dynamic CluV the Detroit
Athletic Club and the Detroit lacht Club His pull i-
spirit finds expression in hia identification with the
Detroit Board of Commerce whose projects for the in
lustrial levelopment of the city rectiie his hearty
operation His career has been marked bv steady
aiyamement due to his close application his stulv of
the business to nhiih he has tumel his attention anl
his unquestioned integrity and relial ility and he is
recognized as one of the leading automobile lealers
of the city
WILLIAM KHUSS la i ell kn>^n m business ir
cles of Detr it as a merchant ta lor in yvl ich tmncL
tion he has been accorled a large patronage his leing
one of the leading establishments of the kind in the
eity He is of European birth h s nata! day being
Septeml er ^3 1888 and his parents were William and
Louisa (Erauss) Eergort but since starting out in
life for himself las always used lis m<ther s family
name His parents are also of foreign birth and
the father is engaged m the moat business To their
union SIX children were born Walter a resident of
Wiesbaden Germany Mrs Elizabeth Bender who is
conducting the Erlpr nz Hotel at 'Wiesbaden Martha
Freda and Dora all of whom are residing in Wies
baden and William of this review
The last named attended the schools of lis native
land unt 1 his fourteenth year when he was appren
tl ed to a tailor under whom he received thorough in
stru tion in the trade He then worked as a journej
m^n in various cities of central Europe until he was
qualifie I to assume a position as a master tailor Think
mg to finl broader opporttmities m the United States
he emigratel to this country m 1913 and male his
way to Detroit where for two ■\ears he worked m
the emj lay of others luring which pen d he familiar
i?ed himself with the language and customs of the
c untry Hai ing caref illy saved his earnings he was
able to embark in business on his own aeeonnt m 1915
opening a small shop which in the comparatively short
space of six years has grown to an enterprise of large
proportions being recognized as one ot the leaiing
tailoring establishments in the city Mr Krauss car
riis a larg assortment of domestic and imported suit
lugs of tlie best qualitj and employs from fifteen to
twenty five experi need workmen whose labors he care
fully superyises Hi, is an expert tailor and the prod
ucts of his shoi have always teen characterized by
superiority of strle material anl workmanship It is
therefore but natural that his trade has reached large
proportions and he numi era among his patrons the
most substantial citizens of Detroit In the conduct
( f his business he displaj s sound judgment energy and
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enterpi se ■ind sticeess in substintial ■
warded liis efforts
On the l"th of M'lv I'^lli Mr Krauts -nas united m
marriage to M si \\ ill eim ua linmm a daugliter o£
Mr and Mra Herman Gnmm well known residents of
thiH eitv Three children have been b<rn of this union
Wiltord Arnold who was biwn in 1918 (rwenicilyn
Georgiana whose birth occurred in Pebrnary l<t20
and Gerald \ ernon, born m October 1921
In his political \iew8 Mr Krauss la a republican and
fraternally he is a Mason belonging to Trieniship
Lodgp F & A M of which he is sening as master
His interest in the welfare and pr(gresi ot hia city iB
mlicatel by h b membership in thv Board of C m
merie whose plans and projects for the estens on of
the trade interests of Detroit recene hia hearty sup
port In business affaira he haa made steady progress
his capable management and indetatigable industry
conatitutmg the lass npon which he hao tuilded hia
proapentj In his career he demonstrates what it
IS posail la to accomplish through determined effort
wiaelv directed Starting out m life empty handed I e
has worked hia way stealily upwarl prompted thereto
by a lauiable ambition and he now ranks with the
a le pssful busineRS men ot his adtpted city
ODILLON B V, EED "M D had pra ticcd medicine
in Detroit f<r almoat three decades when ailed to
hia final re'it and hid betome widely Known a-* one of
the prominent phyaiciina of the city His birth oe
urred at Castile New York on the 12th of October
1849 his parents being Perry and Mary A (Dake)
Weed whose family numl ered eight children Perry
Weed went to the Empire state from Vermont an 1
was Buceeasfully engaged m general agric iltural
pursuits
Dr Weed obtained his education m the public and
high Bchools of his native state and also pursued a
course of stuiy m like 'Seminary of New York state
from, which institution he waa graludted He then
tiok up the profession of teaching which le followed
for ae%er<tl years m his native localitj In 1872 he
came to Michigan serving as superintendent of schools
at Chel ovgan for more tl an a decade while subse
quently he was made superintendent of sehooU at
Maniatique Having a liking for the medical profes
sion he began the study of medicine during his reai
denoe at Ch el ovgan and Manistique and later entered
the Detroit Medical College from which he was gradu
ated with the degree of M D in 1888 Immediately
following his graduation he opened an ofBee for prac
tice and soon took rank amrng the successful and
honored members of the medical profession His prac
tice steadily grew in \olume and importance as his
ability became more an I more widely recognized and
in his passing Detroit lost one of her most capable
and skilled physicians and snrgeona He had kept in
cloae touch w th the constant progress of the profes
sion through hia membership in the Wayne Oownty
Medical Society, the Michigan fctate Medical Society
an 1 the American Medical Association
On the 4th of March, 18'4 Dr Weed was married
to Miss Ellen S Newton of Chel-oygan Michigan, and
the\ became the parents ot two children Mildred
L the wife of Ernest P Goodrich who was gradu
ated with the degree of M E trom the Unnersitv of
Michigan and is now a consulting engineer of New
Ytrk cify and Ethel M, the wife of Prank E Lehr
a druggist of CenteriiUe Michigan Mr and Mrs
Lehr have a daugl tet Marion E
Dr Weed gave his political allegiance to the re
publican party and was a worthy exemplar of the
Masonic fraternity 1 oldmg memtership in Corinthian
L<dge \ F A. A M During the Spanish American
war he enlisted for service as surgeon, with the rank
of captain and for a time waa stationed at Fort
^ayne Michigan later g ing to the Philijpine
Islands where he served tor one year Dr Weed was
sixty eight years of age when death called him on the
17th of July, 1917 an! h s remains were interrod in
Forest Hill cemeterj at Ann Art or Michigan He
passed away in the faitli of the Congregational church
of which he was a le\uttd and consistent member A
well spent nsefi 1 an 1 honoral le life had won him
the high regard and triendsl ip of all who knew 1 im
and his demise was felt as a iistinet loss to the pro
fesaion Mrs Weed reaides at No 654 West Kirby
aienue m Detroit
EDWAED R KEHOF a pr mmeut representative of
the Detroit bar was born at Londtn Canada June
28 1886 and is a son )t Wiliiam and Angeiine (Leach)
Kehoe the former a natue of Batavia New York
while the latter was born at Qumcy Illinois The
father was employe 1 as a traveling salesman repre
aentiuf, a large manufacturing concern and in this
connection he covere 1 a large territory, whi h m
eluded Canada an I other aectiona of the country For
many ye<irs he waa a reaident of Detroit and his
demise o curred in this c ty m 1910 when he had
reached the age ot siTtv four The mother survives
and yet makes her home in this citj In their famih
were three children Arthur D Ethel M and Elwarl
It all of whom are residents of Detroit
In the graded and high schools of thia city Edward
R Eehoe pursued his early education after which he
attenlel the Univeraitv of Michigan and anbaequently
entered the Detroit College of Law from which he
waa graduated m 1912 He imn ediafely entered ui on
tl e active work of his profeaaion becoming assoc atel
in practice with Hon Charles T Wilkins a prominent
attorney of this citv who later became a judge of the
recorder s cturt — a relationship thit was of great
value to Mr Kehoe Although one of the younger
representatives of the Detroit bar he has made steady
advancement and to hia chosen life work he gives his
undivided attention and his business m the conrts is
constantly increaaing m volume and importance
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On the 23il of November, 1913, Mr. Kehi)t was united
in marriage to Misa Mildred Naftel, whose parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Naftel, are both deceased. Mr.
and Mrs. Kehoe have two very attractive little daugh-
ters, of whom they are justly proud: Helen, whose
birth occurred July 2, 1915; and Euth, born March 4,
1917.
Mr. Kehoe is a valued member of the Detroit and
American Bar Associations, the Lawyers Club and
Delta Theta Phi, a legal fraternity. Early teeognizing
the faot that industry and perseverance must consti-
tute elements in success, along those lines he has
labored for advancement, and has won a prominent
position in the field to which he has directed his labors
and his upright policy has gained for him the esteem
and respect of Ms colleagues and associates,
ELBRIDUE GERRY NEWHALL. The name of
Niiwhall has long figured prominently in connection
with the produce commission business in Detroit and
as president of the Newhall Market Company Elbridgf
Gerry Newhall is ably catrj-ing forward the interests
e'itablished by his father, who was for many years a
well known figure in commercial circles of the city.
He is a most energetic and progressive business man
and in the conduct of his affairs displays sound judg-
ment, initiative and marked executive ability. Mr.
Newhall was born in Sturgis, Michigan, June 9, 1870,
a son of Ell.ridge G. and Alicia F. (Aeheson) Newhall,
the former also a native of Stnrgis, while the latter
was born in Londonderry, Ireland. The mother was
brought to the United States when nine years of age
by her parents, who took up their residence in In-
diana, in which state she was reared and married. The
father was at one time one of the best known breeders
and owners of blooded race horses in the country,
raising some of the most noted racing stock of that
period. He was the owner of King of the Turf, Magna
Charta and of Little Henry, who defeated Goldsmith
Maid and American Girl at Buffalo. William K. Van-
derbilt subsequently became the owner of Little Henry,
for whom he paid the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
Mr. Newhall won international fame as an owner and
raced fast trotters and pacers on all of the big tracks
in the country, continuing active along that line until
1871, when he retired from the tnrf. Coming ttr De
troit, he engaged in the produce commission business
with the firm of Moore, Moore & Company, whose es-
tablishment was located on Woodward avenue, later
engaging in the produce commission business on Wood-
liridge street, in which he continued until his death,
which occurred on the 0th of January, 1897, when he
iiad reached the age of sixty-one years. He was equally
successful as a merchant and was numbered with the
I'rominent and highly respected business men of the
'■ity. The mother survives and still makes her home
in Detroit.
Elbridge G. Newhall, the only child of their union,
■Utended the public schools of Detroit, subsequently
becoming a student at the Howe Military Academy of
Howe, Indiana, and following his graduation there-
from returned to Detroit. He became associated with
his father in the commission business and folltrwing
the demise of the latter has ably managed his interests,
displaying the same business acumen and enterprising
spirit which characterized Mr. Newhall, Sr. In 1915
the buainesH was incorporated under the style of the
Newhall Market Company and it is a close corpora-
tion, Mr, Newhall being president and general man-
ager. In the conduct of his interests he is proving
energetic, farsight ed, progressive and efficient and
success in substantial nieasure has rewarded his efforts,
the business of the company now having reached ex-
tensive proportions. Their business transactions have
at all times balanced up with the principles of honesty
and integrity and they are classed with the leading
commission firms of the city.
Mr. Newhall has been married twice. His first
union was with Miss Mary Lyon of Grosae He, Michi-
gan, whom he wedded in October, 1895, She was a
daughter of Edward and Cornelia Lyon, prominent
residents of Detroit, and her demise occurred on the
11th of April, 1911. Two children were born of that
union: Elbridge Gerry Newhall, Jr., who was born in
Detroit in 1896 and following his graduation from high
school entered the University of Michigan, where he
is now pursuing a literary course as a member of the
class of 1923; and Edward Lyon Newhall, who was
born in Detroit in 1893 and is a graduate of Northern
high school of this city and now altending the Uni-
versity of Michigan, class of 1925. On the 13th of
November, 1913, Mr. Newball was united in marriage
to Miss Birdeth Funcheon, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Funcheon of Detroit.
In his political views Mr. Newhall is a republican,
interested in the welfare and success of the party, and
his religious faith is indicated by his membership in
St. Paul's Episcopal cathedral. He is a popular mem-
ber of the Detroit Boat Club and fraternally is iden-
tified with the Masons, belonging to Palestine Lodge,
F. & A. M. In his business career he has been a per-
sistent, resolute and energetic worker, never hesitating
to avail himself of an opportunity to extend his in-
terests, and in all matters of citizenship his influence
is on the side of advancement and improvement. He
is a man of firm purpose and marked strength nf char-
acter and his sterling worth has won for him the
rcsjiect, confidence and goodwill of all with whom he
ha.s been brought into contact. His residence is at
405 Alger.
ANDREW JAY WEATHERWAX. Varied and com-
plex are the business interests which go to make up a
great city like Detroit, now ranking fourth among the
metropolitan centers of America. Its commerce has
many branches, and various firms and many individuals
coTifrihutc to the result that has been achieved in
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making Detroit a great business center. Andrew Jay
Weatlierwax is numbered among those who have been
active in the development a£ one of the important in-
terests of the trade cicelea here represented. He is
now the president of the Central Distribnting Company,
distributors of factory supplies; and president of
the Acme Welded Pipe & Coil Company, Jackson, Michi-
gan, manufacturers of refrigerating equipment. Michi-
gan numbers him among her native sous, for his birth
oeourred in Jackson, October 26, 1877, his parents be-
ing Andrew Jay, and Mary Louise (Maxson) Weather-
war, both of whom were natives of this state and
always resided at Jackson, where the father engaged
in the manufacture of machinery under the name of
Holton & Weatherwax, of which he was half owner.
He passed away in that city, where his widow still
resides. Their family numbered four children: Grace
E.; Roy C; Clyde E.; and Andrew Jay, who is the sec-
ond in order of birth. All of the others are residents
of Jackson.
After completing a high school course in his native
city Andrew Jay Weatherwax attended the University
of Michigan, and also the United States Military
Academy at West Point, New York, After leaving
the latter institution he took up mechanical lines in
connection with his father, under whose direction he
learned the machinist and foundry business. When
he became identiSed therewith the firm was known
as the Holton & Weatherwax Company, and he be-
came the vice president and treasurer. Later he
organized the Central Distributing Company, and since
June, 1911, Mr. Weatherwax has been president and
general manager of the Central Distributing Cmnpany
of Detroit and Jackson, Michigan, jobbers and manu-
facturers' agents for transmission apparatus, steam
fitters' supplies, structural steel reinforcing materials,
railroad supplies, etc. The company employs about
forty people and has a wide field of operation in
business, covering an extensive territory, and steadily
growing with the passing years.
On the 18th of June, 1898, Mr. Weatherwax was
united in marriage to Miss Emma Gillette of Jackson,
who passed away in that city in 1907. There were
two children born of this marriage: Gillette A., whose
birth occurred in Calumet, Michigan, in 1899, was
graduated from the public schools of Detroit, where he
enlisted in the United States naval reserve during the
World war and served throughout the period of active
hostility with Germany. Ho was attached to the
Quartermaster Department on the transport DeKalb,
and made fifteen round trips across the ocean, being
discharged in February, 1919; the daughter, Millioent,
born in Jackson in 1903, was graduated from the
Northern high school of Detroit, and is now attending
Penn Hall, a finishing school at Chambersburg, Penn-
eyivania. Mr. Weatherwax was married in June, 1910,
to Anna Mildred Johnson of Jackson, Michigan, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Johnson. There have
been two children born of the second marriage; Andrew
Jay, Jr., born in Detroit in 1911; and Anna Mildred,
born in 1913.
Fraternally Mr. Weatherwax is connected with the
Masons, belonging to Ashlar Lodge, No. 91, F. & A. M.;
Peninsular Chapter, No. 16, of which he is a past high
priest; Monroe Council, No. 1; Detroit Commandery,
No. 1, K, T.; Michigan Sovereign Consistory and Mos-
lem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to
the Michigan Manufacturers Association, the National
Pipe & Supply Association, to the Detroit Board of
Commerce, to the United States Chamber of Commerce,
to the Old Colony Club and to the Michigan Club. He
has made steady progress in business, and has based
his advancement upon constructive methods. Con-
stantly watchful of opportunities, he has wisely im-
proved his time and talent, and his progress! veness has
brought him to a creditable goal. Mr. Weatherwax
resides at 1419 Edison avenue,
CLARENCE J BOLDT Among thos p g
business men whusp activities are resulting n th 1
stantial improvement and upbuilding of D t t a
well as in the attainment of individual su
numbered Clarence J. Boldt, a leading eal tat
operator of this city. He is a native son f M 1
gan, his birth having occurred in Sterling township,
Macomb county, just outside the boundaries of Detroit,
on the 12th of March, 1883. His parents, John and
Louisa (Alband) Boldt, are also natives of this state
and have always resided within its borders. The father
is the owner of a valuable farm in Macomb county
and for many years has devoted his attention to agri-
cultural pursuits with a gratifying measure of success.
The mother is living and they are widely known and
highly respected in the community where they have so
long resided. Three children have been born to their
union: Goldie, deceased; Myrtle, who married Car! M.
Boersch and resides in Macomb county; and Clarence J.
In the pursuit of an education Mr. Boldt attended
the grammar schools and the high school at Mariette,
Michigan, subsequently entering the Detroit Busi-
ness College, where he completed a course in short-
hand and typewriting. He then secured a position as
stenographer with the Stanley B, Smith Coal Com-
pany of Detroit, with which he was connected for
eleven years, during which period he rose to the posi-
tion of manager. He then resigned to enter the real
estate business, in which he continued active until
the entrance of the United States into the World
war, when he took up government work, becoming
connected with the aeroplane department of the Pack-
ard Motor Car Company and the Fisher Body Corpora-
tion. He was thus occupied until 1918, when he re-
sumed his real estate operations and has been very
successful in that field, handling a large amount of
suburban property. He is recognized as an expert
valuator and has negotiated many important realty
transfers, while his straightforward and reliable busi-
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It, mctlods liiit KiiiiLd for 1 im tl i Lonfidenre mH
resjtet of all with, whom ht, haa h*id dealings
Mr Boldt was unitLd in macria|,e to Misa Jul a
Hiinl % daughttr of Mr and Mrs George Hand and
two (hildrun h■^^e been born of their uiiion Clarence
f Jr whose birth oecurrtd m Detroit, on the 39th
ot October, 1%Q and who is now a jun or in high
•J htul and Hirold H who wa^ born in Detroit on
Mar(,h 17, 1912 and is a pupil in the grile schools
In hia political news Mr Boldt is an independent
repul liean ind his public spirit finds e'^ptession in his
membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce and the
Detroit Real Estate Board He la ilso connected with
the Detroit Automobile Club -ind fraternally is identi
hed mth the Maaonie order belonging to Palestine
Lodge, No 3j7, F & a M and also to the Masonic
Countri Club An anih zation of his life record indi
citts a rcadj ss^acity and a keen discernment in
business projects, aa well as a notable wiadom in
investment and he his conducted his operations on^n
extenano scale, developing sixteen large subdivisions
in the suburba of Detroit His iibors haie eier been
of a eonstructue nature inj intelligentij larried for
ward and he is recognized as one ot the pr minent
realtors of the eity
DONALD M fcAREATJOn Although one of the
younger representaf i\ es of the Detroit bar Donald M
Sar?augh has alrealv attained a position of diatinttion
which many an older practitioner might well envj
and bis ambition, energy and ability will carry him
steadily forward He is recognized as an able advocate
I ml safe counatlor and in his practiue la specializing
in tivil trial and federal court work, being very auc
piastul in thoai^ branehea of juriapru deuce He was
I (rn at Ligonier Indiana in 1891, a son ot Lincoln
\ and Nellie (Grrosa) Sarbaugh, the former a native
(f I ennsvh inia and the latter of Indiana When but
three j ears ot age he waa brought to Michigan by his
n'ents, so that prattitally his entire life has been
spent m th a state His preliminary education was
acquired in the publn, and high schools of Goahen and
in 1J12 he entered the Uniiersity of Michigan, devot
in{, his attention to the studv of literature science
rfni arts until 1QI4, when he became a student in the
law department ot that inafitution graduating there
frum with the class of 1917, at which time the degrei
if LLB was conferred upon him He then entered
the law offices of Douglas Eaman Barbour & Rogera
at Detroit and for a year and a half waa ilentified
with that firm after which he engaged in practice
nriependentlv For some time he conducted his inter
■(Is alone and thm formed a partnership with Louia
W McClear who became the senior member of the
Irni This reUtionship was maintained until the fall
of 1920, when Judge Christopl er Stem joined the firm
which then became known as MeClear Stem &, Sar
1: lugh under which style it is now operating Theirs
■t (ne of the leading law firms of the citi and the list
cf their clients is -in extensile one 'ft ith a n iture
that cannot be content with mediocrity Mr Sarbough
has eloselj applied himself to the mastery ot legal
prznciplea beluiing in the maxim, Tl ere is no ex
telltncL without labcr," and hia clear ani cogent rea
soning and forceful presentation of his cases indicate
his caretul and thorough preparation He is specializ
ing in LH 1 trial and federal court work along whiuh
linos he has been very suecesstul, being recognized as a
man ot high professional attainments
At various times Mr '^arbiugh has been nrged to
become a candidate for public office but has steadfastly
refused all offers preferring to devote his entire atten
tmn to professional work T\hile attending the Uni
1 ers tv of Michigan he was a lerj active member of
the Corda Fratres dung much valuable work among
the students from foreign lands m connection with
the interpretation of the laws of the United fetates,
an I he also acted as associate editor of the Cosmo
politan Student, a magazine devoted to the interests of
students from foreign countries He is identifiel with
the Masonic order, belonging to Palestine Lodge F &
A M , and to the Masonic Country Club He is like
wise ilentified with the Detroit Bar Association and to
his chosen life work he gives his undivided attention
Ho haa great reapect for the dignity of hia calling and
la rapidlj forging to the front m hia profession, hiB
abilitv not onli being attested b> his protessjonal
colleagues an I e mtemporaries but bv the general
public as well His course has been characterized by
integrity and honor m everi relation and commands
for him the reipect and goodwill of all with whom he
has been associated
CH\.RLES A BOWEN a man of keen discernment
and sounl judgment has hai broai experience m a
1 usiness waj and is now serving as secretary of the
Associated Euil ling Employers of Detroit diseharg
ing the duties which devolve upon him in this eonnec
tion m a moat capable manner He waa born in loirti
Citv, Iowa September 13 ISSl a aon of Frank and
Leona (Miller) Bowen both ot whom were natives
of the Hawkeye state The father was birn m Sigour
nev and after completing the work of the grammar
and high achoola became a atndent m tl e Univeraity
of Iowa from which he was graduate I He then en
terel npon a commercial career, engaging in the furni
ture business in which he continue I act\e until the
time of his demise, winning a comfortable competence
Following bis death the mother removed with her
son, Charles A to Des Moines, Iowa where she spent
her remaining ) ears, passing away m 1902
Charles A Bowen, an only child attended the gram
mar and high schools of Des Moines, Iowa, after which
he entered Drake University whore he was a student
for a year His initial business experience was oh
tamed as an employe of Eradstreot S. Company at their
Des Moines office subsequently becoming connected
with their offiee at Grand Eapiis, Michigan, while
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1 t h w t 1 w th tl Detroit brantli. He
n xt b am a taat al a m nager for the W. H.
Edg S ga (. mpanj f th ity, remaining with
« t fi in f OT f J t th nd cf whieli time lie
gn d t pt tl p t 11 of secretary of the
Detroit Builders & Traders Esehaiige. For seven
years he continued to serve in that eapaeity, afterward
becoming secretary of the National Betail Lumber
Dealers' Association, and filled that office until the
Ist of April, 1921, or for a period of four years. He
then became one of the organizers of the Associated
Building Employers of Detroit, of which he was made
secretary, and is proving energetic, farsighted and effi-
cient in discharging the duties of his present office.
N. J. Kennedy is president of the organization, which
is composed of many of the principal conti actors of the
c ty the object of tl e a aoo at on be ng to t rther tlie
An er a plan of en j ioyment
At Des Mo nes lo va on the 23d of June 1J04 Wr
Bowen as un ted n n arr ge to M ss Eleanor Prater
a d^u hter of Mr and Mrs George Prater ell known
res dents of thit e ty Two cl Idren have been born
of tl s n on Eleanor hoae b rth oec rred M rch 8
191,1 and who i no attend ng school and CI arles
A Jr who was born June "4 1118
Mr Bowen g ves h a pol t cal all g ence to the
repnbl can party and he s a n ember of the Eichai ge
Club ind of the Ingles de CI I wh le h a frater aJ
connect ons are w ti the Masons h s membersh p be g
with Palestine Lodge F & A M H s bus ess a eer
1 as been one of cont no s p ogress result ng from
close appl cat on unda nted courage self confidence
ind a read ess to ass me re pons b 1 ty and letro t
n n 1 ri 1 a o g her p hi p r ted and prog s ve
JO^A BIRON HOtJCK member of the Detro t
bar was born Lei: ngton M eh " n Apr 1 " 1869
a son of Hen and M r am (Cook) Ho k '^]cnd
ng h a youthful dajs unier tie p-i entai oof le
nastered the lessons t ght n tl e d st ct schools
and later cont n ed h s educat on n the FI nt ^ormal
College at Plmt M h gan Dotem in ng upon the
pnct ce of law as a i fe ork 1 e tegan p eparat on
for the bar by reading n tl e office t d nder the
d tect on of Judge Geo ge H 1 ur d of Fl nt and
n 1890 was adn tted to pract ee Before th s t me
however he had n ide h s n t al step n the b s ness
world 1 V working is a tr mmer n siwn 11 an I as a
tin her napector but th s was nerely an n t al step
to other at tv ind after qual fv ng foe lui i rac
t ee he opened in office a, Croswell M ch gan on
the 1st of June 18^0 He ther spent ten months at
the exp rat on of wh ch per od he sougl t the broader
field of labor offered n Detro t where he has ren a ned
As the e rs have passed he has won a large cl entage
the nterests of wh ch 1 e has carefullj safeguarded n
the courts prepar ng h s cases at all t mes w th thor
oughneis and care a 1 present ng h s luse clearly
forcefully and logically. The court records bear testi-
mony to his ability in handling a ease, for he has
won many verdicts favorable to his clients.
On the 28th of June, 1893, at Croswell, Michigan,
Mr. Houck was married to Miss Gertrude Houghtalin,
and they have become parents of a daughter, Elsie
E., and two sons, Eugene E. and Kenneth. The eldest
son was a private in the Canadian army, enlisting at
Windsor, Ontario, for service in the World war. He
joined the Engineers and later was in the Mechanical
Transport Division of the Canadian array, with which
he remained until he received his discharge. Mr.
Houck also had some military ejcpeiience as a private
of Company A, of the Mieliigan National Guard, and
is a member of American Lodge, No. 441, I. O. O. F.,
ai which he has been a past grind and he belongs
to ^a ne L dge No 114 i. P to Old Clory En
canpnent f wh ch 1 e s a p at ch f pa tr arch
and at present holds the office f Grand Pitr arch
of the Gran I Encan pment of M h ga He also
ha 1 een c { ta n of the Amer can Eagle Linton
1\ 41 I U O P In 11 of these organ zat ons 1 e
ha hell ofiice and n fact has been much ntereated n
fraternal organ zat oni He s now a t ve n pro
mot ng the growth of the Ln tel Prat rnal Assoc a
t on a M cl gan c rpor t on of wh h he s the
spcretarv 11 e soc et\ v, s organ ed for tl e pu pose
of see r ng and na nta n ng a new friternal soc al
center to be known as S n bol Lani tl s to he an
sland ho e and pleas re resort The assoc at on
mbersh p fron those vho are un ted
of the world s three great st fraternal
jsona the Od 1 Fellows n 1 ti Kn ghts
™1 e assoc at on obta ned control of Har
le elop ng a o t attract e
lople of con "en al taste inter
esta and asp nt ons ay have a del „htful out ng w tl
ali the pleasures thit an deal summer resort afforls
Mr Houck a doing ranch n th s conne tion n add
t on to carry ng on h s large li v pra ti e wh ch is
exte a ve d of an raport nt haract r He also
1 Itmga to the St \n\Tc oe et anl th I tr t
Auto Cl b
HABEl PORTER BULL a representat ve eit zen of
Detro t and a nat ve son wl ose record s a cred t to
h s oommun t s well k own n bus ness c!es f the
ty as secretarv of the M ch "an Sa nga & Loan 4a
soc at on and he also his extens ve real estate nter
ests d splay ng sound judgment energy anl detern na
t on n the ma ag n ent of h s 1 ns ness iffa rs He
■nia born Mav H 187() a son of Tl omia Porter and
B rbara (Br loni B 11 the forn e of vhom vaa born
n Leeds England and the latter n "^eafortl n the
orders tl e Mason
f Pyth aa Tl e
sens Island and
resort there whe.
5 of Ontar o Canada
Both c
hgan
earl per od in tl e r 1 vea and tor manv yeara
the father wia n the employ of the M eh gan Central
Ra Iroad Cfm panv He became w dely k ow as an
evpert hess plaver d acted as chess ed tor for the
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Detroit Preo Preas fill ng that pos t on for a eons I r
able period. He passed a av n tl a c ty on the 1 th
of December, 1890 and the mother a dem se occurred
on the 15th of Septeml-er 1Q06 In the r fim ly vere
five children, two 1 v ng ^t th s t me Mra W 11 am S
Linaner, a leaident of B fEalo New York ^nd H'irrv
P., of this review
Mr. Bull aequ red h 9 ed cat on n tl e publ o ehoola
of Detroit and ha n t al bus ness exper enoe nis ul
tainod aa a clerk in the tre ght department t the
Michigan Gentril Ea Iroad Company ih wl lie
remained for ten irs 1 r ng h eh peroi le aa
also employed in the purehaa ng and t ng and fuel de
partmenta of the road Jn leaving that carp rat on he
accepted a poa t on ^v th the M eh gan Anmomi
Worka, with wl ch he wia eonneeted for aeventeen
ycara, working h a yjj apward from a m nor p s t on
to that of office manager He next be an e comptroller
of the Detroit 8to e "Work? but at the enl of a v ar
aevered his relat ona th that eorp rat on to emiark
in buainess on 1 ? o n ac ount and n IGl** orgin zed
the MacQueen S Bill Company f wh eh he was se re
tary and treaauror unt 1 1<» In 1 *■ he as one of
the organizers of tl e M eh gan Sav ngs & Loan \a3o
eiation, incorporated February IJ of wl d he
haa aince become aectetary Mr Bull 3 n t -it ve ap r t
and energetic nature have led I m nto other eonnee
tiona and he organ zed the Frankl n Invest ent Com
pany, is alao an exec t e of tl e reil eatate and n
suranee firm of Sehlenker Bull i^ Con pany and % a
director of the D rectors Land Lompinv a d M el gin
Savings & Loan Assoc at on H s b s ness nterests
are thus extensive nd mportant and h a nveat nents
have been most nud c o aly placed
Mr, Bull gives h •> pol t cal alleg ence to the repub
liean party and he s an earnest n eraler of bt Paul s
Episcopal eathodril also belong ng to tl e CI rch CI b
of the dioeese of Detro t He a a Ma^on be ng eon
nected with Palest ne Lodge F & A M and Kin„
Cyrua Chapter, RAM ind he s 1 kew se dent fied
with the Mason c Country Club tie Dynam c Clnb
and the Detroit Boat Club He s very enterpr i ng
and does not hes tate to extend h s nterests as oppor
tunity offers, wh le he also possesses the e^ecut e ab 1
ity and determ nat on wh ch enable 1 n to cjr y h s
plans forward to a sueceasful term nat on He has
worked Ms way stead ly upward through mer t and
ability and in lua n aa rclea of Detro t he has be
come recognized aa a man to le trustei wh le as a ti
zen he is loyal and pul 1 ap r ted
LOUIS F. BEAYTON has gi ned that a per or al 1
ity which comes ti rougi cl e st i ind broad ex
perienee and the raj ottane md b o] e of h a tct v t es
along this line ent tie ] n to class ficat on v th the
eminent engineers of the co ntry S nee 1<119 he 1 is
been a resident of Detro t and as pre dent of the
Brayton Engineer „ Con piny he oc p es a pro n nent
position in business c rcles f ti e e t He wis born
Mount Morr s Hlmo s Apt 1 11 18 7 nd mes
fr n one of the old p o eer fam 1 ea n thit se t on
of 111 no B The creat gra Ifather of Lou s F Bray
ton Din el Eraj ton vas one of the reil p oneers of
wlat B now Ogle county tl it state and n 1841
esti! I shed the firat stor n Mount Morr s 111 no s
Th 3 Brajton fan ly has been prom nent n the bus
nesa publ e eve tnd a al 1 fe of thit emmtj e er
s nee ts organ zit on mi Arthur W Bra ton the
fatl er of Lou s F Brayton aa one of 0„le county s
for n ost e t ze a Artl ur W Brayton was born Jan
uary 7 184 n Mount Morr a 111 nois a son of Fred
er ck B d Charlotte L Brayton ani was n rr ed
Miv 1 18 0 to M sa Harr ett Cng^by of Len 111
0 s They were pirents of three sons Lou a F Bruce
LeRoy and Ernest L r gsbj Arthur W Brayton was
for a n mber of jears conne t d w th mereant le n
teresta n Mount Morr s 111 ois foUo ng wl ch ha
ie oted h s ittent on to h s extens ve pomological md
hort c Itural projects becom ng one of the best known
en n 111 no s n tl oae I ea He served a pres dent
ot tl e State Hcrrt e It nl Soe etj and was pres lent
of the northern d v s on of that orgin zit on at the
t me of h ^ death He was well known o\er the state
as an auti or tv on agr cultural and hort cultural aub
jeets and Tas a most popular speaker at nst tutes and
convent ona H s nterests were large and vsr ed and
at the t me of h s sudden ieath Jinuary 11 102 he
was act vely engaged n the r conduct and s perv s on
Ha V dow sur vea and res des at Mo t Morr a
Illn
llli
Lou s F Erajton was reared n Mo nt Mo r
no s rece v ng h s early eiucat on m the gran mar and
h gh schools of that c ty later attend ng Mo nt Mor
T s College after wh ch he entered the I n vers ty of
111 n s fro n wh ch he wis graduated w th the class
of 1901 on the eon plet on of 1 ourae n ar h tectural
eng neer ng Fnter ng po the work of h s profess on
1 e becau e connected w th the eng neer ng iepi tment
of the Brown Ketoham Iron Works Ind anapol s In
d ana and later vas dent fied w th the Var ety Iron
Works of Cleveland Oh o He next became arcl tec
tural a per ntendent for R cl ard E Schn It a prom
nent arch tect at Ch cago Illmo a w th wl om he re
n a nei for a year and then accepted the pos t on of
manager for Bead & St m irch tects of St Paul M n
n sota He eont nued in charge of tl e of&ce of that
firn unt 1 1904 tvI en he embark d n bua nesa on his
0 n ac ount eatibl sb ng the Brajton Fng neer ng
Con pany of St Pinl ind M neapol s M nnesota He
nluet d h s bu nee? nterest n tie Tvn ctes
unt 1 1908 and was verj successful in h s operat ons
er ct ng n any prom nent bu Id ngs and bu Id ng up a
large bus n is In the fall of 1908 1 e removed to
Seattle Wash gton where he followed hi? profess on
for 1 year He then becan p 1 str ct manager for the
Stone & Webster Eng neer ng Corporat on at Portland
Orogon fill g tl at p t on nt 1 1910 wh n he or
gan z 1 th Br vtnn Eng neer ng C n pany of Oregon
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with the main office at Portland, while branch offices
were established at Seattle, Washington, and Great
Falls, Montana. Subsequently he disposed of his in-
terests in the west and again became connected with
Stone & Webster at Boston, Massachusetts, where he
remained until 1917, when he was transferred to Phil-
adelphia, Pennsylvania, in charge of strnctnral en-
gineering in the eonstruetion of the largest shipbuild-
ing plint in the world located at Hog Island and built
bv tie American Internat oml 81 ipbuilding Corjora
tion This was during tht World wir ani ifter Mr
Bri^ ton had organize 1 tl c structural engineering work
hi wts plaeel in charge of tl e work of planning the
stonge and flow of n ateriah requ red m the construe
tjon of the one hundred and twenty two ships built it
thvj vard These n atenils being fabricated m various
manufictur ng centers throughout the Un ted States
and CamdT ■were assemble 1 at Hoe; I-iland and the
task of prtvidmg storage facilities for practically one
hundred thousand liffennt kinds of articles all m
large and continually varying quantities was <ne with
out precedent m the world s mdastna! hiitory After
completing his work it Hog Island Mr Bravton wai
traa>if erred toNewlork city doing appra sal work for
Stone & Webster m connection with the New York
city subways, elevated and surface lines, being thus
engaged during the summer of 1819.
Following this he came to Detroit and incorporated
the Brayton Engineering Company, of which he has
since been the president. Mr. Brayton has been con-
nected with many important engineering projects and
owing to the superior quality of his work has already
Buceeeded in bu'lling uj a lirge busine-is in this eit>
At St Paul Minnesota on the 8th of November
1Q05, Mr Bra'vton was united in marriage to Miss
Grate M Benjamin and they have become the parents
of two sons Bruce Beniamm who was born m Mm
neapohs MinnesLta February 20 1908 ind Louis
Frelenck Jr who wis born m Seattle, Washington
November 20, 1910
In his political views Mr Bravton is a repul hem
and fraternally he i"? ctranectei with the Masons be
longing to the York Eite Consistory and to the Shrine
and IS also identified with the Benevolent Prntectivo
Order of Elks He is a member of the Michigan Club
and the Gyro Club He has attuned that preeminence
which follows superior ibilitv ani concentrated effort
ant has reached the top of his profession, while his
contribution to the world's work has been a most
important one
FREDERIC LOW LOWRIE president (f the F L
Lowrie Luml er 1 Finish Company his alwajs directel
his business aotiiiti along the line in which he is now
engaged and m the eitv in which his birth occurred,
for he IS a native son of Detroit, born July 24, 1878,
hia parents bimg George Pike Dowling and Justine
Ernestine (Bruckner) LowTie His educational op
portunities were tl ose ifftrded bi the pul lie ai.ho<!s
supplemented by a course of study in the University
of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1901
with the Bachelor of Arts degree. His initial step in
the business world was made in connection with the
West Detroit Lumberyard in 1904, and advancing
steadily in the lumber business, he became a partner
in the firm of Lowrie & Robinson in 190S. In 1909 he
was elected a director of the Lowrie & Robinson
Lumber Company with which he remained until
January 1 1913 when he resigned and organized the
P L Lowrie Lumber &, Finish Company ol whith ho
has since been the presil nt bind ng his efforts to
tie direction ani development of the business \ ith
excellent snecess In 1J20 Mr Lowrie m partnership
with Joseph A Braun ptesilent of the Braui Lun b r
Company purchased the pr<jert> stocks and goolwill
of the Arthur L Holmes Lumber and Fuel Companj
including the Gratiot Ian Dvke and West Wirren
yards which he and Mr Braun are operati ig under
the title of the H Imes Lumber Company
On the 2nh tt =?eptember 1906 Mr Lowrie was
marrel to Miss Charlotte Jane Bamforl of Detroit
and thej betame the parents t two daughters and a
son Margaret Eamford Charlotte Jane and Frederic
Brickner the last named born in Tune 191b Mrs
Lowrie died March 19, 1921. The religious faith of
Mr. Lowrie is that of the Presbyterian church and he
gives his political support to the republican party.
He is a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce
and is interested in ail those agencies which make for
better citizenship and for municipal progress. He be-
longs to the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, to the Detroit
Athletic Club the Detroit Golf Club, the Detroit
Boat Club ani the Kiwanis Club Mr Lowrie js a
member of the executive committee and the board of
directors of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' As
sociation being the only official in that organization
from Michigan He finds pkasure m automobiling
in baseVall in hunting and golf, turning to these for
recreation but makes his business affairs the dominant
interest cf his life He is a director cf the Woodmere
Real Estate Companj and the Merchants Mortgage
Corporation, as well as the head of the F L Lowrie
Lumber & Finish Company and is active m the promo
tion ot important business interests along both lines
Determination ani energi have enabled him to over
come all obstai-les ani 1 fficulties m his path and
steadily be is progrtssii „ loivard tie goal of lar„e
B L HOWES IS another of the natiie sons
of Michigan who has gaincl a position if prom
mence m connectun with important commercial inter
ests in the metropolis of the state, as is evident when
It is stated that in Detroit he is president ml general
manager of the Howes Shoemaker Company wholesale
dealers m tobacco and general lines of smokers' sup
plies with headquarters at No 3810 M d igan aienue
Mr Hrwes was birn at BLUton HarUr Michigan on
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the 29th of DecBmber, 1872, and is a aon of Henrj H
lud Mary E (Lnur) Howes Henry Howes was lorn
at Brighton, Ken York, m 1845, md in 1817 his par
ents uame to Michigin and beeinie pioneer settlers in
Lenawee county, where he was reared to manhood and
where ei entuilly he beo-ime a suwesitul and repre
sentitive exponent of farm industry Mr Hones la
now living virtually retired, and reside? in the eitv of
Adrun, judicial center of Lenawee county Hia is the
distinction of having rendered gallant 8er\ ice as a sol
dicr of the Union m the Civil war Hu was bnt seven
tten 1 ears of iga when his voiithful pitnotiim
prompted his enhstniLnt m 1863 in the new Fourth
MiLhigin Volunteer Intantrv, with whieh he partie
ipated in many en^ageineiits The new Puurth Bcgi
ment wis formed out of survivors of the old First and
Fourth Michigan Begimmts He continued in service
with this regiment until the close of the war He
his perpetuated the more gracious memcmcs and is
so( lations of his youthful military career bj his ip
prtciative affiliifion idth the Grind Acraj of the
FtpubliL His wife died at Adnan, in 1908, it the
age of fiftv eight vears and of their two children the
aubiect of this review la the younger, his sister, Alma,
being the wife of Henry E Burnett of Leniwce county
4fter a course m the district school of Lenawee
countv, B L Howes ittended the Baisin Vallej ^em
miry and later the Brown Business College it Adnm
In 1897 he came to Ditroit and entered the employ of
the Bovee & Spencer Company, wholesale produce mer
(hants, and m 1900 he was idmitted to partnership m
tl 0 business Tor fifteen >eirs he continued is an ex
iputi^e oflicer of this eompanv under the firm name
of Spencer &. Howes In 1115 he disposed of his inter
eat in this business and in 1917 established the sub
stintnl wholesale tobiceo business now conducted
under the name of the Howes Shoemaker Company As
president and general manager of the company he haa
effectively brought to beir his wide experience ind
listmcti^e administrifivo ability and the result of
I H progressive policies is shown m the large and sub
stintial business now controlled by the company
On the 3d of October 1101 was solemnized the mar-
s Berthi J Shoen aker
: of Detro t and of th s
I three eh Idren El zabeth born
. n 1907 and Mirgiret born n
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Tho gh tl n o ghgo ng b ness n an of v gorous
pu pose d ndef-it gable energy Mr Howes has
Bhow at ill t n e i lo 1 and 1 be ll e sp r t ind
hi taken 1 vel nterest n ill th ngs touch ng tie
so al and ater al w ifa e and advancement of h s
home c tv In polit es he ma nta na an independent
itt tude he and h s w f e are act ve members of the
Method st E] scopal h r h he s a past master of
Z on Lodge FolF&AM adi member of Pen
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The genealogy of the Howes fimilv his been traced
back to 1637, in which -year Thomas Howes eime from
Englml ind settled at Yarmouth, Massachusetts On
the miternll side the l:neaf,e of Mr Howls traces
biek m America to the \ear lo24, and later collateral
incestors beenme members of tho Quaker colony that
settled m and ibout 8t Thomas, Proi mte of Ontario,
Canada
AUSTIN Vi HEINE M D Thorjughlj equipped
h\ liberal collegiate friinmg for the proftssion which
he mikes his life work and in which he haa over dis
pined the strictest fidelity to high principles, Dr
Austin W Heine is now pncticmg in Detroit, bLing
recognized is one of the loading genito urimry spe
ciahsts of the city He is a native of Michigan, his
birth ha\ing occurred at Mount Clemens on the 2d of
June, 189' His parents, Edwird ind Augusta
(Bchnke) Heine, are ilso natives of thit citv and the
father occupies a foremost position in its binkmg
circles He was one of the organizers of the Mount
Clemens Sivmgs Bank, with which he has been con
nected for more than forty years and is now cashier
and ^ ice presilent of the institution Mrs Heme also
sur\ ives and the fimilv is i prominent one in business
and social circles of Mount Clemens Three children
WLre born to Mr and Mrs Heine Mrs Fiye Ullrich,
who IS one of the leaders m the social life of Mount
Clemens, Lieutenant Bernhardt Heine, a griduate of
the College of Mines it Houghton, Michigm, and a
very promising young man, who enliated in the avia
tion service during the World war becoming an engi
neer He wis commissioned a lieutenant and was de
tilled aa an instructor of aviation at Fort Sill Okla
homa While iccomplnvmg a fellow officer on a trip
to the clouds the motor becimo stilled it in elevi
tion of sii thousand feet and the pline dropped to earth
■with a tremendous force Lieutenant Heine was fitally
injured but lived for sei eral davs before pissing away,
surrounded h-\ his parents ind many dti,oted friends
A 1 oung man of tine attributes, be made the supreme
sainfice for his country, ind in his deith a most
promising career was cut short- and Dr Austin W
He e of th s rev ew
In the a qu rement of an educat on Dr He ue at
tended the grammar and 1 gh schools of Mount Clem
s after wh eh he ntcred the Un vers ty of M eh gan
where he con pleted a I terary co rse n igl"; wh le
two y Its later he wis grad ated fro n that nst tu
to w th the M D degree He then erved an n
ternesh p at Grace Heap til of Detro t nd n 1918 en
tered the Med cil Cops of the Un ted States amy
be ng comm ss oned a capta n He vis fi st stit oned
at Cimp Cteenleaf be ng sent from there to Camp
Meide and wh le noculat ng troops it Ceneral Hos
p tal Wo 36 he rece ved a si ght wouni w th a needle
to wh ch he pa d no attent on The nfect on rap dly
Bp ad throughout h s svsten res It ng n a se ere
case of blood poisoning
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At the airoe time hia brother Lieut cmnt Bernard
Heine, mas lying m a hoapilal at the point of deith
Upon regaining his health Dr Heine retnmed to Detroit
and has ainee followed his profession m this eitv
specidJizing m genito nrinar} diaeasee He po^'iesseB a
studioua nature and la the owner of a large and valmble
medical library which is of great assistance to hmi in
pursuing hig scientific investigations In adiition to
oaring for a large prnate practise he is a, member of the
staff of the Deaconess Hospital and his profession ■il
labors have been attendtd with a gratifying i
At Mtunt Clemens MiLhigin on the 4th of June, 1918,
Dr Heme ma united m mtrmge to Miss Rye Donald
son a diughttr of Mr inl Mrs Arthur Donaldson,
prominent residents of that citv One child his been
born of this union, Sigrid whose birth occurred in
Detroit on the 20th of M'jreh Itld
In hiB pohticil views the Doctor is a republican and
be is a member of Mount Clemens Lodge, No 6, P &
A M He IS a member of Phi Beti Pi, a tollege fra
ternity, and his profeaaional connections are with the
Wayne County and Michigan Rtate Medical Societies
and the American Medical Association He is a loiang
min of enttrpriaing spirit and tommendable ambition
who 18 making continuous progress in hia profeaaion his
pronounced abibty mnning for him the respect and
esteem of his fellow practitioners and the genenl public
liw and wia admitted tu thf bir at Saginaw, Mich
igin, in 1891 He then entered upon practice at that
place, becoming i member of the firm of Taraney &
^^icker, that eonneition being maintained from 1891
until January 1, 1897 Afttr three years spent at
Saginaw the members of the firm removed to Detroit
and Mr Wicker practiced with his jartner until
1997, smeo which time ho hai been alone He has
gained a largt clientage and hai •ie\ ted himself
solely to his protession
On tbe ith of October, 1893, Mr Wicker was mar
ried to Miss Dora Ostrander, dxughter of Mr and
Mrs Henrj Ostrander In his political views Mr
Wuker is a democrat hut haa neier aspirel to public
office, pruferring to concentrate hia eSorts and atten
tion upon his professional interests He belongs to
(he Detroit, Michigan btate and American Bar Asso
ciationi and is also connected with the Detroit Board
of Commerce Admittei to the bar he at once entered
upon practice and trom the beginning has been un
usually prosperous in every respect The success which
he has attained is due io his own efforts and merit
While he was well grounded in the prini-iples of com
mon law when admitted to the bar, he has continued
through the whole of hia professional life a, diligent
student of those elementary principles that constitute
the basis of all legal si lence, and this knowledge has
served him well m manj a legal battle before the
<ourta, in wl leh he has won many eases
WILLIAM W, WICKER, numbered among Detroit 'a
ablest members of the bar, was born in Ypsilanti,
Michigan, November 17, 1861, a son of William W.
and Charlotte A. (Palmer) Wicker, the former a
native of Vermont and the latter of Plattsbnrg, New
York, The father eamo to Michigan in the early
'40s and the mother arrived in this state in 184B, first
settling in Detroit but afterward removing to Ypai-
lanti, where she became the wife of William W. Wicker,
Sr who was a lu omotiie engit er for tie Chicago
Burlington & Qumej Kailroad an 1 for the Micl igan
Central Eailrnad for mam i ears He d ed in Detroit
in m^ while his wife paasei awaj the foHowing
year In their fan ilv were three children Annie
E,, now the wife of TUoiore E Bissel of Munis ng
Michigan Join P the owner of tie Academj of
Fine Arts building and Willian W
The last named attended the schools of Ypsiiai t of
Middle Baas Island and other places He learned
stencgraphv and becime profic ent as a coirt reporter
In the early 80s he went to Denver Colorado and
did court reporting, in fii e counties of tl at state
Many tunes, when a sensational mining case was
being tried in the isolated parts of the state, he
would make Jong trips by stage coach, going to the
seat of justice. He continued to do court and other
reporting for the Boeky Mountain News and he also
continued in the same line of work in Michigan for
three years. While thus engaged he began reading
JOHN P. HEN8IEN, a manufacturer of and dealer in
hardware at Detroit through many years, thus coming
to be recognized as one of the representative business
men of the city, passed away in the year 1900 being then
aeventy-one years of age. He was bom in Nancy, France,
February 17, 1829, and was a eon of Jean Michell and
Barbara (Schoenerr) Henaien. At tbe age of seventeen
years he came to America, making his way direct to De-
troit. Unable to speak the English language be accepted
a position a' printers devil m a newspaper office and
rapidlv acquired a vocabulary of Engli h words ro that
he was soon speaking the language with ease and fluency
W ith this asset he went to work as a clerk m the hardw ire
stcre of Mr Woodruff in connection with which store a
tin shop was maintained There Mr Hensien served
an apprenticeRhip that formulated his 1 fe work He
made himself proficient m e^Kr^ 1 ranch of the busmess
and m this way laid the fo n Ution for his succesb in
later life
In young manhood Mr Henaien was united m marr age
to Misfl Elza Sunon wl o became the mother ct two
children John P Hensien now an iron contractor of
St. Louis, and Eliza, deceased. The mother passed
away at an early age, leaving tbe two young children.
About 1857 Mr, Hensien decided to establish business
on his own account and with a capital of but one hundred
dollars he opened a store at the comer of St. Antoine
and Lafayette streets in a building that is still standing
and where from the start his venture proved a great
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success. After several years of continued prosperity
his quarters were found inadequate to the growing dt
mands of the trade and he erected s, bnck buUJing at
the corner of St. Antoine and Fort streets There again
he was very successful and it became necessary for him
to add to his building, so that he erected an addition to
the north on St. Antoine and later to the ea'it on Fort
street. He extended the scope of hi', activities to include
not only the hardware business but iLbo sheet met il work
and thi? soon grew to large proportions He did a big
amount of the shei,t metal work on buildings m the city
ind liter he added machinery for the manufacture of
clhjws ''till nieding more spj.ce for this branch he
rented m the Bo\dell budding until it wab de'itroved
b\ fire He then removed that brinch of his buMness
to hi<i own premise', and took up the ta-.k of maBufatturing
cans, making cans of every awe and varietj. At that
period he made cans for all of the large firms in the city,
including Parke Davis & Company, Berry Brothers,
Boydell White Lead Company, the Detroit Whit« Lead
Company and others. Thus the business constantly
grew and expanded, becoming one of the important com-
mercial enterprises and productive industries of the city.
Mr. Hensien remaining as the directing head and moving
spirit in the enterprise until his death.
Mr. Hensien was married a second time in 1862 to
Miss Genevieve Sehaldenbrand, and to this union there
were bom eight daughters: Josephine, now the wife of
Frederick Ebel; Julia, the wife of Joseph Mueller; Pauline,
the wife of George P. Weyermiller; Margaret and Ida,
who conduct the hardware business; Genevieve the wife
of William J. Schcchter; and Amelia and Bertha who are
at home.
Mr. Hensien passed away in ISOO and the daughters
who had been a constant help to their father then embraced
the excellent opportunity to sell their business to a cor
poration which removed the business to Ohio Of the
men who were in their employ who did not go to Ohio
with the Can company fifteen reentered the employ of
the Misses Hensien, who repurchased the old budding
and started a hardware store and metal shop, making
models and roofing. They conducted the business until
the World war, when it became necessary to close the
shop as the men either had to go into the munition fac-
tories or into the army. Since the war the shop has not
been reopened but the retail hardware business is still
being carried on. The sisters, Misses Margaret and Ida
Hensien, have been continuously identified with the busi-
ness. As there were no sons of the father's second mar-
riage to become identified with his enterprises there
seemed to be presented a difficult problem. He did not
reckon on his daughters but they acquired knowledge
of the hardware business as they grew up and eventually
took the place that sons would have had in the conduct
of his mercantile and manufacturing interests. Thus
it was when the time came that he was forced to put aside
business cares his daughters were ready to continue the
business. On the 28th of October, 1915, an exhibition
was held by the Detroit Business Women's Clubs in the
club house tf the Fedei it i n f IVimins Clubs At
this exhibition each memter had on display simples of
htr work and a general showing of her company s activi
tic There were approMmateh fort^ five exhibits
and all were well worth seeing One of the unusually
interesting exhibits w la a display of street signs a h and
garbage tanks and sheet metal models manufactured by
the Misses Hensien It is an mteresting fact that the
much copied street signs used bj the traffic police were
first made bj the Hensien sisters although the design
was originated b3 the Detroit police force The Misses
Hensien ha^e invented a garbage fence tank which is
essentially a femmine affair for aside frona the con
veniente of the thing the inventors prtudlj point to the
fact that it IS alwa\s neat and (lean
Misses Margaret and Ida Hens en are members of the
Detroit Business ^ omen s Club and the CathoUc Women s
Club. They attend SS. Peter and Paul's Jesuit church.
They were among the first women to take up the burden
of men's work and become prominently identified witb
activities usually considered outside of woman's sphere.
JOSEPH BUEHNER is well known in commercial
circles of Detroit m connection with the automobde
painting industry and is recognized as an expert crafts
man. He is sole proprietor of the J Buehner Companv,
3539 Concord avenue and in the conduct of his business
interests displays sound judgment entirprise and capa
bility, his efEorts being rewarded Mith a substantial
measure of success. Mr Buehner is of German extraction
and WIS born June 24 1S75 his parents being John and
Barbara (Zicgler) Buehner who emigrated to the United
States takmg up their residpnce m Cleveland Ohio
There the father was connected with \anous hnes of
activity and the> contmued to make their home in that
cit> until their demise To their union were born nine
children Mr Buehner hia brother Frank and a half
sister who IS married are the onh survivmg members
of the familj
Joseph Buehner acquired his education in the parochial
schools of Cleveland and on startmg out in the businpfts
world devoted his energies to learning the trade of carriage
painting. At the end of three years he completed hia
apprenticeship and continued to engage in carriage paint-
ing until the automobile came into general use. He then
turned his attention to that branch of the trade and in
1899 came to Detroit. Two years later he entered the
employ of the Sun Stove Company, with which he re-
mained for nine years, during which period ho filled
various important positions. He then worked at the
trade of automobile painting and in 1912 estabhshed
the J. Buehner Company, of which he has since been sole
owner and manager. Since its inception the business
has enjoyed a steady growth and his trade has now reached
large proportions, from fifteen to twenty-five experienced
painters being employed in his estabUshment. Mr.
Buehner is a skilled artisan and he is thus well qualified
to direct the labors of those under him, hence the work
turned out of his shop has ever been of superior quahty,
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acterized by strict honesty d t g t th w g
for him the confidence and pp rt f th p bl
Mr. Buehner has been rr d t h first m
being with Miss Lottie Ki h wh m h died t
Cleveland, Ohio, in Ootobe 189 Th b th
parents of six children, th f h m vi I
Florence, who was born i CI Id d quired h
education in the parochial hi f D t t Alb t
native of Detroit, who atte ded th p bl hi t
this city and is now assoeiat d th h f th b ese
and Louise, who was t>or D t t dp d h
studies in the grammar a d h gh hool f th ty
Mrs. Buehner passed awa t CI Id 1904 O
the Ilth of July, 1906, M B h t d m
riage to Miss Barbara Ott b h f 1* M h g
There are three children f th Eth I Barbar
and Bernardine, all of wh m t t D t t
In his pohtical views M B h p bl d
in rehgious faith he is a C th 1 H m ml f
the Knights of Coliunbus, m wh h I has tta d tl
third degree, and he is als t d with th C tl 1
Order of Foresters and th Kiw CI b H has ! d
an active and useful life, mpl y g J PP rtunity
to advance, and his present ss t ly tt b tab!
to his own labors, his close pph t d h 1 lal I
ambition. He stands high bus ess 1 f D t t
and in all matters of citiz h p h fl is th
side of advancement and imj ro t
JAMES A. MoVEIGH, M D Th th & m
mum powers of service ith llpf fid
in Detroit an able and h <^ P t t th
person of Dr. James A. M \ gh h h h b
successfully engaged in p t lb97 i wh
is one of the leading phj d g on f tl
Michigan metropolis.
Dr McVeigh was bom at Covington, Kentueky, on
the 12th of April, 1874, and is a son of Peter P. and
Mary (Sweeney) McVeigh, the former of whom was
born in Scotland and the latter in Ohio. Peter P. Mc-
\ eigh vt as tpn j ears of age at the time he accompanied
his pirenta from Scotland to America, and he was
retred to manhood in the state of Kentucky. He was
engaged in the mercantile business in the city of Cov-
ingt n where he long continued as a prominent mer-
chint ind influential citizen. He is now living
virtually retired in the city of New York and
eelel rated m 1921 the eighty -eighth anniversary of
his birth His wife died in Covington, Kentucky,
when about eighty-one years of age. In their family
were eleven children; James A., who is the eighth
in order of birth; Miss Mary McVeigh and Charles H
Me^ eigh, who reside in Covington, Kentuckv, Isabel,
the wife of John J. Hegan of Minneapolis, Minne
sota; Peter P., Jr., who maintains his home in St
Louis, Missouri; Emma, the wife of Charles J Fitz
gerald, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Miss Margaret McVeigh,
Josephine, the wife of Harold E. Qibbs, ot New lork
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WILLIAM J. REWOLDT. Through careful and ef-
fective service rendered and correct methods brought
ta bear in all transactions and operations, Mr. Rewoldt
has developed in his native city a substantial and pros-
perous business as a contractor in plumbing and heat-
ing, with headquarters maintained in the new Eewoldt
building at 524 State street. He is one of the vital
and progressive young business men of Detroit and
both in business and social circles commands secure
place in popular esteem.
Mr. Eewoldt was bom in Detroit on the 8th of
November, 1888, and his early education was acquired
principally in the public schools of Mount Clemens, this
state 4t the age of eighteen years he became aaso
dated with the automobile industry la Detroit, ind this
connecfinn lontinued two j ears, at the aspiration of
which time he identified himself with the plumbing
and heating business, m which his apprenticeship was
most thorough with the result that he knows every
teehniial detail of the business and is able to handh
luT contract that comes to him m his chosen sphere
of enterprise In Januarv, 1915, Mr Eewoldt estil
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'\(ted to the needs of his
hsh 1 h niBplf iniepenientlj m Liusiness as a ccm
triaor m plumbii g ani 1 cntii e anl hp his already
han lied lDan^ extensive plumbing contracts includ
ing a large imuunt of work for the city government
imong h 1 imp rtant contriets miv be noted the m
Btallation of the p! imbing work m the Carstens Ale
Michael and PipU avenue pihhe 'ehools the Belle
Ii!e 1 athhouse £\e city fire eni,ine houses the H gh
land Park police station and the ] 1 imbmg svJtem n
sev L.ral of the large and modern apartment bu Idings of
the i-ity His business la to a large extent along com
mereial lines he la vigorous and reliable in all that he
does and his reputaticn is sui'h as to insure a con
seeutive expansion of his tiif
Mr Eenollt completed i ne\
the entire structure being ie
rip dlv ncreasmg business
Mr Rewoldt is an active member of the Detroit
B arl of Cimmeree is a direi-tor of the Bu Hers &
Tra lers Btchange Detroit Association of Sanitary &.
Heating C ntraetoTfl and hoi la memberahij. in the
Michigan^ the Loohmoor Golf the IIIl Hour Har
monie Detroit Automolile at 1 tl e "Vortex Clulf lad
his political allegiance is giien to tho republitan
party.
OSWALD R, BROMLEY, g-;n-ral freight agent ot
the Michigan Central Railroad Company, was born in
Detroit, August 22, 1884, a son of Heruy B. and Ada
(Fayram) Bromley. Henry B. Bromley was born in
New Haven, Connecticut, and came of an old New
England family, and Mrs. Bromley was born in Hamilton,
Ontario, and was of English extraction. They were
married in Detroit and reared their family in this city.
Mr. Bromley was the inventor of Bromley's Index of
Plata, which is still in use by the city, having been for
a number of yeara connented with the of&ce of the city
assessors. He died in Detroit January 5, 1917, at the
age of sixty-two years, having long survived his wife,
who died December 20, 1892. The children were Oswald
R.; Mrs. Ethel Middlewood of Farmington, Michigan,
and Mrs. Fred. A. Stewart of this city.
Oswald E. Bromley attended the Hubbard and Web-
Bier schools and afterward the Western high school and
then entered business life as a clerk in the employ of the
Michigan Central Railroad Company. He left the
service of tte Michigan Central to accept employment
with the Detroit United Railways, filling positions at
Detroit, Northville and Flint, at the two last mentioned
points being the local representative of the Detroit
United Railways Company. He returned to Detroit
again to associate himself with the Michigan Central
in the local freight office, remaining for a period of approx-
imately three years, when he entered the service of the
Ann Arbor-Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railways. After
a brief period he returned to the Michigan Central in
1908, in the freight traffic department, and after holding
various positions in that department he waa appointed
division freight agent of the Michigan Central at Grand
Eapi is n June 1 1915 continu i^, m {hi ] sition untd
May 31 191S when he was appointed as istant general
freight agent in chat^ of coil and ore traffic at Detroit
and occupied thia position until July 15 1^18 when he
WIS promoted to the semor assi tant gci eral freight
agpncA at Detroit which position he hell until the end
of Federal control February 29 1920 on the ftllowmg
da^ cr March I 1920 he waa appointed general freight
agent of the Michigan Central and Chicago Kalamazoo
i Sagmaw Riilwav companiPS with offices at Detroit
On June 25 1904 Mr Bromky was married to Misa
Beisie L Brown daughter of Frank A Brown of North
mHc this state They have one child Virginia J who
waa born in Detroit m 1909
Mr Bromley vote's with the republican part\ but has
never been an active office aeeker He has membership
in the following clubs Michigan Club of Detroit,
Meadowbrook Country Club Detroit Transportati Dn
Club the American AssocLition of Fr ight Traffic Officers
New lork Central Lines Square Club and the Wavne
County Sportsmen s Association He is also a member
of the Detroit Board of Commerce and Pilestine Lodge
F d. \ M
ARTHUR JAMES McLEAN. The part played by
the building contractors of Detroit has been a very
important one in its development, and prominent in thia
field of activity is Arthur J. McLean, whose business
interests are ably conducted, brmging to him a gratifying
measure of success. He waa bom in Saginaw, Michigan,
December 8, 1885, and is a son of John Alexander and
Anna (O'Reilly) Mcl*an, both of whom are natives of
the province of Ontario, Canada, the former bom in
Chatham and the latter in Kingsville. In early life they
became residents of Saginaw, where the father afterward
entered the contracting business, which he there followed
until the early '80s, when he removed to Chicago, Illinois,
and many substantial buildings of that city stand as
monuments to his enterprise and ability. Mr. and Mrs.
McLean are now making their home in Detroit. To
their union were bom four children: Mrs. Mabel Thomp-
son, Mrs. Tessie La Framboise, Mrs. Camilla Behr; and
Arthur J.
In the grammar and high schools of the Windy City,
Mr. McLean acquired his education and about 1911 he
came to Detroit with the family. Following in the foot-
steps of his father, he also took up contracting work and
has thoroughly studied every question bearing upon the
business, so that he is able to meet every contingency
and give a definite opinion upon any point of construc-
tion. He has been awarded important contracts and
built the Atkinson Community House, tho Northville
sewage disposal plant, and a number of school buildings,
including the Greenfield Park, McMichael, Davidson,
and Gershom schools. He has built up a business of
large proportions and ranks with the leading building
contractors in the city.
In 1918 Mr. McLean married Miss Julia H. Snaith
of Builalo, New York, and they have many friends in
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Detroit Mr McLean gi\e-< hu. politic il ij ] irt tu the
men and meassures of the repubhcan part\ He i« a self
made man whom Detroit regards ai a valuable addition
to its citizenship for to his own hpH diiected efforts i^
due the creditable measure of luccess which he toda\
enjoys and he has alwa\ s been an advocit^" of progressive
development His w ork w hioh is of high character and
standard excellence is a credit to the eit\ and a feature
in its substantial improvement while his honorable busi
ncss methods ha\e gamed fjr him the tonftdence and
goodnill of lil with whom he has been associated
HAERl JAMES WARNER The titivating influence
that has been most lotent in connection with the
marvel )U3 industrial d velopinent of the Michigan
metrop<lis has been tlat m^oheJ m the imnnticture
of motor vehicles anl lu this important modern pro
duetive mduatn Detroit has world leadership Here
are established manv of the greatest automobile nianu
fattones of tl e eountrj and here have been developed
also many lar^e Loniimctive industries that hai e eon
tributed much to the prestige of the citv The Federal
Mot r Truck Companj, nt which Ham J Warner is
vice presilent is one of the largest manufacturers of
motor trucks to be found in the Unite! States and
the splendid manufacturing plant rf this progressive
corporation is situated at Camibell and Federal
streets Detroit
Mr Warner is a native son of MilI igin bom at
Pord River, Delta county, on the 14th of April, 1884,
and IS a son of Louia and Katherine (Pillsbur;)
Warner both nitiMS of the state of Maine anl repre
sentatives i>f families found in New Englanl in the
colonial period of our national history B th the
Vi arner and I ilisburi families gained a measure of
pioneer distinetion m Michigan and here Louis War
ner eventnallv became actively identified with the
lumber industry but he was only twentv eight vetrs
of age at the time of his death which occurred in
1887 at Pord Eiver His widow is now a resident of
Pasadena California
Hatrv James Warner their onlj cbil 1 was but
four J ears old at the time of his father s leath ind
as a bo^ he attended the public schools of Muskegon
Later le was a stulent in a preparatory school m
the c tl of Boston Massaehusetts anl in pursuince
of lis highir education he attenled the historic old
Dartn outh Uollege at Hanoi er New Hampshire from
which institution he was graduated as a member of
thu class of 1906 ini with the degree of Bachelor
of Science
For twelve veirs after leading college Mr Warner
maintained actue alliance with the Continental Motor
Manutai_turing Companv of Muskegon Michigan and
during the last seven leara of this periol 1 1, was
vice president of the company When the nation be
came invohej m the World war Mr Warner promptly
subordinated all personal interests t( assume active
lireetion of the air serMiu dmsi n f hs company s
n JtiutT t ri «l I nt r 1 M^orrrash anl efEe t lelv
into produomg work for the government He con
tinned his association with this line at tl e h al
quarters of his company until in 1917 he wa^ is
signed bj the government to service in Prance wl ere
he remained on active duty until May, 1918 when he
was detailed to return to the United States and direct
his attention to the production of special military
motors being constructed hj the Continental Motor
Manufacturing Company He continued in this setv
ice at the hea Iquarters of the company of which he
was vice president until July 1918 when he receive!
bis honorable discharge While in France his duties
were confined exclusively to indnstna! lines m con
nectun with the polemic activities of the American
Expeditionary Forces and he was under the com
mand of Colonel Waldon Upon leaving the goiem
ment service Mr W arner established his residence m
Detroit where he 1 ecame connettel with the Pedcrai
Motor Truck Company of which he has continued as
vice president m charge of manufacture He is an
expert and authority in his tlosen fiell rf activity
and his vigorous and progressive policies ha\e be n
potent in the developing of the extensne and import
ant businesi controlled bj his company
The projressi^ eness of Mr W arner extends also to
his enic relations and he is essentially liberal anl
public spirited as a citizen He is independent in
politics and holds membership in the Detroit Athletic
Club, the Lochmoor Country Llul, the Bloomfield Open
Hunt Club the Detroit Automolile Club the Uni
itrsti Club and Dartmouth Club of Detroit
On October 10 ISO" Mr Warner was united in
marriage to Miss Zira Str ng daughter of J( hn W
and '-larah (Topelandl Str ng of Muskegon and the
two children of this union are Barbara Strong War
ner born May 18 1910 at Muskegon and Harriet
Pillslurv Warner born Januarv i 1912 in the same
city Both of the daughters are stulenta in the Lig
gett School The familv res dence is at 2170 Iro
MORRIS TRIEDBERG a leading jeweler of Detr it
and a mo t successful business man wa torn in Rii ~ia
June l-j 18S3 a 'on of Jacob and Mollie (I=rael) Fried
berg In IRIl when but eight \ears of age he came
to the United States and here he acquiied his educatitn
attending the public schools and also a bosmess college
His initial commercial experience was acquired as clerk
in ihe employ of George Schaffner a well known jeweler
of this city with whom he remamed until 1902 when he
entered the jewelry establishment of L R Crosslight
He continued with fhit house for foui years or until
1S06 when he became junior memlier of the firm of
Friedberg & Son retaining that connection until 1914
since which time he has been sole owner of the business
which has now assumed extensive proportions furnishing
emplovment to one hundred persons He carries one
of the I est asscrtments of jcwelr\ m the cit\ and Dwang
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to his enterprising and progressive business methods
and straightforward deahng has secured a large share
of pubUc patronage. He is also connected with other
extensive commercial enterprises of the city, being presi-
dent ot the Clifford Realty Company; vice president of
the Detroit Merehantfl Improvement Company; a director
of the Motors-Metal Manufacturing Company; president
of the Michigan and Shelby I,and Company of which he
was one of the organizers; vice president of the St. Johns
Arbors Company; and director of the Baker Land Com-
pany. His interests are thus extensive and important,
showing him to be a man of superior business capacities
and powers.
At Petoskey, Michigan, on the ISth of June, 1907,
Mr. Friedberg was united in marriage to Miss Bettye
Blumrosen and they have become tie parents of two
children: William Hert>ert, born in Detroit March 15,
1910; and Evelyn Sadie. Mr, Friedberg is an adherent
of the Jewish faith and that he is deeply interested in the
advanceroent and upbuilding of the city is indicated by
his membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce.
Fraternally he is identified with tie Kniglita of Pythias
and he is also connected with the Detroit Adcraft Club,
the Jewelers Club, the Phoenix Club and the Bedford
Country Club, of which he was a charter member. He
is a member of the Petoskey Fishing Club and he also
finds recreation, in golf, motoring and boating. He ia
keenly alive to the possibihtiea of every new avenue
opened in the natural ramifications of trade and in his
business career has been a persistent, resolute and ener-
getic worker, keeping his hand steadily upon the helm
of his interests and manifesting at all times strong execu-
tive power. Hia activities have covered a broad scope
and Detroit has greatly profited through his enterprise
and progreaaiveness. Mr. Friedberg's residence is at
610 Virginia Park.
ELIZABETH JOHNSON", vice president of the Detroit
Conservatory of Music, is a native of Detroit and a
daughter of William and Ernestine Johnson. She was
formerly a pupil of Mr. J. H. Hahn and Constantin von
Sternberg; continued her musical education with Wager
Swayne in Paris and Paul Goldschmidt in Berlin. She
is a member of the Chamber Music Society, a charter
member of the Fine Arts Society and an honorary mem-
ber of the Mu Phi Epsilon.
WALTER H. DOMZALSKI, an able attorney, is also
engaged in the insurance business and is a well known
figure in Detroit's legal and commercial circles, having been
equally successful in both lines of activity. He is a native
son of Detroit, whose opportunities and advantages find in
him an enthusiastic advocate, and bis cooperation can
ever be counted upon to further any movement for the
genera] good. His birth occurred on the 12th of Septem-
ber, 1884, and his parents were Michael and Mary
(Pieganowski) Domzalski, whose family numbered eight
children. In the parochial schools of the city and in
Central high school he pursued his studies, after which
he was a student at St. Mary's College, and in the Uni-
versity of Detroit he completed a course in law. When
fifteen years ot age he entered upon his initial connection
with the insurance bnsineaa, in which his father was then
engaged, and under the able instruction of the latter Mr.
Domzalski acquired a thorough knowledge of that line of
activity. When Michael Domzalski retired from the busi-
ness the subject of this review took over the enterprise,
which he has since successfully conducted, representing
the Granite State of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the
Globe and Rutgers of New York, and the Interstate of
Detroit, aU reliable companies. In control of the under-
taking ho displays the same enterprising spirit and execu-
tive abihty which characterized hia father and the business
ia now one of large proportions. He is also engaged in
the general practice of law and his clientele ia a repre-
sentative and lucrative one. He is well read in the min-
utiae of the law and his ability is manifest in the logic of
his deductions and the clearness of hia reasoning.
On the 3d of October, 1905, Mr. Domzalski was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Konkel and they have three
childrenr Mary, William and Helen. They reside at
No. 5237 McDougall avenue and are communicants of
the Catholic church. Mr. Domzalski ia a member of the
Knights of Columbus and is also identified with the
Society of Detroit Magicians, the Century Club, the
Lawyers Club of thii city and the Detroit Bir Association
His life has been in ■active and useful one and when but
twenty years of age he nas made a notarj pubhc In-
dustry and abihty have gained him success and prom-
inence along both professional and buiiness Imes and that
his career ha'' been an exemplary one m all respects is
indicated in the fict that those who have known him
from boyhood to the present tune entertain for him high
regard and esteem.
CHARLES H. BRODT, for a number of years connected
with Detroit's business and industrial interests, is a man
of wide experience in business. His activities have cov-
ered a wide scope, from that of newspaper work in a print-
ing office to that ot cowboy riding the range in Wyoming
in the early '80a. Many interesting and sometimes
thrilling experiences have come to him and from each he
has seemed to glean the lesson therein contained or the
element of value as a factor in later experiences ot life.
He is classed by his associates and those who know him
best as a whole-hearted and trustworthy friend, an ener-
getic and progressive business man.
Mr. Brodt comes from a fine family, and his life record
began at Salem, New York, on the 25th ot October, 1867,
his parents being the Rev. John Henry and Ellen (Sears)
Brodt. The father was born in Troy, New York, and
became a missionary minister of the Presbyterian taith.
In the early days of the California gold rush he went to
the Pacific coast to be of such service to his fellowmen as
a good man could be in a community where government
was not organized and when the rule ot the strongest
seemed often to be that which held sway. After the first
excitement following the gold discoveries had waned, he
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returned to the east and became pastor of a Presbyterian
church in New York city, while later he filled the pastorate
of the New England Prcpbyterian church in Brooklyn,
faithfully performing his duties as a minister of the gospel
tor many years. During the period of the Civil war he
was pastor of the First Presbyterian church in San Fran-
cisco, California. He passed away in Brooklyn, New
York, in 1875, at the age of forty-nine years, and is still
survived by his widow, who makes her home in Danville,
New York. They were the parents of bik children;
Harry S., who was manager of the Hugua Company,
general merchants and bankers of Rawlins, Wyoming,
but is now deceased; Mrp. Robert Walter St«el, living in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ellen R., who is witli her
mother in DanviUe, New York; Charles H., of this review;
Mrs. Henry Ling Taylor of Mont*lair, New Jersey; and
Philip B., also living at Danville, New York.
Charles H. Brodt attended the graded schools at Dan-
ville until his thirteenth year, after which he entered a
newspaper office at that place and was thus employed
for two years. Young and full of the spirit of adventure,
he left home when a youth of fifteen and went to Wyom-
ing, securing a position on a cattle ranch in Carbon
county. There he had all the "thrills" of cowboy life
in the far west, nor was the experience without its value
11 a preparit'fin for duties in later life He continued
f c r four ^ ears m Wyommg and then entered the Men hants
National Bank ot Omaha Nebraiska as deanng hoa=a
teller occupymg that po>!ition for two ^ear? Later he
returned to Geneseo New "i ork and became teller m
the Geneseo National Bank where the aucceedmg fourteen
J e irs were passed when he resigned and 'lecured a respon
sible position with the Solvaj Process Corporation being
mide construction superintendent at the Detroit branch
Mr Brodt spent fourteen \earB in that connection and
then accepted the position of Mce president and general
manager of the Supenor band & Gravel Corporation m
Felruan 19IS In 1922 he became connected with the
\\oIverine Automobile Paintmg and Trimming Company
%n 1 IS now salea manager of that corporation He is
al-io the president of the ISat onal Material Deilera Credit
issoeiation is a director of the Builders Supplies Assooia
tion, president and director of the National Builders
Association of the United States and vice president
and director ot the Superior Plaster Company.
On the 5th of September, 18S9, Mr. Brodt was mar-
ried to Miss Ruth Gray of the town of York, in the state
of New York. She is a daughter of Stuart Gray, a prom-
inent farmer of that place. Mrs. Brodt is highly educated
in music, her art training being received under famous
music masters of Berlin, Germany, and she is today very
prominent in social and musical circles of Detroit, being
widely known as a talented pianist. She is also president
of the Girls Friendly Society of the State of Michigan,
while of the Detroit Symphony Society she is one of the
directors. Mr. and Mrs. Brodt have two most interesting
children: Julia Harlow, who was born tn Detroit in 1910
and William Gray, whose birth occurred in this city on
the 25th of September, 1917.
Mr. Brodt gives his political allegiance to the republican
party but has never been an aspirant for office. Frater-
nally he is a Mason of high degree, belonging to Corinthian
Lodge, F. & A. M.; King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M.;
Monroe Council, R. & S. M,; Detroit Commandery
No. 1, K. T.; and the Michigan Sovereign Consistory
of the Scottish Rite. He is also connected with the
Grotto and with the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the
Detroit Board of Commerce, which is indicative of his
interest in the welfare and development ot the city and
the advancement of all those interests which are a matter
of civic virtue and ot civic pride That he is appreciative
of the social amenities of life is also indicated m his con-
nection with the Michigan Club and the Ingleside Club
while the nature of his reireation is further ithown in his
membership in the Detroit Motor Boat Association
HENRY WILBUR FOOTE came to Detroit in 1910
as department manager foe the Automitie Sprinkler
Company of America and has since been identified with
the business interests of the cifj in the Ime of fire
protection engineering. He is a natii e of Muhigan,
his birth having occurred in Trai erse City, February
21, 1881j his parents being Donald Mirr ind Jennie
Elizabeth (Peekham) PooIl In bi? mouthful dais
tlie family home wis established in Chicago and he
there atten led the pul ho schools while liter he
bei-ame a student in the Lewis Institute and subse
quently entered the Jaw lepirtment of Lake Foreit
Unnersity His education completed he was made
n rthwestern igent at Minneapolis Minnesoti, for the
Manufacturers Automatic Sprinkler Company of New
lork and occupied that positmn troni li^Ol until 1910
In the latter year he was sent to Detroit bv the Auto
matip Sprinkler Compmj of America ai its depirt
ment mmager and his since filled the position He
is also the secretary and treasurer of the Reliance
Contracting Company of Detroit engineers, contrae
tors and siles agents of fire protection ind prevention
equipment Along these lines he has dei elope 1 a
business of suhstintial proportions and lis enterprise
mi liudabie imbiticn ha^e 1 een the dommint ele
meats in the attiinment of his success
On the 10th of Februirv, 1902, m Chicago, Mr
Foote was united in marriage to Miss Agnes M Held
and to them have been born three children Alice
M.; Lorraine E.; and Philip H, who was born June
21, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Foote participated in the Spanish American war,
being in Cuba with the Army of Occnpation He be
longs to the Detroit Enginpermg Society and thus
maintains relations with professional colleagues and
contemporaries. He is also well known in club circles,
belonging to the Detroit Athletic, Detroit Boat, Ingle
side, Oakland Hills Countri -inl Rotarr Clubs, and he
finds his chief recreation tn golf and automobile trips
through the country. There have been no spectacular
phases in hig career. His course has been that of an
active husiness man, consistent at ill points with mod
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ern ethical standarda of commerce, close application
and undaunted industry being the salient features
which have brought him to the front in his present
relation.
LEWIS H. JONES. Great corporate interests have
felt the stimulus of the enterprise, business discernment
ajid well defined plans of Lewis H. Jones, president of the
Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Miils Company and an
active official in many other large manufacturing eoncpms
which have contributed materially to the present indus-
trial powei and greatness of the city. Along the path of
opportunity open to all he has reached the goal of notable
success, his progress being due to the fact that he has
recognized and utilized advantages which others have
passed heedlessly by.
A native son of Detroit, Mr. Jones was bom May 3,
1856, his parents being Edward D. and Mary (Griffith)
Jones. He acquired his education in the pubhc schools
of the city, afterward completing a course in Goldsmith's
Business University. His initial commercial experience
was obtained as messenger with the Second National
Bank and his faithful and efficient service won him pro-
motion to the position of collection clerk in 1876. This
was succeeded by the Detroit National Bank and later
by the Old Detroit National. On the 1st of May, 1914,
the Old Detroit was merged with the First National,
Mr. Jones being on the board of directors of the Old De-
troit National Bank, while he is now serving on the
directorate of the First National Bank of Detroit. In
1877 Mr. Jones resigned his position with the bank and
engaged in private enterprises, devoting his time to travel
and other pursuits until July, 1S82, when he became con-
nected with the Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills
Company, first acting as bookkeeper and cashier and be-
coming consecutively secretary and treasurer, vice presi-
dent and president, which iatter position he now fills.
For almost four decades he has been identified with the
company, having served as ore of its officers since 1883,
and this gigantic manufacturing enterprise stands as a
monument to his marked administrative ability, business
acumen and progressive spirit. The other officers are
Richard P. Joy, vice president, who has filled that office
since January, 1907; Arthur H. Buhl, who since January,
1914, has been vice president; Frank H. Hoffman, assis-
tant general manager, whose period of service covers
twenty years; Andrew J. Peoples, secretary-treasurer, who
has been with the company for a smiilar period l^alUce
P. Bache, assistant secrctarj treasurer whose term of
service covers nine years and Alexander Hender'wn
works manager, who has been connected with the corpora
tion for twenty-five years Rufus W Cillett was the
first president of the company and upon his death in 1^6
Mr. Jones, who was then serving aa vice president, became
its chief executive ofiicer. In the list of those who have
served on the directorate of the company in the past are
found the names of men of prominence in business, social
and political affairs, both locally and nationally, such as,
General Russell A. Alger, George W. Bissell, Dexter M.
Ferry, Rufus W. Gillett, Ohver Goldsmith, Allen Shelden,
Martin S. Smith and Edward Y. Swift; while its present
board of directors is as follows: Arthur H. Buhl, Frank
H. Hoffman, Lawrence D. Buhl, Lewis H. Joaes, Richard
P. Joy, Frank J. Hecker, Andrew J. Peoples and Henry
D Shelden
The companj was incorporated April 15, 1880, for a
period of thirty jears, and was re-incorporated April 16,
1910, for a similar length of time. The original capital
stock, subscribed and paid in, was two hundred thousand
dollars, which has since been increased to the sum of five
million dollars The company manufactures sheeta,
mres, rods, tubes, both seamless and brazed, in brass,
bronze and copper and also makes special shapes by the
extrusion prote's and the products of its plant are sold in
all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico and South
America, as well as European countries. The first site
of the plant was purchased from the Detroit Locomotive
Works and was situated at the northeast comer of Larned
and Fourth streets. In 1885 real estate to the extent of
about eight acres was purchased on McKinstry avenue,
on which the nucleus of the present plant was constructed,
the first building being erected in 1887. This acreage
has been added to from time to time until at present the
buildings and yards of the company cover an area of about
twenty acres.
At the outbreak of the World war foreign governments
found the facilities of their countries inadequate to supply
the demand made upon them and turned to brass manu-
facturers in this country to meet the deficiency. This
company secured a very large tonnage of the foreign
business and the experience thus gained in handling this
class of business made it possible to render very efficient
service to the United States government when our country
became involved in the war. The brass facilities of the
country were taxed to the utmost to meet government
demands and, fearing that there would be a shortage in
brass retesaary to prosecute the war successfully, the
company, at the government's request, built a large addi-
tion to its plant, which was not completed until after the
signing of the armistice. This building, which is one
hundred and eighty-five by six hundred and twenty-five
feet, has been equipped as a easting shop and brass mill
and it has been stated that there is no better mill in the
world at the present time. The casting shop is equipped
with six electric furnaces for the manufacture of brass,
these being of the most modern and approved type, while
the machinery in the mill is electrically driven by the
most uf>-to-date and improved methods. The company's
entire faciUties, of very large proportions, were devoted
exclusnely to supplying the needs of the government,
from which it received the following testimonial in recogni-
tion of the splendid service rendered at a most critical
period m the history of the nation:
"THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Recognizes in this award for distinguished service
the loyalty, energy and efficiency in the performance
of the wat work by which
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aided materially in obtaining victory for the arms
of the United States of America in the war with
The Imperial German Government and the Imperial
and Royal Austro-Hungarian government."
(Signed) Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War.
Extending the scope of his activities into other fields,
Mr, Jones has become vice president and director of the
Grace Harbor Lumber Company and the Detroit Twist
Drill Company, a director of the Michigan Sugar Company
and other large manufacturing enterprises.
On the 8th of February, 1883, Mr, Jones was united m
marriage to Miss Ida B, Sales of Detroit, and their chii
dren are Janet L., now the wife of Frank E. Caulk of this
city; and Marion A., wife of R. Lockhart Wilbur Hii
social nature finds expression in his membership m the
Detroit, Detroii Boat, Detroit Athletic and Detroit
Country Clubs and he is also connected with the Engineers
Club of New York He is preeminently a man whose
constantU expanding powers have taken him from humble
surroundmgs to the field of large enterprises and contin
uj.lly broadening opportunities and he f uily deseri ei the
honor that 'a accorded the fortunate individual who has
fought and won in the great battle of life.
WALTER J STEYSKAL Aa i merchant tiilor
Mr "iteyskil has giined i reputation vihich nnrl s
1 im as one of the prominent and sueceaatul repre
■5 ntatives ot tins line erf enterprise in Detroit ^n<l
a'S an expert cutter and draper he turti« out ■vmrk
tli<it m itself eonatitutes the moat effective adier
t s ng for h^ well e |uippe 1 eatibliahmeiit at 26j9
Michigin a\ enue
Mr Stoskal was lorn in Detroit on the 28th ot
Junt 1884 ind la a son ot John and Mar* (faltuki)
Stctskil the tther two children teing diughter^
Came and Chriatine After hiiing prtrfited duly bv
the advantages ifforded in (he public achoola of De
troit 'Walter J Stevskal became associated with the
] 1 neer merchint tailoring business of his f ither
wlo estal lished business in 18(>8 at the corner of
Wa\ne street 4nl Michigan avenue but in 18"i, re
nnved to the Icition where his son now continues
tl e business tl e establishment bein^ the oldest ot
the kmd in the cit> in point of L,ontinuous operations
'Walter J Stevskal served his practical ipprentice
ship under the able and punctillious direction ot ! is
father anl beeime a skilled workman at the tailor s
trade He became associated with his father s bnsi
ness in 1900 and upon the retirement of the latter
n I^Oa succeeded to actne control of the enterprise
whiLl unler hia management hia increased greatly
in volume and which has in appreciative and rei re
aentative supp rtrag patronage Continuous employ
n ent is gi\en to ten or more competent tailors anl
the populantv of the establishment is bise t il kt
on the fine workmanship anl reasonable prices
Mr Stevskal both as a otizen and lisueoi min
is emphatically loyal to his native eity, is a repuWieau
in political adhereney, is a member of the Detroit
Board of Commerce and the local Merchant Tailors
Association, is affiliated with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and holds membership in the Detroit
Automobile Club.
Mr. Steyskal married Miss Frances Dems, and
they have two children: Lawrence Waiter, born in
1911, and John Francis (best known as Jack), born
in 1913, The family home is at 12i7 West Grand
boulevard.
GEORGt F NEW ELL In the purveying of the
essential food products i*: demanded not onlj a thorcugh
knowledge of valuen but also that <itaunch integnt^ of
purpose that beget*- public confidence and goodw dl
The reputation gamed by George F Newell in his sue
cessful and heavy operations as a representative of the
wholesale trade in butter and eggs thus constitutes a
valuable commercial asset and his tau" and honorable
deihngR have been coupled with the technical discnm-
ination inii the progressive pobcies that make for the
maximum "iucceHS in this field of enterprise He i'f a
young man whose energv and abditi have been potent
in the development of his large and substantial wholesale
husineiw, and hi? succeis has been fully merited, even ai
IS his secure status in the butaneaa circles of the Michigan
metropohs the headquarters of his business being here
maintained at 2646 Eighteenth street
Mr Newell was born at Ailmer Province of Ontario
Canada on the 3d of April 188(1 and ii a son jf George
F and Salena (Hopkins) Newell the former a native of
Ontario and the latter of England Mrs Newell w i"! a
child at the time of her parents immigration to America
and was reared and educated in Ontario C anada where
her marriage was solemmzed and where she pa=!=>ed the
remainder of her life both she and her husband passing
awa\ at Aylmer where George F Newell &r built up
a large and prosperous industry m the manufacture of
larriages Of the seven children the subject of this
review was the sixth in order of birth Frank Vt hkewiie
resides m Detroit Elfie is Mr= Alma E Wright of Port
Burwell Ontario Newton remams in the old home ton n
of Ajlmer Edwin is a resident of the eitv ot Chicago
Marj iH deceased and Orton is a representative physician
and surgeon in the city of Hamilton Ontario
In addition to receiving the advant'iges of the pubhc
schcols if hia native town George F Newell Jr there
continued his studies for some time in an excellenth
conducted collegiate institute He wa^ twentv three
vears of age when he came to Deir it and obtained a
position in the emplo\ of Spencer i. Howes a well estab
lished firm in the wholesale butter and egg trade He
continued ai a valued employe of this firm eleven years
and dunng this period he gained a thorough knowledge
Df the business so that he was prepared when in 1915
he engaged m the same kind of enterprise in an inde
pendent wav and with a w ell established trade reputation
It Wis it (hi time thft he organ zei the (. enrge F
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Newell Company, of which he has since continued tUe
executive head, with a controlling interest in the business,
which under his wise and vigorous direction has been
developed to substantial proportions, with a lar^e and
representative support on the part of the ret id trade in
Detroit. Mr. Newell has further extended his lucal
business interests and is a director of the Detroit Refng
erator Company.
On June 23, 190i, occurred the marriage of Mr Newell
to Ida Terreault, daughter of John Terreaulfc a wi>ll
known citizen of Detroit. To this union have been burn
two cliildren, the elder of whom, George, who wv. born
in 1900, was killed in an automobile accident, August 28,
1920. Orton, the younger son, was born in 190S and is
attending the public sohooh.
Mr. Newdl maintains an independent political attitude
though he has becoms a naturalized citizett of the United
States, he has completed the circle of Scottish Rite
Masonry, in which he has received the thirty-second
degree and is a member of Moslem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine.
ARTHUR CLEVELAND COGSWELL. For thirty
years Arthur Cleveland Cogswell was connected with
the business int«rest8 of Detroit as vice president, secre-
tary and sales manager of the Detroit Sanitary Supply
Company. His name was also widely known as that of a
magazine writer and, moreover, he was a speaker of ability.
His activity along these lines as well as in business made
him most widely and favorably known and he enjoyed
the honor and respect of all with whom he came into
contact. Mr. Cogswell was born in Salem, Massachusetts,
April 4, 1S58, a son of Epes and Martha Ray (Hammond)
Cogswell. The ancestral line can be traced back to a
very early period in the colonization of the new world,
for John Cogswell, with his wife, EUzabeth, and eight
children, embarked on the 23d of May, 1635, at Bristol,
England, on the Angel Gabriel for New England. With
Mr. Cogswell besides his wife were his three sons, Wil-
ham, John and Edward, and five of his six daughters,
one daughter remaining in England, where later she niar-
ried and is making her home in London. Mr. Cogswell
also brought with him several farm hands, household
servants, an amount of valuable furniture, farming
implements, housekeeping utensils and a considerable
sum of money. The party was detained many days
after going aboard the ship for lack of wind, so that not
until the 4th of June did they actually set sail from
Bristol. On the same day another vessel, The James,
also sailed, having on board emigrants for America.
Among the passengers was the Rev. Richard Mather,
who was the progenitor of the distinguished Mather
family of New England. He was fleeing from religious
intolerance in his native country in order to have freedom
to worship according to the dictates of his conscience
in the new world. The vessels kept company for about
two weeks and then became separated but arrived about
the same time on the coast of New England. The James
lay at anchor off the Isles of Shoals and the Angel Gabriel
off Pemaquid, Maine. When the great gale of August
15 1633, struck them The James was torn from her anchor
and was obliged to put to sea but with two days of careful
battling with storm and waves she reached Boston Harbor
with "her saih rent m sunder and split in pieces as if they
had been rotten ragges." The passengers of The James
landtd in Boston, August 17, having been twelve weeks
and two dajs on the passage The ingel Gabriel fared
still worse "The storm was frightful at Pemaquid, the
wind blowup from the northeast, the tide rising to a
vcr> unusual height in some places more than twenty
feet Thjs was succeeded bv another and unaccountable
tidal wave stdl higher.' The Angel Gabriel became a
total wreck, passengers, cattle and goods being all cast
upon the angry waves. Among those who reached the
shore were Mr. Cogswell and his family. Three or four
passengers and one seaman perished and there was much
loss of cattle and property. It was in this manner that
the first of the name of Cogswell reached American shores.
In the intervening period of two hundred and eighty-
seven years there has sprung up a numerous posterity,
some of whom in each generation have lived eventful
hves, rising to eminence and rendered distinguished
service to their country in various ways. They inter-
married with many of the illustrious families of the
country, becoming related by such a marriage to Oliver
Wendell Holmes and other distinguished people.
Epes Cogswell, father of Arthur C, Cogswell, was born
in Salem, Massachusetts, which had been the family
home through many generations. He became a volunteer
in the Union army during the Civil war, enlisting in 1861
as a member of the Massaehusetts Fourth Battery. In
caring tor the sick soldiers in the unhealthy climate of
Louisiana he was taken ill and died in camp near Lake
Pontchartrain. He was survived by his two sons, Epes
A., of Salem, Massachusetts, and Arthur C; and a
daughter, Mrs. Harriet Endieott Wiggins of Detroit.
Arthur C. Cogswell, who is a representative of the
family in America of the eighth generation, attended
the common schools of Salem and passed through con-
secutive grades to his graduation from the high school.
Later he attended the Boston School of Technology and
while still a very young man he filled the ofiice of council-
man in his native city. With all the enthusiasm of youth
he entered upon the work and we find him responsible
for many notable reforms and innovations in the city
government during the period of his incumbency in office.
He became a member of the original survey party of the
Santa Fe Railroad and in this connection traveled exten-
sively through the west and southwest, returning after
some years to Salem. He was also interested in railroad
contracting and building with John and I^ester Mundy,
having their headquarters at El Paso, Texas. From
187!) until 1882 he was in business in Hutchinson, Kansas,
and then returning to Salem entered mercantile circles
as a member of the clothing firm of Sinclair & Cogswell,
so continuing from 1884 until 1886. It was in the year
1891 that he arrived in Detroit, where he continued hia
lughout his remaining days, becoming the
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vice president, secretir\ and alea manaRer if the Detioit
Sanitary Supply Company in which eapacit\ he served
throughout the three decides in nhich this city was
hia home.
During the years of a ver% busv useful and active life
Mr. Cogswell found it possible to travel estensiveh and
visited many points of interest throughout the world
gaining that liberal knowledge and culture whHh is never
secured as quickly in aa\ other way a', in travel He was
an exceptionally welt read man a most interesting and
entertaining public speaker and a writer of considtnl le
ability, his articles appearing in manv papers ind maga
sinea and discussing maa> public questions
On the 3d of July 1902 in New "5: ork Mr Cogswell
was united in marri^e to Miaa Emma Barbara Kuerner
a dau^ter of Jacob Kuerner of Stuttgirt Germanj and
of Emma (Stark) Kuerner who waa born in Philadelphia
Mr. Cogswell belonged to ■leveral trade organizations
and also to the Detroit Board of Commerce He nas
a charter member of Fhnt Lodge No 222 B P O E
and he belonged to the Old Colons Club to the Society
of the Sons of the Revol ition to the Ma'ionic fraternity
attaining the Knights Templar degree in Detroit Com
mandery, and to the Old Guard He was al^o a member
of the Woodward Avenue Baptiat church and hii lite
was ever actuated hi the higheot and noblest principles
In politics, like the others of the family he was always
a republican and he wis actuated by profound love of
country and a deep patriotism at all times Mr Cogs-
well died on the 28th of Mai 1020
PEANK P. MILLFE Oiilv eij,bt i nrs hive i assL 1
since Frank P. Miller entered the field f real estate
activitj in Detroit and yet withm this time he has
emne to he numbered with the big four real estate
men of the uty It is a marvekus retord when one
thinks of the hundreds of Detrcit citizens who are
operating in real estate here the hundreds of sub
divisions which have been divided and put upon the
market and the thousands upon thousands of lots
that have been sold and improved To be numbered
with the four who haie been most aetn e in meeting
the needs occasioned by Detroit's marvelous growth
IS certainly 1 record of which any man should be
proud Yet Frink P Miller makes no speciil cliim
to distinction and there is no more ipproaohable
geniil or likeable man m tlie huiiness circles t De
troit He wai botn near Vnehoriille "Vtichifein,
Mircb 32 1880 his parents lemg John P and Made
line (Jacobs) Miller, who wire aU) natives of this
state HiB youthful surroundings were those of the
home farm whieh was ciiltiiatid and super\isel by
his father, who at the sime timi was owner and cap
tain of a lake vessel
The family removed to Richmond Michigan when
Frank P Miller wa^ a iad of but file jears anl there
he anquired a pul In school education He was a
youth of sixteen when the family home was estab-
lished in Detroit ami here lie initiated his business
arc.tr Ij ei tering i lru„ -itir in which 1b sjent
three lears is an issistiut Hi, afterward seriod
for two vears witli the WiUnm E 'W right Company,
interior detorators m i cleri al uapacity ind later
1 epted the po'sition of aciountint in the wholesale
grocery house (f the Edward Hcnklc Compinv There
he continued for fiie >eirs when a iaudalle ambi
tion prompted 1 im to engige in business on his own
iccount his capital btmg the direct rcjult of his crwn
liboTs He beein the minufaeture operation ind sale
of i en ling machines and cish registers and within
1 pprio! of file years had dei eloped the I usiness
to one of estcnsiic proportions A close observer
ot the business world howei er Mr Miller recognized
the < pportunities of the lutomobilc industry and in
1910 dispose! of his venling michine ind tash reg
ister business to become Detroit agent f r the Imperial
and Cole motor cars He maintained his agency fir
two Tears, meeting with sutstantnl success and then
entered the real eitate tield It was his keen sagatity
that prompted this step He saw that the rapid ex
pansion of Detroit through its motor and other in
dustrics was making a demand that must be met in
the nav of gii ing to the incoming citizens real estate
that would enable them to become the pogseasors of
homes In 1912 therefore, he organize 1 the Frai k
P Miller Keil Estite Eiehange At first he hal
desk room only At the present time he has large and
well appointed offices m the downtown district of the
citj with various branch offices in all sei-tians and
his emplojes today number between four and five hnn
dred He has personall} opened up the sale of the
folltwing subdivisions Glacier Park, Mulberri Hill
Mulberrv Hill No 1 Amber Park Humber Pirk Fiir
mont Park Deirborn Park No I Pilmer Eoulevird
Estites Palmer Hmes Gdien Gate Park Nos lands
and Hamilton Park. He has sold and has holdings in
State Fair, Nos. 1 and 2^ Woodward Heights, Nos. 1
and 2, Woodland Park, Woodward Farms and Wood-
ward Farms Addition. His operations have resulted
in the organization of various corporations and he
18 now the president of the Frank P Millar Land Com
pin J the Terminal Land Company, Mulberry Hill
Lan 1 Company, Bcndi Park Land Company, the
Miller Martz Improvement Compani , Prank P Millet
Investment & Homes Company, Palmer Boulevard Es
tate Palmer Hmues and the Frank P Miller Suburban
Land Complni and is likewise the owner of iraber
Park He his ilso become the vice presiient anl
treaiutpr of the Cass Like Highlands Compinj, an
officer md director of the McKmnon Lind Compinv
ot Dearborn properties ind i director of the High
lind Park Building &. Loan Association In iddition
he is a stockholder in the Guirmtee Trust Companj
of Detroit, the First and Old Detroit National Bank,
the Highland Park State Bank o£ Highland Park, the
American State Bank of Highland Park, the American
State Bank of Dearborn and the Van Auken Company
of Pontiae, makers of automobile bodies. He is like-
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WISP the president of tie Farquar Heating Company
ind has the Michigan rights for this corporation A
lirge heating plant is on display ■it his North Wood
wird o&ee and ilso in each one of his other ofHee^
ind at the Dctriit Buildar'i ind Traders Esohange
INot only has Mr 'Miller dev elope 1 and handled teal
e^'ite but has also leea thi. bu Her of oier two hun
(Irel homes m the Hamilton Park sublivision with
fifteen or twenty houifes of higher Llasi type in the
Medl ury subdiyiaion and a lirga number ot two
family flits and homes on the east sile His teal
estate opentions haye niturall^ led him into connec
ti ns of kindred chiracter and he is now presilent
f the Ide'll FireptOfifing & Plastering Company iomg
gpneril fontrictlng m plastering anl ornamental work
To this company has been iccoried the eontrict for
the ornamental and plaster work of the nsv, Highland
Pirk Hospital also for tie Unit for Keeeiving Hos
pital and Harper Htipital togethpr with several lirge
t! eatrea and banks and churches of Detroit and other
fomfi m Mich gin At a recent date a lirge contract
VTiS accorded them ttr the ornimental ind plaster
work in one of the big theatres of New Orleins
Louisiana In fact their work extends to all pirts
f the tnion Mr Miller is president of Cast Con
Crete Eruk Company ot Detroit with plants at Eoch
eat r Michigan
One of the ekments of Mr Miller g notalle succesi
1 as bten show n in his ability to surroun 1 himielf witl
a moat il le and elli i 1 1 corps of asaist nta He i^
an Lscellcnt judge of men ind murtu^tr hi, seems to
hue the fatuity of winning their fullest cooperation
ini support He mikes men know that he trusts
them and they live np to his faith Moreoyer it is
Slid that he haa hid n irkpd influence 0( er thou
sands of voing men who ire growing up in Detroit s
b ismess circles, his infli eni-p being of inestimable
\alue to them and to fie ne>.t gmention of business
men in tl e city lie haa built homes f >r n any of his
emplo} es giiing them a chance to pay for them out
nC their commissions He enconngea thrift and m
duatri and the adoption of the highest business stand
iris nnd his representatives refoj,n!ze the fact that
he feels a person il interest in their success an! m
tl eir prosperity
On the 9th of 4ugust 1909 Mr Miller was mir
rip 1 to Miss Amber De Lamirandp dd ighter of Mrs
Nireissis De Lamirande of New Orleans In religious
faith Mr Miller is a Eoman Catl olie an 1 ho his
nembersl'ip with the Knights of Columbua also with
il e Elks the Fellowcraft Uub the German Am ennn
Llub tie Detroit Auto Club ml the Wolverine Auto
nobile Club He la also a repreaentat i e of the De
troit Board of Commerce and oi e whose opmiuns
carry wei&ht in its councils He enjoys all forms
f outdoor amusen ent particuHrH golfing ind mo
toring anl ho finds the keenest pleasure in art anl
n usic He s a man of strong and mignetic ptr
s nilify forcefil anl resourcef il one whose stan 1
ards of lite ire high inJ who in the midst of a most
succcssfi 1 career has never failed to meet his obliga-
tions and responsibilities in relation to his fellowmen.
GEORGE FR\NKLIN BUEKE, D. D. S. The
dental profession of Detir it finds a leading representative
m Dr George Frankhn Burke, who for over a quarter of
a century has been, located in this city, and during this
period he his steadily advanced until he now occupies a
position of leadership m his chosen vocation. For the
past nine >ears he has specialized in orthodontia and is
a recognized expert in this branch of the profession.
He IS a native ot Michigan, his birth having occurred at
Ann Arbor on the 13th of August, IS74, and his parents
were '9> ilham and Catherine (Hyer) Burke.
In the public schools of his native city Dr. Bvirke
obtained hia early education, afterward entering the State
University of Michigan from which he received the degree
of D D S in 1898 In the same year he came to Detroit,
opening a suite of offices m the Gladwin building, where
he engaged in the general practice of dentistry until 1913,
when he l«ok a postgraduate course in the Kansas City
School of Orthodontia and has since devoted his attention
to the straightening ot irregular teeth, ranking with the
leading orthodontists of the country. He is now located
m the Dai id Whitney building and his office is supplied
with all modern appliances neeeaaary for the succeesfu]
practice of orthodontia His mechanical skiD and in-
genuity combined with his comprehensive knowledge
of the scientific prmciples underlying his profession, has
enabled him to do work of a superior character and has
secured for him a large and constantly increasing practice.
Dr Burke was amoi^ the first to realize the importance
of teaching the >oung to properly care for the mouth and
teeth and it waj. largely through his efforts that dental
cimics were estabhshed m the public schools. He has
devoted a great deal of valuable time to supervising the
work of these chn cs and from 1911 until 1913 was a
member of the state board of dental examiners, in which
connection he rendered valuable service to the profession
by promoting legislation which has resulted in elevating
the standards of dental practice in Michigan.
On the 13th of June 1903, Dr. Burke was united in
marriage to Mis'? Florence Treble of Windsor, Ontario,
Cinada and they have a son, George Treble, born July
19 190-i in Detroit The family reside in an attractive
home at No 709 Gladstone avenue and they are com-
municants of the Episcopal church. That Dr. Burke
IS a progressive and public-spirited citizen is indicated
b\ his membership m the Detroit Board of Commerce
and his political support is given to the platform and can-
didates of the republican party. He is a member of the
Firvt District Dental Society, ot which he was made
leiretarym 1906 while m 1908 he was chosen its president,
and he is also identified with the Michigan State and
National Dental Societies He is likewise an associate
member of the Wi^ne County Medical Society and
traternilly is connected with the Masonic order, belong-
ing to Corinthian Lodge F & A. M., and to King Cyrus
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Chapter, R. A. M. Natural talent and acquired ability,
detennination and energy have brought him to a position
of distinction in the ranks of his profession and while
he has gained individual prosperity, he has also labored
effectively to promote the pubhe welfare. His life has
ever been guided by high purposes and ideals and he is
a man whom to know is to esteem and admire.
GflLBEBT EDISON MILLEE. To create a policy
and live up to its promises is to establish a reputation
indeed enviable. At the outset of his career Gilbert
Edison MilleT selected the words "square deal" as
his slogan and the spirit thereof has permeated every
trade transact on n li s 1 te He e known as toquare
Deal M Her propr utor of the B ggest L ttle &tore
n Detio t He possesses enter].ri3e and deter n mt on
but he possesses mo e^-or giudl ty and n t t ve He
bas stud ed the best methods ot br ng ng his store
before the lubl and has don th s by proetases
of isycholog all h s ovm He has stud d tl e gene al
puH e the men and on en ho alk the streets ot the
c ty to finl where the best [urehases an be mide at
the most rea^omble pr ees H s pol cy his raide
the pablie sm le at t raea but h s methods a e sueh as
all mer hants would do well to st dy caretully
G Ibert Ed son M Her was bom n K chn ond M ch
gan June 1 1*^ 6 h a parents be ng Albert and
£1 za (Smith) M Her He a a grad ate of the un
vers ty of hard kno ks and n tlie scho 1 f ex
per enee he has been and s yet an jpt student He
vas a arr e 1 at E hn ond M cb gan o 11 ? Maude
leaton and the ha e one son Ea 1 Don born toep
tember 10 lSi»7 an i s nee Janua v 1 l^i ' be lias
taken full charge of h s father s bus ness Earl Don
M Her marr ed M ss M nette Walte a of Det o
Leav ng It chn ond Mr M Her came to Detro t ani
n 101 establ shed a sn oil b v n ss n hat he t rmed
P k Webb & Company a ee box t n leed hav ng
been a jart of the refr gerat ng room, of the meat
market The 1 ttle store vaa s x by twenty feet H a
bui neis gre v r^i ilv so muel so tl at the trade maga
z ne System n 1915 wrote of him as folio vs Over
fifteen hundred dollars n sales annually for every
iquar foot n h store s tie record of G E M Her
of Detro t He pays the landlorl fitteen dollars a
month for h s 1 ttle jewelry store— and iep s ta twel e
th nd fi e hundred dollars w th hia hank before
the ne-^t month a rent s due System s nvest gat ons
to the coit of do ng bus nesa ihow ed that the ive age
jewel r n tl e m ddle west pavs fi e per cent of h a
s les o t aga n as rent M Her ts th s percentage to
a t ny tra t o — twel e 1 undr dths of one per cent
The ery fact th t th a st re s hardly b gger than a
hall bedroom has compelled M Her to jay spec al
attention to gett ng the utmost from t H s ex
per ence leads h m to 1 el e that son e on e na do
not make nearly as many sales to the square neh as
thev m ght f they de otel n ore studv to the p oblem
f gett ng more off siice He k ow that the
value of getting the most out of apace applies to
practically every type of business. With Miller, this
study has been a vital matter; and he is convinced
that some of the methods he has developed might bring
proportionate returns even if practiced in large
stores. Miller chose the store he occupies because
when he rented it he eouid not afford a more expensive
one. He says of bimself that he started in business
with two dollars and a shirt stud; and he likea to add
that the man who bought the stud is still a regular
"In hia limited space Miller was determined he
would create the 'Biggeat Little Store' in Detfoit. In-
st ad of oon^ dor g h mself hoj cle sly oat of the
unn ng aga net omp t tors with n ore moaey and
better locat ons he saw how he m ght n ake advert s
g cap tal of the fa ts about h s s de street locat on
He had one d st net od antage a the small rent he
J a d th s n ade h s exj enses unusually lo But n
der to real ze on th s advantage he sa th t he
ould ha e to conv nee people that h s expenses were
r allj low and th t n onseqaen e he ould g ve
eieept onally favorable pr ces \nd he saw also that
1 e ould ha e to make them real £e that h s alues
were always good and the serv oe supphed by h a
store unusual feo to get these fa ts to the lubl c
\I Her be ame an advert aer H a plan throughout has
been to get customers to come to the 1 ttle Grand
E ver avenue store on the grounl that h a pr ee alue
and ser ce pnl es w H make them glad to come back
In h a ad ert s ng M Her find t pays h m to make his
appeal d rect to the man or oman la store shop or
office who ares mo e about pr e than pr de L mou
a nes nd electr cs stop n tront of the stores on
Woodward aven e but M Her suggests that he sella
jewelry to peofle not auton ob les and when he calls
f r a t afSc pol cenian it s to handle custon era n
slead of the r eh eles
He a f ank about putt ng h a own personality
and deas into h s ne apaper coi He e s one of
h 9 class fied 1 ners — a type ot a 1 ert ng that he
used extens ely when he first vent nto bus ess be
ame of its ol eainess and the gool results t obta ned
It vou e engaged to some fello vho s plann ng
0 1 e w th h s folka give h n back h s r ng lou
a get a good job n a C nne v r ght now — ^and
1 <indle our own wagei \ lot of b ght g rls are
buj ng the r own lewelry— fro M Her — so I know
1 at I m talk nc about S j are Deal pr ess B ggest
L ttle Store 64 Grojid r or West Not less do ti to
earth s the follow ng adve t aement— also a 1 ner —
ntended to att act men 1 want to show yo the best
} a r of dollar cuff buttons anj n an ever stuck into h s
■^unday sh rt some n fty seart i ns too spec al at
one dollar — worth two lollars I kno M Her
B ggest L ttle Store 64 Grand r er West Open
even ngs Everj th ng the b g store has except ex
I enae a a slogan that M Her freque tlj uses n tl ese
ai ert en nts He frankly states the amount f rent
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he ii,\a and backs h s statem nt up witl an afedaiit
f r the benefit of any doubting Thomas
b X ^cars after the above was written another trade
2 u lal The Keyatone tj peered witl an opening
article on Mr Miller beginning a a toilows From
a total floor space ot two himdred and fortj aquare
tut to th rtt thousand square teet from do ng his
own repairing to Lmploying twentj watchn akcra one
lotkmaker three engrai erg lud ten jewelera trotn an
oitieal 1 ■irlor so sm-ill is to necessitate an ingenious
arrangement of mirrors to get the proper distance and
tocus in testing to 1 separite department emplojjng
seven men equipped with everj eoni enienue aj i every
m derii d&\ loe ini-luding six \ heels tor i,r nding hia
(wn lenses and bringing in more than one thousand
ioUara a week from less than five th usand a M.ar to
more than a million a year — all in nine jears time
These are the outstanding figures in the history ot
Giltert E ( bquare Deal ) Miller s jewelry buaineaa
What 13 the setret of such a phenomenal suceeast
There ire just three reasons Miller advertising and
tie Sjnare Deal 4s to the first ce-ison then Miller
11 of course a keen tra ler But ot fir more impor
tance thin this is the f-wt thit he possesses an ^nusu^l
personality tai litenllv ridiatea energy and good
(.heer He makes friends rei lilv and holda them long
P thy remarks eome readily to him and manj of theai.
ire used in his tdiertising He belieies in doing
things differently in saving things differentlj and m
stu lying his Lustomera He has a tremendous imount
of filth in the man of the atrtet He sajs The people
I wint for m> customers are the people I meet on the
street e\ erv la\ They are juat plain peoplt and I
im one of them The buying public is largely eom
I osed of suth jersons My advertising talks appeil
to them because they recognize their own language I
n ai amuse them but I never let them get awij from
tl e fiet that it is of Miller I m speaking— an i no ne
clae The key to success in studying hun an nature
IS to he human yourself I do a lot of simple things
that bring me business and which are different Por
lUustMtion. If 1 tustomer omea m an! wants a water
set the clerk follows the eoniersation and makes
mental as well as ai-tual notes If the customer wears
glasses the lerk cheeka off glasses n a chart at the
t p of the iialts shp If he mentions that he would
be nterested in diamond'' later on the clerk checks off
diamonds He maj mention that hia wife s birth laj
comes in November the clerk makes note ot that The
sales slip bearing the customer s name goes into the
ties Those hies are watched ml at regular intervals
that Luston er geta friendly letters ind advertising
matter He wonders where we tound out all about
him and he is pleased beciuse we are interested m I m
Customers are always Iropping little remarks about
th ir hobbiis and preferences tl at turnish me with
good business cajital When I see that a suHitient
number have expressed a preference for a particular
I oveltv r article I ord r a few hu Irel in ] th n sen 1
out letters to theae people telli g them that I have
the articles and am (ffermj, them at a special price
I try to size up a customer when he comes into the
store and when he asks for an article I show him some
thing at the price I think he is willing to ]-av I never
allow mj salesmen to try to tdlk customers into bujmg
something thej tan t afford That may be good busi
ness but IS I see it it lei Is to dissatishel ist n ers
and above all things I iim to 1 ave sitisfied customers
I have known clerks to boast ot having male a good
SJle when they had succeeded in palming off an <ld
jiece of goods that wis out of stjle or shopworn or
the like I don t think that was a good sale The
Luatomer is going to find out thit his p irchase is (ut
of late or ahoj worn and then he is going to urae tl e
store that sold it to him I prefer to put on i sale
about once a year and get rid of sueh stuff at a sacri
fice charging the loss to advertising
Miller 13 a great believer in advert s ng but this
too he does differently His advertisemeits are al
w lys short and p tl v — frequently somewhat humorous
— and are coucl cd in the language of the everyday
man Irinter s ink is onlv a small item m his adver
tising BiUboards car cards personal letters sj e al
sales and unique stunts' are his chief assets in this
field Pot one thing he maintains an advertising ox
pert all the time This man s luti as he himself
expresses it is to jut the M Her personality } etore
the public ' That he dues so no one who is familiar
with his work and the results can loubt iSome time
ago one of the local papers offered a prize for the beat
(nsaj on an advertisement ajpearu g m a group on
1 certiin page There were about thirty of these
alvertisementa grouped around the page and the eon
ttetants were privileged to write on any one they
chose The result was that seventy nine per ent of
the contestants wrote on. MiUer s little two meh ad
whi<h began with the statement My wife says I
mustn t talk slan^ Some years igo it a time when
eggs wore sellmg at sixty cents a dozen la grocery
stores Miller advertised nineteen hundred dozen strict)-
ly treah eggs at thirty eight cents a dozen only two
dozen to a customer A portion of this advertising
read Every egg absolutely guaranteed — just like any
diamond or ].ieee of jewelrj — vour money back if not
satisfied If you find an egg that doesn t stand up
lust like a rubber hall when vou break it I make
good There wis si ch a demand for these eggs that
half a dozen policemen couldn t control tie crowd
The nineteen hundred dozen were s Id out only two
dozen to i customer in fifty one n mutes! Eggs ot
course didn t have anything to do witl jewelry but
Miller wanted jeople to ■ccmc to his store — and they
eame Bj the time he maJe gool the loss n the eggs
themselves and repaired a few showcases broken by
the crowd he found that it had been a rather expensive
erpenment but he checked the loss off agimst his
adv ert sing account and let it go at that
"Ur "Uller s bisin ss c r er was -jlso the theme of
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aa article in Tlie Literary Digest in August, 1921, in
wbich it was said: "Miller is one of tbe eleverest
advertisers who ever turned their talents toward
selling jewelry, and by no means ali of his adver-
tising effort ia confined to a liberal use of printer's
ink. Instead of tlie national slogan of 'gifts- that
laat,' Miller might very well use the phrase, 'gifts
that briag new customers,' for it is largely through
his Judiejous distribution of useful gifts that Miller
has made his back street store the best known jewelry
establishment in the city. The traffic policemen may
not read newspaper advertising but they read Miller's
advertising, because every time one of them takes out
his fountain pen to make an entry ia his note-book he
sees this enterprising jeweler's name. Some time ago
Miller gave every member of the traffic squad a good
fountain pen bearing his name and accompanied by
a. nice little note of appreciation of the officer's kind-
ness in directing customers to Miller's store. During
the war Miller's son volunteered and he himself dis-
played his patriotism in many ways. One of these was
also an excellent advertisement. To every member of
the Detroit police force he gave a box of three lead-
pencils— a red one, a white one, and a blue one— each
pencil bearing tbe recipient's name in gold. Yes, this
little gift cost him more than one thousand, five hun-
dred dollars but was good advertising. On another
occasion Miller got an opportunity to buy a gross of
sterling silver tweezers at a bargain. He knew that
it would take a mighty long time to sell a whole gross
of tweezers in a jewelry store but he took tha lot.
Then he proceeded to drop into the barber shops of the
city and to present a pair of tweezers to each barber,
remarking that he would make the latter a present of
them. If the barber were not already acquainted with
him he would very naturally ask the donor's name
and Miller would merely reply, 'iSquare-Deal Miller.'
He did not ask the barbers to send cuatnmers to him
or to return the favor in any way but he knew that to
place a tool in the hands of such talkers as barbers
would be excellent publicity just the same. Kor does
this hustling jeweler forget the general public. Por
years he has given away »ueh useful articles as yard-
sticks, rulers, and cut glass, and last winter he gave
out five thousand radiator protectors, each of which
bore the legend; 'Another satisfied customer.' Another
custom in vogue with him is to get in touch with new-
ly married couples. In this he cooperates with a
publisher, who gives a cook-book to every person apply-
ing for a marriage license Miiler has inserted in the
cook-book a card inviting the couple to his store,
where he makes a contribution to their household
goods. This is enough publicity."
While advertising has been a potent force in the
continued growth of the trade of the Biggest Little
Store it has been the "square deal" policy that has
been the moat forceful element in his success. He
has always advertised that dissatisfied customers miglit
return their purchases and receive their money back
and he has lived up to this in spirit and letter. Speak-
ing of this Mr. Miller said; "There are absolutely no
stringa to the proposition that I make to the public;
it for any reason a customer is not entirely satisfied
with his purchase he may bring the goods back at any
time and get his money and I won't so much as ask
him why he isn't satisfied — at least not until after
I've given him his money. Then it frequently happens
that he reall}- doesn't want his money after ho finds
he can get it." In illustration of this Mr Miller told
about a man who one da}- entered the store with a
forty dollar watch, which he laid upon the counter
saying simply, 'I'd like to get my money back on that.'
Mr. Miller looked up the sale, saw that he had pur-
chased the wateh for forty dollars and wrote oat a
check for that amount. When he handed the man the
money, the latter pointed to a watch in the showcase
and asked to see it. When it was displayed the man
questioned: "Is this a good watch?" Mr. Miller re-
plied; "Oan't beat it for the money," and to the
question: "How much?" ans.wered: "Sixty-five
dollars." Whereupon the man returned the cheek,
handed out another twenty-five dollars and went upon
Ha way. Many other illustrations of this "return"
policy of Mr. Miller might be cited. For example
all diamonds are sold at a ninety -per- eent-tash -back-at-
any-time-guarantee. His square deal method waa
well illustrated by an incident which occurred during
the World war, when a lady in Texas wrote sajTug
that her husband was in the army, that he had bought
a fifty dollar diamond of Mr. Miller and that he
needed funds and as she remembered his ninety per
cent guarantee she would like to take advantage of it.
Mr. Miller found that the sale waa all right and as
diamonds had increased somewhat in value he sent her
the entire purchase price of fifty dollars, never ex-
pecting to bear an3-thing from it again. About a year
later, however, a man walked into the store, asked to
see a nice diamond and purchased one for sixteen
hundred dollars. In the course of the conversation
with the salesman be said; "I don't know a thing
about diamonds You might sell me a piece of glass
and I'd never know the difference. But I have a
relative down in Texas — a lady — and she once told
mo of an experience she had with you, and I thought
this would be a good place for a green fellow like me
to buy a diamond." During the first three months of
the draft. October to December, 1917, Mr. Miller re-
funded ninety-one thousand dollars on this diamond
guarantee. His advisers urged Mm to put some kind
of restriction on the plan but this he steadily refused
to do and the "square deal" policy remains today
just as effective m all of his dealings as it did at the
outset when he opened his little store on Grand river.
Today the little store is a big one but he still remains
on Grand river, which has been termed "the most un-
attractive shopping district in Detroit." Mr. Miller,
however, has had no difficulty in building up his trade
there because of the originality of his methods, his
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marked progreaaiveneBs, his study of human nature
and most of all his thorough honesty and if one might
be permitted to sermonize in biography the writer
would add "go thou and do likewise."
Mr. Miller is a member of the Board of Comroeree,
of the jUcraft Cinb and of the Fellowcraft Club and
he is a Mason, an Elk and a Moose He believes in
human nature, enjoys the opportunities that life gives
him, finds keen pleasure in Ms work and he lives the
Emersonian philosophy that "the way to wm a friend
is to be one." Mr. Miller's residence is at 2205 Chi-
cago boulevard.
IIENRY WINSLOW STANDART, secretary and
treasurer of the Northern Engineering Works of Detroit,
has been identified with the manufacturing interests of
the city since 1897, or for a quarter of a century. He
was bom in Detroit, May 21, 1875, and is a son of Henry
Winslow and Flora Belle (Van Husan) Standart, the
litter a daughter of Caleb Van Husan. Mr. Standart
11 tl e third Henry Winslow Standart in this line in Amer-
ici The family name is of English origin and is derived
from standard, owing to the fact that one of the early
ancestors was the standard bearer to the king or bearer
of the king a standard. The grandfather, Henry W.
StmJart was born in New Hartford, New York, in 1807
and OQ the 16th of March, 1831, married Ann Gardner.
His death occurred in Detroit, in 1872. Henry W.
Standart (II), born in Detroit, February 24, 1842, was
married June 5, 1873, to Flora Belle Van Husan. He
WTfi one of the active men of hia day in Detroit, but
pisfted away in 1880 at a comparatively early age.
Through three generations the family has been one of
srcul and business prominence in this city.
\ftPr attending the pubUc schools and the Detroit
ichool for boys, Henry Winslow Standart (HI) continued
ills fediication in the University of Michigan, in which
he pursued an engineering course. He was a member
of the naval mihtia when the Spanish-American war
broke out and on the call for volunteers he enhsted and
served throughout the period of hostilities on the Yose-
mite, together with other men of prominence in the city
and state.
When the war was over Mr. Standart turned his atten-
tion to manufacturing interests in connection with the
Detroit Malleable Iron Company, conducting a foundry
business and was associated with that corporation until
it left Detroit. He then became active in organizing
the Northern Engineering Works in October, 1899, and
has been secretary and treasurer of this company since.
It is engaged in the manufacture of cranes, hoists and
foundry machinery and the business has been biiilt up
to extensive proportions. In 1904 the same company
organized the Northern Crane Works of Walkerviile,
Ontario, and Mr. Standart is likewise secretary and
treasurer of that company. He is also the vice president
of the Witchell Sheill Company and a director of the
United Savings Bank. His business interests are exten-
On the 25th of February, 1905, in Kittanning, Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. Standart was united in marriage to Miss
EUza Phillips Mayers and they have become parents of a
dai^ter, Margaret Phillips. Mr. Standart is identified
with various public interests and activities which affect
the general welfare. He belongs to the Detroit Board
of Commerce and his cooperation, can at all times be
counted upon to further plans and measures for the gen-
eral good. His reUgious faith is that of the Presbyterian
church and he has membership also in the Sigma Phi, a
cflllege fraternity, and in a number of the leading Detroit
clubs, including the Detroit, Yondotega, Detroit Boat,
University, Country, Detroit Engineering Society, Detroit
Automobile Club and the Bloomfield Open Hunt. Mr.
Standart's career is in harmony with that of an ancestry
honorable and distinguished and he has ever fully sus-
tained the good name of the family. Mr. Standart's
country tome, "Whitehill," is in the Bloomfield Hills
section. It is named for the ancient family seat of the
Standard, or Standart, family at Whitehill, Oxford,
England.
DR. FRANK HA88LER, who for over three decades
has been a member of the medical fraternity of Detroit, is
widely known to the profession as the inventor and manu-
facturer of the Energizer, or universal energy transmitter, a
device that increases the depleted store of vital energy until
it reaches a normal degree of efficiency and which has
proved most eScctive in eradicating many ills from the
system, being recognized as a valuable remedial agent in
the restoration of health. Dr. Hassler was born in Milan,
Erie county, Ohio, June 6, 1854, a son of Joseph and
Mary (Hiss) Hassler, both of whom were of European
birth and emigrated to the United States in 1848, first
locating at Gabon, Ohio. Later they removed to Milan,
that state, where for many years the father successfully
engaged in merchandising. Both parents are deceased.
In their family were eight children but only two survive:
Mrs. Mary C. ElUs, a resident of Latham, Kansas, and
Frank.
In the acquirement of an education Dr. Hassler attended
country schools in Illinois and Ohio and the public schools
of Attica, in the latter state, after which he learned the
trades of blacksmithing and carriage-making, which he
followed as a journeyman for seven years. A very serious
injury which he received in his youth caused him to take
up the profession of medicine, which he has since fol-
lowed. While swimming in company with other young
men he dived from a high embankment into the stream,
striking the hidden stump of a tree embedded just below
the surface of the water and falling upon the object with
such force that Ms entire abdomen was torn open. He
was rescued by his companions and conveyed to a hospi-
tal, his death being momentarily expected. He experienced
great pain but patiently bore his sufferings and at the end
of two years was again able to walk. As soon as his health
permitted he took up the study of medicine, enterii^
Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, from which he
1885. Going to Pierre, South Dakota,
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he opened an ofRce and successfully practiced in that city
for four years, when he came to Michigan, locating at
Baldwin, in Late county, where he remained for two
years, when failing health compelled him temporarily to
abandon his professional activities. He spent a year in
Kansas City, Missouri, in recuperating and in 1889 came
to Detroit, where he has since successfully engaged in
practice. After seventeen years devoted to experimental
work he succeeded in perfecting a non-electric a! device
known as the Energizer, which has proven a great boon
to suffering humanity and which has the endorsement
of the most reputable physicians throughout the country.
It deals directly with the creation and distribution of
vital power and is a perfect substitute for voluntary
muscular activity, as it exerts the same dominating in-
fluence over all of the mechanical and chemical processes
which pertain to health. It can be applied with ease to
any part of the body and is particularly adapted to the
treatment of chronic ailments, effecting & cure when all
other methods have failed. The Energiaer is an apparatus
for giving mechanical massage and extends the curative
scope of massage into new pathological fields, affording
rare therapeutic effects, very much desired, but secured
with difficulty, or not at all, by other remedies. Dr.
Hassler controls the Energizer Company, engaged in the
manufacture of this device, which is an indispensable
adjunct to medical practice and is enjoying a wide sale.
In Masonry Dr. Hassler has gained high standing,
belonging to Kilwinning Lodge, P. & A. M., to Mich^an
Sovereign Consistory, A. & A. 8. R,, and to the Shrine,
while his professional connections are with the National
Homeopathic Society and the Allied Medical Association
of America. He is a man of scholarly attainments, of
high purposes and ideals, whose broad humanitarianism
has prompted him to put forth earnest and effective effort
to alleviate the sufferings of mankind, and his contribu-
tion to the world's work is one of great importance and
COLONEL TUEODOEE A. LEISEN, who is well
kncrwn. in engineering circles of the country as a man
of high intellectual attainments, broad experience and
expert professional abiiity, is general superintendent
and chief engineer of the water works plant at De-
troit, which is now being constructed, and his natural
qualifications well fit him for the heavy responsibilitiea
which devolve upon him in this connection. He was
horn in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. After complet-
ing his public school course he secured employment
with a firm whose members had formerly been in-
structors in the Polytechnic Institute and in this
manner he acquired valuable practical experience in
engineering work during his three years' connection
with that company.
Like many other engineers, young Leisen then found
a fertile field for his talents in South America. In
1884 and 1885 he was engaged in railroad location and
construction work with the Ferro-Carril de Antioquia,
Eepublic of Colombia, South America, and from 188B
until 1890 lie occupied the positions of assistant engi-
neer, chief engineer and assistant manager, construc-
tion and management of the Barranquilla Railway
& Pier Company, Ltd., of Colombia.
Eeturning to his own country after a tour in
Europe, well equipped with practical experience and
seasoned confidence, in 1891 Mr. Leisen became prin-
cipal assistant engineer of design and construction
of the sewerage system of Wilmington, Delaware,
and remained in that position for two years. Then,
from 1894 until 1903, he was chief engineer of the
park system and consulting engineer of the water
department of Wilmington, and from 1903 to 1908
chief engineer and superintendent of the water depart-
ment. During the latter period he won notable success
by designing and building the pumping station and
equipment, the reservoir and filtration works and
other important structures in the Delaware city.
Mr. Leisen 's work next took him to Louisville,
Kentucky, where his ability and ideas were in de-
mand. From 1908 until 1914 he was chief engineer
and superintendent for the Louisville Water Company,
where he managed the eonstnietion of a coagulating
basin, also designed and superintended the eonstruo-
tiou of the forty-minion gallon extension of the filtra-
tion plant, the intake tower and the new office build-
ings for that company. During this time he also
acted as consulting engineer for the Frankfort, Een-
tueky, water works and filtration plant, and from
1914 nntil 1918 he was general superintendent of the
board of water commissioners of Detroit, having full
charge of all operating and construction work. At
the present time Colonel Leisen is constructing from
his own design a six-million dollar filtration plant
and pumpage works, having an ultimate capacity of
three hundred and fifty million gallons per day for
the requirements of the city. Of the character of
this stupendous work and the importance of it, we
refer to Colonel Leisen 's own article upon the subject
in Volume I of this publication.
During the World war Colonel Leisen rendered val-
uable service to Ms country. In October, 1917, he
enlisted in the United States army and was commis-
sioned a major, having charge of all public buildings
at Camp Custer, Michigan. As constructing quarter-
master at that concentration camp he had charge of
about four million dollars' worth of miscellaneous
construction, including buildings, roads, railroads,
water supply, sewerage system and electric light and
power. He completed the work for aliout two mil-
lion dollars less than the appropriation and from the
allotment furnished by the Washington oflice, return-
ing to the war department over one million dollars
and thus demonstrating his rcTnarkahle executive abil-
ity and strict integrity. Por the "best prepared re-
port and inventory" he was congratulated hy Colonel
P. Junkcrsfeld, one of the chief officers of the con-
struction division of the quartermaster's department,
and he was also complimented by Brigadier General
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K. C. Marshall and Major General Grote Huteheson,
U, S. A., on his "loyalty, resourcefulness and compe-
tent effort. ' ' Colonel Leisen was discharged from
the aerviee in Jnne, 1919, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, having made a highly commendable military
leeord.
Colonel Leiaen waa nnited in marriage to Miaa Sarah
G. Watson, of Philadelphia, Pen ii sylvan i a, and they
have become the parents of two sons. Theodore
Alfred, Jr., is a veteran of the World war. He en-
listed in the navy and served on the U. 8. S. DeKalb,
which was engaged in transporting troops, making
twelve round trips during the war Frederic A the
jounger son was fern erly a n ember of the Boy 8 outs
and won the pr ze for eijer ments n d del ■» plane
flj ng 1 le a men bor of tl at rgan Eat n He re
ce V 1 an appo ntment to the TJ 8 Naval Academy
and pasael an eieellent taental exam nat on lut ow ng
to a prolonged atta k of Unesa was preve ted from
tak nj, the ph seal esam nat on an I s no a st
dent at tl e TJn veri ty of M ch gan
Colo el Le sen loldl memberal p n a numl or of
n portant organ zat ons wh ch well nd catea the
versit I tv of h a nieresta He a a men ber of the
Detro t Golf Club the Army and Ni v Club of De
tro t Detroit Board of Con mer e Pend nn a Club of
Lou sv lie Eentuckj 1 on ra j n mb nd p t p
ident of the Eng neera and A h te ta Club f L u
V Jle and fraternally s dent fi. d w th the Ma ons
belonging to the lodge and hapt at W In ngt n
Delaware, to the Michigan S gn C n t y n
which he haa taken the thirty s ond d g an 1 to
Saladin Temple of the Mysti 8h ne at G and E p ds
Michigan.
He has extensive professional nn t ns b ng a
trustee of the central states t n f th Am an
Water Works A'lsociation and also a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, having served
as president of the Detroit branch of that organiza-
tion from 1917 until 1919. He also belongs to the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Amer-
ican Water Works Asaociation of which he was pres-
ident in 1918, the New England Water Works Aaaocia-
tion, and the Detroit Engineering Society.
EDWARD H. BOBCEAN, a leading undertaker of
Detroit, has been identified with business interests of this
city since 1913 and in the intervening period of nine
years has built up an enviable reputation for business
integrity, pragressiveness and reliability. He was born
in Macomb county, Michigan, March 7, 1885, a son of
Henry and Alvina (Have!) Bobcean, who are also natives
of this state and have here spent their entire lives. The
father and mother are residents of Macomb county, where
he is well known as a successful farmer and stock raiser.
In their family were five children: Mrs. Alma Wood, a
resident of Rochester, New York; Mrs. Charles Stevens,
whose home is at No. 6008 Whitewood avenue in Detroit;
Emiie, residing at Mount Clemens, Michigan; Elmer, who
makes his home in Macomb county; and Edward H.
In the schools of his native county Edward H. Bob-
cean pursued his early education, after which he was for
two years a student in the Mount Clemens high school.
He then entered the employ of Mr. Fosner, a well known
undertaker and funeral director of Mount Clemens, with
whom he remained for a year, and then came to Detroit
for the purpose of attending the embalming school con-
ducted by M. C. Haley, a prominent undertaker of this
city. He was graduated from that institution on the
completion of a course in embalming, and going to War-
ren Mii^higan he there citablished himself in the under
t k g I s ne rema mng a rendent of that c t for four
yeax'i In 1913 he returned to Detro t where he opened
undertaking parlors at 2709 M chigan avenue n connec
t on w thwl ch he also ma nta s a well appointed chapel
and h s 1 s ness 1 as ow reached extens ve proport o s
He has a thoro gl k owledge of the ao ent fie pr nciples
wh ch underl e tl e work of embalm ng a d he conducts
h bus neas along tl e most modem and progress ve fines
h s eq pment be ng of the beit wh le m arranpng the
last r tea for the dead he s alwa s lepen iable effic ent
an 1 tactf 1
At Ut a M eh ga on the ''Ist of September 1907
Mr B Icean was umted n marrage to M as Augusta
S h ader a daughter of Mr ai d Mrs Joseph bchrader
p minent resde ts of that jlace Tie tiree chllren
ofthi unonare Ethernho^asl m at Mount Clemei s
M 1 gan, April 2, 1909, Arthur, torn at barren, Mahi
gn March 11 1911, andAlfred, who was bom at Warren
n the 15th of January, 1914 411 are attending the
pul 1 schools of Detroit
In bii political views Mr Bobcean la a repubhcan and
h ligiou'i faith i^i indicated b\ his membership in St
J hn s Evangelical Luthefin church of Detroit He is
a member of the Michigan and National Embaliners
Assoeiationi and thus keeps in touch with what is being
done along the hne of his profe'ision His time and atten-
tion are concentrated upon his business, m the conduct
of whith he has been \ery successful, being regarded as
one of the most prominent undertakeia and funeral
directors of Detroit while a'j a citizen he is progressive
and puhlic-spirited, his mfluence being at all times on the
side of ad^ancenKnt and impiovement
FRA^K \ KUBEK, a natue son of Detroit whose
record i<i a credit to hi> eit^ is an able attorney and is
also prominenth ident fied with the real e>>f ate business
He was born August !3 1883, and is a son of \lbert and
Agnes Ma> Kubek both of whom are of foreign birth,
the mother having been brought to this countrj when
but four jears of age The fithcr emigrated to the
United States when a joung man of twenty \ears, mak-
ing his wav to Detroit where he entered the employ of
the American Car & Foundry Company H-iving
accumulated sufficient capital through his industry and
fmgalitj he was at length able to estabhsh himself m the
grocery and meat business whith he has since suciess-
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fully eontluftwl Tlio mother is also living. To their
union ViPTQ born four children: Frank A., Felix, Marj
and Thomas
In the acquirement of an education Frank A. K ihek
attended the parochial schools o£ this city and later
became a student at the Detroit College of Law frim
which he was graduatpd in 1918 with the LL B degree
but previous to (hi-i time he ha^d conducted a schoj! tf
Enghsh tor the purpose of educatmg the newh arrive I
foreigners coming to this countr\ from centril E irope
Followmg hiB graduation he entered upon the work of
hi^ profe^ipion, opening an office on Michigan avenue and
his success is attested hy the extensive clientage accorded
him. He is most careful in analysis, clear in his reason
ing and logical in his deductions and has ever conformed
Ms practice to the highest ethics of the profession. He i&
also engaged in the real estate business, in which he is
meeting with a gratifying measure of success, owing to his
close application and persistency of purpose.
In Detroit, on the 25th of January, 1916, Mr. Kubek
was united in marriage to Miss Irene B. Koszeski a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koszeski. Thej have
become the parents of three children: Richard, nho-ie
birth occurred in 1917; Frank, who was bom in 1918 and
Robert, born in April, 1921.
Mr. Kubek maintains an independent attitude in poll
tics and in reUgious faith he is a Cathohe. He is vet a
young man but he has already made for himwilf a credit
able place in business and professional circles of the cit\
and all who know him esteem him for his energ( his
aggressiveness and his sterling integrity.
D0TIGLA8 ELIJAH KELLOGG, closely ;
with the mercantile and manufacturing interests of
Detroit, is now president of the wholesale millLnery
firm of D. E. Kellogg & Company and also president
of the M. & E. Corset Company of Jackson, Michigan.
His business enterprises have been carefully managed
and his course has been marked by an orderly pro-
gression that has brought liim steadily to the front.
He was born on a farm in Plymouth township, Wayne
county, Michigan, October 11, 1850, a son of Joel E.
and Betsy Delia (Northrup) Kellogg, the latter a
native of Northville, Wavne county. The father was
t<rn in Palmyra New "iork, but came to Michigan
about 1840 and took nj a section of government
land near Plymouth where he engaged in farming
through 0 it his remaining diva his leath oceurnng
m 1919 whtn he had reached the notable age ot
ninety seven yeari He vini a most public spirite i
man and giie hberalh of his wealth to chantv an]
deserving philanthropies He donated i largt tract
of land for a ritv park to the town of Ilvmouth and
it was name! m his honor His wife too reached
an advanced age passing away on the old homestead
after attaining the eighty fifth milestone on life s
joume> Tl e r family n im! ere 1 tl ree sons and three
daughters Those now In ng are Mrs \ A Taft
a resilent of Mi hi^in Mrs C ^ 7 llinf.er of In
d anipoli-J Jnlina Mrs J B Sumner of Detro t
Lucius J a corset manuficturer of Detr it, ani
DoTiglas E
In earh boyl uo 1 D ij,Hs E Ecllogg attended the
iistriot schools and aftcrwirl continued hia studies
in the oiti schools of Plymouth Then to t! e age of
twentj two years he lorked upon lis father s farm
■jfter nh cl he became a clerk m a hardware store
at Fort 'tt avne Indiana Subsequently he went to
Toledo Ohio and entered the employ of PlummLr S.
Company wholesale milliners with whom he onfmued
as a traveling salesman tor twenty years In 1894
he came to Detroit anl established what is now the
firm of D E Kellogg &. Companj, wholesale milliners
In this connection he 1 as developed one of tl e largest
milhnerv honises in the state Thej not only deal m
but make designs ot most fashionable miUinerv The
business is eonduete 1 as a partnership concern with
Mr Kellogg as the principal owner and he is also the
president of the M & K Corset Company manufac
turers of c rsets at Jackson Michigan
Fraternally Mr Kellugg is a Mason belonging to
Palestine Ltdcc A F A, A M, Peninsular i hapter
RAM and Detroit Coramanderj No 1 Knights
Templar He has worked his wav upward entirely on
his own account anl is today regirdel as onu of De
troit s represeutatne cit zena as well is one t ts
leading business men
BR LEWIS F BURLING 4ME, a prominent dentist
of Detroit, has here followed his profession since 1913
and his pronounced ability is attested in the large practice
accorded him. He was bom in Friendship, New York,
May 14, 1888, and is a son of Morris and Amelia (Dean)
Burliugame, who were also natives of the Empire state
and there spent their lives. The father was one of the
foremost members ot the dental profession of Friendship,
New York, where for thirty-one years he was engaged in
practice, and hb skill and ability were widely recognized.
He passed away on the 9th of January, 1902, and the
mother's demise occurred in 1912. In their family were
four children; Frank S., a well known dentist of Friend-
ship; Nellie, who married E. E. Hickox and resides at
Friendship- Lena, who is the wife of Floyd Walker of
Warsaw New'^crk and Lewis F of thisrevKW
The last named attended the graded and h gh schools
of his native city and tlso the Elmira Park school at
Elmira Park New "^ irk after which he entered the
Universitv of Michigm from which he was graduated
in June 1913 with the degree of D D S Coming to
Detroit he here opened an office on the 1st of August
1913 and has since resided m this cit\ the list ot his
patients being an extensive one He possesses marked
mechamcal skill and ingenuity and is very efficient and
thorough in all cf his work That he is progressive and
enterprising is manifested by the modem methods he
adopts and his office eqmpment includes the most recent
appliances used in the practice of dental surgerj
In Frienlship N n \ jik <n the 4th of September
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1311, Dr. Burlingame na^ united in marriage to Miss
Mildred Grove, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Grove
nt that cifv, and thp\ hive become the pirents of two
(hddren Ruhird who wis bora m 1912 and h now
attendiag the public schoolii of the citv, and Doroth\ ,
who was born m 1116 and is a kmdergarten pupil
In his political Mcwa Dr Burhngame is independent
viitmg for the candidates whom he deems best fitted for
office, regardless of part\ tiei His rehgious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church Through his membprship in the Michigan State
Dental Society and the American Dental Associatinri he
keeps m touch with the advancement that is being madi
lUmg the linef. of his profeasion, of which he has ever
remained an earnest student Fraternallj he is identified
with the Masons in which he has attained the thirtj-
seLond degree in both the York and Scottish Rites, and
he IS also a m.ember of the Masonic Country, Michigan,
Detroit Automobile and Detroit Yacht Clubs. The
greater part of his time and attention is devoted to his
piotession, in which he has made continuous progress,
ind he now ranks with the leading dentists of Detroit,
his marked ability being attested not only by his fellow
practitioners but the general public as well,
CHESTER C. EVERHART, a Wholesale coal dealer
of Detroit, was born in Edon, Ohio, January 22, 1877, a
son of Edwin and Melissa (Wisner) Everhart, who mere
also natives of the Buckeye state, where they always
resided. The father entered the contracting business as
a builder and he still makes his home at Edon, where he
has been extensively identified with buildii^ operations
for many years. His wife passed away there in 1913,
In their family were three children, two of whom are yet
living, Chester C. and John, the latter a resident of Van
Wert, Ohio.
In his youthful days Chester C. Everhart was a pupil
in the graded schools of Edon and in the high sch 1 f
that place, from which he was graduated when h t
seventeen years of age. He afterward became a 1 k
with the W. J. Scully Coal Company at Columbus, Oh
and subsequently was associated with the New York C al
Company at Columbus. He removed from that c t t
Detroit, where he became identified with the whol 1
coal business, and on the 1st of January, 1919, he fr i
a partnership witJi W. H. Walker and has since cont ed
to handle coal in wholesale lots. They had among th
patrons some of the largest business interests of the t
The partnership was continued until September 16, 1020
when Mr Everhart decided to engage in business d
pendently and opened an office in the Book bmldi
He has since gained a very extensive patronage, s 11
ctal onh in car lot'' md has been very successful i th
undertaking
On the 7th of July, 1899, Mr. Everhart was marr d t
Miss Maude Corey, daughter of Dan and Matilda C
of Edon, Ohio, They now have two children: Myrl
who was bom in Edon, Ohio, in December, 1901, and is
a graduate of the Northwestern high school of the class
of 1920; and Lamoyne, who was born in Detroit, February
IS, 1905, and is attending the Northwestern high school
of this city.
Fraternally Mr. Everhart is connected with the Masons,
belonging to Ionic Lodge, F. & A. M., while in Michigan
Sovereign Consisfary he has attained the thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to the
Mystic Shrine and is a member of the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks. His pohtical allegiance is given
to the republican party, but he has never been ambitious
to hold office, preferring that hia public duties shall be
done as a private citizen. His life has been characterized
by steady progress since he started out in the business
world, and today he is one of the prominent coal dealers
of Detroit, his enterprise and energy having resulted in
the upbuilding of a large business. During the period of
the World war Mr. Everhart served on Local Draft
Board No. 14, His membership relations include connec-
tion with the American Fraternal league, while his
religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.
CHARLES J. HELD. Among the most successful
business enterprises of Detroit is that controlled by the
C. J. Held Company, Incorporated, leading caterers of
the city. From a small beginning the undertaking has
grown to one of large proportions, owing to the enter-
prising spirit and capable management of its founder and
president, Charles J. Held. He was born on the European
continent, July 7, 1862, a son of August and Augusta
(Heinze) Held, who came with their family to the United
States in 1871, settling at Wyandotte, Michigan. In the
following year the father died and the mother afterward
removed to Detroit, passing away in this city in 1897.
In their family were six children: Albert of Detroit;
Mrs. Augusta Thon of Buffalo, New York; Charles J.
of Detroit; Mrs, Emma Glaser, who is living in Detroit;
Ernest a resident of Cleveland Ohio' and Otto, whose
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The company furmshes dinners and lunches for all occa-
sions and through close apphcation and judicious manage-
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ment Mr. Held has developed one of the most successful
catering enterprises in Detroit.
On the 14th of June, 1889, Mr. Held was united in
marriaRC to Miss Ida Papke, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Papke of this city, and they have four children;
Walter, born in 1890, waa graduated with honors from high
school and is now associated with his father in business.
He married Miss Frances Kerr ot Detroit; Charles, the
second sou, was born in 1893; Harold, bom in 1897, is a
graduate of the Central high school of Detroit. He en-
listed for service in the World war, joining a Michigan
company, and was sent to Camp Custer; Viola, whose
birth occurred in 1902, is also a graduate of one of the
high schools of the city.
Mr. Held is a member of the Detroit Automobile Club
and the Arbeiter Society and fraternally he is identified
with the Masonic order, in which he has taken the council
degree. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party and his public spirit finds expression in his mem-
bership in the Detroit Board of Commerce, whose well
devised plans for the expansion of the trade relations of
the city receive his earnest support. He is the owner of
the building in which his business is conducted, the
structure having been erected expressly for this purpose.
His initiative spirit has led him to venture beyond the
paths marked out by others into new and untried fields in
which his intelligently directed efforts have resulted in
successful accomphahment. He is a self-made man,
deserving of all the praise which the term impUes, for
actuated by laudable ambition and impelled bv strong
purpose, he has steadily advanced through the force of hia
personality and is now numbered among Detroit s mo'.t
D and representative citizens
DAVID D. CADY, one of Detroit's prominent business
men who for more than fifty years has been identified
with the city's mercantile interests, is vice president and
one of the founders of Lee & Cady, one of the largest
wholesale grocery houses in this section of the country.
David D. Cady was born on a farm near Plymouth,
Michigan, January 20, J845, and comes from one of the
pioneer families of the state whose settlement dates back
to territorial days. His great-grandfather, David Cady,
was a Revolutionary soldier, and Ms grandfather in 1832
migrated from Freeport, New York, to what is now
Wayne county, Michigan. The Cady family in America
goes back to 1630, when Nichols Cady, the progenitor,
came from Kent, England, settling in New England.
David and Lomira Cady were the parents of David D.
Cady, who received his education in the schools of Ypsi-
lanti and Detroit and since 1862 has been a resident of
this city. He became actively identified with the grocery
business in Detroit in 1871 and from 1877 until 1892 was
a member of the firm of W. J. Gould & Company. He
then formed a partnership with Gilbert W. Lee under the
firm name of Lee & Cady, which connection continued
from 1893 until 1907, when the business was incorporated
as Lee & Cady, Mr. Cady becoming vice president. Two
years later the business of Phelps, Brace & Company was
purchased, as also was that of Smart & Fox of Saginaw,
the firm then becoming Lee, Cady & Smart, but shortly
after this the firm name again became Lee & Cady and
as such it has remained.
Mr. Cady has continued in the vice presidency of this
corporation, whose interests have been extended from
time to time and now include the main offices and whole-
sale house on Fort street West at Twelfth street and the
Michigan Central Railroad tracks, Detroit; the branch
at Eastern Market; the business of Lee & Cady at Sagi-
naw; also the Valley City Coffee and Spice Mills of that
city; the Bay City Grocery Company of Bay City; and
Lee & Cady of Kalamazoo. Mr. Cady is a director of
the Standard Savings & Loan Association of Detroit. He
is a Knight Templar and a Consistory Mason and a
Shriner. His club membership includes the Detroit Club,
the Country Club and the Old Club.
In 1867, in Detroit, Mr. Cady married Miss Elizabeth
Henri Brewster, a native of Parfchill, New Hampshire,
and a direct descendant of Elder William Brewster of
Massachusetts. Her death occurred July 19, 1919, Mr.
and Mrs. Cady's four children are; Guy Brewster, who
is mentioned at length elsewhere in this work; Mabel
Henri of Detroit; Elizabeth Caroline, wife of Alfred Bums
Smythe of Cleveland; and Hal David of Winter Park,
Florida. Mr. Cady's activities have been the big factor
in building up and developing Michigan's foremost whole-
sale grocery company and his name has always stood for
the highest commercial integrity and honor.
MAVA WO&INSKI TothiutbuilduganJdevelop
ment of the ^ lUage of Han trainck Max -^ T\ osin^ki has
made sub tantial contnbution figuring onsplcuoush
in both mercantile and financial circles and he is well
entrenched in popular confidence and estpem bj reason
of his steadfast integntv his enterprismg spirit and his
distinctive CIVIC loyalty. He was bom at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, October 3, 1885, a son of Ludwick and Pelagia
Wosmski, and he has one sister, Helen. He attended
the public schools and the Wallbridge Advanced Educa-
tional College at Grand Bapids and his initial business
experience was obtained as a salesman tor the M. A.
Heyman Company, furniture dealers of that city, with
whom he remained for three years. He next secured a
position with the Grand Rapids National Bank, with
which he was connected for nine years, serving in various
capacities. He spent six months in traveling throughout
the Pacific coast country and then came to Detroit,
entering the Peninsular State Bank as teller and eventually
becoming manager of the Harper branch of that institu-
tion. He was one of the organizers of the First State
Bank of Hamtramck and acted as its cashier from 1916
until 1919, when he waa made vice president and member
of the board of directors. Widening the scope of his
activities, in 1919 he embarked in the clothing business,
dealing exclusively in men's wearing apparel, and his
estabhshment is one ot the largest in Hamtramck. His
stock is of superior quality and workmanship and owing
to his progressive methods and known reliability his
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patronage has steadily increased until it has now become
one of extensive proportions.
On October 23 1917 Mr Wo''in''ki married Misa Wanda
V LeszezvD''ki a daughter of Peter J LeiBczynaki a
prominent ciothmg merchant of thi'! eitv ivho is men
tioned elsewhere in this work Mr and Mr* Wosmiki
haie become parents of two children Helen Mane and
Max 4 Jr Thev reside at No 8910 Joseph Campau
tvenje and are eommumcants of the Cathclic church
Mr ^^osmski h a member of several well known clubs
an 1 in his political views he is a stanch repubhcan He
ha'J ever taken a deep interest in public affairs and is i
member of the cit\ charter tommission of which he is
serving as secretary He belongs to that public spirited
an 1 helpful tvpe of men whose efforts have been directed
into those channels through which flow the greatest and
most permanent good to the greatest number. The years
have brought him success and honor and he stands today
among the foremost citizens of Hamtramck.
ALEX H. KIMMO. The proprietor of the A. H.
Nimmo Eleetrio Company, Alex H. Nimmo, is one of the
vital and progre^ve business men of the younger gener-
ation in Detroit and his executive abihty and well ordered
policies have proved potent in developing the substantial
business which this company controls in the handling ff
all kinds of electric machinery and supphes with head
quarters at 856 Michigan avenue.
Mr. Nimmo was born in Arthur, Province of Ontari
Canada, on the 16th of May, 1831, and is a son of Thoma.
and Marian (Chalmers) Nimmo, who were bom m Scot
land and who became residents of Ontario Canada m the
early '60s. The father became a proiperous farmer in
that province, remaining there until 33S6 when he came
with his family to Detroit, where for many \ears he was
actively associated with the Roe-Stephens Manufacturmg
Company and where he continued to re<iide untd his
death, which occurred when he was about fift^ eight years
of age. His widow stili maintains her home in Detrcit
Besides Alex H., of this review, six other chUdren survive
the hci Dred father David is a resident of Detroit;
Ceorge and Thomas reside m the "state of California; Miss
Mar an remams with her widowed mother Mary is the
wife of ftilham H Scott of Vanderbilt Otsego county,
Mich gan and Jean is the wife of O F ilexander of
Cleveland Ohio
Alex H Nimmo w is a lad of fi^ e j ears at the time when
the family home was estabhshed in Detroit, and here he
continued hia studies in the public schools until he had
profited by the advantages of the high school. He then
entered upon a practical apprenticeship in connection
with electrical mechanics, in which he became a skilled
artisan and won advancement to a responBible and remun-
erative position. This position he resigned in 1910 to
establish the independent enterprise which has since
developed into the substantial and prosperous business
now controlled by the company of which he is the execu-
tive head, his energy, technical abihty and progressive
and rehable business policies having contributed primarily
to the splendid advancement, expansion and attending
success of the enterprise, which is conducted under the
title of the A. H. Nimmo Electric Company and in connec-
tion with which the corps of employes varies from fifty
to ninety persons, according to season demands.
On January 25, 1911, Mr. Ninuno was married to Miss
Mertie McCloe daughter of Melvm McCloe of Detroit
and the one child of this umon is \irginii R , who was
bom m 1916
Mr Nimmo is independent m politics is a live and
pubhc-spirited citizen is affihated with the Masonic
fratemitv and holds membership in the Detroit Board of
Commerce and the Fellow craft and Rotary Clubs.
DAVID S. CARTER, now retired from active business,
was for nearly a quarter of a century, secretary and
treasurer of Larned, Carter & Company, overall manufac-
turers, controlhng one of the largest houses of this kind
in the country. By reason of his capability, his thorough-
ness, his clearly defined plans and his undaunted enter-
prise he won wide recognition and high regard in business
circles.
David S. Carter was born in Detroit in 1870, a son
of David and Frances (Leonard) Carter. He acquired hia
education m the public schools of his native city and in
I'iS9 he engaged in the retail furniture business, in which
he continued until 1897, when seeing opportunity for
the develoj.ment of his business affairs, he assisted in the
formation of the firm of Larned, Carter & Company, at
whi h time he became the secretary and treasurer and so
< ntinued unt 1 1921, when he retired. The company
was incorporated with a capital stock of ten thousand
dollars and sDmethmg of the growth of the business is
indicated in the fact that the capitalization was increased
to one million dollars and the employes number more
than one thousand Mr. Carter is a director of Edson
Moore & Company the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation
Compmv the Detroit Trust Company, the Grosse
Pointe Savmga Bank and other business concerns. He is
also a director of the Detroit Savings Bank and he has
been called to office in various social organizations.
On the 12th of September, 1899, Mr. Carter was united
in marriage to Miss Grace Gillis, who passed away June
11, 1901, leaving a son, David Gillis Carter, who is now a
student at Yale. Mr. Carter belongs to the Detroit Boat
Club, to the Detroit Club, Detroit Athletic Club, Auto-
mobile Country Club, Detroit Country Club and to the
Children's Aid Society, of which he is the vice president.
He also belongs to the Lochmoor Club and to the Grosse
Pointe Riding and Hunt Club. He has membership wdth
the sons of the American Revolution, a fact indicative of
the connection of his ancestors with the war for inde-
pendence. In polities he is a repubhcan. He resides in
Grosse Pointe Village and is a member and elder of the
Grosse Pointe Presbyterian church. Few men are more
prominent or more widely known in dynamic Detroit
than Mr. Carter, who has long been an important factor
in business circles. His prosperity is well deserved, as in
him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending
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integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags.
He is public-spirited, giving his cooperation to every
movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual
and materiaJ welfare of the community. If the historian
were to set forth in a single text the chief points in his
career it would perhaps best be done in the words i The
splendid success of an honest man, in whose life business
abiUty and humanitarianism are well balanced forces.
NELSON A. BLOOM is one of the best known of
the many insurance men of Detroit. He is the vice
president of the Jacob Guthard & Sons Company,
handling life, automobile and ill lines of general insur-
anee He is a nitive son of the city in which he makes
his homo, his birth having here occurred Februirv 19
1859, his pirents being Nelson and Mary (Batten
bery) Bloom The father was born at Albany, New
lotk, and cime to Miehigin with his father, John
Bloora, who Irought his family to this stite when
Nelson was a lad of but five years, the removal being
made in 1834 John Bloom became well known m
shipping uircles on the Great Lakts ind he established
the first ship chandler s store in Detroit He was
known to e^ery master of a vessel from one end of
the Great Lakes to the other and when he retired from
business he was luceeeded by hii son, Nelson, who
continued to condnct the store and de\ eloped the
trade lo one of large proportions He also remained
at the head of the business until his death which
occurred in 1895 Hii wife, who was born m England,
came to imerica m her ;;irlhood and passed away m
Detroit in 1907 Bj her marriage she had become
the mother of eight children, five of whom are living
Charles, who is with the Michigan Fire & Marine
Insurance Company of Detroit, Carolyn, the wife of
Judge Orman P Hunt of Detroit, Nelson A , Antoin
ette the wife of George A Robinson of Detroit, and
Mrs Seymour Finney, also of Detroit
Ntlaon \ Blffom, who attended the public inH high
schools of Detroit, turned his attention to the insur
anee business after putting aside his testtooks, "itart
mg out m that connection is an office boy Through
the intervening period he has made steady advauLC
ment until he is now the ^ ice president <rf the Jacob
Guthard &, ''ons Company He Las acquaintei him
self with every phase ot the m^uranee business and
there is perhaps no one in the city who can talk
more understandmglv eonierning all branches of in
suranee than can Mr Bloom, who is likewise intertsted
in uarmus other linei of lusiness and is at all timts
a most progressive citizen
In Jul>, 1890, in Dubuque, Iowa, occurred the mar
riage of Mr Bloom and Mis'! Grace Heck of Dubuque,
and they have become the parents of two sons Elton
E, born m Detroit Juni, 8, 1891 and John N, born
m Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 21, 1893 The elder
son was educated in Detroit and married Miss Normo
Fisher, by whom he has two children, Nancy and Marv
Virginia The younger -ion, after attending the De
. aehoois, went to Annapolis
[n the n4\j During tlm World y
a the
der of L 8, which i:
in Pacific waters After the war he brought the sub
marine back from European waters to Amtrici and
through the Panama canal to the Pacific, where the
boat IS now quartered During this trip across the
Atlantic the vessel encountered rough weather for
eight days, but he entered Amerieaai waters with every
thing shipshape
Politically Mr Bloom is a republican and he belongs
to the Detroit Athletic Club and to the Bo-ird of
Commerce He is interested in all those forces which
make for civic righteousness and for municipal prog
resB ind his cfoperation can at all times be eonnted
upon to further plans and measures for the general
CHARLE«! DAVID H\RTMAN Ai sole owner of
the business conduct*^ under the title of the Charles D.
Hartman Compmy, tins progressive Detroit citiieu,
Charles D Hartman, controls a substantial and prosperous
business in the handling of filing devices ajid office systems,
with headquarter^ at 411 13 Peter Smith building.
Mr Hartman wis born in ''outh Bend, Indiana, March
17, 1S75, and h a son of Samuel S. and Sally (Van Tuyl)
Hartm in, the former born at Wishawaka and the latter
bom at Dayton Ohio their marriage having been solem-
nized at South Bend, where they continued to maintain
their home untU their deith Samuel S. Hartman was
reared and educated at South Bend and as a young man
he there became acdveh associated with the industrial
enterprise founded by his father, Charles Hartman, under
the name of Hartzell & Hartman, who were long num-
bered imong the representative business men and influen-
tial citizens of South Bend, this concern having been one
otthemost important in the manufacturing of sash, doors,
blmds and other building materials in that city.
Charles D Hartman the only child of hia parents,
mo\ed to Detroit, Michigan, in the spring of 1890, and
that fall supplemented the discipline of the public schools
ot his nati^ e city b\ continuing his studies two years in
the Cheltenham Military Academy, at Philadelphia,
Penns\lv3nia After leaving this institution he accepted
a (.lerical poRition in the purchaang department of the
Michigan Central Railroad, with headquarters at Detroit,
Michigan After eontmumg in this service a few years
he was for a short period m the employ of the Dreskell-
Jupp Paper Company of Detroit, as a clerk and he then
became associated in a sales capacity, with the Richmond
& Backus Companv dealers in books, stationery, etc.,
this being one of the old and historic buwness concerns
of the Michigan metropolis The next business alliance
of Mr Hartman was with the Library Bureau, and in this
connection he gamed ample and valuable experience in
the handhng of filing devices and oiEce systems. He con-
tinued with this corporation until 1913, in which year he
here en);aged m independent busmess, as sole agent in the
Detroit district for the Maeej Company, filing cabinet
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manufacturers of Grand Rapids, Michigan under the
firm name of the Chas. D. Hartman Company In con-
nection with this ageDcy he handles also an independent
line of office systems devised, for the insuring of maximum
efficiency in all departments of office work, and his vigor-
ous policies and able management have enabled him to
develop a substantial and prosperous business aod to
gain a secure place as one of the progressive business men
of Detroit. Mr. Hartman is an enthusiastic member, and
ex-president of the Exchange Club of Detroit, and has
served as its first vice president, second vice president
and secretary. In politics he is independent and his civic
loyalty is on a parity with his appreciation of the manifold
advantages and attractions of the Michigan metropolis.
The marriage of Mr. Hartman to Miss Jennie Downey,
daughter of Michael Downey of Detroit, was solemnized
October 11, 1895, and they have two children: Leslie Van
Tuyl and Grace Hawthorne, l^eslie Van Tuyl Hartman
was born in the year 1896, was graduated from the Cen-
tral high school, and was one of the young men who repre-
sented Detroit in the nation's military service in the great
World war. He enlisted in the Ambulance Corps and his
service included two years and two months with the
American Expeditionary Forces on the stage of conflict
overseas. After the signing of the armistice he was for
seven months with the Army of Occupation in Germany,
with commission as sergeant. Since receiving his honor-
able discharge he has become actively engaged as manager
of the Parts Department of the Puritan Machine Com-
pany, in his native city. Miss Grace Hawthorne Hart-
man, who was bom in 1902, is a graduate of the McKinley
grade school and Northern high school of Detroit. At
the time of this writing (1922) she is in training at the
Farrand Training School, at Harper Hospital, Detroit,
Michigan, and plans an active career in the nursing world.
WILLIAM EDWIN LOVETT. Though a third of a
century has come and gone since William Edwin Lovett
passed away he is still remembered by many of the older
residents of Detroit as a capable and successful business
man, who as the junior partner in the firm of Scotten &
Lovett contributed in substantial manner to its success.
Hie demise occurred in February, 1889, when he was
nearly sixty years of age, his birthplace being Bath,
Maine, and his natal day September 30, 1829. The period
of his boyhood was spent with his brother, Joseph Lovett,
at Palmyra, New York, where he attended school, his
brother being there the owner of a general store, in which
Wilfiam E. Lovett worked for some years as a clerk. It
was in 1856, when a young man of twenty-seven years,
that he came to Detroit, where he joined Hiram Granger
and Daniel Scotten, who became his hfelong friends, in
the conduct of a tobacco manufacturing business carried
on under the firm style of Scotten, Granger & Lovett.
In 1862 Mr. Granger withdrew from the firm, which was
thereafter known as Scotten & Lovett until the retirement
of the junior partner about 1883. Mr. Lovett was never
identified with the manufacturing end of the business but
acted as buyer for the firm, visiting the central markets
of Cmcinnati, St. Louis and Louisville, in order to make
purchases of tobacco. His ability in this connection con-
tributed not a little to the steady growth and continued
prosperity ot the business, which reached extensive and
profitable proportions. Mr. Lovett was considered an
expert in the purchase of tobacco and he continued an
active factor in the trade until the last decade of his lite,
which was spent in honorable retirement from active
business and in the enjoyment of a well earned rest.
In August, 1863, was celebrated the marriage of William
Edwin Lovett and Miss Sarah E. Watson of Detroit, a
daughter of Samuel G. and Juha (Phelps) Watson. Her
father was a well known and successful attorney of tliis
city. On his removal from New York he settled in Pon-
tiac, Michigan, where Mrs. Lovett was bom and in 1842
the family came to Detroit, where Mr. Watson contmued
in the practice of law. At one time he was a United States
commissioner, serving on the commission which was to
establish the boundaries between Ohio and Michigan and
also on the commission appointed to secure the admission
of this state into the union.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovett became the parents of two chil-
dren: William Watson and Daniel Scotten, the latter
now deceased. William Watson Lovett married Miss
Louie Craig and they have four children : William Watson,
who did overseas service in the World war was a member
of Spad Seventy-six, Fifth French army, Aviation Corps,
and returned to the United States with the rank ot first
lieutenant, while at the present time he is practicing law
at Los Angeles; Craig, who during the war was instructor
in flying at Brooks' Field, Texas; Emery, who was in an
artillery camp but the armistice was signed before he was
called to active duty overseas; and Doris, the wife of
X. Spencer Dennis, a broker with the E. E. MacCrowe
Company ot Detroit.
Mr. Lovett always voted with the republican party anil
was a loyal advocate of its principles for he believed that
the party platform contained the best elements of good
government. He held membership in St. Paul's Episcopal
church. He devoted himself largely to his family, finding
his greatest happiness in promoting the welfare and com-
fort of his wife and children. For thirty years he remained
an honored resident of this city and the sterling worth of
his character gained him many friends who felt a sen'se ot
personal bereavement at his pas.sing Mr'i Lovett rpuden
at No. 1334 East Jefferson avenue
GEORGE E. TAYLOR. The rapid gtowth of Detroit
has made the real estate field a most profitable one, and
many enterprising and progressive men recognizing the
opportunities therein accorded, have turned their atten-
tion in that direction, gaining success bv reason of close
application and progressive methods To this class be-
longs George E. Taylor, who i? engaged m handhng
property on the Canadian side and is well known as
manager of the Border Cities Company, Limited, also
manager of Gundy & Gundy, Canadian investment? Mr
Taylor was born in Ontario, Canada, January 30, 1875,
his parents being PVeeburn and Margaret (Haight) Taylor,
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who were natives of New York and Canada, reepectJveiy,
The father removed to Canada in early life and there
practiced the profession of veterinary surgery. Both he
and his wife died in Canada, where they had reared their
family of eight children, namelyi Mrs. Sarah Clarke of
Ontario; William, also of Ontario; Mrs. Phi>ebe Goodhue,
who has passed away ; Harley, Mrs. Eva Cromwell, Charles
F. and Alonzo C. all living in Ontario; and George E.
After acquiring a public school education George E.
Taylor started out in the businesB world as a traveling
salesman for T. H. Esterbrooks of St. Johns, New Bruns-
wick, a wholesale dealer in teas and coffee. Mr, Taylor
covered the entire Canadian territory and for ten vears
was one of the most successful tea and coffee salesmPn on
the road. In 1912 he became connected with the firm of
Gundy & Gundy, real estate dealers of Toronto Canada
being made manager of the company with (ffipes in
Detroit. Here he engaged in handling the border cities
subdivisions including Oakwood, Garj Park \Iatchett
Allotment, and Oakwood Park, all at Ojibway alw at
Windsor, Canada, Davis Park, Davis addition Njs 1
and 2, Victoria Gardens, and DougaU Park The present
oflScers of The Border Cities Compam the Ameritan
Company are: J. F. Gundy, president H W Gundv
vice president, Mr. Taylor, secretary and treasurer and
E. 0. Maple, sales manager. Mr. Taylor la also director
of the Border Cities Company, Limited and director of
the Border Cities Investment Company Cleveland Ohio
and has become a forceful factor in handling property
adjacent to Detroit, contributing largely t> the upbudd
ing and improvement of the attractive Cmadian cities
which lie just across the border.
On the 20tfa of September, 1899, Mr Taylor was mar
Tied to Miss Rlioda Spitler of Fingal, Canada a daughter
of Samuel Spitler. Their religious faith is that of the
Methodist church, and Mr. Taylor also has membership
in the Detroit Board of Commerce, Detroit \ acht Club
and Birch Hill Golf and Country Club being keenly
interested in all those factors which are important features
in the upbuilding of the city, the exten'uon of its trade
relations and the maintenance of its high civlc standards
and he rejoices in the fact which has recently been stated
through the press that Detroit is the ck'incst citj in
America.
HENEY MAEQUETTE LANE. A min of high m
tellectual attainments, Henry Marquette L^ne his
established a national reputation as. % conitroctKn
engineer, both as an educator and in connection with
the active work of the profession, and the H M Line
Company of Detroit, of which he is the presiient has
had charge of many important engineering projects
in various parts of the country. He i' a natiie wn
of Michigan, his birth having oceurre 1 at Ishpeming
on the 14th of May, 1868. His parents were Jul us
Sherman and Julia Elizabeth (Pitkin) Lane both
natives of Ohio, the former born at \kr(in and the
latter at Bloomfield, that state. The father, an expert
mining and mechanical engineer, remained a resident
of Ohio for many years, later establishing his home
in Daubury, Connecticut, where he passed away. He
was a man of marked ability, whose services were in
constant demand and his labors were an important
factor in the development and improvement of many
sections of the country. The mother still makes her
home in Danbury and their family numbered six chil-
dren; Pauline, who married Professor Warren H.
Wilson, a professor in Columbia University of New
York city; Prank P., a resident of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Albert A., who is living in Cleveland,
Ohio; Mrs, Florence M. Gerow, who has passed away;
George C of New York city and H M of this re
Mr Lane ic^uirel his education in the gcammir
schools ot Akron Ohio an 1 a high schod at Chicago
Illinois Vi hen about sei enteen vears of age he was
employed h> the M C Bullock Company of Chicago
with when he remained until 1&88 He then became
a student at Purdue Lnnersitj of Ind ana where
he comj leted aj ei gineering course in 1&9S and at
once entered upon the work of his profession as a
consulting and constri t n eng ncer in larious parts
of the west He was professor of mining in the Deer
Lodge College of M nes m Montana with which he
was connected for a \ear He then established a school
of mines at Pullman Washington whiuh 1 e success
fully conlueted for two M,ari and also erected and
operate 1 a foundry at that place In 1893 he received
his Mfiter s 1 i,ree trom Purdue Universitj
After spending six >ears n the west he returned
to the east becom i g an instructor and consilting
specialist tor the Intematjonal Correspondence Schools
ot Scrai ton, Pcnns^hinia with which he was identi
fied for five years proving very successful m his
educational work He then removed to Clei eland 01 lo
where he became a consulting ei gineer ilao acting as
editor of the Founlri magazine for three vears re
signing that oflite to become editor ot Castings in
which capaLiti he ■'erved for fiie years In 1912 his
consulting work hid grown to such an extent that he
was obliged to discontmi e his editorial duties an I
rtmoiing to Detroit he organized the H "VI Line
Companv opening offi-ces jn the OvtOn building The
enterprise has aini-e grown to one ot large proportions
The company speeialiaes in the treetion of foundries
smelters and manufactonng plants an 1 its reputation
extends to all parts of the country nmetv jer cent
of its business being done outside of the state Mr
Lane is president of tl e nndertaking manifesting
notable executive ibil ty determination and enter
prise m its control and among the manj large proj
ects coiij leted bv the firm may be mentioned the
following The foundry for the Buick Motor Car Com
panv at Elint Miil igan the foundry ftr the Timken
Axle Companv at Canton Olio foundries for the
Holmes Company at Port Huron Michigan and Sarnia
Canada; the foundry and machine shops for the Cope-
Swift Pattern Company at Detroit, the General Fire
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Extinguisher Company's plant at Warren, Ohio; the
Grinnell Company foundry at Toronto, Canada; and
a textile machinery foundry for the 8aco-LowelI Com-
pany at Newton Upper Falla, Massachusetts.
At Buffalo, New York, oh the 5th of October, 1907,
Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Miss Emma C,
Cure, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cure, the former
being president of the Pirat National Bank of Jermyn,
Pennaylvacja. One child has been born of this union,
John Eobaon, whoae birth occurred June 12 1913
and who is a student in the grammar school f Detroit
Mr. Lane gives his political allegiance to the
republican party and in religious faith he is a tongrt,
gationalist. He is an active and earnest member of
the Detroit Board of Commerce an 1 is ilso connected
with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
the American Institute of Mining Engineers the Iron
& Steel Institute of Great Britain the American
Foundrymon's Association; the Society for Testing
Materials; the Steel Heat Treating Eeaeirch Society
the American Chemical Society; the An erjean Electro
Chemical Society; the Chemists Clib 'f New York
city; and the Detroit Engineer ng Society Gaining
that superior ability which comes through close study
and broad esperienee, he occnpie'i a foremost position
among the construction engineers of the country at d
his contribution to the world's work has been one of
great value and importance. Mr Lane a c tj residence
is at 208 Highland avenue. Highland Park while his
summer home, Gray Gables, occup es a mtst delightful
location on Grosse He.
EDWARD F. WATSON. From p leer t mes t> the
present the name of Watson has been an honored one in
business circles of Detroit and Edward i TAatson who
represents the third generation o[ the family m thi cit\
is contributing his share toward its commercial develop-
ment as president of the Tomlin son-Watson Company,
Inc., dealers in pet stock ftnd garden seeds, which is an
enterprise of large proportions. He was born at Armada,
Michigan, July 11, 1877, a son of Alfred and Louiee
(Alexander) Watson, the former a native of England,
while the latter was bom at Grosse lie, Michigan. The
I aternal Riandtather Walter Watson left England for
the I nited States in the early part of the last tenturv and
eame with hiB family to Detroit settling here at a very
earh period in the de^ elopment of the cit'v \ large
tract of land m what is now the heart of the business
district was offered him for the sum of five b mdred
I ilars but he declmed to purchase not reahzing the
great f it ire in store for this eitj aod this property is
w rth todav in the neighborhood of one hundred inilhon
dollars He continued to make his home m Detroit until
his demise and in the public schools of this city his iion
Alfred received his education. Subsequently he became
adjuster for Hmchman & Company, a large wholesale
enterprise of Detroit and his death occurred at Armada,
Michigan m 1887 while the mother passed away in this
cit\ in 1910 In their family were six children: Walter,
Alfred, WilUam, Archibald, Mrs. Emily Thomas and
Edward F., all of whom are residents of Detroit.
Mr. Watson was graduated from the Cass high school
of Detroit when sixteen years of age and then started out
in the business world, becoming clerk in a wholesale gro-
cery establishment. After a short time he gave up that
position and entered the employ of the American Express
Company, with which he was identified for a considerable
period. While thus engaged he made the acquaintance of
J C Edwards, the proprietor of a bird store and one of
th( iiest known merchants in the city, and in 1900 became
a member of the firm of Edwards Bird Store, under which
style the business was continued until 1917. At that time
the senior partner withdrew, his interests being purchased
bi W illiam E. TomUnson, and the business has since been
(onducted under the stvle of the Tomlinson-Watson Com-
panj Incorporated of which the subject of this review
13 the president The firm deals exten«nely in pet stock
and garden seeds and has built up a large trade in this
connectun It receives shipments of parrots and other
ga\ plumaged birds from South Amenta canaries from
the Hartz mountains of Germans and it also handles
rare \arietje8 of gold fish obtaining its stock from all
sections of the globe and numbermg among its patrons
not onh the residents of Detroit but also those of other
cities This is the leading store of the kind in the city
and the pioneer in this line of activitj and m the control
*f the business Mr Watson displays marked e^etutive
ability energy and foresight
On the 18th of November, 1920, was uolemmzed the
marriage of Edward F. Watson and Miss Alta M. Carroll,
a daughter of Anson M. and Mary E. Carroll, prominent
resident-i of Ann Arbor, Michigan. In pwlitics Mr. Watson
maintains an independent attitude, standing for principle
rather than for party. He is a man of resolute purpose
and marked strength of character, whose present success
has been won entirely through his own efforts, and his
life record is one in which notable business ability and
the recognition and utihzation of opportunity are well
balanced forces.
CHARLES G. WALKER. Detroit owes much to the
enterprising spirit and marked business abihty of Charle^
G Walker iiht as a member of the Walker & Jenkins
Realty Company is doing much to improve that section
of the citj known as Highland Park through the capable
management of his lusiness interests and he is also vice
president of the Highland Park 'Savings & Loan Asso-
ciation He -was born m Ludlow Vermont, August 30,
1877 h r. parents being George E and Ann A. (Wilder)
Walker who were also natvcs of the Green Mountain
state in which 1he\ spent their lives Before the era of
the automobile the father engaged in the manufacture of
harness and he became recogmzed as an enterprising and
successful business man. He passed away in 1878 and the
mother is also deceased. In their family were six children,
three of whom survive, namely; Herbert E,, who is living
in Ludlow, Vermont; Mrs. Lilla A. Dickinson of Niagara
Falls, New York; and Charles G.
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In the acquirement of an education Mr. Walker attended
the public school* of his native city and the Black Ei\er
Academy of Ludlow, Vermont, from which he wan (trad
uated when seventeen years of age. He then decided to
learn the trade of a machinist, serving his apprenticeship
in a shop at Rutland, Vermont, where for nine years he
followed his trade and then went to Kansas City, Missoun
He became sales manager of that city for the Page Wire
Fence Company of Adrian, Michigan, in which connection
he had charge of a number of counties in the states of
Kansas and Missouri, and capably filled the position until
1913, when he came to Detroit. He at once entered
business circles of this city, organizing the Diamond
Realty Company, of which he was the president for three
years, or until 1918, when he sold his interests in order
that he might devote his attention to war activities He
became connected with the airplane parts department of
the Ford Motor Company, being engaged in government
work for seven months, and at the end of that period
or in 1919, in association with Charles E. Jenkins, he
established the Walker & Jenkins Realty Company, which
is engaged in the buying and selling of property and in
the building of homes. Since its inception the enterprise
has been a prosperous one and has become recognised as
one of the leading real estate firms in the city, its oper
ations being confined to the Highland Park distnct of
Detroit. Mr. Walker has other business interests, being
vice president of the Highland Park Savings & Loan Asso-
ciation, which he is also conducting along progressi\e
lines, and a director and treasurer of the Drury Petroleum
Corporation, engaged in oil development work in Tejtag
On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Walker was united in
marriage to Miss AUeyne P. Barker of Poultney, Vermont
a daughter of Don A. and Adelia (Rogers) Barker, prom
inent residents of that place. In politics Mr. Walker
maintains an independent attitude and he is a valued
member of the Highland Park Real Estate Board. He ii
a Mason of high standing, having been a Mason since 1904
a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory, the Grotto and
the Shrine at Detroit. He is a sagacious, faraighted bus-
iness man, whose career has been marked by stead\
progress. Early in lite he realized that one must be willing
to pay the price of success, which is gained only at the
cost of earnest, self-denying effort. He has ever directed
his business by the rules which govern strict integrity and
his record proves that success and an honored name ma^
be won simultaneously.
EOBEBT LA GOEA PEE was an eminently sue '
eessful business matt, long associated with commercial
interests in Detroit. He was born in Binghampton,
Kew York, April 27, 18fi3, and was a son of Michael
and Jane (Quigley) Fee. He pursued his edu<ation
in the public schools of his native city and after his
textbooks were put aside learned the trade of cigar
making there. In 1886, wheu a young man of twenty
years, he eame to Detroit and entered the employ
of the Detroit Cigar Company as a traveling sales
man. Later he became representative of the Binner
Cigar Compi
originilU m
Edward Pte
anotl.
Hhich his brotlur Ed«arJ wis
nhik tollowing the deith of
r brother, Josupli, became man
It was in the leir 1897. thit Robert L Fee began
the manufacture ot eigars on hi^ own account unier
the name of tht La Gora Fee Company, of which
he was president He al-io onned several retail cigar
stores and in the course of time built up a business
of extensive and gratifving proportions in connection
with the Ligir trade He was eminently successful
in all of his business affairs and liter extenied the
scope of his interests by building tnd OTuning several
automobile silesrooms, in which he sold the Wools
electric and the Elmore cars, buving out the litter
business from Matthew A Young the Eeo and still
other makes of mottr i.ar>i He wa'j likewise interested
m finanung a number ot busmen concerns in which
he took in active part, these including a cafe, a
tillering e'jtiblishment and others H< Ind an alert
and exceptionally keen mini was quiik to pereene
a chance and grasp an opportunity, and it all t mei
displayed excellent businesa judgment and exceptional
foresight His enterprise in 1 energy wis constantly
reflcLted in his business success, and hia close applica
titra and thoroughness left him little leisure for rec
reation of inv kind
On August 1, ItOl "\Ir Fee wis married to Mrs
Eva Austin Warren it Fowlerville Miehitan Mrs
Fee was born m B^rrn Michigan a daughter of Dr
Abel 8 ind Emma (Cable) Anstm Her father was
a physician mi ■jurgern, who during the Civil war
hid charge of Hospitil No 1 ind among his con
tpmporiries was the late Dr T \ McGraw, cf Detroit,
who also hal charge of one of the hospitals Mrs
Austin was a diughter rt Sarah Calhoun Cable, a
descendant of John C Calhoun, at one time vice
president of the United States and me of the most
distinguished atitesmen of his day Bj her former
marriage Mrs Fee had two chiliren Gertrudi, Louise
who IS the wife of Jimes Judd Beading of the Held
ing Truck &, Maehineiv Company, ani ti whom
she has three sons, James Richard and Robert, ind
Margiret Austin who married Joseph Eowe Smith,
Jr and thei hive one son, Joseph Rowe Smith, III
Mr Smith is 1 broker
Mr Fee was a member of the Detroit Board of
Ctmmerce and was interested in all the proiects of
that organization for the citj 's upbuilding and the
mamteninee of civic stindards Fraternally he was
a Mason and an Elk and consistently folloned the
teachings of these orders His politml support was
gi\en to the republicin party and he kept well m
formed on the questions and issues of the lay but did
not seek office He was never
when he was suddenly atneken i
quickly succumbed, passing a
He raide his life CLunt a' i
Uvelopment of tin tommiiiii
a, robust l
nth pneumonia he
way September 26, 1917
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in contact with him through business or social rela-
tions learned to respect him and value him for his
sterling ehacaeter worth.
FRANK EENAULT QUISENBERRY. A young man
of exceptionally broad and varied experience in connection
with ijanking enterprise, Frank Emault Quisenberry be-
came a resident of Detroit in the year 1902, and here hia
service not only included hia association with leading
banking institutions but also involved his retention of
the position of state bank examiner. Thus he is admir-
ably fortified for the executive duties and responsibilities
that devolve upon him in the office of executive vice
president and director of the Highland Park State Bank,
the leading institution of the kind in the important
suburb of Highland Park.
Mr. Qiiisenberry was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on
the 8th of September, 1884, and is the only child of
Franklin P. and Esther J. (Killick) Quisenberry, who
were born and reared in Kentucky, representatives of old
and honored families of the Bluegrass state. The father
became prominently and influentially identified with the
buying and shipping of live stock in Kentucky and was
in the very prime of his resourceful manhood at the time
of his death, in 1887, when his only son was a child of
about three years. His wife survived him for about five
years and continued her residence in Louisville until her
death, in 1892.
The preliminary education of Frank E. Quisenberry was
acquired principally in the public schools of Litchfield,
Kentucky, and his higher studies were piu'sued m turn at
Assumption College, Sandwich, Province of Ontario
Canada, and St, Mary's College, St. Mary s Kentucky
Hia scholastic advantages were further amplified by hia
attending a school for boys in the city of Cmcmnati
Ohio, and the Chriatian Brothers College m the city of
St. Louis, Missouri, in which last mentioni^d institution
he was graduated as a member of the claas of 1<>02 with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the same \ ear he came
to Detroit and obtained the position of messenger for the
Peninsular State Bank. At the expiration of two years
he resigned his post in this institution and for the ensuing
eight years he was an employe of the Old Detroit National
Bank, in which he won promotion from the position of
t tb kkp totltft Her. Upon severing his
t vith th b k h turned to the Peninsular
fat t B k tl p ty f paying teller, and after
rv g thi I t f tw years he was appointed
t t tat 1 k am £ Michigan, under Edward
H D yl Th d t E tl responsible position en-
gr sed hi tm d tte t for four years and eight
th dun g wh 1 tiro h aerved six months as
t t m tl b m tate bank examiner and
f f V fill d th t position. On the 1st of
July, 1918, he resigned to become assistant cashier of the
Highland Park State Bank, of which he was made cashier
on the 1st of June, 1919. In addition to continuing his
effective service as cashier he also became vice president
of this substantial bank on March 1, 1920, filhng the dual
position of vice president and cashier until July 13, 1920,
when he became executive vice president, and on January
10, 1922, he became also a director. His executive abihty,
broad experience and well ordered policies have been
definitely potent in furthering the upbuilding of this sub-
stantial and well ordered institution
Loyal in all that implies the best civic stewardship,
Mr. Quisenberry gi\es alleaiance to the democratic party
but is not constrained by 'Strict partisan lines in local
affairs. He is a communicant of the Cathofic church,
a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, and is
affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. He owns and
occupies one of the fine homes in the Royal Oak section.
On the 20th of January, 1910, Mr. Quisenberry was
married to Mias Emily A. La Rouche, daughter of Dom-
inicfc La Rouche, a prominent lumberman of Bay City,
Michigan. Mr, and Mrs. Quisenberry have no children.
In connection with the late World war Mr. Quisenberry
was commissioned a major in two Liberty Loan campaigns,
as representative of the first district, Highland Park, and
he did effective service in behalf of the various govern-
mental loans in support of war activities, besides being
otherwise influential in war service.
R. C. HANDL08ER, manager for Michigan of the
Motch-Merryweather Machinery Company, isan expert me-
chanical engineer and a forceful alert and progressive busi-
ness man whose efforts are resultant factors in whatever
he undertakes He was born in Trenton, New Jersey,
October 26 1875, of the marriage of Thomas and Louise
(Herrmann) Handloser the latter also a native of that
cily while the former was born in Germany. In early
jouth the father came to the United States, securing a
position of responsibihty with the John A. Roebling'F Sons
Company which was awarded the contract for building
Brooklyn bridge He later became manager for Dil-
worth Porter & Company, Ltd , of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania pissing awav while m their employ. The mother
survives and is still a resident of Pittsburgh. Three
children were born to their union Bertram, chief engineer
for Ddworth, Porter & Company of Pittsburgh; Emma,
a successful teacher in the public schools of that city;
and R. C, of this review.
In the acquirement of an education Mr. Handloaer
attended the grammar schoola of Trenton, New Jersey,
and a high school of New York city, after which he ent«red
the Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, New
Jersey, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the
degree of Mechanical Engineer. He at once took up
the work of his profession and traveled extensively in
this country and in Germany and Austria as a representa-
tive of an American machinery house. After returning
to the United States he was given charge of the business
in the state of Michigan for the Motch-Merryweather
Machinery Company and in 1907 established his head-
quarters in Detroit. Up to that time the firm had not
been able to secure much business in the state, but Mr.
Handloser's well formulated plans and aggresave methods
of going after the trade soon resulted in obtaining for
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Handloser was united in mamage to Miss Be'jsie Gertrude
Vorce, a daughter of Mr and Mrs WiUard R Voree
well knowD residents of that eity Four children hive
been bom to this union Robert whose birth occurred
in New York city in 1905 ami nho is now \ student m
one of the high school? of Detroit, Thomas V , who was
born in Cleveland, Ohio ui August 1907 and is attend-
ing the graded schools, TVilbrd Bertram who was born
at Algonae, Michigan m Augu'Jt 191S, and Margaret,
who 11 deceased
Mr Handloser n a member of the Third Church of
Chnst, Scientist, and for five ^ears after its foundation
served on its governing board He is a member of the
Alunum Association of the Me^ena Institute of Tech-
nology and of the Detroit Athletic Club and the Detroit
Board of Commeree and his political allegiance is given
to the democratic part\ He ib a man of strong person-
ality who has never dissipated his energies over a broad
field but has concentrated his attention upon a single
Ime of activity, in which he has developed expert ability,
and well merited success has crowned his efforts
HERMAN KRAMER is the president of the firm of
Herman Kramer & Sono, furniture dealers of Detroit,
ani owners ol the Kramer Theater, which has recently
been eonipleted and cunstitutes one of the most at
trietiye and modern amusement he uses of the cit>
Mr Kramer was born m Saxony, Germany, February
11, 1868, his parents being Edward and Frederica
(Heineman) Kramer, who came to imeriea in the
early 'SOs settling in Detroit, where tha father
engaged in the lumber business to the time of hia
death m 1<»11 The mother survived for about three
years, passing awav in this city in 1914 They had
a famih of six sons and a daughter, those living
being Mai, Adolph, Louis and Herman, all residents
of Detroit
The last namtd attended public schools in his native
country and after coming to America continued his
education as a student m a night school in Detroit
He afterward learned the trade of wall paper hangin?
and followed that pursuit until 1893 when he estab
lished himself in the wall paper business His pat
ronage steadily grew and success attended his efforts
This constituted the initial step towards his presLUt
line, for after a time he added to his establishment
a stock of furniture and has deieluped his business
into one of the most successful furniture houses in
the city He has at all times been most progressive
and enterprising in hia methods, the attractive line
ot furniture which he has carried has enabled him to
meet every demand of the trade and he has outfitted
many of the attractive homes of Betrcit He has
llso crmpleted a fine structure knonn as the Kramer
I id t ( t d fii tl p t
t t Th t Id g f th 1 bl
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f M h g and G 1 t t d
contains the Kramer Theater, the second largest play-
house in Betroit This theater, which is conducted as
a laudeville house for high class theatrical perform
antes and the better class of motion pictures, is
thoroughly modern m ail of its appointments, seating
over two thousand people The firm of Herman Kra
mer & Sons also conduUs, at 7665 Gratint avtnue,
the largest furniture store in that sei tion of the city
Herman Kramer, through his enterprise and progres
siveness, has won a place among Detroit s striightfor
ward and substantial merchants an I his suetess has
been fully merited In his political views he is a
republican and at one time was estimator of the si^
teenth ward, holding the position in 1908 In Masonry
he and both of his sous ha^e taken the Consistory
degrees of the Scottish Rite and are Nobles of Moslem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine
On Julv 13, 1890, Mr Kramer was married to Miss
Eltanor Teschke, a daughter of Mr and Mrs John
Teschke Mr and Mrs Kramer haye two sons Her
man E born in Detroit in 1891, is manager of the
Gratiot avenue sttre of Herman Kramer & &ons He
married Miis Lucille Drummond and has a son, Her
man Drummond, born November 24 1919 The younger
son, Walter L was born in Detroit in 1593 and, like
his brother, was educated m the public and high
schools of the eitj He took pact in the World war,
being connected with the motor transportation service
of the United States army for a year He, however,
was not sent overseis He is associated with his
tather in business and manages the Kramer Theater
Mrs Kramer has always been of great assistance to
her husband m his work and he attributes his success
m no small degree to her aid His sons have likewise
been a big asset in his business, for they are thor
uughgting young business men, well trained from
every standpoint and alert to every opportunity
MILTON TIBBETTS, patent counsel and !
secretary of the Packard Motor Company, was born in
Washington D C Juli 27, 1879 a son of Noah V and
Ida M (Tibbetts) Tibbctts The mother's birth occurred
in Brooklin, Maine wbde the father was bom m Brooks
ville, that state Both were descendants of old and highlj
respected New England famibes The parents removed
to ■Washington D C in earlj hfe, and the father was for
many j ears connected with the pension office in the
finance division but smce 1921 has been retired under
the recently passed law reqiunng the retirement ot gov-
ernment emplojeR after a given penod of jears He
has now returned to his old home m Maine to spend his
remaining davs where his early \outh was passed His
wife departed this lift m Washington in 1904 In their
fimd\ were three children Emma L who is bving m
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Waahington ; Dorothy May, a resident of Boston, Massa-
chusetts; and Milton.
The last named att«ndcd the public schools of the
District of Columbia and also the George Washington
University, from which he was graduated in 1903 on the
completion of s. law course, which won him the LL. B
degree. While a student in the public schools he became
the editor and manager of a Washington paper, the
Weekly Bulletin, which he successfully conducted for
several years. .While in the University he was manager
and publisher of The University, a monthly magazine
of the college. He likewise engaged in the printing
business in the capital city and aftor disposing of his
various interests of that character he took flp patent law
and was associated with the well known firm of Foster,
Freeman, Watson & Coit at Washington. While thus
associated he acquired a wide knowledge of patents and
patent law, and in 1913 was engaged as special patent
counsel for the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit.
He has since filled this important position and has also
become assistant secretary of the Packard Motor Car
Company. His connection with that corporation is,
therefore, an important one and he has rendered valuable
service to the corporation in both connections. He was
admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and also
to the court of appeals there and to the federal district
court at Detroit,
On the 16th of September, 1903, Mr. Tibbetts was
married to Miss Anne RaviUe Hallam of Washington,
D. C, a daughter of Orrin B. Hallam, formerly of Ken-
tucky but later a resident of the national capital. To
Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts were bom two children: Alice,
born in Washington, in 1905, and now attending the
Northern high school of Detroit; and Sallie, also born
in Washington, in 1907, and now a pupil in the Northern
high school.
Mr. Tibbetts is a member of the Detroit Athletic Club
and of the Ingleside Club, both of Detroit, and the Racquet
Club of Washington, D. C, and he is also a Kappa Sigma,
a Greek letter fraternity. His religious faith is that of
the Congregational church, and he is interested in many
of the organized movements for the benefit of sociological
and economic conditions. He is likewise connected with
movements that have to do with professional benefit
and has served as chairman of the patents committee
of the National Association of Manufacturers. Mr.
Tibbetts resides at 890 Edison avenue.
GEORGE PECK CAULKINS, manager of the H. J.
Cflulkins Company, one of the leading dental supply
houses in the state of Michigan, was bom in Detroit,
January 15, 1890, his parents being Horace J. and Minnie
(Peek) Caulkins, whose family numbered seven children,
including Edward Burns; Horace J.; Henry Lewis; Sarah
Butler, who is now the wife of Charles B. Johnson; Esther
Lee, now the wife of Fred S. Ford; Elizabeth Anna; and
George Peck of this review.
George Peek Caulkins was a pupil in the public schools
of Detroit until he had mast^^red the branches of learning
therein taught. He matriculatod in the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he studied from 1909
until I9I3, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree. He
afterward toured Europe, greatly enjoying his travels
abroad and later he returned to become identified with
the business of the H. J. Caulkins Company. This busi-
ness was founded by hia father, who conducted it very
successfully until he retired, at which time George P.
Caulkins took charge. The company handles everything
in the way of dental supplies and equipment, disposing
of the product of the leading dental manufacturers of the
country, including the S. S. White Company, the Lee
Smith Ccmpany, the Ritter Company and the Consoli-
dated Dental Manufacturers Company. In addition to
the Detroit establish msnt the H. J. Caulkins Company
maintains ofGces In Ann Arbor and in Lansing. George
Peck Caulkins of this review has a very wide acquaintance
among the members of the dental profession and stands
very high in their regard, owing to the progessive and
thoroughly reliable methods which he employs in the con-
duet of the business. In addition to the nuniber of agents
which represent the company in the trade elsewhere in
the stato there are more than twenty employes in the
Detroit establishment. Service and the quality of the
product have always^bcen featured in the business, which
has steadily grown since its inception and at all times
under the direction of George P. Caulkins, who has kept
the enterprise abreast of the progressive business methods
of the present day.
Mr. Caulkins was united in marriage in 1918 to Alma
F. Fauser and they have two children: Barbara N., born
December 9, 1919; and George Peck, Jr., bom March 25,
1921. Mr. Caulkins is a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club, the University Club and the Country Club and in
politics he maintains an independent course, his interest
centering not in partisanship but in good government as
advanced by the men most capable of holding office. His
home is at 552 Rivard boulevard, Grosse Pointe.
ALFRED J. KINNUCAN, president of the Federal
Steel Company, was born in Detroit, July 5, 1878, a son
of Patrick John and Mariette (Rice) Kinnucan, the
former a native of Ireland, while the latter was born in
Akron, Ohio. The father came to America with his
parents when but six months old, the family home being
established in Detroit, and he was but six years of age
when left an orphan. He obtained his education in the
schools of this city and afterward learned the tailoring
trade, conducting a merchant tailoring business where
the Detroit Trust Company now stands. He was thus
associated with the business interests of the city for
many years, passing away here in 1903. His widow still
makes her home in Detroit. They reared a family of
three children: Alfred J.; Mrs. William Beecher of
Detroit; and Mrs. Dorothy Walder, livmg tn Chicago.
At the usual age Alfred J. Kinnucan became a pupil in
the graded schools o his native city and pursued the high
school course to his graduation. He next entered the
University of Michigan and completed his studies there
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IS a membpr ot the class (f 1902 \ftcr Itwing the
universitj he came to Detroit and was associited with
the Mjchigin Malleable Iron Company for a number of
years He then organized the Ecorse Foundrj & Machine
Companj m 1916 and becime president thereof continu
mg the direct mg head ot the business until he sold his
interests to the D J Ryan Foundrj Company in 1918
at which time he established the Federal feteel Company
for the manufacture of steel products Of this compiny
he IS now the president and his long experience in s milir
lines of business well qualifies him for the 'succe'! tul
conduct of busmess affairs of this clnraettr He couples
sound judgment with enterprise and energv with keen
discrimination and thus he is proniotmg his interests in
a way to v- m success
Mr Kinnucan was mimed m Dptrott June 2J 1907
to Miss Florida Thompson daughter ot George F Thomp
soa Thev haie two children Mary Elizabeth born
July 5 1911 and Alfred J born m 1913 Both are
attending school The parents are members of the
Roman Catholic church and Mr Kinnucan is a third
degree member of the Knightfi of Columbui He has
voted with the republican party since age (.ontcrred upon
him the right of franchise and he is w ell known in college
fraternal circles as a member of t^e Theta Delta Cbi
As a club man he has wide acquaintance through his
membership m the Detroit \thletic Club ind thf Loch
moor Countrv Club
JESSE D STODDARD secretary ai
the Detroit Testing Libontory anl pres dent of the
Concrete Products Association is re ognized as the
possessor of expert seientiJlc skill m his chosen field
of Hbor Through the constant levelopment of his
powers through study and the exercise of effort he has
won lis idvanoement since entering the business world
following the complet on of his sel ool tninmg in Grin
nell College of Iowa He was born in Tama Iowa
October 18 IS 1 and is a son of William H and
Caroline Elizaltth (Eshtaigh) Stoldard He mas
tered a high sel ool course anl then entered Grinnell
College while subsequently he setured the position of
assistant chemist m the labratfrry of tl e Griffin Wheel
Company of Chicago in March 18<»2 There he re
mamed for four vears and merited advancement
brought hjm t) the sup erin tendency of tie laboratory
and melting leparto ent In March 1^9C he a eej.ted
the pooition of cl emist with the An er can Bidiator
Company anl in that connection spent fi\e yeirs in
Biffalo and one jear in Detroit Tie sue eelmg two
and a half years were passed as chemist of the oper
ating board of the same company in CI icago Eeturn
mg to Detroit in April 190o he has since been a ren
dent of this oitv ind m October of that 'veir be
became associated with the Detrcit Test ng Labora
torv, engaged in commeroal chemistry work This
connection has since been maintained and he now
occupies oflitial position as the secretary and treas
urer of the < mjany He his also become the presi
lent of the T rooto Testing Labtratory of Toronto
Canada and has further extended his bus ne'JS con
neotions by becon ing the president of the Con rete
Products Association That he is keenly interested m
scientific investigation and idvaneement is indicated
in his membersl ip relitions anl in these connections
various official honors have come to him He was
formerly the president of the Builders and Traders
Esthange is a member of the board of control in
the National A'isociation of Builders Eschanges, thus
representing the state of Michigan and la a past
president ot the E'^change Club of Detroit He also
belong to the Detroit Engineer ng Society the So
ciety of Dejfoit Chen ists the Detroit Foundrymen s
issociition the American Eoundrymen s Associat on
the American Soc etv for Testing Materials anl the
Society of Chemical Inlustry
On tl e 26th of June 18*^7 Mr '(toddird was mar
r ed to Mils Jtsiie Lorain Dodsworth of Euffal Nen
lork who passed awav in 1908 leaving two children
Kenneth Dodsworth who is now attending the An
nipoli^ Navil Academy and Howard Divey On the
24th of 4pril 1^19 Mr StolHrd wedded Mrs Suian
M. Davey of Buffalo, New York, who by her former
marriage had two children, Edward Howard and
Margaret Elizabeth Davey.
Mr. Stoddard is a Consistory Mason and has been
worshipful master of the City of the Straits Lodge,
No. 452, P. & A. M. He has also crossed the sands
of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and
he belongs to the Pelloworaft Club. While apprecia-
tive of the social amenities of life, he has confined his
attention largely to his business interests and scien-
tific study, with the result that he has developed
expert skill in chemical analysis and laboratory work.
MAURICE H. ZACKHEIM is weU known in com-
mercial circles of Detroit as the head of a successfully
conducted insurance business and be has also taken an
active part in public affairs, being an influential factor
in promoting educational interests ot the city. He is a
native of Poland, his birth having occurred in the province
of Lithuania on the 20th of February, 1880, and his par-
ents, Sundel and Rebecca (Chasan) Zackheim, were also
born in that part of Poland. The father, a Jewish rabbi,
was greatly beloved by his people and passed away in
Lithuania. The mother survives and is living in Detroit,
They reared a family of sbt children; Oscar, who makes
hia home in Waukegan, Illinois; Joseph Werner, and
Isadore, both residents of Buffalo, New York; Mrs.
Freda Gadon and Mrs. Speranza Lippman, who still live
in Poland; and Maurice H., of this review.
Maurice H. Zackheim acquired his early education in
the common schools of Lithuania and after coming to
the United Staf«s he entered the Central high school of
Detroit, from which he was graduated with the class of
1907. He then turned his attention to educational work,
teaching Hebrew in what is now known as the Hebrew
Free School, located on Division street, and serving as
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its president in 1915 and 1916. He also took uj the study
of pharmacy and successfully passed the state evaminaf ion
in 1909, aft^r which he engaged in the drug business on
his own account. Since 1910 he has conducted a profit-
able business in general insurance and in the management
of his interests he displays a sound judgment enterprise
and determination.
At Buffalo, New York, on the Sth of July 1913 Mr
Zackheim was married to Miss Rhea Kreinson a native
of TituBville, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Solomon Kreinson. To this union has been bom a
son, Herschel Selig, whose birth occurred in 1914 and who
is now attending the public schools of Detrtit being a
student in the third grade.
Mr. Zackheim is a prominent member of the Zionists
Organization of America, of which he served as treasurer
in 1918 and 1919, and was instrumental in raising a lirge
sum of money for the movement. He devotes much time
to educational matters and as a member of the board of
education has done much to improve the curriculum and
methods of instruction followed in the schools of the city
It was through his instrumentality thit a Hebrew depart-
ment was established in the new puhhe hbrar^ and at ill
times he has been actuated b^ a puhhc spirited devot on
to the general good. In Mas nrj he stands high belong
ing to Ashlar Lodge, F. & A M to Michigan Soiereign
Consistory, in which he has taken the thirty second
degree, and to the Mystic Shnne and he is also jdentified
with the Knights of Pythias He is a self made man
deserving of all the praise which the term implies for he
has worked his way steadily upward through his own
efforts, placing his dependence upon the substantial
qualities of industry and perseverance His record meas-
ures op to the full standard of honorable manhood and
those who know him recognize in him a citizen whose
loyalty to the puhhc welfare has ne\er been questioned
while his integrity and honor in the private affairs of life
are matters familiar to all with whom he has been asso-
ciated.
HARRY T. WOODS, an enterpri<iipg and successful
business man of Detroit, is well known in financial circles
of the city as secretary and treasurer of the firm of Woods
Swan & Edwards, investment brokers He was born m
Champaign county, Ohio, December 18 ISTi a son of
Orlando and Susan (Overhuls) Woods who were there
reared, educated and married For man} ^ ears the father
successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in that sec-
tion of the state and he is now living retired at St. Paris,
Ohio, in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. The mother
also survives and they are well known and highly respected
residents of the locahty.
Harry T. Woods, the eldest in a family of four children,
attended the country schools and afterward entered the
St. Paris high school, from which he was graduated in
1897. Later he completed a business course at Nelson's
Business College of Springfield, Ohio, and then became a
student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with
the class of 1111 His initial I usiness eicpenenee was
acquired in the machmists depart mei t of the Westii^
house Machine Company of Pittsburgh and he remained
with that corporaticn until 1918 He found favor with
his employers because of his trustworth ness his ready
adaptability and his unfiltermg diligence and be was
advanced from one pMition to another of greater im
port'ince and responsibility until he was at length mode
assistant to the chief engineer On seienng his connec
tion with that company he came to Detroit and here
became identified with William A Neer & C ompany
prominent investment brokers of the citi with wl om he
ser^ed until the 1st of July 1919 aeqmrmg a thorough
knowledge of the business He then resigned to become
one of the organizers of the firm of 'ft oods bwan &
Edwards of which he is now secretary and treasurer
They handle stocks and bonds and their energetic and
progressive mithods and strict integrity haM" already
gained for them a large share of pubhe patronage and they
have become well known as leading bond brokers of the
cit\ Mr Woods 18 well informed concerning the value
of investments in various hnes and this practical knowl-
edge together with his sound judgment and keen insight,
1 as b en in important factor in the development of the
business
On the 2f th of Januar\ 1905, Mr. Woods was united
m marriage to Miss Katl er\ n Necr, a daughter of Adam
and Mary Neer well known residents of Indianapohs,
Indiana Mr and Mrs Woods are consistent and faithful
members of the \V oodward A'^enue Presb3^ri^n church
and fraternalh Mr Woods is connected with the Masons,
hi membership being with Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M.
He la a valued member of the Detroit Stock Exchange
and IS also conne ted with the Aviation Country Club.
He has led an active and useful life, employing every
opportunitj to ad\ance and bis present success is entirely
attr butable to his own efforts his close application and
his laudable ambition As a business man hia standing
IS of the highest and in all matters of citizenship his
n the side of progress and advanceinent.
WALTER H COCHRAN is senior partner in the
firm of Cochran &. Philhps also president and treasurer
of the Tuthill Spring &. Service Company. Gochran &
Phillips are ^ents for a number of well known manu-
factunng concerns Opportunity for advancement and
a chance for progress lia\ e ever been stimulating influences
in the life of Mr. Cochran, who by reason of clo^ applica-
tion, alertness and determined spirit has become a prom-
inent figure in Detroit's commercial circles. A native
of New York, he was bom in Bristol, Novembcf 15, 1879,
a son of Morgan G. and Sarah (Shattler) Cochran, whose
family numbered three children, two sons and a, daughter
W. H., Demerel and Clara Iva.
As a pupil in the public and high schools of Auburn,
New York, W. H. Cochran pursued his preliminary
education and afterward attended the Auburji Business
College, thus qualifying for the practical duties of a com-
mercial career. In early manhood he was enjployed as
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cost clerk and timekeeper bv the Osborn Farm Implement
Company of Auburn, with which he remained for fi^e
years. It was m 1904 that he came to Detroit where
he secured emplosTnent with the Oldsmobile Ctmp^m
as a clerk in the cost department, occupying thit position
for ft penod of three years. During the bucceeding two
years he was in charge of the office and sales force of the
Alexander Gordon Company, cigar manufacturers and
then became associated with the Abbott Motor Company
having charge of the cost department for a year and a
half. On severing that connection he was with Hubbard
Engineering Company, manufacturers of auto parti
This corporation he represented in a sales capacitv c Dver
ing the state of Michigan for three years In 1915 he
became one of the incorporators of tlie firm of Cochran
& Phillips, manufacturers' agents, representing at the
present time a number of well known houses includ ng
the Gale Manufacturing Company of Albion Michigan
the Acme Steel & Machine Company of Buffalo New
York, the Tuthill Spring Company, of Chicago the H
Brewer Company, of Tecumseh, Michigan and others
The Tuthill Spring & Service Company was incorporated
October I, 1920, and became the first spring ^rvice com
pany in Detroit capable of repairing all tvpes of springs.
The company today has one of the most modern equipped
plants in the country for rendering seriice of this char
acter and numbers among its patrons many of Detr it s
largest manufacturers and buaness houses The concern
repairs broken automobile springs, making them as good
as new and thus saving to the owners of the cars the
difference between the repair cost and a new spring which
is about four hundred per cent. Mr Cochran is verv
thorough in everything that he undertakes a\btematic
in his work and sound in his judgment The e qual ties
have been dominant forces in the attainment of hi'; present
Mr, Cochran is a thirty-second degree Mason and a
member of the Mystic Shrine. He alao belongs to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a member
of the Detroit Masonic Country Club.
rUBDINAND KOKNEFFEL One of the lead ng
bu Idmg contr-ict rs of Detr t F rd nind Xorneff 1
pc dent of the on pany wh h beirs ha name and
n any of the fi e^t bu Id nga n th s e ty and c n ty
stand as n on menta to his sk 11 and ah 1 t n h s
chosen 1 ne of ocenpat on He a a nat e of Gernanj
and h s nital day was Marcl la 4 Ha parents
WUam anl earol ne (Retzlaff) KomefiEel vere also
of German b rth and n 1882 em gritei to the Ud ted
States tak ng up the r res lence Detro t The
father who w^a a n etal pol sher by trade see red a
poa t on w th the M ch gan Sto e W rka one of the
Urgest iidnatr al enterpr es of Detro t and tor n an
years was a trusted en plo e of that firm He j issed
a,\ ay in th s c ty n 1919 at tl e age of s sty a x eara
but the n otl er st 11 res lea here In tl e fin I
were t«o h Uren Ferd na i a 1 CI 1 a (. h
1 nilding wi enutLndtnt for the J L Hudson Companj
of Detroit
In the publ 0 and high auhools of Detroit Ferdinand
KornefEel acquire 1 his edu ation aal on lajmg aside
his textbooks entered the b isinesa world in the
cipaoity of office boy for the Michigan Stove Works
tiling that pos tion nnt I his eighteenth veir He
then became identified with the firm of Spitzley
Brothers and ievoted his energies to mastering the
carpenter s trade He remained with tl at company
until he h^d completed hia apprentitoship after which
he obtained cmpl ymet t with the Vinton Company
with whom he eontmned for fifteen years durmg which
period his close application and cffiuent discharge of
his duties won him adi incement from a minor pos tion
to that of aupenntendent of construction On se^er ng
his eonnett on with thit corporal on he iteepted a
similir ] oaition with Albert Kahn a. leading architect
of Detroit with whom be reraiined for four jears
Actuated bj a liudable ambition he decided to em
birk upon an independent i enture and m 1913
organized the F Korneflel Compii j of which he has
smoe been president and mmiger w th W H E chard
son as vice presilent and J C Weiskirch as secretary
and trea'jurer In the execution of contracts he is care
ful to conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of
an agreement and honesty anl integrity ha^ e ever
characterized all ot his bus neas transactions He has
therefore gained the conhdencc and support of the
public and his patronage has now reached extensive
] roportions Many fine build ngs in Detroit and
vicinit* atani as eA.amp]ps of hia skill and handiwork
among which mav be mentioned the Harold Palmer
residence at Grosse Pomte that of William T Barbour
at Blonmfield Hills and the 1 omea ot Judge Adolph
Marthner, L S Moore Mr Parcell Fred M Sibley
Dr B 13 moi d Hooblcr an 1 Paul Demmg se\ en branch
banks f r the American State Bank of Detroit the
buildings for the Cray estate the Spietz cigar factory
the f ictory and ofiiee buiidmga fur the Liberty Motors
an 1 the buildings for the Continental Motors and the
H Ison Motors. Mr. Korneffel displays marked ex-
ec t ve ability, energy and enterprise in the conduct
of the business and is regarded as one of the leading
bu Iding contractors of the city.
Mr, Eomeffcl has been married twice. In Detroit,
on the £5th of April, 1895, he wedded Miss Anna
Wendt, who passed away on the 26th of November,
1 15 She was a daughter of Fred and Sophia Wendt,
prominent residents of Fraser, Michigan. Three chil-
dren were bom of that nnion: Harold F., whose birth
oc urred in Detroit, February 12, 1907, and who is
no V attending the Joyce Junior high school; Harvey
C ho was born in 1908 and met death in an automo-
h le accident on the 31st of May, 1916; and Helen
Ann who was born May 25, 1913, and died at the age
of e ghteen montha. Mr. Korneffel 's second marriage
w s with Miss Ethel Miller, of Brantford, Ontario,
I m he wedded on the 6th of June, 1916. Her parents,
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William and Mary Miller, are well known residents
of Brantford county, 0 atari o.
In his polifcal \iew3 Mr K rnoffel is a republican
intCMsted m the welfare and success of the party and
he )s a valued member of the Ditroit Bui ders and
Tniers Exchange ^nd 1% also ideat fied with the Michi
„-in Club, the Detroit Automobile Club and Detroit
liicht Club He is preeminently a buimeas man whose
rttord 13 written in terms o£ success His insight
I d3 enabled him to recognize opportunities and hia
nergy to utilize them His career is i most com
nendable one for he las coiLstructcd i s own suooeas
his untiring energy close application and conscieiitiou'*
service forming the btsia of his advancement He is
regarded ai one of the most progressive an 1 sul atantial
but ness men of Detroit and through his activities
1 e has contributed m large measure to the develop
I ent and improi ement of the eitv m wh ch hi, has
{ ng made his home Mr Eorneffel a residence is at
\ > 4857 Semmole avenue
F PERRY THOM\S a prcgrcssne entrget and
I ceesaful business man la a member of % fam 1> that ha'i
1 ng figured prominenth m con mercial circles ot Detroit
in i as secretary of the Scott % alve Manufactuimg Com
pan\ he has voicp m the management of one of the largest
indu trial enterprises of the citv He was i orn at Crand
I land Nebraska April 2 18^ a 'ion of Claudius W
ind Elizabeth Ann (Hanaford) Thomas the former a
nati%c ot Detroit while the latter was born m England
1 (Com ng a re-Jident of this citv in her early life The
fj-ther wit at first emjloied as a clerk and after his re-
moval to Grand Island Nebrasia he embarked in busi
ness on his own anount becoming w 11 known as a grain
bujer In 1891 he returned to Detrtit ishere he entered
ommercial circles as president of the Roe Stephens
Mmufactunng Company which in 1919 was absorbed
h\ the Scott Valve Manufacturing Company and He la
now serving as its chief executive officer The mother
passed away at Grand Island in 1886 Seven children
were born to their union Edward W wbo is vice president
of the Scott \alve Manufacturing Companj Mr-s Came
M Woolfenden a resident of Denver Colorado Claude
H., who IS also living in that city, Elizabeth S., whose
home is in Ypsilanti, Michigan; Mrs. Mabel A. Beid, of
Bitch Run, Michigan; Raphael J., a resident of this city;
and F. Perry, ot this review.
In the acquirement of an education F. Perry Thomas
attended the grammar schools and the Central high
school of Detroit, while later he entered the Detroit
University School. After laying aside his textbooks he
became an employe of the Roe-Stephens Manufacturing
Company, starting in an humble capacity and gradually
working his way upward through merit and ability until
ill 1916 he was promoted to the position as secretary
ot Roe-Stephens Manufacturing Company, later of the
Scott VaJve Manufacturing Company. They make
all kinds of steam valves, the superiority of their product
commanding for it a wide sale, and in the operation of
their plant they furnish employment to several hundred
workmen. Mr. Thomas thoroughly understands all
phases of the business and his energy and business arumen
have been determimng factors m the success nhich has
attended the activ ties ot the company
Mr Thcmas has been married twice On the 11th ot
April 1910 he wedded Miss Harriet Keelcr a daughter
of Mr and Mrs Hiram M Keeler prominent residents
of this city She passed away April 17 1912 leaving a
daughter Harriet whose birth occurred m Apr 1 1912
and who is now attending "chool His second union
was with Miss Edna IJong whom he marned on the
30th o£ September 1916 Her parents were Mr and
Mrs Robert Long The father has passed away The
mother resides in this cit-\ Mr and Mrs Thomas have
a daughter Marv Ahce who was born May 24 1919
Mr Thomas gives his political allegiance to the repub-
lican partj and his public spirit finds expression m his
mcmber'.hip in the Detroit Board ot Commerce whose
well deviwd plans for the extension of the trade interests
of the city receiie his earnest support His career has
been marked by steady advancement due to his close
apphcation his studv ot the busmess to which he has.
turned his attention and h s untjuestioned rehahility and
integritv and his personal qual ties are such that he has
gained the warm tiiendship of many
GERALD E M4DIS0N D D S Although one of
the more recent additions to the dental profession of
Detroit Dr Gerald E Madison has already firmlv estab-
li'.hed himself in public regard and his practice is constantly
increasing He was born in Stratford New 'iork De-
cember 2 1890 a son of H 0 and Hattie (Bleekman)
Madison who are also natives ot the Empu^ state and
have always resided viithin its borders The father is
the owner of a fine farm near Herkimer which he has
successfully cultivated for many 3 ears also engaging in
the raising ot stock Mr and Mrs Madison have two
children Duane non a student at the Univer itj of
Michigan and Cerald E
Following his graduation from the high school at
Herkimer New \ ork Dr Madison entered tl p State
Univereitj of Michigan which conferred upon him the
degree of D D S m 1910, on the completion of a course
m aentistrv Going to Clean, New York, he there opened
an ofhce and continued to follow his profession in that
city until 1918, when he joined the United States army,
being commissioned a captain m the dental department
of the Medical Corps He was stationed at Camp Dix,
New Jersey, until the close of the World war, receiving
his discharge from the service in 1919, He then came to
Detroit and has remained a resident of this city, having
a finely appointed and modernly equipped suite of offices
at No. 6070 Woodward avenue. He is very efficient and
thorough in all of his work, keeping abreast with the ad-
vancement that JB constantly being made in his profes-
sion, and his labors have been attended with a gratifying
measure oi success. He is very skilful in the delicate
operations ot dental surgery and his services are in con-
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staiit demand He does everything Jo perfeet hini'ielf
in hia chosen vocation and la a member of the Michigan
Stat« Dental Society the District Dental Society the
National Dental Awooiation and the Dental Veterana of
the World Ww He la a member ot the Mtthodiat
Episcopal church and is also connected with the Amencan
Legion. Fraternallj he is identified with the Masons
having attained the thirtj second degree m the bcottish
Rite Consistory tnd is aUo a member of Delta Sigma
Delta, Greek letter fraternit> An enterprising and pro
gressive young m<4n he has alreadj gained in enviable
standing in his profession and his ability md energy will
carry him steadili forn ard to the goil of succpss
OSCAE R. LOOKER For forty nine tears Oscar S,
Looker waa iiicntiliel with the Michigan Mutual
Life Inauranio Company of which he became the
president in 189i This company had only been in
esistence for four years when he became bookkeeper
thus initiating his connection with the organization
He became one of the lest knonn insurance men of
the country, having been actue in the upbuilding of
a splendid organization that las e\ei maintained
the highest standards of service along insurance lines
Mr, Looker was born at Columbui Oh o, June IJ
1846, a aon of Eohert 8 and Sarah (Hooper) Looker
and received his education in the public schoda of
Ohio. He entered into active e nneetion with the life
insurance business in 18S" being then a joung nan
of but twenty one years In 18"1 he ren oved from
Cleveland, Ohio to Detrcrit and m June ot that year
accepted the pc'Jition of bookkeeper with the Mich
igan Mutual Life Insurance Company He so served
for twelve years and m 18>*3 was elected to office
being made secretary and gecerd maniger having
full management ot tht, company Ten ■\ ears later,
or in 1893, he was chosen for the prcs dency of the
company, which has developed into one of the strong
and thoroughly reliable life insurance companies of
America. The atal ility and strength ot the Michigan
Mutual Life Inaurann Company has been thoroughly
tested in critical years through which it has emerf,ed
in an improved and vigoroua condition w tb all obhga
tions faithfuUv performed and with no shadow upon
its future progress The results athioved have been
attributa.ble in no small meisure to the efforts of
Oscar E. Looker whose powers of system at izition
and whose initiat \s spir t resulted m the upbuilding
of a splendid or^aniEation Hia administrative ability
and executive control guided the buameia aucoessfully
through times of stress and times of prosperity alike
and each year has added to its strength and scope.
On October 31, 1895, Mr, Looker was married at
Detroit to Miss Elizabetli C. Sullivan and they be-
came parents of two aons; Oscar F., assistant auditor
of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company; and
Ream C, supervisor for Michigan for the Michigan
Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. Looker was
past commander of Detroit Post No 384, G A E,
and proudly wore the little bronze button that pro
claimed him a veteran of the Civil war for he
eervel in the Eighteenth United States Infantry of
the regular army from 1861 until Aprii 1S6j His
command was wiih the Army of the Cumberland anl
he participated m various important and hotly ccn
teste! engagements with that division of the Union
troops He was taken prisoner at Chiokamauga and
was uonfini, 1 in \arioua so ithern priaoni for nineteen
months eigl t months of which time were spent m
indersonvilk Mr Looker was also a Mison of high
stinding belonging to Detroit Commandery No 1
Enights Templar to tl e Michigan Sot ereign Con
s story and Moslem Temple of the Mvstic Shrine
He exemplified m his life the beneficent spirit of the
craft He stood with those men whose force of cl ar
acter whose initiative anl enterprise not only won
for them prominence anl success m business but
gained for them the high regard and thorough respect
of their followmeu Portefil and resourceful he
1 h et ed success and it the same t me commanded the
confidence and gooiwill of bis fellows through lis
strict integrity dnd devotion to the most honorable
principles An associate of Mr Looker writing of
him said m part
He was a man of great mind, broad vision beiu
tiful poise and wonderful dignity His lite s motto
was Be fair anl do right anl he 1 ved up to this
motto in everj walk ot life A profoi nd student —
ho hal positiv I ews on most subjects f<unded on
retson Domestic in his tastes he gave to his family
an 1 to his home life all of hia time not required bv
his business duties Of wonderful observation he
aaw all that transpired about him His keen sense of
i umor pleasant personalitv great knowledge, beau
tiful character and honestv of purpose, made him a
delightful companion and a marvelous friend His
life WdS one of honest enlcav r and honorable ac
complishment^-as son as brother, as aoldier as busi
ness man, as husband, as parent and as friend, he had
few equals and no superior The death of Mr
Lool er occurred on the 15th of May, 1920
GERALD A WILSON M D Although one of the
■vounger members of the medical fraternity of Detroit
Dr Gerald A Wdson is rapiJly forging to (he front in hia
profession and his pronounced ability is not only demon
strated by his success in practice but is also attested by
his aaaociates and colleagues. He was born in Belleville,
in the province of Ontario, Canada, June 8, 1890, a son of
Rev. Andrew and Isabella (Adams) Wilson, who were
also natives of that section ot the country and came to
Detroit in 1900. The father was the founder and builder
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, over which he
presided as pastor until his death, which oooiirred in
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1901. The mother surnes and is still a resident of this
city. To their union were born five children; Mrs,
Mabel Wyckoff, Harold, Mai^aret, Geraldine and Gerald
A., all of whom make their home in Detroit,
Dr, WiLson att-nded the grammar schools and the Cen-
tral high school of this eity, after which he became a
student in the Detroit Medical College, from which he
was graduated in 1914, and for one year served as interne
at Grace Hospital, being now a member of its staff ot
physicians. Since 1915 he has followed his profession in
this city and with the passing years his practice has steadily
increased as hla skill has become recognized. He has
never regarded his professional education as completed
with the termination of his college course but has ever
remained an earnest student of the science of medicine and
surgery, each summer taking postgraduate work either
in New York eity or in the Mayo Brothers Hospital at
Rochester, Minnesota, and thereby greatly promoting his
knowledge and efficiency.
At Windsor, Canada, on the 15th of January 1916 Dr
Wilson was united in marriage to Mis? t^t'-lla Smith a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas '^mith wdl known
residents ot that city and of Walkervdle her father serv
ing for one term as mayor ot the latter place Dr and
Mrs. Wilson have become the parents of two children
Andrew, who was born in 1917; and Gerald whose birth
occurred in 1919 The family rc^de in an attractive
home recently erected by the Doctor at No 4741 Spokane
Dr Wilson gives his political allegiance to the repub-
li in pirty and tn religious faith he is a Presbjtenan
while his profeissional connections are with the Wajne
County and Michigan State Medical Societies and the
Amer can Medical Association Prompted in all that he
dcts by laudable ambition and broad humamtirian pnn
CJf Ips as a member of the medical fraternity he has al^
tamed high rink imong those who'je skill is uniformly
acknowledged
\LDRICH BAXTER ha'j during the past decide
demoted his attei tion to Iiw practice m Detroit and has
been accorded a most gratifMng clientage m this connec
tion He was born in Allegheny City Pennsjlvama
4pril 5 187b and obtained his early education m the
graded schools of Detroit Subsequently he became a
student m the Detroit Institute ot Technology while his
profe sional training was received in the Detroit College
of Law frcm which institution he was graduated with the
degree of LL B in 1911 As a boy he had been em
plowed by the Michigan State Telephone Company in
various capacities and from 1909 until 1915 he filled a
clerical position in the department of public works under
Mayor PhUip Breitmeyer In 1915 he was appointed
assistant county prosecuting attornej under Hon Allan
H Frazer and served m that capacity for two years with
credit and distinction while since 1917 he has devoted
his attention to the general practice of law in Detroit
being accorded a clientage of extensive proportions that
has come to him in recognition of his ability and power as
an attorney.
On the 8th of April, 1905, in Detroit, Mr. Baxter was
united in marriage to MissCatherine J. Waiiace, a daughter
of Prank and Sarah Wallace and a representative of a
prominent family of this city. They have beccme the
parents of two children; Aldrich Wallace, who was born
in Detroit in 1907 and is a student in the Northwestern
high school; and Shirley Betsy, whose birth occurred in
Detroit, June 16, 1911, and who is attending the Marr
school.
In politics Mr. Baxter is a republican, rtanchly supports
ing the party and its principles. In fraternal circles he
is widely and prominently known, being a past exalted
ruler ot the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and now
serving as first vice president of the Michigan Elks, to
which position he was elected for one year in March,
1921. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite, belongs to the Michigan Sov-
ereign Consi'ton to the Mystic Shrine and to the Grotto.
He IS likewise a past chancellor of Myrtle Lodge No. 4
of the Knights of Pythias while his professional connec-
tions are with the Lawjers Club the Detroit Bar Asso-
ciation and the American Bar Association. He worked
his way upward entirely unaided to his present position
of material prosperity and professional success and his
record it one which may well serve as a source of inspira-
tion and encouragement to others showing what can be
accomplished when there is a wdl to dare and to do.
CHARLES W. EGGENWEILER. Among the many
productive industries which have contributed eubstan-
tiallj to Detroit's commercial prestige is that of the
General Aluminum & Brass Manufacturing Company, of
which Charles W. Eggenweiler is factory manager, and
his capable work in this connection has been an important
fattor in the success which has attended the activities
of the corporation. He was born in Lockport, New York,
September 26, 1885, a son of E. H. and EKzabeth (Foltz)
Eggenweiler, who were also natives of the Empire state,
in which they spent their lives, the father being con-
nected with the manufacture of flour. In their family
were four children: Joseph, who resides in Buffalo, New
York Peter, who is in the hotel business at Rochester,
New 'iork Mrs. T. F. Sharkey, whose husband is presi-
dent of the Southworth Oil Company of that city; and
Charles W
Mr Eggenweiler acquired his education in the grammar
and high schools ot Lockport, New York, after which he
learned the machinist's trade with the Holley Manu-
faeturmg Company. He followed his trade in various
manufacturing centers of the country, becoming an expert
mechanic and in 1909 he came to Detroit, becoming
identified with the Everett, Metager & Randers Com-
pany with which he remained for several years. On
seiering his connection with that firm he entered the
employ ot the Murphy Potter Company, continuing in
their service until 1913, when he was made superintendent
ot the General Aluminum & Brass Manufacturing Com-
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pany, occupying that position until 1919. He then
hccajne factory manager of ita plants and the fact that
he has been chosen to fill this responsible office is proof
of the confidence reposed in him and his superior methan
ical ability. The company manufactures brass and
aluminum castings and motor bearings for the auto
mobile industry and the bu^ness is one of large pro-
portions, employment being given to fifteen hundred
people, and Mr. Eggenweiler is also a member of its
board of directors. He la proving very capable in super
vising the labors of those under him and his servit.es are
very valuable to the company.
At Providence, Rhode Island, on the 25th of November
1907, Mr. E^enweiler was united in marriage to Miss
May B. Mitchinson acd they have an extensive circle
of friends in this city. Mr, Eggenweiler'a pohtieal
allegiance is given to the repubhcan party and in Ma^onrj
he has taien the degrees of lodge and chapter, while he
IS also a member of the Masonic Country Club and the
Detroit Athletic Club Hp has led an active and useful
life, employing everv opportunity to advance, and his
present success is entirely attnbutable to his own labor"
his close application and his laudable ambition He is a
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all of Detroit.
Charles A. Wilson attended the public schools and
the Central high school of Detroit until graduated
from the latter at the age of seventeen years in Janu-
ary, 1909. In 1911 he entered the Detroit College of
Medicine, but impaired health prevented him from,
continuing his course uninterruptedly. Pot the benefit
of his physical condition he went to New Mexico,
settling at Las Vegas, and later he removed to Alhu-
querque. There he studied the various forms and
stages of tuberculosis and in 1016 he resumed his
studies in the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery,
from which he was graduated w th the M D degree
in 1917 He then began practice in the Detroit Tuber
c ilosis Sanatorium as resident physician and a year
Hter he went to Silver Citv New Meiioo, to take
I'harge of the medical department of the New Mexico
Cottage Sanatorium for tuberculous patients remain
mg there for a j ear On tl e expiration of that period
he agi n tame to Detroit as superintendent of the
Detro t Tuberculosis Sanatorium and continued to fill
the oflioe until December 1919 since which time he
has engage I in private practice specializing m tuber
culoais in a lults and children and the nutrition and
care of children He bekngs to the National Tubercu
loais Sotietj and is al«o a member of the Wavne
County Medical Society the Micl igan State Medical
Society the American Melical Association and the
Michigan Trudeau faociety
On the 20th of September 111" at Birmmgham
Michigan Dr V, ilson v, as married to Miss Luella
Chamberlin daught r if Charles E Ohamherhn one
of the partners in tie JiT^eph M Smith Company of
Detroit They now have two children Charles A
Jr born in Silver Citv New Mexico Aui^ust 7 1918
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of San Antonio, Texas' Mrs Joseph L Simpson who is
living in Little Eo k Arkansas and Waldo D of this
review.
In the countrj aehools of Guernsey countj Ohio
Waldo D. Edenburn acqmred his early education sub
sequently attending school m vanous sections of the
country to which his father was called in the performance
of his ministerial dut es In 1902 when eighteen years
of age, he became bu> er for a reta J shoe house contin
uing to act in that capacit} until 1905 when he becured
work as a cub reporter on the Indianapohs (Ind ) Star
with which he was identified for six vears filLng variou
positions on the eiitorial staff In September 1911 he
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became connected with the Indianapolis Sun, with which
he remained unt I January, 1912, when he was tendered
the position of adveitising manager by the Rcmy Electric
Company of Anderson, Indiana, manufacturers of electric
appliances. Ho continued with that firm until July 1,
1912, when he accepted a similar position with the Header-
son Motor Cat" Company of Indianapolis, but in June,
1913, 83vered his relations with that corporation to become
advertising manager for the Appereon Brothers Auto-
mobile Company t K k m Indiana. In the follow-
ing October he bft th mplo t join the Lyons Atlas
Company of India pi ad as advertising manager
for that firm untl D mb 1 1913, when he became
managing editor f th Am Motorist, published
at Washingt:)n, D C and n fch 1st of May, 1914, was
made its advertis g I sentat for Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana, West Vi g K t k Pennsylvania and a
portion of New Y k t t H was thus occupied until
December 11, 1914 nl h b came assistant sport
editor for the Dst t N wh 1 on the 1st of March,
1916, he was mad aut m t e ditor for that paper,
continuing to fil! th t p t t IJ ne 20, 1921, when he
was appointed m g f th Michigan Automotive
Trade Assoclatio H p tgr duate experience in
connection with th d t m ntly qualifiea him for
the responsibilities f hi p nt ffice and the selection
In the automoblh racing world Mr. Edenburn has been
prominent for a decade, both as an authority and as an
official. As a representative of the Contest Board of the
American Automobile Association he has had charge of
the Indianapolis five hundred mile race for the last three
years and he is also tour manager for the Michigan P.kes'
Association, which annually d t g d d t
Every year since 1911, with th pt f 1914 h h
managed one or more tour f t i t t 1
character and in 1916, 1917 d 1919 I ted th
reliability tours from Ottan C d t m p t
the United States and back t t th D m
In aviation and raotor-boat g h has 1 h d
siderabh expsrience, his fir t ff t t d t g
back to 19J0, when the Wrigl 1 1 tl t ra was m k g
exhibition flights in this t y d C d 8
1916 he has served as an officLal and covered all the major
boat races conducted in Detroit m connection w th the
annual Gold Cup regattas the n^tionil championship
event in the power boating sphere
At Indianapolis Indiana on the 6th of November
1912, Mr. Edenburn was un ted in marriage to Miss
Ahne Irene Alma Jelf a daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry
Sh?!ton Jelf, well known residents of that c tv Mr
Edenburn is a member of the Detroit \ acht Club and the
Detroit Automobile Club and fraternally he i" identified
with the Masons, belonging to Palestine Lodge No 357
F, & A. M.. and King Cyrus Chapter, No. 133, R. A. M.
He is numbered among those men whose advancement
has had its root in industry, perseverance and unfaltering
determination. He received no financial assistance when
he started out in life on his own account but has gradually
worked his way upward as he has proven his worth and
capability. He has made wise use of his time, his talents
and his opportunities and hi? sterLng quaLties of manhood
have won for him the respect, esteem and goodwill of a
large circle of friends.
LEONARD F. KOWALSKI. Po g 11 th
requisites of an able lawyer, Leonard T K w I k h
gained a position among the representat m mb f
the Detroit bar, with which he has bee d tifi d
1911, and during that period he has sue f I! h dl d
many important litigated interests. A t f P la d
his birth occurred at Grwdzionz on the 27th f N fc
1885, and his parents were Frank and R {I 1 w k )
Kowalski, to whom were bom nine ch Id I 1889
they came to the United States, settling D t t d
in the acquirement of an education Mr. K Ik t d d
the parochial schools of the city, the St Cj I & "^t
Methodius Seminary and in 1904 and 1905 t d t
at the Jesuit College here. In 1908 he entered the Detroit
College of Law, from which he was graduated in 1911,
and while pursuing his legal studies he act«d as city sales-
man for the firm of W. H. Edgar & Sons, extensive dealers
in sugar, thus earning the funds to complete his education
and displaying a spirit of enterprise and determination
which has characterized his life.- In 1911 he opened a
law ofiice at the junction of Chene and Famsworth streets
and in 1917 removed to the location on the comer of
Chene street and Forest avenue. In June, 1922, Mr.
Kowalski became associated with John Kaminski, under
the firm name of Kaminski & Kowalski, to engage in
the general practice of law, with offices at 4803 Chene
street. Their clientele is a large and lucrative one. Mr.
Kott ! k" ' th gh ' th p 1 tion of his cases,
fit d g g m t nd has won many
I t f U t th t t f h s clients.
I 1912 M I w 1 k m d M Theresa Zcltoweki
d th y h
th
d r J Th
d tte d St C th
h h wh I M K w 1 k
f C I mb H pit 1
with th D t
I^^b He, Maxine and
t No. 4235 Seminole
Roman Catholic
m ml er of the Knights
w indicated by his
t R p 1 1 an Club and he is
al o a member of the Polish National Allance the Detroit
Lawvers Club and the Wa^ne County Bench & Bar
He 1= a self educated self made man whose success has
been won through untiring industry pcrsistencv of pur
pose and the wise uti zation of the tal nts w th which
nature has endowed him High and honoral le purpose
has characterized him in every relation ot 1 fe paining
for him the respect and confidence of all with whom he
has been associated
JOHN D BUCK M D The profea-^ion as well as
the public accords Dr. John D. Buck a prominent position
among the medical practitioners of Detroit, where since
1911 he has followed his chosen life work. He was born
in Schoolcraft, Michigan, November 6, 1887, a. son of
Rev. William S. and Lillie (Dale) Buck, the former a
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native of Indiana, while the latter was born in
The father, an able theologian, came to this state as a
young man, taking up the profession of the ministry and
(or many years he had charge of the St, Clair Avenue
Preabyterian church of this city, where he is now Lving
retired, and his wife also survivea. In their famih mere
three children ; Charles E., who makes his home m Detroit
Mrs. Mary Ht^ana, a resident of Armada, Mich gan and
John D., of this review.
In the acquirement of an education Dr. Buck attended
the grammar schools and the Eastern high school of Detroiti
from whicli he was graduated in 1907, He then entered
the Detroit College of Medicine, which conferred upon
him the M. D. degree in 1911, and he has since fcUowed
his profession in this city. His labors have been attended
with a gratifying measure of success and his practice has
steadily grown in volume and importance as he has dem
onstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems
which continually confront the physician in his efforts to
restore health and prolong life.
In 1914 Dr. Buck joined the Michigan National Guard
being commissioned a first lievitenant, and dunng 1916
and 1917 was stationed on the Mexican border In
June, I9I7, he was made a member of the First Rlichigan
Ambulance Company, with which he sailed for France
in October, 1917. He was promoted to the rank of
major, being assigned to the Forty-second Division as
director of ambulance companies, and remained overseas
for eighteen months, receiving his discharge in 1919
At El Paso, Texas, on the 6th of November 1916
Dr. Buck was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Rush
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Rush of Detroit
His political allegiance is given to the repubhean party
and in 1912 he was appointed health officer of St Clair
Heights, GroHse Fointe township, capably disci arging
the duties of that office for a period of four years In
religious faith he is a Presbyterian, while fraternally he
is identified with the Masonic order, belonging to the
lodge and chapter, and he is also a member of the Masonic
Country Club. He has ever remained a close and earnest
studpiit of his profession doing everything to perfect
himself hi h tion, and his ability is pro
PRANK C MC lilAETY, who lias a notable record
ni ml f tl D t t bar, specializing in erim-
1 f wh h h has tried about thirty-five
th d iv b m C ^agi, Cayuga countv. New
T k tl lath f J e, 1860 His parents were
J h d C tl C^t k} Moriarty, loth o£ whom
w t f I 1 d Tihenee they came to the
w w IJ t bl 1 then home m the Empire
t t Th f th p d iwiy at Hudson, Michigan,
J y 16 10 1 t th ery remarkable age of one
hddy h mtlty unimpaired to the last
f Michigan, having eome to
th
t t
IhbyhdF kC Moriarty became a resident
f M h g 1 <1 d his preliminary education in
the schools of Hudson, this state. A review of the
broad field of business, with its agricultural, indnstrial,
comraereiil and professional aetivities determined him
to become a member of tl e bar believing that he
would find in th'it profession a congenial pursu t
Aeeordmgly he begin p rep i rat ion foe the practKe
of law as a student m the Univeraitj of Micl igin
and completed the law course as a graduate of tl e
class of 1887 In the lame yeir he wis admitted to
prai-tjce m the courts of th a state ind opened an
ofiioe in Tpailanti Altliough alvancement at the
bar IS proverbially alow no dctarv novitiate iwaited
him His practice ateidiiy grew and the reeognit on
of his sterling worth m citizenahip alao came to bim
m his elect im to the olHce of city clerk m which
he served for a year and to the ffite of city itt rney
m i\hich his incumbency covered an equal period
In 1891 Mr Monirty lee-ime a resident of Detroit
and through the mtervpumg period cover ng aln 09t
tl ree deeades he his continuously practice I alone
so that his ah litv has constituted tl e foundation
upon which h i ■iuc ess h is been hi iJt He is par
tic ilarly atrong and forceful m connection with crim
inal law m which branch of the profess on he has
always ipec alized and the court reports bear evi
denee of tie fact that he hia tried above thirtj five
thousand crim nal eases in many of which he has won
verd eta favorable to the interests of his clients
He la moat resourceful Itses s ght of no point which
bears favorably upon his case and is seld )m f ever,
at fault m the application of a legal prmo i le cor
rei,tlv citing b(th principle and precedent
In 18a9 Mr Moriatt} was united m marriage to
Mias Lucy K Bums who passed away on the 20th
of January lOlo just after they had moved into their
new and beautiful home m this eitv Mrs Moriarty
was a woman of rare and nolle qual ties anl eierted
a great influence over the life of her huabanl anl
tl ose with whom si e come into contact The eh 1
dren of this marriage are Leo P who is now an
active member of the bar Sarah who is successfully
engaged in teaching in the Detroit pul lie schools
Kathleen a graduate of St Vincent a Academy Helen,
Mary and I lame, who are yet m achool
Mr. Moriarty is a member of St. Vincent's Catholic
chnreh, and also holds membership in the Detroit Bar
AsBOciation and the Board of Commerce. Those who
know him well — and he has a wide acquaintance in
Detroit — eharaeteriEe him aa a big-hearted, brainy
and versatile man, whose ability has won him a splen-
lid law practice, while hia personal traits of char-
acter have made for popularity and friendship wher-
ev er he is known.
MRS. LENA LAKE FORREST, who for twenty-four
veara has been a representative of the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company at Detroit, is today one
of the most prominent and successful women underwriters
in the country. She was born at Vasaar, Michigan, a
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daughter of William and Arvilh (MncClonc) I,nke. Her
grandfnllipr in the matcrnfll line was one of the pioneer
aettkrs of Mieliigan end one of its mort prrmincnt
lumhrrmen His daughter, Mrs. Lake, beeame one of
the fortmoKt FuffrngJRta of her day, bring fl.*eori:itrd in
this movement with Rueh national leaders as Susan B.
Anthony and Franrrs Willard. She was a gifted public
Epeaker and made many notable nddresses on suffrage,
the women's amendment and kindred subjects. The
family removed tn Detroit when Mrs. Forrest was a ehild
and in this eity she acquired her education, being gradu-
ated trcm the Old Capitol high school. In young wcman-
hood fhc became the wife of Herbert A. Forrert. a prcm-
inent lawyer and ]io!itipal leader of Saginaw, Miehigan,
who served as a member of the state board of correetions
and charities, filling the position for the third term at the
time of his demise He was survived by hi" widow and
one son Herbert A Forrest who is now m business in
For years Mrs Forre-iit had been as'sociited with her
husband in his work as a mrinber of the Michigan board
of lorrections and chanties and upon hip death neceflcd
an evecutive position at the Mkhigan Industrial Heme
for CiHs It wai nhile thui engiged tlat ehc began to
have the vision of building up a life insurance bimncs
among armen Long ago this Maion took on the form of
aituility ind today after more than two decades of ix'fSQ
ciation with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company she stands as one of the most prominent women
under writi'rs of the country. She possesses splendid
powers of oi^niKation and her natural qualifications hove
made her a most intelligent leader of great efficiency. In
the condurt of her business affairs she has been watchful
of every opportur ity pointing b> success and her enter-
prise and executive force have been siijicnt features in the
development of the large clientage which is now hers.
Mrs. Forrest has for seme years past been very prom-
inently identified with the business wcmcn's clubs, having
been president for two years of the Detroit Business
Women's Club and for four years of the Michigan Asso-
ciation of Business and Professional Wcmcn's Club,
formerly the Michigan Wemen's Association of Ccm-
mcrce. She is now serving for the second term ns presi-
dent of the National Federation of Business and Profes-
sional Wcmcn's Ciubs. thefirEt convention of this organiza-
tion meeting in Pt. Louis hi 1919. The second annual
convention met in St. Paul and there Mrs. Forrest was
elected to the presidency in 1620, while in lfl21 she was
again called to the office. The meeting for the year 1!122
will be held at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July. In this
connection she has done an important work, doing much
to organise business and professional women into societies
for mutual benefit and protection and for organized pubhc
service. Her brother, CcloncI William Macl-akc, is now
in charge of the National Sanitarium at Marion, Indian.a.
Mrs, Forre ft is devoted to the chiis^ of woman and believes
that the wcmnn who has Bi-rived in business should be a
big sifter to the younger girls and no young wcmnn ever
BeekB an interview or advice to whom she does not extend
a helping hand. Her cordial manner and willingncKs to
let the ether wrman have her chance assures all club mem-
bers that they have chosen wisely in the selection of their
national president. Mrs. Forrcft has the intrrcft of the
individual bu-^iness wcman very closely at heart and her
public utterances and her practical work show how thor-
oufihly she is in sympathy with those who ore striving
to make a name and place for themselves in the business
world. In New York, while en federation business in
1920, Mrs. Forrest in a putlrc address said in part:
"Hilp the ether wcman. Remember that you can learn
almost as mueh frem her as she can frem you. If we
stand for srmefhing we realize that our duty is not fiil-
f lied with the ccmplrtion of each day's task. The federa-
tion had its origin in a tiny club in Dftroil. It was
founded by busincsis wcmrn who needed a place to talk
things over with other business friends. Latrr we realized
It would help enormoufly if we broadened the club to
include pmfepsionB) wcmen. At present we represent
two hundred thousand of the highest type of wcmcn
executives I do not approve of ccmparisons between
the sexes in the business world. The important cempari-
son IS the difference between work well done and work
poorh done. We believe in equal work for equal pay."
The pbencmensi growth of the Nctiora! Assccintion of
Businesa and Professional Wrmen's Ciuhs had led to
requests frem wcmen of this kind in other countries for
the formation of an international alliance. The National
Association of Business and Professional Wcmen has been
a bie fnetcT in stimulating women to greater achievements.
In every city i( has frem one to t*n clubs and it is expected
that next year the number of clubs affiliated will n^nch at
least five hundred. The association is doing effective
legiflntive work in cooperation with the League of Wcmen
Voters. During the 1921 convention, which was h<ld in
Cleveland, the subicct of prcteetivc iegishiticn for wcmen
was carefully analystcd as a guide to definite action, Mrs.
Forrest urges more advanced education as a prepsraticn
for wcmcn in business and the professions, particularly
along the lines of vocational education and part time train-
ing. The unprepared girl entering the hallle will hnvo
increasing difficulty to m-iintnln her position. Mrs,
Forrest says; "I would net say that a ecllege education
is necessary to success for wcmen in business but I would
say that a greater measure of success will ccme to the girl
with a college training. Health is the grentes' asset of
any business wcman." Mrs. Forrest is now 'the spring
of 1022) on tour in the cast among the clubs of (he federa-
tion and ere her return to Detroit will have atlfnded the
National Federation meeting at Chattnnccgu, Tennessee,
fcllowfd by n (our of the western clubs, returning to
Detroit in October.
Mrs, Forrest is a wcman of rare charm and magnetic
personality and she has endcarei! herself to wr men through-
out the ceiiintry on her visit tn the various clubs and execu-
tive board meetings. She has a wonderful sciise of
humor and one sees in her every word the sueecssful
biisineNJ weman. Of such a wrman she has said: "The
successful business wcman of today is essentially a wcman-
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ly woman She goes out into the world side bj side with
man to earn her hving but she must retain all the innate
refinement and daintmesB which mike her si,\ nhat it is
or she has failed in what she has set out to do Mrs
Forrest is continuallj holdmg the highe'st ideals before the
busmess women Iwth for service and f r personal qaahty
and her influence has, indeed been far reaching and
resultant
PEANK B\HK MARBLE Caining tliat super )r
ability wl leli comes through close study and broa 1
expenenee Fnnk Barr Marble Stan Is m an enviable
position an on^ the raiJnad engineers of the country
and he is well kntrwn in bns nets cireleB of Detroit
as 1 member of the Newhall Company, riilwav main
tenance and general contractors while be la also con
neeted with oti er important commercial enterprises
of the tity He was born at Cleveland, Oh o Yugust
11 1877 a son of Irank D and EoBiba (Heath)
Marble the former of whom wis tor miny ytars prom
mentlj identified with the furniture business m fhit
city
After completing his i ublie scho 1 tr-iin ng Frank
B Marble took an engineering course m the Case
School of Applied Science from nhich he mis grad
uatel in 1899 with the B S iegree He it once
enters 1 upon the work of his profession inH from 1399
until 1901 WIS instrument man for the Penn'^yUania
Railroad with headquarters it Bedford PennsyUania
while from IJOl until 1903 be was resident engineer
of the Baltimore &, Ohio Eiiiroad From 1903 until
1907 he was engineer of maintenance of way for the
Newbnrp & South Shore Ri Iroad, controlled \j the
steel trust and from 1907 until 1910 was d ^ sion
engineer for the Michigan Central Railroad with
headquarters at St Tbomis in the pro v nee of On
tirio Cauida In 1912 he became div sion engineer
at Detroit tor that corporation and in lllo and
1914 he engaged in contracting in British Columbia
for the Grind Trunk Pacific Eailroad In 1914 he
zed the Mirble Palma Companj railway raim
B contractors and in IJ 3 he became connected
With the Newhall Compin3 From its inception the
enterprise hii been a s iccess owing to their capable
management and well known integrity m ill business
transactions Mr Marble s connection with this 1 ne
of work in the list las lad to lo with man'v large
0 ntracts for the LonJon & Port Stanley anl the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroads but th companv is
now working almost exclusively for the "Mi i i,an
Central Eiilroid and their business is one of lirge
proport ons Mr Marble is also interested n other
important mdustnes of the cit\ being part owner
of the W O Barnes Company and i? owner of Hagers
Ville Quarries Limited of Hagersvillt Ontario
Mr Marble was united in marr age to Miss L le
Davis and they hive become the parents o£ two chil
dren Helen Margaret ind Frank Wilfred He is fond
of athletic sports and while attending the Case School
of Applied S ence his i member ot the t otlall team
on which he placed rit,ht halfbi k ind ot the base
l-ill team He was ilso a member of the track team
and became noted for his prowess in ithletics, being
awarded all of the letters then conferred by the
school He IS a prominent Masnn belonging to the
blue loige chapter and commandery m Canada and
IS a past eminent commander of Burleigh Commandery
while he also is connected with Moslem Tempk of
the Mystic Shrine at Detroit He is likewise identified
with the Masonic Country Club and the In£,leside
Club and is a devotee of golf He is a man of
high professional ittainments progressive and enter
prising m b ismesa and loyal and public spirited in
citizenship and his personal qualities are such as have
gained for him warm and enduring regard Mr
Marl le s residence is at 1678 Edison
\NTHOm: B EGCERT <?ec^H1r^ anl genenl man
ager of the Superior M muf aeturing Ccmpanv radio and
special instrument manufacturers was born m Detroit
Januiry 21 1888 a son of M ehael and Walburga
(Schmidt) Eggert both of whom are natives of Germany
but m early life came to the new world The f ither was
a blacksmith by trade and a most proficient workman
He IB now engaged in bu mess m Detroit where he and
his wife reside Their tamilj numbered si-? chddren
Martin residing in Detroit Jiseph living m Buffalo
New Ttork John of Detroit Theresa aho ot thn cit\
Celia deceased and Anthony B
In his vouthtul days Anthony B Eggert was a pupil
m the parochial schools and in St Joseph a College from
which be wa5 graduated m 1005 When hi school lajs
were over he became eonne ted with the lumber trade and
owned an interest in the Anketcll Lumber & Coal Com
pany of which he became lecretary and treasurer He
contmued in this business until 1916 when he di'iposed
of hia mterests and engaged in the wholesale lumber buw
ncsa mdiMduallv for one Mar In 1917 be became office
manager for the Eastern Production Compan'v and later
obtained an interest in that t U'liness of which he was
elected secretary In that connection he has contmued
and a? such is engaged in the manufacture of jigs tools
an 1 special machinery He also became one ot the
organizers and a director of the Cais Manufacturing
Cumpanj engaged in the manufacture ot tools jigs and
special machin ry He is one of the organizers of the
Detroit ^a45hing Machine Corporation and the Ab=o
Clean Siles and Service Company takmg an active part
m the management of both
On (he 25ch ot June 1913 Mr Eggert was united in
mamaee to Miss Marv Colton daughter ot George
Colton of Montgomery Michigan and they ha've two
chddren Margaret Mane born August 1 1615 in
Detroit and Dorothy Mae born October 11 1920 Mr
Eggert 18 a member of the Roman Cathol e church is a
third degree member of the Knights of Columbus and a
member f the Knighf of St John He is also identified
with the Michigan Club ot Detroit His life has been
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passed in Detroit, where he is well known by rea™n of
his busippRR nctivity and progress! vpn ess and throicgh his
devotion to many interests whieh are looking to the further
improvement and welfare of the city.
ARMAND G. KERSTEN. M. D. Amon^ the physi-
eians and surgeons of Detroit who have jwined prominence
in the profession, few are ijett^r knowi" than Dr. Armnnd
G. Kersten, a naiive of this city, hia birth having oci-iirred
April 20, ISitl. His parpnts were Frank and Martha
(Mertens) KiT'ten. the former bom in Germany, while the
latter was born in Detroit, where her parents settled at
a very early day. The •'ather came to America while still
a youth, and married in Delroit. For many years he
eontinued in biisinrss as a stationary eneineer and for
thirty-five years was chief engmetir for the Stroh Brewing
Company of this city, havmg learned the business in
Europe before coming to the new world. Both he and
his wife still reside in Detroit, and here they have reared
their family of two sons; Dr. Werner Kersten, who is
now an interne in St. Mary's Hospital of Detroit; and
Armand G of this review.
The latter was n hiph school pupil of Detroit and then
entered the Detroit Coilepe of Medieme and Sut^ery,
from which he was graduated nith the M. D. degree as
a member of the clnsa oE 1914. He afterwards served
for !i year as ipleme ii i St Mary's Hospital and latcT took
special work in (renit'i-urlnary diseases. He has l>ecome
an authority on that branch of praftics and has gained
a wide pntronage, being very successful in handling cases
of that eharaeter. He is also attending urologist of the
St. Mary's Hospital. He beloDgs to the Nu Sigma Nu,
a college tratcrnity and he has membership in the Wayne
county and Michigan State Medical Societies ajid the
American Medical Association. He thus keeps in touch
with the advanced thought of the profession and ii quick
to adopt any new idea or method that his sound judgment
sanctions as of value in the treatment of disease. He has
already won a prominent place as a re preset) ta five of the
medical profession and his further progress seems assured.
EDWARD R. SCHREITER, JR., formerly holding
official connection with public boards and municipal
affairs, but since 1912 occupying the position of president
of the Esco Maaufacturing Company, which he organized
in 1912, is a native of Detroit, born on May 12, 1878, and
has been living in the city all his lifetime.
Mr. Schreiter was educated in the public schools of his
native city and for the long period of fifteen years he was
secretary of the Detroit council board. While holding
this position he also was sscretary of the American Lej^ue
of Municipalities and held a similar office in the Michigan
League of MunicipaUties, the duties of these offices bring-
ing him into contact with the public at large and with
various public officials throughout the country.
During the years that he was thus officially engaged,
Mr. Schreiter took up the study of mechanics for recre-
ation, and as a result rapidly developed inventive qual-
ities. As a sequence to his inventions, he secured several
valuable patents and as a consequence he was induced to
form the Esco Manufacturing Company in 1912, of which
he is and has been president from the start.
The Esco Manufacturing Conapany manufactures Mr.
Schreitcr's own patented articles, which consist of locking
devices for automobiles and auto tires, for which a large
and growing market exists. Insurance men and com-
panies highly recommend these devices, and in seven
years no car locked with one of the Esco locks has been
stolen. The same claim is made tor their tire locks, which
ore regarded as just as reliable and are held to be a big
saving on tires. Mr. Schreiter is a live business man.
He started the Esco Company on a small scale and has
made it a great success. The company owns its factory
and does a big business. Mr. Schreiter also has other
business interests in Detroit.
In 1900 Mr. Schreiter was married to Miss Edna Helen
Monnier. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and
has been first and second lieutenant in the Consistory.
He gives a good citiMn's attention to civic matters but
has never been a seeker after political preferment.
WILLIAM H. HART, secretary and one of the direc-
tors of the Dunn Realty Company of Detroit, was formerly
well known in the state by reason of his active connection
with the public school system of Michigan. He was born
on a farm near Smith Creek, in this state, on the Sth of
September, 1877. His father, William Hart, was a native
of Orleans county, New York, and came to Michigan
with hia father, James Hart, when a lad of thirteen years.
William Hart, after attaining his majority, engaged in
farming, which occupation he followed for over forty
years. The mother, who bore the maiden name of
Margaret Gould, was born in Canada and by her marriage
has become the mother of three children: Eldon, now de-
ceased; H. G., who is a member of the editorial staff of the
Grand Rapids Herald- and WilLam H., of this review.
After pur«umg his education in the district and village
schools near his home, Mr H-irt began teaching in 1894,
after which he altermtcly taught and attended whoo 1
until he was graduated from the Fenton Normal School,
with the class of 1899 In the fall of the same year he
entered Albion College and there won his degree in 1904.
He afterward did considerable postgraduate work m the
University of Michigan and throughout hia life has been a
student, thus further qualifying for hia educational work,
while since entering the real estate field he has closely
studied the business situation relative thereto. For five
years he was a teacher in the district schools and after-
ward spent thirteen years as superintendent of the schools
of Princeton, of Armada and of Evart. He was a capable
educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the
knowledge that he had acquired, and h'a abil'ty was
recognized by all who came under his instruction or ob-
served his work in the schoolroom. At length Mr. Hart
determined to enter a field which he hoped would bring
more speedy financial returns and in 1917 he formed a
partnership with F. E. Dunn, Pliny W. Marsh and others,
organizing the Dunn Realty Company, which at that
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time WIS capitaLzed for one hundred thousand doOars
They have Mnee conducted an extensive real estate bus
luess operating in varioua sections of the eit\ and have
recently purchased a tract of land m the North Woodward
action upon which they are building moderate [.need
houses to help mept the pre'ient home shortage In
March 1920 the capital stock of the company was in
creased to six hundred thousand dollara and much of the
new allotment haa been placed through the efforts of Mr
Hart
On the iSth of June 1W5 Mr Hart was married to
Miss Mae King of lUenton Michigan a daughter of Mr
and Mr=! George King The father w ho was engaged in
f'irimng and merchanJismg is deceased but the mother
1 still living Mr and Mrb Hart have five children
William who \ns born m Armada Michigan March 12
l<K)b Carol born February 6 1110 Eleanora born
Jane 23 1915 Evelyn Jean bom September 9 1917 and
Eobert born Julj 8 1921
Mr Hart is a member of the Masomc lodge and he
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church Hia hte has
been actuated by high and honora! le principles and he is
keenly interested la all thit pertains to the material
intellectual social and moral progress of his community
He has always been a man of high ideals and his sterling
worth is recognized by all with whom he comes ii to
contict
EDMLND V MOrEIs P r th rti 3 veil jears Ed
n ind \ Morris oc uj. ed the ii al pos ti n of seure
tirv and treasurer of the Detroit Lead Lipe Works
which WIS organ zed in 188u and with the successtul
c ntrol tnd management of wh ch he has smce been
actively lientified Hia lite has been spent in Detroit
and hia reeori is tin Inr to miuj of the e ty s
res dents H s b rth ecurred here on the l"th of
November 18o7 lis pirents be ng Bobert and Mary
(Dajl ng) Morr s Pollowing h s graluation from the
Detroit high school in June 18 3 he entered the De
troit Business University and ctmipleted a course tn
the latter mstitut on n Wiy IS'i On the 7th of
Tune 1870 he took his initiil step in the business
worli as office boj witJ the firm of J N Eajmond
& Company which was iissoived m 1879 tnd wns
61 oeeded by Samuel Terguson tor whom Mr Morns
acted as general manigoc mtil 188S In the latter
year, on the organization of the Detroit Lead P pe
and Sheet Lead Works le be can e secretary and
treasurer of the newlv formed eompanv and m that
capacity served continuous] v througliout the mter
vening period of thirty seven jears his efiorts havmg
contribute! materiallv to the steady development and
growth of the enterprise On J liy 1 1920 following
tl e recent death of Mr Fergusnn Mr Morns was
chosen president of the compani He is secretary and
treasurer of the Riverdale Pack Company handling a
subdiviBion in Eloomfield Hills He also has bus ness
interests in the south, being the president of the
Morris Eefining Company of Mindon, Louisiana.
On the Sth of feeptember 1S30 m Detroit Mr
■Moms was un ted in marriage to M ss Ida ^ Hall
aui they became tie parents of tlree children two
sons and a daugl ter hamuel Ferguson Morns re
ce ved his educat n in tl e public schools of Detroit
the tJniv ersity of Michigan an 1 also studied for
three v ears in Prankhn Institute m Germany Early
in 191" immediately atter Anienea s entrance into
the WorU war he cnlistel at Washingt<n D C and
was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Gas and
Flame Division with which he served until the cessa
tion of hostilities, being iiustered out m July lOig
He IS now secretary and treasurer of tl e Morns Ee
fining Company Montrose a ytung man of much
promise passed awaj in 1914 He had enjoyed su
penor educitional alvantag s was a university grad
uate and had also r ceivej militarv training at St
John s College of Manilas, New York the daughter
Hazpl IS the wife of '^ill am B Eoberson and resides
m Portland Oregon Al ng trade lines Mr Morns is
widely known havmg serv ed two terms as president
nf the Central Supply Asso lation an organization
whoso membersh p covers the entire n id die west an!
IS composed of jobbers an I manufacturers of plumb
mg and heating supplies Mr Morns s reelection to
the presidency was the first mat an e ot a second term
! emg given the president of the OTfcamzation
Mr Morris is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fra
ttrn tj in which he has attained tl e Knights Templar
degree belonging to Dan ascus Commandery, No 42
Travel affords him needed rest and recreation and
I as given him that broad knowledge which can be as
q iickly acquired in no other way He has long en
joved an env able reputatioa as a business man of
ability and integrity as a patriotic and public sp nted
c tizen an 1 as a loval and devoted fnend The home
f)f Mr Morns — Hazclhi rst — is at Eloomfield
Manor Birm ngham Mici igm anl was erected by
him in 1915
HERBERT M RICH M D one of the leading mem
bers of the medical profession in Detroit and an active
worker m connection with the Detroit Tuberculosis
'?ociety IS a nativ e of Michigan his birth hav ng occurred
m MiddlevJle on the 12th of February 1874 His parents
were Samuel C and Ada (Madisoa) E ch and he was the
only child m the fimilv In the public schools of his
native state he acqmred his earl^ education an I in 188"
he became a student in the Michigan Vgnculturil College
In 1897 he received the degree of A B from the Umveraitv
of Michigan while in 1901 the M D degree was con
f erred upon him He serv ed an interneship in the Boston
City Hospital and spent one year abroad in postgraduate
work stu lying m London Berlin and Vienna He re
turned to the United States exceptionally well qualified
for the practice of his profession and in 1904 opened an
office m Detroit where he has since resided specializing m
internal medicine, in which line he has become a recog-
nized authority. He has built up a large private practice
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and is also a member of the staff of Harper Hospital,
heiiig connected with the department of internal medicine.
He has ever remained a close aad discriminating Btudent
of his profession and as the years have passed has read
braadly, carrying his investigations far and wide into the
realms of medical science. Thus promoting his ability,
he has been able successfully to cope with the intricate
problems which continually confront the physician and
his professional labors have been followed by excellent
results. He is a valued member of the Wayne County,
Michigan State and American Medical Societies, the
Detroit Academy of Medicine and the American College
of Physicians and thus keeps abreast with the advance-
ment that is constantly being made along the lines of his
profession. He has also become well known through his
connection with the Detroit Tuberculosis Society, of
which he was a charter member. He has served as
president, vice president and seeretary. He was one of
the founders of the Detroit Tuberculosis Sanatorium for
the care of tuberculosis patients and his efforts in fighting
the white plague have been far-reaching and resultant.
He has been secretary of the board of trustees of the
Sanatorium and attending physician since its beginning in
1911.
In 1903 Dr. Rich was united in marriage to Miss Con-
stance Abbot of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they
have become the parents of three children ; Martha, who
was born August 21, 1904; Edwm, born August 21, 1908;
and Herbert M., Jr., whose birth occurred on the 20th of
December, 1910.
During the World war Dr. Rich was commissioned cap-
tain and was a member of the advisory board of Harper
Hospital, doing special chest examination work. His
duties in this connection were most conscientiously per-
formed and he labored tirelessly in behalf of the govern-
ment, handling on an average one hundred and fifty men
per day. He is a member of the Sons of the American
Revolution and is also identified with the University
Club, the Detroit Boat Club and the Indian Village Club.
For a number of years he was editor of the Detroit Medical
Journal and he comes of a family that has long been con-
nected with the practice of medicine, his father and
grandfather having been eminent representatives of the
profession. Dr. Rich is a man of high professional attain-
ments. His life is one of intense usefulness to his fellow-
men and while he has chosen as his specific line of work a
ministry to the physical ills of mankind, he has ever been
deeply and helpfully interested in all that pertains to the
development and improvement of his duty. In every
relation of life he has measured up to advanced stand-
ards and he stands as a high type of American manhood
and citizenship.
HERBERT RUSSELL BROWNELL, secrefarj ^nd
general manager of the Standard Brass Works of Detroit
was bom in Florence, Ontario, October 29, 1882. Vl hile
his parents, George and Sarah (Eberle) Brownell, were
both natives of Ontario, they came to Detroit in Ifl04,
where they continued to reside. The father passed away
in 1912. The mother is still living. Onh three f their
nine children survive, these being: Mrs Joieph Rankin
of Canada; Mrs. Martin Sellers of Chicago ind Herbert
R. Brownell.
The last named attended the pubhc schools, of ^ allace
burg, Ontario, and afterward accepted a position as clerk
in a store at that place, thus continuing for two years.
In 1900 he came to Detroit and secured a position with
the Standard Brass Works, beginning as office boy at a
very modest salary. He was observing, industrious and
ambitious. He proved an apt pupil in anything that was
assigned him to do and worked his way upward through
the various positions and departments until he was finally
called to office, being made secretary and general man-
ager. This company is engaged in the rnanufacture of
small brass parts and has a thoroughly modern plant in
which employment is given to more than one hundred
and fifty people
On the 17th of April 1907, Mr. Brownell was married
to Miss Grace Brandt of Detroit, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William J Brandt They now have two chUdren:
Peter Brandt who was born in 1908; and Wilham George,
born in 1918. Mr. Brownell is well known in social con-
nections in Detroit as a member of the Michigan Club,
the Lochmoor Country Club and the Detroit Automobile
Club. He is also interested as a member in the Employers
Association and the Michigan Manufaeturers Association
and thus keeps in touch with advancement in trade and
with well defined plans and projects for the protection
and improvement of commercial and manufacturing con-
ditions. He resides at No. 1S73 Montelair avenue.
ZINA B. BENNETT, M, D., son of Dr. John F. and
Amy M. (Smith) Bennett, pursued his early education in
the Detroit pubhc schools and is also a graduate of the
Detroit University School. He determined to follow in
the professional footsteps of his father and later attended
the Detroit College of Medicine but left that institution
and went to Chicago, where he entered the Chicago Col-
lege of Medicine and Surgery, from which he was grad-
uated with the degree of M. D. in the class of 1916.
Returning to Detroit Dr. Bennett entered upon the
practice of medicine in association with Dr. Charles Kuhn,
with offices on Warren and Woodward, and there remained
until he went into service during the World war. Follow-
ing the entrance of the United States into the great world
struggle Dr. Bennett was among those who were glad to
give their professional services, and joining the Medical
Corps he received a commission as first lieutenant in
January, 1918. He was called upon for active service in
March of the same vear and for a time wis in the Army
Medical School at ^^ ashington D C where he took
special work and pur>.ued an intensive course of study.
He WIS then ordered overseas with the First Division of
phjMCians from Michigan and Wisconsin The orders,
however were changed and instead he was sent to Camp
Gordon at \tlanta Cjeorgia where he served as medical
officer in the mfirmarA of the First Infantry Replacement
Division, '^ul '«,quentU he was assigned to the physical
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c\ammmg board at Camp Gordon, remaining there until
the close of the war and until he received his discharge on
the 8th of March, 1919, with the rank of captain Dr
Bennett is now a member of the Medical Reserve Corps
with the rank of captain. On his return to Detroit he
aeoin opened offices in this city and is now located at
Jefferson and Dickeraon avenues.
Dr Bennett was married to Miss Edna Garratt and
they have one child, Barbara. During the World war
Mrs Bennett served under Adam Strobm, librarian and
was circulation assistant in the Camp Gordon Library
and was also assistant hostess in the Salvation \rmy
Hospital, thus takii^ active and helpful part in promotmg
the interest and welfare of the soldiers in camp. Dr and
Mrs Bennett have a wide acquaintance in Detroit and
enjov the warm friendship of the majority of those with
whom they have been brought into contact. Dr. Btnnett
his made nteady progress in his profession and actuated
bj a laudable ambition to win success and make his service
of the greatest benefit to his tellowmen he has prDgressed
steadil) in hia chosen calhng and has reached a, ponit on
in prtfeasional circles which man> an older physician and
n might well en\ \
HUGH J DILLON Ipon tJt pages of Ditroit s
commercial history appears the name of Hu^li J
Dillon who for a nnmher of vears was a prominent
Woodward avenut merchant conducting a large di_
parlment ^tori '-■ome years prior to his death how
ever he w thdrew from bus ness livmg retire 1
thrtughout his remainm^ lavs m the enjoyment ot
a rest which he had trnU earned and rithlv merite 1
Mr. Dillon was of tanadian birth an 1 ot Irish descent
He was horn in Burnley Ontario, on the 6th ot Janu
ary, 1858 anl was one ot a tamilv of twelve ehil
dten whoso parents were Hugh and Anna (Quinlivan)
Dillon The father wis a natne of Irelanl but m
earli hfe came to the new world settling in taniia
whert he became a prospertus farmer
Hugh J Dillon was reared under the parental ruof
and acquire 1 1 is education in the schools of Canada
When a voung man however he crossed the hordtt
into the United 'States where m business circles coin
petition IS greater and whert advancement is mote
caailv secured Locating m Merrill iMich gan he
there ei gaged in lusineas for twenty eight lears and
later came to Detroit where he established a dry
goods 1 nsiness m 1901 His efforts were then demoted
to the development of the trade and the continuous
expansion of the tusineis until about 1^11 when h
retired Hii death occurrei May 10 1921
On the 11th of Pebruarv 1884 Mr Dillon was
united m marriage to Miss Catherine McCaulev a
daughter of Bernard MtCauley of Belleiille Ontirio
Canada Thev btcame parents of a son anl a daughter
Bernard D deceased, and Anna Mae, who la now the
wife of Robert M. Powell, who was born December 9,
1886, and is a well known realeafnte man of Detroit,
hanllnj, cnly hs own property Their ol ildren we
Nora Mac Eobert D Bernard F and Catherine Ann
Mr Dillon was i devout Catholic and his tamily
are also communicants of that church Mrs Dillon
resides at ^o 937 West Philadelphia a
which city she has many i
1 friends His
political >iupport was usually given to the democratic
J arty but not m sympathy with ccrta n policies of
the part^ in reuent years he cast his presidential votu
for Warren G Harding m 1920 It was characteristic
of Mr Dillon that he was alwajs lo^al to hia honest
convictions and neither fear nor favor could swtrve
him from a course which he believed to be right His
death resulted from pneumonia after an illness of
onlv four days while he was yet vigorous and act \e
Manv sterling traits at character endearei him to lis
tnends and will cause his memory to bo checMhed f r
FR\NK 4 THOMPSON pharmaceutical minufac
turer (f Detroit conducting business under the name of
r A Thomi son & Company ha^ 1 uilt up a bu ines'; of
extensive proportions The foundation for his success is
thorough studv wide experience and clear insight into
business conditions and vear ty \ear he has developed
his trade until it is now one of extensive proportions
Mr Thompson was born in 4nn Arbor Michigan Aprd
h 1863 his parents being John W aadZoraidaA (Torrey)
Thompson both of whom came to Michigan in earlv hie
The father was a native of the state ot New York and
settled on a farm near Ann Arbor, devoting his remaining
da\s to agricultural pursuits. He died in Ann Arbor.
His wife passed away in California.
Frank A. Thompson is the only surviving member of
the family. His early youth was spent on the father's
farm and he attended the country schools, while later he
was graduated from the high school at Ann Arbor. He
next entered the University of Michigan, where he pur-
sued a course in pharmacy and chemistry, completing his
studies there in laSl at which time he was graduated
with the Ph. D. degree Early m his business career he
was connected with the Goodyear Drug Company at
Ann Arbor, spending two jears as a clerk in that estab
lishment. In 1883 he removed to Detroit where he be
tame connected with the chemical department of Parke
Davis & Company manufacturmg pharmacists with
whom he remained for about fifteen jears and during
the last decade of that penod he was chief chemist for the
company. He then resigned and established business on
his own account, organizing the firm of F A Thompson
&. Company, pharmaceutical manufacturers The bus
mess was incorporated on the 28th of March 1898 and
Mr Thompson was treasurer and manager of the company
until IQIO, when he was elected to the presidency and has
so continued. The company manufactures ynrious
standard remedies and patent medicines reeogniaed by
the medical profession and employs one hundred and ten
people. The motto of the house is to manufacture prod-
ucts ot the highest quality and name the lowest possible
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prices consistent with such a standard. The firm's labora-
tories have a floor space of sixty thousand square feet,
and it makes a specialty of bulk, fluid, solid and powdered
e:<traeta, concentrations, tablets of all kinds, oleoresins,
powdered tobacco, private formulas and standard phar-
maceutical preparations. The company sells especially
to the wholesale manufacturing and proprietary trade.
Mr. Thompson has had over thirty-five yeara experience
as analytical and consulting chemist, in manufacturing
laboratories, in examining and assaying chemicals and in
manufacture of general pharmaceutical products. The
laboratories of the company have been especially built
and equipped with modern and approved appliances for
rapid and economical production, and they are quaLfied
to meet every requirement of the trade. The business is
now one of extensive proportions and the success of the
undertaking is attributable to the broad scientific and
practical knowledge and business enterprise of the presi-
dent, who has ever been the directing spirit in the enter-
On the 3Ist of December, 1892, Mr. Thompson was
united in marriage to Mies Mary H. Campbell of Hamilton,
Ontario, a daughter of Abner C, Campbell, and a niece of
ex-Governor James E. Campbefl of Ohio. Mr. Thompson
and his wife are consistent members of the Episcopal
church and they occupy an enviable social position. His
poUtical endorsement is given to the republican party.
He belongs to the Detroit Board of Commerce and in this
way manifests his keen interest in public welfare. Fra-
ternally he is connected with the Masons and he belongs
to the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Boat Club and
the University Club, as well as to the Lochmoor Golf
Club, He is also a member of the Michigan State Pharma-
ceutical Association and thus keeps in touch with the
trend of professional thought and practice.
THOMAS WATSON, supreme recorder of the Knights
of Maccabees, with office in Detroit, was bom in Wishaw,
Scotland, October 24, 1849. He is among the substantial
citizens that have come to America from the land of hills
and heather, the land of crag and glen, of mountain peak
and mountain elope, the land of poetry and song. His
parents, David and Margaret (King) Watson, were like-
wise natives of Scotland and remained in that country
throughout their lives, the father there following various
occupations in order to provide for his family. ^ ■ j
In his boyhood days Thomaa Watson attended the
schools of Scotland to the age of eleven and then started
out to provide for his own support. , pince that time he
has been dependent upon his own resources and may
truly be called a self-made man. His advancement and
progress have come entirely through his own labors. He
worked in various ways until 1882, when he left home
and came to the United States, believing that he would
have better chances for advancement in the new world.
He settled in Roscommon, Michigan, and found employ-
ment in the timber forests of that locality. He first
worked as a common lumberman but steadily advanced
by reason of his thoroughness, efficiency and reliability
and was made superintendent of camps. He retained
this position in the north woods for twelve years and then
went to Port Huron, Michigan, where he first became
active in The Maccabees camp, thus initiating his work in
connection with the great fraternal organization which he
still represents. He was afterwards made great record
keeper, retaining the oflice at Port Huron for eight years.
In 1908 he came to Detroit, where he has since filled the
important positions of assistant supreme record keeper
and later supreme record keeper and in all of his work
is most thorough, systematic and capable. In addition
to his connection with The Maccabees he is also identified
with the Woodmen of the World and with the Improved
Order of Foresters and is loyal to the teachings and high
purposes of these fraternal organizations.
On the 16th of June, 1876, Mr. Watson was married in
Motherwell, Scotland, to Miis Mary Goodwin, who passed
away in Detroit in \pril 1919 They were parents of five
children, two of whom are deceased James H,, who was
bom in Motherwell, Scotland resides at Royal Oak,
Michigan, with hi=i wife, who was formerly Miss Edna
Lang of Port Huron, and their one child, Betty Watson,
born at Eoya! Oak, M'wgartt is the wife of Earle Huber
and was born at Roscommon, Michigan, but now resides
in Detroit; Helen, born at Roscommon, is the wife of
V. D, Dukes, of Detroit and the> have one child. Downing
Watson, who is a native of this city. The deceased mem-
bers of the family are: John H., who was bom in Port
Huron and died in Detroit; and David, who was born in
Port Huron and there passed away.
That Mr. Watson is appreciative of the social amenities
of life is indicated in his connection with the Ingleside
Club. Those who know him, and he has a wide acquaint-
ance, recognize in bitn substantial qualities of manhood
such as command respect and confidence in every land
and every clime. He deserves much credit for what he
has accompUshed, for he started out in the business world
with Uttle advantage, educational or otherwise, and in
the school of experience has learned the lessons which
have made him a well informed man, efficient in whatever
he undertakes and holding at all times to high ideals.
CLARENCE E. OTTER, secretary an<l treasurer of
the W. R. Hamilton Company, conducting business in
Detroit, and also weU known as one of the World war
veterans, was born in this city in 1890. After completing
his preliminary education he entered Cornell University
and graduated in law as a member of the class of 1913.
He afterward took a special course in the medical depart-
ment in Michigan University, pursuing the study of sani-
tary science as a member of the class of 1915. He next
entered the undertaking establishment of the W. R.
Hamilton Company as secretary and treasurer. This
company was established by Jesse Farwell in 1863, and
he was succeeded by Geoi^ W. Latimer, who in turn was
succeeded by William R. Hamilton, William J. Otter, the
father of Clarence E. Otter, and N. F. Hamilton, in the
ownership of the business, William R. Hanulton retired,
however, sometime later and in 1916 Clarence E, Otter
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became an official in the compauy and is no« iswuutPii
in the business with his father and N. F. Hamilton
In May, 1917, Mr. Otter enlisted tor service in the W orld
war, joining the Medical Corps, at Base Hospital No 36
In November of that year he went to France and was
active with his unit until May, 1919, when he returned
to the United States and received his honorable diseharRe
on the 2nd of May, 1919. His experiences were manj
and varied and there is no phase of modem w arfare with
which he is not familiar. Mr. Otter belongs to the Dptroit
Athletic Club, The Players, the Detroit Boat Club the
Detroit Riding and Hunt Club, the Cornell Alumni
Association, University of Michigan Alumni Association
the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club, the Sigma Nu and the
Delta Theta Phi, college fraternities. Theie member-
ship connections indicate the nature of his interests and
his activity is further directed into channels looking to
the moral progress of the community, as he has member-
ship in the Episcopal church, being a communicant of
St. Pauls cathedral. He is counted a most intelligent and
progressive young man, a gentleman in the highe=f and
best sense of the term and his worth is widely acljiowledged
by the many friends whom he has won during the ^eirs
in which Detroit has been his home.
EDWAED THOMAS GILBERT was ri<.h in tho'ie
qualities which make the individual a forteful factor
n the eommun ty n wh eh he 1 ves Not oaly did 1 o
cipihly and successf llv cond ct n po^t^nt bus ness
affa ra but at all t mes he d aplayed a recogn t on
of h a duty and obi gat on to h a fellown en and was
constantly atr v ng to promote the n oral lal ap r tual
advanceme t of ti e c ty n wh oh he 1 el Ha hind
was cont n illy o treaehmg to benefit h '4 fellown en
and lift them to the h gher plmes of 1 f e H s ieath
wh eh occurred n Detroit Aug st 8 1910 was there
fore a matter of deej reg et to ill who had known
h n Mr G Ibert was born n "V tg i June "9 1841
aad wia one of a fam ly of six eh Idreu whose parents
ere John ind Sarah (Ball) t Ibect The father a
nat ve of JNew Engliud was a well known ani pr s
peroui farmer of the Old I on u on On leav ng V r
g n a J I n G Ihert ren o ed with h a fam Iv to Zaues
lie Ol o and there beoime well known as propr etor
of 1 lar^e ya\ er mannf ictur ng plant continu ng n
tie business w th marked s c sa tl 1853 wl n
he t n oved to E dgev lie Wash ngton n ikmg h a
h me there on ri oh to the t me of h s den ae
E 1 Tird Thon as G Ibert began h s educat on n the
Jul 1 c schools of h B nit ve state pass ng through
oonseo t ve grades to the h gh school 'W tl the o t
break of tl e C 1 war ind the ren oval of the fam Ij
to Zanes lie I e cont nued h s ^tud ea there and n
oung manhood he began lea n ng telegraphy He was
accurate and apt and soon ieveloped h gh ef&c encv
along that 1 ne He then entered ra Iroad serv ce as
a telegraph operator and cont nued n the hua ne a
unt I about 1870 In 18 'i he removed to Detro t in!
be ame cl ef elerk to the purchis ng igent of the
Michigan Centr,il Rulioil, m whiLh capantv he c,on
tinued for four >ears Ambitious, honever, that his
attivities should more direetlv benefit himself, he
resigned his railroid position to become secretary of
the Michigan Boit & Nut W orka, later becoming gen
eral manager ind treasurer of the companv, in which
connection he continued to serve until hia death This
enterprise became one of the important productive
industries of the citv, tran-iicting a large volume of
business annually, and from time to time the plant
was enlarged, while at ill times it was thoroughly
equipped with the latest improt ed michinerv
In 1873 Mr Gilbert was united m marriage it
Footville, A^htabuH county, Ohi<, to Miss Evangeline
Holt, a daughter of Hiram C Holt, who was a nitive
of the state of New York, and waa a achool teacher
in Ohio To Mr and Mrs Gilbert were born four
children Tilth H, who is now the wife of Franklin
C Parker of Ann Arbor, Michigan, John T, living in
Detroit, Ruth V, the wife of Herman G Scholbe,
and Isaac L, of Detroit Mrs Gilbert makes her
home at 585 Westminster avenue She belongs to
the Forest Avenue Presbyterian church, of which Mr
Gilbert was alao a consistent ind faithful member
He was likewise identified with the Employers' Asso
ciation of Detroit, of which he was presidi,nt, and his
active work m its devehpment made him known as
the father of the association Mr Gilbert wis a prime
factor m movements for bettering ciyic conditions in
Detroit) and aerv ed as president of the Good Govern
ment League He was most active in behalf of the
church and its auxiliaries He filled the position of
chairman of the Church Estensioa and was treasurer
thereof He was likewise very prominent in organiz
ing and promoting the Liymen'a Missionary Move-
ment of Detroit ind wia state superintendent of the
Anti Saloon League He acted as elder in the church
and at all times his Christian belief guided him in
his relations with his fellowmen, making his life a
most upright one, so that his entire career waa crowned
with honor and respect.
ROBERT PAPENDELL, president of the Scientific
Instrument Company of Detroit, where he has carried on
business since 1903, was born in Germany, May 23, 1862.
He pursued his education in his native land and also
learned there the trade of, making scientific instruments,
developing considerable efficiency in that field ere he left
Germany in 1888, when twenty-six years of age, to come
to the new world. He worked on electrical instruments
at first for three years after arriving in this country and
then devoted about a year to the manufacture of sui^cal
instruments, while later he spent two years in the employ
of Sonderman. He is both a technical and practical eTtpert
on ail kinds of scientific instruments and is continually
promoting his knowledge, efficiency and skill by study as
well as by experience. In 1892 he established business on
his own account and this he incorporated in 1908 in
Detroit, the year of his removal to this city. The com-
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pany of which he is the head is a close corporation, its
officers being Mr. Papendel! and other members of hia
family. The instruments made by the company are noted
for their excellence and are sofd all over the civilized
world. The highest standards are Biaintained in their
output and by reason thereof the business has steadily
and constantly grown until it is now one of most gratifying
proportions. Mr. Papcndell has every reason to be proud
of the products of his plant and the name of Papendell has
become a synonym for quahty in instrument manufacture.
In March, 1886, Mr. Papendell was married to Miss
Amelia Scheu of Germany, and they have become parents
of a son and a daughter, Robert and Mrs. H. L. Emhoff,
the latter being secretary-treasurer of the company. The
son enlisted in the United States army for the World war
on the ]7th of December, 1917, and on account of his
knowledge and abihty as a manufacturer of instruments
was placed in charge of fire control instruments in the
ordnance department. He was commissioned second
lieutenant and served until February, 1919, when he
received his honorable discharge. The son-in-law, Mr.
Emhoft, also enlisted, joining the aircraft division. He
was trained at Cornell University and then sent to different
flying fields and finally to Paj ne Field Missi=i'ippi where
he was stationed when the armistice wa' signed He was
rated an ordnance sergeant senior grade and received his
honorable discharge in December IQIS Both the son
and son^n-law are associated with Mr Papendell m the
conduct of the business of the Scientific Instrument Com
pany and through their cooperation with the f'lther i
business of gratifying proportions hao been developed
and is now being most suceeEsfuih conducted
PETER J. BOOTZ. There are man^ cities in which
one industry or line of business seems to dominate Just
as in Chicago the packing industry ranks foremost, =!0 in
Detroit the automobile manufactunng stands as the chief
industrial interest. However, there are many lines of
business which are splendidly represented here and which
have grown to large proportions, contributing to the
development and upbuilding of Detroit as a great business
center. In this connection it is imperative that one men-
tion Peter J. Bootz, the president of the Detroit Egg
Biscuit & Specialties Company. Moreover, the attrac-
tiveness of the city as a place of residence is shown by
the fact that many of her native sons have remained
within her borders, finding that her opportunities were
equal to those to be secured in any section of the country
Peter J. Bootz is a native of Detroit, born September 3
1860, his parents being Wendell and Mary (Adams)
Boots, who were natives of Germany and came to Detroit
with their parents at the ages of fifteen and seven years
respectively. Here they met and were married and tfe
father afterward estabhshed himself in a successful retail
shoe business, which he conducted with gratifying res ilts
until he retired from business fife. He passed away in
Detroit in 1915, having for two years survived his wife,
who died in 1913, Their family numbered eight children;
Peter J.; Mrs. James Tighe of Detroit; John, deceased;
Frank, August, Rose, Wendell and Nora, all of this city.
Peter J. Bootz attended the graded schools and the
Central high school and after completing his course there
entered upon an apprenticeship to the baker's trade,
serving his full term of indenture. He then estabUshetl a
bakery business on his own account and conducted it
with profit until 1900, when he foresaw the possibilities of
the egg biscuit and organized the Detroit Egg Biscuit &
Specialties Company, manufacturing special preparative
egg biscuits, which he and his brothers sold to the local
trade. Soon the fame of the product began to spread and
such was the demand for the output that a factory building
was erecf«d on Hastings and Grand boulevard, in which
the business was conducted until March, 1920, when a
new and more modem plant was completed and occupied
at Custer and St. Antoine streets. Here from twenty-five
to thirty people are employed and the trade now extends
to all parts of the United States and Canada, their output
being sent out in car lots to various centers.
On the 16th of July, 1885, Mr. Bootz was married to
Miss Louise Brown of Detroit, daughter of Charles Brown,
representative of one of the old families of this city. Mr.
and Mri Bootz have aiit children" Mrs. Alice Stout of
Detroit Mts Louise Sumberg of Detroit; Elmer, who en-
hited m the World war with a Michigan company and
dido^erseaiduti whdenon he is engaged in the plumbing
business m Detroit, Raymond who is married and is
engaged in the painting business and who during the
World war was connected with the aviation department
in a California fl\ine field Beatrice the wife of Charles
Robb of Detroit and Peter who is attending school.
Mr Bootz IS a member of the Milwaukee Junction
Manutacturer-i Association but has never been a club
min nor active m polities preferring at all times to con-
centrate his efforts and attention upon h
ARTHUR J. NORMAN, D. D. S. is one of the well
known members of the dental profession in Detroit, where
he has been practicing since 1912. He was born in Lexing-
ton, this state, on the 20th of July, 1881, a son of John W,
and Fannie (Huckins) Norman, and one of three children
born to their union.
In the acquirement of his education Arthur J. Norman
attended the common schools of his birthplace and Ln
1898 enrolled in the Michigan Agricultural College. He
withdrew from that college in 1899 and in the same year
became % student in the dental department of the Univer-
sity of MKhigan, from which institution he wa'i graduated
in 1902 with the D D S degree While a student at
the State University he became affiliated with Delta
Sigma Delta and wa? prominent in the affair? of the
campus After graduation he located in Hillsboro, North
Dakota where he engaged m the practice of dentistrj
for mne jears In 1912 he came to Detroit and he has
since resided here Although he engages m the general
practice of dentistry for the most part, he is devoting a
great deal of his time to porcelain work and is recogmzed
as a very skillful workman along that line. He is a mem-
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DA\ ID H LOCKE presidtnt of the L tke Pittexn
Works, 18 one of the jounger group of Detroit busi
aens men who by a combination of peraevLrani.e
indefatigable industrj and unswerving lovaltj to the
standards of his business las de\elopi,d ont of the
important industrial entirpr sts of Detroit — tint of
masterful pattern making To the joung man who
will ntrt take no for an answer nho mil climb
oier what he cannot ehop through he is an mapira
tioii Born in loungatown Ohio September 5 1890
the only son of Williaui and Jessie Lotke lie attended
the grade and high schools in bis native eitv
As a loy his initial business esperiento was obta ntd
as a pattern maker with the William Todd Con pany
of ToungstowD at the bench but not destined t
remain there He remainel with tl at firm for a
period of three an I a half years In 1910 Mr LoLke
cime to Defroit whore he entered the emplrv nf tht
Great Lakes Engineering (.ompanv He next booame
tonneeted with tie Northwav Motors Ctmpam in
charge of local pattern work there Subsequently he
jtined the American Pattern Works at the head )f
their pattern department
In September 1916 Mr Loeke entered induitnal
eircles on his own account establisl ing the Locke
Pattern Works which is now lo ated at No 217 '^vol
ward avenue From fi^ e hundred dollars which 1 e
borrowed he built the largest independmt patttrn
shop of it>" kind m the world The business enjoyed
a phenomenal gr wth from the start Today the
largest per cent of all the patterns used br the auto
motive plants m Detroit are produced la this shop
Pattern contracts are not at all unusuil mth British
French Spanish and Japanese concerns During, the
World war Mr Locke concentratud largelj <n the eve
eution of goiernment contracts As an aided strMoe
m conjunction with the pattern shop le also optratis
a castings founirv well equippid to take care of large
orders for brass aluminum and grav iron castings A
department fur handling esperimental engines from
the blue print to the unit in operation is an extra
service Starting with three men only the tnter
prise has rapidly eTpandel employment now being
furnished to three hundrel peri ns Mr Locke per
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\elopment of the trade interests of the c tj Mr
Locke IS vice president of the National Association
of Pattern Manufaeturera having prev oush ser\el
as secretary of that organization Fraternally he
is identified with the Masons belonging to Z tn Lodge
No. 1, F. & A M and to Shadukiam Grotto is a
member of the Felloworaft CTub and the Red Bun
Golf Club, a charter mtmber of tl e Masonic Coun
try Club, and i member of the Detroit Yacht Club
Mr. Locke is prominent m power t oat racing As
owner and druer of the Bear Cat he won the
Detroit News trophy in the regatta of 1921 in the
displacement runabout class
Mr. Loeke is numbered among those bui ness men
whose advancement has had its root m injuatry
perseverance and unfaltering determination His rec
ord is a notal le esimjle of the fact that merit and
ability will ome to the front anywhere Although
but thirty-one ^ears of ago he already ociupi s a
commanding j osition in business circles o£ Detroit
Judging from past accomplishments hii future
career will be well worth wat hing In 1919 Mr
Locke erected his residence on the corner of Marlbo
rough and Freul avenues — one ot the attractive I mes
in that section of the city
DAVID I. HUBAR, an able young attorney of Detroit
who is rapidly forging to the front in his profession, was
born in Meriden, Connecticut, November 4, 1892. His
parents, Samuel and Kate (Brasinski) Huhar, are natives
of Poland and in 1890 they came to the United States,
first settling at Meriden, Connecticut, where the father
engaged in the jewelry business, while later he removed
to Waterbury, that state, still continuing active along
that line. In 1913 he came with his family to Detroit
and is now employed as salesman for a large wholesale
jewelry house of this city. The mother also survives
and three children have been bom to their union: Helen,
a teacher in the grade schools; Mrs. Rose Levine, a resi-
dent of Laporte, Indiana; and David I,, of this review.
In the grammar and high schools of Waterbury, Connec-
ticut. Mr. Hubar pursued his education, afterward enter-
ing the University of Michigan, from which he received his
A. B. degree in I9I6, while two years later that institution
conferred upon him the J. D. degree. He became eon-
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nected with the law farm of Clark Emmms Bn'jnt &
Brown prominent attorneys of Detroit «ith whom he
remained until September 1920 speciahaing in corpor
ation and financial law He then opened an offiee of his
own and although one of the younger reprcRentatives of
the legal fraternity of this oit\ he ha? already firmlv
estabh-ihed himself in pttbhc regard as a wiie counselor
and al le lawjer He his mueh nitural abilitv but if
withal A hard student an! is nc\er content until he has
mastered e^erj detail of his cases He has a thorough
knowledge of statute and precedent and in his law pra<'
fiee w hatever he does is for the best mtereits of hia clients
and tor the honor of his profession. Ho also has other
interests, being a director of the Keywell Brass, Iron &
Sheet Metal Company o( Detroit.
Mr. Hubar is unmarried and resides with his parents in
this city. He ia a repubhean in his political views and his
religious faith is indicated by his affiliation with Congre-
gation Beth El. He ia a member of the Detroit and
Michigan Bar Associations and his fraternal connec-
tions are with B'nai B'rith, Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, Modern Woodmen of America and he is also a
Chapter Mason. His time and attention are chiefly given
to his law practice, and in a profesdon demanding keen
intellectuality and individual merit he is making contin-
uous progress, while his upright policy has gained for him
the respect and esteem of his fellow practitioners and the
general pubUc as well.
MERLE FRANCIS BENNETT t an f the World
wa wl w nn t I thth Dt t Ed son Com-
panj n th t ol d i t nt na b n Detroit, a
son fD Jh FadAm W (Smith) B nnett, men-
tion d t 1 ngth on an th [ag f th w k He was
edu ated n th puV 1 sch ols f th tad was grad-
uate 1 t m th Ea f n h gl scl 1 aft which he
atte d d tl In t f M h ga pu u ng a course
m I t al ngmee ng H ^a g aduated m 1916 with
the d gr f B S E nd nte d up n h p ofcssional
career b> accepting a position w ith the property depart-
ment of the Detroit Edison Company, with which he was
connected when America entered the World war. On the
2flth of September, 1917, he went to Camp Custer as a
private of the Three Hundred and Thirtieth Field Artillery
of the Eighty-fifth Division. He was soon afterward trans-
ferred to the Three Hundred and Tenth Engineers of the
Eighty-fifth Division, the transfer being made in Decem-
ber, 1917. On the 5th of May, 1918, he entered the
Fourth Engineers Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee,
Virginia, being commissioned second lieutenant of engin-
eers on the 9th of July, 1918, and assigned to the Fifth
Engineers, Seventh Division, at Corpus Christi, Texas.
He arrived in France on the 12th of August, 1918.
IJeutenant Bennett served in the Meuse-Argonne offen-
sive, entering upon active duty on the 15th of October,
1918, and there remaining until the armistice was signed.
He was sent to the hospital with bone infection in the left
knee and was in five different hospitals in France for
treatment. On the 26th of March, 1919, he sailed for
thp T'nited States and after a delay of a few days in New
1: ork was sent to the Ford Hospital — the United States
General Hospital, No. 36, where he remained until July.
He was then sent to the United States General Hospital,
No 28, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he received his
discharge in July 1920 On return ng to Detro 1 1 e aga
entered the emplo of the Det o t Ed aon Company and
IS now in the control department H fnends and thej
are many, speak of h m n h gh terms and all te I that by
reason of what I e has accomj 1 shed tl us far his future
career will be well worth watch ng
HARRY BOOTH who has reiclei a commanding
position in commerc al c rcles has bu It up a bu ness
from a small beg nn ng unt 1 he s now at the head of a
large enterprise in his capacity as president of the Economy
Walt Paper Company of Detroit. He comes to this city
from England, his birth having occurred in Leeds on the
2d of January, 1871, his parents being Osmond W. and
Henrietta (Mitchell) Booth, both of whom were natives
of England and on coming to this country made their
way to Detroit, where ttey arrived on Independence day
of 1874. The parents, after reaching this state, decided
to locate in Bay City and there the father engaged in the
printing business but after a time returned to Detroit with
his family and established the business that is now carried
on under the name of the Economy Wall Paper Company.
This was in 1891. From the beginning his trade increased
and he built up the business to large proportions, becom-
ing one of the successful merchants of the city and remain-
ing in active connection with the enterprise to the time
of his death, which occurred in February, 1918, when he
was seventy years of age. His wife passed away in
Detroit in 1916. They had a family of five children:
Mrs. Otis Cutting, now of Seattle, Washmgton; Mrs.
Gertrude Hamer of Detroit; Mrs. George W. Irwin of
Detroit; Frank C, also of this city; and Harry.
The last named mastered the branches of learning
taught in the public schools of Detroit and with the com-
pletion of his high school course became a student in the
Detroit Business College. He next entered the office of
E. W. Arnold, a well known architect, and continued with
him and afterward with the firm of John Scott & Com-
pany, architects, for a short time. He gave up this line
of business to enter into Y. M. C. A. work and was
appointed phyacal director of the association in Chicago
in 1898. There he continued as physical director and in
other official capacities for five years, at the end of which
time he was tendered a similar position with the Y. M.
C. A. of Tacoma, Washington. Making tiis way to the
northwest, he remained in that city for ten years, building
up a wonderful organization in that section. He returned
to business life in connection with his father in 1914.
During the time that he was in Tacoma, Washington, he
was largely responsible tor the development of the Y. M.
C- A. work there and tor the erection of the splendid
building of which Tacoma is justly proud, as it is one of
the finest Y. M. C, A. homes of the country. Many
innovations in Y, M, C. A. work are the result of his
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original ideas and progrefe'ine methiida and from coa*!t
to coast and from Cmada to the Gult there is no better
known It M C A worker than Mr Booth
With his return to busmen hfe in 1914 he became
associated with the Economy TV all Paper Company in a
minor capacity but worked his ■nay upward becoming
^eLretar^ and trea'iurer while on the 1st of Mai 1120
he was elected president and general manager and ha*!
-inte atted m thi"" capacity The company has stores at
"3 Farmer istreet in Detroit and also at Kalamazoo
Michigan and employs twenty-five people
In Belhngham, Washington, in January 1896 Mr
Booth was married to Miss Delia Wight, who passed
inai June 17, 1918, in Detroit. They had one child,
O mond W who was born in Chicago, Illinois, January
10 1S98 was educated in Tacoma through the work of
the grades and in the Detroit Central high school and is
now in bu'sineas with his father.
Mr Booth IS a member of the Detroit Board of Com-
merce He also belongs to Ashlar Lodge F & A M ■
the Masonic Country Club the Canopus Club and was a
member of the Michigan state troops m which he served
with the rank of heutenant during the TVorld war His
interests and activities have always been directed along
lines through which the greatest good to the greatest
n imber has been accomplished He stands for progress
a id improvement not onlj in matenal things but m all
th ise projecta which make tor the phjsieal intellectual
and moral uplift of the race His labors and his influence
hne been far reaching and beneficial and the i\orth of
hi workiswidelj attested
CHBISTIAN W BBANDT an irehite<t of Detroit
who occupies a representative position in the pro-
fession, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, May 36, 1882,
his parents being Christian W, and Anna (Bartholo-
mew) Brandt, both of whom were natives of Bodies-
ter New lork In early hfe they became resulfnts
t Lleitlanl Ohio and the father there engaged m
tit wldeaalc flour anl feed business continuing an
actne representative of LOmmerciil interests in that
titi until his dPith m 1895 His widow survives
ai d ^et resides m Detroit In their family were
five piildren of whom Christian W was the seconl
in order of birth
After atten Unf, the public and high scl ools of
tle\eliinJ, Christian W Brandt entered tie ofRee of
Prank B Mead an architect of that citv and later
was cmploved bi Henry Watterson also a Cleveland
jrcl itcet He then went to Columbus Ohio where
le ent red the office of Frank Paekarl and still later
he was with Robert Grattwald of Springfield Ohio
and with the firm trf Smith, Hitchman &. Grylls of
Detroit He nest became associated with Howard
Crane of Detroit and later resigned to take charge
of the construction of the & S Kresge Company
office building of Detroit and was also appointed
supervisor for all the Kresge cumpanj buildings
throughout the country. In January, 1915, he opened
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and lie has since designed and
built the bull lings of the Aluminum Castings Com-
pany of Detroit and has erected other buildings to
the value cf about nino and a half million dollars in
this cit> He has recently completed a million-dollar
faitori b 111 Imf, tor the Charles B. Bohn Foundry Com-
pany anl he is the designer and builder of the Ma-
icstic theatre the TVjandotte theatre, the Del-The
theatre the LaSalle Gardens and many of the fine
residences of Detroit He now has the contract for
a million dollar building to be erected for the Mieh-
lean '^tate Auto Schools Company. Aside from his
professional activities in the field of architecture he
is a director of the Michigan Architect and Engineer,
a member of the advisory board of the Michigan Be-
eiprocal Association and president of the Michigan
Underwriters Corporation of Detroit.
On the 10th of September, 1906, Mr. Brandt was
married to Miss Alma Weckesser of Dayton, Ohio,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Weckesser They have
one child \lma who was born n Cleveland m 1908
Mr Brandt is a member rf the Detroit Athletic Club
also of the Red Bun Golf Club Fraternally he is
connected with tie Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks and witl the Masons He has at tamed thu
Knights Templar degree of the York Rite the tl irtv
second degree of the Scottish Bite and is a meiler
of the M3stn, Shrine Whit he has accomplisl ed
represents the fit utih/at cm of his time and talents
Enterprise detern ination an 1 prugressiveness hav e
constituted the broad foundation upon which he has
1 uilt his success rising to a p mt of distmcti n as
one of the arc! itects of his adopted city
FRANK E, WERNEKEN, secretary and treasurer of
John Brennan & Company, conducting the largest boiler-
making establishment in Michigan, was bom in Detroit,
November 4, 1884, and is a son of Frank Stevens and
Helen E (Scott) Wemeken, who are mentioned at length
on another page of this work. The son was a pupil in the
pubhc schools of this city and in the Detroit School for
Boys while later he attended the Detroit University
School from which he was graduated in 1904. He then
entered Yale University and completed a course in the
Scheflield Scientific School as a member of the class of
1907 thus receiving comprehensive technical training
which has been of immense value to him in the conduct of
his business affairs since that time. Returning to Detroit,
he became connected with the house of John Brennan &
Company which had been established in 1847 and of
whuhhiafather, Franks. Wemeken, is now the president.
Frank E Wemeken has risen from a minor clerical posi-
tion to that of secretary and treasurer. He is familiar
with every phase of the business and is acquainted with
the tride in principle and detail, so that he can most
wisely direct the operations carried on by the firm.
On the 12th of June, 1913, Mr. Wemeken was married
to Miss Frances Eunice Russel, daughter of George H.
Russel of Detroit, and they have become parents of three
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children: Frank E., bom December 6, 1914; Martha
Wells, born January 26, 1917; aad Albert Euasel, born
January 1, 1918. Mr. Wemeken is a member of the
Detroit Boat and Detroit Country Clubs, the University
Club, and also of the Yale Alumni Association. While
at Yale he was a member of the varsity football team.
Mr. Werneken entered the service on September 27,
1917, with the commission of first lieutenant, in the
Signal Corps, United States regular army, having pre-
viously spent three months at the Officers Training Camp
at Plattsburg, New York. He was transferred to the
air service in March, 1918, in which branch he served until
his honorable discharge on February 14, 1919, at Hoboken,
New Jersey.
FRANCIS A. ELLIS. In business circles of Detroit
Francis A. Ellis is well known as advertising manager and
welfare officer of the Russell Wheel & Foundry Company,
one of the oldest and most substantial manufacturing
enterprises of the city, with which he has been identified
for a period of twenty-seven years, entering the employ of
the firm in a humble capacity and advancing with the
development of the business until he now occupies a
position of trust and responsibility. A native of New
Jersey, he was born at Mahwah on the 1st of September,
1876, his parents being George A. and Emma N. (Gould)
Ellis, the former a native of Rindge, New Hampshire,
while the latter was bom at Newbury, Vermont. They
were married in the Green Mountain state and in 1877
took up their residence in Detroit, where the father con-
tinued to follow the machinist's trade, with which he had
previously been connected in various manufacturing
centers in the east. He passed away in this city in 1893.
The mother is still residing here. In their family were
three children: Mrs. Herbert C. Conn, whose husband is
the president of the Peninsular Screw Company of Detroit ;
Mrs Hugh McNeal who is the wife of the president of the
Detroit Mptal & Steel Works; and Francis A., of this
Mr Ellis acquired his education in the grammar and
high BLhool- of Detroit and m 1894, when eighteen years
of age he secured the positun of office boy with the
Russell Wheel & Foundry Company. He bent every
energy toward learning the business, faithfully and effi-
ciently performing each task assigned him, and his efforts
were rewarded bj promotion from one position to another
of greater responsibility untd he was made advertising
manager in 1909 while in the same year he was also
apptinted welfare manager Through his enterprising
ind aggressive business methods the sales of the company
hate been greatly augmented and in his capacity as wel-
)irc officer he is capibly looking after the interests of
several hun Ired employes securing their cooperation and
goodwill and thus contnbuting in substantial measure to
efficiencv in the operation of the plant, which is one of
the largest of Detroit s industries.
In this eit\ on the 27th of June, 1903, Mr. Ellis was
united in marriage to Miss Kathryn B. Giddings, a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Giddings, well known residents
of Macomb county, Michigan. Five children have been
born to this union: Ethel, whose birth occurred in 1907
and who is now attending school at Royal Oak; Marion
E., who was bom in 1910; Virginia E., born in 1912;
Lillian G., born in 1914; and Edward D., born in 1916.
All of the children are in school except the youngest,
Mr. Ellis gives his political allegiance to the repubhcan
party and is a member of the Presbyterian church of Royal
Oak, where the residence of the family is maintained. He
is chairman of the Foundrymen's Division of the Em-
ployers' Association and is a member of the Adcraft Club,
while fraternally he is connected with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man whom to know is to
esteem and honor. He has eagerly grasped every oppor-
tunity which has come his way and step by step has
advanced. His career has been actuated by a spirit of
progress and he deserves classification with the self-made
men and valued citizens of Detroit, m which city prac-
tically his entire hfe has been spent.
JOHN H. BUEKERS, president of the John H. Buekers
Manufacturing Companj. manufacturers of store and
office fixtures and fine cabmet work, was born in Germany,
November 17, 1859, a son of John H. and Minnie (Cocpp)
Buekers, the former a native of Germany, while the latter
was born in Holland. They spent their lives in central
Europe, where the father was a cabinetmaker and wood-
worker, doing manufacturing along those lines. Both
parents have passed away.
John H. Buekers was one of a family of eight children.
His early education was obtained in the schools of his
native country and he further promoted his education by
studying in the evening school at Goch, Germany, where
he later started out in business life. He decided to learn
the woodworking trade under his father's direction and
continued to work with him until the father's death. He
came to America in 1883 and established his home in
Detroit, where he secured a position with the Vinton
Company, manufacturers of store and interior finishes.
He continued a valuable employe of the house for fifteen
years and in 1899 resigned his position and entered the
employ of the Verbiest Manufacturing Company, manu-
facturers of bar fixtures. He remained with that con-
cern until 1904, when he established the John H. Buekers
Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of store and
office fixture and cabinet work, conducting business at
648 Gratiot avenue in a small way. By 1907 the business
had grown to such proportions that it was necessary to
secure larger quarters and a new location was obtained
at 931 Catherine street, where the company has an excel-
lent plant equipped with modern machinery, from thirty-
five to fifty people being employed in the factory. Mr.
Buekers is the president of the company, with Robert G.
Hartman as vice president, Gus W. Hartman as secretary
and Charles P. Klose as treasurer.
On the 12th of January, 1886, Mr. Buekers was married
to Miss Mary Sunderman of Detroit, daughter of Joseph
Sunderman. They have become the parents of seven
children: John H., the eldest of the family, born in May,
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1887, is a graduate of the Detroit the da and is now in
business with his father He is married and has three
children, Betty, Frances and J^raes Loretta is a high
school graduate; Henrietta also attended the pubhc and
high schools; Mary received similar educational training
Joseph was a member of the Signal Corps of the United
States anay and was- one of the first sent to France
remaining overseas for seven months Henry and Louis
who is now with the American Bod> Companv of Detroit
Mr. Buekers' interests center in his home and familj
His carefully directed activitie" in his manutaeturmg
enterprises have brought substantial results and toda> he
has an extensive trade that makes hi" busmesa one of the
important and successful productive industries of Detroit
ANDREW BACHLE a man of high pt foiaional it
tainments and large responsibilities figures conapi u
ously in industrial circles of Detroit as thief engineer
and designer of the Pu^e Motor Cir Company m
which connection he is adding to the eity s prestige
as the great automobile manufaetnimg center of the
world. Ohio claims him as one of her natnt soni for
his hirth occurred in Norwalk that state, on the ^7th
of February, 1866. His parents were Andrew and Eva
(Grimmer) Bachle, the former ot whom wii born in
the province of Alsace Lorraine Prance while the lat
ter was a native of the Bnckeje state As t boj the
father came to the United fttatts with his parents
who settled in Ohio, and after completing hia ednea
tion he served an apprenticeship to the carpenter s
trade, auhsequently htcoming a successful buillmg
contractor and continuing active al<ng tliat line until
his demise. The mother has also passe 1 awaj and
their family numbered fi\L children of whom the
fir.5t-born, Alexander, died m August, 1921 Those
who survive are; Prank Louis Llara and \ndreft
In the acquirement of an education M!r Baihle at
tended the grammar and high schools of Nornalk
Ohio, after which he entered the Northwestern Lni
versify of Evanston, Illinois from whicl he was gridu
ated in 1860 on the completion of a coursi, in
mechanical engiULenng He then became a traveling
representative for the Webster Manufacturing Com
pany of Cleveland, Ohio engaging in selling anl in
stalling machinery, and followed thit line of work
until ISOi, when he came to Detroit iS eliiof engineer
for the Reliance Motor Truck Companj being occupied
n des gn ng perfe t ng and bu Id ng n otor trucks for
tl at e rporat on unt 1 1909 Jn that year he became
h of eng neer for the Pa go Detro t Moto Car Com-
I an wh 1 pos t on he has s nee fillel and has de-
t gne 1 mo t of the n otors and superv sed the building
f the cars s oe the facto v has been proluc ng cars
n tl s tj for general d str but on H s attention
s con entrate 1 upon th s work and each vear his
ngen o s bra n has pro luoed ome ne v feature which
h B contr bute 1 toward mat ng the f a ge Detroit ears
models of perfection and elegance, occupying a position
of supremacy in the motor world of today.
\t \orwalk Olio on the 21st of June 1399, Mr
Bathle was united m marrnge to Miss Mary C Smith
a daughter < f Mr and Mrs P J Smith prominent
residents of that city and thcj have three ch Idren
Anna a natie of A Irian Michigan and a graduate
ot one, of the high sd ools of Detroit Carl, who was
also born at Adriin and is now a student at Notre
Dame Unn ersity and Frances, who was bom m
Detroit and is attending the public sol ools Mr
Bachle has never become identihed with ani social
or fraternal organizations and when not occupied with
the cares of business he finds his greatest enrolment in
the eocietj of his family who reside m an attractive
home at No 1409 Boston boulevard one of the most
beautiful residential districts ot Detroit Mr Bachle
is re ognized as one f America s foremost automutue
engineers and his life history constitutes a notable ex
amfle of brill ai t achievement resulting from in
title of a self made man more to be eniied than the
dnidual effort and such a recrd makes the An erican
inherited honors of rovilty
JOHN H BEHNKE secretin if the Detroit Sulphite
Pulp & Paper Ctmpan\ was bom m London Ontario
Julj 25 1S76 his parents being John Henrv and Lcuise
Aim (Green) Behijte both of whom came to the new
world from Europe in earU hfe and settled in London
Ontario The father took up agricultural pursuits near
that place and continued to engage in farming there until
his death The mother is still li\mg In their family
were ten children
John H Behnke who was the ninth in order of birth
was reared in the vicimt'\ of London and there attended
the pubhc schools and the Collegiate Institute after
which he entered the London Business Institute and thus
acquired a thorough business edutation He afterwards
became an emploie of the &cott*'n &. DiUon Company
and still later was with the Michigan Drug Company
His nejit position was with the Detroit Sulphite Paper
Company with which be became associated in 1905
obtaining a clerical position in the office He won rapid
promotion as hia abihtj developed for he closely apphed
himself to his task in order to gain an mtimatc knowledge
of the trade and win advancement. In the course of time
he became one of the stockholders and was elected secre-
tary which position he now fills. The Detroit Sulphite
Paper Company was reorganised under the name ot the
Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Company, and is thus
conducting a large business, constituting one of the
important productive industries of Detroit.
On the 10th of July, 1901, Mr. Behnke was married to
Miss Ida Nell Papst of this city, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Papst. They have one child, Louise Ann, bom
July 25, 1902. She is a graduate of the Detroit Central
high school. Mr. Behnke is a member of the Detroit
Automobile Association. He has never been a club man
nor active in political circles, preferring always to con-
centrate his efforts and attention upon hia privat<; business
interests. He is indeed a self-made man, having worked
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his way steadily upward sinpp starting out in the 1
world, and the qualities which have won his success have
been industry, determination and thorough reUability.
LOUIS J. MAHOSKA. A native son o£ Detroit and a
member of one o! its pioneer families, Louis J. Maroaka is
now serving as vice president and general manager of the
Stuart Foundry Company, in which connection he is
contributing to the industrial development of the city.
He is a son of John Louis and Henrietta (Henning)
Maroska, natives of Germany, who were married in that
i^ountry, whence they emigrated to the United States,
ostahlishing their home in Detroit fifty-five years ago,
during the pioneer period in the development of the city.
Mr. Maroska acquired his education in the pubhe
schools of the city and later completed a course in the
Detroit Business University. His initial business expe-
rience was obtained as a clerk in the foundry of Frederick
Kahl, and capably performing each task assigned him, he
won advancement to positions of greater importance and
responsibility until he was at length made secretary and
office manager, serving in those capacities from March,
1903, until August, 1918. In September of that year he
became associated with Governor Groesbeck in the pur-
chase of the Stuart Foundry, owned by Johnson Stuart,
and they organized the Stuart Foundry Company, of
which A. J. Groesbeck was made president, l/ouis J.
Maroska, vice president and general manager, and A. W.
Sempliner, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Maroska thoroughly
understands all phases of the busiaess and this practical
knowledge, combined with his sound judgment and keen
insight, has enabled him so to direct the affairs of the
company that its trade has enjoyed a steady growth and
the business has already hecome one of large extent.
Mr Maroska married Miss Clara Albright and they have
I ecome the parents of a daughter Madehne Hin polit
il allegiance is given to the republican parl\ and for
retreation he turns to \achting and fishing He h i
n ember of the Detroit Automobile Club md is also i
Mason belonging 1 1 Detroit Lodge No 2 F i \ M
ind to Shadukiam Grotto being m the first class He is
an enterpnsmg and prf^ressive bu'siness man who is
d serving of great iredit for the wccess which he has
^.ttained for it hai been won entirely through merit and
ability, and that his life has been an exemplary one in all
respects is indicated in the fact that those who have
known him from boyhood to the present time entertain
for him the highest regard and esteem.
CHARLES J. MARCINKIEWICZ, D. D. S. One of
the leading younger members of the dental profession in
Detroit is Dr. Charles J, Marcinkiewicz. He was born
in Buffalo, New York, on the 4th of November, 1892, a
son of Nikodem and Victoria Marcinkiewicz. He was
one of ten children born to their union.
In the acquirement of his early education Charles J.
Marcinkiewicz attended the public schools of Buffalo
and in due time enrolled in the Orchard Lake Preparatory
School at Orchard Lake, Michigan. From 1915 to 1918
he was a student in the University of Michigan and was
active in campus affairs as a member of Delta Sigma
Delta fraternity. In September, 1918, Dr. Marcinkiewic*
put all personal interests aside and enlisted as a private
in the Dental Officers Training Corps. On the 9th of
November, 1918, he was commissioned a first lieutenant
and he was in service until January of the following \ear
when he received his honorable discharge Returning to
Michigan, he located in Detroit for the practice of hii
chosen profession and established his present office at
5359 Chene street. He is one of the younger members
of the profession in this city and is achieving substantial
success, enjoying a lat^e and steadily increasing patron-
age. He is a member of the National Dental Aanocntion
Michigan State Dental Societv and the First District
Dental Society, and through membership in these orgamza
tions he keeps in touch with the advance being made by
eminent members of the profes-iion throughout the
country.
On the 16th o£ June, 1919 oi curred the marriage of
Dr. Marcinkiewicz to Miss Chirlotte Trondowski and to
them one son, Charles J., Jr h'*s been born Mrs
Marcinkiewicz is well known m club and social circlei
and is a woman of much culture and refinement
Politically Dr. Marcinkiewicz gi^es his allegiance to the
republican party but the honors and emoluments of office
have no attraction for him He is affiliated with the
local ausiUary of Delta Sigma Delta and he likewise
holds membership in Pulaski Poat of the American
Legion. Dr. Marcinkiewicz has alreadj attained a ereilil^
able position in professional circles for one of his ^ears
and the future undoubtedly holds for him still greater
WILLIAM SHERMAN BLAKESLEE, an alert, pro-
gressive and sagacious business man, is president of the
Bcniteau Construction Company and also of the firm of
Oldenkamp & Blakeslee and is recognized as one of the
leading building contractors of Detroit, being at the head
of important and extensive interests. He was bom in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the 11th of June, 1885, and
is a son of Charles S. and Annie (Young) Blakeslee, the
former also a native of the Wolverine state, while the
latter was born in Canada. The father was a successful
building contractor of Grand Rapids, contributing in sub-
stantial measure to the upbuilding and improvement of
that city, in which his demise occurred. The mother
stall makes her home in Grand Rapids. In their family
were four children: Mrs. Pearl Hampton, who is a resi-
dent of Los Angeles, California; Archie, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan; Charles, who is living in Detroit; and William S.
Mr. Blakeslee acquired his education in the grammar
and high schools of his native city and his initial business
experience was obtained under the able instruction of his
father, with whom he was associated until the demise ot
the tatter in 1910, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the
building and contracting business. For four years there-
after he continued to conduct the interests established by
his father and then decided to seek a larger field of opera-
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tions, establishing hie residence in Detroit in 1914. He
at once entered commercial circles of this city, becoming
a member of thfe firm of Oldenkamp & Blakeslee, of which
he is president, and they have erected many fine apart-
ments and residences here, having established an enviable
reputation as building contraetors, owing to their excel-
lent work and their reliability and integrity in all business
transactions. Mr. Blakeslee is also president of the
Beniteau Construction Company and in the conduct of
his business affairs he displays energy, foresight and
marked executive ability.
At Grand Eapids, Michigan, on the 22d of July, 1905,
was solemnized the marriage of WiUiam S. Blakeslee and
Miss Hazel Shannessy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Shannessy, well known and highly respected residents of
that city. To this union have been bom three children:
Ruth whose birth occurred at Grand Rapido in 1906 and
who IS now a high ichcd student m Detroit Marion who
wa« born m Grand Eapids in 1912 and is attendmg the
public schools and 'Vl ilham & Jr also a native of thit
cit\ his natal year being 1914 He is likewise a public
school pupil
In addition to his city residence Mr Blakeslee is the
owner of a beautiful country home at Sprmg Lake Miehi
gan which is greatly enjoyed b> the tamdj during the
summer months He is a member of the Spring Lake
and Lochmoor Country Club'i and the Fellowcraft Athletic
Club and fraternalh he i'* identified with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and with the Masons belon^mg
to the lodge at Grand Rapida while his political allegiance
IS given to the republican partj His close application
unremitting energy and earnest study of the building
1 usinesR have brtught him to the front in his chosen line
of aptiiit> and nhile attaining individual prosperity he
hai also been a factor in the impro\ ement and ad Drnment
of the cit\ with which he has allied his interests
FLOYD W EOBISON consulting and research
ehemjst of Detroit is a native son of Miuhigan his
birth having oeeurred m Monroe eountv his parents
being Wesley ind Eacl ael (Farley) Robison The
flther WIS a add er < f the E ghth Ne t "iork Heavy
ArtiUerj during tl e Civil war and was wounded in
battle but survn ed his mjnries and lived to the year
1917
Floid W Robison spent hs lo^hool and jouth
under the j-irental roof uid liberal educational ad
vantages were accorded him He wis graluateJ from
the Michgan Agnoultnral College with the olass ot 1898
and later took up commercial chemical work wh ch
he followed from 1899 unt 1 1902 In the latter j ear
he became chemist in the Michigan Eiper mental
Station of the Un ted States Department of Agn
culture and filled tl at position until 190j when he
betame state analyst for the f od and drug department
Dunng tie J ears 1908 1909 and 1910
postgraJuate work in chemistry at the ti
of Michigan and in every possible way le
advanced in hia profession his un vers ti w rk
hia private study bringing him to a place of profes-
Bional prominence. During these years, numbering
six, he was a chief food and drug inspection chemist
in collaborative work with The Bureau of Chemistry
under Dr. H. W. Wiley. It was in this capacity as
state analyst of Michigan and chemist for the United
States Department of Agriculture that he came into
special prominence through his experiments and re-
searches on benzoate of soda in food products and his
consequent strong stand in ^uj port of Dr. Wiley. In
l**!! he established the tood an! organic department
of the Detroit Testing Laboratorj a corporation, and
later became its vice president He does general re-
search and analytical work along physiological ohem-
iial hues for manufactirtrs jobbira and distributors
and the trade in general
Mr Eobison is a member of tl e American CI pm
ical Society the Detroit Chemist the Exchange Club
the Ingleside Club and the Old Colony Club His
activities however are not limited by his connection
with the Detroit Testing Laboratory for he is preai
dent of the Floi 1 W Eobi^on Company and president
of the Cultured Coffee Company of America The
former was organiZLd to develop and exploit a patent
I roceas for treating coffee the method being a dis
covetv of Mr Robison which he patented The Gul
tured Coffee C<nipany of America was organized to
promote the sale of cultured green coffee to the gen
eral trade Mr Eobison s patent improves the cofEte
aocentuates its flavor raises the grade and also les
sens tht cost He is a pitn r m tl is ndustry which
13 based upon his patent — a patent that involves the
treatment of green coffee with a culture of micro
organisms In the earlj spring of 1921 Mr Eobison
resigned from the Ditroit TLstmg Laboratory and
pgtablishtd thL Eol ison Laboratories Ii corporated
This new institution emphasizes the mdividualitj of
its members and is planned to establish a con'Julting
and analvtical service of a verv high order
In 1900 Mr E< bison was married to Miss Bstella
TS ard a descendant of Generil Ward of Bevolutionary
war fame The children of this marriage are Bachael
Floy James Ii- Stuart W dud Arthur Kedzie The
life reiord of Mr Eobison is one of intense interest
espe allj to men of sutntihc elueatiou He himself
la a man of ti e broadest and most liberal culture
anl the originality of his methods and tie initiative
whiLh ho has displayed have brought him a distinctive
position because ot the value of his e ntribution to
tl e world s work and progress
WILLIAM CLARK KNIGHT president of the
Knight Screw Products Company and a director of the
General Discount Corporation of Detroit is classed with
the representative and energetic joung busmess men of
the cit3 who have done much to further the development
of its manufactunng intere'its His birth occurred in
Kirwm Kansas August 13 1883 his parents being
Charles S and Lanina E (Briggst Kniglit native* of
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Massachusetts and New York, respectively. In young
manhood the father came to this state and entered the
TTniver'iity of Miehigan at Ann Arbor is a medical student
being graduated in 1878 He went to R^n'^as the follow
ng \ew and there engaged in the practice of medicine
ind ui^ry at Kirwin fDr an extended period but in his
iitir\ ears returned to Ma'tsaehusetts and i'' now a leading
ph\Bician and surgeon of Westboro Hi") wife i=i also
living Their three children are William Clark Mable J
the wife of H W L Fox of W eitboro Massachusetts and
C Lorge S deceased
In his mouthful divo William C Knight attended the
* u hing Aeadem\ it ishburnham Massachusettj- and
later continued hia education in the Um^ersit^ of Michi
gan where he pursued a full engineering course being
griduated in 1906 He started upon his professional
<areer as an inspector of dredging on the Detroit river
lad occupied that position for six months after which he
I ec^me connected with the engineering dep'jrtment of the
Bath Iron W orks o£ Bath Maine there remaining for
wo and a half ^ ears at the end of which time he accepted
T similar position with the American Shipbuilding Ctm
panj at Cleveland Ohio When a vear had nassed he re
signed to become pales engmee'- tor the Warner Instrument
Company of Cleveland, Indianapolis and Cmemnati and
held that position for four \ears He next came to
Detroit as sales engineer for the Stewart-Warner bpeedom
eter Corporation, with which he remained condueling a
most successful sales campa^n until he organized the
Knight Company in 1912 and continued to control its
affairs until 1918. He then organized the Knight t'crew
Products Company, of whi<h he is the president
On the 2d of August, 1911 Mr Knight was married to
Miss Elinor A. Puchta, a daughter of Hon George Puchta
a former mayor of Cincinnati and it one time assistant
United States treasurer. The death of Mrs Knight
occurred July 11, 1920. Two children survive Margaret
L., bom in 1915; and Frances C, bom in 1917.
Mr. Knight is a Chapter Mason and loyally follows the
leachings and purposes of the craft. Politically he sup-
ports the republican party, and his interest in the welfare
and progress of Detroit is shown in his connection with
the Board of Commerce. He belongs to the Detroit
Boat Club, also to the Michigan Club, the Detroit Auto
Club, Brooklands Golf and Country Club and the Wilder-
ness Club, and he is ^ member of the Michigan Manu
facturers Association He gives due considention to
pleasure and recreation and the forces in his life are well
balanced but while appreciative of the social amenities of
lite, he never allows these to interfere with that due
amount of attention which must be giien to business if
■success is to be attained
JOSEPH FREDERICK ADCOCK i man of resource
ful business ability marked enterprise and determination
occupies a prominent position in commercial circles of
Detroit as vice president of the W E Metzger Company
He is a native son of Detroit and was born March 11,
1879, his parents being Christopher and Annie (Easton)
Adcock, who were born in England, in which country
their marriage occurred. The father became a clerk in
the employ of the Grand Trunk Railroad Company and
the residence of the familv was maintained at Birmingham
Michigan
In the pursuit Df an education Joseph F Adcock
attended the publa sihools Zieglers Acad<m> and (he
high school at Birmingham and on laving aside his text
books he took up railroading with which he wa^ connected
for about eight ^ears 'When nineteen lears of age he
entered the bicycle business with which he has since
been identified and is thorough^ famihar with ever^
phase of the trade having worked his wa'v upward through
each department of the business He is now \ice presi
dent of the W E Metzger Company dealers in bicycles
and victrolaa and acts as manager of the \ictrola store
moat rapabl3 conducting this branch of the business
being watchful of ever> opportunity pointing to success
He IS an enterpnsing and progressive business man
whose plans are earefulh formulated and promptU
executed and his executive abihty and initiative spirit
have been important factors in the development of the
enterprise which is now one of extensile proportions
Mr Adcock was united in marrj^e to Miss Nettie May
Wright and they have become the parents of a son
1^ ilham Joseph Frederick The famih reside in an
attractive home at Hedford which 'rtands in the midst
of large grounds thus affordmg Mr Adcock ample oppor
tunit^ to mdulge in his favorite pastime gardening
He 13 also fond of aquatic sports and is an excellent
swimmer He is a talented musical artist being the
possessor of a fine tenor voice which has often been
heard to advantage in man\ of the churches of Detroit
He IS a member of the Detroit Wheelmen s Association
and the Vortex Club and fratemallj is identified with
the Masons belonging to Ashlar Lodge F & A M
and to the Grotto In all of his business affairs he has
displayed keen discernment and unfaltering enterprise
and the years have marked his progress along lines which
lead to success. In commercial circles of the city his
standing is of the highest and in all matters of citizenship
his influence is on the side of advancement and improve-
RICHARD M. BOURKE, a native son of Detroit and
a representative ot one of the honored pioneer families
of the citj IS a member of the firm c f Bourke & Hotchkiss,
dealers in high grade bonds with offices in the Union
Trust bull Img He represents the third generation of
the famih in Detroit and was born June 29, 1892, his
parents being Michael and Mar> M. (Nester) Bourke,
who are also natives of this citv m which their parents
settled at an earlv period in its development. For many
J ears the father was prommentU identified with the
lumber business in Detroit and is now living retired,
being one of the best known and most highly respected
residents of the cit^ The mother is also living. Seven
children were bom to their union but only four are living,
namely: Thomas N., Francis H., Frederick A. and
Richard M,
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Mr. Bourke attended the grammar schooK and tlie
Central high school of Detroit, from which he was gr^d
uated at the age of seventeen, and he then became a,
student in the Um^ersitv of Michigan Subsequently
he devoted his attention to joumahsm for about tix \ eari
being connected with leading dallies of Detroit after
which he became identified with the bond brokerage
house of Keane, Higbie & Company. Following the entry
of this country into the World war he enlisted as a seaman
in the Detroit Naval Reserves and won promotion to
the office of quartermaster, while later he was made m
ensign. He was assigned to the U. S. Cruiser D Kalb
on which he remained until discharged from the service
in 1919, and then returned to Detroit, entering the emploj
of Keane, Higbie & Company. He was afterward con
nected with the brokerage firm of Merrill, Lynch & Com
pany and on the 15th of October, 1921, entered financial
circles on his own account, forming a partnership with
Andrew D. Hotchkiss, a well known business man of
this city. Their interests are conducted under the style
of Bourke Hotchkiss & Company and they spec al ze n
h gh grade bonds Both oung men are thoro ghlv
exper enced n financ al matters and are rap dl buildu g
up a good el cntele owing to their enterpris ng methods
and u quest oned integr ty m al! bus ness tranaact ons
Mr Bourke s a recognized author ty n h s 1 ne of work
and IS professor of finance at tl e Un ver ty of Detro t
The republ can pirty finds m Mr Bourke a sta ch
advocate and 1 e is a commun cant of the Roman Cathobc
cl rch He is connected with the Bond Men s Club and
s also a popular men ber of the Detro t Racq et and Curl
ng Club He 3 a young man of resolute spir t and
narked trengtl of 1 aracter whose untrng nd "stry
ntell gentis d re ted efforts and laudable an I t o have
been strong elements n h s growing success and he
worth 1 bears a name that has long been an honored
one m tl e annah of th s c t
W \LTBR BUHL In tl e c v c nd con mere il h s
t r f Ihe c tj 0 D tro t no ti n Ij name ata da
f o th n ore 1 r 11 antly than thit of B hi It ha
for many j ears represented the h ghest type of b
nes9 ab 1 ty and v e patr ot sn and b asso ated n
the n nds of the peojle w th man mp rtant steps to
the greiter development of the C t of the Stca ts
From before the t me of the C v I vac n fa t hack
n the early li story of Detro t at tl e t me of the
irr val of Fred r ck Buhl July 28 1833 there van
t ■jTcely a s n„l mo ement for tl o publ o welfare
that d d not ! a e conne ted v. th t tha name of Bui 1
\t the outbreak of the war of the rebell on Mr Enhl
stood forth prom nently as one of the most patr ot c
e t aens of tl e republ e ^^o t las ome down from
father to son Walter Buhl now deceased oarr ed
t tie trad t ons of h a fam Iv and endeared him
self to the people
He wis born n Detro t J It 2') ISi'i the second
son of Freder ck and Mit !da (Beatty) Buhl He at
tended school n Detro t and ifter yard took a
course m in eistern ac,idein\ ifter gra iuitmg from
the littur institution he went abroad for a year and
a half ■which le spent in traveling oier continental
Europe Returning to Detroit he entered the hat
ind fur hi smess with his father continuing m that
line ot commerce until his deith Before his tather
passed away young Mr Buhl bought him out and
t! e firm wis known as the Walter Buhl Company
Afterwird this wis changed to Walter Buhl & Com
panv The firm was made up outside of the Buhl
interests of trustworthy emploj es and many of the
men now engaged in the furrier business m Detroit
leamet their trade in the store of the Buhls at 158
Jefferson avenue where a minufietirng and whole
sale business was earned on The firm also had a re
tail store it tl e corner of Congress street and Wood
Wiltur Bi hi retired trom active business about ten
years before his death and spent some time in Call
forma for his health He passed away March 13
I'ilO and a bur ed n Woo dliwn cemetery He was
one of the harter a en hers of the "So nj, Men s Chr s
t an Ass at on and as a d rector there f took much
nt rest n the progress of the organ zat on He was
also deeply ntereatol n re! g ons n atters and an
act ve woiker n the Fort Street Prestvter an hureh
of wl eh he was an ho ored men her and respected
deacon He w s als greatly nte rested n Sunday
scl ool w rk Mr B hi was a 1 f e n en ber of the
Detro t Boit H b the Detro t L ght Guird and the
Detro t Golf Club He wis a member of the Chan ber
of Con n eree dur ng the pain v di a of that organ za
t on and took n uch nterest n c c de elopn ent In
pol t s he yas strongly repull cm but 1 ke 1 n mber
of other pron nent bus ness men ref sed to accept
my p bl c offl 0 He wis a great 1 on e man and a
lo er of J, ed books w th the result that 1 e spent nost
f 1 s spare t me 1 h s wn fires d
it Now Br ghton Pennsjivan a Mar h 4 18 he
was un ted n marr ag to M ss Elc n r Bradtoid
1 ugl ter of Benjam n Rush and Marg ret (Canjbell)
Brilford No ch Mr n result d from tl s un on Mrs
Buhl 8 father was from Ph ladelph a and her mother
ame from Pe nsyhan a sto k Both fim 1 es were
old and pr m nent n the Keystone state dat ng f om
ante olon 1 t n es Mrs Buhl as hor at New
Br ghton Pen sylvan a ml s a descendant n the
se enth generit on fr m W II am Bndford a nit e
ot Le eestersl re who ame to An er ca the si p
Welcome n IbS w tl W II am Penn W 11 am
B idford WIS the first pr nter n Penns Iva a In
lb<>3 he removed to New lork wlere 1725 le
pr nted the New "iork Gazette the first ne spaper
n the colony Three jeirs later he helped lu Id the
first paper n II n North Amer ea A great greit
uncle of Mrs Buhl was the first attorney generll
of the I nted Stites unler George Wash ngton thus
be ng a men ber of the cab net of the Father of
Our C untr SI e s a member of the Colo al
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Dames, of the Daughters of the American Kevolution,
and of the Fort Street Presbyterian church, and for
thirtvfi\e J ears has been connected with the Protes
tant Orphan Aay]um and tor many years has been oup
ot the trustees
Jn speiking of Walter Buhl this fine type of \m(r
leiu pitizei after lis dimiae the Michigan PresI >
terian a. church paper says Wilter B ihl wis i
geiit](man of the oil school with a gift of fnendsl ip
of thi, fintr kinl and the eracimis c,ourtes es wl cl
bestow upon niLre atquamtance the genuine pleasure
of friendship Such was our friend for many i ears
deacon in the Fort Street Presbyterian thur h a
charter member of the loung Men s Christian Associa
tion and alwlvs keenh interested m its motives
and its methods He gave to his of&ce administration
his detailed thought and study Pew men ever felt
more deeply the responsibility f trust in conser^ ing
and trust in adrainistenng i. deacon s fund H s
father tor years was an elder in the Fort Street Pres
bvterian churih the son inl erited anl learnel well
his lofty reverences He died Sun la} March IStl
at Grace Hospital ifter an operation from which
the promise was for speedy anl ^uicessful reio^erj
His pastor had been leputed on the da^ before h^
the ses3ion to convej their greetings and well wishes
and to bear their request for consent from him to name
him to succeed himself as deaion in the Fort Street
Presbyterian church the following Wednesday It
was 1 messagL if oil from % love heard by St John
lie Diwne ^n 1 tl eir wtrks do follow them
C \ WATER'' president of the firm of G A Waters
A Son dealers in agneultural implements has displayed
in his business career both forcefulness and resourcefulness
and bj readj adaptabilitj and utdization of the oppor
tunities which have come to him has won for himself
an enviable place in the commercial circles of the cit\
Michigan mimbers him among her native sons, his birth
having occurred in Oakland county, September 26, 1845,
his parents being John and Mary J. (Allen) Waters, the
former a native of the state of New York, while the latter
was born in Connecticut. The father came to Detroit in
1829, when there was but a small settlement on the site of
the present fourth city ot the Union. While a resident
of New York state he enlisted in the United States navy
and served in that connection from his sixteenth to bis
twenty-first year. Afterward he learned the blactsmith s
trade. He subsequently located on a farm in Oakland
Michigan, and continued to work at his trade in connection
with general tarmmg He passed away upon that place
in 1SS3 at the age of seventh three jears while his wife
survived until 1895 and had reached the age of eighty
seven jears -it the time of her demise In their fanuli
were si\ children of whom onli three are livmg the
daughters being Mrs Sarah W Fuller a resident of
Birmingham Michigan and Hattie hving in Detroit
The tnh surviving son ts G A Watir who attended
the pubhc schools of "ipsiUnti Miihigan ind after pur
suing his high school course there continued bis education
in the Ypsilanti Academy Then when his textbooks
were put aside he concentrated his attention upon the
work of the farm and continued there untU 1*88 when he
decided to embark in business on his own account In
that lear he came to Detroit and organized the firm of
C \ Waters &. Son for the conduct of an agricultural
implement busmess The beginning was little more
than an experiment but as the years have passed the
buamess has grown to be one of the most extensive and
important in this section of the state and is probably
the Hrgest in Detroit They are sole agents tor the
Wiard plcws in Michigan and for other agricultural
implements ot standard make and they haie large sales
of twine and other thmgs that are needed in connection
with farm work
On the 1st of \ugust 1S67 Mr Waters was married
to Miss Hinna Rote of Detroit who was born at Grosse
lie and is a daughter of Robert Rote The three ehddren
of this marriage are Judd R who was lorn in Oakland
county m 1S6& and married Charlotte Cross of Detroit
Merlin J who was born in Oakland county in 1874 and
wedded Carrie Daley ot Detroit bj whom he has three
children Barbara Katherme and Mervin J and George
L who was born m Oakland coiintj in 1878 and for
seventeen years has been an employe of the Detroit
So]va\ Process Company He mimed Miss Maude
Elhs and they have four children Mable S Lucian Ellis
C eorgie Hannah and John Allen The two eldest sons
are in business with their father and the famih record
IS one of which the parents have ever> reason to be proud
Mr Wit^rs gives his political endorsement tD the
demccritit party and fraternilh is i Mason having
taken the degrees of the blue lodge and ctuncil He
belongs to the Detroit Board of Commerce and to the
Citizens L( ague assocntions that indicate his deep
interest in the welfare and upbuilding of the city. While
he has passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey
he still remains an active factor in the world's work,
continuing to give much attention to the business which
he eBtablished many years ago and which has grown to
be one of the substantial commercial interests of Detroit.
While he has pajised the Psalmist's span of threescore
years and ten indolenci and idleness have no part m
his nature and his activities should put to shame manv
ft man of less resolute spirit who grown weary of the
struggles and trials of buEiness life and ot the close appli
eation so necessary to success would relegate to others
the buriiens that he should bear Mr Waters has ever
fullj borne his part and has ever enjoyed to the fullest
extent the esteem and confidence of those with whom
business association hue brought him in contact
8. J. LASSALINE, M. D. Although he has not yet
reached the thirtieth milestone on life's journey Dr.
S. J. Lassaline has already gained a well estabhshed
position in medical circles of Detroit, with which he has
been identified since 1916, and is devoting his attention
to the general practice of his profession. He was born
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on the GanjdiaD ~ide of the Detrtit ri^er at bandwieh
in the province of Ontario January 22 1893 a son of
Eugene ind Anna f Murphy) La^aahne in whoie famih
were eight children He attended a prnate sehocl in
■sandwich and in 1911 entered the Detroit College of
Medicine frtm nhich he was gr'iduated in 1115 after
ttird spending a \ear as interne at St Mary s Hoapital
in nhioh connection he gained valuable practieal ex
ptrience In 1916 he opened a suite of offices it Nos
509-11 in the Divid Whitne\ building of Detroit while
he 19 at present located at No 1718 in the 'ame b uldmg
He 15 thoroughly familiar with the scientific basis upon
whi h his work rests and is correct in the application of
his knowledge to the needs of his pitients He h-is
ne\er lost the attitude of a fctiident tcward his profess on
and through constant readinj? and close stud\ of the cases
which come under his care is continually broadening hs
kn « ledge and promoting his efficiency HiB attention
IS (oncentrated upon his professional work and his practice
H I Urge and growing one
A brother of Dr Lossaline Dr W J Lassalme is en
giged in the practice of dentistrj laaintaining an office
at the comer of Dix and Junction avenues m this cit>
md he is also meeting with success in his professional
activities Dr Lassaline of this review resides at No
43'i Antoinette street and his pohtical suppcrt is given
to the men and measures of the republican part\ His
professional relations are with the Wayne Count j and,
Michigan State Medical Societies and the American
Medical Asisociation With progrpss as his watchword
he keeps in touch with the adi ancement that is constantly
1 eing made ra medical science and his enterprif* and
al ility are bringing him rapdh to the frDnl in hi pro
fcs J n
TILIUS ( HINZ The mm fT ti r ig nier sfs ot
Detr it t I ud a worthj re] resentitive in Julius C
Hin? wl 0 cime to the front m industml eirclts
thr ugh the development ot his iti\entiona of mdua
Ir al tuni ps F«r n an-\ -(ears he manufi tured fur
niees of this cla's and hia nime became well kn<wn
throighout the country in that connection His b isi
1 ess ipcrations were earned on under the st>le of the
Bellevue Industrial Furnace Company, of which he was
the president.
Mr. Hinz was born in Germany, September 27, 1872,
and was a son of Leopold and Louise (Peters) Hinz,
who were likewise natives of Germany, where they
spent their lives. The father was a manufacturer and
engaged in the jobbing business in his native country.
Both he and Lis wife have passed aw;i. ,
Julius C. Hinz was a pupil in a military academy
from his ninth to his fourteenth year, after which he
became associated with his stepfather in the china
decorating business and was thus employed for four
years. His own father passed out of life when he was
seven years old. When a youth of eighteen he deter-
mined to come to America, for the favorable reports
which he had heard coiioerning the new world and
it-f opportunities awakened in him i strcng desire to
beiome a resident of the United States f rossing the
Athnfic he tock up his alole in Detroit nl after a
short period begin business on his own account His
stud^ anl experience resulted m the indention of a
cbinj, kiln which he patented and he also patented
what was known as the Excelsior and Perfection Kiln
Continuing his work in this bno he perfected and
patented tl e process for the photographing on china
which has since become generally used thro ighrut the
world Not only did he patent these various valuable
devices but he also began the manufacture of his
inientions and later developed a lusmeas that included
tl e manufacture of industrial furnaces of all kinds
widely used in industrial plants everywhere In 1906
he patented the [.erte tion kiln and trom that time on
gaie his attention to the manufactire of industrial
furnaces and kilns Tl e business w
m 1010 under the name of the Belleiui
pan> and in lIlS tho e
trial Furnace Compai
IS incorporated
J Furnace Com
ipai > bought up the Indus-
md changed the i
Belle\UL, Industrial Furnace Company, of which Mr.
Hinz beiane the president treasurer and manager.
The company enplojs fifty people and the business has
become one of extensile proportions. Mr. Hinz re-
mained at the head of the undertaking until his death
and made tl is one of the important productive in-
dustries of the citj The business is now conducted
b\ his sons Walter E and Erich
In Detroit on tl e 19th ot May 1895, was celebrated
tl L marriage of Julius C Ilmz and Miss Augusta
Shrock Thcj beuame the parents of four children;
Certrule L who was born m I etrojt in March, 1896;
Waltir E born in December 18<>" who pursued his
education m the Detroit high aihool and Detroit Busi-
ness Universiti after which he joined his father in
business Erich wl wai burn m June, 1901, and has
completed the high school course aad Clara, whose
birth ccurred in April, 1904 ind is attending the De-
troit high school
Mr Hinz was a member of the Metal Manufacturers
Association also of the Detroit Board of Commerce and
the Detroit Gun Club He belonged to the Masonic
lodge and attained the thirty-second degree of the
Scottish Kite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine he crossed the sands of the desert. He be-
longed as well to the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks and was highly esteemed by these fraternities,
while his position in business circles was an enviable
one, his course at all times commanding for him the
respect, confidence and goodwill of all who knew him.
He was called to his final rest on the 23rd of July,
1929.
ANDREW D. HOTCHKISS. Coming to Detroit in
1919, Andrew D. Hotchldsa has already won a well es-
tablished position in financial circles of the city and
is now junior member of Hotchkiss & Company, invest-
ment brokers, who are rapidly coming to the front in their
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fhosen field of operation. He was born at Miilerton,
New York, December 26, 1895, and is a son of Frank A.
and Frances (Gillette) Hotchkiss, natives ot Sharon, Con-
necticut. A member of this family became the inventor
of the Hotchkiss rifle, which was extensively used by the
government in the World war, aad its representatives have
also figured prominently in educational eirdes Frank
A. Hotchkiaa ia a well known and highly respected financier
of New York city and Miilerton, being an officer and direc-
tor of several prominent banking houses of the eastern
metropolis, while for the past thirty years he has been
president of the Miilerton National Bank, and he is also
connected with other important business interests, being
■i man of marked executive ability, enterprise and deter-
mination Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss have become the
parents of eight children : Frederick Augustus, who resides
in New Itork; Edward Gillette, of St. Louis, Missouri;
Berkeiej Benjamin, Eeed Huntington and Andrew
Dwight all residents of Detroit ; Asahel August, of Wash-
ington, D. C; Mrs. Hamlin Andrus, of Yonkers, New
York; and Miss Dorothy Guernsey Hotchkiss of New
York city.
Andrew D. Hotchkiss acquired his education in the
public schools of Miilerton, New York, and the Hackley
Preparatory School at Tarrytown, that state, while later
he attended the Hotchkiss School at Lake viUe, Connecti-
cut. After completing his studies he entered the employ
of the Bankers Trust Company of New York city, with
which he remained for two years, and then enlisted for
service in the World war, joining the United States navy,
beii^ assigned to the U. S. S. Winchester, which acted as
convoy to troop ships crossing the Atlantic. He remained
on the Winchester until discharged from the service on
the 14th of February, 1919, with the rank of junior lieu-
tenant, and on the 1st of March ot that year came to
Detroit, entering the bond house of Keane, Higbie &
Company, with which he was connected until the 15th of
October, 1921, when he formed a partnership with
Richard M. Bourke, an enterprising young business man
of this city. They are ambitious, energetic and progres-
sive young men who are thoroughly informed concerning
the value of investments in various lines and their strict
integrity in all business matters is rapidly winning for
them the confidence and support of the public.
In pohties Mr Hotchkiss maintains an independent
attitude and he is a valued member of the Bond Men a
Club being also identifaed with the Country and Racquet
Clubs Alert ready for ftn\ (hance for advancement and
equally ready to meet any emergenc\ he I'f steadily
advancmg toward the goal of "succeis His standing in
business circles of the citj h of the higheat and his fine
persona! qualities have won for him the respect and
e teem of all nith whom he has been a ^sociated
THOMAS WILLIAMSON, well known in Detroit's
business circles and ranked with the representative citizens
here, is now successfully devoting his time and attention
to real estate and investments. He was born at Dundas,
Ontario, October 5, 1851, his parents being John and
Elizateth (Cann) Williamson, the former a native of
Biggar, Scotland, and his mother of Tiverton, in Devon-
shire, England. His grandparents crossed the Atlantic in
1821 with their respective families before the era of steam-
boat navigation. After enduring many pioneer hardships
they located at Whitby, Canada, in which vicinity they
continued to hve until called to their reward. His parents,
early in their wedded life, located at Simeoe, Norfolk
county, Ontario, where thej resided for many years and
reared their family of fi\p children: Thomas of this re-
view, John, Robert, Annie T , and Agnes L. All are
resident* of Detroit For a number of years prior to
their demise hia parents lived happily in Detroit, sur-
rounded by their children and a wide circle of friends.
Thomas Williamson obtained his education in the public
schools of Simeoe and early in his sixteenth year became
a student of the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College
of Detroit, at that time located in the present Buhl block
on Griswold street and conducted by Professor J. H.
Goldsmith. At his graduation six months later he ac-
cepted a position as tutor in the primary department of
this College. He resigned this position several months
later to accept a bookkeeper's position with Jacob Beeson
& Company, one of the leading commission houses of the
city, remaining there for five years. After several months
in the grain and produce business at Columbia City,
Indiana, he removed to Chicago and accepted a position
in the business ofiice of the job printing department of
the Chicago Evening Journal. While in this employ he
became conversant with all the details of the Show Print-
ing business, which was then in its infancy, together with
a knowledge of the general prmting industry, which
enabled him to secure the management of the job printing
department of the Detroit Free Press in 1884. Shortly
after he assumed this position a separate organization
was formed to feature the Show Printing business and
further extend the railroad and general job printing de-
partments. This organization, known as the Detroit
Free Press Printing Company, soon achieved a national
reputation for the excellence of the work furnished the
theatrical profession for display advertising. Mr. Wil-
liamson was made treasurer and manager of this company
at its organization, which position he retained for over
thirty years. The success attending this organization
induced him and his brother Robert, a well known and
able assistant from its inception, to purchase the business
when the present owners of the Detroit Free Press bought
that property. After four years ot continued success
they decided to retire from the printing business and suc-
ceeded in making a very advantageous disposal ot the
plant The Detroit Free Press Printing Company then
went out of existence, after thirty-four years of well mer-
ited and continuous success. He and his brother, Robert,
then turned their attention to the development of some
real estate they had acquired in Springwells and making
other investments, in which they have been highly suc-
cessful and still continue to care tor.
On the 24th ot September, 1878, Mr. Williamson mar-
ried Miss Emma Carter, daughter of Henry Carter of
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SiDQCoe Norfolk t >utitj Ontiro Th(^h^dbecn (h-nl
mates in joiith *nd their eirly friendship md regard
found its consummation m marriage The> have two
children both born m Chicago The son John C now
of Mmneapohs Mmnesota married Mias Helen Welton
of Detroit Their daughter Ethel & w the wife of
Robert B Robertson of this eitv The children attended
the publiL schools of Detroit the son later graduating from
the University of Michigan
Mr TV dhamsoncontmues active in business due largely
to a well balanced life his great love of outdoor activities
and thirty hve jears residente during the summer
months in an attractive -Bellequippedhome with pleasant
Burroundingi at Grosse Le Mthigai' He nas the
organiser and for a number of 'veara President of the
Detroit Curlmg Club and tt is largely due to his activitj
and enthusiasm for this splendid sport that the game
has found so manj active devotees in this communitv
His social activities were centered in the upbuilding of
he Fellcwcraft Club m it*! eirlj di\s As treasurer of
the club for a number of years he devoted considerable
time and untiring effort m placing it among the large and
successful social organizations of the cit^ He is also
an active member of the Grosse He Cnintr> Clul a mem-
ber of Palestine Lodge F <L A M the Board of Com
merce the Ro> crofters and an hon>rar\ life member of
Detroit Lodge No 34 B P 0 1. He has at ail times
kept in touch with the trend of public thought and
progress has fully met the duties and olligations of lite
ind at the same time his cndeavjred to enjoy its manj
1 nvileges and opportunities
FDC \H G LUETIS is well kiu i ii m mmuta tuiiiit,
circles (t tins city as president (f the Ditr it 'saali
li. Door Company in which conuei-tioii lie is controlhut,
in enterprise of large extent and his present enviable
Icgree ot success is chiefly due to tlie fact that he his
ontmue 1 in the line of business whieli ho entered
\s a ^oung min gaining with the passing \cars that
I road expericncL which makes him an authoritj m
tl e field m which he specializes He was born in
Aulurn New "iork February 25 18b0 his parents
Icing Charles H an I Mary Adelaide Curtis and
(f their family two chillren are Imng, Edgar & and
\fter cnmplet ng 1 is e lucation which was acquired
in the publi s hools of his native eitv Mr Curtis
entered the emploi if tlic Dunning Company whole
ale harlware dealers of \uburn also engage 1 in
the sale of Bish and doors He started in the humble
capacity cf ofB.te bov and continued with that firm
for three Tears during which period he gained a
comprehensive knowledge of the business He then
went to Chicago Illinois where he entere 1 business
circles indtpendeuth establishing the E G Curtis
C rapan3 and he also acted as salesman for the Fame
Lumber Compam and the Moore & Galloway Lum
ber Companj, conducting his various interests very
successfully. He remained in the western metropolis
± r about twenty vears and in 1 U came to Detroit
Lrganizing the Detroit Door & Sash Company which
was incorporated m 111" with a capital stock of
twentv five thousand iollars Mr Curtis and two
sons own all (f the stock m the companj of which
le s the president, while his son, Boswell G is
act ng as vice presidsnt and treasurer and Elgar A
IS seoretarj Thev manufatture doors sash and m
teriir finish catering onb to the wholesale tralc Al
though one of the more recently established inlustries
uf the iitv the I usmess has enjoyed a rcmarkablj
rapil growth owing to Mr Curtis expert knowlelgc
thereof, his caretul supervision of everj detail of its
management and his thorough reliability in all e m
mercial transactions This is the only corporation m
Detroit engaged in this bne of 1 usmess tl at is dis
linctivelv a home institution
In 1885 Mr Curtis was united m n arriag t Miss
Came G Goodrich and thcj have become the par
cuts of three children Helen A wl o marnc I Dr
G A Fredericks and Elgar 4 acl Eoswell G who
are associated witl fheir father in business The
f amilv reside in an attra tiv e I ome at No "484 La
Salle Gardens North and they attend the Presby
lerian church Mr Curtis is a member of the Manu
facturera Asacreiation and the Detroit Board nt Com
merce and he and his sons are thirty secon 1 degree
Masons and Knights Templars exemplifying in their
daih lives the beneficent teachings of the craft His
lite from earlj boyhood has been one oi unt ring
industn and to him hia come tie crown f (Trn st
effort — success and an honored name
OTTO LUNDELL Among the vwied industries
which are important factors in the business development
of Detroit is that of the Michigan Tool Company and
much of the success of the corporation is attrihutable to
the well directed efforts and efficient service of Ott>
Lundell who is filling the position of shop manager He
IS a native of Sweden and there attended the public
schools after which he entered the Chalmers Engineering
&ehcK)l at Gottenberg from which he V.&9 graduated with
the degree of Mechanical Engineer In 1906 he emigrated
to the United 'States and making his wav to Rockford
Illinois he became foreman of the cutter department
and drawing room of the Barber Coleman Companv In
1915 he moved to Detroit and assisted in organizing the
Michigan Tool Company and since its inception has been
foreman of all shop work He possesses expert ability
as a mechanic and engineer and is well fitted for this
responsible position the excellence of the work turned cut
hj the companj being directh due to his capable super
vision and untiring efforts The shop is mDlern and
well equipped and the firm makes special reachinerv
tools and gear cutters for automobile manufacturers and
for the metal industrv generallv The companv s busi
ness has rapidly developed as the supenor quahty of its
output has become known and its trade now covers all of
the United States and also extends to Canada.
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In February, 1912, Mr. Lundell was married to Miss
Annie Erickson and they have three children; Katherine,
Arvid and Mary Louise. Mr. Lundell's political allegiance
is given to the republican party and his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Swedish Lutheran
church. He is a prominent Mason, belonging to City of
the Straits Lodge, F. & A. M.; King Cyrus Chapter,
E. A. M.; Damascus Commandery, K. T.; Michigan
Sovereign Consistory, in which he has taken the thirty-
second degree; and Moslem Temple ot the Mystic Shrine.
Throughout his career he has closely applied himself to
the work ia hand, each forward step bringing him a
broader outlook and wider opportunities. He ia a man of
high personal standing, of marked business integrity and
ability, and the list of his friends is an extensive one.
KARL SAWTELLE BETTS. Among the more recent
additions to Detroit's citizenship is numbered Karl S.
Betts, who within a comparatively short period has built
lip a large business in real estate and has already become
recognized as a leading operator in this field of activity.
He was born in Topelta, Kansas, April 10, 1892, a son of
Samuel and Cornelia (Sawfcelle) Betts, the former a native
of Iowa and the latter of Tennessee. They are now resid-
ing in Kansas City, Missouri, and the father, a man of
scholarly attainments, has become widely known as a
lecturer on criminology and religion. They have become
the parents of two children; Mrs, Myrna Trembly, whose
home is at St. Joseph, Missouri; and Karl Sawtelle.
In the acquirement of an education Mr. Betts attended
the grammar schools of Kansas City, Missouri, and the
Yeatman high school of St. Louis, that state, from which
he was graduated with honors ia 1910. He then became
a student at Northwestern University of Chicago and later
entered the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
which conferred upon him the A. B. degree in 1914.
He had taken up the study of journalism and engaged
in editorial work on the Kansas City Star, but at the end
of six months left that paper to become editor of the
Chautauqua Scout Magaaine, which became the standard
magazine for the Redpath Chautauqua circuits. In
1917 Mr. Betts enUsted in the regular army for service
in the World war and was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant. With his command he was sent overseas, partici-
pating in the offensives at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne
forest, and in the latter engagement was severely wounded
by a machine gun. He was later sent to a hospital in
Vichy and after recovering from his injuries was given
special duty, receiving his discharge in 1919, at the
expiration of twenty-four months' service. On again
taking up the life of a civilian he went to Chicago, where
he engaged in the real estate business, and upon being
advised as to the possibilities in a similar field in Detroit,
left that city at the end of tour months, arriving here in
May, 1920. He organized the Karl 8. Betts Real Estate
Company, of which he has since been the president,
and they have acquired lai^ holdings in land in Detroit
and also on the Canadian side of the river, in Windsor,
Ojibway and Sandwich, their property being valued at
several hundred thousand dollars. It is now being sub-
divided tor home and industrial purposes and a large
portion of the tract is situated near the approach to the
new international bridge connecting Windsor with De-
troit. Since its establishment the business has made
rapid strides, and in jtp operation from fifteen to thirty
salesmen are now employed. Mr. Betts has made a close
study of the real estate business and in the control of his
interests manifests foresight, energy and marked admin-
istrative abUitv, while his strict integrity and thorough
rehabihty have won for him the confidence and goodwill
of all with whom he has had commercial transactions.
On the Qth of August, 1919, at Tours, France, Mr.
Betts was married to Miss Eugenie Crolais, a member
of a prominent family of Divan, Brittany. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his polit-
ical allegiance is given to the republican party. He is
also connected with the Michigan Club, the Rambouillet
Country Club, the Delta Upsilon fraternities and the
Army and Navy Club, while fraternally he is identified
with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging
to the lodge at lola, Kansas. He is an alert and enter-
prising young business man, to whom opportunity has
ever been the call to action, and judging from the success
which he has already achieved, his future will be a most
promising one.
FRANK STEVENS WERNEKEN, president of John
Brennan & Company, boiler makers and iron workers of
Detroit, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on the 16th
of March, 18S0, his parents being Francis J. and Mary A.
(Brennan) Werneken. Brought to Detroit in early boy-
hood, he obtained his preliminary education in the public
schools ot this city and then entered the Goldsmith Busi-
ness University, where he received his technical commercial
training. He was a lad of but ten years when he arrived in
Detroit and here in 1869 he started out in the business
world as an employe of his uncle, John Brennan, in the shop
with which he has since been connected. Acquainting him-
self with various phases of the business, he won gradual
promotion until he was made secretary and treasurer, a
position which he occupied from 1882 until 1890. He
succeeded to the business on the death ot his uncle in
the latter year and thus became president of John Bren-
nan & Company, a business that was established in 1847
and incorporated in 1882. The enterprise was founded
by James Brennan, who came from Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania, to Detroit to assist in building the boilers tor the
Steamer Michigan in 1832, and after the completion of
the aforesaid boilers he remained with the company then
carrying on the business as superintendent of the boiler-
making department. In 1846, however, he decided tc en-
gage in business on his own account and was joined by his
nephew, John Brennan ot New York city. They entered
into a partnership on the 1st of May, 1847, under the style
of J. & J. Brennan, and the shops were maintained on
Lamed street, West, until 1891. Among their early con-
tracts was one for the building of a boiler of about twenty
horsepower for the city waterworks, this being sufficient at
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that time to furnish all the steam required for the pumping
machinery of Detroit. From the beginning their busi-
ness grew and prospered and there came to them orders
for boileis from all the lumbering districts of northern
Michigan. They also furnished boilers for many of the
large steamers on the lakes. In 1867 James Brennan,
senior partner, retired and his nephew, John Brennan,
became sole owner, so continuing until 1882, when the
business was incorporated, Mr. Brennan becoming presi-
dent, with Frank S. Werneken as secretary and treasurer.
The latter continued to act in that capacity until the
death of hia uncle in 1890, when he succeeded to the
business. Soon afterward he sought a site for the erection
of a larger foundry and this was secured at Twenty-fourth
street and the Michigan Central Railroad, where the
company now has four acres of ground, with a main
building two hundred and fifty by two hundred feet, in
addition to which there are blacksmith and machine
shops, a warehouse and offices. The plant was supphed
with new and improved machinery and it is said that no
boiler works of the country are more adequate to the
present-day demands of the business. Employment is
today furnished to between three hundred and fift d
four hundred people. Such is the reputatio f th
company for doing only first-claas work, inhe t d d
still fully and strictly maintained, that the n mb f
orders each year for stationary boilers '■! all kin 1 t k
of every description and miscellaneous work is v r\ 1 g
but the demand for its portable boilers is someth g
traordinary, being called for not only in our wn d
adjacent states but may be found in use in the ag It 1
districts of the far west, California, Mexico ad th
America, as well as in all the oil fields of Pennsj 1
Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, which fact ind p t blj
establishes the claim made for the concern by its f d —
that in the manufacture of that typ^ of boil t f
nishes the highest grade yet put upon the market Dur g
the World war the plant was operating under th
diction of the United States Shipping Boird, Em g j
Fleet Corporation, supplying large Scotch min bo 1
for the boats of the Emergency Fleet Corpor t A
large addition, practically doubling the previous p tj
of the plant, was constructed in order to suppl th se
large Scotch marine boilers in sufficient quantit t m t
the demands of the Emergency Fleet Corporatio W th
this addition one hundred and fifty boilers were 1 1 red
within a year and a half The equipment and g I
construction of the addition l^ second to non th
countrj John Brennan A. Company is now in th d p
forgmg business a=i well as the steel boiler bus I
makes a speci iltj of automobile drop forgings. The
present officers of this company are Frank S. Werneken,
president and general manager, H S. Werneken, vice
president, and Frank E Werneken secretary and treas-
In Chicago in 1672 Frank S Werneken was united
m marriage to Mlhs Helen R Seott, who was born in
Auburn Ne« "iork and passed awav in Detroit, Decem-
ber 14 IW? There were four children in the family:
Maude, now the wife of Frank S. Taylor of Chicopee
Falls, Massachusetts; Helen Scott; Frank E., mentioned
elsewhere in this work; and Margaret E., the wife of
Arthur C. Tilton of Norwood, Massachusetts.
Mr. Werneken gives his political allegiance to the
republican party and fraternally he is a Mason. He
belongs to the Detroit Board of Commerce and is also
a member of the Detroit Club, the Detroit Boat Club, of
which he was president in 1898, the Country Club and
the Old Club. In early hfe he was a member and the
first president of the Michigan Naval Reserve and acted
as paymaster until 1898. He was also one of the founders
of the Detroit Athletic Club and has long been prominent
socially as well as in business circles.
JOSEPH PAESHALL GOODBICH, president and
founder of the Goodrich Insurance Agency, with offices
at ll.So-ae Majpitic liuilding. is one of the best known
men in the general insurance line in Detroit. Mr.
Goodrich was born in Eliaafield, Michigan, June 26,
1864, and comes from one of the state's pioneer fam-
ilies. His father, Nelson Lvman Goodrich, was a na-
tive of western Misatchusetts ind settled in Michigan
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born two sons; George Nelson, born November 25,
1890, in Detroit, is now connected with the automobile
trade. He married Miss EstcUe Rowe and has two
sons, George Boss and Charloa Rowe; Edmond Tuttle,
bom May 6, 1896, in Detroit, ig a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Michigan of the class of 1920 and during
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to follow wh ch w tb other con ment a here quoted
"Take the stage to Albany, the Erie canal to Buffalo,
a schooner to Toledo, and a stage to Blissfield. If
there is not comfort in traveling now, I don't know
where you will find it."
STANLEY L. WOZXIAK, D. D. S., one of the younger
members of the dental profession of Hamtramck, has
resided here since 1919 and has already gained recognition
as an able and euccessfol piactiijoner whose thorough
training and natural qualifications well fit him for the
work in which he is engaged. He was born in Buffalo,
New York, March 9, 1896, a son of Joseph and Frances
Wozniak, who became the parents of nine children. His
education was acquired in the grammar schools, the
Masten Park high school and St. Joseph's Collegiate
Inatitutc. while later he entered the dental department of
the University of Buffalo, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1919. In October of the same year he
came to Detroit, joining Dr. Marcinkiewicii, & well known
dentist of this eity, with whom he was aasociated for a
short time. In November, 1919, he tried the Michigan
State Board dental examinations at Ann Arbor, Michigan,
and passed creditably, evidence of same being shown by
his receipt of the report of his success within the imtisual
time of two days following the completion of the examina-
tion. In 1920 he opened his present office at No. 8937
Joseph Campau avenue and his practice is a large and
rapidly growing one. He possesses the mechanical skill
and ingenuity so necessary to the dentist and adds thereto
a comprehensive knowledge of the broad scientific prin-
ciples upon which his work is based. He does all of the
laboratory work in connection with his practice and is
most conscientious and thorough in the perfo
his professional duties.
In October, 1923, Dr, Wozniak was united i
to Miss Jeannettfe Matyniak and they reside at No. 9403
Joseph Campau avenue. They are faithful communicants
of the Catholic church and Dr. Wozniak gives his political
allegiance to the principles and candidates of the repub-
I ca party. He is a member of the Barretonian Society
and the Polish University Club. He is a progressive
and ndustrious young man, who never neglects an oppor-
tun tj to broaden his knowledge or promote his efficiency
and h a enterprise and abihty are bringing him steadily
to the front in his profession.
\\ ILLIAM E. BARTLET. In connection with the
remarkable industrial and commercial development of the
M ch gan metropolis within the last decade it is pleasing
to record that a goodlv percentage of the native eons of
Detro t have contributed their quota to this advancement
and ha e aided materially in bringing the city its world-
wide p estige along these lines. Numbered among the
v gorou and progressive young business men whose local
tereat* are of important order and who claim Detroit as
the pla e of their nativity, is William E, Bartlet, who was
born on the 18th of June, 1891, and who is now president
of the Wolverine Iieather Goods Company, the office
headquarters of which are established at 55 JefTerson
Mr. Bartlet is a son of William F. and Jennie (Lawson)
Bartlet, both of whom were bom in the province of On-
tario, Canada. William F. Bartlet was a youth when he
came to Detroit and his ability and well ordered activities
eventually gained to him secure place as one of the repre-
sentative figures in the industrial and commercial life of
the city. He was one of the organizers of the Detroit
Foundry Supply Company, of which he continued as an
executive officer until he resigned his post and became
president of the Wolverine Leather Goods Company, as
the administrative head of which he continued until his
death, in 1919, at the age of fifty-five years. His devoted
wife passed to the life eternal in 1915. They are survived
by three children, of whom the subject of this review is
the youngest; Elizabeth is the wife of Walter S. Brown
of Detroit; and Grace D. is the wife of Charles H. Havet
of this city.
The early educational disciphne of Wilham E. Bartlet
included the curriculum of the Detroit high school and
his initial business experience was gained in & clerical
position with the Wolverine Leather Goods Company, of
which he is now the president. He made no false estimates
and asked no consideration by reason of the fact that his
father was president of the company, and thus it was that
he apphed himself to the work assigned to him in connec-
tion with the various departments of the business and
gained the accurate and comprehensive knowledge essen-
tial when he was called upon to assume the office of presi-
dent of the company, as the successor of his honored
father. Prior to this he had not only become a director
of the corporation but had also been made its vice presi-
dent, so that his advancement to the post of chief executive
was in natural sequence. In his vigorous and duly con-
servative administration of the ailairs of his company he
has made an excellent record and has fully upheld the
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prestige of tie name which he bears. Under his regime
the enterprise has been definitely expanded and he is
known as one of the progressive young business men and
popular citizens of his native city. John Demp'#^ \ice
president of the Wolverine Leather Goods Company is i
resident of Toledo, Ohio, and the secretary and treasurer
is Walter S. Brown, who married the elder eister of ^il
liam E. Bartlet. This corporation controls a substantial
business in the manufacturing of leather belting and
allied products and in handling, as jobbers, various other
lines of leather goods, as well as bicycles, autoniobile
tires, etc.
On May 27, 1920, occurred the marriage of Mr. Bartlet
to Miss Ethel Belle Tucker, a daughter of Allen Tucker,
who is a resident of River Rouge, one of the suburbs of
Detroit, and who is a member of one of the old and hon-
ored families of this section of the Wolverine state.
Mr. Bartlet is a popular and appreciative member of
the Michigan Club and the Detroit Curling Club, is
affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of
the Detroit Credit Men's Association.
HENKY M M4HTE^S Among those who Inve
att'imed a foremcwt position m eontractmg tircles of
Detroit js numbered Henc'i M Martens, who his Je
voted his entire life to work of this ch-iraUer, ind
the capable mauigement of his
brought to him a
IS one of Michigjn's nati\e sons, Ins birth having
occurred at Bay Citi, and his pirents were Philip
ind Barbara (Deathleim) Martens, the former a well
known contractor of that citi
After completing his high school conrae Hciiry M
Mirtens leaciiel the bnilding ind contraetinj; bu^i
ne'ss mder the able instrnetion of hia father and has
sine cont.rued in this line of aefmty, doing nrpenfer
work principally but also engaging in genenl ctn
tractin^ In 1*^12 ha came to Detroit, organizing the
Henn M Mirtens Companv, of which he la sole
owner, and with the pa'<sing years his business has
Bteldily developed until tt liis now retched lar;;i, pro
portions He has been awarded manv important con
tracts, specializing m the erection of sihool build
ings, tnd his done a large amount of work for the
Detroit board of education, including the carpenter
work on the Clarence M Burton school building He
emplois the most competent artisans an I his wcrtk
IB of standard eTtoellanee, whiJe his enferprnin^ and
reliable business methods have won tor him the ton
fidence and support of the general pullic
Mr Martens was united in marriage to MiBs Fmma
B Wordelman, of Bay City, Michigan, and they have
become the parents of three children Edward, Vtola
and Henry M, Jr The familj reside m a beautiful
home on Qmnc^ avenue which was lateh erected bj
Mr Martens He js a faithful member of the Luth
eran church, and hi? political allegiance is gnen to
the republican partv while hii s0(ia! nature find'
e-^presaion in his membership m the Fellow craft flub
In his business aft airs he has made steadv progress
his capable management and indefatigable induatrv
cnostitnting the basis upon which he has built hts
prosperity while at the same time his aetiMties ha\e
eontriluted to the dei Iciment anl impruiLUimt t
WILLIAM ALL\N GRAl JR assistant general
manager of the Crescent Brass & Pin Company of De-
troit, was born in this city June 13, 1886, and is a son of
William A. Gray, Sr., who was born in Hamilton, Canada,
August 11, 1856, his parents being John and Margaret
(Allan) Gray. The removal of the family to Detroit
caused him to pursue his education in the pubhc schools
of this city and in his boyhood he secured employment
in a cigar box factory. He afterward learned the carriage
body business and in 1882, in connection with his brother,
he began the manufacture of carriages and wagons under
the firm style of Gray Brothers, remaining an active
factor in the business until 1903. In the meantime he
bad become identified with another enterprise, having
been one of the organizers of the Crescent Machine Com-
pany, of which he served as treasurer from 1886 until
1908. In the latter year the business was reorganized
under the name of the Crescent Brass & Pin Company,
manufacturers of bank and office pins, of which Mr. Gray
is secretary, treasurer and general manager. His poliiical
allegiance is given to the republican party and his religious
faith is that of the Presbyterian church. He belongs also
to the Masonic fraternity, is a member of the Detroit
Board of Commerce and of the Detroit Credit Men's
Association. On the 27th of January, 1877, he married
Sarah Arnold of Detroit, and they have become the
parents of three children: Florence S., Arthur J. and
William Allan, Jr.
The last named, spending his youthful days under the
parental roof, attended the grade schools and eventually
became a student in the Central high school, from which
he was graduated at the age of seventeen years. He then
entered the University of Michigan as a member of the
class of 1911, taking a special course in architectural
engineering. In the meantime he engaged in the building
contracting business and his collegiate training further
qualified him for successful work of this character, in
which he continued for several years. In 1919, however,
he became associated with his father in the manufacturing
business, joining the Crescent Brass & Pin Company, of
which he has been made assistant manager and is now
filling this position, which is one of largo responsibility,
the business necessitating the employment of one hundred
people. The plant is one of the most modem to be found
in Detroit and its equipment is the last word in improved
machinery tor carrying on business of this character.
On the 25th of September, 1915, Mr. Gray was married
in Detroit to Miss Winnifred K. Cummings, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cummings of Toledo, Ohio.
They have one child, William Allan Gray (HI), who was
born in Detroit in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are mem-
bers of the Presbyterian church and he has membership
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rclalioiis Hith Zion Loilg. \ F A. \ M iKo with tht.
University of Michigan Club and the Walkerville Boat
Club In politics he is an independent repubhean He
IB well known throughout Detroit where he has spent
his life and stands high in the regard of his fellow citizens,
both by reason of hih social aceotnpLshments and his
business qualifications.
DANIEL D. HERMANS, owner of the Troy Laundry
of Detroit, was born m Rensselaer county, New York,
January 30, 1862, and is a son of Daniel and Adeline
(Waterbury) Hermans, who were also natives of the Em-
pire state. They removed during the early boyhood of
their son, Daniel, to Cohoes, New York, and there the
father learned the druggist business and later established
a drug store. He won substantial success in the conduct
of his business and became a man of high standing and
influence in his community. Both he and his wife died
in Cohoes. In their family were eight children, five of
whom are living: Walter L., residing in Paterson, New
Jersey; Frank, of Troy, New York; Elizabeth, of Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mary Face of Sharon
Springe, New York; and Daniel D.
The last named during his boyhood days resided in
Cohoes, attending school to the age of seventeen years,
when he entered upon an apprenticeship to the printer's
trade in Troy, New York, there remaining until 1883,
when he came to Detroit and secured a position with
John F. Eby & Company, printers, who published the
Polk Directory, with whom he remained until 1897. He
then severed that connection and established what is now
known as the Troy Laundry. From time to time he has
enlarged and modernized his plant to meet the require-
ments of a steadily growing business until he has today
what IS recognized as one of the best equipped and most
reliable laundry establishments in the city. He began
business at the comer of Congress and Shelby streets and
as his trade increased he secured greater space until
finalh he removed to his present address on Grand River
avenue Here he purchased property and since that time
has increased the capacity of the plant on several occa-
sions It IS now necessary to have forty-five employes
to carr> on the work of the house and eight modern
motor trucks are employed in handling the trade from the
outside. Mr. Hermans is the sole owner of the business
but his son, now a partner, largely acts as manager of the
enterprise, for the father has in the meantime developed
outside interests of large extent and importance. He is
a director and one of the leading stockholders in the
Northwestern Building Corporation, which is erecting
what is to be known as the Ambassador Theatre at Grand
boulevard and Grand River. When completed this will
be one of the finest and lai^st vaudeville and motion
picture houses in America, superior to any that has as
yet been opened in Detroit. The building will be of terra
ootta and concrete construction and besides the theatre
which will seat thirty-three hundred comfortably, there is
much space for stores and offices, for the structure covers
a.n entire city block from Grand boulevard to Northwestern
avenue. This structure is being erected by a well known
Chicago architect, who has built a large number of similar
houses in New York city, Philadelphia and Baltimore and
is today recognized throughout the country as one of the
leading architects in the matter of designing and con-
structing theatres and amusement houses.
On the 2d of July, 1889, Mr. Hermans was married to
Miss Carrie M. Cannon of Detroit, a daughter of William
H. Cannon, and they have become parents of two chil-
dren; Russel W., who was born in Detroit in 1893 and
pursued his education in the pubUc and high schools of
the city, while now he is manager of and a partner in his
father's laundry, married Miss Ada Beighton of Detroit,
and they have two children, Robert and Ted, both born
in this city; Grace L., the second of the family, was bom
in Detroit, became the wife of Sidney L. Rothwell, and
died December 25, 1916, leaving two children, Loia E.
and Marden. Mr. and Mrs. Hermans have long been
consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church
and in politics he is an independent republican, for while
he usually supports the principles of the party he does not
seek nor desire office nor considers himself bound by party
ties. His entire time and attention have been concen-
trated upon his business affairs and he has done with
thoroughness everything that he has undertaken. His
close appUcation and energy have been crowning points
in his career and steadily he worked his way upward until
he occupies a commanding position in laundry circles,
while today he is a representative business man who finds
steady demand made upon his time through his directorate
work in the Northwestern Building Corporation. He has
membership in the National Laundrymen's Association.
CLIFFORD TAYLOR. One of the well known and
progressive young business men of Detroit is Clifford
Taylor, president of Thomas Brothers Company, dealers
in building material. lie was born in Yorkshire, England.
Mr. Taylor acquired his education in the public schools
of Yorkshire, England, and on completing his studies
was sent to the United States in 1905, to prepare for an
active business career in the employ of his uncles, William
and F. W. Thomas, who were engaged in the building
material business in Detroit. He devoted every energy
to acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business,
capably and conscientiously performing every task
assigned him, and on the death of Fred W. Thomas he
was chosen to assume the position occupied by his uncle,
and following the demise of William Thomas, the other
member of the firm, in 1918, he became manager of the
business, which has since been incorporated with Mr.
Taylor as the president. Miss Edith M. Warren as the
treasurer and William B. Alcorn as secretary. Mr.
Taylor is most capably carrying forward the enterprise
established by his uncles, displaying mature judgment,
a spirit of initiative and marked executive ability in con-
trolhng his interests. The business has assumed exten-
sive proportions and he is at the head of one of the leading
commercial enterprises of the city.
In 1916 Mr. Taylor enlisted for service in the World
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war as a member of the British army. In religions faith
he is an Episcopalian, his membership being with Christ
church, and he is a popular member of the Detroit Country,
Thumb Tack and Racquet Clubs. His business career
has been one of coDtinuous progress. His fellow townsmen
attest his sterling qualities and personal worth, as well
as his business ability, and he has gained a wide circle of
fri^ds during the period of his residence in Detroit.
^\ILLI4M PARK Vi OODSIDE the rresident of the
I irk Chemical Compinv ind minagfiT of methods tm.A
•jtindirdB for the Studehaker Torioratiou of Detroit
ind South Ben 3 Indiana oc<.apieB m the latter eon
neetion one of the most important positions having io
do with the antomobile mimifacturing induBtrj ind
he has become i recognized authority upon quest ons
relatue to that branch of the buaincas Actuated bv
I commendabU ambition directing his labors accord
lag to aUanced standards and at all times diaplaying
marked diligence and efficiency W P Woodside is
todfti one of the prominent business men of Detroit
He was born m Tara Bruce countv Ontario Canada
March 4 IS"" and his parents William Charles and
L iroline ('^utton) Woodside were also of Canadian
birth Eemovmg to Port Arthur Ontario the father
engage 1 m blacksmithmg and general forging and in
the carnage and implemtnt business He later became
a J rominent railroad contractor and is ftill active m
I usmeas afiaira He and his wife are vet making their
home in Port Arthur Ontario The family circle re
mams nnlroken by the hand of death for their four
hildren are linng These are Henrv Thomas who
IS m the mail ser\ice and resides at Port Arthur
Ontario; F. Lloyd, supervisor ot heat treatment for the
Studebaker Corporation at plant No. 4 in Detroit;
Jessie M., also living in this city, who is treasurer
of the Park Chemical Company; and W. P.
The last named attended the public schools of
Canada and when his textbooks were put aside he
entered upon an apprenticeship to the trade of tool-
smithing. When his term of Indenture was over he
worked at his trade as a specialist for twelve years in
various tool manufacturing centers of the country, and
eventually came to Detroit, where he entered the em-
jloi of the Cadillac Motor Car Company Some time
later he became connected with the Detroit brand of
the Crucible Steel Company of America of Pittsburgh
Pennajlvania in the capacity of salesman and demon
strator remaining in that position for about four
>ears at the end ot which time he was promoted to
assistant manager of the Michigan territory with
ofli OS in Detroit He afterwards was adi ai led to
manager aid retained that position for four jeacs
resignii g to accept a pro&ere 1 position with the
studebaker C( rporation which made him superintend
ent of the forge si op m Detroit He filled this posi
tion to the entire satisfaction of the eon panv for a
■\ oar and was then made manager of methods and
standards m wluh tapantv he s now serving His
present position is one of marked responsibility as it
takes in all laboratory work and steel specifications.
He is discharging his duties with marked credit to
himself, and the corporation which he represents is
thoroughly satisfied with his work in every particular.
Mr. Woodside took up the study of chemistry and the
manufacture of iron and steel through a correspond-
ence school course, studying under the direction of the
Soranton Correspondence School of Soranton, Pennsyl-
1 ami By this means and through practical experi-
ence he has made himself one of the best known author-
ties on iron and steel production and treatment in the
Mr Woodside has been married twice. On the 26th
of February, 1902, in Winnipeg, he wedded Emma
Thresa Parker of Coopersville, Michigan, who was a
laughter of Peter and Angelina Parker, and who
ja&scd away on May 22, 1908, in Detroit, leaving one
hild V, illiam Parker Woodside, born December 17,
1<104 and now attending the Morgan Park Military
\ ademj, at Morgan Park, Chicago, Illinois. On. the
31st of January, 1910, Mr. Woodside was married to
Miss Ina P. Eeynolds of Walkerville, Ontario, a daugh-
ter of the Bev. John Eeynolds, a Methodist Episcopal
ninister of Ontario.
Mr Woodside belongs to the Detroit Athletic
Club and has taken the degrees of both the York
and Scottish rites in Masonry and is a Shriner, being
a In^ al follower of the teachings and purposes of the
craft He also belongs to the Oakland Hills Country
Llub the Masonic Country Club and the Detroit
Board <f Commerce. He is likewise a member of the
Steel Treating Eesearch Society, of which he was the
founder, and which, starting as a local organization,
has ROW become national in its scope, with a member-
ship of twenty-five kundred. Mr. Woodside was its
first president. In addition to his other interests he
is the president and was the organizer of the Park
Chemical Company of Detroit, and is a director of the
American Twist Drill Company of this city. He also
belongs to the Society of Automotive Engineers of
America, and is keenly interested in everything that
has bearing upon his ckosen field of business, in which
he has attained notable prominence and developed
skill ol unusual order Mr TNoolsde reside it "Vo
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JOHN J &IN&BLEG Vmoiig the -saried iidustries
which are fitters ui tlie busmesa expansion and material
upbuilding of Detroit is that of the Acme Cut Stone
Ctmpan\ of which John J Cinftburg is the president
and his enterprise and initiative have enibled him to
develop the largest underfakmg of this character m the
state He was born la Toronto Canada and when but
a J ear old was brought to Detroit attendmg the pubbc
schools of the cit^ and the Michigan Business College
after whith he completed two correspondence courses
On stirtmg out in (he busmess world he senired the
p sition f bookkeeper with the Gofhel Brewing C mpan\
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having charge of the country department, and he i
in this firm's employ for two years, when he became
identified as secretary and treasurer with R. Robertson &
Company, well known contractors of this city He was
with that firm for five years and in 1913 organized the
Acme Cut Stone Company, of which he has since been
president, while the other officers are, Mrs. S. E. Ben-
jamin, vice president, and Hugh Campbell, secretary and
treasurer. Since its inception the business has enjoyed a
continuous and healthful growth, due to the well formu-
lated plans, keen sagacity and administrative ability of
Mr. Ginsburg. The concern's reputation for high class
work and integrity in all commercial transactions has
spread beyond the confines of the city and its trade now
covers the state. It has supphed the cut stone for many
public buildings in Detroit, including most of the school
buildings and several hank buildings, the Wyandotte and
River Rouge high schools, and Temple Beth El, the finest
church edifice in this city.
On the 19th of May, 1921, Mr. Ginsbui^ was united in
marri^e to Mias Mabel Jacobs of Detroit. They, are
members of the congregation of Temple Beth El and Mr.
Ginsburg gives his poUtical allegiance to the republican
party. He is connected with the Phoenix Club and the
Redford Country Club and spends much of his leisure
time on the golf links, being an enthusiastic devotee of
that sport. Industry has been the key which has unlocked
for him the portals of success. Thoroughness and dili-
gence have characterized all of his work and his ability
and tireless energy have been resultant factors in the
development of a large business enterprise, while at
the same time his activities have greatly contributed to
the improvement of his city.
FRANCIS CHARLES McMATH, a civil engineer who
has made a specialty of railroad bridge building, is a director
of the Canadian Bridge Company of Walkerville, Canada,
but IS ah>o mterested m other large productive enterprises.
He was born in St Louis Missouri January 29, 1867,
ind his parent* were Robert E and Frances (Brodie)
McMath the former a nati\e of New lork state. The
mother was bom in England and was married in Detroit.
Robert E McMath was a graduate of TVilliams College,
followed civil engmeermg and 9er^ cd is president ot the
1 oard of pubhc unprovements of '3t I ouis and during
hi^ tenure of office much viluable work was accomplished
in behalf of the city He was widely known and highly
respected and had reached a ripe old age when he passed
away at Webster Groves, Missouri, in 1917.
In the acquirement of an education Francis C. McMath
attended the grammar schools and the Central high school
of his native city, after which he became a student in the
engineering department of the Washington University of
St. Louis and was graduated from that institution in
1887, with the degree of Bachelor of Engineering. In
the same year he came to Detroit and entered the engi-
neering department of the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works,
with which he was connected until the fall of 1899, when
he resigned. He then organized the Canadian Bridge
Company of Walkerville, Canada, of which he was presi-
dent from the time of its organization until 1922, and
under his capable management the business steadily
developed until the company gained a position of leader-
ship in this field. One of the most notable engineering
teats performed in recent years was the building of the
bridge across the St. Lawrence river at Quebec. This
work was done by the Canadian Bridge Company and
the Dominion Bridge Company jointly, the span being
the greatest in the world. The structure stands as a
monument to the engineers who carried the project to
successful completion in 1917. Mr. McMath was the
chief organizer of the Essex Terminal Railway Company
and served as its president front its inception until 1922,
being now a member of its board of directors. He was
tor a time the president of the Trussed Concrete Steel
Company of Canada, Limited, and is now a director.
He is a man of large affairs, to whom opportunity has
spelled success, and in all of his undertakings he has been
closely associated with his hfelong friend, Willard Pope.
Although his business operations have been principally
on the Canadian aide of the river, he resides at 1037
Iroquois street in Detroit, where he built his home in
1903.
Mr. McMath has been married twice. His first union
was with Miss Josephine C. Cook of Detroit, whom he
wedded June 26, 1890. She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Cook, prominent residents of this city, and
her demise occurred on the 25th of February, 1914.
They became the parents of ,three children, all of whom
survivei Robert R., Neil C, and Marian H. The elder
son is a graduate of the University of Michigan, from
which he received the degree of Civil Engineer, and he is
now following that profession. During the World war
he served as a captain in the Signal Corps and for a time
was stationed at Washington, D, C; the second son,
Neil C, is a graduate civil engineer of Cornell University
and he is also a veteran of the World war, becoming a
lieutenant in the Signal Corps and serving with honor
overseas. He is now residing in Detroit; the daughter,
Marian H,, is the wife ot Harold Edwards ot Syracuse,
New York. On the 19th of July, 1916, Mr. McMath,
Sr., married Miss MadeUne Davenport King of Detroit,
a daiy^hter ot General John H. and Matilda (Davenport)
King. Her father was a distinguished army officer and
Mrs. McMath's birth occurred at San Francisco, Califor-
nia, where the General was at that time stationed.
Mr. McMath is loyal and enthusiastic in bis support
ot his city and its opportunities and was appointed by
Mayor Marx a member of the Detroit street railway
and also a member of the Belle Isle Bridge
He is a director of the Union Trust Com-
pany and a vice president of the Detroit Motor Bus
Company. He derives much enjoyment from travel
and is a prominent clubman, being a member of the
Detroit, Witenagemote, University, Detroit Athletic,
Detroit Country, Grosse Pointe Riding & Hunt, Detroit
Boat, Essex Golf & Country and Turtle Lake Clubs.
He is also a member of the American Steel & Iron Institute.
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Both Mr and Mrs M<,Math lielonn to the Jcff*,rsi n
\\eiiue Presbyterian church of which he is a trustee
His I'J the record of a notably active and useful hfe— the
record of a strong nientahtv stable m purpo e quick iii
perception and swift in deci ion
OLI^EB NELSON CARDNFR w s jro iiieiith c i
netted with hustuess interests m Detroit spending
the last ■veara ot Lis life as manager in thia citv for
the Otis Elevator C(mipan> He was born in South
Rockwood Michigan on the 19th of Jnly, 18"2 tnd
was a son of Jchn K ini Sarah Ann (Whitse^ )
bardner representing % tamilv that wis established
in Miehigin during the period of its eirliest set tit
nient His grindfither Richard trirdner secured a
grant of land in Dearborn township Wayne Cl■uttt^
from the territory of Michigan when the work of
civilization and proEress was scarceh begun withm
the borders of this commonwealth He served for
more thin a quarter of a lenturv is justice ot the
peace and wai wilely known as Squirt Girdner
Ohver N Gardner began his education in tl e public
schools of South Bockwood but was onU eight vears
f age when ht accompanied his widowed mother
in 1 the f amih t( Detroit the father having died
a short time before In this city he attended the
Tippen school ind later completed a course of studv
in the Detroit Business Universitj He entere 1 upon
his aetne business c-ireec is apprentice boy with the
Michigan Elevitor i. Engyie Company in IBS'* when
a ^outh of seventeen and later accepted i clerkship
m the Amenein E-^ hinge National Bink 1\ hilt he
WIS thus employed he ml his brother Richarl "V.
Ciardner now vice presilent of the Otis Elevator Com
pany of New York organized the Gardner Ele\ator
Company of which he became secretary and treasurer
m 1896 In thit position he remained until August
1 1906 when the business was consolidated with the
Otis Elevitor Company Oliver N Girdner remaining
as local manager at Detr<it This conipani is en
gaged m the manufacture of passenger and freight
elevators and Mr Garlner with long experience
proved a most competent representative (f the busi
ncss m this cttj He was also the secretarv of the
Wavenloek Companj of Detroit He was one ot the
best known anl most highly esteemel lusincss men
m the citv connected with the elevator business here
for more than three decades His course at all times
measured up to the highest ethical standards of trale
and commerce and his enterprise and abilit's carried
him stealilj forward until he long occnpied a irom
inent position in tl o business circles of the city
On the 2d <f Mav 1898 Mr Gardner was unite 1
in marriage m Dctrt it tc Miss Adele Mar> Elblem
a daughter nf Dr A lolph Biehard and Mary Frances
(Goldbach) Elblem A recorl of the lift of Dr
Elblem appears elsewhere m this publication. To Mr.
and Mrs. Gardner was born a daughter, Adcic Mary,
whose birth occurred DQceiiibcr 15, 1912, and who is
a t ilentel music an and alreadj is showing great
pr(mise in musical composition having several ex
ttllent compositions to her credit She is now at
t nd ng the Liggett School for Girls
Mr Gardner passed awa> su Idenlv on the 30th ot
November l'*21 He was alwavs keenly interested
in the public welfare anl withheld his support and
cooperation trom no plan or project for the general
goo 1 His political allegiance was given to the re
publican parti and durinf, th World war he was a
voluntary member nf the American Protective League
His religious faith was that of the Episcopal church
and he was well known socially through his club and
1 dgc connections He belonged to Palestine Lodge
F S. A M Peninsular Chapter, K A M of which
he was a past high priest Detroit Commanlcry K T
and Moslem Temple A 4 O N M S He was also
a member of the Toledo Club the Wolverine Automo
1 lie Club the Board of Commerce the Detroit
Athletic Club the Fellowcraft Athletic Club anl the
Munoskong Hunting anl Fisl ing Olub of which he
was one of the organizers anl served as its secretary
and treasurer for man^ vears Mr Gardner was
very fnnd of outdoor life and he derived great pleas
ure from hunting in 1 fisi ing His country home
The Elms is on the shore of Deer Lake near
Clarkston Michigan anl there with his family he
spent the «eek ends He readily won the warm re
gard of those with whom he was associated and he
held friendship inviolable His many sterling traits
are attested by all who knew him and for many years
he was an henored and conspicuous figure in the
I usiness circles of Detroit
CLAE iNCE HATCH is w ell known in insurance circles
of Detroit as secretar^ of the Michigan Mutual Liabihty
Company which office he has filled since 1916 contnbut
ing in substantial measure to the further grow th and expan
sion of the business He wai born in Pineorfhard
Connecticut Julv 22 1872 a hon of Milo and Minna C
(Clarke) Hatch the former a native of Plattaburg New
"iork and the latter of Connecticut The paternal grand
parents were members of a w ell known and highh respected
famdv Milo Hatch settled at Augusta Georgia in 1814
and subsequently removed to Sav annah that state m here
he gained prominence as a financier and became a success
ful banker, following that hne of activity throughout his
entire business career. He has passed away, but the
mother survives and is still residing at Savannah. In
the family were five children: Mrs. Annie Hancock,
Josiah 0., Helen G, and Mrs. S. S. Farsc, all of whom
are residents ot Savannah; and Clarance of this review.
The last named acquired his education in the graded
and high schools of Savannah, Georgia, and his initial
experience ia insurance circles was gained as a member
of an insurance agency in Savannah. Later he went to
Atlanta, Geoi^ia, where he became general agent for the
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Company, whom he suc-
cessfully represented in that city imtil 1909, when he was
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stnt !>> the ttmpan\ to Detroit aeting as their general
iRtnt for Michigan m their credit inauraaice department
until 1913 He then severed his connection with that
Lompan\ and turned hi'fl attention to the real estate
business conducting hi*! interests along that line for a
\ear In September 1914 he resumed his activities in
the field of insurance becoming connected with the
Michigan Mutual Liability Company and its successful
work in that connection led to hie election to the office of
secretary in July, 1916, in which capacitv he has since
served. He is thoroughh familiar with every detail of
the business, owing to his long identification therewith
and his well formulated plana close apphcation and
executive ability have been pot«nt factors in the continued
growth of the business.
On the 15th of June, 189S Mr Hatch was umted in
marriage to Miss Rachel M Chipman, of ''avannah,
Georgia, a daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Chipman,
prominent residents of that oit> To this union has been
born a son, Glaranoe, Jr., whose birth occurred in Savan-
nah, September 12, 1899. He is a graduate of one of the
high schools of this city and is attending the University
of Michigan, class '22. He served as a member of its
Students Training Corps during the World war.
In his political views Mr. Hatch is independent, casting
his ballot in favor of the candidate whom he deems best
qualified for office without regard to party ties. He is a
member of St. Paul's Episcopal cathedral of Detroit, and
his interest in the welfare and progress of his city is indi-
cated by his membership in the Board of Commerce, whose
plans for the extension of the trade interests of Detroit
receive his hearty support. His business career has been
one of continuous progress. He has ever made it a point
to perform faithfully and to the best of his ability every
task assigned him, and, wisely utilizing each opportunity
for advancement, he has steadily worked his way upward
until he now occupies a prominent position in business
circles of Detroit. His life has been an exemplary one in
all respects, and he enjoys the respect, esteem and good-
will of a large number of friends,
GEOEGE T. WHITNEY. One of the most modern
and completely equipped carpet cleaning establishments
of Detroit is that conducted by the Detroit Rug Works,
Inc., of which George T. Whitney is the owner and
manager. He is a most progressive and enterprising
young business man who is keenly alive to the possibihtJes
of every new avenue opened in the natural ramifications
of trade, and his close application and capable manage-
ment of his interests have resulted in the attainment of
He was born in Toledo, Ohio, June 16, 1886, a son of
William A. and Eliza Jane (Chandler) Whitney, who are
also natives of the Buckeye state. The father is success-
fully following agricultural pursuits, his farm being sit-
uated on the outskirts of the city of Toledo, and the
mother also survives. To their union four children were
horn: Clifford, who has passed away; Earl Griffith and
Ethel, who are residents of Toledo; and George T., of
In the pursuit of an education George T. Whitney
attended the public schools and the Central high school
of Toledo, and his initial business experience was obtained
as aa employe in the department store of the firm of
W. L. Milner & Company of Toledo, for whom he worked
in a clerical capacity until 1907, when he came to Detroit,
Here he secured a position with the wholesale dry goods
houie of Bumham, Stoepel & Company, with whom he
was identified until 1918, when he resigned and purchased
an interest in the carpet cleaning establishment of Bailey,
Patterson & Bailey, buying out Mr. Patterson's interest,
at which time the firm name became Bailey, Whitney &
Bailey This association was maintained until the 1st of
March, 1920, when Mr, Whitney purchased the Bailey
interests and has since conducted the business indepen-
dently the firm style remaining unchanged, although he
expects shortly to adopt the name of the Detroit Rug
Works, Inc. His estabUshment is equipped with the
most modem machinery necessary for the cleaning of
carpets and rugs, thus enabling him to do thoroughly
satisfactory work, and he has secured a large patronage,
numbering among his customers seventy-five per cent of
all the amusement places in the city in addition to hun-
dreds of homes. He is now at the head of one of the lead-
ing carpet cleaning concerns in the city, and his success is
the merited reward of his close application and persistency
of purpose.
In Detroit, on the 10th of June, 1919, Mr, Whitney
was united in marriage to Miss Maude Newell, a daughter
of Ferdinand and Inez Newell, well known residents of
Greenville, Michigan. In his political views Mr. Whit-
ney is a republican, stanchly supporting the principles
and candidates of the party, and his interest in the welfare
and progress of Detroit is indicated by his membership
in the Board of Commerce, whose projects for the exten-
sion of the trade interests of the city receive his hearty
cooperation. He is a member of the Vortex Club and one
of its directors, and fraternally is identified with the
Masons, belonging to Ashlar Lodge, F. A A. M. His life
history is the chronicle of the unceaang endeavor of one
who, without assistance of any kind, has risen to a position
of prominence in commercial circles of Detroit. Industry
has been the key which has unlocked for Mr. Whitney
the portals ot success, and he is recognized as an alert and
enterprising business man and as a loyal and pubUc-
spirited citizen, whose influence is at all times on the side
of advancement and improvement.
GERALD HULETT. Various corporate interests feel
the stimulus and profit by the cooperation of Gerald
Hulett, a native son of Detroit and an enterprising and
successful young business man, who is well known in
commercial circles of the city as general manager of the
Lewis E. Sands Company, a member of the Gerald Hulett
Merchandise Brokerage Company and vice president of
the Hulett Realty Company. He was born in this city
December 18, 1889, a son of Orren S. and Antoinette
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(Bassett) Hulett, who are natives of Oakland county,
Michigan. The father was born at Milford in 1850,
while the mother's birth oeeurred at Novi. In 1880 they
took up their residence in Detroit and the father became
a travding salesman for the D. M. Ferry Seed Company,
representing that firm on the road for a period of more
than thirty-five years. He is now living retired at Novi,
in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. The mother is also
living. To their union four children were bom, namely:
John B., whose home is in New York city; Max a pro
inent attorney of Detroit; Mrs. Helen Searle, a re dent
of Portsmouth, Ohio; and Gerald.
The last named attended the graded schotl ^nd one
of the high schools of this city, after which he ent r d tl e
Detroit University School, from which ho was graduated
when eighteen years of age. On starting out n bus ness
Lfe he became a traveling salesman tor the American
Seed Company, in whose employ he remained (or everal
years and then worked in a similar capacity for the Isbell
Bean Company. He next became identified with the
Lewis E. Sands Company, wholesale dealers n bea s
opening their present office in Detroit, of wh ch he hao
since been general manager. He is thus representmg one
of the largest firms of this character in the countr and
in addition to their domestic trade they also do an e\
tensive exporting business in this commodity. He thor
oughly vinderstands all phases of the business and this
practical knowledge, together with his sound judgment
and keen insight, has enabled him substantially to ncreaae
the sales of the company in this territory. H resour e
fulness and initiative spirit led to his organizat on of the
Gerald Hulett Merchandise Brokerage Companj wh ch
handles all kinds of staple foodstuffs for household uae
and he is also vice president of the Hulett Eealtj Company
and a director of the Lewis E, Sands Compan His
business interests are thus extensive and important show
ing him to be a man of marked executive abilitj ^nd enter
On the 7th of December, 1912, Mr. Huiett was un ted
in marriage to Miss Viola Day, a daughter of Mr and
Mrs. William Day, prominent residents of Detroit. Two
children have been born of this union: Orren Day, whose
birth occurred on the 7th of October, 1913, and who is
attending school; and Rosemary, bom October 9, 1917.
During his college daj « Mr. Hulett gained prommence
through hiB prowess m athletic sports, doing particularly
notable work in football That he is interested m all
that pertains to the welfare and progress of his eity is
mdicated by hn memberRhip in the Detroit Board of
Commerce and he is also connected with the Old Colons
Club, the Detroit Boat Club and the Detroit Automobile
Club. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons,
belonging to Oriental Blue Lodge, F. & A. M.; to Michi-
gan Sovereign Consistory, A. & A. S. R., in which he has
attained the thirty-second degree; and to the Shrine.
Mr. Hulett is essentially a member of the class of doers,
gifted with initiative and quick resolve. The word fail
has never found a place in his vocabulary. He has car-
ried forward to successful completion whatever he has
undertaken and his labors have ever been of a character
that have contributed to public progress as well as to
individual aggrandizement.
EGBERT McNAB KERB is the well known president
of the Detroit Dental Manufacturing Company, manu-
facturers of dental instruments and supplies. He was
horn September 12, 1869, on a farm in the township of
Tilbury, Kent county, Ontario, his parents being John
-ind Margaret (Martin) Kerr both of whom were na
t ves of Scotland The n other when but ^ 1 Id wt
1 rought to An er a b her i iie ts who ea e fro
Co r e FerthBh re Scotland 183 li d g Nei
1 rk ty Thev tra eled bv wav of the Ene cinal
to B ffiio and thence bv boit to Ontar o wl re thev
took uj the r abode in j oneer t n es John Xerr who
■» IS a nat ve of Be f 1 Aj rsl re Scotland crossed tl e
Atlanf to Ontario trora feeotland in 1840 nnd i
K nt countv wedded M ^s Margaret Mart n Sul se
quentlv he o lucted a general store Kent eountj
and the w ter croised the r ver on the ce to bu>
his stock ot goods n Detro t He also engiged
far n ng n Kent county a d passed away on the
t o este J firm in 187<> lea ng the mother to rear
her fan iv ilone The responsib litv thit fell to her
was 1 rue n a n an er thit reflected i great mat
t n es her super or qnal ties of m i d and heart 1 18S6
tie fan 1 re o ed to Detroit where Mrs Kerr eo
i nued to res de unt 1 her death n 1114 at the a I
ancel age ot e ghtj three veirs By 1 er irnig
she hid 1 econ e tl e n oti er f e ght ill n o e f
when his pissed a va th s being John who was not
0 1 one of ti e fonnleri of tl e Detro t Dental Man
fictur ng Co pai but ts [ res lent tor 1 nun bet of
ears iror to I s deith n 190 The others a
Jan e reBidin|[ in Seattle "Washington Mattl ew M
of Detro t Dan 1 who a a iract c ng j hv o i of
Detro t Chr st na M Tl o i wl o s now the seere
lir of the Detro t Dertal Manufaetur ng Oompan
1 1 f r 0 er hfteen vears 1 is taken a eonsp cuoua pirt
in the building up and development of its business,
Robert M., of Detroit; and Mrs. Margaret M. South-
well, residing at Fig City, Florida, a suburb of Pen-
sac 0 la.
The early life of Robert M. Kerr was passed on a
farm and his early education was obtained in a country
district school in Tilbury township, Kent county,
Ontario. Later he attended high school in Chatham.
Ontario, being graduated with the i^lass of 1886, after
which he began to work in a coal ofSi-e in Detroit
and later became manager of a coal business. He
afterward became connected with the hardware trade
and in the fall of 1891 entered the employ of the
Detroit Dental Manufaetnring Company. This was
the year in which the business was started. He worked
at the bench for a time and ftnm that position ad-
vanced steadily through various branches of the busi-
ness up to his present jiosition as president of the
company. During this period he also became a travel-
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31 g silesmin and while thus engaged he covered the
Amencaa continent and Europe He is now not onl>
the head of the business but also general manager, so
that the greater share of the respunsibibtv for its
sui'ees'iful oonintt devohes upon hia Bhoulders Em
plo>ment IS furnished to one hundred people and
something of the growth of the business is mdieated
in the fait that the i-orapany etarttd with but four
employes m a small faotory Today thev have one
of the modern plants m the country for the mann
facture of dental mstrumenti ind ippliances ind dental
irtparatmna The buameas has steadily grown and
dnelopLd ind the sueeeaa of the undertaking is at
tnhnfahle in large measure to the efforts of Mr Kerr
There is in interesting military chapter in the life
re( ird of Rohert M Kerr, who during the Spanish
AmLrican war was eommiasioned a lieutenant and
sened thro ugl out the Cuban campaign, being present
at the aiege of Santiago, and while tliore he waa
one of the few who witnessed the destruction of Cer
lira's fleet by the American warsl ips at the entrance
uf tie bai of Smtiago He la now a major ot the
Second Infantry Brigade of the Michigan atate troops,
hmug been appointed by Governor Sleeper in 1917,
and IB atiU holding that rank He belongs to the
Spanish American War Veterans Association and to
the Military Order of Foreign Wars
On tl e 30th of September 1907 Mr Kerr waa mar
ried m Detroit to Miss Irene S Parrier a daughter
ot Dr and Mrs Albert Carrier ot this city They
haie two clildren Robert M Jr born in Detroit
September 12 190<) and lean Margaret
In his political views Mr Kerr la a republican and
fiatornallv he is connected with the Masons as a mem
ler of Corintlian Lodge He is the suretarj ot tliL
Dental Manufacturers Club of the United States and
also 1 elonga to the Detroit Board of Commerce thua
manifesting his intereat m community progress and
weltare Htj is likewise a member of the Ked Run Gtlf
CI lb and the Ingleside Club while his religious taith
la that of the Presbjtenin chureh His record has
lecn marked by a steady progress which is the direct
outcome of abilitj, thoroughness close application and
firm deternimatiott Step bj step h« has adianued
amee starting out in the business world as a clerk
in the L al tftiie of the Cdumbus &, Hock ng Coal
& Ir(n Comjan> of Detroit and each forward step has
brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunity
F(r the i ist f<urteen years aa the exetutivo head of
the Detroit Dental Manufacturing Company, his
capable control of its interests has been a potent ele
m^tt in J-nnging sutLeaa to the concern H resides
at No b<t Sewari avenue
JOHN J. THEISEN, For many years the name ot
Theisen has been a prominent one in manufacturing cirolca
of Detroit and John J. Theisen is now serving as secretary,
trcaaurer and general manager of the Theieen Trunk Com-
pany, which was establiahed by hia father and which is
one of tlic leading enterprises of this character in the city.
He IS a native of Detroit and a member of one of the old
md honored families of the city. He was born April 17,
1880, a son of Peter and Mary (Blesscr) Theiaen. The
father wis of foreign birth, and was brought to the United
States at the age of six. The mother was born in Mich-
igan They were married in Michigan and the father
cubsequently engaged in the lumber and sawmill business
near Vermont and Michigan avenues, this city, con-
tinuing active along that line for a number of years.
Eventually he entered the employ of the C. W. Restrick
Lumber Company as manager and confidential man, and
for twenty years was identified with that firm. On the
expiration of that period he resigned his position in order
to establish an independent enterprise, organizing the
Theisen Trunk Company, of which he continued as presi-
dent until his demiae. He built up a business of large
proportions and was long a prominent figure in manufac-
turing (ircles of Detroit. He passed away on the Slat of
Julj 1913, at the age of seventy-one years, but the mother
survives and is still a resident of this city, havmg reached
the age of seventy-five years. In their family were twelve
children, nine of whom are deceased, those living being;
M J Thpisen,Mrs,LorettoDertingerand John J. Theisen,
ill ot whom are residents of Detroit.
The last named attended the parochial schools and St.
Joseph's Commerical College, from which he was grad-
uated m 1896, after which he was for a year a student at
the Detroit Business University. His initial business
experience was obtained as a messenger for the United
States Sayings Bank and his diUgence and ready adapta-
bility won him successive promotions until he became head
bookkeeper and teller, remaining with that institution
for a period of eleven years. In 1908 he resigned his posi-
tion to enter his father's business, and starting in a humble
capacity he worked his way through every department
until he became familiar with all branches of the business,
so that he was well qualified to assume the duties of his
present position as secretary, treasurer and general man-
ager of the company. They manufacture trunks and other
articles used in travehng, such as bags and suitcasea, and
the durabiUty and superior workmanship of their output
have won tor them a large share of public patronage.
Thev give employment to over fifty people and are r&.
girded as leaders in the lines m which they speciahze.
On the 15th of June, 1904, Mr. Theisen was united in
marnage to Miss Clara L. Heber, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrn Charles Reber, prominent residents of this city.
Three children have been born of this imion; Edwin C,
whose birth occurred in October, 1906, and who is now
attending the University of Detroit high school; Helen
Mane who waa born in 1909 and is a student in the St.
Bonifare Academy of Detroit; and Corinne, born in 1915.
Mr Theiaen is a Catholic in religious faith and a mem-
ber of the choir of Detroit cathedral and he is also afRhated
with the Knights of Columbus, in which he has attained
the fourth degree. He is proving a worthy successor of
his honored father and is ably carrying forward the exten-
sive business established by the latter's constructive
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genm maintamint, the'Jimt high taiilirdscf commerciat
integritj and enterpriise nhit-h ha\e dBtiagiu^ihed the
houae during tlie >ears of ita existence He occupies a
foremost position in busineB'' circles of the city and in
ever\ relation of life he measures up to thp higher 'ttmd
aids of manhood and citizenship
PEED JAMES Mcdonald » rei reaentative of one
of the honored pioneer families of Mulligan is classe \
with the enterprising and suceeaaful business men of
Detroit being president and treiaurer of the Mt.
Donald Coal & Brick Compinj one of the strongest
organizations of this chira ter in the state His
grandfather Biehard McDonali was i natue ot Scot
land and -with hii parents started for America but
his mother died betore reaching this tountry He
was adopted bj stringers but retained his own name
and on attaining his raajoritv he came to Michigan
purchasing a tarm in the midst <f the wilderness
Neighbors were obliged to show him the boundaries
of his land anl with true pioneer spirit thej made
a bee to whuh wis inMted the settlers from manv
miles distant ill of whom cooperated in building
for him a home Hi. acquired the property from the
goiemment and with courageous spirit set about the
arluou? task ol clearing his land and bringing it
under cultivation This tract was located in ^avne
county and here he reared his familj and continued
to make his home throughout his remaining ■\earH He
was one of the true pioneers ot the state who ailed
in laving I road and deep the foundation upon which
has 1 een built its present progress and prosperity
It was upon this farm that his granlson Fred J
McDonald was born In the acquirement of an edu
cation he attended the grade schools and the Central
high school of Detrmt and subsequenth followed the
profession of teaching tor two 3 ears at Springville,
Michigan. In 1882, in association with his father,
J. C. McDonald, he began making brick on the home
farm and has since been identified with this line of
activity. In 1908 he organized the McDonald Coal &
Brick Company, of which ho is the president and
treasurer, his son, Clifford J. McDonald, filling the of-
fice of secretary. He started with one yard, and
from this small beginning the business has now grown
to one of extensive proportions, five yards now being
operated. He thoroughly understands the process of
brick making, and his progressive business methods
and straightforward dealing have secured for him a
large share of the public patronage.
In 1889 Mr, McDonald was united in marriage to
Miss Martha D. Otis, a member of an old Detroit
family, and they have become the parents of four
children, namely: Myrtle, Grace, who is now the
wife of Dr. Carl E. Guthe, and the mother of two sons,
Carl Frederick and Alfred E.; Clifford J., who is
associated with his father in business; and Irene, now
the wife of Bryant W. Donaldson of Detroit,
Mr. McDonald is a popular member of the Detroit
Athletic Uub the Detroit Golt Club tht Detro t
Ridmg Jl Hunt Club and the Detroit Boat tlub and
IS a Itrector ot the Detroit Rotary Clul He was one
of the trganizers of the American btate Bank ot Dear
born Michigan and has been a directt r since its
organization He is a Mason of high stanling his
membership being with Union Lodge F S A M
of which he is a past master King Cvrus Chapter
E \ M Detroit Cummandery No 1 K T of whieli
he IS a past commander Michigan bovereign Con
sistor> A & A S B m which he has attained the
thirtr second degree and Moslem Temple >f the Mvs
tic Shrine He is a. capable business man who has
manifested in his life the sterling traits of the Scotch
people — persistencj of purpose thrift an 1 unques
tioned commercial lutegntv and success in sutstantial
measure has crowned his efforts His reaidence is at
1211 Chicago loulevard
HOW4RD N TWOGOOD Busines'i enterprise m
Detrcit finds a prominent r preventative in Howard N
Twogood who since 1912 has been district manager for
the L^on Metallic Manufacturing Company his offices
being located in the Penobscot building He is proving
enei^tic farsighted and effitient in the control of the
interests of which he has charge and has succeeded in
building up a large trade for the company in the territory
o\er which he has jurisdiction Mr Twogood is a native
of Iowa his birth havmg occurred m Clmton county on
the 26th of March 1884 He is ^ son ot Niles B and Mar\
(Jones) Twogood the former a native of the state ot New
\oTk while the latter wasliorn in Kentucky bothremo^
ing to Iowa at an earh period in their lives The father
successful] J conducted mercantJe interests in Clinton
count) Iowa tor many jeare and is now hvmg retired at
Mount \ernon Iowa The mother is also living To
their union three ohJdren were bom. Loren J., Arthur P.
and Howard N.
Mr. Twogood pursued his early education in the graded
and high schools of Mount Vernon, Iowa, after which he
entered Cornell College, where he completed a course in
chemical engineering, being graduated with the B. S,
degree in 1907. He then engaged in educational work,
teaching chemistry in the High School at Mason City,
Iowa, for a period of three years, after which he went to
La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he followed the protession tor
one year. He was very successful as an educator, impart-
ing clearly and readily to others the knowledge he had
acquired. He then turned his attention to commercial
pursuits, going to Monroe, Wisconsin, where he Ijecame
identified with the metal manufaeturing business. He
remained a resident of Monroe until 1911, when he went
to Aurora, Illinois, where he became connected with the
Lyon Metallic Manufacturing Company, and in the follow-
ing year was sent by that firm to Detroit as its district
manager, his territory comprising northern Ohio, eastern
Michigan and Canada. He has since represented the
company in this city and owing to his comprehensive
knowledge ot the business, his close application and enter-
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prising methotis, has succeeded in developing an extensive
patronage for the firm in this district.
At Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on the 30th of Septem-
ber, 1911, Mr. Twogood was united in marriage to Miss
Ethel Mae Long, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long
of Ottawa, Kansas. Mrs. Twogood is gifted with excep-
tionally high intellectual attainments, having graduated
with honors from Baker University of Kansas. She also
completed courses at Northwestern University of Chicago,
nUnois, the Cmnnock School of Oratory, and studied in
New York for several years previous to her mairiage,
suoceflsfully engaged in teaching English, reading and
debate. Mrs. Twogood has also done considerable plat-
form work. Mr. and Mrs. Twogood reside in a beautiful
home at Grosse He, Michigan, where they frequently
entertain their many friends. They are fond of all outdoor
sports, deriving a great deal of pleasure from their long
walks through the wooded sections of the state. They
are both great lovers of the outdoors. In his political
views Mr. Twogood is a republican and fraternally he is
identified with the Masons, holding membership with the
blue lodge. His business ability is pronounced, for he
possesses both energy and sound judgment, and these
qualities constitute the path to progress and prosperity.
WALTER BURNS. As proprietor of the American
Boiler Works, Walter Burns occupies a prominent place in
manufacturing circles of Detroit and since 1909 he has
been identified with the business interests of the city.
His plans are carefully formulated and promptly executed
and he is most capably directing the extensive interests of
which he is the head. He was born in Port Huron, Mich-
igan, September 12, 1875, a son of William and Anna
(Cunningham) Bums, the former a native of Edinburgh,
Scotland, while the latter was born in Canada. In early
life the father emigrated to the United States and sub-
sequently made his way to Port Huron, Michigan, where
hia marriage ocoiuxed in 1865. He purchased a tract of
land just outside of the city, on which he engaged in farm-
ing, and is still residing on that property. The mother
also survives and they are well known and highly esteemed
in the community where they have so long made their
home. In their family were two children: Mrs. Agnes
White of Port Huron; and Walter.
Mr. Burns acquired his education in the schools of
Kimball township, Michigan, and on starting out in hfe
for himself entered the shops of the Grand Trunk Railroad
at Port Huron, where he learned the boilermaker's trade.
After completing his apprenticeship he engaged in contract
work on his own account in Port Huron until 1902, and
then removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where for seven
years he was an employe of the Milwaukee Boiler Works.
In 1909 he returned to Detroit and became connected with
the East End Boiler Works, in whose shops he worked
until 1912, when he estabUshed the American Boiler
Works, of which he is sole owner. He is an expert work-
man and is engaged in the manufacture of high pressure
boilers, employing from twenty-five to fifty people in his
factory, all of whom are skilled mechanics. He carefully
supervises every detail of the work and the product turned
out of his shops is of the highest quality. This has natur-
ally resulted in a large demand for the output of his plant
and his progressive methods and straightforward dealing
have won for him an enviable standing in business circles
of the city.
At Port Huron, Michigan, on the 30th of December,
1901, Mr. Burns was united in marriage to Miss Jennie
Deemer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Deemer, well
known residents of Yale, this state. To this union has
been born a daughter, Beatrice, whose birth occurred on
the 4th of May, 1903. She is a graduate of one of the
high schools of the city and also of the Detroit Business
College and is working as bookkeeper tor her father. Mr.
Burns is a republican in his political views, interested in
the welfare and success of the party, and he is a valued
member of the Michigan Manufacturers Association.
His record is a most creditable one. Starting out in life
empty-handed, he has steadily worked his way upward
until he now occupies a foremost position b manufacturing
circles of the city. Early in his life he realized that one
must be willing to pay the price of success, which is gained
only at the cost of earnest, self-denying effort. He has
ever directed his business by rules which govern strict
integrity and unfaltering industry and his history proves
that success and an honored name may be won simul-
taneously.
JOSEPH BEISMAN, M. D. It has been said that
opportunity slips away from the sluggard, dances as a
will-o'-the-wisp before the dreamer, but gives its treasures
of success to the man of determined purpose and indefati-
able energy. This statement finds its verification in the
life record of Dr. Joseph Beisman, who under the pressure
of adversity, the stimulus of opposition ajid the urge of
necessity has reached a position of distinction as a physi-
cian and surgeon of Detroit. He was bom in southern
Russia, September 23, 1863, a son of Mordecai and Jenny
(Schwartz) Beisman, both of whom were natives of the
same country. The boyhood of the future physician was
spent in what was then the land of the Ctbi, but when he
was eighteen years of age life took on an entirely different
aspect for him as at that time the family emigrated to
America, crossing the Atlantic in 1881 and taking up their
abode in Brooklyn, New York. Two years afterward
they established their home in Newport, Arkansas, and it
was in that locality that tie father devoted his attention
to farming. The malarial condition'^ of the country how
ever, forced them fo leave Arkansas and a removal was
made to St. Loui's whtre the father spent his remaimng
When the famdy left Brooklvn Dr Beisman eontmued
to remain in that citv and there began learning the cigar
trade, but did not find it a congenial pursuit and turned
his attention to the manufacture of basket bottomi
Again he was not pleased with his line of occupation nor
did he find it profitable Accordingh he left Brooklyn
and went to Biddeford, Maine, where he secured ■nork in
the cotton mills and it was while there residing that he
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had the opportunity to attend night scho I and thus
aupplement the liniited educationiil opporlumtie*: which
he had enjoyed in early Ufe. In 1883 he joined hit, father
in St. Louis and while there took up ihe stud^ ot book
keeping, which he afterward followed for three ^ears
He practiced rigid economy as weU as indusitr^ and it
was through this means that he was eventually prepared
to enter upon the studv of medicine an ambition which he
had cherished for some time In 1886 he entered the
Washington University of '*t Louis thus beginning
preparation for his professional cireer only fi\e j^are
after reaching the new world He pursued hia studies -nith
the greatest earnestness and zeal and in 1S90 was grad
uated with the M. D. degree. In April of the same year
he removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he opened an
office and through the intervening period has since success
fully engaged in practice. His progress has been eon
tinuous and his ability places him today among the eminent
representatives of the profession in dynamic Detroit
On the 16th of September, 1900, Dr. Beisman was mar
ried to Miss Hildegarde Levyson of San \ntonio Texas
and they have become the parents of a daughter Gertrude
Dr. Beisman is a member of the Detroit Automo! ile Club
and also of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce and is mu:'h
interested in all ot the plans and purpose^ of the latter
organization for the benefit and upbuilding of the eit-y
He belongs to the Wayne Countv Medical Society to the
Michigan State Medical Association and the American
Medical Asaooiation and the greater part of his time and
attention is given to his professional duties He is now a
member of the staff of the Woman s Hospital of Detroit
IS also connected with other hospitals and in addition has
an extensive i rivate practice of a most imfortint char
AETHIR ( BRKCS i re i l<.nt f tl Bnggs
Kessler Compini dealers m dental su] j I es in Detroit
has spent his life in Michigan bemg i mtue ot
PljmoutI He wis born Jub 30 1«"& his pirents
being Ellas and Eliza (Hojt) Bnggs who were pa
tives of the state of New York and when qniti young
eame to Michigan where thev were reare 1 ediicsted
and married The fither ser\ ed under Generals Cns
ter and Sherilan during the Civil war The> had
a faniib of seien children four ot whom are li ng
Arthur C Claude S J S ind Mrs Frank J Bur
rows all of Detroit
Arthur C Bnggs was a jujil in the pul li acho Is
of Phmouth and afterwird attended the Ferris
Institute at Big Kipids Michigan pursuing tl ere
a course in pharmicj For a time he engaged in the
drug business as i prescription pharmacist and tl en
became one of the organizers of the Bnggs Kessler
Dental huppiy Compiny the business being originally
conluUed under the name of the Bnggs Dental Com
l-anj but liter incorj orate I as the Bnggs Kessler
Compsni with Claude ^ Bnggs is the i resident
\rthur f Bnggs as \iLe presilent and All n H Kes
nl I
Tl
itgun on 1 snail scale ind Ms 1 1. n gndi illy le
■velojed until it has become one of the important con
mercial interests of Detroit In fact it la one of the
largest enterprises of the kind m the middle west and
tie firm maintains the Urgest dental liboratorv in
Michigan Every department of the business is com
plete ind all kinds of dental supplies are handled
the company hemg ready at ill tii *s to meet e^ery
den and of the trade
On the 18th of July IQO? Mr Bnggs was mar
rud to Miss Agnes McKmoon of balme Michigm
laughter of thi, late John McKinnon who w is jr si
lent ot the \illage of Sihne for several terms and
conducted i clothing business there Mr Bnggs is
fond of all outdoor life including golf hunting in 1
fl-shing He has an interesting military chapter in his
life record inasmuch as he enlisted for service as a
member of Company I of the Thirty fifth Michigan
Infantrj at the time of the Spanish Amenein war
ind served with the rank of corporal Like hundreds
of others he went to the camps of the south but ne^er
had the opportunity to participate m the actual con
flict Politically he is a republican and fraternilly
he IS connected with Pilestine Lodge A I" ^ A M
Palestme Chapter BAM and Michigan So\ereign
Consistory He belongs also to the Masonic Country
Club the Birminghim Golf Club the Duffield Cami
of the Spanish War \eterans the Detroit Board of
Commerce the Detroit Athletic Club and the Detroit
Automobile Club, associations which indicate the na
ture and character of his interests and activities.
WILLIAM JOHN HANNA, a man of keen discernment
and sound judgment, is well known in business circles of
Detroit as district sales manager of the Trumbull Steel
Company and under his capable direction the trade of
the corporation in Michigan has enjoyed a steady growth.
He is a native of Canada, his birth having occurred in
Windsor, in the province of Ontario on the 25th of
November, 1885. His parents are John H and Jessie
(Watt) Hanna, the former a native of Ireland while the
latter was bom in Canada, Leaving the Emerald lale in
boyhood, the father made his way to the Umted States,
but for a time was a resident of ^^ indsor, Canada. In
1890 he decided to take up his home on the American side
of the Detroit river and became identified with the Detroit
branch of the American Car & Foundry Company. His
trustworthiness and capability won him promotion until
he is now filling the responsible position of purchasing
agent, and his services are very valuable to the company.
The mother also survives and to their union four children
have been born: John Jr., George, Preston and William
J., all of whom arc residents of this city.
In the acquirement of an education William J. Hanna
attended the grammar schools and the Central high school
of Detroit, and his initial business experience was obtained
as a clerk in the employ of the American Car & Foundry
Company, with whom he remained for four years. He
next became connected vvith the Rochm & Davison Com-
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pany, continQing with, that firm for a period of eight yenrs,
and in 1915 lie accepted the position of sales manager
ivith the Trumbull Steel Company. His capable work in
that connection led to his promotion to the office of dis-
trict sales manager, in which capacity he is now serving,
his territory covering the entire state of Mich^a and
his aggressive methods, executive ability and dose applica-
tion have resulted in an appreciable increase in the volume
of business transacted by the company in this district.
On the Uth of July, I9I0, Mr. Hanna was united in
marriage to Miss Grace A. Clark, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph H. Clark, the former a prominent attorney of
this city. Mr, and Mrs. Hanna have become the parents
of a daughter, Winifred G., who was born in Detroit,
October 29, 1913, and is now attending school. They are
memberi of the Presbs'terian church, and Mr. Hanna
giVPS his political allegiance to the republican party.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, having mem-
bership in the Shrine, and he is also connected with the
Detroit Athletic Club and the Oakland Hills Country
Club He has made wise use of his time, his talents and
his opportunities, and his business career has been one of
continuous advancement. His constant aim has been to
perform his duty according to the best ot his ability, and
in his dealings he has ever been straightforward, reliable
and trustworthy, thus winning the confidence and respect
of all with whom he has come in contact.
GEORGE HARRISON PHELPS fre dent nd tre
urer of George Harrison Phelps Incorporated gpneral
advertising agency, was born at M Hers Falls Massa
phusetts, May 20, 1883, and is a son of W II am J and
Almira J. (Benjamin) Phelps, who are alw nat ves ot the
Bay state, in which they have always resided, and the
father is successfully conducting a wholesale grain business.
George Harrison Phelps attended the public schools of
his native town, afterward becoming a student at Worces-
ter Academy, and his education was completed in Cornell
University, from which he was graduated in 1903 with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then established a
garage at Worcester, Massachusetts, becoming the pioneer
automobile dealer of that city. He conducted that busi-
ness successfully until 1906, when he disposed of it and
went to Boston, becoming assistant manager of the branch
established by the Buick Motor Company in that city.
He continued to act in that capacity until 1910, when he
resigned, accepting the position of Boston manager ot the
Everitt, Metzger & Flanders Company better known as
the E, M. F. Company. He filled thit office until the
business was taken over by the Studebiker Motor Com-
pany, when he was made manager of their interests in
New York city, remaining in their employ until 1912,
when he purchased their New York branch This he con-
ducted independently until 1914 when the Studebaker
Corporation repurchased the business, and Mr Phelps
then came to Detroit, becoming director of advertising
for Dodge Brothers. The fact that he was chosen to fill
this important office is proof ot hie expert abilitj m this
field and the high esteem entertained for him by the mem-
bers of the firm. Their faith in him was justified, and his
well directed efforts resulted in a large increase in the
volume of business transacted by the company. In
March, 1922, Mr. Phelps formed his present connection,
with headquarters at 110 Rowena avenue, still acting as
advertising council to Dodge Brothers, and at the same
time handling several other lai^ national accounts.
At Ithaca, New York, on the 27th of October, 1904,
Mr. Phelps married Miss I.aura J. Stephens, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Stephens, prominent residents
of that city. Two sons have been born of this union:
William Earland, whose birth occurred in 1906 and who is
now attending Worcester Academy; and Harrison, who
was born in 1908 and is a student at the Detroit University
School.
Mr. Phelps is an independent repubUcan in his political
views and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic
order, being a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, F. &
A. M., at Boston, Massachusetts. He is also a member
of the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Country Club,
the Players Club and Delta Upsilon fraternity. He be-
longs to the Association of National Advertisers and the
advertising managers committee ot the National Auto-
mobile Chamber ot Commerce. He is the author of many
articles on salesmanship and advertising and one book,
published by Eeilly & Lee, Chicago, in 1920. The resi-
dence of Mr. Pheips is on Bishop Road, Grosse Pointe
Park.
L. F. R. BELLOWS is a representative in both the
paternal and maternal lines of honored pioneer families of
the state and the experiences in his life have been varied
and interesting, bringing him broad knowledge and valu-
able information. Since 1913 he has been connected with
the commercial interests of Detroit and is now engaged
in the manufacture of electrical display signs, his business
interests being extensive and important. His plans are
carefully formulated and promptly executed and he has
never been afraid to venture where favoring opportunitj
has pointed out the way. He was born in Saugituck
Michigan, February 11, 1882, a son of Wilhs E and
Adelaide (Wier) Bellows, also natives ot the Woherine
state. The parents have resided at various periods m
Jackson, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and Jacksonvdie
Florida, and they are now making their home m Detroit
the father being associated with his son, L. F. R Bellons
in business. He stands high in Masonic circles having
attained the 'thirty-second degree. Mrs. Bellows grand
father, Benjamin Clark, was one of the early settlers of
Michigan, erecting a mill on the present site of the town of
Clarkston, which was named in his honor, and he and his
wife, Mrs. Julia Clark, were highly esteemed residents of
their community. The father of Mrs. Bellows, Louis
Wier, was also numbered among the early residents of the
state, first locating at Manchester and later removing to
Climax, Michigan, where he followed agricultural pur-
suits. He was among the gold seekers who made their
way to California in 1849. The paternal grandfather,
C. F. R. Bellows, also a Michigan pioneer, was a noted
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educator, being a professor at Ypsilanti College, while
subsequently he founded the normal school at Mount
Pleasant, Michigan. To Willis E. and Adelaide (Wier)
Bellows were born five children, namely: Mrs. Bertha
Streeter, a resident of Detroit; L. F. R., the subject of this
review; Mrs. Florence McVey of Washington.D. C; and
WilUs A. and Mrs. Louis Barrett, both living in Detroit.
Mr. Bellows completed the work of the grammar schools
in 1901 and afterward attended the Jackson high school.
On laying aside his textbooks he went to the west, where
for two years he was connected with railroad construction
work, but at the end of that period returned to the east,
locating in New York city. There he became interested
in the building of an amusement park which he subse-
quently operated, and he also built the Golden City Park
at Canarsie, New York, which he managed successfully ,
for several years. He then sold the enterprise and built an
amusement park at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, subsequently
supervising similar projects at Richmond, Virginia, Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, and Albany, New York. After com-
pleting this work he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
installed the loi^ distance private telephone system for
the Columbia Gas & Electric Company of that city. He
built and operated light and power plants throi^hout the
states of Kentucky and West Virginia, conducting hia
operations in the oil and gas belt, and after an exciting and
eventful life came to Detroit in 1913. Here he entered
commercial circles, associating himself with a partner for
the conduct of a business in advertising signs. At the
end of two years, however, this relationship was dissolved
and in 1915, in connection with his father, he oi^nized
the L. F. R. Bellows Company, of which he has since been
the president. In 1920 his brother, Willis A. Bellows,
became a member of the firm and the business has now
reached large proportions, being housed in a fine modern
building, of which they are the owners. They handle a
general line of display advertising signs, specializing in the
manufacture of electrical display signs, which they also
erect for their patrons, and owing to the superior quality
of the work turned out of their plant, the output commands
a ready sale, Mr. Bellows is now at the head of one of the
leading productive industries of the city and in the con-
trol of his interests displays marked executive abihty,
business sagacity and enterprise.
In New York city, on the Uth of March, 1907, Mr.
Bellows was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Dutchcr
and they have become the parents of two children, Ehz-
abeth and Lewis F. R., both of whom are attending school
in Detroit.
In his politioal views Mr. Bellows is a republican and his
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Presbyterian church. That he is a loyal and public-
spirited citizen is indicated by his membership in the
Detroit Board of Commerce and he is also connected with
the National Sign Manufacturers Association, of which he
is serving as president. He is likewise identified with the
Vortex Club. Mr. Bellows is a man of resourceful busi-
ness abihty whose record is written in terms of success.
His operations have covered a wide scope and in every
sphere in which he has acted he has left an Indehbie
impress through hia abihty and tireless enerEy,^which
never falls 'ihort of the attainment of its purpose
AETHUE & E&LE, \iee president ^nd general man
ager of the Egle Brothers Manufacturing Company,
f urn<ice an 1 fire brick manufacturers, ii thus con
nceted with one of Detroit s oldest manutaeturing
industries, ■jlthough he himself is a joung business
man, hiving not vet reached the thirtieth milestwne
on life s journey He was horn in this city September
5, 1803 a son of Willmm and Elizabeth (Zimmerman)
Egle The father was bom at Lorrach Baden, Ger
many, November 18, 1867, a son ot John and Mary
(Sehleit) Etle He came to the United States in
1881 and entered the army as a musician being sta
tioned at Fort Custer, Montana, frcrm 1884 until 1891
and becoming during that period sergeant of the First
Cavalry Eegiment Band In 1893 he arrived in De
troit, where he invented and patented a ehina iiln
and with his brother, Henry, established the Egle
Brothers Manufacturing Company, the business being
conducted as a partnership relation until 1S97, when
it was incorporated, William Egle becoming president
of the company in 1902 The brother died in 1904
and the business has since been conducted by William
Egle and his associates in the eomfanj They engage
in the builUng of furnaces ani water filters and a
patent manhole door which is use! for vats This
business has grown to large proportions, gmng em
plovment to fiftv people Thev also manufacture spe
cial fire brick and china kiln and oil burners, for ill
of which Mr Egle holds patents He remdins the
president ot the company, with his son, Arthur G, as
vuc president and general manager, and Arthur W
Hutter as secretary and treasurer He is likewiae the
socrctarv and treasurer of the Eureka Manufacturing
Ccmpany and was at one time president of the East
Side Sealtj Companv His political endorsement is
giien to the republican part\ and fraternally he is
connected with the Loval Order ot Moose He mar
ned Elizabeth Zimmerman a mtno of Breslan Ger
many, and they became parents of file children
Arthur \ letor, Nelda Lorma and William, Jr
Arthur & Egle, was rearel and educated in Detroit
and after his teitb<oks were put aside jointd his fa
th r m businfss, ai-quainting himself thoroughh with
e\eiv phase of manufacture represented in their es
tablishment His acquired ability and executive force
ha\e won hira promotion and he is now vice president
anl t,e"eral manager of the Egle Brothers Manufae
turiug Companv
On the 14tli <f Sctpember 1912 Mr Fgle was n ar
Tied to Miss Bernadetta Moran, of Detroit, daughter
of 4nthony Moran, and thev have one child Artl ur
G Jr born in Detroit, July 17, 1917 Mr Egle is a
member of the Detroit Board of Ctnimeree and also
of the United States Board of Commerce and thus
manifests a keen interest m business affairs and m
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the substantial development o£ trade eonditioua. He
18 likewise connected with the Detroit Automobile
Club, ivhieh indicates mucli coneecuing the nature o(
Ilia recreation.
JOSEPH L. MOSS. In the course of an aetiye business
career Joseph L. Moss developed an important enterprise
operated under the name of the J. L. Moss Rebuilt Truck
Company in Detroit, Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh. He possessed marked initiative and splendid
executive ability and the years chronicled his steady
progresB until he became a dominant figure in the field in
which he labored. He was bom in Bay City, Michigan,
March 22, 1872. His father, Louis Moss, was engaged in
buying and selling blooded horses and was the owner of a
livery stable. The son acquired his education in the public
schools of Bay City and started out to provide for his own
support at an early age. He worked for a time as a
brakeman on the train and also as a switchman.
When but nineteen years of age Mr. Moss was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Commire, who was also nineteen
years of age. She was born near Quebec, Canada, but
when only a vear and a half old was taken by her parents
to Sagmaw Michigan where she was reared to the age of
=iYtefn when the family removed to Bay City. It was
there thit she met ind married Mr. Moss. They soon
ifferward removed to Midland, where they remained for
three \ear3 ind durmg their residence at that place their
hr t two children were born: Mabel, who is now the wife
of Arthur McDonald of Detroit; and Dorothy. Later the
family home was estabhshed in Bay City and there two
more children were added to the family; William, who is
now an auto mechanic; and Pearl, who is the wife of Frank
V. McCoUister of Detroit.
During several years Mr. Moss continued to reside in
Bay City and then went to Toledo, Ohio, where he also
engiged in the liverv business "spending two years there
He next became a resident of Sag naw M ch gan where he
e tabi -shed a hverj own g two "tables He prospered
n his I us nesB there ani eventuall sold out turning his
ttenf on to real estate He continued to 1 u and sell
1 ropertv unt 1 1913 when 1 e came to Detro t Each
ove w h h he n ade was a [ rogrcss ve one marking 1 s
st Iv a Ivancement for n each change he gathered
I rence that enalled 1 m to broaden lus labors and
ccomphsh more fr i tful results On comu g to Detro t
1 e aga n turned his attent on to the real estate 1 s i ess
b t soon sold o t and d scovered i new field f ict vity
n tl e a tomol le ndustr He e tered the e plo of
the Towir \ era Company hav ng charge of the rebu It
t uck department and t! ere reroa ned for about a ear
He then estabhshed bus ness on h s own account in the
Cr dley Arcade where he haidled rel u It trick's He
s on demonstrated that he was as good an auton obile
lie nan as he had formerly been wl e hai dl i g h r^s
He began the busmesa i a small way but soon extended
his perat ons t other c t es until he became a prom nent
factor in industrial circles not only in Detroit but also in
Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, carrying on
his business interests under tlie firm style of the J. L. Moss
Rebuilt Truck Company.
Mr. Moss was thus busily engaged until March 6, 1919,
when death terminated his labors. He displayed many
sterling straits of character, was a lover of good books and
always kept well informed on the principal issues and
Questions of the day. He stood as a splendid type of the
self-made man who made real friends wherever he went by
reason of his sterling worth and his fidelity to advanced
principles He belonged to the ModerA Woodmen of
America and he was a member of St. Ann's Catholic
church. In pohties he supported men and measures rather
than part> easting an independent ballot. Of a most
charitable disposition he gave freely to various benev-
olences and to indiM duals needmg assistance, yet followed
the Biblical injunction not to let the left hand know what
the right hand doeth. His pleasure and comfort were in
his family, where all of his time was sjient outside of busi-
ness hours. Edna, his youngest daughter, was born in
Toledo and was educated in the St. Joseph Academy at
Adrian, Mich^n, where in addition to the regular school
course she took up china painting and music, being natur-
ally gifted along those lines. She is now the wife of
Milton R. Greiner of Detroit and Mrs. Moss also makes
her home in Detroit, finding material comfort in the sub-
stantial competence left to her by her husband and mental
solace in his good name, the splendid business record
which he left and his many kindnesses and charities, for
he was continually extending a helping hand to his fellow
travelers on life's journey.
CHARLES F. PEQT.7EGN0T, M. D. Among the well
known and highly respected physicians and surgeons of
Detroit is numbered Dr. Charles F. Pequegnot, who for
eighteen years has followed his profession in this city, and
with the passing years his practice has steadily increased
as he has demonstrated his skill in his chosen vocation.
A natve of Canada, he was born at Sandwich, in the
prov nee of Ontario, on the 18th of September, 1876, and
h s parents were Claude and OIjTnpia (Girardot) Peque-
gnot both of whom were born in France. In the early
40s thej emigrated from that country to Canada, settling
at Sand vich, where the father secured a government
pos t on and for more than fifty years he served as a
customs ofiicial, his long retention in that connection
ndicatmg his faithtidness and efiiciency. He passed
away at Sandwich in 1SI8, when seventy-two years of
age but the mother is still a resident of that place. They
had a family of two children; Charles F.; and Mrs. R.
Agnelly of Sandwich.
In tl e public schools of his native village Dr. Pequegnot
acq red his early education, and his professional training
was obtained in the Detroit College of Medicine, from
wh ch he was graduated with the class of 1904. He has
since engaged in practice in this city and is now numbered
among Detroit's leading physicians. He has ever
rema ned a close and discriminating student of his profes-
sion and does everything in his power to promote his
knowledge and increase his efficiency, keeping in touch
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with the advancement that is continuaJly being made
along the lines of medicine and surgery.
At Tobdo, Ohio, on thu 15th of June, 1905, Dr.
Pequegnot was united in marriage to Mies Madeleine
Nouyaut, a native of Lyons, France, and they have become
the parents of three children: MadeUne, whose birth
occurred in 1906 and who is now a student at the Ursiiline
Convent at Toledo; Lucy, who w^ born in 1907 and is
also attending that convent; and Charles, who was born
in 1911 and is a pupil in the parochial schools of Detroit.
The family are faithful communicants of the Roman
Catholic church, and Dr. Pequegnot is a fourth degree
Knight of Columbus. Owing to his services in behalf of
the order and St, Anne's parish he was decorated by Pope
Benedict as a result of the efforts of Rev. Father Gabriel
Fumft, C. 8. B., who brought with him the medal on re-
turning from a trip abroad. It bears the words: "Pro
Ecclesia et Summo Pontifice" signifying, "for Chinch and
the Sovereign Pontiff." The decoration was instituted by
Pope Leo XIII in memory of his golden sacerdotal jubilee.
The Doctor is a director and grand medical examiner of
the Union of the French Canadian Catholic Societies,
which maintains its headquarters at Marquette, Michi-
gan. He is a member of the Wayne County and Michigan
State Medical Societies and the American Medical Asso-
ciation and is a fellow of the American College of Sur-
geons, while his political support is given to the repubhcan
party. Prompted in all that he does by laudable ambition
and broad humaritarian principles, he has attained high
standing in his profession and is deserving of much credit
for the success which he has attained, for it has been won
through hard work and persistency of purpose. While
pursuing his studies he was employed for five months in
the year as a ticket seller for the Bois Blanc Excursion
Company, thus securing the funds necessary to complete
his professional training. This spirit of self-reliance and
independence has led to the development of a strong and
vigorous manhood that has enabled him to cope with the
problems of life and find tor them a ready and accurate
solution.
EDMUND A. VJEB, engaged in tlie real estate, loans
and insurance business, is a representative of one of
the old families of Detroit and was born in this city
September 20, 1881, his parents being August P. and
Melanie (Messe) Vier. His father was a partner in
the Parisian Steam Laundry and liad nnmeroua outside
interests whi h included the ownership of ttnaiderable
real estate
Edmund A ^ ler ittende 1 the St \loi s us pin ch al
aehooi m his eirly louth thtrc (.(utinumg his studies
from 1887 until 1893 Ue mxt (ntered the Uniiersitj
of Detroit in wl leh he spent three \ears trom IS'iB
until 1896, and in the Httei ye^x he became i pupil
in the Sacred Heart College it Denver where he
studied for three -seirs while fr<m ITOO until 1901 he
attended 8t Mary s College in Kansas
It was in. the summer of the latter -tear tliat Mr
1905, and while abroad he pursu d 1 tijd Stony-
hurst College of England, ther wi g fi t-class
government certificate in chemist y h h m signal
achievement, owing to the fact th t th nearly
five thousand contestants theref f m 11 r Eng-
land. From 1902 until 1903 he att d d th U versity
of Lou vain, in Belgium, that gr t d t nal in-
stitution which figured promine tly t n with
the World war, and received h djl m gned by
Cardinal Mereier, granting him h d g f Bteheior
of Arts in the fall of 1903. F m th t t m until
January 1, 1905, he traveled in It ly with h father,
thus gaining that broad and 1 b 1 It nd ex-
perience which travel brings.
With hia return to his nat t y M . Vier
engaged in the real estate bu 1 g Ij looking
after his father's extensive int t on! tments
in property. He has been ide t fi d w tl th mort-
gage loan business for many ye I dl h t mort-
gages, lie was also a heavy stockholder in a chemical
manufacturing company of Turin, Italy, but recently
disposed of these interests. He is likewise the owner
of the Vier building and property on Washington
boulevard, which is valued at six thousand dollars a
foot, and his holdings include several lots on John B
street, together with a factory site at Jefferson and
Twenty-first streets, and numerous residences in vari-
ous sections of the city, including his own elegant
home in Arden Park, in the North Woodward district,
which is one of the finest in the city. It was completed
in 1016 and is of English manor style of architecture,
constructed of Bedford stone and reinforced concrete.
On the 11th of October, 1910, Mr. Vier was married
to Miss Maud Foley of Detroit, and to them have been
horn six children: Edmund Peter, who died at the age
of eight years; Vincent; Melanie; Maudmary Manton;
and Charles. The religions faith of the family is that
of the Catholic church and they attend the Church of
the Blessed Sacrament.
Politically Mr. Vier is a democrat. He belongs to
the Detroit Athletic Clnh, the Detroit Automobile
Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the Oakland Hills Golf
Club and the Board of Commerce. He is also a member
of the Knights of Columbus and of the Alliance Fran-
eaiae, a French society. He is greatly interested in
literary work and while a student at Stonyhurst Col-
lege won a prize foe a philosophical essay. He is like-
wise conversant with th P n h nd Ital an languages.
For recreation he turns t golf and handball but bis
keenest pleasure comes f n th e nt t wh h have
cultural value and the It f h s up location
and extensive travel at all t n s fi t J in his
and his d m ano
ARTHUR L. GIGNAC, M. D. is a prominent physician
and highly esteemed citizen of Detroit and his marked
strength of character and laudable ambition have been
resultant factors in the attainment of his present success.
A native of Canada, he was born at Tilbury, in the prov-
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ince of Ontario, May 19, 1887, and is a son of Adolph L
and Chappus (Omeline) Gjgnac, who were also natiies of
that province. Aa a young man tlie father followed the
profession of teaching, while later he became a successful
real estate dealer of Windsor, Ontario, also acting a^
notary public, and he is now living retired at Sandw ch
Canada. Mrs. Gignae also survives. In their family are
the following children: Leo, Arthur L., Ferdinand, Mar\
May and Jennie.
In the acquirement of an education Dr, Gignac attended
the public and high schools of Windsor, Canada. He then
secured a position in the employ of J. W. Fetch, a leading
pharmacist of Walkerville, with whom he remained until
1910, when he entered the Detroit College of Medicine,
from which he was graduated in 1914. The following
year was spent as interne at St. Mary's Hospital of
Detroit, and in 1915 he became assistant to Dr. Joseph
Andries, a prominent surgeon of this city, whose offices
are now located in the David Whitney building. He re-
mained with Dr. Andries for five years, gaining valuable
experience during that period, and has since followed his
profession independently. His office is situated at No.
7765 Mack avenue, and his practice equals that of any
physician in that section of the city. He concentrates his
attention upon his professional duties, which are dis-
charged with thoroughness and conscientiousness, and
success has attended his labors. He devotes much time to
study and investigation along professional lines and does
everything in his power to broaden his knowledge and
increase his efficiency. He is junior surgeon at St. Mary's
Hospital and specializes to a considerable extent in sur-
gical work, in which he has developed expert skill.
Dr. Gignac was married September 6, 1918, to Miss
Amelia Parisian, of Detroit, and they now have a son,
Arthur Louis, who was bom in November, 1919. They
are communicants of the Roman Catholic church. Dr.
Gignac keeps abreast with the advancement that is being
made aloi^ profesaonal lines through his identification
with the Wayne County and Michigan State Medical
Societies and the American Medical Association, while he
IS also connected with Phi Beta Phi college fraternity In
rder to obtain tl e funds necessan to acquire his pro-
fess onal training Dr Gignae worked for the Detroit
A\ indsor lerry Company and he is a aelf -educated self
made mm before whom the doir tf opportunity has
wung open because of his per«istene\ and determination
GEORGE R. HAEKNESS of the real e tate firm of
Raven & Harkness, has thus been active in the develop
ment of that section of the Grand river district which but
a few years ago was considered of little value but toda^ it
is a fine residential district adorned with man\ beautiful
homes. His foresight and enterprise have constituted an
important element in bringing this result about
Mr. Harkness is a native of Kinross, 'Scotland bom
August 27, 1887, his parents being William and Janet
(Curry) Harknes*, who were also natives of the Knd of
hiils and heather and there spent their entire hvea The
father was a merchant at Kinross tor thirt\ '■e^en iear«
and passed awa^ m 191b The mother is still living
Their family numbered six children of whom '^Villum
James Isabella Margaret and Janet art all li\mg in
Kinross
The other member of the famih is George R Harkness
the only one niw in America He attended the pubic
schools and the Dollar Academj and afterward stu lied
law in Edinburgh mth the firm of Tod Murray &
Jajnieson. He read law there until he decided to come to
America, at which time he crossed the Atlantic and settled
in Detroit. He then secured a position in the office of
H. Houghten & Sons as office manager. There he remained
until the consolidation with the Malcomson Houghten
Company and was afterward with the United States Fuel
& Supply Company as auditor, giving up that position
to become secretary and treasurer of the Harlan Gas &
Coal Company. His next connection was with the A. Y.
Malcomson Coal Company, of which he was made secre-
tary, and he thus continued until February, 1920, when he
formed a partnership under the firm name of Eaven &,
Harkness, dealers in real estate. They are selling im-
proved property in the North Grand river district and
have been very successful, doing much to develop that
section and make it a region of beautiful homes.
Mr. Harkness is a Mason, belonging to City of Straits
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and he also has membership in
the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, A. A. S. R., and in
Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine, while the nature of
the interest which governs his life is further indicated in
his membership in the Congregational church. He has
recently returned from a trip to his native land, renewing
the acquaintances of his boyhood and finding much of
interest in that country of crag and glen, of mountain
peak and plain, the land of hills and heather, the land of
poetry and song.
MANSON G. McMANN. Various commercial enter-
prises of Detroit feel the stimulus of the efforts and profit
by the cooperation of Manson G. McMann, an alert,
energetic and progressive young bufuness man, who does
not hesitate to extend his interests as opportunity offers,
while he also possesses the sound judgment and executive
ability which enable him to carry his plans to successful
completion. He was born in Richmond, Michigan, a son
of J T\ and Carrie (Bunn) McMann, and there attended
the pubhc schools. After completing his studies he became
assicwted with his father in the coal and cooperage busi-
ness and in 1899 his creative ability led to the invention
of the scoop truck, which was patented in 1907. Shortly
afterward the Detroit Scoop Tmck Company was organ-
ized and incorporated. The scoop truck is patented in
the United States and Canada and owing to its practical
value commands a large sale in both countries. Mr.
McMann is at the head of the J. W. McMann & Son Com-
panj and his connection with any undertaiing insures a
prosperous outcome of the same, for he possesses marked
enterpnse and initiative and the ability to think in large
terms
Mr McMann married Miss Eula G. Ickes, and they
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ha\c become the parents of a daughter Florence Thej
are members ot the Baptist church and he I'i a repubhcan
in hn pohtical viewfl His fraternal connections are with
the Masons belonging to Palestine Lodge No 375 F &
A M He IS a valued member of the Detroit Board ot
Commerce whose plana tor the pommercial deielopmcnt
of the 1 itv receive his hearts cooperation and he is 'Uso
connected with the Credit Men 'j Absodation and the
Detroit Automobile Club Sincp 1900 he has made his
home in this city and is numbered among its most prom
ment and successful business man, while his progre^^i\e-
aew has been a potent ilement in its induatrial growth
JOHN T ALLMAND, w ho has become widely
known IS 1 designer and engineer m LOiuieetion
with the lutomobile mdustrj , is now lasociatel with
the Fisher Body Comp-inv of Detroit ind has been
an importint factor in the attiinment ot the snc
eeas which his attended the activities ot thit cor
porition A native of MiLhigan he »is horn at
Mount HemenB on the 2<nh of September, 1S67, and
his parents were John and Josephjne (Dem nosj All
mand in whose family nerL seven children John T
AUoiand, the first horn, acquired his education m the
p iblic sc hools and ol tained his initial business es
perience as % cirriagi. upholsterer m the emploj of
Donaldson Brothers of Mount Clemens, with whom
he remained for two >eirs
Cummg to Detroit, Mr AUmmd became i journtv
man in the service of the Sievers Erdman Company,
with which he was identified for twentv tour vtars,
steidiH working his way upward nntil he hcLnme
part owner m the concern and he wis filling the office
of manager at tho time of his withdrawal When the
Fisher Closed Body Companj was organized in 1911,
Mr 4.1hnand was one of the orgsnwers and became
vice prLSident and factory mimger and oenfinuLd to
act in those eapicities until 1910, when he organized
the Ttrnstedt Manntactunng Companv of which he
at first served as vice president and factorv maniger
later being made president Follcwing the sale ot
the plant in 1917, he became vice president of the
Shepard 4.rt Metal Companv, which was taken over
by the Fisher Boii Corporation, and he is now as
sociated with the Fisher Boiy Corporation in an
advisorj capicitv He is connected with the engi
neering department and still retains the interests
which he acquired on first becoming lientified with
the company He is an expert mechanical engineer
and his creative powers have led to the designing of
many valuable devices in eonneotion with bodv hard
ware, on which he has secured patents and which are
now used extensively by automobile manufacturers
thronghout the country Among the most impcrtant
of his inventions mav be mentionel the present t^pe
of windshield and rubber w eati erstripa in connection
therewith, door and body hardware, and he also has
patented a method of raising and lowering windows
indu idual or group of persons
In Afril IWl, Mr Allmand was unittd in marriage
to Miss Catherine Thieler of this cit^, and the\ ha-v e
become the parents of three children John Thieler,
a law student at Stanford TJnnersit}, Robert Altred,
and \ irginia Catherme Thej reside at No 121 Colo
rado avenue and Mr Allmand is also the owner of a
tarm on the Lake Shore road He is verv fond of
gardening, having made a close study of soil and eli
matic conditions here m relation to the proiuction of
crops, and has been very successful in his operations
along this line, raising all ^ arieties of fruits and nuts
which can be grown m this zone
His political allegiance is gi^en to the republican
party and his public spir t finis expression in hia
membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce, whose
caretullv formukted projects tor the development of
the city receive his hearty support He is a thirty
second degree Mason and is also connected with the
Masonic Country Club the Detroit Athletic Club the
Detroit Yaeht Club and the Detroit Automobile Club,
while he is likewise identified with several engineering
societies His recori constitutes a notable e-^ample of
brilliant achievement through individual effort, for he
started ont in life with no other asset than the powers
and talents with which nature endowed him and
through inherent force of character, superior ability
and concentrated effort has gained prestige over his
fello'KS being recognized as the greatest ^cnius of his
tirae in the line n which he aiecializes
ro=!HUAH\NSER M D The profession as well a-
the public accords Dr Joshua Hanser a prominent place
among the medical practitioners of Detroit, for he is a
man of broad svmpathies and thorough training who has
ever striven toward the attainment of high ideals He is
a native son of Detroit his birth having occurred on the
22d of March 1874 and his parents were John George
and Barbara (Froeheh) Hanser natives of Alsace France,
who em grated to America at the close of the Civd war
The'v became residents of Detroit, and tor man^ j ears the
fither engaged m the shoe busmess here He is now
reaidmg with the subject of this review having reached
the advanced age of eighth six years but the mother
passed away m 1896
Dr Hanser anonlj child, attended the grammar schools
of Detroit and holds a B A degree from Baldwin Wallace
Umversifv of Berea Ohio Upon starting out m life tor
himself he learned the trade of book bindmg which he
followed tor some time working for the firm of Richmond
&. Backus for twehe years and aho being identified with
other promment business houses of the eity At length
he decided to take up the profession of medicine and
entered the old Detroit Homeopathic College from which
he was graduated in 1906 He has since followed his
profession m this cit\ and with the passmg >ears his prac
tice has steadily jirown in volume and importance as he
has demonstrated hi^ ibib1\ to copt mth the intricate
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problems which continually confront the physician in his
efforts to restore health and prolong Ufe. He has eve'^
remained an earnest student of the profession aod has
(!omplet«d courses in the Chicago Post Graduate and
Chicago Polyclinic Hospitab, thereby greatly broadening
his knowledge and promoting his efficiency. Following
his graduation from college he spent one year as interne
at Grace Hospital and is now a member of the staff of the
Samaritan Hospital and also of the Evangelical Deaconess
Hospital. He maintains a well equipped office at No. 7303
In this city on the I3th of April, 1916, Dr. Hanser was
united in marriage to Miss Margaret C. Klugt, and they
now have two daughters; Margaret C, whose birth
occurred in 1917; and Euth, born in 1919. The Doctor
is an active and helpful member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and is now serving on its board of stewards, while
his political allegiance ia given to the repubhean party.
He is ft member of the Wayne County Medical Society,
the Detroit Homeopathic Practitioners Society and East
Side Physicians Association, and he keeps in touch with
the advancement that is constantly being made along
professional lines. Progress has ever been his watchword,
and his professional career has been one of continuous
advancement. His entire life has been spent in this city,
and his sterling worth is indicated in the fact that those
who have known him longest entertain for him the highest
respect.
FREDERICK J. ZANGER is numbered among the
progressive real estate operators of Detroit and is also
conducting an insurance agency wmning a substantial
measure of success in both connections through the cap
able management of his business interests He was born
in this city, April 28, 1870, of the umon of Ferdinand and
Lena (Stickel) Zanger. They became the parents of
twelve children, of whom Gustave V, Zanger i brother
of the subject of this review, is represented ehewhere m
this work.
Frederick J. Zanger obtained a pubhc school education
and after the removal of tlie f amil\ to M w hall Michigan
he there conducted a dry goods business for about five
years. He then went to Kalamazoo this state where for
a short time he had charge of a department itore after
ward going to Bay City, Michigan where he had the
management of a chain of stores owned b3 C R Hanley
He next embarked in business independenth handhng
high class furs and other articles of ladies wearing appare!
including suits and coats. His main estabh'ilmient was
in Bay City, and he also opened a branch ?tore in Sag
inaw. After disposing of his interests he came to Detroit
and in 1911 engaged in the real estate business in partner-
ship with John Brennan but later withdrew from that
association and went to Chicago where he entered the
same line of activity, remaining in that city for fii e j ears
In 1916 he returned to Detroit, where he has since made
his home, deahng in real estate and insurance He
handles improved realty and suhdiviiions and hai nego
tiated many important propertj transfer" Ht h is made
a close study of the business, and his judgnicnt is rarely
at fault concerning the value of real estate and its possible
rise or diminution in value. He also represents the Inter-
state Fire Insurance Company and has built up a large
and lucrative business in both lines of activity.
In 1890 Mr. Zanger married Miss Laura R. Morse, a
daughter of Mary Morse, and they now have three
children: Gayle F., Grace Virginia and Cletas M.
They reside at No. 1 1775 Wyoming avenue and have many
friends in the city. Mr. Zanger gives his political alle-
giance to the republican iiarty, and his public spirit finds
expression in his membership with the Board of Com-
merce and the Real Estate Board. Hia labors have been a
direct agency in the upbuilding and improvement of the
city, and an analyzation of his life record indicates marked
enterprise, keen discernment in business projects and
notable wisdom in placing investments. His business
career has been one of continuous advancement, and his
commercial transactions have ever been characterized bv
strict and unswerving integrity, winning for him the con-
fidence and high regard of all with whom he has been
associated.
JOHNSTON R, C. THOMSON. Since 188-1 Johnston
R. C. Thomson has been a resident of Detroit, during
which period he has gained a wide acquaintance in the
citi and as secretary and treasurer of the Detroit Heat
Treating Company he is a prominent figure in commercial
circles his business interests being most judiciously man-
aged 4. native of Canada, he was born in Montreal on
the 15th of March, 1867, his parents being James and
Barbara (Holmes) Thomson, the former a native of Scot-
land while the latter was bom in Canada, As a boy the
father emigrated to Canada, in which country his marriage
occurred, and he became one of the successful merchants
of Montreal, both he and his wife passing away in that
City In their family were nine children, three of whom
In the public schools of Montreal, Mr. Thomson ac-
quired his education and was variously employed in that
citv until 1884, when he left home and came to the States,
taking up his residence in Detroit He secured a position
with Berry Brothers, nell known dealers in varni'die's,
and for over forty years remained with that company,
bemg regarded as one of their most fiithful and trusted
emjlo\es. For many years he filled the post of private
secretary to Joseph H Berry and remained with the firm
until about 1917, when he decided to retire from active
business pursuits. But he found a life of inactivity very
distasteful and resumed his connection with business
interests, becoming connected with the Stutz automobile
with W. G. Smith. At the end of a year they discon-
tinued the automobile business and then organized the
Detroit Heat Treating Company, of which Mr. Thomson
has since been secretary and treasurer. He has instituted
many of the plans for the development of the trade and
the management of the undertaking, and his energy and
hiisineso acumen have been determining factors in the
suLce which has attended the company.
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At Montreal, Canada, on the 3d of September, 1884,
Mr. Thomson was married to Misa Charlotte Elsie
McArthur, and they have an extensive circle of friends in
Detroit. He is a Presbyterian in religious faith, and in his
political views he is independent, while fraternally he is
identified with the Masonic order in which he has attained
the thirt\ second deRree Hi-i life his been an active and
useful one a tuated h^ honorable purpose and crowned
with successful achievement and he i at corded the
unqualified respect and esteem of all with whom he has
been associated
CHESTER WACNFR TULI AR Detroit with its
pulsing industrial enterf rises ai 1 growing manufao
tunnR aad commercial interests is ot stintli drawing
to it ambitions anl farsightel loing tuainess ntn
who recognize the opportunities here offered To this
class belongs Chester W Tollar whn ifter a uni\er
sity education came to Detroit ind entered ipon a
buainesa career that has eventually brought hiro to the
presidency of an important productive enterprise — -
the Tullar Envelope Company. He was born at Nec-
nah, "Wisconsin, Aagust 26, 1873. His father, Franklin
S. Tullar, was a native of Marysville, New York, and
in that state wedded Elizabeth Snyder, whose birth
occurred near Albany. They afterward removed to
Wisconsin and the father devoted his attention to
farming, both he and his wife passing away in that
state. They had a family of eleven children, of whom
three are living, namely: Chester Wagner; Jackson C,
of Detroit; and Charles A., residing in Warren, Min-
nesota.
In his youthful days Chester W. Tullar was a pupil
in the publ'c ichooH of Neenah Wscons'a and after
wards attended the Valj ara so (Ind ) B s ness College
wh le later he matr eulated n the Tin ersitv of Wis
consin n tl e eivil eng neen ig departn ent Hs elu
0 t onal course however was not cont nuous for
before enter ng the un versity he 1 ad made 1 s in t il
step in the bus ess world For two ears he v-an em
plojed n the offices of the Mineril Lake L n bet Con
panv of W Bcons n and n 1896 he removed to Detro t
where he was eoune ted w tl the Western Newspaper
U on until 1 01 when he w thdrew rder to engage
m business on h s o v account He then organized
the Tullar Envelope Companj wl cl has b en de
veiojed from a small begmn ng to one of the pro
du tive ndustr es of Detro t Tl e flrn now en ploys
fift> people anl plans are und r way for the erect on
of a special bn Id ng to a eommodat tl bus n ss
wh ch Qclules the manufactu e of e elopes for all
purposes The new b Id ng s s tuated at the cor
nor of lort ani Twent eth etr ets a d when fin shed
w II be one of the most modern and best equ pped
plants of the hi d n tl e countr Tl e bus ess was
first ncorpo ated n 1901 as the Howe Envelope Con
panv an I the name was changed to f he Tullar F
velope Con panv n 1005 Mr Tullar le g the prea
dent a d manager as well as tl e pr n pal owner
On tl e th of September l^OS Mr Tullar was
n arr ed to M as Kitt e Llo er Haven da ghter of
George H. Havens of Rushville, Indiana. They have
two children: Louise Elizabeth, born in Detroit, De-
cember 25, 1907; and Georgeanna Margaret, born in
Detroit, February 1, I9I0. Both are attending Cros-
man school.
Mr Tuilar is identified with the Detroit Board of
Coi neree also with the T^pothetie Franklin Aaso
cjation and with the American Envelope Manufactur
ers AsBOLiation He likewise belongs to the Botary
Club to the Detroit Automobile Club to tho tiiuer
Bitv of Wisconsin Club and la a meraler ot the North
Woodward Methodist Episcopal church He is fond ot
motoring hunting and fishing finding rest and reerea
tion in various forma of outdoor life There have teen
no unusual or e\citing cfiaodes or phases in his bnai
ness career wlieh has been markel ty i steih pro
gression that indiC4tLS tl wise use of tim til iits
and O[portunitie8
ANDREW J. DOWNED , for about twenty years con-
nected with the motor industry and at present filling the
offices of vice president and general manager of the Scripps
Motor Company of Detroit, was born in Oakland county,
Michigan, December 25, 1879, a son ot John J. and Ella
(Vliet) Downey, well known residents of that part of the
state. The father served as a soldier in the 8tb Michigan
Infantry during the Civil war, and was wounded three
times. Subsequently, he became chief of police in Detroit,
holding that office for fourteen years, during this period
rendering excellent service to the city.
Andrew J. Downey was educated in the schools of
Detroit and while yet a boy started out to earn his own
Uvehhood by working in a wholesale house. On leaving
(hat poston he went into the motor industry, working
in the Cadillac shops for five years, and in that time
acquvng a sound knowledge of the building of motors.
^ hen the Sen[ pa Motor Company was being organized
n 1907 Mr Downej became associated with the new
ei terprise and has been dentified with the company ever
8 nee He ii regarded a"? the practical man of the organi-
zat on of wl leh he is ^ ce president and general manager,
hold ng the latter pos tion since the company began
business and in 1915 he was made vice president. The
"^r pps Company make marine, tractor and truck engines.
The world be ame aware of the quafity of their engine
when one of fhem was nstalled in a thirty-five foot boat
whii-h left Detro t Jul 12, 1912, and, crossing the At^
lant c arr e 1 at St Petersburg, Russia, September 13,
mak ng the si\ thousand five hundred miles in twenty-
one da>s Thomas Fleming Day, the noted writer, was
skipper of the boat Tl e following extract from the log
of the ^ojage a nterestmg; "All the way from Detroit
to Queenstown motor ran perfectly. It stopped but
once on J ly 22 wl en water foimd its way into the
gasolene Rough weather practically all the way."
On Febru ry 25 1905, Mr, Downey was united in
marr age to Carr e Cole and they are the parents of four
ch Idren E th John T Jr., Andrew J., Jr., and Payne A.
Mr Do^ e-v helped to organize the Scripps-Booth
Compan wh ch later sold out to the General Motors.
He 9 a progrcs e an 1 energetic executive and has
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practically the entire business of the Scripps Company
on his shoulders. He is very efficient and thorough in
overseeing the details of the business.
L. H. BEDFORD, who holds official connection with
one of Detroit a most important productive industries, is
I mill of marked bu'iines^ enterprise, energetic, persistent
and resourceful His sterling and substantial qualities
ha^e brought him steadilj to the front until he is now
the treasurer of the Edmund & Jones Corporation, ex-
tensive manufacturer'! of lamps of all kinds for use on
automobiles tractors and motor boats Mr Bedford is
a niti\e of Chatham Ontario bom October 9, 1379, his
pjrents being Albert and Maria Bedford, who are also of
Canadian birth and were reared and mameil in Canada,
The father then took up the occupation of farming and
stiH makes his home in Chatham
L. H. Bedford attended the public schools of his native
city and afterward became a student in the Chatham
Business College, from which he was graduated. He later
engaged in clerical work, first as a bookkeeper with the
Muzzy-Lyon Company, Detroit, with whom he remained
for three years. He then became head bookkeeper with
the Edmund & Jones Manufaeturing Company on the
1st of July, 1907, and continued to act in that capacity
until March 30, 1916, when recognition of his ability,
enterprise and resourcefulness came to him in his election
to the office of treasurer and member of the board of
directors. The company was organized as the Edmund
& Jones Company for the manufacture of lamps of all
kinds and in March, 1916, the name was changed to the
Edmund & Jones Corporation. The present officers are:
Creorge E. Edmund, president; William T. Jones, vice presi-
!cnt L H Bedford treasurer and V E Jones, secretaiy.
The cooidinated effort of the** men has been responsible
for the phenomenal success nhith has attended the
leielopment of the business since its inception in its
prtscnt form Their output includes I'unps of all kinds
for u=e on tractors automobiles and motor boats and in
their manufacture the\ emplov an aierage force of eight
hundred and fift\ people Thej make shipments not
onl\ to all points of the United States but al^o largely
into Canada and to trance Italy and olher European
ciuntries and Ui some extent to other continents a*! well.
Th(ir output IS the last word in lamp perfection for the
various u'les intended ind the business is Hteadil3 grow-
ing. Mr. Bedford is also a director of the Canadian Lamp
& Stamping Company of Ford, Ontario, and is likewise
treasurer of that corporation.
On the 15th of September, 1909, Mr. Bedford was mar-
ried to Miss Julia McCormick, daughter of Hugh Me-
Cormick, of Detroit. Mr. Bedford gives his political
endorsement to the republican party and is a member of
the Fellowcraft Athletic and Detroit Automobile Clubs.
He likewise belongs to the Michigan Manufacturers Asso-
ciation and thus keeps in touch with the trend of trade
and commercial progress. His religious faith is that of
the Methodist Episcopal church. A lite prompted by
laudable ambition, characterized by indefatigable industry
and governed by the most straightforward principles bas
brought him to a position where he enjoys a notable
Liccess and an unassailable reputation.
WALTER A. SLAZINSKI, D. D. S. A representative
member of the dental profession in Detroit is Dr. Walter
A. Slazinski, who was born in Bay City, Michigan, on the
27th of May, 1891, a son of John S. and Magelina (Snie-
czynski) Slazinski. He has three brothers living: Stanley,
who is a dentist; Leo W., a medical student; and Edward,
who is a pharmacist.
Walter A. Slazinski attended the public and parochial
schools of his birthplace and also the Bay City Eastern
high school and in due time enrolled in the University of
Michigan, from which institution he was graduated in
1915 with the D. D. S. degree. While a student at the
university Dr. Slazinski was prominent in all campus
aiTairs and was an active member of Psi Omega fraternity
and the Polonia Society. In the fall of 1915 he came to
Detroit and established offices on Russell and Frederick
avenues. He was engaged in general practice there until
1916, when he removed to his present quarters on Chene
street. Dr. Slazinski is recognized as one of the progres-
sive young members of the dental fraternity in Detroit
and is active in the work of its various societies. He is a
member of the First District Dental Society, and the
Michigan State and National Dental Associations.
On the 7th of January, 1918, occurred the marriage of
Dr. Slazinski to Miss Helen Sobkowiak, and to their union
three children have been born: Joseph, Marcella and Wai-
ter Jr. Dr. Slazinski is affiliated with the Knights of
Columbus and several Polish societies and is one of the
most public-spirited and progressive citizens of Detroit.
He has always given his poUtical allegiance to the repub-
lican party and, although he has never sought nor desired
public preferment, he is ever cognizant of the duties and
responsibilities as well as the privileges of citizenship and
is never too busy to give his aid in the furtherance of any
movement he deems essential to the general welfare.
JOHN W. WARREN, M. D. While a representative
of the medical profession for little more than nine years.
Dr. John W. Warren has already won an enviable place
in the ranks of medical practitioners and has been par-
ticularly successful in treating industrial surgical cases.
He is a native son of Michigan, his birth having occurred
in Waterford township, Oakland county, April 18, 1888,
and his parents are Charles Henry and Amia (Weinmann)
Warren. The name Warren figures most conspicuously
and honorably in connection' with early American history.
Richard Warren, the first to come to the new world, was
a member of the Mayflower colony, and his name is
inscribed on the monument at Plymouth erected to the
memory of those who, leaving ship at Plymouth Rock,
founded the fiist colony in New England. Charles H.
Warren was also a direct descendant of Benjamin Warren.
He came to Michigan in early life with his parents from
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the state of New \ork where he was born The tamilv
home was e«taUished m Bloomfield Center Michigan
where the grandfather, Benjamin barren followed the
occupation of farmiig The son Charles H ww a lad
of nine \ears at the time ot his removal ai d was reared
upon the home farm \ft^r attaining his majority he
took up farminir on hi'j own a^'count He married Ann
Weinmann a native of Ann \rbor Michigan and thev
now reside in Independence township Indepei dence
eountv They be aine parents ot five children Luther
who IS a practicing ph\ aic an of New 'i ork cit\ and pro
feasor of medicine in Long Island College Mri Ann
Hewi«on of CHrkstin Michgan Mrs Fred Re nhardt
hving m Clifton irizcna John W and Benjamin who
IB dec eased
Dr John Tl ^ arren atten led the public schools of
ttaterfird an 1 afterward of Clark&ton Michigan and
then became student m the high school at Ann Arbor
He later matriculated in the medical and Uterarv depart-
ments of the University of Michigan and was graduated
with the M D degree in 1912 after which he became an
interne in the University Hospital there remaining tor
SIX months and gaining that broad and ■( aluable expenence
that IS ol tamed in hispitai practice At the end of that
per od he opened an office m Pl3inouth Michigan where
he remained for eighteen months and then removed to
Climay where he contmued for two years In 1117 he
came to Detroit where he has smce successfulh engaged
m practice his clientage steadilj mereasmg He has
done much surgical work particularlv m eases of accident
in industrial estabhshments and he displays marked diill
in his surgical work Dunng the 'R orld war he was com
missioned a lieutenant of the Medical C^rps but did not
get to France He is a member of the staff of the High
land Park Hospital also of the Mutual Hospital of Detroit
and he belongs to the Wa\ ne Ooiinf y Michigan State and
American Medical Associations, and is also a fellow of the
American Medical Association.
Dr. Warren was married to Miss Winnifred Humphrey,
a daughter of George S. and Rebecca (Laird) Humphrey
of Ann Arbor, and they have one child, John W., bom at
Battle Creek, June 3, 1915. The doctor is a Mason and
has ever been a loyal follower ot the craft, exemplifying
its teachings largely in hia medical practice. He is also a
member of Michigan Society Sons of the Revolution.
DELMAR BRISCOE 8PELLMAN is legariled as
the leading photographer erf Detroit and is an artist
of unquestioned merit, turning out work which denotes
skill and careful study. He was burn September 15,
1868, near Bellefontaine. Logan county, Ohio, a son
of John D. and Kitty E. (Rowand) Spellman and a
grandson of Jacob Spellman, the family having been
represented in that state fox more than four genera-
tions. The name is an old and honored one in this
country. The family is of English origin, and the
line of descent is traced back to the year 1000 A. D.
The name figures prominently in the annals of English
history and Sir John Spellman, a distinguished scion
of tl e line was interrtd m Westm n sttr AI I ev— an
honor aecorde 1 to England a most illustr aas men
Delmar Driaeoe SpuUman acpiired lis eduction in
the jublie schools of his native eitv anl the Belleton
taini. higl SLhool Ph toj,raphj had alw ■« s made
strong appL^l to him and as a boy he became interested
in the art first owning a stulio at Sidney Ohio when
he was nineteen years of age In 18<t8 he came to
Detroit opening a photographic establishment at No
242 Woodward avenue and later removed to No 220
Woodnarl avenue On the 1st of January 1910 he
established his stulio at his present location at No
which building he erected
He occupies the entire
known this is the only
es designed and used ex
use His establishment
4838 Woolward i
especially for this pnr].o(
structure anl so far as
building in the United i
clusivelv for photographic
tastetullv furnished and equipped with everything
necessary to the successful conduct of a first class
studit He IS constantly striving to bring his work
to the highest artistic standard and as a result has
met with well desen ed success trom both i commercial
and artistic point of view The list of his patrons
IS an extensive one including the high class trade
of the eitv and he enjoys the distinction of being
regarlel at Detroit s leading photograpl er
In 1896 Mr Spellman was united in marriage to
M ss Bertha SI arpless and they are well known and
popular m social circles of the city He is a member
( f tl e Atkinson Avenue Methodist church of which
he was one of the founders and is one of the trustees
He also was a trustee for a number of >ears of the
Central Methodist church is a trustee ot the Meth
0 list Union of Detru t and cha rman of ts fellow
sh p eomm ttee He takes a deep nterest n everj
tl ng that perta ns to the welfare of h s eommun ty
and tl e upl ft of tl e nd y dual and has been for nany
■years a member of the boari of trustees of the Flor
e ee Crittenden Home wh ie s nee ts organ zat on he
has been a men ber of tl e account ng eomn ttee of
the Detrcat Con mnn ty Un on a d ng nater ally m
placing the affa rs of that bo Iv upon a good b s neas
Mr Spell an Keeps n close to ch v th tl e advance
ment that s be ng made along tl o 1 ne of h s chosen
voeat on th ough h s membersl p n. the M ch gan
State Photograihc Soc ety He s a past pres de t
ot the Tr State Photograph o 8oc etv vh eh ncl lea
M ch gan Oh o aand Indiana and s act e n tl e
Nat ona] Photograph e Aasoc at on He s a pron
nent Mason belong ng to Co ntl an Lcrdge F &
A M Pen naular Chapter R 4 M Monroe Counc I
R JL S M Detro t Comraandery No 1 K T M eh
gan S ere gn Co s atory A & A S R anl Moslem
Ten pie f the Myat e Shr ne He s an act ve and
earnest member of the Board of Con raeroe whose
plans and pr jects for the de lop nent of the trade
relat ns of the c tv he heart I enlorses and he
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la 1 lit od th tl e D tr t All let O-iU I
H 111 C u tcj lixcl ange Ingl s le Detro t 4utun
hie Detro t Yacht Tour sts an I Shoeiack Out ng
Clubs and waa one of tJ e orein zers of the last namel
so ety What I e I as aeeompl shed represents the tt
ut 1 zat (m of h a nnate powers and tale ts He holds
t } gh deals n li s work e er str v ng for the great
i at preem enee nl h follows super or al 1 tv and
t posa ble decree of perfect on nd has atta ned
n entrate 1 effort H s 1 f e a exen plary a 11 re
j ts in 1 he has ever b pportei those uterests which
al Htel to be efit h n an ty wl le h s ow per
0 1 w th s leser ng ot h gh con n endat o
BASIL J. TREPPA, a na,tive son of Detroit and a mem-
ber of one of the oldest Polish families of the city, which
has been connected with its development and upbuilding
for over a half century, is well known as an able financier
of more than ordinary ability and is now serving as cashier
of the Liberty State Bank of Hamtramck, while he is also
a successful real estate operator. He was bom July 31,
1886, his parents being Martin and Margaret (Stematt)
Treppa, both of whom were natives of Poland and as
children weie taken to Canada bv their parents, who came
to the United States during the Civil war. They settled in
Detroit, being the third Polish family to locate here, and
Martin Treppa acquired his education in the public
schools of this city. On entering the business world he
was at first identified with the undertaking business, after
which he conducted a grocery store for a time and upon
disposing of that enterprise became superintendent of the
finishing department of the Pullman Car Company of
Detroit, He passed away in 1896, but the mother is still
living in this city. They became the parents of nine
children: Martin, deceased Ynthonv who i*! a well
known real estate dealer of Detroit and whose biographv
appears elsewhere in this \ olume Ralph also re iding in
this city; Eloise, who is livmg in Bostcn Masaachusett
Mrs. Rose Jablonowski and Mrs Margaret Krmnp both
of Detroit; Mrs. Agnes Melin deceased and HpIph and
Basil J., residents of this eitv
Mr. Treppa acquired bif education m St ilbertus
parochial school of Detroit and in the public schools of
the city, and his initial busmew experience was obtained
in the employ of the Murphy Chair Company, with
which he remained a short time, afterward becoming assis-
tant bookkeeper for the Caplis & Fay Beef Company.
At the end of fifteen months he severed his connection
with that firm and entered the Central Savings Bank of
Detroit as messenger, conscientiously and capably per-
forming each task assigned him and eventually becoming
assistant manager of the St. Aubin street branch of that
institution. Mr. Treppa was not only one of the organizers
of the Liberty State Bank of Hamtramck on the 25th of
September, 1918, but became its first cashier and has since
acted in that capacity, being also a member of the board
of directors. He thoroughly understands the details of
modern finance and is seeking to promote the success of
the institution by faithful and efficient work, looking care-
f II ift*r the ntere t of depositors and safeguarding the
welfare of the bank wh ch ranks with the substantial
financ al n 1 1 t ons of Detroit, He also has other busi'
ne^ nte e t be g associated with his brother Anthony
ID the conduct of the Treppa Realty Company, success-
f Uv operatng n ths city. He is a member of the
Hamtramck Realty Company, of which he is a director,
secretary and treasurer and the Hamtramck Lumber &
Supply C mpa y of which he is a director, chairman of
the e^ecut ve board and vice president.
On the 30th of May 1906, Mr. Treppa was united in
marr age to M ss Mat Ida Freda, a daughter of Mr. and
Mr Fra k Freda, bono ed pioneer residents of Detroit,
theirs being the fifth Polish family established in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Treppa have become the parents of seven
children; Angeline, who was born in 1907 and is now
attending St. Mary's Academy at Monroe, Michigan;
Virginia, whose birth occurred in 1910 and who is a
student at St. Catherine's parochial school of Detroit;
Raymond, who was born in 1915 and is pursuing his
studies in St. Joseph's parochial school; Jeannette, who
was born April 2, 1621; and Matilda, Basil and Justine,
all of whom are deceased. The family residence is at
4856 Burns avenue.
Mr. Treppa is a faithful communicant of the Roman
Catholic church and is also identified with the Catholic
Order of Foresters, the Modem Woodmen of America
and the Detroit Yacht Club, while his political allegiance
is given to the republican jiarty. In business circles he
manifests the forcefulness, keen discrimination and ready
understanding of involved interests which have made him
an important factor in the promotion of financial and real
estate interests of Detroit. His example is one well
worthy of emulation, for his present success has been
gamed entirely through his own efforts, while his integrity
and h >nor in all business transactions have ever remained
unquestioned.
JOSEPH A. POPIEL. Possessing all the requisite
quahtie of an able lawyer, Joseph A. Popiel has cstab-
hfthed his position among the successful young attorneys
of Detroit, having already won a reputation which many
an older practitioner might well envy. He is a native of
Poland his birth having occurred in Cracow on the 26th
of January, 1888, and his parents were Joseph and Mary
(Rozanski) Popiel. They came with their family ot
three children to the United States when their son Joseph
A. was but four years of age, locating in Newark, New
Jersey, where he acquired his early education. Coming
to Detroit in 1904, Mr. Popiel became a student at the
Polish Seminary and afterward entered the Detroit Col-
lege of Law, from which he graduated with the class of
1912. He then took up the work oi his profession, which
he continued to follow in a private capacity in this city
until January 1, 1915, when he was appointed assistant
prosecuting attorney by Allan H. Frazer and capably
filled that office until September 30, 1919. Mr. Popiel
then went abroad and in November, 1920, resumed the
private practice of his profession in Detroit, now having
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a large clientele, which includes many membi rn of tlie
Polish colony, although his practice is not restriLted to
his fellow countrymen lie conducts a general law busi-
During the Worl I ar Mr Pop el ga e ] root of his
loyalty to his adopted country b assist i g promoting
the various Liberty Loan campa gn" an 1 also took an
active part in Polish rehef work H s p< 1 tical allegiance
is given to the platform and can i iatea of the repubUean
party, and he is a valued member of the Lawjets Club
of Detroit and the Bench and Bar. He has been actuated
by the laudable ambition to progress, and in his practice
has displayed a conscientious zeal and energy that are
carrying him steadily forward. He subordinates all
other interests to the demands of his profession and his
fellow practitioners bear testimony to his high charwttr
and pronounced ahiUty
HABBl L l^AKE general mana|,pr of tie De
troit store of Frink &. Spdoc the largest txcluane
reidj to we^^ mercantile establishment in Michigan
has been i resilent of Detroit only i comparativeh
shcrt time but in this period he has attame i a fore
most jOBition m meremtile circlei Mr Wire was
born in Oskalooaa Iowa, December 11 1873 and la a
sou of Clark'-on M ind Mary Ehzibeth (&toir) Ware,
the father being i retired merchant
Harry L Ware w^s educated in the public a hools
of 0>"kaloosa Upon leaving the high school 1 e begin
his bnamesa career m the emplo3 of the Ham Baldaut
Dry Goods Company, thu^ entering upon a line of
business to whith he has since de^ oted his energas
and achieved such marked eucceaa His iriginal poai
tion was a minor one but industry and fidelity won
promot on for him from time to time ind ho remained
with his first employer ftr foir vetrs He then went
to Des Moines Iiwa where ht became a member of
the firm of "i unkcr Br thers Company, the Iftrgtat
deiartmcnt store m Iowa and acted is morchanlise
manager His connection with this tirm covered a
period of seventeen years when he resigned to accept
the position as merchandise manager for the Emer>
Bird S. Tha>er Dr3 Goods Companv at Kansas City
Missouri He remained here for three years
Each Lhange in Mr Ware s business career has
marked a step forward and t was m 101" that he
came to Detroit to become general manager of the
Emporium During the three years that he was the
managing head of this large estabi shment his pro
gressive ipirit splendid managerial ability and strong
pLraonahtj quickly won recognition and it was onli
a natural consequence that the opportunity for fur
ther advancement in the mercantile field should be
offered t him In l'»21 when Prank &, Seder the
remarkable merchandisers of Pittsburgh and Philadel
phia, decided to open a store in Detroit, they fol-
lowed their well known policy of procuring the ablest
executives by offering the position of general man-
ager to Mr. Ware. The firm of Prank & Seder is
rnc ot the lar^e'it organizations in the United States
dealing in n ad\ to wear apparel for men women
and children, and their business m Detroit is incor
porated under the laws of Michigan with a capitaliza
tion of three million dollars. Their store, with a
tronfage of one hundred and eight't feet on Wood
war 1 avenue, in the heart of the retail district, and
their building ot eight stones, is all devoted ta mer
chandising In April, 1021^ the first unit of the 'Jtore
was opened and it can truly be said that it marked
a distinct epoch in merchandising in Detroit Many
characterized it as a sensation
Mr Ware s lou^ experience in connection with mer
chandising and his intimate and comprehensne knowl
edge of the business, well qualifies him for the direction
of this mammoth commercial concern
On the 4fh of Mav 1503 Mr Ware wa-i m^rnel
toMisa(_oraW Woods of Oskaloosa Iowa adaiglter
f Hon Jam i K Woods i f that c tv
From the commg of Mr Ware to Detro t he became
a forceful factor in commercial circles and is reco^
nized as a citizen ± most j regressive and loyal
s] irit whose aid and cooperation can at all times be
counted upon to further any plan or project thit
tends to advance the welfare of the citv He is a
member cf the Detroit Boiri of Commerce the Retail
Mer hauls Asso mtion and also hoUs membership in
the Bloorafield Hills fountrj Club
MICHAEL I BALLE among the large mdustnal
enterprises of this cit\ i' numbered the Detroit &amtar\
Supply Compan3 manufacturers of brass gmids and
plumbers sui plies ot which Michael J Balle is secretary
and factor> manager He hai^ been identified with this
compain throughout the entire period ot his ci nnect on
with bu'aness mterests and owmR to merit and abihtj has
worked his way upward from a humble bepinnmg to his
present position of responi I ihty and importance showing
him to lie a man of marked force ot character and strong
determination
Mr Balle was born in Detroit August 10 IsTi* a =on
of Peter and Jobephine Balle both of whom were natives
of Paris Frante When quite >oung thev came to the
United States making their wav to Detroit where their
marriage occurred Here the father identified him«elf
w ith b lEiness mterests as a tanner of leather contmuii g
activi, along that hne durmg the remamder of his life
Both parents passed awa\ in this eitj To their umon
were born SIX children Matthew Mr Matildi Spencer
Mrs Margaret Burns Mrs Josephine Eousseau Elizabeth
and Michael J
Michael J Balle acquired his earh education in the
parochial schools ot Detroit after which he attended Mon
roe Seminary and subsequentU was for a year a student
in the Detroit Busmess Um\ ersit j . On starting out m
life for himself he secured a situation with the Detroit Sani-
tary Supply Company, entering their employ on the 1st
of September, 1891. He started in a humble capacity and
thoroughly mastered each task assigned him, devoting
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every energy to learning the business. He won continuous
advancement as" he proved his worth and abihty until at
length he was made a stockholder in the firm and chosen
to fill the ofEcRS of secretary and factory manager. He is
thoroughly familiar with every phase of the business,
owing to his long comiection therewith, and is therefore
proving very capable in directing the labors of those under
his supervision. He gives careful oversight to every detail
of the business, is constantly seeking to increase the effi-
ciency of the plant and to extend the trade of the company
into new territory, and his efforts have resulted in a sub-
stantial increase in the volume of trade. The company
engages in the manufacture of brass goods and plumbers'
supplies on an extensive scale, and the superiority of their
products is generally recognized.
At St. Augustine, Horida, on the 26th of April, 1916, Mr.
Balle was united in marriage to Miss Johanna L. Behan,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Behan, well known
and highly respected residents of Detroit, where the father
waR successfully engaged in business as a merchant tailor.
Two children have been bom of this union: Helen Louise,
whose birth occurred on the 16th of April, 1918; and Mary
Jean, who was born in 1920.
Mr. Balle is a catholic in rehg'ous faith and is also a
member of the Knights of Columbus, in which he has
attained the third degree. He is a republican in his poH-
tical views and stanchly supports the principles and candi-
dates of the party. He is a foremost figure in business
circles of Detroit, and his success is due in large measure to
the fact that he has never dissipated his energies over a
broad field but has concentrated his attention upon the
line of activity which he first entered upon starting out in
life for himself, thereby acquiring a most thorough and
accurate knowledge of the business which he represents
He is preeminently a business man w hose record is written
in terms of success and hL constantly expanding powers
have taken him from humble surroundings to a field of
large enterprises and contmuallv broadening opportunities
His insight has enabled him to recognize advantage his
energy to utilize them. Hi" eareei w a most commendable
one and should serve as a ource of inspiration and ent lur
agement to others, showing nhat ma\ be acccmphshed
when one has the will to dare and to lo
FREDERICK T. MA^ NARD a promment and sue
cessful business man, for man> vears connected with the
Ornamental Products Company of whuh he is vice preii
dent, was born in Southfield, Oakland county, near the
banks of the River Rouge, July 30, 1863, a son of Trau-
gott L. and Amelia Maynard. He was educated in the
public schools, and shortly after leaving school he became
associated wiUi his brother, A. A. Maynard, in the manu-
facture of furniture, remaining in this line for several years.
He then entered the service of the Kelsey, Herbert Com-
pany, in the capacity of superintendent and continued in
this position for two years and three months.
In April, 1905, Mr. Maynard entered the business of the
Ornamental Products Compajiy, of which he has always
been vice president. He is an able business man and has
had a very successful career. He is a thirty-second
degree Scottish Rite Mason; a member of Union Lodge
No. 3, F. & A. M.; Michigan Sovereign Consistory; and
Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine, in the affairs of all
of which he takes a warm interest, as he does in civic mat-
ters, although having no political aspirations toward
pubUc office.
JOHN ft HLRLEl Although one of the younger
representatives of the Detriit bar John W Hurler is
rapidly forging to the front in his profe^ion for he po?
sesses thone qualities which are indispensable to the
lawyer— a keen rapid logital mind plus the bu ne-is
sense and s, ready capacity for hard work and the firm of
Scott & Hurlej of which he is the junior member un
doubtedlj hai- before it a most promising future Mr
Hurley wa-^ bom m Daleviiie Indiana Juh 9 1S<I3 a son
of Homer and Belle (Cartwright) Hurley both of whom
are nati\es of the Hoosier state where they were reared
educated and married. The paternal grandfather was
a pioneer sawmill operator of that section of the country
and later engaged in farming, obtaining the title to his
land from the government. The maternal grandfather,
Joseph Cartwright, was also numbered among the early
settlers of Indiana, where he resided for many years, his
demise occurring in that state. The father of Mr.
Hurley has also devoted lus life to agricultural pursuits
and is the owner of a large and valuable farm in the
vicinity of Daleviiie, Indiana, which he is successfully
operating, being numbered among the substantial and
highly respected residents of his community. To Mr.
and M"^. Hurley were bom eight children: Homer, Jr.,
who resides in Detroit, being connected with Eicken-
backer Motor Company; Charles and Irvin, who make
their home in Daleviiie, Indiana; Mrs. Ethel Kasenbei^,
a resident of Indianapolis; Hazel, deceased; Mabel and
Crace both of whom are living in Daleviiie; and John W.,
ofthi review.
Mr Hurley attended the high schools of Daleviiie and
Anderson, Indiana, aad following his graduation in 1911
entered Winona College, after which he became a student
it Wabash College. He then pursued a course of study
in the Detroit College of Law, from which he won his
LL B degree upon his graduation with the class of 1917.
He then engaged in the practice of his profession and was
thus occupied until the 21st of June, 1918, when he joined
the <*rviee of the government, entering the United States
Auxiliary Training School at Chicago, Illinois. He was
discharged from the service on the 27th of December,
1918, after which he returned to Detroit and resumed the
work of his profession, becoming connected with the legal
department of the Ford Motor Company, with which he
was identified until the 1st of June, 1920. He then re-
signed to enter upon independent practice and had built
up a good clientele, when on the Ist of January, 1921, he
became a partner of Collins B. Scott under the firm style
of Scott & Hurley. That they have already succeeded in
winning the confidence of the pubUc is indicated in the
number of important cases entrusted to their care, and
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they have won manj vcrditti fa-vorablp to the intercts
of their clients W ith a nature that cannot be content
with mediocrity, Mr Hurle-v has closth apphed himself
to the masterj of legal principles, and his clear and
cogent reasoning and forcetul presentation of his eases
indicate his careful and thorough preparation
On the 23d of June, 1916, Mr Hurlej was united m
marriage to Miss Margwxt Hlavity, of Detroit, and they
have become the parents of a son, Basil Alvin who was
born April 31, 1917 His rehgious faith is indicated by
his membership in the Central Christian church, and he
is also a member of the "^ oung Men s Christian Associa-
tion. His professional connections are with the Detroit
Bar Association and Delta Theta Fhi legal tratemitj
He has much natural abiLti but is withal a hard student,
believing in the maxim ' There le no excillenoe without
labor," and following it closeh His time and attention
are chiefly given to his law practice, and in a piofesaion
demanding keen intellectuahtv and individual merit he lo
making continuous piogress, beinR numbered with the
rising young attorne\'' of Ditroit
FBANCIfe L lOBK, M A lu muaieai cirtlfi of
Detroit Fraftcis L York oeuupies a foremost position
and his high professional standing is mdieated in the
fact that he is the \ice president of the Nationil
Music Teachers Association and president of the state
association He is i talented organist and has be
comw widely known in this connection and since 1902
he has been president of the Detroit (.onsenatory of
Music, one of the lei ding institutions of the kind in
the eonntry He was l"orn in Ontonagon, Michigan, i
son of LoJowick and Frames (Colhstor) York and a
representative of an old American f-imily of Bnelish
origin. The father was one of the professors in Ham
ilton University of New York and i well known edu
eator. He subsequently came to Michigan, lOLiting
at Howell, where he estiblisheU a prnate school, while
later he became a minister of the Methodist Epiicopal
church.
After his gradmtion from the high school at Ann
Arbor, Michigan, Fnncis L York entered the State
University, from which he wa? graduated in 1883 with
the B. A. and M A degrees The M A degrees
were credits, of whn.h there were three grades, Mr
York receiving the greitest number in his class, but
in that year the svstem of conferring degrees was
changed b> the uni\ ersitj ind he his the distinction
of being the only gradmte of the institution ever
recommended for the M A degree with highest honors
He then took up the study of music at Ann Arbor
and subsequentiv became in instructor in the niu
aical department of the umversitv, ifter which he
taught piano and organ at the State Normal Con
servatory at Ypsilanti, Michigan He then wont to
Paris, France, first making the trip in 1892 and also
visiting the citv in 1899, for the purpose of studying
composition and had the bLuefit of instruction under
the noted artift Guilnunt thus acquiring a thorough
raiHttr^ ot thp organ Returning- to Detroit, lit t ok
up his professional work and has been crrganist at the
Church of Our Father, the (-t's Avenue Methodist
thurih at Christ church, with which he was eonneuted
tor tour vears, after which he accepted a similar posi
tion with the Central Metholist ihur<,h, where he
continued until 1917 In musical circles of the conn
try he occupies a foremost position hii skill as an
artist and instrnUor gaming tor him nation wide
prominence He was organist at the Buffalo Exposi
tion in 1901 and at the bt Louis Exposition in 1904
ani while in the former city plajed in the room m
which President McKinley was shot During the Bi
Lentennial Exposition which was held at the time
of Mayor Mayburj s administration, Mr York waa
appointed city musical historian for Detroit and
chairman of the roosn, committee and his history was
sealed up ani placed in the archives of the eitj
He has also done work for the French government
making a report on musie in the United States with
special reference to organ music ind conseriatury
work, being regarded as an authority on those lines
In 1902 he became connected with the Detroit Con
servatorj of Music, of which he i% now the president
and music li director When he took charge of the
school its aflairs were in very bad condition, but it
has sinie enjo} ed a steady growth, owing to the
capabU management of Mr York, who is the poa
sessor of marked executive abditv It now emplovs
a staff ot eighty teachers and has an enrollment of
twenty eight hundred students and an indication of its
remarkable growth is shown in the fact that within
the last three jears twenty four new studios ha\o
been added, while at the present time several more
are badh needed A highly competent staff of teach
era is eroploved and the course of instruLtion is a
most thorough and comprehunsive one, so that the
school his become a most popular one, ranking with
the leading institutions of the kind in the Lountrv
As a teacher of piano Professor York baa formed
some of the best pianists in the country one New
"iork musical journal making the statement that some
of his piano pupils are the finest players among the
jonnger American pianists His compositions and
arrangements are well known both in Europe and in
\merica and are played by the best artists He his
<.ontrihuted numerous articles to the best class of
musical periodicals and his works, "Harmonj ' and
' Counterpoint" are the most widelj used textbooks
on musical composition m the country
Professor York was united m marriage to Mibs Mary
O Albright of Brighton Michigan, and they have
become the parents of three daughters Ethel, who
IS now the wife of the noted artist, Paul Honor*,
Satia, wl o married Ernest Osborne and Dorothea
Mrs York is a representative of an old and prominent
American family which was eatabhshed in this conn
try m the seventeenth ccnturv She is a descendant
ot General Wheeler ot Reiolutionary war fame
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Ft lessor "iock is cwnnected with the Beta Theta
Phi Soiiety the University Club and the icanthus
Club and is prominent in musical organizations be
mg president of the Michigin State Mus c Teacl ers
AasoLiation He wis for years secretin of the na
tional association of which he is now Mce president
and IS a ini.in'bLr of the Association of Presidents and
ri'it Presidents of the National Assotiatun He is
ls< identified with the International AsfCiation of
Music Teachers and the Musical Society of England
t which there are but tw meml ers in ^.merica He
ranks with the lea ling organists and musical direc
tors of the countrj and Detroit is tortunata m claim
jug hira SI a citizen for the citj haa grcatl> 1-enefitel
through his actmties
WILLI\M J WHITE I's well known to paint
n aunfaeturers throughout the co intr\ as a eol r card
manutactuTer and the inventor of the White color
card machine a great labor saving dcMce the \ due
f which has become widelv recognized He i' the
pioneer in this line of actnitv and is the head of
W J White &, Company f Detroit is eonlucting a
b IS ness of extensile pr< portions Mr White i' a
niti\e ot England his birth having occurrel in Lon
d<n Ottober 22 ISbT His parents were Franiis and
Lmma (Mellor) 'White likewise natives of that tit}
anl in 1874 thev left Englanl making their wai to
Lanada Tliei first located in Toronto in the province
of Ontario and in the earlj 80s crossed the border
into the United States taking up their residence in
Detroit The father devoted his life to the bo< k
I in ding business having engaged in that line )f
aetiiitv before leaving England anl through the
i-apable management of his interests he won a lub
'Jtantial competence Both parents have jassed awai
In their family were eight children of whom two are
de eased those who survive being Frank B William
T Montgomerv D Mrs Florence Brophv Annie and
Frederick M all of whom are residents of Detroit
William J White acquired his education in the
ei;l ools of Englan 1 Cana la and the United States
I mg graduated from the Detroit high school in 1882
On starting out in the business world he was identi
fi-'d with various lines of endeavor until his twentj
third year when he began the study of color card
akmg m which he has since specialized His m
tntive spirit and creative ability have led to the
inv ention of the White color card machine which
1 IS been in successful operation in his factory for the
past twentv vears being recognized as the only
practical color card machine on the market Haim^
had long anl practical eitperience as a color cari
maker Mr White labored for many vears to produce
an automatic machine that would paste anl attach
the colors to sample cards being actuated bv the
necessity of reducing the cost of production and m
creaait f, the output and lis efE rts have been
rowned w th sue sa The n ael n e is i erv si nple to
upcrate and is ai ton ati allv fel It pastes and at
t aches all the colors to the forms at each revolution
and las a capacity of fr m twenty five hunlred to
four thousand s ngle carls per lay It is a great im
provement over the slow hand process as it will do
the wcrk of from twenty five to thirtv girls with
one operator according to the number of colors to
I e mounted on the car 1 and it will do the work n ore
accurately It is a i,reat lal or saving device and its
operation insures a sav ng of fifty per cent of the
cost of color cards made I y hand It is now used
extensively and W J Wh te &. Company are conluct
ing a business of large proportions sending their o itj 1 1
to paint manufacturers m all parts ot tl e countr>
On the list f Auf,ust 1898 Mr Wh te was united
m marriage to Miss Grace Ramsey a daughter of
Mr and Mrs Albert A Ramsey well known resilents
ot this city Two children have been born of their
It n Helen Grace whose birth occurred in 1902
and who was graduated from the Lniversitv of Michi
gan with the class of 19*3 and Miriam Elizabeth who
was born in 1910 an 1 is now attending the grammar
schools of Detroit
In his pohtical views Mr White is a r p iblican
anl his locial nature finds expression m hia i ember
ship in the Ingleside and Rotary LIubs He is a
thirtv secon 1 degree Mason and belongs to Moslem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine He is preem nentlv a
business man whose record is written n terms of
success His initiative spirit has led him to go be
>(m.d the paths which others have followed and an
extensive business stands as a monument to his enter
prise eteci tn e ability and administrative direction
PETEU =!CHMITZ
tapalle busu
lergetic progressive and
Schmita IS making his
infiuenco felt in industrial circles of Detr<it as aecre
tary and treasurer of the East Side Iron Works one
of the leading productive enterprises of the citv He
IS a native son of Michigan his birth having occurred
in St Clair county m 1874 and his parents Matthias
and Mary Schmitz were both natives of Germany He
acquired his educaticn m the public schools of his
native county and was reared upon his father s farm
assisting m the work of cultivating the fielis He
also became a carpenter contra<tor and was very
lis operations along that line In 1918
with Otto Bran It and Fdward Klein
he organized the East Side Iron Works of which he
IS now secretary and treasurer with Mr Brandt as
the presilent while Mr Klein is filling the ofhce of
vice president Thev have a molern and well equipped
plant at the corner of DuBois and Guion streets and
engage in the manufacture of structural and orna
mental iron Prom its inception the I usiness I as en
loyed a continuous and healthful growth owing to
the capable management and reliable dealing of the
men at its leal and the enterprise is now one of
larg prop rt ons
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Praternaliy Mr '^climitz s identified witli the
Knights of The Maical lls He is alert anl energetic
in the conduct of 1 is commercial mtere-sts and his
strict integritj as tvlII as his industry congtitutLS
an important feature in his groviing suicess
PHILIP &EIFFITHS Left an orphin when I ut
eight J eari uf age, the earlv life of Ph lip Griffiths
was one of i,ontmuou^ strugBl^ but his inloinitable
perseverance and spirit ot determination have enabled
him to overcome ill obstaeles ind difficulties in his
path and press steidilv forwird t< the goal of success
and none ein grudge him his present prosperitv so
wOTthilv has it been won so wisely uied Commg to
Detroit m 1915 he eitabliihed the Griffiths Jans Fur
niture Companj beoiming its presilent anl in the
intervening period the business has enjovel a steady
growth due to the wise mana>.einent of its founder
and chief executive ffficer
Mr Griffiths is i native of Caoila He wis born
at Mount Forest Ontario Ma> 7 1879 a Ron of John
and Cithenne (Thomas) Griffiths both of whom were
born m Wales Th<y became the parents of four
children Philip of this review George Thomas Marv
the wife of Walter F Eronson of Cleveland Ohio
and Martha who married Wilbur J Brand and re
sides at Silver Creek New "iork
When Philip Griffiths was ee\en lears of age his
father diel, while in tie following year his mother
passed awav and at the at,e of ten jears he was
placed m an orphans h(mu He earned his first
money when fifteen \ears <f a^e receiving the sum
of 8i\tj four dollars f<r an entire year s work He
attended tl c common scl o< I5 of Mount F( rest On
tario and later became a student in the Bryant &
Stritton Business College at Buffalo New lork Fol
lowing his graduation he entered the emplov of the
Lirkm Compiny of Buffalo ■Ind subsequentlj became
identified with the American Kadiator Comi my fill
ing a clerical position with that eorpontion for four
years He had previously been employe 1 by the firm
of Brown Wilkinson & Sncll as foreman of cattle
punchers being thus < ngaged during the winter
seasons while in the summer months he worked on 1
farm By the time he was twentv Mr Griffiths hal
erossel the Atlantic ocean eighteen times When
twenty 'vears of age he 1 came a member of the
United States volunteer army and was sent to the
Philippine islands, where he remained for two years
returning to America bj wiy of Japan He was
mustered out of the service at the Presidio '^an
Francisco California February 20 1901 and returned
to Buffalo New lork wl ere he established h mself
in basiness independently, engaging in the manufac-
ture of furniture. For two years he continued active
along that line and then became associated with the
firm of Brieka & Enos, retail furniture dealers, by
whom he was employed for four years, acting as their
advertising man. The next three years were spent
10 the employ ot the Adams Meldnni S. Ai derson
Compani of Buffdio his work being m connect on
with tl eir furniture department
On the 17th of March 1115 Mr Griffiiths came to
Detroit and on the 33d of October of the same jear
cstablishel the GriffithsJans Furniture Compinv of
which he became president in which capacity he is
now serving In March 1916 the firm purchased
the site which it now occupies anl in the following
>ear erected its present store bull ling — a large molern
structuie well adapted to its nee Is The company
handles a large and complete stock of high class
furniture dispiai mg the products cf the leading man
ufacturers of the country along that line and its
progressive and enterprising business meth da rea
son able prices and courteous treatment ot patrons
have secured for it a large and constanth increasing
patronage the present volume of its business being
fi( e times greater than that of the hrst ^ ear of the
undertaking The firm has ever borne in unassailable
reputation for reliability and integrity and is one of
the leading sulurbin furniture establishments of the
citv The success of the enterprise is due in large
measure to the capable management and untiring
efforts of Mr Griffiths who gives his close personal
attention to every detail of the business
Mr Griffiths was married on the 19th of November,
1902 anl has two daughters Catherine, whose litth
occurred on the 12th of October 1^01 an I Gertrude
born ipril 19 IQO" In religious faith he is an Epis
cop all an, belonging to St Matthies church of that
denoramati n He is len fond of music and has be
come well known as a vocalist of ability lemg a
member of a quartet engaged by one of the prom
inent churches of Detroit and also belonging to the
Northwestern Choral Club which he organize 1 Frat
ernall> he is ilcntifiel with the Masons lelonging
to I<nie Lodge F & A M and to the Koyal Arch
Chapter and he is also a member of the "Vortex Club
Mr Griffiths is a sell made man deserving of all
the praise which the term implies for from an early
age he has provided for his own support placing
his dependence upon the substantial qualities ot m
dustry and perseverance His career is a most credit
al le one and should serve as a sour p of inspiration
anl encouragement to others sbowmf, what nay le
accomplish d when one las the will to lare and to do
HENRY EOMEOFSKT well known m mercantile
eirclea as Henry the Hatter a term descriptive
of the line of business m which he is engage! and
in which he has ieveloped a most substantial trade
was born in Detroit in 18''2 his parents be ng Charles
F. and Sophia (Miller) Eomrofsky. The father was
a native of Krotkan, Silesia, Germany, born Novem-
ber 12, 1831. He came to America in 1850, after
having received his educational training in Breslau,
Silesia. Ho arrived in Detroit with the James Nixon
Circus, which exhibited in Grand Circus Park in 1856.
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Deciljiig to temain le I ec me -x m^n bcr f the,
orcheatra ot tl e Mctr j litan Theatre a JefEccsoi
iifnue opposite the old Eiddle Hou^e Tliia theatro
laa iftecnard ku wn is Welch s "Variety la 1857
he Veeame one ot tht orginizers and i charter mem
ber <rf the Dptr<it Cit^ Banl md waa alao a member
t the Optra Houae Orchestra which he lomed in
1861 He remained a member of the band under the
lealer'^hij of Ma^ Benedict, Herman Bishop and
R 1 1 Iph Speil and plaved with this orchestri to the
timt ot hia deatl which occurred on the 2()th <f July
1391 His » te WIS a daughter of John Miller who
cimt to Detro t on the 24th of June, 1S47 onl thus
Henrv Komrt fsk^ is a repreientative of two of the
old an 1 well known pioneer families of the city
In 1 fimiU of three brothers the others being
01 irles J jnd Oicar W Henry Komrofsky is tht
■V ungest s<n He acquired his earlv education in
Detroit a il h B memory goes back to the period when
1 e attended the Everett school and thus started out
ij n that pith of knowledge which must be wiselj
1(11 wed if success IS ta be ultimately reached His
firit position after l«aving school was with John C
Hurts on Monroe street, now Library aienue He
tl ere served is 1 iilerk and gained his initial business
experienie During the widespread fimneiil panic of
18Ji he eitabbshel a 1 usiness f his own ind his
wai the first house in Detroit to introduce the reno
iafing of men s hits As this was the vear of
financnl retrencl ment on the part of (he (jeneril
Jul lie his business flourished and as the renovating
f 1 ats becime profitable he griiualiv extended his
b mine's to include the sile of new hats Today he
I is one of the two exclusive hat stores m Detroit
II i his traie is now of large proportions
Mr Komrt fsln inherited the musical tastes an 1
tnl nta of his father and is a member of the banl of
Mtslem Temple of the Mvstii, ''hrine an! was also
T member of the orchestra m the old Empire Theatre
for fifteen years There is alao a military chapter in
lis life retord for he enliatel in 1855 m what wis
ki )Ht as the Foirth Jtegiment under Colonel Eugene
Itibinstn serving mtil the Spanish American war
w^s letlared This was a unit it the Michigan state
tro pa Mr Komrofskv ilso filled the office of school
I lapector for a period of nine i ears representing what
nil known as the seventh ward He served his first
ten 1 in 1900 continuing in the office for a short period
aid later he occupied the position for a longer term
being reappointed by Major Marx as inspector of
what IS now the twent% first ward Fraternally he
IS connectei with S h Her Lodge \ P S, A M
Damascus Con mandcri K T anl with the Mystic
SI rine He also 1 tlonga to the Independent Ordtr of
Odd Fellows 1 id tl e Benevolent Prot cti^ e Order of
Flka the Knights of Pythias and the Loval Order
f Moos( In elub circles too he la well known
haiing menbership in the Yacht Club in the Har
m me Society an! in tie ( ermgn T rn\er( n Tn
an m Icpc ident (urs \uting
rather than party
In 1815 Mr Komrofskv was ui ited in marriage to
Miss Frtda farber wh( died iii 1<>03 Thej had one
daughter Henrietta who is now the wife of Arthur
Deronne ot Detroit Mr Komrofsky was married
again in 1912 whtn Katherine Wenige of Detroit be
came his wite Her parents were earh settlers of
this eity and during the Civil war her lather wis
stitioned at Fort Wavne Mr Komrofskv is widely
and favorably known in this eity where his actnity
in musical and commercial cireks as well is tbrnugh
his social relations hue brought I m a most wile anl
favorable acquimtance
JOSEPH PEONO-V OST is the president of the Pro
novost Wheel Company with oftices at No 40 East
Elizabeth street while the manufacturing plant is
located at St Clair M chigan He is thi, inventor <f
the Pronoiost disc wheel which is manufactured b\
the company and his creative genius has given to the
autom )biie trade tl roughout the countrj an mi ention
of great value whiuh does awai with all tjpes of
pneumatiL tires and tubes His fertile brain has also
produced other noteworthy in\ entions and he is a
man of great natural talent and il hu wl o has made
his life count for the utmost
Mr Prono^ost is of French Canidian extraction
He was born in Quebec Canada September 18 1869
a son of Hubert and Elizabeth (Gans) Prono^ost,
who reared a family of eight children His studies
were pursued under the guidance of his mother who
was a highlv e iueated woman and tollowmg his
entrance into the commercial world he spent hfteen
■years in tht state of Minnesota engaging in tie
logging business during the winter while the summer
seasons were dev(ted to the work of railroad excavat
mg It was during this period that he first mam
feated hia creative ability inventing a diteh digging
machine and a log loader which have proven of great
practical ^alue In 1915 he indented the diac wheel
for nae on automobiles which does away with ill
types of pneumatic tires and tubes It is built to
accommodate a hard rubber tire and aflfords the same
eas^ riding qualities that are found in the pneumatic
tire It has a double action set of springs nine m
n imber which are attached to the wheel and holder
of the floating axle The nine springs are radially
located while the other six ire placed tangentiallv
In order to kev the wheel hub to the axle one end
of the spring frame is firmly pivoted to the hnb of
the wheel, while the other is attached to a trunnion
m the wheel housing The springs are always in a
state of compression never at a tension there being
absolutely no friction anl a total lack of metallic
contact In 1914 Mr Pronovost came to Detroit and
organized a company for the manufacture of the dise
wheel and in IQl'J the business was incorporated for
hfti th usanl 1 lUrs In the following year the
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capital stock wis a U luted to aeventj fue thmtsii d
dollars while in IBIS its pceferreu stock was mcre^sed
to two hunlred thousand dollars and its common <itocl
to three hundred and fifty thouaind d liars 1 lie
business n operated under the stjle of the Proiio\i>st
Wheel Company the nuin oflicea being located at
Detroit, while the proluct la manufactured at St
Clair, Michigan Alth ugh thii is one of thi m i
recent industrul enterprises of the state the business
IB enjoying a steadj growth anl biis fair to beeoii e
cme o£ substantial proportions as the vilue of the out
pnt becomes more widelj reeognizel Mr Pronovoat
IS an enterprising and progressive business man of
unusually high mental attainments and is moat c^pablJ
conducting h s interests
In 1888 Mr Pronovost wis unite! m mlrriii,L to
Misa Marj Girard of QucTpl Cinidi and they hiie
become the parei ts of three children Joseph Jr
David aj d Bose but the daughter died in 191" Hia
has been an active and useful life crowned with a
substantial meiaure ot sueeesi and in the attainment
of individual prosperitj he has also contributed m
marked degree to tl e w rk of general progress and
improvement through hi3 inientue genius 4s a busi
ness man h s standing is of the highest as a citizen
he IS loyal and pui !ip spirite 1 and the wortl f 1 ii
work IS widely acknowledged
JOSEPH C H4.ELET -iole owner of the H-irlej
Buiek Sales organization at 3"o2 Caas avenue and one
of the leading automobile distributors of Detroit was
born at Stratford Ontanr, April " ISbB a son of
John and Marj (Grrobb) Harlev the former a native
of Oswego New York and the latter f St Lathermes
Ontario
Early in life John Harlev removed from his native
state to the province of Ontario and in Canada he
was roairiei Of an inventive turn of mind and with
a limitless eapaeitv for harl work, he soon made his
name known -vrherever hia trade — that of the wood
worker — was known Wherever he was employed at
Big Eapida Detroit St Catherines or elsewhere he
gave hia attention to the perfection of patents for
woodworking machinery and created a number t u^e
ful devices which have become famoiB and m general
use in woodworking plants all over the worll One
of these was known as the Harley lathe and an ther
the Harley band ■^aw Mr Harlej during the course
of one year took out mtre patents on woodw rk ng
machinLry than anv otter Amoruan invent r a''
shovvn bj tie itatistici of the Unite! States patent
office Host of these were aeceptid m the trade cir
cles of the country because of their great utility and
value John Harlev is now living retired m Cmcin
nati, Ohio, enioying in well earned rest the fruits of
his former toil but his wife passed awav at Buffalo
New York In their family were two ehiHren John
Henry, manager of the Erie Specialt es Companv of
Erie Pennsvlvann and Joseph C During the Worll
war J hn Uenrv H-iriei was ouuteted v ith the Eem
mgton Eifle Companj manutai.tunng ahilla tor the
government
Jostph (. Harlev rteeivtd his boyhood education
in tl e Canadian schools but when hfteen years of age
he came to Detrmt and became an apprentice to the
machinist s trade, receiving his first employ ment at
Michels mathme sh( l on the corner of Fort and
Beaul icn streets Having learnel the rudiments of
the machinist s trade Mr Harlev theu secured em
ployment with the American Radiator Company which
was the beginning of a period of service with this
comjanv once intermpted covering fifteen yeara,
and during which time he arose from the tool maker s
I enth to the superintendent s thair After a length
ot time with tl is establishment Mr Harlev jdned
tie working force of the Lelan 1 Faulconer % Norton
flant ApprcLiating the value of a broad knowlelge
of his chosen vocatun Mr Harlev next t (k a step
which carried him awa'v from Detroit towards the
east where at several points he perfected his me
chanical eduLation anl with this addel equipment he
then returned to Detroit in tl e late 90s and reentered
the emfloy ot the Amen an Radiator Company
Shortly afterward he was promoted to the position
cf superintendent anl in this tapac ty he made a
n tcworthv record Hia knowledge of the industry
ani the conduct of the business was such that when
the King Eadiatijr Compani ot Toronto Canada re
quired the aervites ot an expert to assist in the re
organization cf the plant Mr Harlev was called upon
He ace mpliahed this task, remainint, in Toronto for
eight montha He then gave up hii cmneetion with
the King company and returned to Detroit
At this time the commercial development of the
automobile was progressing at an amazing pace and,
like manv others whose names are now a bvword in
connection with the industrv Mr Harley perceived
in the infant business a pro ligv With i_onfi lence m
the future of automobiles he then opened a used car
salesroom and garage in partnership with a Mr Mc
Allister the business being conducted under tl e firm
nan e of Harlev &, McAllister Alter a vear Mr
HarUy sold out his interests and became a sales
mai for tht Buiek Motor Companj a business eon
nection which has been uninterrupted to the present
time which has grown steadilv and which has been
of ineatimal le benefit ta both the company and to
Mr Harley
After a period as aalesraaij Mr Harley was ad
van(Ld to the poaition of retail sales mani^er and
continue! as luch until IQl" when Ic became a Buick
dealer and now hia name stanls at the head of the
list of Euick dealers in the city of Detroit He is
aole owner of hia bi sineis and the property which
h<uses the Harley Buick Males organization and main
tains an averag working force of close to twenty
people His success has be n one f the moat pro
nounced among the automol lie d^tril utors of Detroit,
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bit it I til not Leen. Lamed Li^iih Sup pss oftpn
seems to come tiailv to % man who la pupular in Bueh
Jirge legree as Joseph C Hirley but although this
factor haa been a, strong Lontributmg eknunt to hia
business iceomplishnient it has n t beiu the de
termmmg factor His frienOs knou that he has
gnen his undiiidtd atttntion to the development
of his own business that he hai not deviate 1 into
illusionarj' channels an 1 t) at he hiii shown a spirit
of cooperation and personal integrity »hn;h has borne
fruit not only m the financial sol dity of hi*i own
estiblishment but in the hundreds of people wha call
hun by the term friend
On the 1st of June 1903 Mr Harley was married
at Pontiac Michigan to Miss Edith Sanborne daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Sanbyrne who were
then residents of Orchard Lake Michigan but wl o
are now Imng in Detroit Mr and Mrs Harlej lia^L.
bei me the parents ot two sons Joseph 8 bom
September 1" 1905 and Edward S b rn NovemhLr
22 1912 I'l c fan ilv reaideuLe js lo ated at 503
Josephine
Fraternally Mr Harley is a Mason hat ing attained
the thirty second degree of the Scottish Eite in the
Michigan Sovereign Consistotv and he is also a mem
ber of the Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shnne His
blue lodge connection is w^th Palestine Lodge He
also holds membership with the M ohigan Club the
Detroit Boat Club the Detroit Automobile Club ani
the United Commercial Travelefi Rel!Biou''lv he is
a believer in the teachings of the Church of Christ
Scientist and is a member of the Third church m
Detroit During the World war Mr Harley performed
meritorious service as production engineer attache 1
tn the Detroit district ordnance office and workmf,
uniier immeliate directum of the production man
ager His duties in line with hi'j mechanical ability
consisted m the inspection of the varions plants en
gage 1 m the manufacture of war materials
BEV. FBANK FOSTER FITCHETT, who for sev-
eral years was pastor of the Grand Eiver Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church of Detroit, is a man of
scholarly attainments whose religious instruction has
proven a tangible force for gond in the various com-
munities in which he has labored. He was bom in
Kent county, Michigan, September 5, 1875, a son of
Merrit and Rylvia (Foster) Fitehett. In the acquire-
ment of an education he attended the common schools
of Huron county, Michigan, and the Ferris Institute
at Big Eapids, this state, subsequently entering Albion
College at Albion, Michigan, from which he was
graduated in 1907 with the B. A. degree.
In 1901 Mr. Fitehett had been ordained a minister
of the Methodist Episcopal church and assigned to a
pastorate at Bayport, Michigan, remaining at that
place from 1901 until 1903, when he was sent to Eck-
ford, this state, where he continued until 1907 He
was next gn en chiirgo of the Simpson phurdi ,it
Uetrtvt with h hi 1 le was (.niectel unt 1 1911
and from the 1st of Ottober of that year nas pastor
of the Grand Eiver Avenue thureh unt 1 1917 He is
a logical thinker i clear an 1 convincing speaker and
hw powers and talents have been a leaiening force in
mailing high ideals a tangible asset in the affair' cf
daily lite Since II'O he has had t gi\L up the act vo
work of the ministry hecauae of ill health He is just
now helping the Baldwin W allaie CoUcgt ot Berea
Ohio to put on their drn e for one million ti\ o hundred
thousand dollars enlowment fund
On the 16th of Septeml er 1<H4 Mr Fitehett was
united in marriage to Lottie Helen Kerr of Bad \xe
Muhigan He was edit r and treasurer ot the Mi hi
gin CI ristian \.l\ocate president of the Detroit
Pastors ITnion chairman of the exec itive and social
serv ice committees of his church until l<t20 and is
one of the trustees ot All ion follege His 1 f e has
been actuated by high ideals and purposes and he has
1 een most am eisful in his efforts to uplift mankm 1
EDWAED E BREITENBBCHER M D physician
aid surgeon and representatn e of one nf the well
known old families of Detroit was born in this city
June 15 1883 His parents Eobert and Bertha
(Hoist) Bre tenbecher are also natives of Detroit
wlich IS a furtler indication of the long connection
f both families with the city The fatlier has en
giged in \arious lines of bus ness ai d both he and his
wife still make their home h*rL The paternal grand
father Eobert Breitenbecher was 1 orn in Germany
I ut came to America in the early lOs and took up
his at ode in D troit where he resided unt 1 his leith
at the notable old age of eighty nine years The
grandfather in the maternal line was John Hoist who
also cime from Germanj to the United States m the
Os and he and his wife Mrs Marv Hoist were
long residents of Detroit
Dr Breitenbecher an only child attended the
gradL 1 and high sehtola of Detroit reaching his
graduation from the high school as a member of the class
of 1902, He soon determined upon a professional
caieer and entered the Detroit PoUege of Meilicine,
from which he was graduated in 1907. He put his
theoretical training to the practical teat as house
physician in Harper Hospital, continuing to act in
that capacity for two years and gaining broad
knowledge through the varied experience of hospital
practice. He afterward went to Eichmond, Michigan,
where he followed his profession successfully for
seven years and then returned to Detroit in 1916,
Here he again opened an office and has successfully
practiced both medicine and surgery. He has always
kept abreast with the trend of modern professional
thought and practice and has quickly taken up new
methods which his judgment sanctions as o£ value in
the effort to alleviate suffering and check the ravages
of disease. He has always held to high professional
eUncs and stiindnrds iind is .an esteemed member of
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the Wiyne I. ounty Medicil Society the Micl igan
State Medicil Asioeiatiou and the Amer can Medical
Aasooiation He t also a member of Eiohmond Lwdge
F & A M at R chmond Michigan
On the loth of Tune 1010 Dr Breitenbecher v-ut
mamed at Artl ur Ontario to Alias Emilv Mitv
Anderson a dauj,hter of John Andera n of that place
Tl oy are well known socnlly having n anv frienis
in Detroit and Dr Breitenbecher haa gnined a pHce
among the well kucrwn popular ind sue eaaful
physiLians enio'i ng the good will ind confilence of
his colleagues ind conten p r-vries in the profession
A LE'^TEE MANCOUBT well known an ong the
leading young wholesale coal dealers f Detr t is
the president of the Mancourt 'Wintera Comjanj co 1
miners and ihippera, with offices in the Dime Bank
building He was born in Sidney Nebraska November
8 1888 a son of Edward M and Martha (Kennev)
Mancoart and was an only child He attended the
public school*" of Columbus Ohio md of Detroit his
parents removing to this city in 1^04 His father h
still a well known facttrr in lis neis circleg 1 ere
being vice president of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany Inc with offieei in the Dime Bank building
A Lester Mineourt attended the Uaiversitj of Mich
igan from ]Q08 until 1912 pursuing a claasi ii c urse
and winning the Bachelor of Arts degree For about
two years he waa m the e nploi f t) e Detro t Citv
Gas Compani and in February 1914 the Mancourt
Winters Coal Cumpiny was organ ze 1 orjginally as n
partnership concern In 1^16 however it was m
corporated with A L Mancourt as president C C
Winters as vice president and A F Weast as aecre
tary and treasurer The company conducts a whole
sale coal trade m Ohiw Indiana and Michigan and t
some e-^tent n Illinois They have a large sales
force and they own and operate some mines in thi.
famous Elkhorn field in souti Lastern Kentucky at
the same time utilizing the products of vtrioua mints
owned bv others They likewise la^e very favor al le
connections in the Pocahontas coal fields and West
Virg ma fields They handle all grades of coal and
have establ shed an enviable reputation as coal deal
ers in the middle weat The nan e Mancourt has } een
prominent in coal trade circles for more tlian th rt>
vears an I the enviable reputati n associated therewitl
haa been fully maintained bj 4. Lester Mancourt
The business of the firm haa grown from a small
beginning to one of large proportions
In 1916 A Lester Mancourt was united m mrritge
to Miss Isabel von Witzleben and tliey have two
children Fdward M who was b rn January 2^ 1918
and Frederic born February 17 19^0 Mr Mancourt
IS interested in all that pertains to the business te
velopment the civic welfare and tl e improvement of
Detroit along many lines He js connected with the
Detroit C al Exchange and with the American Whole
sale Coal Association His pol t cal eniorsement is
giv n to tl e reiublmn i art> anl le s tell known
in club circles ha^ ing n eml ership n tl e Detroit Olut^
mi the Countrj Club
E H WENTWORTH a man of keen d scernment
and sound judgment has male for himself a ere lit
able pla e in commerLiai cinles of Detroit having
since 1911 been a inemi er of the Wentwortt & 0<nzel
man f mpanj conduct ng oi e of tie largest furnace
agencies m the cif^ He waa born m Milfon New
Hampshire September 19 18 b a son of George 0
and Mary (Hanson) Wentworth wl o were also
natives of the Granite state For n any vears the
father waa prominently identilied with industrial in
tertsts of Milton as a shoe manutaeturer and is still
res ding n that Litj hut the mother has passed away
The youngest m a family of three children, E H
W entworth attended private school and th,e high
school of Newton New Hampshire after which he
devoted hia entrgiLS to mastering the profess on of
heating engineer ng He then came to this city and
entere 1 the employ of the Detroit Stove Works be
coming a salesman for tl eir stoves ranges and fur
naces He was one <f the most suocessfil members
of the company s sales force ani after file years of
faithful and efficient service he decided to embark in
I us ncsa for h mself alon^ the same line Accordingly
n 1914 m assoc. ation with E A Conzelman alacr
well known as a furnate and range expert he formed
the Wentworth & Conzelman Company whi h has since
enjoiel a prosperous existence They specialize in
furnaces handling the producta of the Detroit Stove
Works and theira is now one of the largest agencies
<f this character m the city Both partners are
th< roughly familiar with the work in which they are
engaged being regarded as experts along this hne
and the r standing m buainesa irclea of Detroit is of
the highest
In Buffalo New Tort m 1911 Mr T\ entworth was
inited in marriage to Mias Efde Brown a lai ghter
ot Mr and Mrs William Brown prominent residents
ot Toronto Canada In hia political views Mr Went
worth s a rep ul lie an and fraternally he is identified
with the Masons in which he has attained the thirtj
secon 1 degree in the consistory and he also belongs
to the commander^ and Shrine while h s social nature
finds expression in h s memi ership in tl e Michigan
riub, the Caravan Club and tl c Masonic Country
CInb He has won success by industrj al ility and
common sense and these qual ties unite to make him
in uprigl t man ani a isef il citizen
THE INTER -STATE PL \STEBING COMP \Nr
was organized in 1914 and was inctrporated on the
28th of October of that year The present officers
of the company are W E Wool president S R
Rateliffe vice president and Edward McDonnell
secretary and treasurer These are business men of
marked exetut e aliliti an! enterprise engaged in
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metal latl ing pHst ring ml oimuentil vitrk ii 1
thev take eoutraeta all over the country Theit buai
neiB IB now one of wide scope anl of ctnsidetable im
portance They have a paid up capital of twenty
thousand dollira and the companv enjoys iu^h rating
It IB a Michigan eorpwration in 1 in the vear 1920 did
bu^ineaa amounting to more than a million dollars
Mr McDonnell who m the secretary and treaiurer
of the compiny and is a widely Xnown b isme-is man
of the city waa mimed to Miss Anna Robinson and
thej h-ive set en living aons Lpster Edwarl Gerald
Joseph Marion Malcolm and Walter
Mr McDonnell la a member of the M chigan Club
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elka and the
Board of tommerce He is m hearty sjmpathv with
all of the plana ani purposes of the last named organi
aation to upbuild and extend the 1 uainess relations of
the eitv and to maintain those higl civie idetls anl
princiile' ipnn which the greatneii of Detroit mist
in large measure depenl
ALBERT CEOSGE HIEBNFR ii Mi-e presilent
and f.oneral n anager of the Huel ner Screen Door
Company a b lamesa that came into existence twelve
years before hia birth The Pompanv was organized
m 1871 when hia father Edward Huebner began
the manufaet ire ot screen doors This was ti e first
establiahtient of iti kind n the TJnited States
Allert George Huebner maa bcrn m W nis r On
tario, May 13 1883 1 ii pirents being Elward and
Mary Louise (Cross) Huebner who were mamel in
Detrf.it Hia father was born in Detroit June 28
1S55 and became engigei m the manufacture of
acreen doors in IS"! in eonneeti n with his father
under the nam of the Huel-nPr Manufacturing Com
pany The bua ncai wa^ thua conducted until 1889
when the Huebner Screen Door Company was organ
ipi and Edward Huebner became the president The
I uainess is One of tie best known industries in the
ify Albert G Huebner is also president of the firm
of Edward Hoe>ner & Sons Inc wholesale dealers in
toya and house furnishings specialties This concern
la the Michigan representative of the John Bing Com
pany the largest toy importers in the United States
He la also a director of the Eadiofone Corporation of
Detroit
On October 8 1911 Mr Huel ner was married to
Misi Matie R Deck r ot Detroit laughter of Mr
and Mrs Erank A Decker Mr Huebner is a mem
ler of the Dctrcit Eoarl ot Commerce Detroit Auto
mobile Club anl a member of Palestine Lodge No
" F Si A M also Michigan 8oi ereign Consistory
nd Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine For many
tears he was one of th( best known men in athletic
<irile9 in Michigan being chairman of the atl letic
ommittee and coach of the Detroit T M C \ basket
ball team which under hia directorship won four state
championships
The name of Huel ner ( s 1 (n an honorel ne in
con n crcial and mam factum f, circles in Detroit fur
over seventy fave years What has been accomplished
bj the fa mil J has been done through conatrnotive
methods their buainess n \er hating been strewn
with the wreiks of (ther men s failircs Their ideals
are high and efiicienct 1 aa eier been tl eir watch
word m every direct on
HENBi J bTAHL Since llld Henry J Stahi
has been identified with business interests of Detroit
aul IS now re gnized aa one of the leading morticians
of the city conducting hia interests along the most
progressive iud reliable lines productive of gratifying
financial returns He is a natue ot Michigan, his birth
having occurred at Ithaca Gratiot county on the 22d
ot April 1884 and his parents were George anl
Eliaabeth (HardjJ Stahl, of whose family tl ree sons
and a daughter are now Imng
After completing his public school course Mr btahl
attended a business ollege and remained upon the
lome farm with his father assisting in ita cultivation
md improiement until he reached the age of twenty
one when he opened d steam laun iiy which he
operated tor four years When a joung man of
twcntj six years he bejsame ileutihed with tbu under
taking business aa a member of the firm f Williams
L &tahi at Tecumseli Michigan ani remained in that
connection for a period of four years In 1913 he
came to Detroit an 1 purchased the undertaking estab
hehmett f Fied De May locate! at No "9oO West
Port street and this he has since sueeessfullj con
ducted He carries a complete hue of funeral supplies
and aeceas nea and hta equipment is of the best m.
eluding a Packard Twin bix a Hudson Sui er Six and
other good grales ot cars, which he utilises for funeral
purposes He has a modern chapel suitable for holding
services of moderate size ani emplot two assistants to
aid him in the business which has steadilj dei eloped
with the passing years, having now assume! large
proportions He has a thorough knowledge of the
scientific principles underljing the work of embalming
and m the conduct of hia business displays tact good
judgment energj and executive ability while through
his membership m the Michigan an 1 National Puneral
Directors Aisoeiations he keeps in touch with the
advancement that la being made in this field of
activity
Mr Stahl s membership lU tie Detroit Board of
Commerce indicates bis interest and co<peration in the
movements which are projected by that organization
for the de\elopment of the city in! the o-^ploitation
of its alvantages He is also connu tod with the
Detroit Automobile Olub at ! liaternally la identified
with the Masons belonging to Pmdlater Lodge No
4 5 E J^ A AI of which he is a past master to
Damascus Commandery K T aail t< Detroit Con
s story 4 & A lb R and he is likewise a member of
the Misonic Country (lub Inlustrt has been the
ke-v whi h has mlo ked tor Mr Stahl tl e p rtals of
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Bucp 3 IhoroiMa sa u I iligen e hii l tlunttcr
ized all t lia work anl lis bus nesi activities hue
ever bilinced up with tie principl s of truth in I
ISAAC PERKY KOBINbON came m the course ot
yeaca to nnk with the prom men t busineaa men of
Phjladelphii Niw York L aton aai Chicago while
m hiB later years his intercats eentere 1 m Detroit
and during his last diya his attention was given to
the building busuiesB here He was capable of plan
ning, direLting and promoting extensive mturtats
and hiB careful management led to the attainment
of most subatantial sufpesB while the integrity of Uis
methods brought to h m a n oit honored namt in bus
neas circles
Mr Eobinson Wds bom m Cimien ^ew Jcrstv
January 21, I8G4 His father William Eobinson wa'*
bora of good Christian pirenta in the north of Ire
land anl the ancestry traces bick in iirect line to
John Eobinson f Puritan tame On the ancestral
record appears the nimea of many miniaters an i
others who sought for the uplift ot the individual anl
the pr gross of the community in which they lived
William Roliuson Jt a brother of ur subject was
killed in battle d inng thP Civil wir For many
years another brother John Robinson was an
ofii lal meml er of the Simpson Meth dist Episcopal
church and ti e Lass Avenue Methol at Episcopal
church and to<k active intereat in the apintual up
lift of the community Their sisters were Mrs fearah
Bice and Mrs Clara Chapmai both of whom taught
f<jr many years in the public schools The mother
ot these children tore the maiden name of Jane Perry
and wa? born in Toronto Canada She belonged to
a large family of brothers and sisters who reached
adult age anl fill d useful sphere? in 1 ft, Ej her mar
nage ahe became the mother of five sons and two
daughters who r ivcd iron her most careful tram
ing for she was an earnest Chr at at woman devote!
to her family and findit g her greatest I app ness at
her own fireside
Isaac Perry Robmson came to Detri t when a mere
lad m companj with his widowed mother and here
entered the public schools thus acquiring his educa
tion In his boyhood day? he began to sell news
papers obtaining his first eitperience in the business
world in this way While still quite young he was
employed as a salesman in the book store tf J A
Eoya and later was with Allen Shelden &, Company for
a period of fourteen jears Steadilj he workel his
i,ay upwari in commercial circles anl subsequently
cupied imp)rtint managerial positions in New York
Philadelphia Bost n and Chungo In his later ■* ears
his home and business interests centered in Detr it
where his boyhood hai been passe 1 and his last ^ears
were spent in connection with the building business
On the ^d of September 18 3 Mr Robins n wa=
I I n marriage fo "Misa Man E Trd v of De
troit a ilaugl ter of D Burnl am Ira j o± whom men
tion IS made elsewhere n this work They became
parents of a dai ghter Clara Belle Robii son who is
a teacher in the pul he setoda
Aside from his bnainesi Mr Robinson s ch ef in
terest f r many years was in his cturel anl mission
work He was one ot the early members of the old
Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal churcl which was
later destroj e 1 bv fire In more recent years and up
to the time of his death which occurre 1 'VovPmber
15 191" he was a member of the ofiicial loard of
the Grand Eiver Avenue Methol st Episcopal ehuroh
He served as a member of the building com nittee at
the time of the erection of the present house of
ivcrship and to<k a great personal aterest in its prog
ress while m course of construction going dailj to
watch its growth He was gifted with an unusually
rich personality ind made friends of all with whom
he came in contact He was loved and honored iy all
with whom he wtrked or who knew h m n any rela
tion and he left a cherished legacy of loving memory
to his immediate family « He was a lov er of good books
and his collection e ntained many of the works of the
best authors AH the toicea and interests of his 1 fe
nlle f r progress uplift and impreryen cnt for him
self tor his fellowtien and for the ommunitv a
which he resided
SFNEOA V TAYLOR Among the ianed induitr es
which are important factors m the business develop
ment and substantial ujbuiHmg of Detroit is that of
the C<i Crete Steel Pircproofing Company ot which
Seneca ^ Tayl r la j reaident and manager Mr
T \lor IS a native of Michigan having 1 een born in
Oakland county April 13 18S" His parents Harvey
J and Florence May ( 4nderson) Taylor were alao
born in this state and for many years the father has
been numbered among the foremost citi/ena of Roches
ttr M chigan having won success as a farmer hard
ware mer hant anl finan ler He was one of the
organizers of the Eoehester Rav ngs Bank which he
noy serves as vice president and m bi sineas ant social
c r le of the city his stanlmg is of the higheat The
mother alao survives and to their union three children
haie been born Seneca "V <f this review Cjrus J
ot Bost<n Massachusetts and Hareld A of Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sei p a ^ Taylor a quired his elucation in the
grammar aid high seheols f B Chester Micl igan the
Detroit Bus ness Univ ers tj and tl e Univ ersity of
Michigan from which institution he was graduated
w th the degree of C E in 1911 For the next two
years he followed the profession of eml engineering
in \nn Arbor ani in 1913 removed to Detroit where
1 e continued to engage in that line of work until 1917
He then became one of the organizers of the Concrete
Steel Fireproofing Company of which ho la now jreai
lent and manager Tl is c mpan^ haa levoloped \ery
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1. mmaiifling position in. its partiLul-ir helii haiing
supplied various ateel building jroducts on manj ot
tlie largest wmstruetion operations uii lertaken m
Detroit since lfil7 Mr Ta>lor wis away from Dttroit
from the raidale of 111" till early m 191« serving is
V ciptiin of coast and railway artillery in the United
"^tites armj both in this f-ountrv and France
At Koeheatec Michigan on the 9th of November
111^ Mr Taylor was married to Miss Marjoru C
( reene i daughter of Mr and Mrs William Har^ ey
Giepne ot that place Two children haiL been bom
til them Katherine May, bom m 1916, and Marjorie
Jijte born m 1920 In his political views Mr Taylor
It, an uilependent He is a member of the Detroit
"iacht Club the Muhigan Club nf Di.tr(it Detroit
Engiiieeimg Societi ant the Michigan Ln^meLring
OTTO SCHW \RTZ \roong the import int manu
fa tunng enterprises of Detroit is the to & 0 sheet
Metal Works focmerlv known as .Schwartz & Olson
' ompany of whieh Otto bchwartz is the pcesident and
treasurer and his unergj and business auumen ha\e
I een determining fiefors in the success whieh has at
tended the activities of the eompanv He was born in
Germanij Mav 11, 1S79, and when but two jears of
ag was brought to the United &tates by his parent'*
who took up their residence in Detroit In the public
schools of tins iity he acquired bis education an 1
earlj in 1S9S he entered the emjl^v of the W J
Burton Companj beginning at the bott<m of thi
Itddei and winning promotion through merit anl
ibilify until he at length became secretary and
sales manager He remained with the company until
Fclruary 191^ when he forme! a partnership with
J I>. Olson who had tormerly been superintendent
tor A Eberlein of Logansport Indiana, an 1 subse
quently purchased the business of his employer On
the 25th of January 1112, the firm of bchwartz &
Olson wa? organized and on the 1st of Mai of that
\ear the business was jiic< rporated as the tochwartz &
Olson Company in Logansport, Indiana In 1017 Mr
bchwartz openel a branch office and factorj m Detroit
which he continue I to conduct until September 191'*
II hen the corporation was dissoUed and he took over
*he Detroit business of which he remained sole ownpr
ui til April 26, 1931 He then organized a stock com
paiy and incorporated the business under the laws of
thp state of Michigan as the '^ JL 0 Sheet Metal
Works, being made president and treasurer, while the
other officers are F. C. FuUerton, vice president, and
Fred W. Schwartz, secretary. They do general sheet
metal work and execute contracts for builders, making
a specialty of heating and ventilating sheet metal
work for schoolhouses, offices, churches and factory
buildings, and they also manufacture the S. & O. rotary
ball bearing ventilators and the Simplex shield for
radiators. In the control of the business Mr. Schwartz
IS [.roi'iig energetic and tarsighte 1 and inder hia
c ij able management the enterprise has steadilv grown
until it has now reached large \ roportions They hai p
done much important work n the citv bcmg awarlel
the contract for ventilating m the J L Hudson build
ing the Eloise Hospital the Herman Kiefer Hospital,
the United ba\ mgs Bank building besides se\ eral
apartment houses and factories, and they also did the
ventilitmg work m tw< fine schoolhouses in Eirming
ham and one m bpringwelli township They are recog
nized experts in this line of work and theirs is one
of the leading industries of this character in the city
Mr Schwartz was united m marriage to Miss Alma
E Bauer md they haie a large circle of friends in
the citv Their residence is at 2549 La &alle Gardens
^orth Mr Schwartz is a republican in his polit cal
news and his religious faith la indicated by his mem
bership m the English Lutheran Church of the Ke
deemer He is jdentitied with the Associated Buil 1
ing Employers He la vice president of the Detroit
Sheet Metal & Eoohng Contractors Association and is
iJso a member of the Michigan Sheet Metal Con
tractors \BSOciation of which he was elected presilei t
for 1932 His business career has been marked bi i n
tinuous progress owing to his close appli ation per
Biatency of purpose anl marked exeoutiie abiliti ind
he has attained high standing m industrial circles f
Detroit while in all matters of citizenship his in
fluen I s on the side of idi an cement and improic
IDHN WEbLE\ HOFFMAN M D eigag I n
medical and surgical practice m Detroit for ibtut
two decades was born m what is now known as
Kitchener Ontario on the 29th of September 1S6
hifl parents being Isaac and Caroline (Herlia) HofE
man the former a native of PennsyUania wh le the
latter was born in the state of New York Earh
m life the father engaged in the lumber business at
Kitchener and also established a furniture store there
m connection w tl which he maintained an under
taking department He was likewise interested in
several other business enterprises and continued a
resident of Kitchener to the t me of his death His
«idow Burvnes and now makes her home m Detroit
In their family were six chiliren \lexander living
m Windsor, Ontario Mrs T D Barnes residing m
Providence El ode Island Mrs C W bchiedel, ot
Waterloo Ontario Mrs M C Hall of Kitchener
Mrs J C Stewart of Detroit and John W
The public schools of Kitchener provided Dr. Hoff-
man with his early educational privileges, and, pasiS-
ing through consecutive grades until he had completed
the high school course, he then entered the Ontario
College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in
1890. He then became actively engaged in the drug
business and in 1891 purchased a drug store in Detroit,
which he conducted successfully until 1901. In that
yenr lie sold out in order to become city pharmacist,
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whiLh poaitun tiL i Ul i mt:l 110J Hi »ia i so gradu
ated from the mtdnal department ot the Unnerait\
of Michigan in 1*101 and while attiug as i,ity pharma
CJst he entered upon the practice o( mudiLine an J
surgery and so eoatinues to the present time, enjoying
a growing ind lucrative general practice He eirly
demonstrated hia ability to cope with mtniate and
involved professional problems, and his 'futcesa through
the intervening jears hoa been most gratifying He
IS now serving on the stifi of the Providence ant
Samaritan Hospitals in Detroit ind he belont,3 to the
Wajnp Countj Michigan Stite aul Ameruan Medi al
Associations.
On the 26th of September, 1906, Dr. Hofln in v, -
married to Misa Edna MaePherson, a daughter oi
George MaoPheraon, of Detroit. They have tl rce clul
dren Lillian E born in Detroit m 1908 Caroline
M in 1913 and Catherine J m l**!**
Dr Hoffimin is well known m fnternil cir les bi.
longing to the Masons in which organization he has
attained the thirtj second degree of the fccottish Eite
and IS also a Noble of the Wvstie SI nne He likewise
belongs to the Masonic Country Club and he his men
berahip with the Royal Neighbors and Erotectei Horn
Circle During the World war lo waa a n ember ot
draft board No 8 and served m other eonne t ons on
war boards His loj alty to country and to high ideals
IS widely recognized and m his j rofession 1 e also bol Is
to the highest ethii-al stanlirds Hia reail ice ml
Ofiiue are it 3 SO Lithrop ai nue
WILLI i-M GEOEL.E IITZPATRICK If ri ii th
little town of Hojt a Corners Ohio ml entering up n
the study o£ Uw m 1894 Willum G Pitzpatnck 1 as
long oeoup ed a creditable position it the Detroit bar
His bath occurred on tie 29th of Nov ember lS7o
his patents being Edward and Cathenne (Kenneiv)
FitEpatriok After attending the publii, schools <f
Saginaw county, Michigan iie continued his e luci
tion in St Mir^ a Semmarj at Saginaw m 18S3 an 1
was fron 188 m f il 1S90 a atulent in the Sacre 1
Heart Acaden y at \a Sible Michigan In 1893 94
he attended the Detrdt Bu'iuiess Cnivcrsitj and his
training there was of imu ense value to him is a
preparation for life s practical and responsible duties
At length he determined upon a proftsaional career
ani entered tie Detroit College of Law m which he
remained a student for two years winning the LL B
degree in 1897 In the n eintime however he began
preparation for the bar as a law student m the flice
ani unlpr tie d rection of H n T E Tartnev m
189i and after being license! to practi e he 1 eca ne
the junior partner of his former preceptor under
the firm stjle of Tarsney 4 Fitzpatrick in 1898 This
association was maintained until the death of Mr
Tarsney in IW ani through the intervening periol
of eleven jears Mr Fitzpitnck hi't practiced alone
His ability M pronounced and has been attests 1 by
the var us favorafle veriicts recorded in the eo rt
rej rf. that U I is won He ( ij<vs th^ iiarm rei,ird
(Onfidence an! goodwill ot his professional brethren
as 1 member of the Detroit Bar Association and the
Michigan State Eir Association
Mr Fitzpitrick wis named at Detroit on the
^6th of June, 1901 when Miss Kitlerine Elizabeth
Parnani became his wife Their chi! Iren are B Iwird
Paul, William George, Jr, Katl enne Elizabeth Jane
nl FrancjB Pamam wl o was born m 1920
Mr Fitzpitrick and his fmiily ire identiliel with
the Catholic church and he beIonf,s ta the Knights
f Columl us and also to the tn ghts of Equity His
political endoraement is j, \ en to the demneratie, party
He la likewise a memler nf the Locliiioor Lssex
North Channel and thp Detroit Athletic Cluba His
attention however, la chiefly given to his professional
genet il claima attorney for the
HAMILTON H PiTDHbO^ m enterpriamg alert
md energetic voung bi s ness mil ot Detroit is a mem
her of the Fred Paterson & Brother Lompanj success
ful real estate operators of this eiU He 13 of Scotch
descent although the family haa been established m
America for many generations He is a native son of
Detroit, and his parents were J M and "Marian
(Wiles) Paterson In tie acquirement of an educa
tion he attended the graded schools and the Central
high aehool after wh eh he entered the Uni\eraitj
ot Mich gan from whieh le was graduated with the
lass ot 1918 on the comjletion of courses m literature
ind law He th n enlisted for service m the l^orld
war Lci ig spnt to the Ofticers Tnining Camp at Port
SI end an lilij ois where he was ommissioned a first
1 eutenant of eavilrj He wis at once sent to Prance
an! for several months serve! in the capacity of in
structor but being most desirous of participating m
active hostilities he made seieril requests to be sent
to the front ani waa later transferrel to a Massa
chusetfa regiment with which he iided in the capture
of Chateau Thierry Then on a ount of the scarcity
of oflicers m the New "iork forces he waa ttansfetrel
to the Spi enty sev enth New "i otk Keg ment parti ipat
ing in tie Mouse an! Arj,onne oftensives where he
took part m some of the I eai est engagements of
the war be ng after one battle the only surviving
officer of his company He won iromotion to the rank
of eiptiin and aer ed w th his commani through the
Argonne until the s gning of the armistice
In May 1^19 Mr Paterson returned to the United
btites making bis way to his home m Detroit and he
be ame a member ot the Pred Patetson &. Brother Cora
panv with which he has sice been identified They
conduct a general real estate businesa and have negoti
ated many important ptopettr transfets employing the
most progressive aid reliable methods n the conduct
of their interests They have gained a large share of
the publ c latnnage and are classed with the leading
nil estate lealers of the city
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Mr Paterson is a member of tte Univeraitv Club,
the Groase Pointe Country Club and Lamed Posf of
the 4.merieaii Legion He finds recreation m >asebali
and ^hile a high school atudcnt and alao during hts
ittendinee at the UQiveraity was known for his
prowess in athletits being especially frcmment aa a
biaeball and football pUver and was [Oiularly known
a^ Hux ' Pateraon He la a progressive and re
liable young buamess man whose close application ind
persistent effort are carrjmg him steadily forward to
ward the goal of auei.e'^ Hio life ha^ been chiricter
ized by devotion to dutj in every relition ind he
stands aa a high type of American minhool in I
citizenship.
FKED HEWITT proprietor and owner of the
Hewitt Sales Companj mmufict irers of Eibbit
inetal and kindred lines la thus controlling ni, of
the most extensive enterprises of this kind m Michi
gan. Making a thorough st idy of tie bisinei^ he
has developed hu interests trom 1 smill beginning
until he now has an estlbli'ihment of ^ ist proportions
In. all business affairs he haa reached hia object \& year
by year, and from the point attained staitf out to gain
a still more advanced position
Mr. Hewitt came to Detroit from Hamilton Ontario
He was born January 10 18"2 on the lolani of bt Vm
cent, West India islands a son of William George and
Emily Hewitt. The father s birth occurred within
twenty miles of Belfast Ireland while the mother waa
a native of Canada her parents having gone to that
country from England William George Hewitt waa an
officer of the British armi and waa stationed at various
military posts in the British possessions m many parts
of the world. It waa military duty tl at called him to
the West Indies so thit hia son was born in the tropie
isles, with which so much history and romance are
associated. Mrs Hewitt haa now departed this life
In his boyhood days Fred Hewitt attended public
.schools in Bngland and continued his education m a
Liusinesa college at Hamilton Ontario from which he
waa graduated in 1889 He came to Detroit in isg-"
and was aaaoeiated with a mill lupplv houae where he
worked at a salary of ttn dollars per week He finally
became oonncctel mth the sales ftrte of that com
pany and made steadv progress until he was recognized
as one of the most efficient lalesmen tra't eling out of
Detroit, He covered Miohjgin Indiana and Ohio be
coming one of the best known and most i opnlar sales
men on the road He retained this po« tion for about
seventeen years and steadily worked his wa> ujward
from a minor pos tion to <ne of lirge reiponSibilit>
with the compnnv RecogniEing the need of spec ihz
ing in one line m orier to become sueoe'sful m busineis
he at length eatablishei the Hewitt Sales fompany
and began the manufacture of Babbit metal for the
trade. He started the business m a small wav but it
haa since incteaaed from time to time until it is now
one of vast proportions
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In 1900 Mr. Hewitt was married to Miss Louise
\ntoinette Van Vliet of Detroit, a daughter of Charles
Van ^ liet Mr Hew tt belonga to the Detroit Board
of Commerce and aho to the Detroit Automobile Club.
IriziEg friendship highly and appreciative of all the
pleisures accorded m the soeiil 1 fe of the club, he
nevertheless gi^es the major part of hia time and at-
tention to his business affaira and, actuated by the
spint of progress he has atealily advanced. Since
engaging m business on his own account his progress
1 IS been ontinuoui for be I aa been willing to pay
the prii-e of auci-taa — the price of Larneat self-denying
effort
\ ODILAHD THOM 4B \a secretary and treasurer
of the hrn of H M Lane & Con panj conaulfng ani
construct! n eng nee s A Qd lard Thomis oc up es a
prominent pos t on n bus ne s c rcles ot the e ty ind
his energv broad e^per en e and sound judgment hi e
been iiiuable issets n the developn ent of the unde
tik ng He s a nat e of imda h s b th hi ng
occurred it Mont eal on the 5th of July IShl H s
jarenta Alphonse and Mel ni (I uclos) Thomas vere
also born m that c ty where the father spent h s ent e
life The n other sur ed unt 1 Apr I 19 " when her
death occur ed n Wontreil They were the larents t
SIX children three of whom are now 1 ng nin elj
Mont eil and 4
edu it on A Od lird
r ind h gh hooJs of
Octave an 1 Mel na both re? d ng i
Odilard of th « rev ew
In the a qu re n t
Thomas atte ded the
Montre<il after vl 1 he becan e i stuient i
PolytLchnie Lollege trom wh ch he wis graduate 1
with the degree of C vU Eng neer n 1SS7 He m
mediately entered upon the work of h s proEes on
which he eont nued to follow n var ous ja ts of (an
ada and the Un ted Stites unt I 100 when he cim
to Detroit where he eng ged aa consult ng eng neer
in connect on w th beet sugar plants In 1113 he
formed the acqut ntan e of Mr Lane who had estal
lished the firm of H M Lane & Coo panv and he be
came secretary a 1 treasurer of the company wl I
position he st 11 oceup ca and a also a men ber of ta
directorate He likewise acta aa consult ng eon rete
engineer of th organ zat on aa bu Id ng and e ct ng
engineer and aa foundry spec al st and his su[ e or
professional abil ty and long experience hi e been ra
pnrtant elements n the otible ccess nf the der
taking Th 3 s one of the lirgest and best known
engineering firms in the country and the company
spec alizes m the construction of foundries and
smelters having completed miny important projects
m \arious sections of the United States. Mr. Thomas
IS also a director of the ITioma?! Steel Beinforcement
Company of Detroit and his business interests are
moat capablv managed
Mr Thomas first mirned Mane Virginie Pievost, of
St Terome province of Quebec by whom he had one
daughter Gibrielle wl o is now the wife of R. A.
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Haiahj engiucir in tht 'ven "itrk oft e of the Amin
can Telephone & Ttlegcaih Cumpinj Uca Haislip
was bom in St Jecomo Terrebonne countj Canada
and bv her marriage his becorae the mother of two
ions Fdward and Cahin \t Montreal Canada Mr
Ti omas was mirnuil on tl e 6th ot June 189b to Miss
Philomeme MeBsier Tht family residence la at 8o40
Dt."iter bonleiarl Detroit
In politics Mr Thomas maintiin'j m independent
attitude, and his public 3pint hnds expression in his
membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce His
professional connections are with the Detroit and
Michigan Engineermg Societies the "society of Civil
Engineers and the National Concrete Institute while
fraternallv he is prominently identified with thi
Masons bLlonging t( Unity Lolge F & A M and he
has attained the thirty third det,ree m the Scottish
Eite (symlolie) Consistori for the U S A in the I
M F Progress hw ever been hia watch t rd anl
wiselr utilizing his innate powers and talents ho has
steadily advance! in his profession while at all times
his labors haie been of a eonstru ti\e ehiraeter con
tnbuting to public ir^gress anl deieloj.m nt as w 11
as to individual aggran iizement
FEED G MAtJ Prtmnent among the alert Lner
getio and progressive young merchants of Detrcit ii
Fred G Mau who since I'^iO has been secretary treaa
urer and generi! manager of the extensive business
established by hia father in this citv mtfre than fort\
vears ago Broad experience has well qualited bim to
manage the interests entrusted to his pare ani he is
ably sustaining the traditions of the house which s
one of the ollest and most reliable fur esta^bshment3
in Detroit
Mr Mau is a natiie of this citv and was >orn
December 15 1888 a son of Theodore C Mau wh
was born m Germany in 1848 The father learned
the trade <f a furrier in France EngUnd and Cer
many and in 1881 emigrated to the United States
taking up his resi lence m Detroit where he spent
his remaining years He became manager of the fnr
depirtn ent of Henry A Newland &. Company a posi
tion whith 1 p retained until that oncern went mit
of business and he tl en engage! in the fur 1 usiness
on his own aec mt opening a store at No 25'> Wo 1
ward avenue On the Ist of Julv 1918 the >usinesa
was muorporatei w th bis son Fred G Mau as seere
tary and treasurer and Theodore C Mau remainel
actively identified with the undertaking unli! his le
mise on tl e 26th of August 1920 He was tne ot the
pioneer fur merchants of the city and a large com
mercial enterprise stands todav as a monument to
his progressive spirit and marked eiiecutue abilitv
His preeminence in the line to which he demoted his
efforts is indicate! in the fact that at the World s
Columbian Exposition hell at Chicago in 180" he was
awarded a prize for a garment whi h he ha! desif,ned
He was unite 1 in mjrna^e t Miss \gnes Sieher anl
thev becaie tit parents f hi a children Theodore
E Fred G Raymond H Mrs ilex H MaeDiarmid,
and Mrs James H Howell He 'nas a member of
the First Congregatiom! church and fraternally was
identified with the Bcne\olent Protective Order of
Elka and the Misona lekngn^ to Union Lodge P
S, A M and he was als* a vilued member of the
Harmonie Club He was a suLtessful man energetic
an 1 determined and what he undertook he accom
plished Those wl o knew him and he had gained a
wide acquamtanLe luring the period of his residence
m Detroit, spoke of him in terms of the highest re
f,ard and in his passing the communitj lost one of its
valued wtizens and foremost mertliants his aasociates
a faithful friend, and hia tamily a devote! husband
and father The Detroit Times of August 31 1920,
said of lum A furrier and a torthright man he
was m the business he loied and all who crossed his
tlreaholi hal gooi reason for truthfulness
His son Fred G Mau a quire 1 his education in
Detroit and after hia graduation from high school
served an apprtntK-eship to the fur business with the
firm of E W Gammel & Companv tf Cleveland Ohio
with whom he remainel for two ^eara after which
he was emploved I > 4 Jacobs n i. Company of New
York eitv for a year He then spent a year with
Bach Price S. Company of New lork which is now
known as the Lamson Hubbard Companv of New
lork and Boston and later was for six months identi
fied with the 4mericin Fashion Company of New
York Liti with whom he learned designing Iraftmg
tor molels etu He then returned tt Detrtit and
jomel his father m the fur business of which he
was made secretary and treasurer on its incorporation
Following the demise of The<dore C Mau the son
became secretary treasurer and general manager of
the b isiness while his mother Mrs Agnes S Mau
8 fill ng the ofiice of vice president He is ably carry
ing forward the extensive enterprise established by
his father of wh<m he is proving a worthy successor
displajiDg the same executive power anl initiative
spirit which characterized the latter and placed bim
at the head of large commercial interests He is
actuated in all that he doea by a spirit of progress
and enterprise and is ably gniling the lestin es of a
house whiili for over fortv years has borne an un
assailable reputation for business jntegrit\ and re
liability
On the 10th of June 101" Mr Mau was nnitei in
marriage to Miss Florente Davis of Detroit and they
have become the parents of a daughter Helen Gladys
He IS a republican in his political views and is a
member of the First Church of Christ SLientiat Pra
ternally he la identified with the Benevolent Pro
tective Drier of Elks and he is also a valued member
of the Michigan Clnb of Detroit Paleat ne Lodge
No a-i" \ P % A M the Detroit Yacht Club the
Kiwanis Clul and the Detroit Boirl of C n meree
El nh ritaice le 1 ears a name tl at stmls for the
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lighest ideila in b i-jiuess -iail auml litt anl his
influence is ilwij^ to be counttd upon la the promo
tion of any measure looking to the improvement of
the eitv in whieh he resides He la jut a young
man but haa already aceomplishtd muuh, and all who
know him eiteem him for his etiergj his progressive
ucia ind his stwrlmg inti-grit*
J4MES ft SOUTHWICK -imong tlie native ions of
Detroit who have won success ■ilong bu'uness lines ind
whose activities have at the same time tontributed
mtenillv toward the upbuilding and improvement of
the citv IS numbered Jimes S Houthwick, a prominent
LontraPtor and builder, who is now serving as preai
dent of the feouthwlck Pom McFate Company He wis
born \pril 24 1S8S, a son of Wiliiim D and Kltherini;
E (feenppsj youthwick, in whoae fimily were three
children. He acquired hia education in the publii,
schools of Detroit and his initial business espeiieniu
WIS obtained in the employ ot the \inton Ctrajanv i
well known contracting hrm of thia eity, with whom
he remained for ten jeara He devoted every tnergv
toward learning the businessj of which he gained a
comprehensive knowledge, and hw earnest eftorta and
capability led to BULcessive promotions until he at
length became superintendent ot carpenter construe
tion He then decided to embark m business for him
"elf and m 1916 organized the Southwick Pom Ctm
1 any, his associates in the enterprise being James
\\ilkie who was chosen president and William h.
Ponmietzkv secretary while Mr Southwick became
V (,e president ^nd treasurer The company was
i[ italized for twenty thousand dollars and in April,
191" following the deith of Mr Wilkie, Mr Southwick
was made president In July, 1920, the present atjle
t the &outhwitk Pom MtPate Company was alopted
Robert MtFate being at that time admitted to the
him The business was first tonducted at No 707 Ker
heval avenue, where it was eontmued until ISIH
when removal was made to their present location at
No 5222 6t Jean av enue They epei-ialize in carpen
ter work mill work and painting, and under the able
u anagement of Mt Southwick, wlo since 1917 has
filled the office of president, the company has obtained
a position of leadership in tins held, having bten en
gaged in the erection and remodeling of manv of the
eity's finest structures, among whii,h maybe mentioned
the following Orchestra Hall the Detroit Savings
Bank and United 'Savings Bank buildings the Bowles
building the Nurses' Home in connection with Harper
Hospital, Temple Eith FI, and many public school
buildings Thcv are experts in their line, are
thoroughly reliable in the e-seeution of contracts, and
the enterprise is now one of large proportions, about
one hundred and twenty five persons being employed
in the operation of the business
In 1912 Mr =?outhwick was united m marriage to
Miss Ada M Wilkie whose father James Wilkie was
one of the most prominent residents ot Detroit They
resi Jl it *so h20 I hieago boulevard Por some time
Mr bouthwiek w as a member of the st tte militia, sery
mg as captain of the Five Hundred Fitty first Miehi
gan Infantry He is a member of the Builders &
Tiaders Exchange, the E-mj-loyers Association, the
LontraLtors Association and the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association and is also identified with the Detroit
Athletii tlub, the Detroit Ridmg & Hunt tlub, the
Detroit lacht Club, the Oakland Hills Country Olub
and Detroit Boat dlub He has closely studied the
questions an i issues of the day, and, believing that the
{ nnciplea of the republican party contain the best
I laments of good government, he casta his ballot in
favor of its candidates He is an exceptionally capable
and enterprising voung business man who is deserv^ng
of great crtdit for the su( tess which he has attained.
\lthough but thirty four years of age he is at the
head of one of the foremost building and contracting
enterprises in the citj, which has been developed
through his splendid iMcutive ability, persistentj of
purpose and initiative spirit, and I>etroit is proud to
elauii him as a native son
CHARLES H CUIiTISS, an energetic and progrea
sive business man of Detroit, is conducting one of the
leading uniertaking establishments of the city, his
location being at No b6 East Forest avenue He was
born at Willow, MiPhigan and is a representative of
a family that has long been established on American
soil His parents were <jeorge A and Eebeeca
(PiHeher) Curtiss, the former a native of the state of
New York
Following his graduation from the high school at
Wayne Miehigan, Charles H Curtisa completed a
course in the Western College of Embalming at Chi
cago, Hlinois and also was a student at the Sullivan
toehool of Embalming at 8t L uis, Missouri, after
which he worked in various uniertaking establish
ments, supplementing his theoretical training by praeti
cal experience In 190-1 he became associated with
and later became manager of the W B Hamilton
Company, leading funeral direetora of Detroit with
whom he remained until l'J19 when he purchased the
undertaking parlors formerly owned by the firm of
Roberts &. Welch and has since ccnducted the enter
prise His establishment contains a morgue and
funeral parlors and is completely equipped with the
best the market affords m the linr of funeral acoes
sories The funeral parlors, which are of the residence
type, are especially worthy of mention, being perme
atcd with an atmosphere of warmth totally at variance
with, the cold interior of the ordinary chapel He has
a thorough knowledge of the work m which he is en
gaged, gained through comprehensive knowledge and
broad experience and is regarded as an expert funeral
director He is tactful quiet and efficient and his
services are therefore most satisfactory to his patrons
Hf is the owner of all of the rolling stock used in con-
nection with the tusiness representing a considerable
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outlay and his undertaking establishment is generally
reoogmzed aa one of the beat jn the eity
In June 1106 Mr Curtiss was united la marnxge to
Miss Josephine Uht and they have bei-ome the pirents
of two children Mine Jo* and Charles H Jr He la
a memTer of the Cathedral Club and the Dioeesan
Men s Hub, of the EpiSLopal (hurehes of Mithigan
He IS also afliliated with the Wayfarers Caravan and
Canopua Clubs while fritemilly he is ilentited with
the Masons belonging to Wayne Lodge P & A M
King Cvrus Chapter E A M Michigin Snereign
Conaisforvj A & 4. S H in which he has attained the
thirty BCfond degree and Moslem Temple of the
Mystie Shrine His persistencv of purjose hia in
telligently directed efforts and his initiative have
been strong elements m his growing success and he
ranks today with the prominent funeral direttora of
Detroit
VEENON J EVERTON seeretari and treasurer of
the E% erton Engineering Company w ith offi.ces m
the Marquette building m Detroit and letognized
as (me of the most efficient and moat expert tngriiers
of the eitj was born m Joliat lllmLis Oetoter 3,
1879 and is a son of Thomas J ani Mary (Brown)
Everton both of whom were natiiea of Masaaehuaetts
but m early hfe became residents of Illinois wheie
the father engage! m farming meeting with sub
stantial auccesa in the work of tilling the aoil Both
' haie passed s
) laid I
rest in Illinois The^ had a family of three children
Herbert B now deceased Eev Jaaper L Everton
who IS a minister ol the Universaliat el urth at Clinton
Korth Carolina and Vernon J, of tbis review
The list named was a pupil m the publii, schools
of Plain field Illinois passing through consecutive
grades to the high ichool and when hia textl-ooks
were put aside he served an apprenticeship at the
photff engraver s trade, learning the business m Chi
cage in the employ of the J Manz Engraving Com
pan% There he cont nued for some time after com
pletmg his apprenticeship and later he was with the
Orescent Engraving Companj subsequently becoming
identified with the Bureau of Enf,raving Company of
Minneapolis, Minnesota Liter he was for a short
period employed m an engraving plant at Cleveland
and afterward returned to Chicago and later obtained
a position with Joe Mack a Printing Company of
Detroit with which he remained for eight lears
Eecognizing the possibilities for the establishment of
a successful business of similar character m Detroit,
he bought out the fehumaier Color Plate Company in
March 1118 The business was reorganized and m
corpora ted under the name of the Everton Engraving
Coonpany and from a modest start this businesa has
been developed through able management to an enter
prise of large and profitable proportions — in fact the
Everton interests are among the foremost in this line
in Detroit The company employs between forty five
and fifty people and js e^uippel to execute all kinds
of high grade engraiings and illustrations The plant
is the largest in the state The ofiiters of the com
pany are Martin Johnson president, Henrj De
Konmg vice president and V J Evtrton, treasurer
In Chicago, on the £_d of May, 1901 Mr Everton
was united m marriage to Miss Theresa Vaughn,
daughter of William "Vaughn of Chicago tut form
erl3 of Saginaw, Michigan Mr and Mrs Everton
haie two chiliren Vi-vian, who was born m Chicago
m April 19U2, and is a graduate ot the Detroit high
school and Myrtle who was born m Cleveland, Ohio
in 1905 ani is attending the Northwestern high school
of Detroit
Mr E% erton belongs to the Pell™ craft Athletic
Club the Detroit Auto Club and the Masonic Country
Club He IS well known in Masonic circles, belonging
to the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine He has also
become a member of the Knigl ts of Pythias ani be
longs to the loung Men s Christian Association, while
along the line of his profession he is connected with
the Detroit Engravers Club and tie American Photo
Engravers Association Hi a prrgreas is the direct
result an 1 outcome of unfaltering energy, tl orough
mastery of his cl osen line of work and close applica
tion to the duties at hand with ability to direct sue
ceasfully growing interests and responsibilities
THE WEI&M4.N MOTOR SALES C0MP4.N-i
Among the well known automobile dealers of Detroit
must be mentioned the gentlemen who are the oflicera
of the Weisman Motor Sales Company, these being
Michael Weisman who is the president I C Weis
man vice president Alec Weisman secretan and
treasurer and &aul Weisman manager All are well
men of the city and to the
of the comi mv tbe\ bring
.nl progress!! eness
i born in Pittsburgh lennsyl
known young busmesf
eooduet of the affair
energy, determination
Michael W eisman w
vania March 22 1885 and
Rebecca (Bernstein) Weis
natives of Germany but cai
settling first in Pittsburgh
Subsequently they
Weisman entered
of Is adore '
n both ot whom were
to America m early lite
htre they were married
to Detroit and here Isadore
mereant le business, becoming
one of the successtul merchants of the city
mamed active until the last few years during whi 1
period he has lived retired stiH making his home in
Detroit To him and his wife haie been born eight
ehil Iren Mrs Mayme Marx Michael Saul Mrs
Mathilda Carr, Jai-ob \kc Meyer ani Mrs Salvia
Wolner all bMng m D troit
In his boyhood days Miohael Weisman attended the
public and high schools of Detroit and later enlisted in
the United States army as a private continuing in the
service until he was honorably discharged because of
disability brought about through the performance of
his duties Later he returned to Detroit and opened
what became popularly known as the Pekin Cafe
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whicll lie conduLtcil fur main je ra and in ivl hit,
13 still flnanually interested On. the 1st of July 191 1
he entered mto thu automubile business se^nnng tl l
Detroit agency for tl e Case motor tar a higl elias
macJiine It was at that time that the Wei3mj,ii Auto
&iles Comj-inj was established and inoorpo rated, and
tie business has been very suei-essfully tondueted i
tip sale ani distributDn <f the Cise oar The com
Idn\ hds re ently mo\ed into a new building erected
for its especial use at 3b49 Woodward aienne The
busiULSS has been vtry wistly and carefully developed
along substantial 1 nei and resilta achiLved have
been mo'^t satisfactory
Ott tht, 30th of Maj 100 M chiel TA eisman wi'<
marriLd to Miss Florence Mdbel Dupont of Detroit i
daughter of Charlea and Floren o D ip nt There is one
child of this marriage Bernice Inez born in Detroit
in 1908 and now attending high school Fnt i alU
Mi<hael Weisman is conne ted with the Benev 1 nt
Protective Order ot tlks but is not actively mtereste I
in elubs or soLiaJ org<inizations preferring to ooncen
trate his efforts and attention uj on his business afEaits
and the enjojinent of home 1 fe He has a large ur le
of friends almost coextensve with tJe irule of lis
acquaintance ind is h ghlj esteemed in Detroit
6aul We sman who is the mamger £ tl e Weisman
Motor &ales Companv was bom in Windsor Lamdi
luly 31 1887, and is no v a naturalized citizen of the
United States He attended the public schools of
Detroit until he had mastered the work of the high
^ehool and then tume 1 his attention to cafe managt
nent in association mth his brother Michael the r
his bu'ine'ia interests hiving since b*eji lientipal the
labors ot the one ably snppkmenting and rounding
out the efforts of the otl er Both brothers maintain
in independent ourae m polities and fraternallv Sail
^^eianian is also as'jociated v^ath the Benevolent Pro
feetive Order of Flke On the th of September 1<)10
1 e married Miss Ella Marion Featson of Detroit a
laughter of lohn and Margaret E Pearson H r
father is a Civil war veteran To Mr and Mrs Wei^
un ha^e been ictn two children Arnoll M chael
h rn in 1911 anl Jean Svl la in IQlb
ypc Weisman who la the sccrctarv kid treisurir of
ti V eiaman Motor Sales Comjanj was born ii De
t 0 t October 13 1891 and lil^e his brothers attended
tl e public and high schools of this citv He then gave
his attention to the grtcery business conducting a
store on John R street, and later he concentrate 1 his
efforts and attention upon mereant le lines for four
vears On the espirat on of that penod ho became
associated with his brotl crs m the Weisman Motor
Sales Company and ivas elected secretary and treas irer
He wedded Sadie Belle Dant) of Detroit a laughter
of Louis Danto on the 23d of February 1913 and
they have become parents of two children Avery
bom m December 10!" and Sylil in August 1Q17
The Weismin Brothers leserve great credit for
what thpy have accompl shed as their alvamen ent anl
su tesa s lie entiielj t tl eir diligence and lersever
ance They have clostlj i[ plied themselves t the
dev eiopment ot their lutoraobile agency and have
been successful m disposing of many of the Case tars
to satisfied patrons They poasesg executive ability
and splendid qnal ties of salesmansh p and their enter
[rise has brought to tJem gntitying returns In 1931
thev contracted to sell the H ( 8 built I v Harrv t-
ij J ng a veiv irohtable bu mess on
th s
(HARDE9 W KN\G(.'^ M D Detroit with its
p ilsing inlustrial ictivities and eorome/eial develop
ment hjs drawn to it many prominent representatives
of the professions aid the city has every reason to be
proud of those wh here represent the medical fra
ternitj gn mg v alu,ible service to mankind and holding
to the higheat professional atandarda and lieals Of
this claas Dr Charles V- Kmggs is a well known
He was born in the village of Vandeiar Oxford
county Ontario March 25 1877, h s parents being
Thomas ani Marj Ann (Frenchj Knaggs who Here
likewise nitives of Ontario where thej spent their
entire lives The fath r was born m 1S40 while the
n )ther a birth opcurrel in 1843 The ancestral line
cua be tracel back in the Knagga family to Engliah
origin while that of the Breach familv comes of
sterling Norman French extraction Thomas Knaggs
IS the owner of a fine estate m Oxforl county On
tar 0 where he devotel his attention to the raising of
h gh graie stock He is still active in that community
where he has long been knovi as a citizen of
prommei ce and influen e Hs wife dud n the v ear
1919 passing awav n the faith of the Methodist
church to which Mr Knaggs also belongs In their
family were three thil Iren Ernest j et a resident of
Ontario Mrs Annie Weaver whoae home is in Win
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public achoola of hia natn e ity and afterward at
tended the h gh achool at Woodstoi-k Ontario He
next entere 1 tl e Detroit Medical College m prepara
tion for a piofessonal careei and was graluated with
the M D degree in I90J He tl en became house
phvsieian at &t Mary e Hospital where he conti ued
his profess onal labors for one year atter which he
opened an offl e m Detroit where he has since sue
cessfullv engaged in the private practice of his pro-
fession specializing to a large extent m obstetrics and
gynecology From the beginning his patronage has
stealilv grown anl he today oceup es a very prominent
and enviable position among the physicians and snr
geons of the city enjoying the unqual fiel confidence
of the public and the trust and high regard of hia
colleagues and contemporaries He belongs to the
East Sile Medical Society of Detroit to the Wayne
County Meiii-al Soc ety the Michigan State Medical
^sstciat on and the \meripan Medical Association and
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I9H> he %ai „ adaitcj trom Ruali Medical Collefe,e of
Ch ago Su h a[ exeeptioml 1 benl edueition well
qualitied liim. f r ha profes'iionit cireer and this was
sui tlemented bv valuable practical expenenci, as in
nteme in the Los Angeles County Hospital and also
in ti e Delraj (Micl ) Industr al Hospital a year being
spunt in eich inst tution In 1913 Dr Eupp entered
upon the acti e work of h a profession but m 0 tobor
of that J ear enlisted for ucrvic m the World w ar and
was stationed at the Medical Oflcers Training School
at Camj Greenleaf until the spring of 1J19 After re
eeiiin^ his discharge from the sen ice he retimed to
Detruit where be has since sucoessfuHj followed h s
jrofessioi He has a thorough knowlel^e of initonij
and hi coniprehensi e technical training combine 1
with the aurencsa anl precision of his work bis
gi ned for him a large and constanth increasing pra<
ti e He does lis sirgual and medical work it <jrace
EroMdcnce and Lincoln Hospitals and la ilso med cil
eximincr for -leieral of the old line insurance com
pin es ind f r a few fraternal orders He has ilways
made his professional dut cs his first consideration
mi is most conscientious and fiithful in the perform
incc ot the work which devolves ujon hini in thii
onnect n
On the oOth of Jun 1917 Dr Rupp was united m
m-irciage to Miss l.d th "Vaomi \ oorhees and they n
irth oceurred Mav
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hive two sons Jacob Both whi
18 191S ml Paul Voorhee'<
They reside in an attractive h
te th street
The doct r g es h s pol t il s i jort to th den o
c at c part He s a men ber of the M ch gan Club
H s profe s onal conne t ons are w th the Wavne
County and M ch gan Stite Med cal '-'oe et es and th
\mer em Med il Assoc at on and the Assoc at un 1
"VI 1 tary Su geon He s a young m of e terpr s ng
% t and nt r ng energy wl o ut 1 zes every poss ble
oj fort n tj to pron ote 1 s k owledge and n rease h
e&c en y In th field ot profess onal ser\ ee he s
making rapid progress. His pronoaiiced ability and hii
adherence to high standards are winning for him the
confidence and the respect of his fellow practitioners
and also of the general public
EU'SSELL H. LEGGE, a talented artiat of Detroit,
is the proprietor of the Russell H Legge Studios, aitu
ated at No. 975 East Jefferson aienue He his n
sided in this city since 1905 and hoa become widely
known as an illustrator, drawing his patrons from
many walks of life. He was born in Perr^ton Ohio
a son of James Robert and Mana C (Reward) Legge
The father, who followed the occupation of farming
m Ohio, also possessed notable mechanical ability He
enlisted in the Union army during the Ciiil wir and
while participating in his first battle was taken pris
oner, being confined in Anderaonville prison There
his mechanical talent was the means of sa\ing his
life, for owing to his cleverness in making trinkets
abled t procure food However, the hardships of
prison life und rm ned his health and he posse i away
wlen fifty e ght jears of age
His son Eussell H Legge, pursued his education m
tie gralel schools of his native village and the high
si-hool of Newark Ohio and subsequently took up the
tudv of art for which he had a, natural talent He
att nled various art schools and for his first protes
sional work he received 1 salary of seven dollars per
week For about f ir -^ears in all he was connected
with the Bucher Engraving Companj of Columbus,
Oho ind in 1905 he came to Detroit, where he las
B nee mdde h s hom For a time he wis art iixector
for the Barnes Crosby Company and also for the Cadil
lac Printing Companv but for the past five vears has
been in business for himself be ng the proprietor of
the Russell H Legge Studios He illustrates stonea
for some of the Hearst publications, also feature
stor es special articles and sketches of theatrical folk,
wh ch are quite widely known to stage people, in the
Detroit Sunday Free Press and fcr the Detroit Ath
Ictic Club Magazine which recently said of him "He
IS one of the foremost exponents of fine line drawing,
and his work m this publication is one of the reasons
whv our subscribers keep on receiving it " He also
furnishes a number of drawings eich month that are
use 1 b> men s furnishing and department stores
throughout the United States and Canada under the
name of The Eus-Leg Illustrative Sen ice " He has
attained that preeminence which follows superior
ability and concentrated effort, and his skill as an
artist is widely recognized
On the nth of November, 1911, Mr Legge wis
united in marriage to Miss Bhea Iv ers, and they have
many friends in the city He is a member of the
Pen and Pencil Club of Columbus, Ohio ani the Detroit
Athletic, Noontide Rotary Quarib Detroit Automo
bile, Caravan Detroit Golf and Players Clubs of De
troit and fraternallj is identified with the Masons,
belonging to the blue loige of Col imbus Ohio, to
King Cvrus Chapter, E \ M , of Detroit, Detroit
Commandery No 1, E T, Michigan Sovereign Con
sistory A & A S E , in which he has attained the
thirtj second degree, and to Moslem Temple of the
Mystic Shnne The story of his life is a reeord of
earnest endeavor, crowned with a substantial measure
of sni cesa. What he has accomplished represents the
fit utilization of his innate powers and talents His
abihtv has developed with the passing years and his
tilents both natural and acquired have brought him
to 1 forentst position m the ranks of his profession
W \LTEE J KR\FT is the secretarj and t
(f Kraft S Grasser Ine , wholesale and retail dealers
in coal and coke He was born in Detroit, December
4, 1893, his parents being John L and Juha (Lippold)
Kraft The father was bom in Leipsic, Germanj and
came to America at the age of sixteen vears settling
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in Detroit, where he later married Julia Lippold, a
native of Baltimore, Marylattd. He organized what
is now the John Kraft Coal Uompany, and this is one
of the largPHt eompaniea operating individually in the
city. The location which he chose for his business
waa then on the very outskirts of Detroit, being situ-
ated on Uhene atrcet. Later he removed to Division
and the Grand Trunii Railway, where he established
a yard that accorded him shipping facilities. In 1904
the business was incorporated under the name of the
John Kraft Coal Company, with John Kraft as the
president, and he remained its chief executive officer
until 1911 — the year of his death. His widow sur-
vived him for several years, passing away in 1918.
Walter J. Kraft spent his youthful days under the
parental roof, pursuing a public school education until
he had passed through the high school, while later be
became associated with his father in the coal trade.
In 1915 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the
John Kraft Coal Company, while Henry C. F. Grasser,
his half brother, was president of the company. In
February, 1922, Walter J. Kraft and Henry C. F.
Grasser disposed of their entire interests in that com-
pany and organized Kraft & Grasser, Inc., with mam
office at Gratiot near Mount Elliott avenue and rail-
road yards, are storage facilities.
On the 23d of March, 1918, Mr. Kraft was married
to Miss Edna N. Long, of Detroit, a daughter of Fred-
erick Long, and they have iwo sons: Walter J., Jr.,
bom June 20, 1919; Donald F., born May 6, 1921. Dur-
ing the World war Mr. Kraft served with the Three
Hundred and Seventh Motor Truck Company. His
political support is given to the republican party, and
his religious faith is indicated by his membeiship in
the Lutheran church. He belongs also to the Detroit
Auto Club, and he has an extensive circle of friends
in the city in which his entire life has been passed.
While one of the younger buiineaa men of Detroit he
has already gained a position that many a man of twice
his years might well envy, and an analyzation of his
record shows that dilicenee aad determination have
been the crowning features of his success.
PETEE A. EHEAUME. It is a trite saying that
there is always room at the top, but comparatively
few seem fully to comprehend the statement, and to
the majority it seems to have ncr stimulating efEeet
with its promises of wider npportimifiea and larger
business reward. Among those who have steadily
worked upward, recognizing that with leadership
comes success, is Peter A. Rheaume, who is the presi-
dent and manager of the Ueata Lunch Company,
controlling one of the largest business enterprises of
the kind in the state of Michigan. Mr. Rheaume is
today a well known figure in Detroit's business cir-
cles, admired and esteemed by reason of his well
defined purposes and carefully esecutad plans. A
native of Michigan, he was born in Huron county,
October 20 1883, and is a son of Israel and Marie
(Hebert) Rheaume, whose family numbered nine
children. Four of the brothers are in partnership in
the Ueata Lunch Company, Henry L. being secretary
and treasurer, while Frank is vice president and Amos,
like the others, is a stockholder in the business.
Peter A. Kheaume was reared on a farm, working
in the fields through the summer months, while in
the winter season he attended the public schools of
Huron county. At the age of fifteen years he be
came a cook in one of the lumber camps in northern
Michigan and was engaged in work of that character
for two years. For twelve years he was chef of the
Plaza hotel and for three years night chef at the
Dover Inn. He was also connected with the Dclmont
people, both in Detroit and in St. Louis and acquired
a comprehensive knowledge of every phase of the
restaurant business. During that time he realized
fully that there was a field for a line of restaurants
that would sell a superior grade of food for a moil-
erate price. With that object in view he organized
the Ueata Lunch Company in association with his
brothers, on the 8th of July, 1911. The^busincsa has
steadily developed. They began with one restaurant,
located at 21 Washington boulevard, and when this
had been firmly established upon a safe financial basis
they opened another. This was followed by a third
and a fourth and so on, until today the company
operates twelve restaurants, all in excellent locations
One of these is at 611 Woodward, another at 254
Lafayette, a third at 6523 Woodward, a fourth at
1105 Larned, another at 1217 GrisnoM, still another
at 37 Broadway, and the others are likewise conven-
iently situated. The company employs more than
two hundred and fifty people in various capacities in
cunnection with the conduct of the business. The
Ueata Lunch Company dffes all of its own baking
and the food is specially prepared under the super-
vision of experts, while sanitation of the highest
order is made a paramount feature of the business.
The slogan of the company is, "Better food for leas
money." The Rheaume brothers were the first res-
taurant owners to cut prices to pre-war figures and
their business has enjoyed a remarkable growth aa a
result of this progressive policy and they have earned
a reputatiffn that is indeed enviable.
Peter A. Rheaume was married in 1902 to Miss
Rhirley Lawson, a native of Kentucky, and they have
one son, James P., born January 31, 1905, in 8t
Louis, Missouri. Mr. Rheaume is a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, also of the
Knights of Columbus, which is inaioative of his cnn-
neetion with the Catholic church, being a communicant
of St. Theresa's parish. He is also identified with
the Loj-al Order of Moose, He is first vice president
of the International Steward's Association of the
World; a member of the Detroit Caterer's Association
and a director of the same; and a member of the
American Restaurant Association. Mr. Rheaume was
one of the organizers of the Eastwood Inn Corporation
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LJitims an indepenieut course voting
tor men and measures rather than party He is
lent tied witl the North CI incpl Club and with the
Bojrd ot (-ommttte ind hia interest in th pul lie
welfare 13 manitpit in tangil 1l aujjoct <f minj pro
je ts for tl t. genenl good
ALBERT BDW4RD H \EBIS M D Miny ateord
t the praotue of medicine foremost place m the rank
ot human aitnities when judged fron the atanlpoint
(f usefulness to the ra<e All aoknowledgi. tl it tie
heaviest reaponaib lities de ohe upon the tonsLientu U'i
phjsieian anl surgLOn who puts forth hie effort to
illmiito piin and ristore health thus retiming thu
individual to hiB place of usefilness m the world
Through sheer ability rLSultmg from eirnest study
close applicition and a broad humanitariin spirit Dr
Albert Edward Harris has gamed 1 moat creditable
JO ition as ■» repreamtative of the medical profea
s on in Detrtit
He was horn in this city October 31 188S and is
the son of Edward E and Elizabeth (Burton) Harris
both of whom are nativea of Engliud whence thej-
came to Detrtit m earl-i I f e To Edward E Harris
anl hia wife were born two sons Dr Albert E and
Raymond Burton Harris of Detro t Eavn on 1 B
Harris la a graduate of the engineering department of
the University of Michigan class of im He is at
preient ass stant chief combustion engineer of the
D'-tio t Edison Company
Dr Harris was a pup 1 in the public and high schools
of Detroit until graluated from the latter at the ago
of eighteen years He aftirviard entered the Detroit
College of Medicine in preparation for his profess onal
career and completed h s stud es as an alumnus of the
diss of 1913 He subaequentlv entere 1 Harper Hos
1 tal m the capacity of house surgeon and served in
th a institution the proaeribed oirse of eighteen
mcnths and then entered upon the private practice of
medicine since which time he has ga ned a prominent
josition as a fhysician and surgeon of this city With
America a entrance into the World war he lomed the
Medical Corps U B army aa a first lieutenant attached
to the Eortvaeconl D vision He served twenty one
months eighteen of wh ch was spent w th the Espedi
tionarv Eorces m Prance attached to Base Hospital
No 36 He was discharged with tie rank of major
at Camp Custer Michigan
When the country no longer needed hii n ilitarv aid
Dr Harris rcumed priv ate practice m Detroit and is
well known ai a member of the state and national
medical assoc atiocs Pratemallv he w a Mason being
a charter member of Armv and Navy Lodge is a
Kn ght Templar in Detr t Commandery N^o 1 and is
a member of Moslem Temple Noblei of the Mvstie
Shrine He is identified witn the Army anl Navy CI ib
of Detroit, the Military Order of the World War, the
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the
Militii Nugeon'i of tht b ited 'states He holds the
link ot maior in the Meiieal Corps United --tates
Res r\es
CHARLES EECKM\N WIGSTAFF tonduetmg a
wholcale tusmesa under the nan t of the WagstafE
Coifee Ctmpany his trade being one of substantial
proportions so that his house has become one of the
foren ost in this 1 ne in the central section of the
Lountry has througl 0 it his business career mamteated
untiltering dil gente and close appl cation wl ile
sound judgment has guided him m all that he haa
undertaken Detroit n imbers him among her native
s na hia birth having here occurred November 4
187i his parents being Robert M and Catherine (Ntal)
Wagstaff The fati er was born m Buffalo New "iork
while the mother was a native of Irelanl The f rmer
was well known as taptain of the revenue cutter
Fcsienlen in charge of Harbor Beach Michigan for
nnn\ years
After obtaining a public sch ol educatinn Charles
B WagstifE started out upon h s business career m
connection with the advtrtifl ng department f the
Detroit Free Press m 1893 then a vouth of about
nineteen veara His ne-^t position was with irmour
&. Company aa special salesman for tl e canned meat
d partn ent and he remained with thia firm from 1896
unt 1 1902 Ambitious howe-ver to engage in Fusmeas
on 1 IS own account he utilized every opportunity tl at
assisted him toward that en I and at length his in
dustry and economj brought him sufficient capital to
"nahle him to establish business for himself This he
did in 1902 under the nin e of the City Coffee &
'ipice Mill Company He has since been active in
lonnection with the coffee an] spice trade of the
n iddle west He at length bought out the Royal
"\ alley Coffee Company of Detroit merging the busi
neaa with that which he hal eetabliahed, and he la
now conducting extens ve mterests under the name
of the 'Wagstaff Coffee Company of which he is sole
proprietor He employs forty people and has one of
the finest equipped coffee roasting and packing plants
m the state In ISII he erected the building on East
Larned street which le occupies planning it for the
purpose for wh h it la used and h s trade la now
gratify ng resilting from tie diligence and enter
priae which he has displayed
In 1904 Mr Wagataff was united m marriage to
Miss Josephine Moran of Detroit and they have one
Uughter Carn en H Mr and Mrs WagstifE are
members nf the Epiaeopa! hurch ani in political be
lief Mr Wagstaff is a republican He is a member
of the Detroit Boat Club and belongs to the Detroit
Board of Cimmerce and s interested m all those
forces which made for the welfare and upbuilding of
the city witlhtldmg his ooperation from no plan or
movement that he believes is of general benefit. When
leisure permits he turns to motoring and fishing for
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FREDEBICK GHAELES SOLM=! A prominent fig
lire in business eireles of Detroit is Frederick Charles
fcolins vite president ind manager of the Colonial
Brick Company onp of the leaiing md istr al tnter
prises ot the eity He has ittained aueeesa bi strict
integrit\ the conscientious discharge of all obliga
tions and an unremitting attention to an miustry in
which he takes greit interest and which he thoroughly
understands He la seldom in error m matters of
judgment when pissing upon the (alue ot ini lusi
nefs opportuaity and through the wise n inigemeot
of hi3 business affairs le has contrituted to the in
distriil expansion of the uitj
Mr Solms is a native of Michigan his birth having
occarred at Saginaw April 10 1884 and he is of
derman lescent His grnndfather Count BmiLh an
Solms Wililenfels wis a scion of one of the oldest
families of &aTon-\ at d i min of great wealtl lut
owing to business misfortunes he 1 st the greater p irt
of his possessions He became the ft under of the
famih in Americi establishing hiB home near &ag
ina« Mich gin His son Emich P A Solms mar
riei CHra Eoeser ini thev became the parents of the
subject of this review
In the public scho Is of his native city Preienck
C Solms acquirid his early education later enter
ing the Univers tv f M ch gan at Ann Arbor where
he pursued a literary course graduating with the
class of 1S06 On entering commtreial circles 1 1
hrst became identified w ith the hardw ire business
at Saginaw with whjch le was lonnected for two
J ears In 1908 he came to Detroit and noined the
Puritan Brick Company remaining with thit eorpora
tion until I'tlG when, m association with Harold W
Holmes he organized the Colonial Briik Companav
which was incorporated m the same lea/ with Mr
Solma as secretary and treasurer in which capacity
he served until becom ng vice president an I manager
The firm deals in face fiTe and paving bnek and
mastn. flooring having the exclusive sale of these
products in eastern Michif,an and is recognized as a
leader in this line of actmtv in the uitv The com
pany has supplied the bri k used m tl e construction
of many of the large public buildings in Detroit n
eluding the Real Estate Exchange building the new
Tuller and David Whitney huildings the Dime Sav
mga Bank building the Morgan & Wr ght building
and the Cass technical high school Mr Solms is
thoroughly familiar with every phase of the industry
owing to his long connection therewith and his keen
insight into business eon 1 tions has been a valuable
factor in promoting the success of the enterprise
He was united m marriage to Miss May C Dowd,
of Newark, New Jersey, and they have become the
parents of three children; William, Erwin and E.
Duane Mr Solms is a member of tl e Phi Gamma
Delta college fraternitv which maintains i chapter
he use in Detroit alsw h<lds membership m the Board
of Commerce the Michigan Club of Detroit the
Harmonie Society and the Vortex Club However
Mr Solms has given the greater part of his atten
tion to the management ot his extensive tusiness
interests and has persevered in the pursuit ot a def
inite purpcFse until he has gained a most satisfactory
reward His abilitv of organization an] his executive
force have enabled him to tuild up a business of large
priportions and his reorl is not only written m
terms of aueiess but also in terms ot enterpr se energv
and perseveranee His life is exemplary in all re
spects anl Detroit numbTS 1 im amung her most
FB4N&. W 8HEEH1 \n ong the unterpnsing and
progressive voung business men who are taetors in
Detroit B commereial d tivities is numbered Frank W
hhechj Coui selor for the Travelers Life Insurance
Company and the duties wl ich devolve ujon him in
this connection are discharge 1 with faithfulness and
efiieiencv His birth occurred in "iale Michigan and
his parents wen, Michael and Marj (Downs) '^leehj,
who had a familv of eleven children ten of whom are
now living The father suceessfulh followed the oecu
fation of f arn ing until his demise which occurred in
1918 but the mother survives
In the acquirement of an education Frank W &heehy
attended the grammar and high schools of Yale Miohi
gan and m 1911 entered the State University from
which he was graduated m 191-) on the comjletun of
a course m chemical engineering He secured the
position of nmercial agent with the Mieliigan State
Telefhone Company with which he remained until
April 191" when he enlisted for sorme in the World
war being sent to the Olhe rs Training Camp at Fort
'■heridan Illinois On August 3 1917 he was com
missioned a second lieutenant later won promotion to
the rank of first lieutenant and on the 1st of Tily 1918
mas made captain of the One Hundred and Sixtieth
Depot Brigade He was discharged from the serv lee
on the 2d of December 101S after whieh he came to
Detroit anl started selling insurance for the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New lork His sueeeoaful
work in that connection attracted the notice of other
orgat izations of a similar character and in November
1921 he was tendered the position of coui selor for
tl e Travelers Life Insurance Company and is now serv
mg m this capacity He is most thorough and conseien
tious in the discharge of the duties which devolve upon
him giving hi'< best efforts to thote whom he serves
and his work is therefore jr ving of great value to
the corporation
Mr Sheehv is unmarried and resiies at No 3044
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P I ngree avenue Hi 11 i f iitht U (rmii mu ut film
Litholio ehurth, being affiliated with tot Theresa b
pwish and he is also identified with the Knights ot
Columbus He is an. alert energetic young man who
brings t) his dntits ibilitv enthusiasm and zeal ind
1 la genuine personal worth I i won tor him the
i>Btei.m ind confidence of ill with wl on he has 1 een
iseocnted
MWUELL "U WISE Sn e hs student davs
1 eh were tern nite 1 h 1 s f,ral at on fr m the
I n vera t of M ch gan n 1914 Max yell M W se
h s been d nt fied w th bus ness nteresta n th s
tate and s the secretin and genet 1 n a iger of the
W se Fleetro feherard zing Company w tl pli t^ n
> th Detro t and Ch cago 01 a claims h m. as a
nit ve son his b rth hiv g oeeurred m Cinton
\ gnat " 1887 h s parents be ng LI as P anl EI zi
^eth (Sorr k) W se 1-oih of whom ire nat vea ot
">t 0 -ind have there spent th r 1 ves Tl e father
s the Bev E as P W se pastor f the (_1 r st an
1 r h of Cint n Oh 0 tor ma v vears and one of
the alued represcntat vea of th m n atry n that
state The mother s ilso 1 v n„ The r fam ly n m
ber 1 five eh Idr n Karl M a res lent of Detro t
Katlr\ii who a now Mrs Oral P K Ider 1 ng at
Alvr n Oh 0 Adela de who s tl e w dow ot Capta n
Hirry Stolberg of Lanton Oho E P 1 Jr who
s now a student in the In vers tj of M th gin at inn
\rl or and Mixwell M of th a re ew
In earlj ] fe (he last named attended the puhl e
hools of Cleveland nd later ei tered tha Un vera tv
t M el gan fton wh 1 he as griduated in 1914
n the omi 1 t on of i course n n ol inieal e g neer
ng Ho th n enterel the employ of the Stuiebaker
Co porati n of Detro t 1 the mechan eal department
and remimed v th that con panv tor three \eira
I ter
he organ zed the W se Electro Sherard z ng Comf anv
wl h wia eatiU si ed in a n odeat viv hut the
!u neas 1 s grown to large proport ons so flat they
no y en ploy from s it to aeventy fi c peopl n De
tr t wh 1 at the Ch eigo plmt empl yment s g ven
to from twenty to twent ft e people The bus ness
a noorporated 191C w tl E E Bi s as pees
( t J B Spen er is aeeretir and M M ■« ae is
tr a rer ind general minager
At Eljn Oho September 7 I<H1 Mr W se was
n rr ed to Estella M Br ce diughter of Mr an 1 Mrs
Ma n ng Bruce of a well know f n ly of El r a
Th y ha o 0 ch Id Eruee Mix yell born '-■ept n ber
<> 191 M W se s a men her of tl e Alpl 1 S gma
Ph a college fratern ty a also 3 n eml er of the
D tro t Boird f Con □ erce anl ot the Exchange CI b
nh lo h a rel g ous fa th a thit ot the Chr st an eh reh
He sin of sterl ng quil t es thoroughly rel able
and irogr sen bus neas affa rs anl at all t n ea
mt restel in those projects and plana which have for
their object the benefit and welfare of the community.
EDWARD J. CAKPENTER. One of the large in-
dustnil enterprisea of Detroit is the McMann- Carpen-
ter Box Company, of which Edward J. Carpenter is
the secretary and treasurer. He is a progressive and
entrgetii, business man and his marked executive
ability and apirit of initiative have been important
factors n the growth and le elopment of tl o company
vh eh he represents
He was born in 4dr an M chigan a son of Andrew
J a 1 Bertha (Wagner) arpenter both of whom are
o deceased The paternal grandfather remo ed
fro Pe J Ivan a to Ne v York n wh h state
Andre J Carpenf r wa lorn in ISSi The mother
WIS 1 1 at c t Berli Qtrmanj and wl en a child
of three ^ ears was brought to the Un te 1 States by
h r pa euta The old Carj enter homestead vas i-ur
cl ased by Andre J Carpenter from the or g nal
ow er anl the f am ly bee me the possessors of the
or g al leed of grant h eh was s gned by Pros
dent \ drew Jaekaon
In thp p bl schoola ot h s home local tj Edward J
Carpenter acquired h a ed at on and when sixteen
years of age be an c 1 lent fie 1 th an ele tr ra 1
yav compa j m hose e nploy he re nained tor a
p od of five jea 8 He th n took up agr cultural pur
a ts cent nuing act e along that Ime for five years
after vh cl he aold h a farm an 1 turned his attention
to other 1 1 es of act t^ organ z ng the Arm of Me
Man & Carpent r n 19U The bus ness waa ncorpo
ratel on the 1 of Februar* I'llS uude the style of
the MfMan Carpenter Box Compan v th Mr Car
penter as the secretarj a d treasurer n wh ch offices
le has since ser\el Thoj are manufacturers of and
dealers n wooden boxes on 1 from ts m ept 0 the
b s ness ha enjoyed a steady and healthful gro vth
until it has now assumed I rge and gratfjmg proper
t s tl eir trale co er ng tl e ent re state of Mich gan
an 1 exten 1 ng 0 er port 0 s f Oh o an i HI no s Tl ey
em] lo the mo t progress e anl r 1 able methois u
tl e conduct ot the r nterpsts ind the exc Hence of
the r output s generillj recogn zed Mr Carpent r
gi ea h s careful s ] er s on to every deta 1 of tl e
bus ness and s bend ng e e y energy to tl 0 furtl er
extena on of his nterests In the management of h s
affa rs h 1 spla soun 1 judgment energy anl enter
pr se and has I en su eessfol n bu Id ng uj ne of
the lead ng n a fa tur ng enterpr ses of Detro t
On the " th of Mircl 1J09 Mr Carpenter aa
un ted marr age to M ss Myrtle MeMann an 1 they
ha p b come the parents of two eh Idren John Ke th
an 1 Helen El zabeth Mr Carpenter s a republ can
n h 8 pol t eil ews and his r 1 g ous fa th s nd
eated by h s momb rsh p n the Bapt st church He
s an act e ani earnest member of the Board ot
Con mere e hose jlans anl proje ta for the extena on
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of the tiade relations of the eity reeeivo liia hearty
support. Fraternally he ia identllied with the Masons,
belonging to Oity of the Straits Lodge, F, & A. M., and
he ia also a member of the Maaonio Country Club. He
finda recreation in hunting ajid fishing and is the owner
of an attractive summer home at White Lake, MieM-
gan, where he spends many pleasant hours. Close appli-
cation, energy aad determination have formed the
basia of his advancement, and he is preeminently a ■
business man whose record is written in torma of
success. He is a man of high principles and subatantial
qualitiPs, progreasive and reliable in buaJncsa, loyal in
citizenship and at all times displaying devotion to the
duties that devolve upon him.
REV. JOSEPH F. HERE. Since 1913 Rev. Joseph
F Herr haa been paotor of 8t Albertus' Catholic
church of Detroit and ]ie enjovs in an enviable degree
the love ■ind respect ot hia pins hi oners, his influence
being a most beneficial factor for good in the com-
munitj in which he libors A nitive of Poland, he
was born near Posen February 10 1871, and his par-
ents were John Anthony and Constance Veronica
{Modrzj naki) Herr, who emigrated to the United
Statea with their family of seven chiHren and e^tab
lished their home m Detroit
In the acquirement of an education Father Herr
attended the Jefferson jublie school 8t Boniface s
and St Miry s parochnl schools all (f this city and
the TJnuersity of Detroit after which he completed
a course in 8t Mary s TTni^ ersiti at Baltimore Miry
land being or d lined a priest on the 21st of April,
ISQ'J His first charge was thit of assistant pastor
of '^t Boniface s church with which he was con
neoied from Mav 1 1895 unt 1 November 19 1897,
when he wa^i called to Sebewaing Michigin remain
mg m charge of the Nat vity church there until the
Ist of Julv lOOO He then became asaiatint to Fa
ther Gutowski at 8t Caaimic a church it Detroit
and on the 4th of Ootoler 1902 Fither Herr or
ganized St Joseph s parish it Jacksf n Michigm
erecting both the thureh and scho 1 an 1 work ng on
their construction in orier to lessen the expense of
labor The parish wai at that time a small one com
priBing but sixty aeven families but at the end of
his paatorite which coverel i period of eleven years
it numbered over five hundred fimilies
On May 12 IQIS Fithcr Herr hecimo pastor of
St Albertus church of Detroit of nhicli he has
aince had charge ind on the 4th of October I91t(
begin the erection of the present fine school building
whirh was opened a yeir later It represents a cost
of o^er two hundred thousand iollars la of brick
concrete and steel construction and is thoroughly
modern being one of the few aehools in the country
supplied with outside laiatoriea theao being reached
bv an encloaed runway The building contains twenty
ftmr clisa rooms fiie meeting and librarv ro ms ml
in lud totium with a seating capicitv of one thou
sand persons, sixteen hundred pupils now being in at-
tendance at the institution. The parish is a large one
and was organized by Father Simeon Wieczorek in
1870, being the first Polish parish established in the
city, and it has ever maintained a position of leader-
ship. Rev, Herr gives his whole heart to the work
and hia labors have been effective forces in strengthen-
ing and developing the ecclesiastical interests under
hia control. He is a man of acholarly attainments,
whose powers and talents have been unselfishly dedi-
cated to the moral uplift of mankind, and his course
has at all times awakened admiration and respect.
SPENCER SHOTTEH THOMAS. One of the many
important industrial enterprises lending to the com-
mercial precedence of the Michigan metropolis is that
of the Western Eosin & Turpentine Company, of which
Mr. Thomas was one of the organizers and of which
he has served as secretary, treasurer and general man-
ager since its incorporation. In this connection
he has shown himself to be possessed of dis-
tinctive initiative and ail minis trative ability and has
gained a secure place as one of the progressive business
men of Dttroit
Mr Thomas was born in Cleielind Ob o December
27 1882, and is a son of Dr WiUird B mi Francea
(Shotter) Thomas the former also a nitiie of Cleve-
lind ind the latter of Toronto, Canadi whence her
parents removed to the Ohio metropolis when she was
a girl Dr Willard B Thomas became one of the
rep resent itiv e phvsiciana and surgeons ot his native
citv ind there he continued in tl e actu e pnctiee of
his profession until his death m li^lB Mrs Frances
(Shotter) Thongs passed to the lift eterml in 1883,
when a young woman and of tl e two children the sub-
ject of this re\iew is the younger his siater, Franoes,
bemg the wife of Soj Watts of Cleveland.
In his nitive city Sjenctr S Thomas continued his
studies m the publi schools until hia gnduition from
the high school when seienteen years of age There-
ifter he had the idv mtage of six years in a hool in
Hamburg Germanj where he attendel a buamess in-
stitute ani guned a comi rehensive knowledge of the
business methols ind policies of that country as well
IS a thorough commind of the Germin language After
leading school he becime identified with tl e o 1 buai-
ness at Hamburg Upon bia return to tl e United
''tates he w ia for three yeirs in the employ of the
American Niial Stores Compiny it its headquirtera
m New lork citv He was then made n amgcr of the
companv s bnnch at Savannah Georgia where he
remained thua engaged for three years He there-
after represented the same dorpontion one veir at
Cincinnati Ohio and for a similar period at Louis-
ville Kentucky from which latter citj he came to
Detroit where he continued his alliance with the
American Ivaial '^torea Company from 1910 to 1914,
or until the corporation was dissohed It wis at this
juncture in h s cireer that Mr Thomis pit his teohni-
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I kn wledgt. and exper cnce to pffie ti ■■ ii"h b\
ganiziDg tht ^^e'JtPm Ko'Jin & Ti rpentiue C ml any
hi h WIS incorporiteJ in 1J14 ^nd of »l lU 1 o lias
s n e continued is SBcretan treiaurer inJ g mral
ai iger He is familiir with ill details ot the nival
stores or turpentine business and under his iigorou'i
II igement the Western Eoain & Turpentine Company
) 16 developed a very substmtial and prosperous enter
I nsL. in the handling of turpentine roain linseed oil
I ohtl and other jroduets com nonlj classified under
tie title of nival stores The bua nesa is esclua vely
^1 olesile and the trade is widely d sseminited through
Miehigin aad neighboring stitea Frtd P Hewitt is
president of the company ind John C Hewitt is \i e
I resident
In addit n to h a all ante mth th s progressn in
d istcial corporation Mr Thomas is ilso a director ot
II e Michigan Cooperige Comi; any another of the
ulstint al man if ictunng md commercial oncems
of Detroit. Loyal and public -spirited as i citizen
Mr. Thomas prefers to eiereise h 3 franchise in accord
with the dictates of his judgment ind thus he is n t
constrained by strict partisan lines He holds mem
I e sh p n the Detro t Athlet Club tl e Lochmoor
ou try CI b the Detro t 4uton ol" le Club tl e Detro t
i 1 1 C! b and the Detroit Boird of Commerce and
\ a M^son c aflil at ona in Itile n en bersh p n Det o t
( nandery No 1 Kn ghts Ten plirs
On Aprl 18 1914 Mr Thomis is n ted n ar
dge to M S3 E 1 th Meiste a di ghter ot John Me a
r a repreaentative t aen ind bus nesa man of
Toledo Oh 0 The r ho e la o the Lake Shore Hoai
\MLLI4M HORACE (_ BUBNETT bus n ss d
e \ th office Detro t was born n Lonilon On
t r 0 O t her " 1866 son of G orge and El ^.■^.
(M Uerj Burnett ho we e nat vci of England and of
Qu bee Ca ida reape t velv They crosae 1 the
1 der nto Detro t at an early date and for manj
e rs the tith r waa conn te 1 th his son n var ous
I ess e terjr se lut 1 otl 1 e a 1 1 s w fe are no v
1 eased
W H Burnett the r onlj hild atte led the
>, ided scl ols and a colleg ite nstitute in Canada
d then lent upon the ro i acting as tra el ng rep
se tat e a I general western n anager for the firn
t Or r Ion & D liorth preserved f ru t pack ra for a
I r od of fifteen leara Ren o ng to Detr t n 1S97
1 here organ z I The Breathleta Compi y of wl ch
1 e waa prea dent until he aold h s terest n the bus
ss a d became an dustr al gent ind b s ness ad
r Tl us he haa cont nued s ce 1911 a d haa de
eloped a moat sue essful enterprise Fan I ir with
tl bus noas d str ct of neirlv e ery c ty n the
T ted States and Ci ala he a n a jiot t on to g ve
nv ap c al bus ne's } ropo? t on h 3 personil ittent on
L ng eloper ence aound judgment thorough fam 1 ar ty
th n ijiv 1 fta of b s npsa have male h m well qual
tl d to a t IS id ser and h s op n o s nd the jli s
wli h h Is forn uiit 1 1 a\e unstitutcd a st ong
element in the sutttss f mam who laie utilized his
seriicea He haa also been treisurer of the Baker
Motor \eb le Company of Canada Ltd an! manager
uf The Hooier Suction bweeper Conpanj of Manila
Ltd but haa retired from those connections to gi e
his entire time and energy to h s work aa business ji
In Detroit in 1897 Mr Burnett waa un t d n
II image to Miss Alice Erb anl they haie one eh id
a daughter Citrlier who was born in Detroit at 1 waa
eduiateil in the Mias Liggett school for girls Mr
Burnett is a men ber of the Detroit Athletic Club anl
also of tie Lhicago \thletie Club and he finda his
recreation in outdoor sports belonging likewise to the
Detroit Auto Club and the Pine Lake G If Club How
evir hia busmeas affairs make large demind ujon hi*
tin c anl encrgv lea% ing him eomparativeh little
\ETHUR A E05CINSKI a riamg young attorney
of Detroit has followed hia profeaaion in this city
for over a deiale anl during thia period has been
intrusted with much important litigition, having won
many verdicts favorable to the mtereata of his clients
He was born m Cerman PoUnd, near Poaen April 1
1887 a son of Anthony and Marv Lula Eoac nsk who
reared a large fan Ij a akct h of the r son Leopoll
K. a nsk le ng given n another part of th a work
The fam ly en gnted to the Un ted States settl ng
m Detro t d ring the ch Idhood of Artl ur A Kos
c nsk who acq red his elu at on the pull c and
jaroch al schools of this c ty wh le he also attend 1
the Polish sen niry at Detroit Later 1 e enter d
the law lepart ent of the University of M cl gan
from wh eh he wis gnduated w th the lass of 1910
anl at once begin his profess onal act v t es beco ng
assoo ated w th h a brotl er Leopold a pton ne t at
torney of Detro t When the latter vaa made ss st
ant prose ting attorney 4rtl ur A Koae nsk took
over h s pra t ee wh ch he st 11 reta na o lucting
a general law bus nesa Wl le advan ement at the bar
IS proverbially slow he I aa nade substant al prog
ress readily mister ng the ntr ca es of the law an 1
prepar ng h s eases w th great thorougl ness jro a on.
and sk II
On the 8th of September 191=i Mr Kosc nsk waa
t a n marr age to Miss Blanche Ins and they
now 1 IV two 1 Idren Arth r J ind ^ aler a They
rea de at No 6 0 Webb street Mr Eosc nsk gives
h a pol t al alleg ance to the republ can party That
I e a a pul 1 sp r ted an 1 progress ve o t zen a nd
cated by h s memi rsh p n the Detro t Board ot Com
n erce and he a also connected v tl tl e Un vers tj
of M ch gan Club tl e Follow raft Athlet c Cl b the
Detro t Lawyers Olub the Polisl Nat onal All ance
ani several other Pol al organ zat ons He a an alert
ml enterpr s ng oung n an wl o s mak ng cont nuous
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a keen intellect and he has ever conformed liU practice
to the highest ethical standards, thus wianing the
confidence and respect of his colleagues and also of the
general public.
WILLIAM ED0U4ED BESANCON One of the
largest jndu idual coal and coke dealers m Detroit
IS WjUiim FdoTiard Boian on who i*; sole proprietor
of the bisiness coniuai.1 under the name of the
William E BPsancun Company having two large yards
lo different sections of the city Giving close atten
tion to his business and following the most progressive
methols, he has 1-uilt up d vast trade Detroit num
bers him among her mtive sons his birth having
occurrtl here on tie 8th of ■ijnl I'l his parent's
being Preder tk and Eoae (Bernard) BesanLon both
of whom were mtnes of Frince The father came
fo Detroit in 1840 and tie mother in 1854 being
brtught to the new world by their respective parents
They were educated m the schools of Detroit and were
here married The father engage 1 in the timber and
logging industry in Michigan an 1 was a big factor
n tonnection with the latter thr ughout his active
! fe He passed away m Detroit m l^le at the age
nf s \ent^ nine i ears having long surviVLl his wife
In the r familj were four children Edmond F Charles
F Mrs George F Fisk and William Edouard all
of whom are living m Detroit
The last named who is the youngest of the family
obtained his edueatiLn m the pu>lie schooli here
passing through constcutive grades until he hal com
J Itted the work of the high slIiooI a£tor which he
pursued a two years academic course in the Lni\er
iity of Michigan He then started out in the business
w rid and was employed at \arious oeeupatiuns until
1901 when he estabiishel I imself m the coal trale
penmg a >ard on the outskirts of the city as it wa^
then but today the site is in the geographical center
of Detroit Fortunately Mr Besancon purchased the
property which is today a very valuable holding
His coal trade grew and developed and as a result he
now has on? of the largest business entcrpr ses of th s
character in Detroit and coi stantly emplojs at the
two yards from sixty to seventy fi\e people His
business n ethods have e\er commended him to the
patronage of the public and his enterprise and energy
have carriel him to an advanced position on the
highroad to success
On the I'Hh of \ugi3t IW^ Mr Besancon was
married to Miss S^hella Whitman a da ighter of "Mr
and Mrs C B Whitman Mrs Besancon was born in
Detroit anl after attending the high school became
a stulent in the Detroit Seminary By her marriage
she has become the mother of two children Kath
enne born in Detroit m I'^OS anl now attending high
school and William E Jr who was born in July
1911 anl IS a pujil m the public schools The relig
loua faith of the parents is that of the Episcopal
ch ireh and faternilH Mr Besancon is a Ro>al Ar h
iiasoii. He also belongs to the Uuivergity of Mich-
igan Club and the qualities wliicli he has displayed
in social relations and in connection with the public
welfare, as well as in his business affairs, have
him high in public regard.
WILBEET J WHITEMAN D D fe On tl e list ot
Dctro t s leading representatives of tie dental pro
tession ai-pears the name ot Br Wilbert I Whiteman,
who since 1909 has been located in this city and his
pronounced ab lity is attested by his fellow pra tition
ers and also bj the general public A natu e of
I anida he was born in Haj township in the province
of Ontario fecit ember "5 1S80 his parents being
( harles and Martha (FoUiik) Whitennn in whose
family were four children In the acquirement of an
eiiieation he attended the pubbe schools of Canada
until the removal of the family to Detroit and con
tinue 1 his studies in the schools of this city afterward
entering the dental department of the Detroit College
of Me li cine from which he was graduated with the
cJass of IWt He followed his profession independent
Iv for a time in this city and then fecame associated
with Dr Edward B Sjalding a leading dentist of
Deti it with whon he was connected for fi^e years
He has since oittinued alone and his practice has
steadily increased with the passing years until it has
now reached large proportions That ho is progressive
and enterprising is manifested bv the modern methods
he adopts and he maintains a well appointed suite
of offices in the David Whitney building m which are
to be found the most modern devices and appliances
used in dental anrgery
Dr Whiteman was unite! in marriage to Miss Louise
K ih and they have become the parents of a son,
Wiibert Charles whose birth occurred in 1915 They
reside at No 143 Davison avenue Dr Whiteman
gives h s political allegiance to the republican party,
while his religious faith is indicated by his membership
m the Metropolitan Methodist church He obtains
needed recreation through his identification with the
Plun Hollow Qolf Club and his professional eonneo
tions are with the First District Dental Societj the
Michigan "^tate and National Denta! Societies and the
Detroit Clinic Club Impelled by a laulable ambition
he has made continuous progress in his profession and
as a member of the lontal fraternity he has attamed
high rank an o ig tlios vhoae skill is uniformly
icknowlelg 1
GEOEGE M L\■nTO^ an energetic an J ] rogres
si\ e lusiness man of Detroit who since 1114 has been
engaged m tl e general insurance business as a member
of the firm of Lawton & Ouellette has here spent
practically his entire life having been brought by his
larents to this citv when but an infant He was born
at Bidgetown m the province of Ontario Canada
Augist 3 188fl a son of Dr Thomas M and Jane
(Green) Lawton For twenty hve vearg the father was
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uumhcrPd imong the jiomm it "xi I sULLtssful phisi
Clin' of Detroit inii then returned to Ridgetown,
Cinid^ where he la nrw reailmg
In the public and high athools of Detroit C eorge M
Lawton acquired his early eiucation after which he
entered the law department ot the Uiiiversitj ot
Michigan from whith he was graduated in the class
of 1911 winning the lA. B degree In the lame jew
he was admitted to the bar of Michigan but has never
engaged m the practice of law Alter hit graduation
he becTjne identified with work in connection with the
"iomg Men •< I hnstian Association at Minneapolis
Minnesota where he remained for a year He then re
turned to Detroit anl for a year was eonneaed with
the eir ulation department of the Detroit N^ew? after
which he took up the real e*"tate businet? which he
tLllowed for a similar length of time, anl on the 1st
tf Yugu'it 1904, he entered the insurance held form
mg ^ partnership with Joseph D Ouellette Their
II terests are conducted undtr the firm tt^le of Lawton
&, Ouellette and thev maintain a well appointed suite
f ftiies at No 508 Griswold street They engage in
I general insurance business ^nd in the cmluct of
their enterprise haie been mo^it successful writing a
lar^e amount of insurance mnually
Mr I/awtcn became one of the best known football
1 la( eis in the state of Michigan and while attPuding
tl L Central high school was a member ot the 'chool
t am for three j ears from 1105 until 1908, while in
lioq and lt>10 he played on the \ arsitv team of Michi-
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4ECHIBALD DUNCAN M ALPINE M D A
graduate of the Detroit College of Medicine & Surgery,
Dr. Archibald Dunean McAlpine has maintained his
residence and professional headquarters m the Michi
gan metropolis since l^S, and in his eitensne and
representative prnate practice he gnes special atten
tion to operative surgeri in which his, ikill has giintd
for him a rej-utatiun tl at transcends mere lotal limita
tions He has manifested a high sense of professional
stewardship and haa been a closi, observer of the best
ethics of his chosen and exacting location
Of the stanchest of fecottiah lineage on bjth the
paternal and maternal sides Dr Archibald Duncan
McAlpine was bom in the village of Glencoe Middlesex
counti Ontario Canada January 24 1S82 He is a
son of I eter J and Mary (Mclntyre) McAlpine the
former of whom was born m the Province of Ontario
Canada, and the latter m &cotland she having been a
child when brought by her parents fo America Thf\
e'tablished their home in Canada Peter J McAlpmc
was inccessfuUv engaged in the hotel business at Clen
coe Ontario for manj vears and was one of the 1 onored
and re p resent atn e citizens of that [lace at the tim
of his le»tb m 1S99 Hi<i widow is now a resident of
Detroit Of the 'ix children all but one survive the
father Dr McAlfine of this review being the fifth in
order ot birth Mitchell J continues his residence at
Glencoe Ontario Dr John J is sueccasfully engagel
in the practice of medi ine m Detroit Kathenne \ is
the wnfe of Paul \ Kehng of Lyons France Mari E
IS the wife cf Chester M Martin of Detroit
Dr \rchiVaia D M^Mpne jrohted by the adian
tages afEordcd bj the iiHic sshools ot his nitive town
where he was graduated trom the high school as a
member of the class of 1900 later matriculating at
Toronto Uni\eraity In 1901 he entered the Detroit
College ot Medicine & Surgerj, from which he was
g d t 1 m mb f the class of 1005 with the
dg fDt fMi e. For two years there-
ft h d t in Harper Hospital, He
t! b t t t Dr. Max Ballin, one of
th m t g f M higan, and this fortifying
p f ss 1 11 on t ued from 1906 to 1916.
D gthtp dD M Alpine did much surgical
w k q g th mm skill and circnmspection,
I d t guish d f 1 aving given him the best
f tru t d 1 the earlier period of his
w k g (lib oad and varied experience
d th d t h ng greatly fortified him
t th ri wbi hi ha continued to render as
£ th p t t ponents of modern surgery
M h gan h p t b ng confined excluaively to
tl d p t t f Dr. McAlpine maintains
t Ril t w th tl American Medical Assoeia-
t th M h ^ St f M dical Society, the Wayne
<., ty M d 1 S t the historic old Detroit
A d mj f M d d the Detroit Surgical Society,
b d 1 g f II w the American College of
S g H b r also of the Sigma Nu
ft ty I th M fraternity his affiliations
are with both lork and Scottish Rite bodies, and he
is a member of the Detroit Athletic Club and the
Detroit Golf Club. His religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church.
On the 25th of March, 1914, Dr. McAlpine wedded
Miss Lucille Cornell, daughter of (leorge A. Cornell,
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of Lansing Mieliigan and the one thild ol tiiia ujnon
IS Mary Margaret who was born Tanuary 26 1916
The family residence ib at 70 Josephine avenue
WILLIAM HO■WLA^D prominently eonneeted
with the development of mus cal art in Detroit
since establishing his home in this eiU ani I lard
in oratorio opera ind tonLort throughont the
east an I middle west is now vice president of
the Detroit Institute of Muaieal Art and head of
the voiee depirtment A native of Worcester Mass
ichuHetta he wis born Mav 1 1871 a son of Dr
Asa Allen and Emn a (Lane) Hovtlanl and a direut
descendant of John Howland who v-at one of the
piBsengers on the Wi^flower when it made its first
trip to the shores of New England Hi"! parents were
also natives of Maaaaehusptts where they spent their
entire lues the father 1 e ng a capable dentil surgeon
inl one of the founders ind the firat president of the
Maasauhusetts Dentil Association of New England
He practiced hia profession in Wor eater thr ighout
his entire life there pissing awn while his wife
died at Ann irbor Michigan while on a visit to
her son Professor Howlind of thia review her re
niiins however being t^ken back to Worcester for
interment In the tam ly were srt chil Iren James
an 1 E iround both now deceased John Gordon re
si ling at Bridge] or t Connecticut Frank Harris who
IS engagel in the practice of ientistrj at Worcester
Maasichuaetts Mrs deorgo Buttler also bving at
Worcester and William the youngest ot the fimily
The last named obtained his earlv education in the
schools of his native citi He eirlv manitested mu
Bical talent ind when but a >oy in vears determined
to ievote hia life t<r the art purposing to confine
his ittention not to onp brinch but to studj eieh
brinch separatelv and thoroughly his tra ning being
SI ch as to give him a breadth of mus cal sk 11 rarelj
found m any individtiil Soon after leaving school
he went to New York citv where he enterel upon
preparation for his cl oson life work for it has ever
teen hi"? p irpose not only to contribute to pleasure
through 1 la musical talent but to eJei ite the art
standards to a higher plane He stul ed under the
beat D isters including Frederick E Bristol eminent
teacher of voice studied piano under Albert Rosa I ar
aona harmony ind eompoaition under Dudlev Buck
chorus conducting under Dr Frank Damrosch rep
ertoire and pipe organ under Richard T Percy He
then went to London where he specialized in oratorio
with Alberto Eandegger and Frederick Walker ind
follow ing his return to Massachusetts divi led his
time between New York citv Boston and Worcester
Not only did he condi et a large class of private pup Is
but also won i in< st enviable reputation in concert
werk and orator os and for fi\e veara was laas soloist
and direct<r of music at Piedmont el urch Worceater
Masaachusetts which his one of the best known
choira in New England He was also conductor of
tic Iiclmont Cl oril Union pres ntin^, si ch rat rwa
as the Messiah E] jah &t Paul and otl ers He his
also appeared in the Golden Legeni by Sullivan
Sins)n by Han lei the Spectre s Biide bv Diorak
Caractac is by Elgar ind manv others
Secognizmg that stage experience would be of the
utm St value to him in his teaching Mr Howland
accepted the poaition of baritone soloist for two sea
sens with the famous Boston ins playing leidmg
roles m fiobm Hooi Knickerbockers ind other pop
ulir operas He aing at the Worcester Festival ind
in m<st of the important music festivals throughout
tl e c untry before coiiing to Detroit ai 1 haa ippeired
with distingu shed s iccess m nearli ill the large
cities of the United States and Canada apj eirmg
twice with the New York Oratorio Society with the
Apollo Club of Chicago seven t mea in Bvinston
Illinois also in St LoTiis Milwaukee 8t Plul
Toronto Boston Eichroond Virginia San Frin Cisco
and other cities He his been the baritone soloist
in the Miy festivals held m man^ cities of the coun
tri and his art is known from Canada to the gulf
and frcm the Atlantic to the Pacific ilthough more
frequently heard east of the Mississ ppi than in the
Pi ihe coast co intrv
beveral jcars ago Mr H wland tiught during the
summer at the Grand Opera School in Colurg Ger
min> and several times sang lef<re royalty His
songs ind otl or musieil compositions are published by
Sch rnier Ditson Broitk pf and Hartel and he greatly
laluea the frienlslip ind confidence of minj of the
distinguiahed muaieal artists including Gidsk Frem
stad ind Schumann Heink who has sent him many
pupils from all pirts of the country an I othera of
Mr Holland became connected with the elueitional
branch of music in Michigan m 1900 From that
year until 1914 he was heal of the vocal department
of the Uni\ersity S hool of Music it Ann 4rbur and
was the musical director of the Universiti of Mich
igan Glee Club ind Operas For eleven jeirs le hia
been the biss soloist and director of ra isic at Temple
Beth El in Detroit is conductor of the Temple Choral
Society and conductor and founder of the People s
(jhonl Union and of the Detroit Festival Choral So
eiety now the Detroit Choril Society For three
seasons he served is director of the Northwestern
Chonl Club Professor Howland his enioyed most
mirked success as a teacher many of hia pupila
having won distinction either in opera and concert
work or as teachers a Hrge number holding prom
ment positions m different schools anl eona en atones
all over the United States The Detroit Institute of
Musical Art which was incorporated m 1914 his
exercised i potent influence in the musicil life of
Detroit and his played no an ill part in the wonderful
m isical iwakenmg that haa been minifested so strik
ingly during the past few seasons The faculty of
the school is composed of leadera in all branches of
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music il autnit* Tht ttiLhtrs irt, not oiih authorities
111 thiir cespectue educatiunil lines but are also fore
most iigures in the concert ind public life of the
conimunitj ind the success of the school is attnbut
able in very large measure to the efforts and high
ideals of Mr Huwland Moreover, the Detroit Choral
Society, of which he was the founder, has alreadj
held several suceosstul festivals and large concerts
in the pist five years
On the 24th of June, 1896 Professor Howland was
iirfrru 1 to Misa Fredreki Barnard, of Minneapolis,
JtlinnLSota diughter of Mr and Mrs John F Bar
n ird She w is educated in the public and high schools
t Minneipolis ani spent four jeara in studj it St
Kitherme s Hal! in Davenport Iowa Mrs Howland
11 a member of the Twentieth Centurv Club and of
other social and civii, organizitions in Detroit To
Mr and Mrs Howland have been born two chil
dren Barnard whose birth occurred m Worcester,
Massachusetts, Mav 12 1898 and who wis griduated
trom Vmherst College m 1<*J1, and Dorothy Lane,
wh( was born in \nn irbor November 25, 1900, ind
uas graduatel from the Liggett s hool since which
time ahe has ittendei the Rogers Hall School tor
Lrirla in Lowell Masslchusetts During the war
pencd the son was m the Students Arm> Training
f rps but WIS discharged on the signing of the armis
Professor Howland belongs to the Detroit Fine Arts
Societv, the Kotari Club, the Players Llub the Plum
Hollow Gdf Clul the Detroit Athletic Club and to
the Congregatitnal church These associations are in
dicitne of the breadth and nature of his interests
0 itside cf n uaical art c rcles wl trc his prsiti n and
his nimc have long been one of prominence and
WILLIAM PRIESTMAN THOEPB, the president of
E. Ferguson & Company, cartage, has for forty-eight
years been connected with this business and an analy-
nation of his record shows that fidelity, determina-
tion and enterprise have been the qualities which
have brought him to the head of the concern, whose
employ ho entered in a humble capacity. Mr, Thorpe
is a native of Yorkshire, England. He was born
March 17, 1850, of the marriage of John and Harriet
(Priest man) Thorpe, who were also natives of that
country, in which they spent their lives, the father
there following the occupation of farming in order to
provide for his family.
William P. Thorpe attended the public sehcrols
of his native land and when his textbooks were put
aaide went to work on his father's farm, being em-
ployed in the further development and cultivation
of the fields until his nineteenth year, when he bade
adieu to friends and native country and sailed for the
new world. On landing on the shores of America
he at once continued his journey across the continent
to Detroit and here secured a position with the Mieh-
chcckinf, freight
igan Lcntral Eailtfal Com
He continued to act in that capacity t
and on the expiration of that period was tendered
a position as assistant manager with E Ferguson &
Company, cartage agents and freight handlers He
worked hard, attended faithfully to the duties as
signed to him and soon rose to the position of man
ager Step hj step he advanced and as a member
of the firm was ultimately elected vice president,
while in 1902 he was chosen to the presidency of
the company, m which executive position he has con
tinued He is a large owner in the business at the
present time and gives his attention to the control
of its financial policv and its connection w ith its
patrons He spen Is as much time on the companv s
affairs as ho did when serving in a minor capacity
vcara <tgo He is a man of broad business views and
vision of sound judgment and of unfaltering enter
pr se and his treatment of those in his employ is m
dicated in the fact that he has the goodwill of all
In September, 1875, Mr Thorpe was married in
Detroit to Miss Ann Trinder, daughter of Mr and
Mrs Thomas Trinder She passed awav in this city
in 1888 leaving four children Lulu \ivian, who was
born and educated in Detroit 'William P, Jr, who is
superintendent of L Ferguson & Company, and who
married Miss lola Failing and has three children
Thomas J, mentioned elsewhere in this work, and
Mrs Bessie Beystet, who has one child For his
second wife Mr Thorpe eliose Miss Sarah G Trinder,
their marriage being celebrated in 1890 They have
become parents ot two children Marie and Dorothy
Mr Thorpe belongs to the Detroit Boarl of Com
merce and anvthing that relates t( the welfare and
progress of the city is of interest to him He is a
member of the Detroit Cartage Association and also
of the Detroit Transportation Club and is thus deeply
concerned in the advancement of business and trade
interests. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to
lodge, chapter and council, and his religious faith is
that of the Episcopal church. He has recently re-
turned from an extended trip to his old home in
England and there had many pleasant experiences in
renewing old friendships and in revisiting the places
among which his youth was passed. Since 1916 Mr.
Thorpe has completed his residence at 5462 Second
boulevard, which is one of the attractive homes in
that section of the city.
E. S, JACKSON, president of the firm of Jackson,
Piatt & Cady, investment bankers of Detroit, is well
known in business circles of the city as an able
financier and a man of unquestioned integrity and
reliability. He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas,
October 26, 1877, a son of William Allen and Amanda
(Tibbot) Jackson, both of whom were natives of Ohio.
In the early '60a the family removed to Kansas, set-
tling at Leavenworth, where the father entered business
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eiicles aa a contractor and buildBr, becoming one of
the moat promiuent and liiglily respected residents of
the city, in which boti. he and hia wife passed away.
They were the parents of four children: William P.,
a leading building contractor of Kan8a,s City, Missouri!
Mrs K A Yambert who is ilso i resident of that
citv Guy A wh.0 la ser^ ing in the United States arnij
ind B S
In tlie grammai iid high s hooh of Leaienworth
Kansas Mr Jaekaon recened his education ind his
initial business experience wis obtiined a? in eniil(»e
m the Kansas City Misaoi ri branch of Armour &
Comjanv with which he w,is connicted f<c five years
Coming to Detroit he engiged in the life insurance
business on hii own account for a ihort time ini then
became identified with H W Noble & Company well
known investmt.nt bankers of thia city He remained
with that house for four years during whith period
he acquired a, thoro igh knowledge ot the business and
while m their employ orginizei what is now known
as the Noble Oil Companj In October 1021 he
formed the present film of Jackson Piatt & Cah of
which he has since been president his asao lates m
the enterprise being Frtd A Piatt and Guj Brewster
Cady both substantial business men of thn city
They deal in high grale bonds and other securities
and through the capable direction of its chief executive
officer the business haa been develoicd to <ne ot large
proportions
At Kansai City Miasouri Mr Jackson married Mi'<s
Myrta M Allen a daughter of Mr and Mrs W lUiam
F 4.11en prom nent residents of Quincy Illinoia To
this union were born two daughters Margaret who
was born n Kansas City in 1001 ani died m ItOC
ani Barbara Lee whose birth occurred in Kansas City
in 1913
Mr Jackson is a member of the Detroit athletic
Club the Detroit laeht Club and the Pine Lake
Country Club and fraternally he is connected with
the Masons bebnging to Unuersitv Lodge and also
to the Shrine He hai never fearel to venture where
fayormg opportunity has led the way and hia initia
tive spirit capability and persistency of purjose are
bringing him to the front m hia chosen line of activitj
wh le at the same time he has gamed the resject and
goodwill of all with whom he haa been a-saoeiatel
IIEN'EY EAYMOND LFONAED president f the
H R Leonard Furniture Companv when still an active
factor m busmess c reles of Detroit departed thii life
on the 10th of January 1<H2 He was born at Ugden
Now York August 23 184t a son of Rev Raymond
H an! Margaret C Leonard The family remove!
to Cleveland Ohio where Henry R attended the pub
lie achoola pasamg through consecutive grades to his
graduation from the high school while later he con
tinned his atudies in an Ohio college In the year
lae" he em>arked n the furniture lusmeas on hia
own accoint n CleiPlai 1 inler tl i a i of the
H. E. Leonard Furniture Company, and with the
passing years steadily developed his trade.
In 1872 Mr. Leonard was united in marirage to
Miss Annie E. Lawrence of Cleveland, a daughter of
Colonel Walter E. Lawrence, chief of artillery on
General Thomas' staff He died during the Civil
war Her mother bore the maidon name of Harriot
Pritcl ard
After hiiing conducte 1 business in Cleveland for
about seventeen jeara Mr Leonard left that city and
removed to Detroit where m company with his broth-
er in law Dai id Carter he (stabliahed a furniture
store under the firm name of Leonard &, Carter, They
occupied the Annis building which waa. erected by
Dai Id Whitney on Clifford street There they re-
mained for ten years and later they erected a ten-
atory building which they ooeuxied until it waa
burned to the ground m 1897 After the fire they
removed t< the Davi 1 Whitney building, where the
buainess waa carried on unler the name of the H. E.
Leonard Furn ture Company In im however, the
companj again erected a buildmg at No, 2130 Wood-
war! aienue with an annex at Nos 28 and 30 Co-
I imbia street East, where the business la still carried
on with Harrv N Leonird as manager. The father
remained at the he^d of the business to the time of
his demise Hia long familiarity with the furniture
trade hia cl ae studv of the market and his inde-
fatigable energy enable 1 him to profitably direct his
purchases and aalea and m the course of the years he
developed an enterprise of large and substant il pro
portions
Mr and Mrs Leonard I (came the parents of three
children Harry N married El ^abeth Clark and
they have two sona Eajmond Clark and Lawrence
Clark Anna ib n w the wife of Louis B Fcrl i of
New lork citv and they have one daughter Juliet
Ann Julia C is Imng with her mother anl at the
pr aent time the\ make their home at the I alms
Mr Leonard was an exemplary representatii c of
the Maaonie fraternity became a Knight Tenplar
Mason alao attained the thirty second degree of the
Scottish Eite anl was a Noble of the Mystic Shrine
He was a past master of Tvrian Lodge F & A M
at Cleveland The high principles that governed him
m the various relations of life were f irther indicated
in his attendance at the Firt Street Presbyterian
church Hia political endorsement was given to the
republican party and while he neier sought or lesirel
office he was never neglectful or unmindful of the
duties of citizenship but aided m all measures wl leJi
he believed were factors for the public good He
was an enthusiastic member of the Detroit Driiing
Club owning many Tlooded horses f r which he
man feated marked fondness throughout \ a entire life
He maintained hia town reaidence at N 3i Eliot
street and his summer h me at Pomte Aux Barques
Michigan He was levoted to the welfare of his
tan ih fin ling lis greatest happii ss in promot ng
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theic comfort. In many ways and on many <
he extended a helping hand where aid waa needed,
showing manifest sympathy for the unfortunate in life.
His strongly marked traits of character were sterling
and all who knew him entertained for him the high-
HERMAN KREIT, D I S b Detro t
October 9, 1865, and is ■> 9 n f Llr h anl Mare
Kreit, both of whom were nat ves of Germ n> Tl ey
came to America when about a xteen years of age and
the father, also a member of the dental profession
became well known in that onneet on He enjoved in
extensive practice here between the \ears 18 6 a d
1908, when ho retired fron ate jrofes^ionai ork
Throughout the intervening per od he I ad kept lose
touch with the trend of modem pr fess o al tl ought
and progress and his eapab 1 ty was w deh recogn zed
bringing him prominently to the front KttvT h s re
tirement he continued to aJte 1 s 1 ome n Detr t
until called to his final rest n 1017 hen he had
reached the advanced ago f e ght f ur > ars H s
widow survives and still makes her ho ne n th tv
In their family were seven el lire s i of wl on are
yet living, namely; Mrs Bertha Ja ob and Oiear
who are living in Detroit Aln a 'n ho has t assed awav
Herman Mrs Ella Moenck of Detroit Mrs Normi
FneSrich and Mrs Lillian Tedder With the exL,ep
ti(n of the daughter who has lepartel this life all are
1 et residents of Detroit
At the usuil ige Dt Kreit became a pupil m the
I uhlic sihool>" ifterwird itten led the German Sem
inar\ and still later became a stulent in the dental
lej irtment of the Unnersitv of Michigan from which
II WIS griduited with the D D *< degree in 1893
Throughout the intervening period he has continuous
Ij and anccp^sEully engaged in practice in Detroit He
belongs to the First District Michigan ^tate and
National Dental Associations
In June, 1896, Dr Kreit waa married to Miss Lt ria
tine Yoigt, of Detroit daughter of Mr and Mr?
William Voigt, prominent and highly respected people
of this city. Dr Kreit belongs to the Masoni frater
nity, the Sigma Delta Sigma fraternity and to the
Hnrmonie Society of Detroit In fact he has a \ery
wide acquaintance here through his social and pro
fessional connecticns and through the fact that he has
been a lifelong res dent of his nat \e Lity He resides
at 16004 East Jefftrs n avenue
RAYMOND E ALLOW AT The legal fraternity of
Detroit is ably representtd by Raymond E Allow ay
who within a short penol has won a well established
position in a most exacting profession demanding a
keen intellect and ability of a high order He was
horn at Youngstown Ohio June "0 1S95 his parents
being George W and Jennie E (Mornaon) Allnway
the former a native of PennsvUania anl the latter of
Illinois. About the ^ ar 1S85 thev remo\ 1 to Ohio
and the father has devoted hi
work, having followed the profi
that state i
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to educational
of teaching in
Pennsylvania for over fifty years,
ve along that line, but the mother
Youngstown, Ohio, in 1918. In their
family were two children: Mrs. Chauncev Hayes, of
Cortlan 1 Oh o and Ra n ond E
Through attendanc at tl e puhl c seho Is Raymond
E AUowav a qu r la good educal on and n start ^
out n I fe for 1 n sell I e serve 1 an appro ticesh p as
a e)e trical mach n st follow ng hip trade n the steel
m lis at lo gstow for s x years H had a t as de a
port on of h s e rn ngs to be used n 1 frajing the ex
1 onses ot a colieg ate course and a 1914 e tered the
D tro t Poliege of Law wl eh conferre 1 upon him the
LL B degree n 1917 On Maj 10th of that year
he ei 1 ate 1 n tl e Un ted Statea r y bei g attacl ed
to the E ghty fifth D a on and was later transterred
to the Tentl D s on He voa sent to C p Funston
Ka sas wl e e I e as oommissonel d seco 1 lieuten
at H aft r vard was promoted to tie rank ot first
lent na t 1 e ng ass gnel to the reser o forces anl
before he vas sent overs as the arm st c vas a gned
After rece g h s 1 scharge he returned to Detro t
arr ng n th s ty on the 10th of February 191fl and
soon after ard opened an office at No I'STig Wool
ward aienue in Highland Park where he remainol
until February 1 192^ when he removed to I is present
location m the First National Bank buiHing of tl is
cit> His mind is analytical and logical in its trend
and in his presentation of a caee he is always tortihed
by a comprehensive understanding of the legal prin
ciples applicable thereto To hia choaen life work he
gives his undmded attention and has already won a
liberal clientage while his business m the courts is
constantly increasing in volume and importance
At Camp Lee "Virginia on the 3d of June 1<)18 Mr
Alloway was united in marriage to Muis Edna Milroy
a daughter of Mr an 1 Mrs Thomas Milroi pioneer
residents of loungatown Ohio Mr Alloway s pro
fessional connections are with the Highland Park De
troit anl American Bar Associations and of the first
njn 1 organization he is serving as secretary He is
also a member of the Sigma Nu PI i fratemitj the
Lawyers <_lub the Fellowcraft Athletic Club the
American Legion the Military Order of the World War
and the Army and Navy Club He possesses a keen
mind and a quick wit anl is an enterpcifing pro
gressiie young man who through hard work and the
wi'je utilization ot his time talents and opportunities
IS rapidly oramg to the front in his profession his
steadfast adherence to high principles w nning for
him the confidence and respect of his fellow practition
ers anl also of the general public
HOWLED B GARNER M P a resident ot M chi
gan from the time of his birth I as here bLtn engaged
in the sicees'fu! iractiet f hi' profession for nearly
f rti ^ear'^ i i sine l<»n has been nimlerel among
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the represent at i\ e ih}aiLianB iiid surgtoiw in DLtroit,
where he controls a Urge genei'il prtctiLO with down
town oflioe at 300 Kresgo building When the nation
became in-volved in the great V(orld war Dr Garner
subordinated hia pruate practice to aniwer the call of
patnutism and enliated in the mednal corpf of the
United 'states army in which he eer\ed. efEeitivelj at
the base hospital of Port Leavenworth !kiiii^as, until
tl e signing ot the armistice brought active hostilities
to 1 lIoso and lie was commissioned captiin After
rc'emng his honorable diieharge he resumed his prac
tn,e It Detroit
Dr Garner wai born on tht old homestead firm of
his flthtr in Tjrone town'ihip Lmngston county,
Michigan, October 0 1S66 He is a son of Eobert B
and Mary (FitzgeraldJ Garner, the former of whom
was born in the state of New York and the latter
in the oitv of London England, both having Lome to
MKhigan m the pioneer pLriod of the hiiitoiT of thii
commonwealth The father de^elojed and improied
an eitensne anl valuable farm in Lmngston county
and continue 1 it^ cultn ation until the last fifteen years
of bis life, during which be lued virtually retired
He wa^ a resident of Detroit for several years prior
to his death and attained to the \enera>le age of
eight V three years being one of the honorel pioneer
citizens of Michigan when he passed awaj m April,
1916 He was a gallant soldier of tho Union in the
Oiiil war In response to President Lineiln s first
call for volunteers he enlisted in the Sisth Mithigan
Ca\alr^ with which gallant command he "(trvL 1 dur
ing virtuallv the whole period of the war and with
which he took part in nianv of the important battles
marking the progress of the conflict He was wounded
m action on three different occasions, but in each in
stamp he rejoined his regiment as soon as he had
snfliiientb recuperated to lea\c the hospital, resuming
his activities at the front with undimmishe I ardor
and lovaltj In later years he wis afSliated with the
Grand \rmy of tho Bepublii and was still living at
the outbreak of the Worll war, though he died too
Hoon to give his parental aei'laim when his son entered
thp nation's patriotic service in coiineetion with that
greatest of conflicts m the historv ot human affairs
The Doctor's mother died at the age of fiftv six jears
and of their five children he is the only survivor
Th( public schools of Fenton afforded to Dr Garner
his earlj educational training anl m ISii^ he was
graduated from the medical department of the Uni
versity of Michigan After receiving his degree of
Doctor of Medicine he was for a tin e engage! m proo
tice at Harbor Springs, Emmet <ountT, and then re
move 1 to Traverse City Grand Traverse conn tv where
he built up a large and representativ e practice and
where he continued his residence until 1910 since
which time he has been numbered among the successful
and popular representatives of his profassion in the
city of Detroit In 1R14 he completed an effective
course in the New York P)st Oraluate Hoijital and
Co legL and m keeping abrtait of the advances in
his profession he has since completed several short
postgraduate courses in other leading institutions
In addition to his important priv ate practice Dr Gar
ner is serving as a member ot the surgical staff of
Provident Hospital one of the noble institutions of
the Michigan metropolis
The Doctor maintains active membership in the
American Medical Association, the Michigan State
Medical Society and the Wavne bounty Medic il So
ciety In the Masonic fraternitv he has completed
the circle of fie lork Bito, in wlich his maximum
affiliation is witl Damascus Commanderj of Knights
Templars, and he holds membership also in the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows His civic loyalty and
progresBiveness is indicated bv his active membership
m the Detroit Board of Commerce, and he is a mem
ber of tho Fellowcraft Club He and hii wife hold
membership in the Ireibvterian church on Woodward
av enue north
At Petoskcv, Emmet countj on the 10th ot April,
l^^i was solemnized the marriage of Dr Gfarner and
Mils Fannie Snow, daughter ot Charles and Frances
Snow of St Ignace, Michigan where her father was
a prominent business man Dr and Mrs Garner have
one SOI Carl Donton, who was born at Traverse City,
October 2*, IflQl, and was graduated from the high
school and a member of the^class of 1021 at St John's
Military Acadenv, Manlius Xew York
JLLTUS LESINSKI U I'^sistant secretary of the
Hamtramck Lumber Companv Mr Jul us Lesinski is
to be ranked as one of the progreisive and represent
ative business men ef the vounger generation in his
native oitj The company of which he is an execu.
tive controls a large and prosperous business with
well equipped plant and varis on Joseph Cimpau
avenue, at the crossing of the tracks of the Michigan
Central Railroad which affords to the concern the
best of shipping faeditips
Mr Lesinski was born m Detroit on the ith of
April, 1802 and is a son of Michael and Catherine
(Nowakowski) Lesmski, the latter of whom died in
1Q17, the father being still a resident of Detroit In
addition to receiving the advantages of the public
schools of Detroit, Julius Lesinski here continued his
studies m the Polish Seminary and thereafter com
pleted a course in the Detroit Business TTniv ersity
After leaving school he became a messenger for the
Firit & Old Detrrit National Bank, with which rep
resentative hnancial institution he continued his ef
fective service seven rears withm which period he
won promotion to the position of assistant to the head
bookkeeper During the major part of his connection
with this institution he was aligned to the banking
analysis department, whuh was at that time an inno
vat ion in bank management and thro igh the me
dium of which it wa"? determined what subsidiary bank
relatiinships and accounts were profitalle After sev
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eritg hi3 conneition with tie bink Mr L sin=iki le
cii IP aasoo atej with hia bcotl er Jol n m the Le
sinaki Leazczyna!!! Compim and in connection with
the department of thia cnrpontion deleted to thi
eonatruetion of dwellings wis developed the enter
priae that finally led to the organization of the Him
tramek Lumber Company Owing to the liffieultv m
obtaining requisite auppliea of lumber the company
latibliahed ita o»n lumberyard and in the beginning
no attempt »a*" mide to eneounge outside patr)nage
t r the lumber 3 ird The constantly mereaaing de
mini for building matemls thus led to the organi
7iti<n of the Haratnmck Lumber Companj in 1914
anl in 191() it was ineorponted with i capital of one
lundrel thousand dollars, while the pro\ini,e of the
enterprise was expanded to include the conducting
of a general lumber business A lemarkible gr( wth
las ittendtd this progressive eorporation and tolij
it holds prestige as one ot the leiding conceriis in
tl e wl olesale and retail lumber tnde in the Michigan
metropolis In the ofiices of the company is retimed
1 L rps of eleven employes and in the vards an av
enge of thirty employes are required This company
has supplied building materials for the erection ot
manv large and important buildings including the
Ford hospital, the General Motors building the First
National Bink and various buildings it the Cadillac
automobile plant, as well as other leiding miustrnl
plants of the metropolitin district of Detroit
Mr Leainaki his proied a reBourteful ind prtgres
Biie factor n the dpvekjment of th s large ant im
portitt business enterprise anl has a host of loyil
fr pnls in t oth bu'jinpss and soe al circles m his
mtive eit'^ He is a xopu'ir anl aiprecntiie mem
ler <Tf the Feliowcraft Club one of the reprLSintatiie
orgini7itions of Detroit
In 1914 occurred the marrilge of Mr Leamski to
Mill Lillian F Robidoux a men ber ot an old and
hoc ire 1 family of Anherstlorg Ontir o Thov have
three children Dorothy 1 orn m December 1914 Ju
I in born jn March 191" and Htlen btrn in June
I'nS Tl e f imily home is at "407 Wilson aienue
JORFPH P WOLFF a natiie son of Detroit is
issociated with Elward Leszczynski in tie reil estate
business anl they have ehanged unsightly vacancies
into ittractive residential districts their work being
of the utmost value to the citv Mr Wolff wis born
March 24 1891 and is a son of loseph md "Mathilda
(SehloBs) Wolff who became tl e pirents of eight
children He acquired his elutat on m the pirocl lal
gran n ir and I igh schools of Detroit and then took up
the work of interior decorating as in emilove of the
George Hc,pflnger Compiny of Chioigo in whose service
he covered the entire United States being engaged
I I lecorating the interior of churches Mr Wolff spent
three years m New lork scenic studios during which
time 1 e attended the Art Stuients League thus greitly
broa lenmg hia knowledge iid proiiotin^ his skill
il if. ■jrtiati linta mi m 191j he returned to Detroit,
where he enterel the deeoratue fieli independently
He successfully eondutted his business until November,
1^1' when he enlisted for semce in the W)rld war,
being issignel to the engineering dinsun of tl e army
In September lyi8 he wis commissioned a seeond
lientcmnt of Fortieth Engineer s (camoufllge) ind re
eeived his discharge m December of that year Early
m th spring ot 1119 h formed his present asaocntion
with Edward Leszczjnski ind theirs is one of the
leading reil estate firms of the citj They are the
largest developers of Hamtnmck realty and builders
of working men s homes in Detroit and Mr Wolfi has
charge of the eonstruetion end of the business whieh
IS one of growing extent and importmce
On the 24th of October 191" Mr Wolff was married
to Mias 1 ictoria Zoltowski and they resile at f>o 5401
MeDoigall avenue temporarily They are communi
cants of the Catholic church and Mr Wolff is alao
ilentified with the Knights of Columbus He is inde
pendent in his pol ticil views voting for the candilate
whom ht deems best qualiii, I for of&ce regardless of
part\ tiPB He s a member of Pulaski Post of the
American Legion of which he is serving as comminior
and la also identified with the Falcona the Polish
On c Leigue the Polish National AUimce ind the
Detroit "iacht Club He is an enterpris ng and pro
gressive busitcas man who has won success through
the wise utilization of I is time talents ind oppor
tunities Nothing escipes him concerning the reilty
market and his work his been of signal service and
benefit in the unbuilding and improven ent of the city
as well as m the promotion of his own tortunes
FRtD G PBOiTOB of the Proctor Ko*fe Com
p^nj builders of mot< r truck bodies was born m
torunna Ontirio Cinada m 18b4 He began his
education m the schools of his natue countr\ and
afterward continued his studies it Port Huron
Michigan having become a resident of the United
States when sixteen veirs of ige He served an ap
prenticeship as a michiniit in early manhoo 1 and then
took up the work of drafting and meehanicil engineer
mg learning the business thoroughly from practical
experience m the factories He was with the Murphy
Iron Works for 1 year and afterwar] spent three years
in the engineering department of the Packard Motor
I ompiny during which time he had chirge of the
bodv drifting He then orgmized the Motor Truck
B dj Tompanj in 1912 tor it was his desire to engage
n business on his own Kcount He becime the I resi
dent of the compiny and so continued until 1919 when
that con pinv pissed out of existence and Mr Proetor
anl Mr Keefe t ok over the entire business and
organized the Proctor Keefe Compiny The^ now eon
duct an extensive business m the building of truck
bodies and their patronage is most gratifying Mr
Pre tor IS not only an expert mechinic draftsman and
me him ll engineer 1 ut s a tusiness min of mirked
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executive abilitv, as m^nite-t in tic administntioii of
the affairs of the companj
In IIOS Mr Proctor was united in marriage to Mias
CPtile & Parent aad they hive i family of three ehi!
dren Edgar Lee Beth Irene and Dorulh^ Jane Mr
Prottot It •* member of the Pilgrim Congregitional
church and hia political faith is thit of the republican
part> He is keenly interested m al! thit pertains to
general welfare and supports many progressn e meas
UFLS for the public good At the same time he has
tarefully c inducted his individual interests and by
thoroughness, efficiency xnd reliabihty hat worked his
wa\ steadily upwird until he i-i now at the head of
an enviable manufacturing interest that is the out
growth of the deielopmint of the great automobile
industry m Detroit.
H J MAXWELL CRIILS a lea fin„ arUutect tf
Detroit who since 1106 has been a n ember of the
well kno'wn firm of %mith Hinchn an i, Grjlla has
made continuous a^l^ancement since starting out in
tl e buaineaa wurld and actuated at al! times bv
la id able ambition energj and determination, has
reached a substantial print on the highroad to success
A native of England he was born March 8 ISd and
there resided until 1881 whtn aa a youth of s vteen
vears he sought the larger opportunitiet offered on
thit sile of the Atlantic Choosing the proteasion of
arehiteeture as a lite work, he began his I uaineas
career in the office ot W E Brown of Detroit with
whom he remained from 1S83 until 1S85 when he
became identified with the firm of William ^cwtt &
Con I anj His w ork soon won merited recognition and
m 1880 he W4S maU a meml er of the firm at which
time the namt of John Scott & Company nas adopted
In 1104 he formed a partnership with Bolan 1 Giea
under the firm name of Grvlls & Gies architects This
partnership was disaoHed in 1906 when he tecame
a member of the firm of Smith Hmchman & Grvlls
leading architects an I engineers of Detroit with whom
he has since been asso latel Thei are recognized
CTpPTts in their line of w rk and their rehablc and
progreaane methods and superior abil tv have gained
ftr them an extensn p patronage Thev have been
awarded raanv large contracts in the city and among
their most notable work may be mentioned the Fv±e
building the New Edisnn offices the Ernest Kern
store the Beereation building the J L Hudson
stores the Ore go r} Maver &i Thorn building the
Munmpal Courts builhng the Eisoa Moore build
ing the Saturday Night building the Orpheum the
atre the mam building and jumping station for the
waterworks all of Dodge Brothers faetoriea all De
troit Un ted Eailway work the Diamond Manufac
turing Company s building the Buhl Stamping Com
pan\ s buildings the Fisher body plants the Maxwell
motor plant the Detroit Gear &• Machine factory all
work for Crowley Milner & Company an addition to
Hotel Statkr the First CI urch f Chr st Scientist
the thunh house fir thi Central Methodist ihurch
the parish house of Graie church, the Woman s Ex
change building and the palatial residences of John
Dodge, Ogden Eilia, W J drav, Jr , James Flynn and
W B Kalea The> haio also done much work out
side of Detroit, including the laying out of the city
of Marvaiille They likimse deaigned the Pease
Memorial 4.uditorjum and \dminiatration Building
at Ypailanti and the chemical laboratory and club
house (in Ferry Field) at ^nn Arbor, Michigan In
their work thej combine beauty with utiliti and
they have become recognized ni one of the leading
architectural and engineering firms of tlie state, their
activities (onstitutmg a most important factor m the
upbuilding, impro^ ement and adornment of Detroit
and other aettions of Michigan. Mr. Grjlla has de
voted hiB entire life to architectural work anl thor
0 igh technical training continuous stndi travel and
broad praoti al experience ha^e given him a com
prehensive knowledge of th principles underlying
constru tion making him an expert m lis hoaen pro
fession
On the 4th of October 18*3 Mr Grvlls waa united
m marriage to Misa Mary Field of Detroit and thev
ha\e become the parents of four sons Humphry M
K E Gerveis F M Miles and John E J Grylla
The two olier s<ns graduated trom the TLniversit^ of
Michigan in 1917 and E Gervevs P Grvlls is now
taking a post t,raJuafe course m law at that institu
tion John E J is aNo a student at the Unnersity
of Mich gan On the dav the United States declared
war against Gfrman^ Humphry M K Grvlls en
listed m the Naval Eeserve forces and owing to
faitl tul and meritorious aerv e was advanced thro igh
the various grades to the rank of jun or lieutenant
He now reaides in East Chicago Indiana The second
a n IS also a veteran of the World war enl sting la
the Aviation Corps He waa commissioned a first
lieutenant and w is sent to France He has one
German plane to his credit and won a citation
Mr Grvlls is a r luhlican in his political Mews and
in religious faith he is an Episcopalian actively and
helpfully interested m the work of the church and
is now sen ng as j it lor warden m the parish of the
Messiah He is a member of the Diocesan Church
Club He la a follow of the American Inatitnte of
Architetts a member of the Michigan Chapter A I
A of the Michigan Society of Architects and i mem
ber ot the board of the ''ociety of Arts & Crafts
He IS a prominent Mason having attained the thirty
aecond degree in Miehif,an Sovereign Consistory and
also belonging to Corinthian Lodge, F & A M and
to Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine He is also
well known socially, holding membership with the De
troit Club the Detroit Athletic Club the Country
Club the Witenagemote Club the Wolverine Automo
bile Club and the Players He is a man of high pro
fessional attainments who deserves classification with
the lealmg arch tects of tl e state and while attaining
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mdividual success be has also contributed id sub
stantial measure to the development, improvemeat
and upbuilding of hia citj His life his ever been
aetuatL,d by high ^nd honorable principles and he is
a n dn whom to know is to esteem anl almire
HENEl <^TEIHEN8 \ n.tne of this state HLUcy
btppheus was born m Koscrmmun toui ty on the 7th
of No^ ember 1883 i son of Henry and Sarah (Mellen)
Stephens His fither waa a nati^ e of Ireland and
betime a Urge limber operator and held extensile
timber tracts in Minnesota until the sup] ly w is es
hiuated when he discovered valuable deposits of iron
ore on hia land and turned his attention to mmmg
in which he waa very successful
Henry Mtephens received the benoht of except onal
pdacational advantages After completing hi3 a hool
education he entered Harvard Unnersity m 1901 anl
His graduated therefrom m 190^, with the degree of
4B He alao there purauL-J the atuiy of ehemistry
attur which he went abroad for further study at the
Unneraifj of Heidelberg m Gernitnv and also at
the Uni^eraity of Vienna, being graduated from the
latter lUBtitution m I'iO?, with the Ph D degree He
then entered upon his buaineas career and following
the demiae of his father m 1910, he assumed the man
agement of the large interest? buflt up hv the latter
He has proven capable m the management of the m
terests entrusted to him He is also interested in
minea m MmuLaota Prom 1910 until 1917 he was en
gaged m the Jumler business in Michigan on a \ery ex
tansn e aeale, operating the largest sawmilla in tha
state while the timber laate 1, an 1 he is now erecting
a big lumber mill m Orogjn owning \aluable timber
holding in that state
Mr, Stephena has traveled extonsiioly m South
America, tratit g both the Amazon and Paraguay
livera from mouth to source
In 19 1" Mr Stephens was united in marriage to
Misa Margaret Leesomai n and they ha\ e bei,ome the
parents of two sons Henry Stephens and John
Stephena, Mr fctephena is a member of the Detroit
Michigan and Harmonic Clubs while fraternally he is
identified with the Elka the Eagles anl the Mooae
While a student at Harvard Mr Stephens played
baseball and participated in all the athletic sports of
hia class. H s has been an aetn e life filled with
honorable purpose and accomplishment Hia interests
have been broad and varitd touching the general in
terest of society contributing to public progress and
to indivilial uplift and
WILLI \M A H4HN is one of the leading real
estate operators of Detroit and his progressive business
methods are resulting m ti e substantial upbuilding and
improvement of the city aa well as in the attainment
of individual success He la a nat ve of Michigan his
birth having occurred m Sag naw on the 30th of
October 1S73, and hia parents, Gov J L and H tnnah
(Miller) Hahn were natives of Euroie the former
born Februarj 22 1838 and the latter in l^iil tt hen
1 boy of elei en years the father came to the United
(states, making hia way to Chicago, Ilhujis where for
a time he attended school He then went to St Louis,
Missouri where he became a student in the Concordia
Theological Seminary After his ordination ha became
a missionary of the Lutheran church and was sent
to Michigan during the pioneer epoch m ita develop
ment preaching to the lumberjacks and backwoodsmen
of the atate and traveling through the dense forests
of the northern peninsula
Mr Hahn attended schocl at Sebenwaing, Michigan
after whioh he pursued a normal course at Eiver To rest
College of Illinois from which he was graduate! m
1813, md afterward engaged in teaching at Bichmond
Michigan, and Fort Wajne In liana In 1S95 he com
pleted a course of studv m the Ypsilanti Normal School
and later studied at the Unnersity of Michigan alter
wh ch he engaged in teaching until WI2 He then
came to Detro t and entered the real estate and m
lestment business with which he has since been iden
tihed He has negotiated many important property
transfers and hi? comprehensive knowleige of the
business progressiie mtthol? and reliable dealing
have resulted in the attainment of a gratifying meos
ure of prosperify
At Eichmond, Michigan on the 2d of July 1<!98 Mr
Hahn was united in marriage to Miss Blsie Kludt, a
member of a prominent family of that citv, and they
have become the parents of three children Gerald the
eldest of the family was born m Fort Wayne In liana
in 1100 Anita w is born at Fort Vfsp, ne Januarj 1
1902 and \delbert was born at Fort Wavne, Indiana
WILLIAM B HENDEBSON M D b a s a a
that has long been p om nently ass at I w h he
1 istory of the medic 1 p ofe son nDtot fo hs
father Dr William K H nle on has 1 en fo n any
years a most capable and su esaful phys an h
The latter is a natue of Canada having been born
in Huron county Ontario on Christmas day of 1859
Hs parents Peter and Jane (Ejrie) Henlerson were
natnes of Scotland who came to the Dominion when
\oung and were married neir Kingston Thence they
moved to what was tl en known as Canada West or
Uj per Ontario Tl at part of Canada waa then a dense
forest and the hariv Seoteh euiple established the
family home in tie midst of the wools There they
li\ed labored anl reared their family The father
died on the hon estead m 15 1 and the mother thirty
llace In his bojhood and
111 am R Henderson spent his vcars
tout tv farm and attended the district
iighborh od At the age of a
early j outh '^
upon the Hi ro
schools of the
e began teaching therely earning sifticient money to
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enabia kim to attend higb school aad graduate there
from. Being thus qualihed to instruct others m thp
higher branches he continued teacl mg in advani-ed
positions an 1 fanallv enterei the Normal School at
Toronto from which he was graduate 1 m lf)'*0 Prom
that institution he secured ^ life oertifitjatc but atter
teaehmg several yeira deciled to id. pt tie piotession
which he has since tollowed with success After gradu
ating from the Detroit College of Medicine with the
class of 1886 Dr Hendprson assumed general practice
at Detroit but ifter a few montha moved to Minnesota
where he continued his profeasionil woik fur fiie
years Detroit ho«e er appealed d ore stronglj to
him and he therefore rt turned to this eity where hi his
since been engiged in j,riv»te practice is well is m
public service connected with his profession The
veir 1899 was passe I as county phiBioian and during
the succeeding four 3 ears he served as government
pbvsic an for the Detroit postofhce The doctor is
identified professionally with the Wavne Oounty Medi
oil =^011 tj the Michigan Stite Medi 1I Society anl
the Amen an Medical Aisoc ation ind fraternal!^ with
Ashlar Lodge 1 & 4 M His wife wis Mias Tein
Hendprson a natu e of Fox Lake Wisconsi i wh iie 1
January 10 1921 Tht two children born to them are
William Ewart of this renew ind Hlrold wlio w is
gra luated from the n c iieil department of the Uni
veraitv of Michigan in 1116 and is now 1 fucuessful
pljsician and ■lurgeon of Detroit
It wai at Payneiiille Minnesota on th Ijth of
June 18^0 that William E Henlerson was b rn ani
the eirlv removal of the familv to D troit enable!
hini to pursue his education in the publiu schools of
this city After leaving high school he be a me a
stulent m the Detroit ' ollege of Mel cine ml Mur
gerv from which he wis graduated m 1917 Immedi
ately afterward lie enlisted in the United States navy
and became a medical fti er with commia^ion of seninr
lieutenant He saw much o^ erseas dut\ being
st it one 1 for a time at Bordelux Frai oe an 1 01 trans
ports making thi tr p between \merici and European
[erf's — ofttimcs a hazarious voage before the sub
marine menace was put to an enl Dr Henderson re
cened his discharge in September 1919 after whi h
he returned to Detroit and throut,h the intervening
period he has establish) 1 a large \ ractice He was
appomtel interne at &t Marv e Hospital of Detroit
in October 1919 for one 1 ear and imce then has been
doing out patient department work at that hospital
He belongs to the Wayne County Medical Society the
Michigan State Medi 1I Soc etj in 1 the American
Medical Association ani through the proceeiings of
these bodies keeps in close to ich w th the advance
ment of the profession and modern sc entific research
and investigation along melieal and surgical 1 nes
On the 28th of June liJiO Dr Henderson wia mar
ried to Miss Frieda Sigle of Detroit laughter of
Mr and Mrs Christian Sigle well known in th s citv
loltuah Dr Henderson mamtams an independent
course Fraternally he is connected with Ashlar
LodgH No 91 F & 4 M has attained the thirty
se on i legree of tl e Scotti^l B te and is a member
of Moslem Temple of the Mj stic iihrine He belongs
to tho Mason c Country Ciub and his a wide acquain
tance in the city where almost his entire life has been
passed his genial qualities and social disposition
winning for him warm friendship and kindly regard
while his professional attainments are fast gaining for
him a place in tl e front ank of the medical profession
in thia citv
PAIT R D4ILL\ on 1: tie n re [roiiiiprt of
the vounger attorneys t Detroit was b( rn in Wash
mgton D C August ui 1893 his parents being
Patrick B and Charlotte M (Stone) Dailey The
fjtler was a natne of ^ trmont and is dc( cased The
c birth 0
1 New iork 1
making
her home in Detroit
Pail R Dailej pur ued his early education
]ublic schools of tie national ijital there at
high scho 1 after whicl ho entered Georgetov
versitj and won his LL B degree in 1914 He was
admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia in October ot the same v ear and
afterward practiced in Washington in connection with
Miunce D Bosenberg until the fall of 191o
At that time Mr Dailey came to Detroit recogniz
mg here the splendid on rtuiiitie=i for work in hia
spec al line of corporation law for which he had par
tieuUrh ] rtj ared In Detroit he was first connected
with the boniing house of Harry Hauford aid was
adn itted to the Michigan bar in the spring of 191ti
winning first place in the ompetitive examination
0 er I long list of canlidates He then became asso
iitel with Pill II King and Mark T McKee attor
nn s Dnr ng tl e si ort period of his onnection with
the Detroit bar Mr Dailey has gained marked reeog
nition ot his abilitj He was lounsel for the New
berry senatorial committee in the Michigan campaign
of 1918 He was one of the five chief counsel in the
Newberry case and was very active in preparation for
tho Crand Eaj-ils trial He was also associated with
Martin W Littleton of New York city in the New
iork grand jury investigation concerning the New
berrv camjaign He was almitted to the bar ot the
Bipreme court of the Lnittd States on Tanuarj 10
19ul uj on motion of Martin W Littleton of the Ne«
York bar He has been recently engaged m Iitiga
tion in courts of tl e state of Wyoming involving large
interests m oil fields
During the World war Mr Diile^ was active m th
Detroit patrutic funl campaigns and was chief of
Division B ani also district chairman He served on
the legal aivisor^ board and was a speaker for the
Red Cross He belongs to the Detroit Yacht Club
the Detroit Bar Association the Law(ers Club th
Fillowcraft Athletic CI ib the Detroit Lodge of Elks
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the Odd Fellows, the Detroit Automobile Club and the
Cathedral Club, and his religioua faith ia maaifeat in
his eonneetion with the Episcopal ehureh. His politiea,!
support has always been given to the republican party.
H. N. CULBBBTSON has for the past seven years
been successfully engaged in business in Detroit as
a dealer in automobile equipment of ail kinds, rubber
goods, sporting goods and electrical dndings and in
this connection has built up an enterprise of extensive
and gratifying proportions. He was born at Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio, a son of William and Maria (Eheeme)
Culbcrtson. His early education, acquired in the public
Hohools of Akron, Ohio, was supplemented by a course
of study in the Miller -Simpson technical school and
after putting aside his textbooks he spent a year in
the service of the Erie Eailway at Cleveland. He
thvn became identified with the Goodyear Rubber Com-
pany at Akron, Ohio, and after a time was made a
traveling representative of the corporation. In 1913,
feeling that his capital and experience justified him in
taking such a step, he establisheil himself in business
in Detroit as a dealer in automobile equipment of all
kinds, rubber goods, sporting goods and electrical
findings, having remained the sole proprietor of the
undertaking. ISucccss has attended his efforts in this
connection, as he conducts his business afifairs along
the most modern and progressive lines and enjoys an
unassailable reputation for enterprise and integrity.
In 1909 Mr. Culbertson was united in marriage to
Miss Edna Eemecker and they have become the parents
of two children, Hulda and Eichard. Praternally Mr.
Culbertson is identified with the Masons, belonging
to City of the Straits Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and
Michigan Sovereign Consistory, S. P. E. iS. He is a
life member of the Detroit Masonic Athletic Club and
is likewise connected with the Michigan Sportmen's
Association and the Detroit Automobile Club — associa-
tions which indicate much of the nature of his interests
and recreation. His business career has been marked
by steady progress and his present prosperity is indeed
well deserved.
P. C. BLOMFIELD. A man of keen business dis-
cernment and sound judgment, F. C. Blomfield has
made for himself a prominent place in business circles
of Detroit as president of the Blomfield-Eodger-Toomey
Company, leading public accountants of the city, with
offices in the Murphy building. He was bom at Peter-
boro, Canada, January 27, 1871, a son of C. J. and
Jane (Strickland) Blomfield, the former a native of
England and the latter of Canada. In both the pa-
ternal and maternal lines he comes of distinguished
ancestry. Hia grandfather, the Rt. Bev. Charles J.
Blomfield, was Bishop of London and one of the most
intellectual and highly respected Episcopal clergymen
of London, while his first cousin. Sir Eeginald Blom-
field, a leading architect of that city, and also a pro-
fessor at Oxford, was recently knighted by King
George in recognition of hia notable services and high
artistic attainments. His mother's people were also
of high standing in the literary and artistic world.
They emigrated from England to Canada in the early
part of the last century, becoming pioneer settlers m
Peterborough county, Ontario,
F. C. Blomfield attended the public schools and the
Collegiate Institute of Peterboro, in the province of
Ontario, Canada, and subsequently took up the study
of accounting and auditing, successfully passing the
rigid examination required in that country in 1904,
at which time he received the degree of C. A. After
completing his school work he secured a position as
messenger with the Bank of Montreal, Canada, and
through close application and the faithful performance
of every task assigned him he gradually rose to a
position in the accounting department and it was dur-
ing this period that he became a chartered accountant.
He was connected with the bank for twenty years,
proving a faithful and efficient employe, while at the
same time he gained invaluable business experience.
He then crossed the border into the United States,
making his way to Detroit, where he became auditor
for the First National Bank, with which he remained
from 1^07 until 1911, when he entered upon inde-
pendent business relations as a public accountant.
In November, 1930, the firm of Blomfield-Rodger-
Toomey Company, with Mr. Blomfield as president and
J. E. Rodger, secretary -treasurer, was formed. They
engage in the general practice of accountancy, includ-
ing audits, systems, federal tax reports, costs and eon-
sultative service, in which connection they have built
up a large business, numbering among their clients
the Industrial Morris Plan Bank, the Village of
Birmingham, the Palace-Model Laundry Company, the
Automobile Crank Shaft Corporation, the Union Mort-
gage Company and Horatio S. Earl. They are acknowl-
edged experts in the line in which they specialize and
under Mr. Blomfield 's capable guidance the affairs of
the company have greatly prospered, for he is an
astute business man, with marked executive ability.
He delights in solving intricate and involved business
problems and is a man of marked strength of charac-
ter, in whose vocabulary there is no such word as
fail.
On the 10th of August, 1899, Mr. Blomfield was
united in marriage to Mias Jane Seymour, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8. Seymour, prominent resi-
dents of Westminster, British Columbia. The only
child of this union is a son, Reginald Seymour, who
was born in Hamilton, Canada, in February, 1902. He
attended the public and high schools of Detroit and is
now a sophomore at Cornell Univeraity, Ithaca, New
York.
In his political views Mr. Blomfield is independent,
voting for the man whom he regards as best qualified
for office, without reference to party ties. He is a
valued member of the society of Michigan Chartered
Public Accountants and is also identified with the Ex-
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change Club and the Detroit Curling Cli b He h-ia had
broad experience in a business waj ind hia career has
been one of continuous advantement "Starting out in
life empty-handed, he has worked his way steadily -up
ward by persistent energy and unfiltenng purpose
until he now ranks with the leading bu'^inesa men of
Detroit. His record should aer\ i, to inapir 11 d en
courage othera, showing what mai tt a nijlished
when one has the will to dare an 1 to do
GEOEGE HENRY ZUVER li=itributor for tha
Eomoa ■intom'itie lubricators anl oil guni haa had a
long identihcation nith the ant( mobile tradi. as the die
tributoT of the Winton ear He his bnilt up a large
buaineia His eourie 1 as always been indi atue of the
alertness and energy wlith are imong his narked
characteristics He was born in Pleasant^ ille Pennavl
vania December 13 188'' a s n of Thomas W and
Nellie (Ives) Zuvr both of whom were natives of the
Keystone atate Hw incestnrs locited in Pennsyl
van a m 1"00 and among his ancestors were those who
served m the Rci o]utionar\ wir pirtic pitmg m
tl e 1 attle of Bm ker Hill Thomas W Zuver spent
1 11 ent TP life in Pennsylvania where he wis con
neeted with the oil industry becoming one of the
pr m nent factors m the development of the oil fields
of that state He passed anay at Pleasantville where
tl 0 mother still owns the old home but is now spend
mg htr time in Los Angeles California Tl eir family
numl tred eleven children h\e of wltn are living
■\ ern L a resident of Los Angelea W E still 1 vmg
at lieasantviHe Pennsvhania Nelson and Paul botl
of L 3 \ngeles and George Henrj
In the acquirem nt ot hia education George Henrv
Znver attended the i ubtic and high schools of Pleaa
antville I ennsvlv am I3 and also the Carnegie Technical
Institute from -nh h he was graduate 1 as a mechan
ical engineer He then became a foreman with the
Westinghouae Eleutric Company and fLmamel as elec
trial machinery expert from 1904 unt 1 1907 wl en
le resigned and entere 1 tic (mpluy f tU A^inton
\utomotile Ctnpanv ai a mechan e In l<tlO he be
came connected with tl e saKi fortt of tl e torj oration
and served m tl at cafatity until 1916 During this
period he also took an active interest m military
affairs and became a member of the National Cuard
f Michigan m which he rose to the ranlv of aptam
t Company H E ghteenth Infantry He was with this
company on the Mesitan h<rlec from 1916 until Jan
lary 1917, and then returnc I to Dttroit Soon after
ward he was made manager of the branch of the
Winton Automobile Company of Kansas Citv M aaoun
where he tontinued unt 1 August, 191" He waa
then tranaferred to the Dttroit branch, of which he
rtmained m charge nntil February, 1918, when he
purchased the business and reorganized it, under the
name of the George H Zuvtr Company, Incorporated,
and capitalizel for fifty tl onaand dollars. Of thia
ompany he has since bten president and haa been
au esstul m the n anagement of the undertaking Thia
IS d close Lorporation and the sales in 191" amounted
to about on hundred ears The business Bteadil>
grew through the enterprise and progressiveness of
llr Zuver In 1921 Mr Zuver gav e up his contract as
V, nton distributor and became distributor for the
Ron on Automat lubriLator line with headquarters at
5/64 Caaa avenie He is at all times alert readj for
ai v emergencj ai 1 by reason of his capable manage
n ent an 1 clean bnsineas mctho Is haa gamed a pos tion
of high standing in trade circles m Detroit He la a
director of the Detroit 4ut) Dealers Asaociati n
On tie 'd o£ Januarj 1010 m Pittsburgh Penntjl
vania Mr Zuver was married to Miss Mary Boyle
a daughter erf Mr inl Mrt Wiliiam Boyle of that city
where her father is police commissioner Tl ey have
five children Dorothv who was born in Pittsburgh
in August 1911 George H, Jr bom m Pittsburgh in
1912; Katherine, born m Pittsburgh in Pebmary, 1914;
Robert, born in the same city in July, 1916; and Lee
Raymond, born in Detroitj in January, 1919.
Mr. Zuver is interested in various sports as indicated
in his membership in the Detroit Ta,eht Club, the De-
troit Riding and Hunt Club and the Detroit Auto-
mobile Club, and his support of progressive measures
for the welfare, upbuilding and benefit of Detroit is
manifest in his connection with the Board of Commerce.
JOHN W. GROSE, whom public opinion classes with
the leading representatives among the younger men in
industrial circles in Detroit, is now assisting purchas-
ing agent for the Ford Motor Company, a position of
large responsibility for one of his years. The steady
development of hia powera haa well qualified him for
the onerous duties that devolve upon him and by reason
of what he has accomplished his iudgment is regarded
as most sound in the industrial circles ot Detroit A
native son of Michigan he was born in Port H iron
August 25, 1881 his parents being Thomas ani Eliza
beth (Wylie) Grose who weie natives of England and
of Canada, reapettivelv The father crossed the 4t
lantic to Canada in early hte and became identiliei
with the Grand Trunk Railway He afterward re
moved to Port Huron Michigan and eventnalij be
came auditor of the Grand Trunk Railway first filling
the position at Port Huron and later at Detroit where
he remained until his death which occurred m 1110
when he was fifty two years of age His remains were
taken back to Montreal Canala for interment Hia
widow still reaides in Detroit as do her two eons
The youngest, Percy is a prominent attorney of thia
city, with offices in the Majestic building Tl e daugh
ter, Mrs. Gertrude Watson, resides in Montreal, Canada.
John W. Grose, the aeeond of the family, attended
the Detroit graded schools and the Central high school,
after which he continued hia education in the Detroit
Business University. When his course was completed
he secured a clerical position with the Grand Trunk
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Railway and later with the Wabash Kaiinay at De
troit He remained in that oonneetiou for fi^e years
He afterward secured a clerical position with, the
Packard Motor Car Company with which he remained
for sei en montha and then entered the employ of the
Ford Motor Comjanv oontinnmg with the litter for
fi^e jears He was nest with the tirm of Everett
Metzger and Plandeis operating under the nime of
the E M F Motor Car Comptny but after i short
period he became an employe of the ^ an Dvke Motor
Company In 1911 1 owever he returned to the Ford
Company and from shipping clerk he has risen to his
prestnt position tilt of assistant purchasing igent
under the chief Fred H Diehl His position is there
fore one of largo respoi sibility and importance ind
to lay he la a prominent figure in luduatrial circles in
Detroit
On the 17th of November 1907, Mr Grose wis mir
ned to Mias May Hay 1 u rat of Detroit a daughter of
Mr and Mrs Jamea Hayhurit of a well known De
troit familj They have two children May Gertrude
who was born in Detroit November 7 1111 and is
now a public schod pupil and Tohn W Jr who wis
born in April 1913 and is also in schoo]
Mr Grose gives his political support to the republi
can p'irtv but has ne'vor been an aspirant for office
He belongs to the Detr it Athletic Club and to the
Detroit Yacht Club Fraternallj he is connected with
the Mason? being a loj il follower of the teachings
and purposes of the craft His social qualities make
for popularity, wh le his fircofulness resourcefulness
aid enterprise m btiBiness have placed him in tl e
front rank among the representative young mea of
Detroit
M\RK H. N0EM4.N Halts manager o£ tie Arthur
L Holmes Lumber JL F lel Company was born at Lex
ijigton Saniiao eo inty Michigan on the 31st of Julj
1869 son of Dr John W and Fannie (Huekms) Nor
man The father was long suceessfullj engaged m
the pract ce of dentistry at Lexington nl ere both he
and his wife pasiei awaj Their three surviving ch 1
dren are Dr Arthur J who is a dentist in Detroit
Charles I n anager of the bond dLpartment of the
People s State Bank of Detroit and Mark H
The last named attended the puHie schools of his
native town and later waa a student in Hillsdale Col
lege at Hillsdale Michigan After leaving college he
took a clerical position in a banking mst tution at
Brown City Sanilac county and later he there effected
the estal lishing of the banking house of M H Norman
i. Company As exetntive head of this bank he sue
cessfully direct et its business four years at the
expiration of wh ch he sold hia interest and in 1*5^5
removed to Hillsboro North Dakota where le was
engaged in the lumber bisinesn In 1911 he returned
to Michigan and lo ate 1 m Detroit and £ rm d his
present connection with the \rthur L Holmes Lumber
&, Fuel Company which has kvelopcd a large luaineas
operating three well equipped yards in Detroit Mr
Norman has a broad and exact knowledge of the lum
btr business and is one of its vigorous and influential
representativ es in the Michigan metropolis where also
he IS a director of the Union \gency Insurance ijom
pany and a director of the Charter Oak Corporation
a J romment real estate concern He is independent
m politii,al matters is alhliated with the Masonic
fraternity and the Knights of Pythias and holds mem
bershif m the Michigan the Transportation and the
Kiwanis Clubs
At H llsboro North Dakota on the 6th of November
189 Mr Norman was marr ed to Miss Addie J Stan
rud whose parents were well known e tizens of that
locality Mr and Mrs Norman have no children of
tl eir OAn but in their home they virt lally adopted
three nieces of Mrs Norman to whom they haye given
the best of educational an 1 home adv antages and all
of whom — Jane S Helcise and Genevieve — bear the
family name of the foster parents
WiLTBE POETEE M\NTON M D who has long
since reached a place of en inence as a surgeon was
lorn m Providence Ehode Island August 3 185" and
13 a representative of one of the oldest families of
that state tracing his ancestry back m direct line
to one of the f<unders of tie commonwealth who set
tied there with Eoger Williams in 1638 His early hfe
vas sjent at the h me of his granlfather Walter
Bartlett Manton He pursued his early education in
Providence and after studying for some time in the
United States and also in Germany he entered the Har
vard Medical School from which he was graduated
with the class of 1881 He afterward spent three
vears m postgraduate stuiy n Europe and since that
time has pra<ticed continuously m Detroit readily
winning a place among the moat prominent represent
ativea of the profession in thia city He was formerly
professor of clinical gynecology and is now professor of
obstetrics in the Detroit College of Medicine and gyne
Lologist to the Harper Hospital and to the Eastern and
Northern Michigan Asylums for the Insane He like
wise 1 ecame consulting gynecologist to St Joseph s Ee
treat and he was j resident of the medical board of the
Woman a Hoapital He holds memb rship in the
American Medical Aaaociation the Amernan Associa
tion of Obatetneians an 1 Gynecologists the American
Gynecological Society the Michigan btate Medical
Society the Mich gan Academy of Sciences the Detroit
Academy of Medicine and the Wajne County Medical
Society Not only has he displav ed the utmost skill
in his practice but haa become widely known to the
profession through lis authorship which includes A
Syllabus of Lectures on Human Lmbryology, Helps
to Nat iral History Series published in six manuals,
and Epitome of Obstetrics published m 1903 He
also wrote chapters in Tewett s Obstetrics and Peter
son s Obstetrii"! and haa prepared many special articles
At Lake City Mmneaota in 1879 Dr Manton was
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un t d na r a„e to M sa Cara M W 11 m n ud
they b ea ne parents of a a n and a iaugliter Waiter
and Helen the former nu v assoc ated tl I 3 father
Dr Ma ton g ea h s pol t ctl alleg 1 e to the
republ can partv He belongs to the Loval L g 0 and
to the feon of the Amer ein Eevoiut 0 He « iIbo
lentifie 1 w th the Detro t Detro t Boat a d Pere
Marquette F ah ng Cluba and v, th the Un era ty
Club of Ch ago A n -in ot pronounced ab I ty he
has baled h a progress npon eo prehens e atudv and
1 road G'^per c ce and haa alw ays d apltye 1 th tmnst
onso ent ouaneas tl e perto n ee of 1 a protea
a anal dut ea
JAMES HENDRIE BELL It a generally ccmeeded
that Detro t ha great r mua 1 advantages thin
anj other ty of ti s ze tie Ln tei States and no
one haa n I ut 1 n ore effe t velv toward the at
ta nment of th a end tl an haa Jam a H B 11 secre
tir treiB er and minager of the D tro t Con erv
atory of Mus c one of tl e foren ost nst tut ns of
th 3 character n the eountrv He s a repreacntat va
f one of the p oneer fan 1 es of the city n wh ch
h s I rtl 0 urred on the 2d of Jinuirv 18 1 and h 3
jarenta ere James H ind Ann e E (loner jj Bell
nit ves of Canada who 1 ecame rea dents of Detro i m
the earlj 6O1 The father was for rainy yeara dent
fied -w th the M cl i,an Central Ea 1 oid Company
1 old ng a pos t on f tr it and respona b 1 tT w th that
corporat on and both Mr and Mra Bell are ncn de
eeai d In the r fam It were five eh Idren John A
Tho naa E Mrs H M Seo 11 Mra Arthur C Stagg
and James H all uf wl m are res denfj of Detro t
James H Bell acqu red h % eiueat oa n the gram
mar and h gh a hooh of h s nat e 0 t j f on vh eh
he waa graduated wien e ghteen yeari t ge and
Bul aequentlv he secured a pos t on n the Detro t
f Mus e w th wh ch he ! as a nee been
art n^ n a m n r capac tv an 1 gradually
work ng ha wo^ upward Pollow n„ tie deatl of
M H hn t p ea dent n 190 Mr Bell and Franc a
J liork a q red control ot the co aer atory vh ch
now ranks w th the beat n tl e country It vas
founded n 18 ■! bv J H H hn one of th forem at
n s eal educators n Amer ca and s nee ta organ za
ton has enjujed a p osperoua and steady growt!
twenty four ne stud 1 hav ng been added w th n
the past three yeara It has taken o or the Det o t
C liege of Mua formerl under the 1 re t on of Mrs
Lou ae Unsvortl Cragg under whose able iJ re ton
t became veil and favorably known tl rough out the
state an] th s co sol dat on of tl e two nst tut ons
has placed the Detroit Conservatory of Music in a still
stronger mus al and financ al pob t on It s ho sed
n a li property at No 'iOS Woodward avenue
wh eh was purchased by the boarl of tmateea n 1913
n order to meet the enlarged requirem nts of the
plaj ei
j 1 ol Tl e bu Id g onta us fift h tud os a
jon mod ons re tal and concert hall and s b tuated
n the new art an 1 edu at onal center ot Detro t be
Uf, d rectly oppoa te the new art n useum and p bl 0
I br r wh le tl 0 Central h gh school a 1 ut a block
i stmt A very con plate m 3 cal 1 brary both c r
?ulat ng nd refere ee s at the disposal of stnlenta
Detr t Conaarvatory Or 1 eitra of httj
organ zed for the purpoaa of g v ng
pup Is the necessarv pract ce n enaen 1 le plaj ng and
s gl t real ng and ao great was ts su eesa tl at t haa
s n b en ont n ed aa 1 per anent part of tl school
1 f e 4. eh ral soe etv a also n a nta n d connec
t on w tl the school and an ong the 1 ght operaa wh ch
the have auc essfuUy produced n iy be ment oned the
M kado I nafore Pat e i-e and the Chin es of Nor
mandy Over twenty e ght hunl d stud nts have
leen enrolled n the ar o s departments of the eon
ser atorj ani a staff of e ghtj f the most con petent
natructora sua ntained The inst tut on nu nb rs
an ong ta graduates and tea hers many of the most
aceompl ahed n ua c ans m Amer ca and v elds a powe
for good in mua eal matters that can s arcelj >e
Oiere t n ated The uptuild ng f tJo user atorj
represents the 1 fe work of Mr Bell anl he deaer es
g eat ered t for ta present h gh atate of i velopment
vi ch s largel the o tc me of h s nt r ng labors
and sup r or pom^ra ot adn a strat on He s serv ng
as secrotarj treasurer and manage of the nst t t on
tl 0 other officers I e ng Francis L York pres dent
anl Miss EI zabeth Johns n who s ser n„ as 'v e
president
■ 100 Mr Bell as un te 1 n
T Esieron a laughter of Mr
in prom ent res de ta of th a
e two ch Idren James H Jr
id Florence O
On the 25th of Jur
and Mrs Em 1
e ty and they n
wh waa born Febrmr
whose b rth oce rred n lfl08
Mr Bell a a Chr st n Se ent t u r 1 g s fa tl
and a prom nent Mason belong ng to Detroit Co
mande j to Mich gaa &ov re gn Cons stor> n wh cl
he has taken the th rtj second degree and also to the
&hr ne yh le he s 1 ke t se connected w th the Ma
son e Countrj Clul D 1 gence and leterm nat on ha 0
const tutcd the foundat n upon wh ch 1 e has reare 1
the superstructure of success and as the arch tect of
I s o n fortunes I G has 1 u Idel w aelv anl well wh le
at tl e s ne t me te has contr buted n n arked degr
to the prest ge of Detro t as a mus cal center h a
worth as 1 n an and e t zen be nt w delj a knowl
CHABLE8 r BUBKE One of the substant al and
prograasive busineaa men of Detroit is Charles F Burke
engage 1 n general nsurance and real estate bua nesa
In the eonluct of h s ntereats he has 1 splayed sounl
judgn ent energy and enterpr ae and an cess n aub
stant al measure has rewarded hia efEorta He was
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born la Deirbom Michigan April 6 1H69 a aoa of
John and Cathenne (Mortiaiy) Burke wbo were na
tives of Ireland In earl? I fe thev emigrated to the
United States and mere marriei m !Ne v lock an 1
shortly afterwirds moved to MiU igan Fur a number
of years the father suecessfully followed igncultural
pursuits in Wayne county and subaequentlj remove!
to Detroit where his demise occurred m 1S86 The
mother pissed away in 1892 Ihoy became the parents
of ten children three of whom aurune namely Mrs
John S Garvey and Mary d-nd CI arlea F Burke all
residents of Detroit
In the public scho< la of Dearborn Michigan Charles
P Burke acquired his elueation and on entering the
business world he 'was variously employed hnally be
com ng connected TVitl the Detroit United Eailwajs
vith which he remained for a number of years At
1 ngth he decided to establish an m lependent enter
prise and in 189 J resgnel iis position anl ojuied a
real estate and insurance oflice which ho has since
successfully ojerated conduit ng hia interests under
the stylo of C F Burke Real Estate & Insurance of
which he is sole owner He leals m general msunnce
ind real estate and m both branches of his business
has built up a large patronage for he is an astute
busineaa man who thoroughly understands the work m
which he is engaged while all of his transa tiona have
been characterized 1 y strict honesty and mtegntv He
la also a director of the Dix Theatre Comj any and The
Theatre De Lixe Con panj of Detroit ani m all busi
neas matters his judgment has e\er been found sounl
and reliable and his enterprise unfaltering
On the 5th of September 1890 Mr Burke was united
n marriage to Miss Miry E Duvall a daughter of
Mr and Mrs Henrv Duvall of Detroit and they have
fecome the parents of three children Charles J who
vas bora in August 1 iOl and is a graduate of the
larochial schools of this city anl also of the Uni
ersity of Detroit M Helen who was born in March
1J04 IS a graduate of the Holy Leleemer high school
and IS at pceaect bookkeeper m her father s office
nd Dnlores A who was born m April 1909 and is
1. student at the Holy Kedeemer school
In his political views Mr Burke la independent
istini, his ballot m favor of the eandidatt whom he
regards as best qualified for office without reference
') party ties He la serving aa supervisor of Wayne
POi nty He is past president of the Dix Community
Improvement Association and la a valued member of
the Detroit Real Estate Board Detroit Insurance Ev
change and tl e Board of bommeree whose plans and
projects for the develop ment of the city receive hia
hearty support He la ilso connected with the Miehi
"an Insurance Assoeiation anl the Michigan State and
"National Beal Eatate Associationa anl fraternally he
3 identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of
T^lks He IS a Catholic in religious faith and la a
member of the Knights of Columbus in which he has
^ttainei the fourth degree His re orl is an eTceilent
II istiation of the power of industry and perseverance
m the attdinment of success He is recognized as an
enterprising and alert business man and as a public
spirited citizen and his personal qualities are such
th it he has giined the warm friendship of many
HON JOHN H GOFF jud^e of the circuit court at
Detroit who to k up h s judicial duties after long
years of successful practice as a member of the city
bar was born m Bliasfieli Lenawee county Michigan
his father being Sew ell S Goff who was of English
birth and a farmer by occupation After coming to
the new world he resided for a time m Massachusetts
and m 1811 removed to Bbsafield Michigan where he
purchased a tract of land He also carried on mer
chandising m the v Ilage and there piaaed away m the
J ear 18G5
The country schools accorded Judge Goff his early
e lu ational opportun tiea and Jater he continued his
education in Adrian College and at Hillsdale College
both in Michigan graduating from the latter in 18 0
with the Bachelor of Arts degree Since that time his
\lma Mater has conferred upon him the degree of
Master of Science
Judge Goff has been largely m public life Through
aijointnent he served as probate register of Lenawee
ccunty for a period of three veara and then entered
upon the private pract ee of law at \drian in associa
tion with Edwin Hddlej of whom he was a partner
until 1881 In the latter year he renoved to Sault
~5to Marie and for three terms during his residence
there filled the office of prosecuting attorney of Chip
pewa county He remamel a member of the bar of
Sault Ste Mane nnti! the fall of 1892 which year
witness 1 his arrival in Detroit He entered into
].artnership with William A and Will am V Moore
(father and son) the firm remaining in existence for
ten yej.r'j He afterward practiced alone successfully
mtil February 20 1919 when he took his seat upon
the circuit court bench It waa on a Thursday morn
ng that Judge Henry A Mandell aa presiding juat ce
of the circuit court administered the oath of office to
Tidge Goff who had been appointed to the poaition by
Governor Sleeper aa the auccessor of Jidge Alfred H
Murphy reaigned The ccurt room was filled with at
torneva and judgea who tendered their respects to
Judge Goff after the oath wajs taken while many
fioral eontnbuti ns and verbal congratulations gave
manifestation of the pleasure of his fr en3s over his
appomtn ent to office He had previously made an
env lable place and n ime for himself aa a representative
lawjer of Michigan gain ng distinction in lis argu
ments m five or six eases before the United States
supreme court to which he was admitted as a praeti
tl net m I89'>
On the 22d of May l'f2 Jidge Goff was united in
marr age to Miss Mvra Webb of Chicai'o ani they
have become the rarents of a daughter Irene who is
n<vv the wife of Frank N Crosby a New York at
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tornej Politicalij Jidge (lufE I'l a rei ul uan mam
festmg stalwart support of the party because of his
flrni belief m its pnneipJes His religious faith la that
of the Congregation il church -ind he i^ identified with
the Masonic fraternity \iong strictly professional
lines he la conneotei with the County anl btate Bar
4ssotjations A man of rjre character, he la one of
the most genial men who ever occupied the beni-h m
Detroit H ? goo 1 1 umor an 1 optimistie temperament
are the source if hia popularity loth as a judge anl as
1 min His legal knowledge and his opiniona inj de
c s HI ire ot eitcptional \ high rtte hut he his never
all u d his id an(.empi t anl honors to remove him
trnm sympatlieti touch with his frienla and felloiva
T08EPH "V FINN Althouj,] Urn m Port Huron
Michigan Joseph "V Pmn has 1 een a resident of De
troit since the age of twelve veirs at which time le
was left motherless anl started out to make his own
way in the ■world He took a job as helper in the
trimming department of a clothing house but ifter
SIX montJs he returned to Port Huron where he re
manel for a vcjr and then ag-iin cime to Detro t
For a time he wis m the employ of hii brother Mat
thew who was connected with bu Idmg interests and
this stirted Joseph V Finn m the bu Iding bu'' nesa
m which he has since been engaged in connection with
(iia activities in the real estdte field He waa taking
contracts on his own account before he nas twenty
one years of age anl haa always been veri auceeaaful
in the conduct of his business affairs His progress
his fceen contmu us ai is inlieated m the fact
that he today lajs seven thousand dollars in taxes on
Dttroit real estate Ho hit iI laya operated f)r him
self buildint; on I la own jrofirty and la to In tie
owner of valuable realty He handled the Palmer
Boulevard subdivision on wl leh he is now building
residences and as a apeci Kt ^ i, builder he has plated
upon the market minv attra tive homes
Mr Finn was united in mirr ige to Misa Millred
M Fosen diughter f 'ne of the Idest Michigan
famihti In fact the F -^en family la in hiatoric
one Mrs F in a gtandf ither W llilm Foxen wa-*
aer-rettrj to Ceneril Cafls who brought him fr m
England when ht was a mere lad Mr Finn now
has tie (Triginal deed from fiie Indian chiefs to Wi)
liim Fo-ien for a large tract of land The deed is
dated 1 9" and is pro 1 ally the (nly or gmal deed of
its kind in Detroit To Mr inl Mrs F nn las been
born a son John Foxen Fit n born September 24 1916
m Detroit
That Mr Finn is appreciatue of the social ameni
tie« of life IB indicated m his LOnneition with the
Detroit Athletic Olub the Bloorafield C untry Club
and the Detroit Galf Club He is also a member of
the Board of Commerce and the Detro t Heal Estate
Board His religious faith la that of the Catholic
chir h and he la a men>Lr of the Kmgl ts of Co
I imbua He la a brainy br ad min led n an < f at trie
t \e 2 (ISO idlit> who I s'Jtaaes the progressive spirit,
iiitutivo and enterprise which lead to suceesa, and
thus as the years have gone by he has gained a moat
creditable position among the real estate men and
speeulatu e buildtrs of Detroit, owing his prosperity
entirelj to hia own efl:ort'' for since the age of twelve
years he haa teen dependent upon his labors for a
livelihood
WILLIAM K rot,HRAN. Aa president of the
C oti ran "stri ice Company William K, Cochran oc-
cupies a J romiuent j osition in manufacturing circles of
the tity and a large and important productive enter-
prise atands as i monument to hia initiative spirit and
administraf n e [owera He was born in Menomonie,
"W iseonsin Ma} Ih 1887 an 1 is a son of James William
and Mary Elizabeth (Dunlap) Cochran, both natives
of Pennajlvania In the early days they removed to
Wisconsin where the fither engaged in railroad con-
tracting later returning to Pennsylvania, and he is
now one of the successful contractors of Pittsburgh.
Tht m)t!er also sun lies and they have become the
jarents of four 1 lUren Clyde, Norman and Rita,
all of whom are res lents of Washington, D. C; and
« illiam K
Following his graduation from high school at Pitts-
burgh Mr Cochran entered the University of Wiscon-
sin at Madison in which he completed a two years'
courae m engineering and then secured a position aa
traveling salesman with the General Fireproofing Com-
pany of Yoimgstown Ohio which he successfully repre-
aented for four yeara In 1914 he came to Detroit and
organized the Cochran Piafon Company, now known
as fie Detroit Metal Prolucts Company, of which he
IS tie president while Howard N, Twogood is filling
the oftiie of lice |r aident and 6tanton Clarke is secre-
tary and treasurer They manufacture cylinders,
pistons vahes anl other devices used extensively in
automobile engines an I during the eight years of its
existence the bu'siness has progressed steadily along
linea leaimg to success In control of the undertaking
Mr Cochran has eier been actuated by a spirit of
I regress and enterprise no detail being too minute to
roeeue his attention while in the direction of its
larger factors he displays notable assurance and power.
On the 29th of August 1910, Mr. Cochran married
Mi'ia Ptarl Elizatcth Leiby a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Samuel A Lcil v prominent residents of Pitts-
hurf,h Pcnnsilianij The four children of this union
are William K Tr wl o was born in Mil and is at-
tenling the graiel schools Richard, bom in 1915 anfl
also a student m the fubli schools; Howard, whose
birth occurred in 1Q18 and Lois, born in 1920. Mr.
and Mrs Cochran are members of the Presbyterian
church and m politics he maintains an independent
attitude otan ling ftr jrinciple and not allowing him-
self to b come boi nd by the narrow ties of partiaan-
ahip His ms ght has enabled him to recognize oppor-
timities and hin Lnerj,y has prompted him to utilise
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of Mr. and Mrs. Jo'hn Dinadale, residents of Lang,
Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Down have three children;
Olga, Esther and Martha. Mr. Down ia a republican
and fraternally he ia a Eoyal Areh Mason, belonging
to Highland Park Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He is a
member of the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian church.
Upon Mr. Down's arrival in Highland Park he at
onee began studying thoroughly the conditions of the
Frances Willard school and has instituted original
and highly aueeesaful improvements. He worked out
the program of alternating activities in school, which
later has been modified by many schools and is known
as the Platoon System. Mr. Down's greatest contri-
bution is the plan of Unit Booms for primary grades —
a plan which has made great strides in the progress
of education. The Unit Room system has been highly
commended by the foremost educators of the conatry.
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He IS serving as a member of the Highland Park
Eecreation Commission and ha^ done an enormous
amount of good in the relief of the poor in Highland
Park, particularly it this time when labor is to a con-
siderable extent nnerapJoyed While a man of
scholarlv attainments he is, moreover, a man of broad
human svmpatby and one whose labors have been
directly benefioal to his fellowmen Because of hard
work and a laudable ambition Mr Down is today a
forceful figure in his community, directing both in-
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that city. They were the parents of five children:
Cecil, residing in Detroit; William, Harry and Eileen,
all living in Menominee; and LeEoy W.
The last named attended the public and high schools
of Menominee. Following his graduation he entered
Marquette University at Milw-ankee in the Department
of Law. He then eame to Detroit and entered the
Detroit College of Law, from which he was graduated
in 1917, with the LL. B. degree. Immediately after-
ward he began practice and so continued in the work
of the profession until June, 1018, when he entered the
army for service in the World war, becoming attached
to a company in the war. While in eam.p, Mr. Belongy
sustained an injury and was discharged from service
shortly before this company went overseas. He then
again took up the practice of law and today has a, well
eliental, his practice connecting him with
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many important litigated iiitecests heard Id the courts
of the district. He ia general counsel for a number of
business eonoeras in Detroit. He is likewise a director
and the secretary of the Peninsular Pattern Shop
and is well known as a representative of the Detroit
Bar Association.
Fraternaliy Mr. Belongy is connected with Uni-
versity Lodge, No. 482, F. & A. M., Highland Park
Chapter, No. 160, B. A. M., Highland Park Com-
ma ndery, No. 53, and Moslem Shrine. He ia like-
wise connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and belongs to the Delta Theta Phi law fra-
ternity.
Something of the nature of his recreation ia in-
dicated by the fact that he has membership in the
Detroit Yacht Club and the rules which govern his
conduct are manifested by his association with the
Methodist Episcopal church.
CAPTAIN ELIE JACQUFS long a'lsocjited with
trinsportition interests on the Great L^kes, was bdrn
at St Barthelemi m the prLMuee of Quebec, Canada,
October 7, 184Q He acquired his early education in
his home town and at tlie ige of iiKteen jeara he
crossed the border into Michigan, settling at Hough
ton, where he workei in the Boston and Albany mines,
while spending his evenings as a student in night
school Eventuallv he roide up h s mind to study
mirine engintering and enterei the marine service,
gaining hia knowledge at first hand through actual
experience He received his licensB ia a marine engi
neer m 18b6 and in I87I, when onI\ twentv one years
of age, received his master's licenae For a time
he operated the marine pump at the '^oo locks for the
contracting firm of C S Barker & Companv while
the loiks were being built In the same lear he went
to Duluth with tugs and dred^'ea and asaiated in cut
ting the Duluth ahip canal through Minnesota Point
From 1870 until 1878 he wai engaged in transport
ing stone from Drummond's island m St Mary's
Ti\er fo Sault Ste Mine this stone to be used in the
construction of the W eitzel lock, the oiiest of the
four present American locks
It was at that time that Captam Jacques formed
an acquaintance with and gamed the friendship of
the late General Philip H Sheridan during the lat
ter's fishing trips to Drummond's island Mr Jacques
took up land on the Vermillion range and during 1886
1887 anl 1888 he prospected for iron ore and later
s(t up the machmerv to strip iron for the mine at Ely,
Minnesota At thiq time there was no railroad ser\
ice nearer than Tower, Minnesota, and the trip of
twenty live miles had to be made on snowahoes, while
aupplies and machinery were sledded to Ely. Mrs
Jacques was a passenger on the first coach which
operated between Tower and Ely, whore she stopped
at the Whiteside Hotel, a modest log house.
Though at this time able to retire. Captain Jacques
could not resist the "call of the sea" and returned
to Dulutli. In the year 1901 the firm of Jacques &
Son a was organized. The company engaged in the
transportation of cedar and gravel to- Detroit from
points on the north shore of Lake Superior. In the
fall of that year the firm lost a lighter in a terrific
storm but rescued the erew of ton men by risking a
tug oS Two lalands, Minnesota.
In 1908 Captain Jacques removed hia company and
plant to Detroit to engage in transporting gravel for
use in the Michigan Central terminal construction
work. The docks of the company were built at Eiver
Eouge and were always known as Jacquea'. doeka.
There he dredged out the alip and built tracks to the
dock. Surrounding thia he owned nine acres. Captain
Jacques waa one of thoae men whoae greatest pleaa-
ure in life waa to be busy, and he took much enjoy-
ment out of his daily experiences and activities. His
men respected and loved him and knew that if their
lives were at stake he would sacrifice any material
thing for their safetj He pratticall} retired from
business in 1120, owing to ill health, and pasied
away December 1-1, W21
On the 29th of July, 1872 Captain Jacques was
married to Miss Delia Hart, of Dulnth, whose par
ents were born in France and m 18b4 crossed the
Atlantic to Montreal and proceeded thence to On
tonagon Captain and Mri Jacques had five chil
dren four of whom are li\ ing Elie 0 , Jr , has a s n,
Edward E , born of hia first marriage His second wife
vt IS Fabiola Burnett, of Montreal, and they have ffrac
children Lucile, Oln er, Leonidaa and Eleanor Wil
ham J, the seiond of the famib la a marine book
keeper Marian Isabel la now the wife ot \ernon
J Price FloreuLe Mane la the wife of Loui'i B Wil
hams and baa two children, Harriett Iiabel and
Gertrude Delia
Captain Jatques was seventh two ^ears of age at
the time of his death and for fifti years of hia life
had been connected with the marine interesta of the
Great lakes He waa a Erman Catholic m religious
taith and in politics waa a 'Jtanch republnan de
\oted to the principiea of the party and recognizing
at all times his duties and obligations in the matter
rf citizenship There ire few men who have been
ao long connected with navigation on the Great Lake^
as nas Captain Ja«iues and he became an outstanding
figure in marine circles, respected and honored be
cause of his fidelity to dut\, while his capabilit) and
enterprise gained him a place among the prosperous
representatives of man
PRESTON MAN4SSFH HKKEY, M D For di
most thirtv jeara Dr. Ireston Manasseh Hickey hat.
been engaged in thi practn,e of medicine in Detroit,
and has large v specialized in Eoentgenology and i'^
clinical laringologi He la a man of broad acientific
attainments thorough in everything that he under-
takes an 1 his research and investigation in the field
of meJicine and surgery have brought him fo a point
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of leadership in liis elioaen profession Mj h g
numbers hira among icr natue sons, his birth h
occurred in Ypsilanti, December 3, 1865, his p t
being the Bev Manasaeh and Sarah (Bush) H k y
After ^pqlll^lrLg a public school education Pre't M
Hiekey continued his studies m the Univers ty t
Mn-higan and won hi9 Bachelor of Arta dogre as
graduate of the class ot 1888 He had detenui d t
mdke the prietice of medicine his life work and with
that end i:
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7 ho matriculated m the Detroit Col
ne and was griduated in 1892, with the
In the same year he opened an ofhce
ere he his remimed, and in a profc'^sion
■nt depends entirely upon indmdual
mtrit and ability he has made steady progress He
h la ever been moat careful m the diagnosis of bis
(a'les and his thoroughness, hia broad study and his
wide expenenie have led to hia steady advance, until
hia position a^ a tnremo^t member ot the profession
la accorded by all who knort of his career He is now
professor of pathologv, Eoentgenology and elin
ical laivngology m tho Detroit College of Medieme,
and hoa done importiut work in hospital jractiee as
Eoci tgonologist for the Children s Hospital and for
tl e Harper Hospital His j rominenco in the field of
his specialty is indicated in the fact that he has been
callcl to the presii<>ncy of the American Eoeatgen
rav Society
It waa m Detroit on the 3d of November, 181)7, that
Dr Hiokey was married to Miss Grace Maley, ami
thev ha\e become parents of a daughter and two sons
Lueile Virginia, Walter Preston and Guy Eansome
Dr Hickej belongs to the Detroit Yacht Club and
the Detroit Motor Boat Club, the Detroit Golf Club
and the University Club, and in these associations are
indicated the nature of hia recreation and diversion
He also belongs to the Nu &igma Nu and the Phi
Gamma Delti, two Greek letter trjternitios, while
along strictly professional lines he has connection with
the Detroit Academy of Medicine the ^Vayne County,
Michigan State and the American Medical Associatiooa
Through the proceedings of these bodies he keeps m
close touch with the trend of professional thought and
practice and bis own professional aetmty has been
an illuminating force m many cures which have been
effected m Detroit He holds to the highest ethical
standards and is moat keenly interested m everything
that tends to bring to man the key to the complex
mystery which we call life
M W TABEE One of the beat kntwn meehanicil
engineers tf Detroit is M W Taber, president of the
D-'troit Engineering Society, who la also serving as
sales engineer of the Motor Wheel Corporation of
Lansing, Michigan, which has recently opened cflices
in the city Hia professional ability is generally ree
ogni7Pd and broad experience haa made him thtrougWy
familiar with the business m which he la engaged
Mr Taber la a nati\e of Michigan, his birth having
d M listee on the 3d of July, 1881. He is
p t t e of one of the old and prominent
f m 1 f th state which for many years figured
p ly n connection with the lumber induatry
th t of the country. He is a son of Austin
A d M g t (Hilden) Taber, the former a native
f Oh d the latter of Michigan. In boyhood the
f th m t the Wolverine state and here he ac-
r[uired his education. On entering business life he
became connected with the lumber industry of northern
\ric higan as a member of the Taber Lumber Company,
which had been established by his father and was
gradually developed until it was recognized as one of
the Invest enterprises of this character in the state.
In the conduct of his interests Austin A. Taber won
a substantial measure of success and he and his wife
aro still residing in their old home at Manistee, being
widely and favorably known throughout this section
of the state. In their family were four children:
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HOMER D COLEMAN p d t f th Am
Lubricator Company of Detroit wis born at Groaae
He Muhigan Pebruarj 4 IS^o a son of Patrick H
Coleni'in who was a well known jt'^oeer at troaso lie
from 1875 until 1900 The father was a man of great
energy and thrift and was very sueeeasful in his I uai
nesa lite He came to America from Ireland and
laid the foundation ot his suceeas by t king coj tratta
io clear Unl This ga^ e him a atart and e^entuiUj
by the praet ce of strict eeonomv he had accumulated
enough monej to open a grocery store Fr m that
time OQ 1 e prosperel enjoying for manj yeira an
estenaiv trade Hia wite who bore the mailen nime
of Margaret Stephenson wi-i a natne of Walea
Homer D Co-lemin paswl his bovhood ind jouth
m I a nat ve town anl there acju ei ha e rlv anl
h c-h acl ool tri n ng Upon h s father s deatl he and
hiB brother took over tl e grocery bus nes^ wl ch
they oond ted s c eif^fiUj for th rteen jeirs and
then m 1913 Hon er D Coleman cane to Detro t in!
accepted tl e pros i ncj of the An er can Lul r cator
Company For so ne t me prev ualy he lad served
oa the b ard of d re turs and at lent,tl as persuade 1
to tike charge of the corporal nh h under his
capable d rect on has had a sul stant al growth
On March "8 1900 Mr Cole nan was united m
a arriage to Hiss Laura "Matt son a d thev hive one
daughter Margaret An Mr Colen in s an e
emplarv repr sent it e of tie Mason c fratern ty be
longng to Trenlon Lodge No 8 F iL A M and
Wyandotte Lhapter No 13 RAM He b also
a n e uber of the Red B n Golf Glut anl of the B ard
of Comn erce In rel g ous fa th he s Fp s pi an
and B secretary of the Men s CI b n h a church Ho
takes an act ve ntervst all that perta ns to the
intellectual a d n oral as well as the nater al prog
res? of tl e co mun tj and h a support "i i nfluence
can always 1 e countel on tl e a I of a 1 nc ent anl
JOHX THORNTON BRODHEAD Tl e h storv of
the Brodhead fam Iv f losely nterwo en v. th the
annals of Detro t through co nect on v th manv of
the prom nent fam 1 e-s of the c tv and w th manj
of the lead ng events vh h ha o alapel Detro t a
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lat of March 18ii as a member of the United States
intantrv serving through(ut the Mesitan war under
General W infield Scott Early in hia militarv expen
euLc h( was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant
and aljutant an 1 on the 20th of August 1S47 was
bre\ettol captain for gallant conduct and ctnspjcuoua
lra\ery in tie engagementB of Contreras and Cheni
buseo Mexico On the 2d of December lS-i7 he was
regularly tommiaaioned captain and was musterel o it
w tl that rank on the 3d of Al gust 1848 Agaii mak
ing lis v•B.^ to Detroit he became postmaster of the
cit^ in 1853 under the administration of Franklin
Pierce then president of the United States and an
own cousin of Mr Brodhead In the meantime he
had purchasel the Free Press and was the owner
and editor ot the paper for a lumber of jeais He
marriol the n low of William Abbott, son of Judge
Abbott, hLr maiden name having been Ar change
Ma on b laughter of W II a Macomb and a a ec of
General Macon b Archa ge Macomb w fe of General
T F Bro Ihcad First Al ch can Cavalry and n oth r
of John T Brolhead ot Detro t was born n the old
homestead on Grisse lie SI e was the laughter of
■\^ II a Mato nb and granddaughter of Comn odore
Will am Macomb the or g nal wnor of the sland She
spent ma v 3 ears of her 1 f e n Detro t w th her dia
t ngu shed I usba d after h s Icath ret rni g to tl e
old home w th her si ou g ch Idren to spenl her
last days thee She del n 1891 at the age ot
seventj one Her 1 fe and her devot on to her h I Iren
were most beaut f 1 aa si e as both father and nether
to them Thfre were an h Idren of tb a marr age
the eldeat be ng the w fe of Hon Will an D Balfour
M F for Ont o Her son Elvard BKke Balfour
was a lirit 1 eute ant n the Canatian army n the
World war and waa a varded the D tt nguished Serv ce
Me lal ha uig saved a thousand I i ea of ha country
n en b destrov ng a g n wh ch vas turned on the
B t si and was u pr cess of loading Another son
Major Thornto Balfo r s st 11 n the Canad an army
The "ec nd of the fan Iv of General Broiheal as
John Thornt n Brodhead of th s re ^ew The th rd ot
the fanly s Mr' 1 Kearsley Webster whose late
1 usba I wa? a great tranison of Major San uel Kears
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lej to whom beorge W asliington jreseutPi his sword
in appreciat on of his bravery at the time of Brad
dock s defeat This sword 13 now in possession o£
Mrs J Kearaley Webster A notable fact is that 8i»Le
the Hword Vi s worn by \\ ashmgton it J as changed
hands but thice times Eleanor Macomb Brodhead
was the to irtl member of the household and with her
sister Xdtherine lulia Brodhead, was Imng in the
old homestead on Orosse He until it was destroyei by
fire m the summer of 19^1 Betanse of the pleisant
niemoTii.a and the sweet associations ar sing from
y ars of oceutanj if the old homestead by the differ
ent generations of the familv the sisters are no v
erecting a bungalow on the site of the old hon e In
the girden there are ptar trees whioh were jlinted
more th'in a hundred je^rij ago and are still in perfect
(oniit on bearing fniit m the jeir 19-1 The sixth
member of the iamilj of General Brodhead is Mrs
P B Howirl. whose husband 13 a civil engineer ot
Detroit Mm Howard has one son who served in the
Marine Coris m the World war and was wounded ^t
Belleau wo 1 The sforj of the brilliint adianec of
the American troips has been graph c-jlly toll m the
work published by the commanding ofdoer there unler
the title With the Help of God and a Few Mannes
Not only was General Brodheid closely assoo ate!
with thp mil tarj afEairs of the eountrv and with news
piper publitation m Detroit but also w th the legisla
t \e history of the state In 18dS he nis stite 'jena
tor -it Lansing and although 1 stinoh democrat was a
warm personal fntnd of Abraham Lincoln During
the Civil war Mr Brodhead organized the Pirst Michi
H^a (_<nilry comi ai y of fifteen hundred "Wayne county
n en re eiving his orders Ureetly from President L n
tin beciuse of his past military esperienee He took
h 1 fifteen hun ired men to Washington where they
1 ere thoroughly e juipped Here ho was joined by his
I ttle son eleven years old and together they rode
through the battle of Har] or s Ferrv He was made
1 brevet general for bravery but two weeks later was
killed it the seeond battle of Bull Eun before his title
bid been confiimed Following his den ise his wife
'pent her list vears on tl p Id Macomb homestead on
Gro se lie General Brolhead wis but forty one years
of age when he pa^sel awaj on the 30th of Augist.
Lai mg dtwn bii life on the altir of bia country the
list worls of his dying lips were The old flag will
triumph yet His son John T Br iheid wis a lad
of but eleven yeirs when lis father died He had
be n attend ng tl e [ublic schools up to this t me and
ifterward went to Washington to the homo of his
indo Jul n M Brodl ead who wig 1 comptroller in the
treafurr lepartment through appointment of Pros dent
Iierce and served in that posit on through several
su ceflsive idministrit ons In the nit onal capital
Tohn T Bi< Ihead attended the public sehools for a
tine and later was gndoated from the Polytechn 0
''ohool m New York eity He wis then appointed to
the Marine C rps of the TTnittl States navy bj Ten
enl bruit ind wis issigned to duty at the Charles
town navy yard at Boiton Liter he was m servi e
at Peosieoli Florida and from there went to \nnipo
lis where he renamed for but a brief period, having
m the meiintime been tendered the opportunity to join
the Marine Corps with the rank ot second lieutenant
under Adm ral Worden He jomel the Mediterranean
fleet as ofiicer on the flagship Franklin and while the
ship was stationed at Nice France, he met Miss Jessie
Willis of Detroit who later became 1 is wite About
this time the ship proceeded under orlers to bpiin to
bring the notonoui Tammanv chief Boss Tweed to
Now York Lieutenant Brodhead had personal charge
of Tweed on the trip and leirned a good game t
enbbage from him Lieutenant Brodhead was th
yonngeat ofii er on the flagship but at all times jrovel
his capability in the faithful dischirge of every dutv
devolving upon hun
In New Itrk city on the 12th of May 187" he was
united in marriage to Miss Jessie Willis a da ighter ot
Riehard &torrs Willis of Boston who had settlpd m
Detroit He was a brother of tl e poet N I Willis
Following their marriage Lieutenli t and Mrs Brod
head maintained their home m Washington wl ere
three of their children were born enjojmg all of tie
charm and advantages of the brill ant Washington hte
in offio al circles An opportunity to go to China was
offered Lieutenai t Brodhea 1 but since tl is would neces
Bitate leaving his family for a period ot three >ears
he declined and resigned his gov ernn ent i osit on re
turning with his wife and children to Detroit \ here
resided both his own and his wife a relat ves Here
he established a real estate business and as the jears
passed he prospered in its conduct He was verj
poj^nlar m social and busine's circles and was als)
a moat dev oted husband and father his lev e for 1 is
mother and his consideration for the members of his
immediate family ben g beautiful to see His memory
IS fragrint with lov^nJ, thought free from every dia
cord and of n ost kindly and generous aets He was
ev er chiv alrous loving and tender to womai km 1 and
strong and manly among men
The ihiilren of Mr and Mrs John T Brodhead arc
as follows The eldest daughter, Jessie became the
wife tf Eobert Wagner a prominent California artist
and died leaving tw children Leicester and Tl omt n
The eldest son ai 1 se 01 d child of the familj w is
Thornton Broillead who served as a member of the
Naval Reserves during the Spanish American war and
won distinction in the battle of San Juan when he
and two others ere Bummonei before their superior
ofiicer and con fl mented for their fine marksmanship
in the handling of the gun of which he had charge
He was but nineteen years of age at the tin e and was
under fire for the first time Following the close of
host lit les with Spam he was for three 'vears m the
service of the Facille Mail Steamship Company and he
is now lieutenant commander of Mich gan Naval Mill
t a stationel m Detroit holding the rank of lieutenant
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the TS orll % <ir H marriLid Eliae
Mo ran i daughter of John \ Mora a ot Detroit
4.rehinge MaLomb the stcoiil daughter is with her
mother at the family home on L< dge ai eni e John
affeetiocatelv known as Tack Brodhead Ines m fct
Luuis where he is general mamger ot the Ford agency
He married Dorothy firnsh of that eity Alexandrine
Cairns became tl e wife of Duncan J UeNabb a
brokpr who during the World war nas m the JNavy
Aviat on Corps Willis unmarried the j oungest of
the family is m St Louib with 1 is brother being
president ot their eontern He la a graduate of the
State Inuersitv ot Michigan at Ann Art or having
taken an engineering course and during the W orld war
was a captain m the Marine Corps
The father <t th s family To! n Thornton Br>dhead
Has a member of the Lojal Legion also a member of
the Detro t CI ib and his j ersonal qualities made for
popularity wherever he was known causing his death
which occurred in l'>04 to be greatly leplored by all
who knew him The old Br>lhead home on Grosae
lie on tl e banks of the Detro t n\ er was called Arch
dale in memory of the mother Arohange Macomb
Mrs J T Brodhead 1 as presented a large eravoi por
trait of Colonel Tl ornton F Brodhead to the post
ofliee to be hung m the gallerj
While the later generations of the Brodhead familv
haie every reas n to be proud of their ancestry m the
paternal line thev ha\e e^ual reason to cherish the
recorda of their ancest is on the distafE side The
mother Jesaie Willis B rod he a i is the daughter of
Richard Storrs WUliB a representatu e of an old ani
distinguished family prominent in connection with
early American annals the name figurmg potently in
relation to 6\ ents of national history as well as in the
world of art and letters One of his biographers has
said of Mr Wllha He was possessed of the hneat
musnal and literary talents and his scholarly attain
ments as well as his patrician bearing and gracious
peisonality endeared him to all who knew him He
was born in the cit> of Boston Pebruarj 10 1819 a
lescenlant f Nathaniel Willie one of the Puritans
who lame to America from Lnglanl in Wb and
settled m Cambridge Massaehuattta whire ht became
a Uputy to the general court in JbS8 During su< etd
ing generati ns the prestige of the family name haa
been maintained at the same high standard associated
w th that of the progenitor of the family in America
In i77ti the Independent Chronicle was first jubliahed
bv Nathaniel TVillia grandfather of Ricl ard Storrs
Willis who occupied the same building that ha I been
used by Benjamin Franklin when he was a jnnter
Hia son Nathaniel Wiliis Tr and his wife Hannah
Parker Willia were the parents of Jol n Storrs Willia
who was a nournalist of distinct n and became the
foun ler of three papers the Eastern \rgus of Portlanl
Maine the Boston Eetorder and that most uni\eraallv
iralle periodical for >oung folks tie
R Lhard Storrs V. Uia attei ded Chanting Hall a
I reparatorj school an 1 later was a student in th< Bos
ton Latin school In 183" he entered ialo and soon
be ame prommentlj identifie 1 with its literarj and
musi al societies He was electel preailent of the
Beethoven Society anl during his second college jear
wrote compositions for the college ortheatra anl choir
and arranged the scores for many Bont,s <f German
students It was at tl is time that Mr W itlis comj osed
the Glen Marv waltzes whuh enj i ed i long period
ot popularity He was graduatel from "iale m 1841
with the degree of Bachelor of \rts Immediatelv
afterward he went to Germanj where in the nett
seven vears he perfected himself in harmony under
Schuyler von Wurtensee anl in counterpoint and in
Strumentation unler the celebrated Professor Haupt
mann of the Conserv atory an 1 conductor of the Thomas
Sihule Mr Willis had as frienls anl companions the
lea ling literar\ and musical geniuses of the daj On a
trip to Eurofe he was atcomjanied by the great
Mendelssohn Gutzkow the dramatist Freuligrath
the poet Baj ard Taj lor American author and
traveler and Professor Hoffmin von Pullersleben the
poet Mr ■R illis learned to speak the German language
quite perfectly and this enjble I him to do considerable
literary work for the reigning Landgrave of Hesse
Darmstadt who created anl best we I upon him the
title and diploma of Doctor of Music \t the cloae of
this ae\en year period of study in Europe Mr Willis
returned to l:ale where he was instructor in the Ger
n an language Later he went to New York where he
b came i contributor to the Albmon the Musical
Times the Tribune and the Catholic World About thia
time he toundei a magazine devoted to the fine aita
which he called Once a Month He alao vn^ote an
almirable treatise on church n
favorably commented upon by m
he wrote many student songs i
songs and lyrical ci mposition
seemed to be a famih trait aim
the well known poet was a brother
uaic which was most
iny j,eriodicals Later
acred songs patriotic
I This lyrical gift
e Nathaniel P WiUia
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Willis and his sister was famiharlv
public under the nom de plume of Panny Pern
1 1 18oi Mr Willis was marru 1 to M ss Jeasie ( aims
of New York who died m 1S5^ At the time of her
marriage she was smging in The Little Church Around
the Corner one ot the famous oU churches ot New
lork anl Mr WiUia was organist mder Dr Heighten
Mrs Willia mother wis { iitually and financially one
of the {illara of The Little Church Around the Corner
anl she owned much property in that localitj and gave
Mr W lIiB and hia wife the old hon eatej 1 just o].posite
The Little Church There the three daughters of the
family were bom Thei spent tl e summer montha at
the r grandmother s country seat on Long Island near
the home of William fullen Bryant with whom the
daughter leasie afterward Mr" Brodhead was a great
f ai onte Mr Will s who in ISbl married Mrs Mex
qndrine Mi omb Campau numbered among his jn
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timate friends Oliver Wendell Holme?, HenTy Wads-
w oith Longfellow and their eontemporariea. Later
Mr. Willis took his family to Europe, when his daugh-
ters were grown and there they spent four years. The
daughters attended the convent of the Saered Heart
at Orleans, France, and also the Sacred Heart convent
just outside of Brussels. While sojonming at Nice his
three daughters married officers of the United States
flagship Frank'in. Annie, the eldest, became the wife
of Lieutenant Aaron Ward, who later was a rear
admiral of the United iState^ navy. Blani-he became
the wife of Lieutenant William H. Emory, wlio later
commanded the Bear on the Greely relief expedition
and was commander of the Yosemite during the
Spanish American v/ai, while the third daughter, Jessie,
liecame the wife of Lieutenant John T. Brodhead.
After the marriage of their daughters Mr. and Mrs.
Willis returned to Detroit, where Mrs. Willis had es-
tensive property interests, owning one-third of Belle
lale. They built their summer home, Inaulruhe, on
Belle lale and spend the winter seasons in New York.
Mr. Willis passed away in 1300, while Mrs. Willis sur-
vived until 1910, both dying in the faith of the
Catholic church, of which they had long been devoted
members
Mrs. Brodhead has inherited much of the literary
talent of her distinguished father and has made many
contributions to periodicals, besides being the author
iif a number of published volumes. She is a Daughter
of the American Revolution, prominent socially and is
identified with many of the leading charitable organiza-
tions of the city.
WILLIAM C HEN=1LER Among Detroit s nitive
1 s wl 0 h-ne been content to spend their Inea in this
ti finding here excellent opportunities for business
idi ancement is numbered Williim C Hensler preai
i nt ■in 1 genera] manager ot the ^ an Leyen Hensler
Cumplny one of the lea Ung engr*mng firms of the
cit^ He WIS born June 17 1861 a son of Henry C
inl M.aT^ (Weidemann) Htnaler who eime to America
in 1857 from Germini taking up their residence m
Detroit where the father be ime well known as a
(ibinetraaker He was in expert workman anl was
erv ancLesaful in the conduct of his business afFiirq
ice imuliting a sulstantial competence which enabled
h m to liie retired durmg his later reirs He passed
HT\ in 1905 The mother died in 1921 in Detroit ^t
the venerable age of nmetT two years They becime
the parents of four children: Henry, who passed away
at Detroit in 18S3; and Bertha, Emil 0. and William
C, all of whom are residents of this city.
Mr. Hensler attended the public schools of Detroit
and the Germ an- American Seminary and on starting
out in the business world he devoted his energies to
learning the work of jewelry engraving in the employ
of Julius Gnieiner. After completing his apprentice-
ship he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became
identified with business interests as manager of the
In February, 188i, he entered into partnership re-
lations with Mr. A. J. Van Leyen, under the firm name
of Van Leyen & Company, Engravers on Wood.
Through his management this business within one year
became the largest of i
a photo -engraving plant w
then known as Van Leyen
incorporated under the i
Hcnsier Company, and is
up-to date photo ei
the city. They an
straightforward mi
patronage. They c
kind in the state,
as installed and the firm was
& Heniler. In 1919 the firm
of The Van Leyen-
and is now operating one of the
igraving plants, and art studios in
t experts in their business and their
ithoda have secured for them a large
e also the only firm in the state
the United States still producing
wood engravings.
In Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 30th of Sep'
t ember, 1896, Mr. Hensler was united in marriage
to Miss Ethel E. Rich a daughter of Albert L and
Henrietta Rich of Madison, Connecticut, whose an-
cestors were passengers on the Mayflower. In his
political views Mr. Hensler is a republican and
stanehly supports the principles of the party. He is
a member of the National Engravers Association and
fraternally is identified with the Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks. His life has been passed in
Detroit, covering a period of fifty-eight years, and
he has therefore been a witness of its marvelous
growth and development, in which he has borne his
full share. He is thoroughly reliable in all business
affairs and his close application and laudable ambi-
tion have carried him into important commercial re-
lations He is aeeounted one of the progressive men
of the city and enjoys the esteem and goodwill of
I large circle of friends.
E C BAUMG-ARTEN, M. D. Among the younger
representatives of the medical profession in Detroit is
numbered Dr. E. C. Baumgarten, who has already at-
taine 1 i position which many an older representative
of the profession might well envy. He was born in
Richmond, Michigan, October 3, 1893, and has there-
fore not yet reached the thirtieth milestone on life's
journey His parents, William A. and Mary A.
(Neddermeyer) Baumgarten, are both natives of 8t.
Clair county, Michigan, where they were reared, edu-
cated and married, and since that time they have re-
sided in Richmond, where the father is still engaged in
the building contracting business, which he has fol-
lowed with excellent success for many years. Both he
and bis wife are widely and favorably known in Rich-
mond, where they have an extensive circle of warm
friends. Their family numbered two children, the
daughter being Mrs. E. J. Miller, a resident of Detroit.
The only son is Dr. B. C. Baumgarten, who obtained
his early education in the graded school of his native
town and eventually became a high school pupil at
Richmond, being graduated there with the class of
1912. Not content with the education that ho had thus
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tipth t pt fbpfe. ion, de-
voting hj.^ time largely to surgery He eoatinupd a
resident of Kansas City until Angust 1, 1920, when he
eami" to Detroit, and thongh he has reaided here for but
a brief period, ho has already become well established
in a, Buceessful and growing practice. He is now
aerimg on the surgical staff of the Deaconess Hos-
pital of Detroit and in bia private practice he con-
Lentrates his efforts and attention upon surgical work.
He belongs to the Wayne County Medical Society, to
the Michigan State Medical Asaociation and is a fellow
ot the American Medical Association.
Dr. Baumgarten 's membership connections also ex-
tend to the Pbi Beta Phi, a college fraternity. His
political endorsement ia given to the republican party
and he is well informed concerning the ^ital questions
and issues of the day. He is actuated by a public-
spirited devotion to the general good but has never
sought nor desired oiBce, preferring to concentrate hia
efforts and attention upon hia professional interests
and duties, which are of eoiLStantly increasing
importance.
FRANK C. HAYDEN is one of the well known,
popular and highly respected residents of Highland
Park and has an equal acquaintance in Detroit as a
builder of homes, being one of the leading contractors
of the city, where hundreds of dwellings stand as
monuments to his skill, ability and enterprise. He
has erected mora than three hundred residences since
he became a building contractor of this city. The
story of his life is tlie record of steady progress,
resulting from close application and indefatigable
energy. Mr. Hayden was born in Goahen, Indiana,
May 11, 1870, and i'' a son of Milton and Nellie
(McCumsey) Hayden, who were natives of Ohio
and Indiana, respectively. The father removed
to Indiana in early life and was there married, spend-
ing his remaimng days in that state. He was a stone
mason by trade and profitably conducted an exten-
sive business along that line. He died August 25,
1920, having long survived his wife, who passed
away in 18 T2
Frank C. Hayden, their only child, attended the
country schools of Goshen, Indiana, and after putting
aside his textbooks assistoii his father
having learned the trade of a stone ni
meantime. Finally, however, ho gave up that busi-
ness and became connected with the Gosben Carpet
Sweeper Company, with which he remained for sev-
eral years. In 1890 he removed to Michigan and
entered the employ of the Grand Eapids Carpet
Sweeper Company, in which be continued for several
years. In 1893 he removed to Chicago and secured
a responsible position in connection with the World 's
Columbian Exposition, there remaining until the
close of the fair, when he returned to Grand Rapids
an,t again took up his old position witb the Grand
Eapids Carpet Sweeper Company. In 1893 he saw
the need for and possibility of advancement in con-
nection with the building of homes and began by
erecting homes in Grand Bapida. He was thus en-
gaged from 1896 until 1906. There he erected a
number of the fine residences which are still archi-
tectural features in Grand Bapids and in 190G he
returned to Detroit, where be took over the news
stand at the Michigan Central station, conducting
that business until 1909. In the meantime he was
familiarizing himself with housing needs in this
section and at length ho located his family m High-
land Park, Michigan, building the first home on
Ehode Island avenue for his own use. He thus
initiated hia building enterprise and soon erected
many other structures on the street which is today
one of the fine resident thoroughfares of tho city.
Most of these homes he has erected under contracts
and others he has built as a matter of speculation,
later selling to the present occupants. Since begin-
ning his building operations he has erected more
than three hundred residences in Highland Park and
vicinity and he has many other important contracts
under way. He is likewise interested in different
business enterprises, being president, director and
stockholder in the Highland Park Times, the lead-
ing newspaper of the city, and a director of the
American State Bank of Highland Park, His busi-
ness judgment is sound, hia enterprise unfaltering
and his cooperation is regarded aa a valuable asset
to any undertaking which secures hia attention.
On the 30th of January, 1895, Mr. Hayden was
married to Miss Lena E. Harmon of Charlotte, Mich-
igan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harmon,
well known in that place. Three children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Hayden: Fcank C, Jr., born
in Grand Kapids, in 1896, was educated in the High-
land Park high school and during the World war en-
listed in the United States navy, being assigned to
duty on the TJ. S. S. Melville, stationed at Queens-
town, Ireland, for seventeen months. He was in the
service altogether for two years and was a car-
penter's mate, first class. He is now engaged with
his father in the building business; the second of
the family is Mrs. Norma A. JEagle, who was born in
Jackson, Michigan, in 1898, and waa graduated from
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the Highland I irk high scho 1 B\ h r macr age
she has become the mother of one ion Jack Haylen
Eagle, born July 30 1920 m Detroit Eula the third
member of the family, was bora in 1899 and died
March 24, 1907
Mr. Ilayden gives his pjhtieil endoraement to the
republican partv ani keeps well informed concern
ing the vital questimis ind issues of the daj He
is a Mason who has taken tl e degrees of both the
York and Scottish Bites, being a member of
Highland Park Commanderr No 13 K T ind ot
Michigan Sovereign Consistory He belongs to the
Highland Park Eotarj Club and to the Detroit Board
of Commerce and la interested m all t! at has to do
with the progress ind upbuilding of the eommuuitv m
which ho lives Hi^ in„ leveloped 1 3 powers to a
1 igh degree of effi.cietiev he occupies an enviable
r iitun amjng tie ontractora <i tie state anl
in ong the relnble and representat ve bus ness men
t Detroit In hii construction work he has ilways
cljselv studied public needs and aa a builder he has
als looked to the improvement ot the district in
»1 leh he has operited striding to produce harmon
Kus architectural effects is well is to introduce
pv rv modern con\ enience and comfort nto the
h mes -Khi 1 he erects His il „in lo ''se Ha>den a
famous Oak K tLhons
JUDGE ADOLPH F MARhrHNEE oceupjing the
bench of the circuit t-ourt at Detroit is justly olaased
with the distlnguishei lawyer? of the state He was
born in this citv October 17 188o a son ot Adolph F
and Matilda (Lamberg) Marschner ilio mtiies of
Detrjit and here attended the public schools ^ubse
quentlv he entered the Detroit College of Law from
wlieh he was graduated in Jane 1907 and in the
5ime J ear was admitted to the bar He had entered
upon the practice of hii profession in ltd' m the
ffiee of Go\ernor Groabeck where he continue I niitil
he was appointel h^ the eity ouncil to the office of
justice ot the jeace in 1914 In the spring of the
folk wing year le was elected to the offi t and his
af able aeri ice w on I im reelection in the fall of
1116 In laiS he was again called to pubic oftice
being elected ]ud},e of the circuit court m which
office he js now s rvn g His mtiie lenae of justice
as well as his knouledgo of the law has male him
an ible presiding officer oi,er the tribunal o£ which
he has charge and hi" detisiona indicate atrong mental
tl and careful analvsia Hii course has received 1 igh
indorsement and oitr the record of his ofB-tia! career
there falls no ahadow of wrong nor suspicion of evi!
On the 15th of June 1916 Judge Marachner was
united in marriage to Misa Charlotte Fairgrieve of
Toronto Canada and they have become the parents
of a daughter Dons Marie. He is a republican in
his political \iews anl previous to his elevation to
the bench wis an active worker in the ranks of
the
pdrt> He jrganizel the original MuKmley
Club of Detroit from which sprang the 1c mg Men s
Eejubltan Liu? and for six jidrs was secretary of
the Wajne County Eepubhean Committee but re
signed alter his election to the office ot justice of the
peace He ii prominent in Maitntv belonging to
Oriental Lodgt P & A M t) Muhigan Soitreign
ConsLstorj A & 4 & R to Mo'ikm Temple of the
Myatic 'Shrine and to tohaiukiam Grotto He is alao
connected w ith the Michigan Club of Detroit the
Inlepenlont Order of Odi Fellows the Knights of
P^thids and the Woodmen of the Worll He is
likewise a valui. J n ember of the Delta Theta Phi
a law fraternity the Cosmopolitan and Harmonic
Glul-8 ml the Orjer of Amannth and possesses those
qualities which mike f r social popularity In his
pni ate practice and m his publ o life Judge Mir
Bthner has held to high ileals and endowed by i aturo
with keen intellectuality he has i sed his well de
veloped powers not onlj to further his individual
but also to ad\ anee the public welfare
HEBBBBT E WHITTEHBEBGEE One of the
pr rainent and popular railway oftcials residing m the
cit\ of Detroit Herbert E Whittenberger holls
the responsible and exacting position of general man
at,pr of the Grand Trunk Railway, ind his incumbency
<f this office attests his peraonal stindmg and his
listiuctue e"\:ecutive ability m the handling of the m
\ohpd and intricate affairs of one of the great Ameri
can railwaj aystems He is one of the representatu e
railway men of the com try and haa male i I igh repu
t^t on n this important field of enteririao
Mr Whittenberger was born at Peru Indiana n the
Qfh of iHovember 1863 and is a son of John and < or
deha (Hulburt) Whittenberger the firmer a natiie
of Shamokin Pennsjhania and the latter of Silver
Lake Indiana John Whittenberger was reared and
educated in the old Keystone atite and was a young
man when he remoied to Indiana where hi? marriage
was solemnizel and where he became one of the leal
ng business men of the city of Peru There he was
long engaged in the retail grocery bus ness besides
which he owned and operated a large gra n eloi ator at
that place Both he and his wife were honor d resi
dents of Peru at the time of their death and n addi
t on to Herbert E of thia review they are survived
by aix other children Beniamin Frank is a res dent
of Colorado Springs Colorado John Milton reaides at
Long Beach (.al fornii as does also Perej the next
>ounger son Mrs William L Eagadale maintains her
home at Newton Kansas Mrs Tohn McDonali like
wise resides at Newton Afra John Pureell is a resident
of La Crosse, Kansas.
The public schools of his native city afforded Her-
bert E. Whittenberger his youthful education, which
included the curriculum of the high school, and in
1880, when about eighteen years of age, he severed
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home ties and went to Denver, Colorado, where lie
found employment aa a trucker and checker in the
freight department of the Denver, Sonth Park & Pacific
Bailroad, now a part of the Burlington system. For
his services he received remuneration at the rate of
ti^o dollars a dav and his application varied from
fourteen to eighteen hours a dai Hard work did not
faze him at that stage m his career and ne\er has
succeeded in so doing during the intorienitig years
the while no man has maintained a more wholesome
re>ipect for the dignity and honor of honest toil Thus
he did not flinch from the heavy and long protracted
work that fell to his jortion during the two yeir^ of
bis connection with the railroad mentioned and he
8e^ered his relations only when he found oirortunitv
to advance his interests by tiking a pes tion m conntt
tion with the freight and pas.ienger servKe ol the
Wabash Railroad with which he first became conduc
tor of freight trains dt a salary of seventy hie dollars
a month and with tl is company he was finillv ad
vanced to the position of conductor on passenger
trains so stn ng from 18S3 to 1897 with headqiar
ters at Mobcrlj Missouri His amhitjon has alwajs
been for alvanuement and tor 1 reader fields of use
fulness and m IS^l he, was tenderei and accepted the
ofcte of train master in the service of the Grand
Trunk Eailway He retained this position four years
with headquarters at London Ontario and he then ac
cepted the post of sup ermten dent of the Denver &
Kio Granle Railroad m which connection he lontinued
with resilenue in the iity of Denier until 19U5 when
he was made superintendent ot the Cincinnati Hamil
ton & Davton Eailioad at Indianapolis Indiana He
hell tlis place one year and trom 1906 to 190" he
aeriLd as superintendent of the Kansas City Wouthern
Bailroad with headquarters at Pittsburg Kansas
His work proved him to be a valuable eieeutue and
his reputation in railroad circles has e\ er been secure
as evidenced by his loi seeutive adianeement to posi
tions of increasing importance On October 1, 1907
Mr Whittenberger became superintendent of the
Grand Trunk with offices at Montreal On the 13th
of January 1913 Mr Whittenbtrger established his
residence at Toronto Canada as general supenn
tendent of the Grand Trunk Railway and of this post
he was the incumbent until the 30th of April 1918,
when he was aUanctd to that of general suppnn
tendtnt ol this great system at Toronto On the 1st
of tie following month however he was assigned to
similar seriice for the companj in the city of Chicago
where on the lOth of June of the same year after the
United States goi ernment astumeJ control of all rail
roads m the country incidental to the American par
tiupation in the World war Mr Whittenberger was
maie federal manager of the Grand Trunk system at
Detroit On the 28th of February 1920 when the road
was returned to ts original Lorporate control Mr
Whittenberger was retained as general manager of
the Crand Trink with headijiartfia m Detroit where
he has continued his efficient administration. In addi-
tion to his executive offi.ee he is a member of the direc-
torate of the Grand Truck & Western Railway and a
director of the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
Itailroad, a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk.
Loyal and public spirited in his civic attitude Mr
Whittenberger has had no desire to enter the turbulent
course of practical jolitics or to seek pullic <&ce ot
an> kind He is mdei endent in politics and supports
men and measures rather than following partisan die
tates He 1 olds n emberahip m the Trafhe Men s Asso
ciatiun of Detroit of which he I'i general manager is
a member of the Detroit Athletic Club Michigan Club
and the Union League Club of Chicago Both he an 1
his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Lhurth
On the 9th of July 1857 was aolemniZLd the mar
riigc ot Mr Whittenberger to Miss Martha A Armi
tage daughter of Jacob E irmitage i well known
citizen of Grand \iew Missoun
Mr Whittenberger is a man whose advaneement has
been the result cf h s own ability and well ordered
endeavors and he has so directed his course as to
Lommand unqual fied popular confidence and esteem
a fa t of significance when recognition is gi\en to his
lading been for manv years in close eonta t with the
public In h 8 long experience he has become a judge
of human thought and motive and his spirit of toter
an e anl eons leration has marked his course m con
nection w th his official seri ice as \ell as ii social
relations cf all kinds
H4K0LD P TROgPER "1 aried and interesting
have teen the experiences in the lite of Hdrold P
Trosper who in his earlier years rode the range m
Oklahoma temtorv and is familiar with the various
phases of frontier existence therel v dei eloping a
strong phjsique and a self reliance and indep nd
ence which have been of great benefit to him in aub
sequent years He now occupies a prominent position
m commercial circles of Detroit being vice president
of the American Lite luBuranee Company, one of the
leading lite underwr tin„ companies of the city and
IS recognized as a capable energetic and farsighted
business man
He was born m Comanche county Oklahoma on the
dOth of August 1888 and is a son of Robert E md
E^therine E (Healy) Trosper, the fern er a natne
(f Kcnfuekv and the latter of Illinois The father
completed a ccurse m one of the leadn g law scl o Is
ot the country and followed his profession in Kansas
pr er to his removal to Oklihoma territory early m
the SOs He aequirei a large ranch m Comanche
county on which he engaged m st k raising on an
extensile scale leing numbered among the p cneer
cattlemen of the territory He is now deriving a large
income from the development of oil wells upon his
property The parents still make their home in Co
manche cminti anl ha\e reared a familj of four chil
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\r
Role
ho I
Ht \. Arbo M ch of WesI
n Loa \ngPles Cal to el
of Kin 1 C ty M 1
t,a Frel G -whoae 1
jrocn 1 Mra Gertrude I
3our and Harold P
Tl e last named attended the country sehorfs of
kHhoQ a terr tory a d worked ds a o vboy upon h b
j: th r ^ ran h spend ng much t n e a the sa 1 lie and
1 nm Df, an expert n th the lar at He drove 1 erds
of cattle through Te^aa and Oklahoma and tor some
1 me 1 vel tie 1 fe of a front eram an but it length
1 e dee ded to seek a cl ani,e of oceupat on and became
1 \ook silesn in work ng along that 1 ne nt 1 he
111 aec Eulated Bufiie ent funds to detray the e-^
I PI of a colleg e In at on He then entered the
la 1 p rtment of the Un vers ty of M h ^an from
1 ch he W1B graduat 1 n 191 v. th the LL B de
gr e and for three jeaxa thereafter followed h a pro
f n n Ann Arbor and other e t es On tl e eip ra
on of that pe oil he entered tl e ] f e nauranoe field
be m ng a aaleaman for tl e Northertt Ass r nee Com
pan f Detro t wh ch 8 no the An er can L f e In
ur e Cmnpinv Th a a one of the 1 est known
1 te " ranee organ zat ons of the e tv and a nee
th lat of May 1921 Wr Troapet 1-aB filled the ffice
o± ires dent He a dovot ng every energ to
the eipana on of the bua ness h a progress e ap r t
ke n discernn ent and well formulated plana being
aluible assets n the out nued success of tl e under
tak ng
4t Ann. \rl or M cl gin on tl e ''5th of J ne 1914
Mr Trosper was un ted n marr age to M sa Irene Mo
rn ck a di ^hter ot Mr and Mra John MeCor
naek well known acl h ghly respected read nta erf
i^alumet M ch gan Two eh Idren ha e 1 een bom of
thia un on J 1 a icd Patr c a both nat ves of Ann
'i.r>or the former born n 19ir and the latter n 1919
Mr Trosper 1 connected w th the Nit onal and De
tro t UnderwT tera Aaaoc at on'' the Ann Arbor Golf
f 1 b and the Barton H lis Country Clul of that c tj
nd fraternilly 1 e a dent tied w th the Maaons hiv
ng taken the th rty second degree n the Sctrtt h
E te r-ons story He s also a member of the ^hrme
and of the Elks Lodge No 3''5 He s an ami t ona
nt rj r B ng voung mm to whon opportun ty hia ever
I e the all to a t on and thro gh n er t ^nl ab 1 tv
he has ilreadv advanced to a a bstint al po nt on the
h ghroad to Bueceit wh le h s ntegr ty and honor n
T.1! b B neaa transact ona 1 1
ludl tied respect and onfii
hL has been aaaoeiated,
MAX M. BEAUN one of the progress >e and ri'img
young attorneya of Detroit is engage 1 in the general
practice of law, his oftce be ng locitel m the Penol
scot building. He was born m Pittsburgh PennBvI
vania, May 21, 1892, a son of Joseph and JenniL
(Eraun) Braun, who wcrL couains and to their union
seven children were born Mr Briun ittcndel tht
graded schools of lis mtue itv ind the high 'ithtol
of the 1 etro t
dentihed w th
d the Odd Pel
la are w th the
Pennaylvan a after wh eh he n
tn el hs stud ea n the In ers ty of P ttsi urgh
nd the Un ers t ot West V rg n a wh le subse
q entiy he entered the Detro t College of Law from
h oh he s g al ated n 1016 He atarted on the
ork of h a proteas on n ti s c t first open ng an
fti e n the Butler b Id ng vh Ic n 191 1 e te
o^ed to th s pre ent locat on Alt] uugh one of the
o ger re pre sen tat ves ot the Detro t tar !e has
Iready itta ned a po t on n legal c rclea tl^at many
n older pract t oner n ght well envy w nn ng st alj
advin e ent a he his proven h s lb 1 tv to oje w tl
tl e nlr cafe prollems of the law and to arr ve at
lear deduct ona fron the fa ts it hand H s m nd
a analyt cii and log cal ts trend ind n h a pre
a ntat oi ot a case he always tort fied by a om
1- el ens ve nderatand ng ot the legal p ne plea ap
fl cable tl er to
In h s pol t al v ews Mr Briun a a rejubl can
d h a ntereat n the de e! p e t ind a Ivan ement
t 1 a c ty a ndcitel b hs men bersh p n the
Boari of Commerce He s i menibi
A ton ob le Cl b ind fraternilly s
the WlsouB tl e Kn ghts of P th as
lows wh le h a profess onal connect
D t o t M oh g State nd An er ca Br Aaao a
t ons To h a chosen life work he g vea h a und ded
attent on anl has won a 1 beral cl entage for one of
1 a ears and I s bus ness n the courta s constantly
n reas ng m \olume and importance
LLOYD J HILLOCK 1 1 rom nent realtor of Det t
1 longa to that class uf representat e 4.mer c na
vho vh le promoting nl dual ntere ts ilao on
t lute n large meiaure to p bl e progress ind through
h B 1 t V tj n the real estate held he s do ng much
t mp ove the c tv w th Vth eh he his ill ed h s n
t eats He vas born n Port Huron M eh gin March
5 1SS4 and s a s n of Alexander J ind Clara C
l,F Her) H Hock the tormer i nat e of Canada while
the 1 tter was born n Huron county M eh g n As a
I o tl father eime to the Wolver ne state m wh eh
he was reared educatei anl marr ed aubsequentl en
gag g a firming wh ch oeeupat on he haa s nee sac
ces t llv folio ed be ng the owner ot a ell mpro ed
and val able farm n St Cliir count The mother
aLo sur ves and to tl e r un on were b m s x ehil
dren Otto Frank Hugh and Mvrtle all res dents
f &t Cla t county Mrs Hazel E son hose home
IS in Detroit, and Lloyd J., the aub]pct of thia review.
In the ac juirement of an edncatitn Mr Hillock at
tunded the Brushnell School and Dean 'a Busineas Ctl
lege at Port Huron and hia initial luflinesa esperience
^^a8 obtained as an employe of the Interurban Bail
wav Company op en ting between Port Huron and
Dttroit For four years he remained with that cot
p< ration winning advancement to a position of trust
md responsibility ind reiignmg in 1910 to enter upon
in inlepenlent \entore He ojened a real tatate
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office m DetTOit which he has since successfully eon
ducted and has improved and platted a great deal of
vacant property m the vicinity of Keccheval avenue
one of the principal subdiviaions nhich he placed upon
the market being Mack \venue Gardens a thirtv acre
tract He has also built a number of residcncta tor
■which he hia found a reaij lale and his transformed
unaightl; \ aeaneies into beautiful resident al seetions
He IB thoroughly informed concerning realty \alufs m
the city and haa negotiated many important property
transfers his thorough rehabilitj and intpgnty in all
buRinesa trinsactions commending him to the con
tidente and support of tl e public
On the 27th of Noi ember 191" Mr Hill ck waa
united in marriage to Miss Archangel Trtmbly a
daughttr of Mr an! Mrs Charles E Trembly promi
nent reflidenta of th s iity Mr Hillotk is a memb r of
the Methodist Epia opal church and at national elec
tions he supports the principles ani cand lites of the
republican party but where local issues are eoneemel
he yotes in leppndentl\ casting bis ballot in faior of
the man whom he regards aa best quajifie 1 for office
irrespective of partj ties He is a member ot tl e
Southeastern Beal Estate Exchange and also of the
Fellowcr'jft Club and fraternaliy hi is identified with
the Knighta of Pythias His labors have been a direct
agency in the upbuilding and unj ro\ ement of the Lity
and his present su cess is well merited for he is a self
mide man before whtm the loor of opportunity has
swung open 1 c aus( of his peraittencv and
THE0PHILi:9 THEODORE D1S\RZ M D m
of the foremost physicians ot Detriit anl Ham
triraok came to this section eight years ago anl. is
specializing in internal meditine while be also has
important business mtertsta He was born it But
falo New lork September 3 18S8 a sen of Joseih
and Antonia (Malewski) Dysarz who became the
patents of se^en children one of Tivhom Leonard A
IS now serving as city clerk of Hamtramck
Dr Dysarz the eldest in the familj, attended the
public schools of his native citi after which he er
tered the medi al department of the Uniieraitj of
BnfEak and waa graduated from that institution in
1913 with the M D degree After serving a vear *
mternesh p at the Buffalo General Hosp fal he w nt
to Cleveland Ohio and f<r three months was asso
oiated w ith Dr Stanley Smigel a ■« ell known
physician of that citj In 1Q14 Dr Dyaarz came to De
troit joining Dr S P lukasztwski with whom le
remained for a short time and then engaged in m
dependent practice locating on Joseph Campau ave
nue In liJl? he remove 1 to his present location at
No 100*0 Jiseph Campau avcnne where he bas the
finest suite of private offices m Wayne county He
haa all of the apparatna neceasaiy tor X ray work
alao baa an em rgeney operating table and n fa t
bas the most complete surgical equipment to 1 e
found in this part of the state For several years
he has specialized m internal medumo, on wh ch
his pinion is regarded as authoritative and for the
past si^ veara he has 1 een i member of the medical
staff of St Mary s Hcspital Close stuly has formed
the basis of h s advancement and combined with an
apjreiiati n f the scient iic phases of h s profess on
s a leep anl atiding sympathy that prompts him to
put forth earnest and unfaltering effort where the
welfare of his fellowmen is involved He neier
neglects an ojportunitv to Iroaden his knowledge and
ncrease h s efBcioncj and 1 is practice has steadily
increased until it has now assume 1 Urge proportions
He alao has business interests hav ng for tl <• past
si\ years been a director of the F rst State Bank of
Hamtramck w hile for three years he has been a
lirector of the Polish Daily Trib me and is now filling
thi. oflice of \ice president of that enterprise
At Buffalo INew lork in l"*!-! Dr Dysarz married
Miss ^ eronica Danilowski and they n w hai e two
children Eleanor and Bichard They resi le at No
„i)4"i Holbrtok avenue and have a large circle of
tnends m the city Dr Djsarz gnes his political
allegiance to the republican party and is a member
cf all of the Polish political clubs ot Hqmtramck
His fellow citizens rec gnizing hia worth and abil
ity ha\e caDed him to put lie office and from li^lfl
until l<i22 he sen ed as health commissioner of Hara
tramck making a most creditable recorl in that ccn
nee t ion He is a member of the Polish National
All ance the Knights of Columbus the Elks anl
the Ponsters and his professional relations are with
the Wavne County and Michigan State Medical So
cieties the American Medical iascreiation and the
East Side Physicians Association His untirmg
energy enterprising spirit qnd laudable ambition
have trought him success anl prominence in his pro
fession and while he has chosen as his specific 1 fe
work a ministry to the phisi al ills of mankind he
does all in lis power t pron otc th welfare anl
progress ot tie itj with wl ch 1 e ! aa alliel his n
CHARLES \ HANDEIsIDE is one of the leadrnj.
paling contractors of Detroit and his progressne busi
neas methods are resulting in the substantial improve
ment of the city as well as in the attainment uf
indiiidual prosperity He was bom in Wayne Wayu
countv Michigan Auguat 6 1880 a eon of George anl
fauline (McrrimanJ Haudejsile who ba\ e spent the r
lues m thiB section of the state the father being
s iccessful agrici Itunat Of their family seven chil
dren arc living Anna CI arlea A, Mrs Edith Fergu
son Clarence Albert Morr s and Wealev
In the acquirement of an education Charles \
Handeyside attended the grammar and high schools ^'
Wajne after which he took a course in civil engineer
lUf, at the tiiversitv of Michigan He then In 1
tlarge of constricting the eistcrn end of the tunn I
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under the Detroit nver and after completing that
projei-t entered the employ of the Union lacifie Eail
roid Companjj building a bridge oier the Miasonn
rn er eonneitmg Council BlufEs, Iowa, with Omaha,
Nebraska. He continued to engage m engineering and
couitruetion work for othera until Jinuarv 1 1920,
vthen he irginized the C A HaGJe3eide Construction
Lompan>, of which he has since been president, and
Tinder hi^ eapible manigement the busmesB la rapidly
de\ eloping He has been awarded maay importaat
eontriet" doing the pa^ ing work on Main street in
Clirkston ■ml also constructing two ind a bilf miles
of concrete roid twenty feet wide in Lapeer county
The compani has built many mileo of concrete pacing
ind state trunk line ruads, including two and a half
miles of con rete paimg oa the Baldwin road at North
Pontiao, and is now building eight miles of remtoreed
concrete pa^ eraent on John E road m Oakland county,
while they ire also building a thirty sii hundred foot
monolithic concrete aewer for the city of Lansing
Hia work la of high quahtj ind uniform excellence
<tnJ his reliability in all business matters his won for
him the confidence and aupport of the public
At "Wijne, Michigan, on the lat of November, 1W5,
Mr Handey^ide was united m marriage to Miss
Mildred Baimo a laughter of Mr and Mrs Owen
Eaymo the former for many years a auccessful drug
gist of that citi but now deceased Three children
ha^ e been born to thia union Owen, whose birth oc
eurred in Manhattan, Kansaa m 1912 and who is
attending aihool m Wa'vne, \irginia who was born
m Omaha Nebraska m 191b ani Bruce, who was
Ijrn m that city m Noi ember 1917
The lamily reside at Wayne Michigan Mr Hai dej
aidi 13 a member of the American l^oclet^ of Civil
Fngmecrs and hia political allegiance Jh gi^ea to the
republican party He is a foremost hgure in building
and contracting circles of Detroit and his influence is
tnc of broadening actmtj and strength in the field
in. which he operates Hia enteipriie and executive
ability ha% e enabled him to develop a buameas of ex
tcniue proportions, while his innate talent and ac
quire 1 skill have brought him ateadih to the front in
hia profeasion \.3 the architect of hia own tortunes
he has buiMtd wisch d,nd well and his activities have
also been an element m public progress and
Icvelopment
S M WESOLOWSKI DBS engaged in the prac
tice of oral surgery and a well known member of the
dental profession in Detroit, waa born in this city on
the 7th of October, 1880, a aon of Anthony and
Michaiena Wesolowski, He was one of seven children
born to their union.
In the acquirement of his early education Dr. Weso-
lowski attended the public and parochial schools of
Detroit and subsequently enrolled in the dental depart-
ment of the Detroit College of Medicine, from which
institution he was graduated in 1906. Prior to becom-
ing a stiUnt m the Detroit College, Dr 'WesdowBki
had been active aa a pharmacist, having become -i
registered pharmacist at the age ot sixteen years In
11116 he legan the general practice of dentistry which
he followed with substantial success until Jauuarj,
1921, when he commenced to specialize in oral aurgerv
He has become prominently known in this connection
and IS enjojing an extensive and lucrative patronage
Dr Wesolowski has always remained a constant
student of his profession and in 1620 he took a post
graiuate course m dental surgerj at the Chicago lost
Graduate Clinic, conducted by Dr W H Dodge
Along strictly jrofessional lines he is lientified with
the First District Dental Society, the Michigan State
Dental Society and the National Dental Assocntion
Sin(e 1917 he has been located at -1701 Chene street,
having well appointed offices with the most modern
equipment.
&ince attaining hia majority Dr Wesc lowski has
given his stanch support to the republican party hav
ing lirm belief m the principles of that part\ aa fac
tora m good government He is a member of the
Fellowship Athletic Club and aa a public spirited and
progressive citizen hold? membtrahip in every organiza
tion that has for its purpoit the development and
improvement ot the community Dr Wesolowski is un
married and makes hia home at 98 Massachusetts
avenue Highland Park
LELIL HELM HOBBS, assistant to the president
ot th-- Detr it fecamless feteel Tubes Company la one
ot the best known men in the steel trade m this sec
tion ot the country
Ever smoe the beginning of his business career at
the age of twenty, Mr Hobbi has been connected with
big business interests and early gave evidence of the
abilitj that his subsequent career has conhrmcd
He was born in Indianap( lis, Indiana iugust 27
1881 3 son of Joshua Nicholas and Came E (Spratt)
Htbbs, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter
of Ohio Both became residents of Indiana previous
to their marriage and the father subsequently estib
lisl ed a lithographing business in that state In lS8i
he removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he is now en
gaged in the wholesale paper buainesi He has been
successful in the conduct of his interests and la num
bered among the leading busmeaa men of Chicago
The mother also surviv ea an 1 to their union four
children were bom Eussell D and Charlea L , both
of whom are residing in Chicago; William B,, deceased;
and Cecil H. of this review.
The last named pursued his education in the public
schools of Chicago, after which he completed a courae
in the South Side Academy. In 1900 he entered the
business world as assistant to the president of the
firm of M. Crane & Company, with whom he remained
for a period of four years. He resigned and went west
to Colorado, where he took a prominent part in busi-
aesa circles of the state, being associated with the
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Coloralo Conaolilated Lumber C mjaa\ with wliifh he
was eonneeted for two jears atter which he apoepted
the position of general manager ot the Bocky Moun
tain Eailway Com; any He served in that capacity
for two J ears and then resigned as he waa desirous
o£ retuming to Chicago There he became a cepre
■^entatii e of the Licktwanna Steel Compuy filling
that position from 1108 until 1917 when he was sent to
Detroit -js d strict sales manager for that corporation
and occupied that position until 1923 when he became
connected with tl e Detr it Seamless Steel Tubes Com
On the 24th of December 1901 Mr Hobbs wis
unitLd in marriige to Miss Bertite Mqnaker of Bal
linger Texas whose parent- Mr and Mrs T F Mw
sker ire prominent re&idents of A istm Texas They
ha^e a daughter Elizal eth whoe birth occurred it
4ust n Texas in I'QO- in 1 who was griduited from
the L ggett bchool at Detroit with the class of 1920
Mr Hobbs is a republican in his pohtiLal views
and IS well known m social circles of the city as a
member of the Detroit Club Detroit Athletic Clul the
Crosse He Gfolf and Comfri Club and the Plivers
Club In hia business career he has been a porsi'Stent
resolute ind energetic worker and in the lines where
his activities have been largely centered he has at
tamed a po'iition f pr mmenee and wide acquaintance
WILLI 4M 6ILBEET HAHBI& was born at Grosse
Pomtc January " 18 1 at the aneeatral home of the
Vernier family His parents were Joseph Wood anl
Catharine (\ ernierj Harris tl e latter descending
from a famiU wl ose ani'estral line la traced directly
back to Anthony of Bcurlon count of Vendorae who
became king of Navarre in 15o4 His son Henry
III of Navarre was crtwned k ng of France n I'iSI
under the title of Henr> I\ The noble family f
Bourl on which became a roj al family of France
sprung from the Baron nf Eo irbonna s Anthony
Bourbon the luke of "V en lome king of Nayarre had
a son John Navarre who was married in 15 3 to
Perette Barat Their son Martin Navarre was mar
ned in l''<>3 to Jane Le Febre Their son John Na
yarre married m 1633 Ruaanne Le Cltf and their son
Anthony Navarre m 1665 niamefl Mary Lallemont
They viere the parents nf Franc i Navarre who mar
ned Jane Piugette and their ^on Robert Navirte
born at ViUeroy, Brittany France in 17U9 was sent
by the French goveinmett as a sul attendant and
rtval notary to Fort P ntthartra n Detr t He ir
rived lere in 1730 t take charge ff his fhi-e He
was married m Detroit on tl e 10th of February 1"M
to Mary Loctman dit Enrrois who was born in 1719
a daughter of Francis Lortman dit Barrois and Mary
Anne Savage Eolert Navarre was bur ei at De
troit, November 34, 1791, and his wife, Mary, was laid
to rest in a Detroit cemetery, December 20, 1799. The
Lortman family originated in Holland and removed
tr(m there to France setting in tie province of
Berry hence the name < f Barrma corrupted from
Eerrow a person from Berrj
WiUibrand Lortman tl e grandfatl ei of Mary Lort
man dit Barrois was sent to Canada in lb65 aa secre
tary consular and general agent of the East In 1 a
Comjan; He was a splenlid linguist and was em
ployed as offio al nterpreter of the Portuguese Ian
guage The generations of the family m Detroit are
successively Francis Navarre who marr ed Jane
Piugette Robert Navarre who married Mary Lort
man Eobert Navarre who married Mary Louise
Marsae Catherine Navarre who became the wife of
Cajetcn Trembley Charlotte Tremlley who became
the wife of Lawrence \ernier and Catharine Vern er
who 1 ecame the wife of Jcseph Wool Hama and the
mother of T\illiam Giil ert Hams immediate suljeet
of this review The last named wedded Mary L)uise
Connor on the 35th of October 18J8 and she is living
m the old \ernier homeateai wl h has for genera
tiona in unbroken succession been in posaosaim of
the family Part of the land wis lurchased from the
Indians and part was reteived aa a grant from the
king
Joseph Wood Hams wis born at N rth Bennington
Vermont of Iriah anl 'I otih j arentage He re
moved to Dttroit and tl ereafttr the familv made
their home Ittween Detroit anl Grosse Pointe
''hores Mr Hams was a loom tive engmee* anl
also owned a grocery store At the age of fifty he
retired to his farm at * roase Po nte and there passed
awav March 9 1902 To him and his wife were lorn
tie fdlowing named May Lawrence Gilbert who
alwava went by the name of William Gilbert, and
Frank R who still survivta
Will am Gilbert Harris was educate 1 in tie public
achools of Detroit and when about nineteen ■^ ears of
age started m lusmess on I is wn act unt penin„
a grocery st<re on the h me farm at Grosse Poiite
Sh res He had sifferel a severe attack ot typhoil
fever which left him with a weakness of the heart
which eventually resulted in hia death In additi n
to earning a ato k ot grceeries he also engaged in
the sale of hardware and farming implements hav
ing i IS store m an old log hotel witl log beams in the
ceiling This is < ne of the oldest 1 uildinga at Grosse
Pointe an 3 is tolaj m splendid condition so that it
seems probable that it will last tor another hunlret
V ears Mr Harris waa alao the aecond postn aster
of Clairview Grosse Pointe He also owned a groc
ery store at S37 Clay avenue m Detr it which luild
mg IS still m possession of the family and is no
rented to the Atlant c & Pacific Company
Mr Harris and Miss Mary Louise Connor daughter
of Kichard P and Areharge (Rivard) Cffnnor, were
n arried at the old St Paul s church at Groase Pointe
and were the last couple wedded m the old edifice be-
fore it was torn down to make way for the new
church. Areharge Eivard was a daughter of Per-
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dimnd ( Ri irl a iitve t Trance and a ) gUj
prosperous fir ler who wned eight hundred acres
of land in Crosse Pointe and whuh property now in
cluies some of the finest eatatea in that section The
surviving children of Mr and Mrs Harris are
Lauramave born at Grosae Pointe May 10 1900
ini Towph ^\illmm bora June 5 1908
Mr Hirns was attending a village meeting June
10 lOlS when he lal an attack of hpart trouble and
pissed iwav within a few moments The family still
resides it the old Vernier homestead at No 755 Lake
Sh re Eoid Qros^e Pomte Shores i propertj that
lias const intlv increased m value They are repre
sentatives of one ot the oldest fam lies m this part
of tl e stite and none can claim a more noblo and
distinguilhed lineage
HARRl WINTHEOP TOWLEE The legal frater
nit^ of Detroit finis in able representative n Hirry
Wmthrop Ftjwler who his here tollowed his profession
smte 1914 and that he his won the trust of the
general public is mdioited in the large clientage ae
turded him He wis born m Nevada Missouri Feb
ruar-( 21 18"3 i wn of George P and Sarah E
(tisbv) Fowler the former a native of Boohester
New lork while tl e litter was born in London
England The father wis ilso a lawyer by profession
and was idmitted to practice at Springfield Illinois
after which he went to Litehfleld, Illinois and sub
sequently to Nevada, Missouri
In the public schools of his native city Harry W
Fowler acqu red hs earlj elucation later beeomtuf,
a pupil in the high school at Palatki Florida after
which he entered the Academy of the Sacred Heart
at that place He ne^t became i ttudent at the Flor
ila Nirmal Institite uompkting bis course there on
the 1 th of Maj 1893 ind then ittended Neuphogen
College ot Tennessee from which he was graduate 1
m 181^7 with the LL B degree He was admittel
to practice before the Flor la supreme court May 11
IMS and the Tennessee supreme court on the 26th of
August of the same year ind entered upon iciive
practice at Palatki Florida as a pirtner of his
father undpr the farm style of Fowler & Fowler They
(.uctiuued to practice successfully until the death
of Mr Fowler Sr which occurred in 1911 On tht out
break of the Spanish American war, filled with a
spirit of patriotism, the son offered his services to
his country, becoming adjutant with the First Florida
Regiment, which was received during the war as
United States Volunteers. He thus served for a
year and was then transferred to the Sixth Siege
Artillery, of the U. S., to which he was attached as
first lieutenant until the termination of the war.
On again taking up the duties of a civilian he went
to Memphis, Tennessee, where he resumed the practice
of law, subsequently removing to Hastings, Florida,
In the early part of 1914 he came to Detroit and has
since been a resident of this city. He has been con-
el I
ith
111 er of imrorfant law cists and the
list of his chints is now an Mens vp md representa
tive one His mtegritv, his consi-ientiouaness, his
recognition of the proper relations of an attorney
to CO irt and to client have ga ned for 1 im the respect
( the judges before whom le has practiced and he
alwi>s treats h s ojpOTients with (.ourteay dignitj
ind good nature w tho it abating m my degree hia
lojal and enthusiastic zeil for his clients rights He
IS very thorough and punataking in the preparation
of his cases, is clear ind cogent in his reasoning and
logical in his deductuns ind has tl erefore won many
verdicts favorable to his cl ents
On the 2(jth of October 1899 Mr Fowler i is united
in mirrnge to Miss Anna C Certi n and they have
miny friends m the citj Mr Fowler s professional
I'nnnectjons are with the Detroit Bar Association and
the Lawyers Ulul W itl a niture that cannot be
ontent with mediocrity he has eloaeh applied him
self to the mastery of his profession in which ha
his made uontinuous advancement being recognized
as one of the most successful and ible ittorneya of
his id opted city
TOHN G MeALIINE M D who has won an en
\ able roj utation md in extensn e practice is a physi
ciao anl surgeon of Detroit where he his followed his
profession during the post six years is a native of
Glenooe Ontario Cinala born July 17, 18j5, ind is
a son of Peter James and Mary (Mclntyre) MeAlpme
The paternal grandfather Jin es Me^lpmt left Scot
Ian 1 to come to the new world and took up a home
stPid tiPar Glencoe While stiH Imng in tho land ot
hills mi heither he wedded Miss Mary Mitchell
John G Me \lpine obtained his early education at
the flace of his nativity lut m 1814 crossed the border
into the United btates and m preparation for his chosen
cirper entered the Detroit Lollege of Medicii e from
which he WIS grad iited with the class of 181" His
initill professional experience was acquired in the
Detroit feinator um with which he was connc ted until
the 1st of Jinuarv 1103 when he went to Mexico as
surgeon for a mining company anl thus sj.ent the
81 ceeei ng tl t n a In 191fi on account of con
d tions in that nt j he returned to Detroit and has
practiced he nt n u ly smee his ofiiees being at
512 Washmgt n A d He enjoys a large practice of
an impo tant ha a t and keeps in touch with the
trend of n d n p f onal research and investiga-
tion thr gh his m mb rship in the Wayne County
Medical Society, the Michigan State Medical Society
and the American Medical Association.
In early manhood Dr. McAlpine was united in mar-
riage to Miss Luz Yrasabal, and they have become
parents of six children, namely: Peter ¥., John Gor-
don, Jr., James Archibald, Luz Mary, Lenor Ethel and
Eobert Bruce.
In the Masonic fraternity the doctor has attained
high rank, being a member of Lome Lodge No. 232,
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A F & 4. M of Glenc<e Ontario Michigin SoitrLign
Coasiatory an 1 MoslPm Temple ot the M^stn ibhrme
He IB likewise a |opular memVer of the Detroit Corlmg
Club and haa a host of warm friPiids who i-steeni him
highly not onlv for his professionsl li it als tor hia
personil wortt
JOHX KOCH Mcc prLSident cf the F r=t state
Bank of Tie troit, is numbered imong the leaimg
rej resent ■itiies of financial intereats in the city
He hia won hia enviable pOBificn through merit hav
mg been promoted through intermediate posit ona
amce entering the institution aa teller in 11)02 \
mtue aon of Detroit, he wia born Februwv 18 1875
his parents being John William and Augusta (Jai'JBle)
Koch, both of whom were of European birth They
came to the United States about 186'i tiXmg up their
resilenee in Detroit where the fither became prom
meat m industrial circles aa a manufacturer of soft
dnnka He piised awa\ in this city but the mother
la still resiii ng here To their union were born three
children iuguit Vi and William J both of whom
are deceaaed and John of this review
In the grimnnr athools of Dutroit Mr Koch pur
sued hia eduiation snbsequcntlj completing a course
in the Detroit Business University His initial bus)
CP1S exppr4ence was obtained as messenger bov with
the Cit\ Saiings Bank, with which he remained for
nine j ear* luring which period he acquired a
thorou(,h knowledge of the bu'imess, his conscient ous
inl efficient work winning for him aivanoement trom
tin e to time until he was made receiving teller On
severing his conneition with that inatltution he
loined the First State Bank of Detroit as savittgB
teller m 1903 and thit his services have been ap
pretiated la in licated in the fact that he is now vice
i; res dent having occupied that of&ce since 1919 He
w^s entruste 1 with the responsibility of opening its
brmch at Hast ngs and Gratiot aa manager ind in
1115 was n a le assistant cashier and transferred to
the main oftue He is well fitted bv triining and
experience for the duties which now devoUe upon
him and owing to hio keen listrimination ani ready
understanding of involved interests s promoting the
success of the institution He la recognize 1 aa an
ast ite buamesB man whoae plins are carefulli for
mulated and promptlv executed
In Detroit on the 7th of June 1819 Mr Koih wis
united in marriige to Mioa Luev Neii a da ighti,i of
Mr and Mrs John Neis well known resi tents of this
citj Mr ani Mrs Koeh are the parents of two
chiUren Marjorie who wis born m 1901 ind John
Tr, born Mirch 25, 1910 who is attending the gram
mar schools
In his political viewa Mr Koeh is a repuHicin and
fraternalh he is ilentihed with the Misons belong
mg to Union Lodge, F il, A M Peninsular Chapter,
RAM Detro t Comminderv Nc 1 Knights Tern
pltr anl Mrslem Temple of the M>st e Shrine He
is a life metnl tr of the Mis ni C untrj Club and
he IB also connected with the Detroit "iaoht Clib
the Lcohmoor Coif and Countrj Club and the Har
monie Society His life has been devoted to the
banking busmesa and he ib recognized aa one of the
ible fimnciers of the citv Starting jut in life as a
1 leasenger toy he has worked hia waj ateidily upward
and hia worthib won the proud American title of %
self made man His residence is at HflJ Helen ivenue
MILTON KUTTNAUEB 'in induatml enterprise
of appreciable magnitude and far ri.ai'hing trade ramifi
tation 19 that conducted m Detroit b> Kuttnauer Apron
Specialties Company the manufacturing and executive
headquirtejB of which are establiahed at 2442 Biopelle
atreet In the manufatturing of men s aprons md
bakers chefs and shop caps this concern has de
veloped a large and prosperous business and his stind
ing aa one of the leajing manufactories of the kind m
the country Milton Kuttnauer under whose vigorous
anl effectue lirettion this substantiil industrial enter
prise has been developed, is a natne son of Detroit
and It 13 a matter of much satisfaction to him that he
has been thus able to contribute his quoti t> the al
vancement of Detroit to a position aH one of the
world s great commercial and industrial centers
The family home in whieh Milton Kuttnauer was
born was aituate I on Congreaa street W est Detroit
and the date of his nativity was March 18 1875 He la
a son of Louis and Caroline (Eostnberger) Kuttnauer
the former born in Frankfort Germany and the latter
born and reared va Detroit Louis Kuttnauer was
fifteen jears of age when he came from Germany to the
Lnited 'States anl he remained for i time m Balti
more Mirvland then remove! to Vlheeling West \ ir
ginia anil m 1867 he estabhahel hia permanent home
m Detroit Here he founded hia business where the
establishment )f the Standart Brothers Hardware f om
I any now stanis engaging m the manufacturing of
(igars He hnallj sold this prosperous business md
turned his attention to wholesale dealing in leif
tol acco m which connection large auceess attended his
well ordered actnities Through his own abilit-* and
enterprise he accumulated a substantial eompeten v
md he and hia wife still reside in Detroit, where he is
lining virtually retire! from active busineas aa one
of its venerable and highly honorel citizens Detroit
his been his home tor more than half a century Of
his aix children all are liiing except one the subject
of this re\iew having been the third in order of birth
Tie eirly education of Milton Kuttnauer wis ob
tamed in the ptblio schools of Detroit including the
high school and among his first busmeas experiences
WIS his active aasociat on with tl e wholesale trade in
men s furnishing goods He continued hia identifica
tion with this Ime of enterprise two vears and there
after kept himself vigorously engaged m similar lines
of busineas enterprise In the faetorv today is retained
an iverage corps of eightv skilled ani esperien ei
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employes iniludiiig both m a an 1 women and the nii,
laiieal and other faeihtiea of the faetorv are of the
I ost approved modern tvpe with the builduii; provided
viith the beat iinitarv ipplianees and actessones
well lighte 1 workrooms and even possible improvement
for the health and comfort of employes The fit e
sprit af the executive head of thii progressive eom.
].anv has bLcn shown in the est'ibl ihment of i model
kitLhcn and dinu g loom at the n anufacturing jlant
an] there jroviding meals that are sold to employes
fir below the letual eost involved in the production
Mr Wilton Kuttnauer who la the sole owner ot the
1 uameaa employs experienLed cooks via ters lud other
1 Ip for the f aetorv kitchen and lining r( om at i
through the consideration whnh he ahons in miintati
ing this extellent ani unremunerative service he shows
lis practical appreciation of the loyalty and effective
cooperation of his various employes
In the Kuttnauer factory is maintained at all times
a auihcient reserve stock of finished products to meet
the most instant demands for prompt shipment of
articles of any leaired t^ pe and size to any section >f
tie ountrv and the cutting and designing rooms are
models of cleanliness ^nd neatness as are also ill other
Icpartments of the splendillv equipped factory Mr
Kuttnauer has secure status as one of the reliable
jr gressive and substantial business men of his native
city and it may consistentlv be said that m both bUBi
ness and social circles the number of his friends is
limited only by that of his acquaintances He is va le
pen lent in politics — m fact his interest m politics is
tl at only of a loyal and public spirited citizen who
lesires no special influence and no ofBcia! preferment
bit who IS ready to do all in h s power to promote
w se and effective government both general and local
On the 3d of April IflOO Mr Kuttnauer wedded Miss
Sadie DeEov danghter of Joseph DeEoy of Iitts
birgh Pennajlvania Of the two children of thLS
union the elder is DeBov who was born m the vear
IWl anl who after leaving high school became a'Jso
eiatel. with his father s business m which he is prov
ing himself of diatinctive value Melvin the vcungei
sun was born in 1905 and at the time of this writ ng
in ll'l 13 a student n the high school
R^LPH EMFESON^ A EOUTIEE After three
veirs spent n a law ofiicc Balpl Emerson A Eoutier
ntmued his preparation for the bar as a student
in tl e Detroit Law School from which he was grad
uated m 1«13 Tl rough the intervening period of
eight vears he has practiced hia profession m tl s
citv and haa made steady alvancement toward the
front rank Michigan numbers h m among her native
sons He was born m Zilwankee this state November
1 1890 and there en30yei the benefit of instruction
m the publ e schools while later he continue 1 his stul
les m the public schools of Saginaw Michigan and in
Olvet College Hs lesire to lecome a n ember of
th I ar led him to spenl tl ree j ears in the law ofHce
ot Bowcn Douglas Eaman & Barbour who directel
hia reading through tl at period while later he entered
the Detroit Law School and completed his course there
in 1013 He afterward became associated with Halph
B Wilkinson a well known lawyer ot Detroit and m
Janiarj 1916 was admitted to the firm of Wilkin
son Eoutier & Hinklev but his professional career
was interrupte 1 by his service m the World war On
the 27th of Mai 1918 he volunteered for service m
the United States Marine Corps from wl eh he was
discharged on the 31st o£ January, 1919 On January
lat 1920 he forme i an association with James K
Nichtls son of Ccorgc E NuhoJs of I ma Michigan
under tie firm name of Eout er & Nichjla George E
"Vichola ct counsel
Mr Koutier was married to Miss Helen Lo use Bau
man of Gravling Michigan on the 5th of December
191" They have one son Ealph Hanson born No
vember 8 1919 Mr Eoutier belongs to sev eral of
the leading social clubs of Detro t including the
Brooklands Golf and (ountrv Clul the Detrnt Boat
Club the DetT>it Tennis Club and the Detroit Athletic
Club He also has membership with the Detroit Eeal
Fstate Boar! the Detroit Board of Commerce, Charles
A Lamed Post of tl e American Legion and the
United States Marine Clul Along the line of his pro
fession he belrngs to the Lawvers Club and the De
troit and the Michigan 'Itate Bar Associitions He is
also connected with Dianonl Lodge No 489 10 0
F and with Corinthian Loige No "41 F & A M
and IS a member of the Delta Theta Phi, law frater
nity His Ufe has been passed m Mich gan and since
hia admission to tie bar he has live! in Detroit where
he has won many friends not onlj t)> reason of his
professional attainments but also owing to those social
qualities which make for congenial comradeship
GLl H McFALL M D feo vast is the compass
of modern medicfl anl surgical science that b th on
sjstet cv anl wis dot i are conserved Ij the concentri
tion of servi o on the part of representatives of the
exacting profession With full realization of this fact
Dr Guv H McFall gives special attention to the
diagnosis an 1 treatment of diseases of the nose throat
anl (hest and the surgical eorre tion of vaned
rtegulariti s or malformations in these portions ot the
human mat mj In his special field of practice he has
won prestige and unequivocal auccesa and is numbered
(uiiong the representative physicians and surgeons of
the Michigan metropolis where he maintains his ofBce
headq larters m the David Whitney builling on Wool
ward avenue
Dr M Fall was born in the citv of Sanliskv Ohio
on the _lst of Ajr 1 1876 and is a son of Eugene and
Anna iSte]hens) McFall the former a native of OVio
and the latter of Detroit Eugene McFall was long
and prommentlv identified with nivigation interests
on the Great Lakes in cot nection with the operatien
of passenger ani freight steamers between vario is Uke
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ports, and he waa for a number of years i
mercantile business. He was seventy-one years of age
at the time of his death, wliicli occurred at Sandusky in
1916. His widow passes a portion of her time in De-
troit and the remainder in the eity of Washington, D.
G. Dr. MeFall of this review is the elder of the two
ehildren, the younger being Elizabeth Ann, who is the
wife of Seneta G. Lewis of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
The family home of Eugene MeFall was maintained
a portion of the time in Sandusky and other-
wise in Detroit, and in the latter eity the son, Guy H.,
was afforded the advantages of the public schools, in-
cluding the high school, besides which he here attended
the Detroit Chnrch icademj Upon formulating
definite plans for hia future tareer he entered the De
troit College of Medicine & Surgery, in which he was
graduated as a member of the cla=is of 1&99 After
thus reeen ing his degree of Doctor of Medicine he de
voted three year-i to technical study ind research work
m England ind France where he availed himself of
the clinical advantages of leading hospitals and medi
eal institutions He had initiated, m 1902 the active
practice of his profession in Detroit In his apeuial
field of practice he haa long controlled a large and
representatii p professional business and his authorita
tive position m connection with the treatment of dis
orilerg of the nose throat and chest is mditated bv
the fait that he is serving as assistant clinical pro
fessor of laryngology in the Detroit College of Meii
cine & Surgery, besides which he is iisiting phisieian
to the tubercular department of the Herman Kiefer
Hospital The doctor holds active membership in the
American Medical Association, the Michigan State
Medical feociety and the Wayne County Medical So
eiety He is a director of the Sandnskv & Islands
Steamboat Company is a member of the Detroit Ath
letic Club and is affiliate! with the Sigma Nu college
fraternity
Dr MeFall is a s.ion of a familj that was fcunled
m \menca in the earh colonial period of our national
historj, and it la a matter of record that a number of
his ancestors were patriot soldiers m the continental
line m the war of the Revolution, one of the number
haring been Captain John MeFall
On the 19th of August 1917, Dr MeFall was unittd
m marriage to Mi'ts Florence Wittingham Gerkens
daughter of John and Alice (Wittmgham) Gerkens of
Toledo Ohio Her father was a re present a tu c Litiien
of that city where he waa a railroad official Dr and
Mrs McPall have one son Eugene Harr son who w iS
born \ugu8t 26 101'*
BBUCE H WARK Incidental f( tl i renarkatle
indnstnal development and the great increase of popn
lation in Ddroit withm the pist dt-Cade there
naturally has been special activity m real estate trans
aetioni ani imprt^emonf'* ajil among the imptrtant
agencies that hate functioned prominently and efCei
tively in this connection is that of the Wark-Gilbeit
Company, the president of which is Bruce H. Wark.
Bruce H. Wark was born in Lampton county, prov-
ince of Ontario, Canada, on the 29th of April, 1874, and
is a son of Archibald and Jane (McAlpin) Wark,
both natives of Canada and representatives of sterl-
ing Scotch ancestry. The parents passed their lives
in Canada, where the father became a prominent and
successful operator in the dairy and creamery busi-
ness. Both he and hia wife died in the year 1910.
They are survived by six ehildren; Alexander E.,
William B., Earnest A., Rose, Chester A., and Bruce H.
In the public sehools of Petrolia, Ontario, Bnice H
Wark continued his studies until he had profited by
the advantages of the high school, after which he came
to Michigan and located at Pott Hnron, where he en
tered the employ of the Port Hnron Engine & Thresher
Machine Companj He continued his alliance with
thia industrial concern until 1894, when he reaigned
and came to Detroit Here ho did effective aerviee as
a typewriter salesman until 1897, when the disiovery
of gold in the Klondike challenged hia spirit of adven
ture to inch a degree that he set forth for the new
Antn, Eldorado, where he passed three ^ears in the
gold fields prospecting and speculating and gaining a
full quota of hardships and other eiperieneei which
marked the early period of gold seeking m that conn
try which has tten described so vividl> by Jack Lon
don and Rex Beath Mr Wark remained in the Klon
dike from 1897 until 1900, in which year he resumed
his residence in Detroit, where he engaf,ed mdepend
ently in the stcck brokerage business He built up a
strong clientele in this line but in igOt he sold hia
business and turned his attention to the manufacture
of steel eastings With this work he retained his eon
neition until 1911 when he formed a partnership with
Robert Oakman and engaged m the real e'ltate bnsi
ness in which he soon proved his eo»stru<tive ability
an I progressive mitiative Later he becime asso
tiattd with LeRoj J Gilbert in organizing the
Wark Gilbert Company, of which ht ha'5 sinie strvLl
as president
This V igorous concern has done t larf,e amount of
work m the platting and opening of subdiv isions and
additions to Detroit, and among the properties thus
developed and placed on the market by the company
are the subdivisions known as follows Security Oak
ford, Granver Park, Detroit Homes, Fcorse Manor anl
(. C W subdivision The company is also Londuetmg a
large general real estate business Mr Wark is fur
ther identified with local business interests bv his
alliance with the Detroit Homes, Incorporated, a
dnelopment and building companv, of which he is
secretary treasurer, and he ii also identified with the
Monroe Steel Castings Company
During the nation's participation in the World war,
Mr Wark was chairman of the local Draft Board, No
4 and gave loval and characteristically effective wwk
m char;;i of the selection and exemption duties of this
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body. He eontinued as a member of this boarii until
March 31, 1919. His earnest support of war activities
was further shown through his membership with the
Michigan Htate Troops, in which he served as captain
of Company F, Five Hundred and Fifty-third Infantry,
Mr. Wark is actively identified with the Detroit Board
ijf Commerce, the Detroit Realty Buard, the Detroit
Athletic Cluh and the Detroit Automobile Club, in
iiddition to his affiliation with. Palestine Lodge, F. &
A. M.
FRED F. MILLER. One of the substantial tom-
niLTcial enterprises of Detroit is the English & Miller
Machinery Company, of which Pred F. Miller is serv-
ing as the president, in which connection he is bending
hia energies to administrative direction and executive
control. Scientific training and broad practical ex-
perience have made liim thoroughly familiar with
every phase of the business and his efforts have
therefore been productive of substantial results. Mr.
Miller is a native of Michigan. He was born in
Muskegon, August 3, 1884, a son of James CalifE and
Elizabeth (Sack) MUler. He was the only child in
the family and after completing his grammar school
education was for two years a student in the high
school. In 1901 he entered the Armour Institute i>f
Chicago, where he pursued a course in mechanical
engineering, being graduated with the class of 1904.
For two years he was employed by the Continental
\[utor3 of Muskegon, Michigan, as tool designer, prov-
ing very skillful and painstaking in the work as-
signed him, and from 1911 until 1914 he was in the
employ of the C. A. Strelinger Company of Detroit,
being engaged in the sale of machinery and tools, in
which connection he formed many acquaintances which
later proved of value to him in business affairs. In
December, 1914, in association with E. G. English
and F. E. Taylor, who had also been identified with
llie Strelinger Company, Mr. Miller organized the Eng-
lish & Miller Machinery Company, of which he was
made president, in which capacity he is now serving,
most capably directing the affairs of the firm. They
iire engaged in the sale of machinery and tools, cater-
ing to the retail trade, and have built up a good
patronage in Detroit, while they have also extended
I heir business relations throughout Michigan and
Ohio, employing experienced traveling salesmen to
introduce their goods. Mr. Miller is thoroughly quali-
fied for the work in which be is engaged, being an ex-
pert mechanical engineer, and his initiative spirit and
marked executive ability have enabled him to formu-
late plans which have resulted in the substantial
yrowth of the business. The company bandies a com-
plete line of high grade machinery and tools which
^te always to be relied upon and has one of the
leading enterprises of this character in the city.
On the 18th of April, 1906, Mr. Miller was united in
'iiarriagc fo Miss Lily Meyer of St. Louis, Missouri,
and they have beeome the parents of a son, James,
who was born May 19, 1908. In his political views
Mr. Miller is a republican and his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Woodward Ave-
nue Congregational church. Fraternally he is identi-
fied with the Masons, belonging to Valley of Detroit
Lodge, F, & A, M., to the consistory and to Moslem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine, while his social nature
finds expression in his membership in the Fellowcraft
Club. He is also a member of the Automobile Club
and the Rifle & Revolver Club and is very fond of out-
door sports, such as hunting, fishing and golf, having
an attractive summer home in the northern part of
the state, where he spends much of his leisure time,
while during the winter season he resides at the Plaza
in Detroit. In business affairs he manifests forccful-
ness, keen discrimination and a ready understanding
of involved interests and as a citizen he is loyal and
public -spirited, his influence being ever on the side of
advancement and improvement. His life has ever been
actuated by high and honorable principles and he is
a man whom to know is to esteem and admire,
LESLIE T. HENDERSON, M. D. The name of
Henderson has long been a prominent one in medical
circles of Detroit and Dr. Leslie T. Henderson, who is
following in the professional footsteps of his father, is
ably sustaining the traditions of the family in this re-
spect, being recognized as one of the leading physicians
of the city. A native son of Detroit, he was born
on the 1st of November, 18H9, his parents being Dr.
Thomas and Rosa (Tother) Henderson, the former for
many years successfully practicing his profession in
this city. In their family were four children, one of
whom has passed away. Those who survive are: Don
H., Mrs. Car! Kelly and Leslie T., all of whom are resi-
dents of Detroit.
In the schools of his native city Dr. Henderson ac-
quired his education, completing his high school course
in 1909, after which he entered the Detroit College of
Medicine, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1914. He then became an interne at Harper and
Solvay Hospitals and in 1916 opened an ofHce in this
city. His labors have been attended with a gratifying
measure of success and his practice has steadily grown
in volume and importance as he has demonstrated his
professional ability. He is thoroughly familiar with
the scientific basis upon which his work rests and is
correct in the application of his knowledge to the needs
of his patients. He does everything to perfect himself
in his chosen vocation and keeps in touch with the
trend of modern professional thought, research and
investigation through his membership in the Wayne
County and Michigan State Medical Societies and the
American Medical Association.
In 1914 Dr, Henderson was united in marriage to
Miss Gertrude Qoerke, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Qoerke, prominent residents of this city. Two chil-
dren have been born of this union; Ro.^e Lillian, whose
birth occurred in 1916; and James Edward, who was
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bocn in 1919. Dr. HenderBOii is a York Kite Mason and
lie is alao a member of the Masonic Country Club and
the Detroit Automobile Club. His innate talent and ac-
quired ability have brought liim to a moat creditable
position in profesaional circles and that he is a. young
man of strict integrity and moral worth is indicated
by the high esteem in which he is held by those among
whom his life haa been passed.
WTI LI \M CCMMIN -^ Ad our tl o v I o ire
pro d g f r the at r il eed of Detro t a ist
pop ht on a n mber d W II a Lun m ngs who ai
prea de t of tl e ^eh Her B tter & E j, Co npan s
eon t roll ng one of tl lirgeat wholesale jrodu e con
eerns m the state of M higin He s a nat ve of
Canada h s b rtl 1 av g occurred at Pialey n the
province o£ Ont r o on the "8th of February 18 9
and h s p'jrents ere John and Eose Ann Oumm nga
who reared a tam 1\ of three ch Idren
Mr Cun muigs ie ju red 1 a educat on n the publ c
achoola of Pa sley Canada and n 1894 when a ycrutl
of fifteen ye;
he .
tchi rd o
For t
) he
1 and then becan e c t\
Electr e Company Folic
bpan sh \mer cm war Mi
U ted Stitea nav ind
Detro t sec r ng th
irltor w tl the Ed son (.on
enaned w th thit corpora
salefl an for the M eh gan
img the 0 tbreik of tie
Cun n gs enl eted n the
on the 13th of Febr arj
1905 he was promoted to the rank of eh ef electr an
I e ng d seharged from the serv e n the latter part
of 1904 Upon aga n tak ng p the dut es of a c 1
an he became el ef electr c an for the Wol er ne
Portland Cement Compa v w th vh oh he eont nued
unt 1 1908 when le opened a gro erv store at No 410
Scotten aven e wh eh he conducted for ov r tl ree
ears and then 1 ecan e saleaman for the hrm of
bi,h Her & KofEman wl olesale produce nerehants of
Detroit He tiled that poa t on unt 1 1915 -Hlen he
purchased Mr KofEman s ntere*it an 1 » Maj of
that lear the bns nesa was ncorporatel wit! a
cap tal atoek of ten thousand dollars the present style
of the Schiller Butter & Egg Company being at tlat
t n e isaun ed It a a loae corporat on an \ Mr
Lnmn ng* has a nee been ts ch ef execut ve oificer
In the nterven g per od of seven yeara the b i neaa
haa dev loped rap dl o mg to the capable super s on
nd unt r ng efforts of Mr Cumm no-s employment
now le g g en to f orty fi e peraona w! !e t elve
tr cka are ut 1 zed m del ver ng the r produce Their
plant s large anl thoroughly san tary and tl ey handle
I utter eggs cheese a d oleon argar ne catering ex
clus vel to the wholesale trade the r volume of pro
duce 1 e ng turned over everv twenty four hours
On the "Oth of April 1899 Mr C mm ngs was un ted
n marr ige to Miss Amanda Kock anl thev 1 ave 1 e
come fie parents of a son Wllnn Jr wlose birth
ooc rred September l' l'*m n D (ro t Tl e fam ly
rea te n an ^ttri t ve 1 on e at No 4809 Sem nole
aven e anl the atte 1 the Cid 11 A en e Pr sb
terian church. Mr. Cummings is a republican in hia
political viewa and a prominent Maaon, being a mem-
ber of Friendahip Lodge, F, & A, M., and also of the
consistory, in which he has taken the thirty-second de-
gree, while he is likewise connected with the Shrine
and the Masonic Country Club, Along the path of op-
portunity open to all he has reached the goal of notable
success, his progress being due to his earnest labor,
persstencv of p rpose and 'ntellgentiy dreoted ef
forts and aUo to the fact that h a bua ness transa t 013
h e ^t all t es been haraeter zel bv str t hon t
ind ntcgr tv
ViILLI\M H HU^b Hssed th the lead g
1 1 t tl lor ot Detro t ith an estens e patronag
trom imong the be^t people of the c ty has spent h s
ent re 1 te he e h s b rth ha ng oe urred n Detroit
January 6 1369 hs parents bpmg Math as anl
L-ather ne (Blun e) H is The nother la also born
n Detro t b t the f ther wis a nat ve of (. erroany
He can e to A ner ea however when in his fourteenth
yeir ani locat ng n Detro t vis here reared and mar
r ed He becime a [ rom nent tictor n the cloth ng
trade of the c ty and was let ve along that line for a
un ber of veirs b t liter ret red He pissed away in
Detro t n l<t07 vhile h s w fe d ed m th a e ty n
1919
W 11 im H H BS the r only eh H obt ned I a eirly
edu at on n the Detro t jubl s hoo] itterwarU be
ame 1 at dent n the 1 gh achool and when he had ] ut
aa de h textbooks he secured a poa tion with the J L
Hudson (.ompiny th vl eh he remi nel for a time
When he had res gned he entered the en ploy of the
Bro vn ng W Ison fomjanv dry goods mer I ants and
se eral years later b eime asaoc ated w t! the dr)
goods and loth ng ho se of the E K McConnell Con
pany D r ng these j ears he ciref II saved h s eirn
nga unt 1 h s nd 'ftry 1 d econon y hal secu ed tor
h m aufSc ent cap til to enable 1 n to engi|,e n bus
ness on h s 0 vn 1 0 nt Th s he atabl shed n IS +
under the name of W H H ss & Company n ereha t
ta lors and through the nter en ng peno 1 cover ng
more than 1 quarter of a century he has de elope 1 one
of the largest merchint tailor g stabl sh nenti of tl c
c ty He s the pres dent of the company v tl J L
WalJbauer aa ee pres dent md George Sehumaker is
secretary and treisnrer The eompanj at all t m ^
carr es a large stock of assorted domasf 0 and mporf I
loole s and t ng for all oecas ons and they ar
eonstanth busv supply ng the trade wl ich has stead Iv
de eloped is th result of tl e r thoroughly rel ible
nethois ind progress ve eas Prom twelve to twent
five exper enced ta lors anl cutters are employed t
all tin ea and the bus ness la constantly growing
On the ath of T !v 18<t6 Mr Husa was marr ed to
M sa Teanette Corston of Detro t daaghter of Mr in 1
Mr Charlei Co ston Mr ind Mr9 H ss have become
the pi ents of two I Idren Iren M who was bo n
n I tro t n 189s ani a a gtaiuite of the Detro t
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Ctnlral high s hool and ^illiani Harold, whose birth
occurred in Detroit in 1902. The latter is a graduate
of the Detroit Centril high school and ia now a student
n a militiry college it Chester, Pennsylvania. Both
the son ind daughter are very popular among the
\oungpr set m the aOLill circles of the city. Mr. and
■\Iri Huss hi\e in ittractive summer home about
twenty milta out on Jefferson avenue from. Detroit,
situ'ited on Lake &t Ciair. There ia a fine cottage
on the property with every eonienience and to this
the timily remo^ es during the heated summer season
where a most enjoyable time is bid through th hoa
pitalit> and courtesy ot Mr tnd Mrs Huss wl o U
light there to entertim their miny friends
Fraternally Mr Huss « connected with the Btnevo
lent Protective Orier of Elks and politically he is a
re]" lb! ic in His interests and attention however have
heei largelj eonuent rated upon hia business iffiirs so
thtt he has not been actne m public life It I as been
through energy enterprise and ability thif he ha?
steadilj worked upward holding at all times to the
highest standards in connection with his business ml
) s siccess IS the merited anl log il o t ome <t his
II ibility ind hia metl o Is
C\HFIEID \ NKHOLfe on ot Detroit s r smg
oung aitornevs is issocnted with hia father in
f, I eral ai d rimmai law practice as junior member
of the firn of Nichols & Nichols His birth otcnrred
n Casaopolis Michigan on the 25th of October 1889
lis larenta being Mi ind Mrs Arthur S 'Vuhola
In the acquirement ot an education Garfield A
Nichols attended the graded and high aehoota while
his profesBionil triining was receiv ed in the Detroit
ToUege of Law For thirteen years he was identified
vith educational interests of Detroit aa a public achool
teacl er ictmg is pr r ipil during the last aeven veara
of thit perioi As in educitox he made i n ost
r ditible rei rd inst Hing teachers ind pup la under
1 m witl mucl of his own ztal ind interest m the
vork In 1912 however he had begun devoting his
le sure hours to criminal law practice in! m June
1'* 1 resigned his position as school princii al to give
I = entire attention to hia legal interests He is now
issoiiated with his father as a member of the firm
f Nnhols & Nichols which la engaged in the practice
of both general and crimiml liw and la accorded an
extensive clientage
On the 25tl of Mav 190^ Mr Ni hols was united
II mirrisge to Miss 4.nni Frances Green of Detroit
nd thev ha\e be one pirents of i son \ndrew
A.rtl ur Their home on Kentucky boule art is popu
Hr with their many friends bv reason of the warm
heirted hospitahtj th re exten led
In ) a political views Mr Nichols is a tepubhom
vh It fratornalh 1 e s ilentified with C ty of Stmts
Lodge, A. P. & A. M. He la also a member of the
Lawyers Club and belongs to Larned Post of the
Legion, having served as a second lieutenant
in the Officers Reserve Corps at Camp Gordon for sis
months. A young man of pronounced professional
ability and genuine personal worth, he is most widely
and favorably known in Detroit, where his friends feel
that a promising future lies before him.
HOMER I. KEDNEY, M. D. In the metropolis of his
native state Dr. Homer J. Kednev has found ample field
for successful achievement in the work ot his exact
mg profession ind he has s c re atinding as one of
the reiresentatue jhysicians ind surgeons ot Detroit
where he specializes in liseases of the eve eir nose
an 1 throat with offices in the Pirsona building on
Woodward avenue
Dr Kedney v*as lorn it Marcellus Caas Lounty
Michigan January 21 1874 toth his piternal and
maternal linea toui-hing well upon the pioneer ej c h
in the history of the Wol enne stite withm wloae
borders were born his parents Mirvin and Emily
Lleanor (Gibson) Kedney Marvin Kedney is now
hv ng virtualh retired m the state ot Wiaconain He
ser ed as a gill int young soldier of the Union luring
the entire period of the Livil war in which le was 1
ember f 1 M uhigan regiment that took part in
n anv of the important engagements marking the prog
resB of the conflict between the north and the south
Hia wife died in October W02 at Detroit an 1 of the
two children who survive her the elder la Nellie May
who 13 now the wife of Chirles &iegel of Marcellus
The ei-cellent stl ools f his lative village afforled
Dr Kednej his earl-v duration anl that he applied
hin self well is shown Ij the fact that he was but
sixteen years ol 1 at the time of his graduation from
the high school Thereafter he was for a time asso
iiated with farm enterpriae in his home county ml
for several years he v^as a successful anl lobular
teacher in the [ublic scl ools of Marctll is A [eriod
of lerical serv ice w is f ollowe 1 1 > his inst tuting
I rei irition for the work of his chosen profession He
ei tered the Detrnt College of Medicine and in this
rei resentative institution he was graduated in 190ti
4fter th is re eivmg hia degree of Doctor of Mel e ne
he was tor ten years engaged in the su cessf il general
practice of hia profess on at Marcellus nl ere he won
prestige that set it naught anv apjlicition of the
scriptural iphonsm that i proi het is not without honor
save in his own countrj Desiring a broaler field of
professional service Dr Kednej came to Detroit in
the year 1116 and within the interv ening period he 1 aa
developed a large and r pr s ntativ e practice with
spec al attention given to diseases of tl e ej e ear nose
and throat to fortify himself for which work he com
pleted 1 special ourse m the Thieago Polvolinic in
1111 He keeps ii close touch with the advances made
in me Ileal md surgical science both by availing him
self of the best in the standard and periodical literature
of his profession and by hia active alliance with the
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Ainer oin Med al iaio at o the M eh gan S ate
Med cal &oe ety and tbe Wajne Co nty Mel eal
So etv As a, men bee of th ataff of Harper Hosp tal
h s spec il afis gnment a to the e e ar noae and
throat el n e
On the '>lat of feepte nbtr 1904 Dr Kedney we Ide 1
M ss Cli r Lu 3 Johnston d^ughte^ of Rev Ch rlts
Joh Bton deceased who wia for ma y eata paator at
South Hi en a d prev ous to that t me aup rint nilent
of th E for nator School for Boya at Lana ng tor
^ever-il yeirs He waa a Bapt at lergjm n Dr and
Mrjs Kedne have o e hid W nton Ir who waa
born m the year 1013
In pol t ca Dr Kedney supporta n en and meaaures
mePt ng 1 a aji^ '^l fe pect ye of str t part san
1 nes He s afai ated witl the Maao e fratern t
wh ch he has e e ed the eipitular legreea
OTIS K RICHARD Among the yar ed nl s\ e
wh eh are mporti t faetori n the con n ere il deyelop
ment inH n ater il upln Id ng of Detro t s that of tl e
R ehard Brothers SI eet Metal D e Works of wh ch
Ot s K S chird s tl e jres dent and h s enterpr ae
aad b >" nesa ac men ha e I eeu determ n ng fa tora
in the s ecesa wh eh ha attended the ict v t ea of
the orgi zit on
He vas bom n Ali o Ind ina Tanui j t 1887
and a a son of Jesse ■inl Mary Kithei ne (Kin')
E chard vho remo e 1 to N lea th a atate when he
was ae en ears of ige He there ittendel tie pnbl
schools ind his n t ll I ua nesa exper e ce wis iramed
as an en plove of the C rden C t Fan (_onpany In
Apr I 1010 he came to Detro t and opened a reta 1
hardware atore at No 1188 Euaaell street conducting
the eatall ahmeut under the fir n atvle of B chard &
Horton
In January 1917 n aasoc at on w tl h s brotl rs
Clarence A ind Clement C he foiinl d the R cl ard
Brothera Sheet Metal D e Works of wl ch he a the
prea dent and althou''h one of tl e n ore re ently
e tabl shed prol ct \e nluatr ea of the e t t hia
rip dly developed unler the ]ud e ous management
of Mr K chard Tl ev manufacture sheet metal d es
exclua yely and hive a valuable patent on a ten o al le
pu eh wh el s dest ned to revolut o 7e the bus ness
as t per ts tl e w tl dra val of a broken p nch from
1 d e w th qu ckneaa a d else They e plov s xtj
people n the r plant vh ch s auppi ed w th all of the
eq pD ent ne essarv to fac I tate their work and tl e r
trade comes to th m from the leid ng d anufictur ng
oncerus of tl e c ty
In m Mr B lard wis un ted n n rr ga to
M ss H ldi Minke a nat ve of tl a state d they
ha e become the parenta of a liugl ter R th whose
brth oe rrel on the 14th of Septenber 191S Mr
S chard a ndepe dent n h s pol t al v e va and n
C V c work and pr greas e endei or he loes h s part
as a nenber f the letrot Boird of fomn rce He
IS nnu ted w th the M Iw kee Junct on M 1 „an
and Nat onal Mauufa t re s issoc I ous and a alao
dent tied w th the M eh gan Sports en Detroit Yacht
and Detro t Automob le CluVs He s a prom ncnt
Mason belong ng to the blue lodge of Detro t t
M h gan So ere gn Ccns atory n vh ch he his t k n
ti e th rty aecond degree and to Moslem Temple f
the M St 0 Shr ne and 1 e endeavors to fuliiO n 1 s
1 te ts teich nga con ern ng mut al helpfulness and
brotherly k ndneas H s ireer hia been marked b
eontiuuoua progress 1 e to h s close applicat on h s
at dv of the In ness n wl hies engig d and h
unquest one I ntegr ty nd rel ib I ty n II on
n er al transact on and I a recoi 1 as a n 1
tizen a an enyiible one
WILLIAM A BROOKS trea? er and comptroll
of the Bear gs Sery e Lon pciny of Detro t was born
m W Im gton Dela are December IB 1894 I s
parents b ng John and Onon (tvaiis) Brooka ho
are nat vea ot Delaware and of Maryland respect velj
I W Im ngton Delaware unt 1 lfll0 and
to Pont ac M h gan The father was
L e n n nl held many res pons ble
cler cal 1 nes He 1 kew se filled the
pes t on of health officer at W Im ngton Delaware
Both I a d 1 a w fe at II n ake the r home at Pontia
Will am A Brooks their only ch Id attended tl e
gr led a d h "h aehoola of W In ngtoa and al o
the Gold Con ere al College it tl at ila e and tl
Bea n Buamesa College He after varl nte ed th
Inver'itj f Penns 1 ana an 1 when 1 a educat on
was completed he se da post on n the W In ng
ton '^a uigs Bank as ass atant rece ng teller The e
he remanei for t! ree >carH nd a bsequently becam
ientfiel th the lames Braiford Coraiajiy whole
aale dealers n j t After a short t me 1 e w
male omptr Her of the Pe n? I in a & Ne v Jerse
Railwa y tl headquarters at Trenton New Jerae
where he cont n ed for ae oral vear and then re
sgnel JO ng tl 0 E I Dupont Powder Oompan
with vhon he cont n ed for to I years He rose t
the I OS t on f manager of the Philadelph & office and
after the eountrv be amo n olved n the E ropei
They re
then r
lel i
? factor
I the b s
s of
the D p nt Pow ler Lon pa y n the east In the earl
part of 1919 he an e to Detro t as g neral aui tor f r
the Bear ga Ser Compa y and on the 1st of
Jnlj 1020 lewasm de treasurer wh le n April 19*"
the dut es of comptroller were added to those of 1
other offi e so thit he s now trea urer and comptrolle
of th s orporat on Tl e bus eas reaulted from tl
BVBten at e levelopment of the boar ng ser ee b
Alfrel K Helner and has become one of the b g bu
nesa tereats of the countri To lay there are th rt
three ser ce atat ona d str buted at var oua point
througho t the I te ! States ind Canada with mn
than one thousand igenc es lo ated n var o a c t es on
the North An er can cont nent The oomp nv n a n
t na tl e h gl e t stanla 1 ia to th appearane '
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tht operation of all of tlicir distriljutiug statiunfi.
Enterprise and. alertness chaiacterize every sub-station,
and while general principles are maintained, eacli
manager of a sub-station is yet allowed to develop his
initiative and enterprise in the conduct and growth of
the bnsinoBS. The company publishes a most enter-
taining and instructive trade magazine which ia called
"Bearing On Us," giving interesting notes concerning
all of the branch service stations and agencies and im-
portant features of the business, stimulating and en-
couraging those who are in any way connected with
the trade. Mr. Brooks is a splendid executive,
thorough, systematic and progressive, and liis labors
have constituted a salient force in the tontinued
growth of the trade.
On the 24th of September, 1916, in Trenton, New
Jersey, Mr. Brooks was married to Miss Amelia Har-
vene Ringwalt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Ring-
wait, representatives of a well known and prominent
family of Wilmington, Delaware. In that city Leiy
Eingwalt conducted an extensive business as a whole-
sale dealer m and manufacturer of harness. Mr. and
Mrs. Brooks have two children: William David, born
in Trenton, New Jersey, June 6, 1918; and John Philip,
born in Detroit, Michigan, Mareh 7, 1921
In his political news Mr. Brooks ha^ always been
a stalwart republican. Fraternall}- he is a Thirty-
second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic
Shrine. He belongs to the Detroit Credit Men's Asso-
ciation and to the Caravan Club. His religious faith
is that of the Episcopal chnrch. His life has been
characterized by high principles and lofty purposes.
In young manhood he worked his way through tollege
and his elemental strength of purpose thus displayed
has enabled him to achieve substantial results as the
years have gone by. He is today connected with one
of the important business enterprises of Detroit and is
constantly reaching out along broadening lines to re-
sults that are most gratifying to the corporation which
he represents.
EDMUND W. BOLIO, M. D. The nam.- of Bolio
(Beaulieu) has eier been an honored one in tonne,-tion
with the pioneer development and later progress of
Detroit and Dr Edmund W. Bolio, head of the United
States public health service dispensary unit in this
city, is actuated by the spirit of progress and enter-
prise which dominated his forbears. An eminent physi-
cian, he has done notably effective work for the wel
fare of CK-serviee men in this locality and has earned
their lasting gratitude and affection for his unselfish
devotion to their interests. He is a representative of
one of the oldest and most prominent families of the
city. He was born on the 8th of October, 1870, in Au
Sable, Michigan, and when two years old, his parents
returned to Detroit with him. His parents are Dr.
Edmund .T. and iSarah A. (Spackraan) Bolio, and his
father, grandfather and groat-grandfather were all
natiiea of Di'troit The mother, who was of English
birth, was brought to thi'i eity l>y her parents when
but live years o£ age, her father becoming master
mechanic of the Mithigan Central Eailroad. Dr, Ed-
mund J. Bolio acquired his education in this city and
after completing his high school course was graduated
from the Detroit College of Medicine. He has attained
high standing m his profession and for many years
has engaged in practice in this city, becoming widely
and favorably known in this connection. The mother
ia also living and they have become the parents of two
children; Edmund W. and Mrs. May Grabowaky, of
Detroit.
In the acquirement of an education Dr Edmund W.
Bolio attended the grammar schools and the old Capital
high school of this city, after which he became a
student in the Detroit College of Medicine, from which
ho was graduated with the class of 1893. Going to
Coral, Montcalm county, Michigan, in 1897, he entered
upon the work of his profession and his pronounced
ability soon won for him a large practice. For nineteen
years he continued to reside there and then removed
to Detroit, where he has since maintained his office,
and bis professional labors have been followed by ex-
cellent results. At the outbreak of the World war he
abandoned his practice to enter the service of the
government, being commissioned a lieutenant of the
medical corps. Subsequently he won promotion and
for two years was stationed at Camp Grant. Illinois,
and in France, being in command of Ambulance Com-
pany No. 342. For a time he was at Camp Hospital,
No. 64, in France and in 1910 received his honorable
discharge from the service, after which he returned to
Detroit. He was commissioned major in reserve corps
after discharge from active service and has since been
assigned to command of sanitary trains of the Three
Hundred and Tenth Medical Unit of the Eighty-fifth
Division, Organized Reserves. After his discharge
from active service he saw the urgent necessity of
looking after the disabilities of those who had de-
fended the interests of their country in the war against
Germany and he organized and was at the head of the
fir.i,t United States public health service unit m De-
troit devoting its entire time to disability claims and
furnishing medical and hospital treatment to men of
the World war m all branches of our service. Detroit
and Wayne county have approximately one hundred
and twenty-five thousand service men and considerable
more than the general average of war casualties,
therefore more than the average of disabilities was to
be expected. Dt. Bolio is well fitted by training and
experience to take charge of this important branch
of the service and under his eificiont management the
work of this city is being effectively carried forward.
In Detroit, on the 6th of February, 1895, was solem-
nized the marriage of Dr. Edmund W. Bolio and Miss
Mary M, Stevens, a daughter of Captain Charles D.
and Melissa (Peck) Stevens, well known residents of
this city, and four children have been born of this
union: Edmund C, whose birth oeeurred at Detroit
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in 1895, waa educated in the grammar and high schools
of Coralj Michigan, He enlisted in the navy, leaving
Detroit April 12, 1917 with the first to go ind was
assigned to service on a Unite 1 btates destroyer a tmg
as i,onvoj to troop ships dunng the World w»r ind
male twentj two trips across the Atlintie Mrs Sirih
M Manley who was born it Loral in 1S99, wis edu
catLii in the achoola of that p\%ee and ilso i\ Detroit
d,i I IS now a resident of this city Dorothy M ind
Bpitnee H died dur ag eirlj childhood in Coril Mr
Manlev is also a veteran of the World wir enlisting
jn the Na\al Reserve is a jTivite and becoming an
i\iition mechanic (t the firot lAi^s Mr and Mrs
Manley have two children \liee May who wis born
in February 1918 and E ith Sarih born in 1920
Dr Bolio 18 m active and earnest member of St
Mithias Episcopal churth .ind is now serving as one
oi its vestrymen In his political viewi he is a
stmeh republican and has taken i prominent part in
publii, affairs While a resident of Coril he waa a
member o± the board of education and for thirteen
years he ser* ed as health officer of that pla e making
a highly commendable rectrd in both connections He
11 a prominent Mason belonging to the Howard C ty
Lodge and he has taken all of the degrees up to the
consistory and la also * member of the Masonic Coin
trv Club He la identified with the American Leg on
the \eteranB of Foreign Wars and the Officers of the
1\ orld War anl his professional connections are with
the Wajne County aid Michigan State Medica! &0
Pieties and the American Medical Association
trompted in all that he does by laudable ambition and
broad humanitarian princijles he has attained high
rank among those whose skill la uniformly acknowl
elged and his life has been (ne of intense usefulnew
tn his fellowmen nnselAshly deioted to the service of
ethers
4.LBERT HJNTtl '5TEINBRECHEB M D pos
spsiel tl OS (jialities which rendered him an ideal
physic an for aided to broai scientific attainments
there was a readj sympathy that assisted him m
unl erst an ding his patients and their needs and en
aiUd him to give to them the best possible profes
SKnal service His splendid personal characteristics
enlcarel him to all ill o knew him and there are few
men who have been so genninely respected and loved
in Detroit as was Dr StembrLcher He was bom m
this city January 11 18''8 a son of John and Maria
(S hubert; Stembreeber the former a native of Hls
sen Germany and the latter tf Berlin The> were
married however m Detroit having come to the
new world in early life The father condueted an ex
tensive harness Insiness on Campus Martins near
Monroe street
Dr Stembrecher acquired his early education in tl e
puHi schools cjmpleting the work of suceessive
grade-s until he had finisl t I his high sehool course in
Detroit Later he I tained h s M D degree f rem tl e
Detroit College of Medicine as a member of the class
of 1881, During a part of his college course he served
as an interne in St Luke s Hospital Vfter receiving
his degree he 1 egan practice at St Ignace, Michigan
where he was located until l'iH9 He then levoted a
penol to studi in Europe and in 1891 located m De
troit and fnr a time waa assoeiate 1 in practice with
Dr J Henrv Carstens their offices being at Macomb
and Brush streets Afterward he purchased the eld
Roberts homestead on V. oodward avenue near Win
der whi h was the family residence for a number of
years Dr Steinbrecher s late home at 31 Arden
Park was erectel by him m 1 ili He was known m
educational circles as professor of the practice < f
medicine in the Detroit College of Medicine and Sur
gery and he served on the staff of St Marv s Hospital
From the outset of his professional cireer ho enjoyed
a large irivate pract ee and his ability vnaa pro
nouncel as attested by his colleagies and contempo
raries m the profession
On the 8th ot December, IS^l Dr Steinbreehcr vias
mimed to Miss Julu Dorothy Henkel who was born
in Detroit, a daughter of Peter and Julia (Mordhorst)
Henkel the former a wholesale grocer lal packer
and also owner of the business conducted unler the
name of the Commercial Milling Comj-any Dr anl
Mrs Steinbrecher became parents CFf two chillren the
daughter, Elsa Lillian being now the wife ot John
E Brant of Indianapolis while the son llbert Henkel
mirned Helen Bonwell of Detroit He graduated from
Dartmouth College at Hanover Now Hampshire m
1921 and is now taking a postgraduate course m
chemical engineering at that college preparatory to
entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
at Boston in 1923
Dr Steinbrecher was a republican m his politual
views anl earnestly advocated party prineiplea but
was never an aspirant for oftce He lelonged tir the
Woodward Avenue Presbyterian church and its teach
inga guided him in all the relations of life He was
a. Knight Templar Mason afhtiating with Corinthian
Lodge F & A M He belonged to the Detroit Board
of Commerce and in strictlj prof essie nal connections
was identified viifh the Wayne County Medical So
ciet^ the Michigan State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association Following his demise,
which occurred on the 25th of November 1917 the
staff ot St Mary s Hospital passed a set of reaolu
tiona a copy of which was given to liia family ani
which said in part We tie staff of St Marys
Hospital, wish to put on record the esteem in which
he was held by us In his patients he ever eihilited
the m(st kindlv interest and tn them he devoted his
rare protessional skill with<ut reserve He was ever
realv to respond to the r calls whether by day or
night even with the greatest physical ineonv cnience
to himself and there is no question that his own life
was materuliv shortened by the mtensitv tf his et
f rts to prolong the lives ot others His pr feasundl
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ambition Itnew ao bounds. He was ever ready to
learn the new in medicine and took many trips abroad
for the purpose of studying European masters. His
delightful personality made him many friends, ao
that in meeting these men he became a social favorite
with them. Tliey were ever ready to listen to his
opinions, acccrrding him equal rank with themselves.
Tor many years lie was professor of medicine in the
Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery. His stu-
dents gave him the attention which was due him on
account of his exceptional experience and hb first-
hand knowledge. In no place did his unusual gifts
as a teacher display themselves to better advantage
than when they were shown aa he was doing bedside
teaching in the wards of St. Mary's Hospital." As a
husband and father Dr. Steinbrechor was genial and
afEeetionate and the memory of his kindliness and his
love will ever be an inspiration to tlie family and
friends whom he left behind
CLOBbE A TOL^AN M D is i irumin nt mem
I tr of the medicil profession in Detroit where he has
I raiiticed continuously and suceessfullv during the past
b\e years, specializing in surgery His birth oecurrel
it South Deer Isle Maine on the bth of Juh 1868
his parents being George ind Elizabeth (Spofford)
Tolmin who were likewise natives of the Pine Tree
state the former born it Eoeklind and the litter at
Deer Isle The father died m that state m 191<> while
Ih mother there pissed awav in 191S when she hal
ittiined the notable age of ninety jeirs In earlj
inhood George Tolmin devoted his attention to
mer hindismg and he was active m piblic life haiin;,
held niiny important positions of hoi or and trust
He represented three diflerent counties of Mum in the
state senate and assisted in framing some of the most
cffc ti e laws of the eommonweiJth
Geoigo 4. Tolman the only child of his pirents,
iuj.plempnted his public school training by a oucse
nt stud^ m Westbrook Seminary at Deermg Miine
1 1 1 then entered Bowdoin College from w hich mstitu
rion he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of
\rts in 1S90 Htiing determined ipon a professional
eireer he next mitriculited in the Medical School of
Miine at Bowdoin College which conferrel upon him
the degree of M D in ls93 In that year he enterei
the New York Post Gnduate Hospital anl after re
teiiina a degree in jostgraduite work m IHd-i became
issistant to Dr Carl Beck a noted New York surgeon
V yeir later he left the Empire state removing to
Dover New Hampshire where he continued in the
iraotice of meliiine and surgery from 1896 until I'^IS
«hen he came to Detroit irnving m this citv on the
'>f h of December Here he has remame 1 in priotice
tl ro ighout the mteri ening period of five yeirs inA
has giined an emment reputation in surger* which is
the line of hia specialty. For fifteen years Dr. Tolman
wag on the staff of both the Hayes and "Wentworth
Hospitals at Dover, New Hampshire, and he is now on
the staff of the Highlind Pirk Municipal Hospitil,
serving as senior surgeon and chief of gynecology
Each summer he goes for postgraduati, work to the
Mayo Brothers Hospital it Rochester, Minnesota ind
at all times he keeps m clost toui-h with the progress
of the profession through his membership in the Dover
Medical Society, the New Hampshire Medical Society,
the Maine Medical Society, the Wayne County Medical
Society, the Michigan State Medical Sooietv and the
American Medical Association He likewise belongs to
the Highland Park Physiuans Club, of which he served
as president in 1910,
Dr. Tolman has been twice married In June, 1897,
at Portland, Maine, ht, wedded Miss Clara E Rounds
who passed away in Doier, New Hampshire, in l'*U
Their daughter, Louise P, whose birth occurred at
Dover, New Hampshire m Juno 1899, was edui'ated
in the Dover high school, continued her studies m
Rogers Hall at Lowell Massachusetts ind subse
qutntl^ tttet lei the Detroit Business Univers ty On
the -3d of Noi ember 1915 Dr Tolmm was agiin
mirried his second union bemg w ith Mrs Flora
(Clapp) Hajes the widow of Fred Cooper Hayes
In religious fiith the Doctor is an Bpiscopaliin
while fratetnallj he is identified with the Masons join
ing the blue lodge while a resident of New Himpshire
and haling ittained the thirty second degree of the
Scottish Eite He likewise has membership in the
Zeta Psi a Greek letter tratprnitv He ever conforms
his practice to the highest stanlarls of medieil ethics
ind enjoyi an enii-tble reputation in both proEe sional
and social circles of his adopted city
MASON 8 BAILEY A man of keen business dis
cernmeut and sound judgment Mison S Baile3 made
f r 1 in self a most ere litable place in commercial
circles of Detrcit but spent the list three veirs of his
1 fe at Ann Arbor as listrict man'iger of Michigan
tor the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New
York his services proving very viluable to the corpo
ration His demise occurred on the Sd of May, 1921,
It his residence in \nn \.rbor He wis born in Ionia
Michigtn August 30, 1880, a son ot Wallice Fnnk
and M-ir^ (Beckley) Bailey, who were ilso natives of
Michigan During his early life the father engageiU||
the pnctice of medicine and surgery it lonii in wlrrtBC
he WIS \ery successful being recognized is one of tm
prominent physunns of that eity nnd sub^uently
he became identified with the Michigm Drug Com
pany of Detroit filling a responsible j osition with that
firm until the time of his leath in 1896 The mother
survives ind is now resiling at Hermosa Beich m
southern Cilitornia In the family were two children
Willice 1 resident of Detroit and Mason S
The latter pursued his eiucition in the grammar and
high schools of Detroit and on stirtmg out m the busi
ness world secured a position with the Michigan Cen-
tral Railroad Company, being employed in the store-
keeper's offiee. He remained with that corporation
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for two years and then entered the cmp oy of J J
Crowley & Coroi ini, wholesale dry gooda mecehauta
of this city with whom he cont nued for three yeara
He then rcsignel and entend commercial ciiLlea inde
pendently going to Lima Ohio where he opened a
cigar and tobacco store which he conducted for i year
ind then sold Returning to Detroit he beeime con
nected with tie mandgement of moving picture
theatres va 1912 and suj er utended the building of tbe
first theatre in the outatirta of the city It wis known
) ited on V> est Fort street
tin I and then Ictame manager
tre on Woodward aienut oppo
. bu Id ng afttr whii,h 1 l waa
! Kramer theatre on Michigan
t and finest of the modern
1 Detroit In
as the Coun.ti.ss ind wa
This he manage 1 fur a
of the Drury Lan tht
site the Da\id Wl itn.
made manjgtr of the
avenue one of the
^aulevIlle and moving pi ture houses
1S19 he directed his energies into otlir lines of
actiMty bLooming district manager of Muhigan for
the Manhattan Life Insurance Companj of New York
and he waa also state agent tor the Universal Insurance
Companj moat capabh conducting the extensive m
terests under hia control He worked undringlj in be
half of the corporations wi ich he represented and
under his efi^eient management their business through
out the state was materially incretsed
On the 25th of Deiember 1899 Mr Bailey was
united in mirriige to Miaa Bessie feinor a daugl ter
of Dr and Mrs J H Sanor the former i prominent
physician and surgeon of Canton Ohio Two thildren
wire born of this union Alar^ Marti a whoai birth
oceurred in Canton Ohio in 1902 and who is now
Mrs George B TJh ild of Detroit and Miaou & Jr
who waa born in Detroit m 1910
In hia politiial views Mr Bailev was a republicin
intereste i in the welfare and suci-esB of the party
and in religious fiith he was a Christian fee entist
He ■v\as a prominent Mason belonging to 4ali!ar Lod|,e
P & A M of Detroit Detrtit Commanderj No 1
K T Mithigan &o\ereign Consistory and the Myotic
Shrine In club ciri,les he was ^^ell known aa a mem
her of the Detroit Athletic Rotary Ingleaide Detroit
Yacht and Detroit Cross Country Bidmg CI ibs He
led a bu^ij- and useful life employing every oj-por
tnnity to al^ance and he deserved mud credit for
what he accomj 1 shed f r his prosperity was the direct
outcome of 1 s jersiatencv of purpose and his un
daunted energy He was a man of high peraonal
stand ng of marked business integrity and ability
and the sterling w rth of 1 is character waa recognized
by all with wl on he was lasoeiated
JOHN NICHOL&ON ELBFRT i rn in Lhe'5tert wn
on the eastern aliore o£ Marylanl w xi elucated in
Philadeljh a an! in that city waa married to Miss
Louiae Caroline '^toeker the wedding being celebrated
at the mother s home at 54 Walnut street in 183S Ac
cor ling fo the custom of the tine thi br dc rpjn ml
f(r a week unlet h r n tl er s r of ^o n„ oi t ui h
atter nigl t t( r i walk It was four years afterward
or m 184^ that si o came to Detrmt with her two
1.1 ildrLU her husband having preceded her to this city
wl ert, he had become eatatliahed in I usmeaa and ha I
prepared a home for his family In those days the
trip was a long and tedious one '^he proceeded bv
anal to Buffalo New lork and then e by sailinj,
lessel to her destination
& me years later Mr Elbert purchased a tract ot
Ian 1 from Dr Farnsworth whitl at that time wan
consilered in the country but lies opposite tl e Mi h
igan Mo\e V- rks and directly (pposite the old Pon
tiac tree Mr Elbert operated a fleet cf merchant
sailing vessels which phed between Detroit and other
points east and west on the Great Lakes He was a
charter member of the Detro t Boat Club and rowed
m the first racing event of that club held en the
24th of May 1842 He waa never in robust healti
and passel iwaj at his home in 186^ when fif ty t»
years of age
Polk wing Mr Elbert s d-jath the family coutmu 1
to live on JefEerscn avenue which when lengthen e I
djil broalcned the houae waa directly in the path of
the street It was aeeordingh torn down and Mrs
Eltert I uilt a new residence After hying there for
some years the famih rcmmei to the aty, occupjmg
the General Bradv home where tl e
Mrs Elbert waa of illi stnous 1 neagc being directh
Ils eided from Cheialier Anne L uis de Tousard
wlo was her grandfather He was lorn m Pans in
July l"ol and came to thii country at the time of
the insurrecti n m to in Domii gc being one of the
refugees from tl at island who settled in Wilmington
Delaware He married Mn e &t Martin of San D
ming who h<id a daughter by her first marriagt
Mirtme who afterward became Mme Dutilh Lat r
he returned to France on political business and was
arrested and sentenced to the guillotine but manage 1
to n ake his escape When twenty aix yeara >f aj,c
he aga n came to this country with Lafavette and par
ticipated in the Eevolutionary war While fighting in
the battle of Newport Rhode Island he lost his right
arm Mme de Tousard was considered the most beau
tiful woman in Paria Of this marruf,e there were
two daughters Caroline aid Lairette The former
married John Clement fjtocker of Philalclphia anl
their tamily numbered nine dai ghters and four sons
one of these daughters Louise Caroline becoming the
wife ot John Nicholson Elbert
Cheyalier de Touaarl was a great friend of Generil
Washington ani while attending one of hia receptions
Mme de Touaard was taken with the illness which
eyentually resulted m her death Her decline wa'
brought about 1 v exceeding distress and worry at the
time of her hnaband s imprisonment A ccmimission
dated at Versailles Novemlet 24 17"6 and signed b>
loiiis X\I appointed him captain of artill r-v m Amer
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states. A eoinmission from, congress, dated October
27, 1778, appointed him lieutenant colonel in the army
of the United States of America and he lost his right
arm while taking a cannon from the Britiali forces.
He held a certificate of membership in the Society of
the Cincinnati, was a Kniglit of Malta and also be-
longed to the Order of St. Louis. On his arrival in
this country he landed in Portsmouth from the Amphi-
trite on the 20th of April, 1777, bringing with him
clothing and ammunition £or ten thousand men. He
built Fort Adams and chose West Point as a seat for
the military school and built Fort Putnam at West
Point. General Lafayette was many times entertained
in the home of John Clement Stoeker, the grandfather
of the Misses Elbert.
Mrs. Elbert passed away in 1896 and the daughters:
Laurette, Josephine and Julia, reside at 644 East Jef-
ferson avenue. They have a brother, Vincent Elbeit,
living in St. Joseph, Missouri.
LDWASD BUbH long prominently knowt i« a le
ta 1 groter of Detroit was bora m the ei'^t but ihen
twtUe jears of age came to Detroit with hia wilowed
mother the fimilv home being established here
Maintaining her residence in Detroit Mrs Bush sent
h r son each i ear to the ea^t to be educated until he
I Lime a atudent in the Detroit College m which he
completed his studies with a tvio jeais course Im
mediately ifterward he enterel business circles and
n ade steady and ripid progress in his chosen held
He was soon tn possesion of i grocery store situated
at tl 8 corner of Congress and Eindolph streets where
tiie (jountj building now stands He remimed at that
lo ation until he retired m 1880 For a long period he
inducted an extensive retail grocery lusmess ranking
w th the most progresBue merch-lnts in this line in
tie citv and the energy ani progreaii enets which
II dsjHied brought ti him a notable meisure ot
Air Bush was mirr ed to Miss Emilie M Chapoton
whose ancestors were among the culturt 1 and lis
til guished early settlers ot this region The fir>"t of
the name in America was -i surgeon who came oier
with Cadillac m 1701 ind wl o seriel with the rank
of maior in the French army He came t< rel eie Dr
Forestier temg the first phyoician to settle at F rt
lontchartriin During his *ita> of ovi,r f<rtj ^tars at
the fort he affixed his signature to enry death nitiee
in the colony He retired from the army seieral years
prior to his demise and settled on the land known as
the Chapoton farm which he had recened as a grant
from the government There he jassed away at the
at,e of si3:ty two years The father of Mrs Bush was
ile'^ander Chapoton and her mother was Felice Isidilot
Montreuil n ember of an old French family that came
to this country w^th Lidillac Alexander Chapoton
was a builler and contractor and many of the sub
Btantial structures of his day stood as monuments to
hi skill and hanliwork While n an-y of tl se ha e
since given place to the modern skyscraper there are
still many buildings in the city which he constructed,
including the Jesuit church. His daughter, Emilie,
attended the Sacred Heart Convent, which was then
located on Jefferson avenue and Aiitoine. After her
marriage with Mr. Bush, he joined the Catholic church
and the family attended St. Anne's. Two sons were
born to them: Charles A., who is in the coal business in
Detroit; and AleKandor, deceased. The former has a
daughter, Mary, who was married in November, 1921,
to Louis Byan. Mr. Bush passed away in 1895. Mrs.
Bush still resides in Detroit, making her home at The
Palms on East Jefferson street. Representing one of
the old and honored pioneer families, she is .well known
here and her social position has long been an enviable
WARREN LEWIS HULSE, M. D. Thorough and
comprehensive study combined with untiring zeal in
hih profession and broad sympathy wl ich prompts
the most conscientious service on the lart of the pa
tiLut Dr Hnlse gainei high standing as a phjsi lan
and Burgeon of Detroit He was torn in Cincinnati
Ohio February 22 18S1 and is a son of William F
and Alda (Seull) Hulse who were also natives of
that citv The father was engage! in various lines
of business dealing principatlT in harlwart and farm
implements He passed away in Cineinnati in 1881j
at the age of thirtj nine years The mother is still
a resilent of Cincinnati Their family numVered two
children the daughter being Mrs Mabel Conover a
resident of Socialville Ohio
The son Dr Hulse after completing a high school
education in Cincinnati attended the Ohio Wcsleyan
University of Delaviare Ohio and then took up edu
cational work as a teacher m the public schools of
Midiletown Ohio Later he was made j-nncipal of
the ward school of West Middletown and taught for
Six years in all proving a capable educator but he
regarded this only as an initial step to other profes
sional labor It was his desire to become a member
ot the me heal profession and to this end he entered the
E lectic Medical College at Cincinnati Ohio from
which he was graduated in I'm with the M D degree
He then came to Detroit and sen ed for one year as m
feme in Grace Hospital He afterward entered into
active get eral pnctice and in this has been very sue
cessful Ht s also serving on the staff of Grace
H sjital and n tl e staff of the Highlan! Park Gen
ral Hospital He belongs to the Wa-\ne County
Michigan State and American Medical Associations
also to the State Eclectic Association the National
Filectic Association at d to the Phi Delta Theta an 1
the Sigma Theta the former a '■ollege fraternity and
the latter a medical fratern ty
On the 4th of October 10U1 Dr Hulse was mar
ried to Miss Maude Law daughter of James and Emma
Law of Cin innati Ohio and in that city Mrs Hulse
pissed away Dec mher 2" IJl" lea\iig two ch Idren
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Elizabeth who waa bora in Lmcinnati in 10U3 ind was
graduated from the Highland Park high si hool with
the class of ie2U, and William F who was born in
Cincinnati, in July, li^Oi and is now attending the
Highland Pack high aehocl On the 7th of August,
1918, Dr Hulse was again n arned hia lecond union
bomg with Winifrel Organ dau|,hter ot rhombs ini
Mary Organ of Hamilton, Ontario Dr Hulse has
ne^er been a club or souety man m the usual sense of
the term although of an extremely social disposition
and kindh nature His protession has made entire
demand upon liii time and energy and the number of
hiB patients 13 constantlj increasing, lo that his prat
tice IS now Hrgt ani important
W CAMPBELL MOOEE, jreaident anil general
manager of the Turner & Moore Manufacturing Com
pany, was born March 10 18T5, m Salisbury, Mary
land, and is descended from one of the old familioa
m America, his ancestors having settled in Maryland
and Delaware two hundred and seventy fiye jears ago
The educational opportunities of W Campbell Moore
were quite limited, but to some extent he attended the
public schools of hia native state. From the age of
nine years, however, his life has been connected with
the business world, for at that early age he began
earning his own living He learned the machinist's
trade in Cramp's shipyard at Philadelphia, and coming
to Detroit in 1906, he here joined the Cadillac people.
In the meantime he had greatly developed his skill
and efBciency along mechanical lines and his ability
was such as won for him the position of factory
manager of the Northway Motor Company. Later he
returned east for a time but again came to Detroit
in 1909 and in 1911 organized the Turner & Moore
Manufacturing Company. The business was carried
on under this relation for three years, when in 1914
Mr. Moore purchased the interest of Mr. Turner and
has since been president of the corporation and its
guiding genius. The company manufactures internal
combustion engines under the trade name of Turmo
engines and has a large trade which extends through-
out the United States and aho into Europe. Some-
thing of the volume of the business is indicated in
the fact that they now employ three hundred people
in the plant and offices.
Mr, Moore was married in April, 190i, to Miss Emma
Schlimrae and they have become parents of three
children, Verlina, Francis and Jean. The family resj-
denoe is at 7430 La Salle boulevard. Fraternally
Mr. Moore is a Mason, connected with Kilwinning
Lodge, r. & A. M.; King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M.;
Damascus Commandery and Michigan Sovereign Con-
sistory. He is also a member of Moslem Temple, A.
A. O. N. M. R., and he belongs to the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and to the Maaonie Country
Club. He is a typical American business man, ener-
getic, alert, progressive. When one thinki that he
I at the ago ofai
nine i ears and is todai at the head of an important
productive industry, it seems almost as if his progresi
had been made by leaps and bounds, yet his course
has been marked bj that steady advancement which
indicates the faithful performance of each day s duties
with a thoroughness that developed the strength and
inspiration for the labors of the succeeding day Step
bi step, theretore, lie has progressed and Detroit
classes him aming her TLfrisentatue business men
and manufacturers
CHARLES HEBEE POTTS an energetic and pro
gressive business man and highly resjeeted citizen f
Detroit, IS state distributor for the Haynea autom bile
and has alreadj succeeded in creating a large demand
for this car in Michigan He was born m Belmont,
May 2% 188^, in the province ot Ontario, Linada, and
when but two vears of age was brought to the United
States by his parents who established thuir home m
Huron county, Michigan He dttendeil the grammar
schools of Huron counts, afterward pursuing a toursL
lit a business college at "ipsilanti, and then returned to
the home farm, assisting in its cultivation and improve-
ment for the next twenty-two years. At the end of
that time he secured a position in a bank at Bad Axe,
Michigan, conducted by ex-Governor Albert Sleeper,
and when twenty-throe years of age came to Detroit,
arriving in the city a stranger without either friends
or relatives. He eagerly availed himself of any oppor-
tunity to earn an honest liveliliood and his first situa-
tion was that of errand boy for A. Cunningham, from
whom he received a salary of bis dollars per week.
While thus engaged he took up the study of pharmacy
in night schools of the city and subsequently com-
pleted a course in the Detroit College of lledicine, be
coming a registered pharmacist. He then opened a
drug store at the corner of Trumbull avenue and Myrtle
street, obtaining credit from the wholesale drug houses,
and successfully conducted the enterprise for seven
years, during which period he was always the first to
enter the establishment in the morning and the last
to leave it at night. He then disposed of his interi'Sts
in that locality and esablished a drug store in the
Addison Hotel, at the corner of Woodward avenue and
Charlotte street, which he continued to operate for
five years and then sold out. He ne'^t became a salea-
man for "W. D. Block, with whom he remained for
eight months, at the end of which period he took
his first vacation, to which his hard work had justly
entitled him. In January, 1920, he took the agency
for the Standard truck and in the fall of the same year
secured the Haynes agency, organizing the Potts Motor
Sales Company, of which he is president. He acts as
distributor for this ear throughout the state and his
aggressive campaign has already resulted in a material
increase in the volume of aalea in this territory. He
handles one of the best machines on the market, the
Haynes having been the first successful car ever built,
d he ii recognized as a thoroughly reliable and pro-
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cessful terminiti n whiteier he undertakes
Mr. Potts was united in marriage to Mis^ Tissie M
Canniehael and tliej haie become the parents of two
children; Marv Elizabeth anl Charles Heber bora
February 27, 191*1 in Detroit In hia politieil views
Mr. PottB is a republican and in religious faith he is
a Methodist. He is a prominent Mason belonging to
Ashlar Lodge F & A M Peninsular t^hapter E A
M.; Detroit Commandeiy No 1 K T Michigan
Sovereign Consistory, A & A S E in which he has
attained the thirtj second degree ini Moslem Temple
of the Mystic bhrme He is also a member of the
Masonic Country Club the Detroit \utomol ile Club
and D. A. D. A and for recreation he turns to hunting
and fishing. His business record has been marked bv
steady advancement and his success is attributable
entirely to his own efEorts As the architect of his
own fortunes he has builded wiaelv anl well and he
now occnptes a prominent position m business circles
of Detro t wh le h *< many excellent traits of character
ha e on for h ra the esteem and gOolwill of a large
c rcl of fr Is H B residence la at N US Mr-Lean
nue H glland Parlt
HAEBl 4. EBEELINL Man^ lines of aetnitv
ha e been st m lated tl rough the enter; nie the a un 1
^ dgment a d tl e carefully formulated plans of Harry
\ Elerl ne whose efforts are resultant factors m
hatever he undertakes an 1 as financial manager of
tie Crowley Brothers Company conducting one of the
large wholesale drv goods establishments of Detroit
1 la a dom mnt factor in commercial circles of the
e tj He was burn m Logansport Indiana July 16,
la74 h s parents being August C and Sophia (Becker)
Eberline who were also natnea of the Hooaier state
n which they spent their lues Thi, father wai a well
known bua ess ma of Logansport being a successful
CO tractor and bu Ider ind he ereitel mai y public
bu Id ngs tl rough out the state He passed awaj at
Logansport in 1 )10 The mother s demise octarred at
Detroit in 1912
Harry A. Ebeiline tl eir only child attended the
grammar aehools of Logansport Indiana to the age
of thirteen years when he accompanied his jarents
on theic removal to Fort V, line that state For three
years he was a student it Concordia College and then
secured a position is office boj with the Salominia
Mining & Gas Company of Fort Wayne deal ng in oil
and gas. Through close application industry and de
termination he worked hia way steadily upward until
he was made secretary at the end of an yeara' service,
during whuh period the business developed from a
small enterpriae to a three million dollar corporation,
With branthes m all of the leading cities of Indiana.
Disposing of hi-9 mtereats in that industry, Mr. Eber-
line purchased stock m the firm of W L Cotnahan &
I ompanv, wholesale dealers in shoes and rubbers at
Fort Wayne, and bv<ame secretary and treisurer of
the oij,aniZ4ttn He also (itenlel his efforts into
other lines b com ng finan lally inttresUl m a large
printing ani book binding plant and tie manufacture
of millinery for the wholesale trade these enterprises
also being located at Fort ^^ ivne For five years I e
was thus active and then diapostd ot his holdings m
that city coming to Detroit on the 1st of January,
1<»04 He became a partner in the Crowley Brothers
Wholesale Dry Goods Company and 1 as since devoted
his energies to the deielopment of this large and grow
mg business He acta as hnancidl manager is a mem
her of the board of directors and is also a atockholiler
m several other large industries of the oity He
possesses in large measure that quality which has been
termed the commercial sense and is seldom in error
in matters of judgment when passing uj on the \ alue ot
any business opportunity while he has ever fallowed
eonstructiie methods bending his efforts to adm t stra
tive direction and etecutive control
4t Fort Wayne Indiana on the Uth of October
la04 Mr Eberline was united n marriage to Miss
Adelaide Follinger a daughter of Mr ani Mrs A M
Follinger prominent residents of that city Two chil
dren haie been born of this union Dorothj whose
lirth occurred in V*t)5 and who la now a high school
student and Blchard who was born in 1907 and s
tiso attending high achool
Mr Eberline is an earnest member of the Lutheran
church taking an active part in ita work and is
connected with St Andrew s Society ot which he
has been president for the past four years His public
spirit fin Is expression in his membershif m the Board
ot Commerce whose well formulated plana for the ex
tension ot the trade interests of the city rece ve his
hearty support He is a republican in his political
yiews and is well known socially as a member of the
Kotarv Wilderness Detroit Automobile Detro t Ath
letic and Detroit Golf Clubs while he is also identified
w ith the Detroit Association of Credit Men His
life record is one m wh ch notable business ability and
the recof,nit on and utilization of opptrtunity are well
balance! forces and he is a selfmade mai whose pros
pent^ has been won ent rely through his owt efforts
THE NIFLSEX BEOTHERS The close fraternal
and business allian e of CI arles at d Henry C Nielsen
IS siecially pleasing to note b-v virtue of the fact that
they are twin brothers Thej have shown excellent
initiative and executive ability in levelopmg the sub
atanfial and representative business controlled by the
C. & H. Nielsen Cartage & 8torage Company, now one
of the important concerns of its kind in Detroit, with
Headquarters at 388 Clay avenue. From a small and
modest inception the brothers have built up one of the
largest and most prosperous cartage and storage enter-
prises in the city, and they have so ordered their
course that the reputation of their concern constitutes
one of its most valuable business assets. The large
and modern building utilized by the company was
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(tp te 1 speeiilH tor th uses to vihich it i*; ipjl (. 1 !■<
ot touLreti eoiL^truLtion ind fireproot throughout
The brotters own this property ^nJ here la centered
the eitellent busines'? which thej have built up through
tfftctive service and fair and honorable dealings
H nrv C and Charles Nielsen were born in. Detroit
on tl e 2d of May 1878 and they are sons of Henry
an! \nna (Botjtt) Nitlaen both of whom were born
md reared m Germany whence thev came to the
Untel ^itates in the early 703 and established their
horn in DLtroit where the father engaged in the stotk
feed buiiness and eventuallT iLveloped a smcesaful
ail profitable enterprise to whiuh he eontitiULd to
g e his attention until his death in 1916 Henri Niel
itn won secure vantage ground is one of the reliable
an 1 upright bnsmeaa men and loyal citizens of t] e
Michigan metropolis ani here his widow still mam
tuns her home, she being a devout communicant of
the I utheran church an was alao her husbanl Their
ten children are Edward the twin brothers Henry C
and Charles Peter George and Fred who are alao
tw ns Winitred who i" the wife of Martin A,dsit
Ehzabeth who is the wite of Barnev Westruk of St
Clair this state Tina wht is the wife of LeEoy
Picker and Mary, who is the wife of Henry Klmger
4.11 reside in Detroit e^i-ept Mrf Westrick
The public schools of Detroit give to Henry C
Tsielsen cuellent i. lucational advantages and atttr
leanng school he mtered the employ of the Murphy
Chair Company Later ht obtained a more desirable
l-osition m the wholeiale book and stationery houw
Lf Richmond & Batkui and with this old and repre
sentative Detroit concern ho continued hia association
until IWi, when he became associated with his twm
brother m establishing the modest cartage buaiULSi
whii-h constituted the nucleus aro ind which has been
del eloped their present large and prosperous cartage
and storage busmeas
The two brothers haie shown unqutlifled loialtv and
airrecntion of their natu e uti both are to be classi
fied politically as independent republicans and both
are earnest comiminic<»nts of the Lutheran churcl in
whuh Henry C is now serving as secretary of the
pjrish of the Evangelical Lutheran Bethel church
On June 22, 1905, Henry C Nielsen was married to
Misi Rose 4 Beier, daughter of Frederick Beiei of
Detroit, and of the two children of this union Henri
died m 1915, at the age of twf viara and Edwin who
was born Noi ember 13 1906 is a atudent in the public
Charles NiUsen haa been the able and i alued co
adjutor of his twin brother in the upbuilding of the
> isintas controlled bv them and his earlv education
was of the same scope and character as thit of his
brother He initiated his business career in connection
with the draying and cartage line soon after he (om
pleted his studies m the public schools and with this
special training he was well fortified whtn he and hia
Irother estahhshed their prtaent miepenlent busine-ia
in eonnntion with whith thp> giie em[k>ment to a
force lariing from thirty fii e to hftj persons regu
lated \y season demands Charles Nielsen is a director
of the Detroit Transportation Association and he jud
h s brother are progressive and reliable young business
mtn whose success has been the result of their own
ability and well directed endeaiors
On the 29th of June lilOS was solemnized the mar
nage of Charles Nielsen to Miss Julia Paulman
daughter of John Faulman of Fraser Macomb cuntj
and tl cy have two children Carl born Mai 9, 1J09
and Hilph born \pril Q 1915
JOHN DINGLE M \BLE\ w ho was a prominent and
'fliccespful clothing merchint cf Detroit for nearly forfv
jears intimatelj ctnnectcd with the business life ot this
cit^ was born in Toronto Canada August 30 1857 his
parents being Charles and Susan (Dinglel Mablev who
were natives of CornwUl England Thev crossed the
\tlanti to the new world in earli life and became ae
quaint^'d and were mamed in Toronto where Mr Mablei
engaged in the clothing busmeso When then: son John
was three years of age he removed with his famih to
Detroit where thej remained for a time and subscquenth
hved in other cities in Michigan but eventualh returned
to Detroit
John Dingle Mabley acquired his education in the public
schools of Saginaw, Michigan. He was quite young when
the family home was established in Saginaw, where they
remained for several years, while later a removal was made
fo Fenton, Michigan, where John D. Mabley remained
until he had attained his majority. He came to Detroit
m 18T7 and here entered the employ of the J. L. Hudson
Company, with which house he was associated for twelve
I ears In 1880 he formed a partnership with Edward E.
Harvei under the firm stye of the Mabley-Harvey Com-
pani After a short time, however, this arrangement was
discontinued, Mr Mabley determmmg to enter business
on his own account He opened his store at what was
then 154 Woodward avenue, where he inaugurated what
was at that time a distinct departure from the old hne
of clothing enterprises b^ handhng exclusively suits which
sold for ten and fifteen dollars From the inception of
the lenture it proved a distinct success, the store being
not only the first of its kind in Detroit but in the United
States as well, and being moat UberaJly patronized. The
business grew beyond the quarters of the location occupied
and m order to secure greater space a removal was made
to another building on Woodward avenue and later to
the present store at Griswold and Grand River. Mr.
Mable\ was one of the beet known clothing merchants
m Detroit due to the fact that tor two generations he
wan connected with the trade. Previous to 1916 the bus-
iness was mcorporated under the name ot the John D.
Mablei Company, with a capital stock of fifty thousand
dollars all paid in cash, the incorporators being Mr.
Mablev and his three sons.
It was while living in Fenton, Michigan, that Mr.
Mablei was united in marriage to Miss Myra S. Grace,
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the wedding being celebrated in 1879 The-v bejtan their
domestic life in Fenton, where thf^ remained for three
years and later spent an equal penod in Siginan Mich
igan, after which they cajue to Detroit To Mr and Mrs
Mabley were bom five children; Charles E who mamed
Grace Kelly and has one son, Paul Grate E who is the
wife of Dr. Glenn B. Carpenter and has one daunhter
Josephine; Harold J., who married Ruth E Teetzell and
has one daughter, Jane Ruth; Joaephine M and John
Donald, at home. The three eons are associated in the
management of the business which wa established b\
their father, of which he had direct charge to the tune of
his death on the 29th of March, 191b
With his family Mr. Mabley attended and supported
the First Presbyterian church. In pohtics he w is a con
servative democrat and never an office seeker In Masomc
circles he was well known, having membership in Palestme
Lodge, No. 357, F, & A. M.; King C^rus Chapter R
A. M.; Detroit Commandery, K. T and Moslem Temple
of the Mystic Shrine. He was likewise a member of the
Detroit Athletic Club, the Ingleside Club the Fellow
craft Club, the Automobile Club of Detroit and the
Detroit Board of Commerce, being interested in all that
pertained to the city's welfare and the upbuilding of the
commuiuty. His was a social nature and one which found
expression in kindly feelings toward all mankind His
life was an active and useful one and his enterprise and
determination brought him to a prominent position in
mercantile circles, while his integritj and pnght charitter
are attested by all who knew him.
WALTER BALLARD MAURU E banktr 1 uilier
and engineer of Detroit, largely demoting his attent on
to tlie buildi^ng of homes in this eitv since Uscharged
from the aviation service in connection with the World
war, was horn in the city which is still his home his
parents being George and Matilda A (Ho]aon) Maur
ice. He attended the pnblic schools i assing tl rough
consecutive grades to the high school and later he
matriculated in the University of Muhigan in whuh
he pursued a course in civil engineering winning the
Bachelor of Science degree in 1100 He began his
active career in connection with the stite tix com
mission in 1900 and in the following jear be ame
associated with the engineering department of the
American Bridge Company, thus serving for two vears
He was from 1903 until 1905 eonne ted with the
engineering department of the Detroit Water Board
and through the succeeding four j ears was engineer
of parks and boulevards in Detroit thus rcnleiing
valuable service in connection with the development
of Detroit's beautiful park system In 1109 he be
came a member of the firm of Jackson &, Mai rice
builders of concrete and fireproof factories and torn
mereial buildings. He was thus engaged unt 1 ifter
America's entrance into the Worll wir when ie sold
his interest in the business aid be ^me eonncLted
"ith the air service as a member ot the Twentj fourtl
Construction Company. He enlist d on the 11th of
Jul e 191M and was tommissioned a first lieutenant
being on lut> at 'Waco Texas <inl at Lnffberry Field
Long IsHnd until iisihargel on the 21st of Decem
ber lIlS
Prior to the war Mr Maurice had been the seeretarv
of the Bankers Trust Companv of wl i h he is still
a director This v, is formerly the Url an Re1lt^
Mortgage Comjanv but changed its name t< the
Banktrs Trust Comjanj in 1917 He maintains his
office with the Bankers Trust Company with which
he la intimately associated and he is also cxtensi^eh
engaged in house building In all that he has under
taken he has displayed a most progressive sfirit that
keeps him in touch with modern improvement along the
line of his th sen professional and lusiness aetiMties
He has membership with the Detroit Engineering
Soeietj and also with the Detroit Board of Commerce
Mr Maurice was married January 0 1931 to Miss
Helen G Kotting, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles
Kottmg
Mr Jlaurne is well known in club and social circles
belonging t) the Detroit B at t.lub thi TJniwersitv
Oub the Inhan \illage Club the Detroit Atl letic
Club the on Club at the Flats the Univ rsit^ of
Michigan ( lub and the Church Club of the Diocese of
Michigan his religious faith being tl at of the E].isco
pal church He is also a member of Lamed Post No
1 of the \m eric an Legion one of the largest and
strongest legion organizations of the tountry
S C WL \THERHE \D is a well known building
ntrattor of Detroit and thorough training and long
evjenence well qualify h m for the position of prom
mence which he occupies in his chosen lield as presi
dent of the S d Weatherhead Constmction Companv
\ native of England he was bom in London on the
14th of April 1886 his parents being George anl
El zabeth (Smith) Weatherhead who were also natives
of tl at citj Th re the father spent his life leiotin^
his attention to the contracting business n which he
gained a position of prominence The mother is hving
The only thild lorn of that marriage was S Q
Weatherheal <*nd his elucation was acjiir d in the
Jul lie schools and tie Ctllegiate Institute ot Lou Ion
Following his father s death v\hioh occurred nhile he
was still in his teens the mother and son took up
their reiiJence with the grandparents Under the able
instruction of his f atl er Mt Weatherhead ha I ac
quired a thorough knowledge of building constructim
and lelieving flat a newer eountry offered better
opportunities tor advantement m this branch f
a ti\ifv he (ime to the Lnited States aai at oj e
made his wai to Detroit wl ere he obtained work at
the bniHing trade He leeame manager tor a w-ll
known ontracting firm of this citv with which Ic
renamPl for three >ears or until l'*12 when he em
barked m lusiness on his own account The thorough
ness anl relnbiliti of his work have commende 1 him
to the conhd i e anl suj-port tf the public and from
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year to year he has enlarged his operations until he is
now eojitrolling important interests. He never allows
the slightest detail of any contract to be slighted and
his handiwork is seen in many of the large and sub-
stantial structures of the city, among which may be
mentioned the plants of the Detroit Foundry Company,
the Detroit Machine Products Company, the Detroit
Sash Sc Door Company and the American Piston &
Machine Company, He haa also been awarded im-
portant contracts in neighboring states and his
interests are conducted under the style of the S, G.
Weatherhead Construction Company, of which he is
[ resident md manager In the management of his
t usuioss he IS progressive, energetic and capable and
the vi-art have chronicled his growing success.
On the 14th of June, 190<i, Mr. ■Weatherhead was
united in marriage to Miss Laura Minery, a daughter
of Mr and Mrs Charles Minery, residents of Alabama.
Three children have been bom of this union: Helen,
whose birth occurred in 1912 and who is now a high
si-hool pupil Dorothj, who was bom in 1914 and is
Uho attLuding school, and Bnth, born in 1919.
Mr Weatherhead is an active and earnest member of
St Jamea Episeojal ihurch and for several years has
It en superintendent of its Sunday school. He is prom-
inent in Masonry, belonging to Friendship Lodge, F. &
\ M Michigan fco^ereign Consistory, A. & A. S. B.,
lu which he has taken the thirty-second degree; and
^Iso to the Grotto and the Shrine, and he is likewise a
member of the Masonic Country Club. Diligence and
detcrmmalion have constituted the foundation upon
vihtch he has reared the superstructure of success and
ai the architect of his own fortunes he has builded
wisely anl well while at the same time his activities
have constituted an important factor in the general
imfrovement ind development of his city.
L W MA-RLIN D D S whoisengagedin the genera
praetice of dentistrj la Detroit, was born in Indiana
Pennsylvania, on the 21st of March, 1887, a son of Robert
F. and Carrie (Bryan) Marlitt. He was one of tour
children born to his parents.
In the acquirement of his education L. W. Marlin
attended the public schools of Indiana and in due time
enrolled in the State Normal School. Subsequently he
took up the study of dentistry in the University of Mich-
igan and was graduated from that institution in 1911.
He was a prominent member of Delta Sigma Delta frater-
nity and was active in all campus affairs. In the year of
his graduation Dr, Mariin came to Detroit and estab-
lished his present office at 4864 Woodward avenue. He
is one of the leading members of the profession in this
city and is enjoying an extensive and lucrative patronage.
In 1914 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Marlin to
Miss Olive Harpter, who is prominent in club and social
circles of Detroit and is a woman of charming and magnetic
personality. Both Dr. and Mrs. Marlin are consistent
memberB of the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian church,
to the support of which thsy are generous contributors.
Dr. Marlin follows an independent course in politics, giving
his support to the man he think? best fitted for the oflSce
without regard for party principles. Along strictly pro-
fessional lines he is identified with the First District
Dental Society, the National and Michigan State Dental
Associations, and fraternally he is a Mason, holding mem-
bership in Ashlar Lodge, King Cyrus Chapter, Detroit
Commandery and Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
He has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish
Rite and is likewise a member of the Masonic Country
Club. He is very fond of outdoor sports and to that end
is identified witii the Detroit Athletic Club and the
Detroit Golf Club. Dr. Marlin is one of Detroit's most
public-spirited and representative citizens and well merits
the success he is now enjoying.
ADOLPH N MAEION, a natne son of Detroit ind
a member of one of the most prominent pioneer fimi
lies of the city has been identifiel with the real cstite
loan ai d insurance business here for thirty one years
and b^ reason of his enterprise and capable manage
ment has won a substitntial measure of success He
was born in this cit> on tho dd of October, lSa8, hi^
parents being Nazaire and Ardrange (Cimi a ij
Mirion In the paternal line he traces his *tnee*"try
to General Marion, known as the ' fewimp Fox ' who
won distinetion in the Eevolntioniry war, while the
Lampau familv have been residents of Detroit tor
over three hundred j ears coming horo with the 'jc nnd
group of pioneeri, who followed tho trail blazed 1>
Antoine de La Motte Cadillie tho founder of ti e
city
In the public schools of Detroit 4.dolp(j N Minoii
acquired his education ind it an early a^e he stirte f
the business world, &e\ otmg his attentic
handling of reil €
until 1890 he wis
L'ompiny, acting
still eontmuel hi
tereste In 3890
pendentlv and his
dealing in msuran
has concentrated his itti
building up 1 good business
belonging to the Cimpau
3i\e landowners here From 1S>*1
L the employ of the Detroit Stive
1 purchismg agent, although he
dentification with real estate in
entered the real estati field inde
nee handled his own property, also
but during the last few jears he
n on loans upcn realty
this connection He ha^
knowledge of the worth of all real estate
in his city and is considered an expert in plac ng
values upon property His investments have 1 een
judiciously mile and he is the owner of considetubi
real estate in the eity, being also a director of the
Fwing Nut &. Bolt Works
On the 28th of Febmary, 1881, Mr, Marion v.ai
united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth M. Beaufait, and
they became the parents of five children, of whom
four survive: Evangeline M., now the wife of .lohn
T. GrifSn; Charles A.; Edgar B.; and Francis A. A
son, Clarence A., died at the age of four years.
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Mr. Marion gives his political support to the demo-
uratio partj-. Becognizing the duties and obligations
as well as tlie privileges of citizenship, he haa taken
a prominent part in public affairs and during 1S91 and
la!)2 served as a member of thu state legislature, bring-
ing to the office a keen desire to fulfil his obligations
and discharge hia duties with credit to himself and
for the highest welfare of his statu and country. He
is a communicant of the Holy Rosary Catholic church
and is a member of the Knights of Columbus, while
he also belongs to the Lochmoor Golf Club and the
Old Colony Club. The force of his personality, the
keennsss of his insight and the soundness of hia judg-
ment have brought him to a position of prominence in
bu^iincss circles of Detroit, and hia efforts have con-
stituted an important factor in promoting the improve-
ment and upbuilding of the city. His life has been
an upright and honorable one in all respects, and he
js highly esteemed wherever known but most of all
where he is best known.
JOHN L. HACKEK. Tu ardfnt lovori of aquatic
sports and diversion the country over, there mnet
be few to whom the name of Hacker is not familiar,
for the "Haeker-Craft," manufactured in Detroit,
have gained widespread fame as ultimate types of
the modern motor-boats. John L. Hacker is president
of the Hacker Boat Company, the designing and
manufacturing headquarters of which are established
on Crane avenue, Detroit, and in the development of
the important and unique industrial enterprise con-
trolled by this company he has not only gained high
personal reputation but contributed to the prestige
of his native city as an industrial productive center.
Mr. Hacker has consistently been designated as ' ' North
America's foremost designer of speedy and efficient
rolined V-bottom runabouts," and boata of his de-
signing pJy the waters of innumerable lakes and
streams throughout the United States, while many
are to be found in foreign waters. Known from coast
to coast, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico as one of the best designers and builders of
the world 'a speediest t3'pe of watercraft for recreation
purposes and of boats that have won international
fame, Mr. Hacker has achieved both success and high
reputation in the interesting channel of enterprise
along which he has directed his powers and talents.
He has designed speed and pleasure boats for some
of the world's best known and most Influential water
enthusiasts and on his designs and finished products
he has won innumerable prizes at exhibitiiins of water-
craft, as well as in spirited contests. Among owners
of boats designed and built by Mr. Hacker are some
of the leading t51m stars on the Pacific coast, and it is
wnrthy of record that of the number Dustin Farnum
is at the time of this writing, in 1931, enlisting the
services of Mr. Hacker in the production of the third
sp"cd boat which he has ordered from this source. It
is not the province of this publication to enter into
details concerning the various types of watercraft
designed and manufactured by the Hacker Boat Com-
pany, but full descriptive literature may be obtained
by visiting or addressing the general offi.ees of the
company, at 1525 Crane avenue, Detroit.
John L. Hacker was born in Detroit, on the 34th
of May, 1877, and is a son of John F. and Mary
(Machris) Hacker, the former born at Buffalo, New
York, and the latter in Detroit, as a member of one
of the old and honored families of the Michigan
metropolis. John F. Hacker was five years old when
his parents established their home in Detroit, here
he was reared and educated, and here he has con-
tinued to reside, the while he has become prominently
identified with business interests and is known as a
lo3'al and public spirited citizen. For a number of
years he was engaged in the general merchandise
business, and since retiring therefrom he has been
successfully engaged in the ice and coal business,
both he and his wife having a host of friends in
their homo city. Of their eleven children two are
deceased, the subject of this review having been the
first in order of birth ; and the other surviving
children are: Albert B., Charles, Walter G., Fred-
erick, George, Mrs. Gertrude Walker, Mrs. Clara Bow-
erman and Mrs. Lillian Gamble.
John L. Hacker is indebted to the public schools
of Detroit for his early educational di.ioipline and
thereafter he completed a course in the Detroit Busi-
ness University. He then became bookkeeper in his
father's business ofBce, and in his spare time he
indulged in a line of work that appealed especially
to his interest and enthusiasm, — the study of boat
designing and the producing of models for water-
craft. Eventually he took a correspondence course
in the drafting and designing of plans for speed
boats and finally he produced a model that satisfied
hia critical taste and technical ideals, a practical
working demonstration of the model having convinced
him that he was working along the right lines in
designing hulls for speed boats of the maximum
efSciency. Ho soon built a boat that for speed and
serviceability outdistanced all competitors, and then
it was that he manifested his confidence and enlisted
the requisite cooperation by crganizing the Hacker
Boat Company, in the year 1908. Under his personal
supervision this company has since built hundreds
of fast boata for racing purposes, as well as fox
recreation and pleasure, and demands for the prod-
ucts have come from a large number of prominent
and infiuential persons. A new manufacturing plant
has been erected at Mount Clemens, Michigan, ad-
jacent to the Clinton river, which affords direct con-
nection witli the beautiful Lake St. Clair, well
termed the Venice of America, and thus also with
the Great Lakes. At this new manufactory, mod-
ern in all mechanii'al equipments and accessories.
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& force I f e\f Lrt boat buil lera ib employed and
13 vigoroush attempting an to accelerate production aa
to fill orders that hd\o been on file for virjmg periods
and thus make reid^ to eiedjte the nen orders which
ate eoiiBtantly rolling into the offieea tf the eom
panv Mr Haeker his tieen president ot the comftuv
from the time of its incorporation, in 1908 and is
also gcneril manigerj ind continues to exeiuise his
important functions of archttect and designer of the
various models ■nliich bear his nime
On June 25, 1902, llr Hacker was married to
Miss Bertha '^chtank, danghter of Charles Schrank
of Detroit, and they are the parents of three ehil
dren John A, born m 1<105, Maritn, born in IQll,
and Eleanor, born in 191j all natives of Detroit
Prcrgresaii e and altrt as a business man, Mr Haeker
manifests the same predilection in his cimc attitude,
and in pohties he is independent of strict partisar
lines He belongs to the Masonie fr^ternltv and is
afliliated with the Scottish Eite bodiei is a Noble
of the MvstiL 'shrine, and belongs to '^ha lukiam
Grotto He also belongs to the Monnt Clemens Busi
ness AMOciation, and is a popular mombir if the
Masonic Country Club and the Detroit Yacht Club
EDWIN H WICK&, D D S Dr Edmn H Wicks,
a well knOHn and successful dentist of Detroit, who
has practice! his profesgion m this eitj since 190ti,
was b'rn in Chatham Otttacio, Canada January 23
1874 a son of Edwm ani Susannah (Freu'-h) W iek=i,
who' reared a family of eight children ccnsntmg of
an sons and two daughters He attended the public
and high schooU of Dresden and =!arnia Model school,
Canada ani subsequently took up the profession ot
teaching, becoming an instructor in the graded schools
of Ontario, with which he was identified for a period
of tliree sears He then fame to Detroit anil enrolled
as a student m the dental department of the Detroit
College of Medicine, from which he was graduated in
1898 with the degree (rf D D 8 Going to Charlevois,
Michigan, he there opened an office and continue! to
follow his profesaion m that citv until 190G, when he
returned to Detroit Here he engaged m general prac
tice until Jnne, 1917, -when he became associated with
Dt S Straith m the practice of oral surgery, extrao
tion, radiography and oral diagnosis, a relationship
that IB still maintained Dr Wicks is a skilled dental
surgeon and is very efficient and thorough in all of
his work That he is progressive and enterprising is
manifested bv the modem methods he adopts and his
fflice 19 one of the best equipped in the United
states supplied mth all the latest appliances and
J i ices u'led m the practice of dental surgery
In 1<)04 Dt Wicks was united in marriage to Miss
Lillian Mae Farthing of Flushing Michigan, and they
have become the parents of two children Wesley
James, who was born m 1905, and Helen Leone whose
birth occurred in 11313 The family reside in an at
tract le liome ^t ISu loU Pingree avenue, which is
the property of Dr Wicks In his political views he
is an independent republican, voting tor the candidates
of that part^ at national elections, but where l<<al
issues are concerned he casts his ballot in favor of the
man whom he deems beat qualified for office, regardless
of party ties In religious faith he ii a Methodist and
fraternally he is identified with the Masons belonging
to Corinthian Lodge, F S, A M , King Cj rua Chapter
R A M, and Detroit Comman3erj, No 1 He is also
a member of the Masonic Country Club and the In
glesile Club and keeps abreast with the advance
ment that is continually being made in his profesaion
through his connection with the First District and
Michigan State Dental Societies, the National Dental
Association and the National Societj of Exodontists
and of the first named organization he has served as
secretary for two j ears His time and attention are
concentrated upon the work of his profession, m which
he has attained high standing He utilizes every pas
sible opportunity to promote his knowlidg'e and m
crease his efficiency holding ever to the highest pro
fessional standards, and he enjoys the respect and
esteem ot his fellow pra titioners and also of the
general public He la deeply intereated in all that
pertains to the welfare and progress ot his <iti and
Detroit counts him as a \aluel aid tion to her citi
THEO C SfHWABTZBEK, D D b The name of
Schwartzbek is a prominent one in dental cirilea of
Detroit and Dr Theo C Schwartzbck has won an
enviable standing m the ranks of the profession, his
ability bemg attested by the large practice accorded
him He was born in Bryan, Ohio, February 11, 1&86
a son of Theodore and Amelia (Fieldner) Schwartzbek
and a granistn of Christ and Eosie 'Schwartzbek, who
are ilao natiies of that "iection of the state as were
likewise the maternal grandparents The parents are
still residents of Bryan and the f ither is engaged m
business as a building contractor, being also the owner
of a \aluable firm adjacent to the eity He is a
prominent and succeisful business man of the city and
a represent at n B of one of its 1 onored pioneer families
Three sons haie been born to Mr and Mrs SehwartE
bek Otto T , Carl and Theo C , all of whom are en
gaged in the practice of dentistri, in which they haie
been lery successful
In the gndcl sch ols of his native city and the
high school of Ney Ohio, Theo P Schwartzbek jur
sued his educition and subsequently took up the pro
fession ot teaching, becoming an instructor in the
schools ]ust outside of the citv of Bryan For several
years he engaged in educational vtovk and then entered
the Tri State College at Angola Indiana after which
he became a student in the State Dental College of
Indiana which he attended for a year, completing his
professional training in the University of Michigan,
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from whiph he was gr-iduati 1 itl tie chsi of 191J
at wh h time the degice ot D D & was conferred
upott him Going to Montpelier Ohio he at once
entered ujon the active work of 1 is proftsaion but at
the end of -i year and a lialf left that pHee opening
an offite m F ndlay Ohio where he remained until
July 1018 He then same to Detroit and has smee
followed hia profession in thii c ty hia ability winning
for him a large clientele His ofliee is equipped with
the most improved appliances neLessary for the anc
cessful practice of lental surgery anl ho la moat
thoro igh ai 1 conscient ous in the performance of his
worK and s m expert dental operitor
On the l"th of April li^l" Dr Sthwarizhek wii
united m marriage to Miss Feme Blue of Mont].elier
Oh 0 a daughter of Jease and Margaret J" Blue well
known residents of that city To this union has been
b)rn a son John Theodore whose birth occurred at
Pindlay Ohio on the 'Sth of March 1913 and who
IB now attending school in Detroit
In his pol tical viewa Dr Schwartzbek is a repub
lican stanchh supporting the prmeiples and candidates
of the larty, anl fraternally he is ilentifiod with tie
Benevolet t Protectee Order of Elks belonging to
Lodf,e No "5 with the Knights of Pvtl las his mem
bership being with the lodge at Fmdlav Ohio and
with tht Masons being a member of Palestine Lodge
r & A M of Detroit He is a member of the Delta
Sigma Delta a college fraternity and is also conneetei
with the Michigan and Ohio State Dental 'Societies anl
the Hancock County (Ohio) Dental Society of which
he served as presidet t m 1918 He has never regarded
his professional edncation as ended with the completion
of his college course but I as ever remained a close and
discriminating student of the science of dentistry and
his pronounced ikill and abil ty are not only attested
by his fellow practitioners but by the g ntral public
TH0MA'=5 T FLATTERY occipiing i nost relit
able placL m the mereant 1p circles of Detroit is the
pres dent of the Thomas J Flattery Company Ine ,
eonduetmg one of the city s largest and best known re
ta 1 i ouses f r the sale of mei s hats and furnish
mgs Through indefatigable effort and cl se applici
tion Mr Flattery has built up a large business and the
name of Flattery on men s hats and furnishings stan Is
oa 1 siTionym for quality to any Detroiter Mr Flit
terr is regarded as a ^erv wide awake and progressive
young business man whose success is due entirely to
his own cfEorts and his ability to surround himself
with a LOxps of able assistants Born in Detroit
September 27 1885 he is a son of Tl omas Eobert
and Catherine (Collins) Flatter; He itt ended the
Jesuit school and also the University of Detroit ind
in 1819 started out in the business world by entering
the emplo\ of the J L. Hudson Company as a salesman
in the hat department He remained with that firm
for <
1 Wash
I the most
He has
iPirs gaining intin dte knowledge of the
business and dei eloping his skill as a salesman He
studied tho wants of the public ai 1 came to a clear
understanding of the desires and needs of the trade
Upon leaving the J L Hudson Companj he accepted
the [osition of manager with the Dickinson Hat
Company at that time conducting business m tho
R issell H(use block on Woodwarl avenue He con
tinned with the house until he organized his present
company m February 1<»16 opening a store at Nos
2 "4 Washington boulevarl Here he carries a com
plete line of men s hats and furnishings also all kinds
of sporting tl(thes and a select line of women s tail
crcd 1 ats Ho was the iioneer business mj
mgton boileiard wl leh has since bectm
exclusive business thoroughfare m Detroit
eier held to the highest standards m his bus ness and
has catered to the best trade of the city haMng now i
\cr\ large and gratifying patronage
Mr llattery la a memler of a n imher of the local
ciubs including the Detroit Athletic the Fellowcraft
the Kiwania anl others He also belongs to the De
troit Automobile Club and he is a member of the
Board of Commerce In politi s he maintains an inde
J endent position supporting men and measures rather
tl an lartj He is extremely fond of yachting and
has owned several iinc yichts most of hia leiaure time
1 eing spent nn the water He 1 as tl us made for him
self an enviable place in the aoeial as well as the
bu3iuet,s circl s of D troit in wl leh ity his life Las
I een passed and the fact that many of I is stanchest
triends are those who hai e known him from his
lovhood to the present is indicative of the course
tld
alwdi
"ftALTt.R M4NT0N M D For aim st four decades
fh amc of Manton has been issociatei with pro
f essioi al interests m Detroit an J since preparing for
tl e 1 rartiee of medicmo and surgery Dr Walter Man
t n hdS been associated in practice with hia lather
tl e distinguished Dr Walter Porter Mant )n men
tioned at length on another page of this work He was
born October '> 1881 in Dresden Germany while his
father waa studjing there aid waa brought to
Amen a by his parenta when three years of age
Educated at Harvard he was graluated therefrom
w th the Bachelor of Arts degree and subsequently re
cened the honorary Master ot \rts degree from that
institution He likewise pursued his medical course
at Harvard and did hospital work m the Boston hos
pitals thus gaining broad and valuable experience
Hetirning to Detroit he lecame associatel with hia
father and the conne t on has aince been maintained
Like his father he has specialized in abdominal
surgery and obstetrics and I e too has reached a
los tion of eminence in this branch of the profession
He has been loctirer on obstetrics in the Detroit Col
lege of Medicine for a perio i of bit years and he has
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at all t n ee kept n to eh w th the trend of n odern
I rofe 3 onil thougl t ■jnd progress through h w de
r ad g study and ae ent fie invest gat on He belongs
to the W^n <-<> ntj Med pal Soe ety to ti e Detro t
\ ad n y of Med ne to tl e M ch gan St te Med eal
'loc ety to the Amet cin. Med eal Asaoeiat on and to
the An ec can LoUege of Surgeons
Ir Manton v s co nected it tl tie \n er ean for e9
th ■World w^^ from the tne the Un tei States
nt el th V.1T untl th m ddie of WIQ ind was
al ro^d throughout the j r od se ng mostly w th
tl e F rst D b on wher he atta ned the rank of
m jor He d 1 the a us al th ng to a n e 1 eal ofticer
nisD eh as he e t over tl e top v. th the advance
t So Rsons and wis wounded on the 18th of Jul} 1918
Fo h a counter offens e He was awardol the Dzs
t ngu shed Ser ce Cross by the Amer an government
the Medal of the Leg o of H nor anl the Croix de
tuerre w th pain by France Lpoo hs return he
re nei hs profess nal dut es n Detro t tnH tie
ent re publ c pla e h s name o tl r 11 of d st n
gu shed surgeons n M el gan
KOEEET L TUENEB pres dent of the Robert L
T rnex Compinj cert fled publ e accountants of De
t t vaa born n Ne v lork ety No\ ember 10 ISiJO
his parents being Jimes and Htster 4nn (Lawreneej
Turner, both of whom were natnea of New York city
They remamei in the Empire state throughout their
lives, the fither being there engiged m various lines
of business In his later jears he was conneeted with
tl e toal tnde and he pisaed awav m New York eitv
at the age of fifty He la atill aurvived bj his wife
nho retains her resilenee m the eastern metropolis
Their family numbered four children James Edwarl
now residing in Cleveland Ohio George Lawreni,e
who IS living in Dttroit, Grace, the iMfe of Clem Me
tlnakey of Kine Penns^hania and R bert L
The list mmed wis a pupil in the p ibhe schools
of New Tcrrk citv but at an earl} age began pro
vilmg for his own support by entering the emplov
<f tie \ me White Leid & Color Works Company
kalson ine manufacturers with whom he remained for
a year In 1908 he eame to Detroit and wis employed
hv tie Michigan State Telephone Comiany until 1911
occupying a position m tl e accounting dppartment
He then resigned to engage m bus uess as a public
iceouctmt and established an office m the Penob
acot building where he remained from October 191f"
until Mav l<tl7 He then became a partner with
Dad son Burn ell & Company, with whom he con
tinned until March 15, 1919. Following America s
entrance into the World war, he entered the United
States aervice as a eivilian member of the ordnance
department, which also included the cost, eontract and
advisory departments. He thus continued from Oe
tober 13, 1917, to January 1, 1919, when he resumed
activities as a practicing public accountant. On
tl e 1 th of Mar h h res „ned 1 s o nne t on th
Dadao Burnell &■ Comj:iny and organ zed tie Robert
L Tur er Compa eert lied pul 1 o accountants He
his sne been at the heal of th s bus nesa and hs
patronage his thus fir n et e er^ expect at on of a
sue essful bus ness eireer
On the th of Januiry 1918 Mr Turner w s n ir
r ed m Detro t to M ss Miy Lovle diughter f Mr
md Mrs Jin es J Covle They hi e a son Robert
L Jr born De en ter ^n 1919 n Detro t Tl e r re
1 g 0 s fa th a thit of the Roman Cathol c church
I ol t ally Mr Turner ma nta ns an ndepen lent
course vot ng for n en anl measures rather tl an part
\lang profess onal 1 nes he a conne ted w th the M ch
gin Asaoe at un f Cert fie^ Pul 1 \.c ountant ml
doea e erytJ ng n h s po ver to n i nti n 1 gl pr
fess onal atmdarda
FR \NK E ROBftON general c n el f r tl e
M eh gan Centril Sa Iwij and ne of the beat known
ri Iroid attorneys of the country has pri t eed eon
tnuoualy n Detro t s nco 189 J He vas born n Lan
Bug M eh gan July "0 1859 anl s a son of John
md Mary (Ingersoll) Bobson The father a nat e
of Canada can e to M ch gan n h s boyhood w th h s
patents vho settled near Parmmgt th s state and
there le was rearel to manhood He afterwari
turned his attention to mercantile pursuits in Lansing
in 1852 and remained a successful factor in the busi
ntas enterprises of that citj throughout his actue
1 fe Both he an! his wife haie pissed iway Their
timily numbered tour children Frank B \lbert M
Dwight J inl Mrs Gurdon B Smith, the last thrtt
being residents f Lansing
Frink E Robs on pursued his eirly education in
the public schools of the capital city where he also
pursued his high ai.hool studies md in 1S"5 le enterel
the Michigan Agricultural College from which he v. is
graduated m 18(8 with the decree of BiiheUr of
Science The school years at this mstitut on at this
jeriot closed in November and when aeicifeen lears
of age in 18 6 he began tea h ng in the rural schools
being thus engiged during three winters In 187) he
began the study of Jaw in the office of Schuyler P
Seager of L-insing and during i part of the time was
ilso a teacher in the public schools of the eapitil city
In 1882 he mitriculated m the law depirtment of the
University of Michigan and received his LL B degree
with the class of 18S3 He tl en entered upon the ac
tiiB prictue of his profession at Lansing in partner
ship with Schuyler S Olds this issociation continuing
until October 1890 when he eime to Detroit Here
he formed a partnership with Judge Philip T A an
Zile anl the firm continue! in successful praetiee until
1M>3 when the partnership was lissohed anl Mr
Robson was for a time alone He afterwari formed
the firm of Bobson George S. Fisher whuh continued
from 1905 until 1909 and during the two succeeding
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yeirs was associated with James O Miriiii unler thp
firm style of Kobaon &. Murfin On the lat of Decern
ber IBOS however he accepte I the pusit on of genera!
ittorney for the Michigan Central Kiilroad and so
continued until the 1st of January 1917 when he be
eame general (ounsel remaining in that position save
for the period when the road was under federal control,
Tvhen his official title ■v.&t that of general solicitor
After the return of the road to private ownership
he dgain lasumtd the responsibilities of general counsel
and he is todav one )f the best known railroad at
torneys in the country He belongs to the Wayne
Counts the Michigan State anl the American Bar
Associations and is ice rded the highest reapett and
honor of hii colleagues anl contemporaries m the pro
Mr Robaon was married at Toledo Ohio on the 10th
of Tune 1S8t to Mi'js Cirolme W tlaflin anl they
have one child Gertrude M now the wife of George
L Caaenhiser of Detroit who is the mother of three
children John R Frank R anl Harriette Jean
Mr Robson is interested in farming and gardening
m -Hhith he finds his chief diversion being the owner
of fine farm property in Oakland count} He be! ngs
to the Detroit Club and he giv es his political alleg ance
to the republican jartj His religious faith is that
of the Congregation al thurth and his interest centers
m all those agencies and forces which are looking
toward the a loption of higher ideals lu connection with
civic and public affairs as well as for the individual
The pleasure and enno^ment which he gets from out
door life his farming interests and the cultivation of
flowers constitute an even balance to tie mj rtant
profesai nil reiiponsibilities which devolie ujon lum
JOHN G BlTMNE"i Detroit numbers an ng her
native sons John G Rumney presiient ot tht Detroit
Steel Product' Company His birth oeeurrLj on the
13th of October 1«50 -i son of John and Martha
(Palmer) Eumnev He was the eliest of six children
horn to their union
In the acquirement ot his tducation T>hn G Rum
nev attended the public schools of Detroit and after
putting his textbooks asile startei! out m the busmeas
world His first experience was gained in the employ
of TtfEt Casej jv Kellogg and later with Ducharme
Fletcher &, Company dealers m wholesale hardware
as salesman and he remained with them for some time
Subsequently he became treasurer of the Henry C
Hart Manufacturing Company a position in which he
was active e ght i ears From 18S8 to 1S% he w is
engaged in the cattle an 1 real estate buBinesa in
Helena Montana and ii the latter vear returnel to
Michigan becoming manager for the American Ead
lator Corporation and Kalamaaoo topring & Ax\e Com
panj at Kalamazoo He was thus actively connected
for eight years In ItO-t Mr Humnev organized the
Detroit Steel Tr littsConiani of which I nasman
igcr until H14 when he became president He has
demonstrated his fitness tor carrying out the duties
devohing upon him in that capacitj and inspires those
with whom he comes into contact with conhdence and
esteem He has been a dominant figure in the growth
ot the concern which is today one of the largest and
best known companies of ita km! m the ecuntrv It
raanutactures motor car springs dratt gears tor freight
and passenger cars and Fenestra steel windows
The last named product has revolntiomzod industrial
construction and has been purchased by many of the
larfeosl: factories of Detroit and thronghtut the world
Mr Bumney is also president and treasurer of the
Highland Park Company of Helena Montana presi
dent of the Fenestra Construction Company president
of the Canadian Metal Window & Steel Products Com
pany of Toronto Canada and in financial circles he
is well known as a director in the Industrial Morris
Plan Bank
On the 30th of January 1593 was celebrated the
marriage of Mr Eumney to Miss M<iri E Pittman
a laughter of Lieutenant Coloi el bimuel F Pittman
T their union two children were born Mason D and
Kathleen who is the wife of Richard H Doughty
Mrs Rumney is prominent m club and social cir les
and la a woman of charming peraonality
Mr Eumney has always given his political endorse
mont to the rep iblican partv and the principles for
which it stands He is a close stulent of the living
issues of the day and although he is not particularly
active in party affairs lie is ever cognizant of the
duties and responsibilities of citizenship and to that
end takes an active part in every movement tor the
development ani improvement of the general welfare
He IS a member and was formerly a director of the
Boarl of Tommerce and socially he is ideut fied with
the Detn t Club Detroit Boat Club Co ntrv < lub De
troit Athlete Club Detroit 4.uto fl ib and the Owl
Club of drosse Pomte Mr Rumney is r( idih con
ceded a position among the leading manufacturers of
this eitj His energies ha^ e been concentrated upon
his business and his v aned and important interests
have contributed substantially to the growth develop
ment and prosper tv of Detroit
RAYMOND S GOU\ M D In his native ciiv of
Detroit Dr Bavmond S Goux has Veen establiahpl in
the practice of his profession since the year 1)12 and
the success and prestige that are his offer definite
\ oucher for his ibilitj and personal ] opularity Real
izing the consistency of concentration m the work of
his profession Dr Qoux specializes in the treatment
of diseases of the pye ear nose and throat and he
maintains his oflice headquarters at 54'* David Whit
nev building on Woodward avenue
Dr Gouv was born in Detroit on the 21st of Janu
ary IS***^ and is a son of (Tiarles E and Margaret
|Si]ot> Cou\ tie f rmer a nat vp f Detro t anl the
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latter of the state of Iowa. Charles ii G ux mis
reared and educated in Detroit and 11 a ri,j resentatn e
of one of the old and honored French famUiea of this
city. He has for many years been a valued and
popular executive in the Detroit ofhue of the \raeritan
Express Company. Ho and his wife ire the parents
of two children, of whom Dr. Gnux of thig sketch la
the elder, the younger being Miaa Ethel who remains
at the parental home.
Dr. GouK was seventeen years of age when ho was
graduated from the high school and shortly afterward
he matriculated in the Detroit College of Melieine &.
Surgery, from -which institution he was graduated in
1911, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine He wise
ly fortified himself further through the clinical ex
perience he thereafter gained by one j ear of service
as interne in Grace Hospital, anl he neit (ompleted
a postgraduate course in the Wilh Eye Hosjital
Pliiladelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1112 he engaged in
active practice in his native city and I ere his sutceas
has been unequivocal, while he has gained high reputa
tion in his special field of practice that in\ohing the
diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye ear
nose and throat. During the ^ orld war Dr Goux
held the commission of first lieutenant m the medi al
department of the Air Service being aiRliati 1 with
various reaearch laboratories conducted in canton
ments in several localities in this country His term of
service was from April, 1918, to Februarv 1919
Dr. Goux is affiliated with the Amern.an Medical
Association, the Michigan State Medical "aociety the
Wayne County Medical Soeietv and the Detroit
Otolarvngological Society In the Masonic fraternity
he has attained the thirt> second degree of the Si-ottish
R te, le^iides being affiliated with the Mvstie Shrine
inl tic Ph) Rho Sigma roe heal fratemit> He hold')
membership m the Kiwanis Club an 1 the Masonic
(.ountrj Club and he and his wife are i
Presbvtenan Lhuroh
On February 10 1<)13 Dr Goux was n
Mildred Kobmson daughter of Prude
of JflLksoniille Florida and the one
union is Charles Wilbur Gout who was btri January
9, 1918
WILLI VM PATEIfK SCLLLIN att rnei at law
and lecturer on law in the Detro t Univeraitv was
born in Detroit Decen ber 12 I8'3 his parenta being
Patrick an 1 Marv (Mihoney) '"icullm both of whom
were natnes of Ireland but left that country m
youth, crossing the Atlantic to the new world The
father, who was a tradesman passed awav in 1S93
while the mother survives and w th her s<n William
P., occupie' the (Id familv homestead at No 1303
East Jefferson avenue
Spending his yiuthful davs under the parental
roof, William P '^cullin attendei the public schools
and won the Bachelor of 4rts degree from the TTni
versit} <f Detroit in 1893 He thui acqnirtl broal
Lembers of the
larned to Miss
nik Robinion
hild of this
littrar^ learning to serve as a foundation upon which
to rtar tie superstructure of professional knowlelgt
Determining ipon the practice of law as a life work,
he became a stulint in the Detroit C liege of Law
ind won his LL 13 degree in 1897 In the interim
he had spent ont. >eir m travel Immediately after
his graduaticn he t((k up the active practice ot law
n. Detroit where Ic fas remained He is now well
known as a lecturer on law m the Detroit University
and he has a substantial clientage eonneuting htm
with much important litigation He belongs to the
Michigan '^tate Bar Association and also has member
ship relations with the Bar Association of Detrtit
The religious faith of Mr Scallin s that of the
Catholic ehurcli and he is a member of Our Laly
of Help parish He belongs to the Knights of Colum
bus and in polit os is a stanch demo rat who was
elected upon the party ticket from the irst senatorial
district of Mich j,an to the upper house of the state
legislature serving during the general assembh of
1902 3 He is t tcrested in all questions of puHii,
concern giiing his ail and infiuente wl ereier 1 e
believes the general welfare will be promote!
HON ALLXAINDEE I GEOL-^BEi K whom the
election f 19^0 naie the ehicf exccutn e of Michigan
passe 1 to the higher honors and duties of the governor
ship fryni the oBi e of attorney general He has long
been a leader of the Michigan bar and welJ merits the
listin tion tl it his come to him as the gitt ot the
people of his native state He was bom m Warren
tuwnoh p Macomb countv on the th of March 18 3
and IS a son of Louis Groesbcck who was descended
from Dutch French ancestry The father was at one
time sheriff ot Maeomb county and a man cf con
siderill lo al prom nence
Ale^an ler J Groesbeck attended the p iblic schools
of Mount Clemens Michigan anl of Wallaceburg
Ontario his parents residing with their family at the
latter pi icc for two years The ctrly ambition of the
necessary at that day to ha\ e an academic education
to enter upon preparati n for the bar Mr Groesbeck
went from the pul lii, sci ools to the studv of law m
the ofiice of an attornev at Port Huron Michigan \
>ear or so later he entered the law school cf the Uni
lerait^ tf Michigan and there won his LL B degree
as a graduate of the class of 1893 In July of the
same year he was admitted to practice at the bar ot
the atate ani located n Detroit where he followed his
profession until assuming his duties as chief executive
of the state Thr ugh<ut his connection with the De
troit bar he las ever enioved the respect goodwill
and confidence of his c Ileagues because of his close
conformity to the highest ethical standards of the pro
fession While advancement at the bar is proverbially
slow Mr Groesbeck s success from the beginning was
marked and an orderli progression brought him to a
[la e cf leadership in the ranks of the legal fratemitv
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ot JSticliigin Moreover Mr Ciroe^beck became detplv
interested m the \ital ti\ie and public problems of
his (itj and utate, taking his stand uith the republican
toriet. and it was, therefore a logical conclusion that
1 man of hia professional attainments and mental
povters should be called upon for o&cial activity His
etttranee as a prominent igure in atate polities was
midi m lyl2 wlen he beiame actue m the mo^e
ment to elect a delegation to the republican national
c< mention fa\ orible to the renomimtion of President
Taft inl he was a leader ot the Taft forces The
same vear he wis elected republican state chairman
an i lerved until 1114 when he declined reeieetion In
191b he was elected attorney generil ot the state and
WIS igain chosen tor the oflice m 1B18, making a moat
creditable record in the position His winning of the
nomination for governor m the primines of IIZO was
but the natur'il recognition and reward of his able
service in. the of&ce of attorney general, and at the
No\ ember election ht wai chosen governor of Miohi
gan y^ in. overwhelming plurality Those who have
»it hed his career thus far have no doubt as to the
oute< me of his serviLe as chief exeeutne of the state
knowing that he will give to Michigan a buamessliki,
and progressive ■idministration that will result m find
mg torteet solution for miuy of the problems before
the ton iionwealth
(loiernur Groesbeck i? interested in i number of
suLLCSstuI business enterj-nses including the Flint
Saginaw Interurban Eailwaj of which he was ot e
of the builder's He is a member of the Betroit Ear
AssoLiation the Michigan Bar Asi^ociation ml tie
American Bar Association and in o ub circle'' s well
known as a member of the Detroit Olul -inl the Dc
troit Athletic Club
E\EL BLOOMER M D Thoroughh equipped by
1 beril oolkgiati training tor the profession which be
mikes his lite work Dr Earl Bloomer has already
gainxd a well estallished position m meJi a! circles
of Detroit although he has been engaged in practice
lu this citi tor but three jears He was bom m St
J<seph Missouri on the 3d of August 18S9 and is a
son of Dr Oscar T and Minnie (Buhl) Bloomer the
former i natii e of Ohio while the latter was born in
Missouri At an early age the tather become a resi
dent of Missouri and following his graduation from
the Central Melical College of St Joseph ho opened
an ofhce in that city, where he las since succcssfulh
practiced his profession The mother also surv \es and
three children were born of their union Mrs Ruby
Wagner, whose home is in St Joseph Dr Gaylorl
Bloomer who is connected with Harper Hospital of
Detroit and Dr Earl Bloomer of this review
Dr Bloomer was graduated from the high school at
St Joseph when ■
uient
aintd for ■
studv of
, the Uni
of wl
Missouri where
leh were devote 1
gra luate i from
that institutitn in Itl^ and then entered tie Harvard
Medical School which conferred upon him the M D
degree m 1915 For two years thereafter he served
as house physician at the Massachusetts General Hos
pital in Boston and in 1917 he joined tie Harvard
"Medical Unit He was commissioned a first lieutenant
and with the British forces was attache 1 to Base Hos
pital No 22, receiving his discharge from the service
m December 1918 Making his wav to Detroit he be
came aiiociated with Dr Archibald D McAlpme a
well known phvieian of this eitj but is now praetic
ing independently and his professional labors have
been attended with a gratifying measure of success
He IS surgeon for the Michigan Mutual Hospital and
has also a large private practice being most cons len
tious m the discharge of his professional duties He
thoroughlj understands the scientific as well as the
practical side of the profession and his ambition keeps
hira abreast with the trend of tie times xn the fiell
of medical and surgical practice
On the 0th ot November, 1920 Dr Bloomer was
united in marnage to Miss Gertrnle Tood ^ a
daughter of Mr and Mrs Thrmas William Toolev ot
Wookmg England, and they now have a son 'VVillium
Earl who wis born on the Jth of August, 1921 In his
political Mews the Doctor is independent anl pro
fessionallv he is identified with the American Medical
Association He is an enterprising and progressive
young man, who does everything to perfect himself in
his chosen vocation and his innate talent and ac luired
abilitv are bringing him rapidlv to the front in the
ranks of his profession
tHOLEfe A GEANT Detroit s foremost position
as 1 manufacturing center in the Unite 1 States is due
to the progressive efforts of manj wideawake ener
gptic business men — men who are typical of the spirit
that has actuated America in her steady advancement
s nee the establishment of the republic Well known
in industrial circles in Detroit IS Lharles A Grant who
was born in Ridgetown Canada Januarj 31 187t He
crossed the border into the United btates when a lad
of >ut eight years of age m company with his parents
and was educated in the schools of Detroit After
leaving the high schod he took up salesmanship and
I as always devoted his attention to this field of labor
He was with the Ford Motor Conpany tor two years
and iunng that period was assistant to Jamea Couzms
Later he and his brother George D Grant became
engaged m the retail automobile business in which
they continued tor twelve years selling the Buick
Thomas and CI aimers cars In 1910 thev organized the
Grant Foundry Companv and in IBlb extended the
scope of their activities bj adding to their business
the Grant & Marx Brass Works Of both corporations
Charles A Grant is now the treasurer During the
war they made twentv thousand of the seventvfive
millimetre shells besides manganese reels and trucks
f r the Unitel Stitcs government also carburetors and
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[arts for aec<pi-ine9 In the conduct of tie buamesa
they diapJajed ■in Imeciean sp c t that registered one
hui dred per cent and m daii of peace Mr Grant la
pquillv lojal to the interests ot hia country and ita
welfare
Charles 4. brant marnei "Vlisa Liura Murriy ^^ d
they hiie become ptrenta ot two children Charles
Murray and Gladys Elizabeth Mr Grant la well
known in Misonic eirclea hiving membership m
Orieatil Lodge No 240 A F & A M also in Michi
gia '^o^ ereign Conaiator^ in which he has attained
the thirty second degree of the bcottish Bite and in
Moslem Temple A A 0 N M S He la 1 kewiae
well known in eli b Lirclea belonging to the Detroit
Athletic and the Detroit Golt Llubs and hia interest
m the upb iilding of Detroit in her trade and in her
IP relations is mdicatel m h a membership m tJe
Board ot Commerce an! the Michigan Mai i faeturera
\a90p ation He la an alert wiieatake v) ng busi
ness man who has become a dvnamie force in mania
factunng c re lea and judging trom the paat hia
progreas in the future is aasured
JOHN L EUCSKO, conducting a steamahip, real
eat ate and insurance agency and recognized ai one
of the prominent business men m the Hamtramek naa
biwn m Hungarv, Mai 22, 1881 a aon of Michael and
Mary (^alonski) Bucsko, it bo were natives of the
same country and there spent their entire lives, the
father engaging m the meat buameaa for many years
The mother is still a resident ot Baca Bodrog, Hnn
gar\ (now Jugoslavia) They had eight children
Mrs Wilma Likar, also a resident of Baca Bo Iro^'
county, George and Mrs Mary Biek, likewise hving
m that county, John E Michael and Mrs Ethel Skala,
of Detroit, Mrs Aranka Skala, of countv of Bacs
Bodrog, and Deaiderius, who iv also In mg in the
county of Baca Bodrog Jugo Slavia
John E Bui 'it 0 acquired hia education m the
schools of Agram Croatia, and afterward entered upon
clerical linei, m which he was active until 1<)00 when
he lame to the new world Here he continued clerical
work until 1114 He enterei the emplovment office of
the Cadillac Motor Company and acted as employment
agtnt in the foreign department for a vear Thus
along various lines Mr Bucsko ha^ directed his ef
forts with excellent reault^ On the 23d of December,
1915 he organized the John E Buesko Beil Estate
Company at Hamtramek and has since londucted a
general real estate business, in whuh he hai met
with success He has not only betn the means ot
establi'ihing mam of his own nationality m com
fort able homes but has also been an influential factor
in pr< moting among them a true American spirit
In addition to hia steamship ticket business he w a
real estate agent He is the agent at Hamtramek for
the Cunard, White Star, Norwegian American Scan
dinavian, the Holland and the Holland American, to
gether with other trans Atlantic lines His business
I itertats are ti ua i aried e>.tensn e and important
and 1 J reaaon ot his close appl cation and capability
he hai made for 1 imaelf a creditable pos t on in bus
neas c rcles After com ng to Detroit he pursuel a
courae in the Detroit College of Law in rler to
acquaint himself with business law an 1 this has been
of great worth to hira n the conduct of hia afEairs
On the I'jth of January 1904 Mr Bucako was
ui ted in marriage in New York city to Miaa Helen
Mesaros and they have become parents of tl ree chil
Iren Eugene born in Nei "iork citj in December
l'>04 and now attend n|, the Hamtram k high s hool
\alaria who was lorn in Passaic New Jersey in
1109 and is attending scl ool and Helen lorn m De
troit in March 1917
In polities Mr Bucako is a republican He is a
member of the Detroit Board of Commerce ai d also
belongs to the American Protect ve League He seried
as a 1 eutenant of the Patriotic Lomm ttee and he
was No 11-14 ot the secret service of the United
States government during the war with Germany
He a led m promoting ail the Liberty Loan drives
and he IS a stanth supporter of every project or plan
that tends to promote the real American spirit of
democracy and progress He has long been recog
nizej aa one of the substantial and \alued residents
of Detroit and particularly has he been helptul in
improimg ani developing Hamtramtk and in main
taming a high standard of citizenship in that section
of the city
F "W BA\D, president and manager of th Arrcw
Tool 4 Beimer Comptny, waa born in Coshocton, Ohio,
Februarj 15, 1873 Hia father, William Baad waa a
native of the atate of New York and removed to Ohio,
establishing a general merchandise store at Warsaw
where he rimamed until hia death m 1878 He married
Pensaca Darling who waa born in tht Buckeje state,
while her parents tame from England The death ot
Mra Baad ocLurred at Akron, Ohio, in 191S Their
famil} numbered two children, the daughter being
Harriet, who la Imng in Akron
The son F W Baad, attendei the public schools of
Warsaw and of Coshocton, Ohio, pursuing his high
school education m the latter place He then btLame
m apprentice to the tool and reamer making trade
with the Whitman L Barnea Company of Akron Ohio,
and iitLi thoroughly acquainting himself w ith the
businesa as an apprentice he Lontinued with the firm
for SIX ^ ears On the expiration of that period he
came to Detroit and entered the employ of the Detroit
Twiat Drill Compani, as general superintendent oier
all of its factories He continued with that corpora
tion for aeienteen years, or until W16 when he re
signed his position to engage in business on his own
account He then organized the Arrow Tool & Reamer
Company beginning the business in a small way, and
since that time he has developed one of Detroit's
representatne manuf icturing interests, of whi h he
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IS tlie prtaiJent and generil mimger with William
Siegloffi as the \ice president and John Kennedj is
siprLt'iTV and treasurer The growth of the bnainess
m ndicated in the fact that the company now employs
tr)ni Sixtv live to seientyfiie e'^perienced tool ani
re imer makers and its patronage is ateadilj growing
tl<rc l)eing a conBt^nt deman 1 for tie output ot its
Ii December IQl'' Mr Baad married Mi's Dora
M^theraon *i diiughter of Rodenuk Matherson and
fhcv have one child Minon Mr Baad is well known
|ij ■) faithful follower of Masonic precepts and pur
2 oses He has attained the thirty second degree of
tl e bcottish nte ind is i Noble of Moaltm Temple
ut the Mvtic Shrine He is likewise a member of
fie MisoniP Cnuntrj Club ind he belongs also to the
WLlverjne Auto Club and the Fellowcuft Athletic
ri lb while hiH interest in the city and in eivic wel
tire IS shown m his connection with the Detroit Board
of Commerce
THOMAB FPANCIS CA&HIN who amce lt20 has
been welfare director for the Dodge Brcthera Com
piTu of Detroit m which connection his aeriioes are
proimg effective and resultant, is widely and favor
dbh known in this city where he his spent his life
(oiering a. period of forty eight year™ for he wis here
1 urn on the 3d of November, 1873 a son of Thomis
inl Mirgaret (Hickey) Cishin His education was ai
quired m the public schools of the city and the old
Detroit College which ii now known as the University
of Detroit Ho was griduated tron that institution
with the class of 1891 He then entered the railwaj
mi 1 service being the first man to sort mail on the
I in between Detroit and Chicigo He was superm
tPndent of the first [oat ofiice bnnch in Detroit and
Mried IS assistant postmister from 1913 until March
1 1<120, when he became identified with Dodge
Brothers extensiielj engaged m the manufacture ot
lutomobiles in this city hmng charge of welfare
wcrk Although he has recently undertaken the duties
of this position he has ilreadv aecompliihed in port ant
icaults working effectivelv to promote the well being
of tlie en ployes of the firm and establishing that
spirit of coopeiition and goodwill which is so essential
n the successful operation of a Iirge industnal enter
On the "th of Jinuarv, 1897, Mr Ca'shiii was united
in marnig© to Miss Ah a Schmittdiel a daughter of
I )hn S Stl m ttdicl who wis at one time city treasurer
of Detroit Two sons hive been born of this union,
Thomas Fnncis, Jr ind Ji hn Lewis Mr ("ashm is
1 member of the Catholic church and it also connected
with the Knighta of Columbus He is likewise identi
fied with the 41umni Association of the Universitv of
Detroit, being a member of its boird of governors
ind is al'o affiliate i with the Detroit Ticht Club,
while hii interest in the development and progress of
hn eity is indicited bv his membership in the Board
of Commerce He has been an interested nitness of
the wonderful growth of Detroit which his placed
this citv among the great industriil centers of the
United States, and m tl o work of progreia ind up
building he has b rnc his fuC shire His life has
been an exemplary one in all respects and he has ever
supported those interests which ire calculate 1 to
benefit humanity while his own personal worth is de
serving of the highest commendation
EGBERT H ANDERSON In manuf ictunng ircles
of Detroit, Robert H Inderson figures prominently is
secretary and treasurer of the Michigan Tool Com
panj one of the important industrial enterprises of
the city and its development has been due la no
small measure to his close ittention to details his
aggressiveness and his sound judgment He was bom
in Sweden and attended school in that country until
1902 when he came to the United 'States completing
his eduoat on m the schools here Taking up the
machinist's trade he became an expert toolmakei and
also acquired a knowledge of mechanical engineering
In I'llS he assisted m orgai izmg the Micl igan Tool
Company wlieh wai moorpontei m that vear and
eirlv in lO'O he became seeretarj and treasurer of the
orgmization He has formulated many well defined
plans for the develofment of the trade and the man
agcment of the undertaking keeping it not only in
line 1 ut rather in the lead among the progressiv e in
stitutions of this charicfer in the city The compani
makes special machinery tools and gear cutters tor
automobile manufacturers ml the metal industry gen
eralh and the excellence of its work has secured for
it a large trade its output being shipped all over the
United States and also to points m Canada
In February 1909 Mr Andefon was united in mar
rjage to AIiss Mary Henrietta Anderson and the; hav e
bccrme (1 c j.arents of three children Vera Qladya
and Mirv in Mr Anderson is a member of the Amen
can sncietv of Mechanical Engineers and his political
allegiance ii given to the republican parfv His public
spirit inds expression in hi« memberahip in the De
troit Boari of Commerce whose plans and projects for
the industrial expansion of the city receive his hearty
cooperation and support He is recognized as an enter
prising alert and capable voung b ismeos man to
whon opportunity has spelled success and his minv
sterling qualities have gained him a high pla^e in the
regard of ill with wl om he las been brought into
CH4ELESH LAZOWSEI D D S For seventeen
years Dr Charles H LaEOwski his engaged in the
practice of dentistry in Detroit and his marked ability
and alherence to high standards have won for him a
position of prominence m the ranks of the dental pro-
fession of this citv He was horn in Brooklyn, New
York January 8 1832 a son of Charles and Anaatasia
•^tone) Lazowski in whose family were nine children.
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He attended the publie sehoola of the Empire state aad
in. 1902 entered upon tlie study of dentistry, winning
hia professional degree in 1905. In the latter year
he eame to Detroit and began the practice of dentistry,
being the first dentist in the oity conversant with the
Polish language. His oflee is equipped with the most
improved dental appliances and in the discharge of
his professional duties he is thorough, painstaking and
conscientious. His skill and ability have won recog-
nition on the part of the general publie and hia prac-
tice is one of large proportions.
In 1907 Dr. Lazowsti was united in marriage to
Miss Kathleen G. Jaroch and they have become the
parents of two children: Robert and Eleanore. They
reside at No, 4447 Bussell street and are communicants
of St. Albertus' Catholic church. Dr, Lazowski gives
his political support to the principles and candidates
of the republican party and in matters of citizenship
he is progressive and public-spirited. He is identified
with the Polish National Alliance, the Century Club,
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Psi Omega,
a college fraternity, and his professional connections
are with the First District, Michigan State and
National Dental Associations. His attention is con-
centrated upon his professional interests and his
earnest study, persevering effort and unquestioned
ability have been the basic elements in the attain-
ment of his present-day success.
GUY BREWSTER CADY, of Jackson, Piatt, Cady &
Company, Investment Bankers of Detroit, was born in
this city July 3, 1876, a son of David D. and Elizabeth
Henri (Brewster) Cady. The father, who was born in
Plymouth, Michigan, January 20, 1847, was a son of
David and Lomira Cady and acquired his education in the
public schools of Ypsilanti and of Detroit, where he had
made his home mnee 1862. He remains still an active
factor in its business circles, where he has figured prom-
inently for many years. He became actively identified
with the grocery business in Detroit in 1871 and from
1877 until 1892 was a member of the firm of W. J. Gould
& Company. He then with G. W. Lee formed a partner-
ship under the firm name of Lee & Cady, this connection
existing from 1892 until 1907, when it was incorporated.
He was elected to the vice presidency of the firm of Lee &
Cady. Two years later they bought out Phelps Brace
& Co. and Smart & Fox of Saginaw. The firm then
became Lee, Cady & Smart. Two years later the firm
name changed back to Lee & Cady. David D. Cady has
since continued in the vice presidency of this corporation,
which owns and conducts one of the largest wholesale
grocery houses not only of Detroit but of the entire state
and has likewise extended its activities to various cities,
operating at Saginaw under the name of Lee & Cady, at
Bay City under the style of the Bay City Grocery Com-
pany, at Saginaw as the Valley City Coffee & Spice Mills,
at Kalamazoo imder the name of Lee & Cady. Mr. Cady
is also a director of the Standard Saving & Loan Associ-
ation of Detroit. He is a Knight Templar and Consistory
Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and he belongs
to the Detroit Club, the Country Club and the Old Club.
He was married at Detroit in 1868 to Ehzabeth Henri
Brewster, who was born at Parkhill, New Hampshire.
Mrs. Cady died July 19, 1919. They were the parents of
four children: Guy Brewster; Mabel Henri of Detroit;
Elizabeth Jenks, the wife of A. Burns Smythe of Cleve-
land, Ohio; and Hal David, residing at Winter Park'
Florida. In the maternal Une the ancestry can be traced
back directly to Elder WiUiam Brewster of Massachusetts.
In the acquirement of his education Guy B. Cady
attended the grade schools of Detroit and for two years
was a pupil in the Detroit high school. He next entered
the Detroit School for Boys, now the Detroit University
School, from which he was graduated at the age of eigh-
teen years. He matriculated in the University of Mich-
igan, which he attended two years, being a member of
the class of 1899. After putting aside his textbooks he
became identified with the wholesale grocery house of
Lee & Cady in the capacity of clerk and remained with
the company for seven years, gradually working his way
upward, his expanding powers enabhng him to assume
larger responsibilities and more important duties as the
years passed. In 1904 he engaged in the brokerage bus-
iness on hia own account for a year and then turned his
attention to the advertising field, in which he built up a
business of considerable proportions, doing indoor and
outdoor display advertising under the style of Guy
Brewster Cady & Staff. This company was incorporated
in 1919. He was and remains controlling owner of this
business, which has been a very successful enterprise
from the beginning. He also organized the firm of Cady
& Wentz, Incorporated, printers and direct by mail adver-
tising, which business he hkewise controls. He gave up
the actual management of these however, to enter into
his present business relations under the firm style of
Jackson, Piatt, Cady & Company, Investment Bankers.
On the 30th of October, 1901, Mr. Cady was married
to Miss Ada Mary Lathrop of Detroit, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Lathrop. They have become parents of
one child, Elizabeth Lathrop Cady, who was bom in
Detroit in 1903 and is now attending Mrs. Merril's school,
Oaksmere at Mamaroneek, New York.
Mr. Cady is prominently known through his member-
ship relations. He belongs to the Society of Mayflower
Descendants and served as governor of the sf.ate organ-
ization for two years. He organized the Detroit Players
Club in 1910, which today has a very exclusive member-
ship. He is also identified with the Sons of the American
Revolution, the Sons of Colonial Wars, the Fine Arts
Society, the Arts and Crafts Society, the Beta Theta Pi
Fraternity, the Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity of the Uni-
versity of Michigan, the Lambda Sigma of the Detroit
high school and a number of the leading clubs, including
the Rotary Club, the Grosae Points Country Club, the
Old Club, the Detroit Club, the Detroit Athletic Club, the
Detroit Boat Club, Detroit Automobile Club, the Adcraft
Club and the Indian Village Club. He has always been
interested in the drama and in maintaining a high standard
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of dramatic performance in Detroit, his influence m this
particular, having been far-reaching. In a word he does
things; he gets results, and the pubUc benefits thereby
F. A. OSOWSKI, M. D. Although one of the younger
physicians and surgeons of Detroit, Dr. F. A. Oaowski
is making rapid progress in his profession, his ability
being attested by the large practice accorded him. He
was born at Buffalo, New York, in 1889, of the union of
Peter and Antonia (Torlop) Osowski, and is one of a
family of eight children. He attended the grammar
schools and the Central high school of his native city and
for a time filled the position of assistant librarian. In
1910 he entered the medical department of Loyola Uni-
versity of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the
cla'Ji of 1914, and for eighteen months be served as interne
at the Frances Willard Hospital of that citj thus gaining
valuable practical experience He spent a year m Grand
Eapids, Michigan, and m 1916 came to Detroit opening
an office at No -1668 Russell street where he has ainee
been located He puts forth earnest efforts to mikc his
Iibors effective in checking the ravages of disease and
ei-Cellent result<i have attended bis mimstratioiia to the
suk His practice makes heavj demands upon his time
and he is also a member of the surgical staff of Samaritan
Hospital
In Chicago, Illinois, on the 24th of May 1916 Dr
Osowski married Miss Marie Parowska, and they now
have two daughters: Genevieve, whose birth occurred
in 1917; and Phyllis, born in 1919. Thej are members
of the Catholic church, and Dr. Osowski is ilso connected
with the Knights of Columbus. He is a republican in h s
political views and has never been neglectful of the d ities
and obligations of citizenship, loyally supportmg all those
measures and movements which are projected for the
development and improvement of his city and state Hia
professional connections are with the Wayne County and
Michigan State Medical Societies, the American Medical
Association and the Polish- American Ph^smans Asso
oiation, and he is also a member of the Phi Delta ciUegc
fraternity. A close student of his profession he utilizes
every possible opportunity to broaden his knowkdge and
increase his efficiency, and his enterprise and imbition
are carrying bini steadily forward to the goal f succe s
CHAELES MAZZIE, one of the best ki own men in
the banking business in Detroit, where for i eirs ht I as
been engaged at one branch or another of banking
and at present occupying the responsible position of
superintendent of branch banks for the Piist National
and Central Savings Bank of Detroit, was born in the
commercial capital of Michigan, May 4, 1S8 a son of
Charles and Laura (Einas) Maazie. He was educated
at the Ortonvillo high school, later entering the Detro t
Bnsinesa University. Ho began hia business cireer
as bookkeeper in the Gratiot and Cheno branch of the
Peninsular State Bank in October, 190" remaining
with that institution for four years. Fifteen ve%rs of
experience in all that pertains to banking giies "Mr
Mazzie the right to be regarded i
in hia line.
In 1911 Mr. Mazsie was married to Blanche Croupe,
and they are the parents of one daughter, Josephine
Blanche Mazzie. Mrs. Mazzie is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Croupe, of Ortonville, Michigan, and
through her mother ia a member of the Daughters of
the Eevolution and eligible to the Mayflower Society,
distinctions which she values veiy highly, Mr. Mazzie
gives a good citizen's attention to all civic matters
calculated to advance the welfare of the community,
but he has not, however, shown any inclination for
political preferment.
FEANK HANSON. Among the enterprises which
have contributed to Detroit's industrial development
and growth is the Hanaon Tool & De Company of
w hich Frank Hanson is the president and general
manager TI ere is no greiter stimul is to individual
aetinty in 1 enterprise than thit which is found m
the life history of sui.h men as Mr Hinsun who h^a
worked his wiy upward from a humble positun m the
busintss vforld and his record is a notable example of
the fact that merit and abil ty will lome to the front
anywhere
He was born m lorkshire England Ajnl 7 1863 l
son of John and Hannah Hanson who were ilao natives
of that Lountrv Ht has neier known a mothers
care as Mrs Hinson passed away on the Ibth of
April ISfiS only a few days after his birth ind he
was reare 1 almost entirely bj strangers His father
spent hia entire life m England an! was a government
em].loje being identihed with the gas company
In the 3 hools of liis native land Frank Hanson
acquired a linitei edu ation pursuing his studies he
tween I is seventh and eighth years and at the same
time working m the woolen mills When str ng
enough to end ire harder work he entered a machine
shop operated by the Sellers Sewing Machine Com
pan\ and there partially mastered the trade He con
t nued to work for that c mpany intil he had saved
a sum Bifiipient to paj I is f assage to the United States
anl m 1881 he wosied the Atlantic landing m Boston
Maaaaol usctts Fr m there I e went direct to Provi
ilente Bhoie IsJanl where he at once secured a posi
tion with the Brown & Sharpe Machine Company and
for fourteen vears w is employed m their machine
shop becoming in exj ert mtchinwt At length he re
signed and spent son e time m traveling over the
country working as a n act iniat or tool maker in
^ arious industrial centers an 1 finally he made his way
to '^t Louis Missouri where he enterei the employ of
the American Thermometer Company at that time
conducted by Joseph Boyer It is now known as the
Burroughs Adding Maihino Company and when the
firm establishel its headquarters in Detroit in 1904
Mr Hanson came to this eitj as one of its employes
winnrng adv ancen ent to a position of importance and
resfonsil-iliti Ftrsone time he had been conducting
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a SD all shot a the basement of h s liome anl dur ag
li a leiaure hours ha 1 w orkc 1 up a fa r a zed busmeaa
On No e nber "5 1109 he ae ered h s eonne t on v th
the Burroughs A Id ng Mach ne Company and entered
bus ness on hia own account In tl e following eir he
incorporated h ^ nferoats under the stjle ot the Han
aon Tool & D e Co nj anj and s nee its ncept on the
bus aeas has njo d a steady gco vth M Hanson
hav ng ne er seen an idle day s nee 1 e e^tabluhel hiB
enterprise H a shop is equ pped w th tl e latest and
moat impro ed mad nery for the n anufa ture of tools
and d es and h s emplo e now u nbcr n ore tha
BLsty He a an exp rt m chan anl a therefore well
able to d rect tl e labors of those under h m regard
mg no deta 1 of the vork as too un n ; orf ant to ro
cei e hia attei t on Tl e output of 1 s plant a firat
clasa in e ery part cular a 1 h a producta 1 1 there
fore found favor with the general jubl c ao that h s
trade his no v read 1 extens e jroport o a He em
plojs the most p ogrcsa e motl oda in the co du t of
his interests and 1 s bus ne s tranaact ona haie e er
balanced uj th tl e pr o pi s of trutl a d ho or
In h 3 pol t cal views Mr Hanson s njependeut
vot ng for the candidate whon I e ons lera 1 est quali
hed for oftice regardless of pirty t es He s a me her
of the Employers an 1 M eh gan Manufa turers Asso
ciat ona and the Detro t \utomob le Club and frateri
ally 3 dent fied w th the Benevolent Protect e Order
of Elka an 1 tl e Independent Order of 0 Id Followa As
the ar h test of 1 a ow fort rnes be 1 as bu Ido 1 i aely
anl 11 and a large minufact r ng ente pr se stands
as a monume f to h s uufalter ng enterpr se de
term nci p rpose and n arked exeout ve tb 1 ty H s
ent re career 1 as been actuated by a ap r t of progress
that has been prod et ve ot a batantial results anl li s
worti to the comn nity a w lelv acknowledged
HOWARD C DICKINSON ce prea dent and gen
eral manager f tl e Delta Plaster Compa ij a a n em
ber of a family that for about nine deeadea has been
represented in Detroit. The first of the family to
settle here was Moses Field Dickinson^ who eame to
this city in the '30s. The parents, Horace H. and
Lucy S. L. (Dickinson) Dickinson, were prominently
known socially in Detroit, and the former was for
many yeara a leader in business circles. He passed
away May 22, 1020, and his life history is given else-
where in this work. The mother belonged to the
prominent Dickinson family o£ Virginia, licr ancestors
having lived in the south for generations,
Howard C. Dickinson was born in Detroit, July 3,
1881, and passed through consecutive grades to the
completion of his education as a high school pupil.
Early in life he became possessed of the wanderlust
and at fourteen years of age made a trip to' Cali-
fornia and back on the bumpers. At San Francisco
ho went aboard the steamship Allemania, bound for
Australia, but was put off before ahe sailed. He spent
«is montha in the west and during that time worked
at |,rape gathering and break ng borax On the
eip rat on of that per od however he returned to
Detro t and b this t n e h a loie of ad enture was
SOD ewhat aat afed and he returned to school When
h s educat on was completed 1 e took up the b illi g
and aup[ I b s neas n connect on w th h s father
under whose d rect n I e re e ved 1 s !"ua neaa fra n
ng In 190' he went on the road as a aaleaman for
tte Bol nson Cla-y Producta Co panv of Akron Oh o
and cont uel i th the concern for three yeara He
later became secretary and treasurer of the A P
We dman Compan dealers n bii liers auppl es and
at a aul aequent per od he organ zed the Mut al En Id
ers Supply Company wh ch was d scont n ed n 191
at wh c! time le joinel the D Ita Plaster Company
of wh h he js ■! ce pres lent anl general n anager
Th 1 concern makes hard all pUster and all k nds
of piaster aupjl s and does an an ense 1 s esH
On the 9th of Oct ber 18J9 when e ghteen veara
of af.e Mr D ck nson was n arr e 1 to M sa Al ee L
Cross an of Toronto Cana la an 1 thev have become
parenta of two aons Horace H Us III and Howard
W The elder son was a member of tie Nat onal
Cuard before the U tel "States ntered the World
ar an 1 at the age of e "I teen I e enl sted n the
Tank corps was sent to Cetfysburg anl thence to
Camp Dii He enl sted aa a pr vate a d lal r sen
to the grade of sergeant before h a discharge Howard
e 1 ate 1 n July 1018 for the 8 ber an exped t on n
the Twe ty seventh Begular Infantry He spent the
w nter a B ber a and is now with h s reg n ent n
Man la
Mr D ck nson s a repul 1 can and a strung party
worker bel ev ng fir Iv n the party pr nc pies and
seek ng n ever^ leg f n ate way to secure the r adop
t on He stands for all that s valuable a d progres
s e n n attera of local c t zensh p and I s ooperat d
heartily n n any plana and projpcfa of c v better
LOUIS WOLOWITZ. Aa representative in Detroit
for The Mutual Life Inauranee Company of New York,
Louis Wolowitz ia ably representing the interosta of
this corporation at that point and is recognized as one
of the most successful salesmen in their employ. He
was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on the 5th of
November, 1885, and his parents were Max and Dora
(Linn) Wolowitz. They came to the United States and
settled in Birmingham, Alabama, where the father
entered business circles, becoming one of the pioneer
merchants of that city. He became a leader in the
line in which he specialized, remained at the head of
his business until his demise, which occurred in 1921,
when he was sixty years of age. His widow survives
him and ia now a resident of New York city. In the
family there are three children: Mrs. Max Kobijiaon,
who ia alao living in New York city; Michael J., of
Brooklyn, New York; and Louis, of Detroit, Michigan.
Louis Wolowitz attended the grammar iind higli
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I IB education afternard entering tl l Bicminghaa
Business College from whiih he was graduated at the
jge of seienteen His initial busmesa txperiLUce waa
obtained as a bookkeeper in the Jefferson Conntv Sa\
inga Bink of Birmingham Aiibima witl whith he
remained for aix years and during that period he wis
id^anced to the position of teller He nei.t became
Lliief bookkeeper tor the Oliin & Mendel Grocery Com
pinj ret'iil grocers of that eitv ind his efhi'ient work
ind de^ot on to tie interests of hit employers won
hini promotion to the offi e of miniger Later he re
signed to enter the service of The Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Company, with which he was identified for
a year, his .sneeess as a solicitor attracting tbe atten-
tion of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
lork which secure! his seriites for their Birm nghan
ffite His ex client work in that connection led to
hs iromot on to a larger held and it the nl of
tl rte J Lars he wa'5 trinsf erred to the Detro t branch
IS representatu e arriving in that city the litter part
of 1919 For two ■( ears prior to this he had led all of
tl e other agents m the Birmingham office and he has
I cen eqmllj suecesaful smee coming here underwnt
II g nearly a million dollars worth of lite ms iranee in
I'i 1 He apeciilizea in life i icome insurance b lainess
trusts and has made a comprehensive studj of the work
in which he is engaged. He also has a thoroigh knowl
edge of the science of salesmanship, anl his effiorts
hi\ e been rewarded with a very gratifying degree of
B icce's
In Birmii „haci Alabann on the 15th of Maj 1918
Mr Wdowitz was united m mirriage to Miss Frances
Morse i daughter ot Morris and S'jrih Morse pron in
nt resilcits f Nisi y ill e Tennesiee To this union
has been born a sot \.lbert 8 whose birth occurred
m Birn mgham on the 2iid of April, 1919
Mr Wolowitz IB an independent in his political yiews
inl IS of the Jewish fi th having membership in
Temple Beth El wh le he s also eonneeted nith the
M na Temple Ch b and tie Independent Order of
B nai E nth Ht la i Knight of Khorasiin % mem
ter of tie Knigl ta of I\thias lodge and is jl'o
1 del tided with the Detroit Life Underwriters ^.ssocia
t n He IB in alert enterprising and progressive
y ung business man who is miking the most of lis
time and opportunities and thro igh merit and ability
he IS working his way ateidily to the front m his
chosen field He is lo^al and public spirited m all
matters of citizenship and measures up to the highest
stiniarls f personal honor ajid present day business
cthicJ
EDWARD GOODWILLIE, chief chemist of the Solvay
Process Company at Detroit, has been identified with this
corporation for oyer a quarter of a century and has
worked his way up to his present position of trust and
responsibility through merit and ability. A natiye of
Scotland he was born in Elgin, which is known throughout
Great Britain as the Cathedral city and was founded in
the eleyenth century. His birth occurred on the 20th
of December, 1870, and his parents were Thomas and
Rachel (Hay) Goodwillie, who reared a family of twelye
children all ot whom reached mature years. The father
was a sculptor ot not* and he also took a prominent part
m piibhc aifairs, serving for twenty years as councillor
and honorary magistrate. In Masonic circles he was
well known, being retained tor seventeen years in the
ofhce of right worshipful master ot the local lodge.
Mr Goodwillie spent his boyhood days in the foot-
hills ot the Grampians and received liberal educational
advantages, attending Elgin Academy, which conferred
upon him a scholarship medal, while later he entered
Edinburgh University, at which he held the Anderson
1 ursar\ in mathematics and classics. Excellence in
mathematics seems to have been a family trait, for in
IS91 h 3 first cousin, James GoodwilUe, was senior wrangler
at Cambridge University, this being considered the
world 1 highest scholarship in mathematics. In 1896
when a young man ot twenty-five years, Edward Good-
wilhe sought the opportunities presented in the United
States and after arriving in this country made his way to
D« tro t securing a position in the laboratory ot the Solvay
Process Company. Starting at the bottom of the ladder,
he worked hi'' way steadily upward until he now occupies
the important position of chief chemist He has acquired
the habit of painstaking accuracy in his work and haa
kept in touch with all recent development along this
Ime His nervices are considered of great \ alue to the
corporation
In 1900 Mr Goodwill e was united in marri ige to Miss
Mary Simpson Duncan a native of Edinturgh Scotland
and thev have two sons Duncan Edward and Byron Ha\
The familj reside at No "'i'i Caagram avenue and Mr
and Mrs GoodwiDie are member's ot the Pre'.b\tenan
church While attending college Mr Goodwdlit wai a
member of the Volunteer Battalion of the famous Sca-
forth Highlanders and he also took a prominent part in
athletic sports carrying off the honors in many events
In common with all of his countnmen he is i great
admirer of Robert Bums and several years ago published
a 1 ook on the Peasant Poet which has had a wide circu-
lation among Enghsh speaking people Mr Goodwillie
was the founder and first president of the Bums Club of
Detroit which has placed m Cass park a beautiful itatue
of Scotland s favonte bard Dunng the ^orld war his
abihti led to his appomtment as agent tor the provost
marshal general for the twenty third district ot Mich
igan under the Selective 'Service Act and his duties in
this connection were performed in a highly creditable
manner He is a member of the Society of Detroit Chem-
ists and the American Chemical Society and is also con-
nected with the Birch Hill Country Club, Clan Campbell
and St. Andrew's Society. Fraternally he is identified
with the Masons, belonging to Union Lodge, No. 3, F. &
A. M., and his political support is given to the republican
party. He has thoroughly identified his interests with
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those of his adopted country and in matters of citizenship
is loyal, progressive and public-spirited. America has
been to him the land of opportunity and his close applica-
tion and superior ability have secured for him a position
of great importance in connection with one of the largest
of Detroit's mammoth industries.
BUET D. HOWE, whose strong powers of organization
and prit of initiative have found expression in the devel-
01 m nt [ n of tlie important commercial enterprises
of D t t 1 well known in trade circles of the citv
a ep sent g th American Rolling MiUs Company and
in th nd t f his extensive business interests he dis
pla3 m k d nterprise and keen sagacity. He wa=i
b n B ff 1 New York, January 14, 1877 a ^on )f
Dr. C. W, and Mary (Nichols) Howe, who were also
natives of the Empire state, in which they alwa\ s reside d
The father became prominent as a phyacian and surgeon
and during the Civil war was connected with the mfdical
staff of a New York regiment, servii^ throughout the
period of hostilities and rendering valuable service to his
country. He passed away at Buffalo, New York and the
mother is also deceased. In their family were six children
William H., deceased; C. W.; Catherine, who married
George Bell; Mayme, now the wife of Samuel Fay L W
and Burt D., of this review.
In the acquirement of an education Mr. Howe attenled
the grammar and high schools of Buffalo, New York and
when fifteen years of age entered the employ of the E L
Ginsbui^ Sons Company, with which he remamed for
several yearn. He then became connected with the pur
chasing department of the American Rolhi^ Mills Com
pany at Middletown, Ohio, and ^nce 1910 has represented
that corporation, with headquarters in Detroit. He has a
thorough knowledge of the steel industry, with which he
has been identified for over twenty-five years and is
capably looking after the mterests of the compan\ in this
territory. In 1620 he became the organizer of the Burt
D. Howe Company, Incorporated, of which he is president
and manager, and the business is developing rapidh
The firm conducts a brokerage bu^ness in iron and st«el
and the sound jui^ment, executive abihty and untmng
efforts of its directmg head are determining factors m the
success which is attending the activities of the company
In Buffalo, New York, on the 9th of June, ISO'S Mr
Howe was united in marriage to Miss L. M. Spohr and
they have become the parents of a son, Clayton B who
was bom in Middletown, Ohio, August 6th, 1906 and is
now attending school in Detroit. Mr. Howe is a valued
member of the Board of Commerce, heartily supporting
its plans and projects for the development of the trade
interests of the city. He is also a member of the Ingleside
Club, the Brooklands Golf Club, the Michigan Club,
and the Detroit Automobile Club and fraternally he is
identified with the Masons and the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. Throughout his career he has closely
applied himself to the work in hand and with the passing
years he has steadily progressed. He has never dissipated
his energies over a broad field but has continued in th
line of activity which he first entered, gaining wide expe-
rience and comprehensive knowledge which make him an
authority in matters relating to the steel industry. He is
recognised as a successful business man and progressive
citizen and his personal qualities are such as make for
popularity. His residence is at No. 931 Taylor avenue.
rREDEErCK WIU-IAM HARRISON. One of the
substantial business men of Detroit is Fcedeciek Wil-
liam Harnsoii, who was born in Brookljn, New York,
July 10 1861 % son of fcamuel C and Ellen (Board
man) Harrison the former a native of England -md
the latttr of the state of New "iock The lather, a
noted artist ani portrait piinter went to New York
m his eirlj hte and m Brooklyn he was married to
Miss Ellen Eoardman continuing a resident of that
eity until his demise in 1S8<1 The mother had there
passed awaj m ISSt. Thpy reared a family ot five
i,liildren namely Samuel L a resiltnt tt New York
city Henry J, whose home is in Pou^hkeepsie New
York \lbert of Los AQaele's Cahforn a Artl ur, re
siding m Pougl keepsie, New lork and Frederick W,
of this renew
The last named acquired his education in the gram
mar and high eehools of Brooklyn, New York, and on
starting out in life for himsell followed various pur
■iuita tor a time In 1887 he came to Detroit and
shortly afterward estal lished h s present business
He 13 the owner ot yards at Fourteenth and Mernek
streets which are eonncLted with the railroad ind gives
emilo^ment to htteen people He Londucts his m
terests under the stvle of F W Harrison and is at the
head of one of the old and substantial enterprises of
this character in the city He is president of the Rose
dale Land Cumianv, a director of tht Ulenlale Gar
dens Land Oompanv and dlso of the Tedarhurst Land
Company and is a keen far sighted bus ness man
whose investments have been most judiciously place 1
while 1 13 transactions have ever been characterized by
strict honestj and integrity
On the 12th of June 188S, Mr Harrison was united
in marriage to Miss Amy King, who passed away in
Detroit m 1^10 fche was a daughter of Charles M
King a prom nent coal dealer of this city To this
union were born foir children Charles M the eldest
of the timilv acquired his education in the schools of
Detroit and is now associated in business with his
father He mamel Mi-is Haztl TeetzU and they have
two children Blaine and James Pred K was educated
in the Detroit schools and uiarried Miss Gladys 8pr tch
of Detroit, by whom he has two children, Dorothy and
Fred K. James A. attended the schools of this city
and is also associated with his father in business. He
enliflted for service in the World war and was as-
signed to the Tank Division of the United States
army, remaining in Prance for a period of sii months.
Jane E , a graduate of the Detroit high school, is
now attending the Olievy Chase School in New York,
Following the iemiae of his first wife Mr. Harrison
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■nas marxiei on tlie tith of Januiij, 1<112, to Mrs Edith
Little They reside at 1189 Atkinson aienue
In his politu-al Mews Mr H'lrriflon is independent,
noting for the man whom he regards as best qualiliel
tor ofliee regardless of partj afSliatioiiB He is a mem
ber of the Ked Eun Golf Club and fraternally is
jlentified with the Masons, belonging to City of the
6ti iits Lodge, F & 4. M He la progresan e enirgetie
and determined and doLS not hesitite to eittend hia
intiresta as ojportututy offers He iIbo pOBse^ees the
sound judgment and esecutue nbility which enible
1 ini to eariT his plana through to i successful termma
tion He occupies an enviable position m business cir
Lies of Detroit and his pr ogre ssiven ess has been a
p( tent element in promoting the industrial dei elopment
of the city He is deseriing of much credit for whit
ho bis accomplished, for his ] resent prosperity is
entirely ittnbutable to hi' own libera hv cluae appli
c it ion ind laudable ambition
LRNE8T S THOMPSON, well known m the buBi
ntas circles ot Detroit is vice president of the Thump
ion Auto (jompiny ind ilso Pederil Trucli. distributor
fur Michigin, wis born February 1, 1891, in the cit>
■ni ich IS still his home, mi js a son of George F anl
hose M (Reaume) Thompaon the latter born in Grosse
He while the father wis born in Detroit The Thomp
sou famih dates ba<k to an early period in Detroit
settlement and Ernest S Thompson is of the third
„en ritien of the familj that throughout the entire
perird of its connection with Detroit has been most
fromment and mfluentii! in business ind cii ic affairs
m the city In his youthful diys Ernest y Thompson
wta a pupil in tht publit athool passing through eon
setutive grides until he became a student m the
Central high sih ol of Detroit When his textbooks
there were put aside his fither offered him the op
portunity of attending the university but he preferrtd
ti start out in the business world at that time and
entered automobile circles, the iniustrv jt that time
I eing in its infancy He secure! a position with the
Ii C H Corpontion, antomolile mmutaoturers, be
ginning m the mechanical depirtment His willing
ness, his adaptability and his thoroughness won him
the promotion from one department to another until he
111 thoroughly mistered the mechanism ot the auto
motile On leaiing the E C H Corporation he
joined the forcta of the King Automobile Compin^,
there also being a representative of the mechinicil
department ind continued with the orginizition until
I'Jll when the Thompson Auto Company waa formed
1-i himself and his two brothers, Fred B and John H
Thompson the latter becoming the president of the
nrgmization Ernest S Thompson, vice president, and
Fred B Thompson, secretary and treasurer From
the beginning the business has been a decided success
They were the pioneer truck diatnbutora of Detroit
and from the first handled the Fedenl truck Be
cently the Thompson Auto f mnpiny acquired the
igenci for the Lurtiss iirpjanes and hydroplanes in
this district and this business is likewise meeting
with much success Ernest ^ Thompson is one of
the directors and officers of the Thompson Airplane
Compinv as well as the i ice presidint of the Thomp
son Auto Company
During the World war Mr Thompson enlisted, was
liter appointel first lieutenant ind wis stationed
for a time at the Packard Motor Truck plint
On the 2)1 of October, 1^15 Mr Thompson was
mirned to Miss Ltnbell Coon of Detroit, i daughter
of Mr and Mrs Henry Coon, representatives of one of
the pioneer families of the eitv Mr and Mrs Thomp
sin have two daughters Dorothy Jane, whose birth
occurred m Detroit November 11, 1<*17, ind Mine
Louise, born Febniarv 16j 1921 The religious taith
of the family is that of the Eoman Catholic church
and Mr Thompson belongs to the Knights of Colum
bus He IS a member of the Detroit Athletic Club,
but IS most widely known as one of the representa
tue young business men of the tity The thorough
ness ind earnestness whirh liaie ever chiracterized
his work have bruught him st'-aiilv to the front
E 4EL H SHLDD 4. man of keen discernment and
sound judgment, Eail H Shedd has made for himself
a creditable place in business circles ot Detroit as sec
retiry treasurer of the Shedd -Creamery Company, one
of the leading productive industries of the city A
member of an old and prominent ^.mencan fimily, he
VV1S born m Toledo Ohio, his parents being Edward and
Alice (House) Shedd The original Ameriein pro
genitor ot the &1 c Id familj was i passenger on the
Mivfltwer, and the paternal grandmother of the sub
lect of this review was a Imeil descendant ot Oaptun
Miles Standish The Shedd Soeiety of Boston is eom
posed entirely of members of this historic family, and
each year a reunion is held in that city The House
family has also been established in America for genera
tions and numbers among its representatives many
notable men
In the public schools of Missillon, Ohio, Earl H
Shedd acquired his education and he was connected
with the railway business until 1<111 when he turned
his attention to the creamery business For three
J ears he was manager of the Medina Creamery and
then became isso lati 1 with his father in starting the
Shedd Creamery, which proved i success from its m
eption On the 1st of July, 1911 they incorporated
the Shedi Creamery Company with a capital stock of
three hundred thousand dollars erecting a modern and
well equipped factory on Vinewooi street near the
tracks of the Pere Marquette Railroad The present
of&cera of the company are Edwird Shedd, president
0 F Smith, vice president and Earl H fihedd secre
tary treasurer The> manufacture butter and oleomar
ganne md are the only makers of the latter product
in the state theirs being Factory No 1, first district
of Michigan under government license Their plant
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IS a model of its kind operated along the most modern,
and sanitary lines and the purity and exi_eHence ot
their output have secured for it a wide sale Much of
the present Bucoesa of the enterprise 13 due to the
businew acumen executive ibility ind untiring efftrta
ot Mr Shedd of this rei lew whoae plina are caret illy
formulited ind promptlv executed
Mr Shedd was united in marriage to Miaa \nni
Bickel ind they ha\c one suriiimg aon Robert dor
don They are Epiaeopaliana in religitua fa th and
Mr Shedd gives his j olitical lUegiinee to tl e republi
can party He la a [ rominent Mason belonging to
Highland Pait Lodge, F. & A. M., Monroe Lhaptei",
R. A. M.; Monroe Council, E. & S. M.; Damascus Com-
mandery, K. T.; Michigan Sovereign Consistory, A. &
A. S. R., in which ho haa attained the thirty-second de-
gree and Moslem Ten pie of the Mystic Shr ne He is
1 member of the Wi\ne County Lhapter f the Eastern
btar IS serving on the directorate of the Misonic
Country Club and is d.lao connected with the Detroit
lacht Club Well descended -inl well bred 1 la hte
record has been mirked by contmuoi s progresi re
suiting ever from tie attainment of his obje tue in
the buainesa world and he is icco mted one of the
progressive ^nd public spirited i,itizena of Detroit
being highly esteemed by all who know him
MIRVAN L HA'iES Detroit is greath indebted to
the Ha>e8 familj ■which for three generation'' has eon
tributed m aubatantial measure to its development along
manufacturing hnes and as president of the Ha> es F !e
Company Mirvan L Hayes la ably carryinK forward an
mdustnal enterpnae established in this city by his grand
father fifty-two years ago. A native son of Detroit, Mr.
Hayes was born September 8, 1 893, of the union of Mirvan
L. and Carrie M. (Hall) Hay^, the former born near
Stratford, in the province ot Ontario, Canada, and the
latter a native of this city. As a young man the father
crossed the border into the United States, establishmg
his home in Detroit. The paternal grandfather Solomon
Hayes, was one ot the early pioneers of thia city and a
factor in ita industrial development. In 1870 he organ
ized the Hayes File Company, which he suoce. "fulh eon
ducted until his retirement, being associated in later lears
with his son, Mirvan L., who had careful training along
mechanical lines. Mirvan L. Hayes succeeded hi= father
to its management and continued active in control of the
undertaking wntil his death, which occurred January 15,
1912, at the comparatively early age ot forty-seven years.
The mother is still a resident of Detroit. In their family
were four children: Mirvan L., Jr.; Vesta, born in 1896,
is the wife of Todd W. Fredericks; Leslie A., who was
bom in 1903; and Edna, born in 1908. All are natives
of thia city, in which they yet make their homes.
Mr. Hayes attended the grammar schools and the
Central high school of his native city and in 1907 completed
a course in the Detroit Business University. He then
entered his father's plant, starting at the bench and
gradually progressing through the various departments
until he had fanuharized himself with e\ery phase of
the operation of the enterprise He la now serving as
president ot the concern which is owned b^ himself and
his brother Leshe A and this 11 the onlj industry of
the kind m the cit> devoted exclu&i\ els to the manufacture
of files The business has advanced with the growth of
the city and the Hajc file Compinj w the largest
distnbutor in the state of Michigan About fittj persons
are emplojed in operating the plant and the superior
qiidht^ of the output ha? created a large demand for the
firms products which arc shipped to all parts of the
globe Mr Ha^es is an exteptionallv capable joung man
and while it is true that he entered upon a business already
estabUshed, since assuming its management he has en-
larged the scope oE its activities, maintaining in its oper-
ation the same high standards which characterized his
father and grandfather.
On the I4th ot November, 1917, Mr. Hayes was married
to Miss Gladys Bloedel, who was born in Detroit, June 7,
1894, and is a daughter of Henry Bloedel, a well known
resident of this city. In his political views Mr. Hayes is
a republican and in Masonry he has attained high stand-
ing, belonging to Ashlar Lodge, F. & A. M.; Pensinsular
Chapter, R, A. M.; and Detroit Commandery, K. T.
He is also a member ot Shadukiam Grotto and the Noon-
tide Clab. By inheritance he bears a name that for over
halt a eentitty has stood for the highest ideals in business
circles ot Detroit and the spirit of the father and grand-
father has descended to the son, whose lite has been
passed in harmony with that of an honored ancestry.
W. LOUIS HAETMAN, M. D. One of the eminent
representatives of the medical fraternity of Detroit is
Dr. W. Louis Hartman, chief surgeon for the Michigan
Central Kailroad — a most important and responsible
position, indicating his auperior professional attain-
ments. He was born in Theresa, New York, October
2J 18b4 a son of John and Eatherine (Bates) Hart-
man natives of Germany, who in early life emigrated
to tl e Uaited States. The father located in the state
of New York, where he successfully followed agricul-
tural puTSUita for many years, and both parenta pasaed
away at Alexandria Bay, that state, the demise of the
father occurring in 1893, whOe the mother was called
to her final rest in 1910 at the age of eighty years. In
their family were eight children, of whom six sons
■lUTvive namely; George, Peter, Henry and John, all
of whom are still residents of Alexandria Bay, New
York; Fred, a prominent physician and surgeon of Chi-
cago, Illinois; and W. Louis, of this review.
The last named acquired his early education in the
public and high schools of Alexandria Bay, New York,
after which he became a student at the Hahnemann
Medical College of Chicago, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1887. Going to Clyde, New York, he there
opened an ofB.ee and continued to successfully prac-
tice his profession ia that locality until 1893, when
he removed to Syracuse, New York. While residing
in that city he was appointed surgeon for the New
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lork Central Kulioal anj alio wis itmULl a Urge
pn\ ate prietiee, remainmg there tor a ].erio i of
twenty years or until 1913, when he came tu Detfoit
where he hw siiilc maintained hia oflict He con
tinned m private practice nntil 1917 nhen he wia
apiointei chitf surgeon for the Michigan Central Kail
road, 1 pOBition which he has a nee filled, his services
proving lerj valuable to the (.orporation whith he
represents He has done notatle work m this eonnec
tion and his botn instrumtntil in aemring roeasurea
ttr siieguar Img the Inea of the employes ot the
road so that fewer iccidents are now reeoriei than
it jnj prcv loua time in the history of the companj
He IS a man ot steidy nerves, who i^ aJwiys to be
dipended upon in in tmergency and ii cmmentlj
qualified for the responsibilities of bis diflicult poai
tion Through postgraduate work in Philadelphia,
CI icago, New York citj, and Eochestor Minnesota
he has greatly promoted hia skill aa i surgeon his
atti,ntion bting gucn prmeipally to nnjor casts in
which ho has been roost sune^sful, ranting with the
eminent surgeons of the (Ountri He is alao serving
oil the stiff ot the 'surj.ical department of Grate Hos
pital ani has alwavs made hia professional duties his
tirst Lonai derail on, being moat thorough and conauien
tious m the performance of the work whuh deiohes
upon him in this connection He has neier regardel
hiB professional education as ended with the comple
tion of his college tourae but haa remained through
life a i"loae ind discrimimtiug atnd nt of the anence
of medicine and surgpr;, and that his knowledge is
profound is evidenced in the eiceellent results which
follow his minis trat 1 < na to the sick He la aUo an
astute business man and la a direttor of the Con
solidated Mining Company with ofiiees in New liork
cit> the mines being located at tarbon, Montajii and
a director of the General Metala Corporatnn whose
offices are iii New York eitj
In Mareh 1913, Dr Hartman was united m mar
riige to Miss Catherine Map, of Chicago, and the;
have become the parents of three children f athenne
whose birth occurred m 1914 liucia, who was born in
l<»lb ani Eli^abtth born m 1919 all being natives
of this citv
111 lis political MLWS Dr Hartman is independent
V oting tor the man whom he eonaiders best (ualified for
ofdte regarlless of partv ti£s, and fraternalh he la
identified with the Masonic order, in whic h he haa
attained the thirty second legree having been con
nected with the York and Scottish Kites at Syracuse
New York, since ISQd Feeling that progress should be
the watchword of the profession at ill times he keeps
in 'touch with the great truths which science is con
stantly rev ealing through his membership m the Wayne
Ctunty and Michigan State Medical Societies ani the
\meriean Medical Association Prompted in all that
he does b> laudable ambition and broad humanitarian
principles as a member of the medical fratermtv he
has attained high rank among th sp vvhooc skill is ini
tormh aikiiowledg I His lite haa btLii one of intense
usefulness to his tellowmen and while he has chosen
as Ills life work a ministry to the physical ills ot man
kind he haa ever been closely and helpfullj aagociited
with all that pertains to the v\elfare and progress
of hia adopted tity
IjEORUE LYMAN GRIMEfc la the jrLaiUnt of the
Grimes Mffldmg Machine Lompmy ind has been eon
nected with the industrial and manufaLturing interests
of Detroit since 1905 Previous to this time he had
been instruttor in mechanical engineering in the Uui
versity of Michigan and had been prominently asso
ciated with meelianical engineering projects in Illinois
He IS a native of Mansfield, Ohio, born December 5,
18"5 his parents temg Charles Loomis and Mary
(Miller) Grimes In hia early j outh his parents re
moved to Molme, Illinois, where he attended the
public schools and following out his natural bent he
took up the study of mechanical engincenni, in the
University of Illinois He developed hia efficiency
along that line to a high degree during hia student
daj s and through practical experiente in 1 tor a
year he had chirge of the shops of the University of
Iowa He tl en was called to the University ot Mith
igan as instructor in mechanical engineering and hlled
that position for three years, after which he returned
to Illmois to become pattern engineer for the National
Tube Company at Kewanee tl at state
Mr Onraes became a resident of Detroit in 1905
and tor four ^ tars thereafter occupied the poaition
)f auperintendent of the Detroit Stoker & Foundry
Crmpanj binee 1910 he has engaged in bus neas on
hia own account He first bscime president of the
Midlanl Mathine Company engaged in the minufae
tiire ( f fonndrj equipment The business waa in
corporited in 1911, the organizers being George L
Crimes I. icii V Crimes Frank E \ in Dusen and
two others Prom the beginning Mr Grimes haa
1 een preaident of the or|,anization, with Lucia V
Grimes as the Mee president and Mr ^ an Duaen as
secretary and treaaurtr The first l( cation of the
jlant waa at Shelby and Woodbriige streets and in
1<J11 it waa moved to Nineteenth and West Jeffieraon
atreeta, whence a remoi al waa made to the present
aite at 5733 Haatings street in 1918 At that time
the firm name wis chinged to the Grimes Molding
Machine Compan'v The reison for this ihange came
through the experience at the industrial exhibit of
the American Fuundnmen a Association m Boston in
I<J17 The machinea were shown under the exhibit
of the Midland Machine Company and many foundry
men desir<us of insptetmg the Grimes machine would
pass by the Midland exhibit in an effort to locate
the Grimes display This confusion caused Mr Grimes
to change the name <rf his company so that it would
better describe the machine which he had invented
and ie^ eloped Mr Grimes was filling the position
of superintpnient witl tht Detroit Stoker S. Foundry
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Companj when he ieielupel the idci of a m IJing
mach ne In fiet in 1004 h b g^adu^tltlg thesis at
the University of Tllino a hid been on moling m%
cl nes He graduall} de\ eloped the idea through
the vears m nhich he was working iiith others ind
1 { has been rewarded with complete succe'ia having
n t the only manufaetory in Detroit devoted Boleh
t the production of these Jifor saving and time
s'liing founirv machines He markets his pr duct
throughout the United States ■ind m Europe as well
During the World war t>ia plant was rated as cne
hindred per cent m essential work and not only did
Gr mes michinea go it to foundries n ikmg Claris A
ind B work but the Grimts fattori tilled eontratts
direct from tie goiernment for throttle valves used
1 J the emergiccj fleet The product may be deaeril ed
ds hand ani power operate 1 rollover molding ma
(hines With these machm s the aierago molder cm
louhle his ontpit o\et the old methods and unskilled
li>or can also be used one miehine turning out the
work of from two to fi\e men Mr Grimes has de
itloped his mai'hines to a high point of eflitienei
He has been a most close and thorough student of
p^ur^ thing relating to the Tusmess and has kept in
t lU with the trenl of modern thought and progress
along tl IS 1 ne to wl ich end he has mamtamel mem
berihip with the Detro t Poundrymen s Association
the Michigan Manufacturers Associat on the Foundry
Equipment EA.port Asso lation tl e iPoundrv Equ p
ment Association the 4mer tan Foundrjmen s Asso
ci9,t on an J tl e National As'Jociation ot Manufac
On the ^9th of April 1906 Mr Crimes was united
in marriage to Miss Lucia \oorhees of Kewanee
111 nois ani they have become parents of a daughter
Emilv Georgine The fam Ij home is at No 1420
"Vir^jinia park Thej are communuants of St Paul's
Episcopal church and Mr Grimes givei his political
•raprort to the republican party He is an interested
member of tl e Board of Commerce, desiring at all
timei through that and other agencies to upbuild the
l-uamess interests of Detroit and to maintain the high-
est standards of ciMO virtue and of civic development.
Fraternallj he is a Mas< n and has attained the
Knights Templar degree of the York Eite He be-
longs to both the Fellowcraft \thletie Club and the
Meadowbrook Country Club and along those lines
obtains his recreation His contribution to the world's
work has been one erf distinct value and as the in-
ventor of the molding machine the name of Grimes
has become known in industrial circles throughout
this and foreign lands
ALEXANDER LEMKE, a member of one of the pion-
eer families of Detroit, is well known in mercantile circles
as the owner of one of the leading hardware stores of the
city and he is bending every effort and energy toward
the legitimate advancement of the enterprise. He was
b jrn in Behrenet Cerman-\ on the 12th of March 1858
his parent* being John and Dorothy (XoytaUa) Lemke
who came to the I nited btates when he was but a ^ear
and a half old estabhshmg their home in Detroit The
father followed the tailor e trade in this city until 1872,
when he engaged in the retail grocery busmess
In the acquirement of an education Alexander l>mke
attended the parochial schools and after completing his
studies he became associated with hisfatherin the grocery
buBineSB Un the 16th of October 1S93 he embarked
in busmess on his own account erecting a building in
which he opened the largest retail hardware store n the
eastern section of Detroit He carries a large and well
selected stock of shelf and heavy hardware and from its
inception the undertaking has enjo^ ed a steady and health
ful growth his trade now being one of Urge proportions
He thoroughly understando the principles of merchandi mg
ai d his marked executive ability and keen discernment
ha^e enabled him t) maintain a high degree of efficiency
in the rperation of the husinesi. His mam storeroom
contains over three thousand square feet of floor apace
and his sons m law John S and Frank S Hildc brand
who are brothers assist him in the conduct of the store
He also has other business interests
Mr Lemke was united in mamage to Miss Christine
Brobecker b\ whom he has two daughters Antoinette
Hhose lirth occurred m 1S89 and who is now Mrs John
S Hildebrand and Rose 1 orn in 1892 and who married
Jrank ^ Hildebrand In wmter the family reside at
No 4197 St Aubin street and their summer home is
maintained at New Baltimore Michigan Mr Lemke
IS a Cathohc m religious faith and he is connected with
the Knights of Columlus the Ptlish Alhance and the
Polish Roman Cathohc Society bemg a prominent mem
ber of the Polish colony of Detroit His position m trade
circles IS indicated m the fact that he is serving as treasurer
of the Eetail Hardware Mens Assoeiation of Detroit
and he is also one of the board of directors of Mount
Olive and Mount Olivet cemeteries, whib his public spirit
finds expression in his membership in the Board of Com-
merce, whose well devised plans for the expansion of the
industrial interests of Detroit receive his hearty support.
His chief recreation is found in outdoor life. He is fond
of fishing and much interested in gardening. He is a
well presen ed man for one who has led such a, busy, active
hfe He has never been afraid of earnest labor and his
dihgence and close application have ever been supple-
mented b', intcgritv and rehability He is recognized as
( lie of the leading hardw are merchants of Detroit and in
all matters of citizenship his influence is cast on the side
of advancement and improvement.
FKANK E. PATTERSON. A notably successful
career is that of Frank B. Patterson, one of the ener-
getic and progressive young business men of Detroit.
His identification with the city covers only three and
one-half years but within that short period he has
gained a well established position as a building eon-
tractor, and his handiwork is seen in many large and
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substantial atcuotures whieh are factors in the adorn-
ment and upbuilding of this boautiful metropolis.
He wa£ born in Atwater, Ohio, iSeptember 20, 1892,
and is a son, of Charles an^ Ella (Donahoe) Patterson,
the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of
Ohio For many years the father served as road
supervisor la Ohio for the Pennsylvania Eiilcoad Com
panv and he is now one of the well known and highly
riopeeted residents of Cleveland The mother also
survives Four children were born to their un on
iirs Gladys BoLk whose home is in Cleveland Sarih
and Estella both of whom ire unmarried, and
Frank B
In the icquireinent of an education Frank E Patter
son attended the grammar schools of Wayne'iburj, and
^ev. Ehiladelphm, Ohio, li d m 1^12 he was graduated
from a high sthool of Cleveland He then entered Cen
tral Instjtnte a branch ot the Case ("olkjp cf En
gmeenng, m Heveland b it left that institution at
the end of three years to accept a position m the
engineering department rt the Pennsylvania Baiiroad
Company, ha^ ijig prevjoufly worked for that corpora
tifin during \ai'ation periods while acquiring his pro
fessional training Later lie waa connected with con
^truotion work and also w th the double track and
]roliminan survey branche'j ol that road 8u>sequentlj
being Lmplojfd on the installation of their ore doi.k>i
at Cleveland On seiering his connecti<n with the
E ennsj h ania Itailroa 1 he ;]0[ned the Er( wnell Im
prtvement Companv of CI i ago railrund contractors
starting in the humble capacity of timekeeper and
winning jrcmction to the j o sit ion of superintendent of
outside work.
In 1910 Mr. Patterson came to Detroit and ornaniEed
the F. E. Patterson Construction Company, of which
he is sole owner but intends to incorporate his in-
terests in the near future. His professional abiJity
soon won recognition, and he has been awarded many
important contracts, his business having already be-
come an extensive one His first work in this city
was the building of the Oakwood high school — a half
million dollar contract. This is one of the finest public
buildings in Detroit and an achievement of whieh Mr.
Patterson may well be proud. He has also constructed
several other large school buildings and has just com-
pleted a million dollar high school for the eity of
Wyandotte, Michigan, this being one of the most
beautiful school buildings in the state. He likewise
erected the buildings for the Detroit Hock Salt Com-
pany and six units of the Detroit Packing Company's
plant, and is recognized as one of the leading building
contractors of the city. He is thoroughly familiar
with the scientific principles underlying construction,
and the high quality of his work, combined with his
strict integrity and reliability in all commercial trans-
actions, have secured for him the confidence and sup-
port of the public.
At Chicago, Dlinois, on the 2nth of April, 1915, Mr,
Patterson was married to Miss Alicia Bui^sono, a
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Paul A. Buissono, well known
residents of that eity. Two children have been born
of this union: Alicia, born in 1916; and Frank R., Jr.,
whose birth occurred in 1918. Both are natives of
Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are communicants of
thi Eoman Catholic church and he is also a member
of the Knigl ts of Columbus, The American Association
of Engineers the Michigan Club, Detroit Board of
Commerce Wjandotte Board of Commerce, and the De-
troit Automobile Association. His political allegiance
IS given to the republican party. Since starting out
in the business world his career has been marked, by
tontinuous advancement, due to his ability and in-
duatrj ind his labors have been an important element
m the improvement and development of the city as
well as m the attainment of individual success.
DELBEET M\DI80N" WHITE, at the head of
the White Baird Company of Detroit, conducting a
real estate loan and insurance business, was born on
a farm along the Huron river, near Milford, Michi-
gan, February 20, 1862. His parents, William M.
and Ehza Mana (Sawyer) White, were natives of
Cayuga countv New York, and of New York city,
respectively In early life they became residents of
Michigan settling at Livingston, and later removed
to Oakland countv, where the father engaged in farm-
ing and while thus active in business he invented
the hand hay rake, which he afterward manufactured
and sold He passed away in 1887, at the age of
sixtj eight J ears and his wife died at the old home-
stead m Milfori, Michigan, in 1911. They were
parents of Ave sons and two daughters, namely: Mrs.
A. L. Piper of Milford; Herbert A.; Manun; Euth-
van; Wallace, deceased, Elizabeth, who has also passed
away; and Delbert M., of this review.
After mastering the branches of learning taught
in tlie district school, Delbert M, White became con-
nected with the Holly Electric Light Company and
afterward with the Holly Milling Company as en-
gineer and electrician, remaining with those com-
panies for about fifteen years. In 1907 he came to
Detroit, where he passed the examination for first-
class engineer. He was then made chief engineer
of the Vinton Company, contractors and builders,
which position he filled for three years, when he
resigned and turned his attention to the grocery trade,
opening a store at No. 446 Grand River avenue. Here
he conducted a successful business for eight months,
at the end of which time he sold out and entered
the real estate business with offices in the Chamber
of Commerce building. He was associated with
George Doby in this undertaking for three years and
later organized the White-Baird Compan^, removing
at that time to the new Free Press building, becoming
one of the first tenants. They have since maintained
offices in this building and have been very s
in the conduct of a general realty, loan a
business Mr. White is the president and general
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manager of the White-Baird Company, which ia a
partnership concern. Mr. White is individually in-
terested in the sale and development of snmmer reaort
shore property east of Amherstberg on Lake Erie, and
was one of the organizers of the Lake Erie Country
Clnb, one of the most beautiful bathing beaches
nea.r Betroit. He has won a good elientago as the
years have passed and their business is now one of
substantial proportions.
On the 23d of Deeember, 1881, Mr. White was
married to Miss Ellen L. Hitchcock of Holly, Michi-
gan, daughter of Aaron and Alvira Hitchcock, who
were pioneer residents of Holly. To Mr. and Mrs-
White have been born two children; The son, Lee
M. White, born at Milford in February, 1884, was
educated in the public schools of Holly and is now
associated with the Studebaker Automobile Corpora-
tion 88 superintendent of a department. He married
Bthel Schott of Detroit and resides in this city and
Mabel A whose 1-irth occurred it Milforil in 188
mho becime the wife of Thomis L Perk ns and
passed iway in Detroit in mO
Mr and ^rs White are ittendants of tl e Met! oiwt
Episcopal church Mr Wh te has ne\er 1 ec me a
elnb min nor prominently connected with lodge affairs
bit his coneentrited hs efforts and attention upon
his business his home and 1 s cl urcl Cuided b^ a
laudable ambition he 1 is made steady progress n
the real estate field and has gained a good clientele
in connection with real estate loans a
HAROLD SLAIOHT ELLINGTON Detroit Las 1 c
come noted not only aa one of the great manufacturing
centers of the United States, but also as a city of beautiful
homes and public buildings and among those whose labors
have been an element in its adornment and improvement
is numbered Harold S. Ellington, a member of the firm
Giaver, Dinkelberg & Ellington, leading architects and
engineers of the city, with ofHcee in the Stroh building.
In the maternal line Mr. Ellington is a representative of
one of the old families of Detroit. His birth occurred in
Chicago, lUinois, on the 24th of January, 1886, his parents
being Ernest E. and Harriet Elizabeth (Bond) Ellington,
the former a native of London, England, and the latter
of Detroit. When a young man of twenty-one years the
father came to the United States, settling in Chicago,
Ulinois, where he has since made his home. He received
a liberal education, studying at Croyden, England, and
also at other places on the continent, and after coming to
this country he completed a course in law, successfully
following the profession in Chicago for many years. At
length he discontinued legal work and turned his attention
to the real estate business and to other lines of endeavor,
being still an aetive factor ia commercial circles of that
great western metropolis. The mother was born May 22,
1855, in the old Russell House, which for many years
was the leading hotel of Detroit, and her demise occurred
in Chicago in 1917. Mrs. EUzabeth Meeker (Bond) the
grandmother, was a native of Chicago and in early life
came to Detroit. The great-grandfather, Ehel Bond,
married Harriet Rice, a daughter of Jonas Rice, who
served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war. To
Ernest E. and Harriet Elizabeth (Bond) Ellington were
born two children; Ernest Townley, a native of Chicago
and now a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Harold S.
Following his graduation from one of the high schoob of
Chicago, Harold S. Ellington entered the Armour Institute
of Technology, where he pursued a course in engineering,
and was awarded the C. E. degree in 1908. . For a time
he followed his profession in Chicago, after which he
engaged in railroad construction work at Ludington,
Michigan, completing that task in 1912. He then came
to Detroit and has since been connected with engineering
work here, assisting in the erection of many ot the finest
public edifices in the city, including the Book building,
the Real Estate Exchange building, the buildings occupied
by the Parker-Webb Company, the buildings occupied
by The Rtroh Products Company the main hank building
of The Bank of Detroit and the Stroh building a notable
example of architectural beauty which is located m
Grand Circus park and has just been completed In
March 1919 Mr Elhngton became a member of the firm
of Giaver Dmkelberg & Ellington prominent architects
and engmeers of Detroit who have been awarded the
contracts for the erection of man^ of the most substantial
public buildings in the city while they also maintain
offices in Chicago and other large industrial centers Mr
Ellington has a thorough knowledge of the pnnciples
underljing his profession and his enterprise and ability
are valuable acquisitions to the firm
At Chicago Ilhnois on the 19th of October 1910 Mr
Ellmgton was united in marriage to Miss Hamet Louise
Axtell, a native of Danville, Illinois, and a member of a
prominent family of that city. They now have two
children: Townley Axtell, who was born in Chicago,
September 17, 1912, and is attending school in Detroit;
and William Bond, who was born in Detroit on the 27th
of March, 1917.
Mr- Ellington is a Chnstian Scientist in religious faith
and his political allegiance is given to the repubhcan party.
He ia a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and he
ia also connected with the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, the Port Huron Golf Club and the Michigan Club.
He has never been content with mediocrity, but has ever
striven for the attainment of high ideals and has already
attained a secure position in his profession. He is a young
man who has not yet reached the zenith of his powers
and judging from what he has already aecomphshed his
future career will be well worth the watching.
CHESTER A. PAULb, M. D., numbered among
Detroit 's highly respected and able physicians and
surgeons, was born in Lakeville, Massachusetts, Febru-
ary 16, 1875, a son of Roger and Amelia (iSanford)
Paull, both of whom were natives of Massachusetts
and were descended from Scotch and English ancestry.
The parents removed from Lakeville to Hollis, New
Hampshire, in ]881 and in 1901 to Taunton, Mass-
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achusctta. The father was a cooper by trade and fol-
lowed that vocation thiougliout his aetivc life, passing
away in Taunton in 1913. His widow survived for
two years and was living at Liberty, New York, at the
time of her domiae. There were three childrea itt the
family: Austin, who is now superintendent of schools
at Winehendon, Massachusetts; Francis, deceased; and
Chester A.
The early education of Chester A. Paull was obtained
in the grammar schools of Hollis, New Hampshire,
where he also putflned his high school course, and later
lie entered the Gushing Academy at Ashburnham,
Maasaehuaetta. He next became a student ia the Tufts
College Medical School and was graduated in 1903 on
the completion of the regular course. He afterward
began practice at Sherborn, Massachusetts, but was
there for only nine months when his health became
impaired. He was threatened with tubercular trouble
and was advised to go into the mountains. Accordingly
lie went to the Catskills, where he was greatly
benefited by outdoor life. He continued to engage in
piuc'tico while m the mountains and there remained
until 1917, when having effected a complete cute he
I'ame to Detroit and has sincp engaged in practice
lipie, specializing in internal medicine and diseases of
tlie heart and pulmonary organs. He has won an
i-nvioble reputation and a most gratifying practice
On a number of different occasions he has continued
liis studies in the New York Post Graduate Hospital,
where he spent periods from 1910 until 1917. He has
membership in the Wayne County Medical Society, the
Michigan iState Medical Association, the American
Jledical Association and the National Tuberculosis
Asiociation. His own impaired health some years ago
caused hira to feel the keenest interest in pulmonary
tioiibles and he has carried his investigations far and
widp into that realm and is today a man of recognized
.luthurity upon many questions of tubercular origin.
At the present writing he is serving as a member of
the staff of Grace Hospital.
On the 25th of June, 1903, Dr. Panll was married to
Miss Kate M. Blunt, of Nashua. New Hampshire, and
a daughter of Charles E. and Emily A. (Clark) Blunt,
"f that place. Dr. and Mrs. Paul have two children:
Elizabeth, who was bom in Delafietd township, Wauka-
sha county, Wisconsin, in 1907. and now attending the
Northwestern high school at Detroit; and John, who
was born in Liberty, New York, in April, 1913, and
is a pupil in the grade schools of Detroit.
Dr. Paull is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, with which he became identified in New
York He is also well known in Masonic circles and
has taken the degrees of lodge, chapter and cora-
mandery He has membership in the Detroit Auto-
mobile Club and m flic Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation. All these membership connections indicate the
nature of his interest anil the rules which govern his
conduct. His work is widelv recognized by those with
whom he has been ostoiiated. ^nd that his life has
his stanche.
from hi.8 boyhood to the present time.
E. H, MACAXJLEY, for many years connected with
life insurance business and at present eastern Michigan
manager of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, is a
native of Detroit, where he was born March 9, 1873.
He was educated in the public schools of Detroit and
at LawrencDville, New Jersey, later entering Trinity
College, Hartford, Connecticut, from which institution
he was graduated with the class of 1895.
In 1895 Mr. Macauley was united in marriage to Miss
Sarah T. Bulkeley, of Hartford, Connecticut, and they
are the parents of four children: Eiehard Bulkeley;
Frances Gurney, now Mrs. Edwin W. Baker; Sally
Thurston, now Mrs. Harold L. Wadsworth; and Annette
Foster. The son and both his sons-in-law served in the
World war. Mr. Baker was second lieutenant in the
Field Artillery; Mr. Wadsworth served in the navy,
being stationed in Detroit; and fiichard Eulkeiey
Macauley also served in the navy, being stationed at
Pastern points and abroad.
VIRGIL OLDBERG. Through a period of more than
a decade, Virgil Oldberg has been associated with the
manufacturing interests of Detroit, in fact it was the
opportunities offered by this city that drew him to
Detroit to find a favorable opening for the manu-
facture of mufflers for automobiles, trucks and tractors.
Gradually the business has expanded under his direc-
tion until its ramifying trade interests reach out to
various sections of the United States and also into
European countries The story of Virgil Oldberg 's
life is one of consecutive progress, guided at all
times by sonnd good judgment, and characterized by a
ready recognition and utilization of opportunities.
Mr. Oldberg was born in Washington, D. C, on the
17th of December, 1878, and is a son of Oscar and
Emily Oldberg. The father, was a native of Sweden,
and was a most highly educated man. He was con-
nected with the marine service in Washington for a
few years, and afterward became dean of the North-
western University at Chicago, where he remained
for a quarter of a century.
Liberal educational opportunities were accorded
Virgil Oldberg, who supplemented hia early training
by a course in Cornell University at Ithaca. New York,
where he specialized in mechanical engineering to
the time of his graduation in 1902. He then taught
mechanical engineering in Cornell University for a
period of three years, and for two years was cme of
the instructors in the Armour Technical Institute at
Chicago. On the expiration of that period he opened
an ofBee aa consulting engineer in Chicago, and prac-
ticed his profession there for a year, when the op-
portunity for establishing a manufacturing business
in Detroit drew him to this city, where he organized
and incorporated the Oldberg Manufacturing Company
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n IQO'* ot Hhidi he bee'jm.. i rr^ l*>nt Teni nmt. as
the executue heid ot the bus n ess to the present
time In fact he la the gniding and directing spirit
ot the corporitjon and the sutcess of the enterprise
la largely attnbutible to his efforts exec itive ability
ant sfund judgment The eompanv 13 engaged m
the manufietuie of mufB rs for lutCFmobiles also in
the building of trucks and tiactora and from the
beginning tie undertalting has gr nn aid prospered
until today their business eovera the entire I nit d
fetatea ind extends into varioua European Ian Is
In 1904 Mi Ollberg waa unite 1 in mirriago to
Misa Ruth Ttrr^ and their cl ildren are three m
number Osiar S dnev^ and Elizibeth They ottupv
in envialle locnl poiition and tie hospitality f
many of Detroit s test homea la freelv atcordel them
Being highly tra ned ind possessed of a high order
uf executive abil ty Mr Oldberg has also gained a
noat creditable namt and place m business c reles
ind hi3 entLrpriae has become one of the contributing
factors to Detroit s mluBtrial development wherebv
the eity has reached the fourth place among the great
motiopolitan enters of thi, new world Mr Oldberg
resiles at 367 Monterey a-venue Highland Park
CHARLES FREDERICK MAY, member of one ot the
old and prominent families of Michigan, was for inan\
years on the editorial stafis of Detroit newspapers and is
now president of the Charles F. May Company, kidmg
printers of this city. He was born in South Bend, Indiana
October 28, 1854, in which year his parents took up their
. residence in Detroit. His father, Charles S. May was a
lawyer of ability, became one of the most prominent men
in public affairs in Michigan and served as lieutenant
governor of the state during the Civil war.
Charles F. May acquired his education in the public
schools at Kalamazoo and in 1874 came to Detroit as
musical and dramatic editor of the Advertiser and Tribune
In 1875 he was eity editor of the morning edition of the
Tribune and during 1877 and 1878 was eity editor of the
evening edition. From 1880 until 1886 he was city editor
of the News, then served another four years as city editor
of the Tribune, while from 1900 until 1904 he acted is
liaancial editor of the Journal.
In September, 1904, Mr. May left the newspaper field
to take up mercantile pursuits and for a year was secretary
treasurer and general manager of the Michigan Macaroni
Company, manufacturers of Uncle Sam's macaroni It
was in 1905 that Mr. May organized the Charles F Ma\
Company, printers, of which he has since been president
He conducts a general printing business, with theatre
programs a specialty.
In his religious views he is a Unitarian, while in club
and fraternal circles he ia well known, being a member of
the Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit Lodge of Elks, Detrcit
Board of Commerce, Detroit Real Estate Board, Detroit
Credit Men's Association and Palestine Lodge Club In
Masonry he is a past master of Aahlar Lodge, No 91
F. & A, M,; past thrice illustrious master of Monroe Coun
oil. No. 1, R.f|& S. M.; and also belongs to Peninsular
Chapter, Michigan Sovereign Consistory and Moslem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was the first dictator of
Detroit Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose. During his
long service in newspaper work he specialized for many
years in financial matters, conducting a daily column in the
Evening News entitled, Banks and Banking, and was the
first newspaper man in Michigan to establish and conduct
a page devoted entirely to business and financial news.
Mr. and Mrs. May reside at 683 Delaware avenue.
E. C. WESSELS, of the firm of Weaaels Brothers,
well known building contractors of Detroit, was born
in Howard, New York, May £0, 1880, a son of Charles
H. and Sarah A. (Smith) Wessels, both of whom were
also natives of the Empire state, and both were repre-
sentatives of old families of Now York of Dutch
descent long represented in. the Empire state. Charles
H. Weasels was a farmer of Steuben county. New York,
throughout his active life and in his later years after
retirmg from business he male his home m Detroit
where he passe I away in 191S at the age of aistv
two yeara The dtatl of hia wife oi_ urred m Howard
New York m 1112 when she was fifty sevtn years
of age Their family numbered two children the
sons B C and Danitl R , who are partners in the con
tract lag business m Detroit under the firm style of
■W ess els Brothers
R L Weasels spent his early life as a pupil m the
graded schools of A\oi.a New York, and following his
graduation from the high school when a youth ot
seventeen veirs he entered the University ot Bothester
^t Rocheater New York but left that inatitution
bctore eomplet ng his course In 1^01 he came to
Detroit and atterwarl entered the employ of the W
J Burton Sheet Metal Company Steadilv advancing
m thia connection he became \ice preaident ot the
company and continned act lelj in the sheet metal
buamesa until 1913 when he resigned the vice preai
Un y to leiote his entire time to building operations
m conne tion with his brother thev 1 aving established
a contracting firm m Itll They formulated a plan of
builling houaes to be soid on installment ajid since
then h.ive continuously engaged m the business which
has been an element of Detroit s gruwth enabling
manv to secure homes m this fashion who otherwise
could not ha\e done so A large n imber ot working
jeople haxe profitei bi the benehts thus afEorled and
the firm of Wesaels Brothers haa erect d hundreds of
homes of this character selling them on the easv
payment plan They are today wilely and faiorably
kntivn throughout the oommunitv and their work has
been to tl em a measure of gratifying success
On the 23d of ^ufiust 1905 m Detroit Mr Wessela
waa married to Miss Florence H Smith a daughter
of Dr and Mrs W W =4mith of Avoca, New "iork
Thev have tecome parents of two children Alice
Louiae born m Detroit in 1106 and now a pup! in the
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"Northern high Bchool ■ind William Wallii.i' ■nh.o was
1-jrn itt 1910 and is m the grades
Politieally Mr Weasels la a democrat He is weU
Known in Ma&onie circles and has attained the thirty
second degree of the fccottish Eite in Michigan
Soiereign Consistory He belongs to the "Masonic
Countrj Club the Detroit Automobile Llub and the
Detrfit Board of C mmeree During the World war he
VtSiS 1 field director for the American Red Cross 'joeiety
and WIS eommiBSioned eaptaii having charge of the
iomnii''aary of the Eighty fifth F eld Dmsion of the
American Bed Uross spending six months overseia prior
to tie close of thu war Hia work was of a most
sitiefietory oharicter anl it all times he has meisured
up to the standards of one hundred per lcj t VmenLin
citiz nahip Those who know him ii d he his msnv
frien Is esteem hin higl ly for the sterling trs,its of
(hsncter whiLh he has displayed in every relation of
lite Since coming to Detroit he has made steady
jT gress iQ a business -n%v actuated by i commend
iblP imbition and toltv the firm o£ Wessels Brothers
IS one of recognized litility and worth in onnection
with the building operations of the city
MILFORD STEE^ Tl e ^ctiv itiL? ot Milf or i
Stern ha\e been of a most varied character and ha\e
constituted i contributing factor t Detroit s welfare
and progress ilong many lines He was born m New
Itrk city, Februirv 2', 1882 a son of Natl an and
1 p„ina (Amberg) Stern the father prominently
1 nown as a Hcl raie scholar The mother passed away
n 1<>"I) In botl the paterml anl maternal lines
■\rr '^tern of this review ih descended from a long
line of rabbis including Dr Ehinebertz one of hia
maternal ancestors who was chief rabbi of Poland
two hundred vears ago
In the public si-hools of his native city Mr Stern
yuraued his early education anl afterward attenlel
the Tollege of the Citj of New York from which he
was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in
1^02 Subsequently he took postgradnate work in the
!New York University and later attended the Detroit
f liege of Law from whicl le won his B L degree
ds a meml er of the class of 1912 His edutational
tram ng however was n(t Lontmumis Ten years 1 c
fore he completed his law course he took up the
irofessjon of teaching becoming teacher of mathe
matioa in the New York Technical high school thus
lerving from 1902 until 1603 He also taught in the
public schools of Isew Yorlc from 1^04 until 1907
inclisive nor was he neglectful of his opportunities
in the field of moral instruction, for he devoted four
years to teaching in the Sunday school During his
ollege days he was editor of the Literary Beview a
college publication and with the deielopmont of his
i library taste and talent there came also the de
velipment of his musical skill fox he studied the
Iiano It the Virgil Conservatory of New York in
I<>n3i4 He afterward devoted the -y-ars 1906 anl
1907 to literary work in connettirn with the Literary
Bureau and in 1108 engaged in amusement enter
prises in Detroit As j revi usly stated he was also
admitted to the Mjohigia bar in 1912 and that year
ontired upon tl e practice of law in which he has lou
tinned It was then that he turned 1 is attent on to
real estate interests m Dttroitj and is now presilent
ot the Palai_e Cardens Ltmpany of Detroit and con
neeted with various amusement projects of the eity
He IS one of the directors anl the vice president of
the National Association (f Amusement Parks and
m these connections has held to high standards seek
ing to give to the public g< i d clean wholesome
am isomint
On the 5th of July 1905 m Detroit Mr stern
w as married to iliss Mollie Sillman a daughter of
Philip SilJn an^ whose people were among the early
Jewish settlers of this city They have become par
ents of two children Philip born March 17 1908 and
Josephine born April 8, 1912 The fan ily are mem
bers of Temple Beth El congregation of Detroit Mr
stern is a hi eral in his political views maintaining
an indepen lent course rather than gn mg his support
lo ^ny pirti He is a member of the Omega Pi Alpha
and the D Ita Theta Phi two Greek letter fraterni
ties the former of the College of the City of New
Yot\ and the latter of the Dttrtit College of Law
He also belongs to the Higl land Park Lolge No 468
i S, A M the Benevolent Protective Order ot
Elks and the Lo\al Drier of Mtose He is IiKewise
1 member of the Phoeniir Club and of the Kedfori
Countri Club He belongs t the United Hebrew
Chanties of which he is a lircetor anl has seriel
on the directorate of the Good Cheer Bureau of the
Detroit Coinmuniti Union He has membership in
the Detroit Symphony Society tie Detroit Orchestral
Assoc ation the Detroit Board of Commerce the
Unite I States Chamber of Commerce the American
Academy of Political and Social Science the Detroit
Bar Assjciation the American Ear Association anl
the Detroit Lawyers Club His membership connee
tions indicate the depth and breadth of his interests
He is associated with many organ zations formed for
cultural and intelleptiial development as well as fjr
fht advancement of material nterasts and of social
pleasures He is a close stu lent f the great sociolog
ical economic and polit cal prollems before the conn
try and at all times- keeps abreast with fl e 1 est
thinking men a! the age His recreatiot s are golfing
travel and a ifoing He resides at No '60 East
Grand boulevard
ABRAHAM W HUDSON M D Thoroughly
equippel by liberal collegiate training for the pro
feasion which he has made his life ■work and in which
he has ever iiaplayed the strictest fidelity to high
principles Dr Al raham W Hudson is now success
fully practicing in Detroit and as a member of the
me li al fratTnit> has attained high rank among those
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whose akill 19 uniformly aLknowl edged A natue at
South Carolina he was boru in Colleton conntj on the
5th of FebruiT}, 188'' lis parents being James Daiid
and Mary Ellen (BreHnd) Hudson who were also
born m that locality m which thej hue sjent tbeir
entire lnea The lather is the owner of a Urge planta
tion and he is als operating a planing mill and a
cotton gm the various branches of his busines' being
moat capably and auceessfully conducted To Mr and
Mra Hudson were born 11s. children Mrs Ida Amelia
Stricklai J a rpsident of Wouth Carolina Mra Marj
G Benton of Walterboro that state Tames A
Willian L and Fdwin Palmer who are al^o Imng m
South Carolina and Abraham W
In the acquirement of an edutation Dr Hudson at
tended the public aehoola and Carliale high aehcol at
Bamberg South Carolina, ftom which he i\ ta graduated
m 1902 He then became a stu knt in the South Caro
lina State Medical College whi h conferred upon him
the M D digree in 1Q08 and going to Ruffln that
state he entered upon the practue of his jrof aaion
remaining a resident ot that place until 1912 when he
came to Detroit For a vear thereafter he aer^ ed as
house physician at Grace Hospital after which he
engaged in piii ate prattice until 191T On Ottol or
3d of that year he enterel the medical department
of the United States armj being oommiasicncd a
liLutenant of the Meiical Corps and was first stationed
at Fort Oglethorpe beiog sent from there to Camp
Gordon and in 191i ho completed a special course m
the Boston Citv Hospital He was sent overseas as a
member of tvauuation Hospital No 1" and during
1918 and a portion of 1919 was with the Armi of
Occupation recei^mg his di>"charge on the 28th of Jub
of the latter lear Eeturning to Detroit he resume I
his professional work and is now surgeon for the Gen
eral Motors Corporation having iharge of the s irgi al
eases for h\e of their plants in addition to which he
has a largo private practice Hu professional labors
have been attended with a gratifjmg measure <f
success for he is thoroughly familiar with the scientific
basis upon which 1 w work rests and is correct m the
application of his knowledge to the needs of his
patients
Dr Hudson has been married twice On the 5th of
January 1908 he wedded Mis') Daisy Cristal Donnell
a daughter of Mr and Mrs B W Donnell prominent
residents of Charleston South Carolina an] she passed
awav IE that city on the 1st of July 1913 His second
union was with Misa lierna Kathenne Fraleigh a
daughter of Mr and Mrs William rraleigh of Detroit
They were married Mav 5 1920 anl now have a
daughter Dons Crvstal who was born June ' 1921
Dr Hudson is a member of the Grand River ivenue
Methodiat Episcopal church and is 3 prominent Mason
belongmg to Oriental Lodge F & A M to the chapter
and consistory in which he has taken the thirty se on J
degree and also to the Shnne He has never lost the
attitude of a student toward Lib profession and keeps
abreast with the trend of the times through his mem-
bership in the Wayne County and Michigan State
Medical SoeietieSj the South Carolina Medical Society
and the American Medical Association, He utilize;^
every possible opportunity to promote hia knowledge
and increase his efficiency and enjoys the respect of his
colleagues and also of the general public.
STEPHEN HEREICK KNIGHT, M. D., a leading
physician and surgeon of Detroit, where for thirty-four
years he has practiced his profession, has always remained
a close and discriminating student of the principles and
practices of medicine, and that his judgment is sound
and his knowledge broad is evidenced in the excellent
results which have followed his ministrations to the sick.
He was bom in Salem, Massachusetts, October 31, 1862,
a son of Edward H. and Mary Meek (Russell) Knight,
who were also natives of the old Bay state, the former born
in Salem and the latter in Marblehead. The family is an
old and honored one in New England, coming from
England in 1635, its representatives in both the paternal
and maternal lines having participated in the colonial
and Revolutionary wars. The father successfully engaged
in merchandising in Salem, Massachusetts, in which city
both he and the mother passed away. They became the
parents of three children, two of whom survive; Samuel,
who is a resident of Salem; and Stephen H. of this review.
Dr. Knight acquired hia early education in the graded
and high schools of Salem, Massachusetts, and in 1879
became a student in Harvard University, from which he
was graduated in 1883 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
He then entered the New York Homeopathic Medical
College and following his graduation therefrom in 1886
he at once entered upon the aetive work of the profession
at the Hahnemann and Helmuth Hospitals, also opening
an office in New York city, where he remained until 1888.
In that year he came to Detroit and has since resided in
this city. His labors have been attended with a gratifying
measure of success and his practice has steadily grown in
volume and importance as he has demonstrated hia ability
to cope with the intricate problems which continually con-
front the physician in his efforts to restore health and
prolong life. He was the first house surgeon connected
with Grace Hospital and is now president ot the medical
stafl and chief of the surgical divisionof that institution.
His professional experience has been broad and varied
and his ability has been constantly promoted by wide
reading and study, both in this country and Europe,
which have kept him abreast with the progress that is
continually being made in the methods of medical and
surgical practice.
In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1890, Dr. Knight was
united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Gifford, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus B. Gifford of that city. Two
children have been born ot this union. Hale GifTord, the
elder, attended the graded schools ot Detroit, after which
he entered the Detroit University School, from which he
was graduated. He then matriculated at Harvard, re-
ceiving the A, B. degree in 1913 and the A, M. degree in
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1916 He IS now well known in buaineas circle'' ot Detroit
as 'lecretary and treasurer of the Restnck Lumber Com
pani Before the World war he was an officer ot the
Michigan Naval Militia being commisRioned a lieutenant
and waaas'ugned to tbeU & b Birmingham which served
as a convos to United States troops across the Atlantic
and liter from Gibraltar to Plvmouth England Subse-
quently he was stationed at the Ford motor plant where
he was engaged m war work and afterward served as
lieutenant and eommander of submarine chaser No 420
the second son, Rufus H also ■attended the graded and
high schools of the cit\ and the Detroit Universitv School
after which he completed a two \ ears course at the Univer
Htj of Michigan and lat«r attended Harvard tlmverait\
He also served as a naval lieutenant during the World
njr being at the Umted States Naval 4.cadem3 for four
months, and then made thirteen tnps on the U S &
Leviathan and the h'lttleship Kansas
Dr Knight also rendered valuable assistance to the
government dunng that conflict aa chairman of the medical
advTSorv board selective service in which connection he
personallv e:<amined and passed six thousand men as
ehgible for service He is a valued member of the l\a>ne
County and Michigan State Medical Societies and the
\mencan Medical Association and la also a fellow of the
American College of Surgeons while his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the First Congregational
church He is likewise connected with the Sons of the
\mencan Revolution the Societv of Colonial Wars and
Colonial Governors and the Founders and Patnots
Society He is well known in social circles of the cit>
as a member of the Detroit Athletic Ingleside Oakland
Hills Country and Harvard and Unuersitv Clubs and
fraternally is identified with the Masons belonging to
Detroit Commanderj K T Prompted in all that he
does by broad humanitarian principles and a laudable
ambition as a member of the medical profession he has
attained high rank unong those whose skill is unitormU
acknowledged and his man^ admirable traits of character
have won for him the respect and good will ot a host of
friends in the cify where he has so long made his home
MAUEICE M EOBINSO^ FiuaiiLial intensta of
Detioit find an ible representative in Maurite M
Bobinson, owner and head of the National Finance
Corporation, wne ot the largest enterprises of this ehar
acter in the eity, engaued m a general banking and
fnrce and po«ers lI organization and concentration
and through the wise managemtnt of his business in
terests he has contributed m aubatantidl measure to
the industrial expansion of the citj He has the
ahilitj to manage and control extensiVL enterprises,
having the powei to coordinate and unifj aoeminglv
diverse elements and lie wields i wide influence in
business circles of Detroit
Mr Robinson is a native son ot Michigan, his hirth
having occurred Nov ember 8 1889 in Bi} Citv, and
he there pursutd his education in th( grsied anil
high schools subaeqnenth completing a course m a
buamesa college On starting out in the world of
commpfpe he took up adi ertising work, writing finin
cial copi whiLh aroused his interest in tins lino of
activity and m 1910 be established the finanual
house of Robinson & Companv, under which title the
luBiness was conducted until March, 1918 He then
incorporated his interests under the laws of the state
of Michigan, adopting the style of the Nit ion al
Finance Corporation He conducts a generil bank
lug and investment business, including mortgaged and
loans ind is regarded as a financier of exLeptionll abil
itl, the comple'^ problems of banking being thor
oughlv timiliar to him His business has enjoyed a
steady and prosperous growth and he now maintains
twelve branth oflices, being sole oTuner ut the eorpo
ration He gives cartful supervision to c\<,ry detail
of the business, while he conducts the Jarger tactora
in his interests with notable issunnce and power
for he possesses a genius for oiginization and an
aptitude for suCLCastul management He maintains a
well appointed suite ot offices ui the Real Estate Ex
change building, occupying tlie entire sixth floor,
and various enterprises Inte profited by his initia
tne spirit and c-^ecutne abilitj, including the De
troit Mortgage Corporation, of which he was the or
„'anizer the Union Mortgage Company of Detroit, etc
He not onh stands high lu financial circles ot De
troit but has also become known throughout the
lOuntrv as a most successful financier and is reputed
to have a personal responsibility of a million dollars
Mr Rolmson was united in marriage to Miss Sadie
Mayer and thev have bcLome the parents of a
daughter, Rosalind In his political views he is a
republican and his religious faith is indicated by liis
membership m Temple Beth El He is a member of
the Uptown Club of New York city but has not become
active in fraternal organizations, teeling that his
extensive business interests require his undivided at
■fention His life has been well spent, characterized by
the conservation of his forces by the utilization of
oppcrrtunitv and \<^ a correct understanding of life's
^ alues and purposes A splendid financial enterprise
stands as a significant monument to his enterprise,
executive ability and administrative direction and
Detroit numbers him among her foremost citizens
GEOEGE BARBIF HOOPS M D (_ M F A C
P, who for tv^enty i ears has been a member of the
medical profession and has spent this entire period
with the exception of i>no j ear in practice in Detroit,
was born in Almonte Ontario, July 8 1877 a son of
Joseph and Margaret M (Campbell) Hoops who are
also natives of Ontario, where they resided for manj
veara Thev lived for a long period at Almonte and
afterward removed to Perth Ontario, the father being
prominently lonnecttd with building operations in
both places He subsequently took up his abode in
Toronto Canada and vsas for thirty years altogether
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intered upon tiie active
nine e Won. with Toronto
Ltil 1902. He then came
ice eatab listed a large
actively and successfully engaged in the building busi-
ness as a contractor. He and his wife now make
their home in Detroit and enjoy the high respect and
goodwill of all who know them. In their family were
two children, one son, Howard C., being still a resident
of Toronto.
George Barrie Hoops spent his youthful days as a
pupil in the public aehools of Toronto and afterward
pursued a collegiate course. He then entered upon
preparation for a professional career by becoming a
student in the Trinity Medical College of Toronto in
1897. After a four years' course he won his pro-
fessional degree in 1'901 and
work of the profession in ei
Hospital, where he remained ui
to Detroit, where he has sii
practice and has long ranked among the capable
physicians of this city. He has never specialized in a
particular field but has given his attention to general
medical practice. At all times he has kept in touch
with the trend of modern professional thought, progress
and investigation and to this end has membership in
the Wayne County Medical tfKiety the Michigan -itate
Medi al Association the American Medital Assotia
tion tho American Congress of Physicians and js also a
fellow of the American College of Ph3sii.ians He is
assoLiate m WediL ne on tl e medn,al stiff of Grate
Hosj ital of Detroit
On the bth of Dk ember 1903 Dr H<ops was
married to M ss Elizabeth A ^i-ott daughter of
Mr and Mrs Douglass 8 ott of Toronto They ha\e
one child Douglass Joseih Hoois born October 12
1916 in Detroit The family residenoe ii it the
southeast corner of Merrick and Brooklyn avenues
Detroit an 1 thej also la^e a summer home on Wafer
street Algonae Michigan
In his political Mews Dr Hoops is a republican
giving stanch support to tt p party and ils pnn iples
He IS a member of tie B rmingham Golf flub the
Masonu Country Club the Michigan CI ib and the Ei
change Club of Detroit Fraternally he is onnectel
with Palestine Lolge F & A M and he and h s wife
belong to the Be leeraer Presbyterian church Thej
are helpfully interested m various lines of work which
contribute to the general welfare and they occupj an
enviable social position haimg many warm friends in
the eity of thtir adoption
CHARLES J WALLICH One c f the important in lu^
tria.' enterprises of Detroit is the C. J. W allioh Company,
engaged in the manufacture of doors, etwrs and builders'
materials. The business was established in 1885 by Charles
J. Wallich and throughout the intervening period of thirty-
eijT years it has enjoyed a steady and continuous growth,
being numbered with the most substantial undertakings
of this character in the city. Mr. Wallich was born in
Berea, Ohio, December 19, 1859, a son of Joseph C. and
Kntherine (Schaffer) Wallich, both of whom were of
European birth and in early life emigrated to the United
States, first locating in Ohio and later removing to Detroit,
where the father became well known as a contractor and
builder, conducting a business of large proportions and
winning a substantial measure of success. Both parents
passed away, in this city. They reared a family of eight
children. Julius, a resident of Detroit; Claude, who is
serving as United States fish commissioner at Springville,
Utah; Mrs. Frank Stevens and Mrs. Fred Stevens, both
of whom are Uving at Hoosiok Falls, New York; Mrs.
George Doemhng, a resident of Indian Village, a suburb of
Detroit; Mrs. G. E. Schimmel, whose home is at Mount
Clemens, Michigan; Wilhelmina, a resident of Detroit;
and Charles J., of this review.
Mr. Wallich acquired his education in the public and
high schools of Detroit and afterward learned the builder's
trade under the instruction of his father. In J885 he
entered business circle on his own account, establishing
the C. J. Wallich Company for the manufacture of
doors, stairs and builders' materials, their first location
being on St. Aubin street, which was then on the outskirts
of the city but is now within a short ride of the down-town
section. In his planing mill Mr. Wallich manufactures
interior finishings of lumber and also docs mill work of
all kinds employing from twenty to thirty people in the
operation of his plant. He has furnished the material
used in the finishing of many of the most beautiful homes
in the cit\ and is now at the head of an extensive buMness,
which f-tands as a monument to his enterprising and initia-
te e spint close apphcation and marked executive ability,
while hi? business methods have at all times been such as
will 1 ear the closest investigation and scrutiny.
Un the 23d of November, 1887, Mr. Wallich was united
m marriage to Miss Mary Japes, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs John Japes of this city. To this union eight children
have bien bDm; Alphonse C, acquired hie education in
the schools of Detroit and the University of Michigan
and IS 1 DW engaged in business with the Kroeschell
Brothf rs Ice Machine Company. He is a veteran of the
World war serving as a member of a Michigan company;
Henr\ a graduate of Detroit University, is also asso-
ciated with his father in business. During the war with
Germany he was attached to the Ordnance department,
being stationed in Erie Proving Grounds and at Wash-
ington D C.; Joseph, the third son, is also a graduate
of the University of Detroit and during the progress of
the World war saw service in France as a member of the
Signal Naval Air Service; Carl acquired his education in
the schools of his native city and is now assisting his
father in the operation of the bumness. The others of
the family are Edward and Louis, who are attending the
University of Detroit; Hildegard, a graduate of one of the
local high schools and also of the Detroit Conservatory
of Music; and Adelaide, a high school graduate, now
attending the Sacred Heart Academy of Detroit.
In his pohtical views Mr. Walhch is an independent
republican, voting tor the candidates of that party where
national issues "are at stake, but at local elections he casts
his ballot in favor of the man whom he deems beet fitted
for office, regardless of party tics. He is a Cathohc in
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religicus faith and has attained the thirl degree in the
Knights o( Columbus He is a member of the the \ortex
Club and for recreation turns to hunting and flshine
He i** in all respects a public spintfid citizen and bring"
to his vanous duties m life a keen mind and a spint of
determination ^hich are the baBis of hiB success He is
energetic straightforward and honorably ambitious and
measures up to the highest standards of personal honor
and present-da\ business ethics
EDW^ED WILLIAM N0EU4N BOOSEl One of
the important m lustri s ot Detroit in ita line la
the Creenwood Manufacturing Company, tn|iged m
mikin, irrai nickel hr^s' an! aluminum eastings and
spfLializing to 1 laigp estet t in plun bcrs supplies
In IW9 tlis enterprise wjq founled ty Edward Wil
Jnm Norman Boosey who has sinco heen ita head
anl lolo ownpr Mr Bo 'ley was lorn in Petroha
Ontar o Cantda and attended the puhl o schools of
tl at <ity to the age of tweUe yews when he eame to
Detroit Two \cars later he entere 1 hs aiprtntiee
slip at the pIumHrs trade and served fi\o years,
tepommg an e'^ptrt workman He then hetame ilen
tite 1 with various corporations and for a time was
employed by the Detroit Dry D i-l. Compani When
Iwenti three years of age he secured a positi n witl
the firm of Modica % Carrol! of Chicago for whom
he acted as trivelng initaller of acetylene gas plant'
and on severing his lonneetion with that (.onipanv
stabhshed a h isiness of his own His luamess was
it first heated at No 128 Shelhv street Detroit,
ttliere he remained tor eight years during which pe
r oi he did a large an ount of ■KOrk He next removed
t the oil Whitney building maintaining his head
jiMrters then, for two vears It was there that he
hegan the manufacture of iron drainage specialties
Starting with one article, he has expanded his inter
ta until ht now makes a pfimpleti. line of drainage
traps special fittings, and manhole eoverii 41 out
two J ears ago Mr Boosey increased his actiiities hy
engaging m the manuf acti re of brass goods special
izing in plumlers a ipplies He was one tf tho first
ph mhers in tie TInilei States to aJvocate the abol
ishment of lead plumbing The comj anj has fur
nishe I drainage specialties for mat v lar^e hotels hoa
p tals and public huildings in varuus sections of the
United States Its product has become generallj re
gar led as among the best m the ctuntry
Mr Boosey was united in marr age to Miss Olive
Parkes of Chelsea Michigan and they have become
the parents of a son Lorenz N who was born in
Detroit May 23, 1'307 and is now a st ident at the
Hnwe Mihtarv school of Howe Indiana
In 1 IS political views Mr Boosej is a republican,
stanchly supporting the principles and caniidates of
the partv and his religious faith is indicate I bv his
rnemlerahip m St Paul s Episcopal chnreh He is
connected with the Builders & Traders Exchange the
American Society of Sanitary &, Heating Engineers
and the Detroit Masttr Pli mhers Assjciatiun ai I
J as taken an a tive part m promot ng the interests
of the last named organization He is also a member
of the Detroit Automobile Clul anl friternallj is
identified with the Bcne'^ olent Protective Order of
Elks and the Masons belonging to Zion Lod^e A F
& A M Mr Boost3 is to lav w 11 ki own as a manu
fatturer of drainage specialties tlrtiglout the coun
trv He has attempted imp ortant things an I has
been suectssful His c nsfanth expanding powers
ha\e taken him from himble surroundmga to a promi
nent ffsition in the field where his activities are cen
terel His initiative sp rit and progressive ideas have
prompted him to continue hevtnd the paths which
others hai e marl ed out info ulw fitlds where his in
telhgentb direete I efiorts Iia\t reiulted in sue ess
ful a hievement
M\X HULETT \.mong the nitue sons ot Detroit
who ha\e won reetgnition as able representatives )f
the legal fraternity in numbered Max Hulett wl o
since 1911 has been identified with the bar of this eitv
He IS also an ofliter m several important busineas
enteri rises of the cit^ and his been equally suLcessful
m the industrial field He was born July 9 18a5, a
son ot Orren S anl IntunPtte (Basaett) Hulett
natnes of Oaklinl eounty "Michigan The father was
born in Milforl m 1850 and the mothers birth
OLLurred at Noii In 1S60 they came to Detroit, and
the lather became a tra\i,ling aaloiman for the D M
Ferrj Seed Companj which he continued to repreaent
upon the road for more thai thirty five vears He 18
now living retired at Novi anl the mother is also
hvmg They became the parents of four chiliren,
namely John B who makes his home in New "lork
city Max of thia reviett Mrs Heltn Searl a resident
of Portsmoutl Ohio and Gerald general manager of
the Lewis E bands Company of Detroit
Mr Hulett attended the grammar schools and the
Central high school ot Detr it from whicl he was
graduate! in 1905 Ha next spent a jear as a student
at Olerlm tollcge Ohio and afterward entered the
Unuersit^ of Miuhigan where hu pursued a hterary
course being gradi ated with tht class of 1909 He
had a year s work in the \nn \rbor Law School and
afterward attended the Detroit College of Law for a
similar length of time He then entered the ofhce ot
fhamlerlin May Denby & Webster lead ng attorneys
(f Detroit with whom he read law for a vear and in
1011 he s iccessfuHv passed the state bar examination
He at once began the act \e tork of his profession
anl in 1<»13 openei offlees with Charles K Latham
with whom he was associated until the latter s retire
ment in February IBl'' Mr Hulett has since con
tinned alone and has bien aecorled a large clientage
connecting him with much of the important litigation
tried n the courts of the state In a profession where
aUaniement depends upon individual merit and
abilit3 he has gradually worked his way ujward his
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autceas coming to him because ot hia lIosp reasoning
his logical argumint his correct appliiatiun ot legil
principles and hia ibilitj to present liia lontention in
the atrongeat possible light He is also prominentlv
connected with business mtereats acting a aecietarj
of the Conunonwealtb He it Treatii g Company and Mc
Caulej &i Madison, of Detroit and is secretary and
a director of the Highland Park Pa ot & Glass (,(ni
pan>, and secretary and treisurer of the HoJton Hool
( hp Compini ind Detroit Radio Mdiiufacturing lorn
p^ny
4tSt LouiB Missouri on the 18th of Januir\, 1911
Mr Hnlett was united m marriage ty Miss Nelle Ittnei
a daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Ittner prominent
reaidents of that eitv Two children hi\e been bom
<f that union Richard Baaaett, whose birth occurred
on the 28th of October IftlS and John Eassett born
April 30 1921
In religious fiith Mr Hulett is a Unnersalist amd
hie political allegiance is given to the republican pwtv
Hie public spirit finds expression m hia membership
in the Detroit Board ot Commerce ind he is ^l^o oon
neeted with the Meadowbrook Golf Club md the
Wilderness Club, while his proleasionai coimeetions are
with the Michigan State and American Bar l.ssoeid
tions and the Dawjers Club o£ Detroit His ibihtv
has dei eloped with the passing ^eara ind his tilents
natural and acquirel have brought him to icreditable
position as a represent atn e of the Detroit bar He
I aa ilso giined prominence as a capable buamess man
ai 1 all who ki ow him esteem hira for lis encrgv hia
iggressivenesa ani his sterling integntj
MAX STOTTEE one of the lea ling business men
of Detroit whose initiative spirit and powers of or
gmization hi\e cirried hira into imp<rtant relltiona
m connection with lirge manufacturing enterpriaes
IS now operating in rent estate handling hia <wn prop
ertv, and in this field of actmtv la also meeting
with suPcess He haa had broad experience m i bu^i
ness wav and his connection with any undertaking
inaures a prosperous outcome of the same for hia
plana are carefully formed and prompth executed
He was born at Stillwater, Minnesota and as a hoy
<f seven aceompinied hia mother to Clevelind Ohio
where he acquired his early education On itirtmg
out in life independentlv he became identified with a
mercantile house of Cleveland dealing m men s fur
niahings there continuing for two years and aubse
quently went upon the roid as a traveling saiearaan
representing a New York firm, with whom he remained
for five years On the expiration of that period he
engaged in business on his own account in Cleveland
founding the Lake Ene bmelting i. Eefinmg Com
panv in 10OJ when but twenty one years of age
displaving unusual business qualifieations for (me of
his years He served as president and general man
ager of that corporation until 1908, when he disposed
of hia interests therein lecommg letail sal a manager
tor the Peerless Auto Manufacturing C mpani which
position he filled for one vear In 1911 he resumed
has activities in the smelting buaineas, organizing
the National Smelting & Refining Companv in Cleve
land, of which he was made president and manager
He remained at the head ot that enterprise until
beptember, 1912, when he came to Detroit, entering
1 usmesa circles of thia eity as a metai broker and con
tinu ng actue along that line for a vear In 1913
1 e established the Peninsular bmelting & Refining
Company, himself making all of the machinery in the
plant, ind this business was <perited as an independ
ent enterprise until 1918 when it was consolidated
with the Charles B Bohn Foundry Companv Mr
Stotter retains an interest in the new corporation but
IS not offieialiy connected therewith He next turned
Ilia attention to the real estate business in which he
had previously been active to some extent Having
unlimited taith in the future of Detroit as a business
center he has acquired extensive property holdings in
the city and handles his own real estate also does
brokerage on business property He built the first
home m Palmer Woods and his labors hai e materially
promoted the growth and development ot Detroit
Mr Stotter was one of the organizers ot the Detroit
Electric Pumace Comjanv was its fitat treasurer and
has been a director ever since the organization of the
companj He is a keen, fars ghted business man with
a genius f<T organization and capable management
ind 3n the conduct of his interests ho has displajed
wucd judgment energj and enterprise whereby he
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fion and has negotiated many important realty trans
fers Inilding up a business of extensne ind frofitable
proportions
Mr Stotter was united m marriage to Miss Minnie
E Kablitz and they ha\e become the parents of a
son Robert E, born m Cleveland January 29, 1913
In his political views he la a republican and hia re
iigioua faith la indicated by hia membership in B nai
B nth church He is an active and 1 elpful member of
the Detroit Real Estate Board and fraternally is iden
tified with the Bern volent Protective Order of Elks
being a life member of the Cleveland Lodge and he is
also a Mason, belonging to the Highland Park blue
lodge H# possesses those qualities which make for
personal populantv and la a valued member of the
Eelford Countrv Club, the Phoenix Detroit Yacht
Club and the C ty Athletic Club of New York His
activities have ever been of a constructive character
and the business methods which he has pursued have
at all times been such as have commanded for him
the respect and confilenee of all with whom he has
hid dealings He is i man of broad and literal views
whose life history is the chronicle of unoeas ng en
leavor of one who without assistance of anv kind has
risen to a position of prominence in commercial circles
and who thrt igh the strength of his mental endow
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ments and character lia^ contributed m substantial
measure to the advancement and upbnildmg of the eiti
in -which he rosid'js. Mr Stotter s residence at 640
Ghieaeo boulevard is one ot the most attri tne homes
in the North Woodward section
CLAUD W. MOORE, D D S N-iturU Ulent and
acquired ability, the result of cireful training and
broad experience, have gained for Dr Cliud W Moore
a well established position m the ranks of Detroit s
dental fraternity, and his professional lalnri h'i\e
been attended with a gritifving meisur of success
He is a native of Mississippi his birth having octurrci
on the Hartshorn plantation near Meadville and his
parents were James and Marj (Wigle) Moore Short
ly after the birth of their son Plaud thev removed to
Canada, taking up their residence in Wheatly where
for many years the father si ciost illi engiged in
merehandiaing. Mr. and Mrs Moore i aced a timily
of four children.
Jn the public schools of Wl eatly Dr Moore aoquire 1
his preliminary education and in 1899 he became a
student in tlie dental department of the Detroit Lol
lege of Medicine, from which he wis graduated in
1903. He has since engaged in the general practice of
dentistry in this city, and hif ofhce which is Incited
ill the Stevens building is equipped with the mo>"t
modern appliances necessary for the successful accom
plishment of his work. With the passing \eara his
skill and ability have ctnsta tij ncrei'jcd ind his
practice has now become in (it nsi\(. ind I icntive
On the 18th of January 1910 Dr Mooi js united
in marriage to Miss Maj Werth an I thev haie many
friends in the eity. In Masonri Dr Moore has at
tained high standing, ha\ ng betn chosen to fill many
important offices in the <rder He is a member of
^ion Lodge, No. 1, F. & A M Monroe Chapter K A
M.; Damascus Comraanderv K T Michigan Sever
eign Consistory, A. & A. '^ R ind Moslem Temple of
the Mystic Shrine, of which he served as ceremonial
master for thirteen years while he 1% niv. filling the
office of assistant rabban He is also tonne ted with
the Masonic Country Cln\ the Fellowcraft Athletic
Club, the Detroit Yacht Club and the Vortex and
Caravan Clubs, while his professional relitions are
with the First District, Michigan State and National
Dental Societies and the Delta ^igma Delta college
fraternity. He has ever kept abreast with the advance
ment that has been made in dental science and has
gained high standing in his profession while in mat
ters of citizenship he is 1 va! progressiii and public
spirited.
CAPTAIN GEOEGE F KLARNEY Among the
native sons of Detroit ot whose record the eitv may
well feel proud is Captain George P Kearney i vet
oran of the Spanish-Ameri an and World wars anl a
capable and progressive business man He is at the
head ot th( George F Kearney Companj wholesale
dealers in paper soaps and disinfectants and is also
operating in real estate displaying marked executive
ibil t> and enterprise m the condu t ot his business
interests
He WIS b(rn July 15 IS"? a son ot James A and
4man la (Flanigan) Kearniy the former a native of
Ireland and the latter of Detroit As a boy the father
left the Emerald isle and after roaehmg this country
made his way to Detroit where he learned the trade
of a printer lubsequentJy becoming a pressman on the
Detroit Free Press For more than thirty veira he
was connected with the publication of that paper
establishing an enviable record for faithfulness and
efficiency 4.fter resigning his position he went to
southern California — tho land ot perpetual sunshine—
where he is spending his declining years in well earned
rest The mother passed away in Detroit November
19 1916 after a long actiie and useful life, ind her
den ise was deeply regretted bj the members ot her
fa,miiy ind a large cirile of friends Mr and Mrs
Kearnej be ime the parents of three children, namely
John M of Detroit Mrs Grate Towle, a resident of
Reward Alaska and Qtorge F the subject of this re
The last named attended the grammar schools of
Detroit and for two years was a student at the Central
high sthool following wl ich he secured a pos tion in
the <,it( comptrollers office where he wa^ employe 1
from 1801 until 1S95 He then worked for lanous
business houses in the eitv until 1R98 when his spirit
of patriotism prompted him to ofier his services to his
ountiy and he became a prmte ot Company M
Thirti thirl Michigan Volunteer Infintrj under com
manl of General Henrv M Duffield He saw service
in Cuba parti eipatms; in tho battle ot Santiago and
sei eral other notibk engagement'; After re eii ing
Ins discharge he returned to Detroit and was a vear in
re<oiering from the effpLts ot the fever which he had
contratted in Cuba On agi n enten ig business circles
he became connected with the Araeni-an Electric Com
pany with which he remained from IW2 until 1904
and in the latter year took oier the electrical depart
mtnt of the hrm ot Partridge & Blackwell who were
at that time proprietors of one of the largest depart
ment stores m tho citv This he conducted on hia own
account as the Keimey Electric Company for two
jear-i afterward engaging in business on East Grand
Ruer nenue On dispos ng of his interesti in that
locality he entered the moving picture business taking
harge of the Detroit Film E\change which he man
iged f>r two years He then punhased the Wolverine
Film Exel ange consolidating his interests under the
st^le of the Kearney Bitmg Film Company, of which
he became president but it the end of two years sold
his hollmgi in that firm He also opened the Empire
Theatrf on Woodwird avenue which is still one of the
por lUr moling jiiture houses of the citr and subse
quentU lisjosed f his internets m that enterprise
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becoming oonneeted with the sales department of the
Atlas Paper Company of Boston, Massachusetts. He
was appointed their agent for the states of Michigan,
Ohio and Indiana and for nine years continued to fill
that position, afterward establishing the Keainej-
Brown Company whieh on the lat of May 1919 was
reorganized as the George F keamej Compinv They
are manufacturers and jobbers of paper soaps ani dis
mfeetants and cater exilusiiely to the wholesale trale
Captain Kearney has been \ery Bueoesstui in the con
trol of this undertaking building up i business of
large i roportions He has also turned his attention to
ther lines of activity having platted and developed
the Kearnev Parsons subdnision whiuh is situated on
the bhaffer road south ot Warren avenue This he
has sold for home sites having etn^erted the jroperty
into a lerv attrictiie suburban district and the m
vestment has proven a profitable one He pos^iesses
marked business ibiliti and enterprise, anl the force
of his perstnality the keenness of his nsight and the
soundness of hjs judgment han brought him to a
position of prominence in commercial eirUcs of Detroit
After his return from Cuba Captain Kearnej became
identified with the National Guard of the state as a
membtr of Troop B First Miuhigan Caialrv ot which
he served as hrst lieutenant from 1908 until 1)14 and
assisted in bringing that organization up to the high
standard it attainei when it was ordered to the Moti
can borier tor duty in 1916 When the United States
entered the World war he was commissioned a captain
and pla ed in command of the Fj±t> sei enth Aero
Squadron being sent overseas m O tober 1)1" For
s xtetn months he was stationed m Franne first sen
mg as athletic ofiicer of the Third Aviation Leiter at
Issoudun in addition to commanding his squalron
While at ISHoudun he founied and edited an dir service
paper known as the Plane News Ft in tl e Third
Aviation Center ho was sent to Pans m eommti d of
the Twentv ninth Aero Squadron ind later to "\ erdun
as assistant sipply officer of the Fourth Air Park
4.f ter the signing f tl e irmistioe he was sent with
the Third Army of Occupation to Luxemburg and Ger
mam as assistant supplv officer of the First Pursuit
Group He became senouslj ill and was sent to Pans
after whieh he returned to New lork where be wa-s
placed m a hospital reeeiMng his discharge at the
termination of sixteen months of foreign service
On the 27th of January 1900 Captain Kearney was
united in marriage to Miss Mario fa fekinner a
daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Skinner j-rominent
residents of Detroit Preiiois to her marriage Mrs
KearnPT successfully engaged in educational work as
a teacher m the McKiostry school of tl is eit^ One
child has been born of this union, Mavnard winse
birth oceurred \pnl 26 1906 onl who is now a high
school pupil
Captain Kearney is a Presbvtenan in religious faith
and his political allegiance is gnen to the republican
party He le an active worker m its ranks and m 1916
became a member of the board of education from the
fourth ward, being chosen to fill out an unexpired term.
In the fall 1921 primaries he was nominated for mem-
ber of the Detroit common council. In 1920 he served
as commander of Charles A. Lamed Post, No. 1, of the
American Legion and he is also prominently identifie i
with the Detroit Chapter of the "\ eter,ins of Foreign
Wars and the United Spanish War Veterans In all
of his business affairs he has displijed keen discern
ment and unfaltering enteririae and the jears have
n arked his jrugress alon^ 1 nes which lead to success
His military record is an unblemished one and his
c urse his been characterized by integrity and honor
in every relation He is essentially a member of the
class of doers an 1 stands as a high tv| e of American
manhucd and citizenship
EICHARD EDWIN BEOWN "Various ocrporate in
terests hav e telt the stimulus f the efforts and
profited bj the cooperat on (f EiU ard EIk n Brown,
who is now engage 1 in the wholesale lumber bus cess
and IS also secretary and treasurer of the Brown
Truckmg Company He is numlered among the en
ergetic and progressive business men of Detroit and
his carefully formulate i and promptly executed plans
have resulted in the attamment ot well merited sue
cess He was born m Ionia Michigan June 18 1881
and IS a son ot Frank L and &arah (Lewis) Brown
both of whom were natives of tl e state of New lork
whence they removed to Miel igau shortlj after their
marriage The father became a partner of Joseph
T V, ebber in the ccmduet of a wholesale a id retail
grocerv lusmess and rem lined a resident ot Michigan
until 188<> when he returned with his tamily to New
York state, locating at Montour Falls Later he agam
became a resident f Detr it ani is still aetivel;
lentified with business interests here 1 aving charge
of the salvage lepartment ot the Fialier Body Cor
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attenlel the graded anl 1 igh schools of Montour
Palls New lork and afterward entered Cormell Uni
V ersitv at Ithaca New 1: ork, from which he was
graluated with the class ot 1M4 He then retirned
to his home at Montmir Falls and there engaged in
the coal business until 1909 when he came to Detroit
and became identifiel with the purchasing department
and shop of the Hudson M tor Gar Companj &ub
sequentlj he entered the employ of the Fisher Bodv
Corporation with whom he remained for ten 'vears
1 avmg charge of the lumber department of that firm
On the 1st of March 1920, le resignel to enter com
mercial circles on his own account becoming a whole
sale dealer in I ir Iwood lumber In 1913 he hid
organized the Brown Trucking Company which from
the time of its nception has enjojed a c ntinnoia
growth and in 191o the business was incorporated
with Mr Lawrence P Fisher as president and Mr
Br nn as the secretary and treasurer, in which eapftc
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lU he has since served The buime'SB wa« at first
l■aplt^]lzed at sixteen thousaad dollars and on the Hth
of September, 1920, this amount was increased to
one hundred and fiftj thousand dollars of which one
hundred thousand dollars has been pai 1 up He is
\erv enterprising and does not hesitate to extend the
spnpe of his activities as opportunitv offers and ha
also possesses the sound judgment and executive abil
itv which enable him to earn hia affairs to successful
completion, for m his voeabular\ there is no such
«ord as tail
In Cmi-innati, Ohio on the 26th of Julj 1^16 Mr
Bri wn was united in marriast, to Miss Gwendolyn
Norma Jones, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Eiward J
Jones, the tormer for nian'^ v ears a prominent offiiial
t the Baltimore & Ohio Eailrua 1 To this union has
een born a son, Bichard Edwin, Jr , whose birth
occurred on the 20th of Juli , 1917, in Detroit
In bia political views Mr Brown is a republican and
eeps well informed regarding the questions and
i of the da^ but has never been an aspirant for
public offi.ce preftrring to give his undivided atten
)n to his extensive business interests He is a popu
r niemboT of the Detroit Golf, Detroit Athletic and
Detroit Biding & Hunt Clubs and fraternally la iden
tified With the Masons Mr Brown possesaea initiative,
combmed with marked e'^ecutive power, and to him
opportunitj has spellel success He is a man of large
iffau's, who occupies a foremost position in business
' rdes of Detroit, and his progressiveneas has been a
potent factor m the industrial development of the city
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school of Dayton, Ohio, when eighteen yeara of age,
afterward completing a commercial course in the
Miami Busineas College of that city. He waa con-
nected with busineas interests of Dayton until 1910,
when he came to Detroit and identified himself with
the Chalmers Motor Car Company, of which he later
became aaaiatant to the secretary and treaaurer. At
the end of three years he severed his conneetion with
that corporation and assisted in organizing the Mich-
igan Machine Company, of which he was made secre-
tary and treasurer. This was developed into a large
milustry, and he retained his connection therewith
until 1920, when he withdrew from the firm and
formed the Llwood Machine &. Tool Company, of
which he is the presidei t A modern and well equipped
plant has been erected at No U95 Sherman street,
and from forti to fiftj people are employed m its
operation Under Mr Elliott s capable direction the
tnterpnse is rapidU developing and bids fair to be
come one ot the leading manufaLturing md istries of
the citj He possesses a comprehensive knowledge uf
the machinery business and la also a director of the
Key Wheel Companv of Detroit
On the 22d of June, 1914, Mr Elliott was united m
marriage in Dayton Ohio, to Miss Helen L Eeist
Her parents were Mr and Mrs 1 H Eeiat, prominent
residents of Davton, Ohio Mi and Mrs Elliott have
a daughter, Marjorie Ann, born March 1, 1920, m De
Mr Elliott IB a member of the board of governors
of the Ohio Society of Detroit and is a Mason of high
standing, having attained the thirty aeeond degree m
the Scottish Eite He is also a Shriner and is a mem
ber ot the Botary Club and the Detroit Board of Com
merce He has made good use of hia opportunities
Bondnctmg all business matters judiciously, and in all
of his acts displaying an aptitude tor auccessful man
agement His initiative spirit and powers of organiza
tion have led him into important connections, and hia
iabora have at all times been ot a constructive nature,
contributing to public progress and prosperitj as well
ai to individual success He is a man of high personal
standmg, ot marked business integrity and ability, and
Detroit numbers him among her most valued citizens
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valuable farm near the city. The family is -widely and
favorably known in that section of Ohio, being num-
bered among the pioneer settlers of the state. To Mr.
and Mra. Theodore Schwartzbek have been bom three
sons, Theodore C, Court and Otto T., all of whom are
prominent representatives of the dental profession.
In the public and high schools of his native city
Otto T, Schwartzbek pursued his education and fol-
lowing his graduation aaaiated his father in, the opera-
tion of the home farm for a time, after which he went
to Chicago, where he entered the employ of the
National Biscuit Company. From a minor position he
won successive promotions, owing to his eloae applica-
tion and ready adaptability, until he was at length
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made traveling auditor for the company, continuing to
serve in tbat capacity until lie resigned to enter the
University of Michigan, from which he was graduated
in 19W with the D. D. S. degree. Coming to Detroit,
he opened an office in this city and has since followed
his profession, having already bnilt up a good practice.
He has ever remained a close and discriminating
student of his profession and tfii taken i six minths'
course in radiography and dental surgery, thereby
gre,ttly promoting his skill and effieicnty
On the 9th of September, 1911 it Los Angeles, Cili
fornia, Dr fcehwirtzbek wis united m marriage to
Miss EIH V Topping, of Lro'iswell, Miihigan One
i,hild his been btrn to this union Lucille whosL. birth
occurred it Chicago, Illinois, m 1912, and who is now
attending sebool m Detroit
Dr &chwartzbek keeps in touch with the adiance
ment that la being made along professional lines
through his membership m the Detroit ind Michigan
State Dental fcocieties and the Nitional Dental Asso
ciation and is also connected with Psi Omega dentil
fraternity His lime and attention are de\oted to
hiH profession, m which he is making continuous prog
ress, and his pronounced ibility ii not only demon
strated by bis success in practice but is also ittested
by hia fellow prietitioners
CHARLES DA\ID HiNCHETTE, a leiding repre
aentative of the Detroit bar, la also well known in other
connections, being the secretary, treasurer and or
gmiaer of the Detroit and Northern Building and Loan
Association whuh ho has developed into the largest
institution of its kind m the state He was born in
Woodstock, Illinois, December 13, 1859, a son of Hiram
J and Nancy Jane (Griffith) Hinchette the former
a native of New York and the latter of Ohio At an
early period m their lives they t<ok up their residence
in Illinois and the father >"0on gained pxommeuce as
an able lawyer Following the outbreak of the Ci^ il
war he organized a company it Woodstock, Illinois,
of which he was commissioned captain and si.r\ed
with distinction on the battle field? of the south Dur
mg a severe engagement ho «as taken prisoner ind
eieeutei by his captors, leaving to mourn his loss a
wife and three amiU chil Iren Mrs Hanchette de
voted her life to the rtaring of her i-hildren inl
passed away at Chicago in 1S77 Of her family of
four children, three grew to matnrity, mmelv Mrs
Minnie E Chown, who resides lu Canada ind Harry
J and Charles D Hanehette
The liflt named attenltd the graded and high sthoola
of Chicago and following' his graduation at the age
of seventeen from the old Central high school of that
city in the claas of 1878, ho secured a poaition with a
Chicago banking house whili later be became identt
fied with W W Kimball S. Company, for whom be
worked m a clerical capacitj On leaving Chicago he
made his way to Hancock, Michigan, and entered the
office of ex Governor Dunston, where he read law and
was admitted to practice in 1886. He became a partner
in the law firm of Dunston and Hanehette in 1889
which continued until the demise of Mr. Dunston in
1902, when he formed a partnership with S. L. Lawton
of Hancock, with whom he was associated until 1919.
While with es-Governor Dunston he was elected prose-
cuting attorney of Keweenaw county for three suc-
cessive terms, and he also was ehjson president of
the Houghton County Ear Association, in which posi
tion he served one term In 188<l he conceited the
idea of forin ng an association to assist the w irking
man to secure i home tor himself and I ccame the
orginjzer of the Detroit and Northern Michigm Build
mg and Loin As>"Oeiation, of whuh he was made
secretiry and treasurer, being also retained as at
tornev, and has since served m those capacities In
l'*17 he took up his permanent home m Detroit, hav
ing jreMOUsly visited the city at freqnent intervals
during a period of ti.n yeirs He secured a suitable
location for the company in the Empire buiidmg,
corner of Washington boulavird and Clifford street,
where the offices have since been maintained It is
one of the oldest and most substantial investment com
panics in the eity, having been m existence for thirty
two years, during which period it has maintained an
unas'iailable reputation for business integrity and re
liability, and that it enjoys the full confidence and
support of the public is indicated m the fact that it
IS now the largest enterpnae of this character m the
atate of Michigan Mr Hanehette is directly respon
sible for the remarkable sneeeas of the association,
which stands aa a monument to his initiative spirit
and powers of organization In 1920 he became asso
ciated in law practice with J T Bell, under the firm
stjle of Hanchette S. Bel! and they have already
gained a large clientele and are recognized as among
the leading attorney a of the city He has also be
come well known in other connections, being a director
of the Flint Mcrtgage Ccmpany and the Victoria
C<pper Mining Company, and is also identified with
other large copper mining companies in northern Mich
igan located principally in Houghton county
In his political views Mr Hanchette is a repnb
lican, interested m the welfare and success of the
party and fratermllv he is identified with the Masons,
having served as potentate of the "Shrine, Ahmed Tem
pie at Marquette Michigan He is a valued member
of the Michigan State and American Ear Asso'ciations
and served two terms as president of the Michigan
Buiidmg and Loan Association League The nature
of his recreation is indicated by his membership m
the Bed Run Golf Club, the Detroit Athletic Club and
the Felloweraft Club He is deeply interested in all
that pertains to the welfare and progress of hia
adopted city and his aid and influence are always on
the side of ad\ancement and impro\ement
Mr Hanchette has four daughti'rs Mary Estelle,
served with distinction during the World war in T
W. C. A. work at Pans and Lyons, and is now manager
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of the cafetpna of that orgamzition it E ohmond
■\ irf,!!!!! Eleanor A who married Wesley J Gilson
who IS cdinected with thi, Adirondick Power Lorn
piav in a tiianagemi capacity tad residea in Amater
dam New "iork ani thej are the parents of two
loni Wealey J , Jr , and Eobert Charles Darthea
now Mrs Perry Wilder, res dea in Hancotk Michiuln
ind Al ee la the fourth daughter
WILLI \M E HUTCHINSON Detroit wea muel
t the enterpn'Jing businesB methods and initiative
sp rit of William E Hutilmson, who as secretary and
treasurer of the Pigley Hutchinson Company, dealers
III real estate and alao well known as arehiteeta and
contractors has eintribated subs tanti ally to the de
V lopment an! improvement of the oitj He is a na
tne of Canada and waa born May 34 1863 his parents
! em^ C eor„o and Jane (Wilson) HutLhmaon The
mother waa born in iberteen Scotland and was taken
1} her parenta to Ganala where her marriage occurred
The father waa a native of Canada ind there apent hia
entire lite devoting his attention to farming and stock
raising Both parents are now deceased They reared
a family of two children (reorge who la atill residing
in Can ida and William E of this ro^ lew
William L Hutchinson attended the public and h gh
a hools of his home locality and on laving aside his
textbooka enttred the bu'Jiness worll aa a Uerk in the
employ of the Grand Trunk Railroad at Toronto Can
aia remaining with that corporation for six jeats
during which period he gained valuable business ex
jenence In 1887 he crossed the border into the Unitei
States, coming to Detroit where he has since made his
h me He secured a position with the Michigan Cen
tril Railroad Lompanj first acting aa freight clerk at
th( r Tl ird street station His close application and
faithful, efficient work soon won him promotion and
he was made general foreman while later le had
charge of the freight house and team tra ks He re
mamtd witl the company until W16, when he resignel
to enter the real estate business with Earl Figle-v
form ng the Fixity Hutchmaon Company, an asaocia
tion nhich has since been maintained Mr Figley acta
^g president of the company while Mr Hutchinson is
secretarj and treasurer and during the six years of its
existence tl e business has enjoyed a rapid growth, due
t5 the enterprising an I progressive methods of the men
at its head They are architects and contra.etorB who
engage in apeculatiM buildmg and their real estate
perations are conducted on an extensive scale theirs
h mg one of the largest enterprises of this character m
tl e city Their mam offices are located in the Ford
building, m addition to which they maintain branch
establiahmenta at the comer of Parker street and Mack
avenue and also at No. 11341 Ham Iton boulevarl Mr
Hutchinson is alao a dire tor of the Coramerc al Svni
eate and in the management of 1 a ntereata d sjl ys
marked ability and enterpr se
In Toronto, Canada, Mr Hutch naon as n tel n
marriage to Misa Bertha Chapman a daughter of Mr
and Mrs CI arles Chapman prominent residents of that
citv The ceremony waa performel on the 2'd of
\ugUBt 1889 and they have become the parents of a
son ■ft lUiam Chapman who attended the graded athjola
and the Eaatern high school ot Detroit and la now m
the emploj of the Wohtrine Optical Company The
fimil> roaide in a beautiful 1 ome on Eerwin avenue
Mr Hutchinson being one of the firat to locate m that
section of the uity and he haa made many improve
ments on his property, which is a most desirable one
He IS a member ot the Presbyterian church on Cadillac
avenue m the work of which he has been ver} active
and was the organizer of its Sunday school Ho is a
mem>er of the Real Estate Brokers Association of
Detroit and is a Mason of high standing having at
tamed the thirty second le^ree m the York K to Con
s story and he is afliliaftd with A acia Lodge No
i'T r & A M He IS a man of resolute pur£ ose and
marked strength of character who is alert ready for
mv hiince for advaiiLcment and equally ready to meet
iQ^ emergency He has so directed his efiorts aa to
develop and improve the city while at the same time
1 e haa promoted his individual ptosperitj and Detroit
numbers him among her most valued citizens
WALLACE B BLOOD vice president of the adver
lising firm of Campbell Blood & Trump is one of the
aggressive wideawake and energetic young buamess
men of the city and through the wise utilizat on of his
time talents and oppottunities has already idv anced
to a substantial point on the highroad to success Ho
IS a native of Michigan hia birth having occurred m
Kalamazoo on the 18th of February 1^92 His ] arenta
were Maurice E and Mary li. (Brackntt) Blood the
tormer a native of Vermont The father came to Mich
em with his parents when a Hi of eight years the
family home being established it Kalamazoo and there
he waa reared anl educated He was president of the
Bljod Brothers Machine Company which position he
c ntinued to fill until hia demise which occurred m
1916 when he was sixty six years of age He was
(ue of the pioneers in the manufieture ot automobile
larts and was accounted one of the leidmg business
men of his city The mother is a native of this state
and still n akes her home in Kalamazoo where she has
a large circle of friends In tl e tamily were two ohil
iren Howard E a rcsilent of Detroit and Wallace B
The last named attended the public and high schools
of his native c tj and then enterel the TJniveraity of
Michigan from which he was graluated m 1912 on the
completion of a course in engineering He then became
a technical writer for the Oakland Motor Car Com-
pany of Pontiae, Michigan, with whom he remained
for a year, after which he lived in Chicago for two
and a half years. Coming to Detroit he entered the
advertising field on his own account, continuing alone
until March 15, 1930, when he became one of the
organizers of the advertising firm of Campbell, Blood
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Mr (jampbeli as the pres de t and Mr T ump s se re
tarv ind treasurer Tl y eo du t a g e al id ert
ng bus ness and have already bu If uj a goo f j. t on
age be ng reoogn zed as exj,e ts n the 1 e n wh eh
the spec al ze M Blood 1 as 1 al broal. exper ence
n the advert s ng bus ness and dur ng the World war
was engag d as technical wr ter on cute i liar tra t s
a d tanks at P or a 111 noii an ng tl o go ernment
n the capac ty ot a c v 1 an and for a ] er od of n e
n onths was emplo} ed at that work
On the 7th of Meptembe 1915 Mr Blood wa n ted
n narrage to M ss Certruip M '^hultes t Alleg-in
M oh gan het parents "Mr i d Mr Isaac fehulfes
being prominent retid«nts of Martin this state Two
children have been born ot this union Marv Gene
whose birth occurred at Chaago lUinoK on the 14th
of September 1916 ani ^anel also a natne of that
city born Mav 2 1918
Mr Blood IS a ^aluti membei ot the Society of
Automotive Eng neers anl is also identified with the
Aviation Club of Chicago of wh ch he 1 is been presi
dent Actuated at all times by a spirit of enterprise
and determinatioi he has made stealj progrtss m the
business world and all who know him e'teem him for
his energj his aggres^iieness ind 1 is sterling integritj
PIETRO TARDIFJIO s tie Italian coi sular agent
m Detroit and is one of the toremost consuHr figures
in the country His great it tereit in the welfare
of the people he is calkd upon to serie 1 is unfla^ing
energy in their behalf and the integrity of 1 is purpose
excite the admiration of all wlio know 1 im While he
IS the official representatii e of the £,o^ ernment of
Eoma and the performance of his duties m this con
nection maXe heavy deman Is upon his time and energy
he IS never too bnsv to taXe active part m firthering
the CIVIC projects of Detroit and the bttterment ot
American mtereats as well During the World war
he ga^e unselfighly of his time and monev in the fur
theranoe of the var ons war loans and was very actiie
war exigencies and conditions It is <inch men as
Mr Cardiello who are true disciples of old world
courtesy and apostles of a more harmonious relation
ship between America and the Furopean poultries
TheT have ever been the build rs of the exiafing lonls
of sympathy and understanding between the two eoun
trie's The servicer which he has renderel toltalj ha^e
been so market that he has been twice decorated
first with a ehe^aller of tl o crown in 101" while in
1930 he was male an ofTie r of tl o crown of Italv
Mr Card ello was born m Ei oh m tl e province of
Salerno Italv leptember 1 IS 0 and is a son of
Antonio and Celeste (LaPort*) C-»rlipllo whose fimilv
numbered five children He attended technical schools
m Naples and afterward entered the employ of the
city government of Naples m connection with the
financial depirtment there rema nmg unt 1 189S wl en
he ame to Amer ca He loc ted at berantojt Pennayl
van a vhere he as connected w th bank ng nterosts
In ISSy he V s rocogn zed by ti e pres d t of the
tnted States as eonaular gent of Italy and located
n Detro t an 1 fodaj he has the ent re stat of M ch
gan un ler ha consular b perv s on When he re
mo el t th s c tj tl e wee only al out th ee thous
a d It 1 an here wh le at the p esent tin e the e aro
ore tl an t t thous nd
He s a menber of the Buarl of I. n ne e of De
tot also the Athl t c Llub the Red Run Golf Clul
and several c v c and nat oml 1 od ea wh h are look
ng to the betterment of the con n ty and of tl e
CO ntrj n general
EMIL AMBEEG M D a well known representati o
of the medical jrofession la Detroit specializing in the
treatment of diseaits of the ear nose and throat has
been engagel in practice m this c ty for almost a
quarter ot a century and the hat of his patients is an
extensive one He was born m 6anta Fe New Mexico
May 1 1S68 a son of Jacob and "ymna (LoewenlemJ
4mber^ both uf whom were of European birth In
earlj life the mother came to this country and for a
time resided in New York citv The lather emigrated
to America in 184S and going to banta Pe New
Mexico he there engaged m merohandis ng Subse
quently he removed to Mexico where he successfully
engaged in commercial pur uita 4fter retiring from
actue lite he passed away in Europe The mother
suriives and is residing abroad In their family were
five children Phijip whose home is in New York citv
Baroness Tillv Hatiany who is the widow of Baron
Alexander Hat\any and resides m Budapest Hmgary
Adele dectasod Samuel a woU known phjsieian of
Eofhcstor Minnesota and Emil of this review
The last named acquired his early education in the
s hools of Cannstatt (Wurtemberg) Elberfeld and
Art sberg and subsequently took up the study of medi
ciEo at Heidelberg and Berlin German v He was
graduate! from Heidelborg University in isq4 Ee
turning to his nafiie lanl he was aural interne m
the Massachusetts Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary
from January 18^6 until April IS'iT He tl en wtnt to
Europe for postgraduate work m Berlin and Vienna
Thus well qualified for the pract ce f his profession
he came to Detroit and has Binee been numborc 1 with
tie me heal fraternity of this city He specializes m
tl e treatm nt of diseases of the ear nose and throat
and has again taken postgra luate courses in Vienna
thi a acquiring an unusually thorough knowledge of
these branchea of the profession Ho has dev elope 1
expert still and abihty m the lines to which he de
lotea hiB attention and is regardel as one of the lead
ing ear noae an i throat specialists in the country He
la consulting otologist at Grace Hospital and attending
otolaryngologist at the North End Community Chnic
and in addition is caring for a large private practice
Hs experience has been broad and varied anl his
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fluence in Detroit Charles H Bagg la a, loyil mtive son
f the Michigan metropolis and la here proprietor of a
well equipped establishment devoted tw the handling
olcirtamo draperies etc , his attractive buBinLSS head
qinrters being mimtainod at 60tJ Fisher iretde
Mr Bigg was born in Detroit (n the 30th o( August
1S68 ind 13 1 son of Charles Eush and Vietorn, (Ci
tte) Bigg The former was born in Oienango county
New York and the litter was burn and reared in Dc
tro t 1 daughter of the lite Francis i Cicotte who
\ If prominent in p iblie afEiirs m Detroit min\ j ears
a^o and who 'lerved aa one of the early shcr fEs ot
Uajne counti
A Smith Bigg gcmdfither of him whos« nan e jniti
lies this reviPw was born inj reared m the statt of
New iotk and becanip a territonil pioneer of MiLh
igan where he e'Jtabliihed his hone about two \ears
prior to the ■idmi's on of the state to the Union Ho
removed to Detroit m the veir 1835 and became the
prmcipil onner of the Detroit Free Press with whieh
1 e (.ontmue I hi^ association until 1S5d, m the mein
while having done mufh to make this one of the m
tluential newspapers of the new commonwealth — a
paper that today is published under the original title
and 11 mamtainei at the highest metropolitan stand
ard Mr Bagg was state pr nter of Michigan at the
time when the capital was removed from Detroit to
L^niing and wai allerman from the old fifth ward of
Detroit at the timp whtn the present eity hall now a
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also i^hose propertv it ran through, but it was so
named by him ind his family was domiciled there for
many years He brought his bride there in 1847, and
thi familv lived there until 1865
f harlei Bush Eagg was about one year old at the
t mo when the family home was estabhahed m Detroit
where he wis reared and educated and where m later
( ears he well upheld the soc al and business prestige of
the famiU name He becanp i member of the firm of
B oth &, A Smith Bagg & Sons engaged in the com
mission busimes and he nas one of the honored and
influential citizens of Detroit at the time of his death
1 1 1<»00 at the age of siiti ne i oaro He was spe
tially prominent m the \arious Michigan branches of
the Masonic fratemitv m which he received the thirty
third and maximum degree of the Ancient Accepted
hcottish Rite In the 1 istory of Michigan Sovereign
Consistory of the Scottish Eite no namo la m re highlv
honored than that of Charles Rush Bagg In the Yirk
Bite division of Masonrv he had served as most e"?cel
lent grand high priest of the Michigan brand Chapter
of Eoyal Apph Masons and m the cryptic order of the
fraternity he had ser\ed as grand thrice illustrious
master of the Michigan Grand Council of Eoval & Se
lect Masters The w dow of Mr Bagg survived him
about BIX years and entered into eternal rest m ISOb
secure in the affectionate regard of all who had come
within the con pass of her gentle and gracious mflu
enc Tie three surviviuj^ children all resile in De
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troit, namely: Charles H., Edward C, and Sarah, now
Mrs. George D. Ma via.
Charlea Henry Bagg gained his early education in the
public schools, a private school and the old Capital
high sehcrol of Detroit, and hia initial basinesB experi-
ence waa gained by hia entering the employ of the well
known Detroit merchant, J. H. Black, dealer in car-
pets, rugs and draperies. With this representative con-
cern he continued hia alliance many veats and he then
1 e ame h yer for the rug and carpet depa tment of the
eat department atore of the Elhott Taylor & Wolf
endc Companj w th wh ch houae he ont nucd h s
connect on unt 1 1916 when he put h a long espur
ence and exe t e al" 1 ty nto effect e use by en
gag ng n bus ne a n an ndependent way He eatab
1 hed t! e Bagg Curta n & Draper e? Shop the head
q arters of wh ch nere ma ntained n the Holden
buldng untl 101 wl en remo al was male to the
present hands mo an 1 iplend lly eqn iped q irte s a
the F si er \rcale The establ shment a one n wh ch
spec al ttent on s g ven to the handl ng of the finest
products n r ga and draper ea ta trade s substant al
anl ts cl ent ge of d at netly representat ve order
Mr Bigg B ndependent in polit ca s a member of
the Bus nea^ Mea s Assco at on of Detro t holda
meml rsl i n the Fello Tcrift Club s affll atel w th
th Ka ghts of Columb s and both he and h s w f e
are arnest con mun cants of the Catl ol c church
On th 1 fh of June 1890 was aolen n zed tl e mar
r ige f Mr Bagg and M 93 En ma Broaaard daugl
r of Joseih D and Mon e {Mar ack) Brossarl and a
p ebentat ve ot one of the oli and d st ngu ahuU
r n h fam 1 es of Det 0 t Buth L 11 an th only
eh Id of Mr and Mrs Bagg s a graduate of a De
tro t h gh sohoo! and her gtac oua peraonal ty and
d at n t e culture couple! v th fan ly preat ge g ves
her popular tj n tl e representat ve soc al c reles of
h r nat ve 0 tj but ihe bel eves in be ng useful n
conne t on w th the pra t cal afEa s of 1 f e and th s
act ! aaso atel th her father a bus nesa he
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FREDEEIC SCOTT WILSON, M. D. Although one
of the younger representatives of the medical pro-
fession in Detroit, Dr. Frederic S. Wilsoa has gained
a place that many a practitioner of twice his years
might well envy. He was born in Leamington, Basex
county, Canada, May 27, 1802, and comes of Scotch
ancestry. His father, Archibald 0. Wilaon, was born
in Scotland and left the land of hills and heather when
a lad of sis years in company with hia parents, who
established the family home in Canada. There he waa
reared and educated and later he devoted his atten-
tion to farming in Essex county until he attained hia
majority. He then took np railroading as an employe
of the Wabash Eailroad, becoming a conductor on a
freight train between Detroit and Adrian, Michigan.
He continued in the railroad service until June 3,
1911, when he waa killed at the Kiver Eaisin bridge
near Adrian, Michigan, by being crushed between ears
of a train of which he had charge. He was then but
forty-four years of age. His widow, who in her
maidenhood was Margaret Peterson, survives and yet
makes her home in Detroit. Their family numbered
three children: Frederic S., Winifred and Joaeph
Archibald, all of Detroit.
Dr Wilson whose name introduces this review, apent
h s early boyhood n Montpelier, Ohio, and came to
Detro t th h s parenta. Here he entered the public
achoola wl en a lad of ten yeara and at the age of
seventeen was graduated from the McMillan high
a hool n the T r 1909. On the completion of hia
cou se he started out n the business world and was
enilojel at va ous occupations saving his earnings
unt 1 1911 wl en he felt justited in carrving out a
long cl er ahe 1 plan of becoming a medical student
He then ent red the Detroit College of Medicine, from
wh h he was graduated with the M D degree in 1915
He after vard pursued postgraduate work m the New
"iork Postgraduate Hoapital Si,hool and m the same
J ear began b s profeaa onal career in Detroit He has
I een very succesaful and has alwaya enjoyed a large
and luerat ve pract ce In fact hia professional dnties
n ake hea y den anl upon his time and attention, leav
ag him 1 ttle opport nitv for outaide activity He
now 1 aa ch rge of the Baby Clinn, for the Detroit
board ot health He keeps thoroughlj informed con
cera ng the advanced methods ot me Utal and surgical
pract e through h s membership m the Wavne County
Med cal Soc ety tl e M chigan State Medical Assoeia
t on and fl e An er can Medital Association, and while
he does not hast ly 1 scard old and time tried methods,
he a q k to take p any new idea which his judg
n ent an 1 s ence anet on aa of \alue in profes'jional
w rk
On the SI t of January, 1917, Dr Wikon wjs mar
r ed m letro t to M 3 Ehoda Artman daughttr of '>
J 4rtman and tl ey now have one child, Ehoda Mat
garet torn January 9 1918 The family residenie ifl
t 10C3 NortI Hademaoher a\enue
D Wil on has f w active interests outside of his
home, his familv and hia friends He is not a lodge
man nor a club man m the usualh accepted aense of
the term, for he feels that other interests demand his
entire attention, and hia thoroughness in hia chosen
calling, hi3 bread study and his constant activity are
placing him m a most desirable position in profea
sional ranks
S. HAR%ET HUaHES In business circle3 of De
troit 6. Harvey Hughes occupies a prominent poaition
as presilent of the firm of Hughes, Gordon Brasie ie
Company, leading bond brokers of thia city He haa
had broad experience in financial affaira and few men
are more thoroughly informed eoneeriung the lalne of
inveatmenta in %arions lines He was born in Now
York eit^, Juh 22, 188S and la a aon of Cromwell and
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Elizabeth tThomas) Hughes, both ot whom were bom
m Wiles The tather becime weO known as a roeehan
loal engineer and tor many jeir'j followed h^ protes
aion, m which he won i position of dietinLtion He
passed awav in W06, but the mothtr surines ind i'
now a resident of Rutherford, New Jcrsej
S Harve> Hughes attended the grammar and high
sehoola of New York city, trom vihith he was gradu
ited in 1905, and he then entered the private school
of business administration maintained in tonneution
with the University of New York, hnishing there in
1909 Ho seLured a position with the National Oity
Bank of New lork city, of which Prank A Vanderlip
was vice president and later president He remained
with thit institution for eight jears and on its forma
tion became connected with the National Citj Com
pany, with whiih he was identified tor a period of tour
years hlluig lanous position*" In IIIC he wis "ent by
the National tity to Detroit to open a brinch ofiiee
hert, of whith he acted as miniger until he xo'jigned to
organize the firm of Hughes, Gordon, Brasie S. Com
panv, their offices being estiblished in the Dime Bmk
building Tbev ire deikrs m high grade bonds Mr
Hughes IB the president of the company with Frank A
Gorlon vice president and treasurer Mr Gordon was
formerly of Frank A Gordon S. Compmy "ftilliam
L Bnsie, vice president and secretary, is also i most
capable business man, and they are retognized a^ kal
ing btnd dealers of the city, dealing only m high class
investments Mr Hughes is thoroughly familiar with
finauLial affairs, owing to his long connection there
with, and his sound judgment and marked exeuutiie
ability lia\e already established the business upon a
firm finiDOial footing, the list of their patrons being an
extensive one Their business transactions have it all
tiniei bilancLd up with the principles of honesty and
truth, and thcj hue therefore giined the confidence
and trust of the publit.
In 1917 Mr Hughes was married to Miss Jeannette
Nisbet, of Brooklyn, New York. In hia political views
he is a republican and keeps well informed regarding
the questions and issues of the day but has never been
an aspirant for public office, preferring to give his un-
divided attention to his business affairs. He is a mem-
ber of the Detroit Board o£ Commerce and earnestly
supports its projects for the extension of the com-
mercial interests of the city.
BOBERT WILDE, president and manager of the
Michigan Gear & Engineering Company of Detroit,
was born in South Bend, Indiana, April 30, 1871,
hia parents being Philip and Caroline Wilde, both of
whom were natives of Germany. They came to
America in early life, settling in South Bend, In-
diana, and there the father afterwards engaged in the
contracting and building business. During the Civil
war he was a commanding officer with Pennsylvania
and Indiana regiments, and his last days were spent
in South Bend, where he departed this life in 1883, his
wite ilso jawing awa( lu thit eitj In their family
were five children Albert, living in Detroit, Julius, a
resident of feouth Bend, Bobert, of this review, Mrs
A 0 Quads of New Hilstein, Wisconsin, and Mrs
Samuel Lvson, also ot South Bend
The publii, school sjstem of houth Bend afforded
Robert n ilde his educational privileges until be bad
mistered the, branches ot the curriculum, after which
he pursued a course m engineering and through addi
tional home studj he soon acquired i thorough knowl
edge of mechanics He turned to mechanical pursuits
IS a life work, serving in ippreatioeship with Warner
& &wasey of Clevelind, Ohio, and from their shops
he fame to Detroit, securing a position with the Cadil
lie Itotor Company m the mechanical depirtment
There he remained for ten yeirs, under the direction
of H M Leland and during that period his de\ eloping
powers and ibility enabled him to rise to the position
of foreman of the geir department When a decade
had pissed he resigned to go into business on his own
account, establishing the Michigan Gear & Engineer
ing Company on the 20th of May, 1914 This busmeaa
was estjblished in a lery modest way, but has de
veloped to one ot aubatantill proportions The com
pany now haa i large plant, thoroughly modern m
its equipment and methods of operation and today
emplovment is given to forty workmen The busi
ness his been inoorpordted with Mr Wilde as the
president and manager
On the 24th of August, 189S, Mr Wilde wis mirned
to Miss Jessie M Schrop of Detroit, a daughter ot
H 11 Schrop, and they hjvo become parents of one
chill, Euth Ann, born m Cleveland, Ohio, m 1901
&he IS 1 gradu ite of Northwestern high school it
Detroit and ot the Detroit Business University The
parents hold membership m the Methodist Episcopal
church and Mr Wilde also belongs to the Masonic
lodge Pobt callv he supports the republicm pirty,
and while never holding nor desiring office he a Ivoeates
public progress along many lines by his support ot the
Detroit Board of Commerce. He likewise belongs to
the Detroit Auto Club, and aside from his connection
with organizations of a fraternal or social nature he
is identified with the American Gear Manufacturers
Association and with the American Society of Me-
chanical Engineers. Back of his success are the enter-
prise and diligence which are salient features in his
life, and entirely unaided he has worked his way up-
ward, his success being a tangible expression of the
wise manner in which he has utilized his time and his
opportunities.
GEORGE C. ANDEBSON", vice president and super-
intendent of the Cope-Swift Company, was born in
Detroit, October 4, 1873, and is a representative of one
of the oldest and best known families of the city. In
the paternal line he comes of Scotch ancestry, whiia
on the distaff side he is of German descent. His
maternal grandfather conducted a fur store on Wood-
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(. mp'jn^ ini Lucille wl o s dtteii li
Heart leadcmi and v-hu poaae&aes a Ji
tor driw ng finding keen pleasure t
planning interior dectjritions which indicates a path
of success for her in the future should she desire to
follow it Not onli 13 Mr Cloutier b memory cherished
b3 Ills immediate family but by all with whom he
e-xma m contact tor he poaBessed manv sterling quali
tiea tilt endearel lum to tluse who Xnen hin and
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K CHALMERS TODD diatnct manager for Thp
imericin Eollmg Mill Company in 1 maintaining his
headquarters at Detroit is proving entirely equal to
the responsibilities ninth devolve upon him in this
ponneition and is well known in commerei'il circles ot
the city as an energetic progre3sive and capable busi
ULSS man whose plans lie cirefutly tormul^ted in 1
promptly executed He was born in Fnnklin, Ohio
Tanuary 8 1882 a son of James and Sarah E (Ctiw
ford) Todd alac nitii es of that state where the\
have spent their entire lues F r manv jears the
father was a \alu«l employe ot the l^eBtertt "Union
Telegraph Company haMng lad charge of the Mid
dletonn (Ohio) i ffice of that corporation At the
J resent time he i"! connected with the I Lorillitd
Company at Middletniiin Ohic The mother also sur
viyes and their children are two m numter Mrs H
E McClellan a reaident ot Bicknel! Indiana an.1 H
Chalmers of this ie\ lew
Mr Todd acquired his education m the inblie anl
! igh schools ot Middletown Ohio and on starting out
m lite for himself entered the employ of The imer
lean Eolhi g Mill Company in a m>dest capacity being
I romoted from time to time until he w is made traffic
manager while later he became connected with the
sales department From Ohio he was sent 1 v the firm
to Detroit in I**!? t< have charge of their office m this
city m one of the most important diatricta supplied
I \ the company comprising northwestern Ohio north
eastern Indiani anl the entire state of Michigan He
IS a man of kpen discernn ent and sound judgment and
tl rough close application and well directed efEorfs he
1 ai ben \er> si ccessful n extending the trade Tela
tons of th-- company in the territory mer which he
has nunsdiction Frr several lears Mr Todd had
been in charge ct the sales of specialty steel and is
as responsible as anj one indiA idual in the company
for tl e develop npnt along that line and in recognition
f this achieven ent he was made district manager of
the Detroit office
At ^ ickaburg Mississippi on the 28th of June
IQll Mr Todd was united in marriage to Miss Frances
Fenton Michie a daughter of Mr and Mrs David
Michie, members of an ariatoeratie southern family.
To this union has been born a son, David F. M., whose
birth occurred at Middletown, Ohio, on the 22d of
February, 1915, and who is now attending school in
Detroit.
Mr Todd n an if est a a ^eep interest in m inml al
welfare and to this end has be cm e allied with the
Detroit Board of Commerce He is a member of the
Detroit 'iacht Club the Detroit Athlete Club the
Meadow brook Country Club and Detroit Curling Club
and has not onlj been interested but a participant
in all athletic and aquatic sports He is also connected
with the Ingleside Club During 1931 Mr Todd was
president of tie Iron and Steel Club of Detroit an
organization composed ot the direct sales representa
tives of the iron and steel companies maintaining
offices in Detroit His career has been marked bj
stealj advancement due to his close application, his
thorough knowledge of tie work m which he is en
gaged and his unquestioned reliability and integrity
and in buainesa circles of Detroit his standing is an
enviable one wl ile h s sterling worth of character has
gained for lum the respect ani esteem f a large circle
of friends Mr Todd s residence is at No 878 Law
JOHN BICHAED NEWM 4.N \ltloi^h nc f the
lounger representatives of the Detroit tar John Si h
arl Newman has already firmh established 1 in self m
].ublie regard as an able lawyer and is now capably
hlling the office of assistant i rosecuting attorney of
Wajne county A native of Illinois he was born in
^ anddlia September 13 1890 1 is parents being Delmar
and Sena C (Tinker) Newman the former a natiie
ot Indiana while the latter was born in Illinoia V. hen
twenty b'.e >ears of age the father left northern In
liani for Dbnois where for many years he sue easfulli
followed agricultural pursuits but later returned to
the Hoosier state and 13 now eultiyating a farm in
Lagrange county The motl er also suriivea and two
sons have 1-een born of their union Harry ind John
Richard both ot whom d,re residpnts of Detroit
In the acquirement of an education John R Neivman
attended the grammar and high aehools of Howe In
liana afterward teaching school at Ludington Michi
gan for three years in order to se ure the funis
necessary to complete his e lucaiion He then entered
\ltion College at Albion Michigan from which he was
graduated in 1916 on the comjletion ot a bteraty
(ourse afterward attending the TJniiersity of Michi
gan tor a year He next became a sti dent at the De
troit (.ollege of Law which conferred upon him the
LL B degree at his graduation in 1J19 Opening an
ottce in Detroit he has since su cessf illy practiced his
I rofession in this city and has already won a j r >minent
position in the field to which he has directed his labors
He has murh natural ability but is withal a bard stu
lent and is never content until he has mastered every
detail of his cases On the 1st of January 1121, he
was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Wayne
county and is proving conscientious and efficient in dis-
charging the responsible duties of the crffiee.
On the 1st of September, 1917, Mr. Newman was
united in marriage to Miss Margaret Austin, a daughter
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of Mr and Mra John It Austin of this eitj They
ha\e beeoiue the parents of two sons John Bichard
whose birth occurred in 1918, and Ken worth, bo en
February 13 1920
Mr Newman gnes his political allegmnee to the
republican party and keeps well informed on the quea
tions and issues of the day as affecting the welfare of
community state ind nati(n his infiuiinLe being at lU
times on the side of tdiancement ind im] Tovument
He la a member of the Detroit Bat Aasouation the
LawYPrs Club and the Delta Theta Phi the Sigma Enu
ind the Delta &igma Bho cjUege fca-ternities Eaclj
recognizing the lact that industry and perseverance
mu't constitute an element in "iUi-Pess along those Imei
hp has libored for advancement and wiseh and eon
s lentiously utilizing the tilenta with which nature has
endowed him is rapidly forging to the front in his
1 rofession, winning the confidence and respect ol his
rolleigues ind aaso lates and the general j ul lie as
upU
E JOHNSTON P \LMER M D Eemforced bj tl e
best of prtl mimry teehnicil diieiplme Dr E Jthn
ston Palmer a splenlid skill in surger> has gi\en him
pretedenee as une of the leidmg exponents of this
imjortant branch of professional work m the eity of
Detroit hia practice, whieh is of substantial ani rep
resentative order being now cnfined exclusively to
genenl surgery He maintains his oRiee at 1036 Divid
Whitney building and hia attractive and modern resi
denee la at 1466 Chicago boulevard
Dr Palmer was born at Petrolia Lampton county
Ontmo Cinida an I the date of his nativitj wis Miy
8 1875 He 13 a son of George and Marv (Moffatt)
lalmer both of whom were born m Ireland their
marriage hiving been solemnized in Ontario Canidi
Gp( rge Palmer was sixteen vears of age when he came
to America and event lalh he became a prominent and
influential figure in c nneetion with the levelojment
of the oil industry m Ontario He ownei extensive
<il properties m the Petrolia district of that provin e
and he contmupd his activities m connection with o 1
development and prodnition until he retired from
active business He is now a resUent of Los Angeles
California H b wife died at San Francisco that state
m 1915 Of the r six children Dr Palmer of this
review was the fourth in order of birth Drs George
L and James L are engiged in the practice of
me d cine m tie city of Toronto Cinala ml in that
city reside as do alao the other tl ree chil Iren Dr
Laurel Cole Palmer Mrs Fred H Hayhurst and Mra
Hirrv Hardy
4.fter baying profited by the advantages of the
public schools of his native province Dr B Johnston
Palmer was for four ■years a stulent m a Baptist
college at Wooisto k Ontario In preparation for hia
chosen profession hp entered the med cal department
of Toronto Umversitv m which he was graduated in
189'J anl from wh eh he rece ved h s degree of lector
of Melicme and Master of .Suigery Shortly after
ward he was appointed junior physician at the Phelps
Sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan and during
his three years connection with that important institn
tion he gained valuable clinical experience Tliere
liter he further fortihed himself for the service of
hiH exacting profession by taking special postgraduate
couries in the Boyal Infirmary m the eity of Edin
burgh Scotland la 1903 bo established his residence
in Detroit and here he has built up a large and repre
sentative practice in which since 1911, he has confined
himself to surgical work a fiell in whith he his gained
high reputation and in which man^ successful and
delicate operations both major and minor stanl to
hia credit He haa spared neither tune nor effort in
perfecting himself for his exacting v oeation, and has
taken postgraduate course in leading medical mstitu
tions and hospitals not only in the United States but
also in the cities of London anl Pans in aldition to
his work m Edinburgh biotland of v,h ch mention
has been made
On Chnstnas daj of the year 1901 was aolpinnized
the marriage of Dr Palmer to Miss Emilj Spragge
daughter of Jimea E Spngge of Toronto, Oanada
Dr and Mrs lalmer hive t daughter iUene Spragge
who waa born October 1 1105 She is a student in
the Liggett School for Girls m Detro t, class of 1923
Dr Pain er is a valued member of the surgical stiff
of Grace Hospital of which fine Detroit institution he
IS also a director He is actively identified with the
Ameritan Medical Association the Michigan State
MediPal Society and the Wayne County Medical
Soc ety In the Masonic fraternity he is still affiliated
with Zeta Lodge, No 410 Ancient Free & Accepted
Masons in the city of T< ronto Canada and he holds
membership also in the Mo lern Woodmen of America
and the Knights of the Maccabees the while his name
appears alao on the membcrahip rolls of the De
troit Athletic Club, the Pine Lake Country Club the
Detro f Autoniol ile Club and the Inglcsilo Club
W ALTFE (t BOID The upbuilimg of a citv large
ly depends upon the men who handle real estate and a
prominent operator in this flell of activity is Walter
G Boj 1 whose initiative spirit and powers of organiza-
tion have lei to the establishment of the W & Boyd
Eeal Estate Company In of which he is the presi-
dent He waa born n New lork citv ^November 23,
189 hs parents le n„ John and Jennie ( 4sl bury)
Bo'V d the former a cat iv e of Ehode Island while the
latter waa bom in Canada They became reaidents of
New "iork in early life and subsequently rem vel to
Chicago niinois where the father spent his ren aining
years becon ig one of the prominent business
men of that eitv In associat on w th various ra Iroad
oiheials he became an organ aer and promoter of ex-
tensive projects for the reclamation of large tracts of
waste land in the states of Washington Idaho and
Ar zona By mean of irrigat on these Ian Is became
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\ iluabJe assets to the atatea in which they were located
I rii gmg to these various sections large numbers ot
settlers whose labors were unportint factors la the
agneultural dei elopment of the west ind southwest
Itt this connect ion Mr B yd held land exhibits in
Lhieago and through his lecture^ ot tie subject of
irrigation wai instrumental in securing the settlement
it tho'ie isPLtions of the country Mrs BovJ survives
and IS now a resident of West Branch Michigan In
their familv were thri.e children William H M A
ani Walter G all of whom are living m Detroit
In the BLquirement of an educ ition Mr Bojd at
tendel the grammar schools of Canada and of Dexter
Mi(,higan and the high SLhool at West Branch, this
itate alter which he completed a course of study at
the Inlianapolis School of Engineering at Indianapolis
Indiana He then Luterel the emploj of the Uiitel
Stcites govLrnment becoming identified with the
eng neermg and surveying departments m which eon
neetjon he traveled ettensively throughout the western
itates also visiting the West InUes Subsequently he
took up his resilence m Detroit and entered the em
J lov of the Ford Motor Car Company having charge
of the engineers shift at the Henry Ford blast furnace
He was thus ocLupied until m^ when he resigned to
embark in bisiness on his own aoiount organizing the
Bojd Eoalty Company tor the conduct of a general
real estate and brokerage business Of this he has
s ni-e been the president displaying sound nudgment
n the management of 1 is interests keen lagacif 3 m
p! leing ini estments and bj reason f his enterpr se
u 1 diligence has won a substantial measirc ot sue
On the 13tb of July 1S20 Mr Boj d was united m
marriage to Miss Mary J Sheehan whoie parents are
residents f Pittsb irgh Pennsylvania In his political
\iuws he s an iilejendent republ an \oting for tie
caniidate whom he deems best litted tor office with
out regard to partv ties when national int rests are not
at stake ani he keeps well informed on tie questions
a 1 issues of the dav as afEeotmg the welfare of com
munit\ Stat and nation He is a man of h gh prin
cil les and substantial qi alities progressive ani reli
able In business and loval m citizenship and is
r cognized as one of the successful real estate men ut
Detr t
ERNEST C STOTT Stott is one of the test known
and most highly respected names in Detroit and has
1 I g 1 oen a synonym for honesty success and sterling
4n ericaniam The name was made an honored one
Iv Davil Stott who came to this conntry from Eng
Hni when a lad of twelve years and settled in De
trcnt He 1 eeame a very sueeassful business ma::
founled the David ''tott Milling Company the Stott
Realty Company and the Morehead Manufacturing
Company ani was pres Jent of the three corporations
He was a member of the Bankers Club Detroit 4,th
letic Club, and the Detroit Golf Club. He married
Julia AUrt
and thej had a family of seven children,
uamelv Bettha 4 Julia L Ethel V Eleanor
Frnest C Arthur F ani David E H s wife died m
1910 and he passed away m 1016 To Ernest htott
when he returuel
ness He entered
id was made vice
fatl er He was born August 22 1891 m Detroit and
received his early s«hoolin„ in tl e public scl oola after
which he entered the Tlniversity of Detroit taking the
literary course, and was graduated m the class of
1913 with the degree of A B He then took a post
graduate course at the Uniiersity of Mi 1 gm making
a special study of economies and pilitital economy
so that when he turned to the activities of 1 fe be
was unusually well equipped with a Iroad and liberal
education After completing his studies he took a po
sition with Jackson Brothers Company of Chicago
miml ers of the board of trade m that citv and re
mained with them for a short tin
home to assist his father in his 1
the David Stott Flour Mills, Ino
pres dent m 1916
In April 1P17 the United States entered the World
war and m Siptember of that ye ir Ernest G Stott
enlisted in tie Tl ree Hunlred and Thirtv ninth Begi
ment Michigan Infantry ani was sent to the Of
hcers Trainmg famp at Cim] Custer He was com
missioned seconl lieutenant J me 1, 1JI8 and trans
terred to Camp Lee but after two n onths of service
tl ere he was assigned to Company 0 Seventj eighth
Infantry an I his regiment was ordere i to Camp
Custer to form part of the Fourteenth Division which
was being organized ftr o\frseas service tut before
orders fcr foreign dutv came to the division the armis
tiee w as signed L eutenant Stott was honorably
discharged January 1,^ 1919 after being continuously
in serMee for one year and five months
On returning to civilian life Mr Stott resumed
his duties as vice president of the David Stott Flour
Mills Ine became tho guil ng heal of the lisiness
and finally m the spimg of 1^20 le ame president of
the corporation
Mr Stott IS a memb r of thp American Legion the
Detroit Athletie Glut tie Knights of Columtus and
tl 0 Oakland Hills Co mtry Club He is probably the
youngest president of a large eorporat on m Detroit
L & JENTGBN M D In common witl many able
f hi sic ans and surgeons of the present dav Dr L G
Jentgen is eoncentrat ng his attention upon a particn
lar branch ot meiical a icnce specializing in genito
urinary surgerj and although he I iS been established
in Detroit for but a short period his pronounced
ability has already won for him a large practice
His birth occurred in Tiffin Ohio June 2S 1^93 anj
his parents were John C an 1 Rose Jentgen who reare 1
t family of four children A sketch of his brother
Dr Charles J Jentgen a leadmg surgeon of Detroit 13
also publishe 1 m this volume
After completing his public school course at Tiffin,
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Ohio, Dr L G Jeutgen bLCame l student at Heidel
berg Imversty whuh he attended trcra 1911 mtil
1913, winning the B b degri,e In 1915 he entire! the
medical sehool of the University of Michigan from
wJich he mas graduated with the el'iss of 1919, ind
from March 1, 1919 until Mareh 1, 19^0 he wis interne
at Charity Hoapitai of Cleveland, Ohio He was resi
dent surgeon at that institution and assistant to Dr
F E Bunts a notei surgeon of that oitv, acting m
those capacities until July, 1921, when he came to
Detroit, where he has since followed his profession
He apecializes in genito urinarv surgery ^nd his been
very successful in work of that character He js an
earnest student of his profession and through constant
reading and eareful analviis of the cases intrusted to
hira IS constantly broadening his knowledge and pro
moting his skill and effiaeni-i His first location was
at No a778 Grind River ivenue and he recently
opened his ofli<e in the new Basso BuUdmg, Woodward
a\ enuo at Hotton Dr Tontgen is a member ot the staff
of Primdence Hospital and gi^ea his best efforts to
his profession
t>r Jentg^n resides at No 961 Webb aienue He is
a member of the Catholic church and is also connected
with the Knights of Columbus, and the Univermty of
Michigan Club, wliile his professional reiationa are
nith the Wa3ne County and Michigan State Me ileal
=locieties ani the American Medical Association He
gives his political allegiance to the republican party
and has never been unmmiful of the duties and obliga
tions of citizenship, bcmg ei er ready to give his sup
port to n easures for the proroot on of the publ e wel
f 1 e He IB an enterpr s ng and progress e yo ng n an
wl o 1 olds to h gh standards n h s profess o al vork
ani his roarkei al 1 tv a 1 gen ine per onal worth
ha e o for 1 m the estee n ot h s fellow i ra t t oners
ni Iso of the ge eral publ e
HAELEl P MILLER general ma ager of the
M Her York Corporal on was born at D amond Bluff
W s own Sept n 1 r 1 188b and wm educated n
the publ s 1 0 1* d B ena V sta College Storm
Lake Island Tl s refers n ore part cularly to h s
earlv 1 terary cducat n for he has 1 een a st dont
■Ul h a 1 fe and 1 as a w do exper uce laboiatorj
ani exper mental work les des tak ng spec al stul es
n n ght schools In electr cal eng ncer ng part c larlv
1 s work and stud es lave leeu comprehens e and
eiha sf ye He •> not only fam liar w th the 1 est
works on th s ubiect Int for twe ty ears has been
actvely e gagel n e)e tr cal eng neer ng n a bg
wav for some of the greatest constr t on compa es
n \n er ca He was conn cted w th tl e P B New
bery Company f Los Angeles for s >r rears and
worked all over t( o western co ntry for tl en on
povver plants transm ss ons and electr cal construe
t on of all k nds Tl en for two and one half years
he was w tl Stone & Webster general contra tors
and railway eng neers of Boston and traveled over
gon for then supervising the r
L work For li\e years he w
! Estingoisher Company as eli
t contracts, co
their Canadi i
r all work tro:
1 as of the B
[ectrieal construe
with the Pacific
.rical inanugei ot
Bring great areas of countrj He
manager of electrical construction
>m ^ innipeg to the Pacita coast, as
iudson Bay work, and he operated
f r two jears in that country He was also divisun
electrical manager for the states of Idaho, Oregon
and Montana for three jears In this work he built
up a reputation all over the west and northwest as
one of America's greatest engineers and he is so
recognized by big contractors from San rrancisco to
New York
Shortly before the Wf^rld war he launched a busi
ness of his own m PortUn 1, Ore|,on but the disaa
trous collapse of all construction work on the coast
c aused him to abandon that enterprise, and soon after
wards he came to Detroit Here he joinei the Cen
tral Eleetne Companv, and was with them from
1910 to 1919, when he joined with Prank J York
to estiblish the Miller York Corporation They are
international contractors and dealers m electrical sup
phes and have already completed some large contracts
in Detroit, while they have others in course of eon
struction Their contract with the First & Old De
troit Bank is the largest electrical contract ever let
m tl 13 city on work of this type Among the notalle
structures on which thev have completed big contracts
are the Wadsworth plant, tho Pord building High
land Park Pern's store, the Paige Motor Companj s
plant the plant of the Central Gear Compan at
Holbro k avenue the Packard Motor Sery ce 1 uild ng
tl e Detro t Steel Prodn ta plant and the bu Iding f
tl e F sher Bod Corporat on on P quette and St
\ub n the Dve Shop a d the West End plant
In the earlv part of h s career Mr M Her stul d
shorthanl bookkeepmc and office managen ent look
ng for yard to execut ve work all of wh ch are
d st net advantage to t m m h s preae t poa t on He
has also made a deep and unb ased stud of the lal o
quest on ani s n favor of the An er can plan of co
operat on between cai tal and labor He bel eves that
a sp nt of altnj
tl e most n p r
settled and s c;
Mr M Her marr ed M ss M nnetta Fetterman a 1
they have one 1 i,hter Fr nces Mrs M Her s fath r
was a broti er f Colonel Fetterman n Whose ho
Fort Fetter an n W om ng was na d
L must leaven both classes bcfo e
t quest on can be sat sfa tor ly
' ng ut h s theory n h s own or
FRANK J YOEK ce pros lent '
the M Her York Corporat on s one of the able vo n
bus ness men of this c ty and h s companj is alread
tak g a pron nent pos t on n ndustr al Detro t
Tho M Her & York Con panj was ncorporated Apr I
19 1919 The cap tal was fift tl ou and lollars The
are electrical contract n" eng n
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ill tie I i„ work u this line in Detroit during the
[dot Tear Some of their nttible LOntciet^ are tho
rftetneal work on tie Wadsworth plant, the Paige
Truik flant, the General Motor Gear plant, and four
lepinte inatalHtiona tor the Fisher Body Corpora
tion— two on the Piquette plant and two on the West
Lnd plint Thej now ha\e the contract for the elee
tneil work on the new twmt^ tour story structure
tor tile First & Old Detroit Bank, which « the
I i.rf,eHt electrical contnct eier let in Detroit These
lirge contricta cilled lor greit public cunhdenee in
the voung corpocition, ind it is but taic lnd right to
sai that Mr Yrrk a 1 iioinpss reputitiun hid already
established thit confidence
I rank J York was born in Saginaw, Miohigin, and
ittLnded the schools there until he was sixteen ^ears
of age ^hen he came to Detroit, in 1902 and took
tiio yeirs atadeniio course in Detroit College Leav
ins Lollege he at once took up electrical work at the
iKe ef I ghteen, and wia ao emploj ed m Detroit until
mo whin he went to Chicago, joined the Arnold
Engineering Compmy and assisted in puttinf. m the
power for the Eoek Island Railway system He was
engiged m that work for i year when he went on
the road for the General Electric Company and
reiminel with them for two ^eara He then re
turned to Detroit ind becime elrctneian tor the Edi
son Conipiny with whim he aervej from l<tl3 to
m'l In that year both his parents died, and he
went to Mmneaota to look after hia father's mining
mteresta Hia father Thomaa Ytrk, had been a
■^'ging <
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He was
1 pioneer
1 the old Meaiba range, north of Duluth, md whe
tie timber wia all cut iown he turned to mining in
that district Frank J Tiork wis m Minnesota during
the \var ot 3919, settling up his father's affiirs Re
turning to Detroit he tngaged in the business of
lealmg in trietcrra ind plows for a time Finilh he
noined with Mr Miller to organize the Miller York
Ctrporation, as stited
Frank J York marriid Ellen Louiae BronnPr and
fhe> hl^e a family of file children namth Frank
Tiseph, Jr , Thomas Jerome Filen Luuiie, Mary,
ml Calliata
Mr York, la a member nf thi Detroit Athletic Clu>,
tl e Board ot Commerce, and the Knights of Colnmbua,
n which latter he is a member of the fourth degree
The growth of the bu h f i tl M 11
itrk Corporation into th ppl} t d h h
tcivmg the sime thorough tt t th t tl V 7
gives to electrical engm g 1 th m d
tined to become the lead M h g It 1
supplies. They make a sp Itr f fi p f ra t 11
Eonatruetion and are int t 1 t t
VINCENZO GIULIANO > C 1 b It ly
in 1882, and passed the fi t t t f h
life in his native country. He received his early
education in the national achoola, which correspond
to our high schools ami at tl f ige of seienteen en
listed m the Italiin armj Ht. ser\ed in the military
for tour J ears, rising to top sergeant of hia company
Sixty da^s after receiving his honorable discharge he
was on his waj to Americi To him, as to many an
other European, America wia the Land of Promise
and m his case the prtmiae has leen imply fulhlkd
He came to this country a poor young man, toiay he
11 owner and eiitor ot an influential newspiper, is a
director of the Continental Bank anl the owner of
throi. private banks He landed at New York and
w ent on to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an i took a
foaition aa tlerk in a bjnk but it the Lud of four
monfha returned to New York ani wis engaged m
the wholesale liquor business for one year He then
went to Utici Nt,w "iork, and worked m a tactory
for a time, after whn,h he went to Chicago an 1
waa manager of a dramatic company for two ■(ears
Finally he cams to Detroit and started the Italian
Tribune of America, which haa bcLOrae one of thi.
leading foreign language jOTiroals of the country
Sh<rth after becoming identified with newspaper
interests he established a private bank, and this van
ture proved such a success that he extended his flnan
cial operations until he has three auch banks in the
city
Mr Giuliano takes a pronounced interest m public
affaira and hia writtnga and actn ities are all highly
commendable The fine statue of Christopher Colum
bus which adorns brand Circus Park was a gift to
the city from the Itahans of Detroit and Mr Griuliano
conceued the idea, took up donations from his coun
trjmen, had the statue sculptured in Florence, Italy
b> the celebrated artist Ui\alta and presented it to
Mayor Breitmeyer for the city He the Italians of
Detroit, and the sculptor were all thanked b> the
Detroit common council He alao paid for a free bei
for Italians in the Tuberculosis hospital for a joar
and during the World war his newspaper waa stanohly
behind everj movement to aid the United States He
urged Italians to go into the factories where mum
tiona were being made, to leave all other work and
go into those factories to aid America, and he took
advantage of every opportunity to do all he c<n!i,
in every wa'v, for the lountry himself His newspaper
contmuallj publishes information for Italians on how
to become American citizens and instructs them on
how to be thorough Amerions After the war he
received a letter from the war department in Wa^h
mgton, thanking him for his efforts and assuring him
that the government was glad to haie Italians like him
in this country.
Mr, Giuliano is one of the prominent Masons of the
city, having passed to the thirty-second degree. He
ia a member of Highland Park Lodge, A. F. & A. M,,
Michigan Sovereign Consistory and Moslem Temple of
the Mystic Shrine. He ia also the honorary president
of the Italian Workingmen's Association and a mem-
ber of the Board of Commerce.
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In l%j Mr Giulian mdrried Mary Oil ■» and thev
have a family of thne cliilJt^n namely Elwarl
bffrn m Itici New York March 10 1907 Iris tnd
Elioa His Bon Edwarl biuliano is ■i Btudent in the
Howe Militarv College in Indiana
An interview with Mr Giulian< insp rea a native
born American with the wiah that our new citizens
from every eountrj could be aueh men ■ia he speak ng
and writing tht r native tongie to instrict and dire t
thern into eool citizenship
BRADFORD SMITH Man> tangit-Je eiilen pi (I
the publiL spirit of Bradford Smith mav be cited
With a high senae of duty with a Iroad recognition
<f opportunity ai d with an earnest leaire to make 1 is
life count as & potential element for good Bradf rd
Sn ith so directed his efforts that apecilic reaults were
achieved in the educational field and alao in philan
thropio circles He 1 ecame a resident of Detroit in
early minhond arming in this city in 18 1 and I ere
he continued to make hia home until cillei to hia fiml
rest on the Sth of September 1906
A nat \e of New York hi? birth occurred at Mo ra
Frankim county m 1820 He was i bod ct Captain
Bradford Smith who aerved as in officer m the 'W ir
of 1812 though little more than i >ov m years at that
time The incestri eiD. be traced tack to remote
periods in history showing that Mr Smith had hia
descent from Charlemagne Alfred the Great William
the Conqueror and Henry ]e Bohun the laat nimed
being one of the feudal barons who aeeured the passage
of the Migna CI arta of England A published line of
deacent based upon n anuscripts in the British Museum
also naiuea Edwail I cf England as one of the an
ceators of the fan ilv but with the early settlen ent of
America ita repreaentatives came to the new world
and l<nE and honorable connection with \meriean n
terests has always been a matter of pride to the tam
ily Eleazer Smith ti e great grandfather of Brad
fori Smith, was •» soliier of the Continental army in
the Revolutionary war anl sustaine 1 wounds it the
battle of Bunker Hill
Through the youthful dajs of Bradford Smith he
was a pupil in the public ach )ols of h s natii e town
ani of Pots lam Academy of Npw York Ambitioua to
enjov still letter elupational advantage', his own
labors brought to him tl e tunds necessary m this con
nection and after a time he 1 ecame a student in Ober
Im College at Oberlin Ohio where lie w u 3 is
Bachelor o£ Arts degree while later his alma mater
conferrel upon bim the degree of Master of Arts Be
fore entering college, however he had taken up the
profess on of teaching anl it was this that enabled
him to pursue hia later course of study
The year 1S51 witneased Mr Smith ■} arr val in De
troit and for eight lears thereatter he was principal
of the old Eighth ward school now known as the
Houghton school He at onee introduced improved
methods his labors at all times being j ra tical
and ref iltant In this eonneeti n a contemj.urarj
biographer has sad In this s hool he was guile
counselor and friend to manj who have since become
prominent in the public civic and bua neaa affairs of
the state and nation He originate 1 the grilel sys
tem of sclQils in Detroit anl the Bradford Smith
scl ool at the comer ot Hunt aid Eller^ streets was
na ncd m his honor Mr Smith was cien better known
for hii work among street wi fa and newsloya of De
troit tl in for any other featire of lis philanthropic
work His labor among j ung people led him to ad
\ocate a syatematic supervison of street I oya The
late Hon John J Baglei former governor of the
state, became interested in his ideis and m 1875 ap
pointed h m commissioner ot cl arities tor Wayne
pountj — an ofli e of which le remaincl incumbent for
several years Mr Smith obtaintl an orlinanee li
censing nei sbojs and b otblacks and placing them
under the aupervis on of tl e maj r He then sue
ctelcd m haling police officers letailel in citizens
clothes to look after the street boys thus firm ng the
nucleus of the present truant squad He secured the
establishment of tie ungraded or truant sc) ool anl
out of his own incoD e prov del needy boys with
clothes
When death called him the Detroit Free Press of
Soptenber 10 1906 wrote as follows Bra If or 1
bmith was ne of Detroit s foremost educators and
pi ilantl ropists It la more often that we hav e citizens
to hon r wl o ha\e ach eved con mer nl success
Here was a man who ga\e to the city more than he
recei\cl He cut off from himselt all hopes of worldlj
advancement He demonstrated how a citizen may te
a philanthropist without hav ng wealtl Tl e nethods
which he initiated v ears ago in the treatment of way
ward bovs and negle ted waits outlined the policies of
the juvenile courts of toda> Tl ere was something
of the Proebel at<ut h m L ng before modern teaeh
ing methods had been fised or even recognized he pnt
them to use Our scl oola were first graded ty him
His p ipils at the old Houghton aehool give ample
testimony in their frequent remembrances of his lov
able character It is much to have lived this life of
preeminent usefulness m the community and to have
diet greatly respected at tie ripe age of eighty sis
J ears The eighti six \ears of Bradford Smith a
strong courage us cheerful lite attest that the return
in pleasure has been greater thdn the iecimll sjstem
an account
Mr Smith was first n arr ed m 18 j1 wh n Mia
Lucia Weaton ot INew Tork became his wife She
passed awaj m I86d and in 18b9 le marred Jul a
Spencer whose death occurrei m ISS'i Three ol il
dren were born of the first marr age Frederick B
mentioned elsewhere in this volume Joseph W and
Lueia Weed all of Detroit while the sons A Weston
Smith born of the second marriage makes his home
m New "iork and Henry & is a resident of Chicago
The family circle was again broken by the hand of
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dfith when ni tie Sth of Sejtember, 190ti, Mr Smith
passed awsi He h^ 1 I epu one of the earl\ mombers
f the Tort street Preabytenin chuceh and long served
on its toard rt denons He afterward became identi
fled wjth Calvary church mnLh nearer to hia home,
and for three decades served as one of its elders, while
tor in pitended period he his superinteadent of its
Sundav school Hia life was enriched bv much benei
olent ind phiKnthropic work He wai iionstaatly
extending a helping hand where iid was needed and
sptaking a word of encouragement, attempting alwaja
tf drtw out the best qualities of the individual Thi.
re rl ot his life would be incomplete if one did not
record the fict thit at the outbreak of tlit Civil nar
Mr Smith orginized a company and started tor the
trint 'Sustaining a aerious injurj tfi his knee he was
inr ijai ttted for active service and waa torted to re
turn home He then sent a substitute to the war and
1 \ his prompt enlistment he carried ont the spirit of
patriotism which has been a dominant element in the
fiinilv trom an tarlj pen id in the coloni?ition ft the
new world When ■» railitirv call ha? been heard each
generation has sent its representati\ ts forth to active
'erv ice ind in the great World war the family again
I ■jrticipated through the enhstment cf Predenek B
Sm th, Jr , who aa a first lieutenant was on duty with
tlie Samtirj Corps in Pans t-uch i record of patriotic
sinice IS indeed wirthv of emulation
FREDERICK B SMITH of Detroit, is a represen
tdtive ot a family that through generation after gen
iratun his measured up to the 'taniard of one hun
dred per tent American He i*" a direct descendant of
George Soule who eame to the new world on the
Mavflower and he is likewise a direct descendant of
Captain Daniel Drake, an oflcer of the Eevolutionari
war who wa? the father of Jeasie Drake, the wife of
Captain Bradford Smith and the grandmother of
Frederick B Smith of this review f aptam Drake also
served his countrv m the War of 1812 In the Smith
line too the ancestry is traced back to one of the
Rpv olutionarj war heroes, for Eleaytr Smith, great
great grandfather of Frederick B Smith served with
the colonial torees ani was wounded in the battle of
Bunker Hill Captain Br ad tor d Smith grandfather
<t Frederick E &mith, serve! as an ofiiLPr in the War
<f 1812 though onlv a bov at that time It is of hia
American ancestry and their devotion U hij,h Amer
nan ideals that Mr Smith is proud but he also has
reason to feel a justifiable pride in more remote line
age which can be trated back to Charlemagne, Altred
the Great, Willnm the Conqueror an 1 Henrj de Bohun,
the last named having been one of the feudal barons
who secured tliL passage of the Magna Charta of Eng
land A line tt de3i.cnt from Edwarl I of Pngland
has been published and is lased upon manuscripts m
the British Museum The record of Bradford bmitb,
the father of Frederick B Smith, is given at length on
another page of thia work, for he ranked with the
leading educators and philanthropists of Detroit and
his labors were particularly bencfieial in improving the
school avatem of the citv, where the familj has been
contmuoualv represented since 1851
Frederick B Smith was born at the corner of Third
street and Lafavette avenue m Detroit, December 13,
I8i)3, and the public schools accorded him his educa
tional opportunities In 1888 whi n twenty five years
ot ige he organized the Wolverine Manufacturing
Companv, of which he became general manager, so
continuing through its entire existence He was
also president during the last twelve veart of hia con
nection with the business Under his management the
companv met with extraordinary success and when
thev sold out m 1919 the atockholders divided among
themselves a hanlsome return on their investment
That company was the leader of the world as special
ists in the manntaotare of parlor and librar% tables
developing a business of large proportions Mr Smith
was the founder ot the business and tin guiding genius
ot the plant and was prominently known as a manu
tacturer long before Detroit became a great center of
mdustrv leading the world m several lines of produc-
tion
Asiie from the development of his business Mr
Smith has done much for Detroit m various wa^s, at
all times manifesting a most active and helptul m
terest m the welfare and progress of the city He
was priiident of the old Chomler of Commerce and
served on the committee of organization of the new
Board of Commerce and surrendered the charter of the
old ehimber that the new board could be formed He
largely effecte 1 the agreement for the formation of
the new board and has always maintained the keenest
interest in the supprrt of the projects put ftrth by the
organization for Detroit s benefit and upbuilding, the
extension of its business relations and the maintenance
of high CIVIC standards For four years Mr Smith
aerv ed on the board of estimates for the fourth ward
In 1903, when actmn as president of the fharober of
Commerce, he brought about the agreement between
the citj of Detroit and the railwajs for the separa
tion of grades on the west aide of Detroit The couu
cil and the railwajs accepted and adopted his plan,
which was evolved after a conference was held at the
ofa.ce of the Michigan Central Railroad on May 2
1903, on which occasion Mr ttmith represented the
Detroit Chamber of Commerce, beorge Hargreav es
the vice president of the \meriean Car & Fcunlry
Company being also present, while Mesirs Jerome and
Atkinson represented the committee on grade sepjra
tions of the common council and Henry B Dedv ard
represented the Michigan Central It was also nhile
president of the Chamber of Commerce that Mr
Smith \*as instrumental in getting the cooperation
ot congressmen to carrv out the building of the new
barracks at Fort Wayne His devotion to high civic
standards has always been one of his marked char
acteristics and his plans and his activities have at all
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resultB
On the 11th f N vernier 1^86 Mr Smith was
unite 1 m manage t MiM Ninette L Sackniier of
MaBon Michigan a daughter of Dr SaLknder who
was a surgeon n the northern irmj during the Civil
war Mr and Mri Smith have beuome tho parents of
four sona but one died m mfanej an! Charles Saelt
rider fcmith wl o was torn February 1" 1889 died
Ma> 2 1911 The litter hid qnite a brilliant cireet
in front of him and was a young mm of fine chir
acter particulariy kind and ehintiHe The two suns
BtiU lining are Frederick B Jr and Rolett W Smith
The elder served in the World nar ml was a first
lieutenant in the Sanitary Engineer Corps with htad
quirters in Pins W hile in that Lity he met Elsie
Virginia Baldwin who had gone oier to France from
New Tork citv as secretary of tl e imenean Library
Association anl they were mirried in laria Tl ej
have one son Frederick B (III) The younger son
Eobert W Smith mide many attempts to enhst in the
service but was rejected tv the m litarv authorities
He then joined the Bed Crass -jni did a great deal
of hard and faithful work for that orgimzition which
so splendidly issisted the aol hers
Mrs Smith wis a most earnest ind zeilous worker
in connection with the American Bed Cross She en
listed for canteen seme m the Detroit (.hapter n
Pebniarj 1918 working with tl it crrgin zition until
it disl andod October 31 l''l*> it which time she held
the rank o£ captain There were o\ er five hundred
workers m the organization ind n inv hundrei thou
sands of soHieri were fed The work went on day
and rught the women respond ng whenever and
wherever thc^ were needed an! Mrs Smith often
started to work at three o clock m tl e morning They
wire always reidy to d for the soldiers and Mrs
Smith was recognized io a leader in ttis great field of
service She demonstnted her splenlid efficien y as
an orginizer ind as an executive and no task seemed
loo difa ult or to mike too great lemands upon her
time ani energies when it would f irthtr the interests
of the American soldiers
Both Mr and Mrs Smith are n embers of tl e North
Congregit onal ehurc! ind he 8er\ ed as president of
its boar! of trustees tar two j tars m its orgmiza
tion penol His politiei! endorsement is given to
the republican party ml he has wielded considerable
influence m politics not as a recognized pirtv leader
but as a prominent ind influential business mm anl
citizen who lal ors for the con mon weil rather than
for personal ends Fnternally he is i Mason having
memlership in ITnion L dge A F & \ M Peniusn
Jar Chapter E 4 M ind Detroit Commmdery K
T of which he is a lifi member He ilao belongs to
the Sons of the Amentan Eevolution and served as
presilent of Detroit CI apter tar a year while for
two years he was governor of the Mayflower Society
Appreciative of the ao( al amenities of lift he belongs
to the Detroit Club the Country Club and the Old
Club ot Lake St Clair In 1903 he wis callei to act
as chaim in of the Mith gii commission of the Lou
siana Purchase Espositiin it St Louis In all those
act vities where Detroit s welfire and progress are
concerned Mr Smith is recognized as a dominant fac
tor his coopention le nf, it il! times counted upon to
further the citv s veltare silstint al growth and
WILLIAM GNVU 19 one of the real estate men of
Detroit who^e proi,ressive I nam ess methods have re
suited in tho substantial upbuilding and improvement
of the eitj while at the
moted individual success He is
his gained succlsi and pron men
merit ind ability Starting out
at tl e age of tourteen with no
tion determination and energy
iffluence and the most envious l
they have pro
a self made man who
?e through individnal
Lu tl e 1 us ness world
capital except ambi
grudge him his
of opportunity
ably has it been won so well used
born m Hessen Crermany December
1881 when fourteen j ears of age he
:ek his fortune in \meriea the land
Hs early eiucatitn had been ac
ive land, and coming, lire t to Detroit
he secured emplovment in a dr> goods store working
as a clerk for i per od of tl rteen jeirs Having
caiefnlly saved his eirmngs he wis tl en alle to en
j,age in bus ness for himselt and he entered the dry
goods bi siness under the firn name f Gnau &. Eentten
on Randolph street contini inf. fron 1893 to 1906 He
then entered the real estate field in wl ich he has
since been active being one of the p oneer operators
along that line in the citv md he ilso deals in fire
insurance He acts as a real estate broker dealing
prin ipaily in 1 usiness and residci (nl properties in
whiih connecti n le his built up a large patronlge
Hl has mide i thorough stud> cf the business of
which he has game! ii ntimate knowledge and he
IS regarded as an expert valuator For forty years
he has leen a resident of the iitv witnessing its
growth from a populati n of one I undred inl eighty
thousand to a city with a million mhabjfanta and m
the work of developn ent and upbuillmg he has 1 orne
a most imfortint pirt In tho eanduet of his busi
ness interests he is progressive farsighted and capable
and success in substant il measure has rewarded his
efforts
Mr Gniu is a naturaliz 1 citizen of the United
States having taken out his papers as soon as he
attained his majority and has ever been loyal to
hia alcpted eountr\ m word deed and thought He
IS a republ can m his political views and fraternally
he IS identified with the Masons belonging to Schiller
Lodge No 263 F & A M while the nature of his
recreation is indicated m his membership m the De
troit Automotile Club He was united in marriage to
Miss Anna Beutter and they are widely and favor
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IS now elassfd with the capable phjsiuans of the city
his ti ^ g k d by t dy d t
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childhood and she too was reared and edniatol in the
vicinity of Detroit Forming an acquaintance during
tJ ur joufh they were married on reaching adnlt age
and Mr Welz afterward engaged in the hardware busi
nesa on hia own account having a store on 'Woodward
■nenue lo afed on the present site of the Hud'<on
Department Store There he continued to deal m hari
ware for many leara carrying on the business up to
the tin e of his death which occurred about 1837
HiB wite also passel away in this eitv In their family
were si-t hildren only two of whom are yet living
ITra Bertha McNeil who resiles in Chicago Illinois
and Walter E
The latter enjojed the advantages offered by the
I-ublio school Bvstem of Detroit anl passing thr ugh
nsecutive grades w as eventually graduate I from
tte Ceatral high school on the 1st ot January 18i
He was a member of the first class of students to re
ene diplomas from the new Central high school At
a later date he entered the Uni^eraity of Michigan
1 it after two jears he abandoned his Iiterarj course
there m order to take np the studj of medicine m the
Detroit College ot Me ii me from wh ch he was
graduated with his irofLsaional degree in 11303 He
lat r serve! for a year in St Mary s Hosjital of De
trtit Michigan and for one year m Hir^er Hoaiita!
as hou'ie physician. At the end of that time he went
ibrmd to take up j oatgra luate work vi'-iting and
studying m some of the noted hospitals of Europe
principally in Vienna He remained abroad tor fifteen
months and on his return again practiced in this city
in l907 opening an office and concentrating h s atten
tion upon obstetrics He is today one of the moat
capable and aoccesaful phjsiciana of tie city He is
g d d th ty p th li f h pe ity
d h p g ly ght by p f 1
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th tfffP d Hptl Dt tMhg
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f th ty 1 d t f P t I 1 ni f
th d r tm t f h 1th f th t f D t t d
m th vays tbt tth pi dd ktht
b ing d bj th m d 1 p f W y
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Th ismltrjhit thlf dfD
Welz for during the Spanish American war he enlisted
p t th TJ t d St t St m h p T m t
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th t t p th f h p fes h h th 1 ss
t t d hi ff t and tt t p h d t
ihj h h Id t hgh th 1 t d d
and has been most conscientious in his praet ce He
has too attractive social qualities and has gained
warm trienlships ani high regarl as well as many
jatients in Detroit
CH 4.8LL8 J JENTGBW M D In medical circles
of Detroit reinsentatues of the Jentgen family have
w<n reoogn tion as able exponents of the profession
and Dr Charleo J Jentgen is leioting his attention to
surgical work m which line he has de\elopt.d marked
skill He waa born at Tiffin Ohio September 11 1885
a son of John C an 1 Rosa Jentgen in whose family
were four children Dr L G Jentgen a brother of
the Bibiect of this review ii a well known surgeon of
this itv and is specializing m genito nrinarv caaea
H s biograpl I il recor 1 also appears m this work
Charles J Jentgen acquired his public Bchaol tram
iigatTiflin Ohio after wh uh he >ecame a stulent at
Heidelberg Univers tj and m liJOZ he entered the
medical department of tJ e University of Michigan
trom which he was graduated in 1911 Tie following
year was sjent as an interne at St Bernard s Hospital
anl for a t me he was resident physician at St
Joseph s Hospital of Chicago after which he came to
Detroit vhere he has built up a large practice He
specializes in sargnal work and has been very sue
cessful in this field He has always made his pro
fessional dut es hia firft consideration giving his time
nreaervedly to his patients and is now serving as
( hicf surgeoi at Prov i lence Hospital During the
World war Dr Jentgen served aa a first lieutenant m
the Motor Ambulance Relief Corpa and for a time was
stationed at Camp Wadsworth and was also sent to the
n ted LarroU Institute m New York city where a
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large amount of \aluablc reaeari,li work waa aecom
phshed
Dt Jeatgen is a Catholic m religious faith anl is
identified with the Knights of Cciumbus He resides
at No flfli Webb avenue and manifesta a deep interest
in eierythuig relating to the weltare of his eity His
political ailegianee is given to the republican partj
itid protessionally he le identified wttb the Wavne
".ountT ind Mmhigan State Medieal Societies ^nd tht
AmPriein Medical Association and he is also a fellow
of tie \nienean College of burgeons Nitural talent
uid lequired ilility have brought him success ind
prominence in his j rofession and his ambition keeps
hill abreast of the times m the field of melical and
s rgifal prai_tii,e
(lEOEGE COMi.R ctipu g a central pla e on
the stage of insur^iice aetmtj in Detroit eomea to
thi* city from H wicd county, Indiani where his
lirth occurred in 18"d his parents be ng Tohn H
and Emma (Prizier) Comer The family is of Irish
lineage and followina the arrival of the American
progenitor he settle! in the south but later represent
atnes of the mme lived both north and south of the
Maion and Dixon line ini both branches of the
family were represented m the (wo contLuding armies
of the CiviJ war The paternal grindfather of George
Comer of thii rewtw Iivei for m^nv tears with the
Cherokee Iniians in Indiani during the period of
pioneer development m that state The mother of
John H Comer nas a Quiker of the Wright family
nh( trace their ancestry in America back to the begin
ning of the seventeenth eenturj and in possession of
th" family is i Bible containing records that giie the
Tueestral line back to that period John H Comer the
fnther was a member of the Home G lard during
the Ci\ii wir but wis not eligible for active duty
owing to phvsic-il disability Because he could not
enter the irmv ind follow the nation s starry banner
to the bittle fields of the south he became active in the
Home Guard
Gtorge Comer thus represent ng one of the old
Ameriian fdmilie' md one long associated with the
pioneer d< velopment of Indiana pursued his educa
tiott m the public sphools of that state and afterward
became connecte 1 with the grocery business Si bse
quently he turned his ittention to the insurance lusi
noss as solicitor for life insunnee in Indiani and
finally he joined the Continental Assurance Company
and the Continental Casualty Company He was m
Toledo Ohio as representative of the latter corpora
tion for two years ind then went to Atlanta Georgia
where he ilso spent two years On the expiration of
thit period he irriuel m Detr it m 190<> and through
the intervening >eics his made this utv his home
He came to Detrcit di manager of the company
which position be still occupies ind through the inter
yening period he has been remarkably successful in
condi ctmg the interests of the corporation at this
point The annual business is fiftecnfold as greit
IS it WIS in the first year m wl ich he occupied the
position of maniger at this point He has been with
the company since 1104 and is one of its most prom
inent ind cipable representatives His success may
be attributed to hia square dealing which wins 1 m
the confidence ot ail The company handles only
heilth ind icei lent insurance as reprcsentit g the
Casualty Company and lite insurance in tl c Cont
nental Assurance Company
In December IJOl Mr eomer wis n irried to Miss
Ml la Roe and they have one daughter Evelyn Pra
ternally Mr Corner is an Odd Fellow and the rules
that govern his conduct ace further indicated m the
fact of his mombcrslip n the Disciples church His
political endorsement is given to the repnbli an partv
Hia life at all timei measures up to high standards anl
not only has he won success in insurance circles 1 ut
has in eier> relation of life gained that gocd name
wlieh IS rather to be chosen than great riches
HENB\ E BOT&EOBD has for a long penol been
conuGctel with the gr^m luainess in Detroit and as
manager of H C Carson & Company he occupies a
[rom nent losition in commercial circles of the city
He IS a natu e of the United states though born m
Windsor Canada on the a3d of September 1877 for
his parents William K ml Anna L (Bower) Botsford
were Americans The father s birth occurred m
Canada The mother was bom in Ireland and as a
child WIS brought bv her parents to the United States
the family home being established m Detroit Here
si e grew to womat hood anl it was m this «itv thit
htc marriage occurred The father was an honored
veteran of the Civil war serimg as captain of the
Seventieth New York Regiment and while partieipat
mg m a hotly contested engagement was captured bv
Confederate troujs and incarcerated in Libby prison
where he was confined for two years during which
lerifd he suffered untold hardships and privations
After his release at the close of the war he returned to
Detroit where he engage j in the grain and produce
business being very successful in the conduct of his in
teresta He continued active along that line until hiB
demise and his wife also passe 1 away in this city
where they were wideh known and highly esteemed
In their family were three cl ildren William R who
makes his hon p at Lynn Maiaacl uietts Mrs Alice M
Stewart a resident of Orange Virginia and Henry E
of this review
Mr Botsford pursued his education m the grammar
schools of Detroit and at the age of sixteen started o it
m the business world becoming connectel with Gillett
& Hall well known grain dealers of this city the
firm later changing its name to Carson Craig & Con
pany and Mr Bofsford continuing with them He hai
since been ilcntified with the business which m the
mtertenii g pen d his unlergone vinous chinge«
tl eir interests ntw being cenducte 1 under the stvle of
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H C Carson & 'Lompnii> Following the Icmise ot the
elder member of the firm Mr Botsford became aaso
eiated with H C Carson and la filling the position of
generil mmager being well fitted foi the responsible
d itie? which de^ohc upon him in tjiis connection
ov ing to hi^ comprehensive knoulelge of the buainess
n( rpriamg methods ■ind n arked executive ability
Hi rejresents one of the oldest grain firms ot the
cit\ and their imquestione i rel abilitj and integrity
have SLCured for them a Hrge volnme of bns ness be
I se thev hive won the confidence and trust of the
On the 2t)th of June 1901 Mr Botsford v. ib united
in mirnige to Miss Hittve M Lirjion a daughter of
Mr ind Mrs Williim Carson promilieiit ros dents of
Detroit The two children of this union ire William
H who was born in 1906 and is attending school
and Henry Carson whost. birth occurred in 1914 Both
are natu ea of this city
Mr Botsford is an Episcopalian m religious taith
II a I V lined mender of thf Board )f Commeree and
tht Boird of Tradt and traternallv is lientifaed with
the MasoBB belonging to Palestine Lodge Palestine
I 1 ipter Detroit Lommiuder> and Moslem SI rine He
IS 1 kewise connected with thf Detroit 'Uaaonii. C( mtrv
Lhb tie Detroit iutomdik Club anl the Oil tdonv
( lul an 1 when leisure permits finds needed rest and
re reition in the open He has never dissipated his
tiuergies over i wide field but ha* continued in the
line of activity which he hrat entered as a young m-in
ind as the jears have passed he has gainel wide ex
penence which makes him an authority in this field
He rinks with the enterprising and Buece^sful business
men ot Detroit and is dteily interested m everj thing
thit pertains to the welfare and progress of hia eity,
I IS influence being ev er on the side of progress and im
DRANK B WALKLli M D 1 n in t high i ro
tpssional ittainu ents who has long, octu] elaposition
of distinction m medical circles of Detroit was b rn
in Lapeer Michigan 4pr:l 25 1867 a son of Boger
T and Harriet L (Banghart) WiJker also nitu cs of
this state Thev were res ients of Lijeer where the
f atl er w is engaged for twentv fiv e ^ ears as a lumber
nan In 1890 he moved to Arkansas md m that
atite e ndutted hvs lumter ng ojcrations for a period
ot ten v( irs after whii,h he returned to Detroit where
he died ii 1102 The family numbered three children
( larence T whose demise occurred in Bay Citv
Michigan in 1912 Mrs Blanche W Brewtr a rest
dent of W mnipeg Manitoba and Frank B
Dr Walker pursued his early educatim at I^peer
and Flint graduatii g at both high S(,h(olB ind going
from there to the Un versity of Michigan where he
was graiuated in 1890 receiving the Ph B degree
His professional training was begun at Ann irbor and
computed in tie Detroit College of Medicine which
conterrel Ul-On him the M D degree in 18<)2 He
entere 1 at once upon the active work of his protession
in. Detroit opening an office with Dr H 0 Walker an
eminent surgeon with whom he continued in asBOeia
tion until the latter s death twenty years later
Immediateh after graluation he became active in
teaching and in the administrative work of the Detroit
College of Medicine being successivelj assiitant dem
onstrator of anatomj instructor in surgery reg strar
of the college adjunct professor ot surgery and pro
fessor of operative surgery Aft r the death of Dr
H O Walker le was se<retarj of the lacultj anl
board of trustees of the college and pur\ejor He was
ictiv e in the reorgmization of tic tollege anl was
se re tar J and professor of surgerj m the Detroit
College of Medicine and Surgerj He haa retained his
connection with the facultj since the board of educt
tion of Detroit took over the management of the
college dur ng the 'V. orl 1 war period
From 189^ until li'ZO Dr Walker was a member of
the medical staff of fet Marj a Hospital being attend
ing surgeon during the last fifteen years Since 190"
he has been attending surgeon at Prov idence Hospital
and since 1911 attending si rgeon at the Woman s Hos
pital He s also consulting Burgeon at the shurlv
Hospital the Samaritan Hospital St Joseph s Hospi
tal at D arborn Michigan and the Michigin Home
and Training, Sch ol at Lapeer He was editor of the
Phvsicim anl Surgeon 4nn Arbor Michigan from
1899 to 1903
Dr Walker his during his entire professional life
been aetiv ely identified with the local state and
national medical societies and has ontributed numerous
articles on surgical topics some of thorn showing original
mvestigition He has alao taken advantage of the best
clinics m Philadelphia New Tork, Rochester, Minne
sofa and other places thereby broadening his knowl
edge ind improving his urgical techni [ue He was
one of the founlers of the American College ot bur
geons and became a fellow of the college m 1913 Hu
has been president anl trustee ot the Wayne Countj
Medical Society and was in 1921 22 president of the
Detroit Surgical Society and of the Detroit Academy
of Surgery He is now councilor of the Michigan
Stite Medical Society for the first district
Dr Walker has been married twice On the ith of
September 1894 he was united m rairnage at Monroe
Michigin to Miss Hitt e Belle "\ nnmg who passel
away m Detroit on the 28th of Tune 1J02 leaving two
children a son and a daughter The elder Roger "V
completed the grade anl higl school courses m Detroit
ifter which he attendel the Lnl^crsltv of Michigin
He completed his medi al ourse in the Detroit College
of Medicine and feurgerv graduating m 191<) The
daughter Margaret Alice attended the Liggett Schod
for several v ars but wis graluatei from Central
high school m 191" After completing the junior
college work in Detroit she attended the University
of Ml higan ind was gnduatel in ll^l On the 26th
(f June 1005 Dr Wilker marnei Miss Kate Hunting
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ton Jacob? of Detroit, a pianist of national reputation
and director of the Detroit Institute of Music
Dr Vi alker is well known m BOtial circles of tlie
oitj as 1 life member of the Detroit Boat Club an
origmil membi-r of tie new Detroit Athletic Club, a
n ember of the Bloomfield Hills Country Club Array
ajid Navy Club, Detroit Curling Club, and the Old
Colons Club ind is identilied with the Misnnic frit
ernity, being a member ot the Detroit Couini'iiider^,
No 1, K T , and Moslem Temple
During the World war Dr Wilker renderei iilu
able and jmj,ortant serviue to the government. He was
commisaionod major ot the Medical Corps, lune 1 IVIT
was attached to Baae Hospital No 16 as ihut surgeon
and in. SLriioe at \ittel. Fiance, from December, 1917,
until January, 1»19 He was honor ibly discharged
from the servite March 1, 1919, and at once returned
to Detroit to resume hia practice He has kept in touch
with the advancement that is constantly being made
along professional Iznea and in his chosen vocation has
made continuous progress and ranks with the foremost
surgeons of Dttroit He is a man of high principles
ani ideals, and his life has been one of infenac actintj
and broad uactulness
KICHAED H MABE, a well known architect of
Detroit whoae success has been foundei on thorough
preparatory stu ]> and later practical eaperienee, is a
native of this citv, born iuguat 24, 188b, and is ot
Scotch descent, his parents being James A and Eliza
beth (Dovey) Marr His education was acquired in the
schools of Detroit ani he subsequently entered Har
vard University, where he pursued a course xa arehi
tecture, bemg a member of the class of 1911 After
two years spent with Boston architects he took up
the practice of his profession in Detroit, where he has
continued, building up a growing and profitable busi
ness He engages m general architectural work and
many fine residences and apartment houses in Detroit
and the surrounding suburbs stand as testimonials
to his professional skill and abilitj He combines
beauty with utility and is thorough I j familiar with
all of the scientific principles which underlie eon
struetion work, while m the execution of contracts he
IS always thoroughly reliable and trustworthy He
belongs to the Michigan Chapter ot the American
Institute of Architect*", is a director of the Michigan
Society of Architects, and thus keeps m touch with
all that IS being done along architectural lines in
On the 28th of March 1911, Mr Marr was united
L marriage
) Mil
I Irma R
ing of this city.
and they have become the parents of two children
Carl Bonning and Margaret Elizabeth In hia politi
eal views Mr Marr is a republican and his social
nature finds expression in his membership in the iuto
mobile Country Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the De
troit Boat Club, the Ingleside Club and the Harvard
dub of Michigan In the management of his business
affairs he has been progressive, energetic and capable
and in the d)3<.harge ot his duties as a citizen he has
at all times been actuated bj a regard for the public
welfare He stands high in his profession and hia
labors have been an element in the citj 's improve-
ment as well as m the attainment of individual suc-
cess He manifests in his lite the sterling traits of
the fe otch jeople — persistency of purpose thrift and
unquestioned business integrity — and Detroit numbers
him among her most valued citizens
HALLET A. HAMLIN, local manager for the George
T Mickle Lumber Company, is one of the leading
yo mg lumbermen of Detroit Born m Indianapolis,
Indiana, January 2 1892, he is a son of Joshua and
Elizabeth Hamlin, whose family numbered four chil
dren He attended the public schools and also pursued
a course m a business college He came to Detroit m
1W9 and for a time was identified with the circulation
department of the Detroit News, while later he became
associate! with the advertising space department and
continued to act in that capacity until feeptember 1916
when he became local manager for the George T
Mickle Lumber Company This company is one of the
leading hardwood loncerns of the country, having
offices m fifteen ot the larger cities of the United
States They operate their own mills and own large
tracts of timber Ian i and the business is one f mam
moth proportions Efficiency and resourcetulness are
demanded of their representatives and that Mr Ham
Im has been chosen aa local manager for Detroit is
[ roof of his thoroughness and capability in every way
This IS a wholesale business Mr Hamlin dealmg with
lumber dealers enluaivelj and handling lumber only
in carload lots
On the 3d of Januari , 1115, Mr Hamlin was united
in marriage to Miss Louise Baimsbergei and they have
one son, Hallct 4, Jr The family residence la at
Grosse Pointe Mr Hamlm givea his political support
to the republican party and keeps well informed on
the questions an 1 issues of the dav but has never been
an office seeker His interest :n community affairs ani
public progress however, is manifest in his connection
with the Boari of Commerce His appreciation of the
social amenities of life is shown in his membership in
the Oakland Hilla Country Club, the Adcraft Club and
the Detroit Athletic Club
C E J\MES, one of the founders and ofBcers of the
James Machine Comjanv of Detroit, was bom in Ash
tabula, Ohio his parents being Anthony and Lucy
(Cimini) James In the acquirement of his education
he pursued a high school course in. his native eity and
afterward learned the marble business, m which he
served a regular ai prenticeahip He then continued m
that line for a number of years, ultimately becoming
president and treasurer of the Detroit Marble & Mosaic
Company, m which he continued until 1917, when the
Tamea Machine Company was formed This company
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1. an outgrowth of the k rbl eonpanv and the owners
f ta stuck are C E Jan es a.nd h s brother James J
Jamea The James Mach ne Comptny was formed n
1 1 hen the U ted Statea entered the Wo 11 war
for tl jurj.oae of mak ng toola for n nn t on plants
The\ nanufacture toola g gs d ea and special
n ■ich n s 1 ch are n large den a d 1 ere cr a to
mot los re n ade To lay they employ e ghty expert
n oh cists and tool makera and the r busmeas a
ate illy developing along moat anbstant al and pro
Mr Tames marr ed M ss Mary Cartwr ght of T tus
ville, Pennaylvania and they hive become parenta of
two daughtera and a son Mirguente Mary and
Charles In politiLS Mr Jimes maintains an mlepen
dent toursc lotmg more for men and measures than
for part J He is a member of the Church of Lhrist at
Second anl LeUard streets in Detroit anl traternally
is a Mason ha^ ng membership in Ashlar IjO Ige A F
& A. M He can ptrlajs be beat characterized as a
thoroughgoing business man and home n an his in
terests centering at hia o sn fireside and in the conduct
of his inlustriil enterprises whcrely I e 1) la marked
out a direct path to success
HENRY M FECHIMEE In the buiintss com
munity of Detroit the name of Henrv M Fechimer hia
been well and favorably known for manj years At
present Mr Fechimer is aetiiely engaged (.ommtrtially
in the Heyn s Ba^iar Companj a retail store with
almost fifty Tears ol successful business history to its
credit aid of which he la the aeeretiry anl treasurer
The ion of Morris C Fechimer wh estd,blished hira
self in this cit> jjv about 1S50 and who lived here to the
time of his leath Heutj M Fech mer is one of De
troit 's native sons His c lucation was acquire I in tl e
schools of thia citv and bis intore'^ts haie always bttn
of and for Detroit He started his business career as
a bookke per following that occupation for some eight
years, after which he became identified with the Gra
ham Twist Drill Company, with which he continued for
five yeare and until it became absorbed by the Detroit
Twist Drill Company. In 1896 Mr Fechimer turned
his attention to the advertising business being one of
the earliest professional advertising writers m Detroit
and in connection with thia work he later orgamzerl
and conducted the Fechimer Theater Program Com
pany and the Telephone Directory Advertising Com
pany, being active in this business until 1909 when he
effected the reorganization of the Hevn s Bazaar Com
pany, one of the best known retail establishments m
Detroit, of which he became the secretary and treas
Mr. Fechimer waa united in marriage in 1902 to
Miss Emma Sehloss and they have become the parents
of three children; William M., Miriam S ani \lice h,
In his political views Mr. Fechimer is a republican
and his religious faith is indicated in bis identification
with the congregation of Temple Beth El He is
nterested all that perta na to the upbullng and
development of h s ty and n its communal ork He
8 on tha board of d rectora of the Detro t Con mun ty
i und and of th Detro t Symphony iSo ety haa ser ed
n a s milar capac tv on the Detro t Board of Com
meree and h a nfl en.ce s always on the « de of n
1 dual and comm nal fl ft and al ancempiit
Mr Fech mer s perso al character t cs make tor
popular ty and he a an a t ve figure n the lub 1 fe
of the e ty be g a member of the Bloomheld H Ila
and Bedford Countrv Clubs (hav ng helpel n the
organ zat on ot the latter and serv ng as its p es dent
tor several years;, the Detroit Yacht Club, Old Colony
<_lub Phoenix Club and Wolverine and Detroit Anto-
mobile Clubs, Arts and Crafts Society, Detroit Museum
of 4rt and the Detroit Zoological Society. Fraternally
he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks He IS recognized as au enterprising and alert
business man and as a public -spirited citizen, whose
traits ot cbaracter have gained for him an established
position among Detroit's best citizens. Mr. Fechimer 'a
resilenee is at 148 Pallister avenue.
JBiNK M. ELDBEDGE. In advertising circles of
Dctr t Frank M. Eldrodge is well known as an adver-
tising expert, having offices in the Stevens building,
Detroit Michigan. He haa had broad experience in
this line of activity and has succeeded in building up a
large b isinesa in the field of national advertising. He
waa born in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 20, 1876,
and la a son of Joseph U. and Vianna (Pratt) Eldredge,
tht former a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and the
lattir ot Iowa. For many years they have been resi-
dents of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the father has long
bein identified with the mining brokerage business,
owning valuable mining properties in Utah, Arizona
ml Nevada. In their family were seven children: J.
U Tr who is well known in journalistic circles of
the west a? owner and editor of the Standard -Examiner
of Ogden, Utah; 0. P., auditor of the James Stewart
Construction Company of Chicago Illinois Frank M,
of this review Mra C W Meakm a resident of Los
Angeles California Lulu a talented musual artist
residing in Salt Lake ( itv Utah Mrs Delia Spiker
wl o also n akea her 1 ome m that citv ai 1 Mrs Vera
Doherty t New "iork citj her 1 naband b mg there
engaged in busines'q aa a chartered ^ubliu accountant
Frank M Lliredge acquired his early edu ation m
the gra led and high aelools of hia natue city after
whitfa he entered the Universit> of Utah from which
he was graduated in 1901 on the completion ot a course
in history and literature as a preparation tor nens
paper work With thia end in view he went to New
"Siork city wl ere he secured a position aa rt,porter on
the New lork Telegram but the work was not eon
genial and at the en I of about eight months he aban
doned that Ime of activity to enter the theatrical field
becoming manager for many stage celebrities includ
ing auch well known stars as Effie Ellsler Nat Wills
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June Eeed and Willatd Matk He was also manager
for the Eldredge and Meakin Opera Companv and
directed many suLeesaful plays among whuh may be
mentioned Ebeu Holden Robin Hood and Pudd a Head
Wilson He was the promoter of man} Buccesaful
theatrical enterprnes and also lost a ponaidtrable
amount of n onev in unprofitable vpntures During his
eight jears ccnneetion with the theatrical business he
travelel cxtensi\elv M«ting minv ports, us of the
globe and boLommg wilelv known as a successful
manager At length however he tired of the life ind
in 1910 selected Detroit a« a place (f residence enter
ing business tirelos of the city as advertising manager
tor the Detroiter Motors Corporation and he also filled
that position mth tbe Puritan Machine Company
bubsequentlj he bceame director of publicitj for the
commissioners of public safety of the city of Detroit
conducting an aggressne advertising campaign which
was produLtive of splendid results He then deciied
to enter upon an inlependent business venture ant
established the Frank M Eliredge Compiny which he
conducted most suceessfullv becoming rPcognized as
an expert in this field of actuit> For fi\e jears he
I It remained it the head of this business and is pro\
ing Luergetie progressive and capable in managing the
interests nnder his charge and has secured for his
corporation a large number of accounts in this city
In ^ew York city on the 1st of October IJO*, Mr
El Ire Ige was united in marriage to Miss Gertruie
Carter a daugl ter of Mr anl Mrs Joseph Carter well
known residents of London Ontario Canada One
child has I een bom to this union, Edward whose
birth occuried m 1914 and who is now a pupil in the
public schools of the eity
In his political views Mr Eldridge is a republican
stanchly supporting the principles and candidates of
the party He has served as chairman of publicity t r
the WoU erine Automobile Club of Detroit and la %
member of the National Ad Club Association wh le
fratemallv he is identified with the Masons belonging
to Palestine Lodge F & \ M of Detroit His life
has been an active and useful one filled with many
interesting experiences While he has met with dis
couraf.ements and obstacles he has never lost hope in
the future but has persevered m the pursuit of a ] er
Bistent purpose anl success in substantial measure has
rewarded 1 ii efforts He is a man of high personal
standing of market business integritj and ability and
the sterling worth of his character is recognized by all
with whom he has been ass o elated.
PETER J. LESZCZYKSKI has built up a very pros-
perous enterprise in the handling of clothing and men 's
furnishing goodSj his well equipped establishment being
situated at the corner of Russell and Canfield avenues.
Its patronage is drawn from the large district nor-
maHy tributary to this business center of Detroit. This
store is one of the largest of its kind outside of the
central retail district ot the eitv and the high grade
goods carried at all times insure a representative and
appreciative patronage
Of sturdy Polrah stock Peter J Leszczj nski is a
son of inthonj and inn a (Skibowna) Leszczynski
tl e former an of&cer in the Polish Legions who, exiled
with others <f the Palish armv^ came to the Unite i
States m 1850 While proud of his ancestors and
the part thij plaved m the political and educational
history of Poland Mr Leazczynsfci is a thorough
American who takes prile in claiming Detroit as the
place of his nativitv, his b rth having here occurred
on the 29th of June 1866 He is one of a family
of eight children and those of his brothers who survive
are Joseph J , John M and Edward A
The progressive mercl ant t) wh<m this sketch is
ledicated obtained his earlj c iucation in the public
schools and hia first business eiper ence was gamed
when he took the poaition of errand bo> tor the firm
of Epstein Brothers &, (.ompany wholesale clothing
man ifacturers on Jefferson avenue He continued m
the employ of this concern for three years his effective
seriice having in the meantime won him promotion
to a position m charge of the general stock He next
became a sale'iman in the clothing Icpirtment of the
J L Hudion Compiny s lealtng Detroit retail eatab
lishraent with which representative concern he con
tmued his connection for a long period In March
1801 he founded his present business enterprise which
begin operations on i modest scale and which under
his a He and vigorous direction has had splendid
development as ii evident when it is stated that the
volume of business now traniactel annually in the
large an I attractn e establishment is full* twentv
times as great as that recorded the first year In
1913 Mr Leazcz\nski remodtled his building and trans
formed it intcf one of the most modem and attractive
retail establishments outside of the central district
of Detroit He has been sole (wner of the business
from the beginning and has reason to be gratified
m the substantial success which he has achieved the
while fair and honorable dealings have given, his
establishment a reputation that is m itself a great
commerical asset He carries a large stock of clothing
hats f urnisl mgs and shoes anl employment is given
tt a corps of ten lales people in the five well ordered
iepartments of his store
Mr Leszcz^nski takes loval interest m all that
concerns the welfare of his nativ e city, is one of its
liberal and progressive business men, is a republican
in polities, is an active member of the Detroit Board
of Commerce, is affiliated with the Knights of Colum-
bus and the Benevolent Proteotiye Order of Elks,
is a member of the leading Polish societies of the eity,
and he and his family hold membership in the Catho-
lic parish of the Sacred Heart of Mary, the pleasant
family home being at 510 Boston boulevard. Mr.
Leszczynski takes deep interest in the well-being of
the large element of Polish citizens in Detroit, and
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III 1990 Mr Leazczynaki n imed Miss StelK Wier
uszenski of Detroit and tl ey hai e six children
Wan. la \ictorn Irene H Isabel A Robert G, Flor
ence (. acl Henrvk C
CLINTON M EDWAEDfa A nat ve of the west
Clint n M Edwardi attms to 1 avu iml ibed deeply of
the progressivenesa for inhieh tl at part of our greit
mti nal domain is celebrated and ho has manifested
di-ftmctive ability m the stock brokerage bus neas Ji
Detroit where he is vice president of the incorporated
brokerage firm of Woods Swan & Edwirds with offices
in the Penobscot building He is one of the vitil well
fortilied ind successful representatiTfls of the stock
l^rokerage business in the Michi(,aii metropolis anl
la a young imn who has so ordered h s co irse as to
gain secure lantage ground in popular confidence and
goodwill a fact that has had marked inftnence in
firtheriug the sui-cesa of the important buaiH^s on
terprise With which he is here identi6ed
Mr Ed'wards was born in the city of Omal a Nl
Vraska on the ^9th of Juh ISi^l and ia a son of
George D and "Viora (Picrson) Edwarda the former
^ nati^ e ot Indianapolia Indiana and the latter of
fa^racuso New York George D Edwards waa an
*in bitioua and self reliant voung man when he went to
the west and established his residence at Omaha, where
e^ entually he built up a substantial and prosperous
itiduatrial enterpnae m the manufacturing of buggiea
and carriagea, having learned the trade of carriage
maker before leaving his native state His business
linallv developed into one of national scope, as he
was the founder of the well known Columbus Buggy
(^ompanv, which grew to be one of the most impor
tant concerns of the kind in the United 'States and of
wliuh he continued to be the president untii 189'),
when he sold his interests in the company and came
to Detroit, where he later organized the Detroit Tire
Company, and was president and manager of this firm
until he aold the prosperous business to the Kellv
Springfield Tire Company He was actively identifiei
with important bu'jmesa interests in Detroit until hia
death, in October, 1916 His widow still maintains
her home in this city Besides Clinton M, of thn
si etch, two other children survive the honored father
Arthur L and Mrs Thorne D Smith, both residents
of Detroit
Clinton M Edwards was about four years of agL
when the family home was established in Detroit, and
after completing a tourae m the Central high school
ha entered the Uni^ eraity of Michigan, m which ho
was graduated aa a chemical engineer, in 1<)1S For
four years after his graduation he followed the pro
fession for which he had thus fitted himself, and m
April 1Q17, when the nation became involved m the
great World war, be promptly tender, d his aeriRes
to tie tt^ernment Ij n hia enliatmont bj reaaon
of his techni a! ability he waa aaaigned to the gas
defense division ani his apeeial training was received
in the eadct sel ool naintainel on Long Island New
York He gave valuable service in hia apecial de
partment and after the aign ng of the armistice he
continued m the service until Pobruary 1919 when he
received hia honorable discharge and returned to De
troit On the l?t of the foUowii g July he formed his
present business alliance as one of the organizers of
the corporation of Woo Is Swan & Edwarda which has
becon e one of the important and prosperous concerns
in the stock brok rat,o b siness in Detroit specializ
ing m the handling of high grade securities and in
which his eoadiutors are H T Woods and Ellwood P
Swan Mr Edwards is alio vice president of the
Seeley Manufacturing Comj anj manufacturers of per
fumes this being one of the old and well known
industrial concerns of Detroit where its business waa
foundel m the year 1865 Mr Edwards has had no
desire to enter the arena of practical politics and in
th a doma n he maintains an independent rather than
a partisan attitude He hoi Is memberahip in the Pirat
Congregational church and is a popular member of
the Detroit ithletic Club the Detroit B at Club, the
Detroit Tennis Club, the Oaklanl Hills Country Club
and the I niversitv of Michigan Ciub m his hon e city
Ills home IS it "330 Second bouUvard
HENRY G. EITTEK. Among the leading manufae
turing enterprises of Detroit is that of the Bitter Cigar
Bi x Companj, of which Henry G Eitter is BOle owner,
an 1 m the control of the business, he has so diretted
his efforts as to obtim the greateat degree of efB
ciemi at the leaat possible expenditure of time, labor
and material
He was born in Minster Ohio, April 17, 1878, his
parents being Daniel and Anne (Pieper) Bitter, m
Vthoao family were se^en children He attended the
German Catholic school in Mmster and began his busi
ness career aa a ■structural iron -worker with the George
4 Fuller Company, in whose employ he remained for
twehe years working m many cities m various parta
of the country during that period For alout fourteen
^ ears he continued to folios^ his trade and waa then
obliged to discontinue work of that character owing to
fhysieal disability In 1904, he returned to his native
city and there engaged in hia fresent line of business
for about six ^eara, when he went to Deshler, Ohio,
remaining at that place for about two yeara
In 1112 Mr Eitter arrived in Detroit and at once
identified himself with the commprcial life of the
citj, organizing the Bitter Cigar Boi Company From
its mcejtion, the business has enjoyed a rapid growth,
due to the untiring efforts of Mr Eitter, who giiea
his close persona! attention to every detail of the
businesa, also has the ability to see clearly its larger
asjeits and is neier afraid to extend his interests as
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oppottunitj- utters. He manufactures all kinds of
cigar boxes, labels a.nd supplies, using tlie best ma-
terial available for the purpose, and hia faetory is
equipped with the most modern maehiner3-, which en-
ables him to turn out work of a superior grade. His
plajit has a capacity of ovet sis thousaaid cigar boxes
a day and in its operation he gives employment to
more than sixty persona. Through judicious managp-
ment he lias succeeded in building up a trade of exten-
sive proportions, numbering among his patrons the
firms of Joseph Muer, Boldt Cigar tjompany, Lamberg
Cigar Company and William F. Dalaeh, all of this city,
while he disposes of the bulk of his output to the
General Cigar Company, Incorporated, which is the
largest eoneeru of its kind in the world, having over
ninety branch plajits located in various parts of the
country, the entire supply of cigar boxes used by this
corporation iu Detroit being obtained from Mr, Bitter.
In June, 1904, Mr. Bitter was united in marriage to
Miss Elizabeth Wienian. His public spirit finds ex-
pression in his membership in the Detroit Board of
Commerce, whose well formulated plans for the exten-
sion of the trade interests of the city receive his hearty
support and cooperation, and fraternally, he is identi-
fied with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elts,
while he is also well known and popular in local club
circles. His progressive sp r t and po ers of organ za
tion have resulted in the da elopment of ne of the
most important productive enterpr ses of Detro t and
he is numbered among tl oae self n ade n e whose
advancement has been wo tl rough tho x r se of
industry, perseverance and untalter ng determmat on
BENJAMIN NOBLE, i r s lent of tl e Ciji tol
Brass Works, one of Detro t large bra^s n in S-m
turiug establishments, is a nat ve of St Jol New
Brunswick, bom March 37 1859 H s parents were
Thomas H. and Cecelia (Dodls) Noble the f orn er
a native of Ireland, while the latter was born in
Scotland. In early life tl I ecame res dents of
New Brunswick and the f itl er engiged in b ness
as a railroad contractor. He afterwarl remoTed to
Toronto, Canada, and both be and his wife have
passed away.
Ben.jamin Noble attended the public schools of
Toronto and ia 1872 entered upon an apprenticeship
to the brass finishing business, working at the trade
for five years and gaining a thorough and most efficient
knowledge of the business in principle and detail.
Later he was with the Taylor Safe Works of Toronto
for a period of five years, after which he traveled in
Canada until ISSfl, when he came to Detroit and for a
number of years was superintendent of the brass de-
partment of the Frontier Iron Works. In 1899 he
became associated with John G. Dietz in organizing
the Capitol Brass Works, of which he has since been
the president. The business had grown to such pro-
portions that it was incorporated in 1909 under the
name of the Capitol Brass Work'! and today employ-
iiK'nt is fiiven to more than four hundred people.
The factory building, located at the corner of Chene
and Franklin streets, is a four-story structure and
occupies one-half of a cit.v block. Mr. Noble was
also at one time president of the Eby Manufacturing
Company and is now vice president of the Continental
Real Estate & Trust Company. Notable success has
attended his efforts. He is a man of judgment, who
by reason of his untiring activity, his keen business
discernment and his thorough knowledge of every
phase of the trade has most wisely and carefully
directed his efiforts until most substantial results have
been achieved.
In 1887 Mr. Noble was married to Miss Edith
Sanders of Port Hope, Canada, who died in 1907, and
in 1911 he wpdded her sister, Mrs. Louise (Sanders)
Tinning, also of Port Hope. There are two daughters
and one son in the family, the eldest being G. Hubert
Noblo, who completed his education in Detroit and
ia vice president of the Capitol Brass Works. He
married Miss Alpha E. Middleditch of Detroit. The
daughters of the family are r Olive E,, who is a
graduate of the Emma Willard School for Girls at Troy,
New York; and Hope T., who graduated both from
the Liggett school at Detroit and the Emma Willard
School for Girls The family residence is at No 1771
E rns avenue
Mr Noble sp nds h s v ntera n Plor da and Cal
forn a and is fond ot outloor 1 te and sports Fra
ternally he s a member of P lest ne Lodge A F &
AM M ch „an Severe gn Cons st ry and Moslem
Ten pie of the Mjst c &hr ne He 1 Lew se belongs to
the Deiro t Atl let c Club to the Detro t Golf Club
n 1 the Detro t Curl ng Club wl ile the Detro t Boaid
of Commerce has h s strong endorse nent and support
Hs pol t cal belef s that of tie repubi can party
an 1 h s rel g ous fa th that of tl e Presbyterian church
He occ pea con mand ng pos t on n business c rcles
hav ng developed one of t! e n p rta t ndustr al en
terpr ses of the c tj for the Cap tol Brass Works
largely stand as a monument to tl e dustry pro
gresii eness anl co endable an b t o s of Benjtn
]S oble.
FRANCIS JOHN WALSH MAGUIRE, M. D., highly
efiicient in the practice of medicine and surgery, hav-
ing attained a position of prominence in Detroit in
this connection, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Febru-
ary 16, 1S68, a son of Patrick J. and Margaret (Walsh)
Maguire, who were also of Canadian birth. The father
who spent his life there, was a well known and success-
ful real estate man of Hamilton, where he passed away
in 1892, at the age of seventy-five years. The mother
is living in Detroit, at the advanced age of eighty-
eight years. In their family were three children: A.
D., who is now a prominent attorney of this city; Mrs.
William Clark, living in Toronto, Canada; and P. J- W.,
of this review.
The last named attended the public and private
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BClioolB of Hamilton Ontario and il-^u t irtliLr put
aued ilia studies in brace feemiairv at Montreal
finada while later he entered &t Lawrence College
in that e tj an ^ won his Bachelor of feeienLe degree in
IgiiS He then eame t) Detroit having determine I
upon the practice of medicine as a life work He ma
tnoulated in the Detroit College of Medmne from
which he was graduated on the 7th of June 1892, with
the M D degree For two years thereafter he was
1 ouse phj sieian -ind chief surgeon at the Marino Hoa
jitil in Detroit and since that pen< 1 his been con
•jtantly engaged m practice on h s own account Hia
jrogresfHu along professimal 1 nei has been con
tinuous ind he his taken postgraduate work in Lon
don Pans Edinburgh and Vienna so that his con
stmtly broadening knowledge his gnen him notibk
power in the praeti e of his jrofesai n He spetiahzLS
in surgprj and diagnosis and i% tonsidtred an
author ty ilong these lines by hi^ coi freres in tht
I rofession He is a men ber of the surgical staff of
tU Providence Ho'ipital and his care r has been on
(t marked ictniti He has served as -ittenlmg su
g on of 6t Mary s Hospital as chief surgeon of tl
Home Sanitarium and tl e Aetna Life Insurance Com
pany Asile trom his irofessional interests he has
been i resident of the Detroit Garment Manufacturing
( ompanv but the md]or part of h s time and atten
tion has been gn en to active pra tice He is well
known throughout the country through auth rshij
having prepared many articles of deep interest to h s
lolleagues and contemporaries These include a New
D etet e and Injection Method of Treating Tvihoil
Fever with a report of one hundred and thirty eight
consecutive cases successfully treated in the last ten
years Another pajer was called Intest nal ObstruL
tion and Paraljsis of the Bowels Tollowmg Laiaro
tomy and still others were on The Curse of Mi-icar
nage to our American Women with a few suggestions
m the way of a remedy Tie Use of Rubber Gloies
OS an Aid to Propljlaxis m Obstetrics (this was the
onginal article on the use of rubber gloves which
has savel the lues of thousands of women all over
the world) The M^guire Dropper for the Admmistra
tion of Saline The Magu re Diagnostic Sound anl
still others The'ie haie receiied the thoughfiil con
sideration of the profesaioi in all sections f the
country and his pronout ced ability is atte t I h^ all
who have investigated his methods
On the 16th of June 1897 Dr Maguire was married
m Detroit to Mias Mignon E Bosstt of this city and
they became parents of two ehiliren Frances Nanrre
and Frances botl )f whom are deceased
In religious faith Dr Magu re is a Eoman Catholic
and he belongs also to tl e Knights of Columbus He
is likewise a n emter ot the New York Societv of De
troit and of tl e Detro t Bnard f Pommcree while he
IS well known in the n embership eircles (f thu Detroit
Afhieti Club He enioys m torn g and trav el th is
largely finding his recreation His political endorse
ment is givtn to the republican party but professional
interests have left him no time for incumbency in pub
lie ofliee Along professional lines Dr Maguire is con
nei,ted with the Wavne County and Michigan State
Medical Societies and the American Medical Associa
tion He IS also a fellow of the American College of
burgeons and through the proceedings of these bo lies
he has kept informed c<neerning the work of his fel
low members of the profession while his own initia
tue has enabled him indii duallv to take manv for
ward professional steps For tht jast twehe years Dr
Maguire has done considera>le research work on the
removal ot goitirs by an absorption method which
has proved a great success Oier three hundred
latients have bien entirely c ired by his method
JAMES E DEVOE With the progress of eiviliza
tion the value of music as an essential factor in its
development has become more and more recognized
and tie worlt would be but a poor place for mortals
10 Iwell m were they to be depnvel of its magic
harm It not only raises humanity to a higher plane
f existence but from a practiLal standpoint it la an
equally lowerful factor having been found a most
effective stimulant to business activity and it has
ilso been sttccessfullT employed as a curative agent
n 1 ealing wounds which have obstinately resisted the
lest efEorts of melical science the musical vibrations
) roving a most potent cure A prominent representa
tiv e of musical interests in Detro t is Tames E
Devoe an artist of abilitv who has done much to
lueate the taste of the people of this city for an
ippreciation of all th it is best m music bv bringing
1 efore them the most famous artists m the world
t dai m both vocal and instrumental music
Mr Devoe was born m BoonviUe New T rk and
when but a year old was brought to Detroit Iv his
jarents Charles M and Nellie & (Paine) Devoe so
that practically his entire life has been spent in this
pitv After completing the work of the graded and
high schools of Detroit he took up the study of music
under the most competent instructors devoting his
attention to the mastery of the pipe organ He at
tamed high proficiency m his art ranking with the
most skilled musicians in the citv and acting as
organist in the Methodist and North Woodward Bap
tist churcles of Detroit At the age of eighteen he
took up the study of stenography m which he be
eame px\ rt filling the position of court stenographer
Subsequently he became interested in the manage
ment of musical attractiot s and now devotes his
entire attention to tlis work se unng for the mnsie
loving people of Detroit world famous vocal and m
stmmental artists He acts as local manager for the
Chicago Grand Opera Company and for many visiting
artists and he has been most successful as an ex
(■loiter of musi al celef rit es During the World war
Mr Devoe had charge of a banl of three hundred
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pieces which gave eonpert*" at many largt. fai-toriea
engaged m government work and thereby greatly
stimulated the activities of the employes resulting m
iDcreised production He also had charge of enter
tamments for the 4rmv and Navy Club and of the
Aircraft IroductJou ^^ws anl he 1 kewMe gave maiiv
feature events m tie public '■quace luring the jrogreas
of the war rendering moot important service to the
government bv stimilatiig tha j atr otism anl lovalty
of the people
Mr Devoe wa^ united m marriage to Miss Elizabeth
MaeGurn and they are wilely and fivorably known
in sooiil eireles of the cit> In hia pohticil views
he IS a republican stalwart in hii support of the
principles and candidites of the partj ind his public
spirit finds expression in his membersl ip in the De
troit Board of Commerce which is one of the mtst
important factors in the development of the city and
whose projects for the general welfire meet with his
heartj cooperation He is also a popular member of
the Eotarv Club an 1 the Detroit Athletic Clob finding
much enjoyment in his connections therewith His
has been a life of hligence and determination and
0 iccesf m a ibstantiil meiaure has come to rev^ard
hjs efEorta He ii interested in all those things which
are of cultural v alue ind which tend to uplift the
indiv dual and Detroit has greatly benehted through
his aetiMties wh eh have resulted m bringing a higher
moral standarl to the community He is actuate! bv
high and honorable pnn iplea m all relations of life
anl hio labors have been tar rea hmg and resultant
EGBERT M RIAN state manager for the Equital le
Life Aisuranee Soeitty of the United States became
identiflt-d Kith the business interests of Detroit aome
nine J oars ago In hi^ capaeitv as manager of the
Equitable forces in Michigan he occupies a yos tion
of prominence and authority He wai bom Ma> S")
1886 neat Lans ng M ohigan His paternal ani
maternal grandparents emigrated from Irelanl and
settle 1 in Niagara county New York where his
parents John and Agnes (Hayes) Bjan were born
Mr Bvaji waa educated in the public schools of
Lansing At the age of eighteen he became an agent
for the Mutual Lite Insurance Company of New
York at Lansing and in 1910 was appointed a branch
manager of the Eq iitable Life Assurance Society at
Lansing He was transferred to Detroit in 1913 and
placed in charge of the sales organization for the
state The fatt that he was chosen to fill this impor
tint position IB proof of his business abil ty and
those wlo meet Mr Ryan are impressed by the force
fulness of his personality and the capable way m which
he IS handling the interests of his company m his
territory
Mr Ejin was united in marriage to Mias 'Vera
Heimbach a resident of Three Bivers Michigan They
ha\e five daughters Roberta Agnes Miriam Vera
Mary Patricia Natalie Marguerite and Rosemary Jane
The Evan familv re»
and have a summer 1
Clair Canadian s de
Mr Rvai la a member of the h\ Clair Conntry Qub,
a fourth degree member of tl e Knights of Columbus,
m i a men btr of the Detroit B ard of bommeree Mr
Ryan IS noted for his unceasing industrj anl strict m
tegritv in business affairs He has concentrated his
ittent on upon one line of bis ness m which he has
developed exceptional alilitj
JOHN KELfeE^ It js a fact worthj of n te that
many of the most suTatantial business men ot Detroit
are numbered among her nalive sons Thei have recog
nized the opportunities here offered and that the ad
vantages to be secured in this city are equal to any
to be obtained elsewhere in the country They have
become factors in the greatness ot Detroit tl eir labors
contriluting toward making this the fourth citj in the
Union An outstanding figure in industrial cireles is
John Kelsey who was bom in Detroit March 15 1866,
a son of Frank and Jessie (Brabj n) Keisey
After pursuing his eiucation m the j ublic schools
he started out m the business world as a boj in the
implov of the Cornwall & Price Paier Company He
was afterward with the Barnes Brothers Pajer Com
panv and m the eaily 90a became interested in the
hrm of McClure Kelsey & Company lumber dealers
In 18J8 he was active in organizing tl e Kelsej Herbert
Company of which he remained the secretary and
treasurer for thirteen years or until 1911 It was at
tl at date that he purchased the business of the De
troit Bent Wood Company and also f the Kelsey
Hickory Company and comb nmg these two ooneems
organized the Kelsev Wheel Company of which he
1 as since been the president co^ ering a period of more
than a decade Steadily the business has developed
under his guidance and able management His hrm
determ nation will allow him to brook no obstacles that
lan be overcome by earnest purpose and d licence anl
his splendid executive ability and administrative power
have enabled him to build up an e-ieellent organiza
tion that now figures prominently among the leading
productive industries of the citj
Mr Kelsey has alwavs been keenly interested m
baseball from early boyhood and is recognized as one
of the most prominent dev otees of the sport in Detroit
Recently he has been active in aequini g the interests
of the Yawkey estate in the Detroit American League
Club being associated with Walter O Bnggs n buying
a halt interest in the Tigers thus placing the club m
the ownership of Detroit citizens Mr Kelsey las
always been interested m manly outdoor sports He
figure 1 prominently m connection with the Detroit
AtJletic Club and m this eonne tion one of the local
papers said ' As the man viho kept the D \ C alive
for yeirs by paying all the biUs as the> came due
Mr Kelsey was a unique character in local an ateur
sporting circles Each year the D A C baseball team
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went on tour of the state and it was the ofilj baseball
team in tbe historj of the sport that earned its own
spectators So it w only natural tbit Mr Keliey should
become a baseball magnate He knows the trials and.
tribulations of i nianag r 1 as a %.ecn understanding
of ball pljyers and he shfuli be i splendid fattor in
maintaining the nurale of the Tigers Mr Kelaev was
tie secon.1 prpsilent of the present Detroit Athletie
Club and chairman of the building committee hivjng
charge ot the erection ot the elub house He has long
been a prominent figure in the club circks of the city
haling membership in the Detroit Club Old Club
Country Club Deti it Automobile Club Bloomheld
Hilla Country Club ind Grosse He Golt and Country
Club He IS also a n ember of the Audubon bociety
and he was at one time connected with the Detroit
Light Guard He belongs to the MaaoniL. fraternity and
IS an mtereate ! member of the Board of Pommeree
ever giving active support to those plana and measures
which are rcicl ing out along the Imei of benefit and
upbuilding for the cit} At the same time he 1 as
most wisely and carefully directed his busii ess affairs
unt 1 he has developed an enterprise of large and
gratifying proportions and la today recDgnized as a
most forceful and resourtiful fat tor in industrial con
nections m Detroit
On the 4. d of April 1*^91 in Detroit Mr Kelaey
wa^ united n marriage U Mi-^s Margarette M Dallas
anl they have become pari.nt'j of two children D-iUaa
Shernll born September 1" 1905 and Virginia Eliza
beth whose birth occurred Noi ember ^6 1908 The
religious faith of the fimily is that of the Congrega
tional ehnrch while m his political views Mr Kelsey
IB a atanch republican but independent on local issues
His city residence is at 5305 Cass avenue and his sum
mer home la at Grosae He
ELLWOOD P SWAN, president of ti e lA o la
Swan & Edwards Company conducting an extensive
brokerage buf nesa in Detroit 1 la displayed keen
judgment far in advance of his vears and has lod
tr buted lar,:;elv t the uj I uillmg of the business
npon the broad foundation of seriiCL yeraonal rtla
tionship with his clientele anl thorough reliability
wh le it IS a well known fact that the company deals
only in high grade securities and stocks
Ellwood P Swan was born in Detroit May 14
18<»3 a son of CI arlea F and Mmnie (Parshall) Swan
whose fin liy numbered four children He attended
the public achools of his native city and afterward
became a student in the TInivcrsity of Michigan where
he continued from 1912 until 1914 pursuing engineering
and literarv courses Uptn leaving school he entered
the emploj of the Caiillae Motor Company rennm
ing m the engineering department tor a vear For
a similar period he was afterward with the Cliicago
Board of Trade anl m W16 he became identified with
the brokerage husineia f ^\ A Nier ^ Comp^ni
one of the eitj s largest Ltncerns in tl it line Mr
fawan hindled every character of bonds and securities
for the con panj and gained wide esperiance and
valuable knowledge loncernmg tie lusiness He con
tinned to represent Mr Neer until the organization of
tlie Woods Mwan & Edwards Company m June, 1919
Mr W<ods who is conncLtcd with him m the present
firm was also a former employe of Mr Neer while
Jfr Edwards was with the Mcelj Manufacturing Com
panv They now conduct a general brokerage business
largely handling local stocks and bonds and cities
service securities In addition to the officers men
tv ned, on the board of directors are Charles M
Welsh, William Krug Charles B Bohn E J W ocrdi-Jon
W P Kiser, C E Talbit and Clarence a Walker
Mr Swan is a member of the Detroit Stock Ei
change His political allegiance la given to the re
p ibhcan party and h s relisuus taith is indicated by
I IS membership in the First Presbyturian church
He belongs to the Aviation C untry Club the Ini
versitv of Michigan Club, the Detriit Automil le
Club, Zeta Psi fraternity, and to the Board of Com
merce Hi<i father died May -1 1119 and he now
hvea with his mtrther at 8010 Third avenue Ho has
a brother Harrv B Swan who is general superiutenl
int of founlries of the Cadillac M tor tar Company
GUT LINCOLN KIEFER M D engaged in the
practice of medicine in his native cit^ of Detroit
was born April 25 18S7 h s parents being Herman
and Princiaka (Kehle) Kiefer After attending the
Detro t publ c schools he entered the University of
Michigan and was graduated with the Bachelor of
Arts degree in 1887 while m 1891 the degrees of
M D and A M were conferred upon h m In IQll
he reeeiied from his Alma Mater the 1 onorary degree
of D P H
Dr Eiefer entered upon the actne work of bis
jrofessi n n 1393 and soon won a most creditable
I osition among the physiLians and surgeons of De
troit He has largely speuialized on contagious dis
eases and his ability is pronounced being widely
recognized by the profession anl the public at large
In 189t he entered upon a two years term as county
physician of Wajne county and m 1897 became city
physician of Detroit oecupimg that posit on for two
years In 1901 ho was appointed healtl oflicer and
filled the position until 1923 whm he resigned He
waa tho first attending phvsician at the Herman
Kiefer Hospital and is now chief physician of the
institution Th a la a municipal hospital for con
tagious diseases He is al''o consulting physician on
contagious diseases at the Harper Hospital of Do
troit IS consulting physician for the Woman s Hoapi
tal and the Infants Homo of Detroit and consulting
physician for the Chillren's Free Hospital and the
St Mary's Hospital He is likewise a member of the
mm ttee of the Chil Iren s Free Hospital
he one well know in educational circles
"jsor (f I retentive medicine and of eon
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tagious diseases ani also head f the leja
freventive melii-ine and public health in the De
troit College of Medi ine In profe'JSion^l and sc;
entilie circle b he la widely known He belongs to
the AmeriLan Medical Aasociation to the M!chit,aE
fetiite Mediial Society of whi^h ho was president
1113 to li)14 ind to the Wavne Lounfy Me htal
Souety whiih he h^s also serve 1 ai president He
18 a men her of the American Acadenj of Medic ne
and tl P American Public Health 4asociition and is
tie fresident of the Michigan Public Health Aa
ociition
On the 2d of May 18Q3 m Toledo Oh o Dr
Eief er was unite 1 m imrnage to Mis' Josephine
Fannie Henion ii d the^ hiie become parents of two
dinghters Edwma Helen ani Hecmme Josephine
Dr Kiefer gives his pohtical allegiance to the re
publican party He belongs to the Delti Tan Delta
and Ph Rho Sign i two Greek letter fratemitie'J
ani he is alao a member of the Hirmonie Club the
Turnierein the Detroit \thletic Aswtiation and
other social organizations. He finils hia ehief reerea
tion m traiel and la -i gentleman of broid and 1 beral
ciilture For twenty eight jears >p las practi ed m
Detroit ani hia ibility has brought him into jrofea
s onil prominence his labors at all times conatiti tmg
in important elemmt in professiot a! work He has
been a most close and diserimit ating student of the
science of medicine keeping at all times m touch
with the I'iteit theories and scientific t vestigation
ind his cirpful diagnt sis of 1 is caips has en<kbled
him to follow the methods and almmiiter the remedial
igenc e'* of greatest \a!ue thu'i ich p i n ost lesir
ible results in his practice
FEANE J SHEBMAN vice preailent jnd general
manager for the Ac cess or v Forg nga Company of
Detroit has been a resident of this citv for fifteen
■\ears and closely aasoiiated throughout the entire
period witl its industrial and n anufacturing interests
He la a native son of Misaoun but was educated in
Michigan an 1 after putting aside his testl ooks re
e ived hia mechanical training m Lat img nhere le
ms employed m the works of E Bement s Sons for
thirteen yeira CraduilU he progressed as the result
of his developing powers ind skill and after leaving
that corapanj he was siperintendent with the Amen
can Harrow Company for a per od of aix yeirs In
1014 he aiaiated in organ z ng the Accessorv Forging
Con panj tl e present oflicers being J M Hibbert
president Frank J 'Sherman vice pres dent and gen
eral manager and Frank C Boot sccrotarj and treia
urer This company began business with a capital of
but ten thousand dollars and today has assets of one
hundred and fifty thousand dolKrs The ent re man
agement of the buiineas is in Mr Sherman s hands
for he controls the finan lal pol c> aa well as d
recting the productive intereits of the concern Tl e
company is engaged m the mannfacture ot -luto forg
mgs and all accessory parts ani its custtmers are
f)imd throughout the central states although sixtv
percent (f its bus neas is -with Detr it houses owing
to the fatt that this city is the center of the auto
mobile trade of the world Tl e lirm also makes all
kinds of special forgmgs that other forging factories
do nit take ip Mr Sherman is a verv able and sue
eossful business man It was he who reaJly established
and organ zed the company ani has developed it to
its present standing and position He closely studies
e^ery phase of the trade understands thoroughlj the
market ani has Bi\en the closest attention to the
question of production demand and sales Something
of the concern s policies w th its emploj es la ind cated
m the fact that it has never laid off a man and has
the utmost loyalty from its cmplojes Dnring the
war its work was ninetv percent government work
and to this hrm were accorled a number of large
Mr Sherman married Miss Co a B D k nl
tho\ are now well known ii Det t wh e h h
resided for fifteen years. In pol t s h a a p b
liean but has never been an ofii e s k n nt at ng
his entire efforts and attention up n 1 bu n f
fairs and he feels a justifiable p d n ha n b It
np this concern to a prononnced s
CHESTER THIERY The metal nd tn w 11
represented in Detro t The est hi shme t nl d
\elopment of the great automobil plant f th ty
and of other important bus ness p j t ha p o
n otPd an excellent field for brass manuE t g and
in this connection the Tl len & Kendrick Manu-
faot iring Company has made for itself a creditable
name ani place Chester Tl ier\ vue president of
the ompin^ was born m Detroit, June 2, 1893, and
IS a repreaentatn e of old ttmilies of this city, his
parents John ani Anna Peltier Thiery, being also
natves of Detroit Thei wert reared, educated and
married here ani Mr Thieri became one of the
founders of the Thierv &. Kendrick Manufacturing
Companv ani was act vi in the business to the time
of his death wh ch oc uriel in 1915, when he had
reached the age of tortv se\cn vears. He was long
tell known in manuf acturit g circles, for he started
lut in the business world as an employe of the
Detroit Sheet Metal & Brass Works in 1889. He
was later a representative of the Cresson Brass &
Iron Works also the Union Store Service Company
of Saginaw and was eventually with the Frontier
Iron S. Engine Works of Detroit, while in 1899 he
became connected with the Capitol Brass Works and
sn continued for eight years or until 1907. He then
was chosen vice president and manager of the Thiery
& K ndrick Manufacturing Company and his associa-
t on therewith continued unt 1 his demise. He was a
member of the Catholic church and of the Catholic
Mutual Benefit Association It was on the 19th of
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4.ugust la92 that he wedded Anna Peltier and tliey
bet an e the parents of four el ildrea Cheater of
thiB rewew A( tomette and Kathecine of Detroit
and Ethel deieased
Cheater Thien whose mme introdu es thia re
vie^v waa a pupil in the pubbi, and high a hools of
Detroit ind when hia textbooks were put a*"ide he
be imb connected with the Thierv &, Kendnek eom
fanj of which his fither was one of the founders
PirentaJ. •luthonty however wis not eiercised to wm
for hini ^n easy birth Hia b isineas triining was
thorough vaA eomprehensive and he worked his way
up through -various departments md thoroughly under
stinds the business from cv ry angle He is cow
iico I resident of this lompany whieh is engaged
I the manufacture of braaa parts ind something of
the iulume of lusmeia is indicated in the fact thit
thorL are todav more than two hnnirel employea in
its plant wh ch is splenlill> equipped supplied with
tl e lateat improi ed machinery and everything that
will tiiilitate work of this character
On the 9th of February 1914 Mr Thiery wis mar
ried to Miss Eielyn Thibiult of Detroit daughter of
Mr and Mrs E Ij Thibault One child has been
born to then John whose birth occurred in Detrtit
in 1915 The jarents are merrbers of the Roman
Citholic church and Mr Thierj is a thirl 1 gree
representative of the Knights of ( olumbua He rep
resents the -^ ounger generation of business men who
are inje:,ting into the business life of the city new
enthusiasm, an 3 broad vision concerning constantly
changing commercial conditions The family nime
las long been issociated with mlustnal circles of the
it's anil his record is one that indicates forcefulness
rcsourcefulneas capability and lionor in all that he
un lertikea
ERNST WENZEL one of the leading pluinbin„
heating and iigl t ng ontractora of Detn it a n im
bered among tl e ■suPcessfu! n en in hia 1 ne of hu'iiness
in this city ant one whose clean straightforward
buainess methods ha^e brought him to a position
of high stand ng both as a tradean an and citizen He
was bom m &ern -im May 4 ISbb a a n f Charles
and Theresa (Burau) Wenzel, who were also natina
of that country There the father spent hia life and
f llowii g his demiae the mother came to the United
States in 18R1 taking up her residence in Detroit
In the fam Iv were seien children three of whom are
In mg Frnat of thia review Pa il a reaident of
Detroit and Edward who also makes his home m
Detroit Those who ha\e passed away are Albert
Mathilde who married A Bosea Emil who passed
away in Detroit and Auguste who first mamei H
Borski and after his death became the wife of E
Wolter who has also passed awav
Ernst Wenzel pursue 1 1 ia education n the schools
of Gem anv in I Detr it and on laying aside his
teTtT-cmks atartel to 1 am the cabinetmakers tra Ic
but after a short penoi abandonel that purauit and
became assoc ated with his brother Paul who had
established a plumbing business in thia cit^ m 1891
After alout ten years Ernst Wenzel went into busi
ness for himself and m 1901 opened a store on the
north side of Gratiot a short distance west of Mc
Dougall There he remainel until October 1911,
when he remove 1 to lis present locatim — 3442 Mo
Dougall ^t the con er of Pr aton wl ere he built and
owns the very substantial business and apartment
block there located He haa built up one of the most
sue essful enterprises of tl is character m the city and
has been aicorded a large patronage Among a num
her of ot) er large jobs 1 e has installed tl e plumbing
lighting and 1 eating systems m the Polish Catholic
church St Paul s school the West Side school and
also in many factories and homes In the eiteoution of
contracts he is careful to conform to the spirit as
well as the letter of an agreement and his business
transactitns have at all times balanced up with the
principles f truth and honesty He is very enter
prising ani does not hesitate to extend his interests
as opportunity orffers and he also posaeasea the keen
aagacjty and ei.ecntive ability which enable him sue
cessfully to accomplish whatever he undertakes
Mr Wenzel has been mirriei twice Hjs first union
was with Miss Mary Sehroeder of Detroit whom he
wedded in 1889 and she passed away in this eitj
January 2 1904 Eleven children wore born of that
marriage 1 ut onh five are living Ernst Jr after
attending school in Detroit wtnt to Woodville Ohio
where he prepared for tea?! ing and is now an jnstrue
tor in the Marysiille (Ohio) parochial school He
married Miis Minta Helsel f W oodviile Ohio and
has two laughters Euth and Esther Mrs Clara
Skelley the second of the family ia a resident of
Detroit Walter a plumber and ateamfitter bj trade
IS associated with hjs father Mrs Helen Lester the
next memler of the family also makes her home in
Detroit David after attending Detroit schools con
t n led his education at Woo hille Ohio lut a business
rather than a professional career appealed to him
so he became associated with his father and is now in
fill charge of the electrical work an! installation
He married Miss Flla Goetsch For lis seconl wife
Ernst Wenzel chose Miss Julia Weeklev an 1 they
ha^ e become the parents of a daughter Julia whose
excellent natural musical talent is le ng developed
under direct on of the best instrictors m the citv
In his political views Mr Wenzel ia a republican
interested in the welfare and auccesa of tl e party and
his rel gious faith is indicated by his membership in
the Lutheran church He is a member of the Detroit
Master Plumlers and Steamfitters Association as well
as the national organization of that name He la also
a member of the Builders & Traders Eitchange He
has ever based hia activity m business affairs upon
strict integrity ani close application and h s success
represents tie wise use of h s time an! talents com
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i with a ready recognition of opportunity. He is
i among the substantial and progressive busi-
nesa men of Detroit and in all matters of citizenship
his influence is on the aids of advancement and im-
provement.
WALTER EDGAR KLEIN. One of the old and re-
liable business firms of Detroit is that of the Charles
Klein Company, of which Walter E. Klein is the presi
dent. He is a native of this city and was born
July 3, 1874, a son of Charles and Jane A (Wilhams)
Klein, both of whom were natives ot Etirope, the
mother's birth having occurred in England In the
latter '40s with their respective parents they emi
grated to the United States, taking up their resideni,e
in Detroit, where in 1884 Charles Klein founled the
business now operated by his son Walter L Klein
He was numbered with the leading business men of
the eity and continued active in the control ot his
interests until his demise in June, 1918, when he was
seventy-sii years of age. The mother had passed away
in October of the previous year, having also attained
the age of seventy-six years. They were widely known
and highly respected residents of the city m which
they bad long made their home. They reared a f imily
of eight children, three of whom are st U living
Edward W. Klein, Mrs. 0. E. Furst an I Walter L
Klein, all residents of Detroit.
In the acquirement of an education Walter Klein at
tended the Washington public school, the Miami
avenue school and the Central high school of Detroit.
He entered commercial circles with his father in the
operation of the latter 's hardware establishment. In
1903 the business was incorporated as the Charles
Klein Company and is a close corporation. Since the
death of his father, Walter E. Klein has been president
of the company and is proving most capable in direct-
ing its affairs. His spirit of initiative and well formu-
lated plans have enabled him to materially expand the
interests of the company he is controlling and which
for many years has stood aa a synonym for business
integrity and reliability in commercial circles of
Detroit.
On the 34th of June, 1903, Mr. Klein was united in
marriage to Miss Bertha M. Roe, of Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boe,
prominent residents of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Klein
have become the parents of four children: Andrew
W., who was born in 1905 and is attending the North-
ern high school; Evelyn L., who was born in 1907 and
is a pupil in the Northern high school; Bertha Eliza-
beth, born in 1916; and Walter E., Jr., whose birth
occurred in 1913. All are natives of Detroit.
In his political views Mr. Klein maintains an in^
dependent attitude, casting bis ballot in favor of the
candidate whom he considers best fitted for of&ce re-
gardless of party ties, and fraternally he is identified
with the Masons, belonging to the blue lodge and
Shrine. He occupies a foremost position in business
circles of Detroit and is a worthy successor of his
honored father. By inheritance he bears a name that
stands for the highest ideals in business and his in-
fluence is always to be counted upon in the promotion
of any measure looking to the improvement of the
city in which he resides. His residence is at 1861
Wellesley drive in Palmer Woods.
HENEY C EE"iWELL A notably suocesstul t-areer
IS that of Hi-nrj L Kejivell, a prominent building ion
tractor of Detroit, whose pr(gres3i\e business methods
are resulting m the substantial development and im
proiement of the city, aa well as the attainment of
mdiMdual prosperity He is also well known as the
owner of tht Grand "V ictory Theater and does not hesi
tttte to extend his interests as opportunity offers, while
he also possesses the sound judgment and esecutne
ahilitj which enable him to carry forward his plans
to a successful termination A natne of Russian
Poland, he was born May 15, 188S, his parents being
Jacob and Sarah (Bernard) Kcywell, who were also
natives of that countrj, where they resided until IWft,
when thej joined their son, Henry, m Detroit Here
the fither successfully engaged in the grocery busj
neas until his demist The mother has also passed
awav Their family numbered seven children Jonas,
Julius Samuel Mrs Mary Marx, Mrs Anna Levy,
Benjamin and Henry C
Henry C. Keywell acquired his education m the
schools of his native land and about 1905 emigrated to
the United States, having barely enough capital to pay
for his passage across the Atlantic. However, he soon,
found a situation as a dry goods clerk and after visit-
ing various cities finally decided to establish his
permanent home in Detroit, having by this time prac-
tically exhausted his savings. He had no difiiculty in
securing work and through strict economy and industry
wslS at length able to engage in the dry goods business,
while subsequently he became a manufacturer. He
later turned his attention to building and contracting
and has since been active in that field, conducting
his operations on an extensive scale. He began the
erection of apartment houses, securing the contract
for the construction of the Linwood apartments at No.
"295 West Grand boulevard, a large and substantial
structure, while later he erected the Esther apartments
at No. 1256 Abbott street as an independent venture,
subsequently selling the property, and he has also built
twelve other apartment houses in the city. He was
likewise the builder and is the present owner of the
Grand Victory Theater, one of the attractive and
popular amusement houses of the city, which was
opened to the public on the 13th of March, 19S1. He
is a man of unusual business ability and acumen, to
whom opportunity has ever been the call to action.
In Detroit, on the 36th of February, 1910, Mr. Key-
well was united in marriage to Miss Hose Bennison, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bennison, and they
have become the parents of three children: Esther, who
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waa born .July 17, 1915; Ettie, born October 10, 1916;
and Jerry lUarcus, whosu birth occurred on the 34th of
March, 1919. Mr. Key well is independent in hia
political views, voting for the candidate whom he
deema best qualified for office, without regard to party
ties. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent
Order of Odd Pellowa, His record is a most com-
mendable one, showing what can be accompliihoA
through continued efEort and determined purpose, when
guided by intelligence and sound judgment. Working
nntiringlj- to gain a start, he has steadily progressed
until he now ranks with the representative biLBiness
men of Detroit anS through the strength of hia mental
endowments and character has contributed in large
measure to the improvement and upbuilding of his
adopted city.
CAEL F. MUENZ, M. D, Dependence upon no ex-
traneous influences can be evoked in connection with
ai'hieving worthy auteeas in the exacting profession
of medicine and surgery, and a fine personal equip-
ment is the only prerequisite aaide from technical
ability. Dr. Carl F. Muenz has been actively engaged
in the practice of hia profession in Detroit since l'*96,
has shown a fine sense of personal and professional
stewardship, has kept in touch with advanced move-
ments in medical and surgical science and hai given
earnestly of hia ability and service in the alleviation
of human aufCering and distress. He has long con-
trolled a large and representative general practice and
has maintained the best ethical standard at all stages
of his professional career, vrith the result that he
eminently merits classification among the able and
le present ative physicians and surgeons of his native
city, his down-town offi.ce being at 502 Washington
Arcade and his residence is at 421 Baldwin avenue,
on the eaat side of Detroit, a diatriet of the eity in
which he waa born and reared and in which his circle
of frienda is coincident with that of his acquaintances.
Dr. Carl Francis Muenz was born October 30, 1868,
in Detroit, the family home at that time having been
established not far distant from his present place of
residence. He is a son of Anthony and Margaret
fGrones) Muenz, who were born in fJermany and whose
marriage was solemnized in Detroit Anthony Mnenz
wat a young man when he came to Detroit, was a
skillei) workman at the carpenter's trade and became
line of the city's successful contractors and builders,
to which line of business enterprise ho gave his atten-
tion for many years, many buildings still standing in
Detroit attesting his ability in hia chosen vocation.
He was seventy years of age at the time of his death,
in 1894, and hia widow attained to the venerable age
of eighty-five years, having passed to the life eternal
in 1911. Both were devoted communicants of the
parish of St. Mary's Catholic church They are sur-
vived by six children' Mrs. Elizabeth Stegemeyer,
Mrs. Sophia Stonnel, Miss Madeline Muenz. .Tohn, Dr.
Carl P., and Anthony.
Dr. Carl F. Muenz gained his cirly education in the
public and parochial schools of Detroit and after his
graduation in the parish school of St. Mary's ehnreh
he was for some time employed as a bookkeeper. He
had, however, formulated definite plans for his future
career and m his desire to prepare himself for the
medical profession his ambition was one of decisive
action. He firat studied under effective private pre-
ceptorship and in 1892 matriculated in the Detroit
College of Medicine, in which he was graduated as
a member of the class of 1896- After thus receiving
his degree of Doctor of Medicine ho at once established
himself in practice on the eaat aide and his ability
and personal popularity aoon enabled him to develop
a large and auccessful practice which has continued
to be one of important order during the long inter-
vening years. Tbough his practice is of general order,
the Doctor has to a certain degree given special atten-
tion to gynecology and in this field has gained au-
thoritative professional status. Fidelity and abiding
human sympathy have characterized his professional
career and he finds quite as much satisfaction in know-
ing that he has gained warm and enduring friendships
as in recognizing that he has been, of service to his
fellowmen. Dr. Muenz avails himself of the best in
the standard and periodical literature of his profes-
sion, is an active member of the American Medical
Association, the Michigan State Medical Society and
the Wayne County Medical Society, besides which he
U an appreciative and popular member of the alumni
.issociation of the Detroit College of Medicine. He
is affiliated with the Detroit Lodge of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and is a member of the
Harmonic Society, one of the old and representative
social and musical organizations of his native city.
Both he and his wife are communicants of St. Mary's
Catholic church.
On the 18th of April, 1898, was solemnized the mar-
riage of Dr. Muenz to Miss Eose Estelle DeGalan,
who likewise was born and reared in Detroit, and
who is a daughter of the late Frank P. DeGalan, a
well known citizen of Detroit for many jears prior
to his death.
JUDGE WILLIAM M HE8T0N, who in November,
1920, was reelected judge of the recorder's court of
Detroit, is one of the highly honored citizens of this
state, by reason of the fearless stand which he has ever
taken against crime. In his judicial capacity as well
as in private life he has ever stood firmly for the right
and no one questions the integrity of his belief that
the course which he is pursuing is the one which will
work for justice and improvement in connection with
the public welfare.
Judge Heaton was born in Galesburg, Illinois, Sep-
tember 9, 1878, a son of John William and Etta (Gray)
Heston, who were natives of Ohio. In early life,
however, they removed to Illinois and in that state
became acquainted and were married. The father has
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engaged in faimuig and stock raising throughout hia
life, following thoae pursuits for a. number of veara
in Illinoia and afterwards removing with the fanuly
to Iowa, while still later he went to southwestern Kan
sas, where he gave hia attention to cattle rusiBg for a
number of years. At length, however, he waa attracted
by the far western country and in 1898 went to a uth
western Oregon, settling upon a ranch at Grants lass
where he ia still extensively engaged in stock raising
and is meeting with success in his undertaking To
him and his wife were born nine children but onlv
three are living: Alfred Milton, a resident of Grants
Pass, Oregon; Mrs. Grace Hamlin, living at Bedford
Michigan; and William M., of this review
In early youth Judge Heston attended the district
schools of Wendell, Kansas, and between the ages ot
nine and sixteen years herded cattle on the range near
Dodge City, Kansas. ' During the winter months he
attended the Wendell school and at sixteen jears ot
age completed the work of the eighth grade. It was
about that time that his parents removed to Grants
Pass, Oregon, and he continued his education in the
schools there, attending the only high school of the
neighborhood, which was about a mile and a half from
his home. When the school hours were over he engaged
in cutting wood for railroad tiea in order to buy hia
books and i ay hia tuition He ipent two yeara and a
half as a high school pupil and then went to San Jose,
Ciliforma, where he atteniej the btite Normal School
In the meantime he worked for A M Valpey, taking
cire of his horso and doing janitor work m the St
Clair Hotel in order to meet the expenses of his Normal
School course To do this he arose %t five o'clock in
the morning and his dii was an extremelv long one
During the third jeir of hii studies there he carried
the daily papers and he completed his course in April,
1901, being graduated with high honors Subsequentlj
he tiught school at Wolf Creek, Oregon, and while thus
eng-jged decided to take up law Piyjng his wiy to
Michigan he arrived m Ann Arbor with the sum of
two dollars and sixty five cents in his pocket but his
courige and determination ■m.re um onquerable and he
not only provided the mtina for his course but made
steady progress in his studies, with the reault thit his
record was most creditable ^.t the sime time he be
came well known as the star football player of the
University of Michigan pKying left halfback on the
university eleven, winning renown that mide him
known all over the country He was therefore chosen
by Walter Camp to play on the All Western team for
the four years of his college team and in 1905 and
1904 on the All American team He was one of the
eleven selected players to represent the All Time All
American team During hn time at the University of
Michigan, he made a record of ninety two touchdowns
m the regular schedule
In 1905, having completed his law course Judga
Heston entered upon active practice in Detroit, and
he was also selected as coach for the Drake University
football team in Iowa. He likewise acted as coach of
the A and "U College at Ealeigh, North Carolina, in
1901 Tor five years he continued to apply himself
assiduouslj to his law practice in Detroit and in 1911
he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney, filling
that posit on for five consecutive years. He was then
selected to fill out an unexpired term as police judge
and was reelected to the oBice in 1919. In November,
19 0 he was reelected ludge of the recorders court,
so that he is still serving upon the city bench, his
record bung one which reflects credit and honor upon
I im and upon those who called him to the position.
On the 23d of December 1907, Judge Heston was
married to Miss I^dia Prances Sisson of Monroe,
Michigan a daughter of John and Emma May (Hem-
inway) Sisson and thty have become parents of
three children William Martin, born January 2, 1909;
Tihn Penrod born in 1911 and Frances Ann, born in
1913. All are attending school.
In his political views Judge Heston has always been
a republican, stanchly advocating the principles of the
party since age conferred upon him the right of fran-
chise. He is a Mason, belonging to Ashlar Lodge,
P. & A. M. and also to Olive Branch Lodge, I. 0. O. P.,
and he has membership in the Michigan Club. He is
identified with the Methodist Episcopal church and its
teachings have been a governing force in his life, mak
ing him a man whom to know is to respect and honor
He has made for himself a creditable position m pro
feasional circles and m his judicial capacity has
proven a most faithful defender of the right
JULIUS SCHOENITH, M D For forty two years
Dr Julius Schoenith engaged m the practice of medi
i-me and was the oldest east side physician in Detroit
m years of continuous professional connection with
that section of the citj, at the time of his death
His dev otion to the welfare and interests of his
patients waa one of his marked characteristics and it
was this care for those to whom he ministered that
finally caused his demise, durmg the influenza epi
demic Dr Schoenith was born m Germany, Feb
ruary 1, 1811, his birthplace being the ancient and
historic university town of Heiielburg He was grad
uated from Meinheim University and in 1878 came
to Detroit, where his father and his family had pro
ceded him, and here he took up the studv of medicine,
attending the old Michigan Medical College, from
which he was graduated in June, 1892 He began
practice in Detroit and subsequentlv spent twenty
years m the practice of his profession m Westphalia,
Michi;;an Later he returned to Detroit where he
remained to the time of his death He always kept
in toTich with the advanced thought and activity of
the profession through constant reading and investigi
Dr Schoenith was united in marriage in 1882, to
Miss Mary Dederich, a daughter of Mathias Dederich,
and a representative of a Detroit family that came
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(7rif,inalh from (jf rn au\ Mathi'is Deiprid toll vel
Ihe contracting businasi for minj jears and at length
retired fro™ actiio life spenling his remi n ng days
in the enjovment of well earned rest hia death oe
lurring August 18 ISlb To Dr and Mrs Si-hoenith
iiero born seven children three ot whom are living
Anicl a M the wife of Herniin J Majer a business
man of Detroit Vurelia B who is the wife of Alfred
B ^nitgen of Westphalia -ind idelia TJ the wife
of Edwm S Mohtor well known in the business ciules
of this citv Mrs Sehoenith and her ebildren are
leiout n embers of the Citholie church and Dr Sehoo
nith was alio an alherent of that taith Ho was i
kind and devoted huabind and father and faithful
fr end and 1 e possessed minv sterling traits of cl ar
icier that won him the high regard confidence and
goodwill of all wl know him His honestj was
never questioned ant 1 was regardtd as a most de
lendille man lie 1 elonged to the Citholic ilulu-il
Benefit \ssol ntion with which he 1 ecime identified
m 1883 He was also an honorarv member an 1 ex
iminer of the protective Home Circle and along strictly
professional lines he had menborslip m the Wayne
C unty Medical Society and in the Michigan State
Medical Association He betan e one <f the leading
physician' on the east side of Detroit anl it was
his untiring demotion to his patients during the in
fluenza epidemic that undoubtedly brought about his
death which occurred March 8 1921 when he was
seventy years of age, after practicing medicine for
f rty two years He was the lo^ed familj physician in
many a houseloli and his demise was the occasion
f leep ind widespread regret
LEO ZUCKEEMAN The retail interests of De
troit found a worthy and substantial representative
m Leo Zuekerman who was for thirteen lears sue
essfullj engaged in business here the last dozen
1 ears of which time he was president of the well
known house of Flmer s dealers m ladies wear
He maintained a spirit of progressii cness and enter
prise m the conduct of his business affairs and his
success his resulted directly therefrom Mr Zucker
man was born n Chicago May 2i 1875 his parents
temg Joseph and Mathilla (Langbein) Zickerman
the former a natu e of Prague Austria while the
latter was born m Teplitz Austria ani came to
\merica m 18"0 It was m 18bl that Joseph Zucker
man armed in the new world anl both become resi
dents of Ch cage Immediately after reaching the
T nited States howe\ er Joseph Zuckerman entered
military service ty doing guard duty He afterward
engaged in the grocery business an 1 finally de^ eloped
an important enterprise under the name of the Zuck
erman Wholesale Grocery Companj Of this he was
president remaining aotue m the management and
ontrol of the business up to the time of his death
His widow still makes her home m Chicago In their
famih were sir children two sons and f o ir liu^b
ter Mrs Fr I b I ran f Detrnt Mrs Leo Good
man and Mrs Edward Fisl man of Chicago Mrs
Julius Bresler of Toledo Ohio Sidney Imng m Chi
cage anl Leo
The last named after attenimg the puHic schools
of his natM e citj started out in the business world
in tl e emplov of H Friend conducting the Columbus
C loak & Suit House m Chii-ago and was with him for
twelve years it length he entered the shoe business
on hia own account and ontmued successfully in
tl at line for sei en years at the end of which time
he sold his store and establisl ed a lad ea ready to
wear clothing house m Chicago &ubse luently he
removed to Decatur Illinois where he carried on bnsi
ness profitably until 190S when he came to Detroit
and here opened a ladies ready to wear establish
ment where the J L Hudson clothing house now
stanJs on Woodward avenue
ward aienue where he cc
iisposed of his interests u
He continued to handle
that
09 removed to 1000 Wood
iductel business until he
the latter part of 1921
idus ready to wear gar
ments and his trade grew from small proportions to a
busit ess of magn tudc It was incorporated in 1912
anl Mr Zuckerman became the president Mr Zuck
erman is ii tereated m the firm of Worth & Company
hanlliig ladies clothing m Detroit being one of the
lirietors and the vice president of this organization
On the li'th of February 18Q6 "\Ir Zuckerman was
married to Miss Lilly Goldfinger ot Chicago They
ha\e two chillren Phylhs who was horn in Chi
cago in 1&9S and is now the wife of Sidnej J \lien
of Detroit anl Elmer who was born m Chicago in
]'*99 and is m business with his father
Mr Zuckerman has memborsh [ with the Knights
of Pythias and also with the Benevolent Pro
tectue Order of Elks and is a worthy follower of
the teachings of these organizations H likewise
belongs to the Phoenix Club and to the Bedford
Coi ntrv Club He has made for himself a most cred
liable name and flace in business roles and his ac
tivities have extended into vdrious sections of the
country where he has set a standari for progressive
ness for enterprise and successful aecompiishmcnt
CORDON W HILL D D 8 a well known dentist
of Detroit is specializing in X ray work and oral
surgery in which he has been very euccesstul and he
enjois the unqualified esteem of his professional
colleagues and also of the general public 4 native of
Canada he was bom m "Sandwich in the proiince of
Ontario February 26 1M8S his parents being Will am
John and Emma Tane (Moore) Hill who reared a
fainilj of three children In the acquirement of an
education he attended the public schools of Sandwich
the CoDegiate Institute at Windsor Canada and the
Detroit Business Innersit) after which he spent three
^ ears aa an ai-conntant and auditor Taking up the
ttid-v ot jharn a \ he rece led the Ph D degree in
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1905 while three vtiri liter be was ^nluattd from
the Dental to huol ot the Detroit College ot Medioine
and he has alno taken special -work in electrical engi
neermg In 1S08 Dr Hill entered upon the genenl
pnctite of dentistry m Detroit and contmued active
along that line until ial8 since which time lie has de
voted his attentun to \ ray work dnl to oTil surgery
He possesses marked meehanieaj skill ind is ven
thorough and onsiientious in his work hence his pro
fessional services lave ieen ittenled with a gratify" g
measure of sucteas and his praUioe is one of growing
extent and iroi ortan e
On the 24th of April 1915 Dr Hill married "Vlisa
Lillian Esther Mengel and they have a son G<rdon
W Jr whose birth OLCuried April b 1910 Thej
reside at No 4202 Avery avenue and attend St John s
Episcopal church Dr Hill gnes his politn,al s ipport
to the republican party ind is loyal to all those m
terests whieli mite for honorable manhood and pro
gres'iie citizenship He ii prominent in Mieonie
cirU s of Detroit belonging to Kilwinning Lodge No
207 t &, A M. Monroe Chapter RAM Monroe
Council K S, b M Dimistus Commandery K T
Michigan Sovereign Conaistory A & A S E m which
he has taken the tl irty second degree to Moslem
Temple of the Mystic Shrme and fehadukiam (jrotto
His [rofessional connettiona are with the First District
Micl igan State and National Dental 8 cietiea and he
]S also a member of Delta Sigma Delta fratemitj He
haa ever kept in touch with the trend ot modern pro
fe'isional thought research ani ini estigation ml his
adherence to high standards combined with his pro
gresaive sprit and marked ability haie gameii tor
him an en lable position in hia chosen vocation
DONALD MacDONALD DIGElNbON THURBLR
is tie ownei of the Down T wn Garage an establish
jnent vrhich is most c nveniently locited near tl e
business district of Detroit anl js therefore of great
convenience to those that need service of this char
aotec He is a representative of a family that has
long held prominent position m the esteem of the
Lty
Donald MacDonald Dickinson Thurber was bom m
Detroit July 19 1884 and is a brother of H T
Thurber, m connection with whose sketch on another
page of this work mention la male of the pcirenti
and family Doiild MacDonald Dickinson Thurher at
tended pnllic and private schools m Detroit anl
afterward becime a student in Union College He
neit went to Ithaca New York where he matncu
lated in Cornell Iniversitv and was there graluated
in 1907 with tie Bachelor of Arts degree After
leaving the university he went to Albuquerque New
Mexico where he engaged in the 1 imber buamess for
two and a half vears and then abandoned thit 1 ae of
trade to become connected with cattle ranching near
Las Vegas New Me-^ico where he remained for a
year
Mr Thurber next reti rned to Detroit and here
started in tl e automobile business iS general agent
tor the Anderson Electric Automobile of Detroit,
( andliDg tl e car ■it Oklahoma Citj A vear later,
I owever he returned again to Detroit and opened what
his now become the most wideU known garage of
tl e eiti known as the Down Town darage and the
Do^ n Town Annex situated on Wast Congress street.
He IS sole owner of this establisl ment and has made
t a most popular and prohtable concern The service
rendered to the public is of tl e highest character ind
the buamesa metho Is of the proprietor are such as
neither aeek nor re juire disguise &traight£ rwird,
energetic mdustr ous ind progressive he is meeting
with a success that is the merited reward of his
ndustry and his perseverance
In Detroit June ^.4 1911, Mr Thurber was mar
ned to M:ss Fayetta Crowley of this city a daughter
of Lafayette Crowley and they have become parents
of two children Katherine Cecel a who waa born in
Detroit m 1914 and is now attending the Liggett
school and Donald M D, Jr who wis born in
February 1918 m Detroit
In his political views Mr Thurl er has ilwavs been
an earnest republican but his hal no desire f r office,
ilthough he 18 never remiss in the d ities of citizen
al ip and gives his aid and cooperation to many plans
for tie general good He is widely known m club
circles and belongs to the Detroit Athletic Detroit
4.uto Un versitv ind the Essex Countrj and Golf
riubs Haling spent practi ally lis entire life in
this city he is well known, and his social qualities
and genuine worth of chiraeter have m'ide for popu
Urity until his friends are legion
HENET FOBD was born on his parents' farm in
Oreenfield Ma h gan not far from h s present home
on July 30 1S63 He is the eldest of five children
three gicls and two boys
Until his seventeenth year his sd oolmg at Spring
wells country acl ool occupied most of his attention At
that age he left school with the intention of assisting
his father on the farm This however did not pro
\ ide sufScient opportunity for the development of his
natural mechanical talent and the boy departed for
Detroit, notwithstan iing his fathers remonstrances
Hifl irst work was with James P Flower & Brothers
at Brush and Woodbridge streets as machinist appren
tioe followed bv two vears with the Detroit Drydock
Cfimpanv He then spent his summers demonstrating
the Westmghouse portable steam engine working on
the farm during the winter
At this time occurred Mr Ford s marriage to Miss
Clara J Bryint daughter of Melvm 8 Bryant The
vomg ctuplo then moved to the forty acre farm pre
sented to Mr Ford by his father
Throughout this period he worked with unflagging
energy at his many experiments with steam engines
until his attention was finally diverted to the stidy
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ot tl t t eiif.iue He vit^ now about twenh six years
of ige H? becirae engineer for tte Ediaon Illumm'it
ing Company hia salary graduating from forty five
dollars to one hundred and twentyfiie dollars per
month His home v,bs now at 5t> Bagley street in the
rear of which he had eonatrncted an eTjierinieiital room
From this room tame the fict two c>linder gas driven
motor car His initial excursions through Detroit s
streets in 1S93 pronled much amusement f r tl e
manj skeptics of that period
From this dite events m.o\ ed more quickh ind in
1900 was formed the Detroit Automobile (.omp^nv
liter the Cadillac Motor Cw Company Three yeirs
later wis organized the Ford Motor Company and its
steady growth into its present worldwide interests is
a familiar history as la the organization of the Fordaon
tnetor plint the railroad the mines anl the other
allied properties
He IS a memi er of the Society of Automotii e
Engineers and the Detroit Board o£ Commerce nlso of
many clubs including the Detroit Detroit \thlct e
Bankers Fellowcraft Bloomfieli Hills (.ountrv Detroit
Country, Detroit Golf, Detroit Boat, WoUenne Auto
mobile and the Auto Club of Amer ca
Mr. Ford has one son, Edse! B,, who is the i res dent
of the Ford Motor Company and exeiot e of the an!
sidiaries.
ANTON FBDEE. In journaliatie cirelei ot Detriit
Anton Feder is well known as the owner md
publisher of the Hungarian News, which under his
capable management has enjoyed a most prosperous
esistence, and it now ranks with the leading news
papers of the city. Mr. Feder is a native of Hungary
his birth having occurred at Miskolcz on the 2flth of
August, 1882, and his parents were Morns and Bo'ia
(Swartz) Feder, who were also born in that country
in which the father spent his life, whicl was Icvoted
to government service. His demise Ofcurred when he
had reached the age of fifty-six years Subse ^uentli
the mother came with her family to the United States
and she passed away while residing m Cleveland
Ohio. Mr, and Mrs. Feder became the parents of nine
children: William, whose home is at Gary Indiana
Joseph, Mrs. Louis Schwartzenfield and Mrs David
Weintraub, all residents of Clevelind Ohio and
Anton, Mrs. Andrew Fuerst, Mrs. Isadore I rosa Leo
and Mrs. Adolph Kline, who aie living m Detroit
In the public schools of his native Had Anton
Feder acquired his education and after laving aside
hia textbooks he served an apprenticeship to the
printer's trade, of which he acquired a thorough
knowledge. Soon afterward he accompanied his
mother, brothers and sisters on their emigr-ition to the
United States, and after reaching this country the
family located at Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr Feder
followed his trade in the plant of the Gilman Print
ing Company. Later he secured a position with the
publishers of the Hungarian newspaper cf tl tt cit>
ind hiimg LT.rifull\ ?ned his earnings he decided
to embirk m business indej endentlv opening a imaU
printing shop in Cleveland His diligent application
and high grade work enabled him to develop a lirge
trade and for nine years he continued to conduct that
buimess He then sold his "hop anl in 1915 came to
Detroit purchasing the Hungarian New which hid
been rapidly losing prestige owing to unwise manage
n ent Realizing the possibilities m this field Mr
Feder de\oted his energies to builimg up the busineaa
and he now has one of the best paying newapapers in
the eitv being sole proprietor of the enterprise which
he IS conducting along modern and progressive lines
The jaier contwns eight full sizei sheets carefully
edited and filleJ with good reading matter Thi, lead
mg merchants of the city regard it aa an excellent ad
vertismg medium and the circulation has reached
eigl teen thousand The plant is supplied with the m at
m dern preaies and equipment and the publi ation la
a semi weekly Mr Feder is thoroughl3 familiar with
■■very phase of journalism having devoted his life to
this field of endeav or and he has made the Hungarian
News a loumal of high standing
On the 0th of Marth IWl was stlemnized the
marriage of Anton Feder and Miss Theresa Gunaberg,
a daughter of Mr ind Mrs Morns Gunsberg of De
troit and they ha\e become the fronts of three chil
dren Mortimer whose birth occurred m Cleveland
Ohio in 3914 and who is now attending school in
Detroit Irete who was born m thi-i citi in 1916 and
la also a public achool pupil and Edna born in 1918
Mr Peder is identified with the "Schiller Lodge of
Masons and he is also a member of both the lork and
Scottish Eites having iftained the thirty second de
gree in the order He is likewise connected with the
Hungarian American Clib of which he is serving aa
president He is an earnest and active member of
the Detroit Board of Commerce and m his political
V ews IS an indepenlent republican He is a self made
man whose industry perseverance and ability have
enabled him to reach the goal of aicceas and through
the columns of hia paper he uses his influence to fur
ther the best interests of his c t> and state
BENE8T M ELK\N manager of the bran h of the
Peninsular State Bank heated at Ker<he\al anl Con
cord avenues in Detr it la well known as an able
financier of more than ordinary ability whose progras
sive and systematic work has promotel the rapid de
velopment of the institution of which he has charge
He IS a native of Hollanl his hirth haMng occurred
m the Pitv of Amiterlam on the 28th of February,
1881 His j.arents Nichols and Henrietta Elkan were
also born m that city in which they spent their lives
the father devoting his attention to mercantile pur
suits In their family were three children Philip and
Marv who are still li mg m Amsterdam and Frnest
M
The Inst named attended the public schocls nf lis
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ege and then started out in life for liuu
self After working for a time m Hollind lie decjdei
to fleek the opportunities offered m ■x newer lountr*
to in ambitious energetic young man and he si led
for the United States dcriTing m this eointry in
1903 being at thit time twenti two viara of age
Making his »a\ to Detroit ho secure 1 a clern.il
position with the ban Telmo Ligar Compaav operat
jng a lirge mmufii. taring plant in this eity and he
remained with thit corporation tor two years In
1106 he entered the finineial field obtiit mg elpncal
ork m the Peninsulir Stite Bank at a salirj of
t rtv dollars jer month His ready ilajtibility ml
nieitntious work Boon won hvm alvinciment from
one position to an ther of greater importance and re
sponsibility until ho was nnle manager of the branth
e^tabliahn ei t at the corner <f Kproheval anl Con
cord a\ enues in 1912 He is well fitted bv training and
esperiente for the luties which devolve upon him in
this connection and displays marked fidelity to the
interests in his care He manifests sounl judgment in
e'^endmg the credit of the bank vet in all things
tempers aggressiveness with a safe eonservitism ani
has lihored effectively to broaden the scope of the
institution while his integntv and reliabihtv have
gained for him the confidence ind respect of the men
who have hid business deilings with him
On the 'd of June 1907 Mr Elkin was nnited in
marriage to Miss Came Bessmger of this cit> and
they have two children Louis who wis born m 190S
and 18 attending school and Henrietta whoee birth
occurred in WIS anl who is also 1 student in the
public schools Mr Elkan is a member of the Dvnamie
Club and his politieal allegiance is given to the re
publiein party He is a man of resolute purpose and
marked strength of ehancter who has eonstrui-te 1 his
uv.li 8U eess ind in b isiness circles he manifests the
for efulness keen disenminition ind realy nnder
stand ng of involved interests which mike liim one of
the chief f ictors m the prom tion ot bmkmg mteresti
of the eitj
JOHN LHABLES KRAUSE Autng Detroit s ni
tive sins who have idvanced vnth the growth of the
city winning aue<ess ind prominence in the promotion
of its mduatrial interests is t umbered John C Krause
president and general maniger ot the Hoffman Manu
faUuring Compinv one of the Id 't mi most sub
stantial commercial enterjriSLs of the eitv He was
born N \en ler 26 18"0 a son of Christiin ind Dorothy
(Drewes) Krause both of whom were of foreign birth
and m early life emignted to the Unittd States tak
mg u] their residence m Detroit The father i mill
WTight by traie lecame prominent in business circles
of the cit> as an oflicial of the Backus Milling Com
pany with which he was long ident fied He passed
iwiy m this city in l"*]? at the age of seientv while
the mothers demise iccurrel in the jrevions jear
Thej reired a family of ive ihillten Frederick,
Mrs Mmnie Wagmin Mrs Fre tern,a Moss Mrs Mary
Peters and John 0, all of whom are residents of
Detroit
In the pursuit of an edmahon Mr Krause attended
the graded schools of his native titv after which he
completed a commerc al course m the Detroit Business
Universitj from which he wis graduated when
eighteen yeirs of age He had prev lously taken up the
cabinet mikor s trade it the age of fourteen, working
IS an apprentice m the shop ot Carl Hoffman, with
whon he continued to follow the tnde until the latter a
retirement when the Hoffmin Minuf ietunng Company
wis formed at which time Mr Krause wis mide presi
tent and general maniger in which capacities be has
since served, the other ofiieera being l<seph Baier, vice
I resident and Gustave J Hoffman secretary and treas
urer The factory is a lirge ra lern structure equipped
w th speciil machinery tor the ramificture of all
kin Is of lixt ires and employment is furnished to
from twenty to tortv perstns The superiority of their
output has secured for the comj inv i lirge trade and
this IS recognized as one ot the leading mdnutaJ3turing
enterprises of the city Mr Krmse is thoroughly
firailiar with every detail of the business owing to
his long connection therewith ind is therefore well
ble to direct the libors of those mder his super
ision He is constantly striving to imjrove in every
way possible the output of the pi int to increase its
pfBciencj and to extend the trade of the compmy into
newteriitorv and his efforts hive been attended with
d substantial moas ire of success He is ilso a director
of the F Jj Jacobs Welding Con pany of Detroit ind
the Barnes Wire Fence Company of Ann Arbor Michi
gin and his oooperat on is regarded is a valuable asset
in promoting the development of these corporations
Mr Krause has been married twice In 1S44 he
welded Miss Johanna H ffman and to them were
born two children Rajmond Carl whose birth (c
urred in 1897 attended the public anl high schools <t
Detroit after which he became i student at the Uni
ersity of Michigan and is now engaged in business
in this eitj Dorothy who was born in 190d was
graduated from one of the high schools of the city
ind IS now attending the Detroit Business University
Mr Krause was married Jinuarv 13 1910 to Mias
Anna Elizabeth "iunkers a daughter of Mr and Mrs
George Tunkers members of a prominent Detroit
famih and to this marriage one son John George
was born in 1911 The family resilence is at (i95
East Grand boulevard
In his political vietvs Mr Knuse is a republican
stinchly supporting the principles and candidates of
the party He belongs to the National Cre lit Men s
Association to the Detroit Yacht Club and fraternally
IS identified with the Masons in whi h he has at
tamed the thirty second degree in the Scottish Kite
Consistory and he is also a member of the Masonic
Countrv Club Hw 1" ismess ireer has been one of
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continuous progress, and his present prosperity is at-
tributable entirely to his own efforts. He has never
beea afraid to venture where favoring opportunity has
pointed out the way and has ever been a persistent,
resolute and energetic worker, keeping his hand stead-
ily upon the helm of his business and manifesting at
all times strong executive power. He has attained
high standing in business circles of Detroit, while in
all matters of citizenship his influenpe is on the side
of advancement and improvement
SDWIN C HOWE a n'ltiie wn of Detroit ind a
member of one of the old families of the city is well
known m commercial circles as insurance adjuster for
tie PolHvholderi SeniCL and Adnustment Lompany
and his expert knowledge of the business is a \aluable
asset to his employers He was bom in thi"! city July
11 1890 and is i son (f E Iwin B and Lillian (De
laney) Howe, the tormir ilso a natue of Detroit
while the latter was turn m the provinte of Ontario,
Canada and came to tl is citj as a young girl She
was here married to Mr Howe who for several vearB
suoeessfuUy engaged in the manufacture of wood
working machmerv and later became inspector of the
building department for the city of Detroit whi h im
pjrtant office he is still capably filling
Edwin C Erwe an only child attended the Bishop
public school and the Central high school trom which
latter institution he was graduated with the dais of
1008 afterward completing a postgrailuate tourse
Upon starting out m the business world he be ame
connected with insurance interests with which ho has
since been identiflol his Jong lonnection therewith
gmng hira a thorough understanding of thig 1 rani,h
of business activity His fir^t work along this line
was with the Craig Wright Walker & Arden Com
panv of Detroit, with whom he remained for six i ears
their interests being at that tin e purcl ase 1 by the
Christie & Oppenheim Company, anl for three %ears
ho continued with the latter firm He has since been
insuranea adjuster for the Policyholders Service ani
Adjustment Company in which connection he is doing
highly efficient and conscientious work which has been
an important factor in the success attend ng the
activities of tho c mpany
On tie 7th of Mav, 1913 Mr Howe was united m
marriage to JIiiB Emma Mohn whose parents Mr
and Mrs Frederick Mohn are well kniwn residents
of this city Mr and Mrs Howe ha\e a daughter
Dona who was born in April 1914 at d is attending
the Montieth school
Progress has ever been the kpynote of Mr Howe a
career and m addition to his othei luties he is pur
suing a course m a night class of the Detroit College
of Law which he expects to complete at the end of
three vears Frafernallv he is identifled with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he is also a
Mason belonging to Oriental Lodge to Michigan
Sovereign Consistorv anl to the Shnne He is an
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alert, industrious and capable young business man, who
is utilizing every opportunity to advance, and actuated
at all times by laudable ambition and determined pur-
pose, he is pressing steadily forward toward the goal
of success, while his personal qualities are those whicii
make for warm and enduring regard.
AUSTIN A. HOWE. Since 1911 Austin A. Howe has
been connected with construi-tion work in Detroit and
he IS now numbered among the leading building con
tractors of the citj, thorough preparatory study and
Iroad experience having well qualified him for his
chosen \ocation A native of Michigan ie was born
at Bcrtrand on the 27th of May 1885 and is a son of
George E and Georgie (Church) Howe also natives
of this state, the former bom m Albion and the
latter in Bertrand The father received a liberal edu
cation being a graduate ot the University of Michi
gan anl after a number of business reverses he
entered the seriice of the Michigan Central Railroad
Companv m whose employ he continues being one of
their most trusted passenger conductors Mr and
Mrs Howe make their home at Kalamazoo Michigan
and have reared a family of three children Eose A
who IS a teacher in a high school at bt Louis Mis
souri Mrs Daisy Kilgore, a resident of Kalamazoo
and Austin A , of this review
The last named attended the grammar schools of
Bertrand Michigan and the high school at Kalamazoo
after which he went abroad spending two years m
study in France anl Englanl which was followed bv
a year s extension course in architecture at Har\ ard
Uniiersiti He then became a draftsman for the firm
of Kram & Ferguson of Boston, Massachusetts, with
whom he remained for two years or until 1911, when
he came to Detroit entering the office of Albert Eahn
one of the most prominent archite ts in the United
States F<r three years he was with Mr Kahn and
during that period assisted m designing many large
buildings erected by the latter in this and other cities
atter which he became connected with Smith, Hinch
mm & Company well known architects of Detroit
For three years he was identified with that firm and
then enhsted for sen ice in the World war He was
commissioned a first lieutenant and designed the avta
fion camps established by the government in France
ivhile he also had charge of American relief work
being made department chiet of children s relief work
n Europe and was an officer of the Belgrade seriice
at the time he received his discharge m October 19i<l
His term of service covered two vears and after re
turning to ciiilian life he resumed his duties with
Smith Hmchman & Company of Detroit with whom
he continued for a year, or until the 15th of August
1920 when he embarked in l)usiness on his own ac
count as a building contractor He draws his own
plani for the buildings which he erects and is thor
lughh familiar with the scientific principles which
unierlic onstruction and his technical skill and
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ability as weJl as his thorough reliabilitj in all com
mercial tTanaaetions are securing for hit i a large ind
coustantlj' incr easing volume of business
In St Paul a Epis opal cathe iral ot Detroit on
the 29th of October 1914 Mr Howe was united in
marriage to Miss Lctteon Bawlmson a daughter of
Mr anl Mrs Frederick T Bawliuson wh) tormerlj
resided at St Th mas m the proiinee of Oi tirio
Canada but are now li\ mg m Detroit To Mr ajil
Mrs Howe has been born a son William 4i Btin
whose birth o urred on the 5fh of September 1915
Mr Howe is a member of the Scirab Llub anl is
a Blue Lodge Mason exemplifying in his laih life
the beneficent teachings of the craft Thoroughness
and diligence haie uhirieter zed all of his work and
actuated bv landable ambition and determined purpose
he IS steadil> aUaneing toward the goil of aucie^s
De\ otion to duty ha^ ever bten oul ot his marked
cbaracteristi s in 1 I c la loyal to all th ic interests
which make for honorable n anhood ind progieisite
citizenship
JOHN E KINNANE United States district attor
nej for the eastern district of Michigan with ofiicial
residence at Detroit has long been accounted one of
the distinguished representatives <f tie Michigan bar
and has carvel his natie high on the koj stone of the
legal arch He was born in Kalamazoo count> Mich
igan Januarj 10 1862 a son of Patrick and Mary Meaie
(Sullivan) Kinnane His were the usual experiences
f the farm Ired hoy who putauea his eirlr education
m the d strict sol ools Later however Mr Kinnane
had the oppirtinti of a more advanced course m
Kalamazoo College trom which be was grid lated with
the Bachelor of irta degree in IBS'] Tik ng up the
profesBinn of school teaching he becime principal of
sohonls for two years after which he wis mide eountv
commiss oner of seh lols for Bay county a position that
iniolved ill the duties of countj superintendent of
schools in which connection he wis nfluential m reor
ganiziQg the seh «1 system of Baj c unt\ In 1893 he
became prosecuting attorney ind m 1911 be became
the democratic eandidite for the office of lustiee of
the supreme court of Michigin He served f r f ur
years nndet appointment of two successive governors
of opposite pirties as chairman ot the state mlustrial
accident boird which is the 1 oard or commission
created to administer the workmen s compensation
law of this state He I ecame the first cha rman of
the board tnd the fiet thit he wis called to this
position by a republican goyernor the ofti e being en
tirely unsought by him is a fine tribute to his ability
and his citizenship He was later reippomted by
& vernor Perns ani the mirvelous sutcesa of the new
law WIS f I IH demonstrated by Mr Kmmne who is
regirded through<ut the cfuntry as in expert on
matters of that charicter proof of tl is bcint, found
m the fict thit the state of New lork sought his
idMce and help in drafting a iimilir law for that
commonwealth
In the practice f law almoit from the beginning of
lis profefisionil cirier Mr Kinnane has enjoyed a
large clientele anl has Icen most successful in con
ducting the legil interests intrusted to his care There
were few important cdses tr el in northern Michigan
ere his appointment to his present position with which
Mr Kinnane was not connected Prom the outset it
WIS recognized tl it he w is possessed of integrity
ability and md istrj — ind spensal le qualities in the
attamn ent of alvancement at the bar 4dded to
these WIS i comprehens ■ve knowledge of liw and in
the application of legal prineij-les he was seldom at
fiult To an un lerstandmg of un c
anl Mt-OT ^^ idded a thorough and e
paratorj traminf, while in his pract ce lo has alwiys
exemplified the higher elements nf a truly great lawyer
1 e nf, constantly inspire 1 by in innate inflexible lore
of justice and a delicate sense of personal honor whieh
has controlled hun m every relition of life His fidel
ity to tie interests of hia clients is pro\erbiil jet
he never forgets that he owes a still 1 igher al!e
glance to the niijestj ot the law At prei lo isly
stated he was eallel in 1J13 to the Michigan indus
trill iceident board at which time the workmen s
compensation laws were new and tie system for ii
ministration and interprctat on of such laws was
creited by the h ird lurinf, his chairminship ind the
system which he imigurated was followed ly a num
ber of stitea who later idopted wcrkmen s coropen
sation He continued in the position until 191t> when
he WIS appointed >v President Wilson United States
district ittorney for the eastern district of Michigan,
with oflicial residence at Detroit In the early part
of his term oflmal relations ietween tl e United States
and Uermanv were troktn anl Uter came tie leclar
ation <f wir The enfor em nt of war legislation
military and otherwise came tl rough 1 la office making
it a yeritalle st rn cei ter The proseiut on of the
anirchists, I W W e slackers ind conspirators made
the years ot 191" 18 full of stirring events connected
with his position The more importmt cases which
were prosecuted by Mr Kinnme included the Kale
Schmidt conspiracy case in which aiK persons were
conyicted at the end of a long triil of ctrnspira y to
How up bridges tunnels and irmories n Cinada anl
the United States for the purpose of crippling war
activities He also handled the Pillinger Windhorst
graft eise in connection with the construction of Camp
Custer which resulted in the conviction of the de
fendmts Perhips the moat important case resulting
from the war was the United States vs Gnnt Hugh
Browne md others t r conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernmenf in the sale of war materials bv the Inited
Stifes salvage boards wh ch yere organ zel through
ut the country if ter the close ot the war for the
1 sj OS t on of the q nnt ties of w ir materials then on
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haaJ ■iggtegitiDg m value ab ut t biihon and a hilt
dolHrs The tnii of this cise in the federal court at
Detroit consumed three months time and resulted in
the convieti n of the conapiratora
In IS**? Mr KinH'ine wia united m marriige to
Miaa Matile Crosbie of Bay City Michigan and they
1 a^ e two d'jughterB Margaret an 1 Janet Eleanor
iged re3peeti\ely Be\enteen and thirteen yeira Fra
ternally Mr Kmnane is ponneeted with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and m club circlea he la
well Xnown ^s a member of the Detroit Athletic Club
ind the Colonial dub of Bay City In politica he
I aa always been a atilwirt democrat and i reeogniaed
leader of the pirty in thia atate He represented Mieh
gin in the Baltimore convention which non mated
Woodrow Wilson for the preaidency He has always
maintained his resideuLe in Bay City an 1 has teit the
keenest interest in it a welfare and progress being
interested in a number of its business enterpriaes an 1
n all those activities and forces which make for its
upbuilding and advancement and the maintenanee of
high CIVIC atandar la He has been president of the
local board of trade and local bar assoo ation A con
temporary writer has said of him He is a man of
jleaamg personality and of forceful character His
ability as a Uwver la surpaaael by none anl he stands
today a aelf made man who is one of the leading citi
i-ens nf northeaatern Michigan H s is a conspieu
ouslv auccessfui career Endowed bj nature with high
intellectual qualities to which are added the discipline
and embellishments of culture lie is a noble character
^one that subordinates ptrsonal ami it on to public
t^ood an I seeks rather tl e bonoilt of others than the
aggrandizem nt of self
tLBEHT E BADCEK will known in raih av
circlei m Detroit occ ipies the poaition of asai-stiint t
fie president ot the Pere Marquettt Railroa 1 He
was born in this c ty December 31 1880 and is a son
of Anson and Emma (Ekstedt) Badger the f orn er
a nati\e of Eomeo Michigan while the latter was
born m '-'wedcii and came to America in her girlhood
la>a The flthir is one of the best known of the
older rcidents of D troit being the first lighthouse
keeper on Belle Isle the now famous Detroit amuse
mcnt park Be had cl arge of the government light
house on the islanj for many vears and was also afa
tiened at Gro-ise Pointe m charge of the government
light for two decades He later left the service and
became a trusted employe of the street ralway com
pan\ of this city and after man\ years connection
Mth the latter he resigned and has since lived re
t red Ha wife pasiel awai in Detroit in IS^tS In
their f an ily were three chillren Albert E and twin
brothers "WiUiam \ ani Joseih 0 who so closely
resemble each other that even inttn ate friends cannot
tell them apart
Albert E Balg r attenlel the public school at
Qrosse Pointe and later the Detr it 1 igh a hool after
which he became a student in tie Detroit Business
Universitv Following his graluation he secured a
minor position with the Pere Marquette Eailway in
1899 Starting as a lerk he later became a stenog
rapher with the track department and afterwarl w th
the engineering department Subsequent promotions
bro ight him to positions m the operating and in the
executive department and eventually he was ilvanced
to the position of assistant to the president and is
now d sehargmg imjortant anl responsible duties in
that connection The fact that he has remained with
the company through all these years la an mdi ation
of hia fldehty and ca] ability He la also (be presi
dent of the TVarren Avenue Develoiment < ompany
a real estate firm president of the Tireman Avenue
Development Company president of the Detroit Wood
8 lies Organization and president of the Days Work
Pul liahing Company
On the 30th of June 1903 m Detroit Mr Badger
was n arried to Miss Jennie Law daughter of Mr
and Mrs John Law of a prominent family of Lon
don Canada Three children have been born to Mr
and Mrs Badger Munel who was born in Detroit in
1904 and la now attending the Emma WiUard Sel ool at
Troy New Tork EatHeen who was born m Detroit
in 1009 and is n w a pupil in the Highland Park
P iblio school and Albert E born in 1914 and also
attenling the Highland Park achool
Mr Bailgtr is a Mason belonging to Highland Park
Lodge A F S, A M Peninaular Chapter RAM
Detroit Commandery K T Michigan fcovereign Con
Biatory S P E 8 and Moslem Temple \ A O N
M '^ He la also a consistent member of the Preaby
tenan church and his life has ever been characterized
by those innciples of integrity ani h nor which wm
for men confidence an 1 resj ect m ev erv eommnnitv
and every clime He anl his wife have many fnends
throughout Detro t anl occujv an enviable poa t on in
its social circles
J4MDS 4.DFECD B4LL4ED sales manager of the
Somet Solvay Company and of the Solvav Colliers
Company was born m ''vracuse New York Augist 10
1S74 his parents being \lfred George and Mary Eliza
beth Ballari the former a native of England while the
latter was born in New lorfc They removed to De
troit in 1904 and are now numbered among the most
bighlv respected residents of the city The father in
earlier life was a prominent carriage manufacturer of
&vraense and he became the president of the Ballard
Carnage Company of Detroit m which connection he
conducted an extensive and profitable business but la
now living retired To him and his wife were born
five children two of whom have passed away while
tl ose living are D W Ballard of New York city
Bertha M a teacher of domestic science m the public
scho la of Detroit and James \
The last named is the eldest of the family He at
tended the public scl ools of his native eity passing
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through cons mtive griles to the high school ind he
initiate I his I uamtsa career is in employe of the
Semet teoHaj Compinv with whn,h he obtained the
poaitiott of ofhce boy Diting the years which h%\6
Emee elapsed he has eontiuuall3 broidenel his
knowledge by study and experience in the buoineas and
hal advanced through the merit svstem winning each
promotion until at the present time he has complete
charge of the sales for both the Semet Soh ay Companj
and the Solviy Ool]iera Company His abilitj is
widely recognized and there is no phase of this busi
neaa with which he is not thoroughly acquainted He
IS also a director of the Conaumera Company of (-hi
eago, a director of the Deliay Connecting Bailwai of
Detroit, a director of the Fuel Saiing Heiter Corpora
tion of Detroit a director of the Detroit Concrete
Brick & Tile Company and a director of the Pretision
Die Casting Comiany of Syracnae I^ew Tiork
In November 1900 Mr Ballard was united in mar
riage to Miss Grace McKinstry of 8; racuae New York
daughter of Charles H ind Lyiia McKmstry of that
city Mr and Mrs Ballard have two children Dorothy
McKin^trj who was born in Dttroit in 1004 and is
attending tie Howard teeminarv at West Bndgewater
Mas'iachusetts of which C P Ken lall is the principal
and James Alf re I who was born in Detroit m 1911 an I
IS a pupil m the schools of this cit}
Mr Ballard gnes his political allegiance to the re
publican partj and keeps well inlormei on the ques
tion? and issues of the da> but has not sought nor
desired ofiice He belongs to the Detroit At! letic Club
also to the Detroit Golf Club and to the OaUan 1 Hilla
Country Club of which he s ^ director His religioua
faith IS that of the Ejiai-opal church and he n a mem
her of the Young Men s Christian ^ssociition He is
likewise prominent lu Masonic circles belonging tc
the various different bodies of tl e order and in Detroit
Commandexy No 1 K T he has filled the position of
eminent commander He is likewise a member of the
Knights of Pythias His social qualities have made
him popular m all the organizations with which he la
connected, while the sterling traits which he hoa dia
played m buameas haie won for him a most prominent
position Starting out in life empty han led he has
steadily worke 1 his way upward thoroughness and
energy bringing him prominenth to the fore in con
nection with the coal and c<ke trade of Detroit
Obstacles and difficulties m his path have seemed but
to serve as an imjetua for renewed effort on his part
and his determination his lovalty and his rehabihtv
have brought him the advancement that places him in
a position of lirge reaponaibilitj at the present time
BEENAHD 8CHW4HT7 Among the many lirge
and flourishing industries of which Detroit Lan be
proud IB the cigar manufacturing plant of thi Bernard
Schwartz Cigar Corporation founlid bv and name!
after its president Bernard Schwartz He was born
m Europe in the \ car 1S72 When he waa tl rteen ho
emigrated with his parents to Montreal Canida and
it was as d. young man id the capital ot Quebec that
he embarked on his business career by becoming an
apprent ce cigar maker
In IShS Mr Schwartz crossed the border into the
Un ted totates and tiok up residence in the Lity of
Detroit Here he worked as a cigar maker for a num
her of vears not only doing his work lapablj but
taking alvanttge of everv oppottunitv to further his
knowledge ot the iigar business When by diligence
and conservative methods Mr bchwartz had aecnmn
lated sufficient capital to set up m business for him
self he established a cigar faetorv of his own In
thia small estiblishment in the vear lb95 ho first put
into practice the expert knowledge he had gained
through mastering the ci^ar business from the ground
up
Today Bernard SlI wartz a early efforts have been
rewarded The business he founded has reached
gratifying jruportions In a modern compktely
equipped factory ftur hundred people — many of them
experts la their line — are emplcjcd to manufacture the
well known R G Dun cigars To lav the Bernard
Schwartz Cigar Gorporat on occupies an eminent posi
tion in the cigar industry thanks to the initiative of
its founder, his consilerato attitude toward his em
ploves his strict business integrity and conacientioua
discharge of his obligations
Bernard Schwartz baa through his successful busi
neaa enterprise contributed substantially to the pros
jenty of Detroit More than that through his ex
emplarj life he has been a source of helptul inspiration
to those with whom le haa come m contact By
sterling e^cimple and friendly advice he has done much
to upbft less fortunate individuals while those cauaea
which have as an obiect the benefit of humanitv hive
always had hia loyal support
In 1895 Mr Schwartz waa united m marriage to
Miss Esther Eothstem To this union v^ere bom two
snns and a daughter Norman Theoiore and Yetta
The sons have followed the teachings of their father
and are now associated with him m business both as
tfiicers of the Bernard fechwartz Cigar Corporation
In hia political views Mr Schwartz la a republican
His religious faith is indicated by his membership in
Temple Beth El Fratarnall3 he is identified with the
Kn ghta of Pvthias anl the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and also w th several clubs of the city
GLOEGl. P WFIERMTLLEE a rej resentative mer
cl djit <t Detroit connected with the furniture trade
anl belonging to tne of the old families of the city,
was born here on the Jlst of May 1868 his parents
being Philip and Marv inn (Fuhrman) Weyermiller,
the latter a native of Detroit while the former was
born in Germany but came to America in early youth
He took up his abode in Detro t ab<ut the time of the
Civil war anl his lovaltv to his adoited land prompted
his enlistment in the Union armv He jome 1 the com
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mani of Captain George W ( ooks ot tbe Sixteenth
Miehigin Infantry, being enrolled is a Union soldier
on the 3d of \ugust, Ifetjl from which date, until hon
oriblv discharged at Pttexsburg on the 7 th of Sep tern
ber, 1864, he saw much attive fighting participating
m 1 number of the hotly eontested engagements of the
war After leiung the army he returned to Detroit
md entered the m'lil aeruce as an employe in the
Detroit post oflico, becnmmg one of tbe first letter
carrier'! of the eity, bia number being nine He eon
tinned in the mail seri lue for a quarter of a century,
rem lining actue in thit connection until his death,
vihich oicurroi May 21 1891 when he wis fifty fiye
<, eara of age He passed away highly respected by all
wl o knew him His wife auryned for two decades,
dvm^ in Detroit in 1911, at the age of aisty three
( ears In their family were seyen children George P ,
Philir, Charles Albert, Mra Setrak TJtnjian, Mrs
Henry Began tnd Mrs Leonard AHie, all of Detroit
George P WeyermiUer obtained hia education m the
Detroit sthools pass ng through the grides to the high
sicl ool and after he had laid aside his textbooks
enterel upon an apprtnti eahip to the upholsterer s
trade receiving the mun fioent aalarj of i lollat per
week He completed a thre years term of indent ire
y th tl e Flattery Furniture Company and at the end of
tlis time he secured emjlojment as a regular joirney
man thus continuing in buaineaa until February *" 1S99
During this period he carefully sav e 1 hia earnings until
hia capital was sufficient to enable him to engage m
b lainess on his own account He entered into partner
ihip with Joapph Mueller .ind the r ombined capital
amount d to about a thousand dollars They eatab
1 shel a small store at No 903 East Lafayette atreet
and there eont nued m business tor two years at the
end of w hich time they found the r qi artera inadequate
to meet the growth of the r trade and lought a more
commodious location They se ured the present lot on
which a building of ample proportions was ere ted
and amce tl en tl eir trade has steadily increased for
they carry an extensiVL line of high class furniture
The motto of tl e firm of Weyermiller &. Mueller is
honest yaluea and following the commen labia
course wh eh they have narkel out for themaehes
thej have made their c mj any n<in e a household word
re ognizel aa a synonym for progre'ian enesa reli
ability energy and courtesy Mr Weyermillor is a
member of the Michigan Furniture Bealers Assoc a
tion and thus keeps m touch with the trend of the
tra le ita progresa and the improvement of business
conditions
On the 24th of November 1S91 m Detroit Mr
We>ermilleT was married to Miss Pauline C Hensien
a daughter of John P Hena en of a well known and
J rominent famih of the city Mr and Mrs Weyer
miller hive one child George F born m Detroit m
ISB" He waa in the training camp for overseas serv ee
when the armistice waa signed. He is married and has
one child, Henry George, born in Detroit.
Mr Wejarmiller (onfentrites hia efforts and atten
tion upon his hon e ani his business and the tlioroui,h
ness with which he has tarried on his interests has
been one of the atrung elements m his growing sue
cess He has adi anced steadily step bj step winning
t comfortable competence as the years have passe 1
and today he la prominejitlj known in connection with
the furniture trade in Detroit
r AUL WENZFL Many citizens of this community
have worked their way steadily upward through
earnest labor and close application to a point of
affluence and succesa and suih is the record of Paul
Wenzel, one of Detroit s highly respected and well
known citizens, who as the result ot his diligence and
thrift IS toJav the owner of a comfortable home and
an excellent business, together with other income
bearing property He is widely known as a plumbing
ind heating contractor m which connection he has
developed a business of very substantial jroportions.
He was b>rn in Germany December 29 1307 and is
a son of Charles and Theresa (Burau) Wenzel who
were also nat ves of that country Tl ere the father
spent his life and following his demise the mother
ame to the United States m lft80 taking up her rosi
dence m Detroit In the family were five children
Frnst engaged in the plumbing heating and lighting
b siness as a contractor of Detroit Paul of this re
view Emil who paased awav in this city Edward
who also makes hia home m Detroit and \lbert de
ceased
Paul Wenzel attended the graded and parochial
schools <f Detroit and continued his education as a
night school student after he had be!,un providing for
hia own support m order tl at he might qualify for
more important duties iii the bua neas world His
first emplojment was n tl e Frost paint factory while
later he securel a jos tion w th the Michigan Stove
Works wh re he remame ) for several years He next
went to tl e Michigan Bolt & Nut Worka and after
ward became an apprentice at the plum>mg trade m
tl e employ of Mr Hilsendegen a well known con
tractmg plumber later entering into business on his
own account Since then he has made steid^ progrc'^s
ind has done splendid work in eonneeti n with the fire
statmns of Detroit as well as in a number of largo
factory build ngs of the city including the F nk o er
all factory \s the years have lassed he has invested
his profits in vacant lots which he has improved with
attractive homes and has leased Prosperity has at
tendel hia well directed labors and what he has ac
comj lished represents the fit util zat on of hii innate
]oweri ani talents
On the 18th of March IS 5 Mr Wenzel was mar
r ed to Miss Otillia Zierv ogel t Detroit a daughter
of Mr and Mrs Otto Ziervogel Tl ey have become
parents of four children Mrs Lvdia Hotchkiss who
was bom m Detroit m 1896; Elmer, born in 1898,
Dilla, born in 1900; and Florence, born in 1907. The
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last named la now attendmg sihool The rtligious faith
of the family 13 that of the Luthtran church Mr
Wenzel maintains an independent coiiTse m politics
while fraternalli he is onnected with the Loyal
Order of Moose He also belongs to the Master
Plumb ere Association ind is interested in all that
tends to promote trade and commerce along the lines
of legitimate dei elopment an I thus add to the pnigresa
and prosperity of the rity Hii own course haa been
marked by steady advancement and shonld serve to
inspire and eniourage others
HAEE1 A BOSS No line of business aetmty m
the United States has developed more rapidly within
the past decade than ha? the motion picture industrj,
which, quickly passing beyond the eii erimental stage
has reached the highest possible degree of perfection
in the "silent drama " Among the men who were
gifted with the ability to foresee the unlimited posai
bilities presented in this field of Pndeav or is numbered
Harry A Ross a pioneer m the industry, who is now
filling the ceaponaible position of district manager for
the Famous Plav era Lasltv Corporation with head
quarters in Detroit
He wai born m Oskaloosa, Iowa, July % 1R87 his
parents bting Aaron ani Molly (Downing) Boss, who
wore natives of Ohio and bPcime eirly settlers ot the
Hawkcve state The grandparents mere of Scotch and
Irish ancestry and at on early period in their liv es
they emigrated to this country Aaron E01B devoted
his life to the occupation of farming, and his demise
occurred in Iowa in 1890 after whuh his widow re
moved to Logan county, Ohio where she bravely took
up the burden of rearing her little f m ly bh p d
away m Detroit m 1918 at the horn f th >] t f
this review Mr and Mrs Boss beca th p t £
four children Irwm and Beniam 1 t II
res dents of Logan county :)h 0 H d h m k
h s home at Mar on that state and H y A
The last named attended the gr m h 1 f
Logan count 01 0 to the age of t y h. h
la d as de his teitbooks in order that h m ght d h
mother n s pport ng tl e fam ly H If
t on n a grocery where 1 e was en ploy d for several
years and then served an apprent cesl i to tl e she t
m.etal trade wh ch he cont nued to folio v unt 1 I'^OS
The mot on picture bus ness was then n ts fancy
and Mr Boss at once became nterested n th 3 now
Ime of act ■^ ti opening one of tl e first mov ng p ture
houses n Logan countj Oh 0 It vas some t me lefore
the popnlar fancy vas caught bj th s new art but
Mr Boss np er lost fa th n ult mate success anl
after d spos ng of h 1 Logan county theater he started
t vo others at Kenton Oh wh le later he a ]u red
possess on of t 0 add t onal ho ses one I e ng at L ma
and the other it Col mbns that state These he subse
quentiy sold a a ^ ol proht and p rehised the state
r gl ts for f I e h ghest class of films then upon tl e
market operat g a book ng agen y T lun bus for
a jear afttr which he sold hia intercity and joined the
Famous PlajersLask\ Corporation m 1916, becoming
connected viith the Detroit branch of the organization.
Later he was made assistant general siles raaniger
tor the United States, with headquarters in New lork,
but subsequently returned to Detroit to accept the
position of district manager for the company — an office
of great importance and responsibility, tor which hia
broad oiperience and superior business ability well
fit hira The Detroit district which is known as dis
trict No 4 includes the states of Michigan, Ohio and
Indiana an 1 extends as far cast as tittsburgh Pennayl
vania, serving the largo cities of Detroit, Cleveland
and Cincinnati, Ohio and Pittslurgh, in addition to
many towns of lesser importance Mr Bo'S his de
V eloped this branch from a fourteen man organiyation
to cne which now requires sixty tour experienced em
ployes, and the business is housed m one of the moat
modern him offices in the country The building is of
hreproot construction an 1 tl e exchange occupies an
entire floor, utilizing a floor space of ten thousand
square feet This is one of the largest and most
important districts of the comjany catering to excep
tionallv cultured and critical audiences, and particular
care must be exercised m the selection of films which
will meet with the approval of pitrons Mr Boss'
position IS by no means a sinecure, and great credit la
due him for his effective anl capable work in deyelop
ing the interests of which he haa charge The Famous
Players Liskv Corporation is the best and most success
ful compan3 in the motion picture industry its desti
nics being controlled by Adolph Zukor, Jesse L Lasky
and Cecil B DcMille — names which have become
f m th gh t tl 11 ction with this
t li U f t tj Th y
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BUBkJhBry Ebt Warwick, Mar
E yant Washburn
1 Ethel Clayt n and
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k of art and 1 ave
b ra w 11 Ti d a th h 1 t ach eveme t of
art it e wortl n conne t on th the mov ng p ture
ndustrv
At Bellefonta n
Boas was marr ed to M ss Lou e
of Mr uid Mrs Wallace W W 11
lents of that r'aee To th s ni
tl ree ch Idren Densmore whose b rth 0 cnrrel 0
Kenton 01 0 n lOlO CI fford wl o v as born n that
c ty n 1912 ind B chard who aa I orn Columbus
that state n 1014
Mr Eo^9 ma nta s an ndepenlent att tule n pol
f ca and when not occup ed w th tl e cares of bni ness
he finds h s greatest happ ness with h s fan ly h s
home be ng h s club H s 1 fe history s an nterest ng
one a,, t I cates what may be accompl shed 1 en
leterra nat on I 1 gence and c rage lead the vay
pi J the n
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The conditions ot hi^ early youth aroused his self
reliance and independence and developed a strong
an! \ig roiis minhood th it his embled hiin to cope
witl thi problems of life and find tor them a ready
ant ac urate solution He has constructed hia own
suecess and the record ot his athiev ements la the
belt commentary upon his ability and enterprise
■VMLLI^M A LO\K Business enterprise in De
troit finds a j rumment rej resent'itive m William
A L< ar a leiimg stoekl roker of the city whose
intLrLSfs ire tonlutted under the trm style ot W A.
Loar &, Company He was born in Kinaas City
Missouri August 10 1S79 and m botl the piternal
ind maternil lines represent at lyes of the f^mlly live
figure 1 frominently in the militarj history of tie
lo intry tor minj years Hia pirents were Charles
and Lena (MillLr) Loar who in pioneer timeg left
tl e stife f New York journeying up the Ohio
Misaissipfi ani Miasoiri ruera to Kansas City where
they resided for i time and liter went to Washingtoi
the fatter becoming the owner of ■» large cattle ranch
in that state Hs two greatgrandfathers were witl
Perry at the battle of Lake Erie and his paternal
grindfather jarticij-ated in the Mexican war while
his maternal grandfather Dai id Miller ^eryed in the
Cnil war as taptam of Con pany D One Hundred ani
Twenty thirl Ohio Volunteer Infantry
In the acquirement of an education William A
Loar atten led the p ibhc schools of Kansas City
Missouri and Ptroeroy Washington after which ho
was graduated from Armstrong e Business UnnersttT
at Seattle while subsequently he became a student
m the law school of Hillsdale College of Michigai
His initial commercial exj enence was obtained m
connection with the import ng and exporting bnsi
nesa at Seattle Washington and from 1899 until
1901 he was in the Klondike m AUska Ho then
came to Detroit and for some time was ilentifled
with the firm of Dudson & Card well known stock
brokers of tins e ty On the 1st of January 1921 he
embarked in the business on h s own account open
mg a lar^e suite of offi.ccs on the seconl fioor of the
Murphy builimg His interests are conluotel under
the stjle of 'W A Loar & Company and they are
assotiatc n embers of the New lork Stock Eichange
Mr Loar is thoroughly informed concerning the i alue
of investments in larioif lines and is moat capably
managing his affairs doing a Krge business in for
eign exchange
Mr Loar was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle
01 \e Hite of Fremont Ohio and they have an ex
tens le fircle of friends m the city In religious faith
Mr Loar is a Methodist and his political allegiance
IS gl^ en to the republican party He is a Mason in
high standing belonging to Ashlar Lodge No 91
F & A M Peninsular Chapter RAM Michigan
fcoiereign Consistory \ & 4. '^ E m which ho has
taken the thirty second degree and Mcslem Temple
ot the Myat c Shrine He is also elitor ot the
Ashlar Bulletin a MasoniL, periodical and is a gentle
man of broad culture whose life has ever been guided
by high and honorable principles In the management
of his business interests he has btcn progressive
energetic aid cajable and n the distharf,e ot his
dutKs as a citizen he has it all tines been actuated
by a TLgarl ftr the public welfare
W C hPRAU IS a well known repr s ntit ye of
industrial interests in Detroit as treasurer of the
Barnes Wire Pence Companj a positi n whi<h he has
occupied fur the past eight years He was born m
San luski 01 10 a son of John and Elizabeth (Scheid)
'^prau boti of whom were of Gernan ancestry but
native Americana In the acquirement of his educi
tion he attealed the public schools <rf his native citj
an 1 also pursued a course of study n Purdue Univer
sitj of Lafayette, Ind ana from which he was grad
uated with the class of 1906 with the degree of Me
etanical Engineer He worked in various positions
for a, time and for five years reman ed in the service
of Bion J Arnull a consulting eng necr <f Chicago
in association with whom he gamed varied and val
uatle experience m hart or and subway operations In
1913 he became identified with the Barnes Wire Fence
Company of Detroit and has s nee served as its treas
urer contributing m no small measure to tho cont nued
gr wth ini success of the enterprise The company js
engaged m the manufacture (t wire fence and wire
window guards and something of the dev elopment of
the business is indicated in the fact that it doubled
tie caiacit} of its plant in 19'0
On the 17th of April 1907 Mr Sprau was united m
marriage to Miss Bertha Lydia Miller and tho-\ have
become parents of four children Ursula William John
Eittv and Charles Herbert Mr Sprau gives his j;o
htical allegiance to the republican party while hia
religious faith is indicated by hia membership in the
West Grant Boulevard Methodist church of which he
IS serving as treasurer Fraternally he is identifi.ed
w th tl e Masons belonging to Union Lodge A F &
A M Palestine Chapter RAM and Damascus
Commandery He is also a member of the business
men a class of the Toung Men a Christian Aaaociatiou
<tn 1 belongs to the Kiwanis Club An alert energetic
and progressive business man he has won a most cred
itable I aition in industrial circles of this city while
his social qualities are such as gam him friends wher
LAWRENCE HICKEY Since 1906 Lawrence
Hickev has been a resident of Detroit and thro ugl out
thia period he has teen identified with the grocery
business being now at the head of a large enterprise
of this character He is an alert energetic and pro
gressive business man who has never feared to venture
where favoring opportunity has pointed out the way
■md success in substantial measure has rewarded hia
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efEorts. He is a native of Indiana, his birth having
ocflurred in Terra Haute, on the 10th of August, 1866.
Hia parents were Patrick and Margaret (Leahy)
Hiekoy, the latter also a native of Indiana. The father
was born in Ireland and in 18i0 when but a child,
eroswd the Atlant e w th h a parents ii a sa 1 ng vessel
About t 0 month ere o naumed a mat ng the lour
ney wh eh was fraught w th miny dangers and d a
comforts Alter reach ng tl a ountry the parents
made the i way to Ind ana aettl ng in B a sv lie and
there they cont nuei t les de for bout th ty fi e
years pissing awiy m thit city Their son Patnek
became a resident of Terre Haute Indiina whtre lie
took up railroad work following that pursuit for a
period of twenty years Prom 1S79 until l&fiS he en
gaged in the grocery busintss at Terra Haute and Bub
eequently lued retired m that eity until hia demiae
wbioh occurred in 1912 He had long survned hia
wife who there passed away in 1884 In th ir tamily
were ten thildren seven of wh m are leoeased Those
Imng are Daniel W and Lawrence, both residents of
Detroit anl Mrs Eugene feullivan who resides in
Indiacajobs Indiana
In the acquirement uf in education Lawrence
Hiekey attended the parochial and feraled ai.hools f
hia native citv and hia initial buaincsa experience waa
obtained m his father s grocery store Following the
retirement of the latter from active (ommercial pur
suits Mr Hickey of thia review wtnt to St Louis,
MiBsoun, where he continued actn e in the grocerv
business until l'»Olj, when ho came to Detroit entering
the employ of the Peter femith & bons C rocery Com
pany with which he waa identified for three yeara He
then became connected with the G & E McMillan
Grocery Lompany act ng aa general manager of their
business foi ten veari On thu expiration of that
j.eriod he severed hia connection with that firm and
entered commercial tircks independently establishing
a wholesale grocery business of wbich he hia since
been aole ptoi rietor He tatera exclusively to tl e
hotel and lestairant trade and hia buamesa has now
reached extensive proportions owing to hia marked
executive abilitv close application and lung expenente
in thia ime of activity
In Terre Haute Indiana on the 20th of Sej-tember
1899, Mr Hickey was united m marriage to Misa
Harriet J Meader a laughter of Mr anl Mrs Solo
mon R Meader prominent residents ot that ity Mrs
Hickey is a lady of culture and refinement poaseaaed
of a kindlj an 3 svmpathetio nature She devotea a
large portion of her time to charitable work and as
chairman of the relief work of the Detroit Review
Club she has been the means of bringing relief and
much needed assistance to miuy poor families of the
citj She la also treasurer of the Detroit Federation
of Vi omen a Cluba and her many admirable traita of
character have won for her a large circle of warm
In his political v
s Mr Hickev is a democrat a
in religious faith he is a Catholic, hia memberahip be-
ing with St. Agnes' church of Detroit. Hia public
apirit finds expression in hia membership in the Board
of Commerce and all of its projects for the general
welfare meet with his hearty cooperation. Industry
has been the key which has unlocked for Mr. Hickey
tie jortals of success. Thoroughness and diligence
] a e hara terized all his work and in business circles
I e has b CO ne recognized as a man to be trusted,
\ INE LA EUE SMITH, M. D. So diatinetively has
orthopedit surgery proved its consistency and its in
estimable lalue lu alleviating human suftering and dis
tress, that it has called into its professional ranks
many men of high ethical ideals and earnest desire
to be of service to humanity In Detroit a successful
and representative exponent of thia benefitent phase
of practice is Dr Yme La Rue fcmith who maintains
his ofSce at 110 Glalwin building
Dr Smith was born in Flint Michigan on the 10th
<t Tulv 18"-' and la a son of Antua Allen and Suaan
(Bald nin) bmith both likewiae natives ot Michigan
within whoae borders their respective families were
established in the middle pioneer period of the state s
history Aritus A Smith became one of the prominent
and successful contractors and builders m the citv of
Flint where many buildings of auperior tjpe remain
to attest hiB abibty m his chosen vocation He con
tinned hia residence f 1 ere until his death m 18^0 anl
his w dew now maintains her home at Chandler Delta
county this state The other two children who aur
Vive the father are Matthew B, of Penton, Genesee
countv and Claude of Eivor Eouge Wayne county
The early education of Dr Vine La Rue Smith was
obtained principaUy m the public ai-hoola of Detroit
and in 1R98 he was graduated from the Detroit College
of Medicine from which he receive! the degree of
Doctor of Medicine He then completed a post
grad lite course in the Harvey Medical College Chi
cago and from this institution he received a supplemen
tal legree of €)o(tor of Medicine m 18159 Thereafter
he cot tinned in successful general practice in Chicago
until 1904 On the lat of April of that year he estab
lished his residence in Detroit where he has aini,e
confine 1 hia attention to orthopedic surgery in which
he has gained authoritative standing high reputation
and imqualified lucceoa as is evident when it la stated
that in his special Sell he has a position of oonceded
leadership m the Michigan metropolis He has
handled many delicate eases in the surgical correctioi
of congenital and other deformities and malformations
of children and his success along this line represents
a fine type of humanitarian service In 1902 he madp
a trip abroad primarily for the purpiae of doing post
graduate work in leading hospitals anl medical col
leges and m this connection he availed himself of the
clinical advantages of repreaentative institutions m
the itiCB of Berlin Hamburg and Leipsio Germany
and London and Liverpool, England He is actively
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idpntified with the American Medie-il Asaociation, the
Michigan State Medieal Society and the Wayne County
Medical Society Aside from the work of his profes
sion Dr Smith la a director of the Guaranty Trust
Company of Detroit the Oak View Cemetery Aiaoeia
tion the Yrgo Laundry Company and the Beasenger
Moore Lind Company He holds membership m the
Detroit Athletic Club, the Bed Run Golf Club and the
Michigan Club He is afiiliated with the Miaonic
fraternity including Damascus Commandery of
Knighta TempHri and alao the M\sti Shrine and he
and hia wife ire ictive members of Pre^bvtenan
On June 15 1905 Dr Smith marrad M as Fannie
4n elia Beecher daughter of Norman A Beecher of
Phnt M 1 ig^n ind the three children f this union
ire Heiei Euni e Mirthi Miy and Vine Li Rue Jr
C F CAKNEY senior partner in the Carney
Labidie Company distributors of F reatone tirea and
rims and of the Exide batteries las dei eloped a
business of aubatantial proportiona since sfartiig out
m this field He was born in Toledo Ohio and there
acquired his earlv education while in the athooi of
experience he ha? learned man'v valuabl lessons He
has ilways been in the d stributmg buamtas 1 ure but
was ais>ciated with hia father in the milling buamesa
f r ome 1 ears in Toledo before his removal to
Detroit
It was m WIO that P F Carney and loitph
Libadie formed the Carney Labadie C ompany and
A I Carney waa also interested m tbe business from
the beginning The fartnership was maintained until
1017 when Mr Labadie withdrew and the three
Carnei brothers C P A I and Leo F then formed
the present company and ha\e smet eondmted the
buames? with great anciess They established their
present stand at l^to 5"87 Woodward ayen le m 1911
and since then have oj-et ed two other stores one at
the corner of Fort street and Fourteenth and thi
other at No 3141 to ^143 Jefferson avenue East
n eir buaineas has grown t< auch dimenaiona that
thc\ la\e ].ur<haaed the old McGraw estate on Cass
avenue where tl ev are planning t« erei,t a fii e
building in the near future Their business ha^ long
been or t ot large and gratifying proportions They
handle the Firestone tires and rims ai 1 thu Exidt
batteries and have a large press station and wheel
repaint g department and vulcanizing shop
1 ( n to their batter> charging static
ui dertake the-v accomilnh and their ■
a strong force m wresting fortune i
of fate
411 three of the Carnej brothers ar
members ot the Knights of Columbus and C 1
Oaroej is likewise connected w th the Bene\ olent
Irntecti^e Order ot Elki All are also members of
tie Rttarv Clut
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rom the hands
9 fourth degree
i I Carney was united m marriage to Misa Cath
erine Dojle of Toledo Ohio while Leo P Carney
wedded Motta Maldis ot South Bend Indiana An
other brother, Joseph A Carnev has come into the
business ajid i? m mager of the Jefferson, avenue
store The three brothers wl o are partners in the
enterprise are alert energetic men who are rated
aa a dynamic force m the business iireles of the
eitj, haMHg W5n remarkable success Their labors
are fir reaching and resultant and their reputation
plates them with the foremost business men of the
WILLIAM J KILP iTKICE Public oj inion is the
criterion which establishes the positi n of ti e indi
iidual and his worth in connett on with all these
interests whi h in one way or another affett the general
welfare Judged bj this standard William J Kil
j.atrick IS a popular and progressn e citizen of Detroit
where he wis well known until a recent d^te as the
tact on manager of the Burroughs Adding Machine
Company A nafn e of Chatham Ontario he wis born
Jul> IS 1S82 his parents being Alexander and Sarah
(Edwards) Kilpatnck natives of Ireland and England
respectnelj They came to \menca m early life the
father settling hrst in the state of New York after
whjch he removed to San Francisco Cahtornia when
yet a young man Liter he returned eastward and
took up his abode in Chatham Ontar o where he met
and married Sarah Edwards who had gone with her
jarents to that citv, where she was elutated Mr
Kilpatnck following his marriage engaged in farming
and was numbered among the suocessf il ignculturiats
of that district until 1885 when he sold his property
there and removed with his family to Detroit here
Imng retired until hia death To Mr and Mrs Kil
Patrick were born four chillren William of this re
view J A who IS with the General Motors Corpora
tion at Saginaw Michigan Grace deueased and
Margaret now the wife of F Pophard of Detroit
William T Kilpatnck was a pupil in the Detroit
schools until he had maatured the usual branchea of
Uarning after whith hi, fursued a technical vourae
with the International Correspondence Sthool and was
graduated m 1005 He started o it in the buaineas
w orld as an emploj e of the Detroit Trolley Manuf actur
mg Company with oflicea m the Boydell b nldmg m
Detroit While m that ] osition he had the distinction
and honor of building the first Ford motors and he eon
tinned to serie the fompany until it was merged with
the Ford Motor Company He next became connected
with the Bojer Tool Company and after i time with
the Canadian Tj j ographical Companj A year was
spent in the latter connection and he then entered the
^orthe^n Engineering Works Later he was offered
and accepted the position of assistant foreman of the
manufacture of special machines with the Burroughs
Adding Machine Company and his capabil ty won him
promotion to the office of assistant general superin
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1J03 Mr K Ipalrick was
8 Poapeshil ot Detroit
They have become
tendent in that department His next adv ince brought
him to the I osition of aafliatant superin ten dent of m
veatioas and after a time he became aasistant fattory
manager and still later was made genera! m'lniger of
the factory ba^mg (.harge of the entire operations of
the plant at the factory, which is one of the eountrj s
great industrial institutions highly ivstemitiEed m
ita methods and m the preparation ot its ontput To
day the Burro ighs add ng machines are known m eierj
civilized country on the f ce of the globe and the
position which Mr KiIpatriLk filled as general manager
was one of marked respon8ibilit\ and importance He
IS familiar with every phase ot the b is ness and
possesses that mechanical skill and mgi-nuity which
enables him to understand the \<iixe of the service ot
each workmm At the same time he has exeeutue
power that is manifest in the svstemati^ation and cor
relation of the w ork, so that n aximum resi Its are pro
duced by a minimum expenditure of time labor and
material and this as the world acknowledges la the
basis ot all legitimate success Keeei tly he rtsigne 1
his position
On the 9th of September
married to Miss Joseph
daughter of Jacob B E<
parents of two children Wilford bom la 1104
now attend ng the University of Mithigan, and Stan
lej born m 1906, a stulent of the Northwestern high
school
Poiitieally Mr Kilpatnek follows the tedthings of
the republican party He is a member of the Oakland
HiUs ( ountry Club but has had comparatively littie
leisure for club activities and his membership relations
are rather along the line of his chosen vocation for
he IS identified with the American Society of Mechan
ical Engineers and the American So(iety of Weights
and Measures Within a little more than a de<ade Mr
Kilpatnek has advanced from a minor position m the
business world to a place of prominence
WILLI 4M A EL\CKBURN well known m manu
faetunng circles of Detroit was born in Bradford
Yorkshire England November 6 1872 He dates his
residence m America from the \i.ar m wbith he at
famed his majority and since IIOj le has male his
home m Detroit. His parents were Samuel and Annie
(Carlton) Blackburn, who came to the new world
from England in 1S93, settling in Woonsocket, Khode
Island. The father was a traveling salesman through-
out his active business life. Both he and his wife have
passed away. Their family numbered two children, the
daughter being Mrs. Elizabeth Lambert of North-
bridge, Massachusetts.
William A. Blackburn attended the public schools to
the eighth standard in England and then entered upon
an apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Pitts
Machine Company, manufacturers of the Singer sewing
machine in England. There he served for six years
before completing hig apprenticeship and receiving his
paptrs He then came to imcrica and obtained em
plo^ment at the plant of the Wardwell faewing Ma
thine C rapan^ in W oonsocket Ehode Island, working
IS a toolmaker toubsequently he was emplojed by
the Brown &, faharpe Manufai.furing Company ot Provi
dente in the eajanty of toolmaker and while thus
tngaged he look up a, correspondence course in me
chanics through the Si-ranton Lorresj ondente bi_hool
4fter diligent study he was awarded his diploma and
accepted a posit on as foreman in the die making de
partment ot the Atlantu, Rubber Shoe Company of
Providence Ehode Island From that position he was
advanced to the iuperintendency of the department
and so continued until 1105 when he resn,ned and
lamc to Detroit Here he acted as foreman of the
Cadillac Motor Car Manufacturing Company for two
J ears d,nd later he became connected with the screw
machine department ot the Burroughs Adding Machine
Company an! was in charge of the department when
he left that corporatioi He then again took a posi
tion as gener il foreman with the Cadillac Motor Car
Manufacturing Comj.any and rose through successive
I romotions io tactorj manager At a later period he
went t< Chicago with the Bryant Manufacturing Com
I any remaining in that eitj for fifteen months en
f,aged in war work On the expiration of that period
he returned to Detroit and became connected with the
Gray Motor Company manufacturers of automobile
ind marine motors as general manager, with which
c(ni.em he remained until 1921. Mr Blackburn was
one of the mechanics selected to develop the Liberty
motor for the Calillac Company which has proven
such a wonlerful suecesa He has also perfected many
j atents lor n otors and has recently completed an
invention and received his patent on a device which is
destined to jlice him in the front rank of patentees
of auto inventions Already to his credit he has the
automatic rest the metallic lust shield and a newh
eonstru ted valie all <f which have been of markel
value to the trade He belongs to the American So
oietv of Mechanical Engineers and his pronounced
abibty is widely recognized In March, 1922 Mr
Blackburn with two associates organized the Clover
Creamery Company of whj h he is secretary and
treasurer Their new and thoroughly modern plant la
at 910 West Milwaukee avenue.
On the 9th of October, 1S95, Mr. Blackburn was
united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Hoyle of Black-
atone, Ma.SBaehusetts, a daughter of Isaac Hoyle,
prominently known at that place. Mr. Blackburn has
attained high rank in Masonry, is a member of Detroit
Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templars; and a thirty-
second degree Mason in Michigan Sovereign Consis-
tory, while with the Nobles of the Myatie Shrine he
has also crossed the sands of the desert. He is
thoroughly in sympathy with the purposes and activi-
ties of the craft but the major part of hia time and
attention is given to the important business interests
which he is developing — interests which have brought
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him into prominence as an inventor and which ate
placing hijn in a conspicuous position in the automobile
industry.
FRANK J. CYMAN, M D , is « ell known in medn,al
circles of Detroit as a suetes'iful phj sieian and sur
geon and for the past fi^e jears he has maintamei an
office in the village of Hamtramck, wbere he has
built up a large practlLC He was born in Buffalo,
New York Jan ary IS 1SS4 a son of Then as and
Josephine (Tokirska) C3man ho be ame tie parents
of four eh Idren He atte ded the publ c an! parochial
s hool f h a n'it ve e tj and from 19l>6 u t 1 IQOS
■iS a at dent at tl e ''t Lou s Un verH ty at "nt Lou s
M ssou In l^Qi) he entered the College of Phys c ans
and Surgeons o thit c ty ini n the follow ng year
IS gra luated from that nst tut on af ten ard go ng
to Waco Te-ias vhere for fi e n onths he onducted
1 sin tar uqi He next opened a san tar un for taber
e lar pat ents at Hobson that state be ng as? ated
bj a corps of p! ys c ans and for four years vas at the
head of that mst tution In 1914 he ame to Detro t
an 1 began the pract ce of med cme at No 1043 Mc
Dougal ^ven e here he cont nued u 1 1 111 when
he located n Hamtramck establ sh n" a oftice on
Tuaepl Can piu a en e In 2^18 he opened h present
ftiee at No '740 Cin ff street and h s pract ce has
tecone a ve y ettens e one He thoroughly under
atanda the ac ent fie as well ts the pract eal phases of
h s profeiB on and s correct n the applieat on of h s
knowledge to the needs of h a pat enta keep ng ever
n to cl w th the trend of n ode a profess onal
tho ght research and nveat gat on
In 1^14 Dr C man marr ed M as Martha Waszow
ka anl they ha e two ao s Prank J and Thaldeus
Dr Pjman B profess onal connect ons are w th the
Wo. ne County and M h gan State Med oal Sue et es
1 1 the Amcr in Med eal Aaao at on Ha progres
« e ap r t a I broad 1 n an tar an pr nciplos have
prompted h m to put forth effect e effort for the
tie alle at on of th l!a of mank d anl he has
gained h gl stand ng n h a profeas on h s worth to
tl e con n un ty be ng del ack owledged
THiRLEb H WIEBEB s ell known n [us neas
c rcles f Detro t as the se or member of the fi m of
W el pr & Haaelhul n ondu t ng one of the lead ng
ir nt ng estahl al ments of th s c ty He s re o^n zed
a a cai able s ncere ind progress e b s ness man
vhoae plans are cacefuUv and promptly exec ted anl
tl rough the successful managen ent of a progress e
pr nt ng establ shment a ontr but ng to the niustr al
le elopm nt of the c ty He la a nati c son of Detro t
and has spent h a 3 f e here co er ng a per od of fifty
ye ra for he wis bom on the "lat day of January
187"
In b s neaa iffa ra he has made steady progress h s
capable management anl mdefaf gable niustrv eon
atituting the basis upon which he has built. His course
has been eharaeteiized by integrity and honor in every
relation and commands for him the respect and con-
fidence of ail with whom he has been associated. His
pirents were Henry and Katherine Wieber, both, of
whom ieft their patents' homea in Germany at a very
early age to come to America and became pioneer resi-
dents of the city of Detroit. For many years the father
WIS identified with R. H. Fyfe & Company, being in
charge of the custom shoe depirtment and rank'ng as
one of the foren ost fitters of deforced and cr pf ted
feet of his t me For pwards of t veniy years Mr
W cber had charge of th s mpott nt department he
on ng well known thro ghout the country n that
connect on He passed away n 1^92 H s mother was
known for her deep nterest n her f am ly w s a da
out ie oted mother and tecogn zed by all who knew
her for het hr at an ap r t She pa sed a aj in 1915
The r fam Ij numbered ele en i,h Idren of whom five
surv e IS toUo ya Ed vard Mrs Louis Ho k Mrs
Soph a Str dley Mrs El zabeth Gr mm an i Charles
H all of whom are res dents of th s c ty
Charles H W eber the th rd m order of thoae sur
v ng n the fam ly ittended the grammar s I ools
and the old Central h gh achool wh ch stool on Cap tal
Siua e Park of letro t and after h a gradual on he
becan e a pr uter s apprentice Alter several years
as a pr nter he becan e financially onnected th
au oral prom nent print ng concerns In \ gust of
1913 n aaaoc at on nth Lou a E Haselhuhn a well
kno n printer and bus ness n an of th s c ty the firm
of W eber & Haselhuhn Pr ntera waa organ zed and
the bus ess has gro vn atead ly from ear to year unt 1
t B now r eogn zed as one of tl e substant al pr nt ng
firms of the c ty They have a thoroughly n odern
plant supplied w th the most approved equ pment and
the vork turned out of the r establ shment s first lass
m every part culat Both partners are n en of broad
eiper en e poseeasing an eipert kno vledge of the
Mr W eber g yes h s pol t eal alleg an e to the
republ can party and takes an act e nterest in the
matters pertain ng to the elfare of the c ty He has
been called to pnbl o office ha ng ser ed three terms
of two yeara each as alderman of the fifteenth ward
d r ng 1 h per od he as n trumental n aeeunng
tie passage ot n anj measur a wh ch ha e proven of
great tenefit t the e ty He ser ed on the n ost im
I ortant comm ttees of the con mon cou c 1 and the
board of suporv aora of tl e county of Wayne and many
of h s fr enda s n e ha e urged him to allow tiie use
t h a nan e for further pol t eal preferment
He a a member of Paleat ne Lodge No 357 P & 4
M Banner Conn 1 No 1 fl Nat onal Un on issur
anee Society Typothetae Franklin Assoc at on The
Cosmopol tan Club an 1 a number of other clubs in all
of wh ch he is act ve e iher as an ofBcer or on com
m ttees for the r furtherance
Wl en Je sure pern ts he aeeks rest and recreation
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in outdoor life, being eBpeeially fond of fishing and
known as one of the sueeeaafu! devotees of this sport-
In hia youth he was conaidered an athlete, both on
the track and field and indoors as a boxer and wrestler.
Bowling is the leas strenuous sport in which he now
indulges. He belongs to several of the leading bowling
leagues in the city and usually gives a good ae count
of himself in competition,
PETER F. LUTZ, president of the Commercial Bind-
ery of Detroit, waa born in St. Louia, Missouri, Octo-
ber 20, 1881, and hia educational opportunities were
those afforded by the public schools which he attended
to the age of eleven yeara- Hia textbooks were put
aside theuj for he faced the necessity of providing
for hia own support ind began learning the printer's
tride n 8t Lou s there ac^ ng cons lerable kno vl
Jge of tho bui nesa Ho afterward went to Ci eager
wl re he r ma nel for s x vears n act ve connect on
tl the pr ot ng hua ess and liter located at Elk
hart Ind ana for four jeira He then reino ed to
Graal Eap ds M h gan vhere he 1 vel for three
eari and later vent to Qu v HI no a where he
SI ent a ear An equil per od via pii ej n Mua
kegon M eh ^an and at t mea he waa n otl er places
nt nu ng his work as a jrca n in and also leam ng
tl e 1 nJery trade
In the year 1914 Mr Lutz cin e to Detro t ind n
1 17 he establ si ed the Con ere al B ndery a corpo
rat on of wh cl 1 e 1 as I een pres dent s nee ts or
gin zat on The eompanv s now cirrj ng on a largo
bus neas and ta emjloTei n mher a sty Mr Lutz haa
bu It up this b 1 ness thro f,l 1 is own effort h s keen
d acernn ent and bu n a? s n and s h nself vx ex
pert u both the b nl n„ anl pr nt ng lines so thit
1 e a ible w sely t 1 r t the eftort^ of tl oso n hL*
empl y He his c ale h s nav n the worll w tho t
outs de help and at the age of th rty r\e became pres
dent of 1 compinv wh eh has becone i d t net sue
c as and of wh ch he s no v sole propr otor It s
praot cally h s own enterprise and ts con tant levelop
n ent haa been the d rect express on of h a capab 1 ty
and ndustry
Mr Lutz was n irr ed n IQIT to M ss Lou se Kohl
ml they h ve two ch Idren M ry Lo e ind Betty
\nn Mr Lut? devMPS h >" ent re t n e to ha >ua
ness affa ra anl ha hnn e and h f cred tible r cord
may well serve is i source of eneourigement and
n p rat on to others show ng whit cm be accom
pi ahed by nd v iual eff rt p ompted 1 con n endable
lUGt'^T HEBZOG prea dent and manager of the
Un on Truck C n pany was born n Alsace Lorra ne
September 4 1S54 ind s a son of Auguat and
Joseph ne Herzog the n other a nat ve of 9 v tzerland
wh le the fat! er was born n Alsice Tl ey spent the r
e t re 1 es in Al ace Lorra ne wherf the father a^ i
government empl ve oc uj. g the jct. t on of forest r
throughout his entire life. He p aaed a 3 n lSb6
while hia wife died in Alsace in 1892
Auguat Herzog, one of a family of e „ht cl llren
attended the French school in Alaa e to tho ai,e of
twelve years but after his father a d ath as forced
to give up further atudy in order to eontr bute to the
aupport of a large family. He cont ued at 1 on e unt 1
his seventeenth year and on the 7th of September
1871, he arrived in America and obti ned 1 pos t on n
a meat market in New York- The e he cent nued unt 1
March 7, 1872, when he came to Det 0 t where he haa
since made his home. On the 12th of the a n e month
he secured a position, working in a gro ery store 0
Gratiot avenue as a elerk. There 1 e rema n d unt 1
1873, when he obtained a position v th J dge We r at
a saliry of eight dollars per month working as a enach
n an He cont nuel v th the family unt 1 Septen ber
1873 at wh eh t me 1 e ^a e p h a former joa t on ajid
becin 0 an emploje of the E Ferguson Compiny In
the meant me he ked as a te raster for Shem in S
Jewett and establ shed vhat s no v the Un on Truck
f on pany carry ng on a driv ng b s ness He eon
t nued to devote h s energ es to tl e development of the
bus nesa and was mak ng stealv p oj,re8s havmg ic
q red a large number of draft horses ind other equ p
ment when n 1111 1 fire d strojed h s [la t ind th a
s vept a ay h s ent re fort ne In the fire ho lost
twentj me h 1 1 ot fine horse a lirge ham a d 1
Q ber ot V h elea and he carr ed 1 ttle fire naur nee
It was at this tne hovever Ihit Mr Herzog dis
o ered that he hid hundreds of fr ends ho lu kly
offered the r asa stance ind n fict aome who ver h 1
ompet tors n h s ness offered financ a! 3 I or otl er
su 1 as vtance as he n eied He thus qu ckly re
o er d fron I s los es ml h ndom table energy
ml eon d(,e hi, e irr ed h m stead ly forward unt 1
he s todly at the head of one f tl e largest truck ng
bus nes es the c tj He nco ponted h s nteresta
n iqo nd r the name of the Un on Truck Con pany
in 1 has n e been pre dent and ha rman of the
t o^rd Tod v the eoropany employs between forty and
fifty people and ts pitro ige a ery extens e wh le
the reputit on of the ompany tor thorough reliib 1 ty
and progress e m thods a most en able
On tl e " tl of Januarv l&7o Mr Herzog as mar
red to Mas A lei no \allev a daughter of Mr ind
Mrs Galley the wedding cere non be ng p rformci n
St \nn s Cathol c church Tl e ha e beeon e parents
of fourteen ch Idren Mrs Ida Tew nan who no v has
tl ree e! Idren—Clayton Leona anl Phyll 3 Newn an
Charles who s n bus ness witl h a father ani ho s
marr ed and rea les n Detro t irth r ho a ilso
assoe atei in bus ness v th 1 s fither Mra L u ae
Le ch Mra LiVile Clawaon who hia one h Id
Llovd Albert Albert Pingree ho a marr ed and has
one cl Id Betty Mary James at hone mi se en
el Idren wh have passed iway Tl e ! v ng ch Idren
ill were born and educated m Detro t
Mr H zo£f 1 1 h fim Iv ire members of the
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BomaH Catholic church and he is identified witli the
Knights af St. John and the Knighta of Columbus. He
also belongs to the Detroit Board of Comjnerte. He
now largely spends his winters in Plorida, where he
greatly enjoys hunting and fishing, and he is an expert
follower of laaak Walton. He hafi captured soma
splendid trophies in gulf fishing, including a monatrouH
sea baas weighing sevccal hundred pounds, which he
brought in with hook and line. Mr. Herzog ia a self-
made man who, thrown upon his own resources at a
very early age, has steadily worked his way upward.
Industry and ability have been the salient features in
his business career and his life illustrates what can be
acooraplished through the eultivatiun of those qualities.
Today he is numbered among the toen of affluence in
Detroit, his success enabling him to spend several
months each j ear jn a pleasurable sojourn in the south.
GEORGE F, TALBOT. In building circles of De-
troit the name of Talbot has long been an honored
and prominent one and in the work of improvement
and adi aneement the family has borne its full share,
many of the oldest and moat substantial structures
in the city having been erected by the father. George
F. Talbot, the son, is ably sustaining the traditions
of the family in this respect and as vice president
and general manager of the firm of Talbot & Meier
occupies a foremost position among the building con-
tractors of the eity. He is widely and favorably
known in Detroit, where he has spent bis life, and is
a representative of one of the city's most prominent
families. He was bom July 23, 1881, and is a son
of C. J. and Mary (O'Connor) Talbot, natives of
Canada. In 1875 they crossed the border into the
United States, taking up their residence in Detroit
at an early period in its development. Here the
father engaged in business as a building contractor,
in which connection he erected many of the city's
mo^t substantial structures, and he is now living re-
tired in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. The
mother also survives and they are widely known and
highly reipected reiidents of the eity. In their fam-
ily were two ehildren, George F. and C. P. Talbot,
both of whom are residents of Detroit.
After completing his high sebool course Mr. Talbot
attended Detroit College and when his teithncks
were laid aside became associated with his father
in the buililing business, thus continuing until the
Matter's retirement, after which he conducted his
interests independently until Mav, IB 19. when he
admitted Mr. Meier as a, partner and the business
was incorporated under the firm style of Talbot &
Meier, at which time Mr. Talbot became vice pres-
ident and general manager, in which capacity he
has since served. They have been awarded a large
number of important contracts and have erected
many beautiful residences and prominent buildings in
the eity, being recognined as experts in their line of
work, while their strict integrity and straightforward
business methods have secured them the confidence
and support of the public. Among the buildings which
tbey have constructed may be mentioned the club
house for the Detroit Golf Club and the St. Francis
Home, while numerous other structures are in pro-
cess of erection.
On the 26th of February, 1908, Mr. Talbot was
uniteJ in marriage to Miss Emma Donovan, a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Donovan, prominent resi-
dents of this city. Two children have been born to
this union; George F., Jr., whose birth occurred in
1908; and Emmet J., born in 1911. Both are natives
of Detroit and students in the public schools of the
city.
In his political views Mr. Talbot is a republican
and his interest in the welfare and progress of Ms
city is indicated by his membership in the Detroit
Board of Commerce, whose projects for the extension
of the industrial interests of tbe municipality receive
his hearty i-ooperation. In religious faith he is a
Catholic and be is a member of the Knights of Culum-
bus and the Wolverine Automobile Club. In the
management of his business affairs he has been pro-
gressive, energetic and capable and his thorough
reliability as well as his industry constitutes an im-
portant factor in his growing success, while his ac-
tivities have at all times contributed to the upbuilding
and development of his native eity.
GEARING BROTHERS COMPANY, LIMITED.
The well known building business in Detroit now
carried on under the title of Gearing Brothers Com-
pany, Limited, was inaugurated in 1889 by Joseph
L. Gearing, who for many years was one of the
prominent and prosperous builders in Detroit, bet-
ter known to the last generation of citizens than
to the present, the business which he started being
now conducted by his sons.
In the conduct of bis building operations, Joseph
Li. Gearing was assisted by hig sons, Joseph V. and
Benjamin, under the firm name of ■! L Rearing &
Sons. The business was carried on in this manner
until 1898, when the father retired from active con-
nection with its afEairs, and the two sons continued
the business under the title of Gearing Brothers
Company, Limited. For several years after 1898,
Joseph L. Gearing was engaged as supervisor of
buildings for the board of education.
The company, as at present constituted, has been
very active in carrying out building operations in
and about Detroit, and among the buildings erected
by the company may be mentioned the following:
the H E. Dodge residence at Grosse Point; tbe John
F. Dodge residence, Iroquois avenue; the Palmer
iipartraents; Philip McMillan's residence at Grosse
Point; T. D. Buhl's residence, JefEerson avenue; the
Unitarian church. Woodward avenue; the Olds fac-
tory and others. They also built the lighthouses for
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tlie United Statps government, at Lime island ani
Manitou island, and the power house at the Zoo
Joseph V Gearing ■w\s born m Toronto, Canada,
m 1862, and came to Detroit with hia parents in
1876 He was married in 1897 to Alison MaeLpod
md they are the parents of one d'iughter, Jean Mr
tiearinR is the principal member ot the building com
pany, and on hiB shoulders devolve the more strenu
ous duties He is a member of the Detroit Boat Club
and of the Detroit Athletic Club, being a charter
member ot the latter
Benjamin Gearing, partner of his brother Joseph
"V , also was born m Toronto, Cinidi, and cime with
his parents to Detroit m 1876 He holds the poiition
of secretary treasurer to the company, and like his
brother is a prominent ind popuHr citizen of
Detroit
QOEDON tOLTAET KING an tnorgetic and jr
^ressne young business man, is well known in indui
trial circles ot Detroit as secretary and treasurer ot
the Crescent Pump Company of whii,h he was one of
the organizers and which ranks with the leading pro
ductile enterpriser of the city His plans are wtll
formulated and promptly executed and although but
twenty seven jears of age he has already won a
notable measure of success He was born in Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania June 18, iS<li, a son of Willis L
and Pannio (Millard) Kmg, also natives ot that citi,
where they have spent their lives He eomes of old and
highly reipPOted Pennsi h inia aneeitry and m tht
m-»ternal line is a direct descendant of Benjamin V. est
the noted American English historical an i portrait
painter, who succeeded Eejuolds as president ot the
Eoyal Academy, and of Robert Fulton, who gained
fame as the inventor of the steamboat In the paternal
line he is descended from Bobert King, who became
tne of the hrst settlers in Lancaster tounfy, Pennsyl
lania In the paternal line he is also descended from
Tohn McMasters, a Eevolutionary -ntr captain who
was a pioneer of Allegheny tounty, Pennsylvania and
in both the paternal and maternal lino he comes of
Colonial and Beioluti^nary stock is vice president
and sales manager of tl e Jones & La ighlin Steel
Company, cne of the largest proiuctue industries in
Iittsburgh the father occupies a foremo.st place in
business circles of that city and the familj name is
an h mored and distinguished one m the east Mr
md Mrs King became the parents of three children
Willis L Jr of Medora, North Dakota John M, of
Pittsburgh, and Gordon C, of this review
As a boy Mr King attended ''t Paul s school of
Loacord, New Hampshire after which he became a
atuient at Princeton University, from, which he was
graduated with the Litt D degree In 1917, shortly
after the United States enterei the World war, he en
listed for service m that conflict joining the Seventy
fourth Heavy Artillery, and subsequently was cjm
missioned a second 1 eutenint He saw six months ot
semee in Frine ] nor to the signing of the armistice
and after receiving his honorable discharge returned to
his home in Pittsburgh On the lat of May, 1919, ho
came to Detroit and organized the Crescent Pump
t ompany for the manufacture of a vacuum pump
This IS the highest tvje of rotary vacuum pump on the
market It is manuf letured under patents by Wilham
4 Hatcher, a prominent engineer, who was one of the
first builders of the Packard and Wmton automobiles
He drove the first gas ear over the Alleghany moun
tains being cmplo-\ ed by Mr Wmton to undertake the
task, and is considered one of Detroit's most efficient
engineers, while he also possesses notable creative
talents He is serving is vice president of the Creseent
Pump Company and Mr King acts as its seeretary and
treasurer The firm manufactures the finest article ]£
its kind on the market todaj and the Bupenorit3 of its
product has gained lor the compan> a large patronage,
so that its business has alreidy become one of e\ten
hive and profitable proportitns Mr King has inherited
much of his father's business sagacity and executive
ability and the success of the enterprise is attributable
in large measure to Ins initiative spirit and untiring
labors
On the 21st of Julj, 1917, Mr King was united in
marriage to Mi's Florence Buffington Staunton ot
Charleston, West "V irginia, a daughter ot Mr and Mrs
Wilbur N Staunton, prominent residents ot that iity
To this union has been born a son, Gordon C , Jr ,
whose birth occurred July 9, 1<118 at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
In his political views Mr King is a republican
stanchly supporting the principles and candidates ot
the party but without desire for public oflioe and his
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Jefferson Avenue Presbj terian church He is a popular
member of the University and Oakland Hills Country
( lubs and The C iintrv Club of C rosse Pomte, and
fraternally is identified wnth the Masons He is jet a
J oung man but he has already accomplished much He
13 energetic, straightforward and honorably ambitions
honor and present day business ethics His residence is
and measures up to the highest standards of personal
at No 10201 Shipherd court
A r BBUCE M D, physician and snrgeon of
Detroit, was born m illiston Ontario, Canada Sep-
tember 7, 1874 a son of John and Jane (McGinnis)
Bruce, the former a native of Irclanl while the lat
tcr was bom m Panada to which country the father
went m his eirlv boihood He was there reared and
afterwards engaged in farming m Simeoe county,
Ontario, becoming one of the prosperous agrienlturists
of that section Both he and his wife are deceased
Tliey were the parents of eight ch Idren Lie it Col
George William Bruce, who was m the Canadian army
during the World war and died in 1117, Dr K C,
a practicing dentist of Lethbridge Alberta, who was
overseas with the Canadian forces as a member of the
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dental department of the army; Eev. J. M. Bruce, a,
Methodist miniater located in Northwestern Canada;
Professor H. A, Bruce, who ia devoting his life to
educational -wort at Saskatchewan, Canada; Ethel
M; who is matron of a hospital in Saatatchewan;
Mrs. G. ly. A. Eeany, living in Saskatchewan; Addiaon,
deceased; and A. E., of thia review.
Dr. Bruce began his education in the public sehoois
of his native coiintrj" and afterwards attended the
Collegiate Institute at Hollywood, Ontano. Subse-
quently he took up the profession of teaching and
continued active in educational work for eight years.
During that period he SPrved for a time as principal
of the public schools of Manato, Canada, but gave
up teaching to enter upon a course in medicine in
the Detroit Medical College, from which he was grad-
uated with the M. D. degree in 1905. For two years
thereafter he served as house physician in St. Mary's
Hospital, Saginaw, Michigan, and then engaged in
private practice at CarndufE, Canada, for two yeara.
He afterwards removed to Alva, Michigan, where he
built up a large and successful practice, remaining
a representative of the profession in that city for
eight years. On the expiration of that period he
came to Detroit and haa since demonstrated his
value in medical and Hurgiea! work here by the aid
which he has rendered to many patient'', his practice
steadily growing in volume and importance.
On the 21st of June, 1911, Dr, Bruce was married
to Miss Jessie A. Penn of Bellaire, Michigan, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmert J. Fenn of Char-
levoix, Michigan. Dr. Bruce manifests his interest
in Detroit's welfare by his support of the Board
of Commerce and the plans and improvement? put
forth by that organization for the city's benefit. He
belongs to the Detroit Auto Club and he is a member
of the Masonic fraternity. His time and attention,
however, are largely concentrated upon his profes-
sional duties and aside from his large private practice
he IS serving on the staff of the Highland Park Hos-
pital. Moreoier, he at all times keeps in touch
with the trend of professional thought and practice
through his membership relations with the Wayne
County Medical Societv, the Michigan State Medical
Association and the American Medical Association.
JOHN B. BRTTMM. One of the energetic and pro-
i;ressive young business men of Detroit is John B.
Brumm, who possesses notable talent as a designer
and has become widely known as an originator of
ohl English furniture. He has made his home in
this city since 1910 and ia now at the head of ex-
tensive buainesa inferesta which he ia most capably
conducting, occupying a foremost position in indus-
trial circles of the city. He was bom in Stuttgart,
Germany, November 17, 1889, a son of Philip and
Paida fHofsburger) Brumm. the former also a native
of Stuttgart, while the latter was born in Vienna,
Austria, both being members of ariatoerafio families.
For m-in> generations the Brumm family has figured
promiuentlj m militarj circles of Germanv ind the
father was a most distinguished ofSeer, holding the
rank of general at the time of his demise The
mother is still a resident of Stuttgart Their fimily
numbered sevMi children Albert, Carl, Eledia, Mane,
Elizabeth and Catherine E all of whom are lining m
Stuttgart, ind John B, who was the third in order
of birth
Mr Brumm icquired his earlv cduLatu n in the
schools of Stuttgirt ind subsequently dei oted his
attention to the art of designing and making anti [ue
furniture. After completing a four years' apprentice-
ship he spent some time as a journeyman, visiting
Constantinople, Turkey, and other large cities in the
Orient, where he remained for several years, gaming
valuable experience and knowledge regarding the
various styles of antique furniture and also familiaria-
mg himself with the languages and customs of the
countries which he visited. He then made his way to
Russia, where he met many notable personages, and
owing to his linguistic ability and knowledge of the
Orient he was engaged to act as guide and interpreter
for Grand Duke Nicholas, the uncle of the czar, and
Earl Vardenstein. The party traveled through Turke
Stan, Persia and Central Asia, a year being spent in
making the trip. Following his return Mr. Brumm
entered the University of Munich, where he pursued
a course in arts and crafts, and after his graduation
he became a cadet in the Military Reserves, with
which he served for a year, winning promotion to the
rank of lieutenant. He then resumed hia travels,
engaging in arts and crafts work in Brussels and Ant-
werp, Belgium, Copenhagen, Denmark, Petrograd,
Rusgia, Paris, France, and many other large cities of
Europe. On the 17th of May, 1014, he arrived in
New Orleans, Louisiana, and at once secured a position
as an arts and crafts designer, working for various
furniture manufacturers throughout the country for
a period of one and a half years. In 191B he eame to
Detroit and for two years was identified with the Arts
and Crafts Society of this city. He then decided to
embark in business on his own account and in 1918
opened his present establishment at No. 2769 West
Eirby street. The enterprise has enjoyed a very
rapid growth and although it has been in existence
but three years the business has already reached large
proportions, fifty people being employed in its
conduct. He manufactures period furniture exclusive-
ly and as a designer ia nnsuipasaod. his work com
paring favorablj- with that of the old Engliah masters.
His profession ia a unique one in thia country and
through his activities he has greatly added to the
prestige of Detroit.
In his political views Mr. Brumm is a stalwart re-
publican and hia interest in the welfare and progress
of Detroit is indicated by his membership in the
Board of Commerce, whose proiecta for the expansion
of the trade interests of the city receive his hearty
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support. He haa traveled exteaslvely and is a man of
broad experience and liberal culture. He possesses
buaineaa ability of an exceptionally liigli order and ia
an expert craftsman, standing at the top of his pro-
feaaion. He ha^ thoroughly identified his interests
with tlioae of his adopted city and has never re-
gretted the impulse which lod bim to tee\ his fortune
in a strange land, for be has here found the oppor-
tunities which he sought and in their utilization has
attained well merited succesa.
HEEBEET P. iSMITH, a well known and suci-usaful
representative of manufacturing intereatf in Detroit,
is the secretary and general manager of the Buhl
Stamping Company, which under bia able direction has
developed a business of extensive and gratifying pro-
portions. He was born August 38, 1879, at Williama-
ton, Michigan, his parents being Peter M. and Alice
(Sands) Smith, who were likewise natives of this
His preliminary education waa supplemented by a
high school course in Detroit, and he then became
identified with the hardware buaincsa as an employe
of the Buhl Sona Company of thia city, with which he
remained for nineteen yeara. On the expiration of
that period he removed to Middletown, Ohio, where he
worked for the American Boiling Mill Company for
three years, at the end of which time he returned to
Detroit, accepting the position of general manager
of the Buhl Stamping Company on the lat of Novem-
ber, 1917. In July, 1919, he was made aeoretary and
is now serving in the dual capacity of secretary and
general manager of the plant. Employment is fur
nished to three hundred men in the manufacture of
milk cans, ice cream cans, dairy eonfainera and gal-
vanized ware, the product a of the company being
marketed all over the United Statea and exported to
Cuba, South America, England and Mexico. The Buhl
Stamping Company ha.i memberahip with the Detroit
Board of Commerce, the Uuited States Chamber of
Commerce and the Michigan Manufacturers Aaaocia-
tion. Mr. Smith ia a man of great energy and ia
recognized as a splendid executive and manager whoae
capable direction has been a potent element in the
continued growth and prosperity of this concern.
In Masonry Mr. Smith has attained the thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to Ashlar Lodge,
P. & A. M.; Peninsular Chapter, R. A. M.; and Detroit
Commandery, K. T. He ia likewise a member of the
Detroit Athletic Club and the Old Colony Club and has
won high esteem and popularity wherever known.
GARLAND J. HOPGEAPT. For many yeara the
name of Garland J. Hopcraft haa been a prominent
one in connection with the printing bnainess in Detroit
and he is an expert in this line of work, having de-
voted his entire life to the trade. He is now part
owner of the Cadillac Printing Company and is an
alert and enterprising business man who has made
wise uae of hia time, his talents and his opportunities.
A native of Canada, he was born March 28, 1882, his
jiarents being Wallace F. and Amarilla (Cook) Hop-
craft, the former a native of Nottingham, England,
while the latter was born in Canada. When a young
man of twenty years the father left England and
made his way to Canada, where he became connected
with transportation interests, securing a situation in
the construction department of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. His fidelity and capability led to merited
promotion and he rose to a position of importance.
He is now living retired in Los Angeles, California.
The mother haa passed away, her demiae occurring in
Canada. In their family were five children: Robert
W., of Detroit; Garland J., the aubjeot of this review;
Walter I., whose home is in Prescott, Arizona; Reu-
ben J., a resident of Los Angeles, California; and one
who haa paased away.
Mr. Hopcraft acquired his early education in the
schools of Canada, completing his studies at Los
Angeles, California. He then devoted his energies to
learning the printer's trade and for the iirst six
months of hia apprenticeship received a compensation
of aeventy-five cents per week. At the end of five
years he had completely mastered the trade and sub-
sequently became connected with the W. P. -lefferies
Company, with which he remained for seven years,
during which period he rose to the position of superin-
tendent of the plant. On severing hia connection with
that firm he went to Rochesterj New York, there re-
maining for a year and then came to Detroit, where
he haa ainee resided. He was at first associated with
Levy Eaton of the Peninaular Engraving Company
and later became identified with the Joseph Mack
Company, with which he remained for ten yeara, or
until the Slat of March, 1921, when he purchased a
third interest in the Cadillac Printing Company, one
of the pioneer prjnting establishments of the city. He
has acquired a thorough and comprehensive knowledge
of the trade through careful training and broad ex-
perience and his cooperation is proving a valuable
as^et m the management of the business, which is one
of extensive proportions, ranking with the leading
enterprises of this character in the city.
At Ogden, Utah, in July, 1906, Mr. Hopcraft was
united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth "Van Campen,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Van Campen.
Mrs. Hopcraft holds membership with the Daughters
of the American Revolution, being connected with the
chapter at Belmont, New York. The only child of
this marriage is a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who
was born in Detroit in 1914 and is now attending the
public schools.
In hia political views Mr. Hopcraft ia a republican
and in religious faith he is an Episcopalian. Hia
public spirit finds expression in hia membership in
the Board of Commerce and he is also connected with
the Detroit Athletic Club, while fraternally he ia
identified with the Masons, belonging to Zion Lodge,
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Commaiidery, K. T.; Miehigan Sovereign CousJBtocy,
A. & A. S. E.; and Moslem Temple of the Myatie
Shrino. IIo ia a, aelf-made man, before whom the door
of opportunity has awung open beca,use of his per-
sistency and determination and in the creative print-
ing field of Detroit he occupies a prominent ]
THOMAS H. BOOTH, vice president of the Pitts-
burg Shafting Company of Detroit, was born in
Muskegon, Michigan, July 9, 1890, his parents being
Charles W. anil Ellen (Patch) Booth, who were also
natives of this state. The father ■( engage I in tl e
Solvay coke industry of Muskegon where he still re
Bidpa. The mother passed awav in thit c t> Their
family numbered six children Mr« Jane GofE of M s
kegon; Thomas H.; Mrs Blanche Hartn in of Mus
kegon; Myrtle and Annahelle both of hom ire i v
ing in Muskegon; and Charles, who resides in. Pontiae,
Michigan
Thomas H Booth ittended the public schools of
his nitne cit> comjletmg a high sthool course after
which he beeime in employe of the Pittsburg Shaft
mg Company securing a clerical position m 1910 In
101" he was transferred to the miin plint m the city
of Pitfsturgh where he again occupied i clerical
I sit a until 1918 when he was sent to tike charge
of the offieL ot tl e corpontion at Cleveland Ohio
There he hil chirge of the Tuilding of the Clei dand
wirchouie for the on pinv On the 15th of June
insfl ho wao trmsferred to Dttroit and became vice
president ind generil sales manager here for the
Iittibnrg Shifting Company which was organized on
Ihp 24th of 4.pril 1902 with limiteil headquarters on
Atwiter street Eist The company cleired only a
hin Ired tons or so of steel in the beginning but m
1912 took possession of its present large estiblioh
mcnt on Firt street West where it cirnes 1 com
[Icto stock of cold finished steels Its large fleet of
motor trucks enables it to give unusually prompt
'dnerj which has been one of the strong features of
its sen ice Fiftj people are emilojed m the De
troit ilant and the business ha? been conducted very
sucteisfullj In addition to the ilint force the ctm
pan\ employs more than fifty leojle in the Detroit
(fli c The concern furnishes stctl and shaftings for
n mufacfuring plints of all kinds and two mills are
bning operated by the eompmv in Pittsbi rgh Mr
Booth has for 1 number of jears been a representative
of this corporation ind i? now one of tl 0 ofScials of
the Detroit branch of the business in which eon
nei'tinn he is displaying sound indgment unf alter
mg ei terpnse and indefatigable energy
On the 25th of March 1909 Mr Booth was married
to Miss Mariorie Koon the wedding being celebrated
in Chicago lUuiois She was born n Muskegon
M chigan a daughter of Charles Koon formerly a well
known dr iggist anl b is neas man of Muakegoi and a
n en her of the state pharmaceuti al b ard of Miehi
Mr. Booth is a Blue Lodge Mason and has member-
ship in the Detroit Athletic Club. He ia still a young
man but already has attained a, businesa position
which many a one of twice his years might well envy.
He started out empty-handed, secured a minor position
when he became connected with the Pittsburg Shafting
Company and has won various promotions until his
connection is one of official capacity with the Detroit
business, and under his guidance the interests of the
corporation here are moat carefully and suPceaafuUy
directed.
iNTHONl J PONT M D Eweptiona Ij broal
a 1 omprehensive preparatory train ng has thoro ghlj
qual i e 1 Dr Anthony J Pont for his choien 1 f e w ork
and s nee eatibl sh ng I la ofli 0 m Detroit I e has
ga cd recogn tion as on of the lead ng phys cians
a d surgeo s of the c tv He was bom n San J an
on the island of Porto Eico, May 11, 1890 and is a son
of Paul and Theresa (Carbonell) Font m whose family
were six children In the acquirement of an education
he attended the Corte? school on his native island and
the American high sihool while from 1910 until 1912
he was a student at the Groi e Citv College In the
latter vear he entered the College of Physicians ic
■n irgeons at Baltimore Maryland completing his tram
mg at Chicago in I'^ie and afterward took a lost
graluate course in pathology at Columbia Unuersify
of New "iork city For a vear he served as interne at
Crace Hospital of Detroit and then enlistel for service
in the World war going to France m September 1917
as a first lieutenant Ho was attached to Base Hos
pttal No 36 more commonly known as the Shirlev
Unit and was with the French and American forces
gainmg valuable experience along surgical lines In
September 1919 he was commissioned captain an 1
so n afterward was ordered home After re ening hia
discharge from the service he rttirnei to Europe for
the purpose of attending the leading elmica of London
Pans Rome and other large cities receiving the benefit
of instruction under mani noted surgeons Eeturning
to Detroit Dr Font opened tfliees in the CI aimers
building but IS now located at No 6482 Chene street
anl m addition to caring for a large practice he is
serving on the stafE of GriPe Hospital Studious by
nature he does e\eri thing possible to perfect himself
in his chosen vocation and his ability is pronounced
In 1919 while m France Dr Pont was united in
n arriage to Miss Mane Eeyniud and they now have a
son Pierre Thej are commui icants of the Cathohc
ch irch and Dr Font is a republican m his political
Mews His fublic spirit finds expression m lis mem
bership with several en ic organi nations and his pro
fessional connections ire with the Wayne County and
Michigan State Medical Societies and the \merican
Medical Association He possesses marked linguistic
ability and is able to converse fluently in Spanish
French and English He has never been content with
n edioerity but with progress as his watehwcrd his
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ever atrneu toward the attainment of Ligh professional
ideils He is a joung man who has not yet reached
the zenith of his power=i ajid his superior tram ng
enterprise and ambition will unduubte Ih (.ari> 1 i n to
the toi of his ] rof esaion
t.Dlft 4.BD RRAl is w^ll knowi ih an e\peit
meehameal engineer ind ilao aa tl e ownir of Gr'jj
haven — the Utopia of Detroit yachtsmen He was
horn m Peotone Illinois April 14 1S72 of the
marnagL of Da\id ind Rebecca (Karftej) Gra^ and
his one sister Mabel \tter completing his public
school course he devoted his energies to learning the
trade of a machinist aeriing an apprenticeship in the
Mandt Wagon Works at Stoughton Wisconsin ind
le ilso worked in the engine room of their plant be
coming greatly nterested m their construction an 1
operation Going to Bradford Pennsilvania he there
entered business circles in 189D aa a member of the
Gra> Blaisdell Pompmy engaged m the minuftcture
of gas engines and gas ("ompressors For si'^ veirs
he maintuned his interest in that company h i 1 img
up a large business ind ilso establishing his posit on
aa one of the leading mechanical engineers of the
count r J After severing his uonneetion with that
firm he organized th*. Buersile Engine Company for
the manufacture of large power engines and sold to
the Ford Motor Company the first three largt engmei
installed in their Highland Park plant In 1^*09 Mr
Gray became chief engineer for the Tord Compinv
and had charge of installing all of the machinery in
their now plant and aho of the work of cretting the
shops m congunctiou therewith remiining with the
corporation until 1914 when he resigned in order that
he migiit enter business circles independentlv For
miny j ears yachting has been a favorite pistime
with Detroit s citizens owing to the Litv s unrivillel
situation upon one of the most beautiful rivers m thia
country and in order to offer better ficilities for the
enjoyment of this sport he conceived the plan of
eatabhshiDg i colony for jacht owners With thj>"
end in \iew he purchased from Daniel J Cimpau
Bi^tv acres of swimp Hnd Mng ilong the river front
and this ho proceeded to fill in aeeunng the neeesaary
earth from excavationa on buildings m the downtown
section loading the soil on scows stationed at the
foot of Orleans street and then conveying it to ita
destination After filling m the lind he dredge 1 a
channel forming i rectangulir waterway through hia
property of auflicient depth to permit the navigation
of large vessels and also profiling a continual aupplv
of fresh water A number of homes have already
been erected upon the property by laijht owners of
Detroit with whom it is npidlv gaining favor and
it bids fair to become 1 modern Venice
Mr Gray has a daughter Mildred whose birth
occurred m 1901 He resides on hii jaoht the Mildred
G ni which 13 one of the finest of the many beanti
ful V cssels to be s( n on the sapphire blue waters of
tie Detroit river He la identified with the Detroit
Engineering Society ind he is also a populir mem
I r (f the Detroit Uhleti Detroit Automobile ind
Detroit lacht flubs His business cireer baa been
marked by contiauous progress ow ng to his superior
rrcteasional attainments and hii tireless energy
which never stops short of the ittainment of ils
I irpose His initiative spirit has led him into i new
and untried field m whiih his intelligently dire ted
efforts are resulting in success and 1 e la a man whom
to know IS to eafeem and admire
G EEWIN MEHKLL man i„er of tht Dttnit
branch of the Chevrolet Motor (.ompanv of Miehij,in
waa born in aoi them Russia near Odeaia November
20 18tO but came to America when only seven years
of age miking the trip without parents or guardian
In the counge and fortitude which enable 1 him to
undertake such a journey at such a tender age can be
seen the inherent optimistic energv that has made him
one of the snceesaful automobile dealers of the coun
tri He made h a early home m Manchester Michigan
inl after passing through tie public achools thcri.
continued his education in the State University at 4jin
Arbor where he pursued the atuiy of medicine for
three 3 ears He abandoned 1 la plan of becoming a
physician however ind leiving oollegt acceptel a
position as silesman for Armour i, Company of Chi
cago remaining with that corporation for two and
a half J ears after which ho was connected with the
E & Weidman Company of Ypsilanti Michigan for
two yeara On the expintion of that fcriol he joined
the Txiv eland Company of Detroit anl wia sales mma
ger tor that organization fcr four yeara At the cios
of 1117 Mr Merkle accepted a poaition as lalesman
for the Chevrolet Comjiny ind at the end of a jear
became assistant sales manager Sii months later he
was advanced to the position of manager of the Detroit
branch anl takes care of all the retail stores dealers
and sen ice stations of his company m Wavno county
Under his direction the bus nesa haa largely dev eloped
and Mr Merkle la known aa one of the prominent
representative a of the automobile trale in Detroit
On June 26 1915 Mr Merkle was married to M ss
Hattie 8 Everj Fraternally he is a thirty second le
gree Mason having membership m Friendahip Lodge
No 417 P & A M Michigan Sovereign Consistory
S P E S and Moslem Temple of the Msstic Shrine
He IS likewise a member of the Knights of Pythias
and belongs to the Detroit Automobile Club the De
troit Auto Dealers Aaaoe ation and the National Auto
m )b le Dealers Asaociation He la now secretary and
treasurer of the Chevrolet Dealers Asaociation In
politics he IS a republican while his religious fa th is
that of the Evangelical Lutheran church His intereits
are thus broad and varied and have to do with those
agenoiea which make for the development and progress
of the individual and the welfare and upbuilding of
the eommnnity He ranks today as one of the ener
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getic, progressive young biisincaa men of Detroit and
cprtainly deserves great credit for what lie has ae-
eompliihed, starting out aa he did on his own account
nhen ;i lad of but aeven years, aince which time he
liHB depended entirely upon hia own resources and
i',np;il)ility for his advancement and fiuecess.
T. L. POLOZKER, M. D. Adopting the profesaion
in which his honored father had achieved marked
suecpss and high repute in Detroit, Dr. I. L. Polozker
has here efEeetiveiy upheld the professional and social
prestige of the family name and controls a substantial
general practice. His high professional standing is
evidenced by the faet that for the past eighteen
years he has held the chair of diseases of children in
the Detroit College of Medicine, through which im
port ant alliance he has done effective service in
furthering the educational work of hia chosen vocation.
Dr. PoIOKker was born in Busiia, on the 24th of
October. 1S73, and is a son of Dr. Harm Polozker
and Glia (Lorn) Polozker, who were born and reared
in that country and who came to America in the early
'90a and established their residence in Detroit, where
the father continued in the active and successful
piactice of medicine and surgery until his death, in
.Tanuary, 191R. Hia widow is still a resident of this
city. Besides the subject of this review, their chil-
dren are: Jriamuel, who is chief clerk of the recorder's
court at Detroit; Dr. J. II., who is a phyaician and
surgeon and is engaged in piacfice in Detroit; H.,
wbo is serving as assistant United States attorney at
Detroit; and the only daughter, who is the wife of
S J. Eder of this city.
The schools of his native land afforded Dr. I. L.
Polozker his early education and included a courae
in the University of Grodno, Russia, in which he waa
Rraduated aa a member of the class of 1890. After
coming to the United States he continued his studies
in the State University of New York, and in prepara-
fion for his profession he completed the curriculum of
the Detroit College of Medicine, in which he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1897. Upon
thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he
forthwith engaged in practice in this city and he con-
trols a specially large and representative practice in
the diagnosis and treatment of children's diseases, in
which he is a recognized local authority, as is he also
in the field of interna! medicine. Ho gave two yeara
to effective postgraduate study in leading hospitals
and medical institutions in the city of Vienna, Aus-
tria, and through other approved ethical mediums he
has further kept in close touch with the advances
made in medical and surgical science. The Doctor
served three terms as county physician of Wayne
county, 1909-13, and has been otherwise prominent
and influential as a representative of his profession
in the Michigan metropolis. Ho holds active mem-
bership in the American Medical Association, the
American College of Physician';, the American
Teachers' Association, the Michigan State Medical
Society and the Wayne County Medical Society, aa
does he also in the Detroit Physicians Club, He is
independent in politics, is an exemplar of high civic
ideals, with loyal interest in all that touches the wel-
fare of his home community, and both he and his
wife are communicants of the Catholic church.
On the 23d of October, 1919, was solemnized the
marriage of Dr. Polozker to Miss Florence Higer,
daughter of Louis Higer, a prominent citizen of De-
troit. Dr. and Mrs. Polozker are popular factors in
the representative social circles in which they move
and their attractive home is known for its gracious
hospitality.
MALCOLM W, THOMPSON, a native son of Detroit
and a progressive, energetic young business man, is a
member of the firm of Corbin & Thompson, leading
undertakers of this city, and in the management of his
interests ho displays marked capability and enterprise.
He was born October 25, ISHS, a son of David Dewar
and Jeannette (McTaggart) Thompson, the former of
whom was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1842,
while the latter was a native of Ontario, Canada.
When twenty years of age the father left the land
iif hills and heather and made his way to Toronto,
Canada, but after a year's residence in that country
crossed the border into the United States, settling in
Detroit. He entered the employ of the Ferguson
Truck Company, cartage agents, and later became
one of the owners of that firm, with which he was
actively connected until 1908. The mother passed
away in this city in 1919, when sixty-one years of
age. Their family numbered three children: John
Richmond, who has passed away; and Ruth Dewar and
Malcolm W., both of Detroit,
In the grammar and high schools of his native city
Mr, Thompson acquired his education, and his initial
business experience was obtained in the employ of
John R. Hallinan, a prominent undertaker, whose
establishment is located in the eastern part of Detroit.
While filling that position he learned much about the
business, which he decided to follow permanently, and
going to Chicago in order to perfect his knowledge,
he entered the Worshara Training School of Embalm-
ing, from which he was graduated in 1016. Thus well
equipped for his chosen life work, he returned to
Detroit and became an assistant in the undertaking
establishment of Nelson, Gast & Company, with
which he remained until the spring of 1917, when he
enlisted for service in the World war, becoming a
private in the ordnance department. He was at-
tached to an ordnance convoy company and was sent
overseas, remaining abroad until November, 1918,
during which period he acted as a truck driver. He
then sailed for the United States and received his
discharge in June, 1919, after which he returned to
Detroit and reentered the employ of Nelson, Gast &
Company, with whom he continued until April, 1920,
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when, in partnership with Mr, Corbin, he purchased
the interests of his employers and the firm of Corbin
& Thompson has since successfully eondueteil the busi-
ness. They carry a complete and well selected liue of
funeral equipment and owing to their capable mau-
agement, reliable dealing and first-class service have
won a large share of public patronage, ranking with
the leading undertakers of the city.
Mr. Thompson is a republican in his political views
and his religious faith is indicated by his member-
ship in the Central Presbyterian church. He is a
valued member of the Detroit Board of Commerce,
heartily aupiortmg the plans of thit organization for
the deiolopinent of the industriil interests of the Lity
and he is a Boyal \reh Mison He manifests m his
life the sterling tra ts of the Scotih race — persistencj
of purpose thrift and unquestioned busine>"S integrity
and although yet i voung mvi he his ilready won an
en-viable position in commercial tir les f the cit\ m
which his life his been passed
WALTER E M4ETI>., a successful attornc\ at De
troit, who since 1^06 his practiced his profess on lu
this city and nho has also become well known as a
musician ind eompoaer of ibility was bom m To
ronta, m the proimee of Ontario Tansda a son of
Lorenzo ind Prances (Elminatonl Martin of Scotch
descent He c^rae to Detroi
pfeting his high school con
College of Liw, from which
class of IQOe at wluh time
conferred upon him In thi
in 188J and after com
e entered the Detroit
' wi's graduated in the
he LL B degree was
mitted to the bar an! it 'nee opened an oflne m this
city where he has since s iceessfully followed his pro
fession, continuing alone in practice He his >eon
accorded a large and distinctively representative
clientage, etnnteting him with much of the mportant
litigation tried in the courts of the district Early
recognizing the fact that in lustrv and perseverance
must constitute elements m the attainment of suitess
along those lines he has labored for ad\anLemant anl
wiselj and conscientiously utilizing the talents with
which nature endtmel him, he has won a prominent
position m the field in which he has directed his labors
and his upright policv has gained ftr him the admira
tion and respect of his professional colleagues an I
contemporaries He formerly specialized in criminal
cases, in which he was lerj successful but is now
engaged in the general practice of law
Mr Martin is a man of versatile talents ind has
also become well known as a musician an! ccmpoaer
During the Wrrld war he was a member of the Liberty
Band and also of the Five Hundred and Fiftj third
Eegimental Band of the Home Guard, under Lieu ten
ant Diokmson, playing both the cornet and clarinet
in the latter organization He has also been a member
of the Fortj eighth HighltnJers a Canadian band
Mr Martin was united in mirr ige to Mias Allie
Thurlbv and they la\e bttome tie parents of i wn
Tom. Mr. Martin is a stanch republican in his po-
litical views and has served as a member of the
election board. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging
to Friendship Lodge, F. & A, M., and also to the
Grotto, and in his daily life he exemplifies the benefi-
cent teachings of the order. He manifests the domi-
nant characteristics of the Scotch race — persistency of
purpose, thrift and unquestioned business integrity,
while as a citizen he is public-spirited and progressive,
his influence being ever on the side of advancement
and improvement. His time and attention are chiefly
given to his law practice and in a profession demand-
ing keen intellectuality and individual merit he has
made steady advancement, ranking with the foremost
legal practitioners of the city.
LOUIS E. HASELHUHN. One of the progressive
busineai enterprises of Detroit is the modern printing
establishment conducted by the flrm of Wieber &
Haselhubn, of which Louis E. Haaelhuhn is the junior
member. He has an expert knowledge of the trade,
having devoted his life thereto, and his business career
has been one of continuous advancement, owing to his
close application and persistent effort.
Mr. Haaelhuhn is a native of Michigan, his birth
having occurred at EoseviUe on the 26th of May, 1882.
His parents were Frederick C, and Caroline Hasolhuhn,
who were also born at EoseviUe. They removed to
Detroit in 1886, where the father became prominently
identified with commercial interests of the city as a
building contractor, erecting many homes, factories
and stores and continuing active along that line until
his demise, which occurred in February, 1913 The
mother is still a resident of this city, being highly
esteemed by a largo circle of friends In their family
were five children Louis E, George an 1 William all
of th s citv and Frederick jnd Mrs Eliiibeth
Matthews who haiu paosed an ay
Louia E Haaelhuhn the first named, attended tlie
paroeh al and public schools ot Detroit and afterward
entered Gutchess' College, where he took up a business
course He then devoted his energies fo learning the
printmg trade, which he has followed e\er since For
a number of jears he held the position of superinten
dent ot one of the larger printing i lints ot Detroit
continuing with that hrm for ten years and for the
last fi\e J ears ot that period was general manager of
the entire plant, most capably discharging the respon
sible duties of that position
Following his resignation he entered the printing
business on his own account On August 5, lfll3, with
Charles H Wieber as partner he organized the firm of
Wieber & Haselhuhn Printers to Particular People
From its inception the business has enioyed a steady
and bealthj growth and has now reached extensive and
profitable proportions owing to the superior quality of
the work turned out of the establishment All that
indicates progress in the "art preservative" is found
in this plant and as the firm's interests are conducted
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along efSoiency lines, excellent results have been
achieved. Both men thoronghly nnderstand all phaa&B
of the business and this practical knowledge, together
with sound judgment and keen insight, has been an im-
portant element in its continued growth and develop-
On tl e ^th of J ih li^OO Mr Hiseihuhn wis nnited
1 n irrjige to Miss Ameli'i Olms of Detroit a
laughter of Mr and Mrs Frink J Olma well known
lesidents of thia city Pn e children were born of this
union Eiymond William who'ie birth oc urrel on the
0th of August ly08 and who is now attending the
T inior high school Mirgaret H born Xo\ ember 1"
1911 ind Helen E born J-inuiry 17 1116 are both
otudent' of Bethany paroehiil school Manon was
I orn on the 13t}i of July 1918 and lied on the 25th of
liniiry of the following j ear and Fdw^^d F, bom
June 30 1921
Mr Haselhul n is on adherent to the republican
1 artj ani is an actue worker for the welfire ot hia
cit> He is a consistent and helpful member of
Bcthin3 Evangelical Lutheran ihur(,h of which he is
one of the tniBtee;B He i* also attiie in ae\erdl clubs
n 1 social organizations and is a member of the
T\potlii.tae Prankbn Association which is composed
t tl e master printers and allied trades
The fait that he has eontmupd in the field which he
eitcrid as a joung man is one rea^ion for his present
„ afif^mg measurp of qurce s and ag the ^ ears have
1 assed he has gained wide experience which makes him
an authority m his line ot work He is a man of high
I ersonal standing of marked bi siness integrity and
il ility and the sterling worth of his el arieler 1 hi won
for him a large Lirele of friends
FRANK B BKODERICK M D In 1 is j lofess onal
ai a it> and his patriotic serMce m both the Spanish
\meri(,an war and the great World wir Dr Frank B
Biolenek has honored and been honored by his native
itv anl state and he la one of the popular and repre
aeiitatue physicians and surgeons ot the younger
generation in Detroit where he ii now serving as
tite welfare ofticer for the American Legion Of his
.letii tie>i m the ofRte the following appreciative state
n nts appeared in one of the Detroit da h papers of
fomparatnelv recent date
'■Dr. Broderiek's work since the war has probably
done even more to attach his old comrades to him
than the mere record of his army service. He has
been state welfare officer for the American Legion and
has handled the cases of hundreds of soldiers and
soldiers' families, adjusting relief claims and bring-
ing about government action."
Dr. Bioderick was born in Detroit on the 29th of
-Taiinary, 1880, and is a son of Dennis and Katberine
(Martin) Broderick, who were born in the Dominion
of Canada, where their respective parents settled upon
immigrating to America from Ireland. The paternal
grandfather of Dr. Broderick later came to Michigan
and numbered himself among the vigorous exponents
of farm industry in St. Clair county. Finally he came
with his family to Detroit and here his son, Dennis,
was reared to manhood. Dennis Broderick eventually
became one of the efficient and highly honored mem-
ber'! of the Detroit fire department in which he con
t nued his lerviee forty two years F r a long period
he was the master methanic and chief LUgmeer of
th B imj ortant department of the municipal service
and he was one of the honored and veteran members
of the fire department of the Michigan n etropolis
until the time of his death on Januarv 2 1910 His
widow IS a resident of the city of Mount (. lemons this
state where she h\ es m the home of her only
daughter Of the nine children four are living be
sides Dr Broderick of this review Walter Guy and
Charles likewise resile m Detroit and the laughter
IS the wife of Francis C Wright of Mount Clemeni
In Detroit the earli educational advantages of Dr
Brolenck included the dis ipline of the high school
from which he was graduated about the time of the
inception of the fepuiish American war His louth
ful patriotism and enthusiastic loyalty were promptly
e\iileneed by his enlisting as a member of Company
K Thirty firet Michigan Ti olunteer Infantrj in the
Medical Corps of which command he gave effective
serMce in Cuba Hia experience m this lonnettion
indo ibtedly fortified him m 1 is ambition to prepare
himself for the medical profession and after his re
tl rn to Detroit he applied himself with charaeteristie
diligence and receptnenesa to the studi of medicine
Tn IQO'l he was graduated m the Detroit Homoepathic
Medical College and after thus receiving his degree
ot Doctor of Medicine he engaged aetiveli in the
pr-icti e of his profession He eontii ned to gn e his
JosL ^ttent on to his a ibstantial and important gen
eral j ractice until the United Statei became involved
in the great World war in the siring of WIT when
I e 1 romptly subordinated all personal interests to
respond to the nation t call for medical oflicers On
lie 1st of Maj of that year about one month after
America entered the war he enlisted for service in
the Medical (.orps of the United Statis armv and his
able and exacting service continued until the armistice
brought a close to the conflitt his honorable discharge
having been received July 23 191'' During eleven
and one-half months Dr. Broderick was in active
service on the stage of conflict in France, where he
was placed in charge of the mobile operating teams in
the advance sector of the St. Mihiel front, besides
which he was for a time in service with the French
forces in the Lorraine sector. Since receiving his
discharge Dr. Broderick has continued his residence
in Detroit, and while he is still successfully practicing,
the major part of his time and attention is given to
hia executive service as welfare officer for the Ameri-
can Legion, of which great patriotic organization he
is a most appreciative and zealous member and
through the medium of which he spares neither time
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nor effort m protecting dnl advanenvg the mteresta
of hia eomcades of the World war His official and
jersonal helpfulness bas enable I m;
and unfortunate soliiec to gain a foothold whi
lar appreeiat on of hia patriotism seemel to i
so fir la praetieal aid was concerned and the Doctor
has eome to the front m all manner of sen ice m con
ne tion with the welfare of our >ri^e bo\s whose
saerifices never should bo forgotten ty the nat on ind
tl e neglect of whom can be naugl t b it a nationi! dis
gnce
At Battle Creek Michigan on the lat of October
l"*!" was solemnized the marriage of Dr Broderut
to MiBS Mary A Smart who wis b rn at '-ault Ste
Marie this state and whose parents James and Jean
&mart now reside in Detroit
Dr Broderiek is an actii e n ember of the Amenein
Institute of Homeopathy the Michigan Stite Homeo
pathic Medical Society and the Wivne Com tj Mel
ical Practitioners Soeiety an! it one time he served
as eity physician of Detroit He la a member of the
Detroit Antonitbile Olub and other repre'jentitive
organizations m Detroit and in his nitn e city the
number >f his fnends is ty be gauged onh bv that
of his acquaintances
JOHN 0 BECK secretary treasurer ot the Anto
larti Minufauturing Compinv is one (f the well
known men m Detroit s industnil circles Mr Beck
wa* bom in Eockftrd Illinois '^ejtember 37 1881
his parents being John C and Elizabeth (Biedertj
Beck He ^ttended the public schools of Chicago and
was but 1 bt3 in his teens when he entered on his
business career as an emploj e of the Str( ml erg
Carlson Telephone Companj N^ot withstanding his
youth he progrussei rajidlv in his work tl rough
natural al Uity and close application being ahanced
m a comparatn ely si ort time to the position of fore
man when he was but eighteen years old In fact le
served as foreman dur ng three of the four vears he
was employed ti ere Mr Beck was nest employe i by
the Sterling Ele trie Company of Lafayette Indiana
as chief inspector and still later by the Kellogg Switch
board & Supplv C<mpanv of CI leago Witl jncreas
mg capabilities and qnalifications his ihanges m em
ployment brought additional responsibilities He was
for several years general foreman at the Turner Brass
Works m Chicago after which he be am identified
with the MeCord Manufacturing Companv of that eity
and during the two years that he was thus connected
that company biiilf its Detro t plant and Mr Beek
was transferred here In 1910 he joined the Auto
Parts Manufacturing Company as shop snpent tendent
and his ercellent work in that (onnection led to h s
promotion to the poaitun of fa tory manager in the
following year In 1914 he wai made general manager
and on the 1st of Januarj 1915 he became secretarv
treasurer m whiph capacity he i>" now acceptablv aeri
ing He has instituted mnv well devisel plai s for
the devtl pment of the trade and the remarkable
success which has attended the octmties of the com
pany s largely attributable to hiB constructive and
executive ability anl his thorough knowledge of everv
phase of tha busmes'i The Auto Parts Manufacturing
fompani was founded and incorporatLd m July IBOB
by William E MetzgeranlA 0 Dunk and its present
necutue oflicers are Will am E Metzger president
Albert U Widman mcc president and T C Beck
secretary treasurer Th s company manufactures
crank cases transm ssKns fly wheels units for Ford
tractors stands for adding machines comptometers
dupli ators coin counting machines and typewriters
radio horns also ho isehold electric appliances such
as wash ng machines and vatuum sweepers The busi
ness IS adaptable to every condition of the buying
market the eompanv alwavs having on haul an article
to supi ly the demand when some other product la
oiersnll It utilizes snty five thousand aquare feet
of floir space and empkvs two hunlred persons m its
ta torv which is suppliei with tie most modern equip
ment This is one of Detroit s important enterprises
m its line and its output is "ent to all parts of the
untrj Mr Beck has charge of the operating end of
the business anl his management has been no small
His study of polities has led Mr Beck to s ipport
tie prineifles and uandilates of the republican party
and he also manifests a ieep interest in municipal
welfare and t this end has bei,orae allied with the
Detroit Boarl of Commerce He is a member of the
Emplo-vera AsaoLiation the Milwaukee Junction Mann
facturers Association and the National Assoc ation of
Man if aeturers He is also connected with the Detroit
\utomobile Club while fraternally he is identified with
the Independent Order of 0 Id Fellows and is likewise
a prominent Mason beiongmg to Ashlar Lo Ige F & A
M Peninsular Chapter RAM to the consistory
m which he has taken the thirty seeonl degree and to
the Mystic &1 rine In thorougl ness and the mastery
of everr detail of the duties that have devolved upon
him lies the secret of the success which I as brought
Mr Beck to the ver> creditable position which he now
occupies m manuf actum g circles of Detroit Al
tho igh but of midlle age he has spent twenty five
years in mechanics and through the force of his techni
fal and executive powers has won a prominent
position among the citv s most capable plant e"?ec i
tues and mamgers
COKTEZ E HALL D D M who has auci-essfully
demonstrated his abibty as a member <f the dental pro
fession is likewise interested m other lines of activity
and as president and manager of the HallDoile Real
Estate Company represents one of the leading enter
prises of this character in the city His plana are
earefullj formulated and promptlj executed for he
IS a man of determined purpose who eairiea forward
to a s 1 eessfi 1 f rminition whatever he undertakes
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He IS oiiL of "Uithigaii'a nitiie wns, hja birtl hiMng
oeeurced at Dundee, June 8, 138b His parents are
MeUm lud Eliza (Miller) Hall, the former ot whom
■Kai born in Michigan -xad. the latter in Ohio The
tither, 1 conatruttion engineer by profeosion, was tor
manj years well known m transportation cireles of the
atite ia ^siistant superintendent of bridges for the
Ann Arbor Eailroad tompanj Ho is still actively in
terested m the world a work and la now residing in
Minttte, Washington Three thildren were born to
Mr and Mrs Melvin Hall Cortex B of this review
(.Teorgu G Mce president of thfi Hall Do^lo Keil Instate
f oinpany and Juison W
Dr Hall pursued his Lilucition m the grade! schools
of Dundee, Muhigan in Tihieh he completed hia course
at the age of fifteen years He then ttok ap clerieil
work, which he followeil for four years in order that
hi might accumulate su&cient funda to finish his
stuliLS without interruption When twenty one veirs
of age he entered the Ypsilinfi high school, from which
he was graduated at the age of twenty four, and he
then became a student at the Hnnersiti ot Michigan
where he pursued a course m dental anrgery, winning
the D D S degree in 1<>13 For a year thereafter he
hlled the position of demonstrator in the clinic at the
unuersjtj tor the school year of 1013 14, locating in
Detroit m November of 1914 He entered upon the
prattiee of his profession m this city opening an
offiie in the Washington Areaie building His ability
•loon won rei-ognition in a large and steadih increasing
practice and he has been \ery successful in his pro
fessional work Beahzing that the real estate field pre
lented excellent opportunities for investment, he also
turned his attention to that branch of activity and on
the 2^tll of March, I'llS, in association with his brother,
jnd L E Dcivle, he organized the HallDojle Eeal
Estate Cimpanv, which from the time of its inception
proi ed a prosperous undertaking, enjoving a remark
ibh rapid growth Dr Hall la president of the com
] in\, George G Hall is vice president and L E Doyle
IB secretary treasurer They ha\e an intimate knowl
clge of the worth of all real estate in the city and
1 qi p negotiated manj important property transfers
The mi tnbcr'? of the firm are enterprising and reliable
business men and they are clashed with the leading
real estate operators of Detroit Dr Hall also has other
1 usintss connections, being president and organizer of
thi HallDoilc Equity Company, which developed
W^ oming Heights president of the Pratt T and
fompani and IS interested in Lapan Manor sub
diiision located just back of Windsor He displays
sound judgment m the conduct of his business affairs
ketn sagacity in placing investments, and by reason of
his enterj rise and diligence has won a substantial
At \nn Arbor Michigan on the 12th of Sertember
1012 Dr Hall wna united m marriage to Miss Bertha
W Breitenwisi-her a daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred
Breitenwischer prominent resilenfs of Manchester,
Michigan To this union has been born two sons,
Bobert Cortex, Jr, whose birth occurred on the 2d of
March, 1018, and James Frederick, bom December 30,
1921
In hiB political views Dr Hall is a repubbean and
Ins religious faith is indicated by his membership in
the Methodist Episcopal church He is a member of
th( Michigan Dental Assoeiatioii and Psi Omega, a
college fraternity He is likewise ideutilieil with the
Masons and holds membership with the Masonic Conn
tn tlul He has won advancement through industry,
pcrae\ erance and unfaltering determination He re
cei\ed no finincial assistance when he started out m
life but has gradually worked his way upward as he
has pro\ en his worth and capability until he now ranks
with the prominent dentists and successful real estate
operators of Detroit
AETHUH JOH^ HOOD con luctmg a successful
sto<k and bond business m Detroit, is also a promi
nent sportsman whose efforts ha\e been largely m
strumental m making the Detroit Golf Club the most
famous organization of the kind in the world and
the possessor of the finest clubhouse, having an esti
mated value for buildings and furnishings of o\er
a half mdlicn dollars Its architecture la extremely
unique as well aa artistic and waa the creation of
Albert Kahn, of Detroit one ot the most noted
designers and architects of the country This splen
did clubhouse stands on grounds tl at furnish a
thirty siir hole golf course, the largest m Ameriea
and also pronounced bj experts as the finest The
property \alue of the club is estimated at something
more than three milhon dollars There is a member
ship enrollment of six hundred, including the most
litominent business and professional men of Michigan
ind also ot other states The splendid development
of the organization and the acquirement of its yalu
able property interests is largel> the work of Arthur
J Hood, who when he became a controlling factor
m the organization brought to the task the con
tagious enthusiasm and determination that through
out hts entire life have accomplished splendid results
At the beginning of his .Ktne connection with the
cl lb the entrmee fee was two hundred an! fifty dol
lara Tod ly it la twenty hie hundred doUara and
within a few \ears it will probably be twice that
sum When Mr Hood joined the club it had a lease
hold en 1 certain tract ot land He advised the mem
bera to acquire property and was commissioned by
the orginizatton to bring this result about if possible
After an investigation he secured an option on the
land and after la}ing the plans before the committee
the Detroit Golf Club made purchase of the prop
erti for two hundred and lifti thonsand dollars plus
the l<.ase which was made a monetary part of the
ileal for one hundred thouaand dollars All nf the
outsile lortion ot this vast acreage was sold for
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Bometh ng like a x huolred thousand dolUra and the
golf elub then at-irted on a firm baa 8 Pr or to the
aceon pi shment of ill of tl s task Mr Hood ■was
elected to the prea dency of tl e club and wis then
re elected He later served for two years as v ce
pres dent a d s at 11 a en ber of the board of d ree
tora Th s he ha been natrumeutal m pro mot ng
one of tl e notable ffatures of Detro t At the same
tin e he a a progre b ve bus nesa man of sound j Ig
n ent atrong n orgi zat on anl eiie t ve
A nat ve of Canada Arthur J Hood was born n
Newmarket Ontar o Ma 8 18 3 and is a son of
Andrew M and Hern- eft a (Selbj) Hood the former
a nat ve of the state of New York wl 1 the latter
is of Canadian b rth Tl ey came to M higan n
early 1 fe and after a saeeeaaf 1 bus nosa career the
father ret re 1 n 1894 enj ng a well earned rest
tl roughout h s rema n g da 8 H a w f e surv ves
and a at 11 1 ng n th a c ty In the r fam Iv were
five ch Idren Arthur John An Irew M wl o d ed i
191 and M Id el Mav and Harrv J all of Detro t
Arth r J Hood attended the publ o schools of
Ontar o Canada pass ng through consecut ye gradea
to the h gl school an 1 follow g the removal of the
fan ly to Detro t he beeame an a countant for the
M h gan Central liailroad oeeupj ng that po? t on
for 8 X Tears He tl e became a representat ve of
a stock and bond house w th wh ch he vaa co nected
from 1899 unt 1 IWl when he organ zed the A J
Hood Bond Cog pany Ine a close corjiorit on of
wh ch lie ha8 a n e be n the pres le t Th a s one
of the most sue p>iaf 1 stock and bond comjanea of
Det 0 t and Mr Hooi s thoroughly informed con
corn ng the value of all con mere al pap r In addi
t on to h 3 bu8 neaa of that character he 8 tl e i res
dent of the Qelwe n Graa & Power Company
On the "Otl of Auguat 190" Mr Hood vas un t d
n marr ago to M -.a Ol ve B D xo of Ch ago III
noia a da ghter of Mr and Mra J P D son the
former a pol oe comn ss oner of Ch eago Mr Hood
la a member of the Detro t Board of Commerce a d
has mcnlerahp w th the Detro t Boat Detro t Ath
let e and the Detro t Auton ob le Clubs as well as
w th the Detr t C olf Club H a activ t es however
have mostly bee d rected n the latt r connect on
outs de of ! s b neaa nter sta wh ch have bro ght
h m to a irom nent flace n tl e h a al c r les ot
the e t
JAMES P. CUMMISKEY of Detroit, prominently
known as a miner and ahipper of coal, has been con-
tinuously identified with the coal trade for the past
third of a century and is now the president and treaa-
urer of the Ohio & Michigan Coal Company, as well
aa an ofiieial in other important concerns of similar
character. He was bom in Detroit on the 28th of
January, 1872, a son of Jamea and Elizabeth (Loney)
Cummiakey, and his education was obtained in public
anl jr afp I ool-i of th s c tj In 1888 when a
0 th of s xteen ars I e made li s n t al step n the
eoal bus nesa as an empio e of O W Sh pman w th
whom he oont nue Ifrajr iof fourteen years or
unt 1 Julj 1 190 wh n he enlarkei n bus ness on
h s 0 vn account and has a n e v n arked aucceas aa
a n n r and sh pper of coal H a nteresta n tl a
connect on have grad ally developed n ext nt nd
nportance unt I he is now at tl e 1 ead of a moat
profital le enterpr a as the pres dent and treasurer of
the Oh i M 1 gan Coal Company of wl ch he for
merly aer ed as tr asurer and general manager He
a also pres lent of the B g Creek Coal Company and
Black Hawk C II ery Company of B g Creek Logan
CO ntj Weat 1 rg n a pres dent of tl e M h gan &
Weat V rg n a Land & M n ng Con panj wh ch h s
large hold ngs of coal and t n ber land n West V r
g n a d rect r of the Marah Fork Coal Company of
West \ rg n a wh ch haa tl e three operat ng n nes of
large capi ty and locally le s a large I oiler of
real eatate an 1 interested n I ank ng apd manufact r
ng enterpr ses He possesses unt ng energy s qu ck
of percept n forn s h s plans read ly and s deter
mined n their exe ut on and I s close ap] 1 oat on to
bus nesa anl ha eicelle t management have brou^l t
to h m the h gl d j,ree of prosper tj wh ch s todaj h s
On the ''2d of Nov mber 1904 Mr Cun m skev as
un ted n marr age to M ss Edna Common of Detro t
a d they are w dely and favorablj known n tl e soc al
c rcles of the c ty They ha e four sons Mr C n
m skev beloi gs to the Detro t Board of Commerc
Detro t Athlet c Club Detro t Golf Club and frater
ally has n embersi p w th tl e Kn ghts of Columbus
He las al as made h a hone n Detro t and has long
been re ogn 7ed aa one of its lead ng bus ness men a
well as a 1 regress vo and pul 1 ip te J c t zen
HERBLRT B\GNALL 0 e of the largest whole
1 m 11 ner^ concerns not o ly of Detro t but of th s
aeet n ot the country is that conducted by the firm
of Pollock Pett bone & Company of wh ch Herbert
Bagnall is the pres dent and by reason of his a t vity
anl enterpr se he has won a cred table pos t on n the
comn ere al c rclea of th a c ty He was born a ross
the border h s b rth ha\ ng o curred on Do er lala d
Ontar 0 Canada Fetruary "6 1867 h s parents be ng
•^an el and El zabeth (Steph a on) Bagnali who wore
mt vea of Dubl Ireland and of Englan 1 respec
t vely The father went to Canada wl n n netoen ye ra
of age and the mother became a resident of that coun-
try when a maiden of thirteen summers. There they
were reared and married and the father afterward en-
gaged in farming, remaining on Dover laland until his
death. The mother is still living. In their family were
nine children, three of whom have passed away, John,
Emma, Herbert, Charlea, George and Minnie being
those who survive.
Herbert Bagnall waa the third in order of birth.
He attended the public schools and alao a collegiate
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scJ ool on Dover Island and later continued hia studies
in a l)usmeaa university at Cliatliam Ontario Follow
ing his gradudtion froni the latter he started out to
provide for his own ^ujiort becoming a clerk in a dry
go Is store dt Chatham where he remained until 1887
Jn thit year he removed to Detroit and again became
J ^liciman in t drr goods establishment but soon ad
\ Intel beyond that position and bec^^le interested ui
tl 0 wholesale millmcry business going upon the road
9H a traveling salesman Ho thus represented vinous
vloksalc miUinen houses, covering almost the entire
astern seUion of the tonntrv in his travels ind thus
elding greatly to his knowledge concerning business
methods and the wa> to handle the trade Jn 1911 he
b Lime connected with. Pollock Fettibone & Compmj,
wholestle milliners and jobbers and boon thereifter
a quired in interest m the business Later he was
elected president of tlio corporation which is today
(UP of the Hrgt Vihoksale millinerv concerns of this
seitiun of the eountrj They have one of the most
omplete estabiishments to be found west of New York
it3 and eompinng favorabij with anv in the country
Tl ev o eupj in extensive spaci. covering tv^o floors
of a targe building which thej use m designing mann
tactunng displajing packing and shipping millinery
in 1 the products of their house can be found in some
t the most exclusive millinery and department stores
nt the country The success of the business is attnbut
ible in no small measure to the efforts of Mr Bagnall
who devotLS hia entire tiirn, and energies to the develop
n ent of the trade, and todij the companj tmplovs
tr m httj to sixty people
On the 20th of September 1893 Mr Bagnall was
mimed to Miss Ida Madden of Detroit and they are
w(ll known sociallv in the cifv, the hospitility of many
1 f the best homes being freely accorded them Thev
rp members of the Tongrogational churth and are
highlv esteemLd in tht orga.nization
Mr Bagnill deserves much credit for what he has
dciomplished in a, busineas way for ho started out in
life without speonl aivantages and has steadily
workei his way upwird by reason of capability and
energv ani i thorough studv of every task whioh he
has undertikeii Thus broadening his knowledge and
promoting his efficiency, he is todav occupying a most
desirable position iii commercial circles as the president
of the firm of Pollock Pettibone &. Company
S F EENIOIIN is 0 1 ot tl 1 limg biilding
cnntrict rs ot Detroit aid i is handiw rk is seen m
manv <t the large nul substantial structures of the
(itv which his largLh benefited through his activities
He IS a mtiv e of Canada his birth having occurred
at Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba Ju!j 19
1S86 His parents Abraham and Henrietta lEphrum)
Beniamin, were of European birth anl eirly in their
lives became residents of Canada The fither was a
\erT successful mer hint and a man of benevolent
sp nt and broal I imimtinanism wh devotel the
list twentv two vears of his lite to charitable work
among the poor and deser\ ing of the Jewish faith in
Detroit and throughout the state being greatly be
lov 1 for his generous benefactions to mmkmd His
deith 0 curred lu Detroit m 1017 ind his demise was
letph regrettel by t. large circle of friends for his
uj right houorable lite had won for him the sincere
idmiration resj-Cct ind esteem of ill with whom he
was issociated For four v eirs he had smived his
wife who passe 1 iwav in 1913 Their fimily nom
1 ired seven children Maxwell W a leading atfomev
f Detroit Diina ilso i resident of this city Mrs
Fl rence Fineburg whose home is at Montreal Can
a la Mrs Ira D Jacobs of Detroit Mrs Benjamin
Ferguson residing in Chi ago Hliuois Mrs Birdie
Ripstein of "Montreal and S E of this review
In the acquirement of an edu ition Mr Benjamin
attended the public schools anl the Washington Nor
mil S hool of Detroit from which he was graduated
when sixteen veils of age He then started out m
the business world his first position being that of
traveling salesman for i l)rge wholesile house of the
east with a branch establishment m Detroit He
successfullv represented that compiny m Miohigin
for fin vears reaigninf, at the end of thit period t
0] en an establishment of his own deilmg exclusiv eh
in mPii s si irts Success attended his efEorts from the
beginning and within a short time his business hal
grow I to such proportions thit he wis operating three
stores in the down town settion all of which were en
loving 1 lirge tnde In 191t le disposed of his
mercantile interests ind turned his ittention to con
tracting and building, in which he has been equally
successful. He has been awarded many important
contracts, assisting in the erection of about three
hundred and fifty buildings in this city and throughout
the state, his more recent work being on the General
Motors olfiee building, a magnificent structure, located
on West Grand boulevard and the Poller apartments
on East Jefferson avenue He employs none but the
most skilled workmen an 1 is thoroughly dependable
in the execution of (ontracta living uj to the spint
as well as th letter of an agreement and has there
tore won a largo share if jublic patronage The
word fill his uo plate m his vocabulary for he
arries forward to a successful termination whatever
he undertakes owing to his enterprising spirit and
mirked executive abilitv
\t Toledo Ohio on the 8th of June 1913 Mr
Benjamin was unitel ni mirriage to Miss Sadie Gms
1 erg a liughter of Morns and Lena Ginsberg prom
nent residents of Detroit To this union his been
born a son Morlev wl ose lirth oecurrei m Detroit
LH the Sth of October 1Q16
Mr Benjamin gives his political allegiai ce to the
rtpubli an party and his fraternal connections are
with the Masons the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks ml the Loval Orler of Moose Starting out in
life for hii isplf at an earh age Mr Benjamin de
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serves much crulit for what he lias accompliahed and
his record indicates his fertility of resource the
soundness of his judgment the heenness of hia sa
gacity and the effectiveness of his industry which are
the essentia! features m winning advancement He
has constructed his own success and in building cirJes
of Detroit he occujioa a for n oit positioi
POBEhT JOHN MALOTT ne of the well 1-no ■m
men m conneeticn with tl e rttl tstate bu*"ine^3 in
Detroit was born in Amherstburg Ontario Canada
October 24, IS"? He began his education m the
public schools of Windsor Canada and wis a lad of
twelve years when he aceompaniel his parents on
their remo^ai to Detroit Here he has amee male his
home ind from in earlj ige has been dependent upon
his own resources so tl at wl it ever sue ess he has
achieved is attributable entirely to his diligence,
industry and periistentj of purpose He stirted out
in the business worl 1 is a clerk in a grocery store
iui afterward turned hn attention to the gram tnde
which he conducted on his own iccount at the comer
of Woodward ivenue and Grand louUvari After
four veirs he sold his fusinesi and went to Los
Angeles Califffrnia where he joined the Lamb Fruit
Company Wter a time however he returne 1 to
Detroit and was reil estate salesman for B E Taylor
& Company for tve yeirs during which time he gimed
thorough anl comprehensive knowlelge of the real
estite buoin sa and of the n arliet Believing this
to offer an ahantageous field he then openel an
office m the Ptnobst.ot building and was joinel bi
Messrs Whitney and HoUiuger Their clientage rap
idly developed and Mr Malott perfected the bus ness
organization i nder the name of the Whitney Hollinger
Company He was later joined by Mr Graiea anl
the company was incorporated on the 20th of Noiem
ber 1010 They are extensive dealers m real eftato
and are conducting a large businesa as specnlatiye
dealers They have de eloped and put upon the n arket
the follow ng B bd V s o s LI s a Homewood Morn
ings de Bloomfleld H Ha Fstate anl Oj bway Mr
Malott s sales manager for the oorjoraton and lis
exper enee n the real estate fief 1 veil qual fiea h m
for tl e respona b 1 1 es and onero s dut s that de
\olve upon h n n th s connect on He keeps in lose
touch n th the real estate market tl roughlj under
stands ea h phaae of the bu ness and d spla-\s marked
eapabil tj n 1 andl ng large proj ets in real estate
c rcles be ng reeogn zed as a 1 gh grade execuf ve
In 1000 Mr Malott was un ted n marr age to M ss
Neil e Sparks and they have two ch Idron Frances
Ellen Bun^ and Forest J Tr 1 orn n Detro t June
10 1909 Mr Malott s a men ber of the C tv of the
Strati lodge A F & A M and has att nel the
th rty sec nd degree of tl e Scott sh E te n the M ch
igan '^overe gn Cons story He has 1 ke v ae crossed
the sands of the desert w th the Nobles of Mffsleni
Temple of the M^st e 8hr ne anl s a st worth
I d faithful follower of the craft He is also a mem
ber of the Enights of The Maccabees an 1 he finds his
retreat on in b lliarda and bowing greatly enjoying
those games Through well proportioned diversion he
maintains an even balance m his life, guing at all
times that prominence to busmeaa which is >"o neces
ir^ t( alvaacement and snecess
BLBB &ONGWBR is classed among the m<re pro
gre^ane of the younger business men of Detroit oc
upymg a conspienoua and moat creditable position in
insurance circles He is a representative of the
Western Factory Insurance Association which is a
combine ot forty seven of tl e largest fire insurance
compan ea of the co intr> The\ insure only improved
factory properties and their business etcee Is that of
all similar comjanies m the aggregate
Mr Gnngwer is a native of Ohio his birth having
occurred in the city of Cleveland on the 1st of August
1890 his parents being Charles &cott and E lythe
Qongwer He atteniel tl e pubbc jichools of bia natiie
it^ continued his elucation in the University tothool
at Cleveland and also in the University of Pennsyl
lania T\ hen bis college work was finished he became
dentified with the tirimeil Automatic Sprinkler Com
[any and waa thus conneuted for two years being
lientified with the construction end of the business
Mr Gongwer came to Detroit with the Michigan In
spcction Bureau anl sufsequentlv entered upon his
indent business afliliation with th Western Factorj
Insurance Asso lation wl ich has its main offices in
Chicago He is active in promoting the business in
Detroit where there is a splendid fiell because of the
great number uf mammoth factories in this city — ■
factories which necessarily carrj i large amount of
insurance Mr Oongwer has been verj successful since
entering upon his present bus ness relation the num
ber of his clients growing steadily year by year
In 1918 Mr. Gongwer was united m marriage to
M a9 Charlotte Wood of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have
one da gl ter Nancy Jane, born November 10, 1'018.
GEOEGE W. KEAFT, secretary of the Acason
Motor Tr ck Company, manufacturers of the weO
known Reason motor truck, was born in Fort Wayne,
In 1 ana No ember 10, 1886, a son of Daniel and
f eorg ana (Busehing) Graft, the former a native of
Cumberland Maryland. The mother came to America
at the age of eight years, with her parents, who
settled in Port Wayne, Indiana, and here she after-
warl became the wife of Daniel Kraft. He was en-
gaged n sales lines for a large wholesale hardware
ho se n Port Wayne and is still active as a representa-
t\e of the sales force. He and hia wife still make
the r hon e n Fort Wayne, where they reared their
fam b of three children: Edith; Mrs. V. 0. Ridley;
and G orge W. The two daughters are still residenta
of Fo t Wtjne.
rhe son pursued a high school education in his native
1 lostod
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tity iind afterward took a course iji accounting in the
International Business Institute. He then entered the
employ of the F. S, Bowser Company, accountants of
Fort Wayne, with whom lie continued until IBlfi, when
he I'ume to Detroit and entered manufacturing circles
with the Acaaon Motor Truck Company, filling the posi-
tion of secretary and sales manager. This company
ha'j gained a wide and well merited reputation for the
quality and Btability of the Aeason trucks, which are
used by big business enterprises all over the country.
TliP company has a large plant, used exclusively in the
building of its trucks, at 429 Brooklyn street, Detroit,
"heru more than one hundred and fifty people are
eniployed.
On the I9th of December, 1916, Mr. Kraft was mar-
lic'd to Miss Hazel White. Fraternally lie is connected
with the Masons and ho belongs to tlie Detroit Auto-
mobile Club. Although one of the younger representa-
tive's of business activity in Detroit, inasmuch as he
Panic to the city only in 1916, he has already made a
creditable name and place for himself and is contribut-
ing to the development of a business of gratifying and
>ub8tantial proportions, as secretary iif the Aeason
Motor Truck Company.
EDMOND BELTRAMINI. Among Detroit's lead-
ing restaurateurs is numbered Edmond Beltramini, an
:icknowledged expert in the line of activity in which
lie specializes. He is a member of the firm of Beitra-
luini ic Bush, whose reatanrant and tea room at No.
T()21 Woodward avenue is one of the most attractive
and popular establishments of this character in the
city. A native of New York city, Mr. Beltramini was
born October 21, 1878, his parents being Charles and
Louise Beltramini, the former a native of Switzerland
and the latter of France. They emigrated to the
Fnited States at an early xieriod in their lives, taking
up their residence at New Orleans, Louisiana, after
which tliey removed to Baltimore, Maryland, and in
Hie early '70s made their way to New York city. The
father was a well known caterer and chef, serving for
some time as assistant manager of Delmonico 's, whicli
was at that period the beat known restaurant in the
entire I'nited States. Subsequently he resigned that
IMisition and engaged in business on his own account
in New York city and later in Newark, New Jersey,
I'ut owing to failing hcaltli was obliged to dispose of
his business interests and died while en route to the
west. The motlier passed away in New York city. In
their family were three children, of whom one is de-
ceased, those who survive being Alexa Louise and
Edmond.
Mr. Beltramini acquired his education in public and
piivate schools and in Canton Leasing, Switzerland,
where he pursued liis studies under the guidance of
I'fofcssor Botsie. On laying aside his textbooks he
entered the catering and restaurant business, becom-
ing nu employe of Charles Delmonico of New York
city. Starting at the bottom, he worked his way up
through every department of this famous restaurant
and became so proficient in his art that he was at
length promoted to the position of general manager.
Subsequently ho acted as caterer for a well known
hotel and private club in one of the eastern states,
retaining that position for a period of nine years.
He then resigned and came to Detroit, purchasing the
business of the old Detroit Catering Company in 1910,
it being at that time on the verge of failure. Through
close application and capable management he has suc-
ceeded in building up an enterprise of large propor-
tions, his business associate being C. Edward Bush.
Their interests are conducted under the firm style of
Beltramini & Eush, and the excellence of their euisine
and the superior quality of service rendered to patrons
have made their restaurant one of the most popular
in the city. Mr. Beltramini is also secretary and
treasurer of the Cornfeld Wheel Company of Detroit,
and his identification with any enterprise insures a
prosperous outcome of the same, for ho is a man of
determined purpose who carries through to a success-
ful termination whatever he undertakes.
In New York city, on the Ofh of November, 1912,
iMr. Beltramini was united in marriage to Miss C.
Louise Slieldon, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
T. Sheldon, prominent residents of Great Barrington,
New York. One child has been born to this union,
Carolyn, whose birth occurred in Detroit in October,
1913.
In his political views Mr, Beltramini is a republican,
.ind fraternally he is identified with the Masons. His
business record bas been marked by steady advance-
ment, and his success is entirely attributable to Ms
own efforts. He has persevered in the pursuit of a
persistent purpose and gained that preeminence which
follows superior ability and concentrated effort, being
regarded as one of the leading business men and
progressive citizens of his adopted city.
DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMS comes to Detroit
from Fox Lake, Wisconsin, where he was bom Novem-
ber 24, 1886, his parents being Moses B. and Elizabeth
.lane (Williams) Williams, who, though of the same
name, were not related. Both are natives of Pox Lake,
Wiscon^sin. Tlie father and mother reached adult ago
in the locality where they were born and later the
father became a prominent merchant and leading citi-
zen of that place, where he and bis wife still make
their home. There they reared their two children:
Mary Ellon, who is now the wife of James C. Morton
son, now residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
David E.
The latter spent his boyhood largely as a public
school pupil in Fox Lake, while his college course was
pursued in Beloit, Wisconsin, and later he had the
ridvnntage of further training in the University of
rcnnsyivauia, graduating from the department of
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accounting and fimnee in I'?!! Immeiatelj ifter
ward he aeeured a position with the Oiklmd Motor
Company at I ontiic Michigan m the acco inting
department, ind lemiined with that well known eor
poration until 191b when he resigned and on the 1st
of Jannarv of that j ear came to Detroit Here he was
appointed anditor for the Liberty Motor Car Conipdn*
and was one ot the first to become a part of this ntw
organization After a bnef period he was ehoaen for
offi-Cial duties being appointed secretary and treasurLt
In September 1913 m Markesan Wisconsin Mr
Williams was married to Mias Anna Louise Will ams
daughter of David D Williams and thej have become
parents of two sons Edward David born in D troit
February 23 1916 and Paul James born December 4
1917
Politically Mr Williama is a republitaii and tra
ternaliy is connected with the blue lodge of Masons
He also belongs to t! e Detroit Automobile Association
and to the Detroit Boarl ot Commerce and is much
inteTe<ited in all th it has to lo with the progre<:s and
development uf tie city aid its advancLment along
all thoie lines vil ub btc a matter of en it iirtnt aid
D BURNHiM TEitl For about fortj leirs D
Burnham Tratv oceuj lej the posit on of passenger
agent of the Cincinnati Han ilton & Davton Eailroad
anl while he most fa thfulh and capably performed
his duties m th it conne tion — m inci ntrovertible
proot of which fact stanis his four decades of serv
ice — he also did much important work for humanity
tl rough tl e agencv of the hureh and thp Masonic
fratern ty Indeed tar reaching ani effect \e were
hiB labors and the world is better for 1 a 1 avinj.
He was born July 5 1829 in Lisbon Conne ticut
in the same house which was the birthplace of his
father and his granlfather The ancestral line can
be traced back to England whence representatives
of the name came to Massachusetts n lb23 on the
Hl<op Ann landing at Cape Ann three Tears after
the Mayflower reached the shores ot New Eugliind
It was a little later that Lieutenant Thomas Tracy
established his home at Norwich Connecticut and
the removal of tie family to Lis>on, Connecticut is
indicated m the fact that the great grandfather of I)
Burnl am Tracj was born m that town He served
his countrv witl the naial forces dur nj, the Keiolu
tionari war and lost his life at sea His son \\ill am
Tracv was born in the year 1 7b anl was the father
of Will am Tracy (11) who was born m Decenber
1803 in the old houie which wai built in 1760 ani is
stili in a good state of preservation
It was in the year 1841 that D Burnham Traci ac
companiel his parents to Michigan tte familv home
being established near Ann Arbor He there ac
quired a gool public school edu at on ani when a lad
of fifteen i ear-i jome 1 th Method it Episcopal ehurcl
t whth le 1 as cvtr ilterward i faitl ful and lojal
fdlower At the a^e of twenty three he entered the
nference of the el urch as a minuter of tte gospel
and pursued a four years course in theolo^j In
1853 he was ass gned to duty as pastor of tl e ehurch
it Franklin there remaining for two years while the
ear 1855 was spent at Clinton and in 18jb he ac
pptel the pastorate of the Methtdist church at Bliss
hcl 1 lie labored at Dun lee and Petersburgh in
18 8 an 1 at Mount Clemens in lRj<» bO
The following j car Mr Trdcj telt that his greatest
Iut\ was to 1 IS countrv and he joined the United
States armj as a ehapla n ot the Michigan engineers
ini mechanics serving for three vears at the end ot
ih ch time hi resigned his commission owing to the
condition of h s health which was impaired through
i severe injury sustained in 1863 He however was
retained on detached service for the government un
t 1 lSb4
It was in that year that Mr Tncy was placed in a
sui erannuated relation witl the Methoiist Episco
pa! confirtncp but in 1*^78 the Detro t conference of
tl e Metl odist Episcopal church appointed him as a
supply for Grace Methodist Episcojal church and he
ccupied that position tor twenty three consecutive
I ears One of his biographers while he w as still an
active factor in the world s work said of him Hope
tulb activelj and faithfully he has labored and the
service rendered n the longest pastorate recorded
n the historv of the Methodist church has been made
pleasant to him by the hearty sympathy and eoopera
tl n he has received from the people Of this work
the official organ in Michigan of the Methodist church
sajs What is an evangelist) "ion ha\e jour idea
now hold it still for a moment 4. superannuated
preacher took a rural charge that could not sustain a
pastor nor yet be attached to any exist ng circuit
He quietly leveloped eh irch life keeping up his work
year after j ear Later on he went off a few miles m
the sane township anl organized a seconl aj point
nient Still later le went into i different neighbor
hood b ught an unused and deserted church build
ing started Sunday school preaching service etc
Still later he took m anotl er neif,hborhood doing
similarly as to the servi es the people themseUes
building a cl urch The original church had ten mem
bers That was nearly twenty years ag Popula
lion has not very largely increased but tie ten have
t netj aidition' making one hunlrel names on tie
hooks Of these twenty have die! anj twenty re
moTed leal ing sixty today In the later organized
a] pointn ents are iitty members giving a total m the
field of one hundred anl ten We give this case m
order to ask Is that evangelistic work? Is that
man an evangelistt Is he of as gool a kind as the
one hundred dollars a week kinl with big chorus and
big committee and all the pastors of the town thrown
II t help th^ bg comn tionf For tttcnt\ i e<»rs he
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hai ofticiateJ a3 siiperiiitfiiilent of the Sunday school
cif the same church. Touching this woxk the Advocate
lias said; 'We doubt whether the art of developing
talent in the memhers of a school has been culti-
vated by any pastor in the state as critically as by
Brother D. B. Tracy. We have seen in his school the
most complete utilization o£ material that we have
Tt n-aa in June, 1S55, that Mr. Tracy was united in
marriage to Miss Elizabeth Stout and to them were
born two children, a son, dying in infancy; and a
daughter, Mary E., who married Isaac P. Robinson.
Following his return from the army in 1804 Mr.
Tracy was appointed passenger agent of the Cincin-
nati, Hamilton & Dayton Eailroad, with headquarters
iit Detroit. He was a most efficient representative of
the road and did much to inatitute various improve-
ments that were made in the system and in the man-
agi>mcnt of the company. He continued to oeeupy
tlie position for forty years and each year marked
steady advancement in his railroad service greatly
to the benefit of the company which he represented.
His life's labors were ended February 19, 1906, and
his wife survived only until the 3d of January, 1910.
lie was one of the charter members and the first
chaplain of Detroit Post G, A. K., and he was also
chaplain of the Michigan Commandery of the Loyal
His greatest activity outside of his bueiness and
his church was in the line of Masonry, and in this
field his labors were far-reaching and resultant. His
fathpr was identified with the Masonic fraternity for
more than sixty years. In 1855 lie applied for mem-
bership in Teoumseh Lodge, No. 69, A. F. & A. M.,
of Tecumseh, Michigan, and passed through the sub-
ordinate degrees to that of Master Mason on the Ist
of June. In November, 1857, he demitted to become
n member of Dundee Lodge, No. Ti, and on the 15th
of December was elected junior warden and as such
represented his lodge in the Grand Lo^lge at Detroit,
January 13, 1858. He later became a charter member
of Blanchard Lodge at Petersburgh and for three
years served as worshipful master, while in 1874 hu
iiiis elected chaplain of the Grand Lodge. He was
znnde a Eoyal and Select Mason in Monroe Council,
Xo. 1, in Detroit on the 14th of January, 1858, and
on the 5th of March, 1859, he organized Eiver Baisin
''ouncil at Monroe, Miehigan, and was appointed
Ihrice illustrious grand master on the 3d of August,
1RJ9. On the 10th of January, 1860, he was elected
arand thrice illustrious of the Grand Council and
elected thrice illustrious grand master in 186.1. He
beciime a Knight Templar in Monroe Commandery,
Xo. 4, cm the 29th of October, 1857, and in that
liranch of Masonry also held various offices. He as-
sisted in organizing Monroe Commandery, No. 19, K.
T,, -of which he became the first eminent commander,
mid he was grand prelate of the Grand Commandery
m ISW. He was also ii most mitiring worker in the
Scottish Elte bodies. He received all the grades of
Scottish Eite Masonry in Ohio Consistory of Cin-
cinnati in May, 1859, and assisted in the organization
of Carson Grand Lodge of Perfection and Carson
Council Princes of Jerusalem in Detroit in 1861. He
also organized Mount Olivet Chapter of the Eose
Croix and Michigan Sovereign Consistory in the
spring of 1862 and was the first thrice past grand
master of Carson Lodge, while he also became the
first and for eighteen years remained the commander-
in-chief of Michigan Sovereign Consistory. On the
21st of May, 1862, he was crowned an S, 6. I. G. by
the Supreme Council and on the following day he
was Iionored by being made an active and life mem-
ber of that illustrious body and was made deputy for
Michigan, serving for twenty-three consecutive years
or until he refused to occupy the position longer. He
was also made an lionorary member of the Supreme
Council of Canada. Hugh McCurdy, later illustrious
deputy for Miehigan, paid a deserved tribute to Mr
Tracy at the meeting of the Miehigan Council of
Deliberation as follows:
"A name above all others dear to the heart of
every brother of the Eite, and one they will ever
cherish with grateful remembrance, is that of Hlus-
trious D. Burnham Tracy, the father and founder of
the Rite in this state. In 1859 he received all the
grades in the Scottish Rite bodies in Cincinnati, and
since then has ever been a faithful workman on the
walls of Zion. May 21, 1862, he received the hon-
orary thirty- third degree, and the next day was
crowned an active member of the Supremo Council
for life, and for twenty-throe consecutive years im-
mediately thereafter was the deputy grand com-
mander of this state, when he laid down the duties
of the o(6.ei> and refused longer to serve, and the
Supreme Council with reluctance acceded to his
wishes. He has presided over all the bodies in this
state, and to his energy and unceasing toil in their
behalf they have gained the lofty eminence they now
occupy. The members who assisted him in 1861 to
establish the Rite have passed the veils of the sanctu-
ary and gone to their rewards, but Illustrious Brother
Tracy is with us to cheer us with his presence and
aid us by his counsel, and is held in grateful remem-
brance by all his brethren, who by a unanimous
acclaim years ago elected him Dean of Scottish Eite
Masonry in Michigan.''
Mr. Tracy received the degrees of the Red Cross
of Constantine in Montreal in 1869 and obtained a
charter from the Earl of Bective for Miehigan Con-
clave. No. 54, in 1871 and organized the Grand Coun-
cil of Michigan, becoming the first grand sovereign
of the order. He also established the order in Ver-
mont, Kentucky and Maine and received tlic Grand
Cross at Montreal, becoming a member of the Grand
Cross of Constantine of the United States. He was a
mciiilper of the Royal Order of Scotland an.I in Au-
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gust, 1900 was app inted grind chaplain ot tl at
In eonneeticm with his devotion to Masonrv he was
a faithful Odd Ftllow and a past gnnl maiter of his
lolge for with the ordtr he wis I'sotiated for more
than a half century He was oni, of the th rtceti
men ippointed bv the grand sice to revise the ritual
ot the order euttinj, the Bdiiie down from five to three
degrees His zeal for his age I eomradea m Uasonrv
led him to form the Masonic \ eteran Aasociation of
wlieh he became the veneril le chiet He was i
large hearted broad mindod min bra\ e faithful to
bis compannns and to his dut es throughout his en
tire life HiB sterling traits ot tharaetcr were mam
test in e\erv relation, and his life at all time^i meas
ured up to the highest standards ot manl o d an 1
eitizenihip Mr Trac^ died February 10 1906
JAMES HAMILTON who datis his residence m
Detroit from 1901 has become well known through b s
activities in behalf ot the public welfare and is now
serving as president ot the Publu School Defense
League of Michigan He has also gained prominence
as a buildtr and contracto
s aSairs has displa'
ani alihtv
Canada July 1 1175
(Mitchell) Hamilton ai
children He received
i conduct of bis
ei sound judgment energv
on a farm in Bruce county
son of James and Mary
one nf a famih of eight
s edudti n in the public
schools and when twelve years of age left home
His first business experience was ga ned in a restaurant
but after occupying that posit on for onh a ^hort
time he made his way west and secured work on a
ranch Then after varied changes which include 1
newsboy mining, longshoreman and bookkeeping wool
and coal business, and the lumber business he entered
the contracting fiell in l^Ob He has devote i a great
deal ot his attention to the work of installing boileti
and engines in factories s<hools aul other buildings
also Irick n ason contracting drawing his own plans
and has erected a large number of factors buildings
and dwellings some cf whuh he still owns He is a
teen faraigtted business man wjth a shrewd discrim
ination it mvesfment and snccess m a substantial
measare has rewarded his efforts
In 1900 Mr Hamilton was united ui n arriage t
Jane Ann Culelugh at Varna Canada anl thev haie
become the parents of eight children Hazel Gladys
Marion Grace Clarence Linton Thelma and Jean
In his political views Mr Ham Iton is a republican
but nsually casts his ballot m favor of the candidate
whom he regards as best qualified for office withont
regard to party lines He has delvei deeply into
manv interesting problems — problems which afEeet the
individual and the community and he las takm a
most progressive stand on manv public questions
He IS the father of the Michigan sch oJ amendment
whii-h has for its ob]p t the assurinc to each cl ill
while m its e! aracter f rming peri id of the advantage
to introduce
private or
t oompulsorj
c way open
ut at least a portion ot its time in dn American public
school He contends that if all of our children were
educate 1 m the one non sectarian school no interest
could ever induce those children to use violence
against each otl er but tn the other hand they wtuli
settle their problen s tl rough tl o rule ot reason rather
than forte
Hs path in getting the aehod amendment before
the people was a thorny one He was unable to prevail
upon a single legislator or senator
legislative bill that the three woi
I arochial ' be removed from tl e pr
school attendance law There being n
to bring the principle forward but by the i
Hamilton organized the Wayne County Cimc Asso
ciation of Michigan which organization secured and
submitted to the secretary of state over one hundri 1
and twenty four thousand signatures, petitioning f(r
a constitutional amendment, reading as follows All
residents of the state of Mich gan between the ages
o£ hvc an 1 sixteen 3 ears, sh ill attend the public
school in their respect ve districts until they haie
graduated from the eighth grade provided that in
liistrieta where the grales do not reach the eighth
then all persons herein described in such district shall
ecmplute the c<urse taught therein
After the petition of over one hundred twenty four
thousanl names was filed on Tebr lary 18 19^0 such 1
Umand to cooperate was expressed from all oier the
state that it was decided to call a meeting m Lansing
ot interested people This meeting took place on Feb
mary 2« 1920, and the Public School Defense League
was focD ed which league has conducted tl e campaign
of education since
The petition proved to be the largest ever filed on
an> moral lasue up to that time The opposing in
terests through the secretary of state held the issue
up and Hamilton was oblige 1 to carrv it to the
supren e court of tie state When it was finallj
decide 1 upon favorablj, the proptnents of the measure
had onl3 thirty dais in which to conduct a campaign
of education to tl e entire people in the state of Mich
igan anl although most of the daily pap rs and nearlv
every weeklv was opposed to the issue it polled
three hundred and fifti three thousand 0 ght hundred
and seventeen lutfs or thirty sis and seven tenths
per cent of the totil lott at the November, 1920
election
In the August primaries when the adherents of the
Public School Defense League realized that principles
must have their friends to enforce tl em they solicited
every potential cand date for governor but found
they were all opposed to this constitutional amend
ment Therefore Mr Hamilton was constrained to
enter the race for governor and m a field of 1 inc
finished fiftl
This renarkalle showing was attribute! not alone
to his stand on the school amendment question but
to his eanomic and social views Vn unlerh ng
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CITY OF DETROIT
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innciple of Ins leouoiuic iiens as pul)l shtd luring
1 13 campaign ■naa that all of those public neeesaitiea
tint tie by thoir -very nature a monijolj should be
nmed ^nd operated bj the people Hi. is considering
senoutly whether the price thit wo are piying for
the present economie avstem is north while He
1 li(.\es that i£ the power to prodnce was a baaia
of value and etihange and that if each individual
uai obliged to produce his share then crimes baaed
n etonomn, reasoni ■would disappear together with
In religious filth Mr Himiltm js a Presbyterian
n 1 he IS identified fraternally with the Maaons be
1 nging to the blue lodge chapter council the Grotto
ini to the Knighta of Milti He la ilso connected
with the Independent Order ot Odd rellows He la
a moat publi spirited ind progressive citizen whose
influfnto IS e* er on the aide of ad\incement anl
iiiprcvement His eftorts m behalf of the publii.
n elf are have been effective and far reaching while
m business circles he oecupiLS an enviable position
ind m e\ery relation of life he measures up to tlic
1 igl est "itanl rda tf manhocl and citizensh p
\\ILL\RIt POrr The name of Wiilard Pope is
kt own in business circle? throughout the United
States ind Canada in eonnntion with designing and
building of bridge' He is the Mce president of the
f imdnn Bridge ColIlp^ny and his reputation m his
choen iield of labor is second to none He makes his
hon e at tlie pre'jeut tinie in Detroit with opportunity
to eniov ill those phases of life which are to him
lleisurible iince pr^ctjcilh retiring from the field
' t bus ness The story of his successful career is
in interesting one bj reai^on of the fact that hia
[rfgress resulted from the wise use whiih he made
of h ? time talents md opportunitie"? while hn skill
al tlit> laudable ambition and indefatigable energy
were at all times directed by % notably sound
judgment
Mr Poj.e wis born ni Oak Park one of the suburbs
of Chicago Illinois January 10 ISb" his parents be
ing ^\ illard S and Julii (Bissell) Pope whose tamily
lumbered four children the ethers being Harriet B
now livii g in Lene\a New "iock Pauline who is
tl e wife of C T Miller and Julia who died aome
veara ago
During hia earlj life the family Lome was eetab
1 she I m Detroit and Willard P )i e attended the
'I liools of this cit> completing the work of sue
cpssne grades until he hid become a, itudent m the
Central high school In due course of time he was
then graduated and later entered the Unner^ity of
Michigan at Ann Arbor in which he won the Baohe
lor of Science degree at hia graduation m 1888 on
the omi letion of a course in civil engineering
\M en hia college da\a wore o\er he became identi
tied with the Detroit Bridge &, Iron Works and in
that connection made steady advancement filling
( arious reaponaible ( ositions and executive offices
until 19D1 at which time he was occupying the office
of president when the business was sold In the
aame ^ear in connection with Francis Tharles
MiMath he organize I tl e Canadian Bridge Com
pani of which Mr McMith became tl e president
with Mr Pope as Mce provident and chief engineer
This compan> has erected many of the finest bridge
structures seen m the world todaj Mcnuments of
the akiU and ability of Mr Pope and the other repre
sentati^es of the i-ompani are frui d m "^ ictorii
bridge o^ er the St Lawrence ri^ er at Montreal and
the Quebec bridge
During the World war the Canadian Bridge Com
pan> turned over its entire plant ti the manufacture
of munitions and even b nlded boata of tie fabri
atel ship t>pe and under the guidance and direc
tion of Mr Pope and Mr McMath the corporation
rendered a remarkable service to the allied govern
inents during the period of the conflict with Germany
Both gentlemen were identified with the Canadian
Bridge Company until January 1<>22 when they sold
tl ir interests in the business Mr Pope wh le stiJl
I olding man\ directorates in various corporations
1 as virtually retired trom business and is now enjoy
ing well earned rest m his beautiful home at No
1"05 Spninole avenue n Detroit His nan e how
ever has at different periods been connected with
n ani important business enterprises He was one of
the builders ot the Essex Terminal Eailroad is the
Mcp president and one of the directors of the Esaes
Real Eatate Companv s a director of the Digestive
Ferments Company a director of the Detroit Motor
Bus Companj and was fomierlv an officer and direo
tor in various Canadian corporations that have played
an important part in the varied activities eontribut
ing to the upbuilding ot Canada He was identified
with the 8t Lawrence Bridge Companv the Man
time Bridge Company and the Str ictural Steel Com
pan\ and other organizations of similar importance
and throughout his entire career his labors have been
directed in fields not only where fruition is certain
but where the public welfare I as largeh been pro
moted through hia efforts
On the 29th of June 189i^ Willard Pope was united
m marriage to Miss Fannv L Shaw of Burlington,
Vermont and to them have been >om three children'
Marv S who was born m IWO Willard B, m 1903
ind Margaret m 1907
In politics Mr Pope haa always maintained an m
Upendent co irse voting tor men and measures
rather than partv and exercising his judgment m
regard tc matters of general concern rather than
acceding to party domination ot any kind He is a
member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, is identi
fied with several Canadian clubs and is a most promi
nent figure in the elub circles of Detroit having
membprsi ip in the Detroit Detroit Athletic Country
D troit (rolf Iniversitv and Detroit Boat Clubs, and
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is also a member of tbe Essex Country Club, the
Turtle Lake Club and othera. While lie liaa eoatrolled
busiuesa interests of magnitude, he has never allowed
these interests to monopolize his time to the ex elu-
sion of those activities which count for friendship
and which win personal regard, without which life
would be scarcely worth the living. His friends are
today legion and all who know hira entertain for him
the highest esteem.
A. E. O'DOKNELL, jmrchaaing agent and traffic
manager with the United Fuo! & Supply Company of
Detroit, was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Janu-
ary 1, 1865. He pursued his education m St. Aloysiua
College and afterward learned telegraphy and entered
the employ of the Great Western Eailway of Canada.
He dates his residence in Detroit from 18&0, at which
time he entered the railway business with the Trunk
Line Association. He remained in that connection
for ten years and then became identified with the
grain trade, of which he was a representative for
eight years. He was first with J. S. Lapham &
Company and afterward organized a company for
the conduct of the business, which ho thus carried
on several years. Later he became a stock and bond
broker, continuing in that field for six years. On
account of the World war he gave up the stocks and
bonds and accepted a position with the United iPuel
& Supply Company as traffic manager and purchas-
ing agent.
In 1&8S Mr. O 'Donnell was married to Miss Sarah
J. Howe and they became the parents of two sons
and a daughter- Fred J, Charles Edward and Clara
May. The eldest is now with the Security Trust
Company, with which he has been connected for
eight years. The second son enlisted at Detroit for
service in the World war and went to Camp Ouster,
where he rendered so valuable service to the medical
staff that he was sent, to France with a hospital unit.
He was discharged at Camp Custer in June, 1918,
and he is now sales manager for Clyde C Crane
Company. The daughter is married to S. L Fitz-
Patrick of the Ford Motor Company.
Mr. O "Donnell has a wide acquaintance in Detroit,
where he has now made his home for four decades.
He is a member of the Fellowcraft Club and also
of the Lions Club and an active member of the
transportation committee of the Detroit Board of
Commerc e.
LEE E JOSLYN, a leading attorney of Detroit, is
specializing in bankruptcy law, in which he has be-
come an acknowledged authority. At various times
he has been called to public positions of homir and
trust in connection with his profession and has always
done efficient and conscientious work, displaying a
public-spirited devotion to the general good. He was
born in Darien, Genesee county. New York, a son of
Willis B. and Amy (Foster) Joalyn, both of whom
were natives of the Empire state. The Joslyn family
is an old and honored one of the east, the orig-
inal American progenitor having settled in Hanover,
Massachusetts, as early as 1635. Jabea Joslyn, the
groat-great grandfather of the subject of this review,
was a tailor by trade and a soldier in the Revolu-
tionary war, serving under General Washington, for
whom ho also acted as tailor.
In the school' of Drydcn and Lapeer, Michigan, Lee
E. Joslyn acquired his early education and his law
studies were pursued in the offices of Judge Stiekney
at Lapeer and Judge Durand of Flint. He devoted
every energy to the mastery of the principles of juris-
prudence and was admitted to the Michigan bar in
1886, when not yet twenty-two years of age, thus
indicating his adaptability for the profession which
he had chosen as a life work. He engaged in practice
in Bay City and West Bay City, Michigan, until 1910
and thou removed to Detroit, becoming referee in
bankruptcy. He has a thorough and comprehensive
knowledge of bankruptcy law, to which he has de-
voted much study and thought, and his superior abil-
ity in this branch of the profession is indicated m the
fact that he retained that position for a period of
fifteen years, having been reappointed to the ofQoe
every two years by a republican judge, although he
is a democrat in his political views. He resigned the
office on the 1st of April, 1919, to resume the private
practice of his profession and is now specializing in
bankruptcy law, being accorded a large and repre-
sentative clientage. Wherever he has lived he has
been called upon for public service and while re-
siding in Bay City served as prosecuting attorney for
(wo years and for four years filled the office of city
attorney. He also was county school commissioner for
three years and for four years served as circuit court
commissioner. As a public official he made a most
creditable record, characterized by marked capability
and devotion to duty. He regards a public office as
a public trust and no trust reposed in Mr. Joslyn has
ever been betrayed in the slightest degree He has
proven a safe counselor, an able pleader, and in the
court room an opponent who gains the respect even
of his bitterest adversary. Early recognJEing the
fact that industry and perseverance must constitute
elements in success, along those lines he has labored
for advancement and has wisely and conscientiously
uied the talents with which nature endowed him.
He has been a lecturer on bankruptcy at the Detroit
College of Law since 191.').
In 1893 Mr. Joslyn was united in marriage to Miss
Alice L. Wilson of Bay City, Michigan, and they have
become the parents of four children: Lee E., Jr., Alan
W., Laura, and Mary Ann. The elder son is a veteran
of the World war, becoming first sergeant and remain-
ing for two years in service, being assigned to Base
Hospital, No. 36,
Mr. Joalyn was a member of the charter commis-
sion of Detroit and is a loyal and public-spirited citizen,
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inlereateil in all tliat tends to promote publu progress
and jrospprify He hoUs membership mth the Sons
o± the American Revolution and js a Mason of high
atinding haMng ittamed the thirty second degree in
Biy C ty ConsiBtorv He also belongs to Winona
Lodge No 265, F & A M, of Bay Utj and to El
KJiurateh Temple of the Mvatio Shrine while hi"? social
nature liuda expression in his id entilicati on nith the
Bav (-ity Lountrv St Clair Shores tountry Ingleaide
Detroit \thletie Detroit Golf and Detroit Clubs His
time and attention are ehiefly giien to his law prac
tue md in a profession demanding keen intelleituality
tnd individual merit he has made continuous progress
hia suierior ability leing recognized b) his profes
sionil <olleagTieB ind i-oi temporaries and tlao bj the
general public His life has been an active ind useful
one ictuited by honorable motives and filled with
noteworthy accomplishments ind Detrnt act mints
him one of her most nluel citizens
la 1 most J r oh tabic out Mi Baitr i'* also a diri, tor
of the Detroit Transfer Association
Fred J Baier is unmarried and resides ^\lth his
parents During the World war he enlisted in the
motor triusport department ot the United States armj
with nhich he nas connected for nineteen months
selling us sergeant He is a member of the American
Degion and traternally is identified with the Bene\o
lent Protectn e Order of Elks while in Masonry he
has taken the thirtv second degree, being also athliated
with the tohrine He is likewise identified with the
Masonic Country Club He minifests a deep interest
in municijal welfare ind to this eivd has become
allied with the Boarl of Commerce He is alert and
energetic in the conduct of his commercial intcicsts
and his thorough reliabihtj and integrity ha\e won
for liim high standing in business circles of the eity
He IS >et a \cung man but has already aeeomplishel
much and D tro t ]■? proud to number him imong her
tSBD T B\TFR In business c rcles t D tioit
Irel J Baier is well known ds the jrcailcnt of the
E-iier Tnusfer Company one of the leading enter
jrispi of this charicter in the citj and his energy
lid business acumen haye been determining factors
n its successful upbuilding and le\ elopment A
n-itiyp of thii citv he was born March 30 18<t4 his
I irents being Edward P and Mary (Mutphy) Baier
who were also born in Detroit and hive here spent
their Ines F>r the past forty five veirs the father
his been ticket igent for the Detroit &. Cleveland
Nn gition Company during which perioi he has
rpnlerel f aitl fnl and (fficient sen ice to tint corpora
tion The mother also survives and they ire widely
known an! highly respected residents of the city
Four children were bom to their union Nellie Charles
^l 1 Pred T being the surviving members of the (am
ih The son Fdwird Biier who passed away on the
■^th of May ll"! was numbered among the energetic
IT d progresiiie louiig business men of Detroit anl
1 1^ standing in eommeicial circles was an enviable
In the icquirement of an edncation Pred J Baier
ittended the grammar schools of hia native city and
the (.entril high f hool and when siTtteen lears of age
1 c laid aijde h i textbooks to enter businei9 life In
1110 in aioociation with his brother Edward he
established a small transfer business and through their
well directed efforts and capable management a Urge
bus ness was developed Elwaid Baier continuing ac
111 p m its control until his demise It has been in
cor] orated as the Baier Transfer Company with Pred
J Biier as the ireiident and inlet his wise direction
the enterprise 1 as enjoyed a continuous growth em
ploiment now being furnishei to from fifteen to
thirt\ peiple The (ompanv has won a large share of
I ublic patriuagp owing to its promjtness reliability
anl entirpnse m execut n^ orders and the bus n ess
]iMEESO\ DA"V1S, J practical chemist of laige
experience t supplement his technical training and
since 1901 treasurer of the Detroit Chemical Works,
was born in Ba\ Citj, Michigan, May 23, 1878, a son
of John and Ida M (Hitch ock) Da\is His father
the president ot the Detroit Chemical Works was born
in Wcslfield Moasaehiisetts May 35 1814 his paients
being the Re\ tmerson Dans D D ani Mary May
hew (Folgej) Da MS the latter a repiesentative ot the
Mayliew tainily, earlj settlers of Martha s Vineyaid
Maasaehusetts and of the Polger family, who were
pioneer residents of Nantucket Massachusetts so that
in various lines John Dans is descended from honcred
New England aneestrj He obtained a hif;,h school and
academy education at Westfield, Massachusetts and
there stajted out in business as a dmggiat in ise"*
The following lear however he removed to Michigan
and opene 1 i Irug store at Wenona now W est Bay
City wlicie he continue I as a sueceasfui merchant
until lH-9 In the latter jear he turned hia attention
to the manufacture ot grocers' specialties, in which he
was engaged until IS^tS In the meantime or in 1888
he established the Detroit Chemical Works a business
that was incorporated m 1893 and through the inter
\ening period of twenty eight years he has been the
[.resident active in the deielopment of the trade until
the Detroit Chemical Works constitute the leading
business of this character in the city
John Dai s was numbered among the ' boys m blue '
of the Ciiil war serving as a corporal ot the Thirty
fourth Massachusetts Infantr* in 1S62 while later he
was appointed hosptal steward USA and Her\ed
with the medical director m the field at the lead
quarters of Generals Hunter SI eridan and Crooke
being discharged at his own request at the close of the
war Mr Davis has long manifested his interest in
Detroit s welfar and [ rogress as a member of tie
Detriit B erl of ( cmn eree His political belief is
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that of the republican party and his religious faith that
of the Congregational chureh. For sii years he served
as preeideat of the Congregational Union aad for five
years was a trustee of the First Congregational ehuroh.
He is also well known ■is a elub m-in, hiving member
ship in the Detroit athletic, Wajne and Detroit Clubs
In 1870 John Ddiis was united in marriage to Miss
Ida M Hiti-hcoek who passed awij in 18S1, leaiing
thue sons tdward is, John F and Bmersrm At
Beierh, Masi ii.huHett»>, m 1^S5 he wedded Emma F
The third '*on, Lmcison Dai is, wis little more than
an mfant at the time of the remo\al of his parents
from Bij Cit* to Detioit and here he pursued a pub
he school edutdtion completing the work of con
seeutne grades until hn had finished the high sthool
He then entered the T nn i-rsity ot Michigan and won
his Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the
class of 1901, having pursued a literary Lourse with
specialty in eheniistr* He thus thoroughly qualified
for the duties which have since devoUed upon him,
for with hia graduation from the university he entered
at once into active connection with the Detroit Chemi
nl Works of which he was made treasurer This
company has two plants, co\enng four and a half
acres ot ground, and theirs is one of the big business
interests of this Lharattir in Detroit They manufac
tore three standard proiucts, nameU sulphate of
alumina, sulphuric ind and nitnc acid Mr Davis
has proven himself a strong and forceful man in his
chosen field a splendid itecutne and a practical chem
1st of large experience
On the 10th of February, ItOb Mr Davis was mar
ried to Miss Marnn Biegler and they have become
parents of four ihildren John Emerson Philip Cam
eron Mary Elizabeth and \irginia Marshall Mrs
Davis IS related to John Marshall the celebrated
American jurist and the first chief justice, through her
grtat grandmothtr Susan Marshall, who was a sister
of the eminent judge Mr Davis and his wife have
mtmbership m the Oongregational church and are m
terested m all those fortts which tend to bring a lot e
of righteousness into men's hearts Mr Davis votes
with the republican party and along professional lines
has connection with the American Chemical Society
and the Socnty of Chemical Induatrv He is also
a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and ts iden
tified with the Detroit Board of Commerce with the
Ingleside Club and the Bed Run Golf Club These
last indicate much of the nature of his recreation and
interests outside of business He has gamed high pro
fesaional standing through merit and bj study, re
search, investigation and experience i^ constantly seek
ing to broaden his knowleige and effiuiencv
GEORGE THOM4S HUNTFR, a native son of De
troit and a member of one of its honored pioneer fam
ilies, occupies a prominent position in business iir
cles as president and manager of the Michigan Cart
age & Storage Company, in which connection he is
directing the oldest enterprise of this character in
the state. He was born August 18, 1872, of the union
of James and Mary (Barley) Hunter, both of whom
were natives of England and came to the United
States about 1863 In that vear the father became
a represetttttive of the Sheddon Company, Lti ot
Canada, cartage agents, his headquarters being in De
troit Ho remained at the head of the local branch
until 1898, when he purchased the business and or
ganized the Sheddon Cartage Company with a capital
stock of one hundred thousand dollars The business
was conducted successfully under that stvlo from July,
18Q8 until 1906, when the style of the Michigan Cart
age Lomptny was adopted, the capital stock remaining
the same Mr Hunter s initiative spirit and notable
esecutive ability enabled him to develop an enter
prise ot large proportioni, and he continued active in
its control until he had reached the age ot eighty
years, when his son George T, assumed the manage
ment Mr and Mrs Hunter are still residents of
Detroit, and their family numbers three children
Elizabeth who is at heme with her parents, Mrs
Id I Pricsing a resident of Toronto, Canada, and
ticorge T
4fter completing his public school education Mr
Hunter attended Goldsmith s Business TTniversitv of
Detroit, and his initial bnnness experience was ae
|uired as an emplove of the Grand Trunk Eailroad
Companv, with which he remained for three jears,
leaving their service on the 1st of September 1811,
in trder to assist his father in the conduct of his
cartage business In 1918 George T Hunter took over
his father's interests and reorganized the business,
increasing the capital stock to one hundred and
twentv five thousand dollars and changing the name
to its present st^ le of the Michigan Cartage & Stor
age Company He has since been president and gen
era! manager of the concern and has pertected a sys
tern which enables him to ascertain daily the exact
cost ot operating the business, thus keeping an ac
curate record of each dav s profits In August 1919
a cartage magazine, known as One Hundred Pet Cent
published bv GouH & Companj wf Chicago, printed
an interesting article in regard to this system, which
has since been successfully adopted by similar bus!
ness enterprises throughout the country In the man
agement of the undertaking Mr Hunter displays the
same progressive spirit, administrative ability and
foresight which distinguished his father and his
carefullv formulated plans and well directed efforts
have resulted in the further expansion and develop
ment of the business, which has now assumed ex
tensive proportions
On the 9th of September, ITO3, Mr Hunter married
Miss Jennie Elizabeth Wilson, a daughter of Mr and
Mrs Thomas Wilson the former well know in buai
ness eiriles ot Detroit •is president of the Wilson
I oundrv Company To this union has been born a
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Mr Hunter is a mem^e^ tf the Detroit Cartage As
aocmlion the Ntrth Channel Hunting &. Fiahmg Club
inl thL Miehii,an Athletic Clul and tcaternally he
IS 1 lentited with the Maaonii. orler, belong eg to
Iniou Lodge F & A M He northily bears a name
t1 It bat long been Bjnonymous with enttrpriae in
tcgrit^ and reliability m bnsinesa circles of Detroit
nnd 13 a natne son whose record reflects eredit
1 1 honor upon the citi
FDMIMD J LOPELWD nht baa won retognition
Ti a tittor in manufacturing cirdea m Detroit waa
lorn m Jackson Michigin October 12 1885 his par
ents be ng Joseph "V, and ly^epl ine (Beaekei) Cope
Imd He is the eldest of four thillien the others
being Hirrv J Bert and Mortimer J In his yonth
he attended the public schools and afterward pursued
1 commerciil course m the lackaon businosa Univer
s tj His first prietical experience m the bi smoss
ftorll Mil gained through ■> jear a employment in a
clot! ing st re ind later he pursued a stLnographic
ourse anl oitimed i cleniil position with the Hart
MLk Lumber Company He wis afterwird a clerk m
the ofiiL? of ** B Wight purthasmg igent for the
Aluhigan Central Eailway and when he hid o upied
that position for a time he resigned to become Srst
assistant purchasing agent for the Buick Motor Com
piny serving unier W C Duiant for a jeriod of eight
\ears He was next lientified w th the Corcoran Lamp
I ompany and m May 1916 he became president of
the Kelyinator Corporition minuficturers of i eless
refrigerating machines
The Kelyinator Corporition produced one ot the
ilr^t feasible iccless refrigerating plants for domestic
us its product was so constructed that it gaie a
maximum amount of efheienci for a minimum cost and
the initial expenditure for the jlant itself ■naa ma
teriaUy lesa than that of ita competitors Mr Cope
lai 1 in his exe uti\ e capacity of preaidtnt of the
Kelyinator Ltrporation was largely responsibk for
tht lonception of the plant itself and almost entirelj
responsible for the placing of it on the market and
fte subsequent position of national recognition it
attained In February 1921 Mr Copeland seyered his
connection with the Kelvmator Corporation in order
t) organize the Eleetricold Corporation The purpose
rt tl 9 ( rporation is to market a somewhat iimilar
proiuct to that of the KeUinator However it is ma
terially superior from the standpoint of construction
and inyolvea a less expense of operation The knowl
elge Mr CopelanI gained in the experimental work
with the Kelyinator product co ipled with unique con
eptiona of his own haa been combined m making
ot the Elpctr cold i-r duct the m st efBcient one on
the market toda^ The Flectricold Corporation is a
M higan corporation with Mr fopeland 9a president
The plant ani mjin ofBees of the corporation are
maintained in Detroit and while at the jreafnt time
it IB a Michigan eorjioration it is intended to expand
it into a Delaware corporation
Mr Copeland was marritd in Taekson Michigan to
Miss E\a M Cook in 1906 and the\ now ha\e two
soni Philip Theron who was b rn in 1^13 and Eex
Edmund born July 15 ¥120 The familj resides at No
4d' King avenue Mr Copeland is identified with
the Detro t Board of Commerce and is keenlj in
terested in the city s progress and improvement He
belongs to tie Detroit athletic Clib md is a thirty
secLUd degree Mason and a Noble of the Mvati Shrine
He deserves much credit for what he haa accomplishe 1
and as the architect of his own fortunes las buillei
wisely and well
HENBT KROHN a successful and capable business
man occupies a foremost place in induatrial t rtlea of
Detroit as 11 e pre si lent m charge of sales (f the
Paige Detroit Motor Oar Corporation with which he
has been identified since 1910 He was born in Mil
fori Michigan September 4 1880 a son of Max and
Helen (Frank) Krohn both of whom were of foreign
birth In carlj life they emigrated to the United
'-tatcs becoming residents of Milford Michigan where
for aome time the father su ceisfuUy engaged in mcr
chandismg Later they removed to Detroit and the
father was prominently connectel witli business in
tereats of this city until his demise The mother has
also passed away
HGnr\ Krohn the onh sunning member ff tie
family ic^uirel his education in the grade ani high
schools of Detroit and after laying aside his text
books secured employment along mercantile linos He
became a trayeling salesman representing prominent
eastern houses m Michigan and Ohio but subsequently
he abandoned the road to enter the automobile basi
ness organizing a compani to distribute Paige cars
in Ml higan He was so snccessfnl in that work that
his serines were sought by other agenoiea and m
1<*10 he accepted the position of sales manager with
tl e Paige Detroit Motor Car Corporation His efficient
work s<on won him merited promotion and he was at
length made me president m charge ot sales in which
connection he displays marked executiye ability,
energj and initiative He devotes eiory effort t) the
le^elopnent of the business and his aggressne meth
oda and close application haie been reaultant factors
in the col t nued growth of the uniertaking He is
also director of the Paige Salts & Service Company
and a director of the Faunie Bealtv Compani and has
other business interests
On the 19th of Tune 1003 Mr Krohn waa united
in marriage to Miss Lillian Lieberman a laughter of
Mr and Mrs William Lieberman resi lents of this city
To this union haa been born a daughter Helen Ruth
whose birth occurred in 1906 and who is now attend
ing the Liggett School for Girls m this city The
finih resile at 113' Longfellow a\enue
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In his political views Mr. Krolm is a rt'publican,
stanelily supporting the principles and candidates of
tlie party, and his interest in the wulfare and ilevelop-
ment of his eity is indicated by his memliership in
the Detroit Board of Commeree, and the Exporters
& Importers Club, of whiuh he is serving as vice
president. Industry has been the key which has un-
locked for Mr. Krohn the portals of success. His
business career has been one of continuous progress,
and the force of his personality, the keenncs'j of his
insight and the soundness of his judgment have
brought him to a position of prominence m connection
with the automobile industry of Detroit. His salient
traits of character are those whiuh make for personal
popularity, and he enjoys the esteem and goodwill of
a large circle of friends.
CASH W. TALBOT, president of the Talbot Lum
her & Coal Companj- and a wide awake, energetic and
popular young business man was born m Toledo, Ohio,
February 13, 1884 He is a brother of Charles E.
Talbot, vice president of the Hational Bank of Com-
merce, and of Fred H. Talbot, vice president of the
Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank, both representa-
tive business men of the city. In connection with
their records on another page of thi^ work is found
mention of the parents.
Cash W. Talbot attended She public and high
schools of Detroit, after which he, too, entered the
banking business by becoming an employe of the
Citizens Savings Bank, which he joined in a clerical
capacity. He devoted two years to the banking busi-
ness and on the expiration of that period he decided
to engage in business on his own account. Accord-
ingly on the 15tJi of October, 1906, lie organized the
Talbot Coal Company, and later, in 1916 lumber was
added to the business and the corporation name was
changed to the present name, Talbot Lumber & Coal
Company. The business has developed and prospered
under his careful management, and today he has one
of the large enterprises of this character in the eity.
He has from the beginning been president and man-
ager of the concern, while C. R. Talbot is the treas-
urer and Fred H. Talbot is one of the directors. This
is a close corporation and the business has been devel-
oped along substantial lines which have brought grat-
ifying financial returns. Mr. Talbot of this review
is a member of the Detroit Lumber Dealers Associa-
tion and the Detroit Coal Esehange and in these con-
nections, as well as individually, closely studies the
conditions of business and the ojiportunities for its
expansion.
On the 14th of September, 19111, Mr Talbot was
married to Miss Gladys 0. Tomes of Detroit, daugliter
of Edwin A. Tomes, and they have one thild, Cash
W., Jr., bom in Detroit in 1915.
Mr. Talbot gives his political support to the repub-
lican party and his interest in community affairs is
shown in his membership in the Detroit Board of
e is also a member of the Ingleside Club,
the Detroit Automobile Club and the Detroit Golf
Club. He and his wife have membership in the Wood-
ward Avenue Presbyterian church, guiding their lives
according to its teachings. They stand in support of
all those interests which make for progress and im-
provement, for reform and advancement, and are co-
operating m all those interests which tend to uplift
the individual as well as advance the welfare uf the
community at large.
HON. HARRY J. DINGEMAN. judge of the circuit
pourt, was born in Detroit, July 37, 1881, a son of
John P. and Gertrude {.Jeup) Dingeman. In the par-
suit of his education he attended St. Joseph's Catholic
school from 1887 until 1893. He was also a student in
St. Joseph's Commercial College from 1893 untU 1896
and acquired his LL. B. degroe from the Detroit Col-
lege of Law in 1903. His educational course, however,
was not continuous. He began working during the
summer vacations as earlj- as 1895, acting as errand
boy for Arthur & Philbric, photographers. He took
up the study of stenography and then secured a posi-
tion with the legal firm of Flowers, May & Maloney,
with whom he remained until 1898, when a change
in the personnel of the firm occurred, leading to the
adoption of the style of Elowers & Maloney, and with
them Judge Dingeman remained as a stenographer
until April, 1903, when he received his degree in law
from the Detroit College of Law. For a brief period
he was employed in the Detroit post office, and on the
8th of June, 1903, he entered into partnership with
his former preceptor, James D. May, as a member of
the firm of May & Dingeman, a relation that was
successfully and p'easantly maintained until April 1,
1915. At that date Judge Dingeman became corpora-
tion counsel and for a time he practiced in partnership
with Arthur Schuler. In November, 1917, he was
elected to the circuit court bench and has filled this
position very acceptably since. In fact he is one of
the able members of the Detroit bar, and his record
upon the bench has been in harmony with his record
as a man and lawyer, distinguished by a marked
fidelity to duty and a masterful grasp of every prob-
lem presented for solution.
On the 25th of June, 1907, Judge Dingeman was
united in marriage to Miss Bessie A. Schafer, and
they became the parents of three children: Marian
Elizabeth, who died at the age of two and a half
years; Harry Schafer; and James Herbert, The re-
ligious faith of the family is that of the Catholic
church, their connection being with Holy Rosary
In poliUcal belief Judge Dingeman is a republican,
and on the Hth of January, 1913, he became a member
of the city council, in which he served for a full
term, acting as president of the council during that
period. He was then reelected but after five months
resigned his position to become ci>rp oration counsel.
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He served on the hoiid ot estimate in t"*!! an 1 in
1013 and m every public position haa been moat loyal
to the interesta entrusted to his care ntilizing his
higlilj developed abtlitv for the benefit of his fellow
n en He is prommenth known in club and fraternal
Lirtlef He his membership with th* Delti Theti Pi
also with the Modern WoodmLU of Ameriea the
Rn ghti of Columbus the Catholic Order of Foresters
the Order of Amaranth and nith St Jose[.h s Alumni
\s=o lation He also belongs to St A1o\siub Benev
olei t Assoddtiun an I is s, member of the Detroit
follfge of Law ilumni issociition md of the Law
rs tlnb He is likewise a mtmber of State and
Detroit Bar Associations and aa a clubman is widely
Tvuown belonging to the Detroit Athletic Club Fellow
craft Club, Concordia Societj, Cosmopolitan Club,
Detroit Automobile Club, Wolverine Automobile Club,
tlie Loyal Order of Moose and the Port Huron Country
Club. Many and varied interests have sought and re-
ceived his cooperation, and especially is his aid gen-
erously given in support of all those activities which
constitute features in the city 'b development and the
s of high civic standards.
HtEBFRT G KNOCK florist s i rej reic itatn e
f 1 tnnih that for o\er eight> five vciri his been
onnected w»th Detroit and throughout this entire
f erio 1 has been associated with the production of
flowers inl plints Herbert G Knoch w»s bora m
I etroit iugust ^1 I'i91 his pnrentB being Oustav
id Wilhelmina (Dept) Knoch who were also mtnes
ct Detroit their parents having come to America
trcni Germaiiv atfer which the^ settled m Detroit
SOI le time m the late 30s Tl e paterml grai dfatl er
Hss Christian Knoch who in 1848 establishta the
) su ess that is now condn ted under the i amc of
C IS Knouh ilonst The business was supccasfulh
oi di ted bv the grandfather for a number of \ears
id WIS later taken over by hia son Gustav Knoch
who cont lied actn e as a Detroit tlonst up to tie
t le of his deith which occurred in ISl" when he
w s hftv two >ears ot ige Hia widow is still living
1 d eight ot their eleven children sur\ne These are
' 1 nton Mildred Mmer\-i, Ylthea SI rlev Sheldon
H^7en and Herbert Cr ill ot whon are ^ et resiients
of Detroit
Herbert G Knoch attended the public an I high
s hoola of tl IS citv ind then entered the TJniiersity
of "Miihigan m which he took a legiee m forestry
1 1 ilso completed the academic eo irse aa a member
f the cKss of 1913 After leasing the innei^it^ he
I ime connected with the CTnited States forest serv
Id n Oregon anl m Washington spending several
oars in that wav Upon his return home he entered
tl business which had been established bv his grand
fither and Limed on bv his father He soon ac
quamted himself with every phase of the work of
the florist and horticulturist and following in h s
father s steps he and his brother Hazen took charge
(f tht business for the istate whith they eonductel
in a highly successful manner until 1921 when they
engage 1 iji the florist b isiness independentlv Mr
Knoih IB a member of the Amer i an Floral Association
and IS interested in all that pertains to the de\elo[>-
ment et tie trade both in tl " mitter of pro iuction
On the 19th of November 1915 Mr Knoch was
married to Miss Caroline Eeltier of Detroit a daugh
ter of Claude Peltier Mr Kaoeh belongs to the
Detroit Board of Commeree thus manifesting interest
in all matters pertaining to public progress anl im
provement m the city He also belongs to the X,ni
1 rsity of Michigan Club and thus ketps in close
t( uch with hia fellow alumni of the unn ersit> Dur
ing the World war he waa a member of the Twentieth
Foreatry Bngineera and had quite an interesting
military esperience, being overseaa for sixteen months,
aerving in Prance. He was made a sergeant and
during the entire period of his service was engaged
in logging. His division was formed of enlisted men
and hia activities brought to him many interesting
csperiencea during his sojourn on foreign soil.
FEANK FOREST BE4LL exeeutne and maniifac
t rer was bcrn in Montgomerv county "Maryland
September 15 187" a son of George W V Beall a
planter and of Mary (Palmer) Beall Tie earliest
\metican paternal ancestor was C lonel Ninian Beall
who emigrate 1 from Scotland settling in Beallsi ilJe
Montgomerv county Marylan 1
Frank F Beall never attendel au\ s hool His
e iucation waa obtamel at home through go^erncas
inl tutor 1 emg purely a self read man In November
1892 he started with tie Crawford Manufacturing
Company of Marvlind as apprentice adi inumg to
ft reman and assistant superintendent In September
1877 he became connected with the Brown 4 Sharpe
Manufacturing Company as workman aiianeing stead
il> to assistant foreman foreman and then assistant
super ntendent He resigned from fhia oncern m
1O07 to accept a positi n with the Pa kard Motor Car
Companv as assiatant taetorj manager again adsano
mg to the poaition of ii e ireaidtt t in charge of
manufacturing and continuing with the Packard people
until June 1920 when he resigned to ]Oin tie forces
of the Gray Motor Companv Eientuallv he with
Frank L Klingen smith acquired the Graj Motor
Company and operated the same under the name of
the Orav Motor Corporation for the purpose of put
tu g on the market a new four ej linder moderate
I need aiiton obile He was elected Mce president of
this eompani March 8 1*>-.1
Mr Beall is affiliated with the Detroit Eifle &. Ee
lolver Club Detroit athletic Club Detroit Golf Club
Detroit Club Bloomfield Hills Clnb Ingleside Club
Fngmeers Club of New York The Old Club Detroit
lastime CI ib Detroit Auto Club and Old Colonv Club
Being nechaii alh mcl nel he is also affiliate! with
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the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The
Eoyal Society of AttB (London), Society Anto En-
gineers, American Society Testing, American Society
of Political Science, National Efficiency Society, So-
ciety Internationa! Engineers, Detroit Foundrymen'a
and Taylor Society. He is an ardent advocate of out-
door aports.
In Hagerstown, Maryland, in the year 1904, Mr.
Beall was married to Misa Harriett Eoae Fechtig,
daughter of Dr. George Peehtig, a physician. They
ace the parents of four children, Helen, Georgia, Vir-
ginia and Frank
ALBERT H4"\IirT0N WIIKI^S0N, tor ii my
years a well known member ot the Detroit bir mis
born at Nom, Miehigin November 19 ISSi his par
ent<i being Times ind Elizabeth (lerkes) Wilkinson,
whose family numbered five children The tither, a
farmer bj occupation, wai a nitn e ot the Empire
Albert H Wilkmaon spent hia bcihooi! and vouth
under the parental roof and acquired his educition
in the district schools at Novi, Cochran \eademy it
NorthiiUe, the State Normal school at Ypsilanti and
prepared fwr college in the privite school conducted
bv Rufua Nutting at Lodi Plains In 1855 he entered
the elisBical depirtment of the Uniiersity of Miehi
gan ind wis griduated therefrom in 18o9 He then
entered the liw di'partment of the same uniiersitv
■nhere he iptnt one jearj 1859 60 While preparing
for college Mr Wilkinion taught athool m nhat was
thin 'Lower Town," Ann Arbor, anil na? priniipal
of Union school at Centers ille, Michigan In 1860
he became a Jaw student m the office and under the
direction of the Hon MiLhael B Crofoot of Pontiac
Michigan Mr Wilkinson waa admitted to the Michi-
gan bar n J ne 1860 and began pract e n P nt a
■wh re he rema nci one jear remov ng to Detro t
August 1861 Here he opened a law off e and later
n 1866 enter 1 nto jartnersh i w th H vt Post
a ell kno; n att rne of the e tv U the t n e ot
h •< deatl he as a men ber of the firn of V, Ik nson
Post & Oxt bj He was aJled to the offi of probate
f dge n 18 3 nd aerved n t! at poa t on unt 1 18
H « ab 1 ty as a lawyer waa w del recogn zed a d
for many years he enjoyed an extens ve d entage
of an n port t cl aracter He s rved as spe al at
tornej for the M oh gan Mutual L fe Ins ranee Con
pany also aa a d re tor and spec al attorney for tl e
M h gan F re & Mar ne I surance Con panj nd was
oil knoTvn aa a p om nent corporal on lawyer More
oyer he was a charter member of botl nsuiance com
pan es and contr buted n o small n eaaure to tl e r
development
On July 4 ISS*} Mr W Ik n o was marr I to M is
Elvira M. Allen, who was born February 28, 1834,
in West Bloom field, Oakland county, Michigan, a
daughter of Henry Allen. Their son is Ralph B. Wil-
kinson, senior member of the law firm of Wilkinson
& Hinkley at Detroit.
The death of Albert H. Wilkinson occurred May 7,
1911. Ho had played an important part in the up-
building of Detroit in many ways. He belonged to
the Detroit Bar Association, of which he served as
president for two terras; the Wayne County Bar Asso-
ciation; the Michigan State Bat Association and the
American Bar Association, He served the city as a
member of the board of education and at all times
gave his political allegiance to the republican party.
He was a member of the Baptist church and served
it as trustee, deacon and Sunday school superintendent
He belonged to the Maionie fraternity and id every
relation of life enjoyel the confidence and goodwill
ot all whCF knew him Mrs Wilkinson resides at 720
"V irginia Park and has reached her eightj eighth year,
retaining her fatuities to a remarkable degree
SAMUEL F HA^ERSTOCt. M D, activelj en
gaged in the practue of medicine m Detroit since IQOg,
comes to this state from Indiana, his birth having
oeiurred in Dekalb counts, November 21 1880 It
waa in that lounty that his parents, Francis Marion anl
Mabel Delia (Kellj ) Haieratoek, were also born and
they are still residing on the old homestead there
whiLh has long been their place of abode The father
has dcioted his life to the OLCupation ot farming
thus providing for the support of their f amih of three
children until they left the (arental roof The daugh
ter Gertrude la now the wife of Joeeih Sanders, a
prominent attorney of Detroit Bobert Lester la en
gaged in farming m Dekalb county, Indiana Samuel
F IS the third member of the family
\i the usual age Dr Haveritock became a pupil in
the district schools near his father a farm and after-
ward cont n led his education in the high school at
Butler In 1 ana. He nest entered the Wisconsin
State "Normal College, where he remained for a year
anl then took up the profession of teaching; which
he folio e 1 in his native county. Subsequently he
ente el th Detroit Medical College, from which
he w a g aliated in 1909 with the M.D, degree, it
le ng h s purpose to devote his life to the practice of
med e ne and surgery. Following his graduation he
ser ed for a year as interne in St. Mary's Hospital of
Detro t and since that time has built up a higlily sue-
cessf 1 pr vato practice, being called for professional
serv ces nto many of the best homes of the city.
On the 30th of June, IBIO, Dr. Haverstock was mar-
r ed to M sa Fay Shatto, of Indianapolia, Indiana,
d ughter of Mrs. Savilla Shatto. Dr. Haverstock is a
Mason and also belongs to tho Knights of Pythias fra-
tem ty His membership relations extend to the Michi-
gan Clab while along strictly professional lines he is
connected w th the Wayne County Medical Society,
the Michigan State Medical Association and the Ameri-
can Medical Association. His professional ability has
constantly developed through the exercise of Bis
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po\\Lr8 ind throi gh eoiitinuous 3tud% and research
nil he IS indeed well qualified to cope with many
intrnatt problems that have to do with tie laws of
heilth
DR MALCOLM M WI( KV, 4RE who has devel
o| p 1 ironounied abiliti is a phyHRim and surgeon
in Detroit was born in Belleville Ontario Ma\ 11
1S70 his parents being William and Ellen (Eno)
Wi kware also mtives ot Ontario EeraoMng to
Michigan the> becime residents of Lg,s8 City where
the father engaged in mercantile pursuits there re
siding until the last two veirs of his life when he
rimo\ed to Detroit here pissing away m 1008 His
wtiow is still a resident of this citv Their children
were four in ni mber Malcolm M being the only son
The otheri ire Mrs B F Ftster and Mrs T T
Poster of Detroit and Mrs Lillian % et stein of Long
Be ich Caliiorma
Dr 'Wickware was i pupil in the public anil high
ichoLls of Cass Cit\ Muhigin and liter became
idintifiel with the Cass City Fnterprise a dailj
iiewBpiper, of which he ultimateH was made editor
in 1 finally acquired the ownership of the paper which
he sold in 1894 It was then that he determined
to lL\ote his life to mediea! priitiee and entered
the Detroit College of Medicine in which he was
griduated three years liter or in 1897 On the com
1 PtiOR of his course he returned to Cass City where
hi tngaged in prutice for several years and there
established the Pleasant Home Hospital which he
owned icting la head phi sician md surgeon dnnng
thit period He enioved an ett ensue practice in
("ass Cit> anl »ib ippomted supreme medical exam
iner for the Ancient Order of Gleaners which erectel
I home in Detroit As his duties in connection with
the order were con^tint Dr Wickware hsposed of his
hospital in Pass Citv in 1017 and removed to Detroit
where he has smee built up a large practice in the
triitment of the eve eir nose inl throit In aili
tion he continues his work as examiner for the
GlptinLrs In the inter* eing years he had taken poit
griduate work m the New York Postgraduate School
the Massachusetts General Hospital at Boston the
Chicago F\e Ear Nose and Throat Hospital and also
m the Mayo Brothers Hospital it Rochester Mmne
soti He 18 1 member of the staff of the E^e Clmic
(f Detroit, and for a vear wis on the staff of fhi
H irper Hospital while at the present tune he is seri
mg IS a member of the stiff of the New Highland
Iirk Hospital He belongs to the Amencan Melical
Association the Mii-higin '^tate Medical Association
m 1 the Wavne County M dieal Society
Dr Wickware was married in March 18Q8 in Cass
( it\ Michigan to Rose E Anderson dinghter of
Ee\ "^ O An leraon pistor of the Biptist church
II ere and they h-ne become parents of one son Ken
neth wl 0 was born m Cass Citl in l^OS ind is now
ittenlmg tht North J igh a ho 1 Dr Wickmre s a
Master Mason and belongs to the Indepenlent Orler
of Odd Fellows He gnes his political allegianre to
thL lemotratie partj and his religious faith is that
of tht Presbi teriin church His lite has e\er been
iituatel b> high anl honorable principles and by
laulable ambition m his profession and his entire
lUer his been ot aervicc and t enefit to his fellow
EUGLNL SIEGEL For oier a quarter of i century
the name of Siegel has figured conspicuously in manu
fitfuring circles of Detroit md as treasurer of the
\merican Ladv Corset Company, which was tounded
b^ his father Eugene Siegel has voice m the manage
ment of one of the largest mduHtries m the cit\ while
h( IS alao treasurer of the Frolaset Corset Company
jr silent of the Siegel Land Company and director of
the Federal Discount C/orp oration and the Rubber
I roctss Corporation He was bom m Mannheim Ger
manj August 16, 1878 his parents being Jacob and
Rosalie (Blumenstein) Siegtl in whose family were
ten children Thty came to the United States in 1886
making their way at once to Detroit where the father
became a dominant factor in industrial circles as the
founder of the \meruan Lidv Corset Gompiny whose
pioducts are now known in all pirts of the world
In the acquirement of an education Eugene bitgel at
ten lei i gjmnasium in Gerrain'\ and following the
renioi il of the family to Detroit he attended the pub
lie schools of this city After completing his studies
he entered his father s manufai-turing establishment,
starting at the bottom of the ladder and working hia
way steidilj upward through each department through
diligence ind merit until in 1905 he was made treasurer
of the concern The coinpiny began operations at the
corner of Abbott and Seventh streets, where they re
mained until 1896 when they erected a plant on their
present site at No 1060 West Fort street In the m
tetvening period their business has rapidly developed
ind thei now operite thris fattines the secon 1 being
t nstnicted n 1904 and the third m 1909 Their
Urgest plant which is at Detroit utilizes one htin
dred and seventy three thousand square feet of floor
spice Their Jackson Michigan fietory which is
next m size contains a floor space of sixty seien thou
smd two hundred square feet and their plant at New
Ytrk his in area of fifteen thousand square feet mik
ing a total of nearly two hundred and si'iitv thousand
s (uare feet of floor space in the three factories Thev
furnish employment to three thousand persons many of
whom are acknowledged e'^perts in their lines and their
tquipment is modern in every particular while the
extent of their business is mdicited m the fact that
their diilj output is twenty file hundred dozen cor
sets They manufacture the American Lady and
Madime Lyra brands of corsets and the superiorify
of their products his secured for them a widespread
popularity branch oflices being maintained Iv the
(dipiny lu all pirts f the world while thei ire ilso
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ThtMSglh Id h cutive offl-
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m,dh tt pt blhmto furmu-
late plans which are important factors in the continued
growth and development of one of the largest corset
manufacturing industries in the world.
Mt. Siegel resides at No. 51 West Boston boulevard
He belongs to Pisgah Lodge of the Order of B 'nai
B'rith and he is also connected with the Wasons, being
a member of the consistory and Shrine, while he ia
likewiso iiientifled with the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elka. Hia name also appears on the member-
ship rolls of the Phoenix, Detroit Yacht and Bedford
Oountry Clubs and bis identification with the Detroit
Board of Commerce indicates his interest and coopera-
tion in the movements which are projected by that
organization for the development of the city and the
exploitation of its advantages as a place of residence.
His work sustains the enterprising spirit that has long
been associated with the family name in Detroit and
be displays forcefulness and self reliance m the
management of his business interests, while at the
same time he has materially promoted the industrial
development of the city in which for thirty five yeari
he has made his home
JOSEPH GAEDITLSKT. The colony of Polish resi-
dents in Detroit is a large one and along many lines
of activity the city has benefited by their induatrj'
and business ability. To this class of citizens belongs
Joseph Gardnlski, a prominent representative of the
legal fraternity, who not only enjoys the respect and
esteem of his fellow countrymen but is also held in
high regard by the native born residents of this city.
He has made his home in Detroit since 1905 and his
notable professional ability is attested in the large
practice accorded him. Mr. Gardulaki was born in
Eadomyal, Poland, January 25, 1882, a son of Wenees-
laus and Catherine Qardulski, who reared a family
of ten children. In the acquirement of an education
he attended the graded schools and the gymnasium
and in 1900 entered the law department at the Uni-
versity of Cracow, studying law and political science
until the completion of thia courae in 1904. For two
yeara during hia atudy of law he was engaged in law
work in the local law ofSees, after which, in compliance
with the laws then existing, he devoted a year to
military service, being commissioned a lieutenant of
the reserve forces. Believing that he would find
better opportunities for advancement in the United
States, he left his native land in April, 1905, and after
reaching this country at once made his way to Detroit,
where he has since made his home. He at first engaged
in educational work, becoming an instructor in the
Polish Seminary, and for a year waa thus active, while
for a similar time he served as editor of the Polish
Daily News. During this period he pursued a course
in English at the Detroit Business University in order
that he might broaden his vocabulary, after whieh
he entered the Detroit College of Law, from which he
was graduated in 1910. Thus well equipped for his
professional work, he took up the practice of law in
this city and the list of his clients is an extensive
one. His knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence
is comprehensive and exact and he prepares his eases
with great thoroughness, precision and skill. He
specialized in real estate law pertaining to mortgages
and land contracts and is legacded as an expert along
this line. He is now serving as general counsel for the
Detroit Packing Company, one of the largest enter-
prises of the kind in the state, and was the chief or-
ganizer of this corporation. His law practice is now
limited to financial and corporation matters among
his friends and business associates. Owing to his thor-
ough knowledge of the technicalities of the laws of
Poland and the United States his services as legal ad-
viser and counselor are frequently sought by hia fel-
low countrymen, who place great confidence in his
probity and sound judgment.
In ly07 Mr, Gardnlski was united in marriage to
Miss Bernieo Sobkowiak and they have become the
parents of six children: Alevandra, Thaddens, Sophie,
Joseph, Jr., Mary and Eugene. Mr. Gardnlski is a
member of St. Mary's Catholic church and his politi-
cal allegiance is given to the republican party. He
is identified with the Polish National Alliance and
the Detroit Bar Association and his interest in the
welfare and progress of his adopted city is indicated
by his membership in the Board of Commerce. His
life has over been guided by high ideals and worthy
motivea and he has gained an enviable reputation in
a profesaion which calls for superior ability and re-
quires close application, good judgment and a con
stantlj- widening comprehension of the relations and
responsibilities which go to make up civilized society,
Mr. Gardulski resides at No. 1109 Ferdinand avenue.
GEORGE F. HALE, M. D.. who since 1917 has been
engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery ia
Detroit, was born in Dayton, Ohio, February 1, 1879, a
son of William A. and Anna {Duffield) Halo. The
mother was born in Carroll county, Ohio, and was a
member of a family long prominent in Detroit. The
father was also a native of the Buckeye state and be-
came a minister of the Dutch Beformed church, serving
for a half century as pastor of one church in Dayton,
in which city he resided until his death. January 10,
1922. Mrs, Hale is still a resident of Dayton.
George F, Hale attended the public and high schools
of Dayton and started out upon his business career as
an employe of the George P, Bent Company of Chi-
cago. He rose to the position of manager with that
house after having served succesafully as a salesman
upon the road for the company. In 1911 he resigned
his poaifion as manager to become connected with the
Sealiold Piano & Organ Company of Chicago, with
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whuh he eontinutd until August 1913 when he wrote
1 kttec to the house and sent in his resignation which
waa ierj reluctantly receued by the members of the
lomptny He stated that he was about to enter upon
a course of medical study, and although his friends ad
Mied agimst this he matriculated in the Detroit Col
lege of Meiicme in whiuh he pissed his ezammation
with a verj high nerage and was graduated zn 1917
Since that time he has remained in Detroit and haa
huilt up a verj large and gratifying prictiee here
being today one of the well known phvsiLiana of the
On the 1st of January 190" Dr Hale was married
to Mias Marv Mtiey a daughter of Dr Charles Weston
Morey a prominent phTsieian and surgeon of Detroit
Dr Hale belongs to bt John s Lodge F & A M has
taken ■various higher degrees and is now a member of
Moslem Temple of the M vatic Shrine He belongs
also to the Independei t Order of Odl Fellows to
Columbia Circle M W A to the United Commerenl
Travelers and to the Detroit Automobile Association
Along strictlv professional lines his tonneetion is with
the Wavne Countj Medn-al Society the Michigan State
Medical \saociat on anci the American Medical Ajsso
(.1 if ion and througl thi, jroLcedings of these bodies he
keej >! abreast with thi. trend (f mo lern profiiaional
t) igl t aid progress
HERBERT H LE BEL a prominent whoksalo
lealer and nclbcr m coil whose trade interests cover
t1 e entire state of Michigan maintains his ofHces
t ''uite No 558 in the Book building of Detroit
ire IS a n an of resolute spirit whose plans art well
Ipfined and carcfulh thought out and m their ese
ution he is prompt and enterprising He wai born
n London Ontario Canada December 12 1888 and
comes of French ai ce-itn His parents were J(hn
D-twson and Frani-ese Romana (Harper) Le Be! the
former a native ot Fraiie while his grandfather was
Itrn in the province ot Quebec Canada
Herbert H Le Bel acquired his education m the
grammar schools of Detroit and in St Marj s \.cad
fmi of Oakland California He entered business life
ai a salesman t r a coal dealer at Cleveland Ohio
with wloii ht continuel for three lears tl us gam
ug his iirst knowledge < f tl e business He then
tame to Detroit and here took up the same hue of
activitv being associated with others until 1917
when he formed an independent enterprise becoming
a wholesale dealer and jobber m coal He has Iniit up
a large traie selling to manufacturers and retailers
throughout the entirt state of Michigan and he ranks
with the leading coal dealers of Detroit He is a
1 st progressive alert and energetic business man
who displays aound judgment and marked executive
at lit> in the conduct of his interests and aucesa
n substantial measure has rewarded his labors
On the 24tl of Ainl 1016 Mr Le Bel was united
iiirrnge to Mi6s Marv J Folcj of Cleveland Ohio
and tl V lave become the parents of a sou John
Dawson Mr Le Bel is a republican m his political
\iewa giving stalwart s ipport to the principles and
landidates of the party, and m religious faith Le is
a Catholic He is a valued member of the Detroit
( oal Exchange and fratemallv is identified with the
Beie\olent Protective Order of Elks
Although one of the \ounger business taen ot
Detroit Mr Le Bel has already accompl shed m lul
teing numberei among the leading cool dealers of
the eity and the methods which he has followed have
won for him the honor and respect of all with whom
he has been brought m contact Hia succesa is
largeh due to the fact that he has continued in tl e
line of acti\ity upon which he first entered thus
Htquiring an expert knowledge of the business, ind
his progressiv enesB has been a factor in the in lis
trial deielojment of his eitj
H\ROLD R DINNINC a leading realtor of De
tioit beltngs to that ciisa of representative An en
cans wl while promoting individual interests llso
contribute in large measuri, to public progress and
through his real estate aetivitv he is doing much to
m proi e the Lit> with which he has allied his in
terests 4 native of Maine he was taken bi lis
parents to ^lew York eit\ and in the schools ot the
Lastern metropolis he acquired his education sub
sequent! J attending a business college there His
initial business experience was obtained in the ad
\trtising department of & Kotch &. Son with which
he was identified for three lears anil he n(\t went
U Chicago where for ten \ears h wis coi nected
with the adiertismg dej artment of Marshall Field
ft 1. ( n pani
After resign ng that position Mr Dinning came to
Detroit and for ttur years was advertising man
tor Hc'vn s Bazaar He then entered tie real estate
field as sales manager for Robert Grindle^ ono of
the moat extensive oiwrators in the c fy and after
three ^eats service with that firm he emlarked in
the business on his own account opening an ofhce
in the Ford building where he remained for three
1 ears and then came to his present location at l^o
1 0 West Fort street Su ess attended his e&orta
from the leginning and he now has the largest sell
ing force in the city emplojmg aboi t seventy five
salesmen He conducts his operations on a verv ex
tensive scale specializing m the develoj.ment of sub
iivisions large properties held b\ sjndicates farms
tc He has ten thousand lots in Marysville eon
iideraHe iropert\ in Dearb< rn two subdiMsions in
Ford Cit\ Canada on the nvir side and another at
the intersection of Liveruois street with Eight Mile
road He la an expert valuatrr of realtv and has
negotiattd manj important property transfers
Mr Dunning was united in marriage to Miss Helen
\ Greene and thev ha\ e become the parents of a
SOI ^\ illi im During fie ^\ orld war he served as
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a captain of the Eight v third Division American
Protective Leagae and he is i public spirited loyal
ind progressi've citizen deeply interested in all that
pertains to the welfare anil advancement of om
munitv Stat© and nation He ii a, prominent Mason
hdonging to Dearhom Lodge F & A M to Michi
gan Sov( reign Consistory in which he hts ittained
the thirtv second degree ind to Moslem Tem] le of
the Mystic Shrine and he is also onneeted with the
Independent Order of Odd tellows Since stirting
out in the business world he has madi, conttnuous
irogresB ind his prosperity has been won 1 1 rough his
initiative spirit his recognition ind utilization of
opportunity and h a marked "Administrative ibiiit%
He stands for all that is j rogre?iive in citizenship
ind in business circles his position is in enmble
one while his i trionil quiiities are those which mike
for pojulintv
nOW4RD TTLFR (. EABEE is now the secretir^
ind a direitor ot the chemical liboratones f r the
Digestive Terments Tompiny of Detroit and has
ichie\ed a niti nil reputation is an iiithorit^ <n
research vvork ilong the lires of the d gestiie enzjmes
ind the endocnne glindi He wis born in Peoria
Hhnois December 2Q 18"<» a Bon of Robert and Myn
(Haggerty) Graber ind m the maternal line is de
soended from the Tyler fan ilv bearing one of the
oldest and best known niraes in America The father
was also a natiie of Peoria and 1 ecame prominent is
a builder and contractor e ectmg all of the distilleries
and gram ele^ itors m Peorii and also many of the
buildings which were us-'d bv the whiskey trust in
other cities For mmy %ears he -was associited m
business -n th Dr Tickiminie and was moat successful
in the conduct of his ettensive intcreati
After comileting the work of the public and high
schools Howard T>ler Graler entered the Innersity
of Tllin IS from which he wis gnduited with the
class of 1901 on the completion of a course in chem
i9tr\ the degree of Bichelor of Science lemg eon
ferred upon h m He then took up postgraduate work
in the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog\ from
which he received the degree of B S in 1<>03 His
scientific training nas thus most eomprehei sive and
thorough and after 1 aving Boston he cime to Detroit
entering the Parke Davis estabhshment where he be
came analytical chemist and also engaged m reseirch
work continuing with that weU known drug firm from
1903 until 1910 In the latter jear he jdned the Ri>
Chemical Compmi whi h in 1913 be ame known as
the Digestive Ferments Company and he has since
beea identified with this corporation They hiv e dis
continued all pharmaceutici! products except digestive
ferments animal denvitives and dehydrated bacterio
logical products in which they specialize The
company conducts a lirge wholesale business and also
supplies houses which incorporate purchased products
■With their own under their individual firm name Thty
hive built u]. a large jitrnnige showing the perfect
confidence of j urehasers in their products Since first
issociat ng himself with the company Mr Graber has
been its chief chemist — i j osition of importance and
resj onsibilitv His work has been of great value to
ti e firm and he is endeavoring to cheipen the cost of
j-roduttion and also to n ike new products
Mr Graber was united in macriige to Miss Muriel
StreveU and thej lave 1 eeome the parents of i son
Howard T Graber Jr Mr Criber Sr is a vilued
men her of the Boird of ( ommeree whose plans ind
projects for the development mi uptuilding of the
city receive his heirty support During the World wir
he was an assocnte member (f the naval consulting
board and he is now serving on the sub committee for
the revision of the United Stites pharmacopoeii a
el ange which m mide every ten >eirs He is a mem
ler of the suentifie section ot the Amencin Dmg
Mini ficturora Association ind is serving (n two of
its subcommittees one being on pepsin and panerea
tion ind the othi,r on physiological issajing He also
holds membership with the Chemists Club of Detroit,
the American Chemical Society and the American
Phirnvieeuti al Association tl e Alunii i Associations
of the Universitv of Illinois and the Boston Institute
of Technology and mth the trlee Club of the last
naiicd institution Fraternilh he is identified with
fhi. Masons belonging to Pilestiae Lodge F S, A M
and obtains needed recreation through his membership
in tie Detroit Ithletic Club He realizes the im
portant ilace which chemistry his in modern industry
and has given deep stud^ to the application of the
s lence to various industrial processes His notable
work along research lines I as won for him a national
reputation as a chemist and the record of his ichieve
ments is the beat commentarv u[on his abilitj and
scientific attainments
■WILUiM r BUBXS presiicTt of the T nitelLltL
trit Service Corporation of Detroit las had broad
experience m cmnection with pubhc utilities and has
therefore been very successful in giiling the affairs
of the compmy which 1 e represents He was born in
Dearborn Jlichigan February „4 1888 a son of John
and Ellen (Lynn) Burns the former a native of Canadi
and tie latter of Mi higan in which state their mar
r age occurred The father occupied a prominent placp
in business circles of Dearborn is a manuficturer of
wagons and buggies before the idvent of the automo
bile and snlsequently removei to Detroit where he
continued his manuticturmg interests most success
fully for many years but is now living retired in this
citv The mother also survives Their family num
bered seven children Ella who mimed Hugh McCor
mick of Detroit and Mie Chirles Elizabetl Frank
H Harold Eobert ind Willism J ill of Tvhom are
residents of tl is city
Mr Burns secured his education in the gra led and
high schools <f Dearborn Michigan ind hjs initial
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hu'' n ss enpenence n^i obtaine t n the oi era ting de
I artn ent of the Mich gau Lentral Railroad at Chuago
Illinois where he was employed for five years He
next became conneettd with the service kpartment
t the i-hnago branch ot the United btates Light &,
Heat Corporation acting as manager of the lepart
n ent id which eonnettion he had charge of the storage
battcrits !Por seven, years he illed th'it ofliee tnd then
ime to Detroit as representatn e of the company
aubsequently beeoming the organizer of the United
Electric Serijoe Corporation in outgrowth of the
t riier organization Mr Burns is the i resident and
gLneril mi iiger of the company the other officers
being E O Biehards vice president J F Zimmer
man secretary and treasurer with J M Clements as
his assistant They distribute st<.rAge batteries and
automotive electric equipment and gne emplojment
to fr)m tfteen to twenty fi\e people in their Detroit
plant while they also maintain branch establishments
at Ijtanl Eajiis and Flint Michigan From its m
e|tion the business has enjo\ed a steady growth and
has now reached eTtensi\ e proportions standing aa a
1 01 umcnt to the marked executive ability and mitia
tue ipirit of its directing head Mr Burns is also
ne of the lirectors o£ the 4utomotne Engine Parts
f ompan^ and his eoojeration is regarded as a valuable
asset m promoting the development of that enterprise.
In Chicago, Illinois, on the 14th of June, 1908, Mr.
Burns was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Si-htoedcr and they have become the parents of two
''hildren: William J., Jr., who waa born in Chicago in
1912 aad is now attending school in, Detroit: and John
J.p also a native of Chicago, born in 1915.
In his political views Mr. Burns is a stanch republi
ean and he keeps well informed on the questions and
issues of the day but has never been an aspirant for
public office. He is a Catholic in religious faith and
is a member of the Knights of Columbus, in whieh
he has attained the fourth degree. He is a valued
member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, whose pro-
jects for the upbuilding of the trade interests of the
city receive his hearty cooperation, and he is also
identified with the Aviation Country, Kiwania and
Detroit Automobile Cluba, Mr. Bums is a foremost
figure in industrial circles of Detroit and his influence
13 one of broadening activity and strength in the field
in which he operates. His success finds its root in his
ability as an organizer. Hia initiative spirit has
prompted him -to continue beyond the paths which
iithprs have marked out into new fields, where his in-
telligently directed efEorts have resulted in sueoeasful
achievement.
MAJOR E. L. DEArON, se<;refary treasurer of the
Atkinson-Deaeon-Elliott Company, one of the leading
construction enterprises of Detroit, is an engineer of
superior ability whdse labors have been an important
element in promoting the development and improve-
ment of his city. A man of great force of character
an 1 marked e^ecutue abilit\ he carries forward to
suceeisfi 1 i,ompletion whatever he undertakes for in
his vocabularj there is no such word aa fail
He was born in Everiy, Iowa and there acquired
lis early education after which he pursued a cturse
I cml engineering m the Iowa State College at
Ames from which he was graduated with the Uasa
)f 1911 Ctoing to Chicago Illinois he there engaged
n engii eering work fox a year and in the summer
of 1912 came to Detroit where he became assteiated
with the (. eorge A Fuller Company with whom he
remained until l<llf, He then lOined tie firm of
Br>an & Detweiler and continued with that comiany
intil May 1917 when he enlisted in the United
States army for service in the World war He was
commissioned first lieutenant in the Signal Ofliee ra
Reserve Corps and m August 1917, wa' made eaj tain
of the Signal C orps Keser\ e being assigne 1 to
("hanute Fitld mar Champaign lUmtis He nuii.t
was made government officer m charge of Kelly Field
No 2 at San Antonio Texas and m August 1918
IBS transferred to Washington D C, being placed m
charge of auj ennten dents in the field He was later
ommissione 1 major of aeronautics and ] laced in
harge of the aviation repair department branch of
the snpplj section of the 4.ir Service He was honor
ably discharged from the service on the 25th of
January, 1919, and returned to Detroit, where he
Jtgain took up his professional duties in connection
with the A. J. Smith Construction Company, having
general charge of their construction work.
Subsequently, in association with James E. Atkin-
son. Major Deacon organized the Atkins on -Deac on -
Elliott Company for the purpose of engaging in con-
struction work and in 2920 they reincorporated the
company with a capital of a half million dollars,
Mr. Atkinson filling the office of president, with Mr.
Deacon as the secretary treasurer. The thoroughness
and reliability of their work have commended them
to the eonfldenee and trust of the public, and they
have built up an extensive business, ranking with
the leading construction companies of the citj-, while
at all times they have borne an unassailable reputa-
tion for business integrity and reliability. Mr, Deacon
possesses marked executive ability, combined with
keen insight into business conditions, and his initia-
tive spirit has enabled him to formulate plana
which have resulted in the substantial growth of
the corporation. His standing in engineering circles
of the city is of the highest, for he thoroughly under-
stands the scientitie principles which constitute the
basis of his profession, and his labors have at all
times conformed to the strictest business ethics.
Major Deacon is married and has one daughter,
Thais Dorothy. He is prominent in Masonry, be-
longing to Arcadia Lodge, No. 249, F. & A. M., and
to Joshua Chapter, No. 127, B. A. M., both at Ames,
Iowa; to Chicago Council, No. 4, R. & S. M.; De-
troit Commandery, No. 1, K. T. ; aud to '.
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Temple of the M\atiL Shriue With induatn ^ull
determination as dominant qualities he has made
steady progress in the huBineas world, and Ins labors
ha\e been an element m tit^ improiempnt at well ^s
individual success As the arthitect of his own for
funea he has buildtd widely and ■well and Detroit
numbers hini among her most \ilued citizens
JAMES E BOEETT liLCime widelv known in real
estate tirelei in Detroit liandling his own investment?,
and through sound judgment keen discrimination and
persistenev of [urpose he reached a pliee among the
moat prosperous residents of his adoptei eitv In
earlj life he was known from coast to coist through
his baseball activities and during the period of the
World war he was m the government service He was
iIbo eonneetLd with the regular irini , so thit Ins ex
penences were wide and varied All this made him
an excellent judge of human mture and Ins ability
to form a eorreut estimate concerning those with
whom business relations brought him into contatt
constituted cnt of the important feaures of his jrcs
penty.
Mr. Barrett was born in AthoJ, Massachusetts Marih
28, 1S75, and was a son of Edward and Ann (Bucklevj
Barrett, who were natives of Ireland and t,ame to
America in the early '70s, first settbng m Athol,
Massachusetts. Edward Barrett was a man of learn
ing, having followed educational work in his native
country. In 1879 he removed to Brookville, Kansis,
where he operated a granary but passed awaj there
in the same year at the age of thirty sii. jears His
widow afterward returned to Ireland, where she de
parted this life in 1881, her death being hastened bj
grief over her husband's death. Their familj num
bered four children; Annie, now the wife of M J
Moran Jamis E Mrs Margaret M Murphi who
dad m Athol Massachusetts m 1J18 and Mrx Al e
natha Perkins
Left an orjhan in earl\ bovhood James E Bamtt
began his education m the scl ools of his native cit^
and afterward attended the schools of Brattleboro
Vermont and the high school at Bellows Falls that
state He then enttred into the hotel business at
Brattleboro and later was connected with hotel inter
ests at Springfleld Massachusetts He afterward
joined the regulaj armi as a member of Companv A
Ninth Dnited States Infantn taking up this training
with the belief that it would assist him in a baseball
career During hia armv service he was made a cor
poral and upon the espiration of his term ot enlist
ment left the arm\ and joint 1 a baseball elub at
Oswego I^cw \ork which was a member of the New
"iork State League His abilit> was soon recognized
by those who were constantly on the alert to secure
good placers for the big league and he went from the
Oswego team to become one f the Red Stockings ot
Cincinnati m the INatimal League in 1900 plav ijg
outfield He .ifterwarl ntered into a lontra t to
beiome a member ol tic Detroit Tigers ani wore the
Uniterm of the baseball club ot this city from 1901
until 1905 inclusive He then returnei to the East
ern League and was with the Rochester (NT) team
in 100b During the two succeeding seasons he was
connected with the Boston Bed &ox and afterward
returned to the minor league, being connected with
the Milwaukee team of the American Association for
three jears, aa manager and outfielder As a ball
player "Jimmie ' Barrett — as he was ao well known
lankpd in all departments of the game among the
trull great outfielders of ill timi His quiet demeanor,
and at all times gentltmanh conduct, earned for him
the respect and esteem of not only his fellow plajers,
but the jatrons of the great national game as well
He gave up baseball plaving entirely in 1911 to enter
upon a eommercial career and became sales agent for
the &cripps marine engines He inv ested heavily in
Detroit real estate and his judgment in this eonnee
tion found proof m his success, for his investments
made him financially independent During the period
of the World war he gave his services to the govern
ment as the inspector ot the Liberty motor and ma
ehineri In addition to his numerous investments and
real estate interests Mr Barrett specialized in the
handling of subdivisions and at the time of his death
he was platting the Harper \^enue subdivision, eon
taining two hundred and thirtv lota, the tract being
supplied with all modern improvements, including sew
erage, enrbmg for the streets and lighting He was
a most alert, wide awake and progressive business man
and made for himself a most creditable position m the
real estate circles of Detroit
On the 30th of Januarj, 190'1, Mr Barrett was
married to Miss Margaret Mane Walsh, a, daughter
of John W aish of Detroit The children of this mar
riage are Marj who was born in Detroit in 1<)05
Margaret born in 1907 and Ann who was born an
1917 and died in October 191" Mary and Margaret
ire attending the Sacred Heirt Academv The re
ligious filth of tit fimilj is that of the Roman
Catholic church and Mr Barrett was a fourth degree
Knigl t of CoJuml ua He was a man of determined
jurposp who carried forward to successful completion
whatever he undertook and hia progressiveness and
idaptabilitj brought to him a moat substantial measure
of success Mr Barrett passed away October 25 1921
and a host of friends and acquaintances throughout
the countrv n oumed his del arture
JOHN & BROWN faince establishing his home m
Highland Park m 1^11 John S Brown has thoroughly
identified his interests with those of this exclusive
suburban district of Detroit and through his building
operations and also in his official capacity aa city
commissioner is lomg all in his power to promote the
development and upbuilding of tljis part of the city
He IS a native of 01 lo born on the 30th of April
ISfi* and lis i-irents were Daiid and Elizabeth
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('itiohiJ ) Eroivti both ot wlion wert born in Penu
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it <i.Q eirly penod va their li\es The father was a
suecesBful building eontrictor ilwi^s continuing m
thit line tf buaineSf Both parents ire now de
Le ised In tl eir family were the following children
Silvester, Thomas Tames E and Mrs Hannih Webb
all of whom are still residents of Ohio and John S
In the public schools of his native county John S
Brown aoiiuiced hia early education and then i-om
ikted a course in the TJnnersiti of Ohio after which
he dcv oti i ttn ^ ears to educational work as a.
teacher in country sphoolfi of Ohio Yt the end of
that period he turned his attention to commercial
lursuits and for three >eara occupied a clerical posi
tion Jtt Bremen, Ohio, afterward entering the First
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1 usmess he has gained a position ot prominence
» [ lie his activities as a building contractor ha\ e
I tterially added to the adornment of the city and
Uao to its growth and e^ansion
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perity attended his efforf. hJB business expanded in
scope and importance witb the passing years, aftd
finally, in 1903, he found it a matter of eipedieney
to incorporate the Iraainesa nnder the present title of
tho W. J. Burton Company. Under his management
this buainess grew fo be an important one in con-
nection witii the sheet metal trade in Detroit. Mr.
Burton was the directing and potent spirit in the
development of this industrial enterprise as presi-
dent and manager from the time of its incorporation
until 1922, when he disposed of hie interests therein.
He takes vital interest in all things touching the
civie and material welfare and progress of hia home
city and is a valued member of the Detroit Board
of Commerce. In the time -honored Masonic fra-
ternity he has attained the thirty-second degree of
the Scottish Kite, and in the York Bite he has be-
come a, Knight Templar. He holds membership in
Detroit Lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, is identified with the Wolverine Automobile
Club and also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which his wife is likewise a member. Mr.
Burton has been successful in his business affairs
and entirely through his own efforts. He is regarded
as one of Detroit's strong and capable business men.
Da June 29, 1911, Mr, Burton married Miss Louise
Fuller of Saginaw, Michigan. Their city residence
is at No. 2281 Atkinson avenue
HENRY A. 8IEVER8, whose life was a continual
round of kindly deeds and the e'^pression of good-
fellowship toward all roankind, was for many years
a factor in the industrial development of Detroit
through the conduct of his carriage manufacturing
interests and later through the mannfacture of auto-
mobile bodies. His was indeed a well spent life for
he not only contributed to the progress and material
development of the city but also shed around him
much of life 's sunshine.
Mr. Sievers was born in Uhrleben, near Magdeburg,
Germany, August 31, 1841, his parents being Henry
and Marie (,Homan) Sievers, who spent their lives in
Germany. Henry A. Sievers was educated in the pub-
lic schools of that country and later learned the trade
of carriage -making, perfecting himself in every detail
of the business. Finding little field for his labor in
Germany, especially in the finer lines of work which
he much preferred to do, he came to America and on
the 31st of August, 186B, the twenty-seventh anni-
versary of his birth, he arrived in Detroit. For a
time ho followed the journeyman's trade and later
was emploj'ed by John Patton in his factory at the
corner of Brush and Woodward streets, where he
worked as superintendent for a period of six years.
On the expiration of that time he returned to his old
home in Magdeburg, Germany, to visit his parents and
when he again came to Detroit he purchased the busi-
ness of bis former employer and became associated in
its conduct with Charles Erdman in 187S. He now
turned his attention to the manufacture of carriages
and buggies and after a time the rapid growth of his
business necessitated a removal to other quarters, the
firm having at that time what was the largest factory
west of New York. They removed to a new place
at the corner of Jefferson and Beaubien, in 1880, and
at that location the business is still being condueted.
Mr, Sievers was president of the company and the
directing spirit of the buainess under his control and
his executive power steadily grew and developed. In
190fi he enlarged the scope of his activities by adding
to the manufacture of carriages and buggies the manu-
facture of automobile bodies and automobile finishing.
Many regarded his work as the best of the kind on
the market of the country. He manifested particular
pride in the excellence of his workmanship, which
truly was unsurpassed in quality.
In 188D Mr. Sievers was married in Detroit to Miss
Lena Fischer, the wedding being celebrated at what
was then 442 Larned street. Her father was Peter
Fischer, who in partnership with his brother, William,
was engaged in business as a manufacturing jeweler.
They conducted their business at 217 East Jefferson
for forty-five years, under the style of P. & W. Fischer
and were prominent factors in the commercial circles
of the city. Peter Fischer, in 1837, came from Leid-
enscheit, in Westphalia, where he was burn in 1816.
He and his brotJier married two sisters and they al-
ways resided in adjoining homes in a most congenial
and happy family relationship. The wife of Peter
Fischer bore the maiden name of Eegina Badenmaker
and was from Olpa, Westphalia, in Prussia. She died
in the J ear 1889, while Peter Fischer reached the ad-
vanced age of eighty-five years and up to the moment
of his death was in full possession of his faculties.
They were the parents of seven children, of whom
onlj- Mrs. Sievers, a sister. Miss Amelia Fischer, and
one brother are living, the brother being Albert
Fischer of Detroit. Peter Fischer and his brother,
with whom he was so long associated in business, died
within nix months of each other, in 1901.
In 130G Mr. and Mrs. Sievers took a trip to his old
home in Magdeburg and also visited the old home of
the Fischer and Badenmaker families in Westphalia.
They remained in Europe for seven months, traveling
through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and much
of southern Europe.
Mr, Sievers' first home in Detroit was on Joseph
Campau avenue, while later ho removed to the Fischer
residence at Iil5 Jefferson avenue. He and his wife
spent the summer seasons at their country liome — Siev-
ersheim — at Lexington, Michigan, where they have a
beautiful eight room modern residence. In 1916 they
completed their home at No. 3175 Cadillac avenue,
but had lived in it for only a short time when Mr.
Sievers passed away, on the 3d of October of that
year. He was a man of many splendid qualities, al-
W33's faithful in friendship and counted his friends
among the o!d and young, rich BJid poor. He was
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never known to apeak an unkmd word lotentionallv to i
anjone and ww a most tender ind devoted husband
whiie his life wis characterized by geoerons and help
fni deeds and by words o( encouriEement to hi? fel
kwmen He belonged to the Harmonie Smgmg
booiety for tortj vears and wis a member of tl e
Lutheran ehnrch In politics he wis i republican
when national que'itions and isaiea were imolved but
at local elections voted for tl e beat min regardleas
of party affihitions He stood etanchly m support of
high principles and hia hfe eommended bim to the
confidence and regard of all while his memory i*) an
inapixation to the manr friends whom he left bebmd
SETH J WKKEK member of the firm of Wicker
& Quiine attorneys of Detroit was 1-orn m Daiidann
Tenneasef Jilv 2'*, 18"9 his parents being Seth T
an 1 Alice (Bolton) Wicker, the former a, native of
Oailand countv Michigan while the latter wis born
m Middle''e\ county Ontario Cmida and came to
Michigan when i v<urg la Iv in her teens The tither
waa reared to manhood m this state md ifttru^rd
took up the ocpujation of farming which he followed
tor a number of yeirs but m the later part of h s
life conducted a countrv atore He passed away
August 13 1104 and is still survived by his widow
who IS living m Detroit In their family were five
children of whom Seth J is the eldest the other^i
being Loi ell 1 md Hugh Webb ilso of Detroit Two
of the fimilv la\e paised away
"^eth T Wuker attenled the district anl village
schools ml also the high sel ool of Flint Michigan
being there graduated with the class of 1819 Ho
trnk up the profession of teaching which he followed
m the country scl ools for a vear ind then entered the
TJniversitj of Miehigin from which he wis graduated
with the cliBs of IWi He afterward resumed teach
II g anl was mile irincipal of the schools of Hudson
MilI igm Once more he beeime a student m the
fatitt Uni^ersiti which he attended until 190 j but
left there before griduation because of his father a
lealh He then eondicted the home farm anl taught
school m the winter months while the summer seasons
wore demoted to the work of the fields In April
190j he cine to Detrtit anl entered the emj-lov of
tl p Detroit Gas Compmy it Station B there con
t iimg for severil months He was ifterward made
issiatant night foreman ^nd later wis promote! to
the position of asaistmt to the chief elerk and before
he resigned his position with the gas eompiu} he
hid chirge of all of the silesmen Later he entered
the employ of the Michigan Mintei & Tile Compinv
ind m the meantime he continued his nnnersity
studies Subsequently he entered Detroit College of
Law and while attending that institution continued
his work with the Michigan Mantel & Tile Company
He left there however to work for the governn ent
taking the maiuf ictirers ena ,s ., 1910 In the
same ie<ir he wis griduated witl tlit II B legree
■r m the Detroit College of Law and entered uion
the practice of the profeasioi in August of that year
with the firm of McGregor & Blotmer SuVae^uentiy
he was associated with B M French for a vear ind
then agiin becami connectel with the firm of Me
Cregor & Bloomer Later he became ass stant prose
citor to Matthew H Bishop and upon the latter s
retirement from oflice Mr Wicker f orme 1 his prtsent
partnership with William H Quaine Mr W inker his
been quite a icceaaful winning a good clientage that
has connected him with important litigation He be
longs to the Detroit Bar and also the Michigan State
Bar Association
Mr Wicker la well known in fraternil and aocial
ircles belonging to Delti Theti Phi a college fri
ternity to the Misonic Lodge ind to the Grotto anl
also t< the Fellow craft Clnb While he usnallj votes
with the democratic pirtv, he is liberal m his views
and Iocs not consider himself bound bv iart> ties
In his 5.rofessional career he has made steadv progress
■ft i^LTEE E LENTZ is a member of the firm of
M Farlane Ma il i Lentz architects of Detroit and
his success IS founded upon thorough preparatory
training and broad practnal enperienee while at all
times 1 e has remained a close and discriminating
student of the scientific principles underlying his
profession He has devoted his entire life to arehi
tectural work m which he his developed expert abil
it^ and m the attainment of individual prosperity
le his also contr but ed n mirl ed meaaure to the
upbuilding and adornment of his city
Mr Lentz is a native ot Detroit and a son of
Theodore ind Lizzie (Frederick) Lentz Here he
icqnired his education attending tie Peru an Somi
nary on Champlain street and the Belleto itaine
school from which he was graduat d m 1898 while
subseqiently he became a student in the Western
high school He began taking lessons m free hand
drawing from Cirl Melchers tie fatl er of the noted
irtist conscientio isly contm ung his practi e until
he had developed a considerable degree of skdl along
that Ime In 1900 he entered the of&ee of Louis
Kimper a well known arelitect of Detroit with
whom he continued intil HOj gaming much -valuable
knowledge of the protession and then became identi
iied with the firm of Eogers & McFarlane, remaining
in their employ for a period of two jears From
Mij unt 1 Seitcmber ot 190" he was associated with
the firm of Donaldson & Meier anl then entered the
Unnersitv of Michig m where he pursued a course
m architecture having already gained practical ex
penen e owing to his long ideutifi ation with the
business In the fall of 1913 he became a member
of the firm of McFarlane Maul & Lentz with which
he his since continued The senior member of the
firm diei in December 1919 but the lusmess is still
cirricd on under the old name Thev hue attained
higl atai ding m their profession and have leen
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awarded many important tontraLts dorag excellent
work m eonneetion with the upbuilding of modi-rn
Detroit They ha%e designed ind constnieted many
fine homes business and commercial str leturea both
inside and outside the city They specialize in
hospital work and recently completed at EIoisl a
new hospital for the insane whieh marks % Uatinet
alvance in this fiell Mr Lenta has ^wav* endcav
ored to perform his work iccording to the but of his
ability living up to the 'pint as well t* the letter
of an agreement and he has therefore giined the
confidence and respect of ill with whom he has had
business dealing?
He was united m mirriage to Miss \ ictoni Julia
B-iier and thej haye become the pirent'' of two
Bons Lawrence ind Frederick He keep-i m touch
With ill that 1*1 being done ilong the line of his pro
fess on through his men hership in the Michigan
Chapter of the American Institute of Architects the
Miohigin 'Society of Architects and the Michigan
Engineering Society He is also identified with the
Detroit lacht Club the Michigan Alumni Associi
tion the Uniiersitv of Michigan Club an 1 the Michi
gan Union The secret of his success lies m the tact
that he has ne\er been ifraid of hird work and thit
his diligence ind lofe ipplicition hive eyer been
supplemented b\ unq lestioned integrity and rein
bility As the architect of his own forti nes 1 e his
buiided wisely and well and his labors have been
an important element in citi improvement as well
as individual success He is a man of high profts
sional attainments who o<.cupics a position of Idler
ship m architecturil tircles of the stite ind Detroit
as proud to claim him is one of 1 er nitive sons
WILLJAM E E T'i'^ON M D an eminent
representative of the Detroit mediial fraternitv who
IS devoting hia ittention largely to the treatment
of women s diseases his pnctieed his ] rofession m
this oitv since 1309 ind the iist of his patients is an
extensive one He wis bom m Springfield Illinois
May 8 1876 1 son of Pr fessor Robert A ml
Samantha (Neff) Tvson The fither who is a native
of Pennsylvania enlisted from that state for service
in the Ci\il war serving tour veirs and becoming i
lieutenant After the war he removed to the west
as a voung man becoming a resident of Illinois in
which state his mirrnge occurred He is a mm of
broad education ind culture ind he engiged m teich
ing m the rural s hools of Illinoia and the public
schools of Sptingfleld In 1885 he removed with his
family to Kichland county North Dikoti and took
up a honiesteid of one hundred and sijity acres sit
uated on the open xrairie and it once let about the
arduous work of bringing his land under cultiv ation
The climate was very trying, the summers being ex
eessively hot, at times one hundred and fifteen de-
grees above zero, and the winters very cold, the
tl erm utter Homet mes registering sixty degrees be
low On this Isolated western farm the family
managed to eke out a meager existence and during the
first summer season the fither made two trips each
week on foot to the 1 ome of a neighboring rancher
where he was employed a distan e of e ghteen miles
carrying tl e week s suiph of tood for his fan ily that
distance m a sack For a number of years he continued
to reside on his North Dakota firm but in 1900 1 e sold
that propertj and went to Sj okme Washington where
he renamed untU 1917 when he remove! to Califor
nia He is now residing at Calistogi California hav
ing attained the advanced ige of eighty one j ears
and 1 IS mental vigor is shown m the fact that he
recently took the state teachers eiaminition which
he passed with a high percentige being granted a
life certificate and he is still act ve is a school teacher
He walks w th an erect eirnage and is a man of
powfrfnl phv snue About five ytars ago he was
operated on bj his son Dr Tvson of this review and
withm less than five davs he had completely rccov
ered trom the effects ot ti e operation His wife also
underwent a similar operation at the same time which
likewise pros ed v erv beneficial in its results ilthough
her health has never been as robust as that of her
1 usband &he is 1 native of Illinois her birth hav
mg oc urred neir the eitj of '^pringlield The c fam
ily numbered twelve ehillren of whom five have
passed awav Those living are Mrs Andrew Maurer
a reside! t of North Dakota Dr Tyson of this review
Hobert Emerson a tvnn brother of the doctor and a
resident of Davenport Washington Frederick Ea>
niond who is liv mg in San Francisco Cahfocnia
Mrs Elizabeth Logan of Spokane Washington
(.harJps Neff res ding at Kockland Washington
and Homer who is livii g in Honoluli on the island
of Hawaii
In the graded schools of Sjntgfleld Illinois and
Iworth Dikota Dr Tison pirsued his education con
jleting his h gh school e urse at Laurel Marjland
lie then entered tie University of Maryland from
wlich he was gradiated m 190j with the MB degree
and for fifteen months thereafter was attached to th
olstctrical departn ent of that institution following
which he became a resident phvsician in Kensington
Hosp tal for Women at Philadelphia Pennsylvania
For two years lie was connected with that hospital and
during that per od performed fift^ eight operations
thirty foir of which were ot a major character He
was most successful in his surgical work which he
performed without the loss of a single patient In IWS
he came to Detroit where he has since maintained his
resi lence and during the intervening period has estab
lished a large practice being ac ounted one of the most
able and successful phjsuians and surgeons of the cit^
He is devoting the greater part of his attention to
the treatment of women's diseases and in this branch
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of the profession haa developed expert skill and ibility
He has never regirled his professional educition as
eoinileted with the termination of his college eourae
but ha^ reman ed throughont 1 is life a close and dis
criminating stndcnt of medical s lence and that his
knowledge la profound and hia experience broad is
evidenced in the excellent reaults which follow his
ministrations He is a lover of his profession deeply
interested m its luiianitarian as vcell aa ita aeientifie
phages and hi^ fee la alwaja withm the means of
hia pitients In addition to caring for a large pri
late i-rartice he is a memler of the medi al staff of
tie E oseielt Memor al Hospital and also of the
V, oman s Hospital
Dr Tjson has been married twice In Washington
D 0 on tl e 2 th of November 1303 he wedded
Miss Elizabeth McPherson ^ecms a daighter of
Jian C and Eeteeca McPherson Weems Mr? Tison
paiaed awa-s at Detroit on the 2tith of February 1917
leaving tl rce cliHreo Eebecea Juaoita who was
born in 1<>10 B Frank Claip bom in 1<»12 and
William E Jr who was born in 1317 At Sandy
Springs Marylind October 11 1918 Dr Tjson was
united m marriage to Miss Virginia Staber a daugh
ter of Philip F and Caroline Staber prominent resi
dents of tl at place
Dr Tison is a faitl ful and consistent member of
the Church of the Messiah and he la also identified
with the Detroit Auton obile Club while hia profes
sional connections are with the Wayne Co inty and
Michigan State Medical Societies the American Med
leal Association and the East Side Medical Society
His innate talent and acquired ability hs\e brought
h m to a foremost position in professional circles of
Detro t He utilizes everj possible opportunity to
promote his knowledge and mcrea'je his efdcieney and
enjoys the rcsj-ect of h ^ colleagues and also of the
general piblii. His reii lence is at No 2108 Bnrns
avenue Indian "K illage seUion
ROBFET T nUtHEb who in hia boyhood played
^.arnes on the s te of man} of Detroit a most promi
nent bisnes? blocks of the f resent dav with the
passing jeara and the improvement of b s opportuni
t es became one of the leading business men and sub
stant al citizens who ad led largely to Detroit s
development and reputation He was the president
and 11 anager of the Hughes Gelatine Company and
as tl e architect of his own fortunes he builded wisely
and well Detroit numbera him among her native
sons hia b rth ha\ing occurred August 21 1863 hia
larents being Ezra an 1 Ann (Hughes) Hughes, the
former born in &t Asa] h Wales and the latter in
Liierpool Tl ey came to America in 1843 and in
18al located n Detroit The father established him
self in 1 wall paper and stationerj business and was
also well known as a collector of steel engravings His
bismesa \ as tl en locate 1 at First street and Michi
gan avenue and while still a schoolboy Robert T
H ighca assisted in 1 s father s store and also did
odd jobs to aid the fan ilv n anv way he could Both
parents haie passed away
Robert T Hughea was amtng the first stuients who
entered the "V- ilkins school at its ope i ng He con
tmued his edi cation to the age of fo irteen years and
TV as then obliged to pro\ ide for h s own support by
starting out in the lusiness world He first worked
with his father and later for George E Angels while
afterward he en t ere I the employ of the Farrand
Will ams Drug Company now known aa Farrand Wil
hams & riaik o'-eupying a position in tie laboratory
for ten years He then started out as a rej resen
tatiie of a I\ew York glue house SLllmg ita proluct
until I'^O" when he organized the Fisher Hughes Gela
fine Company which after fiie years of moderate
s iccesa was forced to suspend so that the hard labor
whi h Mr Hughes had pnt forth in buillmg up the
business was gone for naught With unfaltering cour
age and determination however he startel out again
and in 1908 with very limited capital he organized
the Hughe'' Gelatine Company Ho began business in
a small way and gradually has built up one of the
successful enterpr sea of this character in the middle
west At the time of his death he was in comfortable
linaneial circumstances aa the result of his capallo
management of busincsi afEa ra and he ranked with
Detroit s representati e and valued citizens The
Hughes Gelatine Company is a close corporation the
stock being owned entirely by the family and Mr
Hughes directed the activities and affa rs of the busi
ness as president and manager unt 1 a short time
before h s death wl ich occurred on May 20 19"2
On the 13th of June 1888 Mr Hughes was married
to Mi-js Mabel F Baker who passed away in 1*302
eihe was a daughter of Captain David Baker mem
bar of the Baker Grav Comjany dealers m carnage
lardware Mr and Mrs Hughes had one eh H Llovd
L born in Detroit m 1810 and now the secretary
and treasurer of the Hughes Gelatine Comran3 He
was educated in the public achoola until he left the
Central high school after whn,h he continue 1 hia
studies in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
being a n ember of the class of ins Since that time
he has been m bnsmesa with his father and la re
gar led as one of the rising young business men of
the c ty He was married June 19 IJl'i to Manaa
M Ludington who waa born in Algonac Michigan,
a daughter of Capta n and Mrs Le vis Ludington
the former a prominent vessel owner formerly of
Alpena Michigan Mrs Hughes was graduated from
the University of Mi higan in 1910 and by her mar
nage haa become the mother of a son Robert T
Hughes (II) who was born October 24 1916 Lloyd
L Hughes 13 a member ot C rinthian Lolge No "41,
P & \ M alao of the Exchange Club anl of the
University of Mich gan Club For his second wife
Robert T Hughes married Grace McCandlish daugh
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ter of Tli\ d ani Anna McCandlish of Columbui
Olno the w dding being celelrated Juno 21 1W4
llr Robert T Hughca gave hiB pohtioal support to
the republican partj and fraternally lie was eon
nected with Ashlar Lodge No 91 F & i M amce
1886 He waa aNo a charter member of the present
Detroit Athletic Club and liia social quilities were
such as won for him warm friendships while in bust
ncBS affairs he gained a mo>"t enviable reputition
through the reliability and progressiveneas of his
methods Mr Hughes wis ill hii life an interested
witness of Detroit s growth and development and re
loembered when many of the populous ind prosperous
districts of the <itv were wiate land and when the
site of many of the leadit g business structures was
the playground of the boys of the town Great in
deed have leen the changes which ha\e occurred ind
after attaining min i estate Mr Hughes at all timea
bore his part in the work of development and im
proiement rejoicing greailv m the idvinte that
Detroit his ma le winning her fo irth place among
the eities of the Union In the passing of "\fr Hughes
Detroit has lost a representative an 1 1 ighli re
spec ted citizen and hosts of friends join his fam
ily in mourning h s lej-irture
■WILLIAM EDWIN TOEEENCE waa a man -who
roadlii re ognized aol used the opportunities that
came his way and m the course of an active business
career he advanced steadily toward tl e goal of sue
cess Moreover his course was such as commended
him to tl e confidence respect and honor of his fellow
men and hii memorv js cherished by all who knew
hira He was b<rn in Clarks\ille Pennsylvania De
cember 7 1864 anl was a son of the Eev Joseph
William TorrencL D D a Presbjterian minister
When he waa quite vourg his parents removed to
Wav eland Indiana where the Rev Mr Torrence had
a pastorate A later removal was made to Frankfort
and subaejuently to Toledo Ohio
In all of these cities William E Torrence attendei
school completing his education in Toledo where as
a ^oung man he started out m tht business world be
coming a traveling salesman Fur a time he reprc
Rented a ship supplj house and later was on the road
for the Gondron Iron Wheel Companv of that citv for
which concern he sold bicycles trioeles and baly
carnages remaining with the house for seven >ears
While with that firm he had the listmction of selling
the first carload lot of rubber tired babj carnag s
ever sold Later he engaged m the brokerage busi
ness which claimed his attention tor about two ■ytars
On the "tb of June 1898 Mr Torrence was married
in Ripley Ohic to Miss Sarah Belle Kinkead and they
began their dome'itic 1 fe in Toledo where their eldest
daughter Miry Elizabeth was born At a later period
thej removed to Biplev settling on a farm owned by
Mrs Torrence and f or twelv e v ears Mr Torrence n an
aged and further developed this property There the r
diughtcr Ruth Kinkcad was born and she is now
the wife of Louis T Morrow who is with the Sun Oil
Company of Detroit They have one child Mary Jane
The youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Torrence is
Margaret Frances
Atter devoting twelve vcars to general agriciltiral
lursuits Mr Torrence removed with his family to St
Louis and reentered commercial circles bi becoming
manager for the Bell Manufaetucing Company On
the Ist of August 1Q04 he cime to Detroit and m this
city waa maniger for the &un Oil Companv He totk
hold of what was a rapidlv exiirmg bnaino-^s In fact
the Sun Oil fompani had
closing its Detroit oflice tor its
the ei-pense of an offl.ce and wan
ing however soon felt the sti
Mr Torrence s efforts and air
ade began to grow and expand
seriouslv cons dered
;ade did not warrant
ouse The undertak
ulating influence ot
lit immediately the
so that he waa soon
(Omielled to enlarge his facibties securing a n(re
comm djo in oflice and warehouse The business c )n
tinued to grow with the result that the company se
cured an oittensive warehouse it Brookh n avenue and
the Michigan Central Eailwaj In addition a large
amount ot business is carried on direct and does not
have to go through the warehouse It was Mr Tor
rence who put the Sun Oil Company on the business
mil of Detroit There were certain things m his
tavor locl idmg the increasing use of the automobile
which ne esfitated an increasing use of oil m this an 1
in vonouB other tields 1 ut a less energetic man would
have niiBsed his opportunity Mr Torrence waa an
indefatigable worker and was considered cne of the
best oil salesmen m the Lnited "States He caretulJy
Wdtcl od every detail j. on ting to success and contmu
all\ broadenei the scope of his activities building up
a 1 atronage of large proportions When he was su 1
denlv called b\ death on August 13 1919 he had
perfected plans for a new and greater warehouse and
smi-e his i a'la ng tl s has been erected aceor ling to tl e
plans which he had forn ulated Death came to hini
without warning There was no long previous illne s
to waste his powers and through an active life be hil
accomihshol much that won him classification with
the most progressive ii d representative business me i
of Michigan's metropolis
Mr Torrence was ilao widely known in other con
nections He belonged to the Detroit Athletic Glut
to the Oakland Hills bolf Clut to the Exchange Cbl"
the Ingleside l.lu> and the Board of Commerce H
also had membership m the Maani
ing to Detroit Commmderj No 1
gan Sovereign Consistory and t
the Mvstic Shrine In young ma
ficd with the Toledo Cadets and always showed his
military training in his bearing Politically I e was i
republican loial to the purposes and pTincij-leB of tie
I arty and his religious faith was manifest in his
n eml ership n the Forest A\ enue Presbj terian church
t which he was a fruotee His entire life was guided
Lie fraternitj, belong
E T to the Michi
1 Moslem Temple ot
nl ood I e was identi
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by high purposes and worthy motives and all who knew
him bear testimony to his upright character.
Mrs. Torrenee descends from an illustrious ancestry.
Her parents, Guy H. and Mary P. (Bechtle) Kinkead,
were residents uf southern Ohio and lived on land that
came to the Kinkead family from the government.
Mrs. Torrenee lias in iier possession many very inter-
esting documents signed by different presidents of the
oountiy. One of her great-grandmothers was taken
captive by the Indians and held for some time, while
during her captivity she saw her young chOd dashed to
death because it had blue eyes. She had another
child, who was born during the period of her captivity.
In the maternal line Mrs. Torrenee is a great-grand-
daughter of David Perry, a relative of Commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of Lake Erie.
WILLIAM M. MacLACHLAW. Prominent among
the youngi'r business men of Detroit is William M.
MaeLachlan, the alert, progressive and enterprising
manager of the Simon J. Itnrphy Company, own-
ers of the Penobscot building, one of the largest
and finest office buildings in the city. He is widely
and favorably known in Detroit, where he has spent
his life, his birth having occurred in this city on the
17th of April, 1S88. His parents were Dougald and
Elizabeth (MacKellar) MacLaehlan, who roared a
family of two children, William M. and Donald. The
father was born just south of Glasgow, Scotland,
while the mother was a native of Glencoe, Canada,
and both were of sturdy Scotch ancestry. In 1S45
Dniigald MacLaehlan emigrated to Canada, being then
a lad of nine years, and on reaching mature years
he became prominently identified with maritime in-
terests, filling the position of captain on vessels ply-
ing the waters of the Great Lakes, while subsequently
he" was made commodore of the Detroit & Cleveland
Navigation Company, serving in that capacity until
his retirement. In the late '60s he wedded Elizabeth
MaeKellar, who passed away in 1890, while his de-
mise occurred in 1912.
His son, William M. MacLaehlan, attended the pub-
lic schools of Detroit and his initial experience in
the business world was acquired as a clerk in the
motive power department of the Michigan Central
Railroad Company. He remained with that corpora-
tion for a period of four years and in 190S became
identified with the Simon J. Murphy Company, first
serving in a clerical capacity, while in 1913 he won
promotion to manager. He is now acting as manager
for the Simon J. Murphy Company, having charge of
■the Penobscot, Marquette and Murphy buildings, in
which connection he is proving most capable, over-
looking no detail in regard to their operation and
keeping everything in the buildings in first-class con-
dition.
In 1911 Mr. MacLaehlan was united in marriage to
Miss Miriam A. Young, a resident of Detroit, and
they have become the parents of two children: Jean,
who was born August 20, 1912; and William M., Jr.,
whose birth occurred on the 25th of April, 1919. Mr.
MacLaehlan is well known in social circles of the
city and is a popular member of the Detroit Athletic
and Eotary Clubs. Eesoiute and energetic, he has
made steady advancement in the business world, each
forward step bringing him a broader outlook and
wider opportunities. Thoroughness and diligence have
characterized all of his work and in commercial circles
he has become recognized as a man to be trusted. He
attacks every task with contagious enthusiasm and
energy and manifests in his life the sterling traits of
the Scotch race— persistency of purpose, thrift and
unquestioned business integrity. Although a young
man he has already accomplished much and his friends
predict for him a most promising future.
AETHUB E. HARRISON. One of the progressive
and enterprising young business men of Detroit is
Arthur E. Harrison, president of the Harrison-Kund
Company, distributors of the Moon automobiles. He
is also president of the Poderal Amusement Company
and in the control of his interests displays marked
executive ability, initiative and foresight. He is
widely and favorably known in this city, for he has
here spent his life. He was bom April 7, 1S8S, a son
of Samuel and Anna (Guinan) Harrison, the former a
native of Ireland, while the latter was born in De-
troit and is a representative of one of the old and
prominent famOies of the city. In early life the
father emigrated to the United States, taking up his
residence in Detroit, where he was reared and educated,
and it was in this city that his marriage occurred.
For many years he was identified with the customs
house brokerage business, in which he continued active
until his demise, which occurred in 1912. The mother
is still living. They became the parents of four chil-
dren, two of whom survive: Arthur E.; and Samuel,
also a resident of Detroit and associated with his
brother in business.
Mr. Harrison acquired his education in the graded
and high schools of Detroit and on starting out in
life for himself became identified with the automobile
business, acting as sales manager for a firm handling
the Dodge Brothers cars. He filled that position for
several years and then entered the employ of the
Thomas J. Doyle Company, agents for the Buick cars
at Detroit. His connection with that company was
maintained until 1918, when he embarked in business
for himself, buying and selling used cars, and was
very successful in that venture. In 1920 he secured the
agency for the Moon car, for which he became the
distributor at this point, organiEing the Harrison-Rund
Company, of which he was made president. He handles
one of the best cars on the market and has already
succeeded in building up a large patronage, the rapid
growth of the business being indicated in the fact
that in February, 1931, the firm occupied sixteenth
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position among the whd i-ile and retail rej re cental i ea
of the Moon v,i ile the r rat jig m December 19i.O wis
thirtj first Mr Harrison hdi also directed hiH ener
giPB into other fields being president ot the Federal
imuaement Company of whieh he wis the organizer
and which controls a lirge imnsement hall on Wood
word avenue Thia hia alao proven a profitable in
lestment and Mr Hirrisou a connection with any
enterprise insures a proaperouH outcome of the same
t r he 1? 1 man of determined purpose who carr es for
ward to successful completion whattver he uniertakes
On the _8th of December 1912 Mr Harrison wia
united m marnage to Mias Lila McCibe a daughter of
Mr and Mr^ James McCabe of this city In his
political views Mr Harrison is independent vot ng for
the candidate whom he consi lers best qualified for
office regardless of partr ties He is a member of the
Dftroit Automobile Club an! fraternally is identihed
with the Miaonf being i member of Palestine Lodge
of which he is ser\ mg ai master He is a for eful
aggressive and capable business min whose plans are
oarefullj formuHfed and promptly execute! He is
devoting every energy to the upbuilding of lis bus
ness and snccess in substantnl measure ha^ rewarded
his efforts He is now at tlie heal of one of the lead
mg automobile agenfies m Detroit and as a citizen
he la progreisi\e and public spirited stand ng -it all
times for reform and
PEANK A WEGENER Among the old families of
Detroit none have been n ore prominentlv connected
with business affairs of the c ty or hav e enio^ ed i
more enviable refutition for progressive cit zen-ihip
than ha"! the Wegener family of which Frank A
Wegener is a representative He is the lecretiry and
treasurer of the firm of A Wegener 5 "^ons manufaetur
ors of soft drinks and one of the best known men
m his line of b lamess m the countrv He was 1 orn
m Detroit Ftbruary 12 1S89 and is a son of Anthony
and Gcrtrule (Kramer) Wegener the mother alio a
native of this citj The father was born m Ger
many anl came to America at the ige of eighteen
years He traveled extensively after reaching the
new world visiting various large cities of the coun
try before coming to Detroit in 1868 Two jears later
he established what afterward became the firm of
A. Wegener a &ons, soft drink manufacturers. In
this connection ho developed many of the popular
soft drinks known today and continued active in the
management and improvement of the business to
the time when he decided to retire from active life and
turned his interests over to hia sons. This occurred
in 1901. Through the succeeding twelve years he
lived in Detroit, enjoying in well earned rest the
fruits of his former toil, paasing away in 1913, at the
age of seventy-three yeara. His widow is still a
resident of Detroit. The following named are
the six children who were born to this worthy couple:
John A., president of the firm of A. Wegener's Sons
Detroit \iit
mpany Josej h
IS V ice president of the
)g m Detroit Anna who
I wife of Zach Boeberitz a resident of Roches
ter Michigan Kathenne of Detroit and Frank \
of tl IS review
The last nan ed att nded 5t Josoph 3 parochial
schod and afterwar 1 St Joseph s Co imereial College
frtm wbiPh ho waa graduated in 1904 He then at
an early age became identified with the business es
tablished by his father and workei his way upward
to his present pos tion — tl at of apcretar> and treas
urer This companv manufactures a f ill Ime of soft
drinks and suth is the extent ot its business that it
requires the emplojment of from seventy to seventy
five people The firm haa a tl oroughlv modem plant
and its patronage is extensive iwing to the excel
lonce of its output Prom the time of his con nee
tiott with the soft drink busineas Mr W ej,ener recog
nizel the value and benefits of trade assotiati n and
this led to hia being the prime mover in the organi
zation of the City Bottlers Associatiun of Soft Drink
Manufacturers Mr Wegener became the j-resident
of ti IS body ind in that c ipacitj aorv ed several terma
at d fferent periods Desiring to e\tend furti er tho
good work and benefits as r vealei bi this organize
tion Mr W egenor organize 1 the Michigan Bottlers
Association now kntivn as the Carbonated Btveraga
Mam fa turers Association alan serving as its presi
dent tor several terms It waa during his term aa
president that the law was placed on the statute
books of Michigan forlidding the uae of saccharii e
in the minufacture ot leverages The passage of this
splendid law was due to the efforts ot Mr Wegener
and the organization of which he was the head Since
that time similar legislation patterned after the
Michigan law, has been jassed in nearlj every state
in the Union Mr Wegener also assisted m the re
organization of what la now the American. Bottlers
of Carbonated Beverages which accorded him the
honor of being president of the national body for
tw< jears and in which lapaeity he visited the meet
inga of the various state organizatitns in all parts
of the countrj introducing ] rogreasive ideas and ex
tending the work along tl ose lines
D iring the World war Mr Wegener of this review
was assistant food adn nistrator of Detroit He be
longs to the U & I Club, the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and the Social Order of Moose. He is
also a member of the Detroit Automobile Association
and his interest in community affairs is ah own in hia
membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce.
PEED T. GIES, member of the firm of Hawkina,
Gies & Company, certified public accountants, having
gained high position in professional circles, devotes
most of his time to assisting Ben Siegel in the man-
agement of the B. Siegel Company. Thia business,
together with his activity as a member of the firm of
Hawkins, Gies & Company and as secretary of the
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Palmer Park Realty Company and in control of other
interests, makes him one of the very energetic business
men and his entire conrse has been marked by steady
progression. Mr, Gies was born in Detroit, July 14,
1874, a son of Frederick and Mary Ann (Salter) Qiea,
whose family numbered eight children. His birth oc-
curred on the northwest corner of Congress and Brush
streets, where the county building now stands, in a
brick business and residence block of three and a half
stories which was erected by his grandfather, Henry
Gies, who played a prominent part in the early his-
tory of Detroit and whuse establisbment was a land-
mark to residents of the city,
Fred T. Gies attended St. Mary's parochial school
and the public schools and following bis graduation
from the high school matriculated in the University o(
Michigan at Ann Arbor. While still pursuing his
studies at school he managed a grocery and general
store which occupied part of the Gies block at Con-
gress snd Brush streets and he took charge of other
interests on the death of his father. While home from
college during a summer vacation he was asked to take
a position with the Michigan Brass and Iron Works,
manufacturers of valves and hydrants, where he re-
mained for six 3-ears. He started from the bottom in
the position of shop clerk and gradually he worked
his way upward, winning various promotions until he
became assistant manager. He left the manufacturing
business to associate himself with Nerval Hawkins
in the profession of public accounting. Early in his
career as a professional accountant he was called on
to lecture and act as schoolmaster. Mr. Gies prepared
and delivered a series of lectures on accounting and
business administration in the Detroit Business Uni-
versity to the first class organized in Detroit for the
study of higher accounting. He conducted during its
initiatory 3'ear the class in business accounting and
administration of the Detroit Institute of Technology,
He was connected with the rise of the automobile in-
dustry in Detroit and elsewhere in the United States
and Canada, having played a prominent part in in-
stituting efficient business systems in the principal
automobile companies of the country, such as the Ford,
Cadillac, Ford of Canada and many others. The busi-
ness of Hawkins, Gies & Company, embracing every
branch of the accounting field, steadily grew until it
became recognized as one of the best of this character.
Mr. Gies passed the certified public accountant's exam-
ination and holds certificates in Michigan and Ohio.
He is a charter member of the American Society of
Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Gies is also a lawyer, but has never practiced
as such. He attended the Detroit College of Law,
graduated in 1900 and was sworn in before the supreme
court at Lansing as an attorney at law of Michigan.
Moreover, Mr. Gies has taken his part in the real
estate development of Detroit, being secretary of the
Palmer Park Eealty Company, and one of the in-
corporators in seven other land companies. He returned
B to the manufacturing business when he was
of the LoEier Motor Company during a year
of reorganization and adjustment.
In 1900, by Bishop Foley, was celebrated the mar-
riage of Fred T. Gies and Miss Josephine F. ShefEerly
and they have become parents of four sons: Fred A.,
Howard S., Theodore F. and Allan C. Mr. Gies is a
member of the Detroit Athletic Club. He belongs
also to the Oakland Hills Country Club, to the Board
of Commerce, to the Knights of Columbus and to
various alumni associations and professional clubs. He
is independent in his political views, voting for men
and measures rather than party but at all times sup-
porting those projects and interests which feature as
valuable forces in the upbuilding and welfare of city
and state.
H. LEE SIMPSON", M. D. It baa been clearly dem-
onstrated that the most efEective functioning in the
medical profession in these latter days of broad re-
search and great advances in medicine and surgery,
is gained through specializing in the field of active
practice, and in this connection Dr. H. Lee Simpson
is conaiatenfly to be designated one of Detroit's lead-
ing speciali'its and authorities in the treatment
diseases of the oar, nose and throat, with offices
1113 David Whitney building on Woodward aveo
Dr, Simpson was born in Adrian, the judicial c
ter of Lenawee county, Michigan, on the 6th
November, 1S78, and is a son of Charles and Anna
(Wetmore) Simpson, both natives of the province of
New Brunswick, Canada, where they were reared and
educated and whence they came to Michigan and
established their home at Adrian in 187S, a few-
months prior to the birth of their son, H. Lee, of this
review. At Adrian, 'Charles Simpson embarked in the
wholesale hardware business, in which he achieved
distinctive success and with which he continued to
be identified until his death, in 1910, at the age of
seventy years. He was one of the leading business
men and most honored and influential citizens of
Adrian. His widow now resides in Detroit. Of their
three children Dr. Simpson was the third in order of
birth; Miss Shirley Simpson remains with her mother
in Detroit; and Anna Norman is the wife of N. J.
Cottington of Chicago.
In the public schools of his native city Dr. Simp-
son continued his studies until he had completed a
course in the high school, and in 1901 he finished his
literary work in the University of Michigan. Dr.
Simpson next entered the medical department of the
same university, in which he was graduated as a mem-
ber of the class of 1901. After receiving his degree
of Doctor of Medicine he wisely fortified himself still
further through the valuable clinical experience
gained in one year of service as an interne in the
Cleveland General Hospital. He then returned to
Michigan and engaged in general practice at Harbor
Beach, Huron county, and later he went to London,
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England, where he did effective postgriduate work
in leading institutions of that fitv There he devoted
special attention to stu h of the diseasea of the eir
nose and throat ani to this held of secMCe he hi^
entirely confined himself during the period of his
residence in Detroit where he has been engaged m
practice since 1907 In Lonnection with his special
lines of practice he is retamei as a lalued member
of the staff of physicians of Harper Hoapitil ^nd also
that of the Children s Free Hoipitil ind the Detroit
Reeei^ mg Hoopitil
Dr Simpson is a member of the Ymeriean Medical
Association 11 a fellow m the Ameritan College of
'surgeons anii m the American Academy of Oto
Larvngoloai and holds membership ilfo m the Michi
gan Stite Medical Society the Wiyne County Medical
Society and the Detroit Academy of Medie ne He
IS independent in politics and is iffili'ited with the
Delti \psilon college friternitj the Dotroit Athletic
Club the Detroit Golf Club the Meidowbrook Coun
fry Club and the Detroit Cnrling Club
On the 2"th of December 1<»05 Dr Simpson was
united in marnige to Miss Mildred Line 1 daughter
of Victor H Lane of Ann Arbor They have one
child B<nnell CHrk Simpson born M-jy 7 l<tl0
HAEET B GAEMAN was born m Dcwart Penn
sylvan 1 and w is eiutated m thi. putlic schools and
the Academi it Dewart His parents were Dr M B
and Sarah J (Jarrett) Garman The Gamins were
a prominent famih in Pennsylvania and Dr Girman
was a well known athlete and a ehamj. on 1 ammer
thrower of his da\ However both of Harr^ B Gar
man s jarents duiI when he was a \oung boy and he
hal to maki. his own way in tha world Deciding to
become a machinist he served an apprenticeship of
three >ears at that trade and then worked m \ari)us
places from B(ston to Flonda for the neixt four years
He then was given the position of foreman of the rail
way shops at Ra>re Pennsylvania but after a time
he joined the American Cream Separator Companj a
Bainb ridge New York and remained with them for
ten years at that place At the end of tl at period he
went to Illinois and was associated with tl e American
Hardware Companj which was connLcted w th the
Cream Separator people and was omjlo^ed tlire for
a 3 ear and a I alf when he came to Michigan ai 1 took
the position of superintendent for the Buick Motor
Car Comianv at Flint Within tie lear he came
to Detroit and jomod the Steel Products Compani
That was m 1910 In 1917 he was mide general man
ager of the companj s plant and business in Detroit
which position he still occupies Inlcr hii manage
ment the business of the company has eitpanded
greatlj in Detroit and m 1<>19 they openeJ up new
on! fineU aj-pointed offices at I'J ton-int street
Harrv B Garman named Rebecca Easter in 1 thev
have a famih of six children Lawnnc Harr> B Jr
Theresa Ceorge Mary and Margaret
Mr Garman is a Mason ot h gb stan ling He is
affiliated with the Blue lodge at Bainbridge New
York the chapter at 4fton New lork and the com
manderj and Shrine at Detroit He is a member of
the Detroit MasoniL Clul and the Board of Commerce
Mr Garman is a republican m politics and he and
his f amiU are Episcopalians He is 01 l ot tU strong
upright and progressive busin ss men f greater
Dt troit
WALTER S BAILLI presi Ici t of the hrm of W 8
Bailej 4. Comunj dLjItrs in a,utomobile accessories
wa'5 born m Li nsing Michigii June 12 18t)5 a son
of Bufna A ind '^arah Jane (Eicl ardson) Bailey who
a[p natives of New York and of \ ermont respectively
Prior to the Civil war Butus A Bailey became a resi
dent of Michigan and later ei f,aged in the shoe
business at Lansing where both he and his wife still
res de He is now living retired from business at the
age of eighty nine lears wl ile his wife has reached
the eii,hty se\enth milestone on lite s journey They
were tic parents of nine children of whom four are
jet Ining Mrs Hattie Cilkey an! Mrs D J Gilliland
of Lansing Michigai Walter S and B Arthur of
Detroit
Walter S B ulej w as a publ c sc.1 ool pi i il in Lansing
ui til he had complete 1 tl 0 high school course and he
then became ctnuectid with his father s shoe business
thus rei-eiying tweUe >eirs training m commercial
matters On the expiration of that penol he came
to Detroit and organize I The Bailey Company for the
sale of art stat onery and other lines being associate I
in this undertaking with 1 is brother R Arthur Bailey
He continued 111 the busu ess for ten years and then
began dealing m automobile accessories under tl e name
of W 8 Bailey & Compai j Smee 1«10 tl is buaineiS
has grown to large proportions and a satistacKry trade
IS eniovcd rctuining a substantial annual ncomi to
the owner
On the 2''th of Ma\ 1891 Mr Bailty was marred
to Miss Lena M Chonei of Lansing a daughter of
Mr and Mrs Alonzo M Chenej of that tity They
hive become j arents of one child Donald A who was
born m Lans ng and was educate 1 m the high school
of Detroit an 1 n the American Seh ol of Osteopathj at
Kirkaville Missouri while at the present time he is
edical course m the University of Michi
■mg the Worll war he was a member of the
Hundred ani Twenty ninth Michigan Regiment
Battery \ of the United States field
artillery forces He was on the western front m
France for mani months and participated n \ ano is
important drives which contril uted to the Anal mc
torv over the German hordes He is now an ass slant
1 1 an osteopathic hospital m Detroit
Mr Bailey is a member of the Inglesiie C intrv
riul also nf the Rel Run Golf Club and belonirs I"
pursuing a
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the Knighta of Pythias and to the North Woodward
Congregational church. His life record is that of a
thoroughgoing business man and j-et one to whom
other duties and obligations never make an unheard
appual. He r
citizenship as well a
willing to aid those
about the intelleetui
the material advanet
responsibilities in matters of
in business and at alt times is
movements which are bringing
and moral progress as well as
nent of the community.
ELLIOTT GEASETTE STEVENSON, senior mem-
ber of the firm of Stevenson, Carpenter, Butze! ic
Backus, occupies a position of preeminence attained
by few lawyers in the history of the Detroit bar
and has long since established his reputation as one
of the foremost lawyers of the middle west. He was
but a young lad when he left the place of his nativity
in Middlesex county, Ontario, with his parents, Wil-
liam and Mary (McMurray) Stevenson, who ejjtab-
lished the family home in Port Huron. He became a
scholar in the public schools of that city and follow-
ing his graduation from high school he attended an
academy at London, Ontario. With the completion
of his course there he returned to Port Huron, where
he took up the study of law and in 1877 was admitted
to practice at the Michigan bar. He then became
senior partner in the firm of Atkinson & Stevenson,
a relation that was maintained until 1885, when the
firm became Stevenson & Phillips, It was in 1878
that Mr, Stevenson was elected prosecuting attorney
of St. Clair county, in which position he earned the
reputation of being one of the ablest cross examiners
of Michigan. With almost intuitive wisdom he recog-
nized the weak points in the testimony of a witness
and by adroit interrogation drew forth the truth.
His splendid record as a fearless prosecutor did much
to maintain peace and good order In the county. He
was re-elected in 1S80 without effort upon his part.
In 1S85 he was chosen mayor of Port Huron and his
administration of municipal affairs was most business-
like, characterized by strong opposition to all that
he believed detrimental to the city 's interest and
equally stalwart support of everything he believed
would prove of public benefit. From the time when
age conferred upon him the right of franchise he was
a tireless worker in behalf of democratic principles
and in 1894 became chairman of the state central com-
mittee of his party, so serving until 1806, and in that
year he was a delegate to the democratic national
convention in Chicago.
Seeking a larger field for his splendid legal attain-
ments, Mr. Stevenson located in Detroit in 1887 and
became a member of the law firm of Dickinson, Thur-
ber & Stevenson, and during his connection with this
firm, Hon. Don M. Dickinson became postmaster gen-
era! of the United States under President Grover
Cleveland. Mr. Stevenson practiced alone from 1896
until 1899 and then became senior partner in the firm
of Stevenson, Merriaro, Eldridge & Butzel. A chang)
in the personnel of the firm led to the adoption of
the style of Dickinson, Stevenson, Cullen, Warren &
Butzel in 1902 and to that of Stevenson, Carpenter &
Butzel in 1908, This aasoeiatioa was maintained until
1913, when they were joined by a fourth partner and
the firm name became Stevenson, Carpenter, Butzel &
Backus.
To know aught of the legal history of Detroit and
the state of Michigan is to be familiar with the name
of Elliott G. Stevenson. Early in his career it was
evident that he possessed the salient qualities that
lead to success in law practice. His qualities are such
as any might cultivate, the degree and not the kind
having determined his success. His industry has been
a little more continuous, his study a little more thor-
ough, his presentation of his cause a little clearer, his
cross examination a little more eunning than that of
his opponent at the bar. In the application of a legal
principle he is practically never at fault and he has
been termed "alert, resourceful, wary, adroit, stra-
tegic, hard-hitting, surprising Elliott Q. Stevenson."
He practiced at the Michigan bar in the later '70a
and early 'SOs, when the lawyers rode in sleighs over
the ice from eironit to circuit, his colleagues then be-
ing Colonel John Atkinson, O'Brien Atkinson, Don M,
Dickinson and others known only by name to the
younger generation of lawyers.
While in recent years Mr. Stevenson has concen-
trated his attention in the main on a most extensive
practice, he was called upon to act as eounscl for
the defense in the case of Henry Ford vs. The Chicago
Tribune, upon which the attention of the nation was
riveted. It was a matter of the keenest interest to
all who enjoy a contest of intellect. He seemed to
lose sight of not the slightest point which bore upon
his ease, nor did he fail at any time to detect the
weak points in the armor of his adversary.
One writer of him recently stated; "Twenty years
ago he was in constant battle against the giants of
those days and bepame known in every circuit and
practically every county in Michigan. It has been
said that the actual court work of the average law-
yer covers only a few months of hia life and instances
are many of the powerful legal minds that have
broken under the strain, some to retire to corpora-
tion business, and others forced along on pure nerve,
until the break is complete. Mr. Stevenson, a friend
states, has for more than a quarter of a century been
constantly in battle but it takes a vigorous young
man to outwit or out-think him. He never seems to
show fatigue. During the recent strike he was called
to Detroit to represent (he Detroit United Railway
lines in negotiations with the city, before Judge
Marschner for a settlement. The argument lasted
until two o'clock in the morning. Judge Tucker's
court now opens at 8:30 A. M. At 9 o'clock in came
Mr. Stevenson, took his place at the table as fresh
as a daisy and went through an almost unbroken four-
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Aside from his professional interests Mr ■Stevenson
IS iiee president of the Union Tr ist Company of
Toronto and is a director of the First National Bank
At Port Huron Michigan jn 1870 Mr Stevenson
was mimed to Mi's Emma 4 Mitts who has passed
iwai She hecame the mother of two sons -inl a
diughter George E Helen R now the wife of
T P Pmcird and Kenneth In April l<i20 Mr
StLiengon married Mrs "VLllie Birl Crumnne of
Detroit
In fraternal circles Mr "^teienson has a wide
aequatntance He has hecome a Knights Templar
Mason la a member of the Knights of P-(thi-is and
in the Independent Order of Foreiters ha" been
supreme ranger of the tinited States He helnngs to
the Detroit Bar iasociat on to the Detroit Board of
( ommeree and is neil known in club Lirtles as a mem
her of the Detroit Country and Detroit Athletic
ri lbs Vi hen his professional duties permit a period
of leisure he finds both interest and recreation in
fanning and the raising of Hooded stock
While many of his col c agues of his oarlv profes
siona! career ha\ e passed away he remains a \irile
member of the Detroit bar Some one has attrib ited
his SI ccesa m lonsilerable measure to his saving
>ieiiae of humor and bai"k of this is the psychological
fact that it brings with it rela:s:ation and self control
as opposed to that loss of power which comes through
loss of temper He is ever unruffled by any statL
ment of an oppoamg counsel and finds keen jov in
detecting the vulnetihilitv of an opponent But hack
of all this must be a tomprehensiye understanding of
the principles of jurisprudence the limitations of
which as imposed by the constitution on federal law
yers are well understood b> him He is at home m all
department" of the law from the minutiae of practice
to the greater topics wherein is inyolyed the con
siijeration of the ethits and the philosophy of juris
pruience and the higher concerns of public policy
The career of Mr Stevenson before the bar as a pro
found astute and versatile lawjer with a resourLC
fulne's that enables him to meet any situation how
ever unexpected has been one of conspicuous bril
liance with a record of achiev ement not "urpa^sed
by any of his oontemj,oraries
BUPUS GILLETT LATHROP has been a repre-
sentative of the Detroit bar for more than a quar-
ter of a century but now gives the greater part of his
time and attention to his duties as secretary and
treasurer of the Woodmere Cemetery Association, to
which position he was chosen in 1911. He is one
of Detroit's native sons, born April 7, 1872. His
more advanced educational training was received
in the University of Michigan, from which he won
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1893, while in 1895
the degree of LL.B. was conferred upon him by the
same institution. He was admitted to the Michigan
bar in June, 1895, and has practised in Detroit
tl ronghout the mten ening period of twenty sit
jears At the present time however his attention is
largclj concentrated upon his services as secretary and
trp iiurer of the Woo In ere Cemetery Association
with which he became oflicially identified in 1912
On the loth of Juij J 902 Mr Lathrop was united
m n arrnge to Miss Bertha Townsend and they have
beLome parents of two children Henrj Townsend and
Charlotte Margaret He i'' a popular member of the
Detroit Club the Detroit Country Olub and tht Yondo
toga Club while his professional associations are w th
thL Detrdt Bitr Association and the Lawyers Club
He has been a lifelong resident of this city and that
his career has ever been upright and 1 onoralle is
indicated in the fact that the companion" it his boi
hood and vouth are still numbered among hia stan 1
triends and admirers
THEO P &UFBFL who has perfected a businiss
organisation for the distribution of the Field durable
bodies for Ford onimertial ears has been a hfelong
resident of Detroit His lather was one of the promi
nent busmtss men ot the city ani was widely known
throughout Michigan He was the founder of the Goebel
Brewing Company was a member of thi state legisli
tare and was largely instrumental m the j.urehaso of
Belle Isle by the city He served as a raptain m the
Cml war and was keenh interested in all that per
tamed to the progress ani welfare of commnnitv
eommonn ealth and country
Theo P GtLbe! was cdocat d in tl e schools of De
troit where he has spent hi" lift He learned plumh
mg, "teamfitting and mechanical engineering m \oujg
manhood ani tor twenty three j ears occupiel the
pisition of uhief engineer with the Goebel Brewing
Company He also obtained broad and valuable busi
ne"s experience whiU imployed in half a dozen autn
mobile factories and he has been tonnectod with the
automoliie in lustry of the citv "ince its inception
For some time he was the vice president and chii.f
engineer of the W B Deyo Companj and on the 1st
of January 1920 he established his present business
at "Vo' 12 and 14 Columbia strett East, where he is
I ngagtd as the Detroit distributor of the Field lurahk
bodies for Ford commercial cars He has perfeetL 1
a fine organization to take the best care of his cua
tomers and his trade covers not only the eity but the
states of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio,
Mr. Goebel was united In marriage to Miss Octavia
Ulrich and they have one son, Theo E. Mr Goebel is
a musician of ability and has a beautiful set of cuff
buttons presented to him by Grand Army Post, No.
384, in recognition of aid rendered in playing for them
gratuitously on many occasions. He attracted mueh
attention and a great deal of kindly appreciation dur
ing America's participation in the World war as sol"
trumpeter of the Liberty Band by sounding taps every
evening at 4;30 in front of the city hall in re-
membrance of the American boys overseas. He has al
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wajs been a most patriotic advocate of everything that
pertains to American interests and ho is, moreover, a
repraaentative American business man, alert, energetic
and determined, accomplishing what he purposes and
by liis capable methods contributing to the welfare
and upbuilding of the community in which he lives.
CHARLES L. MORGAN. One of the leading real
estate operators of Detroit is Charles L. Morgan, presi-
dent of the Oakwood Homes Company. He was born
in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1865, a son of Samuel
r. and Susie (Snyder) Morgan, who reared a family
of seven ohildren, but only three of the number are
living. The family is an old and prominent one in
the south, Mr. Morgan being a second consin of the
noted Confederate general, John Morgan. In the
maternal line has also cornea of honorable and dis-
tinguished ancestry, his uncle having been judge of
the orphans' court at Hagerstown, Maryland. The
old plantation on which his mother spent her girl-
hood was locatPd near the scene of some of the most
hotly contested engagements of the Civil war, the
ground being furrowed with shells during the battle
of Antietam. In 1871 Samuel C, Morgan brought his
family to Detroit and entered business circles of the
city as local representative of a large sewing machine
company, his office being located on the present site
of the Detroit Opera House.
Charles L. Morgan was a pupil in the old Wilkina
and Cass schools of Detroit and his first position was
that of messenger boy, while subsequently he became
office boy with the firm of Charles Boot & Company.
HiB faithful and efficient service won merited recog-
nition on the part of his employers and he was ad-
vanced from one position to another of greater re-
sponsibility until he became a traveling salesman for
the houie, which he represented on the road for a num-
ber of years. He next became connected with the
dry goods firm of Stanton & Sampson in the capacity
of traveling representative, his territory eomprising
the entire states of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and
al''o extending over certain portions of the country.
In all, Mr. Morgan devoted over twenty^five years to
work as a traveling salesman and in 1896 he engaged
in business independently, opening a dry goods estab-
lishment. His interests were conducted under the
firm style of Morgan & Whateley and he was thus
active until ill health compelled him to dissolve the
partnership. The nesf few years were spent in the
mountains in an effort to regain his health and on
his return to Detroit he engaged in the commission
business For some time previous to this he had
dabbled in real estate and in 1912 he organized the
Oakwood Homes Company, of which he has since been
the president. He buys, sells and leases property and
aho is extensively engaged in financing large projects,
hU interests being most successfully conducted. He
is regarded as an expert valuator and has negotiated
many important realty transfers. He is a keen, far-
sighted business man of unerring judgment and excel-
lent executive ability and he is numbered among the
leading real estate operators of Detroit, while Ms
business transactions have at all times balanced up
with the principles of truth and honor.
In 1891 Mr. Morgan was united in marriage to Miss
Lucy Creutzburg of New Orleans, Louisiana, and they
have become the parents of four children: Kussell;
Gladys J., the wife of A. D. Adams; Wenenett; and
Charles L., Jr. In his political views Mr. Morgan
is a democrat, stanchly supporting the principles and
candidates of the party. He is a member of the
Ingle side Club but has not become identified with
any fraternal organizations, preferring to spend his
leisure hours with his family, whose welfare and hap-
piness are his greatest eoneern. What he has accom-
plished represents the fit utilization of his time, his
talents and his opportunities. While he started out
in life empty-handed, he has steadily progressed and
ha^ worthily won the proud American title of a self-
made man. His life has been an active and useful
one, productive of excellent results not only in the
upbuilding of his own fortunes but also in the ad-
vancement and improvement of his city.
HENRY F. VAUGHAN, C. E., M. S., D. P. H.,
commissioner of health, prominently known as public
health administrator and student of sanitary science,
was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1889, and is a
son of Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, the internationally
known educator and scientist, who served with the
rank of major in the Spanish -American war, and that
of colone! during the World war. Five sons of tho
family were also veterans of the international con-
flict. Two of the sons held the rank of lieutenant
colonel, one that of major while the remaining two
sons were captains.
Dr. Yaughan's early edncatinn was obtained in the
schools of Ann Arbor, after which he went to Europe
and studied for a year at the Chateau da Lancey in
Geneva, Switzerland. When that period had passed
he again became a resident of Ann Arbor and matricu-
lated in the University of Michigan, in which ho won
the degree of Bachelor of Science. Further study
brought to him the degree of Master of Science in
engineering, while eventually the degree of Doctor
of Public Health was conferred upon him. When he
had completed his State University course he spent
one year in connection with the Michigan slate health
department as assistant state sanitary engineer. Dr.
Yaughan then came to Detroit and has been repre
sentative of the Detroit health department continu-
ously since, save for one year when he was on active
duty in connection with the World war. He came
to the Detroit health department as sanitary engineer,
thus continuing for one year, when he was made
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asaistant health officer and acted in that capacity
until entering the army in 1917. He was engaged in
military duty until February J, 1919, aad was cap-
tain in the sanitary corpa and also member of a com-
mission appointed by the surgeon general to investi-
gate the means of preventing pneumonia. In January,
1919, he was appointed commissioner of health of the
city of Detroit and under his administration there
has been developed one of the most progressive health
organizations to be found in any part of the country.
New hospitals, totaling several million dollars Jn cost,
have been constructed, giving Detroit the most modern
tuberculosis institution in the country and added fai5il-
ities- for those sick from other causes.
Dr. Vaughan is a member of the Wayne County
Medical Society, also of the American Public Health
Association and is an associate member of the Ameri-
can Medical Association. He is serving as secretary
of the Association of Municipal Health Officials, be-
longs to the American Association of Engineers and
is an associate member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers. He has been identified with the
Michigan State Public Health Association as its sec-
retary from its inception until the present year
(1921). He belongs to the Michigan Engineering
Society, to the American Hospital Association, to the
Michigan Hospital Association, to the National Hous-
ing Association and to the National Tuberculosis
Association. He has been assistant professor of pre-
ventive medicine at the Detroit College of Medicine
and Surgery. His activities have covered a very wide
scope, having to do with the welfare of the country.
He is joint author of Epidemiology and Public Health,
a book recently appearing in throe volumes, in which
are discussed health problems in simple words which
may readily be comprehended by the laity but this
without sacrifice of scientific data. He has likewise
contributed liberally to scientific publications on pub-
lic health and sanitary engineering.
Dr. Yanghan was married in 1914 to Miss Qraeo
Seeley of Mayville, Michigan, and they have one son,
Henry F., Jr. Dr. Vaughan 's recreational hobbies are
golf, swimming and sailing. For twenty years he has
annually cruised on the waters of Lakes Michigan and
Huron, He is an enthusiastic member of several lit-
erary oluba.
SAMUEL WESLEY SHIER, a representative of
the Detroit bar, was born in Ontario, Canada, April
24, 1865. His father, Samuel Shier, was of Canadian
birth, his natal year being 1830. He was married in
Canada to Elizabeth Pines and for a half century
they traveled life's journey together, the mother pass-
ing away in 1913, while the death of the father oc-
curred in 1914. Leaving Canada in 1869, they removed
to Bavenna, Michigan, and after four years became
reaidenta of Ottawa county, this state, while atill
later they settled in Kent county, Michigan.
Samuel W. Shier emnpleted bia education by grad-
uation from the high school at Grandville, Michigan,
as a member of the class of 1889. He then went to
Eutto, Montana, where he occupied a stenographic
position for four years and later spent twelve years
in traveling over the west, doing court reporting and
other stenographic work. In 1908 he became a resi-
dent of Detroit and began the study of law, being
graduated from the Detroit College of Law with the
LL. B. degree in 1912. The same year he entered upon
general practice in this city and has since remained
here, making continuous progress, in a profession
where advancement depends entirely upcm indi-
vidual merit and is proverbially slow. During the
eight years of his connection with the Detroit bar
he has been identified with various important cases
and his clientage is constantly growing.
Mr. Shier attends the Methodist Episcopal church.
His political endorsement is given at the polls to
the republican party and he is an earnest worker in
party ranks, being now a member of the Detroit Re-
publican Club. He also belongs to the Detroit Bar
Association and the American Bar Association.
ALBERT M. DBAPER was born in Detroit, July 16,
1881, a son of Charles F. and Julia G. (McCreery)
Draper, well known residents of this city. He was
educated in the public schools and some time later he
entered the ofiice of the American Radiator Company,
where he spent three years. While with this company
he filled all the ofiice positions, became conversant with
the general features of the business and when resigning
his connection with the company he had for some time
previous been holding the responsible position of buyer
of all the materials used in their products.
It was in July, 1905, that Mr. Draper established his
present business, known as the Stand Pat Easel Com-
pany, of which he is practically the controlling factor
and business guide. Easels are the special line to
which the company devotes itself, making a line of
goods of established repute, the products being shipped
all over the United States. The business has had a
steady and healthy development from the start, Mr.
Draper's experience in the manufacture and sale of
easels being a large factor in shaping the suceesa
which has attended the enterprise sinee the beginning.
On December 28, 1910, Mr. Draper was united in
marriage to Miss Lei a C. Hog an, and they have be-
come the parents of one son, Douglas. Mr. Draper
is a member of the Masonic order and of the Rotary
Club, in the affairs of which he takas a warm and
practical interest. He and his wife identify them-
selves with the social and cultural activities of Detroit,
where they are favorably known and highly esteemed.
AECHE C. HALL, M. D., physician and surgeon,
was born in Upshur county. West Virginia, April 11,
1881, His parents, JacoT) G. and Amie (Chiddiston)
Hall, were also natives of that state. The father was
for many years there engaged in mercantile pursuits,
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but ia now retired. He and his wife have recently
moved to Detroit. Their family numbers five children;
Ealph, who is now in the medical department in the
University i>t Michigan at Ann Arbor; Arche C;
Wa.lter, also a stuiient in the State University; Jesse,
of Detroit; and Mrs. Mable Musser of Washington,
D. G.
Dr. Arehe C. Hall, the eldest of the fami.y, pursued
liis earlv education in Buekhannon, West Virginia, and
after ft iiahmg high school entered the Uni\ ersuty of
West ^ irginia there taking va academic courai. which
he completed bi griduition m 1907 H then ei tered
the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore,
Maryland and won hia professional d grei. m 1911.
Immediately afterward he came to Detroit where he
entered upon practice and through the intervening
I eriod he has speenlized in surgery During the World
«ar le was commissioned i first lieutei ant in the
Medicil Corps and spent one yeir m acti\ e duty in
Prince receiving hia discharge on the 25th of J ilv
]J1<) He 18 non serving as a member of the staff of
Hari er Hosp til spec ilizmg m Traumatic aurger\
On the 14th of Februarv ISU Dr Hall was n ar
r d to Miss Mirgiret B Broad, and t! lj have two
1,1 ildren Virgmn, R who was born in Detroit m
HI'S an 1 William E born in 1818 Dr Hall belongs
to the Beta Theta Pi also to the Michigan Glut ot
Ditr( it the Detroit Tennis CI ib ind the Detroit \acht
Club He is a loyil follower of the Masonic teathings
anl evemplifies the principles of the craft m his pnc
ti t Along profPBSionil Imei he m conneeteA with the
Wnne County Medieil Soeietj the Mich gan State
Mndical Association an 1 the Amerit-an Meiieal
WILLIAM ^IvDREW ST JOHN the heii an!
fo mder of the Will St John Company ont of the
foremost real estate firms in Detroit is one of the
su cessful realturs of the cit^ From a stirt m life
thit tonsiated of nothing but his energy ani ambition
he las -ittiinei a position of ]r(minence in Detroit
1 us ness circles and is numberid among the city s
\iluiUe citizens whoso activities have had no bttle
to do with Detroit a wonderful growth and develop
ment Mr St John was born in Blenheim Ontario
Cinada Jinuarv 10 1881 His pari,nf? Joseph and
inniL (Collar) St John were both natives of Cinidi
Will St John received his educition in the public
a(hools of Ontarici and at an earlv ige began to learn
tl e trade of a machinist at which he later worked in
Rilgptown Ontirio In September, IIOI when not
>et of age he came to Detroit, since which time he
1 as been a continuous resident of the citv where he
early took out his citizenship papers Mr St John s
first work m Detroit was at his trade of a raachmist
atter which he torb up the real estate business He
re tdilv adapted himself to the requirements of this
business ml his association with the verv foremost
real estate firms in the cit\ was i \alualle training
and familiarized him with every phase and branch of
the business. He was for some time connected with
the Hannan-Gerard Company, the Hannan Real Estate
Exchange and for about seven years was with the
Storm feltz-Lovcley Company, during which period he
was for some time superintendent of sal e fo th
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house Lrertrude Steel Luelli Edna William Andrew,
Ir born May 1 191- ind Joseph Harrison l"orn
June 19 1914 Mr bt John s religious faith is that
i>t the Methodist church and politically he s ii repub
lican He is a member of the Btard of Commerue and
fratcrnallj is a Mason, belonging to Kilwinning Lodge
4 r & A M and King Cjrus Chapter RAM
while his club memberships include the Detroit Club
ml the Lochmoor Club His record has been one of
steady advancement and covers a period of nearly
twenty years in connection with the real estate bus
ness a Detroit during whith period he has figured in
I number of ^ er^ important realtj transactions His
interests have come to include viritus real estite
projects and his highly successful tareer is the result
of honorable and well directed efforts The St Join
residence la one of the attractive homes f Indian
"V illige
One ot the most interesting features in the rec rd
of Mr St John is his re ent iipomtment from Mn or
Cou/ens as i memler of the eity plan commission
His km w le li,e f the citv lev eloped through 1 is
reil estate activity, well qualifies him for the poai
t n and he is acknowledge 1 a valuable addition to the
PR\NClto J MrC\BB One of Detroit s most sue
essful business men and leading citizens is Francis
J MtCabe who has here spent his life finding m this
iitv excellent opportunities for advancement which
le has wisely utilized being now at the head of one
)f the finest undertaking establishments m this part of
1 p state He was born beptember 3 18 1 a son
)f Patrick B and Mary J (Curtis) MeCabi, who
■earel a large family of children
In the aeqi irement of an education Francis J
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McCabe attended the public schools of the eitj' and
the Detroit Buainesa University and subsequently
establtsbed a dry gooda and men 'a furnishing bu^iiitess
at No, 708 Michigan avenue. Thia he suceeaafully
operated for several years and then turned the busi-
neaa over to hia mother, after which he took up railroad-
ing. Starting as a clerk in the car departments of the
Michigan Central and Wabash railroads, he gradually
worked hia way upward, becoming car recorder and
finally general traveling inspector of cars and air
brakes. He had always been greatly interested in the
undertaking profession and previous to engaging in that
field for himself was connected with a firm of funeral
directors. On the 35th of August, 1902, he opened an
establishment at No. 840 Grand Kiver avenue, whence
he removed to No. 1275 on the same avenue, there re-
maining until 1913, when he erected his present fine
building at No. 5461 Grand Uiver avenue. He has one
of the most modern and well appointed undertaking
parlors in the city, in connection with which is a
beautiful chapel with a seating capacity of over one
hundred persons. M!r, McCabe has made an eixhaustive
study of the subject and is regarded as one of the
leading morticians of the city. He carries a complete
line of funeral equipment and accessories of the best
quality and in the operation of hia business employs
five licensed embalmers. He gives personal supervision
to every detail of the business and in dealing with
the public is prompt, efficient and tactful, rendering
service which is first class in every particular.
In 1890 Mr. McCabe was united in marriage to Miss
Eva C. Barlow and they have become the parents of
two children: Clifford L., who was born in August,
1896; and Hazel Irene, now the wife of Charles N.
Stevenson.
Mr. MeCabe is independent in his political views
and is now serving as a notary public and also as sub-
registrar of health. Fraternally he is identified with
the Knights of The Maccabees, the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and is also connected with the Knigbta
& Ladies of Honor, the Tribe of Ben Hur and the Star
of Bethlehem, while his professional relations are
with the Detroit, Michigan State and National Under-
takers Associations. He is alert and energetic in the
conduct of hia business interests and his thorough
reliability, as wel! as his industry, constitutes an im-
portant factor in his growing success. In business
circles of the city hia standing is of the highest and
hia many excellent traits of character have won for
him the esteem and goodwill of a host of friends.
EDWIN JOT DAYTON. Some men are born with
a genius for leadership and to this class belongs Edwin
Joy Dayton, whose initiative spirit and powers of
organization have found expression in the develop-
ment of one of the important industrial enterprises
of Detroit — the Standard Motor Parts Corporation, of
which he is the president. He was born in Kalamazoo,
Michigan, Angnst 5, 1887, a son of Edwin Charles
and Mary (Joy) Dayton and a representative of a
family that was established in America early in the
country's history. After completing his education,
which was acquired in the grammar and high schools
of his native city, he became connected with a paper
mill of Kalamazoo and for seven years was identified
with that business. He next conducted the Standard
Motor Parts Company in that city for a time and then
came to Detroit, organizing the Standard Motor Parts
Corporation, in which he owns the controlling interest,
and has since been president of the company. From
its inception the undertaking proved a success and
as the years have passed it has developed rapidly
until the business has now assumed extensive propor-
tions. Their Detroit plant is the headquarters of the
company, while they also maintain service stations
and likewise operate branch establishments at Syra-
cuse, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Lebanon, Muncie
and Newcastle, Indiana; and Chicago, Illinois. Mr.
I'ayton gives his close personal attention to the details
of the business, the development of which is a most
excellent tribute to his ability to see clearly its larger
aspects.
Mr. Dayton was united in marriage to Miss Frances
Shoemaker of Cincinnati. Ohio, who comes from one
of the most prominent families in the Buckeye state.
In the maternal line she is a descendant of General
Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary war fame, and the
family has figured prominently on the pages of Amer-
ican history. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton have become the
parents of six children: Daniel Denison, Edwin
Charles, Maribelle Joy, John Joy, Frances Sarah, and
Michael Shoemaker.
Mr. Dayton's patriotic spirit led him to offer hia
services to his country during the World war and
soon after receiving his commission as a first lieu-
tenant in the aviation forces he sailed for France,
continuing in the service for fourteen months. He is
a well known clubman, belonging to the Detroit,
Country, Lochmoor, Detroit Athletic, and Detroit Rac-
quet and Curling Clubs, the Ekwannk Country Club
of Manchester, Vermont, and the Jnter-Aliied Club of
Paris, France. He has made good use of the talents
with which nature endowed him and although not yet
of middle age he has attained a notable degree of
success. A splendid commercial enterprise stands as
a monument to what he has accomplished in a busi-
ness way, while his excellent standing among De-
troit's best citizens fully attests his high character
as an individual. Mr. Dayton resides at No. 33i Uni-
versity Place, Qrosse Point e.
P. W. GOTTSCHALK, M. D. Although one of the
younger representatives of the medical fraternity of
Detroit, Dr. P. W, Gottschalk hag a'ready won a well
established position in professional circles of the city
and has built up a good practice. He was born in
Lapeer county, Michigan, May 28, 1891, a son of
Ernest and Mary Gottsehalk, both of whom are of
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buropein birth When qu te young thej eime to the
I nited States first settling jn Micomb county Mn-hl
gin and lattr removing to Lapeer lounty where the
fithf r pure! ased a firm which he continued to operate
for many years his untiring litiors and papal le man
agement enabling him to gain a substantial eompe
tente He is now liv ing retired at Port Huron
Michigan and the mothLr also aurvnes They ha\e
b come the parents of two children Walter who wai
l-orn in Port Huron ind F W
Tn the acquirement of an elucation Dr Gottschalk
ittendel the country schools of Lapeer county and
the grammar and high schools of Capac Michigan
attor which he became a studput at the Detroit College
of Medi me from which he was graduated with the
(Hss of 191j He served a \ear s mterneship at Grace
Hoipital of this eitj thus gaming valuable practical
experience and is now a member of the medical staff
of that institution He is thoroughly familiar with
the BCjentifiL btiis upon which his work rests and has
ih ^ys made his professional duties his first lonsidera
tion being most conscientious and thorough in the
p(rforman,ce of the work which deiolves upon him
m fhi^ onnection He is a leep and earnest student
md Joes eyervth ng po-isible to perfect himself in his
hoaen vocation
On tie 16th of December 1^16 Dr Gottschalk was
married to Miss Lillian Olson a daughter of Mr and
Mrs Lenua Olson of Logansport In liana and they
laie one son Merrill who was horn February 22
1118 During the World war Dr Gottschalk enlisted
n the medical division of the United States army and
y 1918 was sent to Camp Greene North Carolina
be ng discharged in 1919 with the rank of first liea
tenant His professional connections are with the
Wa^ ne County and Michigan =ltate Medi al Societies
and the American Medical Association. That he is a
young man of marked strength of character and de-
termined purpose is indicated in the fact that he se-
cured the funds necessary to pursue his medical course
through untiring effort and the exercise of self-denial
and with progress as his watchword he is coming
steadily to the front in his profession, hia many eom-
mcndah'o traitH of character winning for him the
esteem of his fellow practitioners and also of the
general public,
HOBART BIRNE^ H01T pros lent of the Detro t
Irpssei Steel romj.anj and pron inent am ng the
eai it-ilists of the city haymg large financial conne
tions with many of the leading manufacturing an!
commercial interests here was bom m Crand Hapids
M chigan March 24 1574 hia parents be ng Birnei
and Helen M (Novo) Hoyt The father was a native
of Chautauqua county New Tork and the mother of
R^e New "iork The former came to Michigan prior
to the Civil war while the mother arriv e 1 n this state
^fte^ tl e h stilitiet letween the north and the south
ThPi were named n Crind Bapids anl tie fatl r
be ame a prom ne it rejresentative of the legal pro
fession there practicing law for many jears while in
1880 he was elected circuit judge of the seienteenth
judicial distrat and served on the bench for an ex
tended period He was widely recognized as an
authority upon legal matters and was a lawyer and
judge of broad exi erionce and pronoun ed abilitj He
passed awaj in Grand Bapids in 1900 The mother is
still liv ng In their familj were five children John
T of Detroit Richard K living m Ford City On
tario Hobart B of this review Hay ward N also of
Ford City and Arthur B who makes his home in the
same place
no?art B Hoyt attended the lublit and high s boots
after whi h he continued his education in the literary
department of the tniversity of Michigan ani won
his Bachelor of Arts degree in ISflO He then to>k ui
the stud^ of law at Ann Arbor and was graduated
from the law department of the State Univ ersitv in
189S at which time the LL B legrce was conferred
upon him In the same year he came to Detroit anl
entered upon the practice of hia profession m which
he continued for a v ear On the expiration of that
penol he became identified with the legal department
of the Union Trust Lompanv of Detroit an 1 since then
has been active m the affairs of that corporation He
was elected vice presilent m 1912 an! continued to fill
that office until Jul; 1 1919 when he resigned m
order to give his attention to his private investments
and interests He has an ofBce at 1217 Ford building
m Detroit and from this point manages his laTge
affairs He remami a director of the Un on Trust Com
panv and he is also the president of the Detroit Pressed
&teel Company manufacturers of auto parts md Disteel
auto wheels He is likew se a director an i the vice
president of the Michigan Steel Casting Company a
director of the Gray Motor Company, a director of the
Globe Tobacco Company and of numerous other
corporations, which have benefited largely not only
by his investments but also by his soand judgment, for
in business affairs he shows rare discrimination and
sagacity.
On the 17th of June, 1902, Mr. Hoyt was married
in Detroit to Miss Katherine B. Durfee, a daughter of
Judge and Mrs. Edgar O. Durfee. They have become
parents of five childrenr Hobart D., born in 1903, now
a high school pupil' Bimev who was born in 1909 and
IS attend ng a private school at Grosse Pointe Ulen
N wh was born m 1913 and is also a private school
pupil anl Claries W anl Fdgar Durfee twins bom
in 1914 and now n scl ool at Grosse Pointe
The rel gious ta tl of tl e family is that of the
Congregat onal eh irch an J n political bel ef Mr Hovt
IS a republican He still belongs to the Detroit Bar
iiisoc at 0 13 a member of the Detroit Chaml er of
Commerce and is serving as a trustee of the village of
Grosse Po nte Shores He has membership with the
Delta Fi silon a college fraternity belongs to the
Ini ers tv Club the Detroit Boat Cli b anl to the
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PEATT-FEYS & COMPANY, handling a general
brokerage business, has won a position of prominence
in the comparatively short time in which the business
has been established. The firm deals in high grade
sei-urities and both of the partners, Warren C. Pratt
and John C. Feys, are active memhers of tlie Detroit
Stock Exchange. For a time the partners were identi-
fied with A. W. Wallace and they have a large ac-
quaintance among Detroit's business and financial
Warren C. Pratt, the senior partner, was born in
Hartford, Connecticut, January 31, 1888, a son of
Charles W, and Ella B, (Cone) Pratt, whose family
numbered l)ut two eons, the brother being Charles F.
Pratt. In the attendance of the public schools Warren
C. Pratt acquired hia early education and later he be-
came a student at Tale, from which institution be
was graduated with the class of 1909, becoming a
member of the Beta Theta Phi during his college
days. He initiated his business experience as a clerk
with the Timken EoUer Eoariag Company and had
charge of the cost department until he came to De-
troit with that company. In 1910 he became associated
with the Hndatm Motor Car Company in the stock
tracing department and in 1911 was advanced to the
position of manager of the department. Mr, Pratt
served at one time as Michigan sales manager for
the Columbia Motor Car Company, He also spent two
years in experimental work on the proposed Wolverine
truck, being associated with Herbert W. Alden in
this project, which was shelved on account of the war.
Mr. Pratt was acting as president and treasurer of
that company, but the urge of necessity caused the
withdrawal of plans before they had been put into
practical execution. In 1915 Mr, Pratt became asso-
ciated with the Paige Motor Company as production
manager of the light cars, and was at one time ex-
perimental engineer for the Dort Motor Oar Company.
In the year 1916 Mr Pratt joined A. W. Wallace,
prominent as a stock broker, becoming manager of
the stock department and thus continuing until May
1, 1920, when the present company was formed.
Through the intervening period he has been active in
the development and progress of the busincs and as
one of its promoters his labors have constituted a
potent force in the continued success of the under-
t k g It clientage is now large and of an import-
t h t r and Mr. Pratt has become well known
fi 1 circles of the city.
I 1908 Mr. Pratt was united in marriage to Miss
L Fir and they have become the parents of
h Id ; Warroa Earl, who was bom in 1911;
Jim B ard, born in 1912; Ruth Madelaine, born
1914 J hn Herbert, born in 1916; Charles William,
1- 1917; and Barbara Jane, born in 1919. Mr.
P tt d his family reside at No. 541 Philadelphia
E t, and his political allegiance is given to
th p bl an party. He belongs to the Detroit Ath-
letic Club, to the Michigan Yale Club and to the
Society of Automotive Engineers, being one of the
first junior members in 1909. Ho is also a member
of the Sons of the American Revolution and the
Society of Mayflower Descendants.
John C. Feys, junior partner in Pratt-Peys & Com-
pany, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 9, 1896, and is
a son of Charles L ani Mary (Wl te) Fev The fan
ily removed to Dotro t where tl e son attended the pul
lie and high schooli anJ after vard becan e a stule t n
the University of Detro t where he stud ed law and
still later he spent two j ears as a law student a
Notre Dame Un ers ty In 1J16 he entered the en
ploy of F. M Baldw a vhole ile p o luce dealers
whom he repre ented as a salesman In l<tI7 he b
came associated w th the firn of A W Walla e &
Company, in the bpc t es and nvestment depa tn ent
and there he ga ned a w de knowledge a d valuable
experience in that 1 ne of work On the 1st of May
1920, he becan e one of the organ ers of Pratt Feys
& Company an 1 thro ^h the ntP ven ng per od th
business has steal Iv grown the el entele of the firn
being now e'^ten ve The two partners gi e the r
personal attent on to all b s ness transact ona thro gh
their house and the r success h s cent nuously n
On the 14th of February 1917 Mr Feys was mar
ried to Miss Give Wuestwald ani they res de
Harbor road at G esse Po nte Mr Feys belongs t
the Detroit Athlet c Club to the Oakl nd H lis Co n
try Club and to tl e Detro t Yacht Club assoc -tt ons
which indicate m ch concern g t! e nature of 1 9
interests and d ers on o ts le of I us ness In p 1
itics be mainta ns an ndepende t eo rae Both M
Pratt and Mr T vs are progress ve young men aleit
and energetic and the r prev o s eiper ence n cop
nection with seeur t es and nvestments enables then
to handle successfully the large brol erage bus nca
which they are now doveloping
JOHN FEANCIS LINEH4.N a man of broal ni
interesting exper ences who s now em^aged n the
practice of law n Detro t ha ng ent r I ujon th
active work f the courts n 1916 as bom n Tro
New York, May 14 1S8S h s parents be ng John J
and Mary E. (Mai o y) L ehin the former a farmer
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by occupation to wh eh p irauit lie giit his ittention
throughout hia ictive lite m support of hia family
John r Lmehin attended the lublu schools of his
native city ind pissed through tonseeutu e grades until
be became a atuient in the North Troj hi^h school
He also spent a year in the Albanj Business College
ani then turned his ittention to railway building be
coming connected with the e\pcut!\e lepartment He
ai ent three j ears from 1<>06 until IflOt in the Philip
pines engaged in railroad constniPtioa work and m
the latter year went to Brazil where he ilso remained
for three jears returning to his native country in
1913 He then determined to make the practice of
law his life work and with thit end in \iew matruu
lated as a law student m the University of Michigan
and eompletpd his course in 1Q16 Through the inter
vening period of "ijc jears he has engaged in general
pra tite trying all binds if eases and trying them well
He IS a member of the Detroit Bar Association and eon
ecntratei his efforts and attention u[on his profess onil
luties He is also a member of Kappi Sigma a Greek
letter fraternity
On the Oth of lune 191" Mr Linehan was marnel
t Margaret Smith Mathews of Detroit Thev have a
wiie acquaintance in the citv and their social qualities
r niier their home a moit attractive center to their
LDT^I^ DFNBl se retarv of the Da ^ w 11 an at
T rnej at law of Detroit a termer member of congress
ani IS a recognize 1 pobtical force in republican politics
and a man whose Americanism is of the one hundred
ler cent quality He was born in Evansiille Indiana
1 ebruari 18 1870 his parents beiug Charles and
Martha (Pitch) Denbi Having mastered the branel es
of karning that constituted the curriculum of the high
school m his native city he entered the Uni\ers t> of
"Michigan where he won the LL B degree as a grad
uate m the law department in 1896 In the meantime
} IS experiences had been br ad varied and m a large
legree educational He went to China in 1885 with
I s father who was then Lnited States minister and
in June 1887 he pined the Chinese Imperial Maritime
Customs seriice with which he was connected for
scien vears In I'^'li he returned to the United States
and in 1897 resigned froti the customs service In the
meantime he had pursued his law course m the btate
University of Muhigan and was admitted to practice
II the courts of the state in ISQti He opened a law
ofiiee in Detroit and while adiancement at the 1 ar is
jro^erbiallj slow no drear* novitiate awaitel him
His powers too won re ognition and his practice
stoalily developel in extent and importance In 190"
he beiame a memler of the law firm of Chamberlain
Miv Denbv & Webster ani all who have aequaintanee
w th Detr it and its legal histori recognize the high
standing of this firm at the bar of the state Mr
Dei bv was also knowi in linancn.1 uireles as a director
f tie Nit nal Rink ot Commerce
On the ISth of Marc-h Ull "Ur D nbi i as n wried
to Miss Mar tn Bartlett Thurber ot Detr it and thuj
have one son Edw n Jr and a daughter "Marion The
religious faith if the parents is that of the Episcopal
ehurth and fraternallj Mr Denbj is com ected with
the Oriental Lolge of "Vlasons He belongs to the Phi
Delta Phi a college fraternity ani is a prominent and
popular tgure in elub circles hav ng membersl ip in
the Detro t Countrv University "iondotega Detroit
Boat, Detroit Athletic Huron Mountain an 1 hunt
mg and fishing clubs He linds his chief recreation in
trips into the open where he has opportunity to indulge
m skill with rol and gun His interest in community
affairs has been manifested m many tangible w ays He
IS connected with the Detroit Board of Commerce and
13 the president of the Detroit Zoologi al "society
Along strictly professional lines his membership is
with the Association Bar Citv of Detroit the Michi
gan State Bar Association and the Law vers Club
^ot withstanding the breadth of his activities and
interests and the importance of his i rofeasional duties
Mr Denby responded to the call to the colors when
America entered the war against Germany He had
previtush made a, most creditable military record as
a Spanish war \ eteran He had enlisted as a common
soldier and rose from the ranks In davs of pcaee
he had manifested his loyalty in matters ot progressive
eitiaenship by active service in the Michigan state
legislature in 1903 and as representative to congress
from the first district from I^IOS until 1911 When the
United States entered the great war he was verj
active in promoting Amen eanizat ion work and was one
of the first men of Detroit to volunteer for service in
the United totates Marine Corj s although well abo\ e
draft age and three vears a>ove service age He
di 1 not use his pers nal influence to secure him a com
mission hut enlisted as a j-nvxte his influence being
used onlv to obtain permission to enlist special action
being necessaiv because he was over service age He
w ent to a tr lining camp and with his special
knowledge of naval and military matters gained in
the Spanish American w ar and his broad general
knowledge and ability he rose rapi Ih in the ranks
making everv grale from corporal to miior the latter
promotion coming while he was in the field m France
Since his return from overseas he has been made a
member of the state eieeutive committee of the Amen
can League ani i member of the national aliisorv
committee of the war lepartnient It was on the _6fh
of April 1<»17 that he joined the Mannes as a private
in June was promoted to corporil and in August was
made sergeant He was honorably discharged as an
enlisted man in Januarj, 1918 and was commissioned
second lieutenant m the same month and promoted
to first lieutenant and later to the rank of Captain
while in December of the same ve« he was advanced
to the rank of major From April 1917 until July
1918 he WIS at Pans Island South Carolina being on
lutv as reraoni el offi er He was orderc 1 t< France n
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Juh 1918 33 observer for the Unite i Stitea Marines
ami on the 26tli of October following returned to the
United States and resumed duty at Pans Island He
was J laced on the imetive list of the Mirme Corps
in Januarj 1919 but remained in toouth Cirolina until
April when he returnel to Dutroit Before hia return
he had been spoken of in lonnettion with the candidacj
for goiernor of the state and had rei"eivel strong en
dorsement not only from repcesentativ ei of tit rcpub
Uean pirti of which he has long been a at ai wart
supporter but of miny ithers as well After Prcai
dent Hariling s inauguration in 1921 he appointed
Mr Denby secretary of the navj The earnestniss of
hia character the strength of his intellect hia patriotic
purpose and his high staniarls of titizenahip are an
assurance to his oountrrmen that he will gi^e of his
best in the high offle al po'^ition to whwh he has been
called
JOHN K GLADING .-onducting business under the
name of John E Glad n^, Company hi^ thus become
a ■« II known fifjure n roil estate and buili ng circles
and throngh his optrations ilong these lines has eon
tri bated m substantial measure to the upbuilding and
improvement of the city Mr Glading came to Mieh
igan from Minneapolis in which city he was born
April 18 1885 his parents being George M and
Katherine (McMillan) Glading whose famiJv num
bered six children In his youthful days John E
Glading aecompaniert h a parents to Custer City Mich
Igan where he attenlel the public schools to the age
of f<urteen veors and then m 1819 came to Detroit
Here hi enter d upon an apprenticeship in connection
with building and construction work with the Anson
Harris Company with whom he remained for 'even
years winning steady alvancement until he became
genenl manager for the companj occupying that po
Bition much of the time while associated with the firm
Amlitious howe\er to engage in business oa his own
account he resigned his position as general manager
and in 1909 organize 1 the firm of J R blading Com
pany Mr Glading was first engaged in lathing and
plastering of molerate prieid homes Later the firm
of J B Glading Company was incorporated with a
capital stock of fifty thousand dollars and unlertook
the building of moderate priLLd homes to be sold
on the installment plan The business constantly
grew in scope and importance until the building op
eratmns of the firm included all types of homes flat
buiHings store luildings and other luildings as well
When Amer ca entered the World war the company
lissolved and Mr Glaling continued m business in
dependently tho igh retaining the firm name of J E
Glading Company In aid tun to his builimg oper
atiOTis he is also engage! in the real estate bus n ess
buy ng and selling homes and unimproved propertv
He has been very successful f r he has closely studied
the market inl ha^i this 1g n al le to make ludicious
in\eatment He his male n an\ fri i Is thro igh his
business aetivit es an 1 is regarded as a most thor
oughly reliable as well as an enteri rising man His
business has gradualh developed along the legitimate
lines of trail and his ] atronage has largely grown
through the good words which have been spoken of
him by those with wi om he his hal business dealings
He IS now president of the Detroit Eeal Estate Brokers
Aflsotiation a taet whiil indicates his high standing
in business circles and he likewise belongs to the
Detroit Builders Exchange
In 1908 Mr Glad ng was united in marriage to
Miss Loretta Lej ire and tl ev have one daughter,
L(rain E who was lorn m 1909 Mr Glading is
well known in Masonic circles belonging to Zion
Lodge A F & A M while in the Consistory he
has atta ned the thirty second degree of the Scottish
Rite Hp is also a memler (f the Masonic Country
Llul He beloi gs ti the Board ot Commerce and is
interested in all that pertains to the eity s welfare
and upbuilding Politically he is a republican and
religiously he is a most active member of the new
Jefferson Avenue Baptist church He is likewise the
pres dent of the Baptist Young Peoples Union which
has m re than three tl usani members No ^o d
work done in the name of charitj or religion seeks his
aid m lain anl he has long iianifested intense in
terest in all those forces and agencies which work
for the uplift of the individual anl for the moral
progress of the community
EOBEBT K DAMS a man of marked capability
m the handling of big business interests is a native ot
Bridgepcrt Connecticut but was only two and a halt
J ears of age when brought by his parents to Detroit
where he pursued his education in the public schools
completing a high school course In 1901 and l%2 he
served as secretary to Lieutenant Governor Robinson
and was afterward connected with the state tax com
mission for two years Later he became confidential
man with M E Cooley during the telegraph and tele
phfnt appraisal work so serving durin;, the latter
part of the administration of Governor Pingree He
then resignel anl became secretary to Alexander I
McLe 1 He afterward filled the position of manager
with the Lnited Motor Detroit Company during the
years from 1908 until 1913 In the meantime how
eier Irom 1907 until 1912 he was secretary of the
Automobile Dealers Association He resigned his
conneetion with the United Motor Detroit Com];an>
anl became a director anl the sales manager for the
Penna(hania Spring Vt orks of Baldwinsville New
"iork an J brought their sales offices to D troit Dur
lug a number of years he las been connected with
sever il important business enterprises at the sam
time In ]TOo the Detroit Eeduction Company was
eotablished and was mccrporated on the 5th of Decern
ber of that year In 1916 this eompanv ontracted
witl the cit\ to take care of all of its garbage which
IS 1 i lei to their lisposal j lant and from the destruc
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tion of the garbage they derive two imjortat t It
pioduota — one a fertilizer and the other a soap Mr
Davis is the secretary and managing director of tliis
company. Ho is a man of great tajabilit} oar iing
forward to successful completion whatever he un ler
takes. His enterprise recognizes no obatiele or difli
cnlty as too great to be overcome by persistent and
earnest effort.
In 1902 Mr, Davis wa8 married to Miss Edni M
MePall and they have one daughter Margaret Jane
Mr. Davis is a charter member and one of the directors
(if the Detroit Automobile Club, also belongs to the
Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit licht Club the He I
Eun Golf Club and the Board of tonmerce He has
also been active in polities since age conferred upon
liim the right of franchise and gives his ptlitiual
allegiance to the republican party. Those who know
him — and he has a wide acquaintance — esteem him
highly, for he has displayed marked capability along
business lines and in public ofE.ce and his tareer lias
been characterized by an unswerving fidelity to duty
Cn4RLEe FREDERICK WHITM4N lice president
of tie Automatic Produ ts Comj.any manufacturers
t auto parts and screw jroducta has been a lifelong
resident ot Detroit He wai born on the 1st f Mai
1S"3 one of the eight children of William and Caro
line Whitman both of whom were natiies of G rmanj
ani in early life came to the United States The
father was engaged m various onupationa and jaased
away in Detroit where the mother still makes her
home Seien of their children are yet Imng Charles
F., Fred, Louis, Mrs. Frances Copeman Mrs 4 una
Bruder, Mrs. Gustave Hasse and Mrs Edwjrd Disler
all residents of Detroit.
Charles F. Whitman, the eldest son ot the fam ly
became a pupil in the Detroit public schools and after
completing his course took up home study of mechanics
devoting his leisure time to that task Atter acquir
ing considerable technical knowledge he became eon
neeted with the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company ai d
for nine years remained with that concern He next
entered the employ of the Buiefc Automobile Com
pan-y at Flint, Michigan and for three and a half vears
filled various important positions with that corpora
tion In ISl*! he became one of the organizers of
the Automatic Products Companv of Detroit which
viii organised with eight automatic machines While
the patronage was limited at the beginning the bnsi
iiess has grown to be one of Detroit a large manufac
turing interests with an extensive plant that has in
Its equipment three hundred machines while the
h us mess necessitates the emplovraent of four hun
Ired and twenty fiie experienced mechanics Thev
m<inufacture cap screws and screw products sn^h as
are used m automobile manufacturing ai 1 their pro
dnction amounts to fourteen million screw caps anl
screws of lanoua si7ps per month The buillin^ m
which this vast amount of manufactured mater al is
jroluced was orig nalh tl e Lochran Lamj Com] any a
plant at the corner ot 'V isger an I T\ est Grand boule
vard and they occupy three floors having siitv fave
thousand square feet of floor space Mr Whitman is
the nee president and factory manager of the busi
ness, which has become one of the large products e
industries ot the city and one which has distinct lalue
m c nnection witl the automobile industry
In 1896 Mr Tft hitman was married to Miss Elizabeth
Kiesel daughter of Mr an 1 Mrs August Kreael of
Anchornile Micl igan ani they haie two cl Idren
ATargacet Marj who was born in Detro t n 1897 and
was married June 8 193 to Frederi k Eckhout of De
troit and Henrietta Elizabeth born in 19 JO Both
haie attendel the high schools of the city and the
younger daughter has been a student m the Detroit
Business College The familj are adl rents of the
Soman Catholic church and tl ci hie at 5347 Oregon
Fraten ally Mr Whitman is connected with the
Benciolent Protect le Order ot Elks and 1 c belongs to
tl p ^Tichigan Manufa(t irers Association closely stulj
mg the trade interests ai d conditions and at all times
cooperating in plans and moiements for the business
deiclopment aid progress ot the commonwealth He
has worked his way upward entirelv through bis own
efforts and is a representatii e citizen of Detroit where
the Aterl ng worth of his character js recognized by
all witl whom he has been brought in contact
GI&TAT O CILIAX member of the Detroit bar
since 1902 and specializing in his pra tice in real
estate law was born m this citv February "6 1876
a son of Gustav William and Barbara (Kolb) Ciliax
The father acquainted himself with the building trade
in early life and engaged in business as a b iildmg
contractor
4fier attenlmg the jutli schools Gustav Liliax was
a student in thi Business Uniicrsity of Detroit and
atterwar \ qual bed for a professional career as a
st ident n the Detroit College <f Law from which
he was gra3uated with the class of 190' He then
01 encd his offi e m Detroit where he has remained
It the actn e work of the profession and for a con
siierable period he has specialized m real estate law
He has thoroughly studie 1 tl is branch of the pro
fpss on and is ver3 proficient in this department of
Jaw practice Moreoier he has extenied his lusiness
interests into real estate circles to some extent and
IS now treasurer of the Mount Elliott Avenue Land
Compani and a d re tcr of the Huntington Woods
Settlement
On the =10th of Tune J901 Mr Ciliax was married
to Miss Florence Domino (f Detr it and they have
become the parei ts of fo ir children Elgar D Ralph
Gistav Gustai O Tr ml Florence Louise The
religious faith of the fam l> is that of the Presbyte
run clur h aid Mr fi] ax ii on of the a live mem
1 ers ml trustees tt the Woodwar 1 Aic ue Prestite
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nan church He n interested in many import int j ubl i,
questiona and gi^ta his ail and support to all muaa
ures and mmementa for the general good He belongs
to Palestine Lodge, No 357, A 1 & 4 M, and to
King Cjrus Chapter R Y M He is a so a member
of the Palestine Association and of the Bei! Estate
Association Thrtnghout lis lite he his male wise
use of his time talents and opportunities md the
sterling worth of his character m ittestel b\ all with
whom he has had business or social reHtion?
PRANK F SANB, manager of the firm of J Sand
& Sons, Detroit manutacturcrs, giung their attention
to the manutaiturL of plumi s anl levels, was born
in 188R m the city in whmh he still resides The
parochial schools afforded him his educational priv
ilegeB and when hia textbooks were put aside he
learned hia trade under the direction of his father
J Sand, who established the present business in
1895 Through the intervening period it has been
one of the industrul concerns of Detroit the pat
ronage of the house steaiiilv growing as the years
hai e passed Since leaving school Frank J Sand
has been identified with the business and thoroughly
acquainting himself with the trade in ever> par
f icular, he has increased his efficiency as the j ears
have passed, and is now the manager and half owner
of the business which assumed its present name of
J Sand & Sons in 1908 They manntacture plumbs
and levels and they are the only manufacturers in
Detroit or in the United States who devote their
attention exciuaivelv to these lines Their trade covers
all of America and Canada, and has developed to
such an extent that m the summer of 1920 they
built an addition to their tictorv which doubled its
capacitl Tho are in a class tv themselves in their
chosen fieSd of labor, having more floor space than
anv similar business in the United Stales Their
patronage la constantly growing and their continued
suc<"e8s IS the legitin ate outcome of the \ aluable
character of their product
In IIIO Mr 'iand was married to Mias May C
Delp of Pennsvlvania A Roman Cathohc m relig
lous fa th he belongs to the Holy Roaarv church In
poht OS he 13 a republican fntermllv is an Elk
and he also las membership with the Board of Com
n erce wl eh ndicates his interest in those agencies
and plans wh el have to do with the upbuilding of
tl e city and tl e promotion of its civic standards He
IS a progressive able young business man and under
hia management the firm has met with remarkable
JAMES W. .8WITZEE. In transportation circles of
Detroit, James W. Switzer is widely and favorably
known aa assistant general passenger agent for the
Michigan Central Railroad Company and for the past
five years he has held this responsible position, being
regarded as one of the most capable and trustworthy
employes of that corporation He was bom in Gales
burg Illinois, April 18 1881 a son of Charles E anl
Mary E (Bell) bwitzer the former a native ot Mari
Ian i while the latter waa a Lanadian by birth In
earl} life the father went to Illinois and for mam
years was train dispatcher at Oalesburg for the C! i
cago Burlington & Qumcy Railroad Company, both he
and hia wife passing away in that city They beean e
the pirenta of three children Robert M, who la edit
ing one of the leading newspapers of Quincv, Ilknoia
Mrs A J Boutelle a resident ot Ralesbnrg, anfl
James W
In the acquirement of an education Mr Switzer it
tended the grammar and high schools of his nat e
citv and then entered the State University of Iowa it
Iowa City, where he waa a student for three years
He served with the Sixth Illinois \olunteer Infantn
during the Spanish American war in 1818, being a cor
pora! m Company C and he took part m the expediti ma
to Cuba anl Porto Kilo Hen then took up the stuli
of telegraphy becoming operator at Galesburg for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincv Railroal Company aid
acting m that capacity from WOO unti! 1908 He n it
entered the service of the IHmoia Central Railrr il
Company as rate clerk at Chicago filling that position
for three j ears after which he became connected m
the same capacity with the passenger department of
the Michigan Central Railroad Company Hia eflicicnt
and conai lentious work in that poaition led to his
promotion tO the otiice of aaaistant general paaaengcr
agent on the lat of November I'HT his headquart ra
being in the new depot erected bv that corporation n
Detroit He is well fittei for the important duties
which devolve upon him m this connection for he 1 is
devoted his life to railroad work thus gaining thot
expert ability which is acquired only through long cs
penence and concentrated effort
At Monmouth, Illinois, on the 21st of February
1906, Mr Switser was married to Miss Beulah Tamison
Tapping a laughter of Mr and Mrs F C Taprmj
the former for many jears general agent for the ( hi
cago Burlington &i Quincv Railroad Company at M i
mouth but now a resident of Chicago, Illinois Mr ml
Mrs Switaer haie become the parents of two chillrm
Jamis W, Jr, who was born in Chicago in IMS ard
IS now attending the Northwestern high school of He
troit and Alice Elizabeth who was born in Chie ^o
in 1913 and la a student m the public schools nf T)c
Mr, Switzer is a member of the Sigma Cht fraternity
and the Transportation Club, the Oakland Hills Coun-
try Club, the Detroit Board of Commerce, the Michi-
gan Club of Detroit and the Detroit Passenger Club.
Praternally he is identified vrith the Masonic order,
belonging to Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M.. Thorough-
ness and devotion to duty are his outstanding charac-
id his business career has been marked hy
advancement. He early realized tli^'
gained only at the cost of earnest, self-
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lenymg effort ind »hit he hta aeeompi ihei reire
senta the fit utilization of his inQite powers and
talents Lombined with a realj recognition of oppor
1 initv Hia jeraonal attribites ire those wh ch mike
tor popilarit* anl iince con ng to th *; oitv he his
j;iineil many frienl?
ALEXANDER F OULLBN I nder the title of the
\ F Cullen Company has been developed in Detroit
1 lubatantitl and imiortant mdnatnal enterprise in
tl e imnufaelunng of a varied line ot mechanical prod
irts especiillj those fcr use in connection with luto
1 otile manufacturing Alexander F Cullen a me
chime of exceptional skill has been the d minating
f rce in the upbuilding of this businPs>" the mann
f ictunns headquarters of which are estibliahed at
001 Bilter street and through his ability energy and
w<ll directed activities he has mide ippreciible con
tril utioii to the 11 tustnil precedence ot the Michi
g n metropolis
Mr Cullen was born ^t Lindsay Province of On
tirio Canada on the 8th of March 1873 and is i
wn of Alexander anl Mary (Hirtlej) Cullen After
I a\in„ profited I } the advantages of the ] ublic
set ools Mr Cullen aerved a thorough apprenticeship
to the machinist s trade and after beconimg a com
I tent workman lie wia for some time associated with
tl e business conducted by his father a c ntra ting
miLhinist He continued hia resiienue in his nitive
irovince until 1909 when he came to Detroit and
f und employment at the minufict iring plint of the
Tnige Detroit Automobile Companj with which he
licit the position of master michinist for four ^ears
In 1917 he founded his present independent business
ei terprise in which he handles contriet ■VKrk for a
number of the large lutomobile c<ncerng of Detroit
neludmg the Hudson Motors Company and the De
troit Timken 4xle Compiny To the alreadj exuelknt
q iipment of his plant Mr Cullen has recently ad led
eight new machines through which the productive
lapaeity is greatly increased The demands placed
upon the establishment are such that Mr Cullen
realizes that it will soon be imperative to enlarge his
plant in order to make possible the retaining ot a
hr^er fcrce of mechanics the present corps con
prising about fitteen skilled -norkmti InliLatiii, f
H e substantml scope of the business of this progres
^\e concern are the following extracts from a reient
n WBpaper article
The A F Cullen Company has 1 een filing (rders
ill winter and is now preparing for a big output
'^e\eTsl lar„e orders are now in process of shipment
an ong them one for the Green Lock Company a
leeunty lock concern for ■which this Detroit factory
IB turning out about two 1 undred locks a day Other
orders now on hand call for ten thousand Corvell
lackaerews for fie Cornell Jack Company of Pontiao
'til anoti r orler cills for Imille lift ia ks anl
' ''se orders all rin nl f n tch
In 18)1 Mr (.illen was united m marriage to Miss
Clara Duft\ anl thej have three children Leta born
in 1901 Aust I lorn m 1W\ and Marcelle b<rn m
10Uj
JFSteF F MONFILS a man of versatile talents
IS a sk lied n us nan anl also hai becomt well known
m business c r<leB ot Detroit as general sales manager
and assistant secretary of the Michigan Steel Castings
Comfany one of the largest productive inluatrics of
the citj A native eon of Miihigan he was 1 orn at
Plymouth February 26 l^iSb and in the acquirement
ot an education attended public an 1 private schools
afterward stu lying electrical engineering with the
Phelps IjOmpanv manufacturers of the Hylo lamp and
also completing a course in engineering with a corre
spondente school In 1907 he joined the Muhigan
Steel Castings Company as purchasing agent and
sales manager anl is now acting as assistant secretary
and general sales manager rendering valuable and ef
ficient sen ice in those connections He is enterprising
and aggressive [oiseasing keen insight into business
affairs and situations and owing to his well directed
efforts the sales of the company have materially m
creased
Mr Monfila was unite 1 in marriage June 8 1807
to Miss Elizabeth Henning of Greenfield Michigan
and their circle of friends m the city is an extensive
one His politital allegiance is gnen to the republican
partv an 1 in religious faith he is an Episcopalian That
he IS a public spirited and progressive citizen is mdi
cated by his membership in the Detroit Board of
CommefLi. and fraternally he is connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows belonging to Dia
mond Lodge No 4S'3 He is also a prominent Mason
belonging to Ionic Lodge No 4''4 F & A M Mich
igan Sovereign Consist orj in which he has taken
the thirty second degree and Moslem Temjle of the
Mystic Shrine and he is likewise a memler of the
Masonic Country (.lab He is a talent I artist and
is well known in musical circles of the eiti as a
member of Finzel s Ban! and Orchestra When leisure
permits he spends muth time m the open being fond
of 1 unt ig ind fisl mg and also being a devotee of
golf His life IS a well balaniel one anl wiselv
utiliz ng the p weri anl talents with whuh nature
has endowed him he has won lisfmetion in business
and musical circles of Detroit wl ilt his personal
qualities are s i h as make for popularity
LOTUS HAMLIN CASE one of the beat known
men in security and m\ estment circles in Detroit is
the hea 1 of the firm of George M West & Company
investment bankers m the Union Trust buiUing He
was born N^o ember 26 IS"!) in Flint Michigan a
son of Luman anl AdeHide (Kendall) Case Louis
H Case com s from a family that not only was
repres nted an ong tie i lot eers of M chigan bit was
cbtibl si d II ^ew LngUi 1 at an earl period m the
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colonization of the new world His grandfather,
Richard Case mignted trom western New York to
M ehlg^n in in eirlv div
Educated m the aehools of Hol2v Mithigan Mr
Case began his business career in IS'^S a'l a messenger
for the Commercial Nitioml Bank of Detroit He wis
subsequently promote 1 to the position of clerk ind
remained with that institution ut til I'^S'i The latter
veir marked hia first identifi atiou with the investment
brokerage business f r he became conneetei with
Cameron Curne &. Company bankers and brokers
In 1003 Mr Case succeeded F S Osbom as a partner
m tl at eompanv and rema ned m that connection until
19uq when he was admitted to a partnership relation
11 the firm of George M West & Companr Follow
mg the death <f George M West in I^IH Mr Case
took over the int re business and has since been the
head of the firm George M West & Company is one
of the oldest investment security houses m Detroit
having 1 ecu ostabhshed m 1S13 For laany ve<»Ts it
has catered to a high class clientele in the handling of
municipal and other high grade bonds and stocks
establishing a reputation for commercial integnt'^ and
reliability not surpassed by any ot its contemporaries
In his political views Mr Case is a republican and
ht s an Episcopalian in religious faith his member
ship being with Christ church He is an actiie and
earnest member of the Board of Commerce and is also
1 lentifled with the Detroit '^toek Exchange while in
club circles his membership m ludes the Detroit De
troit Athletic Country Lochmoor Golf Meadowbrook
Golf Detroit Racquet Automobile Countrj Detroit
Automobile and Detroit Boat Clubs During the
World war he rendered ( aluable service to the govern
ment as executive officer of the Detroit district office
of the Motors Division of the Quartermaster Corps
In thoroughness and the mastery of eiery letail of
the duties that have dc^ohcd upon him lies the secret
of the success which has brought Mr Case to a fore
most position in business and financial circles of De
troit As the architect of his own fortunes he has
builded wisely and well and stands today as a splenilil
example of that pe ul arlv An en" an product — a self
EGBERT ERNST pres dent of tl e Frnst Brothers
Plumb ng Company ore of the largest plumbing con
cerns m the state is a farsighted and energetic busi
ness man whoso capal le management and keen com
meri al disecrnment ha\e been potent factors in win
ning for the company the v lume of trade now ci
1 ■; ed Mr Ernst is a native of Casco t wnship St
Clair county Michigan born Nvemler 4 IS'S hs
parents being Christopher and Caroline (Stolp) Ernst
who were of Europtan birth but came to the new
world at an early day The father settled on a farm
in "^t dair eountv Michigan and tl ere reared his
famjlv becon ng a well ki own ant prnspertua agr
culturist He Lontinued the cultmtiot of lis Ian!
until 1804 when he decided to retire and remove! to
Detroit where hi still makes hia home, having now
reached the notable a^e of ninety four years, yet he
IS as hale and I earty as a mm of sistv going alout
the iaily duties of life as does a man m his prime
and enjoying nothing better than a brisk walk wl ich
isually takes him for a visit to the home of his aou
His wife IS ilso living and at the age of eighty
seven >ears is still conducting the affairs of her oin
househdd To Mr anl Mrs Ernst have been lorn
f ur sons Richard Tooeph Robert and Otto all li\ ng
in Detroit
In his hoj 1 ood dava Robert Ernst att( n led the
country schools neir his lather a farm and after 1 ai
mg the listr t sch ols Le an e a pupil in a n „ht
scl ool m Detroit When his tettbooks were put as de
lis attention was i, ven to work on hia lather s larm
and 1 e earlj became tamihar with the best methods
of tilling the soil and earing for the crops He was
thus employed until he determined to take up a trade
and entered upon an apprenticeship to the pluml er g
traic at a wage of three dollars and a 1 alf per
week Follow 11 g tht completKn of hia term of in
denture he wtrked aa a i<urn >iian for G latave Kahn
&i Cfraipany until 1898 anl tl en entered bnaineag on
his own account teelmg that his experience his econ
omy and his industry had justified this step He
joined his brother Otto Ernst in organizing the firm
and from the beginning their undertaking was crowned
with success In June 1912 they incorporated then
interests under the name of the Ernst Brothers Com
panv composed of Robert Otto and Eichard Ernst
Their business has shown phenomenal growth and they
now employ two hundred anl fift> expert mechan l«
steamfitters and plumbers This company had on
tracts for the work at the Ford plant the Pontiliat
train hotel and in manv large hotel buildings depart
ment stores ofiiice buildings factories and homes Tl ey
hai e the contract for the plumbing work for the new
Cadillac automcbile factory whuh covers sixty a res.
They are installing the plumbing and the sewengo
system as well aa one half of the heating m that
immense plant Ernst Brothers likewise have con
tracts for the large Staiebaker plant at 'South Bend,
Indiana aJs the Brown Lipe Chapin factory at Syr
acuse New lork tie '^axon Motor Car Company'
factors md much other important work Their husi
nesa is one of very extensive proportions and tl « f
et terpriae has brought them prominently to the frunt
s leaders in the plumbing business in the state As de
from hia other interests Mr Ernst is a director of the
Ernst Realty Company
In October 18W Mr Ernst was married to M ss
Martha Dawson of Essex Ontario a dai ghter of Mr
an 1 Mrs John Dawson Thev have become the par
ents of five children Hazel Martha who was born in
Detr It n 1901 ai d is a graduate of the high scl ool
of tlis city Alice Lurella who was born in 1903
Har 11 Robert I rn in 1906 Bdith Lucille born m
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h 1 Ire are attend ng a 1 ool
The rehg oua bel f of the fan ly a that
Proteatant cl urch Friternillv Mr Ernst s eo
t) tl e Masons has atta ned the th rt a ei
f,r e of the Seott ah K te i d a £
M at Shr ne He I elongs to th E
tl 9 Detrn t Auttm ob ie Llut ind tl
rce and s a n en ber of the Maate
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id de
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Boari of Con
Plumt era Asso
at on St t ng 0 t n the I usmeis world is a
f lun ber n app ent ce w tl out spec al edu at onal ad
a tiges to 1 d h n it the outset of h s career he
1 as stead ly worked 1 a wiy up ard unt lie a at
the 1 ead of the f remost b a nesa of ta k nd n the
tat H a progress ve >ip r t haa been man teat in
e er th ng he has unlertaken and h s 1 te ahoull aerve
aa a sour e of encnurageraent and nap rat on to
0 f era show n" what cm be aceon pi ahed when
tl er a tl 11 to dare a d to d
T H WlLfeON Th 1 iltl of a tv depends n
It b eiBur uj o tl e p r t d eleanl ness of
the fool aujjliel to ta nhib ta ta and tl b s par
t ularly true of creamery pro] cts n tl e handling
of wl ch the utnoat care must be e\er ;aed n order
to a ntain a high atindard of excellence Among
thoae who are ontr but ng to tl e needs of Detro t a
( zen^ along th s 1 e a numl ered the firn of J H
T.\ Ison & S ojcrat ii<y one f the 1 rgest nd itual
1 e.imer es m the city.
J. H. Wilson, the founder and president of the
I'ntotprise, is a native of Canada, hia birth having
occurred in Durham county on the 10th of June, 185S,
and his parents were .lohn and Anna (Bell) Wilson,
both of whom were born in Ireland and became reat-
denta of Canada at the agea of ten and twelve years,
respeetively. The fathtr followed the occupation of
farming and also engaged in the manufacture of pot-
a'ih. He wai a lover of Une horaes and always kept
a number of high bred animals upon his farm. Both
Mr, and Mrs. Wilson passed away in that country.
In their family were sii children: George, who was
a resident n£ Winnipeg, Canada, in which city his
death occurred; J. B, who was a successful teacher
m the schools of Canada and ia now deceased; A. B.,
who devoted his attention to the practice of medicine
and has also passed away; Mrs. May Irvine, a resident
of Lindsay, in the province of Ontario, Canada; Mrs.
T. A, Preston, of Alborta, Canada; and J. H.
Mr. Wilson obtained hia education in the Lifford
county school in Canada and assisted his father in
the operation of the home farm for a time and after-
ward engaged in the buying and selling of horses,
handling only the Clydesdale stock. He next pur-
chased a traction outfit and began threshing the large
crops of grain grown by the Canadian farmers. So
successful was he in the undertaking that he waa
obliged to purchase additional equipment and was
at length ojieratins four grain thresliera and two for
the thre h ng of clo o e ng tl ent re county
of Manvera (a ida He beca e one ot the lead ng
eit zens of h s con n un ty ind was ailed to puH c
offi e be ng hosen co ntv roid s per r He is
a p oneer n id o at ng tie good roads mo n ent
wh h later swept through the co ntr i d t as
on ng to h a nnt ring efforts that manv of tie teat
f ul 1 c highways n the county were ae ured In
1895 he crossed the border into the United States
con ng to Detro t He engaged in team ng anl eon
tra t g and is awarded the co tract for bn Id ng
1 n Iroid outs de of Fi nt He also graded the ra 1
road mnn ng through Haselton Oh o and after om
jletng that work returned to Detro t de ot g the
next tl ree o four vei s t the sile of I loo led horses
In IW-i he sold out all of h s other ntereats and
organ z d the c an e y firn of T H Wil on &, Sons
of wl ch he has s nee bee pres dent the other of
ficeri be ng E A W 1 on ce president in 1 P J
W Ison se et ry and treas rer From a snail be
g nn ng he haa through nnt r ng effort ind capible
nagem nt developed an undertak g of e-^tens e
I report oni now t I z ng bet een th ttv he anl
torty ago s and tn cks for the del verv of the r
produ ta wl h hi e ever been character zed by a
I gl Stan lard of excellence He s pres dent of the
M Ik Dealera Asaoc at on and for fi e ^ ears was the
pres d nc fficer f the Detro t T an Owners Union
O tl e 2 d of October lt89 at Janetv lie n the
proim.e of Ontario, Canada, Mr. V, ilson waa united in
marriage to Miss Annie Lavery, a daughter of Daniel
and Jane Lavery, and they have become the parents
of two sons. E. A., the elder, who waa born at Lifford,
Canada, waa educated in the grammar and high schools
of Detroit and is now a member of the firm of J. H-
W ilson & Sons, being a capable and enterprising
young business man. He enlisted for service in the
World war but was not sent overseas. He has be-
come well known as an athlete and coach. He is
a member of the Young Men 'a Christian Association,
and his fraternal eonneetiona are with the Maaona
and the Elks. He is a member of Detroit Lodge, No.
2, F. & A. M.; Michigan Sovereign Conaiatory; Moalem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine; and Shadukiam Grotto.
His brother, Percival James Wilson, was born at
Manvers, Canada, waa educated in the public achools
of Detroit and is also identified with the creamery
business owned by the family. During the World
war he enlisted in the United States army and was
assigned to the ordnance department. He remained
in the service for two and a half yeara and was dis-
charged with the rank of sergeant. He has also
gained prominence as an athlete and ia a member
of the Young Men's Christian Aaaociation, the Rlks
Lodge and the Masonic fraternity, belonging to De-
troit Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M.; Michigan Sovereign
Consistory; and Shadukiam Grotto.
Mr, Wilson, Sr., is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church and fraternally he is identified with
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tl e Independent Order of Odd Pellow^i while his
[loiitital allegiance is given to the republiein pirty
The word fail has never found % pHce m his loeabu
Jar}, for his efforts haie been rea iltant faetora m
\\hate\er he haa unde^t^kcn He has never been
tfraid of earnest toil and through the wise utilization
of his innate powers and talents has worked his way
steadily upward being now at the head of one of the
leiding creameries m the eitv, while hia stnof m
tPgritj m all commercial transactions has gamed him
the respect and confidence of all with whom he has
been aasociited
PKANK B HOLMES, wl js wiirij knmiti as tht,
president of the firm of F B Holmes & Companj,
brick m-inutacturers and dealers was horn at Detroit,
November H IS62 his parents bemg Marqms de
Lafavette and 4nn (Strong) Holmes The father
was born in Oikland eountj Michigan, and the mother
m Detroit, while the gran Im other was also a native of
Greenfield township Hii great grandpari,nti who
rime from England to Detroit more than one hnn
drel lears igo, were prominent pioneers The father
of Frank B Holmes was reared and educated in this
Htate and was married at Detroit, after whii^h he be
eime connected with marine transportatit n work on
the Greit Likes He passed awaj in 1868, wl ile still
m the prime of life, lui is survived by his widow,
who at II mokes her home m Detroit In their fimily
were tl ree children 'V, altPT J living m Detroit ,
Mrs Charles BHckwood whose home is in Pasidena,
Cilifornia ind Frink E
Frank B Holmes ■attended the graded schools of hia
native city and the old Capitol high school, which was
thin the only advanced public school of Detroit
During his boyhcod davs he played upon the ncant
lota where now stand the mo^t imposing buildings of
the city, m the midst of Detroit s busy thoroughfares
of trade After lei\ing school he went to work
fcr the Sttndart Brothers Hardware Company, ac
(ejtng 1 minor position but gridinllj winning ad
vin(ement to a plice of lirge responaitilitv After a
time he reaigned and went to Cle\i,land, Ohio, where
he WIS emploi ed aa a traveling salesman by i whole
tttie house of that city Later, however, he returned
to Detroit and on the Ist of June ISR** established
A brick busiuesB which was then about the only ion
(ern (f it' kind here As the city grew his output
was more and more largolj m demand for building pur
poaes and the business developed almost by leaps and
bounds to one of extensne proportions In 1900 his m
teresta were incorporated under the name of the Holmes
Brick Company, of which Frank B Holmes is the
presilent and treasurer and under the name of F
B Holmps &. Company, contractors supplies, of which
he la also preaident and treasurir The business has
thus been divided into two branches each an im
portant entirpnae in itself and each atanling as a
monument to the skill inJ rcfnlh formulated plans
ot him whiae name introducea this review
On the 6th of January, 1891, Mr Holmes was mar
ned to Miss Mabel E Wormer, daughter of Gen
G S Wormer, prominently known in Detroit Four
chi] iren hai e been bom of thia marn ige Mabel,
now the wife of Godfrey Strelinger of Detroit, and
the mother of one child, Ivancy Jean Louise, the
wife of Carroll SteinhofE ot Eianston Illinois, who
has one son, Robert F Sttinhoff Hizei S, the wite
of Frank C Newell, and Frank B, Jr Liberal edu
cational advantages ha^e been ictorded the familj
Mrs Strelinger attenied a j.irls' schod m LaSalle,
Massaihusetts, while llrs SttiahofB wa' eduiated at
■^wett Briar \irginia The son attended Mercers
burg Academy at Mercerabnrg, Pennsylvania
Mr Holmes has alwajs given his political support
to the repubhcan party His religious faith is that of
the Episcopal church, he and his wife being com
municanta of St Paul s cathodril He also belongs
to the Masonic order and has taken the degrees of
both the York and Siottish Rites His interest in
Detroit s welfare, business developmLEt and en n
advancement is shown through his membership m the
Detroit Board of Commerce, Builders and Traders
Exchange, the American Manufacturers of Face Brick,
the Detroit Coal Exchange and the Face Brick Dealers
issocifttitn of America, and that he is appreciative of
the social amenities of life is indicated bv his mem
bership with the Detroit Club, the Detroit Coantry
Club the Detroit Automobile tiuntr^ ( lub and the
Meadowbrook Country Club
JUDGE GEOEGE STEDMAN H08MER completed
almost a third of a century's servue as uruuit judge
of Detroit, his marked ability classing him as one of
the eminent jurists of the state When he paase 1
away the Detroit Bar Association, together wifh the
Wayne county circuit judges htli a memorial scriioe
on which occasion one of tht spi,aker8 sail ' On the
bench he was kindly patient, obliging, and alwaja
intent on seeing that lustice was dona in every case
The best of his broad learning, his time his energy
and his talents were given to his judicial work
Nothing — ihsolutely nothing appealed to him save
the merits of the case Favoritism, aaaociation, rela
tionship social and political mfiuenco and all else,
sive the merits of the caae, countel as nothing"
The retord of Judge Hosmer stan Is m contradis
tiULfion to the old adage that a prophet is never
without honor save in his own country for he w^
a native bom citizen of Detroit his birth here having
occurred May 13 1855 His parents were John and
Luci Jane (Buttnckl Hosmer of Concord Maas
achusetts and he was descended in the paternal
line from English ancestry although the family has
been tl presented on American soil since 16S5, in
which year the lirst of the name settle! in Massachu
setts Mani d stmguishpd repreaentativts of the fam
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ih' halt Iheii in Now England and in other sections
of this tnuntry and liave figured prominently in vari-
ous walks of life. In the year 1849 John Hoamer re-
moi ed from Ooneord, MassachuBetta, to Michigan and
was employed by the Michigan Central Railroad until
Z&64, serving as freight agent at Detroit for a number
of J oars. Both he and his wife have long since passed
away.
Ill his youthful days Judge Hosmer was a pupil
in the Philo Patterson school, where he pursued bia
preparatory education, while later he entered upon a
literary course in the University of Michigan, gain-
ing the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1875, when he
wa^ but twenty years of age. He took up the study
of law with the firm of GrifSn & Dickinson of Detroit
and ill 1873 was admitted to the bar. He at once
entered upon active practice and became a member
of the law firm of Grif&n, Dickinson, Thurber &
Hosmer, being thus associated until 1883. Through
the Bucpeeding five years he practiced as a member
of the firm of Ditkinson, Thurber & Hosmer and on
the 1st of January, 1888, took his place upon the
bench iif the third judicial circuit of Michigan. From
that time until his death he remained circuit court
judge of the state and it is doubtful if any other
incumbent of the office has rendered such continuous
service. Hia term on the bench was distinguished
by the highest legal ability. To wear the ermine
worthily it is not enough that one possess legal
acumen, is learned in the principles of jurisprudence,
familiar with precedent and thoroughly honest. Many
men, even when acting uprightly, are wholly unable
to divest themselves of prejudice and are uneon-
scioualy warped in their judgment by their own mental
characteristics or educational peculiarities. This un-
conscious and variable disturbing force enters more
or less into the judgment of all men, but in the ideal
jurist this factor becomes so small as not to be
discernible in its results and loses its potency as a
disturbing force. Judge Hosmer was exceptionally
free from all judicial bias. His varied legal learning
and wide experience in the courts, the patient care
with which he ascertained all the facts bearing upon
every case which came before him, gave his ileeisions
a solidity and an eshaustiveness from which no mem-
ber of the bar could take exception. At each period
of iudicial election he wa^ the choice of the people
until he almost concluded a third of a century's
•jprvice upon the bench.
On the 30th of October, 188^, Judge Hosmer was
united in marriage to Miss Margaret S. Bagley of
Detroit, a daughter of Governor John J. Bagley,
Mrs. Hosmer passed away in 1802, leaving a daugh-
ter, Margaret, now the wife of James K. Watkins of
Detroit. Judge Hosmer was married a second time
in 1908, when Mrs. Prances (Bagley) Brown, a sister
of his first wife, became Mrs. Hosmer. The religions
faith of Judge Hosmer was that of the fnitarian
church and fraternally he was a Knight Templar
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Mason. In club circles he was well known, belong-
ing to the Detroit, Yondotega, Old, Detroit Country,
Witenagemote, Prismatic, University and Au Sable
Pishing Clubs. These associations afforded him rest
from arduous judicial duties and few men had a
wider social acquaintance in Detroit than Judge
Hosmer, who was a lifelong resident of the city.
When he passi'd away one of the local papers said:
"For years Judge Hosmer had not changed much m
personal appearance. The present generation of De-
troiters knew him as gray-bearded, heavy of frame,
large boned, large of feature, kindly and helpful m
bis conduct of his court and possesaed of apparently
endless patience. Men whose business took them to
the circuit courts frequently came to know him as
a model of punctuality and regularity. He was easy
of access. He spent much time during court recesses
m the office of the clerk of the court, instead of barri-
cading himself in his private office.
"Thousands of cases in law and in equity; oases
affecting the very lives and fortunes of litigants;
pitiful cases sui-h as the breaking of family ties, have
been heard and adjudged by Judge Hosmer, and still
he never attained even the superficial appearance of
hardness The habitude of hearing and judging the
merits of cases that appeal to the heart affects judges
differently. Some become case-hardened. The routine
has been known to drive iudges from the bench, un-
able to avoid fits of depression or exasperation. But
Judge Hosmer never lost hjs human sympathy and his
"The observer of courts learns that probably the
most pity- stirring eases are those of women forced
to seek court action against their husbands. Generally
the women are helpless, unaccustomed to shifting for
themselves outside of their home. Faced with the
formalities and technicalities of court procedure,
often not having even a lawyer, with no money, they
are bewildered, agoniEed. To numberless such women
Judge Hosmer meant salvatinn. In the corridors of
the county building, or in the clerk's office they saw
him, and, not knowing who he was, but putting quick
trust in him, they appealed to him for advice. He
always got them started on the right track. For years,
when great legal questions affecting the public weal
came before the Wayne county circuit bench. Judge
Hosmer always was selected to participate in the
deliberations and hearings. It is customary to name
three or more judges to hear such cases, sitting en
banc The personnel of the banc varied, but Judge
Hosmer was practically always one. It was because
the legal learning of Judge Hosmer had for years
been recogniyed by the supreme court of Michigan, in
refusing to reverse his eases, that Judge Hosmer 's
services were so much in demand,
".Tudge Hosmer was an anomalv in politics. He
knew nothing of the so-called 'practical politics,' The
names of precinct and ward leaders, indelibly engraved
in the minds of most office holders, meant nothing to
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hm He was not e\ei an an it ur it lining np
workers to Ir im up lotes fur I m As eleotiun ti ne
•jj proaehed he was alwavs a little ncn ui knowing
hiB own inabilitj to pla> the game He wis a
democrat and tonaequentlv had to run aheal of his
ticket Hometimea thonsanls aheii! to be reelected
' But alwa>3 when the votes nere counted fudge
Hosmer was found to be reelected Professional po
litical workers were licking in his camiaigns bat
there were thousands of men and women who had
experienced his fairncjs and kindness who aiid a good
word for Tudge Hosmer to their n ighbors New
Lomers b\ the tens of thousands came to Detroit and
became \ ottrs ignorant of tl e re ord and persomlity
ot Judge Hosmer an 1 most of them to ]udge bv
election (oters normally republic ani But always
there were enougt ot them influenced by old t me
Detroiters to ace to it thit the BerMcee of Judge
Hosmer were retained li the community There were
bitter campaigns for ]uilge*ihipB where men e n
sidered past masters in politic did evervthing possi
ble to gam votes for their particular L-andidatea but
none of them dired ittempt to defeat Judge Hcan er
The n o>it rabii partisans opposed to the Judge s po
!it oal party respected the attainments and j.er«onal
ity of Judge Hosmer The lawyers uniformly ndoraed
him at their bar primar pb and worked for h a reelec
tion The men who knew him best were his most loyal
"UpfOi
Judge Hoan er influenced Detroit bi a lifetime of
dci otion to hia profeasion first as a practicing lawyer
and then as nudge His inflnence was good because
of his combined integrity and abilitj He was never
spectacular bnt alwavs fair inat and avmpathetic
He was always ready when opportunity offered to
use his personal influence to reconcile couples seeking
divorce in hia conrt He stood for the idea la of
American legal institutions That waa wh> men and
women who respected and liked Judge Hosmer saw
to It that he overcame polite il handicaps and le
mamed a ludge "
LOUIS COHANE menber of the law Arm of Co
hane Eh des Carvett & Frankel of Detroit devotes
his attention to the general practice of law but
also special zes to some degree in ( rporation ani real
estate law and probate practice Hl haa gainel a
large clientele and beara the repntat on of being one
of the most suecessfil among Detroit a younger law-
yers At the outset ( f his professional career he
recognized tie fact that miuatry is just as essential
m law practice as tn the conduct of commercial or
mechan cal puronits and through the intervening years
be has prepared his cases with great thorongluess and
care and has displayed great forcofulneas and re
sonrcefulnesa m presenting his cause before the court
Hia professional and public activities along many lines
have brought him prominently before the public an )
especially during the World war period
Mr Cohan wis horn in Detrat Jan lan !« ISS*
and la a 9 n of Ju I I H ai d Elizabeth (Starfleld)
Cohane whose fa nily numbLrLd seven children he
being the youngest Hia student days were paasel
as a pupil in the public schools of Detroit and when
he had detern med upon tie practice of law as a Ivf
work he matriculated m the Detroit College of Law
from which he waa graluatet with the class of 1909
He then entered upon pract ce alone and so e n
tmuei until May li 1121 when tie present firm ot
Cohane Ehodes, Garrett & Frankel waa forme 1 Tl is
firm s practice has constantly mereasc 1 in vol ime an!
importance At ail times Mr Cohane is loyal to the
interests of his i-lients yet he never forgets that he
owes a still higher allegiance to the majesti of
the law He *njovs the high respect of his fellow
memi ers of the I ar an 1 1 as co ne inta prominence in
many lef,al ccnnections He is a member of the
Eiecutive Committee of the Detro t Lawyers Club
and he waa lirector of tie leg il advisory board of
Draft Board N 6 thia board having the largest
nimber of registrants of any board in the Umtei
Statea during tie World war He was hkewiae local
attorney tor tl e American Red Cross He la no v
eomsel f r a nuiiler of tie citv s lead ng bnamese
concerna and hoi Is a ^ery high place m the regard
anl esteen o£ I s clients He belongs to the Dctlnit
Lawyers Club also to the Detroit Bat Assoeiatnn
the Michigan State Bar 4aaociation and the 4mon
can B^r Association
Outside the strict path of his profession Mr Cohane
has directed his interests along lines of public benefit
He belongs to the Board of Commerce and he hTs
membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks also with Union Lodge A P & A M an!
with the Knights ot Pythias His political endorse
met t IS gi\ n to the repul li an party but tl e honors
and emoluments of office lave ha 1 no attra tion t r
him as he his always pret rrei to ii lis public Inty
aa a private citizen
HUGH H HAMILL An able ra Iroad exeoutne
whose unqualihel j orsonal popularity extends s gnifi
cantly to his official service is Hut.h H Hamill wl o
holds the responsible and exacting positiot ot general
agent of the freight department of the Grand Trui k
Bailway and who was president of the Detroit Trans
portati n Club His office 1 eadquartera are main
tamed at the Grat I Trunk s general offices 400 J f
ferson avenue East
Mr HamiU was b<rn at Somen ille Massachusetts
April 6 18 6 and is a son of (.aptam Hugh H anl
Hannah (Miller) Hamill both latnes of Nova "acotia
Beared to manhood an id mar time influences anl aa
sociations on the Atlantic coast ( aptain Hugh H
HamiU followed a seafaring life for thirty aix vcara
had command of different vessels within the course
of this long sen ice and visited many of the principal
porta of the world He was widely and favorably
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known, m iiivigition circles an I maintained bia home
m the c ti of Boston whtre both he and hia wife
died
Hugh H Ham 11 Jr the immcd ate hubii, t ot this
re^ lew aequ red tia earl} education id the public
Bcl ools of B Bton where he was fcxddiiated in the
h gh school at the age of seienteen >eara It was
but natural thit he sh uld manifest an inherent
jrelilection for affairs of the sea and after leav ng
school he beeime actively identihed with steamship
trifSL interests vritb Will am Tol nston & Compiny
Limited an important Boston conetrn engaged in the
operation of freighting Bteamghii.i on the Atlantic
tcean After eont nuing bis alliance with thia con
em sei eral years Mr Hamill assumed a similar
2 OS tion with the Dominion Steamship Lompany an
English corporation He reoignei this post to ilentify
himself with the National Despatch Line which op
erited in connection with the Grand Trunk Kail
way Bjsten and from the Boston office of the Grand
Trunk he was transferred to that m New York city
where he remained four jears On the 15th of June
1014 he came to Detr it in the capa ity of commercial
agent for the Grand Trunk and later he was pro
mote 1 to the oflice of general agent of the freight
department for this great crporation a position of
which he has continued the efficient and value 1 m
cnmbent In the eity of Boston he still maintains
dftilnt on with Jjseph Warren Lodge incient Free
at d Accepted Mason? and in connection with his
ofEc al activities he is a member of the New York
rrafflu Club the Bailwav and Steamahip Agents So
let^ tf Boston and the Detroit Transportation Club
of which last mentioned organization he was pr si
dent at the time of this writing (in 1921) Hl, is
also *i n emb r of the Detroit Board of Commerce
<ind the Fell wcraft Club H s name is still found
on the rost r cf eligible young bachelors in Detroit
where his eirele of friends is coincident w^th tl at of
1 IS acqua ntances
rD\\IN B TIREELL secretary of the Society for
■^ai II gs and one of the well known young business
men esjecialh deserving of mention in a \oIume of
this character was bom m Genesee county Michigan
"May 16 IS"? His parents were John B and Hir
not (Harris) Tyrrell both of whom were of Canadian
birth. Soon after marriage they became residents of
Genesee county, Michigan, then an nn developed coun-
try. The father was a man o£ liberal education who
took up teaching in the schools of Genesee county
and had previously taught in Canada. He likewise
became known as a lectnrer and was heard on the
lecture platforms in various parts of this country,
as well as in the Dominion, He :iied in Genesee county
in March, 1878, while his wife passed away May 16,
1915.
Edwin B. Tyrrell, an only child, acquired his early
eduoution in the hi^h school of Davison, Michigan.
When he had c, mpleted the eo irse he became con
nectel with the 4n lent Order of Gleaners a farm
ers traternal bcneliciarj so letv acting first as
deputy and later la general field n anager In this
capa ity he cam to Detroit when the headquarters
ot the society was mo^ed to its present locition at
the comer of Woolward and Palmer a\enues He
continued with this association f<r a number of ^ears
later accepting the posit on of first etecutiie secre
tarj of the Detroit Seal Estate Board This position
was held nnt 1 1114 when he became the Detroit
manager for the Detroit and Northern Michigan
Bull ling &, Iroan Association opening up its Detroit
Mr Tyrrell later developed the idea of securing
better homes for the working man through the or
ganiKat on of the &oc ety for Savings which plan he
proi nsed to a number of the leading business men of
the citi with the resnlt that the societ3 was formed
with the Hon Clarence M Burton as its president
This was m IQIS and Mr Tyrrell was elected as
secretary and manager of the society It dil not
acfualh start business nntil the fall of 1016 Mr
Terrell has been its secretarj and manager up to the
present time The purpose ot the Societ3 for Say
ings 13 to furnish money to working men for the
building and buMng of homei Since its organiza
tion man> similar projects have been startel. pat
ternei after the plans which he instituted and pro
noted Hundreis of families m this city ha\e reason
to feel grateful to him for what he has accomplished
m their behalf by instituting a Bjstem through which
they haie se nrel the financial assistance necessary
to obtain homes of their own
Mr Tyrrell is also i lentified with other institutions
and organisations looking to public benefit He be
1 nga to the Detroit Boarl of Commorce the Detroit
Real Estate Board is president of the Panojus Club
ai 1 s snper ntendent of the apiary department of
the Michigan State Fair which position he has held
for a nnmber of years He is also treasurer of the
Detroit Congregational Union an organization com
posed of the Congregational churches of the city
On the ith of September 1902 Mr Tyrrell was
ma riel to Miss Maul Enos of Vassar Michigan
daugl ter of Mr and Mrs Dai id Enos Mr and Mrs
Tyrrell have become the parents of four children:
Milford, who was bom in Davison, Michigan, May 11,
1903, and ia now a junior in the Michigan Agricultural
College; and Norval, who was born in Davison, Mich-
igan, May 23, 1905, and is attending the Central high
school of Detroit. Two other children have passed
Mr. and Mrs. Tyrrell are members of the Pilgrim
Congregational church of Detroit, of which he is
serying on the building committee. His interests and
activities have at all times been directed along lines
and in channels through which flow the greatest good
to the greatest number. His entire career has been
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one of eerviee to his £eHowmen. This has been his
watchword and his purpose and his ]ife has been
fraught with much good and especially has he done
effective work in assisting the individual to help him-
self.
HAREY BURKE SCHMIDT, M. D. Among the
younger phyBioians of Detroit none stands out more
prominently perhaps than does Dr. Harry Burke
Sehmidt, who is a deep student of his profession and
a recognized authority on many diseases. Hi3 con-
tributions to medical literature are regarded as ex-
tremely valuable and sbow wide research and investiga-
tion. Dr. Schmidt was born in Wiles, Michigan, Sep-
tember 23, 1882, a son of Frederick C. and Carrie Belle
(Ives) Schmidt. The father was born in Prussia,
Germany, but was brought to America by his parents
when only three years of age, and the mother's birth
occurred in Hamptonshire, England. She, too, came
to America during her childhood days and the grand-
parents of Dr. Schmidt in both the paterna] and
maternal lines settled in Niles, Michigan. The ma-
ternal grandfather was a photographer and won fame
in a professional connection in his section of the state.
Both Frederick C. Schmidt and Carrie Belle Ives were
reared and educated in Niles, where they were married
and have since made their home. The father is a
suceesflful wholesale produce dealer of that city and he
and his wife are most highly esteemed in social circles.
Thty have roared a family of sis children, of whom
Dr Si-hmidt is the eldest, the others being: Mrs. B. B.
East of Detroit, Mrs. Donald Noble, also of Detroit;
Carrie Belle, who is attending Lake Erie College;
and L'arl B, and Katherine, who are with their parents
At the usual age Dr. Schmidt became a pupil in the
public school*" of Niles and following his graduation
from the high school there he entered Notre Dame
Academy and subsequently became a student in the
medical department of the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor, where he was grailuated with the M. D.
degree in 1011. He won high honors in college, being
elected to Sigma Si and the medical staff, and after
his graduation he decided to remain in Ann Arbor,
where he entered upon the profession of teaching in
the Medical School of the State University, there con-
tinuing for five years. On the expiration of that period
he removed to Detroit and became the associate of Dr,
Ernest Haas, a noted diagnostician, with whom he con-
tinued until he decided to engage in practice inde-
pendently. This step he took on the Ist of October,
1920, by opening an office at No, 1107 Eresge building
and already he has gained a large practice. He
specializes on internal medicine and is widely known
for his skill and ability in this connection. He has
written various articles on special diseases and his
writings have won widespread attention among the
profession. He prepared an article on A Clinical Study
of Puerperal Anaemia, which was printed in the journal
Surgery, Gj nocology and Obstetrics He is also tin
author of a pamphlet vailed The Clinical btudj oi
HypercholestLnnemii which lirst appeared in the
Archives ot Internal Meditiue and was ifterw ird !<■
printed b} the AmcriLan Medical Association Dr
Schmidt is serving on the medical staff of the Deti t
College of Medicine, is assotidte professor ot meduiiic
and is attending phjsieian to Providence H sp tjl
consulting physician to the Woman s Ho^iital and I5
consulting phiaieian to the Michigan Mutual Uo^j. t I
on Jefferson ■nenue He 1 elongs to the Wayne L ut
Michigan Stite and \mericin Medical issociati ii'i la
a fellow of the Aniericin Medical ind Surgical V sj
ciation and member of the National Association for II
Advancement of Eesoarch
On the 27th of Noiemter IBIT Dr Schmidt s.-.
married to Mis9 Anna Jane Church of Olivet Mieh]j,iii
daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Church Pratermlh
he is a Mason and has taken the York Eite degrees ani
has become 1 member of the Mystic Shrine He il?o
belongs to the Detroit Athletic Club and the Detroil
Automobile Club an! his social qnalitie* are ttu'
manifest and iia\ e w on him popularity m the orgaaizi
tions with which he is identified In his practice ic
is most conscientious, thorough and pamstiking a id
his increasing ability is the result of hia wide stu Iv
careful research and investigation and broad practical
experience
MAJOB JOHN FAUST, a veteran of the Woild
war, with active participation in many of the most
important battles and offensives on the western front
to his credit, has recently been called to the office
of judge of the recorder's court of Detroit, winning
his position by a notable support given him not ooly
by his World war associates but also by the city at
large, for every section of Detroit piled up for him
good majorities. He enters upon his duties well
qualified for their performance by a number of ye.irs'
experience at the bar. combined with high ideals
of citizenship and recognition of the specific nceda
and opportunities of the court.
Judge Faust was born at Gibsonburg, Ohio, October
i, 1S77. and in the acquirement of his education at-
tended the public schools of VermontvUie, Michigan,
until graduated from the high school. He is also a
graduate of the Ferris Institute anS of the Detroit
College of Law. He became a resident of this city
in 1902, and through the intervening years Detroit
has been his home. Following his preparation for tha
bar he entered upon active practice here in 1908, and
as the years passed he demonstrated his ability to
handle and solve capably many intricate and in-
volved legal problems. His standing among his pro-
fessional colleagues and contemporaries is indicated
in the fact that for three years he was honored with
the presidency of the Lawyers' Club and at the
present writing is the vice president of the Detroit
Bar Association. He has always manifested deep
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interest in matters of public coneern lad pirt cuKrly
in reforms in the court When the Btite legisHture
heard the reiding of the first bill to modernize De
troit s courts it wis leirned that Mr Piust was one
ot its moat letn e snpporterB This bill was dtfeated
T\ 1 en a lull ereating Detroit s reformed recorder s
lourt was presented Mr Faust wis equally letn e in
its support making manj pnblie addresses in its faior
and he deserves much credit for the final pas'jage of
the bill into a law
W th 4niPrieT's advent into the World wlr Mr
Fiust unable to enlist beciuse of his ige enrolled
m tK Seconi Ofiicers Tnii ing Camp and wis is
signed to the First Division as a ciptajn ind won
the rank of manor on the bittlefield For four months
1 e was m the front line trenches He sen ed with the
Eighteenth Infantry at Toil and m the M<ntdidier
1 (tors ind also in the maior ofEensn es it Cantignv
Montdidier Nm n and ''oiasons wbere he si st lined
1 seriou' wound m the leg It wis while in the
he*] ital thit he wis promoted to the rank of major
in 1 even yet he is suffering from his injuries which
ha\e necessitated three operations since his return
to the United States
Notwithstanding this hindieip Miirr Fiust at oneo
resumed his liw practice ind at the urgent solicitations
of mni friends he became a cmdidate for judge
of the recorder s court m the fall of 1120 He wis
1 mth in the li'Jt ot nominations and cime out second
of the election being led only by Harry B Keidin
presiding nudge His policy wi' cleirly indicated m
I preelection statement in which he siid The re
rder a court is it is ofliciilly cilled occupies a
I ooit on of tremendous importance toward the social
welfare of our citv Under the prov sions ot the new
munieipil court bill which was a great step torward
and which wis so umnimoualv adopted b> the people
of Detroit it can function more spee lily and justlv
Its proper administrition is of far greater importance
thm that of our c vil courts because instead of deal
ng primarily with property rights it deals with
libtrtv and humin rights In its judieiil application
to these it should stand out aa a bulwark of justice
and mercv To properly administer justice to all
who come before it requires i great and grue re
II 01 sibility and & proper q laliflcation Its powers
and applitation are far reaching It stands at the
pirting of thi waiB ind its ateat^mg hand should
be sane and just Its function la ji dicial and not
legislative
In the camj iign for judgeship of the recorder's
court Maj r Fiuat had the unanimous support of the
■ft orld war veterans ml a short time before the
election tl ere was held a mass meeting in tl e Armory
ff Detroit which was unique in campiign affairs m
that It waa for juit one man — Faust Numeroua
apeei.1 es were delivered hv prominent men of Detroit
cnlorsiig hia candidic\ and setting forth his capa
hilitv for the oft e 'With hi^s election he retired
from the firm of Fiust Miller Baldwin & Boos,
with which he hii been engaged m practice to take
up his judiuia! duties In eierj joasible way he is
carrying out the lieaa e-^pressei before tie elect on
and he is m fi\or of many advanced judicial stand
ards which would undoubtedly benefit the courts in
their efforts to maintain justice an! render a verditt
m keeping not only with the crime b it with the
mental condition of the one on trial In this connec
tion he has alwaya favored a psychopathic clinic tor
the courts and a thorouj,hly effiiient probation system
saving ' every man conyictel of crime or misle
n canor should be adjudged on his individual basis
This cannot be done science haa proved without a
psyeh(pathic elimc The criminal la apt to have mental
or emotional deficiencies that must be taken into ac
count when the judge jasses sentence on him The
young or the unhardened offendirs shtull be turned
from criminality when that is possible and a ps3cho
patl ic clmic and probation system are neeeasarj in
making the piognosis, to use a medical term on which
the disposition of their cases must be paased His
course <n the bench has tullv justified the faith of
his fellow members of the bar and of hia fellow
vetenns of the World war He la serving in office
as he foufelit^with his face alwaya to the front and
with 1 higl standard of duty and of courage
ALBERT BEATTIE js well known i
oles of Detroit as head of the Beittio Machinery &
Service Company which handles contractors* equip
ment exclusn e > and is the only enterprise of this
character m the citv He th'riughly understands the
hne of work m which he is engaged having had
broid experienLB as an engineer and structural iron
worker inj in the conduct of hia interests he dis
plava marked executive ability energy and initiative,
his efforts being rewarled with a substantial measure
of success He waa born m Pittsburgh Pennsilvania
4pril ai la-^l a aon of Tan an 1 Helen (Hivley)
Seattle who were also natnca of the Keyatone state,
where tbi\ spent their lives The father was em
ployid as an oil distiller by the Staniard Oil Com
pany of Pennsvlvanii this being one of the most
imfortant branches of the oil industry ai 1 was re
garded as an expert in that line of work During the
period of the Civil war he gave proof of his loyal
and patriotic spirit by enlisting is 1 volunteer m
August 1861 becoming a private ot Tompany C
Sixty first Pennsylvania Eegiment He participated
m seyenl hard fought battles in oni of which be
WIS senouslj wounded being confined for some time
in a hospital Upon his rtcov eij he was discharge 1
m March 1862 as incapacitated for further service
and returned to his family resuming his former
occupation m (onnection with the oil induatry He
paased iwav in Pittsburgl in 1889 and the mother a
demise occurred the f llowing year They were the
parents of five children one of whom died in infancy,
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the others being August is who pisse 1 away m
Detroit m IQ^O Ida who died at Pittsburgh Mrs
C<ca Hiekey a residpnt of Pittsburgh and Albert o£
The last named attended the graded schoola of
Mornstown Penusvhania subsequently beeommg a.
pupil m the Soldiers Orphans School and at the age
of B iteen years stilted out m the world to earn
a luelihood He secured a situation with a Pitts
burgi company with whom he learned the trade of a
structural iron worker ind when eighteen -sears of
age he came to Detroit where for several years he
followed his trale He then took up the stud\ of
engineering and after mastering the profession
worked for se\eral vears la a stitionarj engineer
developing espi,rt abilit-^ m tl at conneution Rol
ognizmg the need for the eotabliahment of a compiny
to 1 andle tontractor s equipment he orginiEed the
Beattie Equi].ment Con pan^ in 1913 and engaged in
the buTing selling and repairing of LOnerete m xers
steam shovels steim ind gas engines machinery
hoists boilers eompces^ors derricks and chain hoists
They also do aettilene welding and blacksn th work
and handle everything needed for the building piv
rag and excavating trades In August 1<I19 he in
orporated the business which he TObsequently soli
and on the 1st of Jebnarv 1920 eatablishei the
Beattio Machinery & Servue Company of whiLh he
has since been the sole owner and which from its m
ception has cnjoved a steadily increasing patronage
He has betn watchful of e^erj opportunity jointing
to success and has never feared t< venture when a
favorable opening wai presented for he possesses the
foresight determination and executive abilitv neces
sary to carry forward to a prosperous termination
whatever he undertakes
At Pittsb irgh Pennsvlvann on the 4tb of July
1899 Mr Beattie was united m marriage to Mary
Cnrry a da ighter of Mr and Mrs John furry of
Pickaway county Ohio ant they have become the
parents of two children Homer who was born in
Pittsburgh in 1901 acqu red his education m the
public schools of Detroit and is now associate! with
bis father in business and George who was bom m
Pittsburgh m 1905 is attending the Northwestern
high school of Detroit By a previous marr age Mrs
Beattie has a son Harry whose birth occurred in
Pickaway county Ohio in 1R96 He acquired his
ed ication in the public schools of Columbus Ohio
and is now assisting his stepfather in the conduct
of the business
In his political views Mr Beattie is independent
voting for the candidate whom he considers best qual
ified for office regardless of party ties, and fraternally
he IS identified with the Woodmen of the "World.
Starting out in life empty handed, he has worked his
way steadily upward by persistent energy and un-
faltering enterprise He has attempted important
things and accomplished what he has attempted. His
nitiative spirit has prompted him to continue beyond
the paths whi h others have marked out into new
fields where hia intelligently directed efforts have
resulted m si ccessful achievement In tuainess oir
cUs of Detroit his standing is of the hi^hegt and he
IS reeogn zed as a j ublic spirited anl lojal c tizen
whose influeuLe is ever on the side of j.rogress anl
improv eraent
LOIIS %HMIED h id ol the s hmiei C al i.
lumber Companv is a well kniHu figure in bi ilding
dnd commerc al circles in Detn it
He founded his present business m 1918 whi h has
enjoyed a remarkable growth ranking among the
lea ill g concerns in the city o£ Detroit today Having
been ilentifiel with building interests for a number
of years Mr Schmied has a thorough knowledge of
the requirements of contractors and builders in m
tenor finish an 1 lumber The ^cl mie 1 Coal i. Lumber
Comjany has been builded upon the policy of rendering
serv ice and the produetion of a high class product
It handles in conjunction witl interior fin sh all kinds
of lumber and coal
Louis Sehnied was born m Detroit July " 1867
tie son of John M and Caroline (Lmselll Schmiel
the father eommg to this country from Germany in
134<> Louis "^ hmied was educated in the public
schools and from tho age of twelve to fifteen le
gained his first business exper ence as an empltvt f
a machine shop Following that for a year he served
m the United States marine service
Upon returt mg to Detroit he began learn ng the
carj enter s trade and before ompletirg his appren
ticeship was made a foreman and at the age of twentv
had charge of a group of men Mr fechmied decided
to stuiv medicine and for a period pursued the study
of same but owjng to lack of finance was compelled to
liscontmue In 11504 he entered the contracting field
an i in 1906 organized the Louis Schmied Company
manufacturers of interior finish and in 1908 he became
afliliated with Andrew Sisman m the Schmied Sisman
Company whub became one of the largest contracting
concerns in tie citi Mr Schm el was presilent ani
general manager of the firm until it was dissolved m
1017 Subsequently the Schmied Coal k Lumber Co
was formed
Mr Scbmied was married 0 tober 2" 1S97 to M ss
Caroline E Orr of Detro t He is a member of the
Board of Commerce Odd Fellows Detroit Motor Boat
(.lub Detro t Automobile Club Detroit Curlmg and
Harmonie Clubs He is independent in politics and is
a member of the Presbyterian Church He resides at
1440 Sejburn avenue.
SAMUEL L. MAT. The legal profession in De-
troit finds an eminent representative in Samuel L,
May, who for the past twenty-one years has been cir-
cuit court commissioner, his long retention in the
ofBce indicating bis popularity as a judge and the
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worth of hia services. A native of Canada, lie was
born in Haldimand county, in the province of Ontario,
his parents being John and Isabella (Lamb) May,
the former of Bngliah descent and the latter of Scotch
and Dutch lineage. The maternal grandfather, Wil-
liam Lamb, was bom in Pennsylvania, while hi a
anceators came from Holland.
After completing the work of the grammar and
high schools Samuel L. May began the stndy of law
at Osgood Hall, Toronto, Canada, completing his pro-
fessional training in the Detroit College of Law, and
being a member of the first class graduated from
that institution. In the same year he was admitted
to the bar and at once entered upon the work of his
profession in this city. His ability soon won recogni-
tion and in the fall of 1S99 he was elected circuit
eourt commissioner, taking his seat upon the bench
on the Jat of January, 1900. His course has recuived
high endorsement and ho has been reelected to the
offi.ce every two years since that time. His native
sense of justice, as well as his comprehensive knowl-
edge of the law, has made him an able presiding of-
ficer over the tribunal of which he has charge. He
is strictly fair and impartial in all his rulings, which
are eharaeterized by a masterful graap of every prob-
lem presented for solution, and over his official record
there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil.
Mr. May is a veteran of the Spanish -American war,
enlisting in the navy and serving on the Yosemite
as a shipmate of Secretary Denby and others who
have since become men of prominence. He ia a mem-
ber of tho Detroit Boat Club and was formerly ac-
tively interested in yachting, while fraternally he ia
identified with the Masonic order, belonging to Ashlar
Lodge, F. & A. M. It seema that he has entered upon
a profession for which nature has intended him, for
in his chosen calling he has made steady progress,
his official record being in harmony with his ropord
as a man and citizen — distinguished by pronounced
ability in the interpretation of the law and marked
fidelity to duty.
WUvLIAM A. GIFFEN, D D. S , an exponent of
progressive dentistry, recognized a^ one of the lead
ing representatives of the profession not only in
Detroit but throughout Michigan, waa bom in the
province of Ontario, Canada, in 1866, hia parents being
John and Louisa QifEen. He obtained hia education
in the public schools of Peel, his native city, and
afterwards took up the study of veterinary surgery,
completing hia course by graduation from college in
1887. Eemoving to Detroit, ho here engaged in prac-
tice for twelve years but in the meantime determined
to devote hia attention to other profciaional activity
and in 1901 was graduated from the dental depart-
ment of the Detroit College of Medicine He then
entered upon the practice of dentistry and in 1910
opened his present offices at No. 609 Washington
Arcade, where he began to specialize in dentures.
He has E
r stood for advancement and progress i
the profession and hia work has been a valuable c
tribution to the advancement of profeaaional stand-
ards. He has been directly responsible for the
departure from some of the old methods of practice
and his initiative has brought about notable advance,
placing professional standards upon a higher plane.
He was one of a group who instituted the present
free dental clinic in the public schools of Detroit and
in large degree he has made his work of great public
benefit, especially to the poor, by teaching the chil-
dren the proper use and care of the teeth. Something
of his high professional standing and the regard enter-
tained for him by his contemporaries and colleagues
in the profession is shown m the fact that he has
been elected to every office in the First District
Dental Society, including the presidency, and also
in the Michigan State Dental Society, while in the
National Dental Association he has been a member
of various committees, dealing with every phase of
dental activity. He organized the National Society
of Denture Prosthetists in 1917, a body that has made
notable advance along denture lines.
On the Sth of July. 1H02, Dr. Giffen was married
to Miss Alberta Miller and they have two sons:
Clark, who was born in 1895; and Kalph, born in 1896.
Clark was married September 1, 1920. and has a son,
William A. Giffen, Jr., whose birth occurred July 12,
1921. The ;
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Dr. Giffen
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married July
'II known in fraternal and club
circles. He is a past master of Corinthian Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., has attained the thirty second degree
of the Scottish Rite in the Consistory and is a mem-
ber of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the
Fellowcraft Club, the Detroit Curling Club, the Elks
Club and the -St. Clair County Country Club. He is ap-
preciative of the social amenities of life and his sterl-
ing qualities, genial disposition and unfeigned cor-
diality make for popularity wherever he is known.
CHARLES ENGELHARD, a representative of the
Detroit bar, has alao gained some prominence in con-
nection with the handling of farm, suburban, lake
front and summer property. He was born in Florid,
Hlinoia, May 17, 1870, the son of Dr Ferdinand and
Louise Charlotte (Bayrhofler) Engelhard, both of
whom were of European birth, the father emigrating
to the United States in 1866, at the close of the
Danish -Prussian war. He ia a physician and surgeon
and a man of high professional attainments, being a
graduate of Heidelberg and Leipzig Universitiea.
After coming to the TTnited States he practiced first
in Wheeling. West Virginia, with an older brother
who had precefled him, and later practiced in northern
Illinois and southern Wisconsin until 1871, when he
crossed the p'ains to Nebraska in a prairie schooner
and settled in Butler county, in a rich valley be-
tween the Platte and Blue rivers, near what ia now
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E a ng C ty h ch was eatal"! shed bv earl M h
gan settlers from Coldwater Here he openei an f
ice and for many yt ra va an ember of the btate
We Ileal &oc ty ■inl vis ■imoag the lead ng med eal
praet t oners of tl e state and that loeil ty and was
a member of the den ocrat e state central con n ttee
an 1 n the state leg latnre n 1? 8 He a now 1 v ng
n retirement at Oeonon owoc W sco a n The n other
waa the laughter of Profesaor Charlea Theodore
E^ rhoffer protes o of ph losophy at the Un ers tj
of Marburg ho was act vely connected as an nat
gator together w th Cirl S h rz ind others n the
s eceasful pol t eal re o! t on aganst the Granl Duke
of Heaae and became a po) t eai refugee escaped on
horseback nto S tzerland and Fran e met h a f m
Iv at Cherbourg and em grate 1 to the U ted fetitea
here he settled n the vilds of aouthern W aco s n
1849 wlen the daugl ter waa e ght i ear'i oli She
waa edu atel n Engl ah for veara taught achool n
northern III no a nnt 1 her marr age n 1S69 and now
1 cs at Eagle Lake Texas To tl is un on there
were born seve cl Idren fi e of wl o n rea hed n a
fur ty tl e s ster Mary Lou ae ha ng d ed at Mar
quette M ch gin NovenberS 1904 aged th rty three
and those who aurv ve are Charle of th s review
Fred who was born A guat 8 1*! 7 and 1 ea with
tl e mother t Eigle Lakp W 11 an born Mireh
l^T) who now I es n Kansas ind ^ ctor born
D emher '1 1883 who also 1 es w th the n other
at Eagle Lake
Charles Engelhard attended the grammar ind grade
1 hrtols of R s ng C ty after wh ch he entered the
'vtate Urn e s ty at L ncoln Nebraska where he en
r lied n tho ai-adem c or h gh school o urse and
w th the eaiet battal on tak ng eng neer ng and s
ent fie work cont nu ng dur ng fou veara w th some
e'^tra ered ts and left the un er t part ]un or n
I'^SI w thout gra luat ng as engage! n mercant le
1 fe ani s stenographer and r porte n L n oltt a d
On hi Nebri ka unt 1 lS<t4 hen he removei to
Ch cigo 111 no s wl ere le wjs engage 1 n two f
the large t me ant le houae'i as well as for son e t me
tl e office of Dr John B Murpl v an em nent sur
geon of th t c tv In tl e fall of 1S15 he entered the
Uni ers tv of M ch gan at Ann Arbor w th the first
three year law class taking also ape al work n
econom oi ph losophv sc ence lang ge and n us c
vl ere he wo ked h a wav thro gh school tak ng the
law and some of the other lecture co raes on the
an p s for m meograph repr duct on After 1 8
grai at n he came to Detro t n Oct 1 er ISQS and
ente ei the ofHce of T E Ta ney later corjorat on
cou ael where he ren a ned t 1 Mav 19 0 when
he opened an office f r h mseJf n the Home Bank
bu U ng
Mr E gell irl * a d mocrat n pol t eal affil at on
but n vot ng pra t all d sregar li partv alleg -ince
He belongs to the Un tar an church and s a ne nber
of the Un vers t3 of M h gan lub Detro t Ba \s
0 at on and th N t onal E uuom
esi ee allv nter sted n h nan tar i
vork an 1 pol t eal reform is act i
outdoor sports and h s recreat o
at e ie ot on to 1 terature sc em
u Ma u
GUsTAVE J HOFFMAN One of the
nd atr al enterpr ses of Detro t a the HofE
faetur g Compa y whose e stence Co er
of th rty vears d r ng w! h t me the nam
atood as a synonym for t i3 nesa ntegr ty
esa and rel ab 1 tv m omm re al e rcles of the o tj
GuBtave J Hoffn an s now aer ng as eoretary a 1
of the company wh eh was establslel bj
father nd he d splaja narked b is ness ac men
ad s on and n t at e n car ng for th nte ests
[ a one of Detro t a at e ens 1 a b rth ha g
ty n the th of Januarj IS 8 an i
Carl a 1 Flv na (Zeasow) H ffman
both f vhon were of f o e gji b rth In tl earlv bOs
thev em grated to the U ted States anl n Detro t
the r marr age occurred The fathpr ho was a
cab net n aker b trade 1 eean e a nember of the
firm of Bolts i HofEroa v th wh ch h taa dent hed
unt 1 1891 when he organ zed the Hoffman M-inufa t r
ng Con panv for tl e nak ng of store an 1 all var et es
of h gh class fixture From ta ncopt on the b a
neai haa enjoved a stead ro th ov ng to the upe
r or tv of the products n anufictured and the ntegr tv
and relia> 1 tv of the company The father later
turned o er the aeti e management of the bua neas t
Mr Hoffn an of th a revi w and for the pa t few years
has 1 ed ret red i the enjoyment of a well earned
real He ha reache 1 the age ot se entv four i eara
hut the moth r haa passe 1 away her dem e o curr ng
IQOS Sis eh Id en w re 1 orn to the r un on b t
only two are now It g C stave J ind Lvl a now
Mrs Koj Ammerman of Mount Morr s M oh gan
L the public schools of h s nat vc c tv Gusta e J
Hoffn on pursue 1 h a edueat on aubsequentlv com
plet g a commerc al co rse n the Detro t Bus neas
Un vera tv after wh cl he ent re 1 h s father s w o k
ahop whe e he ae ju r d a tho nugh knowledge of the
cab net maker s trade For three eara he cont nued
to work at the bench becom g 1 m ter of the craft
and follow ng the ret rement of Mr Hoffman Sr tl e
bus nes, was ncorporated w th Gustave J Hoffman as
secretar\ and trea r r Tohn C Krause aa prea dent
and n anager and Jos ph Ba er as v ce pres dent The
factory and workshops are of spac ous 1 men ons
equ pped w th spec al n ach nery for the manufa ture
of all kinds of fixture and enplo>nent a g n to
from twenty to fortv persona The e^c Hence of the r
prod ots has aeeurei for the companv a 1 ge patron
age and the ra is one of the oldest and most aubstan
t al product ve m lustnes of the c ty
In Det n t on the "Btl of Mar 1 1107 Mr Hoffman
a ntd n marr at, to Ms El th 'Ih rrv a
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daaghter of Mr and Mrs Charles Shurrj promment
residents of this ciiy They ha^e a daughter, Phyllis
■who was born m November 1913 and is now atten ling
H hool in Detroit Their city home is at 3431 Sheriilan
In hia political views Mr Hoffman is a stanch re
putliean Friternally be is identified with the Masons
belonging to Michigan Sovereign Coniiatorv ind to the
Shnne anfl he is also connected with the Independent
Oritr of Odd Fellows his membership being with Har
monie Entim]ment He owns i fine summer home
ITneedarest at St Cliir Flats the ^ eniee of
America and for recreation he turns to hunting and
fishing Mr Hoffmiu ha'i sjent his entire Ufe in De
tr it covering a period of fortj three yeirs and for
three decades the fimilj name has figured prominentlv
in m^nu£actu^lng circles ot the city He is a man of
1 igh personal standing of marked business integrity
and ability an! the sterling worth of his character
I is f,ainpd fur him the esteem and goo iw ill of a host
f fr ends
WILLIAM NOBLE Since 18% William Noble has
beci ide itified with bu Iding actn ities in Detroit
and he is now at tie heal of one of the leading real
estate firms in the city conducting his operations on
m extensive stale A native of Lanada he was born
m Ontario on the 1st of August 1869 his parents
Vemg Samuel and Margaret (Elliott) Noble both of
whom were born in Irelanii and became residents of
the United States at an early period in their lives
Later thev crossed tl e border into Canada and the
father purchased a farm near Goodrich, in the province
of Ontario, devoting his attention to the cultivation
of that place and also becoming identified with ship-
building operations. Both Mr. and Mrs. Noble have
passed away.
William Noble is one of a family of ten children.
His education was acquired in the district schools
and after laying aside his textbooks he served an
apprenticeship to the brickmason's trade at Goodrich,
Cana^la, and then went to Toronto, in the province
of Ontario, where he followed his trade for a year
On the e:![piration of that period he made his way into
the States, locating at Port Huron, Michigan, where
for four years he worked as a carpenter, and from
that city went to Tolpdo, Ohio, where he remained
for a year. In 1896 he arrived in Detroit and was
connected with building operations hero as a mason
and plasterer, working in the employ of others until
1917, when he embarked in business on his own ac-
count, purchasing vacant property on which he erected
good dw,ellings. As a speculative builder he has been
very successful and in January, 1918, he organized the
William Noble Company for the purpose of building,
buying and selling homes and laying out subdivisions.
Mr. Noble is serving as president of the company and
from its establishment the business has enjoyed a
rapid growth, due to his capable management, his
thorough knowledge of the work m which he is en
gaged and his reliabilitv in all commercial t ran sac
In Detroit yn th 22d of November 1898 Mr Noble
was united in marriage to Miss Maude Bee a daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Bee prominent residents
of this titv One child Margaret has been born of
this union She is a natue ot the titv and I'l attend
ing the Highland Park high school Mr Noble is a
\ alucd men her of tl e Builders Txchange and the De
troit Beal Estate B)ard tnd fraternally he is eon
nected with the Benevolent Protective Orler of
Elks Por a quarter of a eenturj he has been a resi
dent of Detroit and has therefore witnessed its re
markable growth ind ievelopment, to which he has
made substantial contribution for his labors have ever
been of a constmctue nature, contributing to public
pr greas and prosperity as well is to individual ag
grandizement Throughout his career he has closely
applied himself to the work in hand and is a self
made man before whom the door of opportunity has
swung oj en because of his courage determination and
persistence of purpose
ELTON E NELLIS W tho it influence or financial
aid at th outset of his career Elton E Nellis has
nuertheless alvanced to an enviable pos tion in the
ranks of the legal profeasi n in Detroit He has
been numbered among the representatives of the Mich
igan bar for twent3 one years having entered upon
active practice when a voung man of twenty three
He was born in Trenton Michigan September 5 1876
and IS 3 son of John C. and Serena (Youker) Nellis,
who were natives of the state of New York, In early
life they came to Michigan, settling in Trenton,
where John Nellis occupied the position of superin-
tendent of the hoop mills He afterward removed to
Wyandotte and there passed away but the mother
survives and still occupies the old homestead there.
Their family numbered six children: Mrs. Addie
Moore of Detroit; Prank, living at Ford Citj-, Mich-
igan; Edwin B., of Wyandotte; Wilham, a resident
of Plainfield, New Jersey; Elton R.; and George, who
resides in Brooklyn, New York.
In hia buyhood days Elton R. Nellis began his
education in the public schools of Trenton and con-
tinued his studies at Wyandotte, after which he en-
tered the University of Michigan for the study of
law, desirous of becoming a member of the bar. He
completed his course in 1899, at which time the
LL. B. degree waa conferred upon him and he opened
an office in Wyandotte, where he remained in success-
ful practice for seven years, or until 1906, when he
came to Detroit. He had previously been a partner
of William D. Ellsworth, who is now a distinguished
member of the Detroit bar, their association having
been maintained under the firm style of Ellsworth
& Nellis. After coming to Detroit, Mr. Nellis became
a member of the firm of Condon, Nellis & Condon
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firm cniojing high rank among the leading lawyers
of the eity
Oa the bth o£ September 1«06 Mr Nellis was
united in marriage to Miss Kathrjn Gillespie of De
troit, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tames Gillespie and
(epre8entati\o of a prominent familj ot Wajne
countj Htr father was superintendent of tht Vt lyne
CountT Hospital for twenty one yeirs Mr and Mrs
Nelli-i have two children John J, why was born m
Detroit in 1107 and is now attending sihojl, and
■Tean Adeline, born m l'*15
Mr Nellis gnea his political allegiance to the re
publiLan partv From 1901 until 1103 he wis treasurer
of the city of Wjandotte, after which he serve i for
two terms from 1903 until 1905, as mayor of "Wvin
dotte He now represents the tow nship of Ham
trami,k m school district work and other legal matters
His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian chureh
and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity the In
dipLudent Order of Odd Fellows and the Detroit Boat
Club He IS also connected with the Detroit Bat
AssoLiation and he enjovs the confidence and esteem
of his lOlleagues and contemporaries in the profession
because of his Uo'^e conformitj to its highest ethics
and standards
ANTHONY STEFiNOW^KI Mani natinns ha-vo
contributed to the citizenship of Detroit and among
those of foreign lirtb who have been fattors in the
substantial upbuilding and improvement of the city
the members of the Polish colony are deserving of
particular mention To this class of citizens belongs
Anthonj Stefanowslti who is engaged in the inv est
ment loan W'Jurance and real estate business and is
also interested m se^ eral other largo enterprises ot
the city his efforts being resultant elements in what
ever he undertakes The Stefanowsbi family has
been continuously ilentified with Detroit business
interests since 1896 anl Anthonv Stefanowski has
been in charge of their mereantile interests b nee
1898
He was born m German Poland on the 28th tf Feb
ruary, 1880 his parents bein„ Frank and Katherme
Juliana (Mudloft) fetefanirwski wh were also na
tives of that countrv and came to the United States
m 1883 taimg up their residenee m Detr it where
the father became an emplore in a brewery where he
continued until the time of his death The mother
passed away in this t-itv n February 1920 In their
familv were nine children of whom fiv e sur\ ive,
namely Mrs Clara Richard Anthonv Jjseph PI ilip
and Mrs Elizabeth Wilkms all of whom are resi
dents of Detroit
Anthonv Stefanowski acquired his education in the
parochial schools of this city and the Detroit College
now the TJniversitv of Detroit, completing a four
years course in the latter inBtitutum Thus well
fitted for life s responsibilities he entered the lusi
■ of i
ncss worli, subsequently becoming the i
wholesale mereantile business, which he diseontinued
in Mai, 1918, and turned his attention to other lines
of actiiitj In partnership with Harold J Mog he
engaged in the real estate, loan, insurance an 1 in
vestment business, and through eapable mamgement,
close application and progressn e methods they are
developing an enterprise of large proportions Mr
Stefanowski also has other interests of importance
being one of the founder? and a director of the Polish
Dailj Eecord, the leidmg paper n this city published
m a foreign language He is likewise a director ot
the General Casnalty &, &uretv Company of Detroit
the Society ftr Saiinga of Detroit, and the Citizens
Bank of Hamtramek He has never been afraid to
ventnre where favoring opportunity has pointed out
the way and is continually broadening the seope of
his activities, so that his interests are now extensive
and important, showing him to be a man of unusual
business ability and acumen
On the 2Sth of November, lOOi, Mr Stafanowski
was married to Misa Frances Komeczny, a daughter
of Stanislaus and Kathenne Konieoznv, of this city,
and they now have eight children Anna, who was
born in Maj, 1908, oni la now a student at the St
nhariea school Robert Anthonv who was bom in
June, 1909, Philip Karl, born m December, 1910,
Marian in Februarv 1913, Thomas Lawrence, in De
eember 1916- Rosemarv in October 1930 Helen
who died in infancy and Frederick Jamea who met
an accidental death when four years tf ige The
familv home is at 2421 Field avenue and is one <f
the most attractive homes in that resident ai section
Mr Stefanowski is a faithful communicant of the
Eoman Catholic ohurih and his political allegiance
la given to the republican party He la a member of
the Detroit Beal Estate Board and alsa belongs to the
Detroit Board of Commerce cooperating heartily in
the well deviaed plans of that body for the extension
of tl e trade interests of the citv He is likewise
identified with the Premier Athletic Club, the Detroit
lutomol lie Club and the Catholic Order of Foresters
The force of his personality, the keenness of his in
sight and the sounlness of his judgment ha\p brought
him to a position of prominence in business circles of
Detroit many lines of activity having profited bi h s
cooperation and enterprising spirit and m gaining
financial ii dependence he has at the sime time na
teriallv aided m promoting the commercial develoi
ment of the citv m which he is widely known an!
h ghlv esteemed
BION ROSE EAST D D "• was born m Cas
county this state on the lath of Mat 1885 a son of
RoUie M and Margaret (Wright) East He attendel
the common schools of Niles Michigan and enrollel
m the dental department of the University of Michigan
in 1903 He waa graiuated from that institution with
tl e D D fa degree m 190S
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In 1B08 BioQ Boae East begin the general ptaetioe
of dentistry m Aspen, Colorado, and resided there until
1911 The following year he came to Detroit He
la identified nith the First District Dental Society,
the Michigan State Dental Society and the National
Dental Association and he is i charter member of the
Interatate An^otiation of Anesthetists and a charter
member of the surgical section of the Detroit Clinical
(jlub In September, 1917, Dr Fast enlisted for aerv
ice In the United States army and waa commissioned
a first liiutenant m Pebiuarj, I9I8, received a cap
taincy and in Febrnary 1919, was prom' ted to the
rink of major He served is oril surgeon with Bise
Ho'ipitai Unit, No 36, and was stationed m France
from October, 1917, to April, 1919, his headquarters
being at Vittel, in the 'VosgeB mountains. Upon re-
turning to this country he wa^ attached to the staff
ofthe Walter Eeed Hospital in Washington, D. C.
PraternaHy Mr. East is identified with Palestine
Lodge, P. & A. M., and he is likewise connected with
the Troy Golf Club, the Sojourners Club and the Array
and Navy Club.
JOSEPH J. CBOWLMY. The superior advantages
offered in America tn the youth of energy and ambi-
tioE are constantly demonstrated in the successful
career of prominent business men, to which class in
Detroit belongs Joseph J. Crowley, the president of
the Crowley Brothers Company, proprietors of an
eitenaive wholesale dry gooda, notions and furnishing
goods business that for twenty years has featured
prominently in the commercial circles Of the city.
Mr. Crowley was born in Detroit, April 26, 1862, his
parents being Cornelius and Catherine (Breanahan)
Crowley. Public and parochial schools accorded him
hia educational opportunities up to the time when he
received hia more specifically pommereial training
in the Detroit Business University. He started out
in the commercial world as a clerk in the store of
.Tamea K. Burnham & Company in 1R78. He worked
diligently and persistently, recognizing from the out-
set of his career that industry wins. He saw that
success slips away from the sluggard, plays as a will-
o'the-wisp before the dreamer but yields its rewards
to the man of energy and determination. By reason
of his faithfulness and capability he won promotion
from one position to another until in the fall of 1887
he wai admitted to a partnership and continued with
the house in that connection until 1900. In the lat-
ter years he became one of the organizers of the
firm of Crowley Brothers, o£ which he has since been
the president They established a wholesale dry
gooda business which has constantly developed in its
trade relations and now supplies the needs of many
retail merchants. He has also extended his efforts
by becoming vice president and treasurer of the
Crowley -Milner Company, proprietors of a large re-
taU dry goods house. He is also vice president and
treasurer of the Emporium, is the president of Mount
ElliLtt and Mount Olivet cemeteries and a director
tf the Detroit Trust Company Hia high standing in
business circles of the city is indicated in the fact
thtt he has been chosen for the presidency of the
Detroit Boird of Coramerce and la now at the head
of that organizition, whose splendidly formnlated
plans are constituting a. moat important element in
meeting the esigeneies that arise m the civic eondi
tions ind municipal life ot the citv In finauLiol
circles, too, Mr Crowley is well known as a director
of the First and Old Detroit National Bank
On the 27th of October, 1S<)0, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr Crowley and Miss Jennie E Flynn
nt Detroit, and they hav e become the parents of three
daughters and two sons Katherine, Joseph J who
is deceased ; Daniel J. ; Helen ; and Marjorie. Mr,
Crowley and his family are members of the Eoman
Catholic church and he belongs also to the Knights
of Columbus. He is a member of the Harmonie So-
ciety and of the Detroit Athletic Club, also of the
Country Club, the Detroit Club, the Oakland Hills
Club and the Lochmoor Club. He finds needed recrea-
tion in bowling, boating, baseball and golf and in
fact is much interested in outdoor sports. His power
of concentration has been one of the strong elements
in his aueecsa, He displays enthusiasm m his play
as well as devotion in his work, and the activitieH
and interesta of hia life arc well balanced.
EDWARD A. SKAE, who for many yeara was closely
associated with the manufacturing and commercial
interests of Detroit, was recognized as a man of re-
sourceful business ability, so that his death removed
a moat active factor from the business circles of the
city. Mr. Skae was of Canadian birth, his natal day
being October 31, 1R71, and the place of his nativity
Sandwich, Ontario. He spent his youthful days in
the home of his parents, Edward E. and Margaret J.
(Askinl Skae, and pursued his education in the
TTpper Canada College at Toronto and in the Boyal
Military College at Kingston, Ontario, from which he
was graduated on the 30th of June, 1890. In the
same year Mr. Skae crossed the border into the United
States by becoming a resident of Detroit and entered
upon his active business career as a clerk in the office
of 0 W. Shipman, a dealer in coal and coke, with
whom he continued until 1901. He was steadily ad-
vanced m connection with the Shipman interests and
during the last three years -nas treasurer of the com-
pany. He next engaged in the coal and coke business
as senior partner of the firm of Skae & Aylward from
1901 until 1904 and later conducted business under
his own name until May 1, 1907, when he sold out and
became president of the Gemmer Manufacturing Com-
pany, manufacturers of auto parts, retaining that
position to the time of his demise. That he was closely
and prominently associated with the business de-
velopment of the city is indicated in the further fact
that he was vice president of the Wayne Auto Com-
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patty, also of the CaUiUa<; Coal & Coke Companj- and
a director of the Hammond Estate Company, the Ham-
mond Bnildjng Company and the Supenor Land Com-
pany, His interest m a project never ceased until he
had auccesBfully accomplished his purpose and in
business he never failed to reach his objective. He
worked persistently and energetically and seemed
never at any time ty neglect an opportunity that fur-
thered his interests and promoted his legitimate sue-
On the 10th of February, 1904, in Detroit, Mr, 8kae
was married to Miss Florence H. Hammond, who
maintains her residence in Pontiac, Michigan, and
who is the secretary and treasurer of the Hammond
Building Company of Detroit, with offices at 1015-16
Hammond building,
Mr. Skae was well known in club circles, belonging
to the Detroit Fellowcraft, the Detroit Yacht, the
Country and Windsor Clubs, and his social (Qualities
and genial nature made him very popular. He en-
joyed yachting, automobiling and general outdoor
sports and to these turned for recreation when his
business permitted of leisure. His religious faith was
that of the Catholic church and Mrs. Skae is very
prominent and active in the church work, being presi-
dent of the League of Catholic Women of Detroit
and chairman of the Woman 's Activities of the
National Conference of Catholic Charities.
D. B, LEE is the president and general manager of
the Motor Products Corporation, one of the largest
and most successful manufacturers of automobile
parts in the world, operating three plants. The main
plant and general offices are located in Detroit, with
branch plants at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Walker-
ville, Ontario, Canada.
D. B. Lee was bom on his grandmother's farm, near
Akron, Ohio, on March 20, 1874, a son of O^car C.
and Angle A. Lee. He was reared in Cannelton,
In'liana, on the banks of the Ohio river, where his
Barents moved when he was five years old, and where
his father for the nest twenty years was a manufac
turer of clay products, stoneware, sewer pipe and
drain tile. In, his early youth he manifested a meehan
ical ingenuity which has been the basis of his business
advancement and success, his first inventions being
those relating to the clay working industry and be-
ing developed and put into use in the factory of his
father. When the bicycle began to come into general
use he became very much interested in it and finally
invented a bicycle crank hanger, from which he re-
ceived no large compensation bat a certain degree
of recognition and which Anally resulted in his leaving
Indiana, at the age of twenty-two, for Worcester,
Massachusetts, to accept a position with the Trinity
Cycle Works as designer and chief draftsman, with
which work he had little experience or training but
he studied closely and employed his natural qualifi-
cations to good advantage. He also interested him
self in the development and design of improved tools
and machinery for making better and cheaper bicycle
After three years he bei-amo general superintendent
of the Manson Cycle Works of Chicago, employing
seven hundred men. With this company he was con-
nected for two years, leaving there to take the man-
agement of the Springfield Drop Forging Company of
Springfield, Massachusetts.
The manufacture of automobiles was just then be-
coming a promising industry and he returned to the
west two years later to become vice president, secre-
tary and general manager of the Diamond Manufac-
turing Company of Detroit, Michigan, and Walker-
ville, Ontario, which company was one of the pioneers
in the manufacture of automobile parts in Detroit.
The development of the automobile industry gave
him his opportunity and in May, 1916, the Diamond
Manufacturing Company was amalgamated with the
Superior Manufacturing Company of Ann Arbor, the
Vanguard Manufacturing Company of Detroit, the
Universal Metal Company of Detroit and the Bands
Manufacturing Company of Detroit, to form the
Motor Products Corporation.
The Detroit plant is located at Mack avenue and
the Detroit Terminal Eailroad, with sisty two acres
nf ground and factory buildings of the most modern
type, equipped with highly specialized machinery and
tools for the manufacture of its products. The plants
at Ann Arbor and Walkerville are smaller than the
Detroit plant but both are specially equipped and have
highly developed organizations for the product which
they manufacture.
Mr. Lee is a Mason, being a member of the Pales-
tine Lodge, King Cyrus Chapter, Michigan Sovereign
Consistory, is a Knight Templar of Detroit Com-
manJery, No, 1, and a Shnner of Moslem Temple.
He is also a member of the Bloomfield HUls Country
Club, Oakland Hills Country Club, of which latter
he was one of the organizers and one of the first
directors, the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Club,
and is a director of the National Bank of Commerce
of Detroit.
G BRYANT HTTPF. Although but thirty-sii years
of age, C. Bryant HnfE has had an eventful life of
varied experiences, visiting many parts of the world
and gaining that broad knowledge which comes to
one through travel and keen observation. Nature
has endowed him with many talents and for several
years he figured prominently in theatrical circles of
the country, while he is now capably filling the re-
sponsible position of secretary of the Michigan En-
gineering Society. Mr. Huff is a native of Iowa. He
was bom in Webster City, February 21, 1885, of the
marriage of John B. and Abigail (Hopkins) Huff
His paternal grandfather was a native of the state of
New York and in pioneer times he became a resident
of Michigan, where he reared his family. The mater-
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nal grandfather was a,lao born in the Empire state,
whence he removed to Iowa, becoming one of the
pioneer eabinetmakera of that state, in which the
birth and marriage of his daughter, Abigail, occurred,
John B. HufE engaged in the wholesale hardware busi-
ness at Webster City and won a substantial measure
uf success through the wise management of his mer-
cantile interests. He became one of the influential
citizens and foremost business men of Webster City
anil there passed away in 1909. The mother is still
a resident of that city In their family were three
children; Douglas H., who is president of a bank at
Woolatoek, Iowa; Hester L., who married Dr. J. Strain,
a prominent physician of Eagle Grove, Iowa; and C.
Bryant, of this review.
In the acriuirement of an education C. Bryant Huff
attended the grammar and high schools of his native
city, after which he became a student at the Uni-
versity of Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1907,
on the completion of a course in civil ejigineering.
He at once entered upon the work of his profession,
becoming connected with the engineering department
of the Oregon Short Line Eailroad Company, in whose
service he remained lor one and a half years He
then returned to his home city, where he engaged in
the drainage business but abandoned that line of
activity at the end of four months and turned bis
attention to music, in which he had been much in-
terested during his college days, becoming well known
as a vocalist of ability. He became the organizer,
director and manager of a musical company known as
the Music Makers Male Quartet and had no diflculty
in securing an extended engagement under the Lyceum
Vaudeville Circuit, in which connection he toured the
United States, including the Hawaiian islands, and
also visited Australia. In the meantime he had given
up singing and was acting as manager of the Dunbar
Bell Eingers, bringing the troupe to Detroit. Being
favorably impressed with the city, he decided to aban-
don a theatrical life and devote his energies to his
profession, with which he has since been connected.
His ability soon became recognized and he was
appointed assistant city engineer, oeeupying that
position until by a unanimous vote he was made secre-
tary of the Michigan Engineering Society in 1920. Its
membership is now over one thousand and his natural
talent and acquired ability well qualify him for this
important office. He is discharging his duties in a
thoroughly satisfactory manner, also editing the
monthly magazine published by the society, and he is
likewise secretary of the Ames Alumni Association
of Detroit.
On the 27th of June, 1917, Mr. Huff was united in
marriage to Miss Helen Alger, a daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. W. H, Alger, prominent residents of Grand
Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Huff is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally is identi-
fied with the Masons, having taken the degrees of
lodge, chapter, council and commandery. His activities
have covered a broad field and his efforts have been re-
sultant factors in whatever he has undertaken. He is
progressive, energetic and determined and in engineer-
ing circles u£ the state he occupies a position of
FRANK M, CHUBCH, who for almost twenty years
has been continuously connected with the manufactur-
ing interests of Detroit, was born in St. Louia, April 8,
1879, a son of Henry Elliott and Lillian (Moss) Church.
He attended the public schools of his native city and
started out in the business world as an employe in
the machine shop of Theodore Gohlke, with whom he
remained for three and a half years He then turned
his attention to the business of manufacturing flour
mill machinery, in connection with Colonel Stanley,
with whom he was thus associated for a year and a
half, while later he spent three years in the employ
of the Ferguson Manufacturing Company, his ei-
periencps constantly broadening his knowledge and
capability.
On the 9th of October, 1900, Mr. Church came to
Detroit and joined the Boyer Machine Company but
in 1903 became connected with the Chicago Pneumatic
Tool Company, and advancing through various inter-
mediate positions, became superintendent of the plant
in 1914. In the meantime, however, he went to Chi-
cago and organized the Rockford Motor Car Company,
but preferring to reside in Detroit he returned to this
city. Step by step he has progressed through every
department of the plant here and has become an all-
around man, proficient in every phase and detail of
the business, while thoroughly understanding the
great major principles upon which the organization is
In 1000 Mr. Church was married to Miss Florence
Pickey, a native of Iowa, and they have become
parents of a son and a daughter, Prank H. and Mil-
dred Theresa. The former, when eighteen years of
age, entered the army for service in the World war
and was in training camp until he received his dis-
In his political views Mr. Church is a republican and
keeps thoroughly conversant with the vital questions
and problems that are before the country today. He
is a Presbyterian in his religious faith and belongs to
Detroit Lodge, No. 2, A. P. & A. M,, and King Cyrus
Chapter, R. A, M. He is a loya! follower of the
teachings and of the purposes of the craft and ex-
emplifies its beneficent spirit in his relations with
his fellowmen. Business activity and enterprise have
brought him steadily forward and as superintendent
of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company he is today
well known in manufacturing circles of Detroit.
LOUIS A. GRAHAM is one of the real estate
operators of Detroit whose progressive methods of
business are resulting in the substantial upbuilding
and improvement of the city and at the same time
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promoting indh idual success. The force of his per-
sonality, the keenness of his insight and the sound-
ness of his judgment have brought him to a position
of prominence in real estate circles of tlie city aucl
all of his activities have been on an extensive scale.
He is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the
business, having been identified with several of the
city's leading real estate firms, and is regarded as an
expert valuator. In 1916 he established his present
business under the style of the Graham Eealty Com-
pany, with Joseph Payne as the nominal president,
Albert P. Erz as treasurer and John Moran and
Charles F. Stark as directors, while Mr. Graham is
serving as secretary and manager of the enterprise.
His activities m this field have been of wide scope,
covering almost every avenue for the disposition of
realty. He personally handles most of his properties
and has been instrumental in the development of sev-
eral subdivisions, the latest of which is known as the
Pontehartrain Heights sui)division. He has been in-
strumental in transforming many unsightly vacancies
into fine residential districts and in business affairs
his judgment has ever been found sound and reliable
and his enterprise unfaltering.
On the 13th of April, 1887, Mr. Graham was unitod
in marriage to Miss Mary Fitzpatnek of .Tacksonville,
Illinois, and they have become the parents of five
children: Mary, who married Gporge Greir. Pearl, the
wife of Harry Andrews; Ethel, now Mrs. Joseph
Payne; John, who was born in 1905; and Euth, born
in 1912.
In Ms political vipws Mr. Graham ii a democrat
but has never allowed himself to become bound by
the narrow ties of partisanship, alwaj's supporting
those measures which he feels will prove of the
greatest worth in advancing the public welfare.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belong-
ing to the City of the Straits Lodge, F. & A M., and
he is also connected with the Woodmen of the World.
He is the owner of a beautiful summer home at Ottawa
Lake and his estate eo-vers forty acres, constituting a
fine piiample of Jandscapp gardening. He has con
tributed in marked mPasure to the improvement and
upbuilding of his city and is a man of high personal
standing and marked buameas integrity and ability,
who has won the esteem and goodwill of all with
whom he has been associated.
JAMES D. STANDTSH, Jr. For many years the
name of Standish has figured prominently in commer-
cial circles of Detroit in connection with the meat
industry and James D. Standish, Jr., displays the ^ame
enterprising spirit and notable business ability which
characterized his father and placed him at the head
of extensive interests. Many lines of activity have
profited by his cooperation and keen insight into busi-
ness affairs and situations and his connection with
any enterprise is an indication of its succeis, for his
efforts are resultant factors in whatever he under
takes. Mr. Standish is a represcntatn e of an old
American family, being the ninth in direct line of
descent from Captain Miles Standish, and his paternal
grandfather was a pioneer settler of Michigan. He
is a native of Detroit and his parents were James D,
and Jennie 0. (Hart) Standish, the former born in
Pontiac and the latter in Adrian, Michigan, The
father removed to Detroit, becoming a member of the
packing firm of Hammond, Standish & Company and
was one of the most successful business men of the
city, where he passed away in May, 1917.
Hjs son, James D. Standish, Jr., attended the gram-
mar and high schools of his native city, the Detroit
University, and afterward entered Williams College
at Williamstown, Massachusetts, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1913, while later he de-
voted a year to postgraduate work at Harvard. He
then joined the Crown Hat Company of Detroit, with
which he was actively identified for three years, and
afterward associated himself with Nicol, Ford & Com-
pany, with which firm he is still connected. He is a
director in the Newland Hat Company and is also a
member of the directorate of Hammond, Standish &
Company, treasurer of the Detroit Beef Company, and
president of the Alcona Land Company and is a man
of large affairs, who is continually broadening the
scope of his activities. He possesses that qtiality
which has been termed commercial sense and his
powers of administration and initiative spirit have Jod
him into important connections.
Mr. Standish was united in marriage to Miss Isa-
bell Stroh, a member of one of the most prominent
and highly respected families of the city. During the
World war bo took an active part in the work of the
American Protective League, of which Prank Creel
was the head, and acted as his assistant in Detroit
He is a well known clubman, being connected with
the Detroit Athletic, Country, University, Detroit,
Racquet and Lochmoor Country Clubs, and of the last
named organization he is the president. He is an
enthusiastic devotee of golf and is a member of the
executive board of the United States Golf Associa-
tion, is also connected with the Detroit Golf Associa-
tion and is one of the directors of the Michigan Golf
League. He worthily bears a name that for manv
years has been synonymous with integrity, enterprise
and reliability in Ijusiness circles of Detroit and ia
a native son in whose record the city takes justifi-
able pride.
BEET M. EU8TICE, president and manager of thp
DaFoe Eustice Companj-, textile manufacturers, is
thus active in controlling one of the largest and belt
known interests of the kind in the state. The busi-
ness has assumed extensive proportions, now furnish-
ing employment to four hiindred workmen in the
manufacture of textile products used in connection
with the automobile industry. Mr. Eustice U con-
stantly studying the opportunities of the trade and
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IS ready for any emergency or for any advaatage that
may arise.
He was bom in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, April
15, 18S1, and ia a son of James H. and Bmila (Ettling)
Eustice. The father's birth occurred at iSuperior, in
northern Michigan, but in hjB boyhood days he became
a resident of Illinois and for many years made his
home in Jo Daviesa county, where he became well
known as a merchant and as a dealer in horses and live
stock. He carried on his mercantile interests in
Lena and Stockton, Illinois, and handled his live
stock at Stockton, in Jo Daviess county. He waa
very suceeasful in whatever he undertook and through
his carefully directed interests aceumalated a sub-
stantial fortune, which he judiciously inveated, and is
now reaping the har\-cat of his former toil and his
sagacity in placing his funds. He residea at Minne-
apolis, Minnesota, and continues his investments in
land and farm property in that state. While quite well
advanced in years, he is still hale, hearty and active.
His wife also survives. In their family were five
children; James Alfred, residing in Stockton, Illinois;
George Walter, whose home ia at Koyal Oak, Michi-
gan; Bert M.: Earl Harrison, living in Chicago, Illi-
nois; and Leo F., a salesman for the DaFoe-Eustiee
Company.
Bert M Eustice was a pupil in the public schools
of Lena and of Stockton, Illinois, attending high
school in the former place. He nest became a student
in Lombard College at Galesburg, Illinois, and when
his college days were over he went upon the road as a
traveling salesman, representing various wholesale
houses of Chicago while continuing his travels. His
work extended to various parts of the west and he
was adjudged a high-class and reprpsentative sales-
man. In 1909 he came to Detroit and was again en
gaged in sales linps for a short time, after which
the firm of King & Euatice was established and be-
gan the manufacture of waterproof textile fabrics.
The successful operation of the business has continued
from the beginning, although the firm style has under-
gone several changes. The trade, however, has con-
tinuously expanded and developed and the growth of
the enterprise is due in no small measure to the
efforts of Mr. Eustice. In 1911 the name of Mr. King
was withdrawn from the firm and the style changed
to Bert M. Eustice. The business was carried on
under his name until 1912, when it became the Bert
M. Euatice Company. In 1913 another change occurred,
leading to the adoption of the preient style of the
DaPoe Eustice Company, manufacturing waterproof
textile and automobile specialties, all of which are
u?Tn^ produeta and usTus Limosette. The plant is
one of the most modern in the city in every depart-
ment, the safety of employes is thoroughly safeguarded
and in order to expedite manufacture and produce the
most desirable results no expense has ever been spared
in installing new machinery or replacing old and worn-
out parts with that which is thoroughly adequate. The
volume of trade enjoyed by the house is indicated
somewhat in the fact that four hundred people are
employed in this plant Mr. Eustice is the president
and general manager. His plans are always well de-
fined and promptly executed and his keen sagacity
has enabled him to realize the value and worth of
every situation.
On the 26th of June, 1912, Mr. Eustice was married
to Miss Ola DaFoe, daughter of George W, DaEoe.
They have become parents of one child, Bert DaFoe,
horn June aO, 1920. Mrs. Eustice is very prominent
in musical circles of this city. She belongs to the
Detroit Tuesday Musical Club and the Twentieth Cen-
tury Club. She was graduated from the Michigan
Conservatory of Music and studied under Alberto
Johaa, now of Berlin, and Victor Benham, now of
London, two of the leading music masters of the
world.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Eustice is a Mason,
belonging to Palestine Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and De-
troit Commandery, No. 1, K. T, He is also a member
of the Detroit Athletic Club, the Cross Country Club,
the Sigma Nu fraternity, identified with the Alumni
Chapter, and is an orginal member of the Ingleside
Club. He belongs as well to the Unitarian church and
his life has ever been guided by high and honorable
principles and worthy motives. He haa gained dis-
tinction and regard greatly thro.ugh his own efforts.
Working his way upward, he has grasped every oppor-
tunity that has presented itself, nor has he waited for
something to turn up. On the contrary he has made
the chances for advancement on many occasions and
his labors have been a moat potent element in
winning for the DaFoe-Euitice Company the place of
distinction which it occupies in connection with the
development of the textile industries in this section of
GEORGE P. GERMAIN is the president of the Ger-
main Coal Company and an extensive owner and
operator of coal mines. In the conduct of his busi-
ness he has wisely utilized every opportunity that haa
been presented and seems at every point in his career
to have accomplished the utmost that could have been
achieved at that point. He was born in Petrolia,
Canada, February 9, 1879, and is one of a family of
nine children, whose parents were Garrett and Elizabeth
Germain. He has a brother, Harry S. Germain, who is
associated in bnsiness with him, while his brother-in-
law, Mr. Bovin, acts as general manager of the com-
pany.
George F. Germain attended the public schools of
Port Huron, Michigan, to which place the family re-
moved when he waa a lad of but six years. When hia
school days were over he engaged in the general con-
tracting business in connection with his father and
they conducted operations on an extensive scale for a
number of yeara, building sometimes as many as sixty
houses in a single year. Ever watchful of opportii-
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nities pointing towird supiesa Mr Germain turned it
length from that field of aetivitj and lecamc sole
owner of the Corning Mining f onipai ■( operating a
mine neir Perry Ohio thit produced o\ er sei enty
thousand tons of coal annually A Hrge amount of
this coal he sold through the Germain Coil Comjani
which waa established in Detroit in 1015 and whioh
his enjoyed a remarkable growth by riason <f the
( ipable mimgement and sound j idgmcnt of the
owners The coal which he h-is hindlel haa alwajs
been of superior quality and he h*vi d ne the utmost
to meet the wishes and demands of i is customers In
eonneition with his business he has i large nuniber of
the finest motor deln erv trutks and emploj s over
fifteen men constintlj m his coal yard While Mr
Germain spends much of his time in Detroit he also
supervises hia n ining interests leaving his brother
in law Mr Bovm m charge ot the business at su h
times m the eapieit^ of general manager and the
latter has also proved verj popular with the (on
panj Enterprise and energy ha\e eier characterize!
George F Gerinain m the conduct of his interests and
todaj he has a coil >ard that is seconl to none u
Detroit He has the most idvanced equipn ent for
handling the product iulIu ling a, moviblp crane that
permits the unloading ■jnd l<ading of nearlv eight 1-un
dred tons of coal per Uai by one inan This crana
IS the only one of its kml in use m i coal -yard m the
country today From his yards Mr Genniin sells to
both the wholesale ind retail trade and his bus ness
IS indeed one of gratifying proportions
WILLIAM T SKEZYfEI Long hcura and hard
work held no fears for William T Skrzycki and there
m lies the story of his rapid rise m Detroit business
circles \ few jears ago he was struggling to pit a
small bakery on a profitable basis Today he is the
head of a large pje baking company which bears his
name the second largest concern of its kind in the
city and he has other important business connections
Wilham T Skrzycki was born m Port Austin
Michigan February 3 1864 one of tweh e children
his parents being John J and Marv Skrzycki In
1890 the family moi ed to Detroit Mr Skrzycki ob
tamed his education m the city s parochial an 1 public
schools and in 1903 when nineteen years old he
entered business life His first shop was at Chene and
Hancock and later he removed to Michigan avenue
near Cieotte aienue where his energy ani enterprise
soon asserted itself By 1915 the business had become
a large one and Mr Skrzycki lisposcl of it to al
vantage He then turned his attention to other lines
becoming a speculative builder In fi\ e years he
erectel si'^ty homes of moderate price an! at the
same time was iblo to serve during the war as an
appeal agent for Wayne District No 1 selective
serMce under aipomtment of fioi Albert E Sleeper
In 1920 Mr Skrzycki saw another opportunity in
the baking b lainess and the Skr^ tki Pe Tompani
is the result ot his return to tl -tt In e Its jlant at
581)7 Russell street modern in e\ery reaject is con
sidere I one of the finest m the country It has a
tajdcitj of twenty B.\e thousand pies daily The
company also makes cakes and fried cakes. In aldi
tion to the baking buainesB Mr Skrzycki has large
interests in the bkrz>cki Land & Home Company and
the West Michigan Avenue Eealty Lomi any
Mr Skrzyoki is a member of the Lity pUn com
mission now serving his second term He is also a
men ber of tl o Wavne county board of suj e reisers
and the West Michigan A^enut Improvement Asso
On August 18 190S Mr Skrzickt and Mias Stella
\ Kosmalski were married and the> have three cbil
dren Angela aged eleven Marcella aged eight and
Celesta aged four The family are members of tie
Catholic church Socially Mr Skrzycki belongs to
the Avjation Country elib and Detrtit Lodge No
i-i B P O B II 3 resiience is at jl6a Martin
"yAJOB JOH>f F ROFHL one of the beat known
and n oat 1 i„l ly respected of Detro t s citizens has
devoted much of hii life to public service ai d for the
past SIX years has been spec al investigation officer
for the board of health of thiq ntv — a position ot
great importance and responsibility the duties of
which ho IS discharging m a most capable and ton
scientious manner He has also taken a prominent
part in military affairs with which he has bee i
identified Binte 13^8 and is a veteran of the Spanish
American and World wars He is one of Detroit s
native sons his birtl having octnrrel in this o ty on
the 4th of Tily lh78 and his parents wore Christopher
C and Ehzileth (\rhns) Roehl in wl ose family mere
nine cliliren six sons and three daughters
In the public schools of this city John F Boehl ac
quired his education and from IQOl until 1907 he at
tended the Officers Training School at Fort Wayne
His initial business experience was obtained as an em
ploye of the Detroit City Gas Company with which
he rema ned until li^OT acting as its city representa
tive In the latter year he became identified with the
public health service as milk inspector later being
made food inspeLtor and in 1916 he was appointed
special investigatioa officer for the board of health
which position he haa retained He has eharo-e of the
prosecution of all violators of the health laws nnd his
capability and devotion to duty make his serviees of
great valie to the municipality in safeguarding the
health of its citizens
This IS but one phase of Major Koehl s activities
however for military affairs have elaime 1 a large part
of his attention On the 30th of June 1893 he en
listed for service in the Spanish American war ^om
ing Company B of the Seienteenth United State'
Infantry and was sent to the island of Porto Rico in
the West Indies group where he was stationed until
Mav 14 llSfl servini, as orpiril On the 3d of
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A g
lal Guai'd as a
T ity-first Michigan
rough merit and
captain. On the
m ed to the rank of
W g tt D C wh h h d harge of organiza-
k w h service. In May,
9 h w P ay assume chirge of
a p an m g a thit post until
!> b b -» an ed to Hazelburat
Fd Mn Lg dNw lork where be
w p d mand a H Paige Sq ladron
T ma d d eraeas sa ling on
h li f Au 0 8 d d ng at an Bngliah
port on the I9th of September Major Boehl was
giien command of Failesworth Field near Oldham,
En^lanfl remaining abroad until December 11 1918
when be was ordered to return to the United States
He IS a loyal and patriotic American rendering valu
able and mentonoua service to bis country at a moat
critical period in ita history and he stands as ■» high
type of American manhoo 1 and citizenal ip While
working in the interests of returned soldiera Major
Eoehl intercede 1 in behalf of eight hundred and forty
seven men who h^d been pliee 1 in jail for larious
reaaana securing for them a parole which wai vio
lated by only four of thit number
On the 20th of May llOf) Miior Eoehl wia united
in marrnge to Miss Suain Kraemer and thej have
two sons Car] P and John S The family home is
at No 4''68 Seyburn avenue They are eommunicants
of the Catholic churnh ind the Major is a member of
the executne con mittee of the State Legal Aid =^0
ciety while hia fraternil connections are with the
Loyal Order of Mooaa and the Bunevolent Proteetue
Order of Elka He haa 1 een % h-ird worker in behalf
of war veterans organizations and much of the success
of these bodies in Detroit is directly attnlutable to
his well directed efforts He organized Larned Post
of the imeriLon Legion of which he was made com
m-inder and he la now serving aa commander of the
Wivne County Council of that order which com
prises seventeen difEerent posts He la hkew ae ilenti
fied with Pingree Camp of the United Spanish War
Veterans md also with the Vcterana of Foreign
Wira He holds to high ideals vet ut lizea practical
methods in their ittainment and has been identiGed
with many movements for the benefit of mankind the
good of othera having eier been of paramount im
portince to him Hia influence la a p tent factor in
adianeing c vie welfare and the worth of hi9 work la
widely aeknowlo Iged
THE TE0M4NS EOT rOMPANT Many large
manufacturing enterprises have been important fao
tors m the remarkable induatr al development of
Detroit and one of tie oldest and most reliable com
mercial undertakinga in the citj is the Teomans Bos
Company, whieb was established before the founding
of the automobile industry here. Its original location
waa at Nos. 183-85 Larned street. West, where it had
its inception more than tbirty yeara ago, and in ISll
the present firm style was assumed. In 1920 the com-
pany erected its present modern and well equipped
factory on Lyoaste avenue, which covers three acres
of ground. With the passing years the busineas baa
'jteadHy developed owing to the superiority of the out
put and the integrity and reliability of tl e men at
ita head, and employment ig now given fo two bun
dred workmen The mater al used includes western
I me western apruce yellow pme joplar eottonwood,
elm bassw od and bir h and the firm manufactures six
standard styles of boies Its output comprisea nailed
and lock cornered boxes bottle cases, crates boxes for
automobiles and trucks and in addition to its ei
tensno domestic trade it alsr does a large export
The founder of the business George Yeomana was
born in 1543 and ii a repreaentative of an old Amen
can family thdt for generations has resided in New
Fngiand In lompanj with Captain Culver he left
Oswego New lork and male his way to Detroit be
coming a member of the poln,e force of the oity Sub
aeqiently he engaged in tho manufatture of chairs
at d also made a eigtr mold which he had invented and
patented, conduct i g h i mtereafs independently for
about two J ears when he admitted a partner and
turned hia attention to the manufacture of boiea
Mr Yeomans is now living retired in this city and the
business i' conducted bj his sons the present officers
>eng Pred H Yeomans president Prank Yeomans,
vice presi lent and Clarence Yeomans secretary and
treasurer For the past twenty years Fred H Yeo
nans has been the virtual head of the com.pany and
m ts control he displays notible executive abihty,
enterprise and foresight He is a member of the
Benevolent Proteetue Orier of Elks and la recognized
as one of the forem st >u>!inea3 men and progressive
I tizens of Detroit
CHAELES H LOSE! Although one of tho younger
nimbtrs of the Ditroit bar Charles H Losey is
rai idlj forg ng to ti o front in hia profesaion having
alreal^ attained a poaitun n legal circles of the
city that manj an older j ract tioner might well envy
He la a native of Michigan his birth having occurred
at Otter Lake March 23 18<»7 In the acquirement
of an education he attended the Pontiao grammar
schools and the Central high schod of Detroit from
which he waa graluated with the class of 1916 He
then entered the Detroit College of Law where he
completed hia courae bj graduation in 1919 and in the
lame year he was admitted to the bar He at once
took up the work of his profession opening an office
at No 6^53 Woodward a enue and haa alreaiy be
cone recogn zed as an able aivocate and safe conn
selor His mmd is analytical and logical m its trend
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, fort
3 presentation of a case lie i
fied bj a comprehensive under stan ling of the legal
principles applicable thereto To IiiB chosen life work
he gives his undivided attention md has won a liberal
clientage tor one of hia years, while his business m
the courts is con>"tantly increasing in volume and ini
portince He hrlds to high standards m professioml
service and his won the respect ind conhdence of his
fellow practitioners and the general public a? well
He 11 1 member of the Sigma Phi ind Phi Alpha
friternitiea and is also connected wath the Knighta of
Pvthias
Mr Losey s sister Miss Hazel I ostv wa" giaduated
from the Central high school in 1919 with highest
honors in both seholarBhip and athletics, being awardei
1 gold medal, and later she won the News trophy for
iong distance swimming, oier twentj one contestants
The course was a fcur and one sixth mile*" Marathon
and her time tor the last two miles was only two
seconds less than for the hrst two miles Sht is a
griduate of the Beaton School of Physical Education
and IS now teaching swimming and dinemg being vt,r(
auteessful i^ in educator She ha-! won seieril other
notable prizes and has aehieied i nitionil reputition
WILLTAM A WILSON, M D a prominent i h; si
eian and surgeon of Detroit who has ilso dei oted
considerable attention to ph Hnthropie work, is a
represent atn e of one of the old and honored families
of this city, where he is widely ind favorably known,
haimg here spent his life covering a period ot fifty
one jeais He wis born Mari,h 2, 1S70, a son of John
and Marion (Stewart) Wilson, natiies of Scotland,
who emigrated to America m 1860, taking up their
residence m Detroit where the father Hter engaged m
the mercantile business his establishment being located
on the present site of the bnil Img oceupieJ b> the
McMillan Grocery Company at the corner of Port street
and lAoodviard a\enue For many years he was a
prominent hgura m bu-iiness tircles of the citv
Both parents are deceased Three children wert born
to their union Stewart K, a roiident of Detroit,
Mrs A T Collins, whose home is m Buffalo New
Tork, and William A , the subject of this review
Dr Wilson attended the Cass avenue school and thi.
Central high school of his native city and following
his graduation therefrom entered the Brjant & btrat
ton Business College of Detroit, where he completed
a course He then became a student m the Detroit
College of Medicine, from which he was graiuated in
1815 with the M D degree, and at once entered upon
the aeti\e work of his profession opening an ofiice
in this city For over a quarter of a century he has
hero engaged m practice and his labors have been at
tended with a gratifying measure of success, his jrac
tice having steadily grown m volume and importance
as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the
intricate problems which are continually confronting
the phj iicun in his efforts to restore health and pro
long life He has never regarded his professional
education as ended with the completion of his college
e&urse and has done postgraduate work in New iork
and other medical centera remaining throughout his
lite a close and discriminating student of the principles
and practice of medicine and therebj greatlv promot
mg 1 IS skill and efficienej
On the 21st of December, 1809, Dr Wilson was united
in marriage to Misa Agnes E MeEaeheran, a daughter
of Mr and Mrs Duncan MeEaeheran, prominent resi
dents of this oitj One child has been born to this
union, Florence Marian, whose birth occurred on the
1st of January, 1902 and who is now a student m
the Junior College
Dr Wilson is a man of broad human sjmpathy and
kindly nature who has de\otel much time and study
to welfare work and his eSorts in this direction haie
been effective forces for good He keeps in touch
with the advancement that is being made along pro
fcsaional lines through his membership in the Wayne
County ind Michigan State Medical Societies and the
American Medical Association and is a Mason of high
standing, belonging to Corinthian Lodge, P & A M ,
has attained the thirtv second degree in the consistory
and IS a Noble of Moslem Temple, Mystic Shrine He
IS a member of the Detroit Yacht Club and the Pine
Crtek Hunting and Fishing Club of Manistee county
Actuated by laudable ambition and broad humanitarian
principles, as a member of the medical profession he
has attained high rank among those whose skill is
uniforraH acknowlelged and his life has been one of
intense usefulness to his fcllowmen
JOHN J SIKORSKT Poland has made valuable
contributions to the citizenship of Detroit, manj of
her natu e sons having found in this city splendid
opportunities for business ad\ ancement, while at t! e
simc time their actmtiee have been important factors
in industrial growth and development To this num
her belongs John J Sikorski an enterprising and sue
ccisful merchant who for the fast five years has been
engaged m the furniture business, conducting his
estibllfhraent along the most modern and progressive
lines He was bora in Poland April 16, 1878, a son
of Stanley and Frances Sikorski The father followed
the occupation of farming and thus provided for his
family of six chiHren consisting of five sons and
one daughter
Tohn J Sikorski was reared on the home farm and
when not busy with his textbooks he assisted his
father m the cultivation of the land and the opera
tion of the property Five years were spent as a sol
dier in the Russian army and when twenty eight year
of age he left his native land to seek the broader
opportunities offered an ambitious, energetic young
man in the United States He first located at Lowell
Massachusetts, where for a time he was identified
with mercantile interests and then came to Detroit,
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where lie opened a dry eleamng establishment This
he eon<lucted luecessfuliy until 1917, when he decided
lo enlarge the scope of his operations and in that
veir pene I a furniture store at No 5249 Chcne street
From tlie heginning tl e undertaking proved a sucoesa
inl he now carries i large anl cirefully selected stock
)f higl grale furniture displayed to good advantage
hi'i store presenting an muting ind attractive appear
inte He elo><elr studies the needs and wishes of the
public in order that he may always be prepared to
meet the denanh of the trale anl his unweariel m
listrj cipable management anl honorable dial ng
h'ne secured for him i Hrge and constantly increis
mg patronage
In 1005 Mr Sikoriki was united m marriage to Miss
Juitina Tirgonski of Lowell Miisachusetts and they
have a son tlwin who wis born m 1907 and is now
attending a military acalemy at Orchard Lake Michi
gin Mr ''ikorski is a member of the Polish National
\lliance md several smaller Polish organizations and
I IS political support is gn en to the republican partv
Feeling a deep love for his native country, he possesses
a still stronger attachment for the land of his adop-
tion, which has been to him the land of opportunity,
for here he has found that through industry, honesty
and ability success may be attained and he has
thoroughly Identified his interests with those of the
city whose welfare and progress are to him matters
of deep concern,
DAVID W. PELL, a manufacturer connected with
the Detroit Machine Company and thus active in con-
nection with the notable industrial development of the
City of the Straits, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania, and acquired his education in the schools of
that city. After putting aside his testbooka be be-
gan learning the toolmaker's and machinist's trade,
working in the mills up and down the Steel valley at
Pittsburgh. He afterward pursued a special coarse in
mechanical engineering in the University of Michigan
and thus by comprehensive training qualified for large
responsibilities in life. For some time he continued
to work at his trade in Pittsburgh and then removed
to Akron, Ohio, where he resided for several years.
During that period he was superintendent with the
Northern Ohio Railway & Light Company and also
occupied the position of consulting engineer with the
Akron, Bedford & Cleveland Railway,
In the year 1917 Mr. Pell came to Detroit and joined
the Hayes Manufacturing Company as its general
manager. The same year, however, he became identi-
fied with the Detroit Machine Company and was made
general manager of this plant also, so that he filled
both positions at the same time. He thus continued
until the fall of 1910, when he resigned his position
with the Hayes interests and has since devoted his
entire time and attention to the business of the De-
troit Machine Company. The officers of this corpora-
tion are: Hal H. Smith, president; Frank Blair, vice
prtsilent George Warder secretary and treasurer,
an 1 David W Pell general manager During the
World war the plant was one hundred per cent on war
work
Mr Pell was nnited in marriage to Miss Daisy
Myers and they have betome parents of a daughter
Mary Thev are of the Episcopal fait'h an 1 attend
serv cea at both Grace Episcopal church and St Paul s
Episcopal cathedral Mr Pell gives his political en
lorsPment to the republican party and at all times is
loj al to the interests and duties of citizenship He
i-! a Mason having membership m Akron Lodge No
-t A F & 4. M and also m Wash ngton Chapter
E A M at Akron Ohio He belongs to the Amen
can 'Society of Mechanical Engineers and along strictly
a<eial lines his connection is with the Ingleside Club
and the Lochn oor Club Those who know him in a
1 usmess way speak of him as a very able man and
one whole aKance will be mea-iired only by the time
and opportunity accorJed him
CLARENCE A KNATJ&S secretary and office
manager of the Detroit Beef Company, is one of this
city's self-made men and has risen to his present
position of trust and responsibility through merit and
ability. He is a member of one of the old and prom-
inent families of Detroit and was born in this city
on the 13th of May, 1889, a son of Andrew and Julia
(Hammen) Knauss, the former a native of Buffalo,
New York, and the latter of Port Huron, Michigan,
At an early period in their lives they became residents
of Detroit and the father established a retail meat
market, which he conducted successfully for many
years. Later he devoted much of his time to public
service and was elected alderman from the fifth ward,
heing a member of the city council for three successive
terms and giving his support to those measures which
make for public progress and prosperity. He passed
away in Detroit in 1907, but the mother is still living
in this city. They were the parents of two children:
Grace, who is an exceptionally capable business woman
and is filling the responsible position of advertising
manager for the Michigan Stove Works of Detroit;
and Clarence A.
Following hia graduation from the Central high
school of Detroit at the age of seventeen years, Mr.
Knauss entered the employ of the Detroit Beef Com-
pany in the capacity of bookkeeper and has remained
with this firm, his ready adaptability, fidelity and
capability winning for him rapid promotions until at
the age of thirty three years he is serving as secretary
and office manager. He contributes to the undertaking
the energv and enthusiasm of youth, combining with
these qualities mature judgment and keen insight into
business affairs and situations, and hia well directed
efforts have been an important factor in the develop-
ment of one of the largest and most important enter-
prises of this character in the city.
On the 29th of June, 1910, Mr. Knauss married Miss
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Lilhan &haw, a Jiughter of Mr and Mr'j Willidm L
Shan, prominent residents of Detroit, lod they have
one child, Mariin, whose birth occarred m 1917 Mr
and Mrs Knauss ire merabeta ot St John a Epiatopal
. church and liia pohtical allegiance is given to the
repubbcau party He 13 conneuted with the Detroit
'iaeht Club and la also a Mason, belonging to lalestine
Lodge, F & 4. M A young man of marked business
ability, enterprise and determination he has worked
hiB way ateadilj upward from a humble position m
busmeaa circle a to one of great responsibility, and
judging from what he has already aceomplishe 1, the
future holda for him unlimited possibilities
Quite a number of men ht
1 profession, enter that pro
• of eitnta dritt into lines ot
leads them into Ot these,
luccessful than Louis Smilan
eer in the law, with all the
a beginner encounters, it was
intelligraice,
which he
LOUIS SMILANSKY
themselvea for a certaii
fession, and in the toursi
business tbeir proteaaion
few have beeom* mure 1
sky Coramenemg a tai
bardahips and dilhi-ulties a beginne
only bj exercising thoao qualiti
courage, integrity and determj
possesses that hi
equalled by but a few of hia eontemporariis The
ptactue of the law led him into other fields, so that
today, occupied as he la bv business interesta of Lon
siderable proportions, his law practice is confined to
counseling a few j traonal clients, whose rttainer he
ean hardlj refu'je
In a busines.'j wd.j he has attained a measure of
success gi^en to but fi.w men of his veara He is
interested to some extent m real estate and building
It was largely through his efforts as president of the
Lincoln Square Building CompaBj that what is proba
bly the largest building ot its kind waa successfully
completed during a most trying period of the nation a
history Under the firm name of the Cadillac Realty
Company, a suecLsaful and lucrative real estate and
building business is bung conducted
Mr iSmilanskv is also president of the Tlleas Com
pany The Ell ess Company is now building the
Whittier Apartment Hotel on Burns Drue, opposite
Memorial Park, and whiih vibeu completed will
probably be the finest and most pretentious apart
ment hotel m the middle west If the i)resLnt plans
of the EUess Company develop according to schedule,
Mr Smilanskj will be an important factor in the
deyelopment of the housing and hotel accommodation
of this growing eit>
Mr Smilanaky was born m the village of Borispol,
province of Poltava, Eusgia, in 1884 and was brought
to the United States in 1889 bv his parenti coming
directly to the city of Detroit, where he has ever since
made his home His education was obtained in the
public schools o£ the city of Detroit, and he was
graduated from the Central high school in Jonuarj,
IWi, and from the Detroit College of Law in 1905
In W12 he was associated with former Judge John
Miner anl to him he attributes the development of
those qualities ot careful and orderlj analysis, for
Vthich Judge Miner waa so justly noted
During his proiessional career, Mr Smilaasky has
been associated with manj caiies ot local importance,
and his judgment 4nd sagacity as a I usmess man,
especially in matters of real estate v.iluea, haa brought
him into association nith some of the largest operators
in the field During all of the time of hia practice
and m business operationa, Mr ismilansky haa held
and enjoyed the confidence of his teUowmen with
whom he has been brought m LOntact through his
varied activities
Mr Smiiansky was married November 2R, 1912, to
Miss Dora Levey, and has two thildren, Eeva and
Martin He is now a widower, having lost hia wife
June 10, 1^20 Mr bmilanskj la too busy to take aa
attiv e part m cl ib and hocitI litt, though he is a
member of a number of clubs and fraternal organiza
tions He bekngi to the conj,ref,ation Shaarey Zedek
of the conservative Jewish faith
M\IiT J SCHNEIDER Among the alert enter
prising and auciesstul business men who have been
instrumental in winning for Detroit her present
position of industrial prominence is numbered Matt
J Schneider, conducting the WiUard Service Station
in this city and an acknowledged expert m this Ime
of actititi He la a native of this city and after
completing his high school education obtained em
ployment in a drug store He aiquired a thorough
knowledge of the trade and became a registered
pharmacist, after which he opened a store of his own
which he conducted for three years and then sold
He next became connected with the General hilea
Company, remainmg a atockholder of that concern for
SIX years at the end of which time he sold his interest
therein, and since 1913 has conducted the Willard
Service Station at No 5415 Dii avenue which is
housed in a building seventy by one hundred and
Hixtv five feet m dimensions He builds and repairs
all kinds of batteries and electrical generators, also
does vulcanizing, and he likewise carries all kinds of
accessories He operates one of the largest battery
service establishments m the citv and is considered an
expert m this line of work, with which he has been
actively identified for a period of fourteen years,
having the distinction of being the veteran in thia
branch of activity in the city In December, 1930,
the WiOard organization offered a prize for the best
decorated window among its Detroit representatives
and Mr Schneider carried off the honors He is
interested in other business enterprises being a
director of the Merchants Mortgage Corporation '
Mr Schneider waa united in mamige to Miss Sadie
Carse and thej ha\ e become the parents of a daughter
Sylvia Sadie Mr Schneider « religious views are m
harmony with the Roman Catholic church and he is a
prominent member of the Knights of Columbus in
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CHARLES D LINCH n well knovm in buBineas
tirclfli of Detroit as res lent manager for the Coates
& BurehaTd Company public appraisers and engineers
He 13 1 keen intelligent bunnes^ min of superior
ciiabilitiPS and powers and m the management of
the interests entrusted to his care 18 proving most
efficient He was born in Indianapolis Indiina
January 24 1883 a son of William and Jeffia E
(Tremblv) Lynch and a grindion of Thomas Lynch
who emigrated to the Un ted Statei from Ireland
During his infancy hii parents removed to Bridgeport
Connecticut and hia early education was atquired m
the public schools of that <ity On starting out m the
business world he enters 1 the employ of the Bridge
port Trust Compiuv anl in their olBees obtained much
1 ilu'ible experience along financial lines He remtmed
with that corporation for three years, after which he
was identified with the loan business in various cities,
and subsequently he became traveling auditor and
superintendent for twenty -sis offices, maintaining hia
headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana. He was thus
active until December, 1914, when he came to Detroit
and opened an accounting office, subsequently becom-
ing a public appraiser. He ia now acting as resident
manager for the Coates & Burchard Company, public
appraisers and engineers, having charge of the work
of appraising Industrial properties throughout the
states of Michigan and Ohio. He has had broad es-
perience in a business way and is most capably con-
ducting the interests under his charge, being regarded
as an expert appraiser.
On the 4th of September, 1907, Mr. Lynch was
united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth H. Williams, a
daughter of Neville Williams, who is now serving aa s.
county recorder in Ohio. Mr. Lynch is a Mason of
high standing, belonging to the blue Indge of Colum-
bus, Ohio; to Michigan Sovereign Consistory, in which
he has attained the thirty-second degree; and to Mos-
lem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is secretary of
the aquatic committee of the Detroit Athletic Club,
secretary of the Interlate Association and president of
the Detroit Amateur Athletic Association. He is a
member of the National Athletic Union and is serving
on its board of governors and is also one of the active
promoters of the Detroit Amateur League, which is now
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TAMES H COX M D This is Mt ige of specializa
tion — q fact which finds eiempliflcation in no dejart
n ent of activity more largelv th^n in the practice of
medicine It is impossible for a single individual
thoroughly to atquaint himself with all phases of
medical praet ce and esptrt skill la won by concen
tratei effort along a particular line Following this
trend of the times Dr lames H Cox has devoted his
attention to obstetrical cases and to genito urinary
diseases for the past eight years and in medical circles
of Detroit he has gained high standing He is one of
Michigan s nitne ions hs birth having occurred at
Calumet in the upper peninsula of the state on the
18th of July 1872 and his parents were James N and
Ehza (Dawe) Cox
After completing his course m the Calumet high
school. Dr. Cox became a student in the medical school
of the ITnii ersitv of Michigan at Ann Arbor which
he attended from ISt^ until 1902 winning his M D
degree in the latter ye<ir While pursuing his studies
he enlisted for service m the Spanish American war
joining Comj any D of the Thirty Fourth Michigan
Infantry, and receiving his discharge about a year
later. Prom 190Z until 1015 Dr Cox engaged in the
general practice of medicine at Calnmet and also at
other point m Houghton county and in the latter
year came to Detroit where he has since spec allied
in obstetrics and genito urinary diseases He is most
thorough and conBcientious m the discharge of his pro
fessional duties and his practice has steadily increased
as his knowledge and skill have been augmented
through close study and broad experience.
Dr. Cox was married June IS, 1912, to Miss Lois M.
Harris and they reside in an attractive home at No.
7337 Kipling avenue, in Detroit. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party and he has
never been unmindful of the duties of citizenship,
cooperating in many plans and projects for the general
good. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic
order, belonging to the blue lodge at Montrose and to
the eommandery at Houghton, Michigan. He is also
a member of the Detroit Chapter of Spanish -Am eric an
War Yeterans and his professional connections are
with the Wayne County and Michigan State Medical
Societies and the American Medical Asaooiation. He
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la a Jover of his prof ast n deeply intpr sfed in jti
seientifip and humanitarian phaie^ and h9,a become
reeognized as an authority on iiroiogr
ALBEBT GEAUFR To plan promote anl pro
jeet larpe business enterj ri^es requires a man with
marked powers of otgimzation and executive eon
trol To this class belongs Albert Grauer president
of Albert Grauer & Company engaged in the con
struotion of 'Jidewilk lights skj lights special floor
ing and sidewalk lighting m which connection he has
develops i an enterprise of Urge proportions h'lS
tride coming to him not akne from Detroit but
from man> other sections of the "United States He
was born in 8t Louis Missouri April 11 1R79 of
the maTriaf,e of John J and Johinna C^auer) Grauer,
■who reared a family of five children
In the acquirement of an education All ert Grauer
ittendel the public schools of St Louis and the St
Louis Manual Training School a preparatory school
for Wash ngton Univcrsitj 4fter completing his
studies he entered his father s printing eatatlish
ment and for one ani a hilf years wis conncLted
with it specilhzing m color work Follow in„ tl o
demise of the father the plant wis sold and Mr
Grauer then becimc a draughtsman for the American
bar &, Foundry Company continuing with that cir
poratimi for ibout sixteen months The succeeding
thirteen months were "ipeut in surveying the roid
for the Choctaw Oklahoma & Gult line which subse
quently became i piit of the Bock Island system
He then worked m St Louis as estimator for the
P M Bmner Granitoid Company until failing health
obliged him to resign his posit no Going to the
Black Forest of Germany he tl ere spent two j ears
during which period he suecoedel m regaining hia
former vigor and strength Eet irning to the United
States he came to Detro t and on the 11th of Dc
cember 1905 organized the firm of Albert Grauer
& Company his brother Herman F Grauer being
associated with him in the enterprise His fiT'Jt offices
were m the old Tolama building whence a removal
was made to the Ste\ens building while lat r he
opened an office at 41 East Columbia street where
he remained for eight veari or until 1915 when he
establi>"hed hn business at its present location at 648
East Columbii. ttreet in a substantial modern build
ing Hii expert ability in this line of work com
bined with his close application prof,reaaive methods
and tl orough reliability have nsultt 1 m the de^ elop
ment of an enterprise of large proportions In addi
tion to his Detroit establishment he maintains a
branch office m Cleveland Ohiw and also has repre
sentatives m nine of the largest c ties of the United
States
In IWd Mr Grtuer was united in marriage to Miss
Anna Melinat and thev now have four children
Helen Albert Dcrothy and John The family reside
in an attract ic home at 4S"2 Parker avenue In
hs religious \ie«s Mr Graier is a Lutheran His
initiative spirit and markel exeeutne ability have
enabled him to build up a business of large extent,
and in the attainment of individual success he has
also contributed m substantial measure to the in
dustrial develirpment of Detroit whiih numbers him
among i
LOHFB W TREMAIN a young man of liberal
education anl h t,h ntellectual attainments is well
known in business and educational circles of the city
dS I rincipal of the Detroit Business Unii ersitj which
IS now in the seventj hrst year of its existence and
ranks with the leading institutions of this character
m the country He is a native of Cinada lis birth
having oci-nrred at Blair in the province of Ontario
Canada on the "Jth of Februarj 1SS8 His parents
Isaac W esley and Josephine (Weiler) Tremain were
also born m that country and the father devoted his
attention to the manufacture of corrugated roofing
material developing a business of lirge proportions
He has retired from active 1 usmess life The mother
is decease! They became the parents of two children
but onlj the subject of this review survives
Mr Tremain attended the grammar and high schools
of Blair Canada and the Gait Colleg ate Institute at
Gait Ontario and following his graduation therefrom
he became a student at the Normal School at Kit
choner Ontario He next entered the University of
Toronto where he spent a year concentrating his
attention upon a commercial course and afterward
attended Shaw s Commercial School of Toronto
Canada from which he was gradnated m 1<109 He
spent eight months m that institution as an instructor
and on the 28th of Februarj 1910 he came to th a
city entering the Detroit Business University as a
teacher m the commercial department His excellent
work m that connection led to his promotion to tha
position of principal in 1117 and he has since served
in that capacity doing effective and valuable work
He has labored untiringly in the interests of the in
stitution iomg much to elevate its standards an 1
broaien the scope of its activities The other officers
are E Eoy Shaw president Charles W Laycoek
vice president and W H Shaw secretary and they
have made of it a school of which the city has every
reason to be proud It was founded in 1^*50 and has
the distincti n of being one of the first eommorcnl
schools eatallishLd m America During the enti a
pcno 1 of its existence the institution has maintained
a high standarl of excellence and it was the first
school in Detroit to be chosen as worthy of member
ship m the National Association of Accredited Com
mercial Schools It is the purpose of the institution
to make ts sfulents speeJy accurate an! trustworthy
and the success < f its graduates is proof nf the fact
that the men at its head understand the practical as
well as tl e theoretical side of life During the
seventy two years of its existence the school his
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graduated fifty-two thousand students, many of whom
are today occupying positiona of large responaibility
in the basinesB world.
In Detroit, on the 17th of December, 1911, Mr. Tre-
main was united in marriage to Misa Permilla Hodder,
a, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Hodder of Poet
Huron, Michigan, the former a prominent building con-
tractor of that city. To this nnion has been born a
son, Lome W. Tremain, Jr., who^e birth occurred in
Detroit in 1914 and who is now attending school at
Bedford, Michigan.
Mr. Tremain ia a member of the Congregational
church and fraternally he is identified with the Masons,
belonging to Oriental Lodge, F. & A. M. Actuated by
laudable ambition, he hai eagerly grasped each oppor-
tunity presented for advancement and his career has
been marked by continuous progress. He ia yet a
young man but has already accomplished much and his
fine personal qualities have won for him the unqualified
respect and esteem of all with whom he has been asso-
ciated.
THOMAS HENDERSON, M. D. wai bom in Huron
county, Ontario, in the town of Goderich, September
10, 1854, and obtained his education in the pubbc
schools there until graduated from the high school.
He afterward taught in the public schools of his native
town and developed an interest in things educational —
an interest which never flagged throughout hiii later
years. All through his career he took an active in-
terest in everything pertaining to the schools, notwith-
standing the fact that he mas at all times a most
earneit and conscientious worker in hia profeaaion.
Coming to Detroit, he attended the Detroit Medical
School, in which he received his professional degree.
He entered upon the practice of medicine in an office
at Qratiot and St. Albans and from the beginning
made steady progress in his chosen life work Early in
his career as a physician he married Rosa Eothaker
and they became the parents of three children. The
eldest, Leslie, is now a physician of Detroit; the sec-
ond son is Donald Frederick; and a daughter, Marion
Rose, is now the wife of Carl Eelley of Orion, Michi-
gan. The wife and mother passed away about 1905.
Dr. Henderson continued active in his professional
work and made steady progress therein, yet found time
for helpful seirice in other connections At the close
of a bitterly contested election Dr Henderson was
chosen president of the school board in 1R98. He had
previously served aa school inspector from the
thirteenth ward. His election was looked upon as a
distinct triumph for the safe and sane in education
and for the elimination of fads from the curriculum
prepared for pupils under the eighth grade. The De-
troit News said editorially at the time, under the cap-
tion of A Step Forward in the School Board: "The
election of Dr. Thomas Henderson to the presidency of
the school board insures a wise and conservative ad-
ministration of school matters in Detroit the coming
year. The president elect is eseeptionaUy well
equipped for school administration. He began life as
an educator and now belongs to the learned profession
that is best related to the healthful growth of the
indnidual. Besides all this. Dr. Henderson is a close
atudent of psychology and takes special interest in the
general subject of education, Hia general views of the
theory of the development of the human mind are
well known, for they have been published from time
to time in various forms. Though the new president
IS wholly out of sympathy with the modern inflated
notions of crowding young minds beyond their
strength and natural bent, hia conservatism will forbid
the endeavor to adopt revolutionary methods of admin-
istration. While hia influence prevails in the school
board the public may be sure that a strong barrier
wO! lie across the pathway of the faddists and cranks
and mugwumps, who delight in keeping things stirred
in the interest of newfangled notion? in education.
Detroit ia to be congratulated on the outcome of the
election." Even those opposing him did not doubt
his sincerity nor question his genuine interest in edu-
cational matters.
Dr. Henderson was a thirty- second degree Mason, a
member of Friendship Lodge, No. 417, A. F. & A. M.,
and became a member of Moslem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. He was a member of the John BoydeU Class,
Michigan Sovereign Consistory (Masonic), of June 1,
2, 3 and 4, 1B08, and was cla's valedictorian. He waa
at one time president of the East Side Physicians
Association and also an officer on the board of the
Samaritan Hospital. He belonged to the Wayne
County Medical Society and he manifested a deep
interest in everything that made for the betterment of
mankind and for progress along all lines of vital
interest to the race.
In 1909 Dr. Henderson was married to Miss Clara
J. C. Measel, the ceremony taking place at Washing-
ton, D. C, at the home of Rev, Dr. Wallace Eadcliffe,
who for a time was pastor of the Fort Street Presby-
terian church and was a personal friend of Dr. Hender-
son. Dr. and Mrs Henderson occupied a prominent
social position and had a very extensive circle of
friends in Detroit. The former was the first president
of the East Side Checker Club and it was hia pleasure
to play with Dr. Banka, the father of Newell Banks,
the champion checker player of the world. Dr. Hen-
'derson waa alwaya interested in politics, both local
and national, and while a republican, he became identi-
fied with the progressive movement which supported
Theodore Roosevelt. Dr. Henderson was possessed of
an exquisite tenor voice and while he never sang pro-
fessionally it was a source of great pleasure to hia
family and frienda. Because of his capability and hia
intense activity he was overburdened by the demands
made upon his time and energy and by reason of this
he suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he re-
covered, but three years later waa again stricken and
died on Itonday, July 4, 1916,
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Mrs HLnders n who 'urM es wis m her maiden
hood Miaa Llara J t Meaael ot Detroit &he received
her education at BoseviUe Macomb county Miehigin
where she wis born Her father and mother were also
natives of Bo=e\il!e born withia i short di-^tince of
each other Her grandfather John Meisel wis a
prominent landowner and was ible to ic^ve elch of
his eight ehildrtn eighty aires of lind ani to "Miss
( Inra s father was alfo given thp homestead with the
cattle and horses thereon Mrs Henderson is still
miking 1 er home at 'iZlS Mount Elliott street where
Dr Henderson spent the last years of 1 is life His
meraorv is today re^ orcd and honored by the e^ten
II'. e Pirele of friends whom he left behind anl who
recognized hjs loft'v patriotism his high prin iples anl
1 IB devotion to all tl it he beliLved woull be of benefit
to manLmi
JOSEPH M CROTSEE secretary ti elsurtr f the
Crotser Lun ber &. Fuel Compiny la one of Detroit s
leading lumbermen He is active heid of the compiny
ani his father Jospph O Crotscr who is president
IS identified with the concern m nime only Joseph
M Crotser is a nitiv e of Michigan his hirth having
( urred at King-Jey, on the 13th of April 18S6 a
son of Tosejh 0 and Ella (Snyder) Crotser He has
two sisters living Florence and Ellena
In the acquirement of an education Joseph M
Crotser attended the putlic schools of Kmgslei and
liter enrolled in the Ferris Institute Subsequenth
te became a student at the University of Michigan
ind was graduated from that univerfitj with the B
\. degree m l<tlO While a sti lent he was promment
m all lampus activities and ■yias an active member (f
the Amia fraternity a Masonic organization For
1 few years alter his graduation he worked ftr his
father who is one of the largest timber operatives
tf the country both in the woods on logging ]ohs ind
in the mills and in 1914 when the Mclvor Crotser
Lumber Company was formed with Joseph O ("rotser
ai president loseph M became vice president <£ the
eoncern ind Mr Mclvor secretary and treas irer
The concern wa? miorporated for some fifty thousaid
dollars In 191" Mr Mclvor sold his share m the
business ind the firm became the Crotaer Lumber i,
Fuel Compani The father remained with the com
pany m the capacity of president anl Prank C Dus
sell was made vice president, Joseph M becommg
secretary treasurer The capital stock of the company
was increased to two hundred thousand dollars m
March 1920 Their yard is Ircated at 10431 Grand
Eiver avtnut and the mim office is moat attractive
and orig nal It is built m bungalow fishion and
IS an example of the superior results that can be ob
tamed by the use of their lumber They are known
throughtjut the country as dealers both wtoUsale
ind retail of the highest grade lumber finishings and
fuel and they have established a reputation m lumber
circles thit is second to none
On thu ISth ot JuuL 1<»12 occurred the marriage
ot Mr (jrotser to Mias Maude Liwlor a daughter of
Henry and Anna Lawlor To their union one son
Joseph was born in June 1913
Since attuning hia majority Mr Crotser has been
a stanch supporter of the republican party, having
firm belief in the principles of that partj as factors in
good government Fraternally he is identitied with
the Masonsj being a member of the blue lodge No
22J at Traverse Citj Michigan the Shrme and eon
sistorv the Masonic Country Club and the Lions \s
one ot the c ty s most public spirited ind progressive
lusiness men he is i member of the Detroit Board of
Commerce ani along the line of his business is an
active member of the Detroit Li mber Dealers Associa
tion He IS fond of automobiling and is uonneited
with the Detroit Auto Club
THOMAb C\LNON Among thrae who hive passed
from the scene of earthh activity and have loft their
iraprebs upon the history of Detroit through their
prominent connection with business and public in
terests was numbered Thomas Calnon who was widely
known as a capatle and successful contractor He
was born m teene New Hampshire November 15
184b and was a son ot Edward and Mwy (Willaon)
Calnin The father came from Irelanl m which
countrv he had engagel m teaching and after living
fiT a time m New England he brought hia family to
Detroit in the spring of 1847, at which time Thomas
Cilnon of this review was but six months old Not
being able to secure a position as a tuacl er the father
accept el emplovment at the old Michigan Central
depot where he remained for manv jears
Thomas Calnon attended the public athools of De
troit but was largelj self educated and from the van
ous experiences of life was eontinualh gleaning some
lesson of worth and of value When a joung man he
entered the employ of a contractor and about the year
1875 having gained a vcr} complete knowledge of
every phase of the business he startei o it indepen
lently as a contractor His specialty was ornamental
plastering and he attained a position of leadership
m this field of labor During his best years Mr Cal
non had contracts for loiug much of the ornamental
plastering on the ceilings of some of the hneat homes
m the eitv For manj years he hai the school ton
tracts of Detroit anl one o£ his big contracts was the
Waine Ciuntv House at Eloise His proficiency in
his work brought him a very liberal patronage anl as
the V ears passed he gained i very gratifying anl sub
sfantial measure of suteess
On the 7th of November, 1S71 Mr Calnm was
united m marriage to Miss Margaret Hayes of De
troit the wedding being celebrated in Trinity church
They removed to the home on Marcy street which is
still occupied by their children Mrs Calnon was edo
latid m Trinitv School until the nuns m charge of
the sciool went south during the fiv 1 war jenod
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She afterward attended Miaa Kettie Manthestpr's fin-
ishing school, situated at the eornor of State and
Griswold streets. Mr. and Mrs. Calnon became par
cuts of eight children, seven of whom are living:
William L,, of Detroit, who ia publicity man for the
Near Bast Belief movement; Mary; rlorenee, the
wife of Ward Kinney of Los Angeles, California;
Margaret; Ceeilia, a teacher; Gertrude; and Ruth,
who IS the only woman finger print expert in Michi-
gan. All are at home with the exception of the
daughter, Mrs. Kinney. The wife and mother passed
away July 29, 1917, and this seemed to end all things
for Mr. Calnon. He immediately retired from aetive
busineas and did not long survive his wife, passing
away Sejitember 13, 1921. Thus, having been most
closely associated in an ideal family relation, they
were not long separated in death. In a review of
Mr. Calnon 'a life there is much of interest and mueh
that is worthy of commendation. He was too young
to enter the service at the time of the Civil war, but
notwithstanding this he went to Tennessee with the
troops and was in training while his father marched
with Sherman from Atlanta to the sea. He was
ever a stanch supporter of democratic principles and
for many years served as a member of the democrats
city central committee. Though many times impor-
tuned to do so he never would consent to hold public
office, having no personal political ambition, but he
fought steadfastly in support of the men whom he
believed were beat qualified for office. He was by
nature a man of domestic tastes who loved his home
and found his greatest happiness at his own fireside.
He thoroughly enjoyed good boots and spent much
of hia time m the perusal of the best literature,
acquiring thereby a splendid vocabulary and a per-
fect command ff English. Because of bii fitness for
leadership and hia stalwart championship of any cause
which he eapoused be became a powerful political in-
fluence in his ward, for he could not be bought nor
could he be swerved from a cause which he believed
to be right, but worked untiringly for principle. Quiet
m his demeanor, reserved and respected, he wai hon-
ored alike by associates, friends and acquaintances.
GEORGE J. SCHNEIDER The spirit of industrial
actiiity which leads to successful accomplishment
finds expression in George J. Schneider, who in 1906
e-ftablished hia present business as a manufacturer of
htamps for packers. Forceful and resourceful, he has
developed his interests along many lines and his sub
stantial worth is acknowledged by many of his col-
leagues and contemporaries. Born in Detroit, Feb-
ruarj' 16, 1871, he was educated in the public schools
of the city and afterward learned the trade of braaa
forging and al! kinds of electrical work while in the
employ of Fiank B. Ray.
Ambitious to engage in buaineas on his own account,
Mr. Schneider afterward organized the firm of Schnei-
der & Rtreeter and sometime later purchased the in
tere'Jt of his partner, conducting the business alone.
Eventually he sold out to the Detroit Electrical Heat-
ing Company. He was the pioneer m electrical heat-
ing in Detroit, thus instituting a business which has
now developed to lai^e proportions. After disposing
of his interests along that line he Joined the Cutler-
Hammer Manufacturing Company and was located in
Chicago and Milwaukee for a period. Beturning to
his native city, he afterward became interestoii in the
American Electric Heating Company, for which he
had been doing experimental and pioneer work for
some time. In 1906 he eatablished Ms present busi-
ness-— the manufacture of stamps for packers, and his
trade has grown to large proportions. For many years
he haa devoted much time to mechanical and reaearch
work and haa produced not a few new and valuable
devices, among which is a process of electrical weld-
ing which is conspicuously worthy of notice.
During the World war period Mr. Schneider gave
practically all of his time to experiments to assist the
United States and invented a valve for the Liberty
motor that would onquestionably ha\e been a'lopted
but for the signing of the armistice. He was a mem-
ber of the Naval Brigade under Captain Jake Lewis
during 1S16, but when America entered the war with
Germany he had passed beyond military age and he
turned to special work on caiasona for munition plants,
thus aiding his government through the line of his
mechanical ability.
' Mr. Schneider is a member of Kilwinning Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., and also of Peninsular Chapter,
R. A. M. He is a courteous and polished gentleman
and successful business man, who finds recreation in
hunting and boating and whose social qualities have
made for personal popularity, while his enterprise haa
been a dominant feature in his growing prosperity.
MRS. MILDRED A. BOLT. There are few, if any,
who have exerteii a more direct anil widely felt in-
fluence over literary culture and development in
Detroit than has Mrs. Mildred A. Bolt, teacher of
dramatic art, leader in the study of Shakespeare and
a prominent figure in the social circles of the city.
A native of Hillsdale, Michigan, she is a daughter
of James and Emily (Belden) Wade. Her father,
a soldier of the Civil war, was killed in battle and
the mother did not long survive his death. Mildred,
with an older sister, then went to Geneva, Ohio, to
live with her grandmother. There she became a stu-
dent in the Geneva Academy and after completing
her course in that school by graduation she went to
Erie, Pennsylvania, where she attended the Erie Art
School, ]iursuing courses in literature, art, dramatic
reading and expression. Having finished her studies
m Erie, she next matriculated in the Chicago Univer-
sity, where she took advanced work in the special
branches indicated and also made a specialty of the
study of 'Shakespeare. After completing her work in
tin' Chicago T'niveT'iity she came to Detroit to teach
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but soon, afterward was married here ta William I.
Bolt, a hardware merchant, who in addition to his
store conducted a plumbing and gaafitting department
Some time afterward Mrs. Bolt began to instruct
pupils in her homo along the linea in which she had
pursued her studies — dramatic art and expression—
and has continued hpr elaages since 1883 in literature,
dramatic art and Shakespeare. When the Shakespeare
Study Club, of which she has been a member from the
beginning, was organized, she was elected director
and has continued as sueh throughout the intervening
period to the present. The Shakespeare Club has a
membership of eighty and meets in the Federated
Clubs building. Mrs. Bolt also condueta an alumni
study club, composed of graduates from her cla^sea,
and they study only the drama. Under her direc-
tion the Shakespeare Club has produced numerous
playa at the club house, written by the Bard of Avon.
Mra. Bolt ia also a member of the Detroit Sorosis Club
and of the Parliamentary Law Club. Her teaching
and her work have been a most elevating influence
in the life of Detroit and the indication of her char-
acter and of her high standing in. the community ia
perhaps beat shown in an article which appeared in
The Club Woman, a Detroit publication of the local
olnba, as follows: "In November, 1906, a group of
women banded themselves together for the purpose
of studying the plays of William Shakespeare. Since
that time, nearly fifteen years ago, the club has had
a strong and steady development, growing yearly in
understanding, harmony, progress and illumination.
Such establishment, such growth and such harmony
could never have been achieved without the leader-
ship of the director of the club, Mrs. Mildred A. Bolt,
known and beloved of all clubwomen. Mrs. Bolt has
been at various times, treasurer of the Federation for
two years, vice president for two years, and a mem-
ber of the executive committee. She was also preai
dent of Detroit Sorosis for five years and vice
president of the Detroit Parliamentary Law Club.
"It is with a feeling of inadequacy that we
approach the privilege of paying tribute to our direc-
tor, as it is our joy so to call her. Only as a member
of Shakespeare Study Club, sitting week after week
under the fascination of her teaching, watching the
elearnesa of her thought, the love ahe radiates, the har-
mony she inspires, can one begin to sound the depths
of the beauty of her life and spirit.
"The master mind of William Shakespeare presents
an insight into human nature and its method of ex
presaing life energy that ia in itself an education,
but it requires the touch of one who lives in and
appreciates the verities of life to unfold the real
beauties contained in his expression. Such a one must
bring to the work the great gifts of life, the power
to love deeply, to forgive much, to understand and
appreciate what each human is trying to express of
the Divine, to know that through all the trials and
mistakes and hardships and seeming unlo^ elinesi,
shines a beauty and a love and a nobility that be-
speak the true birthright. And these in full measure
does our director bring. Every word spoken, every
look of recognition and understanding from her eyea,
every handclasp, every contact made, strengthens and
encourages and inspirea each and every member of
her class.
"Words fail to express the rich deposit of treasure
she has made in the lives of those who have the
privilege of this association with her. All that we
might aay would be too little, but we are happy to
have this opportunity to pay to her the tribute of
our gratitude, our love and our appreciation. May
the years ahead continue long to bestow upon us the
benefit of the breailth of her vision, the joy of her
love and friendliness and the beauty and radiance of
her spirit.''
BICHARD S. WOODLIFF. Among tho moat promi-
nent and rapidly developing business enterpnaes of
Detroit ia the Great Lakes Finance Corporation, of
which Richard S. WoodliH ia vice president. For many
yeara he has been actively identified with the legal
profession, in which he has won prominence and dis-
tinction, and he ia a man of energy and determination
who carries forward to a anecesaful termination what-
ever he undertakes. Mr. Woodliff ia a native of Michi-
gan, his birth having occurred in Jackson county on
the 10th of July, 1S66. His parenta were William and
Rosina L. (Harmon) WoodlifE, the former a native of
Lincolnshire, England, while the latter was born in
Batavia, New York. When sixteen years of age the
father emigrated to the United States, becoming a
resident of Clyde, New York, where he remained for
a year and then came to Michigan, establishing his
home in Jackson county. After reaching mature years
he followed agricultural pursuits for a time and then
turned his attention to merchandising, in which he
met with a subttantial measure of success, continuing
active along that line until his demise, which occurred
in Jackson county in 1900. The mother survived him
for three years, pasiing away in 1903. In their
family were four children, namelj-; Alfred, and Mrs.
Ar villa O. GiUespie, both of whom are living in
Jackson county) Mra. Mary A. Ecker, who lives in
Hudson, Lenawee county; and Eichard 8., of this
In the acquirement of an education Mr WoodlifE
attended the grammar and high schools of Jackson,
Michigan, after which he entered the law department
of the State University and was graduated in 1889
with the LL. B. degree. He started upon the work of
his profession at Jackson, there remaining until 1910,
when he came to Detroit and was not long in demon-
strating his ability to cope with the intricate problems
of the law. His knowledge of the principles of juris-
prudence is comprehensive and exact and he has been
very successful in the conduct of cases entrusted to
his care. As the years have passed his practice has
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stealiK gruwn m \olvimp and importime ini his
ability 1' attested not onlv bj his profes'iionil eol
leagupB but by the general pubhe -la well
Thia, however, constitutes bat one phlse of Mr
Wooiliffs actiMtiea, for on the llth of November,
1920, he became one of the organizers of the Great
Lakes Finance Corporation, which was estibh^hed for
the purpose of financing those desirous of secnrint,
homes The enterprise has enjovei a prosperous
growth from its inception and already the company
hia been ol liged to seek Hrger quirters its present
If Tti'n being in the New Telegraph building The
Lompanv IS eipitalized for one million dollars and its
ofticcri are Burton Parker, president, Richard S
■Wnodliff, first Mce president, Edwin J Curts secre
tiry treasurer, Clarence H Stannus, vice president
-inl D W Closser, general counsel A branch ffffiee
has been established %i Grand Rapids, Michigan, and
ovimg to his legil acumen, enterprise md progressive
ness Mt VioodJifE has been a leading factor in the
development of the business, which is now assuming
i,\tenHi^ e proportions He is also Lonnected with
other interests, being a director of the Eeal Estate
Trust Comp'iny of Detroit
^t Spring Arbor, Jackson cfunty Michigan on the
29th of September 1890, Mr WooilhfF was united in
marriage to Mils Came A Lockwooii, i daughter of
Mr itid Mrs Loren G LocLwood pron ment residents
of Spring 4rbor, Michigan Two children have been
born of this uni<m Clvie L, the elder, born m Jack
ion in 1891, la a graduate of the gramtu'ir md high
schools of that city and la now engaged m the building
business m Detroit He married Misa Viola G Schulta
if thia citj, and thev haie a daughter, Virginia
Schulta Helen M , the younger of the two children,
WHS born in Jackson m ISW and is i student it the
LniVLrsity of Michigan
Mr Woodhff gnea his political allegiance to the
republican pirtj and his religious faith la indicated by
1 13 tttendance it the Methodist Episcopal church He
is ■» member of the Inn Arbor ChambPr of Commerce,
IS ilso conne.ted with the Detroit Automobile Club
ind friternilh is identified with the Knights at
Pithns Mr WoodlifB is essentially a member of the
diss of doers He hia never been content to choose
the second best but has ever held to high ideals and
the veira hive chronicled his growing success along
commercnl is well is professional lines
AITbUST P4SCHKE Throughout his entire life
August Pischke has shown the utmost devotion to his
business inH his close applicition his thoroughness
and energi have been the salient and aubatantial fea
tnres in his success He was born in Germany where
he spent the first e ghteen years of his life and then
determined to try his fortune m the United fetites—
1 determination which he h-js nei er regretted, for here
he found the business opportnnities which he sought
and in their utilization his giined the desired sue
made his
ng period
cess On landing on imencu
way at once to Detroit and in
his alwais resided m this city He estibliahed his
lumber business in 1885 ind as the years hive gone
on his pitronage has increased His spacious yards
md planing mill stand aa monuments to his enter
prise, his diligence and his capable business manage
ment He now furnishes all kinds of lumber and
interior finish for building operations and has a splen
did plant loeited at 1375 Belle\ue avenue
Mr Pischke was united m marriage to Miss Mmnie
Natchel and they now hue four sons and two daugh
ters Herman, August, Piul Arthur Ida and Emma
The diughter Ida is now the wife of A H Roehra
The sons August and I lul ire associited in business
with their father ind th-- firm does a greit imount
of building in adiition to the manufacture and sile
of lumber
Mr Pischke is a member of the Benevolent Protec
tive Order of Elks and loyilly aiherea to its purposes
His has been in actiie and useful life He his con
fined his ittention almost solelj to his business affairs
and through hird work and constant ittention to his
interests his deieloped a tride of lery substantial
iroportiono so that success is now his Eor thirty
six VLara he his been engiged in the lumber trade in
Detroit and from early minhood his resided m this
eiti, where he has a \^r^ wide and favonble
acquaintance
HAEVEY C ERUEHAur socretarj i
of the Fruehauf Trailer Company, one of the pioneer
trailer minuficturing concerns of the country, was
born m Detroit, Ju)> 30, 18% and is a son of iuguat
and Miry Fruehiuf He ittended the public schools
of this cily ind entered the business world in cOQ
nection with a banking institution in which he rose
from the position of bookkeeper to thit of coramer
cial teller His fither August Fruehauf, hii up to
this time been i prominent and successful blacksmith,
hiving a reputation excelled bv none Among his
atquiintances were several prominent lumbermen who
knew of his work in carnage repiirmg ind among
these were Lowrie md Bobmson who suggestel the
idei ot 1 tnilfr that woull permit the hauling of far
heaiier and larger loads than trucks could cirry but
which would have the power to pull in addition to
their own capacity The outgrowth of the experi
mentil work wis a perfected tniler that has revolu
tionized trucking md hiubng The present Fruehauf
trailer la the result of the work of CTperts to achieve
the ultimate m trailer construction and is idmittedly
the superior of other mikes of trailers on the market
todiy Har\ev C Priiehiuf his been closely identi
fied with the Fruehiuf Trailer Tompmy sin e li>15,
when he give up his other interests to develop fur
ther the scope md actii ities of the compinv In
a large degree the success of the enterprise can be
attributed to his efforts Ho has made a dose study
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of every phise of the businisa and hi^ energy, deter
mination and progressi^ eneas hive been salient fea
tures m the promotion of suecfsi The manufacture
of the trucks was first conducted m the old blacksmith
shop on Gratiot avenue but during the year 1<'21 the
company ]no\ ed to a, new and modern plint al Har
per street and the Detroit Terminal Eiilruil -where
it has over twenty thousind square feet of floor ipace
and employs seventy five mtn The stopt of the busi
ness 18 national, ilthough the sales up tt the present
time hav e been latgeli in the '.tate of Michigan as
the state seems able to utili/e uearU all of the out
put of the companj i fictorv The Fruehauf tnvlers
have saved their users thousanis of dollars in tnns
portation coats
Mr and Mrs Truehauf li n e two children Mr
Fruehauf has always been a stalwart republican in
Lis political MCWS and fritornally he is connected
with the Benevolent Protettne Order of Elks He is
also a member of the Board of Commerce ind thus
manifests hia interest in all that pertains to the wel
fare and progress of his communits He is likewise a
member of the Michigan Manufacturers' Association
and IS much concerned in the questions vital to the
establishment of normal and of progrtisii e conditions
in relation to manufacturing mteri.st'!
HUBERT E NOETHRUP, M D, now engaged in
the practice of medicine in Detroit, is numbered among
the native sons of Michigan, for his birth occurred m
Stanwood on the 19th of November, 1887 He comes
of Canadian ancestry, his parents being Dr James 1
and Marv E (Powers) Northrup, both of -whom weri.
born near Aylmer, Ontario and came to Michigan m
1878 Here the father entered upon the practice ot
mediLine, which he followed in the vicinity of De
troit from 1891 until 1919, mostlv in the village of
Ttiver Eouge He is still an active repiesentativ e ot
the profession and he and his wife are now living in
Belleville, Michigan Their family numbered three
sons, all of whom have betome xepresentativ es of pro
feasional life Of these Dr William F Northrup is
engaged in dental practice in Detroit, and H Murray
Northrup is a metallurgist with the Hudson Motor
Car Company
Dr Hulert E Northrup attended the graded schools
of River Rouge and tl e Delraj high school, from which
he was graduated with the class of 190b He then
entered the Detroit College of Medicine and completed
his course m 1912 after which he began practice in
Highland Park He has speoialiEed m obstetrics and
gynecology and has built up a very lirge and lucra
tive practice his position being now an enviable one
aa a representative of the medical fraternity He is
serving as head of tl e obstetrical staff of the nevv
Highland Park Hospital and belongs to the Wayne
County Medical Society, the Michigan State Medical
Association and the American Medical Association
During the World war he was Lommissinned a first
lieutenant m the Mednal Corps in 1 '18 and assigned
to duty at Lamp Custer, -where he remained until dis
charged in February, 1919
On the 17th of September, 1<H3 Dr Northrup was
married to Miss Edna M Lamb, daughter of Edwin
M Lamb, of Detroit They reside at 38 Glendale
avenue, Highland Park and are charter members of
the Highland Park Baptist church The Doctor is a
member of Highland Park Lodge, No 468 P & A M ,
and Highland Park Commandery, Knights Templar
He also belongs to the Rotary < lub and the Burch
Hill Golf Club His life is actuated 1 y a spirit of
advancement that prompts him to attain the utmost
degree of proficieniv possible m his chosen calling and
m the discharge of his duties he is most thorough and
conscientious He has made a creditable name and
place, idding ntn laurels to the medical record that
has ling been aisociattd with tlie name of Northmp
in Michigan
JOHN S\\ ^.N-'ON, spcretarj treasurer and general
manager ot the W estem Gear Manufacturing Com
pany of Detroit was born m Sweden, an I came to
America in 1905 He was at thit time unfamiliar
with the English languige but he quicMj
the tongue and also becime an espert
successful manufacturer Jt was after he crossed the
Atlantic that he learned his trade For a time ha
was in the emplov of the Stu lebaker Corporation and
was also with the firm of Henry Ford & Son He
likewise spent some time with 'Van Dorn & Dutton,
but throughout the period vsaa ambitious to engage
in business on his own account and carefully saved
his earnings until he fi.lt that his industry and eeon
omy had brought to him sufScient capital to justify
the carrying out of his long iherished plan In 1915,
therefore, he established and incorporated the West
em Gear Manufacturing Company of which he is
the secietary treasurer and general manager This
company is engaged m makini, gears and doing gen
eral maihine work and today employs fifty five people.
Mr Swanson has been the guiding genius of the bust
ness from the beginning and his success is due in a
very large measure to his efforts He is today recog
nized as an expert machinist and successful mana
thoroughly progressive m all that
idertakes md he accomplishes whatev er lie
Anna
parents of two children
attempts
Mr Snanson -was united i
Palm and they ha-ve become
Tohn Earl Robert and Harrv Leonard Vincent
Swanson is a member of Palestine Lodge, A F &
4 M He likewise belongs to the American Gear
Manufacturers Association, and in Detroit is con
nected with the Board of Commerce being much in
terested in all of the plans and purposes of that or
ganization for the upbuilding and ievelopment ol
the city and the maintenance of its civic standards.
His religious faith is indicated m his membership in
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the Saelish Mission chureli whiih 13 situated ^t the
corner of Fourteenth and Aatomette strceta In all
matters of public concern he stands one hundred per
cent Amernin and his cooperation ein it al! times
be counted upon to furthtr anv pHns for the generil
DANIEL N. LTNDHEy, a native of Michigan and
a member of one of the pioneer families of the state,
hai for twenty two years been identified with the
business development of Detroit and throughout the
period has been connected with the iState Creamer)'
Company, of which he is now aervjng as superintend-
ent, this being one of the larjjest enterprises of the
kind in the city. He was born in Genesee county,
March 10, J 879, a son of David A. and Jennie
(Michael) Lindsey, the former a native of Canada
and the latter of France. They came to Michigan
at an early period in their Uvea, locating at Bay City,
and there tho father engaged in lumbering. Subse-
quenlly he removed to Saginaw, where he continued
his opprations along that line until his demise. The
mother also passed away in that city. In their fam-
ily were three children: Eobert, now a reiident of
Little Eock, Arkansas; Mrs John Miller of Detroit;
and Daniel N.
In the acquirement of an education Mr. Liod'jey
attended the village school at Goodrich, Michigan,
and after completing his high school course he entered
Devlin's Commercial College, in which he completed
a course in business administration m 1898. He after
ward engaged in farming, also working for a railroad
and along various other lines, finally establishing a
milk business at Jackson, Michigan, which he con-
ducted successfully for some time and then sold. In
19nn he came to Detroit and in aaaociation with others
organized the State Creamery Company, which now
has a substantial modem building at No. 2449 East
Grand bonlevard. It is supplied with the most modern
pijuipment and is kept scrupulously neat and clean,
the most perfect sanitary conditions being maintained.
Ma Lindsey occupies the position of superintendent
and with the growth of the city the enterprise has
expanded, sixty people now being required to handle
the output The products of the company have ever
been characterized by parity and excellence and con-
sequently are in constant demand by those who desire
onlv the best in creamery products.
On the Sth of January, 1900, Mr. Lindsey was united
in marriage to Mi's Maude Aekley, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Aekley, prominent residents of
this city. Two children have been bom of this union:
Ruth, who was born in 1901 and is a high school
graduate; and Merwyn, who is attending high school.
The family are members of the Baptist church and
Mr. Lindsey is a member of the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers, while his political allegiance is
given to the republican party. His enterprise, capable
management and untiring labors have been strong fac-
tors in the develcpment of one of the leading cream-
ery enterprises in the city vad success has rewarded
his efforts because his activities have been intelligently
directed and because honest purpose has guided him
in all of his business relations
WILLIAM J. STOEEN". Among the leading con-
tracting firms of Detroit is numbered the George E.
Cooke Company, of which for the past five years
William J. Storen has been superintendent, and his
intelligently directed efforts and devotion to the in-
terests in his charge have been very important factors
in the success which has attended the activities of
the corporation during this period. He was born in
Eockford, Illinois, July II, 1872, a son of Michael and
Catherine (Bowen) Storen, who were also natives of
that state. The father was a successful building con
tractor of Eoekford. He and the mother have both
passed away. In their family were four children:
Theodore, John, Mark and William J., all residents
of Eoekford except the subject of this review.
In the grammar and high schools of his native city
Mr. Storen obtained his education and afterward
assisted his father, with whom he remained for five
years, during which period he acquired a thorough
knowledge of the contracting business. He then went
to Chicago, where he entered the employ of the Alli"!-
Chalmers Company, remaining in their service until
1900, when ho engaged in work in the canal district
between that city and Lockport. He was thus occu-
pied until 1905, when he secured a position with the
Federal Stone & Construction Company, with which
he wai identified until 1907, and was then connected
with the engineering department of the Michigan
Central Bailroad at .Toilet, Illinois, until 1910. In that
year he came to Detroit and was appointed assistant
superintendent of public works of Highland Park,
afterward being made superintendent, and continued
to act in that capacity until 1917. He then accepted
the position of superintendent with the contracting
firm of George E. Cooke & Company and has since
had charge of building construction. Broad esperience
has made him exceptionally well qualified for the
duties which devolve upon him in this connection and
his thorough reliability, combined with his enterprise
and ability, make his services very valuable to the
firm.
On the 25th of June, 1902, Mr. Storen was united
in marriage to Miss Lillian Kaveney of Joliet. Hli-
nuis, and they have three children: Howard, whose
birth occurred in Joliet, December 22, 1904, is a
graduate of the Highland Park high school and is now
a student at the University of Detroit: William, who
was born in Joliet, April 12, 1908, is also attending
Detroit University; and Mark, who was born in iToliet,
July 20, 1910, IS a pupil of St. Bridget's School at
Highland Park.
The family arc communicants of the Roman Catho-
lic church at Highland Park and Mr. Storen is a
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foiirtli degree Kn gl t of Col nb h le 1 e b ilso
onnected th the Fellow aft Atl let e Club In
191S he vas elected comm 3 oner of H ghland Park
fill ng that office for one term Thnro ghnesa s one
of h B marked oh'iraeter at c^ ■ind he hia e er ende-i
ored to perform h 3 duty ac 0 1 ng to the beBt of h a
ab lity h a ottent on be ng concent ated pon the
work n wh h he s engaged H s eo se h b been
n arked bv ntegr ty an 1 honor n e ery relat on and
con mindB tor h m tl e reiieet and confiden e of all
th whom he has been aaao atel
WILLIAM C. WEISKE, whoBe initiative spirit and
powers of organization have found expresBion in the
development of the Laraed Tool & Die Company, of
which he is the president, ia keeping it not only in
line but rather in the lead among the entecpiisoa of
this character in Detroit. He ia a native of the city,
hia birth having occurred on the 8th of February,
1877, and his parents were Fred and Mary (Schulzl
Weiake, both of whom were born abroad and came
to the United States about 1865. The father was a
marble cutter by trade and auecessfully engaged in
that businesa until his demise. The mother ia now
making her home in Detroit. In their family were
five children, one of whom has passed away. Thoae
living are: Fred, a resident of Ecorse, Michigan;
Mrs. Ann Poock of Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Adeline Bit-
ter, now a resident of Ecorse; and William C, of thii
After completing his grammar school course in
Detroit, William C. Weiske worked at various occu
pations, finally securing a position with the Detroit
Free Press, where he learned the trade of a mechanic.
He then entered the mechanical department of the
Packard Motor Car Company, with which he was
connected for fonr years, during which period he rose
to the position of foreman of the experimental de-
partment. On severing his relations with that firm
he became foreman for the Hudson Motor Car Com
pany, with which ho remained for a year, and then
joined the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. For
ten years he was employed in the experimental depart-
ment of that corporation as foreman, winning the
respect and esteem of his superior officers and fellow
workers, who at his resignation tendered him a finp
testimonial of their regard. In 1917 he organized the
Lamed Tool & Die Company, of which he ia now
president anii manager, the other officers being: H. J.
Le Beau, vice president, and H A. Dorman, secretary
and treasurer. From its inception the business has
enjoyed a steady growth and the company now has
a fine modern, well equipped plant, in which from
fifty to Beventy-flve persons are employed. Mr.
Weiske 's long experience as a mechanic has made him
an expert at his trade and this practical knowledge,
combined with his sound judgment, untiring energy
and marked executive ability, have enabled him so to
manage the afEairs nf the company that ita business
has si 0 n a rap 1 growth The excellence of the
output comn auds for t 1 re dy B le ind fh s a reeog
n zed as one f the lead ng n nufict r ng enterpr sea
of the e tj
Mr We ske his been married t v e In 1903 ho
wedde3 M ss M nn 0 Schulz a da ghter of Mr anl
Mrs Mart n S hulz well knovn res dents of th 3
ty "^he passed imy n 1913 lea ^ng a son Wl
1 m M who as born n Det 0 t Julv 9 191'' and
a no V attening f hool On the ''i of Septembe
1919 M We ke as un ted n ma r age to M ss
Dorothj K ng, a daughter of Mr nd Mri Tos K ng,
members of a prominent family of Wyandotte,
Michigan.
In his political views Mr. Weiske ia a republican
and hia public spirit finds expression in his member-
ship in the Detroit Board of Commerce, whose projecta
for the development of the industrial interests of
the city meet with his hearty cooperation. Fraternally
he is identified with the Masons, and he ia also a mem-
ber of the Masonic Country Club and the Detroit
Automobile Club. He has led an active and useful
life, employing every opportunity to advance, and
his present success is entirely attributable to his own
labors, his close application and his laudable ambi-
tion. He is a man of high personal standing, of
marked business integrity and ability, and the ster-
ling worth of hia character is recognized by all with
whom he has been associated. He resides at 4450
Helen avenne.
E. G. BRAIN, M. D,, one of the able young represen-
tatives of the medical profession in Detroit, ia fast
forging to the front by reason of his pronounced skill
and efficiency in the field nf medical science. His
birth occurred in Waterloo, Canada, on the 2d of
April, 1894, his parents being A. F. and Margaret
Emily (Price) Brain, who have spent their lives in
the Dominion. The father is a government employe,
who for many years has held the position of Domin-
ion inspector of the distillerips of Canada. The two
sons of the family are: Beginald I., a practicing phy-
sician of Detroit; and B. G., of this review.
The latter obtained his early education in the ele-
mentary schools of his native country and after com-
pleting a collegiate course came to Detroit, here enter-
ing the Detroit College of Medicine, from which bo
was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1917. He
then acted as an interne in Harper Hospital of De-
troit for one year, on the expiration of which period
he returned to Canada and enliated for service in the
World war, joining the medical department of the
Cana'Iian army. He waa commissioned a captain with
the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and sent overaeas,
where he was placed on duty at a baae hospital in
England. After a year of moat creditable military
service he returned to America in 1919 to resume the
pursuits of civil life and again entered Harper Hos-
pital as houie physician, remaining in that capacity
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tor twelve months In 19 0 i e took up tie pr ate
pra t ce of mod ne and surgery n Detro t here he
has alreadj won ell mer ted recogn t on and su cess
■md a now a corded a 1 ber-il patronage He a al o
serv g IS ih3S e an -md surgeon to the Detro t Ho ae
of Correct on i on tl e stiff o£ Hirper Ho?p tal and
med al member o£ the Fed ral Enrollment Boarl As
a member of the 1^ ayne County Med eal So etv the
M h gan State Med oal feo etj -mi the Am r cin
Med cal Asso at on he keeps n eloae touch v. th the
advineed thougl t inl progreas of tie profess on
Dr Brim g es h a pol t cal alleg an e to the re
pnbl an party ani a i worthy esemi lar of the
teach ngs a d purposes of tie Mason e f -iter t
He also belo gs to the Mason c Country Club vh le
h a rel " 0 3 fa th a nd eated by h a membe ah p n
the Ep scopal church He is popular n both soe al
and profeaa onal c rclea of Detro t and n h s i aet ce
haa adhered to an h h gh eth ca a d ata I r 1'5 as 1 ave
ga ned h m the re pect an I confiden en h i j rofea
B onal colleagues a d o temjori ea
do
of
RICHAED HIGHS'^ who
ma ent ous o k as auper ntendent of publ oar ce
Pa k ha ng served n that capac tv for
the pa
fo r
lat
of 1
th
havng occ r el on tie 31at f J !y 18 " and h s
parents Roland E and El zabeth (Evinq) Hughes
ve e both born n that country Ther eame to the
Un ted "States n the SOa loeat ng at Ph ladelph a
PennsTlvan a and the father becan e uper ntend nt
of a large estate He a it II a re de t of that c ty
and the mother also surv es They have rear d a
f am ly of four cl llren namely Har s Mrs Jean
nette Wagner and Mrs 4nna Kemp all of whom are
1 V ng n Ph ladelph a and Eichard
In the gramn ar anl h gh schools of Br>n M wr
Pennsvlvan a R cha d Hughes ae^u red h s educat o
and subsequently he 1 e amo ma ager of a large estate
wh le dur ng that per od he also bu It what s kno vn
as the Wl te House bi the Sea and th s he uecess
fuUj conducte 1 for a umber of yeari In 1913 he
can e to Detro t and jo ned the G or e R Pooke Com
panv a large co tract ng firm of th a c tv w th whom
he rema ned for four years leav ng its employ to be
come Bupen tendent of publ c w rka for H ghla 1
Pa k 1<H7 in wh ch capac tv he h a a nee ser ed
H s broad hua nesa xj er enc a d tl o o gh knowl
e\ge of construct on work well qual fv hn for the
poa t on and as t has ever been h a earnest endeavor
to I erf orm I s lut es accord ng to the best of h a
lb 1 ty ha serv ces have been e t rely sat sfa torv
Mr Hughes was un ted m marr age to Miss Anna
Vannotte a daughter of Mr and Mrs Da d Vannotte
of Ph ladelph a Her dem se occurred at H ghla d
Park on the 4th of July 1Q21 She had become the
nofher of three eh Idren Roland the 1 lest waa bom
Phlalelpha n 1SQ7 and attend 1 Brown I er
s t H a able fina c e and save nnectel
w th th Inter at onal Bank ng Con pa of bl angha
Ch na He s marr d and h s two ch Idren Joy a d
R chard the next n the fam ly a R chard Kenneth
ho was born a Ph ladelph a n 1901 and obta nel
I « e iueat n tl e gra u ar an 1 h gh schools of that
c ty He s ass atant pavn aster on tl e X7n ted States
(, u ser Crane and s atat oned at &an D ego Cal for
D a John McCaD whoao b rth o urred n Ph ladel
ph a n 1<)07 s attend ng school n Detro t
In pol t cal matters Mr Hughes n a nta os an n
dependent att tude and he s a Kn ghts Tenpla
Mason wh le he s also onneeted w th the D tro t
\utomob le Club De ot on to d tj s one f h a
marked character at ea and hs ntegi tj and 1 onestj
ha e e er rema ned unqu st oned He s a n an of
esolute purp s and marked st ngth of character
whose advan ement has been won ent relv through h s
own eff rts and h s nd v lual qual t a are a eh aa
I a e f,a ned for h m warm dud end ing reg-i d
■\INCFNT C TROMBLH a nat ve on of Det ot
nd a rei reaenf at ve of one of the p oneer fam 1 ea
of M ch gan s a n ember of the Trombly & Sons
Eum ture Company cond ct ng one of the old and
I able enterpr aes of th a eha i ter n the c tv the
1 s ne e ha ng 0 g nail} be n establ shed by h a
tati er and f r n any years the fam ly name haa been
a prom nent and honored one n commer al o r lea
of let 0 t Mr T ombly waa bor July 11 188d and
s a son of U rles E and Kather ne (H nry) Trombly
tl e former a nat ve of U h gan and a men ber of a
veil kno n p one r fam ly of the state wh le the
latter waa born n New To k state and came to Detro t
as a oung g rl Here she waa educated and married
and Mr Tro bly entered nercant le c rcles of the
ty n I'iaZ open ng a store at the corner of Chene
and Mouroe streets Th a I e aueceaafully conducted
for a mber of years anl then eatahl h i a fum ture
stor on East Jefferson atreet start g w th a so all
stock and rap dlv hu Id ng up an e terpr se of large
proport ona The hua ness vas later take over by
h s so a a d Mr Tromblv Sr a now a real estate
oierator n wh ch field he has also met v tl au cesa
m<t ta n ng an ofB. e on Wtah ngton bo le ard n th s
t Mrs Tromblv a 1 ng and thev have reared
fam ly of e ght ch Idren Harvev E Mr" Lloyd
HU Le ter Sta lev Certrude Cha le? Harrv anl
Ym etc all res dents of Detro t
In the acqu rement of an educat on Mr Tromblv
attended the gramn ar and higl aehool f Detro t and
after complet ng h 'i stud es he entered 1- s father a
fum ture store wh cl he has cont nued to conduct
When Mr Tromblv Sr w thlrew from the bus ness
V ncent C Tron bh nd h s brother Harvey F took
0 er h s ntcreats and are now suocosaf lly carrv e
on the enterpr se under the stvle of the Tro nblv
Sons Fum ture Company They carry a large stock
f h gl g aJe furn ture attr t vely d splayed and
la e le lojei I rge t ade dra n" the r patronage
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not only from the imiieii'ite m, t,li' orhoo 1 but al'O
from resideats of West Detroit Their reaaonable
prices and fair dealing ha^ e eonit tuted the f ounda
tion of their present sucoesa for ther havo e\er found
that honesty is the best polity in all buaineia trans
-ictions, and their reputation la eomnier lal circles of
Detroit is an enviable one
On the 1st of June, 1911 Vincent C Tromblv was
united in marriage to Mis' Grace Shanahan a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Shanahan well known residents
of this city. Mr, and Mrs Ttombly I a\ o two chil Iren
Mary Evelyn, who was born n. 191„ and Vin ent L
Jr., whose birth occurred in 1''13 The^ ire natu es
of Detroit and both are now in school Mr Trombly
is a communicant of the Eoman Citbolie chnrch and a
member of the Knights of Columbi s in which he has
taken the third degree while his political allBgianee
is given to the republican partj He is an industrious
progressive young man of marked bnsine'is integrity
and ability and a loyal publ c spirited citizen deeply
interested in all that concerns the welfare and progress
of Detroit, to which he is contributmg in substantial
measure through the suceciful coniuLt of one of the
leading furniture houses of the c t\ and he enioys
the esteem and goodwill of an eitensne circle of
GEORGE JEROME KOLOWICH, president and one
of tbe founders of the Merchants & Mechanics Bank
of Hamtramck, is a well known figure m banking an 1
financial circles and an able financier and banker of
more than ordinary ability who has jronoted tie
success of the institutions of nhieh he is the exec i
tive head, by systematic and frogrcsiive wort \.
native son of Detroit, he was born Petruarv 1, 18<l
of the marriage of Adolph and Kate (Nowak) Kolo
wich, natives of Poland who eniigrated to the Unitpd
States in 1887, taking up their reiilenee in Detro t
The father has been prominently identified with
business and religious activities here organizing St
Francis' Catholic church and later St John s Catho
lie church of Delray, now a part of the city of Detroit
He engaged in the dry goo]^ lusmeis in Delray unt 1
1011, when he removed to Hamtram k being the first
13 business on the highwi>
ces>"fil m the i-onduct
id 13 now living retired
nient of a well earnei
es and tl ey arc promi
nont and highly respected residents of their com
munity. Their family numbered twelve chil Iren two
of whom are deceased those who survive being
Johanna, Lottie, George J Alphoaie Theresa Gcr
trude, Florence, Alice, Celesta and Irwm
In the acquirement of an e lucation George Jerome
KolowJch attended the schools of Delrav until hi'
twelfth year, when he became a pupil m the Morlev
School at Detroit, after which he enterel the Detroit
merchant
of the village, which has sii
oughfare. He was veri s
o£ his commercial interests
in Hamtramck, in the enii
rest. The mother also surv
Lommerc ^1 College 'vvhere he completed
course He secured a clerical position with the De
troit White Lead Work3 receiving for hjs services
a salarj of fifteen dollars per month bi t at the end
of a year he severed his connection with that cor
j-oration and ai.ceptel a clerkship with the oil Michi
gan S4Ving8 Bank of Detroit He wa>" thus uonnected
for a year and fl en entered the Peninsular State
Bank having ehirge of the transit an 1 learing house
department At the end of four jear^ he gave up
that loiition and in 191 in asso lation with his
father established a real estate bu''ints^ in Ham
tran ck aho organizing the First State Bank of Ham
tram k but at the expirati n of a i ear they dis
1 osed of their ntereots in the latter ei terpnse In
191S they established the Merchants t Mechanics
Bank a private banking inst tution and after a ihort
time Mr Kolowich purchased his father a interest
and has since conlucted the business independently
lev eloping one of the rapidly growing financial enter
irises of the eitv He laters to the working ilaases
to whom le extends loans thus aidii g them to gain
% start m life anl owing to his tuimcss 'Jagscity
n arked executiv o ability and un questioned integ
ritv he has won the confidence and 'Jupport of the
public The complex problems of banking are thor
oughly familiar to him anl he has labored effectively
to broaden the s ope of the institution which was m
Lorj.orated with a capital stock of one hundred thou
sand lollars Mr Kolowich erected m 1931 a fine
bank building at Michigan and Junction avenues and
on August 15 1031 he opened the Merchinti &
Mechanius Bank therein wh ch has shown a lig sue
cess Still further broadening the secpe of h s m
terests in the banking business Mr Kolowich estab
1 shed the Mer hanti & Mechan cs Bank at Milwaukee
av enue and Chene street which was opened June 5
1922 and has also shown a mo'it substantial growth
He If meeting with conspicuous success m the conduct
f hi? finincial affairs His initiative spirit and re
soureetul business ab lit y have led tt his identifica
tion with other hues of activity and he is likewise
president of the First '^ttte Mortgage Company and
VHC president ii I treai rer of the Motor Vehicle
Products Company His connection with ai v enter
prise insures a prosperous outton e of the same for
he po'sesses a resolut will and marked strength of
character which enable him to carry forward to a
successful termination whatever he undertakes
On the Ist of Ftbruiry 191" Mr Kolowich was
united in marr age to Miss Irene Acker a daughter
of George and Hattie Acker of this c ty To this
union haa been born two sons George J Jr whose
birth occurred at Hamtramck September fi 1918
a.nd Hugh born June 1" 1921 Mr Kolowich is a
Eoman Catholic m religiois faith and his political
allegiance is given to the republican partv He has
been callei to public office lavmg been elected jus
tice of the peace of Hamtram k in 1930 his term
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t^pmng in ]02i He la tbe jomgest man in the itite
to fill that ofliee bemg but twenty three yeits of age
it the timp of his eleLtion and he la proving \ery
capable and efficient m discharging the duties which
devohe upon him m this connection He i"! a young
man of eitceptional business ability whose forceful
ness keen discrimination and ready undtrstandinj; of
iii\oKed interests have made him ons of the chief
fictora in the promotion of the commercial an 1 finan
lal mtereits of Detroit anil nudging bv what he
has already aceomj lished the future holds for him
practicilly unl mited ;
JOHN" T BOONE Broad experience tlorougl
training an 1 inherent talent have brought Tohn T
Bione to a poi tion of prominence as an automotii
ngmeer and the unjortance ana ^alue of his work m
tins connection have gainel for him wide recognition
He maintai is officer in the Garfield building of Betroit
and hiB professional aefuces are in constant requiai
tion bv lea Sing industrial firms of the citv He is a
native of the south h s birth having OLi,urrel in
Vieksburg Mississippi on the 2 th of December 18R7
ind his parents were John L and Bosa A (Poiesta)
Boone the f orn er of whom was born in Ohio an i the
latter in Missis'jippi Mrs Boone s fatl er was a native
of Frincp and her mother a native of Italy and both
cane to the United States at an early period in their
1 les their marriage o currmg m the state of Missis
Bifp Mr Boono was an hontr d veteran of th(
( ivil war in which he served as a pri\ate in the
Union armi After rece vmg his discharge he settled
m the south and became prominently identified with
1 avigation iitereats bcioming the owner of a fleet
of pais nger and tug boats operating on the lower
Misaissipp Tiier and maintaining h s headquarters at
"V icksl-urg He pasaeJ away at Troy Ohio The
mother sinnes and atill makes her home m that citv
Their family nnml-ered three children Joseph E who
for a period of about twenty years has ser\cl as a
petty ofacer m the United States nav\ Alma P who
IS a resident of Trov Ohio and John T
Mr Boone acquired his education m the grammar
schools of VicLsburg Mississippi and the high school
at Trov Ohio and toUowiag hia graduation therefrom
le receded private instruction in electrical and me
chanical engineering from Protessor Alvm A Pool of
finpinnati Ohio He then secured a position as
drughtsman and designer with the Triumph Bleetno
Company of tl at city and afterward traveled eiten
n ely throughout the state ^t Dayton Ohio he be
caie hassis tester for the Speedwell Motor Company
with which he remained for a lear afterward being
lentified with several other plants in the state On
coming to Detroit he entered the assembly department
of the Lhalmsrs Motor Car Company later was as
signed to the testing department and finally became a
member of the racing crew of the company in which
Lonneetion le Msifed those sections of the countrv
where automol lie racing u eeta were held \tter re
turning to Detroit he accepted a position in the test
ing department of the Hudson Motor Company anl
later joined the Cadillac Motor Company as a
specialist for the Delco Lighting 'System shortly after
ward becoming engineer anl salesman for the Stan
lard Electric Company He neit actel as state agent
for the Triumph Ele trie Machine Company filling
that position for two and a half years and was then
made assistant chief engineer with the Detroit Electric
Appliance Company after which he engaged m pruate
lavatory work for Tohn D Heinze and A A Knobloeh
of the North way Motor & Manufacturing Com
J any Snbsequentlj he dei oted his attention to de
I eloping starting lighting and ignition eqnpraent and
gas engines anl to research work and organized the
John D Hoinze Company of Springfield Ohio fir the
1 irpose of building ignition and gas engines acting
as chief engineer of the undertaking At the end of
a year he returned to Detroit and be ame chief
engineer and factory manager for the Disco Corpora
t on continuing with that company for a year and
then opening an office as a consulting and designing
engineer He possesses marked mechanical ingenuity
nd sk 11 ani has designed and built many motors
Hhich baie been installed m passenger cars tnJ trucks
of domestic manufacture while he has also done
work of th s character for foreign mannfacturers
si 1] ping 1 IS motors to Australia South Africa
Sweden anl other parts of the world
On the 2Rth of Jui e 1911 Mr Boone was united m
marriage to Miss Virginia L Yndrus a daughter of
Mr and Mrs Alfred Andrus prominent residents I
this itv He 18 a republ can m his pobtieal views
and IS a i ovular member of the Old Colony Club wl ile
1 IS professional connections are with the Detroit and
National Engineers Societies and the Society of Au
tomotive En|,ineers With a nature that could never
be content with mediocrity he has ever striven toward
the attainment of high ideals and eoneentrated effort
and superior abiliti have brought him to a position
f preeminence in his profession for he has established
an international reputation as an automotive engineer
pis contribution to the world s work has been of
g eat lalue aid Detroit is proud to clam hira as a
PR4NK J KOZLCW^KI a vile awake and enter
prising young man whose efforts are r sultant factors
in whatever he undertakes is well known as an able
attorney and wise counselor and he has also won su
cess along mercantile lines but devotes the greater part
of his attention to his legal interests engaging in the
geniral practice of law 4 native of Pennsylvania
he was born December 18 I'fSO of the un ju of John
and Magdalene Kozlowski who became the parents of
four cl ildren their son Albert A Kozlowski being
also represented in this work
In the ac luirement of an elication Frank J Koz
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lowaki attended the public schools aurl afterward
entered tlie Detroit College of Law, from whifh he
wa,3 graduated with the claas of 1915. He has since
followed bis profession in tbis eity and has been
entrusted with important litigated interests, the list
of his clients being an cxtenBive one. His mind is
analytical and logical in its trend and in his presenta-
tion of a case be is always fortified by a eompreheosive
uaderatanding of tbe legal principles applicable there-
to. He is also active in business affairs, conducting a
music supply store at No. 4857 Chene street. He
features the Victrola and owing to his progresBive
methods and reliability in al! business transactions
he has built up a large patronage.
Mr, Eozlowski resides at No. 2701 Edwina street
and is unmarried. He is a communicant of the
Catholic chureh and a repubhcan in his political views.
He is a member of several Polish political clubs and
an active worker in the ranki of the party, but is not
an office seeker. He is also a member o£ the Polish
National Alliance and the Knights of Columbus and
his professional connections are with the Detroit Bench
& Bar and the Lawyers Club of this city. Thorough-
ness is one of his marked characteristics and he at-
tacks each task with zeal and enthusiasm, for he has
found that activity does not tire, but gives resisting
force and the exercise of efEort keeps him alert.
Wherever the welfare of his city is involved he is
ready to lend a helping hand and his labors have at
all times been beneficially resultant.
FRANK E, DUNNEBAOK. It is a well known
fact that above riches and gems are prized the price-
less treasures of memory and especially the memory
of a life that has added much to the sweetness and
the joy of life through a personality that has ex-
pressed itself in kindliness and full <?onsidB ration for
others at. all times. Such was Frank E. Dunneback,
who was born in Detroit, where his parents made their
home for many years. His father, Joseph Dunne
back, was a harness maker, ha^ ing his place of busi-
ness at what was then 9y Gratiot street, the property
being still in possession of the family. He and his
wife, who bore the maiden name of Katherine Peta,
were members of St. Mary's Catholic church and were
influential people of the community.
Their son, Frank, attended the schools of Detroit and
completed his studies in 6t. Mary's Academy. At the
close of his school years he had a short career on
the stage, covering about sir years. He was a great
lover of Shakespeare and of poetry in general and
the best in literature and his life was the expression
of beautiful thoughts and the appreciation of all that
is uplifting and elevating. In his selection of pic-
tures he chose the truly artistic and he was also the
possessor of exquisite pieces of statuary. His choice
always manifested itself in that which displayed
superior execution and high art ideals He could
tolerate no imitations and no useless ornamentation
or decoration. The same exquisite finenesa of percep-
tion was apparent in all that he did. His friends felt
that he should have remained on the stage, believing
that he would have attained fame in that direction.
Throughout his life he remained a close student of
Shakespeare and could quote passage after passage
from the great Bard of Avon.
After leaving the stage he accepted a position in
the pension ofliee in Washington, D, C , and while re-
siding in the national capital he met Miss Caroline I'.
Crockett. Th«y were married at St. Matthew's church
in Washington, October 27, 1887. Mrs, Dunneback
was born in Newton, Alabama, Her father, James M.
Crockett, owned a farm near Trenton and was an
architect and builder. Caroline was educated in Ala-
bama and was residing in Washington when she met
Mr, Dunnebacfc. Mr, Dunneback remained in the capi-
tal city for four years and then returned with hia
wife to hia old home in Detroit, accepting a position
with the Mabley Company, with which he remained for
a numbor of years. He then e
hia own account but the venture i
and he returned to the retail business, this time with
the E. J Hickey Company.
While thus engaged Mr. Dunneback met with an acci-
dent, resulting in what appeared to be a bruise above
the knee but constituted a source of great trouble,
keeping him in a precarious state of health until he
passed away March 26, 1918, death resulting imme-
diately from heart failure. Thua passed from life
one who had been an ideal husband and friend and
who will thus be remembered by all who knew him.
His religious faith was manifest in his membership
in the Holy Eosary church. He always voted the
democratic ticket and he was ever most loyal to any
cause which he espoused. He never sought to leave
a deep impress upon public thought and action but was
content to enjoy those interasts which make for true
culture and refinement, lifting the individual above the
sordid into the realms of higher thought, surrounded
by the true beauties of life.
FRANK ZOLLINGER. In the vital industrial
circles of the Michigan metropolis Frank Zollinger is
playing a vigorous part, as is evident when it is
stated that he is general salesmanager of the axle
department of the Timken-Detruit Axle Corporation,
the office headquarters of which are on Clark street.
Mr. Zollinger was born in the city of Sandusky,
Ohio, on the 35th of December, 1875, and is a son of
Charles and Christina (Smith) Zollinger, both of whom
were born in Germany, The latter was a child at the
time of her parents' immigration to the United States,
her father having purchased land and reclaimed and
improved an excellent farm near Fremont, Ohio, This
sterling citizen, Frederick Smith, passed the remainder
of his life in the old Buckeye state, where his daughter,
Christina, was reared and educated and where was
solemnized hpr marriage to Charles Zollinger, who was
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FKANK E. DT'NNEBACIv
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CITY OF DETROIT
1045
a louth -when he ciiiie to the United States and estab
linhed hia residence at bandusky Ohio wliPie he i,oii
tinuid hs educational diaeijline and where also he
learued the trade of cabmetmalc n„ He beeania die
of tie auoLessful business men of Sindusk^ and mis
(ne if i-ta venerable and honored iitizeni at the time
of I IS death, m 1900 His «idow la still a resident of
tut it7
Tl e ^ oungcst in a f am ly of eight children Frank
Z Hinder continued to attend the public schools of his
nitiie tit> until he had availed himself of the ad^an
tagea of ihe high school and he then initiated his
business career b> ubtaining a position in a maehmer*
manufactory at ''andusky He acquired marked "ikill
as a machinist and was for a time actively associated
w th navigation service on the Great Dakef as a
machinist tn a molern steamboat Finally he went to
Canton Ohio anl entered the employ of the Timken
^xle Company one of the largest coneerna of the kinl
n thi United Statea He made an excellent record in
fl a eonneetion an J finally resigned hia position to
enter the employ of the Canton P imp f ompany
Later he cfEe ted the organization of tie Arctic Ice
Macl ine Company of that city this being the pioneer
concern to engage in the manufacture of ice producing
machines He was prominently concerned with the
development and upbu Idmg of the buainess of this
company and continued hi°i assoLiation with the same
until 1913 when he sold lis interest in the enterpnae
anl ident fied himself with the Timk en David Brown
Company, which was later absorbe 1 b\ the Timken
Axle Company With the latter corporation Mr Zol
linger accepted a minor position and by his mechanna!
skill and executive ability be eventually won promo
tion to the position of general manager at the com
pany's headqnarters in the city of Canton A distinct
advancement was his when he was as><ignei to his
present official position in connection with the com
pany's important mfereits centered at Detroit and as
sale>" manager in this city he has made a splendid
Mr Zollinger is actively aflliated with the Masonic
fraternity in whiol his York Bite connectio nmeludes
1 is membership m the Knights Teraplari Commanders
an J he holds membership also m the Detroit Athletic
Club the DLtroit Board of Commerce and the Detroit
Automobile Club Hia political allngianoe la given to
the republican party "\Ir Zrlhnger has won stanch
ftiLU Is m Detroit it both business and social cirUes
HON ARrnUE ■WEESTEE of Detroit nu-lgp of the
ciriuit court was born on a farm near Wontrose Iowa
April 15 l'!71 his parents being George and Cornelia
M (4]lenl Webiter The father s birth occurred at
Bernidotte Ilhnois while the mother was a native
of Hebron New lork The father was a well to do
merchant in Fort Madison and Keokuk Iowa but re
tired from business at an early age and after a few
V ears spi'nt < i a farm remov ed to southw estern
Missouri where loth 1 e in 1 his w fe pdsaej away In
their family were tour children two of whom are Iiv
mg, the brother of Judge Vi ebater being Perry WebBter
of Toplm, Missouri
The earlj ed ication of Judge Webster was acquired
in the public schools of s<uthweatern Missouri and he
afterward entered the University of Michigan for the
atu ly of law winning his professional degree in 1892
He entered upon h i pr<fessional career m Detroit and
was first in the ofSie of Corliss Ijeete & Andrus of
this tity Later he was for five years assistant in the
ofiice of the corporation counsel under Judge John J
'Ipeel and Hon Charles Flowers and he subsequently
engaged m private practice for a time He then
entere 1 the ofiice of the prosecuting attorney as assist
ant and remained in that position for four years on
the expiration ot which pcrioi he formed a partnership
with Robert M Chamberlain and Fdwm Denby (the
latter now secretary of the navy in President Hard
ing s cabinet) under the firm style of t_bamberlain,
May Denby & Webster, while a change in the per
aonnel of the firm subsequently led to the adopt on of
the style of Chamberlain Denby Webster & Kennedy
This partnership connection was continued for eleven
years at the end of which time Tudge Webater was
nomimtei for the circuit bench and was elected to
the oftice, taking his seat on the 1st of January 1919
for a term of five yeara Alrealj" be has mate a
splend d recori as an extremely fair anl impartial
jurist his record being distinguished b} high legal
ability He has prov en himself exceptionally free
from all ludieial bias Hia varied legal learning and
wide e^periet e in the courta the patient care with
which hf ascertains all the facts bearing upon every
case vshieh comes before him give his deciainns a
3 liiity and an exhaust iv eness from which the mem
bera of the bar can take no exception
On the "0th of April 1910 Judge Webster was
united in marriage to Miss Laura Belle Russell of
Toledo Ohio daughter of Charlea Eus-fcll of that
city They hive two children Jane Elizal eth bom
in 1911 and George Rusaell born in 1114 Both are
now in achoo!
Judge Webster is a member of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity Bar Aasociation and the Lawyers Club of De
troit and the nature of his interests and recreation is
indicated in his connection with the Detroit Boat
Club Detroit Athletic Club and Detroit Tennis Club
Hs intereat in the city's welfare and progreaa is
manifest through his membership in the Board of
Comn erce He is a man of hij,h ani honorable
principles and his wirk has won recognition from hia
professional brethren and the publi at large
WALTER EMEESON HACKETT haa been long
connected with the financial department of the Michi
gan Central Eiilroad Company and is now treasurer
He was horn in Detroit Michigan January 5 1568
anl 13 a stn of Robert J and Abta Jane (Barnard)
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Haekett Both beeime resileat>" ot Detroit in. earlj
life The fither won prominence in connection with
navigation interests, oper it ng passenger and freight
boats ind tugs on the Great Lakes up to the tin e of
his death He wis one of the best known \essel
owners of Detroit, m whi h eitj he jassed away m
18-9 Ihe mother died in Detroit in February 1900
■W alter E Haekett their only child after attend
ing the Houghton Sehool, continued hia education in
the S D bmith Business College from v,i ith he
griiuated m 1886 He started as an office bov in the
employ of the purchasing agent of the Michigan fen
tral Eailroad Companv on January 1 1886 and in
October of the same >ear mas tranaftrred tj the
treasucj department with which department he has
been iJentified ever since
On February 8 1913 he was appointe i local
treas irer of the same road During government ad
ministration he was ij pointed to the position of
acting felcra! treasurer which position lie held until
April 14 1919, when he was gi\en the title of feieral
treasurer, and since the United States has returned
the railroads to private ownership he was appointed
On the 24th da,y of June IW^ Mr Haekett was
married to Miss Alice Keith Hanna of Detroit
daughter of Mr and Mrs. William Hanna and they
ha\e one child Keith Barnard born April iq 1^11
in Detroit and now attending school
Mr Haekett is a Mason belonging to the lodge
chapter co incil and comraanderv and he is also a
member of the Transportation Club of Detroit His
religious faith is indicated m his connection with
the Congregat onal church He stands for all of those
activities and interests which feature as factors m
high standards of citizenship and in high ileals for
the mdiMdual
GEOEGE H FOOIE -i Detroit puHisl er wh is
the president anl treasurer (f the George H Foct
Puhliahing Compani, was born in Cleveland, Ohio m
1874 and is a son of George and Jennie T (Howell)
Foote The father was a soldier of the Cnil war
serving in the same regiment as Major William Mc
Kmley under the command of General Rutherford B
Hayes He hafl a close personal acquaintance and m
fact was a lifelong fnend and intimate of these two
presidents The Foote fam !v has long been ne of
d stmction m America The founder came from Eng
land in the vear 1632 and since that earh perioi in
the colonization of the new worli representatives of
the name have taken prominent part in many events
which have shaped the country s hiator\ ind all 1 ave
manifested an indisputable loyalty to the best inter
ests of the country an 1 to its progressive upbuilding
To this family belong Nathaniel Foote and Commodore
Foote— men of national prominence George Foote
father of George H Foote of tl is review devoted his
life to the occupation of farming He married Jennie
T Howel], and their son iihose name introduces this
review was largely rcart I on a farm, early I ei,omin„
familiar with the best metl jls (t tilling the soil anl
earing tor the crops
In the pul lie schools of Cuj ihoga county, Ohio
George H Foote obtained his early e iucation and att
crward continued his stuUes m Bildwin University
there pursuing a literary course which he completed
by graduation with the class of 1903 He taught school
tor a time and then went on the roai, vis ting colk^ea
for a period of eleven ^ears
It was m 1904 that (.eorge H Foote came to Detroit
and here establisht. 1 himselt m the publishing busi
ncss le^otmg h s attention to the publication of meli
cat works In 1910 he organized the George H Foote
Publishing Companj, of which he is the president and
treasurer and as the head of this huBineas he has won
a liberal patronage, making the enterprise one of grow
mg success Long experience in the publishing busi
ness his j,nen him comprehensive knowledge thereof
and his progresal^e methods also constitute an impor
tant feature m the continued development of hia in
dertaking
In 1''04 Mr Foote was united m marriage to Miss
Bertha Meyer of Saginaw, Michigan, and they have
one daugl ter, Ardis B Fraternally Mr Foote is a
Mason belonging to Detroit Lodge No 2, F & A M
and also to King Cj rus Chapter, E \ M He is i
lemocrat in his political views and keeps well m
termed on the questions and issues of the day, but h s
never sought nor desire! public offi.co as a rewari
for part} fealtj His religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church and lis appreciation of soc il
imenities is indicated m his connection with the Ai
tomohilo Club He is likewise a member of the Boar!
)f Commerce thus giving expression to his nterest m
the city s benefit and upbuilding A man of liberal
ulttire one hundred per cent American capable in
business and enterprising and reliable at all times, 1 "
has certainly deserved classification with the reprc
sentatiie residents of the city and the state
CHARLES B "WAED Js- Detroit owes much to
the progress IV eness and enterprise of Chtrles B Warl
Tr whose well directed efEorts in the field of real
estate and as a building contractor have not only re
suited in the attainment of individual prospPTity but
I ave also contributed to the de^ elopment and improi e
ment of his native city He was born May ^^0 ISSt
a son of Charles B and Maggie (Miller) Ward the
firmer a native of Canada and the latter of Detroit
The paternal grandfather, Jonathan Ward was a
pioneer of Michigan and was the first man to sell fruit
in Detroit also being the first to introluce gasoline
fo the people of this city where both he and his wife
passed away The maternal grandfather John Miller
was a native of Scotland and on emigrating to the
United States he took up his residence in Detroit
where he turned his attention to the building trade
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CITY OF DETROIT
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(^harles B Vi ari aiso ei giged in thit I ui, of a tivity
building manj subBtantial re'iidences in tin city and
19 now living letired in thi, enjoyment of % comfort
able competence gained through the eipable manage
ment of his huaineig affa ra The mother is Iiimg ^nd
thrive ehildri.! haie beei lorn to their union William
J Hacold A and Charles B all of whom irt, residents
ot this city
In the acquirement uf an education Charles B A\ ard
Tc attended tl o grammar sehooli ind the West De
troit 1 igh ac! ool afterward completing a course in
architecture at the \oung Men s Christian \.sioPn
tion of this eitj When nineteen vearf of age he
■(tarted out m the world on his own account taking
up the building business m which he has been very
successful erecting many modem and attractive homes
m this city an! in 1920 he also began operating m
real estate while ho likewise handles a high grade of
building steel and deals in general insurance He
has a thorongh knowledge of property \alues and
displaj s marked ability and energy m the management
of the various branches of his buiJineBS hi' efforts
being rewarded with a substantial measure of success
In this city on tie 3d of Tuly 1912 Mr Ward was
united in marriage to Miss Iiabelle Parker a daughter
of John and Jemima (Hannan) Parker prominent
resilents of Detroit Previous to her marriage Mrs
Ward was a successful teacher of this city imparting
clearh and readily to others the knowledge whuh she
had acquired To this inion kave been born three
children Tan whose birth oeenrred in 1915 Frederic
born in 1920 and Jean who died in infancy
In his political Mens Mr Ward is an independent
rcjublican voting tor the candidates of that party
where national issues are at stake but at local elec
tions he easts his ballot in favor of the man whom he
deems best iittei for offi e regardless of party ties
Fraternalh he is ideifihed w th the Masons belong
mg to Palest ne Lodge F & \ M and also to the
chapter and he likewise has membership with the East
JefEeraon Masnnic Club In relig ous faith he is a
Presbyterian and he la a \alued member of the Eaat
Jefferson Realty Assoc atun He is a wideawake
energetic and sneeessful young business man an 1 a
worthy representative of an honored p oneer family
that has contributed in marked mtaiure to Detroit s
upbuilding and improvement.
HOWARD WILBER PEIRCE, M. D., a prominent
surgeon of Detroit, haa practiced his profession here
during the past seventeen years and has won notable
success as a specialist in the treatment of diseases
of the ear, nose and throat. His birth occurred in
Tipton, Lenawee county, Michigan, on the 29th of
November, 1879, his parents being the Rev. Edwin
Porter and Cornelia S. (Sage) Peiree, the former a
native of Owosso, Michigan, while the latter was born
in Lewiston, New York. The Rev. Edwin P. Peiree,
a divine of the Methodist Episcopal church, was a
pioneer m ssionarj minister to Michigan preaching
m the lumber d stricts ot the state in the early davs
of development here and later becoming i pastor in
Detroit He passed awaj in this eity m l^l and his
demise was tie ocosion of deep and widespreal re
grot For more than a decade he had survnel his
wife, who d ed at Birmingham Michigan in 1889
They became parents of aeien children one of whom
is deceased while the surviving members of the f iroily
are Eugene C of tl e Michigan Trust Company
Grand Rap ds Michigan Evangeline C m the cata
1 'g "i. department of tie Detroit jullic library,
Marian \ (Mrs Luther E Marshall) of So>aI Oak
Mich gan Edith S ofliee manager for the Michelson
Land and Home Company Detroit Edwin W general
secretary of the Young Men s Christian Association
Fort Wayne Indiana and Howard W of this review
Dr Peiree obtained his early education in the public
schools of Birn mgham and Milford M chigan and
graduated from the high s'-hool of Elgin Illinois m
1SQ9 He took up his professional studies in the De
tro t College of Molicme and Surgery in l^OO and
recened his degree of M D in 1904 He next be
ame an interne in Harper Hospital where he ser\ed
as house physician luring the years of 1904 and 1905
4ni gave special attention to diseases of the ear nose
and throat S nee that time he has been engaged m
jrivate practice and has won most gritifymg success
as a physician and surgeon of marked abilitj In
1911 he lid I ostgraduate work n the New York Post
graduate School and Hospital and has kept in close
touch with the progress of his profession through con
stani clmic work in the outpatient department of
Hari er Hospital and of the Jewish Charities and by
frequent visits to the various olicics of the United
'States He is junior attending otologist and rhino
Krj ngologist at Harper Hospital senior atten ling
otologist an! rkmolarjng legist of the outpatient le
{art ment of the aboie institution attending oto
Jaryngnlogiat -ini bronchos< opist ot the Evangelical
Deaconesa Hospital of Detroit and he is ex president
and ex secretary of the Detroit Oto Laryngo logical
Society ex president of the East Side Physician s
Association ex secretary and at present chairman of
the section uphthalmologv and oto laryngology of the
Michigan State Medual Society member of the
American Medical Association, Michigan State Med
ical Society, Wayne County Medical Society, Detroit
Oto.Laryngologieal Society and East Side Physician's
Association.
On the 17th of June, 1908, Dr. Peiree was united in
marriage to Miss Florence Estella Read of Detroit, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Read of this eity.
They have four children, namely: Florence Helen, born
in Detroit in April, 1909; Howard Donald, whose birth
occurred in Detroit in 1911; Edwin Read, born in De-
troit in 1913; and Jean Cornelia, who was bom in this
eity in 1915. All attend the Detroit public schools.
In politics Dr. Peiree is a stanch republican, while
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his religious faith is that of the MethoUst churcii
Friternally he ib identified with the Masons belon|,ing
to AsLlir Lodge A F i A M, and with the Modern
Woodmen of ^.merico. He is likewise a poj-ular mem
her of The Mii-higao. Club of Detroit and the Masonic
Country Club His recoil m ind(,el wortly of e(m
mendition tor he worked liM way through medial
college ani has risen to his present position <t pro
fesHional prominence and "suecesa by diligent stui>
and unfaltering perse\ oranee
JOHN ZINDA JB In mduatrjal cir le'i of Detr it
the name of Zvnda has lot g been a f rommpnt <tie and
as a member of the firm of Zjnda & Sons manu
faiturers ot soft drinks John Zti da Jr is well known
as an energetic and jrogreasiie young business man
He IS a native of this citv and a, member of fine oS
its most prominent families He was born O tober 2
1886 a son of John an! iugustme (Eithbeer) Zynda
both of European birth They were married la Detroit
and m joung manhooi the father entered the emploj
of a Mr Ml henfelder a master brewer of this city
with whom he acquired a thorough knowledge of the
maltiter a trade Having carefully aa^ed his earnings
he at length accumulated sufficient capital to establish
a business of his own and purchasing a small place
on Ma omb street m Detroit ho malted his first brew
His business grew rapidly and he was soon obliged to
seek larger quarters In 1890 a commodious plant at
the corner of Canfield atenne and Bioielle street was
erected and to this he added from time to time until
he was conducting an industry of extensive propor
tions When the prohibition law bee imo effettiv e he
remodeled the plant and engaged m the manufacture
of soft drinks The new venture w»b equally sueceaa
ful and in l<li,0 he bi lit a larger 1 ottling i lant which
IS now m full operation from fortv to iittv pe pie
being employed m the operation of thp buMness This
is a close corporation the stoi,k all I eing owned by
members of the family and John Zvnda 8r, is serving
as president of the company He is a sagacious busi
nesa man energetic farsighted and capable and hii
initiative spirit and powers of organization have
enabled him to bu Id up a business of extensiv e propor
tions To Mr and Mrs Zynda wtre born nine chil
dren \niia Mrs Helen Cwiklmaki Mrs Pauline
Nessler Mrs Bota G ike Joseph, Leo Charles Eloise
and John all of whom are residents of Detroit
In the pursuit of an eiucation John Zynda Jr at
ten 1e 1 the St Albertus i jrochial school and the
Catholic Seminary at Detr< it from which he w as
graduated m 1B03 On completing his studies he be
came associated with hia father s bnamess of which
he was made manager and ha' since served m that
eapaeitv Thuy manufacture birch beer and all kinds
of soft drinks and the excellence of their products
has won for them a large patronage theirs being one
of the largest enterprises of the kind m the city Mr
Zynda haa proven very capable as manager of the
large undertaking established by his father's con
striictn e ^eniua ind under his efficient direction the
loainosi has greatly jrospered while the methods em
ployed b> the company I av e at all times been auch as
woull bear the cloaest investigation and scrutmj, the
name of Zvnda having long stood as a synonym for
business mtegr tv and enterprise in commercial circles
ot Detroit
On the 2&th of November iqi6 Mr Zynda was
un ted in n arnige to Miss inna Luzenski a daughter
ot Mr ani Mrs Frank Luzenski the former a prom
inent and su cessful merchant of this city To this
union has been born a son John whose birth oocurrei
on the 10th of September 1917 In his political views
Mr Zynda is a republican and his religious faith is
it dicated by his membership m the St Albertus Eoman
Catholic church He is widely and favorably known
in thi'* eitj where his life has been passed As a
business man hii standing is of the highest and m all
matters of ut zenship his influence is on the side of
and improvement
JESSE H FAEWELL Among those who stood as
a Iistmctn e type of the w orld s workers w is the late
Jesse H Farwell who left the indelible impress of h a
influente uj on the industrial business and religious
history of Detroit who was deeply appreciative of all
that repreoents tl e higher values of human existence
who proved a ftrco in the commercial world who
"realized the r sponsibilities which success imposes and
who ordered his course upon the highest plane of honor
and integrity
Jess H Farwell was born at ^orth Charlestown
Sullivan county New Hampshire January 32 183+
a son of George and 4. inlla (Browuell) Farwell and i
des endant in the sev pnth generation of Henry Far
well who ("ame from England anl settled in Concord
Massachusetts m 163^ while in 1650 he removed to
Cheln sford Massachusetts and there died m 16 0
Tesso H Farwell s ancestors in both paternal and ma
ternal lines came of families prominent m tl e re
ligious civil and military circles of New Englan 1
Through his pranlmothcr Abigail (Allen) Farwell
wife of Jesse Farwell he leaccndel from the Spoftord
family and also from Governor Simon Bradatreet anri
Governor Thomas Dudley of the Massachusetts Ba
eolonv Benjamin Allen father rf Abigail Allen
served m the Eevolutionary army as a member of
''tark 3 brigade at the battles of Bennington anl
Saratoga His mother iurilla (Browuell) Farwell
was a daughter of Henry and Ruth (Slaw) Brownell
of Little Compton Rhode Island and through the
Brownell and Shaw families he was of the seventh
generation m descent from John and Pnscilla (Mul
lans) Alden who came to the new world on the Mav
flower
The youth of Jesse H FarweU was like that of tl e
average farm boy of the locality and penod Hia
educational advantages were confined entirely to the
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district aeliool which, he attended for a fp^^ inoiiths
during the wmter season while the summers were
spent in hard work on the farm He remained at
home to the age of iixteLU year? when he went to
PufEalo, New York, whire his uncle, Ellndge Parwell
Ijcited ind for fiia jeara he wai an apprentii-e and
'iii^tant to his imule n the undertaking busineaa
On reti'hing his majority Jesse H Harwell eime to
Detroit arming here a totil stringer in September,
1Hj5 The following diy he formed the icquaintinee
of Marcus Stevens and Samuel Zugg and before noon
hid laid the foundation for a five gears' partnerih p
they to ofiffet two thouian 1 dollars against his whole
time and skill while he was to hai e one third of the
profjti of their undertaking busine'Js This partner
ship (Out nued for twehe >eir^ or until 1887, when
Mr rirwpJl beeirae connected with Smith, Cook &
Company, pacing contractors, who controlled the
patent for the ^lc■hnlslon pavement In 1375 this busi
ness connection was liiaaolied and Mr Parwell then
became a'lsociated ■with General Eugene Eobmaon m
a paving contracting huaine'ia Thev operated etten
sively m atreet paving m Detroit and other Michigan
cites until 1885 and m addition to his activities along
that line Mr Farnell became heaiilv interested m
other enterpr fea From 1873 until ISSO ho was con
nected with the Clough i. "Warren Organ & Piano
Companj of Detroit and was alio principal owner and
preijident of the Dominion Piano & Organ Company
of Bowmanville Ontario hcth of which toncerna dur
mg theae vears were develcpt 1 from qmall beemnings
until they occupied a place in the front rank of such
enterpriies
In 1873 Mr Parwell also became identified with
V easel operation*" under the name of the Parw ell
Transportation Company, of which he w as electe 1
president. This company owned and controlled a fleet
of twenty vessels, among which were some of the
Largest and best steamers and sailing craft afloat on
the Great Lakes. As a member of the prominent and
widely known contracting firm of Collins & Parwell
he assisted in the construction of some of the most
important engineering projects of the time, including
the building of the famous Croton aqueduct, supply-
ing water to New York city, the eTtcavation for the
Poe lock at Sault Ste. Marie, the tunnel under the
Niagara river at Buffalo and the first subway in New
York city. His keen foresight was in evidence in
1888, when he opposed the railroad bridges over the
Detroit and St. Clair rivers, taking the stand that
tunnels should be hnilt where possible and upon this
subject he addressed many public meetings and wrote
strong and terse letters in favor of tunnel construc-
tion. The advocates of bridges claimed a tunnel was
impracticable but Mr. Parwell offered to furnish the
necessary capital to complete a tunnel for a fixed sum
and give bond for its completion. When this proposi-
tion became known the leading lake citiei protested
fljainst bridges That he was right is proven hy the
fait that tunnels hive since been constructel and
during the thirty five years which have elapsed since
the matter was agitated no railroid bridge has been
built over those great waterwajs
Mr Parwell manifested a strong and helpful inter
est in depp waterways, advocating deep canals and
channels from Chicago and Duluth to the seaboard
and addressed nianv conventions m various parts of
the country m support of his views He early cham
pioned a canal connecting the Atlantic with the
Pacific, favoring the Nicaraguan route and in 18')2
it the Nicaragua canal convention held m St Louis
Mr Parwell, representing the state of Michigan m
troduced resolutiona requesting President Harrison to
call a convention of representatives of every nation
with whom the United States held diplomatic rela
tions, to arrange for tiie construction of a canal by
the nations cf the world He made an address show
mg the benefits that would acrue to the commercial
interests of the world by the enterprise
Mr Parwell was one of the organizers and served
as the first president of the Detroit Evening Journal
then an independent paper He had great faith in
the future of Detroit and from time to time acquired
much real estate which steadily increased in value
while Mrs Parwell through inheritance was also the
owner of much Detroit property their combined hold
inga representing a verv large amount These inter
ests in l"*!! were incorporated under the name of
The Parwell Estates, Limited
In politics Mr Parwell waa a stanch democrat but
would never accept public office In religion he was
of the liberal school serving at one time as a trustee
of the Detroit Unitarian Society and president of the
state association He later became a liberal supporter
of the Universalist Society
On the 24th of April, 1859, Mr. Parwell waa married
in Detroit to Miss Emer J. Godfrey, daughter of Jere-
miah Godfrey, one of the city's most honored resi-
dents, o£ whom mention will be found elsewhere in
this publication. Mrs. Parwell was a woman of un-
usuallj fine character and mentality and a devoted
wife and mother. They became the parents of three
children; George, deceased, of whom mention is made
elsewhere in this work; Jeremiah G., who has also
passed away; and Mrs. Emma P. Jewett of Detroit.
The death of Mr. Parwell occurred September 19,
imi, at Eretton Woods, Wew Hampshire, while Mrs.
Parwell passed away September 30, 1916, at Detroit.
Their residence waa on Bagg street (now Temple),
facing Cass Park. They long occupied a prominent
position in the social circles of the city, their home
being celebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality and
charming entertainment. Mr. Parwell had a keen
relish for fine literature and also greatly enjoyed the
stndy of general history. He stored his mind with
choice selections of prose and poetry and he was at
all times a most entertaining and genial gentleman,
appreciative of the social amenities of life, while at
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the Banie time bis entire eari>et bore evidence of the
force and strengtli of his character and his notable
ability in the maatery of important business prob-
lems He was a frequent visitor to his old home in
New Hampshire and on one of his visits, noting the
run-down condition of the district sehoolhouse, he
offered, as a suggestion from his daughter, Emma, to
build a new school bnilding. This strncture, the fin-
est country sehoolhouse in the state, was completed
in IS90, and given by Mr. and Mrs. Farwell and was
named the Farwell School, in honor of the dfinora.
GEOBGE FARWELL, treasurer and general man-
ager of The Farwell Estates, Limited, and one of the
most prominent and progressive business men of De
troit, contributed in substantial measure to the up
building of the city through his careful investments
and the development of property. His entire career
wa' distinguished by a directness of purpose, a defi-
nite aim and well conceived plans that found their
expresiion in a rich fruition. From the time when he
completed his education in the city schools he was
identified with the business activity of Detroit and
rose to distinction and prominence through his opera-
tions in real estate.
Mr. Farwell was a son of Jesse H. and Elmer J.
(Godfrey) Farwell and a representative of one of the
old and honored families of Detroit, descended from
distinguished colonial ancestors, among whom were
John Alden and Prieeilla Mullens, Mayflower passen-
gers. Further reference to the family will be found
in the sketch of Jesse H. Farwell, elsewhere in this
work. George Faiwell was bom on the 3d of Octo-
ber, 1863, in the famil d h h t d
the site of the present F 11 b Id g C w Id
street. He obtained his 1 d t th p b
lie schools and for ap dfhiy h t
tended the Michigan MltryAi tOhj
Michigan. In young mhdhbm tl
with his father in the latter i business operations
He was oon called upon to me t heavv respons b 1
t es n connect on w th the constru t on of the Pee
lock at S^ult Ste Mir e the Croton ■jqueduct at New
York c ti and other enterj ses n h h h s father
was engaged Th s also in ludc 1 the managen ent of
the Dom n on P ano & 0 g n Comj an at Bown an
YiHe Ont^r o 1 ere he vas eng ged unt 1 he r turn d
to Defro t to assume the generi! management of the
eitens ve properfv nterests of the f m ly Th i vis
at a t me of general bus ne s deiresfl on and dange
ous 1 1 gat on and the care an I pmlence h ch he
bestowed upon the nt rests comm tt I to h h charge
are reflected n tl e magn tude of the I old ngs of
The Farwell Estit s Lin ted He organ zed the
bus ness nterests under th s Co porate t tie 1911
and becime treas er anl general manager
To George Farwell s du the ered t of bu Id ng the
first automob le sale oora n the c tv tl e b Id ng
be ng 1 cited at iJexmdr ne and Wood arl i enue
When it was eonstrueteU in 1906 the public predicted
that it would prove a poor investment in that local-
ity, but later results indicated the soundness of Mr.
Farwell's judgment, as he lived to see that section
become an "automobile row." Ere his death The
Farwell Estates, Limited, had become the holder of
large property interests throughout the business dia
trict of North Woodward avenue and the west side
in addition to the Farwell block. This handsome
structure was erected under the direction of Mr.
Farwell and after his own ideas and plans. The Far-
well estate also included the Selden block, situated
at Woodward and Selden avenues. With notable
prescience Mr. Farwell seemed to recognize the value
of realty investment and his judgment in this particu-
lar seemed never at fault. His holdings and those
under his control constantly increased in value and
returned a most gratifying income to himself per-
sonally or to the estate which he represented.
In 1898 Mr Farwell was united in marriage tn
Drusilia King of BufEalo, New York. He died very
suddenly on December 6, 1921, and his death was the
occasion of deep and widespread regret to many who
had been proud to eall him friend. In earlier man-
hood he was an enthusiastic golf player, but an opera-
tion which he underwent more than a year prior to
his demise necessitated his no longer taking a part in
the game. He belonged to the Detroit Athletic Club
and the Detroit Golf Club and his associates found
him a most pleasant and congenial companion, for
he had many attractive social qualities, as well as
pronounced business ability. He was always thor-
oughly American in spirit and interests, while his
llttDtth t ty was manifest in
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also exh b ted n pecnl r and charm ng cult vat on
n regard to pi nt ng and arch tecture and a pleasure
n th q et b aut es f gardens anl natural scenery
wh h n ade h m a cho ce con pan on outs de of h s
work In bus ness h s ews were w de and com
ptehen^ e He bel e ed n the ntegnty of obi ga
t ons and contracts just as he expected to perform
all h s own engagements to the letter so he na sted
upon an equal ons derat on by others of what had
been prom se 1 h n He had 1 ttle pat nee w th men
who fa led to meet the r engagements b t hen a
t mely and reasonal le exeuse appeared and he was
con need of s neer t no one o Id be more con
3 ierate to those n n "fort ne There are many to
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daj whu renieuiber him for his quiet aid and eounsel
in finaneial distress; he delighted in words and deeds
of kindness but so frequently concealed them from all
but the recipient that this characteristic was not
generally known.
"He was a oaceful observer of men and events.
He read and traveled extensively. His fund of in-
formation was varied and exact. His conversation
was peculiarly clear and interesting, exhibiting a
vivid humor, an abhorrence of hypocrisy and pretense,
a vivacity of eharaeterization, and a terse, epigram-
matic expression which delighted his auditors and
will not soon be forgotten. He greatly honored hia
parents and loved his family. He was quite unselfish
^o far as hia personal advantage was conecrned. It
was his loyalty to his parents and the community
which impelled him to devote his life to the conserva
tion and improvement of the family estate, and his
plans and aspirations were not toward any personal
benefit but rather that his work might have perma-
nence and l>e ultimately a source of benefit to the
communitj- in which he had lived."
THOMAS P. HUBBARD Detroit owes much to the
busineis enterprise of Thomas P. Hubbard, who as
president and treasurer of tho firm of Hubbard &
Hubbard, builders of homes, is controlling one of the
leading produetive industries of the city, and it is
well known that his present position has been gained
through close application, unfaltering enterprise and
initiative spirit. A native of Michigan, he was born
at Yale on the 6th of July, IS72, hia parents being
.Tohn P and Margaret (Parkinson) Hubbard, the
former a native of the stats of New York, while the
latter was born in Canada. The father became one
of the early settlers of Michigan, arriving in the state
about 18(17 and bringing with him the first kerosene
lamp that had ever been seen in this section of the
country. He established his home in Yale, where he
opened a general store, becoming one of the leading
merchants of the town. He was appointed postmaster
and for many years acceptably filled that ofB.ce, He
passed away at Detroit on the 21st of June, 1S89.
The mother is now a resident of Detroit. Their family
numbered six children: Pied A., secretary of the firm
of Hubbard & Hubbard; Harvey J., who makes his
home in Los Angeles, California; John W., deceased;
and Rebecca, Frances and Thomas P., all of whom
n.re living in Detroit.
After completing his common school education
Thomas P. Hubbard started out in the business world,
securing the position of Traveling salesman with a
large wholesale wall paper house of Philadelphia. He
continued to represent that company for a period of
sixteen years, or until 1906, and during hig travels
was impressed by the constantly increasing demand
for substantial J iow-priced homes for the working
classes. He determined, if possible, to meet this de-
mand and after devoting much thought to the subject
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finally perfected plans whereby he entered the business
of home building. He built and financed hundreds of
homes him'jelf, and, in 1915, organized the firm of
Hubbard & Hubbard, and induced bis brother, Fred
A. Hubi)ard, who had a wide experience in the con-
struction business, to join him. The business has now
reached extensive proportions. They have their own
woodworking plant and lumberyard, emploj'ment being
furnished to one hundred and sixty persons. Mr. Hub-
bard is also secretary and director of the Home Build-
ers Financing Corporation.
On the 1st of January, 190S, Mr. Hubbard was
united in marriage to Maud E Armstrong, a daughter
of Rev. John Armstrong, a Methodist minister of this
city. Three children have been born of this union: T.
Norviile, whose birth occurred in October, 1902, is a,
graduate nf the Hudson Preparatory School and is
now a student at Brown University; Margaret, born in
190-'!, ia attending high school; and Bobby, who was
born m 1913, is a pupil in the grade school.
In politics Mr. Hubbard maintains an independent
attitude, voting at local elections for the man whom
he deems best fitted for the ofdce, without regard to
party ties, but where national issues are at stake he
casts his ballot in favor of the candidates of the re-
publican party. That he is deeply interested in all
that pertains to the welfare and advancement of his
city is indicated by his membership in the Detroit
Board of Commerce and the Detroit Real Estate Board.
He is also a member of the Ingleside Club and the
Detroit Golf Club. He is an earnest and active mem-
ber of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church
and is now serving on its board of trustees, while
fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging
to Kilwinning Lodge, P. & A. M. Along the path of
opportunitj- open to all Mr. Hubbard has reached the
goal of notable success. A splendid maifufacturing
enterprise stands as a significant monument to what
be has accomplished and through his wise manage-
ment of its affairs he is contributing in substantial
mcaiure to the development and upbuilding of his
city.
HARRY B. SWAN, general superintendent of the
foundries of the Cadillac Motor Car Company, is a
member of one of Detroit's oldest families. The
name has figured prominently in connection with the
development and progress of the city through three
generations. His grandmother Swan came to Detroit
as early as 1829. She settled on Belle Isle, which was
then known as Hog Island. The old Swan homestead
stood on the present site of the Breitmeyer building
and wai one of the early landmarks of the eity. An-
other well known member of the family was Judge
Henry Swan of the United States district court.
Harry B. Swan was born in Detroit, Mateb 9, 1885,
his parents being Charles F. and Minnie Swan, who
had a family of four children. One of these, EUwood
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Swan, IB the preaident of the bwin Woods Edv^ards
CompHny invBStmeat bankers ot Detroit
The youthful days of Hiiry B &wan were spent m
the City of the Straits ind after completing tht woik
of the grade aehool he continued his eilueatiou in the
Central high aehool while Uter he became a member
of the elaas of I'JOS in the Univeraity of Unhigan
Hia studies qualified hini for important dutiea in later
life He became a chemita! on-ginecr in tie labora
tones eonlucted b\ Arthie Diitk an] for a number
of yeira he » is metallurgist for the Lun lu Bearing
Company of Buffalo, New York He was likewise at
oae time identified with the United States Motors
Comp^ET on Oakland avenue m Detroit, opLupving i
position in the engmetrmg department where he
aervod as draftsman until that companj discontinued
operations In 1911 he entered the employ of the
Cadillac Company, starting m a humble cap-mti that
of core maker In 1Q12 he wa9 advanced to the
position of assistant miuager of foundries and in
1918 was made general superintendent of foundries
He has chargL of the Trombley avenue plant, which
emjlois over eight hundred men His position is
therefore one of large responsibility and the duties
of the ofliee he discharges with marked effiuencv and
promptness In his control of the factory he displays
splendid executive ibilit> and f irsightedness and his
previous practical training well qualifies him to auper
intend the labors of the great army of workn en under
In 1915 Mr Swan was united in marriage to Miss
Juiia Elith LarrowL a native of New York anl they
have bLCome parent') of two chillrcn Eleanon Louiae,
born August 21, ms and Harry born August 23
1917 Mr Swan votes with the republican partj but
has never been ambitious to hold cffice He is a mem
ber of the Aviation Countrj Club which indicates
his interests m aerial sports His record is that of
the self male man whose ambition ani abilitv hive
constituted the rounds of the ladler whereon he has
climbed to prominence and succesi
JBKE\II4H QODFBEl who lonfributed in "ub
stantial measure to the earlj kitlopmcnt of Dttroit,
arrived in this city m 1S35 and here contmuei to
reside until called to his final re't on the 9th of March,
1882 when sixty eight years of age He was born m
Thompson, Sullivan county New York February 16,
1814 and was the seventh son of a familj of thirteen
children, all of whom lived to mature dge His an
cestors emigrated from England to the new world prior
to the Bevolutionary war
It was in the year I'iao on attaining hia majority,
that Jeremiah Godfrey, came to Detroit and here em-
barked in the painting business. Three years later, in
1838, he formed a partnership with John Atkinson,
under the firm name of Atkinson & Godfrey, being
located at the corner of Lamed street and Jefferson
avenue until 1S50.
U an cjrl^ dav Mr fiodtrLV connected himself with
the volunteer fire departmuit and performed active
service until the present system was organized In
1843 nearly ten years before his retirement from
active business, he was selected as assessor for the
sixth ward In 1853, the year following his retire
n ent from business, he served as collector for the
fitth ward The satisfactory manner in which he per
formed the duties of these ofiicea hijs excellent judg
ment m the valuation of real estate and his superior
business ability led to his selection in 1861 as oae of
the members ot the first board of review, under a new
system of aasesamg property He held this position
until 1863 when on the invitation of Francis Bldred
then city assessor, he entered that ofiiee and remamei
during that gentleman s administration, or for a period
of three years During the succeeding five years he
continued m a similar relation with A 4. Babineau
Upon the resignation of Mr Babmeau Mr Godfrey
was unanimoush chosm by the council to fill the un
expired term and was afterward appointed by the
mavor as the head of the department, remaining three
years longer thus makii g in all some twenty years'
continuous service in that office In the administration
of public affairs Mr Godfrey applied the same rules of
etonomv that he practiced in his private business His
broad and correct judgment hia unswerving integrity
and his escellent business habits rendered his services
m municipal affairs of grett value, and the city of
Detroit never possessed a public servant who laborei
more conscientiously than did Mr Godfrey for nearly
a quarter of a centurj He seemed to have a genius
in real estate matters and his judgment m that line
of business was regarded as infallible While looking
over his paper one morning m Jmuary 1851, 1 e
noticed that the property oa the southwest corner <i
Woodward ini Grand Eiver avenues was adverti'^l
for sale He immediately started out and withia r
hour purchased the jroj-ertv ani soon after began th
erection of the block which bore his name
On the 29th of December, 1836 Mr Godfrey wa?
united m marriage to Mrs Sophronia Fletcher, a native
)f Cambria !New lork They became tie parents ot
a daughter and a son Emer J, who beearoe the wifi
of Jpsse H Farwell of Detroit, and Marshall H E^
tended mention of Jcaae H Farwell and Marshall H
Godfrey will be found elsewhere m this publicatun
Mrs Godfrey diel on the 20th of April 1^08 having
survived her husband for more than a quarter of a
"Mr Godfrey w is a stanch democrat and always actel
with that party with the single eyception of tlie cam
paign of 1860 He held in supreme contempt all arts
of the politician which looked toward personal advance
ment and ever manifested a keen interest in every-
thing that aifected the public welfare. His purse was
always open to calls for charity and he contributed to
many public enterprises. When he passed away, after
forty-seven years' residence in Detroit, the community
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mourned the loss of one o^ its oldest and most Mghl;
respeeted oitizens and one whose tabors had been bu
efiective force in promoting the general welfare.
MANFItED H. HEREMANN, whose slogan, "Best
Built Buildings," is indicative of the spirit that haa
ever been behind him in his building operations, has
contributed much to the development and improvement
of Detroit, for his efforts have been largely pro-
ductive in transforming unsightly vacancies into
attractive residential districts, and in his building op-
erations he has employed the moat progressive methods
m the construction of substantial and attractive
dwellings.
Mr. Herrmann is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. He was bom March 18, 1880, of the marriage
of Samuel L. and Adele G. (Diederich) Herrmann.
(1 family in America dates back eonsider-
0 hundred years, the exact date of its
Pennsylvania being 1705 Adele G.
s born in Detroit, her parents having
been pioneers of this state. Samuel L. Herrmann was
a musician of note and won fame as an organist and
director of symphony orchestras, his name becoming
familiar to music lovers throughout the country. He
continued a resident of the Keystone state until his
life's labors were ended by death. It was while com
piPting his mu-iical education in Europe that he met
the young lady to whom he was married in Detroit.
She was abroad studying as an opera singer and soon
after her return home to Detroit was married. Mrs.
Herrman was a lady of distinction and was one of
the promoters of that movement which resulted in the
observance of Mothers' Day throughout the country,
and it was also Mrs. Herrmann who designated the
flower for this special day — the white carnation. She
was also the composer of the words of the Mother's
Song, so well known today. She possessed a most
charitable nature and her benevolent spirit was mani-
fest in all of her relations, for she was constantly
reaching out a helping hand wherever aid was needed.
She had two children. Woldemar S. Herrmann being
now a resident of Highland Park, Michigan.
The other son, Manfred H. Herrmann, was c<5uc3ted
in the public and high schools of Pennsylvania and in
Jefferson College but left the latter institution before
graduation. He possessed a love of adventure and
after his teitbonks were put aside he went to Wy-
oming, where he became a rider on the range, soon
making himself known as one of the most fearless
representatives of this type of sturdy manhood. He
continued on the range for a year and then returned
eastward, settling in Detroit, where he became con-
nected with the Michigan Central Railroad Company.
He was employed by that corporation in various
capacities and later went on the road as a traveling
salesman for the National Can Company. Subsequently
he was with the Standard Oil Company as contract-
ing agent and stOl later with the Detroit Journal,
which he represented in the advertising department
for a year. In 1906 he decided to engage in business
on his own account and turned his attention to build-
ing operations. He organized the National Construc-
tion Company and started out in that field but after
a time returned to the Detroit Journal as advertising
agent and at the same time assisted in state detective
work. Eighteen months later he entered the building
business on his own account and throughout the inter-
vening period has erected many hundreds of homes in
Springwells, Pairview, Highland Park and Hamilton
Park, Michigan, and he is also a director and the vice
president of the Thomas Steel Reinforcement Com-
pany. He is untiring in his efEorts to make Detroit
a mode! city and through his operations as a builder
he has added much to the beauty of Detroit and its
suburbs. He has studied the conditions existing in the
city, and recognizing the fact that a large proportion
of the homeless population has been found among the
iployes of the great motor car factories, owing to
en who have secured work in these
up the task of building two hun-
? mi- bung alow type within a short
■lous factories. The houses are
it, electric light and every-
the rapid influx of n
plants, he has taken
dred homes of the f
distance of the va
supplied with furnace
Dg that goes to
their erection Mr. H(
gan of "Best Built 1
of thoroughly satisfied
Idinj
ifortablc horn
closely followed his slo-
a." There are hundreds
?rs of homes in. Detroit
who have secured their property from Mr, Herrmann.
His purchase price includes the lot and there are few
speculative builders who construct with such recog-
nition of the value of detail or who build along more
substantial lines
Thi^ is but one phase of Mr. Herrmann 's activities
for Detroit's benefit, however, for he is putting forth
untiring effort to make this a model city, in so far
as the suppression of the criminal element is con-
cerned, and he is now serving as deputy sheriff, in
which connection he has not only been an efficient
officer but has served without remuneration, acting
purely from public spirit and a genuine desire to rid
the city of lawless characters. Such is the record
which he has made in this position that many speak
of him as assuredly the next nominee for sheriff of
Wayne county on the republican ticket.
On the 39th of May, 1907, Mr. Herrmann was
married to Miss Mildred 0. Parke of Terre Haute, In-
diana, a daughter of James W. Parke. They have two
children: Adele G.. who was born in Detroit, July 25,
1909; and Mildred Alyce, who was born September 7,
1912. The family reside in the Alpine Court apart-
ments at No 158 West Willis street, in Detroit, a
sixty five suite apartment building, of which he is
Mr. Herrmann became a member of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania in 1898 and is a veteran of the
Spanish- American war. He is a member of the Fellow-
craft and Brooklands Golf & Country Clubs. He is
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also a, life member of the Benevolent Protective Order
of ElkH and of the Loyal Order of Moose aftd is a
prominent represeatative of Masonry, beloaging to
Corinthian Lodge, No. 241, A. F. & A. M.; King Cyrus
Chapter, No. 133, B. A. M.; Monroe Council, No. 1,
R. & S. M.; Detroit Commandery, No. 1, K. T.j Michi-
gan. Sovereign Consistory! Moslem Temple of the
Mystic Shrine; and Shadukiara Grotto, No. 49. He is
a most worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes
of the craft and in e\ery rplation of life he his com
mandi.1 the respect confadtnce and goodwill of hia
fellowmen He is known aa a moat progressive and
reliable builder, as a citizen who holds to high eivic
ideils and as j, friend whose loyaltv is one of his out
standing chartcteriatiea
MARSHALL HARTLEY GODPEEl wl o wis long
and actnelv identified with business rnft rests in
Detroit and was one of the best known ani most
highly esteemed resiidenta it the city, passed away
December 20 1014, at the age of sixty nine years
He was here horn on the 16th of July 1845 and was
the only son of Jeremiah and Sophronia Godfrey, who
are mentioned at length on another page of this work
In the acquirement of an education he attended the
public schools of Detroit and the atademy at Lodi
Plains Michigan
After hia textbooks were put a.side ho learned the
painter's trade undir thi direition of hia uncle, Joseph
Godfrey, of whom ho later be/' a me a partner
under the firm stile of Godtrei i.. Companj, whith
conducted business la contracting painters Sub
sequently Marshall H Godfrej bet am e associated
with Htrace M and James M Dean and Andrtw
J Brow in the dcLorating businesi, the firm being
known as Dean Brew it Godtrey and conlucting *i
'tore on the east side of Woodward ayenue, be
tween Larned and Congress streets Some time later,
afttr the wifhirawal of Mr Brow, the firm beiime
Dean, Godfrey & Company, occupying a new store
building which they erected on Griswold street near
State They developed an extensne business as con
tracting painters and decorators and theirs was widely
recognized as one of the leading toncerns ot its kind
m the Lity EventuaOj Hora e M Dean retired from
the firm to become president of the Detroit White Lead
Works but the name of the company remainid un
changed until Mr Godfrey disposed of his interests
therein The business is atiU in existence and is now
earned on nnder the sti le of the Harry J Dean Cora
After se\ ering hia connection with this enterprise
Mr Godfrey became interested with his brother in
law Jesse H Farwell, and with Benjamin Hide of
Chi' ago m the construction of the Majestic building,
one of the moat valuable business blocks in the city
After its completion Mr Godfrey turned his attention
to the insurance and real estate tusmess in which he
was actively engaged throughout tht remainder of
his life. Ho was at one time a director of the Dime
Sayings Bank,
In 1868, at Buffalo, New York, Mr. Godfrey was
united in marriage to Miss Marion I. Carrick of that
city, who aurvives him and reaidea at Los Angeles,
California. They became parents of two sons: Mar-
shall H., Jr., a resident of Detroit; and David, of Los
Angeles, California. The re.sidenee of Mr. Godfrey was
at 467 Second avenue near the corner of Bagg (now
Temple) street adjoining that of his brother m law
Jesse H Fdrwell
Mr Godfrey woa one of the leading democrats of
the city and at one time was an nnsuccessful caniidate
for mayor against the immensely popular Hazen S
Pingree polling the largest vote gnen a democrat in
the history of Detroit up to that time He was yerv
active m civn, affaire and served at different times
an a mombt.r of the water board, the fire commisaion
and the board of publ i_ w orks Dur ng the odmmistra
tion of Governor Begole Mr Godfrej served as a
colonel of the fetate Guard by appointment of the
gov ernor Praternaily he was identified with the
Masons being a charter member of Palestine Lodge
P & A M , and a member of Detroit Commandery No
1 E T , m whiih he was standard bearer for manv
vears He also attained the thirti second degree iit
the bi.(ttish Bite and was a Noble of Moslem Tempk
of the Mystic Shrine His religious faith was n
dicattd by his membership in the Central Methtdist
church, of which he served as a trustee tor mam
>ears His career was upright and honorable in ever>
relation and m the city m which hia entire life ni^
spent he enjovel an enviable reputation as a man (f
splendid character and one worthy the high resptet
and regard which were uniformlj ai corded him
D4NILL A MaiLACHLAN M D an emintit
representative of the mcdital fraternity of Detroit
Mho !9 specializing in the treatment of diseases 'f
the eve, ear, nose and throat, has practiced his pr
fession in this citv since 18^5, and in the intervening;
period of twent} seven years has built up a larte
clientele his skill and ability being widely recognize!
He was born in Aylmer Ontario Canada, Novembir
10 1852, a son of Archibald and Mary (Eobertsonl
MaiLa<hlan natives of Argylshire Scotland, whence
thev emigrated to America, settling in Caledonia, Nen
\ork, while liter thej crossed the border into Canadi
Mr MaeLachlan receive 1 his education in the pul
he schools of his nativ e city and under private tutors
For two years he was engaged in teaching school anl
m 1875 again took up his studies Deciding to enter
the medical profession he began the study of mediciie
in the office of Dra G F and C W Hark of Aylmer
Ontirio and later succeasfully passed the examina
tions of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Oi
tario Canada The following year he entered the
Homeopathic Medical College of the Universitv of
Miehigm from which he was graduated with the dc
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gree of M. D. in 1879. He begaa practice in Pontiae,
Michigan, and later went to Holly, also in this state,
where he opened an office and continued to follow
his profession until 1885 In that year he was ap-
pointed to the chair of the theory and practice of
medicine in the Homeopathic Medical College of tbe
University of Michigan and continued to hold that
position until 1SS9, when he was appointed to the ehair
of ophthalmology, otology, laryngology and paedol-
ogy. Eeaigning in 1895, he came to Detroit and has
since successfully practiced hie profession in this eity
and for many years has enjoyed an extensive and high-
class practice In 1889 he took postgraduate work
in London, Paris, Vienna and Heidelberg, and in 1892
again went abroad, pursuing his studies at London
and Edinburgh, at which time he received his diploma
from the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital of London. Dr.
MacLaehlan has served on the staff of Grace Hospital
since 189-'), as ophthalmic and aural surgeon. From
1899 to 1914 he was dean of the Detroit Homeopathic
College and professor of ophthalmology, otology and
laryngology- in that institution. He has made many
valuable contributions to medical literature and from
1886 until 1895 was editor of the Medical Counselor,
then published at Ann Arbor, Michigan, since which
time bo has acted as assistant editor of that journal.
He has never lost the attitude of a student toward his
profession and through constant reading and careful
study of the cases that come under his oare he i^ con-
tinually broadening his knowledge and ability.
In J8fi2 Dr. MacLaehlan was united in marriage to
Miss Bertha M. Hadley of Holly, Michigan, and they
have two daughters: Mary Winifred, who was born in
Uf'llyi graduated from Smith College, and is now the
wife of Alexander 6. Donaldson of Detroit; and
Buth, who was born in Ann Arbor, is a graduate of
the University of Michigan.
Dr. MacLaehlan 's interest in the welfare and prog-
ress of his city is iniiicated by his membership in
the Board of Commerce, whose plans and projects for
the extension of the trade relations of the city receive
his hearty cooperation. He is a member of the Detroit
Golf Club and the Michigan Club, and fraternally is a
member of the blue lodge, chapter and council and
Detroit Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, and is a
Noble of Moslem Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is a mem-
ber of the Michigan State Homeopathic, and the New
York Homeopathic Medical societies, the Detroit
Practitioners Society, the American Institute of
Homeopathy, of which he Tras elected honorary presi-
dent in 1921, and the American Ophthalmol ogical,
Otological and Laryngological Society and of the last
named organization, was one of the founders He is
also a felJow of the American College of Surgeons.
From 1899 until 1905 he was a member of the Michi-
gan state board of health, and his high professional
standing is further indicated in the fact that from
1895 until 1«97 he was president of the Michigan State
Homeopathic Medical Society. His work as a physi-
cian and surgeon and as a contributor to medical
literature has constituted a factor in the world 'e
progress, and in the line in which he specializes he
ranks with the most distinguished practitioners m the
countiy.
LOEEN WALTER BURCH, president of the Bureh
Motor Sales Company and senior partner in the firm
of Burch & Brace, undertakers of Detroit, was bom
in this city September 20, 1882, a son of George A.
and Nettie (Kidd) Bureh, who are also natives of
Michigan, where they have always resided. The
father was engaged in manufacturing interests and
for sonie time was president of the Detroit Ladder
Works and also became construction superintendent
with the Wyandotte Portland Cement Company. In
fact, he has occupied this position for the past twenty-
two years, in which connection large responsibilities
devolve upon him, his business experience, however,
well qualifying him for the duties which ho under-
takes. He has made for himself a creditable place
in the business affairs of the city and at the same
time has rendered important public service, filling the
position of superintendent of the board of public
works for eight years under the Pingree administra-
tion. His wife also survives and they have reared
a family of two children.
In early life Loren W. Burch attended the public
schools of Detroit and when his textbooks were put
aside entered the employ of the Detroit & Cleveland
Steamship Company as assistant steward, continuing
in the position for three years, after which he went
on the road as a traveling salesman for the Wash-
burn Crosby Flour Company. Later he became
salesman for the Peninsular Stove Works, covering
Miohigan and Indiana, but in 1003 gave up this
position and entered into partnership with Frank W.
Brace in the undertaking business, under the firm
style of Burch & Brace. This is today one of the
prominent undertaking firms of the city. Mr Burch
alfo became connei'ted with the automobile business
in 1917 as sales agent for the Ford ears and accesso-
ries, conducting his establishment under the name
of the Burch Motor Sales Company, of which he is
the president. Ho has a fine showroom and sales-
room at No. 2475 West Grand boulevard and the busi-
ness has become one of substantia! and satisfactory
proportions.
On the 14th of December, 1906, Mr. Burch was mar-
ried to Miss Edna Lee Miller of Detroit, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. John Miller, representatives of one of
the old families of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Burch
have two children: Lois Jean, born August 18, 1912,
in Detroit; and Robert Miller Burch, born August 4,
1919, in Detroit.
Mr. Burch gives his political endorsement to the
republican party and is interested in all that pertains
to the city's welfare and progress. He served as a
member of the first city charter <
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many ways has contributed to the public welfare.
He is a Mason, belonging to Ashlar Lo^ge, No. 91,
F. & A. M. and Detroit Commandery, No, 1, K. T.
He is likewise a member of the Mystic Shrine. He
has served on the bnard of governors o£ the Michi-
gan Club of Detroit, the Birch Hill Golf Club and the
Detroit Yacht Club. He is fond of all outdoor sports
and turns to these for recreation and diversion. He
stands high in business circles and his position as
ft representative business man has long since been
established. His rpsidence is at 2363 West Grand
boulevard
CHARLES EEDM IN, viee president < f the Erdman
Guider Company minufacturers of automobile bodies
has won notible success in the conduct of his busi
ness, for in its establishment he had to enter into
competition with old firms with a large patronage
but nevertheless he has deieloptd his trade until his
enterprise is now one of the profitable interests of
the city, and contributes to Detroit's repitation a^i one
oC the greatest m muf acturing centers of the country
Mr Erdman was born m Detroit, November 6 1893,
and 13 a son o£ thirles ind Emma (Williams) Erd
man The father was of European birth but came
to the United StatLS m 1864, nhen nineteen jears of
age He turned his attention to carmge manufaetur
ing, in which he built up a business of substantial
proportions and nhen he saw the decline in the use
of the horse drawn \ehKle he tonientrited his efforts
and energies upon the manufacture of automobile
bodies, and by 1*>10 — the year of his death — his busi
ness had become recognized as one of Detroit's lead
mg industries Hia wite, who was born m Siginaw,
Michigan, is jet i res dent of Detroit In their fara
ily were three cnildcen Agnes who was born in
Detroit and is now the wife of A K Guider, president
of the Erdman Guider Comj.anj Charles and Norma
The onh son, Charles Eidmin obtained his early
education in the public sehi oh of Detroit and after
ward attended the Howe Militarv school at Howe,
Indiana He then returned to his native citv and
became a student in the Central high school, from
which he was graduated at the ige of seventeen years
When he had completed his studies he entered the
emploj of the Sievers *. Erdman Company, manu
facturers of automobile bodies, and continued with
the house until he and his associitea organized the
Erdman Guider Companv in 1<*15 tor the manufacture
o£ automobile bodies with a plant located at Sagi
naw Michigan where thev have ten and a half acres
of ground and flior spate of more than two hunired
thousand square feet Something of the steady growth
and development of the business is indicated in the
fact that thej now emploj between four hundred
and fiftv and five hundred people The lutomobile
bodies are built in the Saginaw plant then shipped
to Detroit, where thev are finished and painted and
in the Detroit establishment there are one hundred
and fifty employes. Both plants are thoroughly mod-
ern in every particular, being equipped with the
latest improved machinery to facilitate the work, and
from the beginning the enterprise has steadily grown
in volume and importance until it is now one of the
large and successful productive industries of the state.
A. B. Guider is the president of the company, with
Charles Erdman as vice president and H. L. Morrison
as secretary and treasurer. Mr, Erdman is also the
vice president and one of the directors of the Sievers
& Erdman Company of Detroit, which was established
by his father; is a director of the Gray Iron Piiundry
Company and is everywhere recognised as a forcctul
and resourceful business man
Politically Mr Erdman is a republican, and while
keeping well informed on the vital questions and
issues of tl c day, has never been an aspirant for public
oflice Ho has membership in the Old Colony Club,
and the iacht Club of Detroit, the Kiwanis Club
&aginaw Club and feaginaw laeht Club ot bagmaw,
Michigan and m the Detroit Board of Commerce and
the bogmaw Board of Commerce He has taken the
degrees of both \ork and beottish Bites in Masonrv,
belonging to King Cyrus Chapter, E A M , Detroit
Commandery, Ii. T, the Michigan Sovereign Con
sistorj, and Moslem Temple ot the Mjstn, fahrmc
He IS regarded as one ot the most enterprising and
progressive of the jounger business men of the oitj,
where he has so directed his labors as to wm botli
success and an honored name
JAS D MATTHEWS, M D, a man ot ddvaneel
scientific attainments, vtho is numbered among th
eminent surgeons of Detroit, was born in ibtrathro^
in the province of Ontario, Canada, August 19, 18b8, a
son of Charles W and Ellen (EarlyJ Matthews, natives
of Ireland, who emignted to the United States in the
early 50a Making his waj to the west, the fathei
took up his residence in Kansas and following the
outbreik of the Civil war he proved his lojalty to h s
adopted countrj by enlisting as a member of the
beventh Kansas Infantry, joining the service at Kan
sas City, Missouri While fighting with his commini
in the south in lffa4 he was wounded in action and wii
taken from the battle field and placed m a hosiitj.1
at Baltimore Maryland, where for a period of -oui
months he hovered between life and death but hnallv
regained his health After receiving his discharg
trom the service he went to Canada, locating at Strath
roj, Ontario, where he met and married Miss Ellen
Eirh He engaged in farming and also in railroa I
tontractmg Subseiiuentli he turned his attention t
other interests and established a factory for the
manufacture of cheese, deriving a substantial income
from thit source On disposing of that enterprise hi
removed to Detroit in 1897 and here lived retire! until
his demise, which oecurrel in 1915, when he was
ninety four years of age The moti er still makes her
home in this citv In their family were four children
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Jack W., who resides in Detroit; 0. W., of Strathroy,
Ontario; 6. H., who is a resident of Kerwood, Oa-
tirio and J D of this renew
Tlie last nimed ittended the publii, lehools and the
rdlegiate Institute at Strathroy, after which he
entered the Detroit College of Medicine troni which
!e w^s gr'idiiated in 1S93 with the legiee of M D
He it once entered upon the active woik of his
[ rofesfion opening an oflice at G lines m Genesee
countj Michigan where he resided £ r three jeara
He then entered tlie New l:ork Polyclinic where he
SI ent a year m postgraduate work after which he
went ibroal Lontmuing hia studies at Vienna Aus
tria under some of the most eminent instructors in
tie worll and on returning to the United States he
lo ited m Detroit where he has since devoted hia
ittention to the l raetiee of genera! surgery He has
been accorded a large clientele an 1 he la also acting is
fssociate surgeon for Providence Hospital ot Detroit
Close studj his fLrnei the basis of hia advancement
ind combined with in apprecntion of the acientiho
phases of his proftssion is i deep and abiding aym
pith> that prompts him to put forth earnest and
unfiltenng effort where the welfare of his fellowmen
IS in\ olve 1 Feelinf, that progress should be the
uatchword of the profession at ill times he keeps in
touch with the great truths which science is con
stmth revealing through his membershij in the
W lyne Ctunty an 1 Michigan State Medical Societies
It d the American Medical \asociation and is also a
f How of the American t olkge of Surgeons
In his pel ticil Mewa Dr Matthewa la a republnan
ind he keeps well informed regarding the leidiiig ques
tions ind issues of the da\ He la i member of the
Fjiscopal church and is also identified with the Detroit
Athletic Detrdt Curling ind Grosse Ee Lountry
LInlia while fnternallv he la connect el with the
Masot a belonging to Detroit Commindery No 1 K T
In April 1917 he enlisted for aerMce in Unit No 36
Bise Hospital Medical Corpa and on the 27th of
O tober of that jear sailed for Fnnee He waa
comn issioned a major an issistant m the surgical de
yirtment of an evituation hospital and remained in
Frante until the 17th of Januarv 1119 Actuated bv
li idable ambition his professional eireer has been
one of continuous progress and his pronounced ability
IS not only demonstrated by hia snccesa in practice but
IS ilao ittested bv his fellow practitionera He la a
mm of high purposes ind ideals and Detroit nunbera
hini imoi g her moat value! citizens
CH4ELES E WILL treiaurer of the Power Ale-?:
inder &, Jenkins Cjmpany conducting an advertiaing
agenc-\ in Detroit wia bnrn in Whitehall Michigan,
Oct her 19 1881 an! la a scm of Edwin ind Harriet
(Parson) Will Tie father was born in Ontirio
Canada and the mother is also a nitive of the
Dominion Thej came to Mich gan in 1860 and lur
ing the Civil war Mr Will joined the TJn on forces
becoming a captain in Ford's Cavalry of Illinois,
remaining on active duty throughout the period of
hostilities 3 et he was never wounde 1 After the close
of the war he returned to Michigan setti ng in White
hall where he was actively and successfully engaged
m merchandising to the time of his deith His widow
still resiles at \^hItelall
Charles t Will an only child attended the publii,
schools of Whitel all anl after completing his high
school studies attended tht Muskegon Bisiness College
at Muskegon Mi higan There he was griduited and
becime connected with the United 'States and dna
dian bonndiry suriey remaining in the government
service until 1006 when he entered into the idvertis
ing 1 isiness with the WicofE Advertising C mpany,
of which he betamp office manager He remained in
thit connection until IQIO when 1 e became asso
ciited with the Power Alexander &, Jenkins Compin>
an idicrtisinj, igei cj, with wlich he has s nee been
treasurer and director He also has charge of outside
territorj and spends not a little of his time traveling
ind making tontracta for lirge advertising proposi
tioi s He has contributed m very aubatantial measure
to the upluilding anl development of the business ind
its success IS constantly increasing
On the SOth of June 1913 Mr Will was married
to M ss Kathleen Pearaon of Ithaca New lork He
belongs t< the Detroit Athletic Club also to the De
troit Tcnnia tint ind the Detroit Country Club
Eratcrnallv he i3 a Mason, belonging to Detroit Com
mandery to the Michigan Sovereign Cons story mi
U M(slem Temple of the Mistic Shrine He is identi
tied with many projects that tend to promote progress
and improvement in community affairs and is ae
counted one of the representative and valued residents
of hia adopted citv
WALTER L BELL a splendid t>pe of the pro
gressne anl represent it ive business men of Detroit
IS the president and manager of the Bell Electrotyp
mg Corapauv He was horn March 11 1878 in the
city which IS still lis i ome and is i son of Walter
J and Mmnie (Rammie) Bell The father waa born
in Glasgow Scotland and m early youth eame to the
new world In Michigin he was married to Misa Mm
me Rammie i nitn e of Indiina ind they took up
their ibode it Wyindotte this stite where Mr Bell
engaged in the manufacture ot steel continuing in
t! e business for manj years He is now living retired
in Detroit and his wife also suriiyea In their fam
ily were five chillren Walter E Minnie who has
passed awa\ Mrs Emilv Campbell ind Mra Ehira
Smith both of Detroit and one who died m mftncy
In his bojhood days Walter E Bell wis a pupil in
the Detroit achools and after leaving the high school
entereJ the Detroit Busineaa College He next be
came an apprentice to the electrotvping trade ifter
having served for a time as shipping clerk with the
Peninaular Engraving Company He learned bia trade
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with that company and in 1910 rtsigned 1 is pos t on
there in order to establish business on his own ae
count Through hiB industr* and eionomy he hal
acquireil the means that enabled him to m.Hke a
modest start and since then by honest methods an 1
progreaan enesH in all trade relations he his de\ eloped
his business to one of gratifying jroportions and to
day has one of the largest eleetrotj pmg plants of Dl
troit At the time of the organization in 1910 the
firm atile ot Stewart, Bell i.. btewart was assumed
and Mr Bell has since been the l resident and general
manager ot this company which now, emplo\s froii
twenty five to thirty people and la doing in excellent
idge Ho belongs
Detro t Board of
id to the Detroit
On the il9th of Januirj ISOl, W liter h Bell »aa
married to Miss Kathenne Camj loll ot GoderiUi
Ontario Cana la an 1 the> have three children
Katherme who was born m Detroit m 1902 and is
attending high s hool Dorothj born m Detroit in
1903 and also a high sihool ]upil an! Jeai nho was
born in IIUS and is a pupil in the graies
E oliticalU Mr Bell is a republican ind tratcri alh
he IS connected with the Masonic
also to the Masonic Club to th<
Commerce to the Kiw-injs Club
Allied Printing Trades Assoc lat
filth IS eviJenced by his membership m Bethany
Presbyterian church His varied activities ind the
nature and brealth of his interests are suih as to
make hs a well balinced cl aracter and his achieve
ments indude not only the conduct of suciessful busi
ness interests but efEtoiiM, effort m support of
var ous plans and measures which hiie to do with the
uplift of the mdmdml md the bettcriient ot th
community it lirge
HORACE McKAl ALLEN distr ct igent at Detroit
for The ^ut ill Life Insurance Company of New York
IS ably rcpresentii g the intereets of the corporation
at this point be ng numbered imong the most success
f il operators it this line in the city He is a member
of one of the oldest families in this countrj Americin
pr genit rs on his mother s side being three brothers —
McKay — who left Scotland their native land ibout
IbSO establishing their home m the Shenandoah i alley
of Virginia Mr Allen has in his poss ssion an old
time stainei parchment granting to Bobert McKay one
of the three brothers a tract of land of ibout one
thousand icrcs in the '^henindoih \allej ot \irginia
This locument is dated at the Vice Regal Capitil
Willnmsburg \ irginii October 3 1734 and signed
by William Gooch liei tenant goi ernor and commander
in chief of the Dominion of "Virginia bv authority of
George II
The McKays were warriors in Scotland and Scot
tish history i^ replete with narratiiea concernzng the
mi!itar-\ operations of the McKav clan and to General
Hugh McKay after the battle of the Pass of Kilhe
rankle July 27, 16S9 is attributei the indention of
the tixed bajon t which is still in use The last tune
thej appeared as a ( an was at the battle of Waterloo
Mr Allen s father s familj came from the north of
Ireland and settled in New Jersey about 1760
emigrated to Kentucky and left Kentucky to settle
near Davton Oh o al out 1"95 The subject of this
sketch was born at Waynesville Wirren county, Ohio
a son ot Thomas LiRue ind Sarah Catherine (McKay)
411en the former i irominent dry goods merchant ind
L anker of that i lace prei lously being largely m
tereste 1 m rc»l estate operations m Chicago with
John Evans who afterward became governor of Colo
lado Of their children two survive Horace McKiy
Hid William Henrv who is president of the Wajnes
ville Nitionil B-ink at 1^ ivnesMlle A son Edwm L
pissei 1W1J in 1913
After completing his public school course Mr 4.11e
entered the Ohio Weslevan Unnersitv from which he
was graduited and stirted his I uainess career is in
emplc^e of the First National Bink of Xenia Ohio
with which he remained for three veirs He next
became identified with the wholesale grocery business
in Cmcinnati in which business he remained for fifteen
^ ears On the expiration of that jenod he wis mide
genera] agent at the Cincinnati ofhce of the Eqnitablo
Life Assurance S ciety of the United States w th
which he continued for twelve years leaving their ser\
ice to become listrict agent at Detroit for the Th<
Mutuil Life Insurance Company of New York Broil
eiperien e and close studj h<kve well qmlifaed him
for his present duties ind he has sueceeled in seeur
ing for the company a lirge numl er of policj holders
in this territory
Mr Allen s wife is i descendant of the 11 Tivlo
timily of Kent 1 ky an i "Virginia and is a great gre it
greil grinddioghter ot toionel James Taylor of Revo
lutionary fime, who tought tmder General Wishii ^
ton James Tiylor the First anl w fe Lidy Marv
Oregori came to Virginia frcm England in lb2'l an I
of this man descended two pre s dents of the Initel
States Zacharj Ta>lor and Jimes Malison also Riel
ird Tiylor ani Join Penn signers of the Declaratio
of Independ nee
Mr and Mrs Allen reside at 91 Philadel] h a avenue
Fast He was a member of the Zetagithian Literuj
Soeiety while in college and is still a member of ti e
Beta Theta Pi fraternity while his political allegiance
IS given to the republican party He concentrates his
attention upon the work m which he is engaged and
his sj ecial 7ed knowledge untiring industry ind in
telligentlj lirected efforts have brought him to i
foremost position m insurance circles of the city h a
intluencB being one of broidenmg activity ind strength
m the field in which he is operating
MARTIN G HALEY president of the Martin C
Haley Undertaking Company and one of the oldest
mbalmers and general 1 re tcrs f Detroit was born
1! Wyoming Ontario Februiry 2^ 18"9 a son of
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liobcit and EHen (MoDernLottl Haley, the former 3
native of Cornwall, England, while the latter was
born at Alraont, Ontario. In hia boyhood days the
father became a reaident of Canada and was reared
in Ontario, while after reaching adult years he en
tered into the railroad contractint; busiaess, at which
time the Great Western Railroad was being con-
structed. To this work he turned hia attention, build-
ing the roadbed from London, Ontario, to Point
Edmund son, Ontario, and following the completion
of the contract he removed to Sarnia, Ontario, and
naa active in the construction of the St. Clair tunnel
under the St, Clair river to Port Huron, Michigan.
He later resided at Sarnia, Canada, where he con-
tinued to make his home to the time of his death in
189S. His wife passed away in Sarnia m 1908.
Martin C Haley, their only child, attended the
public schools of Wyoming and later became a stu-
dent m the Sarnia Institute, from which he waa
graduated when eighteen years of age. Crossing the
border into the United States he then went to Cleve
land, Ohio, where he secured a position with the well
known nndertaktng and embalming firm of Hagan &
Scherer. After serving his apprenticeship with them
he came to Detroit and waa employed by the Geist
Brotheri. undertakers, and here he took out hiH first
license as a special embalmer. He worked under this
arrangement for the firm for ten years and m 1910
decided to enter business on his own account. He
had in the meantime, through his efficient work, be-
come one of the best known embalmera of the rity.
His first establishment was on St. Antoine street
and he removed to Broadway in 1915. Here his
premises became too small and he purchased his
present property, which he had completely remodeled
and equipped according to the purpose for which it
was to be used. It ia a large and attractive funeral
parlor with two separate auditoriums for funeral
services, with accommodations for from two hundred
to five hundred people in each. He has also added a
complete floral shop to his establishment, where out
and growing plants can bo secured in any amount
deaired and Mr. Haley has also provided accommoda
tions in the way of sleeping rooms for out of town
people. In fact, there is every possible convenience
for those in need of service of this character. More-
over, the most acientifle methods are followed In
the care of the dead and in addition he conducts
a school known as the Haley School of Embalming.
On the 22d of August, 1910, Mr. Haley was married
to Misa Luretta McHugh. a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward McHugh of Southfield, Michigan. They
hare become parents of three children: Edward,
Helen and Betty. There is another son, Balph, born
of a former marriago-
TVaternally Mr, Haley is a Mason, belonging to
the blue lodge and to Detroit Commandery, No. 1,
K. T. He also has membership with the American
Eagle Lodge and Old Glory Encampment of the
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Knights of The Maccabees, with the Ked Men, with
the National Union, the Independent Order of For-
esters, the Knights of Pythias and the Knights and
Ladies of Security. He likewise belongs to the De-
troit Automobile Club. He has gained a wide ac-
quaintance during his residence In this eity and is
highly esteemed by many friends,
JACOB BOEIN One of the large commercial enter-
prises of Detroit is the Eorin Brothers Company,
dealers in coal and coke, which has grown from a
small beginning to a business of large proportions.
This rapid development is in large measure due to
the efforts of its secretary treasurer, Jacob Borin,
who is an alert, energetic and progressive young
business man, quick to see and utilize any chance for
advancement and equally ready to meet any emer-
gency. He was born in Kusaia, March 25, 1893, a son
of Michael and Fannie (Cotsman) Borin, who are
also natives of that country, where the father fol-
lowed the trade of a locksmith. In 1910 they emi-
grated to the United States, taking up their abode in
Detroit, where the father has since lived retired, and
the mother also survives. Six children were born
to their union, namely: Samuel, a member of the
Borin Brothers Company, Mrs. Itose Swartz, a resident
of Detroit; Joseph, Mathew and Jacob, who are also
connected with the company; and Max, a resident of
this city.
Jacob Borin acquired a limited education in the
schools of Minsk, Eussia, and in 1910, when a young
man of seventeen years, accompanied the family to
the United States, their home being established in De-
troit. For three years he followed various occupa-
tions and in 1013 the Borin Brothers Company was
organized. The business at first waa one of modest
proportions but the rapid growth of the enterprise
soon compelled them to seek larger quarters and they
acquired an estenaive property at the intersection of
the Grand Trunk Railroad with Westminster street,
where they opened a large yard. Subsequently the
business was incorporated with Nathan Bonn as the
president, Samuel Borin as the vice president and
Jacob Borin as secretary and treasurer. Their trade
has reached estensive proportions and they are num-
bered among the leading coal dealers of the city.
They are deserving of the greatest credit for the
suceeaa they have achieved, for on arriving in the
United States eleven years ago they had no knowl-
edge of the customs or language of the country and
in the face of great obstacles have worked their way
steadily upward until they are classed with the suc-
cessful business men of Detroit.
On the 2Sth of July, 1918, Mr Borin was united
in marriage to Miss Rose Busch of Detroit, a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrioh Busch. They have be-
come the parents of a son, Louis, who was born in
1919. In his political views Mr. Boria is independent,
voting for the candidate whom he regards as best qual-
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ified for office without regaril to party ties. He has
fought life's battles unaided and has come off a
victor in the strife. Altliough but twen3'-eight years
of age he has already accomplished much and all
who know him esteem him for his energy, his pro-
greasiveness and his sterling integrity.
WILLIAIM A. McGRAW, who organized the well
known wholesale boot and shoe house of W. A.
McQraw & Company in Detroit and as itt head de-
veloped the enterprise to one of large and profifable
proportions, was numbered among the leading and
influential business men of the city, his name be-
coming synonymous with integrity, reliability and pro-
gressiveness in commercial circles. He passed away
on the 16fh of May, 1S9R, at the age of forty seven
years, his birth having occurred on the 12th of Janu-
ary, 1851. He was born in Detroit, in the family
homestead at 460 East Jeiferson avenue, and wa^ the
youngest in a family of six children, whose parents
were Alexander C. and Susan (Kimball) McGraw In
the acquirement of an education he attended the pub-
lic and high schools, completing his studies in the
old Bacon school. After putting aside hia textbooks
he was identified with mercantile interests in cnn
nection with the firm of A. C. McGraw & Company
and later became the head of the wholesale boot and
shoe business which bore his name and which he
conducted throughout the remainder of his life, build-
ing up an extensive and sui-cessful concern. In his
business life he was a persistent, resolute and ener-
getic worker, possessing strong executive powers,
keeping his hand steadily upon the helm of his busi
neas, and strictly conscientious in his dealings with
debtor and creditor alike. Keenly alive to the possi-
bilities of every new avenue opened in the natural
ramifications of trade, he passed over the pitfalls into
which unrestricted progressiveness is so frequently
led and was enabled to focus his energies in directions
where fruition was certain.
In early manhood Mr. McGraw was united in mar-
riage to Miss Harriet Newell Robinson, who was born
on East Jefferson avenue, Detroit, a daughter of Gain
and Katherine ("Washburne) Kobinson, representing a
prominent New York family. Mr. Robinson waa a
successful attorney at Buffalo, New York. To Mr. and
Mrs. McGraw were born the following named; John,
whose natal day was April 26, 1877; Kathleen Wash-
burne, who is the wife of George T, Hendrie of
Detroit; Harrie Eobinson, who was born February 29,
1884, and died in November, 1913: and Donald, whose
birth occurred March 25, 1S90, and who is living in
Detroit. The last named married Clara Louiae Rowe
of San Francisco. The religious faith of the family
is that of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. McGraw gave his political allegiance to the re-
publican party and in the club life of the city he was
a prominent figure, becoming one of the organizers
of the Country Club and of the Detroit Club and
bc.ng also one of the carlj members of the Yondot.ga
Cub, while of the Detroit Athletic Club he setM.d
aa the first president. He was also a member of the
Old Club of St. Clair Flats, the Detroit Boat Club,
the Huron Mountain Club and the Fontinalis Club.
He was a director of the Commercial National Bank
and held membership in the Young Men's Christian
Association and he became widely and favorably
known through these various connections. In hia
passing, Detroit lost one of its foremost businesa men
his aaaociates a true and valued friend and hia fnin-
ily a devoted and loving husband and father. Mrs,
McGraw, who is well known and highly esteemed
throughout the city, is prominent in philanthropic and
club circles. She is a member of the Twentieth Cen-
tury Club, Woman's City Club. Grosse Pointe Coun-
try Club, League of Women Voters and the National
Women's Party, iShe has served as president of the
Woman's Hospital and Infants' Home, as a memher
of the board of the Children's Free Hospital and the
Protestant Orphan Asylum. Mrs. McGraw waa the
inatigator of the Tuberculosis Tag Day, the outgrowth
of which is the Detroit Tuberculosis Sanatorium, and
chairman of the firat Red Cross stamp committee,
whose activities each Christmas season realize a large
amount for the national organization. The residence
of the McGraw family for the past thirty-five ye.irs
has been on Lake bhore Drive, Grosse Pointe Parma.
W. GRIERRON SMITH, a representative of one of
the old famiHes of Detroit, is well known in buaineaa
circles of the city as president of the Detroit Heat
Treating Company, which although of recent origin
has already established a large patronage. Hia par-
ents were William Grieraon and Emma Gray (Ryder)
Smith, the former a native of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The father was prominently identified with business
interests of Detroit, being for thirty-flve years con-
nected with Berry Brothera, one of the largest manu-
facturing enterprises of the city, of which he served
as treasurer.
Mr. Smith ia one of Detroit 'a native sons and in the
schools of this city he acquired his education, attend
ing the Detroit School for Boys and the Detroit
University School, of which he is a graduate. On start-
ing out in life for himself he became identified with
the automobile business and after working for others
for some time and thus acquiring a thorough knowl
edge of the trade he entered commercial circles on
his osvn account, opening a retail establishment m
1013. He was connected with automobile interests
until 1S18, when he organized the Detroit Heat Treat
mg Company, of which he is the president, and since
its inception the enterprise has enjoyed a steady
growth, drawing its patronage from the leading
mufacturers of the city. In the
his interests Mr. Smith displays sound .judgment, en-
terprise and initiative and sui-eess in substantial
rewarded his efforts
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H wi*! untel J 1 itnif, to Aliii U igiil Uorley
ml th ^ hi\e becomp the p'jrents of two children.
LI zabeth Abigail ind Gnerson Morle^ In his po
Ifieal \iew8 Mr Smith is a republican anil he ib an
Bpiaeopih'in in religious faith his membership being
th St John s thurth Ht obtains nee led rest -ind
recreition through his conneetions with the Detroit
\tl Utjo and Di-troit Bo'it Clubs and has been a mem
1 er ot the latter orgaiiiz-ition aince it*" establishmettt
H manifests in I is life the sterling tnits of the
S (tch race — persistency of purpose thrift and un
|i pstioiied business integrity an 1 in commercial
cir les of the eitv his standing la of the highest -while
m all matters of citizenship hia influence s n tl e
Eidt of progress in 1 iinproiement
FEED (_ WOLF 4n outstanlmg figure in the
tusinesB c rcles Ot Detroit la Fred C Wolf who has
ptnt jraetieallv his entire life in this iti He was
I ri however m Heleni Minnesota Iiilv 3 1870
II i IS T, ^on of Frederick H and Mar^ (Cocashl
Wolf 1-oth of whom were of European 1 irth but in
h Idhood thpv came to the new world the father
at the age of fourteen and the mother when a little
1 den of tweli(
\ I g passe I awav
as ne of the jic
To him a
T hn 1
e latt r is leeeased
in Detroit m 1W8 The father
neer brick manufacturers of the
ears conducted his manufacturing
I at the head of the Wolf Land
ni his wife were horn fi\e sons
I resident of Los Angelei ralifornia
1 1 1 Frank Charles and Kichard a!] of Detroit
The second m order of bitth is Fted C Wolf mho
was born while his parents were res lent' of Mm
nesota Thev had preiiously resided m Detroit but
afterwards spent several years in Minnesota and then
returned to this citv Here the father established a
1 ricJt^ ard and brick kilni and became prominent m
the development of the eity Many of the early
1 uil lings still standing a.% well as later modern
structures were erected from materials from the Wolf
Brick plant At the outbreak of the war with Ger
matt} on account of the scarcity of labor and the
curtailment of building ncident to war necessities
it was decidei li Mr Wolf and h s sons that they
lOuld discontinue the b ismess of br i-k manufa tnr
ing and the plant was sold The-* then organise 1 the
Wolf Land Company of which the father is i ow
1 resident and he is devoting his energies to the sale
of land and lots and the erection of buildings on
the holdings of the lompnny, which are lery extensive.
Pred C. Wolf attended the public schools of De-
troit and afterwards pursued a course of study in the
Detroit Business College. He then joined his father
in the brick manufacturing business, in which he
was actively engaged until 1917, when, with the others
of the family, he disposed of his interests in the
business which had been built up by the father and
son. He then became interested in the automobile
traie aa a n i iber of tU "U Itrn Sil s & ■- r\i e
( mpani which comj.ani er cte 1 a large buildint, at
"Vos 33 to 39 Woodwarl avenue In this the busi
ness was installed and the company handles automo
bile accessories and acts as agents for the Ford ears
Its business has been \erv suicessful and Mr Wolf
IS the vice president His thorough training his
nterprise and his progressive spirit have been don
inaiit factors in the continued growth of the trade
He IS also the vice president of the Modern Tru k
Sales Ccnipanj and the vl e presidet t of tie Mo lern
Garage all located at H to 31 Woodwarl aienue
In Seittiuber JQ19 Mr Wolf acquired the lease of
tl firijroof building at N ) _0' \\ Lafayette street
J Detroit an 1 after having it ren oleled he organizel
wh t 13 n w the Wolt Tru k ( ompinv hanllmg auto
tiu ka an 1 secure 1 tl e agency for the United Kalama
o anl All \merii,an trucks This business is now
going at a trtmendous ratt and promises to be one
of the big factors in the sales en 1 of the trucks in
Detroit Mr Wolf is at all times alert and watchful
of oven opportunity ■which points t( success and hia
close application and industry hav e been lominant ele
ments m winning for him the creditable position whi h
he occupies in the business ciilIcs of Detroit
On the "Uh of October 189* Mr Wolf was n ar
ri(d U Miss Fmma Zimmerman of Detroit laught r
of Mr and Mrs ( harles Zimmerman They hai e
Itctme parents of six children Mrs Harriet Heiner
who was born and e lucated m Detroit and whose
hiisbanl IS engage 1 m the trutk business with her
ftther Boena Htrbert Tewel Alice and Virginia all
at home Mr Wolf is a member of the Masonic fra
ternitv and has taken the legrees of both lodge and
chapter He is also onntcted with the Benevolent
Prttective Order of Elks In polities he is a re
publictn giving his stalvnart support to the party
where national issues and questions are involved but
ne er hesitating to cast an independent 1 allot if his
lu Igment so dictates at lo al elections He has
never sought nor desired office his entire time and
attention ! eing gi en to his business affairs his caia
1 le management and energi being dominant elements
in winning him his present day success
FDWABD T BATED president of the Apperson
Detr it Tompanv automobile dealers was born m
ToleJo Oho October 8 1891 Hia parents Frank
an I Mary (Johnson) Baird were also natives of
T>lelo and m earh life the father resided in Denver
and in Pueblo, Colorado, being engaged in the smelt-
ing and refining business in the latter city. He after-
ward removed to Denver, where he held a responsible
position with the Denver & Eio Grande Railroad
Company for a time but subsequently returned to
Toledo, where he held several important positions
of public trust. He was for many years state oil
inspector. He died while on a visit in Los Angeles,
California, January 12, 1920, at the age of fifty-nine
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in Toledo 01 o a d also 1 s a sun mer hone n
Bouthern Cal forn vl ere b1 e spenls the w nter sea
sons In the fan Iv there ■ire three sons Paul L
aad Fnnki n D both of Toledo -md Edward J
The publ e s hoo! system of h s nit ve t} afforded
Bdwird J B'i rd h a early edu at onal oiportu t ea
and later he attended the M an Ml tiry Inst tute
from wli ch he was g aduated n Janu rj 190 He
then entered bua net 1 fe s ur ng a iituat on n the
wholoaale hardware J ouse of the Boatw ck Braun
Com] any f Toledo tl ere r ma ni g for abont fi e
veara On the eip rat u of that ler od he became
a manufa tu ra agent sell ng a to jjirts w th head
quarters n Detro t A 1 ttle liter he be an e silea
n anag r for the En erson Manufa tur ng Compan
n anutaet rers ot luton ob le parts and i e a also the
pres dent of the Apperson Detro t Company 1 atn
butors of tl e Apperso ears Th a last venture has
been highly succeastul and he is making rapid progress
toward the goal of substantial success.
It was in Toledo, Ohio, on the ISth of March, 1913,
that Mr. Baird wedded Miss Grace Worts, a daughter
of W K Worts of that eity Thev are membera of
the Episcopal church and their social position is one
of prominence Mr Bairl belongs to the Fellon
craft Athletic Chib and also has membership ion
nection with the Detroit Board of Commerce He is
interested m all that pertains to the citr s neltare
and business development and ie has made for him
aelf a most creditable position in businesa circles,
working steadily upward from a minor place to the
general managership of the Emerson Manufd.cturing
Company whith eni|lois ibout two hundred people
■WILLIAM O BALDWIN In business (ircles of
Detroit, William O. Baldwin is well known dS inspector
of agencies for the Kew York Life Insurance Com-
pany— a position of large responsibility, demanding
executive ability of a high order, poise ajid determina-
t n and his services are of great value to the oorpora-
t on wh I he represents. He is a native of New Eng-
land h birth having occurred at Huntington, Ver-
m nt n the 5th of February, 1871, and his parents
V. O ange A. and Harriet (Mason) Baldwin, who
al natives of the Green Mountain state, in
h h fh y spent their lives. The father was a succesa-
f 1 f a m and an honored veteran of the Civil war, in
wh h h erved for three yeara and three months. He
nl t d a a private in a Vermont regiment and won
P om t n to the rank of sergeant. He participated in
roan hay engagements but was never wounded and
pa d away at the old family homestead in Vermont
in 1919, when seventy-one years of age, while the
mother is also deceased. Three children were born to
their union: Mrs. Cora Weller, who haa paased away;
Mrs. Caroline Spiff, a resident of Huntington, Vermont;
and William O.
After completing the work of the grammar schools
\J P 11 Iweanie a student in the high school at
^ev Ha Vermont, and at an early age started to
ork n a newspaper office, becoming errand boy for
the Burl ngton (Vt.) Free Press and gradually working
ha ay upward until he was intrusted with reportoriiil
vork 6e en years were devoted to journalism and
1 e then became a solicitor at Burlington for the New
lork L f Insurance Company, being later transferred
to Sirngfield Massachusetts, where he remained for
seven -veara proving very successful in that field. He
then came to the middle west as inapeetor of agencies
and n 1916 established his headquarters in Detroit.
H 3 d atr et covers five states — -Michigan, Ohio, Indi-
a a Kent cky and West Virginia. That he is a highly
efHc ent officer is indicated in the fact that he has
d rect charge of over six hundred solicitors and since
tak ng 0 er this territory haa increased its sales from
ten D llion to sixty million dollars worth of insurance
on tlly^a remarkitble accomplishment, showing him
to be a man of superior qualifications for the work in
which he is engaged.
On the 2fith of February, 189S, Mr. Baldwin was mar-
ried at Burlington, Vermont, to Miss Kathryn Boaril-
man, a daughter of Albert B. and Mary Boardman,
prominent residents of that eity. He is a member of
the Unitarian church and is a republican in his politi-
cal views. The Detroit Athletic Club numbers hiin
among its members and he is a prominent Mason, hav-
ing taken the thirty second degree in the consistory
and also being connected with the Shrine. He is a
self-made man, whose constantly expanding powers
have taken him from mediocre beginnings to the field
of large enterprises and constantly broadening opportu-
nities and in insurance circles of the country he oc-
cupies a position of leadership. The word fail has
no place in his vocabulary and his record is proof of
the fact that merit and ability will always come to the
front.
JAMES P BOWSHER. One of the prominent fig-
ures in business circles of Detroit is James P. Bnw-
sher, a member of the C. B. R. Construction Company,
building contractors and engineers, who have erected
a large number of fine buildings in this city in recent
years. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
March 27, 1886, and is a aon of William and Susan
(Pool) Buwsher, the former a native of England
and the latter of Philadelphia, in which city she
was reared and educated. As a young man the fa-
ther came to the United States, taking up his resi-
dence in Philadelphia, where his marriage occurred.
In his later years he became identified with manu-
facturing interests and for a considerable period has
been a trusted official of the George C. Hetzel Textile
Company of Chester, Pennsylvania. The mother also
survives and they became the parents of five chil-
dren, one of whom is deceased. Those living are:
Herbert L., William and Mrs. Anna L. Bruner, all
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Ii tlie pabhu schools of Philadelphi'i Jamea P
B wsher pursue! his eiucitiyn and buI" se ^nentlv en
tered tlie Dre^ol Institute Following the comple
tion of lis course hi. becime ai apprentice in the
I ichine "lop of the Bildrtin LKomotue Works
later 1 emg trineferccd to the draft ng department
After aemng his apprentiieship he continued with
the torporation for se\en vears during which lie
a }uired viluable praetiLal experience and then left
Ihiladelphia going firat to Chicago Illinois and then
t< Toleto Ohio where he wis employed a^ a drafts
mi He next entered the goi eminent service going
to the Panama eanil where he was engaged in con
itrurtion and engineering work for a period of three
vears Suhsequenth he entered the Univerait^ of
M:nhigan it Ann Arbor where he ^uraued a
two vears eonrse m engineering and in 1118
came to D troit Here in issociation with Burt A
Clark he organized the C B E Construction ( om
pany which his since en30}«d i pr ii.erous existence
They ire building contractors and engineers and have
1 ePn awarded manv important contracts erecting
■lojne of the largest tuildings m the Lity including
the De Forii garage i factory 1-aiiding for Holoroft
& Company and many large apartment houses In
the exetution of contracts they have e\ei conforinel
to the spirit as well as the letter of an agreement and
their superior work and straightforwarl business
n ethods have gamed for them i large patronage
\t Wilmington Delaware on the "th of August
1<108 Mr Bowshei wa-a united in marriage to Miss
\lico M Morns whose parents were at one time
residents of Oxforl PennsyUania but are now liimg
in Chester that state In his political views Mr
Bowsher is a republican interested in the welfare
ind lULCess of the partv but without desire for pnbhc
oftice Fraternally he is identified with the Masons
belonging to the lodge chapter and council and he
IS also a member of the Masonic Country Club of
which he is ^enmg a' a director In ]<)17 he en
listed for service in the World war becoming a mem
ber of the Engineers Corps of the regular armv with
which he was connected for three months when he re
ceived his honorable discharge Throughout his career
Mr Bowsher has closely applied himself to the worfe
in hand and has steadily advanced each forward
'tei bringing him i broaler outlook and wider
opj ortunities He i^ a man of high principles ani sub
gtantial qualities progressive and reliable in busi
nos loial m citizenship and at all times displaying
l-'votion to the duties tl at devolve upon him
EDWIN T HIS'' K remarkably successful career
19 that of Bdwin J Hess who is well known in bu»i
ness circles of Detroit as a member of the Hess Cart
ige Companv That he is a man of marked executive
ability and enterpriae is mlicatel m the fact that
his [reatnt bisini-ss was establiahe 1 aeven -^etrs ago
on borrowed capital with but one wagon aid it has
now become one of the largest enterprises ot this
character in the eit'v Mr Hess was bom m Detroit
Decenber 14 1812 and is a son of Conrad and Anna
(Beckj Hess the former of foreign buth while the
latter was also a native of this city Wh n a voung
man of eighteen -vcirs the father emigrate! to the
United States making lis wav to Detroit He be
came a member of the flro department with which
he was identified for twenty five years luiing which
period he was adi anced from the position of hoseman
to that of lieutenant serving as a member ot Com
panics Two Three and Eleven Ho was one of the
iti B most faithful and efficient fire fighters and is
now on the retired list He and his wife are well
known and highly esteemed residents of Detroit
Then famih numbered four children Tar! a reai
dent of this city Charlotte who is now the wife of
I E Herolil of Detroit Helen who maine 1 Henry
Mev ering Jr of this city and Edwin J
In the pursuit of an education Mr Hess attenied
the graded aehools of Detroit also becoming a stu
dent m night schools and his initial business experi
Lnce was gained with the J C Goss Company tent
md awnmg makers of this eity whom he served m
V irious capacities at length being made a salesman
This position he filled for nine years at the end of
which period he decided to embark in bni ness on
his own account ani in lfll4 established tie Hess
Cartage Company in association with hia brother
Carl lemg obliged to borrow capital to Itunch his
new inter] rise The b i sines s was at first a ^ery
small one and something of the growtl of the enter
piiae IS indicated in the fact that they now operate
fifteen large up to date trucks and own the building
and garage m which thev con U ct their interests
Thev conduct their business along the most modern
and progressiv e lines their serv ice 1 img first class
m every particular and their patronage has now
reached extensive proportions The 1 usmess is free
of all indebtedness and the total assets of the tinn
now amount to more than one hundred thousand dol
lars The enterprise has enioyei a remarkablj rapid
and healthful growth and the Hess Cartage Company
is regarded as one of the leading undertakings of
this character in the citi Mr Hesa la kie ilv alive
to every nev^ avenue opened m the natural rcmifiea
fions of trade and is never afraid to venture where
f av oring oj portunitv points out the wav
In Ins political views Mr Hess is a republican
stanchly Bupportm;? the principles and candidates of
the part'v an! his interest in the welfire and progress
■of hia citv IS indicated by his membership in the
Board of Commerce whose plans and proiects for the
extens on of the trade relations of Detroit receive his
hearty cooperation Fraternally he is identified with
the Masons belonging to Palestine Lodge P & \ M
and to the chapter ani he is also a member of the
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JOSEIH WITKOl^SKI A notibly bu cesaful
eer tl at of Joaepl ^\ tkowsk i leid ng
r hant of Detro t 1 ean e to th a ty over
tl t fi e ears ago l"e ng it that t me a humble
fi n al rcu sta tea and thro gl eeonora d atrj
nl lul 0 3 an gement le h *■ acq red a sub
t nt tl con petence He a n it the head f three
It ge eloth ng eatabl sh uents ontrolled b tl e W t
! o k & Sona Companj (rf wl ch he s the prea deuf
1 the ndu t of h B bua ness nteceats he d a
pi s marked cseent ve al 1 t^ det rm mt on and en
pr e
Ho of fore gn b rtl h s mtal dav be ng Jinuir
i IS but n the early 80i he an e to the Tin ted
St t s making h s waj to Detro t wl ere I e secured
work n a ta I rmg eatab! shment 1 iv n" prev oualy
leirnel the trade n hs nat ve land He waa thus
emj.loyed until IBOj wl en le emtarfced n > ^ neas
i a own account a d opene 1 a amall atore at Nn
3 4 Cinfield ivenne Ftst eirr ng a well select* 1
ocl>. of gentleme s clotl ng and f rn >"h ngf From
tl e beg nn ng h a b a neas prospered lad he grad
all n re ie 1 h a ato k i In tt ng- h s sons to a
pirtoe h p n the enterpr se n IMO Tl r e years
later another store was established at what is now
]!\5 ^5040 Michigan avenue and Srheatet Koslowski
* ho IS 1 s<tiinl'jw ot Mr W tkOKSki and a iilent
1 artntr n the bus nesa is m charge having ^uo
eeeded in I uiJding up -i large trade The rapid ex
pansion of his interests loon afterward led Mr Wit
kowski to erect i hue modern building at No b305
Chene street in wh ch to louse his thirl establish
mtnt which was opened on the lOth of Mn 1917
Tnd rauki! with the most up to late storei of this
chiraiter m the city Although of large proporfiona
this bu Idiog la ilreidy proMng inadequate to his
1 eeds ind m the ne^r future Mr Witkowski plans to
l\d to it leveral more atorita Eusineaa la condueted
imlpr the style of tie Witkowski & Sons Company
of which he a tl e president and he is condueting the
1 usinesa along the most roo lern in i progressive hnes
proiuctive of gratifying results He emplojs from
thirty to fifty aale-ipeople and thoroughly under
stinis the pnnuplea of merchandising He hia midt
a cl ae studv of the net is ind wiahea of the public,
for he believea that aatisfied patrona are the beat
ad^ ertisement and he Lorries a large atoek f the best
sride of men s clothing and furniahmga Hia reason
al le prices ani well known reliabilitj in all com
mer<.ial tranaactiona have secured for him a large
trade and I e haa aucceeded in maintaining a high de
grp ( f efS.ciency in the operation of the buainess
! eing recognized aa one ot the most auicesiful cloth
ing merehants in the cit>
B for en grat nj, to tJ s countr Mr W tkowsk
was mirr ed al road on tl e 6th of October 1881 to
M as Jul a W dzgowak and they became the par
ents of five eh Idren of wh n one haa paased awaj
Tl oae who a rv ve are a follows A! ee whose b rth
0 currel n Europe on the 10th of Novemler 188
and wl 0 a qu red her educat on n the gra n er anl
1 gh acl ools f Detro t a now the wife of S Ivester
Koalowak n imger of the M ch gan aven e store
0 ned by the fir n ^ ernon was born n Detro t
Marl 5 1888 atte ded the pubic 'fclool* of the
t 1 d a a n ember of the W tko sk & So s f on
panj wh le he a ilao a i rector of the M ch ga
^tate Bank of Detro t On thf 26th ot Januar}
Itlb he mirr ed M s^ Amstas a Km ze ska f th a
c tv a d thev now ha e a so Vernon Jr I o waa
bor Mirch 15 19 0 Mix J bom n Detro t on the
lOtl ot Septen b r 1890 j raued 1 a stud es n tl e
[ ul 1 Bchoola here ind s ala isaoc at 1 lua nesa
witl ha father Mrs K nga braankowsk wia born
Detro t March i 1894 and if ter eon plet ng tl e
work of the gramnar anl h gh schools she became
1 st lent the McDonald School of Mus c be ng a
p p 1 of Profeaa r Mayh e She also rea dea n tl s
ct anl has become the mother of two ch llren
K nga born ii It J md Delph na whose b rth oc
e rred n 19 1
Mr Vi tkowik s a commun cant of bt Joseph 3
Eoman Cathol e ch r h and a a n ember of tl e Pol ah
Citizen s Club the Polish National AIliancL and the
Polish Roman Citholic Union He wis one of the
organiztra ot Dom Pol'^ki He has never had oe
e ision to regret the impulse wl ich led him to leave
his natiie land qnl aeek the advantiges of a new
country, for here he I as found the opportunitiea for
advancement which he sought and in their utilization
has worked his way steadily upward until he has
gained t poa tion of irommenee in mercantile circles
of Detroit while at the same time he haa contributed
inaterialh to tl e commerc il levelopment of the city
He resiles it 1342 Last Lai field avenue, which has
bi.cn tie famih homi for more than thirty one i eira
EDWARD J Ii.END\LI M D Following his
graduation from the Hahnemann Medical College in
m<>5 Dr Edwarl J Kendall came to Detroit where
through the intermiing ] eriod of more than a quarter
of a centurj he his ingaged in the practice of med
nine Although born acroaa the birder it wia not
until after he attained hii majority that he beeime
1 resident of the United Statea His birth o curred
in Welland Ontario Jinuary uO I'iel hia parents
being John and Sarah \nn (Badger) EenJall both
of whom were natii ea of England where they were
reared toming to the new world about 1856 at which
time the* settled at St Catherines Canada The
father was engage 1 in the decorating buainess He
passel a»av m 186S at a comparatively earh age
his s(n Edwarl T being it that time but two years
t ige The n other Ung surMved her husband her
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Aeafb occurring in 1902. They had a famils" of three
ehiliiren, one of whom has departed this life, the aur
viving daughter Ijeing Mrs. Amelia Morey Bedingfield
of Detruit.
Dr. Kendall, the youngest of the family, attended
the public schools of Stanford, Ontarif. and con-
tinued his education in a high school at Niagara Palla,
Canada. Ho next entered the Ontario College of
Pharmacy of Toronto, and was graduated with the
class of 1%1. For a time he acted as manager of a
drug store in the city of Kochester, New York, and
later engaged in business on his own account aiter
several years spent in clerical positions. This was
an initial step to the practice of medicine. His desire
to enter npon that field of labor ted him to become
a student in the Hahnemann Medical College of Phil-
adelphia, from which he was graduated with the c'ass
of 1895. He then came to Detroit, where lie has since
followed his profession, continuing in general prac-
tice. The growth of his practice from the beginning
has been rapid and eatisfactory. He has served as
a member of the medica] staff of Grace Hospital, and
as a member of the faculty of the Detroit Homeopathic
College of Medicine, in which he holds the chair of
Materia Medica. TVoin 1898 until 1901 he served as
inspector for the city board of health and in every
possible way he has done all within his power to
advance professional standards and render the ef-
forts of physicians and surgeons of the greatest avail
in cheeking the ravages of disease. He is identified
with the leading professional societies, including the
International Hahnemann Association, the A.merican
Institute of Homeopathy, the Michigan State Home-
opathic Medical Society and the Detroit Practitioner
Society, serving for several years as secretary of the
last named, also for one year as its president.
On the 28th of April, 1908, Dr, Kendall was mar-
ried in Detroit to Marjorie B. Austin, daughter of
Richard and Emma Hart, at one time residents of
Detroit, and later of London, Ontario. Mrs Kendall
passed away October 7, 1913, her death being a mat-
ter of deep regret to many warm friends. Fraternally
Dr. Kendall is connected with the Masons and is also
identified with the Knights of Pythias. He is a man
of tine personal appearance and of unfailing courtesy
and has ever enjoyed the high regard, respect and
confidence of the general public and the esteem of
his professional brethren.
CHABLEe H. OAKMAN, M. D.. D. D. S., is one
of the best known oral surgeons in the United States
and has long been recognised as one of the most
progressive members iif the profession. His work in
oonneetiim with oral hygiene has been a most valuable
contribution to dental practice, and he is deserving of
groat credit for what he has accomplished in the way
of the installation of dental clinics in the public
schools. These have proven of incalculable benefit
to the Mchool children, and it was Dr. Oakman's propa-
ganda that largely brought the matter to the attention
of the general public.
Dr. Oakman is a native of Detroit, his birth haviiif
here occurred September 23, 1865. He is a son nf
John and Elizabeth (Normiie) Oakman, who had a
family of eight children, sis sons and two daughters'
Joseph, Robert, Milton, William and John, the last
two having passed away; Margaret, the wife of Jame?
Gilbert, of Detroit; and Elizabeth, the wife of P. A.
Baylis, of Sydney, Australia.
The other member of the family is Dr. Oakman, who
attended the public schools of Detroit and was gradu-
ated from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery with
the class of 1892. Some years later he pursued another
professional course, completing his studies in the
Detroit College of Medicine as an alumnus of
1906. He entered upon the active practice of
dentistry in Detroit in 1892 and continued to follow
his profession in a general way until 1906, since
which time he has specialized in oral surgery. He
has been particularly successful in this field and
has attained a position of national prominence in this
connection. From 1910 to 1914 he was a member nf
the Detroit board of health and served as president
of that body in the latter year. He is also a past
president of the First District Dental Society, a past
president of the Michigan State Dental Society and
a member of the National Dental Association, in which
he formerly filled the position of chairman of the oral
hygiene section. For eight years he was a member of
the state board of dental examiners. He likewise bo-
longs to the American Medical Association, the Mis-
sissippi Valley Medical Association and is a fellow
of the American College of Surgeons. He was fcr-
merly oral surgeon to Harper Hospital and clinical pro-
fessor of surgery at the Detroit College of Medicine
and Surgery. Dr. Oakman is a member of the boiird
of commissioners of the Detroit House of Correction.
During the World war he was a member of draft board
No. 3, having charge of the medical examination work.
In 189* at Port Huron, Michigan, Dr. Oakman waa
married to Miss Margaret Gibb, and they have be-
come parents of a daughter, Ruth, who was born in
1902 and who is now in the student teachers' Irain-
Ing school; and a son, Charles, who was boin in
1904 and is a senior in the Northem high school of
Detroit.
Dr. Oakman is a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the Delta Sigma Delia
dental fraternity and the Phi Beta Phi medical f'a-
ternity. He has membership with the Masons, being
a past master of Palestine Lodge, F. & A, M.; a
member of King Cyrus Chapter, E. A. M.; and De-
troit Commanderyj No. I, K. T. Ho has likewise at-
tained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Bite
and is a member uf Moslem Temple of the Mystic
Shrine His political endorsement is given to the
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republican pirt^, and hi3 religious laitli is that of the
Ejiacoiil church He is interested in all those forces
iihioh nnke for the uplift of the iniividual ind the
1 eiiefit of the communitj at large Actuated by &
most progressive spirit he has steaiily advanced
towird the highest professioml standards, and his
initiatii e and his skiH have placed him ^mong the
toremost cral surgeons of the country Dr Oakman
iL^ides at No 111 Longfellon a^enut
TOSFPH G HAMBLLN, TR , a j rominent attoinej
ct Detroit and int,mbir of the will known hnn of
Warren, Cadv, Hill &, Hamblen, whose ability is at
te'ited in the large tlientele accorded them, is a native
ot this city and was born Juh 8, 1875 His parents
were Joseph f! anl HUona (Richarle) Hamblen, the
t jrnifr of whom was lorn in Newcastle, New Hamp
shire in 1S43 The mother nai a native of Dublin,
Iriland, and in tarlv lite emigrated to the United
States with her parents, who settled at Ann Arbor,
Michigan In the schools of that city she acquired
her education and there her marriage occurred As a
voung man the father came to Detroit and m 186b
be established the firm of Hamblen & Baker, wholesale
dealers in msters aui frnit*" He became a very sue
cissful merchant, building up a large business, which
he cintinied to conduct until his demise in 1M6
Thi. ntother ^ur^ms and is still a resident of this eitj
In their family were four children Cornelius, who is
a resident of Seattle, Washington, Ralph Eithard of
Detroit, Louis W, who died while fighting for his
countrv, being killed in that memorable conflict at
Chateau Thierry, France, in July, 1018, and Joseph
(t Jr
The last named attended the grade! schools of De
troit and following his graduation from high school
entered the law department ot the Uimersity of Miuh
igan from which he was graduated m 1819 with the
LL B degree He at once entered upon active prac
tice m his native city, becoming identified with the
law Iirni of Shaw, Warien, tady &, Oakes, and its sui
(pssors and was subsequently admitted to a partner
ship relition, their interests now bung conducted
unler the stjle of Warren, Cadi, Hill & Hamblen
T]iL> are regarled as leading attorneys of the state
and the list of their clients is an extensive one Mr
Hamblen is a capable attornej, well informed m all
I ranches of th« law, and his ability is manifest in
the logic of his deductions and the clearnesB of his
reasoning In business matters, too, his ludgment has
been found sound and reliable and his enterprise un
talter ng and he is identified with several of the large
commercial enterprises of tl e city lULluding the Mich
igan Stamping Company, tie Michigan Drop Forge
fonipanj and the East End Land Companj
\t Clieago, Hlinois, on the I'ith of August 1905,
Mr Hamblen was united in marriage to Miss J Grace
Horton a daugl tcr of Ferdinand W ani Marr Sophia
Hortin wlII kn(«n residents of that city Mrs Ham
bleu was graduate 1 Irtm the ITniiersitj of Michigan
m 1100 and js an actue member of Oie Alpha Phi
SLTority She is a woman ot superior mental endow
mtnta and is a promint,nt and valued member of the
Twentieth Ccnturj and Woman s Clubs of Detroit,
hung deeply interested in all that pertains to public
] r ogress and advancement
In hia political views Mr HamUkn is a republiean
and hi8 religious faith is indicated by his membership
in St Paul s Episcopal church He is a valued mem
ber ot the Lawjers Club of Detroit and the Detroit
Bar issociation, the Michigan State Bar Association
and also belongs to Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity
During the World war he rendered valuable serviee to
the goicrnment as a member of the Detroit draft and
legal advisory boards and he also aeted in the eapaeity
of legal adviser to tlie Motor Transport Division The
nature of his recreation la indicated in his membership
in the Detroit ithlelic, tho Lochmoor Gtolf, and the
Detroit Boat Clubs and ho finds much enjoyment in
life )n the open He has eier reniiined a close and
discriminating student of the principles of jurispru
dence and he possesses those qualities which are m
dispensable to the lawyer — a keen, rapid, logical mmd,
plus the business sense, and a leadv capacity for hard
work His time and attention are chiefly gnen to his
law practice and lie has made continuous progress in
his protesston, in which he has attained high stand
mg, being recognised as om of the leading representa
tivea of the Detroit lar
WILLIAM L BRAZIL Prominent among the
more recently organized business enterprises of De
troit IS the firm of Hughes, Gordon, Brasie & Com
pany leading bond brokers of this city Wilham L
Brasie, a man of broad experience in financial affairs,
IS the vice president and secretary of the comfan^
and his sound judgment, untiring efforts and m
itiative spirit are proving potent factors m the de
velopment of the business He was born in North
Branch Miehigan, June 23, 1871 a son of Wilraot
and Emma (Nichols) Brasie the former a native of
England, while the latter was born in Hudson eounty,
New 1 ork and both came to Michigan m early
life They became residents of North Branch and
the father devoted his attention to farming, winning
thereby a substantial competence They were highly
respected resilents of their community Both are
deceased In their family were seven chiHren
Homer, Mrs Robert Cargill David, who is deceased
Mrs J Green, William L , George anl Mabel
Mr Brasie acquired his education in the public
schools of North Branch, Michigan, and subsequently
pursued a commercial course at Terry's Business Col
lege at Ypsilanti, Michigan from which he was grad
uated m 18S9 His mitial business experience was
secured lO the manufacturing department of the De
troit braneh of the firm of Edson, Moore & Company
and for eight years he had charge of the manufactur
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jng end of tit bus acsi his Hirvitc^ 1 Ling very \ ilu
able to the 6rm He ne^t tecanie connetted with
the National Citv Bank of New lork city of which
Frank W 'V anderlip is the president oiid there gained
valuable experience m financial affairs remaining i^ith
that institution nntil lie returned to Detroit to ac
eept 1 roaition with the old Detroit Nitional Bank
He continual with that institution until the orginiza
tion of the firm of Hugh a Gordon Brasie & Conipan'\
of whith he became iiie president and secretary
while S Harvev Huglies was made president and
Frank A Gordon \i e president an
ire thoroughly capable areful and
men ot broad experienie in finanenl ifEairs and
from its inception the enterprise his enjoved 1 steady
growth being now established upon 1 soun i financial
basis They are deilera in high gnde bonH and ow
ing to their thorough re iibilitv and inte(,iitv haie
alreidv won i lirgi, si aie of public patronage being
re £!■ b"ul brokers <f the UtT
On the 7th of Juh isqg Mr Brasi« was united m
marriage to Mni Bertl a M Roberts of Lapeer
Uichigan a daughter of Mr and Mrs lohn R Roberts
prominent residents of that ntv Two children ha^ e
been born to Mr an i Mrs Brasie Boberts who
was b rn in IB'^9 aul f llo\Mng his graduation from
high school ei tered the University of Michigan
where he is now pursuing hia studies and Seraldine
who WIS born m 1901 and is now a student m chem
istrv at the State Unnersit^
In his political view^ Mr Braaie ja a republi in
giving stilwirt support to the iriniiiles and candi
datea ot the party anl fraternallv he is identified
with the MTJOns belonging to the consistory and
Shnne He has ever based his acl
affairs upon strict integrity anl tlos
his success repre«enta the wiae uat
talents combined with -i realy
opportunitv The irchifect of hia
has builded wisely ind well attain
m business circles of the cit^ whili
IS loial ind public spjritel his influence bimf, e\er
on the side ot reform and progress
JOHN KRA\ E There has been scinelv any branch
of business in which tl en hia been shown greater
activity thin in real estate circles The rapid mflu-c
of citizens to Detroit owing to the development of
the mammoth industries of the citj has created a
demand for homes an 1 property that is little less
than mirvelous and the progressive an 1 enterprising
real estate men have therefore hid a fruittul field of
Iibor To this diss belongs John Krave who was
bom m Riga RuBsii September II 1884 and is i
son of John and Mirv (Eosenthal) Krave who were
also natives of Rigi where they spent their lives
The father engage 1 in merchandising there and was
a prominent citizen of that western seiport
John Krive wis one ot i faiiilv of fi e elillrtn
1 business
? application and
ot his time and
recognition of
own fortunes he
ing high standing
Hi ittonkU the i,ublK h a 1 i 1 stU Is < t I it,, an 1
ifterward beiame connected with mercintile intirestf
opentmg succesafuUj along that line until he cime
to America in 1Q04 at which time he took up lia
abode in New \ork city There he entered real
estate eirclea buying and selling property f r others
He remiined i resident of the metr polls for eight
yeara and in 1912 came to Detroit reLOgniEin,, t! e
possibilities for real estate activities here through
the rapid growth of the city He turned his attention
to the hmdlmg of subdivisions ind soon 1 ecaine a
familiar figure m this bnnch of the realty business
Since 191) he has placed minv of the city s aub
divisuns on the market ind his established homes
f r many thousands of people His leading properties
are on ^\ est Jefferson anl Grand Eiver avenues anl
other sections of the west side Mo^t of the distnets
which he has hindled are non occupiel by substantial
dwellings and comfortable homei together with mtn>
residences of a superior type
In New 1 rk cih in 1905 Mr Krave ivis, imrnrl
to Miss Emma Golting and thev hive two childien
Helmuth who was born in New lork in IWf ai d s
n w itten ling the high school in Detroit ml Hugo
wh was bom in New lork Mil 16 1907 anl s als)
a high s liool pupil
The religious faith of the timilv is thit if fl
Presbyterian church and Mr Krave is identified witt
the \oung Men s Christian Association He also
1 eloiigs tt the Fellow craft Club, to the Boari ot
Commerce and t the Detroit Real Estite Board He
IS interested in all that pertains to business deieloi
ment here ind he likewise cooperates heartih witl
plans an 1 meisures win h hii e to do with the progr hs
and upbuilding ot the cit> it large He hia upvei
had occasion to regret his determination to come to
tilt new worll ind he is numbered among those w lo
recognizing the opportunities and advintages here
offered have steadily worked tbuir waj upwarl In
tliviluil effort and diligence hive been the basis of
his succtss and he his now reached a cred til le pi tee
in real estate eirdes in Detroit
THABLES C \ALADE As president of the Dc
troit Butcher Supply Companv Charles C \alide
IS it the head of the largest supply h' use of this
fharactcr in the state ot Michigan ml he is me
of tic most pi minent men m this line of actmti
in the country His business activities hi\e it ill
times balanced up with the prmcipies of truth ml
honor anl the firm name haa long been i sjnonyn
for progress! venes? and reliability Mr Yalaie la i
natne of Canidi He was born in KingaviUe, No
vember 1 1&75 of the marriage of Dominique and
Sarah (Bailey) "Valade who beeime the parents of
eleven children seven of whom were sons Three of
the brothers of Charles 0 \ ilide— Thomas bom^in
1873 \i<tor born m 18S2 and Wilfred bom in 1885—
1 with I
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In the publ c sehooh of Kingsi He Canada Mr
■\ ■jlnde icquirel his education and on entering the
business wurld his first position was with tl e Ceorge
Niebergall Lumbtr Gompanv of McGregor, Michigan
Subsejuenth Mr McGrLgor purchased a coal yirl
rn Pinfipld avenue Ditcoit on the line of tie Grand
Trunk Ra Iroad and tl 11 he eontinued to operate for
a p rioJ of four v ears when he fold hts interests to
le Hougl ton French Coal Compinv of which Mr
^ alade was one of the meorporatora becoming aa
s stint SPLretarj Subseq lently he was made seer
tirv ind continued to ant m that tapacitv until the
t ill of 1912 when with hia brother Malcolm he
tarte 1 hn pre«nt undertiking recognizing the need
tor a business of this character in Detroit for up to
th it time no concern had handled % complete line
nf iutthers' suj-pliea For the first two years Malcolm
"I ilide served as president of the eomp-iny with
rharlea \ alade aa vjte jreudent and ViPtor Valade
d-i lecretirv treasurer but m the fill ot 3915 the
B ibT-et ot thia review was eletto 1 to tie presidency
n winch office he continues most capablj directing
tl e affairs of the company He possoiie? keen insight
1 to bu9inesa affair'j and situations an 1 hiq plana are
'■ !.T fulh formulated and promptly executed result
mg in the aubstantial growth of the undertaking of
■which he is the head The companv handlea % com
plete line of butifhers' suppliei, always making it a
po nt to aecure the latct and most improved equip
ment and their stopk mcluled the Diamond brand
ipfngeratora unqueat ion ably the best on the market
T nuprnal (leLtrie meat grinders Nicholas Brothers
> nterpr se and Buffalo silent cutters which are used
in grinding meat for sausage knues Si*ale8 choppers
in 1 m fact e\ ervthmg of recognized merit on the mar
ket tiday The ton pany has purchase! a. tract of land
it the corner of Michigan and Bellevue avenues near
tl e Michigan Belt Line where it has under construe
t n a fine modern factory which when completed will
1 aiP a floor s] ace of o\er twentv two thousand square
toet It IS the intentKn of the concern to manu
fa ture jrattually all of the supplies needed m its
luBinesa an! as its wide eipenente has taught the
mpanv what typei of tools are best adapted for
ertam purposes jt is safe to predict that it will
froduce a Superior claas of articles The excellent
bisness aliliti of Mr Valade is ind cated in the
fact that since its incept on the volume of business
lone by the Detroit Butcher Supply Company hai
in rcased o\ er forty per cent while the enterpris ng
and reliable business methoda employed by the house
have won for it the entire confidence of the public
Mr Valade waa married on the S4th of April 1902
1 d has SIX chiHrpn Bavmond Edna Wilfred
Marim Arthur and Ernest In his political vievia
Mr Valade has always maintained an indepenlent
attitude voting for tl 0 men whom he deems best
inahfled for office without regard to party affilia
t ons He has been very active in religious work
hia efforts in this connection having been productive
(f m ich good He is an (arntst and sincere member
of the Asb irj Methodist church and la now aervmg
as superintendent of the faunday s(h)ol and he was
alao one of the organizera of the Detroit Holiness
Association and the Romeo ( amp Meeting Asaocia
tion of Borneo Muhigin Through the wise utiliza
tion of hia time hia talents and 1 is opportunities he
hna attained sueeoas His prominently marked char
a tcristics are those nh ch make for jersonal popa
larity while in buiinnss circles he man fasts the torce
fulness keen discrimination and reily understand
Kg f involve 1 interests which make him one of
the hief factora m the promotion of the industrial
t,rowth of the city He has mastered the lessons of
lite lay bv lay until his postgraduate work in the
school of experience has pla ed him with the men
)f eminent ability and Detroit'is fortunate in claim
ing him as a citizen
JAMES EDMOND TEION who was j rommentJy
known n hia early life in newapap r iir les anl after
ward aa aecretary of the fire commiasion m4king
valuable contribution to the world a work m conncc
tinn with the improvement of fire aystema waa bom
at Brockton Herkimer county New York He was
despfnied trim a family that took a prominent part
in the early history of his native state a direct an
oestor being Sir WiUiim Tryon, the last colonial gov
ernor of Niw \ork He was a (,ranl8on of Norman
Tri m a merchant of Utica, Now York, and a son of
Charles Giles Try on mho was born in the Emp re state
in 1835 anl who for twenty five years was a well
known figure on Wall street in the eastern metropoha
He weddel Mary -inn Dorr of Little Palla, New York
whoae people were charter membera of the First
Methodist church erected at Little Falls
James F Tryon following the removal of the fam
ily from Brockton to Brookljn, tl ere attenJed a pri
V ate school and later was graduated from the high
schooJ while subs equ cut b ho became a student at
Yale and by profession was an hydraulic engineer
Immediately after completing his university ".ourse
his father established him and a eousm in the f ir
nifure business in Oneiia New York While tl ere he
became acquamted with Dr Baker of the First Pres
1 yttrnn church and Judge Lillilridge and it was
through thair influence that he removed to Detroit
Here he held a positi n in the First National Bank
but ill health forced him to seek outdior employment
and the life of a newspaper reporter seemed to ofEer
to h m the greatest attraction Accordingly he be
came part owner of the Daily Sun and m 1875 ie be-
came a member of the staff of the Tribune originally
serving IS night editor and subsequently succeeling
Will am H Baxter as enurt and municipal reporter
After the conaolilation of the oil Post and Tribune
he had the criminal news section and also made a spe
cialtj of interviewing distinguished people Later he
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was marine editor on the same paper ind fnr a num
ber of years vias Detroit correspondei t for the Cin
ciJinat Lommereial Gazette He reported for that
paper the telebrated i_oiitia\ ersv between Madam
Patti and Theodore Thomas the latter being then a
resident of Detroit Mr Tr>on mide it a rule never
to tetrad "i confidence It he was told invthing in
secret and ironiiaed not to publish it he jniariablj
kept hia word, though bj so doing he wis occasionally
scooped on minor mitters but he was more than
recompensed bv the confidence thus inspired
Mr Trjon was t man of studious nature and of
BChoHr|-v attainments and bis opinions camt ti be
sought npon manj matters >£ public concern In
politus ha was a eonsistent republitan and he was ap
jointel superintendent of h'vdnnt ind reaenoirs at
whn.1 time he was .ilso serving as secretarj of the
fire eomn lasion He pftpared and read i paper before
the tlirteenth annual contention cf the New England
Vi ater Works AsaoLiation m Boston m Tune 1894 en
title 1 'What a ^ater Supplv Engineer Can Do m a
Pire Department This was i most scholarly paper
and a terj comprehensive review of the subject tell
ing of the development ot tlie water works system of
Detroit md making cntmsms of defects in organiza
tion of the pipe lines anl reiommendation for greater
efficiency The Detroit pipe lines laid for the pur
pose of making the fire I oat available for hrea at
least a half mile distant from the riier were planned
bj and lai 1 under the snper\ ision of Mr Tryon
Later he founded the Michigan auxiliary fire alarm
system He 'was the sccretarj an 1 treasurer of the
fire commission an 1 was also a memher f tlie \mer
lean bocietv of Engineers
At Detroit on the 29th of Januari 187S Mr Tryon
was married to Miss Marion Grant of Adrnn Mieh
igan a daughter of Adam and Jean (Aikman) lirant
To this marriage was >orn a son Charles Farrand
whose birth iccnrred February 20 1880 He has been
connected in an official capacity with the Los ingelea
Times and later had a similar connection with the El
Paso Morning Journal Subsequently he became a
part owner of the Dailj Democrat at Corpus Christi
Tlxbs bnt IS now engaged in the a 1\ flrtising business
at Dallas Te-^os He has been referred to as one of
the best Xnown newspaper men of the southwest He
roamed Josephine Irene Bvnum of San Antonio
Texas
James E Trjon passed aw a) in St Louis Missouri
in March 1915 the funeral services being conlucted
by the MasDnic traternitj Mrs Tryon though spend
ing a part of tht time in the west and south with her
son, still enjoys calling Detroit her home Mr
Trvon was a. member of the Masonic lo Ige and loyally
followed the teachings and pi rposes of the craft He
was likewise a member ot the Detroit L ght Guard
and at one time publislied tl e Militarv Gazette His
religious faith was indicated 1 ■( his men i crship m the
Presliterian eharch and his soc al t xture ftunl c'':
J r SSI I n hia onneetion with the Detroit Club t) p
Detroit Athletic Club cf which he became a chart t
member and the Fellowcraft Club Every task whi li
I e assumed found him adequate to meet the reqmr
ments thereot He splendidlj developed his pow ra
an! ability as the years passed and became a tor p
ful factor in the tusinesa circles and oflicial life ot
Detroit cspecialb m connection with those public
utihties whi h we ot ^rt-it worth inl le efif to tU
community
ItDGE WALTER PHILLIPS No resident t
Hamtramck stands higher m the estimation of ils
p tizpns than loes Judge Walter Phillips who for
eight 'years has followed the legal profession m
which he has won a position of prominence He H
I mti\e son of Michigan his lirth having tceurrel
at Grand Rapids on the -9th of December 18B2 inl
hts parents were Samuel D and Beitrice (T\m i )
Plullips whose tamilv numbered five children Mr
and Mrs Phillips established their home m Detroit
when their son Walter was but three years of age and
after attending the public and parochial schools ho
entered the Detroit College of Law from which he
was graduated m 1914 He first located in the Euhl
building later opening his pre sent ofB.oea at No
8581 Joseph fampau avenue in Harotrimek He en
gages m general praotue and has a thorough under
standing of the law His clientele has steadily m
creased and his business is now of "i most important
character He displays keen discrimination m the
solution f intricate legal problen s and his knowl
edge of the princii les of junsprudenco is compreh n
Tdlge Phillips 13 actively interested in public affairs
and his finely balanced mmd and legal acumen well
qualify him for a ; oaition upon the bench Hi^; pr
fessional connections are with the Detroit Wa\ne
County and American Bar Associations and he n also
a member of the Lawyers Club of this dty and tie
Alumni Association of the Detroit College of Law He
la likewise identified with the Young Men s Order tie
Knights of Columbus the Benevolent Protective Orler
of Elks the Detroit lacht Club the Detroit Auton
tile Club the HalfWjy Derby Club and is a goveri
ing member of the Military Trammg Camps Association
of the United States Ment has gamed him his advanie
ment and his fellow practitioners and the general puHi
accord him a position ot distinction m his chosen hell
W E BAKER M D Having sueeessfulb engaged
in the iracti e of melicino m Detroit for more thaa
thirty -years Dr W E Baker is naturalh very widely
kn wn He stands as one of the old reliable type of
jh^sicians— men who are not earned away by thtorj
but whose methols laie bein tested bi time This
dops not iidicate that he la(ks the progressive spirit
tor n th( contiary ht is )h ais «ill ig to adAjt
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<iiij HLW method whitl can win tlie approval of ael
en e ani which has its biaia m the reuogniaed laws
of health Dr Baker la a natu e of London, Octirio
He was burn beptember 15, IS'^T of the marriage of
William and Marj (tohaw) Baker the former born in
England, while the latter was a native of Canidi
The father croased the Atlantiu to the Dominion in
1 13 boyhood days m company with his parents atd
WIS there reared on a farm Afttr his marriage he
Loi tinned to engige in farming m the \icinity of
London Ontario, ind remained actue ta a representa
tue of the agricultural interests of that iistntt
until his death H s wife also passed awav m Canada
The J were the parenta of aeven children, one of
whom has departed thia lite, while the othera are
\\. R., of this review, Mra. Sarah t. fetephena of
Detroit; John S., living at Dresden, Michigan;
Herbert E., a resident of Calgary, Alberta; Edith E.,
iilso of Calgary; and Mrs. Ida E. Wilson, of Calgary.
W E Baker, whose name introdueei thia review,
^lent his bojhood da^a as a jujil jn the schools of
Lambeth Ontario, and when he hal completed his
high aehoo! work he determined upon the practice
(f medicine as a life voiation and entered the Toronto
School of Meditmo Subsequently he attended the
V, csteru Unn ersit^ at London Ontario, and waa there
graduated upon the lompletion of a meJical course
in 18<»0 He later entered the Bellevne Hospital Med
itU College of New York city, m whiih he spent one
winter and thus well equipped by thorough framing
le Lame to Detroit in 1891 and has since very sue
essfully engaged m general practice here He "cried
for one teim as health officer dur ng the almmistra
tion of Gdernor Pingree In the three decades which
hue passel since he took np hia abode in Detroit
Ic has nude steady professional progress has at all
times l>een lo^al to the ethical standards of his chosen
calling and has ever kept abreast with the trend of
modern thought and ai\ancement aa bearing upon
the laws of health To this end he has membership
m the Wame County Medical Society the Michigan
Mate Medical Association and the American Medical
On the 5th ot Maj 1886 Dr Baker was married to
Miss Clara E Tiffany daughter ot Albert Tiffany of
Delaware Ontario and among their extensive circle
cf acquimtances m Detroit they have a legion of
warm friends who entertain for them the highest
tegarl Dr Baktr is a well known reireaentatue of
Masonic interests, haiing become a thirty aecond
d gree Sc ttish Rite Mason and he is also a Noble
of Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine If he has
a hobbj it 19 a love of fine horses ani before the
lutc mohile came into general use 1 e kept several
fine animals using them in making his calls He al
waia owned high class and blooded stock and he
atiU haa keen appreciation for the fine qualitiea of
the noble steed but time and distance necessarily
laip forced him to use the motor car m hia daily
trips over the city. Dr. Baker started out in life
with modest moans, working hia way upward through
ability and effort, and He has long ranked with the
most highly esteemed general medical practitioners
of Detroit
JOHN A. WHITTAKEH, secretary, treasurer and
general manager of the firm of, John Wliittaker & Com-
pany budders and contractors, was bom in Detroit,
June 12 1891, and is a son ot John and Emma (Putnam)
Vi, hittaker The father was born in England and came to
the United States in 1850, settling first in Boston, Massa-
chusette and afterward removing to Detroit, where he
bccime connected with W. G. Vinton, a prominent con-
tractor and builder. He continued with Mr. Vinton until
1886, when he entered into the contracting and building
business on his own account. This was the beginning ot
the business that is now carried on under the name of
John Whittaker & Company, carpenters and contractors,
sinct which time many of Detroit's prominent structures
have been erected by the company, which on the lOth of
June 1914 was incorporated. All the interior work used
by the company is manufactured in their own plant and
toda\ the firm ot John Whittaker & Company is the oldest
tontraitmg firm ot its kind in Detroit in point of name
and tnai apement The father is not active in business
affairs at the present time, having turned over the manage-
ment to his eon and namesake. He is well known in club
circles of the city, belonging to the Detroit Athletic and
the Red Run Golf Clubs. He is also a past grand master
of the local lodge ot the Independent Order ot Odd Fellows.
He wedded Emma Putnam, a native of Highland, Mich-
igan and they became parents of five children, three sur-
viving as follows: Emma L., the wife o£ CLtton E. Fergu-
son of Detroit; John A. ; and Thomas A. The last named
was born in Detroit, April 4, 1889, and is now vice presi-
dent ot John Whittaker & Company. Both parents are
very fond ot travel and outdoor life and spend the winter
months in California and in Florida.
John A Whittaker attended the public schools of
Detroit and after completing his studies in the Western
high school accepted a minor position in connection with
his father s business and thoroughly acquainted himself
With the interests and activities ot the firm. Gradually
he worked his way upward, becoming secretary, treasurer
and general manager, thus serving since the incorporation.
This IS one of the few companies ot a like nature that has
followed out the same policy throughout its existence and
t<ida> the firm is one of the best known and most Uberally
patromzed in the state. Many important contracts have
been secured as a consequence ot their capability and
thorough reliability. They have erected many important
buildings including the factory and warehouse for the
Detroit Graphite Company; the Lakeview Baptist church,
the Grace Episcopal church, two residences for the Alex-
ander Lewis Realty Company, an office and transpor-
tation building for the Detroit Street Railways, an office
building for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
Iiic and at the present time they are constructing two
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churches for the Detroit Bapti''t Union Inc and an office
building for Ba'so Brothers The firm of John ft hittaker
&. Compftnj are also dealer'^ m hardware specialties and
their business is one of a ery substantial proportions
On the 24th of DeiPmber 1915 Mr fthiitaker was
married to Miss ^unes E Ritchie daughter ol Robert
Ritchie of (jrTo\ eland township ft a^ ne county her
fither devoting his life to farming Mr and Mrs Vi hitta
ker have three childreD Harrj Robert born November
20 1916 Phyllis Barbara July 14 I9I8 and John Spencer
December 17 1921 Mr ft hittaker in a memlier of
Oriental Lodge F & A M and Kmg Cyrus Chapter
RAM and bdongs to the M'isonic Country Club of
Detroit the Birch HiH Country Club and the Board of
Commerce He is todaj regarded aa one of the progressive
young business men of the city He ha>! but just completed
hia third decade and yet he has long f^ured prominently
in connection with the building operations here and is a
worthj repre entative Df an oil and hcnorel firm whose
name has ever been a => it n\ m ft r thoroughne ° efficiencv
and reliabilitj
01 Y KENNEDY a well known engineer and aur
^ >tc of D tcoit has dei eloped high professional skill
fhiough comprehensui study and broad e-^penence
anl his enterjnae and energv have carriel 1 im for
Hard to a substantial point on the highroad to auc
cess 4 native of Michigan he aai horn at Grand
Haien on the 3d of April lt8/ his parents being
James and Mattie (Niles) Kenne Iv the former a
nati\e of Canala while the latter was born in the
ftoheriiie state h r parents being [loneer settlers
of this section of the country The father came to
Michigan prior to the Civil war and tor miny vears
was connected with tie lumber industry while liter
he entered the service of the government occupying
a position ot trust and authority until his retirement
from activ e life He is now a resident of Detroit
The mother passed away at Grand Haven Michigan
in 1896 In their tami'v were ftur children Ceorge
a resident of MarvsviUe Michigan William Oliver
v^ho IS living m Detroit Ethel the wife of H nry
LuBs of this eity and Gnv o£ this review
In the grammar and high schools of Grand Haven
Michigan, Mr Kennedj acquired his edncati n and
his initial business eiperitnce was obtained in the
engineering department of the Canalian Bridge Com
pani On severing his relations with that corporation
he entered the emj iov of George Ii,rome a prominent
engineer and survey )r of Detroit unler whoso able
instruction he ac^uiret a thorough knowlelge of that
line of work He rtmainel with Mr Jerome for
eight years and in 1913 secure 1 a luenae as surveyor
and engineer smee whi h time he has successfully
engaged in business on his own account He has been
connected with a number of important engineering
and surveying pro]eets and has lail out and anper
vised the constru tion of hundrels of miles of road
wavs pavenents s w rs inl c i luits has b iilf water
systen s surveyed manv large sublivisions and i s
engaged in architectural work all over Michigan a 1
also in other states He is thoroughly familiar wi I
tie scientific principles which underlie his work ai I
his capabilifv enterprise and reliability have he i
salient factors in the attainment of his present s i
On the 25th ot June 1911 Mr Kennedy was unit i
m marriage to Miss Louise Margaret borensen
daughter of Mr and Mrs Soren Sorensen wall know
residents of this it> Two children have been bor
of this union Robert Tames whose birth occurred 1 1
Wl"! and Donald born m 1 120 In his political views
Mr Kenne Ij is a republican and fraternally he i
1 lentified with the Mas ns being master of hia lodge
and he is also a member of the Masonic Country Clui
Wisely utilising his innate powers and talents ani!
closely afpljing himself to the work m hand be has
steadily advauLCi until he now ranks with the leal
log engineers and surv ej ors of Detroit while bis labors
lave at all times been of a constructive character
ontributing to public progress anl improvemei t as
well as to individual aggrandizement
GBOE6E D BAILEY is the refiidtnt i rtner ot tl
firm of Ernst & Ernst public accountants Mr
Biilei IS a native ot Sioux ( itv Iowa and a son ot
Henry M and Mary (Davis) Bailey of that city H
obtained his education m the public anl high sihool
of his native eitv and atttrwarl attended the TJni
V rsitv of Wistonsin at Madison where he graduated
from tie College of Commerce He then went t)
Clevelanl Ohio where 1 e became connected vnti
Ernst &i Ernst as a junior accountant progressing from
that position to senior accountant anl continuing
with tl e V an us ofiices ot the company until 10H
when he opened the Detroit oflice at d became it
manager
On August 17 191 Mr Biilev was n arried to Mis
Edna Gilleu t Racme Wisctnsm Mr Bailey is i
menler of Phi Gamma Delta and of the Detroit De
troit Athletic Detroit Boat and Oakland Hills Conn
trv Clubs
WILLIAM F QUINN D D S who spent the hsl
few years of his hfe as a lental practit oner of Detroit
making a speeialtv f the liagnoais and treatment of
faulty oral conditions was regarded as one of the fore
most authorities on diagnosis and photography m the
dental professiou The vilue of the X ray in dental
surgery is fast becoming more and more recognized
and Dr Qumn was tne of the first to thorou^hlv ylace
this at its true value His ability and yower became
widely acknowledged and he was consulted by many
of the city s leading dentists and surgeons
Dr Quinn passet away on the 31st of July 1931
when still a young man his birth hav mg occurred in
Svracisp New lork on the Sth f S ptember 1885
H s parents we e Patn k F anl Marv A (Calient
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Qainn wlio reared a family of four children mmely
Willnm F of thi3 review Albert Thomaa, and
Ruth the wife of Uongressman % mcent M Brennin
In ISQU when Dr Qumn was but fivi, yeara of age
the family home was e^tabhshei m Cortlaud Miehi
gin BO that he began his education m the public
sehoola of that plaee He afterward btt-ame a student
in the State Normal fethool and was ^radiiittd from
tl e ont,intering dcjartment of the Unner8it> of Michi
gan in 1913 and from the dental department of the
sime institution in 1915 for m the meantime he had
determined to qualifj for duntal pnetice It was m
the fill after his graduation thit he remu^ed to Big
Rip d^ where he opened in oflicL. and continued for
a me time m a<ti^e practice He was tl ere issoLiated
with the boird of health on moith mlection work fur
tlree >earB After coming to Detroit in 1)13 he ilso
igif,id m pru ite practice In the same year he
tirtel upon hii line of spec alization but entered the
nuj as a dental surgeon with the rank of lieutenant
ind was stdtionei at the Great Likes Nival Tnining
Station neir Chicago While there he eximmel thou
sands of mouths rondermg expert opinion concerning
thu condition found On the 1st of September W19
he recened an I ononble discharge and returned to
Detroit where throughout the two remnnmg years of
hiB life he devotud his attention exclusively to the
diagnosis and treatment of fiultj oral uonditions mak
ing extensive reseiroh to improve his te hnique Dr
Quinn was a member of the First District Dental
Society also of tl e Miehigin &tate Dental Society an I
the National Dental Soeiet-y ind through the proceed
ings of these bodies kept in close touch with the trend
of iiodern profoasionil thought and seientiSc mveati
gation His devolcppd ability and skill hai earned I im
far beyond the ranks of the many so thit he stood
among the successful few, and his (pinions earned
weight among rcpresentitn ea of the profession wher
eier he was known
Dr Qiinn was united m marriage to Miss Marion
Hurley who survives him Fnternallv he was idonti
fied with the Knights of Columbus and the Btnevolent
Protectne Order of Elks and he was al^o a pojular
member of the Detroit Yacht Llub and belonged to
Alpha Zeta Chapter of Eippa Sigma A member of the
United States Nivil Keserye force he wis particularly
active m the orgimzation of the Dental Veterans of
the World wir Though still a young mm when deith
called him he hii already attained eminence in hia
ebnaen Geld of labor and his demise was felt as a dis
tmct loss in prof esaional circles while those with wl om
he had come in contact m social relations mourned
the pissing of a valued friend
HERMAN KKAMER TR Miny of Detroit's
Toung men ire rapilly making a creditable name and
plifo for themaelvea as prominent representatives of
their generition in the business world In this con
nection ment on should be made of Hennan Kramer,
Jr wl witthful of his opportunities and imbued
with a c mmenlible ambition is steadily forging his
nay to the front and all who know him feel that in
time he will be an outstanding figure in commercial
circles of Detroit He is i son of Herman Kramer
Sr the founder of the Herman Knmer Furniture
I ompanv ha^ ing one of the largest and finest furni
ture estihlishments not only of the Lity but of the
state The fathir is also the owner of a lirt,e am unt
of improved realty m Detroit and of the Kramer
Theatre a modern yaudtville and motion picture
house on Micl igan avenue and in all of tl tse enter
prises the son is interesto 1 with his father The latter
IS mentione I at length )n another page of this work
togetl ei with a brief mention of the ancestral re ord
of the family
Herman Knmer )r was born in Detroit No^em
her 14 1S11 Ho attended the traded schools and
ifterward became a student in the Western high
s(hool of Detroit from which he was graduited with
tl n class of 11310 Later he pursued a commercial
ourae in the Detroit Business University from which
le WIS als( graduated and then became associated
with his father in the conduct of the furniture busi
ncBS He t ok his initial step m this direction in IJll
ind 11 tie tollowing jear established a branch store
on East Gnti t aienue The success of the new
undertaking was marked from the beginning Close
application thoroughi ess familiarity with the stock
and with the demands of tho trade ml amest efforts
to pic sp his patrons have been the concomitant
ftatures in the growing success of Mr Kramer At the
outset he made it his purpoac thoroughly to learn the
trad II ei ery particular and this thoroughness has
enabled 1 im in tie c<ui3l of years to develop the
ULW establishment from a small store to one of very
gntifiing ind suhsta till proportions He carnes
as high grade furniture is can be obtained anywhere,
his priies ire rtaaonable and his uniform courtesy to
hia p itrons has been a strong element m the prosper
oua growth of the store Mr Kramer is also part
owner of h s f atl er fi other interests benefiting by
the wisdom and expenence of his father and at tho
same time displaying imtiati\ e m introducing new and
ef[eoti\e methods for further business piogreas and
On the 2Ist of June 1<1]6 Mr Kramer was married
to Mias Lucille Drummond of Detroit i laughter of
Mr and Mrs Rose Drummond of this c ty, and they
have one child Herman Kramer who was bom m
Detroit in 1918 being representative in the third
generation to bear that nan e Fnternally Mr Kramer
IS a Consiston Mason and member of the Mystic
Shrine He also 1 elongs to the Felloweraft Club the
Detroit Yacht Cli b and the Detro t Automobile Club
issfciatitns which indicate much concerning the na
tuTP of his interests outside of businasa Few young
men have been so q iick to recognize and utilize oppor
tunities but he has eagerly seized upon every legiti
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mate ad\ autdg lur ] ogi ■i'J ai i lo 1 d*n t 1 In g new
lustre to the nimu ot Kramer whi(^h has long figure 1
prominentU and honorably in the eomraercjal circles
of Detroit
PEANK S ■WEIGHT The faiLtr of I'nnk S
Wrif,ht 11 mtther illustration of the fut that aueceas
1 ts nut depend upon n ere thaun I nt upon the deter
iimtion to »w every oiening for alvaneemont and
t levelop i<«*r tl rough the eiercise of effort This
ourse le his ilwa^s pursued in his 1 uiiness career
nd tod-iT la one of the best known men m connec
tian witl the automobile trade in Detroit It was
natural that he turn to Detroit is a field of lul or
for he felt that tht. growing cit> oftered better tppor
tunitiea than lould be secured claenhere Ht wxs
1 orn in Toledo 01 t February 1 1886 ind is d son
of Harry C anl Ida (C-irmen) Wright both of whom
are natives of Ohio the tormer born at Chagrin FUla
and the latter at Praine Depot Thev have always
remained resi 1 nts of the Buckeye state an 1 the
father is now engaged m mercantile busmesi in To
ledo T! ej arc the pareuta of four children of wh m
Frank S is the yo ingest the others being Wdlter F
and Wrs En ih Cook both of Toledo anl Carmen
H 1 V ng at Banger Texas
Frank ^ Wright attende i the public and high
schools of lis native city, afterwari entered the Lni
1 ersitv of Michigan and subsequently complete 1 his
CO irse in pharmacy at Ohio Northern University at
4da Ohio However he did not engage in the drug
1 uainea*" for which ht lad thoroughly prepare! but
I ecame a special rei resentative cf the WilhsOver
land Company His territory covered the entire New
England statei and he continued to act in that capac
ity until 11^16 Dutng that period ho was tor a time
n anager ot the company s Buffalo branch He came
to Detroit as sales manager for tht same companj
which he represented here for a vear and a half He
tl on resigned t engage in business on his own accmint
He has a pi iloaophy of his own which he has demon
strated in his jeraonal career He has aaid The
ftpntkman who f,ayc voice to the remark that oppor
tunitv knocks but once is all wrong I thought he
wai right ui til a tew vears ago but now it is my
tirm belitf tl at oppcrtumtv knocks on every man a
door bright and early every morning The rcas n
whv some men don t open the door is because thev
are not around to see the elusive visitor when he puta
m an appearance When Mr Wrif,ht stirtot in I uai
ness for liiiaelf he 1 ft a good poaitun for he bcli vi 1
that if his aerviPBB umJJ I made a matter of revenue
for his employer hfi work should be of equal benefit to
himaelf He spent b me timo in seeking a favorable
loeation until at last hiB capital was reduce 1 to a
Saxon automobile and eightv four lollars He there
fore advertised the car tor sal* and had more than
one hmdred in ^uiries and from thin I reas nc 1 that
if one hundred l ojlo v anted le auto nobile why
« ullnt tl I lut uort ietuilin^lj le made x
rangenients tu sell a few ears on commission and this
e nstituted the bei,inning of the business which de
vekped into the largest used automobile I usmeas m
the state As the vears have passed, from his espe
rienee and reasoning he has evolved several excel
lent business axioms as foil ws Treit Mr Public
squarely and he 11 use vou the same wav Ad
vertise well anl advertise I onestlj Mr Pake died
years ago and Mr Public buriel him Give what
vou get paid for and pay for what you get Bargains
ften turn out to be calamities Sleep nights
that a what thej re made for If a customer knowa
«hat he wants give it to him vou niav be able to
sell linn something else but don t sell your self
respect with it Give a customer what he wants
It s up tt him then He got what he asked for
On the _9th of September 1911 in Pasadena Cab
fcrnia Mr Wright was married to Misa Panline Lj
man daughter f Mr qnd Mra H P Lv man ot Man
hattan Kansas Thev have become parents ot twff
el ildren \ irginia Louise born in Toledo Ohio in
1<>15 and Phyllis Jean, born in Detroit m 191" The
religious faith of the family la that of the Chnatian
'science ehurcli and fraternally Mr Wright is connecte 1
with the Masonic order belonging to both the \ork
anl Scottish Bites m Tolelo Ohio He la als a
member of the Detroit Maaouic Olub lei nga to the
Lions Clul the Detroit Auto Club and to the Detroit
Board of Commerce His connection with the Lions
Club indicates how high is his standard of citizenship
for that organization is founlel upon the principle not
onlv <t develoiing trade but of making the United
States thoroughly American m every particular His
dev tion to his adopted eitv is shovvn thrmigh his eo
'peration with the work of the Board of Commereo and
it all times he is keenly alert t the chances fir bene
litin„ comn unity commonwcaltl or countrv
WILLIAM P KISEE A reeorl of e\( ptionally
c ose and pr>gressive assodation with inlustrnl enter
prises of broad scope and importance has characterized
tie career of William P Kisor an! he has made his
influence distinctly felt in the promotion and man
agement of prominent industrial corporations in De
troit m which city he has maintained liia reaidenee
sin e 1914 and in which he is now treasurer and a
director of the Kehmator ( orporition ma i ifa t irers
of leeleas refrigerators
Mr Kiser was torn a the city of Davton Ohio n
the 21st of Decen ber 18 4 and is a son of Benjamin
F anl Mary (Chamberlain) Kiser both likewise na
tiv cs of the old Buckeye state The paternal grand
parents of William P Kiser came to America from
Holland and the maternal grandparents came from
Fngland both families establishing residence m Ohio
Benjamin F Kiser was reared and educated in Ohio
and eventuallv he became one of the successful and
re) resentative exfonents ot term mlnstn n that
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State, where ha continued his active alliance with this
occupation until hia death, in 1910. Hia widow is
now a resident of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Kiaer showed hia
youlliful loyaity and patriotism by enlisting foe
service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war. He
Le'-ame a member of a regiment of Ohio volunteer
infantry but after a period of service he was in-
tapacitatcd by impaired health and was given an
honorable discharge. Of the two children the subject
of this review is the younger. The older son, Frank
P, is deceased.
The discipline and asso^'iations of the home farm
compassed the boj-hood and early youth of William
P. Kiser and after having proGttil by the advantages
of the district school near his home he continued
his studies for a time in the publin schools of Day-
ton. He finally withdrew from high school and there-
after continued to be associated with farm worh: until
he was in his fifteenth year, when he entered the em-
ploy of the National Cash Register Company at Day-
ton. From a post of minor order hf won promotion to
that of shipping clerk, then advanced to the auditor's
desk, to district manager, to general auditor and
finally his ability and valuable executive service led
to his being made secretary of this great corpora-
tion, as well as a member of its board of directors.
During a period of ne^^]y twentv years of active con
nection with the National Cash Register Company Mr
Kiser traveled eitenaivelT in the promotion of its
business and m this connection he visited \irtually
ei ery civilized country in the world < stablishmg
igeuLies and installing the cash registers in some of
tl e most out of the way ■ind isolited sections of the
world for where\er busineii of an> kind is conducted
there the cash register finis plice for offeetiie
functioning
In I'iOe Mr Ki9er reigned his ofhciil position with
tl e National Cish Begister Compiny and removed to
Toledo Ohio where he becirae treasurer and a director
of the Toledo Scab Company He severed his con
nettun with this company on the Ift of July 1914
whtn ho cime to Detroit and •5ssumed the dual office
of secretirv ■and assistint general minager of the
Chilmers Motor Company Later he was associated
with Hugh Chalmers of this com] an-\ in organizing
thL Chalkis Minufactunng Companv which engaged
m the minufactnnng of three inch anti aircraft guns
for the Unite 1 States government the company hav
mg supplied minv guns of this tvpe while the nation
was aetn ely concerned m the great World war
With the two corporations lust mentioned Mr Kiser
e ntinued to be associated until March 1 1921 when
be enterel into apecnl work with William Durant
presilent of the General Motors Corporation In this
importmt assignment he continued his serMces it the
held quarters in New Tork city until September 1
1020 when he returned to Detroit and purchased in
interest m the business of the Kehinator Corpora
ton with which he is now serving as suretary and
director of sales, and with the characteristic vigor and
effectiveness which are to be presupposed in connec-
tion with a man of bis ability and broad and varied
experience. The Kelvinator Corporation stands prom-
inently as representing a unique and important indus-
trial enterprise in the complex commercial life of the
Michigan metropolis, its factory producing a maxi-
mum type of refrigerating machines for household
use, as well as refrigerators of the best order. The
company controls valuable patents on its various de-
vices and the business is certain to continue its cumu-
lative tendencies as the products become more widely
known. A substantial trade is controlled by the
company and facilities of the manufacturing plant
are kept at such standard as to meet the ever-incrcas
ing demands placed upon the institution, Mr. Kiser
continues also as a member of the board of directors
of the Chalmers Motor Company, besides which he is
a director of the Manufacturers Insurance Company,
the Wood, Swan & Edward Company (real estate),
and the Chalkis Manufacturing Company, all of which
are important Detroit corporations. He is liberal and
progresBive in his civic attitude, is independent in
politics, is a member of the Michigan Manufacturcra
Association, and holds membership in the Detroit
Athletic Club, the Chicago Athletic Club, and the Ohio
and New York Societies of Detroit. In the Masonic
friternity he has received the thirty second degree
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Eite, and he is a
Knight Templar. Both he and his wife hold member-
ship in the Presbyterian church, and they are popular
m the representative social activities of Detroit.
On November 3, 1910, Mr. Kiser was married to
Miss riara Cattell of Cleveland, Ohio.
OTTO C BFRGMA^ The administrative ability
inl progressive poll its of Otto C Bergman have
proved fortifying and letne elements in tin, upbuild
ing of the substant t.1 ndustnal enterprise known
as the Barnes Wire Fence Company of Detroit of
wl ich he is president The manufacturing plant of
this representative corporation is modern in eq up
ment and la situated on Perrv Park avenue with
t, en era! offices it 1930 on that thoroughfare
Otto C Bergman was born at Friedeberg Germany
n the I3th of luiy l^iSl the son of Christopher and
Mari (Lenz) Bergman wl o tame to the United States
in 1882 and established their home in Sandusky Ohio
where the father became a successful contractor and
builder and where he continued to be actnelv engaged
in business until his death in the year 1920 His
widow IS yet a resident of Sanduakv In addition to
Otto C of this review four other children survive
the honored fati er Anton Walter and Elmer of
Sandusky and Mrs Emma Garold of Columbns Ohio
Otto C Bergman was but an infant when the family
brought him from the fatherland to America He was
reared and eiucated in Sandusky where his lublio
school iiscipbne mclulel the curriculum of the high
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school iiid where ■it the ig f sBventeeii ^eirs le
was graduated froii the Sandusky Businesa (.ol! ge
For a short time thereafter he was asao lated with
his father s eontraeting and building business md
then he passed the requisite civi! service examination
and entered the railway mail service of the govern
ment He ccntmued as a railway mail clerk for ^even
and a halt vears and then resigned his po'itiun in
1912 and came to Detroit nhere ho mvestel his
savings by pnrehaaing an interest in the business of
the Barnes Wire Pence Company which wai then a
small coneetn struggling to gain a secure Snaneial
and industrial basis of operation*" Within a period
of seven months Mr Bergman infused such vitality
into the enterprise as to lustifv the incorporation of
the company of which he has eontiuued the president
Isaae Weideman ib \ice president of the company
William Si raw is secretary and John Krautzf el It
holds the ofl ce o£ treasurer In the factory is retaintd
a force of at out thirty five operatives and the wire
fence manufactured by the companv is of superior
exeeUence so that the product constitutes its own
best advertising Mr Bergman is loyal to all ci^ ic
duties and rosponsibilitie*i is inspired by the deepest
American spirit and in politics supports men and
measures rather than being restrained by party die
tales He is a member of the Detroit Board of Cora
meiee and is a "tanch supporter of its high erne and
business ideals Ho also holdi membership in the
local Kiwams Club and is afBhated with the Maiiomc
fritemitv
On Ma^ •) 1906 Mr Bergman wa'i iiarnei to M sa
E!a e Uncricl daugl tcr of Tohn 1 ncrich of San lusky
Ohio
LLOK 4.ED E BEO^N a proi.res'ji e mleiMke
young business man, is wi^U known in financial circles
of Detroit as vice president of the Union Ini estment
Company and president of the Auto Investment Com
pany and hia cooperation has been a valuable asset
in the succeaafiil development of these enterprises A
native of Michigan, he was born in Middle ille
March 15, 1891, his parents being E. M. anl Ursula
(Trout) Brown, the former a native of Canada while
the latter was born in Ohio. They came to Michigan
about 188S and for many years the father followed the
occupation of farming near Middleville, also engaging
in the lumber business. He continued a resident of
that locality until his demise, which occurred on the
1st of July, 1920, The mother is still living m the
old home at Middleville. They had a fam Iv of
three children; Mrs. Dora McDonough, whose husband
is a well known physician of Detroit; Alma, who re
sides in Middleville: and Leonard E.
I th g mm d h gh hi f M dll 11 M .
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pa ( ot wfiuh he became pr t,ident This is a ir vate
bankii g bus ncas establiel cd f<r the purpose of
afifordmg financial assistance to purchasers of auto
mobiles iStnce its incejtion the enterprise has steadilj
developed and the busine>is is now one of large ajid
prohtable proportions Mr Brown is also vice presi
lent and one ot tl e direetori of the Union Invest
ment Companv and in the management of his exten
sive interests he di*"plaj >■ marked enterprise foresight
and excellent aim mist rati ve ability
In Detro t on the 23d of Angust 1915 was solem
nized the marriage of Leonard B Brown and Miss
Laura Laur a daughter of Mr and Mrs George Laur
pron inent residents ot Westboro Missouri To this
union has been born a laughter Hilda whose birth
occurrel m Detroit in 1918
In his political views Mr Brown is an independent
republican and fraternalb he is identified with the
Masons belonging to Palestine Lodge P & A M and
he is also a member of the Masonic Country Club
His business career has been one of continuous ad
lancement Although >ut thirtj jears of age he itf
alread> at the head of imj ortant financial interests
and all who know him admire him for his energy his
progreaaiveneas and h s sterling ntegritv
JOHN SMITH JENNE88 The name of Tohn
Smith Jennees calls to mmd to all who knew him a
man of patient industry who combined with in even
temperament a strict regard for truth and integrity
and who at all times made himselt worth\ of the con
filence and respect of his fellowmen Mr Jennes=( was
lorn at Newberry Orange onnti Vermont April 27
IHIS ani on the paternal siic came of English an
pestrv His father Thomas Jenness wai born in
Dcorfieli New Hampshire in 1-75 and was a son of
bolonel Thcima'' Jenness of Revolutionary war fame
who was also a native of the old Granite state The
mother of John Smith Tenness bore the maiden name
of Abigail Smith and was a daughter of Colonel John
Smith, who was a soldier of the Bevolution Mrs
Jenness was born in Newberrv ^ ermont m 178*!
and became the wife of Thomas Jenliess at that
place on the 2fith of December 1*^02 They had a
family of two sons and two daughters
Tohn Smith Jenness, who was the second son spent
the period of his boyhool and youth m his natne
state and at the age of twenty two years left Vermont
for New York In the spring of 1837 he came to
Michigan, arriving about the time the t rritorv was
transformed into a state
On the 6th of &eptember 1S42 Mr Jenness was
marriod to Miss Lucy Merril! Jenness of Bo-rbnry
Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Simon Don
and Delia (Sedgwick) Tenne'58 natives of Topsham
Vermont, and of Hartford Connecticut respectivelv
Mr. and Mrs, Jenness becime the parents of two
daughters, who are living L icv Alice born February
II, 1847, who is the wife of R nali Kellie and Clara
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laibelle born August 6 1853, ivho is the wife of
fames Sylvester Goodrich They are residents of
Bloom held Hi Us and of Detroit, Michigan, respectively
In the eiTlier years o£ liia married life Mr Jonness
resiled hrgtly at Almont, Lapeer countj, Michigan
wl ere he mas engaged in general merchandising and
in the minufaeture of lumber, being recoguiztd as a
prominent and influential resident of that place In
lSti5 he was elected i member of the state legislature
and 10 capably did ho serve his constituents in that
ptfition that ho wa^ eleited to the state senate m
lSb7 In the latler bodv he acted with Daiid H
Jprome- — who waf afterward governor of Miihigan^ —
ind others in opposing the passage of the bill authonz
mg town city or tillage corporations to issue bonds in
aid of ri \viiy conitrmtion bills for about forty proj
pcts of that ihoraeter haiing been introduced several
ot which had been passtd notwithstauding their
opposition but were letoed bj Governor Crapo, while
the roiition in the sendte sustained the governor's
sPto This was considered the moit important legisla
tion of thL session for while other legisJatne questions
were left to three members to work out Ave members
were assigned to these measures and it was only
through the persistent ind sagacious efforts of Mr
Jenness and his four associates that the whole policy
uas defeated Mr Jenneis through early ancestral
influence was a democrat and afterward became a
supporter of the whig partv while following its disso
1 ition he joined the tanks of the new republ can party,
of which he remained a firm alherent throughout the
remainder of his dajs
In religions \iews Mr Tenness was a Protestant anl
preferred the polity of the Congregational church in
which he held membership ^^ hen he passed awav one
of the prominent nnrists of the state said of him
His word was always as good as his bond and he
was one of the purest minded business men I eier
knew " His actmtiea were always wisely directed,
whether for the benefit ot his individual fortune or
the advancement of the interests of the state He
stood loyally for public welfare and progress at all
times and exerted a widely felt inflnence over the
destinies of Mifhigan, particularly through the middle
portion of the nineteenth century.
DANIEL, ELWELL VALENTINE, JR., a -well
known and successful life insurance salesman of De-
troit, was born at St. Joseph, Ulinois, on the 11th of
May, 1895, his parents being Daniel J. and Julia
(Elwell) Valentine, the former a structural engineer
by profession. In the paternal line he is descended
from Knickerbocker Dutch ancestors who arrived in
Row Amsterdam during the days of the French and
Indian wars and participated in the Revolution. Rep-
resentatives of the name later removed to Ponnsyl-
yania, thence to Ohio and subsequently settled in
Illinois. The Elwell family came originally from
England and Scotland and in this country was first
found m North Carolina, whence those of the name
removed to Kentucky and Ohio and later to Indiana
where as pioneers of Fountain county they betame
prominent in the political development of the com
inunit> It was prior to the idmission of Indiana into
the Union in 1816 that they took up their abode in
that state, in the judicial and legislative circles of
whuh they became active and influentjal factors
Following the completion of a high school course at
CrawfordsyiUo, Indiana, Daniel E Valentine, Jr, be
I ame a student la Wabash College while subsequently
he matruulateii m the Detroit College of Law being
thus well qualified by liberal educational training for
the practital and responsible duties of life He hrst
became identified with newspaper work and then
turned his attention to publicity writing, after which
he engaged m the real estate business for three years
On the expiration of that period, however, he entered
the insurance field, m which he has since remained
and for which he seems particularly adapted, having
already won a marked degree of success therein Since
leiving the newspaper he has been engaged exclusively
m selling and publicity work
On the 11th of ipnl, ISlti m Saginaw Mr Valen
tine was united m marriage to Miss Mane Hunt, a
daughter of Eberhard Hunt, one of the oldest residents
of Lansing, Michigan The latter, who partmpated
m the celebration following the election of Abraham
Lincoln, took up his abode m Lansing m 1858 and was
there continuously and successfully engaged m busi
ness for a period of sixtj years, retiring m 1918 Mr
and Mrs \ alentmo are the parents of a son, Daniel
B (III), whoso birth occurred June 27, 1917 Mr
Valentine is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic order
and also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks while his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Unitarian church He likewise has
membership in the Delta Tan Delta college fraternity
and in Delta Theta Phi, a legal fraternity A young
man of marked enterprise, init ative and ability, he is
making steady progress m the business world and his
mani friends fee! that a bright future lies before
ERNEST M. BAHTHOLOMAEI, secretary and
treasurer of Max Bartholomaei, Son & Company, build-
ing contractors, was born in Detroit, November 21,
1SS6, and is of German descent. His grandfather was
Wilhelm Bartholomaei, and his father. Max W. Bar-
tholomaei, the founder of the business of which Ernest
M. Bartholomaei is now the secretary and treasurer.
The father was born in Leipsic, Germany, Novembers,
18G1, learned the mason's trade in his native country
and came to America in 1882. settling in Detroit,
Here he afterward organized the Max Bartholomaei
Company to engage in the contracting and building
business, and through the intervening period has
erected many of the fine homes of this city and at
Grosse Pointe, together with many large manufaotur-
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ing piaDts theatres and haJla lublie schools and the
Detroit matorworks He waa the builder of thp
Broadway Strand Theater and the Arcadia Hall, as
well as many other lirgc plices of publie amuiement
and many of the leading business houses of tho eity
ineiuding the beautiful Hej n s Bazaar on Woodward
avtnue He is stili ai-tive m business his name being
prominently known in bnildmg circles of the <ity
He IS likewise a director of the Maul Art Stone Com
pany of Detroit He belongs to the Harmonie Society,
to the Benevolent ProteetiTe Order of Elks and to
the Detroit Board of Commerce and his religious faith
IS that of the Lutheran church Along business lines
hi^ conneLtion is with the Detroit Builier-i & Trader?
Exchange and the Detroit Mister Masons Association
Max Bartholomaei wedded Theresa Mueller, also a
native of Leipaic the marriage being celebrated in
IS*** Thev became the parents of live children
Caroline the wife of C Klmk Urda Emma Elsie
and Ernest M
The ia-it Eamed after completing his high school
course in Detroit attended the Detroit Business XJni
versitv and later ber-ame associated with his father
m contracting and building He made it his purpose
to thoroughh learn the business in every particular
and bv reason of his oapabilitv efiieienev and fidelity
steadily worked his way upward In IBO'i he was
admitted to a partnership and is now filling the posi
fion of secretary and. treasurer of the hrm known a?
"Max Bartholomaei Son & Company building con
tractors and is al'^o president of the Maul Art Stone
Company These interests have brought him into
prominent connection with Detroit's architectural im
pro\ement The firm has been accorded many ex
tensive contratts anl now las under wav three eitv
fire houses and office builimgs for the Acme White
Lead i Color Works the Carpathia Club Ho ise a
branch ot the Wajne County & Home Savings Bank
a garage for the Detroit Creamery Company anl other
substantial structures.
On the 28th of January, 1918, Mr. Batholomaei was
married to Miss Elizabeth Gross, of Detroit, a daugh-
ter of Philip Gross, and in this .city they have many
friends, Mr. Bartholomaei belongs to the Harmonie
Society, also to the Detroit Master Masons Associa-
tion, the Detroit Builders & Traders Exchange and
to the Detroit Board of Commerce.
AUSTIN ELBERT MOREY. An active and nseful
life, crowned with substantial success, waa that of
Austin Elbert Morey, who was long identified with
manufacturing and wholesale interests in Detroit. He
passed away on the 2d of February, 1918, at the age
of sixty-five years, his birth having occurred in Lyons,
Ohio, April 8, 1853. His father was George R. Morey
of Morey's Corners, now Lyons, Ohio, and his mother,
in her maidenhood, was Hortensia Baker, of Michigan.
When Austin Elbert Morey was a small boy his par-
ents removed with their family to Adrian, Michigan,
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anl there he acq ured his tarh < 1 icat on lu ^oung
manhood he oarae to Detroit and wa« here employed
m the wholesale grocery house of Sampson, Black &
Company, in the accounting department There he
quickly demonstrated his abilitj and soon had full
charge ot the financial end of the buBiness After a
time, howe^ er he severed his connection with that
firm to become a member of the firm of btanfon &
Morei, manufacturers of overaUs He continued to
engage successfully in that business until 18<)7 when
he sold his interests to becon e a partner of !Fred
Postal in the ownership and conluct of the Gtiswold
and Oriental Hotels making hn home at the Itfis
wold Hotel
Mr Morey was married twice He first wedded Ella
Murray of Meehanicsburg Ohio who died January
R 1889 leading two sons Elbert Murraj and Roy
Baker On the 14th of September, 1897 Mr Morey
weddel Miss Lilban Beatrice Beebe of Alpena, Miuhi
gan Mr and Mrs Morej traveled extensively e^ery
lear foDowing their marriage, taking a trip to some
point ot interest Their first trip was to the Hawaiian
isUnds and later they srent a >ear m touring Europe
also ^iBited California, the West Indies Florida and
lanania Mrs Morei secured manj beautiful memen
tos of her trips and works of art as she traveled
from place to pUce, collecting fine marbles furniture
and beautiful designs to enrich her home at No 1089
Iroquois avenut Her music room is a
of thi, musii, room at the palace of Versailles
formal drawing room is an exact reproduction of the
Louis XV period showing exquisite taste and a fine
sense of the fitness of things Mr Morey was well
known m Masonry afiiliatmg with Detroit Command
er\ Knights Templar Michigan Sovereign Consistory
and Moslem Temple of the Mjstie Shrine He ala i
hLlonged to the Old Guard, was a member of the Old
flub the Detroit Club the Detroit Athletic Club the
AuZubon Club, the Bloomhell Hills Club and tht
Detroit lacht Club. He had great appreciation for
the social amenities of life and his friends were legion.
He was a man who enjoyed the respect and confidence
of all and the warm friendship of those who eame
within the closer circle of his acquaintance. About
the year 1906 Mr. Morey built a beautiful home on
Iroquois avenue, his residence being the last one at
the end of a row of attractive houses. Further up
on Iroquois at the time was a grove of trees and a
tract of unimproved land that today is lined with
palatial homes and is a closely settled district.
ARTHUR C. KRENZ, a native son of Detroit, is
well known as a merchant tailor, conducting one of the
leading enterprises of this character in the city. He
has acquired expert skill at his trade and in the con-
trol of his business interests displays sound judgment,
executive ability and progressiveness. He was born
June 22, 1887, a son of Ferdinand J. and Anna 0.
(Adier) Erenz, both of whom were of German birth
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and in the early '80s emigrated to tlie United States,
taking up their residence in Detroit. Tlie father also
followed the tailor's trade and for thirty years was
identified with the leading tailoring concerns of thia
city. Ho passed away in Detroit, but the mother is
still living. In fheir family were five children:
Frederick B., Herman A., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boberts,
Helen M. and Arthur C, all of whom are residents of
this city.
Arthur C. Krenz acquired his education in the gram-
mar and business schools of hia native city and after-
ward devoted his energica to learning the tailor's
trade under the able guidance of his father, who per-
sonally supervised hia work for a period of eight
years, ho that the son became an expert cutter and
fitter of men's clothes. He than entered the tailoring
establishment of Stone & Company, working as a cut-
ter and fitter for that firm for three years, on
the expiration of which period ho became a designer
for the Kahn Tailoring Company of Indianapolis, Indi-
ana. He was connected with that establishment for
four years, after which he returned to Detroit and in
March, 1913, became one of the organizers of the
firm of Krenz & Crabb, merchant tailors. At the end
of two years he purchased his partner's interest and
has since conducted the business alone, being
recognized as one of the leading merchant tailors of
the city. He has developed expert ability at his trade,
and the work done in his establishment is first class
in every particular. As a result his business has now
assumed large proportions, and he caters to the best
class of trade in Detroit.
On the 15th of March, 1911, Mr. Krenz was united
in marriage to Miss Emma Radde, a daugliter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Eadde, of this city. Two children
have been born of this union: Evelyn H., who was
bom in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1913; and Dorothy
E., whose birth occurred in Detroit in 1914. Both are
attending school in this city.
Mr, Krenz is an active and helpful member of the
Methodist Episcopal church and is now serving as
superintendent of the Sunday school. He is a thirty-
second degree Mason, belonging to City of the Strait*
Lodge, F. & A. M.; King Cyrus Chapter, E. A. M.;"
Damascus Commandery, K, T.; Michigan Sovereign
Consistorj-; and Moslem Temple. Success has rewarded
his efforts because his activities have been intelli-
gently directed and because honest purpose has guided
him in all of his commercial relations. He ever stands
for all that is progressive in citizenship, and in busi-
ness circles of the city his standing is of the highest.
JOHN H. -WAKNCKE, member of one of Detroit 'a
early families and one of the best known florists in
Michigan, is conducting an extensive business, hia
greenhouses being among the largest in the state.
Detroit claima him as a native son. He was born
February 18, 1872, his parents being John and Eliza
(Mars) Wamcke, the former a native of Strassburg
and the latter of Mecklenburg, Germany. Both came
to America in early life an.l settling in Detroit tho
father secured a position as a conductor with tho
Michigan Central Railroad Company but gave up that
work to enter into tho hotel business. He built and
conducted the Wayne Hotel in Detroit and after a
number of years he sold this and established a road
house on West Fort street. While making a trip into
the city with a spirited team of young horses, the
animals became frightened bejond his control and
the buggy was upset, Mr. Warneke being instantly
killed. This occurred in December, 1872. The mother
afterwards continued the business and acquired a prop-
erty on West Fort street, in which, with the assistance
of her son, she later established a floral business,
ri'maining there to within a few daya of her death,
which occurred January 30, 1920, when ahe had reached
the adi anced age of eighty one years, aix months and
ti^entysix days. In the family of John and Eliza
Wamcke there was one child, John H. By a former
marriage, however, there were two children: Charles
and Tillie, the latter deceased.
John H. Warncke attended the West End school
and the Bellefontaine school and later became a pupil
in the Detroit Business College and Goldsmith Busi-
ness College. He was graduated on the completion of
a commercial course in 1888, anxious to obtain the
best education possible. To this end he many times
walked all the way from his home on West Fort street
to Campus Martius, and in the evenings he sold the
Detroit papers in order to add something to his
financial resources and also acted as correspondent
for the Detroit News during a sensational murder trial
that was being held in a court on West Fort street.
He was likewise sent to market to dispose of fiowers
on Saturday mornings and in many ways he con-
tributed not only to his own support but also to that
of his mother and half brother and sister. He learned
the florist's business thoroughly and continued to make
this his life work. The business was conducted under
the name of Stenecke & Sons (Mr. Stenecke being hia
stepfather; until 1906, when the style was changed to
John H. Warncke, Florist. The business has been
developed and expanded until it is today the largest
in Detroit. The results achieved have been brought
about through the earnest efforts, capability and en-
terpriae of Mr. Warncke, who is a most skilled florist,
recognized as an authority on the cultivation of all
kinds of flowers.
On the 31at of March, 1897, Mr. Wamcke was mar-
ried to Miss Ida Boll Forsyth, a daughter of John
Forsyth, and they have become parents of two chil-
dren: William, born May 10, 1899; and Chester John,
bom in 1903. The eldest son was graduated from the
Howe Military School at Howe, Indiana, and served
for two years in the Coast Artillery as a coast guard,
being stationed at Seattle, Washington, in the hoavy
artillery division. He was later transferred to Jack-
sonville, Florida, being assigned to the motor division
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now a part of Detroit For two Tears he wis a mera
Itr of the board of heilth unier Dr Hugh Carej
He acted as the first clerk of his township and was
the first to sj stemitize ind itemize the ti^ea and
asiessments for eiery taxpaTwr, using what his since
become general ns the card si=tLm He has furthered
public progress m man\ wavs and his libora ha^e
bePn fir reaching and resuitmt
HENEY LOEINb JNE^VWAN, nulely known as i
prominent repreaentitne of insurance intereits in De
troit, was born in Shelbina, Missouri, January 16, 1887
Hia parents were Charles Browning ind Laura (John
son) Newnan, tlio tormer bom in Shelbina, while the
Utter WIS a natue ot Illinnis In the jeir 1893 they
T'-mo^ Ld from Miiaourt to Detroit ind the father be
came pastor of the Lentral Chnatian church, eontmu
ing in the titter (onnection to the time of his death,
m 1914 He was a man of broad Uarning and schol
irli ittainmenfs and did a moit patent work in win
ning followers to the cause o£ Christ His widow sur
\ned him for i few years passing awaj in Detroit in
11^18 In their famih were two children, the daughter
being Helen, now the wite of Leigh M Eailsbick, a
reaiient of Pisideni, California
Henrv L Newnin the elder, waa a pupil m the
Detroit TlniverBity school and liter ward pursued an
academic course in the University of Michigan, being
j;ra lulled with the class of l<t08 He then took up
the insurance business with the Western Factory In
■5uranLe Asaiuiation is the Mi higan representative
in 1 ■was moat succcisfitl in his chosen field of labor
Alter acting for a time as solititor for the compmv
he became one of it^ oflners and remained with the
orporation for five years He nest became associated
with the Detroit Insurince Agency, holding the posi
tion of second vice jrcsident and thus entering into
connection with one of the lirge'it insurance com
panics cf the state He la tiday widely Xnown in
insurance circles md is regarded as one of the best
mtormed men on all phases of insurance m Detroit
On the 7th of November, 1911 Mr Newnan was
n arried to Mias Mirgartt Btsson daughter of Mr and
Mr't William Bo^iaon, of i prominent family of In
lianapolia Indiina Mr ini Mrs Newnin hive he
eome pirents of three children, all horn in Detroit
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THE BtlblNESS IN'^TITUTE The development of
1 citj does not depend so much upon its michmeir
of government, or e\en upon the men who fill public
ofiices, as npon those who tester trade relitions and
stimulate commerciil activitj In this connection,
th ref jre. The Business Institute of Detroit is de
'fe ling of more thin pisamg notice for b> carefully
trill mg vouttg men and young women for positions
ot tru^t and responsibility in the commercial world
it has been a most important factor m promotin;; the
m dust rill expansion and upbuilding of this greit
metropolis Since its establishment in June, 19l>t>, The
Bustnesa Inatitnte his enjoved a remarkably rapid
growth and ita promoters. ha\e built up a -school which
IS a credit to the citi, the success of its graduates
being indisputable proof of the excellence of its meth
oda of instruction Its present ofincrs are A F Tull,
president, L C Biuch, vice president, and B E "\ in
tme, secretarv and treaaurer, all of whom hue been
associated with the institute since the first year of its
historj, and it enjoys the distinction of hivmg the
oldest continuous management of any business school
m Detroit
During the first year of its e-^istence the Institute
occupied the eighth floor of the Breitmeyer building
and in the following vear it also leased the second
floor The attendance increased so rapidly that on
the 1st of August, 1909, just three years after its
organization, the school was moved into the spacious
building which vt now occupies on Ciss avenue near
its intersection with Michigan avenue, and it is one
of the ver3 few business schools m America and the
onlj one in Detroit to utiline an entire building for
this purpose It emplojs the best inatructors obtain
able, thoroughly qualified to handle the subjects they
teich while they also develop in stulents those traits
md hibita moat desirihle to employers There are
now on the pay roll of the institute between forty
anl fifty teachers officers and assistants It is the
policy of its officers to maintain in each department
the high grade equipment necessary to give a thorough
training to all students and they have invested thou
san Is of dollars in comptometers mimeographs adimg,
billing cakulitmg and bookkeeping machines while
they have nearly four hundred tvpewntors having
nale an ilditimal purchase of twent; five hunjred
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dollars worth of the latest model standard make ma
chines on the 30th of Septembei Wl femoe \uguat
1915, a branch school has bPtm ronductel in Pontiae
Michigan, in connection with which is maintained the
Institute Conaervatory, a lerj amcessful a^hool of
miiaic; and another branch opened in 1921 is being
operated at the coiner of Mack Gratiot and Elmwood
avenues, Detroit. The Business Institute is afSl ated
with the Michigan Normil College for the trim ng of
commercial teachers For the past five jeira the av
erage total number of students ittending the day and
evening classes has been m excess of two thousand
Arthur P. Tuil, piesiipnt of the Institute mas born
May 30, 1880, at Mcpherson Kansia of English an
eestry, his parents being Holand and Ellen TuU \fter
completing the work of the grammar an 1 high achooia
he attended the Central Normal College at Great Bend
Kansas, in which he completed a course m teaching
He is also a graduate of the Gem City Business
College of Quincy, Illinois After Jiniahing his stuliea
he took up educational work as a public school teaehpr
and in 1900 he became one of the founders of The
Buainesa Institute of Detroit Since li)13 he has
aerved as ita president and one of the finest comraer
cial sehoola in the country stands as a monument to
his enterprising spirit an 1 powers of administration
Mr. Tuil has been married twice. On the 7th of
June, 1904, Mr. Tuil wedded Mias Ada Bamlet of De-
troit, who paaaed away on the 2fith of December, 1918,
leaving a daughter, Dorothy, now fifteen years of age.
Hia second union was with Margaret Pennington, also
of this city, whom he married on the 19th of Pebruary,
1921. He is a member ot the Exchange Club and
formerly was affiliated with the Wesley Methodist
Episcopal phureh, in whose activities he was actively
and helpfully interested, being for seventeen years a
teacher of the Young Men's Bible class. His member
ship is now with the Atkinson Avenue church of that
denomination.
Elmer E. Vantine, who is serving aa secretary and
treasurer, was born on a farm west of Pontiae, in
Oakland county, Michigan, on the 4th of April, 1878,
bis parents being Albert E. and Sarah P. Vantine.
He was graduated from the Pontiae high school in
June, 1899, and from 1900 until 1903 was a student
at the University of Michigan, after which he engaged
in surveying for fifteen months. For about two years
he followed the profession of teaching and then be-
came a stockholder of The Business Institute. Soon
afterward he was elected vice president and continued
to ai-t in that capacity for about four years, when
he was made secretary and treasurer. He is now
serving in tboae ofEces and his thorough understanding
of the practical as well as the theoretical side of
business life and well directed efforts have been re-
sultant factors in the upbuilding and expansion of the
Institute. Mr. Vantine is a sagacious, farsighted
business man, whose m vestments have been judi-
ciously placed and he is the owner of a well improved
farm ol one 1 undred and twenty acres in Oakland
county Michigan He has acquired valuable real
estate holdii gs in the citj and also owns high class
stocks and bonds
In Detroit on the 3d of February 1<1„0 Mr ^ antme
was united in marriage to M ss Florence Jones a
daughter of John H Jones a well known farmer re
aiding at Croswell Michigan and thev haie become
the parents of a son Robert E whose birth o curred
in Detroit on the 7tb of No ember 19^1
Mr Vantme is a n ember of the North Woodward
Methodist Episcopal church an! he is also connected
wit! the Business E'^change Club and the University
ot Michigan Club He is a strong advocate of the
<■ luse ot prohibition and la a republican in h s political
news wh le fraternally he la identifiei with the
Masons haiing attamel the foi rteenth degree in that
E E BINdHAM who was president and manager
of the Bingham White Lompanj, doing business at No
14a3 Vi est Fort atriet came to this city from aLrosa
the border hia birth ha\ing occurred m Bradford
Ontario August 2 1891 hia jarents being William H
and \ nc L (Drummonl) Bingham the former a
natu e of Belfast Ireland and the latter of Edinburgh,
Scotland. They emigrated to the new world in early
life and became re&idents of Ontario, Canada, where
they met and were married In 1893 they removed to
Detroit, where the father became aetivi
circles In his early life he waa a colli
and a graduate of medicine but dia continued both
professions and took up the business of paving con-
tracting following his removal to the city. He waa
very successful in that line and is now living retired,
enjoying in well earned reat, the fruits of his former
toil. His wife is also living, as are their three chil-
dren. Kenneth .1 , a resident of Hillsdale, Michi-
gan; Mrs. Eay Whitaker, living in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; and E E., of this review, who is the
youngest.
The last named obtained his public school educa-
tion in Detroit and in Pontiae, Michigan, where be
attended high school. Ho also spent a year in the
Michigan Military Academy and was able to pursue
that eourae by reason of his previous efforts in the
buainesa world. He atarted out to earn bis living by
working in a furniture store at three dollars and a
half a week, and throughout the intervening period he
has been connected with the farniture trade, steadily
working hia way upward. In 1909 he entered the em-
ploy of the Gardner White Furniture Company and
won advancement through various positions to that of
sales manager. In 1916 he joined Edwin I. White in
organizing the Bingham-White Company, Incorporated,
with a capital stock of forty thousand dollars.
On the 25th of August, 1919, Mr. Bingham was mar-
ried to Miss Marguerite Vlier, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry G. Vlier of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Bingham
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belongs to the In depend en t OrJer of Udd Fellows and
tn the Masonic fraternity. He is connected with tlie
Detroit Board of Commerce and stanchly supports the
progressive methods instituted by that organization
for the city's upbuilding and development. He also
belongs to the Retail Furniture Dealers Association and
thus keeps in touch with organized effort for the bene-
fit of the trade. Something of the nature o£ his recrea-
tion is indicated in his connection with the Detroit
Auto Club, while he is regarded as a thoroughly re-
liable and thoroughly progressive business raan. He is
at the same time popular with a large I'lrcle of friends
by rpij-jon of those social qualities which render com-
panion ah: p agreeable.
JOSEPH H. DUPREY is president of the J. H.
Duprey Company, manufacturers of food condiments,
and actuated at all times by a spirit of unfaltering
enterprise and progress, he has contributed in large
measure to the successful management of the under-
taking, which ranks with the leading productive in-
dustries of Detroit. He was born lo Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, December 5, 1881, a son of Joseph and Addie
(Dubois) Duprey, who became the parents of three
children, the other members of the family being Philip
H and Salina. Tn the pursuit of an education Joseph
H. Duprey attended the public and high schools of his
native city, after which he spent one year as a student
at Brown University. Subsequently he started out in
life for himself, establishing a real estate and fire in-
surance business, in which he continued active for a
year, and then entered the employ of the H. J. Heina
Company as a salesman, in which capacity he came
to Detroit in 1904. He was identified with that cor-
poration until 1910, when he became sales manager for
the Williams Brothers Company, remaining with that
firm for a period of sii years. In 1916 he
in business for himself, conducting
No. 29 Kercheval avenue, and in the followmg year
he became a member of the Duprey-Faulmann Com-
pany, which is now the J. H. Duprey Company, en-
gaged in the manufacture of food condiments. The
present plant at No. 2120 Bellevue avenue was erected
in 1917 and that the business has enjoyed a remark-
able growth is shown m the fact, that the first year's
sales amounted to fifty thousand dollars, while the
annual business transactions have now reached the
sum of a half million dollars. Thirty-five people are
employed in the operation of the plant, all of whom
are under the persona! supervision of Mr. Duptey, and
he has surrounded himself with a very capable sales
force. For the last sixteen years he has been identi-
fied with the food condiment business, having gained
valuable experience in connection with two of the
largest firms in this line of activity in the entire
countrj-, and he is therefore well qualified to meet the
public demands in this regard. He is alert to every
new avenue opened in the natural ramifications of
trade and his miti.'itive spirit, progressive methods
and marked cxeeutlw abilitj have made the J. H.
Duprey Company one of the leading productive indus-
tries of Detroit, catering not only to the city trade
but also to the entire state.
On the 20th of May, 1902, Mr. Duprey was united in
marriage to Miss Hattie Deneau of Windsor, Canada,
and they have become the parents of a daughter,
Hazel, who was born May 29, 1003. He is independent
in his political views, voting for the man whom he
regards as best qualified for office without considering
party ties. In religions faith he is a Catholic and
he belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He is an
active and earnest member of the Board of Commerce
and is also identified with the Dynamic Club. In his
business career he has been a persistent, resolute and
energetic worker, keeping his hand steadily upon the
helm of his affairs and manifesting at all times strong
pxeeutit e power, white as a citizen he is progressive
and public spirited, giving his hearty cooperation to
all nieasurcs which have as their object the develop-
ment, improvement and upbuilding of Detroit. His
life is an exemplary one in all respects and he enjoys
the respect, esteem and goodwill of a large circle of
friends.
AENO KOBRET GUTDEK, jiresidcnt of th.> Erd
man-Guider Company, prominent in the manufactur-
ing circles of Detroit, their ramifying trade interests
reaching out not only to all parts of the United States
but to many foreign countries as well, has made for
himself a most enviable position in business circles.
Michigan nunibers him among her native sons, his
birth having occurred in Saginaw, August 14, 1888,
his parents being William M. and Caroline (Schaper)
Guider. In the attainment of his education he mas-
tered the branches of learning that commonly con-
stitute the curriculum of the public school and after
leaving the high school he went on the road as a
traveling salesman, successfully selling implements
for twelve years. He was ambitious, however, to en-
gage in business on his own account and in 1915 joined
Charles Erdman in organizing the Erdman -Guider
Company, of which he has been president from the
beginning. This company was organized to continue
a branch of bnsiness discontinued by the Sievers &
Erdman Company, which was originally launched by
the father of the present junior partner in the Brd-
man-Guider Company. They are engaged in the man-
ufacture of closed bodies for automobilea and their
production is very extensive. In addition to the De-
troit business they also have a plant in Saginaw, which
was established in 1919. Their Detroit plant is large
and well equipped with the latest improved machinery
and every facility to promote the trade. They main-
tain the highest standards in their production and
have built up an extensive business, sending automo-
bile bodies into every foreign country, as well as to
every section of the United States, so they are known
far and nide as reliable munufacturera.
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III lOTi Mr Guidor whs namei t M s 4gnps ErJ
imn an 1 thpy havo becon e parenti of two thildrei
GreiieMeic and Paul The rel g oua fa th of tlie family la
tl it of the Pcesbyternn church ind in political belief
Mr Guiler is a republican He la well known in Masonic
cirtles hating attained thp fhirti sPcond degree f
the Scottish Eite and that of Knight Templir in
the "iorl Hite He belongs to Sagmaw Lodge No
1^4 A F &. A M also to Saginiw Commanler^
K T and to Michigan "^overegn Coniistort wl ile
with the Nobles of Elf Khurafeh Ten pie of the
Mvstii, Shrine he ha'i crossed the sands of the desert
He la also assoc itoi with the Benevo ent Prote t ve
Order of Elks m Sag naw His member'jh p relations
n Detroit eonne t him with the Exr-hango Cluh the
OH Polony Club ltd tie Board of Commerce -which
II d cates his interest in the welfare and progre'JS of
the city as well a? in its social features He is a
\try actii e energetic and cnterpris ng young bus i pfs
man and the com) any wl ich ho ailel m foiling and
det eloj mg haa gamel notable sutcei?
JOSEPH B BUTTON \mong tl ose i\l o ha^e
been aetne in furthering the eon merual dcielopment
of Detroit 13 numl ered J acj h B Button an astute
farsighted bus ncis man of notable incentive gcmus
who as heai of the J B Button Machinery fompanv
IS controlling an enterprne of large proportions and
hia influence js one of broadening strength and activ
ill in the field in wh oh hp operates A mti\e of
Olio he was lorn in Pindlay September 4 I'^SZ his
parents being Joseph B and Caroline Button He
reeeiied a common school education and his initial
commercial experience was obtained in connection
with the millins; business with which he was identi
fled for a number of years He then took np meehan
leal work m which he has continued acquiring a
comprehensive Inowlelge of the business At length
he decided to embark in business on 1 is own account
and on the Ist dai of May 18So he organized the
J B Button Machinery Conpanv of which he has
s nee been the heal and thro igh close application
and capable management he has built up a large enter
prise his trade now cohering all aeetions of this conn
try and Europe Long experience and inherent talent
have made Mr Button an expert along mecl an cal
lines and his creatine abilitv has enabled hira to
intent t anous dcMcca of practical \aluo making for
increased efficiency m the operation of machmer}
the most notable of which s a n achme for weigh
ing 1 moving stream of gram
When national issues are at stake Mr Button gives
hs support to the principles and canliHtes of the
re[ ubiican party but at local elections he casts an
independent bal ot voting for the man whom he
deems best qualified for office regardless of politics
In ciMc work and progrcisite endeavor he does his
part as a member of the Thamber of Commerce and
he IS well known and popular m social circles of the
lU leng connected w th tie Detroit Country De
troit lacht and Detroit \thletic Clubs His life has
been an attiic and usetul one crowned with success
ful achievement He is greatly liked by his employes
anl bos neas assoiiates and haa made the square
deal a principle of h s 1 fe I eing a man whon to
know 13 to pstetm and honor
WILLI \M A HUBBARD is a prominent figure in
hmldmg circles cf Detroit in connection w th stone
constiuetion work and his influence is one of broaden
ing actmty and strength in the field in whieh he
operates His initiative spirit and genius for or
gan nation ha\e led to the establishment of two impor
tant enterprises the Stever Hubbard Company and the
Welt erine Stone Company and of the former con
cPrn he is now serving as the chief executive offl
cer while of the latter he is vice president Mr
Hubbard la a native of Indiana He was born in
Bedford October 17 18^2 a son of Oliver C and
Flora (Armstrong) Hubbard the mother also a natne
of that place while the father was born in Indiana
Oilier r Huhharl became one of the prominent mer
chants of Bedford Indiana and m that city both lu
and his wif passed away In their familj were three
cl ildren Harry C a re'Jident of Ind anapnl s In
diana Ethel who married John H Shijp of Mitchell
Indiana and William A
In the grammar and h gh schools of Beiforl In
diana Mr Hubbard pursued his education and his
initial business experience was acquired as a clerk
in the Bedford National Bank w th which he re
mamed for a short time lie then became connected
with lea ling stone cut ting and contracting companies
of tl at city and thus a quired a thorough knowledge
of the business Early m 1915 he came to Detroit
m the interests of the Belford Stone Companj which
he continued to represent in this citv for one and a
half lears ind m the latter part of 1916 ho organ
ized the Woli erine Stone Company wh ch was incor
porated m September of that year This la a stone
cutting and designing company and from a small be
ginning haa grown to an enterprise of large proper
tions Mr Hubbard was made its secretary m 19j6
and in the following year became vice prea dent in
which capacity he is now serving The company now
furnishes emp ovmei t to about fifty persons and is
one of the leading industries of this character m the
c ty Fipandmg the scope of his activities in 1919
Mr Hibbard organized the Steier Hubbard Company
a stone erecting concern of which he la president and
nnder his capable direction it has also eniojed a pros
porous existence They have been awarded many im
portant contracts and have recently completed the
new bank and office building of the First Nat onai
Bank one of the largest and finest busmesa struo
tures in the citv An outstanding feature of the
building IS the stone work which was dote by the
Wolverine Stone Company and is very skilfully exe
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cuteil. Mr. Hubbard ia also a member of the Detroit
Cut Stone Contractors Asaociation, of whieU he is
serving aa president.
In Detroit, on the 20th of September, 1917, Mr.
Hubbaril waa united in marriage to Misa Cecil Kerby,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jamea Eerby. Hia polit-
ical allegiance is given to the republican party and
he is a member of the Eambouillet Country Club of
Detroit and the Riverview Golf Club. His career haa
been marked by steady advancement, due to his close
application, his study of the business to which, he has
turned his attention and his unquestioned integrity
and reliability. His labors are resultant factors in
whatever he undertakes and have also constituted
important elements in Detroit 'a upbuilding and im-
provement.
JOHN PATON PAEK, a substantial business man
and distinct factor in the industrial life of Detroit, is
a native of this city, bom on September £2, 1885. Mr,
Park was educated in the Central high scJiooI, and
later became an apprentice in the pattern shop of the
old Cope Pattern Works, where he was employed for
four years. Tor the next succeeding seven years he
was engaged with the Standard Pattern Works, which
put the finishing touches on his skill as a pattern-
maker.
In 1012 Mr. Park incorporated the Monarch Pat-
tern Works, of which he became vice president and
general manager, holding these offices until July, 1919,
when he disposed of his interest in this concern and
started business on hia own account, specializing in
foundry engineering, his volume of trade along these
linea being estensive. Mr. Park is also importer and
distributor of the famous quality E. I. V. Italian ball
bearinga, being distributor in the states of Illinois,
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and in Canada for this
well known product.
On January 29, 1914, Mr. Park waa united in mar-
riage to Lillian A. Primeau, and they have become the ■
parents of two children: John P., Jr., born in Detroit,
September 8, 1915; and Dorothy M Mr. Park is a
thitty-aecond degree Mason; a member of Zion Lodge,
No. 1; Monroe Chapter, No. 1; Monroe CouncD No.
1, Detroit Commandery, No. 1; Michigan Sovereign
Consistory; and Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine,
He holds membership in the Board of Commerce, the
Detroit Yacht Club, the Fellowcraft Athletic Club and
the Bed Kun Golf Club, in the affairs of all of which
he takes a warm interest. Mr. Park js now in hia
thirty -seventh year, and at thia earlj- age, aolely by
his own efforts, he has attained to a prominent posi-
tion in the industrial life of Detroit.
L. E. GBANT, M. D. In his representative private
practice Dr. Grant specializes in the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat, and is a surgeon of the Detroit Marine Hos-
pital, in connection with the government public-
Dr. Grant waa born at Liberty. New York, on the
27th of December, 1870, and in the old Empire state
were also born his parents, Louis and Sarah (Smith)
Grant. The father was for many years a prosperous
farmer in. that state and continued his connection
with the agricultural and live stock industry until
his death. His wife is likewise deceased, as are four
of their seven children. Besides Dr. Grant of this
review, the other surviving children are Mrs. Carrie
Denman, a resident of New York state, and Dr, Peter
F., who is engaged in the successful practice of medi-
cine in the eity of Grand Eapids, Michigan.
The preliminary education of Dr. Graat was ob-
tained in the public schools of Liberty, New York,
and thereafter he pursued a literary course in. the
normal college at Lebanon, Oliio. In preparation for
his chosen profession he then entered the Kentucky
School of Medicine, in Louisville, and in that insti-
tution he was graduated as a member of the class
of 1903. After thus obtaining hia degree of Doctor
of Medicine, he further fortified himaelf by taking
a special and private postgraduate courae in a med-
ical school at Marengo, Indiana, which place con-
finned also as his stage of active professional work
for six years. He thereafter devoted one year to
postgraduate research work in the city of London,
England, and in Februarj', 1010, he became associated
in practice with Dr. Carroll, a representative physi-
cian and surgeon of Detroit. This professional alli-
ance continued four years, and since that time Dr.
Grant has engaged in independent practice, in which,
as already stated, ho specializes in the treatment
uf diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, his com-
prehensive study and research along this lino having
given him authoritative status. The Doctor ia
actively identified with the American Medical Asso-
ciation, the Michigan State Medical Society, and tho
Wayne County Medical Society. He has taken the
degrees of York and Scottish Bite Masonry, and he is
affiliated with the Mystic Shnne. He is also a mem-
ber of the Masonic Country Club of Detroit and
the Detroit Automobile Club. Both he and his wife
hold membership in the Baptist church.
On December 21, 1919, Dr. Grant married Miss Mil-
dred Booth, a daughter of George Booth, a well
known and rcprosontative citizen of Detroit.
WILLIAM A. EVANS, M. D. Since 1910 Dr. Wil-
liam A. Evans has engaged in the practice of medicine
and surgery in Detroit but has been a representative
of the profession in the state for a longer period,
having completed his course in the University of
Michigan in 1902, at which time he entered upon
practice in Kalamazoo. Dr. Evans was born across
the border, being a native of Kent county, Ontario,
his natal day being August 34, 1876. He is a son
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of Junes and Jane (Montgomery) E\ ani, the former
a native of Ontario, while tlie litter ^i^ born in
Chariest own, Maasachusettf In the family were
eight children, sis of whom are living Mrs John
F Nichols of Newport News, Virginia, i^Iiose husband
IS chief engineer of the Newport News Ship Bmldmg
Company, Mrs David Cleary, living m Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Oscar M, a resident of San Franpisco,
Cabforaia, Fred J, who is editor of the Battle Creek
Inquirer, a paper published at Battle Creek, Muhi
gin, Bnipe F of Detroit and Wil lam A
In the public schools of Bav City, Michigan, Dr
Evana pursued hia eirlv education nntil he had com
pleted his bigh school course by griduition Ho
afterward entered the University of Michigan as a
medical student and pursuing the full course, was
graduated in 1902 He then began practice at the
state aavlum m Kalamazoo, Michigan, and subse
quently entered upon general practice at Bellaire, this
state, there remaining for seven and a half years
Desiring however, io gam a broader field of activity
he removed to Detroit in 1010 and since that time
has devoted much attention to research and X ray
work. At the present time he is giving his attention
exelusively to X ray work and is one of the beat
known men in this advanced department of medical
science. He belongs to the Wayne County Medical
Society, to the Michigan State and American Med-
ical Associations and is a fellow of the American
College of Physicians and Surgeons and a member
of the American Eoentgon-ray Society. He has taken
postgraduate courses a number of times in various
parts of this country, and in Europe, devoting much
attention to the study of X-ray work and has reached
a point of notable efficiency in this field. He is a
member of the staff of Harper Hospital of Detroit,
of the Children's Hospital, of the Herman Kiefer
Hospital, and others.
On the 6th of January, 1904, Dr. Evans waa mar-
ried to Miss Harriett Welchli of Bay City, Michigan,
and they have become the parents of two children:
William A., who was born in Bellaire, Michigan, in
1906; and Ann Elaine, deceased.
Dr. Evans is a Boya! Arch Mason and he belongs
to a number of the leading clubs of Detroit, includ
ing the University Club, the Detroit Athletic Club,
the Detroit Boat Club, the Detroit Tenuis Club and
the Oakland Hills Country Club. He finds his recrea-
tion and diversion in outdoor life and spoit and thus
maintains an even balance to the intense intellectual
activity demanded of the physician who practices con-
scientiously and who keeps in touch with the trend
of modern professional thought and scientific investi-
gation.
JAMES L. WALSH, M. D. For many years the
name of Walsh has been a prominent and honored one
in medical circles of Detroit and Dr. James L, Walsh
is ably supporting the traditions of the family in this
respect, proving a worthy successor of his distinguished
father. He has been most successful in the practice of
his profession and his ability is attested by the large
number of patients to whom he ministers. He waa bom
in Owego, Now York, April 4, 1871, a son of Dr.
Char es A. and Sarah A, (Laweon) Walsh, who were
also natives of the Empire state. The father was bom
at Fish kill Landing and the mother at Newburgh, and
in their native state they were reared, educated and
married. They moved to Bay City, Michigan, continu-
ing to reside there until 1882, when they removed to
Detroit, The father, who waa a prominent physician
and surgeon, became the founder of Grace Hospital of
this city in 1883, acting as its chief physician and sur-
geon until 1890. He then severed his connection with
the institution and devoted his attention exclusively to
his private practice until his removal to Bay City,
Michigan, where he continued to engage in professional
work until his demise in 1916. The mother still re-
sides in that city. In their family were throe chil-
dren Frederick L,, who makes his home in Bay City;
William C, who has passed away; and James Ij.
In the pursuit of an education Dr. Walsh attended
the public and high schools of Detroit and then spent
a year as a student at the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege at Lansing, after which he completed a two years'
course in the University of Michigan. He next entered
the medical department of the University of Illinois,
from which he waa graduated in 1899, and at once
entered upon active practice, going to Chicago, where
he opened an ofiiee. At the end of a year he went
to Oklahoma and then to the Iron River district of
northern Michigan, whore he engaged in profeasional
work, and in 1918 decided to locate permanently in
Detroit. In addition to caring for an extensive private
practice he is employed by the American Car &
Foundry Company to attend to their emergency cases
and in the general practice of medicine and surgery, to
which he devotes his attention, he has been very suc-
cessful. He has always made his professional duties
his first consideration, being most thorough and con-
scientious in (he performance of the work that de-
volves upon him in this connection, and through broad
reading and study he is constantly promoting his pro-
fessional knowledge and ability.
Dr. Walsh has a daughter, Katherine Sarah, who
waa born at Casevillo, Michigan, in 1907, and is now
attending school in Detroit. He is a republican in
hia political viewa and fraternally is identified with
the Masons, belonging to Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M.,
and also to the Masonic Country Club. Believing that
progress should be the watchword of the profession at
all times, he keeps in touch with the great truths
which science is constantly repealing, through his
membership in the Michigan State Medical Society
and the American Medical Association. His pro-
nounced ability is attested by his professional col-
leagues and also by the general public and his life has
been one of great usefulness to his fellowmen. He ia a
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lover of his profesaion, ileeply interested in ifa scien-
tific and liumanitarian phases, and puts forth every
effort to make his lahors effective in cheeking the
ravages of ditease. He is a man of high purposes and
ideals and Detroit numbers him among lier most
valued citizens.
KHALIL GEOBGE BAKKOOT is condueting busi-
ness in Detroit under the name of the Eoedding Sig-
nal Tail Light, manufacturers and distributors of tail
lights for automobiles He is also at the head of
the Barkoot Shows, which for many years have been
a feature of amusement at carnivals, fairs and other
public gatherings. Mr. Barkoot is a native of Beirut,
Syria, and was bom March 12, 187S, his parents being
George and Helena Earkoot. The father was a plas-
terer by trade, and remained in Syria to the time of
his death which occurred in 1903. The mother came
to America but afterward returned to her native land
and passed away in Beirut. In their family were five
sons and three daughters.
K. G. Barkoot of this review attended the Arabic
school in his Eative city, and on i-onipleting his edu-
cation there came to the new world, settling first at
Fort Wayne, Indiana, where ho became a traveling
salesman selling silks and fancy goods, which were
made in Syria and Turkey. He handled both Turk-
ish and Syrian laees and silks and also Persian rugs.
While engaged in this work he attended college at
Dixon, Illinois, and learned to speak the English lan-
guage correctly. He continued in business as a sales-
man and in the course of liis travels practically cov-
ered the entire country. This gave him a good working
knowledge and in the school of experience he learned
many valuable lessons. At length he organized a
carnival company known as the Barkoot Shows, giv-
ing exhibitions at fairs and carnivals, and in connec-
tion with this business he traveled in every state in
the Union, alwaj^ maintaining a high standard per-
formance and giving full value for money received.
He won a reputation for fairness and for eighteen
J ears his carnival company has prospered and has
developed an extensive business under the name of
the E. G. Earkoot Shows, which are known from coast
fo coast, and from the Mexican line to Canada. He
ctablished winter ijuarters at Knwxville, Tennessee,
and on January 1, 1915, he secured a long term lease
on Chilhowee Park at that place. Of this park he
is the sole owner. It is one of the most beautiful
amusement parka in the country and prior to the
time that Mr. Barkoot took it over it had been a
losing venture to its former owner at the rate of
about fifty thousand dollars per season. Since Mr.
Barkoot became the manager it has become a big
money maker, and during the spring, summer and
fall seasons the park is patronized by hundreds of
thousands of pleasure seekers. It was the site of the
famous exposition held in Enoxville, and many of the
original eiposition buildings remain and beautify the
grounds.
On the 15th of October, 1917, Mr. Earkoot came to
Detroit, and here he is interested in what is known
as the Eoedding Signal Tail Lights for automobiles.
This is likewise a profitable concern and Mr, Barkoot
maintains the sole agency and is the distributor of
the lights, as well as an officer and director of the
company. He has other business interests, and his
sound judgment and enterprise have enabled him fo
carry forward to successful completion whatever he
undertakes.
In March, 1905, Mr. Barkoot was married at Bon-
ne ttsville, South Carolina, to Miss Hattie Carl, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert L. Carl of Pratts-
ville. New York. Pratemally Mr. Barkoot is a Mason,
having become a member of the lodge at Dixon,
Illinois. He has attained the Knights Templar degree
of the York Eite and the thirty-second degree of the
Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine.
He is also a member of the Grotto at Knoxvillc, Ten-
nessee. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks and has membership in the Detroit Auto
Club and the Detroit Board of Commerce. From the
age of thirteen years he has been dependent entirely
upon his own resources and has worked his way
steadily upward, his persistency of purpose and his
energy bringing to him substantial success as the years
have gone by. He has never had occasion to regret
Jiis determination to come to the new world for here
he has found the opportunities which he sought and
by reason of his diligence and industry he is the pos-
sessor of a very handsome competence.
C. HOLLISTEB JUDD, M. D. Dr. C. HoUister Judd
occupies a foremost position in medical circles of De-
troit as an obstetrician and gynecologist, in which
lines he is regarded as an authority. Liberal training
and broad experience have well qualified him for the
practice of his profession, in which he has developed
expert skill and ability, and the list of his patients
is an extensive one. He was born in Buffalo, New
York, and is a son of C. Hollister and Florence (Eoet-
well) Judd, who were also natives of the Empire state.
The father was a distinguished naval officer, serving as
lieutenant commander, and his demise occurred at
Buffalo in 1910. The mother there passed away in the
same year. They were well known and highly es-
teemed residents of that city, where they had long
made their home.
C Hollister Judd, the only child in the family, at-
tended public and private schools of Buffalo, after
which he pursued a course at De "Veaux College of
Niagara Falls, New York, and subsequently entered
the medical department of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, from which he was graduated in 1897. He
then became an instructor in the department of physi-
ology of that institution and subsequently acted as
assistant to Dr. Barton Cook Hearst, one of Phila-
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delphia's moat prominent surgeons, with whom he was
aaaociated for four years, during which period he
gained much va'uable experience. He afterward de-
voted two years to postgraduate work in Vienna and
other medical centers of Europe, where he had the
benefit of instruction from medical apeeialist'i of
world renown. Thus exceptionally well equipped foe
bis chosen life work, he returned to the United States
and in 1908 eame to Detroit, where he has since sue-
ces^ful'y followed his profession, specializing in gyne-
cology, obatetrica and abdominal surgery. He has
written many valuable articles on those subjects and
is a recognized anthority on those branches of medical
aeience. His akill and ability have gained for him an
extensive practice and he if al'50 serving as president
of the medical board of the Woman's Hospital and
Infants' Home] associate professor of gynecology and
obstetrics at Detroit College of Medicine; as obstetri-
cian to Harper Hospital; and as gynecologist to tho
Crittenden Home, of which he waa formerly president,
and his services are in constant demand. He has de-
voted much time to study and research work and his
pronounced ability is not only demonstrated in his
success in practice but is also attested by hia profes-
sional colleagues.
Dr. Judd has one son, C. Hollister Judd, Jr., who
was born in 1900 and is now attending the Detroit
Tlniversity School. The Doctor holds membership in
the Episcopal church and is well known in social
eireles of the city as a member of the Detroit Country,
Univeraity and Detroit Athletic Clubs. He ia also
identified with Phi Gamma DeHa and A. M. P. O.
medical fraternities and is a valued member of the
Wayne County and Michigan State Medical Societies
and the American Medical Association and is a fellow
of the American College of Surgeons. Ho is a man ot
advanced professional attainments, of high prineiplea
and ideals and his life work is one of great worth
in the world.
CALVIlSr ARMSTRONG PALMER, president of
the Inter-Stato Fire Insurance Company, and a prom-
inent figure in insurance and political circles of
Michigan, was bom in Marine City, Michigan, Febru-
ary 25, 1S66, the son of Captain Israel Thorndyke and
Mary Magdalene (Myers) Palmer. Mr. Palmer was
one of a family of fourteen children, he being the
thirteenth child and youngest son. Captain Israel T.
Palmer was a veteran shipmaster on tho Great Dakes,
serving as a commander of passenger vessels for more
than a half century and, as well, superintended the
eonstrnction of the first steel passenger vessel to ply
this great inland body of water. The Palmer family
is one of old lineage in New England, tho forbears
of this branch of the family becoming early settlers
in Maine, The name appears frequently in the eivie
and military history of that state and in the direct
line of the subject of this review was an ancestor
who saw service in the War of the Revolution.
Calvin A. Palmer attended the public schools of
Marine City, and furthered his studies at Assumption
College, Sandwich, Ontario, for the period of one year.
At the age of sixteen Mr. Palmer located at Manistee,
Michigan, which place was his reaidenoe for thirty-
two years. His first business experience was in tho
lumber industry, both as a lumberman and jo. the
mills. At the age of twenty years he began the study
of shorthand and later filled the position as secretary
to one of the large lumber firms in Manistee for a
period of three years. He then established an inde-
pendent business as a court atenographcr, being ea-
gaged in that line of work in addition to that of tho
United States Commissioners, for a period of nine
years. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster at Man-
istee by President McKinley, which position he held
for three terroa, In 1S96 Mr. Palmer waa admitted to
tho bar of Michigan by Judge Aldrich in Benzie
county, and in 1900 he received the appointment by
Governor Bliss to the office of official court stenogra-
pher for the counties of Manistee, Mason, Lake and
Osceola.
In 1904 Mr. Palmer was a delegate to the Republi-
can National convention at Chicago, which nominated
Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency, and in 1912
Mr. Palmer was again a delegate to the National
Republican convention at Chicago, and was a leader
of the Michigan delegation that gave its support to
Colonel Roosevelt. At this convention Mr Palmer
made a notable address, m which he warned the con-
vention of the possibility of a split in the party if
the wishes of the majority of the people did not pre-
vail and Colonel Roosevelt bo deprived of the nomi-
Mr. Palmer served as a member of tho board of trus-
teea of the Manistee public library, aerving aa its
president until 1911. In February of that year he
was appointed Insurance Commissioner for the state
of Michigan, relinquishing that office July 1, 1913, at
which time he located at Detroit, becoming associated
with the formation of the Inter-State Fire Insurance
Company. Mr. Palmer became president and has re-
mained in that position. This company, one of the
conservative and strong organizations of ita kind in
Michigan, capitalized for three hundred thousand dol-
lars, and has attained a scope national in character.
Mr, Palmer is a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club, Detroit Golf Club, Boat Club, Ingleside, Plum
Hollow Country, Wilderness, the Maniatce Country
Club, of which he is the only life member, and the
Blue Goose Club. Fraternally he is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, serving as Grand Chancellor of
Michigan in 1905. He ia also a member of the Grand
Lodge of Elks and a past president of the Michigan
State League of Republican clubs.
Mr. Palmer's only son, James Shrigley Palmer, was
born June 8, 1896, and was killed in action at Juvig-
ncy, France, on August 31, 1918. He was a private in
the One Hundred Twenty -Fifth United States Regular
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Infantry, and his citation for the Croix de Guerre,
posthumously awarded reads as follows;
STAFF
Personuel Bureau Order No. 14,523 "D" Extra
With the approbation of the Commander in Chief
of the American Expeditionary Forces in Prance,
the Marshal of Franco, Commander in Chief of the
French Armies of the East, cites in the order of the
Division.
PEIVATB JAMES S. PALMER,
I25th Eeg. U. S. Inf.
"After the death of his sergeant, he took command
of his comrades and led them to the attack with mag-
nificent bravery. Was killed the nest day, while again
leading his comrades to the attack."
At General Headquarters
March 16, 1919 THE MARSHAL
Commaader in Chief of the French Armies of the East
PETAIN
For Original Extrict
The Lieut(nant Colonel
Chief of Personnel Bureau
FRANK J TRIPPENSEE, a well known Detroit
manufacturer wl o is the secretary and treasurer of
the Tnppensee Manufacturing Company, also the Trip-
rensee Plinetarium Company, and otherwise identified
with Huhstantial business organizations of the city,
Via bom at The Bapids, Loekport, New York, Janu-
ary 11 1878 a son of William F. and Eulina (Teaeh-
outj Tnppensee The removal of the family to Mich-
igan in his boyhood davs enabled him to pursue his
eiueation m the public schools of Flint, where the
family home was established m 1883 When hia text-
books ■nere put aside he began leaning the business
of carriage m^nufaetunng in connection with the
Jirm of W A Patterson & Company and was after
ward -with the Durant Dort Road Cart Company and
the Flint Wagon Works while still later he was em
plowed by the W F Stewart Boly Company of Flmt
Mr Tnppensee s connection with Detroit dates from
1901 at whicl time he secured a position with the
(. E Wilson Eodj Cimpany and thus continued nntil
1904 In the latter year he entered Vusinoss on his
own account and later was joined bv his two broth
ers, Albert W. and William F In 1907 the Tnppensee
Manufacturing Company was organized with Wil
liam F, Trippensee as the president Albert W Trip
pensee as vice president anl Erank J Trippensee as
the secretary and treasurer manufacturing the Trip
pensee Planetarium, and makers of Wffod specialties.
Later they converted their business to the manufac-
ture of automobile bodies, developing one of the
largest concerns of its Mad in the city. Into other
branches of manufacturing Frank J. Trippensee has
extended his efforts and he is likewise the vice pres-
ident of the Standard Reamer & Tool Company, His
plans ate well organized and promptly executed. His
energy and industry have enabled him to overcome
various obstacles and diffi-culties in his path and to
work his way steadily upward until he is now at the
head of profitable and important business interests of
his adopted city.
On the 18th of November, 1901, Mr. Trippensee was
married to Miss Ellen M. Perkins of Detroit, and they
became the parents of a daughter and a son, Mazie
Ellen and Frank William. Mrs. Trippensee died
June 20, 1921. Mr. Trippensee is a member of the
Methodist church, of which Mrs. Trippensee was also
a member. Politically he maintains an independent
course, voting for men and measures rather than party.
He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, of which he has
served as president, and a member of tlio Board of
Commerce of Detroit. Mr. Trippensee is a thirty-
second degree Mason, belonging to City of the
Straits Lodge, E. & A. M.; King Cyrus Chapter, E. A.
M,; Michigan Sovereign Consistory; and Moslem
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is the president
of the Detroit Mutual Savings and Loan Association,
organized in 1031, director of the National Mortgage
Corporation and director of the Aviation Country
Club. He belongs to the MUwaukeo Junction
Manufacturers' Association; is a member of the
Michigan Manufacturers' Association and also of the
National Association of Manufacturers and through
these connections is closely studying manufacturing
problems and everything that bears upon the improve-
ment of conditions as affecting the manufacturing in-
terests of the country. Mr. Trippensee resides at No.
558 Josephine avenue and his country liome is at
Union Lake, near the Aviation Country Club.
J. C. REIMAN. Out from the west came -T. C.
Reiman and at the time when he established his resi
deuce in Detroit he was fort fied by broad anl laned
eiperi nee in connection with large business affairi
He has been a vital and succeisful exponent of the
real estate busme'ss in different parts of the United
•states and Canada and has been since IQIS a leai
ing rei resentative of this enterprise in the Michigan
metropolis where he is secretary of the Mitchell
Reiman Company
Mr Reiman was born at Oxnard "V ent irt county
California anl is a son of CI nstopher and Elizabeth
(Beimanl Reiman who tlou„h of the same name
were not relates pnor to their marriage His higher
academic education was gained m St Vincent's Col
lege in Los Angeles and he afterward turned his at
tention to the study of medicine in connection with
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whitOi preparatory work he took three six-moutha
eoursea in leading medical institutions of Germany,
Finally deciding that he did i\ot care to become a
physician, he returned to the United States in 1901,
and became actively associated with the farm imple
ment business in his native state. About a year later
he sold his interest in this business and went to
Me'^ico, whither he had been summoned by hia father,
who had large mining interests in that turbulent re-
jiublic. He remained there two years. For a year
and a half he uas engaged in the real estate businesB
at Calgary, Canada, and for the same length of time
■ and British Columbia, following the
. all of these places. During this
period he effected the organization of the International
Finance Corporation, Limited, of which he was man-
ager for one and a half years, and as its representa-
tive he had his headquarters at Winnipeg. From there
ho went to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and he like-
wise came to Detroit as representative of the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, which maintained an
office here, as it also did at Hamilton, Ontario. In
1910 Jlr. Eeiman severed his alliance with this corpora-
tion and for the ensuing five years he conducted inde-
pendent real estate operations. In 1915 he estab-
lished his permanent residence in Detroit and in the
following year he organized the Mitchell-Reiman Com-
pany, of which he has since been secretary and treas-
urer. This has become one of the leading real estate
concerns in the handling of its own properties and the
dPveiopment of vacant property, special attention
being paid to provide opportunity for the colored
people of Detroit to make advantageous purchases of
land and provide acceptable homes Mr Eeiman has
an excellent knowledge of values m realtv The Mit
choll-Eeiman Company has platted ind is developing
tw 0 subdn isions in the city of Detroit and Mr Beimin
personally owns and is exploiting four subdn isions
He is a vital and progressive business min
Mr. Eeiman married Miss Winnefred Alberta
Jacques and they have a daughter Hazel Elizabeth
Mr. Eeiman is a stanch republicin ind both he -ind his
wife hold membership in the Presbyterian church He
has traveled extensively, having visited e\ei^ state
in the Union, and in connection with mining oj era
tions has traveled all over Mexico and Arizona
FRANK WILLIAM ATKINSON a Detroit lawyer
was born in Port Huron, Michigan June 21 1878, and
is a son of William Francis and Xatherine Mary
(Donnelly) Atkinson, the latter a sister of John C
D(m nelly, well known in Detroit Both parents
wore natives of Canada and of Irish lineage
Frank W. Atkinson pursued his education under the
instruction of private tutors until eleven years of
age, after which he attended the old Detroit College
for eight years, being graduated tl erefrom in 1897
with the Bachelor of Arts degree, while in 1904 his
Alma Mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts
degree. He prepared for the bar as a law student of
the University of Michigan and won his LL. B. de-
gree in 1901. He located for practice at Port Huron,
.wJiere he remained from 1901 until 1903 and then
practiced with his father, William F. Atkinson, from
1903 to 1907, in Detroit, later becoming a member of
the firm of Moloney & Atkinson, which existed from
1913 until 1915 and was then dissolved. Mr. Atkinson
practiced in partnership with H. J. Northmore from
1915 until 1917 and has since been alone, specializing
in constitutional law and taxation and also chancery,
having developed marked skill in these branches of
the profession.
On the 8th of September, 1903, Mr. Atkinson was
married to Miss Olivia Lang of Detroit, a daughter
of Dr. Otto Lang, Sr., and a granddaughter of Dr.
F. X. Spranger. To Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson have been
born a son and a daughter; Francis William, born
November 9, 1904, in Detroit; and Nancy Ida,
The family adhere to the Catholic faith and Mr,
Atkinson is a member of the Knights of Columbus,
the Delta Chi, a fraternity of the University of
Michigan, and the Detroit Naval Eeserve, with which
he was connected for four years. He is well known
in the club circles of the city as a member of the
Lawyers Club of Detroit, as a member erf the Detroit
Tennis Club, the University of Michigan Club, the
Detroit Athletic Club, Essex County Golf and Country
Club, and the Loyal Legion. His political endorse-
ment is given to the republican party and he is
keenly alive to the issues and questions of the day,
giving his support to all those interests which he
believes feature in good government or which have to
do with the welfare and progress of city and state.
S J LACHAJEWSKI, M. D. Amenca has been the
land of opportunity to many men of foreign birth and no
countrv has made a larger contribution to Detroit's
citizenship than has Poland, whose native sons have gained
success and prominence in both professional and com- -
mcreial lines through the wise utilization of the advantages
presented in this beautiful metropolis, with its mammoth
industrial interests. To this class belongs Dr. S. J. Lacha-
jewski who for a quarter of a century has engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery in this city, specializing
to a large extent in the treatment of children's diseases, in
which he has developed expert ability.
Dr Lachajewski was bom in the province of Posen,
Poland m 1871, a son of Lawrence and Antoinette Lacha-
jewski whose family numbered four children. In 1880
thcv came to America, first locating at Bay City, Mich-
igan where the subject of this review attended the paro-
chial schools, while later he was tor eight yeais a pupil in
the Pobsh Seminary at Detroit. In 1893 he entered the
Detroit Medical College, from which he was graduated
m 189" and then began the practice of his profession,
opening an office near his present location at No. 4654
St Aubin avenue. His professional activities have been
attended with a gratifying r
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addition to earing for a large private practice he 13 also
Kerving on the medical staff of Saraantan Ho'jpital of
which institution he was one of the founders
In 1891 Dr. Lachajewaki married Miss Anna Zoltowski
and they have become the parents of tour children
Amanda who died in infancy; Marcel Cyril and Stanlej
Dr. and Mrs. Laehajewski reside in an attractive home
situated at the corner of St. Aubin and Foreat avenues
and have a large circle of friends in the cit5 They are
communicants of the Catholic church and Dr Lacha
jcwski is a member of the Knights of Columbus and also
of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elka while bis
professional connections are with the Wayne County and
Michigan State Medical Societies and the American Med-
ical Association. Although he engages in general practice,
he devotes considerable attention to the treatment of
children's diseases, in which he has been very successful
and through untiring industry and marked abihty he has
risen to a place of prominence in his profession
JOH'^" S 8TE\EM=0N JE w th
? cognition
p bl
and Mary E. (Bee
f p pi th t 1 t y has nnnifested
th gh t I 1 ppl t n, resulting m
til d I p t t h pcm 1 1 he is now oc
pj g p m t t p t n in the busi
1 f D t t b ing g 1 superintendent
f th Am C & F d y Ccm piny He was
b m D t t J J 8 18 d 1 ro he obtained
t H p t wire John S
!s) Stevenson. The father was
born in Dundee, Scotland, and was superintendent
of the Peninsular plant of the American Gar &
Tcundry Company for many years. In 1895, when a
young man of twenty years, John S. Stevenson, Jr.,
entered the employ of what is now the American Car
& Foundry Company, of which his father was the super-
intendent at Dttroit The son, however, was first em
plojed in the Peninsular plant, and there he acquired
a considerable knowledge of the busmeis In 190O
he was transferred to the main offir-e at St Louis,
llissouri, and remiined there until October, 1902, when
he returned to Detroit In the following yeir he be
came connected with the Eussell Wheel i. Foundry
Compan3, whore he remained until 1912 In that year
hp entered tho Peninsular plant of the American
Cir & Foundry Company, with which he has since
been identified For two 3ear? he served as the shop
engineer, and following the inanguration of the Wtrld
war, he took charge of all the tools and designing
for the British cuntraits held by his company and
when thev took the contract for the manufacture
of artillery vehicles for the United States government
ho was given charge of the mannfacture of all tools
and dies for this work The heavy responaibilitiei
can be perhaps best understood when it is stated that
the American Car & Foundrv Compani did fully forty
per cent of all the munition work done for the United
•states govemnient and did practically all of the
artilkry vehicle work Mr Steienson, actuated by
a strong patriotic spirit, as well as by business en
terptise, bent his everj energy toward the attomplish
ment of the gigantic task which was set before him,
wl ich he carried forward to successful completion, re
suiting in his advancement to the position of genera!
superintendent of the Amerinn Car S: Foundry Com
pany on the 20th of January, 1920
In ISQ** Mr Stevenson was married to Miss Mabel
Pender, and they have become the parents of one son
John Lester, born in December, 1899 He is connected
with the engineering department ot the Detroit plant
of thi, AnnriLan Car & Foundry Company, being the
third generation of this Stevenson family to be em
ployed bv this company, and its predecessors John
Lester Stevenson married Miss Marjone HoUingaheid
of Detroit Both Mr and Mrs John S Stevenson
have a wide acqu imtance in Detroit, where they occupy
an eniiable social position Not onlj is he an expert in
hia line and a man of aflcndid executu e ability, but at
all times he displa'is those qualities which mark the
true gentleman in his relation to employes and to
coUeagues and contemporaries m the bu'Jineas world,
as well as in the social waDv<i ot life Everywhere
he IS sptken of m terms of the highe'it regard and
his position in business circles is one of accre/lited
prommenLe Mr steiinson n a d(iutv si erifE of
l^avne countj
CHARLES WILLIAM NO VH One ot th lar^^est
and most prosperous individual hardware establish-
ments in the city of Detroit is that owned and con-
ducted by Charles William Noah, whose progressive
policies and honorable dealings have been the forces
that have pushed forward the development of this
substantial and representative retail business, at 8366
Gratiot avenue.
Mr Noah is a representative of an old and honored
fimilv of Detroit, in which city he was born on the
inth of August, 1809, a son of Frank A. and Christine
(Schmidt) Noah The father long held prestige as
one of the able and influential members of the De-
troit bar and ieveloped a large law practice, and in
the late 'TOs he was elected a representative of Wayne
county in the state legislature. He was one of the
venerable and honored citizens of Detroit at the time
of his death in February, 1919, having attained to
the age of sev enty-cight years. His widow was
seventy SIX j oars of age at the time of her demise,
on the 17th of November, 1920. Of their four sur-
viving children Charles William is the second in
orler of birth, Frederick G, and Edward P. likewise
remain in Detroit, as does also the only daughter,
Clara, who is now the wife of Thomas Byan. The
parents were devout communicants of the Catholic
Charles W Noah gained his early education in the
parochial school of St. Joseph's church, and there-
after continued hia studies one year in Detroit Uni-
ver'Jnti He gained practical esperienee through
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1133
iisociation with a kidmg larlnirc eatil lishmLnt of
his native citj and indllv on the 3d ot May 1903
ho embarked in the retail i ardn ■ire Luamess in an
indopen lent wiy From
lult up 1 liTge iiid irc
1p cont mies the sole own.'
liatmctlv metropol tin in
fieilities its idmirable i
modeat inception he haa
jeroua 1 uamesa of which
and hia estibli^shment is
iti equip uent atock and
r\n,e in all dppartmenta
haimg constituted it^ best advertising raediuni
In polities Mr Noah nnintama an independent at
titude He 11 an appreciative and ■i alued nieml er of
the Detroit Boarl of Coninieree the Detroit Keal
Estate Boarl the Betail Merchants Association and
the Retail Hardware Aaaociation He holds member
ahip in the Detroit Vthletie Club and both he and
his wife ire earneat comninnicants of the Catholic
church
On the 10th of June 1897 Mr Noah was mnrr td to
Ml'! Caioi I- Fi hrer a daughter of Fr-ink F c( rtr
t Dciroit Mr ail Mr Noih ha e a f mih of &i\
1 lilren Haroll FrauLia, who w >! born n Apr 1
18^9 began hia elueat on m St Anthonj a parochial
school graduating therefrom in. 1J14 anl he then
entered the Eastern high school tr m wl ich he was
graduated in the class of 1918 He waa m military
training for service in the United States amy at the
time the armistice was signel and later entered the
Lnneriity of Detroit, taking a course in electrical
engineer ng He is now assoLiated with his father s
lusineas Kathleen was lorn m IWl and is a grad
uate of 8t Marj s Aca lemy at Monroe Michi an
one ot the old ani historic Cathol e institutions of the
state \ lola who was bom in 1<»04 attendel this
aame acalem> one year and for the past three years
has been a student in the Sacred Heart \.La(Iem3 at
Gtosse Pointe a 'juI urb of Detroit Antoinette bom
in 190'i IS attending the parochial achool of St Cath
erine s church as are also Edward who was lorn m
1911 and Min Loi ise wlo was Ion in 1911 The
fan li res d net s at 8 5 East 1 rand boulciarii
dbyGoot^le
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INDEX
Academy of the Saered Heart 152
Adeock, J. P 441
Allen, H. M 1070
Allmand, J. T 490
Alloway, E. E 571
Amberg, Emil 748
Anderson, G. C 759
Anderson, E. H 675
Andries, J. H 18
Arthur, Clara B 147
Arthur, James 235
Ashley, L. B 17
Atkinson, F. W 1131
Austin, W. L 45
Behnke, J. H
Eehr, P. A
Eeiaman, Joseph . . . .
Bell, J. H
Bell, W. E
Eollows, L. F. R
Bolongy, L, W
Beltramini, Edmond ■
Bemi), Eugene
, S. E
Baad, F. W..
. 673
BacMe, Andrew 434
Backus, H. D 79
Bader, G. T 120
..1077
-1094
..1078
Bagnall, Herbert
Baier, F. J
Bailey, G. D
Bailey, M. S
Bailey, W. 8
Baird, E. J
Baker, W. R
Baldwin, W. 0
Ballard, J. A
Balle, M. J 503 Bootmyer,
Barkwit, K. G 1126
Barnard, H. D 179
Barnes, W. 0 Ill
Barrett, J. E 920
Bartholomhei, B. M 1109
Eactlct, W. E..". 457
Bauer, H, A 213
Baumgarten, E. C 605
Baxter, Aldrioh 401
Beaeh, G. H 83
Beall, F. F 907
Beattie, Albert 985
Beck, J. C 873
Beck, W. E 193
Becker, C. C 88
Bedford, L. H 497
Beever, Albert 45
, 193
Bennett, J. F 172
Bennett, M. F 429
Bennett, Z. B 417
Bergman, 0. C 1105
Besancon, W. E 558
Betts, K, 8 453
Bingham, E. R 1117
plaebburn, W. A 852
Blain, A. W 10
Blakeslee, W. S 437
Bleakley, C. E 108
Blomfleld, F. C 583
Blood, W. B 747
Bloom, N. A 374
Bloomer) Earl 671
Blumberg, M. H 14
Bobcean, E. H 3fi5
Boldt, C, J 320
Bolio, E. W '037
Bolt, Mildrod A 1025
B. H 272
Boone, J. T 1041
Boosey, E. W. N 739
Booth, Harry 129
Booth, T. ir 867
Bootz, P. J 425
Borin, Jacob 1073
Botaf ord, H. E 788
Bourke, E. M 441
Bowen, C. A 323
Bowsher, J. P 1078
Boyle, P. P
Boyne, J. A. . .
Brabyn, Harry .
Brady, G. N
Brasg, C. T. . . .
Brain, E. G
. 233
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11S6
Brandt, C. W 430
Brasie, W. L 1089
Braan, M. M 613
Brayton, L. F 327
Breault, P. A 259
Breitenbecher, E. K 517
Briggs, A. C 478
Brcideriok, F, B 375
Brodhead, J. T 600
Brodt, C. H 343
Bromloy, O. K 339
Brooka, W. A 634
Bross, E. E 295
BroweT, Harry 21
Brown, E. C 312
Brown, J. S 920
Brown, L. E 1106
Eruwn, M. L 231
Brown, E. E 736
Brown, W. B 299
Erownell, H. R 417
Bruee, A. E 860
Brnmm, J. B 863
Brunim6, C. L 223
Buelianan, P. T 232
Buck, J. D 40S
Bnckley, WilHain 115
Biiesko, J. E 672
Baeliner, Joseph 335
Buekers, J. H 433
Eulil, Frederick 255
Buhl, L. D 308
Bahl, Walter 442
Bahr, J. F 140
Bull, H. P 324
Burch, L. W 1065
Burke, C. F 588
Burke, G. P 355
Burlingame, L. F 366
Burnett, W. H. C 557
Burns, Walter 477
Burns, W. J 916
Burton, W. J 923
Bush, Edward 645
Business Institute 1114
Butterfield, J. D 135
Byrne, W. H 140
Cady, D. D 370
Cady. G. B 676
Calnon, Thomas 1022
Cardiello, Pietro 748
Carey, L. J 223
Carney C. F 851
Carolin, R. E 132
Carpenter, E. J 553
Carron, T. J 124
Carter, D. S 373
Case, L. H 969
CasMn, T. F 675
Cation, W. E 143
Caulkins, G. P 389
Chureh, F. M 1001
Ciliax, G. 0 965
Clarke, Charles 61
Ciongli, H. T 211
Cloutier, A. J 760
Cochran, W. H 393
Cochran, W. K 592
Cogswell, A. C 351
Cohane, Louis 978
Coleman, H. D 600
Comer, George 788
Convent of tlio Sacrod Heart 167
Copeland, E. J 903
Cotner, Jacob, Jt 60
Cox, J. H 1017
Crane, G. A 231
Creed, A. M 207
Crotser, J. M 1022
Crowley, J. J 997
Culbertson, H. K 583
Cnllen, A. F 969
Cunimings, William 630
Cnmmiskey, J. P 880
Curtis, E. G 450
Curtiss, C. H 535
Cyman, P. J 855
Dailey, P. E 5SZ
Daniel, Jacob, Jr 127
Davis, Emerson 899
Davis, E. K 963
Dawson, O. H 79
Dayton, E. J 954
Deacon, E. L 919
DeLange, W. W 227
DeMass, 0. A 191
Denby, Edwin 961
DeVisser, J. H 131
DoToe, J. E 807
Dickinson, H. C 682
Dickinson, J, L 34
Diehl, P. H 84
Dietsch Sight Seeing Co 256
Dillon, H. J 418
Dingeman, H. J 904
Dodge, F. 11 235
Domzalski, W, 11 343
Down, E. P 595
Downey, A. J 494
Draper, A. M 948
DuBois, n. M 196
Dunneback, P. E 1042
Dunning, H. E 915
Duprey, J. H 1118
Dutton, J. B 1121
Dwyer, A. E 151
.y^OOQlC
Dwyer, E. L 83
Dwyer, Emniet 160
Dwyer, Jeremiah 312
Dyer, C. G 19S
Dysarz, T. T 61*
Earle, G. L 73
Earle, H. S 183
Eaat, B. R 994
Eberiiiie, H. A fi49
Edenburn, W. D 402
Edgar, James 159
Edmund & Jones Corporation 163
Edwards, C. M 803
Eggenweiler, C, W 401
Eggert, A. B 410
Egle, A. G 482
Eibert, J. N 643
Elblein, A. R 288
Eldredge, F. M 799
Eldridge, G. E 131
Elkan, B. M 829
Ellington, H. S 706
Elliott, W. T 741
EllU, r. A 433
Emery, Georgia 180
Engelhard, Charles - . 989
Erdman, Charles 10(50
Ernst, Bobert 970
Eustice, B. M 1002
Evans, W. A 1123
Everard, H. H 296
Everhart, C. C 369
Everton, V. J 536
Fairgrieve, G. D 243
Farwell, George 1054
Farwell, J. H 1050
Faust, John 983
Feehimer, H. M 799
Feder, Anton 829
Pee, R. L 382
Pellrath, J. P 171
Perria, C. A 87
Peys, J. C 958
Pinn, J. V 592
Fitehett, P. P 517
Pitz-Qerald, M. E 208
FitzpatTick, W. G 526
Flattery, T. J 663
Flowers, Charles 13
Pont, A. J 867
Poote, G. 11 1046
Foote, H. W 344
PoTd, Henry 826
Pordon, Ralph 267
Forrest, Lena L 406
Fowler, B. H 271
Fowler, H. W 621
>EX 1137
Freynian, H. L 208
Friedberg, Morris 340
Praehauf , H. C 1029
Fnihauf, Max 279
Gallagher, Franklin 283
Gardner, O. N 466
Gardulski, Joseph 912
Garman, H. B 940
Garner, H. B 571
Gaukler, F. 0 276
Gearing Bros. Co., Ltd 859
Gies, F. T '. 936
GifEen, W. A 989
Gignae, A. L 486
Gilbert, E. T 423
Ginsburg, J. J 462
Giuliano, Vincenzo 777
Glading, J. E 902
Gnau, William 782
Godfrey, Jeremiali 3 058
Godfrey, M. H 1062
Goebel, T. F : 944
Goff, J. H 591
Gongwer, Burr 884
Goodrich, 3. P 454
Goodwillie, Edward 6S7
Gottsohalk, P. W 954
Goux, E. S 667
Graber, H. T 916
Graham, L. A 1001
Grant, C. A 671
Grant, L. E 1122
Grauer, Albert 1018
Grawn, C. B 280
Gray, Edward 86S
Gray, W. A., Jr 458
Gregory, E. M 135
Griffiths, rhilip 510
Grimes, G. L 699
Groesbeck, A. J 668
Grose, J. W 584
Grylls, H. J. M 576
Guidcr, A. R 1118
Hibermns W \. "5
Hacker T L (9
Hid ett W F 1045
Hihn W 4. ^7^
Hlle G r 912
Hilev M f J0"0
H 11 A f <>48
Hill r R s-e
Hill H S 102
H'jmbUn J G Jr 10S9
HimUl H H 978
Hamilton Jimes 892
Hamilton J T =! 19&
Hamhn H \ 94
.y^OOQlC
1138
Hdniptoa, C d
Hanchette, C D
HandPTBide, C A
Haudloset, R C
Hanna, W T
Hanser, Toahui
Hanson, Frank
Harknesa, G R
Harlp^ J C
Harmon, R B
Harris, A E
Harria E E
Ham 'J, W G
Harrison, A F
Harrison, F W
Harriion M H
Hart, W H
Hartman, C D
Hartman, W L
Harney, J b
HaiLllmlin L E
Hftsaler, Frank
Hatch Clarancc
Haverstoek S F
Hawkina, B L
Hawkins, W C
Hlvden, F C
Hires, M L
Hedke, B C
HPinP A W
Held r J
H,l
f H
Henderson, L T
Henderson Thonns
Henderson, ^ E
Hcndrie Stratlieirn
Henrr, G P
Hensien J P
Hensler, W C
Hermans, D D
Herr, J P
Herrick, H O
Herrmann M H
Herzog August
Herzog, Edwin
Mesa, E J
IleatoD W M
Hewitt Fred
Hiekej, Lawrence
Hiekei , P M
HiH G W
Hillock, L T
Hills, H H
Hindelang, J L
Hmz J r
Hohbs, C H
Hodges, C H
Hodges H (
HnfEimn, « J
HoneyKell, J R
Hood A J
Hoops, G B
Hoptraft G J
Horton, B D
Hoamer, fi S
Hntchkisa, \ D
Houek, J E
Howe A V
D
111 Howland William
413 Hoyt, H B
374 Hnhir, D I
614 Hnbbard, T P
14 Hnbbard, W 4
872 Hudson, A W
361 Huebner A G
4(56 Huff, C B
q08 Hughes A A
211 Hu^Iie% R T
91 Hughes, Richard
606 Hughes S H
694 Huleft, Gerald
119 Huktt, Max
331 Hulne W L
36q Hunter, G T
2<»9 Hurlev, J W
629 Ilusa W H
1021 Hutchinson, A C
^70 Hutchinson W E
42
292 Inter Stite Plastering Co
332
605 Jackson, E S
461 Jaequea EIio
554 Ti,n g r E
251 Jamieson, B C
1061 Jenks, E W
856 Tcnks, Nithin
171 Ttnness, J S
1081 Jennings, E C
821 Jentgen, C T
'529 Tentgen, L C
R47 Johnson Elizabeth
naa Johnson, H R
S25 Johnston, F P
613 Jones L H
168 Toslyn L F
175 Judd, C H
446
617 Kearney C F
18 Kednei, H I
72 Kehoe E R
.yCOOt^lC
1139
Kelaey, John 808
Kendall, E. J 108!)
Kennary, J. S 172
Kennedy, Guy 1008
Kerr, E. M 470
Kersten, A. G 413
Kerstcn, E. A 260
Keywell, H. C 818
Kiefer, G. L 811
Kilpatriek, W. J 851
King, G. C 860
Kinnane, J. E 834
Kinnell, Joseph 155
Kiset, W. P 1102
Klein, W, E 838
Klingcnsmith, F. L 22
Knaggs, C. W 539
Knauss, C. A 1013
Knight, S. H 718
Knight, W. C 438
Knoeh, H. G 907
Koch, John 622
Kolowich, G. J 1038
Komrofsky, Henry filO
KornefEel, Ferdinand 394
KoBCinski, A. A 557
Kowalski, L. P 405
Kozlowskj, F. J 1041
Kraft, G. W 884
Kraft, W. J 543
Kramer, Herman 386
Kramer, Herman, Jr 1101
Kranse, J. C 830
Krauss, William 315
Krave, John 1090
Ereit, Herman 571
Krenz, A. C 1110
Krohn, Henry 903
Kubek, F. A 365
Knhn, C. F 88
Kuttnaner, Milton 622
Kyner, C. L 227
Lachajewaki, S. J 1131
Lane, H. M 378
Lassaline, S, J 445
Lathrop, E. G 944
Lawton, G. M 558
Lazowski, C. H 675
Le Bel, H. H 915
Lee, C. S 268
Lee, D. B 998
Lee, G. W 144
Legge, E, H 543
Lciaon, T. A 362
Lemke, Alexander 700
LentK, W. E 927
Leonard, H. E . 568
Lerchen, W. G 30
Lesinski, Julius 572
Leszczynski, P. J 800
Lillibridge, F. M 68
Lindsey, D. N 1033
Linehan, J. P 958
Lister, W. 8 252
Loar, W. A 847
Locke, D. H 426
Looker, O. E 398
Lorimer, D. T 133
Losey, C, H 1009
Lovett, W, E 377
Lowrie, F. L 328
Lundell, Otto 450
Lutz, P. P 856
Lynch, 0. D 1017
Lynch, John 37
Lyons, A. B 216
Lyster, H. F 196
Lyster, H. L 200
McAlpine, A. D 561
MeAlpine, J. G 621
MeCabe, F. J 953
MeCnllongh, W. D 128
McDonald, P. J 474
McFall, G. H 625
McGraw, W. A 1074
McGregor, Thomas 29
McLean, A. J 339
McLean, Harius 159
McMann, M. G 489
McMath, P. C 405
McMeans, A. L 259
McMechan, G. J 275
McVeigh, J. A 336
McWhinney, W. A 239
Mabley, J. D 650 ^
Maoauley, B. H 711
MacFarlane, Walter 9
MacLachlan, D, A 1062
MacLaehlan, W. M 935
MacManua, T. F 59
. Madison, G. E 397
Maguirc, P. J. W 804
Maire, L. E 25
Malott, F. J 884
Mancourt, A. L 518
Manning, R. H 14
Manton, Walter 663
Manton, W. P 587
Mara, W. A 128
Marble, F. B 410
Marcinkiewiez, C. J 437
Marion, A. N 654
Mark, J. E 284
Marlin, L. W 051
Maroska, L. J 437
.y^OOQlC
1140 INL
Marr, M, S 191
Marr, E. H 794
Marachner, A. P 609
MarBhall, E. C 25
Martens, H. M 458
Martin, Francis 276
Martin, W. E 872
Matthews, J. D 1066
Man, F. G 530
Maurice, W. E 653
May, C. P 712
May, 8. L 986
Maynard, F. T 505
Mazzio, Cliarles 681
Merkle, G. E 868
MerrUl, R. B 75
Miller, C. E 247
Miller, C. L 283
Miller, F. F 629
Miller, F. P 352
Miller, 6. E 356
Miller, H. P 772
MOler, H. R 148
Moebs, W. D. C 240
Monflls, J. F 069
Moore, C. "W 735
Moore, W. C 646
Moran, A. B 255
Moran, W. B ,- 243
Morey, A. E 1110
Morgan, C. L 947
Moriarty, P. C 406
Morris, B. A 414
Moss, J. L 485
Mnenz, C. P 821
Mnir, W. K 260
Mnnger, E. A 97
Murphy, T. P 230
Nchls B F
Nelha E R
Nerlineer 4. F
Netting C J
Newell C F
Newhall P b
Newman J K
Newmn H L
Nicholi G A
Nich la on L E
Nielsen Charle'^
Nielsen H C
Nielaen Brirtheri
Nimmo A H
Noah C W
Noble Eenilmin
Noble "Willnm
Oakman, C. H. .
O'Donneli, A E
Oldberg, Virgil
Or en, Paul
OsowiXi P \
Otter
C E
Paddock L \
Palmer, C A
Palmer B 7
Papendell Robert
Park J P
Parath, M J
Paschke, Augi:st
Paterson, H H
Patterson P E
Paull, C A
Pcirip, H W
PlII D W
Pennington McKee Company
Pequegnot C F
Perley, H O
Phelps, G H
Phillips, Walter
Pierson, H L
Pittman S L
Polozker, I L
Pope WiUard
Popiel T \
Potts C H
Intt, W C
Pntt, W J
Pratt Peva & Co
Proctor, P G
Pronovost, Joseph
92
Quandt, Augu't
Qnmn W F
Quisenberr>, P
Eamin T T
Etidell W T
Eeiman J C
Etwoldt W J
Eheaume, P A
Rieh, H M
Eichard
Rider, Charles
Ritter C S
Eittpr, H G
K
649 Boberta, E F
649 Eobinaon, I P
A T
M S
Eobiaon F W
Eobsun P E
Boehl J F
Koohni C M
Rus« H 4
.y^OOQlC
Eozycki, Stanley .
St John W \
&agc, H O
Sanii, F ¥
Sarbaugli, D M
Rchmidt, H B
Srhmied, Louis
SehmitE, PPter
Schneider, Q J
Schneider, M J
Schoenith, Juhus
Sehrage, W C
Schreiter, E E
Schnlte, B T
Soliwartz, Bornard
Schwartz, Otto
Sfhwartzbek, O T
SeliwartzbLk, T C
Scott C B
Scot ten, Oren
Scullm. W P
Shedd, E H
Sheehy, F W
Sherman, A G
Shermin, F J
Shier, S W
Shipman, £ J
Siegel, Benj-imin
Siegel, Eugene
Sievers, H A
Sikorski, J J
Simpson, H L
Skae, E A
Skrzycki, W T
Slazinaki W 4
Sleeper, H A
Smilanaky, H H
Smilanakv, Louit
Smith, Bridford
Smith, D W
Smith, F B
Smith, H P
Smith, V L
'^niith, W G
Jr
Suim^, r 0
Southwiek, J t
Spellman, D D
Spitzley, E L
Spoor, Emma L
Spriu, W C
Stafford C M
Rtahl, H J
Stindart,
st'indact, W E
"W
INDEX
. 304
Standish, J D
667
Staadish, J D, Jr
540
8tefinow»ki, Anthony
17
Steinbreehcr, A H
SOS
Stephens, Henrj
Stern Milford
Q'll
Stevens, E H
201
Stevenson E G
966
Stevenson J S , Jr
S23
Stevskal W J
982
Stiles, 0 H
986
Stoddird J D
509
Storen, W J
1025
Rtott, E G
1014
Rtotter, Mix
822
Streng, W J
280
Snlhvan, F J
413
Sutton, E V
127
Sutton, J E
838
'iwan, E P
525
Swan, H B
741
8win=on, John
hfiO
Swityer, J W
311
l'^6
T^ber M W
6b8
Talbot G W
695
Talbot G ¥
54S
Talman W W
251
Tapert, E T
812
Taylor, Clifford
948
Ta^ lor Eliaba
34
Tailor, & r
171
Tavlor H H
qii
Tailor S V
q24
Teal F V
1010
Theisen J J
^39
Thiers Chester
997
Thorn, C A H
lOOb
Thomis, A O
417
Th(mns, F P
244
Thomas, N G
1082
Thomas, S S
1014
Thompson E S
778
76
Thompson M W
781
Thomson J R C
864
Thorpe T J
848
Thorpe W P
1074
Thurbar D M D
548
Tibbitts Milton
53';
To.Jd, E r
498
Tolman, G A
184
TomkmH, W C
228
Toomev, T J
847
Torrence W E
160
TricT P B
521
Trem-Jin L W
361
Treppi, B T
7b
Tnppensee, A W
,t^OOQIC
1142
Trippensee, F. J 1130
Trombly, V. C 1037
Troapec, H. P 610
Tryon, J. E 1093
Tullar, C. W 494
Turnbull, G. P 540
Turner, B. L 664
Tuttle, W. W 147
Twogood, H. N 474
Tyrrell, E. B 981
Tyson, W. E. E 928
Valade, C, C 1090
Valentine, D. E., Jr 1109
Vaughan, H. F 947
Vier, E. A 486
Wagner, B. A 315
Wadsworth, H. L 124
Wagstaif, C. B 547
Waldon, S. D 6
Walker, C. G 381
Walker, F. B 793
Wallace, H. B 200
Wallieli, C. J 724
Walah, J. J 164
Walsh, J. L 1125
Ward, C. B., Jr 1046
Ware, H. L 502
Wark, B. H 626
Warneko, J. H 1113
Warner, H. J 340
Warren, E. J 41
Warren, J. W 407
Warren, W. W 101
Waterfall, A. T 64
Waters, G. A 445
Watson, E. P 381
Watson, Thomas 421
Watts, W. A 204
Weatherliead, S. G 653
WeatherwaJt, A. J 319
Webh, H. E 71
Webt., J. B 311
Webster, Arthur 1045
Weed, 0. E 316
Wegener, F. A 936
Weiske, W. C 1034
Weiae, Walter 68
Weiaman Motor Sales Co 536
Welz, W. B 787
Wentworth, E, H 518
Wenzel, Ernat 817
Wenzel, Paul 841
Wernekcn, F. E 430
Wexneken, P. S 453
Weaolowski, S. M 617
Weaaela, R. C. 712
Woyermiller, G. P 838
White, D. M 705
White, W. J 509
Whiteman, W. J 558
Whitman, C. F &65
Whitney, G. T 469
Whittaker, J. A 1097
Whittenberger, H. E 609
Wicker, S. J 927
Wicker, W. W 332
Wicks, E. H 660
Wickware, M. M 911
Widman, A. IT 80
Wieber, C. H 855
Wiegert, Henry 307
Wilcox, F. P 248
Wilde, Bobert 759
Wilkinson, A. H 008
Wilkowski, P. J 97
Will, C. E 1069
Williams, D. E 887
Williamson, Thomas 449
Wilson, C. A 402
Wilson, F. 8 754
Wilson, G. A 398
Wilson, J. H 973
Wilson, W. A 1010
Wise, M, M 553
Witkowski, Joseph 1085
Wolf, F. C 1077
Wolff, J. P 575
Wolowitz, Louia 882
WoodlifE, R. S 1026
Woods, H, T 393
Woodaide, W. P 462
Work, "W. E 304
Wosiiiaki, M. A 370
Wozniak, 8. L 457
Wright, F. S 1102
Teats, E. "W 300
Yeomans Box Co. 1009
York, F. J 773
York, P. L 506
Young, W. H 116
Zackheim, M. H 390
Zanger, P. J 493
Zollinger, Prank 1042
Zuckerman, Leo 825
Zuver, G. H 584
Zynda, John, Jr 1050
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