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ST. LOUIS
History of the Fourth City
1763-1909
By WALTER B. STEVENS
"//f saii^ he had found a situation udicre lie was going to form a settlement i^'hieh might
become one of the finest cities of America.^' — Laclede's propliecy from the narrative of the settlement
of St. Louis by Auguste Chouteau.
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. II
Chicago -St. Louis:
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO.
1909
1142441
E. O. STANARD
BIOGRAPHICAL
EDWIN O. STANARD.
Edwin O. Stanard, president of the Stanard-Tilton Milling Company, stands
as a representative of that class of business men who, when called to public
service, have given proof not only of loyalty and patriotism, but also of business
ability in handling public affairs that has made their service of signal value to
the commonwealth and to the nation. As lieutenant governor and representa-
tive of his district in congress his labors were of the utmost benefit to his con-
stituents and the people at large. While political ambition has never been a
characteristic of his life, when called by his fellowmen to serve them, he brought
to bear in the discharge of his duties the same conscientious purpose, laudable
ambition and unfaltering determination which have characterized him in every
other relation.
New Hampshire numbers him as a native son, his birth having occurred in
Newport, January 5, 1832, his parents being Obed and Elizabeth N. (Webster)
Stanard. He is descended from an honored New England ancestry. His great-
grandfather W^ebster and his great-grandfather, William Stai\ard, both won
renown as soldiers of the Revolution. The latter was a member of the com-
mittee of safety of Newport, New Hampshire, and also served as a private under
command of Captain Uriah Wilcox and Colonel Benjamin Ballou. His great-
grandfather Webster was a lieutenant in Captain Joseph Dearborn's New Hamp-
shire Company, which marched with the Continental troops against Canada in
1776 under the leadership of General Montgomery.
Obed Stanard. father of the Hon. Edwin O. Stanard, devoted his life to
general agricultural pursuits and in 1836 left the old Granite state to become a
resident of Van Buren county, Iowa, which at that time was under territorial
rule. The Indians far outnumbered the white settlers save as the latter race
had made settlement along the Mississippi river and were engaged in trade
there. A few venturesome and courageous spirits had pushed their way into
the interior and were reclaiming the state for the uses of civilization.
Amid the scenes and environments of pioneer life Edwin O. Stanard spent
his early boyhood. The state became rapidly settled, however, and provided
excellent opportunities for a younger generation, especially in educational lines.
Mr. Stanard attended the public schools of Iowa and afterward became a stu-
dent in Lane's Academy at Keosauqua. Iowa, where he completed his course at
the age of twentv vears. He afterward engaged in teaching school. On leaving
Iowa he came to St. Louis and later went to Madison countv, Illinois, where he
6 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
followed the profession of teaching for three years. Believing that it would
prove a wise step to qualify more fully for the duties of a commercial career,
he matriculated in the Jone^s Commercial College, of St. Louis, in the summer
of iSs5 si^d in 1856 secured a position as bookkeeper with a business firm of
Alton, Illinois.
About two years later ^Ir. Stanard established a commission business in
St. Louis,, continuing this until 1866. In the undertaking he manifested the
same spirit of undaunted enterprise and unabating energy that has characterized
him throughout his entire life and thus he laid the foundation for his present
success. In fact the growth of his business was such that he felt justified in
entering into broader fields of labor and established several branch houses in
other cities. In 1865 he turned his attention to the milling business also in St.
Louis, under the name of E. O. Stanard & Company and thus started upon a
business career that has been crowned with splendid success. Two years later
he purchased a large flour mill in Alton, Illinois, and since that time the name
of Stanard has become synonymous with milling operations in the middle west.
The name of the firm was changed to the E. O. Stanard INIilling Company in
1886 and to the Stanard-Tilton Milling Company in January, 1906, with Mr.
Stanard at its head. He has since been the chief executive officer, for a period
of a third of a century, while Mr. Tilton has been secretary of the company for
twenty years. Thoroughness and system have always characterized the conduct
of the business and the several brands of flour which the company have pro-
duced have become recognized as among the best on the market, while the sales
have extended not only throughout the United States, but also into Europe
as well.
Mr. Stanard is a man of the keenest discernment. He looks from the cir-
cumference to the very center of things and seems to recognize with almost
intuitive perception the elements which enter into a business interest and consti-
tute the features of its success or failure. Such is the regard entertained for his
judgment that his advice has been again and again sought on matters of moment
in the business world and his cooperation has been solicited for the furtherance
of many enterprises. He is now a director in the St. Louis Union Trust Company
and also a director in the Boatmen's Bank.
His public service, too, has been of a most important nature. Few men
have displayed such intense and active interest in the welfare of the city without
hope of some reward for time and effort expended in promoting public progress.
Mr. Stanard has been a conspicuous figure on the floor of the Merchants'
Exchange and has for many years occupied official positions therein, serving as
president in 1865. He has also been one of the vice presidents of the National
Board of Trade. During the year 1903 he was president of the directorate of the
St. Louis Exposition and was a leader in the Autumnal Festivities Association,
now known as the Business Men's League. He has also been president of the
Citizens Fire Insurance Company for fourteen years. He has displayed the
utmost zeal and devotion in promoting interests of public moment and has been
a frequent delegate to commercial and similar conventions in the principal cities
of the Union, where his known standing in business circles has given his word
weight in the councils. He is a close student of the questions of the day and of
subjects of vital concern to the country and when he expresses an opinion
thereon his views are always clear and forcible and based upon strong reasoning
and logical deductions.
While St. Louis has profited largely by his efforts in business and kindred
avenues, the leaders of the republican party, to the principles of which he had
long given stalwart support, recognized in him a man whose name and labors
might prove of the strongest benefit in party work. Up to 1866 he had never
been active in party ranks, but in that year the republicans of the state nominated
him for lieutenant governor on the McClurg ticket. This honor came to him
entirely unsolicited and in fact was a matter of intense surprise to him. When
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 7
the leaders of the party impressed upon his mind the fact that it was a duty
which he owed to the state to serve its interests, utihzing his abihty for the
benefit of the commonweahh at large, he consented to become a candidate and
entered heartily into the work of the campaign. He is naturally a tluent speaker
and yet one wdio convinces rather by his clear, concise statement of facts than
by the employment of any particular oratorical power. He readily understood
all the strong points in his party's cause and the fact that a man of i\Ir. Stanard's
well known business standing and integrity was endorsing certain measures was
proof to many of his fellow citizens that they were worthy of uniform support.
Sincerity, enthusiasm and loyalty marked all of his public utterances and he
aided in molding the policy of the state during his service as lieutenant governor
as few men in the second highest office in the commonwealth have done. The
duties of his position included the forming of the committees of the senate as
well as presiding over the proceedings of that body. In the former he dis-
played the most clear and sound judgment in determining the various capaci-
ties and aptitudes of the members whom he named for committee work. As
a presiding officer he was always fair and impartial and public interests never
suffered in the slightest degree in his hands. He made such an excellent record
as lieutenant governor that on the expiration of his term of service his fellow
citizens demanded that he should represent them in congress and in 1870 he
became the republican candidate. He then resided in the lower congressional
district of St. Louis, where the liberal republican sentiment was strongest.
Colonel Grosvenor, editor of the Democrat, was made the candidate of the
liberal party, with Governor Stanard as the nominee of the radical wing. The
democracy had no candidate in the field, but in convention endorsed Colonel
Grosvenor. Against this strong combination Lieutenant Governor Stanard was
elected, largely through his forceful personal character and the implicit con-
fidence which the people at large had in his ability and his fidelity to their in-
terests. He took his seat in congress and at once began laboring earnestly and
effectively toward promoting legislation which he deemed would prove of value
to the country at large, and especially to the middle west. Up to this time con-
gressmen from the east had been loath to vote appropriations for the mainte-
nance and improvement of western and southern waterways. The question of
cheap transportation to the seaboard involved the loading of vessels at New
Orleans that might successfully pass the delta obstructions in the lower Missis-
sippi. This question was of the utmost importance to St. Louis and other
river points and Mr. Stanard devoted untiring energy to the presentation of the
subject before the members of congress in such a way that sufficient legisla-
tion should be enacted. At length congress consented to try the experiment of
keeping a deep channel between New Orleans and the Gulf of ^Mexico by means
of jetties and Captain Eads was placed in charge of the work, although limited
to the least promising of the three passes or mouths of the jSIississippi river.
All acknowledge the indebtedness of the middle west to Mr. Stanard and his
associates in this w^ork. Through the building of the jetties the Mississippi
was made navigable to the gulf and has been so continued by means of the
work carried on since that time.
His congressional work ended Mr. Stanard's active service in political cir-
cles. He preferred to devote his time to his business interests and yet his finan-
cial aid and personal cooperation have been given to many movements for the
benefit of the city. He looks at life from no narrow or contracted view, but
studies all vital questions from every standpoint, and gives his opinions as the
result of careful consideration. .
On the 5th of June, 1866, in Iowa City, Iowa, Mr. Stanard was married
to Miss Esther A. Kauffman, who died in 1906, leaving two daughters and a
son. The elder daughter. Cora, is the wife of E. D. Tilton, secretary of the
Stanard-Tilton Milling Company. W. K. is vice president of the Stanard-Til-
ton Milling Company. Ella is at home.
8 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
Air. Staiiard has long been a devoted member of the ^^lethodist Episcopal
church and was selected by the Missouri conference as a delegate to the Ecumen-
ical council at London in 1881. He does not carry sectarianism to the point of
aggressiveness ; on the contrary he is broad-minded and is in hearty sympathy
with ever}- movement that tends to uplift mankind, believing that the race is
drawing all the time nearer and nearer toward that Ideal which was placed
before the world in Palestine more than nineteen hundred years ago. In man-
ner he is unaffected, cordial and sincere and has a most extensive circle of
friends in all classes of people, including those who have been high in authoritv
in state and national councils, men who have been prominent in controlling mam-
moth trade relations and also among those who occupy humble positions in life.
True worth always wins his appreciation and recognition and the quality of
honorable manhood always awakens his respect and regard.
FIRAIIN DESLOGE.
Firmin Desloge, possessing the power to control, to assimilate and to shape
into unity the varied forces which go to make up a successful business enter-
prise, stands today prominent among the business men of St. Louis as vice
president, general manager and treasurer of the Desloge Consolidated Lead
Company. This company in its mining interests is operating at the town of
Desloge, ^Missouri, with general offices at St. Louis. Mr. Desloge, who is the
moving spirit in the enterprise, was born in Potosi, Washington county, this
state, in 1843.
His father, Firmin Desloge, was born in Nantes, France, and in 1825 came
to America, settling at St. Genevieve, Missouri, whence he afterward removed
to Potosi. He became a prominent and influential spirit there, engaged in
general merchandising and passed away in 1856. His wife, Mrs. Cynthia
(Mcllvaine) Desloge, was a native of Missouri and a representative of an old
Kentucky family, tracing her ancestry to the Hoards of that state and to the
Mcllvaines, who were also prominent there. Representatives of these families
are still found in Kentucky. ]\[rs. Desloge, surviving her husband for about six
years, passed away in 1862.
Firmin Desloge acquired his education in the St. Louis University, in the
Edward Wyman school and in Bryant & Stratton College, pursuing a com-
mercial course,, which he completed when about twenty years of age. He made
his entrance into the business world as a clerk in St. Louis, where he continued
for two years. On the expiration of that period he became connected with
the development of the mineral resources of the state in the lead district of
Potosi, taking up the actual work of the mines in order to thoroughly acquaint
himself with the business in every department. His father had been the owner
of lead property there and, taking charge of the business, Firmin Desloge so
continued until 1873. He then went to St. Francois county in search of a larger
field for operation, having been quite successful in his efforts in the vicinity
of Potosi. In St. Francois county he organized what was known as the
Desloge Lead Company anfl opened mines adjoining the St. Joseph Lead, estab-
lishing works and developing and operating the property until 1886. This
was an extensive mining enterprise and the business was successfully con-
ducted until the concentrating plant was destroyed by fire-. This caused him to
make arrangements to cooperate with the St. Joseph Lead Company, which
he did upon terms that were very advantageous. Later with business associates
he acquired and developed what is now known as the mines of the Desloge
Consolidated Lead Companv, thi^- company takmg over the properties of the
St. Francois Lead Mining Com])any, and the Mina A. Joe lead mine. These
properties were developed under the management of Mr. Desloge, who had
FIRMIN DESLOGE
10 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
constantly enlarged and extended his operations and now has a mammoth plant-
He is acquiring" new territory all of the time and making new improvements.
The company mines, concentrates, smelts and sells pig lead. The Mississippi
River & Bonna Terra Railroad has been extended through this property and
the town of Desloge was established and incorporated in 1890. Something of
the growth of the "business of the Desloge Consolidated Lead Company is indi-
cated by the fact that employment is now furnished to five hundred men, although
at the beginning there were only enough men to work a single shaft. Lewis
Fusz is president of the company, with Mr. Desloge as the vice president, gen-
eral manager and treasurer. He is also a director of the St. Joseph Lead.
Company.
In 1877 occurred the marriage of Mr. Desloge and Miss Lydia Davis,
of Lexington, Missouri. They have two sons : Firmin, who was born in Desloge
in 1878 and is now superintendent of the mines; Joseph, who was born January
ij, 1888, and is attending the St. Louis University. The parents are com-
municants of the Catholic Cathedral and Mr. Desloge is a member of the
^Mercantile Club and the Merchants Exchange. He votes with the republican
party, manifesting a citizen's interest in politics. The only office he has ever filled
was that of treasurer of Washington county, Missouri, from 1866 until 1868.
He has always preferred to concentrate his time and energies upon his busi-
ness, keeping in close touch with all the details and so coordinating his forces
as to produce the strongest possible results. His discriminative power enables
him to determine with accuracy the value of any situation or possibility and to.
bring into a unified force the various departments and complex interests of
the business. His life record stands as an exemplification of the fact that
success is not a matter of genius, as held by some, but the outcome of clear
judgment, experience and intelligently directed effort.
HENRY W. KIEL.
Henry A\'. Kiel, president of the Kiel & Danes Bricklaying & Contracting
Company, and secretary of the Contracting & Supply Company, of St. Louis,,
belongs to that class of business men of whom the world needs more. While
conducting a successful and growing business, he is at the same time interested,
in the fair adjustment of all labor difficulties, and fully regards the obligations
of the employer as well as of the employe. He is secretary of the Master Brick-
layers Association since 1897, and in this connection is well known to the trade in
the city.
Mr. Kiel was born February 21, 1871, in St. Louis. His father, Henry F.
Kiel, well known as a contractor, died March 31, 1908. He served for three
years as a private in the Civil war and was prominent in Grand Army affairs.
His wife, Mrs. Minnie C. Kiel, died August 28, 1879.
The early education of Henry W. Kiel was acquired in the public schools of
St. Louis, and between the ages of fourteen and seventeen years he was a stu-
dent in Smith Academy, and pursued a year's course in architectural work after
completing his academical studies. In his boyhood days he displayed consider-
able mechanical ingenuity and interest in mechanical structure, and after leaving
school he served an apprenticeship to the bricklayer's trade under the direction
of his father and became thoroughly familiar with the business in principle and
detail, acquainting himself with the practical work of building, as well as the
great scientific ];rinciples which underlie construction. It was the father's desire
that the son should succeed him in business and thoroughly qualify for the work.
Henry W. Kiel is now president of the Kiel & Danes Bricklaying & Contracting
Company, having served as vice president prior to his father's death. Follow-
ing the incorporation of the Contracting & Supply Company, in 1903, he became
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 11
its secretary and has thus been connected with it to the present time. The Kiel
& Danes Bricklaying & Contracting Company is engaged in brick and mason
work, having the contract for the brick and mason work on the new Soldan high
school and the East St. Louis postofifice at the present writing. Many other im-
portant contracts have been executed by them, the company being prominently
known in building circles in St. Louis. The Contracting & Supply Company are
dealers in building materials and have an extensive patronage, both business
enterprises with which Mr. Kiel is connected constituting important factors in
the commercial and industrial activity of the city. He is also acting as secretary
of the Master Bricklayers Benevolent and Protective Association, which is an
organization composed of master bricklayers, its object being mutual assistance
and benevolence. He has occupied this official position in connection therewith
since 1897.
On the 1st of September, 1892, in St. Louis, Mr. Kiel was married to Miss.
Irene H. Moonan. They have four children : Henrietta, fourteen years of age ;
Elmer A., twelve years ; Clarence C, ten years ; and Edna, eight years of age.
Aside from his business and home life Mr. Kiel takes an active interest in
politics as an advocate of republican principles and for two years served as chair-
man of the twelfth district of the Missouri republican congressional committee^
He is also a member of the republican city committee from the thirteenth ward,
and treasurer of the republican city committee. He was nominated and elected a
yjresidential elector at large from this state on the republican ticket in 1908 and
was selected the messenger to deliver the electoral vote to the president of the
United States senate. He feels that it is the duty as well as the privilege of
every American citizen to express his opinions through the ballot on the ques-
tions and issues of the day and to keep thoroughly informed concerning these.
His devotion to his native city has been manifest in many tangible ways, includ-
ing hearty and helpful cooperation in movements which have promoted civic
virtues and civic pride, and that have advanced municipal welfare along sub-
stantial lines.
THOMAS WRIGHT.
Thomas Wright, a retired merchant, long and successfully connected with
the manufacturing and sale of cigars, from which point of operations he extended
his activities in various lines, bringing him into close connection with financial
and other interests is now enjoying a well earned rest that has followed as the
logical sequence of his previous energy and enterprise. Born in New York city,
January 27, 1841, he is a son of Robert and Martha Wright and in the public
schools of the eastern metropolis pursued his education. He served through the
Civil war in the Army of the Potomac, enlisting in May, 1861, as a private, and
taking part in many sanguinary conflicts which led up to the final victory that
crowned the Union arms. His valor and meritorious conduct won him success-
ive promotions to the rank of major, and he was later brevetted lieutenant colonel,
being mustered out in November, 1865.
On the 3d of March, 1869, Mr. Wright was married in New York to ]\Iiss
Emilie Garrigue. Their living children are : Waldemar R., who married Marian
Wyeth and has four children, Margaret E., Roy Thomas, John Wyeth and Eliz-
abeth ; Guy H., who married Frances Glenn ; and Ralph G., who is professor of
chemistry at Rutgers College, New Jersey. They have also lost a daughter and
son, Charlotte and Roy H.
Coming to St. Louis after the close of the war Mr. Wright, in March, 1866,
established a cigar business at the corner of Third and Olive streets under the
firm name of T. Wright & Company, and so continued until 1896, when he
retired, although the business has since been continued by his brother, John H.
Wright and his son, Waldemar R. Wright, having been incorporated as the T.
12 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
^^'right & Company Cigar Company. They are conducting business at No. 800
Olive street and also at Xo. 300 Olive street. During thirty years connection
with the business Mr. Wright enjoyed a large and grov^ang trade that made his
one of the leading enterprises of the character in the city. He wrought along
modern business lines, his energy and determination carrying him into progress-
ive methods which proved resultant factors in the acquirement of gratifying suc-
cess. As he prospered in his undertakings he made judicious investments in
other lines that constituted good revenue-paying properties. He is now the pres-
ident of the Chemical Building Company and the New Imperial Building Com-
pany, Thomas ^^'rig■ht Investment Company and the Monetary Realty & Build-
ing Compau}-, while in more strictly financial circles he is known as a director of
the Third National Bank ; and of the Missouri Lincoln Trust Company. The
soundness of his business judgment finds demonstration in the prosperity to which
he has attained, while the integrity of his commercial methods is manifest in the
high regard everywhere entertained for him by his business colleagues, associates
and representatives. Mr. Wright is, moreover, a valued member of the Business
Men's League and the Mercantile Club, while in fraternal lines he is connected
with the ISIasons, and his interest in military affairs is indicated by his member-
ship in the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic.
SAMUEL WESLEY FORDYCE.
It has been given to some men to figure largely in the upbuilding of a great
nation. When the final word is written due recognition must inevitably be
accorded to those men who, with big brain, big heart and sturdy courage, led
the wav in railroad building into the outposts of the far west and the imperial
southwest and opened up a vast domain to the people, enlarging the opportuni-
ties for the homeseeker and touching, in an ever widening circle, the activities
of men of all professions, trades and callings. These men, the pioneers upon
whom fell the brunt of initiating great enterprises in untried fields and who
were trulv representative of the American spirit of enterprise and successful
achievement, have largely passed away.
Of the survivors is Samuel Wesley Fordyce, of St. Louis, Missouri. Born
in Guernsey county, Ohio, February 7, 1840, the son of John Fordyce and Mary
Ann Houseman, both of Pennsylvania, Samuel Wesley Fordyce inherited the
strong qualities of the Scotch and the Dutch, his paternal grandfather, John,
emigrating to western Pennsylvania from Scotland, shortly before the war of
the Revolution, while his maternal grandfather emigrated from Holland to the
same section soon after. The family included ten children, of whom three sur-
vive, the others being J. B. Fordyce, of Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Dr. John
A. Fordyce. the noted specialist, of New York city.
Like many of the men who later became prominent in the larger affairs of
the nation. Samuel Wesley Fordyce secured his earlier education in the common
schools of his native county. Subsequently he attended what was then known
as Madison College, at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and later he studied at the
North Illinois University at Henry, Illinois. Thus equipped with a better edu-
cation than was the lot of the ordinary boy of that period, he returned home and
at the age of twenty began his career as a station agent on the Central Ohio
Railroad, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio system. The following year found
him enlisting as a private in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and his record in
the Civil war, like that of his subsequent career, is one of distinguished service.
Enlisting as a private he was soon chosen second lieutenant and later promoted
to a first lieutenancy of Company B, First Ohio Volunteers. In 1863 he was
again honored by promotion to a captaincy in command of Company H and a
few months later was made assistant inspector general of cavalry in the Army
S. W. FORDYCE
14 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of the Cumberland and assigned to the Second Cavalry Division under the com-
mand of General George Crook. He went through the battles of Murfreesboro
and Chickamauga under Rosecrans and the battles of Shiloh and Perryville,
Kentucky, under Buell, and many minor engagements. That he was in the thick
of the light is evidenced by the fact that he was three times wounded and three
times captured by the enemy, though he never served a day's imprisonment,
having the good fortune to be recaptured twice and escaping once.
At the close of the war in which he had acquitted himself with such credit,
Mr. Fordyce located at Huntsville, Alabama, and established the banking house
of Fordyce & Rison, taking a leading- part in the development of northern Ala-
bama and acting as president of the first Agricultural Fair and Mechanical Asso-
ciation at Huntsville, while he assisted in financing the North & South Alabama
Railway from Decatur to Montgomery, Alabama, now a part of the Louisville
& Nashville system. The banking house established by Mr. Fordyce over forty
years ago is still in successful operation, the business now being- conducted by
A. L. Rison, son of Mr. Fordyce's partner, under the name of the W. R. Rison
Banking Company. His health having temporarily failed, Mr. Fordyce moved
to Arkansas in January, 1876, and located in the mountains near Hot Springs.
The value of the place as a health resort at once aroused his interest and it may
be safely asserted that the development of the city of Hot Spring owes more to
the initiative of Samuel W. Fordyce than to any other individual or influence.
Through his efforts a bill was passed in the United States congress quieting
title to four sections of land which had been in dispute for sixty years, while he
was responsible for the introduction by General John A. Logan, then United
States senator, of the bill for the erection of the finely equipped Army and Navy
Hospital now in operation on the government reservation at Hot Springs. In
addition to his efforts in exploiting the section Mr. Fordyce aided in financing
the leading hotels, opera house, water, gas and electric light works, street rail-
road system and other public enterprises and also financed and had constructed
the first cotton compress at Dallas and at Dennison, Texas.
Though such an active factor in advancing the welfare of Arkansas, Mr,
Fordyce found opportunity to broaden his operations and soon became identified
with the building and operation of a great network of railroads in the south and
southwest. The number of important enterprises which claimed his attention is
a significant index to the ability and forceful character of the man. The greater
part of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company was built under the man-
agement of Mr. Fordyce and for sixteen years he resolutely maintained and
developed the property in the face of repeated setbacks, steadily overcoming each
obstacle with the sturdy courage of his Scotch ancestors. Some idea of his
labors in this connection may be gained from a recapitulation of his services ;
vice president and treasurer of the Texas & St. Louis Railway for the three
years ending April. 1885; receiver, April, 1885-May, 1886; president of the same
road reorganized under the name of the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railwav,
from 1886 to 1889; receiver, 1889-1890, president, under the new title of the
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, from 1890 to 1898.
His services were recognized by his appointment as receiver of the Kansas
City. Pittsburg & Gulf Railway in 1899. and in 1900 he became president of the
road under its reorganized title of the Kansas City Southern Railway. Following
this Mr. Fordyce built in 1900 and 1901 the Little Rock, Hot Springs & Western
Railway, subsequently aiding in the building and financing of the St. Louis Valley
line, now a part of the Missouri Pacific system. His other activities included
cooperation in the building and financing of lines now operated by the St. Louis
and San Francisco system, also the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, the
Illinois, Indiana & Minnesota Railroad, the Apalachicola & Northern in Florida,
the St. Louis. Guthrie & El Reno Railroad in Oklahoma, the St. Louis, Browns-
ville & Mexico in Texas, besides being one of the underwriters of the Fort Worth
& Denver, now a part of the Colorado Southern system. In all it is estimated
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that this one man has built, financed and helped to finance at least ten tliousand
miles of railway.
Apart from the remarkable work accomplished by Samuel W. Fordyce in
developing the transportation interests of the nation, he is identified in a large
way with various other important enterprises. He is a director and one of the
organizers of the St. Louis Union Trust Company, a director of the Laclede
Light & Power Company, of St. Louis, and the Jefferson Hotel Company, of
St. Louis, vice president of the Arlington and New York Hotel Companies, of
Hot Springs, Arkansas, president of the Hot Springs (Ark.) Water, Gas and
Electric Light Companies, and of the Hot Springs Electric Street Railway Com-
pany, director of the Illinois, Indiana & Minnesota Railroad, the Apalachicola
& Northern, the Kansas City Southern, the Little Rock & Hot Springs Western,
chairman of the executive committee of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
and director in the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company, of Texas,
the largest irrigating canal system in the United States. He is a member of the
University and Noonday Clubs of St. Louis, and is the president of the Houston
Oil Company, of Texas, which is one of the largest timber and oil companies in
America. He is a past commander of the Missouri Commandery of the Loyal
Legion of America. His abilities as an executive were so generally recognized
by his associates that while president of the St. Louis Southwestern, Mr. Fordyce
was chosen by the unanimous vote of all the lines comprised in the Southwestern
Traffic Association as chairman of its executive board. This association repre-
sented practically the entire movement of traffic from the Atlantic seaboard to
all points west of the Mississippi, to California and old Mexico, and so wisely
did Mr. Fordyce discharge the duties of the important office that, on his retire-
ment in 1898, he was presented with a set of resolutions, engrossed on parchment,
approving the uniform fairness of his rulings.
This confidence was not confined to his associates alone but was shared by
his subordinates and employes as is evidenced by the fact that, while strikes pre-
vailed on nearly all other railroads, the men under Mr. Fordyce relied on him to
protect their rights and never once found occasion for striking.
With all his activities in other lines Mr. Fordyce yet found time for playing
an important part in the political affairs of the nation. In the reconstruction
period following the Civil war Mr. Fordyce was active as a democrat, acting as
delegate to the various conventions in Alabama, also as a member of the state
committee in 1874, when, for the first time since the war, the entire democratic
ticket was elected.
On removing to Arkansas he again became prominent politically, acting as
delegate to the state gubernatorial convention of 1880, also as delegate to the
state judicial convention of 1884, member of the democratic national committee
of Arkansas from 1884 to 1888, delegate to the national democratic convention
of 1884, member of the committee to notify Cleveland and Hendricks of their
nomination as president and vice president of the LTnited States, delegate at large
to the national democratic convention of 1892 and chairman of the committee on
permanent organization. He declined to go as delegate to the national dem-
ocratic convention of 1896, and calling a meeting of the sound-money democrats
at Little Rock, headed a delegation to the Indianapolis gold standard convention
and was a member of the platform committee. Though often solicited to become
a candidate for both the governorship and L^nited States senatorship of the state.
Mr. Fordyce has always declined political honors, preferring to give his energies
to the development of the great enterprises with which his life is identified.
His unflinching integritv and loyalty is recognized by the leaders of both the
great national parties, and, though a democrat, he has been signally honored by
those of the republican faith as well. Because of his wide knowledge of con-
ditions, Mr. Fordyce's advice was sought by President Hayes as to the selection
of a member of the cabinet who should be acceptable to the southern people. Mr.
Fordyce recommended John Hancock, then a member of congress from Texas.
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who, when the honor was offered him, decHned, to his subsequent regret. Later
Mr. Fordyce was again approached with a similar request on behalf of the cab-
inet of President Harrison, and in connection with others General John W. Noble
was recommended by j\Ir. Fordyce and was duly chosen secretary of the interior.
Mr. Fordyce also enjoyed the confidence and personal friendship of President
McKinley. who sought his advice frequently in the matter of appointments in
the southwest.
]\Ir. Fordyce married ]May I, 1866. Susan E. Chadick, daughter of Rev.
William D. Chadick. of Huntsville, Alabama, Of his two daughters and three
sons four survive : Jane, wife of Major D. S. Stanley, of the quartermaster
general's department. United States Army ; John, president of the Thomas-For-
dyce ^Manufacturing Company of Little Rock, Arkansas ; William C, vice presi-
dent of the Commonwealth Trust Company, of St. Louis, Missouri ; and S. W.,
Jr., who is now practicing law in St. Louis, Missouri.
Samuel Wesley Fordyce, whether as soldier, financier, railroad builder, ex-
ecutive or trusted counselor of statesmen, political leaders and workingmen, has
been privileged to play an important part in the history of his time, and the
influence of the great work accomplished by him in the development of the
resources of the south and southwest will grow and expand with the years and
insure him a place for all time among the distinguished men of achievement of
the nation.
EDWARD C. ELIOT.
Edward C. Eliot, one of the distinguished lawyers of the ^Missouri bar,
was born in St. Louis, July 3, 1858. His parents were William Greenleaf and
Abby Adams (Cranch) Eliot and the ancestry of the family is traced back to
Andrew Eliot, who came from England about 1650, thus establishing the family
in the new world during the earliest epoch in its colonization. William Green-
leaf Eliot, a minister of the Unitarian church and chancellor of Washington
University, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, was educated at Columbian
College, in Georgetown, Mrginia, and in 1834 came to St. Louis,
where he was a leading citizen for over fifty years. He married a daughter of
Judge William Cranch, of Washington, D. C, who was a son of Richard Cranch,
who came from Devonshire, England, in 1747 and settled at Quincy, Massa-
chusetts. Richard Cranch served as judge of the probate court there and was
prominent in the public life of his community.
Edward C. Eliot was graduated A. B. from Washington University in
1878 and in 1881 received the Master of Arts degree. In the meantime he had
prepared for the bar as a student in the St. Louis Law School, from which he
was graduated as Bachelor of Law in 1880. In the same year he was admitted
to the bar and, entering upon the practice of his profession, has made steady
progress resulting from close application and attention to the interests of his
clients. He is a member of the law firm of Stewart, Eliot, Chaplin & Blayney.
He is also well known as a law educator, having been lecturer on commercial
law in the St. Louis Law School from 1887 until 1903.
Mr. Eliot was married in Boston, Massachusetts, November i, 1883, to
Miss Mary A. Munroe, a representative of an old New England family. They
have five children : Edward M., twenty-three years of age, who is a graduate
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Frank M., twenty-one years of
age, a graduate of the Washington University, and now connected with the
Hydraulic Press Brick Company ; Alice, a graduate of Mary Institute and now
attending Washington University; William Cranch, thirteen years of age, a
student of Smith Academy ; and John Greenleaf, six years of age. Mr. Eliot
resides at No. 5468 Maple avennc.
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Not alone a student of his profession, he has kept abreast with the best
thinking men of the age on the great sociological and economic questions and
upon all those subjects which are of vital moment. His recognition of the
needs and possibilities of the city has been manifest in active cooperation with
various movements directed toward municipal upbuilding and progress. Since
1903 he has been a trustee of the Missouri Botanical Garden and from 1897 until
1903 was a member of the St. Louis board of education, acting as its presi-
dent in 1898-9. During these years his work was of material assistance in es-
tablishing the public school system upon a sound administrative basis. In ]:>< cl-
itics he is a republican and in 1902 was a candidate of his party for tlic St.
Louis board of appeals. He was a delegate to the universal congress of law-
yers and jurists in St. Louis in 1904, which was attended by eminent members
of the profession from the entire world. He belongs to the American liar
Association, the Missouri State Bar Association, the St. Louis liar Associa-
tion, of which he was president in 1898-9, and the Civil Service Reform
Association. .He was also president of the Civic League in 1903 and 1904. and
was honored with the presidency of the Xew England Society in 1907. He is
connected w^ith the Soldiers Ori)hans Home, with the Unitarian church, the
Round Table, and the Xoondav Club.
HON. HARRY M. COUDREY.
Hon. Harry M. Coudrey. prominent among the republican leaders as well
as the business men of St. Louis, now representing his district in congress, was
born in Brunswick, Missouri. February 28, 1867, his parents being J. N. and
L. H. Coudrev. The mother stiil survives, but the father, who was an
insurance adjuster, has passed away. The removal of the family to St. Louis
in 1878 enabled Harry M. Coudrey' to enjoy the educational advantages offered
by the public schools' of this city where, passing through consecutive grades,
he was graduated from the manual training school with the class of 1886. A
review of the business field with its manifold opportunities, in consideration of
the question of a life work, eventually led Mr. Coudrey to enter the insurance
field, wherein his rise has been rapid. h""or three years after leaving school he
was special agent for the Travelers' Insurance Company, and in 1889 he or-
ganized the insurance firm of Coudrey & Scott. This in 1901 was changed to
i-iarry M. Coudrey & Company, although Mr. Coudrey is now sole owner of
the business. His position in insurance circles, as taken aside from the financial
success he has achieved, is most prominent — a fact indicated in his election to
the presidency of the National Association of Casualty & Sureiy L'nderwriters.
He has extended his business connections to other lines, being now a director
of the Washington National Bank, a director and the treasurer of the I'niversal
Adding Machine Company.
Various official honors have been conferred upon him in difi'erent connec-
tions. In 1906 he was the i)resident of the St. Louis l-'ire Insurance Agents
Association and in the same year was secretary of the St. Louis Club. 1 Ic
belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken the Knight Templar
and Scottish Rite degrees and is also affiliated with the .Mystic Shrine. He
belongs to the Merchants Exchange, the Business Men's League, the Loyal
Legion and the St. Louis, University. Noonday, Mercantile. .Athletic, (ilen Echo
and Field Clubs. His church relations are with the Presbyterian denomination.
While all these associations indicate much of the nature of his character
and interests, there is another phase in the life of Mr. Coudrey worthy of more
than passing notice. In 1897 he was elected to the house of delegates for a
term of two years, and as a member of the municipal assembly he won the com-
mendation of the public by his vigorous opposition to all boodle measures. He
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was almost alone in the fight, however, and declined to again accept the office
at the expiration of his term. Intensely interested in politics and the adoption
of the republican principles, he served at one time as president of the Twenty-
eighth ^^'ard Republican League Club. He was chosen to represent the twelfth
congressional district of Missouri in the fifty-ninth congress as the republican
candidate, but owing to gross election frauds he was not seated until near the
end of the first session, after successfully contesting the seat of Ernest E. Wood,
democrat. Further endorsement was given him by a reelection to the sixtieth
congress bv a majority of eight hundred and thirty votes over C. M. Selph, the
democratic candidate. Strong and positive in his republicanism, his party fealty
is not grounded on partisan prejudice and he enjoys the respect and confidence
of all his associates, irrespective of party. Of the great issues which divide
the two parties, with their roots extending down to the very bedrock of the
foundation of the republic, he has the true statesman's grasp. While thoroughly
familiar with the political maxims of the schools, he has also studied the les-
sons of actual life, arriving at his conclusions as the result of careful investiga-
tion and a thorough understanding of conditions existing in public life today.
Strongly opposed to misrule, whether in municipal afl:airs or in the council
chambers of the nation, he is identified with that movement toward higher poli-
tics, which is common to both parties and which constitutes the most hopeful
political sign of the period.
SAMUEL CUPFLES.
Samuel Cupples is a merchant and manufacturer of St. Louis. His business
career has been characterized by a spirit of general helpfulness. He has dis-
played many of the methods of the pioneer resulting in benefit to the business
interests of the city at large, and along lines from which no personal profit has
accrued he has labored to the benefit of the general public. The Manual Train-
ing School of St. Louis owes its existence in large measure to him and the lines
upon which it was established have served as a model for practically all of the
training schools of the country.
^Ir. Cupples was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1831,
his parents bemg James and Elizabeth (Bigham) Cupples, both of whom were
natives of County Down, Ireland, whence they emigrated to the United States
in iSi-i-. The father was an educator of considerable note and the son was
qualified for a business career in a school which his father established at Pitts-
burg, Pennsylvania. When fifteen years of age he made his way westward to
Cincinnati and there entered the employ of Albert O. Tylor, the pioneer dealer
in woodenware in the west. Industrious, painstaking and withal a capable youth,
he quickly mastered the details of the business and won the confidence of his
employers until the management of the Cincinnati business was practically en-
trusterl to him.
In 1 85 1 he came to St. Louis and established a woodenware house in this
city. The business as originally organized was conducted under the firm style
of Samuel Cupples & Company. In 1858 Thomas Marston became associated
with him under the firm name of Cupples & Marston. The succeeding twelve
years constituted an epoch of prosperity for the house, after which the part-
nership was dissolved to be succeeded by the firm of Samuel Cupples & Com-
pany, the junior partners being H. G. and R. S. Brookings and A. A. Wallace.
A reorganization of the business in 1883 led to the adoption of the firm name
of Samuel Cupples Woodenware Com])any, of which Mr. Cupples became pres-
ident and has so continued to the i)resent writing in 1909. This establishment
is the largest of its kind in the United States. There are many subsidiary
companies which cluster around and contribute to the growth and prosperity
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of the citv. Chief among these are the St. Louis Terminal Cupples Station &
Propertv Company, now belonging to the \\'ashington University by gift of
Samuel Cupples and Robert S. Brookmgs, and the Samuel Cupples Envelope
Companv. The "Cupples Station," as it is called, is an institution more val-
uable to the merchants of the city than any other established for their benefit
within the memorv of the present generation. To avoid expense and delay
incident to the carting of goods to and from the various depots of the city,
Mr. Cupples and ]\Ir. Brookings purchased a large tract of land adjacent to
a point at which practically all the railroads of the city have a junction and
there erected a system of warehouses, the basements of which are traversed
by a network of railroad tracks. Here a vast business center has been created.
at which merchants of St. Louis receive and reship goods, aggregating in value
many millions of dollars annually, while the expense of handling such goods
has been reduced to a minimum. The growth of the woodenware business,
of which Mr. Cupples is still the head, has been phenomenal. From the first
Mr. Cupples gathered around him, as all captains of industry do, a host of
able lieutenants, and to them is accorded by him much of the credit of the
wonderful growth of the business. To other fields he has extended his activ-
ities in developing the manufacturing interests of the city.
While the work he has accomplished in commercial fields would alone
entitle him to distinction. Mr. Cupples has also been active in promoting the
public welfare and the general interests of the city. He has labored earnestly
to further the religious, educational and charitable institutions of St. Louis
and has been particularly interested in the development of the public-school
system.
For more than half a century Mr. Cupples has been activelv and promi-
nently identified with the Methodist Episcopal church South. Immediately
after he came to the city in 185 1. he joined the "Old Fourth Street"" church,
the second ]\Iethodist church established in St. Louis and then located on
Fourth street and Washington avenue, where the Boatmen's Bank is now.
Mr. Cupples took a class in the Sundav school w^ork the day he joined.
His most notable and far-reaching Sunday school work was in connection
with the Cote Brilliante development. When Mr. Cupples opened a Sunday
school in that northwestern sttburb. which was coming into prominence for
homes of people doing business in the citv. there was neither church nor Sun-
day school west of Grand avenue. Mr. Cupples orgarazed a Sunday school in
an old schoolhouse and carried it on until, through his efforts, a lot was
bought and a chapel erected. Air. Cupples was the su])erintendent of that pioneer
Sunday school and the active head of the religious organization in Cote Brilliante
twenty-one years, until he moved into the city. The chapel was transferred to
the Presbyterians, who now have a fine church on the site. Within the district
from (irand avenue to the Six-Mile House and from Olive street road to the
cemeteries, the Cote Brilliante chapel was at first the only church. The enroll-
ment in the only ])ul)lic schocjl in the district — the Cote Brilliante school — was
f)ne hundred and thirty-two children. Today, in that same district, there are
fifteen or more churches and twenty-two thousand school children. Mr. Cup-
ples led the movement for better school facilities in Cote lirilliante imtil bv
special taxation a building considered a great improvement in those davs :,vas
erected. He did not relax until a tract containing three and one-half acres was
acquired from the funds thus rai.-ed. The iflea at the time was to provide a
good plavgroimd. 'I'hat tract i^ now occu])ied by one of the finest school build-
ings of St. Louis.
Mr. Cupples was always dce])lv interested in education and soon after the
old "Thirteenth Ward" became a ijermanent i)art of St. Louis. Mr. Cupples was
chosen a member of the board of ]jublic schf)ols ; and a most valuable luember
he was. During 1877-78 he made the acquaintance of Professor C. M. Wood-
ward, of Washington University, then a member of the same board. From Pro-
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fessor Woodward he learned of his proposal to establish a Manual Training
School as a sub-department of Washington University. He was greatly pleased
with the theory and plan of the scheme as outlined in a reprint of an address
bv Dr. Woodward before the Missouri State Teachers' Association at Carthage
in August, 1878. Believing that the scheme proposed was practical, he took the
lead in the establishment of the school, offering to support the experiment for
live years. Accordingly, he was placed on the first managing board when the
act of establishment was passed by Washington University on June 17, 1879.
Thus ^Ir. Cupples became ofiicially associated with Washington University. In
this move he was heartily seconded by Messrs. Gottlieb Conzelman, Edwin Har-
rison, Ralph Sellew and Dr. William G. Eliot, president of Washington Uni-
versity.
The history of the Manual Training School, the pioneer of the new de-
l)arture in secondary education, ha? been given elsewhere. Suffice it to say
that as the school grew in strength and popularity the interest of Mr. Cupples
increased. In 1884 he proposed and secured for the school a special endowment
to which ]\Ir. Ralph Sellew, Mr. Conzelman and himself were equal contribu-
tors. Mr. Timothy G. Sellew. of New York, the nephew of Ralph Sellew, gen-
erouslv carried out the intention of his uncle, who died during the negotiations.
The definite purpose of this endowment was to promote the attendance of bright
boys in straitened circumstances.
The next logical step for Mr. Cupples to take after providing for an in-
creasing attendance in the Manual Training School was to provide for the higher
technical education of the graduates thereof. He was delighted, and possibly sur-
prised, to find that the discipline and culture of the Manual Training School,
in spite of its very practical side, served generally to inspire a strong desire for
more and higher education, usually of a technical character. Mr. Cupples then
saw that the success already gained was but the beginning of a greater suc-
cess to be gained in the higher department of the university. His intimate ac-
quaintance with Professor Woodward, the dean of the School of Engineering
and Architecture, gave him every opportunity to study the needs of the uni-
versity and to appreciate the splendid opportunity there presented for service
to the cause of higher education.
Various plans for carrying forward the work were drawn, discussed and
laid aside as the horizon widened and the magnitude of the undertaking came
into view. Finally, wdien the great university leader appeared in the person
of Mr. Robert S. Brookings, the problem, how to build and equi]) a great uni-
versity which should appeal not to a class or a few select classes, l^ut to all
classes — not to humanists alone, but to humanity — was solved.
This is not the place to speak of the magnificent work of Mr. Brookings
in reestablishing and developing Washington University, but it is proper to
add that Mr. Cupples was and is his worthy partner, not only in business, but
in this great educational enterprise. He is to be credited not only with the gift
of his half-ownership in Cupples Station ( q. v.) but with the gift of three
splendid university halls — "Cupples F" for Civil Engineering and Architecture;
"Cupples II" for ^Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; and the Engineering
Laboratory. They stand today as monuments of his wisdom and his liberality.
The educational work of Mr. Samuel Cupples will be finished only with
his life. His benefactions to struggling institutions outside the city have been
neither few nor small, and his helping hand, when help has been sorely needed,
has been truly a godsend to those responsible for the administration of Central
College, at Favette, Missouri ; Vanderbilt University, at Nashville. Tennessee ;
the St. Louis Alanual Training School and the technical department of Wash-
ington University.
The same bent of mind which has enabled Mr. Cupples to develop his
business interests and which has inclined him toward the most practical and
useful forms of educational facilities has characterized his philanthropic and
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charitable work. Mr. Ciipples has been for many years an officer and is now
the head of the St. Louis Provident Association, which has expended for the
rehef of the poor of St. Louis one miUion three hundred and twenty-six thou-
sand and three hundred and nine dollars. Perhaps in all of the history of char-
itable work a like amount has not been expended elsewhere for relief of distress
with less of waste or more of deserved benefit. The organization of this asso-
ciation has been perfected under the study and supervision of Mr. Cupples and
other business men like him to do the most for the worthy and to prevent
imposition upon the generous by the unworthy. A cardinal principle of the
Provident Association is to investigate all cases, to encourage people to help
themselves and to discourage pauperism.
Air. Cupples was married in i860 to Miss Martha S. Kells, of St. Louis,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Finney) Kells. For a considerable portion
of her married life Mrs. Cupples gave almost her entire time to philanthropic
work. She devoted herself especially to the Girls Industrial Home when it was
located upon Eighteenth and Morgan streets and to the Methodist Orphans
Home. Mr. Cupples shared the interest of his wife during her lifetime in this
work. After Mrs. Cupples" death, Mr. Cupples continued to give a great deal
of attention to the institutions.
Perhaps the strongest tribute that could be paid to Mr. Cupples as a philan-
thropist has been the selection of him to carry out the wishes of several citizens
of St. Louis desiring to do something for their kind. Dr. Bradford gave his
estate toward the support of the Methodist Orphans Home. The beautiful
structure on Maryland avenue, one of the handsomest and best equipped
"Homes" in the country, was erected by Mr. Cupples as a memorial to Mrs.
Cupples. The estate of Dr. Bradford became a notable part of the endowment.
The administration of the Bradford bequest was left largely to the business
judgment of Mr. Cupples. When Mr. Barnes decided that his estate should
go to found a splendid hospital in the city of his adoption and lifelong business
success, Mr. Cupples was one of those he consulted and selected to carry out
the provisions of his will. When Richard M. Scruggs died, a partnership in
good work of a third of a century was dissolved, but the business did not stop.
Between Air. Scruggs and Mr. Cupples had existed an extensive cooperation in
benevolence. Air. Scruggs had been president of the Provident Association.
Air. Cupples took up the responsibility. He has passed his seventy-seventh mile-
stone, but his relationship to his business, to the educational institutions, to the
church, to the philanthropies, is still active and potent. Samuel Cupples, as the
years go by. instead of passing out of the knowledge of his fellow citizens,
seems to grow intellectually and morally upon the whole communitv.
SCOTT BURRELL PARSONS, M. D.
Dr. Scott Burrell Parsons was an eminent member of the medical profes-
sion whose opinions were largely regarded as authority by his colleagues and
associates in the practice of medicine and surgery in St. Louis. Aloreover, the
salient qualities of his manhood v/ere such as won him the companionship and
warm friendshinp of men of culture, who recognized his superior ability and
who counted him a valuable addition to those social circles where intelligence
is regarded as a necessary attribute to agreeableness.
His life record began in Orono, Penobscot county, Maine, in 1843. His
father, Elijah Parsons, also a native of New England, married Miss Perry, a
descendant of the Commodore Perry family. Dr. Parsons supplemented his
preliminary education by study in the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago,
from which he was graduated with the class of 1863. He then located for prac-
tice at Sandwich, Illinois, where he remained for a short time, after which he
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 23
returned to Chicago. He then spent some time abroad and was also for one
year in King's Hospital College, where he added to his theoretical knowledge
the broad and varied experience of hospital practice.
Thus well equipped by thorough training, he came to St. Louis and entered
upon the teaching of medicine as demonstrator of anatomy, lecturer on com-
parative anatomy and professor of surgery in the St. Louis Homeopathic Medi-
cal College of this city, of which he afterward became dean. Later, because of
the strain of the college work, he gave it up and devoted his attention to the
private practice of surgery. He acted as surgeon of the Good Samaritan Hos-
pital and at the time of his death was surgeon for the Girls' Industrial Home
and the St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was remarkably successful in his
surgical work and his word was law among the physicians. He held to high
ideals and entertained broad views on his profession and was constantly adding
to his knowledge through his wide research and investigation. He thoroughly
understood the component parts of the human body, the onslaughts made upon
it by disease and the power of inherited tendencies, and in his work in the
operating room his manner was most cool and collected, his touch gentle but
sure. What he did was always for the best interests of his patrons and the
honor of the profession and he enjoyed to the fullest extent the respect and
admiration of his professional brethren. He was a member of the St. Louis
Homeopathic Aledical Society, the Missouri Institute of Homeopathy and of
the Hahnemann Club and was one of the recognized leaders of the homeopathic
profession in the west. He also belonged to the St. Louis Club, to the Legion
of Honor and to Valley Council of the Royal Arcanum.
In 1867, i^^ St. Louis, Dr. Parsons was married to Miss Henrietta Knight
Evans, a native of Wales, who on emigrating to the new world settled at Toron-
to, Canada, and thence came to St. Louis with her mother, who died there at
the age of ninety-four years. Her maternal grandfather was Sir Edward
Knight. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Parsons were born a daughter and son. The for-
mer, Henrietta Parsons, married and has one son, Clarence Parsons Gill. She
resides in St. Louis and has been very active in public work, particularly in her
advocacv of the movement for cleaning up the city that its sanitary interests
may be improved. She holds advanced ideas on many questions of public
moment and is a most broad minded and cultured lady. The son, Scott Elijah
Parsons, married jNIiss Frances Mae Claphamson, a daughter of Jefferson Clap-
hamson of St. Louis, and they have two children : Scott Guyon and Jane. Fol-
lowing his father's professional footsteps, Scott E. Parsons was graduated from
the Homeopathic Medical College and has become his father's successor as
surgeon of the Children's Hospital and in general surgical w^ork.
The death of Dr. Scott B. Parsons occurred in St. Louis, June 9, 1900. He
was yet in the prime of life and was in the midst of a career of great usefulness,
so that the news of his death caused wide-spread regret throughout the city,
where he had come to be known and honored no less for his personal worth
than his professional attainments.
SAMUEL BROADDUS JEFFRIES.
Samuel Broaddus Jeffries, attorney at law, was born in Lewis county, Mis-
souri, February 3, 1869, a son of William and Elizabeth (Smallwood) Jeft'ries.
He continued his more si:)ecifically literary education by graduation from La
Grange College with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1891. The following year
he spent one term as a student in the St. Louis Law School but largely pursued
his preparation for the bar under private instruction with Judge Anderson, of
Canton, Missouri, as his preceptor. His thorough preliminary reading enabled
him to successfully pass the examination which secured his admission to the bar
24 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH LTTY.
in 1S93 and he entered upon his professional career at Canton, Lewis county,
^Missouri, where he practiced until January, 1897. He practiced for two years
as junior partner of the law hrni of Anderson & Jeffries and w^as then alone
until his removal to St. Louis. In 1894 he was elected prosecuting attorney of
Lewis count\- for a term of two years and reelected for another term of two
years but resigned in January, 1897, and was appointed assistant attorney gen-
eral of ^lissouri and remc^ved to Jefferson City, where he continued until Janu-
ary, 1905, when, retiring from the office, he sought the broader field of labor
offered at the St. Louis bar and in August of that year became one of the or-
ganizers of the law firm of Harlan, Jeffries & Wagner. The reputation which
he had previously made as assistant attorney general and in the private practice
of lav>- assured his rapid acquirement of a large and important clientage here
and in addition to his legal interests he is also connected with various important
corporations in a professional capacity. Moreover, he is a factor in the man-
agement of several corporations, being a director of the Central Missouri Trust
Companv of Jeft'erson City, Missouri, the First National Bank of Canton, Mis-
souri, Flome Telephone Companv of Detroit, Michigan, American Bakery Com-
panv of St. Louis, Dean Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Chippewa
Bank of St. Louis. V\'hile his professional and business interests leave him little
leisure time for other occupation, he turns his attention to farming and is much
interested in agriculture.
On the 8th of December. 1897, i" Lewis county, Alissouri, Mr. Jeft'ries was
married to Miss Lutie Ball. He is connected with many public interests of im-
portance, being now a member of the board of managers of the Baptist Sani-
tarium and of the Law Library Association. He holds membership in the Baptist
church, is associated fraternally with the Masons and the Odd Fellows and gives
his political allegiance to the democracy. His professional career has been
marked bv that steady progress which indicates the constant expansion of one's
powers and capabilities, qualifying the individual more and more largely for
handling the important and complex legal interests which are today demanding
the attention of the advocate and the counselor.
DANIEL CATLIN.
Daniel Catlin is one of the eminently successful men of St. Louis whose
efforts have contributed in no small degree toward making this the fourth city
of the Union. He was for many years prominently identified with its com-
mercial and financial interests and is now living retired as one of the city's
most honored capitalists, owing his success to intelligently directed effort, to
keen perception and to indomitable and unflagging enterprise. Moreover, his
active cooperation has been a resultant factor in many measures of the greatest
benefit to St. Louis and he has stood as a leader in progressive movements
having marked and beneficial effect upon municipal interests.
^Ir. Catlin comes of an ancestry honorable and distinguished and which
in its lineal and collateral lines has through many generations been distinctively
American. .At a more remote period, however, the ancestry is traced back to
an ancient family of Norman origin which ranked among the armigeri for
many centuries. While with tlie ])assing years various changes in the name
have occurred, the lines of descent are too strongly marked to bear of any
questioning as to the correctness of the ancestral tracing. At different times
the name has been written Cattelin, Cattelyn, Catling, Ketling and in other
forms, and is probably derived from the Norman Castellan or Chatelain. The
founder of the family in America was Thomas Catlin, who on colonial records
is mentionerl as Ketling and Catling. A native of England, he was born in
1612 and during the first half of tin- sc-venteenth centurv became a resident of
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26 • ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Hartford, Connecticut. The exact date of his arrival in the colony is not
known, but, as Professor Edward Henry Tirining in the Tirining genealogy
said, "Of the twenty thousand or more who emigrated between the years 1629
and 1640. the time of onlv a relatively small number can be ascertained from
the passenger lists of the vessels on which they sailed. If any came after the
proclamation prohibiting emigration without license (May i, 1638) and prior to
1640, when emigration had practically ceased, it is not difficult to see why his
name did not appear in the register. In the first place, although ships left
England almost daily. Hottens lists gave the name of but one ship in 1638 and
1639. Further, these registers contained only names of those who left Eng-
land legallv, i. e.. under license according to proclamation, and doubtless thou-
sands left secretlv to avoid the oath of allegiance and supremacy and payment
of subsidy to the crown, as well as to escape the annoyance and disabilities
which attended those who' were disaflr'ected to the church. If he came after
1640. in November of which year Long parliament assembled, he could perhaps
have come without official registry."
The colonial records of Connecticut show Thomas Ketling, of Hartford,
to have been the successful defendant in a case at court there August i, 1644.
Soon after his arrival in Hartford he was appointed constable, which position
was a verv much more important one at that day, than it is at present. He held
other positions of trust in the town and colony and was repeatedly elected
selectman. He became a landholder in 1646 and received some property in
the division of lands in 1672, while in 1684, in connection with his son John,
he received a grant of ten acres from the town of Hartford. His realty hold-
ings also embraced property in other parts of the colony and some of it is
still in possession of one of his descendants. That he was married prior to
his arrival in the colony is indicated by the fact that there is no record either
of the ceremonv or of the birth of his three children. For his second wife he
chose Mrs. Mary Ermer. the widow of Edward Ermer, and his death occurred
in 1690, when he had reached the age of seventy-eight years.
His only son, John Catlin, was baptized at Hartford, May 6, 1649, ^^^^l
was made a freeman in 1665. On the 27th of July of the same year he wedded
Mary Marshall, by whom he had six children, including Samuel Catlin, who
was born at Hartford, November 4, 1672. The latter was married twice. On
the 5th of January, 1702 or 1703, he wedded Elizabeth Norton, by whom he
had eight children, and for his second wife he chose Sarah NichoUs Webster, a
widow, who died December 12, 1762. There were no children of that mar-
riage. Samuel Catlin passed away toward the close of 1760 at the venerable
age of eighty-eight years.
Thomas Catlin, son of Samuel Catlin. was born February 17, 1705 or 1706,
and was married May 8, 1732, to Abigail Bissell, a daughter of Isaac and
Elizabeth ( Osborn ) IHssell, her birth occurring January 16, 1712. Thomas
Catlin, the third of the eight children born to Thomas and Abigail (Bissell)
Catlin. first opened his eyes to the light of day at Litchfield, Connecticut, June
18, 1737. During the opening period of the Revolutionary war he joined the
American army and was commissioned an ensign May i, 1775. In December
of the same year he was discharged, but in June. 1776, again joined the
army and was comnn'ssioned second lieutenant in the Litchfield companv under
Captain .Abraham r.radley. who organized a part of six battalions ordered by
the general assembly to be raised and to march to New York to join the
Continental trrx^^s and reinforce Washington. The company to which Mr.
Catlin belonged formed a jiart of Colonel Gay's regiment of the Second Battalion
of Wadsworth's lirigadc In the retreat from New York on September 15,
1776. Lieutenant Catlin wa^ taken ])risoner and was incarcerated by the British
until almost the close f>f the year, when he was sent to Connecticut for ex-
change. A history of his im])risonment and the experiences which he met
thereby appears in the History of the Town of Litchfield, jiublished in 1845.
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It was a deposition found among" the Wolcott papers and was taken Alay 3,
1777, before Andrew Adams, justice of the peace at Litchfield. In speaking
of Lieutenant Cathn's treatment by the British it says, "that he was taken
a prisoner by the British troops in New York Island, September 15, 1776, and
confined with a great number in a close gaol for eleven days ; that he had taken
no sustenance for forty-eight hours after he was taken ; that for eleven whole
days they had only about two days' allowance, and their pork was ofit'ensive
to the smell; that forty-two were confined in one house until Fort Washington
was taken, when the house was crowded with other prisoners. After this they
were informed that they should have two-thirds allowance, which consisted of
very poor Irish pork, and bread which was hard, mouldy and wormy, made
of canaille and dregs of flaxseed. The British troops had good bread. Brack-
ish water was given to prisoners, and he had seen a dollar and a half given for
a common pail of water. Only between three and four pounds of pork was
given three men for three days. For nearly three months the private soldiers
were confined in churches, and in one were eight hundrd and fifty. About De-
cember 25, 1776, he, with about two hundred and twenty-five others, was put
aboard the "Glasgow"' at New York to be carried to Connecticut for exchange.
They were on board eleven days and kept on black, coarse, broken bread and
less pork than before. Twenty-eight died during the eleven days. They were
treated with great cruelty and had no fire for sick or well. They were crowded
between decks and many died through hardships, ill usage, hunger and cold."
In 1777 a Thomas Catlin was voted one of a committee to purchase and
provide clothing for non-commissioned officers and soldiers in the Continental
army who had enlisted from Litchfield. In 1780 Lieutenant Thomas Catlin, of
Litchfield, was appointed one of the inspectors of provisions for the armv.
Prior to engaging in military service he had been married, on the 25th of De-
cember, 1763, to Miss Avis Buell. a daughter of Deacon Peter and Avis (Col-
lins) Buell. She was born January 26, 1744, and died June 24, 1804, leaving
a family of six children. Her husband survived her until December 29, 1829,
and was nearly ninety-three years of age at the time of his death.
Their son, Levi Catlin. was born August 31, 1803, and w^edded Anna Eliza-
beth Landon. He was a farmer by occupation and made his home three miles
southeast of Litchfield. He took a prominent part in public affairs there, gave
his political allegiance to the whig party and held a number of town offices.
He died October 16. 1841.
Daniel Catlin, father of our subject, was born in Litchfield, November
24, 1806, and in the east wedded Emily E. Merwin. In 1844 he re-
moved to St. Louis, where he began the manufacture of tobacco, being the
pioneer in that industry in the state. He thus laid the foundation for a business
which has since attained such vast proportions and which has been one of the
most important commercial elements in the business circles of St. Louis. He
was a man of large enterprise and unfaltering energy and not only indirectly
through his business affairs, but also directly, through his hearty cooperation,
assisted in promoting the welfare of the city in a large degree.
Daniel Catlin, whose name introduces this review, was a representative of
the American branch of the Catlin family in the eighth generation. He was
born at the old ancestral town of Litchfield, September 5, 1837, and there began
his education, while following the removal of the family to St. Louis in 1850
he became a student in the free schools of this city. On putting aside his text-
books he entered his father's business and assumed the sole management in
1859. While he entered upon , a business already established, he displayed
marked enterprise in controlling and enlarging this, and his record proved the
truth of the statement that success is not a matter of genius, but is the result
of clear judgment, experience and unfaltering energy. In 1876 the expansion
of the business rendered incorporation desirable and a charter was therefore
secured and the name of the Catlin Tobacco Company adopted. From the be-
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o-inninsi- this house stood as the foremost representative of the tobacco trade
m St. 1-ouis. and as the years passed Mr. Cathn, working along original Hnes,
displayed, in administrative direction and executive force, a business ability of
the highest order, ^^'hile the success of the Catlin Tobacco Company was at-
tributable in largest measure to his efforts, he also took an active part in other
enterprises, having been for thirty-eight years a director in the State Bank, now
the State National Bank. He was also one of the founders of the St. Louis
Trust Companv and served on its board of directors. In his business affairs
he displaved an aptitude for successful management that resulted from his
readv understanding of the complex interests which enter into every business
situation. In 1895 "the Catlin Tobacco Company sold out to the American To-
bacco Company and ^h. Catlin has since lived retired.
In 1872 occurred the marriage of Daniel Catlin and ]\Iiss Justina Kayser,
a daughter of Henrv Kayser, of St. Louis. They have three children. Daniel
Kavser, a graduate of the Harvard Law School and Harvard University, is
now a member of the St. Louis bar. Theron Ephron, also a member of the
St. Louis bar and a graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard Law
School, is now serving as representative of his district in the ^Missouri legis-
lature. The daughter, Irene Catlin. is at home.
Mr. Catlin has never sought to figure prominently in public affairs aside
from his business interests, but has always exerted his influence for the pro-
motion of municipal interests, nor have his labors been unavailing in advancing
the citv's welfare. The fact that he gave his endorsement to any measure
was a sufficient guarantee to many of his fellow townsmen of its worth. He
has alwavs been a liberal patron of the fine arts and himself possesses a fine
gallerv of paintings. He is a welcome figure in various clubrooms and was
one of the organizers and incorporators of the Commercial Club, also one of
the incorporators and a member of the St. Louis Club, of wdiich he is now the
oldest representative, while his membership relations likewise extend to the
Cor.ntrv, to the University and to the Forest and Valley Clubs. He was likewise
one of the promoters of the Noonday Club, with which he has been associated
from the beginning. He was formerly a director of the Art Museum and
has been closely associated with other public interests. He finds his chief source
of recreation in travel and he spends the heated summer months in his beautiful
home at Dublin, New Hampshire. While his success has been such as to place
him upon a plane far above the majority of his fellowmen he is thoroughly
democratic in spirit and has never allowed the accumulation of wealth to in
any wav affect his relations toward those less fortunate. Indeed, he is a broad
and liberal minded man, gei-serous in thought, considerate in spirit and kindly
in action, and association with him means expansion and elevation.
HARRY CLARK T.ARKER.
Ilarrv Clark Barker is one of the \ounger members of the St. Louis bar
engaged in the practice of civil law and a member of the law firm of Carter,
Collins & Jones. He was born in Hartford, Kansas, July 18, 1880. a son of
Joel Arlington Barker. The family is of English origin and was founded in
.America about 1752.
Joel Arlington Barker was born in the state of Illinois in 1852 and at an
early age removed to Kansas. I lis life has been devoted to religious and human-
itarian work. A minister of the Methodist Episcoi)al church, he formerly
occupied a pastorate in St. Louis from 1898 until 1905 and is now su])erintendent
of the Children's Home I'inding .Society at Kansas City.
Harry C. I>arker is a graduate of the high school at Fairbury. .\ebraska,
of the class of 1898 atul ])nrsned a classical course in the State University of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 29
Xel:)raska in 1898-1900. He then entered McKendrick College at Leljanon,
Illinois, but when a member of the senior class left that institution to enter
business life. At St. Louis he com])lete(l his course and entered the law de-
partment of the Washington l/niversit}', from which he was graduated with
the Bachelor of Law degree in 1904. During the same time he read law in the
office of C. C. Collins.
^Ir. Barker began the practice of his profession immediately upon graduat-
ing and in 1905 became a member of the firm of Carter, Collins & jijues, his
business associates being W. F. Carter, Charles C. Collins and W'illiaiu T.
Jones. He belongs to the St. Louis Bar Association and also the St. Louis
Law Library.
On the 2d of May, 1906, occurred the marriage of Mr. Barker and Miss
Grace Lawrence b\M-guson, a daughter of Charles W. Ferguson. They have one
child, H. C. Barker, Jr., born July 6, 1907. Mr. Barker belongs to Beta Theta Pi,
a college fraternity.
HEXRY STEWART CAULIHELD.
Henrv Stewart Caulfield, representative in congress and one of St. Louis'
distinguished lawyers and native sons, was born December 9, 1873, a son of
John Caulfield. At the usual age he entered the public schools and afterward
attended St. Charles College, in St. Charles, Missouri, while his professional
course was pursued in Washington University. He was graduated therefrom
in 1895 and the same year was admitted to the bar. He then located for
practice in his native city and with the passing years his clientage has increased
in extent and importance until it has today become of a distinctively representa-
tive character. From 1897 until 1934 he was a director and attorney {or the
Lincoln Trust Company and throughout that period devoted his entire time to
its interests. He is, however, engaged at the present time in the general prac-
tice of law and his ability is widelv acknowledged. He is concise in his apueals
before the court and gives to his client the service of talent, unwearied in-
dustry and broad learning. While his devotion to his clients' interests is pro-
verbial, however, he never forgets that there are certain things due to the court,
to his own self-respect and above all to justice and a righteous administration
of the law which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success
permits him to disregard.
While Mr. Caulfield has attained distinction at the bar he is perhaps equally
well known as one of the prominent representatives of the republican party in
his district, and in November, 1904, was candidate for congress but was de-
feated by a narrow margin. Again in November, 1906, he was nominated and
his election followed, making him the present re])resentative from the eleventh
^Missouri district. He has studied long and carefully the subjects that are to
the statesman and the man of affairs of the greatest import — the questions of
finance, political economy, sociology — and has kept abreast with the best think-
ing men of the age. A vigilant and attentive observer of men and measures, he
has discussed at jwlitical gatherings and in congress the great public questions
which were agitated during the times and has efi'ectively furthered much pro-
gressive legislation.
In 1902 occurred the marriage of Mr. Caulfield and .Miss |'"annie Alice
Delano, a daughter of William J. Delano, of Cuba, Missouri. He belongs to the
Mercantile Club of St. Louis and is well known socially, professionally and
politicallv, being recognized in his native city as a man of aft'airs and one who
has wielded a wide influence. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, belonging to lodge No. 5, his father being a member of the same
lodge for thirtv-five years or until his death, which occurred in 1897. He is
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the originator and had passed the ordinance which permitted the erection of
pubhc buildings to the height of eighteen stories, making possible the Third
National Bank building, the Directory, and all buildings in St. Louis over twelve
stories high.
WILLIAM HENRY WOODWARD.
^^"hiIe the name of W^illiam Henry Woodward became synonymous with
the printing business in St. Louis, it was not alone by reason of the mammoth
enterprise of this character which he organized and developed that he was rec-
ognized as one of the foremost residents of the city. He was entitled to promi-
nence in other lines, for his activity in connection with various charities and
benevolences did much to ameliorate hard conditions of life for the unfortu-
nate, ^loreover, he was one to whom the word citizenship was no mere idle
term. He rendered full return for the privileges and opportunities that were
his because of his residence in St. Louis and gave in compensation faithful and
ettective service in promoting public progress and advancing the general good
in many lines. Wherever he was known and in whatever condition of life he
was placed, he sought for all that is best in American manhood, and his influ-
ence and memory remain as an indelible impress upon the lives of those with
whom he was closely associated.
His birth occurred on the nth of December, 1834, in Hereford, England,
his parents being the Rev. William Hawkins and Elizabeth ( Hill) Woodward.
In early life his father was apprenticed to the watchmaker's trade in Coventry,
and later was graduated from Highbury College and entered the Congregational
ministry. Rev. Woodward was pastor of a church in Hereford when Bishop
Doane of Xew Jersey visited England in 1841, at which time a controversy
upon certain theological subjects took place between the Bishop, himself and
other dissenting clergymen. The result of this controversy was that the Rev.
\\ illiam Hawkins Woodward came to America, was ordained in the Episcopal
church by Bishop Doane at Burlington, New Jersey, and took charge of St.
Mary's parish in West Philadelphia. He was afterward rector of Zion church
at Pontiac. jMichigan. and later accepted the pastorate of Grace church at
Madison, \\'isconsin, where he remained until his removal to St. Louis in 185 1.
Here he became rector of Grace church in North St. Louis and continued to
serve the parish until 1858, when, at the age of fifty-four years, he passed from
this life. A contemporary biographer has said : "Mr. Woodward was a re-
markable man in many respects. He was possessed of a liberal education and
his tastes ran largely in pursuit of scientific subjects. He was especially fond
of natural sciences and mechanics. He lectured on these subjects in several
institutions of learning, among wh.ich were Professor Wyman's Institute for
Boys, the Mis.souri Blind Asylum and the high school at Alton. He made all
his own scientific apparatus. He was also an accomplished musician and was
quite proficient in the use of several different instruments."
After '•pending the first eight years of his life in the land of his nativity,
William Henry Wooflward. who was one of a large family of children, then
accompanied his parents to the new world in 1842. His equipment for life
was a public-school education, and financial assistance was not forthcoming
when he started f>ut in the business world. His record, however, is another
proof of the fact that it is under the pressure of necessity and the stimulus
of competition that the best and strongest in man is brought out and developed.
Serving an ay;prenticeshij) at the printer's trade in Madison, Wisconsin, in the
office of Colonel i^avid Atwood, publisher of the Wisconsin Statesman, he
there rcmaincfl from 1849 until 1852, when the Woodward familv removed to
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32 ST. LOL'IS, THE FOURTH LTTY.
St. Louis, and in this citv he secured a position on the ^lissouri RepubHcan,
then the leading- newspaper in the Mississippi valley. From the position of
apprentice in the job department he worked his way steadily upward through
successive promotions, continuing with the paper for thirteen years. Prompted
bv the laudable ambition to one day engage in business on his own account,
he not onlv thoroughlv mastered the business in order to gain a comprehensive
knowledge of the trade, but also carefully saved his earnings until he felt that
his capital and experience justified his establishing a printing business in the
fall of 1864. Purchasing the plant of George H. Hanson on ]\Iain street, oppo-
site the old State Bank, he bent his energies to the development of the business,
which, in the course of years, grew to mammoth proportions until the present
firm name of Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company is known throughout
the countrv and is a synonym for all that is standard in this line of work.
In establishing his business. Mr. Woodward formulated certain rules, from
which he never deviated, nor did he allow any departure therefrom on the part
of any employe. One of these rules was thoroughness, and at no time did he
ever allow work to leave the office until it was well done, according to the
terms of the contract. The house, therefore, soon gained a reputation for
reliable and excellent workmanship, and the trade greatly increased until it
was necessary that enlarged quarters should be secured. The first removal was
made in 1868. when the style of the firm was changed to Woodward & Tiernan
and the location of the business to the northeast corner of Third and Pine
streets, James Tiernan being at that time admitted to a partnership. The re-
lations between the two gentlemen continued until the death of Air. Tiernan,
and under their capable control the business enjoyed phenomenal growth. In
1872 A\*. B. Flale was admitted to a partnership under the style of Woodward,
Tiernan & Hale, at which time still larger quarters were secured at the corner
of Second and Locust streets. On the retirement of Air. Hale in 1882 the old
firm name of Woodward & Tiernan was resumed. Each year chronicled grati-
fying growth in their business, and in 1886 still larger accommodations were
secured through an agreement with Cierard B. Allen, who erected for the firm
a suitable building on his property at Xos. 309-315 North Third street. Before
the foundation of the building was completed, however. Air. Tiernan passed
away. September 16. 1886.
Following the death of his partner, Air. Woodward purchased the interest
of Air. Tiernan's estate ar.d organized a stock company, which was incor-
porated under the style of the Woodward & Tiernan Stock Company, with
W. H. ^^'oodward as president and treasurer. He continued as chief executive
officer of the company throughout his remaining days and was always active
in the control of the business, even after he associated his three sons with him
in the enterprise. When the Allen building was erected it was thought that
it would be adequate to the needs of the business for a long period, but in 1889
the conipanv occupied an annex, which was erected for them bv Captain John
Scudder. Nine years later the property adjoining the Scudder building was
purchased by the Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, and the capacity
of the plant was increased by the erection of a building sixty-four by one hun-
drcrl and seven feet, thus giving altogether one hundred and thirty-three thou-
sand superficial feet of space. As the business has grown the number of em-
ployes has increased, until eight hundrefl people are now earning their living
within this mammoth establishment, anfl seventv men represent its interest in
various ])arts of the wfjrld.
One of the elements in Air. Woodward's success was his ability to sur-
round himself with a corps of able assistants, manv of whom were raised in
the business and have always been connected with the house. Air. Woodward
always kept in close touch with advancement and ])rogress made in the printing
business. Constar;t imjjrovement has marked this field of activity, and he was
not only cpiick to aflopt new and practical ideas, but introduced many pro-
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g-ressive methods which have since received the endorsement of the trade
throughout the country. The name of Woodward has long been identified with
all that is best in the printing business, and their establishment has set a stand-
ard for other concerns in St. Louis, while Mr. Woodward's opinions were
largely received as authority upon any vital questions connected with the print-
ing trade.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Woodw^ard was married in De-
cember, 1859, to Miss Alaria K. Knight, a daughter of Richard and Ann
Knight. They became the parents of thirteen children, five of whom died in
infancy and their oldest daughter, Mrs. Annie (Woodward) Brook, passed
away August 20, 1889. The surviving children are Edgar B., Walter B., Mrs.
Mary Ernst, Louis B., Grace, Julius W. and Sarah H.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Woodward held membership in the Episcopal church.
Mr. Woodward was a communicant of Grace Episcopal church from the time
of his arrival in St. Louis in 1852 until his demise, and for many years served
as one of its vestrymen. He contributed generously to its support and took a
helpful part in its various activities. Mrs. Woodward was ecjually prominent in
church work, and for twenty-five consecutive years served on the board of the
Episcopal Orphan Home. Her death, therefore, was deeply and widely re-
gretted wdien, on the i6th of June, 1898, she passed away. On the 8th of Feb-
ruary, 1899, Mr. Woodward was again married, his second union being with
Miss Laura Alaria Bingham of Indianapolis, Indiana, a daughter of Joseph J.
and Sophie B. Bingham, and a granddaughter of the Rt. Rev. George Upfold,
D. D. LL. D., the first bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Indiana.
In all the years of his residence in St. Louis, Mr. Woodward was closely
connected with the public interests through his active service in behalf of many
beneficial projects and through his influence and support of plans for the gen-
eral good. He would have been repeatedly honored with public office had he
consented to enter the political arena, but he felt that the demands of his busi-
ness were too insistent to allow him to become an officeholder. At the time of
the Civil war he was a member of the Missouri Home Guard and was ordered
into active service as third sergeant of Company K of the First Regiment, which
took the field under General E. C. Pike to aid in repelling the invasion of General
Sterling Price in 1864. When six weeks later General Price had retreated
into Arkansas, the brigade to which Mr. W^oodward belonged was ordered home.
The only political office he ever filled was that of member of the city council
for two years from the old Eleventh ward, his incumbency covering the ex-
citing period of the Overstolz-Britton mayoralty contest. From the time when
he proudly cast his first presidential vote for James Buchanan in 1856 he con-
tinued a stalwart democrat.
He was known in various fraternal organizations from the fact that he
was always most loyal to their interests and greatly desired the adoption of their
benevolent principles. He believed that much good was done through such
organizations and w^as most closely associated with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of which he became a member in 1858. He not only filled all of
the chairs in the local lodge, but served as grand master and grand patriarch
of Missouri, and for several years was president of the Odd Fellows Home
at Liberty, Missouri. Aurora Lodge of Masons claimed him as an exemplary
member, and he continued on through successive degrees, becoming a membei
of the Missouri Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Ascalon Commandery of
Knights Templar and INIoolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Realizing how
valuable a fraternal and benefit order might become among the printers of the
country, he was active in organizing the St. Louis Typothet?e, an association of
master printers, of which he was several times elected president. This organ-
ization extends over all the United States ■ and Canada, and at its session in
Toronto, in 1892, JNIr. Woodward was elected president of the international
body and presided over its meeting at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. He
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was actively connected with various organizations, through the efforts of which
St. Louis lias greatly benefited. He belonged to the Merchants Exchange and
Business ]\Ien's League, the Manufacturers Association, the Spanish- American
Club, the Office :\Ien's Club, the St. Louis Fair Club and the Mercantile Club.
He became a member of the committee of two hundred having charge of the
preparations for the ^^'orld's Fair held in St. Louis in 1904, was active in rais-
ing funds for the enterprise and continued one of its stalwart champions until
wtthin one dav of its successful close, when, on November 30 of that year,
deatli overtook him, while actively at work in the interests of the exposition
he had promoted and so ably assisted.
In a review of his life it is seen that no good work done in the name of
charitv or religion sought his aid in vain. He knew no dividing Une between
religion and business, for high and honorable principles actuated him in all
that^ he did, and all that was worthy and beneficial in the community received
his endorsement. He was, moreover, a forceful man, possessing marked busi-
ness abilitv and enterprise, and left as a substantial monument to his life work
one of the most important industrial concerns in the middle Alississippi valley.
There was in his entire career not a single esoteric phase. His position was
at all times an unequivocal one, and the simple weight of his character and
abilitv carried him into important relations with large interests.
ROBERT BEYER.
Robert Beyer, a fiorist, is conducting one of the largest business enter-
prises of this character in St. Louis, his native city. He was born June 19,
1859, a son of Charles and Wilhelmina (Matthes) Beyer. The father came with
his famih^ from Germany and settled in New Orleans in 1848 but the same year
made his way northward to St. Louis and was employed by the Jesuits of
Florisant, Missouri, as a florist. He finally began business on his own account
on Penn and Utah avenues, establishing one of the first gardens in that section
of the city. He was very successful and remained at that place until 1867, when
he purchased the site on which the present extensive business is now carried
on. On one side of his place were extensive gardens and on the west were
farms. He established the first florist business in this portion of the city and from
the beginning met with prosperity in the undertaking, building up a business of
large and profitable proportions. At the time of the Civil war he served as a
member of the Home Guards. His death occurred in the month of May, 1896,
just prior to the memorable c}xdone of that year. His wife died in 1900, leav-
ing four children : Clara, the wife of Otto Doerste, of St. Louis ; Robert, of
this review ; Louisa, the wife of H. Meyer, of this city ; and Charles, who is asso-
ciated with his brother Robert in the florist business.
Robert Bever was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and from
early boyhood was more or kss familiar with the business in which he is now
engaged through the assistance which he rendered to his father. On the death
of the parent, he and his br(illi(r Charles took charge of the business, which
has grown in volume to an enormous extent. They sell mostly to the city trade
and have been the j)roducers of some of the finest flowers raised in this section
of the state. They have made a close and discriminating study of the best
methods of raising various kinrls of plants, arc familiar with their needs and
in the cultivation of flowers have uscij llie most modern imjjrovements and have
brought out many of the newest jjroduclions. Their greenhouses are now
splenrlifUy equip])efl and they are prepared to care for a very extensive trade.
On the iHth of November. 1893, Mr. Beyer was united in marriage to
Miss Ida Kieling, a daughter of I'rederick and Catherine (Stocke) Kieling, who
were natives of ^iermany and came to America in 186:^. Mr. and ^.frs. Beyer
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have four children : Wilhehnina, Charles, George and Robert. Mr. Beyer votes
with the republican party but is not interested in politics to the extent of seeking
office for himself, as he prefers to give his undivided attention to his business
interests, which are constantly growing and now constitute an important enter-
prise of his section of the city.
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E. LANSING RAY.
E. Lansing Ray. advertising manager for the Globe-Democrat, is one of the
young men of St. Louis who is rapidly forging to the front in business con-
nections. He was born in .this city August 30, 1884, a son of Simeon Ray, who
for many years, or until his death, in 1891, was connected with the Globe-Demo-
crat, actmg as secretarv and business manager for a number of years. He mar-
ried Jessie Lansing, who, still surviving her husband, yet makes her home in St.
Louis.
While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof E. Lansing Ray
accjuired his education largely at Smith's Academy, and when he left school he
secured a situation in the office of the Globe-Democrat, with which he has been
connected throughout his entire business career. He has worked in many de-
partments, holding a number of different positions, each change marking an
upward step in his business progress. In 1905 he accepted the responsible posi-
tion of advertising manager, thus handling a most important branch of the paper,
one upon which the success of the modern journal depends, as it is a widely
acknowledged fact that the sale ])rice of the modern paper, which has grown
to colossal proportions, could never make it a paying investment. His mem-
bership relations include the L'niversity. Racquet, Mercantile and Field Clubs.
JAMES C. NIDELET, ^l.D.
Although Dr. James C. Nidelet has passed the Psalmist's allotted span of
three score years and ten, he is yet engaged in the practice of his profession, to
which he has devoted his entire life, and in which he has gained distinction,
prominence and success. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the
15th of January, 1834, and is a representative of one of the most noted pioneer
families of Missouri. His maternal grandfather was the well known General
Bernard Pratte, wdio was born in St. Genevieve, Missouri, and w^as educated
at Sulsipitian College at ^^lontreal, Canada. Following his return to St. Louis
he married Emilie I. Labadie, a daughter of Sylvester and Pelagie (Chouteau)
Labadie. The father of Dr. Nidelet was Stephen F. Nidelet, who was of French
extraction and w^as born at San Domingo. He was only seven years of age
when his parents established their home in Philadelphia. In the course of years
he became a member of the well known silk house of Chapron & Nidelet. While
visiting in St. Louis he formed the acquaintance of Celeste E. Pratte, a daughter
of General Pratte. and they were married on the 12th of August, 1826. He re-
turned with his bride to Philadelphia, and in the eighth year following their
marriage the birth of James C. Nidelet occurred.
In the schools of his native city Dr. Nidelet acquired his early education,
attending the classical school conducted bv James D. Bryant, a famous educator
of that day. In 1844 the family removed to St. Louis, the father there spend-
ing his remaining days, his death occurring in 1856. The mother, now deceased,
had been one of the belles of St. Louis in her maidenhood, and her reminiscences
of social life here in pioneer times were very distinct and interesting.
36 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Continuing his education, Dr. Nidelet became a pupil of the St, Louis Uni-
versity, where he spent a year or two, and in 1847-48 was a student in St.
Mary's College at Emmettsburg, Maryland, In 1849 he entered the St. Louis
University again and S]3ent five years there, but left that institution just before
the graduation of the class of 1853, of which he was a member. He then
prepared for the ^Military academy at West Point, but failed to receive appoint-
ment as a cadet, from an accident to Congressman John F. Darby, whose absence
from congress then in session, left the appointment to any one and was secured
by General Kearney for his son William. Dr. Nidelet then took up the study
of medicine. \'aluable preliminary training came to him through his practical
experience in a drug store, as for three years he was employed by the well
known houses of Bacon. Hyde & Company and Barnard, Adams & Company.
Subsequently he attended the St. Louis Medical College under Dr. C. A. Pope,
and the ^Missouri Medical College under Dr. Joseph N. McDowell, being gradu-
ated therefrom in i860. Immediately afterward he began the practice of medi-
cine, and in December, 1861, following the outbreak of the Civil war, he offered
professional aid to the Confederate army and became assistant to the medical
director and later became chief surgeon under Generals Price, Maury and
Forney, in the army of east Louisiana and Mississippi. During the last year of
the war he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and his serv-
ices covered four years, during which he was in every engagement in which the
army corps engaged. Among the most notable of these conflicts were Vicks-
inirg. Cornish, Big Black River, luka, and Hatchie's Run. During his entire
military career he never lost a day from the service, was never ill, and on the
contrary, was always on the field to assist his wounded comrades. His four
years of service in war gave him practical experience in every branch of surgery,
and in 1865 he returned to St. Louis, poor in purse but rich in his knowledge
of the medical and surgical science.
As the Drake constitution was then in force. Dr. Nidelet did not at once
take up the practice of medicine. In the winter of 1865-66, however, he entered
into active relations with his alma mater, the Missouri Medical College, and
assisted in gathering the scattered faculty together once more. In the winter
of 1866-67 the college was reopened, and for five years thereafter Dr. Nidelet
held the chair of demonstrator. He had large success and assisted materially
in bringing the old historic institution into popular favor again. He then re-
sumed the private practice of medicine, in which he has met with notable success,
keeping at all times in touch with the advancement and progress made by the
members of the medical fraternity. For more than forty years he has now
pursued his practice, and yet gives considerable time to professional service, al-
though he has now reached the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey. His
success has been based upon comprehensive and accurate scientific knowledge,
while his practical experience has brought him into close relations with the
needs of suffering humanity. His labors have been attended with substantial
success, and his work has brought him wide reputation and professional recogni-
tion. He is today the only live member of the faculty of the old Missouri
Medical College.
In 1875 Dr. Nidelet was ap])ointe(l i)olice commissioner and served for a
term of four years, acting during a half of that time as vice president of the
board. His administration was characterized by determined effort to suppress
the lotteries whicli llieii flourished in St. Louis. He took up this fight on his
own responsibility and awakened such hostility among the proprietors of lot-
teries that several attempts were made u|)on his life i)y ruffians hired bv the
ring leaders of the lotteries. Charges of corru])ti()n were also made against
him in an effort to unseat him and thus ])rcvent him from further prosecuting
them. His indictment was sought at the hands of several successive grand
juries, and he was accorded a most searching investigation, which resulted in
the utter failure to make even a jjlausiblc case of official misconduct against
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him. It was through Dr. Xidelet's efforts that reform government was intro-
duced into St. Louis and much of the lottery business of the city was crushed
out. He has always stood for reform, progress, improvement, for justice, truth
and right, and his influence has been a substantial element for the good of the
city. He has always enjoyed to the full extent the respect of all law-abiding
citizens and is honored most by those who know him best. He is a member of
Royal Arcanum and has taken a prominent part in the work of that order in
general and the Grand Council.
JAMES MADISON FRANCISCUS.
The name of Franciscus has long figured actively in connection with the
financial interests of St. Louis and the untarnished reputation of the family
in this connection is fully sustained by James M. Franciscus, the present city
treasurer, who has in other ways represented the community interests of the
city and in all has manifested an aptitude for successful management and judi-
cious investment. Here he was born March 15, 1866, son of James M. Fran-
ciscus, deceased, who was one of the pioneer bankers of the city and a prominenV
factor in its commercial life. Excellent educational opportunities were afforded
the son, who completed his course in M^ashington University by graduation.
He then made his initial step into the business world as an employe for the
Simmons Hardware Company, with which he continued for two years. He after-
ward entered the office of the auditor of the Wabash Railroad, where he con-
tinued in a clerical capacity for eighteen months, and then accepted position of
bookkeeper for the Third National Bank, with which he was thus associated
for three years. In 1889 he embarked upon an independent business venture as
junior partner of the real-estate firm of Moffett & Franciscus, predecessors of
the present firm of James M. Franciscus & Company, the present senior partner
having acquired complete control of the business.
In his early career, Mr. Franciscus displayed many of the qualities wdiich
distinguished his honored father and made him a leader in commercial and
financial circles. The recognition of his own personal worth and capability led
to the selection of James M. Franciscus on two different occasions to act as
special commissioner for the Lindell estate, and in control of its affairs he
manifested such sound judgment and business enterprise that all concerned ex-
pressed their entire satisfaction. He was placed under two bonds of nine hun-
dred thousand and seven hundred thousand dollars respectively, and that he
could give them without delay shows the high confidence reposed in him by the
business community, and especially by those who stood as sponsors for him in
this financial connection. He also acted as special commissioner for the D. A.
January estate, giving a bond of four hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars,
and served also as executor of his father's estate. In many other ways Mr.
Franciscus has given proof of his unusual ability for the management of im-
portant business interests and the firm of which he is now the head bears an
unassailable reputation for reliability and for sound judgment. In addition to
what may be termed as the realty brokerage department, the company also acts
in a confidential capacity for its clients and enjoys the unqualified trust of
those whom it represents.
It was Mr. Franciscus' high standing and well known reliability in financial
circles that led to his selection as the custodian of the public excheciuer. He
was nominated by acclamation at the democratic convention in St. Louis, Febru-
ary 12, 1901, and at the spring election was chosen for the office. The large
majority he received, running twenty-two hundred votes ahead of his ticket,
was an indication of his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him.
He is the youngest man ever elected to the responsible position of city treasurer
38 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of St. Louis, but those who know him best felt that the pubhc had made no mis-
take in choosing him for the ofhce and his service had justitied the trust re-
posed in him.
On the I2th of June, 1890. Mr. Franciscus wedded Miss Katherine G.
Linsday, a daughter of the late Colonel A. J. Linsday, a retired army officer.
Thev are now the parents of five children : James Linsday. Jane, Marian E..
James ^I. and John D. Mr. and Mrs. Franciscus are prominent socially and
are most widelv known as representatives of prominent old families of the city.
Mr. Franciscus holds membership with the Jefferson and the St. Louis
Racquet Clubs, and is an enthusiastic admirer of manly outdoor sports. In
1892 he Avas appointed a member of the Mullanphy board but resigned the fol-
lowing year. He has filled the office of vice president of the St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange and is known in this city as a loyal advocate of democratic
principles. He" frequently attends the conventions of the party and his opinions
have carried weight in its councils. While he has not yet attained the prime
of life, prominent men whose years largely outnumber his own recognize his
merit and abilitv, while his business colleagues and official associates entertain
the warmest admiration for his many good qualities. He is known as a man
who is readv to meet anv obligation of life, with the confidence and courage
that come of' conscious personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual
regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.
WILLIAM \'. BURTON.
\\'illiam \'. Burton, largely interested in the ownership of hotels in St. Louis,
is well known in the business circles of the city as a man whose business judg-
ment is demonstrated in the .success which has attended his efforts. He is a
western man not only by preference, but also by birth and training, and is
imbued with the progressive spirit which has been the dominant factor in the
upbuilding of the ^^lississippi valley. His birth occurred in Van Buren county,
Iowa, in 1841. His father, John W. Burton, removing from Kentucky, became
one of the earliest settlers of Iowa, taking up his abode there in 1835, when it
was still under territorial government. At the time of the Black Hawk war,
he served with the militia of the state of Illinois, having previously removed
with his mother, Mrs. Catherine Springer Burton, to that state. They settled
near Beardstown, Illinois, and suffered all of the vicissitudes and hardships of
the pioneer. The death of John W. Burton occurred in 1891, while his wife
survived until October 31, 1906. They were the parents of eleven children, four
of whom are still living, namely: William V., of this review; Benjamin, a
resident of California: Fannie B.. the widow of Calvin Smith; and Martha V.,
of Clinton, Iowa.
William \'. Burton was educated in the district schools and afterward
attended the academy at Bentonsport, Iowa. He then devoted his attention to
farming until he reached the age of twenty years, in 1862. The same year, how-
ever, he came to St. Louis. He had previously joined Captain Lawrence's
company of Clark county, Missouri, but before the command was organized,
the men dispersed. Mr. Burton made his way to St. Louis, where he spent
the winter, after which he went to Arkansas and joined Captain Lesueur's
battery in Price's army. He did duty with Parson's infantry and was engaged
in southern Arkansas and LoiMsiana, taking part in many sanguinary battles,
including the engagement of Mansfield, Louisiana; Camden, Arkansas, and
others of lesser importance. He was also in the battle of Saline River, Arkansas,
and proved reliable at all times of danger. He was mustered out at Shreve-
port in June, 1865, after having for three years served in the artillery depart-
ment.
WILLIAM V. BURTON
40 ' ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
When the war was over, ^Ir. Burton went to ^Mississippi, where he en-
gaged in farming for three years. At the end of that time he turned his at-
tention to merchandising, which he carried on in connection with agricuUural
pursuits and was thus busily occupied until 1881, when he came to St. Louis
and at once became interested in hotels. He not only owns and conducts one
hostelry, but now has several hotels, and outside of his interests of this char-
acter, he is connected with real-estate operations and owns some good income-
paying propertv ; he is also the owner of a residence on Cabanne boulevard.
In 1889, ]\Ir. Burton was married to Mrs. jMary L. Xixon, nee Delsher, a
native of St. Charles, Missouri, and unto them have been born two sons, Walter
P. and ^^'illiam \\'. Noting each opportunity which has come to him and utiliz-
ing bis cliances to the best advantage, !Mr. Burton is now a representative
citizen of St. Louis, with fair interests.
GEORGE B. COUPER.
George B. Couper was one of the early contractors and builders of the city
and many of the substantial structures of the middle portion of the nineteenth
century still stand as monuments to his skill and handiwork. He was born in
South" Shields, England, near the North sea, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth
Couper, the latter a descendant of one of the queens of England. Of their
familv, two sons and one daughter are yet living. It was in the neighborhood
which had long been the ancestral home of the family that George B. Couper
was born and when he was a year and a half old his parents removed to Morris-
town, St. Lawrence county. New York, where they spent their remaining days.
His forefathers were shipbuilders and whether inherited tendency or natural
predilection had most to do with his choice of occupation it is difficult to de-
termine. At all events he turned his attention to the same line which had claimed
the energies of his ancestors and became a carpenter and builder.
He arrived in St. Louis about 1836 and something of the condition of the
city at that time is indicated by the fact that he boarded in a log house on
Fourth street, where are now seen high modern buildings. Many of the thorough-
fares were unpaved and the limits of the city were small, while the district com-
prised within its borders was but sparsely settled. Mr. Couper began contract-
ing and building here and was closely associated with the early building interests.
He continued a factor in this line of improvement until a few years prior to his
death and to him were awarded the contracts for the erection of many of the
substantial structures which are now numbered among the landmarks of the
old St. Louis. The days were not all equally bright and in fact he faced many
hardships and trials incident to the upbuilding of a new country, Then, too,
there came periods of general financial depression throughout the nation and
buikling iiUerests languished somewhat, but through all the years he kept steadily
on his way and enjoyed his full share of the public patronage. He erected and
owned an entire row of houses on Pine street and also built his own home at the
corner of Pine and Beaumont streets.
Mr. Couper was married in St. Louis, in 1859, to Miss Philinda Jones, of
New York city, who was boni in Berlin, V^ermont, January 22, 1816, and who
was visiting St. Louis at the time she formed the acquaintance of Mr. Couper.
She still occupies the residence which he erected, having made her home since
1 86 1 in the 2600 block on Pine street. In the years of his later prosperity Mr.
and Mrs. Couper returned to I'Jigland, visiting South Shields and the graves
of his ancestors. There in following back the old records he traced his parentage
to noble birth. He was very fond of travel and gained much from his journeys,
for he possessed an observing eye and retentive memory.
At the time of the Civil war his sympathy was strongly in favor of the
Union but he was too old to go to the front in defense of the stars and stripes.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. -.41
He gave his political allegiance to the republican party from the time of its
organization and was one of its most earnest advocates. A consistent Christian
man, he held membership in the Pilgrim Congregational church and was very
active in its work. To him was accorded an honored old age. He reached the
ninetieth milestone on life's journey, his death then being occasioned by a fall
from a car. In the early development of the city and in its later progress, when
it was taking on all of the evidences of modern city building, Mr. Couper was
well known here as a representative of trade interests and throughout his long
connection with the business none ever called into question the integrity of his
acts nor the sincerity of his purposes.
EDGAR MORRISOX DAMS.
Edgar Morrison Davis, who in 1905 organized the St. Louis Fire Insur-
ance Company, of which he is a director and manager, has throughout the
greater portion of his business career been connected with insurance interests,
although in early manhood he prepared for the practice of law. He was born
:n Alton, Illinois, in 1874, his parents being- Levi and Mary E. (Wise) Davis.
His early education was acquired under private instruction and he also attended
the high school of Alton, Illinois, from which he was graduated in the class
of 1889.
The same year he took up the study of law and acted as official court re-
porter in Southern Illinois, but, turning his attention to the insurance business,
he became connected with the general agency at St. Louis for the German Fire
Insurance Company, of Freeport, Illinois, and finding in this pursuit a con-
genial as well as profitable vocation, he has since continued therein. In 1894
he established the firm of Davis & Davis, fire insurance agents, and in November,
1900, he purchased the interest of his partner and conducted business under his
own name until June, 1905, when he organized the present firm of Edgar M.
Davis & Company, with Charles W. and Arthur J. Davis as partners. In the
same year he organized the St. Louis Fire Insurance Company, of which he is
a director and manager. He has closely studied the entire field of fire insurance,
is familiar wuth the business in every department and his comprehensive knowl-
edge, combined with his power of administrative direction and keen insight into
business situations, have gained him a place of leadership in insurance circles
that promises well for a still more successful future.
Mr. Davis was married in Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1898, to ]\Iiss Ida B. Cross.
He is a Catholic in religious faith, a member of the Legion of Honor and in
social connections is identified with the Tuesday, Field, Normandie Park, Glen
Echo Country and the Mercantile Clubs. As he has advanced in years he has
learned to value those things which are worth while in business, in citizenship and
in social life, correctly judging life's contacts and its experiences. He is an
enthusiast on the game of golf, devoting his spare time to the sport, and he
recently won two silver cups in open tournament.
JAMES KIN SELLA.
Tames Kinsella, who for forty-five years held the position of city weigh-
master. his term of service long exceeding that of any other incumbent in the
office, was a native of Wexford, Ireland, born in 183 1. In the place of his
nativitv he spent the first twenty-two years of his life in the acquirement of
an education and in the performance of such duties as were allotted to him.
He then came as a young man to the new world, attracted by its broader busi-
ness advantages, and during the early period of his residence in St. Louis was
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employed by the ]^Iax\vell Hardware Company for a few years. On the expira-
tion of tlaat period he became city weighmaster and was continued in the posi-
tion for four decades and a half.' He was considered an exceptionally upright
and honest man and performed his duties with conscientious zeal and ability.
His position brought him into close connection with municipal affairs and he
was alwavs interested in everything that pertained to the welfare of the city.
Aside from his office he had some business interests and in their management
met with good success.
Mr. Kinsella was married in Ireland to Aliss ^Marguerite Sheridan, also a
native of the Emerald isle, and they became parents of five children: Alary
Catherine, Lawrence, Johanna, John Henry and Mary, all now deceased with ex-
ception of the last named. The only one to marry was Lawrence, who left three
sons. James A., Lawrence A. and Ralph A.
Air. Kinsella erected for his family a fine home on West Pine street, where
thev still reside. He was a communicant of the Catholic church and died in
that faith in 1905. He had been a resident of the city for more than a half
century and had witnessed many changes here, for during that period it grew
from a town into a city of metropolitan proportions and advantages. He never
had occasion to regret his determination to seek a home in the new world, for
he enjoved opportunities which he could not have secured in his native land and
gained here a comfortable competence as well as many warm friends.
\MLLIAM FOLEY,
William Foley, vice president of the William R. Compton Bond & Mort-
gage Company, was born in Lincoln, Illinois, July 7, 1870. He is a son of
Stephen A. and Hannah (Woodman) Foley. The family is of Irish lineage
but has been represented in this country through two centuries and among its
members have been prominent business men. Stephen A. Foley is a leading
representative of financial interests in his section of Illinois, being president of
the Lincoln National Bank.
William Foley supplemented his early education by study in Kenyon College,
where he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1891 and then entered in the
post-graduate department of Harvard University. He received the degree of
Master of Arts in 1894. He returned to his alma mater as teacher of modern
languages and was thus connected with its faculty for three years. Returning
to Illinois he engaged in making farm loans for three years, after which he
went abroad, spending a year and a half at Lisbon, Portugal, where he was con-
nected with export interests. When he again came to his native country he
settled in Chicago and assumed the management of the bond department for
King, Hodenpyl & Company, with whom he continued for three years or until
1902. He then became manager of the Bond Department of the Mercantile
Trust Company of St. Louis and since March, 1908, has been vice president of
the William R. Comj^ton Bond & Mortgage Company. Each change in his
business life has indicated progress, bringing to him a broader outlook and wider
opportunities, and he is today numbered among the leading representatives of
financial interests in this city. Few men are more thoroughly informed con-
cerning the value of bonds and his long experience in connection with the
handling of bonds well qualifies him for the onerous duties which devolve upon
him at the present time, lu's position being one of large responsibility.
In 1896 in Lincoln. Illinois. Mr. Foley was married to Miss Frances Curtiss
and their children arc Hannah Jane and Frances Elizabeth. Pleasantly situated
in an attractive home in Webster Grove, theirs is an enviable position in social
circles. Mr. Foley is a member of the Masonic fraternitv and the St. Louis
and XortiKlay Clubs. He also belongs to the Episcopal church and while a grow-
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ing business makes continuous demands upon his time and attention he yet
finds opportunity for affihation with those movements which are factors in gen-
eral progress and especiaUy in the city's development along social, intellectual
and moral lines.
WILLIAM E. GEORGIA.
\\'illiam E. Georgia, president of the Georgia-Stimson Furniture & Carpet
Company, is numbered among the enterprising, energetic and alert merchants,
whose activity constitutes an influential element in the business progress of St.
Louis. He is yet a young man but has made a notably successful record. He
was born in Elmira, New York, June 29, 1865, his parents being Roswell S.
and Phoebe Jane Georgia. At the usual age he became a public-school student
and passed through successive grades in the accjuirement of his education. When
he had put aside his text-books he entered upon his business career as a sales-
man in a dry-goods house of Elmira, New York, where he continued from 1879
until 1884, during which period he gained intimate knowledge of commercial
methods, while his satisfactory services gained him promotion from time to
time. In fact, such was his business ability that on his removal to Kansas City,
Missouri, he became manager of the drapery department of an extensive furni-
ture house there and so continued from 1886 until 1890. In that year he ac-
cepted the management of the drapery department in the house of J. Kennard
& Sons, of St. Louis, with whom he remained until 1897. From 1898 until 1903
he was a salesman with the Lammert Furniture Company, and on the ist of
February, 1903, he organized the Georgia-Stimson Furniture & Carpet Company,
of which he has since been president. The firm are retail dealers in furniture,
carpets and draperies and from its establishment the enterprise has proved a
profitable undertaking, a liberal patronage being now accorded them, for the
house has built up an excellent reputation for the character of its goods and its
services and for its reliable business methods.
On the 25th of January, 1892, following his arrival in St. Louis, Air. Georgia
was here married to Miss Alice C. Coleman. They attend the services of the
Episcopal church. Mr. Georgia votes with the republican party but is not at-
tracted by the honors or emoluments of office. He belongs to the Mercantile and
Missouri Athletic Clubs, organizations which find in him a social and genial
member.
HENDERSON RIDGELY.
Henderson Ridgely, capitalist, was born in Springfield, Illinois, December
10, 1853. His father, Nicholas H. Ridgely, a native of Maryland, was born in
January, 1800, and was one of the early bankers of St. Louis. He came to this
city in 1828, traveling across the mountains to the Ohio river, thence down that
stream to Cairo on a flatboat, after which the men on board pushed their craft
up the river to St. Louis. There were no steamboats at that early day and St.
Louis was just emerging from villagehood, its geographical position being such
as to make it an important center in connecting the trade relations of east and
west. Arriving here, Nicholas H. Ridgely was appointed discount clerk of the
LInited States Bank of St. Louis, with which institution he remained until 1835,
when he removed to Springfield, Illinois, becoming cashier of the State Bank
of that city. In 1866 he established the Ridgely National Bank, of which he was
the president until his death in 1888. One of his sons, Charles Ridgely, is the
father of William B. Ridgely, former comptroller of the United States currency
and for a time president of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City,
44 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
Missouri. The mother of Henderson Ridgely bore the maiden name of Jane
Maria Huntington and was a native of Boston. The Huntingtons are one of
the best known famiHes of ^Massachusetts and it is to this family that the dis-
tinguished Bishop Huntington belonged.
In the public schools of Springfield, Henderson Ridgely acquired his edu-
cation, while' practical business training was received in his father's banking in-
stitution, which he entered at the age of sixteen years, remaining there for many
vears. during which time he gained comprehensive knowledge of banking busi-
ness and of the rules and methods which are essential features of success in busi-
ness. On leaving Springfield he came to St. Louis, where he has since resided.
His interests here have been confined to real-estate investment and his hold-
ings represent a handsome fortune. He has no active business interests at the
present time outside of the supervision which he gives to his investments. He
is. however, still connected as a stockholder with the Ridgely National Bank
of Springfield and is yet one of its directors.
On the 25th of January, 1889, Mr. Ridgely was married to Miss Emily S.
Parker and they reside at No. 5738 Von Versen avenue. Both being extremely
fond of music, at their home they have entertained many of the leading musicians
of the city. Mr. Ridgely is an associate member of the Apollo Club, the Amphion
Club and Provident Association. He gives his political allegiance to the repub-
lican party. In recent years he has traveled extensively, both in America and
Europe, spending the seasons where fancy dictates. His chief pastimes are
fishing, hunting and billiards. He is a man of cjuiet tastes, who finds his greatest
pleasure in his home and travel. His circle of friends is select rather than large,
as befits one who finds pleasure in the home life and in the artistic rather than
in extensive societv interests.
SILAS HENRY H. CLARK.
No compendium such as this volume afifords in its essential limitations can
offer fit memorial to the life work of Silas Henry H. Clark, a man remarkable in
the breadth of his wisdom, in his clear conception and in his intense and well
directed activity. He became recognized as one of the foremost railroad men of
the entire country — the worthy successor and associate of Jay Gould. The stress
of circumstances forced him to become a factor in life's activities when but eleven
years of age but no mere environment or condition was strong enough to keep
him in the background. Through the inherent force of character and his marked
ability he gradually advanced until his position was one of the most prominent
and his name one of the most honored in business circles of the great west.
Mr. Clark was bom October 17, 1836, upon a farm near Morristown, New
Jersey. Owing to adversity which came to his father the boy was in early ycath
compelled to provide for his own support. He also aided in the labors of the
home farm, so that his educational advantages w^ere limited, but his mind con-
stantly broadened through life's contacts and experiences, and in manhood his
mental strength was seldom cfjualed in its exposition, clear conception and
thorough understanding of intrir;itc ])roblems and of possibilities for the co-
ordination of forces. Long before this, however, he used everv opportunity to
obviate his lack of educational training in early life by devoting to reading and
<:tudy the time usualiv absorbed in the occupations of leisure and enjoyment bv
the average working boy. He manifested a keen love of books and not onlv read
but mastered the contents of ail which came into his possession. He possessed a
remarkably retentive memory, which was combined with a power of placing a
correct relative valuation upon the knovvledge that he acquired.
_ His identification with railrr,afl interests dated from an earlv period in his
business career and though his initial position was a humble oue his capability.
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fidelity and laudable ambition soon won recognition in advancement and through
consecutive promotions he rose to the position of passenger conductor on one of
the railroads connecting- New York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It was while
filling that position that he attracted the attention and gained the acquaintance of
Sidnev Dillon, the distinguished railroad manager and financier Dillon was
famoxis as an unerring judge of men, was notably quick to discover in the sub-
ordinates with whom he was brought in contact capacities for usefulness or the
lack of them.; and marks of peculiar adaptability to the necessities of advanced
railroad service in Mr. Clark soon found recognition in a manner so substantial
that it was a delightful surprise even to the recipient of his favor. Relieving the
voung passenger conductor from the position in wdiich he had demonstrated his
instincts for "railroading, he made him treasurer of the Flushing Railroad on
Long Island. \\'hile thus engaged ^Ir. Clark was brought into intimate relation-
ship with Mr. Dillon and the latter's associates in railroad circles in New York,
and the marked ability with which he conducted the affairs of the road committed
to his management soon attracted much attention and admiration from men who
lost no opportunity of securing the services of those who gave proof of possess-
ing peculiar capacities for railroad management. When the Dillon syndicate
secured control of the Union Pacific Railroad system and was organizing the
personnel of its interests in various positions of administrative direction and
executive force, Mr. Clark's past achievements recommended him for higher
honors and larger responsibilities and he was made general freight agent of the
lines. Promotion again came to him when he was made second vice president
and general manager of the L^nion Pacific Railroad system and in his dual
capacity he formed the acquaintance of the late Jay Gould, whose position as
the foremost representative of railroad interests in the country is universally ac-
knowledged. The warm personal friendship which sprang up between Mr.
Gould and ^Iv. Clark continued without interruption until the death of the
former and led to ]Mr. Clark's severance of his relations wdth the L'nion Pacific
Railroad in 1884, to become vice president and general manager of the Gould
Southwestern Railway, comprising in main and subsidiary lines some seven
thousand miles of trackage, while its earnings were over thirty millions of
dollars annually. Mr. Gould displayed his unqualified confidence in Mr. Clark's
ability by giving him full control, and he remained through the ensuing years
one of the great financier's most intimate personal friends, constant advisers
and able assistants in the conduct of his enormous transactions in the railway
world. He was the recognized western representative of the entire Gould in-
terests and when these were extended to include the L'nion Pacific Railroad,
Mr. Clark again became vice president and general manager of that system, at
the same time continuing in active connection with the gieat Southwestern
.system. Tlie two were under his control until 1893, when impaired health
forced him to largely ])ut a>ide the responsibilities of direction and management
which devolved upon him. Severing his connection with the Missouri Pacific
.system, he was elected to the presidency of the Union Pacific Railroad, in which
position he continued until the road i)assed into the hands of the receivers, when
he was made chairman of tlie rex-iver's board, being ]iractically manager of the
great pro])erty up to the linn- it wa> reorganized in 1897. This reorganization
was accrmiplishc-fl largely along lines instituted and ])erfecte(l bv ]Mr. Clark,
and those {jrominent in railroad circles accord to him the credit resulting from
the fact that the great pioneer overland system was finally enabled to relieve
itself of its enormous debt to the gr)vernmcnt and enter ui)on a new and promis-
ing era of progress and develo])menl. I'.y reason of tlie condition of his health
he declined the ])residency of the road when it was ofl'ercd him in recognition
of hi.> marvelous ability and management of railroad ir.terests and his powers
of executive control. Ik- manifested the keenest insight in management, look-
ing bevond the exigencies of the moment to the ]K)Ssibi]ities of the future. ITe
saw with remarkable clearness the obstacles as well as the oi)i)ortunities and
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 47
brought to bear the forces which would couquer the former and utihze the
latter. His native sagacity and fertility of resource were most notable and
the plans which he perfected accomphshed the result of activity with a notable
absence of friction or delay. After thirty years' continuous service in most con-
spicuous and influential administrative positions in the western railway world
lie retired wholly from railroad management toward the close of the year 1898.
A contemporary biographer said of ]Mr. Clark: "He is remembered among
railroad men as the peer of the most able of his contemporaries, and as one
who has contributed in an unusual degree to modern development, especially
in the western field in which he was so long the guiding spirit. It was char-
acteristic of Mr. Clark that while he enjoyed the confidence and zealous admira-
tion of the great financiers and railroad capitalists, he was equally popular
among the employes of the lines with which he was connected. He is recalled
with reverential affection by many of the most humble employes of the Union
Pacific, who have never forgotten his unfailing consideration for the most
humble helpers of the great w^ork of which he was the reigning power. Out-
side of railway circles Mr. Clark was equally popular, and his many unusually
attractive qualities as a neighbor, a citizen and a man assembled about him a mul-
titude of admirers wdio entertained for him in life the kindest regard, and pay
reverence to his memory."
In commenting editorially upon his life work one of the leading papers of
the country said : "The selection of Air. S. H. H. Clark as president of the
Missouri Pacific system was one of those peculiarly proper things which some-
times inspire the minds of men. Mr. Clark has become so thoroughly familiar
to the people of Missouri and the west that they have assumed a sort of pro-
prietary interest in his triumphs, and his unanimous appointment as the suc-
cessor of Air. Gould is, to their minds, a most emphatic endorsement of their
opinion that he is the greatest railway manager in this country. He held, as
did no other man, the confidence and friendship of Mr. Gould, a fact which
grew out of the latter's knowledge that, with millions to be expended every
year, not one dollar would be misappropriated or misapplied, and that in Air.
Clark he had at the head of his great enterprise a man of incorruptible and
unswerving integrity and a friend whose loyalty and devotion would remain
unbroken to the end."
Air. Clark was married to Aliss Annie Al. Drake, a daughter of Eliphalet
and Caroline Drake, and a native of New Jersey. Unto them were born four
children : John Emor}-, deceased ; S. Hoxie, a prominent attorney of St. Louis ;
Caroline Stewart, deceased, and Abbie, also deceased. For fifteen years Air.
Clark maintained a residence in St. Louis, although his manifold and complex
railroad interests called him to all parts of the country. \Miile aft'airs of
magnitude and often of the gravest import claimed his time anrl attention, he
possessed a breadth of character and a business capacity that enabled him to
turn to community interests and labor for their welfare. While a resident of
Omaha he did much to further its interests along man\- lines of civic improve-
ment and progress. In 1883 he became a factor in the street railwav depart-
ment of the city and was also among the first to promote the interests of the
Nebraska Telephone Company. His investments in r)maha real estate were
extensive, and in other parts of the country he also had large realty holdings.
A noteworthy event giving indication of one of his salient personal attri-
butes occurred in 1894, when he was called into the United States circuit court,
Judge Caldwell presiding, as a leading witness. When it was time to take his
testimony the clerk of the court proceeded to administer to him the usual
oath, but the judge, calling the clerk aside, stated that that would be unneces-
sary, as Air. Clark's words alone were sufficient before the court. He was a
man of the highest sense of honor and was entirely free from intrigue. Dur-
ing his long business career his word was never known to be broken. Few
men wdio have attained the prominence and the wealth which the world terms
•IS ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
success have at the same time won the unsulHed reputation which the con-
sensus of pubhc opinion accorded Silas H. H. Clark. His life record stands as
a splendid example of what may be accomplished through individual effort
and at the same time manifest an unswerving loyalty to the highest ideals of
business integrity and honor. The last weeks of his life were passed in Ashe-
ville. North Carolina, where he went for the benefit of his health, but the end
came June i. 1900. The funeral cortege proceeded in private cars to St.
Louis and thence to Omaha, attended by some of the most distinguished rep-
resentatives of railroad and business interests in the west. Telegrams of sym-
pathv and condolence were recsived from the Gould family and others of
almost equal distinction, for the life and work of Silas Henry H. Clark were
such as gained him the honor and high regard and the friendship of all with
whom he was associated. Remarkable as was his career from the fact that
he rose from a humble position in the business world to rank among the emi-
nent American men. it was even more noteworthy from the fact that he bore
so few of the signs of the conflict which is inevitable in a business career in-
volving large interests and responsibilities. The same quality which enabled
him to judge correctly everything bearing upon railroad interests, enabled him
to place a correct valuation upon all those interests which enter into the com-
plex fabric which we call life. To him may fittingly be applied the words of
Pope:
"Friend to truth ; of soul sincere.
In action faithful and in honor clear;
He broke no promise, served no private end.
He gained no titles and he lost no friend."
CHARLES NIEDRINGHAUS.
Charles Xiedringhaus, president of the Charles Niedringhaus House Fur-
nishing Company of St. Louis, came to America in his youth from his native
country of Germany. He was born in Westphalia, June 10, 1843, his parents
being William F. and ^lary (Siebe) Niedringhaus. At the usual age he became
a public-school student and after his emigration to the new world attended night
schools in this city in order to further equip himself for the responsibilities of
a practical business career. At the age of fifteen he sailed from the fatherland
and joined his brothers, William F. and F. G. Niedringhaus, in St. Louis, in
whose employ he learned the tinner's trade, which he followed for ten years.
His efficiency increased with the advancing years and successive promotions fol-
lowed until he was made manager of the store conducted by his brothers. They
were dealers in stoves and house furnishings and Mr. Niedringhaus continued
as the executive head until 1875, when he became sole proprietor of the business.
For fifteen years he conducted trade along those lines and then extended the
scope of his interests by adding furniture and carpet departments in 1890. Six
years later the business was incorporated under the present style of the Charles
Niedringhaus House Furnishing Company, of which he has since been president.
The trade has grown to large proportions, constituting an important element
in the commercial life of the city. A branch store has 'also been established at
Granite City. Illinois, and is ])roving a successful venture, with a capable resi-
dent manager, under the general supervision of the St. Louis house.
It was in this city that Charles Niedringhaus was married, . October 31,
1867, to Miss Louisa Koenig, also of German lineage. They became the parents
of twelve children: Arthur C. ; Mrs. Lillie A. Eisenmayer, deceased; Edwin
A., deceased; John W. ; Ben F. ; Alice, the wife of Dr. Hamm, of Granite City.
Illinois: Irving C, who is living at Homestead, Pennsylvania; Edith; Louise;
Walter .S. ; Norman H. ; and Edna.
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The family attend the German Methodist church, of which Mr. Niedring-
haus is a member and steward. He is a Mason and belongs to the Aurora
lodge, while he is also associated with General Lyon Post, G. A. R.. being
entitled to membership from the fact that he served with the Fourth Missouri
Infantry in defense of the L^nion cause. His early study of the political ques-
tions and issues of the day led him to give inflexible support to the republican
party, nor has he ever had occasion to change his views as the years have passed.
His interest in politics, however, Is that of a citizen and not of a political
aspirant, for the demands of a growing business have constantly claimed his
time and attention. He made his initial step in the commercial world as an
apprentice and as the result of his capability and laudable ambition passed on
to positions of larger and larger responsibility until he is now in control of an
extensive commercial enterprise that figures as one of the elements of St. Louis'
commercial prosperity as well as a source of individual profit.
TOHN SCOTT.
John Scott, deceased, was a distinguished citizen of St. Louis who acquired
wealth by honorable dealing in a builder's field. For many years he was a promi-
nent railroad contractor and thus contributed in large measure to the develop-
ment and improvement of the west and southwest. He was born December 25,
1828, in County Roscommon, Ireland, and at the age of nineteen years came
to America to seek his fortune. The reports which he heard concerning the
business conditions and opportunities on this side of the Atlantic proved too
attractive to be resisted, and in 1855 he took up his abode in St. Louis, where
he resided up to the time of his death.
St. Louis then was little more than a country town, and Missouri had no
railroad interests, all traffic being done by way of the river. With keen insight,
realizing the possibilities for the development of the state and its growth through
the use of its natural resources, Mr. Scott became a prominent factor in rail-
road building. A railroad system was inaugurated and three lines, extending
from the city, were projected — the Northern Missouri, the Missouri Pacific and
its southwest branches, and the Iron Mountain Railroad. Preliminary surveys
were made and contracts for the construction were let. It was at that time that
Mr. Scott's career as a railroad contractor began, and for over forty years he
was successfully and prominently connected with that calling. Even in his
advanced years he remained an active factor in railroad building in association
with his sons as senior partner of the firm of John Scott & Sons. Hundreds
of miles of railroad in ^Missouri and the southwest were built under his direc-
tion, and in addition to extensive contracts in this state his operations extended
to railroad work in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico and
Arizona. He also constructed millions of cubic yards of embankment on the
levee systems in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. So extensive were his
contracts that no man in Missouri has given employment to more people than he,
and the labors of few others have equaled in importance what Mr. Scott accom-
plished. Always prompt in the execution of his contracts, his reliability was
never questioned, for he ever conformed to the highest standard of commercial
ethics. This undoubtedly constituted one of the strong features in his success.
He studied the subject of railroad building from every possible standpoint, and
knew exactly when and where and how to utilize time and materials, and the
labors of those who served him. As the years passed by he gained that wealth
which constitutes the goal of all business activity, and investigation into his
career will show that the methods which he employed were such as no man
could call into question. He died January 12, 1908.
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Mr. Scott was married in Davenport, Iowa, to Miss Ann Killeen, of that
citv. and unto them were born three sons and two daughters : Addie ; Edmond
T., of John Scott & Sons, residing in St. Louis ; Annie, wife of E. Meers, an
"attornev of Johet, lUinois ; and John R. and Thomas J., of John Scott & Sons.
Mr. Scott was a most warm-hearted, generous man. of charitable and benevo-
lent disposition, recognizing fully the obligations of financial success. He re-
mained an active factor in the world's work to an advanced age, and left the
impress of his individuality upon the upbuilding and development of his adopted
land.
PETER A. O'NEIL.
The historv of a self-made man is always of interest, as it contains some-
thing of the elements of Avarfare and it represents the efforts of the conqueror
who" in his contests with obstacles and difficulties, wins signal victories. Such
was the record of Mr. O'Neil, who started out in life for himself at the age of
twelve vears and became a prosperous business man of St. Louis. He was born
in St. Louis about 1840, the son of James and Ellen (Long) O'Neil. The father
was a contractor of St. Louis and a successful business man.
At the usual age the son, Peter A. O'Neil, entered the Jesuit College of
St. Louis and pursued his studies to the age of twelve years, when, desiring
to become self-supporting, he started out in life on his own account and from
that time until his demise depended entirely upon his own resources. He was
first employed as a messenger boy in the Benoist Bank, and the first business
in which he engaged as an independent venture was in pork packing with his
brother Hugh. Later he became connected with the Fletcher Brothers in the
same line of business and gradually made his way forward to the goal of pros-
perity which was his objective point. In 1875, thinking tO' find a still more
profitable field in the restaurant business, he took charge of the restaurant at
the Union depot and as he had anticipated found it more congenial and remunera-
tive than any other undertaking which had previously claimed his attention.
He also secured the dining-car rights on all trains leaving St. Louis and in this
field of activity he continued to meet with success for a number of years. Finally,
however, he disposed of his interests in those lines and turned his attention to
the real-estate business. Here his keen discrimination and sound judgment
found ample scope and he was seldom if ever at error, even in the slightest de-
gree, in his valuation of property or in his judgment concerning its possible
rise or diminution in price. He negotiated manv important property transfers
and at different times owned and sold considerable realty, realizing a gratifying
profit on his investments. Lie was a director of the Mercantile Trust Company
and became recognized as a forceful factor in business circles, possessing sound
judgment and rare sagacit_\\
In 1875 ■^^^- O'Neil was united in marriage to Miss ]Mary Florez. a daughter
of Bernard D. Florez, who was of Spanish descent and came to St. Louis at an
early day. He served as a soldier in the Mexican war and later engaged in
merchandising, continuing his residence in this city up to the time of his death.
fie was always active in business affairs and as he saw opportunity for favor-
able investment acquired much property, becoming recognized as one of the
cub'^tantial business men of the community. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Eleanor Rhuyour. was born and reared in St. Louis, her people having
been among the early residents of the city. Unto Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil were
born three children : Eleanor, now the wife of Fred Nolker, of St. Louis ; Ellen,
at home; and James, also of this city. Mr. O'Neil built the present beautiful
home of the family on Lindcll boulevard. In his religious faith Mr. O'Neil
was a Catholic. In municipal affairs he was deeplv interested and gave hearty
co-operation to every movenu-iit for the iK-ncfit and welfare of St. Louis. He
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52 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
served as one of the directors of the World's Fair grounds, also a member of
the building- committee, and took a very active interest in the success of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Realizing- the opportunities and possibilities
which lie before St. Louis, he worked eagerly to promote its growth along
substantial lines and his eitorts were not without avail in this direction.
ADOLPH BRAUN, JR.
Adolph Braun, Jr., secretary and treasurer of the Adolph Braun Manu-
facturing- Company, was born in St. Louis about twenty-five years ago. His
father, Adolph Braun, Sr., is a native of Germany and came to America in
1876. He had been educated in his native country for the drug business and
imm.ediately after his arrival he entered the employ of one of the old drug
houses of this city, occupying that position for many years. In 1897 he started
upon an independent business venture by organizing the Dodson-Braun Manufac-
turing Company, of which he was made secretary and treasurer. This company
has offices at Third and Cedar streets and does a very extensive business, amount-
ing probably to more than one million dollars annually. Extending the scope of
his activities in February, 1907, Adolph Braun, Sr., organized the Adolph Braun
[Manufacturing Company, wath offices at Sixth and Gratiot streets. This is
practically the only company engaging in the manufacture of high class vine-
gars in St. Louis. While the company manufactures several kinds of vinegar,
they are the only manufacturers of cane sugar vinegar in the United States, and
this has had an extensive sale. Although the business has been established for
only a short time, it has met with excellent success in the sale of its products
and the trade is constantly increasing. They conduct a strictly jobbing trade,
and although the father is now president of the company, the business is being
carried on by his sons, Adolph and Marquard. These sons were reared and edu-
cated in St. Louis, having attended the public schools there and largely received
their business training under the direction of their father. Though they are
still young men, they have demonstrated their ability and executive force and
have directed their labors to good advantage in the development and upbuilding
of the profitable and growing undertaking.
In 1905 Adolph Braun, Jr., was united in marriage to Miss Charlotta
Bauer, of St. Louis, whose father was an early settler and business man of this
city. The young couple are both well known here and are greatly esteemed
sociallv.
THOMAS PAUL GLEESON.
Thomas Paul Gleeson of the firm of Smilev & Gleeson, electrical manu-
facturers' agents, was born in St. Louis, March 31, 1880. His father, Thomas
P. Gleeson, Sr., formerly prominent in financial circles in St. Louis was for
many years cashier of the Citizens Savings Bank. He was born in Ireland and
was a half brother of Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia. His death occurred
suddenly and was the occasion of deep regret in business and church circles.
He was a prominent member of the Catholic church and as stated in a Catholic
paper, "From his early youth he learned that the church was the one great
object of Christian loyalty and the highest glory of a layman was to follow where
the clergy led." He was untiring in his devotion to the church in all of its
difficult phases of work and contributed most generously to its support as he
prospered in his business undertakings. He married Miss Susie Cartan and they
became parents of nine children, of wliom the eldest was but fourteen years of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 53
age at the time of the father's death. Mrs. Gleeson still survives her husband
and makes her home in St. Louis.
T. Paul Gleeson, of this review, was a pupil in a private school until his
fifteenth year and also spent one year in the St. Louis University, while later
he pursued a six months' course in a St. Louis commercial college. In his early
business life he occupied various positions, making changes as he saw oppor-
tunity for advancement, whereby he had broader scope for his labors and a wider
outlook for the future. For two years he was with the American Carbon &
Battery Company of St. Louis, and was treasurer of this company, when he
resigned that position to engage in business on his own account. For three
years he has been a member of the firm of Smiley & Gleeson, electrical manu-
facturers' agents. He resides with his mother at No. 5581 Von Versen avenue.
He is a Catholic in religious faith and a member of St. Rose's church. He is
also a member of the St. Louis Athletic Association and in this city where his
entire life has been spent he has many friends who esteem him highly for his
cordiality, geniality and deference for the opinions of others.
THOMAS HARPER COBBS.
Thomas Harper Cobbs a member of the firm of Bishop & Cobbs, attorneys
at law, with offices in the Third National Bank building, was born at Napoleon
in Lafayette county, Missouri, on the 26th of August, 1868. His father, Thomas
T. Cobbs, was a native of Tennessee and followed the occupation of farming
as a life work. His father became a pioneer settler of Lafayette
county, Missouri, where he built the first gristmill of the locality.
Thomas T. Cobbs arrived in this state in 1830 and also, establish-
ing his home in Lafayette county, operated his father's gristmill for
many years. He served his southland as a soldier of the Confederacy under
General Price during the latter part of the war. In his business affairs he pros-
pered, becoming well-to-do and is now living in honorable retirement from fur-
ther business cares at Odessa, Missouri, at the age of seventy-eight years. He
married Catherine Harper, a native of Woodford county, Kentucky, and a rep-
resentative of a prominent family of that state. The Harpers were widely known
as leading horse breeders and owned Longfellow and Ten Brook, two famous
horses of that day. Mrs. Cobbs' father died when she was but a young child
and she is the voungest and the only survivor of a family of seven daughters.
Thomas H. Cobbs was reared upon the home farm and attended the dis-
trict schools to the age of seventeen years, after which he matriculated in Odessa
College, at Odessa, Missouri, being graduated therefrom with the degree of
Bachelor of Science in 1889. For a short time afterward he engaged in teach-
ing, then entered the Missouri Valley College at Marshall, pursuing the classical
course. He did not complete it. however, but left school to become principal
of the high school at Slater, Missouri, in January, 1892. In September of the
same year he accepted the superintendency of the schools at Roodhouse, Illinois,
and while there engaged spent the summer seasons as a student in the University
of Chicago. In 1895 he resigned the superintendency at Roodhouse and turned
his attention to the study of law in the St. Louis Law School, a department of
Washington University. During the first year devoted to the study of law he
also completed his classical course in the same institution and was graduated
with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896. He took the bar examination during
the summer of that year and was admitted to the bar of Missouri in August,
after which he went to the Yale Law school, where he won the Bachelor of Law
degree in 1897. He always met the expenses of his university courses by teach-
ing and while at Yale he won the thesis prize. He was also elected president of
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the famous Yale-Kent Club, a debating society, which was an unusual dis-
tinction for one who had been no longer in the university than he.
Returning to Chicago, ^Ir. Cobbs entered the office of the law firm of
Flower, Smith & IMusgrave and brought his theoretical knowledge to the prac-
tical test in law work with that firm until January, 1901. He then entered into
partnership with John £. Bishop, of St. Louis, under the firm style of Bishop
& Cobbs. with offices in the Laclede building, where they remained until 1908.
Thev are now located in the Third National Bank building and enjoy a large
general civil practice. This is recognized as a strong firm and their tendency is
toward corporation law. The legal business entrusted to them is of an im-
portant character and their clientage is constantly increasing. He is the author
of a thesis on the liability for "Bills of Lading Given for Goods not in Fact
Shipped, ■■ in which the above mentioned prize was won. Endowed by nature
with keen intellectual force, which he has steadily developed through his study
and subsequent research, he has made for himself a creditable place as a prac-
titioner of law.
In professional lines !Mr. Cobbs is connected with the St. Louis and the
Missouri State Bar Associations. He likewise belongs to the Sigma Nu, a col-
lege fraternity, to the Yale Alumni Association, to the Washington University
Alumni Association and is a charter member of the Missouri Athletic Club.
He is fond of all outdoor sports, including golf and tennis, and is well known
for his pedestrian feats.
On the 30th of August, 1898, Mr. Cobbs was married to Miss Lucie Mae
Jones, of Carrollton, Illinois, a representative of a prominent and well known
family. In fraternal lines he is associated wath the Masons and the Knights
of Pythias, while both he and Mrs. Cobbs hold membership in the Presbyterian
church, in which he has served as an elder for seventeen years, being also a
member of the board of foreign missions of that church.
He thoroughlv enjoys home life and takes great pleasure in the society of
his familv and friends. He is always courteous, kindly and affable and those
who know him personally have for him warm regard. A man of great natural
ability, his success in his profession from the beginning of his residence in St.
Louis has been uniform and rapid. As has been truly remarked, after all that
may be done for a man in the way of giving him early opportunities for obtain-
ing the requirements which are sought in schools and in books, he must es-
sentiallv formulate, determine and give shape to his ow-n character and this is
what Mr. Cobbs has done. His life is exemplary in many respects and he has
ever supported those interests which are calculated to benefit and uplift human-
itv, while his own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation.
JAMES C. TRAVILLA.
James C. Travilla is serving as street commissioner of St. Louis and over
the record of his official career there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion
of evil. On the contrary, his course has been characterized by the utmost fidel-
ity to duty and his service has been most beneficial to the city. His appointment
came to him without his solicitation and was therefore the expression of the
mayor's belief in his capability and loyaltv to the municipal welfare.
Mr. Travilla is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born July ii, 1865.
His parents were Henry C. and Mary Coxcy Travilla. The father, also a na-
tive of the Keystone state, is still living there and is engaged in the flour and
grain business, but the mother died in 1901. The son, James C. Travilla, was
educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, in the State Normal and in the
University of Pennsylvania, being graduated therefrom as civil engineer with
the class of 1886. Having friends in railroad circles, he was offered a position-
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by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in the engineering department under
Colonel James Way immediately after his graduation, and at once came to St.
Louis to enter upon his duties here. He continued in that employ until 1890,
since which time he has been continuously in the city's service, with the excep-
tion of two years. From 1890 until 1894 he was connected with the board of
public improvements and then during- the succeeding two years conducted a
private business as civil engineer, associated with George Barnett. In 1896 he
was recjuested by members of the board of public improvements and others to
return to the City Hall and complying with this request served as office super-
intendent of the street department until the spring of 1907, when Mayor Wells
appointed him street commissioner without his solicitation or expectation. The
appointment came as evidence of the trust reposed in him by the chief execu-
tive and his behef in the ability of ]Mr. Travilla to efficiently and capably dis-
charge the duties of the office. Though many men of merit fill public offices,
it is seldom that they are bestowed wdthout desire on the part of the incumbent
and this position came to ^Ir. Travilla as a marked acknowledgment of his merit.
The public and the press have frequently voiced their approval of his official
service since he became street commissioner. He has worked untiringlv and
diligently to improve and beautify the city and has been identified with the
Civic League and its work, being also a champion of the proposed boulevard
system, in which he has taken great interest. He devotes his energies and at-
tention exclusively to municipal work and no word of complaint or criticism is
ever offered against him in this connection. While he has not become a wealthv
man, he enjoys an enviable reputation for his professional ability, his upright-
ness and his unquestioned integrity. When his present term of office expires
he expects to retire from public service to engage in the private practice of his
profession, feeling that he has done his full dutv in giving this much of his
time to municipal business.
On the 30th of March, 1892, in St. Louis, Mr. Travilla was married to
Miss Mary Moffitt, a sister of John S. ]\Ioffitt, a leading druggist of this citv.
They have three children : Helen, Dorothy and James C, aged respectively four-
teen, twelve and eight years.
Mr. Travilla has been president of the State Pennsylvania Societv for the
past year and is identified with the Masonic and other fraternal orders. He
is a man of domestic tastes, preferring the pleasures of his own fireside to the
enjoyment of club life. While he frequently votes the democratic ticket, he is
rather independent in politics and liberal in his views and has never obligated
himself to political influence. He holds membership with the Union Methodist
church and is a man in whom his fellowmen believe, for he is ever frank and
honest and wdthout pretense. His well spent life, however, has gained him
high regard and he justly merits the esteem which is uniformlv given him.
CHARLES FREDERICK POMMER.
Charles Frederick Pommer has been living a retired life for the past eight
years. For a long period of time he was engaged in the furniture business, in
which he had gained a wide reputation throughout the business circles of the com-
munity. He is of German descent, his grandfather having been Charles Pommer.
who was born in Halberstadt, Germany, in 1785. Earlv in life he went to Eng-
land, where he was apprenticed to a piano maker, with whom he remained until
he became familiar with all points in the manufacture of musical instnmients.
In the year 1812 he came to America and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
where he engaged in the piano manufacturing business until his death in 1845.
The father of the subject was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October of
the year 1818. Having attended the public schools for a brief period, he engaged
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in business with his father until the year 1840, when he migrated to St. Louis.
Here he engaged in the repairing and manufacturing of pianos at Gratiot and Fifth
streets, later removing to jMarket street, which enterprise he followed until he
passed away in ^lay, 1857.
Charles Frederick Ponimer was born January 12, 1850, in St. Louis, where
he attended the Laclede public school until he was eighteen years of age. Upon
the death of his father his mother continued the piano business, in which her son
engaged after leaving school and remained until the year 1888. Subsequently he
became connected with a medical book firm, under the name of Simpson & Com-
panv. He had not long been in the employ of this company when he became its
owner and continued the management of its affairs until the year 1890, when he
retired on account of ill health. He then established himself in a furniture busi-
ness at 1825-1827 Franklin avenue. In this business he was quite successful and
retired in 1900.
AMiile ^Ir. Pommer does not take an active interest in the politics of the
country, vet as far as concerns political platforms he is a republican and has al-
wavs voted for the candidates on that ticket. In religious faith he is a Presby-
terian. He was married in St. Louis to Aliss Bolmann and resides at 3642 Flora
boulevard.
WILLIA^I F. GRADOLPH.
Among the citizens of St. Louis who claim Ohio as the state of their nativity
William F. Gradolph is numbered, his birth having occurred in Toledo, August
21, 1870. His father, William F. Gradolph, was for many years engaged in
business in that city, but spent his last days in Chicago, where his death occurred
in 1904. The family is of German descent and in 1847 William F. Gradolph,
Sr., left the fatherland, crossing the Atlantic to the new world. At one time he
was proprietor of the largest confectionery business west of New York. The
grandfather, Frederick Gradolph, was connected with the Hudson Bay Com-
pany. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Antoinette Jacobs,
and was born at Niagara Falls, a daughter of the proprietor of the Niagara
Hotel.
The public schools of Toledo and Chicago enabled William F. Gradolph
to gain a thorough knowledge of the elementary principles of English learning,
but when fourteen years of age he put aside his text-books, for he desired to
provide for his own support, and entered upon an apprenticeship with L. Beck-
mann, a manufacturer and dealer in optical goods and surveying instruments
at Toledo. After three years, however, he returned to Chicago and entered the
employ of Dr. Frank Colburn. who was conducting an extensive optical business.
He remained in that connection until the death of his employer about fifteen
months later. In 1887 he became interested in the electrical business through
attending the first Electrical Show held in Chicago. It is often the seemingly
trivial incidents that prove the turning point in one's career, and Mr. Gradolph's
chance visit to that exposition turned his attention in the direction that has con-
stituted the largest feature in his success. He engaged with the Electro-Optical
Company, manufacturers of electrical and optical apparatus, and for about a
year continued witli that house. In 1888 he entered the employ of the West-
ern Electric Company, at that time the largest electric manufacturers in the
world, and remain today as the largest telephone apparatus manufacturers on
the face of the globe. For about two and a half years Mr. Gradolph was in the
employ of that company and then engaged with the Chicago Telephone Com-
pany, working his way steadily upward from the foot of the ladder. He was
promoted from one position to another until, when he severed his connection
with the house in 1894, he was serving as wire chief. In that year he went to
the east and settled at Newburgh. New "S'ork. where he became connected with
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58 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the Hudson River Telephone Company, with which he remained until 1902^
when he resigiied his position as acting chief engineer and again took up his
abode in Chicago. In the same year he became foreman in the cable department
of the American Electric Telephone Company, but in 1903 resigned his position
as superintendent of the entire works.
It was in ]\Iay of that year that Mr. Gradolph came to St. Lx)uis, accepting
a position as chief engineer with the Central Telephone & Electric Company,,
serving in that capacity until February. 1905. He resigned the same year for
the purpose of looking after the interests of some inventions which were the
outgrowth of his orig"inality and mechanical skill. This resulted- in the organ-
ization of the Gradolph Electric Company, of which he was chosen president
in 1907. This company is giving to the markets of the w'orld certain electrical
machines which have come to be recognized as of particular value on the market.
Mr. Gradolph is also the secretary and treasurer of the Economic Ore Treat-
ment Company, which has a fully paid up capital of one hundred thousand
dollars, with an office and testing plant at No. 8061/2 Chestnut street. In this
he is associated with Charles A. Xeil, president of the company, and Edward
C. Rice, chemist.
On the 17th of October, 1893, at Rockford, Illinois, ]Mr. Gradolph led to-
the marriage altar Miss Cornelia Rosevelt Blake, a daughter of Louis C.
Blake, who was associated with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Companv. The children of this marriage are: Clinton Hazlet, fifteen years of
age ; now attending the ]^lcKinley high school ; and Veronica Irene, five years
of age. Their home is at Xo. 2908A St. Vincent avenue.
Mr. Gradolph was formerly a member of the National Guard of Illinois
and New York and in both connections received medals for efficient service.
He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and American
Electro-Chemical Society, and something in the nature of his interests is indi-
cated in the fact that he is a member of the Gilbert Lake Club, a fishing and
hunting club. ]\Iany people can follow the leadership of others and under direc-
tion do good work, but those who are capable of producing something new and
valuable and of perfecting new^ plans for business development are compara-
tively few. This Mr. Gradolph has done, however, and his work has been a
worthv contribution to the electrical world.
HOBART BRINSMADE.
Not by leaps and bounds, but by the slow, steady progress that follows-
the faithful performance of daily duties with constant striving for broader op-
portunities and a wise utilization of the chances that have been offered him, has
Hobart Brinsmade reached his present position as a leading representative of
commercial interests in St. Louis, having for thirteen years been the president
of the King Brinsmade Mercantile Company of St. Louis. He is a native of
Trumbull, ContJfxticut, and a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Fairchild) Brins-
made. He is descended from an ancient English family which had its origin in
the county of Somerset (^r the county of Devon in the west of England, known
as Brinsmeade in that land. William Brinsmeade, leaving his native country,
became a resident of Charlestown, ^^Tassachusetts, about 1639. His son John
removed soon afterward to Stratford, Connecticut, and settled near the mouth
of the Housatonic river. From him have descended all of the name of Brins-
made now residing in the I'nited States. Hobart Brinsmade is one of his lineal
descendants anrl the graves of his ancestors through seven generations have
been made in the tov.^ns of Stratford and Trumbull, Connecticut.
In the Easton and Stratford .Academy of Connecticut, Hobart Brinsmade
pursued his cducatirm. which was also directed bv a private tutor. He thus-
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qiialilied for the sophomore year in the Sheffield Scientific School, a department
of Yale College, but did not enter, owing to business inducements which at that
time seemed very flattering. His early youth had been spent on his father's
farm in Trumbull, Connecticut, with the usual experiences that fall to the lot of
the agriculturist. His tastes were of a decidedly literary nature, much of his
pleasure being derived from reading and study, and after leaving the farm he
engaged in teaching school, being at first connected with the schools at East
Durham, New York, while subsequently he was principal of the graded schools
at Fairfield, New Canaan and Bridgeport, Connecticut. The four years which
followed his leaving home at the age of seventeen were thus devoted to teaching
and to the improvement of his own education.
On attaining his majority Mr. Brinsmade purchased the Sterling House
book store at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and soon after admitted the late Wil-
liam B. Hincks to a partnership. Sometime later ]\Ir. Hincks withdrew to ac-
cept the deputy coUectorship of the port and after continuing the business for
about four years Mr. Brinsmade embraced a favorable opportunity for selling
out and accepted an ofifer to go to Elmira, New York, to assume the manage-
ment of the business of the Howe Machine Company for the western part of
the Empire state and also for central Pennsylvania. Six years were devoted
to that business, on the expiration of which he came to St. Louis in the interest
of the Howe Machine Company and took the general western management of
their business, covering all the territory west of Indiana to the Pacific ocean
and south to the gulf. When his connection with the company in this position
had covered eight years ^Nlr. Brinsmade accepted a position with the Wheeler
& Wilson Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, to take charge
of their European business with headquarters at London, England. After re-
maining abroad for nearly four years, by invitation of the directors of the com-
pany he returned to Bridgeport and accepted the position of general manager of
the company, so continuing for between one and two years.
Having disposed of his interest in that business, Mr. Brinsmade returned
to St. Louis to become a partner in the wdiolesale millinery business of D. H.
King & Company under the firm name of King, Brinsmade & Company. In 1895
the business was incorporated under the name of the King-Brinsmade Mercan-
tile Company, with Mr. Brinsmade as president, and to the present time he has
remained as the chief executive officer. The forw^ard steps in his business career
are easily discernible and it will be seen that his judgment and even paced energy
have carried him forward to the goal of success. He is a man of well balanced
capacities and powers, a consistent master of himself and with thorough under-
standing of life's contacts and experiences. He is eminently a man of business
sense and easily avoids the mistakes and disasters that come to those who, though
possessing remarkable faculties in some respects, are liable to erratic movements
that result in unwarranted risk and failure. He has never been lacking in enter-
prise of the kind that leads to great accomplishments, as his present position will
indicate.
On the 3d of January, 1872, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mr. Brinsmade was
married to Miss Ella M. Lyon, a daughter of Alanson Lyon, of Redding, Con-
necticut. Their elder son, Robert Bruce Brinsmade, a mining engineer, was
graduated from Washington University and took a post-graduate course at Lehigh
University. He has had large experience in mining interests and has held the
office of president of the State Mining College at Platteville, Wisconsin ; was also
professor of metallurgy at the New Mexico Mining College at Socorro, New
Mexico. Louis Lyon Brinsmade, the younger son, is a mechanical engineer who
was graduated from Washington Lliiversity and pursued a post-graduate course
in Cornell. He is now the general eastern manager of the Westinghouse Machine
Company with headquarters in New York city. He married Claribel Green, a
daughter of Phillip Green, of St. Louis, and has two children : Eleanor Louise-
and Hobart Louis.
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]\lr. Brinsniade is a member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution
in ^lissouri and the Society of Colonial Wars, being now secretary of the Mis-
souri chapter, and a director of the New England Society. He also belongs to
the Business !Men's League, the ^Mercantile Club and the Missouri Historical So-
ciety. He served for eight years in the Connecticut National Guard, holding
the office of orderly sergeant, second and first lieutenant, and for several years
he served as captain of the Eighth regiment of Connecticut. Mr. Brinsmade was
also resident commissioner of the state of Connecticut for the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. In politics he has always been a republican, but without desire for
office, although stalwart in his championship of the party principles. He belongs
to the Pilgrim Congregational church, serving as deacon, as chairman of the board
of trustees and as chairman of the building committee, which had in charge the
erection of their new house of worship on Union avenue. He is likewise a direc-
tor of the St. Louis Young ]Men's Christian Association and of the Provident
Association. His various membership relations indicate how broad are his in-
terests, prompted by a helpful spirit in the work of promoting material, intellectual,
social and moral progress.
^lARSHALL FRANKLIN McDONALD.
Marshall Franklin ^McDonald was a young man of brilliant attainments in
the legal profession, to which he devoted the last ten years of his life. He passed
through many vicissitudes in a checkered career but never faltered in his deter-
min.ation to utilize every opportunity for advancement and progressed in the face
of difficulties which would have utterly discouraged many a man of less resolute
spirit or more limited ability. His birth occurred near Council Bluffs, Iowa, March
14, 1854. on the old homestead farm of his parents, Milton and Adelpha (Wood)
McDonald. He worked at farm labor during the spring and summer months and
in the winter seasons pursued his education in the public schools to the age of
sixteen years, when he secured a position as salesman in a drug store, remaining
there until 1875. I" the meantime, however, in 1873, ^e was graduated from
the College of Pharmacy of Chicago and then took up the study of medicine and
surgery, giving especial attention to the latter branch. He attended one course of
lectures under Professor Boyd, of Chicago, and later this knowledge proved of
great value to him in the trial of law cases involving expert medical and surgical
testimony.
Attracted by the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, Mr. McDonald went
to that section of the country in 1876, making the journey with a four-mule team
and three companions. They drove to Sidney, Nebraska, and thence on to their
destination, but while engaged in mining in the northwest, Mr, McDonald con-
tracted mountain fever and became seriously ill. His interests were neglected by
those on whom he depended and he found himself penniless in that country. It
was impossible to secure ])roper medical attendance in the camp, so he prevailed
upon some freight haulers to take him out of the hills. In a trail wagon he was
conveyed to Cheyenne. Wyoming, a distance of three hundred miles, from that
point worked his way to Denver and then walked to Deer Trail, a distance of
fifty miles. He was without funds and was still so weak that he was unable to go
farther, so he remained at that point for two or three weeks, working at anything
that he could get to do in order to pay his board. At the end of that time he
engaged with a cattle shipjxr anrl in that way reached St. Louis, November 28,
1877, lanrling at the National stockyards in East St. Louis with a train load of
cattle consigned to Cassidy & Irons.
.As he walked the streets of St. Louis tlie following day, without a cent in
his pocket, he saw some coal being unloaded on a sidewalk in front of a restaurant
on Broadway. He applied for a job of putting it in and for his service received
twenty-five cents anci the first good meal which he had eaten in manv davs. He
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 61
told the proprietor of his misfortune in the northwest and was allowed the privi-
lege of working around the restaurant for his board for six weeks. His fortunes
had then reached their lowest point and the tide turned. He lacked only the op-
portunity to display his ability and when he secured a position he was not long in
proving that he was capable of something better. Through the kindness of Meyer
Brothers & Company he obtained a position as drug clerk with Mr. Beatty in a
store at Tenth and Olive streets, where he remained until 1880, when he was
appointed clerk in the office of circuit attorney by Joseph R. Harris, who had
been elected to the superior position. Mr. Harris became interested in the young
man and, recognizing the fact that he possessed ability of a high order, persuaded
him to read law. This he did with such painstaking thoroughness that in 1881 he
secured admission to the bar and during the illness of Mr. Harris conducted the
business of an extensive and important clientage. From the time that he joined
the ranks of the legal fraternity his progress was rapid and in 1884 he was elected
assistant circuit attorney on the republican ticket for a term of four years. In
the discharge of his duties he became known as a vigorous prosecutor, as a lawyer
of keen analytical mind and of strong powers of reasoning. While in the office
some of the most noted criminal trials in the history of St. Louis courts were
before the public, including the Preller-Maxwell and the Chinese Highbinders
murder cases. His skillful handling of the facts and his comprehensive knowledge
of the medical-legal questions involved attracted wide attention among the mem-
bers of the bar in the west.
■Mr. McDonald became widely known as a most able criminal lawyer, being
retained on the Vail and many other important cases. In the Vail case he had as
his opponents four of the leading criminal attorneys of the west, but in this, as in
other important litigation, he showed his ability to cope with the eminent mem-
bers of the St. Louis bar and win the verdict which he desired. Fie was strong
in argument, logical in his deductions and gave to each point in his case due rela-
tive prominence. He did not confine his attention, however, to criminal law but
was the legal adviser of several large firms and in ten years acquired a practice
which many a man of life-time experience might well covet.
Mr. McDonald was married in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Miss Anna B.
Evans, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. She has made her home in St. Louis since
her husband's death and is well known here socially. Mr. McDonald was a mem-
ber of the St. Louis Horseshoe Hunting Club and was a great lover of fishing.
He was the owner of a number of fine horses and hounds and greatly enjoyed
the chase. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons and was a worthy ex-
emplar of the craft. He died March 6, 1898, when but forty-four years of age.
It seemed that he was far too young to be taken from the field of activity, in
which he was proving his great usefulness and ability. He had, however, made a
splendid record and the story of his life may well serve as a source of inspiration
and encouragement, showing that the buffetings of fate are never strong enough
to keep down the individual who has resolution and perseverance enough to con-
tinue his course in the face of difficulties. Mr. McDonald was honored for what
he accomplished and enjoyed a personal popularity, which arose from his cour-
tesy, geniality and deference for the opinions of others.
JOHN DOOLEY, M.D.
Dr. John Dooley, after long connection with the practice of medicine, ex-
pects soon to retire and enjoy the rest which he truly merits because of his useful
service in the professional field. He was born in Burton on Trent, England, and
after attending the public schools of that day and locality, took up the study of
medicine and was graduated in an old allopathic school, long since out of existence.
Believing the opportunities in America superior to those of his native land, he
62 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
came to the new world in 1863 and attended the Eclectic School of Medicine in
Cincinnati. Ohio, being graduated therefrom in 1875. In the meantime he had
settled in Kansas almost immediately after his arrival in this country, and prac-
ticed for some time in the city of Leavenworth. That section of the state was
then a pioneer district in which were few evidences of modern civilization. The
homes were widely scattered, and it was no uncommon thing for Dr. Dooley to
ride twenty or thirty miles on horseback to visit a patient, and perhaps would
make but one call on the entire trip. Frontier practice involved many hardships
and difficulties, but the conscientious physician thinks little of his own welfare
when suffering humanity demands his aid, and Dr. Dooley did not hesitate to
render professional service where it was needed. While living in Kansas he also
served for a short time as a member of the Kansas Militia in 1864-65. Although
he was not on active duty, some of his comrades were engaged with a portion of
General Price's force under General Shelby during the spring of 1865, while Dr.
Dooley was serving on detail to guard the stores of supplies for the United States
at Topeka, Kansas.
On leaving Leavenworth in 1877, the Doctor went to Kansas City, Missouri,
where he was engaged in active practice until 1887, when he went to California,
spending a year and a half on the Pacific coast. In 1889 he removed to St. Louis,
where he has since engaged in active practice. He was one of the first and at
this time is one of the oldest eclectic practicing physicians of St. Louis. His pa-
tronage has grown beyond his fondest anticipation, and now, at a ripe age, he is
preparing to retire permanently, having served his fellow citizens long and well
in a professional capacity. He has always held to a high standard in his pro-
fessional work, has continuously studied for further development, and his labors
have won satisfactory results for the patients and a substantial financial return
for himself.
Dr. Dooley was twice married. Ere leaving England he wedded Miss Annie
Parker Staley. of Burton on Trent, who died after their removal to the new
world. His second marriage was to Josephine A. Mclntire, who by a former mar-
riage has one daughter, now ]\Irs. Florence (Dooley) Boogher.
The Doctor belongs to the Masonic fraternity, his membership being in Occi-
dental Lodge.- Xo. 163. He was formerly a member of Leavenworth Lodge, which
he joined in 1865, demitting from that organization to the present lodge. He also
became a member of the Knights of Pythias of Leavenworth in 1876. While he
has not S(jught to figure prominently in any public life outside of his profession,
his life work has been one of signal usefulness, gaining him the gratitude of manv
and the respect of all with whom he has come in contact.
J. H. CARROLL.
The spirit of self-help is the source of all genuine worth in the individual.
It is the man who learns to justly rate his own powers and to correctly value
his opportunities who iK-comes an exem])lification of that spirit of progression
which has dominaterl .America since the inception of the republic. Such a man
is Colonel John Haydock Carroll, an eminent lawyer of St. Louis and attorney
general oi the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad system.
Born in Eric county, New York, on the '27th of June, 1857, his parents soon
afterward removed to Toledo, Ohio, and after the outbreak of the Civil war
the father started for the front in 1861 to aid in the preservation of the Union.
A brief time passed and in Cincinnati the mother was overcome by the heat and
died, leaving her little son entirely alone and unidentified in a strange city.
There wac one other son of the family but, being separated when little more
than balK-. it was years before they learned of the other's whereabouts. John
H. Carroll, thus deprivcrl by an mitoward fate of father and mother, became
J. H. CARROLL
64 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
an inmate of the Children's Home of Cincinnati in 1864. ^^'hile such institu-
tions, beneficent in their purpose and doing- a great work for humanity and
civihzation. furnish the opportunities for physical and to some degree mental
and moral development, the home training with its sheltering love and care
must of necessitv be forever lacking, and thus almost at the outset of life
Colonel Carroll was deprived of that which in later years constitutes the happiest
recollections of life. In 1866 arrangements were perfected whereby many of the
children of that institution were sent out into the state to find homes and he was
placed on a farm belonging to John Kester, a Quaker, of ^Martinsville, Ohio,
with whom he lived for three years. He then went to live with Thomas E.
Hadley, who followed general agricultural pursuits in Morgan county, Indiana,,
and with whom ^Ir. Carroll remained until 1877. His life there was one of
arduous and unremitting toil from the time of early spring planting until crops
were harvested in the late autumn. When the work of the farm was practically
over for the year he was allowed the privilege of attending the country school
in the winter months and there acquainted himself with the elementary branches-
of learning. Xature, as it were, held the bov upon her lap and spread before
him her open book, saying, "Read and learn" and from the fields and the woods^
he gathered many lessons and from the outdoor life developed a strong", sturdy
physical manhood. He had learned self-dependence, knew that his future lay
in his own keeping and that he must work out his own success from the innate
attributes of his nature. There awakened in him the laudable ambition to enter
upon a professional career and to this end he became a teacher m the public
schools, thereby providing the funds necessary to meet his needs while he was
preparing for the bar. He studied law and in December, 1880, was admitted
to practice m the Ohio courts at Cincinnati.
In the meantime Mr. Carroll had studied the question of western migration^
believing that the great district beyond the IMississippi, w'here there was less
competition than in the older east, held his opportunity. He then began study-
ing the map and railroad folders and decided to try Missouri. In the meantime
he had located his brother but had no other relatives in the world so far as he
knew, nor were friends many. He therefore did not seek advice but followed
the lead of his own judgment in this matter and in January. 1881, reached
Linneus, ^lissouri. After two months, however, he removed to Putnam county,
this state, and a few days later was adm^itted to the bar at Unionville, Missouri.
The same thoroughness which he manifested in his preparation for legal
examinations was also evidenced in the preparation of his cases. Gradually his
clientage grew in volume and importance. In fact his ability was quickly recog-
nized and in 1882 he became local attorney for the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy Railroad. The following year he was elected prosecuting attorney of
Putnam county, which position he filled until 1885 and then, after an interval
of two years, was again called to that office by appointment of Governor More-
house, his incumbency continuing until 1889. His private practice also increased
year by year as he gave tangible evidence of his ability to solve intricate legal
problems and to correctly appiv his knowledge of law to the points in litiga-
tion. In 1890 he was appointed attornev general for the great Burlington Rail-
road system, a position which he has filled to the present time. In addition he
has an extensive clientele, including individual patrons and corporations, where-
by he is connected with much of the important legal work of the district.
Colonel Carroll has not only attained prominence in professional circles
but has become equally well known in political lines. In 1882 he was chosen
a delegate to the democratic state convention, in 1886 was made a member of
the democratic state central committee, whereon he served for ten years. He was
then again elected in 1896, but the pressure of private duties compelled him to
decline. In t888 he was sent as a delegate to the democratic national conven-
tion, which nominated Grover Cleveland for a second term, and in 1892 was
alternate at large. He ha^ been a delegate to every democratic state convention
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 65
save one since his arrival in jMissouri. Ilis title of colonel was received from
Governor Francis, on whose staff he ser\'ecl for a period of fonr )ears.
Colonel Carroll was married ere his removal from Ohio, wedding- ]\lis.s
Priscilla Woodrow. of Lynchburg-, that state, in December, 1880. They now
have two children: Frances, born in 1886; and John H., in i8f;i. Their
summer home is one of the most beautiful and commodious in n.)rthern Missouri
a palatial residence of Alilwaukee brick, standing in the midst of broad acres
at Unionville, Putnam county, Missouri. Its hospitality is one of its most at-
tractive features, although its furnishings g-iyc every evidence of wealth directed
by culture and refined taste. Colonel Carroll also has a beautiful city home
at 5465 Delmar boulevard. The history of Colonel Carroll in his advance from
the most humble surroundings to a position of distinction in legal and political
circles is an added proof of the adage that truth is stranger than fiction. The
orphaned boy, dependent in early life upon the beneficence of the world for
home and shelter, is todav the cm-ner of one of the most attractive estate- in
northern Missouri and is a potent force in the life of city and commonwealth.
lAMES Y. PLAYER.
James Y. Player is serving for the second term as comptroller of the city of
St. Louis and moreover has been so closelv associated with public interests here
as to render it imperative that mention be made of him in this volume. Born in
Nashville, Tennessee, on the 14th of September, 185 1, he is a son of Thomson
Trezevant and Emma ( Yeatman) Player, natives of South Carolina and of Ten-
nessee respectively. The father was a lawyer by profession but gave the greater
part of his life to the management of his plantation and died when his son, James
Y., was but a year and a half old. The mother Avas a sister of James E. Yeatman,
prominent in this city because of his eft'orts in connection with benevolent and
educational interests. As a philanthropist he stood foremost among those whose
practical labors accomplished far-reaching results. He was one of the founders
of the Asylum for the Blind and also of the ]\Iercantile Library. He was equally
well known as one of the originators of the Washington University, of the work
of the western sanitary commission and of various charitable organizations tend-
ing to ameliorate the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. The Loyal Le-
gion of Missouri numbered him among its most prominent and honored repre-
sentatives and he enjoyed not onlv the respect but the sincere friendship and love
of those with whom he was associated. His life was actuated by the highest prin-
ciples and purposes and his death at St. Louis on the 7th of July, 1901. was the
occasion of the deepest regret.
James Y. Player pursued his education in the schools of his native city and
in various preparatory schools of the east prior to entering the Yale Scientific
School. Not long- afterward, leaving- school he became a resident of St. Louis
and secured a position in the old Merchants' Bank, where he remained for a year
and a half. Removing to Philadelphia, he was then employed by a brokerage
firm and subsequently becan-ie private secretary to George De B. Keim, who was
then the general solicitor of the Reading Railway Company. The west with its
broader opportunities, however, attracted Mr. Player and since 1875 he has con-
tinuously made his home in St. Louis. His life record does not compare unfavor-
ably with that of his honored uncle. The same public spirit and interest in the
general welfare seems to actuate him in much that he does and all conversant
with the evolution of the present educational system of St. Louis know that much
progress is directlv attributable to the discriminating efforts and practical views
of James Y. Plaver, who for a quarter of a century has been a n-iember of the
board of education. He was employed as secretary to the superintendent and
secretary of committees for fifteen years and for seven years Avas secretary and
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treasurer of the board. He has never given half-hearted service to any pubHc
work in which he is engaged. On the contrary he bends his full energies to the
accomplishment of the best possibilities in that direction and St. Louis willingly
acknowledges her indebtedness to him for his efforts in behalf of the public schools.
After retiring from the school board he devoted three years to the real-estate
business and was then again called to public office in his election to the office of
comptroller of the city for a term of four years. Public endorsement of his
service came in his reelection, so that he is now filling the office for the second
time.
On the /th of March, 1877, occurred the marriage of Mr. Player and Miss
Susan S. Polk, of Tennessee, a niece of Leonidas Polk, the distinguished Con-
federate general. Their family numbers three sons and two daughters : George
Polk, James Yeatman, Ji'-. Susan Trezevant, Thomson Trezevant and Sallie Hil-
liard. and their position is one of considerable social prominence. Mr. Player
is well known as an ardent advocate of the democracy and while he is an unfalter-
ing champion of the principles in which he believes, he never sacrifices the public
good to partisanship nor places personal aggrandizement before the general wel-
fare. On the contrary his course has been characterized by a patriotism and
loyaltv which are above question.
A\TLLIAM W. DAVIS.
William W. Davis, a member of the firm of William W. Davis & George W.
Chambers, manufacturers of decorative glass, has been thus connected with the
industrial interests of St. Louis since 1889. He was born in ^leadville, Pennsyl-
vania. December 5, 1848. His grandfather. James Davis, also a native of Penn-
sylvania, served in the war of 1812 and was of Welsh lineage, the family, how-
ever, being founded in America at an early day. The father. Judge William
Davis, was born in 1812 and became a lawyer and was for fifteen years associate
judge of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, having been elected for three consecu-
tive terms. He was noted for the soundness and justice of his decisions, w'hile
as a citizen he was progressive and ever ready to engage heartily in any enter-
prise for the public good. In manner he was quiet, kind and obliging, and such
was the hold which he had upon the aft'ections of his fellowmen that upon his
retirement from the bench he was tendered a banquet at ]\Ieadville. Pennsylvania,
by the entire bar of Crawford county, as a mark of appreciation of his personal
character and of his impartial and upright judicial career. His death occurred
July 3, 1 88 1. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Johnston, was a
daughter of Lancelot Johnston. The Johnstons were of Scotch-Irish extraction.
Lancelot Johnston served his country as a soldier and lived to the remarkable
age of ninety-nine years. His wife was a Miss Stitt.
In the public schools of ^^leadville, William W. Davis began his education
and later attended Allegheny College in that City, tie did not pursue his course
to graduation, however, but instead received training for the business world in
P>ryant & Stratton Commercial College, where he completed his course. He then
entered the banking business at Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1869. in the capacity
of bookkee]jer and later was jjiumoted to teller and cashier. On the organization
of the Citizens Bank of that place he becaiue teller and so continued until July,
1874, when he organizerl the Jamestovvii P>anking Company at Jamestown, Penn-
sylvania, and became its cashier. i-Or eight years he ca])ably managed the affairs
of that Ijank in his cjfficial ])ositinii and in i(S<S2 resigned, having been induced to
accept the position of teller in tlie ( ommercial P.ank of Titusville. where he re-
mained until 1884. He then went [n ( )il City in a similar capacitv and continued
there until 1886. In that year he entered the em])loy of the Standard Oil Com-
pany at ^'oungstown, Ohio, having charge of the pipe line construction.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 67
]\Ir. Davis arrived in St. Louis in 1888 and because of ill health was not
actively engaged in business until 1889, when he entered the William W. Davis
& George W. Chamber Company in the manufacture of decorative glass. .Some
beautiful examples of the output of the company are found in the Delmar Avenue
Baptist church, St. Peter's, St. John's, St. George's and the Union Methodist
Episcopal churches, while that seen in the Union station ranks among the finest
in the country. In addition to his manufacturing enterprise jNIr. Davis also has
coal mining interests of importance in the Indian Territorv.
In August, 1874, occurred the marriage of Mr. Davis and Miss Minnie Teft,
a daughter of Israel and ^lary Frances (Ames) Teft, her father being a member
of the firm of Teft, Wells & Company, of New York city. Mrs. Davis was born
in September, 1848, and died December 28, 1898, in Philadel])hia. Mr. Davis now
makes his home at the W'est End Hotel. He was for several vears a member of
the Alissouri Athletic Club and the Noonday Club and he is a member and vice
president of the Penn Society. He also belongs to the Presbyterian church and
he gives his political support to the republican party. He has wisely used his
native talents in his business career and his various connections have been of
importance, ranking him with the representative business men in the different
cities in which he has made his home.
FRANK ORVILLE SAWYER.
For fifty A'ears Frank Orville Sawyer has been well known in the business
circles of St. Louis and has been the guiding spirit of enterprises that have con-
tributed in substantial measure to public activitv and prosperity here. He is now
president of the F. O. Sawyer Paper Companv, known throughout the country,
and of the American Insulating [Material ^lanufacturing Company, and has various
other financial interests.
Mr. Sawyer was born December 22, 1835, at Exeter, New Hampshire, a son
of Almon and Charlotte Neil (Libbey ) Sawyer, the former a native of Norwich,
Vermont, and the latter of Limington, Alaine. The mother was a representa-
tive of the sixth generation of descendants of Captain John Libbey, who came from
England in early colonial days and settled at Oak Hill in the town of Scarborough,
[Maine. Her father. Esquire Abner Libbey, removed to Limington, Maine, in
1792, and for forty years was magistrate and acting attorney for the entire town.
On the paternal side Air. Sawyer is descended from Thomas I'righam Sawyer,
who came to America in 1635 on the ship "Susan and Ellen," and settled near
Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1839 Almon Sav.-yer removed with his family
from New Hampshire to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in the manufacture
of oilcloth, beiu"- the first in that line in the west. There he died in 1878 at the
age of seventy-live years, his birth having occurred in 1803. He was an old line
whig, active in the support of the party during its existence. Fie was also a warm
personal friend of Justice John McLean, of the United States su]K-eme court,
and in his da\- one of the most ])ronounced opponents of slavery in public life.
Frank O. Sawyer, reared and educated in Cincinnati, was graduated from
the W^oodward College with the liachelor of Art degree. In 1859 he came to St.
Louis where he engaged in the wholesale pa])er trade and has been identified
with this line of business continuously since. He has handled all the intricate and
involved interests of a growing and expanding business, vitally and conclusively,
and his enterpr,ise has carried him to a foremost position in the ranks of the
prosperous merchants and manufacturers of this citv. Today the F. O. Sawyer
Paper Company is known throughout the countr)- in its trade connections. The
American Insulating Material Manufacturing Company, of which he is president.
is almost equallv well known, and he is identified with various other interests of
68 ST. IJIIMS, THE FOl'RTH CITY.
importance and magnitude which are numbered among his dividend-paying in-
vestments.
The onlv interruption to his contimious connection with the business interests
of St. Louis came at the time of the Civil war. At the beginning of hostilities he
enlisted in the Union army, being sworn in by Captain (later General) Nathaniel
Lvon. He served for three months, participating in the early battles in ]\Iissouri,
and was a member of Captain George Rowley's company.
On the i6th of May, 1872. 'Sir. Sawyer was married to ]\Iiss Ellen S. Knowl-
ton, of Bunker Hill, Illinois, a daughter of Samuel Knowlton, who removed from
Connecticut in 1840 and settled at Bunker Hill. She is also a lineal descendant
of Colonel Thomas Knowlton, who commanded Knowlton's Rangers in the Revo-
hitionary war, and was killed while leading a charge in the battle of Harlem
Heights. It was of him that ^^'ashington said in a general order issued the day
after the battle : "The gallant and brave Colonel Knowlton, who was an honor
to anv country, fell yesterday while gallantly fighting." A large bronze statue of
Colonel Knowlton was unveiled at Hartford, Connecticut, November 13, 1895.
Unto Mr. and ^Irs. Sawyer have been born a son and daughter, who are yet
living, Frank Knowlton and ]\Iary Knowlton Sawyer. The family home is a
beautiful residence at No. 4246 Lindell boulevard.
Mr. Sawver and his family attend the Unitarian Church of the JMessiah, and
he has been generous in his contributions to church and charitable work and to
movements for the public good. Since 1856 he has been a Mason, has attained
the thirtv-second degree of Scottish Rite and has held numerous official positions
in the order. He has been a republican since the organization of the party and is
interested in those affairs wdiich are matters of civic virtue and civic pride. His
reputation for business probity is unsullied and in the city wdiich has been his
home for a half century he is honored as a man among men, the guiding princi-
ples of his life being such as ever awaken confidence and respect in any land
and clime.
ERANCIS HENRY LUDINGTON.
Erancis Henrv Ludington. passing through stages of successive advance-
ment to a position of distinction in business circles, has been president of the
H." & L. Chase Bag Company since 1895. He was born in Boston, jMassachu-
setts. September 3, 1836, his parents being Corbet and Lucy Hunnewell (Green)
Ludington. His ancestral historv is notable from the fact that many were con-
nected with the colonial wars and with the war of the Revolution. These included
Major William Johnson, whu was dejnitv for captain lieutenant and was born
in 1629 and died in 1704: Lieutenant John ^^'yman, who died in 1684; Seth
Wyman. who was lieutenant captain and was born in 1663, while his death
occurred in 1715: Seth W'xman, who was born in 1686 and died in 1725; Ross,
who also held a ca])tain's commission and was born in 1717 and died in 1808; Cap-
tain Edward Harrington, who was born in 1702 and died in 1792; and Jonathan
Harrington, who was a ])rivate in the colonial wars and was born in 1741 and
died in 1793. At the time of the Revolutionar\ war, however, he served as
second lieutenant and Ross \\ \nian mentioned above was a ca])tain of artillery
with the .American forces in the struggle for in(k'])endence.
J''rancis H. Ludingtou attended successively the grammar schools of IJoston,
Massachusetts. IMiillips Academy at .\ndover, the Middleboro (Mass.) Academy
and the I>ridgewater Normal School at liridgewater, Massachttsetts, from which
he was grarluated in i8/)0. At the age of sixteen he accepted a position at
a salary of a flf»llar and a half per week anrl boarfled at home, his daily service
being from half past six in the morning until nine at night. It was necessary
that he start in business life at this early age because of the death of his father
F. H. LUDIXGTOX
70 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and he was afterwards employed in two other grocery stores until he reached
the age of twentv years. Desiring to improve upon his intellectual attainment
at that time, he left the grocery business and attended a special school in Boston,
later continuing his studies as previously indicated, always meeting the expenses
of his course bv his own lahor. He likewise engaged in teaching school in
Houlton, ]\Iaine : \\'eymouth, ^Massachusetts; Bridgewater, ^Massachusetts ; and
Maiden of the same state.
His time was thus passed from 1862 until 1866, when he engaged with H.
& L. Chase, of Boston, ^Massachusetts, to represent their mercantile interests in
St. Louis. He arrived in this city on the nth of October, 1866, and succeeded
in ably managing the business of the house at this point, making it a profitable
trade center. The original partners, Henry S. and H. Lincoln Chase, passed
away, and following the death of William L. Chase in 1895 the old firm was
dissolved and the business was reorganized under the name of the H. & L. Chase
Bag Company, with F. H. Ludington as president. He has so continued to this
time ( 1908) and under his guidance and discriminating direction the business
has prospered, being recognized as one of the representative commercial interests
of the city. He has likewise become financially interested in the Third National
Hank and was one of its directors.
Air. Ludington has by no means confined his attention to interests bearing
solely upon his financial welfare, but has co-operated in man}' movements
whereby social, educational and moral progress have been augmented. In the
earlier years of its existence he was a director of the Young Men's Christian
Association and was also formerly a director of the Provident Association. He
belongs to the Second Baptist church and since 1867 has been treasurer, deacon
and trustee. In politics he is a stalwart republican and in more specifically social
lines he is connected with the St. Louis, Mercantile, Noonday and Glen Echo
Clubs.
Mr. Ludington lost his wife and children of his first marriage, and in 1877
he wedded Harriet Nason Kingman, of Campbell, Alassachusetts, a part of
Brockton. Her father was josiah W. Kingman, very prominent in the affairs
of Brockton. The only child of Mr. Ludington is Elliott Kingman Ludington,
who married Florence Bemis, a daughter of S. A. Bemis, of St. Louis, Missouri.
He is very domestic in his tastes, finding his greatest happiness at his own fire-
side and in the companionship of his closest personal friends. While he has
passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten he is yet an
active factor in the business world, strong in his honor and his good name,
strong in his ability to plan and to perform. In early life he manifested the ele-
mental and resourceful forces of his nature in the acciuirement of an education.
being of necessity early forced to enter business life. Since that time his advance-
ment has been gradual, yet he has steadily progressed toward the goal of pros-
perity, which is the ultimate hope of every individual who seriously sets himself
to the tasks of life.
im1':ri<i-: chol'tealt maffitt.
'Hie life record of Pierre Chouteau Maffitt constitutes an important factor in
the history of St. Louis. He has in former years filled various positions of ad-
ministrative control and executive direction, but while his financial interests are
now large, he has jjractically retired from active business management. A native
of this city, Mr. Maffitt was born September 3, 1845. His ancestors came from
Ireland and were of Scotch-Irish origin. The family has been represented in
America since 1700. when a settlement was made in Maryland. The great-grand-
father in the ]>aternal line was an officer of the Revolutionary army. The j^aternal
grandfather, William Maffitt, married a Miss Carter, of Virginia. Dr. William
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 71
INIaffitt. father of P. C Maffitt. was a surgeon of the United States arni_\-. His
birth oecurred in Chantilly, h^airfax count}-, \irginia, November 17, 1811, and
his education was acquired in Cohimbia I'niversity, in the District of Cohimbia,
from v/liich institution he was graduated in 1831 with the degree of Al. D. The
following year he was appointed a surgeon of the United States army and thus
served until 1844, when he resigned. His duties brought him frequently to St.
Louis and he decided to make his home here after leaving the army. During his
military career he took part in the Seminole war in I'dorida and while there con-
tracted malarial trouble, which tmdermined his health and finally caused his death,
on the 17th of October, 1864. He led a very tjuiet, retiring life during- his resi-
dence in St. Louis and continued to serve his fellowmen in a professional ca-
pacity. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Julia Chouteau, was born in St.
Louis February 28, 1816, and died July 2, 1897. Extended mention is made of
this prominent old St. Louis family on other pages of this volume.
Pierre Chouteau IMaffitt was educated under various tutors until Smith's
Academy was opened in 1855, when he became a student in that school. Later
he attended the Georgetown University in the District of Columbia and in i860
returned to St. Louis, where he pursued an engineering course under private
tutors. He next engaged with the Iron Mountain Company and was also secre-
tary of the Chouteau, Harrison & Valle Rolling Mills Company from 1869, after
which he was elected to the vice presidency. He severed his connection with
that company in 1874, however, in order to engage in various other enterprises,
and in 1881, in connection with Daniel Catlin and other men of prominence, he
purchased from Erastus Wells the Olive, Laclede and jMarket street railway lines.
Mr. Mafifitt became the active manager and president of the company and so con-
tinued until he sold out in 1897. He is now a director of the Bell Telephone Com-
pany of Missouri, and president of the Alafifitt Realtv & Investment Company,
under which style he conducts his extensive private realty and financial interests.
As the years have passed he has made large investments in real estate and is to-
dav the owner of much valuable income-bearing property.
On the I2th of August, 1868. Air. Mafiitt was married to Miss Mary Skinker,
of St. Louis, a member of a very prominent and well known family. Their chil-
dren are: William, who was born in 1869 and is now one of the vice presidents
of the Alercantile Trust Company; Thomas S., who was born in 1876 and is agent
for various estates ; and Julia C, born in 1884. The family residence is a palatial
home at Xo. 4315 Westminster place. Mr. Mafifitt is an ardent equestrian and is
a valued member of the St. Louis, Racquet, Country and Noonday Clubs.
JACOB STOCKE. SR.
Among the most enterprising characters of St. Louis and vicinity is Jacob
Stocke, Sr. He was born Februarv 10. 1833, in this city. His father, a native of
Pennsylvania, was George A . Stocke, his mother having been Lena Breitensten.
When an eighteen year old lad the elder Stocke came west, reaching St. Louis
in the year 1825. Here he procured work in a grocery store. For some time be-
fore and at the time of the fire of 1849. which swept away so large a portion
of the city, he had charge of the river patrol and later was made overseer at the
workhouse. Subsequently he entered the grocery business, which he conducted
successfully until his death, wdiich occurred in 1887, having attained the ad-
vanced age of approximatelv eighty years. He was highly esteemed by all who
knew him and in his demise it was acknowledged that there had passed away one
of the most prominent pioneers of the city.
Jacob Stocke was one of the five children born to George \\ Stocke and his
wife, of whom but one other child. Airs. Rol:)ert I'.erry, was alive in 1899. The
youngest of the children, Jacob Stocke, was educated in the public schools of St.
72 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrV.
Louis, attending what was known as the Lafayette and Clark schools. He began
his business career very early in life. A\'hen a mere boy he was placed in charge
of a vegetable stand in the old market, then situated between Market and Walnut
on !Main streel. Here he was initiated into the market business, which he has
since followed.
When the Center market was opened at Spruce and Seventh streets. ^Ir.
Stocke was among those who made the change to the new quarters. At the
time of the removal many of the occupants of the old building marched, headed
by prominent citizens, to the new location. In 1871 he removed to the Union
market, from which he has since supplied the leading hotels, club houses and most
prominent families of St. Louis with fruits and vegetables. Air. Stocke raises a
great ileal of this produce on his farm, which is located in St. Louis county. This
farm is remarkable as one of the most productive for fruit and vegetable pur-
poses in the west and it is admitted that no other farm throughout the entire
region has yielded such rich returns to its owner. He was also instrumental in
establishing the Progress Pressed Brick & Machine Company of St. Louis, which
has been in constant operation since 1891.
Frugal in habits and of exceptional industry, Mr. Stocke has earned the re-
ward of opulence and his present prominence in business circles. He is deeply
interested in the pursuit of agriculture and has resorted to extensive travel for the
purpose of investigating methods of farming and horticulture. He is insistently
experimenting and by this means has deduced many valuable results pertaining
to his occupation.
At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted with the Fifth ^Militia Regiment,
with which he served in defense of the Union until the declaration of peace.
\\'hile he has voted the republican ticket and at various times taken active part in
political campaigns, he has declined numerous offers of office, preferring to devote
his entire time to the transacting of his business affairs. He wedded J\Iiss Annie
Schill. daughter of a well-to-do farmer and winemaker of Overbergen. They
have the following children: Airs. Henr}- Frucli, Mrs. Louis Schurk, Mrs. Adolph
Klinger, Mrs. Henrv C. Beckmann, Mrs. A\'illiam Schroedter and lacob V. Stocke.
CHARLES NAGEL.
Charles Xagel, a lawyer now giving his attention chiefly to the interests of a
large clientage, was born on the 9th of August. 1849, ^^'^ Colorado county, Texas,
his parents being Dr. Herman and Fredricka Nagel. His paternal grandfather
was engaged in commercial pursuits and was a man of influence in his community.
The maternal grandfather and great-grandfather of Charles Nagel both devoted
their lives to the v/ork of the ministry. His father and mother in 1847 I'emoved to
Texas, where they resided until 1863. The father's sympathy being with the
north in its efforti^ to preserve the Union, it became necessary that he should leave
a district where the sentiment was hostile to his views and he therefore chose St.
Louis as a jjlace of residence.
In early boyhood Charles Xagel attended the district schools of Texas and
afterward pursued an academic course at a German private school. Eventually
he entered the St. Lotus high school, from which he was graduated in due course
of time. Determining u])on the practice of law as a life work, he made prepara-
tion for this calling as a student in the .St. Louis Law wSchool, in which he com-
pleted a two years' course, while later he spent a year as a student in the Uni-
versity of I.erlin in fiermany. There he gave special attention to the study of
Roman law, political economy, history and kindred subjects, a knowledge of
which is so essential to the successful practice of jurisprudence. Upon his return
to St. Louis in 1873 Mr. X^agel established an office and at once entered upon
the active practice of the [profession, in which he feels the deepest interest. A
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contemporary biograplier said of him: "Stiulious habits and a. fonchicss for re-
search within the scope of his chosen held of labor have made him especially
eminent as a counselor, and his candor, fairness and careful consideration to all
interest involved in cases presented to him by clients have given him an enviable
position among" members of the St. Louis bar. As a trial lawyer, these character-
istics are no less consj^icuously manifested, and his earnestness, sincerity and evi-
dent honesty of purpose never fail to impress favorably both courts and juries.
Thoroughly well versed in the science of law, he is apt in its application to cases
at th.e bar and peculiarly forceful in his expositions of the priiiciples of common
law."
As a teacher of law as well as in practice Mr. Xagel has gained considerable
distinction. Since 1875 he has been a professor in the St. Louis Law School and
his ability in imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he has
gained is a widely acknowledged fact. That which he desires to present to his
pupils is given forth in such a cogent, logical way that it manifests itself upon
the mind of bis hearers and proves an element in the accumulation of that legal
learning wdiich is necessary for the attainment of success at the bar.
In pohtics i\Ir. Xagel is a stalwart republican, giving unequivocal support to
the party where the real issues are involved, while his opinions carry weight in its
councils. He has been active in campaign work since 1880 and has frequently
been a delegate to party conventions. He does not seek nor solicit office and yet
when his fellow townsmen have requested that he serve them in public positions
he has felt that his duty as a citizen demanded his acquiescence to their wishes.
During the years 1881 and 1882 therefore he was a member of the Missouri house
of representatives and, giving careful consideration to each question which came
up for settlement, he left the impress of his individuality upon the laws enacted
during his term. In 1893 he w^as called to the presidency of the city council of St.
Louis and served for four years. He is deeply interested in the subject of public
education and has been a useful and influential member of the board of trustees
of the public library, of the board of trustees of the Washington University and
of the board of control of the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts. He is a man of
social nature with high appreciation for that rarer conu-adeship which produces
lasting friendships. He belongs to various clubs, including the St. Louis, the
Universitv, the Commercial, the Round Table, the Mercantile and the Noonday
Club and is also a member of the St. Louis Turners Society. As the years have
passed he has grown in i)o])ularitv and regard of his fellow townsmen and today
has a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.
Throughout his entire life he has been faithful to every interest entrusted to his
charge and wdiatsoever his hand finds to do, whether in his profession or in his
official duties, or in any other sphere he does with his might and with a deep
sense of conscientious obligation.
JOHN CHESTER BARROWS.
John Chester Barrows, who has devoted the last twenty-four years of his life
to the insurance business, with offices in St. Louis since 1889, where he is under-
writer for casualty and surety lines, is descended from an ancestry that is dis-
tinctively American in its lineal and collateral lines through many succeeding gen-
erations^ for the progenitor of the family in America was the Barrows who served
as the first schoolma'ster of Plvmouth, Massachusetts. His parents were the Rev.
N. Barrows, D.D., and Isabella G. Barrows, the former a distinguished divine,
known throughout the entire country. The son completed his education by grad-
uation from "Trinitv College at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1880, and four years
of his life were devoted to the profession of teaching. In 1885 he turned his at-
tention to the insurance business in New York city and in 1889 removed to St.
74 ST. LOUIS. TJiE FOURTH CITY.
Louis, wliere he has since been continuously engaged as an underwriter of cas-
ualty and surety insurance, meeting with that success which comes from an exten-
sive and constantly growing clientage. His ability in this line is most marked
and has arisen from a close study of insurance in all of its various phases and
branches.
Mr. Barrows was married in 1886 to ]\lis$ Emma Louise Adams, of Xew
York. He is a member of the Episcopal church and his social standing is indicated
somewhat by the fact that he is a member of the Glen Echo Country Club. He
also belongs to the ^Mercantile Club and is interested in those concerns of vital
importance to the cit_\- in its material, intellectual and moral development, al-
though his active business career precludes his cooperation to any extent with
public work.
A\ ILLIAM WILHELMY.
St. Louis in the early period of its existence was largely a French settlement.
Later during the closing years of the first half of the nineteenth century there
came to the citv a large number of German people, and the Teutonic element
has since been a most important one in the growth and progress of St. Louis.
It is of this class that J\Ir. Wilhelmy is a representative and the sterling traits
of his German ancestrv are manifest in his life, winning him an enviable position
in the regard of his fellowmen.
William Wilhelmy was born in Hedem, Prussia, on the 15th of January,
1835, a son of Frederick and Wilhelmina ( Peel) Wilhelmy, the former a shoe
manufacturer. In the private schools the son obtained his education and after
putting aside his text-books learned the miller's trade. He came to St. Louis in
1856, when a young man of twenty-one years, and secured a clerkship in a
grocery store, but the laudable ambition, which is an indispensable element to
success, prompted him to make arrangements whereby he might engage in busi-
ness on his own account. He carefully saved his earnings and in 1859, feeling
that his experience and capital justified such a step, he began business on his
own account as proprietor of a grocery store at the corner of Eleventh and
Buchanan streets. For twenty-three years he continued at that location and
gained a comfortable competence through his capable management, for his fair
dealing and undaunted enterprise gained for him a liberal patronage.
Tn 1889 Air. Wilhelmy retired from mercantile lines. In the meantime he
had a])preciated the fact that j)roperty in North St. Louis would some day be a
valuable part of the city. He has since reaped the benefits of his wise judgment
concerning the city's rapid growth. He was one of the founders of the IJremen
Bank and for many years one of its directors. He is still a large owner of real
estate and was one of the organizers of the North St. Louis Real Estate & Invest-
ment Company and is yet one of its directors. He has likewise been interested
in many other financial enterprises, but is not actively connected with any, his
former labor being now crowned with an age of ease.
Mr. Wilhelmy's activity, however, has not been confined to business lines.
He was one of the organizers and supporters of the Apollo Singing Society and
was instrumental in securing for the society its present home. He was also a
member of the Nf)rth End Improvement Association and in this connection did
much to promote the ])rogress and improvement of this section of the city, for
when he located in North St. Louis there were no paved streets, no city water
or city lights. His efforts have always been of a most practical character, proving
resultant factors in ]}romrjting the best interests of the city.
()n the i8th of December, 1859, Mr. Wilhelmy was married to ]Miss Kathe-
rine Renzen. a daughter of John and Annie (Tumas) Renzen. Mrs. Wilhelmy
wa.s born in Hanover, ricrniany, and came to America in 1858. The children
WILLIA^r \MLHELMY
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of this marriage, six in number, are : Henry, who resides in St. Louis county,
is married and his five children, Clara, \'era. Bertha, WilUam and Henry; Bertha,
who is the wife of Christ Pleuger. and has two children, Adeline and William ;
and \Mlhelm, Eddie, Annie and Frank, all of whom died in infancy.
In the life record of ^Ir. Wilhelmy business enterprise and benevolence have
been well balanced factors. His broad humanitarianism has prompted his help-
ful cooperation in many movements for the benefit of those less fortunate. He
is a member of the German Orphans' Home Society and has been one of its
most liberal supporters. He has likewise been a generous contributor to the
Altenheim Societv and has given freely in the support of all worthy charities of
the citv. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while in relig-
ious faith he is not bound bv sectarianism or creed, but is in sympathy with the
Protestant movement with the basic principles of all religious interests — morality
and humanitarianism.
During- the period of the Civil war ^Ir. Wilhelmy served as a member of the
Home Guards and for many years he was prominent in the councils of the repub-
lican party and contributed much to its success in the old twelfth ward. He
served for a time as a member of the city park commission and his public spirit
has always been manifest in the aid and help which he has given to measures
and movements for the public good. A man of domestic tastes he has been looked
upon as one of the sterling citizens of his section of the city, who in every rela-
tion of life has stood as an upright, honorable man. advocating progressive inter-
ests with a ready recognition of one's duties and obligations to their fellows.
His life has been crowned with merited success and the chief factor in his
prosperity has been his close application and a strict adherence to honest business
principles.
HEXRY BRO\\'X GRAHAAI.
It is not given to the majority of men to attain prominence in military or po-
litical circles, but the possibilities of a successful career in business are before
every individual. The attainment of success, however, attests the possession of
certain essential qualities. These are industry, concentration, close application and
firm purpose and with all of these requisites Henry BrovvU Graham was richly
endowed. By their exercise he gained a creditable position in manufacturing cir-
cles, being at the head of one of the leading paper industries of St. Louis.
His birth occurred in Cincinnati, (_)hio, in 183 1, his parents being James and
Mary Graham. The father was born at New Geneva, Pennsylvania, and the
mother in Middlesex, Indiana. They were married, however, in New York city
and for some time James Graham engaged in the manufacture of paper at Hamil-
ton, Ohio. In the year 1857 he arrived in St. Louis and established the first paper
mills in the west. The new enterprise proved a success, becoming- an important,
industry, employing a large force of workmen.
It was to tiiis business that Henry B. Graham succeeded on the death of
his father, at which time the enterprise passed into the hands of himself and his
brother, Benjamin B. rjraham. In the meantime he had pursued his education
in Hanover College of Indiana, where he had made a special study of mathematics.
When his literary course was completed he joined his father in business, became
acquainterl with the pajK-r trade in ])rinciple and detail and was thus well quali-
fied to assume the management and active control of the concern on his father's
death. He anrl his brother remained in active business association until a short
time prior to the demise of Henry B. (Jraham, when he withdrew. He had
helped to build up the business to large proportions, devoting his undivided time
and attention to this work, and the house became well known to the trade not
only by reason of the excellence of its output, but also owing to the straightfor-
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ward methods ever emplo_ved in the conduct of the business. The company was
ever fair and just in its treatment of employes and if ever a mistake was made in
a deal with a patron, the customer knew that mention of the fact w<ju1(1 Ijring
speedy and correct adjustment.
Mr. Graham was married iii Ouincy, Illinois, to Miss i^lvira l*rice, who died
September 12, 1908, at .Mgonac, Michigan, where she had spent the summer.
They had a son, Henry 15. Graham, Jr., whose birth occurred in St. Louis, A])ril
12, 1875. He supplemented his preliminary education by a course in the Univer-
sity School of Cleveland, Ohio, and in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
of Boston. He is now secretary and a director of the Graham Paper Company
and is a wortliN- successor of his father, displaying- the same excellent business
qualifications manifested by the former in his successful control of the establish-
ment. On the 27th of September, 1898, at X'incennes, Indiana, he was married
to Miss Florence Taylor, of Baltimore, Maryland, and after her demise wedded
Miss Zulah Rooker, of Kansas Cit}'. His children are Dorothy Moore and ]\Iar-
jorie Price. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Alpha Theta Chap-
ter, the jNIissouri Athletic Club and the Normandie Golf Club, and throughout
his native citv is widely recognized as a popular and highly esteemed young man.
Henry B. Graham, Sr., belonged to a republican /amily and ever adhered
to that faith, believing the principles of the party best calculated to conserve the
interests of good government. While a student in college he united with the
Presbyterian church and remained a consistent member thereof until his demise.
He passed away in Cleveland, Ohio, in June, 1904, leaving to his family a cred-
itable record, his example being one well worthy of emulation. He always had
great faith in St. Louis and its possibilities and was an enthusiastic advocate of
its interests. He possessed a charitable nature, manifest in his generosity to
those who needed assistance, while a kindly spirit permeated him in all of his re-
lations to his fellowmen.
TOHX T. \\^\LLACE.
John T. \\'allace, the vice president of the Blackmer & Post Pipe Company,
has throughout his entire connection with business interests, covering the period
since 1880, been connected with this house and his advancement to his present
position of administrative direction has come in recognition of his superior cpiali-
fications, his unremitting application and his keen business discernment. He was
born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, August 31, 1858, a son of H. H. and Betty S.
(Crouch) Wallace, both of whom were natives of Mrginia. The father was for
a long- period engage'd in tlie (pieensware business, but is now deceased. The
mother still survives.
At the usual age John T. Wallace became a public-school stu(lent in Fred-
ericksburg and, mastering the branches which constituted the curriculum there,
he eventuallv became a high-school student and afterward attended the Xaval
Academv at' Annapolis. When he put aside his text-books, he sought a honie
in the middle w^est, regarding the opportunities of this section of the country ui
business lines as superior to those of the older and more thickly settled east and
south. On coming to this city he secured the positicMi of bookkeeper with the
Blackmer & Post Pipe Company, wdiich recognized his ability and later made him
salesman. He has worked his' way upward through successive promotions with
constantly increasing responsibilities and duties until in 1905 he became the sec-
ond vice president. He is thoroughly familiar with the Inisiness in all of its de-
partments and ramifying interests and has been active in extending and pro-
moting its trade relations and is in hearty sympathy with the unassailable reputa-
tion which the house bears in all the lines of its business.
78 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
In 1897 ^^''- ^^ 'ill'^i^'t^ \\'^^-^ married to Mrs. Lulu Xorvell Meriwether. He
belongs to the Algonquin and to the Mercantile Clubs and holds membership in
the Rose Hill ^Masonic lodge, being a faithful follower of the craft. He also
belongs to the Presbyterian church and gives expression of his political views by
his support of the democracy at the polls. He has become thoroughly imbued with
the progressive spirit of the middle Vv'cst, which is manifest, not only in his busi-
ness connections, but also in his loyal support of and cooperation with many
movements for the public good.
RUSSELL A. RICHARDSON.
-Vlthough situated across the river. East St. Louis is practically a suburb of
the larger city on the Missouri side. It has become the location of many business
enterprises which have St. Louis as their headquarters. This has brought about
its extensive growth and consequent building operations, and it is in connection
with the last mentioned line of activity that Russell A. Richardson is well known.
He is one of the leading real-estate men and financiers of East St. Louis— a gen-
tleman wdio has perhaps given more substantial aid toward commercial and in-
dustrial development of the city than any other man. In his real-estate opera-
tions he handles only his own property and as a speculative builder he has done
much for the improvement of the city, being the promoter of many of its finest
residence districts.
Mr. Richardson was born in Quincy, Illinois, June 2, 1866, and is a son of
Charles R. and ^leriba Avise Richardson. The father was a cotton planter of
Louisiana. The family comes from Welsh and English ancestry and early rep-
resentatives of the name lived in X'irginia and Kentucky, whence later removals
w-ere made to Illinois and Louisiana. The first Richardsons in this country came
in the early part of the seventeenth century.
Russell A. Richardson was a pupil in the public schools of his native city
to the age of sixteen }ears and then became connected with merchandising and
cotton planting in Louisiana. There he carried on business until 1902, in which
year he came to St. Louis, since which time he has been prominently connected
with its real-estate and financial interests. As the business affairs of St. Louis
have crossed the river and the Illinois town of East St. Louis has in consequence
gained rapidl}-, Mr. Richardson recognized an advantageous field for other real-
estate operations and today the cit\- owes much to his efiforts, for large divisions
of the town have been u])built and improved through his efi:'orts. Within the
past year he has erected many houses and has built more business houses, princi-
pally modern office buildings, than any other individual or firm, having employed
a special force of builders steadily during the past seven years. Among large
office buildings which he built are the Richardson and Josephine buildings, the
Russell and Luc\- blocks, the last named being the largest in East St. Louis. Mr.
Richardson handles onI\- real estate owned by himself and he makes a specialty
of creating new high class residence subdivisions. He is the sole owner of the
following subdivisions, Oak (irove Heights, Richardson's First and Second sub-
divisions to East St. Louis and Richardson's Washington I'ark subdivision. The
two subdivisions of Oak Crove Heights proved to be the best selling ])roi)erty
ever placed on the market. He is also one of the largest stockholders in Holly-
wood Height-^. In financial as well as social circles Mr. Richardson is held in
high esteem, his naiue being an honcjred one on commercial paper in the larger
Missouri citv as well as in its fldurisliiiig suburl) on the Illinois side. Fle has
learned to correctly y<'due every situation, to recognize o])]iortunities that others
pass by heedlessly and as the \ears have advanced he has won a most creditable
position as an alert, energetic business man.
Mr. Richarrlson was married to .Miss Lucy I^. \. Methudy. a daughter of
LeopoUl Mctlnulv. pronn'nentK' known as a hnuberman. They have two sons.
ST. LOUIS, THE' FOURTH CITY. 79
Charles and Russell, aged respectively twelve and six years, and arc now attendin^^
school. Theirs is a magnificent home at No. 1746 Waverly place. Mr. Richardson
is an independent voter but not unmindful of his obligations in citizenship and
is in thorough sympathy with the progressive spirit which is manifest in municipal
improvement at the present time. In Alasonry he has attained the thirt\-secon<l
degree in the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine and various
other organizations. ■ He belongs to the Athletic and Union Clubs, the Lieder-
kranz and other social societies, and those wdio come within the closer circle
of his friendship find him a most congenial companion.
lOHN RING.
No man has lived in vain who has given to the world something of value
to his fellowmen, and this Mr. Ring has done through his inventive genius.
America is preeminent in the field of invention. No other land has produced so
many labor-saving devices or such varied kinds of machinery to promote the trade
interests of the world and Mr. Ring has aided in winning the reputation which
this land bears. He was born in Countv Cork, Ireland, in 1841, but was only
five years of age when brought to St. Louis by his parents, Edward and Alary
(Roche) Ring. The father left the native land in 1841. crossing the Atlantic to
New Orleans, and in 1844 he became a resident of St. Louis. Two years later
he brought his family to the new world and their home was established in this
city, where John Ring has since lived. The father established the first lard oil
factory in St. Louis and in 1857 added to this business the manufacture of can-
dles. He was the first to improve on the process for making lard and in 1857,
in connection with his son John, he instituted the improved processes for making-
refined lard to meet the conditions in the south. Within a very short time all
other manufacturers copied this process and it was not long before the entire
market was supplied with this improved refined lard. Until the other manufac-
turers adopted the methods instituted by Mr. Ring and his son they had a prac-
tical monopoly on all lard sold in Cuba, Alexico and the southern part of the
United States, as theirs w^as the only lard which would not melt into oil in the hot
southern climate. It will thus be seen that the labor of Edward Ring was an
element of marked value in commercial circles. His wife, also a native of Ireland,
was a descendant of the famous old Roche family, so well known throughout the
Emerald Isle.
John Ring went to school in St. Louis until 1855, when he became associated
with his father in business. He was for a time a student in private schools and
afterward attended the St. Louis University and the Christian Brothers College,
pursuing a course in chemistry in the latter institution. This has pnn-en of great
value to him, especially in his efl:'orts to institute methods of value in the j^roduc-
tion of lard. He continued in the manufacture of lard for a number of years and
the business on the whole was successful, although at diflferent times fires had
done some damage. In i88t, however, the disastrous fire broke out v.hicli com-
pletely wrecked the entire plant, after which 'Sir. Ring turned his attention to
other fields.
Possessing natural inventive genius, in the lard business he luul constantl\-
studied to overcome many of the difficulties which beset his competitors, and it
was while striving to do away with the obstacles of refrigeration that he invented
machinery for refrigeration and ice manufacture. In the lard making, as well
as in the packing and brewing business, refrigeration was needed independent of
ice, and after the fire of 188 1 he patented his refrigerating and ice-making ma-
chines and began their manufacture and sale. lM)r nine years, or until i8<;o, he
conducted the business and it proved a most profitable and growing venture. In
fact, it stands prominently forth in representation of one of the most important
80 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
inventions of the age. That the first machines which he produced possessed al-
most every feature of perfection is indicated by the fact that the finest machines
today are identical in ahnost every detail with the first machines which John Ring
manufactured for sale in i8Si. The first two large machines which he built and
sold were placed in the plant of the C. & L. Rose Packing Company, now the
W'aldeck Packing Company, of St. Louis, and they are still in operation in the
plant and giving good service. In 1885 he built two machines for Cox & Gordon,
packers, which are also utilized today, serving for the entire plant, save in the
extremely hot weather, when a new and larger machine is also used.
Like many other men, Air. Ring did not secure the financial benefit of his in-
vention which he should have enjoyed. He spent seventeen years in contesting
his rights in the courts and when the decision was finally in his favor it was too
late to reap any pecuniary reward, for the patents had by this time expired. The
world, too, owes to him a debt of gratitude for his invention in ice-making ma-
chines, which have placed ice within the reach of all because of its cheapness of
manufacture through the processes which he instituted. Several other inventions
owe their existence to his fertile brain and skilled hand and he stands today
among those who have given America preeminence as the land of invention.
On the 8th of September, 1868, occurred the marriage of Mr. Ring and Aliss
Kate AI. O'Neil, daughter of Judge Joseph O'Neil, formerly president of the Cit-
izens' Savings Bank. Their children were five in number. Vincent R., who died
in 1904. inherited his father's great gift of invention and at the time of his death
had charge of the manufacturing department of the Christy Fire Clay Company.
The glass manufacturing industry of this country owes a great deal to the in-
ventive mind of A'incent Ring. Their second son, John Ring, Jr., is advertising
and purchasing agent for the Mercantile Trust Company of St. Louis. Joseph
O'Xeil Ring is v^-orking for the American Tobacco Company. Alary is now the
wife of Dr. L. R. Padberg, a successful physician of St. Louis. Genevieve Ring
completes the family.
The family residence is at No. 3924 Westminster Place. Air. Ring has been
very prominent in charitable and benevolent circles and has done much efifective
work in those directions. He was for twenty years secretary of the board of
managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan asylums and for a similar period was
secretary of the upper council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, organized for
charitable purposes. He is a member of the alumni association of the St. Louis
University and a member of the Academy of Science at Philadelphia. A man of
broad mind and scholarly attainments, he has given much time to scientific re-
search and investigation and has long occupied a prominent place among those
of similar interests.
JAAIES HAGERAIAN.
James Hagerman, actively connected with a profession which has always
been regarded as a conservator of the rights and liberties of the individual and
the foundation of all society and community interests, is numbered among the
native sons of Alissouri. his birth having occurred in Jackson township, Clark
county, November 26. 1848. His father, Benjamin F. Hagerman, was a native
of Loudoun county, \"irginia, born in 1823. The years of his childhood and
youth were passed in the Old Dominion and in early manhood he removed west-
ward. settHng first in Lewis county, Alissouri, and subsequently he became a
resident of Clark county, this state. It was there he met and married Miss Ann
Cowgill, a native of Alason county, Kentucky, who had come to Alissouri wuth
her parents. After arriving in this state, Benjamin F. Hagerman devoted his
time anrl energies to agricultural jnirsuits and t(j school teaching, in what were
then jjionccr districts, but in later years turned his attention to commercial
interests in Alexandria, Clark county.
JAMES HAGERMAX
82 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
lames Hagernian, reared in the county of his nativity, is indebted to the
pubHc schools for his early education, while later he became a student in the
Christian Brothers College of St. Louis, and afterward attended Professor
Tamenson's Latin School of Keokuk. Iowa, to which place his family removed
in 1864. After leaving school he entered the law office of Rankin & McCrary,
of Keokuk, a noted iirm, of which Justice ]\Iiller, of the United States supreme
court, had shortlv before been a member. The firm occupied a position of dis-
tinctive prominence in the ranks of the members of the bar of the west, and Mr.
Hagernian was fortunate in that his studies were pursued in such an environ-
ment. He was readv for admission before he had attained his majority, but the
laws of Iowa precluded his becoming a member of the profession before he had
reached the age of twenty-one. This led him to return to Missouri, where there
was no prescribed age limit, and successfully passing the examination, he was
admitted to the ^Missouri bar by Judge Wao;ner, of the supreme court of this
state, when eighteen years of age. He returned to Keokuk, however, to enjoy
the further advantage of professional discipline and instruction in the office of
Rankin & McCrary, with whom he continued until 1869, when he formed a
partnership with H. P. Lipscomb and opened a law office of his own in Palmyra,
Missouri. A year was thus passed, on the expiration of which period he returned
to Keokuk, and in 1875 became a partner of his old preceptor, Jud^e McCrary,
under the tirm name style of McCrary, Hagernian & McCrary. This relation-
ship was maintained until 1879, when the senior partner was appointed judge of
the United States circuit court for the eighth district, and his place was filled by
Frank Hagernian, now of Kansas Citv, Missouri, the firm becoming Hagerman,
^^IcCrary & Hagernian.
As senior partner of the newlv organized tirm, James Hagernian continued
to practice in Keokuk until 1884. when he accepted the proffered general attor-
neyship of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company. This necessi-
tated his removal to Topeka, Kansas, where the general offices of the company
were located. Judge ]\IcCrary. widelv recognized as a man of national emi-
nence because of his standing at the bar and his capable service as secretary of
war under President Hayes, had become the general counsel of this corporation,
and thus I\Ir. Hagernian again came into personal and professional relations
with his old preceptor in becoming general attorney for the Santa Fe Company.
They were the legal advisers of the company during its formative period and
contribrted in no small degree to the success of what is today one of the most
important railway systems of the L^nited States. The records of the courts
indicate the successes which they won in some railway litigation which attracted
national attention.
Mr. Hagerman"s active identiiication with tlie bar of Kansas City began
in 1886, when he became a member of the firm of Warner, Dean & Hagerman.
Two years later he was made general counsel for the receivers of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Raihvax- and in addition enjoyed a large general practice until
1891, when he accepted the apnointment to the general solicitorship upon the
reorganization of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. Since 1903
he has been general counsel for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway system.
In 1893 he removed to St. Louis and the high re])utation which he had pre-
viously gained won him alnir)st immediate recognition here. His practice has
ever been of a distinctive!}- representative character and his abilitv is equallv
pronounced as counselor or attorney. He is familiar with the long line of deci-
sion.s from ^Marshall down by which the constitution has been expounded and
is equally at home in all departments of the law, gained clistinction as a trial
lawyer, and in civil jjractice he has s])ecialized to some extent in corporation law,
anrj yet few men are more thoroughly informed in all departments of juris-
prudence. He was presiflent of the St. Tyjuis Har Association for two years, in
1892 and 1P93. and of the American i'.ar Association in 1893 and 1894. He is
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also a member of the Xoonday, AJercantile and .St. Louis Clubs, besides other
social organizations.
Mr. Hagerman's position upon any matter of moment is never an equivocal
one. On the contrary, he stands as a stanch supporter of what he believes to
be for the best interests of the public and the community at large and is a recog-
nized leader in democratic circles, having since 1868 taken an active part in
every national campaign. In 1879 ^^^ presided over the Iowa state democratic
convention, which nominated H. H. Trimble for governor, and the following
year was elected a delegate from Iowa to the national democratic convention
which made General W. S. Hancock the presidential candidate. In 1888 he pre-
sided over the Missouri democratic state convention which nominated D. R.
Francis for governor.
On the 6th of October, 1871, Mr. Hagerman was united in marriage to
iNIiss ^Margaret M. Walker, of Palmyra, ]Missouri. Their children are Lee W.
and James Hagerman. who are now members of the St. Louis bar. Mr. Flager-
man is a friend and associate of many men prominent in national life as well
as those who are recognized leaders in the ranks of the legal fraternity of the
country. In a profession where success depends entirely upon individual merit
he has gained distinction, the consensus of public opinion placing him among
the men of wide learning and discrimination as regards legal matters, whereby
enviable reputation, honor and success have come to him.
SAMUEL CARSON ^IcCORMACK.
Samuel Carson McCormack, who for many years carried on business as a
contractor in St. Louis and was also recognized as a leader in local democratic
circles, was born in Niagara county. New York, January 8, 1828, and his life
record covered the intervening period to the i6th of March, 1884, when he passed
away in St. Louis. His parents were John and Nellie McCormack, of Niagara
county. New York. The advantages and opportunities which he enjoyed in boy-
hood were very limited. He attended school for only one or two terms in New
York and was therefore largely a self-educated as well as self-made man. In
the school of experience, however, he learned manv valuable lessons and increased
his intellectual strength through reading and observation.
At the age of fifteen years ^Ir. McCormack entered the employ of his
brother, William ]\IcCormack, a contractor, with whom he continued for several
years, gaining practical knowledge of building interests and becoming an expert
workman. He was afterward employed by a Mr. Greenleaf, also a contractor,
with whom he continued to the age of twenty-nine vears, occupying the position
of foreman. At the age of thirtv years he began contracting on his own account,
forming a partnership with Charles Smith, and for several years the firm en-
joyed a prosperous and growing business. The partnership was then dissolved
and Mr. ]\IcCormack was afterward alone in business up to the time of his death,
enjoying a good patronage as a general contractor. He always lived faithfully
up to the terms of his contract and his diligence and unremitting energy consti-
tuted the foundation upon which he builded his own success.
On the 4th of July, 1856, Mr. ^McCormack Avas married to Miss Harriet
Louise Shaflfner, a daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Noble) Shafifner, of St. Louis,
Missouri. The living children of this marriage are : Charles B., a contractor of
St. Louis ; Airs. Ella Moffatt, of Peabody, Kansas : Samuel C. and Harry E.,
both residents of this city; and Mrs. Hattie E. Helfesrieder, also of St. Louis.
]\Ir. ^McCormack was prominent in democratic circles and exerted a strong
influence politicallv in the tenth ward. He was president of the water board for
a number of y\ears and was a most active, earnest and efifective worker in sup-
port of the principles in which he believed and the candidates of the party. He
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gave liberally to the support of various churches, and he held membership in
Aurora Lodge, Xo. 267, A. F. & A. JNI., and also in the Odd Fellows lodge.
He belonged to several camping clubs and was very fond of hunting and fishing.
Friendship was to him never an idle word. He greatly appreciated the good
will and regard of his friends and they found him a genial and obliging companion
at all times, ever considerate of the rights and privileges of others. Though a
quarter of a century has passed since he was called to his final rest, his memory is
vet cherished by many who were his associates while he was still an active
factor in business life.
FREDERICK G. GERST.
In small towns there are found men who are "leaders" in certain walks of
life ; in the larger cities there are many who attain success in the control of ex^
tensive enterprises, each one of which contributes, however, to the commercial
prosperity and the upbuilding of the locality in which they are situated. Mr.
Gerst was actively connected with an important business, being president of the
Gerst Brothers Company, engaged in the conduct of an iron foundry at No. 800
Cass avenue for the last ten years of his life. He was born in Alsace-Lorraine,
now Germany, in September, 1841. His parents were Jacob and jMagdalena
Gerst. also natives of that land and representatives of an old French family. The
grandfather served in the Napoleonic wars, under the great Bonaparte. In the
year 1841 Jacob Gerst emigrated with his family to the new world and estab-
lished and carried on the foundry which is now the property of his son.
Frederick G. Gerst was only a few months old when brought by his parents
to the United States. He pursued his education in the college of St. Louis, which
he attended to his sixteenth year, and then took up the active pursuits of a busi-
ness career, entering upon an apprenticeship with Gaty McCrum & Company in
the iron foundry business and completing his full term of indenture — five years.
In the meantime he had become an expert in his line and had gradually worked his
way upward, increased duties and responsibilities devolving upon him as the time
passed. On the expiration of that period he joined his brother in a partnership
which continued up to the time of his death. They began operations at the present
location, but started on a small scale. Through the perseverance, integrity and
efforts of these men, however, they developed a business which is now extensive
and profitable. The growth of the trade is indicated somewhat by the fact that
employment is now furnished to about one hundred workmen. When they began
they manufactured everything to order, but now make a specialty of structural
iron for building purposes and annually handle over their counters several
hundred thousand dollars, which represents the extent of their trade rela-
tions. Tlie factory has always been equipped with the latest improved machinery
and they have ever been careful to maintain the strictest justice in their treatment
of employes, while their relations with their patrons are characterized by fair
dealing that is unassailable.
Mr. Gerst was married in St. Louis, in 1868, to Miss Caroline Hem, a daugh-
ter of John Hem, who was foreman of the stone work at the time of the erec-
tion of the courthouse in this city. Unto this marriage were born three sons and
three daughters. John F., now thirty-nine years of age, is married and is acting
as manager of his father's business. He attended college and displays a special
talent as a draftsman. Jrjse])h, thirty-three years of age, is acting as superintend-
ent of the foundry. Leo, thirty years of age, also has supervision over a part of
the business. Annie L., Lillie and Agnes have all attended college and are cul-
tured young ladies, occupying an enviable position in the social circles in v/hich
they move.
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Mr. Gerst erected his own home at No. 706 Cass avenue and the family is
there pleasantly located. He voted with the democracy and was a member of the
St. Joseph Catholic church. He also belonged to the Catholic Knights of Amer-
ica and to the St. Louis Legion of Honor. He displayed the salient characteristics
of the German race, combined with the vigor and enterprise of the American
business man, and the predominant qualities of these two nations constitute a
strong combination which made him a forceful factor in the industrial life of the
community. After a useful and well spent life he passed away July 6, 1908.
TAMES BLACK, SR.
There are those who have failed in winning success who make the claim
that environment, influence or fortunate circumstances enter largely into the ac-
complishment of all who gain prosperity, but to such carping criticism and lack
of appreciation as this it need onlv be said that if the individual will examine into
the secret of success of the great majority of those who have passed their fellow
travelers on the journey of life it will be found that their progress is due not to
opportunities that do not encompass the whole race but to their wise and judicious
use of advantages which others neglect. \A^ork, persistent and indefatigable work,
is the basis of all success, and verification of this statement is found in the life
record of James Black, Sr., who for fifty years was a leading contractor of St.
Louis, within which time he executed more contracts than any other contractor
of the city. He made a splendid record by reason of the straightforward businesi:
methods which he ever followed and his record may well serve as a source of
inspiration and encouragement to others if they will but follow the obvious les-
sons which it contains.
Mr. Black was born March 6, 1829, at Killynure, County Donegal, Ireland.
His parents were John and Jane (^ Woods) Black who owned a large farm, on
which were born three sons and two daughters. The son James was educated
in a Donegal university, from which he was graduated at an early age. _ He
excelled in mathematics and was a man of extensive knowledge, remaining
throughout his entire life a student of the questions afi'ecting individual deveb
opment and the world's progress. In early manhood he studied for the ministry
and had comprehensive knowledge of theology but determined to devote his
time and talents to business affairs. While a young man he was an enthusiast
on the subject of athletic sports and devoted considerable time to hunting and
fishing in early youth. He never neglected life's lessons, however, and his busi-
ness career was marked by that steady progression which indicated constantly
expanding powers.
Mr. Black arrived in the United States in 1849 and devoted two years to
work on the canal at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. He then came to St. Louis and
completed his trade as a mason and in 1855 became general superintendent for
the Lvnch & AIcFadden Company. He was thus identified with building inter-
ests until 1861, when he left for California and devoted five years to mining.
He then returned to St. Louis in 1866 and organized the firm of Black & Davis,
which continued until the death of the senior partner. Later partnership rela-
tions existed and in 1892 the present firm was organized under the name of the
James Black Alasonry & Contracting Company. Throughout the years of his
active connection wath business interests here ]\Ir. Black occupied a prominent
position as a representative of his chosen line of activity. He kept in touch
with the advancement which has been continuously made in building lines and
always stood for that which was highest and best in building construction. Many
of the fine office buildings, business blocks and residences of St. Louis stand as
monuments to his skill, 'thrift and ability. His business brought him into close
contact with manv of the active business men of the citv and all who knew him
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entertained for him that respect and regard which are uniformly the tribute to
genuine worth. As his business increased, bringing him added prosperity, he
extended his efforts into other Hues although all were of a kindred nature. He
organized the James Black Realty Company in 1900 and became its president;
he" was also the president of the Grafton Quarry Company and the Dolmite
Quarry Company ; and he had a large interest in the Frisco Building Company.
tTie Kugarok Realty Company & Hotel Company, the November Inyestment
Company and other large concerns in Aiissouri, Washington and Alaska.
In 1861 ]\Ir. Black organized a company of volunteers of which he was
elected captain but at that time the United States government had plenty of
troops and the company disbanded. In 1865 he became a member of the Odd
Fellows society and in i860 he joined the temperance lodge, called Lily of the
Valley. Throughout his entire life he w'as a strict temperance man and did all
he could to inculcate these principles among those with whom he w^as associated.
His religous faith w-as that of the Presbyterian church and no man more earnestly
attempted to shape his life in conformity to the principles of the Christian religion.
On the 3d of January, 1867, in St. Louis, ]\Iissouri, Mr. Black was united in
marriage to ]\Iiss Sarah Barry, a daughter of Edmund Barry, a descendant of
Commodore Barry. Their sons and daughters are : Jane, the widow of Richard
\\'eisel ; George S. ; James W. ; Emma A. ; William D., professor of otology and
laryngology at Barnes University ; Charles L. ; Sarah B. ; and Albert E., a civil
engineer. There is also one grandson, James H. Weisel.
After a useful and well spent life, Mr. Black passed away June 9, 1907.
Perhaps no better estimate of his character can be given than by quoting from
his old time associate and dearest friend, the man who perhaps knew him better
than any one outside of his family — Porter White. After fifty years' associa-
tion with ISlv. Black, Mr. White said: "He was one of the grandest men the
Lord ever created. He fulfilled his mission of doing good to mankind and he
did his part toward making the world happier and better for his participation in
its aflfairs in a self-sacrificing noble manner. He never spoke ill of any one but
on the other hand tried to help struggling humanity. His success in life was due
to his upright honorable methods of conducting business, his sterling integrity
and nobility of purpose. His record was as an open book and each page was a
brilliant tribute to the sturdy lessons of life well learned and thoroughly per-
formed."
CONDE LOUIS BENOIST.
Conde Louis Benoist, giving his personal supervision to private business
affairs and investments, is a representative of one of the oldest families of St.
Louis and has back of him an ancestry bono -able and distinguished. The name
of Benoist has figured prominently in the anr.als of the southwest for more than
a century and in his private Dusiness career Mr. Benoist is making a record
which is in harmony with that of his forebears. He was born in St. Louis, on
the present site of the Wright building at the corner of Eighth and Pine streets,
in r3ctober, 1846.
His father, Louis Auguste Benoist, a pioneer banker and financier of the
city, was born August 13, 1803, in St. Louis, which was then a little French
village under Spanish control. He was a son of Francois Marie Benoist and
his mother was a daughter of Charles Sanguinet, and both were numbered
among those who laid the foundation of the present metropolis of the southwest
and the fourth city of the Union. Both the parents were of noted families.
Francois Marie Benoist was the only son of Jacques Louis Benoist, the eldest
son of Antoine Gabriel Francois Benoist, chevalier of the Royal and Military
Order of St. Ivniis, received from Louis XV of France in recognition of his
distinguished service with the French army between 1735 and 1760. The
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88 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Benoists were of an old and illustrious French family descended directly from
Guillaume Benoist, chamberlain of Charles VII of France in 1437.
Francois !Marie Benoist, grandfather of Conde L. Benoist of this review,
was born in }iIontreal, Canada, and in the maternal line was a great-grandson
of Lemovne de Sainte Helene, the second of the famous sons of the renowned
Charles Lemoyne and brother of De Bienville, founder of New Orleans, and
D'Iberville. who was the first to enter the mouth of the ^Mississippi river and
was one of the greatest captains of his day. Francois Marie Benoist acquired
his education in Laval University in Quebec and when yet a young man made
his way to the French city of St. Louis. Like many of his contemporaries, he
became a fur trader and very prosperous, so that his family enjoyed all the
social and educational advantages.
Louis A. Benoist, as stated, was born in St. Louis, August 13, 1803,
acquired his early education under private tutors and at one time was a pupil
of Judg'e Tompkins, later one of the territorial judges of Missouri. Subse-
quently he was sent to St. Thomas College in Kentucky under Dominican
priests. He thence returned to St. Louis and after three years began the study
of medicine under Dr. Trudeau, a pioneer physician, who directed his reading
for two years. It was not his intention, however, to become a practitioner and
when two years had passed he took up the study of law in the office of Horatio
Cozzens and was eventually admitted to the bar. He then formed a partner-
ship with the well known Pierre Provenchere, with whom he was associated in
practice until his father desired him to go to France to settle his grandfather's
estate. His trip abroad was made in a sailing vessel and after a voyage of six
weeks he reached the home of his ancestors. His return trip was a thrilling
and perilous one, for in the wreck in the Bay of Biscay he almost lost his life.
Finally, however, he was picked up by another vessel and eventually reached
home. He then devoted his attention to financial affairs. Nature seemed to
have intended him for a commercial rather than a legal career. Accordingly
he opened a real-estate and brokerage office and in the conduct of his business
represented many capitalists in investments and loans. He secured a very exten-
sive clientage and the success which he met in that undertaking prompted him
to regularly enter the banking business in 1832. The new enterprise proved a
marked success and in 1838 he established a branch house in New Orleans
under the firm name of Benoist & Hackney, which later became Benoist, Shaw
& Company. These two institutions at St. Louis and New Orleans ranked
among the strongest financial enterprises of the southwest. In 1842, however,
the St. Louis house was temporarily compelled to suspend on account of the
financial panic of the previous years, but very soon they weathered the storm
and the bank doors were again open under most favorable conditions. All
depositors were paid in full and this so increased the confidence in the institu-
tion that it became stronger than ever. Mr. Benoist was justly considered one
of the most eminent financiers of the west in his day, as well as one of its most
progressive men. He seemed to possess almost intuitive wisdom in determining
the value and possibilities of a business situation and his investments were
therefore most carefully and judiciously made. During the widespread finan-
cial panic of 1857, when banks throughout the country were in trouble, the insti-
tution which he established in .St. Louis went through the storm unquestioned
and unhurt, for the public had the utmost trust in the honor and fidelity of him
who stood at the head of the institution. While he saw in his earlier business
career some dark days, his financial valuation at his death was five million
dollars. He passed away in 1867, while sojourning in Cuba. He was a man
of broad capabilities anrl well developed powers, with thorough understanding
of medicine, the law and general literature, while as a banker and financier he
was unequaled in his day in the southwest. He stood as a central figure in
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 89
money circles, enjoying" the admiration of all, the full trust of his contemporaries
and the thorough respect of his colleagues.
Louis A. Benoist was married three times and had seventeen children.
He first wedded Miss Barton, of Cahokia, Illinois, and their only child died in
infancy. For his second wife he chose Miss Hackney, of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, and their children were : Sanguinet H. ; Anne Eliza, who became the
wife of Dr. Montrose A. Fallen ; Louise A., the wife of Cornelius Tompkins ;
Esther A., the wife of William F. Nast; and Conde L. Benoist, of this review.
By the third marriage, to ]\Iiss Sarah E. Wilson, of New Jersey, there were
born the following named: Henry; Eugene H.; M. Clemence, who is the wife
of Charles A. Faris and has one son, Charleville Benoist Faris ; Helen A., the
wife of John F. Carton ; Louis A. ; Theodore ; Leo De Smet ; and Howard.
Conde L. Benoist attended the Jesuit College of St. Louis and also of Ken-
tucky and after leaving school became a clerk in the bank of L. A. Benoist &
Company, where he remained for a year or two. Following his father's death
he devoted his attention to the supervision of property which he inherited as
his share of the estate, and in his control of this has greatly developed his inter-
ests and augmented his financial resources by judicious investment and careful
management. He is recognized as a man of excellent business ability and sound
judgment, commanding" the respect and confidence of business associates and all
with whom his transactions have brought him in contact.
In 1870 Mr. Benoist was married to Miss Clemence C. Christy, of St.
Louis, a representative of the famous Christy family. Their children are :
Conde A., who was born in 1878 and is now associated with his father in
business; Louis M., born in 1887; Lami F., born in 1892; Clemence P.; and
Marie B.
Mr. Benoist has never sought to figure in public life, possessing a nature
of quiet retirement rather than one which seeks publicity. His aid and influence,
however, can be counted upon to further his city's welfare and he is everywhere
regarded as a most worthy representative of one of the oldest and most honored
families of St. Louis.
LAUREXXE HARRIGAN.
St. Louis has had no more efficient chief of police than was Laurence Harri-
gan, now deceased, who at different times served as the chief executive officer
in maintaining the rights and liberties of the law-abiding people. He was born
in the County of Limerick, Ireland, June 15, 1834, a son of James and Johanna
(Scanlan) Harrigan, the former a farmer by occupation.
In the schools of his native land Laurence Harrigan acquired a fair educa-
tion and in 1848, at the age of fourteen years, he crossed the Atlantic to New
York, where he began learning the shoemaker's trade. He remained in that city
until the year 1853 and then came to St. Louis, where he again worked at his
trade but at length the close confinement made it necessary that he give his atten-
tion to other pursuits and in June, 1857, he ceased to work at the bench and
became connected with the police force. It was through the influence of the
Hon. Frank P. Blair, in whom IMajor Llarrigan at all times found a stanch friend,
that he received his appointment. His ability and fidelity soon won him promo-
tion and within two years he was made sergeant. In that position his merit won
him early recognition and he was later promoted to the rank of lieutenant. In
1868 he became chief of detectives and in that connection made a most commend-
able reputation. The Harrigan administration of the detective branch of the
police department was replete with some of the cleverest work ever known in the
United States. His name in this connection became known from New York to
90 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
San Francisco and he succeeded in bringing some of the notorious culprits of
the country to justice. Remaining- an active member of the pohce force until
1870. Major Harrigan then resigned in order to engage in the livery business,
but he had in the meantime become deeply attached to the work of the police
department and. giving over his livery business to the charge of his son, Lau-
rence P. Harrigan, Jr., he accepted the appointment of chief of police. On the
1st of June, 1874, he once more resigned and on the i8th of November, 1875,
was elected to the state legislature. He proved an able working member of the
house, being connected with much of the constructive work done in the committee
rooms. It was he who conceived the idea and secured the passage of a bill known
as the "Harrigan anti horse shark bill" and which, becoming a law, is often
quoted in the courts. On the 8th of January, 1884, Major Harrigan again joined
the police force and continued as its chief until May 4, 1886, when he resigned
to accept an appointment from President Grover Cleveland, who made him.
appraiser of the port. On the expiration of his term in the government service
in 1890, the name of JMajor Harrigan again figured in connection with the police
service of the citv and he remained continuously as chief until May i, 1898, when
he resigned, retiring permanently from the office. Under his guidance the work
of the department had been thoroughly systematized and stringent resolutions
were adopted for the protection of the interests of the city through police care
and regulation. That he was again and again called to the office was proof of
his marked ability and loyalty and there is no name which has had more honorable
association with the police service of the city than that of Alajor Harrigan.
In June. 1855, was celebrated the marriage of Major Harrigan and Miss
Suzanne Cole, a ladv of Alsatian French parentage, who, however, was born in
Bavaria and became a resident of St. Louis in early girlhood. By this marriage
there were four children, Laura M., Laurence P., Susan E. and Philip S., but
the last named died in infancy. In religious faith Major Harrigan was a devout
Catholic and always an enthusiastic supporter of the church. He never had
occasion to regret his determination to come to America in his youthful days,
for he found opportunities here that led him to a position of prominence, plac-
ing him for many years in a conspicuous position in the municipal life of St.
Louis. His fellow-townsmen came to know and to honor him for his sterling
worth and he made a record for public service over which there fell no shadow
of wrong or suspicion of evil.
AIEREDITH MARTIN, JR.
Mcreflith ]\Iartin, Jr., is the efficient cashier of Joseph Glaser & Son, stock
brokers. In this ca])acity he has been officiating since 1898. During his business
career ^Ir. Martin has served in many responsible positions and is accounted
one of the most proficient and reliable men in the commercial circles of the city.
He was born in St. Louis, his parents being Dr. Meredith and Eliza (Gay)
Martin.
The public schools afforded Mr. Martin his early education. Completing
his study in the grammar-school branches at the age of sixteen years, he became
a student at the Edward Wyman's College. In this institution he pursued a two
years' course of study and was graduated. Immediately he became affiliated with
Gay & Ilanenkamp, wholesale grocers, working for this firm as a clerk for the
period of one year. Here he acquired his first business experience and showed
himself to be possessed of the qualities necessary to enable him to rise in the
commercial world.
Resigning his position with this firm, Mr. Martin entered the employ of the
St, Louis National Bank, in the capacity of a collector, in which position he
served for about a year. His interest in the welfare of the institution, attentive*
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUiY. 91
ness to duty and business ability en.abled him to ascend from one station of trust
to another until he was finally made ]Daying- teller. In the latter capacity he
worked for some time when he resigned after eight years' connection with thai
bank and entered the stock brokerage business for himself. Remaining in busi
ness for the period of one year, he sold out and accepted the position of cashie.
for Jones, Edwards & Company, wholesale liquor dealers. Resigning this posi-
tion after a few years of satisfactory service, he was engaged as cashier for A. J
Weil & Company Stock & Foreign Exchange. ^Ir. Weil sold his interest in the
firm and it became known under its present name, Joseph Glaser & Sons. Mr,
IMartin was retained as cashier, in wdiich capacity he is now serving.
Mr. Alartin was united in marriage to Aliss Lilv [Millen in Alton, Illinois
April 20, 1888. Their only child, Josephine, is a pupil of the public schools. In
politics Air. Martin believes in the fundamental character of the principles of the
republican party and uses his influence in working for the success of its candi-
dates. His religious faith is apparent upon mention that he is a ]\Iethodist. He
resides at 4443 \\'ashington boulevard, where he owns a beautiful home.
WILLIAM CHADICK FORDYCE.
\\'illiam Chadick Fordyce. whose diverse and extensive interests make him
a factor in the city's development along modern lines of progress resulting from
intense activity, is perhaps best known as the vice president of the Common-
wealth Trust Company, and yet is connected with many other important finan-
cial, commercial and industrial concerns. He was born November 28, 1871. in
Huntsville, Alabama. His father, Samuel W. Fordyce, a native of Ohio, came
to St. Louis in 1885 and has since been extensively engaged in the building and
operation of railways and is also associated with many other business interests.
He is still verv active and well known in financial circles as a promoter of large
interests of far-reaching effect and importance. The Fordyce family came orig-
inallv from the Highlands of Scotland, the founder of the family in America
arriving about the middle of the eighteenth century. Representatives of the family
have since been prominent in successive generations in West Virginia and west-
ern Pennsylvania. The mother of William C. Fordyce was in her maidenhood
Susan Elizabeth Chadick, descended from English and Welsh ancestry. The
family was founded originallv in North Carolina, whence a removal was made
to Kentucky with the emigration that accompanied Daniel Boone about 1765.
The family has since been represented in Kentucky and middle Tennessee. Wil-
liam C. Fordyce is the second of four children, all yet living. His brother, John
R.. is engaged in the manufacture of cotton machinery at Little Rock, Arkansas.
The sister, Jane, is the wife of Major David S. Stanley of the United States
army, now on duty at Washington, D. C, while the youngest brother, Samuel W.
Fordyce, Jr., is an attorney at law of this city.
In his earlv boyhood the family removed to Arkansas, and there William
C. Fordyce remained until fourteen years of age, when he came to St. Louis.
He acquired his education here under private tutors and through extensive travel,
also pursuing a college course in Harvard L^niversity to his graduation with the
class of 1895. He has since been identified with railroad interests in the lines
of organization, construction and promotion, and has also been a cooperant factor
in the development of many steam and electric railways, manufacturing and bank-
ing enterprises, gas and water works and various industries in many parts of the
country. In 1905 he became vice president of the Commonwealth Trust Com-
pany, to which he has since devoted much of his time, although still continuing
his activity in his numerous other enterprises. He is now president of the Little
Rock & Hot Springs Western Railway Company; vice president of the Hot
Springs Street Railway Company ; vice president of the Hot Springs Water, Gas
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& Electric Company ; vice president of the Planters Hotel Company of St. Louis ;
vice president of the Hotel Jefferson Company of St. Louis ; and vice president
-of the Thomas-Fordyce iManufacturing Company of Little Rock, Arkansas. He
is a man of indefatigable energy, who knows no idle moments, his time being
•completelv occupied in his manifold duties in connection with the organization
and management of the various concerns with which he is now connected. His
labors have been of an important character in the communities where he has
operated, his business interests always being of that kind which have prompted
general development and progress as well as- individual success.
On the 1 6th of June, 1902, Air. Fordyce was married in St. Louis to Chris-
tine Orrick, a daughter of the late John C. Orrick, of St. Louis, well known as
an attorney here for many years. They have two children: William C, born
' December 25, 1903 ; and- Allen Orrick, May 5, 1905. He indulges in literary
work and in tennis as a source of recreation and has also traveled quite exten-
sively. While frank and genial in his disposition he is also dignified in manner
and stands as a high type of the cultured gentleman and the progressive Amer-
ican whose intense and intelligently directed business activity has been an element
in the development of the natural resources of the southwest. His seems to
Tdc accumulative force, each new enterprise with which he becomes connected
developing rather than depleting his store of energy and capability, his expanding
powers finding expression in the constantly gro\ying number of business interests
"with which he is connected.
HENRY MARTYN BLOSSOM.
Henry Alartyn Blossom, prominent as a representative of insurance inter-
ests in the west, stands as a successful business man and yet does not belong to
that class who have sacrificed every other interest in life in order to attain
business prominence and prosperity. On the contrary, his has been a well bal-
anced life in which due attention has been paid to the interests of public moment
and to the development of aesthetic, intellectual and moral culture in the
community in which he has lived.
He was born in ^Madison, New York, in 1833, a son of Rufus and Tirza
(Farnsworth) Blossom. The family was established in New England in early
colonial days and Rufus Blossom was born in eastern Massachusetts. He
removed from New England to the Empire state and late in life came to the
middle west, passing away in St. Louis at an advanced age. His wife died in
Indiana, in which state the familv resided for some vears after leaving New
York.
In his boyhood days Henry ]\I. Blossom acquired a public-school education
and while still a youth began business life on his own account. He was identi-
fied with what appears now as one of the picturesque epochs in the country's
history — that of steamboat navigation on the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers.
It was a period in which the steamboats were well termed "floating palaces"
and the greater part of travel was done in this way, the Mississippi, the Missouri
and other rivers being the great highways, for the era of railroad transportation
"had not yet dawned in the west and south.
Coming to St. Louis in 1852, Mr. Blossom was made second clerk on a
boat of which his brother. Captain C. D. Blossom, was then the first clerk. A
few years later he purchased his brother's interest in this boat and thus became
part owner and first clerk, continuing in this capacity on the "Polar Star," later
on the "Morning Star" and still later on the "Hiawatha." He was thus engaged
until just before the Civil war and he then retired to engage in the insurance
business, which has since claimcfl liis attention. He was first ofificiallv con-
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nected with the Glohe ^lutual Insurance Company, a local corporation, as its
secretary, and continued with that company up to the time of the Chicago fire.
He then accepted the agency of other companies and began the development of
his business, which by careful control and sound judgment has grown into one
of the great insurance agencies of the west. ]\Ir. Blossom acts as representative
of manv foreign as well as domestic companies. He had formed a wide
acquaintance during his connection with steamboat interests and his unfailing
courtesy, his intelligence and geniality had made him very popular and gained
him manv friends who extended their patronage to him after he entered the
field of insurance.
Following his location in St. Louis, Air. Blossom soon became recognized
as a representative business man and citizen, not alone because of his position
and influence in insurance circles, but also by reason of his active and helpful
cooperation in many movements of direct benefit to the city in other ways.
He is a member of the St. Louis and Mercantile Clubs and is one of the original
members of the Noonday Club.
]\lr. Blosiom had been a resident of the west for only a brief period when
he returned to his old home in New York and was married there to Miss Susan
H. Brigham, with whom he had been acquainted from his childhood. Her
father was Salmon Brigham, a well known leather manufacturer and a man
of prominence. To them were born three sons and two daughters. The eldest
of the sons, Edmund Dwight, is associated with his father in business. The
second son, Russell, died six months after his mother's death, in August, 1896.
The third son, Henry M. Blossom, Jr., is now a resident of New York and is
known throughout the country as an author, librettist and playwright. Promi-
nent among his productions is the well known play Checkers, dramatized by
him from his widely read story of that title. He is also the author of the Yan-
kee Consul, in which the actor Raymond Hitchcock starred ; Mile. Modiste and
The Prima Donna, written for Fritzi Scheff ; and the Red Mill, written for the
comedians, ^Montgomery and Stone, all of these productions having had almost
phenomenal success. Henry M. Blossom, Jr., is a young man of ability and
talent, with a clear perception of enlightened public taste and of the best dramatic
and operatic forms.
Henry M. Blossom, of St. Louis, became a member of the . Presbyterian
church soon after locating here and has taken a great interest in all branches
of church work, being an elder of this church for more than twenty-five years
and for forty years a member of the board of trustees and the directing genius
of the choir. He has always given his influence to those interests which pro-
mote culture ir; lines of art, which work for the' christianizing of the race and
whicli recoo-nize the common brotherhood of man.
Samuel m. lederer.
Prominent among the men to whom the city of St. Louis is indebted for
the erection of many of its most imposing structures is Samuel M. Lederer, who
has been president of the Pickel Stone Company for the past sixteen years. The
offices and yards of the company are located at No. 1320 Old Manchester road.
Mr. Lederer commenced his career with the advantages of an excellent education.
This, however, while hclfjful to him in some measure, was not alone that to which
was attributable the success with which his efiforts have been crowned. He
possessed practical ability as well as theoretical energy and by thoughtful and
provident transactions was able to make the world his servant to the extent of
afi^ording him as comjK-nsation for his energetic application a prosperous career.
Throughfiut his life he has been noted for his aggressive spirit. Ambition has
aKvavs characterized jiim and from liis youth he has labored with firm resolu-
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tion and devotion to business to become independent and useful in the commer-
cial world.
Air. Lederer was born in New York city, September 28, 1853, and is the son
of Samuel and ]\lary Lederer. His fatlier was a native of Austria, where he
received a liberal education in the common schools. Upon completing his studies
he entered a tannery as an apprentice and, having remained at this occupation
sufficient time to familiarize himself with the business, he launched out in the
enterprise for himself. After having accumulated considerable means he came
to America in 1844, and pursued the same enterprise in New Brunswick, New
Jersey, where he still continues an active life, managing the afifairs of an exten-
sive business at the advanced age of eighty-five years.
His preliminary education Samuel 1\I. Lederer obtained in private schools of
New York city, where he remained until he had attained the age of fourteen
years. He then attended the College of the City of New York, where he was a
student for four years. After pursuing the study of law for a period of two
years he engaged in a mercantile business in New York city. This he had fol-
lowed for three years and then he came to St. Louis county. He had been in the
latter place but a short time when he became interested in a stone quarry in Mer-
rimac Highlands and for four years he employed quite a number of men in work-
ing it, greatly to his advantage from a pecuniary standpoint. In the meantime
he purchased an interest in the Pickel Stone Company, one of the largest con-
cerns of the kind in the vicinity, and of this concern he became president in the
year 1892. During his career he has been very successful and has succeeded in
adding greatly to the proportions of his business. Among the valuable proper-
ties of which Mr. Lederer is the owner is the Washington Hotel, which he con-
structed himself, and other important buildings in the city v/hich he erected are
the \A^ashington L^niversity buildings, the Manual Training School, Smith Acad-
emy, the Rialto building, new Brown Shoe Company building, the Silk Exchange.
Mary Institute building, new city hall, all of the Carnegie libraries, the new Coli-
seum, St. Francis de Sales Catholic church, entrance to Monticello Seminary at
Godfrey, Illinois, the Graham Paper Companv buildings, a part of the Anheuser-
Busch plant, the Lister building and the Dulanv Realty building.
Mr. Lederer has also constructed a number of private residences, among
which are those ow-ned by Dr. Tuholske, W. C. G. Luyties, Oscar Johnson, Theo-
dore Hemmelmann, Samuel Kennard, G. W. Brown. J. H. Allen and Dr. Nichol's
church. Air. Lederer is one of the most prominent men in the building industry
in St. Louis.
On January 2, 1884, Air. Lederer was united in marriage, in New York city,
to Miss Augusta Bodenheimer. They have four children : Airs. Jeanette Hirsch-
berg, of New York city; Lucile, a junior at Washington LTniversity ; Alarie, a
junior at Central high school ; and James, wdio is attending the Alanual Training
School, with the view of becoming a civil engineer. James, although but sixteen
years of age, is manager of the school paper known as The Voice. The family
reside at No. 3412 Washington avenue, where they have a beautiful home. Air.
Lc l:rer has under construction at present an elegant residence on Lindell Ter-
race, opposite Forest park, which he intends to occupy upon its completion.
CHARLES ERNEST SWINGLEY.
The year which chronicled the. proclamation of American independence also
witnessed the arrival in America of the progenitor of the Locher family, from
whom Charles E. Swingley is descended in the maternal line, although his ances-
try is traced back to a much more remote period than the year 1 776. His par-
ents were George and Anna Elizabeth (Locher) Swingley. His father was a
descendant of Ulrich Zwingli, a distinguished Swiss nobleman and reformer, who
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was born in 1484 at W'ildhaus, St. Gall, Switzerland, and lost his life in the bat-
tle of Kappel, October 11, 1531. The Locher family is also of Swiss lineage,
descended from Jacob Philip Locher, a statesman of Switzerland, who was largely-
instrumental in including the city of Zurich in the Rhenish alliance, a federa-
tion of German-Swiss cities. Francis Antoine Locher, a membei of the family
in the eighteenth century, settled in Bohemia, where he became the imperial san-
itary otKcial. He was the grandfather of Flenry Locher, who in 1776 became
the founder of the family in America, establishing his home in Washington
countv, ^Maryland, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and is accredited
with having been the first farmer to cultivate red clover in this country.
George and Anna Elizabeth (Locher) Swingley were residents of Ogle
county, Illinois, at the time of the birth of their son, Charles E., on the 4th of
January, 1849. -^^ the usual age he began his education as a district school stu-
dent and subsequently continued his studies in the public schools of Mount Mor-
ris, Illinois. He accompanied his parents on their removal in .1858 to Olathe,
Kansas, the entire distance of six hundred and ninety miles being traveled by
Avagon. Charles E. Swingley was but nine years of age at the time of the trip
to the west. Three years later he returned to St. Louis, where he spent some time
in school and on putting aside his text-books, he entered business life as a brick-
layer. That trade claimed his time and energies until 1869, when he became con-
nected with the city fire department and for almost forty years he has been asso-
ciated with this branch of the municipal service. His valor, loyalty and coolness
in critical times won him gradual promotion, and since 1895 he has occupied the
prominent position of fire chief of St. Louis. He has made an untarnished record
as one who has recognized and fulfilled every duty. He has labored also for the
advancement of the department in lines of efficiency and modern progress, and
today the well organized fire protection system of St. Louis is to the city a mat-
ter of just pride. His salient characteristics are not unlike those of his Swiss
ancestry, for the same spirit of loyalty which L^lrich Zwingli manifested in
defense of his principles in the fifteenth century has found exemplification in the
faithful service of Charles Ernest Swingley in the connections of his business
career, which have demanded the utmost personal bravery as well as fidelity.
In 1869 Air. Swingley was married to Miss Eliza Charlton, a daughter of
Edward and Harriet Charlton who, coming to this country from England, set-
tled in St. Louis in 185 1. The three sons of Air. Swingley, Charles Willoughby,
Edward Charlton and Benjamin Ernest, are all yet living. In religious faith a
Alethodist, Air. Swingley's membership relations also include the St. Louis Coni-
mandery of Knights Templar, the Knights of Pythias and the American Legion
of Honor. He is a stalwart republican, but takes no active part in politics, feel-
ing that it would be inconsistent with his duties as chief of the fire department.
CHARLES ALEXANDER ASTLEY EKSTROAIER.
Charles Alexander Astley Ekstromer, deceased, who was vice consul of
Sweden, and a leader in business, social and political circles in St. Louis, was
born at Ballarat, Australia. January 28, 1857. His grandfather, Dr. Carl John
I'.kstromer, was Sweden's foremost surgeon. His name was originally Ekstrom,
but in 1836, when he was created a member of the nobility, the patent of nobil-
ity was issued under the name of Ekstromer. Fie stood without a peer in sur-
gical work in his native country and was a contemporary of Sir Astley Cooper,
the great English surgeon. John Melcher, an uncle of Charles A. A. Ekstromer,
was a member of the upper house of Sweden. Erik Christopher Ekstromer,
father of Charles A. A. I':kstrr)mer, came to America in 1870, settling at St. Paul,
Minnesota, where he rcjjrcsented the St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company
until he returned to Sweden in 1873. Lie again came to America in 1884 and
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settled in Chicago, where he engaged in business until his death in 1891, at which
time his son Charles became a nobleman at the head of the family of Ekstromer.
The mother, who bore the maiden name of Emily Melville, was a native of Scot-
land and died in Australia. The family numbered twelve children, of whom nine
are living, only one being an own sister of our subject, however, while the others
are children of the father's second marriage.
When six years of age Charles A. A. Ekstromer was taken to Stockholm,
Sweden, and acquired his early education in the public schools there. Brought
to America by his father when thirteen years of age, he attended the public
schools of St. Paul, Minnesota, and afterward engaged in the insurance business
in that city, as a clerk in the employ of S. S. Eaton, with whom he remained until
1875. In that year he removed to Dallas, where he engaged in the insurance
business with John D. Kerfoot. who was also mayor of Dallas at that time. In
1877 Mr. Ekstromer became a resident of Chicago, where he continued in the
real-estate business with Robert W. Dunstan until 1880, when he started upon an
independent venture, continuing as a real-estate agent of Chicago until 1890. In
that year he went to New York city, where he did newspaper work until 1894,
after which he was connected with newspaper interests in Washington, D. C,
until Januarv, 1896 — the date of his arrival in St. Louis. Here he continued in
newspaper work until 1898. when he became manager of the West Disinfectant
Company, which office he tilled until his death. This was a small concern at the
time he assumed control, but through his efforts the business has become one of
the leading enterprises of this kind in the United States.
After his arrival in St. Louis Mr. Ekstromer was very successful and prom-
inent. By his interest in the city he took an active part in furthering its affairs.
In 1899 l^e became a member of the St. Louis Manufacturers Association, and at
the time of his death was a member of tne executive council of that organiza-
tion. In 1898 he joined the St. Louis Railway Club, and was one of its execu-
tive committee. In 1902 he became a member of the Business Men's League and
was active in its work, while for many years he was a valued member of the
Apollo and Amphion Clubs, and also a member of the Missouri Athletic Club
almost from its organization. He attained further prominence in connection with
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, being appointed chairman of the committee
which arranged for the celebration of Swedish Dav, the first foreign dav cele-
brated here. He was instrumental in brmging to America as one of the attrac-
tive features for that day the chorus from the L^niversity of Lund, Sweden,
which afterward made a tour of the United States, visiting the principal Swedish
centers of the country and creating unbounded enthusiasm wherever they went.
Mr. Ekstromer was a prominent member of the Swedish American Society, of
Stockholm ; the Tourists' Society of Sweden ; the Swedish American Historical
Society of Chicago ; and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce of New York city,
while in April, 1906, he was appointed vice consul for Sweden. By reason of his
zealous interest in the welfare of St. Louis, in 1907 he was relieved of his appoint-
ment as vice consul but was reappointed a few days later. Just before giving up
his portfolio Mr. Cortelvou revoked the right of the Lewis Publishing Company
to mail the Womans ]\Iagazine as second-class matter, thus prostrating a St.
Louis enterprise of great magnitude. A meeting of the executive council of the
St. Louis Manufacturers Association, of which Mr. Ekstromer was a member,
resulted in his appointment to call together the civic organizations of the City to
take action in the matter. Seventeen of these bodies jointly drew up resolutions,
and appointed a committee, with ]Mr. Ekstromer as chairman, to present the
resolutions to President Roosevelt. He was not received, however, and an inter-
national controversv was the result of his connection with the affair and he was
relieved of his appointment but a few days later upon the recommendation of the
secretary of state and of the Swedish consul he was reappointed — an act which
has no precedent in the annals of Sweden. In politics he was a stalwart repub-
lican after becoming a citizen of the United States in 1898, and in the interven-
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ing years took an active interest in local politics. He served as judge of elections
alniost continuously during this period of more than a decade but never sought
or held any political positions other than his consular service.
Mr. Ekstromer was married twice. In Chicago, on the 15th of May. 1882,
he wedded Miss Katryn Granville Dunstan. a daughter of Robert W. Dunstan,
a real-estate man of that city. Thev had one child. Emily Melville, born in
Xovember. 1883. On the 3d of August, 1898, in St. Louis, Mr. Ekstromer
wedded Ella ^lary ^latlack, of this city. His death occurred December 7, 1908.
He was an Episcopalian in religious faith and was vestryman in the Church of
the Redeemer for several years. He possessed a dignified manner, combined with
unfailing courtesy. His ability and executive force were manifest not only in his
business career but also in the fact that he was called to various official positions
in manv of the organizations with v.hich he was connected and which regarded
him as a valued member.
FERDIXAXD C. SCHWEDTMAX.
Ferdinand C. Schwedtman, inventor, consulting engineer; president of the
Louisiana Contracting Company ; member of the American Institute of Electri-
cal Engineers, of the Machinery Club of Xew York and of the Engineers, Mer-
cantile and Oasis Clubs of St. Louis; secretary of the Xational Council for
Industrial Defense ; secretary of the St. Louis Citizens' Industrial Association ;
and secretary to the president of the Xational Association of Manitfacturers, is
a prominent figure in the business and the civic life of St. Louis and of the
whole region of which St. Louis is the industrial and the social center.
Born in Hanover, Germany, Alay 13, 1865. his father being William
Schwedtman, a mining engineer, and his mother Bertha Van der Wald, ^Ir.
Schwedtman received a high-school education in that city and in Amsterdam,
and came to the United States in 1881. Studying electrical and mechanical
engineering in X^ew York, he followed his profession in Central and South
America, in the western and southwestern parts of the L'nited States, and in
Xew York city, chieflv in railway and water works construction, and removed
to St. Louis in 1889, to take charge, as chief engineer, of the construction and
operation of the Missouri Electric Light and Power Company. Resigning from
that position in 1900, he became one of the organizers and the active head of
the Wagner Electric ^vlanufacturing Company, but retired from its general
management in 1904, the articles manufactured by that company up to today.
however, being almost exclusively those covered bv his patents. In 1904 he
■ started the Louisiana Contracting Company, manufacturers of patented special-
ties, of which he is president, and at the same time established a practice as a
consulting engineer. In 1904 he married Cora Gehner, daughter of Henry
Gehner, of St. Louis.
Recognizing, as a citizen and a business man, the importance of establishing
and maintaining amicable relations between all elements of the community, Mr.
Schwedtman for years, as president of the St. Louis ]\Ietal Trades Association
and of the .St. Louis Founders' Association, framed trade agreements annually
with the molders, machinists, brass workers, patternmakers and other labor
unions, covering practicallv every shop in St. Louis and vicinity. When these
agreements became impossible he aided in establishing a St. Louis branch of the
Xational Civic Federation. This was in 1903. When this failed to do effective
work he became active in organizing tlie St. Louis branch of the Citizens' Indus-
trial Association of America, and of pojjularizing its methods and of broadening
the field of its operations.
Through his work as secretary of the Citizens' Industrial Association Mr.
Schwedtman has had a prominent part in making it the largest, the most influ-
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ential and the most effective of all the branches of this powerful order in the
United States. A believer in conciliation, so far as this is practicable without
the surrender of principle, and an ardent lover of peace when peace can be hon-
orably obtained and maintained, he has, in this field, continued on a larger
scale the work which he performed as head of the Metal Trades Association
and of the Founders' Association in bringing employers and employes into
agreement, on terms equitable to both sides. The fact that there has been no
serious strike in St. Louis or vicinity in the past five years is due, in a large
degree, to the concrete application of the doctrine of the square deal in the
relations between the men who do the work and the men who pay for it.
As secretary of the National Council for Industrial Defense ever since its
organization in 1907, and as secretary to the president of the National Associa-
tion of ^Manufacturers since early in 1906, Mr. Schwedtman's activities in the
business field extend all over the country. The National Association of Manu-
facturers has members from every state and territory. The National Council
for Industrial Defense consists of one hundred and fifty-five national, state and
local organizations of business men and good citizens, extending all over the
country, the object of which is to guard the concerns of employers of all sorts,
and thus to promote the real interests of workers in every field, especially in
national and state legislation. He has a larger acquaintance with men at the
head of great enterprises than has almost any other person in the United
States.
A successful business man and an earnest student of the political, social and
economic conditions of the United States and of the leading old world nations,
]\Ir. Schwedtman has made many trips to Europe to investigate the social and
industrial situation at the imoortant centers in England, France, Germany. Aus-
tria and other countries. Endowed with a many-sided mental equipment,
Mr. Schwedtman has also the imagination which gives him the large view of
large affairs, combined with an energy and an enthusiasm which make him a
tireless and an effective worker in the manv fields of endeavor which he covers.
W. H. GRUEN.
W. H. Gruen, an architect of St. Louis, his native city, was born November
13, 1876. His father, Jacob Gruen, a wine merchant, has been in business in
St. Louis since i860. His mother, Mrs. Sophia (Sommers) Gruen, was born in
Rock Island, Illinois.
W. H. Gruen is indebted to the public-school system of St. Louis for his
early educational privileges and he was graduated from the manual training
department of the Washington University and also spent two years as a stu-
dent in the Engineering School of the University. Subsequently he went abroad
and studied architecture in European centers for two years. His observation
of the fine old cathedrals, churches, business structures and residences, as well
as those of modern construction, brought to him a wide knowledge of archi-
tecture as preserved in the best forms in European centers, and added to this was
a thorough technical training which well qualified him for the profession when
in 1898 he returned to America and took charge of the offices of W. Albert
Swasey. He occupied that position for two years, during which time he super-
vised the construction of the Odeun and Masonic Temple building of St. Louis.
He then had charge of the work for the water department of St. Louis and the
New City Hospital of St. Louis for two years.
Since 1901 Mr. Gruen has engaged in business on his own account and that
he is winning most gratifying success for a young man is indicated in the fact
that he made the plans and superintended the construction of the Church of the
Redeemer ; the residence of John T. Millikin and the water tower, stables, etc..
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on his place at Crescent, Missouri ; and the building occupied as a factory and
warehouse by the Moser Box Company. He had charge of a part of the work
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, including the special German exhibit in
the Varied Industries building, town hall, village church and village buildings at
the Tyrolean Alps. Some of the residences erected by Mr. Gruen are especially
noted for their exterior beauty as well as interior adornment, including the Herold
residence in Flora Court, the Hadley residence on Longfellow boulevard in
Compton Heights, the Conrad residence in Webster Park, the Antrim residence
in Kingsbury Place, and his own home on Russell avenue just east of Grand.
He built the garage for the South Side Automobile Company on South Grand
avenue and has just been awarded the contract for a large club house, natatorium
and concert hall to be built on the southeast corner of Grand and Juanita avenues.
On the 19th of July, 1900, Mr. Gruen was married to Miss Minnie M. Geb-
hard, a daughter of Herman C. Gebhard, the vice president of the J. J. Schlange
Leaf Tobacco Company, who for many years has been identified with the leaf
tobacco business in St. Louis.
Mr. Gruen is a member of the St. Louis chapter of the American Institute
of Architects, is on the Municipal Arts Committee of the Civic League of St.
Louis, a member of the Architectural Club, the Artists' Guild, the Liederkranz
Club and the Tower Grove Turn Verein. He has also for some years been
instructor of the night classes in the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts, and this
with his other public spirited works indicate the nature of his interests and asso-
ciations. He is also a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. His busi-
ness record is a most creditable one, few men of his years having attained a place
of such prominence and success in architectural lines as has been accorded Mr.
Gruen in recognition of his abilitv.
HERBERT DOUGLAS CONDIE.
Herbert Douglas Condie, president of the Condie-Neale Glass Company,
was born June 17, 1873, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, Thomas
Douglas and Mary Clara (Husted) Condie, were representatives of old Phila-
delphia families and both were natives of that city. The father was a chemist
there and they remained residents of Philadelphia until 1887, when business
interests caused their removal to St. Louis. Here the mother died soon afterward.
Thomas Douglas Condie is a descendant of the Gray family of Scotland
and the Holmes family of England. He has in his possession a genealogical
booklet brought from Scotland" in the middle of the eighteenth century. The
familv had lived for generations at Kirkcaldy and practically all of the name
through a long period were buried in Kirkcaldy churchyard. The Condie family
intermarried with the Douglas family. On the mother's side H. D. Condie is
related to the Hallowell family of Philadelphia and to other well known colonial
and Quaker families. A granduncle of our subject in the paternal line was the
first bov editor in the United States, publishing a paper at Philadelphia from 1808
until 1812. The grandfather, Dr. .David Francis Condie, was one of the most
eminent physicians and surgeons of his time and the author of a number of valu-
able works, principally on diseases of children. These volumes were used as text-
books in medical colleges of this country and abroad for more than a half century.
Herbert D. Condie was educated "in the Park grammar school of Philadel-
phia, the Central high school of St. Louis and the Missouri Medical CoUege,
from which he was graduated in 1891 on the completion of a special private
course in chemistry under Dr. Curtman. His early youth was passed amid
Quaker influences, leading to conservatism and a reserved and quiet life. Upon
tTie removal of the family to the west he was impressed with the spirit of push
and progress then manifest in St. Louis and this combined with the influences of
102 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his earlv life made a combination which has served him well in later years. While
becoming thoroughly imbued with the progressiveness which has led to the rapid
upbuilding of the city, his tendency toward advancement has been guided by the
mature retiection and deliberation which were fostered under his early training.
After his course in the medical college he entered the employ of the F. A. Drew
Glass Companv at St. Louis in October. 1891. Working his way upward through '
every position in the ot^ce until it sold out to the Pittsburg Plate Glass Com-
panv. He removed to Alihvaukee to become assistant manager in that city for
the company that was succeeding to the business. He afterward went to Pitts-
burg on the opening of the company's branch in that city and was manager of its
glass department for two years, or until organizing in St. Louis the Condie-Neale
Glass Company in connection with H. G. Neale, in February, 1903. Of this com-
panv Air. Condie has since been the president. His previous broad and practical
experience, his knowledge of chemistry and his aptitude for successful manage-
ment have all been factors in the attainment of that prosperity which the com-
pany is now enjoying from the outside.
On the 3d of November, 1897, Mr. Condie was married to ]^Iiss Sallie Case
King, of Chicago, a descendant of the first inhabitants of that city. Their four
children, two sons and two daughters are Douglas King, Bertha Botsford. Mar-
garet Hallowell and Herbert Douglas Condie.
The family residence is at Ferguson, Missouri, and the characteristics of
music and poetry add to the charms of the household, where Mr. Condie's inter-
ests center although he finds pleasure in the study of history, in travel, in chess
and golf and other sports and manly interests. He served as a member of the
St. Louis Light Artillery — Battery A — from 1893 until 1896 and is a member of
the St. Louis ]Museum of Fine Arts and also of the Business Men's League. He
rilled the office of city treasurer of Ferguson in 1900 and was a candidate for
mayor on the citizens ticket in 1905. He belongs to Ferguson Lodge, A. F. &
A. M. ; Missouri Consistory, No. i. A. A. S. R., with which he became identified
in 1903 ; while in the same year he crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles
of ]\Ioolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Penn-
sylvania Society of St. Louis and of the St. Louis and Noondav Clubs. A com-
municant of the Episcopal church, he has been secretary of the vestry of St.
Stephen's church at Ferguson from 1897 to the present time. Following closelv
the course that he has marked out for himself, he has won success in business
without infringement upon the rights of others, has stood for purity and progress
in municipal affairs and is an advocate of those social, artistic and moral inter-
ests which promote, satisfv and uplift mankind.
SAMUEL TAUSSIG.
Samuel Taussig has for four years been connected with the St. Louis Leaf
Tobacco Company. Like many of the residents of this city, he is of foreign
birth but like the great majority of those who have come from across the water,
he is most loyal to the interests of his adopted city and of the American nation
at large. He was born in Bohemia, Austria, in December, 1854, a son of Laz-
arus and Eleanor Taussig, his father being president of the congregation for
many years. There are many Taussigs in America who come from the same
ancestry, for the family has existed in Bohemia for hundreds of years. Lazarus
Taussig there carried on the leather business throughout his entire life.
In the acf|uircment of an education Samuel Taussig attended school in Hos-
toun to his thirteenth year and then went to Prague, where he remained from
1868 until 1886. In that city he engaged in the notion business, beginning as an
apprentice but working his way steadily upward through successive promotions
to the position of managing salesman. He believed that business advancement.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 103
however, was slow there in comparison with the opportunities afforded in the
new world and accordingly he came to the United States, making his way from
New York to Chicago, where he remained until 1893. In that city he began learn-
ing the leaf tobacco business under the direction of his brother, William Taus-
sig, who was controlling an enterprise of that character there and still continues
in business in the western metro]:)olis. Samuel Taussig remained with him as a
salesman for a time and then went to [Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he began
business on his own account, conducting the trade from 1894 until 1904. He
engaged in the wholesale tobacco leaf business but in the latter year sold out
and came to St. Louis, where he organized the St. Louis Leaf Tobacco Company,
conducting his business for two years at Xo. in Market street, while for the past
two years he has been at his present location at Xo. 221 Market street. He has
succeeded well since his removal to this city, meeting with no financial reverses
but gradually developing a trade that makes his a profitable concern.
Mr. Taussig was married in Bohemia in February, 1885, to Miss Flora
Bondy, a representative of an old and well known familv of Raudnitz, Bohemia.
They have become the parents of four children : Irma. twenty-one years of age,
who attended public and private schools and has been liberally educated in music.
possessing a splendid soprano voice ; Blanche, sixteen years of age, who is now
in school ; Frances and Lester, aged respectively thirteen and eight vears. The
family home is a beautiful residence at Xo. 4027 McPherson avenue. JMr. Taus-
sig belongs to the Order of the Oriental Lodge of B'nai B'rith. He adheres to the
religious faith of the Israelite race and is patriotic in his devotion to his adopted
country. While he usually votes with the republican party, he does not consider
himself bound by party ties and freciuently casts an independent ballot.
THOMAS H. ^IcKITTRICK.
Honored and respected by all, the position which Thomas H. ^IcKittrick
holds in commercial and business circles is a most enviable one, nor has this
prominence been accorded him merely in recognition of his success but also as
the tribute to the straightforward business methods which he has ever followed.
He is today the president of the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Company
and is also connected with various other corporate interests which have sought
his cooperation that they might enjoy the benefits of his wise counsel and keen
business discrimination.
A life-long resident of St. Louis, ^Ir. McKittrick was born April 17. i8(>4.
a son of Hugh McKittrick, who came to the United States from Ireland in 1849
and entered the wholesale dry-goods house of Crow, McCreerv & Barksdale of
St. Louis. That house was founded in 1835 under the style of Crow & Tevis
and the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Companv is its successor. For seventy-
three years it has had a continuous existence, being today the oldest mercantile
enterprise with unbroken history in this city and throughout the years the repu-
tation of the house has been unassailable. In 1856 Hugh McKittrick became a
partner, when Mr. Barksdale withdrew from the business, the firm style of
Crow, McCreery & Companv beine then assumed. Twenty years later the st\le
of the firm was changed to Crow, Hargadine &: Compau}' and following the death
of Mr. Crow in 1886 it became Hargadine, McKittrick & Company. In 1889
the business was incorporated under its present name — the Hargadine-McKit-
trick Dry Goods Companv, with Hugh McKittrick as president.
Thomas H. McKittrick, the present head of the house, was reared in St.
Louis, and educated at Washington L^niversity, from which institution he wa^;
graduated in 1883. About six months later he entered the Hargadine-McKittrick
Dry Goods house and in 1886 was admitted to a partnership. When he became
connected with the store he made it his purpose to thoroughly familiarize him-
104 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY.
self with the business in principle and detail and soon passed on to positions of
executive control. Year by year the responsibilities devolving upon him
increased and in 1895 he was chosen to the presidency of the company, since
which time he has bent his energies to organization, to constructive efforts and
to administrative direction. Under his management the growth of the house
in its various departments has been rapid and steady, the business having more
than doubled. This is today the pioneer mercantile establishment of St. Louis
and the leading concern of its class in the west. He is preeminently a man of
affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence not only in the house of which
he is now the head but also in various other business connections, which have
felt the stimulus of his cooperation and keen business discernment. His name
is on the directorate of the National Bank of Commerce, the St. Louis Union
Trust Company, the American Central Insurance Company, the Fourth National
Bank of New York and the Broadway Savings Trust Company of St. Louis,
and for fifteen years he was president of the Merchants Transportation Associa-
tion. In the management of business interests he has looked beyond the exi-
gencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future and drawing character
lessons from the past has successfully solved the problems that day by day con-
front the man of large business interests. The greatest respect is entertained
for his business discernment and without invidious distinction he may be termed
one of the foremost residents of St. Louis.
On the 9th of Alay, 1888, Mr. ]\IcKittrick was married to Miss Hildegarde
Sterling, a daughter of E. C. Sterling, long prominent in business circles in St.
Louis. They now have two sons and one daughter. They reside at 4949 Bur-
nett avenue and have a summer home at Dublin, New Hampshire.
'Sir. ]\IcKittrick is identified with several social organizations, including the
Noonday, the St. Louis, the Commercial, the Racquet, the Florissant Valley, the
Country and the University Clubs. His interest in his city and its welfare has
been manifest in many tangible ways and in none more actively and eft'ectively
than as a director of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, He served
as vice chairman of its committee on ways and means and as a member of its
committee on fine arts and entertainment, and the success of the exposition, the
largest ever held on the American continent, was attributable in no small degree
to his eft'orts.
CHARLES F. ORTHWEIN.
The building of cities begins with the work of a few men who lay the
foundations, but the superstructure comes as the result, as the marked enter-
prise and business ability of those who recognize in the complexity of interests
the opportunity for the establishment and successful control of mammoth under-
takings. It was because of his powers in this direction that Charles F. Orth-
wein became one of the most conspicuous figures in the grain trade of the
southwest, his interests making of St. Louis one of the important grain centers
of the entire country. Born in Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany, January 28,
1839. his life record covered the intervening years to the 28th of December,
1898 — years fraught with large accomplishment and important successes. His
mother died when he was very young and he was reared and educated under the
guidance of his father, a man of sterling worth, who taught his children the
principles of Christian morality. The boy received his literary instruction in
the best state schools of southern Germany and in 1854 came with his father,
brothers and sisters to the new world. From Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, they
made their way by the river route to St. Louis and after a brief period here
passed removed to Logan county, Illinois, where they established their home.
While living there Mr. Orthwcin became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln,
who appeared frcf|uently in the courts of that county and at different times
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106 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
gave advice to the voung man in a fatherly way — advice which was of great
vakie to him as he started out in Hfe for himself. He became somewhat
acquainted w-ith mercantile methods in a country store in Illinois, but his ambi-
tion prompted him to seek broader scope for his labor and at the end of a year
and a half he came to St. Louis, where he entered the employ of Edd Eggers
& Companv. wholesale grocers and commission men, tmder wdiose direction he
obtained his practical commercial schooling. About the time of the outbreak
of the Civil war ^Ir. Eggers, then at the head of the house, died and the business
was closed out.
^Mr. Orthwein was accordmgly thrown out of employment, but although
his means were limited he resolved to use this opportunity to make a start in
the business w'orld on his own account. Accordingly he formed a partnership
with Gustave Haenschen, who had also been in the employ of Edd Eggers &
Companv, under the firm style of Haenschen & Orthwein, and they began opera-
tions as grain and commission merchants. The outlook was not an extremely
brilliant one because of the war which was greatly affecting southern trade.
They, how^ever. looked to the west and northwest for business and started out
to turn the tide of trade from those sections of the country to St. Louis. With
many obstacles and difficulties to overcome, they persevered until they brought
to this city much of the growing grain trade of the upper Mississippi country
and the northwest, thus rendering to the city a service of inestimable value, at
the same time advancing their individual interests. With keen business insight
Air. Orthwein looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities
of the future. \\'hen the steamboat men hesitated to assume the risk of carry-
ing such cargoes ]\Ir. Orthwein at his ow"n risk dispatched towboats and barges
to the upper Mississippi country and brought grain to St. Louis from the coun-
try which had before shipped to Chicago and Milwaukee. He w^as one of those
who saw the need of carrying grain to sea by way of New Orleans in bulk, on
account of the limited railroad service, and greatly facilitated that industry.
The question was one of great breadth and scope. It was not only necessary
to make the purchase of grain and transport the product to and from St. Louis,
but it also involved the question of the waterways, and Mr. Orthwein agitated
the subject and was largely instrumental in securing the construction of the
Eads jetties. He also built elevators and developed the business w'hich since
1878 has given to St. Louis an annual export grain trade of from twelve to
fifteen million bushels by way of the jetties route, seventy-five to eighty per
cent of W'hich was shipped by ]\lr. Orthwein and his partners. Throughout
the entire period of his residence in St. Louis he was connected with the grain
trade and his operations not onlv equaled those of the most prominent grain
merchants of this city, but were largely a factor in shaping the grain trade of
the southwest. Different changes occurred in the firm, as indicated by the
names, Haenschen & Orthwein, Orthwein & Mersmann, Orthwein Brothers, and
Charles F. Orthwein & Sons. Constantly studying methods and means for the
promotion of the business and its gradual extension Mr. Orthwein established
branch houses in Kansas City, in order to make shipments from Nebraska and
Kansas direct to New Orleans and thus save time, the Kansas Citv business
being in charge of his son. He also established extensive connections in Europe.
He was a potent factor in the promotion of the American corn trade abroad
and during the short season of two or three months in each year exported over
twelve million bushels of this grain. While the grain trade claimed his time
and energies he became financially interested in other enterprises and was a
director of various banks. He was also at one time the president of the Mer-
chants' Exchange and held rither offices in that organization, the object of
which was to further the trade relations of the city.
On October 29, t866, Mr. Orthwein was married to Miss Caroline Nulsen,
a daughter of John Clemens Nulsen, a prominent merchant of St. Louis. Her
mother was a flaughter of Captain Creuzbauer and Baroness Von Homig, of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CFfY. 107
southern Germany. Mr. Xulsen arrived in St. Louis when sixteen years of age
and Mrs. Nulsen when a httle maiden of eight summers. His death occurred
in St. Louis about two years ago, when he had reached the advanced age of
eighty-three years. Unto Air. and Mrs. Orthwein were born eight children :
Wilham J., who is now in Switzerland; Charles C, living in Kansas City;
Ottilia C, the wife of F. C. Everetts ; Max R., of St. Louis; Fannie E., now
Mrs. Dr. W. S. T. Smith, of Kansas City; Ralph H., of St. Louis; Armin F.,.
of Louisiana; and Ruth H., the wife of Arthur F. Ferurbacher. There were
also twelve grandchildren.
Mr. Orthwein was a man of broad business views and liberal culture who
kept in touch with the advanced thought of the day and with those movements
which recognize the responsibilities of wealth and man's obligations to his
fellowmen. His splendid success resulted entirely from his own efforts and was
the visible evidence of his superior business ability and enterprise. As he pros-
pered he gave liberally to charities and benevolent institutions, doing much good
with his w^ealth. Aside from his gifts of specific sums to different organizations
he did much for St. Louis through his business relations and the city acknowl-
edges her indebtedness to him, for she was an indirect beneficiary in all of his
mammoth business transactions.
ORMLLE PRESCOTT BLAKE.
Orville Prescott Blake, sales manager for the Inland Steel Company, was
born in St. Louis, December 19. 1870. His paternal grandfather, Simeon Blake,
was an Ohioan and reared a family of eight children. Four sons entered the
Union army, the number including Dr. Amasa Blake, who was surgeon under
General Grant. Later he contracted yellow fever and died at Memphis, Tennes-
see, during the progress of the war. Another of the brothers was Captain Elzy
Blake, father of the subject of this sketch, who was general western agent for
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, school-book publishers. He w^as born in Ohio
and settled in St. Louis soon after the close of the Civil war, remaining a resident
here until his death in 1882. His wife. Airs. Emma Blake, nee Pearson, was
born in Maine, was married in Ohio and died in St. Louis in 1898.
One who knew Elzy Blake long and well wrote of him : 'Tn all respects he
was much more than an average man and in some directions he was a great man.
He knew more of men than of books ; hence his life was more practical than
theoretical. His accurate measure of men was the key to his successful business
career. In the school-book contest for the patronage of a place he was, with-
out question, the most formidable agent in the United States. He seldom failed
in his purpose and when he did fail he could always trace his defeat to the treach-
ery of some political influence. He was blessed with a full share of good sense,
and success was the object of his life. He was earnest in all things, neutral in
nothing. He was born to a life of hard labor, and labor was a love with him.
It was his fate to work more for others than for himself. The accident of busi-
ness position never fell in his wav. He was content in the field, actually sowing
the seed from which a large future harvest will be reaped, while others of much
less abilitv were promoted to places of greater influence and income. He was
indeed a friendlv friend and a man absolutely incapable of doing any one a per-
sonal wrong. There was nothing secret or puritanical in his composition. He
was ready at all times to lend his name or money to assist a friend or even an
acquaintance in need of help, thus exemplifying his faith and manhood in prac-
tical confession. He was, without exception, the most accommodating man I ever
knew. His religion was a religion of conduct — a sort of works without a creed — ■
for his worship was largelv unselfish devotion to his family and his friends. He
was a noble husband and a tender father. If the heart is the measure of the man.
108 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Elzv Blake holds a tirst place with all those who knew him thoroughly as I did.
Hypocrisy formed no part in his character. His life is an emphatic illustration
of the fact that the man who has the courage of his convictions and whose life
is dotted with kind acts to his fellowman is respected and acknowledged, and
those who knew him will join me in planting- a rose over his grave in sincere
grief at his death just as he had entered the noonday of life."
Orville P. Blake was a public-school student in Webster and Kirkwood
between the years 1874 and 1882. The succeeding two years were passed in Glen-
dale Academy, and from 1888 until 1892 he pursued a course in ^Marietta Col-
lege, from which he was graduated with high honors, completing the classical
course with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and securing the senior English lit-
erature prize. He has always been extremely fond of outdoor sports and was
captain and first baseman of the college ball team. He made his initial step in
the business world in his fourteenth year as an employe in an office, and rose
through successive promotions to the position of bookkeeper for the Goddard-
Peck Grocery Company. He was connected with that house when he resigned
to enter college in the autumn of 1888. Since graduation his time and energies
have been devoted to three lines of business. From 1892 until 1898 he was with
Kingman & Company, implement manufacturers, and in the latter year became
chief clerk for the Evans Si Howard Fire Brick Compau}-, which position he occu-
pied four years. From 1902 until 1906 he was assistant manager of sales for the
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, and in the latter year he became sales
manager for the Inland Steel Company, which is his present business association.
Each change has been prompted by a desire and an opportunity for furthering
his business interests, the succeeding positions bringing him larger responsibil-
ities and also a wider outlook. He is capable of controlling the sales department
for the company which he now represents and is recognized as a man of keen
businesss discernment and sound judgment.
True to the teaching of his devout mother, Mr. Blake has not been unmind-
ful of the higher, holier duties of life, his participation in the work of evangeliza-
tion being in connection with the West Presbyterian church, of w^hich he is an
elder. He is also a member of the board of managers of the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association. In politics he has always been a stanch republican, never fail-
ing to support the candidates of the party at national elections, and is an active
member of the Young Alen's Republican Auxiliary. He is likewise a member of
the ^Mercantile Club and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
On the 30th of September, 1896, in Kansas City, JMissouri, Mr. Blake was
married to ^liss Lulu Carson. Her brothers are all well known in railroad cir-
cles. Mr. and Mrs. Blake have three children, a daughter and two sons : Rhea,
Howard and Eugene. Mr. Blake is strongly domestic in his tastes, deriving his
greatest pleasure from the companionship of his family and congenial friends
but caring nothing for social distinction, as such. While he has made creditable
progress in the business world he has always regarded his own self-respect and
the esteem of his fellowmen as infinitely preferable to prosperity, social position
or political fame.
HON. ROLLA WELLS.
Hon. Rolla W^ells, mayor of St. Louis, is fortunate in having back of
him an ancestry honorable and distinguished. That his lines of life have been
cast in harmony therewith is due to his early recognition that the purpose of
life is work — the development of inherent powers and their adjustment to the
environment in the attainment of all that the opportunity offers.
Born in St. Louis in 1856, he is a son of the Hon. Erastus Wells, who for
more than four decades figured prominently in public life, leaving the impress
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 109
of his individuality upon the history of his city and the nation as well. More-
over, he believed in giving to his son the opportunities which would bring out
the strongest forces in his nature and equip him for coping with life's responsi-
bilities. The boy, therefore, was given the collegiate training of Washington
University, while from his father he received instruction concerning the value
of industry and energy. His education completed, he entered the office of the
street railway corporation of which his father was then president. Paternal
influence, however, did not lessen the arduousness of tasks assigned him but,
on the contrary, his willingness and ability were tested in the performance of
varied duties that would acquaint him with every department of the business.
In this work he "found himself," as Ibsen expresses it, coming into recognition
of his own limitations and his own powers and of the people and circumstances
that made up for him life's conducts and experiences. The proof which he
gave of his capability led to his appointment to the position of assistant super-
intendent of the company under A. W. Henry, who was recognized as one of
the competent railway men in the west. He became, as it were, ^Ir.
Henry's understudy and was trained insistently and carefully in all the details
of the position, to which he became the logical successor upon the death of his
superior in 1879. He remained as general manager of the road until 1883, and
in the intervening years brought about many improvements in keeping with the
spirit of progress as manifest in city railway transportation. He retired from
his position with the company when the road passed by purchase to a new
corporation.
Mr. Wells' next step in the business world was made in connection with
the manufacture of cottonseed and linseed oil, but the declining health of his
father necessitated his assuming in large part responsibilities and business duties
heretofore borne by his father and upon the latter's death in 1893 he became
administrator of the estate. While it brought him additional responsibilities, it
also gave him a wider scope for the exercise of his energy and initiative spirit —
his dominant qualities. In all business matters he moves somewhat cautiously,
but always surely, toward the end desired, weighing every chance and deter-
mining with accuracy that indicates a most sound judgment the value of his
opportunity and the worth of conditions that surround him.
It is a strongly marked tendency at the present time to select for office
men who have not been especially trained for political service, but whose busi-
ness careers have manifested their executive ability, their keen sagacity and
proper adjustment between environment and condition, combined with a public-
spirited devotion that none can question. In this lies one of the most hopeful
political signs of the period, and it was the possession of these qualities that
led to the selection of Rolla Wells as the executive head of this city in 1901.
He was placed in nomination by the democratic party and received the endorse-
ment of his fellow citizens at the polls. He has brought to the conduct of the
municipal business the same keen discernment and careful control of complex
interests that have been manifest in the management of his private business
affairs. He has long been recognized as one prominent in democratic circles,
yet one whose loyalty to the party does not transcend loyaltv to the public
welfare. His attitude of independence was manifest in 1896, when, refusing to
endorse the free coinage of silver plank in the democratic platform, he joined
the movement which resulted in the national convention of gold democrats at
Indianapolis, to which he was sent as a delegate from the twelfth congressional
district of Missouri. Later he became president of the National Democratic
Club of this city.
In 1878 Mr. Wells was married to Miss Jennie H. Parker, of St. Louis,
and their family now numbers five children, their home being one of the attrac-
tive social centers, justlv celebrated for its cordial hospitality. ^Ir. \\'ells has
been active in the St. Louis Fair Association and the Jockev Club. He is fond
of outdoor life, wherein he attains his rest and recreation. While the surround-
110 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ing-s of his vouth were such as seemed to offer advantages superior to those
which many boys enjoy, he was early taught that they also brought responsi-
bilities, and it has been the aim and purpose of his life to meet these as a man.
and the consensus of public opinion is that his has been an active career, in
which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing in
no small degree to the expansion and material growth of this city and the state.
MEYER BAUMAN.
]\Ieyer Bauman, president of the Alvin Realty Company, with various other
business connections which give him a prominent place in commercial circles in
St. Louis, his native city, was born December i8, 1846, a son of Louis and
Marianna (Friede) Bauman, both of whom were natives of Germany. They
came to America in 1838 and were married in New York. Louis Bauman was
an expert jeweler and in 1839 established a jewelry business on Grand street in
New York city. He had served an apprenticeship to the trade of eight years in
Europe and had thus gained comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the busi-
ness. In 1840 he removed his business to Mobile, Alabama, and became known
far and wide in that section of the country as the most expert workman in his
line in the south. In 1844 h^ removed to St. Louis and was one of the pioneer
jewelers of this city, opening his store at the northeast corner of Fourth and Pine
streets. He believed in advertising and his advertisements appeared in the daily
papers as early as 1847. He was one of the first jobbers in his line west of Pitts-
burg. Pennsylvania, and was the founder of the house which is now conducted
by his grandsons and which remains one of the oldest and most prominent jewelry
establishments of the city.
Aleyer Bauman pursued his education in the public and private schools of
St. Louis and also attended the Jonathan Jones Commercial College. He was
fifteen years of age when in 1861 he entered his father's jewelry house and after
several years" experience there as assistant he was admitted to the firm. In 1872
upon the retirement of his father he succeeded to the business with his brother
Solomon, his brother-inlaw, Meyer Rosenblatt, and August Kurtzeborn. In 1879
Meyer Rosenblatt retired and was succeeded bv Samuel H. Bauman, the young-
est son of Louis Bauman. The business was incorporated in 1882 as the L. Bau-
man Jewelry Company, with ]\Ieyer Bauman as treasurer, which position he filled
until 1893, when he became president of the company, serving as such until 1900.
Since that time he has been a director and thus retains a voice in the management
although he leaves the control of the business largely to the other partners, his
son, Alvin Louis Bauman, succeeding him in the presidency. He has since
extended his efforts to other departments of business activity. Since 1901 he has
been president of the Alvin Realtv Company and this business now claims much
of his time and energies, and in this connection he has control of important realty
operations, his enter|jrising spirit and native sagacity constituting features in
his success.
In 1872, in New York city, ]\lr. Bauman was married to Miss Aliriam Rosen-
blatt, a daughter of Ascher and Barbara (Goldsmith) Rosenblatt. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Bauman have been born five children: Alvin L., president of the L. Bau-
man Jewelry Company; Elsworth S., who is acting as vice president of the com-
pany ; Louis H., an attorney ; Florence ; and Daisy, wife of Samuel P. Fisher,
president of the Atlas Brass Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The
sons today are proud of the fact that their house is one of the few old business
enterprises of .St. Louis, which has remained continuouslv in possession of tlie
family thnjughout the many changes incident to ahnost three-quarters of a cen-
turv of continuous business.
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Merer Bauman is a member of Temple Israel and a member and director of
the Columbian Club. While he had his father's assistance in a way as he started
out in business, he nevertheless had to prove his own worth and as the years
have gone bv he has maintained a place in business circles that is most creditable
and honorable.
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE.
An institution closely identihed with the growth of St. Louis and one that
has borne a prominent part in the educational progress thereof is the College
•of the Christian Brothers. The College was founded in 1850, with the ap-
proval and under the patronage of Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick. The
original incorporators were Brothers Patrick, Paulian, Dorothy, Barbas and
Noah — all members of the order of Christian Brothers. In 1855 the incor-
porators applied for and received from the legislature of Alissouri a charter em-
powering the faculty to "bestow all literary honors usually conferred by uni-
versities of learning, etc., etc." The original building was a rather small brick
structure but additions were made thereto to accommodate the growing patron-
age, which at the opening of the Civil war numbered four hundred students.
The site at that time and for twenty years afterward was at the northwest cor-
ner of Eighth and Cere streets. The adjoining building was ]\IacDoweirs Medi-
cal College, which was converted into a Federal prison and was occupied as such
for four vears. In spite of the untoward conditions thus imposed, the patron-
age of the College increased from year to year. For the seventeen years fol-
lowing the war the College continued its career of success, drawing students
from nearlv every state in the Mississippi valley. However, the increased de-
mand for railroad termini in the vicinity of the school was making the original
site less available for educational needs and in 1880 the building of the new col-
lege was begun. In 1882 it was ready for occupation, and in September of that
year regular class work was resumed in the structure which now stands in the
beautiful thirtv acre plat of ground at Easton avenue and King's Highway.
During the tw^enty-five years which have passed since the new college was
■opened it has developed its educational program to correspond with the demand
for the kind of instruction best adapted to meet the requirements of the pros-
pective business man. the skilled mechanic, architect, civil, electrical and me-
chanical engineer. The foresight which has resulted in the existing curricula,
including as they do all those subjects which belong to an advanced modern
program, is splendidlv shown in the success which the graduates of the college
have achieved in the commercial, industrial and professional world. The grad-
uating list averages forty to fifty students annually. These are classified as
Bachelors of Science, Bachelors of Arts and commercial graduates. An all
round equipment is the ideal which the college management seeks to give its
students, to which is added religious and moral instruction as the "sin qua non"
-of the rightly educated man.
The Rev. Brother Justin has held his present position for the past five years.
An educator of vast and varied experience. Professor Justin has discharged
the duties of his office with the greatest satisfaction to the faculty, the student
hody and to patrons of the institution. Brother Justin was born in Ireland.
Coming to the United States while yet a mere youth, he entered the Order of
the Christian Brothers, after due scholastic preparation. He early gained a
high reputation for scholarly ability as well as for executive cleverness. He
taught in the academic and collegiate institutions of the order in Baltimore and
New York and in 1879 was appointed to the presidency of the ^Manhattan Col-
lege. New York city. In the councils of the order Brother Justin has occupied
positions of the highest responsibility. For many years he was provincial of
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the New York province and was sent by the superior general of the Brothers to-
estabhsh schools of the order on the Pacific coast. It was in 1868 that he went
to California and took charge of St. Mary's at Oakland, and established the
order there. In the discharge of this onerous duty, he exhibited qualities of
mind and heart which won the applause of the secular and church authorities
in California. The flourishing colleges, St. Mary's, Oakland, and the Sacred
Heart, San Francisco, are monuments to his zeal, devotion and enterprise.
Having placed these and other institutions on a permanent basis, Brother
Justin was recalled to New York, where he introduced courses in pedagogy,
opened numerous schools and incorporated the academic schools of the district
under his care with the institutions affiliated with the university system of the-
state. Amid all these labors Brother Justin found time to manage the internal
affairs of the religious bodv to which he belongs and the Catholic Protectory
of New York. The novitiates and scholasticates of the province found in him
their best advocate and friend.
In 1900 Brother Justin was called to France, where he assisted in the ped-
agogic work of the normal schools. Passing over to his native country he secured
for his brethren in religion the patronage of the Irish Hierarchy and this opened
the way for the establishment of the AA'aterford Training College — one of the
most famous pedagogic schools in Ireland. Under his vigorous administration
the local college has "become an efficient factor in the educational activities of
St. Louis and indeed of the entire section from which St. Louis draws the ele-
ments of its social and commercial influence. The boarding department of the
college is under the direct control of the faculty and students coming from a
distance are thus enabled to pursue their studies under conditions which ensure
the confidence of patrons and the moral and intellectual progress of the students
themselves.
S. VAN RAALTE.
S. Van Raalte, a real-estate operator and broker, was born in Hesse-Cassel,.
Germany, November 29, 1854, and when he was one year of age was brought
to the United States by his mother. The family landed at Philadelphia. From
the east thev removed' to Detroit, ^Michigan, where S. Van Raalte attended the
public schools until eleven years of age, when the family home w^as established
in St. Louis. After remaining in this city for three years he went to New
York, but later returned to St. Louis and became a diamond setter and jeweler.
In 1868 he began learning the jeweler's* trade and afterward started in business
on his own account. In 1874 he formed a partnership with Henry Wilde under
the firm style of Wilde & Van Raalte, as dealers in jewelry and diamonds, and
so continued until 1878. when Mr. Van Raalte withdrew from the partnership^
continuing in business on his own account. In 1880 he established a jewelry
and loan brokerage business and for twenty-two years was one of the well
known merchants of the city, located during that entire time at No. 1244 South
Fourth street. In 1900 he purchased the business of the Ben Walker Loan Com-
pany at 213 Nortb Seventh street, and removed his Fourth street store to Nos.
4 1 3- 1 5- 1 7 North Sixth street, where he is at present. He is well known as a
representative of the jeweler's tragic in the city, but in more recent vears has
become even more wiflely known for his operations in real estate, which have
been of an important character and have reached mammoth proportions. He
organized the Van Raalte Investment Company, and in addition to this he is
president of the Vancoh Realty Company, the Ben Walker Loan Company,
the Delmar Realty Company, the Regent Investment Company, the Bedford In-
vestment Company and the Pendleton Investment Company. He has been very
successful in all of his business affairs, watching closely all details of the
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business pointing to prosperity and so utilizing his opportunities that he has long
since gained a place among the men of affluence in the city.
^Ir. Van Raalte was married fifteen years ago to Miss Emma Rosenthal,
and they have one son and two daughters. In his fraternal relations he is
connected with Xaphtale lodge and with the Columbian Club, while his political
allegiance is given to the republican party. There has been nothing sensational
in his business career, which on the contrary has been the expression of his
energy and determination — qualities which have led him into large and profitable
inidertakins:s.
EPHRON CATLIX, JR.
Ephron Catlin, Jr., secretary and treasurer of the Southern Railway Supply
Company, was born at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, July 29, 1885, and is
the son of Ephron Catlin, Sr., and Emilie (Lassen) Kayser. His father is a
capitalist of St. Louis.
Ephron^ Catlin. Jr.. attended Smith Academy at St. Louis, afterward entered
St. Paul's School in Concord, Xew Hampshire, and completed his studies at
Harvard. Returning to St. Louis, he recently became secretary and treasurer of
the Southern Railway Supply Company, which was incorporated under the laws
of ]vIissouri in February, 1907.
He is a member of the University, St. Louis Country and X^oonday Clubs,
and likewise belongs to the Presbvterian church.
REV. AXTHOXY SLIEMAX.
Rev. Anthony Slieman, the efficient and beloved pastor of St. Anthony the
Hermit's Church, was born in Ito. Alount Lebanon, Syria, July 18, 1870, son
of Paul Anthony Slieman, who with his wife is living a retired life in their
native city in Syria. Besides Rev. Anthony Slieman they had the following
children : Assad, who is married and resides in Syria ; Tony, of this city ; Mrs.
Rosa Joseph, of Syria ; Peter, who resides here ; and Alexander, who is married
and lives in Syria.
Rev. Slieman received his preliminary education in the village school of
his native country, and when he had completed his studies there he entered
high school at ten years of age and was graduated from that institution at the
age of eighteen years. He then returned to his native town, where for three
years he jnu-sued a course of study at Mount Lebanon, preparing himself for the
priesthood, and on October 20, 1891, he was ordained by Archbishop Stevens
and assigned to the church in the city of Saint Sarres. He continued as pastor
of that congregation until the year 1902 and later came to the United States.
Immediately after giving up his charge, however, he spent some time traveling
throughout Syria as a missionary. Upon his arrival in the new world he re-
paired to Peoria, Illinois, where he remained for a period of six months and
then located in Minneapolis, ^Minnesota, where he realized that there was a
broarler field and better prospects for him in the work of the ministry. Pur-
chasing the church building and property at 323 Alain street, in northeast
Minneapolis, he retained the pastorship of the congregation for two vears and
seven months, and in 1905 resigned the charge and located in St. Louis, where
he established the first Syrian school in the United States. At present it has
two teachers, one an American who teaches in the English language, and the
other a .Syrian who teaches in her native tongue; and fifty-six pupils. So
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successful has this school been that recently one of the same kind has been
organized in New York city.
Rev. Slieman possesses all those higher qualifications requisite to enable him
to successfully follow the vocation to which he has devoted his life. He is an
exceptionally energetic man and aside from being a theological scholar, well
versed along exegetical and Biblical lines, he is also a zealous Christian of an
aggressive character and one who is profoundly interested in the calling which
he is following and in the general work af the church and the ministry. He is
a man Vv^ho to the fullest measure realizes the great responsibility resting upon
him as a minister of the gospel and a leader of men in the way in which they
might attain that efficient knowledge of the truth which will enable them to
conduct their lives in such a way as to be beneficial and desirable members of
society, and also to educate within them those higher spiritual and moral qualities
which will impress upon their minds the fundamental truth that the individual
lives well only in so far as he is educating within him the traits and qualities
of character which belong to immortality. His kindness and sympathy, to-
gether with his lovable disposition, have endeared him to the members of his
congregation and as well have won him the respect and esteem of the citizens
of the community in which he resides. He devotes his undivided attention to the
work of the church and is ever alive and active in striving to fulfill his obligations
as a minister of the gospel in quickening the spiritual and moral life of the mem-
bers of his congregation and in doing all in his power to establish the kingdom
of the Man of Nazareth on the earth.
GEORGE L. EDWARDS.
Among those whose names carry weight in financial circles in St. Louis,
is numbered George L. Edwards, senior member of the firm of A. G. Edwards
& Sons. He is yet a comparatively young man. having hardly reached the prime
of life, and yet, has become recognized as a forceful factor among the moneyed
men of his adopted city.
His birth occurred in Kirkwood. Missouri, September 7, 1869, his parents
being, Albert Gallatin and ^larv Evving (Jencks) Edwards. Having acquired
his education in the public schools of his native city, he entered business circles
in 1885, in the employ of the firm of Francis Whitaker & Son. He afterward
became an employe of the old Laclede Bank and later with the Mechanics Bank,
with which he was associated until 1891. He became a member of the firm
of A. G. Edwards & Sons, bankers and brokers, in 1891 ; is president of the
Bank of Kirkwood, Missouri ; a director of the National Bank of Commerce :
a member of the St. Louis and Chicago Stock Exchanges ; a director of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and chairman of its committee on concessions.
He was married in 1892, to Florence N. Evans, and they have one son and one
daughter : George L. and Mav E.
PHILIP W. COYLE.
The present age has brought about a recognition of the possibilities result-
ing from systematized and organize 1 efl:'ort. This is manifest in every walk of
life and m none more than the organization of business men into societies for
the promotion of interests bearing upon trade relations. In St. Louis it has
tangible evidence in the Business Men's League, of wdiich ^Ir. Covle is now serv-
ing as traffic commissioner, in which connection his executive ability, keen sagac-
ity and persistency of purpose are proving strong elements for the general good.
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He was also qualified for this position by reason of his long connection with the
railroad service. He was born July lo, 1850, in Greenwood, Steuben county,
Xew York, a son of Bernard and Susan (Killduff) Coyle, and while spending his
boyhood days under the parental roof lived in Allegany county. New York, pur-
suing his education in the public schools. He began service with the Erie Rail-
road, which he represented as telegraph operator and station agent from 1865
until 1 88 1. He was then promoted to the position of general freight and passen-
ger agent with the Lackawanna & Pittsburg Railroad, continuing in that capacity
for six years, and in 1887 became assistant general freight agent of the Wabash
Railroad. He was thus identified with railroad interests until the ist of May,
1906, when he was appointed trafific commissioner of the Business Men's League
of St. Louis. In taking up this work for the achievement of practical results by
the business men of the city he based his actions upon broad and intimate knowl-
edge of railroad interests and perhaps no one could have been chosen for the
ofifice who would better meet the demands that are imposed upon him in this
connection.
On the 6tli of January, 1872, in Dunkirk, New York, Mr. Coyle was united
in marriage to Miss Eloise Mulkin, and unto them were born a daughter and
son : Gertrude S. and Clifford D. Mr. Coyle is independent in politics but like
everv true American citizen keeps well informed on the questions and issues of
the day and his influence is given on the side of whatever he deems will prove
of general benefit. He is a member of the Episcopal church and socially is con-
nected with the Glen Echo and Alton Country Clubs, while in fraternal relations
he has become a Knight Templar Mason. He finds his chief source of recrea-
tion in golf and chess. In an analyzation of his life record it is noticeable that
from the beginning of his business career he has made it a purpose to thoroughly
master everv task that he has undertaken and thus qualify for still broader
responsibilities. His gradual advancement shows that his promotion has come
through the merit system and that he occupies a position of prominence today
bv reason of personal ability and worth.
CHESTER H. KRUM.
Chester H. Krum, recognized as one of the best equipped and ablest mem-
bers of the Missouri bar, was born in Alton, Illinois, September 13, 1840, a
son of Judge John M. and Mary (Harding) Krum. As a student in the Wash-
ington University he pursued a classical course, which was terminated by grad-
uation in 1863, when he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Whether inherited
tendency, natural predilection or deliberate choice had most to do with shaping
his professional career it is impossible to determine. However, he resolved upon
the practice of law as a life work and prepared for this calling as a student in
the law department of Harvard University, which conferred vipon him the Bach-
elor of Laws degree in 1865.
Mr. Krum had been admitted to the bar the previous year, and following
his graduation at once located for practice in St. Louis. Advancement in the
law is proverbially slow and in no profession does success depend more entirely
upon individual merit and efifort. Gradually, however, Mr. Krum won a good
clientage and in 1867 joined the firm of Krum, Decker & Krum as its junior
partner. Two years later he became United States district attorney by appoint-
ment and served in that capacity until 1872. He then resigned and in the same
year was chosen by popular vote for the ofifice of judge of the St. Louis circuit
court. For three years he remained upon the bench, discharging his multitu-
dinous duties with strict impartiality and fairness, his legal learning, his analytical
mind and the readiness with which he grasped the points in argument making
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him a capable jurist, the vahie of whose service was recognized and acknowl-
edged by the public and the profession.
On his retirement from the bench, Judge Krum resumed the private prac-
tice of law and has thus been identified with the St. Ix)uis bar for a third of
a centurv. He has not followed the prevalent tendency toward specialization,
but in each department of the law is well versed and in the general practice
has shown himself equally at home in various branches of jurisprudence and
has won a large percentage of the cases which have been intrusted to his care.
His is a natural discrimination as to legal ethics and he has, moreover, been
an unwearied student of the science of the law and of the trend of public
thought and feeling, wdiich has so much to do with shaping the interests which
come before the courts. He is also recognized as a popular law educator, and
foi nine years, beginning in 1873, was a member of the faculty of the St.
Louis Law School.
On the 26th of October. 1866, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Krum
and ]Miss Elizabeth H. Cuttler, the daughter of Norman and Frances Cuttler.
Their children, six in number were : Mary F., John M., Clara R., Flora, Eliza-
beth H. and Alabel. John M. is deceased. The family are Unitarians in re-
ligious faith, holding membership with the Church of the Messiah. Judge
Krum has been well known in political circles. He was recognized as a stal-
wart republican from 1864 until 1888, when with the fearless advocacy that he
has ever displayed in support of his honest convictions he joined the ranks of
the democracy, and when free silver was made the issue he became a champion
of the gold standard wing of the democratic party.
LOUIS A. JAMINET, M. D.
Dr. Louis A. Jaminet, who came to be known to the world at large as one of
the most eminent surgeons of his day, was born in Paris in 1823 and was a
descendant of one of the distinguished families of France. He pursued his edu-
cation in that country under Professor Valpo and when thirty-five years of age
came to the United States. His thorough preparation for his profession proved
an excellent foundation for his later success and prominence. He entered upon
the practice of medicine and surgery in St. Louis and was fortunate in soon win-
ning the close and warm friendship of James B. Fads and other distinguished
residents of the city. He was the family physician in the home of Daniel Bell
and Judge Treat and was no less esteemed for his social qualities and his superior
intellectual attainments than his professional skill. He acted for a year as resi-
dent physician in the City Hospital and in his practice made a specialty of surgi-
cal work. He became a recognized authority on surgery in this part of the state.
A perfect master of the construction and functions o^ the component parts of the
human body, of the changes wrought in them by the onslaught of disease, of the
defects cast upon them as a legacy by progenitors, of the vital capacity remain-
ing in them throughout all vicissitudes of existence, his professional labors were
attended with splendid results and he became numbered among the famous physi-
cians and surgeons of the Mississippi Valley. As the years passed he prospered
by reason of the large practice accorded him and became one of the wealthy resi-
dents of St. Louis.
Dr. Jaminet was married in 1863 to Mrs. Mary A. Newton, nee Meyer, a
native of London, England, and they had one daughter, Leontine Harriet. The
old familv residence was on the corner of Locust and Eleventh streets and was
erected by the Doctor. In religious faith he was a Roman Catholic, while his
wife and daughter are communicants of the Episcopal church. He was gener-
ous in support of all those measures and movements whicli he deemed beneficial
to St. Louis as a future city. He died December 17, 1890, after a residence of
almost a half century here.
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Dr. Janiinet was a man of remarkable presence, a linguist and an author of
some note and of the best social position. In 1870 he wrote a remarkable treatise
on the Physical Effects of Compressed Air in the Construction of the Illinois and
St. Louis Bridge. In all non-professional relations he was found to be singu-
larly modest and unusually gentle and tender-hearted and a true friend to the
poor and needy. He was faithful in his friendships, fixed in an honest hatred
of all shams and pretenders of an internal piety, and exhibited in every judg-
ment of his mind a strong common sense that illumined every dark corner into
which he looked with fearless candor.
MARY HAXXOCK ^IcLEAN, M.D.
The medical profession was among the first to open its ranks to woman and
her fitness for the calling none have cjuestioned, as long- before she won a place
with the graduate physicians her skill in the care of the sick and the administra-
tion of remedial agencies was widely acknowledged. Dr. McLean, as physician
and surgeon, has won a place among the able representatives of the profession in
St. Louis and has been accorded a liberal practice, which has constantly grown
both in volume and importance.
Dr. McLean was born in Washington, Missouri, February 28, 1861, a
daughter of Elijah and Alary (Staft'ord) McLean. Her father was born near
Lexington, Kentucky, and was a son of the Rev. David McLean, a baptist min-
ister, who came to Missouri to fight the Indians. Elijah AIcLean saw one of
his brothers scalped by the red men. He had opportunity to attend school for
only three months, for the school was broken up by the Indian wars. He was,
however, a great student and became a well educated man, constantly promot-
ing his knowledge by reading and investigation. He possessed an observing
eye and retentive memory and these qualities, combined with his reading, count-
eracted his lack of opportunity in early years. He made his own way in the
world from his thirteenth year, leaving home with but fifteen cents in his
pocket. He became ambitious to enter professional circles and determined upon
the practice of medicine as a life work. He educated himself for this calling
and was very successful therein up to his sixtieth year, when he retired and
gave his attention to the management of his properties. He reached his ninety-
fourth year and was a wonderfully well preserved man, retaining all of his
faculties up to the time of his death. When ninety-one years of age he rode
horseback. He lived in Franklin county, Missouri, where he owned extensive
lands on the Missouri river, and he was not only successful in the profession
and in business aft'airs but was also a recognized leader in political and church
circles. At one time he represented his district in the state legislature and he
was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He stood at all times for good citizen-
ship, for high ideals of life and for continuous progress in all those lines which
make the world better. His wife was born in North Carolina of English ances-
try, and was a daughter of the Rev. James Stafford, a Presbyterian minister,
who left the south because he was refused the privilege of preaching to the
negroes. He then removed to Illinois. His daughter, Mary Staft'ord, became
a teacher in the public schools and was engaged in teaching in Missouri when
she became acquainted wnth Elijah McLean, who won her hand in marriage.
Dr. McLean was reared at home, acquiring her education under private
tutors up to her thirteenth year, when she entered Lindenwood College at St.
Charles, Missouri, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1878.
She also studied for one year under tutors, after wdiich she entered
Yassar College, which she attended until she completed the work of the
sophomore year. In the meantime she had determined to become a member of
120 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY,
the medical fraternity and to this end she matriculated in the medical depart-
ment of the University of jMichigan, being graduated therefrom with the class
of 1883. One of her classmates was the distinguished Dr. William J. Mayo.
She then returned to St. Louis and a year later was made an interne in the female
hospital of this city, being the only lady physician to fill an interneship in the
St. Louis Hospital. She remained in the position for one year and soon after-
ward was elected a member of the St. Louis Medical Society. For fifteen years
she was the only one of her sex who belonged to that society but her brethren
of the fraternity have had to acknowledge her ability as manifest during twenty-
four years of active practice, in which she has shown marked power and skill
in coping with intricate phases of disease. She has made a specialty of the
treatment of diseases of women and of surgical cases connected therewith. She
is the only female surgeon in St. Louis attempting major surgical cases and is
regarded as most skillful in the line of her specialty. For fourteen years she
has been on the stafif of the Evening Dispensary for Women. She belongs now
to the American Medical Association, the St. Louis Medical Society and the
]\Iissouri State ]\Iedical Society.
While Dr. McLean has gained prominence in professional lines, she has also
become well known for her work in the missionary field. She has for years
been deeply interested in foreign missions and during the World's Fair she had
opportunity to meet and study the Chinese people. In 1905, accompanied by
a sister, she traveled for nine months through China and Japan, studying con-
ditions in those countries. She had attended Vassar College with Marchioness
O. Yama, of Japan, and through her friendship received letters of introduction
and presentations to the leading people of that country. She has assisted several
Chinese and Japanese students in their education, among these being a minister
who has made ten thousand converts in Japan and is doing grand work in
Christianizing the people of that country. On her trip to China, Dr. McLean
brought back with her a young woman of that country, who is now being edu-
cated to take up the missionary work in her native land, her education to be
completed by graduation from the Women's Medical College at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Dr. McLean is a Presbyterian in religious faith but is in sympathy
with all Christian work and is a most broad-minded woman, of wide charity
and generous views. She has attained notable distinction in the two fields of
labor to which she has largely devoted her energies. Gifted by nature with
strong intellectual power and ready sympathy, she has so directed her efforts
that those with whom she has been iDrought in contact have profited and benefited
bv her labors.
BENJAMIN BROWN GRAHAM.
In the history of those who have cbntributed not alone to the city's material
development but also to its intellectual and social progress was Benjamin Brown
Graham, who came to St. Louis in 1857 from Graham Mills, Ohio — a town which,
was named by his father, James Graham, who went to that place in early days
and there established the first paper mills in the west. Removing to St. Louis,
he became a factor in the industrial interests of this city by organizing the
Graham Paper Company and establishing the paper mills, which became an im-
portant industry of the city, employing a large force of workmen and returning
a gratifying income to the owners. He continued in the manufacture of paper
until his death, when he was succeeded by his sons, Benjamin and Henry Graham,
who greatly increased the business and extended its scope. Benjamin Graham
was the president of the company and the active spirit of the firm. Honored and
respected by all, there was no man who occupied a more enviable position in com-
mercial and manufacturing circles, not alone by reason of the prosperitv which
he won, but also owing to the honorable, straightforward methods which he
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pursued. After succeeding his father in the ownership of the business, he en-
larged its scope, keeping in touch with modern business methods and creating
a demand for his product by reason of its excellence and also owing to the busi-
ness methods employed in his relations with the trade. He was likewise a trustee
of the Mechanics Bank and his name was ever an honored one on commercial
paper. Success, as generally estimated, is achieved by concentration and not by
diffusion, and it was thus that -Mr. Graham won his position of prominence in
industrial circles, having concentrated his energies largely upon a single line of
business, which he thoroughly mastered, so that he became a leader and not a
follower in the paper trade.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Graham was married in St. Louis
in 1884 to Miss Christine Blair, a daughter of Hon. Francis P. Blair, Jr., who
arrived in St. Louis in 1845 ^^'^^1 became not only one of the distinguished resi-
dents of this city but also a man of national reputation in his championship
of measures which had been important factors in molding the history of the
country. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Graham was born a daughter, Christine, who is
now attending Smith College. In 1899 Mr. Graham erected a beautiful home
at No. 5145 Lindell boulevard overlooking Forest Park. He found his greatest
happiness in ministering to the welfare and comfort of his little family and yet
he was by no means exclusive in his interests. His nature was social and genial
in its characteristics and he was a valued and popular member of the Commercial
and Noonday Clubs, while of the St. Louis Country Club he was a charter
member. He was also a director and at one time president of the University
Club and was interested in all that pertained to intellectual progress and to the
advancement of the city in municipal lines. Alert and energetic the various in-
terests with which he was connected felt the stimulus of his enterprising spirit.
His death was the occasion of widespread regret, when in December, 1904, at
the age of sixty-four years, he passed away. Mrs. Graham, yet residing at the
home built for her by her husband, is a member of the Christian church. She
belonged to one of the prominent families of St. Louis and is rich in the memory
of an honored husband and father, both prominent and successful, each in his
own work in life.
W. H. KAYE.
W. H. Kaye is manager of a business which has had a continuous existence
of forty years, being now the chief officer in control of a railroad supply business
of considerable importance. He was born February 9, 1862, in Sheffield, Eng-
land, his parents being John and Elizabeth Kaye, of that city. After attending
private schools there, he became a student in the Collegiate College of England,
being graduated with the first class in 1878. Early in his business career he
engaged in clerking for a short time and at the age of sixteen came to America,
arriving in St. Louis in 1879. Here he learned the railroad supply business
under his uncle, E. H. Linley, with whom he remained for twelve years, on the
expiration of which period he went to Nebraska and was identified with farming
operations, in that state for five years. The venture there, however, proved un-
profitable and Mr. Kaye returned' to St. Louis, accepting the position of manager
for the C. & W. McClean Sporting Goods Company. Subsequently he purchased
an interest in the business, with which he was connected for five years. On the
expiration of that period, however, he sold out and again became a factor in his
uncle's establishment, in which he is now manager. This business has been a
feature in trade circles of St. Louis for four decades and receives the patronage
of many of the leading corporations handling goods of this character. The
business' policy of the house is one well worthy of emulation, for if mistakes
occur they are always matters of speedy adjustment, while the integrity of the
firm is never called into question.
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In September, 1892, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kaye and Miss
Sarah J. Onigley. \Vith their two daughters they reside at No. 5216 East
Kensington avenue. In his pohtical views Mr. Kaye is a stalwart republican,
who served as postmaster while living at Glenwood, Nebraska, and was also
justice of the peace and treasurer of the school board. His official duties were
discharged with the utmost capability and fidelity. He belongs to St. Peter's
Episcopal church and is a gentleman of genuine worth, as is attested by his
extensive circle of friends.
JUDGE CHARLES SPRAGUE HAYDEN.
Few lawvers have made more lasting impression upon the bar of the state
both for legal abilitv of a high order and for the individuality of a personal char-
acter which impresses itself upon a community than did Judge Charles Sprague
Havden. Of a family conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and
energv, he entered upon his career as a lawyer and such was his force of char-
acter and natural qualifications that he overcame all obstacles and wrote his name
upon the keystone of the legal arch. His legal learning, his analytical mind, the
readiness with which he grasped the points in an argument, combined to make
him one of the most capable jurists that has ever graced the court of last resort
in ^Missouri and the public and the profession acknowledged him the peer of any
member of the appellate court.
The life record of Judge Hayden covered almost seventy years. He was
born in Boston, February 27, 1833, and died in Florida, February 4, 1903. Many
of the intervening years were spent as a member of the St. Louis bar. His
parents were William and Maria (Deming) Hayden. The father was born in
A'irginia in 1795, and became a resident of Boston in early life. He was
appointed the first city auditor of Boston in 1824 and held the position for seven-
teen years, after which he resigned to accept the position of editor of the Boston
Atlas, a whig newspaper. At a later date he served for a short time as post-
master of Boston, also acted as a member of the city council and represented
his district in the state legislature. He was political manager for Daniel Web-
ster, the great statesman, and at the whig convention in Baltimore in 1852 advo-
cated the nomination of Webster for the presidency, but the distinguished New
England leader died in that year. During the period of his residence in Boston,
\A'illiam Hayden was prominently associated with public interests and did much
to mold public thought and opinion and thus he left his impress upon the history
of the city.
Reared in Boston, Judge Hayden was provided with liberal educational
advantages, attending the city schools, Chauncy Hall and the Latin school. He
afterward became a student in the law school of Harvard University, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1856. He then became private secre-
tary to his father in the Boston postoffice and continued in the same capacity
after his father's retirement.
The year 1857 witnessed the arrival of Judge Hayden in St. Louis. He
located here for the practice of law and entered into partnership with John H.
Rankin, the relation between them existing from the ist of January, 1867, until
1877. ^Ir. Hayden then went upon the bench of the St. Louis court of appeals,
where he served for four years and then resumed the private practice of law,
in which he continued until 1889, when he went south to Florida to make his
home, there retaining his residence until called to his final rest.
Devotedly attached to his profession, systematic and methodical in habit,
sober and discreet in judgment, calm in temper, diligent in research, conscien-
tious in the discharge of every duty, courteous and kind in demeanor and inflexi-
bly just on all occasions, these qualities enablerl Judge Hayden to take first rank
C. S. HAYDEN
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amono- those who have held the highest judicial offices in St. Louis and made
him tlie conservator of that justice wherein is the safeguard of individual lib-
erty and happiness and the defense of our national institutions. His reported
opinions are monuments to his profound legal learning and superior ability,
more lasting than brass or marble and more honorable than battles fought and
won. Thev show a thorough mastery of the questions involved, a rare simplicity
of style and an admirable terseness and clearness in the statement of the principles
upon which the opinions rest.
On the 25th of June, 1884, in St. Louis, Judge Hayden was united in mar-
riage to ^liss ]\Iatilda Brock, of this city, a daughter of William and Eliza
Brock, and unto them were born two daughters, Sydney Louise and Ruth
A'assall. Following the death of Judge Hayden the family returned to St. Louis,
•where they now^ reside. Judge Hayden was an advocate of the democracy and
when the division occurred concernmg the money question he espoused the cause
of the gold wing of the party. He was an earnest student of the science of
government and although he held but few political offices and while upon the
bench carefully lifted the judicial ermine above the mire of partisanship, he was
a more active and efficient politician than many who have devoted their undi-
vided time to public affairs. A vigilant and attentive observer of men and meas-
ures, his opinions were recognized as sound and his views broad and his ideas
therefore carried weight among those with whom he discussed political or public
problems. Those who met him socially had the highest appreciation for his
sterling qualities of manhood and a genial nature which recognized and appre-
ciated the good in others. The ties of home and friendship were sacred to him
and he took genuine delight in doing a service for those wdio were near and
dear to him.
LEY P. REXFORD.
Ley P. Rexford as president of the American Paper Cutter & Manufac-
turing Company is closely associated with the industrial life of St. Louis and as
chief executive officer of this concern is bending his energies toward constructive
effort and administrative direction, with the result that the business is reaching
out to broader fields and has more extended connections than ever before.
Mr. Rexford was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, January i, 1877, ^^^
is a direct descendant on his mother's side of the Petersons, who, with other
settlers from Sweden, made Delaware their home in the United States. His
grandfather, Alexander Peterson, came to St. Louis in 1844 and engaged in the
banking business. ^Ir. Rexford was a pubHc-school student in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, until the age of fourteen years. The succeeding year was spent
with a law firm in Chicago and, coming to St. Louis, he accepted the position
of messenger in the Third National Bank, being gradually advanced to positions
of increasing responsibilities until he became correspondent.
There he remained about twelve years and resigned his position in the bank
to become secretary and treasurer of the American Roll Paper Company. The
company was incorporated in 1884 principally by Air. Hopking, who was the
inventor and patentee of the first roll paper holder ever made. At the time of
Mr. Rexford's first association with the company, it was dealing in roll paper
and manufacturing roll paper holders and cutters. The business was first located
on North Second street, but it grew and developed so that it was necessary to
seek more commodious quarters and a removal was made to the corner of Third
and Spruce streets. Upon the reorganization of the business they removed to
their present location at Second and Bremen avenue, being here located since the
1st of March, 1908. The business was organized in June, 1907, under the name
of the American Paper Cutter & Manufacturing C(>m]:)any, at which time Mr.
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Rexford was made president. In addition to the manufacture of the paper cut-
ter they do a large hardware and corrugated paper specialty manufacturing busi-
ness and are now making shipments to all parts of the United States and Can-
ada and to most of the European countries. The business has assumed extensive
proportions and is an enterprise of considerable magnitude, and the reputation
of the house is a most commendable one, reflecting credit upon the trade condi-
tions of the city. The plant is well equipped with modern facilities, and the rela-
tions between employer and employe are always just and equitable. The business
is carefully systematized and the work is conducted along well defined lines of
labor.
On the I2th of October, 1905, Mr. Rexford was married in St. Louis to
Miss Lucv L. Whitelaw, and they have two children, Louise Augustine and Oscar
Whitelaw. Mrs. Rexford is a daughter of Oscar L. Whitelaw, one of the prom-
inent and prosperous merchants of St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Rexford hold mem-
bership in the Presbyterian church, and he exercises his rights of franchise in
support of the republican party, being in full sympathy with its principles
and purposes.
JAMES W. VAN CLEAVE.
James W. Van Cleave, president of the Buck's Stove & Range Company, one
of the largest concerns in its field in the Lmited States ; member of the Business
Men's League of St. Louis ; vice president of the Missouri Manufacturers Asso-
ciation and for years chairman of its traffic committee ; president of the St.
Louis branch, which is also by far the largest and most influential branch, of
the Citizens Industrial Association of America, and president of the National
Association of Manufacturers, is one of the leaders in the business and social
life of St. Louis and of ^^lissouri. For years also he has been a national figure.
John Van Cleef came from Amsterdam about 1680 and settled in Staten
Island. This was the first of the family who located in America. He and his
son Isabrant remained there, but the latter's son Aaron moved to New Jersey.
This Aaron, who was the great-great-grandfather of James W. Van Cleave,
immigrated from New Jersey and settled in Rowan county, North Carolina,
where he died about 1776 at an advanced age. The line of descent in the family
down to today is through the second Aaron Van Cleave, Carey Van Cleave, and
Henry Mason Van Cleave, the father of the subject of this sketch. The second
Aaron Van Cleave was a sturdy defender of the rights of the colonists against
encroachment by England, was an early advocate of independence, was promi-
nent in the Revolution, and, a few years after the establishment of the country's
independence, or in 1790, he and his brothers crossed the mountains into the
western wilderness and located near Louisville. Thus he was one of Kentucky's
pioneers. He married into the Brent family, which was distinguished in the
annals of the state, and he and his son Carey and his grandson Henry ]\Iason
were among the builders of Kentucky.
James W. Van Cleave, son of Henry Mason and Eliza Jane (Burks) Van
Cleave, was born in Marion county, Kentucky, July 15, 1849, ^"^ ^^'^^ educated
in the Springfield Academy in that state. As a member of one of
the oldest families in Kentucky, he sympathized with the Confederate
cause. As a boy of thirteen he was under the command of General John H.
Morgan until the capture of that dashing cavalry leader in 1863, and he rendered
other service for the Confederacy later on.
Accepting the results of the war promptly and heartily, he started his life
work by connecting himself with Lithgow & Company, prominent stove manu-
facturers of Louisville, learned the business in all its branches, and, coming to
St. Louis in 1888, became an ofBcer in the Buck's Stove & Range Company.
126 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
He quickly passed through the various grades up to the presidency of the com-
pany.
On ^Nlarch 27,, 1871, Air. Van Cleave was married to ]\Iiss Catherine Louisa
Jefferson, a daughter of Thomas L. and Ehzabeth (Creagh) Jefferson, of Louis-
ville. Thev have had seven children — Edith Corinne, wife of James Humphrey
Fisher; Hiram, who died in infancy; Giles Bell; Wallace Lee; Harry Fones;
\Mlhelmina Born ; and Brenton Gardner.
He is a Presbyterian, is a member of the Mercantile, the Glen Echo and the
Countrv Clubs, and has been a republican ever since 1896. While he had been a
democrat along to that time, Mr. Van Cleave in 1896 left the democratic party
because, as he believed, it had ceased to be democratic. To him the party's
platform of that vear and the utterances of its candidate meant revolution and
reaction. He said its free-silver propaganda attacked business morality, and he
declared that its strictures on the injunction and its covert threat to pack the
supreme court in the interest of its radical policies assailed the nation's stability
and prestige and endangered the foundations on which the entire social structure
rests. But in politics, as in religion and in everything- else, Mr. Van Cleave is
very far from being a bigot. He approaches every question with an open mind,
and his views on it are reached only after he has studied all that question's sides.
He is devoted to the right, as he sees it, and his respect for others is not dimin-
ished in the slightest degree, when, after honest deliberation, they reach con-
clusions opposite to his own.
As an active member of the St. Louis Business Men's League and of the
St. Louis [Manufacturers Association, now the Missouri Manufacturers Asso-
ciation, yir. Van Cleave quickly saw that the transportation difficulties com-
plained of by the manufacturers of the city were due to the lack of terminal
facilities. As head of the St. Louis Manufacturers Association traffic commit-
tee he brought this need to the attention of the business men and the people of
the city and pointed out the obstructions to the city's business expansion which
the bridge arbitrary set up. While offering no objections to the building of
bridges across the river, he contended that the quickest, the cheapest and by far
the most effective way to abolish the transportation embargo was to devote a
large part of the river front to railroad yards for the loading, the unloading
and the storage of cars. His views on these points were presented with clear-
ness and force.
]\Ir. Van Cleave was one of the pioneers in the movement wdiich led to the
formation of the Citizens Industrial Association of America. As temporary
chairman of the convention of business men and employers from many states
which met at Chicago in 1903, from which the association dates, he took a
prominent part in the creation of that organization. He was chosen first vice
president of the national organization and was unanimously selected to be the
president of the St. Louis branch of the order, which was immediately formed,
which has now (1908) nearly nine thousand members, and which is the organiza-
tion's most powerful section, in numbers, in activity and in influence.
As indicated by the "open shop," — open to non-members and to members of
the labor unions on equal terms, — which is the leading principle in its creed.
the chief object of the association is the protection of the employer and the
worker against the anti- American demands and practices of many of the labor
societies. The association will aid the regularly constituted authorities, national
and state, in putting down intimidation, coercion and violence, and aims to
establish harmony between em])loyers and workers on the basis of equal justice
to both sides. In carrying out this policy the St. Louis branch of the association
has largelv diminished the number of strikes and labor disturbances of all
sorts anrl has gone a long way toward establishing complete industrial peace in
the city.
These principles have always been Mr. Van Cleave's rule of conduct as an
employer. He freely recognizes the right of the workers to organize and to get
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such terms regarding wages and hours of labor as they can secure through
amicable agreement with their employers, but he insists on having the con-
trolling voice in the management of his factories. His relations with his own
workers have always been cordial. The friendship which they feel toward him
is shown by the circumstance that the proportion of the men who have been
in his employ for many years is probably greater than it is in any other concern
in his field in the country. As one of the first persons who proceeded against the
American Federation of Labor for its boycotting vice, and as the author of the
overthrow of that monarchical weapon of oppression, Mr. Van Cleave has, at
great expense to himself, fought the battles of every employer, and has earned
the everylasting gratitude of every business man and of every patriotic American.
F>om the early days of the National Association of Manufacturers Mr. \'an
Cleave was an active member of that organization, and became vice president of
the Missouri section at the convention in New Orleans in 1903. That was the
convention which adopted the "open shop" platform, advocated by Mr. Parry
of Indianapolis, then president of the association. ^Ir. Van Cleave was chair-
man of the resolutions committee and assisted in drawing that declaration. He
ably and successfully assisted in defending that declaration against the assault
of some of the more timid members, who imagined that it would disrupt the
association. It has strengthened the association instead. Mr. Van Cleave soon
became the recognized leader in the organization and was chosen its president
in 1906, and was reelected in 1907 and 1908. In the years in which he has been
at its head the association has vastly increased in membership, activity and in-
fluence in public affairs. On its rolls every state and territory and every calling
are represented.
Alore than any other one person Mr. Van Cleave has brought business men
in all fields into active cooperation. This led to the formation, in 1907, of the
National Council for Industrial Defense, of which he is chairman. That federa-
tion consists of one hundred and fifty-five national, state and local organiza-
tions of employers, business men and good citizens. He and representatives of
all the organizations in the council were active in Washington in defeating the
attempts of the labor union leaders in the early months of 1908 to coerce con-
gress into enacting anti-injunction and pro-boycott legislation. They were active
also at the republican national convention in June in Chicago in defeating the
plots of the same leaders to stampede the convention in favor of that anti-repub-
lican and anti-democratic policy. For his work on both of those occasions yir.
Van Cleave has received the plaudits of public-spirited Americans of all parties
and all localities.
Earlier than any other man in public or quasi-public life Mr. Van Cleave
urged a revision of 'the tarifif for 1909. This he did in the citadel of the anti-
revisionists, the Boston Home Market Club, at the club's annual dinner in 1906.
Through its platform of 1908 and the expression of its candidate the republican
party pledged itself to revise the tarifif in an extra session, to meet as soon as
possible after the inauguration on ]\Iarch 4, which is just the time that ^Ir. Van
Cleave mentioned as the proper date for the work. He urges a permanent,
expert, non-partisan tariff commission, to study the subject scientifically, and
to recommend changes in duties whenever and wherever such changes are neces-
sary. This reform,\vhich will deal with the tariff as a business matter and take
the' whole subject out of politics, is favored by the progressive members of both
parties and is likely to be adopted soon.
Likewise more than any other one person. ]\Ir. Van Cleave has been the
means of inducing business men in all parts of the country to take an active part
in politics. This does not mean the politics which sees nothing bad in our own
party, whichever party it is, and nothing good in its antagonist. It is the politics
which considers every question on its merits, irrespective of the party which
promotes or opposes it, and which supports or condemns measures and men re-
gardless of the partv labels which they carry. His aim has been to induce busi-
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ness men to accept candidacies for public office, to make them strike at dema-
gogism and revolutioijism under whatever mask they present themselves, and to
bring the standard of honor among politicians up to the same high level as it is
in business and professional life.
As every intelligent observer can see, politics throughout the country is
raising itself to a higher plane than it ever touched before within the memory of
anvbodv now living. When the social and political history of the United States
in the twentieth century's opening years is written by a man who grasps the
subiect in its vital phases it will single out as a large factor in this moral uplift
the words and deeds of James W. A'"an Cleave.
TERET^IIAH FRUIN.
Though practically retired from business life, Jeremiah Fruin still occupies
the presidency of the firm of Fruin & Colnon, contractors. Energetic, prompt
and notablv reliable, his business record was the story of steady progress re-
sulting from his thorough understanding of the work which he has undertaken.
With a genius for planning and executing the right thing at the right time, he
has made no false moves in his business career, and many of the fine public
buildings as well as private structures of St. Louis are monumental evidence
of his ability.
]\Ir. Fruin claims the Green Isle of Erin as the land of his nativity, his
birth having occurred in the Glen of Aherlow, County Tipperary, Ireland, in
1 83 1. Two years later his parents, John and Katherine (Baker) Fruin, brought
their family to the United States and took up their abode in Brooklyn, New
York. The father was a graduate of Maynooth College, an intelligent and
successful man of affairs, who for many years was actively engaged in the
building of public works in Brooklyn and elsewhere. He became well known
as a prominent contractor, continuing in business in Brooklyn until his death
in 1861. His wife passed away six years later and was laid by his side in
Holy Cross cemetery.
As a student in the public schools of Brooklyn, Jeremiah Fruin pursued his
education to the age of sixteen years, when he put aside his text-books to learn
the more difficult lessons in the school of experience. He became associated
with his father in contracting lines, retaining his residence in Brooklyn until
i860, during which time he was not only active in business, but was also con-
nected with various organizations around which cluster historic associations.
He became a member of the famous Water Witch Hose Company No. 8, which,
in the old days of the volunteer fire department, was the pride of Brooklyn.
He was also captain of Company E of the Second Regiment of the National
Guard of Brooklyn, belonging to the old-time Charter Oaks Baseball Club
of that city. In later years, following his removal to St. Louis, he was also
actively interested in baseball, becoming captain of the Empire Ball Club of
this city.
Following his removal from Brooklyn in i860, Mr. Fruin went to New
Orleans, but after a short period came to St. Louis. This was about the time
of the outbreak of the Civil war, and not until its close did he engage in busi-
ness for himself, for during the period of hostilities he was connected with
the quartermaster's department of the Union army, and most of the time
was stationed in St. Louis. On retiring from that position he engaged in the
construction of sewers and the paving of streets under contract, and for
thirty years was largely occupied with work of that character and of a kindred
nature. He was closely associated with the construction of the street railway
system of St. Louis, taking many important contracts of that character, and
through his extensive business interests he has been the employer of a large
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130 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
force of workmen, thus contributing largely to general prosperity and business
activity as well as to his individual success.
In 1872 he formed a partnership with W. H. Swift and together they
conducted an extensive contracting business until 1885, when the Fruin-
Bambrick Construction Company was organized with W. H. Swift as presi-
dent, J. Fruin as vice president and P. Bambrick as secretary. This com.pany
operated extensive stone quarries in St. Louis, in addition to the execution
of large contracts for railroad and other public works. Their operations ex-
tend from the Indian Territory to the Atlantic Ocean, and in 1897 the com-
pany had contracts for building a large masonry dam at Holyoke, jMassachu-
setts, and for laying several asphaltum street pavements in the cities of New
York and Brooklyn. City waterworks contracts in some of the larger and
many of the smaller cities of the country were also awarded this company and
the firm became wddely known throughout the country as foremost general
contractors. In 1900 Mr. Fruin severed his connection with the Fruin-Bambrick
Company, the business being continued, however, by its president, W. H. Swift.
He then organized the firm of Fruin & Colnon, contractors, with offices at 615
Merchants-Laclede building. Of this firm he is president, but leaves the active
management of the business largelv to others, while he is now practically living
retired. He has passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey and
his rest is a merited reward of a long life of activity and usefulness, in which
his well directed labors, uii faltering diligence and capable management brought
him a measure of success that numbers him among the citizens of affluence
in St. Louis.
In 1856 ]\Ir. Fruin was married tO' Miss Catharine Carroll, of Brooklyn,
Xew York, and thev have become parents of one son and a daughter. Mr.
Fruin is a Knight Templar Mason, and also a member of the Royal Arcanum.
In politics he has ever been identified with the democratic party, has laboied
efifectively for its welfare and his opinions have carried weight in its councils.
In 1895-96 he served as one of the police commissioners of the city and has
always been interested in public affairs, his cooperation being accounted a val-
uable asset in matters relating to the public good. During the years of his
residence in St. Louis he has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a
careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and
honorable methods, which have w.m him the deserving and unbounded confi-
dence of his fellowmen.
LUTHER HENRY CONX.
Luther Henrv Conn, a cajMtalist of St. Louis, has been identified with many
important financial, commercial and industrial undertakings which have
had direct bearir.g ujion the develo])ment and progress of this sec-
tion of the state. Llis time is now given merely to the supervision
of his in\-e>ted interests, which relieve him of the necessity for strenuous effort,
and leaves him leisure for the development of those graces of character that
make him a most cultured anfl entertaining gentleman. He feels just pride in
the ownershi]) of the historic "Oant farm," which was once the old home place
of General V. S. Grant, and which is regarded by the American public much
as is Mount X'crnon and tlie Hermitage, the homes of Washington and Jackson.
Further investigation into the life record of Mr. Comi shows that he comes
from an ancestry honorable and distinguished. The family originated in Ireland,
whence rej)resentatives of the name came to America in 1750. Thomas Conn,
the proifcnitor of the familv in the new world, settled in Maryland and sub-
sequently removerl to Culpeper county, Virginia, while in 1783 he took up his
abode in Bourbrjii count)', Kenluckw It was at that i)eriod in the history of
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the state when Kentucky was still known as the dark and bloody ground be-
cause of the hostility of the Indians to the white men who were penetrating into
the interior. Thomas Conn took with him a negro to build a log cabin and when
the negro was at work Air. Conn stood guard to protect him from the Indians.
His son, Captain Jack Conn, grandfather of our subject, was born in Bourbon
county, Kentucky, and was a soldier of the war of 1 812. He is accredited by
contemporaries with having killed the Indian Chieftain, Tecumseh, at the battle
of the Thames, although others claim the distinction for Colonel R. M. Johnson,
afterward vice president of the United States. Dr. James V. Conn, father of
Luther H. Conn, was one of the strong and forceful characters in church and
educational work and moreover was a leading and influential citizen of Carroll-
ton, Kentucky. He was born at Centerville, Kentucky, May 11, 1810, and pre-
pared for his profession as a student in the medical college at Lexington,* Ken-
tucky. Many years have passed since he was called from this life.
Luther Henry Conn, who was born at Burlington, Boone county, Kentucky,
March 14, 1842, a son of Dr. James A\ and Alary E. (Garnett) Conn, was par-
tially educated at Carrollton, Kentucky, in an old-time seminary which was
among the leading institutions of learning of the state at that day.
He atso pursued a special course of study under Professor Cloud and Major
Magruder, the latter a graduate of West Point, from whom he obtained a knowl-
edge of military tactics. He was still pursuing his education when the Civil war
was inaugurated, and although but nineteen years of age he espoused the south-
ern cause and joined the Confederate army as a private. Soon afterward he
was promoted to a captaincy and served under the famous General Morgan,
participating in all the campaigns with him. In a hot engagement at Alurfrees-
boro, Tennessee, he was shot through both legs and his clothing w^as perforated
with bullets. He was captured with Morgan's command during the raid through
Ohio and Indiana and w^as held as a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Alle-
gheny City, Point Lookout, Fort McHenry and Fort Delaware, being trans-
ferred to these different prisons in the order named. In the fall of 1864 he
was exchanged and participated in the subsequent campaigns with his command
in 1864-5. ^n the surrender of General Lee and the evacuation of Richmond
his command was made the special escort of President Davis and the Con-
federate officials on their retreat into Georgia.
When the war was ended Mr. Conn returned to his old home in Kentucky.
He had determined upon a business career and to thjs end went to Arkansas,
where he engaged in cotton planting. In 1867 he became a resident of St. Louis,
where he engaged in the real-estate business as a member of the firm of Flournoy
& Conn, which later became Conn & McRee. For twenty years this firm held
rank with the leading firms of St. Louis, operating extensively in real-estate,
and then in 1887 Air" Conn retired. He had by no means confined his atten-
tion to one line but had extended his efiforts into various fields of activity which
brought him distinguished successes and constituted him a most helpful factor
in the upbuilding of this section of the country. He is now a director of the
Laclede Gas Light Company and of the Tiger Tail Alill & Lumber Company.
He was prominent in railroad construction, including the building of the W est
End Narrow Gauge Railway and the Jefferson Avenue Railway. He was also
instrumental in building the Southern Hotel and the Merchant's Exchange and
was the moving spirit" in the establishment and improvement of Forest Park,
one of the most beautiful parks of all the world. He was at one time a com-
missioner of Lafavette Park, serving in that position for many years and was
also president of the park board. He declined various political appointments,
including that of police commissioner of St. Louis, which was tendered him by
Governor Phelps. His political allegiance has always been given to the demo-
cratic party.
In 1871 Mr. Conn was married to Aliss Louise Gibson, the eldest daughter
of Sir Charles and A'irginia Gibson. Their daughter, \'irginia Alay Conn, a
132 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
reigning belle during- her young womanhood, is now the wife of Frank \'.
Hammar. The family residence is at No. 1728 Waverly Place. As stated, Mr.
Conn is also the owner of the old home of General U. S. Grant. The posses-
sion of this earlv home of the great soldier is something in which he takes justifi-
able pride, being thoroughly appreciative of its historic associations and there-
fore keeping it up in excellent condition. His broad mindedness is shown in
this work, for although a soldier of the Confederate army, he recognized the
splendid military qualities of the Union leader and while differing from him in
viewpoint, he pays his tribute of admiration to the ability of the
soldier and president. ]\Ir. Conn is a member of the St. Louis Confederate
\'eterans. He is a lover of music and a patron of the arts and has found pleasure
and delight in extensive travel, manv times visiting foreign lands and truly
enjoving the opportunities for the cultivation of artistic appreciation in the
centers of the old world.
JOHN RABOTEAU,
John Raboteau, who figured in commercial circles in St. Louis as proprietor
of a wholesale and retail drug business conducted under the firm style of Rabo-
teau & Company at No. 700 North Broadway, remained a factor in the business
life of the citv until his demise January 22, 1909. His life record began in
Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the 12th of June, 1855, and he was but two years
of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal from that state to St.
Joseph, ^Missouri. His father, J. B. Raboteau, was born in Tennessee, July 12,
1830. and for twent3--five years was prominent in the business circles of New
York city. He was also connected with commercial interests in Tennessee and,
as stated, removed with his family to Missouri in 1857. For eight years he was
a resident of St. Joseph and in 1865 came to St. Louis, where he established a
large and profitable wholesale and retail drug house. After seeing his son firmly
established in the business he decided to enjoy in well earned rest the few years
yet allotted him and so retired from business and is now living in Webster Grove,
enjoving the fruits of his former activity. His wife, who was born in Tennessee
in 1835, died in 1893 and was laid to rest in the old family burying ground in
Bellefontaine.
John Raboteau, whose name introduces this review, was about ten years of
age when his parents removed to St. Louis and in the schools of this city he
largely acquired his education, first entering the Benton public school, where he
spent two years. He was afterward a student for two years in the Christian
Brothers' school and later became a student in the Jesuit College on Ninth street
and Washington avenue, where he remained for two years. This constituted his
literary training, which served as a foundation on which to rear the superstruc-
ture of professional knowledge. His father was engaged in the drug business
and to qualify his son for the same field of labor, sent him to the St. Louis Col-
lege of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1875. He at once entered
his father's wholesale and retail drug business, which was established in 1870 at
No. 714 North Broadway. l'>om the age of sixteen vears until his demise he
was actively connected with that business and from 1877 was in full charge.
This is one of the rjldest drug houses of the city and is well known throughout
St. Louis and vicinity, having an extensive ])atronage. while the business methods
of the house have gainer! for its owners an unsullied reputation in commercial
circles.
( )n the 14th of July, 1891. in Chicopee l'"alls, Massachusetts, !Mr. Raboteau
was united in marriage to Miss [Elizabeth C. Canterbury, whose parents are still
living in that city. Unto Mr. anrl Mrs. Raboteau were born two sons: Philip C,
who was born June 12. 1892. but liverl only three months; and Nathan C, now
twelve years of age.
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At the time of the death of the husl:)and and father the wife and son were
visiting at her old home in Chicopee Falls. Becoming ill, Mr. Raboteau was
taken to the ^^lullaiiphy Hospital bnt it was not thought his condition was at all
alarming" and he wrote to his wife not to return home. Death came to him very
unexpectedly, removing from the ranks of business men one of its successful and
reliable representatives. He was a member of the Mercantile and also of the
^Missouri Athletic Club and had the warm regard of many friends of those organ-
izations. In politics he was an independent democrat, caring little for the honors
and the emoluments of office, preferring to devote his time and energies to his
business pursuits, which, capably conducted, were meeting with most gratifying-
success. He had high regard for the ethics which control honorable relations
in business life and was moreover loyal, faithful and helpful in his friendships and
in his family relations.
BEN [AM IX BOGY.
Benjamin l)Ogv was a representative of one of the prominent old families
of Missouri. He was born in St. Genevieve, July 2^, 1829, and died in Joplin,
Missouri, September 29, 1900. His parents were Joseph and Marie (St. Gemme )
Bogy, the former born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, on the 26th of April, 1786, and
the latter in the same place on the 27th of February, 1782. The father was con-
nected through official interests with Governor ^lorello when this country was
under the dominion of Spain. He was also a member of the first legislature
that convened after ^Missouri was admitted into the Union in 1820 and was also
a representative from this state in congress.
Benjamin Bogy pursued his education in the schools of St. Genevieve, ^lis-
souri, to the age of twelve years. He came to St. Louis at that time, in 1841, and
for four years was a pupil in the St. Louis University. When his education w'as
completed he went to Idaho with Mr. Beauvais of St. Louis and was in his em-
pl()\- in the fur business in the northwest for two years. In 1847 he returned
to St. Louis to accept a i)osition with the Shapleigh & Day Hardware Company
and for fifty-three years was traveling representative for the firm. For twenty
vears he traveled over the southwest territory on horseback, carrying his samples
until the railroads were built. The onlv interruption to his continuous service
with this house was during the period of the Civil war, for in 1861 he enlisted
in Arkansas as a member of the Confederate armv and served under General
]\Iarmaduke until the close of hostilities, when he returned to the hardware firm
which he represented for more than a half century. The amicable relations be-
tween himself and the house were well indicated by his long continuance in their
service, wdiich also bore evidence of his faithfulness and his caijability in business
lines. He had many patrons throughout the territor_\- over which he traveled and
the number of these continuallv increased. He always kept in touch with modern
business methods and ideas, remaining throughout his days an alert, energetic
business man.
On the 2Sth of July, 1853, in (ialena, Illinois, ]\Ir. Bogy was united in
marriage to Miss Charlotte MacKay, a daughter of Col. ^^neas AlacKay, of
the United States army, and Helen (Le Gate) MacKay. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Bogy were born two sons and a daughter, who survive him: Joseph A., now a
{•nerchant of Colgate, Oklahoma : Alexander ]\I., secretary of the Ferguson-
McKinney Dry Goods Company of this city; and Cornelia McKnight Bogy.
In his religious views Mr. Bogy was a Catholic. His political support was
given to the democracy until 1896, when his ideas being at variance with the
free silver plank in the democratic party, he joined the ranks of the republican
])arty, which he continued to support until his demise. He was a man of genial
spirit, always kindly, approachable and courteous and wherever he went made
friends. All over the route that he traveled there were those who held him in
134 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
highest regard and looked forward eagerly to his periodical visits. In St. Louis,
too. there were many who gave him \varm friendship, so that outside of his own
home his death w^as the occasion of deep and widespread regret, while at his
own fireside the family mourned the loss of one who had ever been a devoted
husband and father.
JOHN P. BOOGHER.
lohn P. Boogher, in whose life geniality, pronounced business ability and
appreciation for the rights and privileges of others were well balanced forces,
was born in Alount Ple'asant, Frederick county, Maryland, October 8, 1834, and
died in St. Louis, December 2^. 1893. He was descended on the paternal line
from German ancestry, the original name being Bucher, and on the distafif side
from English Quaker stock. He was descended from one of the old families
of Nordlingen, Bavaria. Peter Bucher was born in Bavaria about 1400 and
was granted a coat of arms in 1450 for military service rendered in defense
of his country against the adjoining Palatinates. Nicholas Bucher, born in
1690 in the upper valley of the Rhine, came to America with his wife and
children in the ship Friendship, landing at Philadelphia October 17, 1727.
lacob Boogher, a descendant of Nicholas Bucher, was a soldier in the
]\Iarvland line "during the Revolutionary war. He married Elizabeth Christ,
also of Frederick county, Alaryland, and their son Nicholas w^edded Rebecca
Davis Coomes. She was descended from William Richardson, a gentleman planter
of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, who came from England in 1655, and Eliza-
beth Ewen, his wife. William Richardson was a member of the lower house of the
assembly and a member of the committee on military affairs for the defense
of the colony. He was also one of the leaders of the Society of Friends, not
onlv of the West River Meeting of Anne Arundel county, but of the entire
colony. Elizabeth Ewen, the wife of William Richardson, was a daughter of
Richard Ewen, who came to Maryland in 1649. At different periods in his
life he was a member of the upper house of the assembly and acted as its
speaker during the last two years. He was likewise justice of the provincial
court of Anne Arundel county and was captain of militia, and later he held
the rank of major. He was likewise high sheriff of the county, and from the
14th of March, 1654, until the i6th of September, 1657, he was one of the high
commissioners to govern the colony of Maryland under the lord protector,
Cromwell.
The environment of John P. Boogher in his youth was that of the home
farm. His education was acquired at Frederick City, where he later entered
business life in the employ of a dry-goods merchant. He was thus engaged
until 1856, when he came to St. Louis. The city was then of comparatively
small proportions, but was advantageously located and was already enjoying
an era of growth and prosperity. Mr. Boogher believed that it afforded a far
better field for business advancement than his home town and accordingly he
made his way to the middle west, where he secured employment in the wdiole-
sale dry-goods house of Pomeroy, Benton & Company. He remained with
that firm until 1862, and then on account of his strong sympathy with the south
he was placed in the McDov/ell military prison, where he was confined for
some months. When his liberty was restored he again became a factor in
wholesale dry-goods circles, being admitted to a partnership in the firm of Henry
Bell & Son, with whom he continued until the death of the senior partner in
1878. The present Carleton Dry Goods Company is the outcome of this old
establishment, which was conducted originally under the firm style of Henry
Bell & Son and later Daniel W. Bell & Company, John P. and his brother, Jesse
L. Boogher, constituting the company. After the death of Daniel W. Bell,
136 ST. LDL'iS, THE FOfRTH CITY.
John P. and Jesse L. Boogher consolidated their interests with those of James
H. ^^"ear under the firm style of \\'ear, Boogher & Company, and later the
name was changed to that of the Wear & Boogher Dry Goods Company, the
business being incorporated, at which time John P. Boogher was chosen treas-
urer of the company and continued to hold that office until his death in 1893.
Later the name of the company was changed again to its present style — the
Carleton Dry Goods Company.
}*lr. Boogher was twice married, his first union, in 1866, being with i\Iiss
Laura Wallace Brown, who died ir: 1867 and left him one son, John Wallace.
On the 6th of September, 1871, he married Miss Eliza 15. Silver, a daughter of
Joseph Silver, a wealthy planter of Baldwin county, Alabama. 3*Irs. pjoogher
was born at Montgomery Hill, l)aldwin county, Alabama, in 1849. Her father
was of English descent and when a young mari went from his home in Hart-
ford county. ]\Iarylar:d, to Alabama, becoming a successful planter on the Ala-
bama river. He was a member of the secession convention from Baldwin
count \' and was one of those who signed the ordinance of secession for Ala-
bama. He married Miss ^lartha Booth, a daughter of Captain Joseph Booth,
who Avas born in South Carolina and was with General Jackson at the capture
of Pensacola. Pie was also one of Captain Moore's company that escorted
General La Fayette from Georgia to ^lobile and was afterward captain of this
companv for some time, ^^'hcn the Creek war broke out he volunteered wdth
David ]\Iims and was elected captain of a company, with which he served until
the expiration of his term. He lived for many years at [Montgomery Hill,
Baldwin county. Alabama, and was an extensive cotton planter. Mrs. Boogher
and six of their children, besides ]\Ir. Boogher's son, John Wallace Boogher,
survive the husband and father. The sons and daughters are : Joseph Silver ;
Ernest Hastie ; Martha Silver, the wife of Orren W. Stone; Ethel; John P.,
who married Susan Meriwether; and Elise.
Mr. Boogher was a member of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church
South and for many vears was prominent in its work. He contributed most
generously to its support and did all in his power to further its interests.
Throughout the entire church connection in this section of the country he was
known for his charitv and religious influence. He enjoyed to the fullest the
confidence and esteem of his business associates and won their admiration and
respect by reason of the straightforward policy which he inaugurated at the
outset of his career and which he alwa}s strenuouslv followed. His commer-
cial integrity was never called into question. He never deviated from what
he believed to be right between himself and his fellowmen and held to high
ideals in every relation. In politics he was a pronounced democrat. His uni-
form kindliness and tact and his cordial disposition were always a source of
pleasure to his many friends, while his effective labors in the church made him
one of its most valued members. His loss came with greatest force, however,
to his family, who knew him as a devoted husband and father and one who
made the interests of his wife and children paramount to all else.
J( )Sl<:iMl !ICXTh:R BYRD.
I'inancially interested in many business enter])rises of importance and with
voice in their management, Joseph Hunter P\rd stands among the ])rominent
representatives of commercial and financial interests in St. Louis. He was born
in Cape Girardeau county, near Jackson, this state, Ma\- 8, 1880. His father,
Abram Ruddcll I5\rd. was a son of Ste])hen Pyrd. and his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Minerva fHunter) i'.yrd. was a daughter of Josei)h llunter, of New Madrid,
^lissouri. Both families have residerl in southeastern ^lissouri since 1803. the
Byrds holding a grant of land from Spain. Abram R. Ijyrd is a ranchman,
ST. LOUIS, THE l-X)rRTll Cn"Y. 137
miner and tionr manufacturer of San Antonio, Texas. The r>yi'<l family is of
Scotch origin and was founded in X'irginia while this country was still num-
bered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. The early representatives
of the name adhered to the English cause during the Revolutionary war. Two
branches of the family emigrated to Missouri, the first settling in Cape Girardeau
county in 1803 and the other at Birds Point in 1820.
J. Hunter Byrd pursued his education in the academic department of the
University of A'irginia and also attended the University of Texas. He left
college, however, in the fall of 1901 and entered business life, devoting that
year to mining and prospecting for gold in Xew Mexico. During the succeed-
ing two years he was engaged in prospecting and exploring in northern }^Iexico
in lower Pacific Mexico and on the Central American border. He s])ent the
year of 1904 as a flour salesman and in 1905 became connected with the Alsop
Process Company, dealers in electrical equipment for flour mills at St. Louis.
He has since been associated with the company with which he became con-
nected as salesman. The following year he was elected treasurer. He has also
extended his efforts to other ilelds of activity. In 1906 he assisted in the organ-
ization of the Central National Ban.k, of which he became a director and cashier.
In 1907 he was elected to the directorate of the Missouri Lincoln Trust Company,
to the ^lissouri State Life Insurance Company and to the Alsop Process Com-
pany, of which he still remains as treasurer. He is associated in a partnership
with his father and brother in the firm of A. R. Byrd & Sons, investments, and
is also president of the \'alle\- Llardwood Company, which operates in timber
and railway interests in Arkansas. Other corporations number him as a director
and although yet a young man he has become widely recognized as one of
sound business judgment and discernment. He is in touch with the progressive
spirit of the times which utilizes each opportunity for advancement and has
come to understand the value of concerted effort in the accomplishment of large
results.
Mr. r>yr(l was married in Jackson. Missouri, November 30, 1904. to Miss
Emma Evangeline Howard, of Cape Girardeau county, who was educated at
Randolph-Macon Women's College at Lynchburg, Mrginia. In politics 'Sir.
Byrd is a democrat, stanchly advocating the party since age conferred upon him
the right of franchise. Plis membership relations are with the Alpha Tan ( )mega
fraternit}', the Alercantile Club and the Southern }\Iethodist church — associa-
tions which indicate much of the character of his interests and his purposes.
He has already made himself felt as a potent factor in business circles and his
outlook is most promising because of his ability to recognize and utilize oi)]^or-
tunities.
ADOLPH BALLASEl'X.
Adolph Ballaseux, vice president of the Grannemann-Kuelka Commission
Company, was born January 2, 185 1, in Germany. His father, A\'illiam Ballaseux,
was a court official at Alarienwerder, West Prussia, and the son pursued his edu-
cation in the public schools there to the age of twelve vears, after which he
spent two years in a lawyer's office in his native city. Then occurred one of
the most momentous events in his life — his emigration to America.
Beginning work in St. Louis in the grocery store of A. ]\[oll. the fact that
he remained in that establishment for nineteen years stands in incontrovertible
evidence of his fidelity, constantly increasing ability and trustworthiness. As
his financial resources increased he became owner and manager of steamboats
on the ^Missouri river and four years of his life succeeding his grocery experience
were devoted to that pursuit. He then sold out and established a general mer-
cantile business, also dealing in railroad timber in Calloway county, ^Missouri.
138 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
In 1896 he returned to St. Louis and started in the wholesale butter and cheese
business as vice president of the Grannemann-Kuelka Commission Company.
He has since continued in this line, covering a period of twelve years and the
business of the house is now extensive. It has always conducted its interests
in accordance with the old adage that honesty is the best policy and in trade
circles sustains an enviable reputation.
On the I2th of February, 1874, Air. Ballaseux was married to Miss Clara
B. S. Grapevine, a daughter of Captain Fredrick Grapevine, one of the oldest
river captains of St. Louis. They have four daughters : Clara, who married
John Pfeilter, secretary of the National Paper Company; Alamie, the wife of
James H. Billington, manager of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company at
Springfield, Illinois ; Heda. the wife of William \\'heatley, who is in the shoe
business at Denver, Colorado ; and Jennie.
In his social relations Mr. Ballaseux is a Alason and a Knight of Pythias,
while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the St. James Epis-
copal church. Starting out in life for himself at the age of twelve years and de-
pendent entirelv upon his own resources since he first came to St. Louis at
the age of fourteen, his career has been marked by successive forward steps and
illustrates the fact that prosperity is not a matter of genius, as held by some,
but is rather the outcome of clear judgment, experience and close application.
PHILIP ROEDER.
Philip Roeder has justly won the proud American title of a self-made man
and has found that diligence and perseverance are keys that w411 unlock the por-
tals of success. He was born January 8, 1846, at Offenthal near Frankfurt-on-
the-Main, Germany, his parents, John and Anna M. Roeder, being farming-
people of that locality. The immigration of the family to America during the
boyhood of Philip Roeder enabled him to pursue his education in the public
schools and passing through successive grades, he graduated from the St. Louis
high school in 1861. Owing to the limited financial resources of the family he
entered business life as an errand boy in the employ of W. H. Gray, a news-
dealer, and aided in the support of his parents. He early learned to place a
correct value upon money and opportunity and realized the fact that success is
more often attributable to earnest, persistent labor than to any qualities of genius
or fortunate circumstances. Gradually he worked his way upward as his useful-
ness increased.
In 1879 ^^^ f^^t that his capital, secured through his industry and careful
expenditures, justified him in embarking in business on his own account, which
he did at No. 322 Olive street as a bookseller, stationer and newsdealer. For
thirty years he has thus been connected with the trade in St. Louis, his business
being one of the old established and reliable houses of the city. The increase
in his trade necessitated his removal from original quarters about 1890 and he
went to the corner of Fourth and Olive streets. In 1894 the business was re-
moved to No. 307 North Fourth street and since 1903 he has been at his present
location, at No. 616 Locust street. He carries an extensive and carefully selected
line of books, stationery and magazine publications and has many patrons who
have been with him for years, while he is daily adding to the list. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party but, while he keeps well informed on
the questions and issues of the day, he has never sought nor desired ofiice.
On the 30th of April, 1870, in St. Louis, Mr. Roeder was married to Aliss
Amanda C. Sennewald, who died in 1901. Their children were: Oliver and
Charley, both in business with their father, the former now married but the
latter at home; Philip, who is secretary of the wholesale notion firm of Shryock,
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 139
Todd & Company; Emma, the wife of Oscar O. Dunham; and Amanda, the wife
of Lonis F. Abel.
Mr. Roeder has Hved a strictly business life, conlining his attention to his
mercantile interests and his home. When free from business cares, he prefers
to spend his time at his own hreside. He has been a most active, energetic man
and his success is due entirely to his close application, unfaltering energy and
keen outlook in commercial lines.
LOUIS E. DENNIG.
Louis E. Dennig has been connected with various business interests of
importance in commercial and industrial life of St. Louis, his enterprise proving
a factor in the development of substantial trade relations over the city. He
w^as here born, December 22, i860. His father, E. G. Dennig, was a native of
Kaiserslautern, Germany, born July 25, 1826, and in 1848, at the age of twenty-
two years, he immigrated to the United States. He had just been an active
participant in the revolutionary movement, which was inagurated to free the
country from some of its monarchical measures and because of the failure of the
revolution had to flee to America, together with Carl Schurz and many others
who were prominent factors in the movement. Settling in New York city, he
there remained until 1856, when he opened the first leather goods manufactory
in St. Louis. He also extended the scope of his business activity by conducting
a book bindery and eventually he became connected with the wine and licjuor
business as a partner of John Boeringer. He died April i, 1877, while his wife,
Margaret Juengst Dennig, who was born in Worms, Germany, September 4,
1835, passed away in St. Louis, November 14, 1894.
In the private schools of this cit}^ Louis E. Dennig pursued his early edu-
cation and in 1877 was graduated from the German Institute under Professor
Eyser. In his business career he started at the bottom of the ladder but has
mounted round by round until he has long since reached the plane of affluence.
On the 3d of September, 1877, he became associated with Carl Conrad, of the
firm of C. Conrad & Company, at No. 613 Locust street, the originators of the
Budweiser bottle beer. There he was advanced through various promotions and
was serving as buyer, wdien in January, 1883, the business was turned over to the
Budweiser Beer & Wine Company, of which he became secretary, with Adolphus
Busch as president. On the ist of July, 1895, the company retired as jobbers
and Mr. Dennig assumed the local managership of the Anheuser-Busch Brew-
ing Association. Each change in his business connections have marked a for-
ward step, bringing him broader opportunities. In 1900 he became the secretary
and treasurer of the Delmar Garden Amusement Company and in January, 1906,
he became a member of the firm of Busch & Everett, in the oil and gas busi-
ness. While on the 15th of January, 1908, he was elected president and treas-
urer of the Busch & Everett Company, its successors. In February, 1906, he
became interested in the St. Louis Independent Packing Company, controlling
the largest packing interests in this city and was elected vice president, in which
capacity he has since remained. His business interests have been extensive and
of an important character as factors in the commercial and industrial circles
of the city and in positions of responsibility he has displayed keen executive
force, bending his energies to constructive eft'orts which have resulted in the
development of large and profitable concerns.
On the 22d of November, 1898, Mr. Dennig was married to ]\Iiss Marie
Schaefer, the second daughter of Louis Schaefer, of 3323 Russell avenue, and
they have one son, Louis S. Dennig. Her father, now living retired, was
formerly the president of the St. Louis Dressed Beef Company. Mv. Dennig
is greatly interested in big game and duck shooting, fishing and kindred sports
140 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and along those recreative lines secures needed rest from business. He is of
the Protestant faith and his poHtical behef is indicated by the stalwart support
which he gives the republican party. Fraternally he is connected with the
Masons, the Elks and the Eagles. He also belongs to the Travelers Protective
Association, the Business ]^lcn's League, the Liederkranz, the Union Club, [Mis-
souri Athletic Club. Automobile Club and the Cantine Plunting & Fishing
Association, serving as secretarv of the same almost continuously since becom-
ing" one of its charter members. He is likewise connected with the St. Louis
Trap Shooters Association and is popular in social circles where congeniality
and similar tastes have drawn men together in social organization.
HOWARD WATSOX,
The nature of Howard \\'atson was many sided. He never concentrated
his energies so exclusivelv along one line as to bar out active and helpful inter-
est in ot'her affairs which are elements in the hfe of the individual, the munici-
pality and the nation. While he became a successful business man, he was
equallv well known in political, church and [Masonic circles, and all felt the
stimulu.- of his activity and benefited by his sound judgment. A native of Illi-
nois, he was born in [Mount Vernon, [May 13. 1855, and passed away in St.
Louis. lulv 7, 1908. He was the second son of the late Joel F. Watson, of
[Mount Vernon, and had two brothers. Albert, a lawyer, and Dr. ^^'alter W^atson,
well known professional men of this city.
The public schools of his native town aiTorded Howard Watson his edu-
cational privileges and after equipping himself for the duties of bookkeeper he
sought and obtained a situation with George H. \'arnell, who was then exten-
sive'lv engaged in the lumber business in Mount \'ernon. It was through his
emplover' that [Mr. V.'atson became acquainted with Jack P. Richardson, a
well known lumber commission merchant of St. Louis, and in 1880, removing
to this citv, he became associated with [Mr. Richardson in business and con-
tinued in active and successful connection with the lumber trade until a short
time prior to his death, when his health failed him. He readily solved intri-
cate business problems, carefully formulated his plans and instituted new busi-
ness methods, which resulted in the establishment and development of a mam-
moth enterprise. The years chronicled for him almost phenomenal success, and
vet investigation into his life record shows that the methods he employed and
the plans which he pursued were such as might be carried into effect in any
business with excellent results. He knew how to use his forces so that there
was no needless expenrliture nf time, labor or material, and his understanding
of the lumber trade enabled him to make judicious purchases and profitable
sales.
In i8f;Q [Mr. Watson was united in marriage to [Mrs. Fannie Fisk, of St.
Louis, who, with one daughter, [Martha Watson, survives the husband and
father. In all of his life [Mr. AN'atson was deeply interested in political problems
and the issues of the day. Sodu after attaining his majority, while still residing
in Illinois, he served for a term as collector of [Mount Vernon township, which
was the only political office he ever sought or accepted. This may be cited as
an instance of his personal poi)ularity. for at that date — 1878 — the township
was overwhelmingly democratic, and [Mr. Watson, the only republican in hi?
family, was elected. He was ever stanch and fearless in support of his honest
convictions, and his fidelity to ])rinci])le was never weighed in the scale of
public policy.
He stanchly enf!or'-ed the jniri^oscs of the [Masonic fraternity and became
one of its distinguished representatives, serving with great honor in the chapter
and grand lodge of his adopted state, w'hile for several years he was deputy
HOWARD WATSOX
142 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
grand lecturer. His membership was in Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, A. F. &
A. ^L, in which he served as worshipful master and, advancing beyond the
initial three degrees, he became a member of the Knight Templar Commandery
and of the Alvstic Shrine. While thus interested in matters of citizenship and
of man's ethical relations, he was also connected with the transcendent inter-
ests and purposes of religion, his belief in the Christian faith finding expression
in his dailv life and in his support of the Alethodist Episcopal church. He
became a member of the board of trustees of the Maple Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church and contributed in large measure to the success of the various
activities for establishing on a firm basis the principles of Methodism in the
Cabanne district in which he resided. It was largely due to his unremitting
labor and unfaltering zeal that the present church edifice was erected. It is
one of the most handsome churches of the city and was completed at a cost
of no less than one hundred thousand dollars. His Christian faith was the
permeating influence in the life of Mr. Watson, who always endeavored to
closelv follow the teachings of the ^Master and to entertain a spirit of brotherly
kindness toward his fellowmen. He greatly enjoyed the society of his family
and friends and the best traits of his character were reserved for his own house-
hold. He was willing to make any personal sacrifice to further the interests of
his wife and daughter, for whom he entertained unbounded love. To them he
left not only the substantial rewards of a successful business career, but also
the priceless heritage of that untarnished name which is rather to be chosen
than great riches. At his death the following resolutions were passed:
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father in His infinite wisdom has removed from
our midst our friend and brother, Howard Watson, who was one of the charter
members of the ]\laple Avenue JMethodist Episcopal church and a member of
the official board continuously from its organization until the time of his death,
and who was also for many years secretary of our Sunday school ; therefore :
Resolved : That in the death of our associate we recognize the loss of a
man of sterling integrity, a discreet and wise counselor, a faithful and con-
scientious officer, a self-sacrificino- brother, a true husband and an affectionate
father, w'hose greatest joy and pleasure was in ministering to the comfort and
happiness of his family and his friends. He was a devout man, warmly at-
tached to the church, greatlv interested in all its institutions, and was ever ready
and willing to assist to the utmost of his ability in carrying its burdens. In
every station in life he was recognized as a man of sincerity and truth, a man
among men esteemed and beloved.
Resolved: That we hereby express our deepest sorrow at his death and ex-
tend our most sincere sympathv and condolence to his family, and that these
resolutions be spread upon the records of the official board and a copy be pre-
sented to Mrs. Watson.
P)V order of the official board.
C. W. Woods,
H. C. Beckwith,
Frederic A. Kepil,
Coininittee.
j.WWS RL'SSELL DOUGAN.
James Russell Dougan. secretary of the Acme Cement Plaster Company.
was bom at Mount Pleasant, Kansas, August 22, 1870, a son of Francis Marion
and \1rginia (Tackitt) Dougan, the former a farmer. The paternal grand-
father, a native of Tennessee, removed thence to Indiana and afterward to
Kansas. The maternal grandfather was James Tackitt, who married a Miss
McCartne\- anrl Ijoth were from X'irginia but l^ecamc residents of Holden, Mis-
souri, about 1850.
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James R. Doiigan attended the county schools and was graduated from the
high school at Seneca, Kansas, in 1886. His opportunities in youth were limited
and it has only been through force of character, his inherent qualities of per-
severance and determination and his ready adaptability to circumstances that he
has worked his way upward to a place among the substantial business men of
his adopted city. After leaving school he accepted a position with a civil engi-
neering corps in Kansas on the Kansas City & Northwestern Railroad, remain-
ing in that service for three years on the construction of the road. It was
a life of deprivation. The corps was supplied with a camping outfit and lived in
tents, while the meals were of the coarsest provisions.
jNIr. Dougan obtained his position through the influence of S. L. Davis,
a contractor. He performed willingly, however, any service that was assigned
him, and his diligence and fidelity naturally led to his promotion. Thus he
gradually worked his way upward. He was one of a family of six children and
it was necessary that he aid in their support after the father's death. After
leaving the engineering corps 2\Ir. Dougan became bookkeeper in the State Bank
at Summerfield, Kansas, continuing there for three years, when he resigned
and accepted a position in the P"irst National Bank at Seneca, Kansas. He left
that bank to become bookkeeper for the Acme Cement Plaster Company in St.
Louis in 1899 and here his worth and business capacity were recognized, when
in 1 90 1 he was elected secretary, while the following year he was also chosen
treasurer. Deprived in youth of manv of the advantages which most boys enjoy,
he has designated \\'. E. Wilkinson as his greatest benefactor and friend. He
says that he received aid in many ways from ]\Ir. ^^llkinson vshich aid vcas re-
sponsible for his present position. However, influence availeth little or naught
if the individual does not possess the capacity that qualifies him for the work in
hand, and that yir. Dougan has been prompt and faithful in every duty is indic-
ative of his fidelity, his unwearied diligence and his readv mastery of the intri-
cate problems presented in this as in every important business concern.
In Seneca, Kansas, on the 19th of November, 1900, Mr. Dougan was
married to Aliss Nellie May Johnson, and unto them have been born two children :
Dorothv E., who was born April 14, 1903; and Alice Virginia, born September
17, 1905. In his political views Air. Dougan is somewhat independent, yet
generallv votes the republican ticket. Since 1899 he has been a member of the
Knights of Pythias and since 1905 of the Mercantile Club. He is a Universalist
in religious faith and is a man of broad and liberal ideas, not only in religion
but in all those interests of life which concern man in his relations with his
fellowmen. There is nothing narrow^ nor contracted in his judgment and views
and in citizenship, as in business, he is actuated by a progressive spirit ancP de-
sire for constant advancement and improvement.
SAMUEL THOAIAS RATHELL.
Samuel Thomas Rathell. deceased, was during an active and useful life
engaged in real-estate operations of a nature that greatly benefited the public and
at the same time proved a source of gratifying individual revenue. His life
record began at Easton, Alaryland, October i, 1849, his parents being William
K. and Dorothy (Hopkins) Rathell. His education was acquired in the private
and high schools of his native city, and in early manhood he made preparation
for having a home of his own by his marriage, in Lexington, Alissouri. in 1873.
to Miss Oleatha Didawich. Her father was Judge Jacob Didawich, who for
thirty years presided over the courts at Montana and was regarded as an eminent
and able jurist of the state. His wife, who bore the maiden name of ?yl?.rgaret
Grant, was a native of \'irginia, and her ancestors were among the soldiers of the
Revolutionarv war.
144 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Mr. Rathell began his business life as a dry-goods merchant and continued in
that Hue until 1866, after which he became connected with real-estate opera-
tions in St. Louis. He gained prominence in this line of activity, t)ie extent of
his interests making him one of the leading real-estate dealers of the city. He
was the president of the Rathell Real-estate Company, of the Harlem Heights
Land & Improvement Company and secretary of the Lakeview Improvement
Company. Few men had so comprehensive or correct a knowledge of realty
values or contributed in greater degree to the material development of the city
through the purchase, sale and improvement of property.
]\lr. Rathell was also well known because of his activity in other lines. He
was a stalwart advocate of the democratic party and served as state fish com-
missioner in 1898. Neither was he unknown in military circles, for in earlier
manhood he belonged to the old Company A of the Missouri National Guard.
In his fraternal relations he was connected with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and the Legion of Honor, while his religious faith was indicated by
his membership in the Methodist church.
Unto ]\Ir. and ]Mrs. Rathell were born six children: Oleatha, the wife of
A. ]\I. Field: Robert \\\, who is in Texas: Samuel T. : 3*Iargaret G., the wife
of R. \V. Hall: Grace ?\lcPheeters : and Dorothy Flopkins, both at home. About
thirteen vears ago, ]\Ir. Rathell erected a fine residence for his family. He was
preeminently a home man, who found his greatest happiness with his wife and
children. He possessed a kindly nature and charitable disposition and his life.
was the exponent of his Christian faith. He was honored and respected by all
bv reason of his genuine worth and wdien he passed away April 16, 1906, his
death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret to the many friends whom
he had made.
CLARENCE OLIVER SIMPSON, D.D.S., M.D.
Clarence Oliver Simpson, professor of operating dentistry and dental embry-
ologv and histology in the Barnes University, and a successful practitioner in
St.'Louis, was born at Hindsboro, Illinois,' September 8, 1879. His parents
were Taylor and Elizabeth :\Iary (Watson) Simpson. His father was a pioneer
resident of eastern Illinois, where, for many years, he carried on merchandising.
In the public schools of his native town Dr. Simpson acquired his early
education and later attended the high school at Terre Haute, Indiana. Sub-
sequently he became a student in the University of Illinois, where he
remained for two years and was then graduated from the Chicago College of
Dental Surgery in 1902. He afterward entered the medical department of Barnes
University and was graduated in 1906. Following his graduation in dentistry
he located at Champaign, Illinois, but in November, 1902, removed to St. Louis,
where he has been ' engaged in the general practice of dentistry continuously
since. He has been a member oi the faculty of ihe ilental department of Barnes
University since its organization in 1903, and as ])rofessor of operating dentistry
and flental embryolog}- and histology he is proving a valued representative of
the teaching force of that institution.' He holds to high ideals both as a teacher
anfl a practitioner, and does all of his professional services with a sense of
conscientious obligation that has made his labor of worth in his chosen field
of enfleavor.
CJn the i6th of October, 1900, in Chicagcj, Illinois, Dr. Simpson was united
in marriage to Miss Bertha Barnes. His recreation comes through athletics,
foot-ball, base-ball, tennis and the drama. He is popular and prominent in
various organizations, being a member of the Mis.souri State Dental Association;
a member and secretary of the St. Louis Society of Dental Science; a member
of the Ka]jpa Sigma; a grand master of the St. Louis Alumni of the Kappa
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 145
Sigma; a member of the Xi Psi Phi, a dental fraternit}', and president of the
St. Louis Alumni Association of that fraternity. Lie was also a member of the
fourth international dental congress, and his work in these various organizations
iias been a factor in their success and far reachinsr influence.
THEODORE SHELTON.
Theodore Sheltou, who is accorded a place with the capable and successful
representatives of mercantile life in St. Louis and has for seven years been the
vice president of the White-Branch-Shelton Hat Company, was born at Shelton-
ville, Forsyth county, near Atlanta, Georgia, June 18, 1844, his parents being
V. P). and Emily (Connally) Sheltou. The Shelton family is of English origin
probably connected with the Sheltons seated in Norfolkshire. John Shelton, who
came from England to America in 1680, was a wealthy man who owned his own
ship and traded between England and the colonies. The family tradition, sup-
ported by a coat of arms which was used by John Shelton, gave him descent from
Sir John Shelton and his wife, Anne Boelyn. John Shelton married a daughter
of William Park, who was of English birth, and was the first editor of the ]\Iary-
land Gazette, which he published in 1727. He married Mrs. Sarah Pack, a
widow, and their daughter, Sarah, became the wife of Patrick Henry, and the
son of that marriage, David Henry, married a Miss Rice. Their son. Major
Thomas Henry, of Louisa county, Virginia, was commander of a body of troop
in the Revolutionary war and served under General La Fayette, who, in token of
friendship, presented him with a ring engraven with his name, "La Fayette,"
which is now worn by the Major's great-granddaughter. He was a legislator
from Louisa county, where he had large tracts of land and a handsome home.
His first wife, a Miss Dabney, was a cousin to Dr. R. L. Dabney, of the L^ni-
versity of Virginia, who served on General "Stonewall" Jackson's stafli. She
traced her ancestry back to the D'Aubigneys, being descended from Auglaise
Dabney.
Tracing another line of the family we find that John P. Shelton, son of
Major Shelton, married his cousin, Massie Shelton, and their son. George P.
Shelton, married a kinswoman, Katharine Dabney, whose mother was a Jack-
son. A daughter of this marriage, Katharine Massie, became the wife of
Archibald Hait Anderson. For his second wife George Shelton chose ]\Iiss
Winston, of Virginia. Archer Anderson, a son of Archibald Hait and Katharine
Massie Anderson, was married to Nannie Trabue, a daughter of ^^'illiamson
Haskins Pittman, a descendant of the Pays-Trabues. Archer Anderson and his
wife reside in St. Louis and had one daughter, Jean Hamilton Anderson, who
was born November 20, 1892, and died April 20, 1902. It will thus be seen
that Theodore Shelton of this reyiew is connected with various southern families
of distinction.
Theodore Shelton attended the public schools of Booneville, [Missouri, to
the age of sixteen years, and then, ambitious to provide for his own support, he
accepted a clerkship in the store of Cloney. Crawford & Company at Sedalia,
Missouri. That he was trustworthy and industrious is indicated by the fact
that he was for five years a clerk in that establishment. On the expiration
of that period he came to St. Louis and for a year was in the employ of Hender-
son, Ridgely & Company, wdiolesale dry-goods merchants. He next became
salesman for Gauss, Hunicke & Company, dealers in hats, whom he represented
as a salesman until 1875, when his business ability gained him recognition in
admission to a partnership. In 1878 a change in ownership led to the adoption
of the firm style of Gauss, Shelton Hat Company, and Mr. Shelton was elected
vice president, filling that position for thirty-five years, or until 1902, when he
sold out to Mr. Gauss. At that date he became vice president of the White-
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146 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Branch-Shelton Company, conducting a large wholesale hat business, its ramify-
ing interests reaching out to all the western and southern cities. They occupy
a building five stories in height with basement, and the business has reached
mammoth proportions, being today one of the important and profitable commer-
cial enterprises of this city. Mr. Shelton's long connection with the hat trade
has given him an experience that makes his services of marked value to the new
company and no one is more thoroughly familiar with the trade than he.
On the 20th of February, 1868, Mr. Shelton was married at Oak Dale near
Sedalia, ]^Iissouri, to jMiss Janie Gentry, a daughter of Judge William Gentry,
for many years a prominent and honored citizen of this city. He was born
April 14, 1818, in Howard county, Missouri, and in 1840 married Ann Redd, a
daughter of ^lajor Louis Redd, of Frankfort, Kentucky, and Mildred Elvira
(Thomson) Redd, of Scott county, Kentucky. Judge Gentry was the owner of
a very large plantation of six thousand acres near Sedalia, Missouri, upon which
he resided and in addition to the management of this estate he occupied the
bench of the county court for twenty years. In 1874 he was the "people's can-
didate" for governor of the state and for a long period he occupied a most prom-
inent position in the public life of the community. He was eminently a man of
altairs and one who wielded a wide influence, his superior power well fitting
him for leadership, while his patriotic devotion to his state was a recognized
feature in his life. L'nto Mr. and j\Irs. Gentry were born eleven children, eight
of whom are yet living and are now in homes of their own. As stated, their
daughter Janie became the wife of Theodore Shelton and they have two sons,
Richard T., who is now secretary of and the buyer for the AVhite-Branch-Shelton
Hat Company, and William G.. who is living in Chicago, where he is conducting
a large business under the name of Shelton Electric Company. Mr. and Mrs.
Shelton reside at No. 4467 Lindell boulevard, where they own a beautiful, mod-
ern home.
]\Ir. Shelton gives his political support to the principles of the democracy
and is a charter member of the Mercantile Club. He has always based his
business principles and actions upon the rules which govern strong and unswerv-
ing integrity and unfaltering industry, throughout his entire business career re-
garding his word given or an engagement made as a sacred obligation.
HARRY TROLL
The name of Troll has figured prominently in public afl:airs for many
years. Captain Henry Troll, father of him whose name introduces this re-
view, belonged to that class of liberty-loving German people who, failing in
their efl:'orts to secure more tolerant laws and the overthrow of certain mon-
archical customs, left Germany at the time of the uprising in 1848 and came to
America to enjoy the benefits of a republican government. He became a promi-
nent factor in Civil war times and for thirty-two years was one of the influential
men in the public life of St. Louis. He was twice sheriff and later circuit clerk
of the city.
His son, Llarry 'I" roll, a native of this city, benefited by the educational
arlvantages here ofl^ered and when his more specifically literary course was com-
pleted began preparations for the bar as a student in the law department of
Washington L'niversity, from which he was graduated with honors, the degree
of Bachelor of Laws being conferred upon him. For many years he was con-
nected with the courts in various important capacities and then entered upon
the active practice of hi^ chosen profession, being for some time associated with
William Dee Becker. In the trial of cases before the courts he gave evidence
of careful preparation and the utmost zeal in his devotion to his client's in-
terests. The qualities which he displayed, both as a lawyer and citizen, led to
HARRY TROLL
148 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his selection for political honors, arid he received from the republican party the
unanimous nomination for the office of public administrator. Further endorse-
ment was given him at the polls and he is now^ for a second term filling the
position to which he was again chosen by popular suffrage in 1908. In this con-
nection his service is characterized by accuracy, promptness and system, and the
multitudinous duties which devolve upon him are most ably handled.
]\Ir. Troll is recognized as one of the leaders of the republican party in
his native city and. keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the
day, his natural eloquence and clear and logical reasoning enable him to present
his causes in cogent manner. None doubt the sincerity of his own convictions
upon a subject which he handles and his influence has been an important element
in shaping the policy and conducting the campaigns of the republican party.
]\Ir. Troll is equally well known socially as a representative of one of the
old and prominent families, while his personal characteristics have made him
very popular, with a constantly increasing circle of friends. He belongs to all
the leading clubs of St. Louis. He has been spoken of as reserved in manner
and careful in making acquaintances, but nevertheless cordial and the prince of
men with those he knows in his social communion. He is rich in the materials
which make for the highest type of citizenship and the highest love of coun-
try. Fie has much of the philosopher in his character but practicability has
alKvays appealed to his judgment more than theory. He believes that the
greatest triumph that one can achieve i? the life that one lives and the man-
ner in which he lives it. Believing in truth in all things he lives this belief.
He is free in the expression of his honest convictions and does not reserve
opinion about men and measures, so that this position is never an equivocal one.
EDMLIND BURKE PICKETT.
Edmund Burke Pickett, who during the years of his residence in St. Louis
lived retired although well known as a distinguished lawyer, was born October
20, 1820, in Carthage, Tennessee. His father. Colonel Jonathan Pickett, was a
native of Lebanon, Tennessee, while the mother, who bore the maiden name of
Mary Vance, was a native of West Virginia. The former served with the rank
of colonel in the war of 1812. He became the founder of the town of Lebanon,
Tennessee, practically owning the entire town site and promoting in large meas-
ure the growth and development of the entire community. He was a wealthy man
and gave liberally to those in need, and did the utmost in his power to further
public progress and improvement. He built the first school house and also the
first tannery in that part of the state, and contributed in substantial measure
to the growth and development of the community. Edmund Burke Pickett was
a brother to the distinguished Colonel Pickett who, at the battle of Gettysburg,
made one of the most brilliant militarv charges ever known to history, his un-
daunted braver\- and militarv skill winning him the honor and admiration of
northern as well as southern troops.
In the schools of his native city Edmund Burke Pickett acquired his early
education and afterward spent nine years as a student in Harvard Liniversity,
where, in addition to literary studies, he completed the full law course. He then
returned to ^Temphis, Tennessee, where he opened an office and engaged in
practice. While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, no drearv novitiate
aw'aited him. On the contrary he won almost immediate success, for his prepara-
tion was thorough and his understanding of the demands of the profession was
clear and accurate. He jjrepared his cases with the utmost thoroughness and
care, presenting them with i)recision, clearness and force, and was seldom, if
ever, at fault in the application of a legal principle. He became recognized as
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 149
the most prominent lawyer in his section of the state and for years enjoyed a
most extensive and important cHentage.
Mr. Pickett was married twice. He first wedded Miss Louisa Jamison,
and unto them were born seven children, of whom only three are now living.
The wife and mother passed to her final rest in 1867, and on the 3d of November,
1870, Mr. Pickett was married at Nashville, Tennessee, to Miss Laura Massen-
gale, daughter of Henry White and Rebecca (Lowe) Massengale. She
survives him. One son, Porter, now forty years of age, is living with his mother
at the old homestead. He held a position in the State National Bank in this
city for twenty-two years, and on the ist of June. 1908, became secretary, treas-
urer and general manager of the Security building.
.Mr. Pickett was not only recognized as a distinguished, able and forceful
lawyer but was also known as a preceptor, whose ability in professional training
was most marked. He had four students in his law office and directed their
reading in their preparation for a professional career. On the ist of December,
1876, on account of the yellow fever plague, he left ^Memphis, where he had so
long practiced, and removed to St. Louis. He did not resume professional duties
here, and after residing for a few years in this city went to Mexico where he
remained for five years on account of his health. He then returned to St. Louis
and continued to remain here in the enjoyment of well earned rest until he was
called to his home beyond, his death occurring in 1903 at No. 4012 Olive street,
♦vhere his wife and son still reside. He was very prominently connected with
the Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities in ^Memphis, and was also a member of
the Historical Society and of the Tennessee Society of St. Louis. He was a most
warm-hearted man of generous spirit, who gave freely to assist the poor and
needy, and always had a hand outstretched to help a fellow traveler on the
journev of life. His natural endowments were a quick and strong temper and
a warm heart, a gentle manner and an attractive courtesy. To control the first
and to make his life the flower and expression of the other traits was the task
which nature assigned him. We know nothing of the struggle but were daily
witnesses of the victory. Kindness was the motive of his life. He had a well-
spring of afifection and a quick and generous sympathy which increased by giving
and became richer by being a very spendthrift. He presented a medal for scholar-
ship at John Allen College in Carthage, Tennessee, taking an active interest in
educational afifairs.
LE\T WADE CHILDRESS.
The consecutive progress in business which admits of no other interpretation
than that of merit and ability has characterized the career of Levi Wade Chil-
dress, now president of the Columbia Transfer Company. He was born in Mur-
freesboro, Tennessee, March 20, 1876, his parents being William S. and Inez
(Wade) Childress, who were also natives of Murfreesboro. The father devoted
his life to agricultural pursuits. He was a graduate of the university at Sewanee.
Tennessee. He died November i, 1891, at the age of thirty-eight years, and
the mother now resides with her son, John Whitsett Childress, of Washington,
D. C. Their family numbered three children : John \\niitsett, Levi \\'ade and Ida
Lea, the daughter'being now the wife of Judge William Cummings, of Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee.
A sister of John W. Childress, the grandfather of our subject, became the
wife of lames K. Polk, president of the United States, while Betty Childress,
a sister of William S. Childress, married John C. Brown, an early governor of
Tennessee, who was afterward president of one of the Gould railroads. John
W. Childress, an uncle of our subject, is now one of the circuit judges of the
Nashville (Tenn.) circuits. The mother of Mrs. Inez Childress, Virginia Barks-
dale, was a member of the prominent ?^Iississippi family of Barksdales and a
150 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
sister of \\illiani Barksdale. a major general of the Confederate army, who was
killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Ethelbert Barksdale served for twenty years
in congress as a representative from ^lississippi. Levi Wade, the maternal grand-
father of L. W. Childress, was a large planter and slaveowner prior to the Civil
war, but the fortunes of war destroyed his property and left him with almost
nothing. He, too, was prominent in legislative history, serving for several terms
in the general assembly of Tennessee.
His grandson, a namesake, Levi Wade Childress, pursued his education in
the public schools of Alurfreesboro, Tennessee, and in 1893, at the age of seven-
teen vears. came to St. Louis, where he entered upon his business career in a
clerical capacitv with the St. Louis Drayage Company. Subsequently he became
a clerk in the freight department of the Illinois Central Railroad and afterward
was clerk and freight agent in St. Louis for the ^Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
road. His next position made him commercial agent for the same road at Shreve-
port. Louisiana, w^here he continued until February, 1902, when he returned to
St. Louis and became traffic manager of the Columbia Transfer Company, en-
gaged in local freight transfer in transporting shipments between the depots and
business houses. His capabilitv has gained him successive promotions and in
October. 1903, he was made general manager, while since ]\Iay, 1905, he has been
president and general manager of this company, in which connection he is con-
ducting a most extensive, growing and profitable business.
In Wicklifi:e, Kentucky, on the 7th of October, 1903, ]\Ir. Childress was
married to ^liss Lucv Alarshall Turner, and they have two sons. Wade Turner
and Fielding Turner. The family attend the Presbyterian church, with which
^Ir. Childress holds membership. He also belongs to the ^Mercantile Club, Busi-
ness Glen's League and is a director in the Citizens Industrial Association. Cour-
teous, genial, well informed, wide-awake and enterprising, he stands today as
one of the leading representative men of his adopted city and his success is most
commendable, in that it has been gained through his own intense and well di-
rected activitv.
JOHN LAWRENCE AIAURAN.
In a great city like St. Louis, wdiere every line of business has hundreds
of representatives, the man whose name becomes widely known in a business
connection must display qualities that are superior to those of his contempo-
raries and colleagues. Alodestly inclined, John Lawrence Mauran takes no spe-
cial credit to himself, and yet the character and extent of his work have gained
him prominence in architectural circles and made him a large contributor to the
task of upbuilding and adorning St. Louis. Carlyle has said, "The story of
any man's life would have interest and value if truly told," and he who thought-
fully ponders over the record of Mr. jMauran will see that his success has come
from his careful preparation, his close and unremitting application to the high
standard which he set up for himself and toward which he is ever working. A
native of Providence, Rhode Island, he was born November 19, 1866, and is a
son of Frank and Mary Louise (Nichols) Mauran. His education was acquired
in the grammar and high schools of his native city and in the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, where his thorough and comprehensive training laid
the founrlation for his success in later life. After completing his course there
by graduation with the class of 1889, he travelled abroad and continued his edu-
cation by studying the styles of architecture of the old world. Following his
return to .America he entered the office of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, prominent
architects of Boston, thus putting his theoretical knowledge to a practical test.
That he was able and competent is indicated in the fact that after two years he
was sent by that firm to Chicago, where he was engaged in work on the Chicago
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 151
I-'ublic Library, and the Art Institute, two of the notably fine buildings of the
country. In 1893 ^^^ came to St. Louis to represent Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge,
and afterward was admitted to a partnership in their St. Louis business. In
1900, however, he withdrew from that connection and was joined by Earnest
John Russell and Edward Gordon Garden in organizing the present firm of
Mauran, Russell & Garden. His position here is one of eminence in architectural
circles, his ability and the confidence reposed in him by the public both being
indicated in the liberal patronage that is accorded him. Many of the finest struc-
tures in this city stand as monuments to his skill, and the name of Alauran
is today largely synonymous for that which is highest, and best in architecture
in St. Louis. By appointment of Mayor Wells he became chairman of the Pub-
lic Buildings Commission. He was sent as a delegate from the United States
to the Sixth International Congress of Architects, held at Madrid, Spain, in
1904. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and was formerly
president of the St. Louis chapter. While Mr. Mauran is well known in pro-
fessional circles, those who meet him in his home and in social circles speak of
him as a man of genial nature and most attractive courtesy. He was married
in St. Louis in 1899 to Miss Isabel Chapman, a daughter of J. G. Chapman, and
their children are Isabel and Elizabeth Chapman Mauran.
Mr. Mauran has never gained success at the price of anything that is hon-
orable in manhood or by sacrificing another's rights and opportunities. On the
contrary he has marked appreciation for all those movements and measures
which tend to assist and benefit his fellowmen, and various charitable and benevo-
lent organizations have received his hearty cooperation. He is now a director of
the St. Louis Skin & Cancer Hospital and of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday
Association. That he is interested in his adopted city's welfare is manifest in the
fact that he is now a director of the Civic Improvement League and a member
of the board of control of the St. Louis Museum and School of Fine Arts and
also of the public library board as well as president of the Mercantile library.
His interest in research work is evidenced in his membership in the Missouri
Historical Society and the American .Vrchseological Society. He belongs to the
Unitarian church, while his social nature finds expression in his membership in
the Round Table, of which he is a director, the LTniversity Club, of which he was
formerly vice president, the St. Louis Club, the Noonday Club, of which he was
formerly president, the Country Club, of which he is a director, the Florissant
Valley Club, of which he is the president, St. Anthonv Club, the Tavern Club of
Boston and the Strollers of New York. These various associations indicate him
to be a man of well rounded character, recognizing fullv the duties, obligations
and privileges of life. He has never been one to measure any vital question by
the inch rule of self, but rather by the breadth of advanced public opinions.
MERRELL P. WALBRIDGE.
Merrell P. Walbridge one of the youngest merchants of vSt. Louis, but
none the less successful because of the limit of vears, was born in this citv
September 5, 1884, a son of Cyrus Packard and Lizzie (Merrell) Walbridge.
The father is now president of the J. S. Merrell Drug Company. As a pupil
in the Marquette school Merrell P. Walbridge mastered the elementarv branches
of learning and afterward attended the Smith's Acadeniv in St. Louis. He
then continued his education in the east, being graduated from Amherst College
in 1907. He afterward went into business with his father and at the annual
meeting of the stockholders and directors, on the 20th of January, 1908, he
was elected director and secretary of the J. S. Merrell Drug Company. He
brought to the work the alertness, enterprise and ambition of a young man and
has studied business conditions at large, in addition to the specific line of trade
152 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in which he is engaged, with the result that he is making progress and is con-
tributing to the success of the enterprise with which he is connected.
Air. ^^'albridge is a member of the University Club, Normandie Golf Club,
the First Congregational church. His political support is given to the repub-
lican party and he has recently cast his first presidential vote in support of the
Hon. William Taft. He is well known in the city where he has always resided
and attractive social qualities make him popular with a large circle of friends.
THE PAPIN FAAIILY.
There are certain family names occurring in the earliest archives of St.
Louis history which continue to appear throughout its annals and which are
familiar household names to its citizens of today. The name of Papin so stands
in the historv of this city and no biographical record would be complete without
especial mention of this respected, broadly ramified and typical old St. Louis
family. It is now in the sixth and seventh generation of its St. Louis descend-
ants and is connected by marriages during these succeeding generations with
many contemporary families of prominence and distinction. An extended sketch
would fail to include an individual record of all, even of its most worthy and
best known members and connections. Thus, in the second and following gen-
erations in St. Louis, the Papin family is found to be closely affiliated through
marriages and intermarriages with the Lacledes, Chouteaus, Gratiots and Laba-
dies, whilst having earlier connections in Canada with the Le Ber, Chauvin, Vil-
ray, Chenie, Raymond, Boucher and other old established Canadian families,
whose younger scions became colonists of the later French settlements in the
upper Louisiana Territory, so that a complete enumeration of its members, alli-
ances and connections would be found to ramify throughout the colony and to
include practically its entire best elements in the French colonial days.
Later, after the Louisiana purchase, new settlers began to arrive and the
little French village to grow rapidly into a vigorous young American city. As
the original French families and colonists had come from Canada and Louisiana,
or from the mother countrv direct, the American pioneers and settlers began to
arrive first from \'irginia and Kentucky and soon thereafter from the more
remote eastern states.
Then followed the great foreign immigration period that added to the city's
growth and strengthened through the '"20s, '30s, '40s and '50s. Thus the settle-
ment continued to grow and develop, and the newcomers settled down and
became incorporated into the life and citizenship of the vigorous community,
adding to its ability and development and gaining in turn full recognition and
affiliation with its best social life and interests. Matrimonial alliances followed
earlier business connections and associations, so that we find the old aristocratic
Papin family, with other prominent families of the original French and earlier
colonists, allied by marriages and ramifying widely throughout the influential
elements of the community through the succeeding generations.
Of the direct descendants of the Papin name in St. Louis, we can mention
but a few in each generation. Joseph Papin was the first of the family to come
to St. Louis. He was born at Boucherville. Canada, about 1710, the son of
Gilles Papin and grandson of Pierre Papin, who came to Canada in 1653 in the
company of Alaisonneuve to found the city of Montreal. Joseph Papin was
originally educated as a civil engineer. He received appointment into the French
army under Louis XV and prior to the English rule held several important posi-
tions. He was married in 1740 to Marguerite Pepin, of the distinguished families
of Boucher and Lemoine, and by her had one son, Joseph Marie Papin, born at
Alontreal, November 6, 1741. Joseph Papin, Sr., was at Cahokia in 1764 when
THEOPHILE PAPIN
154 ST. LUL'IS, THE FOURTH LTTY.
Laclede arrived with his pioneers to estabhsh his settlement at St. Lonis. He
became interested in the colony and bought ground in the town. After the
English occupation of Canada he left that country, bringing with him his only
son, Joseph ]\larie, who had been sent to France for his education. Father and
son settled permanently in St. Louis and the former died here in 1772.
Joseph Marie Papin, born November 6, 1741, at ]vlontreah son of Joseph
Papiii and ^Marguerite Pepin, was a man of brilliant accomplishments and per-
sonal distinction" He was educated at the Jesuit College at La Fleche in France,
then the greatest educational establishment of the mother country. In 1779 he
married Marie Louise, third and yoimgest daughter of Pierre de Laclede-Liguest,
the foimder of St. Louis. He died in 181 1, leaving seven sons and three daugh-
ters, from whom the various local branches of this family at the present day
are descended.
Li the third and fourth generations were both men and women of talent
and abilitv. It was the epoch of the Indian fur trade and the Papins were promi-
nent in this important local commerce. Pierre Millicour Papin, Pierre Didier
Papin. Theodore d'Artigny and Alexander Papin were all noted fur traders in
their dav. Hvpolite LeBer Papin and Silvestre Yilray Papin were manufac-
turers of Indian hardware, cutlery, tomahawks, hunting knives, lances, arrow-
heads, beaver and otter traps, etc. Their foundry near Pine and ^Nlain streets
'was the first in St. Louis and they purchased steel and iron from the Jate
Henry Shaw.
The fourth generation becomes too numerous for individual mention. During
its time the cityhad become the recognized American metropolis of the Missis-
sippi vallev and the Papin family had formed many alliances with other promi-
ment families of the rapidly developing community. A man of marked ability in
this generation, rather reserved in character and yet commanding the highest
respect and admiration of all who knew him, was Silvester Yilray Papin, the
eldest son of Silvestre Mlray and Clementine (Loisel) Papin. He was born in
1820. He studied for and received appointment to West Point, but on account
of failing health was obliged to abandon the plan of a military career and took
up the studv of law. About 1856 he engaged in the real-estate business with
his vounger' brother. Theo])hile, and the business was continued by them until
his death.
Dr. Timothv Loisel Papin, brother of Silvester Yilray and Theophile Papin,
was a physician of note in the community. He was born in 1825 and studied
medicine both in this country and in Paris. He afterward became a professor
in the St. Louis Hospital and the Missouri Medical College. He had a large
private practice and with the cooperation of Dr. Moore he organized St. John's
Hospital. He not only attained distinction in his profession, but also as a most
charitable and benevolent man, unceasing in his care of and attention to the
poor.
Perhaps the most active and best known member of the Papin family in its
fourth generation was Theophile Papin. younger brother of Silvester Yilray
and Timothy Loisel Papin. Energetic, intelligent and cultivated, with a genial
and sympathetic nature, he led a life of usefulness to the community and of
successful personal achievement. He was born in 1827, studied at the St. Louis
University and graduated at St. Mary's, Kentucky, with honors and distinction.
In 1849 he became first a reporter, but was soon made assistant editor on the
St. Louis Reveille, then edited by Joseph M. Field. Seven years later he engaged
in the real-estate business, his own anrl his family's holdings being considerable
and requiring his direct attention. He never, however, lost his interest in and
taste for journalism and contrilnited fref|uer=t articles to the local press. His
letters to the Missouri Rejmblican from Europe in i88i and 1882 were widely
read and copied throughout the country. He contributed some charming papers
on early St. Louis days to the Historical Society, of which he was a charter
member, and wrote frequent articles for magazines and periodicals.
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Theophile Papin achieved a laudable political career. In 1853 he was a
member of the city council and was reelected several times, serving as president
of the council during one term. He was also state and county collector during
a period of two years. In 1862 he was appointed assessor of internal revenue by
President Lincoln for St. Louis and the county. It was a position of importance
in a time of difficulty. He was reappointed by President Lincoln and later by
President Andrew Johnson. In the discharge of his duties he made a most
creditable record. During his term of office he turned over twenty-five million
dollars to the national treasury at Washington. Mr. Papin was one of the organ-
izers of the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange and served for several terms as its
president. He also served as a director in the Boatmen's Bank. ]\Iany perma-
nent citv improvements have resulted from his foresight and energy. He was
one of the three commissioners to purchase and appraise the site of Forest Park
and cooperated in the acquisition of the ground for Lafayette Park by the city.
The beautiful little triangle in Lindell boulevard known as Kenrick Garden
owes its present condition to his initiative. He laid out many additions which
have become incorporated into the busiest sections of the city and in many ways
contributed during his term of business activity to the growth and development
of the St. Louis of today. He was twice married, being first joined in wedlock
in 1855 to Julia, daughter of William and Marie (Pombre) Henri, of Prairie
du Rocher, Illinois. Some years after the death of his first wife, he married
Emily, daughter of William and Mary (Goode) Carlin. of Carrollton, Illinois.
Five children were born of these two unions: Theophile. Jr., William Henri,
Julie Henri. Emily Lucile and Edward Vilray Papin. Theophile Papin died on
the 17th of August, 1902, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, and his loss came
wath a deep sense of personal bereavement to many.
Henry Papin, son of Theodore d'Artigny Papin, was a scholarly and culti-
vated member of this familv. He lived a retired student's life in his beautiful
country place at Webster Groves, where he made a rare collection of books,
paintings and works of art. He died at an early age, leaving his wife, nee
Wilkinson, and five children.
Joseph Loisel Papin, Eugene Papin, Alexander Raymond Papin, Theodore
Adolph Papin, John Theodore Papin, INIillicour Papin, Leon Papin and others
were the heads of families well known and respected in the community, who
represent the Papin family of St. Louis in its fourth and fifth generations.
Theophile Papin, Jr., the elder son of Theophile and Julia (Henri) Papin,
w^as born in this city in 1857. He is a prominent representative of his family
in its fifth generation. A sojourn in Paris, where his grandparents w^ere living,
in his early youth was an opportunity to acquire the French language and his
education was started there with the Christian Brothers. Afterward he con-
tinued his studies at the St. Louis LTniversity and then at Washington L'niversity.
This was followed by a further residence in Germany, where he studied at
Cassel and Marburg, attending a course of philological lectures at the latter
university and spending the vacations in travel. In 1881 he returned to St.
Louis and went into the real-estate business with his father, Theophile Papin.
.Soon after the retirement from business of the senior member of the firm, ^^Ir.
Papin, Jr., associated himself with Louis H. Tontrup. ^^Ir. Papin is socially
prominent. He is a member of the St. Louis Club and is associated with many
of the civic and charitable organizations of the citv. He is a man of broadlv
cultivated taste, inclined to books, interested in matters of reform and civic
welfare ; a student of the early history of St. Louis and an authority in the
genealogy of its old families, of which he himself is esteemed one of the foremost
of the present day representatives.
Edward A^ilray Papin, the second son of Theophile and Emily (Carlin)
Papin, was born December 2, 1869. He began his studies at the W^ashington
L'niversity and completed his education at St. Louis LTniversity. In i88i and
1882 he accompanied his parents to Europe, where he was thoroughly instructed
158 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in French prior to beginning more serious studies for his collegiate course.
Later he entered the insurance business, which he has continued as a capable and
successful business man. In 1895 he married Marie Julia, youngest daughter of
Charles P. and Julia (Gratiot) Chouteau. Two children, Julia Marie and Edward
Chouteau Papin, have been born to them. Mr. Edward Vilray Papin is a man
of scholarly attainment and an enthusiastic supporter of all manly outdoor sports.
He is a member of the advisory board of the Missouri Historical Society and is
popular in both social and business circles.
\Mlliam Booth Papin, son of the late Eugene and Mary (Booth) Papin, is a
descendant in the fifth generation of the Hypolite LeBer branch of the Papm
family. Whilst continuing successfully the real-estate business of his grand-
father. William Booth, and conducting the interests of his family estate, Mr.
Papin is a close student of both literature and science. He has cultivated highly
a taste for architecture and in his extended travels in Europe and America
attained unusual knowledge of his favorite branch of the science — ecclesiastical
architecture. Alany of his drawings have been favorably commented upon by
leading students of this branch of scientific construction. Mr. Papin is unmarried
and resides with his mother's family in a residence planned and erected under
his personal direction.
J. A'ion Papin, also a descendant of the Hypolite LeBer branch, is a young
journalist of talent and recognized ability. Mr. Papin is at present engaged on
the staff of the Republic and is a creditable representative of the family.
Rene Papin, a brother of the last mentioned, residing in England, has had
a successful career in music.
Henry Edward Papin, second surviving son of Timothy Loisel and Lida
(Yarnell) Papin, is a well known, respected and successful business man of the
younger generation. Air. Papin is engaged in the insurance business. In 1895
he married Olint Clara, daughter of William Frederick and Mary (Bittner)
Xiedringhaus. They have two children: Pierre Loisel, aged ten years; and
Henry Edward, Jr., aged eight.
Such in brief is an outline and limited biographical sketch of one of the
most typical and respected of the old St. Louis families. The Papin family of
the present day is known and respected throughout the community and their
history constitutes an important chapter in the annals of the city. They have
maintained their family name and tradition with credit and dignity and are
worthy citizens of the city founded by their ancestor, Laclede Liguest.
HENRY J. RUEHMKORF.
Henr\- J. Ruehmkorf, early adopting the motto, ''Don't recognize defeat,"
has made steady progress in his business career and is now secretarv and treas-
urer of the Feuerborn Toy Company, dealers in toys and notions. Born in Red
Bud. Illinois, November 6, 1859, he is descended from German ancestry, his
parents having come from Hanover. He attended the public schools of his na-
tive town and there entered upon his business career, spending five years as an
employe in dry goods and general mercantile establishments. Thinking to find
better opportunities in the broader business field of St. Louis he came to this
city in 1888. His financial condition rendered it imperative that he find imme-
diate employment and for some time he occupied positions that gave him little
opjjortunity, but eventually entered the service of the firm of Hennen & Com-
pany, dealers in notions. He continued with that house as a salesman until
1905, when he became a partner. Later the old concern sold out and the business
was continued and incorporated under the style of the Feuerborn Toy Com-
pany, of which Mr. Ruehmkorf became secretary and treasurer. They employ
twenty-five or more salesmen and handle a large line of toys and notions, in-
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eluding the products of the best known manufacturers. Their sales have reached
a large figure and they make quite extensive shipments to the south and south-
west. Mr. Ruehmkorf is an exponent of modern business methods and in this
connection is becoming well known.
In 1888 occurred the marriage of Air. Ruehmkorf and Miss Anna Bahren-
burg, a daughter of Dr. Bahrenburg. They are the parents of three daughters
and a son. The eldest daughter, Lucille, is an accomplished musician and is well
known to St. Louis concertgoers. The daughter Ruth is a student in the high
school. In his political views Mr. Ruehmkorf is somewhat inclined to be inde-
pendent, but usually votes wnth the republican party. He is, however, in sym-
pathy with the tendency of the times in the effort to set aside machine-made
politics and made an election the expression of the will of the people. Frater-
nally he is connected with the Royal Arcanum and he also belongs to St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal church. Forceful and resourceful, he has steadily worked
his way upward and his success is such that his record may well encourage others
to adopt and follow the motto, "Don't recognize defeat."
RENE BAKEWELL.
Rene Bakewell, treasurer of the Rutledge & Kilpatrick Realty Company, was
born in St. Louis, August 6, 1864, his parents being Hon. Robert Armytage
and Marie Anne (de Laureal) Bakewell. His father, a distinguished lawyer
who served as judge of the court of appeals, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
November 4, 1826, and died in St. Louis, June 30, 1908. He was the grandson
of Robert Bakewell, the geologist, who was born at Nottingham, England, March
10, 1767, and died August 15, 1843, ^" London, England. William Johnstone
Bakewell, the son of Robert Bakewell, was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Eng-
land, July 4, 1794. In early life he was Unitarian minister, but afterward be-
came a Roman Catholic. The year 1839 witnessed his arrival in America, at
which time he located in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, his death occurring in Geneseo,
New York, August 2, 1861. His son, Robert Armytage Bakewell, was a youth
of twelve years at the time of the emigration to the new world. Becoming a
resident of St. Louis, he was engaged in the practice of law, winning prestige
at a bar that numbered many eminent members, and becoming one of the three
first judges of the St. Louis court of appeals. He was married May 3, 1853. in
St. Louis, to Marie Anne Coudroy de Laureal, who was born August 26, 1832, in
Guadeloupe, West Indies. She was educated at Limours, near Paris, France, and
was a daughter of Edward de Laureal, whose birth occurred at Guadeloupe,
West Indies, in 1808, on his father's plantation. He was educated in France, was
married in that country in 1829 to his cousin, Octavie de Laureal, and in 1848
removed from Guadeloupe to the United States, settling in St. Louis. His father
was Evremont de Laureal. The de Laureal family owned sugar plantations on
the isle of Guadeloupe for several generations.
Rene Bakewell completed his education in the St. Louis University and,
leaving school in 1881, accepted a position with the Valley National Bank, where
he remained until that institution was consolidated with the Laclede National
Bank. He was afterward in the employ of L. G. McNair, subsequently McNair
& McPherson, afterward the firm of McPherson-Switzer & Company, bond and
stockbrokers, until the last-named firm went out of business. He afterward be-
came connected with the Kansas and Texas Coal Company as agent at their
mines in Huntington, Arkansas, for eighteen months, but in February. 1893,
wishing to return to St. Louis, he accepted a position with Rutledge-Kilpatriclc,
real-estate agents, now the Rutledge & Kilpatrick Realty Company, of which he
is the treasurer. Their business is constantly increasing in volume and impor-
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tance. and thev have handled much vahiable property and negotiated many im-
portant realty transfers.
^Ir. Bakewell is a democrat in his political faith, and a Roman Catholic in
his religious belief. He is identified with no clubs or societies, preferring to
concentrate his energies upon his business interests.
NATHAN FRANK.
Nathan Frank, attorney at law, with a large clientage indicative of his pro-
fessional abilitv and the confidence reposed therein by the general public, has
also been connected with the framing of the laws of the land, as a member of
the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses. His parents, Abraham and Branette Frank,
were natives of Germany, in which country they were reared and married, becom-
ing residents of the United States in 1849. For two years they maintained their
home at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and then removed to Peoria, Illinois, where
Nathan Frank was born, February 23. 1852. The son became a student in the
public schools and remained in his native city until 1867, when he removed to
St. Louis with his parents. Here he entered the high school, from which he
was graduated in 1869, and after accjuiring his more specifically literary educa-
tion in Washington Lhuversity, he qualified for a professional career as a law
student in Harvard LTniversity at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He won the degree
of Bachelor of Laws in 1871. but ambitious to enter upon his profession thor-
oughly equipped for its onerous duties, he remained a student at Harvard for
another vear. Following his return home in 1872, Mr. Frank was admitted to
the [Missouri bar and for a few years devoted himself to commercial and bank-
ruptcy law, with which he had become thoroughly familiar. He compiled and
edited Frank's Bankruptcy Law, which was published in 1874 and became a
recognized authority. Four editions were placed upon the market and were
followed in 1898 by a compilation of the bankrupt act of that year.
In his practice Mr. Frank was associated for three years with ex-Mayor
John !M. Krum. a former judge of the circuit court. He afterward became jun-
ior partner of the firm of Patrick & Frank, upon Mr. Patrick's retirement from
the position of LTnited States district attorney and afterward practiced as senior
partner of the firm of Frank, Dawson & Garvin and later Frank & Thompson,
his associate in the latter partnership being Seymour D. Thompson.
That Mr. Frank attained distinction and won success in his profession was
indicated by the fact that political honors were conferred upon him. Had he
remained in obscurity professionally, he would never have won political distinc-
tion. Becoming a worker in the ranks of the republican party, he was hon-
ored by election to the fiftieth congress from the central district of St. Louis
and received endorsement of his first term in reelection to the fifty-first con-
gress. In both of these he served on several important committees and was active
in securing the passage of some notable legislation. He gave careful considera-
tion to each question which came up for settlement and stood fearlessly by the
course which he believed to be right and for the best interests of the people at
large. In this way he took his stand in opposition to his party in seeking to
enact a national election law, and to pass what was known as the anti-gerryman-
der bill, restricting or limiting the state legislature in apportioning congressional
districts in the several states. He could easily have won further congressional
honors had he so desired, but since his retirement at the close of his second term
he has refused a nomination and has also declined to become a candidate for
any other ]>ublic office, ]>refcrring to concentrate his time and energies upon his
professional interests and the su])ervision of the affairs of the St. Louis Star,
which he founded and of which he is the owner.
Mr. Frank has ever been interested in progressive measures relative to the
city's welfare and was a member of the congressional committee on the World's
NATHAN FRANK
160 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Columbian Exposition, to which he gave much attention while cooperating with
the leading citizens of St. Louis in an attempt to locate the fair near this city.
In recogni'tion of the fact that he was one of the earliest movers in that project,
Governor Francis appointed him a member of the world's fair commission. He
took a verv active part in the preliminary work for the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.'was a member of the board of directors from the beginning and was
one of the most regular attendants at committee meetings. He was also a mem-
ber of the executive committee, the most important committee in connection
with the great fair, and also of the press and publicity committee in connection
with which he did most active and effective work in exploiting the interests of
the exposition and bringing to the people of the countr}' a knowledge of the
attractions it had to oft'er. He was also chairman of the entertainment commit-
tee of the Business jNIen's League, which entertained many distinguished visitors,
and in this connection he presided at many banquets which were held. He
proved a most capable and efficient presiding officer, possessing the utmost tact
as well as readiness of resource and adaptability, and thus as the presiding genius
of manv important social functions he was highly complimented by his friends.
His admirable social qualities and unfeigned cordiality render him a most popu-
lar member of the L^niversity, Columbian and Aero and Westwood Country
Clubs. He is a member of the Jewish church but does not devote any time to
sectarian matters and while a recognized leader among the people of his own
race he is altogether too broad in his interests and associations, his thoughts and
his purposes, to confine his attention to any one people or belief.
JULIUS H. GROSS, M. D.
Dr. Julius H. Gross, an oculist whose ability finds its best expression in
the extensive practice accorded him, was born in St. Louis, March 8, 1872. His
parents were Julius and Lisette ( Steff'enauer ) Gross, the former a native of
Prussia and the latter of Switzerland. They came to this country in early life
and the father was educated in decorative art painting. Prior to his emigra-
tion to the new world he decorated some of the palaces in Potsdam, Germany.
He was gifted by nature with much artistic ability, which he developed through
continuous study and practice, and after coming to the United States he took
up portrait painting, to which he gave his attention during the remainder of
his active life. On crossing the Atlantic he landed at New Orleans, but later
the yellow fever drove him north and he settled at St. Louis in 1853. For more
than a half century he continued a resident of this city, passing away here in
June. 1904, while his wife died in 1898. He gained much more than local
distinction as a portrait artist, his ability well entitling him to the honor he
received in that direction.
Dr. Gross was reared in St Louis, and passing through consecutive grades
he eventuallv became a high-school student. Determining upon a professional
career in 1889 he entered the medical department of the Washington University
and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1893. Following his graduation,
he accepted a position with the city board of health and was connected therewith
for eighteen months, after which he began making preparation for practice as
a specialist in the treatment of the eye. In 1898 Dr. Gross went abroad, studied
in Paris for six months and in Kiel. Germany, for a year. After a tour of the
continent he then returned home and entered upon the practice of his profession
as a specialist. He is now located in the Oriel building, at 316 North Sixth
street, and is recognized as one of the leading oculists of the city. He is now
instructor in the ophthalmological department of Washington University. Is a
member of the .American Medical Association, the Missouri State and the St.
Louis medical societies and the St. Louis Ophthalmological Society. He is
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continually broadening his skill by research and investigation, and experience
has taught him many valuable lessons. His practice is large and of an important
character and his prominence is well merited.
Dr. Gross was married in 1903 to Miss Alarie Kuenzel, of St. Louis, and
they have one daughter, Lisette. The Doctor is an honored member of the
Phi Beta Pi, a Greek letter fraternity. He is a member of the St. Louis Ethical
Society and has taken an advanced stand upon many questions of public interest
and importance. He is very conscientious as well as able in his professional
duties and a spirit of unfaltering devotion marks him in all of his practice.
WILLLVM J. KINSELLA.
The name of William J. Kinsella is so well known in connection with the
business history of St. Louis that he needs no introduction to the readers of
this volume. His business career had a most humble beginning and his life rec-
ord is such as would be possible in no other land or clime. It is only in a re-
public, where every man stands equal before the law, where labor, effort and
ability are not hampered by caste or class, bv custom, tradition or precedent, that
the individual may by his own labors reach a position of prominence that places
him among the foremost men of the country.
Mr. Kinsella was born in County Carlow, Ireland, in 1846. a son of Patrick
and Ellen (Keating) Kinsella. His father was an architect of prominence and
the son was carefully reared and educated, attending the schools of his native
town and St. Patrick's College. He entered business life as an employe in the
wholesale house of A. F. McDonald & Company of Dublin, one of the largest
and most widely known commercial establishments of that city.
The business opportunities of the new world, however, attracted him and,
determining to try his fortune in America, he bade adieu to friends and native
country at the age of nineteen years, arriving in New York city in 1865, just
about the time of the close of the Civil war. The dry-goods house of A. T.
Stewart & Company was then the most important in the metropolis. He was
told that there was no opening in a position such as he desired, but that his
services could be utilized as a bundle wrapper. Scorning no honest employment
that would yield him a living and constitute the first round on the ladder of suc-
cess, he accepted the work that offered and remained with the house until he
secured a better position with the firm of Flamilton, Easter & Sons, of Baltimore.
There he continued until 1870, wdien he embarked in business on his own ac-
count in Cleveland, Ohio, as a retail grocer, being joined by his brother, who had
come to this country subsequent to the arrival of Mr. Kinsella.
The new venture, however, did not prove profitable and in seeking another
field of labor William J. Kinsella chose St. Louis, entering the ranks of its busi-
ness men as an employe of the firm of Porter, Worthington & Company. The
house recognized the value of his service and felt deep regret when ]\Ir. Kin-
sella resigned his position with them to become manager for the Kingsford-
Oswego Starch Company of this city. In this capacity he established an enviable
reputation as a salesman and manager, bringing to him the attention of other
large houses, so that his services were solicited for a managerial position with
the Thompson-Taylor Spice Company, of Chicago. The new position, offering
better opportunities, was accepted and after two years spent as manager he
purchased the business and established the firm of W. J. Kinsella & Company.
The head of the house, uniformlv recognized as a man of exceptional executive
abilitv and keen business insight, developed the trade along substantial lines and
in 1866 the business was incorporated under the style of the Hanley & Kinsella
Coff'ee & Spice Company, Mr. Kinsella since remaining as president and execu-
tive head. The rapid growth of the business has made St. Louis one of the
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leading spice markets of the United States and one of the largest inland coffee
markets in the world. In developing the business Mr. Kinsella has manifested in
large degree the traits of the military commander who knows best how to mar-
shal his forces to produce the desired result, using each advantageous position
and economizing time, eft'ort and distance. At any point in his career he seems
to have accomplished the entire measure of success possible at that point. In-
tricate business problems he readily solves and with little hesitation, for through
the intervening years he has studied the business so thoroughly that he brings
to the solution of the questions which constantly arise a ready understanding, re-
sulting in their thorough mastery.
Mr. Kinsella is interested in organizations having direct bearing upon the
business conditions of the country. He belongs to the Wholesale Grocers and
Business ]\Ien's League, to the Western Commercial Travelers Association, of
which he has been the vice president, and to the Mercantile Club of St. Louis.
He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of St. Patrick. In
1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Hanley, of New York, and unto
them have been born three children, William Hanley, Dalton Louis and Ella
Marie Kinsella.
Mr. Kinsella is a man of charitable and benevolent spirit, whose contribu-
tions to public interests along those lines have been frequent and generous. In
all matters of citizenship he is progressive and public spirited and his cooperation
in interests of benefit to St. Louis has been far-reaching and effective. Though
his start in the business world in America was most humble, he has continually
advanced until he is a recognized power in the trade circles of St. Louis, stand-
ing as he does at the head of one of the leading spice and coff'ee houses of the
countrv.
LORENZ LAMPEL.
Lorenz Lampel, deceased, was numbered among the German-American cit-
izens who have contributed to the commercial and industrial development of St.
Louis. He was born in the town of Graefenberg, in the kingdom of Bavaria,
Germany, May 2, 1831, a son of Carl and Philipine Lampel. The former was a
government officer, holding the position of royal commissioner of revenues and
serving also as lieutenant of the reserves in the Bavarian army.
Lorenz Lampel was educated in one of the gymnasiums of the city of
Bayreuth, and then served an apprenticeship to the brewer's trade, being pre-
pared for the business after the thorough fashion which constitutes one of the
chief characteristics of German industrial education. Coming to the United
States in 1853 "'' search of better business opportunities that would lead to rapid
advancement, he arrived in St. Louis in 1855 and for fourteen years thereafter
served as brew master and foreman in some of the leading breweries of St.
Louis, including the old Waggoner and Lemp breweries, the English brewery,
the Fritz & Wainwright brewery and the Anheuser-Busch brewery. His knowl-
edge of both the mechanical process and the science of beer making caused his
services to be sought by the pioneer brewers of the city. He became financially
interested in the business of this character, as a partner in the Arsenal brewery,
with which he was connected for only one year. In 1870 he entered into part-
nership with Samuel Wainwright as a member of the brewing firm of Wain-
wright & Company and was actively connected with the conduct and management
of the business for fifteen years, after which he retired to private life with an
ample fortune. Desiring again to see his native land, he went to Europe, spend-
ing some time in Germany, and in 1886 he returned to St. Louis with the inten-
tion of estabhshing another brewing business. Failing health prevented, how-
ever, and in less than two years he passed away.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 163
Mr. Lampel was not only a competent business man but was also a man of
broad education and literary inclination, and always kept thoroughly conversant
with the leading questions of the day. He belonged to the Merchants Exchange,
the Germania Club, the Liederkranz and Turner societies, and to the Orpheus
Singing Society. He w^as greatly interested in the measures which were intended
to advance education and culture among the German-x\mericans of this city.
He held membership in the German Evangelical church and was a liberal con-
tributor to church, charitable and educational interests. He gave loyal allegiance
to the republican party, was a pronounced Unionist at the time of the Civil war,
and served with the Home Guard of St. Louis.
In 1857 Lorenz Lampel w^edded Miss Caroline Dieckmann, well known for
her philanthropy and valuable work for charity. She still survives her husband
and has passed the seventieth milestone on life's journey. The surviving mem-
bers of their familv are : William, well known in insurance circles in St. Louis ;
Franklin L. ; and Charles P., an electrician. One daughter, Philipine, who be-
came the wife of Z. ^^^ Tinker, died in 1892, leaving two children. Carrie E. and
Georg^e Tinker.
FRANKLIX L. LA^^IPEL.
Franklin L. Lampel, president of the Lampel Sponge & Chamois Company,
also of the Lampel-Schlegel Manufacturing Company, has always been a resident
of St. Louis, his birth having here occurred Alarch 20, 1866. He attended the
public schools of this city and Bryant & Stratton Business College, and at the
age of seventeen was employed by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company as
weighmaster, there remaining for three years. When he resigned that posi-
tion he became one of the organizers of the Moffitt-West Drug Company. Sub-
sequently he withdrew^ from that company and assisted in the organization of
the Daughertv-Crouch Drug Company, with which firm he remained for eight
years, when they sold out to the Meyer Brothers Drug Company. In 1902 ^Nlr.
Lampel organized the Lampel Sponge & Chamois Company, and about 1903 he
organized the Lampel-Schlegel ^lanufacturing Company, manufacturers of book-
binders' specialties, etc. Both companies sell goods throughout the United
States, INIexico and Canada, covering the same territory. These enterprises,
although comparativelv new business concerns of St. Louis, have already reached
profitable proportions and are steadily growing.
In April, 1889, 'Sir. Lampel was married in Ouincy, Illinois, to Miss Ida
Dick, the voungest daughter of John and Louise Dick, of Ouincy. They are now
parents of two children, Gertrude and Stella. Mr. Lampel is a member of the
Union Club but prefers home interests to club life. He is an advocate of all
things beautiful and a lover of fine art and music. Moreover, he possesses great
civic pride and is a liberal contributor to those causes which have for their pur-
pose the advancement and progress of his native city.
H. A. REDHEFFER.
H. A. Redheft'er, who is prominent in business circles of St. Louis, being
proprietor of H. A. Redhefifer & Company, electrical contractors, was born in
St. Louis, ^Missouri. March 10, 1879. Among his ancestors were the illustrious
names of David Rittenhouse and Benjamin West, and on his mother's side of
the family he is a distant relative of General La Fayette. Andrew Redheffer.
his father, was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, having been born De-
cember 18. 1847, and his mother. Agnes H. (Apache) Redheffer. was born in the
164 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
same citv, her birth occurring- August 9, 1849. She passed away June 29, 1905.
For manv vears Andrew Redheffer was a prominent business man, having a
large tine arts estabhshment under the name of Redheffer & Koch at 419-421
North Broadway. He was past grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of
Missouri, and was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
During the Civil war he was a member of Company B, One Hundred and
Xinetv-second Regiment of Pennsylvania A'olunteer Infantry. Andrew Red-
heft'er passed out of this Hfe August 9, 1889. The subject of this review is one
of the following children : j\Irs. Agnes E. Alanion. who has two children ; Mrs.
May C. Loevy. who also has a family of tw^o children ; Clara H. ; Virginia V. ;
and Ruth, who passed away February 18, 1896.
H. A. Redheffer at the usual age became a student at the Webster public
school in North St. Louis, where he remained until seven years of age, when
the familv moved to Benton, Missouri, and there he attended the Roe School
until he was twelve years old, while later he pursued his studies in the Hodgedin
school at Henrietta and California avenues, St. Louis. At the age of fifteen
years he assumed a clerical position in the postofifice, under the Little and Car-
iyle administration, serving for three months, and then entered the employ of
tile Ludlow-Saylor Wire Company, at Fourth and Elm streets. He worked for
this firm for a period of one year, during which time a cyclone swept the city,
damaging many buildings, among wdiich was that of the Ludlow-Saylor Wire
Company. Leaving the employ of this firm, he entered the services of W. F.
Parker Real Estate Company, at 617 Chestnut street, with which he remained
for nine years. While in their employ he evidenced himself to be possessed of
the necessary qualifications for successful business. transaction. Being ambitious
to engage in business for himself, he resigned his position, and on July 14, 1906,
started in the electrical contracting business under the firm name of H. A. Red-
heffer, at 617 Chestnut street. Lmder the careful and conservative management
of Mr. Redheffer the business of the firm is gradually growing and has already
attained such proportions as to place it in the upper rank among the influential
commercial enterprises of the city.
Mr. Redheffer has never affiliated himself with any lodge, secret order or
social organization, as his business affairs have demanded his undivided attention.
In politics he is allied with the republican party, to which he gives his hearty
support.
THEODORE FREDERICK MEYER.
Theodore Frederick ]\Ieyer, connected with the executive department of
one of the important commercial enterprises of St. Louis as president of the
Mever Brothers Drug Company, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 4,
1857, a son of Christian F. G. and Franciska Therese (Schmidt) Meyer. His
education was acquired in the German Lutheran parochial schools ; the public
schools of St. Louis ; Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Indiana, from which
he was graduated with the class of 1876 ; and the University of Michigan,
where he was graduaterl in 1878, on the completion of the course in the college
of pharmacy.
Mr. Mevcr thus (|ualificd for the calling which he has made his life work
and soon after his graduation entered the employ of the firm of Meyer Brothers
& Company, at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The following year, 1879, he was trans-
ferred to the house of \Ieyer Brothers & Company in Kansas City, Missouri,
and in 1883 was sent to St. Louis to become a factor in the house of the com-
pany at this point, l-'rom 1887 until 1889 he was in charge of the branch at
Dallas, Texas, anfl in the latter year was elected vice president and manager of
the Mever Brothers Drug Companw The fact that branches are conducted in
these different trade centers is indicative of the success and extent of the busi-
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166 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ness. The company are importers and wholesale druggists, manufacturers of
pharmaceutical preparations, Imperial Crown perfumes, drug millers and paint
grinders. The business had its beginning in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1852, and
rhe St. Louis house was established in 1865. Twenty- four years later the
enterprise was incorporated under the present firm style and its growth has
been continuous and along substantial lines to the present time. After careful
preliminary training, Theodore F. Meyer passed on to positions of executive
control and in recent years has bent his energies largely to organization, to
constructive efiforts and administrative direction.
On the 20th of June, 1888, in San Antonio, Texas, was celebrated the mar-
riage of ]\Ir. Aleyer and ]\Iiss Eda Hampmann. They now have two children,
Theodore F. and Elizabeth K. Air. Meyer belongs to several of the leading
clubs of his adopted city, including the Commercial, the St. Louis, the Union
and the Glen Echo Clubs. He is independent in politics, but not remiss in citi-
zenship, for his cooperation is a valued asset in many movements relating to the
city's development and substantial growth. His has been an active career, in
which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing in
no small degree to the expansion and material growth of trade interests in the
various localities where he has labored, and from which he himself has also
derived substantial benefits.
ERNEST ARGO.
Ernest Argo was born in Fulton county, Illinois, September 27, 1853, and
is of English descent, his grandfather, a native of England, coming to America
about 1800. His parents were William and Clarissa Argo. The mother died in
1862 and the father in 1865. The latter lived for twenty years in Fulton county,
Illinois, and for twelve years in Jersey county, that state, devoting his entire
time to farming.
Ernest Argo pursued his early education in various district schools of Illi-
nois and afterward attended the high school at Brownsville, Illinois, and the
State University, at Lincoln, Nebraska, where he was graduated in his eighteenth
year. The following year he joined his brother in a grain elevator business and
continued the association until 1875, when the partnership was dissolved and he
went to Texas, remaining for two years in that state, during which time he was
engaged in the live-stock business. The year 1877 witnessed his arrival in St.
Louis and he entered business circles here as clerk with the Laclede Fire Brick
Alanufacturing Company. When he had served in that capacity for sixteen months
he was promoted to the position of secretary and remained with the company
until 1884. He then resigned to enter upon active relations with the firm of
Blackmer & Post, which was incorporated in 1892 as the Blackmer & Post Pipe
Company, and he has since served continuously as its secretary. Mr. Argo is
deservedly popular and maintains most just and cordial relations with his busi-
ness associates. His executive ability, keen insight into complex business prob-
lems and his capable control of business affairs have brought him continuous
success since becoming a member of this company.
In May, 1877, he was married to Miss Eleanor Brandt, a daughter of Mr.
anrl Mrs. John P. Brandt. They have one child, Miss Jaclyn Argo, who possesses
unusual musical talent, an especially fine singing voice. The family residence is
a fine home at No. 41 10 Delmar avenue.
'\\r. Argo is a member of the Mercantile Club, belongs to the Royal Ar-
canum, the Western Commercial Travelers' Association, and is a Master Mason.
He casts an independent local ballot, but where questions of state and national
importance are before the public he votes with the democratic party. He is now
identified with various leagues and organizations for the promotion of business
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 167
conditions and his high standing in business circles is shown by the fact that he
now holds the position of treasurer of the Missouri Manufacturers Association.
His advancement has come as the legitimate sequence of well defined and intel-
ligently directed labor, combined with a keen recognition of the possibilities that
the business world ofters.
VALENTINE J. GOESSLING.
A'alentine J. Goessling, who has been prominently connected with the mer-
cantile interests of St. Louis as a member of the Meyer & Goessling Cloak Com-
pany since 1896, was born in this city on the 5th of August, 1874, his parents
being August and Anna Goessling. The father is interested in the Ferguson-
Mclvmney Dry Goods Company and the National Paper Company. The mater-
nal grandfather of our subject, John M. Feldman, was one of the pioneers of
South St. Louis, conducting a hotel and bus line. He also served as county
treasurer and his labors were an important element in the work of early develop-
ment and upbuilding in South St. Louis.
Valentine J. Goessling attended the Christian Brothers school at St. Vincent
church and subsequently entered the St. Louis University, which was then located
between Ninth and Eleventh streets, graduating from that institution at the
age of seventeen years. After leaving the university he went abroad for nine
months and on his return home became connected with his father in the dry-
goods business at No. 1248 South Broadway. Subsequently he associated him-
self with L. J. Meyer for the conduct of a skirt manufacturing enterprise and
has since been successfully engaged in this line of activity under the firm style
of the Meyer & Goessling Cloak Company. At the time when these two gentle-
men established their business there were only a few retailers who handled
ready-made skirts and the industry was practically in its infancy. It has now,
however, reached large proportions and the business of the Meyer & Goessling
Company is steadily growing under the able management and careful control of
the partners.
In November, 1898, at Ouincy, Illinois, Mr. Goessling was united in mar-
riage to Miss Ida Verne Kreitz. Her grandfather, Mr. Merssman, was one of
the pioneer settlers of that place and erected the first three-story building, in
which he conducted a private bank and general store. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Goessling have been born two sons : Gerald Augustus, seven years of age ; and
Paul Henry, who is five years old. They have a handsome residence at No. 4016
Flora boulevard, the cordial hospitality which is there extended being greatly
enjoyed by their many friends.
J. T. McLAIN.
The life record of J. T. McLain is a notable example of the fact that in
America, where labor is unhampered by caste or class, iDy precedent or condi-
tions, the individual may work his way upward from a humble position to one
of prominence, for his initial step was made in a humble capacity, but as he has
proceeded in his business career he has secured a broader outlook and brighter
opportunities, and through their improvement he has become a leading business
man of St. Louis, as president of the McLain-Alcorn Commission Company.
He was born March 31, 1854, in Carlyle, Illinois, his parents being Joseph and
Marguerite (O'Connell) INIcLain, the former a native of Ireland and the latter
of Gasglow, Scotland. The father was well known in business circles in Car-
lyle, being connected with several successful enterprises there.
168 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
J. T. ^NIcLain was a student in the public schools of his native city until he
completed the high-school course by graduation. He also attended college at
Teutopolis. Illinois, and on leaving school became connected with the butchering
business, to which he devoted four years. On the expiration of that period he
entered the employ of the Ohio & ^lississippi Railroad, with which he was asso-
ciated for eighteen years. Five years before leaving the railroad service, how-
ever, he established a commission business, and in 1893 left the railroad employ
that he might devote his entire time and attention to this undertaking. He or-
ganized the J. T. AIcLain Commission Company and in 1900 incorporated the
business under the name of the McLain-Alcorn Commission Company, Mr. Mc-
Lain remaining as its president to the present time. As a commission merchant
he has built up an extensive business. Displaying excellent qualities of admin-
istrative and executive ability, he has also placed a correct value upon life's
contacts and experiences and he has possessed sufficient courage to venture
where favoring opportunity has presented, while his judgment and even paced
energy generally carry him forward to the goal of success.
On the 27th of April, 1880, Mr. ]\IcLain was married to Aliss Florence
Myers, a native of Salem, Illinois, and a daughter of D. P. IMyers. who was
a prosperous hardware merchant of that city for many years, or until his death
in 1905. They now have two children : ]. T. AIcLain, Jr., who is with the
St. Louis Dressed Beef Company ; and ^Marguerite Merle, the wife of Dan
Schierbaum. Mr. McLain belongs to the Irish-American Club and the Mer-
chants' Exchange, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. This, in brief,
is the life history of one of St. Louis' successful business men, who, brooking
no obstacles that can be overcome by determined purpose and laudable ambition,
has w^on for himself a place in the ranks of the prosperous business men.
DA\TD COALTER GA^IBLE, M. D.
Dr. David Coalter Gamble, wdio passed away May 4, 1908, was w^ell knowm
in medical circles of St. Louis as a general practitioner and also as clinical pro-
fessor of otology in the medical department of Washington L^niversity. He was
born in this city September 16, 1844, a son of the Hon. Hamilton Rowan and
Caroline (Coalter) Gamble. The father was chosen governor of Missouri in
1 861 and was the war governor of the state, continuing in the office until his
death, which occurred January 31, 1864. He was otherwise prominent in mold-
ing the policy and shaping the destiny of the state during that critical period in
the history of the country.
Dr. Gamble spent his entire life in St. Louis. He was a student in his boy-
hood days in ^^^yman Institute of St. Louis and afterward attended a private
school in LawrCnceville, New Jersey, and Norristown, Pennsylvania, and later
became a student in the Washington and Jefferson College at Washington, Penn-
sylvania. With broad general knowledge to serve as the superstructure upon
which to rear professional learning, he took up the study of medicine and was
graduated from the St. Louis Aledical College with the class of 1869. He then
entered upon active practice in St. Louis and so continued for almost forty
years. For a long time he was widely known as a general practitioner, but later
gave special attention to diseases of the ear and in the line of his specialty gained
much more than local distinction. He won the recognition of the profession in
that he was made clinical professor of otology in the medical department of
Washington University and so continued until his demise.
Dr. Gamble was married on the 22d of December, 1864, in St. Louis, to
Miss Flora Matthews, a daughter of John and Mary R. (Levering) Matthews,
and unto them were born eleven children who survive : Mary, who is known as
Minnie, and is the wife of F. W. Abbot, of New York; Hamilton Rowan, also
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of New York; John Matthews, Flora Alay. ]Maud, Edna Miller and David C,
who are residents of St. Lonis ; Walter Gny, of New York ; Clarence Oliver ;
Ethel Ray and Allan Preston.
Dr. Gamble was devoted to the welfare and interests of his family and
found his greatest happiness in ministering to the pleasure of his wife and chil-
dren. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church and he possessed
a ready sympathy, a kindly spirit and a generous disposition which won for him
the friendship of all with whom he came in contact. In his profession he made
steady progress and was a member of the St. Louis Medical Society, the Alis-
souri State Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the
Alumni Association of the medical department of Washington University. He
kept constantly in touch through these relations with the progress of the pro-
fession in its wide research, investigation and experiment, bringing to each in-
dividual a broader knowledge and thus extending the scope of his activity. He
held to high ideals in his profession and in manhood and in all life's relations
v/as actuated by lofty purposes. His life record covered more than sixty-three
vears and was characterized bv much good done.
LOYAL LO\'EJOY LEONARD.
Loyal Lovejoy Leonard is widely known as a practitioner of law and also
through his identification with that movement toward higher politics as mani-
fest in municipal and national virtue. The salient facts in his life record are
herein given. He was born February 7, 1873, in West W^aterville, now Oakland,
Maine, his parents being Watson Vaughan and Irene (Stuart) Leonard, tKe
former a merchant. The Leonards were colonial settlers of New England, three
brothers coming from England and embarking in the iron business when the
seeds of commercial and industrial development had scarcely been planted on
American soil. At Taunton, ^Massachusetts, they built the first forge in Nev."
England at a date prior to King Phillip's war. The Lovejoys from whom Mr.
Leonard is descended through his paternal grandmother were early pioneers of
Maine, penetrating into the wilderness of the Pine Tree state from the Alas-
sachusetts Bay colony on horseback and taking their slaves with them. That
the sentiment of the family underwent a great change is indicated on one of the
tragic pages of American history, recording the death of Elisha P. Lovejoy,
formerly of Albion, Alaine, who was an ardent abolitionist and was killed by a
mob at Alton, Illinois, where his printing presses were ruined because he had
advocated abolition in his newspaper. At the time of the Revolutionary war
the Lovejovs were tories and the given name of Loyal is a family name de-
scended from a loyalist of that period.
In the maternal line L. L. Leonard is descended through the grandfather
from the Stuarts and through the grandmother from the Halletts. The Stuarts
were of Scotch descent, and the American branch, being of Quaker faith, were
opposed to warfare for many generations. The Halletts trace their ancestry to
Jonathan Hallett, an early settler at Cape Cod, Barnstable county, ^lassachu-
setts. They were prominent in defense of the colonial interests in the Revolu-
tionary war, Elisha Hallett, the great-grandfather, serving as an oflicer in the
American army throughout the period of hostilities.
Loyal L. Leonard, passing through consecutive grades in the public schools
of Oakland, Maine, was graduated from the high school in the year 1889 at the
age of sixteen. He afterward pursued a course in the Coburn Classical Insti-
tute at W^aterville, Maine, where he was graduated in 1890 and later was for
two years engaged in business in the east. He then entered Trinitv College at
Hartford. Connecticut, in 1892 and was graduated in 1896. He came to St. Louis
soon after his graduation and entered the insurance business, thus providing for
170 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his livelihood while preparing for a professional career as a student in the St.
Louis Law School, the law department of Washington University, from which he
was graduated in 1902. He had lost his father when ten years of age and had
been self-supporting from the age of seventeen. While studying law he engaged
in business to meet the expenses of his course and daily living and immediately
following his admission to the bar began practice. In the second year thereafter
he was appointed assistant special counsel of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company and later was made special counsel, in which capacity he engaged in
winding up the affairs of the corporation in addition to conducting a general law
practice. He has never specialized in any department of the law but has kept in
touch with all and has handled various cases, which have brought him into con-
nection with many of the departments of jurisprudence. He belongs to the St.
Louis Bar Association and also to the Law Library Association.
\Miile in college Mr. Leonard became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
and for many years w'as an officer of and active in the Mississippi Valley xA.lumni
Association of his alma mater. He has long been a member of the New England
Society and he belongs also to the University Club and to the Merrimac Canoe
Club. He has done active and effective work with the Civic League as chairman
of some of its important committees and is particularly interested in improving
the appearance of the city by abolishing billboards and other objectionable fea-
tures and promoting its parks and the adornment of its public roads. He usually
votes with the republican party and is identified with that movement which re-
gards the fitness of the candidate as the most important thing rather than his
political affiliation. He has long been interested in reform politics and has done
his share of work in the ranks as a precinct committeeman. His labors are an
acknowledged helpful factor in bringing about those purifying and wholesome
reforms which have been gradually growing in the political, municipal and social
life of the city. It is true that his chief life work has been that of a successful
lawyer, but the range of his activities and the scope of his influence have reached
far beyond this special field and he belongs to that public spirited, useful and help-
ful type of men, whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed in those
channels through wdiich flow the greatest and most permanent good to the
greatest number.
FRANK VOLLMER.
St. Louis is largely a monument to its German-American citizens. The
determination and progressive spirit of the Teutonic race have largely been
elements in the city's substantial upbuilding. One of the native sons of the
fatherland, Frank Vollmer, was born in Westphalia, January 9, 1845, ^ son of
Henry and Gertrude (Eisenbach) Vollmer, the former a shoe manufacturer.
To the public schools of his native land he is indebted for the educational privi-
lee"es which he enjoyed. He continued his studies to the age of fourteen years,
when he became a tailor's apprentice, serving for a term of four years, after
which he spent several years as a journeyman in the line of his trade and at the
age of twenty-four years came to America, making his way direct to St. Louis.
For five years he was here employed in the tailoring business, and in 1873
established business at No. 220 Locust street, as a member of the firm of Vollmer
& Knabe, his partner being Henry Knabe. They remained at that location for one
year and then removed to 825 North Fourth street. This relation existed for nine-
teen years anrl was crowned with gratifying and well merited prosperity. In 1892,
however, they severed their business interests and Mr. Vollmer then opened a tailor-
ing establishment at No. 806 Pine street, where he continued until 1903, when he
sold his place and retired to private life. In the meantime he had become a large
owner of real estate anrl his investments have proven very profitable.
FRANK A^0LL:MER
172 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
On the 25th of August, 1874, Mr. Vollmer was married to IMiss Maria
Hoelscher, who was born February 25, 1847, at the corner of Fourteenth street
and Clark avenue in this city. Her parents were Bernard and Gertrude (Aver-
buckj Hoelscher. The father, a native of Germany, came to St. Louis in 1842
and was one of the earlv contractors and builders of this city. His wife was
likewise a native of the fatherland and they were married in the year 1842.
Their children were : Mrs. Eliza Dana ; Maria, now Mrs. Vollmer ; and Henry,
who died in infancy. L'nto ^Ir. and Mrs. Vollmer were born the following
named: Bernard, who was born July 10, 1875, and died April 9, 1884; Maria,
who is the wife of Henry Warren, of St Louis and has one daughter, Maria
Francisco: Joseph, who was born February 22, 1879, and died April 11, 1885;
Henrv, who died in infancy; Frank, who also died in infancy; Agnes, a grad-
uate of Sisters of St. Mary"s high school, who is musically inclined and is living
at home : Josephine, graduate of St. Mary's high school ; and Frank, a graduate
of St. Mary's high school and also of the St. Louis University. The family resi-
dence at Xo. 2133 California avenue is the abode of warm-hearted and generous
hospitality.
In his political views ]\Ir. A'oUmer is a democrat, giving his support to the
partv since he became a naturalized American citizen. He belongs to St. Fran-
cis Catholic church and to St. Vincent de Paul's Society, which is for the benefit
of the poor. ' He is also one of the trustees and directors of St. Vincent's Orphan
Society, belongs to St. Mary's School Society and has been a generous con-
tributor to all. As he has prospered in his undertakings he has never hoarded
his wealth for selfish interests, but has shared liberally with others. He came to
St. Louis with a capital of only twenty-eight dollars, but possessed what is far
better — a resolute heart and willing hands. His undaunted industry, even in the
face of discouragement, his straightforward dealing and his careful investment
have enabled him to build up an independefit fortune and he is now among the
most prosperous of the German-American residents of St. Louis.
WILLIAM CHARLES STAMPS.
Each individual who does well his daily tasks, faithfully meeting the duties
and obligations that devolve upon him and utilizing his opportunities to the best
advantage, contributes to the world's progress. A well spent life was that of
\\'illiam Charles Stamps, who for a long period was connected with the indus-
trial interests of St. Louis as a manufacturer of brick. He was born in this city,
January 9, 1844, and pursued his education in the schools here. His early sur-
roundings were neither those of dire poverty nor of wealth, yet he was reared
in comfortable circumstances and given the opportunities that would lead to
advancement if he would improve them. That he neglected his chances in no
wav is indicated by the success which attended him as the years went by. His
father. AX'illiam S. Stamps, was one of the early residents of the city and in
pioneer times here purchased a tract of ground at Herbert and Jefferson streets,
where he established a brick factory, the business being conducted there for more
than a half century. After William C. Stamps completed his education he joined
his father in business and in early manhood became manager of the enterprise,
which he controlled for his father until the latter's death. He then became pro-
prietor of the business, which he conducted until a few years prior to his own
death. .All through that period he was ever alert to gain new ideas concerning
brick manufacturing that he might improve the plant and thus produce a still
higher quality of brick. That his output was such as the public demanded is in-
dicated in the liberal patronage that was accorded him. He conducted a well
equipped establishment, employed eflficient workmen at good wages and the ex-
cellence of his manufactured product enabled him to command for it a ready sale
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upon the market. The business was conducted at the original site for more than
fifty years, at the end of which time Wilham C. Stamps sold the land and the
business. He installed the first Yankee bolster in St. Louis at this brickyard and
introduced many other modern improvements. His father was for some time
treasurer of the Builders" Exchange and for years William C. Stamps acted as
its secretary. He figured prominently in building circles of the city and was very
active in the development of St. Louis, giving loyal support to many measures and
movements which he believed would prove beneficial to the citv and upon which
the years have set their approval.
On January ii, 1876, in St. Louis, ]\lr. Stamps was united in marriage to
Miss Amanda Stagg, a daughter of Edward Stagg, who came to this city from
New York city, where he was born and reared. In this city he married Miss
Daggett, a daughter of John D. Daggett, a very old and prominent citizen of St.
Louis. Following his removal to the middle west Mr. Stagg engaged with the
Laclede Gas Light Company here. He was not onlv known as a successful busi-
ness man but also as a gentleman of considerable literary ability, his writings con-
taining much of merit. He contributed many valuable articles to one of the early
newspapers of St. Louis, called the Organ, was the writer of considerable verse
and also the author of several prose works. His cultured mind and marked
individuality made him a guiding factor in the intellectual progress of the com-
munity. He was also numbered among the Sons of the American Revolution,
his grandfather having been General Staddeford, of New York, who served with
the American army in the war for independence.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Stamps was born but one child, Mary Shapleigh, who is
living with her mother on Washington boulevard. The death of Mr. Stamps, oc-
curred in Los Angeles, California, in 1900. He was reared in the faith of the
Presbyterian church, although he never united with the denomination. His
widow is a Christian Scientist. Mr. Stamps gave his political allegiance to the
democracv and was a member of the Liederkranz Club. In all his life he was
energetic and diligent and eminently practical. He brought sound judgment to
bear on the solution of all questions which came to him for decision, whether
relative to business or social life or matters of public concern. He remained from
his birth until his death a resident of St. Louis and had many warm friends here
who gave him their high regard and entertained for him feelings of good will and
confidence.
WILLIAM HENRY SCUDDER.
William Henry Scudder, born in St. Louis, August i, i860, was a son of
William H. and Catherine ( Hinde ) Scudder. He pursued his education in the
public schools until he had mastered the elementary branches of learning and
then supplemented his preliminary training by study in Washington University.
He pursued a course of law^ there and further prepared for the bar as a student
in the law department of the ^lichigan State University at Ann Arbor in 1881.
In July, 1882, he was admitted to the Missouri bar and became a member of
the firm of Douglas Scudder & Company, engaged in the general practice of
law. In no profession does advancement depend more largely upon individual
merit than in the law, and the fact that Mr. Scudder secured a liberal clienta,ge
was indicative of his knowledge and his correct application of legal principles
to the points in litigation. With a mind naturally logical and inductive, his
reasoning was always clear and cogent, and his presentation of his cause was
forceful. He became a member of the State Bar Association and enjoyed in full
measure the respect and admiration of his fellow members of the bar.
On February 10. 1885. Mr. Scudder was united in marriage to ^liss Amelia
Cupples, a native of St. Louis, and they became parents of three children :
174 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
jMartha, Gladys and Maude. The family circle was broken by the hand of
death on the 12th of November, 1899, when Mr. Scudder passed away in Colo-
rado Springs, where he had gone for the benefit of his health. He left behind
him many warm friends who felt sincere grief at his demise. He was well
known and popular in the Manufacturers, St. Louis, Noonday and Country
Clubs, in which he held membership, and was the first president of the first Coun-
try Club. He was always deeply interested in St. Louis and her welfare and
had great faith in her future. He always gave enthusiastic support to interests
calculated to promote the city's growth and development and his influence was
ever found on the side of those plans which are helpful in upbuilding com-
munity interests or in promoting individual development.
GEORGE D. BARNARD.
There are certain names around which center the history of business devel-
opment and progress in every community. George D. Barnard needs no intro-
duction to the readers of this volume, for he is closely associated with business
concerns which have conserved the interests of the city in lines of substantial
commercial upbuilding and from which he himself has derived substantial bene-
fits. Entering the commercial field as a manufacturing stationer in 1872, with
careful management his business has been extended until its ramifying interests
reach to all parts of the country. Other lines as well have felt the stimulus of
his cooperation and his sound judgment, while concerns of public importance
have profited by his activity.
Mr. Barnard, a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was born October
6. 1846, his parents being Henry L. and Elizabeth Robinson (Curtis) Barnard.
Through the medium of the public schools he acquired his education and when
he had completed about half of the work of the high school at New Bedford,
^Massachusetts, he was obliged to abandon his studies because of the death of
his father and the necessity of his entering the business world. Throughout his
entire connection with commercial pursuits he has been a representative of the
stationery trade. He became an employe in a house of that character in i860,
remaining in the east until September, 1868, when he came to St. Louis and ac-
cepted a clerkship in a manufacturing stationery house, where he remained until
1872. In the interim he gained a comprehensive knowledge of the business, not
only in relation to its sales but also in relation to the manufacture of the product,
and believing the time was ripe for him to start in business on his own account,
he joined two others in the establishment of a manufacturing stationery enter-
prise. The new venture proved successful, enjoying a steady growth, but in
1876 one of the partners died and in 1877 the death of the other occurred. This
threw upon Mr. Barnard the responsibility of carrying on the business, but he
had in his employ at that time some young men who were willing to help and
who have since proved their worth not only to the business in which they are
now interested with Mr. Barnard, but as citizens of St. Louis. In 1885 the busi-
ness was incorporated under the style of George D. Barnard & Company with
Mr. Barnard as president. The constant expansion of the trade has made it pos-
sible for the company to utilize the entire large factory building, three hundred
and forty-five by two hundred and twelve feet, since 1895. The business has
been most carefully systematized, the plant is equipped with the latest improved
machinery and the most thorough methods prevail in the sales departments. The
name of Barnard has become a synonym for the stationery trade in St. Louis.
In an intensely active business career Mr. Barnard has not felt satisfied with
the e-tablishmcnt and successful control of this mammoth undertaking, but has
extended his efforts to other fields with equally good results. He is now vice
president of the Art Metal Construction Company, vice president of the Embree-
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McLean Carriage Company and vice president of the Continental Warrant &
Investment Company.
If liis name can be secured in support of any public movement it is consid-
ered a most valuable asset, for he never enters upon a work in a half hearted
manner and his activities have greatly benefited the city in many of its public
movements and measures. He belongs to the Merchants' Exchange, of which
he was formerly vice president, and he has been vice-chairman of the committee
on fall festivities, which have done so much to exploit the interests and oppor-
tunities of St. Louis. He was one of the original World's Fair committee of two
hundred and has been chairman of many committees to raise money for public
purposes and has always been a liberal donor thereto. His political position is
somewhat independent. Indeed he is in hearty sympathy with the tendency of the
times which is manifest by many progressive, thinking men, who consider results
rather than party successes and feel that there are interests which are paramount
to machine rule.
Air. Barnard was married in Alton, Illinois, in 1874, to Miss Alary L. Tin-
dall. He belongs to the Episcopal church, and for more than a quarter of a
century was a vestryman of St. Peter's. Admirable social qualities render him
popular in the Mercantile, the St. Louis, the St. Louis Country and the Glen
Echo clubs. W^hen he entered the business field he had no ambition to ac-
complish something especially great or famous, and throughout his business
career he has followed the lead of his opportunities, seizing legitimate advan-
tages as they have arisen and taking a forward step whenever the way was open.
He has always been ready for advancement and, fortunate in possessing ability
and character that have inspired confidence in others, the weight of his char-
acter, his ability and his willingness to work have carried him into important
relations with larsfe interests.
JOSEPH D. HESSE.
In European countries young men learn a trade or business and in the
majority of cases continue throughout their lives in the employ of others, ham-
pered in their efforts by caste or class and by the burdensome taxation of mon-
archical rulers. In America, however, the young man can master his trade, and
passes on, if he be diligent and determined, to positions of ownership and control,
and in time becomes a leading representative of the line of business to which
he directs his enterprise.
Joseph D. Hesse, serving his apprenticeship as architect and receiving prac-
tical training in the profession as an employe of others, is now at the head of a
profitable business of his own and as a speculative builder has done much to
improve certain sections of the city. He was born in Pacific, Missouri, in Jan-
uary, 1869, and is a son of Ignatz and Emily Hesse. The father was a barber
who resided in St. Louis, and the mother, still living, is engaged in the prac-
tice of medicine, having the degree of M.D. Both parents came of German
ancestry, although the mother's people have long been represented at Washing-
ton, ^Missouri.
Josph D. Hesse attended the public schools of Pacific, Alissouri, until his
thirteenth year, and then came to St. Louis, where he pursued his education
as a public-school student for three years. His natural talent for drawing and
his interest in the work led to his preparation for the profession of an architect
in the employ of John Johnson, one of the oldest and best known architects of
the country. Mr. Hesse remained with him for two years and then entered
the service of George I. Barnett & Son, predecessors of the present firm of Bar-
nett, Haynes & Barnett, with wdiom he continued for about three years. He
next engaged as draftsman for Charles Hellmers. and two years later he en-
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gaged as interior designer with Eniil F. Seidel, a well-known cabinetmaker.
Wliile thus engaged, Air. Hesse gained a comprehensive knowledge of the busi-
ness and furnished many attractive designs for interiors. When he embarked
in business on his own account, he also continued interior designing and plan-
ning interiors for architects, cabinetmakers and others. For six years he devoted
his attention solely to that line, having an office in the Commercial building for
two years. He then removed to the Chemical building, where he remained for
four years. During this time he began building flats and organized the Heston
Investment Company, with which he is still connected. He sufifered during the
widespread tinancial panic of 1893 ^^^^'^ was forced to close his office, bitt a man
of such resolution as ^Nlr. Hesse possessed could not be discouraged, and when
he could not continue in one line, he directed his talents in another. He began
designing cars for the American Car Foundry Company and made the designs
for many private cars. When times were better he resumed business on his
own account and is now connected with the company, which has different prop-
erty rights throughout the city. As an architect, his work is worthy of note,
for it combines utility with adornment and solidarity with beauty. The apart-
ment buildings which he has arranged contain the most modern conveniences
and are artistic in their arrangement and interior designing.
On the 1 2th of October. 1904, Mr. Hesse was married in New York city
to Aliss Alinnie A an Duzer, whose acquaintance he formed while she was visit-
ing the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. She is of Holland lineage, connected
with a family of well known pillow-sham manufacturers. They have one daugh-
ter, Laberne, fifteen months of age.
In his political views Mr. Hesse is independent, nor is he active in club life,
preferring to give his attention outside of business hours to his home interests
and his immediate circle of friends. A resolute will and constantly increasing
capital coi\stitute the salient features of his progress in professional lines.
HON. FRANXIS PRESTON BLAIR.
The name of Francis Preston Blair figures upon the pages of our national
history as that of one who aided in molding public opinion and in shaping the
destiny of the country during a most momentous period in its existence. The
honesty of his views was never called into ciuestion and he stood ever as a man
of lofty patriotism whose devotion to the welfare of his country was one of
his distinguishing characteristics. He won fame as a lawyer, soldier and states-
man and his record reflects credit and honor upon the city which honored him.
Born in Lexinyton, Kentucky, on the 19th of February, 1821, he was a
son of Francis P. Blair, Sr., a native of Virginia and an eminent lawyer of
that state, who afterward became attorney general of Kentucky and still later
was the well known editor of the Globe, a Washington, D. C, newspaper.
Francis P. Blair, Jr., was but nine years of age at the time of his parents' re-
moval to the capital city, where his boyhood days were passed. After prepar-
ing for college in the schools of Washington he matriculated in the College of
New Jersey at Princeton and when he had completed his university course re-
turned to Kentucky to enter upon the study of law with Lewis Marshall as his
preceptor. He completed his legal training in the law school of Transsylvania
University, of Kentucky, and in 1843 came to St. Louis for the purpose of en-
tering upon the active practice of his ])rofession in this city. Delicate health,
however. ]jrevented him fnjm at once becoming a member of the St. Louis
bar and hojjing to be iK-nefited by outdoor life he -went with a party of trap-
pers aiul traders to the Rocky mountains and in 1845 accompanied Bent and
Saint X'rian tf; their fort, which occupied a site in the southern part of the
present state of Colorado. He remained in that region until the expedition
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178 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
under command of General Stephen W. Kearney crossed the plains and pro-
ceeded to ^lexico to take part in the ]\Iexican war. Air. Blair joined that ex-
pedition and in a military capacity served until the close of hostilities. His
health improved under the rigorous life of the west and in 1847 ^ie returned to
St. Louis, where the same year he married ]\Iiss Apolline Alexander, of Wood-
ford county, Kentucky.
i\Ir. and i\Irs. Blair established their home in St. Louis and he entered at
once upon the active practice of the law. While advancement at the bar is pro-
verbiallv slow no dreary novitiate awaited him. In the trial of his first cases
he proved his marked ability in the handling of complex legal problems and
from the beginning enjoyed an extensive and important practice. He devoted
himself to the more congenial branches of professional work and to the ad-
vocacv of political principles which he deemed essential in forming the state
and national policy. His position was never an equivocable one and he soon
became recognized as one of the strongest opponents of slavery and one of the
most stalwart originators and advocates of the free-soil movement. In 1852
he was elected on the free-soil ticket as a member of the state legislature,
where his representation of the interests of his constituents was such as to
insure his reelection for a second term. While serving in the house he made
several speeches in favor of the free labor system, which attracted general at-
tention and aroused public sentiment to the inic|uities of the slave system. He
had been a close and discriminating student of the conditions of the south and
became an opponent of a system which he fully understood was undermining
national interests and proving a detriment to national progress, while at the
same time it was opposed to all humanitarian ideals. The stand which he took
on this question aroused the pro-slavery party which manifested the utmost
hostility to him. Angry threats and protests, however, did not deter him in the
least and he continued to make anti-slavery speeches upon the slave soil and to
use his influence in favor of the free labor movements. Mr. Blair gained a
strong following in St. Louis, although the movement was not a popular one
outside of the city. Here, however, it found endorsement from the liberty-
loving German element and Mr. Blair never ceased to clearly express his views
as occasion offered. Under his leadership the free-soil party placed a ticket
in the field in St. Louis in 1856 and elected its nominees.
In the same year Mr. Blair was chosen to represent this district in con-
gress and in the national councils. He boldly advocated the emancipation doc-
trine, also supporting the views which Clay had held years before, that the
emancipation of the negroes should be followed by their transportation to
Africa. Had this course been pursued the country would have been spared the
grave race problem which it is today facing.
In 1858 Air. Blair was again a candidate for congress but in that year
was defeated although at the next election he was again sent to the national
halls of legislation as congressman from this district. He there served as chair-
man of the committee on military affairs and as a member of other important
committees. He was one of the earnest working members of that body and
exerted strong influence in the house. Remaining ever a student of the ques-
tions and issues of the day, when a new party was formed to prevent the ex-
tension of slavery, he joined its ranks, putting forth earnest effort to promote
its growth and secure its success. It was at his suggestion that in i860 a meet-
ing of Missouri republicans was called to select delegates to the national con-
vention of the party to be held that year in Chicago. Mr. Blair was chosen as
a delegate anrl became a conspicuous figure in that memorable gathering. Fol-
lowing his return to St. Louis after the adjournment of the convention he made
a ratification speech at tlie old Lucas Market and was instrumental in organiz-
ing the uniformed campaign club, known as the Wide-Awakes — an organiza-
tion that played a most important part in the subsequent campaign. Following
the election of President Lincriln. .Mr. I'.lair was among the first of the coun-
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try's eminent men to perceive that Civil war was inevitable and to realize that
the effort must at once be made if Missouri was to be saved to the Union. He
therefore inaugurated a movement which resulted in enlisting, organizing and
drilling some of the earliest defenders of the Union in this city. When the at-
tempt at secession was made, followed by the declaration of war, Mr. Blair be-
came captain of the first company of Union soldiers enlisted in the state and
assisted materially in defraying the expenses incident to arming and equipping
them. When a number of companies had been organized and united as a regi-
ment ]\Ir. Blair was unanimously elected colonel of the First Regiment of
]\Iissouri Volunteers. This was followed by promotion to the rank of brigadier
general of volunteers in August, 1861, and on the 29th of November, 1862, he
was made major general. At the same time and until 1863 he was repre-
sentative from his district in congress but resigned his seat. He was instru-
mental in unearthing a plot of the state authorities of Missouri to capture the
United States arsenal in St. Louis containing the sixty-five thousand stand of
arms belonging to the general government. This was soon after the organiza-
tion of the Confederacy. During Sherman's campaign in 1864 and 1865 General
Blair was at the head of the Seventeenth Corps and participated in the march to
the sea. He succeeded General McPherson in command of the Seventeenth
Army Corps and thus served until the close of the war, with conspicuous gal-
lantry, rendering important aid to his country in the darkest hour of her his-
torv. He then returned to his home in St. Louis, where the people received
him with enthusiastic demonstrations of affection and esteem.
In matters relating to the civic mterests of his country Mr. Blair was also
prominent. He served at one time as commissioner of the Pacific Railroad and
in 1868 was the democratic candidate for the vice presidency on the ticket with
Horatio Seymour. He regarded the measures adopted by the republican party
toward the southern states as unduly harsh, and because of this he returned his
allegiance to the party with which he had been connected in early life, and in
187 1 he was again elected to the Missouri legislature and afterward was chosen
to fill a vacancy in the United States senate, where he represented Missouri
until 1873. W'hen he passed away in this city two years later the news of his
death brought a sense of personal bereavement to almost every individual in
St. Louis and the state and was deeply lamented by those who knew and hon-
ored him throughout the nation. At meetings of the bar, of the veterans of
the Civil war and of various public bodies in St. Louis, resolutions were adopted
and speeches delivered in wdiich the story of his upright life, his unfaltering
devotion to duty and his unquestioned honesty in support of his convictions
was then retold. As a patriotic citizen, a distinguished lawyer and able states-
man, he inscribed his name high on America's roll of fame and is today num-
bered with Missouri's honored dead.
TAMILS W. ALCORN.
Honored and respected by all, few men occupy a more enviable position
in the regard of those with wliom they are brought in contact than does James
W. Alcorn, the vice president of the McLain-Alcorn Commission Company.
This is not alone by reason of the success that he has attained, but also owmg
to the straightforward business methods which he has followed. He was born
April 26, i860, of the marriage of William E. Alcorn and Anna M. Rowe. The
father was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and removing to Cincinnati, _ there
engaged in the tent and awning business for many years. His wife died in
that "citA- in 1863 and Mr. Alcorn afterward removed to Olney, Illinois, where
ISO ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
he turned his attention to farming, being identified with that pursuit until his
demise in 1S96.
Tames W. Alcorn was but a young lad at the time of the removal of the
family from Cincinnati to Illinois,' in which state he acquired his education in
the public schools. He was a voung man of eighteen years when he came to
St. Louis and entered the employ of Erasmus Wells, a street railway builder
and operator of this city. He afterward engaged in the baggage and express
business in connection with the steam railroad service and was thus connected
until 1900. when he joined W. T. JNIcLain in organizing the McLain-Alcorn
Commission Company! \Miile in the service of the railroad he had speculated
on the side in the commission business until he found that he was making good
money in that way and decided that he would join a partner in that line and
leave railroading entirely.
On the 3d of June,' 1885, jNIr. Alcorn was married to Miss Edna Hopkin-
son, who was born and reared in Olney. Illinois, a daughter of Ambrose H.
Hopkinson, who engaged in contracting in Olney until his death in 1906.
Mr. Alcorn has attained prominence in the Masonic fraternity, belonging
to the Knight Templar Commandery, the Consistory and to the Mystic Shrine.
He is also a member of the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, is a Methodist
in religious faith and a republican in his political belief. His life has been one
of continuous activity in which has been accorded due recognition of labor and
he is rapidly forging to the front in commercial circles, nor has his activity con-
tributed alone to his individual success, for he is found among those who en-
dorse public interests which are calculated to promote the general welfare.
GORDON WILLIS.
Gordon Willis, vice president and secretary of the Hunkins-Willis Lime
& Cement Company of St. Louis, was born in Galena, Illinois, on the 29th of
:\Iay, 1859, his parents being W. B. and Ellen T. (Pratt) WilHs. who in 1865
removed with their family to this city. Accordingly Gordon Willis acquired
his education in the public schools here, and his early business training was
received in the service of the Wiggins Ferry Company as superintendent of the
car ferry for eight years. On severing that connection he spent four years with
R. S. ]\IcCormick & Company, and in 1889 became secretary of the Thorn &
Hunkins Lime & Cement Company, which was established in 1875. The busi-
ness was conducted under that style until 1896, when it was taken over by the
newly organized firm of the Hunkins-Willis Lime & Cement Company, with
Gordon Willis as vice president and secretary. The volume of business which
has been secured makes theirs a most important industry of this character. ' It
was but a natural and logical step for Mr. Willis to become connected with the
National Builders Supply Association, of which he was elected president in Jan-
uary, 1906. reelected in 1907, and again in 1908. This is a rapidly growing
organization, having more than seven hundred members in the principal cities
of the United States. It is in harmony with the marked tendency of the times
CO so cooperate in business life that different parties may enjoy the benefits of
mutually developed trade interests. Mr. Willis as president is bringing the
Supply Association into national prominence and is becoming recognized as one
of the foremost representatives of his line of trade in the middle west. He
is vice president of Best Brothers Keene's Cement Company, Cleveland, Ohio,
and secretary and treasurer of the Peerless White Lime Company, St. Louis,
Missouri.
In 1891, in St. Louis, Mr. Willis was married to Miss Letha Tindel and
they have one son, Barnard. Mr. Willis belongs to the Mercantile Club and
finds his chief recreation in travel and athletics, but that he is preeminently a
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business man is indicated by his activity in the Business Men's League, the Citi-
zens Industrial Association and the Traffic Club, the St. Louis Railway Club,
and the Manufacturers Association. Tireless energy, keen perception and a
genius for devising and planning the right things at the right time are some
of the elements which have constituted his success, enabling him to make rapid
and substantial advancement in the business world.
JUDGE CHARLES CLELLAND BLAND.
The Bland family of which Judge Charles C. Bland is a representative is
of English origin and was planted on American soil in Virginia during the
colonial epoch in the history of this country. In 1776 Richard Bland, of the
Virginia colony, published an "Inquiry mto the Rights of the British Colonies."
He was elected a delegate to congress in 1774 and died four years later, but
left the impress of his individuality upon the history of Virginia in its forma-
tive period. The name of Bland has frequently figured prominently in the na-
tion's annals. Stoughton E. and Margaret (Nail) Bland, parents of Judge
Bland, were representatives of two old Kentucky families, the former born on
what became the home of ex-Governor Proctor Knott of that state. Their son,
the late Hon. Richard P. Bland, was a candidate for presidential honors at the
Chicago convention of 1896.
Judge Bland, coming of an ancestry honorable and distinguished, has added
new laurels to the family name as a lawyer and jurist. He was born in Hart-
ford. Ohio county, Kentucky, February 9, 1837, and on the death of his parents
came to Arcadia, Missouri, in 1850, with his uncle, G. B. Nownall, and pursued
an academic education in that place. His early professional service was de-
voted to educational interests as a teacher in the schools of Missouri and Mis-
sissippi, and while thus engaged his leisure hours were spent in mastering the
principles of jurisprudence through private reading. In i860 he successfully
passed an examination before Judge James H. JNIcBride of the circuit court of
Dent county, Missouri, and entered at once upon the practice of his profession,
but had scarcely time to gain recognition as a lawyer when the Civil war was
inaugurated.
Judge Bland stood as a stalwart defender of Union supremacy. He had
been a student of the great questions which were to bring the two opposing
forces into armed conflict and, although of southern birth, became a stanch ad-
vocate of the Union, manifesting his loyalty by active service at the front after
the inauguration of hostilities. He joined the army as a private of Company
D, Thirty-second Regiment of Missouri Infantry, and was elected captain of
his company, with which rank he served throughout the war. He was with
General Sherman and General Blair at Chickasaw Bayou and Arkansas Post.
He afterward participated in the sieges of Vicksburg and of Jackson, Missis-
sippi, and of Atlanta, Georgia, taking part in the battles of Brandon, Lookout
Alountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Ezra Church, Jonesboro and others of lesser
importance. He commanded his company in at least one-half of the engage-
ments in which Sherman's army participated in its progress from Chattanooga
to Atlanta, and after the capitulation of that city the Thirty-second Alissouri
Infantry was consolidated with the Twenty-first Regiment. He was mustered
out after the consolidation.
When the w^ar was over Judge Bland located for practice at Rolla, Mis-
souri, where he was in partnership with his brother, Richard Bland, from 1866
until 1868, in which year the brother removed to Lebanon, Missouri. As the
years passed Judge Bland gradually gained renown based upon a thorough and
comprehensive understanding of the law and accuracy in the application of its
principles. The ability which he displayed as an advocate in the courts led to
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his election to the circuit court bench in 1880, followed by a reelection in i
and 1892. During his twelve years' faithful service as circuit judge few ap-
peals were taken from his decisions and his fairness and impartiality none
seriously questioned. In fact, he received public endorsement of his service on
the circuit bench in an election as associate judge of the St. Louis court of ap-
peals. It is a high tribute to his sterling worth that none of his decisions have
ever aroused a feeling of personal antagonism, his honesty, his solid judicial
qualities and his remarkable industry and executive force being recognized by
all. He is a man of well balanced intellect, thoroughly familiar with the law
and practice, and possesses, too, a comprehensive general information which
enables him to understand the complexity of human interests and the motive
springs of human conduct. In the court of appeals he is making a record which
places him with the distinguished jurists who have sat upon that bench and, as
a contemporary biographer has expressed it, "his opinions have been as note-
worthv for the honesty as for the ability that he has put into them."
On the 25th of September, 1865, Mr. Bland was married to Miss Luticia
Goodykoontze, who died December 24, 1869, leaving a daughter, Vivian, who
was born April 16, 1867, and passed away January 19, 1872. On the 25th of
I\Iay, 1871. Judge Bland wedded Hattie B. Keene, whose death occurred April
2, 1888. Their children were : Thomas C, who was born April 27, 1873, and
died September 30, 1895 ; Richard E., who was born November 29, 1874, and
died September 16, 1897; Harry O., born October 8, 1877; Charles P., born
May II, 1880; lone, September 14, 1883; Joseph R., October 22, 1885; and
George R., April 2, 1888. On the 25th of April, 1889, Judge Bland married
^lary Goodykoontze, a sister of his first wife, and their son, Clark B., was born
August 21, 1890.
Judge Bland is a member of the Royal Legion and has long been promi-
nent in ^lasonic circles. He enjoys association with observant, thinking men,
and the delights of literature have long been his. He has gained an enviable
and well merited fame in his profession. Of stern integrity and honesty of
purpose, despising all unworthv or questionable means to secure success in
any imdertaking or for any purpose or to promote his own advancement ' in
any direction, whether political or otherwise, not even the tongue of calumny
has ever uttered a word to the contrary. The faithful use of his native talents
has worked out to a logical conclusion and he has wrought along the line of
the largest public good.
ROBERT McCULLOCH.
Robert McCulloch, president and general manager of the L"'^nited Railway
Company of St. Louis, was born in Missouri, September 15, 1841, and is a rep-
resentative of old Virginia families. His father was Roderick Douglas Mc-
Culloch, of Amherst county, Virginia, and his mother, Elizabeth McClanahan
CNash) McCulloch, a native of Roanoke, Virginia. During the infancy of their
■^on Robert the parents both died and he returned to the Old Dominion, settling
in Rockbridge county, where he mastered the elementary branches of learning
as a pupil in private schools. Subsequently he attended the Virginia Military
Institute and was given his diploma of graduation after the close of the
Civil war.
At the outbreak of hostilities he put aside his text-books and on the 19th
of April. t86t, joined the Confederate army as drill master. He afterward
enlisted for active duty at the front as a private, but was promoted successively
to the rank of lieutenant, of adjutant and then to captain of Company B of
the Eighteenth Virginia Infantry, which was a part of Garnett's Brigade, Pick-
ett's Division, of the Army of Northern Virginia. He thus served under the
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gallant Pickett, who won undying- fame at Gettysburg and who perhaps had
the personal love and respect of his soldiers more than any other Confederate
leader. Captain ]\IcCulloch was wounded at First Manassas, again at Second
^lanassas. also in the seven days' battle in the vicinity of Richmond, and twice
at Gettvsburg in Pickett's charge. Xo American citizen of the north or of the
south can ever hear or read the story of that charge without being thrilled
bv the braverv of men who in the face of the bullets' fire — to the very mouth
of the enemv's guns — left their dead and dying almost as thickly strewn over
the field as was the wheat over which they trod. It was on the 3d of July,
1863. that ]\Ir. McCulloch. being wounded, was reported among the dead. He
was taken prisoner, was afterward exchanged and remained on active duty until
the surrender in April, 1865.
Returning home to take up the pursuits of peace, Air. McCulloch remained
a resident of A'irginia until January, 1869, when he came to St. Louis and
soon afterward procured employment in a minor position with the Bellefontaine
Railwav Company. It was his initial step in a business career that has con-
tinuallv broadened in its responsibilities and in its successes. He has been
uninterruptedlv connected with street railway interests since that time and has
been associated with every department of the service. He has seen the horse-
car svstem superseded by the cable and that in turn by electric motor power, and
has been a factor in that progressive move which has brought street railway
service up to its present perfect condition. He was for several years general
manager of the Chicago City Railway Company and in 1904 returned to St.
Louis, becoming director, vice president and general manager of the United
Railways Company of this city and then president. His ready adaptability in
business, his clear comprehension of possibilities, his outlook beyond the ex-
igencies of the moment to the opportunities of the future, his habits of systematic
labor and of clear thought all combine to make him one of the best known and
most competent street railway managers of the country.
During the interval following his return from the war and his removal to
St. Louis. Air. AlcCulloch was married in Rockbridge county, Virginia, to Miss
Emma Paxton, on the i8th of June, 1868. The household now includes three
children, Richard, Roberta and Grace. In Alasonry Mr. McCulloch has at-
tained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, is also identified with the
Knight Templar commandery and the Mystic Shrine. He has been honored
with official preferment, being an ex-grand commander of Missouri. He is a
member of the St. Louis, the Alercantile and Racquet Clubs, Sons of the Revo-
lution and Colonial Wars, and his political belief is that of the democracy,
while his religious ideas are in harmony with the Protestant faith. An analyza-
tion of his life work shows a ready adaptability, a thoroughness in purpose and
a persistency in carrying out plans that constitute the salient elements in his
rise in the business world.
ARTHUR W. LAAIBERT.
Arthur W. Lambert is now treasurer of the Lambert Pharmacal Company,
with which he has been connected continuously since coming to St. Louis in
1887, while since 1895 he has occupied his present position. He was born in
Alexandria, X'irginia, May 18. 1867, and is a son of William H. and Laura
C Steer) Lambert. His father devoted his life to the banking business and was
president of the Citizens National IJank of Alexandria. The family is of Eng-
lish lineage, anrl when re)jrcsentatives of the name came to America they settled
in Maryland, while later the family was founded in Alexandria, Virginia, where
they had been known for three generations. They are descendants of John
Lambert, who was the commander-in-chief of Cromwell's army. The sons of
the present generation are grand ncijliews of I'cnjamin Higden, of the city of
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Philadelphia, who was a member of the Revolutionary congress from 1777 until
1779-
Arthur \\ . Lambert attended school in his native city to the age of sixteen
years and then became connected with the banking business in Alexandria,
Virginia, where he remained until his removal to St. Louis in 1880. Here he
entered the employ of the present company in a clerical capacity and eventually
was promoted to the position of chemist and treasurer. He is thus active in the
control of the enterprise, which is an important commercial concern of the
city, and, moreover, has directed his efforts to other fields of labor, being now
widely known in business circles. He is a director of the Commonwealth Trust
Company, a director of the Grand Avenue Bank, a director of the Lambert
Deacon Hull Printing Compan}-, a director of the Kansas City Home Telephone
Company, a director of the Detroit Home Telephone Company and a trustee
of the Lambert estate. His varied interests claim from him the services of a
capable man of keen discrimination, and what he has accomplished represents
the tit utilization of his innate talents and powers. His ability has developed
through the exercise of his native talents, and as the years have gone by dif-
ficult business problems have become easy of solution for him, while in the control
of important interests he displays keen sagacity that looks beyond the exigencies
of the moment to the possibilities of the future.
In November, 1889, In St. Louis, Mr. Lambert was united in marriage to
Miss Virginia Webb, of this city, a daughter of Dr. William Webb, who was
a very prominent physician here. They have four children : Arthur W ., who
is attending- Washington University; William H., attending Culver Military
Academy at Maxincuckee, Indiana ; Samuel B., at home ; and Mary Webb, who
is a student in Mary Institute.
The family attend the Grand Avenue Presbyterian church, of which Mr.
Lambert is a member. He also belongs to the blue lodge of Masons and is a
prominent and welcome figure in several of the leading clubs of the city, in-
cluding the Noonday, Mercantile, St. Louis and Missouri Athletic. Coming to
St. Louis as a young man of twenty-three years, he has found in its business
conditions the opportunities which he sought, and through their improvement
has reached a prominent position in the business world, wdth interests that re-
turn him a most gratifvins' annual income.
HENRY I. D'ARCY
Henry I. D'Arcy was a representative of the bar of St. Louis. He was
born at Port Arlington, Ireland, in 1846, and was educated in the schools of
his native country, graduating at the age of twenty-four from Trinity College
in Dublin. He came to America about this time and made his way to St.
Louis, where he turned his education to account by acting- as professor of Latin
and Greek in the Christian Brothers College for two years. Desiring, however,
to make the practice of law his profession, he attended the St. Louis Law
School, where he completed his course in six months and was admitted to the
bar. He was recognized as a lawyer of ability and as a student of the principles
of law. He was cogent in his reasoning, clear in his deductions and seldom
at fault in the application of a legal principle. His ability was recognized by
his colleagues and contemporaries, and the general public regarded him as a
strong advocate and wise counselor.
Mr. D'Arcy was married in St. Louis in 1872 to Miss Hattie L. Cheever, a
native of this city and a daughter of Joshua Cheever, who for many years was
a prominent resident here. j\Ir. Cheever came to St. Louis from Boston when
nineteen years of age and was actively connected with river navigation, owning
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a ijreat number of steamboats. He continued actively and successfully in that
business for a number of years, and afterward became closely associated with
mercantile interests, first organizing- Warne-Cheever & Company, and afterward
the firm of Cheever & Birch Hardware Company, which was the leading hard-
ware house of those days and controlled an extensive trade reaching over many
sections of the west. He was regarded as an authority on matters of trade
interest and was in close touch with the important business matters of the city.
He was a member of the Home Guards during the war and was always in-
terested in public matters. In addition to his other business interests he was
interested in bank matters, and in connection with Mr. Edgar established the
Continental Bank. He was one of the organizers of the Provident Associa-
tion and took an active and helpful part in its work. He also was interested
in organizing the Unitarian church and was connected with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. His life was characterized by many good deeds that
endeared his memory to all who knew him. He married Miss Susan Ann
Simpson, who was a native of Kentucky, but was at that time a resident of
St. Louis. They had two children, ]\Irs. D'Arcy and Ammi B. Cheever. The
father died in California in 1877. St. Louis still bears the impress of his
individuality.
^Ir. and ~\Irs. D'Arcy had eight children, of whom five are yet living:
^^"illianl C, who is engaged in the advertising business ; Edward, a lawyer ;
Susan, the wife of A. H. Roudebush ; Maud and John. The husband and
father died in 1888. He was a public-spirited citizen and interested in what-
ever pertained to the welfare of St. Louis. He was known among his friends
as a student of the classics and as a man of general culture and wide learning.
He was one of the best after-dinner speakers of the city and enjoyed, to the
fullest extent, the friendship, admiration and respect of men of learning and
abilitv.
RICHARD JORDAN COMPTON.
St. Louis has drawn its population from every state in the Union and from
almost every country on the face of the globe. Among those who claimed
Xew York as the place of their nativity was Richard Jordan Compton, who
was born November 9, 1833, and became a resident of this city when it was
just emerging from villagehood and foreshadowing in its increased business
activity the metropolitan growth of the future. He was then a young man
of twenty-one years. His bo3-hood and youth had been passed in the east as
a member of his father's household. He was a son of John Compton, a native
of Rochester, England, who after coming to America lived and died in Buf-
falo, New York. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Ann Jordan, was
also a native of Rochester, England.
Richard Jordan Compton was indebted to the public-school system of Buf-
falo for his educational privileges and he remained in his native city until he
attained his majority, when, thinking that the business opportunities of the
growing west were superior to those of the older east, he made his way to
.St. Louis and here engaged in the lithographing and engraving business. With
the growth of the city and as a result of his enterprising efforts and progressive
'spirit, his business developed until it assumed extensive and profitable propor-
tions. It is today one of the oldest established industrial concerns of the city,
being still carried on by his sons, who are worthy successors of their father
in this line of activity.
At the time of the Civil war Mr. Compton served as major in the militia
and was one of the home guards. The growth and development of St. Louis
was a matter of intense interest to him. prompting his earnest cooperation and
helpful labors. He was one of the first men to promote and organize the
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188 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
\'eiled Prophets Association, which holds its annual festival each fall and has
gained wide distinction as one of the largest and best enterprises of this char-
acter ever held anvwhere. He was also one of the first promoters of the Louis-
iana Purchase Exposition and in fact no project for the benefit of St. Louis
nor the promotion of its growth in material, intellectual, social and moral Hues
failed to elicit his hearty support and substantial aid.
Mr. Compton was married in Buffalo, New York, to Miss Ella Louise
Cleveland, a relative of ex-President Cleveland, and they became the parents
of eight children, of whom two died in infancy. Those still living are Mrs.
Lillian Long, P. Cleveland, Richard J., Jr., George B., Paul and Mrs. Mildred
E. \\'oods. There are also fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Compton built a fine residence on Washington boulevard, where the
familv still reside, and there he passed away in May, 1899. He attained high
rank in ^lasonry, taking the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and he
belonged also to the old Germania Club and to the Mercantile Club. His polit-
ical support was unswervingly given to the republican party and he was senior
warden of St. Peter's Episcopal church for ten years. He seemed cognizant of
the various forces which enter into municipal progress and in all was helpfully
interested, while through all his life the motive power of his activity was
found in commendable principles and a firm belief that progress and not retro-
gression is indicative of the world's pace.
HEXRY SAMUEL PRIEST.
Henry Samuel Priest, a member of the Missouri bar since 1873 and a prac-
titioner at St. Louis since 1881, was born in Ralls county, this state, February
7, 1853, a son of Thomas J. and Amelia E. (Brown) Priest, natives of Virginia
and Kentucky respectively. The family comes of the same ancestry as General
Samuel Houston, liberator of and president of the Republic of Texas. The
acquirement of his early education was followed by stucly in Westminster Col-
lege at Fulton, ^Missouri, from which he was graduated in the class of 1872.
He prepared for the practice of law at Taylorsville, Kentucky, with Major M.
E. Houston as his preceptor, and later continued his reading at Hannibal, Mis-
souri, in the ofifice of Judge James Carr, who was then general attorney for the
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company. Following his admission to the bar
at Hannibal in the spring of 1873, after examination by Judge J. T. Redd, Mr.
Priest located for practice in ]\Ioberly, Missouri, where his devotion to his cli-
ents' interests and the ability which he displayed in handling intricate legal prob-
lems soon gained him a large patronage. Not long after his arrival in Moberly he
was elected city attorney and for two years acceptably filled that position, dis-
charging his duties without fear or failure and winning high encomiums from all
fair-minded citizens, whose influence is found on the side of law and order.
Following his appointment as assistant attorney for the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Company, he represented that corporation in numerous important cases
in the courts of St. Louis and elsewhere between October, 1881, and December,
1883. At the latter date he was apjxjinted attorney for the Wabash, St. Louis
& Pacific Railroad Company, now the Wabash system, and rendered capable
service in that capacity for seven years, or until appointed general attorney for
the Missouri Pacific Railroad, December i, 1890. He had become associated
with this corporation in a legal capacity upon his removal to St. Louis and con-
tinued as general attorney until 1894, when he resigned to accept the appoint-
ment of President Cleveland as judge of the United States district court, suc-
ceeding Judge Thayer, who had been elevated to the United States circuit
bench. ^Ir. Priest remained upon the bench, however, only a year and then re-
sumeri the private practice of law as a member of the firm of Boyle, Priest &
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Lehman. Judge Priest possesses a mind of singular precision and power. It is
in a marked degree a judicial mind, capable of the impartial view of both sides
of a question and of arriving at a just conclusion. In his practice he has been*
absolutely fair, never indulging in artifice or concealment, never dealing in in-
direct methods, but winning his victories, which have been many, and suffering ■
his defeats, which have been few, in the open field, face to face with his foe. He
has achieved distinction and he deserves it. Calm, dignified and self-controlled,
he gives to his clients the service of great talent, unwearied industry and rare
learning, yet he never forgets that there are certain things due to the court,
to his own self-respect, and, above all, to justice and a righteous administration
of the law, which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success
permits him to disregard.
On the 9th of November, 1876, Judge Priest was united in marriage to Miss
Henrietta King Parsell, of Webster Grove, St. Louis county, Missouri, a daugh-
ter of George B. and Elizabeth (Wright) Parsell, of Portland, Maine. Their
children are: George T., Grace E., Jeannette B., and Wells Blodgett Priest.
The position of the family in social circles is one of prominence and Judge Priest
is a welcome member at the Mercantile, St. Louis, Noonday, Country, Log
Cabin and Racquet Clubs. He finds pleasure in discussion with observant,
thinking men, and the delights of literature are familiar to him. That he occu-
pies a prominent position in professional circles is indicated by the fact of his
unanimous election to the presidencv of the ^Missouri State Bar Association.
He is an able, faithful and conscientious minister in the temple of justice and in
private life has become endeared to all who know him by the simple nobility of
his character.
WILLIAM H. FRANTZ.
William H. Frantz. a prominent and enterprising general contractor of the
west side, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 2, 1853. His parents were Peter
and Rosena (Wey) Frantz, the former a native of Alsace-Lorraine and the lat-
ter of Baden, Germany. They came to America before they were married and
here Peter Frantz followed his' occupation of a tanner, continuing in this business,
in which he was both skillful and successful, until his death in 1894. He sur-
vived his wife for twenty-four years. Beside William H. Frantz the parents had
the following children: Caroline, widow of Eli Miller, of Kansas City; Chris-
topher A., a mechanic of St. Louis; Louisa, who is survived by her husband,
Thomas Kavanaugh ; Amelia, wife of Charles jModer ; and Lena Mary, deceased.
At the usual age William H. Frantz attended the public schools in Cincin-
nati, Ohio. Upon completing his education he repaired to St. Louis, being then
but seventeen years of age, and engaged in the occupation of stair-building
with his brother. He learned the trade and continued to work as a journeyman
for the succeeding five years. Being a skilled mechanic and familiar with every
phase of carpentering and stair-building and ambitious to establish himself in-
dependently in life, he began contracting in 1892. During the twenty years he
was engaged in stair-building he had purchased a lot of ground, on which he
built his first house. Fie then gave up stair-building and devoted his time to
the construction of dwelling houses, which he afterward oft"ered for sale. Since
commencing business he has erected and disposed of seven hundred and fifty
residences in the west end of the city. He engages only in the construction of
first class houses and has won a wide reputation for doing excellent work.
In 1877 ^Ii"- Frantz wedded Miss Wilhelmina Durr, a native of Franklin
county and a daughter of Michael and Catherine (Conrad) Durr. who were na-
tives of Germanv and emigrated to America prior to the war of i860, locating in
St. Louis, at which time it was little more than a village. Mr. and Mrs. Frantz
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have four children : Lorena, AMlHam A., Alinnie Rosena and Lewis M. The last
named was married November 28, 1906, to Miss Charlotte Patten, a daughter of
Dr. F. A\'. and ^Margaret Patten, and they now have one daughter, Louise Wane-
ford Frantz.
2\Ir. Frantz gives his political support to the republican party. Although he
is not an active politician he uses his vote and influence during campaigns to se-
cure the election of the candidates of his party.
\'ERY RE\'. M. S. RYAN, CM., D.D., Ph.D.
A'ery Rev. ]\I. S. Ryan, CM., D.D., Ph.D., the president of Kenrick Semi-
nary, and one of the leading representatives of the Catholic ministry in the mid-
dle west, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, December 22, 1875. He was edu-
cated at St. Clary's Seminary, in Perryville, Missouri, and the Dominican Uni-
versity in Rome. Preparing for the priesthood, he took holy orders December
17. 1898. and has since devoted his time and energies to teaching in Catholic
schools. He was professor of theology and a director of students in Kenrick
Seminary from 1899 until 1903 and in the latter year became president of the
St. Louis Diocesan Seminary of New Orleans, where he continued until 1906.
In September of the latter year he assumed the office of president of Kenrick
Seminary and is doing excellent work in this institution.
It will be interesting in this connection to know something of the history of
this school, which is the outgrowth of St. Vincent's Seminary at Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, and St. Mary's Seminary at the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri.
"Tn the spring of 1818, the Very Rev. Felix De Andreis, founder of the con-
gregation of the Mission in the United States, according to the request of Bishop
Dubourg and the earnest prayer of the Catholic colony in Perry county, Missouri,
consented to open St. !AIary's Seminar}-. Rev. Joseph Rosati, CM., was the
first president of St. ]\Iary's. Associated with him in the opening and early
days of the seminary were the Vincentian Fathers Dahmen, Caretti, Ferrari and
Cellini. Great poverty and privation attended its beginnings, but the heroic
spirit and zeal that animated its founders triumphed over every difficulty and the
Barrens soon became a beacon light of ecclesiastical learning in the then wilder-
ness of the great ^Mississippi valley.
Father De Andreis, the founder of St. Mary's Seminary of the Barrens,
died in St. Louis, October 15, 1820. During the three years of his residence in
the diocese he had filled the office of vicar general to Bishop Dubourg and pastor
of the only church in St. Louis. His death was attended by events which were
looked on by those who knew and loved him as supernatural evidences of his
sanctity. The process of his canonization is now pending before the Congrega-
tion of Rites in Rome. His remains are entombed under the church of the Bar-
rens, whither they were escorted from St. Louis, by a funeral cortege that resem-
bled a triumjjhal march. Shortly after its opening St. Mary's had eighteen semi-
narians and, during several succeeding years this number grew steadily but
slowly. In the early '30s the attendance reached thirty-five. In 1823 Father
Rosati was appointed coadjutor to the bishop of New Orleans. In the apostolic
brief of appointment Leo XII positively ordered him to accept the position and
to enter at once on his duties. During the preceding year he had refused the
appointment of Vicar-Apostolic of the Floridas. In 1826, on the division of the
diocese of New Orleans, Bishop Rosati became the first incumbent of the See
of St. Louis. During his three years of coadjutorship he continued to make the
seminary his residence. The Rev. Leo DeNekere, CM., succeeded Bishop
Rosati as president, but while the latter was established in St. Louis, he was vir-
tually the head of the seminary. Father DeNekere was a man of rare talents
but of delicate health. The cosmopolitan character of the establishment over
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which he presided may be seen from the fact that he used to give conferences
in English, ItaHan, French, German, Spanish and Flemish, each of which he
spoke fluently. His health not improving in Missouri, Father DeNekere was sent
by his superiors to Louisiana, and in 1829 he was appointed bishop of New Or-
leans. In 1822 there came to the Barrens a young French student who entered
the novitiate of the Vincentians. He was ordained priest the following year and
at once became a prominent factor in the seminary's life. His name was John
Mary Odin. He was a most valued assistant to Father DeXekere and, on the
latter's retirement in 1826, succeeded him as president of the seminary. Father
Odin had as a fellow novice a young man of American birth named John Timon.
The two became warm friends in the novitiate and afterwards for twenty years
they were most intimately associated in working for the glory of God and the
salvation of souls, as professors in the seminary and as missionaries in Missouri.
Arkansas and Texas. From 1826 to 1830, Fathers Odin, Timon and Paquin
were the only priests at the Barrens. In the latter year Father Tornatore ar-
rived from Italy and was added to the faculty. The weekly recreation day and
Saturdav and Sunday were devoted to missionary work among the people of
the surrounding country. Fathers Odin and Timon, each taking a seminarian
as a companion, were accustomed to set out on Saturday to some settlement
many miles distant, where the priest heard confessions and administered the
sacraments Saturday night and Sunday, while the seminarian preached to the
people and taught catechism. Father Odin's presidency continued until 1833,
when he went to Europe to trv to secure financial aid and extra priests for the
seminary and the missions depending on it. During his absence Father Timon
acted as president of the seminary. Father Odin returned in 1835. As a result
of his visit to Europe Father Timon was appointed first visitor of the Vincen-
tians in the United States. Up to this time the country had merely been a
mission of the Italian province. After Father Timon's appointment as visitor
Father Paquin filled the office of president of the seminary until 1843. -^^
early as 1823 a collegiate department was opened at the Barrens. This was con-
sidered a necessary step for the financial support of the institution and there was
a strong popular demand for it. The roster of students soon showed an attend-
ance of eighty and in 1833 the number was one hundred and thirty. In 1844
the college was transferred to Cape Girardeau, and St. Alary's, under the presi-
dency of Rev. M. Domenech. C.AL, was continued as a seminary, both prepara-
tory and theological. The latter was intended only for the students of the con-
gregation of the mission but a goodly number of secular priests and bishops
claim St. j\Iary's as their alma mater, after the change above referred to. Be-
sides the many drawbacks that poverty imposed, St. Mary's Seminary was ham-
pered during nearlv half a century by two heavy contributions it was compelled
to give religion. The first of these was continuous missionary work throughout
the entire region from the Alissouri river to the Gulf of Mexico, and westward
as far as the Kansas state line ; the second was the loss to her of her ablest men,
who were taken from her and compelled to assume the duties of the episcopacy.
Long missionary excursions through jNIissouri, Arkansas and Texas were com-
mon. Sometimes they lasted for weeks and sometimes for months, and the mis-
sionary returned to the Barrens only to start off in another direction after a
few days' rest. The names of Rosati, DeNekere, Odin, Timon, Lynch. Amat.
Domenech and Ryan form St. Mary's roll of honor in the American hierarchy
and their success as bishops tells how much she lost when they were taken from
her. In 1859 the theological seminary for the education of secular priests was.
after many changes and removals, reestablished at Cape Girardeau, where it con-
tinued until the opening of the Kenrick Seminary in 1893. Rev. James ]\IcGill.
CM., was president from 1859 until 1863. when he was succeeded by Rev. Joseph
Alizeri, CM. Rev. Anthony \>rrina succeeded Father Alizeri in 1868 and was
followed by Rev. J. W. Hickey. CM., in 1876. Rev. P. McHale. CM., became
Father Hickey's successor in 1884. Then followed Rev. P. \'. Byrne, C ~Sl.. in
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1S87 and Rev. F. \". Xngent. C.iM., in 1889, at the close of whose term hi 1893,
the seminary was transferred to St. Louis. Shortly after the celebration of his
Episcopal Golden Jubilee in 1891, the Alost Rev. Archbishop Kenrick purchased
the property of the old Msitation Convent on Cass avenue. The Archbishop
transferred "the property to the Very Rev. Thomas J- Smith, CM., visitor of the
Congregation of the jNIission, to be held and used for seminary purposes. The
work of renovating the former convent and rendering- it fit for the needs of a
seminary was immediately begun and pushed vigorously to a conclusion. In or-
der to bring the old and somewhat dilapidated buildings into keeping with modern
requirements, great sums of money were necessary. But the various parishes of
the city responded generously to the appeals which at the suggestion of the
^lost Rev. Archbishop were made to them. The work of preparation was urged
rapidly and to such satisfaction that on the opening day, the seminary, it was
said, stood in the completeness of its appointments, inferior to no similar insti-
tution in the country. The seminary was opened to the reception of students
on the 14th of September, 1893. The formal opening and dedication did not,
however, take place until one week later, September 21st. The ceremony was
a memorable one and argued well for the future of the institution. Spcial inter-
est attached to the event from the fact that on that occasion Archbishop Kain
was to make his first appearance in St. Louis and greet his clergy in an official
manner. During the past fifteen years two hundred and seventy students rep-
resenting twenty-five dioceses, have been ordained priests. As a class they are
working zealously and fruitfully, winning souls to God and reflecting honor on
their alma mater. In September, 1900, a day school for boys preparing for the
holy priesthood was opened in connection with the larger seminary. At the
present writing, ]\Iay, 1908, there are eighty boys in attendance."
^ CHRISTIAN FREDERICK GOTTLIEB MEYER.
To those familiar with the history of Christian Frederick Gottlieb Meyer it
would seem trite to say that he has arisen from an obscure position to rank
among the prominent merchants of the country, but it is only just to .say in a
history that will descend to future generations that his has been a record which
any man might be proud to possess. Beginning at the very bottom round of
the business ladder, he steadily climbed upward until his record is today a val-
uable asset in contemporaneous historv. He was the founder of the Meyer
Brothers Drug Company, operating extensively in several cities, with one of the
most important wholesale drug establishments in the middle west at St. Louis.
His business record was such as any man might be proud to possess, for it was
characterized by strict, unswerving industry and integrity, and by the faithful
fulfillment of every obligation. He thus enjoyed in unusual measure the ad-
miration of the general public and the respect and esteem of his contemporaries
and associates. He stood ])rominent among the German-American citizens who
in the utilization of the excellent business opportunities offered by the new
world attained distinction and success.
His birth occurred in the ])rovince of Westphalia, Prussia, where in the
village of Haldem the estate of his ancestors has been known almost from
times immemorial as Meyer von der Ilwede. These manor estates are required
to remain intact and descend to the eldest son, even if the rest of the children
receive little or nothing as a heritage. The natal day of Frederick Meyer, for by
that name he has always been known, was December 9. 1830, and when he
was to be christened at the church, five miles distant, a four-in-hand gala turn-
out was brought into requisition. He was only three years of age at the time
of his father's death and was left an rtrphan by the demise of his mother when
he was sixteen years of age. It was in tlie following year that he came to
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America, as did many of his fellow countrymen who were attracted by the
storv of the better wages paid in the new world and of the opportunities for
rapid business advancement.
In company with his brother William, ]\Ir. JMeyer sailed from Bremen
on the sailing- vessel Swanton, Captain Duncan commanding, on the 226. of
September, 1847. and arrived at New Orleans on the 14th of November, after
a long and tedious voyage of seven and a half weeks. The brothers pro-
ceeded up the ^Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati and started by canal
boat for Fort Wayne, Indiana, but the river freezing over, they could not
proceed far on their journey in that way and were forced to walk the remaining
distance over a bad country road covered by mud and snow. Their choice of
a destination was influenced by the fact that they had a sister living about
eighteen miles south of Fort Wayne. They traveled on and when night over-
took them on the second day a neighbor of their sister escorted the brothers
through the forest with a torchlight of hickory bark. They reached their des-
tination on the evening of December 3, 1847, ^^''^ for about two months assisted
their brother-in-law and his grown sons in clearing away the forest.
A momentous day in the history of Frederick Meyer was the 14th of
February, 1848, for on that day he accompanied his brother-in-law to Fort
W'ayne and after a day or two determined to remain there. His advent into
business life in that city was a most unpretentious one. He made arrangements
to live with a dry-goods merchant by the name of Hill and was to do some
general work as a recompense for his board and the opportunity of attending
school. He had thus pursued his education for ten consecutive weeks when
his teacher became ill. In that time, however, he had made marvelous progress
in acquiring a knowledge of the English language and had nearly finished the
third reader. It is said that after he had been in Fort Wayne for a year he
could speak English with the fluency of a native born American. The un-
daunted spirit of energy and enterprise which has always characterized him
was immediately manifest when he could no longer attend school in his efifort
to secure other occupation.
From his early boyhood it was his ambition to become a druggist and he
now secured a position in a drug store as an apprentice in May, 1848, when in
his eighteenth year. It is said there are two indispensable elements to success :
an objective one — the opportunity; and the subjective one — the energy to im-
prove the opportunity. The opportunity came to Mr. Meyer and it was found
that he had the requisite qualities to utilize it. When the Asiatic cholera was
epidemic in this country in 1849, those who were older and more experiencd in
the profession in the store in which he was employed either fled from their
posts of duty or were stricken with the dreadful disease, his principal being
among the latter, and following the death of his employer it was necessary
that Mr. Meyer take charge of the business. Although merchandising was
brought to a standstill in every other line, the drug trade flourished, and Mr.
Meyer was kept busy night and day filling prescriptions and dealing out drugs,
his meals even being brought to him at the store. He showed that he had in
him the qualities necessary to meet the situation, and his fidelity, ready adapta-
bility and trustworthiness soon gained him promotion and in less than two weeks
he was head clerk of the establishment. In this connection he made occasional
trips to Cincinnati to purchase goods, and in August, 1852, he was approached
by another druggist in Fort Wavne with an oi¥er to become his partner, and
thus he associated himself with Watson Wall under the firm name of Wall &
Meyer. The next month lie went to New York city to purchase an additional
stock of goods. A trip to the metropolis was far dift'erent at that time than
at present, when in a few hours one crosses the country in a Pullman palace
car. He then traveled by canal to Toledo, by lake to Buffalo, by rail to Albany
and thence down the Hudson river to New York, and on the return trip he
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crossed the Alleghenies partly by rail and partly by stage. The capital of the
new firm was quite limited. Mr. Wall had only been in business a short time
and had been assisted by a few men of wealth at Fort Wayne, one of whom was
the Hon. Hugh McCulloch, who was then president of the State Bank of In-
diana and subsequently comptroller of currency of the United States and secre-
tary of the treasury. Mr. Meyer had managed to save four hundred and twenty
dollars in cash and he borrowed eighty dollars from a friend, so that he had
a capital of five hundred dollars to invest, while Mr. Wall's assets, after de-
ducting liabilities, were about six hundred and twenty dollars. The partnership
was continued for five years, on the expiration of which period Mr. Meyer
purchased the interest of Mr. Wall, paying him between ten and eleven thousand
dollars — such has been the rapid growth and success of the business. Not
long after Mr. Meyer gave his l3rother, J. F. W. IMeyer, an interest in the house
and the firm style of Meyer & Brother was assumed.
Mr. Meyer had been in business on his own account about two years when,
in 1854, he wedded Miss Francisca Schmidt, who had come to America a year
or two previously from the vicinity of Strasburg, Germany, and had taken up
her abode at Fort Wayne. Soon after their marriage Mr. Meyer purchased nine
acres of land a short distance from the corporation limits of the city and built
thereon a residence and stables that he might enjoy country life. He has
always been interested in the production of flowers and at his country home he
built greenhouses and engaged in gardening, floriculture and horticulture. He
had hotbeds for market gardening and had soon developed a large nursery.
His business in that line grew rapidly, and it is a matter of history that a
large majority of the evergreen and ornamental trees at or near Fort Wayne
that have grown to great size came from "Glendale," Mr. Meyer's country
home. He has always been a lover of flowers and is said to have imported
the first specimen of Begonia Rex. He became so deeply interested in flori-
culture and horticulture that he frequently wrote for the magazines of the
day upon these subjects.
A man of resourceful business ability, ]Mr. INIeyer extended his efforts into
other lines and undertook no business interest in which he did not reach success.
In those days a German paper was published at Fort Wayne, but Mr. Meyer
did not consider it creditable to the city or his nationality and so purchased
the paper and assumed the editorship. He raised it to a high standard of
journalism and later presented it to one whom he regarded qualified to edit
it satisfactorily, and it is still in existence. All this time he continued in the
drug business, in which he met with excellent success, save that in 1863 the
store was almost entirelv destroyed by fire and the loss above the insurance
amounted to fifteen thousand dollars. JBefore the flames had been extinguished,
however, Mr. Meyer had leased other premises and the next day started for
New" York to buy a complete stock of drugs and druggists' sundries, and in a
short period the business was in good running condition, and the trade con-
stantly increased until theirs became the largest retail drug house in the state
of Indiana. They also developed an extensive jobbing business, Mr. Meyer
often making trips to surrounding towns on horseback or by carriage to look
after his trade.
His success and ambition prompted him to reacH out to other fields, and
believing that he might profit bv the opportunities of larger cities than Fort
Wayne he considered both Chicago and St. Louis as a place of location and
determined upon the latter. In August, 1865, therefore, he opened a branch
house in St. Louis, which at that time contained about two hundred thousand
inhabitants and had twelve wholesale drug houses. The period following the
Civil war was one of depression in all lines of trade. The inflated war prices
sank daily, but the safe, conservative business methods upon which it was
founded and the unassailable integrity of the house enabled the firm to grad-
ually build up a trade until the St. Louis house far outranked the original estab-
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lishment at Fort Wayne. Mr. jMeyer removed to St. Louis to take charge here
and at the same time continued the active supervision of the Fort Wayne
store. The business in this city developed until it exceeded in volume and
importance that of all other drug houses of St. Louis, and in fact is the most
important establishment of this character in the west. All this, hov^rever, meant
close and unremitting effort. The company always adhered to high standards,
endeavoring to reach an ideal business in the character of its service to the
public, in the quality of goods handled and in its personnel as well. Mr. Meyer
would never deviate from the high standard which he set up and in the end un-
doubtedly it proved one of the elements of his splendid business success. His
name was long an honored one on commercial paper, and he was well known
in financial circles. He was a director of three different banks, becoming thus
associated with the State Bank of Indiana before he was thirty years of age,
while two banks of St. Louis made him a member of their directorate.
Unto ]Mr. and Mrs. Meyer were born nine children, seven sons and two
daughters, but one died in infancy, another at the age of twenty-one and a
third at the age of twenty-eight years. There still survive five sons and a
daughter, and four of the sons are in the establishment of Meyer Brothers
Drug Company, Theodore F. Meyer being president of the company ; O. P.
]\Ieyer, vice president; G. J. Meyer, secretary; and A. C. Meyer, assistant sec-
retary ; while C. W^ Wall, son of Mr. Meyer's partner, is treasurer ; and William
Graham is assistant treasurer.
Mr. and Airs. Meyer held membership in the German Lutheran church
and contributed in large measure to its development and growth. During his
last years Mr. Aleyer was in ill health and they traveled quite extensively for
recuperation as well as recreation. His death occurred July 12, 1905, at
Homburg-vor-der-Hoehe, Germany, and his remains were brought back to St.
Louis on the 2d of August, being interred in the German Evangelical Lutheran
cemetery here. It was fitting that in the evening of his days he should enjoy
well merited rest, for his life through many vears was one of intense activity
and enterprise. Although he had passed the Psalmist's span of three score
years and ten, his mental vigor was unimpaired and he took an active interest
in the living issues and events of the day. Surrounded at his home by a circle
of friends who appreciated his true worth, and admired and esteemed by the
citizens of the community, his name will be honored for many generations
as that of one of the most enterprising of the early merchants of St. Louis — a
man who acted well his part and who lived a worthv and honorable life.
\
PATRICK O'DONNELL.
Patrick O'Donnell, a well known contractor of St. Louis, who has put in
practically all of the principal water mains of the city during the past thirty
years, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, near Westport, March 5, 1852. His
parents, Owen and Winifred (Hester) O'Donnell, are both now deceased. His
father, grandfather and great-grandfather all bore the name of Owen, as does
one of the surviving brothers of our subject. There is also another living son
of the family, John O'Donnell, and all three brothers are yet residents of St.
Louis.
Patrick O'Donnell came with his parents to America in 1864 when a youth
of twelve years, the family home being established in St. Louis, where the father,
who had followed farming on the Emerald isle, turned his attention to contract-
ing. Here he died, September i, 1870, while his wife survived until October
26, 1896. Beginning his education in his native land, Patrick O'Donnell con-
tinued his studies in St. Louis, and under the direction of his father became
interested in contracting lines. He has engaged in business for himself as a
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contractor in St. Louis since 187 1 and for thirty years was a member of the
firm of John O'Donnell & Brother, general contractors, in which connection he
has been closely identified with the construction of all of the principal water
mains of the city through three decades. His patronage has ever been such
as to make him a most busy man and his ambition has promoted energetic and
well defined effort leading to success.
On the 15th of September, 1885, Mr. O'Donnell was married to Miss
Nannie L. Hook, who was born near Fulton, Missouri, a daughter of William
and Madaline Hook, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell have
two daughters, Winifred and Maud, both yet at home with their parents. The
family are communicants of St. Mark's Roman Catholic church and Mr. O'Don-
nell is a democrat in his political relations. As the years have passed and he
has prospered in his undertakings he has made judicious investment in real
estate and is now the owner of much valuable improved property in this city
from which he derives a gratifying annual income. He early learned that suc-
cess is gained only at the cost of earnest, self-denying labor, and his unfaltering
diligence and perseverance have been basic elements in his present prosperity.
ADAM WIEST.
Adam Wiest, deceased, was for many years prominent in the cotton busi-
ness in St. Louis, being thus closelv associated with a business that has been
one of the chief sources of revenue and business activity in the city. He was
born in Baltimore, Maryland, ]\Iarch 20, 1854, and was a young man of twenty-
three years when, in 1877, he came to St. Louis and entered the employ of the
Adler-Goldman Commission Company. He was also associated with other firms,
gaining broad, practical experience that enabled him to successfully carry on
business for himself at a later date. When he felt that his knowledge of busi-
ness methods and his capital, saved from his earnings, was sufficicient to enable
him to embark in business on his own account ; he established a cotton broker-
age business and from its inception up to the time of his demise was connected
with the cotton trade of the city. In his closing years he was one of the few
living men of the Cotton Exchange who were present at its formal opening.
He served the Cotton Exchange as director and vice president and his services
were always in demand in the arbitration of disputes, for it was well known
that he was fair and impartial in his judgment, being swayed neither by passion
nor prejudice in considering matters of dissension between others. For many
years he had been the St. Louis representative of the Patrons of Liverpool and
other large cotton concerns, buying for factories in all parts of the country.
He made a close and discriminating study of the cotton market and his labors
resulted in the acquirement of gratifying success. His opinions were largely
received as authoritv on matters connected with the cotton trade and his own
activity largely set the standard for accomplishment in business interests of the
same character. As he prospered in his undertakings he invested quite exten-
sively in property in St. Louis and was the owner of considerable valuable realty.
Mr. Wiest was married in St. Louis, February 10, 1881, to Miss Florence
A. Wandell, of Tennessee, a daughter of William A. and IMary E. (Brazee)
Wandell and a granddaughter of H. P. Brazee, a noted judge. Mr. and Mrs.
Wiest have two children : Adam has succeeded his father as president of the
Adam Wiest Cotton Company and is also a junior partner of R. F. Phillips &
Company. He is a Mason, belonging to Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M. ;
Missouri Chapter, No. i, R. A. M. : and Ascalon Commandery, No. 16, K. T.
He was married, February 25, 1908, to Miss Virginia Elizabeth Yates, of Mis-
sissippi. Mary F. Wiest, daughter of our subject, is now the wife of E. Van
Wilkinson, general manager for the A. A. Eberson Paint Company. Mr. Wiest
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was devoted to the welfare of his family and did everything in his power to
promote their happiness and comfort.
In social and fraternal relations Air. Wiest was well known and enjoyed in
large measure the friendship and high regard of those with whom he was asso-
ciated. He belonged to Occidental Lodge, No. 163, A. F. & A, M. ; to Missouri
Chapter, No. i, R. A. ^NI. ; to St. Aldemar Commandery, No. 18, K. T.; and
]\Ioolah Temple of the Alystic Shrine. He was also a member of Ivanhoe Coun-
cil of the Legion of Honor, the Normandie Golf Club and the Missouri Athletic
Club and was one of the trustees of the Maple Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church and served on its board of directors. Public spirited, he was generous
in support of movements for the welfare of the city and delighted in everything
that promoted the growth and progress of St. Louis. He was one of the most
substantial business men of the city, while his personal qualities gave him a
strong hold on the aft'ections of those with whom he came in contact. It was
therefore a matter of deep and widespread regret when the final summons came
for him and ties of friendship were severed. His memory, however, is yet
enshrined by those who were his associates, while he was still an active factor
in the world's work. He passed away in St. Louis, May 18, 1905, soon after
reaching the half century milepost on life's journey.
GUSTAV CRAMER.
There are certain names which stand for leadership in specific business
lines, and the name of Cramer is such a one, having become a recognized syn-
onym for a near approach to perfection in the manufacture of dry plates and
for photographic supplies. Mr. Cramer prefaced his successful manufacturing
interests by about twenty-five years' experience as a photographer, and that he
possesses artistic ability is attested by those who were among his patrons while
he maintained a photographic studio in this city. He has been accorded high
honors in professional circles, including election to the presidency of the Na-
tional Photographers Association, and in all of his work he has striven toward
higher ideals, his manufacturing interests being marked by steady advancement
in methods of manufacture and production.
Mr. Cramer is a native of Eschwege, Germany, born Alay 20, 1838, of the
marriage of Emanuel and Dorothea (Vieweger) Cramer. He attended the local
schools, where he early manifested a partiality for the study of chemistry
and physics, and the eagerness with which he gathered knowledge in this field
of science particularly fitted him for his chosen profession in after years.
He was graduated at the head of his class when he was sixteen years of
age and subsequently engaged in commercial pursuits. In 1859 he came to
this country and immediately afterward established his home in St. Louis, to
which city his brother, John Frederick Cramer, had preceded him. He familiar-
ized himself with the photographic art under the direction of John A. Scholten,
then leading photographer of this city and one of the earliest friends of Mr.
Cramer. He found the work entirely congenial, and his knowledge of the
science, coupled with his artistic tastes, enabled him to master many intricate
problems connected with the wonderful art, which had then only fairly entered
upon the process of development which it has undergone in the ensuing years.
In i860 Mr. Cramer began business on his own account, opening a photo-
graphic studio, but early in 1861, following the inauguration of the Civil war
and President Lincoln's call for volunteers to serve for three months, he joined
the Federal army, becoming a sergant of Company A, Third Regiment of Mis-
souri Volunteers, under command of his brother. Captain Cramer, and Colonel
Franz Sigel. Mr. Cramer took part in the battle at Carthage, Missouri, and
on the expiration of his term of enlistment resumed his profession as a photog-
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200 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
rapher of St. Louis, forming- a partnership in 1864 with J. Gross under the
firm name of Cramer & Gross. From the beginning they enjoyed an extensive
patronage, coming to them from among the best people of St. Louis, and they
brought" photographic portraiture up to a high standard. Mr. Cramer pos-
sessed not onlv knowledge of the scientific principles underlying the profession,
but also a keen artistic sense which enabled him to recognize the value of light
and shade and of pose. Constantly studying along the line of his art, Mr.
Cramer in 1880 associated himself with H. Norden, under the firm style of
Cramer & Xorden, for the purpose of manufacturing photographic dry plates.
These gentlemen were among the first in this country to introduce this new
improvement in photography, an innovation which has since revolutionized the
entire art. Thev had many obstacles to overcome in the beginning, but their
indomitable energy and resourcefulness enabled them to more than realize
their expectations and their manufacture of dry plates has grown to large pro-
portions. The establishment, of which Mr. Cramer has been the head since it
came into existence, is today one of the most famous enterprises of its kind
in the United States. Throughout the length and breadth of the land its prod-
ucts are known, the Cramer plates having won a world-wide reputation by
reason of their excellence, as is manifest in their extensive use by both amateur
and professional photographers. The business was originally conducted under
the name of the G. Cramer Dry Plate Works, but was afterward incorporated
as the G. Cramer Dry Plate Company, with Mr. Cramer of this review as the
president : Emil Cramer, vice president ; F. Ernest Cramer, treasurer ; and
Adolph Cramer, secretary. ]\Ir. Cramer has been honored with the presidency
of the Photographers Association of America, and in that capacity presided
over its deliberations at the session held in Chicago in 1887.
Mr. Cramer laid the foundation for pleasant domestic relations in his mar-
riage to ]\Iiss Emma Rodel Alilentz, of St. Louis, who was born in New York
city. Their living children are F. Ernest, Emil Rodel and G. Adolph, and they
also have an adopted daughter, now Mrs. Matilda Besch. The three sons are
all active in the management of different departments of the G. Cramer Dry
Plate Company, whose plant is one of the best equipped and most perfect of
its kind in existence.
While an active business man Air. Cramer has yet found time for partici-
pation in the work of various charitable and benevolent organizations. He
is a member of the supervisory board of charitable penal institutions of the city
of St. Louis, a member of the board of directors of the St. Louis Provident
Association and one of the directors of the German Protestant Orphans Home.
He was one of the founders of the St. Louis Altenheim, a home for the aged,
which is conducted by the German-Americans of St. Louis and supported by
a gentlemen and ladies' society, of which Mr. and Mrs. Cramer, respectively,
are the presidents. He is also a member of Erwin Lodge, A. F. & A. M., with
which he has been identified for more than forty years. All through his life
he has enjoyed the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children, and
he has, moreover, the lasting gratitufle of manv to whom he has in substantial
measure indicated his belief in the brotherhood of man.
WTLLT.\M HENRY DITTMANN.
William Henry Dittmann. ff)r forty \ears identified with shoe manufacture,
is now president of the Dittmann .Shf)e Company of St. Louis and has also been
closely associated with banking interests and other enterprises which have been
factors in the commercial development and prosperity of his native city. It
was in St. Louis, on the 21st of October, 1852, that William Henrv Dittmann
was born, his parents being George F. and Caroline fAlmstcdt) Dittmann. At
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the usual age he became a public-school student and passed through consecutive
grades in the acquirement of a practical education. He was a youth of sixteen
when he became connected with the shoe manufacture and his close adherence
to the business in which he embarked as a young tradesman is undoubtedly one
of the elements of his success. Moreover, he has made it his custom to do
with thoroughness everything that he has undertaken and by his fidelity and
merit has gradually worked his way upward until he is today at the head of a
large and profitable industrial concern of his native city, being president of the
Dittmann Shoe Compan}-, manufacturers and jobbers. As the years passed, he
also gave proof of a keen discernment and unflagging enterprise in business
that won him favorable regard throughout the business circles of the city and
was the cause of his cooperation being sought in the furtherance and promo-
tion of various other business enterprises. His name is a prominent one in
financial circles, for during several years he served as vice president of the
Fourth National Bank, resigning in 1902. He was also one of the organizers
of the Germania Trust Company and at different periods has been its vice pres-
ident and president. He is likewise a member of the board of directors of
Tower Grove Park and every municipal movement for advancement and upbuild-
ing receives his sympathetic endorsement and many times his active assistance.
On the loth of November, 1877, in St. Louis, Mr. Dittmann was married
to Miss Emma Biebinger and unto them have been born a daughter and son :
Adele, now the wife of Philip A. Becker; and Robert W. At the polls Mr. Ditt-
mann gives stalwart endorsement to the republican party, but is without political
ambitions for himself. He is a valued member of the Mercantile and the Union
Clubs and aside from social interests finds his chief recreation in hunting- and
fishing. His entire life having been passed in St. Louis, his acquaintance is a
very wide one and his life has ever been an open scroll, inviting closest scrutiny,
his achievements representing the result of honest endeavor along lines where
mature judgment has pointed the way.
WARREN GODDARD.
Warren Goddard. vice president of the Goddard Grocery Company, is a
native of Brookline, Massachusetts. He was born August 29, 1871, of the
marriage of Joseph W. and Maria Goddard. The father was the organizer and
is the president of the Goddard Grocery Company, one of the substantial com-
mercial concerns of the city. The family had its origin in England, but about
eight generations of the family have been represented in x-Xmerica, and un-
doubtedly the progenitor of the family in the new world arrived in this country
about the time the Mayflow^er reached Plymouth Rock. Their long residence
here and participation in the events which have shaped the history of the
nation have made them thoroughly imbued with the spirit of American institu-
tions and champions of all that is progressive and beneficial in the life of the
country.
Warren Goddard, brought to St. Louis in early boyhood, was a pupil in
Smith Academy, where he completed a full course, being graduated in the
class of 1890. The following year he entered his father's grocery house as a
clerk in the shipping department and from time to time was promoted as he
proved his capabilitv and worth. Parental influence w^as not exerted to favor
him at the outset and, on the contrary, he received thorough training that he
might learn the business in principle and detail. Gradually, however, he earned
his own advancement, and in 1898 was chosen vice president of the company.
Through the past six years he has been virtually the head of the business, his
father having practically retired from its management. Important commercial
problems therefore depend upon him for solution and his conduct of the af-
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fairs of the house is characterized by thoroughness, accuracy, keen insight and
an enterprising spirit.
Mr. Goddard was married to Aliss Mary Irene Wahace, a daughter of A. A.
W'ahace. who is associated with the Samuel Cupples Woodenware Company.
]\Irs. Goddard died in 1900, leaving two daughters, Jane and Irene, who are
now students in the ^lary Institute, the preparatory department of Washington
University. The family residence is at No. 67 Vandeventer Place.
^Mr. Goddard gives stalwart allegiance to the republican party, which he
has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is a
member of the Royal Arcanum and belongs also to the St. Louis, St. Louis
Country and the Missouri Athletic Clubs. In the business world he has proven
his substantial worth, while those who meet him in social relations entertain for
him the warm regard which is always won by straightforward and honorable
manhood.
BERNARD H. STOLTMAN.
Bernard H. Stoltman, engaged in the real-estate business at No. 4005 Chou-
teau avenue, was born in St. Louis in 1872. His father, Mathias Stoltman,
was born in Germany seventy-eight years ago, and his mother was also a native
of that country. Spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, Ber-
nard H. Stoltman attended the parochial schools and further continued his edu-
cation in Christian Brothers College, from wdiich institution he was graduated
in the class of 1892.
Following his graduation he entered business life as an employe of a large
furniture company in the city, but later became connected with real-estate opera-
tions, his first association being with Albert J. Aiple, with whom he continued
until he established business on his own account in 1897. His previous ex-
perience had well qualified him to open an office of his own, for he had learned
to correctly value property and to study the market, keeping posted on property
that was for sale or purchase. He has secured a good clientage and has nego-
tiated many important realty transfers. His business is constantly growing in
volume, and he has come to be recognized as one of the most reliable and
enterprising young real-estate dealers of the city. Neither is he unknown in
financial circles, for he was one of the organizers and promoters of the Man-
chester Bank of St. Louis, now- serving as a director.
In 1893 ^^^- Stoltman was married in St. Louis to IMinnie Ritter, the
daughter of John Ritter, who for many years conducted a large retail business
at Twelfth and Olive streets. Thev have two children, Catherine and Bernard
H.. Jr.. who are the life and light of the household. Mr. Stoltman is a mem-
ber of the Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus and the St. Francis
Xavier Sodality of the College church. The familv home at No. 6169 West-
minster place is attractive bv reason of its cordial hospitality and has become
the center of a cultured societv circle.
FRANCOIS V. DUBROUILLET.
1 he financial interests of St. Louis find a worthy representative in Francois
V. Dubrouillet, the treasurer of the St. Louis Union Trust Companv. He was
born on the 22d of July, 1870, in Linn, Missouri. His father, Theophile Dubrou-
illet. who is now a banker of Linn, Missouri, fought throughout the entire Civil
war as an advocate of the T'nion cause and has always been progressive in his
citizenship. He married Tulic Melin and she, too, survives, occupying with her
husband a pleasant home in Linn. Missouri.
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It was there that Francois A\ Dubrouillet was reared and in tiic acquire-
ment of an education he attended the pubhc schools, while in early manhood he
came to St. Louis to enjoy the better business opportunities here offered. He
first entered the employ of the Orr & Lindsley Shoe Company, wholesale dealers,
with whom he continued until April, 1897, when he secured a position with the
St. Louis Union Trust Company, with which he has since been connected. The
recognition of his business capacity and enterprise has placed him in the promi-
nent position which he now occupies as treasurer of the company.
On the 24th of April, 1895, Air. Dubrouillet was married to Aliss Hattie
Brown and they now have one child, Julie Mary. Air. Dubrouillet belongs to
the Normandie Park Golf Club, which indicates his chief source of recreation.
He has closely applied himself to his business interests, knowing that unwearied
diligence and unfaltering energy will eventually win that success, for which all
who enter the business world are striving. He is clear-sighted enough to know
the methods which must be pursued to gain advancement and has never feared
that unfaltering industry and laborious attention to detail which eventually wins
promotion.
SYLA'ESTER R. FIORITA.
Since the first white man on American soil, unless we heed the voice of
tradition, came to the shores of the new world, the sons of Italy have consti-
tuted an important factor in that part of our citizenship which works and labors
and ultimately achieves successful results. The American-born citizen seldom
stops to realize how superior are his advantages to those offered in the old coun-
tries but the young men of foreign lands often look with longing eyes toward
the new world and many heed the persuasive voice of opportunity. Such has
been the record of Sylvester R. Fiorita, who is now president of the Scalzo
Fiorita Fruit Company of St. Louis. Air. Fiorita was born in Palermo, Sicily,
November 22, 185 1, a son of Antonio and Severia Fiorita, both of whom are now
deceased. The father, who followed merchandising in his native land, came to
America in 1886 and spent his remaining days with his son Sylvester, who in
his youth had been a pupil in the public schools of Palermo to his eighteenth
year. He is self-educated in English, however, and not only gained a knowl-
edge of the language but also of the manners and customs of this people after
arriving in the United States in 1871. He remained here for eleven months
and then returned to Palermo, where he engaged in dealing in wheat for some
time. Again, however, he sought a home in America in 1876 and engaged in
selling fruit from a wagon until 1879. He lived economically and his industry
and careful expenditure at length enabled him to engage in business on his own
account, being admitted to a partnership in the Scalzo Fruit Company at Frank-
lin and Cherry streets. He remained at that location for a quarter of a cen-
tury and then ni 1891 withdrew from the partnership and began business in asso-
ciation with his sons, A. R. and V. R. Fiorita, at No. 1012 North Third street.
There he remained until 1893. when he removed to another location in the same
street and in October, 1907, he opened his fruit house at No. 414 Wash street.
These various removals were prompted bv the demands of his business, which
had grown and needed larger quarters. In October, 1907, the business was
incorporated under the name of Sclazo Fiorita Fruit Company with Sylvester
R. Fiorita as president. Their trade interests now extend to various parts of
the United States and the enterprise has become one of the leading fruit houses
of the Alissisippi valley, employing twenty-five people. Their store is fifty by
two hundred feet, extending from Wash to Fourth street. They carry all kinds
of domestic and foreign fruits and have one of the most attractive establish-
ments in St. Louis by reason of its neat and tasteful arrangement.
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In Tulv, 1877, ^Ir. Fiorita was married to Miss Mary Loss and they became
the parent's of eight children, of whom five are hving: Antonio, who is now
treasurer of the company ; A'incenz, also connected with the business ; John, who
won several diplomas when a student in the Jones Commercial College; Pas-
quala. who is attending the Eugene Field public school ; and Floriana, who is
attending the same school. The family residence is situated at No. 4437 Wash-
ington boulevard, having been purchased by Mr. Fiorita in 1907. He belongs
to the Columbian Knights, and is a Roman Catholic in his religious faith, while
in his political views he is a republican. His labors have been attended with a
measure of success that seems almost phenomenal, when we remember the fact
that in 1876 he was selling fruit from a wagon. A third of a century has passed
and todav he is one of the prosperous fruit merchants of the city with an exten-
sive and growing business. What he has undertaken and accomplished should
serve to encourage not onlv his fellow countrymen but also those of the Amer-
ican nation, who at the outset of their careers have little opportunity but who
can through determination achieve similar success.
GERRIT H. TEN BROEK.
Gerrit H. Ten Broek, consul for the Netherlands at St. Louis, lawyer and
editor, whose business career has been of direct service to the general public
in his conception and organization of the Associated Law Offices, is numbered
among the native residents of the city in which he now makes his home. He
was born Alarch 30, 1859, and, as the name indicates, comes of Holland an-
cestrv, his parents being Henry and Gepke (Diekenga) Ten Broek. When he
had completed his public-scho'ol course as a high school student, he began
preparation for the bar by matriculation in the St. Louis Law School. Ad-
mitted to practice, he at once opened an office in St. Louis and, speciaHzing in
the department of mercantile law, he established the Ten Broek Agency, through
which he became acquainted, either personally or by correspondence, with several
thousand attorneys scattered throughout the United States and other countries.
In 1886 he conceived the idea of uniting these correspondents into a regular
organization for more effective work through cooperation, and as the result of
a plan which he carefully formulated, established the Associated Law Offices.
The aim of this organization is to secure for its members, who are all lawyers,
through cooperation and interchange of information and through the employ-
ment of the same contracted correspondents, the highest efficiency in their re-
spective collection departments. This organization has become one of the
most noted and most thoroughly efficient legal agencies of the country.
In 1885 he established the Mercantile Adjuster, of which he is still the
editor and the principal stockholder. This publication is issued monthly at
New York and St. Louis and contains information of especial interest and
value to credit men and lawyers. Its circulation has now reached more than
ten thousand copies, the Adjuster being sent into every country in the world
having commercial relations with the United States.
For the past ten vears ^\r. Ten Brock's work in legal lines has been
mainly in connection with the formation of industrial corporations, part of
his work in this direction having resulted in the organization of the American
Steel & Wire Company and the American Bridge Company, which were subse-
quently absorbed by the United States steel corporation. In connection with
thi= class of work and in supervision of the publication of the Mercantile Ad-
juster, Mr. Ten Broek spends a portion of his time in New York, where he
maintains an office, although he regards St. Louis as the place of his residence.
and his home is here located.
Mr. Ten Broek was married in 1893 to Mrs. Frances Lorraine Colby, of
St. Louis. He. is a communicant of the Grace Episcopal church; is vice presi-
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206 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
dent of the American Sunday School Union ; and secretary of the St. Louis
Protestant Hospital Association. He is a member of the Mercantile Club and
jNIerchants Exchange. Mr. Ten Broek was the royal commissioner for the
Netherlands to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and in recognition of his
valuable services to the Holland government during the exposition period, Queen
\Mlhelmina conferred on him a knighthood in the Order of Orange and Nassau.
His political allegiance is given to the republican party, but he has never sought
political preferment. A contemporary biographer has said: "The formative
genius of Mr. Ten Broek has been such that he has made a marked impress
upon the legal profession in St. Louis, and his connection with commercial
law has caused him to become prominentlv identified with enterprises of large
magnitude and national celebrity."
JULIUS LESSER.
"Earn thy reward : the gods give naught to sloth,'' said the Greek sage Epi-
carmis, and the truth of this admonition has been verified in all the ages which
have run their course since that time. With full realization of this fact Julius
Lesser, dependent upon his own resources from an early age, steadily earned his
reward, gaining that measure of success which is the outcome of clear judg-
ment, experience and indefatigable energy.
He was born at Crone, Germany, February 6, 1853, a son of Philip and Dora
(Joseph) Lesser. He was educated in the public schools of Germany and in
July, 1867, when a youth of fourteen years, crossed the Atlantic to the United
States. He began his business career by learning the shoemaker's trade, to
which he devoted two years, when he became clerk, bookkeeper and porter in
a country store. His unfaltering industry and careful expenditure at length
brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own
account and he opened a small general mercantile store at Marianna, Arkansas,
in 1875. For seven years he conducted business there and then sold out, estab-
lishing at the same place the Lee County Bank, which he still owned up to the
time of his death.
^Ir. Lesser also engaged in the cotton business, which was his first step in
the direction of successful enterprise that he was conducting when called to
his final rest on the 5th of July, 1908. Finding that his operations in cotton
were meeting with prosperity, he sought a broader field of labor and in 1892
removed to St. Louis, where he established the Lesser-Goldman Cotton Com-
pany, of which he was the vice president and general manager. This company
buys and sells from four hundred to five hundred thousand bales of cotton for
domestic and export trade annually and Mr. Lesser was one of the well known
dealers in this important southern product. He was also connected with other
interests which promoted the business development of the south, being president
of the St. Louis Cotton Compress Company ; also of the Marianna Cotton Oil
Mills; of the Lee County Bank, of Marianna; and of the Commercial Bank at
Nashville, Arkansas.
Mr. Lesser married and had two children, Harry and Blanche, the latter
now the wife of Alvin D. Goldman. That he was prominent in the Columbia
Club is indicated by the fact that he was honored with its presidency. He was
also president of the Jewish Hospital at the time of his death and was always
active in charitable work. His political allegiance was given to the democracy
and he served as a member of the city council of St. Louis. He was also pres-
ident of the St. Louis Cotton Exchange and kept in close touch with the cot-
ton industry of the country, few men being better informed concerning the con-
ditions of the trade and opportunities along this line. Thus through consecutive
stages of advancement Mr. Lesser worked his way upward after coming to the
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United States and those who knew him as a prosperous cotton merchant and one
whose opinions carried weight in trade circles, while his name was an honored
one on commercial paper, hnd it hard to realize that forty years ago he came a
stranger and an almost penniless lad to the new world.
WILLIAM D'OE.XCH.
Success is determined by one's ability to recognize opportunity and to pur-
sue it with resolute and undagging energy. It results from continued labor
and a man who accomplishes his purpose usually becomes an important factor in
the business circles of the community with wdiich he is connected. Mr. D'Oench
through such means has attained a leading place among the representative busi-
ness men of St. Louis, and his well spent and honorable life commands the
respect of all wdto know him. He was boru in St. Louis, June 21, i860. His
parents, William and Marie (Braaschj D"(3ench, were married in Hamburg,
Germany, but from 1841 until 1872 resided in St. Louis, after which they returned
to their native land. The father was a wholesale druggist here and is now liv-
ing in Baden, Germany, at the very venerable age of ninety years. His wife
died December 20, 1900, in Gernsbach, Baden, at the age of eighty-two years.
The ancestors of the family emigrated from Xamurs to Prussia during the
period of Huguenot persecution and Johann Ernst D'Oench. the great-grand-
father of \\'illiam D'Oench, was master of royal revenues for the district of Stet-
tin. His son, Johann Ernst D'Oench, Jr., was born in Stettin, studied law at
the L'niversity of Halle and became public prosecutor at Bromberg, Silesia.
Later he settled at Liegnitz in the province of Silesia in eastern Prussia, where
he engaged in the publication of a newspaper until 1836. He married the daugh-
ter of the Prussian minister of finance, Rosenstiel, in Berlin in August, 1808,
and one of the children of this marriage was W'illiam D'Oench, who was born in
Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia, August i, 1817. He studied medicine in early man-
hood but later devoted himself to chemistry and eventuallv entered the drug
business, becoming, as previously stated, a wholesale druggist. He was married
August I, 1 841, to Marie Braasch, whose father w^as an exporting and import-
ing merchant and a senator of the Free City of Hamburg, wdiich at that time
was a member of the "Hanseatic Confederation" and a free and independent city.
Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. D'Oench came to St. Louis, crossing
the Atlantic to New Orleans in a sailing vessel and thence proceeding up the
Mississippi. They became residents of St. Louis in 1841 and Mr. D'Oench
established here a wholesale drug business. He was also identitied with many
other enterprises and of the Boatmen's Bank was a director, while of the Frank-
lin Insurance Company he was president.
William D'Oench, whose name initiates this review, first attended school in
St. Louis as a student in the Clinton school, wdiile subsequently he became a
student in \\'ashington University. In 1872 he accompanied his parents to Stutt-
gart, Germany, where he attended the Royal Real Schule. After graduation
he pursued a course in the Commercial College and in September, 1878, returned
to America. In his school days he devoted his attention largely to languages,
German, English and French, and was especially interested in history and geog-
raphy. Following his graduation in 1878 he returned home. The parental
household was ever pervaded by an air of culture, intelligence and hospitality
and many distinguished foreigners were entertained there, including Mr. Kepp-
ler, of "Puck," of New York, Carl Schurz and many other prominent Ger-
man Americans. The daughters of the household possessing considerable musi-
cal talent, the afternoon and evening hours were frequentlv devoted to enter-
tainment of that character. Reared amid such surn^undings, -Mr. D'Oench has
always retained a liking for musical and social gatherings and i-^ himself a most
hospitable host.
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After leaving school he returned to America to enter commercial life. Two
of his brothers had determined upon a professional career, but Wilham D'Oench
was attracted to pursuits which had occupied his father's attention and became
a merchant and manufacturer. He remained in New York until January, 1879,
and during- that time occupied a clerical position with a hardware broker. He
afterward'went to Jefferson City, Missouri, to enter the employ of Giesecke,
Aleysenburg & Company, a wholesale shoe house, whose factory was located in
Jefiferson City. The senior partner was his brother-in-law and Mr. D'Oench
remained in active connection with the house until the spring of 1881, when he
was transferred to the St. Louis office of the company. In the fall of that year
the old company was dissolved and he became the secretary and treasurer of
the newlv incorporated firm of Giesecke Boot & Shoe Manufacturing Company,
a boot and shoe manufacturing enterprise located at Jeft'erson City. He was
identified with the active management of that corporation until 1898, when he
organized the D'Oench-Hays Shoe Company of Jeffersonville, Indiana. In 1899
he removed to Louisville, Kentucky, opposite Jeft'ersonville on the Ohio river,
and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes in the Indiana town. In
1901 the D'Oench-Hays Shoe Company and the Giesecke Boot & Shoe Manu-
facturing Company were consolidated and Mr. D'Oench once more removed to
Jeft'erson City, Missouri, where he remained in charge of the manufacturing
"department of the Giesecke-D'Oench-Hays Shoe Company until 1903, when he
again became a resident of St. Louis, assuming the management of the office at
this place. He has been president of the company since the amalgamation of
the two houses and as chief executive officer is controlling an extensive business
which has been gradually developed to large proportions.
On the i6th of December, 1885, at Jeft'erson City, Missouri, Mr. D'Oench
was married to ^Nliss Nannie Bishop Berry, a daughter of Green C. Berry and
Virginia Terrill (Parsons) Berry. Mrs. D'Oench was born in Cole county, Mis-
souri, which was also the birthplace of her father. Her mother, however, was
born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and was a daughter of General G. A. Parsons,
an adjutant general of Missouri. She was a niece of General M. M. Parsons
of the Alissouri Division of the Confederate Army. Mr. and Mrs. D'Oench have
one daughter, Virginia Marie, born in Jefferson City, Missouri.
In his political views J\lr. D'Oench is a democrat, who cast his first presi-
dential vote for Cleveland. He was president of the Gold Democratic Club of
Jefferson City, ^Missouri, during the first Bryan campaign and is interested in the
success of the principles, which he regards of vital importance to the country,
yet the honors and the emoluments of public office have had no attraction for
him. He is a gentleman of social disposition and his kindliness, geniality and
deference for the opinions of others have gained him an extensive circle of
warm friends.
JOSEPH CHARLESS CABANNE.
Joseph Charless Cabanne, president of the St. Louis Dairy Company, but
now practically retired from active business management, is a representative of
one of the oldest families of the city and in his business career has made a
notable record in devising and formulating new plans and methods and carrying
them forward to successful completion in connection with an enterprise that has
reached extensive proportions and is accounted one of the important business
concerns of the city. He was here born October 16, 1846, and was named for
Joseph Charless, whose father was editor of the Missouri Gazette. He is a son
of John Charles Cabanne and a grandson of John Pierre Cabanne. The latter
was a pioneer resident of St. Louis, born in 1773 at Pau in the south of France.
His father was Jean Cabanne, of Pau, France, and his mother was a sister of
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General Litcien Duteil. who commanded republican forces at the siege of Toulon.
At his house Xapoleon remained during the siege. In grateful remembrance
Napoleon bequeathed to him five hundred thousand francs in his will, dated at
St. Helena.
John Pierre Cabanne was educated and trained for mercantile life in France
and came to the United States in 1803 with considerable capital. He first settled
at Charleston. South Carolina, where he was engaged in the sugar trade for
over a year, but met with financial reverses through the loss of his ships. He
afterward removed to Xew Orleans, where he was connected with mercantile
interests, and in 1805 came to St. Louis, where he Was first connected with
John Jacob Astor in the American fur trade and later with Pierre Chouteau,
Jr.. and Bernard Pratt. He was a member of the firm of Berthold, Pratt,
Chouteau & Company for many years, and in this connection operated in the
Indian country very successfully. He was also one of the organizers of the
Bank of St. Louis, founded December 17, 1816, and was a member of the first
public school board of St. Louis. He was likewise one of the incorporators of
the city, was a substantial supporter of every progressive movement and insti-
tuted many plans and measures for the development and upbuilding of the new
city. He w-as married in St. Louis, in 1806, to Miss Julie Gratiot, a daughter
of Charles Gratiot, one of the leading residents of Missouri. Five sons and
three daughters were born unto them. This number included John Charles
Cabanne. the father of our subject.
J. Charless Cabanne of this review is a descendant of the first white woman
to establish a home on the west bank of the Mississippi, Madam Chouteau. In
the maternal line he traces his ancestry to Judge William Carr, his maternal
grandfather, who arrived in St. Louis in 1804 and assisted in organizing the
local government. He was also the speaker of the first Missouri house of rep-
resentatives, elected in 1812.
In the city of his nativity J. Charless Cabanne was reared and educated, and
throughout an active life has been in various ways associated with the city's
growth and development. For forty years he has confined his attention to ex-
tensive dairy interests. He started in business in 1868 on the present site of
Forest Park, having nine hundred cows which pastured in that district. In
1872 he sold his dairy interests and began receiving shipments of milk by rail
from the farmers in the adjacent territory. He has revolutionized the methods
of handling milk, has lowered the prices and has developed a perfected system
of distribution in this great city. Forty years ago no "whole milk" was sold
in St. Louis. Skimmed milk sold at twenty-eight cents per gallon, and cream,
containing ten per cent butter fat, at a dollar and a quarter per gallon. Mr.
Cabanne. on establishing his system in 1872, secured an improved quality of
milk and greatly reduced the prices, so that the city was benefited from a health
standpoint as well as from a financial. He made a close study of the business
of dairying, watched the experiments in England at the Aylesbury Dairy Com-
pany and other places and finally organized the St. Louis Dairy Company,
being associated with several other prominent business men, including J. B. C.
Lucas, Robert E. Carr, John F. Lee, Charles P. Chouteau, Henry Hitchcock,
Colonel Thomas T. Gantt. Dr. I. G. W. Steadman and Thomas T. Turner, and
others, and Mr. Cabanne became general manager. When his plan was announced,
dairymen in other cities predicted commercial failure and for the first four years
the new company encountered many obstacles, but these were finally overcome,
the system perfected and the business carried on until it has long since become
a very profitable undertaking. In 1896 the company erected a complete model
milk depot at its present location, Xos. 2008 to 2018 Pine street. From time
to time ^Ir. Cabanne has introduced some decided improvements in the method
of caring for and handling milk. In 1872 he introduced covered milk wagons
for general use; in 1876 introduced iron clad milk cans; and in 1878 erected the
first creamery to -upply the city. In 1880 he delivered the first milk in bottles,
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also operated the first separator and delivered the first separator cream in 1884,.
while in 18S7 he introduced parchment paper for wrapping butter. In 1896
he inaugurated the system of filtering milk. The same year, after careful in-
vestigation into practical workings of the Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company,
of Boston, he added a Walker-Gordon department to the St. Louis Dairy Com-
pany. In 1891 Professor T. M. Rotch, M. D., of Harvard University, and G. E.
Gordon, a practical dairyman, worked out the method of modifying milk, which
method is now followed in the Walker-Gordon laboratories of the United States.
The- modified milk is used for infants and invalids and the laboratory fills exactly
all prescriptions of physicians, who alone direct the feeding. The dairy com-
pany employed eighteen men at its organization, and the growth and extent
of the business is now indicated by the fact that one hundred and fifty-five names
are now on the payroll.
While the enterprise he has developed is a most important and extensive
one, Mr. Cabanne has always found time for cooperation in affairs of public
moment and of vital interest to the city at large. He was one of the organizers
of the Civic League of St. Louis and acted as its first president in 1897. It is
today one of the most useful and the most potent directing force in the conduct
of the city's affairs. It was organized to uphold municipal virtue and to secure
needed reforms and progress and it has accomplished much good politically and
otherwise. Mr. Cabanne is also executive officer of the Citizens Industrial
Association.
In 1868 Mr. Cabanne was m.arried to Miss Susan P. Mitchell, a great-
granddaughter of Major William C. Christy, a noted pioneer, who became a
resident of St. Louis in 1804. Their children are : John Pierre, born January
16, 1869, who is now active manager of the St. Louis Dairy Company; Virginia
Eliot, who was born January 12, 1870, and is the wife of E. W. Little, of New
York city; Martha M., who was born September 27, 1872, and became the wife
of Robert L. Kayser ; Sunie M., born October i, 1873, who is the wife of J.
Shepard Smith, of St. Louis ; Fannie M., who was born January 12, 1875, and
is the wife of A. L. Pearson, Jr., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Mary M., who
was born January 12, 1875, was in the Order of Visitation Convent and died in
Jime, 1907; Arthur Lee, whose birth occurred March 7, 1876; and Sallie Shan-
non, who was also born March 7, 1876, and died in infancy.
Spending his entire life in St. Louis. J. Charless Cabanne is most widely
known and the people of the city rejoice in what he has accomplished and in
the successes to which he has attained. He is a man of most courteous man-
ners and yet firm and unyielding in all that he believes to be right. While his
chief life work has been that of a remarkably successful operator in the dairy
business, yet the range of his activities and the scope of his influence have
reached far beyond this specific field. He belongs to that class of men who
wield a power which is all the more potent from the fact that it is moral rather
than political and is exercised for the public weal rather than for personal ends.
L^nselfish and retiring, he prefers a quiet place in the background to the glamour
of publicity, but his rare aptitude and ability in achieving results make him
constantly sought and often bring him into a prominence from which he would
naturallv shrink were less desirable ends in view.
HARRISON HOPKINS MERRICK.
Harrison Hopkins Merrick needs no introduction to the readers of this
volume, for as president of the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Company he
is known not onlv here but throughout the middle west as one of the most
prominent representatives of the jewelry trade. He was born January 22. 1841,
in Carmel. Putnam countv. New York, while his ancestrv through manv gen-
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erations has been distinctly American both in its lineal and collateral lines. It
can be traced back to a still more remote period when the family figured prom-
inently in Wales. Burke's Peerage (p. 946 — Edition 1887) says: "The Mer-
ricks are the purest and noblest of Cambrian blood and have possessed the same
ancestral estate and residence at Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales, without inter-
ruption above a thousand years. They have the rare distinction of being lineally
descended both from the Sovereign Princes of Wales of the right royal family
and from King Edward I, whose eldest son was the first Prince of Wales of the
English royal family."
Harrison H. jNIerrick is a direct descendant in the eighth generation of
William Merrick, who was born in Wales and left that country in the spring of
1636 on the ship James, reaching Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the same year.
There he took up his abode and after settling in the colony gave his attention to
farming. He was also connected with the Colonial Militia, serving as lieutenant
under Captain Miles Standish. David Merrick of the sixth generation, grand-
father of H. H. Merrick, was born in Carmel, New York, in 1768, and lived to
the remarkable old age of ninety-five years. When a young man he was
acquainted with General Washington. His uncle. Captain David Merrick, was a
commander of a company in Colonel Ludington's Seventh Regiment of Dutchess
County Militia in the Revolutionary war. Isaac Merrick, his brother, was a
private in Captain Waterbury's company of the same regiment. Allen Merrick
of the seventh generation was born in Carmel, December 24, 1812, and died
February 13, 1881. Throughout his entire life he carried on general agricultural
pursuits. His wife, Caroline (Hopkins) Merrick, who was born January 2,
1810, and died December 8, 1887, was a direct descendant of one of the passen-
gers on the Mayflower.
Harrison Hopkins Merrick was educated in the district schools at Carmel,
Xew York, pursuing his studies through the winter months but aiding in the
labors of the farm in the summer. The time was not equally divided, for about
four months were given to the acquirement of an education and eight months
to the work of the fields. Nor did he attend school after he reached the age
of fifteen years. The school of experience, however, furnishes opportunity to
those who desire to learn and through his labors in the business world, his
broad research and investigation, Mr. Merrick has become recognized as one
of the most keen and forceful men of intellect, capable not only of solving in-
tricate business problems but, of ready understanding as well, the important
questions that concern the American citizen in his varied relations. He has long
figured as one of the prominent merchants of St. Louis and yet it has been
through successive stages of careful development and consecutive promotion
that he has won his present high standing in the commercial and financial world.
In the fall of 1856, leaving his old home at Carmel he went to New York
city and secured a position as errand boy in a jewelry store. From that time
forward his business associations were in the jewelry line. He remained with
the firm for six years and then secured a position as salesman with the Ball
Black Company, one of the largest jewelry establishments of the city, continu-
ing with that house and Robert Rait & Company for four years. In the fall of
1866 he formed the acquaintance of Eugene Jaccard in New York city and was
induced by him to remove to St. Louis. He was thereafter for twelve years con-
nected with the E. Jaccard Company and during the last years of that period
had entire charge of the diamonds. In the fall of 1878, however, he severed his
connection with the company to engage in business on his own account, becom-
ing associated with William Walsh and H. W. Phelps, under the firm style of
Merrick, Walsh & Phelps. The business was conducted under a partnership
relation until 1894, when it was incorporated under the style of the Merrick,
Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Company, of which Mr. Merrick became the president.
From the beginning the business was successful because it was managed along
lines of liberality combined with care, watchfulness and economv. The house
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always stood at the head of the trade in the hue of stock carried and in its pro-
gressive business poHc}'. Meanwhile in the spring of 1900 the old firm of E.
Jaccard & Company had become bankrupt and a trustee was appointed to take
charge of the business for the benefit of the creditors. The stock and fixtures
of the bankrupt company after being appraised were advertised for sale and
were purchased on the 226. of September, 1900, by the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps
Company. On the 8th of the following October a very successful auction was
commenced at E. Jaccard's location on Sixth and Olive streets and was con-
tinued until the evening of December 24. At that time the auction and store
were closed for the purpose of installing and arranging an entirely new lot of
store fixtures as well as changing the entire store front of the building. As the
contract for new fixtures had been made several months previously the w'ork
had been so prepared that the new store was ready for occupancy about the
1st of January, 1901. During the period when the auction was in process, Mer-
rick, Walsh & Phelps w^ere at the same time conducting their regular retail
business at No. 511 Olive street, enjoying continued success there. After the
auction was closed and the new fixtures installed, the two stocks were combined,
for the finer and more expensive part of the Jaccard stock had remained unsold.
This was combined with the stock of the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewelry
Company under that firm style and a removal was made to the new location at
the corner of Olive and Sixth streets. Here the company entered upon an era
of prosperity but for some time previous to the consolidation there was an
endeavor being made to obtain an option on the shares of stock of the Merrick.
Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Company and this was finally obtained. The members
of the company had no desire to sell but the price offered was so satisfactory
that they decided to dispose of the business and the entire stock, fixtures and
company name became the property of the Mermod Jaccard Jewelry Company.
Thus was terminated Mr. Merrick's connection with the mercantile interests of
St. Louis, in which he had figured so prominently and honorably. His success,
too, was of a most conspicuous nature in that while controlling a most extensive
trade the integrity of the house w^as never called into cjuestion. Mr. Merrick's
early training was such that he was thoroughly informed concerning all branches
of the jewelry business but the department that gave him the most pleasure
was the handling of precious stones, of which he became an expert judge. His
memory of individual stones was such that he was often able to distinguish and
remember a diamond or other gem which he had carefully examined under a
magnifying glass even after several years had elapsed after the examination
was made and when the stone had been reset in an entirely new setting. This
knowledge of gems is almost intuitive and cannot be acquired by every person
engaged in the setting of stones, yet experience aids greatly in the development
of this faculty. Mr. ]Merrick has always felt genuine pleasure in the beauty and
perfection of fine stones and has thus taken delight in his business from the
artistic and aesthetic as well as from the commercial standpoint.
On the 15th of August, 1876, at Galion, Ohio, Mr. Merrick was married to
Miss Dell Markland Martin, the youngest daughter of Captain John and Mary
(Smith) Martin. Her father was a Virginian by birth and the town of Mar-
tinsburg. Virginia, was named in honor of his family. He became one of the
pioneer settlers of Ohio and entered a quarter section of land in Richland county
from the government. As there was splendid water power upon his place he
built and operated grist and saw mills, cabinet shop and distillery and became
one of the leading representatives of industrial and productive interests in that
part of the state. He also laid out the village of Martin's Mills but later the
name was changed to Millsboro. Aside from his industrial interests he con-
ducted the village inn and was prominent in community affairs, serving as post-
master, while for fourteen years he was county commissioner. His wife was
the daughter of the Hon. Thomas Smith, one of the most famous and brilliant
men of Pennsylvania, who served as judge of the supreme court for the west-
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ern district and was also a colonel in the Revolutionar_y war. His brother James
was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Both ]Mr. and ^Nlrs. ]\Ierrick were members of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, ^Massachusetts, and also of the First Church of Christ.
Scientist, in St. Louis. His political allegiance is given to the republican party
and with a citizen's interest in the political situation of the country he has kept
well informed on the questions and issues of the day, yet the honors and emolu-
ments of office have had no attraction for him. His business career has been
characterized by a steady promotion that has led to his present well earned ease.
His name in St. Louis is a synonym for commercial integrity as well as business
activity and has been prominently identified with business progress here. This
bare statement is of itself no empty eulogy. It is the assignment to a place
in life, a position in the ranks of the toilers in carrying on the great affairs of
societv, of prominence to that extent, that the careful historian of the times
will look into and weigh and estimate accurately. He belongs to that class of
men who quietly move with force in shaping influence along the line of the city's
material progress and at the same time he has gained through his personal char-
acteristics the unqualified esteem of his fellowmen.
WILLIAAI H. THOMSON.
William Holmes Thomson, one of the most respected and honored men in
social and banking circles in St. Louis, has for more than half a century been
connected with the Boatmen's Bank, of which he has been cashier for thirty-
eight years. Throughout this entire period there has not been a single esoteric
phase in his career, which on the contrary has been as an open book inviting
closest scrutiny.
His life record began April i6, 1837, on the noted Hawthorne farm in Fred-
erick county, ]\Iaryland, and he is of English, Scotch and Irish lineage, although
both his paternal and maternal ancestors became residents of Maryland during
the colonial epoch in its history. His parents were William James and Mar-
garetta Ann (Davis) Thomson. His great-great-grandfather in the maternal
line was John Lackland, who came from Scotland and settled in Maryland
when it was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain.
His son, James Lackland, became an officer in the Revolutionary war, was after-
ward a stanch advocate of Jeffersonian principles and was a gradual emancipa-
tionist more than a half century before Lincoln's proclamation freed the colored
people of the south. In 181 2 he made a will that his negroes and their descend-
ants should be set free as they reached certain specified ages. In the year 1775
James Lackland, then nineteen years of age, joined an exploring party who
went from ^Maryland on a trip through the wilderness of Kentucky on horse-
back. He entered a large tract of land in the Blue Grass state when it was
still one of the counties of Virginia and therefore he aided in planting the seeds
of civilization which have since resulted in producing one of the leading com-
monwealths of the country. He was twenty years of age when, on the 14th
of May, 1776, he was commissioned by the council of safety second lieutenant
of the company formed in the lower district of Frederick county, iMaryland, for
service in the Revolutionary war. This company became part of the Twenty-
ninth Battalion, and with it he did active duty for American independence.' He
wedderl Catherine, a daughter of David Lynn, who came from Dublin, Ireland,
and settled in Maryland about 171 7, becoming afterward a judge of the Fred-
erick county court and holding a commission under King George as justice of
the peace. He was also one of three commissioners appointed by the general
assembly of Maryland in 1751 to lay out Georgetown, now in the District of
Columbia. He had three sons, who espoused the cause of liberty in the Revo-
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lutionarv war. one serving as lieutenant, another as captain and the other as
surgeon. One of the daughters of James and Catherine (Lynn) Lackland was
the maternal grandmother of \\'illiam H. Thomson. She became the wife of
Ignatius Davis, of "^Nlount Hope," Frederick county, Maryland, and their chil-
dren include ^Slargaretta Ann Davis, who in early womanhood became the wife
of \\'illiam James Thomson. ]\Ir. Thomson was also born in Frederick county,
]\Iarvland, and was a son of John Popham and ^Margaret (Holmes) Thomson,
the former of English lineage, while the latter was a native of Carlisle, Penn-
sylvania. The birth of \Mlliam James Thomson occurred in Frederick county,
June 26, 1808, and he attended Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
where he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1828. ^ He studied
law, but soon gave his attention to farming, and his place, "Hawthorne," became
one of the noted plantations of that locality. Thereon he resided until his death,
June 21, 1841.
William Holmes Thomson was but four years of age at the time of his
father's demise. He was reared in Frederick county, attended the public
schools near his boyhood's home, was afterward a student in the city schools of
Frederick and later attended a boarding school in Pennsylvania. After putting
aside his text-books at the age of sixteen years he was employed for a year
with a civil engineering corps, after which he entered the service of a Baltimore
commission house. In the meantime he was studying business conditions in the
east and in the west, and a comparison of the opportunities offered led him to
the belief that young men could more rapidly secure advancement in the Mis-
sissippi valley than they could upon the coast.
Therefore, in April, 1857, he made his way to St. Louis and on his twentieth
birthdav ( April 16) entered the employ of the banking house where he has
continued to the present time, covering a period of more than fifty-one years.
The Boatmen's Saving Institution had been organized ten years before by a
few leading and philanthropic citizens who wished to promote thrift and economy
among the steamboatmen who at that time constituted the larger part of the
laboring class in St. Louis. Success attended the venture from the beginning
and a second charter was taken out in 1856 under the name of the Boatmen's
Saving Bank, which was capitalized for four hundred thousand dollars. Mr.
Thomson's early connection with the institution was in a clerical capacity, but
gradually he worked his way upward, his duties and responsibilities increasing
as his faithfulness and efficiency were recognized. In 1869 ^e was appointed
assistant cashier, and the following year saw him in the position of cashier, in
which he has since continued, becoming thus the chief executive officer of an
institution which in its reliability is second to none in the west. The success
of the bank is attributable in large measure to the efforts, enterprise and sound
business judgment and conservative methods of Mr. Thomson, and the growth
of the bank is indicated in part by the fact that the capital stock during his in-
cumbency has been increased to two million dollars as the result of accumulated
profits after paying the stockholders in dividends more than six millions of
dollars. Since the capital stock has been increased to two million dollars the
bank has regularly paid to its stockholders semi-annual dividends of from three
to five per cent and has accumulated, in addition, a surplus of one million
dollars, and an undivided profit account of more than six hundred thousand
dollars. The net earnings since 1856 have been $9,701,318.48; paid cash divi-
dends, $6,320,000.00: paid stock dividend, $1,600,000; held as surplus and un-
divided profits, $1,781,318.48; total, $9,701,318.48.
Mr. Thomson is regarded as one of the most astute, clear-sighted and able
financiers of the country, and there is no point connected with banking with
which he is not perfectly familiar, while his word is usually accepted as authority
on all banking questions in St. Louis and the middle west. He Is not unknown
in other business lines, for he has cooperated financially and officiallv with vari-
ous manufacturing establishments in .St. Louis and has largely promoted business
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interests as a member of the Merchants Exchange, the Cotton Exchange and
as chairman of the committee of management of the St. Louis Clearing House.
In 1862 Mr. Thomson was married to Miss Margaret Foote Larkin, the
eldest daughter of Thomas H. and Susan (Ross) Larkin, of St. Louis. Mrs.
Thomson died in 1863, and in 1864 he lost their child. In 1872 Mr. Thomson
married Annie Lou, the eldest daughter of William A. Hargadine, of the Harga-
dine-McKittrick Dry Goods Company. They became parents of seven daugh-
ters and one son and, with the exception of a daughter who died in childhood,
all are yet living, namely : Julia Hargadine, who married C. C. Collins, an
attorney of St. Louis ; William Hargadine, who married Miss Elizabeth John-
son, of Corsicana, Texas; Virginia McCullough. the wife of George W. Tracy,
a dry-goods merchant of St. Louis; Susan Larkin, the wife of Lieutenant A. B.
Coxe. of the LInited States Army ; Holmes Lackland, who married Dr. Allen
G. Fuller ; Annie Lou and ]\Iary McCreery.
Mr. Thomson has always given his political allegiance to the democracy,
but when the party swerved from its old standard in 1900 in accepting the
Bryan platform of that year he espoused the gold standard as embodied in the
Indianapolis platform. Although reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church
he became a member of the Trinity Episcopal church of St. Louis in 1859 and
has since been connected with that parish, active in promoting its charities and
prominently identified with other benevolent movements. He has for many years
been a vestrvman of Trinity church and for some years its senior warden. He
was one of the founders of St. Luke's Hospital in 1865 and since 1889 has been
president of its board of trustees. He is never impelled by a sense of stern
duty in his benefactions, but gives generously of his means in response to the
promptings of a kindly spirit Avhich recognizes fully the obligations and re-
sponsibilities of wealth. He has figured in movements for the substantial devel-
opment of St. Louis through his membership in the Merchants. Exchange, the
Business i\Ien's League and the Creditmen's Association, and his social nature
finds expression in his membership in the Missouri Athletic, the Noonday and
St. Louis Clubs. With advancing years his activities have increased rather
than diminished and his interest broadened, and he has long been recognized
as an influential citizen of St. Louis whose word and work have featured in
the development of the citv in material, moral and benevolent lines.
LEWIS DAVID DOZIER.
Lewis D. Dozier is now living retired, although financially interested in
various important enterprises, in which he also has a voice in the methods of
control. He needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for he has
been so closelv associated with business afifairs here as to make his life record
an integral chapter in the city's commercial development. A native of St.
Charles" countv, ^Missouri, he was born August 25. 1846, of the marriage of
Captain James and Mary Ann (Dudgeon) Dozier, the father a native of North
Carolina and the mother of Kentucky. When he was fourteen years of age he
came to St. Louis, his father's family arriving five years later. As a pupil in
the Washington public schools he continued his education and further qualified
for a business career by study in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College. It
has always been characteristic of him that the duty nearest at hand was the one
which claimed his attention and was carefully performed. It is in this thorough-
ness and concentration of purpose that the secret of his success lies. Soon after
completing his college course, he became a silent partner in the firm of Garneau
& Dozier," which firm had been recently organized by his father, James Dozier,
and Joseph Garneau, for the conduct of a bakery business. The partnership
expired by limitation January i, 1872, but the experience of Mr. Dozier led him
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to regard the field of labor as an advantageous and profitable one and he con-
tinned in that line bv becoming a partner, in i\pril of that year, in the Dozier-
Wevl Cracker Company, in which his father was senior member. Upon the
father"? death a corporation was formed for continuing the business under the
same firm name and another son, John T. Dozier, became president. In i88S
Lewis D. Dozier purchased the interest of Mr. Weyl and the enterprise was
then conducted under the name of the Dozier Cracker Company for two years,
when the corporation was merged into the American Biscuit & jManufacturing
Company, and in 1898 was purchased by the National Biscuit Company, in which
ISIt. Dozier is a large stockholder and director. He continued to act as manager
of the Dozier bakery in St. Louis until his retirement from active business.
His fertilitv of resource, his ability in placing a correct valuation upon busi-
ness opportunities and his laudable desire to extend his efforts into other lines
led to his connection with several other business concerns of importance and he
now has an office in the Security building of St. Louis, from which point he
controls the manv lines of trade in which he is interested. He was for several
vears the first vice president of the Manufacturers' Association and is a director
of the ^lerchants-Laclede National Bank and the Mercantile Trust Company. In
lines less specifically commercial he is also known, being a life member of the
board of trustees of the Bellefontaine cemetery, a director of the Mercantile
Library, a member of the Missouri Historical Society and a member of the
Commercial Club, which is the leading organization among business men of the
city. Mr. Dozier was among the first to advocate the holding of an exposition
in St. Louis to celebrate the Louisiana purchase and when the plan was brought
into definite form, he became a member of the board of trustees and was
appointed a member of the executive committee. While business interests have
made extensive demands upon his time and energies, Mr. Dozier has ever found
and utilized opportunities for assisting in the work of progress and development
along lines that have been provocative of good for the city in its material, intel-
lectual, social and moral advancement. As a generous patron of the Young
]\Ien"s Christian Association and the St. Louis Hospital, he has largely furthered
their interests and contributed generously for the erection of their buildings.
The Provident Association and other benevolent and charitable institutions have
also received his ready aid. He is likewise interested in all educational matters,
did effective service for the public schools by four years' work as a member of
the board of education and with other leading citizens contributed liberally
toward placing \\'ashington University and ]\Iary Institute upon a broad and
permanent basis.
Lewis David Dozier was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca E. Lewis.
a daughter of Benjamin W. and Eleanor (Turner) Lewis, of Glasgow,,
^Missouri. Her father, now deceased, was one of the early residents and promi-
nent merchants of this state. Mrs. Dozier died January 5, 1889, but her memory
is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew her, while her influence remains as a
blessed benediction to those with whom she was associated. She possessed a
most charitable spirit and her kindliness was felt by all with whom she came in
contact. Her own great love for her four children, Lewis, Mary, Eleanor and
Anna Lewis Dozier, prompted her mother heart to go out in fullest sympathy to^
all children, especially to the homeless ones, and she endowed a bed in Martha
Parsons Hospital. She held membership with the Episcopal church and to her
religion was a matter of daily living and not of ceremonial weekly worship.
Hers was a contagious enthusiasm for all those causes which tend to ameliorate
the hard conditions of life for mankind.
In one of the most beautiful residence districts of St. Louis — Westmoreland
Place, near Forest Park — stands the Dozier home and it is one of the city's most
attractive residences. Mr. Dozier is ever a welcome visitor of the Noonday, St.
Louis, Country and University Clubs, with which he holds membership and of
the first two he has served as vice president. Politically he endorses the
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democracy, while fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Elks.
His love of outdoor sports is manifest in his membership in the St. Louis Gun
Club, of which he was for many years president, the King's Lake Shooting-
Club, and the Missouri State Sportsman's Association. He has also been presi-
dent of the last named and he finds pleasure and recreation in camp life with
all the opportuntiy it affords for the exercise of his skill as a hunter. Such in
brief is the life record of Lewis D. Dozier, whose entrance into business circles
was not one of especial brilliance or prominence, but who through the slow
moving processes of an honorable business has worked his way upward until his
name stands foremost among those whose opinions have become a power in
commercial and financial circles.
FRANK PERIX HAYS.
Carlyle says "Biography is the most profitable as well as the most pleasant
of all reading," and there is certainly much of interest in the career of a man
who, without special advantages at the outset of his career, by the inherent
force of his own character, his strong purpose and a commendable ambition,
achieves distinction and success. Such has been the record of Frank Perin Hays,
vice president of the Little & Hays Investment Company, dealers in municipal
and corporation bonds and dividend paying stocks. He began the journey of
life near Columbus, Ohio, March 12, 1861, and while spending his boyhood days
in the home of his parents, \\*illiam B. and Celina (Perin) Hays, pursued a pub-
lic-school education, which was continued in the high school of Lancaster, i\Iis-
souri. He afterward attended the normal school at Kirksville, this state, and
pursued a full course in H. B. Bryant's Business College in Chicago. His
physical development kept pace with his intellectual progress, for he enjoyed
the benefit of the free, open life of the farm, spending his summers between
the ages of twelve and twenty years upon farms belonging to his father and
assisting to no inconsiderable extent in the work of their development and cul-
tivation. His entrance into commercial life was made as a partner in the firm
of W. B. Hays & Son. His time was thus occupied from 1880 until 1882, and
for four years thereafter he conducted a general mercantile establishment at
Lancaster, INIissouri. During this period he won a goodly measure of success
that enabled him to engage in the banking business at Lancaster. Missouri, in
1886, as an equal partner with his father in what has become known as the Hays
Bank.
In 1888 he purchased a controlling interest in the Schuyler County Bank
of Lancaster, Missouri, and further extended his efl:'orts by establishing in 1889
the Hays Banking Company of Queen City, Missouri, of which he was the prin-
cipal stockholder. In 1891 he established the Merchants Exchange Bank at
Downing, ^Missouri, owning a large majority of the stock, and in 1893 the Atlanta
State Bank, at Atlanta, ]\Iacon county, Missouri, came into existence through his
efforts. He also owned the greater part of this and thus became largely iden-
tified with financial interests at various points in the state, forming at the same
time a wide acquaintance that proved of marked benefit to him in his present
line of business. He won public confidence and to him were intrusted many
investment matters. He began dealing in bonds in 1892 and his business devel-
oped with such rapidity that in 1897 he removed to St. Louis and formed a
partnership with W. C. Little & Brother under the firm style of the Little &
Hays Investment Company. He soon gained a foremost place in financial circles
in this city, was bond officer of the Mississippi \"alley Trust Company in 1901-
02 and in the following year was vice president of the Colonial Trust Company.
He then resumed partnership relations with ^^^ C. Little and others in ]\Iay,
1904, and is the present vice president of the Little & Hays Investment Com-
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panv, dealers in municipal and corporation bonds and dividend paying stocks.
As "a valuator of commercial paper, he has gained a reputation that places him
in the front rank among the investment brokers of the middle west. With
remarkable prescience he has recognized the possibilities of diminution or appre-
ciation in bonds and other investment paper and has controlled his clients' inter-
ests with such care that those who know him in business circles place the utmost
contidence in the accuracy of his judgment. Aside from his investment business
he is a director of the Chicago Railway Equipment Company, and that he occu-
pies an honored place in moneyed circles is indicated by the fact that he was
secretary for seven years of the [Missouri Bankers Association and in 1899 was
chosen to the presidency.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Hays was married in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, August 18. 1882, to Aliss Harriet Lane Celleyham and their chil-
dren are: Helen. Hilda, Elizabeth, Forrest Perin, and Margaret Frances. Mr.
Hays votes with the democracy and he finds his chief recreation in golf and ten-
nis,' being an enthusiastic advocate of manly outdoor sports. Never unmindful
of the duty and obligation of man toward his fellowmen, Mr. Hays has labored
eltectivelv' and earnestly in many public movements for the general welfare.
Moreover, he has done effective service for the Lindell Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal church, for the Young Men's Christian Association, and other organiza-
tions for moral development. Of the latter he has been chairman of the finance
committee of the general board of directors. He was for two years treasurer
of the City Evangelistic Union, for three years president of the Missouri Sun-
day school Union, for one year president of the City of St. Louis Sunday
school Union, and president of the [Missouri Sunday school Association. His life
has never been self-centered in its purpose nor in its work. While he has made
a success in business, he fully recognizes the brotherhood of man and has ren-
dered readv assistance to those less fortunate than himself.
SAMUEL MORRIS DODD.
Prompted by laudable ambition at the outset of his career, Samuel Morris
Dodd has advanced through consecutive stages of development until he has long
occupied a place among the leading residents of St. Louis. A strong mentality,
an invincible courage and a most determined individuality have so entered into
his makeup as to render him a natural leader of men and in this connection he
has controlled business enterprises of large importance to the city as well as to
the individual stockholders. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, June 3, 1832,
a son of Stephen and Mary (Condit) Dodd. The ancestral home of the family
in America was at Brantford, Connecticut, where representatives of the name of
English birth located at a very early day. Later a removal was made from
Connecticut to New Jersey by the branch of the family to which Samuel M.
Dodd belongs. Beginning his education at the usual age, he was a pupil in the
public schools of Orange and at Bloomfield (N. J.) Academy and his early busi-
ness training came to him in mercantile lines. When sixteen years of age he
became a clerk in a hat and fur store of New York city, where he spent three
years, but the great west with its broad possibilities and growing opportunities
attracted him and St. Louis thereby gained a citizen whose worth and value have
long been widely recognized.
Following ills arrival here Mr. Dodd entered the employ of Nourse, Crane
& Company. Later he became a partner in the firm of Baldwin, Randall &
Company. Gradually acquiring larger interest in the enterprise, Mr. Dodd
became sole proprietor in 1862 and for a time conducted the store under his
own name. Seeking a still broader field of labor, he became the founder of the
w^holesale dry-goods house of Drxlrl, Brown & Company in 1866, the location of
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the tirm being" at the corner of ^Nlain and Locust streets. The partners were
men of marked enterprise, of indefatigable energy and of fertihty of resource
and through their combined eltorts their estabHshment soon became one of the
leading wholesale dry-goods houses of St. Louis, with a trade extending through-
out the entire ^Mississippi valley. Another notable feature of his business career
lies in the fact that Mr. Dodd and his associates were among the first to leave
the old wholesale center and remove from the lower streets up to the plateau
of Fifth street. Foreseeing the growth of the business, Mr. Dodd recognized
that the old location would not be adecjuate to the demands of the larger and
increasing wholesale business and in consequence advocated the removal of the
house of which he was senior partner, and his plan was carried out, although
his contemporaries regarded the undertaking as an exceedingly hazardous one.
The Collier estate built for Dodd, Brown & Company a large building at the
corner of Broadway and St. Charles street and soon the wholesale business was
removed to the new location. While pioneers in this wholesale district, they
were soon followed by others and the wholesale center has been changed until
it extends as far westward on St. Charles street and Washington avenue as
Eighteenth street. jNIr. Dodd continued at the head of the house until 1885,
when the firm was dissolved and he withdrew from the dry-goods trade. He
had made for himself a most creditable name in mercantile circles. His record
was such as any man might be proud to possess. From a clerkship he had
worked his way upward until he became one of the foremost merchants of the
middle west. He has in recent years been extensively connected with corporate
enterprises of various kinds, continually recognized as one of the foremost men
of St. Louis who has carved his name deep upon its business annals. His recog-
nized administrative ability has- caused him to be sought in filling official posi-
tions of responsibility in connection with these enterprises and he was formerly
president of the Broadway Real Estate Company, of the Missouri Electric Light
& Power Company, of St. Louis, vice president of the American Central Insur-
ance Company and a director of the National Bank of Commerce. He was also
president of the American Brake Company, which was later leased to the West-
inghouse Air Brake Company. He is also a director in the Commonwealth
Trust Company and president of the Central Real Estate Company.
Mr. Dodd is well known in club circles, belonging to the St. Louis, Noonday,
the Country and Cuivre Clubs and the National Arts Club of New York city.
He is likewise a trustee of the Young Women's Christian Association and is
very active in this work and also along charitable and philanthropic lines.
An enumeration of the men of the present generation who have won honor
and public recognition for themselves and at the same time have honored the
city with which they have been connected would be incomplete were there failure
to make prominent reference to the one whose name initiates this review. He
helfl distinctive precedence as a prominent merchant and as a man of splendid
executive and administrative ability and in every relation of life he has borne
himself with such signal dignity and honor as to gain him the respect of all. He
has been and is rlistinctively a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide
influence.
PHILLIP A. MEINBERG.
When death claims an individual it is customary and fitting that a review of
his life shall be mafic that the lessons of value may be considered and pondered
and bear fruit in the lives of others. When Phillip A. Meinberg passed away
his death was the occasion of dee]) and wides]jread regret to many friends who
had known him as a straightffjrward, conscientious business man, whose active
force in various relations contributed to the progress and upbuilding of his com-
munity. He was born in ^luhlhausen, Ciermany, April 21, 1840, a son of Gott-
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fried and Christina (Barlosius) Aleinberg, also natives of Germany. When four
3'ears of age he was brought to America by his parents, the family settling in
St. Louis, where the father established a shoe business which he conducted up
to the time of his death. The son was sent to a private school in the basement
of the old Lutheran church on Lombard, between Third and Fourth streets,
there pursuing his studies until fourteen years of age. At that time he entered
business circles as an employe of Charles ^loritz, in whose establishment he
learned book binding. There he remained for ten years. On the expiration of
that period he felt that his broad experience and his carefully saved earnings
justified his embarkation in business on- his own account and he established a
kindergarten supply and book binding business on South Broadway in 1872. He
furnished supplies for all the schools of St. Louis for many years and continued
in the business up to the time of his death, while since his demise his sons have
carried on the same enterprise. Starting in life without capital, he possessed,
however, a strong heart and willing hands nor did he fear that laborious attention
to business so necessary to success. Work — earnest, persistent work — was the
foundation of his prosperity and year after year he closely studied the problems
that arose in connection with his business interests, bringing to bear keen
discrimination in their solution.
At the time of the Civil war Mr. ]\Ieinberg enlisted as a member of Com-
pany E, Second Regiment of Missouri Volunteer xVrtillery, with the rank of
corporal, joining the army on the 30th of October, 1861. He saw active service
in the southwest and almost lost his life at Bloomfield, Missouri. He was hon-
orabl}^ discharged August 24, 1863. at Benton Barracks, and returned to again
became a factor in the commercial life of this city.
In 1864 Mr. Meinberg was married to [Nliss Anna Ritter, of St. Louis, who
died in 1891, and on the 25th of March, 1896, he wedded INIrs. A. O. Priest, of
St. Louis. Four sons survive him, Edward, Paul, Daniel and Joe. and the first
three still conduct the business. In his political views Mr. Meinberg was a
republican and always kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day,
as every true American citizen should do. He served for two terms as a mem-
ber of the house of delegates and gave careful consideration to each cpiestion
which came up for settlement that had effect upon the municipal welfare and
progress. He was a member of the German Lutheran church and his life
accorded with its teachings and belief. He tried to make the most of the passing
years and so lived that his fellowmen trusted in his business honor, while those
who knew him socially entertained for him warm and enduring friendship.
WILLIA^I ARSTE.
William Arste, who since 1892 has published the Waterways Journal in St.
Louis, his native city, was born on Christmas day of 1867. He is descended from
ancestry who came from Hanover, Germany. His father, Frederick W. Arste,
who crossed the Atlantic in 1863, is now a retired printer. His mother, Mrs.
Wilhelmina Arste, died December 22, 1907.
The son was a pupil in the Laclede and Madison public schools and com-
pleted the grammar-school course at the age of thirteen years, being thus qualified
to enter the Polytechnic school, but being an only child and his father in rather
limited financial circumstances, it was necessary that he earn his own living from
that time and he secured a position as office boy with F. C. P. Tiedeman. who
was city surveyor and also secretary of the republican city central committee.
For five years he remained with Mr. Tiedeman and was promoted from time to
time until he became draftsman and surveyor. Having gained a good knowledge
of the mechanical principles underlying this work, he secured a more profitable
position with Julius Pitzman, with whom he continued for five years, eventually
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becoming" general utility man of the business. In early life he became acquainted
with the printing- trade, having set type for his father when but eight years of
age, his father at that time being proprietor of a newspaper in La Salle, Illinois,
the issue being called the La Salle County Volksblatt. Later Mr. Arste again
took up the printers" trade and when he had mastered the business, traveled in
various states of the Union, working in that line. He settled in St. Louis in
1889 and became connected with the Evening Call, owned by Rev. Ben Deering.
After the failure of that paper he engaged with the St. Louis Republic, with
which he remained for three years and then spent one year in the office of the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. On the expiration of that period he purchased from
John A. Groeninger the Waterways Journal, which he has since successfully
published.
INIr. Arste is a member of Red Cross Lodge, No. 54, K. P., and belongs
to the Olympic Athletic Club, in which connection he has won several medals,
being very skillful in athletic sports. He is a pronounced republican, giving to
the party intlexible support.
In April, 1893, in St. Louis, Mr. Arste was married to Miss Cordelia Monger,
and the same year he purchased a pleasant residence at No. 2912 Pine street.
His advancement in the business world has come through the promotions which
follow broad experience resulting in constantly expanding powers. Laudable
ambition has prevented anything like inertia or inactivity in his career. Diligence
and determination have enabled him to work his way steadily upward and he is
now well known in journalistic circles.
THOMAS FURLONG.
The name which introduces this review is one now largely familiar to the
residents of all sections of the Union, and it suggests to the honest man a feeling
of confidence and security, while to the evil-doer it betokens a power which is
feared as the instrument through which he is most likely to meet with appre-
hension and thereafter expiate for his malfeasance to the laws which are the
stable foundation of the peace and prosperity of his fellow beings. There is a
distinctive element of psychical interest attaching to the thought that a mere
name can thus produce in two different beings such conflicting sentiments. To
have traced through the intricate career of a subtle criminal, be he in high
station or low, cannot fail of having granted a deeper insight into the intrinsic
essence of character, nor can it fail to inspire a wholesale pity for the wrong-
doer, whose punishment is essential to the security and protection of the public
as well as protecting himself from his own misguided tendencies. We are led
to this train of reflection in considering the life work of Thomas Furlong, presi-
dent and manager of the Furlong Secret Service Company, with offices in St.
Louis.
He was born in Jamestown, Chautauqua county. New York, February 22,
1844. His father, John Furlong, was a native of Clyde, Scotland, and at an
early age came to America. His entire life was devoted to the blacksmith's
trade in the new world, while in his younger days he was a veterinary surgeon
in the IJritish army. He died in 1868, having about twelve years survived his
wife, who passed away in 1856. She bore the maiden name of Mary McCormick,
was of Irish lineage and was reared in Hartford, Connecticut.
Thomas Furlong was educated in the public schools of his native town and
afterwarrl removed to Elk county, Pennsylvania, where he had an uncle who
was in the lumber business. The nephew was employed in the lumber camp
in the winter of t86o-6i. After the outbreak of the Civil war, on the 20th of
April, 1 861, Thomas L. Kane carried into the lumber camp the first tidings of
war and at F>enozet, Pennsylvania, he distributed hand bills asking for recruits
who could shoot, owned a rifle and knew how to handle it.
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226 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
[Mr. Furlong responded, enlisting with the famous Forty-first regiment of
Pennsylvania Bucktails and is today the youngest surviving member of that
regiment. His companv was soon organized and joined the command which
started down the state to Harrisburg along the Sinamahoning. Seeing a pile
of lumber, the question of building rafts for the men to float down the stream
on was considered and the idea was adopted. Three hundred and sixty-seven
men started down on ten rafts to the Susquehanna river at Harrisburg. On the
27th of April, 1908, a monument was unveiled at Driftwood, Pennsylvania, in
honor of this event. The Bucktails were the first regiment to cross the Mason
and Dixon line and were probably under fire more than any other regiment.
On the 14th of September, 1862, Air. Furlong was detailed, after being selected,
to the first secret service our govenment ever had. He was on lieutenant's pay
and received his discharge from the United States army as an enlisted man May
28, 1864, but continued in the secret service until May 28, 1865. Much of this
time he was in the Confederate lines, was in the siege of Suffolk with the
Confederates, December 2C, 1861, and was wounded at Drainesville, Virginia.
\Miile thus engaged, Mr. Furlong developed much of the power which has
later characterized him in his detective work. He learned how to go among
people and learn of their purpose, intent and lives without revealing anything
concerning himself, and his secret service work was therefore of the utmost benefit
as a training school for his later labors in life. After the war he was made the
first chief of police at Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1866. The place at that time
was one of the roughest of cities, like any mining camp, and Mr. Furlong at
once entered upon the duties of maintaining law and order. He was three times
appointed to the position, but declined to serve after the second appointment.
\Vhile in office he kept perfect order and gained a wide reputation as detective
and chief. Only one murder was committed during his regime and crime and
lawlessness were reduced to a minimum.
In 1870 jMr. Furlong entered the employ of Thomas S. Scott, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and organized the first secret service on
railroads in the United States. His history in this connection is a most inter-
esting one, known in detail, and the world is conversant with the general results.
He produced the evidence for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company against the
Pittsburg & Allegheny Company and obtained judgment for two million dollars.
His work in connection with the railroad company was of a most important
character and the company was loathe to lose his services when, on the 3d of
January, 1880, he resigned and accepted a position offered him by Jay Gould,
whereby he became a resident of St. Louis. Here he organized the first secret
service on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He saw active and stirring times dur-
ing the riots and labor troubles attending that period, but did much valuable
work through the secret service agency which he organized. In 1888 he left
the service and received his charter for the organization of the Furlong's Secret
Service Company. He does business only for large corporations such as railroads
and for the past two years has been engaged on a case for the Mexican govern-
ment, pursuing a band of anarchists for two years and traveling over fifty
thousand miles. In August, 1907, he succeeded in capturing the entire band and
turned them over to the Mexican government. He was highly lauded for this
remarkable piece of detective work. In 1886 he captured the famous Wyan-
dotte gang, and he secured evidence for the Maxwell case, well known in St.
Louis, at the suggestion of .Ashley Clover, circuit attorney. During the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in St. Louis he maintained for the protection of the banks
his famous bank squad, during which time his men captured nineteen notorious
sneaks and thieves.
On the 4th of October, 1864, Mr. Furlong was married to Miss Elizabeth
Florence Hagerty in Franklin, Chenango county. Pennsylvania. They have three
children: Mrs. Eva Dawson, who is now secretary of the company; Mrs. Mary
Johnson, of St. Louis: and Thomas, who is now at Washington University. Mr.
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Furlong- is a representative of Masonry, belonging to Cosmos Lodge, A. F. &
A. M.; the Royal Arch Chapter; Hiram Council, R. & S. M.; St. Aldemar Com-
mandery, K. T. ; and St. Louis Consistory of the Scottish Rite. He is likewise
connected with Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine and with Bellefontaine
Chapter of the Eastern Star. His religious faith is indicated by his membership
in Trinity Episcopal church.
It is scarcely necessary to add that Mr. Furlong is a man endowed with the
strongest individuality and intrepid bravery when in the face of most desperate
situations, and a phenomenal coolness and presence of mind under all circum-
stances. His record is such as clearly demonstrates these facts and his career,
in it success, shows that he has not only been endowed by nature with a vigorous
mind and great physical courage, but that these attributes have been accentuated
by the many thrilling experiences which have been his in treading the dark and
devious paths where crime uplifts its sullen and desperate front. Master of him-
self in every particular, he has in his work only to gain the mastery of others,
and such is his intimate knowledge of human nature and its vagaries, and such
his results under given circumstances, that he is enabled to make many a des-
perate man play directly into his owai hands. As a man among men, he holds
the confidence and esteem of those with whom he comes in contact in either busi-
ness or social relations. Learning in his life work that crime and wrong-doing
are often a result rather than an innate tendency, his business has tended to
broaden sympathy, and among those whom he meets socially he is known as a
most genial, courteous and entertaining companion.
WALTER BLISS WOODWARD.
Walter Bliss Woodward, vice president of the Woodward & Tiernan Print-
ing Company, entered this house more than twenty-three years ago in a minor
capacity, but through advancing years has worked his way steadily upward until
he now occupies a position of administrative control in an establishment that
manufactures over a million and a half annually. He is one of the native sons
of St. Louis, his birth having occurred August 27, 1869, his parents being William
H. and Maria (Knight) Woodward. The public schools afforded him his edu-
cational privileges and after putting aside his text-books he began learning the
more difficult lessons in the school of experience as employe of the Woodward &
Tiernan Printing Company in 1885. He made it his purpose— to which he has
steadfastly adhered — to master the business in principle and detail, gaining a
thorough "understanding of every department, and now in a place of administra-
tive direction he is able to solve problems that may arise in connection with any
division of the work. His close application and ability won him promotion from
time to time and on the ist of January, 1905, he was elected to his present posi-
tion as vice president and general manager of the Woodward & Tiernan Printing
Companv. Something of the immense volume of business annually conducted
by the house is indicated by the fact that there are eight hundred and fifty
names on their payroll and theirs is one of the best equipped plants of its kind
in the world. The members of the company are men w'ho believe in orderly
progression and have adopted modern business methods in the development of
their trade and business connections.
Pleasantlv situated in his home life, Mr. Woodward was married November
28, 1894, in St. Louis, to Miss Emma Belle Buchanan, and they now have a son
and daughter. Knight and Marv Willie. The parents are communicants of the
Episcopal church and Mr. Woodward belongs to several social and fraternal
organizations. He has attained high rank in Masonry, belonging to the Misssouri
Consistorv. S. P. R. S. ; St. Louis Commandery. K. T. and :\Ioolah Temple, A.
A. O. N.'M. S. He also belongs to the St. Louis, Mercantile. Noonday, Missour
228 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Athletic. Dardenne Shooting and Kings Lake Hunting and Fishing Clubs, the
last three being indicative "of the nature of his interests and recreation. His
political allegia'nce is given to the democracy, but aside from the interest in
municipal affairs and national welfare, which every public-spirited citizen must
feel. ^Ir. Woodward takes no active part in politics, as he finds that the demands
of a constantlv increasing business fully occupy his time and attention.
SIGMUND LOUIS KRAAIER.
Sigmund Louis Kramer is the well known proprietor of the Burlington
Hotel. He has established for himself quite a record in the political world, hav-
ing been elected to several important public offices. He was born in Germany,
^larch 28, 1 85 1, but in his native land he was afforded very little schooling,
though he was a pupil in the public schools until he attained the age of twelve
years, when he was brought by his parents to America, the family settling in
^lissouri, and in 1864 they located in St. Louis. Here Sigmund L. Kramer was
compelled to seek employent and succeeded in getting work in a confectionery
and bakery establishment. He remained in this position for seventeen years, dur-
ing which time he completely mastered the trade and familiarized himself with
every phase of the business. In the meantime, being of saving habits, he laid
bv a considerable sum of money. Desiring to go into business for himself and
being ambitious to become independent, he assumed charge as chief chef in the
Laclede Hotel and served in this capacity until 1885, when he secured quar-
ters at Nos. 1622-26 Alarket street, where he opened the Burlington Hotel, of
which he is now proprietor,
]ylr. Kramer has always been activelv interested in politics as a stanch sup-
porter of the republican party and served at a municipal post under MaA'or Wal-.
bridge from 1889 until 1891. Subsequently he became republican representa-
tive in the house of delegates, and in 1898 was a candidate for justice of the
peace in the fourth district but was defeated. He is well known for his admin-
istrative ability, being very popular and still active in local and state politics.
In 1874 ^^'*- Kramer was united in marriage with a cousin, Marie Kramer,
and they have two children. Arthur Kramer married with Clara Cahn, of Mil-
waukee, and to them have been born two daughters, Irma M. and Leona I.
Arthur is a graduate of Washington L^niversitv of the class of 1897, receiving
the degree of B. S., and he is a member of the Alumni Association of the col-
lege. He is a civil engineer and for ten years was government inspector of
timber. Later he was the engineer of the St. Louis water department, but now
conducts the hotel for his father. Sophia Kramer wedded Julius E. Weissen-
born and they have one daughter, Marie. Mr. Kramer is well known both in
business and political circles throughout St. Louis and vicinitv and his hotel is
one of the most popular in the city.
SAMUEL HERMANN.
.Samuel Hermann, deceased, was numbered among those whose understand-
ing of legal principles contributed to the fame of the St. Louis bar. He came
to America as a child. He was a graduate of Trinity College and afterward
studied law, was admitted to the bar and located for the practice of his profes-
sion in Memphis, Tennessee, where he resided until 1876. In that year he left
the city on account of the yellow fever and removed to St. Louis, where he
opened his law office and began practice. He was associated at different times.
with several attorneys and later formed a partnership with Judge Valle Reyburn.
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devoting his attention mostly to civil law. He was well versed in the various
departments of the profession, his knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence
being evidenced in the careful and masterly manner in which he handled the
litigated interests intrusted to him. He was forceful in argument, strong in his
reasoning and logical in his deductions and had for many years a large clientele
and was connected with a number of notable cases. That his practice was exten-
sive is indicated by the frequency with which his name appears upon the court
records. Many of the leading residents of St. Louis were his clients and his
legal ability gained him the success which made him one of the leading members
of the St. Louis bar.
Mr. Hermann was married in St. Louis to Miss Caroline Thorp, a native
of Connecticut, and they became the parents of four children, two sons and two
daughters. Of these one son is now deceased, w^hile the surviving son is J. L.
Hermann, well known in St. Louis. The daughters are Mrs. Payson E. Tucker,
of Boston, Massachusetts; and one at home.
Mr. Hermann was preeminently a home man, devoted to the interests and
welfare of his wife and children. He found his greatest happiness with his
family at his own fireside, where he enjoyed dispensing its hospitality to his
many friends. He was always very charitable, was generous in his assistance to
the poor and needy and was, moreover, a public-spirited man, who took an
active and helpful interest in affairs pertaining to the welfare of St. Louis. His
cooperation could always be counted upon to further progressive, civic move-
ments or to assist an individual who was in need. He found rest, recreation and
pleasure in music, in which he took deep interest. He belonged to several socie-
ties and to Trinity church, of which he was a vestryman. He was likewise a
member of the Bar Association, of Alissouri. He continued his residence in
St. Louis up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1888 and which was
the occasion of deep and widespread regret to his many friends. In the years
of his residence here he had endeared himself to the majority of those with whom
he had come in contact, while those who knew him in professional relations
entertained for him respect and good will for what he accomplished in the field
of his chosen life work.
GEORGE ^lORRISON WRIGHT.
Forming at the outset of his business career certain rules of action and
business principles, from which he has never deviated, George Morrison Wright
has made steady advancement, and stands today at the head of the Barr Dry
Goods Company, the largest commercial enterprise of this character in St.
Louis. He was born in New York city, February 12, 1844. His father, John
Wright, was a native of Scotland and in his youthful days crossed the Atlantic
to New York, where he engaged in business until his death. He was successful,
owing to his industry and early frugality, his capable management and the
careful utilization of every opportunity that presented. He married Margaret
Finnic, also a native of Scotland, who died in 1858. Their family numbered
five sons and three daughters, of whom four yet survive.
George Morrison Wright, the fifth in order of birth, spent his boyhood days
to the age of eighteen years in New York, and acquired his education in the
public and private schools there. He came to St. Louis in i860 and entered
the employ of the Ubsdell, Pearson & Company Dry Goods House as assistant
cashier. His capability won him promotion to the position of cashier and book-
keeper, and through gradual changes in the firm he made advance, becoming a
partner in the early '80s, w4ien the firm became the William Barr Dry Goods
Company, while in 1900 he was elected president. This is the largest retail
dry-goods house in St. Louis, and is conducted in keeping with the most pro-
230 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
gressive ideas of modern merchandising. Mr. Wright is also president of the
Wright Building Company, owning a modern office building at Eighth and Pine
streets, and is a director of the State National Bank.
In Philadelphia, in 1874, occurred the marriage of George M. Wright and
Miss Sarah Sterett, of Philadelphia. They have five children, of whom four
are living : Jessie and ^largaret, at home ; Mrs. James L. Ford, Jr. ; and Mrs,
Sturgis Dav. both of St. Louis. The family residence, erected by Mr. Wright in
1895, is at No. 4457 Westminster Place.
]\Ir. Wright is well known in the leading clubs of the city, holding mem-
bership in the Noonday, Mercantile, St. Louis, Country, Log Cabin, Commercial^
Racquet and Ctiivre Clubs. He also belongs to the Legion of Honor and Royal
Arcanum, and is a communicant of the Episcopal church. He votes with the
republican party and finds his principal recreation in golfing, hunting and fishing
and is a liberal patron of music and the arts. While well known as a most
successful merchant his social relations place him among that class who consider
intelligence an essential feature to attractiveness, for nature and culture have
vied in making him an interesting and entertaining gentleman.
NELSON COLE.
Nelson Cole was a business man who enjoyed the highest respect of all with
whom he was brought in contact, while his military record was most creditable
and honorable. The many sterling traits of his character so endeared him to his
fellow citizens that his death brought a sense of personal bereavement to the
great majority of those with whom he has been associated. One of the native
sons of the Empire state, he was born at Rhinebeck, Dutchess county. New York,
November 18, 1833, his parents being Jacob and Hannah (Kip) Cole. The father
was a native of Holland and after his emigration to the new w'orld resided irt
New York but died when his son Nelson was only five years of age.
The boy was sent as a pupil to the public schools of his native town and soon
after putting aside his text-books he heard and heeded the call of the city, going
to the eastern metropolis, where for a time he was employed in a planing mill
and lumberyard. It was during the period of his residence there that General
Narciso Lopez organized his expedition for the invasion of Cuba and attracted
attention anew to that unfortunate island by his ill-starred venture and tragic
death. Six months after General Lopez landed at Cardinas Nelson Cole was sent
to superintend the building of a sugar refinery in Cuba and thus gained his first
intimate knowledge of the island, at the same time acquiring good business ex-
perience through the execution of the work entrusted to his care.
The year 1854 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Cole in St. Louis and soon after-
ward he secured a situation with the lumber and planing mill of Ward & Trost.
He was afterward in the employ of other manufacturing firms of the city until
the Civil war was inaugurated, when his patriotic spirit was aroused by the
attempt of the south to overthrow the Union, and he put aside all personal
considerations that he might aid in its defense. He had studied with interest the
progress of events in the south and when the first blow was struck began recruit-
ing a company of infantry volunteers, of which he became captain. The com-
mand enlisted for three months as Companv A of the Fifth Missouri Infantry
and from the 22d of y\pril until the TOth of May. 1861, Captain Cole was on duty
at the United States arsenal in .St. Louis, where the capture of Camp Jackson was
made on the latter date. Five flays afterward he commanded an expedition to-
southeastern Missouri and was transferred with his company to the First Mis-
souri Volunteer Infantry, which was enlisted for three years and in which he
was commissioned captain of Company E, June to, 1861. Later this was made
a light artillery regiment known as the First Missouri Light Artillery and on the
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232 ST. LOL'IS, THE FOURTH CrrY.
20th of Mav. 1862, ^Ir. Cole was commissioned major but declined to accept.
He was in active service from his earliest connection with the army occupying
Tetterson Citv with General Lyon's command June 15, 1861, and participating in
the engagement at Boonville on the 17th of June. From that point the Union
troops "marched to Springfield. ^Missouri, where they arrived on the 3d of July
and on the 25th of that month Captain Cole participated in the battle of DruQ
Springs. He also took part in the skirmish at McCuIlougli's store July 26, and
in the'battle of ^^'ilson*s Creek on the loth of August sustained a gun-shot wound
in the face. From that point the regiment returned to St. Louis, where it was
reorganized as a regiment of light artillery and from that point Captain Cole
removed with his battery to Jellerson City in the latter part of September. His
command together with other batteries proceeded successively to Syracuse,
Springfield, Sedalia, Otterville and Lexington, remaining on duty at the last
named place until June, 1862. Captain Cole was afterward on duty at Sedaha,
Spring-field. Xewtonia and other points in Missouri and Arkansas until his battery
was attached to the First Division of the Army of the Frontier. He was then
assigned to dutv as chief of artillery and ordnance on the staff of General John
AT Schofield and acted in that capacity on the frontier until April, 1863, when
with his command he went with other troops to the relief of General Blount. He
was afterward at Van Buren, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Pea Ridge, Huntsville and
Springfield and was assigned to duty as chief of artillery in the Department of
Missouri. On the 6th of June, 1863, he proceeded to Vicksburg. Mississippi,
where his command was attached to the First Brigade, Huron's Division, Thir-
teenth Armv Corps of the Army of the Tennessee and took part in the siege of
Vicksburg. Following the capitulation of that city he again became chief of
artillerv to General Schofield and was afterward made chief on the staff of Gen-
eral Pieasanton, commanding the cavalry of the Department of ^Missouri. He
commanded the force sent in pursuit of General Joseph Shelby in 1863 and aided
in repelling Price's advances in the following year. Major Cole was commis-
sioned Colonel of the Second Regiment of the Missouri Artillery February 24,
1864, and after considerable service in the southwest was on duty at St. Louis as
chief of artillery until June, 1865, when he assumed command of the right col-
umn in the Powder River Indian Expedition, continuing thus on active duty until
honorablv discharged November 13. 1865. He made a splendid record as an
efficient and gallant officer, winning high commendation from Generals Scho-
field. Rosecrans and Dodge, on whose staffs he had served. His military duty
was often of a most hazardous nature but he inspired and encouraged others by
his own valor and loyalty.
When the country no longer needed his military aid Colonel Cole returned
to St. Louis and entered into partnership with Mr. Glass under the firm style of
Cole & Glass in the conduct of a planing mill and lumberyard at Sixteenth and
Market streets. In this line ^fr. Cole continued until his death in 1899, having
survived his partner. Mr. Glass, for about three years. The business constantly
grew in volume and importance ainl the firm ever sustained an unassailable repu-
tation in the business circles of the city. Mr. Cole placed his dependence upon
the substantial qualities of straightforward dealing, unfaltering energy and
watchfulness over all the details of the business so that there was no needless
expenditure of time, money or labor. His enterprise was undaunted by the
minor obstacles which continually arise in any business undertaking and diffi-
culties of a more serious nature seemed but to serve as an impetus for renewed
efifort on his part. As the }ears passed therefore he gained gratifying success,
justly attributerl to his own labor.
General Cole was married June 18, 1856. to Mrs. Anna Scott, of St. Louis,
who in her maidenhood was Miss Anna Macbeth, of Ohio. Her father, Francis
D. Macbeth, was a native of Ireland and after coming to the new world settled
in Ohio, where Mrs. Cole was hnrn and where his death occurred during the
early girlhood of his dau.ghtcr. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Philinda
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Heath, was born in Buffalo, New York, and was a daughter of one of the patri-
otic soldiers of the Revolutionary war. Following the death of her husband she
came to St. Louis with her children. Her son James H. Macbeth engaged in
business here until his death about nine years ago. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cole
w^ere born six children of whom three are living: Fred D. ; Missouri W., the
wife of A. Miller, of St. Louis ; and Blanche, the wife of Charles H. Hoke, of
St. Louis. There were also three sons : Lieutenant George W. Cole, of the
United States Army ; Arthur F. Cole ; and Herbert M. Cole.
On the 28th of May, 1898, ]\Ir. Cole was again called into military service,
being at that time appointed brigadier general of volunteers by President ^IcKin-
ley for service in the Spanish-American war. He went to the camp at Middle-
town, Pennsylvania, and afterv/ard to South Carolina but was not called into
active service. He was a charter member of the Loyal Legion and had a very
wide acquaintance in military circles, being prominent in this department of life.
He was held in the highest esteem wherever he was known and won many
friends, for his entire life commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow-
men and he had those traits of character which win personal popularity and gain
the highest regard. Mrs. Cole has made her home here for many years and is
most hishlv esteemed.
WILLIAM SCHILLER.
William Schiller, senior partner of the firm of W. Schiller & Company,
wholesale and retail dealers in photo supplies, has placed his dependence upon
the substantial qualities of energy, careful management and commercial integrity,
and thus has developed a large and profitable business. The German-American
element has been a most important one in the citizenship of St. Louis and from
the fatherland William Schiller also comes, his birth having occurred at Frank-
fort-on-the-Main, November 21, 1867. He is a son of William and Louise
Schiller, and the family is an old one of Nuremberg, in the kingdom of Wur-
temberg. From the same ancestry came Schiller, the poet. The records trace
the familv history back to the beginning of the fourteenth century. William
Schiller, Sr., was engaged in the photo supply business in Germany.
In his native city William Schiller of this review pursued his education and
in his eighteenth year came to America, landing at New York city in 1885.
After spending eight months at Syracuse, New York, he came westward to St.
Louis and has since made his home here. Immediately after his arrival he
sought and obtained employment with the M. A. Seed Dry Plate Company, with
whom he continued for almost two years. He then opened a photographic studio
on South Fourth street, where he continued for two years, and afterward car-
ried on the photo supply business at the same address for about eight years.
The increase of his business made it necessary that he seek more commodious
quarters and since 1898 he has been located at his present address, at No. 6
South Broadway. Connected with the business from boyhood, he is familiar
with the trade, thoroughly understands the processes of manufacture, knows
the best goods on the market and has enjoyed an extensive business as a whole-
sale and retail dealer in photo supplies.
On the ist of Januarv, 1887, in St. Louis, 'Sir. Schiller was married to Miss
Pauline Schnelzenbach, a daughter of Thaddeus Schnelzenbach, who was a wine
grower, of Jennings, Missouri. Of this marriage there are three daughters and
one son : Johanna, a music teacher, who is now a member of the faculty of
the Weltner Conservatory ; Louise, who is attending Yateman high school and
is now president of the Yateman College Club; Rudolph, also a pupil in the
Yateman high school ; and Ella, who is a student in the grammar school. The
family residence is at No. 1701 Cora avenue.
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^Ir. Schiller is a member of the Dixon Hunting and Fishing Club — an asso-
ciation whicli indicates the nature of his recreation and sport. He is also a
member of the Baden Saengerbund and has the characteristic German love of
music. Since becoming a naturalized American citizen he has endorsed and
supported the principles of the republican party, is a member of the Twenty-
seventh Ward Republican Club, and in 1908 served on its finance committee.
AMiile he does not seek nor desire office for himself he stanchly believes in the
party principles and does all in his power to further its growth and secure its
success. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to seek a home
in America, for he has found here the opportunities which he desired and which
have led him to the plane of affluence.
RICHARD ^^'ALDRON SHAPLEIGH.
Richard AA'aldron Shapleigh, never faltering in any task to which he had
set himself, has therefore achieved creditable success in the business world and
is today first vice president of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company. His
life record is a creditable one to the city of his nativity. He was born in St.
Louis, September 28, 1859, and is descended from New England ancestry. His
father, Augustus Frederick Shapleigh, was a native of New Hampshire and in
1843 came to the middle west, settling in St. Louis, where he founded the hard-
ware business of which his son is now first vice president and of which he
remained the head until 1901. On that date the business was reorganized, the
name being changed from the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Company to its pres-
ent style of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company, the father retiring at
that time from active connection with the business. He died in February, 1902,
at the venerable age of ninety-two years. In Philadelphia he had married Eliz-
abeth Anne Umstead, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in 1894 at the age of
seventy-seven years. Of their family of eight children five still survive, namely r
Mrs. J. W. Boyd, A. F. Shapleigh, jr.. Dr. J. B. Shapleigh and A. L. Shapleigh,,
all of St. Louis.
The other member of the family, Richard Waldron Shapleigh (a name which
has descended through many generations in the Shapleigh family) was born in
the family home near the corner of Sixth and St. Charles streets. His educa-
tion was acquired in Professor Wyman's school and in the Washington Univer-
sity, being graduated from the latter in the class of 1876. Following his grad-
uation he entered his father's hardware store but no parental influence was
exerted to make his business training an easy one ; on the contrary he had to-
master the business with the same thoroughness of other employes and it was
his diligence, enterprise and intelligently directed efforts that gained him promo-
tion from time to time until he became the first vice president. When he
became connected with the business the company occupied two small store rooms
at Nos. 414-416 North Main street and conducted an exclusive wholesale hard-
ware trade. The house, however, has kept abreast with the rapid growth and
development of the city until it is today one of the largest hardware jobbing con-
cerns in the United States, its trade connections covering a wide territory, while
its annual sales reach a large figure.
Richard W. Shapleigh has cooperated in various important public measures
and his labors have been a resultant factor in securing the end desired. For
two years he was president of the Western Commercial Travelers Association,
then a very influential body and for four years was one of its directors. He
has been interested in the affairs of the city generally and is a member of the
Municipal Bridge & Terminal Commission, having been appointed by Mayor
Wells in accordance with the ruling of the general assembly in 1905. He is
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interested in various commercial and financial enterprises and has invested to
a considerable extent in real estate in this city.
On the 22d of September, 1886, Mr. Shapleigh was married at Xewton,^
Alassachusetts, to Helen Shapleigh, a third cousin, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. They have one child, Dorothy, born August 5, 1887, who attended the
Mary Institute of St. Louis and is a graduate of Miss Low's school at Stamford,
Connecticut. The family residence at No. 4471 Pine street was erected by Mr.
Shapleigh in 1888.
In his early manhood Mr. Shapleigh was not unknown in military circles.
He enlisted in the militia during the memorable railroad strike of 1877 ^^^^ ^^^^
a member of Battery A of the National Guard of Missouri for about ten years,
acting as first sergeant when he resigned. In politics he is independent, the
nature of his interests and the principles that govern his conduct are indicated
in large measure by the fact that he is a member of the Episcopal church and
also belongs to the Business Alen's League, the St. Louis Country, the Noonday,,
the St. Louis, the Racquet and the Normandie Golf Clubs, his principal recrea-
tion being golf. Wliile he is closely associated with many interests bearing upon
the social and municipal life of the city he is preeminently a business man and
diligent worker who is always found at his desk during business hours, setting
an example for those in his employ while the success of the establishment with
which he has been connected throughout the years of his manhood is undoubtedly
due in large measure to his rigid adherence to the motto "Good Service."'
T. WILL BOYD.
J. Will Boyd, who was well known in St. Louis in connection with the
brokerage business, was born in Martinsburg, W^est Virginia, May 31, 1844. He
pursued his education in the schools of that state and in St. Joseph, Missouri,,
and his mental discipline well qualified him for quick and correct decisions such
as are necessary in the conduct of the business to which he later gave his atten-
tion. When twenty years of age he came to St. Louis and entered the employ
of the firm of Ware & Hickman, with whom he received his initial training in
that line of business activity to which he afterward gave his attention for many
years. He withdrew from that connection, however, to become junior partner
of the firm of J. H, Ware & Company. He became a member of the ]\Ier.
chants Exchange and acted in the capacity of its vice president for a year. He
afterward conducted a grain brokerage business until his life's labors were
ended and secured an extensive and important clientage in that connection, being-
recognized as one of the most energetic and promising business men of the city.
In 1869 Mr. Boyd was united in marriage in St. Louis to Miss Lizzie Shap-
leigh, a daughter of A. F. Shapleigh, who for many years was a distinguished,
prominent and honored business man of St. Louis and of whom extended men-
tion is made elsewhere in this work. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Boyd were born three
children : A. Shapleigh, now a member of Myers & Boyd Commission Com-
pany ; J. Will, a broker of this city : and Elizabeth, the wife of John Burton
Kennard, of St. Louis. Their son, A. Shapleigh, married Miss Mary Newby,.
a daughter of J. B. Newby, a distinguished physician of this city.
There was nothing narrow nor contracted in the nature of Mr. Boyd. While-
he had laudable ambition to attain success he possessed also a deep and abiding
interest in his adopted citv and his aid could always be counted upon to further
its progress and promote its development along substantial lines. He aided in
manv projects for the public good and was one of the organizers of the Veiled
Prophet Association, which promoted interests that proved most attractive to-
thousands of vistors each fall and constituted a source of revenue to the city
as well as a means of exploiting its interests, advantages and resources. His-
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progressive citizenship, his activity and reliabiUty in business, combined with
attractive social quahties made the death of Mr. Boyd the occasion of deep and
widespread sorrow to his many friends as well as his immediate family when on
the 2d of Xovember, 1887, he passed away. He was a deacon of the Central
Presbyterian church for manv years, and was also a member of the Legion of
Honor and the Royal Arcanum. Mrs. Boyd still makes her home in St. Louis,
where she is widelv known.
ALAN SON D. BROWN.
In an extended search it would be difficult to find one who better than
Alanson D. Brown gives substantial proof of the wisdom of Lincoln when he
said, "There is something better than making a living — making a Hfe." With
a realization of this truth, he has labored persistently, energetically and indefati-
gably, not only to win success, although he is today at the head of the most
extensive shoe house in the world, but to make his life a source of benefit to his
fellowman and he has done this in his efforts to assist others in making the
most of life. He has been aptly termed a man of purpose and the story of his
career is the story of honest industry and thrift. He stands prominently today
among the world's captains of industry, having given St. Louis first rank in
the production of shoes, and yet the pleasure of success nor the substantial
rewards of industry could not cause him to swerve in the slightest degree from
the high principles which in early life he set up as the governing rules of his
career.
His birth occurred on a farm in Granville township, Washington county,
New York, ]\Iarch 21, 1847. He comes of a family that has furnished many
distinguished names to the pages of American history, being connected with the
Brown family of Rhode Island — men who concentrated their talents and gave
much of their wealth to promote the public good. They were liberal in support
of churches and colleges and one of the number founded Brown University,
the first Baptist university of the world. The line of descent is traced back
to Chad Brown, who in 1638 arrived from England. He was the associate and
friend of Roger AA'illiams and was connected with him in founding the first
Baptist church in America and succeeded Roger Williams as its pastor. Chad
Brown was the father of Daniel Brown and the grandfather of Jonathan Brown.
The last named was the great-grandfather of Alanson David Brown, of this
review, and some time between 1770 and 1780 removed from Rhode Island to
Charlotte countv. New York, settling on the land and establishing the homestead
where A. D. Brown was born. In 1784 Jonathan Brown was among the organ-
izers of the Baptist church at Truthville. The teachings of that denomination
have represented the faith of the family from the time when Chad Brown came
to America. Jonathan Brown n'as a deacon and trustee in his chiuxh and often
in the absence of the pastor conducted the meetings. On the occasion of his
death in 1826 there was recorded : "The pastor has lost one of his most trusted
helpers. Jonathan Brown, a man of rare gifts and ability and a man of Intelli-
gence and piety, true to the best interests of the cause of Christ." His son.
David Brown, grandfather of Alanson D. Brown, was born in 1793 and served
as a lieutenant in the war of 1812. He. too. was a man of sterling character,
but died in 1828 at the comparatively earlv age of thirty-five years. He had
married Cornelia Warren, a daughter of Charles Warren and a descendant of
Joseph Warren, wdio fell at the battle of Bunker Hill.
David Brown, son of David and Cornelia (Warren) Brown, was born at
the old family homestead in Charlotte, now Washington county. New York,
February 4. 1820. He was left an or])han when but six years of age and early
took up the burr'ens and responsil)ilities of life. He married Malinda O. Roblet.
ALANSON D. BROWN
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descended from French Huguenot ancestors, who brought with them to this
country their Puritan virtues and the French love of beauty. David Brown
took his bride to the old homestead and there their six children, three sons and
three daughters, were born, Alanson being the eldest. In his farming opera-
tions he prospered and spent the evening of his life on a farm in the suburbs
of Granville, remaining to the end of his days a leading and respected citizen
of the community. Though he was of the democratic faith he was frequently
elected to office in a republican community — such was the confidence reposed in
his ability. He became one of the founders of the first Baptist church of Gran-
ville and' remained a generous contributor thereto and an active worker in its
interests throughout the remainder of his days. Both he and his wife were
earnest Christian people who strove to impress upon the minds of their children
religious principles that should serve to guide them through all life's relations,
and j\Ir. Brown of this review has often expressed his indebtedness to his
parents for their rigorous training, setting for him daily tasks and requiring
their performance. Thus was firmly laid the foundation for his habits of indus-
try. At the same time lessons of truth and virtue were instilled into his mind
that opened into noble character.
From early boyhood Mr. Brown seems to have displayed a keen business
instinct. Fie earned his first five dollars by picking up the small potatoes on his
fathers farm that had been left by the diggers. He took for this his father's
note, which he traded for a calf and by furthur trades he soon found that the
five dollar note had brought him one hundred and twenty-five dollars. This with
other money he had saved was invested in fine sheep and he started with his
flock for Columbus, Mississippi, where he turned his sheep into the pasture of
a relative, but they soon broke out and wandered ofif. Thus the fortune which
he had been years in gathering disappeared in the canebrakes of Mississippi and
he had nothing left of it but the lessons of industry and thrift he had learned
in its accumulation and his realization of the need of concentration and watch-
fulness in every undertaking. Perhaps no career illustrates more clearly than
does that of 'Sir. Brown that the boy is father to the man, for the habits which
he formed in early life have controlled his later years. One of these had its
origin in his joining a temperance organization and he has since solemnly held
to his vow. His early mental training was received in the district schools,
which he attended until seventeen years of age and at the same time he enjoyed,
as every healthy boy should, the games in which the youths of the period
indulged. His father desired that he should remain upon the farm, but the
mother believed that the boy should be left to make his own choice of a life
work and after thoughtful consideration he determined to attend the commer-
cial school at Rutland, Vermont, in preparation for a mercantile career. There
he graduated with the first honors of a class of one hundred and twenty-five.
Soon afterward he secured a clerkship in a drug and grocery store at Middle
Granville, where he remained until his uncle, Charles W. Brown, of Columbus,
]^lississippi. paid a visit to the family, and, observing his nephew's diligent and
methodical attention to business, prevailed on him to go south to become his
assistant in a store, so that at the age of nineteen Alanson D. Brown severed
his business associations in Granville and started out in the world.
Although reared in a Christian home, it was not until after his removal to
Columbus that Mr. Brown united with the Baptist church, of which he has since
remained a devoted member. In 1871 he was selected as a delegate to the
Southern Baptist Convention wliich met in the Third Baptist church of St.
Louis. His attendance at this convention proved an epoch in his life, for he
was so impressed with the city, its people and geograi:)hical location as a distrib-
uting center, that he determined to locate here. In the meantime he had become
part owner of a store in Mississippi, but disposed of his interests there and in
January, ]^/2, when twenty-four years of age, arrived in St. Louis with a capital
of thirteen thousand dollars. It was his intention to engage in the wholesale
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grocery business, but, not finding a favorable opening in that line, he joined
James \V. Hamilton in a partnership in the shoe trade, investing thirteen thou-
sand dollars in the business, while Mr. Hamilton put in ten thousand dollars.
Their store was twenty-five by forty feet and they occupied two floors and a
basement. employing four salesmen the first year. Success attended the
venture froni the beginning and their sales for the first year amounted
to two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. The policy inaugurated
by the new firm was difi:'erent from that of other shoe houses of St.
Louis, who were accustomed to do a credit business, allowing purchasers
about four months' time. The firm of Hamilton & Brown began business on a
cash basis. Friends predicted failure, but there is no such word as fail in the
vocabularv of Alanson D. Brown and though all days in his career have not
been equally bright, he has so utilized his opportunities that the business has
o-one steadily forward until the record constitutes a most important chapter in
the commercial history of St. Louis. They early adopted the motto, "Good
shoes, prompt shipments, cash payments," and they never swerved in loyalty to
this banner. Realizing always that satisfied customers are the best advertise-
ment, thev came later to put their ideas concerning good goods into a motto,
''Keep the quality up," which has become the recognized watchword of the
house. This motto is in a conspicuous place in every room of their extensive
factories today and it has been the guiding principle upon which the business
has been conducted. There have been times, such as the panic of 1873, when
the mettle and merit of Air. Brown have been tested, but such times have served
to show that the business was founded upon a substantial basis and conducted
upon reliable lines. It was about this time that eastern manufacturers began to
realize the fact that Mr. Brown must be reckoned with in utilizing St. Louis
as an outlet for their products. As the years passed by the business constantly
increased, demanding larger quarters and from their original location the firm
removed to No. 411 North Main street, where they had three floors and a
basement, twenty-five by one hundred and twenty -five feet. In 1876 still more
commodious quarters were sought in the four-story building at the corner of
Main and Washington. As the years went on not only the actual sales increased,
"but the policy of the house, under the guidance of ^Ir. Brown, developed and
■expanded. He began to associate with him in the ownership of the business
some of his more successful employes and this policy has been continued until
there are now over two hundred and fifty employes of the company who are
stockholders therein and the stock today sells at four hundred dollars when the
par value is one hundred dollars. One secret of the wonderful success of this
institution is undoubtedly due to the fact that Mr. Brown has ever been willing,
anxious and ready to assist those in his employ for their own good as well as
for the interests of the house. Early in his career it is said that one day at the
noon hour he discovered a porter intoxicated and asleep. He dismissed him
immediately. As the years went by, with increased experience and a broader
view of life, he mapped out a new course and now is never known to discharge
an employe until he has exhausted every means within his power to eliminate
the weakness and help the unfortunate one with counsel and encouragement to
fill the place. He is quick to encourage those in his employ and as quick to
reward faithful and meritorious service. It has always been his policy to sell
the stock of the company only to old and trusted employes and when one wishes
to retire from the business ]\Ir. Brown uses every endeavor to secure the sale
of the stock to some other employe who will benefit thereby. He thus recognizes
•capacity and ambition and rewards merit. He has displayed notably keen
sagacity in judging of the character of an individual and his capacity and he
never demands of his representatives anything that he is not willing to do him-
self. He is careful, painstaking and thorough in his examination and investiga-
tion before giving a man employment, but when one is on the list of his employes
he will make sacrifices to retain him and will not discharge an employe if
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there is anv wav to avoid it. His business life is filled with incidents where
men have gene v.rong and been straightened out time and again, until finally
thev made "splendid men. He never hesitates to extend a helping hand and
few men who have such complete self-control exercise so much charity for
weakness in others as does Mr. Brown. He counts a good habit an asset ; a bad
habit a Hability; and he thus endeavors to inculcate in his representatives a desire
to form only good habits.
Another feature in the success of Air. Brown has been due to the fact that
he has recognized that a personal interest will stimulate effort and activity on
the part of others and he has therefore always endeavored to make each man
feel that he was in part responsible for the business. It is this that has caused
him, when men have shown an interest in the business and capacity for its
work, to urge them to buy stock in the company and to loan them money with
which to make the purchases. To meet the demands of the rapidly growing
business and to open the door of opportunity to those who were helping to build
up the enterprise, the capital stock has been increased from time to time until
twenty-three thousand dollars at the beginning is today three million five hun-
dred thousand dollars. After the business was conducted for several years
for the sale of shoes the firm took up the manufacturing branch of the business
and today the six large factories of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company employ
five thousand five hundred people and have a capacity of over thirty-eight thou-
sand pairs of shoes daily. For every working day in the year it pays out in
wages, salary and dividends over twelve thousand dollars. We have in America
many records of rapidly increasing wealth, but in most cases it has been the
result of a discoverv in science, the invention of a device for utility, protected by
patent, creating a monopoly, or by securing control of some of nature's vast
stores of mineral, oil, coal or some other substance that contributes to the com-
fort of man and which his necessities demand. But we have few instances in
this era of marvelous things that surpass the achievement of Mr. Brown's thirty-
six years of labor, in a field that is famous for the brilliancy and thoroughness
of its workers and in which competition is, perhaps, sharper than in any other
of our great industries. Mr. Brown attributes his success to concentration and
cooperation and to the fact that the house has ever adhered to the motto, "Keep
the quality up." Today the capital of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company is
three million five hundred thousand dollars, fully paid, and their annual ship-
ments are twelve million dollars. The company has a directory of thirteen
members elected by the stockholders and an advisory committee of thirteen.
Until recently they have had for their mark fifteen million dollars, but in
October, 1908, Mr. Brown made a quiet trip to Boston, no one outside the direc-
tors knowing his mission, but on the morning of Thin^sday, November 19, 1908,
the daily papers came out with the announcement that Hamilton Brown Shoe
Company had purchased the old established firm of Batchelder & Lincoln, of
Boston. Since that time Mr. Brown has spent most of his time in Boston reor-
ganizing this business and putting it on a genuine Hamilton Brown basis. The
company immediately set a new mark of twenty million dollars for their annual
shipments. They now cover every state in the Union and are going to give an
opportunity to the wearer of shoes in each town from Maine to California tO'
purchase Hamilton Brown shoes. That the business is still on the increase is
indicated in the fact that a new factorx- has been erected at Columbia, Missouri,
while an addition has been made that has doubled the capacity of the Sunlight
factory at Ninth and Marion streets, St. Louis. He also built an addition to the
Union factory in St. Louis. The plant is well styled the Sunlight factory, for
every care has been taken to make it light and airy, so that no employe has to
work by artificial light. .Aside from his extensive business as a shoe maiiufac-
turer and dealer Mr. Brown is a director of the Commonwealth Trust Company,
president of the Pitchfork Land & Cattle Company of Dickens county and King
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county, Texas He is a member of the Prosperity Association and is thus
contributing to the material development and upbuilding of the city.
It was in 1877 that Mr. Brown was married to Miss Ella Bills, of Boston,
and unto them have been born six children : Estelle, Jane, Alanson, Helene,
Vesta and Ruth. Of these, Helene, the wife of John E. Ritchey, died April 25,
1908. The family occupy a palatial residence at No. 4616 Lindell boulevard,
which was erected by j\Ir. Brown in 1894. He has no active interests outside
of his church, his charities, his family and his business. He has never been a
club nor society man, but has made the rule of his life, "God first, family second
and shoes third." This is the keynote of his character and of his work. For
more than forty years he has been a devoted member of the Baptist church and
nothing but illness can keep him away from the church services. As his finan-
cial resources have increased his contributions to the church have steadily grown
in volume and at the same time he has remained an active personal worker,
serving at different times as deacon, trustee and assistant superintendent of the
Sunday school of the Third Baptist church of St. Louis. He has been a liberal
contributor to mission work and is one of the twelve who organized what is
known as the City Mission, the purpose of which is to help unfortunate men and
women. He is one of the founders of the Alissouri Baptist Sanitarium, has lib-
erally aided the Missouri Baptist Orphans" Home, William Jewell College and
other institutions. He is now a trustee of that college and of Stephens College,
is president of the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium and is a member of the Orphans'
Home and City Mission boards. In his entire life there has been no sensational
chapter. He acts quickly and results show that the points were well weighed and
delays would have been at a sacrifice or loss of opportunity. Matters large and
small receive his careful attention and when he acts it is the result of well
grounded decision. His purity of purpose is unimpeached. By reason of his
decided spirit and clean-cut method of doing things Mr. Brown has a strong
influence on the circle and time in which he lives — an influence that will widen
with increasing force. In a history of Mr. Brown, written by Dr. J. T. M. John-
ston, the author says : "Mr. Brown has used his genius and wealth in a way
that tends to advance the best interests of his city and state. Although he has
given thousands to religion, philanthropy and education, his greatest benefaction
has been the giving of employment to his fellowmen. The enormous force of
his example is such that it has ingrafted itself into the life of all his employes
and attaches, from the humblest porter to the highest in the councils of his cabi-
net. His influence is not confined to the circle of his associates in business and
employes, but his ideas and methods have forced themselves on all the shoe
centers of the United States and largely revolutionized this industry throughout
America."
JAMES N. LORING.
James X. Loring figured for manv years as one of the distinguished members
of the St. Louis bar and in other lines as well his record is inseparabl\ inter-
woven with the history of the city. He was a factor in its educational, political
and moral development and in every relation of life measured up to the true
standard of honorable nianhood. He was born in St. Louis county, January 15,
1840, and passed away Januarv 2^, 1907. The intervening period, covering
fifty-seven years, was for him a period of intense activity accompanied by sub-
stantial results in the various, fields into which he directed his efforts. His
parents were Charles E. and ]\Iarv ( Young) Loring. The father came from
Kentucky in 1840 and settled in St. Louis count}-, where in the course of years
he was recognized as one of the most prominent and influential agriculturists,
owning one of the largest farms of the locality. In the management of his
property and the development of his fields he met witli success anrl after the
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close of the war he sold his farm and lived retired in St. Louis in the enjoyment
of well earned rest.
Tames N. Loring pursued his education in the schools of this city, passing
through consecutive grades to his graduation from the Central high school.
He afterward matriculated in Harvard University, being a member of the class
of 1862. Immediately after leaving college he returned to St. Louis and for
two vears was connected with the Globe-Democrat as reporter. On the expira-
tion of that period he took up the active practice of law and in the course of
vears won notable distinction as an able and leading member of the St. Louis
bar. His reasoning was clear and cogent, his deductions logical, and he never
failed to give a thorough and comprehensive preparation, preparing for defense
as well as for attack. Experience increased his ability and he remained to the
last a close student of his profession, having comprehensive knowledge of the
principles of legal science. He was also familiar with statutory law and prece-
dent and the ablest members of the St. Louis bar found him worthy of their
esteem. Had he figured in no other way in the aft'airs of the city he would
still have been entitled to consideration as a representative resident of St. Louis,
but in other departments of activity he also did efficient and valuable service.
In 1872 he was elected superintendent of schools and served for four years,
during which time he largely advanced the standard of public education here.
In 1884 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature and ever
gave careful consideration to each momentous question. His political views
were in accord with the principles of democracy and at no time was his position
on an important question an equivocal one. His religious faith was that of the
Baptist church, which found in him a devoted member and generous supporter.
In 1864 ^Ir. Loring wedded Miss Albertine Glyckherr, a daughter of Casimir
A. and Frederika ( Hirmanutz) Glyckherr, of St. Louis, who came to this coun-
try from Germany in 1849. The children of this marriage are: Casimir G. ;
Ethelyn ^^^, the wife of Theodore Humphreys, of Minneapolis, Minnesota ; and
Hayden Y. and Thomas, deceased. On the 23d of September, 1902, Mr. Loring
was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Anna P. Cleaveland, the
widow of James P. Cleaveland, of East Boxford, IMassachusetts, and a daughter
of A. C. and Anne F. ( Folsom) Palmer, of Boston, Massachusetts. Her father
was prominently connected with the Equitable Life Insurance Company, of
that city.
'Sh. Loring was a member of the Harvard Club, of this city, which holds
an annual banquet each year, and thus the graduates meet in yearly reunion.
He possessed considerable literary ability, wielding a facile pen. He wrote many
articles and was also the author of a volume entitled the Old World Through
Xew AVorld Eyes, which was written by him during six months' journey abroad
and dedicated to his wife, Mrs. Anna P. Loring, and his daughter, Ethelyn W.
Loring. The death of Mr. Loring occurred January 23, 1907, and thus passed
away one whose labors made the world better for his having lived. His influence
was always on the side of mental, esthetic and moral culture, and through his
efiforts he contributed to the world's progress in those directions.
HOWARD BOOGHER.
There have been no unusual ])]iases in the life record of Howard Boogher
and he has attained step by step to his present responsible position as president
of the Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat Company. Born in St. Louis on the
2d of January. 1876. he was a son of Jesse L. and Sarah (Goodfellow) Boogher.
who, affording their son excellent educational privileges, arranged for him to
attend Smith Academy at St. Louis after he had completed his preliminary
course. He was graduated from tlie academy in 1894 and in further pursuit
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of an education attended the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, where
he won a Bachelor of Law degree in 1898.
The same vear ^Ir. Boogher located for practice in St. Louis and was closely
associated with the profession for four years, or until 1902, when he passed
from professional to commercial circles in his election as treasurer of the
Boogher. Force & Goodbar Hat Company. He continued at the head of the
tinancial interests and in 1905 the duties of secretary were added to those of
treasurer. He thus filled the dual position until the death of his father, when
he was elected to the presidency of the company, conducting an extensive whole-
sale business in hats. The volume of trade annually transacted over their counters
makes this one of the most important commercial enterprises of St. Louis and
its radiating interests now cover a broad territory. In addition to his duties as
president of the Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat Company, Mr. Boogher is also
serving as secretary of the Gould Directory Company.
On the 31st of October, 1901, Mr. Boogher completed his arrangement for
having a home of his own in his marriage on that day at Hillsboro, Illinois, to
^liss Bessie Lane, and they now have one son. Lane Boogher. The family attend
the Methodist church, in which Mr. Boogher holds membership. His club rela-
tions are with the St. Louis and Missouri Athletic Clubs. He is also treasurer
of the Latin American Club and a member of the Business Men's League and
the Credit Men's Association. His political support is given to the republican
party. These various connections are an indication of the nature of his interests
and his activities, indicating him to be a man whose outlook is broad, and he is
in close connection with the trend of public thought and action as manifest in
lines of general progress and advancement.
TAMES CAMPBELL.
"Tenacity and endurance count for more than genius in business success.''
This is the philosophy of James Campbell. Other men have expressed similar
sentiment. Few other men have lived up to it so consistently and persistently
as has ]\Ir. Campbell in the forty-odd years of his residence in St. Louis.
James Campbell was Irish, born on a twelve-acre farm in 1848. His inheri-
tance was two fine blue eyes, a saving sense of humor, and an extraordinary
capacity for work. The parents moved to America in 1850 and settled in \Mieel-
ing. There were six in the family. The father began as a drayman at day
wages. He became the owner of his own trucking outfit. The mother, ambitious
for her children, saw to it that they received all possible school advantages. But
at the age of eleven, the boy James felt the craving for business life and
engaged himself to a grocer at eight dollars a month, sweeping out the store at
day break, and carrying around to customers the cofifee, sugar and other things.
There was a military camp in the suburbs of Wheeling. James Campbell
went there with groceries. General Fremont was in command. He wanted a
quick witted. reliable messenger boy. James Campbell got the place at nearly
double the pay of the grocer's boy. He stood at the door of the tent, admitting
this caller and turning away that with such tact and judgment that when the
Pathfinder went tf) .\ew York he took his messenger with him. Through the
vicissitudes of his career, I'Vemont kept Campbell with him until they came west
together to St. Louis to built railn^ads in Missouri. Civil engineering appealed
to the boy's tastes. James (Jamj^bell was several vears under age when he began
to carry the chain with surveying parties. I le studied engineering bv practice.
He was in the field until, at twenty-five, he held the i)osition of chief of an
engineering corps. In that ])eriod, he had ])articii)ated in "running the lines"
of what are now considerable sections of the PYi.sco and Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railroads. He had learned interior Missouri, the natural resources and
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possibilities of development more inlimatel}- than he coulcl have done in any
other oecupation.
With the savings from his salary as eivil engineer, he bought Missouri
land in advance of the immigration : he sold as prices appreciated with the result
that some time after the panic of 1873, he came to St. Louis with a fortune of
between eighty thousand dollars and one hundred thousand dollars. Then his
knowdedge of JMissouri and his strong confidence in the future of the state were
combined. His last railroad position had been chief engineer of what was
known as the Kansas City, Memphis & ^Mobile Railway.
The business debut of Mr. Campbell in St. Louis was as a bond and stock
broker in 1876-7. But that did not mean for him speculating on Wall street by
m&rgins and quick turns. In the financial depression of 1873 and following,
seventy-four counties of Misouri ( two-thirds of the state ) defaulted in inter-
est on countv and township bonds, fames Campbell began investment in these
bonds, selecting those which he felt sure would become good with better times.
He bought some of these securities as lovv- as ten cents on the dollar and made
it a rule not to go above twenty-five cents. He became knov.n as an expert on
such bonds. When he had tied up his ready capital in this way, he talked bank-
ers into faith of ultimate redemption, borrowed money on these defaulted bonds
as collateral and bought more. Later when some counties began to realize that
time was onlv postponement of a day of certain judgment, when other counties
had resorted to law in vain attempts to repudiate, ]\lr. Campbell was sought to
arrange compromises by which new bonds at lower rates of interest were sub-
stituted for those in default.
As his capital grew, James Campbell made local investments. He studied
St. Louis by personal observations, as he had already learned interior ]\Iissouri.
From being receiver of a bob-tail, mule-motor street railroad, built into North
St. Louis in advance of the population's needs, he became the owner. He
increased his street railroad holdings. He combined with John Scullin and
adopted a transfer system, on which the person wdth leisure could ride two or
three hours for a nickel. He went in with ^Ir. Scullin for the electrification of
street railroads with the trolley system. Railroad surveying and constructing
developed the engineering bent of James Campbell. But study did not stop
with that. Mr. Campbell took up other branches. He delved into the possibil-
ities of electricitv for power and for lighting. He forecast the future when
electrical utilities in St. Louis were in their infancy. He invested in plant after
plant — lighting and power — until his holdings enabled him to bring about devel-
opment and economies to the point of profitable operation. "It pays to hold
the hand of an infant venture until it can stand alone," he once said.
James Campbell's comprehensiveness in business is notable. A few' years
age, following his engineering investigations, he became much interested in the
use of natural w-ater power for supplying heat, power and light, especially in
the western mining regions where coal had been used heretofore. Large invest-
ments have followed faith in this direction, until Mr. Campbell is today one of
the principal promoters of this use of water power for the creation of high ten-
sion electric currents and the application of them to reduce the cost of mining.
In the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, James Campbell as a director and
member of the executive committee, was a forceful factor. He gave his time
and his thought unsparingly, and with a measure of public spirit not generally
known, \\dien Festus J. Wade laid the foundations of the Mercantile Trust
Company, James Campbell was one of the men who backed and encouraged the
enterprise until it reached its present great proportions.
Never losing his first love for the railroads, Mr. Campbell has steadily
increased his investments in stocks and bonds of systems which have grown
with the great southwest. Sitting in many boards of directors, he is known as
the silent member, waiting for sentiment to crystallize and usually forming one
of the great majority. He is not stubborn in his individual opinions. He has a
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saying of this kind: "Xo man can go contrary to the direction in which his
fellow beings are moving and be a success. Pull in the same direction with the
other fellows, but pull longer and pull stronger."
Three personal friends in St. Louis have had great influence upon the life
of Mr. Campbell: Joseph B. McCullagh, the editor; George A. Madill, the
lawyer; William H. Thompson, the banker. In a third of a century as a business
man in St. Louis. Mr. Campbell has had two law suits. One of the earliest pro-
motors of the I'niversity Club, he is a member of the St. Louis Club, Noonday
Club, Country Club, Glen Echo Club and many other social organizations.
GUY N. HITCHCOCK.
Guv X. Hitchcock, assistant cashier of the Xational Bank of Commerce,
was born in St. Louis, December 22, 1874. His father, Charles O. Hitchcock,
was in the plantation supply business and at the time of the Civil war espoused
the cause of the Confederacy and fought for the interests of the south. He
married Anna V. Newcomer, a native of Maryland, and died in 1880.
Guy N. Hitchcock was a lad of six years when he entered upon his public-
school course, which he continued to the age of fourteen years, when in 1888 he
put aside his text-books to enter the field of business. Banking was attractive to
him and because of this he secured a position as messenger boy in the Conti-
nental National Bank. He worked faithfull}- and diligently and these qualities
won him the approval of those whom he served and gained him promotion as
opportunity offered. Thus he gradually worked his way upward until in 1902
he was made assistant cashier. When the National Bank of Commerce bought
out and took over the Continental National Bank he went to the former institu-
tion as assistant cashier and has since been connected with it.
Mr. Hitchcock is an Episcopalian in religious faith and is now a vestryman
in the Qiurch of the Holy Communion. He belongs to the Missouri Athletic
and to the St. Louis Field Clubs, being much interested in all athletic and manly
outdoor sports. He is yet a young man with probably the major part of his
life before him, and the opportunities for advancement he is improving, having
already made for himself a name in business circles as one wdio is most reliable
as well as capable in carrying forward banking interests.
ARTHUR RICHARD DEACON.
Arthur Richard Deacon, whose business activities bring him into close
connection with various important corporate interests, gives his time and ener-
gies most largely, however, to the duties of the secretaryship of the Lambert
Pharmacal Company, of St. Louis. A native of England, he was born at
W'itham, in Essex county, November 7, 1858, a son of Arthur and Mercy Eliza-
beth (Tuck) Deacon. He pursued his education at Witham school and in
early life became connected with the manufacture of pharmaceuticals in Eng-
land. To this experience he added several years spent in the drug store of
Samuel Dupont, at Detroit, Michigan, and in 1881 he entered the employ of
Lambert & Company, of St. Louis. Three years later, in 1884, this company
was incorporated by Jordan W. Lambert, J. R. Peacock and A. R. Deacon, as
the Lambert Pharmacal Company, in which Mr. Deacon has continued to take
a very active part as director and secretary. Nor has he confined his efforts to
one line, for he is also the vice president of the Allen & Hanbury's Company,
Ltd., manufacturing pharmacists, of Toronto, Canada, and Niagara Falls, New
York; director of the Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Company; the St. Louis
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Surface!- & Paint Company; and the Webster Groves Trust Company. He is
likewise the president of the Webster Park Realty Company for real-estate deal-
ino- and for the improvement and development of that section of St. Louis
county. He is also treasurer of the Knights Island Alaska Copper Company,
operating in the mining regions of Alaska, in which connection he has made
trips to the northwest. The company owns land in Kiacco Cove, situated at
the head waters of Drier Bay, Knights Island, Prince William Sound. The
name of Kiacco Grove was given in the spring of 1907 by a corps of United
States geographical engineers engaged in taking soundings in its waters and
who, in order to distinguish this body of water upon their charts, formed' the
word from the initial letters of the Knights Island Alaska Copper Company,
which they noted upon the buildings there. Mr. Deacon and Frank Everts, one
of his associates in this enterprise, have prepared a most interesting account of
their trip to the northwest and the conditions there met. After a voyage of ten
days from Seattle they arrived at Valdez and thence went to Knights Island,
seventy-five miles to the southwest, with the intention of opening and operating
mines in a district that is known to be rich in copper. Investigation into these
conditions proved to them how valuable is the property which the company
owns. They hold eighteen claims of twenty acres each and around them are
several companies who are operating successfully on land similar to their own.
It is known that the district bears good ore and modern methods are being
employed in opening the mines and taking out the copper.
Mr. Deacon was married at Toronto, Canada, in 1897, to Miss Edith ]M.
Harris and their children are Arthur Philip, Edith Victoria and Virginia Ketter-
ing. Mr. Deacon is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is president of the
Algonquin Golf Club. He also belongs to the Mercantile Club, to the Dardenne
Shooting Club and to the Horseshoe Lake Hunting & Fishing Club, of which he
was president for a number of years, and his is a well rounded character, not
so abnormally developed in any direction as to make him a genius, but one who
looks at life from no narrow nor contracted view, realizing that the man wdio
becomes an influencing factor in his community is not one who concentrates
his energies along one line to the exclusion of other interests which claim the
attention of mankind.
WILLIAAl F. SCHULTE.
William F. Schulte has worked his way upward from the position of clerk
to that of secretary of the Christian Peper Tobacco Company. Obstacle after
obstacle has been overcome and the difficulties which he has met have seemed
to serve as an impetus for renewed effort and closer application on his part.
Born in St. Louis, October 23, 1877, he is a son of B. Rudolph and Anna (Tirre)
Schulte. He emigrated from Hanover, Germany, to the new world in 1868.
The father died in America at the comparatively early age of thirty-lave years.
During his early manhood he had engaged in business as a retail grocer and
afterward turned his attention to the manufacture of soda.
William F. Schulte is indebted to the public-school system of his native
city for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He was only eight years of age
at the time of his father's death and early found it necessary to start out in
business on his own account that he might assist his mother, to whom he was
a most devoted and loyal son until her death, when she was forty-four years of
age. He made his initial step in the business world as errand boy in the employ
of Mr. Deimer. afterward the head of the Deimer Flower Company. A year
later Mr. Schulte became clerk in the Geisler drug store, but his health obligetl
him to give up this position and abandon the plan which he cherished of
one dav engaging in the drug business on his own account. His next position
was a clerical one with the Simmons Hardware Company and he there remained
248 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
for a vear and a half, or until his promotion to the catalogue department, where
he remained for two and a half years. On the expiration of -that period he
felt justified in beginning business on his own account and established a grocery
store at the corner of Jeli'erson and Arsenal streets. He conducted this business
successfully until his mother's death, when, feeling a desire to get away from
the city, he traveled for about a year. He then returned to St. Louis and became
a clerk for the Campbell Iron Company, taking this position only as a tem-
porary expedient until something better should offer. After eight months he left
the Campbell Iron Company to accept a position with the Christian Peper
Tobacco Company as clerk. Six months after this he was made bookkeeper in
the establishment and when he had been with the house for twenty-eight months
his business ability was recognized in his election as secretary of the company.
He is also one of its directors and is active in the management of an enterprise
which is now a profitable one, bringing an annual remunerative return for the
investment.
On the 13th of May, 1903, in St. Louis, Mr. Schulte was married to Miss
2vlay Cavendish, a daughter of Richard Cavendish, who was a colonel in the
Civil war. They have two sons: William F., three years of age; and Bernard
Richard, in the first year. Mr. Schulte has been an Odd Fellow for ten years.
He belongs to the Church of Christ and in politics is a pronounced republican,
fleeting him, one is impressed with his strength of character and determined
spirit. Laudable ambition has prompted his continual advancement in the busi-
ness world and he is now devoting his entire time and concentrating all his
energies toward the supervision of the active details of the business, having the
heart to resolve, the understanding to direct and the hand to execute all its
various transactions.
JOHN C. BENSIEK.
John C. Bensiek was a representative of that strong Teutonic strain in the
citizenship of St. Louis which has been a most important element in the growth
and substantial upbuilding of the city. He was born in Westphalia, Germany,
October 12, 1841, and when twenty years of age came to the United States. He
carved out his own career, his life being another illustration of the fact that no
matter what the educational opportunities or the advantages of early life may be,
one must earnestly formulate, plan and determine his own character. Through-
out his life he was actuated by high purposes and laudable ambitions. Soon after
his arrival in St. Louis he married Sophia Birkenkemper, and to them were born
five children, Mrs. Clara Boehmer, Mrs. Minnie Niehaus, John C, Jr., August
and Leonora.
For more than thirty years Mr. Bensiek was engaged in the livery business
and met with prosperity in his chosen field of labor. He also- figured prominently
in public afifairs and for four years, beginning in 1893, served as a member of the
city council, exercising his official prerogative in support of the various measures
for the municipal improvement. At the time of his death he was a member of the
republican precinct committee of the third ward. At one time he was a candidate
for the office of sheriff but was defeated. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Ben-
siek loyally advocated the Union cause and proved his devotion to his adopted
country by active service at the front. It was thus that he gained his right to
membership in General Lyon Post, G. A. R., in which he was an honored com-
rade. He was equally prominent in various fraternal and social organizations,
belonging to Phoenix Lodge, A. O. U. W. ; Golden Rule Lodge, I. O. O. F. ;
Humboldt Turn Verein ; the Social Singing Society ; the Sons of Hermann ; the
Harugari ; the .St. Louis Sharp Shooters; and the American Protestant Associa-
tion. He was a member of the Bethania Evangelical church at the corner of
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Twentv-third and \\'asliington streets. He was also a Mason of high standing
and his Hfe was exemplary of the beneficial purposes of the craft. He died
December 20. 1899, and thus closed a life of usefulness and honor, which had
constituted an element for good and for progress in the city of St. Louis.
ANTON REISING.
Anton Reising, well kiiOwii in insurance circles of this city and for a number
of vears actively engaged in municipal politics, was born in Watterheim, Hesse-
Darmstadt, Germany, Alarch 10, 1840. His parents were Valentine and Barbara
Reising. i\Ir. Reising holds a proirarient place in the financial circles of this
city, to which he has risen on the strength of his own resources. Having been
born and reared on a fai'm- in a small town and surrounded by meagre circum-
stances, he had few advantages along educational lines. He was sent as a pupil
to the common schools of his native land during the winter months and spent
the summer time in laboring with his father on the farm. When still a child
he was compelled to give up his studies at school and he remained with his
father, tilling the soil, until the year 1858, when he removed with his parents to
America. They spent a few weeks in New York and then came to St. Louis.
Here Anton Reising with difficulty secured a situation. However, it was
of little or no advantage to him aside from giving him some experience. He
was employed as grocery clerk for Kleeburg Brothers, for whom he worked
during the first six months for nothing. At the expiration of this time he had
made himself valuable to the store and at the same time had acquired some
familiarity with the English tongue. He was then given a small salary. He
remained with this company until the opening of the Civil war in 1861. At that
time he enlisted in the First Regiment of Missouri Volunteers as a private sol-
dier and was in service for three months as a volunteer. He received honorable
discharge August 13, 1861.
Following his brief military career he returned to his former employer and
worked in the grocery business for a period of five months. At that time, being
offered a better position by Anton Mennemeyer, a well-known grocer, he accepted
it. Shortly after he had begun work his employer passed away. Mr. Reising
still remained in the employ of the store and in 1866 was united in marriage
with his employer's wife, Elizabeth Mennemeyer, who died in 1884. They had
one child. Mrs. Wehlermann. In 1886 he again united in marriage with Magda-
lene Dolte, of St. Louis. She passed away in October, 1900.
In 1871 Mr. Reising began to interest himself actively in politics and was
appointed inspector of the waterworks. Gradually he acquired influence and
became clerk, then chief clerk, and finally was appointed acting assessor. In
all he served the city in a political capacity for twenty-four years. When the
republicans gained power Mr. Reising's political career ceased, and since that
time he has not aspired to hold ofifice. Mr. Reising is a stanch democrat and
was active in politics for a period of twenty-four years. While he is still enthu-
siastic for the election of the candidates of his party, he does not interest himself
in political lines beyond casting his vote and using his influence to bring its
candidates into office.
At the termination of his political career Mr. Reising took up a fire insur-
ance agency with an office in the Temple building. In this he has been quite
successful and has been appointed agent for all the leading fire insurance com-
panies. He is a member of the Knights of America, Lodge No. 156, of which
organization he holds the honor of having established the first German council,
of which he was president for sixteen years. He resigned this office, but for the
past twenty-eight years has still continued an active member. For two years
he served the organization as state president. He also belongs to St. Joseph's
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Benevolent Association and Holy Trinity Association. For forty years he has
been affiliated with the German Orphan Asylum. He is a member of the State
Fire Insurance Association. Mr. Reising has been very successful in bu'^iness
and has succeeded in accumulatins: some valuable real estate.
WALTER H. XOHL, LL.B.
Walter H. Nohl, engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis, was born May
24, 1875, in this city. His parents are Charles F. C. and Dorothea Nohl, nee
Buddecke. The father was born in Germany and came to the United States
in 185 1. For five generations the Nobis have largely been a family of teachers
and ministers. In the maternal line Walter H. Nohl is descended from the Ger-
man nobility. His early education was accjuired in the public schools of St.
Louis, and in preparation for the practice of a profession with which he desired
to become identified from his early boyhood, he attended the Benton College of
Law of St. Louis and was graduated in 1904. He did not immediately pursue
his law course, however, after leaving the public schools but spent one year in
newspaper work and also engaged in mercantile pursuits to obtain a good prac-
tical business experience, devoting seven years to various duties in the whole-
sale district in St. Louis. For four years he has been engaged in the practice
of law and his professional record is a notably successful one. He has made
rapid progress and won fame in connection with the Hollman will case. He
prepares all of his cases with great thoroughness and care and his presentation
of his cause is ever clear, forceful and logical, while in his application of a legal
principle to a point at issue, he is rarel}^, if ever, at fault.
In republican circles Mr. Nohl is also well known. He believes strongly
that every citizen should recognize his obligation as well as his privilege in the
matter of civic duties and acting in accordance with his ideas upon this ques-
tion he has endeavored to get men in office who would regard their position as
a public trust and would be most loyal to its interests. He also was active in his
efforts to bring about a settlement of the street car strike in St. Louis in 1899.
He stands stanchly in support of everything that is opposed to misrule in pub-
lic aft'airs and holds to high ideals in citizenship.
Socially Mr. Nohl is connected with the ]\Iasons, belonging to Itasca Lodge,
F. & A. M., and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is also iden-
tified wath various political and social organizations and is a member of the
St. Louis Bar Association. He has always been fond of the study of politics
and of history and has read broadly along these lines, while at the present day
he keeps in touch with those questions which are of gravest import to the states-
man and the man of aft'airs. He is fairlv active in outdoor sports, recognizing
the value of a normal physical as well as mental development.
GEORGE REPPERT BARCLAY.
George Reppert Barclay has since March, 1875, been connected with the
Simmons Hardware Company, one of the most important commercial enterprises
of this character in the middle west, and his capability, unwearied industry and
fidelity have opened to him the road to success and promotion until he is now
vice president.
He was born in Sacramento, California, December 2"], 1854, his parents
being George R. and Julia (Johnson) Barclay. He acquired his education in
the public schools of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and of Marietta, Ohio, after
which he secured a clerical position in the local freight office of the North Mis-
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souri Railroad Company at St. Louis. He remained with that company in vari-
ous positions from the ist of October, 1870, until March, 1875. when he resigned
to enter the employ of the Simmons Hardware Company as entry clerk. An
employer is always cognizant of faithful and capable service and of possibilities
for development in an employe and Mr. Barclay, by reason of his worth, gained
promotion to the chief clerkship of the correspondence department and later
became manager of the credit department. He was elected a director of the
company on the 1st of January, 1898, with the office of assistant treasurer and
in u;04 was elected to his present position as vice president of the compan}-.
This is the brief outline of a business career in wdiich the salient characteris-
tics have been such as have won for him the admiration and respect of his col-
leagues and the confidence and regard of his contemporaries.
On the 19th of October, 1881, Mr. Barclay was married in St. Louis to
Miss Lillie L Swain, and they now have three children: George F., who is now
connected with the St. Louis Union Trust Company : Julia, who is a graduate
of \'assar College ; and Thomas S., who is now a high-school student.
Mr. Barclay is a member of the Civic League Association and the Citi-
zens Industrial Association. He is also a member of the Mercantile Club and
the Officers Club of the National Guard of Missouri, having been connected
with Company G of the First Regiment. In religious faith he is an Episcopa-
lian.
WARREN BELL OUTTEN, A. M., M. D.
The promoter of a great enterprise or the founder of a new movement in
which the public is a large indirect beneficiary, is deserving of the gratitude of
his fellowmen, for he who does such a work advances the race in its progress
toward a higher civilization and clearer views of life and its purposes. The
labors of Dr. Outten have been of a most beneficent character in his private
practice, in his teaching of the science of medicine and in his establishment and
promotion of the great railway hospital system of the west.
The parents of Dr. Outten w^ere Warren and Mary J. ( ^Morris) Outten,
both natives of Fayette county, Kentucky, in which state they continued their
residence until some years after the birth of their son Warren B. at Lexington,
December 3. 1844. He was still a boy at the time of the removal to St. Louis and
he pursued his literary education in the Christian Brothers College and the
Wyman's University. A mental review of the various fields of business which he
considered open to him led him to the choice of the medical profession as a life
work and beginning preparation therefor he was eventually graduated from the
St. Louis Medical College with the class of 1866.
Throughout almost his entire professional career he has been connected
with educational work in medical lines and has gained distinction therein. Soon
after his graduation he was made prosector to the chair of surgery in the Hum-
boldt Medical College and in 1867 became assistant demonstrator in the St.
Louis Medical College. Early in his practice he acted as assistant surgeon in the
military service at St. Louis, being detailed to attend troops suffering from
cholera. His labors in that capacity continued until December, 1866. Continuing
his practice and in connection therewith his educational work, he was elected pro-
fessor of anatomy in the St. Louis College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1869.
His appointment in 1876 as supervising surgeon for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern Railway Company, proved the initial step in what has been one of
the great works of his life. Acting for the railroad company, he established, in
188 1, a line of hospitals along the road and in 1884 he was appointed chief sur-
geon of the Iron Mountain Railroad and the Wabash Railroad east, establishing
hospitals at Springfield and at Danville, Illinois, for the Wabash line. In 1885
"he was made chief surgcr,n of the Missouri Pacific system and rebuilt the Fort
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Worth Hospital at Fort Worth. Texas, and also established hospitals at Marshall
and Palestine, Texas. In this work Dr. Outten has been a pioneer in the middle
west, being the first surgeon to make the suggestion for the establishment of such
hospitals. At the time he advanced his idea the only railway hospital in exist-
ence was on the Central Pacific Railway and through his efl:orts the second one
in the United States was established at Washington, Missouri. There are now
to his credit nine hospitals which have been established through his instrumental-
ity, at which have been treated, as the records show, over 96,934. There are so
many emergency cases in connection with railroading that it seems odd, to say
the least, that hospital work was not organized before. It remained for Dr.
Outten, however, to recognize the great need in this direction and to formulate
plans for obviating it. Throughout the United States Dr. Outten is widelv known
as a railway surgeon and the distinction which he has won is well merited. He
has become a recognized authority upon the subject of railway hospitals and the
methods of treatment followed therein, and wherever he has gone he has been
received by th^ medical fraternity as one of its most prominent and honored rep-
resentatives. A perfect master of the construction and functions of the com-
ponent parts of the human body, of the changes induced in them by the
onslaughts of diseases, of the defects cast upon them as a legacy by progenitors,
of the vital capacity remaining in them throughout all vicissitudes of existence.
Dr. Outten by his splendid work in the practice of medicine and surgery has
gained distinction second to none in the profession in St. Louis.
Continuing his w^ork as an educator in medical lines. Dr. Outten was elected
professor of the principles and practice of surgery and dean of the Beaumont
Hospital Medical College in 1886, and his ability is widely recognized among
the medical educators of the country. He has also contributed much to the liter-
ature of his profession and is the author of "Railway Injuries: Their CHnical
and Medico-Legal Features." and of numerous monographs and special papers.
He has been the editor of The Railway Surgeon, and his writings embrace a
volume entitled "Plan's Inherited Martyrdom; or, A Fitful Studv of Degenera-
tion."
Dr. Outten was married in 1877 to Miss Alary F. Burnet, of St. Louis
county. He is recognized in this city and wherever he is known as a man of
remarkable presence, of high moral character and of the best social position.
W hile to those who are admitted to share the intimacy of his friendship he often
exhibits qualities which others scarcely suspect, he is in all of his professional
relations found to be singularly modest, light hearted, faithful in his friendships,
fixed in an honest hatred of all shams and pretenders, and exhibiting in every
judgment of his mind a strong, common sense that illumines every dark corner
into which he looks. He is one of the great men whose names the medical pro-
fession will always treasure with gratitude and respect. He is great because
nature endowed him bountifully and because he has studiouslv. carefullv and con-
scientiously increased the talents that have been mven him.
CflARLFS M. RICE.
Charles M. Rice, attorney at law and well ktiown in various business con-
nections anrl as a jjromotcr of interests U>r social and benevolent development
here, was born in St. Louis, Aj)ril 8, 1882, his parents being Jonathan and
Aurelia Rice. The father was vice president of the Rice, Stix & Company and
a most prrmiinent and influential citizen here, mention of whom is made on
another page of tliis volume. 'Jlie son pursued a public-school education to
the age of sixteen years, afterward devoted two years to studv in Smith Acad-
emy anrl later went to Washington Universitv, from which he was graduated
with the I'.arhelor of Arts degree in 1904. Sul)sc(|nently lie attended the St.
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Louis Law School, from whicli lie was graduated with the Bachelor of Law
degree. Entering upon the active practice of his profession he has remained
continuously with the firm of Lyon & Swartz and his constantly expanding
powers in professional lines are making his services of value to those who
desire safe counselor or capable advocates. Aside from his profession he has
some business interests, being secretary and treasurer of the Kugarok Realty
& Hotel Company and is financialK- interested in the Rice, Stix Drv Goods
Compau}'.
Air. Rice was married September 23, 1908, to Aliss May Goldman, a
daughter of J. D. and Sarah (Hirsch) Goldman, and they are now erecting
a nice residence on Kingsbury Terrace. Air. Rice is well known in social cir-
cles, wdiere a genial manner and unfailing courtesv render him popular. He is
the secretary of the West Wood Country Club and a director of the Columbian
Club. He is vice president of the Washington L'niversity Alumni Association,
a member of the Paddle & Saddle Club, of the Amateur Athletic Association,
the Missouri Athletic Association, the St. Louis Automobile Club, the Academy
of Science, the St. Louis Bar Association, the Legal Aid Society and a director
of the St. Louis Play Grounds Association. There is nothing that indicates
more clearly the characteristics of a man, the trend of his thought and the
nature of his interests than his membership relations, which in this instance
bear evidence of the genial nature, the enterprising purpose and the charitable
and benevolent spirit of Air. Rice. His political allegiance is given to the re-
publican part}'.
WILLIAAI HEMAHXGHAUS, SR.
William Hemminghaus, Sr., deceased, was a prominent carpenter and builder,
with offices at 141 7 Destrehan street, St. Louis. He was a native of Germany,
born July 26, 185 1, and was one of four children, the others being: Anna, wife
of William Schlaf , of Westphalia, Germany ; Henry, who resides in the same
locality; and Marie, wife of a Mr. Unterbaumann.
Mr. Hemminghaus attended the common schools of his native land, where
he obtained his education, and upon leaving school at an early age served his
apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade and for a time plied his craft as a journey-
man. Arriving- in the new world in 1871, he stopped for awhile in New York
city, later in Cincinnati, and finally settled in Indianapolis, Indiana, in all of these
places working at his trade. After engaging in carpenter work as a journeyman
in Indianapolis for three years, came to St. Louis in 1874, wdiere he followed his
trade until 1875, (li-U'ing which year he entered the contracting business for him-
self. He immediately unrlertook general contracting in stone, brick and carpenter
work and from the outset his career was marked with exceptional progress.
Foremost among the buildings he erected are the edifice in which Edward \\'esten
carries on a coffee and tea enterprise, the building being constructed at a cost of
thirty-five thousand dollars; the Duncker building, located on Page avenue, west
of Grand avenue, at a cost of fiftv thousand dollars, and a number of elegant
residences in the western portion of the city. He was an enter])rising and aggres-
sive business man and was wonderfull)- successful in intlustrial lines. The busi-
ness increased in volume from its inception antl acquired such ])roportions as to
require his undivided attenti(^n. His wonderful success becomes apparent when
it is noted that upon his arrival in New York city he possessed but five dollars
and later through his enterprise and industry he established himself in a business
which made him one of the wealthiest contractors in North St. Louis. He always
closely applied himself to his business and in all his dealings aimed to be straight-
forward and honest, and to this in great measure he attributed his success. W hen
he arrived in Indianapolis and secured a position at his trade as a journeyman
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carpenter he received but two dollars and a half a day, all of which was con-
sumed in the suni^ort of his family, so that when he landed in St. Louis he had
onlv six dollars, but with this small capital he entered into business and through
hard work and practical economy became one of the most prominent factors in
the financial circles of the city, owning three elegant flats, two at 1419 Destrehan
street and one on Gano avenue.
In 1876 Mr. Hemminghaus wedded Miss Emma Krallmann, her parents
having been natives of Germany, who came to the new world in 1857, ^vhere she
was born. The other children of the family are : Lizzie, deceased ; Anna, wife
of Henrv A'ollmar. of this city; John, deceased, who left one child residing here;
and Emma. Unto INIr. and Airs. Hemminghaus were born the following chil-
dren: Henrv and Anna, deceased: John; George; Oscar; Irvin ; Adele ; Edna;
Hilda ; and \\'illiam. The family belong to the Evangelical Lutheran church,
and politicallv Mr. Hemminghaus gave his allegiance to the republican party.
He died August ig. 1008. and was buried in Evangelical Lutheran cemetery, St.
Louis countv. Missouri.
WILLIAAI HEMAHXGHAUS, JR.
William Hemminghaus. Jr.. a contractor and builder doing business under
the name of William Hemminghaus. was born June 12. 1878, and was educated
in the public schools of this city. Having completed his studies at the age of
eighteen years, he went to work for his father, with whom he learned his trade
and with whom he afterward became associated in the business. In 1902 he
was taken into partnership by his father and is now active in the management
of the business. He was associated with his father in the erection of many ele-
gant buildings, particularly residences throughout the city, and has participated
in much general contracting work for himself. On January i, 1909, he purchased
the interests of the other heirs in his father's business and now continues the
same as \A'illiam Hemminghaus.
On ]\Iay, 17. 1905. Mr. Hemminghaus was united in marriage with Miss
Marie Wehmcier. daughter of Casper H. and Mary Wehmeier, the family having
emigrated from Germany and settled in St. I^ouis county, Missouri, where she
was born. ]\Ir. and Airs. Hemminghaus have one child, Orville, born August
20, 1906. IJoth are adherents of the Lutheran church. Politically, Mr. Hem-
minghaus is not allied with any particular party, but takes the stand of an inde-
pendent in politics and uses his vote and influence in behalf of candidates whom
he think-; qualified to satisfactorily serve in the offices they seek.
ERNEST COLE DODGE. ,
Ernest Cole Dodge, ])racticing at the St. Louis Ixir, was born in IJelleville,
Illinois, Februar\- 11, 1862, a son of Egbert and Sarah (Sherwood) Dodge.
While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof he pursued his educa-
tion in the graderl and high schools of St. Louis, later attending the Salem
(Missouri) Academy and the State L^niversity at Columbia, Missouri, where he
remained as a student from 1880 until 1882. He afterward attended the St.
Louis Law School, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor
of Laws in 1885 and was admitted to practice on the T2th of June of that year.
From May, 1887, to March, 19^)5, he engaged in the general practice of law in
St. Louis as senior partner of the law firm oi Dodge & Mulvihill, and since the
latter date has been alone. He has been commissioned notary public by Gover-
nors Francis. Stone. .Stephens and Dockery and he is a member of the St. Louis
Bar Assrjciation anrl the Missouri State TUir Association.
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On the 17th of April, 1895, i" St. Louis, Mr. Dodge was married to Miss
Bertha G. Layton, and unto them have been born two daughters, Odile PhyUis
L. and Mary Lois. The family attend the Roman Catholic church, of winch
Mr. Dodge is a member. He has a military record as a member of the state
militia for three years, after which he was honorably discharged. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party and from December, 1894, until April,
1899, he served as assistant city attorney under Mayor Walbridge. He is also
connected with the Illinois Society and with the Missouri Chapter of the Sons
of the Revolution.
EDWIN W. HAWLEY.
Edwin W. Hawley, general agent of the American Powder Mills, the Aetna
Powder Company and the jVIiami Powder Company, was born in Chicago, Illinois,
January 17, 1869, his parents being Charles A. and Electa E. (Weaver) Hawley.
The. father was for many years a hardwood lumber merchant of Chicago, estab-
lishing business there in 1855.
Edwin W. Hawley is indebted to the public-school system of Chicago for the
early educational privileges he enjoyed, while later he pursued a course in the
high school of Muskegon, Michigan, to his graduation with the class of 1888.
Immediately after leaving high school he became a representative of his father's
business interests in Michigan, the elder Hawley owning interests in the lumber
woods. He returned to Chicago in 1902 and accepted the position of bookkeeper
with the Aetna Powder Company, with which he has since been connected, being
in charge of their St. Louis offices since 1894.
On the first of January, 1899, ii'^ Lyons. Michigan, Mr. Hawley was married
daughters and one son : Frank S., a student in the University of Michigan ; Marie
to Miss Estella D. Kellv, a daughter of Rufus Kellv. and thev now have two
L. ; and Ruth M. '
Mr. Hawley owns a handsome residence at No. 6123 Kingsbury boulevard,
which the family now occupy. He is a Knight Templar Mason and also a mem-
ber of the Mvstic Shrine. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and his political belief is in accord with the principles of the republican
party. Well known in St. Louis, he became a charter member of the ]\Iissouri
Athletic Club, and during the period of his residence here he has gained a wide
and favorable acquaintance.
ED^^^\RD anson more.
From humble clerkships have sprung many of the most prominent merchants
and business men and the great veins and arteries of trade are now controlled
by those who at the outset had the most unimportant environment and meager
advantages. This statement finds verification in the life record of Edward A.
More, president of the More & Jones Brass & Metal Company, of St. Louis.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1848, and is a son of
Edward B. and Margaretta (Rambo) More. He was educated in the West
Jersey Academv, completing his course in 1863, and began his business career
as a clerk for the firm of "More & Company, located on North Second street.
He was with that house from 1865 until 1876, when, desirous of engaging in
business on his own account, he employed the capital which he had acquired
through his industry and careful expenditure in the manufacture of journals,
railroad engine bearings, solders, babbitt metals, etc.. in connection with >>Ir.
Jones. He started the business in 1874, but retained his clerkship until 1876,
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when he resigned in order to give his undivided attention to the further devel-
opment of the metal business which was already expanding along substantial
lines. The business was incorporated in 1899 under the firm style of the More-
Jones Brass & iMetal Company, of which Mr. ]\Iore is the president and treas-
urer. This house continues the manufacture of the above mentioned branches
and is also jobbers of all kinds of metals except iron. The patronage has stead-
ily increased and they have found their straightforward methods, reliability and
careful attention to the wants of their patrons to be their best advertisement.
Mr. ^Nlore is also president and treasurer of the St. Louis Chilled Bearing
Company.
On the 20th of ]\Iarch, 1879, ^^^- ^lore was married in St. Louis to Miss
Mary C. More and their children are : Lucius Elmer, Enoch Anson, Cyrus
Burnham and Catherine Alice, but the last named is now deceased. Mr. More
is a stalwart republican, interested in the success of his party and at all times
able to support his position by intelligent argument, yet without desire for office.
He is a trustee of the West Presbyterian church and is a member of the St.
Louis, Country and Mercantile Clubs. Golf and outdoor sports furnish him
rest and recreation and he is now splendidly located in life in a substantial
position with large business interests in his control returning to him a gratifying
annual income.
HENRY MEIER.
In the history of pioneer business men of St. Louis Henry Meier deserves
more than passing notice. Content to enter business circles in a humble capacity
but not willing to remain therein, he used his talents and opportunities to good
advantage and for years figured as one of the best known merchants and finan-
ciers of the city. His activities covered a wide scope, yet always followed where
discriminating judgment led the way and on his entire business record there
were few evidences of mistaken judgment.
A native of Germany, Henry Meier was born in the province of Hanover,
March 25, 1819. He possessed many of the sterling traits characteristic of the
Teutonic race and stood as a high type of our German-American citizenship. His
father, W'illiam Meier, participated in the Napoleonic wars, including the battle
of Waterloo. He was a man noted for his strict adherence to what he believed
to be his duty and the same quality was manifest in his son, who never faltered
in his allegiance to what he believed to be right. He was fearless in conduct,
faultless in honor and stainless in reputation and thus made for himself an envi-
able record. He was a youth of nineteen years when he accompanied his father
and the family to America. The father remained a resident of St. Louis until
his death, which occurred in 1865.
Before leaving his native country Henry Aleier had acquired a good educa-
tion in the schools of Germany and after reaching the new world he devoted
two years to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm in St. Charles county,
Missouri. Coming to St. Louis when twenty years of age, he sought employment
that would yielfl him an honest living but with laudable ambition to work his way
upward. For about a year and a half he was employed as a driver of a delivery
wagon and then ])urchased a delivery wagon of his own and did teaming for
others until 1846.
In that }ear Meier entered into jjartnership with John G. Kaiser in the own-
ership and control of a grocery store on Franklin avenue between Sixth street
and Broadway. The new venture proved profitable and gradually the trade ex-
tended throughout the fifteen years of their partnership. In the meantime Mr.
Meier was becoming well known in business circles of the city and gained a posi-
tion of further prominence when in 1861 he organized his own firm, which was
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260 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
succeeded in the year 1900 by the Henry jMeier Grocery Company, a wholesale
concern located at Nos. 905 and 909 Franklin avenue. Each year chronicled a
growth in the business, owing to the capable management and progressive meth-
ods of the owner. Systematic in all that he did, he placed his business upon a
paying basis and developed the house in accordance with modern, progressive
business ideas. For some years prior to his death he left the management of
the business in the care of his eldest son, Henry Meier, Jr., and since his death
the company has sold out.
Not alone in mercantile lines did Mr. Aleier become widely known. He
gained equal, if not greater, prominence in banking and financial circles, for in
1867 he organized the Franklin Bank and from its inception to the time of his
death was its able and worthy president. In 1855 he became connected with the
Franklin Fire Insurance Company, of which he was a director until 1879, when he
was elected to the presidency and continued at its head until his demise. His
plans were always carefully formulated and, moreover, he had the ability to unify
interests into a harmonious whole. He seemed to know exactly how to gain the
best results with the means at hand and this knowledge came to him as the result
of earnest study and careful consideration of the questions involved.
On the 19'th of January, 1850, Mr. Meier was married to Miss Catherine
Kaiser, a sister of John G. Kaiser, and unto them were born three sons and three
daughters : Henry, who is a director in the Franklin Bank and is now living
retired; Julius, who is teller in the Franklin Bank; Edward H., who is now con-
nected with the Kaiser-Huhn Grocer Company ; Minnie, the wife of Henry
Rohde, vice president of the J. B. Sickles Saddlery Hardware Company ; and
Emma and Lillie, both at home.
yir. ^leier was always devoted to the welfare of his home and family and
put forth his most earnest effort for the happiness of his wife and children. He
was not neglectful, however, of his duty to his fellowmen and a warm heart and
generous sympathy were manifest in his relations toward the unfortunate. Dur-
ing the Civil war he was chairman of a local committee which looked after the
families of Union soldiers and supplied their needs. His charitable spirit was
further manifest in his will, whereby he endowed several worthy and needy
benevolent institutions which will long hold him in grateful remembrance. Death
claimed him on the 13th of October, 1900, when he had passed the eighty-first
milestone on the journey of life. x\ review of his career showed that he had acted
well his part and while there was nothing spectacular in his history, it is none the
less interesting or worthy of emulation. In fact, it furnishes a splendid example
to those who seek in the ordinary afl^airs of a business career an honorable suc-
cess.
JAMES CRAWFORD FLYNN.
James Crawford Flynn, in his youth an apprentice at the shoemaker's trade,
is now conducting a prosperous contracting business and as the architect of his
own fortunes has built wisely and well. A native son of the Emerald isle, he
was born in County Cavan on the 12th of April, 1840, his parents being Ow^en
and Martha (Crawford) Flynn, who came to the United States about ten years
after the arrival of their son James, although they never lived west of Connecti-
cut. The mother died in that state, after which the father returned to his native
country, where he remained until his demise. He was a carpenter by trade and
in that field of labor provided for the support of his family.
James C. Flynn obtained his education in his native country and came to
the United States in the year 1857 when a youth of seventeen. Favorable reports
reached him concerning America and her opportunities and proved too attractive
to be resisted. He therefore 1:)ade adieu to friends and native land and joined
his sisters, who were living in Cormecticut. I fc had previously served an appren-
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ticeship to the shoemaker's trade in Ireland and after reaching America was
apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, for he beheved he would find it more con-
genial than the occupation for which he had been trained in Ireland. He thor-
oughly mastered the builders' art, becoming an expert workman and, believing
that the middle west offered still better advantages, he removed to St. Louis in
1866. Here his first day's wages were four dollars and a half, while in Connecti-
cut he had received only one dollar and seventy-five cents per day. He was
employed as a carpenter in this city for five years and then took up the business
of contracting on his own account, continuing in this line to the present time.
Success has attended him, for the extent and nature of his business has brought
him continually increasing prosperity, and he has long since reached a place of
affluence.
Mr. Flynn gives his political endorsement to the republican party and keeps
well informed on the questions and issues of the day. His church relations are
with the Protestant Episcopal denomination, while socially he is connected with
the Odd F"ellows' Society. He was married March 4, 1864, to Aliss Louise M.
Matthews, of Southington, Connecticut, a daughter of Harry Matthews, a manu-
facturer of that place. Two children were born unto them : Annice, now the
wife of Charles Hutton, of Oswego, Kansas; and Cecily, now Mrs. E. Knapp,
of Havana, Cuba. They also lost a daughter and son: Mattie, who married
Ferdinand Essman and is now deceased ; and Ben, who died in childhood.
Mr. Flvnn has never had occasion to regret his determination to seek a
home in the new world, for he here found the opportunities which he sought
and which, by the way, are always open to ambitious, energetic young men. He
has persevered in the pursuit of a persistent purpose and has at length gained a
satisfactory reward.
FREDERICK W. HOYT.
Frederick W. Hoyt, engaged in the wholesale jewelry business in St. Louis,
with residence in Kirkwood, is separated by half the continent from the place
of his nativity, for he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, November 6, 1853.
His parents were George J. and Frances E. (Beardsley) Hoyt, the former a
leather manufacturer of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The grandparents on both
sides of the family were born and reared in the Charter Oak state and the
Hoyt ancestors, who founded the family in America, came from England at an
early period in the colonization of the new world.
In the public schools of his native city, Frederick W. Hoyt pursued his
early education, attending the same schoolhouse in wdiich his mother had pur-
sued her studies and which was used for educational purposes for an entire
century. His commercial training was received in Bryant & Stratton Business
College. He first engaged in the drug business as an apprentice and later be-
came clerk until, feeling that his experience was sufficient to justify his em-
barkation in business on his own account, he established a retail drug store in
Chicago, conducting the enterprise with success from 1877 until 1881. In
February of the latter year he came to St. Louis and engaged in the wholesale
jewelry business, with a trade which extends throughout the country but princi-
pally in the west. His association with commercial interests in St. Louis, cover-
ing a period of twenty-eight years, has demonstrated beyond a doubt that he
has passed beyond the majority in the development of those powers which are
so essential for the successful conduct of commercial enterprises. Watchful
of all the indications pointing to the increase of trade and the growth of sales,
he has wrought along modern business lines and the spirit of determined en-
terprise which he has manifested has enabled him to overcome the difficulties
and obstacles wdiich constitute an element in every business undertaking.
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Mr. Hovt's military experience is confined to service with the Fifth Mary-
land Regiment at Baltimore and with the First Regiment of the Illinois National
Guard of Chicago. His political endorsement is given unfalteringly to the re-
publican party, and in the Masonic fraternity he has become a Knight Templar
and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Mercantile Club
and to the Grace Episcopal church of Kirkwood. These membership relations
indicate that his interests are broad and varied, that his outlook of life, its
opportunities and its obligations, is a wide one. He was married in Kirkwood,
October 26, 1881, to Miss Mary Andrews and they maintain their home in that
city, from which Mr. Hoyt goes daily to St. Louis to superintend the inter-
est's of the wholesale trade, which has now claimed his time and energies for
almost three decades.
ELIAS S. GATCH.
In this age of mammoth business enterprises it is no unusual thing to find
a man at the head of extensive concerns who is bending every energy to the
accomplishment of a given purpose but while persistency and ambition are to
be commended, the man of well developed and well rounded character must
have other interests to serve as a balance wheel. While Mr. Catch has be-
come widely known by reason of his success as president of the Granby Mining
& Smelting Company, he is also well known for social qualities which are man-
ifest in his association with various clubs and societies and for his activity in
connection with church and charitable work. There is, therefore, another side
to the life of Mr. Catch in addition to that which is manifest in his capable con-
trol of important business interests — a side which responds readily to social
amenities and to the needs of those who have been less fortunate in fife.
A native of Ohio, he was born in Milford, Clermont county, February 14,
1859, the eldest son of John Newton and Georgianna (Hutchinson) Catch, the
latter a native of New Hampshire. The father was a farmer of Clermont
county and while spending his boyhood days under the parental roof Elias S.
Catch improved the educational advantages offered by the public schools. He
afterward attended Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, from which he was grad-
uated, and subsequently completed a course in the Iowa Wesleyan University
at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, by graduation with the class of 1882. His initial
step into the business world was made in connection with educational interests,
serving as principal of the schools of Woodville, Ohio, in 1879 and 1880.
Becoming interested in mining, his gradually expanding powers in that di-
rection led to his selection for the secretaryship of the Cranby Mining & Smelt-
ing Company in 1894. He so continued until 1896, when he became general
manager, his incumbency in the dual office of secretary and general manager,
continuing from 1896 until 1906. On the expiration of that decade he was
elected to the presidency of the company. He has made it his purpose and plan
to inform himself thoroughly upon the subject of mining from the scientific
and from the practical standpoint, to know ore, to recognize its possibilities
anrl unrjcrstand the probable results of the development of mining properties.
Me is likewise known in financial circles of St. Louis as a director of the Mer-
chants Laclede National Bank.
That he occupies a prominent place as a representative of mining interests
is indicated by the fact that he is now a member of the American Institute of
Mining Plngineers and a life member of the American Mining Congress, while
of the iiureau of Geology and Mines of the state of Missouri he is serving
as vice president of the board of managers. He is also a member of the
Merchants Exchange of St. Louis and of the Business Men's League.
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On the 7th of June, 1887, occurred the marriage of Mr. Gatch and Miss
Katherine Burnes of St. Joseph, Missouri, a daughter of Daniel D. Burnes and
the adopted daughter of James N. Burnes, who represented his district in con-
gress and died while so engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Gatch became the parents of
three sons and a daughter: Nelson Burnes, who is a freshman in Columbia Col-
lege ; Hayward Hutchinson, who is attending Smith's Academy ; Katherine, a
student in Mary Institute at St. Louis ; and Calvin F., who is also a pupil in
Smith's Academy of St. Louis.
Mr. Gatch was a member of the vestry of St. George's church, which
merged into the cathedral, and he is now a member of the Chapter of Christ
Church Cathedral. In church work he is active and prominent, cooperating
in the various lines which extend and promote church influences. Deeply in-
terested in the moral training of youth, he served for seven years, from 1897
until 1904, as superintendent of the Sunday school of St. George's church. No
good work done in the name of charity or religion solicits his aid in vain.
He belongs to the St. Louis Club, to the Normandie Golf Club of St. Louis,
is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and also of the Society of Sons
of the American Revolution, while of the Ohio Society of St. Louis he was
president in 1903. A little above medium height, he is a man of fine personal
appearance, dignified and forceful, with a personality that commands respect
and wins regard. His influence is ever found on the side of progress and
association with him means expansion and elevation.
FREDERICK L. WESTERBECK.
Frederick L. Westerbeck, for a half century a resident of St. Louis, is a
representative of the German-American element in our citizenship — an element
that has been of large practical strength, value and utility, playing an important
part in the progress of the city. He is today president of the Columbia Can
Company, which he organized in 1878 and which is recognized as one of the
important industrial concerns of St. Louis. His birth occurred in Branden-
burg near Berhn, Germany, July 3, 185 1, and in 1858 he was brought to the
/ United States by his parents, Fred and Mary Westerbeck. After arriving in
this city the father was identified with various business interests and served
as a soldier of the Union army during the Civil war. His death occurred in
the year 1876.
His son, Frederick L. Westerbeck, was for a time a pupil in the public
schools but is largely self educated, for he started in the business world in
his fourteenth year. For a time he attended night school but the fact that he
is now a well informed man is attributable largely to his reading, investigation
and the valuable lessons which he has learned in the school of experience. He
began earning his own living in the rope works in the northwestern part of
the city and later secured a situation in the chair factory of Conradies &
Logeman, with whom he continued for about a year and a half. On the ex-
piration of that period he became connected with the business of can manu-
facturing, entering the employ of A. L. Gesrich, with whom he continued for
five years. He was next with the J. H. Pocock Can Company and after three
months took charge of the factory, continuing there for eight years. In the
meantime he had gained comprehensive knowledge of the business, so that he
was well qualified for the position which he occupied as an executive official.
On severing his connection with that house he formed a partnership with
William F. C. Quehl under the name of the Western Can Company, with
whom he was associated for two years. He then withdrew from that partner-
ship and took charge of the interests of the St. Louis Beef Canning Company,
having supervision over a plant in which twenty-five hundred people were
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employed. His supervision of his interests proved a strong element in its
success but in 1882 he withdrew in order to begin business on his own account
under the name of the jSIound City Can Company. In 1901 he sold out to the
American Can Company but remained in charge of the plant for a year and
a half, after which he resigned. He then organized the Columbia Can Com-
pany, which is an important productive industry, furnishing employment to
about two hundred people. His business interests have ever been conducted
along safe and conservative yet progressive lines and, regarding no detail of
the business as too unimportant to receive his personal attention, Mr. Wester-
beck has infused into this concern the spirit of energy and determination which
has characterized him throughout his entire life. He stands today as one of
the prominent representatives of trade interests in the city and aside from the
presidency of the Columbia Can Company, he has for the past thirteen years
been treasurer of the St. Louis Paint, Oil & Drug Company and is a director
of the Northwestern Savings Bank.
In St. Louis in 1871 Mr. Westerbeck was married to Miss Wernerman
and unto them were born six children: Fred, vice president of the company;
Emil, who is secretary and treasurer of the company; Anna, the wife of Charles
Doermann, who is manager of the company ; Emma, the wife of John Briggs,
traveling salesman for the house ; Laura, who is a graduate of the high school
and is the wdfe of Valentine Beiser ; and Clara, who is now a high school student.
In 1894 j\Ir. Westerbeck was again married, his second union being with Miss
[Mary Koestering, a daughter of the Rev. Koestering, a Lutheran minister.
There is one child of this marriage, Ida, who is yet in school.
Mr. Westerbeck has also been a member of various St. Louis organiza-
tions for the promotion of business development and trade relations and his
efforts in this direction have been effective and far reachuig. He was reared
in the Lutheran church, in which he holds membership. His political support
is given to the republican party on questions of state and national importance
but he casts an independent local ballot. He has many friends who recognize
his genuine worth and appreciate the manly qualities that he has always dis-
played in every relation of life. Entirely free from ostentation or display,
he is well known nevertheless as one whose sterling traits of character have
been in harmony with his high ideals of manhood and of citizenship.
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JUDGE ALBERT DEXTER NORTONI.
Through stages of consecutive progress that have marked the development
of his native powers and energies Albert Dexter Nortoni has risen in the legal
profession to rank with the eminent jurists of the state and is now serving as
associate justice of the IMissouri court of appeals. In the interim since his
election to the bench he has shown himself the peer among the ablest members
who have labored in the courts. Few men of his years have been honored with
election to the high office which he is now filling.
His life recorrl began July 26, 1867, at New Cambria, Macon county, Missouri,
his parents being Dr. Edward Warren and Hannah T. (Howell) Nortoni.
Through the medium of the common schools and under private instruction he
mastered the fundamental branches of English knowledge that have served as a
sound basis upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning.
Careful preparation for the bar was followed by his admission in 1888 and from
the age of twenty-one years he continued in the practice of law as a representa-
tive of the bar of Macon, Linn and Chariton counties. Later he removed to
the city of St. Ivrmis, where he continued in active practice until called to the
bench. With indomitable courage and energy, fearing not that laborious at-
tention to details so necessary in the preparatioti of his cases, he entered upon
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his career as a lawyer, and such was his force of character and natural qualifi-
cations that he has overcome all obstacles and carved his name high upon the
keystone of the legal arch.
Judge Xortoni has again and again been called to public office, though
usually he has declined political honors save in the strict path of his profession.
However, he served as school director at New Cambria, Missouri, for one term,
and for one term was private secretary to Congressman C. N. Clark of the first
^Missouri district. In more specifically professional lines there stands to his
credit two terms as city attorney at New Cambria, during which time he prose-
cuted the cases for the city without fear or favor. In 1893 he was prominent
in the prosecution of the naturalization cases and secured the conviction of
several prominent politicians. He also prosecuted Senator Burton of Kansas
during the first trial. He marshals the points in evidence with the skill of a
military leader, each detail bearing full upon the case, while he never loses sight
for an instant of the important point upon which the decision of every case
finally turns. In 1894 he received the unanimous support of the republican
party in the nomination for probate judge of Macon county, but declined to
make the race. He was made the nominee of his party in 1896 for state senator
in the ninth district, but was defeated, and again met defeat when republican
candidate for circuit judge of the second district in 1898.
On the ist of January, 1903, he was appointed first assistant United States
district attorney to serve with Colonel D. P. Dyer, now judge of the federal
branch, and located in St. Louis. His capability in that office made his election
as judge of the St. Louis court of appeals but a logical step in his professional
career. He was elected in November, 1904, for a twelve years' term. His re-
ported opinions are monuments of his profound legal learning and superior
ability, more lasting than brass or marble and more honorable than battles fought
and won. They show a thorough mastery of the questions involved and rare
simplicity of style and an admirable terseness and clearness in statement of the
principles upon which the opinions rest.
On the 22(1 of December, 1892, Mr. Nortoni was married to Miss Maggie
i^. Francis, a daughter of Thomas Francis, of Macon county, Missouri. She
died September 30, 1894, and on the 3d of August, 1906, Judge Nortoni was
again married, his second union being with Emma I. Belcher, of Columbia,
Missouri.
Judge Xortoni is well known in other relations than as a representative
of the judiciary, being a loyal exponent of the basic principles of Odd Fellowship
and of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the Presby-
terian church and in various ways has received expression of the high consid-
eration which his fellowmen entertain for the integrity, dignity, impartiality,
love of justice and strong common sense which mark his character as a judge
and as a man.
CLINTON ROWELL.
Clinton Rowell, for forty years a practitioner at the St. Louis bar, was
one of the native sons of New England, his birth having occurred in Concord,
Essex county, Vermont, November 12, 1838. His parents were Guy and
Clarissa (Rankin) Rowell, both representatives of old families of that section
of the country. They removed to New Hampshire during the infancy of their
son Clinton and his boyhood and youth were spent upon a farm in the old
Granite state. As a public-school student he acquired his preliminary education,
which was supplemented by a preparatory course in the academies of New
Hampshire prior to his matriculation in Dartmouth College, where he com-
pleted his more specifically literary course. Soon after leaving college he
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engaged in active and successful practice. St. Louis was then taking on a
new lease of life and business activity following the depression occasioned by
conditions of the Civil war.
Mr. Rowell became a partner of D. D. Fisher, with whom he remained
in active professional connections until Mr. Fisher's election as judge of the
circuit court in 1889. Not long afterward Mr. Rowell became senior partner
of the firm of Rowell & Ferriss, being joined by Franklin Ferriss in organizing
what became recognized as one of the strongest law firms of the west. A
contemporary biographer has said of Mr. Rowell: "Deeply in love, apparently,
with both the study and the practice of the law Mr. Rowell has been, in all
that the term implies, a lawyer, and he has neither wandered into the tempting
field of politics nor allowed commercial or business interests to divert his at-
tention from the calling to which he pledged his best efforts, his time and
his natural endowments in early manhood. Throughout a third of a century
almost, during which he has been a member of the St. Louis bar, there has
been, in his case, a steady growth of attainments, a constant expansion of
reasoning and analytical powers and a broadening of knowledge, and gratifying
success as a practitioner has come to him as the reward of merit. Having
many of the attributes of a popular orator, he has been eloquent, forcible and
convincing as an advocate and trial lawyer, and being, at the same time, a
close student of the law, with large capacity for research and investigation
and an unusually retentive memory, he has achieved a no less enviable dis-
tinction as a wise, candid and judicious counselor."
Mr. Rowell was not learned in the law alone, for he studied long and care-
fully the subjects that are to the statesman and the man of atTairs of the
greatest import — the questions of finance, political economy, sociology — and kept
removed to the middle west and began preparation for the bar as a student
in the law ofifice of a leading law firm of Bloomington, Illinois. In that city
he was admitted to the bar and in 1866 he removed to St. Louis, where he
abreast with the best thinking men of the age. His study of these questions
was not alone from the theoretic standpoint, for his knowledge was also
gleaned from discussions with the merchants, manufacturers, financiers and
prominent business men of St. Louis, and in 1893 ^""^ ^^^s sent to Washington
as one of the representatives of the business and financial interests of the
city to urge the repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman Law before
a committee of congress. It is said that his argument was one of the most
clear, logical and convincing ever made before the assembled legislators on
a subject which was then attracting the attention of the whole country. He
always stood as a stalwart defender of the democracy but had no political aspira-
tion for himself. On the contrary, he preferred to perform his public service
as a private citizen and his influence was perhaps all the more potent, from the
fact that it was moral rather than political and because it was well known that
he had no personal interest to serve but sought general good. His familiarity
with literature and with art, added to his specific information in many other
lines, made him a man of broad general culture and there was seldom a sub-
ject broached in any gathering on which he was not qualified to speak in-
telligently and entertainingly.
Mr. Rowell was married in 1868 to Miss Carrie M. Ferriss and they became
the parents of two children. His circle of friends was a most extensive one.
bringing him into close connection with the best and oldest families of the
city. Mr. Rowell stood as one of the foremost citizens of St. Louis, by reason
of his long residence here, by reason of his active, honorable and successful
connection with its professional interests and by reason of the helpful part
which he took in promoting those plans and measures which have been of
direct benefit to the city.
Death came to him suddenly, November i, 1908. He remained an actiw
factor in the afifairs of life to the last and when he was laid to rest his funeral
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was attended by the most distinguished members of the bar and prominent
citizens who recognized his worth and abihty, and gathered to pay the last
tribute of respect to one whom they had known and honored. They regarded
him as one among the foremost of those
"Men who their duties know
But also know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain."
His considerate courtesy and uniform urbanity to all, old or young, with
whom he came in contact, are the rare qualities of the old school gentleman,
and wdiile he manifested these traits he also kept in touch with the advanced
thought of the day in all of the relations bearing upon public interests.
GEORGE N. LYNCH.
George N. Lynch, who for many years was connected with one of the
oldest business enterprises of St. Louis, was born in St. Charles, Missouri,
November 30, 1824, and passed away in St. Louis in 1896. His parents were
Thomas and Catherine (Saucier) Lynch, who in the year 1829 removed from
St. Charles to St. Louis, their son George being at that time a little lad of
five years. He was educated in the public schools and in St. Xaviers College.
He also pursued a course of study in St. Charles College and likewise attended
private schools in St. Louis. At an earl}^ age Mr. Lynch received business
training under his father, who was proprietor of a furniture and undertaking
establishment, which was then located at the corner of Vine and Charles streets.
The association between father and son was continued until 1852, when the
latter succeeded to the business in partnership with his brother William, who,
after about two years, was killed in the Gasconade Railroad wreck in 1855.
Mr. Lynch was then alone in business and capably controlled his interests,
remaining at the original location until 1864, when a removal was made to No.
608 Olive street. The growth of the business necessitated another removal
in 1879, when quarters were secured at No. 1008 Olive street. Again more
room was demanded in 1886 and the business was established at No. 1216 Olive
street. Beside his interest in the undertaking business, Mr. Lynch also became
a partner of R. R. Scott in the ownership of a livery business, which was con-
ducted at No. 114 Elm street, under the firm style of Scott & Lynch. The
undertaking business was one of the oldest of the city, having been established
in 1829 and Mr. Lynch continued in active connection therewith until his death.
He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Annie C. McGovern, of this
city, whom he wedded May 8, 1849. Six children were born unto them but only
one, George N. Lynch, is now living. The wife and mother died in May, i860,
and several years later Mr. Lynch wedded Miss Charlotte Fidler, of St. Louis,
by whom he had eleven children, six daughters and five sons. The name of
Lynch has long been known in the business circles of St. Louis and has ever
been synonymous with integrity and fair dealing. Mr. Lynch of this review
fully sustains the reputation made by his father and through his own worth
of character gained not only the patronage but the good will and kind regard
of his associates.
JOHN h'RANCIS McMAHON.
John ]'>ancis McMahon, a contractor and not unknown in democratic
circles, was born in St. Louis, September 13, 1863, a son of John and Bridget
(Hoganj McMahon, both of whom were natives of Ireland. The father came
to America about 1850 and has since been a resident of St. Louis where he
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is now residing at the age of seventy years. His wife arrived in the United
States in her girlhood days — ahout 1853 — and has now reached the age of
sixty-eight years. The family numbered nine children of whom John F. was
the second in order of birth and four younger members of the family are
still living. He was educated in Christian Brothers College of St. Louis and
in 1893 opened a real-estate office which he conducted alone until 1898. In
that year he became engaged in the construction of streets, sewers and public
improvements and still continues in a general contracting line. He placed the
first sewers in Webster Grove and has done extensive business, employing a
large force of workmen in the execution of numerous important constructions
which bring to him a desirable annual income.
On the I2th of February, 1890, in St. Louis Air. McAIahon was married to
Miss Margaret E. Murphy, a daughter of Bernard and Katherine (Quan)
Murphy, .of St. Louis. Seven children have been born unto them : Joseph F.,
eighteen years of age ; Bernard, sixteen years of age ; Alphonse, a youth of
fourteen years ; Miriam, Gerard and Katherine, aged respectively twelve, six
and three years; and Elizabeth, an infant. The family residence, Xo. 45.14
Westminster place, is the property of ]\Ir. ]^IcMahon, who erected it in 1905.
A democrat in his political views he has been active in campaign work, espe-
cially in the support of D. R. Francis for mayor. The only office he has ever
filled has been that of chief clerk in the water rates office from 1886 until
1893. A Catholic in his religious faith, he belongs to Cathedral parish and
is a member of the Knights of Father ]\Iatthew and the Knights of Columbus.
He is fond of athletics and interested in all manly outdoor sports. A self-
reliant character and the faithful performance of duty have been the basic
elements whereby Mr. McMahon has worked his way upwai d until he now
controls a profitable general contracting business.
ISAAC HENRY ORR.
Isaac Henry Orr, who has given undivided attention to the practice of law
and has gained recognition in a large and distinctively representative clientage,
is numbered among ^Missouri's native sons. His birth occurred in the town of
Louisiana, February 14, 1862. His parents were William C. and Eliza J. Orr
and his ancestrv in both lineal and collateral lines has been distinctively Ameri-
can through many generations.
At the usual age, Isaac H. Orr entered the public schools of Louisiana,
and passing through successive grades was graduated from the high school
in 1880. His earlv inclination was toward the legal profession and he resolved
to follow his taste in this direction and become a member of the bar. He made
preparation for practice as a student in the law department of the ^^'ashington
LTniversitv of St. Louis, from which he was graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Law in 1883. His early experience was not that of a dreary
novitiate. On the contrary, he very soon gained a liberal clientage, which has
constantly increased in volume and importance. As counselor, too, he has
achieved an enviable reputation and has important interests in that connection.
In 1886 he became a partner of Harvey L. Christie, with whom he has since
been associated, although the partnership was enlarged to include J. L. Bruce
in 1893 and Charles W. Bates in 1896, at which time the firm name of Orr.
Christie, Bates & Bruce was assumed. Mr. Orr is also personally the trust
officer for St. Louis Union Trust Company, one of the largest financial cor-
porations in the west, looking after the trust estates under its mana«iement.
He was for fifteen years one of the directors of the St. Louis Law Library
Association, and it is conceded that the law library of St. Louis is one of the
four best of the countrv. He has some financial interests outside of his law
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practice, being a director of the Illinois State Trust Company, of the Evans
& Howard Fire Brick Company and the Greeley Printery of St. Louis.
Politically Mr. Orr is a republican and, while zealous in his party's in-
terest, he manifests aside from any political connection the deepest interest
in the welfare and upbuilding of his adopted city. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and socially is a member of the Mercantile, Glen Echo
Country and the Maine Hunting and Fishing Clubs. His home associations are
most pleasant. In 1893 he married Miss Genevieve Pitman, a daughter of
Professor R. H. Pitman, of San Jose, California. Mr. and Mrs. Orr hold
membership with the King's Highway Presbyterian church and are interested
in all activities working for the material, intellectual, aesthetic and moral de-
velopment of the citv.
CHARLES E. KIRCHER.
In the history of St. Louis it is imperative that mention be made of
Charles E. Kircher, who at the time of his death, which occurred October 12,
1907, was filling the position of vice president of the German- American Bank. A
resident of St. Louis from the age of six years, he was always keenly alive to
the interests and welfare of the city, and, while his business duties constituted
his chief interest, he yet found time and opportunity for participation in activ-
ities relating to the city's benefit.
He was born in Witterda, province of Saxony, Germany, January 16, 1846,
a son of Casper Kircher, who died in St. Louis. The son was only six years
of age at the time his parents left the fatherland and sailed for America, arriving
in this city in July, 1852. iVfter attending the public and parochial schools until
1864 Charles E. Kircher crossed the threshold of the business world, becoming
a messenger with the firm of Ladue Lonsey & Company, with whom he con-
tinued for a year. On the expiration of that period he was appointed messenger
to President Felix Coste of the St. Louis Building & Savings Association, now
the National Bank of Commerce. He remained in that institution until 1867,
when further promotion awaited him in his appointment to the position of teller
in the German Bank, wdiere he continued until 187 1. In that year he was made
cashier of the IMullanphy Savings Bank, occupying the position for five years,
when he was given a similar but more lucrative position in the Lafayette Sav-
ings Bank, with which he continued until it was consolidated with another
banking institution under the name of the Lafayette Bank, by which style it
is well known.
Air. Kircher then went to the Breman Savings Bank, where he acted as
cashier until 1884, in which year he became cashier of the German-American
Bank, which he thus represented for twenty-three years, when he was elected
its vice president, continuing in that position until his death. His record was
most creditable, being characterized by steady progression, resulting from his
ability, close application and faithful services. Early in his career he learned
that success is not the result of fortunate environment or influence, but must
depend upon individual effort, and he made it his purpose to serve those he
represented so faithfully as to establish the value of his work and cause his
eflForts to be regarded as an indispensable factor in the conduct of the enterprise.
No man in banking circles in St. Louis enjoyed in fuller measure the confidence
and good will of those who re])resented the money interests of the city, and he
was one of the best known bankers of St. Louis outside of the city. Continu-
ing in one line of business throughout his entire life, he became thoroughly
familiar with it and, with clear understanding of banking in everv detail, his
opinion came to be regarded as authoritv upon any intricate financial problem.
Mr. Kircher was married in this city to Miss Josic Cornett. Mr. Kircher
was devoted to the welfare of his familv and was most faithful in his friend-
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272 ST. LOL'IS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ships. He became one of the charter members of the Bank Clerks Association,
which he assisted in organizing, and was for twenty-eight years treasurer and
director of the North St. Louis Turners Association. He possessed executive
abihty, keen discrimination and that energy which prompts an individual to ac-
complish whatever he undertakes. As the years passed he gained a most en-
viable position in the regard of his social acquaintances and his business asso-
ciates, who found him at all times true to every trust reposed in him and faithful
to a high standard of manhood.
JAMES McCULLOCH ANDERSON.
James AlcCulloch Anderson at the time of his death was the oldest whole-
sale grocer of St. Louis. He was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, February
26. 1837, and was educated at a private academy at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
When a young man of twenty-four years he succumbed to the alluring stories
concerning the gold discoveries in California, and made the long trip across
the sandy plains and over the mountain passes to the Pacific coast, where he
joined the hundreds of other gold seekers who hoped to rapidly realize a fortune
in that land of promise. For some time he engaged in prospecting but was not
very successful, and after a few years spent in the Golden state he returned
eastward, establishing his home at Potosi, Missouri, where he engaged in the
grocery business.
Thinking that the larger city of St. Louis offered still better opportunities
he removed hither in i860 and became a member of the firm of Alkire &
Company. Five years later he withdrew from that business association and es-
tablished the present firm of J. M. Anderson & Company, his two sons, James
W. and L. A. Anderson, being now his successors in business. He developed
an extensive and profitable wholesale grocery house, his trade connections
covering a wide territory, while throughout the entire period of his residence
in St. Louis he enjoyed an unassailable reputation for the integrity of his com-
mercial method and his straightforward treatment of his many patrons. At
the time of his demise he was the oldest wholesale grocer in St. Louis, both
in point of years and in the period of his connection with the business.
It was in 1861 that Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Lucile
(jwathmey, of Anchorage, Kentucky. They traveled life's journey together for
many years, their mutual love and confidence increasing as time passed on.
The death of ^Irs. Anderson occurred in March 1900. His life was unevent-
ful in that his history shows no thrilling or exciting chapters aside from his
ex])eriences in the far west. He commanded the uniform confidence of his
fellowmen by reason of his devotion to duty, his strict conformity to a high
standard of commercial ethics and his faithful performance of every task that
came to him, in citizenship or in home and social relations. He left to his
family not only a handsome competence secured through years of business activ-
ity, but also tile princely heritage of an untarnished name.
In addition to his two sons Mr. Anderson is still survived by a step-
rjaughter, Florence T. Post, now the widow of James L. Post, who was a
grandson of General Putnam Post, of New York state. He has for a number
of years been a most ])rominent factor in business circles, his high standing
being indicate<l in the fact that he is the youngest man ever elected a director
of the Merchants Exchange. He became the chief flour inspector of St. Louis,
anfj devoted his entire attention to the flour business, his enterprise and energy
enabling him to control extensive commercial interests of that char-
acter. In Masfjnry he was well known as a worthy exemplar of the craft,
and he belonged to .Alpha CVnincil of the Royal Arcanum. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Post was born a son. James L. Post, who is now engaged in the advertising
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business in St. Louis. Mrs. Post is well known in social circles of this city
and is proud of the fact that she is a resident of the Missouri metropolis, for
it is endeared to her through the associations of her entire life. Her father
was spoken of as one of St. Louis' best men, and the historian pays tribute to
his honor in recording his life history with that of other distinguished and
representative citizens of St. Louis.
JAMES ASHBROOKE.
Various occupations respectively require men of different dispositions and
talents. To find the vocation for which one's natural faculties best fit him is
an essential point in making a start in life. The study of the lives of men
who have rendered admirable service in the professional or commercial world
goes a great wav in enabling one to decide for what calling he is adapted and
as well to acquire some knowledge of the methods to be followed in order to
pursue it meritoriously. Not only should one profit by the failure of others
but also by their successes. Every individual is qualified to do well in some
line. However one can neither afford to wait until the proper position seeks
him nor can he risk trying one vocation after another in order to discover his
place among life's actors. Rather he should examine himself in the light of
the lives of others and employ them as indices to direct him to the station in
which he can serve with greatest usefulness. Having attained that station
work is not a burden but a pleasure and his sole purpose will be to become more
efficient in performing the duties devolving upon him. As superintendent for
the Methodist Orphans Home for Boys, James Ashbrooke has officiated for
the past eight years in such a manner as to readily convince one of the truth
that he is serving in a capacity for which he is naturally, both in disposition
and ability, fitted. He is a man of pleasing personality and is greatly inter-
ested in all that pertains to the moral and religious life of boys. In the capacity
in which he is now acting he serves in a manner worthy of the greatest praise.
He is attentive to every detail of the work of the institution and under his
management it has been commendable in the highest degree.
Mr. Ashbrooke was born in Cheshire, England, January 9, 1857, the son of
Sarah and Joseph Ashbrooke, who were natives of the same place. The fatiier
was an agriculturist and cultivated a large farm in his native land until the
time of his death. He is connected with the nobility of England, having had
a niece who was united in marriage with Lord Brassey.
James Ashbrooke received his preliminary education in the public schools.
completing the course of study at twelve years of age. He then spent one
year at Knutsford's Commercial College, where he completed a business course.
His uncle, being a member of the firm of Platton & Dobell, wholesale com-
mission merchants, engaged him as a clerk and he gradually advanced from
one position of trust to another until he finally became cashier of the firm. After
he had been employed by the company for thirteen years he resigned his po-
sition and came to America, locating in Chicago, where he spent two
years in fhe employ of the Anglo-American Provision Company. At the end
of this period he withdrew from the activities of crowded cities and business
establishments and repaired to the country, where for a period of live months
he engaged in farming. Returning to Chicago he again engage(l with the
Anglo-American Provision Company, with whom he remained for nine months
and upon his resignation he became bookkeeper for Stern & .-Kdams. a dry-
goods commission house, in which capacity he acted for the next eight years.
Severing his relations with this firm, he was employed for seven years as book-
keeper for the R. J. Gunning Company of Chicago and then located in St.
Louis, where he worked as a solicitor for a real-estate firm. At the same time
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he had charge of the repairing- and cleaning of the St. ]\Iark's Episcopal church
and while serving in this position he was asked to assume the duties of super-
intendent of the Methodist Episcopal Orphans Home, in which station he is
now serving. ]\Ir. Ashbrooke possesses traits and qualities of character which
have not only endeared him to all with whom he has come in contact but
particularlv to the boys of the institution. No one could better serve in this
position than he and during the eight years he has been manager of the home
it has had less sickness than any other institution of the kind in the city.
In January, 1883, Air. Ashbrooke was united in marriage to Miss Margaretta
Webster, and they occupy a suite of rooms at the Orphans Home. In politics
Mr. Ashbrooke is a republican, and upon mention that he is a member of the
Methodist church his religious faith is apparent. For the past three years he
has been associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
TOHN PATTERSON RAMSEY.
John Patterson Ramsey, who for almost a quarter of a century has been
a representative of railroad interests, his course being marked by steady pro-
motion resulting from his expanding powers, is president of the Chicago, Peoria
& St. Louis Railroad Company. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Patterson)
Ramsev. left Covington, Kentucky, where he was born, November 21, 1864,
during his early childhood, and he was educated in the public schools of western
Pennsylvania and in the Western University of Pennsylvania.
He has been continuously connected with railroad service since 1885, rep-
resenting various roads until 1887, in which year he became assistant on the
engineering corps of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, with which
he continued until 1890. He was then made supervisor of the Cincinnati, Ham-
ilton & Indianapolis division of the same road, followed by promotion to gen-
eral road master of the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad, with
which he was thus connected in 1890 and 1891. He then became engineer on
the maintenance way of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway,
and in 1892 accepted the superintendency of the Ohio Southern Railway. From
1803 until 1895 he was road master of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway
and the Litchfield, Carrollton & Western Railway. His next forward step
made him engineer of maintenance way for the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway,
and in 1896 he became general manager of the Madre & Pacific Railway and
president of the El Paso Southern Railway, so continuing for eight years, or
until 1904. at which time he became director and general manager of the Chi-
cago. Peoria & St. Louis Railway Company ; general manager of the Litchfield
& ]^Iadison Railway ; a director and member of the executive committee of
the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway ; and director of the Missouri & Illinois
Bridge & Terminal Railway. In October, 1906, he resigned the position of
general manager of the Litchfield & Madison Railway, and in addition to his
other duties became vice president of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway
Company, there being no president, but on the 14th of December, 1908, he was
elected president of tliis company, which position he is now filling. The steps
in his orderly progression which mark his life work are thus easily discernible.
He has ])assed on to positions of executive control and the development of his
latent powers and energies have qualified him for a successful conduct of the
intricate interests of railroad ojjcration. He has learned to shape into unity
adverse elements and to bring into harmony the manifold forces in the relative
departments of railroad service. He has become recognized as one of the
prominent representatives of railroad interests of the middle west.
Mr. Ramsey belongs to the Railway Engineering and Maintenance Way
Association. He is also a member oi the Railwav, the ^Mercantile and the
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Xoondav Clubs of St. Louis and the Lagonda Club of Springfield, Ohio, and of
the Sangamo Club and the Chamber of Commerce of Springfield, Illinois. In
his religious belief he is a Congregationalist. On the i8th of March, 1892, Mr.
Ramsey wedded 2^Iary Grant Burrows and their children are Clorinda Burrows
and John Patterson Ramsey. With his family he greatly enjoys automobiling,
and outdoor life has for him strong attraction and constitutes his chief source
of rest and recreation.
GOODxMAN KING.
Among the great enterprises which have made St. Louis a commercial
center none is more widely known throughout the country than that which is
conducted under the name of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Company,
of which Goodman King is the president. His rise in the business world is
one of the notable examples of American enterprise, whereby the individual,
through the force of his character and the utilization of opportunity, gains
marked distinction, leaving the ranks of the many to stand among the success-
ful few.
Mr. King was educated in the public and private schools of St. Louis and
in Clark's Academy. Entering upon his business career on the 7th of October,
1865, on which day he assumed the position of bookkeeper and cashier with
the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, he has made consecutive advance-
ment, continuing with the original house until the present time finally attain-
ing the presidency of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Company, of
which he is the present directing head, this house being one of the world's
most renowned jewelry and art establishments. In an analysis of his life record
certain characteristics stand out prominently. He made it his purpose to learn
the business thoroughly and did not feel that his duty was done when he had
accomplished a task assigned to him. On the contrary, he made the interests
of the house his own and thus passed on to positions of administrative import-
ance, in which his acts and commercial moves have been the result of definite
consideration and sound judgment. Energy and good system have been the
foundation of his successful management of an establishment which by its
greatness and success is a credit to the city of St. Louis and a source of pride
to every resident of the city and the Mississippi valley.
Mr. King's interests outside of the extensive jewelry house have been in
the line of public civic improvements and aesthetic art culture. He was one
of the founders and a director of the Fall Festivities Association and chair-
man of its publicity and promotion committee. He has labored untiringly to
make the occasion of the fall festival one of great attraction to non-residents
of St. Louis and a source of exploiting interests and advantages of the city to
its growth and promotion. He was one of the organizers and a member of the
executive committee and vice president of the Business Men's League. He
received recognition in art circles, when, in 1893, l"*^ was appointed judge and
historian oi the art metal section of the department of liberal arts at the World's,
Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He was also a director and department
juror of the Louisiana i'urchase Exposition of St. Louis, also vice president of
the liberal arts, manufacturers, anthropology and ethnology departments of the
same anrl special commissioner to Japan on behalf of the exposition. Interested
in all that furthers the advancement of knowledge concerning the sciences and
the arts, he is a member of the St. Louis Academy of Science and of the Mis-
souri Historical Association, the Archaological Institute of America, and the
National Geographical Society, lie was created by the government of France
an "Officer de r.Xcademie" with the title of "Officer dc I'instruction ])ublique,"
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in recognition of his labors at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and his devo-
tion to the cause of "Les Beaux Arts."
Mr. King was married in St. Louis on the 30th of April, 1884, to Miss
Mary Hopkins, and their son, Clarence Hopkins King, is a Yale graduate of
1907. The family attend the Presbyterian church and in addition to his mem-
bership therein Mr. King is identified through membership relations with various
fraternities and clubs. He is a past master of Occidental lodge, A.
F. & A. M. ; and a member of St. Louis chapter, R. A. M. ; St.
Louis commandery, K. T. ; and Moolah temple of the Mystic Shrine. Fie
was one of the organizers of the St. Louis Club, with which he is still connected,
and is likewise a valued representative of the Noonday, Mercantile and Mis-
souri Athletic Clubs. He stands today as the exponent of progress in many
lines, not because he seeks distinction of this character but because of his deep
interest in subjects which promote culture and broaden the intellect, and asso-
ciation with him means expansion and elevation.
MARTIN ALEXANDER SEWARD.
Martin Alexander Seward, a member of the firm of More & Seward, at-
torneys of St. Louis with offices in the Commonwealth Trust building, started
upon the journey of life December 22, 1873, at Hamilton, Ohio, and has made
rapid progress on the upward climb, having outdistanced many who started out
ahead of him and gained with each advanced step a broader outlook and wider
opportunities. His father, John Seward, was born and still lives in Hamilton,
Ohio, where he is engaged in the insurance business. His father, George
Seward, was a cousin of William Henry Seward, prominent in the Civil war
period of our country's history. The Seward family is of Welsh origin and the
original representatives of the name in America settled in New Jersey in 1700.
They were two brothers, Samuel and Obadiah, the latter being the founder of
the branch of the family to which our subject belongs. Esther Woodruff Hunter
Seward, the mother of Martin A. Seward, was one of fourteen children and
died in 1902. Her father was William Noble Hunter, who emigrated to America
from Rockingham county, Scotland, and settled just outside of the corporation
limits of Cincinnati, Ohio. He died just before his golden wedding celebration,
for which invitations had been issued. His wife bore the maiden name of
Esther Woodruff Symmes and was a cousin of Anna Symmes, the wife of
William Henry Harrison and a daughter of Captain John Cleves Symmes, who
was the original owner of the tract of land on which the city of Cincinnati is
now located. The maternal great-grandmother of ]vlr. Seward was Phoebe
Randolph, of Roanoke, Virginia, who became the wife of Judge Celadon
Symmes, who was common police judge of New Jersey.
It will thus be seen that Martin A. Seward comes of an ancestry honorable
and distinguished, the names of various representatives of the family in both
paternal and maternal lines figuring in connection with important historical
events during the various periods in which they lived. Mr. Seward was edu-
cated in the public school and was graduated from the Hamilton high school
in June, 1892. He then took up the academic course at Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York, completed it and eventually received the LL. P>. degree from
the College of Law of that institution in 1897. The following year he located
for practice in St. Louis and was alone in his profession until September 13,
1901. when he became junior partner of the present firm of More & Seward.
They confine their attention to civil law, making a specialty of corporation and
commercial law, their clientage being extensive and of an im])ortant character.
Mr. Seward was acting city attorney for four years, from 1898 until 1902. with
P. P. Taylor. He has been financially interested in various business enterprises,
278 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
while his official connection therewith has given him a voice in their manage-
ment. He is a director and secretary- of the Jerome Chemical Company of St.
Louis and was formerh- a director of various other corporations.
Mr. Seward manifests only a citizen's interest in politics, voting for the
republican party. He belongs to the Lindell Avenue Methodist Episcopal church
and from 1898 until 1900 he was secretary of the Cornell Alumni Association.
He was likewise the secretary of the Phi Delta Theta and wrote the history of
that organization for the Greek letter societies of St. Louis. He belongs also
to the Theta Xu Epsilon, a class fraternity, and was one of the organizers of
the Round Table Law School Club and one of the organizers of the Boardman
Club. He belongs to the Algonquin Country Club and is interested in tennis and
golf. Fraternally he is associated with the Red Cross Lodge of the Knights of
Fythias and with the National Union, while in more strictly professional lines
he is connected with the Law Library Association. He has won for himself
very favorable criticism for the careful and systematic methods which he has
followed. In the discussion of legal matters before the court the wnde range of
his professional acquirements is demonstrated through his correct application of
legal principles. His utterances are clear and concise and, clothed in the sound
logic of truth, carry conviction to the minds of those who hear him, while merit
is enablingr him to mount the ladder of fame.
HON. DAVID P. DYER.
When the history of St. Louis and her public men shall be recorded, its
pages will bear no more illustrious name than that of Hon. David P. Dyer, judge
of the United States district court. He has been faultless in honor, fearless in
purpose and stainless in reputation during the long period of almost a half cen-
tury with which he has been identified with the St. Louis bar and with the pub-
lic interests of the state, and now as a member of the United States district
court he is proving himself to be the peer of the ablest members who have sat
on the bench.
He began the journey of life in Henry county, Virginia, February 12, 1838.
He is a son of David and Nancy (Salmon) Dyer and is of English lineage, rep-
resenting one of the old Virginian families established in America in colonial
days. His grandfather, George Dyer, was a soldier of the Continental army in
the Revolutionary war and when the country again became engaged in conflict
with Great Britain, David Dyer, the father, joined a Virginian regiment for duty
at the front. He also rendered conspicuous service for his district in the Virginia
legislature, representing his constituents for a period of sixteen years, during
which time he sat in both the upper and lower houses of the general assembly.
He became a pioneer resident of Lincoln county, Missouri, in 1841, and three
years later passed away, while his widow, surviving him for many years, reached
the advanced age of ninety-five.
The experiences of Judge Dyer in his youth were those on a farm upon the
frontier. Lessons of inrlustry were early impressed upon his mind, while his
primary intellectual training came to him through the medium of the common
schools of Lincoln county. Later he enjoyed the advantages of instruction in St.
Charles College and for a year was identified with educational work as a teacher
in Lincoln and Warren counties, Missouri. His preliminary preparation for the
1>ar was made in the office and under the direction of James O. Broadhead and
in 1859 he was licensed to practice in the courts of Missouri. Along with those
qualities indispensable to the lawyer — a keen, rapid, logical mind plus the busi-
ness sense and a ready capacity for hard work — he brought to the starting point
of his legal career certain rare gifts — eloquence of language and a strong per-
sonality. He was possessed, too, of laudable ambition and unfaltering purpose
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and was not long in gaining that recognition which proved his initial step toward
the fame and success that have been his in later years. In i860 he was elected
circuit attorney of the third judicial district, which embraced the counties of
Pike, Lincoln, Warren, Montgomery and Callaway. He was for two years asso-
ciated in the practice of law with John B. Henderson and in the same year in
which he formed his partnership — 1862 — was elected to represent his district in
the house of representatives, while public endorsement of his first term's service
came to him at a reelection in 1864 as the representative of Pike countv. He at
once took his place with the leaders of the assembly, of which he was always an
earnesj; working member, connected wdth much of the important constructive
work done in the committee rooms. Although then but twenty-four years of
age. he was made chairman of the judiciary committee and the course which he
pursued in that connection won him high encomiums from the distinguished law-
yers and judges of the day.
The time of the Civil war drew on, when every citizen was deeplv interested
in the political questions and issues of the hour. Judge Dyer took a firm stand
in support of the supremacy of the government and used every effort in his
power to favor measures designing to promote the national interests and espe-
cially to save Missouri to the Union. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities he had
been known as a Douglas democrat, but he felt that the hour had come when
the national welfare transcended all political parties or partisan interests and,
recruiting the Forty-ninth Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, he was joined by
many who had learned to respect and honor him for his rational, conservative
views and wdio felt that the step which he now took was no hasty or ill advised
one. Commanding this regiment as colonel, he was stationed in the interior of
Missouri during the momentous operations of the summer of 1864. He was
then transferred to the Department of the Gulf, taking an active part in the
battles about ]\Iobile, where his regiment sustained a considerable loss in killed
and wounded. In August, 1865, three months after open hostilities had ceased,
Colonel Dyer and his regiment were mustered out of the service.
On his return from the south the practice of law was at once resumed and
Judge Dyer gained almost immediate prominence, not only in legal circles, but
also as one of the distinguished political leaders of the republican party in the
state. He served for one term in congress, following his election in 1868, and
in 1875 became United States district attorney for the eastern district of Mis-
souri through appointment of President Grant. While filling that office he prose-
cuted the famous "whisky fraud" cases and was so able, zealous and faithful to
the interests of justice and the government in the discharge of his duties that
high encomiums were bestowed upon him by the authorities at Washington, while
the case brought him before the public eye and made him well known to the bar
and the people of the country generally. In 1880 he was honored by his party
with the candidacy for governor and received a flattering vote, although he did
not overcome the large democratic majority that Missouri gave in those days.
Judge Dyer became a member of the bar of St. Louis in 1875 and has since
gained recognition as one of the eminent lawyers of the state. He received ap-
pointment from President Roosevelt as United States district attorney and served
in that capacitv for five years, during which time he prosecuted some very im-
portant cases in the district court, including the celebrated Burton case. The
last and most merited honor conferred upon him in connection with professional
interests was his elevation to the United States district bench, whereon he is now
serving. Before he became a member of this court he continued his active interest
in politics and as a citizen in relation to public affairs has always been widely
known for his patriotic devotion to the general good and for his active coopera-
tion in manv movements and measures, which have been tangible factors in the
progressive development of St. Louis and the state. He is a man of eloquence,
who is always listened to with attention and whose appearance upon the ]niblic
platform is usuallv greeted with tumultuous applause as the expression of public
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favor. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Repubhc and the military order
of the Loyal Legion and is prominent in their national meetings, where he not
only entertains his audiences, but also instructs them as a philosophical reasoner
upon the topics discussed in such gatherings. In these addresses he has done
much toward allaying the bitter sectional feelings growing out of the Civil war.
Living on the border as he has done, knowing intimately leaders of both the
north and the south and studying closely the great questions which have been
involved in the adjustment of the interests between the two sections, few men
are better qualified to discuss the issues which have arisen therefrom. It is not
unusual for him to introduce to his hearers those who have borne arms against
him, who are received as welcome guests and listened to with respectful atten-
tion and warm sympathy. In this he displays his breadth of view and generous
spirit — an example that might well be emulated by the majority.
Judge Dyer was married in Pike county, Missouri, in i860, to Miss Lizzie
Chambers Hunt, the second daughter of Judge Ezra Hunt and granddaughter
of Judge Rufus Pettibone, who was one of the first judges of the supreme court
of ^lissouri. He is the father of six children : Ezra Hunt, Mrs. Emma Grace
(Dyer) Hunting, David P., Jr., Elizabeth L., Horace L. Dyer and Mrs. Louise
(Dyer) Fay. Those who know Judge Dyer in social relations find him a most
congenial and entertaining companion. He has throughout his life been a student,
constantly gaining knowledge through observation, through research, through
investigation and through discussion with those well informed on subjects which
are of vital interest to the country and to the people in varied relations. In this
wide general information is found one of the strong elements of his power and
ability as lawyer and jurist. The broad knowledge enables him to understand
life in its various phases, the motive springs of human conduct and the com-
plexity of business interests, and this, combined with a comprehensive familiarity
with statutory law and with precedent, makes him one of the ablest judges
who have sat on the United States district court bench in Missouri.
JOSEPH OILMAN MILLER.
Joseph Oilman Miller, engaged in handling steel rails and railroad ma-
terials, has through the gradual steps of successive development worked his way
upward to a position in business circles where he is now controlling an extensive
trade and deriving substantial benefits therefrom. He was born in St. Louis,
May II, 1859, his parents being Joseph O. and Adele O. Miller. The father
was a planter of Adams county, Mississippi, and a member of the firm of Chap-
jjell & Miller, of St. Louis. On the father's side Mr. Miller is descended from
English planters who settled in Georgia and on the mother's from French-Swiss
ancestors who were associated with Lord Selkirk in the celebrated Red River
of the North colony.
At the usual age Joseph G. Miller was sent to the public schools, where
he completed the work of each successive year until he was graduated from the
high school with the class of 1877. He then entered at once upon his business
career and was connected with various railroad and manufacturing interests of
this city from the time of his graduation until 1889. In the latter year he
was secretary of the Madison Car Company and so continued until 1893, when
he began merchandising in steel rails and railroad materials. In this line he
has built up an extensive business, which is constantly growing in volume and
importance, so that the trade yields to him a most remunerative income annually.
On the 5th of November, 1899, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss
Caroline Cj'Fallon, a flaughter of John G. O'Fallon, and their children are Caro-
line O'Fallon anrj John O'Fallon Miller. Mr. Miller has had some military
experience, having served as a member of Battery A from 1881 until 1884. In
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politics he is a democrat and was identitied with the gold wing of the party
when the national democratic convention favored the Bryan policy of sixteen
to one. He belongs to the St. Louis, Noonday, Racquet, Field, Missouri Athletic,
Western Rowing and Dardenne Hunting Clubs and is also an exemplary repre-
sentative of the ^lasonic fraternity. He likewise belongs to the Presbyterian
church and these associations indicate much of the nature of his interests and
the principles which govern his actions.
EDAIUND SHAKELFORD ROWLAND.
Edmund Shakelford Rowland, state manager for iMissouri for the Pru-
dential Life Insurance Company, was born in Richmond, Kentucky, January 17,
i860, a son of Sidney Venable Rowland and Susan (Shakelford) Rowland. The
father left Richmond at about the close of the Civil war and went to Cincinnati,
where he engaged in the wholesale shoe business. He died in 1903.
In the schools of Danville, Kentucky, our subject acquired his education,
attending the military academy of that place. He afterward embarked in business
with his father in Danville, conducting a retail shoe house, and thus made his
initial step in the business world. In early manhood he was there married to
]\Iiss Pattie Belle Bryant, the wedding being celebrated in 1882. Soon after-
ward he went to Chicago and was on the Board of Trade for six years. He
traveled in California for two years as representative of the Mayfield Woolen
]Mills Clothing Company and was connected with the World's Fair during the
period of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. Since that time he
has been identified with the life insurance business and is now the senior member
of the well known firm of Rowland & Wilson, with offices in the Chemical build-
ing. In this connection he is state manager for Missouri for the ordinary branch
of the Prudential Insurance Company, and the extensive business which the
Prudential controls in IMissouri and the fact that his firm is conceded to be one
of the leaders in the west in volume of business, are to be credited to the push,
energ}' and executive ability of Mr. Rowland.
Mr. Rowland resides at the Buckingham Hotel and is identified with various
different organizations for the promotion of civic, fraternal or social interests.
He is a member of the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, the Life Underwriters
Association, the Kentucky Society, the St. Louis Club and is a prominent demo-
crat, all of which indicate the nature and character of his interests and his
activities.
ERWIN G. OSSING.
Erwin G. Ossing, an attorney at law, was born in St. Louis, March 9, 1883.
He is a son of G. H. and Hermine (Ahrens) Ossing. The father has for fifty-
six years been a resident of this city and for thirty-five years was a liquor mer-
chant, but is now living retired. A veteran of the Civil war, he maintains pleasant
relations with his old army comrades as a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and he has not been unknown as a worker in republican ranks, for he
believes firmly in the principles of the party and recognizes the obligations as
well as the privileges of citizenship. In Masonry he has attained the Knight
Templar degree, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows society, to the North
St. Louis Turn Verein and to the Freie Gemeinde.
At the age of eleven years, Erwin Ossing left the public schools and be-
came a student in Smith Academy, where he was graduated in 190T. He was
an apt stuHcnt anrl was Cjreek salutatorian of the graduating class. Two years'
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study in Washington University was followed by his matriculation in 1903 in the
St. Louis Law School, from which he was graduated in 1905. While in college
he was very prominent in athletic circles and always played on the baseball team.
His interest in athletics, however, was never allowed to interfere with his studies
and he entered upon the active practice of law well qualified for the onerous and
responsible duties of his profession. His readiness of resources, his understand-
ing of the principles of jurisprudence and his analytical power enabling him to
recognize the relative value of the minor and important points of his cases and
to give to each its due prominence, are factors in his successes. He was asso-
ciated with John P. Boogher until October, 1907, and has since engaged in inde-
penderit practice, meeting with excellent success for one of his years.
Mr. Ossing is a member of the Lutheran church. He is a third degree
Mason and in politics manifests a contagious enthusiasm in his support oi repub-
lican principles. He is, moreover, a lover of music and belongs to the Singing
Society of the Freie Gemeinde.
On the 14th of November, 1906, Mr. Ossing was married to Miss Lula
Schilling, a daughter of Ernest Schilling, who was one of the early promoters of
the St. Louis Car Company. Mr. Ossing has erected an attractive home at No.
3216 Greer avenue and they occupy an enviable position in social circles. L.
professional lines he has already gained a creditable place and his friends, rec-
ognizing his power and laudable ambition, predict for him larger successes in
the future.
WILLIAM H. SIMPKINS.
William H. Simpkins, a general contractor, was born in St. Louis, June
9, 1867, a son of W. H. Simpkins, who at the age of twelve years removed to
this city from Cape Girardeau. The family were previously residents of Penn-
sylvania and of English parentage. VV. H. Simpkins, Sr., was married in St.
Louis to Miss Mary A. Moore, who was born in this city in 1847, a daughter
of David B. Moore, who was one of the first chiefs of the volunteer fire de-
partment. The first lire engine in the city was christened by her. It had been
brought across the river on the ice and was used by the old volunteer com-
pany in fighting the fire element at a day wdien the population of St. Louis did
not justify the maintenance of a paid department. The Moore family was
among the earliest Scotch famihes of this city. W. H. Simpkins, Sr.. was a
pioneer contractor for the real-estate agents here, doing repair work. He was
engaged in this business from 1865 up to the time of his death. He had served
with the First Missouri Regiment, being the second man to enlist in that com-
mand, which was with the eastern army and accompanied Sherman on the
celebrated march to the sea, Mr. Simpkins taking part in all of the battles on
that memorable march and the Atlanta campaign. He was wounded on sever?.!
occasions but whether in the thickest of the fight or stationed on the lonely
picket line, he was always loyal to duty. He joined the army as a private and
was mustered out with the rank of sergeant. He died in El Paso. Texas. April
29, 1903. at the age of sixty-two years, and his wife passed away on the 3rd
of July of the same year. Their surviving children are: Laura A.: William
H., of this review; Emma R., the wife of R. E. Schroeder; Joseph; and
Winifred.
William H. Simpkins. whose name introduces this record, pursued his edu-
cation in the public schools of St. Louis and in the Jones Business College, from
which he was graduated at the age of eighteen. He then joined his father in
business and has since been well known as a contractor, confining his attention
exclusively to repair work for real-estate agents. He has the most extensive
patronage of this kind in the city and the business established by his father
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forty-two years ago is today of the oldest of this character in St. Louis. His
life has been one of unremitting dihgence and his fidehty to the terms of a con-
tract has gained him the extensive patronage now accorded him.
On the 31st of December, 1901, Mr. Simpkins was married to Miss Jennie
JM. }^IcCormack. a daughter of G. W. and Jennie A. (Calvin) McCormack. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Simpkins hold membership in the Presbyterian church. A resi-
dent of St. Louis throughout his entire life, the fact that many of his stanchest
friends are those who have known him from boyhood indicates that his career
has at all times been honorable and upright.
AUGUST F. KLASING.
The world loves a hero whether he fights an opponent on the battlefield
or wages a conflict wdth adverse conditions and discouraging circumstances. The
same spirit of determination and unflinching bravery characterizes each. It is
because of this admiration of the heroic qualities that August F. Klasing occupies
today the position in public regard that is accorded him, for though he started
out in life empty-handed and has met many discouragements and difficulties, he
has continued on his way with resolute purpose and is now the owner of one
of the largest retail stores in North St. Louis.
He was born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, October i, 1850. His father,
Henry Klasing, was married in early manhood to Amalia Moritz, and with their
family they sailed from Germany in 1878, settling in St. Louis. In previous
years the father had engaged in brick manufacturing, but in this country lived
a retired life, enjoying the rest which came to him as the merited reward of
earnest labor in previous years. His death occurred in 1902, while his wife
passed away about 1892.
August F. Klasing is indebted to the common-school system of Germany
for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He was about eighteen years
of age when he came to the L^nited States and, establishing his home in St.
Louis, which has been the mecca of so many German emigrants and which owes
its upbuilding largely to the enterprise of the Teutonic race, secured a clerkship
in a grocery store. His cash capital when he arrived here was a single fifty-
cent piece, but he realized the fact that determination and diligence constitute
a safe foundation upon which to build success, and he resolutely set to work
to conquer the conditions which barred his path to prosperity. At different times
he met obstacles of considerable importance and he underwent many deprivations
and trials in the early days. Hard work, too, fell to his lot, for in the first
period of his residence here he gave his employer the benefit of his services
from five o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night. His remunera-
tion was but seven dollars and a half per month, with board and lodging.
Such a condition would strike terror in the hearts of the dictators in the labor
unions at the present time, but Mr. Klasing proved his worth and not only
labored diligently, but saved his cash earnings to send to his people in Ger-
many, and thus provided the passage money which brought them to the new
world.
In 1872 he began business on South Broadway, where he handled gro-
ceries and general merchandise. Being a young man and very popular, he soon
made quite a success in this venture and won a goodly profit at this location.
C^n the 8th of May, 1885, he removed to No. 5034 North Broadway, and at
this point has one of the largest retail stores in North St. Louis. His business
has constantly increased in volume and importance and he has from time to time
enlarged his stock to meet the growing demands of the trade. He now carries
an extensive and well selected line of goods and has a patronage scarcely equaled
in the citv out of the downtown trade center. Aside from his mercantile inter-
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983 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ests ]Mr. Klasing has other important and profitable business connections, being
now president of the Lowell Bank, president of the Pocahontas Mining Gom-
panv, director of the German Mutual Life Insurance Company, of St. Louis, a
director and vice president of the Jeft'erson Mutual Fire Insurance Company and
a director of the Altenheim, of St. Louis. For about ten years previous to 1903,
]Mr. Klasing was secretary and treasurer of the German Emigrant Aid Society,
of St. Louis. His services were marked by the same business abihty and fidel-
ity, that has been shown in the management of his own affairs. When this
organization was disbanded in 1903, the funds in the treasury amounting to
about eight thousand dollars, were divided among the Orphans" Home, hospitals
and the Altenheim.
Pleasantlv situated in his home life, Mr. Klasing was married in St. Louis,
November 28, 1873, to Miss Sophie Niemeyer. They have seven children:
Sophie, Anna, Barbara, Louisa, Augusta, Laura and Elsa, all of whom are yet
living and are still under the parental roof, while they have also lost two children.
]^Ir. Klasing gives his political allegiance to the republican party, for his study
of the questions and issues of the day when he became a naturalized American
citizen led him to believe that its platform contains, the best elements of good gov-
ernment and he has never had occasion to change his opinions concerning this.
He belongs to the Liederkranz and to the Apollo and Harmonia smging socie-
ties. While he has prospered and enjoyed the benefits which accrue from busi-
ness success and from congenial social intercourse, he has never been neglectful
of his duties toward those less fortunate and in fact ever has a hand downreach-
ing to aid others who have not been so successful in the affairs of life. His
sympathies go out strongly to the homeless little ones and because of this he
has taken an active and helpful part in the work of the Orphans' Home Society
and of the German Protestant Orphans' Society. He belongs to the St. Jacoby
Protestant church and its teachings find exemplification in his life and in his
efforts to promote the Christian spirit which is the foundation upon which our
modern civilization rests.
HERMAN WILLIAM KASTOR.
Herman William Kastor is now living retired in St. Louis, having made
rapid progress in his business career from the time of his connection with
interests in this city from 1895 until he turned over the management of his
commercial concerns to his sons. He was born in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany,
October 26, 1838, a son of Wolf and Gertrude (Ahlfeld) Kastor. He acquired
his education in public and polytechnic schools of his native land, and on the
1st of September, 1852, arrived in New York that he might take advantage
of its broarler business opportunities with advancement more quickly secured.
He engaged in the importing business with D. R. Rudolph, whose daughter
Theresa he afterward married. Wlien the Civil war broke out he was corporal
in the Sixth New York Regiment and with that command saw a short term of
service at Annapolis, Maryland.
In 1863 ^^^- Kastor disposed of his business interests in the eastern metrop-
olis and came to the west, accepting a clerkship in a store at Leavenworth,
Kansas. For two years he did duty as second lieutenant of the First Kansas
Regiment and then went to Wyandotte, now Kansas City, Kansas, where he
began the publication of Die Fackel the first German newspaper in the state.
Subsequently he removed this paper to Atchison, Kansas, and afterward went
to St. Josej)h, Missouri, where he became editor and part owner of the daily
and weekly Volksblatt. He was thus identified with the German newspaper
interests of the state from 1868 until 1895, when he sold out and caiue to St.
Louis. Here he organizer] tlic 11. \\\ Kastor & Sons Advertising Company,
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his long experience in the newspaper field having brought to him comprehensive
and progressive views of advertising, which he now put into effect in a busi-
ness that soon developed into one of the most extensive of its characte: in
the country. Year after year brought to the firm increased success and, with
ample reward for his labor, Herman W. Kastor withdrew from the business
in August, 1902, turning it over to his seven sons, who have since controlled
and managed it.
In 1899 Mr. Kastor was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, whom
he had wedded in New York in i860. Their children are Benjamin H., Louis,
Mollie, Ernest H., Fred W., Richard H., William B., Gertrude and Arthur G.
His tw^o daughters and all his sons, with the exception of the oldest and
youngest, Ben and Arthur, are married. Mr. Kastor is independent in politics
and yet riot without the keenest interest in the country which has given to him
the opportunities he sought when he left behind him kindred, friends and
native land to establish a home in the new world.
HEXRY C. KOENIG.
Among those who in an important way have been identified with the busi-
ness interests of St. Louis is numbered Henry C. Koenig, who is president of the
Missouri Pressed Brick & Improvement Company, at Marine and Osage streets.
In this high position he has been officiating for the past two years. This is one
of the largest brick manufacturing plants throughout the entire west. Mr.
Koenig has the credit of having been the founder of the company. It has been
through his untiring energy and application to all the interests appertaining
to the welfare of the firm that the business of the company has increased to its
present proportions. At present under the employ of the company are about
one hundred men, who are kept busy throughout the entire year. In conduct-
ing the business the firm keeps steadily employed fifteen teams for local and
freight deliveries. The brick manufacturing plant itself is built on the most mod-
ern type, and they manufacture all classes and qualities of brick, having a yearly
output of about eight million pieces.
Mr. Koenig is of German origin, but was born in St. Louis in April, 1852,
the son of Henry and ^lary Koenig. John Koenig, his grandfather, was a native
of Prussia, Germany, and in 1844 came to St. Louis, where he lived a retired
life until the date of his death. His son Henry was also born in Prussia. Ger-
many, in January, 1809, and came to St. Louis with his father. In this city he
followed the contracting business until he died, in 1867.
Henry C. Koenig, son of the latter, completed his education at the public
schools of St. Louis at the age of fourteen years and was then enrolled in the
Jones Commercial College, from which he graduated after having taken a three
years' business course. Immediately he vvas apprenticed to the brick-laying
trade with his brother and followed that occupation for a period of five years.
Giving up his craft, he established himself in the dry-goods business at Sidney
and Second streets, and in this he was quite successful and succeeded in build-
ing up an extensive trade. After having been in the business for a period of
seven years, he disposed of his interests and engaged in brick manufacturing at
Marine and Osage streets. Here his interests grew rapidly and he conceived
the idea of founding a company, which materialized in the incorporation of the
Missouri Pressed Brick & Improvement Company in 1896. with himself as presi-
dent : his son Edwin C. as vice president ; and his son-in-law Theodore Eggers
as attorney and secretary of the company. Since the founding of the firm the
business has grown to wonderful proportions and is known throughout the en-
tire west. Besides doing an immense local business they ship great quantities of
brick to the eastern, western and southern states. .
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On September 5. 1875, Air. Koenig was united in marriage, in St. Louis, to
Miss Lizzette Bruesselbach, and they have two children : Edwin C, vice presi-
dent of the Missouri Pressed Brick & Improvement Company ; and Mrs. Ade-
laide Eggers, Mr. Eggers being a prominent attorney and already mentioned
as acting secretary of the company of which Mr. Koenig is president.
Mr. Koenig is a Free & Accepted Mason, in which fraternal order he takes
a profound interest. He is also a member of the Western Rowing Club, in which
he has passed through all the chairs, and belongs to the Legion of Honor. He
is a republican in politics, but not an active politician beyond his interest at
election times to see the candidates of his party in office, and his religious faith
is apparent upon mention that he is a Protestant. He owns a beautiful residence
at 3836 Kosciusko street, wdiere he resides.
GOLDBURN H. WILSON. M. D.
With a nature that could never be content with mediocrity, Dr. Goldburn
H. Wilson has made continuous progress as a representative of the medical
fraternity and is still closely in touch with that onward movement which is
bringing the practice of medicine to a high standard. He was born in Rock
Island county, Illinois, April 29, 1864, his parents being Thomas P. and Sarah
E. ( Quick) Wilson, who after a married life of sixty-three years are a most
hale and hearty couple and bid fair to live for some time to come. They are
both natives of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, where they were reared and
married. The father was born September 22, 182 1, and the mother December
29, 1827. He was reared to farm life and adopted that calling, which he has
since followed. About 1856 he removed westward to Rock Island county,
Illinois, where he lived for twelve years, and then took up his abode in Henry
county, iMissouri, settling on a farm near Montrose prior to the reconstruction
of the work following the Civil war. The district was then practically a
frontier country and during the recollection of Dr. Wilson deer were numer-
ous there, it being no infrequent thing to see them in the backyard of his own
home. Other evidences of pioneer life w^ere also manifest and the family ex-
perienced many hardships and privations incident to living on the frontier.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Wilson are still living in the old home in Henry
county, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years have passed
by. Air. Wilson has long given his allegiance to the republican party and both
he ancl his wife have been faithful and active members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church.
Dr. Wilson was but four years of age when he removed to Henry county,
Missouri. There he was reared, mastered the branches of learning taught in
the public schools and at the age of eighteen years entered the State University
at Columbia, Missouri, where he pursued his studies for four years. During
the last two years of that time his attention was devoted to the mastery of the
principles of medicine and in 1887 he entered the St. Louis College of Phy-
sicians, from which he was graduated in the class of 1889. In the spring of
that year he made the run into Oklahoma on the opening of the country to the
settlement of the white race, but the representatives of the medical fraternity
there were of such a class that he determined to return to St. Louis, where
he entered upon the practice of his profession. Here he showed the strength
of his nature, his strong purpose and his laudable ambition. His father had
furnished the money for his education, but while he offered the son more funds
Dr. Wilson felt that he could now depend upon his own resources and refused
further assistance. For a few months after ojK'ning an office he found it
sometimes difficult to meet expenses, and some days he had but two meals a
day, but his perseverance anrl ability soon won reco^.'^nition and he gained a
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creditable standing in professional ranks. After he had once gained a start,
success came rapidly, and after a comparatively brief period his practice was
a most remunerative one. In handling- many complex ])roblems he showed
marked strength and ability, and the public soon came to recognize that he
was most careful in the diagnosis of a case and correct in applying remedial
agencies to the needs of his patients. From 1892 until 1894. inclusive, he w-as
a professor of chemistry in Marion Sims ^ledical College and in 1894-95 he
acted in the same capacity in the Woman's Hospital Medical College. He now
belongs to the American Medical Association, to the Missouri State Medical
Society, the St. Louis Medical Society and the Mississippi Medical Association.
Aside from his profession, Dr. Wilson's membership relations extend to
Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. ]\L, and to Montrose Lodge, Xo. 383,
L O. O. F. He is a stalwart republican in his political views and in 1896 was
elected to represent his district in the lower house of the ^^lissouri assembly.
He has been continuously elected since that time, with the exception of the year
1903, and has served for a longer period than an}- other member ever elected
from his city. He was speaker pro tern in 1905 and has been recognized as a
leader in the legislature. His entrance into politics was brought about through
his recognition of the lax medical laws of ^Missouri, whereby any one with a
diploma was allowed to practice medicine without regard to his education or abil-
itv. It was after a six years" bitter contest that Dr. Wilson and his associates
secured the passage of adequate laws, raising the standard of the qualifications
necessary to become a practitioner of medicine and surgery. During the session
of the legislature he was one of the champions of and was largely instrumental
in securing the passage of the pure food laws. He has stood for practical ad-
vancement and reform, placing the public welfare before partisanship and the
interests of the commonwealth before personal aggrandizement. He has re-
cently been a delegate to the republican national convention held in Chicago in
1908.
In 1896 Dr. Wilson was married to Miss Laura Phillips, of Union, Frank-
lin countv, Missouri. They have two sons, Goldburn H. and Thomas Phillips.
Dr. Wilson has long been recognized as a man of marked individuality and
strength of character. He has been an entity in the public life and in political
circles. He has never felt bound by custom or by precedent but has used his
judgment to determine that which is valuable and trustworthy and has wrought
along new lines and has advanced many mc>vlern ideas which have stood the test
of public service and have therefore proved of worth.
FRED ARTHUR BAXISTER.
Fred Arthur Banister has since 1890 been connected with real-estate inter-
ests in St. Louis and in recent years has also done much speculative building.
Aside from business connections he is w^ell known as a prominent representative
of Masonrv. He was born in Gasconade county. Missouri. November 2S, 1861,
and is a son of John B. and ^liriam \^ Banister, both of whom were natives
of England. Coming to this country in 1858. they settled in Cleveland. Ohio,
where thev lived for several years prior to their removal to St. Louis. The
father engaged in business as a contracting painter.
Fred A. Banister is indebted to the public-school system of St. Louis for
his educational advantages. Earlv in his business life he became secretary to
Gains Paddock, the president of the Paddock-Hawley Iron Company, with whom
he was thus connected for ten vears or until ^larch. 1896. when he resigned to
learn the real-estate business w'ith E. S. Guignon. He continued for two years
with Mr. Guignon and then entered upon an independent venture in real-estate
lines, since which time he has promoted many sales and i)urchases of St. Louis
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property and has also been largely engaged in building, erecting many substan-
tial and attractive structures, whereby unsightly vacancies have been transformed
into pleasing residence districts. His operations in this line have proved a potent
element in his success.
On the 28th of November, 1888, at St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Banister was
married to Aliss Nonie E. Morton, and they have two children, Marian and Ed-
ward, aged respectively eleven and eight years. Mr. Banister votes with the
republican party and while he has never sought nor desired political office, he
has been honored with official preferment in Masonic circles. He joined the Ma-
sons in 1888, belonging to Occidental Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Missouri Chapter,
R. A. M., St. Aldemar Commandery. No. 18, K. T., St. Louis Consistory of the
Scottish Rite and Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has been secretary
of the Grand Avenue Alasonic Temple Association since the project was started
nine years ago and has been an active worker in promoting this to the complete
success to which it has attained. He is a member of the Mercantile, Glen Echo,
Oasis and Fishing Clubs, the last two being composed of Shriners.
HON. HENRY HITCHCOCK.
It is said of an eminent man of old that he has done things worthy to be
written; that he has written things worthy to be read; and by his life has con-
tributed to the welfare of the republic and the happiness of mankind. He of
whom this transcendent eulogy can be pronounced with even partial truth is enti-
tled to the gratitude of the race. Nowhere within the broad limits of the com-
monwealth of Missouri has there died a man over whom this might more truth-
fullv be said than of Henry Hitchock, one of the most eminent American
lawyers. When he passed away and the St. Louis Bar Association mict to pay
honor to his life and its accomplishment, the following memorial was prepared
by the committee : "Henry Hitchcock was a great-grandson of Ethan Allen, of
Revolutionary fame. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Hitchock, born in Mas-
sachusetts, was a member of the Vermont convention which ratiiied the federal
constitution, was attorney general of that state and later a United States district
judge and circuit judge. His father, Henry Hitchock, born in Burlington, Ver-
mont, in 1 79 1, removed to Alabama, where, between 18 19 and 1839, he was
successively attorney general. United States district attorney and chief justice
of the supreme court of Alabama. Judge Hitchcock married Annie Erwin, of
Bedford county, Tennessee. Of that marriage Henry Hitchock, the subject of
this memorial, was born at Springhill, near Mobile, Alabama, July 3, 1829.
His father died in 1839 at Mobile. His mother went with him to live at Nash-
ville, Tennessee. At the age of seventeen years he was graduated from the
L'niversity of Nashville and entered Yale College. He was graduated from
Yale at nineteen with honors and with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His alma
mater in 1875 conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Law.
"After his graduation from Yale in 1848, he was for a year an assistant
classical teacher in the high school of Worcester, Massachusetts. He then
returned to his home at Nashville, Tennessee, and entered upon the study of law
in the office of William F. Cooper, afterward chancellor and judge of the supreme
court of that state. There he remained for about two years. In October, 185 1,
he was admitted to practice law in the courts of Missouri. November 18, 185 1,
he was enrolled as attorney in the circuit court of the then county, now city, of
St. Louis, and established an office here. In 1852 he was associated with the
St. Louis Intelligencer, a newspaper of whig affiliations, and was a deleg^ite to
the national whig convention at Baltimore, which nominated General Scott for
president.
HENRY HITCHCOCK
29:^ ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
'"At the March term. 1854, he argued his first case in the supreme court of
Missouri. September 7, 1857, he was enrolled a member of the bar of the
United States district court for the eastern district of Alissouri, and in 1867
of the supreme court of the United States. His practice in the supreme court
of this state and in the supreme court of the United States, as well as in the
lower courts, was important and varied. He conducted many cases of great
moment. A record of the most important may be found in the Reports, begin-
ning with the 20th ^lissouri and 6th Wallace and continuing to the present time.
In 1859 he was chosen, and to the end of his life continued, a trustee of Wash-
ington University. For many years, and to the time of his death, he was vice
president.
'Tn 1858 Mr. Hitchcock became a republican. In i860, on the eve of the
presidential election, he made his first ])olitical speech, advocating the election
of Abraham Lincoln. In February. 1861, he was elected a delegate from St.
Lotiis to the ^^lissouri convention, called under authority of the act of the gen-
eral assembly approved January 21, 1861. "to consider the then existing relations
between the government of the United States, the people and governments of
the different states, and the government and people of the state of Missouri ;
and to adopt such measures for vindicating the sovereignty of the state and the
protection of its institutions as shall appear to them to be demanded.'
"Mr. Hitchcock and onlv five other members of that convention were repub-
licans. He was. from the assembling of the convention till its final adjournment
in Jtily, 1863, an active and potent advocate of "Lnconditional Union' and of
the abolition of slavery in Missouri. On ]\Iarch 13, 1861, in that convention, he
spoke with great force and effect in favor of the state's furnishing men and
money to coerce the seceding states. He was against all compromise with the
institution of slavery. In July, 1861, he voted for the ordinance which declared
the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state vacant, and
instituted a provisional state government. In October, 1861, in support of an
ordinance postponing the elections which had been ordered for November, he
delivered a speech which his opponent, L'riel Wright is said to have acknowledged
did credit to his intellect and powers of argument. At the final session of that
convention in June, 1863, he made an earnest speech, advocating the emancipation
of slaves in Alissouri.
'Tn after years ^Ir. Hitchcock deplored what he regarded as his mistake in
not entering the volunteer service in 1861. That was his desire; but his friends,
and especially his uncle. General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, a major general of vol-
unteers, insisted that his value to the cause of the Union would be greater as a
member of the state convention than in the field. ]\Ir. Hitchock once said: T
reluctantly acted on his advice, but year by year regretted it more, till in Sep-
tember, 1864, before the fall of Atlanta, and when the issue of the war still
seemed doubtful. I applied in person to Secretary Stanton for a commission and
obtained one: not in the hope at that late day of rendering military service of
any value, but simply because I could not endure the thought of profiting, in
safety at home, by the heroism of others, and of having no personal share in
the defense of my country against her enemies in arms.' He was appointed
assistant adjutant general of volunteers, with the rank of major, and in October,
1864, was assigned to flutv on General Sherman's staff, at the latter's request.
His services on General Sherman's .staff were quite different from those of a
mere military clerk. His duties were more confidential to his chief and re.sponsi-
ble in their character. He was sent by (ieneral Sherman with dispatches to
President Lincoln, announcing the terms of surrender arranged between General
Sherman anrl Cicneral Joseph E. John.ston. June 23, 1865, he was honorably
mustered out of the service, and in Julv sailed for Europe, where he spent four
months in travel. .After his return to St. Louis, in December, 1865, he resumed
the practice of law alone, until June. 1866. when the firm of Hitchcock & Lubke
was formed, which continued until tlic spring of 1870, when he was obliged by
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ill health to retire from active practice. He then visited his brother, Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, at Hong Kong, China, and subsequently made an extended foreign
tour, returning to St. Louis in 1871, and resuming his practice.
"On January i, 1873, he formed the partnership of Hitchock, l.>ubke &
Player, which continued until January, 1883, when his partner, Mr. Lubke, took
his seat on the circuit bench. Within a short time thereafter Mr. Player died,
and Mr. Hitchcock practiced alone until April, 1884, when the firm of Hitch-
cock, Madill & Finkelnburg was formed. This partnership expired by limitation
April I, 1890, after which Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. h^inkclnburg continued the
practice together until July 1, i8<ji. After that Mr. Hitchcock ])racticed alone,
continuing active until the date of his last illness.
"In 1867 Mr. Hitchcock took prominent part in founding the St. Louis
Law School. He was for the first three years dean of the school, to the duties
of which ofiice he devoted much of his time and energy. He made to it a
donation of his salar}-. and Mrs. Hitchcock, his wife, made a handsome endow-
ment for the library of the school.
"In 1878, with three other eminent members of the profession, he united in
a call for a convention of lawyers at Saratoga, New York, which resulted in
the formation of the American Bar Association, of which Colonel James O.
Broadhead, of St. Louis, was the first president. In 1880 he was president of
the St. Louis Bar Association. In 1881 he was president of the Civil Service
Reform Association of Missouri, and was then and until his death a member of
the National Civil Service Reform League, ar,d was always an earnest worker
in the cause of civil service reform. In 1882 he was president of the Missouri
Bar Association. From 1889 till the time of his death he was one of the trustees
of the i\Iissouri Botanical Garden, appointed by the will of Henry Shaw. In
1889 he was president of the American l>ar Association, and in 1901 he was
chosen one of the trustees of the National Institute established by Andrew
Carnegie.
"Mr. Hitchcock's great reputation beyond, as well as in, Missouri brought
him invitations to deliver addresses before many learned bodies. Manx of those
addresses evince great learning and ability. Among them may be mentioned a
paper read in 1879 before the American Bar Association on 'The Inviolability of
Telegrams ;' an address delivered before the New A^ork State Bar Association in
1887 on 'American State Constitutions;' an address in the same year before the
American Bar Association upon 'General Corporation Laws;' an address before
the Political Science Association of the L^niversity of Michigan on "The Devel-
opment of the Constitution of the United States as Influenced by Chief Justice
Marshall ;' an address at the Centennial Celebration of the organization of the
federal judiciary on 'The Supreme Court and the Constitution ;' and an address
in 1897 before the National Civil Service Reform League on 'The Republican
Party and Civil Service Reform.'
"In 1857 Mr. Hitchock married ]\lary Collier, who. with their two sons,
Henry and George Collier, survive him.
"This remarkable record of a busy and a useful life is a clear indication of
the worth and dignity of the man and a fitting tribute to his memorw Froni
early manhood to the end of his life, he pursued with a steady and unfaltering
purpose the aims and ideals of a strong intellect, guided by a keen moral sense.
The evolution and growth of his character, as well as his sterling and useful
qualities, are laid bare and shown by the restless activity and achievements of
the man. No one can contemplate the variety, extent and importance of his
work and undertakings, or the deer ''mpress of his personality upon the en.terprises
with which he was identified, without amazement and applause.
"In whatever capacity he mav be considered, in whatever light he may be
viewed, whether as teacher of the~ classics in his early years : or as a soldier,
maintaining with loyaltv and courage the cause of his country: or as a legisla-
tor in the convention of his adopted state: or as the lawyer who achieved a
294 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
national reputation for ability, learning, integrity and power ; or as a citizen who
with a generous liberality gave the very best gift at his command, a part of
himself and his own wonderful energy and zeal, his own well balanced judg-
ment and superior wisdom for the public welfare ; or as the head of the house-
hold where he entertained with rare grace and felicity, the notable men who
came without our gates, and the companions of his private life, who loved and
esteemed him on account of the gentler side of his nature, he was the same
admirable, sincere, honest, strong and useful man. In every walk of life the
same prominent qualities shone out ; directness, fearlessness, unmistakable sin-
ceritv of purpose, candor in speech and in action ; these, coupled with his rare
judgment and wisdom, his great intellectual strength, his untiring industry, his
acquaintance with and participation in all human interests, gave him power and
made him an imposing figure in our community.
^Ir. Hitchcock was a man of broad and accurate information and learning
in literature, in science, in art, and in his own chosen profession, the law. He
was not merely an omnivorous reader, but a student, and he pursued his studies
through all the years of his busy life, and found pleasure and delight in these
pursuits. So strong was his love for the classics, and so well known was that
love, that but shortly before his death, at the request of the Bibliophile Society
of Boston, he undertook to edit one of the Odes of Horace, for an edition to
be printed for its members, and although unfinished at his death, this work
displays his interest in such matters and the industry which marked his whole
Hfe.
"]\Ir. Hitchcock was a man of deep and strong convictions. His participation
in the events which led to the great American Civil war, and in the events of
that war, and the period of reconstruction, was not only active and important,
but showed his breadth of mind and political wisdom. Born and reared in the
south, he understood the southern feeling, but his sagacity and wisdom, as well
as the sympathies of his heart, convinced him that the ultimate welfare of the
whole people and their liberties would be best subserved by maintaining the
Union. The logic of events has justified his judgment. As a member of tfie
convention which formed the provisional government of Missouri in 1861, he
advocated the submission of the question of secession to a vote of the people.
He also advocated the abolition of slavery in the state, to take effect in 1864.
instead of 1870, as the convention finally determined. His speeches in that
convention and in public, during that period, bear intrinsic evidence of his cour-
age, his wisdom, his moderation and his power. His work in connection with
the founding of the St. Louis Law School, and his. services to that school, must
ever be regarded as of inestimable value to the cause of legal education and to
the advancement of the study of law as a science.
"He was a lover of nature. He revelled in the beauties and fragrance of
the woods and fields. He was a lover of literature ; he delighted in poetry, in
fiction, in history, in travels and in biographies. His mind was stranger to noth-
ing that could interest a keen intellect, or broaden its vision or his sympathies.
He was a lover of the law, and as a lawyer he was best known and will be best
remembered. His conceptions of the lawyer's functions and duties were exalted.
As a lawyer, he was broad, accurate, intense ; and his legal arguments were embel-
lished and enriched by his familiar knowdedge of both ancient and modern liter-
ature. He was a force in the administration of justice, and during his career
at the bar was engaged in the most important cases pending in the state and
federal courts in Missouri. His conduct of these cases laid the foundation for a
reputation which was constantly widening; and it may be justly said that he
was one of the foremost members of the bar of Missouri. This gave him promi-
nence as an eminent member of the American bar, and won for him respect and
distinction as a lawyer, at home and abroad.
"As a citizen he occupied a position almost unique. Brave to the uttermost
in upholding and defending what he considered right and good in the adminis-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 295
tration of public affairs, he never wavered in ihe conscientious performance of
every duty which citizenship in a repubhc imposes upon the individual. No act
or thing was done or said by him in a perfunctory manner. His active partici-
pation in political events, discussions and campaigns marked the deep rooted
imcerity of his nature and convictions, and showed that he considered and deter-
mined his course of action in all these things from the standpoint of duty, duty
to his country, duty to the people, duty to advocate and stand for that which was
right, and to oppose and condemn that which was wrong from the standpoint
of morals. In these matters he was uncompromising, and had no thought of the
consequences to himself. He never stopped to debate, either with himself or with
others, the question whether his advocacy or condemnation of a measure would
have an unfavorable effect upon his own interests. Hence his recommendation
of measures and men had a peculiar significance. This uncompromising spirit,
which would not tolerate evasion, or timidity, where public duty w^as involved
was one of Mr. Hitchcock's most noticeable characteristics.
"Fitted by natural endowmients and by the training and acquirenients of
constant study to fill any station in public life, possessed of rare capacity for
work, he was content to pursue his labors without striving for official station ;
and to be chosen as one of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Institute was
for him a distinction more gratifying than to be chosen to fill a political office.
"So rich and rare a spirit has been taken from the scenes and activities of
life. By his death the community has lost a most useful and courageous citizen ;
the bar has lost one of its most distinguished and honored members."
Aside from the above memorial several members of the bar addressed the
committee. Speaking of his personal characteristics Henry T. Kent said : "He
never sought nor looked after popularity, but I think that any one who met him
in the social life can bear testimony to the charm and affability of the man, and
without wishing to invade the privacy of home, I can say that no one ever sat
at his hospitable board, who saw him there with tactful and engaging manner
carrying the conversation and causing all .to follow, with the brilliancy of his
conversation, running from grave to lighter moods, replete with reminiscence and
anecdote, with humorous disquisitions upon the topics of the time and literature,
who would not bear cheerful testimony that he was the incomparable host."
In relation to his professional career Mr. Kent said: "By common consent he
was the ripest scholar and the most cultivated member of the St. Louis bar. He
walked upon the mountain ranges of the law. He stood for more than an ordi-
nary lifetime in the very front rank, towering high above most of his associates.
He was a man of remarkable versatility of learning. I have sometimes thought,
as I have seen him conduct causes that involved problems of scieiitific research
or the examination of witnesses upon deep scientific problems, that he showed to
best advantage. He stood with us as Mr. Choate and Mr. Carter have so long-
stood with the bar of New York; illustrating, I think, the fact that the strength
of a lawyer is not weakened, but added to by breadth of learning and luster of
scholarship. He looked with disdain upon any one whose standard was, first,
success no matter what the means. He threw himself with all the zeal of his
nature and with all of his great learning into the cause of his client. He was
ambitious for success, but he never wished it at the price of his honor. He
belonged to that class of lawyers who looked upon the profession of the law as
an order of government, and that whether in office or out of it he who measured
up to his full height should. give public service." In his tribute to the memory
of Mr. Hitchcock, Judge Jacob Klein said : "No other man at the bar occupied
exactly the same position that Mr. Hitchcock did. He stood for those things
which, sav what we may, are still held in the very highest estimation 1)\' the
lawyers as well as by the community at large. He stood for the open and candid
and forcible upholding of the right as against the wrong. As a lawyer he stood
as an example and exemplification of what a lawyer's life and attitude should be,
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not merely to the bar, not merely to his clients, but more important still, to his
country at large and to the community in which he lives."
As a fitting close to the tribute of one of Missouri's most honored sons may
be added the words of F. N. Lehmann : "Active as he was in his profession, and
that a profession of controversy, active as he was in the public life of his time,
taking part upon one side or the other definitely and certainly, active as he had
been during the Civil war and in what led up to it, a time which stirred the
feelings of men to their depths, there never was reproach upon his character.
He bore a good repute among men. Not the repute of faint praise, which damns
a man : but the repute of respect, which he had even from those to whom he was
most earnestly opposed. He lived out the Psalmist's allotted time, and all his
years were active and useful. We need for a man like that to have no regret
except that in the order and law of nature his days are necessarily numbered.
In that story which has described so well the part that St. Louis had in the open-
ing of the Civil war, the leading character is said to have been drawn from
Mr. Hitchcock. And certainly J\Ir. Hitchcock was worthy of the high tribute.
Those who knew him in those days can see the resemblances, and in nothing
more, perhaps, than in his devotion to and in his support of the measures and
the fame of Abraham Lincoln ; and we can say of him, as was said of Lincoln
himself when he passed away, that he has 'sailed into the fiery sunset and left
sweet music in Cathay." "'
ADOLPHUS BUSCH.
Adolphus Busch was born in Mainz, Germany, and emigrated to America
before reaching his majority, landing in St. Louis in 18.57. He secured a position
as clerk on a Mississippi river steamer and held clerkships in mercantile houses
until he established himself in. the general commission and malting business in
1859, which venture at once proved a success.
In 1 86 1 he married the daughter of the late Eberhard Anheuser, who was
then interested in a beer brewing plant known as the Bavarian Brewery. In
1865 Mr. Busch purchased the controlling interest in this establishment, a primi-
tive affair with an annual output of about eight thousand barrels. In fact, when
Mr. Busch took hold of its business affairs, the Bavarian Brewery was one of
the smallest brewing plants in St. Louis, but through his enterprise and energy
we find its sales to have grown to eighteen thousand barrels in 1870, and twenty-
seven thousand in 1873.
It was in the latter year that Mr. Busch hit upon a process of bottling beer
to withstand the temperature of all climates, an innovation in the brewing indus-
try. He was not slow in recognizing his advantage over his competitors and
pushed his bottled product upon all markets, so that now the famous Budweiser
is known in the remotest nooks of the globe.
In 1873 the firm of E. Anheuser & Co. was incorporated, Mr. Anheuser
becoming president and Mr. Busch secretary and general manager, and upon
the death of Mr. Anheuser in 1880, the corporate name was changed to the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, and Mr. Busch became the president,
which position he has retained ever since. Under Mr. Busch's management the
business increaserl phenomenally, adding at first from forty thousand to fifty
thousand barre.ls, annually, to its output, and in later years more than one hun-
drerl thousand barrels annually, so that in the year 1901, the sales of the Anheu-
ser-Busch Brewing Association passed the million barrel mark, and in 1907
amounted to one million five hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and
nineteen barrels, which by far exceeds those of any other brewery in the world.
Besides holding the majority of the stock in the Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Association anrl of five brewing plants in Texas, Mr. Busch is president of a bank.
ADOLPHUS BUSCH
298 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
a director in several banking institutions and trust companies, and the Ameri-
can Car & Foundry Company. He is also heavily interested in steam and street
railways and many ice plants throughout the country, and through the Adolphus
Busch Glass Alanufacturing Company, which he practically owns, he is one of
the largest bottle manufacturers in the world.
]\Ir. Busch is easily one of the most popular men in the United States, but
his popularity is more attributable to his philanthropy and generosity than to his
wealth and vast business interests. His liberal hand is not only felt by the needy,
the charitable institutions, the institutions of learning and churches of all denomi-
nations of his home city and state, but throughout the United States, and in many
instances his charity has cheered the hearts of the suffering beyond great oceans.
His donations vary from small sums to those of many thousands of dollars, and
among his principal gifts in recent years were those to the San Francisco suffer-
ers of one hundred thousand dollars ; Washington University, St. Louis, one
hundred thousand dollars ; the Germania ]\Iuseum, Harvard L'niversity, Cam-
bridge, fiftv thousand dollars.
JESSE W. BARRETT.
Jesse W. Barrett, a lawyer of the St. Louis bar, was born ]March 17, 1884,
at Canton ^Missouri, a son of Harry H. and Jeannette A. Barrett, who are still
residents of Canton, where the father is editor and publisher of the Canton Press.
He is a son of Jesse W. Barrett, who came to Missouri about 1855 and founded
the Canton Press in 1863. He was also the promoter and organizer of the Alis-
souri Press Association and was its first president. He was likewise prominent
both in the INIasonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, serv-
ing as grand master of the latter. He was likewise a member of the state
legislature which elected Cockrell for the first time and was the associate and
intimate friend of many of Missouri's most prominent men of that period. He
married a Aliss Hooven, who was related to the Cramp family, the noted ship-
builders of Philadelphia. Mrs. Jeannette A. Barrett bore the maiden name of
Bushman and was descended in the maternal line from the New England Scran-
ton family, for whom the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was named, one branch
being founded in that part of the country.
Jesse W. Barrett, whose name initiates this review, was graduated from
the Canton high school in 1898. He was also graduated from the Christian
University at Canton in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Literature and in
1902 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He pursued both literary and scien-
tific courses and in preparation for a professional career he entered the George
Washington University at Washington, D. C, where he was graduated with
the degree of Bachelor of Law in 1905. In his early life he was recognized as
an apt student and broad reader, keeping always well informed upon current
events and matters of general interest. He was still quite young when he de-
termined to enter the legal profession and after his graduation he came direct
to St. Louis, where he entered upon the active practice of law and has here
since remained. He has concentrated his energies chiefly upon civil law, special-
izing in the departments of contract and corporation law. For several years
he was affiliated with the firm of Harlan, Jeffries & Wagner, but on the ist of
September, 1908, he formed a partnership with Milton M. Bearing, assistant
United States attorney in charge of naturalization for the government in the
middle west district, and the new firm has taken the name of Barrett & Bearing.
Mr. Barrett's private interests are important and growing, and he now has a
clientage of distinctively representative character. In June, 1907, he was ap-
pointed special assistant Unitcrl States attorney to represent the United States
in the cases in which the incoming flistrict attorney was disqualified.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 299'
Early in life Air. Barrett displayed sterling traits of character and indica-
tions of ability which have constituted strong elements in his professional suc-
cess and advancement. In Christian University he was president of the liter-
ary societies and with success represented the university in intercollegiate de-
bates. In George Washington University he was elected president of the De-
bating Society and gained the first prize at the Public Debate. He was also
chosen presiding officer at the memorial exercises held in 1905 by the students
of the university at Alonticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, and for one year
in his college days he was editor-in-chief of the Universitv Weekly. His ora-
torical power, which he early displayed, has been an important feature in his
success, enabling him to present forcibly the subjects under discussion in the
courts. His mind, too, has been trained in the severest school of reasoning until
close investigation has become habitual with him.
In politics Mr. Barrett is a republican and while manifesting that interest
which always indicates loyal and progressive citizenship, he has never been a
politician in the sense of seeking office as a reward for party fealty. He belongs
to the Phi Sigma Kappa, a college fraternity, and holds membership with St.
John's Methodist Episcopal church South. By reason of personal worth, pro-
fessional skill and his close conformity to a high standard of ethics in both pri-
vate and public life, he has gained a prominent place in the regard of those who
know him.
HERBERT LAWRENCE PARKER.
Herbert Lawrence Parker, whose well directed activity, guided at all times by
discriminating judgment, is manifest in his success as a manufacturer of electric
motors, comes to the middle west from New England. His birth occurred in Pep-
perell, Massachusetts, June 28, 1854, his parents being John Loring and ]\Iarinda
Corcoran (Blake) Parker. The district schools afforded him his early educational
training and he afterward attended the public schools of Worcester, ^Nlassachu-
setts, while he qualified for a business career as a student in the Worcester Poly-
technic Institute. Throughout his entire career he has made it his plan to do with
all his might what his hand has found to do and he has wrought industriously,
intelligently and conscientiously in business fields, with the result that he has
made continuous progress. He was first employed by John L. Parker & Com-
pany, manufacturers of seamless wrought iron goods, in Worcester, Massachu-
setts, from 1870 until 1872. In the latter year he entered upon a four years'
apprenticeship as engraver, w-as then with the King & Eisele Jewelry Company
of Buft'alo, New York, from 1877 until 1879, after which he entered an entirely
different field of labor.
In 1880 he began railroading with the Eitchburg Railroad Company at
Boston and in 1882 went to Paso del Norte, Mexico, with the Mexican Central
Railway. In 1886 he became connected with the Santa Fe Railroad at Topeka,
Kansas, and in 1888 entered the service of the INIexican National Railway at
Chicago, while in 1890 he became the Santa Fe general agent in the city of
Mexico. Two years were passed in that position and, removing to St. Louis,
he began the manufacture of electric motors and electric fans as president of
the Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company, which has now been his business
association for sixteen consecutive years. As chief executive manager he has
constantly broadened the scope of the enterprise and has kept pace with the
remarkable progress that has been made in the manufacture of electrical machin-
ery at this period in the w^orld's history, which might well be termed the electrical
age. His business has grown to large proportions, with a constantly increasing
patronage.
On'the 2d of April. 1892, occurred the marriage of Herbert L. Parker and
Miss Emilv L. King, the wedding being celebrated at ^^^lorgan Park. Illinois.
300 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
They are parents of two sons and two daughters : King Lawrence. Herbert
Lloyd. Katharine Amanda and EHzabeth Blake. In his social relations Mr.
Parker is connected with the Glen Echo, the Missouri Athletic, the Dardenne
Hunting and Fishing, the Lone Gum Island Outing and the Maine Hunting and
Fishing Clubs, associations which indicate much of the character of his interests
and his recreation. He is never happier than when with rod and gun he is
sojourning in the wildernesses with opportunity to try his skill in these direc-
tions. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, but while he feels
a citizen's interest in the questions of the day, he has no inclination for active
participation in office holding, preferring to give undivided attention to the de-
velopment of a growing business.
PAUL A. FUSZ.
Paul A. Fusz is a man whose constantly expanding powers have taken him
from humble surroundnigs to the field of large enterprise and continually broad-
ening opportunities, in which he has brought to bear a clear understanding that
readily solves complex problems and unites into a harmonious whole unrelated
and even diverse interests. A native of Haricourt, France, he was born August
5. 1847, of the marriage of Francis H. and Marie R. (Tschaeu) Fusz. The arrival
of the family in St. Louis during his early childhood enabled him to pursue his
education in the public schools of this city and in the St. Louis University. He
was yet but a youth, when in September, 1864, he enlisted as a private in the
Confederate army, with which he served until honorably discharged in March,
1865. He was taken a prisoner and confined in the Gratiot ]Military Prison of
St. Louis, was tried by court martial and sentenced to the Jefferson ^lilitary
Prison, but was afterward paroled by special order of President Lincoln. His
advance in the business world has been made almost by leaps and bounds and
yet there has been nothing esoteric in his entire career. He has employed the
methods which may be utilized, bringing to bear close application and thorough
mastery of every task in the performance of the duties which have devolved upon
him. He has worked his way steadily upward from the position of errand boy
with the old firm of Chouteau, Harrison & VaWe to that of general manager of
the Laclede Rolling Alills. He has been connected with many other corporate in-
terests, displaying many of the qualities of generalship, such as make the military
commander a power in marshaling forces so as to produce the best results in his
military operations.
Mr. Fusz has seemed to know just how to use opportunity and when and
where to put forth his efifort to win the signal victories in the world of commerce
and trade. He was one of the incorporators and until 1893 a director of the
Merchants Bridge Company. He also assisted in organizing the Hibernia
Building Associations, which has successfully terminated to a profit to all stock-
holders. He was active in incorporating the Colonial Trust Company, the prede-
cessors of the Commonwealth Trust Company, and he occupies the presidency
of the Granite & Bimetallic Consolidated Mining Company. He is also the chief
officer of the American Gem Mining Syndicate, the Coal Land Syndicate, and the
Hope Mining Company, and a director of the Desloge Consolidated Lead Com-
pany, the lola Street Railway Company, and of various other corporations. He
has become extensively connected with the operations in the mining fields of the
west, while legitimate business advantages he has seized and in their conduct
has proved his business ability, which is of superior order.
Mr. Fusz is not unknown in community affairs as the promoter of measures
for the general good. He has served three years as a director of the St. Louis
school board and for one term on the Mullanphy board and is interested in all
matters concerning civic virtue and civic pride. He holds the rank of major
ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY. 801
general of the United Confederate X'eterans in the Northwest Division, and he
is a member of the Elks' lodge, the Mercantile, the Noonday, Racquet and the
University Clubs and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. His political
allegiance is given to the democracy, while his religious faith is that of the Roman
Catholic church. In the achievement of well merited success he has gained rank
among the most forceful and resourceful business men of St. Louis.
WILLIAM O. GIBSON.
Many men achieve success but bear the marks and scars of the battle. C'oni-
paratively few there are whose natures are not warped and whose kindly spirit
is not in some degree lessened by those things which are apt to make men lose
faith in their fellows and in the beneficent plan which governs the universe.
William O. Gibson, however, was a notable exception of this rule. His life record
covered more than seventy-four years and from early boyhood he was active in
business circles but all through his life he maintained a spirit of appreciation for
that which is highest and best and left an example of personal and commercial
integrity that is well worthy of emulation.
Mr. Gibson was a native of Scotland, his birth having occurred about
eighteen miles from the city of Edinburgh. The father's household numbered
seven children and the educational advantages which he received were those
ofifered by the schools of his native land. He attended school between his fifth
and tenth years and then accompanied the family on the emigration westward.
His uncle, Peter Gibson, who erected the well known Gibson house at Cincin-
nati, made the voyage in the same ship and daily held services and family wor-
ship in one end of the vessel.
The limited financial circumstances of the family made it imperative that
William O. Gibson should early earn his own living and he secured employment
in a cotton factory at Ramapo, New York. He was still a youth, however, when
he came to Missouri and for a time was employed on a farm in St. Louis county.
He afterward resided in W^arren county for four years and it was there his father
built a schoolhouse, making it free to all the children of the district at a time
when there were no public schools in the locality. Wdien eighteen years of age
William O. Gibson returned to St. Louis county to live with his uncle. Dr. Gibson,
of Bellefontaine road, and in 1846 he entered upon his mercantile career in the
capacity of a clerk in the employ of David Nicholson. He there received his
initiative training in the grocery business and there grew in him a desire to own
a store of his own. Carefully saving his earnings and incurring no expense when
it could be avoided, he at length became the possessor of a capital of three hun-
dred dollars which he invested in a stock of groceries, opening a store on ^Market
street. From the beginning the new enterprise prospered and for many years he
remained sole proprietor of a store which enjoyed a constantly increasing patron-
age. In 1882, however, he admitted his son Charles to a partnership, while his
brother had previously become his associate in business. His first year's sales
amounted to eighteen thousand dollars and there was no year in which he did
not receive a good profit on his investment. His store was always neatly and
attractively arranged, while his reasonable prices and earnest efforts to please lus
patrons were features in his prosperity.
Mr. Gibson was married twice, but his first wife, whom he wedded in 1852,
and their two daughters died, the elder, however, reaching the age of twenty-
five years. For his second wife Mr. Gibson chose i\Iiss Helen M. Bramble, a niece
of Major Edward Dobyns, who became a resident of St. Louis during the j^eriod
of its villagehood. Her father was Laban Bramble, a very active and prominent
man of Kentucky. Her mother was ]\Iiss ]\Iary Reed Dobyns. a descendant of
General Reed of Revolutionary war fame. The marriage ceremony of Air. and
Mrs. Gibson was performed by Bishop Marvin.
302 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
The children of Mr. Gibson's first marriage were Ella and Ada. The former
Avas a fine musician, possessing unusual talent in that direction. The younger
daughter was attending Oxford at the time of her death. Unto William O. and
Helen Gibson was born a son. Charles Bramble Gibson, whose birth occurred
in this city. He was educated in Washington University and Peekskill Military
Academy. He went to the east alone and enrolled as a student in that school when
but fourteen years of age, and later he attended the Wyman Institute at Alton.
The first money which he ever earned was a five-dollar bill which his father paid
him for speaking at an entertainment. As stated he became his father's partner
in the grocery business and he is now engaged in the real-estate business, not only
bandling improved and unimproved property but also erecting several houses for
sale. He married Miss A'era Daniels, a daughter of James Daniels, of St. Louis.
IMr. Gibson built the fine home now occupied by his widow. It is one of the
most beautiful residences in the matter of interior finish, much of this being de-
signed by the son.
Mrs. Gibson has in her possession a fine old oil painting which has been
handed down to her from her ancestors and is greatly admired by all. She also
has a very large cofi^ee urn which she inherited from her uncle, Major Dobyns,
in whose home it was used when notable men, who visited St. Louis in the early
days, were being entertained there.
Mr. Gibson never sought office but was never remiss in the duties of citizen-
ship. His business connections made him well known and all who came in con-
tact with him entertained for him the warmest regard. The only official position
he ever filled was that of steward in St. John's Methodist church of which he
Avas long a member. His entire life was in harmony with his profession and
his sympathetic nature and generous spirit left their impress upon the face which
always inspired confidence in those with whom he came in contact. He remained
an active factor in business up to the last. On the day of his death, which occur-
red October 23, 1902, he visited his store and for some time previous he had spent
half of the time each day in supervising the business. The remainder of the
time was devoted to books, of which he was very fond, and he had a choice and
well selected librarv. Thus coming into close association with men of master
minds through all the ages, his own life was thus enriched and enlivened. Mrs.
Gibson yet resides in her beautiful home on Cabanne avenue and has a verv ex-
tensive circle of friends there. She has always lived in St. Louis and the city is
verv dear to her through family traditions as well as her own close association
Avith the social life of the city for a long period.
DAVID MURPHY
David Murphv, who has served on the bench of the court of criminal cor-
rection in St. Louis and has long been known as an eminent lawyer of the city,
is now practically living retired. A distinguished military record also entitles
him to representation in this volume and indeed the salient features of his entire
life have been such as commend him to the confidence and the honor of his
fellowmcn. Tlis father, John Murphy, was a native of Belfast, Ireland, and in
early manhood joined the British army, serving as sergeant of artillery and
librarian of the barracks at Woolwich, at the time of the birth of his son, David
Murphy, in that place, October 20, T835. Seven years later he came with his
familv to the United States, where his wife died in 1877, while in 1880 John
Murphy also passed away.
The familv residence being maintained in the cast. Judge Murphv pursued
his education in the public schools of Connecticut and New York, prior to
"becoming a student in the schools of Franklin countv, Missouri. He is largely
DAVID MURPHY
304 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
a self-educated as well as a self-made man. one who through the inherent force
of his nature and the utilization of opportunities has passed from the unknown
into prominence, advancing from a place at the carpenter's bench to a position
of distinction in legal and judicial circles. In early life he acquainted himself
somewhat with the carpenter's trade in the east and following his arrival in the
[Mississippi valley worked at carpentering from 1855 until 1857 in the cities of
Des -Moines, Burlington and Keokuk, Iowa.
He arrived in St. Louis in 1858 and shortly afterward obtained employment
on the Pacific Railroad, which had been built through this city. Following his
removal to Franklin county, Missouri, he was there employed as a carpenter,
but realizing the handicap under wdiich he labored by lack of educational dis-
cipline and training he resolved to obviate his early advantages in this direction
and attend school. He thus qualified for teaching and the profession claimed
his attention until the outbreak of the Civil w^ar.
Thoroughly in sympathy with the federal government in its eft'orts to uphold
the Union, indicated to him by studying closely the questions which brought
about the division, when the first gun was fired he announced his loyalty to the
Union cause and in April, 1861, raised a company which was the first body of
troops from the interior of the state to reach St. Louis and tender its services
to the government. This company was assigned to duty as a part of the First
Missouri \^olunteer Infaritry under command of Colonel F. P. Blair and was
soon called to the front. While participating in the engagement at Wilson's
Creek in August, 1861, Lieutenant Murphy sustained a gunshot wound in the
knee. He was the only line officer of the celebrated First Missouri to be espe-
cially recommended to the president for recognition by General Fremont, then
in command of the department of the Missouri. When he had recovered from
his injuries he was proffered the command of the Seventh Missouri Cavalry
Regiment, but instead accepted the captaincy of Battery F of the First Missouri
Light Artillery, with which he continued on active duty in southw^estern Mis-
souri until 1862, when he was called to active service with the Army of the
Frontier. He took part in the battle of Prairie Grove, December 8, 1862, on
which occasion the efficient work of his battery was such as won for him hon-
orable mention in the official report in the following terms: "Prairie Grove,
Ark., December 10, 1862. To Captain Murphy's battery, reared under his strict
but just discipline, we are particularly indebted as an army. His characteristic
consecration to duty has, in his battery, made for him a reputation of which all
may be proud. William McE. Dye, Colonel CommaiMling Brigade."
Further promotion came to Captain Murphy as a natural sequence to his
military prowess, skill and undaunted loyalty. At the request of General F. J.
Herron, he was made major of the regiment and in the year 1863 served as
chief of artillery under [Major General Herron, being thus engaged during the
siege of \'icksburg. After the capitulation of the city he resigned his commis-
sion in the army and returned to St. Louis. For a brief period thereafter he
devoted his time to school teaching, but again felt the call to arms to be stronger
than any personal consideration and again joined the boys in blue as a member
of the Forty-seventh Regiment of Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was com-
mission first lieutenant and appointed adjutant of the regiment, with Colonel
T. C. Fletcher commanrling. Later he w^as given charge of all the artillery in
Fort Davidson, when General Sterling Price made his raid through [Missouri
and was thus serving when he ])articii)ated in the battle of Pilot Knob, Septem-
ber 27. 1864. His promotions successively to the rank of lieutenant colonel and
colonel of the Fiftieth Missouri Regiment followed and then for a time he w^as
inspector general for the district of St. Louis, during which ]:)criod he was pre-
sented with a sword as coluncl by tlie officers and members of the constitutional
convention in recognition of liis valuable service at Pilot Knob. Judge Murphy
has every reason to be proud of his military record, for he displayed many evi-
dences of valor and militar\- ^kill.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 305
The following letter pays eloquent tribute to him in this connection : "St.
Louis, November 28, 1864. His Excellency, the President — Sir: 1 respectfully
recommend for promotion to the rank of brigadier general Lieutenant Colonel
David Murphy, Fiftieth Missouri Volunteers. I have known him since the
battle of Prairie Grove, where he did excellent service in command of a battery;
and I regard him as well qualified for the command of a brigade or division in
the field. At the battle of Pilot Knob I placed him on my staff and gave him
charge of the siege and field artillery. He discharged his duties there and on
the retreat with admirable skill, and very greatly aided in accomplishing the
success of the campaign. liis conspicuous gallantry has won him the respect
and confidence of Missouri soldiers and citizens almost without exception, by
whom his promotion would be received with great favor. I am, sir, respectfully,
your obedient servant, Thomas Ewing, Jr.."
When the country no longer needed his aid Judge ]\Iurphy reiurned to
Franklin county, Missouri, and entered upon his professional career. He was
appointed circuit attorney for the ninth judicial district in 1865 and again was
called to public office in 1866 by appointment of special agent of the postoffice
department of Missouri, in which capacity he remained until the summer of
1869. He had in the meantime become connected with journalistic interests as
editor and publisher of the Franklin County Observer, conducting the paper
from the spring of 1867 until the summer of 1870. In the meantime he had
used his leisure at different periods for the study of law and had gained a
somewhat comprehensive knowdedge of legal principles. Interested in the science
of law, he determined to engage in active practice at the bar and to this end
pursued a course of study in the St. Louis Law School, being graduated there-
from in 187 1. He has since been a representative of the profession in St. Louis,
although at tlie present time he is largely living retired. In 1886 he declined to
become a candidate wdien the republican party nominated him for judge of the
court of criminal correction. In 1894, however, he accepted the nomination for
the office and for four years sat upon that bench, winning high encomiums for
the fairness and impartiality as well as the equity of his decisions. In 1884 and
again in 1892 he was the republican candidate for the attorney generalship of
Missouri and in 1882 he served for a time as circuit attorney of St. Louis. He
has since 1884 been a republican and the championship of his party has been
efifective and beneficial.
Judge Murphy was married in 1863 to Miss Ellen F. Foss, of ]\Iaine, who
died the same year. In 1866 he wedded Mary J. Bainbridge, a daughter of
Colonel Allen Bainbridge, of DeSoto, Missouri, who was a close friend and
associate of General John A. Logan. Judge Murphy possesses that broad
humanitarian spirit which has prompted honest efifort in behalf of his fellowmen
on many occasions where the stress of circumstances have demanded immediate
assistance. From 1876 until 1881 he was a member of the Mullanphy Emigrant
Relief Fund Board. He has passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and
ten, but is yet an active factor in the city, interested in all that pertains to munici-
pal, state and national progress. The salient features of his hfe have won him
the honor and respect of his fellowmen and St. Louis numbers Judge Murphy
with its representative residents.
LOUIS BRINCKWIRTH.
Louis Brinckwirth, although now living retired, was for many years closely
and successfully connected with the brewing interests which have constituted a
most important feature of the industrial life and commercial activity of St. Louis.
He was born in this city September 22. 1855, and is a son of Theodore and
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306 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Fredericka (Lambers) Brinckwirth. He pursued his education in the St. Louis
high school, in the Christian Brothers CoHege and the Jones Commercial College.
His education completed, he began learning the brewing business in his father's
establishment, where he worked for two years, and then, in order to study
methods in other breweries and gain a most comprehensive knowledge of the
business, he spent one year as an employe in the Blatz brewery, in Milwaukee,
and one year in the Reymann brewery, at Wheeling, West Virginia. He then
became a member of the firm of Brinckwirth, Griesedieck & Nolker. Following
the retirement of his mother from the firm in 1878, and upon the death of Mr.
Griesedieck in 1879, the firm became Brinckwirth & Nolker, and it was incorpo-
rated as the Brinckwirth & Nolker Brewing Company, which in 1889 was, with
eighteen other St. Louis breweries, consolidated into the St. Louis Brewing
Association. At that date Louis Brinckwirth became assistant manager of the
Brinckwirth & Nolker branch, serving thus until July, 1902, wdien he retired from
active business. Throughout the intervening years he had been recognized as
a capable business man, quickly and successfully solving intricate problems, and
in the management of his house always keeping in touch with the most modern
processes of manufacture. He also became recognized as a prominent factor
in financial circles, and is now second vice president of the German-American
Bank.
On the i6th of February. 1897, Mr. Brinckwirth was married in St. Louis
to Miss Josephine Grone, and their children are : Louis, Henry, Henry Theo-
dore and Josephine Rose Mary. The family residence is at No. 45 11 Lindell
boulevard, and the parents are communicants of the Catholic church. Mr.
Brinckwirth is a member of the Liederkranz, of the West St. Louis Turn Verein
and of the St. Louis and Union Clubs. He has manifested in his life many of
the sterling characteristics of his German ancestry, combined with the indom-
itable energy and progressive characteristics of the American nation.
THEODORE BRINCKWIRTH.
Theodore Brinckwirth was a splendid representative of that class of Amer-
ican citizens of foreign birth who. recognizing the superior opportunities of the
new world, so utilized their advancement that their energies led them from
humble surroundings into large undertakings. He was born in Burgsteinfurth,
Westphalia, Germany, in 181 7, and acquired a practical education in his native
town, where he also learned the business of brewing beer ere his emigration to
America in 1846. Arriving in this country he settled at Quincy, Illinois, where
he established a primitive brewerv, but three years later he came to St. Louis
and purchased the Lafayette Brewery on Carr street, between Seventh and
Eighth streets. He was a pioneer in his line, being one of the promoters of the
brewing industry in St. Louis. He conducted the brewery on Carr street until
1865. when his growing business justified his removal to new and larger quar-
ters on Cass avenue. There he established a brewery which he conducted until
his death, and with which his name is still identified. Following his demise the
business was continued under the name of Brinckwirth & Griesedieck, his widow,
Mrs. Brinckwirth, and Franz Griesedieck being partners. In 1874 W. F. Nolker
was taken into the firm under the style of Brinckwirth, Griesedieck & Nolker.
This name was retained until the death of Mr. Griesedieck, in 1879, after which
the firm of T>rinckwirth & Nolker continued, the partners being Louis Brinck-
wirth. son of Theodore I'rinckwirth, and William F. Nolker. In 1882 the busi-
ness was inc<'>rj)orated unfler the name of the Brinckwirth & Nolker Brewing
Company, witli W. F. Nr>lker as president and Louis Brinckwirth as secretary
and treasurer. Success attended the enterprise under this management until 1889,
when the brewerv was mer^cerl into the combination formed with eighteen other
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city breweries under the name of the St. Louis Brewing Association, thus becom-
ing a part of one of the most extensive corporations in the world.
In 1846 Mr. Brinckwirth was married to Miss Fredericka Lambers, a native
of Borghorst, Westphaha, Germany. Mrs. Brinckwirth proved a most faithful
companion and helpmate to her husband and was of much assistance to him in
his career, owing to her practical mind, her business sagacity and her keen
insight into complex commercial problems. She possessed, too, most attractive
graces of character and an amiable disposition. She passed away April 17, 1900.
There were eight children in the family, but only two are now living, Louise,
who is the wife of W. F. Nolker, the other being Louis Brinckwirth. The hus-
band and father passed away in St. Louis. January 24, 1866. Fie was a most
kind-hearted man, of genial disposition, and noted locally for his sympathy with
those in distress. No tale of sorrow made appeal to him in vain, his generous
spirit responding readily to the needs of others. He was devoted to the in-
terest and welfare of his family, was faithful in his friendships and loving in
his citizenship as an adopted son of the American republic. He was also quite
influential among the German-American residents of this city, and wdierever
known his upright life, his business success and his genial manner won him
admiration and respect.
FRANK EPPELSHEIMER.
The steps in the orderly progression wdiich marked the life record of Frank
Eppelsheimer are easily discernible and have led him to- his present position as
vice president of the Fischer Flour Company, in which connection he has been
known in business circles of St. Louis since 1891. He was born in Mainz-on-
the-Rhein, Germany, March 20, 1841, a son of Andrew and Susanna Eppel-
sheimer. The father engaged in shoe manufacturing and in the sale of shoes to
the retail trade. The son attended the elementary schools of his native city and
afterward a polytechnic school, from which he was graduated in 1857. For four
years he served an apprenticeship in connection with the wine business and after-
ward acted as salesman in various cities in Germany, but the opportunities of the
new world attracted him, and no longer resisting the call, he came to America in
May, 1866, sailing from Brennen to New York. Fie did not tarry on the eastern
coast, however, but made his way at once to Bethalto, Illinois, where he remained
for two years, occupying a position in the employ of his brother-in-law, Lewis
Klein. On the expiration of that period he removed to Jackson, Missouri, where
for two years he also filled a clerical position. The year 1870 witnessed his
arrival in St. Louis and he secured the position of bookkeeper with ^leyer &
Guye, remaining with that firm until one of the proprietors of the business died
in 1880. At that time the business was incorporated under the name of jMauntel.
Borgess & Company, Mr. Eppelsheimer remaining with them as secretary and
treasurer until the partnership was dissolved in 1891. In that year he formed
a partnership with John C. Fischer and has since been the vice president of the
Fischer Flour Company. In the intervening years he has worked his way steadily
upward to a position of financial responsibilitv, gaining the success which follows
as the logical sequence of earnest efl:'ort intelligently applied.
In Julv. 1872, in St. Louis, Mr. Eppelsheimer was married to Miss Laura
Bierbaum, also a native of Germany, born in Westphalia and a representative of
.one of the old families of that land. Three daughters graced this marriage:
Laura, the wife of G. Frenger, proprietor of a hardware business in New Mexico;
Alice, the wife of George McLagan, who is a machinist in electrical lines in St.
Louis; and Emily, who attended the Mary Institute and is now a teacher of sing-
ing. The two older daughters are graduates of the high school and Emily pur-
sued her musical studies under ^Mai^ame ]\Iarchcsi in Paris, France.
308 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Mr. Eppelsheimer is independent in politics, voting for the best man rather
than the party. He belongs to the Schiller Club and to the Freie Gemeinde. His
charitable and benevolent spirit is also indicated in his official connection with and
his generous support of the Home for the Aged. He is a thorough American in
thought and feeling, and sincere in his love for the stars and stripes. His career
has for thirty-eight years been identified with St. Louis, where he has acquired
a handsome competence and is known as an honored and respected citizen.
WILLIAM D. ORTHWEIN.
William D. Orthwein, who seems to have reached at every point in his career
the utmost limit of possibility for accomplishment at that point, stands today
among those whose initiative spirit have largely revolutionized the trade inter-
ests of the middle west. His name is synonymous with the grain trade, in
which connection he has instituted various new projects and executed well
formulated plans with the result that he has not only attained distinction in
operating a mammoth business of this character, but has also largely molded
the methods and policy of the grain merchants of the Mississippi valley.
His birth occurred in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 9, 1841, and in
1855 he accompanied his father to the new world. Fie had already acquired his
preliminary education in the schools of his native country and after spending a
short time in the new home of the family in Logan county, Illinois, he returned
to the fatherland to resume his studies, spending five years in completing his
education. Arriving again in America in i860, he was for eighteen months
employed as a salesman in a mercantile establishment of Lincoln, Illinois, and
in 1862 came to St. Louis, his primary connection Avith the business interests
in this city being as bookkeeper for the grain commission firm of Haenshen &
Orthwein, the junior partner being his brother, Charles F. Orthwein. He
remained with the house until 1870, when his brother became the head of the
firm of Orthwein & Mersman and W. D. Orthwein became a member of the
firm. In the meantime he was closely studying the grain trade and its possi-
bilities. The firm with which he had been associated had been instrumental in
organizing and introducing projects that did much toward revolutionizing the
grain trade of the west and southwest. They were the first to make shipments
of grain in bulk entirely by water route, demonstrating the fact that business
could be successfully conducted by way of New Orleans. For a quarter of a
century they were the principal exporters of grain by way of New Orleans and
Galveston, ports that have since become foremost in the export trade.
In all of the business career of William D. Orthwein there has never been
the slightest suggestion of retrograde movement ; on the contrary, he has gone
steadily forward, the angle of his influence and activity and prosperity con-
stantly broadening, while his experience in connection with one of the most
progressive grain firms of the country in his early manhood well qualified him
for the successful conduct of business on his own account, when in 1879, the
firm of Orthwein. & Mersman was dissolved by retirement of Mr. Mersman and
the style of the firm became Orthwein Brothers, which maintained a con-
tinuous existence until 1893. This firm soon gained a ])osition of distinctive
precedence among grain merchants of the middle west and when Mr. Orthwein
retired from that connectifjn he organized the William D. Orthwein Grain
Company, admitting his sons, h>cderick C. and Walter E., to a partnership.
The company has maintained its place in the foremost ranks of grain dealers,
their annual shipments rej^rescnting a large investment and most gratifying
financial return. William I). Orthwein continued as the active head of this
business imtil i9orj. when he turncfl over the management to his son, Frederick
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310 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY.
C, although he still remained president of the company. This is today the oldest
grain firm in the city.
]\Ir. Orthwein, however, has not confined his attention to one line. He is a
man of resourceful business ability and seems to have an almost intuitive per-
ception of the value of any business situation or opportunity. He has no faults
or untried standards and his discriminating judgment has been a guiding ele-
ment that has led various enterprises to success. He is now the president of
the St. Louis Victoria Flour Alills, director of the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company and vice president of the Manufacturers' Railway Company. For
many years he has been a director of the Kinloch Telephone Company and in
1905 became its president, since which time he has given close attention to
the management of its affairs, with the result that within four years he has
wrought a wonderful change in its business, increasing its earnings seventy-
five per cent and decreasing its operating and maintenance expenses thirty
per cent. He realizes that the secret of business success is the careful systemati-
zation of interests so that maximum results are attained at minimum expendi-
ture of time, labor and capital. He has made the Kinloch the largest and
strongest independent telephone concern in the country, both financially and
in the number of its phones in operation, till it is recognized as the backbone of
the entire independent telephone system.
On the 9th of June, 1870, Mr. Orthwein was married to Miss Emily H.
Thuemmler, a native of St. Louis, and their children are: Frederick C, vice
president and manager of the William D. Orthwein Grain Company ; Walter
E., president of the Orthwein Investment Company ; Edgar T., connected with
agricultural pursuits near St. Charles, Missouri ; William R., an attorney ; Percy
J., a student at Yale ; Alice S., the wife of Edward Heissler, of Chicago ; and
Nellie F. and Mildred, at home.
i\Ir. Orthwein stands as a high type of American citizenship and manhood.
He has always been most loyal to his adopted country and at the time of the
Civil war saw service in the Union army, having been on duty in the quarter-
master's department of the First Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, from
July, 1863, until May, 1864, when ill health compelled him to retire from the
position. He is interested in all that pertains to municipal progress, has served
as a director of the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, and was a member of
the board of managers of the Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund. His social
nature finds expression in his membership in the Union, St. Louis and Log
Cabin Clubs, and he is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. His activ-
ities have been of such extent and importance as to leave the impress of his
individuality upon the history of the state. With wonderful foresight he has
seemed to recognize the value of a business situation or possibility and he has
wrought along lines of great good. It is not only his business success however,
but his character as exemplified in his relations with his fellowmen and in his
patriotic citizenship that entitles him to classification with the eminent men of
St. Louis.
^lATHEW R. WILLIAMS.
Alathew R. Williams, deceased, was born on a ranch near Houston, Texas,
October, 1851. His father, Mathew R. Williams, Sr., was a planter and ranch-
man of Houston, who at one time operated the Oakland plantation with the aid
of many slaves. He was classed with the influential, active and enterprising busi-
ness men of his locality. He wedded Mary Dunlaby and under the parental
roof Mathew R. Williams, of this review, spent his boyhood days. The year
1874 witnessed his arrival in St. Louis. He came direct from Houston and
here engaged as an engineer, being employed in that way for some time before
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he entered the service of the Water Gas Company. When that business was
consohdated with the Laclede Gas Company he became the engineer and prac-
tical manager of the business, erecting for the company a small plant on Gratiot
street. This he afterward enlarged, as the development of the business de-
manded its extension and he narrowly escaped death when in the memorable
cyclonic storm the plant was blown down. He was blown into a hole or pit in
the ground and perhaps it was this that saved him from death, as he was thus
somewhat protected from the debris that was tossed about. He afterward re-
built the plant and later installed the Pintsch gas system and after proving its
entire success for lighting trains he aided in installing it in many railroad sys-
tems. He became thoroughly conversant with the gas business in all of its va-
rious departments and the possibilities for illumination, and his ability and in-
vincible spirit were manifest in the excellent results which followed his labors.
Mr. Williams was married to Miss Ellen Kelly, a daughter of John J.
Kelly, who came to St. Louis in an early day and for years was employed as one
of the efficient members of the police force. Her mother bore the maiden name
of Mary Madigan. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born the following son
and daughters : Mathew R., who is now located in ]\lemphis ; Stella, the wife of
A. E. Kieselhorst ; and Mary, Ida, Laura, Agnes and lone, all of whom reside
at home.
The death of Mr. Williams occurred July 7, 1898, and was a source of deep
regret to his many friends. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and was in
hearty sympathy with the craft and its teachings. Mrs. Williams is a member of
the Catholic church and is w-ell known in the city, having an extensive circle of
friends here.
EDWIN H. WAGNER.
Edwin H. Wagner, secretary and treasurer of the Madison Lead & Land
Company, with offices in the Missouri Lincoln Trust building, is a product of
the west and is possessed of the spirit of enterprise and advancement which has
led to the rapid and substantial upbuilding of this great district west of the Mis-
sissippi. His birth occurred in Laramie City, Wyoming, October 6, 1873. His
parents were Henry and Susan (Cantwell) Wagner. The father, a native o^
Ohio, was a soldier of the Civil war, serving with the Halleck Guards and par-
ticipating in the siege of Jackson. His wife was a grandniece of General Joseph
Warren, of Revolutionary war fame, who commanded the troops and lost his
life at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Edwin H. Wagner was a public-school student at Laramie, Wyoming, until
he had mastered the branches that constituted the curriculum, after which he
entered the State University at Laramie, while later he went to Denver, Colorado,
where he attended the Jesuit College. When he had completed his education he
began his business career in connection with the auditing department of the Den-
ver & Rio Grande Railway Company. He spent the years 1897-8 as a student in
the law department of the Washington University at St. Louis, after which he
became connected with the Columbia Lead Company, continuing in that associa-
tion until they sold out to the American Metal Company in 1901. He has since
been secretary and treasurer of the Madison Lead & Land Company, in which
connection he is controlling important business interests that, ably directed, con-
stitute the basis of large success which the company is now enjoying. He has
been watchful of every opportunity pointing to prosperity and has realized that
only as he makes his service valuable does his chance for prosperity broaden.
He has become recognized in business circles as one whose judgment is sound,
whose sagacitv is keen and far-reaching and whose theories may always be put
to practical account.
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On the loth of October. 1900, Mr. Wagner married Miss Corinne Shevnin,
who was born in Denver. Her parents were pioneers in Colorado, having crossed
the plains from St. Joseph, jMissouri, to Denver in 1861 with an ox-team. Mr.
and ]\Irs. Wagner now have two sons and two daughters. Mr. Wagner is a mem-
ber of the Catholic church and attends the Cathedral. He is a charter member
of the Knights of Columbus. He is recognized as one of the most prominent
representatives of the order and has served as its state treasurer.
AUGUST HENRY FREDERICK.
August Henry Frederick, whose force of character, business enterprise and
progressive spirit constitute the reason whereby a high valuation is placed upon
his opinions regarding business matters and particularly relating to property, is
today president of the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, while also conducting a
prosperous and extensive real-estate business.
He was born June 28, 1858, and is a son of Henry George and Elizabeth
(Lipphart) Frederick. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, upon removing
to St. Louis, turned his attention to merchandizing. When August H. Frederick
had completed his education in the public schools of this city, he entered the
employ of the Buxton & Skinner Stationery Company as a clerk. His unwearied
diligence and ready adaptability soon won recognition in promotion and he served
successively as bookkeeper, secretary and treasurer of that house. He was thus
identified with the mercantile interests of St. Louis until 1888, when he severed
his connection with the company and began operations in the real-estate field.
During the twenty years of his connection therewith he has become most widely
known, gaining a foremost place in the ranks of the representatives of this call-
ing in St. Louis. In 1893 he was elected president of the board of assessors,
an office which he filled for eight consecutive years, being reelected in 1897 for a
second term. In 1901 he was chosen for the office of secretary of the Missouri
Trust Company but resigned in 1902 to give his entire attention to the real-
estate business.
In this capacity as president of the board of assessors he was able to do.
some extremely good work toward carrying the charter amendments of both city
and state, which resulted in the appropriation of five million dollars for the
World's Columbian Exposition by the city of St. Louis and a one million dollar
appropriation by the state of Alissouri. Mr. Frederick was elected a director of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company upon its organization, and was
reelected for three years in 1902. He rendered valuable service to the committees
of which he was a member and contributed in no small degree to the success of
the largest international fair that has ever been held. His business interests have
constantly broadened in their scope and he is today financially interested in various
corporations and active in the management of a number. He is now president
of the Jesse Morris Realty Company, vice president of the Frederick Printing
Company, and also president of the Circuit Realty Company. Real-estate interests
chiefly claim his attention and in all America there are few men so thoroughly
informed concerning the evolution of its business and its possibilities. While
traveling extensively in the northern states for the benefit of his health he took
occasion to investigate the realty situation in every city he visited and returned
with good plans for the advancement of the realty market of St. Louis, present-
ing his ideas to the members of the Real Estate Exchange.
On the 15th of December, 188], occurred the marriage of Mr. Frederick and
Miss Xannie L. Fowler, a daughter of Harvey L. Fowler, of Binghamton, New
York. They have two children, Laura M. and William H. Mr. Frederick is a
cooperant factor in many of the measures which have been essentially beneficial
to St. Louis in its substantia] development and improvement. On the 14th of
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May, 1908, at the convention held in Chicago, he was elected first vice president
of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges. He is a member of the
Mercantile Club and of the Merchants Exchange, also of the Missouri Athletic
Club, and is secretary of the trustees of the West Presbyterian church. Courteous,
genial, well informed, alert and enterprising, he stands today as one of the lead-
ing representative men of his state — a man who is a power in his communitv.
SAMUEL LLOYD JONES.
Samuel Lloyd Jones, a general contractor, has been engaged in business in
St. Louis since 1879. Lie is among the residents of this city that the little rock-
ribbed country of Wales has furnished to St. Louis. His birth occurred in that
land, December 20. 1848. His father, James Jones, was an architect and builder,
and came to America about six months after the birth of his son, Samuel L..
leaving his family in Wales until he could prepare a place for them. He was
taken ill on shipboard, however, and died soon after landing in New York,
leaving a wife and four children, three of whom are yet living.
Samuel L. Jones spent his boyhood on a farm near Newcastle Emlyn, Wales,
and acquired his education in private schools there and in the British school at the
same place. The early death of the father left him without a patrimony, and at
eighteen years of age he became an apprentice at the carpenter's trade, and after
several years traveled through England as a journeyman. He was thus engaged
until 1873 when, believing that the business opportunities of the nevv^ world were
greater than those ofifered in the British Isles, he came to the United States, sail-
ing from England on the loth of April of that year. The first year of his stay
in America was passed in Chicago, and since- that time he has resided in St.
Louis, where he secured employment at the carpenter's trade, working for three
years for James Stewart & Company, and for three years for J. H. Maurice, an
architect. In 1879, resolved that his labors should more directly benefit himself,
he began business on his own account as a carpenter and contractor, remaining
as junior member of the firm of Bonsack & Jones for two years. He then oper-
ated under his own name until 1900, when he incorporated the business under the
laws of the state of Missouri as the S. L. Jones Building Company, of which he
has since been the active head. He has erected numberless residences, which
have proved attractive features in the architectural adornment of St. Louis.
These include the homes of Dexter Tifi^any, on Vandeventer place; ^Irs. Taylor,
on Vandeventer place ; Mr. Papin, on Lindell boulevard ; Airs. Knapp and Mayor
Wells, on Lindell boulevard; and Mr. Duncan and Frank Block on W^estminster
place.
]\Ir. Jones has also erected manv business houses, including the six-storv
structure of Langan & Taylor, at No. 1823 Washington avenue; the six-story
building of Thomas Dunn, on Lucas avenue, and the six-story building of Rus-
seke & Corey, on Lucas avenue. He has likewise been the builder of several
churches, including the L'nion Avenue Christian church, and the Central Presby-
terian church. He has studied all kinds of architecture and shows marked abil-
ity in adapting the rules and laws of architecture to the modern needs, and his
business and residence buildings are alike attractive features in St. Louis. ^ He
is also interested to some extent in real estate here, is erecting some flat buildings
on Minerva avenue, and is the owner of his home at No. 5183 Maple avenue.
Mr. Jones was married in St. Louis, September 19, 1883, to Miss Helen
Frances Meisek, of this city, and they have two sons : Ralph Chester, twenty-two
years of age, who is secretary of the S. L. Jones Building Company ; and Leslie
M., twenty years of age, who is in his father's employ. Mr. Jones votes with
the republican partv where national questions are involved, but at local elections
casts an independent ballot, regarding the capabilities of the candidates for the
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discharge of the duties which devolve upon them in connection with the admin-
istration of municipal business. In Masonr_y he has become a Knight Templar,
and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Pilgrim Congregational
church, and is a genial, sociable gentleman who, outside of his business life, pre-
fers to devote his time to his family and the enjoyment of his own home, which
is iustlv noted for its pleasing and warm-hearted hospitality.
AUGUSTUS KRIECKHAUS.
Augustus Krieckhaus, who for many years had been affiliated in a promi-
nent way with the business interests of the city and who had acceptably served
in a number of public offices, was born in Kleve, Rhenish Prussia, March 17,
1835, and departed this life November 5, 1903. He was a son of Charles L. and
Helena (De Lachausse) Krieckhaus. His father, a tanner by trade, came to
the United States in 1849 and settled in St. Louis, where he engaged in the
manufacture of leather goods until his death in 1853.
Before coming to the new world Augustus Krieckhaus had acquired a fair
business education and at the same time had become proficient in the French
language. Soon after his arrival here he gained a speaking knowledge of the
English tongue and entered the employ of L. C. Speck, a wholesale dealer in
"Yankee notions,'' which establishment he left after having served one year,
and during the two succeeding years was employed as a drug clerk. Under the
direction of his father he then learned the tanner's trade, and after the death
of his parent he continued to carry on the business for a period of four years,
when he became general manager of the Commercial Alley, between Vine and
Washington streets, engaging in the purchase of hides and the manufacture
and sale of leather. In 1858 he bought the business from its owner, Mr. Luther-
cord, and conducted it under the name of A. Krieckhaus & Company, and in
a short time made it one of the largest commercial establishments in the city.
In 1878 the firm of which he was president began to deal extensively in tallow
and in this line transacted the largest business of any house in St. Louis. As
a conservative and honorable business man Mr. Krieckhaus was held in high
esteem in the commercial world and placed his house in the position where to
the fullest extent it courts the confidence of the entire public and is noted for
its financial solidity and straightforward transactions.
During the Civil war Mr. Krieckhaus served as first lieutenant of Company
K, Fifth Regiment, Home Guard. Not only as a military man did he serve his
fellowmen, but also in several civic capacities, having been a member of the
city council from the year 1864 to^ 1873, during this period having officiated as
president and also as vice president of that body. Subsequently he was a member
of the "committee of thirteen." which formed the present city charter and
accorded St. Louis its independent form of government. As a member of the
city council he served with prominence on the ways and means committee, was
enthusiastic for public improvements and was largely instrumental in effecting
the construction of the present city waterworks. When slavery was the para-
mount issue in American politics Mr. Krieckhaus affiliated himself with the
republican party, but after its abolition, when the economic question became a
telling issue, he allied himself with' the democratic party and voted three times
for Grover Cleveland, who was eminent for the stand he took in behalf of the
revenue reform movement.
As to his religious convictions Mr. Krieckhaus was an agnostic but, while
he took this stand, he was not embittered nor did he manifest animus toward
those who accepted the confessions of the several religious denominations. He
was largely associated with fraternal organizations, having been a member of
the Masonic order and of the Knights of Honor. He also belonged to the
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316 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Liederkranz and Turner societies and to the Missouri Crematory Association,
having- been a director of the latter. For many years he served on the board
of dir"ectors of the German j\Iutual Life Insurance Company, and officiated for
a long- period as president of the German Insurance Company. His business
relations were inclusive of many commercial enterprises, in all of which he
served in a prominent capacity, having been a member of the board of directors
of the ^^'ashington Alutual Fire Insurance Company, having at one time served
as its vice president and also having officiated as president of the German Bank.
Notwithstanding the pressure of extensive business cares Mr. Krieckhaus
found time for accomplishments along literary lines. He was a close and ex-
haustive student, particularly of scientific and literary subjects, having devoted
considerable attention to the sciences of botany and chemistry. At one time he
was president of the Floral & Horticultural Society of St. Louis, in which line
of work he took great interest and delighted to devote his spare time in the
cultivation of flowering plants, vines and, shrubs. He was so much in love with
the classification and growth of flora that he built a conservatory on the south
side, where he spent most of his leisure time in raising rare plants, at which he
had become an adept. During the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the products
of his conservatory were much sought for, and he sold seven palms which he
had raised from the seed to the World's Fair authorities.
In 1857 Mr. Krieckhaus was united in marriage to Katherine Kiefaber,
who was born in Bavaria, July 13, 1838. She is a daughter of Jacob and Cath-
erine Kiefaber, and one of a family of ten children, four of whom are living,
the others being : William, who^ resides here ; and two sisters, wdio are resi-
dents of California. Her mother departed this life in Bavaria and her father
came to the new world in 1870 and passed away in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs.
Krieckhaus have six children living: Laura, wife of W. H. Proetz; Matilda
E. ; Lucy ; Catherine, who was married to William F. Baxter, of Omaha ; Ella
E. ; and Augusta, wife of Charles W. Robinson.
]\Ir. Krieckhaus lived a long, active and useful career and was not only
beneficial to the community as a business man but served the citj in an eminent
w'ay in civic capacities. While a member of the city council he was always in
favor of improvements and when he essayed to induce the members of that body
to install free baths he was ridiculed and widely cartooned in the daily papers
but, notwithstanding the many rejoinders with which he was combated, he
earnestly persisted in advocating every improvement which he thought would
add to the reputation of the city and the welfare of its citizens. In friendship
I\Ir. Krieckhaus was not lax and his charitableness was well known throughout
the entire community. He was a hard worker and from the time he took his
initial step in the business world at a very early age he labored persistently
not only to amass a fortune for himself but to be of service to his fellowmen.
He led an active business life until two years before his death, during which
time he had won a host of warm friends and, as well, the esteem of the entire
communitv.
THOMAS WILLIAM WHITE.
Thomas William White, attorney at law and partner in the firm of Fordyce,
Holiday & White, has practiced for about four years and yet in that time has
gained recognition of his thorough understanding of legal principles and his
business is increasing in volume and importance. He was born in St. Louis,
August 2, 1883, and is of English lineage, his great-grandfather, William White,
having settled in Georgia on his emigration from England soon after the adoption
of the American constitution. Subsequently he took up his abode at Hernando,
Mississippi, being one of the pioneers of that state. His son, Colonel Thomas
W. White, the grandfather, commanded the Ninth Mississippi Regiment in the
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Civil war. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia and also of Harvard
University of the class of 1846. He became one of the most distinguished law-
yers in the south and was a personal friend of Jefferson Davis. J. Q. C. Lamar,
Grover Cleveland, J. Z. George, and others of national fame and prominence.
He married Miss Minor Meriwether, of Georgia, who was a direct descendant of
the Meriwetiier family of Virginia. He died in the year 1889. Thomas W.
White, the father of our subject, was born in Hernando, ^lississippi, and be-
came a brick manufacturer. Later he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, where he
passed away on the 14th of January, 190 1. He was a graduate of the University
of Georgia and a man of prominence and influence in his community. His wife,
Marian C. Carpenter, was born in St. Louis in 1859, and was a daughter of
James M. Carpenter, a Kentuckian by birth and a real-estate operator of con-
siderable prominence in St. Louis. Her mother was Mrs. Caroline (Clarkson)
Carpenter, of Virginia, and a granddaughter of General Payne, who served
on Washington's staff in the Revolutionary war.
Thomas William Wliite, who,se name introduces this review, was educated
in the public and private schools of [Memphis, Tennessee, in a collegiate prepar-
atory school and in the University of Mississi^ppi, from which he graduated in
1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1903 he became a resident of St.
Louis and entered the St. Louis Law School, a department of Washington L^ni-
versity. He is numbered among its alumni of 1905, at which time the Bachelor
of Law degree was conferred upon him. He also pursued a course in special
work in Harvard Law School, where he remained for a year. Returning to St.
Louis well equipped for his profession, he entered upon active practice in Julv,
1906, in the office of S. W. Fordyce, Jr., and on the 2d of January, 1908, the
present firm of Fordyce, Holiday & White was formed. They engage in general
civil law practice, specializing somewhat in corporation and commercial law.
Mr. White is a member of the St. Louis Bar Association, a member of the
Sigma Chi, a college fraternitv, the Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity, the Imperial
Club of vSt. Louis and the Racquet and Harvard Clubs.
willia:m potts kexnett.
Great leaders are few. The mass of men seem content to remain in the posi-
tions in which thev are placed by birth, experience or environment. Laudable
ambition, read\- adaptability and a capacity for hard work are essential elements
of success and in none of these requirements has William Potts Kennett been
found lacking. It is not a matter of marvel, therefore, that he occupies a promi-
nent position in financial circles in St. Louis. The eminence to which he has at-
tained is due to the fact that he has the ability to recognize the opportune moment
and to correctly appraise the value of a situation and determine its possible out-
come.
A native resident of St. Louis, he was born September 24, 1850. His parents
were Mortimer and ]\Iarv (Hempstead) Kennett, the former a steamtoat owner
and captain in early days, while in the later years of his life he lived retired. The
Kennetts were Scotch-Irish and, establishing the early family home in Maryland,
removed thence to Pennsylvania and afterward to Kentucky and [Missouri. The
Hempsteads, about 1630. came with Winthrop to America in the settlement of
New London, Connecticut, where the old familv mansion is still standing. U is
now about two hun<lred and fifty years old and is yet occupied by members of the
Hempstead familv. Representatives of the name were prominent in colonial and
Revolutionarv history of our couiUry and occupied official positions in the army
and navv. also gaining distinction as attorneys, judges, legislators and in other
walks of life wherein'^ they left the impress of their individuality upon public
thou2:ht and action.
318 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
William P. Kennett was educated in the Washington University of St. Louis
and Westminster Colleg'e at Fulton, Missouri. He pursued a classical course and
was graduated in June, 1872, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. From early
youth the interests and pleasures of outdoor life attracted him, he being particu-
larly fond of fishing, boating, swimming and riding, but as the passing years
brought the responsibilities of life he prepared for a professional career by study-
ing law and was admitted to the bar of Missouri in 1874 and to the United States
courts in 1875. He then practiced in St. Louis from 1875 until 1880, since which
time his energies have been directed along lines of investment and financial inter-
ests. He had charge of the stock and grain branch of the business of Francis
J. Kennett & Company in New York city in 1880 and 1881 and in the fall of the
latter year became associated with D. R. Francis & Brother, of St. Louis, with
which company he has since been connected in its subsequent development as a
partner.
Few men are more widely or honorably known in financial circles. A man
of resourceful ability, he has extended his efforts to various enterprises, which
have profited by his wise counsel and sound judgment. He is director and sec-
retary or treasurer of various traction, water and light and investment com-
panies, including- the D. R. Francis & Brother Commission Company, the Essex
Realty Company, the Alton Granite & St. Louis Traction Company, West St.
Louis Water & Light Company, and various others which have constituted prom-
inent elements in business growth and development and have at the same time
been sources of gratifying profit to the stockholders. His opinions are regarded
as valuable concerning investments and in the money market, for it has been
found that his judgment is sound and his foresight reliable. He was acting re-
ceiver of the L"^nited Elevator Company in 1896-7 in the absence of D. R. Francis,
the regularly appointed receiver. He has also been chairman of the St. Louis
traffic bureau and in 1899 was chosen president of the Merchants Exchange of
St. Louis, after previous service as a director and vice president.
Various other interests, from which he has derived no pecuniary advantages
but in which the public has been a direct beneficiary, have claimed a share of his
time, talents and interests. He is now trustee of the Marion Sims College of
Medicine, has been a member and foreman of the grand jury, his latest service
in this connection being in 1907, and he cooperates in many movements for the
public good. He is a trustee and treasurer of the First Presbyterian church of
St. Louis, which was founded in 1817, mainly through the efforts of his great-
grandfather, Stephen Hempstead, who with his family composed five of the
original nine members of that church. He is a member of the Alumni Society of
Westminster College, belongs to Alumni Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi, a college
fraternity, and is a member of the council of the Colonial Society of Missouri
and of the board of trustees of the Missouri Society of Sons of the Revolution.
He has always been a democrat with independent voting proclivities and never
a partisan in politics. His inclination is toward liberal views upon political,
social and religious questions. In fact, he looks at life from a broad standpoint
and association with him means expansion and elevation. His friends find him
a social, congenial companion and he is a valued member of several fishing and
hunting clubs.
Mr. Kennett was married December 7, 1881, to Miss Jessie Simonds, a
daughter of Jolin Simonds, prominent in financial circles in St. Louis in the early
days as a member of the banking house of Lucas, Simonds & Company, and con-
nected with the lead and shot tower interests. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kennett have
been born three son.s' and a daughter : Stephen Hempstead, Sidney Gratiot. Press
Graves and Margaret Bond.
A man of literary tastes, Mr. Kennett's interest centers in his home and his
books rather than in public or social functions, and yet his cooperation has been
freely given in matters of vital import to the citv. He has always taken a special
interest in the- iinpnivcmcnt of the Mississi])])! and Missouri rivers and of all
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navigable waterways of the country and has attended many of the conventions of
water way interests as a delegate, while at the present writing (1908) he is one
of the directors working in behalf of the national rivers and harbors congress.
He was chairman of the delegation and spokesman for the Merchants Exchange
of St. Louis before the LTnited States senate committee on commerce and argued
for the regulation of railroad rates, etc., by the general government along lines
practically embodied in legislative measures which have since been passed. It
is a well known fact that he has always stood for law and order, and in 1900 acted
as lieutenant of the company which put down the street car strike when it had
assumed riotous and ruthless features. His position on every question of public
importance, whether in relation to city, state or national government, is one of
patriotic citizenship, and his associations with progressive movements classes him
among the foremost residents of St. Louis in the early part of the twentieth cen-
tury. Mr. Kennett is also a member of the St. Louis Club.
CHARLES BEYER.
The name of Charles Beyer has long figured in connection with the florist
business in St. Louis, for the subject of this review and his father, Charles Beyer,
Sr., have been connected with floriculture here from an early day. The father is
mentioned at length in connection with the sketch of Robert Beyer, who is a
brother of our subject and his partner in business.
Charles Beyer of this review was born in St. Louis, April 8, 1869, and pur-
sued his education in public and private schools. After his student days were
ended he worked for his father for a short time and then entered the employ of
the P. Brockman Commission Company, grain dealers of this city. Mr. Beyer
was associated with that house for four years, at the end of which time he re-
turned to his father's employ and continued with him until the father's death,
when he and his brother Robert succeeded to the business and organized the firm
as it now exists. Their sales are large and profitable and the products of their
greenhouses are unsurpassed on the markets, for they make every effort to raise
flowers of the finest varieties and unexcelled in size and color. They have every
facility for successfullv carrying on the business and are prominent and repre-
sentative florists of St. Louis.
On the 14th of June, 1898, Charles Beyer was married to Miss Mary Leit-
hauser, a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Brandt) Leithauser, who were
natives of Germany and came to America in 1848, settling first in New Orleans,
Louisiana. They afterward removed to Babbtown, Osage county, ^lissouri,
where thev still reside, the father being there engaged in farming.
JOHN HENRY HEMAN.
John Henry Heman. who was born in St. Louis. June 21, 1849, ^pent his
entire life here and passed awav in this city, November 13, 1905. He was a sOn
of Frederick and Elizabeth (Schriefer) Heman, of St. Louis. His father was one
of the most prominent manufacturers here in the early part of the nineteenth cen-
tury, owning and conducting an extensive plant for the manufacture of brick. He
became widelv known, enjoying in full measure the confidence and good wdl of
his fellowmen.
John Henry Heman acquired his early education in the public schools of St.
Louis, passing through grammar grades, after which he entered the Jones Busi-
ness College, Completing a course in bookkeeping. When he put aside his text-
books he joined his father in the brick manufacturing business and was thus em-
320 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ployed for ten or twelve years. He then entered the contracting business with
his brothers, John and August Heman, continuing in that field of activity until
1899. In the year designated he entered the feed business, conducting a store
until 1903, when he retired and spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well
earned and well merited rest. His life was one of intense and well directed activ-
ity, his strong determination and progressive spirit enabling him to meet the daily
demands of his business and to control his interests along lines leading to success.
On the 20th of November, 1873, ]\Ir. Heman was married to Miss Lottie
Kroeger, a daughter of Francis and Anna (Brickmeyer) Kroeger, of St. Louis,
her father being a prominent commission merchant of this city. Three sons were
born unto ]Mr. and ]\Irs. Heman, Harry F., William F. and G. A.
Mr. Heman belonged to the German Lutheran church, and his life was m
consistent harmony with its teachings and principles. His political views accorded
with the platform of the democratic party, and he was a public-spirited man, who
gave hearty endorsement to movements for municipal benefit. He did not seek
ofiice, however, as a reward for party fealty, preferring at all times to give his
attention to his business affairs, which were capably controlled along lines that
never sought nor required disguise.
JUDGE ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
On the long list of the eminent members of the bar the name of Judge
Alexander Hamilton stands conspicuously forth. He served with great distinc-
tion for four terms on the circuit bench and his decisions, which were models
of judicial- soundness, made him one of the most able judges who have graced
the courts of this state.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Judge Hamilton was born in 181 7
and after completing his literary education took up the study of law and quali-
fied for practice in the various state and federal courts. Believing that the west
offered better opportunities than the older and more thickly settled east, he
came to St. Louis when it contained a population of but seven thousand people
and, opening an ofiice, entered upon the practice of law, soon becoming recog-
nized as one of the most prominent members of the bar of that day.
His preparation of cases was very thorough, his reasoning clear and co-
gent, his arguments logical and his deductions sound. He was seldom, if ever,
at fault in the application of a legal principle and was notably familiar with
precedent as well as judicial principles. His marked ability in the trial of cases
drew to him the attention of the general public and led to his recognition by
the governor in his appointment for two terms' service on the circuit bench.
He was also elected for two terms and his record was characterized by the
qualities of an eminent jurist. His decisions indicate strong mentality, careful
analysis, a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judgment. The
judge on the bench fails more frequently perhaps from a deficiency in that
broad-mindedness which not only comprehends the details of a situation quickly
and that insures a complete self-control under even the most exasperating con-
ditions, than from any other cause; and the judge who makes a success in the
discharge of his multitudinous delicate duties is a man of well rounded char-
acter, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual attainments. That Judge
Hamilton was regarded as such a jurist is a universally accepted fact. He was
noted for his retentive memory and could always tell in just what volume and
on what page a certain decision could be found. He was the first person to
render a decision in the Drcd Scott case and he was especially familiar with
chancery law.
Judge Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Julia Kcene, whose mother
was a niece of James Lawrence. They became parents of two daughters, Mrs
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322 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Theodore Forster and Mrs. L. B. Bailey. The latter became the wife of L. B.
Bailey, of Boston, where they resided until the death of her husband, when Mrs.
Bailey returned to her girlhood home in St. Louis, having ever had the deepest
attachment for this city.
Judge Hamilton was a member of the Episcopal church. His political alle-
giance was given the democratic party and the science of government and the
great political, sociological and economic problems were questions of great in-
terest to him. He was a warm personal friend of Thomas Benton and other
distinguished statesmen and political leaders, but he never sought political honors
for himself outside the strict path of his profession. He took great interest in
young men and their future and was always willing to assist or encourage them
by a helping hand or a word of advice or direction. Realizing the opportunities,
privileges and obligations of life, he so lived as to leave behind him an honored
memory when in 1887 he was called from the scene oUearthly activities.
NICHOLAS COBBS HARRIS.
Manifold business enterprises contribute to the commercial and industrial
activity of every large city and at their head are men of keen discernment and
abilitv who are capable of executing well defined and carefully formulated plans.
For a considerable period Nicholas C. Harris was well known in St. Louis as a
tobacco manufacturer and controlled a business of growing proportions until it
brought to him the handsome competence that enabled him to live retired.
He was born in Bedford county, \'irginia, July 22, 1836, a son of Dr. Hector
and Catherine (Alexander) Harris, the latter a daughter of Colonel Alexander,
whose wife was Catherine Innis, a daughter of the distinguished Judge Innis.
Hector Harris was also a representative of one of the old Virginia families and
owned a large plantation in that state. Liberal educational advantages were
afforded Nicholas Cobbs Harris, who continued his studies in the Virginia Mili-
tary Institute at Lexington until his graduation. He then went to New Orleans
to engage in business, but about that time the war broke out and his friends
sent for him to return home. He was then made captain of the military company
at Lynchburg and served throughout the period of the Civil war in defepse of the
principles in which he believed, while his valor and understanding of military
tactics gained him promotion to the rank of colonel.
When the war was over Mr. Harris came to St. Louis and engaged in the
manufacture of plug tobacco on Main street, where he built up a very successful
and extensive enterprise. His trade relations covered a wide territory and his out-
put was always a most marketable commodity, commanding the highest prices for
goods of that character. At length his carefully conducted business interests
brought to Mr. Harris well earned and gratifying success and with a capital of
substantial pro]>ortions he retired from the field of manufacture to spend his re-
maining years in the enjoyment of well earned rest.
Mr. Harris was married to Miss Nannie O. Harding, of St. Louis, a daugh-
ter of George E. Harding, who was a native of Russellville, Kentucky, of whom
mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Harris was born
a daughter, ]\laizie Lee, now the wife of James W. Woods, of St. Louis.
The death of Mr. Harris occurred in San Antonio. Texas, in April, 1898,
and in additicm to his immediate family many warm friends mourn his departure.
He was a member of the Legion of Honor, the Ancient Order of LTnited Work-
men and the Royal Arcanum, while his religious faith was indicated by the fact
that he was a member of the St. Andrew's Brotherhood Episcopal church. He
w^as always interested in St. Louis, its people and its municipal activities and co-
operated in many measures which were a matter of civic virtue and civic pride.
He corrcctlv valued true fricndshi]) ancl was alwavs quick to recognize genuine
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worth in others. He sought success not for the sake of acquiring- wealth alone
but because of the opportunity it gave him to aid in commendable public works
and more than that to provide for his family with those things which minister to
comfort and happiness in life. He erected a fine home at Westminster place and it
was most tastefully furnished, while its hospitality was also one of its most attrac-
tive features. His nature was that of a man who sheds around him much of the
sunshine of life and his memory is therefore cherished by those who knew him.
Mrs. Harris still occupies her home on Westminster place, and her position is one
of social prominence in the city.
GEORGE E. HARDING.
George E. Harding, for many years a prominent representative of financial
interests in St. Louis, was born in Russellville, Kentucky, in the year 1826. His
father, William H. Harding, was born, reared and died in Kentucky and for many
years occupied a leading position at a bar, which has always been distinguished
for the high rank of its members. He married America Hise, a sister of Elijah
and Joseph Hise, well known factors in political circles.
George E. Harding w^as largely educated in Georgetown, Kentucky, and
when thorough intellectual training and mental discipline had qualified him for a
successful business career he became connected with commercial interests as the
proprietor of a retail dry-goods house, which he conducted until 1856. He was
a young man of thirty years when he arrived in St. Louis and from that time
until his death figured in the business circles of the city as a man of more than
ordinary influence and business capacity. For a time he was connected with the
wholesale dry-goods business and then became president of the old Union Bank
of Missouri, remaining as the chief executive officer of that institution until his
life's labors were ended in death. He was a member of the firm of Harding,
Gibben & Company, dealing in cotton, with branch houses in many cities.
Mr. Harding was united in marriage to Miss Leanna McClelland, of Ken-
tucky, and their daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Cobbs Harris, is yet a resident of this
city. Mr. Harding was a prominent club man and was not unmindful of sociad
amenities and alwavs held friendship inviolable. His life was one of intense activ-
ity and when he passed away in 1863 the poor, the needy and the unfortunate
lost a friend, for he was a man of very charitable disposition and freelv extended
a helping hand to those in need of assistance. He always affiliated with the
democratic party, believing that its principles best conserved good government,
but the honors and emoluments of office had no attraction for him as he preferred
to concentrate his time and attention upon his business interests and his active
work in a private capacity for the good of his fellowmen.
JOSEPH LEWIS PENNEY.
There is nothing spectacular in the life record of Joseph Lewis Pennev.
When chance has offered he has improved his opportunity and has been ready
to enjoy larger advantages by reason of the fact that he has performed his duties
day after dav in a conscientious .and capable manner, thus enlarging his powers,
so that he has been readv to meet increased responsibilities and activities. He is
now traffic manager of the Terminal Railroad Association, a position demanding
the keenest executive force and marked capability of administrative direction.
A native of Long Island, he was born at Moriches, September 14, i860, of the
marriage of Usher H. and Mary Louise ( Stevens) Penney. The private school
system was the medium through which he acquired his education and when he
324 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
entered business life it was as an employe of the Midland Construction Company
of New York and of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway. The years
1879 and 1880 were thus passed and in 1880 and 1881 he was with the North
River Construction Company. From 1881 until 1884 he was associated with the
New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway Company, serving in the engineering
department of these companies, while from 1884 until 1888 he was representative
of the West Shore Railway in the freight department.
]\Ir. Penney has been identified with the railroad and construction interests
in St. Louis since 1888, in which year he entered the freight department of the
St. Louis Bridge & Tunnel Company. He has since been associated with this
company and its successor, now being traffic manager of the Terminal Railroad
Association of St. Louis. Those familiar with railroad interests and management
can easily trace the progressive stages by wdiich Air. Penney has advanced, while
his increased responsibilities have proven his growing powers.
Air. Penney was married to Miss Ida May Fisher, and their children are:
Garner W., Cleves S., John S., Francis E. and Usher H. Mr. Penney finds rest
and recreation in golf, hunting and fishing, indulging in his love of those sports
when he can free himself from the arduous duties of a most important business
position. He belongs to Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Field, Triple A and the St.
Louis Railway Clubs and in Masonry has attained the Knight Templar degree of
the York Rite and has also carried his membership into the Shrine. He belongs
to the Alethodist church, while in politics he is an independent republican, being
too good a citizen to be a close partisan and too loyal to the welfare of the nation
not to give his allegiance to the principles which he believes embody the best
elements of good government.
EDWARD L. PREETORIUS.
With the lasting example of his honored father before him, Edward L.
Preetorius, newspaper publisher, has throughout an active career been concerned
with those topics of public interest and importance affecting the welfare of the
community and the country in various ways and has taken an advanced stand
upon many questions of reform and progress. He was born July 14, 1866, in
St. Louis, the son of Dr. Emil Preetorius, the distinguished German-American
editor, wdio was born at Alzei in Rhein-Hessen, Germany, in 1827.
Edward L. Preetorius was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and
the Toensfeldt Institute, afterward entering the Manual Training School of the
Washington University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1884.
Following his graduation he was associated with his father, then editor and part
owner of the Westliche Post, becoming an employe in the counting room. His
aptitude and fidelity soon placed him in charge of that department and from
that time until 1898 he was business manager of the Westliche I^ost. He w^as
recognized as one of the most successful business managers in the newspaper
field and the success of the journal was attributable in large measure to his
administrative flirection and executive ability. In 1898 the Westliche Post and
Anzieger IDes Westens were consolidated and a1:)out that time the German-
American Press Association was formed, at the head of these ])ul)lications were
Dr. Emil Preetorius as president and Edward L. Preetorius and lohn Schroer
as managers. In 1905. at the death of Dr. Preetorius, Edward L. Preetorius
succeeded him as president and on the J5lh of April, 1907, the St. Louis Times
was born and under the same management met with immediate success. This
paper is inrlependent in jjolitics anrl wields a jKJwerful influence. On the ist of
August, ^(/)H. on the retirement of Mr. Schroer, Mr. Preetorius assumed the
duties of general manager of the German-American Press Association in addi-
tion to the duties r,f the rjffice f)f president which lu- had heretofore held. He is
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likewise a director in the Commonwealth Trust Company and German Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
On the 9th of April, 1902, Mr. Preetorius was married to Miss Carrie
Dickson Cook and they have a pleasant home at No. 4257 Westminster Place.
Air. Preetorius is interested in and also a participant in athletics. He belongs
to the Lmion, the Glen Echo, the Missouri Athletic, the Century Boat and the
St. Louis Clubs and his social and business associates find him an affable, genial
gentleman. He is prominent in political circles, and is a progressive factor in
the advancement of many measures pertaining to the welfare of St. Louis in
various lines. Since 1893 he has been a membei^ of the board of trustees of the
St. Louis public library and has taken an advanced stand in support of measures
that hold to higher standards of citizenship and public improvement.
HENRY F. GRUETZEMACFIER.
Flenry F. Gruetzemacher, conducting a stone contracting business since 1885,
was born in the province of Osnabriick, Hanover, Germany, July 31, 1850. When
in his sixth year he was brought to America by his parents, who sailed for New
Orleans in 1856 and thence made their way up the river to St. Louis. Here
Henry F. Gruetzemacher became a pupil in the parish school of the Holy Ghost,
where he continued his studies until his fourteenth year. He also was a student
in a night school and in his fifteenth year he attended Rohrer's Commercial Col-
lege, remaining there as a student for two years. Liberal educational advantages
thus qualified him for the responsible duties of a business career and, starting out
in life, he secured a position with the glass house of H. C. Benning at the corner
of Third street and Broadway. His faithfulness, his able performance of duty
and his unremitting diligence led him to be retained in the service of that house
until his twentieth year and won for him various promotions from time to time
with consequent increase in salary.
Ambitious, however, to engage in business on his own account, Mr. Gruetze-
macher availed himself of an opportunitv to begin operations as a stone mason
in the fall of 1870 in connection with his father. At the same time he conducted
at No. 405 South Second street a glass and porcelain business, but after three
years he sold that enterprise in order to devote his time and use all of his capital
in the furtherance of the stone contracting business. In this he has met with ex-
cellent success and his labors constitute the basis upon which he is building a sub-
stantial structure of prosperity. A resourceful business man, he has become in-
terested in various other enterprises, including the Carthage stone quarries and
sawmills, and also the quarries and mills in St. Louis. As the years have passed
he has developed business interests of large proportions and under contract has
furnished cut .stone for many of the important buildings constructed in St. Louis.
Mr. Gruetzemacher was married in this city, in October, 1871, to Miss
Marie Wingman, whose people were for many generations residents of Ger-
many. Eight children bless this union: H. F., who is now manager of his
father's office and is an expert draftsman; Edward C, manager of a stone
mill owned by five brothers; William L., who is assistant superintendent at
the works of the Interstate Contract & Supply Company ; Albert, secretary and
treasurer of the same company and a graduate of the St. Louis high school
and commercial college; Oliver, who is superintendent for Gruetzemacher &
Company ; Mary, Dora and Laura, all of whom are at home. The family oc-
cupy a handsome residence at No. 41 11 Morgan street, which was erected by
the father.
Mr. Gruetzemacher belongs to the First Presbyterian church and is a
republican in politics, but at city and state elections votes for the best man on
either ticket. Pie is also connecterl with several societies that have been or-
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ganized to further industrial and business interests in St. Louis. He is preemi-
nently a business man who has made good use of his opportunities and has
found that there is always a chance for successful accomplishment if one is
not afraid of earnest, unremitting labor. It has been upon the foundation of
unabating industry that he has built his prosperity.
HARRY E. WAGONER.
The steps that mark the inward progress of Harry E. Wagoner in the
commercial world are plainly discernible. He is now manager of the rubber
department of the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company and is also one
of its directors and stockholders. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September
24, 1865, and when but a year old was brought to St. Louis by his parents,
Henry H. and Sophronia (Wilson) Wagoner. The father at once engaged m
the undertaking business here and so continued up to the time of his death,
which occurred November 30, 1906. Mrs. Wagoner, who still survives, is a
direct descendant of the Philadelphia Shippens.
Reared in his parents' home, Harrv E. Wagoner was sent as a pupil to
the public schools, and in due course of time, as he mastered the branches of
learning constituting the curriculum, he was graduated from the high school.
Thus well qualified for the responsible duties of a business career, he secured
a position as salesman in a railroad supply house, with which he was connected
until he entered the employ of the Goodyear Rubber Company in 1884. During
the succeeding eight years, when he represented that firm, he gained a compre-
hensive, practical knowledge of the business and during 1893-4 he was with the
Desnoyers Shoe Company. He resigned that position to organize the Monarch
Rubber Company, of which he was president from 1893 until 1900, when he
sold out his entire interest in the business. It was during his presidency that
the company began the manufacture of rubber boots and shoes, being the first
to engage in this undertaking west of the Allegheny mountains. On disposing
of his interest in the Monarch Rubber Company, Mr. Wagoner accepted the
position of manager of the rubber department of the Roberts, Johnson &
Rand Shoe Company and at the first change in the directorate following his
connection with the house he was chosen a director, this being in 1905. His
previous experience in rubber lines makes him well qualified for the manage-
ment of the department which is now under his control and which is constitut-
ing a paying element in the prosperity of the house. He has also become
financially and actively interested in other concerns, being now vice president
of the Wagoner Undertaking Company, the largest undertaking establishment
in the world; vice president of the H. H. Wagoner Realty Company; president
of the Tocomacho Rubber Company, with headquarters in St. Louis and oper-
ating a rubber plantation in Spanish Honduras.
On the 5th of February, 1890, Mr. Wagoner married Adaline Palmier, a
native of this city and a daughter of Tobias and Louisa (Palmier) Myers, the
latter a direct descendant of one of the oldest French families of the city, her
father's people being at one time among the largest landowners of East St.
Louis. Mr. and ]\Irs. Wagoner have one son, Harry Blewett Wagoner, who at
the age of seventeen years is attending the high school.
Air. Wagoner votes with the republican party and desires the adoption of
its principles, believing that the best interests of the country will be thus con-
served. He has, however, cared nothing for the honors nor emoluments of
office. He belongs to the Maple Avenue Methodist church and is a member
of Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., the Elks and the Hoo Hoos, while admirable
social qualities render him popular in the Mercantile, the Missouri Athletic and
Glen Echo Country Clubs. There has been nothing spectacular in his career,
328 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
but it is none the less important, for it represents the fit utilization of the innate
talents which are his and the improvement of the opportunities which have
come to him, makino- him a forceful factor in business circles.
TOHAN TOHANSEN.
Johan Johansen, who has been continuously connected with the shoe trade
in St. Louis since 1872 save for the brief interval of one year, was born in
Hamar. Norway, September 4, 1851, his parents being Johan and Carrie (Gul-
bransen) Johansen. The public schools of Norway afforded him his early
educational privileges. He continued his studies to the age of fourteen years,
when, attracted by the broader opportunities of the new world, he resolved to
seek his home and fortune on this side of the Atlantic. '
Accordingly in 1872 he removed to the United States and, making his way
into the interior of the country, entered the employ of Jacob Alitchell, a shoe
manufacturer. Subsequently he was with the Co-operative Shoe Company until
his energy and perseverance prompted him to engage in business on his own
account. He then formed a partnership with his brother for the purpose of
establishing a shoe manufactory in St. Louis under the iirm name of Johansen
Brothers. They opened their plant in 1876 on No. 927 North Sixth street,
but later removed to St. Paul, Minnesota. Finding, however, that St. Louis
was a more advantageous field, they returned to this city, and from 1878 to
1888 were located at No. iioo Olive street. They have contributed to the
reputation which St. Louis enjoys as the most important shoe manufacturing
center of the country. In 1888 they secured their present plant and have re-
mained at this point continuously since. The trade has developed from a
modest beginning until the house today controls one of the best known shoe
manufacturing enterprises of the city. In 1902 the business was incorporated
under the name of the Johansen Brothers Shoe Company, with Johan Johansen
as president. The factory is located at 921-929 North Eleventh street and is
supplied with all modern equipments and appliances for the successful conduct
of the business along progressive lines. The excellence of the output insures
a ready sale on the market and the establishment is numbered among the valued
business concerns of the city in that it contributes to commercial activitv through
the employment of a large force of workmen.
yir. Johansen is a member of the Congregational church and those who
know him in social circles find him a gentleman of genial manner and cordial
address. He married Augusta S. Lofgren and to them were born the following
children: John A., connected with the business of the Johansen Brothers Shoe
Company, married Grace Boppert and has one son, Roger ; Harry G., who is
connected with the same firm, being its representative in San Francisco ; and
Helen Rosalie, n()\v the wife of Dr. A. G. Wickman.
SAUNDERS NORVELL.
The world's history is one of evolution and development, and it has been
by similar processes that Saunders Norvell has attained to his present position
in commercial circles as president of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company.
His advancement has come from the use to which he has put his native talents,
resulting in constantly expanding powers and augmented ability, and thus he
has passed on to positions of executive control and administrative ability.
Born in St. Catharine's, Canada, on the 12th of August, 1864, he is a son
of Louis C. and Sarah fSaunflers) Norvell. Tlie removal of the family to St.
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Louis led to his acquirement of his eckicatioii in the ward and high schools
and when he had put aside his text-books he entered the employ of the Simmons
Hardware Company in 1880. Gradually he worked his way upward, serving
in various capacities as his fidelity and industry won him promotion, until in
1898 he was elected vice president of the company. 1m )r three years he re-
mained in that official connection and in 1901 resigned and was chosen to the
presidency of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company, when in that year
the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Company (established in 1843) was incorpo-
rated under the present style. It is one of the foremost commercial enterprises
of the city, and its success in recent years is largely attributable to the careful
direction and enterprising methods of Saunders Xorvell, who is also well known
as a director of the Mississippi X'alley Trust Company.
Air. Norvell was married in St. Louis, April 14, 1886, to Aliss Belle Alat-
thews, and their family now numbers a son and four daughters : Lucy, Edward
Simmons, Mary Spottiswood, Isabel and Sarah.
Mr. Norvell is independent in politics. The public work that he has done
has been mainly performed as a private citizen, yet has included cooperation
in many movements the value of which is widely acknowledged. He is now
a member of the city council, and was juror of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position in 1904. He has been the vice president of the Civic Improvement
League and thus stands for municipal virtue and civic progress. He is president
of the Self-Culture Hall Association; vice president of the Artists Guild; a
member of the board of control of the St. Louis Aluseum and School of Fine
Arts ; president of the Noonday Club ; member of the board of governors of
the L'niversity Club ; and president of the Contemporary Club. He is also a
member of the St. Louis, Country and Racquet Clubs and belongs to the Pres-
bvterian church. A lover of good literature and of art, he is in possession of
a collection of rare books, prints and pictures of great value and interest.
JOHN B. MYERS.
John B. Myers, president of the Alyers Construction Company, is engaged
in a general contracting business, meeting with gratifying success. St. Louis
is his native city, his birth having here occurred on the 26th of Alarch, 1866.
His father, John B. Alyers, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in Illinois on his
removal to the west about sixty years ago. Soon afterward he took up his abode
in St. Louis, but he became the owner of large timber tracts in Illinois and also
of valuable farming land. His business interests w^ere extensive and of an im-
portant character and were capably controlled until his life's labors were ended
in death in 1869. He married Adaline Mottin, who was born near Paris, France,
and was brought to America by her parents when six years of age. She has now
reached the age of sixty-five years.
John B. Aleyers was the second of a family of three children, his sisters be-
ing Salena and Zilda, who are with their mother. His boyhood days were sjjent
on the home farm in St. Louis county to the age of twenty years and his early
education was acquiied in the public schools, while later he attended Washington
University, from which he was graduated B. E. in 1886, and in 1887 he received
the C. E. degree. The same year he entered the w-ater commissioner's office,
where he was employed for two years in the capacity of civil engineer. On the
expiration of that period he became connected with the bridge and building de-
partment of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and a year later entered the contract-
ing field as a member of the Penney-Myers Construction Company. This re-
lation was continued until 1896, when he organized the Myers Construction Com-
pany, of which he has since been the president. They do general contracting in
street sewer and railroad work, in paving and concrete work and employ a large
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force of workmen in the execution of the many important contracts awarded
them.
On the 4th of October, 1905, Mr. Myers was married in St. Louis to Miss
Florence Fletcher, a daughter of Patrick and Ellen Fletcher, both of whom are
now deceased. Two children grace this marriage, Mary Adaline, two years of
age ; and Florence.
Mr. Myers votes with the democracy and served as judge of elections from
1906 until 1908, but has never been active in politics. He holds membership
with the Engineers Club, the Royal Arcaniim and St. Rose's Catholic church.
He finds pleasure in hunting and fishing and thus gains needed rest and recrea-
tion from the onerous duties of a constantly increasing business. Without osten-
tation or needless display he has given his attention to the performance of his
duty day by day in the relations of business and citizenship and his sterling worth
has impressed those with whom he has come in contact, gaining him recogni-
tion among the representative business men of St. Louis.
ALFRED H. SMITH.
Alfred H. Smith, who passed away on the 19th of March, 1906, figured
for many years as one of the leading business men of St. Louis, being promi-
nently connected with the wholesale grocery trade. Throughout his entire life
he was identified with this department of merchandising and his advance was
attributable to his utilization of every opportunity that came to him, to his
indefatigable energy and undaunted determination.
Mr. Smith was born in St. Louis, July i, 1841, and pursued his education
in Washington University. He began his business career in the grocery estab-
lishment of his father, Fred Smith, on Second, near Washington street. His
father was one of the pioneer grocery men of St. Louis and laid the foundation
for the extensive wholesale house which was conducted by his descendants.
From Second street the business was removed to what was known as the old
Cupples block on Seventh and Poplar streets, where it was conducted for many
years under the name of Fred Smith & Sons Company.
After being in his fathers employ for a time Alfred H. Smith of this re-
view was admitted to a partnership, and as the years passed was largely instru-
mental in developing the business and extending its scope. He eventually
became the head of the house and built up a large and successful enterprise,
the trade relations of which covered a wide territory. The house was repre-
sented by as many as thirty-two salesmen on the road at a time. The volume
of trade was extensive and the house enjoyed a gratifying- profit, owing to the
large sales and careful purchases, combined with keen sagacity shown in the
management. Some years prior to his death Mr. Smith sold his business to the
Adam Roth Grocery Company and retired, spending his remaining days in well
earned rest.
Mr. Smith was married in St. Louis to Miss Gertrude Geisel, of this city.
They had four children: Wallace, now deceased; Alfred H., who is engeged
in the hardware business on Olive street, and who was born and educated here
and married Minnie Haggman ; Eug-ene, a farmer living near St. Louis; and
Josephine. The eldest son is a worthy successor of his father in that he occupies
a prominent position in business circles and has made for himself a creditable
name among his colleagues and contemporaries.
The death of the father occurred March 19, 1906, after he had enjoyed
several years of honorable retirement from active business cares. Indolence
and idleness, however, were utterly foreign to his nature, and as he could not
content himself without some interest after his retirement from mercantile life,
he engaged in loaning money and dealt in real estate on his own account. He
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was a member of the Legion of Honor, of the Masonic fraternity and of the
Relief Society. He also belonged to the Gentlemen's Driving Club and to the
Noble Hunt & Fish Club — associations Avhich indicated much of the nature of
his interests and recreation. His political allegiance was given to the repub-
lican party and, as every true American citizen should do, he kept weH informed
on the questions and issues of the day, although he did not seek nor desire
political preferment. He was, however, active in support of many public move-
ments which he deemed essential to the welfare and improvement of the citv.
and as the years passed by his activity ii\ various lines, as well as his business
success, gained him a creditable place in the regard of his fellow townsmen.
WILLIAM F. POHLMAN.
\Mlliam F. Pohlman was born in St. Louis, June 13, 1863, a son of John
H. Pohlman, who for some years was engaged in the livery business at Twenty-
second street and Washington avenue. Spending his boyhood days under the
parental roof, \\'illiam F. Pohlman was sent as a pupil to the public schools,
where he passed through consecutive grades in acquiring his education. He
afterward engaged in the livery business with his father, John H. Pohlman, and
proved an able assistant and associate. His father was sheriff of the county at
one time and William F. Pohlman acted as his chief deputy, the duties that
devolved upon him in this connection being extensive and onerous.
In 1883 in St. Louis was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Pohlman and Miss
Anna C. Tuohy of St. Louis, a daughter of J. H. Tuohy, who came to this city
from Canada and for some years was engaged in the liquor business. Unto Mr.
and yivs. Pohlman was born one son: J. Harry Pohlman, who was graduated
from Yale College with the class of 1908, having completed a course in the law
department, while at the present time he is pursuing a post-graduate course in
Yale. In his fraternal relations Mr. Pohlman was a Mason and in his life ex-
emplified the beneficent spirit of the craft which is based upon mutual helpful-
ness and brotherly kindness. He was widely and favorably known for his cor-
dial nature and genial disposition, his straightforwardness in business and his
loyalty and reliability at all times. His death occurred in January, 1899, and
was deeply regretted by many friends who had learned to esteem him for his
genuine worth.
NICHOLAS F. NIEDERLANDER.
There are found many men whose industry has won them success — men
who by their perseverance and diligence execute well defined plans which others
have made — but the men who take the initiative are comparatively few. The
vast majority do not see opportunity for the coordination of forces and the de-
velopment of new, extensive and profitable enterprises and therefore must fol-
low along paths which others have marked out. Nicholas F. Niederlander, how-
ever, does not belong to the designated class. The initiative spirit is strong within
him. He has realized the possibility for the combination of forces and has
wrought along the line of mammoth undertakings until he is now an active factor
in the business circles of St. Louis, connected with various interests, which have
had bearing upon the commercial development of this section of the country.
His most important interest ])erhaps is represented in the presidency of the
Westinghouse Automatic Air and Steam Coupler Company, but he is also con-
nected actively or financially with various other interests.
A native of the Em])ire state, Mr. Niederlander was born in Buffalo, Octo-
ber 2, 1844. his parents being Nicholas and Anna Marie (Wise) Niederlander.
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Following- a public-school course he attended Hicks" Commercial College of his
native city, from which he was graduated. He was yet in his teens when he
served in the Civil war as captain of Company I of the New York National
Guard Regiment, enrolled in the United States service. F"ollowing- his gradua-
tion from the commercial college he became his father's successor in the tanning
business, which he conducted until 1877, when he removed to Wichita, Kansas,
where he opened a real-estate, loan and insurance office. He became a factor
in the development of the west and in 1885 organized the Kansas Loan & In-
vestment Company, of which he became president. He was also one of the or-
ganizers and vice president of the Wichita & Colorado Railroad, now a part of
the Missouri Pacific System, and is still president of the town companies along
the line of that road. He has hgured in the business circles of St. Louis since
1891 through his real-estate operations and through his identification with various
important corporations. Since 1895 l^e has been the executive head of the
Westinghouse Air & Steam Coupler Company and is also president of the Acme
Pipe Clamp Company.
Ohio. His political allegiance is given the republican partv and he is associated
Mr. Niederlander was married in 1875 to Miss Blanche Huson. of Sandusky,
with various social organizations, including Garfield Post, G. A. R., of Wichita,
Kansas, the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Woodmen of the World and
the Mercantile and Missouri Athletic Clubs. The accumulation of wealth has
never been allowed to affect his relations toward others less fortunate. While
he has never courted popularity, he holds friendship inviolable and, as true
v^orth can alwavs win his regard, he has a verv extensive circle of friends.
HARRY S. CROSSEN, M. D.
Dr. Harry S. Crossen, of St. Louis, enjoys a national reputation in pro-
fessional circles, his works on gynecology being recognized as authority by the
fraternity throughout the entire country. He was born in Appanoose county,
Iowa, February 2, 1869, a son of James and Affinity (Sturgeon) Crossen. His
mother died when he was but four years of age and his father a year later, so
that he was reared by an uncle and aunt, Mr. and ]\Irs. R. S. Morris, at Siloam
Springs. Arkansas. Lie pursued his literar^' education in the academy at that
place between the years 1885 and 1888 and in 1889 matriculated in the medical
department of the Washington L^niversity. from which he was graduated with
the degree of ALD. in 1892. He then took the competitive examination for
appointment as junior assistant at the City Hospital, won in the contest and in
1893 was appointed senior assistant. Six months later, or in the fall of 1893,
he was appointed assistant superintendent of the City Hospital, which position
he filled until appointed by Mayor Walbridge superintendent of the St. Louis
Female Hospital in 1895. ^^^ the end of his term in 1899 he declined re-
appointment and has since engaged in the private practice of his profession.
With comprehensive knowledge of the science of medicine. Dr. Crossen
specialized in gynecology and has become recognized as one of the ablest repre-
sentatives of this department of medical practice in the entire country, nor is his
name unknown in foreign lands. He is professor of clinical gynecologv in the
Washington University, gynecologist to the Washington University Hospital
and Bethesda Hospital and associate gynecologist to the Mullanphy Hospital.
He is a member of the St. Louis Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, and one
of its former presidents, a member of the American Association of Obstetricians
& Gynecologists, a member of the Western Surgical and Gvnecological Associa-
tion, the American Medical Association, the St. Louis Medical Society and the
Medical Society of the City Hospital Alumni. He has been an extensive con-
tributor to medical literature on articles pertaining to gynecology, abdominal
334 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
surgery, and obstetrics and stands among the foremost of those who have gained
distinction in this Hne. His writings have received the endorsement of the
profession throughout the entire country and have been of material aid in the
growth of accurate and helpful professional knowledge.
On the 28th of March, 1895, in Oberlin, Ohio, Dr. Crossen was married to
IMiss ^larv Frances ^^'right. Their children are Theodore W., Ruth V., Robert
J. and Mrginia M. In politics Dr. Crossen is a republican and in religious
faith a jNIethodist. ^^'hile interested in all that pertains to the political, intel-
lectual and moral progress of his city artd of the race, he is constantly over-
burdened by the demands placed upon him professionally and thus has little
time for active cooperation in community or public interests. He has succeeded
because he has desired to succeed. He has attained greatness because nature
endowed him bountifully and he has studiously and carefully and conscientiously
increased the talents which have been given him. Few men have had more or
better success attending their efforts to^ relieve the ailments of suffering humanity
than have followed as the direct sequence of the work of Dr. Crossen.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HAREN.
A\'illiam Augustus Haren is the enterprising and efficient manager of the
Wainwright Brewery at No. 1015 Papin street. He is a man whose qualifica-
tions for conducting large aft'airs are well known in the commercial circles of
the city. Since his undertaking the management of the Wainwright interests
he has been instrumental in adding largely to the volume of business. His
capacities for work are unlimited and he is ever alert and energetic in promoting
the interests of the vast concern whose affairs have been placed largely under his
exclusive control.
Mr. Haren is of German extraction and was born in St. Louis, June 19,
1854. His father, Charles Haren, was a native of Rhenish Bavaria, having been
born there in the year 1820. He came to America with his brother Edward and
a number of friends in 1833. Their emigration to America was compulsory
owing to the fact that Edward Haren and those who accompanied him to the
new world had engaged in a revolution in their native land which necessitated
their escaping from the country. . The uprising was similar to that which oc-
curred in the year 1848, at which time many patriots, in order to save their
lives, were forced to flee from the fatherland. Edward Haren became one of
the most prominent citizens of St. Louis, and he served as a notary for many
years. Charles Haren passed away August 17, 1908, in St. Louis. Josephine
fSchererj Haren. mother of William Augustus Haren, was a native of Switzer-
land, her father, Ignatius Scherer. having been a tailor in the fatherland, which
occupation he continued to follow in St. Louis in 1834. He departed this life
in 1849.
The public schools of St. Louis afforded William Augustus Haren his pre-
liminary education, and upon completing a course in the common branches he
studied at Christian Brothers College. He then engaged as a clerk for the real-
estate firm of Edward Haren. Here he remained but for a brief period of
time, when he entcrcfl the real-estate office of James M. Carpenter, with whom
he remained for four years. In 1876 he went abroad and after a pleasure trip
throughout Europe he returned to St. Louis in October of that year and became
affiliated with the brewery of Samuel Wainwright & Company. At that time
Charles Haren, his father, was a bookkeeper of the firm, in which capacity he
served for twenty-five years. His father having resigned his position, William
A. Haren succeeded him in 1880, and since that time has been identified in many
relations with the manufacturing plant. Subsequently when the plant was sold
to an English syndicate, which organizerl the St. Louis IVewing Association,
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 335
Mr. Haren was promoted to the station of assistant manager, and at the same
time was elected director of the corporation, now acting in both positions.
Mr. Haren is a conservative and practical business man and is an invaluable
factor in promoting the interests of the concern. The affairs of the firm are
almost exclusively within his hands, and in conducting them he demonstrates
that keen business discernment which is absolutely necessary to manage the
affairs of so large an enterprise. He is also secretary and treasurer of the
Wainwright building at Seventh and Chestnut streets, and he represents the
interests of Ellis Wainwright in St. Louis.
In 1879 he united in marriage with Miss Katie M. Byrne, a daughter of P.
O" D. Byrne, a real-estate agent, and a niece of John Byrne, Jr., who was a pioneer
real-estate dealer of St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Haren have three children : Cather-
ine, Grace and William E. Mr. Haren is a man of unwearied application and
finds little time to devote to outside organizations in presence of the volume of
business which of necessity demands his daily supervision. He is fond of tennis,
however, and devotes a great deal of time in the way of recreation to music, be-
longing to several musical organizations.
WILLIAM T. HAARSTICK.
The name of Haarstick has long been an honored and prominent one in
the business circles of St. Louis. It has figured especially with the grain and
transportation interests, with chemical interests and with financial affairs. Wil-
liam T. Haarstick of this review has fully sustained the mitarnished reputation
which has always been associated with the name in its business relations in St.
Louis, and although he entered upon a business already established, he has .-hown
marked capacity and enterprise in enlarging and developing this in accordance
with the trend of modern business progress. His eadv recognition and utiliza-
tion of opportunities stand as salient characteristics in his career and constitute
one of the strong elements in his success. A native of St. Louis, Mr. Haarstick
was born May 11, 1865, a son of Henry C. and Elise (Hoppe) Haarstick. His
father was one of the most prominent financiers and business men of the middle
west, foremost in promoting extensive enterprises, and the responsibility of con-
ducting the vast business established by the father and maintaining its high
reputation is the task which devolved upon and was faithfully executed by the
son. He was qualified for the responsibilities of life bv liberal education as a
student in Smith's Academy, of St. Louis, and in the Boston School of Tech-
nology, and soon after completing his course in the latter institution he became
his father's associate in business and under his wise counsel and sound direc-
tion mastered business principles and gained specific knowledge concerning the
interests of the St. Louis-Mississippi Valley Transportation Company and its
methods of operating in the grain trade. Mr. Haarstick applied himself closely
to the mastery of the business, which was of large volume and involved intri-
cate details, and soon gained a comprehensive knowledge of the commercial
methods followed by the house in securing and extending its trade. Through-
out his business career he has shown ready adaptability and a clear judgment
that has been brought to bear in the solution of intricate problems. In 1894 he
was elected vice president of the St. Louis & Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company and more and more largely relieved his father of the responsibilities
attendant upon the management of this extensive enterprise. He was one of
the best known representatives of the grain trade and transportation interests,
not only in St. Louis, but in the Mississippi valley. Inheriting the commercial
instinct and genius of his father, he has accumulated a handsome fortune on
his own account, and among the younger generation of the business men of
St. Louis there are none who occupy a more prominent position in financial and
336 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
commercial affairs. Four years ago the river interests were sold out and the
St. Louis & -Mississippi \'alley Transportation Company ceased to be a factor
in the business circles of St. Louis. Since that time William T. Haarstick has
been actively associated with the Herf & Frerichs Chemical Company as vice
president and treasurer. This is a family corporation, controlled by the Haars-
ticks and Mr. Herf, a brother-in-law, and the business has been developed to
extensive proportions, the enterprise becoming one of the leading productive
concerns of the city. While ^Ir. Haarstick has been associated with some of
the most important business operations bi the middle west, there has been in
his commercial career an entire absence of those methods which have charac-
terized many of the so-called successful men, who in promoting their individual
interests have sacrificed the rights and opportunities of others. Along the legiti-
mate lines of industry and commerce his operations have been conducted, and
the success of the companies with which he has been associated is due to the
regard that has always been paid to the personnel of the house, the character
of its service and to its relations to the public in that purchaser and seller should
both have just compensation.
While preeminentlv a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide in-
fluence. Mr. Haarstick has never confined his attention so closely to business
as to preclude an interest in music, literature and the fine arts. In fact, he is a
patron of all such and finds the deepest pleasure therein. He is a member of
the St. Louis, the Country, the Log Cabin and the Noonday Clubs, and the
Cuivre Shooting Club. He has traveled extensively, visiting the art centers of
the world and gaining through travel that broad culture and knowledge which
can be secured only in that way. Nor has he regarded politics as something
unworthy his attention. On the contrary, he keeps thoroughly conversant with
the vital questions and issues of the day and is recognized as a republican leader
in St. Louis, but without political aspirations for himself seeks the success
of the party, for he believes that through its efforts the best interests of the
country are promoted. Mr. Haarstick is an approachable man to wdiom the
term comradeship means much, and a sincere cordiality and good will have
made him popular wherever he is known, while the circle of his friends in his
native city is almost co-extensive with the circle of his accjuaintance.
CHARLES WESLEY HOLTCAMP.
Charles Wesley Holtcamp, judge of the probate court of St. Louis and
prominent as attorney and official in many corporations of this citv and the
southwest, was born in Decatur, Illinois, September i, 1859. his parents being
Charles and Catherine (Holvener) Holtcamp, the latter a native of Ohio and a
daughter of a very prominent Methodist minister of Ohio, New York and New
Jersey. The father, who was born in Prussia, came to the United States in
1852 and since 1856 has been widely known as a German ^Methodist minister,
being still active in the work.
In accordance with the custom of itinerancy in the Methodist ministry,
Charles W. Holtcamp sjx-nt his youth in various cities, includino; Decatur, Rloom-
ington, Peoria, Beardstown, Pekin, Alton and Jacksonville, Illinois, and Daven-
jjort anrl i^urlin-^ton, Iowa. He pursued his education in the public schools
of these cities until 1878 and in his youth he strongly desired to attend West
Point and enter the army. However, this plan was abandoned and he con-
tinued his studies in Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois, where he remained
two years. Up to this time he had continuously been a student save for a period
of two years spent in a photographic gallery. After leaving Illinois College
he matriculated in the law flepartment of Washington University — the St. Louis
Law .School — In 1880, and was graduated in 1882, being admitted to practice the
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338 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
same year in the city of St. Louis. During his school days he had largely spent
his vacation at work and while studying law he taught a night school.
Judge Holtcamp has continuously resided in St. Louis since October, 1880,
when he accompanied his parents on their removal to this city from Burlington,
Iowa. For twenty-six years he has figured as one of the able lawyers of St.
Louis and has conducted much important litigation. He is also well known as a
representative of various corporate interests, being now a stockholder and attor-
ney for the Blanke-\\' ennecker Candy Company of St. Louis ; a director and
attorney for the Blanke Realty Company of this city; president of the Camden
^^'ater. Light & Power Company of Camden, Arkansas ; vice president and coun-
sel for the Blackwell Oil Company at Blackwell, Oklahoma; a stockholder and
counsel for the Monarch Weather Strip & Supply Company of St. Louis ; and
vice president and counsel for the Kaiser Publishing Company of this city.
With matters of a more largely public nature Judge Holtcamp has also been
associated. In the spring of 1877, at Jacksonville, Illinois, he joined Company
I. of the Fifth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard and in the fall of 1883
he enlisted in the Missouri National Guard as a member of the Tredway Rifles.
He became captain of Company F of the First Regiment of the Missouri Na-
tional Guard in 1885, ^^'^^ of Company D in 1894, served as senior captain of
his regiment in the war with Spain and was elected lieutenant colonel of the
regiment in 1899, holding that rank until he resigned on the 7th of January,
1904. He has also made a creditable record in connection with civic affairs.
He was a member of the municipal assembly of St, Louis for a two years' term,
beginning in 1889 and in November, 1906, was elected judge of the probate
court of the city of St. Louis for a term of four years, entering upon the duties
of the office on the ist of January, 1907. He is therefore the present incumbent
and his official record justifies the confidence which was reposed in him in his
election. Since attaining his majority he has been a stalwart republican, un-
swerving in his allegiance to the party principles.
In May, 1888, Judge Holtcamp wedded Miss Augusta Hausman, of St.
Louis, who died in December, 1893. Ten years later, in September, 1903, he
wedded Mrs. Nellie Francisco Barker. By his first marriage he had one
daughter, Dorothy Elaine, now in her seventeenth year.
He is a member of the Royal League, the Royal Arcanum and the Masonic
fraternity. In the last named he has attained the Knight Templar degree in the
York Rite, the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also a member of
the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to Maple Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and
is chairman of the official boards. These various associations indicate much of the
character of his interests and the rules which have governed his conduct. While
known as a successful attorney and business man and now as a most efficient
probate judge, he is also recognized as one whose labors have extended to interests
whereby the welfare of the public is promoted, while his cooperation may always
be counted upon to further the general good.
FRANK HUGH SULLIVAN.
Frank Hugh Sullivan, the junior partner of the law firm of Block & Sulli-
van, was born in Cakhvell county, Kentucky, January 2, 1869. The founders of
the family in America came from Ireland, residing first in Baltimore, whence
they removed to Virginia and later to North Carolina. After the family had
been represented in this country for several generations the grandfather of our
subject removed from North Carolina to Tennessee and died while in the gov-
ernment service as a civil engineer. His son. Dr. Flavins Josephus Sullivan,
was a native of Wilson county, Tennessee, prepared for the practice of medi-
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cine and surgery and was actively engaged in his profession for over forty
years. He gained distinction in his chosen caUing and became a prominent
and honored physician of Kentucky, but is now hving retired. He is a Con-
federate veteran, who joined the army under command of General Morgan and
later was engaged in hospital service. He married Lucy Mary Beckner, a native
of Virginia, who is still living.
Frank Hugh Sullivan pursued a public-school education and also attended
Princeton College at Princeton, Kentucky. Later he matriculated in Cumber-
land University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and also pursued his law course there,
receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1888 and the Bachelor of Law degree
in 1889. He was not yet twenty years of age when he graduated. He entered
upon the active practice of his profession in 1891 in Paragould, Arkansas, where
he continued until 1898, since which time he has been in St. Louis. He prac-
ticed alone until 1904 and then formed his present partnership with George M.
Block under the firm name of Block & Sullivan. This has proven a very for-
tunate alliance for both gentlemen, as the law firm is recognized as a strong one,
and their clientage is constantly increasing. They are making a specialty of
corporation and commercial law, and have had much business of this nature,
including a number of important damage suits.
In 1895 Air. Sullivan was married to Miss Susan Hope Hicks, a native of
Howard county, Arkansas, and they have a little son, Hugh Hicks Sullivan,
born April 2. 1904. Mr. Sullivan is fond of fishing and finds therein his chfef
source of recreation. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, while in
professional lines he is connected with the St. Louis Bar Association and the
Missouri Bar Association. His success in a professional way afifords the best
evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is concise in his appeals before
the court, vet never fails to give thorough preparation, and presents his cause
with a clearness and strength that never fails to impress the court and seldom
fails to win the verdict desired.
LOUIS STOCKSTROM.
Louis Stockstrom is the general manager of the Quick Meal Stove Com-
pany, at Xo. 825 Chouteau avenue, occupying the position continuously since
1881. and the success of the enterprise is a testimonial to his business discern-
ment and careful management. Like many of the leading business men of this
city, he claims Germany as the land of his nativity, his birth having occurred in
Oldenburg, in November, 1858. His parents, Heinrich and Marie Stockstrom,
are both "deceased. The father was a mechanic and throughout his entire life
carried on business along mechanical lines.
At the usual age Louis Stockstrom became a pupil in the elementary
schools of his native land, continuing his studies to his fourteenth year, when
he left school and took up the task of providing for his own support by serving
a four years' apprenticeship at the machinist's trade. In his eighteenth year he
volunteered for service in the German army in the Eisenbahn regiment, with
which he was connected for about two years. When his military service ended
he sought and obtained employment as a machinist in Berlin, and afterward
went to Russia with a desire of seeing something of the country, at the same
time continuing business activities there. A comparison of the opportunities of
the fatherland and the new world convinced him that he would have better
chances of obtaining success on the west side of the Atlantic. He therefore
sailed across the briny deep to New York city, whence he made his way direct
to Denver, influenced to this step by the fact that he had a brother, Charles A.
Stockstrom, in that city. There he was employed in different shops until he
and his brother came to St. Louis in 1881. Here they began business at No.
340 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
700 North Broadway, operating on a small scale. They first employed only
three men, but prospered during the first year, and after its close sought more
commodious quarters at Ninth street and Cass avenue. At the end of the second
vear it was again necessary that they seek larger quarters, for the rapid increase
of their business demanded that they employ fifty workmen. They then re-
moved to Third and Spruce streets, \yhere the}- remained for three years, and
the growth of their business justified their employment of one hundred and fifty
men. On the expiration of that period they erected their present extensive plant,
and todav have five hundred employes, while their business extends to all parts
of the country. The plant is equipped with all the modern, improved machinery
and facilities, and that the output is of excellent manufacture and durability
is indicated by its ready sale on the market, and its constantly growing trade.
On the ist of April, 1889, Mr. Stockstrom was married to jMiss Bertha
^Meisler, a daughter of F. W. Meisler, a prominent figure in the financial circles
of the city, serving for thirty years as president of the German Savings Bank.
j\Ir. and Airs. Stockstrom have two daughters and a son : Eleanor, a graduate
of the ]\Iary Institute, who was also a student in Miss Knox's school at Briar-
clift'. New York; Arthur Louis, fifteen years of age, attending the manual train-
ing school of the ^^'ashington L'niversity ; and Jessie, a student in the Alary
Institute. Mr. Stockstrom erected his residence at No. 3263 Hawthorn boule-
vard, and it is one of the beautiful homes of that section of the city, built on
modern and attractive style of architecture. He has also built a summer resi-
dence on the bluffs of the Merrimac river.
In politics he is independent, having no sympathy with the machine rule
that largelv dominates the parties, but seeking rather to support men and prin-
ciples. He belongs to the Ethical Society, to the Union Club and the ^Missouri
Athletic Club. Possessing a genial nature, he is ever mindful of the rights and
privileges of others and while working for his own success he has never been
unmindful of his obligations to his fellowmen. The self-made man is a product
of America, and in this country, where effort is not hampered by caste or class,
Air. Stockstrom sought the opportunities of success, and the wisdom of the
course he has followed is demonstrated in the prominent position to which he
has attained.
JOHN FLOURNOY MONTGOMERY.
The progressive steps in the life of John Flournoy Montgomery are easily
discernible. He has never been content until he has made the best use of his
possessions and his opportunities, and gradually he has worked his way up-
ward until he occupies a position of much responsibility as the secretary and
treasurer of the John Wildi Evaporated Milk Company, of St. Louis, Alissouri,
and Highland, Illinois. He was born September 20, 1878, in Sedalia, Alissouri,
a son of James Albert and Dora Virginia (Ming) Montgomery. The father,
a gas and electrical engineer, died in St. Louis in 1904. He was for twenty-
eight years general manager of the Sedalia (Mo.) Gas Company and the
Sedalia Electric Light & Power Company, and at the same time was general
manager of the Aloberly Gas & Electric Company, of Moberly, Alissouri : the
Lexington (Mo.) Gas Company; the Nevada (Mo.) Gas Company; and the
Greencastle find.) Gas Company.
\'arious members of the family have gained distinction in different lines.
Dr. Thomas J. Ahtntgomcry, grandfather of our subject, was a noted physician,
who served as surgeon general on the staff of General Pope during the Civil
war and was the discoverer and promoter of the modern methods of treating
typhoid fever. His great-uncle, the Rev. John Montgomery, was a famous
divine and pastor of the First Presbyterian church of St. Louis for many
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years. He was also president of the Westminster College and several times
was moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly. The grandmother of our
subject. ]\Irs. Emilie (Blournoy) Montgomery, was of an old Creole family
still prominent throughout the south, and was a cousin of Sara Ward Downs —
the famous Kentucky beauty.
John F. Montgomery pursued his education in the public schools, the Rams-
dell Academy and the Central Business College of Sedalia, Missouri. He made
his initial step in the business world at the age of thirteen years, becoming asso-
ciated with Ira H. Latour, the publisher of the Sedalia Humorist and pro-
prietor of a job printing establishment. Mr. Montgomery worked thus after
school hours and was very successful. After leaving school he became con-
nected with the shoe business at Sedalia, but in order to gain wider experience
came to St. Louis, when about nineteen years of age, and for one year was in
the employ of the L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Company. During the suc-
ceeding year he was superintendent of the Moberly (Mo.) Gas & Electric Com-
pany and for two years was station foreman for the Ogden Gas Company in
Chicago. He spent a similar period as plant manager for the Dallas (Tex.)
Gas & Fuel Company, and then became connected with the Helvetia Milk Con-
densing Company at Highland, Illinois, which he represented for two years as
its advertising manager. He afterward spent a year and a half in a special
advertising agency business in the Schiller block in Chicago, and for two
years was sales manager for the Helvetia ]\Iilk Condensing Company of High-
land. He is now and for the past year has been secretary and treasurer of the
John Wildi Evaporated Milk Company of St. Louis and Highland. He has
thus passed on to a position of executive control and administrative direction,
bending his energies to the institution of new methods and the promotion of
wider trade connections. He is recognized as a young man of marked business
ability and energy, who is rapidly forging to the front in commercial circles.
On the 7th of September, 1904, ]\Ir. Montgomery was married to Miss Hed-
wig Wildi, a daughter of John Wildi, originator of evaporated milk, and they
have one child, Marie Louise Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery is a democrat in
his political views, while his fraternal relations connect him with the Masonic
lodge and Royal Arch chapter of Highland. Illinois, and with the Knights of
Pythias at Chicago. He is also a member of the Missouri Athletic Club and
the Southern Club of St. Louis, and admirable and attractive social qualities
render him personally popular in these different organizations.
W. C. MANLEY
W. C. Manley, wholesale dealer in vehicles and implements in St. Louis,
was born in Litchfield, Illinois. July 14, 1868, a son of William and Margaret
Manley. The father, who engaged in merchandising through the greater part
of his life, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 6, 1806. and died on
the 4th of January, 1878. The mother was born in Dumfries, Scotland, Feb-
ruary 14, 1835, and is still a well preserved woman although she has passed the
eighty-third milestone on life's journey.
W. C. Manley pursued his education in the parochial schools of Litchfield,
Illinois, to the age of fourteen years and afterward spent one year as a student
in the St. Louis University. He left school at the age of fifteen to enter the
office of Hill, Clarke & Company, of St. Louis, and since that time his career
has been one of continuous activity, in which experience, observation and in-
dustry have brought him the energy and skill that have enabled him to work
his way steadilv upward. He remained as office boy with his first employers
from 1883 until 1885 and then secured a clerkship with the Moline Plow Com-
pany. In 1886 he filled a clerical position with the Terminal Railroad Associa-
342 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
tion and when he left that company in 1887 it was to become salesman for the
house of ]Manley & Thompson, of St. Louis, thus representing that firm for
four years. From 1891 until 1896 he was salesman for Secher & Company, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and from 1896 until 1908 was engaged in the wholesale vehi-
cle and implement business under the firm name of Deeds & Manley. The con-
nection continued for twelve years wi^h mutual pleasure and profit and a busi-
ness of considerable magnitude was developed. On the 8th of January, 1908,
;Mr. ^Manley purchased his partner's interests and has since been alone in the
conduct of the house, which is now one of the important wholesale concerns of
the citv. Each step in his career has been a forward one, bringing him a
broader outlook and wider opportunities, and since entering upon an independent
business venture he has displayed the qualities of a successful and resourceful
merchant.
On the 13th of October, 1891, Mr. Manley was married to Miss Olive B.
Harrison and their children are Margaret and William. Mr. Manley is a repub-
lican in his political faith but is not a politician in the sense of seeking or desir-
ing office. He belongs to the lodge, chapter and commandery in the Masonic
fraternity and has served as an officer in the first mentioned. His religious
belief is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church and he shapes
his life in harmony therewith.
CLARENCE DEAN JOHNSON.
Clarence Dean Johnson has been the promoter of an extensive lumber busi-
ness and as its executive head is managing its interests with headquarters in
St. Louis. He was born in Caton, six miles from Corning, Steuben county, New
York, April i, 1866, a son of Edward Johnson, who was of English birth, and
Electa M. (Herrick) Johnson, of the well known Herrick family of New York.
The parents are now residents of Caton, New York.
Clarence Dean Johnson continued in the Empire state to the age of twelve
years, when the family removed to Larned, Kansas, where his education was
completed. In 1885 his parents went to Kansas City, while Mr. Johnson of this
review made his way to New Orleans and secured a situation as collector for a
commercial concern of that city. In the course of business he became acquainted
with the owner of a sawmill at Chapin, a station on the Texas Pacific Railway in
Louisiana, and becoming interested in the subject of lumber manufacture, he
engaged in the mill as trimmer for John Newton. Through practical experience
in every department of the business he gained a most intimate knowledge of
lumber manufacture. He observed the methods and processes most closely,,
continuing in the mill until 1887. In that year he made the acquaintance of
Samuel Wilson, with whom he went to Shreveport, Louisiana, and later to Car-
mona, Texas. He there entered into a contract with Mr. Wilson for cutting
logs at fifty cents a thousand. Later he became yard foreman for A. W. Norris,.
a yellow pine manufacturer, at Barnum, Texas, and subsequently the duties of
shipping clerk were also entrusted to him. He thus continued until 1889, when
he returned to Kansas City and afterward went to Chicago, becoming foreman
on the docks for the South Branch Lumber Company, but the strike ended the
necessity for his services and he went to Clinton, Iowa, where he was employed
by the lumber firm of W. J. Young & Company. From truckman he was soon
promoted to the position of foreman of the yard of the Sunny South Lumber
Company at New Louisville, Arkansas, and afterward was made superintendent
of the entire plant, continuing at that point until the plant changed hands.
In 1894 Mr. Johnson removed to St. Louis, where he incorporated the R. L.
Trigg Lumber Company. Three years later this concern was succeeded by the
Frost-Trigg Lumber Company, of which Mr. Johnson is and has been for many
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344 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
years the vice president and general manager. The company has attained a fore-
most place as operators in yellow pine lumber and the development and success
of the business is attributalDle in very large measure to his enterprise and un-
flagging eltorts. In 1899 he became interested in the Lufkin Land & Lumber
Companv. of Lufkin, Texas, and created the Union Sawmill Company. In
the fall of 1902 he instituted the npvement to secure over two hundred thou-
sand acres of short leaf pine timberland, which now forms the basis of the com-
panv's operations in Arkansas and Louisiana. Huttig, Arkansas, a model town,
built bv the Lmion Sawmill Company, stands as a monument to the enterprise
of Mr. Johnson and his business associates. The Union sawmill is a model
concern, emploving the most modern methods of lumber manufacture, the plant
being equipped with the most improved machinery and devices, while the asso-
ciations with .the employes are most harmonious. Mr. Johnson is president of
the companv and was formerly president of the Little Rock & Monroe Railway
Companv until the line was sold to the Missouri Pacific Railway. That road
opened the country from Little Rock to Monroe, Louisiana. Mr. Johnson is
also vice president and general manager of the Frost-Trigg Lumber Company,
a director of the Noble Lumber Company, of Noble, Louisiana, and is finan-
ciallv interested in the De Soto Land & Lumber Company at Mansfield, Louis-
iana; the Black Lake Lumber Company, of Campti, Louisiana; the Star &
Crescent Lumber Company, of Montrose, Louisiana ; the Carter & Kelly Lum-
ber Companv, of Manning, Texas. These various companies have been pur-
chased by the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company, of which E. A. Frost is now
president, and C. D. Johnson, first vice president. Thus from a very obscure
position in the business world the latter has advanced to a place of prominence,
his abilitv being widelv recognized in the lumber trade of the south and middle
west
In April, 1883, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Dorothy Farrar, of New
Louisville, Arkansas. They have two children, C. D. and Ernest, and they own
a beautiful home at Park View Place. Mr. Johnson is prominent in Masonic
circles, belonging to Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, F. & A. M. ; St. Louis Chapter,
No. 8, R. A. M. ; Ascalon Commandery, No. 16, K. T. ; and Moolah Temple of
the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Mercantile Qub and the
Glen Echo Country Club.
The measure of man's success is not the altitude which he has reached, but
the heights from ^yhich he has climbed, and, judging from this standard, the
record of Mr. Johnson is a noble one. The secret of his advancement is due to
the fact that he has done one thing well, throwing all of his energies into it.
He has also tried -to make all of his acts and commercial moves the result of
definite consideration and sound judgment. There have never been any great
ventures or risks in his career but, on the contrary, he has practiced honest,
slow growing business methods, which have been based upon the foundation
of energy and good system.
MONTROSE FALLEN McARDLE.
Montrose Fallen McArdle, an architect whose preeminent ability has made
him widely known, was born in St. Louis, February i, 1868. His ancestors were
originally one of the Scottish clans, which was wiped out in the highland war-
fare. Representatives of the name, although the family ceased to exist as a
clan, have been prominent in army, navy and church circles through many cen-
turies and all have been connectecl with professional life.
Felix McArdle, father of M. P. McArdle, was born in Dublin, Ireland,
and when a little lad of six summers was brought to America by his parents,
who crossed the Atlantic about seventy years ago. The family home was first
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established in Cincinnati, Ohio, but for sixty-five years the McArdles have been
residents of St. Louis. For man}- years FeHx AIcArdle was a professor in the
St. Louis University, was also assistant state geologist and professor of chem-
istry in the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, where M. M. Fallen,
the maternal grandfather, also occupied a professorship for many years. At his
death, in 1874, Professor McArdle was secretary of the Flope ^Mining Company
of St. Louis. His wife, in her maidenhood, Emma Christmas Fallen, was a
daughter of Dr. M. M. Fallen of the St. Louis College of Fhysicians and Sur-
geons, and one of the most distinguished members of the medical fraternity in
this city, gaining honor and fame by his capable and efiicient services during
the cholera epidemic, as well as through his labors as an educator. The death
of Mrs. McArdle occurred in 1898.
Montrose P. McArdle, an only child, pursued his education in the public
schools of eleven different states and took a special course in the Georgetown
University, in the District of Columbia, his studies being directed largely along
scientific lines. He returned to St. Louis at the age of eighteen years and
entered the ofifice of Fames & Young, architects, but largely received his archi-
tectural training under Fierce F. Furber, of the firm of Feabody, Sterns &
Furber, of Boston and St. Louis, in whose employ he continued from 1889 until
1897, being chief assistant in the St. Louis office. Li 1894 he established an
office on his own account and has since been alone in business. He has been
identified with much commercial building throughout the west and south and
has attained a position of distinction as an architect. He was a member of the
National Jury of Selection for fine arts at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
a member of the international jury of awards and received the gold medal on
the temple of fraternity at the exposition, which he erected and which was one
of the three buildings outside of the main exposition buildings to receive a medal.
Mr. McArdle was the architect of the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and for
three years filled the position of professor of architecture. He belongs to the
American Institute of Architecture and the St. Louis Chapter and is also con-
nected with the Two-by-Fours, a society of artists. In the pursuit of his pro-
fession he has done much to make St. Louis an attractive place of residence
through the exercise of' his professional skill, while his fame and ability have
made him known throughout the country and gained him extensive patronage
through the south and west.
On the 20th of April, 1892, in St. Louis, ]\Ir. McArdle was married to Miss
Mary T. Reed, a daughter of the Rev. B. E. Reed, of Grace church. They ha\c
two children, Montrose Fallen and Alleyne. The parents hold membership in
the Grace Episcopal church, in which Mr. McArdle is serving as a vestryman.
He is an enthusiast on the subject of golf and belongs to the Algonquin Golf
Club. Realizing at an early point in his career that success depends upon the
individual and not upon his environment, he has developed his native talents
by exercise in the active affairs of business life, and long since passed beyond
the ranks of the manv. He stands todav among the successful few.
CHRIS HAAG.
Chris Haag, a prominent contractor and builder and a man who has won
his way from a position of comparative obscurity to one of considerable worth,
was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1866, a son of Louis and Caroline (Ulmer)
Haag. The father followed the occupation of cabinet-making in his native
land, where he passed away. In addition to Chris Haag, the family consisted
of ten children, two of whom lived to maturity, namely: Louis, of Wittenberg,
Germanv ; and Mary, who married Jacob Rider, of St. Louis.
346 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
When he had attained the required age Chris Haag was enrolled as a pupil
in the common schools of his native land, where he passed through the consecu-
tive grades. After leaving school he learned the cabinet-maker's trade. He
followed this occupation there until 1885, when he emigrated to America, locat-
ing in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for a time, where he continued to work at
his trade. After spending two years there, he went to Chicago, then to Kansas
City, in both of which places he was employed at cabinet-making, and in 1888
he came to St. Louis. Here he successfully plied his craft as cabinet-maker and
carpenter and gained considerable popularity as a skilled mechanic. In 1900 he
entered the contracting business for himself and since that time his operations
have been confined prmcipally to the west end of the city. As a contractor he
has been eminently successful, his work being chiefly the construction of the
liner class of residences.
Mr. Haag was married to Aliss Ida Ungor in 1889. She is a daughter of
Julius and Augusta Ungor, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America in
the year 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Haag are parents of one son, Charles, and one
daughter, Emma. All the members of the family belong to the Lutheran church.
Regarding politics Mr. Haag does not give his allegiance to any particu-
lar party, but rather takes the stand of being independent and uses his vote and
influence toward the election of candidates for public offices whom he deems
best qualified to subserve the public's interests. Considering the difficulties with
which ]\Ir. Haag has had to contend and also the fact that he had neither in-
fluence nor money when he started out in hfe, he is worthy of great credit in at-
taining to his present prominent place in the financial world. When he landed
in America he possessed the small sum of six dollars, and since then by honest
and zealous industry he is now worth in the neighborhood of twenty-five thousand
dollars and besides is conducting a prosperous and remunerative business.
JOHN C. MUCKERMANN.
John C. Muckermann, who since 1902 has been the vice president of the
Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Company, was born in St. Louis, November 8, 1868, and
is a son of Christopher and Wilhelmina Muckermann. The father engaged in
the ice business and later became connected with the coal trade, being numbered
among the representative and substantial business men of St. Louis. In his
sixteenth year he emigrated to this country with his brother Edward, and for
many years was identified with commercial pursuits, but is now living retired
in the enjoyment of well earned rest.
John C. Muckermann was a pupil in the Holy Trinity parochial school, but
left that institution in his thirteenth year and afterward attended public school
for a year. Later he became a student in St. Francis College at Quincy, Illinois,
where he spent one year, thus completing his education. On putting aside his
text-books he became his father's assistant in the conduct of the business which
was carried on under the name of Christopher Muckermann until its incorpora-
tion under the style of the Muckermann Ice & Coal Company, at which time an
elder brother Ignatius C. Muckermann, was admitted to a partnership and be-
came secretary of the company. The father became president and John C.
Aluckermann was made treasurer and general manager. He was also connected
with the American Ice & Coal Company, of which he was one of the organizers,
becoming secretary at that time. He likewise assisted in organizing the Union
Ice & Coal Company, was elected general manager and subsequently was chosen
a director of the Polar Wave Ice Company. He continued as general manager of
the Muckermann Ice & Coal Company until the spring of 1902, when the Polar
Wave Ice & Fuel Company was organized, at which time John C. Muckermann
was elected a director and vice president. He continues in that position to the
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present day and his long experience in this hne of trade, together with his
marked enterprise and activity, renders him a forceful factor in the conduct of
an extensive, profitable and growing business.
On the 14th of November, 1890, Air. Muckermann was united in marriage
in St. Louis to Miss Pauline Leber, a daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Leber,
and unto them have been born three sons and three daughters : Christopher J.,
who is seventeen years of age and is attending St. Mary's College, Kansas ;
Frank Xavier, fifteen years of age, a student in St. Louis University ; Walter
Ignatius, thirteen years of age, who has recently entered the university ; Rose
Wilhelmina, ten years of age, attending the parochial school ; Ruth Laura and
Alice Isabelle, aged respectively six and three years.
Mr. Muckermann maintains both a summer and a winter home and provides
every possible comfort for his family. It is his desire to promote their welfare.
That has been his inspiration in his business career, for he has desired to con-
tribute in every possible way to their welfare and happiness. Undoubtedly one
feature of his success is the fact of his long experience in a given line of trade.
Having succeeded his father in this business, he has been connected with these
lines to the present time, and is today a well known and prosperous representa-
tive of this department of commercial activity.
HERBERT ALEXANDER VROOMAN.
One of the best known men in real-estate and financial circles in St. Louis,
of Herbert Alexander Vrooman it can be truthfully said that no one man of his
years has done more towards the building up and development of the city. He
was born January 22, 1868, in Oil City, Pennsylvania, the son of J. A. and Mary
L. (Carl) Vrooman, and was but a lad of six years when his parents removed
westward and located in St. Louis, so that with the exception of the first six
years, Mr. Vrooman's life has been spent in this city. Educated in her insti-
tutions, he was well qualified for the responsibilities of a business career and
early entered the field of practical business. As his push and energy required
new lines of activity, they were chosen. In the line of real-estate projects and
development he has achieved his greatest successes. In the years of his active
connection with the realty and financial interests of this city he has occupied a
place of influence and prominence and is recognized as a man of keen business
discrimination whose industry never flags and whose judgment is at all times
sound and reliable. He has projected and successfully carried out some of the
biggest real-estate and development propositions of his time in St. Louis. A
shrewd judge of real-estate values, both present and prospective, he can com-
mand a following among men of means that insures completion of almost any
deal that receives his recommendation and cooperation. Full of determination,
resolute in purpose, his whole energy is given to whatever he undertakes. Dif-
ficulties are not fought blindly, but by careful, business-like methods, and on the
plan that, if not the proper course to pursue, a retreat can be made in safety.
The companies with which he has been prominently identified have been
among the first in St. Louis to adopt many of the modern styles of architecture,
this being particularly true in apartment house construction. The St. Regis
apartment at Kings Highway and Lindell boulevard represent not only a most
modern type of architecture, but constitute as well the largest structure of the
kind west of the Mississippi. The Vrooman apartment at the corner of Mc-
Pherson and Taylor streets is also representative of the most modern construc-
tion in this age when building operations have met the needs of a luxurious and
congested city life. Mr. Vrooman was practically the founder of the H. A. Vroo-
man Realty Company and has since been prominently identified with its man-
agement. He is also president of the Cherokee Realty Company, the Marjorie
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Realty Company and the De Hodiuant Company, while of the Burnett Realty
Company he is serving as secretary. There are few men so well informed con-
cerning property interests and values in this city as is Mr. Vrooman, and at
the head of the dilterent companies with which he is associated he has controlled
manv important property transfers and negotiations. The Vrooman Realty Com-
pany has been instrumental in tht upbuilding of many sections of the city and
has operated largely in the western portion of St. Louis, where are now found
the finer homes. The city has today more palatial residences than Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston or New York, and the Vrooman Realty Company has con-
tributed in a large measure to the architectural adornment of St. Louis. Aside
from his extensive operations in building and in the transfer of property, Mr.
Vrooman is also a conspicuous figure in financial circles. A man of great activ-
ity and energy, at the same time he is precautious and conservative, guarding
carefully the interests of his clients.
On the I2th of October, 1893, in Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Vrooman was
married to Miss Mabel V. Black and to them have been born a daughter and
son, Marjorie and Herbert A. The family attend the Christian church at Union
and Von Verson streets, of which Mr. Vrooman is a member. He contributes
generously to its support and is interested in its work and purposes. He is also
a valued member of the Business Men's League and he belongs to the Masonic
fraternity, the Missouri Athletic Club and the St. Louis Club. Hunting, fishing
and automobiling constitute the chief features of his recreation. He belongs to
the little group of distinctively representative business men who have been
active in inaugurating and building up the chief industries and commercial
interests of the city in recent years, and he is garnering in the fullness of time
a generous harvest of his enterprise. By the consensus of public opinion on the
part of his fellowmen he is accounted one of the valued residents of St. Louis
and is everywhere spoken of in terms of admiration and respect. His life has
been so varied in its activity, so wonderful in its purpose and so far-reaching and
beneficial in its effects upon the city's development that it has become an in-
tegral part of the history of St. Louis.
C. T. LEPPERT.
C. J. Leppert, connected throughout his business career with the fur trade,
is now president of the Leonhard Roos Fur Company of St. Louis and there is,
perhaps, no man in the middle west more thoroughly versed in the fur trade, in
all its different departments. He controls an extensive and growing business
which makes him one of the most substantial merchants of the city, his annual
sales reaching a large figure. Moreover, he has in his business career never
made engagements that he has not kept nor incurred obligations that he has not
met, so that he enjoys in full measure the confidence and trust of his business
associates and contemporaries.
Mr. Leppert was born in Newark, New Jersey, July 22, 1854. His father,
Charles R. Leppert, was a veteran of the Civil war and up to the time of his
death was engaged in the fur business in New York city. The mother, Mrs.
Louise (Roos) Leppert, who died in 1898, was a sister of Leonard Roos, the
founder of the Leonard Roos Fur Company.
Reared under the parental roof, C. J. Leppert was a pupil in the public
and high schools of New York to the age of fourteen years, when he came west
to St. Louis in 1868 for the purpose of entering the fur house of Leonard Roos,
the founder of the business of which Mr. Leppert is now sole proprietor. Mr.
Roos was his uncle and a practical furrier, who had the reputation of being one
of the most reliable as well as one of the most successful representatives of the
fur trafle in the west. He established the business in 1867 and it has since
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350 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
enjoyed continual growth. With the youth, enterprise, ambition and business
ability of J\Ir. Leppert, the institution has still further developed until today
it ranks among the foremost establishments in the west. In the manufacture of
furs the house employs a large number of designers, cutters and finishers who
have been trained under the direct supervision of Mr. Leppert. The business,
located at Xo. 516 Locust street, occupies a six-story building, twenty-five by one
hundred feet, and is one of the few strictly fur manufacturing houses doing a
retail business in the L'nited States outside of New York. Since becoming con-
nected with the enterprise, more than four decades ago, Mr. Leppert has made
steady progress. He thoroughly mastered the business in principle and detail,
became a salesman and was admitted to a partnership on the incorporation of
the business in 1883, becoming vice president and director. He thus continued
until the death of I\Ir. Roos in 1900, when he became president and manager and
the following year he purchased the interest of Mrs. Roos and became sole owner
of the business, which has now reached extensive proportions. Mr. Leppert is
considered one of the best judges of fur in the west and his opinion has often
been sought by the houses of St. Louis that are today considered the largest in
the market. He regularly visits New York three times a year and makes at least
an annual trip^ across the Atlantic to the fur centers of Europe. He has studied
the business from every possible standpoint and knows what can be secured in
every fur market of the world. ■ He is also a director in the Central National
Bank of St. Louis, but otherwise has confined his attention to the fur trade.
I\Ir. Leppert was married in St. Louis, March 13, 1884, to Miss Ida D.
Strauss, a native of St. Louis and a daughter of August Strauss, a jeweler of
this city who died in 1893. Mrs. and Mr. Leppert have one child, Lillian D.,
who married Charles G. Dittel, Jr., an importer of New York city. Mr. Lep-
pert's club relations are with the LTnion, Liederkranz. Missouri Athletic and
Glenn Echo Clubs, and he is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. His business career has been characterized by steady advance-
ment, resulting largely from the fact that he has always continued in one line of
activity and has thoroughly mastered the business in every phase.
COLONEL EUGENE JACCARD SPENCER.
Colonel Eugene jaccard Spencer, a consulting engineer of high renown
in his profession, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, July 31, 1859, and is a
descendant of Noah Spencer, of Connecticut, whose certificate of service in
the Revolutionary war is now in possession of Colonel Spencer of this review.
Noah Spencer was his great-great-grandfather, and tracing the line of descent
down it is found that military skill and prowess were again evidenced by Colo-
nel Garry Spencer, the grandfather, at the time of the Black Hawk and other
Indian w-ars. He removed from Vermont to Montreal and engaged in service
with the Hudson Bay Company and went in their service to Mackinaw, which
was then still considered a British post. His wife was also a native of the
Green Mountain state.
Their son, Charles Lafayette Spencer, was a native of Detroit, Michigan,
and arrived in St. Louis about 1845. Here he engaged with the Eugene Jac-
card Jewelry Company, for several years making his home at Santa Fe, New
Mexico, at which point he engaged in the manufacture and shipment to the east
of Mexican filigree jewelry for the trade of the St. Louis house. He made four
different trips from St. Louis to Santa Fe, starting upon the trail from Inde-
pendence, Missouri, and going from that point by boat to St. Louis. The troops
engaged in the Mexican war brought much Mexican jewelry to the north and
created a demand for it in different sections of the country. It was this that led
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the firm to send Mr. Spencer to the southwest for the purpose of bringing
back fihgree workers, but as they refused to remove to the east he estabhshed
a shop at Santa Fe. F>om 1853, however, he remained continuously in St.
Louis and was associated with the Jaccard Jewelry Company through the various
changes in the business until his death, which occurred in this city, December
19, 1896, when he was seventy-one years of age. He wedded Mary Elizabeth
Parker, a native of New Albany, Indiana, and a daughter of Nathaniel Wesley
Parker, whose father, the Rev. Samuel Parker, was a pioneer Methodist min-
ister of Mrginia and Kentucky. His wife bore the maiden name of Elizabeth
Baird. Mrs. Spencer still survives her husband and is now living at Shrews-
bury, St. Louis county.
Colonel Spencer, the fourth in a family of eight children, of whom six
are living, spent his boyhood in St. Louis and, pursuing his education in the
public schools, was graduated from the high school with the class of 1876. The
following year he received appointment as cadet at West Point, entering the
United States Military Academy June 10, 1878. The interval following his
school days in St. Louis had been spent in the employ of the wholesale de-
partment of the Eugene Jaccard Jewelry Company. Cadet Spencer remained a
student at West Point for four years, being graduated June 12, 1882, and
through the succeeding summer remained at West Point as assistant instructor
in practical astronomy. On the last of October he joined his regiment, the
Fourth Lmited States Cavalry, at Fort Cummings, New Mexico, and proceeded
thence by the first government train to his regular station at Fort Bayard, New
Mexico. During that year he was actively engaged in drawing plans for the
improvement of the post, surveying timber reservations in the Black range, and
in felling timber and sawing lumber for the construction of the new post of
Fort Bayard. He was post adjutant and afterward regimental adjutant of the
Fourth Cavalry for a period of several months, and adjutant of the troops in
the field under General George A. Forsyth in the operations against the hostile
Chiricahua Indians under Jhu, the predecessor of Geronimo. In June, 1883, he
was transferred to the Corps of Engineers of the army and served until Janu-
ary, 1885, at the Engineers' School of Submarine Torpedo Service. He was
directed to prepare for service as astronomer of the resurvey of the Mexican
boundary, which it was expected would be begun in the winter of 1884-5. Be-
cause of complications with Mexico, however, this work was postponed and he
was ordered to join General Crook as chief engineer of the Department of New
Mexico and Arizona. General Crook w^as then in the field against the Chirica-
huas, under Geronimo, and Lieutenant Spencer joined Crook at Fort Bowie,
Arizona. He served through that entire campaign, continuing under General
Nelson A. Miles, who relieved General Crook. Thirty days after the close of
the campaign Lieutenant Spencer was relieved from duty and ordered to Louis-
ville, Kentuckv, as assistant engineer in local charge of the Louisville & Port-
land Canal; while later he went to Cincinnati as assistant engineer in local
charge of the improvement of rivers south of the Ohio, including the construc-
tion of lock No. 6 on the Kentucky river. In the summer of 1887 he was re-
lieved from that duty and returned to Prescott, Arizona, which was then the
capital of the territory and had been headquarters of the military department.
On the 28th of July, 1887, at Prescott, Lieutenant Spencer was married
to Miss Jane Catharine Tritle, a daughter of Governor F. A. Tritle, of Arizona
territory, the wedding ceremonv being performed by Bishop Dunlap, of New
Alexico and Arizona. Her mother was from the Virginia Hereford family and
was a niece of Senator Hereford, of West Virginia, and was also related to the
Footes of that state and Georgia. Lieutenant and Airs. Spencer became parents
of one son, who is yet living, Eugene Tritle, nineteen years of age. now a junior
in the engineering course at Washington University. Two children have passed
away. Katharine ]\Iarie, born at Lynn, Massachusetts, died in St. Louis, Feb-
ruary 4, 1904, at the age of twelve years, while Frank Parker died in infancy.
352 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
From Prescott, Arizona, Lieutenant Spencer went to West Point, Xew
York, where, on the 28th of August, 18S7, he entered upon his duty as the
instructor in chemistry and electricity at the United States Mihtary Academy.
It was there, on the i6th of December, 1888, that his first son v/as born. In
the fall of 1889 Lieutenant Spencer proceeded under orders to Charleston,
South Carolina, as assistant engineer in harbor and river improvement in that
district. In the following December he received a telegraphic request for a
conference in Boston with officials of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company,
and thence proceeded to New York in general charge of the electric lighting
stations, in which the company w^as interested, these stations having been shut
down by reason of a crusade against overhead wires, ending in a wholesale cut-
ting down of the electric lig'ht poles by the authorities of New York city. The
following July he resigned his position as a member of the engineering corps
of the army and entered the service of the Thomson-Houston Electric Com-
pany at their factories in Lynn, Massachusetts, being in charge of the supply
department and engaging especially in the standardizing of materials of supply
and of finished product. For this purpose he organized a testing department
of that company, and through this avenue was instrumental in introducing into
general use for motor construction the low steel castings of convenient form to
replace the expensive and inconvenient iron forgings previously considered nec-
essary. In the fall of 1892 he went to Chicago to take charge of the exhibits
and contracts of the General Electric Company — a consolidation of the Thomson-
Houston and the Edison Companies. In 1894 he severed his connection with
that company and returned to St. Louis. Here he established himself as a con-
sulting engineer, since which time he has been engaged very largely in the in-
stallation of underground electric light and power service throughout the west.
He also built a street railway line from Venice, Illinois, to Granite City, which
by gradual extension became the Granite City, Venice and East St. Louis system,
and is now incorporated as a part of the East St. Louis and suburban system.
In 1902 he built the Texarkana Light & Traction Company system of street
railway and public service lighting at Texarkana, the town which lies on each
side of the boundary line between Arkansas and Texas. He was vice president
and treasurer of the former system and president of the latter.
On the 20th of June, 1898, Lieutenant Spencer was again called from civil
life to become lieutenant colonel of the Third Regiment of United States Vol-
unteer Engineers, a regiment organized in the Mississippi valley states for service
in the expected siege of Havana. Lintil the 9th of July he was on the board
of examination of candidates for commission in this regiment, and from the loth
to the i6th of July was on special duty in Washington, D. C, in connection with
the organization of recruiting parties for this force, and thereafter was at St.
Louis and Jefferson Barracks in charge of recruiting and organization of the
command. He preceded the regiment to Lexington, Kentucky, under orders to
arrange for its encampment at that place. While there, the protocol of peace
being signed, he tendered his resignation, was honorably mustered out Sep-
tember 15, 1898, and returned to his pursuits in civil life.
In July, 1906, at the instance of the business men of St. Louis, Colonel
Spencer undertook the reorganization and rehabilitation of the St. Louis military
regiment called the First Regiment of Infantry of the Missouri National
Guards, and by patient, persistent work he has interested an efficient set of
officers and leading citizens in the work of this command, has raised the funds
necessary to secure the site for a regimental armory and erected thereon a build-
ing which, though temporary in character, affords the organization such conve-
niences as are absolutely necessary in carrying on the work of such a military
life. He was also instrumental in securing the allotment of funds for the pur-
chase of a rifle range for the use of this regiment and has constructed a modern
and efficient system of targets thereon. The end of the second year of target
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 353
practice finds the regiment organization second to none in this most essential
branch of miUtary instruction.
Colonel Spencer has served as president of the Engineers Club of St. Louis,
also as treasurer and president of the Mercantile Club. He is a member of
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and of numerous scientific and
social organizations. He belongs to Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M. ; St.
Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M. ; and Ascalon Commandery, No. 16, K. T. He
is a democrat who holds true to the standards advocated by Grover Cleveland
and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Emanuel Episcopal
church of Old Orchard, ]Missouri. He is fond of shooting and target work,
and much of his recreation comes in those lines. His home is a suburban resi-
dence at No. 215 Oakwood avenue, Webster Park.
In a review of his life record it will be seen that his work has been of a
most important character. Few men stand in as conspicuous a position in the
engineering profession, and in government service and through private contracts
his labors have constituted an element of value in many communities. He has
made steady progress toward the goal of perfection, and his proficiency has
already reached a high standard, while study and investigation are carrying him
constantly forward. His entire service has been actuated by the utmost fidelity
to duty, and his labors for the government have been characterized not only by
the expression of high professional skill, but also by a lofty patriotism. In man-
ner he is free from ostentation, yet there is not about him the least shadow of
mock modesty. He is of athletic build, of dignified, courteous manner and genial
disposition.
GEORGE W. MITCHELL.
George W. Mitchell, a well known contractor and builder of St. Louis,
whose ancestors on the maternal side are among the oldest families in this
coantr}', is a native Missourian, having been born in Independence, January 9,
1870, a son of Isaac N. and Mary J. (Carver) [Mitchell. The elder !Mr. Mitchell
emigrated to America from Bridgeport, England, in 1852, and immediately lo-
cated in Independence, Missouri, of which localitv he was numbered among the
earliest settlers. His wife's family came to America in the ^Mayflower and con-
sequently is one of the oldest in the United States, ]Mrs. Mitchell being a direct
descendant of the celebrated Carver family of Massachusetts. The father passed
away in 1906, his wife surviving him but one year. They left a family of three
children, one of whojii, Nellie C, the wife of Edward Beason, of St. Louis, is
deceased. The other children are George W. and Ada B.. who is the wife of
Dr. B. Livingston, of Ciianute, Kansas.
George W. Mitchell received his education in the public schools of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, to which place the family had removed from Independence, Mis-
souri, later coming to St. Louis, where Mr. Mitchell learned his trade. After
working as a journeyman for some time he engaged in the contracting business
for himself, at which he has since been successful and has built up a prosperous
trade. Since inaugurating himself in this enterprise, he has constructed over
one hundred of the most elegant dwelling houses in the most desirable portions
of the city.
On October 25, 1895, Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage with Aliss Susan
C. Bolson, daughter of William L. and Ella S. Bolson, her father being one of
the oldest contractors in the city and a native of the British Isles. Mr. and ]\Irs.
Mitchell have two children, Calvin B. and Eva B. Among the secret societies
of which Mr. Mitchell is a member is Red Cross Lodge, No. 54, K. P., while
politically he gives his support to the republican party. Together with his wife
he worships at the ]\Iaple Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a
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354 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
deacon, ^^'hen ]\Ir. Mitchell started out in life for himself he had neither money
nor influence, but being of an industrious disposition and willing to apply himself
energetically, he made his way from the start and has since built up a business
which has placed him in an enviable financial condition.
AUGUST CARL LUDWIG HAASE.
August Carl Ludwig Haase, who for sixteen years has conducted a whole-
sale delicatessen and fish company at Nos. 415 and 417 North Second street,
belongs to that class of valued and representative American citizenship that Ger-
many has furnished to the new world. He was born in December, 1828, in
Schleswig-Holstein, and attended the public schools of Altona, Germany, until
sixteen years of age. He then entered upon an apprenticeship in the grocery
trade and was identified with commercial interests in his native land until after
the outbreak of the war in 1848. He served during the succeeding three years
as a soldier and when he retired from the army he was emplo3'ed in different
places and various capacities until he had earned a sum sufficient to enable him
to emigrate to the new world. He was not in s}-mpathy with some of the prin-
ciples of government in his native land and his investigation into the subject also
led him to the belief that prosperity was more easily attained in the L'^nited
States than in his native country.
Accordingly the year 1852 witnessed his arrival at New Orleans, whence
he made his way up the river to St. Louis, arriving in this city with only one
dollar in his pocket. He possessed qualities, however, which are better than cap-
ital. He was energetic, resolute and not afraid of hard work. He at once sought
a situation and was first employed as clerk by the wholesale grocery firm of F.
R. Obert, but the salary there was not sufficient for this ambitious young man,
and after a brief period he withdrew and entered the employ of a harness con-
cern, where he continued until his economy and industry had brought him suf-
ficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account. He then
purchased a stock of groceries and opened a retail house on Twelfth street be-
tween Olive and Pine streets in 1857. In this he continued until 1868. In the
meantime, however, ^Ir. Haase became a sergeant in Colonel John Nepp's regi-
ment. When that command was called to active duty at the front he felt that his
business would suffer immeasurably by his absence and he therefore employed a
substitute, for whom he paid seven hundred dollars. Family ties also held him to
his home, but he did his duty to his adopted country by sending another in his
place.
While engaged in the grocerv business Mr. Haase found opportunity to ex-
tend the scope of his activities. Ever alert to a good opening, he saw a chance
which he believed offered good returns and entered into a business arrangement
with a Mr. Van Dyke from Holland, who had formulated a recipe for the manu-
facture of bitters from Holland plants. Mr. Haase believed that substantial
profits would accrue from the manufacture of the bitters, bought the recipe from
Mr. Van Dyke and employed him to oversee the manufacturing branch of the
business until Mr. Haase had himself become thoroughly acquainted with the
process of manufacture. He then dispensed with the services of Mr. Van Dyke
and continued in the business, selling his product to drug stores throughout the
entire country. From this undertaking he realized a handsome measure of suc-
cess and opened a second store at Seventh and Rutger streets, which he later
sold with good profit. In 1868, after selling his first store, he opened another
establishment on Second and Spruce streets in the same line of business and there
his day's receipts were over one hundred dollars. In the old establishment his
sales amounted to onlv about fifteen dollars per day and the change which he
made indicates the keen business insight and ability of Mr. Haase. Several
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356 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
years later he left his second establishment and opened another store on Second
and ]^Iarket streets under the firm name of A. C. L. Haase & Company. In the
meantime his sons had joined him in business and they gave up the retail trade
to continue in the wholesale trade as proprietors of an extensive fish business
at Nos. 415 and 417 Xorth Second street. It has now assumed mammoth pro-
portions, being one of the leading enterprises of the kind in St. Louis. Mr.
Haase is also a director of the St. Louis Crematory.
In community affairs Air. Haase has taken a deep and helpful interest and
his cooperation in many movements for general progress has been of value to the
city. F"rom 1877 until 1879 he was a member of the house of delegates and as-
sisted in inaugurating the new city charter. He also vigorously demanded and
at length succeeded in securing the paving of Second street. He believes in im-
provement along practical, substantial lines, and his efforts have been effective in
furthering the interests of the city. He has for many years been well known in
athletic circles and was formerly a member of the St. Louis Sharpshooters' or-
ganization. Humanitarianism, too, is a feature in his life and his benevolent and
charitable spirit is indicated by his support of and official connection with the
Home for the Aged. He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church but is
a liberal-minded man on religious topics, his life, however, being at all times
actuated by the highest principles of justice and honesty. His political views are
in harmony with the principles of the republican party.
In 1852 Air. Haase was married to Aliss Christiana Spenzig, a sister of the
renowned Dr. Spenzig. She was born in Hildesheim, Germany, and died at
her home in St. Louis in 1900. There were seven children of this marriage.
Louis H., nov/ forty-seven years of age, is the president of the Empire Brewing
Companv and is also connected with the A. C. L. Haase Fish Company. Edward
Theodore, forty-four years of age, is now manager of his father's business. Wil-
liam H., forty -two years of age, is in business for himself at Saranac Lake, New
York, and also connected with the firm. Emily is the wife of Zero Marks, a
prominent business man of Chicago, now president of the Marn Electric Sign
Alanufacturing Company. Anna is the wife of Gustav Riesmeyer, who owns a
wholesale liquor store on Franklin avenue, St. Louis. August and Frederick,
the other two sons, are deceased.
Air. Haase has justly won the proud American title of a self-made man.
Arriving in this country with but one dollar in his pocket, he met hardships and
difficulties in his early years here, but has never allowed these to dishearten or
discourage him, and as the years have gone by he has worked persistently and
energetically to win the success which he recognized should crown earnest
endeavor. He has now reached the eightieth milestone on life's journey, and
while the bivsiness of his extensive house is now^ largely under the control of his
sons, he yet gives to them the benefit of his wide experience and comprehensive
knowledge in business matters in settling questions of importance relative to
the trade. His successful and honorable career has gained for him the good will
and esteem of all who know him and his example should well serve as a source
of inspiration and encouragement to others.
HARF^IY FRENXH KNIGHT.
Harry French Knight, vice j^resident of the A. G. Edwards & Sons Broker-
age Company, is well known in financial circles in St. Louis, where he now occu-
pies a position of prominence and res])onsibility. He was born in this city in
1864, a son of Augustus Knight, a nati\-e of Germany, who was brought to St.
Louis in 1842 by his parents when but two years of age. Having pursued his
educatirjn in the schools of this city, Augustus Knight secured the position of
office boy with the firm of Oliver Bennett & Company and his ready adaptability
ST. LOUIS, THE FOL'RTH CITY. 357
and unflagging industry led to successive promotions until he was made a mem-
ber of the hrm. Not long afterward the original partners sold out to the firm of
Fiske, Knight & Company, who continued a prosperous career until 1875, when
Air. Fiske died and Mr. Knight retired. His wife, who bore the maiden name
of Fanny Colburn French, was a native of Massachusetts and came to St.
Louis in i860.
Harry F. Knight was a student in the public schools of St. Louis in early
boyhood and later attended the Smith Academy of this city and the Wyman In-
stitute in Upper Alton, Illinois. When his education was completed he entered
the firm of Crow-Hargadine & Company, of St. Louis, in 1883, the predecessors
of the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Company. In 1885 he entered the
Brown-Desnoyers Shoe Company as a stockholder and director, continuing with
the house until 1887. In that year he removed to Wichita, Kansas, and organ-
ized the Knight Investment Company, of which he became the secretary and
treasurer. He was associated in financial interests in that city for four years or
until 1893, when he returned to St. Louis and entered the A. G. Edwards &
Sons Brokerage Company as secretary. In 1891 he was elected to the vice pres-
idency and has so continued until the present time. This is one of the oldest
and most reliable stock brokerage concerns in the United States and is known
by reputation throughout the entire country. He is a member of the firm of A.
G. Edwards Sons. Few men are more thoroughly informed concerning securi-
ties and financial matters than ]Mr. Knight, and as one of the chief executive of-
ficers his energy and business acumen are proving valued factors in the success
of the company with which he is now connected. He is also a director of the
Third National Bank.
In 1888 yir. Knight was married to Aliss Judith Bertha Brookes of St.
Louis, a daughter of the late Dr. James H. Brookes. She died in May, 1905.
leaving four children : James Brookes, Fanny French, Oliver Dudley and Harry
Hall. Mr. Knight is a member of several hunting clubs, which indicate much of
the character of his interests in pleasure lines. He also belongs to the St. Louis,
Noonday, Racquet, Country, Log Cabin and Cuivre Clubs. He has genuine ap-
■preciation for the social amenities of life and is never too busy to be courteous.
In his business career he has manifested the keenest insight, while his judgment
in the solution of difficult financial problems is most sound.
CHARLES LAAA'RENCE NFWCOAIB.
The name of Newxomb has been so long associated w'ith mercantile inter-
ests in St. Louis that the subject of this review needs no introduction to the
readers of this volume. He has fully sustained the untarnished reputation which
has always been connected with the name in mercantile circles and is giving proof
of his enterprise and business ability in his services as vice president and sec-
retary of the Newcomb Brothers Wall Paper Company. A son of George Amos
and Julia Augusta (Floyd) Newcomb, he was born in St. Louis May 24, 1872,
and is descended from New England ancestry, extended mention of the family
history being given in connection with the sketch of his brother. Norton New-
comb, on another page of this work. He was educated in the public and high
schools of St. Louis and throughout his entire business career he has been con-
nected with the wall paper house, of which he is now a chief executive officer.
The thoroughness with which he mastered every detail of the business, his in-
terest in the trade and his close application and unremitting energy are consti-
tuting important features in the growth of a business, wdiich was established in
1852 and is today not only the oldest but the largest wall paper concern in the
west. Everything known to the trade can be found in their establishment and
all that is new, most artistic and decorative in wall papers can here be obtained.
358 ST. LUL'IS, THE FOURTH CITY.
]vlr. Xewcomb was married June 27, 1900, to J\Iiss Anna H. Heron, a native
of Chattanooga. Tennessee, the marriage, however, being celebrated in this city.
They are communicants of St. Philhp's Episcopal church and are prominent so-
cially. Mr. Xewcomb is a member of the Business Men's League, of the Latin-
American Club, the Prosperity Association, the Literstate Merchants Associa-
tion and the Creditmen's Association. From these connections it will be seen
that he is deeply interested in matters relating to the development of trade con-
ditions and business aitairs and is working toward making St. Louis a greater
city with even more important commercial and industrial connections than it
now enjoys. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he
is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He stands as an alert,
energetic young man, attempting many things and succeeding in what he at-
tempts.
TAMILS T. DODDS.
James T. Dodds, city surveyor of St. Louis, is accorded through public
opinion a position among the leading and capable surveyors and civil engineers
of the Mississippi valley. He was born at Columbus, Ohio, August 5, 1866, a
son of Robert H. and Anna ( Redpath ) Dodds. The father was a native of
Edinburgh, Scotland, and coming to America when but eighteen years of age
settled in Xew York, but in 1865 removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he en-
gaged in the lumber and brick business, and afterward removed to a farm near
Alton, Ohio, whereon he died in 1892. His wife was a native of Peebles, Scot-
land, and in early womanhood came to the United States, giving her hand in
marriage to Air. Dodds in X'ew York. Her death occurred in 1905.
James T. Dodds was the fourth in a family of six children, of whom five are
yet living, and his brother, Robert H. Dodds, is now in his employ as a sur-
veyor. The removal of the family to a farm when James T. Dodds was but
eleven years of age enabled him to spend his youth amid rural surroundings
and to gain that independent spirit and physical development which are "usually
the inheritance of farm lads. At different times he pursued his education in
the country and city schools, completing the public school course in Columbus,
after which he studied in the academy of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and subsequently
in the college at Lebanon, Ohio. At twenty-two years of age he entered the
office of the county surveyor at Columbus, spending one year there and then
coming to St. Louis in 1889.
Here ^Ir. Dodds entered the employ of the city surveyor, J. G. Joyce, and
in 1892, when the Joyce Surveying Company was organized, he became its vice
president and remained a partner in the company until 1898, when he withdrew
to enter upon an independent business career. For two years he conducted a
private surveying office, and in 1900 was appointed city surveyor, which posi-
tion he has now filled for two terms of four years each. Besides conducting
a large private surveying business he also has the agency of the North St. Louis
Quarry C)wners, through which all of the building stone of the North St. Louis
quarries is sold.
A local paper said : "To the coqxjrations, firms and individuals who are
promoting outlying develoj^ments in St. Louis' beautiful environment the pre-
liminary work of the civil engineer is a consideration of paramount importance.
If the iatter's work is done well it is to a new subdivision what a good founda-
tion is to the superstructure to be erected thereon. In this connection the work
of Mr. J. T. Dodds, as a surveyor and civil engineer, is very much in evidence
in many of the finest outlying and suburban districts of St. Louis. The work
accomplished by Mr. Dodds in surveying, laying out and superintending the im-
provement of suburban property has enforced the appreciation because it has
been a potent factor in encouraging the purchase of property and home building
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 359
on real estate in which a vast amount of capital has been invested, and in a
broader and more far-reaching sense the work of Mr. Dodds will be of the
greatest possible value to the 'Greater Sr. Louis' of the future. The work of
Mr. Dodds is always done with a view to permanence and to the requirements
that may be called for by development in the future. In the several subdivisions
in which his work is in evidence he has been remarkably successful in utilizing
and preserving natural advantages of environment, while providing for every
condition that may arise from future expansion. So many important problems
must be solved in the development of suburban property in the neighborhood
of any large city, particularly where attractive landscape features are desired,
that it is the part of wisdom for those financially interested to employ the best
civil engineering skill obtainable in platting subdivisions, planning landscape
features and superintending the construction of improvements. The capabilities
of Mr. Dodds in this connection are attested by the esteem in which his services
as a surveyor and civil engineer are held by many of the largest promoters of
..-iuburban realty in St. Louis, and by the large amount of work he has done."
The important contracts given to Mr. Dodds plainly indicate his high posi-
tion in professional circles. Xo better testimonial of his ability can be written
than the statement of the fact that he has surveyed and subdivided Normandy
Heights ; Clairmount addition. East St. Louis ; Piasa Bluffs, Illinois ; Maplewood,
Hazelwood and Zeta Dell, St. Louis county; Highland Park, Alton, Illinois;
Ramona Heights, Lincoln Heights, Hodiamont and Normandy Place, St. Louis
county; Phil. Green's subdivision in the city and county of St. Louis; the M. A.
Wolff homestead, Hallock's addition to Clifton Heights, Newberry's addition
Dawson Place, Laurel Place, Christian Brothers College subdivision, Rinkel's
Grove and Comstock Place, of this city ; Vinita Park, Spring Avenue Heights,
McNamee Heights, Grifield P'lace, Melrose Park, Vernon Place and Ellendale
Home Place, of St. Louis county; Clifton Dale, Humboldt Heights, Liberty
Heights, Star Place, Rudolph Place, Wanstrath Place, O'Fallon Heights, Floris-
sant avenue addition, Westfield, Bircher Place, Bircher Heights and Wentworth,
of St. Louis; Olive Heights, of St. Louis county; Swink Brothers addition to
Maplewood, city ; Woodland Place and West Chamberlain Park, of St. Louis
county; ist addition to Mount St. Edward and Branahl's 2d subdivision, St.
Louis ; Woodland Heights, of St. Louis county ; Schiller Heights, city ; Etzel
Heights, Seed's subdivision, Kirkwood Park, Blewett Place and Natural Bridge
Heights, St. Louis county; Meyer's subdivision, St. Louis city; Frost's sub-
division, St. Louis county ; and various others. He has also laid out and super-
mtended the construction of the Southside race track, the Pastime track at
Hodiamont, the Madison track, the East St. Louis track, the Newport (Ken-
tucky) track, the St. Clair County Trotting and Pacing Association track, tlie
J. D. Lucas track at Kinloch, the R. J. Lucas track at Normandy, the Delmar
race track, and the U^nion race track, remodeled the fair grounds race track
both at St. Louis and at New Orleans ; was engineer of construction on the
Florissant avenue railroad and on the Fourth Street and Arsenal Railroad ; was
arbitration engineer on the St. Louis Belt & Terminal Railroad, also of the St.
Louis and Northern Arkansas Railroad ; made survey for the water system at
Centralia, Illinois; made survey and designed the sewer system at Sullivan,
Illinois ; was engineer for the tunnel under river at Laclede Power Company ;
surveyed Blackmer and Post Pipe Company's, Van Cleaves', David Jones' and
Highland Fire Clay Company's clay mines (underground) ; laid out Philippine
site for United States government at World's Fair; had charge of grading the
Cascades and Alachinery Hall site at World's Fair and laid out a number of
smaller buildings and concessions; has surveyed five thousand building lots in
the city of St. Louis, besides a great many larger tracts in the city and county;
has measured the foundations of ten thousand buildings in the citv of St. Louis
and made estimates from a countless number of plans of all descriptions ; made
survey for condemnation of property for the new public buildings west of the
360 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
citv hall for the city of St. Louis ; laid out Swinks Benton addition, Cleaves ad-
dition and Newport Place. St. Louis ; Crosby Place, St. Louis county ; and Fay's
subdivision. Subdivision of Survey io8. Filer Place, Neosho Place, and Taft
Place, of St. Louis. He also laid out the country place of T. W. ]\IcManus, near
Kirkwood, on which is constructed a large pleasure lake and a private half mile
trotting track.
■\Ir. Dodds is a member of the Fngineers Club of St. Louis, and such is
his standing in professional circles that his opinions are largely received as au-
thority upon subjects connected with civil engineering and surveying.
In St. Louis, on the i6th of October, 1901, was celebrated the marriage
of James T. Dodds and J\Iiss Blanche B. Wegner, daughter of Albert M.
Wegner. For a number of years she was a kindergarten teacher in the public
schools of this city, where she has spent her entire life. Two children grace
this marriage, James T., Jr., four years of age; and Douglas W., one year old.
ED\A^\RD LAWRENCE ADREON.
Edward Lawrence Adreon, with an equally creditable record in official serv-
ice and manufacturing circles, in his life record sets at naught the old adage that
"A prophet is never without honor, save in his own country," for Edward L.
Adreon is a native of the city, where he has so directed his labors as to gain signal
recognition as one of its representative men, who in his political and business life
has stood for high ideals and has accomplished practical results. He was born
December 23, 1847, a son of Dr. Stephen W. Adreon. His preHminary education
was supplemented by study in Wyman's City University, at that time the leading
private educational institution of St. Louis. Soon after putting aside his text-
books he obtained a position in the office of the city comptroller and his ability
and fidelity w^on him promotion from time to time through six successive admin-
istrations of varying politics. He mastered the work of the office in principle
and detail and the republicans placed him upon their ticket as candidate for the
position of city comptroller at the election of 1877. His candidacy was endorsed
by popular suffrage and in 1877 he became the executive head of the office, wdiich
he had entered in a humble capacity twelve years before. At the end of the first
term he was reelected and continued in the office for eight years, capably admin-
istering the duties of the position, which is one of the most important in the ex-
ecutive branch of municipal government. The time of his connection with the
office covered twenty years and in his administration he brought about needed
reform and improvement, thoroughly systematizing the work and producing
maximum result with minimum effort and expense, which is the basis of all suc-
cess, whether it be public or private business under consideration. He retired
from the office as he had entered it — with the confidence and good will of all
concerned — having indeliblv inscribed his name on the list of the city officials
whose public work is creditable alike to the individual and to the city.
Entering business circles he became vice president and general manager ot
the American Brake Company and when the plant that had been established by
this corporation was leased to the Westinghouse Air Brake Company he became
manager for the lessors and the representative of both corporations in St. Louis.
He soon became recognized as a forceful factor in business circles, where his ex-
ecutive power and keen discrimination are regarded as valuable assets for suc-
cessful control.
On the 23d of December, 1871, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Adreon
and Miss Josephine L. Young, of St. Louis. Their family numbers two sons
and a daughter : Edward L., Josephine M., and Robert E. Residents of this city
throughout their entire lives, Mr. and Mrs. Adreon have an extensive circle of
friends here and are well known socially. Fraternally Mr. Adreon is connected
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with the ^lasonic order, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Legion
of Honor. The real purpose of his Hfe is work— the development of his inherent
powers and their adjustments to the environment in the attainment of the highest
position possible through honorable means. Mr. Adreon is certainly working out
life's purpose as well and has gained for himself a place of prominence in the
business affairs of his native citv.
EDWARD R. HOYT.
Edward R. Hoyt as president of the Hoyt Metal Company is chief execu-
tive, officer in control of the most extensive plants utilized in the mixed metal
business in the world. His keen discrimination is manifested in the correct
solution of many intricate business problems. Nor has he confined his atten-
tion alone to one line. A native of Exeter, New Hampshire, he was born in
1857 and is descended from Dutch ancestry, the name being formerly von Hoyt.
His father. Joseph Gibson Hoyt, also a native of the old Granite state, was a
prominent educator and came to St. Louis in 1859. He had formerly been
a professor in Exeter Academy, far famed as an educational institution. He
was a graduate of Yale and devoted his entire life to educational work, acting
for several years as chancellor of the Washington University of St. Louis. He
was the first man to occupy the position, which he held until his death in 1862.
The university was thus deprived of one of its most capable representatives and
his loss was deeply deplored in educational circles throughout the country. His
wife. ^Margaret Chamberlain, of Exeter, New Hampshire, was of Scotch lineage
and died in 1898.
In his early youth Edward R. Hoyt resided in Hanover, New Hampshire,
just across the state boundary line from Norwich, Vermont, where he acquired
his early education in a private academy, becoming a student in that institution
after his father's death. He there remained until 1873, when he returned to
St. Louis and became associated with the present business in connection with his
elder brother, Charles C. Hoyt. The firm began operations on a small scale in
the rear of a plumbing shop in the district east of Fourth street. Edward R.
Hoyt gradually mastered every detail of the business and soon formed a part-
nership with his brother, the firm operating under the name of the Hoyt Metal
Company in 1876. Three years later the business was incorporated with Ed-
ward R. Hoyt as vice president. In 1885 his brother's health failed and although
he retired from the active management of the business he continued as a member
of the firm until 1903. In that year the Hoyt ]\Ietal Company sold out to the
L nited Lead Company, of which the former continues as a subsidiary companv.
Mr. Hovt was vice president and director of the United Lead Company from
1903 until 1905 and president from 1905 until 1907', while at the present writing
he is chairman of the board. The United Lead Company controls twenty lead
plants in various parts of the United States. The Hoyt Metal Company has the
largest plants in the world in what is known as the mixed metal business. One
is at Granite City, the site comprising thirty acres of ground and employing two
hundred and fifty men. the other, almost as large, at Perth Amboy, New lersey.
The buildings are splendidly equipped with the latest improved machinery and
other conveniences to facilitate the trade. In addition to his active connection
v/ith the United Lead Company and his executive control of the business of the
Hoyt Metal Company, Mr. Hoyt is a director in the Merchants Laclede National
Bank and a director of the American Type Foundry Company, of Jersey City,
while with numerous other firms and corporations he is officially and financially
associated.
In 1879 Mr. Hoyt was married to Miss Merrydelle Thompson, of St. Louis,
and they have one son, Randal, who was born in 1884 and is a graduate of
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Princeton College,, while at the present writing he is studying medicine. Mr.
Hoyt gives his political allegiance to the republican party, but manifests only a
citizen's interest in political work. He is a golf enthusiast and also a devotee of
motoring, owning a fine car. He holds membership with the University and
Noonday Clubs of St. Louis and the National Arts Club of New York' He
is a patron of arts, a member of the Artists Guild of St. Louis and a director
of the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts. The spirit of benevolence is also strong
within him and he is a supporter of manv charitable interests, being now one of
the directors of the Protestant Hospital' Association of St. Louis. He travels
largely, finding great interest in viewing those places where nature has been
lavish in her decorations or where historical events have made the place hal-
lowed. He possesses considerable literary ability, although he keeps a knowledge
of this from the world. He has, however, written considerable in both prose
and poetry for the amusement and edification of his friends. While the world
knows him as an alert, energetic business man, whose interest seems to be con-
centrated upon the purpose of developing his business along substantial lines,
those who meet him in other relations know him to be a man of broad scholarly
attainments and intellectual force who finds delight in literature and art and is
a devotee of nature in her most beautiful forms. His manner is one of affabil-
ity and geniality, arising from a deep interest in his fellowmen and with him
friendship is inviolable.
JOHN G. HAM^IOND.
John G. Hammond, engaged in a general contracting business here for a
number of years, w^as born in Cheshire, England, in 1848, a son of Edward and
Hannah (Goodwin) Hammond. He is one of a family of four children, the
others being : Joseph, deceased ; Edward G., deceased, whose family resides in
California ; and Flannah G., widow of Henry Pimblott of England.
In the common schools of his native land John G. Hammond received his
education and after leaving school served his apprenticeship at carpentering and
became a journeyman. He successfully plied his craft there until he was thirty-
two years of age, and then, in the year 1880, emigrated to x-\merica, immediately
locating in St. Louis. Being a skilled and careful mechanic, he had no trouble
securing employment and for a number of years followed his occupation here
as a journeyman. In the meantime, becoming very popular as a carpenter and
his services being sought for much of the finer work on costly buildings, he be-
came confident that he had both the business ability and mechanical skill requisite
to enable him to independently conduct a general contracting enterprise. Con-
sequently in 1899 he started in business for himself, giving especial attention
to repair work and the remodeling of old structures. From the beginning pros-
perity and success attended him, and he soon became the recipient of an ex-
tensive patronage.
Before coming to America he was married in his native land in the year
1873 to Miss Pamela Foden, a daughter of Henry and Pamela (Yersley) Foden,
both of whom passed away in England, leaving the following children : Charles,
Ann, John, and Thomas, all of whom are deceased; Henry; Harriett, widow of
G. H. Walker ; Fannie, and Hannah, ^x\ie of Joseph Holden, all of whom still
reside in England; and William and Pamela, of St. Louis. Mr. and ]\Irs. Ham-
mond are the parents of two children : Pamela, who married Elmer E. Sylvester,
of St. Louis ; and Edith.
Mr. Hammond and family are members of the Unitarian church. He does
not give his allegiance to any particular political party, still maintaining and
using his right to cast his vote for whom he judges best qualified to serve the
public. AVhen Mr. Hammond started out in life for himself he had little, or
364 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
nothing, but through constant apphcation and sound business judgment he has
been successful in his accumulations and is now not only the proprietor of a
lucrative enterprise, but owns considerable valuable property. In 1902 he erected
an elegant residence for himself, and prides himself upon being the oldest set-
tler who lives in the block on which it stands, and the second oldest resident
within a half dozen blocks on either side of it. Although up in years, ■Nlr. Ham-
mond is still active in the business world and is held in high repute, both as a
business man and a citizen.
JOHN O'DAY
In this age of intense business activity it is seldom found that an individual
is equally successful in more than one line, for while he may be financially inter-
ested in many concerns, his active management is usually given to but a single
interest. Mr. O'Day, long a well-known citizen of St. Louis, but now deceased,
was an exception to this rule. He gained distinction as a lawyer of power and
was equally prominent in railroad circles as a promoter, builder and manager
of transportation lines. In the latter connection he did much for the develop-
ment and expansion of the great southwest, for the railroads are always the
opening wedge of civilization and, realizing- the possibilities of development in
this great section of the country, ]\Ir. O'Day labored along lines, the beneficial
influences of which will be felt for years to come.
As the family name indicates, Mr. O'Day was of Irish birth and lineage.
He was born on the Emerald isle, November 18, 1844, but during his infancy was
brought to the United States by his parents, his father, John O'Day, Sr., settling
in Livingston county, Xew York, whence in 1868 he removed with his family
to Juneau, Wisconsin. Later he became a resident of Springfield, Missouri,
where our subject had previously located, and there he made his home until called
to his final rest at the age of eighty-four years.
The public-school system of Xew York afforded John O'Day of this review
his early educational privileges and after he had mastered the courses taught in
the district he attended the academy at Lima, New York. He displayed marked
aptitude in his studies, his keen intellect enabling him to make rapid progress.
It was natural that he should choose a professional career as one which gave
opportunity for the play of a strong mind, and under the direction of Judge
Winsor, of Albany, New York, he began and continued his legal studies and with
his preceptor went as far west as Juneau. Wisconsin. There Mr. O'Day re-
mained for three years and in February, 1866, located at Springfield, Missouri.
He took up his abode there when a young man shortly after the close of the
Civil war. The present populous city of southwestern Missouri was then but a
village and the surrounding country a wilderness, in which the people were at-
tempting to adjust themselves to new conditions. Partisan bitterness was evi-
denced in many lawsuits and caused much litigation. Mr. O'Day gained a
knowledge of the people of Missouri which could hardly have been secured un-
der other conditions. His practice extended throughout the southwest portion
of the state and he frequently made long horseback journeys in order to attend a
court held in the little log cabin of some pioneer farmer. He soon won a large
clientage, however, for his devotion to his clients' interests was proverbial and
his knowledge of the lav/ was indicated in the large number of cases which he
won in the courts. He practiced at the Springfield bar when among its members
were Governor IMielps, Colonel Henry C. Young, Judge John Bryce, Judge John
S. Waddle and C. B. McAfee. Mr. O'Dav was at that time but twenty-two years
of age, but he was not long in showing that he was able to cope with older and
more experienced practitioners and that he could present his argument in terse,
clear and forcible manner. Springfield then contained about fifteen hundred in-
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366 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
habitants and there was no courthouse in either Ozark or Taney counties. Mr.
O'Day's practice extended over twenty-one counties, in which there were no local
attorneys, the lawyers of Springfield attending- to all the business for that terri-
tory. Numerous suits resulted from the bitterness engendered by the war and
there were many prosecutions for treason, murder and arson. Air. O'Day soon
showed that he was able to defend the interests of his clients with unfaltering
zeal and yet make no enemies among those whom he opposed in his professional
capacity.
Always interested in the affairs of the comniunity and noting the possibili-
ties for development in the southwest, he became connected with railroads of that
section of the country and in 1869 was appointed, in connection with Judge
Baker, attorney for the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. Throughout his
remaining days he remained a factor in the control of that line, serving from
1886 until 1890 as its vice president, while after his retirement from office he con-
tinued as one of its heavy stockholders. Various other railroad lines were pro-
moted by him or benefited by his legal counsel and business wisdom. These in-
cluded the Springfield Northern Railroad, the Springfield Southern Railroad, the
St. Louis, Wichita & \\'estern Railroad and the Fort Scott, Paris & Texas Rail-
road, of all of which he served as president. Becoming connected with railroads,
he made it his object to thoroughly familiarize himself with everything con-
nected with the business, and his experience in railroad building and manage-
ment made him a leading representative of transportation interests in the south-
west. His labors in this direction were of the greatest utility and the value of
his service is widely acknowledged.
Air. O'Day was married twice. He first wedded Aliss Sarah Campbell, of
Juneau, Wisconsin, and they had two children, John and Alexander C, the latter
of Springfield, Missouri. On the 2d of October, 1900, Mr. O'Day married at
Towson, Maryland, Sue I. Baldwin, and they had two sons, Thomas Kinneally
and John B.
The death of Air. O'Day occurred July 29, 1901. at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Alaryland, where he had gone for meclical treatment, and he was
buried in Hazelwood cemetery, Springfield, Alissouri. He was a Knight Tem-
plar and thirty-second degree Alason and an active and honored representative
of the craft. He also belonged to the St. Louis Club and in politics was a stanch
democrat. In disposition he was always inclined to be charitable rather than crit-
ical, to see and appreciate the good in others rather than to condemn them for
faults. These qualities made him well liked personally, while his strong intellect
and analytical mind gave him preeminence at a bar numbering many able mem-
bers, and' in business circles his sound judgment and power, whereby he organ-
ized complex and oftentimes diverse interests into a harmonious whole, brought
him that wealth which Vy-as the merited reward of his labor.
XORTOX XEWCOAIB.
Xorton Xewcomb is ])resident of the Xewcomb Brothers Wall Paper Com-
pany, which is today the oldest establishment of its kind in St. Louis. While he
entered upon a business long since founded, he has displayed much of the spirit
of the initiative in furthering its interests along modern business lines and in
keejjing with the spirit of progressiveness which is characteristic of the age and
lias been the source of the rapid and substantial development of the middle west.
He was born in .St. Louis, February 13. 1871, a son of George Amos and Julia
Augusta f Floyd) Xewcomb. The ancestry of the family in America can be
traced back to the year 1639.
X'orton X'ewcomb pursued his education in successive grades of the public
.schools until he became a high school student in St. Louis, and when his educa-
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tion was completed he joined Iiis brother in the wall paper business, setting him-
self resolutely to the task of mastering the business in principle and detail. He
became thoroughly familiar with it in every department and was thus well quali-
fied to assume the duties of the presidency when elected to that office in 1907.
He is now at the head of the oldest establishment of the kind in St. Louis, the
house carrying an extensive line of wall paper and selling to both the wholesale
and retail trade.
On the 17th of July, 1903, Air. Newcomb was married to Miss Pearl M.
Spaulding. of Peoria, Illinois, in which city the wedding was celebrated. She is
a daughter of Eugene Spaulding, a retired business man still living in Peoria.
Air. and Airs. Xewcomb now have two children: Julia and Norton, who are
with them at the family residence at Xo. 5227 Eairmount avenue.
Air. Xewcomb belongs to the Union Methodist Episcopal church and is in
sympathy with all movements that tend to bring into life higher ideals in the
development of nobler manhood and more patriotic citizenship. His political
views accord with the principles of the republican party. Although a young
man, he occupies a prominent position in business circles and his ability has
stood the test as manifest in his able control of a growing enterprise. He is a
member of the Business Alen's League, Interstate Alerchants Association and
Alissoun Athletic Club.
ALBERT C. HAUAIUELLER.
The essential features of success are easilv discovered in the life record of
Albert C. Haumueller, carrying on a real-estate and investment business at No.
2415 North Broadway. He was born in St. Louis, June 17, 1869, and is of
French lineage, his grandfather being Henry Haumueller, who was a soldier
under Napoleon. On the family crest is a lily or similar emblem which indicates
that the family is connected with the nobility. His father, Henry Haumueller,
was a contractor and builder in St. Louis, as well as in Germany. He emigrated
to this country in 1855 and for a half century maintained his residence in this
city, his death occurring September 5, 1905.
Albert C. Haumueller attended the public schools until he reached the age
of thirteen years. No period of idleness followed, for without delay he entered
business circles, learning the pattern and model-maker's trade under the direc-
tion of John A. Aliller on Alorgan street, with whom he continued for eighteen
months. He then joined his father in the building business and continued a
member of the firm of Haumueller & Sons until 1894. At that date he was ap-
pointed clerk of the seventh district justice court, where he remained for two
terms, or eight vears, after which he established the business in which he is now
engaged, being well known as a real-estate dealer and broker in this city. Since
entering this "department of activity he has closely studied property interests
to determine the possibilities of rise or diminution in price and the possibilities
for improvement in certain sections. His investments have been made ju-
diciously and his operations in the real-estate field have brought him gratifying
prosperity.
Air. Haumueller laid the foundation for attractive domestic life in his
marriage on the 24th of June, 1905. in Detroit. Alichigan, to Aliss Jennie A.
Obemier, the only daughter of Peter Obemier, formerly of the Fourth National
Bank, and at the time of his death cashier of the Northwestern Savings Bank.
The family residence at No. 2209 Salisbury street was erected bv Air. Haumuel-
ler and both he and his wife have many warm friends who delight in the hos-
pitality accorded in their home. They were married by J. Burnham Tracy, a
thirty-second degree Alason, who died in 1905.
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]\Ir. Haumiieller is prominent in the Masonic fraternity and has attained
the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is a past master of Aurora
Lodge, Xo. 267; past high priest of the Bellefontaine Chapter; and is a past
.eminent commander of Ivanhoe Commandery. K. T. He is Hkevvise a noble of
the Ancient Arabic Order of the ^Mystic Shrine and a member of the Arab
Patrol. In politics he is a republican and while he usually supports the candi-
dates of that party he does not feel irrevocably bound by party ties. In official
lines he discharged his duties with loyalty, ability and fairness, for he is a loyal,
public-spirited citizen and as a business man has been conspicuous among his
associates not only for his success but for his probity and integrity.
GUS V. R. AIECHIN.
Gus \'. R. jMechin has been a resident of St. Louis for thirty-six years and
m all of that time has been connected with the business of examining titles, be-
ing now senior member of the firm of Mechin & Voyce. He was born in Lon-
don. England, May 6, 1856, a son of Jean Silvain and Valentine Armance (Mar-
delle ) Alechin, the father a' watchmaker and jeweler. The son pursued his edu-
cation in the schools of England and. France. He came to America in September,
1872, as a young man of sixteen years, attracted by the broader business oppor-
tunities of the new world. He made his initial step in business life here as ex-
aminer of titles with J. G. AlcClellan and his eft'orts have since been directed
in the same line. Later he became associated with the firm of Sterling & Web-
ster and afterward with August Gehner & Company, then with the Title Guar-
anty Trust Company, and is now in business for himself with Charles Voyce,
in w'hich connection most important and responsible duties devolve upon him.
His long experience in this line well qualifies him for the business and makes
him one of the most prominent title examiners in this city.
On the 2d of April, 1894, in St. Louis, Air. Mechin was married to Miss
Flora Jean ^Mackenzie, and they have one child, Rene Jean Mechin. Mr. Mechin
belongs to the Masonic fraternity, has taken the Knight Templar degree in the
commandery and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He has never sought to fig-
ure prominently in public life, but has concentrated his energies upon his busi-
ness interests wuth the result that he has made consecutive progress and has at-
tained a prominent position in the lines of work to which he has given his en-
ergies.
ADOLPH NELSON GAEBLER. M.D.
Dr. Adolph Nelson Gaebler, sole owner of two important and prosperous
productive industries conducted in St. Louis under the name of the Hall Chem-
ical Company and of the King Manufacturing Company, was born in this city
in 1863. His father, Ernst Gaebler, a native of Saxony, Germany, came to St.
Louis in 1849. He was a millwright and followed the trade for many years.
He was also a Civil war veteran, who throughout the period of hostilities was
engaged in active service with a Missouri regiment. In his business he became
widely known and met with gratifving success as a contracting millwright, who
was an expert in his chosen field of labor. He wedded Mary E. Maxwell, a
native of A'irginia, who died in 1885, while the death of Mr. Gaebler occurred
in 1891.
After leaving the public schools, at the age of fifteen years, Dr. Gaebler
entered the office of the Haydock Brothers Carriage Company, with which he
continued for a year and a half. He then accepted a clerical position with
another firm anrl was serving as bookkeeper when he left that employ at the
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age of twenty-three years. Thinking then to devote his hfe to professional la-
bors, he attended the American Medical College at St. Louis and won his M.D.
degree in 1890. He then entered upon the general practice of medicine, in which
he continued until 1893, ^^^^ during that period began experimenting and per-"
fected several chemical preparations, for which he found ready sale. This branch
of his business grew so rapidly that again he became a factor in commercial cir-
cles, organizing the Hall Chemical Company in 1893. He has handled his
products entirely through the mail and the business has grown with rapidity.
The interests of the Hall Chemical Company developed very rapidly during the
first three years and since that time have had a steady, healthful growth. He be-
gan operations with but one employe and now has over thirty. When he began
the manufacture of baking powder and extracts in 1901 under the style of the
King Manufacturing Company he also had but one assistant and now employs
two hundred people, while his sales exten.d- to every state in the Union. This is
now the larger business and comprises the manufacture of baking powder and
flavoring extracts and the sale of a general line of glassware and merchandise.
Both enterprises constitute solely a mail order business and Dr. Gaebler devotes
his entire time to the management of thes^ concerns. St. Louis is particularly
well located for the handling of a mail order business because of its central
situation in the Mississippi valley, with its ramifying railroad connections with
all parts of the country. The business of the' King Manufacturing Company has
increased over one thousand per cent since its inception, a result that could only
be accomplished by aggressive business methods and attractive advertising. To
this he largely attributes the secret' of his success. Dr. Gaebler has certainly
worked his way rapidly upward and aside from his manufacturing interests he
holds large mining properties in Idaho, being represented by Samuel Payne of
the brokerage firm of Payne & Becker. In early manhood he taught che'mistry
in the American Medical College in St. Louis from 1890 until 1893, and his
broad and comprehensive knowledge of chemistry constituted the basis of the
organization of the business interests with which he is now concerned.
In 1886 Dr. Gaebler was married to Miss Clara Converse, of Vergennes,
Vermont, who died in 1887. In 1890 he wedded May E^ Borngesser, of St.
Louis, and they now have a daughter, Anita, who was born in 1892. Dr. Gaebler
finds his chief recreation in hunting and fishing and makes trips to Idaho and
the west to enjoy sports of that character. A man of great natural ability, his
success in business during the past fifteen years has been uniform and rapid.
He has persevered in the pursuit of a persistent purpose and has gained a most
satisfactory reward.
CLAUDE KILPATRICK.
Claude Kilpatrick, extensively connected with operations in real estate, with
the loaning of money, the conduct and management of estates and the conserva-
tion of other trusts committed to his care, has become recognized as one of the
prominent business men of St. Louis, belonging to that class of representative
American citizens who in furthering individual interests also push forward the
wheels of general progress. He was born in Huntsville. Alabama, November
II, 1848, of the marriage of Dr. Thomas J. Kilpatrick and Mary Gibbons. Of
Scotch-Irish lineage, he is descended from one of the old families of South Caro-
lina, in which state his paternal grandfather was born. In his boyhood Claude
Kilpatrick became a resident of St. Louis and pursued an academic course in
Wyman Universitv and following the Civil war he returned to the south, where
during a portion of the year 1866 he was in the government service, being con-
nected with the quartermaster's department of the United States army at Mem-
phis, Tennessee.
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Wiien he again located in St. Louis Mr. Kilpatrick accepted the position of
bookkeeper and cashier in the employ of Jesse Arnot, owner and manager of
a livery and sales stable, which at that time was known as the largest establish-
ment of the kind in the west. For tifteen years he was associated with Mr.
Arnot in business and during that period became interested to some extent in
real-estate operations. Since 1884 he has given his time and energies entirely
to the real-estate business and kindred interests, becoming at the time a mem-
ber of the firm of Porter & Company, which was succeeded two years later by
the firm of Rutledge & Kilpatrick. In the real-estate field Mr. Kilpatrick has
become a prominent factor, handling extensive and valuable property interests
and promoting many extensive transfers and realty. Through his opportunities
in this line he has used his opportunities to encourage the establishment of in-
dustries and the improvement of property, thereby contributing in substantial
measure to the city's growth and prosperity. He has been engaged in the loan-
ing of money and in the conduct of estates and in all connections has displayed
keen business discernment and a ready understanding of intricate business situa-
tions. He has improved every advantage that has come to him for advancement
in the business world and at the same time has earned an unassailable reputation
for the integrity of his methods, which are open at all times to investigation and
shown untarnished in the strongest light of public opinion.
In 1879 ^'^^- Kilpatrick was married to Miss Dorothv L. Liggett, a daugh-
ter of John E. Liggett, a well known tobacconist of St. Louis, and at his death
Mr. Kilpatrick was named as one of the executors of his vast estate. In the
control of his property and all of the interests involved in the estate Mr. Kil-
patrick has manifested remarkable sagacity as well as care and diligence.
In public afifairs Mr. Kilpatrick is known as one whose efforts have been
a valuable asset in public progress. He was for some years connected with local
military organizations and during the memorable riots incident to the labor trou-
bles of 1877 served with the companies which suppressed the disturbances and
restored order in St. Louis. Since age conferred upon him the right of fran-
chise he has advocated democratic principles, with allegiance to the sound monev
move of the party in 1896. He belongs to the Episcopal church and is a well
known member of the St. Louis, the Country and the Racquet Clubs, his social
qualities winning him personal popularity that has made the circle of his friend-
ship almost coextensive with the circle of his accjuaintances.
WILLIAM FEDDER.
Willingness to apply one's self to arduous tasks and practical economy are
qualities characteristic of those of German origin. These qualities are essential
to any one to enable him to meet the world as he finds it and pave the way for a
prosperous career. They were the possessions of William Fedder, who de-
parted this life August 18, 1906. Having had few advantages in his early days,
he launched out in life when a bov and on the strength of his perseverance and
innate traits of character succeeded in rising high in the commercial world. He
was born in Germany October 20, 1838. There he spent his early days on a farm
operated by his parents.
While in a small way engaged in agricultural pursuits, he attended regularly
the schools of his native town ; straitened circumstances and the struggle for
existence prevented him from continuing his education and finishing the course
of study. Taken from school at an early age, he was put in the employ of a
baker, with whrjm he remained until he had learned his trade. Being an ambitious
young man and seeing no opportunities in his native land by availing himself of
which he might rise to a higlier station in life, he decided to leave his native town
and try his fortune in tlie new wr)rld. y\t the age of nineteen years he embarked
MR. A\D ^[RS. \\irj:iAM 1^'EDDER
372 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
for the United States with scarcely any means left after having paid the expenses
of the voyage. He landed at New Orleans, Louisiana, remaining in that city for
a few days, vainly seeking employment. He spent his remaining money in secur-
ing passage on a steamboat bound for St. Louis. Here he had a brother who
had left Germany a few years previously and w'ho had, since his arrival in this
country, succeeded in building up a lucrative gardening business. The ground
he cultivated was located on Grand avenue near Tower Grove park, and now
bears no signs of once having been used for farming purposes. Mr. Fedder at
once went to work for his brother. He applied himself diligentlv to that occupa-
tion for a period of five years, at the expiration of which time he had acquired
sufficient knowledge of raising garden trucks and as well accumulated the re-
quired means to go into the same business for himself. He purchased a plot of
ground on Delmar avenue and Clara streets, now a compact residence district.
He pursued the occupation of gardening on this land for a period of twenty
years. In the meantime, the growth of the city pressing upon him, his property
became very valuable and he sold out at a handsome profit. Still desiring to
continue the gardening business, he went farther out into the rural districts and
bought property on L^nion avenue and the Natural Bridge road. Here he plied
his occupation until the year 1902, at which time he had accumulated sufficient
means to justify him in retirement from active life. He sold his farm and with
a portion of the profits built a beautiful residence at Shawmut place and at the
same time purchased eight acres of valuable land on Union and St. Louis avenues.
Mr. Fedder was decidedly a self-made man. He came to this country with
but a meager education and little or no means. However, he brought with him
those qualities which could not help but assure him of eminent success — perse-
verance and economy. At the time of his arrival in St. Louis the now prosper-
ous city w'as then little more than a comparatively insignificant town, but Mr.
Fedder foresaw its future expansion and greatness and was confident that he
would not go amiss in confining his fortune to that vicinity.
Mr. Fedder was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Gerdes, who
was born in Germany and came to St. Louis, unaccompanied, from her native
land when eighteen years of age. Unto them were born six children who are
still living: William; Augusta, who is the wife of George Graf and has two chil-
dren, Adella and Erna ; Charles ; Lewis ; George ; and Henry, who married Clara
Welp and has two children. Eugene and Cora. ]\Ir. Fedder was an adherent
of the German Lutheran church and a republican in politics.
JAAIES H. CRANFILL.
James H. Cranfill, president of the J. H. Cranfill Manufacturing Company,
producers of burnt sugar color, was born at Rockbridge, Illinois, in 1862, a
son of Zachariah and ^lary J. (Cato) Cranfill. His family on the paternal side
were originally from England, having settled in Greene county, Illinois, about
the year 1820. In that state his mother's family, originally from Tennessee,
settled about the same time. Zachariah Cranfill was a carpenter by trade and
engaged extensively in contracting and bridge building. His wife's father was
a pioneer blacksmith and wagonmaker, and when they located in this region
the county was sparsely settled and the land was on sale by the government at
fifty cents an acre. At that time Indians were numerous throughout this sec-
tion, and John .Smith, the famous Mormon prophet, was a leading character.
The elder Mr. Cranfill took a great interest in politics, but did not aspire to
hold office. However, he gained fame for his eloquence and oratorical ability,
and in this line was much in evidence in behalf of the democratic party during
political campaigns. He departed this life in 1872 in Calaway, Upton county,
Texas, where he was engaged in bridge building. His wife survived him by
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CiTV. 373
twenty years. They have two sons, the other one being T. D. Cranfill, who is
also in the contracting business. Mrs. Cranfill had been twice married, her first
union being with William Gillham, by whom she had two sons : G. E. Gillham,
of St. Louis; and W. E. Gillham, of Kansas City.
James H. Cranfill received his education partly in the public schools of
his native county and partly in the common schools of Chesterfield, Illinois.
Upon finishing his education he learned the printing business, which he followed
until 1889, when he accepted a position with the firm of Appelgren, manufactur-
ers of burnt sugar color. This manufactory was established in 1875 and was
the first operating in the city. In 1902 Air. Cranfill engaged in the same busi-
ness for himself and was so successful in these few years that he purchased the
business above mentioned and through his persistent eiTort and careful man-
agement has increased its sales to the annual amount of twenty-five thousand
dollars, the sales having doubled within the past few years.
In 1890 Mr. Cranfill was united in marriage to Miss Mary S. Page, of St.
Louis, daughter of George W. Page, who for many years was a prominent
contractor here. He was a native of England and at one time served as an
officer on many Atlantic sailing vessels, having crossed the ocean forty-three
times — a record difficult to surpass. Mrs. Page, who bore the maiden name of
Eliza Clake, was a native of England and the mother of three children: Mary
S., Eliza, deceased, formerly wife of H. E. Simon; and George J., of St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Cranfill have one son, Fay.
Mr. Cranfill is a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Keystone Lodge, No.
243, A. F. & A. M. ; Missouri Chapter, No. i, R. A. M. ; and Moolah Temple
of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Craftsmen's Club, of which he
has been president for some time. Together with his family he worships at
the Presbyterian church. Politically he supports the principles of the repub-
lican party, but does not take an active interest in politics beyond using his vote
and influence during campaigns in support of republican candidates.
REV. CHARLES ZIEGLER.
Rev. Charles Ziegler, rector of St. Malachy's Catholic church, was born in
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, on the 3d of September, 1832, his parents being Mat-
thew and Barbara (Haefner) Ziegler, who were natives of Germany. In the
city of his nativity the son was reared to manhood and early determining upon
entering the priesthood he was yet in his fourteenth year when, in 1846, he
became a student in St. Mary's College in Perry county, Missouri, where he
pursued a course for four and a half years. He then entered the theological
seminary at Carondalet, Missouri, where he completed his studies, and on the
2d of October, 1854, was ordained to the priesthood in the old cathedral by
Archbishop Kenrick. Now qualified for the work to which he had determined
to devote his life, he was assigned on the 20th of October, 1854, as assistant at
St. Patrick's church, where he remained until 1868. He then became pastor of
St. Malachy's parish, and here he paid off the church indebtedness, built the
girls" school and enlarged the boys' school. He also remodeled the church and
installed a water heating system, which was the first ever introduced into a
church in St. Louis. The parish also supports a parochial school with an at-
tendance of four hundred and ninety-two children. In addition to the large
school buildings there are extensive playgrounds for both the boys and the
girls.
At the time of his death Father Ziegler was the oldest ordained priest in
point of vears of service in St. Louis diocese. He was a man of broad learning
and scho'larlv attainments, keeping in touch with modern lines of thought bear-
ing upon the welfare of the country and its many interests, as well as upon the
374 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
church. He possessed excellent executive ability and administrative power, and
these qualities constituted excellent factors in carrying on his work, while at
the same time his people were uplifted spiritually through the words which he
spoke to them from the pulpit.
THEODORE F. GALOSKOWSKY.
Theodore F. Galoskowsky, starting out in life on his own account at the
age of eleven years, steadily worked his way upward in business circles from
the time when he first became connected with the printing business. He long oc-
cupied a position of responsibility with one of the important printing establish-
ments of St. Louis and was also known in editorial circles with a leading paper
trade journal. For a long period he has likewise been very active in promoting
the labor movements, recognizing the fact that it is only through organization
that the workmen can hope to secure just treatment from many capitalists who
are controlling extensive industrial interests.
Mr. Galoskowsky was born at Cross Plains, Wisconsin, in June, 1859, a son
of Albert and Margaret Galoskowsky. The father was a brewer throughout his
entire lifetime. He joined the volunteer army at the time of the Civil war and
served with the rank of captain. His death occurred in March, 1871, and he is
still survived by his widow.
The ancestral history is one of close connection with the history of that
most picturesque but unfortunate country. Poland. \Mien its gallant leader,
Kosciuszko, fell and Poland was annexed by Russia, the grandfather of our
subject at that time, being a minor, was exiled from his native land and went to
Gennany, while his three brothers who had taken an active part in the war were
made political prisoners and sent to the mines of Siberia and there died.
Albert Galoskowsky, the father of our subject, became a political exile from
Germany in 1848. His father died before the general amnesty was proclaimed
for the political exiles of 1848, and thereby he lost his and his family's right to
any inheritance to his father's estate, which was divided among the heirs in Ger-
many. One of his brothers is at present state brewer and burgomaster of Tripsi.
Theodore F. Galoskowsky in early boyhood was a pupil in the public schools
of Madison, Wisconsin. He came to St. Louis with his parents in 1870 and when
he was eleven years of age it became necessary that he provide for his own sup-
port. He is therefore todav a self-educated man but, learning well the lessons of
life and also by reading and research, he has become a well informed man, and one
who has wielded a wide influence in that department of activity to which he has
directed his labors.
At the age of eleven years he was employed as cash boy in the William Barr
dry goods store, where he remained for about one and a half years. He then
accepted a similar position with the B. L. Harding Dry Goods Company, with
whom he also remained for a year and a half. These were the two largest mer-
cantile establishments in St. Louis at the time. When fourteen years of age he
secured employment in a little printing establishment, acting as press feeder
and later he secured the position of job pressman with the Woodard & Tiernan
Printing Company, where he continued for a year and a half. On the expiration
of that period he went to Chicago and was employed by the Rand-McNally
Printing Company, but a }ear later he returned to St. Louis and completed
his apprenticeship with the I logan Printing Company. For twenty years he
continued with that house and for eighteen \ears held the responsible position
of foreman.
Becoming interestcfl in the labor conditions of the country and giving much
thought and study to the sul^jcct. Mr. Galoskowsky believed that feasible and
practical plans might be adopted for the betterment of labor condiitons and be-
T. F. GALOSKOWSKY
376 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
came an active factor in the work of the unions. He was for five years inter-
national president of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union
of North America, which today has a membership of over twenty thousand, and
was compelled to retire from the office on account of ill health. P.egaining his
health, he was elected international secretary-treasurer and editor of "The Ameri-
can Pressman," the official journal of the I. P. P. & A. U., in 1899 and continued
in that position until January, 1908, wdien he withdrew because he could not con-
sistently advocate the changed policies of the organization. He has, for twenty-
live years, been the leader of those that guided the St. Louis Printing Pressmen's
Union to the enviable position this organization now holds. Through this period
he has labored earnestly and effectively to better the trade conditions and to se-
cure more equitable relations between the employer and employe, and he has seen
the local branch of the I. P. P. & A. U. grow from a membership of thirty-five
to three hundred and thirty, which makes it a ninety-five per cent organization.
During that period wages have advanced an average of thirty-five per cent and
the hours of labor reduced from ten to eight hours per day. This has been ac-
complished with the very least possible friction with the employers and at pres-
ent, as in the past, the organization is w'orking under a contract with the employ-
ing printers, each respecting the others' rights under the contract and otherwise,
and the employes enjoy the fullest confidence of the employer and vice versa.
Mr. Galoskov.^skv enjoyed the almost unprecedented honor of being elected
for five times without opposition as president of the International Printing Press-
men's & Assistants' Union. He is also connected with the Allied Printing Trades
Council and three dififerent times was its president. He has been a delegate to
this body and to the Central Trades & Labor Union for twelve years.
On the 13th of August, 1883, Mr. Galoskowsky was married to Miss Cor-
nelia Harley, of St. Louis, a daughter of Richard and y\nnie Harley. They
have three living children : Lucille, sixteen years of age ; Morton, twelve years
of age ; and Eda Mae, nine years of age. The family residence is at No. 1906
Good avenue. Mr. Galoskowsky holds membership with the Knights and L adies
of Honor and has passed through all of the chairs of the organization. He is
also a past master of the Ancient Order of LTnited Workmen and he belongs to
St. ^Matthew's parish, being a communicant of the Catholic church. Largely an
independent voter, he has supported democratic candidates on the national ticket,
but usuallv exercises his right of franchise without regard to party affiliation,
considering only the capability and worthiness of the candidate.
ALBERT E. GLAUBER.
Active and influential among those men who are foremost in pushing
forward the wheels of progress and contributing to the city's upbuilding and
development, Albert E. Glauber is well known as the president of the North
St. Louis Business Men's Association, while in more specifically individual lines
he is conducting a successful mercantile enterprise.
His birth occurrerl in Pittsfield, Illinois, January 24, 1872. His parents
were Leopold and Anna ( I'ishellj (Jlauber, natives of Germany. After coming
to this country the father conducted business as a peddler for some time, later
established a store and subsequently carried on a liquor business. As the years
passed he has gained prosperity aufl is now living retired in St, Louis. His wife
also .survives. Of their family of seven children, five are living, namely: Albert
E., of this review; Elkan W., who is president of the Colonial Laundry Com-
pany, of St. Louis; Joseph H., who assumed the interest of a deceased brother,
Samuel, in the dry goods business at No. 4102 North Grand avenue; and R. N.,
also deceased.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 377
Albert E. Glauber pursued his educatiou in the public schools of i'itts-
field, Illinois, to his graduation from the high school with the class of 1890.
He afterward went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended the Spencerian Busi-
ness College, pursuing a six months' course in typewriting. In the spring of
1892 he came to St. Louis, where for a year he was in the em])loy of the
Crunden-AIartin Woodenware Company. In the spring of 1893 \Ir. (ilauber
embarked in business on his own account in partnership with his brother Samuel.
They opened a store at No. 5008 North Broadway, beginning business on a
small scale, but the rapid growth of their trade soon required increased facilities
and they removed to their present quarters at Xo. 4832 Broadway. A little
later they still further increased their store by taking in No. 4830, and they now
occupy these large and commodious stores, carrying a line of dry goods, cloth-
ing, shoes, hats and general furnishings. In 1902 they opened a store at Nos.
4102 and 4104 North Grand avenue and are now carrying on both stores.
Air. Glauber has been very successful as a merchant and is recognized as
one of the most energetic, diligent and enterprising business men of North St.
Louis. This fact is indicated by his selection to the presidency of the North
St. Louis Business Men's Association in the spring of 1907. This society was
organized in 1895, Mr. Glauber being one of the principal promoters of the
movement, and from the beginning he has always held some office in the or-
ganization. It was originally called the North St. Louis Early Closing Associa-
tion, one of its main objects being to enter into a compact whereby all business
houses should close on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 6:30 o'clock in
order to give their employes the benefit of more leisure. The association, how-
ever, has constantly broadened in the scope of its work and interests, putting
forth efifective effort in advancing trade relations in this part of the city. Air.
Glauber has been most active in the association and has given of his time and
means freely for the benefit of the commercial upbuilding of North St. Louis.
It was largely through his efforts that the McKinley bridge was built at Salis-
bury street. He advocated placing the bridge there, believing that it would do
most good at that point, and his work in that line was so practical and eft'ective
that it proved a determining factor in the choice of a location. He is a member
of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and has made many warm friends
who admire him for what he has accomplished and respect him for the business
methods that he has pursued.
GOTTLIEB EYERMANN, JR.
Gottlieb Eyermann, Jr., is a member of the firm of G. Eyermann & Brother,
contractors. They are controlling a business which is enjoying rapid growth,
and as street contractors are doing a most extensive business in St. Louis. Born
in this city on the 24th of December, 1863, Gottlieb Eyermann was named for
his father, while his mother bore the maiden name of Katharine Schmidt. Both
were natives of Germany and are now deceased. They were married in St.
J^ouis, where for a considerable period the father conducted business as a
contractor. Five children of the family survive, including three sons, George,
Gottlieb and John, all residents of St. Louis.
Gottlieb Evermann, Jr., acquired his education in the public schools and
.n Christian Brothers College, continuing his studies to the age of eighteen years,
when he entered his father's stone quarry and received practical training in the
business, so that he became well qualified to carry on work on his own account
in later years. Following his father's death in 1888 he took charge of the
business, consisting of both quarrying and contracting. The company has been
chiefly engaged in street paving work and has made a splendid success, the
extent and nature of its contracts insuring prosperity. Air. Eyermann is now
378 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUfY.
associated with his brother George under the firm style of G. Eyermann &
Brother, and they have two quarries, both inside the corporation Hmits, one be-
ing located on South Grand avenue and the other on Virginia avenue. They
are also interested in a granite quarry at Knob Lick, Missouri, and are taking
out a vast amount of stone annually, which is used in paving and in filling many
orders. \\'orking- always along the line that honesty is the'best policy, the firm
sustains an unassailable reputation for business integrity and enterprise. In
addition to his extensive interests in contracting- lines, Gottlieb Evermann is a
director in the Missouri Granite Company, president of the Chippewa Bank, and
is identified with various other business interests which are proving profitable
investments.
On the I2th of April, 1893, ]\Ir. Eyermann was married to Miss Minnie
Breidenbach, a native of St. Louis, and a daughter of Conrad Breidenbach. In
his political views Mr. Eyermann is a republican, believing that the principles
of that party best conserve good government. He is a Scottish Rite and Knight
Templar Mason, and is also connected with the Mystic Shrine. His life is in
harmony with the beneficent spirit of the craft, for he believes in mutual help-
fulness and brotherly kindliness, and in the active duties of life frequently brings
into play the basic principles of the Masonic fraternity. There has been nothing
unusual in his business record, his success coming to him because he has worked
for it — worked diligently and persistently, knowing that effort, intelligently ap-
plied, ultimately means prosperitv.
REV. JAAIES VAX PELT SCHOFIELD, D.D.
Influence is like the stone thrown into the water, causing ever increasing
rings until they break upon the farther shore. It is an immeasurable but a force-
ful factor in life, growing forever and forever. This is one of the consoling
thoughts that come when a man like Dr. James Van Pelt Schofield is called
from the scene of earthly activities. The memory of such a man, however, can
never die while living monuments remain upon which were imprinted the touch
of his noble soul. He devoted his life to his fellowmen in the service of the
Christian ministry and wherever he went scattered seeds of truth that are today
bearing rich fruit. He was well known in St. Louis, where for a number of
years he was actively associated with the Baptist ministry and he continued
until his death a representative of the denomination in Missouri.
A native of Chautauqua county. New York, Dr. Schofield was born Decem-
ber 4. 1825, and was a son of James Schofield, Sr., who in 1843 removed to
Illinois. Dr. Schofield of this review lived on a farm with his father until six-
teen years of age and then left home to learn the tinner's trade. In 1843 he
became a member of the Baptist church and was baptized by Rev. Orin Dodge
in Lake Chautauqua. The following year he removed westward to Chicago,
where he worked at his trade for a year and in 1845 ^^^ was invited to enter the
home of Dr. L. D. Boone, with whom he spent two }-ears. Dr. Boone advised
him to enter the ministry and gave him much assistance in preparing for his
holy calling. In 1847, '" further preparation for the active work of the church,
he entered ^Madison University at Hamilton, New York, then called the Col-
gate University, becoming a sophomore in that institution. For three years he
continued his studies there and in 1850 matriculated in Rochester Universitv as
a junior and was graduated with the class of 1852. He next entered the Roches-
ter Theological Seminary and was graduated with the class of 1854. He was now
qualified for the work of the ministry and thenceforward he devoted his ener-
gies to the work of the church and became one of the prominent divines of the
Baptist ministry. His influence was of no restricted order. In fact he led manv
to the paths of righteousness and inspired them to continue in the course which
leads to uprightness in this life and points to the promises of the life bevond.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 379
It was in the year of his graduation that Dr. Schotield was married, on the
14th of July, 1854, to Miss Juha E. Frary, who was born near Buffalo, New
York, but attended school in Rochester. In September of the same year Hr.
Schofield took charge of the Baptist church at Louisville, Kentucky. He was
ordained in October, 1854, Dr. S. H. Ford participating in the ordination cere-
monies. There were only about twenty members in the Mission church when
he assumed the pastorate, but under his guidance the membership of the church
increased to a considerable extent and the work of the church was thoroughly
organized and greatly promoted. In fact he received one hundred and eighty-
one into the church during his pastorate there, but in 1858 he resigned to accept
a call from a church at Quincy, Illinois, where he remained for four years or
until 1862, and during that time received one hundred and fifty new members
into the church.
Dr. Schofield's third pastorate covered the years from 1862 until 1869,
during which time he occupied the pulpit of the Third Baptist church of St.
Louis. It was situated at Clark avenue and P'ourteenth street and was then a
chapel. It was by accident, as it were, that Dr. Schofield took up his ministerial
work in this city. He was on a visit here to his brother, General John W. Scho-
field, then commanding the United States forces in St. Louis. The Third Bap-
tist church then numbered onlv eighty-four members and one of the deacons
said to Dr. Schofield, "We have made up our minds to disband." Dr. Schofield,
not the least discouraged by such an outlook, encouraged the deacons to con-
tinue the struggle. He was then asked to accept the pastorate of the church
and after some persuasion consented. On his return to Quincy he said to his
wife, "I will have those people building a church within a year." He came to
St. Louis, set about the work in an earnest, forceful, practical way, personally
raised seven thousand dollars in a short time among outside friends, enthused
the members so that they gave him their hearty cooperation and within a com-
paratively brief period had erected a church costing fifty thousand dollars. While
there were but eighty-five members at the time he took charge, when he resigned
in 1869 there were three hundred and twenty-two members. The church has
continued in an era of progress and in 1879 had five hundred members. His
pastorate in the citv covered the most critical period in the history of St. Louis.
His congregation was made up of both northern and southern men, the former
strong in their support of the Lmion, the latter equally loyal in their allegiance
to the Confederacy, and yet not a word was uttered at any service by any one
about the war. This fact speaks volumes for his tact and sympathy as a pastor
and there was no talk of division, so that the Baptist church owes its continuous
existence to him and his memory is most revered and honored by that congre-
gation.
On leaving St. Louis, Dr. Schofield accepted a pastorate at Des ]\Ioines,
Iowa, where he remained from 1869 until 1871 and during that period erected a
house of worship there. In April, 1871. he went to New Britain, Connecticut,
where he labored earnestly for five years and then resigned in April, 1876. In
that year he again came to St. Louis, this time to accept the pastorate of the
Fourth Baptist church, continuing from the 6th of November, 1876, until May
13, 1880. Fle was also instrumental in organizing the Water Tower Bai)tist
church and in 1881. in honor of his scholarship and his notable achievements in
his chosen life work, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him
by Shurtlefif College. In 1884 he became associate editor of the "American
Baptist" and it was in 1885 that he took charge of the Water Tower Baptist
church. In 1890 he was called to the Baptist church at Independence, Iowa,
where he remained for two years and in 1893 went to Canton, Missouri, wdiere he
continued as pastor until May 18, 1897. On that day his life's labors were ended
in death but while the light of life went out, his memory yet remains as a blessed
380 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
benediction to all who knew him and his influence is still a potent factor in the
lives of many who came under his teachings.
Unto Dr. and ^Irs. Schofield were born four children : Airs. Eugenie
Grosse. Julia, Alary and Airs. Caroline Lancaster. Home ties were most sacred
to Dr. Schofield and in his own household he was the ideal husband and father,
possessing- a gentle, tender, afir'ectionate and loving disposition and manifesting
at all times an untiring devotion to his people and a self-sacrificing regard for
his fellowmen. He stands as a splendid example for the Christian world, hav-
ing been a man of saintly character, imbued with the one idea of making his life
a service and a help to those with whom he came in contact. While he was a
close student, a deep thinker and logical reasoner and became a man of scholarly
attainments, such was his gentleness of manner and his kindliness of spirit
that the humblest approached him without awe, sure of his sympathy and help.
WADE HAAIPTON NASH, AI. D.
Di. Wade Hampton Xash, wdiose intense and well directed activity, as man-
ifest in his study and research in preparation for his profession and also in his
practice in the daily discharge of his professional duties, has gained him a cred-
itable place in the ranks of the medical fraternity, was born in Fleming county,
Kentucky, January 21, 1877, and is a direct descendant of John Nash, who came
to this country under King George and served as chief justice. His parents
were James S. and Ada L. (Walker) Nash, who were natives of Kentucky and
of Greensboro, Georgia, respectively. Both are now deceased. In early life the
father followed the river for a number of years and rose to the command of a
vessel. During the Civil war he was one of the gunners on the gunboat Tyler,
which was sunk off Vlcksburg. Later he joined the famous Tenth Ohio Infantry
.Regiment, which was several times cut to pieces. After the w^ar he came to
Alissouri and purchased a section of land near Independence, where he remained
for six years, engaged in farming. He then went to Friar Point, Alississippi,
where he opened a livery stable, but the yellow fever epidemic of 1877 prostrated
all business interests there and with little left Mr. Nash returned to his original
home in Fleming county, Kentucky, settling on a part of the old Nash home-
stead, the family owning extensive landed interests there. He died in 1883 at
the age of forty-eight years, and his wife passed away June 4, 1902. In poli-
tics he was a Union democrat and when Kentucky wavered, torn by the con-
flicting interests of its citizens, he stood loyally in support of the Federal gov-
ernment. The family were related to the Ohio Nashes and Charles A. Nash,
the grandfather of Dr. Nash, removed from Virginia to Kentucky at an early
day. He was overseer for Abe AIcGowan and married his sister, while later he
acquired the greater portion of the AIcGowan lands.
Dr. Nash spent his youth in his parents' home and acquired his education
his mother removed to St. Louis with her two children. Wade H. and a younger
in the Flemingsburg public school and at Alount Carmel, Kentucky. In 1892
brother, and here Dr. Nash attended the night high school. Immediately after
his arrival here he secured a position in the Souenfelt house as bundle boy and
later w^as with Aliller & .Spaulding, stationers. Subsequently he learned the car-
penter's trade, finished his apprenticeship and for six years was engaged in car-
pentering and building. I'^our years of that time were spent in the western state
of Wyoming anrl upon his return to St. Louis he took up the study of medicine,
reading imder the direction of Dr. Waldo Briggs. As a further i)reparation for
his chosen calling he cntercrl the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1899,
completing a course with the class of 1903. Thus well prepared for his chosen
profession he opened offices at his presetit location in the Commercial building
anrl in the intervening five years has Iniilt U]) a remunerative y)ractice. He is a
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382 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
member of the American Medical Association, the St. Louis Medical Society, the
j\Iissouri State Medical Society, the American Urological Society and the uro-
logical branch of the St. Louis Medical Society. It will thus be seen that he
keeps in touch with the advanced thought of the profession and in all of his work
he is actuated by a conscientious sense of obligation.
In 1905 Dr. Nash was married to Miss Julia A. Pesold, of St. Louis, a
daughter of Herman Pesold, of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. They
now have an interesting little son, Wade Hampton, Jr. In social lines Dr. Nash
is connected with the St. Louis Lodge, No. 20, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a
past master. He also belongs to the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, in which
he has attained the thirty-second degree. He is likewise a member of Walnut
Lodge. K. P.. and Greeley Lodge of the Royal League, while his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is
now treasurer. In politics he is a democrat, interested in the growth and success
of the party. He belongs to the Missouri Game & Fish Protective League and
on many questions of importance takes an advanced stand and labors toward
high ideals. In addition to his broad scientific knowledge he possesses a genial,
courteous manner that renders him socially as well as professionally popular.
EDWARD AIELVILLE GOULD. .
The Gould family of which Edward Melville Gould is a representative was
founded in America by three brothers who came from Whales in the beginning
of the seventeenth century, one of them settling in New Jersey, a second in
Ohio, and the third in Massachusetts. The records show that Joseph Gould
was a private in the Second Regiment of Essex County (N. J.) Militia and as
such participated in the Revolutionary war. He was one of the direct ancestors
of Edward M. Gould, who is therefore entitled to membership with the Sons
of the Revolution. David B. Gould, born in Essex county. New Jersey, became
a well known publisher. Removing westward to St. Louis in 1870, he founded
what afterwards became the Gould Directory Company and continued in busi-
ness until his death in 1901. He became recognized as a prominent factor in
business circles in the vicinity and was the friend and associate of those who
have been active in controlling the veins and arteries of trade here. At the
time of the Civil war he valiantly espoused the LInion cause and did duty at
the front. He married Emma Allen, a native of Maryland and also a descendant
of ancestry represented in the Revolutionary war.
Edward ]\Ielville Gould was born in St. Louis, January 8, 1874, and attended
private schools of this city and also Cheltenham Military Academy at Philadel-
phia, where he remained for three years,' Phillips Exeter Academy of New
Hampshire for one year, and Kenyon Military Academy and Kenyon College,
both of Gambler, Ohio. He then returned to St. Louis in 1892 and entered his
father's cm])loy to learn the business of publishing city directories. Here he
gave careful attention to the masterv of every detail of the business, won pro-
motion as efficiency increased and in 1895 was made secretary of the Gould
Directory Company. On the death of his father in 1901 he succeeded to the
presidency and thus conducted the business until 1907, when the company was
merged with the Lesan Advertising Company under the style of the Lesan-
Gould Company. They conduct a jniblishing. printing and advertising business
which is now of large proportions, constituting one of the leading enterprises
of this character in St. Louis. One element of Mr. Gould's success perhaps is
the persistency of purpose which has prompted him to devote his energies
thrr)Ughout his entire business career to one line, which he has thoroughly mas-
tered, being therefore most competent to build up and control an extensive enter-
prise of this character.
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On the 14th of November. 1900, occurred the marriage of Mr. Gould and
Miss Lillian R. Holmes, a daughter of Daniel S. Holmes. Mr. Gould is a mem-
ber of the St. Louis, Racquet, and Glen Echo Clubs. He is also an enthusiast
on the subject of baseball and golf and takes equal delight in the automobile.
His is a well rounded character, athletic interests, social affairs, political mat-
ters and community interests all having their relative place in his life.
HENRY ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
Henry Alexander Hamilton, a lawyer of St. Louis, his native city, was born
February i, 1877. His father, Alexander Llamilton, a well known coal mer-
chant, has for more than forty years been connected with the Gartside Coal
Company, of which he is now president. The mother bore the maiden name of
Alary Wiegand. Entering the public schools, Henry A. Hamilton passed
through consecutive grades of the grammar and high schools until he completed
his course by graduation from the Central high school, January 27, 1895. He
studied law at the St. Louis Law School, a department of the Washington LTni-
versity, and was graduated in June, 1898, on which occasion he was awarded the
prize for the best thesis submitted during the senior year. Fie has practiced
law continuously in St. Louis since his graduation with the usual experience of
the followers of the profession. He has, however, handled a number of cases
of considerable moment in nisi prius courts, the court of appeals and the state
supreme court. An excellent presence, an earnest manner, marked strength of
character, a thorough grasp of the law and the ability to accurately apply its
principles make him an effective and successful advocate.
Mr. Hamilton gives his political allegiance to the republican party but the
attractions and emoluments of office have never been sufficient to lure him from
professional paths in search of political honor^i>. He is prominent in the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to St. Louis Lodge, No. 5, of which
he is a past grand. He has also been representative to the Grand Lodge of
Missouri and has taken active and prominent part in its deliberations. He
belongs to Wildev Encampment, No. i, I. O. O. F., and at the present writing,
in 1909, is grand high priest of the grand encampment of Missouri. He like-
wise belongs to the Mercantile Club and is interested in its purposes. Of
Protestant Episcopal faith, he is a communicant of Christ Church cathedral and
is activelv connected with the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, a society of that
church. His entire Hfe having been passed in St. Louis, he has a wide acquain-
tance here and is winning recognition by the worth of his work in legal, frater-
nal and church circles.
FERDINAND CAST.
Ferdinand Cast, secretarv of the Independent Breweries Company, was
born in St. Louis, July 31, 1871, a son of August and Alarie (Barthel) Cast.
In the year 1835 the father emigrated from Lippe Detmold to New Orleans,
and thence made his way to St. Louis. He was one of the pioneers in the litho-
graphing business in this city, being the founder of the August Cast Bank Note
& Lithographing Company, about i860. For many years he continued a factor
in this line of business, and after a residence of more than fifty-five years in
America, passed away December 24. 1891. His wife died in July. 1902, sur-
viving him for more than a decade.
Ferdinand Cast attended the German parochial schools to the age of thir-
teen vears. and afterward became a student in the W'alther College, which he
3S4 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
attended for two years. He also spent a similar period in the Smith Academy,
and for one season attended the night session of the Bryant & Stratton Busi-
ness College, so that liberal educational advantages well qualified him for the
practical and responsible duties of life. In 1888 he took up the study of lith-
ography under the direction of his father, with whom he continued until the
father's death in 1892. In that year he entered the Cast Wine Company, of
which his father was the president, becoming through inheritance a stockholder
in that company, and afterward a director and officer. In 1899 the Gast Wine
Company erected a brewery and discontinued the wine business. It
is today one of the branches of the Independent Brew^eries Company. After
the brewery was built Air. Gast served as director, secretary and treasurer until
its consolidation with the independent breweries, when he was elected secretary
of the newly organized company. His business interests have thus constantly
developed in volume and importance, and that he possesses marked executive
ability, excellent powers of organization, and keen discrimination in business
control, is indicated by the responsible position which he now fills.
]\Ir. Gast was married, in jMilwaukee, Wisconsin, in July, 1897, to ]\Iiss
Helen Loeber, whose people came from Germany and settled in this country in
the early '40s. Her father, Christoph Henry Loeber, was a professor of lan-
guages and the president of the Lutheran College of Alilwaukee. His later years
were spent in honorable retirement, and he passed away in Brooklyn, New York.
in ]\Iarch, 1897. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Gast has been blessed with
two sons and a daughter : Walter F.. ten years of age, attending the parochial
school ; Elmer A. H., seven years of age ; and Helen, in her first year. The
family residence is at No. 3621 South Jefferson avenue, where Mr. Cast's father
took up his abode in the '50s. The present residence was erected by the father
the year prior to his death.
Ferdinand Gast has always been interested in athletic sports, and displays
considerable prowess in that line. He belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran
church, and in politics is a pronounced republican, having firm faith in the prin-
ciples of that party as most conducive to good government. He has hardly yet
reached the prime of lil'e, but is widely recognized as a business man of force,
maintainmg discipline in the establishments with which he is connected, thor-
oughly systematizing every iwterest under his control and at the same time
being most just in his treatment of employes and patrons.
THOMAS H. SCOTLAND.
Thomas H. Scotland is one of the best known representatives of insurance
i:i St. Louis, being now secretary of the Citizens' Fire Insurance Company, with
an office in the Pierce building. His name is an index to the place of his nativity,
for he was born in the land of hills and heather, his birth occurring in the
town of Alva, August 25, i860. His father, John Scotland, was the owner of a
woolen mill and throughout his business career engaged in the manufacture of
woolens. He married Aliss Agnes Henderson and died in 1891, while his widow
survived until 1905.
Thomas H. Scotland is indebted to the public-school system of his native
town for the educational privileges he enjoyed, and after leaving school he oc
cupied a clerical position in an office until 1892, when he came to America. He
began his insurance career as clerk and special agent in connection with the in-
surance agency of Knowlcs & Russell, at Albany, New York, and while with that
firm became thoroughly acquainted with the insurance business in all of its de-
partments. His efficiency led to his jjromotion and, leaving Knowles & Russell
in 1894, he w^as mafle examiner in the head office of the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company, there remaining until 1898, when he was elected vice president and
THOMAS H. SCOTI.AND
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386 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
secretary of the Reading Fire Insurance Company, of Reading, Pennsylvania.
There he continued until 1902, when he was made special agent for the Hart-
ford Fire Insurance Company. In 1903 he became general agent for and one of
the directors of the Citizens' Insurance Company in St. Louis and in 1907 was
elected secretary of this company. His business record has been characterized
by that steady advancement which marks him as a man of constantly growing
business power and capability and today, in a position of administrative control,
he is contributing in a substantial measure to the growth of the business which
he represents. He is also a director of the Thistle Realty & Construction Com-
pany.
On the 4th of September, 1888, Mr. Scotland was united in marriage to Miss
Janet Ramsey Hunter, also a native of Alva, Scotland, and a daughter of John
Hunter, a manufacturer of that place. Their residence at No. 1237 North King's
Highway is attractive by reason of its warm-hearted hospitality, which is cor-
dially extended to their many friends.
Mr. Scotland, as the result of his study of the public questions and condi-
tions of the country, now gives loyal support to the republican party. He is a
member of the Presbyterian church and was cordially welcomed into the ranks
of the Mercantile Club and the Caledonian Society of St. Louis, serving at the
present time as vice president of the latter.
HERMAN W. STEINBISS.
If all men looked at labor problems from the practical and humanitarian
standpoint from which Herman W. Steinbiss views them, then the difficulties
betw^een capital and labor would largelv be at rest. He has since 1897 been the
general secretary treasurer of the National Building Trades Council. With a
mind which is largely of a judicial caste, capable of taking an impartial and un-
prejudiced view of a situation, his opinions have been an influencing factor in
many labor difficulties and in molding the policy of labor unions so that terms
have been secured which are alike fair to employer and employe. That Mr.
Steinbiss is a man of keen executive ability and administrative direction is at
once evident, and the honors which have come to him are well merited, for he
has worked his way upward by his own effort.
A native of Aschersleben, Germany, he was born September 4, 1853, of the
marriage of Frederick W'ilhelm and Johanna (Helsinger) Steinbiss, the former
a miner by occupation. The grammar schools of his native city aft'orded Herman
Steinbiss his educational privileges and he passed through successive grades to
his graduation in 1867. While still in the fatherland, he served an apprentice-
ship as fresco painter and came to America in July, 1870. In November fol-
lowing, he enlisted in the regular United States army and was assigned to duty
with Company K of the Thirteenth Infantry, under Captain Arthur McArthur,
Jr. He has been stationed at different times at Fort Fred Steele, Camp Stam-
baugh, Wyoming; Fort Robinson (Red Cloud Agency), Dakota; at Flolly
Springs, and Columbus, Mississippi. He was honorably discharged at the latter
place in October, 1876, on the expiration of his term of enlistment. He after-
ward followed his ];n)fession of fresco painting alternately in Memphis, and
Chicago until ('k-tol)cr, 1877, when his love of military life prompted his reen-
listment in the L'nitcfl States army. Fie became attached as drill master to
Company C at the recruiting rendezvous at Columbus, Ohio, and was later
assigned to Company G of the Sixth United States Infantry under Captain Haw-
kins, stationed at Fort Beaufort, Dakota.
In yXugust, 1878, Mr. Steinbiss secured a furlough and hastened to Flolly
Springs, Mississippi, owing tfj the fact that his wife's ])arents and other relatives
had succumbed to yellow fever. After securing an honorable discharge from
the United States service bv order of the secrctar\- of war, he took charoe of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY. 387
the pottery works which had belonged to his wife's deceased relatives until her
brother-in-law could assume the management. jMr. Steinbiss then again took up
the work of fresco painting, which he followed at different times in Memphis
and St. Louis, locating permanently in the latter city in 1883. He held the
position of president and secretary in both the Journeyman Painters Union, No.
I, and the Fresco Painters Union, No. 23. This was his initial step toward the
position which he is now filling and it was through his association with these
orders that his attention was first fixed upon the work of the labor unions. Giv-
ing close attention and study to conditions existing in trade circle^, there are
few men more thoroughly informed concerning the interests of the labor classes
than Mr. Steinbiss. In 1893 he was elected business agent of the Painters Union
and the following year succeeded in bringing the different factions of painters
together under an executive board and was elected business agent for all the
painters' unions in the city. He furthermore unionized every paint shop in the
city proper during his term of office and at the same time secured the friend-
ship and esteem of employers by his conservative tactics and just methods.
In 1894. as chairman of the organizing committee of the building trades,
Mr. Steinbiss reorganized the Building Trades Council on business lines and was
elected its first salaried secretary and business manager. So successful became
the council that its reputation spread through the traveling members, with the
result that building trades councils were organized on similar lines throughout
the country by correspondence. Encouraged by this signal success, secretary
Steinbiss called a convention of all building trades councils in the United States
for the purpose of forming a national federation of building trades. This con-
vention was held in St. Louis in December, 1897, and resulted in the establish-
ment of the National Building Trades Council, of which he was elected general
secretary treasurer. He still holds the position, having been reelected at each
convention since that time. In August, 1896, he began the publication of the
Weekly Compendium, the name being later changed to the Labor Compendium,
which was adopted as the official organ of the building trades of St. Louis and
at the convention in 1897 became the official organ of the National Building
Trades Council. The paper was changed to ajnonthlv in 1905. The Labor Com-
pendium is recognized as the leading labor paper in the United States in the
advocacy of every public enterprise.
The work that Mr. Steinbiss has done in connection with the labor inter-
ests of the country would alone entitle him to representation in this volume, but
in other lines his work has been of signal benefit to the city. He was one of
the first to advocate at meetings and through the Labor Compendium a fitting
celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and one of
the first of the coterie of members of the [Missouri Historical Society to discuss
its advisability. After the agitation had taken shape, he was elected a member
of the ncnr'nating committee of fifteen for preliminary organization, of the com-
mittee of fifty for preliminary organization, of a committee of ten on design and
form of celebration, of a committee of ten to select a committee of two hundred.
and was then chosen a member of the committee of two hundred and elected a
member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com-
pany for one year. He was next elected to the committee on grounds and build-
ings of that "company and reelected at each election, his present term on the
board expiring in 1911. He was also by agitation, petitions, and so forth, instru-
mental in having the Philips' bill, to create the industrial commission, enacted
into law. Mr. Steinbiss has the distinction, so far as is known, of being the only
foreign-born citizen ever mentioned for the vice presidency of the United States,
being mentioned as running mate to William Randolph Hearst by the Omaha
Western Laborer, which, of course, was at once discontinued when informed by
Mr. Steinbiss that he was ineligible, having been born outside of American ter-
ritory. He is a member of the Missouri Historical Society, the Missouri Press
388 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY.
Association, the American Labor Press Association and president of the Joint
Labor Legislative Board of Alissouri, which he organized on Januar}- 8th, 1907,
and which caused the enactment of more laws in favor of labor at the forty-
fourth general assembly than had ever before been accomplished by previous
sessions. A member of the Legion of Honor of Missouri and for two terms
chancellor of Hyde Park council and a member of the executive board and
also of the National L'nion and the American Union, it will be seen that his
interests and activities have reached many lines and those who know Mr. Stein-
biss and are familiar with his executive power, his keen discrimination and his
unwearied industry, may feel sure that he is never a nonentity in any organi-
zation, but one whose influence is felt as a potent factor in his support of all
that he deems to be progressive and beneficial.
On the 9th of November, 1878, j\Ir. Steinbiss was married at Memphis,
Tennessee, to Miss Mary M. Knabel, a daughter of Martin and Genevieve Knabel,
of Holly Springs, Mississippi, where she was born January 28, 1861. Their
children are : Herman W. Jr. ; Genevieve ]\L, the wife of Frank E. Pernoud ;
and Frederick M., who married Fay Allardt.
The history of Mr. Steinbiss points clearly to the fact that there is no
such a thing as guilt, save in the eyes of the law, but it also proves conclusively
the fact that it is the duty of the strong to stand by and aid the weak and
that in unified, concerted action the best results are obtained, resulting from a
thorough understanding of the questions which cause discussion and dissension.
Opposed to all of the violent measures, which a very few have advocated in
labor difficulties, he stands stanchly for arbitration, working at all times to-
ward that justice which shall never allow the encroachment of one party upon
the rights nor the opportunities of another.
WILLIAM CHAMPE MARSHALL.
Out of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, "History is the
essence of innumerable biographies" ; and Macaulay has said, "The history of a
nation is best told in the lives of its people." It is therefore fitting that the
sketches of eminent and distinguished men should find a place in this volume and
Judge ^Marshall is entitled to prominent mention by reason of his superior at-
tainments in professional lines and the fact that he is a representative of a
family which perhaps more than any other, in its lineal and collateral lines, has
furnished to the nation distinguished legists and jurists.
Judge Marshall was born at Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 13, 1848. He
is descended in direct line from the Rev. William Marshall, who was one of the
first Baptist preachers of America and who was a brother of the father of Chief
Justice John Marshall. His father, Thomas A. Marshall, was a son of Martin
Alarshall and grandson of the Rev. William ^Marshall, was a native of Augusta,
Kentucky, devoted his life to the profession of law and was the author of Smedes
& Marshall's Mississippi Reports. He married Letitia Miller, a native of Louis-
ville, Kentucky.
Judge Marshall acquired his preliminary education at home under the in-
struction of private tutors and afterward attended academies and also the Uni-
versity of Mississippi in the sessions of 1865-6 and 1866-7, completing therein
the work of the freshman and sophomore years. In the fall of the latter year
he matriculated in the University of Virginia as a law student and won his
Bachelor of Law degree by graduation from that institution in the class of June,
1869. He was the "final orator" of the Washington Society at the University
of Virginia in 1869 and soon afterward he entered upon the active practice of
his profession. He had been reared with the expectation and hope of becoming
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 389
a farmer and stock-raiser, but this course was made impossible by the results of
the Civil war and, attracted by the profession in which many of his name had
gained distinction and for which nature seemed to have intended him, Judge
Marshall made preparation for the bar and following his removal to St. Louis on
the 1st of January, 1870, entered at once upon active practice. His legal career
in the intervening years constitutes an important chapter in the history of the
courts. In his practice he soon demonstrated his power in coping with intricate
and involved legal problems, success coming to him as the reward of earnest en-
deavor, fidelity to trust and recognized ability. The greatest characteristic of
his mind is strength, his predominant faculty reason, and the aim of his eloquence
to convince. He was appointed city counselor in April, 1891, and was reap-
pointed in April, 1895, continuing in that position until he resigned on the 7th
of March, 1898. On the 226. of February, 1898, he received appointment to the
bench of the supreme court of Missouri to fill a vacancy caused by the death of
Judge George B. Macfarlane, and on the loth of August of the same year was
nominated for the full term of ten years by the democratic state convention at
Springfield and elected at the general election November 8, 1898. He continued
on the bench for about eight years, or until April 7, 1906, when he resigned.
Two days later he resumed the private practice of law as a member of the firm
of Bond, Marshall & Bond, constituting one of the strongest law firms of the
city. To an understanding of uncommon acuteness and vigor he added a thorough
and conscientious preparatory training, while in his practice he has exemplified
all the higher elements of the truly great lawyer. He is constantly inspired by an
innate, inflexible love of justice and a delicate sense of personal honor which
controls him in all his relations. His diligence and energy in the preparation of
his cases as well as the earnestness, tenacitv and courage with which he defends
the right, as he understands it, challenges the highest admiration of his associates.
He invariably seeks to present his argument in the strong, clear light of reason
and sound logical principles. While on the bench he proved himself the peer of
the ablest men who have presided over the court of last resort. He possesses a
broad-mindedness that enabled him to comprehend the details of a situation
quickly and to correctly apply thereto the points of law.
Judge Marshall's standing in professional circles is indicated by the fact that
he was for fifteen years honored with election to the treasurership of the [Mis-
souri State Bar Association and to the presidency for two years. He also be-
longs to the St. Louis Bar Association. His political allegiance has always been
given to the democracy, but with the exception of the two offices that he has
filled, both in the line of his profession, he has never consented to become a
candidate before the people, regarding the pursuits of private life as abundantly
worthy of his best efforts. In early manhood, interested in the military organi-
zation of the state, he became captain of the Engineer Corps of the National
Guard of Missouri, serving from 1873 until 1875. He was also judge advocate
of the First Regiment of the National Guard for many years and was captain
of Company A of the Third Regiment of the National Guard and Company K
of the First Regiment of the National Guard from 1882 until 1885.
Judge Marshall was married at Vicksburg, Mississippi, December 5, 1876, to
Miss Kate Mortimer Reading, who died January 27, 1908, leaving two daughters :
Katherine Marguerite, called Daisy, and Letitia Love Marshall. Although not
a member of any religious body. Judge Marshall has served as vestryman in the
Mount Calvary Episcopal church of St. Louis and in Grace church in Jeft'erson
City. He believes that every man should be allowed to worship God according
to the dictates of his own conscience and that he should be judged by his life
rather than by his professions. It is by this standard that the world at large
judges, and bv the consensus of public opinion William C. Marshall is accounted
one of the most honorable and honored residents of St. Louis. Fraternally he
is a Master Mason, is also connected with Compton Hill Council of the Legion of
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Honor, with ihe Knights of Pythias and with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a college
fraternity. Forced by the stress of circumstances to enter a field of labor other
than that in which in his youth he expected to spend his days, he has used his
powers, his energies and his opportunities to such good advantage that he has
gained prestige as an eminent lawyer and jurist of ]\Iissouri, his life history,
however, constituting another proof of the fact that it is only through tireless
energy, careful preparation and unfaltering devotion to the interests entrusted
to his care that the member of the bar wins his success.
REV. FRANXIS GILFILLAN.
Rev. Francis Gilfillan, rector in charge of the New Cathedral Chapel at New-
stead and ^laryland avenues, was born in Ireland on the i6th of February, 1872.
In September, 1889, having mastered the branches of a preliminary course, he
entered St. Patrick's College, at Carlow, Ireland, where he remained until June,
1904. He then came to the United States and took a post-graduate course in
the Catholic University at Washington, D. C, where he remained until 1906.
He was ordained to the priesthood, during his course at the university, in St.
Anthony's church in St. Louis, by Archbishop J. J. Kain, June 24, 1905, and
after finishing in the university at Washington he was appointed assistant to
Father J. ^McCaffrey, pastor of the New Cathedral parish. Father McCaffrey
being the first rector of this parish. Father Gilfillan remained in the parish up
to his appointment as pastor of the New Cathedral Chapel, this appointment being
made in February, 1907. He is a director of Kenrick Seminary board, a mem-
ber of the board of examiners of the clergy and a member of the commission on
theological conferences.
ADAM WEBER.
Spending his entire life in St. Louis, Adam Weber had many friends who
knew him from his boyhood days to the day of his death and who knew
him to be a man of commendable purpose and upright life, who enjoyed
in full measure the confidence and good will of those with whom he came in
contact. He was born and reared in St. Louis. His father, who also bore the
name of Adam Weber, arrived here at a very early day, coming from Germany,
and throughout the remainder of his life continued a resident of this city. While
spending his boyhood days in his father's home, Adam Weber of this review ac-
quired his education as a pupil in the schools of this city. He was well known
in connection with official service here, being for twenty-five years a clerk in the
registry department of the postoffice. He was always accurate, systematic and
methodical in his work there, and his faithfulness won him the unqualified re-
gard of the different postmasters under whom he served and of his fellow asso-
ciates in the service. He resigned about 1892 and turned his attention to the
real-estate business. In this he met with good success, making it his purpose to
become thoroughly acquainted with values and with the property that was upon
the market. He w-as thus able to serve his clients well, to give them information
concerning the property which they wished to purchase, or advise them as to
sales. He negotiated a number of important realty transfers and did a prosper-
ous business as a representative of real-estate interests here.
At the time of the Civil war Mr. Weber served with the Home Guard. He
was a loyal defender of the Union cause and at all times was progressive in his
citizenship and patriotic in his devotion to the welfare of the country. His po-
litical allegiance was given to the republican ])artv and he always took an active
REV. FRANCIS GILFILLAX
392 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
interest in politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the
success of the party, although he never held an elective office.
Air. \\'eber was united in marriage to Aliss Josephine Soderer, a native of
St. Louis, and a daughter of Alois Soderer, of whom mention is made elsewhere
in this volume. They became the parents of three daughters, who are yet living :
Mrs. Charles Elhs ; Mrs. Joseph T. Avery; and Alice, the wife of H. M. Beck-
man. The death of the husband and father occurred on the ist of September.
1906, when he was sixty-three years of age. He was always active in the aflairs
of the city relating to substantial progress and improvement and always had
great faith in St. Louis and her future. He believed in justice, truth, progress
and improvement and thereby advocated and labored for those things which are
beneficial to the city and the individual. His life was therefore commendable
and many who knew him felt that something of value was taken from their
lives when death withdrew his friendship from them. He was a member of
Anchor Lodge, Xo. 443, A. F. & A. M., and was laid to rest in Bellefontaine
cemetery under the auspices of that order, the funeral sermon being delivered b>
the Rev. Dr. AI. Luccock, pastor of the L'nion Methodist Episcopal church.
THEODORE CARL LINK.
A list of the prominent buildings with which Theodore Carl Link has been
connected at once indicates his rating as an architect. He stands among the dis-
tinguished members of the profession in the middle west and his ability has
gained him recognition, not only throughout the entire country but also in for-
eign lands, in which he has been elected to membership in societies drawing their
membership from among eminent architects. In this profession advancement de-
pends upon individual merit and skill and the calling is one in which wealth or
influence availeth little or naught. The talent must be an inherent factor in the
individual and its development must come through comprehensive and thorough
study and broad experience.
Mr. Link is a native of Germany, his birth having occurred in Wimpfen on
the 17th of Alarch, 1850. He pursued academic branches of study in Heidelberg,
London and Paris between the years of 1864 and 1869. Coming to America in
1870, he has since followed his profession and his constantly expanding powers
and continually increasing ability have gained him distinction that ranks him with
the foremost representatives of the profession in this country. While his opera-
tions have naturally been largely confined to the district of his residence, he has
yet erected important structures elsewhere than in St. Louis. Many of the nota-
ble buildings of this city, however, stand as monuments to his enterprise and su-
perior skill. He won the first prize in the competition for the St. Louis LInion
station, the largest terminal station in the world, which was completed from his
plans and under his supervision. He was consulting architect for the St. Louis
City Hall, architect of the Mississippi State House, the Wabash terminals at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, St. Luke's Hospital, the Carleton building, the Mines &
Metallurgy at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and many churches and pub-
lic buildings in St. Louis anfl vicinity.
Mr. Link was also a member of the commission of architects for the Lou-
isiana Purchase Exposition in this city in 1904. He is vice president of the St.
Louis Artists Guild, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and vice
])resident of the St. Louis chapter of that organization ; president of the Mis-
souri State Society of Architects, member of the New York Architectural League
and corresponding member of the Vienna Society of Architects. He likewise
holds membership with the Archaeological Institute of America, the American
;\ssociation for the Advancement of Science, the Civic League and the St. Louis
Club.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 393
In 1876 Air. Link was married to Miss Annie C. Fuller, of Detroit, and they
have three sons: Karl Eugene, Edwin Gary, and Clarence Vincent. The family
home is at No. 628 North Spring avenue and Mr. Link maintains his office in the
Carleton building. He finds his recreation in agricultural pursuits and outdoor
life, nature finding in him an enthusiastic admirer. A constantly growing busi-
ness, however, makes heavy demands upon his time, for through successive stages
of development Mr. Link has long since left the ranks of the many and stands
among the successful few.
ALOYS MENNE.
Aloys Menne, worthy of trust and confidence, was respected wherever he
was known, and most of all where he was best known. For fifty-six years he
was a representative of merchandising in St. Louis and when he passed away on
the 1 2th of October, 1908, was one of the oldest furniture dealers of the city. He
was born in Westphalia, Germany, his natal day being June i, 1829. His parents
were Franz and Anna Marie Menne, representatives of old German families.
The father was a cabinetmaker by trade, and died in 1829 when his son, Aloys,
was but eight days old. On reaching the age of six years the boy was sent to
the public schools, where he pursued his studies to the age of fourteen, and
then on putting aside his text-books he began learning the cabinetmaker's trade,
which he followed for two and a half years as an apprentice. He afterward
started for Elberfeld, where he worked as a journeyman in the cabinetmaking
trade for two years, and in his twentieth year he was drafted for service in the
Prussian army and rendered military aid to his country for two and a half years.
Soon after the close of his experience as a soldier he came to the new world,
securing passage on a sailing vessel which weighed anchor at Bremen, and after
a long and tedious voyage of eleven and a half weeks reached the harbor of
New Orleans.
Mr. Menne had no capital, but he possessed determination and resolute
spirit, and resolved that he would attain success if it could be secured by per-
sistent and straightforward effort. He spent three months in New Orleans, and
a similar period in Mobile, Alabama, after which he came up the river,^ reaching
St. Louis after a ten days' trip on the Mississippi. Following his arrival here
he was employed in various places until he felt that his experience and his cap-
ital justified him in engaging in business on his own account. He then formed a
partnership with John Dreier for the purpose of manufacturing wardrobes and
other articles of furniture for sale to the furniture stores of the city. They be-
gan business on a small scale, their workshop being located at Sixteenth and
Chestnut streets. After two years, however, they ceased that class of work, at
which time their shop was located on Thirteenth street. At that date they
rented a store on Market between Eighth and Ninth streets, where they re-
mained for two years and then removed to Nos. 802-804 jMarket street, buying
up several leases and putting the buildings into shape for the conduct of a retail
furniture business and for the manufacture of furniture as well, for they con-
tinued to do a cabinetmaking business. In 1869 they removed from that location
and purchased the premises where the business is still conducted.
In 1865 Mr. Dreier died, at which time Mr. Menne purchased his interest
and conducted the business a;lone for some years, after which he admitted his
son into a partnership. This relation was maintained until the death of Aloys
Menne, and as the years passed he developed a business of large and profitable
proportions. His store was thirty by one hundred and thirty-six feet, with a
warehouse adjacent, connected by a bridge. The main building is four stories in
height, with basement, and in addition to the warehouse there are extensive sta-
394 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
bles. two stories in height. Air. ]\Ienne began the erection of the building
more than a half century ago, and gradually enlarged it to its present dimensions.
He handled all classes of house furniture, including carpets, rugs and tapestry,
and the business is still conducted by his son. His trade gradually increased with
the growth of the city and his prosperity was due nonetheless to the excellent
line of goods which he carried, and to the straightforward business policy which
he ever pursued. His patrons always knew that they would receive fair treat-
ment at his hands, and that he was just and equitable in all of his relations with
those in his employ is indicated by the fact that when he passed away his death
was deeply deplored by several employes who had entered his service when the
store was opened, and had remained with him continuously until his life's labors
were ended. His word was as good as any bond solemnized by signature or seal,
and his commercial integrity would stand the severest test.
In 1861 ]\Ir. Alenne was married in St. Louis to Miss Mary Meier, who died
]\Iav 3, 1887. They were the parents of two sons and a daughter, but one of the
sons, Henry A., died June 7, 1890. The surviving son, Otto J. Menne, was edu-
cated in the public schools and in a business college, and became salesman in
his father's establishment, succeeding him in the ownership and conduct of the
business. The daughter, Laura, is the wife of Professor Robert Kissack, who is
principal of the manual training school, a department of the Yeatman high school.
In 1890 Mr. Menne erected a magnificent mansion at No. 4387 West Pine boule-
vard, and there maintained his residence throughout his remaining days. For a
number of years he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was in hearty
sympathy wnth the fraternal spirit upon which the order is based. In politics
he was independent, regarding the capability of the candidate rather than his
party affiliations. He was ever most loyal to the interests of his country, how-
ever, and at the time of the Civil war was a volunteer in the Home Guards. He
was afterward drafted for service and had an encounter with the bushwhackers
at Fulton, Alissouri. Matters relating to the welfare of his city always received
his earnest championship, and he cooperated in many movements for the general
good. Socially he was prominent, especially among the German-American resi-
dents, and was highly esteemed, moreover, in the business world by the native-
born sons of this country, as well as by those of foreign birth. Although reared
in the faith of the Catholic church, he attended the Episcopal church in St. Louis,
and was laid to rest in Bellefontaine cemetery, the Rev. A. A. B. Bennington
of the Church of the Ascension officiating. He was seventy-nine years of age
when called to the home beyond, and his death closed a life record that was at
all times in harmonv with high and honorable principles.
F. ERNEST CRAMER.
F. Ernest Cramer, vice president and treasurer of the G. Cramer Dry Plate
Company, is active in the control of an extensive and important productive in-
dustry, and moreover is prominently known because of his public-spirited citi-
zenship and his efifective efforts for the upbuilding of St. Louis. Born here on
the 6th of July, 1870, he has come into prominence by his enthusiastic zeal for a
greater St. Louis and in this regard he might be termed a practical theorist,
for while he works toward high ideals, he is never visionary in the methods he
employs for their accomplishment.
His parents were Gustav and Mathilde Cramer, the former now president
of the G. Cramer Dry J Mate Company. He was born in Eshwege, Germany, and
arrived in St. Louis in 1859. He was a representative of one of the old families
of the fatherland and after coming to the new world he served for three months
as a member of the volunteer army in dcvfense of the Union during the Civil war.
F. E. CRAMER
396 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
F. Ernest Cramer was a pupil in the public schools of St. Louis from 1878
until 1880 and in the latter year entered the Educational Institute, a private
school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. The following year
he attended Washington University and after the completion of his course there
in 1887 l^e spent the scholastic year of 1887-8 in the St. Louis Law School.
While he has never engaged in the active practice of law, his knowledge thereof
has been a valuable element in his business career. In 1888 he took up the studv
of photography, in which he continued until May, 1889, and since that time has
been associated with his father in business in the manufacturing of dry plates
and photographic supplies. Having thoroughly acquainted himself with the trade,
in September, 1890, he became manager of the G. Cramer Dry Plate Works and
when the business was incorporated under the style of the G. Cramer Dry Plate
Company he was chosen vice president and treasurer and has so continued to the
present time. The house has become one of the well-known productive industries
of the city, with large and increasing trade relations, due to the excellence of a
product which is manufactured in accordance with the most modern and improved
processes.
On the 31st of July, 1901, in San Francisco, California, Mr. Cramer w'as
united in marriage to Miss Angela Le Prohn. His political endorsement is given
to the republican party, but while never particularly active in political circles,
he is zealous and untiring in his efforts to advance the city's welfare, and in
official and unofficial capacities has done much along that line. He was president
of the Latin- American & Foreign Trade Association in 1904 and 1905 and since
the latter year has been a member of the city council, exercising his official pre-
rogatives in behalf of man}^ measures of municipal value. He is also serving on
the executive committee of the Million Population Club, and many tangible evi-
dences of his devotion to the citv's welfare are cited.
GEORGE W. GALBREATH.
George ^^^ Galbreath, cashier of the Third National Bank, was born July 31,
1 86 1, at Georgetown, Ohio. His parents were Washington Tweed and Nancy
(McClainj Galbreath, the former a banker at Ripley, Ohio, for forty years and
a leading and influential resident there. The son pursued his education in the
public schools of Ripley, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation
from the high school in 1879. The same year he became a resident of Sedalia,
^lissouri, where he was engaged in merchandising and in banking until 1892.
In the meantime he had become widely known through his business connections
and in the latter year received the appointment as national bank examiner for
the three reserve cities in Missouri — St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph. He
was possibly the youngest man receiving appointment as examiner up to that
time. He filled the office from July, 1892, until 1896 and during the widespread
financial panic of 1893 was in control of several of the banks that had failed as
examiner in charge and temporary receiver. He had charge of the National
Bank of Kansas City July 12, 1893, closing its doors for ninety days. It was
the largest bank that was forced to suspend payment during the panic of that
year. His aj^pointment as national examiner was made under the republican ad-
ministration of President Harrison, but held over under the democratic comp-
troller of currency, James H. Eckels. On the ist of March, 1896, he resigned to
accept the cashiership of the Third National Bank of St. Louis and has been
a director and cashier of the institution for the past twelve years. His compre-
hensive knowledge of banking, his broad experience in active work of the insti-
tutions and as bank examiner all qualified him in large measure for the duties
of his present position and since entering the bank he has been a forceful factor
in its success and jjromotion.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 397
Mr. Galbreath was married in Sedalia, Missouri, in 1884, to Aliss Lucie
Markley Newkirk, a daughter of one of the oldest pioneer business men of Pettis
county. Three children have been born of this union, Ida Belle, Marguerite and
Donald. Mr. Galbreath belongs to the St. Louis Racquet Club and to the Glen
Echo Country Club. His entire life work has been in banking lines and in this
connection he has gained a wide recognition, being regarded as one of the ablest
representatives of the moneyed interests in the city.
THEODORE BENOIST.
Theodore Benoist, well known in social and financial circles of the city, where
his birth occurred in 1861, is a representative of one of its oldest and most dis-
tinguished families, the ancestral history being given in connection with the sketch
of Conde L. Benoist on another page of this volume. His parents were Louis
Auguste and Sarah E. (Wilson) Benoist, whose family numbered nine children,
Theodore being the fourth in order of birth. Liberally educated, he attended the
St. Louis University, continued his education in Georgetown University, at Wash-
ington, D. C, and afterward went abroad, studying at Stoneyhurst College, at
Stonehurst, England. He returned to take the management of the estate in-
herited from his father, and in a position requiring administrative direction and
executive force has proven that his business talents are well developed. He
gives personal supervision to the placing of his investments, is cognizant of the
income derived from each of his holdings and is therefore watchful that his in-
terests are increasing and not decreasing.
In January, 1887, Theodore Benoist married Miss Mary E. Hunt, a daugh-
ter of Charles Lucas Hunt. Their children, seven in number, are Charles,
Miriam, John Hunt, Anna Wright, Theodore, Jr., Wilson and Francois. Mr.
Benoist is a member of the St. Louis, Country and Racquet Clubs.
CHARLES C. CRONE.
Charles C. Crone, who for more than a quarter of a century has been actively
engaged in the real-estate business in St. Louis, where he is considered an ex-
pert in values, was born in North St. Louis, March 12, 1851. His parents were
Christopher and Elizabeth Crone, early settlers of North St. Louis, taking up their
abode there when the city limits did not extend west of Fourth street. The father
established a grocery store and later conducted an omnibus line running from
Salisbury street to Third and Olive streets. He likewise organized the Maguire
Market Company and was one of the promoters of the Bremen Savings Bank.
His resourceful business abilitv enabled him to recognize and utilize opportuni-
ties and in his business career he made gradual advancement along the line of
intense and well directed activity until his success warranted his classification
with the prosperous residents of St. Louis.
Charles C. Crone was a student in the public and parochial schools of North
St. Louis and received his business training in Jones Commercial College. After
leaving school he engaged in the hardware trade in the employ of others and sub-
sequently secured a clerkship in the Bremen Savings Bank, the presidency of
which was occupied by 5larshall Brotherton, who later was succeeded by Chris-
topher Crone, father of our subject. After several years' connection with the
bank, Charles Crone embarked in the real-estate business, opening an office within
a block of his birthplace. There he is still located and in the intervening years
he has been an active participant in all the important improvements in North St.
Louis. In his business connection he has been associated with the ^lerchants
398 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Bridge, the St. Louis Transfer Railroad, now the Wiggins Ferry property, the
reconstruction of Broadway and was also active in the effort to locate the World's
Fair in the north end as president of the North St. Louis Citizens Association.
He was also active in the Free Bridge movement and in obtaining the franchise
for the McKinley system, crossing the river at the north end. Fully understand-
ing property values, being thoroughly conversant with all realty, as to its owner-
ship and possibilities of sale, and actuated in much that he does by marked de-
votion to the public good, he has labored in connection with many movements,
which have proven very beneficial in the city's upbuilding. At the same time he
has carefully controlled his individual business interests and has gained prosperity
thereby. For over a quarter of a century he has been activelv engaged in real-
estate operations and is an expert valuator of real estate, both in the city and
county of St. Louis. He belongs to both the Real Estate Exchange and the
Merchants Exchange and in these connections cooperates with other leading busi-
ness men of St. Louis in an effort to promote the welfare and upbuilding of the
city along substantial lines. On the 14th of October, 1875, Mr. Crone was mar-
ried in North St. Louis to Miss Wilma K. Kupferle and they have a daughter,
Estella Crone, now Mrs. A. F. Koetter, and a son, Edward C. Crone. Since
1883 ^^^- Crone has been connected with Masonry and is one of the exemplary
members, closely following the teachings of the craft in his recognition of the
brotherhood of mankind and the spirit of universal helpfulness which should pre-
vail. He is well known as one who has made no backward steps in his career, but
has continually advanced toward the goal of prosperity, correctly valuing each
opportunity and using each passing moment to the best advantage.
HENRY MENZENWERTH.
Henry Menzenwerth, general superintendent of the Auheuser-Busch Brew-
mg Association, was born September 2^, 1862, in Washington, Missouri. He is
of German lineage, his grandparents having come to America from Westphalia,
Germany, while the ancestry is traced back through several centuries to the early
development of German civilization. The father, Frederick Menzenwerth, is
still a resident of Washington, Missouri. He was for many years connected with
a brewery at Washington, but becoming financially independent and feeling that
he had done his part in the commercial world, he decided a few years ago to re-
tire and enjoy the fruits of his labor.
Henry Menzenwerth was graduated from the public schools of Washington,
Missouri, and after leaving school at the age of fifteen years he connected him-
self with the Washington brewery with the firm resolve to thoroughly master the
processes of manufacture and the methods of conducting the business. After
four years with that concern he came to St. Louis and sought employment with
the Anheuser-Pjusch Brewing Association. He started in here in a humble ca-
pacity, but has gradually worked his way upward from one position to another
until he now holds a place of large responsibility in connection with this world
renowned concern, being general superintendent of the entire brewerv, so that
its success flepends largely upon his knowledf^e and capable management. He
is likewise a director of the South Side Bank.
On the nth of November, 1891, in St. Louis, Mr. Menzenwerth was mar-
ried to Miss Emelia Bergman, whose parents were well known in St. Louis twen-
ty-five years ago. The mother is still living here, hale and hearty at the age of
seventy-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Menzenwerth are the parents of a son and
daughter: Henry, who was born December 5, 1892, and is attending school; and
Emelia, born January i, 1900, also in school.
Mr. Menzenwerth is a member oi the Liederkranz Society, of the Apollo
Club, the Western Rfjwing Club, the Concordia Turn Vercin and the South St.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 399
Louis Saengerbund. He is very fond of hunting and fishing and whenever the
opportunity presents itself enjoys those sports. He is also fond of travel and
has made several extended tours through this country. He is likewise a great
lover of fine horses and has always kept several specimens of the noble steed
and at present he is also an enthusiastic devotee of the automobile. He is well
known in business and social circles, being a general favorite wherever he is
found and he has the warm friendship of the employes who serve under him, as
well as of those whom he meets in social relations.
COLIN McRAE SELPH.
Colin McRae Selph, known as a valued member of the St. Louis bar, is also
recognized as a forceful factor in democratic circles and as a citizen whose ef-
forts in behalf of St. Louis have been far-reaching and beneficial. Tangible evi-
dence of his interest in the city was manifest in his efforts to secure in the legis-
lature the passage of a bill for a free bridge across the river. In many other ways
he has also demonstrated his keen interest in all that pertains to the city's growth
and substantial development.
Mr. Selph was born at Richmond. Virginia, July i6, 1864, a son of Colin
McRae and Elizabeth M. (Dimitry) Selph. The father, well known as a lawyer,
was formerlv a member of the Confederate army, serving as major on the staff of
General Taylor. The mother was a daughter of Alexander Dimitry, minister
to Nicaragua from i860 until 1862. Air. Selph of this review is a lineal descend-
ant in the seventh generation of General John Smith of Virginia and a great-
grandson of Robert Mills, of Washington, D. C, and supervising architect of
the treasury department in i860 and designer of the Washington monument. His
maternal grandfather was Professor Alexander Dimitry, member of the faculty
of Georgetown College from 1858 until i860 and then L'nited States minister to
Guatemala. The paternal grandfather, Archibald Selph, was a pioneer Scotch-
man of Hansboro, Mississippi.
Colin McRae Selph, reared under the parental roof, left school at the age
of sixteen years to begin earning his own livelihood. He is a graduate of Lushers
Academy of New Orleans, Louisiana, and studied law in Tulane University, but
in the meantime he had begun providing for his own livelihood as an apprentice
in a blacksmith shop. In three months he was promoted to the position of ship-
ping clerk but his taste was for journalism and he entered that field as press
feeder and in connection with newspaper publication rose to various positions of
responsibilitv and prominence. His residence in St. Louis dates from 1886, in
which year he became clerk for Philip Roeder. a bookseller. He was afterward
in the employ of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for twelve years and published the
official journal of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition from 1900 until 1904. It
was known as the World's Fair Bulletin.
Since 1905 Mr. Selph has engaged continuously in the practice of law.
While devoted to his profession in the interests of those whom he represents as
a counselor, he has also found opportunitv to cooperate in many measures aff'ect-
ing the general welfare of the city and Alissouri. In his youth he was a mem-
ber of the famous Washington Artillery of New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1903
he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature of Missouri, where
he served until 1905. He became a member of the joint free bridge committee
and was chairman of the free bridge campaign committee and assisted in the pas-
sage of charter amendments for a free bridge. He has given no better proof of
his ardor and enthusiastic devotion to the welfare of his city and her people
than in his successful conduct of the negotiations of the Olive Street Bank fail-
ure, whereby his great executive ability and his knowledge of the law was demon-
strated by virtue of the payment, finally, to the Olive Street Bank depositors in
400 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
full through the merger with the Grand Avenue Bank. Had not Air. Selph, as
president of the Depositors Association, aggressively pursued his policy of "dol-
lar for dollar for depositors" at all costs a receiver would have been appointed
and the depositors, after a long and tedious wait, would have probably received
forty or titty per cent of their deposits. He knew what might be done through
the lerms of the law, he recognized also the justice of the case, and reasoned
that the bank should give full due to those who had entrusted their means to its
keeping. As a member of many civic associations he has also been among the
foremost in the support of any movement that has benefited the people, and the
unselfishness of his motives has never been called into question. In his public
work, as in his practice, he possesses wisdom and intelligence ; he is ceaseless in
his energy and is keen and convincing in his debate. He gives unfaltering alle-
giance to the democracy, believing that its principles will best conserve the pub-
lic welfare, and that he is prominent in its ranks is indicated by the fact that he
served as president of the St. Louis Democratic Club, an aggressive political
organization of much potentiality, for more than three terms. He is also a mem-
ber of the Million Population Club, in which he has served on the executive com-
mittee, and is a member of the Alanufacturers Association of St. Louis. What-
ever tends to promote public progress along political, social, intellectual, moral
or material lines receives his endorsement and his efforts have been of a practical
nature that have been followed by results. He belongs to the Virginia Society
and many other societies.
On the 13th of September, 1901, Mr. Selph was married to Miss Mary
Helen Witbeck, of Salt Lake City, Utah. They have one child, Colin M. Selph,
the third, now five years of age. The old motto of the Selph family, 'T serve
those who need help," seems to be the guide of Mr. Selph of this review. One
who knows him well said, "Mr. Selph has been to me well known for many
years as a superb living dynamo surcharged with the irrepressible determination
and vital force which has ever been the distinguishing characteristic of his rug-
ged Scotch-Irish ancestry. While I know him to be a stranger to vice, I admire
him for his sworn antagonism to puritanical cant.'" He finds his greatest happi-
ness in doing for others, has a nature too true to hold enmity or malice toward
another and holds friendship inviolable. He is entirely free from ostentation
or display, nor is there about him the least shadow of mock modesty. He has
learned to value life, its contacts and experiences correctly, to make the best use
of his opportunities and to aid wherever he can a fellow traveler on life's journey.
GEORGE C. DISCHERT.
George C. Dischert, starting life empty-handed, is now the proprietor of a
profitable carriage manufacturing business. He was born in Hesse-Cassel, Ger-
many, July 19, 1870, and is a son of Henry and Catherine Dischert, who in
1872 immigrated to this country. The father had followed the occupation of
farming in his native land, but after coming to America was confidential man
in the Linseed Oil Department of the St. Louis Lead & Oil Company, which has
since become a part of the trust.
George C. Dischert was but two years of age when brought to St. Louis
and has always remained a resident of this city. At the usual age he was sent
to the public schools, where he continued his education to the age of thirteen
years, and since that time he has been one of the world's workers, his energy and
determination constituting the rounds of the ladder on which he has climbed to
success. He served an apprenticeship at the carriage building trade with his
brother at 1400 North Seventh street, who began business on his own account,
remaining at that location for six months. In order to have more commodious
quarters, a removal was made to Ninth and Howard streets, where the business
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402 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
was conducted for two years. Its continued growth necessitated still larger quar-
ters and for three years they were located at Seventh and Howard streets. From
that place a removal was made to No. 818-820 North Eighth street and for
eleven years Air. Dischert remained with his brother at that place. He then
started upon an independent business venture at No. 10 15 Morgan street, where
he continued for a year and a half, when the increase of his business demanded
better facilities and he established his plant at Nos. loii and 1013 North Eleventh
street. He leased that place for three years, but after two and a half years he
found that it was too small for his growing business and he is now at No. 915
and 917 A\"ash street, where he employs on an average of twelve men. In analyz-
ing his life work it is found that he has never been afraid of earnest, unremitting
labor, and realizing that there is no royal road to wealth, he has continued his
efforts in the legitimate lines of trade, his labors directed by intelligence and
sound judgment, until now he is at the head of a profitable and constantly in-
creasing business. :
In June, 1900, J\Ir. Dischert was united in marriage to Miss Rose Gieselman
and unto them have been born two children, Milton and Richard. ' The family
occupies a handsome residence in Jennings. In his political views Mr. Dischert
is a republican, giving stalwart support to the party since age conferred upon him
the right of franchise. He belongs to the German Evangelical Protestant church
and from early in his business career the only diversion which he allowed him-
self was his participation in the church work as a member of the choir. Pos-
sessing a fine tenor voice, his services were always in demand in this connection,
but his removal to the suburbs caused him to leave the choir. His example well
indicates what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do. His
success is attributable largely to the fact that he has always continued in the same
line in which he embarked. He became a thorough master of the business in all
of its departments, working for seven years in the employ of his brother. He
was receiving a wage of sixty-five dollars per month in the last year with his
brother and had saved a capital of but two hundred dollars when he started
in business on his own account. Gradually, however, he has extended the scope
of his activities and is today conducting a business which is proving a profitable
investment.
REV. MANLY J. BREAKER, D.D.
The Baptist church in Alissouri, and especially the department of home and
foreign missions, has suft'ered no greater loss in years than that which came in
the death of Rev. Manly J. Breaker. But he leaves behind a memory which, for
its inspirational influence, will be for years to come a force in the work of the
church. To know him was to honor and esteem him, and association with him
for any length of time resulted in a desire for the better things of life on the
part of his companions, a desire that often found fruition in good works.
Born in North Carolina, March 9, 1850, he was a son of Rev. J. M. C.
Breaker, D.D. The father was a native of South Carolina and wedded Miss
Juhan, of that state, whose people were very active advocates of the colonial
cause in the Revolutionary war. Her mother was a Miss Hornby, of Hornby
castle, England. Her father sank three vessels in Charleston bay during the war
for independence and was given large tracts of land in South Carolina in recogni-
tion of the valuable service which he rendered. The Rev. J. M. C. Breaker came
to Missouri in the middle portion of the nineteenth century, was the founder of
the Lafayette Park church of St. Louis, and was closely associated with the work
of his denomination here for a number of years.
Rev. M. J. Breaker spent the first eighteen years of his life in the south,
being a student at Wolford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and after at-
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tending Washington University for a time, entered William Jewell College, and
here graduated in several of the schools of that institution. Subsequently he be-
came a student in Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Greenville, South
Carolina, and was in the last class graduated before the removal of the seminary
to Louisville.
Rev. Breaker came to Missouri in 1868, stopping first at St. Louis, and after
his graduation he returned to this state and accepted a call from the Baptist
church at Glasgow. In connection with his pastorate there he presided over
Mount Pleasant College at Huntsville as president, and also preached for the
church at that place. Subsequently he accepted the pastorates at Fayette, Mar-
shall. Moberly and Independence, Missouri, in which places he was known as a
thorough student and able preacher and an advocate of missions. The latter
branch of the work in due course of time claimed his entire attention.
Missouri is a border state not only politically but in its religious interests as
well, some churches and individuals considering themselves as belonging to the
north and others to the south, and for a long time the state was worked by the
missionary societies of both sections. In the sagacious mind of Manlv J. Breaker
the solution of the difficulty was thought out, and the "Missouri plan" came into
being, by the operation of which the mission work was placed under the super-
vision of a state board of home and foreign missions, through which money is
collected and distributed to various organizations as specified, the national so-
cieties having no direct dealings with the churches of the state. In 1896
Dr. Breaker was elected corresponding secretary of the board, and in 1901 he
entered into formal relations with the Missionary Union as secretary of the
union for the special district of Missouri. Not only did he bring the churches
of the state into harmonious relations with one another, systematizing the col-
lection of missionary funds and developing the interests of the north and south,
of home and foreign missions, but he more than quadrupled the annual gifts for
the work of the missionary societies. Certain great qualities insured his success.
He had the power of initiative to a remarkable degree. He was a born
organizer, fearless, devoted with his whole heart to the cause of missions. With
rare devotion he threw himself into this underfaking and gave it his life. From
the beginning he carried on a campaign of education, which was a marvel of
intelligence, devotion and hard work. From what seemed an inexhaustible store
of missionary information, he preached and pleaded missions in every corner of
the state, and the results were seen in a constantly growing contribution to this
department of the church work. He was the author of a number of works,
notable among which is The Blessed Dead.
Those who knew Dr. Breaker will never forget his kindly spirit, his warm-
hearted sympathy and his helpful purpose. These traits of character were every-
where manifest, but most of all in his own home. He was married in South
Carolina to Miss Eleanor Long, and thev have one son, George Juhan, who is
attending William Jewell College.
Death came to Dr. Breaker very suddenly, for after an illness of less than
twenty- four hours he passed away October i, 1908. Perhaps no better summary
of his life work can be given than by quoting from the tribute to his memory by
those who were his associates in much of his life work. H. E. Tralle said : "He
was a man of broadest sympathies. There was in him no narrowness, no section-
alism, no unfairness and no littleness. He was a man of truest culture. He was
an earnest and industrious student to the very last. His scholarship was always
reverent while his information was surprising in its breadth and accuracy. His
life was controlled by his convictions of duty. There was nothing negative in
his character, and his religion was of the positive, virile, aggressive type." E.
W. Stephens said of him: "He was a loyal and unflinching friend. He could
be counted on, present or absent. He was that rare, but priceless treasure, a
true man. No difiference of opinion, however acute, no separation by time or
space, no prosperity or adversity could alienate his friendship or cool the ardor
404 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of his devotion. He was courageous almost to a fault. By tongue and pen he
was an outspoken and persistent defender of his convictions. His resourceful-
ness was remarkable. Rarely did any one oppose him who was not discomfited
in the contest. In neither secular nor religious life have I known any man who
possessed higher capacity for taking care of himself or concerning whom his
friends felt less anxiety in time of controversy. While his aggressive methods
provoked opposition and made him the target of attack and criticism. I have
never known a more forgiving nature, a sweeter spirit. He cherished malice
to no man. He was well named '^fanly.' It typified his character. He forgave
as well as fought. He did both splendidly. He was of heroic mould. He was the
embodiment of Christian chivalry. As much as any man I ever knew" he lived
the full life. His sense of duty was as high as heaven and as broad as the
human race. He was the very incarnation of the spirit of missions. His soul
was aflame with the love and for the salvation of all men. To this end he con-
secrated his life with an industry and persistence that was to the last degree stren-
uous. To it he sacrificed his life, for his physical energies at last succumbed to
the strain. He died a martyr to duty. Not the cause of missions alone, but that
of education, the institutions for the orphans and the afflicted, women's work,
every movement fostered by our denomination and for the good of men, has lost
a stalwart and faithful friend.''
MORRIS HEZEL.
Morris Hezel, who for more than a half century was a resident of St. Louis,
was of European birth, his natal year being 1837. He had acquired a good col-
lege education ere his arrival in St. Louis in 185 1, when thirteen years of age.
Here he entered the employ of Mr. Cabanne, remaining in his service for several
years, after which he worked for a time in the grocery store of David Nichol-
son. In connection with his brothers, John and Charles, he then invested the
capital which he had saved from his earnings in the Woodland Dairy, located on
what is now Lewis Place. They had six hundred cows and conducted an ex-
tensive dairy business, controlling the best trade of the city, supplying the hotels
and also furnishing all of the milk and cream used by the boats on the river.
They also conducted a grocery store at Elm and Broadway. After successfully
conducting the dairy for some time, Morris Hezel sold the business to Charles
Cabanne. Later he joined his brother Charles in organizing the East St. Louis
^lining Company and although their plant was destroyed during the cyclone, they
at once rebuilt and conducted a very extensive business, in which Mr. Hezel
continued up to the time of his demise. The pjant was equipped with the latest
improved machinery and the product of the mills was of such excellence and
quality as to insure a ready and profitable sale on the market. As he prospered
he made judicious investments in real estate, owning considerable city property.
He also bought a tract of fifty acres adjoining the city, which his family has re-
cently sold. When but twenty-two years of age he was considered one of the
leading business men of St. Louis and his advice and counsel were often sought
by many men much older than he.
In Belleville, Illinois, in 1863, Mr. Hezel was married to Miss Mary Bauer
and unto them were born six children : Walter M. ; Clara ; Nellie, who married
Arthur Brockman ; Augusta, the wife of Dr. E. A. Welke ; Emma, who is the wife
of Alfred Russell; and Ella. The family residence was erected by Air. Hezel
about twenty-two years ago.
He was a gentleman of domestic tastes, finding his greatest interest at his
own fireside, yet was also a valued member of the Union Club. He was reared in
the Catholic church and although he did not affiliate with the church in later
years, his entire life was actuated by high and honorable principles that do not
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 405
need to have their basis in sectarianism, but should be the birthright and prac-
tice of every individual. Passing away on the 23d of April, 1903, at the age of
sixty-six years, St. Louis was thus deprived of a representative citizen, his asso-
ciates a faithful friend and his familv a devoted husband and father.
GEORGE WILLIAM STRODTMAN.
George William Strodtman, one of the best known real-estate men of St.
Louis and a prominent factor as well in the financial circles of the city, was here
born 3klay 23, 1869, a son of George and Sarah Strodtman. He pursued his edu-
cation in the Ames and Clay schools while spending his boyhood days under the
parental roof and he also spent three years as a student in the Educational In-
stitute.
On the ist of May, 1887, ^^^ engaged in the real-estate and loan business with
office at No. 3607 North Broadway, as a member of the firm of Strodtman &
Strodtman. He is now sole proprietor of the business, however, and in addition
to his real-estate operations maintains safety deposit vaults, having practically
the only business of this kind in North St. Louis. A man of resourceful ability,
he has also extended his efforts to other fields and is now secretary of the Pen-
rose Investment Company and president of the Holly Real Estate & Investment
Company. In this connection he has become well known because of his opera-
tions in real estate and in handling many valuable deeds of trust. He is a mem-
ber of the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange and also belongs to the St. Louis
Insurance Agents Association and the North St. Louis Business Men's Asso-
ciation.
On the 28th of September, 1895, Mr. Strodtman was united in marriage to
Miss Genevieve E. Richardson and they are now pleasantly located at No. 4407
North Twenty-first street. Mr. Strodtman gives his political allegiance to the
republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day.
His religious faith is manifested in the fact that he is a communicant of the
Episcopal church. Always a resident of St. Louis, he recognized the fact that
its business conditions offered opportunities to all who sought advancement, and
he has therefore never desired to establish his home elsewhere. He has grad-
ually developed here a business of extensive and profitable proportions and his
name is today an honored one.
REV. JOHN J. HEAD.
Rev. John J. Head, pastor of the Annunciation Catholic church, was born in
Ireland on the 24th of June, 1849, and entered Summer Hill College at Athlone,
Ireland, in 1867. There he remained as a student for two years and in 1869 pur-
sued a course in St. Patrick's College, in Carlow, Ireland. He attended school
there until 1874 and was ordained to the priesthood on the 30th of May of that
year in Carlow. He was transferred to America as his field of labor and arrived
in St. Louis on the 15th of October of the same year, and he has since given
his time and energies untiringly to the upbuilding of the cause. He was made an
assistant to St. John's parish in St. Louis, and three months later was transferred
to Iron ]^Iountain, Missouri. On the i6th of October. 1875, he was appointed
pastor of the parish at Montgomery City, Alissouri, where he resided for four-
teen years. During this time he built eight churches in this mission. There are
now six resident pastors in this mission, thus showing the progress made since
he took charge.
406 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
On the 1st of January, 1889, Father Head was transferred to St. Louis as
pastor of the Annunciation church, over which he has now presided for twenty
years. He succeeded Vicar General Brady in this parish and has done most ef-
fective work here for the interests of the church. The house of worship was
destroyed by the cyclone on the 27th of May, 1896, and Father Head rebuilt
the church and parish residence. He is a man of broad scholarly attainments,
well read upon all lines of progressive thought, and is recognized as one of the
prominent Catholic divines of the United States. He is now president of the
Carlow Alumni Association and he has the entire respect of people of all denomi-
nations, as well as the sincere regard and loyalty of his parishioners.
EDMOND PERKINS CREECY.
Edmond Perkins Creecy, chief of police of St. Louis, was born on a planta-
tion in Pasquotank county. North Carolina, December 9, 1847, a son of Colonel
Richard Benbury and Mary Brozier (Perkins) Creecy. The father, for many
years a distinguished editor, was born December 19, 1813, at Drummonds Point,
the oldest settlement in North Carolina on the Albemarle Sound. He traced his
ancestry back to Job Creecy, a Huguenot connected with that class who were
noted for their austere virtues and the purity of their lives. Job Creecy came
from France to the new world, founding the family in America. In the mater-
nal line Colonel Creecy was also a descendant of General Thomas Benbury, one
of the leading statesmen of Revolutionary times, a member of the provincial con-
gress of 1774 and also a member of the Edenton district committee of safety and
paymaster of the Fifth Regiment, which fought at the battle of Great Bridge in
an engagement that resulted in American victory. Colonel Creecy was also a
descendant of William Skinner, who was brigadier general of state troops, treas-
urer of the eastern district under Governor Caswell and rendered other import-
ant services during the Revolutionary war.
Colonel Creecy enjoyed the best educational opportunities offered by his
native state, completing a course in the State University in 1835, after which he
studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He devoted three years to the
practice of law and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, but in 1870
he followed a desire to become connected with journalism and other literary work
and founded the Elizabeth City Economist, continuing the publication of that
paper until his death and securing for it a large circulation in the eastern part
of North Carolina. His editorials were an attractive combination of literary
merit, wit, humor and philosophy and were widely read. He was always inter-
ested in the history of his state and his researches brought to light many facts
substantiating the claim that North Carolina stands foremost in the great strug-
gle for libery. He wrote many reminiscences that are keys to the book of history,
opening the way to diligent research. His writings covered a wide range, dis-
cussing not only the issues and questions of the day but also covered history,
biography, legend and poetry. His volume entitled, Grandfather's Tales of North
Carolina History, is widely read. Toward the close of his life Leslie's Weekly
in a review of the history of Colonel Creecy spoke of him as bearing the distinc-
tion of being the oldest editor in active work in the United States still wielding
the editorial pen at the age of ninety-two years. He was also the oldest living
graduate of the University of North Carolina and according to a Boston publi-
cation the oldest long-seine fisherman in the world, having in early life estab-
lished the Greenfield Fishery on Albemarle Sound, which is still in existence. He
was probably the oldest stenographer, too, for he studied that science when seven-
teen years of age. One of the best known and most honored residents of North
E. P. CREECY
408 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Carolina, he passed away in Elizabeth City, October 22, 1908, in his ninety-
fifth year.
In November, 1844, Colonel Creecy wedded Mary Brozier Perkins, a native
of North Carolina and a member of the distinguished Perkins family which
included ^lajor Solomon Perkins of the Revolutionary war and Nathan Perkins,
member of congress. They were of Irish descent, while the Broziers were of
English lineage. The death of Mrs. Creecy occurred in September, 1868.
Edmond P. Creecy was the second in order of birth and the oldest son in
a family of ten children, of whom eight are living. He .was reared on his father's
plantation in Pasquotank county and acquired his education partly at home under
the instruction of private tutors but largely through the instruction of his father.
The outbreak of the Civil war, when he was fifteen years of age, deprived him of
educational opportunities that he would otherwise have enjoyed but, possessing
a strong mathematical trend of mind, his father directed his studies with a view
of educating him for civil engineering. In March, 1863, he enlisted as a private
of Company A, Sixty-eighth North Carolina Infantry, although at the time but
fifteen years and three months of age. He previously attempted to enlist but had
been rejected on account of his youth. Five months later he was captured and
sent to Point Lookout as a prisoner of war, where he was held for six months,
the exchange custom having been suspended. He was at last released on a
thirty days* parole, at the end of which time he rejoined his regiment. Several
months later he was discharged on account of disability from disease contracted
in the prison, being at the time of his discharge under seventeen years of age.
Returning to his home Mr. Creecy remained in North Carolina until April,
1869, but soon after his mother's death he determined to try his fortune in the
west and made his way to Omaha, Nebraska. Though his father was a man of
wealth and influence and his mother the only child of the most extensive slave-
holder in the county and he could command both means and social prestige to
assist him in business life, Air. Creecy made his way to the west, determined that
he would depend entirely upon his own resources. He did not even take with him
a letter of introduction or reference and he arrived at his destination with only
fifty cents in his pocket. Though reared amid luxurious surroundings and accus-
tomed to all of the comforts that make life worth living he resolutely sought a
means of providing for his own support and while there were probably five thou-
sand other men in Omaha who had come to the west with the same hope that
Mr. Creecy had, he yet persevered until he secured employment in a brickyard.
The following summer was devoted to work as a farm hand arid in the autumn
he engaged in teaching school for a, short time, after which he went to Boon-
ville, Missouri. In November, 1869, he formed the acquaintance of James Camp-
bell, who was in charge of a surveying party, locating the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railroad from Boonville to Sedalia. Mr. Campbell was pleased with the
appearance of Mr. Creecy and his energetic manner and offered him the posi-
tion of flagman. Mr. Creecy accepted and there sprang up between the two men
a warm friendship, which has continued to the present time. Mr. Creecy always ■
says that it is to the direction and assistance of Mr. Campbell in the study of
civil engineering, which he pursued during his leisure hours, that he owes his
success in that profession. He continued to engage in civil engineering until
1876, gradually advancing in his work. He acted as locating engineer on a road
from Birmingham, Alabama, to Columbus, Mississippi, in 1872 and later on the
Knoble branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad.
In 1876 Mr. Creecy came to St. Louis and as he found no employment as
a civil engineer he accepted a position on the police force and thus served from
August 22, 1877, until May, 1881, when he resigned to accept a position as divi-
sion engineer of the New York. Texas & Mexico Railroad. Upon completing
that road he returned to St. Louis and again joined the police force August 9,
T882. On the Tst of August, 1883, he once more resigned to follow his profes-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 409
sion in the southwest and again became a member of the St. Louis pohce force
March 12, 1885, acting as patrohnan until April i, 1895, when he was promoted
to the rank of sergeant, followed by promotion to a captaincy August 21, 1899.
In September, 1906, he was chosen chief of police, which office he has filled most
acceptably, having thoroughly systematized the work of the department, which is
now a most efficient element in the suppression of lawlessness and crime. He
stands unfalteringly in support of all that the office means, has introduced many
reforms, has enforced the law^ where before it was openly violated, has closed
the saloons on Sunday, has wrought a vast improvement in the method of con-
ducting elections and in fact has won the unanimous approval of the public
through a service which largely approaches the ideal in police administration.
]\Ir. Creecy was married in St. Louis on the 9th of May, 1878, by Dr. Beak-
ley, the rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church, to Miss Margaret Preston Ken-
dall, a representative of an old Kentucky family founded in that state at the time
that Daniel Boone conducted his explorations there. Mrs. Creecy passed away
December i, 1899. There were nine children in the family, of whom seven are
living, but Richard Benbury died June 26, 1901, at the age of twenty-two years,
and Frank died in 1899 when but two years of age. The others are Prewitt, an
electrician ; John Bayard, now a student in the east ; Margaret Preston ; Mary
Perkins ; Sarah Belle ; Edmond H. Perkins ; and Ellen Frances.
The Creecy family have always been of the Episcopalian faith and when St.
Paul.'s parish was established in 1702 one of the ancestors of E. P. Creecy was
a vestryman and since that time members of the family have continued in the
office. Representatives of both the Benbury and Creecy families have also been.
almost continuously in the North Carolina legislature from colonial days to the
time of the Civil war. Since 1873 ^^^- Creecy of this review has been a Mason
and an Elk since 1906 and was formerly identified with the Sons of the Revolu-
tion as a member of the Missouri chapter. He has never been a club man but
has always been devoted to his home, preferring to spend his leisure hours there.
The family residence is at No. 6808 Marmaduke avenue, where he has lived for
ten years. In the school of experience and through reading, observation and
research he has become a well read man and is, moreover, an excellnt judge of
human nature. He is very fond of rifle and pistol shooting and these with read-
ing constitute his chief recreation. He is a genuine southern gentleman of the
old school, possessing that high type of courtesy, sociability and hospitality which
have made the southern men iustlv famous.
FR.\NK G. MIDDLEKAUFF.
Frank G. Middlekaufl:, president of the Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company,
in which connection he is well known as a representative of the manufacturing
interests of St. Louis, was born at Forreston, Ogle county, Illinois, March 25,
1863. His father, Isaiah G. Middlekauff, was a native of Maryland and went to
Illinois in the early '50s. There he engaged in farming until he retired from
business life several years ago. He is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil,
making his home in Freeport, Illinois, at the age of seventy-four years. His
wife, Elizabeth (Downey) Middlekauff, was also a native of Maryland and
died in 1892.
Frank G. Middlekaufl:', the third in a family of five children, of whom four
are yet living, spent his boyhood days on the home farm and attended the high
school at Forreston, Illinois, after which he entered the Northwestern Lhiiversity
at Evanston, being graduated therefrom in 1887 with the degree of Bachelor of
Science. His education completed, he became purchasing agent for the Deering
Harvester Companv of Chicago, which he thus represented for seven years, on
the expiration of which period he became connected with the Hydraulic Pressed
410 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Brick Company, which he represented as manager of their Washington branch
for three years. He then acted as manager of their Philadelphia branch for one
year and in the spring of 1899 he came to St. Louis as general manager of the
company, while in January, 1908, he was elected president. He devotes his en-
tire attention to the conduct of this business, which is one of the extensive con-
cerns of the kind in the country and his business career has been marked by
that steady progress wdiich follows the constant expansion of one's powers
through exercise and experience.
On the 29th of July, 1892, in Plymouth, Indiana, Mr. Middlekauff w^as mar-
ried to ]Miss Charlotte Armstrong, of that place, and they have two children,
Louise and Donald, aged respectively fifteen and ten years. On coming to St.
Louis Air. ^Middlekauff purchased the residence at No. 5327 Maple avenue, which
he still occupies. He is a member of the business Men's League and the Metal
Trades Association, and is also identified with various social clubs of the city. In
politics he is a stanch republican, and is a member and one of the trustees of the
]Maple Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. His friends find in him a dignified
but always courteous and considerate companion, while in business circles he is
widely esteemed for his reliability and progressiveness.
HENRY A. GRABER.
Henry A. Graber, general agent for the Kansas City Southern Railway, with
offices in St. Louis, is one of the representative business men that the southwest
has furnished to this city, and his record, characterized by consecutive and sub-
stantial progress is a credit alike to the place of his nativity and the city of his
adoption. He was born November 16, 1875, in Waxahachie, Texas, a son of
General H. W. Graber, who served with the Terry Texas Rangers during the
Civil war under Forrest and Wheeler. General Joe Wheeler in his farewell
order at the surrender in North Carolina says of the Rangers : "You were
engaged in more than two hundred pitched battles and more than one thousand
engagements."
At the organization of the United Confederate Veterans he was commis-
sioned quartermaster general of the Trans-Mississippi Department by General
John B. Gordon with the rank of brigadier general, in which capacity he served
for ten years, when he was elected commander of the Fourth Texas Brigade
three terms, when he declined to serve again, but accepted an appointment of
assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Stephen D. Lee.
General Graber's father was engaged in the manufacture of high grade fur-
niture in the city of Bremen, Germany, for many years, importing his mahogany
lumber from Santo Domingo and exporting his furniture to New York. The dis-
astrous revolution of 1848 resulted in a general financial depression, and finally
caused his failure in business, and determined his removal to Houston, Texas,
in 1853. where both parents and a brother died the next year, and another brother
in 1867, who also served in the Confederate army and was in the siege and sur-
render of Vicksburg.
At the death of his parents General Graber entered mercantile pursuits, and
at the breaking out of the Civil war was the junior partner of the large mer-
cantile firm of Faddis & Graber at Hempstead, Texas. On the first call for vol-
unteers to repel invasion, he enlisted and served until the close of the war. He
was wounded and a prisoner for nearly a year and returned to his command
at Dalton, Georgia, never had a furlough or a day's sickness, always ready for
duty. On his return from the army in i86s he found his partner and his busi-
ness gone, and set to work to commence life anew, engaging in mercantile pur-
suits respectively in Courtney, Hempstead, Rusk, Waxahachie and Dallas, Texas,
where he is now engaged in the machinerv business.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 411
General Graber married Aliss Louise Parks at Courtney, Texas, who was
born in Springlield, Massachusetts, in 1838, and had seven children born unto
them, four girls and three boys, two of the boys now dead, and Henry A., the
subject of this sketch, now living in St. Louis, Missouri. The Parks family are
of old Revolutionary stock, as also the Sages on the maternal side of the family,
while some of the family fought on the Federal side in the Civil war. Here is a
fair illustration that the Confederate soldier, making good his terms of surrender,
laid aside all sectional differences, recognized no north nor south in a common
citizenship, but alas, was not destined much longer to enjoy the blessings of
peace and forced to pass through another four years of infamous radical oppres-
sion, which in many sections and to many of our peaceful citizens was worse
than war. General Graber has always from boyhood taken an active interest in
the upbuilding of his adopted state, promoted the building of schools and churches,
initiated the Rusk Tap Railroad, and the location of the branch penitentiary,
thereby developing the iron resources of that section, then again the Waxahachie
Tap Railroad, which is now a main line from Fort Worth to the southeast, and
of which he was its first president, sacrificing his own personal interest to put it
on its feet.
Reared in Waxahachie, Texas. Henry A. Graber pursued his education in
the public schools to his graduation from the high school of that city. When he
had put aside his text-books he went to Dallas and accepted a position in the
ofiice of a wholesale hat house. He then left that place and took an office posi-
tion with an implement house in Dallas. Later he was with the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railway as stenographer to the commercial agent in Dallas for three
years, while subsequently he went with the Frisco system in Dallas as chief clerk
in the general agent's offices. His next change, also indicating a forward step in
his career, made him a representative of the Kansas City Southern Railway in
1898. He first acted as contracting freight agent and then went to Texarkana
as traveling freight agent, continuing in that position for three years. At Chi-
cago he served as traveling freight agent for three and a half years, on the ex-
piration of which period he established an agency for the company at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, where he continued for sixteen months. Recognition of his ability
and fidelitv came on the ist of January, 1908, when he was transferred to St.
Louis as general agent. Thus almost throughout his entire career he has been
connected with the railroad service in positions calling for executive ability and
keen discrimination, but which have also enlarged and expanded his powers,
qualifying him for still more important responsibilities
Mr. Graber does not find it difficult to win friends, for his personal traits
of character easily gain for him warm regard. He belongs to the Elks Lodge,
No. 71, at Dallas, Texas, and also to the Union Club of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
MORRIS POPPER, M.D.
The conditions of the new world have given to Dr. Popper opportunities
which he has improved and which have led him to a place of considerable local
distinction. His birth occurred February 11, 1869, at Mlasov in Bohemia, prov-
ince of Austria. His parents were Adalbert and Johanna Popper. By occupa-
tion the father was a designer of ornamental glass and specimens of his artistic
work can today be seen in the St. Bartholomew's church in the city of Pilsen,
Bohemia.
Dr. Popper acquired his preliminarv education in the public schools of
Mlasov, Bohemia. He was ^ve years of age when his parents removed to Pilsen.
where he continued his public-school course to the time of his graduation. When
he had completed his studies there, he entered the K. K. Staatsrealschule and
for four years was a student in that institution. It was his purpose to obtain a
412 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
thorough knowledge in chemistry and he devoted much of his time to study in
that direction, thus laying the foundation for a successful career in later years.
In the year 1888 he came to the United States and entered the drug business,
while in 1889 he passed the examination of the Missouri state board of phar-
macy. Immediately afterward he took up the study of medicine and surgery
and in the year 1900 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Barnes
^ledical College and a certificate from the state board of health, according to
him the rights of practicing medicine and surgery in this state. After having
passed the state board of pharmac}' examination he engaged in the drug business
at Portland and later at Chamois, Missouri. While located in the latter place he
was appointed as instructor in chemistry at St. Mark's Academy, an Episcopal
school at Portland, Missouri, which was under the charge of the Rev. Alleyne
and under the supervision of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri.
On disposing of the drug business Dr. Popper removed to St. Louis and took
up the study and practice of medicine. Following his graduation in 1900 he was
appointed lecturer and clinician in the Barnes Medical College and has proved
as competent an educator as he is skillful physician. He is continually striving
to reach the high standard which he has set up for himself in connection with
his practice and his ability has led him out of the ranks of the many to a place
among the more successful few. He manifests a thorough understanding of the
principles of medicine and surgery, is careful and correct in diagnosis and has
secured in his practice most excellent results when viewed from both a financial
and professional standpoint.
Dr. Popper was married October 10, 1900, in Quincy, Illinois, to Miss Bella
Kingsbaker, whose father was engaged in the manufacture of plug tobacco in
Quincy, Illinois, from the year 1861 until 1880. He then gave his time and ener-
gies to the manufacture of cigars until 1905, when he retired, and in November,
1907, he removed to Los Angeles, California. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Popper have
been born two daughters, Jeannette May and Thelma Alberta.
Dr. Popper gives his political allegiance to the republican party and while
residing in Chamois he w^as elected on the party ticket to the office of collector
of revenue for that city. He is now medical examiner of the insurance depart-
ment of the Knights of Pythias. He belongs to Red Cross Lodge, No. 54, K. P.,
and at this writing, in 1908, is filling the position of chancellor commander. He
is also past master of Chamois Lodge, No. 185, A. F. & A. M., and a member of
Kilwinning Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M. In more strictly professional Hues his
membership relations connect him with the St. Louis Medical Society and the
Missouri State Medical Society. The excellent intellectual training which he re-
ceived in his youth proved a splendid foundation upon which to upbuild the
structure of his professional knowledge in later years. He has been a close and
discriminating student, is careful in diagnosis and in the application of remedial
agencies. He is in hearty sympathy with the modern ideas that the practice of
medicine should supplement nature in her efiforts to reach the normal, and any-
thing which brings to man the key to that complex mystery which we call life
awakens his deep and earnest attention.
SAMUEL STOOKEY PRIMM.
Samuel Stookey Primm, who established and is conducting a growing busi-
ness under the name of the Park Automobile Company, having among his
patrons many of the most prominent residents of the city, was born in Belleville,
Illinois, January 31, 1868. His parents, Alexander Timon Primm and Jane Eliz-
abeth Primm, nee Sharp, were both natives of St. Clair county, Illinois, and there
spent their entire lives, the father having been engagerl in the stationery business
at Belleville for fortv-seven years. He was one of tlie most reliable merchants
SAMUEL S. PRIMM
414 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and highly respected citizens of the community. Reared under the parental roof,
Samuel S. Primni acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of his
native city and afterward entered Washington University at St. Louis, from
\vhich he was graduated with the class of 1886. Following his graduation he
accepted a position with the St. Louis News Company that he might become
acquainted with practical business methods and was associated with that house
from 1887 until 1895. Subsequently he was with the George D. Barnard Sta-
tionery Company from 1896 until 1900 and in the latter year he engaged in the
automobile business in the capacity of salesman for the Mississippi Valley Auto-
mobile Company, with which he remained until 1904. The following year he
established the Park Automobile Company at No. 4432 Olive street, where he
has since been conducting the sale of motor cars. He is himself an enthusiast
on the subject and has sold some of the finest equipped cars to the wealthiest
families of the city, who have relied on his judgment and word to supply them
with the best which the market affords. He is thoroughly acquainted with every
little device of the machine which he is selling, knows all of the equipment and is
therefore able to wisely advise his patrons. He is a thoroughgoing business man,
alert and energetic, and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for
he established his business on a small basis and has built it up to its present large
and profitable proportions. He possesses a jovial disposition and always has a
pleasant word for those with whom he comes in contact, so that his patrons carry
a^^ay with them pleasant memories. He realizes also that satisfied customers
are the best advertisement and his trade has largely grown through the recom-
mendation of those who have given him their support.
AUGUST H. KUHS.
August H. Kuhs, engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, is one
of the native citizens of St. Louis, his birth having here occurred in May, 1859.
His parents were August and Christina Kuhs, who were of German birth. The
family was founded in this city in 1847 and the father conducted an extensive
business as a wholesale dealer in junk and paper. He died in 1905 at the ad-
vanced age of eighty-one years.
August H. Kuhs pursued a public-school education until he reached the age
of fourteen years, when he faced the business world with a determination to
overcome any difficulties and obstacles that he might encounter in making his
wav forward to the goal of success. He assisted his father in various ways after
leaving school and continued with him until 1875. Feeling the need of more
thorough training as a preparation for life's practical and responsible duties, he
pursued a course in Rice's Commercial College at night, while in the day he
worked busily in order to provide for his own maintenance. On the 2d of Feb-
ruary, 1876, he accepted a position with the Uhrig Brewing Company in the
bottling department, the plant being located on the present site of the Union
depot, rjn the 5th of March, 1878, he became connected with the Arsenal Brew-
ery, owned by the firm of Weiss & Obert. His position with that house was that
of assistant bookkeeper and in 1882 he had been promoted to the position of gen-
eral manager, cashier and general bookkeeper. He had therefore long occupied
a position of responsibility and confidence ere incorporation, which occurred in
1901, when Mr. Kuhs was elected a director and secretary. His advancement
has come through the gradual steps of promotion that has been a recognition of
his ability and constantly expanding powers.
Mr. Kuhs was married in St. Louis in March. 1883, to Miss Emma Decker, a
daughter of Jacob B. Decker, who was one of the first pioneer settlers of St.
Louis and one of the city's most T)romincnt business men. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhs
have become parents of eight children: August J., who at the age of twenty-two
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 415
years is his father's able assistant and partner in business ; Oscar, eighteen years
of age, in the real-estate office of Cornett & Zeibig ; Elmer, thirteen years ot age,
attending school; Walter, seven years of age; Adelia, who was a student in the
Jones Business College and held a very responsible position with the firm of
Butler Brothers, now married to Charles L. Obert, of the Obert Brewing Com-
pany ; Emma, who has been a student in the Strassburger Conservatory ; and
Hilda and Edna, at home. The eldest son also qualified for the business world
as a student in the Jones Commercial College, while Oscar attended Washington
University.
]\Ir. Kuhs is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order
of Eagles and a member of prominent social clubs. He is well known in German-
American circles of the city and his circle of friends is constantly increasing as
the years have gone by and shown him to be a factor of worth in business cir-
cles, as well as a genial, courteous gentleman, whose affability and kindly spirit
constitute the secret of popularity among those who know him.
CHARLES H. TURNER.
Charles H. Turner is one of the younger business men of St. Louis, but his
years seem no bar to his progress, as he is making for himself a substantial place
in business circles, handling general insurance interests, with office in the Pierce
building. He was born in St. Louis, October 20, 1882. His father, J. Lucas
Turner, died in 1888, but his mother, Mrs. Bertha (Chouteau) Turner, a daugh-
ter of Henry Chouteau, is still living. Charles H. Turner is a representative of
several of the oldest and most prominent families of the city, being connected
with the Chouteau, Lucas, Hunt and Turner families, names that figure con-
spicuously on the pages of the historv of the city from its formative period
through all of the successive stages of its rapid and substantial development
until it stands forth among the great American metropolises.
Reared in the city of his nativity, Charles H. Turner completed his education
by graduation from Christian Brothers College at St. Louis and after leaving
college went to Oklahoma, becoming connected with educational interests there
as a teacher in the State Agricultural College. Subsequently he returned to St.
Louis to engage in the general insurance business as representative of the ^tna
Insurance Companv and in this connection has secured a liberal clientage, for
he has thoroughly informed himself concerning insurance in all of its departments
and along modern business lines is winning success. He belongs to the Paddle
& Saddle Club and is prominent socially, being widely known and popular in so-
cial circles of the city. His clear-cut thought, his enthusiastic interest in every-
thing he undertakes and his broad general culture make him a favorite and give
promise of his advancement in the business world.
HARRY McCRINDELL JOHXSON, M.D.
Dr. Harrv McCrindell Johnson, a medical practitioner and educator of St.
Louis, was born January 14, 1867, in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His
parents were Dr. Charles James and Louisa Butler (AlcCrindell) Johnson. The
father was a well known surgeon and in a professional cai)acity served in the
Confederate army during the Civil war.
Dr. Johnson, of this review, pursued his education in i)rivate schools at St.
Francisville, Louisiana, to the age of fifteen years, when he matriculated in the
Episcopal high school of A^irginia, where he spent four years. He afterward en-
eaeed in teaching mathematics for two vears at Trinity Hall, in Louisville, the
416 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
diocesan high school of the Protestant Episcopal church of Kentucky. He re-
garded his efforts in teaching lines, however, only as an initial step to other pro-
fessional labor, and, with a desire to become a member of the medical profession
he entered the medical department of Tulane University of Louisiana at New Or-
leans and was graduated in April, 1890. The following year he came to St.
Louis and entered upon the practice of medicine and surgery as assistant in the
office of Dr. J. P. Bryson, with whom he continued for six years. He then opened
an office oi his own and in the intervening years has enjoyed, not only a large
private practice, but has also become well known in connection with his profes-
sional labors in the medical schools and hospitals of this city. He was associate
genito-urinary surgeon to the St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital, a skin and cancer
hospital, and has been clinical professor of genito-urinary surgery in the medical
department of the Washington University. He has likewise been a member of
the board of health of the city of St. Louis since the spring of 1906, and his de-
sire for progress and advancement in his profession is indicated through his
membership in the St. Louis Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical As-
sociation, the American Medical Association, the American Association of Genito-
Urinarv Surgeons and the St. Louis Surgical Society.
Dr. Johnson was married at Old Orchard, St. Louis county, Missouri, April
25, 1892, to ]\Iiss Sophie Evelyn Blood, and they have two children, Harry ]\Ic-
Crindell Johnson, Jr^, and Stewart Courtney Johnson.
In his political views Mr. Johnson is a democrat, but aside from voting for the
men and measures of the party he does not take an active interest in politics.
He belongs to St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church and he is also a member of
the Racquet Club and the Normandie Golf Club, which indicates the nature of
his relaxation and interests.
WILLIAAI EDDY BARNS.
There is perhaps no name more familiar in those circles of trade which con-
cern the lumber interests in its various branches than that of William Eddy
Barns, who since 1886 has been editor of the St. Louis Lumberman. While
previous experience in journalism well qualified him for the conduct of the paper,
his broad and comprehensive study therein relating to the trade, from the time
the timber is selected until as a finished product it is placed upon the market,
lias Ujude him particularly competent to handle a subject that is of vital inter-
est to an extensive proportion of the population. His opinions have largely
been received as authority, so comprehensive has been his investigation, so log-
ical his deductions and so clear his reasoning.
A native of Indiana, Mr. Barns was born at Vevay, on the 29th of August,
1853, and pursued his preliminary education while spending his boyhood days
in the home of his parents, R. M. and Susan S. (Smead) Barns. He completed
his preparatory course as a high-school student in Greensburg, Indiana, and
matriculated in the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, from which
he was graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree in 1872. Throughout his
entire professional career he has been identified with journalism. Following his
graduation he became city editor of the Daily Republican at Decatur, Illinois,
his connection therewith continuing in 1872 and 1873. The following year he
represented the Chicago Inter Ocean as correspondent, with headquarters in
New Orleans, and in 1875 came to St. Louis as assistant editor of the Central
Christian Advocate. After about nine years he severed his connection with that
paper to become editor of The Age of Steel of St. Louis, so continuing from
1886 until 1902. He has continuously been editor of the St. Louis Lumberman
since 1886 and is president of the Journal of Commerce Company, which pub-
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418 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
lishes the Lumberman. His paper has been a strong element in advancing the
interests of the himber industry of the country, presenting to its reading pub-
lic all matters which are of general interest to the trade and advocating pro-
gressive business ideas, which have in many instances proven of direct benefit
in the commercial world. Mv. Barns studies the questions bearing upon the lum-
ber industry in its various phases from every possible standpoint and there is
perhaps no one more conversant with the lumber trade of the country. More-
over, he has studied closely the questions of capital and labor in all their rami-
fying interests and is the author of a volume, which was published in 1888 under
the title of Labor Problem. The following year he edited a second volume enti-
tled Nobody Knows.
Xot only in this capacity as journalist and author is Air. Barns known to
the lumber trade. He was one of the founders of the Concatenated Order of
Hoo-Hoo, an organization of lumbermen, and is secretary of the house of Hoo-
Hoo. He was also secretary of the Federal Rate Regulation Association and
for years was secretary of the St. Louis Lumberman's Exchange. He likewise
served as a member of the jury of awards on forestry at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. He has given close study to the questions which are to the states-
man and the man of affairs of vital import and has at all times kept abreast
with the best thinking men of the age. In fact, his advanced ideas have been a
potent element in molding public thought and opinion and the impress of his
individuality has been stamped upon the lumber trade of the country.
!Mr. Barns belongs to the American Economic Association and that his inter-
ests extend beyond questions of trade and commerce is shown by his member-
ship in the Wisconsin Historical Society. He likewise belongs to the St. Louis
Railway, the Engineers and the Alercantile Clubs and he gives allegiance to the
republican party, for his comprehensive study of the questions of the day has
Icvl him to the belief that its principles best conserve the national welfare. He
finds his rest and recreation in aquatic sports and literature and is the possessor
of a fine library, with the contents of which he is largely familiar.
Mr. Barnes was married in Bloomington, Illinois, November i, 1875, to
Miss JNIattie M. Rowe, who died in St. Louis two years later, leaving a son,
Frank Rowe Barns, who is now identified with the lumber trade in the south.
On the 26th of October, 1880, W. E. Barns wedded Louise Goode Gillett at
Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a granddaughter of the first graduate of the
L'nited States Naval Academy and a daughter of Lieutenant Frank Gillett, also
of the United States Navy, who died in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, in 1879. By the
second marriage there is an only child, Helen Gillett Barns.
AUSTIN RAINES MOORE.
Austin Raines i^Ioore, interested in the Mississippi river trade for more than
a half a century, thus figured prominently in connection with a phase in the his-
tory of St. Louis that is most picturesque and interesting. As the growth and
development of the city brought about new conditions he kept pace with the gen-
eral progress and enlarged and controlled his business in keeping with the spirit
and trend of the times. He was born in Clay county, Missouri, July 6, 1832, a
son of David D. and Rebecca C. (English) Moore, both of whom were from
Kentucky. The mother and her family were among the earliest settlers of Mis-
souri, their arrival here dating back to the days whenvkeel boats were in common
use. In one of these they made the trip to their destination, tying up at the bank
of the river each evening in order to prepare meals and to go into camp.
Austin Raines Moore obtained a limited education in one of the primitive
log schoolhouses common at that flav near Liberty. Missouri. He had no further
opportunity for acquiring an educalirm after he reached the age of thirteen years.
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for about that time he came with his father to St. Louis in 1845 and soon after-
ward his hfe on the river began. He was a junior clerk on the river steamer
which carried the first quartermaster's suppHes to Fort Leavenworth to be for-
warded from that point across the plains to the United States troops in Mexico.
together with the expedition commanded by Colonel A. W. Doniphan. The
steamer afterward made her way to Alton, Illinois, where she took aboard the
First Regiment of Illinois A-'olunteers for service in the war with Mexico and
thence proceeded southward on the Mississippi river to the gulf of Mexico. Mr.
Moore was promoted from time to time until he became master of a steamboat
during the early part of the Civil war. He was in command of a steamer owned
in St. Louis, but which was detained at Memphis, Tennessee, within the Con-
federate lines by the blockade. This steamer was the last to pass south beyond
Cairo before the Federal blockade was established at that point. When the
steamer reached this point on her ^downward trip the Confederate authorities
hailed her. came on board, examined her bills of lading and compelled the cap-
tain to pay duties on all the goods in her cargo pronounced dutiable. On her
return voyage from New Orleans the steamer was detained, as already stated,
by the Confederates and pressed into service. Captain Moore received a com-
mission as commander of his vessel from the Confederate authorities at New
Orleans and continued under their control and direction until the Federal mili-
tary authorities obtained control of the river and opened it to navigation. He
then returned to St. Louis with his vessel and soon afterward was commissioned
by the Federal authorities as commander of a transport boat and at once engaged
in the transportation of troops and militarv supplies, continuing activelv in the
government service until the end of the war. He had many interesting ex-
periences and was frequently in perilous positions, but at all times was actuated
by a spirit of undaunted loyalty to the Federal government.
After the war Captain Moore's connection with the river interests was con-
tinuous up to the time of his death and the range of his experiences was such that
he was a recognized authority on all matters pertaining to river navigation, trans-
portation and commerce. Changing conditions brought about developments in this
line of business and Captain Moore at all times was not a close follower but
rather a leader in the advance in river interests which kept navigation apace
with progress in other lines. The great natural highway of the country will
ever remain an important element in the shipping interests and although no longer
in use to anv extent for the transportation of passengers, it will continue through-
out the ages an important element in the commerce of the middle west, affording
cheaper transportation than the railroads have yet been able to do. Captain
Moore was always watchful of the trade and long prior to his death became in-
terested in the St. Louis & A'lississippi Valley Transportation Company, being
officially connected therewith for nearly thirty years, during which time he acted
as secretary, as vice president and as treasurer. For many years he was aiso
president of the Steamboat Clerks' Association. He was among the last of the
pioneers who became identified with Mississippi shipping interests at a time when-
there were no railroads to compete therewith and his reminiscences of the early
days were most interesting, for he had varied experiences and stored his mind
with a rich fund of tales of those days. He became known throughout the
length of the ^Mississippi as one of the leading river captains and later figured
prominently in financial circles while leaving the actual work of navigation to
others. He died on the 17th of October, 1902.
Captain Moore was married in earlv manhood to Miss Margaret E. Sheck-
ley, Avho was born in Pennsylvania and still survives him, as does one son and
one daughter, Milton J. and Mrs. Emma Kirschbaum. For forty years Captain
Moore was identified with the Masonic fraternity in St. Louis, took an active
and prominent part in building up wliat is the leading lodge in point of member-
ship in the state of Missouri and at all times was loyal to the beneficent spirit
420 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of the craft. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church South and for
thirty years was one of its officials. He was a splendid type of the gentlemen of
the old school, ever courteous and reliable, and yet did not lack in the slightest
degree that progressiveness which in later years carried him into important busi-
ness and financial relations.
HENRY NICOLAUS.
St. Louis is largely indebted for its material progress and municipal ad-
vancement to the German-American element in its citizenship. A representative
of this class is Henry Nicolaus, well known as a representative of the brewing
interests of the city and also connected with various important business enter-
prises in other lines. He was born August 14, 1850, in Gommersheim, in the
province of Pfalz, Germany, a son of Gottfried and Caroline Nicolaus. After
attending the public and polytechnic schools of his native country he became an
apprentice to the brewing business at an early age and gained intimate knowledge
of the trade. He was only eighteen years of age when in 1867 he left his native
land for America and St. Louis has since been his place of abode. During the
year following his arrival he was employed by the old-time maltsters, Becker &
Hoppe, and subsequently entered the service of the National Brewery and was
afterward employed by E. Anheuser & Company until 1872. In that year he
returned to Europe to perfect himself in the art of manufacturing beer, spend-
ing some time at Vienna and Munich.
\Mth expert knowledge concerning the business, Mr. Nicolaus again came
to this country and during a residence of three years in Cincinnati. Ohio, was
connected with the famous Muehlhauser Brewery as maltster and brewer. In
1875 he removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and for four years thereafter was in charge
of the practical work of the brewing establishment of Leisy & Brother as fore-
man.
Mr. Nicolaus again became a resident of St. Louis in 1879 and entered into
business relations with the Fuerbacher & Schlosstein Brewery and a year later,
with the partners in that enterprise, he organized the Green Tree Brewery Com-
panv and accepted the superintendency. For nine years he remained in charge,
on the expiration of which period the plant was transferred to the St. Louis
Brewing Association, while Mr. Nicolaus became assistant manager of the Green
Tree Brewery for the new corporation. In 1892 he was promoted to the position
of manager and was also made a director of the St. Louis Brewing Association
and since January, 1903, has been president of this corporation, in which connec-
tion he has since been associated with the brewing interests of St. Louis. He is
likewise a member of the St. Louis board of managers for this great manufac-
turing enterprise.
Mr. Nicolaus is a man of resourceful ability and has extended his coopera-
tion to other lines, which have benefited by his sound judgment, careful control
and executive ability. He is a director of the Mechanics-American National
Bank ; vice president of the Hammer Dry Plate Manufacturing Company ; a
director of the Merchants & Manufacturers Association, also of the Gilsonite
Construction Company, and the Kinloch Telephone Company. His counsel has
proven a valued factor in the successful conduct of these interests and his busi-
ness capacity and ability are widely recognized.
On the 26th of April, 1883, Mr. Nicolaus was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Uhrig, a daughter of Ignatius Uhrig, of St. Louis. Her death occurred in
April. 1899. By that union there were three children : Stella C. Louis J. and
Elsa K. In 1907 Mr. Nicolaus married Mrs. Matilda Griesedick, who is the
mother of Edna Griesedick.
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i\Ir. Nicolaus is particularly prominent among people of his own nationality
and is a valued representative of all of the leading German societies. He like-
wise belongs to tlie Union, the St. Louis, the Mercantile, the Noonday, the
Racquet, the Missouri Athletic and Log Cjibin Clubs and is a member of the
Merchants Exchange. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the
Scottish Rite. His undaunted enterprise and activity have been manifest not
.only in his private business interests, but also in movements for municipal prog-
ress, while his kindly and charitable spirit has found tangible evidence in the gen-
erous support which he has given to many measures for the relief of the poor
and needy or to those to whom fate has seemed unkindly, ^^'^lile not active as
a party worker, he votes with the democracy. He has never had occasion to
regret his determination to seek a home and fortune in America, for he found
here the opportunities he sought and has gained a success in business that is note-
worthy and shows the power of close application and unfaltering diligence.
EUGENE HUNT BENOIST.
The ancestors of Eugene Hunt Benoist were numbered among the early set-
tlers of St. Louis and from that time to the present the name has figured prom-
inently in its business, social and financial circles. The ancestry is traced back in
unbroken line to Guillaume Benoist, chamberlain of Charles VII of France in
1437. The family was a most distinguished one of France. Antoine Gabriel
Francois Benoist was chevalier of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis,
received from Louis XV in recognition of his distinguished service with the
French army between 1735 and 1760. His eldest son was Jacques Louis Benoist,
whose only son was Francois Marie Benoist, the grandfather of him whose name
introduces this record.
Francois Alarie Benoist was a native of Montreal, Canada, and in the mater-
nal line was descended from Lemoyne de Sainte Helene, the second of the famous
sons of the renowned Charles Lemoyne. a brother of De Bienville, founder of
New Orleans and D'Iberville, who was the first to enter the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river and was renowned for his military genius. Having pursued a course
in Laval University in Quebec, Francois Marie Benoist made his way to the
French city of St. Louis, and engaged in the fur trade when that line of business
was practically the only source of income for its population. He attained wealth
and his family was one of the most prominent in this city. He married a daugh-
ter of Charles Sanguinet, w^ho was also prominent in the early development of
this city.
In the vear which made St. Louis American territory Louis A. Benoist was
born in this city, his natal day being the 13th of August, 1803. He was instructed
by private tutors and continued his education in St. Thomas College in Kentucky.
He pursued a two years' course in medicine under the direction of Dr. Trudeau
and then took up the study of law with Horatio Cozzens as his preceptor. Fol-
lowing his admission to the bar he became a partner of Pierre Provenchere, with
whom he was associated until he went to France to settle up his grandfather's
estate. The work successfully accomplished, he started upon the return trip and
was shipwrecked in the Bay of Biscay. Finally, however, he was picked up by
another vessel and in course of time reached home. He became a prominent fac-
tor in financial circles in the city and conducted a real-estate and brokerage busi-
ness, which eventually led him into the banking business in 1832. The institution
met with such a degree of success that in 1838 a branch house was established in
New Orleans under the firm name of Benoist & Hackney, which later became
.Benoist, Shaw & Company. These two institutions at St. Louis and New Orleans
ranked among the strongest financial enterprises of the southwest. Mr. Benoist
ranked as one'of the distinguished financiers" of his day. While his business career
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was not without the vexations and the obstacles which constitute a part of every
business venture, he nevertheless attained a place as one of the eminent capital-
ists of his native city, his name no less honored for his success than for the honor
able, straightforward business methods which he ever followed. By three mar-
riages he became the father of seventeen children. His third wife was Sarah E.
Wilson, whose birth occurred in 183 1 and who was called to her final rest in 1873.
Her parents were Peter and Charity (Hunt) Wilson, the former of Elizabeth,
Xew Jersey. The mother was a daughter of John Price Hunt and a niece of Wil-
son P. Hunt, who served as postmaster of St. Louis at one time, and made the
overland trip to the Pacific in 1810 (Washington Irving's Astoria). Airs. Wil-
son was also a cousin of Captain Theodore Hunt, of the United States navy, and
afterward commissioner of land titles of Missouri.
Eugene Hunt Benoist, a son of this marriage, attended successively Wyman's
School of this city, the St. Louis University, the W^ashington University and St.
John's College at Fordham, New York. For a number of years he was the real-
estate officer of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company and is known now as a real-
estate expert, his services being frequently sought in this capacity. He is presi-
dent of the Cumberland Coal & Coke Company and several other corporations,
but devotes his time mostly to private business interests in the supervision of
investments of considerable magnitude. Inheriting from his father a goodly
estate, he has shown in its control the business ability, keen foresight and enter-
prise of his sire and is widely recognized as a man of notably sound judgment
and sagacity.
On the 20th of February, 1878, Mr. Benoist was married to Miss Elmyra
Lee, a daughter of Abraham H. Lee, of St. Louis. Their children are : E. Lee,
who was born in November, 1878, and married Edith Turner, by whom he has
two children, Louis Augustus and Nancy ; Marie Viola, whose birth occurred in
1880, and who is now the wife of George Dumbar Fisher; William Francis, born
in 1882, who married Adelaid Garesche ; Charles Eugene, in 1884; Marie Louise,
in 1886; and Lucille Josephine, whose birth occurred in 1900.
Always interested in all matters of public moment, Mr. Benoist served for
eight years in early manhood as a member of the Missouri National Guard, act-
ing as quartermaster of the old Light Cavalry from 1877 until 1885. His city resi-
dence is at No. 4414 McPherson street, while his country home, Piney Blufif, is on
the Alerrimac in Franklin county, Missouri.
CHARLES F. W. WIEGAND.
Charles F. W. Wiegand was a public-spirited citizen whose interest in St.
Louis and her welfare was manifest in many substantial ways. He was born
September 12, 1864, in this city and was a son of Henry Wiegand, who arriv-
ing here in early life, was for a long period engaged in foundry work. The son
Charles F. W. Wiegand, was educated in the schools of St. Louis and in Bry-
ant & Stratton's Business College, where his thorough training well qualified
him for the duties of a commercial career. He started out in business life in
manufacturing lines and later became traveling salesman for the Nelson Distill-
ing Company, with which he was thus connected for eighteen years. On the ex-
piration of that period he became president of the company, being thus called to a
position of executive control, in which he bent his energies to constructive efforts
and administrative direction. He afterward organized the Wiegand-Boeker
Liquor & Distilling Company at No. 11 North Second street and there conducted
a prosperous and growing business up to the time of his death, which occurred
March 20, 1908.
Mr. Wiegand was married in St. Louis to Miss Anna L. Clement, who was
born in Europe and came from France to America with her father, Hugo Clem-
C. F. W. WIEGAND
424 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ent, wlio engaged in the veneering of fine fnrnitnre. Unto l\Ir. and Mrs. Wie-
gand were born fonr children : Mrs. Dora Wilson, of Oklahoma, and Edna,
Harry and Lillian.
Mr. \\'iegand was always active in everything pertaining to the upbuilding
of the citv and had great confidence in the future of St. Louis. He desired its
substantial advancement not only in commercial and business lines but in all
matters of municipal progress, and the republican party found him a stal-
wart supporter. Fraternally he was a member of Ervvin Lodge, No. 121, A. F.
& A. M. ; Bellefontaine Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M. ; Ascalon Commandery, No.
16, K. T. ; and Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and he has many friends
in this order as well as among his business and social associates. His entire
life was passed in this city, where he was well known. He possessed a friendly,
cordial manner, was affable and genial and enjoyed the good will of the great
maioritv of those with whom he came in contact.
REV. STEPHEN J. BRADY.
Rev. Stephen J. Brady, who in October, 1907, passed the examination for an
irremovable rectorship and was appointed to St. John's Catholic church of St.
Louis, entered upon his work here with bright hopes of the future and with well
defined plans and as the months have passed he has carefully systematized the
work of the church and is rapidly gaining the cooperation of his parishioners.
He was born in Cavari, Ireland, on the 17th of September, 1870, and pursued a
course of study in St. Patrick's College at Cavan, where he completed his classical
studies. He entered at the age of sixteen and attended for four years. Later he
entered St. Patrick's Seminary at Carlow, Ireland, where he received his theolog-
ical course, being graduated from that institution in June, 1896. He was then
ordained to the priesthood in Carlow, and in the following October he crossed
the Atlantic to America, making his way to St. Louis, where he was appointed
assistant to the Rev. William Walsh, then rector of St. Bridget's Catholic church
on Jeft'erson and Carr streets. He remained here for two years, after which he
was sent to take charge of the congregation at Troy, Missouri, where he also con-
tinued for two years. On the expiration of that period he was transferred back
to St. Louis and was made assistant to Father Timothy Dempsey, at St. Patrick's
church. Here he served for three years, when he was appointed pastor of the
church at St. Patrick, Missouri, where he continued in charge for four years. In
October, 1907, the concursus was held and Father Brady passed the examination
for an irremovable rectorship and was appointed to his present charge. Accord-
ing to the laws of the church the rectors are not removed and undoubtedly Father
Bradv will remain here for vears to come.
PEMBROOK REEVES FLITCRAFT.
Pembrook Reeves Flitcraft, lawyer and jurist of St. Louis, was born at
Woodstown, Salem county. New Jersey, January 8, 1847, and in his early boy-
hood accompanied his parents, Dr. I. R. and Mary Ann (Atkinson) Flitcraft, on
their removal to Ohio. Later the family home was established in Indiana and Dr.
Flitcraft was engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Boston, that
state, when in July, 1849, during a cholera epidemic, he succumbed to the disease
and passed away at Richmond, Indiana, on the 20th of that month. His widow,
long surviving him, departed this life January tt, 1893. They were both mem-
bers of the Society of Friends or Quakers, which had been the ancestral re-
ligious faith through manv generations.
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Judge Flitcraft was only two years of age at the time of his father's death.
He hved with his mother in Indiana and as a pupil in the distriet schools pur-
sued his education until 1864, at which time he had the further advantage of
becoming a student in the Raisin Valley Seminary, a Quaker boarding school in
Lenawee county, Michigan. There he pursued a preparatory course and entered
upon a classical course in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1867.
Four years were devoted to study there and by graduation in 187 1 he won the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, while in 1874 the university conferred upon him
the well won degree of Master of Arts. Such is the brief outline of his school
and college days but there entered into that period of his life a feature that is
noteworthy. The early death of the father left the family in somewhat strait-
ened financial circumstances and at a comparatively early age it was necessary
that Judge Flitcraft provide for his own support. It was by his personal labor
that he met the expenses of his college and university work. He taught school
in 1866 and during his college days spent the summer vacation months at work
on a farm, thus acquiring a sufficient sum to meet the tuition and other ex-
penses of the freshman and sophomore years. At the end of that time his
exchequer was so depleted that he had to suspend his studies until he could
again earn money sufficient to continue his college work. He once more took
up the profession of teaching and in 1870 was appointed deputy United States
marshal to assist in taking the census of that year. Thus he was again enabled
to enter college in the fall of 1870. In the meantime he had utilized every
leisure moment for the mastery of the branches which constituted the work of
the college junior year and although he was absent from his classes for an entire
year he creditably passed the required examinations that secured his admission
to the senior class, and with those with whom he had spent his first two col-
lege years he was graduated with honors in 1871. He had, however, found it
necessary to incur some indebtedness and the task to which he immediately set
himself upon leaving college was the discharge of his financial obligations.
For a year Judge Flitcraft occupied the superintendency of the schools in
Charlotte, ^Michigan, and then resigned to accept a more lucrative position with
the publishing house of A. S. Barnes & Company of Chicago, with which he
continued for a year. He then resigned to enter into business relations with
the publishing house of Wilson, Hinkle & Company, afterward Van Antwerp,
Bragg & Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Thus he had tided over a critical finan-
cial period and again entered upon the study of law, to which he had been able
to devote little time during his other occupations.
Removing to Missouri, Judge Flitcraft resided for a brief period in St.
Louis and then went to Kansas City, where he was admitted to the bar in 1875,
being at that time twenty-eight years of age. Shortly after his admission he
visited his mother at Girard, Crawford county, Kansas, and during that visit
was invited by J. T. Voss, an old and prominent attorney there, to form a law
partnership with him. This arrangement was perfected and he continued a
member of the bar at that point until 1878, when he returned to St. Louis,
where he remained until his death, being for thirty years a member of the bar
of this city. In 1880, he joined Henry E. Mills in a partnership, which was
maintained' until he was elected judge of the circuit court in January, 1895. His
service on the bench was in harmony with his record as a citizen and lawyer,
distinguished by unswerving fidelity to duty and a masterful grasp of every
problem presented for solution. He had a mind judicial in cast, capable of
forming impartial decisions, into which personal prejudice or opinions never
entered as a disturbing element. Basing his opinions upon a com]M-chensive
knowledge of jurisprudence, a correct application of the law to the points in
issue and upon the equity involved, he made a record which won him high
encomiums from the bar, as well as from the general public.
In September, 1883, Judge Flitcraft was married to Miss Fmma Belle
Brenneman, a daughter of Levi and Marv Brenneman. of Pittsburg. Pennsyl-
426 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
vania. By this marriage there have been born two children, who are yet Hv-
ing: Ada A'irginia and Edna Belle.
Judge Flitcraft was well known in social circles. He attained high rank
in Alasonry, belonging to George Washington Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M.,
of which he was worshipful master in 1890. He was connected with Capitular
]\Iasonry as a member of St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M., of which he was
high priest in 1885. The same year he served as thrice illustrious master of
Hiram Council, No. i, R. & S. M., and was also eminent commander of St.
Louis Commandery, No. i, K. T. It was also in 1885 that he was Most Illus-
trious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Mis-
souri and he was a thirty-third degree Mason. He was prominently known to
the fraternity throughout the state and was one of the most exemplary repre-
sentatives. His membership relations also extended to the Royal Arcanum and
the Legion of Honor. In the former he was a member of Valley Council, No.
437, and in 1894 was grand regent of Missouri. In the Legion of Honor he
was a member of Alpha Council. No. i. of St. Louis. His life work was largely
in harmony with the beneficent spirit of these orders and he has always held to
high ideals in citizenship and in social relations, as well as in his professional
career. Handicapped in youth by limited financial circumstances, his life rec-
ord is another proof of the fact that it is only under the pressure of adversity
and the stimulus of opposition that the best and strongest in men are brought
out and developed. By reason of what he accomplished he enjoyed the admir-
ation of his colleagues and the entire respect of the general public, and the pro-
fession met with a distinct loss when, on the 17th of June, 1908, he passed
away. He was a man of fine personal appearance and kindliness and geniality
were expressed in his countenance, while consideration and deference for the
opinions of others were numbered among his strongly marked characteristics.
He was rich in those qualities which win friendship and regard, and few men
pass from this life leaving among their associates such a keen sense of per-
sonal bereavement as did Judge Flitcraft.
ALBERT J. FRANCIS.
Albert J. Francis, general contractor and dealer in real estate, came to St.
Louis in 1901 and engaged in the business which he is now conducting and in
which he has met with a full measure of success. His father, Charles Francis,
was also a contractor and builder, and under his supervision he learned his
trade and became a journeyman carpenter.
Before becoming an apprentice to the carpenter's trade Mr. Francis
attended the public schools in his native state — Kentucky — but being anxious
to follow the occupation of his father left school at an early age and applied
himself to the trade until he had become an efficient journeyman. He remained
in the employ of his father until he had attained sufficient experience in the
various lines of building work.
Prior to locating in St. Louis Mr. Francis engaged in contracting and
building in Covington, Kentucky, where he erected a number of elegant houses.
He was also manager of the erection of additions to the Soldiers Home, at Dan-
ville, Illinois, and the one at Dayton, Ohio. His remarkable genius as a mechanic
becomes apparent upon mention of the fact that when he went to work on the
Soldiers Homes, above mentioned, it was as a journeyman and that after work-
ing a short time his extraordinary ability was noted and he was given positions
of increased responsibility, until made supervisor of the entire construction work.
In 1901 Mr. Francis came to St. Louis, where he at once engaged in his
present business and has been quite successful in the erection of residences,
flats and apartment houses of the better class in the west end to handle in a
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speculative way. He built most of the houses and flats on Parkland place, and
in 1907 completed eighty houses and flats, this being about as great a number
of buildings as has been erected by one man in a year. In addition to conduct-
ing this enterprise. Air. Francis is president of the Francis Construction Com-
pany, which is devoted for the most part to the improvement of property. He
has met with a great measure of success in his building ventures and is acknowl-
edged as one of the most prosperous and reliable men in this line of trade in
the city. He is also a director of the Maryville Hotel Company.
In 1894 Air. Francis was united in marriage to Aliss Nettie Bressman, a
native of Covington, Kentucky, and they have a pleasant home at No. 5810
Julian street, which was completed in 1906. Both are adherents of the Baptist
church, and fraternally A^Ir. Francis is a member of Tuscan Lodge, A. F. &
A. AI. ; and Red Cross Lodge, No. 54, K. P., both of St. Louis. He belongs to
the A/Iercantile and Alissouri Athletic Clubs, and in politics gives his support to
the democratic party. Since coming to this city he has been eminently success-
ful in the contracting business, and owns quite a number of residences and other
buildings located in the most valuable section of the west end.
GUSTAVE HARTAIANN.
Gustave Hartmann, treasurer of the Hartmann Bricklaying & Contract-
ing Company, was born April 30, 1865, in St. Louis and is a son of Henry and
Caroline (Schwier) Hartmann, both of whom were natives of Preus-AIinden,
Prussia. The father came to America in 1850 and since 1855 has been identi-
fied with the contracting interests here, having today the oldest business in this
line in the city, although he is now practically retired from active connection
with the business. His name, however, appears on the roll of officers in con-
nection with the presidency.
Gustave is one of eight surviving members of a family of thirteen children
and after attending private schools of St. Louis he continued his studies in
Bryant & Stratton Business College, from wdiich he was graduated in 1884,
although in an interim of four years between his high school and college course,
he was engaged in business pursuits. In 1880 he entered upon an apprentice-
ship to the bricklayer's trade and worked in that line until 1896. In 1890 he
became a partner in the present firm upon its incorporation and has since been
its treasurer. The Hartmann Bricklaying & Contracting Company has come
into existence through the processes of gradual evolution since his father estab-
lished a contracting business here, more than a half century ago. The firm of
Hartmann & Debus, of which he was senior member, had a continuous existence
up to 1887 and three years later the business was incorporated under the pres-
ent style. They have done an immense amount of work, erecting in some years
as many as seventy houses and thus contributing in large measure to the sub-
stantial improvement and adornment of the city. Air. Hartmann, of this review,
is also interested in the American Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company and the
Continental Cement Company. He has also embraced the opportunity for ju-
dicious investment in real estate and he now owns a home at No. 2801 South
Eighteenth street, to which he removed from the old homestead seventeen years
ago. This is the second he ever occupied save that for a period of nine months
he was in Aluskogee, Indian Territory, where he did a large amount of con-
tract work.
Air. Hartmann was married in St. Louis to Aliss Emma Pankau, a resident
of this city but a native of Germany. They have four sons : Edwin, Walter,
George and Robert, aged respectively sixteen, ten, eight and four years. In
politics Air. Hartmann is a republican with firm faith -in the principles of the
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party he endorses at the ballot box. Otherwise he is not active in political work,
for iiis business makes constant demands upon his time and in it he is meeting
with signal success, so he is well content with existing conditions. He is a
member of the ^Master Bricklayers & Alaster Builders Association and since
1885 he has been a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church. He
served on its building committee for eight or nine years and is still one of the
chief advisers of that body though not a member at the present time. He
belongs to the B. B. B. B. Bowling Club and that and fishing constitute the sources
of recreation for him from the onerous duties qi his business.
REV. JOHN NEKULA.
Rev. John Nekula is pastor of St. Wenceslaus Bohemian Catholic church.
This influential Bohemian community was founded, in the year 1894, by the
\'ery Rev. ^Mgr. Joseph Hesoun, who also completed the church of the parish.
The first pastor was Rev. C. Bleha. The membership of St. Wenceslaus is one
hundred and twenty families, and attending the school, under the instruction of
ihe School Sisters of Xotre Dame, are one hundred and twenty-five children.
The affairs of the church are in a most prosperous condition under the min-
istrations of its present pastor, who assumed the duties of the parish May 15,
1901, and he was ordained in St. Louis for this diocese by the late Archbishop
Kain. He was born in Moravia, January 3, 1871, and his preparatory education
was received in a gymnasium in his native land. In the year 189 1 he was grad-
uated, having completed an eight years' course, and his degree from this insti-
tution licensed him to matriculate in a university. Deciding to follow a theo-
logical career he entered the University of Lovaine, Belgium, where he pur-
sued a three years' course of study, and at the expiration of that time came to
America and finished his theological education at Kenrick Seminary.
After graduating Father Nekula was ordained for the priesthood by Arch-
bishop Kain, June 8, 1895, his first charge being as assistant pastor of St. John's
of Nepomuk church, then under the jurisdiction of Mgr. Hesoun. In this capac-
ity he served until 1901, when he was appointed pastor of St. Wenceslaus' par-
ish, of which he is still in charge. Father Nekula is a hard and earnest worker.
When he entered the parish there were but ninety families in the church, but
he has increased its membership to one hundred and fifty. When he took charge
of the parish there were but ninety-eight children in the school, while now there
are one hundred and thirty enrolled.
Father Nekula possesses a strong personality, is consistent in his Christian
life and is ever active in working for the interests not only of the church but also
of the community. Through his eft'orts and enthusiasm he has gradually
enhanced the church work and ])laced the parish in the most favorable circum-
stances. He is a general favorite among the members of the church and also
among the citizens of the community and under his management the parish has
a bright prospect.
W^XLTER SCOTT HANCOCK.
Walter Scott Hancock was born in Franklin county, Virginia, November
19, 1869, ^ son of Abram B. and Martha Elizabeth (Walker) Hancock. Hav-
ing pursued his education in the public and high schools of Danville, Virginia,
he afterward spent four years as a student in the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington. Virginia, and was graduaterl therefrom in the class of 1890. Dur-
ing this year he was offered a scholarship at Johns Hopkins University. In
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430 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
1892 and 1893 he was a student in Hampden Sidney College and in 1896 received
the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia.
Thus qualitied, ^Ir. Hancock was admitted to the bar at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, in 1896, and later, in February, 1897, at St. Louis, Missouri, and has
made a notably successful record in the eleven years of his connection with the
legal interests of this city. In 1900 he was elected Assistant Circuit Attorney
for St. Louis and continued in the office until the close of the term, December
31, 1904. He had charge of all grand jury work and by filing information sub-
sequent to constitutional amendment authorizing such proceedings, reduced the
cost in criminal cases by about twenty-five thousand dollars per year. Aside
from his interests as a member of the bar, he is president of the Bell Place
Realty Compan}-.
Sir. Hancock was married in St. Louis, on the 21st of November, 1899, to
]Miss Anna Spencer, daughter of Dr. H. N. Spencer, and they are now the par-
ents of five children: Walker Kirtland, Anne Spencer, Laura, Elizabeth Dwight
and Dean. The family residence is at No. 4332 McPherson avenue.
^ir. Hancock's military record covers service as lieutenant of the United
States A'^olunteers, during which time he was detailed as adjutant of the Sec-
ond Battalion. He also served as ordnance officer of the Sixth Missouri Infan-
try in the Spanish-American war, and is now lieutenant of Company B of the
First Regiment of the National Guard of Missouri. He is well known in local
military circles and is popular with his associates who wear blue. During the
street car strike of 1900 he had charge of posse detail stationed at Laclede and
Compton avenue.
He belongs to the Grand Avenue Presbyterian church and finds time for
interest in matters of literary or historical research, belonging to the Virginia
Historical Society, Missouri Historical Society, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis
Society of American Institute of Archseology and also to- the Virginia Society
of St. Louis. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the several
Scottish Rite bodies. He is not unknown as a writer, being the author of vari-
ous articles which have appeared in periodicals, together with a history of "The
Spencer Family in England and in America" and a biographical sketch of Gen-
eral Scott Shipp, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. His polit-
ical allegiance is given the democracy, while in more specifically social lines he
is connected with the Jefferson Club. In the line of his profession he is iden-
tified with the St. Louis Bar Association and the St. Louis Law Library Asso-
ciation, and while his interests and labors have been so varied as to make him
a well-roimded man, his time and attention chiefly centers upon his law work,
in which connection he has gained a most creditable reputation.
THOMAS S. NOONAN.
Thomas S. Noonan is numbered among the men whose activity and public
spirit were forces in the development and upbuilding of St. Louis and the place
which he occupied in public regard and the work which he did for the benefit
of the city w^ell entitle him to mention in this volume with those whose worth
and work have constituted the elements of the city's greatness.
A native of Ireland, his birth occurred in the city of Dublin in 1844 and in
1849, when a little lad of about five years, he was brought to the new world and
St. Louis by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Noonan. The father, with
his two brothers, Daniel and James Noonan, engaged for many years in the
queensware business on ]\Tain street, building up a successful enterprise in that
line. He was moreover greatly interested in the welfare of the city and his co-
operation could always be counted upon to further progressive interests. Ii;
hi"^ native land he wedded Marv TTarmond, also a native of Dublin, and fol-
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lowing their arrival in St. Louis they continued residents of the city until called
to their final rest.
Thomas S. Noonan was educated in Christian Brothers College and on
the completion of his course engaged with Moody, Michell & Company, thus
making his initial step in the business world. On severing his connection with
that firm he became bookkeeper for D. A. January, with whom he continued for
fourteen years, when he believed that conditions were favorable and his expe-
rience and capital sufficient to enable him to engage in the real-estate business.
In this undertaking he joined Lewis V. Bogy and the relation between them
was maintained until his death in 1890. He became one of the best known
real-estate men of the city, handling much valuable property and promoting
much activity in real-estate circles, and for two terms he served as president o!
the Real Estate Exchange. He was always very active in the upbuilding of
St. Louis and the promotion of its trade relations, resulting to the substantial
benefit of the city. He was closely associated with the work of development
here and at the time of his death, with Mr. Dean and others, had almost per-
fected plans for the building of an elevated railroad.
In 1871 Mr. Noonan was united in marriage in St. Louis to Miss Josephine
Bogy, a daughter of Lewis V. Bogy. She was educated in the Visitation Con-
vent and has spent her entire life in St. Louis, being a representative of one of
the old French families here. She has an extensive circle of friends and the
hospitality of the best homes is cordially given her. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Xoonan
were born eight children, of whom seven are yet living: Lewis Bogy, a resi-
dent of Cuba, Missouri ; Celesta, who is the wife of Fred B. Murphy ; Mrs.
Adell ]\Ienges ; Irene, now the wife of W. H. Chandler; Josephine, the wife of
Robert Inman, of Chicago ; Thomas Steele ; and Sarpv J., who is studying law
in the St. Louis Law School.
In his religious faith Mr. Noonan was a Catholic, while fraternally he was
connected with Valley Council of the Royal Arcanum. His political allegiance
was unfalteringly given to the democracv and though he never sought nor de-
sired office he was greatly interested in the success of the party. A resident
of St. Louis from the age of five years, he enjoyed the good will and friend-
ship of many of the best known business men and leading citizens here. His
life was characterized by qualities of upright manhood, while his laudable ambi-
tion and energy carried him into the field of large and important undertakings,
thus constituting him one of the valued citizens of ^Missouri's metropolis.
JOHN BLASDEL SHAPLEIGH, M.D.
Dr. John Blasdel Shapleigh, who after thorough preliminary training at
home and abroad for the treatment of diseases of the ear, is recognized as an
eminent aurist of St. Louis, was born in this city October 31, 1857. He traces
his ancestry in direct line from Alexander Shapleigh, of Totnes, Devonshire,
England, who came to America in 1635 as agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges and
built the first house in Kittery. Maine. His ancestors in succeeding generations
are: Alexander; Captain John Shapleigh, a representative in the ^lassachu-
setts general court ; Major Nicholas Shapleigh, also a representative in the gen-
eral court ; Nicholas ; Elisha ; Richard : and Augustus Frederick Shapleigh. The
last named married Elizabeth Anne Umstead and they became the parents of
Dr. Shapleigh of this review.
For two years Dr. Shapleigh was a student in Edward Wyman's private
school in St. Louis, afterward pursued his studies in the academic department
of Washington Universitv and then entered the collegiate department of the
nniversity. from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in
1878. In preparation for his profession he first attended the St. Louis Medical
432 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
College and was graduated with the AI.D. degree in 1881. He entered upon
active practice, serving as interne in the St. Louis City Hospital in i88i;;2 and
as interne in the St. Louis Female Hospital in 1882-3. He then went abroad
for post-graduate study, making a specialty of diseases of the ear while study-
ing under some of the eminent physicians of Vienna in 1884-5.
On his return from Europe he began the practice of his specialty and has
continued in this line without interruption to the present day, excelling in his
skill as an aurist by reason of his thorough training, his ready discrimination
and his unfaltering- fidelity to his professional duties. He has also become well
known in educational lines, serving as lecturer on diseases of the ear in the
St. Louis ^Medical College, now the medical department of Washington Uni-
versity, from 1886 until 1890; as clinical professor of diseases of the ear in the
same institution from 1890 until 1895; as professor of otology from 1895 to
the present time ; and as dean of the medical faculty of the medical depart-
ment of the \\'ashington University in 1901-02. He is also a member of the
medical staff of St. Luke's hospital, and the Skin and Cancer Hospital, perform-
ing all this service in addition to the demands of an extensive and constantly
growing private practice. He belongs to the St. Louis Medical Society and
was chairman of the oto-laryngological section in 1907-8. He belongs to the
Medical Societv City Hospital Alumni, of which he was president in 1896, to
the American Otological Society and the American Academy of Medicine. He
is also a member of the Missouri Medical Society and the American Medical
Association.
On the 27th of October, 1886, Dr. Shapleigh was married to ^liss Anna
T. Alerritt, of St. Louis, and they have one son and one daughter, Blasdel and
IMargaret Shapleigh. Dr. Shapleigh is a Presbyterian in religious faith, and in
national politics is a republican but at local elections casts an independent bal-
lot. While not without that genuine interest in general affairs which marks
the public-spirited citizen, the work of his profession makes too heavy demands
upon his time and energy to allow his active participation in public life.
EDWARD F. NOLTE.
Edward F. Nolte, well known in architectural circles, was born in St. Louis,
in November, 1870, and is a representative of an old German family. His
father, F. William Nolte, was born in Germany and came with his sisters to
the new world, arriving in this city about 1850. For many years he devoted his
time and energies to building operations but is now living retired. Among the
substantial structures which stand as monuments to his skill and enterprise are
many fine residences, including the homes of ex-Mayor Cole and Profe-jsor
Jones. During the period of hostilities between the north and the south he
served with the Home Guards.
Edward F. Nolte was a pupil of the public schools of St. Louis from J 876
until 1884, leaving school at the age of fourteen years. He then engaged witii
the N. D. Thompson Publishing Company, occupying a clerical position in the
office for three years, and when he severed his connection with that house went
to the Washington University, realizing that a good education was essential to
his purjjose of entering his chosen ])rofession. Here he took a rigid course and
has ever afterward been a keen student in the school of experience, learning many
valuable lessons which have been essential factors in his success. Soon after
leaving the University he entered the employ of L. Cass Miller, an architect, with
whom he continued for about five years, when, at the age of twenty-four, he
embarked in business on his own account. He felt that his previous experience
and training well f|ualified him for this step and he o])ened an office in the Times
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434 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
building, where he remained for seven years. On the expiration of that period
he removed to No. 620 Chestnut street, where for seven years he met with excel-
lent success. His present location is in the Fullerton building. He has super-
intended the erection of a number of apartment buildings, residences and other
modern structures of the city and his knowledge of architecture has enabled him
to add to the attractive appearance of St. Louis as manifest in architectural lines.
In June, 1897, in this city Mr. Nolte was married to Miss Marie A. Birke-
meyer, a member of a prominent St. Louis family. To this union were born
three children: Edward, Esther Marie and Helen, aged respectively ten, eight
and six years, all now students in the public schools.
In politics ]\Ir. Xolte is somewhat independent, voting for men and measr
ures rather than party. While he is never neglectful of social interests nor of
his duty in public affairs he yet concentrates the greater part of his energies upon
his business interests and has gained a creditable position among the architects
of St. Louis.
JAMES ELLISON BROCK.
James Ellison Brock, secretary and a director of the Mississippi Valley
Trust Company and vice president of the Municipal Improvement Investment
Company, has gained a place where the extent and importance of his activities
make him a recognized power in business circles in St. Louis. A native of Rich-
mond, Kentucky, he was born July 4, 1862, his parents being John William and
Elizabeth Jane (Ellison) Brock. The father was of English descent, the orig-
inal American ancestors of the family first settling in North Carolina, and later
in Culpeper county, Virginia, whence a removal was afterward made to Clark
county, Kentucky, where they have been widely l;nown and identified with pub-
lic affairs for many years.
James E. Brock pursued his education at the Transylvania University in
Lexington, Kentucky, and began his business career as accountant for the Tran-
sylvania Printing & Publishing Company, of Lexington. Later he accepted a
position as instructor in the Commercial College of the Kentucky University at
Lexington and since 1883 has made his home in St. Louis, in which year he
accepted the cashiership of the southwestern distributing office of The New
Home Sewing Machine Company, of Orange, Massachusetts. He was con-
nected with that company for about eight years, or until the ist of May, 1891,
since which time he has been with the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, which
was incor])orated October 3, 1890, and is doing a general financial and fiduciary
business. Since that time Mr. Brock has made steady advancement in financial
circles and is now the secretary and a director of the company. As he has
passed on in his business career his powers have been constantly developed
through experience and investigation and his energy also constitutes a strong
factor in the success to which he has attained. He is likewise the vice president of
the Municipal Improvement Investment Company and manifests keen discern-
ment in the control of complicated interests.
At Paris, Kentucky, (jn the 28th of September, 1896, Mr. Brock was mar-
ried to Miss Elizabeth Duncan Trundle, a daughter of John L. Trundle, now
retired, of Paris, and a representative of one of the oldest families of Bourbon
county, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Brock reside in St. Louis county, but come to
the city for the winter months. He is prominent in Masonry, having attained
the Knight Temf)lar degree of the York Rite and the Thirty-second degree of
the Scottish Rite. He is likewise connected with the Mystic Shrine and with
the Kentucky Society of St. Louis, while with the Noonday, St. Louis and
Glen Echo Country Clubs he holds membership, being now president of
the last named. His political endorsement is given to the democracy and he
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is one of the board of stewards of St. John's Alethodist Episcopal church. South,
located at Washington avenue and King's Highway.
The value of biography, aside from the interest which one's friends feel
in his personal history, comes in the fact that it frequentlv constitutes an exam-
ple setting forth the plans and methods that are being prohtably followed in
making the most of one's opportunities. ]\Ir. Brock has followed the line of
least resistance, adapting himself to conditions and circumstances, and yet he is
not without that strong will power which enables him to overcome difficulties
and obstacles and steadily progress toward his objective point.
ISRAEL W. SHANTZ.
The growth of St. Louis with its pulsing industrial activities and constantly
growing business interests is drawing to it each year men of marked enterprise
who recognize in its business conditions the opportunities for advancement and
for the development of their powers. Well known by reason of his untiring
energy, which enables him to bring business undertakings to a successful com-
pletion, Israel W. Shantz is now at the head of the Shantz Real Estate & Invest-
ment Company, having been elected to its presidency in 1907. He was born in
Montgomery county, Missouri, July 8, 1865, and is a son of Benjamin and Mar-
garet Shantz. The father died some forty years ago, but the mother still lives
in the southwestern portion of the state. The year. 1863 witnessed the arrival
of the father who came from Canada to Missouri. He had been connected with
the manufacture of flour in the dominion, but after reaching the L^nited States
turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits.
Israel W. Shantz attended the public schools of Dallas county, ^Missouri,
but is largely a self-educated man, learning manv valuable lessons in the school
of experience. He has had the ability to obtain that which was valuable from
every connection of life and to apply his knowledge with skill and accuracy to
every successive situation that has demanded his time and energies. In his six-
teenth year he became a representative of a firm engaged in the sale of nursery
stock and remained as one of its solicitors for seven years, after which he took
up farming- on his own account. His economy, industry and careful expenditure
at length enabled him to purchase land of his own and for two years he con-
tinued its cultivation. In his twenty-fifth year he was elected circuit clerk and
served in that capacity for two terms, but ere the expiration of his second term
he was elected cashier of the Bank of Buffalo, Missouri, and filled that posi-
tion for two years. In 1902 he sold out his interest in the bank and since that
time has been connected with real-estate dealing. He is practically sole ownec
of the Shantz Real Estate & Investment Company and in this connection is
doing an extensive business, handling much property for himself and others and
making investments for many capitalists, who recognize that his service is valu-
able in this connection because of his comprehensive understanding of real-
estate values and the property which is on the market.
On the 29th of September, 1889, Mr. Shantz was married in Dallas county,
Missouri, to Miss Mary I. Miller and unto them were born nine children:
Isora, who is a student in the Central high school ; Lloyd B., sixteen years of
age, a grammar-school student ; Swinton, fourteen years of age ; Abe, ten years
of age ; Thelma, Miller, Mary, and I. W., aged respectively seven, four, two
and one years. There was one child deceased.
The family reside at No. 3736 West Pine boulevard in a home which was
purchased by Mr. Shantz. He is a Knight Templar ]\Iason. belonging to St.
Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M., and St. Aldemar Commandery, No. 18. K. T.
In politics he is a stalwart republican and served as chairman of the Audrain
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Committee in 1903 and 1904. Keeping well informed on the questions and issues
of the day he is ever able to support his position by intelligent argument and his
services in behalf of the principles which he supports have been effective forces
in republican successes.
CHARLES LINTON CRANE.
Charles Linton Crane, who has for some years past represented the strong-
est fire insurance agency in St. Louis, was born in Rochester, Beaver county,
Pennsylvania. November 13, 1861. His father, a steamboat captain, was born
in May, 1819.
Charles L. Crane has made his home in St. Louis since 1872. After leaving
school in 1876, he entered the field of insurance and has been continuously in
this line to the present time. He now and for some years past has represented
the strongest fire insurance agency in St. Lbuis, and in this connection has
developed an extensive business, which makes him a prominent representative
of insurance interests. He is thoroughly conversant with the business in all of
its ramifying connections, and since leaving school to become a factor in busi-
ness circles he has displayed a spirit of alertness and enterprise, which has
already gained for him notable success and promises well for the future.
]\Ir. Crane was married in 1883, his wife being a sister-in-law of President
James A. Garfield. He has been a member of the Mercantile Club since 1892,
and has been identified with the Missouri Athletic Club since its organization.
OTTO J. BOEHMER.
Otto J. Boehmer. an architect who has largely confined his attention to
residence and business property, was born in Warren county. Missouri, Octo-
ber 24, 1858, his parents being Eberhart and Elise (Schnoor) Boehmer, the for-
mer a farmer by occupation. He also owned and operated a sawmill and was
prominent in his section of the state.
Otto J. Boehmer pursued his education in the schools of Warren county.
Missouri, and of St. Louis. He graduated from a commercial college in 1883 and
soon afterward secured a position with the firm of Goesse & Remmers, builders
and contractors of this city. He remained in the employ of others for about ten
years and then in 1893 started in business on his own account as an architect and
builder. In the intervening years he has succeeded beyond his fondest expecta-
tions, having been accorded many contracts for making the plans and erecting fine
residences and business blocks. He was originally located in the Roe building,
afterward had his office in the Exchange building and subsequently removed to
^^- 505 Holland building, where he is still located. While he has always made
a specialty of residence and business property, he has erected several churches
and semi-public buildings in his section of the city, all of which plainly indicate
his ability in the field of his chosen labor. In the regular pursuit of his pro-
fession he has always advocated and used forms and designs to elevate the
character and ideals of the public rather than to adhere to the stereotyped and
conventional form.s in general use. There are many buildings in his section of
rhc city examples of this tendency.
On the 15th of December, 1897, Mr. Boehmer was married to Miss Agatha
T. Carrierc, whose father, Louis Charles Carriere, is a well known physician
and is connected with the .Swcflenborgian church of St. Louis. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Boehmer have been born two sons and a daughter: Marion Louise, ten
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years of age ; Ivan Jerome, six years of age ; and Loyal Lee, three years of age.
The first two are now attending pubhc school.
]\Ir. Boehmer has a conservatory at his home and an extensive collection
of tropical plants. Horticulture and tloriculture are his chief sources of recre-
ation and he spends considerable of his leisure time in accumulating beautiful
and rare plants. He is an enthusiastic lover of home and strongly believes in
the elevating influence of environment. This has induced him to spend time and
labor lavishly on his home for many years in order to perfect the surroundings
of himself and those growing up in his care. He is also decidedly individual-
istic, which has made his home place a splendid example of originality and char-
acter. Mr. Boehmer takes great delight in bicycling and has not only traveled
all over tire city but throughout the outlying districts as well on his wheel. He is
connected with the Swedenborgian religion, and in citizenship he possesses a
progressive spirit which prompts his active assistance to many measures for the
general good.
LEWIS V. BOGY.
Lewis A'. Bogy was one of the picturescjue figures on the stage of Mis-
souri's history. Early in life he planned out his course and set for himself
high ideals toward which he eagerly made his way as the years passed, never
for a moment losing sight of the object for which he strove. An analyzation
of his life work brings ^n light certain strong and well defined characteristics,
among which was his unyielding perseverance, his unfaltering courage and his
high sense of honor.
In the days when eastern Missouri was more a French province than an
American territory Lewis V. Bogy entered upon the scene of earthly activities,
his birth having occurred in St. Genevieve, in what is now St. Genevieve county,
Alissouri, April 9, 1813. He was a descendant of the early French pioneers
who located in that region when the country belonged to France. His father,
Joseph Bogy, was born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, and in 1805 took up his abode in
what was then Missouri territory but which only two years before had been sold
by Napoleon to the American government. He settled at St. Genevieve, which
was then a town of considerable commercial importance, its prospects being
superior to those of St. Louis. He wedded Marie Beauvais, a daughter of
Vital Beauvais, and in the years of his residence in Missouri occupied a prom-
inent place in the public life of the state, which at that time was in the forma-
tive period of its existence. He acted as private secretary to Governor Morales
under the Spanish dominion and when Missouri was organized as a territory
became a member of the territorial legislature. Following its admission as a
state into the Ljiion he was elected to the general assembly and at different
times filled other positions of public trust and confidence.
In the early youth of Lewis V. Bogy the French language was spoken by
all the inhabitants of his town. There was no well organized school system
and his educational advantages were somewhat limited but he used every oppor-
tunity to advance his intellectual progress, thoroughly mastering the branches of
learning taught in such schools as existed in the new country and adding also
to his knowledge through experience, reading and observation. About 1822 he
attended a school in his native town taught by John D. Grafton from Connecti-
cut. He was then sent to a Catholic school in Perryville, now in Perry county,
Missouri, taught by a Swiss and remained there until he became ill. For eight-
een months he was confined to his bed with a white swelling and was skilfully
treated by Dr. Luis F. Linn, afterward United States senator from Missouri.
During his confinement he read constantly and thus made rapid progress along
intellectual lines. Following his recovery he was a clerk in a store at a salary
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of two hundred dollars per year, under contract to take out in trade one-half
of that salary. He carefully saved his earnings and with the money purchased
books and took up the study of law. He also began the study of Latin, realiz-
ing how essential is the knowledge of that language to the thorough understand-
ing of many modern sciences.
On the i6th of Januar\', 1832, Mr. Bogy left home and went to Kaskas-
kia, Illinois, to read law in the office of the late Judge Nathaniel Pope, judge of
the United States district court. In a letter to his mother he told her that he
had determined to continue the study of law and then return to his native state
to practice and to qualifv himself to become a United States senator. It was
much more common at that time than at present that men in all walks of life,
and especially the members of the bar, were actively interested in politics and
in the discussion of important political problems. Few men live to realize so
fully the ambition of their early years but time brought to him that which he
sought as a reward for his ability, loyalty and marked devotion to the state.
Continuing his preparation for the bar under Judge Pope, who directed his
reading until May, 1832, Mr. Bogy then volunteered as a private soldier in the
Black Hawk war, occasioned by Indian uprising and the necessity of the white
men to suppress their red foes. Mr. Bogy took part in two hotly contested
engagements. Having served faithfully and gallantly to the close of that war,
he returned to Kaskaskia and again under the direction of Judge Pope con-
tinued the reading of law. In 1833 he became a student in the law school at
Lexington, Kentucky, from which he w'as graduated in 1835 with high honors.
He had been a most apt and thorough student and his knowledge of the princi-
ples of jurisprudence was comprehensive and exact.
Returning to St. Louis, Mr. Bogy opened a law office in this city April i,
1835, and entered upon his professional .career here. By diligent and close
attention to business, by continued study and unfaltering devotion to the inter-
ests of his clients, he soon won distinction and became recognized as an eminent
member of the profession with a lucrative practice. All through this time he
was prominent in the discussion of political problems and his fitness for leader-
ship led to his election to the general assembly in. 1840. He was one of the
youngest, if not the youngest, member at that session but he proved an active
w^orker in committee rooms and in framing constructive legislation. In 1849,
having accjuired a handsome competence through his professional labors, he
returned to St. Genevieve, his native county, and was there the anti-Benton
democratic candidate for the legislature but was defeated. Colonel Benton,
having failed to secure reelection to the LInited States senate, at the next elec-
tion, in 1852, announced himself as a candidate for representative to congress
and Lewis V. Bogy was nominated as his opponent. Although defeated, this
drew to him widespread attention and at the succeeding election, in 1854, he
was the victorious candidate for the general assembly of his native county. Mr.
Bogy served with marked ability and distinction in the legislature and follow-
ing his return to St. Louis he was made, in 1863, the nominee of the demo-
cratic party for congress against the late Senator Francis P. Blair, Jr., and Sam-
uel Knox. In that year he \vas defeated. Fie was again called to jmblic service
in 1867, however, when President Andrew Johnson appointed him commissioner
of Indian afifairs. For about six months he acted in that capacity, discharging
his duties with marked fidelity and promptness, but the LInited States senate
did not confirm the appointment on the ground that he was a democrat and he
retired from office. In 1873 he became a candidate for the United States sen-
ate and was elected, becoming the successor of General Blair. He served from
the 4th of iMarch, 1873, until iVIarch 3, 1879. and made a creditable record by
his faithful adherence to the principles in which he believed and his stalwart
support of all bills and measures wdiich he felt would prove of public benefit.
During his long career Mr. Bogy occupied a conspicuous position among the
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public men of the state and none were more faultless in honor, fearless in con-
duct or stainless in reputation. Outside of the strict path of politics he held
various positions of public trust. He was president of the St. Louis & Iron
Mountain Railroad and president of the Exchange Bank of St. Louis, thus con-
tributing to the general business activity. He was also commissioner of public
schools, a member and president of the city council and as such acted as mayor
in the absence of the chief executive officer.
In early manhood Air. Bogy was married to Miss Pelagic Pratt, a daughter
of the late General Bernard Pratt. She died September 20, 1877, and their
son Joseph is also deceased, the only surviving member of the family being
]Mrs. Josephine Noonan.
Mr. Bogy was above all things a gentleman "to the manner born." He
never failed in courtesy, was generous in his opinions, kindly in his actions and
loyal in his friendships. He was found faithful to every obligation, while home
ties were regarded as most sacred. His name is yet honored and his memory
still cherished bv those who knew him and Missouri numbers him among those
whose life records have reflectefl credit and honor upon the state. His entire
life was characterized by the spirit of progress. He was never content with
what he had accomplished but was always reaching out toward something above
and beyond and thus advancement came to him in the various walks of life
to v."hich he directed his energies.
CAREW SANDERS.
Carew Sanders, who at the time of his death, Januarv 6, 1909, was the oldest
nurseryman and florist in St. Louis, came to the city in its beginning- and during
his fifty-two years' uninterrupted residence v/itnessed the development, of the
metropolis as it gradually advanced from a small town into one of the greatest
cities in the country. Mr. Sanders was born in Sussex, England, October 8,
1827, and was the oldest of twelve children. His father, Carew Sanders, was a
shoemaker by trade. He descended from a distinguished family, the famous
poet. Sir Percy Bysche Shelley, being among his ancestors. Susan Chart, his
mother, was a highly cultured woman. Previous to her marriage she taught
school with her father, William Chart, who at tliat time presided over the edu-
cational institution built and endowed by a wealthy seaman. Admiral Evelynne,
through whose generosity his native county of Surrey is indebted for many of its
philanthropic institutions. In this school Mr. Sanders was a pupil. When four-
teen years of age he left the parental home and repaired to the city of London,
being ambitious to make a start in the commercial world.
He secured employment in London as one of seven gardeners on the estate
of an English gentleman, the estate being located seven miles from the city.
He took kindly to the occupation, as he was a lover of nature and delighted in
working among flowers and in making a study of their growth. It was while on
this estate that he decided upon horticulture as his life's vocation. He was re-
markably studious in his habits and a lover of the higher class of literature.
The libraries of London afforded him ample opportunity to gratify his literary
desires. Although the city was seven miles from the estate upon which he was
working, he difl not deem it a task at the close of his day's toil to walk that dis-
tance in order to secure books from which to imbibe learning.
In the year 185 1, in company with his brother William, he emigrated to
America. They landed in New York city, where they remained for some time.
Here Mr. Sanders contracted typhoid fever, which nearly cost him his life. Upon
recovering he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his brother, which city was actually
the goal of their journey when they left England. In Cincinnati Mr. Sanders was
engaged by a Mr. Resor, a wealthy manufacturer, to take care of the grounds
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surrounding his residence in the suburbs of the city. After spending a year or
so there, in 1853 he returned to New York to meet his bride, Susan Sampson.
In New York they were united in marriage by Bishop Horatio Potter. After a
brief residence in the city they returned to Cincinnati, where Mr. Sanders en-
gaged as head gardener for Joseph Longworth, grandfather of the present Nicho-
las Longworth, who still lives in the home of his grandparents. About this
time Mr. Sanders' parents came to America with the entire family. Soon after
reaching the shores of the new world his parents passed away. Mr. Sanders
remained on the Longv^-orth property for four years. Being ambitious to start
in business for himself, in 1857 he went to Chicago. Here in partnership with
a cousin, Edgar Sanders, he purchased property which he intended to use for
nursery purposes. However, the plan did not materialize and in the fall of the
same year !\Ir. Sanders came to St. Louis. He had not long been in this city
when he became superintendent of a nursery for N. J. Colman, editor of the
Vallev Farmer, an agricultural magazine. This publication was later known as
Colman's Rural World. Later the old Cabanne farm fronting on Union avenue
north of Olive street road was leased and, together with Mr. Colman's home
place, was planted with young nursery stock. In a short time Mr. Sanders be-
came an equal partner with Mr. Colman. Their business increased rapidly until
the firm became one of the most prominent in the south and southwest. At the
opening of the Civil war dififerences arose between the partners and they severed
their relations. Along about this time Mr. Sanders accepted the post of deputy
provost marshal under Captain Charles Colman, the latter having been appointed
to take charge of the draft office of the district, a new government department
for drafting recruits into the army. While in this office one duty which de-
volved upon Mr. Sanders was to blindly draw from a box the ballots containing
names of the unfortunate citizens who were thus selected to serve in the army.
At the close of the war Air. Sanders was made secretary to Theophile Papin, col-
lector of war revenue taxes for the first congressional district. This tax had
been assessed against property owners in addition to the regular taxes in order
to facilitate the reducing of the war debt.
Finally the difficulties which had caused the dissolving of the partnership
between Air. Sanders and Air. Colman were smoothed over and they were again
associated in business at their old stand in the year 1866. The firm was known
as that of Colman & Sanders. The partnership continued until 1872, when it
was dissolved. In part payment for his share of the stock Air. Sanders took
the place now knov/n as No. 5600 Delmar avenue, which became the family home
and remained such for nearly thirty years. He continued in business off and on,
adding many new features until he finally retired in favor of his son, C. C. San-
ders, who still conducts the business. The nursery grounds embrace five acres.
The property has graduallv been encroached upon by city improvements and is
now encircled by beautiful homes and apartment houses.
Air. Sanders' wife, Aliss Susan Sampson, was the daughter of Friend and
Alartha Baker Sampson. She was born February 12, 1829, and until she united
in marriage with Air. Sanders, lived in the old a Becket place in Barming, near
Alaidstone, England. This estate came to the family from the maternal side
by inheritance. The family has occupied it for more than two hundred years.
The estate was originally part of that possessed by the famous Sir Thomas a
Beckett. ATr. and Airs. Sanders were parents of the following: Elizabeth,
Mrs. L. G. Bantz, now living with the aged mother at No. 5738 Vernon avenue,
where Air. Sanders resided from 1897 "'^til his death; Carew Chart Sanders,
who succeeded his father in business ; William S. Sanders, connected with the
American Cjak Leather Company at No. 512 St. Charles street; and Edgar N.
Sanrlers, a rej^rcscntative of an eastern rubber and bicycle supply firm.
Alany changes were witnessed by Air. and Mrs. Sanders during their resi-
dence in St. Louis from 1857. At that time the driveways west of Seventeenth
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street to their home were mostly through woods. Omnibuses were the means of
transportation instead of street ears. Air. Sanders was fond of caUing to mem-
ory the instance of once having walked from what is now Delmar and Belt
avenues to Twenty-seventh and Olive streets for the sake of riding down town
in a new bob-tailed car which was then the novelty of the day. ..\lthough in his
eighty-second year and very feeble, Mr. Sanders delighted in recalling instances
of the old days, and took pleasure in dwelling amid the scenes of his youth. He
was a beneficial factor in beautifying the streets and parks of the city, having-
furnished many of the trees and shrubs to decorate the public grounds.
While Air. Sanders was never an active politician, he kept abreast of the
times and was conversant with the paramount political issues of the day. Through-
out his life he always voted the republican ticket. At intervals during his busy
career he found time for considerable travel and made the voyage to his native
land several times. He also made extensive tours throughout the United States.
Still living, among his brothers and sisters are : Harry S., who resides in Palm
Beach, Florida ; Thomas Sanders and Mrs. Sallie Williams, of Clay Center, Kan-
sas; Mrs. Edward Smith, of Bayonne; and Mrs. Maggie Le Blanc of Jersey City,
New Jersey. A brother and a sister recently passed away.
HIRAM LLOYD.
Hiram Llovd came to St. Louis. in 1879 to enter upon an apprenticeship at
the carpenter's trade and is today a contractor and builder with large and im-
portant patronage. He is also prominent in republican circles, his opinions car-
rying weight in the local counsels of his party. Born in St. Clair county, Illi-
nois, July 23, 1863, he is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Pepper) Lloyd, both
of whom were natives of England. In i860 the father came to America, set-
tling in St. Clair county, Illinois, where he followed his profession of mining
engineering. For six years he was inspector of mines in that county. He
became one of the first board of Labor Statistics of Illinois and served in that
capacity for six years. In 1891 he removed to St. Louis, retired from active
business life and passed away here in 1896, when seventy-three years of age.
He had long survived his wife who died in 1871. at the age of forty-one years.
Their familv numbered eleven children, five of whom are yet living: Dr. Henry
LJoyd, w'ho was city coroner of St. Louis for several years ; Thomas, who is
mine superintendent at Rentchler, St. Clair county, Illinois ; Mrs. Ann Whit-
taker, the widow of Dr. Joseph Whittaker of St. Louis; and Ellen, the wife of
James Stevenson, of Colorado.
The other surviving member of the family is Hiram Lloyd, who spent his
boyhood days on the home farm in St. Clair county, Illinois, and acquired his
education in the district schools and a night school in this city. He came to
St. Louis in 1879, when sixteen years of age, to enter upon an apprenticeship
of the carpenter's trade at which he worked until 1890. He then established a
contracting business on his own account and on the 14th of Alay, 1903, incorpo-
rated theHiram Lloyd Building & Construction Company, of which he has
since been president and treasurer. He has done all classes of building includ-
ing residences, business blocks and a large number of school buildings. Among
the structures which are monuments to his skill and enterprise are the Wagner
LTndertaking building, the AIcKinley high school, the Yeatman high school,
the Louis Soldman high school, which was erected at a cost of six hundred and
thirtv thousand dollars, the postoffice and custom house at East St. Louis and
the Odd Fellows' Home at Liberty, Missouri. He has been one of the fore-
most in the evolution of building interests ; was among the first to advocate the
adoption of concrete and erected one of the first monolithic structures in the
citv — the Wagner building. He has been known as an exponent of modern
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construction and the highest ideals of modern architecture are indicated in his
work. He is also interested in various financial and commercial enterprises of
the city which have felt the stimulus of his cooperation and sound business
judgment. He is now president of the Triangle Realty Company and the Jonce
Alining Company and was president of the Master Builders' Association in 1904
and 1905, always taking an active interest in that organization.
On the 27th of May, 1888, Mr. Lloyd was married at Rentchler, Illinois, to
]\Iiss Jane Ann JNIaitland, of that place, and they became parents of: Thomas H.,
twenty years of age; Hiram, who died in infancy in 1896; and Weston Robert,
seven years of age. In politics he is an active republican and his labors in that
line have been characterized by a patriotism and a progressive citizenship which
have been beneficial to the city. He served for four years in the lower house
of the municipal assembly from 1895 until 1899 ^^'^^ was speaker during the last
two years. He was a member of the republican state committee from 1900 to
1904 and was chairman of the twelfth Congressional Committee. He also acted
as member of the republican city committee from 1900 to 1902 and was national
committeeman of the republican league clubs from Missouri from 1899 to 1903.
He was also delegate to the republican national convention in 1908 and in the
fall of that year was elected to the state legislature. His labors in behalf of
the party and its principles have been effective arid far-reaching and have
been actuated by a devotion to the general good that recognizes the obligations
as well as the privileges of citizenship.
His life interests have constantly broadened and have kept him in touch
with thinking men of the age and with those who are pushing forward the
wheels of progress. He is now a member of the Academy of Science, St. Louis
Architectural Club, the Mercantile Club and the Missouri Athletic Club. He
is likewise well known in fraternal circles, has taken high rank in Masonry, is
a member of the Mystic Shrine and has filled all of the offices in the subordinate
lodge of Odd Fellows. The order has also honored him with higher official pref-
erment and he is now past grand patriarch of Grand Encampment of Missouri
and the president of the Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home Board. He was depart-
ment commander of Patriarchs Militant, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
from 1902 until 1904 and was grand master of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows in ^Missouri in 1903. He finds recreation in hunting and fishing but the
demands of his business and his activity in fraternal and political circles leave
him little opportunity for the enjoyment of those sports. He has taken a very
active interest in all movements for the welfare of the city for the past twenty
years and his labors have constituted a force in that which is helpful and pro-
gressive. His life is a proof of the fact that talent grows by use and that activ-
ity promotes alertness. His life is one of wide usefulness and he is highly
respected for what he has accomplished in various lines.
WILLIAM M. KINSEY.
The subject of this sketch was born near Mount Pleasant, Ohio, in the
year 1846. His parents were of English origin, his ancestors emigrating to
America with William Penn about the year 1683. His father was an Ohioan by
birth, his mother a Marylander, and both were members of the Society of
Friends. Judge Kinsey's education began in the common schools of Ohio, con-
tinued at Hopcdale Academy of the same state, and his classical education was
begun and completed at Monmouth College, Illinois. Anterior to this latter
event, the family removed to Iowa, where young Kinsey engaged in farming
and continued the life of a tiller of the soil until he entered Monmouth College.
Some years later he took up the study of law at the Iowa State University and
later on was admitted to the bar in that state and subsequently practiced his
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profession in Muscatine county. In 1874 he removed to St. Louis, Missouri,
resuming here the practice of law and has since followed that profession con-
tinuously except while holding public office in the city of St. Louis and at
Washington, D. C.
In 1872 Mr. Kinsey married Miss Loretta L. Chapin, an Iowa lady, of
Ohio birth and of distinguished Mayflower ancestry.
It goes without saying that Mr. Kinsey has always been an active and con-
sistent republican in politics, but was never a candidate for office until he was
nominated for congress in 1888 from the tenth Missouri district. The district
was a democratic stronghold, but he was elected by a plurality of over two
thousand. Being renominated in 1890, he made a vigorous canvass but was
defeated, the democratic tidal wave having swept back partially to its old
time limit.
In 1904 Judge Kinsev was nominated for circuit judge of the city of St.
Louis by a very flattering vote, a decided majority of the delegates wheeling
into line for him, and his general popularity was apparent at the election for the
people rallied to his support with unmistakable and generous loyalty.
The career of Mr. Kinsey in congress was eminently successful. He was
strictly loyal to his party in the general disposition of public business ; and his
constituents and their requests were continuously in his thoughts as he drifted
from department to department in the capitol in the endeavor to serve them.
Indeed, he knew no distinction among his people, for all classes and politics
were his friends and he was the friend of all. In fact it may be said that his
labors in the lower house of congress were a continuous scene of activity in
the interest of his constituents, and he emerged from the same ripe in experi-
ence as to public affairs, politics and statesmanship.
And in this connection it may be remarked that Judge Kinsey was a stu-
dent from boyhood, from the day he followed the plow and the reaper, then
dipped into the classics at Monmouth College and afterward embraced juris-
prudence, he has drifted cheerily on, ardently in love with his profession. In-
deed, he has always been an enthusiast in unraveling the intricacies that face
the advocate and pleader, in his peaceful battle to the upper plane of an ambi-
tious legal goal.
Judge Kinsey inherited many sterling traits of character from his Quaker
ancestry and these cling to him and partially direct him and add a quiet force
to his conduct as a man and judge. He is a thorough American, in all respects,
and well abreast with fhe foremost progressive Anglo-Saxon. Moreover, he is
eminently orthodox in morals and theology. He is a patriot, a man of decided
ideas and tastes, a republican who knows no shadow of turning, a man of integ-
rity, unpurchasable, genial, a true friend, and the highest type of chivalric
gentleman.
Judge Kinsey is a scholar, worker and thinker. His life — a busy one —
following close on the heels of his abandonment of rural scenes ; and any hour
a citizen visits his sanctum he will be found up to his eyes in the cases pend-
ing in his court, and after a cheery greeting and a pleasant good-bye, he swings
back to his task of which there is no end.
On the bench Judge Kinsey is a fine specimen of a jurist. His treatment
of the bar is courteous and courtly, and his methods of disposing of cases are
typical of the deliberate, precise and logical. Exhibitions of irritations and im-
patience have no place in his ethics, and there is never in his court an applica-
tion of rasping Anglo-Saxon terms to careless and offending practitioners.
The Judge's decisions in difficult and hardly contested cases, when written
out, are masterpieces of cleancut analysis. He seldom indulges in rhetorical
flower, but is seeminglv content to remain in the groove of pure reason. He
omits nothing in the line of analytic vision, bearing upon the issues confront-
ing him, until a rational logical conclusion is reached. The predominating trait
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in the man — transcending all others — is character ; and that rises above any
position within his reach ; above affluence ; the plaudits of men or the gibes or
threats of factions. Judge Kinsey has many friends in St. Louis and in the state
of Missouri, and his admirers reasoning, a priori, feel that in consideration
of his abilities, his character and legal acumen, he is entitled, at some early day,
to a higher position, as an appropriate close to a successful judicial career.
IfARRY RLXGGOLD FARDWELL.
Harry Ringgold Fardwell, of recognized ability in the profession of civil
engineering, is now connected with municipal official life as sewer commissioner.
He was born in Baltimore, Alaryland, September 6, 1863, and is a son of Isaac
and Charlotte (flyers) Fardwell. At the usual age he entered the public schools
of his native city and afterward attended the McDonogh Institute, from which
he was graduated in 1880, and early in his business career became connected with
the war department headquarters at St. Louis under the Missouri River Com-
mission. He was thus engaged at intervals from 1882 until 1902 and in the
interim also did other public service in the line of his chosen profession. In
1887 he was assistant citv engineer of St. Joseph, Missouri, and the following
year was elected county surveyor of Buchanan county, this state, filling the office
for four years. In 1902 he was appointed principal assistant engineer of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, his incumbency continuing until 1904, when he
was made chief of that department and so continued until after the close of the
fair. On the 6th of June, 1905, he was appointed sewer commissioner of St.
Louis, which office he is now filling. The positions which he has held have been
of an important character and indicate the superiority of his service over many
followers of the profession.
On the 23d of February, 1887, at Glasgow, Missouri, occurred the mar-
riage of Harrv R. Fardwell and ]\Iiss ^larv Elizabeth Lewis. They now have
two sons, Meredith Webb and Harry R.
]\Ir. Fardwell votes with the democracy and is loyal to its interests but the
only official positions he has ever sought have been in the line of his profession.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and when it is possible for him to
put aside business cares he eagerly avails himself of the opportunity to engage
in hunting and fishing.
OTTO L. TEICHMANN.
Otto L. Teichmaun, secretary and treasurer of the Teichmann Commission
Company, is numbered among the native sons of St. Louis who have demon-
strated in an active business career the possession of strong qualities for suc-
cessful management. He was born in this city, May 12, 1865, his parents being
Charles H. and Emily (Bang) Teichmann. The father is the president of the
Teichmann Commission Company.
Arriving at school age, Otto L. Teichmann was sent to the Eyser Institute
of St. Louis, which he attenderl until his tenth year. He also spent two years
in the Guenther Institute at Brunswick, Germany, and continued his education
in Smith Academy and the Washington University of St. Louis, from which
he was graduated with the class of 1880. His standing in business circles was
proven by his election to the presidency of the Merchants Exchange in 1905.
His membership relations include the Liederkranz, the St. Louis Turn Verein,
Altenheim and the Public Question Club, having been president of the last
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named in 1907-8. He is also a member of the executive committee of the
Ethical Society, and is a republican in politics.
Mr. Teichmann was married November 21, 1890, to Miss Vivian Holm,
and their daughters are Irma and A'era Teichmann.
EDWARD BAILEY PRYOR.
So important and varied are the business connections of Edward B. Pryor
as to gain him classification with the prominent and representative citizens of
St. Louis. His time and energies are chiefly given to his duties as vice presi-
dent of the Wabash Railroad and yet other interests profit by his sound opinions
concerning intricate problems and by the spirit of enterprise which he mani-
fests in all that he undertakes. A native of West Virginia, he was born in
Fayetteville. i\Iarch 8, 1854, and after acquiring his education entered the rail-
wav service in 1880, since which time he has been continuously connected with
the road which he now represents, covering a period of almost three decades.
During the first seven years of his connection with railroad interests he served
successively as clerk, general bookkeeper and chief clerk of general accounts
for the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company ; from 1887 until Janu-
arv I, 1903, he was assistant auditor for the same road and its successor, the
Wabash Railroad Company; and from April 29, 1900, until January i, 1903, he
was also assistant secretary. From the ist of July, 1900, until January i,
1903. he likewise acted as assistant to the vice president of the same road. On
the latter date he became assistant to the president and so continued until Octo-
ber 18, 1905. when he was elected vice president and given charge of the treas-
urv and accounting departments as his specific duties. He is thus today prom-
inent in the councils and management of one of the largest and most important
trunk lines of the country and his name is everywhere an honored one in rail-
road circles.
While j\Ir. Pryor is connected with various other business interests, they
are somewhat in the line of his original connection. He is now vice president
and one of the directors of the East St. Louis Connecting Railroad Company, a
director of the St. Louis Transfer Railroad Company, a director of the Des
]^Ioines Union Railroad Company, vice president and director of the Pacific
Express Company and vice president and director of the Wiggins Ferry Com-
pany. He belongs to the First Congregational church of St. Louis, while his
social nature finds expression in his membership in the Round Table and the
Noonday Club. His advancement in the business world has followed as the
logical sequence of his well directed energy and indefatigable industry. He
entered a service where it is necessary to make every act tell and to exercise
every inventive faculty to promote the interests of the road, at the same tirne
working in such harmony with others as to give the entire service the unity of the
services of a single individual.
HENRY W. GESTRING.
Henry W. Gcstring is becoming well known as a representative of indus-
trial interests of St. Louis, being the president of the Cicstring Wagon Com-
pany in which connection sixty men are emploved while the output is finding a
ready and profitable sale. A native of St. Louis Mr. Gestring was born in Aug-
ust, i860, and is a son of Casper and Margaret Gestring. The father, a native
of Germany, on hearing of the favorable business opportunities of the new
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world, resolved to seek his home and fortune on this side of the Atlantic and
in a sailing vessel crossed the briny deep, being thirteen weeks on the voyage.
Throughout his business career he was identified with wagonniaking and other
industrial interests. At the time of the Civil war he engaged in shoeing horses
for the government at Broadway and Brooklyn streets. As the years passed
he developed a profitable industry as a wagon manufacturer and also became
known in financial circles as director of a bank. Those who knew him held him
in high regard by reason of his sterling worth and business activiW. He died
March ii, 1903, having survived his wife for only about two weeks.
Henry W. Gestring whose name introduces this review was a pupil in the
public schools between his sixth and fourteenth years. He afterward spent a
year as a student in the Mound City Commercial College and on leaving that
institution he joined his father in the manufacture of farm wagons. He has
since continued in this line of business and is now at the head of a profitable
and growing productive industry. The company owns a well equipped plant,
supplied with all of the modern machinery and facilities for carrying on the
work. The business property has a frontage of three hundred and sixty feet
and a depth of two hundred feet and in addition to this Mr. Gestring owns an-
other block on Broadway where he has a lumberyard from which he draws his
materials for the building of wagons. Some years ago the company sold to the
Terminal Railroad another block. The employes of the Gestring Wagon Com-
pany now number sixty men most of whom are skilled workmen so that the
output is substantial and attractive. The business is carried on along the most
modern lines of trade and fairness and justice is always maintained toward
employes while patrons are always assured of honorable treatment and of care-
ful and correct adjustment of such mistakes as are liable to come into any
business.
Mr. Gestring is always able to support his political position b}- intelligent
argument for he carefully considers the political issues of the day. He gives
loyal support to the republican party, is interested in athletics, is very fond of
fishing and belongs to a number of fishing clubs. He was married in 1890 in
this city to Miss Margaret Wetter, a native of Germany, and they have one son,
Harry, seventeen years of age, who was graduated from the Webster high
school and is now a shipping clerk in his father's establishment. The family
home at No. 1736 North Broadway was erected by Mr. Gestring and is a modern
residence. It is not difficult to determine the equalities which have characterized
the life work of Mr. Gestring as he has always been a resident of St. Louis and
throughout his entire life has been known for his well defined industry and
carefully executed plans.
JOHN ADAMS ZELLERS.
Jolm Adams Zellers, southwestern representative for the Smith-Premier
Typewriter Company, with headquarters in St. Louis, was born in Lebanon, Penn-
sylvania. August 23, 1872, a son of Isaac W. and Amanda (Tice) Zellers. The
father was a tobacco manufacturer and became prominent in the locality in which
he lived and where his ancestors had resided for several generations. In the early
'70s he removed westward to Indiana, settling in Elkhart, where he carried
on business as a tobacco manufacturer. The familv is of German lineage, the
first representative of the name having come to the new world from the Palati-
nate to escape religious persecution.
John A. Zellers, after mastering the branches of learning taught in the public
schools, continued his education in the William Jewell College, where he pursued
a literarv course and was graduated in June. 1888. Since leaving college he has
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resided continuoiielv in [Missouri, either in Kansas City or St. Louis, and has
been continuously with the Smith Premier Typewriting Company, representing
that concern as manager in the southwest. In this connection he has built up
a good business for the house, being recognized as a man of keen discernment
and of progressive business methods.
On the 7th of [March, 1905, Mr. Zellers was married to Miss Bernice Bennett
and they have one son, John Bennett, now in his second year. The father of
JMrs. Zellers built the first steamboat north of St. Louis at Muscatine, Iowa, and
was probably the first to produce any of the cereal foods now so common on
the market. ' He retained an interest in that business up to the time of his death.
which occurred in 1907 when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-seven
years.
Mr. Zellers is well known in social circles. He belongs to the Mercantile
Club and to lodge No. 9 of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks and is
also connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen. His
political support is given to the republican party but aside from the exercise of
his right of franchise he takes no active interest in political affairs. Well edu-
cated" and well bred, he finds his friends among people of literary taste and
culture and is welcomed into the social circles where true worth and intelligence
are received as passports into good society.
J. FREDERICK BOTTGER.
J. Frederick Bottger, vice president of the Century Sawmill Company, w^as
born' in Zurich, Switzerland, November 23, 1865. His father, Johan Frederick
Theodore Bottger, was a builder of Zurich and also the owner of a sawmill
there. He erected the Trade school of that city and other important structures
which are monuments of his skill and thrift and in 1878 he crossed the Atlan-
tic to the new world, becoming a resident of Milton, Pennsylvania. He was
identified with the building operations of that town and of Williamsport, Penn-
sylvania, to the time of his death which occurred when he was fifty-three years
of age. His wife bore the maiden name of Wilhelmine Meybohm.
J. Frederick Bottger was a pupil in public and private schools of his native
city and afterv.'ard attended the seminary at Hamburg, Germany. The removal
of the family to America however interrupted his school days. He had been
liberally educated in modern languages and along other lines and afterward
resumed his studies in America. The family sailed for New York and for seven
years resided between Milton and Williamsport. In the latter place Mr. Bott-
ger received his training for the business world, spending a year as a student
in a commercial college. He afterward devoted seven years to a hardware busi-
ness which w^as conducted along both wholesale and retail lines and was also
associated with a sawmill enter])rise until 1887. The following year was devoted
to travel throughout the east anrl in t888 he went to Austin, Texas, where he
became chief bookkee])tr for a well known lumber Line yard company which
he represcnterl until .March, 1890.
.Since that date .Mr. f'.ottger has been a resident of St. Louis where he
entered the tm])loy of II. I'. Coulter as stenographer and bookkeeper but soon
a better pf>sition offered in the managership of the office of Heller & Hoffman
Chair Factory. His association with that house continued until the firm was
dissolved, selling out its interests in the fall of 1892. On that date Mr. Bott-
ger engaged in real-estate business on his own acc(junt and continued to handle
city property until the spring of 1894. He then accepted the position of book-
keeper with the Knappstout Company and when he left that firm in the spring
of 1896 he became city salesman for the J. J. Cienahl Lumber Company with
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which he continued until 1898. This brought to him considerable experience in
connection with the lumber trade and later he became associated with the saw-
mill business of Blackrock & Revenden at Arkansas. Returning to St. Louis
in May, 1902, he established a wholesale lumber enterprise on his own account
and is contributing to the position of St. Louis as one of the most important
lumber centers of the country. As the business increased he erected two saw-
mills and afterward incorporated the business under the name of the Century
Sawmill Company of which he is president and manager. He is also president
of the Roth Lumber Company which has its pine sawmills in McCurtain county,
Oklahoma. His operations in the lumber field have considerably increased in
volume and importance and he today handles an extensive business in wholesale
lines, his ramifying trade interests covering a wide territory. A man of resource-
ful enterprise and business ability he has extended his efforts to other fields of
activity and has been largely instrumental in building up Lee avenue and Pen-
rose street. Between the years 1905 and 1906 he erected twenty-four brick
houses in that district and as a speculative builder he has contributed in sub-
stantial measure to the improvement of that district of the city, at the same time
substantially promoting his individual success. He has never become an active
factor in club life or social circles, preferring to devote his undivided attention
to his business affairs and property investments. In years gone by however he
was chairman of the Entertainment Society and vice president of the social
Turn \'erein.
In June, 1886, Mr. Bottger was married in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to
]Miss ]Mary J. Spades, a daughter of John and Mary Spades, both of whom are
now deceased. Their family numbers three sons and two daughters : Frederick
A., twenty-one years of age, for several years attended Yeatman high school
and one of the commercial colleges and is now connected with his father's busi-
ness. Austin W., twenty years of age, is studying architecture in the Christian
Brothers College. Richard E., fifteen years of age, attends the John Marshall
school. Esther Marie, twelve years of age, is also in school and Catherine, three
years of age, completes the family. The two oldest sons are members of the
National Guard, one serving as sergeant and the other as corporal. Frederick A.
Bottger organized the Yeatman high school cadets and was captain during his
school days. Mr. Bottger erected the family residence at No. 4329 Lee avenue
and his interest centers in his family and in his business. He rejoices in the
success which has come to him, in the latter because of the opportunity which it
gives him to further the interests of his wife and children. He has also found
in business that enjoyment which should come to every individual in the mastery
of the work which he undertakes. He has learned to correctly value opportun-
ity and has so used his advantages that his course has been marked by steady
progression leading him to an enviable place as a representative of lumber inter-
ests in this citv.
WILLIAM S. CURTIS.
William .S. Curtis, rlean of the .St. Louis Law School and one of the best
known law educators and lecturers of the west, was born in Wayne county,
Indiana, on the 19th cjf June, 1850, and is a son of William C. and Elizabeth R.
niarker) Curtis, both now deceasefl. In the acquirement of an education he
attended successively the schools at liennepin, Illinois ; at Troy, Ohio; McKendree
College at Lebanon. Illinois; and the Washington University of St. Louis. He
thus passed on through successive stages to broarlcr fields of knowledge and was
graduated from the university with the degree of liachclor of Arts in the class
of 1873. Having determined to make the practice of law his life work he then
pursued a course in the .St. Louis Law School and was graduated with the class
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of 1876. His first professional service, however, was not in connection with the
work of the courts, for in the intervals of his college course he taught school
at various places and for several years after his graduation was a member of the
faculty of Smith Academy, one of the schools of Washington University and
was also teacher of logic and political economy in the university.
j\Ir. Curtis entered upon the active practice of the law at Omaha, Nebraska,
to which city he removed in 1884. For ten years thereafter he was a repre-
sentative of the legal profession of that city but removed to St. Louis in 1894
to become dean of the St. Louis Law School, which stands among the best law
schools of the west. ]\Ir. Curtis" previous experience as a teacher well quali-
fied him for this position and his superior attainments as a law educator and
lecturer are widely acknowledged. He has comprehensive knowledge of the
principles of jurisprudence, combined with the ability to impart clearly and
readilv to others his understanding of the salient points in law and in precedence.
In 1905 the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Washington University.
FRAN'CIS RENO ^lOORE, M.D.
The history of the medical profession in St. Louis contains few more illus-
trious names than that of Dr. Francis Reno Moore, whose marked ability gained
him prominence as a general practitioner, while his success during the last ten
years of his life, in which time he specialized in the treatment of diseases of the
eye, ear and throat, added new luster to the record he had made. A native of
Pennsylvania, his birth occurred near Pittsburg. His father was Samuel Moore,
a river trader and a large landowner in Pennsylvania. The son pursued his
early education while spending his boyhood days under the parental roof and in
preparation for his profession he pursued a course in both regular and homeo-
pathic medical colleges in Philadelphia, thus gaining most broad and com-
prehensive knowledge of the science of medicine and methods of practice as fol-
lowed by the two leading schools.
He located first at Plarmony, Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he fol-
lowed his profession for a short time and then removed to Allegheny and later
to Pittsburg but in i860 came to St. Louis. Here he opened an office for
general practice, in which he met with most gratifying success for more than
two decades. A liberal patronage was accorded him in recognition of his
superior w'orth and merit, his comprehensive understanding of the principles of
the medical science and his correct application of his knowledge to the needs of
suffering humanity. Becoming greatly interested in the researches along the
lines of treatment for diseases of the eye, ear and throat, he devoted the last
decade of his life to special work of that character and gained much more than
local distinction in that branch of the profession. He was a frequent and valued
contributor to different medical journals, his writings receiving the endorsement
of eminent men of the profession throughout the country, and were also trans-
lated into German and French. He was also dean of the Homeopathic College
of St. Louis for eight years and his efforts contributed in large measure to
the success of that institution. For a time he was examiner for the Liggat &
Myers Company.
Dr. Moore was married in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, to Miss Eliza Bowman
and unto them were born two children : Eliza Virginia ; and Francis Reno, who
died in infancy. The former became the wife of Hugh T. McMurtry, of St.
Louis, who was a prominent printer here and was also appointed state factory
inspector by Governor Francis. He figured quite prominently in public life and
his influence was always on the side of reform, progress, truth and justice. He
was a great temperance worker and was also a ^Master Mason, being numbered
among the worthy examplars of the craft. He died in 1894 and his widow in
454 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
1903 became the wife of James ]McCausland. They are residents of St. Louis
and ?ilrs. ^IcCausland is well known in social circles and as a member of the
Daughters of the Revolution. For his second wife Dr. jMoore chose Miss Mary.
Ann Lacey. whom he wedded in St. Louis in 1880, a daughter of William T.
and Amanda J. Lacey, who came to this city from Nashville, Tennessee, at an
early day. Her father engaged in the contracting business here. He was the
son of John Lacey. a promment planter of Tennessee, while the mother of ^Irs.
JMoore was a daughter of General Ryder and descended from a Revolutionary
soldier.
Dr. Moore was always very active in the affairs of the city and showed his
faith in its future through his extensive investments in real estate. He be-
longed to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was an active and valued
member of Dr. Xichols' church. He read broadly and was recognized as a man
of scholarly attainments. His strong mentality and culture made him the valued
associate and friend of many of the leading residents of the city and his death
was the occasion of deep and widespread regret when in 1893 he passed away.
He remained a resident of St. Louis for a third of a century and throughout that
period was not only faithful and capable in his professional service but also
exerted a strongly felt influence in support o.f various movements which con-
tributes to public progress or tend to uplift the race. His influence was always
found on the side of justice, truth and advancement. He believed that the
opportunities for good were constantly increasing and that they were being im-
proved for the benefit of all mankind. He stood for advancement in his profes-
sion as well and ever kept in touch with modern progress along that line.
JA^IES GRAFLIN DOYLE.
James Graflin Doyle, president of the H. G. Doyle Bricklaying Company,
entered upon an apprenticeship at the age of eighteen years, was a journeyman
at the age of twenty-two and in 1854 began contracting. His business career has
been marked by general progress and though all days have not been equally
bright — for when is business ever attended by uninterrupted prosperity — he has
nevertheless made notable progress and is today classed with the leading con-
tractors of St. Louis.
He was born December 12, 1832, near Barrett Station, about eighteen miles
from the city of St. Louis in St. Louis county. The family is of English and
Irish origin and for several generations has been represented in Baltimore, jMary-
land. and Norfolk, Virginia. There the birth of Marcus Lafayette Doyle, father
of our subject, occurred in 1799, but he was reared in Richmond, Virginia, and
came from the Old Dominion to Missouri in 1831. In 1838 he removed to St.
Louis, where he engaged in the butchering business and subsequently conducted
a retail grocery business. Later he removed to Laclede county, where he gave
his time and attention to general agricultural pursuits, but returned to St. Louis
in 1863, where his death occurred in 1879. In early manhood he wedded Helen
Godfrey, who was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and was of English and Scotch
descent. The Godfrey family is a very old one of Virginia and she was also
connected with the Ramsey family and therebv related to Dr. Ramsey, a sur-
geon of the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Doyle was born in 1803, came with her
husband to Missouri in 1831 and died in 1867 in St. Louis.
The public schools of St. Louis afforded James G. Doyle his educational
opportunities and when eighteen years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship
to the brickmason's trade, becoming an expert workman. His practical knowl-
edge of the business, gained in his early manhood, has proven one of the sources
of his success in later years, enabling him to successfully direct the labors of
JAMES G. DOYLE
456 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
those who have worked under him. At the age of twenty-two years lie started
out as a journeyman and in 1854 began contracting as junior partner of the firm
of Goodwin & Doyle. The following year Mr. Goodwin retired and Mr. Doyle
continued the business alone, erecting several rows of houses for rent. He made
steady progress and while thus engaged he began the manufacture of bricks, his
father being partner in this enterprise.
They continued in business up to the time of the Civil war, when James G.
Dovle put aside all business and personal considerations and joined the Confed-
erate army. The First and Fourth Regiments of Missouri were consolidated
under General Price in the beginning of 1862. The first engagement in which
Air. Doyle participated was at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in the spring of that year.
Later the troops joined General A^an Dorn at Alemphis and were attached to
Beauregard's command. They arrived three days too late to participate in the
battle of Shiloh but were at luka and took part in the battle at Corinth. Sub-
sequently they were at Big Black Bridge and during the battle of Vicksburg Mr.
Doyle was captured by the Union forces but later was exchanged. He was on
active duty in front of Sherman's army in Georgia and was in the notable
engagement of Jonesboro. He also participated in the battle of Nashville, thence
proceeded to Alobile and participated in the last engagement of the war at Fort
Blakeley. which was a hand to hand conflict. He managed to make his escape,
however, swam the river to a gunboat, which he boarded and then made his way
to Alobile. He had many narrow escapes, especially at Vicksburg, on one occa-
sion having his pipe shot out of his mouth. His braverv and his loyalty were
never called into cjuestion and when the war was over he took up the pursuits of
peace, engaging in bricklaying at Mobile.
Later Mr. Doyle again became a resident of St. Louis and formed the con-
tracting firm of J. G. Doyle & Brother, which existed until 1869, during which
time thev did some prominent work, notably the building of the City Hospital,
engine houses and other public structures. In 1872 J. G. Doyle organized the
Kansas City Dry Pressed Brick Company but the following year the firm went
out of business on account of the widespread financial panic. He continued
operating as a contractor, however, and in 1890 organized the firm of J- G. Doyle
& Son. They built the power houses on the Broadway cable line, a sixty thou-
sand dollar job. In 1892 they erected the Zenger building and took a contract
at one hundred thousand dollars for the fireproofing of the Planters Hotel. In
1892 Mr. Doyle was one of the promoters of the National Brick & Quarry Com-
pany, of which he was chosen president, and so continued until 1897, but the
panic of 1893 caused them to close up the plant. Business, however, is now
conducted under the name of the Continental Brick Company. In 1897-8, owing
to the severe illness of Mr. Doyle, whose life was despaired of, his business inter-
ests were reorganized under the style of the R. L. & H. G. Doyle, Bricklayers,
which existed for two years. R. L. Doyle retiring, the business was then reorgan-
ized and continued for five years as H. G. Doyle Company. It was then again
reorganized under the present style of the H. G. Doyle Bricklaying Company. '
In 1906 they built the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company building and in 1907
the Mills building at the corner of Seventh and Charles streets. They also
erected the Barvvick apartment house and the same year the Busch Glass Works,
while the Jacobs building, an eight story structure at the corner of Thirteenth
and Washington streets, stands as a monument to their enterprise and skill.
On the 1 8th of October, 1855, Mr. Doyle was married to Miss Mary Ann
Graham. Their children are: Louis S., born July 5, 1856; William, born April
8. 1858. and now employed by the American Tobacco Company; Efifie, born
October 8. i860; Winnie and Minnie, who were twins and were born in 1867
but died in infancy ; Robert Lee, who was born in 1868 and died November 7,
1903 ; H. G., who was born in 1870 and is now vice president of the Doyle Brick-
laying Company; Frank Marvin, born in St. Louis in 1872 and died in infancy;
Burdell, born in 1874; and James G., born October i, 1877.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 457
Air. Doyle has long been identilied with the religious interests of the com-
munity. For sixty-nine years he has attended the Sunday school of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, South and for fifty-eight years has been one of its mem-
bers. His influence is always on the side of right, justice and truth, and his
position upon any moral c|uestion is never an equivocal one. He votes with the
democracy and has always been interested in good citizenship without being a
seeker for public ofiice. For more than a half century he has been identified with
building interests in St. Louis, being closely associated with its improvement
as it has passed through the eras of development in building and kept pace with
the modern methods which indicate the advanced standards in architecture and
construction. While in times of general financial depression his business has
experienced the fact that came to thousands throughout the land he has never-
theless won substantial success through his persistency of purpose and his fidel-
ity to the terms of his contracts. His name is one which commands respect in
building circles and wherever he is known.
EDWARD A. STEININGER.
Among the contractors and builders of the citv no man is more widely known
than Edward A. Steininger, who is president of the E. A. Steininger Construc-
tion Company, and is also one of the best known men in his line of work
throughout the west. He has taken many large contracts and his name as a
contractor is identified with many of the larger structures in St. Louis. His
career has been marked by success at every step and it has been by his own
innate qualifications that he has risen to the prominent station he now occupies.
Air. Steininger was born in St. Louis, Alissouri, January 5, 1868, the son
of George and Christina (Lanitz) Steininger, who were natives of Germany and
when mere children they were brought to America by their parents. Early in
life the father of our subject was apprenticed to the building trade and for many
years was one of the best known contractors in St. Louis, being in partnership
with a brother, John Steininger, under the firm name of Steininger Brothers.
The partnership was finally dissolved and thev then carried on business separ-
ately.
Edward A. Steininger was reared at the parental home and when he had
attained the rec[uired age he pursued his studies in the common schools, com-
pleting his education during his fifteenth year, when, being ambitious to enter
the business world for himself, he went to work for his father. From the
beginning he took a deep interest in the building trade and under the able precept-
orship of his father he turned every hour into profit and soon acquired familiarity
with the details of the business. When his father retired from active life the
business fell into the hands of his son, who conducted it independently for four-
teen years. In the year 1904 he organized the E. A. Steininger Construction
Company. The firm does an extensive railroad contracting business and for
many years did the work for the St. Louis Transit Company after it was merged
into tlie L'nited Railway Company. The firm has now underway the construc-
tion of the Tuscan Temple, the first individual Alasonic temple owned and con-
trolled by one lodge in the western part of the country. During the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition this companv had the distinction of building the greater
portion of the Tyrolean Alps. The firm has also constructed a number of office
buildings, cold storage plants and warehouses throughout the state. In the
year 1903 they contracted for the building of a brewery plant in Oklahoma City
at the cost of five hundred thousand dollars, and has to its credit the construction
of the Oliva building at Grand and Windsor avenues, which was the first fire-
proof building erected in the west end. Among other important structures
erected bv the firm were the office buildings of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing
458 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Company at Enid, Oklahoma ; they have also erected some of the city's most
imposing residences.
Mr. Steininger united in marriage with Miss Emma Roenfeldt, by whom he
had one daughter. ]\Irs. Steininger passed away in the year igoo. Mr. Stein-
inger is prominent in the ^lasonic order, being a member of Westgate Lodge,
Xo. 445, A. F. & A. M.: St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M. ; St. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 18, K. T. ; and Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is a
republican in politics, but while he has never desired the preferment of public
office, yet he has always taken a deep concern in the political issues of the day
and the success of his party. He is a man of winning characteristics and of
wide popularity, particularly among the contracting builders of the city.
JAMES ALEXANDER WATERWORTH.
"Tn all this world,"" said President Roosevelt, "the thing supremely worth
having is the opportunity coupled with a capacity to do well and worthily a piece
of work, the doing of which shall be of vital significance to the community."
This truth has found expression m the life of James Alexander Waterworth,
who, though born in Ireland and of English descent, stands as a high type of
American citizenship. While W'idely known by reason of his success in the
business world, he has also concentrated his efforts on matters of vital impor-
tance locally, becoming a well known and most efficient, yet modest factor in the
benevolent, charitable and educational advancement of St, Louis.
His ancestors, emigrating from Yorkshire, England, to the north of Ireland
about the middle of the eighteenth century, engaged largely in agricultural pur-
suits and were also identified with progressive measures of their locality. John
Waterworth, father of James A. Waterworth, was a highly respected citizen,
whose memory and virtues have been commemorated by his fellow townsmen
by a mural tablet erected in the Presbyterian church of Downpatrick, where for
fifty years he served as elder. His son, James A., was born in County Down
near the city of Belfast in 1844 &"d liberal educational advantages were af-
forded him. His intellectual training was such as would have enabled him to
achieve success in professional lines, but he preferred commercial pursuits and
entered upon a three years' apprenticeship in a mercantile house in Belfast. He
then came to America, reaching St. Louis in November, 1867. This step was
taken after careful consideration of the opportunities offered in the old world
and the new, and with firm belief that his chances for business progress were
better beyond the Atlantic, he took up his abode in this city. He immediately
sought employment and in 1868 was appointed to a clerkship in the United
States Insurance Company, of which the late John J. Roe was president. There
his industry and business ability gained him steady promotion and within a few
years he became assistant secretary and director in the company. In 1871 he be-
came a partner in the insurance firm of PI. I. Bodley & Company. He has done
much to improve conditions existing in insurance circles and was prominent
among the influential men in business who in 1881 brought about a union be-
tween the board and non-lxjard agencies. He was elected president of the reor-
ganized board December 11, 1881, and as proof of his just and progressive ad-
ministration is cited the fact that annual reelections continued him in office until
the dissolution of the board — a period of nineteen years. He inaugurated the
policy of finding room in the organization for every agent of a respectable com-
pany who vv-as willing to conduct his business along honorable lines. He en-
deavored through cooperation to promote insurance interests as a whole and thus
came to be recognized in the middle west as an authority on many matters re-
lating to insurance. Under his presidency the St. Louis board of fire under-
writers became an institution of recognized usefulness and influence.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTTY. 459
In January, 1884, ]\Ir. Waterworth read a paper on insurance conditions
before the Round Table, which was the first exhaustive presentation of fire in-
surance conditions in St. Louis, and it was followed by immediate reforms in
the city fire and water departments. The Republic printed his entire speech,
eleven columns, in the next morning's paper and the insurance companies had
it published in pamphlet form and distributed broadcast on account of its edu-
cational value. He has written many other articles on the subject of fire in-
surance which have been widely read throughout the United States and have
had no little efifect in the working of reforms and promoting the interests of the
companies.
The board of fire underwriters was dissolved in 1899. Mr. Waterworth
then organized an independent bureau for making insurance survevs, and rat-
ings based upon those surveys, in St. Louis and in St. Louis county, which is
known as the St. Louis Insurance Surveys. His estimates are accepted bv al-
most every company doing business in the city as an accurate expression of in-
surance values of St. Louis property. His rates are not made at haphazard or
by guess, but are built upon carefully figured schedules of conditions and losses
during many years past. In 1901 the rates were so low and the losses so heavy
that a great number of the best companies would not carrv St. Louis risks, but
Mr. Waterworth secured the cooperation of the business interests in increasing
rates and reducing the fire hazards in St. Louis, promising that the rates of in-
surance should reflect improved conditions. He thus changed the situation from
one of extreme disaster to one of reasonable profit, establishing mutual confi-
dence and cooperation between the fire insurance companies and the people of
the city. The fire insurance companies are usually in the habit of dictating
rates, but St. Louis rates are left in his hands without interference and he abso-
lutely controls the rate situation here. He stands among the first in the countrv
for knowledge and skill in insurance matters and his honesty and integritv are
such that he has gained the confidence of all concerned by his fairness and by
his just treatment of both sides. He has been instrumental in reducing the
rates several times in accordance with the promise he made several years ago.
and the companies accept his rates without criticism, for they know that they
are based on intimate knowledge of local conditions and made in the best in-
terests of the business.
With a nature too broad to confine his interests to one line. ]\Ir. Waterworth
is known as the chamoion of many movements which have been directly bene-
ficial to St. Louis. He is a stalwart friend to education, and in benevolent and
charitable circles his name is not unknown, although his personal modesty
prompts him to keep in the background as much as possible in these acts of
kindly assistance toward the less fortunate ones. For twenty-five years he has
served as secretary of the chapter of Christ Church Cathedral and has used
every opportunity for the benefit of the fellowmen in relation to material, in-
tellectual and moral progress. He was a director of the jMercantile Library for
many years and for two years was honored with its presidency. He assisted
in organizing the Round Table in 1882 and was for some years chairman of
its executive committee and still takes a deep interest in the afifairs of the
club. He is also a member of the Commercial Club and in 1907 was honored by
election as its president.
Entirely free from political ambitions, the only office that Mr. \\'aterworth
has ever consented to fill was that of president of the Board of Charity Com-
missioners during the administration of Mayor Francis. He is interested, how-
ever, in state and national politics and by broad reading and investigation keeps
well informed on the ^questions and issues of the day. He is truly American
in that spirit which recognizes the legal equality of all mankind, the possibili-
ties for development and the opportunity for advancement through the develop-
ment and utilization of one's innate talents and powers.
460 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Pleasantlv situated in his home Hfe, Air. Waterworth was married in Jan-
uary. 1875. to Aliss Ehza I. Brooks, a daughter of the late Edward Brooks, of
St. Louis^ and the family circle includes two sons: Edward, who is now on the
stall of the Chicago Record-Herald ; and John, who is engaged in mining in New
Mexico.
REV. CHARLES A. BLEHA.
Rev. Charles A. Bleha is pastor of St. John's of Nepomuk church. This is
one of the most thriving Bohemian parishes of the country and was founded in
the vear 1853. Father Bleha came to St. Louis as its assistant pastor in the
vear 1895, remaining in this position until June i, 1897, when he was appointed
pastor of St. Wenceslaus and later, in the year 1900, was appointed to his pres-
ent church. During his pastorate his discrnninating administration has placed
the congregation in most flourishing circumstances.
Father Bleha was born in Bohemia. March 11, 1864. There he received
his preparatory education in the common schools, later taking up the study of
law, which he pursued for two years. He did not like the methods employed by
his preceptor, against which his conscience revolted, and eventually, the profes-
sion of law' becoming distasteful to him, he decided upon turning his attention
to the studv of theology, whereupon he matriculated at the University of Lou-
vain, Belgium, from which institution he graduated. He was ordained to the
priesthood June 29, 1891. After his ordination he was sent to New Orleans.
Louisiana, having been especially ordained for this charge. The congregation
consisted of Germans and English interspersed with a few of Slavonic birth,
the latter being ignorant of the English tongue, who had, up to the time Father
Bleha assumed charge of the congregation, no place of worship. He remained
here for four or five years. His work was so successful that he soon gained a
reputation among the Catholic clergy of this country. Monseigneur Hessoun
of St. Louis, hearing of his valuable ministrations, opened up with him friendly
correspondence which fmally led to Father Bleha's being transferred to St. Louis
in the year 1895 as assistant pastor to Monseigneur Hessoun, who was then in
charge of St. John's of Nepomuk. Here he had a very fruitful field in which
to work for the betterment of his own people. He entered upon the work with
great ardor and not only performed his duties as assistant pastor, but also later
on being pastor of St. Wenceslaus' parish.
In the year 1900 he was appointed administrator of St. John's parish, Mon-
seigneur Hessoun having become disabled through paralysis, after whose death
in July, 1906, Father Bleha was given full charge of the congregation as its
pastor. He was in every way fitted to assume the post and immediately entered
upon its large field of duty with enthusiasm and since has succeeded in adding
greatly to the interest of the parish. He is manager of the Hlas (The Voice),
the oldest Bohemian Catholic paper published in the United States. It was
founded by Monseigneur Hessoun in the year 1873. Father Bleha last year
(i(jo8) founded a new magazine for the Bohemian Catholic women, it being
the only magazine of that kind in Bohemian language in this country, which is
becoming very popular and well liked. It circulates not only in St. Louis and in
the state of Missouri, but almost in every state of the Union in which Bohemian
Catholics live. In the parochial schools of the parish are enrolled in the neigh-
borhood of five hundred and fifty children taught by the School Sisters of Notre
Dame, the work of education extending throughout eight grades.
Father Bleha now has under construction an orphan asylum in Fenton.
Missouri. Surrounding it is a tract of land embracing ninety-nine acres, which
is in possession of the congregation. The orphan asylum is to stand as a monu-
ment commemorating the usefulness of Monseigneur Hessoun and is to be
REV. CHARLES A. BLEHA
462 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
known as the Bohemian Cathohc Hessoun Orphan Asyknn. Father Bleha is one
of the most highly respected men in the community and is held in profound es-
teem both bv Protestants and Catholics.
lOHN COULTAS.
One of the oldest contractors and builders of St. Louis and who marks the
third generation of the family following that enterprise, is John Coultas, who
was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1849, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Dolphin)
Coultas, who were also natives of the British Isles. His grandfather, Samuel
Coultas, and also his father, Robert Coultas, were prominent in general contract-
ing lines in the old country.
In the schools of his native country John Coultas received his early educa-
tion, having passed through the several successive grades. He then went to
work for his father and under his instruction was taught all that pertains to the
building- trade. Being ambitious to take hold of larger opportunities and estab-
lish himself in business independently, he came to America in 1875 to partici-
pate in the superior advantage's the new world offered for his line of work.
Upon arriving in America he repaired directly to St. Louis, where for a short
time he worked as a journeyman. In 1876 he engaged in contracting and build-
ing for himself and during that year purchased property on Hamilton avenue.
which at that time was an unimproved street, there l3eing in that vicinity but a
few houses scattered over a vast extent of territory. Everything wore a prim-
itive appearance, there being no street cars and the only considerable means of
transportation being a narrow gauge railroad. Since entering into business for
himself ]\Ir. Coultas has been very successful and has erected many of the liner
dwelling houses in the west end, among those worthy of m.ention being those
owned by Franklin Ferris and Frank Wyman, the present postmaster of St.
Louis. He has the distinction of being the oldest male resident between Kings
Highway and De Hodamant avenue, including that stretch of thoroughfare which
lies between Xos. 50 and 6000.
In 1879 Mr. Coultas wedded ]\Iiss Susan Edwards, daughter of Aaron and
Elizabeth Edwards, natives of England. Mr. and Mrs. Coultas are the parents
of the following children : Samuel J., who is an architect ; Bessie, Charles, John,
Susan and Emma, all of whom attend school.
Politically, Mr. Coultas does not confine himself to any particular party, but
votes independently for candidates whom he thinks best qualified to serve in
office. The members of his family worship at the Presbyterian church with
the exception of Mr. Coultas, who is an Episcopalian. He has been engaged in
the contracting business practically all of his life and is conversant with all
phases of the work. He is considered not only the oldest, but one of the best
in his line of business in the city, and through his industry and enterprise has
made his business one of great pecuniary advantage.
1^1 n LIP XORTH MOORE.
Philip Xorth Moore, a consulting mining engineer known by reputation
throughout the entire west, was born in Connersville, Indiana, in 1849, a son
of Henry C. and Susan (North) Moore. He was graduated from Miami Uni-
versity of Ohio with the degree of liachelor of Arts in the class of 1870, and then
in preparation for a professional career such as has claimed his time and ener-
gies since his college days, he became a student in the School of Mines, a de-
partment of Columbia University in Xcw York citv, where he continued from
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 463
1870 until 1872. The following" year he engaged as assistant on the Michigan
geological survey and was connected with the Kentucky geological survey from
1873 ^i^til 1877. He afterward accepted the position of metallurgist and engi-
neer at Leadville, Colorado, where he remained from 1878 until 1881 and then
became managing director and treasurer of the State Creek Iron Company of
Kentucky, his association therewith continuing from 1882 until 1889. Since
that date he has been consulting mining engineer with headcjuarters in St. Louis.
As superintendent he built the second smelting plant at Leadville, Colorado, later
known as the La Plata Smelting Works. Pie was treasurer of the Rose Run Iron
Company of Kentucky; president of the Tecumseh Iron Company of Alabama
from 1890 to 1908; manager of the German Bar Mining Company of Montana
from 1897 until 1900; and connected with the Courey Placer Mining Company
of APontana from 1897 until 1900. In 1904 he became consulting engineer for
the Black ^Mountain Mining Company of Chicago and Mexico. He was also
consulting engineer of the Pittsburg & Silver Peak Mining Company of Nevada
in 1906 and 1907. The work that he has done has been of an important charac-
ter, indicating not onlv broad theoretical knowledge, but also the practical ex-
perience which has enabled him to speedily accomplish desired results. As a
metallurgist and consulting mining engineer he ranks wnth the prominent repre-
sentatives of the profession throughout the entire country and that he is inter-
ested in his chosen calling and takes keen delight in scientific research and the
advancement gained thereby is indicated by the fact that he is a member of
various societies which have for their object the promulgation of knowledge
along these lines. He belongs to the xA.merican Association for the Advancement
of Science, the American Institute of Alining Engineers, the American Geo-
graphical Society and the Engineers Club of St. Louis.
In iS/fj Air. Aloore was married to Aliss Eva Perry, of Rockford. Illinois,
and their children are Elizabeth and Perry Xorth Aloore. The family residence
is at Xo. 3125 Lafayette avenue and its hospitality is one of its attractive fea-
tures. Airs. Aloore is well known in St. Louis for her interest in various social
and philanthropic organizations and is president of the National Federation of
Women's Clubs. The personal characteristics and social qualities of Mr. Aloore
are pronounced and he is an acceptable companion in any society in which intel-
ligence is a necessary attribute to agreeableness. While progressive in matters
of citizenship, he is independent in politics. He belongs to the Country and to
the Noonday Clubs and he attends the Congregational church.
W^ALTER A. EHRLER.
Walter A. Ehrler, chief deputy recorder of deeds in St. Louis, his native
city, was born June 11, 1871, a son of F. A\'. and Johanna (Woerheide) Ehrler.
The mother is still living, but the father, who was born in Germany and for
many years engaged in the transfer business in St. Louis, died in the city in
1506, at the age of seventy-six years.
Through grade after grade of the public schools Walter A. Ehrler advanced
in the acquirement of an education until he became a high-school student, and
after leaving school he secured a position with Woerheide & Garrell, title in-
vestigators, entering their service in April, 1889, and there continued until the
business was purchased by the Lincoln Trust Compan}-. He continued with the
succeeding house and also remained with the business when it was sold by the
Lincoln Trust Company to the Title Guaranty Company, continuing with the
latter concern until 1901. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account.
Air. Ehrler, in that year, became one of the organizers and incorporators of the
Real Estate Title Company and was a factor in the successful management of
the business until the early part of 1905. when they sold (nit to the Lincoln
464 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Trust & Title Company, with which Mr. Ehrler continued as an emplo>e until
lanuary, 1907. He then accepted the position of chief deputy recorder of deeds
for the city of St. Louis. This position came to him through no political in-
fluence, his' services being sought by J\Ir. Joy, recorder of deeds, who recognized
that his knowledge and ability well qualified him for the onerous and responsi-
ble duties of the position.
On the 2ist of April, 1896, Mr. Ehrler was married in St. Louis to Aliss
Emilv Oetgen. who was born in St. Louis, and a daughter of Frederick Oetgen.
proprietor of a draying and transfer business of this city. They have one child,
Lucille Johanna, who is with them at the famiiv residence at No. 3207 Sullivan
avenue.
Mr. Ehrler is prominent in [Masonry, having taken the Knight Templar
degree in the York Rite and the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, also
crossing the sands of the desert with the Mystic Shrine. His political views are
in accord with the principles of the republican party and he therefore gives to
it stalwart support. He is a member of the St. John's Evangelical church and is
a gentleman whose personal worth as well as business ability has gained for him
the respect, good will and confidence of his fellowmen.
JONATHAN RICE.
In this age of colossal enterprise and marked intellectual energy, the prom-
inent and successful men are those whose abilities and courage lead them into
large undertakings and prompt them to assume responsibilities and labors of
leaders in their respective vocations. Success follows as the logical sequence of
close application, undaunted perseverance and a careful adjustment and control
of the various elements which form features in every business undertaking, and
reasoning back from effect to cause it is evident that Jonathan Rise, long one of
the distinguished and prominent business men of St. Louis, possessed all the
essential qualities that enable one to leave the ranks of the many and stand
among the successful few. He was born July 15, 1843, at Bamberg, Bavaria,
and passed away in St. Louis, November 23, 1903. His parents were Selig-
man and Yetta (Newman) Rice. When a young man the father became a resi-
dent of Bamberg and was there married and made his home until his death,,
which occurred when he had reached the advanced age of ninety-seven years.
He and his wife enjoyed the rare good fortune of celebrating their diamond wed-
ding, on which occasion a silver bound Bible was sent to them by the prince
regent, Luitpold. of Bavaria. This royal gift was formally presented to the aged
couple by the burgomaster and the city council of Bamberg amid much rejoicing.
Jonathan Rice was reared in the ancient and historical city of Bamberg,
where liberal educational advantages were afforded him and at the early age of
fifteen years he was graduated with honor from the Polytechnic school of his
native city. He then entered a banking house in Bamberg, expecting to make
this business his avocation in life but was induced to emigrate to America by his
elder brother, who was already a resident of the new world. No longer able to
resist the persuasive voice of opportunity in this country, he bade adieu to home
and friends and sailed for the United States in i860. After landing at New-
York he made his way westward to St. Joseph, Missouri, which was then the
terminus of railroad trans])ortation, and from that point the pony express started
upon its early trips overland, being the only public medium of communication
between the east and far off California.
Mr. Rice remained at St. Joseph until after the outbreak of the Civil war,
when the interests of his brother, who was a government contractor, required his
services amid the stirring scenes oi military life. This was the means of bring-
ing him into contact with the Icarling militarv men of that period and just before
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the battle of Shiloh he had an interview with Generals Prentiss and Grant, the
latter having just arrived at Pittsburg Landing. Memphis fell before the attack
of the Union army and just afterward Jonathan Rice joined his brother, William
Stix and Benjamin Eiseman in organizing the firm of Rice, Stix & Company.
For seventeen years they were prominent representatives of mercantile interests
in Memphis and were closely associated wdth the commercial development of the
citv, as well as with the political turmoils attendant upon the reconstruction
period. In 1873 a yellow fever epidemic broke out in ^iemphis but Mr. Rice
remained at his post and as a member of the relief association was one of the
active workers who early and late answered the demands made upon him.
Another yellow fever epidemic occurred in 1879 and this led Mr. Rice and his
associates to transfer their commercial interests to St. Louis, where they estab-
lished an enterprise under the name of Rice, Stix & Company that has almost
from the beginning occupied a place in the foremost rank of commercial inter-
ests here. The house enjoyed a steady growth, ever being conducted along mod-
ern business lines, its expansion being attributable in no small degree to the busi-
ness discernment, admirable qualities of management and unfaltering enterprise
of Jonathan Rice, who with remarkably keen foresight was able to look beyond
the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future. His business rec-
ord w'as such as any man might be proud to possess, characterized at all times
by the utmost fidelity to his obligations and the absence of anything esoteric
throughout his entire career. While controlling extensive and prosperous busi-
ness aftairs he manifested too the social qualities that drew around him a host of
warm friends.
A man of wide influence, Mr. Rice was associated with many movements
which have had direct bearing upon the progress and upbuilding of the city, giv-
ing to it fourth place among the great metropolitan centers of the new world.
He was a director and vice president of the St. Louis Exposition ; vice president
of the Interstate Commercial Club and a director of the Columbian Club ; the
IMerchants Transportation Association; and the Business Men's League. He
was also associated with the Covenant Life Insurance Company and the Mer-
chants Life Insurance iVssociation. He belonged to many of the leading social
clubs of the city, where he was always cordially welcomed, being popular in those
circles where intelligence is a necessary attribute to agreeableness.
In 1874 Air. Rice was married to Miss Aurelia Stix, a daughter of Henry
Stix of Cincinnati, Ohio, and their only son is Charles Marcus Rice, mentioned
elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Rice was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12,
1854, and has come to be widely known in St. Louis by reason of her broad char-
ity and philanthropic spirit. Her parents, Henry and Pauline (Thurnauer)
Stix, were natives of Bavaria, Germany, and her ancestors since 1680 have been
residents of Burgkunstadt, near Bamberg, which is still the family seat. She is
a representative of an old and honored Bavarian family and a grandniece of Pro-
fessor Wolfsohn, the eminent mathematician of Berlin University, who was tutor
to Giacomo Meyerbeer, the celebrated composer. Her father came to this coun-
try in 1840 and soon afterward began merchandising in Cincinnati, remaining
one of the eminent figures in commercial and philanthropic circles of that city
until 1894. Mrs. Rice acquired her early education in the public schools of Cin-
cinnati and on leaving the high school became a student in the convent of Notre
Dame of that city. For five years after her marriage, which occurred in 1874,
Mr. and Mrs. Rice resided in Memphis, Tennessee. Following their removal to
St. Louis Mrs. Rice became closely allied with the philanthropic and benevolent
movements here inaugurated and the sphere of her influence and usefulness has
since been constantly broadening. Since the opening of the Martha Parsons
Hospital she has been an active member of the board of directors of that insti-
tution, and is now one of its vice presidents. She was also the first president of
the Sisterhood of Personal Service, organized in 1892, to do personal work
among the Hebrew poor anrl for four years remained at the head of that worthy
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charity. She was vice president of the Associated Jewish Charities of St. Louis
and in these various philanthropic movements she has manifested her tender
sympathies through generous gifts and assiduous labor. Her good judgment
contributed greatly to the advancement of their interests, and as a member of
Temple Israel congregation she has been equally active in church work. Mrs.
Rice is known also as a patron of art, music and literature and her studies of
German and English literature have covered a wide range. She is the author
of several poems and short stories and various accomplishments supplement her
social and domestic characteristics.
MILLARD F. WATTS.
]\Iillard F. Watts, who since 1879 has been connected with the St. Louis
bar and is now practicing as senior partner of the firm of Watts, Williams &
Dines, has been connected with much important litigation, confining his attention
largely, however, to corporation law. A native of Missouri, he is descended
from Major Smith, of the Revolutionary army. The family came originally
from England in the year 1670. His father, J. J. Watts, a native of Virginia,
came to Missouri in 1855, settling in Fayette, where he continued in the practice
of medicine until his death in 1894. His wife in her maidenhood Martha W.
Lewis, was also a representative of an old Virginia family and died in the year
1907.
Millard F. Watts pursued his education in Central College at Fayette, Mis-
souri, and afterward attended Cornell University and Washington University.
He was admitted to the bar in 1879, since which time he has been connected with
the profession in St. Louis. He was associated in practice wdth Judge S. M.
Breckenridge until the latter's death in 1892, and in 1898 formed a partnership
with Judge Shepard Barclay and Judge IMcKeighan. This was continued until
1901 and during the two succeeding years he was associated only with Judge
McKeighan. In 1903 Judge Horatio D. Wood was admitted to a partnership and
so continued until his death in 1905, after which Mr. Watts and Judge Mc-
Keighan were again alone until the latter's death in March, 1908. A recent
partnership has been formed between Mr. Watts, Judge W. M. Williams and
Tyson S. Dines, under the firm style of Watts, Williams & Dines. Their practice
is almost exclusively corporation law, and Mr. Watts has been general counsel
for the Terminal Railway Association for many years. He belongs to the
National, State and City Bar Association.
In his political views Mr. Watts has long been a republican nor is he remiss
in the duties of citizenship, although not personally interested in office holding.
A member of St. Peter's Episcopal church, he served for many years as one of
its vestrymen. He makes fishing his principal recreation and he also travels
abroad frequently, finding great pleasure in the art centers of the old world.
He is married and resides at Goodfellow and Cabanne streets, where he has a
beautiful home.
SHELDON HULL BASSETT.
The steps in the orderly progression which mark the life record of Sheldon
Hull Bassett are easily discernible and indicate a wise use of his opportunities
and his inherent powers. He was born in Birmingham, now Derby, Connec-
ticut, on the nth of April, 1867, of the marriage of Royal M. and Frances
(Stratton) Bassett. The public-school system of his native state provided hiir
468 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his earlv educational advantages and later he received thorough training in the
Polytechnic Institute at Hamburg, Germany. His father was a manufacturer of
machinery at Birmingham, Connecticut, and with excellent qualifications for
success, wrought out in his technical training abroad, S. H. Bassett joined his
father in busmess and was connected with him from 1885 until 1889. In the
latter year he went to New York city as representative of the Birmingham Iron
Foundry and other interests, continuing as business manager at that point for
nine years or until 1896. In the latter year he entered upon active connections
with the Bradley Pulverizer Company, of Boston, as manager and so continued
until 1899. Constantly alert to the opportunities of trade and desiring the in-
dependent business career which comes when one is at the head of his own enter-
prise, ]\lr. Bassett became interested in the lola Portland Cement Company in
1899 ^"d ^'^■^s in Chicago until 1901. In that year he removed to St. Louis as
president of The lola Portland Cement Company, and from this point has since
controlled an extensive and constantly expanding trade. The company manufac-
tures Portland cement, with a capacity of six thousand barrels per day, and in
his present position Mr. Bassett is giving his energies to administrative control
and constructive effort. The success of the company in recent years is attributa-
ble in very large measure to his sound judgment and careful management and
he has come to be recognized in the business circles of this city as one of its
worthy and prominent representatives.
Mr. Bassett was married in Kansas City, Missouri, to Miss Florence Shaf-
fenberg and to them have been born a daughter and son, Naomi and Royal M.
The family attend the Episcopal church, of which Mr. Bassett is a communicant,
and his membership relations also include the Glen Echo, the Mercantile, St.
Louis, and the Missouri Athletic Clubs. Keeping well informed on the po-
litical questions and issues of the day, he served as mayor of Birmingham, Cori-
necticut, for a year as the representative of the democratic party, while a resi-
dent of that city, but while still interested in the success of that organization,
the attractions and emoluments of ofifice are not sufficient to lure him from the
strict path of business, in which he is now winning for himself a notable name
and gratifying success.
LOUIS J. GRAF.
Louis J. Graf, since 1906 the president of the Graf Distilling Company at
1327 South Seventh street, was born in St. Louis in October, 1877. His parents
were August and Sophie Graf, the former the founder of the business now con-
ducted under the name of the Graf Distilling Company. The family had its
origin in Baden Baden, Germany, whence Vincent Graf, the grandfather of our
subject, came to America in 1835. Both Vincent and August Graf were soldiers
of the Civil war, fighting to preserve the Union intact. The latter was long con-
nected with the distilling interests of the city and died in November, 1905.
Louis J. Graf, spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, was sent
as a pupil to the public schools and passed through consecutive grades until at
the age of fourteen he entered the high school, being graduated therefrom at
the age of eighteen years. He afterward pursued a commercial course in Bryant
& Stratton College, and thus well trained for the duties of business life he
joined his father and made it his purpose to become familiar with every branch
of the business and to acquaint himself with every detail, no matter how unim-
portant. He worked at washing bottles, at driving wagons, and in book-
keeping, and gradually his ability grew and his powers expanded, enabling him
to have a voice in the management of the business, and he formulated plans for
its development — plans which proved practical and constituted resultant factors
in the success of the business. He was elected president following his fathers
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death, the enterprise having been incorporated on the ist of July, 1901. The
company owns a distillery at Twenty-sixth street and Broadway in Louisville,
Kentucky, and is doing business in Missouri, Illinois and Minnesota. The out-
put finds a ready sale on the market and the shipments are extensive.
In February, 1905, Mr. Graf was married in Memphis, Tennessee, to Miss
Lucile Bass, and they reside at No. 3148 South Grand avenue. Mr. Graf exer-
cises his right of franchise in support of the candidates and principles of the
republican party. He belongs to the Liederkranz, the Missouri Athletic Club,
the Western Rowing Club and several fishing and hunting clubs, which associa-
tions indicate the nature of his interests and recreation. His has been a busy
life and yet he has never allowed the demands of commerce to make him forget-
ful of the little social courtesies which add so much to life's pleasures.
CURTIS M. JENNINGS.
Curtis M. Jennings, junior' partner of the Berthold Jennings Lumber Com-
pany, has been associated with this business since 1872. Only a successful en-
terprise could survive for this length of time and in the commercial world suc-
cess is only attained through carefully concentrated energy, straightforward
business methods and the fact that the goods carried are such as the public de-
mand. Close study of the public requirements and conformity to a high standard
of commercial ethics have brought to the company a gratifying measure of suc-
cess.
Mr. Jennings was only twenty years of age when he began business in this
line. He was born in Rising Sun, Indiana, October 24, 1852, his parents being
John and Sarah Jennings, the father now living in retired life. The family
originated in England and was founded in America early in the eighteenth cen-
tury, settlements being made in Maryland and later in West Virginia. A sub-
sequent removal was made to Indiana and Curtis M. Jennings attended the pub-
lic schools of that state, later supplementing his early studies by attendance at
the Methodist College in Quincy, Illinois. He left school in his fifteenth year
and stepped over the threshold into the business world, untried in the school of
experience, but possessing a determination to fully master the lessons that must
there be learned. He was first employed as a clerk with the firm of Bogy &
Fry, and that he proved diligent and trustworthy was indicated by his promo-
tions that, following one upon another, eventually brought him to the position of
manager, in which capacity he remained until December, 1872, when he with-
drew to engage in business on his own account, assisting in the organization of
the Berthold & Jennings Lumber Company. As in all business enterprises the
outcome was doubtful, but the partners resolved that success should be won if
it could be secured from persistent and honorable effort. They realized the
fact that satisfied patrons are the best advertisements and their early customers
did not fail to speak of them as a firm with whom it was a satisfaction to do
business. Gradually their lumber interests have expanded until they today
own large tracts of timber-land in the southern states and also have several mills
and forest lands in other localities. The business has assumed extensive pro-
portions, having enjoyed a healthful growth, and through this field of activity Mr.
Jennings has made his way into other enterprises, being now the president of
the Excelsior Car Roof Company, and the secretary and treasurer of the North
& South Rolling Stock Company. He is forceful, determined and progressive
and the wisdom of his brain is seen in the methods of his work. There is no
lack of originality about him and on the contrarv he has sought out new routes
to success, wdiile the enterprises with which he is connected are elements in the
business development of the districts in which they are located.
470 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
!Mr. Tennings' position in business circles is indicated in a measure in the fact
that he has been elected president of the Mercantile Club, serving in that po-
sition at the present time. In jMasonr)' he has attained the Knight Templar de-
gree and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Odd Fellows Society and has passed
through all of its chairs. Interested in the work and generous in the support of
St. Tohn's Episcopal church, he is serving as its senior warden and is a member
of tlie standing committee of the diocese. His political views are in accord with
the principles of the republican party.
In February, 1879, j\Ir. Jennings was married to Miss Jennie Pitcher, a
daughter of Henry Pitcher, one of the oldest architects and builders of St. Louis,
who died in December, 1899, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Jennings were born four daughters and a son: Laura, who attended
the Central High School ; Margarete, a student in Monticello Seminary at God-
frey, Illinois ; Jeannette and Helen P., both attending the McKinley High School ;
and Curtis P., who has attended the Smith Academy and the Manual Training
School. The family residence is at No. 2846 Russell avenue, and is a beauti-
ful home, which ^Ir. Jennings erected.
GEORGE HAGAR MORGAN.
George Hagar jMorgan has for over forty years been secretary and treas-
urer of the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, and there is, perhaps, no one bet-
ter versed upon the business development and growth of the city in all of its
varied lines of industry and commercial progress. He has held other important
relations to the public, in all of which he has been animated by a spirit of unfal-
tering devotion to the general good. Progress and patriotism might well be
termed the keynote of his character, for these qualities have been manifest in all
of the varied relations in which he has figured.
George H. Morgan was born December 16, 1838, in Plattsburg, Clinton
county. New York, a son of William Henry and Mary (Hagar) Morgan. He
traces his ancestry back to James Morgan, who left the little rock-ribbed coun-
try of Wales in 1636 to become a resident of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Jonas
Morgan, his grandfather, spent his early life at Preston, Connecticut, and was
appointed an ensign in the first company of Colonel Samuel McLellan's Regi-
ment of Connecticut Volunteers in the Revolutionary war, his commission, bear-
ing date of September 25, 1777, being signed by the governor and council of
Connecticut. The family up to this time had continued residents of New Eng-
land but after the war Jonas Morgan removed to the state of New York.
George H. Morgan acquired his education in Plattsburg Academy in his
native city and was attracted to the west at the time when the seacoast states
were sending representatives to Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and other western
districts. At the age of nineteen years he found employment in Chicago but
soon afterward went to Milwaukee. Business depression prevailed, however, a
financial panic affecting the entire country, but Mr. Morgan resolved that he
would not return to the east as some of his friends did, but to avail himself of
any opportunity to earn a living until such times as conditions would enable him
to make the progress for which his laudable ambition aspired. At various places
he sought to secure a position as school teacher but finally was employed at
Hebron, Wisconsin, where he taught school for five months, receiving a dollar
per day for his services. In the meantime conditions were improving in the
business world and in the following spring he returned to Milwaukee, where he
secured a situation as clerk in a retail grocery store. Later he became bookkeeper
and cashier in a wholesale dry-goods house of that city but his employers failed
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472 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in the fall of i860 and seeking a better field of labor elsewhere Mr. Morgan went
to Memphis, Tennessee.
He was not more successful in obtaining employment there than he had
been in the early days of his residence in jMilwaukee and after two weeks he
made his way forward to St. Louis where, after several futile attempts to secure
work, he became bookkeeper and cashier in the commission house of J. G.
Greer & Company.
The following year the Civil w-ar was inaugurated and Mr. Morgan served
successivelv as orderly sergeant, second lieutenant and captain of the Halleck
Guards, which became Company B of the Seventh Regiment of Missouri Mih-
tia, commanded by Colonel George E. Leighton. With that command he took
part in the expedition sent up the Missouri river by General Halleck on the
steamer, John Warner, to open up communications with river towns and also
did other active and valuable service during the war.
]\Ir. Morgan's identification with the house of J. G. Greer & Company con-
tinued until 1865, when there came to him a recognition of his business ability and
enterprise in his election to the secretaryship of the Union Merchants Exchange,
the predecessor of the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis. This position he has
since filled, acting in this capacity for forty-four years, in which connection he
is recognized as the active executive officer of the leading commercial organiza-
tion of St. Louis. It would be difficult to estimate the value of the service which
he has rendered to the public in this connection or to give an adequate idea of
the extent to which he has aided in developing and building up the trade and
commerce of St. Louis. His annual reports of the transactions of the Mer-
chants Exchange are compendiums of information relative to the commerce of
St. Louis and all matters incidental thereto and contain a vast amount of matter,
instructive and useful, to all the diflierent branches of industry and trade rep-
resented in the city. Since becoming secretary of the Merchants Exchange, Mr.
Morgan has been in close touch with the varied business interests of St. Louis
and ready at all times to contribute to the advancement of enterprises calculated
to promote the growth and prosperity of the city. He was secretary and treas-
urer of the chamber of commerce, which erected the present exchange building,
until the property passed to the Merchants Exchange by purchase in 1893. He
has been identified with other strictly business enterprises as president of the
Progressive Building & Loan Association and treasurer of the St. Louis Traffic
Bureau, and has sustained important official relationship to various associations,
chiefly philanthropic and charitable in character.
He is now secretary of the St. Louis Provident Association, director of
the Hospital Saturday & Sunday Association, and director and vice president
of the Congregational City Missionary Society. A member of the Pilgrim Con-
gregational church of St. Louis, he was long a deacon and a teacher in the Sunday
school of that church, and is now a member of its board of deacons and treasurer
of the fund raised for the erection of its new church edifice on Union and Ken-
sington avenues. Politically he has been identified with the republican party
since he became a voter, but has taken no active part in the conduct of political
afifairs, and has held no civil offices other than those which were of a business
character. In 1893 he was a delegate to the water commerce congress, held in
connection with the World's Fair at Chicago, and at the session of that congress
read a carefully prepared paper on The Commerce of the Mississippi River,
which attracted general attention. As secretary of the Merchants Exchange, he
has been called upon to act also as secretary of various charitable movements
originating in that body, and as treasurer of the funds collected in that connec-
tion. Acting in that capacity he was charged with the responsibility of collecting
the fund of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the Chicago fire sufit'erers
in 1871 ; the Johnstown (Pa.) relief fund of fourteen thousand dollars and over
in 1889 ; the Mississippi river overflow relief fund of fifty-four thousand dollars
in 1892 ; and the fund contril)uted through the F.xchange for the relief of the
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cyclone sufferers of St. Louis in 1896, amounting to over two hundred and fifty-
seven thousand dollars, and over forty thousand dollars for the suft'erers at San
Francisco in April, 1906. In all, nearly one million dollars collected and disbursed
in this wav on account of charity has passed through his hands, in addition to large
amounts raised for entertainment and other purposes. Kindly and philanthropic
instincts, coupled with social qualities, which have caused his companionship to
be sought after and prized, have brought him into intimate relationship with
numerous fraternal organizations, and he is a member of the Masonic order.
Legion of Honor, Ransom Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the
Sons of the Revolution. He is also a member of the New York Society, the
Round Table and president of the Congregational Club.
In 1866 Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Ella F. Morean, of St. Louis,
and they have a daughter, Blanche Louise, and a son, Herbert Morean, the latter
a graduate of Yale College of the class of 1899. Few men of his years display
the activity and enterprising spirit manifested by Mr. Morgan. He has now
passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, but in spirit
and interest seems yet in his prime, manifesting the deepest concern in the wel-
fare and progress of the city, while every day he is at his desk attending to the
many important duties connected with his office. On the occasion of his fortieth
anniversary as secretary of the Merchants Exchange the ex-presidents of that
organization presented him with a handsome gold watch and chain as an evidence
of their respect and esteem. His labors for the city's welfare, his study of all
the business conditions have made him an encyclopedia of information regarding
subjects relative to the growth of St. Louis and its possibilities for future expan-
sion, and in everything pertaining to the walfare of the city he manifests a
contagious enthusiasm.
THEODORE V. TAYLOR.
Theodore V. Taylor, for many years an active and successful business man of
St. Louis, came to the city at an early period in its development. He was born
in Richmond, Virginia, and at the age of thirteen years accompanied his parents
to Tennessee. About 1840 he arrived in St. Louis in company with his mother,
brother and sisters, and through much of his life was identified with industrial
interests here. Early in his residence in this city he became connected with the
foundrv business conducted under the name of Dowdel, ]\Iarcham & Company.
He had charge of the pattern department and the recognition of his ability soon
led to his admission to the firm, with which he was connected as a partner for
sixteen years. For a long period they were located at the corner of Morgan and
Second streets and were one of the largest concerns of the kind at the time. Al-
though thev began operations on a somewhat limited scale, they extended the
scope of their activities until the business had assumed mammoth proportions,
becoming one of the extensive enterprises of this character in St. Louis.
In 1850 in this city Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Theresa J.
Weaver, who was born in St. Louis county and has been a resident of this city
for seventy years. She was a daughter of Andrew Weaver, who came to St.
Louis in the days of its villagehood. He was a native of South Carolina and a
cabinet-maker by trade, and following his arrival in the little French village on
the western bank of the Mississippi, he continued to work in that line. Here
Mrs. Taylor spent her girlhood days. She still remembers when there were In-
dians here and the business interests of the town largely consisted of trade with
the red men and in handling the products of the western prairies, including hides,
pelts and furs. The old home of the family was at Seventeenth and ^Market
streets, which at that time was considered "way out in the country." She has
lived to see the citv extend for miles in various directions and take rank as the
474 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
fourth citv of the Union. Her great-grandfather, Thomas Withington, came to
St. Louis from Kentucky in 1805. He was one of the most wealthy, prominent
and intlueutial residents of Alissouri at that early day, and aidecTin laymg the
foundation for the present development and progress of the metropolis of the
central ^lississippi valley. The mother of Mrs. Taylor bore the maiden name of
j\Iary Hentz and was a native of Missouri and a daughter of John Hentz, who was
also one of the first to establish a home in this state. Mrs. Taylor, having re-
sided here for so many years, is familiar with the leading events which consti-
tute the history and have shaped the annals of St. Louis. She relates many
interesting incidents of the early days when the traffic was by way of the river,
although the city had comparatively little commercial or industrial prominence
at that time. She has lived to witness remarkable changes and feels a just pride
in what has been accomplished.
L'nto ]Mr. and INIrs. Taylor were born six children, but only one is now liv-
ing, ]Mary A. The husband and father died in 1864 when forty-five years of age.
He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a public-
spirited citizen, always interested in the welfare and progress of St. Louis, and
aiding to the extent of his ability in the work for general improvement and up-
building here. He was devoted to the welfare of his family, was loyal in his
friendships and honorable in his business relations, and thus gained an enviable
position in the regard of his fellow citizens.
WILLIAM G. FRYE.
It is only the lower races of life that are crowded. As one passes beyond
the starting point the competitors are fewer and success more easily achieved.
It is the determination to go beyond the average that leads man out of humble
things into larger undertakings and an analyzation of the life record of William
G. Frye shows that he possessed this spirit of determination in a large measure
coupled with unfaltering energy and the ability to plan and perform. He is the
president of the William G. Frye Manufacturing Company, owning and operat-
ing a sash and door plant at Tiffany street and Vista avenue. It is a successful,
productive industry, the volume of its trade being represented by a large figure
annually.
Mr. William G. Frye began his life record in St. Louis in 1861. He was pro-
vided with good educational privileges, continuing his studies to his graduation
from the Christian Brothers College, after which he entered business life as book-
keeper with the Philibert & Johanning Manufacturing Company. In January,
1902, he was elected to the presidency and has since remained the chief executive
head of this enterprise. The company owns and controls an extensive sash and
door manufacturing plant and does a large business, its sales covering not only
St. Louis and the surrounding country but also a large district in the south.
One secret of Mr. Frye's success undoubtedly is the fact that he has always
continued in the business with which he became connected on starting out in
life, so that experience and training have brought to him wide and comprehensive
knowledge of the trade and its possibilities.
In 1882 William G. Frye was united in marriage to Miss Emma Peters.
The family includes R. E. Frye, who is one of the more prominent business men
of St. Louis and since the 1st of January, 1908, the secretary of the William
G. Frye Manufacturing Company. He was born in St. Louis and has but recently
passed the twenty-sixth milestone on life's journey yet his energy and business
ability places him with the leading representatives of industrial interests in this
city. He attended the public schools for three years and afterward spent
eight years as a student in the St. Louis University, thus qualifying for the re-
sponsible and active duties of life. It is true that in his business career he had
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476 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the advantage of entering into active connection with an undertaking already
successfullv estabHshed, but in controhing this interest as assistant manager he
would soon have fallen short of the high standard which the house sets up had
he not displaved keen discernment and marked business enterprise as well as
close application and a willingness to thoroughly master every detail of the
business.
Aside from its operation in manufacturing lines the company has erected
a large number of fine residences in St. Louis, including the Racquet Club, the
Metropolitan building at Grand Avenue and Olive street, the palatial home of
William Guy at Portland Place and the home of Charles Stockman on Russell
street and Louisiana avenue. The growth of their business in manufacturing
lines has necessitated the erection of a new plant, which is one of the most
completely equipped establishments of this character in St. Louis. It was ready
for occupancy in August, 1907, and since that time they have turned out a
constantly increasing amount of business, having extensive trade relations. The
family residence is at No. 3958 Flora boulevard, where they have a beautiful
home in the midst of a spacious and attractive lawn.
The history of William G. Frye is another illustration of the fact that it is
under the stimulus of opposition and the pressure of competition that the
strongest and best in man is brought out and developed. The early growth of a
self-reliant spirit gave him power and advantage where others had faltered and
at all times the integrity and his commercial methods have commanded the
house the confidence and support of the public. He is today regarded as one
of the substantial business men of the city whose creditable record is an asset
in the commercial development of St. Louis. In recent years he has more largely
left the management of the business to his son, while he is now practically living
retired in the enjoyment of well earned rest. In 1901 he was made a member of
the police commissioners by Governor Dockery and filled the position for several
years. His public-spirited citizenship stands as an unquestioned fact in his
career. This has been manifest in many beneficial ways, especially in active
cooperation given to various movements for the city's upbuilding and growth.
TAMES GREEN.
James Green, in his eightieth year active as chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the Laclede-Christy Clay Products Company, thus continues his activity
and usefulness in business affairs far beyond the period when most men perma-
nently put aside business cares. His judgment has been so sound, his sagacity
so fa'r-reaching and his enterprise so helpful that his business associates have
been loath to lose the benefit of his counsel and experience, thus he remains a
factor in commercial and industrial circles, where he has long figured so prom-
inentlv and honorably.
Born in Staflfordshire, England, on the 23d of September, 1829, James
Green was educated in the private schools of his native town while spending
his boyhood days in the home of his father, who was a well-to-do cut glass manu-
facturer of Staffordshire. The opportunities of the new world attracted him,
and when twenty-one years of age he heard the call of the west, settling at
Philadelphia, where he engaged in business in connection with the iron mills
for some time. He removed thence to Boonton Falls, New Jersey, and after-
ward to Cleveland, Cjhio, and then to Pittsburg, coming from that city to St.
Louis August 10, 1857. For some years following his arrival here he was con-
nected with the Laclede Rolling Mills, and continuing his operations in connec-
tion with the iron industry he was chosen to the presidency of the Helembacher
Forge & Rolling Mill Company, remaining in that position of executive control
for many years, or until about 1901, when he disposed of his interests and re-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 477
tired from that field of activity. In the meantime, however, he had become con-
nected with other business concerns, which through his cooperation and under
his control had grown to magnificent proportions. In 1865 he had organized the
Laclede Fire Brick Company, of which he remained the president until its con-
solidation with the Christy Fire Clay Company, in May, 1907, at which time he
retired from the active conduct of the business, but still retains his position as
head of the concern. From a small beginning the Laclede Fire Brick Company
had become, at the time of the consolidation, the largest one plant concern in
the country, manufacturing the greatest variety of clay products of any similar
enterprise. The business in its mammoth proportions constitutes today a grati-
fying source of income, not only to the individual stockholders but also to the
city, in that it furnishes emplo3aiient to a large number of workmen and brings
into the city a vast sum of money annually through the sale of its output.
Mr. Green has also been identified with numerous financial and commercial
institutions of St. Louis, and is today a director of the Commonwealth Trust
Company, the Mechanics American National Bank, and the Kinloch Telephone
Company, while in many others he is financially interested. During the past
few years, however, he has been withdrawing from active connection with many
enterprises, endeavoring to retire from business, and rest from further labor has
certainly been well merited by him. Ere leaving his native land j\Ir. Green was
married in England to Aliss Sarah Talbot, and unto them were born four chil-
dren, of whom one is yet living, James H. Green, of St. Louis. The mother died
in 1866 and in St. Louis, in 1872, Mr. Green wedded Marion J. Weller, a daugh-
ter of Horace Weller, then of the state of New York and now of Michigan.
Mrs. Marion Green passed away April 14, 1905. There were two sons and a
daughter of this marriage : John Leigh, vice president of the Laclede-Christy
Clay Products Company ; Mabel, the wife of W. D. Thompson, of St. Louis ; and
Harold Rumsey, now a student at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he is pre-
paring for Princeton.
Mr. Green is a member of the Merchants Exchange, the Business ]\Ien's
League, the Civic League, the Washington University Association, and the Noon-
day and St. Louis Clubs. He has been a generous contributor to public and
private charities, his second wife having been an ardent worker in benevolent
lines, and at the time of her death she was president of the jNIartha Parsons
Hospital and had also been president of the Memorial Home. She was likewise
one of the active and influential members of the Ladies Club, of this city. The
life of Mr. Green has been an extremely busy and useful one, and while his
interests have brought him large success, his work has always been of a nature
to also benefit the community as well. In everything he has been eminently prac-
tical and this has been manifested not only in his business undertakings but also
in social and private life, so that results have been attained.
JOHN LEIGH GREEN.
John Leigh Green, vice president of the Laclede-Christy Clay Products Com-
pany, was born in St. Louis, November 5, 1873, and is a son of James Green,
of whom mention is made above. He was educated at Wyman Institute, at
Alton, Illinois, at Smith Academy and Washington University, where he spent
one year prior to entering Princeton University, of New Jersey, from which he
was graduated in 1897 with the degree of civil engineer. Returning to St.
Louis he secured a clerical position with the Helembacher Forge & Rolling Mill
Company, and during his five years service there filled various positions, his
capability winning him promotions until he became vice president. In 1902, how-
ever, he severed his connection with that concern and became vice president of
the Laclede Fire Brick Company, which had been established by his father many
478 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
years before. In ^lay, 1907, this was amalgamated with the Christy Fire Clay
Company, under the name of the Laclede-Christy Clay Products Company, and
of the new organization ^Ir. Green became vice president and so continues,
\\'hile his attention is largely given to the management and control of its inter-
ests, he also has investments in various other enterprises and was formerly the
vice president of the Missouri Smelting Company, which was absorbed by the
American Smelting & Refining Company. He is now giving his undivided at-
tentions to his duties in connection with the Laclede-Christv Clay Products
Company, and a strong, forceful nature enables him not only to successfully
control "the present moment, but to plan for the future as well in producing
ideas that have wrought out practical and beneficial results.
On the 6th of June, 1899, ^^^- Green was married in Buffalo, New York, to
Miss Sarah Sloan, a daughter of William Sloan, a prominent banker, malt manu-
facturer and business man of that city. Their four children are Elise S., aged
seven; Marion E., aged six; Leafie S., now two and a half years old; and John
J., a babe of six months. Mr. Green owns his own home at No. 5514 Clemens
avenue, together with other city realty. He is not an active worker in party
ranks, but gives his political allegiance to the democracy. He belongs to the
Glen Echo Country Club and finds delight in hunting, but the demands of his
business leave him little opportunity to indulge his love of that pastime.
FREDERICK ULRICH.
Frederick Ulrich, figuring prominently in industrial and financial circles of
St. Louis, owes his success to hard work and honest methods. In all that he
has undertaken he has put forth earnest, persistent effort, realizing that the
source of power is within the individual and that not upon any environment or
circumstance does progress depend. He is now vice president of the Carondelet
Milling Company, president of the Banner Bottling Company and a director of
the South Commercial Savings Bank.
Like many of St. Louis' enterprising and prosperous business men, he is
of German nativity, his birth having occurred at Badwilduning-Waldeck, Germany,
July 29, 1850. He came to America in 1868 and at once made his way to St.
Louis, where he entered the grocery business with his uncle, Fred Beeck, the
founder of the town of Beeckville. He remained in that connection for two
years, when he embarked in business on his own account, establishing a bakery
and confectionery at Beeckville where he remained until the spring of 1872. He
then removed to the corner of Main and Kansas streets, the latter thoroughfare
now being known as Broadway. Later he opened a similar business at 7726
\'irginia avenue, which he still conducts. In 1900 he organized the St. Louis
Baking Company and was elected its president, but disposed of his interest in
that concern in 1904. As he has prospered in his undertakings, being thus able
to command larger capital, he has extended his investments and efiforts into other
fields and is now the vice president of the Carondelet Milling Company and presi-
dent of the Banner Bottling Company, being one of the organizers of both. He
readily recognizes a favorable opening in business and takes advantage of all
legitimate opportunities for success. He was one of the founders and stock-
holders of the Southern Commercial Savings Bank and from its inception has
served as one of its directors.
C)n the 2d of November, 1871, Mr. Ulrich was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Khor, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Khor, early residents of St.
Louis. Mr. Ulrich resides at No. 7726 Virginia avenue. Both he and his wife
are well known in social circles and Mr. Ulrich is particularly prominent among
the German-American residents of this city. I-'or the past sixteen years he has
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480 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
been president of the German Singing Society, possessing the love of music
characteristic of his race and doing much to promote musical interests in this
city. He is also a member of the Altenheim Society and was for many years presi-
dent and vice president of the Germania Turn Society. His religious faith is
indicated in his membership in the Evangelical church and his political belief
is demonstrated in the support which he gives to the republican party at the polls.
He belongs also to the Woodmen of the World and was for many years one of the
leading members of the Carondelet Gun Club. He has traveled very extensively
both in America and Europe and has thus added to the rich stores of a cultured
mind. His chief sources of pleasure are music atid field sports and yet he is never
so busv or so occupied with pastimes that he finds no opportunity for participa-
tion in those activities which are for the benefit of his fellowmen. He has been
one of the most active workers in charitable organizations of the German societies
and is also earnest and diligent in the work of the church. His life has been
actuated by high principles and characterized by close conformity to his pro-
fessions. He is a man of broad humanitarian spirit, at no time oblivious to his
duties and obligations to his fellowmen. His labors in their behalf, however, are
not directed by a sense of duty but rather by a sincere interest that finds its
origin in his belief in the brotherhood of man.
WILLIAM HARRISON MASON.
Whatever the quiet forces and influences at work in the life of Mr. Mason
to shape his destiny, it was evident at the outset of his business career that he
understood clearly the fact that energy and unfaltering perseverance constitute
the surest basis upon which to build success. Those qualities have ever been
numbered among his salient characteristics and have won for him the constant
promotion and advancement which have attended him in his business career and
gained him his present responsible position as the sales manager in J\Iissouri for
the Burroughs Adding ■Machine Company of St. Louis.
Mr, ^lason was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1859, a son
of Isaac ~\I. and ]\Iary (Tiernan) ]\Iason. He is a representative in the paternal
line of an old Virginian family. His great-grandfather, Robert INIason, at one
time a resident of Winchester. Virginia, removed from the Old Dominion to Penn-
sylvania in 1800 and died in Brownsville, that state, in 1854, at the age of seventy-
six years, his birth having occurred in 1778. His son, Morgan Mason, was born
in Brownsville in 1808 and died in 1897 in his ninetieth year. In his early man-
hood he was a miller, but afterward followed the river as clerk and captain on
different steamboats,
Isaac M. ]\Iason, father of William H. Mason, was born and reared in Penn-
sylvania and became a captain on a steamboat on the Monongahela river when
only nineteen years of age. He was identified with navigation on the stream fromi
1846 until 1850. He became one of the pioneer steamboat men on the Missouri
river, running in the early days before the building of railroads. He was on the
fiver between Pittsburg and St. Louis from 1850 until 1855 and then sailed on
the Mississippi from St. Louis to Sf. Paul from 1855 until 1864. With the devel-
opment in business conditions he kept pace, his usefulness and activity increasing,
and in 1865 he was made general freight agent for the Northern Line Packet
Company, continuing in that position until 1876. He was then called to public
office, becoming county marshal and city marshal, serving in those positions until
1880, when he was elected sheriff of St. Louis county for a term of four years.
He retired from office as he had entered it — with the confidence and good will
of all concerned, for he had been fearless and loyal in the discharge of his duties.
He was afterwards general superintendent and president of the St. Louis and
New Orleans Anchor Line Company from 1884 until 1896 and then once more
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was called from private interests to public service, being elected city auditor of
St. Louis for a term of four years, extending to 1900. Since that date he has
engaged in gold, copper and lead mining and is president of the Key Test Gold
Mining Company and the Franklin Lead Company. He was also president of
the St. Louis Merchants Exchange in 1895. Gradually he has advanced to a po-
sition of marked influence and prominence in commercial circles and stands today
in the foremost ranks of those citizens who have been active in the promotion
of the great southwest and especially in the upbuilding of this city, now fourth
in the Union. Well known in republican circles, he has been a member of the
different republican clubs in St. Louis for the past forty years. A motive prin-
ciple of his life is found in his connection with the Episcopal church and he is
equally loyal to the teachings of the craft, being a thirty-second degree Mason.
William H. Mason was educated in the public schools of St. Louis, where he
arrived in 1863, then a young lad of four summers. He left school at the age
of fourteen, but remained in St. Louis until 1885, when he went to London,
England, where he resided for about four years. Returning to the LInited States
in the latter part of 1888, he went to Colorado, where he remained for two years.
He afterward lived in Texas for three years and in 1896, in connection with W.
C. Walker, had the selling agency for the United States and Canada for the
Burroughs Adding Machine Company of St. Louis, then known as the American
Arithmometer Company. It was then a new industry, which has now grown to
be one of the largest manufacturing plants in the middle west, employing two
thousand people at the factorv and over three hundred salesmen. In the evolu-
tion of business, when time-saving devices are an essential factor, he who places
such a product on the market may be sure of success if qualities of energy and
enterprise are employed in its promotion. While the Burroughs Adding Ma-
chine Company was a small, struggling concern in 1893, the founders of the busi-
ness had the isagacity to secure the service of such men as Mr. Mason, who is
still with the corporation, to the success of which he has largely contributed.
After spending thirteen years in the south, mostly in Texas, as representative
of the company, he returned to St. Louis and now has charge of the rapidly de-
veloping business in Missouri as sales manager for the state of Missouri.
On the 28th of February, 1888, Mr. Mason was married in St. Louis, Mis-
souri, to Miss Alby M. Walker, a daughter of Willis C. and Rosella E. Walker.
They have two children, Alby Walker and Walker Mason. The family is widely
known here, Mr. and Mrs. Mason having an extensive circle of friends. Reared
in this city, Mr. Mason in 1877 became a member of Company A of the Missouri
National Guard of St. Louis and served with that command through the railroad
strikes of that year and the street car strikes of 1878. In the latter year he
joined the St. Louis Light Cavalry. Where questions of national importance
are involved he votes with the republican party, but at local elections casts an
independent ballot. He is a well balanced man mentally and physically, pos-
sessing sufficient courage to venture where favoring opportunity is presented,
and his judgment and even-paced energy are carrying him forward to the goal
of success.
JACOB J. ANSTEDT.
Jacob J. Anstedt, president of the Anstedt Shoe Company, conducting busi-
ness at No. 12 16 South Broadway, has remained at the head of this concern
since 1898. He was born in St. Louis in January, 1853, his parents being Jacob
J. and Dorothea Anstedt, both of whom are now deceased, the father having
passed away in 1878 and the mother in 1893. Mr. Anstedt was in the retail
feed business following his emigration to this country in 1834.
" His son and namesake, Jacob J. Anstedt, Jr., attended the public schools be-
tween the ages of six and fourteen years and immediately afterward secured
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a clerkship in the employ of J. H. Westerman, with whom he continued for twenty
vears or until the retirement of Air. Westerman from business. He then pur-
chased the business which he incorporated, remaining sole owner until that time.
On the incorporation in 1898 he became president and has continued in that po-
sition to the present time, controlling the affairs of the company in the manage-
ment of a business which is now lar^ge and profitable.
On the 30th of June, 1897, Mr. Anstedt was married to Miss Agnes E. Shu-
man, a daugliter of Ernest L. Shuman, who is engaged in the grocery business
at Xo. 3009 Xeosha street. Mr. and Mrs. Anstedt have two sons and a daugh-
ter : Herbert J., ten years of age, attending the Clinton school ; Gertrude, eight
vears of age ; and Theodore, a little lad of five summers.
Air. Anstedt purchased a modern residence at No. 1201 St. Ange avenue.
He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and is a member of the
St. Louis Turners. He gives intelligent and helpful support to the republican
partv, but has never sought the rewards of office for his party fealty. His re-
ligious faith is that of the Presbyterian denomination, his membership being with
St. JMark's church. There have been no exciting chapters in his life record, but
it is that of a man who has recognized his duty and met his obligations. He
earlv learned that there is no royal road to wealth, but he also became cognizant
of the fact that when energy and determination are used to storm the citadel of
success it will always fall and its prizes may therefore be gained by the victor.
HANFORD CRAWFORD.
Hanford Crawford, president of the Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Com-
pany, proprietors of one of the foremost dry-goods houses of St. Louis, entered
upon his business career well equipped by a liberal education for large responsi-
bilities. Unto his duties he brought a spirit of determination that has enabled
him to successfully solve all the intricate and complex business problems that have
arisen. He was born in Ossining, New York, February 12, 1856, a son of Rev.
AI. D'C. and Charlotte (Holmes) Crawford. The father, a native of Albany,
New York, was a Methodist minister, who devoted fifty-seven years of his life
to that holy calling, while his memory remains as a blessed benediction to all who
knew him. He died in 1897, having for eleven years survived his wife, who
passed away in 1886. Mrs. Crawford was a native of Newburg, New York, and
both she and her husband were descended from ancestors who were soldiers of
the Revolutionary war.
Hanford Crawford was a pupil in the public schools of New York city and
after attending the high school matriculated in the College of the City of New
York, from which he was graduated in the class of 1875. Before entering upon
his college course he received his preliminary business training in two years'
experience as an employe of Fisk, Clark & Flagg, wholesale dealers in men's fur-,
nishings in New York. After completing his college course he devoted two years
to teaching in the public schools of the eastern metropolis and then went abroad,
spendmg three and a half years in Germany and France. He returned to this
country in 1881 and the following year entered the employ of James McCreery &
Company of New York city.
His experience in mercantile lines was of a broad and educative character,
well qualifying him for the conduct of responsible and important duties when
he came to St. Louis in 1899 and bought an interest in the large dry-goods house
of Scruggs. Vandervoort & Barney. This is one of the high class mercantile
houses of the city, ranking as does Marshall Field's house of Chicago, and from
the outset Mr. Crawford was connected with its management as vice president.
On the death of Mr. Scruggs in 1904 he was elected to the presidency of the
company. lie is eminently a man of business sense and easily avoids the mistakes
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CrfY. 483
and disasters that come to those who though possessing remarkable faculties in
some respects are liable to erratic movements that result in unwarranted risk
and failure. His well planned enterprise, his judgment and even placed energy
generally carry him forward to the goal of success. While he has given his at-
tention largely to his mercantile interests, he is also a director of the Boatmen's
Bank.
On the nth of November, 1886, in New York city, Mr. Crawford was mar-
ried to Miss M. Gertrude Smith, a native of Massachusetts and a daughter of
the Rev. Edward P. Smith, a Congregational minister, at one time commissioner
of Indian affairs in Washington. During the period of the Civil war he was
field agent of the United States Christian commission and at the time of his death
was president of the Howard University at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford have one daughter, Ruth, now a student in Vassar College.
Mr. Crawford belongs to various social, civic and municipal organizations.
He belongs to the Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon, two college fraterni-
ties ; to Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, F. & A. M. ; is connected with the Aldine Club
of New York city; and in St. Louis belongs to the St. Louis, Racquet, Mercantile,
Noonday, St. Louis Country, Glen Echo Country, Contemporary and Methodist
Clubs. He is vice president of the Commercial Club and is identified with many
of the organized movements for the upbuilding and promotion of the business
interests of St. Louis. He is the vice president of the Retail Merchants Asso-
ciation ; is serving on the committee of the Business Men's League ; is a member
of the Million Population Club and an advisory member of the Civic League.
Citizenship is to him no mere idle word ; it stands for duty and obligation as well
as privilege, and his labors therefore have been beneficial assets in the promotion
of the welfare and progress of St. Louis along many lines. He believes, too,
that every intelligent man should exercise his right of franchise and support the
principles which he deems most conducive to the public good. Mr. Crawford be-
longs to the twenty-eighth ward republican organization and his influence is given
for republican success. He made the trip to Panama with Walter B. Stevens,
being much interested in the government work that is being carried on there at
the present time. He belongs to the Lindell Avenue Methodist Episcopal church.
He is a director in the Federation for Social Service and is president of the St.
Louis Symphony Society. There are few men who control as extensive business
interests as does Mr. Crawford who seem to find time for active participation in
matters of public moment. He has never measured life by the inch-rule of self
but has kept in touch with public opinion and has always stood for that which is
best in citizenship and in political, intellectual, social and moral progress.
ALEXANDER BAUM.
Alexander Baum came to America a poor boy at the age of thirteen years,
but in this land opportunity is not hampered by caste or class, and gradually ad-
vancing through successive stages of business development, he has become one
of the leading manufacturers of and dealers in ladies' cloaks and suits in the
west, controlling an extensive business in St. Louis. He was born in Laufers-
wiele, Germany, in the Rhein province, September 26, 1852, a son of Abraham
Baum, a merchant. He pursued his education in the schools of Germany, but at
the age of thirteen years left the fatherland and crossed the Atlantic to America,
settling first at Laconia, Indiana. Later he began work in a dry-goods store at
Paducah, Kentucky, where he remained for several years and then removed to
St. Louis, where he was employed in various capacities, largely in dry-goods
stores. He afterward went upon the road for Baer, Seasongood & Company,
which he represented for eighteen years as a traveling salesman, securing a
large volume of business for the house. This firm was afterward reorganized
484 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
as the Baer, Oliver, Singer Clothing Company, and when it withdrew from the
field of trade, closing out the business, Mr. Baum established business on his own
account in the manufacture of ladies' goods, consisting principally of suits and
coats. This is today one of the leading manufacturing concerns in his line in the
west, and in addition to enjoying a large local trade the house is represented on
the road by a number of traveling salesmen who visit various states and have
secured an extensive patronage for the St. Louis establishment.
In 1873 Mr. Baum was married in St. Louis to Miss Caroline Sergei, and
unto them have been born six children, as follows : Florence, the wife of Charles
Kullender ; Leopold, who is engaged in the manufacture of ladies' apparel in New
York citv ; Abraham ; Maud ; Judith ; and Hiram, who is engaged in the manufac-
ture of suspenders as a member of the firm known as the Comfort Suspender
Company of St. Louis.
In his political views Mr. Baum has always been a stalwart republican, vot-
ing the ticket at each election, and when occasion demands upholding his position
by intelligent argument. He is a member of the B'nai B'rith, a Jewish society,
and is also connected with the Columbian Club and the Western Travelers Asso-
ciation. He adheres to the religious faith of his ancestors and is a man of much
influence among the people of his race in this community. He stands as a splen-
did example of the alert, energetic, enterprising business man, who has accom-
plished by the force of his own character what he set out to do, making continuous
progress in the business world until he is now at the head of an extensive and im-
portant commercial and industrial concern.
REV. F. G. HOLWECK.
Rev. F. G. Holweck is pastor of St. Francis de Sales church at Ohio and
Gravois avenues, which was founded April 22, 1867, and dedicated on the 24th
of Alay, 1868. The first pastor was Rev. Louis Lay, who officiated there from
1867 through the year of 1868. The second. Rev. P. Wigger, assumed his duties
in 1869 and continued his pastorate throughout the succeeding years until 1878,
building the first schoolhouse and establishing the convent of the Sisters of the
Precious Blood. After his death his assistant. Rev. P. I. Lotz, was appointed
pastor and served from 1879 until 1903. He enlarged the church and built the
second schoolhouse in 1888. On August 11, 1895, the cornerstone of the new
church was laid, the plans of which were designed by E. Siebertz in Berlin, Ger-
many, the architect being Joseph Conrada. In order to finish the basement of
the church it was necessary to tear down the old church, this work being provi-
dentially done by a cyclone in the year 1896. In 1899 the new parochial resi-
dence was built. Father Lotz died May 14, 1903, and one' of his former
assistants, Rev. F. G. Holweck, was appointed his successor. The new residence
for the Sisters was built by him in 1904, and the following year the congregation
resolved to finish the up])cr church but, the original plans being somewhat en-
larged, the undertaking was not resumed until April 6, 1907. The church, which
is one of the largest in St. Louis, was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day in the
year 1908.
Father Holweck was born in Wiesloch, Baden, Germany, December 29,
1856, and is a son of Sebastian and Mary (Weickgenaunt) Holweck, who came
to the United States in 1886, locating in St. Genevieve county, Missouri. Later
they removed to St. Louis, where both died. Father Holweck began his educa-
tional career in the gymnasium at Freiburg, Germany, which institution he
entered in 1866 and in which he spent the succeeding seven years. Subsequently
he spent two years in the gymnasium at Karlsruhe, Germany. In the year 1876
he came to the United States and became a student of theology at St. Francis
de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee, and having finished his course, he was ordained
REW F. G. HOLWECK
486 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
to the priesthood for work in St. Francis by Bishop Heiss of La Crosse,
AMsconsin.
After his ordination, June 2^, 1880. Father Hoi week was assigned as as-
sistant pastor of St. Peter's church at Jefferson City, Missouri, where he re-
mained until 1883. when he was appointed as assistant pastor at St. Francis de
Sales church in St. Louis. In the year 1884 he was transferred to Louisiana,
Missouri, where he officiated as pastor of the church for fifteen months, later
serving at River Aux Vases, St. Genevieve county, Missouri, but in 1888 was
returned to St. Francis de Sales church as assistant pastor. Later, in 1892, he
became pastor of St. Aloysius parish, where he continued for eleven years. At
the expiration of that period, on the death of Father Lotz, who was pastor of
St. Francis de Sales church, Father Holweck was appointed pastor to fill the
vacancy. This is one of the most important parishes of St. Louis, and the work
has attained such mammoth proportions as to require two assistants. Rev. J.
Peters and Rev. S. Forster. It supports a school in which are enrolled about
seven hundred and forty-two children, who are under the instruction of the Sisters
of Xotre Dame and one male instructor. The church building is considered one
of the finest structures in the United States.
MAXIMILLIAN TAMM.
One of the extensive productive industries is that conducted under the name
of the Tamm Brothers Glue Company, of which Maximillian Tamm is president
and treasurer. Establishing this enterprise in 1873 on a very small scale, he has
developed it to large proportions so that employment is now furnished to one
hundred men. This is indicative of the enterprise and business ability which he
has brought to bear in the control and development of the concern as the years
have brought him recognition as a substantial and valued business man of his
native city.
His birth occurred in St. Louis, February i, 1853. His father, Jacob Tamm,
a native of Germany, settled in St. Louis in 1838 and was the principal owner of
Jacob Tamm & Company, woodenware manufacturers. He married "Julia Schrae-
der and on the 9th of March, 1891, they celebrated their golden wedding. Later
in that vear the wife died, while the death of Mr. Tamm occurred in October,
1892.
Maximillian Tamm largely pursued his education in the public schools of
Germany, for in 1865 ^t the age of twelve years he went to Europe and became
a student in Cooks Haven near Hamburg, where he continued for a year. He
also spent two years in the schools^ of Stuttgart and two years as a student in
Zurich, Switzerland, being a schoolmate there of Henry Wells, brother of Erastus
Wells. Mr. Tamm returned from Europe in July, 1870, at the outbreak of the
Franco-Prussian war. The liberal educational advantages which he had re-
ceived well qualified him for the responsible duties of a business career and fol-
lowing his return at the age of seventeen years he spent six months in the employ
of the Anthony & Kuhn Brewing Company. He was afterward employed by his
cousin, J. J. Tamm, for six months and was then given twenty dollars by his
father and set to learn the business of glue manufacture, working in factories of
that kind in Chicago, Louisville and Philadelphia. While thus employed he ob-
tained a comprehensive knowledge of the business in all of its departments, al-
though the methods were very crude as compared with the processes of manu-
facture employed at the present day. When he had learned the business Mr.
Tamm received from his father sufficient money to enable him to start a factory
in 1873. Glue that was worth twenty-eight cents at that time soon sold for only
ten cents owing to the general financial depression felt throughout the entire
country. He only employed two men and he practically lost all of his capital
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 487
during the panic, but with unfaltering perseverance he has continued and, as the
years have gone by, has built up a business which enables him now to employ one
hundred workmen. In 1874 he admitted his brother, Theodore, to a partnership
and in 1889 the business was incorporated under the firm style of the Tamni'
Brothers Glue Company. Their output is now sent to all parts of the country
and they are well known glue manufacturers, their Three Star glue being the
best brand. In 1891 they also extended the field of their operations by beginning
the manufacture of ice. They w^ere the first to introduce artificial ice in St.
Louis and have since conducted the business with growing success. In 1907 they
added another department to their business — an oil refinery for the purpose of
refining vaseline, illuminating oils, gasoline and lubricating oils. Thev sell this
product direct to consumers and it has now become a very important branch of
their business.
Mr. Tamm has been an extensive traveler, visiting all parts of the world
and finding matters of interest in the various sections to which he has gone.
Travel has perhaps been his chief source of recreation. He is preeminently a
business man, devoting the greater part of his time and energies to the develop-
ment of his commercial and industrial interests, which have now reached large
proportions and constitute a most gratifying source of revenue.
HALSEY COOLEY IVES.
Halsey Cooley Ives, director of the Museum of Fine Arts of St. Louis, was
born in Montour Falls, Schuyler county ,New York, October 27, 1846, a son of
Hiram Du Boise and Teressa (McDowell) Ives. In the acquirement of his edu-
cation he attended successively the public schools of New York, the Union Acad-
emy of his native town and technical schools of South Kensington, London, and
various art schools. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil war his father died
and Mr. Ives was then thrown upon his own resources and sought and obtained
employment as a draftsman. In 1864 he entered the government service and was
assigned to duty at Nashville, Tennessee. His employment brought him in con-
tact with men of artistic tastes and his art education was begun under the direc-
tion of Alexander Piatowski, a Polish refugee. Having inherent love of art, he
was strongly influenced through intimate association with the gifted genius whose
pupil he became to direct his efforts in art lines. In 1869 he turned his atten-
tion to designing and decorating and during three years traveled through the
west and south in that line of work. In 1872 he visited Mexico and upon his
return came to St. Louis, where he entered the Polytechnic School as an in-
structor in 1874. During the succeeding year he pursued his studies abroad under
the direction of eminent art instructors of the old world and upon his return was
made a member of the faculty of Washington LTniversity. He at once demon-
strated that he possessed superior ability at organization and through his efforts
the St. Louis School of Fine Arts was established. He bent all of his energies
toward its upbuilding and when, through the munificence of William Crow, the
present Museum of Fine Arts building was completed in 1881, he became direc-
tor both of the Art School and of the Museum of Fine Arts. His time and talents
have been at the service of these two continuously since and his endeavor has
been to make the one support and advance the other, the collections being re-
garded as an open book of reference for those engaged in study. While giving
full attention to instruction in fine arts Mr. Ives has also been zealous in his ef-
forts to restore to their place the industrial or applied arts, and for many years
gave courses of free lectures on Sundays to the mechanics and artisans of St.
Louis. These were illustrated by examples from museums and his own private
collections.
488 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
The splendid work which Mr. Ives has done for art development and culture
has made him widely known far beyond the confines of St. Louis or the state and
there came to him the recognition of his ability in his appointment as chief of the
department of fine arts at the Columbian Exposition, where splendid results were
achieved under his direction and the high standard to which American art was
raised in the opinion of the people amply evidenced the value of his services. In
1894 he was appointed by the National Bureau of Education to examine and re-
port upon the courses of instruction and the methods of work carried on by
various continental art schools and museums and beginning his study and investi-
gations at Gizeh, Egypt, he traced the historical development of civilization as
evidenced in art down to modern times.
Unlike the majority of men of highly sensitive organism as manifest in
artistic temperament, Air. Ives has never shrunk from the discharge of the com-
monplace duties incident to good citizenship. Lie takes an active interest in mu-
nicipal affairs and from 1895 served four years as a member of the city council
and exercised his official prerogatives in support of many measures which pro-
moted municipal progress or which were matters of civic virtue and civic pride.
He has several times represented the United States government as commissioner
abroad and was chief of the art department of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
tion. He has secured for American art recognition from art critics of Europe
and received from King Oscar of Sweden in 1905 the decoration of the Order of
\'asa : from King Christian IX of Denmark in 1896 the Order of Dannebrog;
the Order of St. Alexander of Bulgaria in 1904; Chevalier Order of Leopold of
Belgium in 1905 ; Knight of the Order of Christ, of Portugal ; the Iron Crown of
Austria; the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan; Commander of the Double
Dragon, of China; the Order of S. S. Maurice and Lazarr, of Italy; a medal and
diploma from the French government and also the Order of the Department of
Public Instruction ; several marks of government appreciation from France, Ger-
many and Japan ; also special medals from the board of directors of the Columbian
Exposition and grand prize for educational services from the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition. He is a lay member of the National Sculptors Association
and honorary member of the American Institute of Architects and the Chicago
Art Institute, a member of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, the Artists
Guild, the National Arts Club, the St. Louis Club, the Noonday Club and various
other associations having for their object the promotion of art interests in this
country.
In 1887 ]\Ir. Ives was married to Miss Margaret Lackland, a daughter of
Rufus J. Lackland, a well known banker and financier of St. Louis. Their chil-
dren are Caroline Elliott and Neil McDowell.
GERHARD WILLIAM GARRELS.
A notable example of the young man of foreign birth who rises to a position
of distinction and prominence in connection with the business interests of the
new world is found in the life record of Gerhard William Garrels, president of
the Franklin iiank. A native of Cjermany, he was born in Nienburg, April 16,
1842, a son of Hermann D. J. and Meta (Horch) Garrels. His education was
completed by graduation from llie Andreanum, Hildesheim, Germany, in 1857
and the same year he made his initial step in the business world as a salesman
in a dry-goods store of Oldenburg. In 1861 he became connected with an estab-
lishment dealing in wool and cloth at Hanover, Germany, and in 1863 accepted
a position in the dry-goods store in The Hague, Holland. His next connection
introduced him to a new field — that of insurance and export — at Antwerp, Bel-
gium, in 1864.
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490 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Investigation into business conditions in the new world led Mr. Garrels to
the determination to seek a home in America and, crossing the Atlantic, he be-
came a resident of St. Louis in 1866. In the forty-two years which have since
intervened he has made consecutive progress from a clerical position to the head
of one of the strongest moneyed institutions of the city. In 1867 he became
general bookkeeper with the Franklin Bank and the following year was pro-
moted to the cashiership. For a long period he was thus associated with the
administration of its business interests and in 1900 was elected to the presidency.
He was also president of the St. Louis Clearing House Association in 1905
and 1906.
jNIr. Garrels was married in St. Louis, December 8, 1870, to Miss. Lena
Opel and their children are William Louis ; Meta ; Elise, now the wife of Walter
Rea Colcord ; and Cora, the wife of Ludo W. Wilkens, of New York.
Mr. Garrels is independent in politics. In fact, he is a man of broad and
liberal views upon the question of religion, politics and all matters of individual
concern. His club associations with the Union, the St. Louis Country and the
^lissouri Athletic indicate his personal popularity, while his position as banker
and financier has gained him recognition as one of the business leaders of St.
Louis.
CHARLES K. RAMSEY.
Charles K. Ramsey has for a long period been identified with building opera-
tions in St. Louis as an architect, but is living somewhat retired at the present
time, although he has not altogether put aside business cares. He was born in
Godfrey, Illinois, in 1845, ^"d ii^ 1849 his father, John Ramsey, removed with
his family to St. Louis, a few years later becoming one of the popular contractors
and builders of this city. From 1855 until 1870 he was a conspicuous figure in
the building line, erecting many residences and business houses which at this time
are in the central portion of the city. The principal owner of buildings in St.
Louis at that day was James H. Lucas, and Mr. Ramsey did two-thirds of the
building for him. In 1865 he partially retired from active business connections,
and in 1870 altogether put aside the duties of his profession to spend his re-
maining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He died in 1879, at the age
of sixty-eight years. He wedded Miss Mary Pafk Kirkpatrick, who passed
away in her seventy-fifth year, leaving a family of three children, the daughters
being Mary F. and Adelaide W., the former the deceased wife of John P. Allen.
Charles K. Ramsey, the eldest of the family, pursued his education in the
public schools of St. Louis, and in Professor Wyman's private school, while his
more specific technical training was acquired at Washington University, where he
pursued an engineering course. After leaving school he worked for a time at
the carpenter's trade, and at the age of twenty years took up the study of archi-
tecture, to which he has since turned his energies, his intelligently applied in-
dustry and thorough understanding of the scientific principles of his profession
gaining him success and distinction in this field of labor. In 1869 ^e went to
France, where he studied the architecture of the old world, and with broadened
views and enlightened ideas he returned to St. Louis in 1871 and here opened
his office. Since that time he has been actively engaged in building, erecting
many of the leading structures of the city, including the Central Presbyterian
church. .St. Mark's Lutheran church and others. During the early years of his
professional career he built the Catlin's tobacco factory at Thirteenth and Chest-
nut streets and also a large store for John A. Scudder on Fourth street and
Lucas avenue. Alany of the beautiful homes of this city are indications of his
professional skill and ability, inckuling the residence of John D. Perry, D. R.
Frances, and Edward Mallinkrodt. These were among the prominent homes built
in Vandeventer Place, and Mr. Ramsey also erected a number of factory build-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 491
ings for Mr. Mallinkrodt in North St. Louis. Many other residences are to the
credit of Mr. Ramsey, among which may be mentioned the residence of D. M.
Holmes on Pine street and that of Henry S. Ames on Lindell boulevard. He like-
wise erected the Houser building at the corner of Broadway and Chestnut, one
of the first fire-proof structures in the city. Following this he entered into a
business agreement with the firm of Adler & Sullivan, of Chicago, and during
his connection with the firm the following buildings were erected : The Wain-
wright building, the Union Trust, now the Missouri Trust building, and also
what was formerly the St. Nicholas Hotel, but is now the Victoria building. He
likewise remodeled the exposition building and erected the Coliseum, which is
almost entirely of steel construction. At the present time he is not so actively
engaged in building operations, but yet continues to follow his profession. As
the years have gone by he has kept in touch with all the improved modern ideas
that have been introduced and wdiich have constituted valuable features in archi-
tecture. The list of buildings which owe their construction to him indicates at
once his high standing in the profession and is also proof of the confidence reposed
in him by his fellow townsmen, who recognize him as one of the eminent archi-
tects of St. Louis.
Mr. Ramsey entered upon pleasant home relations in his marriage in 1876 to
Miss Ada Long, of Lexington, ]\Iissouri, a daughter of Dr. Long. Five children
have been born of this marriage : Mabel C, Jessie L., Allan, Ada L., and Charles
K., Jr. The family worship at St. Marks' Lutheran church.
In politics Mr. Ramsey is a republican, and while the honors and emoluments
of office have no attraction for him, he is never remiss in the duties of citizenship,
and has cooperated in many improvements which have been of lasting benefit to
St. Louis. In all of his professional service he has considered the environment
as well as the specific work under his control, and has held to high standards in
order that he might enhance the architectural attractiveness of the district in
which his operations were being carried on.
HERMAN RUECKING.
Herman Ruecking was born in St. Louis, February 6. 1858, his parents
being Henry and Louise Ruecking. The father, a native of Hanover, Germany,
came to the new world in 1852 and served his adopted country as a soldier in the
Civil war, espousing the Union cause. Here he reared his family and at the
usual age Herman Ruecking was sent to the public schools, pursuing his studies
to his fifteenth year, when he left high school to enter business life and has
since depended upon his own resources for all that he has enjoyed or achieved.
On putting aside his text-books he first worked for his father until his
twenty-eighth year and in 1886 he began contracting on his own account, obtain-
ing many contracts for the building of the city sewers. • In 1888 he purchased a
quarry at Marine avenue and Gasconade street and in the intervening years,
covering more than two decades, has built up a business of extensive propor-
tions, now having two hundred and eighty men on his payroll. Up to 1904 he
was the sole ow^ner of the plant and business but in that year took out incorpo-
ration papers under the name of the Ruecking Construction Company. From
his quarry he takes out stone for residences and for street construction, and
his enterprise has grown to large proportions for he has made it worth while to
his patrons that they give him their business support. He has always been
prompt in executing a contract, thoroughly reliable in his business relations. In
addition to his interests as a contractor and quarryman he is a director of the
Chippewa Bank.
Mr. Ruecking owns a palatial residence at No. 4850 South Broadway, which
he erected and which is built in the most approved style of modern architecture.
492 ST. LOUIS,, THE FOURTH CITY.
He Avas married in 1881 in St. Louis to Miss Emma Rapp, who died in June,
1903. In June. 1904. he wedded Clara Schubert. By his first marriage he had
two sons and a daughter: Herman, who completed a course in Bryant & Strat-
ton Business College : Emma, at home ; and Frederick, a bookkeeper in the
Chippewa Bank.
]\Ir. Ruecking- is a Knight Templar Mason, belonging to Ascalon Com-
mandery, and was formerly a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a
member of the Liederkranz and of several other organizations. He is recog-
nized as a man of considerable local prominence in political circles, being a
stanch republican and representing his party as city central committeeman from
the ninth ward. Matters of municipal government are questions of deep inter-
est to him and he furthermore keeps well posted on the national issues that
divide the two great parties.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ^lARSHALL LADD.
Captain William M. Ladd, who at the time of his death was one of the
most prominent business men of St. Louis, belonged to that class of representa-
tive American citizens who in promoting individual interests also contribute in
large measure to public progress, owing to the extent and importance of their
business connections. The success he attained mdicated his sound judgment and
keen discrimination, and his counsel was therefore sought on many important
public matters, his opinions at all times carrying weight among his business col-
leagues and associates.
Captain Ladd was a native of Fitchville, Ohio, born on the 7th of July,
1837, and his death occurred in St. Louis, November 9, 1908. His parents were
Dr. William ^Marshall and Julia Ann (Hobbie) Ladd, of Fitchville, Ohio. His
father was one of the most prominent and distinguished physicians in the state
in his day, being accorded an eminent place by the profession and the general
public. In the family were three daughters : Mrs. Louise C. Smith, now living
in Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Ira Liggett, of Norwalk, Ohio; and Mrs. Georgi-
anna Eccles, deceased.
Reared under the parental roof. Captain Ladd acquired his early education
in the schools of Fitchville and much of his leisure was also devoted to the study
of medicine under the direction of his father, so that he gained a comprehensive
knowledge of the principles of medical science although he never practiced. He
became a resident of Missouri in 1856 when a young man of nineteen years and
was here identified with farming interests until after the outbreak of the Civil
war, when he put aside all business and personal considerations and espoused
the cause of the Confederacy, enlisting under General Sterling Price. He served
for four years in the army and navy and was captain and adjutant in the land
forces and was also an officer on the iron clad Fredericksburg of the Confederate
navy. He lost all through the fortunes of war and returned to St. Louis with
practically nothing. An ardent nature and unfaltering energy, however, enabled
him to bravely face the situation, and it was not long before he was again on the
high road to success.
In the fall of 1865 Captain Ladd entered into the cotton commission business
with his former commander. General Sterling Price, under the name of Sterling
Price & Company. This organization was continued until the death of General
Price, when the company was dissolved. Captain Ladd then entered into the
tobacco business, becoming president of the Ladd Tobacco Company. In 1885
he took up the real-estate business, dealing extensively in farm and timber lands,
of which he owned large tracts in Arkansas and elsewhere. At one time he was
also interested in a silver mine in Colorado. About four years prior to his death
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494 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his health began to fail and he partially retired from active work, devoting his
energies to looking after some interests he had acquired.
On the /th of July. 1884, Captain Ladd was married to Mrs. Frances (^Jone.""^
Stephens, a daughter of J. B. and Frances T. (Custis) Jones, of Washingion.
D. C, the latter a cousin of General Henry A. Wise, a great Virginia general.
]\Irs. Ladd's father was a writer of note, being the author of many books, and
he also edited the "Aladisonian." He was a close friend of President Tyler.
Captain Ladd is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mary, Anne Frances
and Louise Hyde. He was devoted to the welfare of his family and counted his
greatest pleasure to minister to their happiness.
The Captain's political allegiance was given to the democracy until 1896,
when he espoused the gold standard of the republican party and cast his ballot
for President JNIcKinley, remaining an advocate of republican principles until
his demise. He held membership in Polar Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and
attended the Episcopal church, giving generously and freely to its support. He
was a warm-hearted man, of generous and kindly impulses and upright prin-
ciples. His extended business interests brought him a wide acquaintance and
wherever known men paid him their tribute of admiration and respect for what
he accomplished and the honorable methods which he followed in all his busi-
ness transactions.
: JOHN WALTER WALSH.
The succesful business career and active, honorable life of John Walter
Walsh was ended on the 27th of May, 1877. He was then about thirty-five
years of age, for his birth occurred in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1842. He was
reared, however, by an uncle in Birmingham, England, and acquired a good edu-
cation in a Catholic school of that place. Attracted by the opportunities of
America, where labor and enterprise usually win their just reward, he crossed
the Atlantic at the age of twenty-two years and established his home in St.
Louis. Here he entered business circles in the employ of the firm of O'Gay-
Brennan & Company and was continuously connected with the grocery trade
throughout his entire life, for a long period conducting a prosperous and grow-
ing business. His judgment was sound, his sagacity keen and his unfaltering
enterprise proved the foundation upon which he builded his prosperity.
Mr. Walsh was married in St. Louis March i, 1870, to Miss Christine Obern-
derfer, a native of Frederick, Maryland, who has continued to make her home
in St. Louis since the death of her husband. There were three children in the
family but a son died in infancy. The daughters are Catherine, now Mrs. F.
Barada ; and Mary, the wife of G. W. Teasdale.
In religious faith Mr. Walsh was a devoted Catholic. He was always active
in the affairs of St. Louis and was considered a valued citizen, highly esteemed
for his business reliability, his personal worth and his devotion to the general
welfare.
GEORGE M. TRUMBO.
George M. Trumbo, assistant cashier of the Mechanics American National
Bank since 1905, was born in Linneus, Missouri, February 28, 1881. He is yet
a young man but his ability and enterprise have placed him in a position in busi-
ness circles that is enviable. His parents were Charles W. and Mary F. (Por-
ter) Trumbo, the father a banker. In the paternal line he comes of French-
Huguenot ancestry but the family has long been represented in America.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTIY. 495
After completing- the public-school course as a high-school student in Lin-
neus, Missouri, George j\I. Trumbo attended a business college at Quincy, Illi-
nois, from which he was graduated with the class of 1899. After leaving school
he entered his father's bank at Linneus and there gained his preliminary expe-
rience in connection with the banking business. Subsequently he went to Sum-
ner, Missouri, to accept the cashiership in a bank there and later came to St.
Louis to enter the employ of the American Exchange National Bank. He has
occupied his present position as assistant cashier with the Mechanics American
National Bank since May, 1905, and is well qualified for the onerous and re-
sponsible duties which devolve upon him for his previous training was thorough
and comprehensive. Lie had applied himself diligently to the mastery of all the
duties devolving upon him and had become familiar with the banking business
in principle and detail. A commendable desire for further advancement prompts
him in all that he does and promises well for larger success in the future.
FREDERICK W. LEHMANN.
Frederick W. Lehmann, who by the consensus of public opinion is termed
one of the foremost citizens of St. Louis, represents that class of residents of
foreign birth who, coming to America, have true appreciation for the opportuni-
ties and possibilities of the land of their adoption, and as cooperant factors in
well formulated plans and movements take a most active and helpful part in the
work of public progress. He is now senior partner of the well known law firm
of Lehmann & Lehmann, practicing extensively in civil law and specializing in
the department of corporation law. Mr. Lehmann has resided in America since
his childhood days, being brought by his parents to the new world from his native
land. Prussia, where his birth occurred February 28, 1853. The public schools
of Ohio and Indiana afforded him his preliminary education and later he attended
Tabor College, at Tabor, Iowa, where he was graduated with the class of 1873.
While pursuing his literary course he also took up the study of law privately, and
was admitted to practice in the courts, since which time he has made steady
progress in a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual
merit.
He was admitted to the bar in Fremont county, Iowa, and located for prac-
tice at Sidney, Iowa, where he remained until the fall of 1873, when he removed
to Nebraska City, where he engaged in practice until 1876. In that year he lo-
cated in Des Moines, Iowa, seeking a broader field for professional labor, his
ability standing the test that was put upon him in this field of practice so that he
rose rapidly into prominence at the bar there, and was connected with much im-
portant litigation tried in the courts of his district and state. He there continued
until 1890 and left Iowa with the reputation of being one of the most brilliant
lawyers at its bar. He came to St. Louis to enter a larger and more promising
field as general attorney for the Wabash Railway Company, which he thus repre-
sented until June i, 1895. Resigning his position, he became junior partner of
the law firm of Boyle, Priest & Lehmann, and in that connection won much more
than local fame, being recognized as a prominent factor in the success which the
firm enjoyed. He continued in that professional association until 1905 when,
in connection with his son. Sears Lehmann, he organized the present firm of
Lehmann & Lehmann. They have since been joined by a younger son, F. W.
Lehmann, Jr., without change in the firm name, however. The development of
complex business interests in recent years have led to the outgrowth^ of legal
principles and precedents known as corporation law. Its problems are often most
involved and intricate, but through the tangled mass of such litigation Mr. Leh-
mann has followed the clear thread of evidence that has proven his point in many
of the noted cases which have engaged the attention of the courts since St. Louis
496 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
has numbered him among the representatives of her bar. His course has brought
him well earned fame and distinction. He has much natural abilit}', but is withal
a hard student and is never content until he has mastered every detail, of his
cases.
From the accumulation of evidence, with logical deductions, he finds the
points which are of greatest strength in proving his side of the case and in his
mind he weighs everv point and fortifies himself as well for defense as for at-
tack. Thus he is never surprised by some unexpected discovery by an opposing
lawver who employs the gifts of oratory, for he is a most fluent speaker and yet
he never enshrouds the truth in a sentimental garb or illusion for the purpose of
furthering the ends of justice. Whatever he does is for the best interests of his
clients and for the honor of his profession. No man gives to a case a more un-
qualified allegiance or riper ability. He is capable of giving an impartial view to
both sides of the question and of arriving at a just conclusion. He is felicitous
and clear in argument, thoroughly in earnest, full of the vigor of conviction, never
abusive of his adversaries, imbued with highest courtesy and yet a foe worthy of
the steel of the most able opponent. He is notable for his remarkable clearness
of expression and an adequate and precise diction, which enables him to make
others understand not only the salient points of his argument, but his every fine
gradation of meaning.
^^'hile ^Ir. Lehmann has attained eminent success in his profession he pos-
sesses, too, the social qualities which render him personally popular and he is
seen at his best at his own fireside, dispensing the hospitality of his home, which
is rendered the more attractive by the cooperation of his wife in their entertain-
ment of their friends and their three sons, Sears, Frederick W. and John S. Mrs.
Lehmann bore the maiden name of Nora Stark and the wedding was celebrated
in Des Moines, Iowa, December 23, 1879. In his political views Mr. Lehmann
has always been a stalwart democrat, supporting the gold wing of the party in
1896. In that vear he dissented from the financial declarations of the party made
through its national convention at Chicago, and during the ensuing campaign
was prominent among the gold standard democrats who supported Palmer and
Buckner for the presidency and vice presidency respectively. His public utter-
ances in that campaign attracted much attention and his speeches were widely
published and read. In public matters relating to the affairs of his city he is
deeply concerned and has taken an active part in promoting many measures and
movements for the public good. He is president of the library board of the St.
Louis Public Library. He was one of the directors of the St. Louis Purchase
Exposition and was chairman of its committee on congresses and anthropology.
He was a government delegate and chairman of the committee on plan and scope
in the universal congress of lawyers and jurists at St. Louis in 1904 and this
position came in recognition of his standing as one of the eminent members of
the western bar. He is a member of the American Bar Association and was
elected its president in 1908. He is not learned in law alone, for he has given
much time and thought to the questions of finance, political economy, sociology
and other interests which are dominant in the public mind and has always kept
abreast of the best thinking men of the age.
Sr)L E. WAGGONER.
.Sol. E. Waggoner, manager of the Citizens Insurance Company and one
of the prominent Masons of Missouri, was born in Ohio, March 8, 1851, and is
a lineal descendant of General Waggoner of Revolutionary war fame, who was
a resident of Virginia. His father, William Waggoner, following his removal
from Ohio, went to Macon, Missouri, in 1858. He was one of only eight in
Macon county who voted for Lincoln in i860 and the political antagonism which
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 497
he encountered made it so uncomfortable for him there that in 1861 he re-
moved from Macon to Iowa. In the latter state he engaged in contracting. He
married Malinda Small, a native of Pennsylvania, descended from ancestors
who were soldiers of the Revolution. She died in 1874 and William Waggoner,
long surviving, passed away in 1902 at the venerable age of ninety-two years.
Sol E. Waggoner pursued his education in the public and high schools of
Oskaloosa, Iowa, and in Oskaloosa College, from which he was graduated. In
1867 he went west as circuit manager for the Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany on the old Overland route and assisted in the transfer of the old line from
Julesburg to Salt Lake City, which was completed in 1869 and whereby the
railroad route supplanted the stage route. Later j\Ir. Waggoner returned to
Macon, Missouri, to see if it were possible to recover the estate which was
abandoned by his father when he was forced to remove to Iowa, on account of
the troubles incident to the slavery question and the Civil war. The estate had
been sold for taxes but the people who held it at this time were very glad to
settle up the matter in a way satisfactory to Mr. Waggoner. Noting that there
was a good opening at Macon for the conduct of a fire insurance l)usiness, he
therefore established an agency and continued at that point until 1886. He
became state agent for the North British & Mercantile Insurance Company in
1876 and his entire career in insurance lines has been marked by steady and
substantial progress, bringing him ir.to positions of increased responsibility but
with proportionately enlarged financial returns.
In 1886 he removed to Kansas City and in 1888 came to St. Louis, at which
time he was made resident secretary of the North British & Mercantile In-
surance Company. In 1895 he became secretary of the Citizens Fire Insurance
Company of St. Louis and in 1898 became president of the company, retaining
the office until 1907, when he resigned intending to retire absolutely from busi-
ness but at the repeated urgings of the Citizens Insurance Company and the
Hartford Insurance Company, he took the position of manager of the St. Louis
department for the two companies and is thus connected with business affairs
at the present time. His study and experience have brought him most compre-
hensive knowledge of the insurance business in all of its departments, while his
executive ability and keen discrimination well qualify him for the responsible
position which he occupies in control of important insurance interests.
On the 2d of April, 1872, Mr. Waggoner was married to Miss Catherine
White, a native of England who was graduated from the Edinburgh Seminary,
at Edinburgh, Scotland. Her father, Thomas White, was a barrister at law in
Leicestershire, England, and died in 1869. while her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
White, passed away in 1891 while visiting a daughter in Kansas. The death
of Mrs. Waggoner occurred April 4, 1892. There were two daughters and one
son of that marriage: Zella M., the wife of F. G. Myers, who is manager of the
A. D. T. System, residing at Webster, Missouri ; Martha L., the wife of Louis
E. Smith, of Oskaloosa. Iowa, owner of one of the finest jewelry stores in the
west ; and William C. Waggoner, who is in the St. Louis office of Hathaway
& Company, of New York, dealers in commercial paper.
Mr. Waggoner is deeply interested in all that works for the welfare of man-
kind and the Union ^Methodist Episcopal church finds in him a helpful member
and generous supporter. He is serving as one of its trustees and is also one
of the directors of the Epworth Evangelical Institute. He belongs to the Mev-
cantile Club and is one of the well known Masons of the state, few men hav-
ing labored so effectively and earnestly to advance the interests of the craft.
He has passed all the chairs in Masonry, is past grand commander of the state
and belongs to nearly all of the Masonic clubs. He assisted in founding the
Masonic Home in 1889, has continuously served as one of its directors and is
now a member of the finance committee and chairman of the trustees of the
endowment fund. This order, based upon the principles of mutual helpfulness
and brotherly kindness finds in him a worthy exemplar, who has always been
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loyal to the teachings of the order. His life work is prompted by high princi-
ples and characterized by devotion to justice, truth and right under all condi-
tions and in all circumstances. •
AUGUSTUS B. ELLISON.
Augustus B. Ellison, since 1906 secretary and treasurer of the H. H. Cole-
man Company, merchandise brokers, was born in Marine, Illinois, in February,
1864. His parents, William and Mary Ellison, were farming people. In the
maternal line the ancestry is French. The paternal grandfather and great-grand-
father were owners of sailing vessels and in 1832 founded the town of Marine.
Augustus B. Ellison acquired his early education in the public schools and
afterward attended JNIcKendree College, from which he was graduated in 1884.
He was afterward connected with various railroad systems in the capacity of
telegraph operator and train dispatcher until 1894, in which year he came to
St. Louis and has since made notable advance in business circles. He was first
connected here with the Merchants Exchange as telegraph operator for a broker
and in 1896 he became assistant secretarv for Mark Hanna who was manager of
the IMcKinley campaign in 1896. In 1897 he turned his attention to the grain,
stock and cotton brokerage business and operated in that line for nine years or
until 1906, when he organized the Coleman j\Ianufacturing Company, of which
he is secretary and treasurer. This company, well known as merchandise brokers
and manufacturers agents, make a specialtv of handling soap and have built up
an extensive business, their large trade interests bringing to them a remunerative
financial return annually.
On the 31st of December, 1885, Mr. Ellison was married in Carthage, Mis-
souri, to ]\Iiss Nellie G. St. John, a cousin of Governor St. John, the first prohi-
bition governor of Kansas. Her father was a prominent editor and republican
leader in southwestern Missouri. Three children have been born of this union :
Helen, A. B. and Pauline. The eldest was graduated in painting and music in
Chambersburg. Pennsylvania. The son is now cashier for his father and the
younger daughter is completing her education in Principia College in St. Louis.
The familv home is a beautiful residence at No. 5568 Bartmer avenue in the
Cabanne district and they also have a summer home in Crawford county, in the
Ozarks. Not far distant is Onondaga Cave near Leasburg, Missouri, which
equals in extent and interest the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and which was
discovered by St. Louis people visiting that place. Mr. Ellison is a member of
the ^Missouri Athletic Club. His military experience covers eight years connec-
tion with the state militia and his political views are indicated in the unfaltering
support which he gives to the republican party. In everything pertaining to the
upbuilding of St. Louis he takes an active part and is a liberal contributor to the
enterprises wIucIt insure its progress.
JOHN ASHBURY LEWIS.
John Ashbury Lewis, spending his entire life in St. Louis, is now cashier
of the National I^ank of Commerce, and since he entered the field of business
activities he has been continuously connected with banking, his progress result-
ing from liis close application and thorough mastery of the business in all its
details. His birth occurred in this city October 24. 1864, his parents being John
and Margaret HJentz) Lewis. The family is of Welsh lineage and the grand-
father lived in Wales most of his life. The father was born in London, England,
in 1832 and in 1836 was brought by his parents to St. Louis, where he was
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reared and educated. He had served for fifty years, lacking four months, as a
pubhc official in various courts at the time of his retirement. He was a stal-
wart republican in his political views and on that ticket was elected to a num-
ber of official positions, which he filled in a most creditable manner. His wife,
who was born in Frederick, Alaryland, was of Dutch descent, her parents hav-
ing come from Holland to the new world. The death of John Lewis occurred
in July, 1907, while his widow still survives at the age of seventy years.
John Ashbury Lewis was a student in the Divoll and Franklin public schools,
and in the Central high school. He put aside his text-books in 1881 to become
a messenger in the Bank of Commerce, entering that institution on the 17th of
June. From early boyhood it was his desire to become connected with banking
interests, and his natural predilection led him into the field in which he has
attained most creditable and gratifying success. Leaving school on Friday he
began work in the bank on Saturday, the following day, and was associated
with the Bank of Commerce until the ist of October, 1881, when he left that
institution to become coin teller with General A. G. Edwards, assistant treas-
urer of the United States at St. Louis. He filled that position until the close
of ]\Ir. Edwards' term, April i, 1887, and later spent several months in travel
in England and on the continent.
Following his return to St. Louis in September of that year, ]\Ir. Lewis
entered the employ of the Continental Bank, which he represented in various
capacities from the 6th of September, 1887, until the bank was absorbed by the
National Bank of Commerce, j\Iay 31, 1902. He became assistant cashier in
the latter organization, and is now cashier. He is a courteous and obliging bank
official, as well as a business man of enterprise and determination, whose long
experience and thorough study has made him an authority in all banking matters.
Air. Lewis was married in this city Februarv 4, 189 1, to Miss Katherine Wil-
son, and thev have one son, Wilson. The family residence is at No. 6 Winder-
mere Place. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Missouri Athletic Club and the
Normandie Golf Club, being very fond of golf and other athletic sports. He
belongs to the Mercantile Club and to the Business Men's League, and is greatly
interested in all that pertains to the business development of the city. He is
not unknown in military circles, having served for five years as a member of
Company A of the First Missouri National Guards, under Captain Cookson.
He is also a Master Mason, belonging to Tuscan lodge, and exercises the right
of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party. There
has been nothing spectacular in his career, but it is none the less essential nor
important. While he has manifested that concentration of purpose that has
brought him from a position of little importance to one of large responsibility,
he has at the same time never been neglectful of the social and intellectual side
of nature, and has made steady progress along those lines which have made his
life a well balanced and forceful one.
CHARLES H. DEITERIXG.
Charles H. Deitering is an architect, who entered his profession well
equipped by thorough preliminary study and training and his broadening expe-
rience has given him ability that places him in a creditable position in profes-
sional circles. He was born in St. Louis, June 30, 1870, and passed through con-
secutive grades in the public schools until he became a student in the Central
high school. Later he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at
Boston anrl in 1891 entered the office of Isaac S. Taylor, an architect, with whom
he remained until 1897. He was connected with Mr. Taylor in all of his prin-
cipal work, including the construction of the Planters Hotel, the new building
of the Liggett & Meyers I'obacco Company and numerous other important
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 501
structures. He then opened an office for himself in the spring of 1897 ^1^^
two years ago removed to his present location at No. 705 JMissouri Trust build-
ing. Today there stands as monuments to his professional skill and enterprise
many line buildings, including that of the St. Louis Cordage Company, the
Standard Bagging Company, the Leachmann Hotel, a commercial building for
M. Jacobs and an apartment building for the Harcross Realty Company, at Ma-
ple and Goodfellow streets, an apartment building for the Delmar Realty Com-
pany, at V'andeventer and Lindell boulevard, an apartment building for VVilliam
Greenburg, at the southeast corner of Taylor and McPherson, the Chinese Gov-
ernment building, the Brazil building, the Old Times Distillery building and
the building of tlie Steinwender & StolTtregen Coffee Company, the last four
being on the Exposition grounds. The Brazil building received the grand prize
and the Chinese building, a gold medal. Air. Deitermg has also erected resi-
dences for Edward K. Love, Emma Whittemore, D. R. Garrison, Theodore W.
Each, Louis E. Dennig and others. The importance of his building operations
is plainly indicated in this list and proves well his superior ability in the line of
his chosen profession.
Mr. Deitering was married in St. Louis December 10, 1902, to Miss Emma
Breidenbach, of this city. They are well known socially and Mr. Deitering is a
member of the Century Boat Club and of the St. Louis Architectural Club. He
served as deputy jury commissioner in 1891 and again in 1893. He has attained
notable success for one of his years and this has followed as the logical sequence
of his labors, his study and his investigation. He keeps in touch with the
advancement that is being continually made in architectural lines, has been a
student of the best work of architects in all ages and is continually adapting the
best ideas of earlier times to modern needs m the construction of buildinos in
which solidarity and beautv constitute well balanced features.
JOHN HURLEY ADAMS.
John Hurley Adams, secretary of the American Central Insurance Com-
pany, has represented the business interests of St. Louis for a quarter of a cen-
tury. Previous to this time he had been identified with educational interests
and has long been a resident of this state. He was born near Bloomfield, Iowa,
July 23, 1848, and comes of a family of English origin, various branches of
which are found in America and to one branch of this family belonged the two
American presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams. The branch of
the family to which John Hurley Adams belongs was founded in the south.
His father, Benjamin Adams, was born in Prince George county, Maryland, and
subsequently removed to Iowa during the pioneer epoch in the history of that
state. He preempted land, hewed the trees and built a log cabin. He also made
the rails to fence his place and took an active part in the development and
improvement of Iowa when it was emerging from pioneer conditions. He set-
tled there four years before the state was admitted to the Union and his labors
were of marked benefit in promoting its growth and upbuilding. His wife bore
the maiden name of Sarah Cardwell, and was born in Kentucky.
John H. Adams was practically reared upon the home farm in the vicin-
ity of Bloomfield, Iowa, and largely acquired his education in a log school-
house containing but one room. He had to go two miles to attend school and
quite often the snowdrifts were over the fence tops. The acquirement of an
education with him involved many hardships and trials and he experienced
other difficulties incident to life on the frontier. During the summer months
he aided in the arduous task of developing a new farm and as time went by
he bore an active part in the county's improvement. He supplemented his early
education by study in the State Normal school at Kirksville. Missouri, and
502 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
later turned his attention to teaching in Chnton county, IHinois. For a time
he was principal of the Trenton schools of that county and in 1883 he con-
nected himself with the American Central Insurance Company as special agent
and adjuster, with headquarters at ]\Iarshalltown, Iowa. There he continued
until 1890, when he was elected assistant secretary of the company and four
years later was chosen secretary, which position he is now filling.
Mr. Adams gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and keeps
well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He is an advocate of
the principles of JMasonry and a worthy exemplar of the craft. He is also a
faithful member of the First Presbyterian church of St. Louis and his main
interests in life are those which contribute to an honorable manhood and a life
of activity.
On the 29th of August, 1874, in Trenton, Illinois, Air. Adams was married
to Aliss Harriet S. Johnson, a daughter of Captain A. li. Johnson, who served
in the Alexican war, and was captain of Company G, Thirtieth Illinois Infan-
trv, through the period of the Civil war. He was the only captain who had
seen active militarv service when General Grant organized the Army of the
West near Paducah, Kentucky. With his regiment he participated in the bat-
tles of Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Corinth, Pittsburg Landing and the siege of
Vicksburg. He had personal acquaintance with General Grant, who was a
friend of the family, the Johnsons having in their possession autograph letters
and orders issued to Captain Johnson by General Grant.
Unto Mr. and J\lrs. Adams have been born five children, all of whom are
living: Stephen A., who resides in New Orleans, where he is engaged in the
insurance business ; Mabel M. Leigh, whose home is in Houston, Texas ; Mamie
yi. ; Morris G. ; and Mrs. Iva G. Arnold, who is a resident of St. Louis. Mr.
Adams is prominent as a man whose constantly expanding powers have taken
him from humble surroundings to the field of large activity and continually
broadening opportunity, and as the years have passed he has brought to bear
upon the solution of complex business problems a clear understanding and
keen insight.
VITAL W. GARESCHE.
Endowed by nature with strong mentality and keen power of analysis, it
has logically followed that in the practice of law Vital W. Garesche has made
continuous advancement during the eleven years of his connection with the St.
Louis bar. A native of Illinois, he was born in CoUinsville, Madison county,
July 10, 1875. His parents were William A. and Mary A. (Brown) Garesche,
and the father was also a lawyer of this city. The son had comparatively little
educational training in early youth but was for two years a student in the St.
Louis University and during that time led a class of forty boys in all branches.
He determined to become a member of the legal profession and to this end spent
one year as a student in the St. Louis Law School, a department of Washington
University. He afterward attended the Benton College of Law and was grad-
uated with the valedictorian honors of his class. Entering upon the active work
of the profession he became associated with Henry Hitchcock and from that time
forth has steadily risen until he has long since left the ranks of the many and
stands among the successful few.
Mr. Garesche was married in Waterloo, Illinois, April 10, 1896, to Katherine
Lee Rowe, a cousin of Ex-Governor Taylor of Tennessee. Her father was a
veteran officer of the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Garesche have two children,
Rowe Alexander and Rebecca Morrison, aged respectively twelve and ten years.
The parents are Catholics, belonging to St. Rose's Parish, and Mr. Garesche
holds membership in the Royal League, and the Knights of Pythias. His inde-
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504 ST. LOUIS,, THE FOURTH CITY.
pendent spirit is indicated in the fact that he is the only one of his family who
supports the republican party, but his study of the issues and questions of the day
led him to the belief that the interests of good government were best conserved
therebv and he therefore joined its ranks. He has been active in its work, has
served as precinct committeeman in the twenty-seventh ward, a member of the
executive committee of the same ward, is a member of the finance committee of
the Republican Club and is likewise a member of the Mullanphy board. One
of his attractive qualities is his fearlessness in support of what he believes to be
right and vet he is never aggressive in his partisanship of any measure. He
is broad minded, public spirited and progressive, decidedly a man of the times.
MICHAEL ROHAN.
^Michael Rohan was born in Ireland in 1837 and was brought to America
by his parents, James and Anastasia (Walton) Rohan in 1848. The father was
a tailor and followed his trade in St. Louis from the time of his arrival until
his demise. His son Michael was educated in the Christian Brothers' College
and at the old Cathedral parish, and he entered business life as an employe at
the Card Boiler Works, where he gained a comprehensive knowledge of the
business in principle and detail. When he felt that his experience and earnings
justified the step, he formed a partnership with a Mr. Allison and they estab-
lished a boiler works, which they conducted until 1873, when Mr. Allison sold
his interest and the firm of Rohan Brothers was established. They built up an
extensive and prosperous business, which is now conducted under the name of
Rohan's Sons and wdiich is one of the substantial industrial concerns of the
citv. ]vlichael Rohan devoted his entire life to the business and his capable man-
agement and indefatigable enterprise constituted the foundation upon which he
builded the superstructure of his success.
In St. Louis in January, 1866, Mr. Rohan was married to Miss Mary J.
McGovern, a daughter of Owen McGovern, who came to St. Louis from Ire-
land in 1838 and successfully engaged in the contracting business until his death,
which was occasioned by cholera in 1849, when he and a son and two daugh-
ters all died on the same day. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Rohan became the parents of thir-
teen children, of whom three are now living : James M., secretary and treasurer
of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company ; Dr. Francis E. Rohan, a practicing
physician of Joplin, ^Missouri ; and Theresa, now Mrs. Aronson of Pine Bluf¥,
Arkansas. Mr. Rohan was always an active and devoted Catholic and died in
that faith March 5, 1902. During the early period of his residence here he had
built a home for his family at Eighteenth and Carr avenue and later at No. 5510
Maple avenue, where he was residing at the time of his death. His business
career was a progressive and honorable one and in this land, where labor is
unhampered by caste or class, he has steadily worked his way upward, winning
the just reward of his industry.
James Michael Rohan, the elder son, was born in St. Louis February 18,
1867, and completed his education by graduation from Christian Brothers Col-
lege with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1883. In October of that year he
turned his attention to the examination of titles to real estate in the employ of
M. B. O'Riley. with whom he remained until 1886, when he became connected
with August Gainor in the same business. Thirteen years were thus passed, at
the end of which time he became assistant manager of the title department of
the St. Louis Trust Company, which was later merged with all of the title com-
panies of the city into the Title Guarantee Trust Company, of which he was
elected secretary and treasurer in 1902. This is today a most important feature
in the life of St. Louis and the business relation of James Michael Rohan is
therefore a most respectable one. He is also the vice president of the St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 505
Fireworks Company and secretary of the Mound City Excelsior Manufacturing
Company. He is a man of marked business ability, noting the opportunity for
expansion in various lines, and his ready adaptation to the conditions which
exist has enabled him to forge steadily forward.
On the 22d of April, 1896, in St. Louis, Mr. Rohan was married to Miss
Mae Wathen, and their children are Eugene, Virgil, Philip, Francis Michael and
James Alfred. Mr. Rohan votes with the democracy and is a communicant of
the Catholic church, while fraternally he is connected with the Knights of
Columbus. He is carrying his efforts continually into extended fields of use-
fulness and is today occupying a notably conspicuous position in financial and
business circles.
CHARLES W. McHOSE.
Charles W. McHose, of St. Louis, western manager for the Erie City Iron
Works of Chicago, with few of the advantages which most boys enjoy, early
became a self-reliant, independent youth, and is now a man of recognized abil-
ity and force. He was born at Lehighton, Pennsylvania, in 1876, his parents
being Edwin and Mary (Yoder) McHose. The father was a machinist by
trade, but later engaged in merchandising. The McHose family originated in
Scotland, and the great-grandfather of our subject was the first of the name to
come to America, reaching this country at the time of the Revolutionary war.
He settled in Eastern Pennsylvania, where the maternal ancestors of our sub-
ject, also lived through many generations. They were French Huguenots, and
at an early day in the history of America, representatives of the name became
factors in the colonization of the new world.
Charles W. McHose lost his mother when but eight years of age. There
were six children in the family, and the father was in limited financial circum-
stances. It being impossible after the mothers death to give the children proper
care, Charles \\'. ]\IcHose was placed in the Ebenezer Orphan Home at Flat
Rock, Ohio, and his early schooling and training were received in that institute.
He there remained for about four years, when his father took him out and sent
him as a student to the public school. From that time on he has been compelled
by his own personal eft'orts and through many hardships to make his way in the
world. He pursued his education in the public and high schools and in the North
Western College at Naperville, Illinois. He also took special engineering work
in the Lewis Institute at Chicago, and received instruction in the same line at
the Central Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago. He, likewise, pur-
sued a law course in Chicago in the Business Law School, where he spent two
years, not with the intention of engaging in the practice of law, but of acquir-
ing a knowledge that would more ably fit him for commercial duties.
When he left school Mr. McHose secured a position with Robert Gordon,
a heating contractor, with whom he spent two years doing clerical work. In
1894 he became connected with the Erie City Iron Works, and is still associ-
ated with that company. He accepted an office position with that firm in Chi-
cago, and his ability won him promotion until he was made assistant manager of
the Chicago office. He was sent to St. Louis in February, 1905, to take charge
of the business there as St. Louis manager, and has since continued his present
position, giving him jurisdiction over the affairs of the company in a number
of the nearby states.
In politics Mr. McHose is a republican but, while he feels the citizen's
interest in community affairs, he has never sought nor desired office. He has
taken the degrees of the blue lodge and chapter in Masonry, and he belongs to
the Missouri Athletic Club, Field Club and the St. Louis Railway Club. His
religious faith is manifest in his membership in the ]\Iethodist church. These
506 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
associations indicate clearly the nature of his interests and the rules which gov-
ern his conduct. His life record should serve as a source of inspiration and
encouragement to others, showing what may be accomplished by one who has
determination and energy. As the years have passed he has proven his worth
as a factor in the business world, and the position which he occupies is a credita-
ble one and one involving much responsibility.
ROBERT HENRY STOCKTON.
Robert Henrv Stockton, president of the ^Majestic Range Company, was
born at ]\Iount Sterling. Kentucky. July 5, 1842. The family is of English origin
and was established in A^irginia in 1680, a removal being made from that state
to Kentucky during the period of Indian warfare. The grandfather, Robert
Stockton, on coming from Virginia opened the first bank in his section of Ken-
tucky. George Jewett Stockton, father of Robert H. Stockton, was born in
Kentucky and became a merchant. There he married Augusta Somersall, who
was also of English descent. All of the members of the family with the excep-
tion of Robert H.. a sister and his mother were carried ofif in the cholera scourge
of 1854. and the mother died later in the same year. The sister is Mrs. M. S.
Cotton, of Sedalia. jMissouri.
Robert H. Stockton spent his boyhood to the age of fifteen years at Mount
Sterling and acquired his education in the public schools, after which he came
with his uncle to IMissouri, settling in Boone county in 1857. For two years he
remained with his uncle on a farm, and in 1859 secured a position as clerk and
assistant to a tinner in the hardware store of Dorsey & Carter of Columbia,
Missouri. Thus when not selling goods he was assisting the tinner in putting
up lightning rods or blacking up stoves.
Following the outbreak of the Civil war. in April, 1861. he joined the South-
ern armv with a company which went to Booneville to resist General Lyons'
advance into the state, but General Lyons scattered the forces before they could
be organized and Mr. Stockton returned to Columbia. In December, 1861, how-
ever, he joined General Price and went through the various battles and skirmishes
with Price's army, arriving in northern Mississippi in the sprina: of 1862. Dur-
insj all of this time he was a member of Companv I, Second ^^lissouri Infantry.
which was afterward merged with the Sixth Missouri. He was then elected
second lieutenant of his company, serving some time with his command, and at
other times doing dutv as acting adjutant under Colonel Francis M. Cockrell
until the spring of 1863. At that date he permanently joined his company and
the division of the Confederate army to which thev were attached retreated into
\"icksburg. ^^Ir. Stockton was captured while on night picket dutv about the 5th
of June. T863. and sent to Johnson's Island, where he remained a prisoner of
war until February i, 1865. when he was exchanged and reported to Colonel
Bevier at Richmond. He was then eiven charge of a company of exchanged
privates with orders to go to Mobile, Alabama, and report for duty. There being
no means of transportation provided tlicv had to walk and subsist on the country.
They had reached Fufala, .Mabama, on the loth of April, 1865, when they heard
of the end of the war.
In September. 1865. Mr. Stockton arrived in St. Louis and immediatelv found
employment through the efiforts of his old employers at Columbia in the hardware
house'of Pratt. Fox & Company, with whom he spent two years. He then went
with the house of Waters, Simmons & Company, who were succeeded by the
.Simmons Hardware Company. He became secretary of the company after the
first year of its organization and later was elected second vice president, so con-
tinuing until 1888. when he withdrew from the hardware trade and through the
succeeding four vcars enjoyed well earned rest, spending much of the time in
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508 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
travel for pleasure until 1892. In that year he jonicu L. L. Culver in organizing
the ^^lajestic ^Manufacturing Company for the manufacture and sale of Majestic
ranges to the trade. Upon the death of Mr. Culver in 1899, he assumed the
presidency and general management of the company and has so prosecuted
the business that the house today does a larger business in its line than any con-
cern of the kind in the world, having found a market for their output in forty-
two of the forty-six states of the Union and also in a number of foreign countries.
Ever since becoming connected with the business Mr. Stockton has given his un-
divided attention to its conduct, and its substantial and continuous growth is
largely attributable to his efforts. He is also interested in various other enter-
prises, owning a controlling interest in the ^lajestic Hotel at Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, while of the Mississippi A'alley Trust Company he is one of the directors.
On the 24th of December, 1867, Mr. Stockton was married, at Richmond,
]\Iissouri. to Miss Betty j\Iae Warder, a daughter of ]\Irs. Susan Warder, of that
place. Their only child died at the age of nineteen months, and Islvs. Stockton
passed away in November, 1904.
Mr. Stockton has been an active factor in state politics and is the earnest
champion of Folk in his candidac}^ for governor, being in heart sympath}^ with
the movements for which Governor Folk has stood — the movements for clean
politics and for the expression of popular opinion without the domination of
machine rule. Mr. Stockton belongs to the Business Men's League, the Mercan-
tile Club, Noonday Club, the Confederate Veterans Association, and the Hamilton
x\venue Christian church — associations which indicate much of the character
of his interests and the principles that govern his conduct. He was one of the
directors of the World's Fair and was chairman of the committee on advertising.
His chief recreation comes in visiting the Woodford farm in Pettis county,
which is the property of his nephew. He is a great lover of the country and ideal
rural life, and claims that he would have been a better agriculturist than a busi-
ness man. However, his ability in manufacturing and mercantile lines has been
abundantly proven, and as president of the Majestic Range Company, in which
connection he is controlling important, extensive and remunerative business in-
terests, he need not feel that he made any mistake when he heeded the call of the
citv.
DANIEL EDMUND GARRISON.
Daniel Edmund Garrison, who in early boyhood lived on; Main street in a
citv of fifteen thousand inhabitants, has lived to witness the extension of its
borders and the growth of its population until it stands fourth among the great
metropolitan centers of America. In all the intervening years, Mr. Garrison
has had firm faith in the city's future and has cooperated in no small degree in
its development along various lines. He was born October 27, 1839, in Sharps-
burg, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but the same year his parents, Oli-
ver and Louisa C. fllalc) Garrison, removed to St. Louis. The mother, a native
of Goderich, Canada, was born September 21, 1816. The father's birth occurred
at West Point, New York, June i, 181 1, and after a residence of twenty-eight
years in the east he brought his family to St. Louis, where from 1839 until
1852 he was proprietor of the Eagle foundry. His capable management of a
rapidly developing business brought him gratifying success and from 1861 until
1876 he figured prominently in financial circles as a representative of the bank-
ing interests. In the latter year he retired, spending his remaining days in the
enjoyment of well merited ease i-n the midst of comforts and luxuries made
possible through his intense and well directed activity in former years. He died
October 28, 1889, while his wife passed away June 19, 1893. Tracing back the
ancestral history, it is found that Captain Oliver Garrison, grandfather of Daniel
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 509
E. Garrison, of this city, lived at West Point, New York, and was the owner of
a fleet of schooners carrying the United States mail from Garrison's Landing,
opposite West Point, to New York city before the days when steamships plied
the Hudson. The family was founded in America in 1686 by ancestors who
came from England, while in the maternal line Mr. Garrison is descended from
French ancestry that were among the earliest settlers of Canada.
In Wyman's Institute, one of the prominent old educational establishments
of St. Louis, Daniel E. Garrison pursued his literary course, while later he
attended Jones Commercial College and was graduated in 1857, on the comple-
tion of the regular commercial course and also in commercial law. As oppor-
tunity offered in his boyhood, he engaged in hunting and fishing and those sports
have always been of interest to him throughout his entire life. Following his
graduation, at the age of eighteen years, he became bookkeeper for an insur-
ance Company and at the same time became half owner in a hemp storage ware-
house. The firm of which he was a partner extended the scope of its activities
to the field of general commission business in 1861 and Mr. Garrison was asso-
ciated therewith until 1862, when owing to ill health he sought a change of
climate and removed to New York city for the purpose of carrying on a cotton,
hemp and tobacco commission business.
After seven years spent in the east Mr. Garrison returned to St. Louis in
1869 and later became secretary of the Kingsland Iron Company, owners of a
blast furnace, which was afterward absorbed by the Vulcan Iron ^^"orks and
later by the Vulcan Steel Company. Mr. Garrison continued with the business
through its various changes in ownership and became vice president and gen-
eral manager. This company made the first iron and later the first steel rails
produced west of the ?\Iississippi river. In 1877, ^''e withdrew from the \'ulcan
Steel Company to enter the steel rail and railway supply business and afterward
added controlling interests in the St. Louis Radiator Manufacturing Company
and the St. Louis Expanded Metal Company, becoming president of both cor-
porations. His ready resource enabled him to successfully manage many lines
of trade and he purchased a controlling- interest in the Columbia Incandescent
Lamp Company, one of the largest lamp manufactories of the country. He was
one of the first to promote the use of reinforced concrete and in his business
career kept continually abreast with the constantly expanding ideas of trade
and commerce, and, in fact, was many times a leader in the onward march. He
practically retired from active business in 1895 but is still extensivelv financially
interested in manufacturing stocks and investments in business concerns and in
real estate. Placing his now extensive capital in St. Louis property and indus-
trial and commercial concerns indicates the faith which Mr. Garrison has ever
had in the prosperity and growth of St. Louis. Long since leaving his boyhood's
home on Main street, or First street as it was then called, and which was then
the best residence thoroughfare of the citv, he is now living on \\'estminster
Place near Union avenue and has seen the cit\- expand until its area covers
twenty blocks still farther Avcst.
In all the intervening years, Mr. Garrison has been an interested witness
of the various, movements which have shaped the policy and promoted the inter-
ests of St. Louis and has figured in many important public movements. He was
a charter member of the old Missouri Governor's Guard, which was organized
in 1858 and commanded by Captain George W. West. He was connected with
the southwest expedition sent out by the governor to repel the invasion of Lane,
Jennison and others, who were radical abolitionists and constantly raiding the
border counties, stealing negroes and setting them free in Kansas. In politics
Mr. Garrison has been independent and has always refused political honors and
offices but has been untiring and indefatigable in his efforts for the promotion
of the manufacturing interests of St. Louis, realizing that upon its trade rela-
tions rest the growth and development of the city.
510 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CFfY.
On the 20th of February. 1861, was celebrated the marriage of Daniel
Edmund Garrison, of St. Louis, and Harriett Beardslee of Millstone, Somerset
county, Xew Jersey. They became parents of four sons : William Oliver, now
deceased, who married Florence E. Crookes and after her death wedded Edith
Hendel ; Cornelius Kingsland, who wedded Mary Branch and is now deceased ;
Daniel Edmund, who married Elizabeth Samuel ; and Arthur Clifton, who mar-
ried Frances Billingsley. The mother, too, has passed away.
^Ir. Garrison has always preferred home life to the surroundings of club
life but has been active and helpful in church work and a generous contributor
toward its support. He has served as vestryman and as junior and senior war-
den in St. George's Episcopal church for about thirty years, or until pro-
longed illness compelled his resignation, for he would not hold any office if not
able to give personal attention to his duties. A resident of St. Louis for almost
sixty-nine years, he early had the prescience to discern the eminence which the
future had in store for this great and growing city and placing his investments
here has g-arnered in the fullness of time the rich rewards of his labor.
HENRY C. HAARSTICK.
To have instituted and controlled mammoth business interests in the attain-
ment of notable success entitles one to more than passing notice, but the life
record of Henry C. Haarstick in other directions contains many valuable les-
sons, which mav be profitably considered and pondered. His life has never been
self-centered. While he attempted important things and has accomplished what
he has attempted, his success has never represented another's losses but has
resulted from effort intelligently applied and the wise use of the chances that
have come to him. He has been most generous with his means in assisting
others, which marks him as a man of kindly spirit, recognizing the obligations
and responsibilities of wealth. Nor has his kindness been impelled by a sense
of stern dutv but by a sincere interest in his fellowmen. Such is Henry C.
Haarstick, who now has his office in the building of the St. Louis Union Trust
Com|)anv, but is practically retired from the active management of business
affairs.
Mr. Haarstick was born July 26, 1836, in Hohenhameln, Germany, and in
his earlv childhood accompanied his parents to America, the year 1849 ^^^t"
nessing the arrival of the family in St. Louis. They had previously lived in the
north of Germanv and possessed the industry and determination characteristic
of the people of that country. The father was thrifty and enterprising and his
wife was quiet, industrious and kindly, being much beloved among the people
with whom she made her home. A dairy business was established by Mr. Haar-
stick and the careful conduct of iiis business affairs brought him a fair measure
of success, enabling him to provide a good living for his family, which num-
bered two daughters and a son.
The latter, Henry C. Haarstick, was a i)Ui)il in the Saxony school, con-
ducted inider the auspices of the German Evangelical Lutheran chiu'ch. He
earlv displayed traits of character which foreshadowed the strength of his later
manhoorl, and his salient fjualities were such as won for him the high regard of
his instructors during his school days. Some of his teachers desired that his
parents should educate him for the ministry, but the father wished him to fol-
low mercantile pursuits and to this end sent him as a pupil to W^ykoff's English
school anrl later to Jones Commercial College, one of the best known mstitu-
tions of that character in the west. There he was also a favorite with his
teachers and President Jonathan Jones especially interested himself in behalf of
Henry C. Haarstick and obtained for him a position in the office of Moloney &
Tilton, then conducting a large distillery in St. Louis. When he made his ini-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 511
tial step in the business world he was paid a salary of twenty-five dollars a
month but he received thorough business training and moreover benefited by the
association of the manager, Artemas L. Holmes, who was an intelligent, edu-
cated and high-minded gentleman, noted for his equanimity of temper and his
perfect self-poise under all circumstances. Mr. Haarstick also acquired habits
of self-control and cultivated an even temperament, which has enabled him,
under all circumstances, to remain unruffled and calm, so that his judgment has
been unbiased and his opinions undisturbed by outside influences. Quickly Mr.
Haarstick won promotion, for which his industry and ability proved him worthy.
Step by step he advanced until he became manager for the Tilton Company and
later a partner in the business. He was connected with this enterprise until
the distillery was destroyed by fire in 1861, at which time the partnership was
dissolved. Mr. Haarstick, however, continued in the same line of business,
building a distillery on Barton street, but finding the international legislation
of the war period proved detrimental to his business he sold out in Decem-
ber, 1867.
It was then that Mr. Haarstick entered upon a work that proved him to be
one of the ablest business men of St. Louis. He was called to take charge of
the aiTairs of the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company, which had been
organized to conduct a freighting business on the river between St. Louis and
New Orleans. The business, however, was conducted along anything but profit-
able lines and its fleet of a few barges and towboats was sadly in need of repair.
Mr. Haarstick undertook the management, studied the situation and the trade
conditions of this section of the country and with keen foresight saw that an
extensive and profitable business might be built up. He then began to improve
the barges and to get into touch with the shippers of the country, and in course
of time developed an enterprise, which was of great value to St. Louis and a
source of much profit to the stockholders. He believed that grain might be
shipped profitably in bulk for export by way of New Orleans, and although this
project was discouraged by many of the then leading business men, he saw
its utility and recognized its value and was the first to bond a water route for
direct importation of foreign merchandise. Obstacles and difiiculties were turned
aside and the varied interests of the business were brought into a unified and
harmonious whole. The pioneer western coimtry profited by his labors, for not
only did he furnish a safe and cheap means of shipment for producers and deal-
ers but also caused the railroads to lower and regulate their rates in order to
compete with the barge line.
Following the opening- of the Mississippi river as the result of the build-
ing of the jetties in 1878, the grain export trade became verv extensive and in
188 1 all the barge transportation interests on the Mississippi river were com-
bined in one powerful organization under the name of the St. Louis & Missis-
sippi Vallev Transportation Company, with Air. Haarstick as manager of its
mammoth and important interests. He continued to conduct a most profitable
business for the companv for many vears until difiicult trade conditions arose and
river transportation became largely a thing of the past. However, the value of
the work of the Mississippi V'^allev Transportation Companv can scarcely be
overestimated. It constituted a powerful factor in business, growth and prog-
ress here for many years. It became the owner of a large fleet of grain barges
and powerful towing steamers, liaving a capacity for moving nearlv four mil-
lion bushels of grain at one time. Mr. Haarstick not only transacted the trans-
portation business for grain merchants of this section, but formed extensive con-
nections with a number of the leading importers of Europe, thus bringing the
local markets and surrouding territory into direct touch with the demands of
the consumers of the old world. The consensus of public opinion accords to
Mr. Haarstick in a large measure the credit of inaugurating and building up the
export grain trade between St. Louis and European ports.
512 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
]vlany other interests, however, have claimed the attention and energies of
Mr. Haarstick. He has attempted many things and has succeeded in aU that
he has attempted. He is now the vice president of the St. Louis Union Trust
Company, president of the Compton Hill Improvement Company and president
of the St. Louis Merchants Exchange during its most prosperous years. Other
enterprises of minor importance have claimed his attention and in all he has
manifested a spirit of undaunted enterprise that has carried him into large
undertakings that have constituted elements in the city's upbuilding and great-
ness as well as the source of his own success.
]\Ir. Haarstick has cooperated in many measures that have been of essen-
tial benefit to the city aside from his business affairs. He filled the office of
president of the Commercial Club, the most influential private organization of
the central west and has been a generous contributor to charitable and benevo-
lent institutions. No feeling of stern duty has prompted his work for others
but a sincere and abiding interest in his fellowmen and their welfare. He has
ever been quick to extend a helping hand to one whom he sees struggling to
rise, and on various occasions, not only his sj^mpathy but his substantial aid has
been given in times of dire necessity or distress. All this is done without the
least show of ostentation or display and, in fact, an innate modesty prompts him
to say nothing of his benefactions, which would never be known if it were left
for him to tell.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Haarstick was married in 1861 to
Miss Elise Hoppe. long recognized as a leader in social circles and as a public
benefactress, sharing her husband's interest in all charitable work and aiding
him in his efforts to assist others. Their elder daughter, Mrs. Ida Herf, is
well known as a lady of superior intellectual attainments, devoted to music,
poetry and literature, and also giving much of her time to charitable work.
Their younger daughter is Emma R. Haarstick and their son is William T.
Haarstick, who has already made his mark in the business world, displaying that
energv that carries one forward to large and important undertakings. Such
in brief is the history of Henry C. Haarstick, who has played an important
part in the commercial development of St. Louis and is now enjoying the fruits
of his former toil in retirement from the more arduous duties of a business
career. While he has w^on success, the methods he has followed have ever been
those of strict conformity to the high standard of commercial ethics and through-
out his entire life he has been imbued with a deep spirit of human sympathy
that has brought him into close and helpful relations with his fellowmen.
EDWARD DEVOY.
Edward Devoy was born in St. Louis, August 8, 1846, on Sixth street be-
tween Biddle and O'Fallon where St. Patrick's parochial school now stands.
His parents were Dennis and Mary (MuUins) Devoy. His father and grand-
father were natives of the County of Kildare, Ireland, and in 1817 the grandfather
came to America with his family, settling in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where
he died. About 1830 the father came to the middle west and in 1832 established
his home in St. Louis.
In early boyhood Edward Devoy attended St. Patrick's parochial school and
later the old Benton school then situated on Sixth street between Locust and St.
Charles streets. The necessities of a large family prompted him to go out into
the w^orld and earn his living at the age of eleven years and his early income was
received from the sale of newspapers at the old postoffice at Third and Chestnut
streets, w-here he soon gained many regular as well as transient customers. In
1859 he began learning the printing trade in the job printing office of Keemle
EDWARD DE\'OY
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514 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
& Hagar. with whom he remained for two years, when the war caused the faihire
of their successor, Charles K. Rowe.
^Ir. Devov then worked at the tobacco trade until 1865, when he was ap-
pointed to a clerkship in the St. Louis postoffice by Peter L. Foy, who at that
time was postmaster. He left the position in March, 1873, to turn his attention
to the coal trade in connection with a cooperative company. Thirteen years
afterward he became associated with E. R. Fenerborn in the coal trade and when
the partnership had been maintained for some years the business was incor-
porated and has been so continued to the present time. They have enjoyed a con-
stantly increasing patronage until today the company is one of the most successful
operating in the coal trade in St. Louis, the business being represented by a large
figure. ^Ir. Devoy is also well known in financial circles, having for the past
twelve years been a director of the International Bank.
His activity in other lines has contributed to the city's welfare not onlv in
the department of municipal progress but also in the promotion of its trade and
business relations and in its benevolent work. He was a member of the city
council from 1883 until 1887 ^^"^d advocated and supported many needed reforms
and improvements. He was also a member of the executive committee of the
Business Alen's League and is one of the most prominent and influential members
of the Merchants Exchange. He has served successively as a member of its
board of directors, as second vice president, first vice president and president, his
incumbency as chief executive officer continuing until January, 1909. This
organization has been a most efifective force in furthering the business condi-
tions of the city and extending its ramifying trade connections, and under the
guidance of ~\lr. Devoy its work has been continued along most progressive and
successful lines.
]\Ir. Devoy has also been a member of the board of charity commissioners for
the past six years. In 1886 he became a member of the Legion of Honor ; in
1887 of the Commercial Travelers Association of St. Louis; and in 1903 of the
Knights of Columbus. He is likewise a member of St. Vincent de Paul's Society,
an organization for looking after the wants of the poor, and he is a communicant
of the Catholic church, belonging to St. Rose's parish.
On the nth of July, 1867, in St. Patrick's church, Mr. Devoy was united
in marriage to Miss Maria Fallon by the Rev. William Wheeler. They have be-
come the parents of eight children, of whom five are living: Stella, the wife of
Wilson T. Cartwright ; Joseph A., who married Miss Annie Frazier; Alice
Dorothy, the wife of ]\Iilo B. Heinriches ; and George Fallon and Charles Louis
at home. There are now two grandchildren. The advancement and success
which ^Ir. Devov has achieved are matters of pride to his many friends who
rejoice in what he has accomplished and recognize that his progress is the ex-
pression of marked strength of character, unfaltering industry and notable ability
to devise and execute well foimulated ]:)lans.
REV. URBAN STANOWSKI.
Rev. Urban Stanowski is the rector of the St. Stanislaus' Parish church, and
to him is due the credit for the fine condition of this community. The entire
church property, consisting of a fine church building, a substantial priest house
and a large school that can accommodate nearlv six hundred children, is the
result of his unwearied application. All of this has been accomplished within
less than a quarter of a century.
lie was born in Poland, September 2, 1856, and earlv in life was enrolled
at the Opole Gymnasium, where he completed a classical course. In 1875 he
came to the United States to complete his education and here he attended St.
Francis College at Quincy, Illinois, where he devoted his attention to the study
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTTY. 515
of philosophy, remaining in this institution for two years. He later entered the
Franciscan Fathers school in St. Louis, where he completed his studies, and on
May 1 6, 1880, was ordained to priesthood in St. John's church by Archbishop
Ryan. Immediately upon ordination he was assigned to Radom. Illinois, to
take charge of the P'olish settlement, where there are at present tive parishes.
Father Stanowski remained there for five years, during which time he acquitted
himself excellently and was instrumental in placing the parish in a prosperous
condition for the first time in its existence.
In the year 1885 he returned to St. Louis and assumed charge of St. Stan-
islaus' parish, which up to that time had not had a resident pastor, the congre-
gation being looked after by the Franciscan Fathers. The parish had a schoof
building, over which was a standing debt of twelve thousand five hundred dol-
lars. Father Stanowski cheerfully assumed the post and through his untiring
energy succeeded in clearing the indebtedness and placing the parish on a firm
foundation. He purchased property on which to construct a parish house and
in the year 1891 was instrumental in having erected the present magnificent
church edifice. For a number of years Father Stanowski held jurisdiction over
the Polish church at this place. There are now three parishes, St. Stanislaus',
St. Casimir's and St. Hedwig's. In the year 1898 he built a convent on the
church property for the Polish Franciscan Sisters. The property in possession
of the parish is very valuable and could not be bought today for less than three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, all of which has been acquired since Father
Stanowski assumed charge of the church. The parish is absolutel}^ free from
debt with a handsome reserve fund in the treasury.
SELIG SCHWARTZ.
The wheels of trade and commerce are kept in constant motion through the
labors of such men as Selig Schwartz, president of the Cohen-Schwartz Steel
& Rail Company, who since 1902 has been president of this corporation. His
life is an evidence of the fact that the business opportunities of the new world
are many and that the citizens of foreign birth stand equal chances with the
native sons of America in winning success.
Born in Kief, Russia, in December, 1865, he pursued his education in the
Jewish schools of that land, and in 1884, when a youth of nineteen years, emi-
grated to the United States, landing at New York city. He at once made his
way to St. Louis, where his sister had preceded him, and as his financial re-
sources were insufficient to support him for any length of time he immediately
sought work and became a tinner in the employ of the Standard Stamping Com-
pany. After a brief period he was persuaded to leave that position and began
gathering rags. While thus engaged he hired a private English teacher and
after some time acquired a fair knowledge of English, so that he was better
qualified for the duties of business life. He then returned to the Standard
Stamping Company, and his diligence and adaptability were such that they
enabled him to gain successive promotions until he became foreman.
Ambitious to carry on business on his own account that he might himself
gather the profits of his labor, he resigned as foreman in 1886 and joined a part-
ner in a junk business at No. 1221 North Eighth street. There he remained for
a year, after which the partnership was dissolved and he joined his brother-in-
law, B. Kuplar. in a partnership at No. 1926 North Broadway. One and a half
years later this business connection was terminated and Mr. Schwartz started
in for himself in the same line in July, 1888, at No. 809 North Eighth street,
carrying on business there until 1890. In the meantime, in order to secure
more commodious quarters, for he found that his location was too small for his
growing business, he removed to No. 719 Biddle street, where he continued
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until 1892. In that year he determined to engage in the dry-goods business
and estabhshed a store at No. 2220 FrankHn avenue, but the venture did not
prove a protitable one, as he had hoped, and after six months he sold out at a
considerable sacrifice. He then again engaged in the junk business at No. 1223
North Eighth street, remaining there for about two years. The financial panic
during the Cleveland administration followed and he lost heavily. He then
formed a partnership in the same line with his brother-in-law, but after one
and a half years they dissolved their business interests. In the meantime, how-
ever, thev purchased the wreck of the Mermod-Jaccard building, and also an
elevator that had been partially destroyed by fire in East St. Louis. In this
undertaking they realized about five thousand dollars. Again Mr. Schwartz dis-
solved his business relations with his brother-in-law and carried on the busi-
ness alone rmtil he formed his present partnership with Mr. Cohen, who is not
onlv a business associate, but a warm personal friend. They are now succeed-
ing in the work to wdiich they direct their attention, handling a profitable enter-
prise conducted under the name of the Cohen-Schwartz Steel & Rail Company,
at the foot of Tyler street, where they have been located since October 6, 1902.
In connection with his services as president of the company Mr. Schwartz is a
director of the Alexander A. Smith Furnishing Company, and of the Chicago
Wrecking & Supply Company.
In St. Louis, on the 6th of June, 1887, Mr. Schwartz was married to Miss
Rose, daughter of Marcus Greenspan, who was a retired dry-goods merchant
at the time of his death, which occurred in St. Louis in 1905, when he was
ninety years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz are the parents of four sons and
two daughters and they own and occupy a fine residence at No. 2948 Dickson
street. ]\Ir. Schwartz is a member of the Odd Fellows Society, also of the
Progressive Order of the West and held the position of endowment treasurer.
He is connected with the orthodox Jewish faith and he gives his political sup-
port to the republican party. While in his business life all days have not been
equally bright, and, in fact he has suffered reverses and business hardships, he
has nevertheless persevered and is now at the head of a profitable and grow-
ing enterprise.
WILLIAM L. MORSEY.
During the greater part of the years which have elapsed since William L.
^lorsey attained man's estate he has been in the public service and his record
has at all times been characterized by a zeal and devotion to the public good that
has seldom been excelled. As prosecuting attorney of Warren county for
eight terms, as assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Mis-
souri and as United States marshal of this district, in which incumbency he is
now found, he has made a notably creditable record. His early education was
acquired in the public schools of Warrenton, Missouri, his native city, and in
the Central Wesleyan College, there he acquainted himself with higher branches
of learning. His father, Colonel Fred Morsey, was a native of Germany and on
crossing the Atlantic to the L^nited States in 1832 settled in Missouri. For
some years thereafter his attention was devoted to the profession of civil engi-
neering and, taking up the study of law. he was admitted to the bar and practiced
in the courts until after the inauguration of hostilities between the north and
the south. During the period of warfare he served as a lieutenant colonel of the
Third Missouri Cavalry and then resumed his law practice in Warrenton, where
he gained recognition as a prominent attorney, accorded a large clientage up to
the time of his death in 1875.
Following his father's professional footsteps, William L. Morsey qualified for
the practice of law and in 1873 successfully passed the examination that secured
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518 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his admission to the bar. Xo higher encomium could be uttered concerning his
service as prosecuting attorney of ^^^arren county than the statement of the fact
that he was eight times elected to tliat office and declined a renomination at the
close of his last term. Always interested in the political situation of the country
and the issues of greatest import before the public, he became a worker in re-
publican ranks and in 1892 received his party's nomination for congress in the
ninth district but could not overcome the large democratic majoritv of that
section of the state. In his law practice he was associated with Judge Charles
E. Peers in a partnership that existed from 1877 until Mr. Morsey was appointed
in 1888 assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of ^Missouri.
He filled that office for four years, or until June 21, 1902, when he was appointed
by President Roosevelt to his present position as United States marshal for the
eastern district of [Missouri. He has always maintauied the deepest interest in
the growth and success of the political principles which he endorsed in early man-
hood and in 1876 he was an alternate delegate to the republican national con-
vention at Cincinnati, Ohio, and delegate to the national convention at Chicago
in 1888. He has frequently been a delegate to the district and state conventions
and for eight years was chairman of the congressional committee of the ninth
district. Aside from his professional, official and political connections his inter-
ests have been comparatively few, yet. he is one of the directors of the Bank of
Warren county.
On the 15th of May, 1879, ^Ir. ]\Iorsey was united in marriage to Miss Laura
A. Pullian, a daughter of Judge J. A. Pullian, of Warrenton, and they have four
sons : Frederick is now connected with the Burlington system at Hannibal, Mis-
souri. Chase, who is a graduate of the Central Wesleyan College of Warrenton,
Alissouri, and the law department of Washington University, is now United
States commissioner and a member of the law firm of Harlan, Jeffries, Wagner
& Corum. Clvde is also a graduate of the law department of the Washington
University and' is associated in practice with Hon. E. A. Rozier, formerly L'nited
States attorney, located at Farmington, Missouri. William L., Jr., is a graduate
of the Central Wesleyan College and is now assistant cashier of the Bank of
Warren county at Warrenton.
Such in brief is the life history of William L. Morsey, whose defense
of his honest convictions has ever been one of his salient characteristics, while
over the record of his official career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion
of evil.
ROBERT ^IcKITTRICK JONES.
There is perhaps some truth in the accusation that the American business
man is entirely absorbed in the purpose of acquiring wealth to the exclusion of
other interests, but while possessing a laudable ambition to attain success, the
life of Robert [NIcKittrick Jones has always been permeated with a spirit of
philanthropy and humanitarianism that has prompted his recognition of the
rights of others and his obligations to his fellowmen. He finds time, therefore,
in the midst of onerous business duties to aid a fellow-traveler on life's journey
and is always willing to extend a helping hand to those who need and merit
assistance.
He was born in County Down, Ireland, May 8, 1849, his parents being
William and Margaret (McKittrick) Jones. He prepared for college at the
Royal Academical Institute at Belfast, Ireland, but was obliged to discontinue
his college course on account of ill health. For five years he served an appren-
ticeship to the trade of linen manufacturing in Banbridge, Ireland, where he
afterward worked for a short time as a journeyman. The favorable opportuni-
ties of the new world, however, attracted him, and in August, 1872, he sailed
for the United States, landing at New York. After a brief time spent in the
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eastern metropolis he made his way to Chicago and thence to St. Louis, where
he entered the firm of Crow, McCreary & Company, with whom he continued
for four years.
Prompted by a laudable ambition to engage in business on his own account
when his industry and careful expenditure brought him sufficient capital and
his experience justified this forward step, he purchased a half interest in the
dry-goods commission business of Randall & Company, in 1877. This house
had been established in 1862 by James S. Gary and his son, of Baltimore, Alary-
land, with J. B. Noland as manager. Eventually the firm became known as No-
land, Jones & Company, so continuing from 1877 to 1883, when Mr. Jones pur-
chased Mr. Noland's interest and the business was reorganized under the firm
style of Robert M. Jones & Company. Another change occurred in 1886, when
William V. Jones was admitted to a partnership. An extensive dry-goods com-
mission business is conducted, the trade increasing greatly year by year as the
most modern and progressive business methods are brought to bear thereon.
Mr. Jones is a director of the Boatmen's Bank, also of the St. Louis Union
Trust Company, in which he is now serving as a member of the executive board,
and he is a trustee of Washington University.
In 1879 ^'"- Jones was married in St. Louis to Miss Grace Richards, a
daughter of Eben Richards, of St. Louis, and they have one son, Hugh AIcKit-
trick Jones, a graduate of Harvard of the class of 1901, wdio was admitted to a
partnership in his father's business in 1903. He married Carroll West, a daugh-
ter of Thomas H. West, of St. Louis, and has one daughter, Florence Terry.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones reside at No. 6 Westmoreland Place. He is prom-
inent in social circles, being particularly well known in the club life of the
city. His name is on the membership rolls of the St. Louis, the Noondav, the
Country, the Racquet and the Commercial Clubs, and the Round Table of St.
Louis. He has had some active military experience, serving through the riots
which arose in connection with the railroad strike of 1877, at which time he was a
member of Company A of the First Regiment of the Alissouri National Guards.
His political allegiance is given to the republican party and, as every true Amer-
ican citizen should do, he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of
the day. He was chairman of the international group jury of awards in the
manufactures department of the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He is active
in support of many measures for the benefit of his fellowmen, his friends de-
lighting in the work which he has done on practical and humanitarian lines.
He is a director of the ^Mercantile Library, president of the board of trustees
of the Mission Free School, president of the advisorv board of the St. Louis
Children's Hospital, chairman of the Saturday and Sunday Hospital Associa-
tion, and was formerly president of the board of trustees of the church of the
Alessiah. His religion is that of deeds rather than words and is practical rather
than theoretical. Believing fully in the universal brotherhood of mankind, he
has sought to aid those who are weaker or less fortunate, and his labors have
been far-reaching and beneficial. While he has been abundantly blessed in his
successes his wealth has been so honorably won and so worthily used that the
the most envious cannot grudge him his prosperity.
EDWARD WAGNER.
Edward Wagner, founder and president of the Model Bottling Alachinerv
Company, is a representative of the Teutonic race that has carried its civiliza-
tion into all parts of the world and been a potent factor in promoting advance-
ment and improvement. St. Louis is notably today a German city and that it
stands forth among the metropolitan centers of the new world is attributable
in large measure to its German-American citizenship. Edward Wagner was
520 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
born in Breslau. Germany. December 25. 1857. He attended the elementary
schools and afterward the Elizabeth College at Breslau, leaving that institution
at fourteen and a half years of age. Soon afterward he became connected with
the brewing business, serving an apprenticeship of two and a half years, after
which he followed the customary methods of that country by serving as a jour-
neyman in various places until his nineteenth year. Actuated by the laudable
desire to make the most of his life and gain a measure of success that would
enable him to enjoy life's comforts and luxuries and those things which minis-
ter to culture and progress, he resolved to emigrate to the new world and in
due course of time landed at Xew York city, whence he made his way west-
ward to Chicago. For a time he was employed in that city but, desiring to see
and learn something of his adopted land, he traveled westward to California,
stopping en route at various places. Later he returned to Chicago and pur-
chased the business of the fjavarian Brewing Company, conducting that enter-
prise for six years, when he disposed of his business interests by the lake and
came to St. Louis. Arriving here he engaged with the American Brewing Com-
pany, where he remained from 1890 until June, 1907, and when he discontinued
his connection therewith he was acting as its vice president. In 1903 he built
the Wagner Brewerv at Granite City, Illinois, and was its president until its
consolidation with the Independent Brewers Company in June, 1907. He is
now a director and technical manager of the Independent Brewers Company.
During his residence in Chicago JNIr. Wagner was married in October, 1879,
and has one son and three daughters : Edward, who attended Smith Academy
and A\'ashington University and is now manager of the Wagner Brewing Com-
pany at Granite City, Illinois ; Ida, who is attending the Victoria Institute ;
Emma, a student in Alary Institute ; and Clara, who is pursuing her education
in the AIcKinley high school. Mr. Wagner has recently erected a beautiful home
on Hawthorne boulevard. His social relations are varied and have won him
many friends. He is a member of the Liederkranz, has been president of the
Braumeister Association of St. Louis and vicinity since 1895 ; has been presi-
dent for the past four years of the United States Brewmaster's Association, a
member of the Turn Verein and a member of the Missouri Athletic Club and
Merchants Exchange. While he is independent in his political views, he more
frequentlv votes for the candidates of the democratic party. He has had no
occasion to regret his determination to seek a home in America, but on the con-
trary rejoices in the step which he took in early manhood, as he has here utilized
the opportunities that have come to him. A man of large natural ability, his
success in business from the beginning of his residence in St. Louis has been
uniform and rapid. He is always courteous and affable and those who know him
personally have for him a warm regard.
AUGUST MANEWAL.
Business life has well been likened to a battle for it is a continuous strife
with competition and adverse conditions. The only way in which the comparison
does not hold good is that there is opportunity for every individual to come off
conqueror in the strife. Among the citizens of St. Louis whose limited oppor-
tunities in youth and successful accomplishments in later manhood have gained
for them the title of self-made men August Manewal was numbered and as the
years passed he made for himself a creditable name and place in commercial
circles, being well known as a cracker manufacturer.
Mr. Manewal was born September 27, 1840, near Frankfort, Germany, and at
the age of fourteen years came to America establishing his home in St. Louis.
His brother. Peter Manewal, had preceded him to the United States, having lived
in this countrv a few years, during which time he had become convinced that the
AUGUST MANEWAL
5-12 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
opportunities and advantages of the new world were superior to those offered in
the fatherland. Accordingly August jNIanewal came to the United States and in
St. Louis learned the baker's trade, becoming an expert worker in that line.
Desiring that he should harvest the profits of his own labor he established a
cracker factory on Cass avenue when twenty-two years of age and continued in
that line of business throughout his remaining- days. He formed a partnership
with Fred Peters and Henry Lang but after a time Air. Peters retired from the
firm, ]\Ir. Manewal and ]\Ir. Lang continuing- the business successfully until a
few years ago when they sold out of a trust, Mr. ]\Ianewal remaining, however^
as president and manager of the cracker factory until his death, which occurred
June 13. 1902. He displayed careful control of his business interests, was eco-
nomical in management and progressive in the direction of his affairs so that
he built up a busmess of large proportions. Straightforward in all of his deal-
ings his house sustained an unassailable reputation and his labors were thus
crowned with success.
In April, 1865, ]\Ir. Alanewal was married in St. Louis to ^^liss Alvira
Kruger, a daughter of Levi Kruger. who came to St. Louis at an early date. Six
children were born of that marriage, of whom five are yet living, namely : Lewis
and August, both of whom are residents of St. Louis ; Emma, the wife of J. C.
Sharp ; Carrie : and Lilian, the wife of Ralph ]\IcDermott, of Chicago.
^Ir. Manewal erected for his family a fine residence on Washington avenue,
where his widow still resides. He was a great lover of home, preferring to spend
all his leisure outside of business hours with his wife and children, and he con-
sidered no sacrifice on his part too much if it would promote the welfare and
happiness of the members of his own household. He possessed, moreover, a
genial nature and kindly disposition and wen friends wherever he went. He
belonged to the ]vIasonic fraternity and he gave his political support to the
republican party, stronglv endorsing its principles from the time he became a
naturalized American citizen. He was interested in the welfare of St. Louis and
his aid could be counted upon to further its progressive interests. While he loved
his native land he always had the deepest attachment for the country of his
adoption and no native born son of America was more loyal to the stars and
stripes.
NICHOLAS MONTGOAIERY BELL.
'Tn all this world," said President Roosevelt, "the thing supremely worth
having is the opportunity coupled ^Yith the capacity to do well and worthily
a piece of work, the doing of which shall be of vital significance to mankind."'
To Nicholas ^l. Bell has come this opportunity and the nation recognizes the
fact that in its utilization the public at large has been benefited. There appear
as incontrovertible evidences of his worth certain postal laws of the country,
while other tangible proofs of his public spirited citizenshij) were found in his
opposition to the Crafton commission and in his administration of the office of
excise commissioner of St. Louis.
A native son of Missouri, Nicholas ]\Iontgomery Bell was born in Lincoln
county in 1846. He is a descendant of William Bell, of Scotch-Irish descent,
who emigrated to the new world in 1710 and settled on the upper Pacstary
river in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He received a concession of land twelve
miles square from the king of England and was an officer in the colonial wars.
Four of his grandsons, William, John, Thomas and Montgomery Bell, were in
the Revolutionary war under General Washington. Major William Bell, the
son of William and the third in this country, removed to Mount Sterling, Ken-
tucky, in 1800, and was in the war of 181 2 under General William Henry
Harrison. Montgomery Bell became a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, where
he engaged in the irr)n foundry business, anrl rluring the war of 1812 held con-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 523
tracts of the United States to manufacture cannon balls for the army in the
western country. The molds and processes of Montgomery Bell's foundry were
exhibited by the state of Tennessee at the World's Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893.
William A. Bell, the father of our subject, was a native of Kentucky, was
brought to this state in his youth, representing one of the old pioneer families
of Missouri. Arrived at years of maturity, he wedded Caroline Harvey, who
was born in Virginia but also came to Missouri with her parents during the
frontier epoch in the history of the state. Mr. Bell's paternal grandfather served
under General Harrison in the war of 1812 and was a member of the general
assembly of Missouri from 1826 until 1828. Almost a half century later the
grandson was called by public vote to become a factor in framing the laws of
the commonwealth and gained distinguished honors in connection with his legis-
lative service.
His boyhood days were passed in a manner similar to that of most lads
who are reared upon the farm. Not content with the educational advantages
ofifered by the common schools, he eagerlv availed himself of the opportunity
to pursue an academic course, after which he came to St. Louis and received
his initial instruction and experience in the methods of the business world as
an employe in the office of Barr, Duncan & Company, predecessors of the pres-
ent William Barr Dry Goods Company. There Mr. Bell remained until 1864,
when he went to Boise City, Idaho, where for a year he was connected with
mining and merchandising. He became a resident of Salem, Oregon, in 1865
and entered into partnership relations as a member of the firm of J. C. &
N. M. Bell in the conduct of a mercantile establishment. He not only proved
his capability in business lines but also came to be recognized as a leader in
public thought and action and as a stalwart champion of the democratic party.
In 1868 he was sent as a delegate from that state to the democratic national
convention, where he supported Horatio L. Seymour and Francis P. Blair for
the nomination of president and vice president respectively.
It was not long afterward that Mr. Bell returned to St. Louis, where he
became senior partner in the firm of Bell & McCreery, commission merchants.
Again in his business life he displayed marked ability in management and in
constructive efforts and at the same time he figured prominently in democratic
circles, doing much toward perfecting the reorganization of the party in this
state. At a time when the state was yet under republican rule, his personal
popularity and the confidence reposed in his progressive spirit and loyalty in
citizenship led to his election as a member of the twenty-sixth general assembly,
defeating Stilson Hutchins for the nomination and Joseph Pulitzer at the polls.
This was in 1870 and in 1872 he received popular endorsement of his legisla-
tive service by reelection with increased majority. In the discharge of his
duties he manifested the same thoroughness and keen perception which char-
acterized him in. the conduct of his private business affairs. Every question
which came up for settlement received his earnest consideration and he brought
to bear thereon the powers of a logical mind that enabled him to look beyond
the exigencies of the moment and foresee the consequences in the future. A
contemporary 'biographer has said : "During Mr. Bell's membership of the legis-
lature there was an act introduced for the creation of what was called the
'Grafton commission,' for the adjudication of the war claims of the state — a
measure within which was concealed, or might have been concealed, an oppor-
tunity to saddle upon the state the payment of a large amount of manufactured
and unproved bills. To guard against such, on Mr. Bell's motion an amendment
was inserted declaring that the 'state of Missouri should in no way be held
responsible, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any claim so adjudicated
until the amount of such claim should have been collected from the United States
and paid into the state treasury.' The scandal that grew out of the methods of
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the commission amply demonstrated the wisdom of this amendment. In con-
nection with '^[r. Bell's record as a legislator it should be stated that both in the
twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh general assemblies he voted in caucus and in
the house for General Frank P. Blair for United States senator."
In the meantime Mr. Bell had become recognized as one of the prominent
representatives of the democracy in the nation and when his party held a na-
tional convention at St. Louis in 1876, he w^as chosen secretary of the conven-
tion and won the highest encomiums for the manner in which he discharged
his duties. Possessing a voice of rare compass and power, his clear enunciation
enabled him to be heard throughout the great convention hall and the facility
and readiness with which he announced the results of roll calls attracted general
attention and caused him to be regarded as an ideal convention secretary. He
was therefore again called to fill that position in 1880, when Hancock and
English were the nominees of the party for the presidencv and vice presidency,
and once more he served as secretary in Chicago in 1884, where he announced
to the convention that the result of the balloting had placed the names of
Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks at the head of the ticket. He
was also secretary of the committee which notified these candidates of their
nomination and in 1892 he once more served as secretary of the national con-
vention which placed ]\Ir. Cleveland in nomination for the third time. He
was accorded recognition of his able service in behalf of the party when in
1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland superintendent of foreign mails,
a position which entailed upon him important responsibilities and which he
filled with signal capability until he resigned following the inauguration of
President Harrison. There stands to his credit much labor of value and far-
reaching and beneficial effect. He was the author of and was instrumental in
negotiating various important postal treaties with foreign countries, had
charge of all the correspondence of the department with foreign governments,
of the transportation of foreign mails and of the auditing and adjustment of
accounts resulting from such transportation. He negotiated the first parcel
post treaties between the United States and foreign countries, and the con-
ventional agreements between the United States and Mexico and Canada,
which resulted in making the entire North American continent practically one
postal territory. Another result of this treaty was the abolition of various an-
noyances to trade and its value found tangible proof in the fact that during
the first year in which the treaties were in operation the commerce of the
United States increased nearly two million dollars. Recognizing the fact that
saving of time is a most essential element in the transportation and distribu-
tion of mails, Mr. Bell began investigations that resulted in the establishment
of a system of reports, giving the actual time of mails in transit between the
postoffice of origin and the postoffice of destination. From these reports he
gathered the information that determined the letting of the contracts, which
were given to the steamer showing the greatest speed and quickest delivery
without regard to its registry or fiag. In this manner the delivery of foreign
mail was expedited from one to two days and the course which Mr. Bell in-
augurated won such favor and approval from the merchants and exporters
of this country that they petitioned the postmaster general to use his influence
to induce foreign countries to inaugurate a similar system. The feasibility of
the plan was recognized abroad and the Times of London, in a two-column
editorial, urgcfl upon parliament the adoption of the svstem promoted in Amer-
ica by Mr. Bell.
He resumed his residence in St. Louis upon his retirement from office and
became active in the management of the tobacco commission and storage busi-
ness of the Peper Tobacco Warehouse Company, of which he was vice presi-
dent and manager and a large stockholder. In all his private business affairs
he has manifested the keenest discernment as to the possible outcome and
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notable power in coordinating forces and bringing varied interests into a uni-
fied whole. Again in 1893, however, he was called to public life and became
the first incumbent in the office of excise commissioner of St. Louis, which but
a short time before had been created through legislative enactment for the
purpose of insuring a more thorough enforcement of the law taxing the liquor
traffic and the collection of a larger proportion of the excise taxes due. In
performing the duties of this position Mr. Bell showed the judicial spirit,
arriving at fair and just conclusions, taking an impartial view of both sides of
a question and discriminating in favor of none. As Cleveland has expressed
it, he "regarded a public office as a public trust" — and no trust reposed in Mr.
Bell has ever been betrayed in the slightest degree. He had been appointed
to the office to collect the public dues and enforce the law, and this he did with
such thoroughness that during the first year of his incumbency one hundred
and thirty-five violators of the excise laws were arrested and convicted. Others,
recognizing the fact that thev could not continue to break the law with im-
punity, ceased their dishonest conduct and during the last year of his term but
ten were apprehended. For three years and a half he continued to fill the
position, during which time the receipts from excise tables were increased in
the aggregate six hundred and twenty-three thousand, nine hundred and forty-
three dollars, while the average yearly increase was approximately one hundred
and fifty-five thousand dollars, although there was no increase in the rate of
taxation. On the ist of February, 1897, he resigned the office and has not
since figured in political circles. He was, however, in 1896 a delegate to the
democratic national convention which placed Bryan and Sewell at the head of
the ticket. With large financial investment, Mr. Bell is not now active in busi-
ness management, but is living retired after a most useful and honorable pub-
lic and private career.
In 1888 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Bell and Aliss Maggie Peper,
a daughter of Captain Christian Peper, of St. Louis. They now have two chil-
dren, Christian Peper and Marjorie P. Holding sacredly the interests of the
home and of friendship, Air. Bell has gained a most wide acquaintance and re-
ceives and merits the high regard in which he is uniformly held. In municipal
afifairs he has taken the deepest interest and St. Louis has benefited by his co-
operation in many lines. He was one of the directors of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition and director in charge of the live-stock exhibit and member of
the superior jury of awards, and labored earnestly for the success of the fair.
He is a memlDer of the Societv of Colonial Wars, of the Sons of the Revolution
and is a thirty-third degree Mason. In his active life he has succeeded because
he has desired to succeed. Nature endowed him bountifully and he has stu-
diously, carefullv and conscientiously increased the talents that have been given
him. He is recognized as a ripe scholar and a man of strong intellect, whose
public work has been of far-reaching and beneficial efifect. He has exhibited in
everv judgment of his mind a strong common sense that has illumined every
dark corner into which he has looked. He stands today as one of the repre-
sentative citizens of St. Louis — a man of remarkable presence, of high moral
character and of the best social position.
EDWIN MILES TREAT.
Edwin Allies Treat, the vice president and secretary of the American Credit
Indemnity Company, of New York, with headquarters in St. Louis, was born
in Mobile, Alabama. August 10, 1867. He is descended from a New England
ancestry, the Treats having originally lived in Connecticut. Robert Treat, the
first representative of the name in this country, came from England in 1639,
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settled at ]^lilford, Connecticut, and had an important military career. A chair
in possession of a member of the family bears the following inscription : "Treat,
Robert — born 1O21 — one of the hrst settlers of Milford, Conn. In 1639 ap-
pointed commander of Connecticut troops to assist Alassachusetts in Indian
wars. Afterwards aided to subdue Narragansetts under King Phillip in Rhode
Island — was afterwards Governor and Deputy Governor for 32 years from
1675 to 1707." Aside from the facts thus mentioned, Robert Treat was also
one of the hrst settlers of Newark, New Jersey, whither he went in 1666, but
returned to Connecticut in 1675. A distinguished member of the family at
a later date was Robert Treat Paine, one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. A branch of the family became well known in St. Louis and
included Judge Treat, a noted jurist. The paternal grandfather of Edwin M.
Treat was a very wealthy man who in 1820 went to Mobile, Alabama, where he
engaged in the manufacture and sale of furniture. He married Aliss Martha
Beecher. of Connecticut.
Edv»in M. Treat, Sr., father of our subject, became interested in the man-
ufacture and sale of furniture at Mobile, but died at the very early age of thirty-
two years. He had married Miss Catherine Van Rensellaer Bull, of a very
prominent and well known family. She is still living, her home being in New
York city.
Edwin M. Treat, of this review, was educated at Barton Academy, at Mo-
bile. He was a clerk in the office of the ^Mobile & Ohio Railroad, at IMobile,
Alabama, and in 1888 was transferred to St. Louis, where he was made chief
clerk of the traffic department, continuing in that position until 1892. He was
then offered a position with the American Credit Indemnity Company and later
was promoted to the position of secretary. Executive offices are maintained in
St. Louis and ]\Ir. Treat was made vice president and secretary in 1906 and
has his headquarters in this city.
On the 23d of October, 1895. in St. Louis, Air. Treat was married to Miss
Clara B. Foster, daughter of Wilson Parkman Foster, and their children are :
Katharine, born in 1897; Frances, born in 1899; Edwin M., Jr., born in 1902;
and Foster, born in 1906. Mr. Treat is a member of the ^Mercantile Club and
of the Second Presbyterian church, in which he is an active worker. His po-
litical allegiance is given to the independent democracy.
JACOB I. EPSTEIN,
The name of Jacob I. Epstein is well known in real-estate and financial
circles. He possesses much of that quality, which for want of a better term has
been called commercial sense, and in the conduct of important business interests
has displayed most sound judgment. He was born in Mobile, Alabama, March
10, 1862. a son of Isaac and Amelia (Tannenbaum) Epstein. While spending his
boyhood days under the parental roof he acquired his education in the public
schools of IMobile, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of St. Louis, Missouri, according
to the removal of the family. It was in the year 1878 that the family came from
Kalamazoo, Michigan, to this city, after a period of five years spent in Michigan.
Jacob I. Epstein made his initial step in the Imsiness world as an employe
of Adler, Goldman & Company, cotton factors, with whom he continued for three
years, his experiences constantly broadening his capacities and developing his
powers. For ten years he occu])ied the position of bookkeeper in the extensive
grocerv house of Scharfif, Bernheimer & Company, and severing that connection
he has since operated independently in real-estate and financial lines, entering
business for himself in 1892. In the intervening years he has handled much
commercial paper, has negotiated many property transfers and the extent of his
business activities have gained for him a leading place in business circles of this
I. I. EPSTEIN
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citv. His name is found in official connections with various important corpor-
ations, for he is the vice president of the ^Missouri State Life Insurance Company,
the treasurer of the Forest City Building Company, and vice president of the
Ste. Genevieve Lime & Quarry Company. His operations have been of such
character that the city's upbuilding and interests have largely been enhanced
therebv, while at the same time he has derived substantial benefits from his labors.
He promoted the erection of the Washington, Fielding, Beresford and Lorraine
Hotels and manv apartment buildings, whereby the architectural beauty of the
city has been greatly advanced, while St. Louis has been supplied with the modern
hotel structures that add so much to a city's interest, as the stranger in her gates
ahvavs judges bv the hotel accommodations offered.
^Ir. Epstein is a well known member of the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange,
of the Business ]\Ien's League and the B'nai B'rith Association. He is inde-
pendent in his political views, while in club life he is connected with the Columbia
and the Westwood Country Club. He feels a wholesome interest in manly out-
door sports, especially tennis, baseball and swimming, and while in his office he
is an intensely alert, energetic business man, he is found in other relations as a
social and genial companion. He was married in St. Louis, November 27, 1895,
to Birdie Xewburger, and their children are lone and James I. Epstein.
WILLIA^I P. LIGHTHOLDER.
William P. Lightholder, engaged in the real-estate business, with office at
Xo. 702 Chestnut street, is a native son of St. Louis, his birth having here oc-
curred November 10. 1869. His parents were James and Eliza J. (Williamson)
Lightholder, the former a pioneer grocer. The boy v/as sent as a pupil to a
select school conducted by Miss Susan Nolan, under whose direction he mas-
tered the work of the primary grades. His more advanced study was accom-
plished in the St. Louis University and St. Mary's College, of St. Mary's, Kan-
sas, where he was graduated in June. 1886. as the youngest member of his
class. He afterward pursued a course in bookkeeping,, commercial law and
other branches helpful in a business career in the Jones Commercial College of
this citv. He then joined his father, who was engaged in the grocery business,
but not finding this pursuit congenial he sought other connections, much to
the disappointment of his father, who desired that the son should succeed him
in business, and when he found that this plan was not to materialize, he dis-
posed of his business and turned his efforts to other fields of activity. In March,
1888. William P. Lightholder became a factor in real-estate circles in connection
with the firm of Green & La Motte. On the ist of August, 1896, he engaged
in business on his own account, and about a year later formed a partnership
with Paul A. Philibert under the firm name of Philibert & Lightholder. This
connection was dissolved in 1901 and after an interim spent in office holding
Mr. Lightholder has resumed his real-estate operations alone.
Connected with the military interests of the state from 1892 until 1898, Mr.
Lightholder was enrolled as a member of Battery A. of the Light x\rtillery, and
served as quartermaster sergeant as a volunteer member of Battery A in the
Spanish-American war. His command v.as the only one from Missouri which
left the United States during the war. Interested from early manhood in the
political c|uestions of the da_\', Mr. Lightholder has been an earnest student of
the issues Ijefore the ]mblic and his clear, forceful and intelligent expression
of his opinions has made him a leader in democratic circles here. He was elected
upon the ]>arty ticket to a seat in the ^Missouri legislature in 1900 and served
fjuring the ensuing session of the house, where he gave careful consideration to
each question which came u]) for settlement and left the impress of his indi-
viduality upon laws enacted fluring that ])cririd. On the 1st of January. 1903, he
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 529
was appointed chief deputy recorder of deeds and thus continued to serve until
the 15th of July, 1907, when he left the recorder's office to again engage in the
real-estate business on his own account.
Mr. Lightholder is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church and in
fraternal lines he is associated with the Improved Order of Redmen, the Le-
gion of Honor and Camp Walker Jennings of the United States War Veterans.
The military hero has always figured prominently on the pages of history and
for many years those who fought for the preservation of the Union stood most
prominently forth in the public eye, but within the last decade it has been proven
that American loyalty is just as sound and American patriotism just as fervid
as when rebellion reared its horrid front in the south. When a foreign power
was encroaching upon American policies the faithful sons of the nation flocked
to the standard of their country and among those who offered their services in
Missouri was William P. Lightholder, who is now enrolled among the veterans
of the Spanish-American war. His record in political and business circles is
equally creditable and he well deserves mention among the representative resi-
dents of St. Louis.
JULIUS VAN RAALTE, SR.
Julius Van Raalte, Sr., has for forty-six years been a resident of St. Louis,
during which period he has largely witnessed the development of this city, for
within that period its greatest growth has been accomplished. He has con-
tributed his full share toward its upbuilding as senior member of the brokerage
firm conducting business under the name of the Van Raalte Investment Company.
He started upon the journey of life in March, 1840, at The Hague, Holland. His
parents, Ephraim and Theresa Van Raalte, both died in Holland during the child-
hood of their son Julius. The family gives the ancestral history back through
many generations. The grandfather of Julius Van Raalte was a minister at
Duke's place in the Hebrew church. Ephraim Van Raalte was known in busi-
ness in his native country as a speculator. He had three sons, the brothers of
our subject being Joseph and Martin Van Raalte. The former is a director of
the royal shipyard at Flushing, Holland, while Martin Van Raalte is an educator
in The Hague and represented congress at the World's Fair at St. Louis. Ed-
ward Van Raalte, a cousin of our subject, was a minister of justice in the cabinet
at Holland; Henry Van Raalte, another cousin, is a probate judge in The Hague,
and Jaquitz Van Raalte, still another cousin, was a consul general and president
of consuls.
Julius Van Raalte attended private schools in his native country until he
reached the age of fourteen years and then crossed the threshold of business life,
serving an apprenticeship at the dry-goods trade under one of his uncles in a
house which is still in existence in Rotterdam. There he remained until he emi-
grated to this country by way of New York city, where he remained for some
time, occupying himself with various branches of business. Four years were
passed in the eastern metropolis, after which he removed to Pittsburg, where he
lived for about two years, arriving in St. Louis in 1863. Forty-six years have
since come and gone and he remains a factor in the business life of this city,
having gradually worked his way upward until he now occupies a place as one of
its substantial business men. Following his arrival here he began to buy and
sell goods and was thus engaged for about twenty years. He afterward estab-
lished a jewelry brokerage and real-estate business and still continues in these
lines. He is the secretary and treasurer of the \'an Raalte Investment Company
and practicallv owns all of the stock. He also has a good jewelry and loan busi-
ness at No. 413 North Sixth street and in his real-estate operations he has placed
manv investments and negotiated many property transfers.
530 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
]\Ir. \"an Raalte owns his own home, which is a beautiful residence at No.
4215 West Pine boulevard. He was married in Philadelphia in August, 1861, to
Miss Rachel Frank and they have three sons. He is a member of the blue lodge
of 2vIa5ons. has been noble grand of the Odd Fellows, chancellor commander in
the Knights of Pythias and deputy grand master of the Free Sons of Israel. He
has also been president of the United Hebrew congregation, thus serving for
four successive terms. He was the president of the Concordia & Standard Club
and he belongs to the United Hebrew congregation. It is not hard to find the
secret of his success for his advancement is due to earnest, persistent work. He
has persevered in the pursuit of a persistent purpose and has gained a most sat-
isfactorv reward.
FREDERICK M. HACKMAN.
The name of Hackman has been a conspicuous one on the pages of com-
mercial history in St. Louis for many decades and Frederick M. Hackman is now
president of an extensive grocery enterprise conducted under the name of Hack-
man Brothers, which had its beginning in a small establishment founded by his
father, John F. Hackman. A native of Germany, John F, Hackman was brought
to America when five years of age by his parents, who became farming people,
living in the vicinity of Washington, IMissouri. He was therefore reared to
agricultural life but, not caring to engage always in the tilling of the soil, he
left home on attaining his majority and came to St. Louis, where he engaged in
the grocery business. In course of time he developed an extensive and profitable
enterprise, located on Main and Clark avenues, when that district of the city was
a prominent business center. Afterward he removed with the tide of trade to
Thirteenth and Hickory streets, a district which included many of the most
prominent families of the city, for it was then the fashionable center of St.
Louis. He won a liberal patronage from many of the wealthy residents of the
locality and his business assumed extensive and profitable proportions. He
wedded Mary E. Timmerman, a daughter of John H. Timmerman, w^ho conducted
the most extensive teaming business in St. Louis and hauled the first timbers for
the Missouri Pacific Railway Company used in the construction of the road. The
death of Mr. Hackman occurred April 22, 1891, at which time his three sons
succeeded to the business and have since conducted it, although they have also
branched out into several other business enterprises.
The brothers of Frederick AI. Hackman and his associates in business are
John H. and Louis A. Hackman. The former was born January 22, 1868, was
educated in the parochial schools and in Jones Commercial College. He possesses
excellent business ability, as indicated in the success which has crowned his ef-
forts. He is a man of temperate habits, believing in moderation in all things and
his wise use of his time and opportunities has made him a forceful and valued
member of the community. He gives his political allegiance to the republican
party and his religious faith is that of the Catholic church. He engages in both
hunting and fishing as a source of recreation and pastime and is moreover pleas-
antly situated in his home relations, having been married September 26, 1899,
to Miss Theresa Fritch, a daughter of George Fritch, a well known custom shoe
manufacturer located on Tenth street between Pine and Olive streets. He has
been a resident of St. Louis for more than forty years, coming to this city from
Waterloo, Illinois. Louis A. Hackman, the youngest of the three brothers, was
born June 21, 1872, was educated in Christian Brothers College and has been
in business with his brothers since completing his college course. He now has
charge of a branch store and is there building up a liberal and gratifying patron-
age. He, too, is a republican in his political belief and is a communicant of the
Catholic church.
FREDERICK M. HACKMAN
532 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Frederick ^I. Hackman. whose name introduces this record, was born in St.
Louis, September 25, 1869, attended the parochial schools and afterward became
a student in the St. Louis University. Prior to the time of graduation he began
working for his father and has been in the grocery business continuously since.
On the father's death the sons came into possession of the business and Frederick
]\I Hackman was elected president. Through his guidance and capable control
the business has prospered until it is one of the largest concerns of the kind in
the southern part of the city, catering to the best trade in that locality. More-
over the brothers have become owners of valuable real estate and have recently
incorporated their business under the name of the Hackman Brothers Real Estate
Company. They have manifested keen discernment in placing their investments
and through this means have added considerably to their annual income.
On the nth of December, 1907, Frederick M. Hackman was married to Miss
Josephine Adamson, whose parents were the first settlers of Clinton, Missouri,
and assisted very materially in upbuilding that section of the country. Her father
was a large stock-raiser and farmer of Osceola, Missouri, and has conducted
an extensive shipping business.
Like the other members of the family, Air. Hackman is of the Catholic faith
and his political belief is that of the republican party, of which he is a stanch and
stalwart advocate. Hunting and fishing are to him interesting pastimes and he is
also fond of travel but the demands of his business leave him little opportunity
to indulge his taste in that direction. The brothers work together in the utmost
harmony in the development and control of an extensive and growing business,
their interests continuallv increasing both in mercantile and real-estate lines.
BRYAN OBEAR.
Bryan Obear was born in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, on the 17th of
April, 1853. He is a son of Josiah H. Obear, a distinguished real-estate agent,
who was long and honorably connected with the real-estate business up to his
death in i860. His mother was jNIiss Maria Jane Bryan, a lady noted for her
beauty and amiability. She was the daughter of Dr. John Gano Bryan.
The ancestry of Bryan Obear is of pure Celtic origin, and he is from Amer-
ican Revolutionary stock on both sides of his house. The Obears were of Nor-
man French descent and emigrated to America in 1608, settling at Quebec. The
Bryans settled in Gloucester county, Virginia, in 1650. In his veins runs the
blood of }klcllvaine, Gooch, Hord and Bailey through collateral branches.
Br3^an Obear attended the public schools at St. Louis, Missouri, the Ger-
man Institute, the Washington University, and the Virginia Military Institute
of Lexington, \'irginia. In 1874 he engaged in farming in Boone county, Mis-
souri, and in 1877 served as first lieutenant of the Thirteenth W'ard Guards
during the railroad and labor srrike of that year. In 1878 he engaged in the
real-estate business and in 1879 removed to Tucson, Arizona, being engaged in
engineering for the ten years ensuing in Arizona, New Mexico, California and
the state of Sonora, Mexico. In 1889 he returned to St. Louis and was secre-
tary of the Julian Mining Company. In 1890 he removed to Chicago and be-
came manager of the Western Smoke Preventer Company. Mr. Obear in-
vented a smoke preventer which is now in common use. He invented a relief
valve, now generally used on Corliss engines, and on other mechanical appli-
ances. He also invented a hydraulic air compressor. His last invention is an
air lift pump, now being marketed by the Montague Compressed Air Com-
pany, of which he is manager. In 1894 he removed to Crescent, Missouri, where
he engaged in farming and in the breeding of fine horses. In 1901 he engaged
as engineer for construction companies.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 533
In politics Mr. Obear is a democrat and has never held elective office. In
1889 he was chancellor commander of Robert E. Cowan Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, and is a member of other secret societies, including Anchor Lodge,
No. 443, A. F. & A. M. In religion, Mr. Obear is a Christian, but does not
affiliate wath any sectarian church. As a writer his publications have been read
with interest under the nom de plume of "Charles Carroll," and are principally
upon physiological and psychological subjects.
FRANCIS X. GREEN.
Francis X. Green is one of the foremost representatives of real-estate in-
terests in St. Louis — his native city. He was born December 3, 1872, of the
marriage of Charles and Henrietta (Prenatt) Green. His father became a
real-estate dealer in this city in 1865 and so continued from the close of the
Civil war until his death, which occurred in March, 1907. He was a native of
Ireland and came to America when a youth of seventeen years, hoping to bene-
fit by the broader opportunities of the new world. He then settled in St. Louis
and remained a resident of this city until called to his final home. He was born
in 1838, so that he passed away at the age of sixty-nine years. His wife, a na-
tive of Ohio, was of French lineage and at the time of her marriage was a
resident of Madison, Indiana. She still survives and is enjoying excellent
health at the age of sixty-six years.
In the schools of St. Louis Francis X. Green mastered the branches that
usually constitute the curriculum and later pursued the regular classical course
in the St. Louis University, from which he was graduated in 1895. When his
college days were over he joined his father in the real-estate business and their
association continued with mutual pleasure and profit until the death of the
father. Mr. Green of this review has since been alone in business and has a
large and growing clientele. He started on his own account in the early part of
1907 with office at No. 706 Chestnut street and during the time he was there
negotiated many important realty transfers. Recently he entered into partner-
ship with David C. Looker under the firm name of Green & Looker, with offices
in the Missouri Trust building, and has added fire and indemnity insurance to
the real-estate operations. What he has accomplished shows his business abil-
ity and power and, arguing from the past, his friends predict for him a still more
successful future.
Mr. Green votes with the democratic party, for he believes that its princi-
ples best conserve the interests of the government. He is a communicant of
the Catholic church and holds membership with the Knights of Columbus.
EDMUND CHARLES DONK.
Edmund Charles Donk, of the Donk Brothers Coal & Coke Company, was
born February 19, 1851, in Crefeld, Germany, his parents being Henry and
Josephine Lucretia (Hinzen) Donk. Coming to the United States in his boy-
hood, he spent his early years in Peoria, where he was sent as a pupil to one of
the private schools of the city and there mastered the preliminary branches of
English learning. Subsequently he attended a private school at St. Louis, be-
coming a resident of this city in 1863 when a youth of twelve years. In 1868,
when seventeen years of age, he started out in business, joining his brother in
the coal trade, in the conduct of an enterprise that had been established in 1861.
The firm of Donk Brothers was organized and they began business on a small
scale, but along the legitimate lines of trade they developed their interests until
534 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
today the Donk Brothers Coal & Coke Company is conducting a business equaled
bv none of the kind in this part of the west. Edmund C. Donk is president of
the company and in controlling the trade adopted most progressive business
methods, thus developing the enterprise to extensive proportions. He forms his
plans readily, is determined in their execution and is notably prompt, energetic
and reliable in the conduct of his business interests.
In 1882 Mr, Donk was married to Josephine Conrades, of St. Louis. His
political support is given the republican party and he is a Universalist in re-
ligious faith. He has never sought to figure prominently before the public in
any light save that of a business man and an innate modesty prevents his own
exploitation of his powers and ability, but the consensus of public opinion places
him in the front rank among business men of marked enterprise in St. Louis.
MARTIN COLLINS.
To state that one is a thirty-third degree "active" Mason is to pronounce
in a few words high encomiums on his life, for the attainment of the thirty-
third degree active in the Scottish Rite is an indication of a recognition on the
part of one's fellowmen of all those traits of character which work for honorable
manhood in the fullest sense of the term. It means, moreover, a most faithful
following of the teachings of Masonry, which order is based upon a recognition
of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Martin Collins stood
prominentlv forth as the leading representative of Masonry in Missouri and was
widely known to the craft throughout the entire country. Moreover he gained
distinction as a business man in insurance circles and continued an active factor
in the world's work almost until the closing days of his life, although he at-
tained the age of eighty-two years. His life record contains many a lesson that
might be profitably followed by those whose ambition prompts them to gain
advancement and who desire that the methods employed in winning success
shall be in harmony with the highest principles.
Mr. Collins was a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, born in 1826. He
resided in the east through the period of his boyhood and youth, acquiring his
education in the public schools of his native county. He made his initial step
in the business world as a clerk and bookkeeper in a country dry-goods store
and in fact did anything necessary in connection with the conduct of the busi-
ness, but the field for advancement there seemed very limited to him and he
decided to leave. Accordingly in 1844 he arrived in St. Louis after traveling
for three weeks from Philadelphia by the usual tortuous route of canal boats
and stages. In the early years of his residence here his business activities were
not so specially noteworthy or brilliant as to call to him special attention, but
each day witnessed his advancement along the lines of orderly progression until
increased capacity and ability brought him increased responsibilities and this in
turn secured for him larger financial remuneration. When his industry and
careful expenditure had brought him sufficient capital he engaged in business
on his own account, organizing the firm of Rosenheim & Collins, and for six
years thev conducted a prosperous business. On the dissolution of the firm
Mr. Collins was appointed by Mayor Daniel G. Taylor as register of water
rates and proved the right man in the right place. So acceptable was his service
in this connection that he was reappointed by two successive mayors — an honor
to which few men have attained in municipal affairs.
In 1864 Mr. Collins turned his attention to the life insurance business and
a year later extended his efforts to the field of fire insurance, becoming agent
for some of the largest companies on the continent. His business increased
along substantial lines, enjoying a healthful yet rapid growth until the firm of
ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY. 535
Martin Collins, Son & Company became recognized as one of the most im-
portant in insurance circles in the country. Their clientage increased to ex-
tensive proportions until the annual business of the firm was represented by a
large figure. The business methods of the house were always such as would
bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and it was well known in St. Louis
and in insurance circles generally that Mr. Collins would tolerate the employ-
ment of no means that had even the faintest semblance of wrongdoing.
It was on the 6th of November, 185 1, that ^Iv. Collins was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary Alice Crabbe, a daughter of Captain H. N. Crabbe, of the
United States marine service, in Honolulu. For more than a half century they
traveled life's journey happily together, theirs being a most congenial compan-
ionship. Seven children were born unto them, but onlv two are now living:
Thomas R., born September 16, i860; and Horace C, born August 24, 1864.
The wife and mother passed away Aiay 2, 1902, soon after the removal of the
family to their Washington boulevard home, after living thirty-one years at
Grand avenue and West Pine boulevard. The surviving sons were educated
in Washington University. Horace Collins became connected with the Collier
White Lead & Oil Company of St. Louis in the capacity of office boy and was
advanced through successive promotions until he became manager of the north-
western department, with headquarters in Minneapolis. He left that company
in 1896 to enter the firm of Martin Collins, Son & Company and so continues
to the present time. He is a member of the Glen Echo Club and is popular in
the social circles of the city. The elder son, Thomas Collins, has been asso-
ciated with his father in business since leaving school, thirty years ago. He was
married in 1891 to Miss Sarah Ferguson, of St. Louis, and they have a daugh-
ter, Sarah Dorothy, born in 1893. Thomas Collins is a member of the Racquet
and the Country Clubs.
Martin Collins held membership in the St. Louis Club, but of all his fra-
ternal or social relations none brought him into such general prominence as his
connection with the Masonic fraternity. He became a member of the Scottish
Rite in 1865 at Charleston, South Carolina, and was the oldest Mason in mem-
bership in Occidental Lodge, No. 161, A. F. & A. M. Through the various
degrees of Masonry he worked his way upward until he attained the thirty-
third degree active of the Scottish Rite. The thirty-third and last degree is
only conferred in recognition of capable service in behalf of the order and in
recognition of a life that is exemplary of the high principles and purposes of
the society. Mr. Collins was chosen for the honor and became one of the few
representatives of the thirty-third degree in the United States. At the time of
his death he was sovereign grand inspector general of the Scottish Rite Masons
of Missouri. There came to him no old age of inactivity or helplessness. On
the contrary, he remained a factor in the affairs of life almost to the closing
hours of his earthly pilgrimage. There is an old age which grows stronger and
brighter intellectually and morally as the years pass and gives out of its rich
stores of wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such was the life
of Martin Collins and because of this his death, which occurred May 25, 1908,
was the occasion of the most deep and widespread regret.
BYRON FENNER BABBITT.
Byron Fenner Babbitt, who is forging to the front in the ranks of the
younger representatives of the bar in St. Louis and who is now filling the office
of United States commissioner by appointment for a four years' term, begin-
ning in January, 1904, has manifested in his active life an orderly progression
which promises continuous advancement and success. He was born in Corry,
536 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Erie county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1874, a son of Charles Olmstead and Susan
(Thayer) Babbitt. The father, who was a merchant, died October 25, 1900.
The mother, now residing in Corry, Pennsylvania, is a sister of the late Amos
M. Thayer, United States circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit.
Byron F. Babbitt pursued his education in the schools of Corry to his grad-
uation from the high school as an alumnus of 1893. He took up the study of
law in St. Louis, in the Washington Laiiversity, where he completed his course
by graduation in 1899. In the interim, however, he entered the field of mer-
chandising, being connected with commercial pursuits in the east until Novem-
ber, 1895, when he arrived in St. Louis and became private secretary to his
uncle, Judge A. M. Thayer. He was also secretary to Elmer B. Adams, United
States circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit, until June, 1899, when fol-
lowing the completion of his law course he was admitted to the bar and began
practice. He first entered the office of John H. Overall and R. H. Kern and
subsequently was in partnership with ]\Ir. Kern until 1903, when he entered the
offices of Bryan & Christie, where he is now located. On the 4th of January,
1900, he was appointed by Judge Elmer B. Adams, then L^nited States district,
judge, to the office of United States commissioner and was reappointed by him
for a term of four years, beginning in January, 1904. He has held no other
offices, yet research and investigation enable him at all times to support his
political position by intelligent argument, the democracy finding in him a stal-
wart advocate.
On the 4th of November, 1901, in St. Louis, ]\Ir. Babbitt was married to
Miss Nellie A. Bagnell, a niece of William Bagnell, of this city. Mr. Babbitt
belongs to Benton council of the Royal Arcanum and was its presiding officer
in 1907. An Episcopalian in religious faith, his membership is in Christ Church
Cathedral.
HARRY G. CLYMER.
Harry G. Clymer is an architect, who, in recent years, has been closely asso-
ciated with the substantial improvement of the city in its building operations,
was born in Polo, Illinois, June 29, 1873. His parents were Henry L. and Mary
M. Clvmer and the father was descended from ancestry that came from England,
one of the number being among those who signed the Declaration of Independence.
For some time his father, Henry L. Clymer, was engaged in the preserving of
fruits and in the manufacture of canned goods in St. Louis.
His son and namesake was in the public schools until the age of fourteen
vears when, owing to his father's death, he was compelled to start out in business
life and provide for his own support. For two years he worked at anything
which would yield him an honest dollar, but desiring to become an architect and
possessing a natural taste for drawing, he became a student in the office of A. F.
Rosenheim. In three months' time he had made such progress that he was
given a salary and attained to the position of a draftsman. Up to this time he
had worked without remuneration and gradually his salary was increased to one
hundred dollars per month. Later he became head draftsman for A. M. Beinke
with a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month and at the death of his
emplover in 1901 he assumed personally the practice of architecture. Since
that time he has made steady advancement and now from his profession realizes
an annual practice of about three hundred thousand dollars. The extent of his
business has justified the formation of a partnership and he is now at the head
of the firm of Clymer & Drischler, his associate being Francis Drischler, a prac-
tical architect. The firm now enjoys liberal patronage, both men being ex-
perienced and practical architects, are enabled to superintend every department of
business. They have erected many of the fine structures of the city, including the
residence of J. W. Moon, at a cost of fifty thousand dollars, the
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538 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
St. Louis Bible Hall for J. B. Buss at a cost of forty thousand dollars, the resi-
dence of Charles F. Gauss at a cost of forty thousand dollars, and many others,
including various buildings in the mercantile and manufacturing centers of the
city.
On the ist of March. 1899, Mr. Clymer was married in St. Louis to Miss
Lottie Long, daughter of William C. Long, and they have two children, Dorothy,
eight years of age ; and William Harry, two and a half years old. The family
owns a handsome residence at No. 5228 Maple avenue, which was erected by
^Ir. Clymer. He has taken the third degree in Masonry, holds membership with
the Knights and Ladies of Honor and is a member of the National Union. He
belongs also to the English Lutheran church, of which Dr. Rhodes is pastor, and
is a pronounced republican.
The life of a self-made man is never one of commonplaces ; it is a continual
struggle during the early period of his connection with the business world and
in overcoming obstacles and difficulties he becomes self-reliant and determined.
If he learns to properly value life's contacts and experiences he does not carry
with him the marks and scars of the battle, but realizes the worth of the oppor-
tunities that come and is ever animated by the purpose of making the best of his
advantages. Such has been the record of Harry G. Clymer and his success is
the merited reward of his labor.
WILLIAM CHRISTY BRYAN.
William Christy Bryan, attorney at law, was born April 6, 1868, and is num-
bered among the native sons of St. Louis who have recognized that the oppor-
tunities and advantages of the city are surpassed nowhere. He has therefore
retained his residence here and through the exercise of his native and acquired
powers has gained a place of considerable preferment in legal circles. His grand-
father was the Hon. John H. Bryan, a native of North Carolina, who became a
distinguished lawyer of that state and member of congress from his district from
1824 until 1828. He then declined reelection, but although he retired from of-
ficial life his labors and opinions continued to be an influencing factor on public
thought and action in his state, and when he passed away the state government
requested permission to hang his picture in the capital at Raleigh.
Francis T. Bryan, the father of our subject, is likewise a native of North
Carolina, whence he came to St. Louis in 1855. He was a graduate of West
Point in the class of 1846, and did active duty with the topographical engineering
corps until 1861, when he resigned. He surveyed the line between North Caro-
lina and Virginia, the proposed ship canal route across Florida, the present route
of the Union Pacific, and also made the early government surveys of much of
the western country, and was thus in the vanguard of that movement which
opened up the great west to the influences and labors of civilization. He was on
active duty in the Mexican war and was brevetted lieutenant in recognition of his
bravery and meritorious conduct. He yet resides in St. Louis at the advanced
age of eighty-six years. His wife, in her maidenhood Edmonia Taylor, was a
daughter of Nathanial P. and Matilda Nichols (Christy) Taylor, the latter a
daughter of William Christy, in whose honor the subject of this review was
named — a prominent figure in the history of St. Louis. His old home, erected in
1814 at Second and Monroe streets, is still standing, one of the early landmarks
of the city. He had rendered military service to his country under command of
Generals Wayne and St. Clair in the Revolutionary war and participated in the
expedition against Vincennes, Indiana. He was a son of Thomas Christy, who
came to America with Braddock's army.
W^illiam Christy Bryan was the fifth in a family of six sons, of whom four
are yet living: Francis T., a business man of Chicago; P. Taylor, a practicing
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 539
lawyer of St. Louis ; William C, and Richard Shepard, a member of the medical
fraternity of this city. The second son, Dr. John H. Bryan, who was a physician,
is deceased, while George Frederick, the fourth child, died in infancy. Spending
his boyhood days under the paternal roof, William Christy Bryan was admitted
as a pupil to the public schools, and later was offered the advantage of instruc-
tion in Smith's Academy, Racine College, of Wisconsin, and Princeton Univer-
sity, from which he was graduated in 1891 with the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Thus, with the foundation of a broad classical knowledge, he began preparation
for a professional career as a student in the St. Louis Law School, completing a
course with the Bachelor of Law degree in the class of 1894. He was admitted
to the bar the previous year and has been continuously engaged in the general
practice of civil law to the present time, always alone. He has never feared
that laborious attention to the work of the office, which must always precede the
forceful presentation of his causes in the courts, and his devotion to his client's
interests has been proverbial. He has never been a politician, but received the
democratic nomination for judge of the district court in 1904. He belongs to the
St. Louis Bar Association and to the St. Louis Law Library Association, and his
entire professional career has been characterized by studious habits, close in-
vestigation, and careful research.
On the 3d of June, 1896, in St. Louis, Mr. Bryan was married to Miss Mary
Walker White, a native of Tennessee, while her parents, R. J. and Ann (Walker)
White, were natives of Kentucky. Their only son, William Christy Bryan, was
born October 7, 1899. While Mr. Bryan has given his attention chiefly to his pro-
fessional labors he has yet found time for participation in matters of general in-
terest, has been a member of the board of management of the St. Louis Industrial
School since 1903, is a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal church, and is a
member of the Jefiferson and Missouri Athletic Clubs. Recreation comes to him
through his participation in outdoor athletic sports and through his love of liter-
ature and music. While he has never sought to figure before the public in any im-
portant relations outside of his profession, his friends find him a courteous, genial
gentleman and his salient characteristics are the source of their constantly grow-
ing number.
JOSEPH P. HARTNETT.
It is not alone in business lines that Joseph P. Hartnett has sustained im-
portant relations to the public, for in other fields of activity he has been equally
energetic and determined, displaying a contagious enthusiasm that has contrib-
uted to the growth and success of various social, intellectual and moral move-
ments with which he has been connected. He is now well known as the secretary
and director of the L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Company, manufacturers and
jobbers of plumbers, steam and railroad supplies, pumps, agricultural implements,
machinery and various other products.
He was born in Limerick, Ireland, August 4, 1861, but although the family
has been represented in the Emerald isle for several centuries, it was established
there by ancestors who came from France. His parents were Joseph F. and Anne
(Gleeson) Hartnett, who emigrated to America in 1865, becoming residents of
St. Louis. Here the father held various positions, to which he was called by
reason of his ability and fitness. His death occurred in January, 1894.
Joseph P. Hartnett attended the parochial schools of St. Michael, at that
time in charge of the Christian Brothers, there pursuing his preliminary educa-
tion until 1872, when he entered St. Patrick's Academy and was graduated as
Master of Accounts in 1874. At that time he took up a college course in the
Christian Brothers College, where he remained until 1878, when the degree of
Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him. Going to Council Bluffs, Iowa, he
540 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
was a teacher in a parochial school there until 1879, after which he returned to
St. Louis and entered the employ of the L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Company
as a clerk in the order department. He proved competent and faithful and was
advanced from one position to another of larger responsibilities until 1893,
when he was elected assistant secretary and a director. This was followed by
his election as secretary, which is his present official connection with one of the
largest and most important manufacturing enterprises of the city. He also rep-
resents the estate of Aloses Rumsey, having been appointed executor thereof, a
testimonial most suggestive, as Moses Rumsey in his will named Mr. Hartnett
sole executor to serve without bond.
While ^Ir. Hartnett has won notable success in business, his work in other
directions is equally commendable and shows him to be a man of liberal spirit and
broad humanitarianism. For seven years he was the supreme chief Sir Knight
of the Order of the Knights of Father Mathew, and for two years was president
of the Irish Catholic Parade Union. He was also president of the Irish-American
Society and, a fact of which he has every reason to be proud, is that he is presi-
dent of the Christian Brothers National Alumni Association. He was formerly
president of the Christian Brothers Alumni Association, of St. Louis. The Chris-
tian Brothers Colleges have a national association, comprised of the different
colleges and academies united and controlled by the Christian Brothers through-
out the country. Of this association he was elected president in 1907 and was
reelected national president for the years 1908- 1909. He has been very promi-
nently identified with the export business of St. Louis and has served for three
years as secretary of the Latin-American Export Club and its vice president for
one year. He was also president of the De Soto Building Association for ten
years and is a member of the Merchants Exchange. "His religious faith is that
of the Catholic church, and he is a prominent member of the Blessed Sacra-
ment church, serving on its executive committee, while he was also elected the
first president of the organization.
]\Ir. Hartnett was married in St. Louis, in June, 1905. to Miss Estelle R.
Roche, a granddaughter of Ambrose Roche, who was one of the pioneer settlers
of St. Louis. Their only child, Joseph P., is with them in their attractive and
beautiful home at No. 4902 Lotus avenue. Well descended and well bred, reared
in a life of constant and helpful activity, Mr. Hartnett has become a forceful
factor in the business world and in all that he has done has manifested a con-
tagious enthusiasm that has accomplished results. While he has never been a
public man in the ordinarv sense, he has throughout his business life and church
work maintained important relations to the public interests.
JAMES CLAIBORNE LINCOLN.
James Claiborne Lincoln, commissioner of the IMerchants Exchange Traffic
Bureau at St. Louis, was born upon a farm near Liberty, Clay county, Missouri,
April 5. 1862. His parents were Isaac Wells and Martha Louise (Gilkey) Lin-
coln. The father was a farmer and hotel proprietor, descended from the Lincoln
family of Hingham, Massachusetts, established there in 1634. The grand-
father, David Lincoln, emigrated from Kentucky to Clay county, Missouri, be-
coming one of its pioneer residents and a promoter of its early development and
interests.
As a pupil in the public schools of St. Joseph, Missouri, James C. Lincoln
passed his boyhood, leaving the high school in 1876, in September of which year
he accepted a clerical position in the railway service. This was his initial step in-
the business world upon a path which has led constantly upward, while successive
promotions have brought him larger responsibilities until he has at last reached
the important position that he now occupies. He continued from September,
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542 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
1876, until August 31, 1888, as clerk in the car service and superintendent of the
general freight and passenger departments of the St. Joseph & Grand Island
Railway at St. Joseph, Alissouri. On the ist of September of the latter year he
became commercial agent for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company at Atchison,
Kansas, and so continued until the ist of November, 1889, when he became clerk
in the general freight office of the Missouri Pacific Railway at St. Louis. From
the 1st of January, 1890, until March 15, 1897, he was assistant general freight
agent on the latter date was promoted to the position of first assistant gen-
eral freight agent, so continuing until December 18, 1899, when another pro-
motion made him general freight agent for the Missouri Pacific. His incum-
bency in that position continued until the 15th of November, 1905, when he was
made assistant freight traffic manager of the same system with headquarters at
Kansas City, ^Missouri, severing his connection with the road when on the ist of
May, 1906, he became commissioner of the Merchants Exchange Traffic Bureau
at St. Louis. His long and varied experience in railroad service had splendidly
qualified him for the responsibilities of the important place which he now occu-
pies in the business world. His prominence in traffic circles is indicated by his
election to the presidency of the National Industrial Traffic League.
On the 23d of May, 1884, Mr. Lincoln was united in marriage to Miss
Annie Lard, a daughter of the Rev. Moses E. Lard, a prominent minister of the
Christian church. Mrs. Lincoln died in September, 1899, leaving two sons and
a daughter : James C, Silas Woodson and Mary Louise.
i\Ir. Lincoln is a democrat in his political views, but the honors and emolu-
ments of office have had no attraction for him. He served in the Missouri State
Militia and when he withdrew was holding the rank of first lieutenant of Com-
pany C (St. Joseph, i\Iissouri), unattached. He has many friends in the mem-
bership of the Mercantile Club, the Glen Echo Country Club, the Order of Hoo
Hoos and other societies and associations to which he belongs. His religious
belief is that of the Christian church and in the varied relations of life Mr. Lin-
coln has ever commanded the respect and confidence of his business and social
associates.
FRANK W. IRLAND.
Frank W. Irland, who throughout his entire business career has been con-
nected with transportation interests, has made that steady progress which re-
sults from experience and intelligently applied energy. He is today assistant
secretary of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and is well known in rail-
way circles of the middle west. Born in Lenawee county, Michigan, on the 26th
of October, 1861, he is a son of Joseph and Ameha (BurraU) Irland. When he
had completed his education he entered upon his business career in the employ
of the Lake Superior Ship Canal Railway & Iron Company at Marquette, Mich-
igan, where he continued from 1878 until 1880. He acted as clerk for the su-
perintendent of the Pullman Company at St. Louis in 1880 and 1881 and resigned
that position to accept a more responsible and profitable one — that of chief clerk
to the vice president and general solicitor of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Com-
pany, in which capacity he served for two years. He was next chief clerk to the
vice president and general manager of the Missouri Pacific Railway, from 1883
until 1889, and in the latter year was elected assistant secretary of the corpora-
tion. His advancement has been by gradual stages, leading him into larger re-
sponsibilities and giving him a wider outlook and greater opportunities in the
business world.
Mr. Irland was married in St. Louis, in August, 1894, to Miss Marian Hood,
and they have now a daughter and three sons : Amelia, Burrall, Frank and Marion.
The family residence is at Webster Park, and its hospitality, freely extended to
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 543
their many friends, is one of its most attractive features. ]\Ir. Irland belongs to
the Missouri Athletic Club. He has never sought notoriety in political or other
lines, but has confined his attention to the business interests entrusted to his care
and his fidelity and capability have constituted the rounds of the ladder on which
he has mounted to his present responsible position.
JAMES L. D. CARLIN.
James L. D. Carlin, the St. Louis manager of the house of Cluett, Peabody
& Company, the most extensive manufacturers of shirts, collars and cuffs in
the world, has, in his business career, overcome many obstacles and difficulties
which, however, have seemed to serve as an impetus for renewed and concentrated
efifort. until gradually he has worked his way upward to his present position of
prominence and responsibility. Born in Belleville, Illinois, October 12, 1864, he
is the son of Andrew Jackson and Rose (Kelley) Carlin, the former a well known
stock dealer and raiser, of Illinois. His paternal grandfather, Hon. Thomas
Carlin, was a prominent lawyer, who at one time was governor of Illinois. He
was born in Kentucky and on removing northward settled at Quincy, Illinois.
He became a prominent factor in the public life of the state, and wdiile serving
as its chief executive donated the land on which the town of Carlinville is now
built to that town. The maternal grandfather of James L. D. Carlin was a native
of Ireland and became the founder of the family in the new world.
In the public schools of Quincy, Illinois, Mr. Carlin of this review pursued
his preliminary education, which he afterwards supplemented by two years study
under the direction of a private tutor. When he was about fourteen years of
age he sought employment in St. Louis, to which city his parents had removed.
He entered upon his business career as a messenger boy in a broker's office, fill-
ing the position for about a year. He next became a salesman in a store handling
men's furnishing goods, and after about three years spent in that capacity was
admitted to a partnership as junior member of the firm of Apple & Hodge. He
continued with the house for three years longer and then withdrew to accept a
position with the firm of Coon & Company. A change in the partnership even-
tually made this firm Cluett, Coon & Company, while later changes have led to
the adoption of the present firm style of Cluett, Peabody & Company. This house
exceeds all others in the manufacture and output of shirts, collars and cufifs. The
main business is at Troy, New York, but they also have factories and sales houses
in Rochester, New York, and in Leominster, Massachusetts, with sales and dis-
play rooms in many of the leading cities of the country. His first position was
that of traveling salesman, in which he continued successfully for a period of
nine years. During that time he gave ample demonstration of his perseverance,
determination and ability. For some time there were assigned to him only small
towns that other men would not make and difficulties of various kinds confronted
him, but he succeeded in building up a good business for the house, and his ca-
pability and fidelity eventually won him promotion. On leaving the road he rep-
resented the house for eleven years as St. Louis representative and during part of
that period had several salespeople under his care. He looked after all the
details of the general bvisiness. besides superintending other interests, and became
recognized as one of the most faithful and competent representatives of the house.
On the i6th of April, 1896, Mr. Carlin was married at Dayton, Ohio, to
Miss Rose Welty. He is a member of the Mercantile Club and was one of the
organizers of the Glen Echo Club, of which he served as a director for five years.
He is not unknown in local military circles, for he served in the National Guard
as member of a St. Louis company under Captain Lilley. In political matters
he is practically independent, for he believes in voting for principles and men
544 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
rather than for party, and is thus identified with that independent movement,
which is one of the hopeful signs of the times, showing that American men are
aroused to the situation that the interests of good government are not best con-
served by bHnd following of party leaders. In the management of his individual
interests he has been actuated by a laudable ambition that has prompted him to
work his way steadily upward, carving out opportunities where none have existed
and using everv legitimate chance to the best advantage.
JOHN ZAHORSKY, M. D.
John Zahorsky, scientist, physician, lecturer and author of medical literature,
has been a representative of the profession in St. Louis since 1895. He w^as born
October 13, 1871, in Alereny, Hungary. His parents, John and Amelia Zahorsky
nee Gura, came to America in 1872, and are now residing near Steelville, i\Iis-
souri, the father having given his attention for many years to the occupation of
farming. In the family were three sons, one brother of Dr. Zahorsky being a
teacher, while the other is now a student in the engineering department of the
Washington University. The ancestors of the family lived in a German town in
Hungary and were among the colonists who emigrated from Saxony in the six-
teenth century. While the paternal ancestors of the Doctor w^ere mostly Hun-
garian, his mother's people were largely of the Saxon race.
Brought to America in his first year, Dr. Zahorsky attended the public
schools near Steelville, Missouri, and after mastering the branches taught in the
district schools, became a high-school student at Steelville. Later he pursued a
literarv course in the Steelville Normal and Business Institute and was grad-
uated therefrom, in 1892, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He made prep-
aration for a professional career as a student in the Missouri ]\Iedical College
and won his ]\I.D. degree in 1895. He has since pursued post-graduate courses
in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1899, and in the New York Polyclinic in the
same year. A few years during his youthful days were passed on the farm and
he has always had the warmest attachment for country life since that time, en-
joying its pleasures and its privileges to the fullest extent. In his school days
he wrote considerable poetry and was chosen class poet of the graduating class.
\'erv ambitious, he was more anxious to succeed in his studies than to find pleas-
ure in the paths in which most youths delight to ramble, and thus he made an ex-
cellent foundation upon which to build the superstructure of his later success. His
connection with the medical profession was not his initial step in the business
world, however. The family lived in Cleveland, Ohio, between the years of 1872
and 1878 and he was therefore seven years of age at the time of the removal to
the farm near Steelville, Missouri, where he lived from 1878 until 1888. During
the two succeeding years he clerked in a store at Hawkins Bank, Missouri, and
from 1890 until 1892 he was a student in the Steelville Normal and Business In-
stitute, as previously indicated. He began the study of medicine under the direc-
tion of a friend of his youth, Dr. Charles Arthur, of Steelville, and pursued a
three years' course in the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, entering upon
the active practice of his profession immediatelv following his graduation in
1895. ' . .
From 1897 until 1900 he was assistant to Dr. E. W. Saunders, and m his
practice at the present time he is specializing in the treatment of children's and
infants' diseases, having always given much attention to this department of prac-
tice, in which he has been particularly successful. He has carried his investiga-
tions far and wide into the realms of scientific knowledge and his ability places
him among the foremost of those who are confining their attention to children's
diseases. Since 1897 he has been attending physician to the Bethesda Foundlings'
Home, and from 1897 to 1902 he was attending physician to the Episcopal Or-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 545
phans' Home. He has likewise, since 1900, been chief of the children's clinic of
the Washington University hospital.
Dr. Zahorsky finds rest and recreation on his farm in Crawford county, Mis-
souri, which he purchased some years ago and on which he spends his vacations.
His professional duties, however, claim the greater part of his time and atten-
tion and he is prompted in all of his work by a humanitarian spirit that recog-
nizes his obligations to those to whom he ministers. He has always delighted in
research work in medicine and is the author of numerous valuable articles on
children's diseases, which have been published in various medical journals. In
1905 he published a volume entitled, "The Baby Incubator," and in 1906 brought
forth a second volume called "The Golden Rules of Pediatrics." From 1902 un-
til 1907 he was editor of the St. Louis Courier of Medicine and is widely known
to the profession throughout the country because of valuable knowledge he has
given to the medical profession.
His work as a director of the St. Louis Pure Milk Commission in 1905 was
in keeping with his professional efforts and attainments. He is a member of the
St. Louis Medical Society, with which he has been connected since 1897, and in
1896 he became a member of the Bethesda Pediatric Society, of which he was at
one time president. Since 1900 he has been a member of the Missouri Med-
ical Association and since 1901 of the American Medical Association. He has
been engaged in medical teaching since 1897, in which year he became lecturer
on prescription writing in the Missouri Medical College. He filled the position
for two years and was then made lecturer on pediatrics. In 1900 he became lec-
turer on pediatrics in the medical department of Washington University and
since 1905 has been clinical professor of pediatrics in the same school.
On the 27th of June, 1900, at St. Louis, Dr. Zahorsky was married to H.
Elizabeth Silverwood, a daughter of Dr. W. F. Silverwood, of this city. They
have two children: Theodore Saunders, born September 5, 1901, and Carrie
Elizabeth, born February 2, 1906. Dr. Zahorsky is a member of the King's
Highway Presbyterian church. It is well that Dr. Zahorsky feels intense interest
in his profession, for the heavy demands which it makes upon his energies leaves
him no time for social functions, even if he were inclined in that direction. His
professional and scientific work, however, are to him a matter of deep pleasure
and he has wrought along the lines of good a service proving of marked benefit
to his fellowmen.
EDWARD A. CHENERY.
Edward A. Chenery, superintendent of the telegraphic department of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad since Alay 15, 1903, is of English lineage, his birth
having occurred October 17, 1859, while his parents were voyagers on the At-
lantic en route for the new world. He is a son of George M. and Eliza Chenery.
The father, following his arrival in the new world, engaged in the wool business
in New Hampshire and in Michigan, but is now living retired, enjoying the fruits
of his former activity.
Sent as a pupil to the public schools, Edward A. Chenery there pursued his
education to the age of thirteen years and then at that early age started out in
business life on his own account. He entered the service of the Grand Rapids &
Indiana Railroad as telegraph operator, continuing with that system until Janu-
ary, 1879, when he went to Texas with the Galveston, Houston & San Antonio
Railroad. That relation was maintained until 1886, during which time he acted
as telegraph operator, train dispatcher, car accountant and secretary to the gen-
eral superintendent. He next spent about a year in the service of the Union Pa-
cific Railroad Company as secretary to the superintendent of the Omaha division.
In July, 1887, he became interested in the real-estate business in Omaha, where
546 ■ ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
he remained until June, 1888. The same year he came to St. Louis, accepting
a position as superintendent of telegraph with the St. Louis Bridge Company,
now the Terminal Railroad Association, there remaining until May, 1903, when
he resigned to accept the position which he now fills. Each change that he has
made has marked a step in progress in the business world and has been indicative
of his developed business power. The place which he now occupies is one of
large responsibilitv. involving an intimate and comprehensive knowledge of rail-
wav and telegraphic interests in all of their complexities. He is likewise the vice
president of Uie St. Louis Real Estate Building & Loan Association. His varied
experience has enabled him to correctly judge of the value of a situation and in
the department of activitv to which he has largely directed his efforts he is rec-
ognized as a man of sound judgment and keen discrimination.
On the 9th of December, 1896, in Indianapolis, ]\Ir. Chenery was married
to Miss ]Mav Thirza Sells, a daughter of M. Sells, a commission merchant of In-
dianapolis. By a former marriage Mrs. Chenery had a daughter, Thirza, who is
the wife of Dr. J. P. Marshall, of St. Louis. Kenneth S. Chenery, the son, is a
student in the Manual Training School. The family home is at No. 7207 Anna
avenue in ]Maplewood — a pretty residence erected by Mr. Chenery. His polit-
ical endorsement is given to the republican party and he is interested in all mat-
ters of general progress. His activity has been of such a nature that it has
brought him into broad relations with wide interests, doing away with all of the
narrowing local ideas and keeping him in close touch with what the world is
doing.
HENRY EVERS.
Henrv Evers, president of the Evers Manufacturing Company, was born in
Hanover, Germany, February 23, 1845, and was the eldest of five children, all
of whom are yet living, of the marriage of F. W. Evers and Christina Doerner.
The parents were both natives of Germany, and in the year 1854 the father
brought his family to America, settling in St. Louis, where he engaged in the
manufacture of tent poles, pins, etc., until his death in 1887. He was quite
successful in his business. He gave stalwart allegiance to the republican party
and took an active interest in its work, but never with desire for office for him-
self. His widow survived him until 1896.
Henrv Evers, brought to St. Louis at the age of nine years, was educated
in the schools of this city, as well as of his native town. When a youth of twelve
years, however, he began clerking in a grocery store, in which he remained until
after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in defense of the Union
cause as a member of Company C, Twelfth Missouri Infantry, serving for three
years and seven months. He w^as in Sherman's army under the command of
Generals Logan and McPherson, and after being mustered out in the latter part
of 1864 he returned to St. Louis, wdiere he took up woodworking in his father's
factory.
^ir. Evers thus learned the business at which he continued until 1878, when
he established his present enterprise, starting on a small scale, but developing
what is today the largest exclusive tent pole factory in America. His trade ex-
tends throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The business was
started at Xos. 1441-1443 North Eighth street, but as the trade grew, demand-
ing larger quarters, the company built their present plant at Nos. 1436-1442
North Eighth street. The business was incorporated in 1900 under the name of
the Henry Evers ^lanufacturing Company, with Henry Evers as president; F.
\V. Evers, secretarv and treasurer ; Theodore J. Evers and Harry C. Evers,
directors.
On the 19th of September, 1868, in St. Louis, Mr. Evers was married to Miss
Sophia Evers. a native of Hanover, Germany, who came to America in i\
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548 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Though of the same name they were not relatives. Of the six children born unto
them live are living : Josie, the wife of Charles Kemper, of St. Louis ; Frderick
William ; Julia, the wife of Julius Hengelsberg, of St. Louis ; Harry C. ; and
Theodore I. Augusta, the first born, died in infancy. The family residence is
at No. 2627 Madison street, ]\Ir. Evers having purchased the property twenty
years ago.
He is a member of the Citizens Industrial Association and interested in
all that tends to further business activities here. He is connected with all the
Masonic bodies, the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen
and with various social organizations. He does not falter in his support of the
republican party, yet has no desire for office. He belongs to the German Evan-
gelical Lutheran church and to the Grand Army of the Republic, to the Turn
Verein, and to the German singing societies, having the deep love for and in-
terest in music so characteristic of the German race. He has been called to
various offices in different lodges and social organizations and discharges with
ability every duty that thus devolves upon him. His friends — and they are
many — find him genial, and his cordiality and the spirit of good will which is
so characteristic of him at all times and under all circumstances have made him
popular.
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RICHARD J. LOCKWOOD.
The commercial history of St. Louis in the nineteenth century presents no
more creditable figure than Richard J. Lockwood, for many years engaged in
merchandising here. He was born in Kent county, Delaware, September 6, 1808,
and died in St. Louis, June 17, 1870. His parents were Caleb and Araminta J.
Lockwood, the former a son of Richard Lockwood, who was a member of the
convention that framed the original constitution of the state of Delaware and
organized the state government. In 1829 the death of Mrs. Araminta Lockwood
occurred, and in the spring of 1830 Caleb J. Lockwood, with his son Richard and
two daughters, came to St. Louis, where the family home was established. The
father was a substantial pioneer citizen here, who participated to some extent
in matters of municipal progress and interest, serving as a member of the city
council when there were but three wards in St. Louis.
Arriving in this city when a young man of twenty-one years, Richard J.
Lockwood first became known in business circles in connection with the river
trade. In 1836 he was a clerk on a river steamboat, and two years later became
its master. His connection with the marine transportation ceased in 1842, when
he established a shipchandler and grocery business, although he retained a finan-
cial interest in transportation lines. His mercantile interests were conducted
originally under the firm style of Hill & Lockwood, which later became Lock-
wood, Voorhees & Company, Lockwood, Pierson & Company, and Lockwood &
Wilder. Then under his own name Mr. Lockwood conducted the business until
his retirement in 1870. His entire commercial career contained not a single
phase that would not bear close investigation and scrutiny. His fellow citizens
recognized in him a man of unassailable business integrity, while his energy car-,
ried him beyond small undertakings into extensive and important trade connec-
tions.
In 1845 ^^- Lockwood was married to Miss Jane Bernice Morrison, the
youngest daughter of Major James Morrison of the old-time firm of ]\Iorrison
& Lockland, and a sister of Mrs. George Collier and Mrs. William G. Pettus. of
St. Louis, and Mrs. Yosti, of St. Charles. At her death, in 1848, she left one
son, William M. Lockwood. In 1858 Mr. Lockwood was again married, his sec-
ond union being with Angelica Peele Robinson, a daughter of Archibald Robinson,
of Jefferson county, Virginia, and a sister of George R. and Archibald Robinson,
of St. Louis. There were five sons and two daughters of this marriage : George
R. ; Richard R. ; James Y. ; Archibald R. ; Jane M. ; Charles A.; and Sarah Bell.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 549
Mr. Lockwood was reared in the faith of the Methodist church. His paternal
grandfather was a member of the first Methodist church erected in Delaware, and
the maternal grandfather was a minister of that denomination. Mr. Lockwood,
however, became a devout adherent of the Protestant Episcopal church, and his
entire life was characterized by devotion to Christian teachings and principles.
He exerted a strong and beneficial influence upon the public life of the commu-
nity, and contact with him meant expansion and elevation. That he was regarded
as one of the most prominent and honored of the early merchants and leading
citizens of St. Louis is indicated by the fact that his portrait in oil has been given
place among other distinguished and leading citizens of St. Louis in the rooms of
the Missouri Historical Societv.
GEORGE L. BLOOMFIELD.
George L. Bloomfield, auditor of the St. Louis Republic, was born in New
Orleans, Louisiana, December 3, 1848. His paternal grandfather, William Bloom-
field, a native of New Jersey, was a soldier of the war of 1812 and was wounded
in one of the skirmishes with Packenham's army as he was approaching the city
of New Orleans. A relative of the family on the paternal side was a patriot and
soldier of the American Revolution, and another was governor of New Jersey
in the early days of its statehood. The family had its origin in England, but
has been represented in this country through many generations.
The father, Benjamin Bloomfield, also a native of New Orleans, became a
bookseller, stationer and law publisher. Prominent in private and public life
he served as auditor of United States customs at New Orleans for four years,
and was United States commissioner, commissioner of the court of claims and
notarv public at Opelousas, parish of St. Landry, Louisiana, for many years and
until his death. During the Civil war he served on the stafif of General John
Bankhead Magruder, of the Confederate army. His death occurred March 17,
1903, and his wife, who bore the maiden name of ^Nlarcella Maxwell, died July
14, 1876. She was born in England, of Scotch-Irish parentage, but was an in-
fant in arms when brought to this country, her people becoming prominent in
New Orleans in the early '40s. On the maternal side IMr. Bloomfield is one of
the heirs to the "]\Iaxwell land grant," comprising about ninety-seven thousand
arpents of land in Reynolds and Iron counties, Missouri, received from a Spanish
land grant.
George L. Bloomfield in the acquirement of his education attended succes-
sively the schools of New Orleans, the Mississippi Military Academy at Pass
Christian, Mississippi, the Delgado Academy at Havana, Cuba, and the Franklin
Institute at Athens, Georgia, where he completed his education. Immediately
after leaving school he was associated in business with his father for a few years
and afterward became chief clerk of the tax department under his uncle, Thomas
L. ]\Iaxwell, civil sherifif for the parish of Orleans, state of Louisiana. Subse-
quently Mr. Bloomfield became deputy clerk and minute clerk of the sixth dis-
trict court for the parish of Orleans, city of New Orleans, and on severing his
relations with official service he accepted a prominent position with the old
New Orleans, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, now the Illinois Central Railroad
Company at New Orleans, and was also contracting freight agent.
In 1878 Mr. Bloomfield entered the service of the federal government in the
office of auditor of customs, and his ability and fidelity recommended him to pro-
motions so that he became chief clerk in the office and eventually was promoted
to the position of auditor of customs, in which capacity he served for many years,
the work of the office being carefully systematized and executed with prompt-
ness and dispatch. His capabilities also led to his appointment as a member of
the board of local examiners of the civil service, and chairman of the board when
the civil service law of the United States went into efifect in 1883. He remained
550 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
continuously on the board for sixteen years and was chairman ahnost the entire
period, but resigned in order to give his undivided attention to his duties as
auditor of customs. He was connected with that office altogether for twenty-
five vears in the subordinate and superior capacities, and while auditor of cus-
toms was for four years United States commissioner. Mr. Bloomfield resigned
the auditorship in 1903 to remove to St. Louis to accept the proffered position
of auditor of the Republic, and in this capacity has remained until the present
time. He has served also as treasurer of the Republic, as assistant secretary and
as director at various times.
In November, 1887, in St. Louis, Mr. Bloomfield was married to Miss Lillie
F. Knapp. the eldest daughter of Colonel John Knapp, one of the owners and,
at the time of his death, one of the publishers of the St. Louis Republic. In
politics ]\Ir. Bloomfield is a republican. Each change he has made in his business
has been a forward step in the orderly progression which has characterized his
business career, and his position is now one of large responsibility in his present
connection with one of the leading publications of the country.
lOHN I. MARTIN.
When the spirit of envy is manifest, the envious seldom pause to think that
the one whose success he grudges may have in former years been in a similar
and even less propitious financial environment than himself. Those who today
know^ John I. Martin as a prominent lawyer and as one to whom is accorded def-
erence and distinction in pubhc life, can hardly realize that when he left the
public schools at the age of fourteen years, he began to earn his own living by
driving a team for his father, who was engaged in the draying business. Such,
however, was his start, and it has been by personal worth and merit that he
has gained the enviable position which he now occupies in professional circles
and public life.
His parents, William and Frances (Irwin) Martin, came direct from the
north of Ireland to St. Louis, and in this city John I. Martin was born May 24,
1848. He pursued the usual public-school course between the ages of six and
fourteen years, after which he began to provide for his own support in the man-
ner above indicated. While thus engaged in teaming he devoted his leisure hours
to the acquirement of further knowledge as a student in a commercial college
and throughout his entire life he has been an interested and attentive observer
of men and affairs, and from his observations has drawn logical and philosophical
conclusions. As shipping clerk and salesman for a large grain and commission
house he made his second step in the business world.
On leaving that position Mr. Martin engaged in merchandising on his own
account and attained prominence as a man of aiTairs, while in political circles he
also won recognition. In fact, from boyhood days he was deeply interested in the
political situation of the country and in the vital questions before the public, and
when but twenty-three years of age was elected to represent his district in the
Missouri assembly. Two years later, in 1873, he received public endorsement on
his term in a reelection, was again chosen to the office in 1875 and in that year
was elected speaker of the house, acting as presiding officer of the twentieth gen-
eral assembly. As presiding officer he displayed such ability and impartiality
that at the close of the session the house tendered him a unanimous vote of
thanks and presented him with a handsome solid gold Howard watch and chain
and a gavel in token of the uniform favor which he had won.
In the meantime Mr. Martin had taken up the study of law, for which natu-
ral oratorical ability and a mind inductive and logical in its trend of thought
well qualified him. He pursued his reading under the direction of Colonel R. S.
McDonald, a prominent attorney of the Missouri bar, and in 1876 was admitted
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552 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
to practice in the circuit court of St. Louis, while his admission to the United
States supreme court came in 1879 upon motion of Hon. Montgomery Blair.
His gift of eloquence, supplementing strong mentality, has gained him distinc-
tion as a jury lawyer, and the court records show that no man in the past quar-
ter of a century has been connected with more cases of note than he. He pre-
pares his cases with the utmost precision and care and never neglects to give due
prominence to any point, while at the same time he keeps ever before court and
jury the important point upon which the decision of every case finally turns.
He' is now senior partner of the law firm of Martin & Dickson, his associate in
practice being Judge John M. Dickson. Mr. Martin has also on occasions occu-
pied the bench in the court of criminal correction as a provisional judge, and
his prompt rulings and decisions give evidence of superior ability. Few repre-
sentatives of the bar have become so uniformly recognized as the champion of
organized labor as has INIr. Martin. Fie has defended the interests of working
men's organizations in the appellate as well as in the lower courts, and as at-
torney for assessment benevolent associations he made a splendid reputation in
the great legal contest wdth the state insurance commission of Missouri in 1888.
It is a well known fact that the lawyer, especially he who gains distinction
in practice before the courts, has figured more prominently in public life than
any other representative of professional or commercial interests. The reason for
this is not far to seek, as the training which qualifies one for success at the bar
alsp qualifies him for the clear, forcible, logical and entertaining presentation of
any cause which he may espouse or which he presents to the public. On occa-
sions of social or political importance Mr. Martin has figured prominently. He
is recognized as a leader in various fraternal organizations, including the Odd
Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of Pythias, the
Knights of Honor, and various others. In all of these he has been called to of-
ficial positions and his efforts in their behalf have contributed much to their suc-
cess. He has been assistant judge advocate general for the uniformed rank of
the Knights of Pvthias of Missouri, and became chairman of the committee on
statutory legislation for the Missouri Fraternal Congress, which position he
still fills.
Mr. Martin has long been a central figure in political circles in Missouri as
the champion of democracy, and in 1868 organized, and for years commanded,
the largest uniformed political organization in the west. He has served on the
city and state democratic central committees and done much effective work in
behalf of the party along lines of organization. During campaigns he is fre-
quently heard on the lecture platform and in behalf of democracy, under the
auspices of the national and state committees, he has addressed the people of
New York, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and other states upon the questions of vital
interest. He was a prominent leader in the campaign of 1876, when Samuel J.
Tilden was the presidential nominee, and in 1881 was a democratic presidential
elector, on which occasion he was chosen as a messenger to convey the vote of
Missouri to the electoral college at Washington. When the democratic national
convention was held in St. Louis in 1888, he acted as grand marshal of the mam-
moth parade which was held, when fifty thousand men were in the line of march.
In 1896 he was sergeant-at-arms of the democratic national committee and for
the national convention held in Chicago and won most wide and favorable com-
ment for the capable manner in which he discharged his duties on that occasion.
He has acted as sergeant-at-arms for the past sixteen years and has been reelected
for the succeeding four years. For many years he represented the state and city
in the Deep Waterways conventions of the Mississippi valley and the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, being appointed by the governor of Missouri and
mayor of St. Louis. He was sergeant-at-arms for the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress which, by many of the eminent statesmen of the country, was
regarded as seconrl in importance only to the congress of the LTnited States. In
this connection he did much valuable service, and his official duties in this or-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 553
ganization and as sergeant-at-arms in the national political conventions, brought
him into contact with many of the most eminent men of the nation.
At a recent congress the following resolution was passed and a copy given to
Colonel Martin: "Resolved, That the best acknowledgment and thanks of the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress hereby be extended to Colonel John I.
Martin of the United States of America, for his faithful services rendered as ser-
geant-at-arms of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, and that further
thanks of the congress be extended him for his speeches made and work done in
the development of the waterways of the United States." Mr. Martin is at pres-
ent a member of the executive committee of the Upper River Improvement
Association. He is a forceful, earnest speaker, his utterances show that he has
closely studied the matter under question and considered it from every possible
viewpoint, his reasoning is sound, his decisions logical, and his words have car-
ried weight in many important cases.
One of his recent political addresses was made on the top of Pike's Peak on
the 5th of June, 1908. On that occasion sixty or more tourists had made the
ascent of the mountain on the cog railroad, and while at the top importuned
Colonel IMartin to address them. The great majority who ascended the mountain
had scarcely breath enough left in the rarefied atmosphere to make a speech, but
Colonel ]\Iartin responded, and among his closing words were: "My friends,
standing upon this historic spot on this most famous mountain in the world, some
time ago stood the great champion of human rights and human progress, educa-
tional and moral advancement, the Hon. William Jennings Bryan, and I regret
exceedingly that I do not possess some of his oratorical ability for this occasion,
in order that, while we are viewing the unparalleled scenery in the heart of the
Rockies, panorama of mountain and plain, the sunset from yonder golden hill at
Cripple Creek, the Garden of the Gods, and the surrounding country, and con-
templating the grandeur and marvelous development of the men of genius of this
present age of electricity, of scientific progress and unprecedented activities, I
could have you enjoy with reverential awe and patriotic, exultant American
pride, the achievements of the men who have by patience, fortitude, indomitable
will and courageous industry, surmounted every obstacle."
Colonel iMartin has had military experience in command of the Shaw Guard,
a prominent military battalion of St. Louis, which, under his direction, attained
high proficiency in discipline and drill. He had the unfaltering loyalty of his
troops, and was also prominently and favorably known to the officers and men of
the militia of the state. For a number of years he was judge advocate of the
First Brigade of the National Guard of Missouri, and has been active and earnest
in building up the organization in this state. Military matters have always been
of deep interest to him and the soldier has no warmer friend than Mr. Martin.
When ^Missouri sent her troops to the front at the outbreak of the Spanish-
American war. Colonel Martin labored assiduously for the interests of the men
assembled at Jefferson barracks, and again acted as chairman of the committee
of leading citizens who had in charge the "welcome home" proceedings when the
soldiers returned from the war. With untiring effort and energy, actuated in all
that he did by a spirit of unfaltering patriotism, he labored night and day to
make these demonstrations a success, receiving and entertaining in all some twelve
thousand of the men who had responded to their country's call.
No movement relative to the interests of St. Louis and its upbuilding along
political, social, material, intellectual or moral lines fails to receive his endorse-
ment and support. When the convention was held in St. Louis, January 10, 1899,
to fix the time and place of holding the centennial celebration of the Louisiana
purchase, he was chosen as one of the delegates from Missouri to this convention,
and was there made the chairman of the committee on credentials. Later his
powers of oratory were frequentlv employed in behalf of the movement and he
remained before and throughout the period of the exposition one of its most
stalwart friends and champions.
55-i ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Pleasantly situated in his home life. Colonel Martin was married to Miss
Clara E. LaBarge, a daughter of Captain Charles LaBarge, a pioneer river cap-
tain and steamboat owner. Their children are three in number: MacDonald,
who is associated with his father in business ; Clara E., the wife of M. C. Zeder-
baum. superintendent of construction in Chicago; and Frances O., the wife of
William 'M. Drumm, national lumber inspector.
At this point it would be almost tautological to enter into any series of state-
ments as showing Colonel Martin to be a man of broad intelligence and genuine
public spirit, for this has been shadowed forth between the lines of this re-
view. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks the courage of his convictions.
Xo plan or movement for the benefit of the city along lines of progress and im-
provement seek his aid in vain. The public work that he has done has largely
been of a nature that has brought no pecuniary reward, and yet has made exten-
sive demands upon his time, his thought and his energies. He holds friendship
inviolable, and as true w'orth may always win his regard, he has a very extensive
circle of friends, and his life demonstrates the truth of Emerson's statement that,
"The way to win a friend is to be one." He has, perhaps, as many warm ad-
mirers among his political enemies as among those with whom he works in po-
litical lines. The soldier boy is ever his champion, while in fraternal circles he
has the warmest regard of all with whom he has come in contact.
ROBERT JOHNSTON.
The world instinctively pays deference to a man whose success has been
worthily achieved and gains his advancement through his ability and who through-
out his business career bases his principles and actions upon the rules which
govern strict and unswerving integrity. Such has been the record of Robert
Johnston, now vice president of the Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry Goods
Company, owning and controlling one of the most extensive and successful mer-
cantile enterprises of St. Louis.
He was born in Castletown, Kings county, Ireland, December 28, 1846,
spending his boyhood days in the home of his parents, John and Elizabeth (Col-
bourn) Johnston, the former a farmer by occupation. He pursued his educa-
tion in the Model School of Parsonstown, Ireland, and was graduated in 1862.
In that year he started in business life as an apprentice to the firm of Switzer,
Ferguson & Company, drapers and silk mercers, following the advice of his par-
ents in thus taking his initial step in the business world. For eight years he
was identified w-ith commercial interests in the land of his nativity and in March,
1870, sought the superior business opportunities of the new world where com-
petition is great but where advancement is quickly secured.
Landing at New York city Mr. Johnston was employed in the metropolis by
James A. Hearn & Son, from March, 1870, until September, 1872, during part
of which time he acted as assistant superintendent. In the latter year he entered
the employ of James McCreery & Company of New York, importers, jobbers
and retailers, with whom he continued as superintendent of the department of
window decoration until 1875. His business ability recommended him for pro-
motion and he was then made assistant manager of the silk and velvet depart-
ment in both the wholesale and retail establishment. In 1885, through further
promotion, he assumed the entire management of both departments and in the
interests of the business visited the foreign markets where these goods are pro-
duced or sold. During his entire business career he has given especial attention
and stufly to fabrics, especially to silks and finer tissues, and few men have more
intimate or correct knowledge of these lines of goods. In August 1899, he severed
his connection with James McCreery & Company of New York and purchased a
fifth interest in the Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry Goods Company of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 555
St. Louis, with which he is still connected as vice president and merchandise
director. He acted in the latter position until the reorganization of the com-
pany after the death of Mr. Scruggs wdien he was chosen vice president. He
continues to make a close study of the finest goods handled in the establish-
ment and few are more familiar with the products handled in the markets of
the old world as well as in the new than Mr. Johnston. Thoroughness and sys-
tem characterize his labors at all times and his excellent judgment concern-
ing values has enabled him to place his orders so that the firms he has represented
have benefited largely by his investments. Since entering business life as an
apprentice he has followed those paths which have led to success, possessing
ever an unassailable reputation, for in his career commercial industry and busi-
ness enterprise have been well directed forces. In addition to his extensive
interests in mercantile lines he is now the vice president of the General Roof-
ing Manufacturing Company of East St. Louis.
Mr. Johnston was married in New York, August 9, 1872, to Miss Helen
Armour Wilkie, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and their children are : May, the wife
of Dr. William Ferguson, of New York city; Helen L., the wife of Frederick
R. Peters, of St. Louis; Edith A.; Robert; J. Wyndham ; and Ruth A., all
at home.
Air. Johnston's political affiliations are generally those of the republican
party but he has never hesitated to exercise his right of choice, especially for
municipal or state officers in elections where no issue is involved, considering
that character and suitability of the candidate are above party allegiance. He
has given his endorsement and liberal support to many measures for the gen-
eral good and has labored to advance the commercial interests of St. Louis
through his cooperation with and membership in the Business Men's League.
He is also a member of the St. Louis Club, the Burns Club and of the Caledonia
Society, which he joined in 1904. serving as its vice president in 1906. He be-
longs to the Young Men's Christian Association and is a member of the West
Presbyterian church, in which he is now serving as elder and as member of the
board of trustees. He stands as a splendid example of a broad-minded man who
has learned and assimilated the lessons of hfe. Not so abnormally developed
in any direction as to be called a genius, he has steadily gained in strength, poise
and capability, while his judgment and even-paced energy have carried him for-
ward to the goal of success. He is a dependable man in every relation and in
any emergency and his characteristics are a quietude of deportment, easy dig-
nity, frankness and cordiality of address and a total absence of any esoteric
phase. He possesses, moreover, the confidence and courage that come of accom-
plished personal ability and a habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of
human activities.
WTLLIAM LEWIS NICHOLS.
William Lewis Nichols is cashier of the Grand Avenue Bank, which was
organized in the fall of 1905 and has since continuously given evidence of its
right to be classed with the substantial banking institutions of the city, for behind
it are men of well known enterprise and progressiveness as well as of substan-
tial financial standing. Mr. Nichols was born in St. Louis, December 9, 1869.
Early records of the family state that the first American ancestor settled in Vir-
ginia in the year 1647 ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ was a professor in an educational institution
there. Later representatives of the name went to Indiana where W^illiam Nichols.
father of our subject, was born and reared. He came to St. Louis in 1865 and
here entered banking circles, becoming well known in the St. Louis Commercial
Bank, now the State National Bank, of which he was vice presdient at the time
of his demise, about six years ago. He had figured in banking circles here for
556 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
almost fortv-five years and throughout that entire period his name was a syno-
nym for financial integrity and enterprise. His wife bore the maiden name of
Austine JoUs.
At the usual age, William L. .Nichols became a student in the public schools
and finally was graduated from the manual training school. He also devoted a
year to pursuing a general course in the Washington University. With a view
of thoroughly acquainting himself with the iron business he accepted a position
in a foundry, but not finding the work entirely to his liking or expectations he
retired from that field and entered the Commercial Bank in a clerical capacity.
He was advanced through all of the various positions, from that of messenger,
duties involving larger responsibility being entrusted to him as he showed a
knowledge of the business and a thorough understanding of what had already
been committed to his care. He continued with the Commercial until its con-
solidation with the State Bank and was then with the latter for three years,
serving as one of its paying tellers, at the time he withdrew from, the institu-
tion. On the organization of the Germania Trust Company he became one of
its tellers and remained with it during the life of the company. He next joined
the Commonwealth Trust Company with which he continued for two years but
seeking the broader scope for his labors that is furnished in an independent busi-
ness venture he became one of the organizers of the Grand Avenue Bank, which
opened its doors for business in the fall of 1905. Since that time it has removed
from its original location at the corner of Grand and Easton avenues to Grand
avenue and Olive street, where the bank is now housed in better and more com-
modious quarters. Mr. Nichols has been cashier from the beginning and the suc-
cess of the institution is attributable in no small degree to his efforts. He has
earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in
his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won
the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.
In Chicago, Illinois, on the 22d of April, 1896, Mr. Nichols was united in
marriage to Miss Eugenia Carr and they have three daughters, Eugenia, Min-
erva and Margaret. Mrs. Nichols is a granddaughter of Judge Carr, one of
the first settlers and one of the distinguished residents of St. Louis, in whose
honor Carr street was named. Mr. Nichols is enrolled as a member of the Royal
Arcanum and the Legion of Honor. He is also a communicant of the Episcopal
church and gives his political support to the republican party. While his business
interests have claimed the major portion of his time they have not precluded
that active participation in community affairs which indicates a public-spirited
devotion to the general good and the recognition of one's obligations in matters
of citizenship and in social relations. -
FRANCIS DRISCHLER.
Francis Drischler is a veteran of the Spanish-American war engaged in
architectural lines in St. Louis as junior partner of the firm of Clymer &
Drischler. He was born March 3, 1873, in New York and is a son of Francis
and Marie Wienecke Drischler. The public schools of his native city afforded
him his early educational privileges and later he was under private instruction
in Belgium, Germany, and France, also acquiring that broad and comprehensive
knowledge and culture which only travel can bring.
Mr. Drischler was married in New York, September 29, 1896, to Miss Ida
Stier and they have one son, Carl Stier Drischler, and one daughter, Marian
Drischler.
At the time of the Spanish-American war Mr. Drischler was sergeant of
Troop A. Fourth United States Cavalry, and saw three years' active service in
the Philippines, during which time he participated in various skirmishes, also in
FRANCIS DRISCHLER
55S ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the capture of San Isidro, Lawton's Northern Expedition, from October ii to
December 5, 1899. and General Schwan's Southern Expedition from January 3
to February 15. 1899.
After being honorably discharged from the army Air. Drischler came to St.
Louis in 1901 and has since been connected with the business interests in this
city as an architect. For two and a half years he was employed as draftsman
by the firm of Eames & Young, architects, and since January, 1904, has engaged
in business on his own account, various substantial structures of the city standing
as monuments of his enterprise and skill. He erected the Colonial Hotel and
State Normal School of Springfield, Alissouri, and also Loewen Hotel and theater
at Enid. Oklahoma. On the ist of July, 1908, he formed a partnership with
Harry G. Clymer and from the beginning they have enjoyed a constantlv in-
creasing patronage, their business growing continuously in volume and importance.
Air. Drischler is a member of the American Institute of Architects. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party and he is a member of the Army of the
Philippines, being commander of Camp Corporal L. B. DeWitt. He is like-
wise identified with the Alasonic fraternity and in these various relations has
found pleasant companionship, while the circle of his friends is constantly in-
creasing with the growth of the circle of his acquaintances.
LOUIS PLOESER.
Louis Ploeser, as president of the J. B. Sickles Saddlery Company, is con-
trolling large and growing manufacturing and mercantile interests. He was born
in St. Louis, May 14, 1852, a son of Christian and Elizabeth Ploeser, nee Luft.
The father was a native of Seheim, Hesse-Darmtsadt, Germany, coming to Amer-
ica in 1848 and was married in 1850. For some time he engaged in the manu-
facture of saddle trees, with which he supplied the government during the Civil
war. He was appointed colonel of the Home Guard during the period of hos-
tilities, and although he did not go to the front used his influence to uphold the
federal government. He always took an active interest in politics, yet never
sought, nor desired office as a reward for party fealty. His aid to his city, state
and country was the spontaneous and free-will offering of a patriotic and pub-
lic-spirited citizen.
Louis Ploeser attended successively the public school, German Institute and
Jones Business College, being graduated from the last named with the class of
1868. Prior to that time, however, he had made his initial step in the business
world, for in the vacation months of Julv and August, 1867, he was employed in
the office of the circuit clerk of St. Louis. The following year, during the same
period, he was office boy in the Fourth National Bank of this city, and in 1869
he secured a situation with Grimsley & Company, wholesale manufacturers of
saddlery on Alain street. In 1872 that firm retired from business and Mr. Ploeser
entered the service of J. B. Sickles & Company in the same line of business, act-
ing as traveling salesman until 1881, when the J. B. Sickles Saddlery Company
was incorporated. The business had been established in 1834 at No. 509 North
Main street, and in 1840 Mr. Sickles built a factory on Morgan and Twenty-
first streets, just two blocks from the present location of the house. Following
the incorporation of the business, Mr. Ploeser was elected vice president of the
comjjany, but continued upon the road as traveling salesman for five years, after
which he entered the house to take charge of the buying of saddlery hardware,
etc. He remained as vice president until 1897, when upon the death of the presi-
dent, J. J. Krehcr, he purchased his interest in the firm and was elected president
and general manager.
The firm of J. B. Sickles & Company carried on business on Main street for
forty-seven years but at the time of the incorporation a removal was made to
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Eleventh street and Washington avenue, theirs being the first house to venture
so far west on the latter thoroughfare. In 1891 they removed to Twenty-first
street and Washington avenue, where the business was successfully conducted
until the 20th of June, 1901, when the entire plant was destroyed by fire. A new,
larger and more complete one arose Phoenix-like from the ashes and was ready
for occupancy on the ist of January, 1902. On the 15th of May, of the same
year, the business was reorganized and the capital stock increased. On the 8th
of October, 1906, they purchased the horse collar plant of the Sommers Brothers
Manufacturing Company, on Broadway and Destrehan street, this being the larg-
est and best equipped horse collar factory in the C4)untry. The company has an
extensive output of various lines of harness and saddlery, saddlery hardware and
summer and winter horse clothing, carrying the largest and most complete line of
turf horse furnishing goods, riding equipments and stable requisites to be found
west of New York city. The sales of the house have kept pace with the growth
of the west until the business today is one of the largest exclusive saddlery estab-
lishments in the United States. As president of the company, Mr. Ploeser has
as his associate officers : Henry Rohde, vice president ; Adam Joerder, second
vice president ; C. A. Wuerker, secretary ; and H. R. Ohlsen, treasurer.
On the 3d of October, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Ploeser was mar-
ried to Miss Alice Kreher, and their children are : Sterling Louis and Chester
Ralph. Mr. Ploeser belongs to the Presbyterian church and to the Business
Men's League, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party.
There is nothing which serves to encourage and inspire young men of this coun-
try more than does the life record of such a man as Louis Ploeser, for it indi-
cates what it is possible to accomplish when no fortunate environment encom-
passes the individual at the outset of his career. Obliged to provide for his own
support from the age of sixteen years, through unabating energy he has acquired
all that he has enjoyed and as the architect of his own fortunes has budded wisely
and well.
WILLIAM McGREGGOR CULP.
William McGreggor Gulp, state oil inspector, was born in Jefferson county,
Ohio. August 8, 1864. His father, David W. Gulp, is a native of Ohio, and has
been a real-estate dealer and stock-shipper. In 1865 he came to ^Missouri and
after residing for a time in Shelby county removed to Maryville, Nodaway
county, but is now living in Wayne county, Illinois. He married Jennie M. Mc-
Greggor, also a native of Ohio. Both came from old families long connected
with agricultural and stock-raising interests.
\\'illiam M. Gulp' spent his boyhood days in Shelby county, ^Missouri, and
supplemented his public course there acquired bv study in the Maryville Busi-
ness College, from which he was graduated in 1882. He then crossed the plains
to ^lontana, where he engaged in the cattle business with the "L. O." outfit,
making two trips. In 1885 he located in Kansas City, where he engaged in the
produce commission business with Richard Butler & Company until 1892, when
he came to St. Louis and there engaged in the real-estate and building business,
in which he is still active to some extent. He is now president of the Rosa
Realty Company, and owns property in this city. He is also a member of the
firm of Shortal. Gulp & Company, real estate and loans, and is interested in
various other enterprises.
!Mr. Gulp is a stanch democrat, continuing as an active worker in the local
and state ranks of the party since the age of eighteen years. He was one of
the first to advocate the nomination of Folk for governor, and has been one of
his most loyal supporters. He is a member of various local democratic organi-
zations, but would never accept an elective office or appointment until appointed
bv Governor Folk as state oil inspector in June, 1905, and reappointed in June,
560 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
1907, for a second term of two years. He has long been a member of the Knights
of Pvthias fraternity and of the Jefferson Club. He is a lover of hunting, fish-
ing and horseback riding, and the outdoor life proves to him not only a source of
pleasure but also of great benefit. He is likewise much interested in agricultural
pursuits and owns a farm near St. Louis, whereon he raises horses and cattle.
He delights to retire to the farm, watching the growth of its crops and enjoying
that close contact with nature, which proves attractive to every normal individual.
ALEXANDRE FERDINAND GODEFROY.
Alexandre Ferdinand Godefroy, proprietor of one of the finest hair dressing
establishments of St. Louis, was born in Normandy, France, November 6, 1853,
a son of Adolphe Alexandre Godefroy, a cultivator of St. Aubin. The mother
bore the maiden name of Eugenie Juistine Avenel. The ancestry dates back to
the crusaders' period.
Mr. Godefroy of this review was educated in France and was drafted for
service in the French army, with which he was connected for a short time.
Later he went to London, where he remained for several years, and then re-
turned to France, where he served out the remainder of his military term. He
then again went to London, where he entered the employ of a Mr. Carlie, a noted
hair dresser, and in the year 1879 crossed the Atlantic to New York city. Subse-
quently he went to Chicago and entered the employ of Mrs. Thompson, a noted
hair dresser of Chicago. There he continued for a year and afterward came to
St. Louis, where he established himself in the same line of business in the year
1882 on Seventh and Pine streets. Subsequently he purchased the property at
3504-6 Olive street, where he established business, and was furthermore con-
nected with enterprises of the same character in Chicago and Kansas City, draw-
ing his patronage from the best residents of St. Louis. Aside from these busi-
ness connections Mr. Godefroy is now interested in the manufacture of soap and
toilet articles in the City of Mexico, where he established a business in July,
1906. Fle is also an inventor of several valuable hair dressing and other devices
for aerial propulsion and visual and electrical transmission. He is likewise an in-
ventor of railroad supplies and possesses notable mechanical skill and ingenuity.
On the i8th of September, 1882, Mr. Godefroy was married to Miss Eliza-
beth Jane Date, whose parents were natives of England, her father being a prom-
inent tailor at Nether Stowey, England. Mr. and Mrs. Godefroy are parents
of five children, of whom Adolphe Ferdinand and Charles Webb are still living.
The others, Edom Herbert, Clovis and Azeline are all deceased. Mr. Godefroy
belongs to the Franco- American Club and is a leader among people of his na-
tionality in the city. He has remained in this country for thirty years, has
found good business opportunities here and through their utilization has gained
success in the commercial world.
MAJOR HENRY SMITH TURNER.
Not the good that comes to us, but the good that comes to the world through
us, is the measure of our success, and when judged in this light Major Henry S.
Turner was an extremely successful man. He stood as the highest type of Amer-
ican manhood and chivalry, his life characterized by a lofty patriotism, by unas-
sailable business integrity and by unfaltering devotion to all of the duties of
home and friendship. Lie looked at life from the broad standpoint of the noble-
minded progressive man who recognizes the duties, the obligations and the pos-
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sibilities that come to the individual and realizes that his life work is best who
uses his talents to the utmost.
Major Turner was a native of Alarengo, Virginia, born April i, 1811, and
his life record covered the intervening years to the i6th of December, 1881,
when he passed away in St. Louis. He represented one of the old Virginian
families founded in America by Thomas Turner, who in colonial days came from
Parendon, Essex county, England, and settled in King George county, Virginia,
where the family lived for two hundred years, or until Major Thomas Turner,
father of ^lajor Henry S. Turner, removed to Marengo, on the James river.
A few years later during the early childhood days of his son Henry, he went to
Fauquier county, Mrginia, w^here he established a country estate, calling it Kin-
loch. Later one of his grandsons, J. Lucas Turner, gave the same name to his
countrv home in the Florissant valley, whence it has become a common name in
St. Louis. ]^Iajor Thomas Turner won his title by active service in the Revolu-
tionary war. He died at Kinloch in 1840 and was long survived by his wife, who
passed away in 1866 at the age of eighty-two years. She bore the maiden name
of Eliza Randolph and was a daughter of Robert Randolph, of Eastern View,
Fauquier county, and a member of that distinguished Randolph family of Vir-
ginia. Her mother was a Carter and a sister of the mother of General Robert
E. Lee. \*arious representatives of the family gained distinction in connection
with the military history of the country. Two brothers of Major Henry S. Tur-
ner, members of a family of twelve children, became connected with the Union
navy, one being Admiral Thomas Turner and the other Captain Charles Turner.
Under capable private instructors Major Henry S. Turner pursued his edu-
cation at home to the age of nineteen years and then through the direct influence
of President Andrew Jackson, to whom he applied in person, he was admitted to
West Point as a cadet in September, 1830, and was there graduated in June,
1834, leaving upon the whole academic staff as well as upon his more intimate
companions the same opinion as to his genuine, manlv, chivalrous character, which
was confirmed by his entire after career. Following his graduation he was ap-
pointed brevet second lieutenant in the First Regiment of Dragoons, then a new
department of the United States service. He was on active duty with his regi-
ment on the frontier, being quartered at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and in August,
1835, became second lieutenant, while in July, 1836, he was appointed adjutant
at regimental headquarters. He served in that capacity until November, 1838,
and in the meantime on the 3d of March, 1837, was promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant. He left regimental headquarters to become aide-de-camp on the
stafif of General Atkinson and so continued until July, 1839, when he and two
companions were sent by the war department to the Cavalry School, of Saumur,
France, to study cavalry tactics and prepare a manual of instruction for that arm
of the military service of the United States. Prior to 1830 there were no mounted
troops, the army forces consisting of engineers, artillery and infantry. In 1833 a
provision was made "for mounted rangers" for frontier duty, especially against
the Indians, and in the following year the First Dragoons was organized. The
lack of knowledge of cavalry tactics by regimental officers led the government
to select several capable, energetic young men to go abroad for instruction in
that line, and ^lajor Turner spent two years in the military school in France,
gaining intimate knowledge of the methods of war followed by cavalry troops in
that country.
Soon after his return to America Major Turner was married and was then
stationed at Fort Leavenworth, serving as adjutant to his regiment until June,
1846. In the meantime, however, he was on duty at Fort Gibson, Jefferson Bar-
racks and St. Louis, and also acting assistant adjutant general of the Third Mili-
tary Department, during which time he was attached to an expedition through
the South Pass of the Rocky mountains.
When the United States again engaged in war Colonel Stephen W. Kearney
had been appointed brigadier general in command of the Army of the West to sue-
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ceed General Atkinson, deceased, and went on an expedition to New Mexico and
California. Henry S. Turner had become captain of the First Dragoons in April,
1846. and was acting assistant adjutant general of this army, in which connection
in the arduous campaigns he rendered brilliant and meritorious service that won
him high commendation from his commanding officer. On the 6th of December,
1846, at San Pasqual, the American troops were attacked by a body of mounted
Mexican lancers, but it was not until the enemy was routed that Major Turner's
companions knew that he had sustained a painful wound, and he was again in the
saddle in a skirmish at San Bernando the following day. On the 8th of January
the American troops crossed the San Gabriel river and on the 9th of May met
the enemy in a skirmish at Mesa. Captain Turner's gallant services in this en-
gagement won him the brevet of major. The Army of the West returned to the
United States by way of El Paso, Texas, in the summer of 1847, but too late to
engage in the operations under General Scott near the city of Mexico, which
was captured in September of that year. Major Turner, who was an important
witness at trial by court martial of General Fremont, was detained in attendance
at that court at Washington, D. C, until the treaty of peace in 1848. In July
of that year ]vIajor Turner resigned and resumed the pursuits of civil life, estab-
lishing his home about nine miles from St. Louis. He there conducted agricul-
tural pursuits until 1850, when he was appointed assistant United States treas-
urer in this city, filling the position until 1853, when he became a factor in bank-
ing circles here, being associated in a banking enterprise with James H. Lucas
and General W. T. Sherman until 1857. During that period he and General Sher-
man, who was then a captain, spent much of their time in San Francisco in the
management of a branch of the bank of Lucas, Turner & Company. At the dis-
solution of the partnership in 1857 ^lajor Turner again took up his abode upon
his farm, but in 1863 was elected president of the Union National Bank and in
1869 resigned that position to accept the presidency of the Lucas Bank. He re-
mained at the head of the institution until 1874, when his extensive property in-
terests demanded his entire attention and he retired from banking circles. He had
in the meantime made investments in real estate as opportunity offered until his
holdings were very large and demanded his undividecl attention.
While ^lajor Turner devoted many years of his life to the military services
of his country, he did not consider that he had no further duty when he had put
aside the accoutrements of war, and in manv wavs in a civil capacity promoted
the interests of the city, state and nation. In 1858 he was elected to represent
his district in the lower house of the Missouri legislature and at the close of his
first term declined to again become a candidate. In 1874 when the exigencies of
the time demanded that men of business abilitv and unc|uestioned patriotism
should fill the municipal offices, he consented to become a member of the common
council and served for two years or until the crisis was tided over. He had no
ambition, however, for political preferment, yet the weight of his influence was
always given on the side of public progress and improvement. Such was the
confidence reposed in his business integritv and honor that he was repeatedly se-
lected to take in charge important private trusts. He was the executor for some
of the largest estates that have been administered in St. Louis.
On the 1st of February, 1841. in St. Louis, ]Major Turner w^as married to
Miss Julia Hunt, a daughter of Captain Theodore Hunt, of the L^nited States
navy. They became parents of seventeen children. His third son, Wilson P.
H., for whom the youngest son was named, joined the Confederate army in Au-
gust, 1861, and was killed at the second battle of Manassas, August 29. 1862, at
the age of eighteen years, under, the command of General Lonestreet. Ten chil-
dren survived him, namely : Captain Thomas T. Turner ; Mrs. William Hill Lee ;
Charles H. ; J. Lucas; Nannie; Mrs. George M. Pascal; Henrv S. ; ^Frs. Charles
H. Hevl ; Wilson P. H. ; and Mrs. Charles Ninnigerode.
Alajor Turner was a convert to the Catholic church and his funeral oration
was pronounced by Bishop Ryan. His was that clear, unblemished character
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which would neither inflict nor submit to an injury. He was inflexible in pur-
suing a course which he believed to be right and prompt in reparation of any
wrong. Actuated in all that he did by high and honorable motives, his every-
day life commanded for him the respect and good will of all with whom he
came in contact. He was a gallant, chivalrous, zealous and energetic soldier,
an affectionate and devoted husband and father, a loyal, generous, sympathizing
friend and a patriotic citizen. His manner was a harmonious blending of cour-
tesv and dignity, and he received from his fellowmen the respect which the
world instinctively pays to genuine worth.
WILSON P. H. TURNER.
Wilson P. H. Turner, president of the Turner Real Estate Company, was
born at Normandy, St. Louis county, Missouri, October 28, 1865. a son of Major
Henry S. and Julia (Hunt) Turner. He is the third in order of birth of the four
survivors of a family of ten children. His boyhood was passed in this county
and he completed his education in Washington University, after which, at the
age of nineteen years, he secured a clerical position in the Bank of Commerce,
spending two years in that institution. He then turned his attention to the
real-estate business, with which he has since been connected, and in January,
1890, took charge of the Turner estate, to which he has since devoted his atten-
tion, also acting as trustee for many individuals. His name is an honored one
on commercial paper and in financial circles. He has many interests in St. Louis,
among which are large real-estate holdings, and his management of the prop-
erty under his control is an indication of his superior business discernment and
enterprise. He maintains a winter residence in the city on Lindell boulevard,
while he has a beautiful country home at Normandy, which is a part of the old
familv estate.
On the 17th of January, 1887, Mr. Turner was married to Miss Maud Valle,
who died in January, 1900, a daughter of Jules F. Valle, a representative of one
of the old French families of St. Genevieve, prominent in the social circles of
this city. Mr. A'alle was for some time president of the famous Iron INIountain
Company. ^Irs. Turner's death left two sons and a daughter : Henry, twenty
years of age ; Isabel Anstes, nineteen years of age ; and Pelham, a young man
of seventeen years.
The family are communicants of the Catholic church and Mr. Turner is
identified with the most prominent clubs of the city, including the St. Louis,
Racquet, University, St. Louis Country, the Florissant Valley Country and the
Cuivre Hunting Clubs. He is an enthusiast in all manly outdoor sports and is a
lover of music and literature. h(jl(ling membership with the Apollo and Sym-
phony Clubs. Nature and culture have vied in making him an interesting and
entertaining gentleman, and thus the circle of his friends is almost coextensive
with the circle of his acquaintances.
WILLIAM B. COWEN.
W'illiam ]]. Cowen, vice president of the National Bank of Commerce, has
been connected with that institution throughout the entire period of his associa-
tion with business interests. He entered the bank on the ist of October, 1878, and
the stages in his orderly progression are easily discernible, being marked bv a
recognition on the part of his employers of his ability and faithfulness, winning
him advancement until he stands second amono: the executive officers, having in
WILLIAM B. COWEN
566 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
charge the management of one of the largest and strongest financial institutions
of the west.
]\Ir. Cowen was born in St. Louis, May 28, 1861, a son of Alexander H.
and IMaria (Alay) Cowen. The father, a native of England, came to St. Louis
in 1848 from Kingston, Jamaica, and in this city engaged in the merchandise
brokerage business, handling southern products. He died December 8, 1890,
while his wife, a native of Ireland, survived until the 22d of May, 1906.
In early youth William B. Cowen attended the Catholic parochial schools,
afterward continuing his studies in Miss Byrne's private school and later passed
through consecutive grades in the public schools until he became high-school
student. Putting aside his text-books to accept a position in the Bank of Com-
merce, on the 1st of October, 1878, he became a clerk in that institution. Grad-
ually he has worked his way upward as he has mastered the banking business
and in 1898 he was made assistant cashier, in which position he continued for
about ten years, when in February, 1908, he was elected vice president of the
National Bank of Commerce. Mr. Cowen is a man of decision and in business
expression is short, direct, decisive and substantial. His views do not need elab-
oration as he has the faculty of making his statements so graphic, concise and
transparent that they are easily comprehended. While he seems to arrive at con-
clusions quickly, it is because he has pondered over the question previously, not
because he knew that he would be called on to meet it but because he desires
to inform himself concerning every phase of the business and to prepare for any
contingency that may arise. His position upon any question of vital importance
is never an equivocal one, for he stands firm in support of what he believes to be
for the best interests of the business or of the general public. One of the ele-
ments in his success is his capacity for giving infinite attention to details, without
which no man can fully master any enterprise. The Bulletin of Commerce char-
acterized I\Ir. Cowen as "quiet, unostentatious, sagacious, candid, quietly aggres-
sive, always out of the public clamor, a man of high ideals and unassailable mor-
als, whose personality can creditably stand the closest analysis."
!Mr. Cowen is well known in social and club circles. Fie belongs to the Coun-
try, the Racquet, the Missouri Amateur Athletic and the Amateur Athletic Clubs
of St. Louis, being one of the organizers of the last named. He is also a member
of the Cathedral Chapel. In matters of citizenship he stands with the foremost of
those who are active in creating a greater St. Louis and in laboring for success
along all those lines which are beneficial to the city in substantial upbuilding and
improvement.
ALBERT D. CUNNINGHAM.
Albert D. Cunningham, secretary of the board of trustees of the Missouri
Botanical Garden, was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, October 11, 1848, a son
of the Rev. John W. and Samantha (Ingram) Cunningham. The public schools
of his native state afiforded him his educational privileges and he began his busi-
ness career in a dry-goods store in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was afterward
employed in a book store in Louisville, Kentucky, and subsequentlv was associ-
ated with the Methodist Publishing House at Nashville, Tennessee. He re-
moved from that city to St. Louis in 1869 and was connected with the South-
western Book & Publishing Company until 1874. The following vear he was
manager of the Belvidere Hotel at St. Louis and in 1876-7 was cashier of the
Gray, Baker Book & .Stationery Company. During the two succeeding vears he
was publisher of the St. Louis Grocer and from 1880 until 1889 was secretary
and treasurer of the Belcher's and St. Louis vSugar Refining Companies. In the
latter year he became secretary of the board of trustees of the Missouri Botanical
Garden and business manager of the estate of the late Henry Shaw, devised to
the trustees for the support of the Missouri Botanical Garden. This institution
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commonly known as Shaw's Garden, contains one of the finest botanical collec-
tions of the entire world and forms one of the most attractive features to sight-
seers in St. Louis, as well as a source of great pleasure to all interested in the
study of botany or in the beauty of plants and flowers.
In religious faith Mr. Cunningham is a ]Methodist and in political belief a
republican. He served as a non-commissioned officer of the engineer corps of
the Missouri State Militia. He has always been prominently connected with
almost every movement for the advancement of musical interests in St. Louis and
for many years he was a church and concert singer and later for eight years was
secretary and treasurer of the St. Louis Choral-Symphony Society. While ag-
gressive in business he is personally most modest and unostentatious. He pre-
fers to be a good listener rather than a talker and stands at all times for actual-
ities, having no use for pretensions. In conversation he is clear, direct, simple,
effective, yet brief. In both temperament and feeling he is thoroughly repre-
sentative of the ideas of progress in these days when men are called upon to
act quick and think quicker. He meets all men on an equal footing in his cour-
tesy and shows no distinction between the man highest or lowest in the scale of
human effort. Nothing can shake his convictions when he believes he is right
and yet he is always amenable to argument and to reason. No more capable
incumbent of the position which he has filled for almost twenty years could be
found nor one who more uniformlv commands the respect of his fellowmen.
ISAAC ELKAS.
The men who are today leaving their impress upon the world's progress are
men who are using their brains and hands in the world's work, and the individual
who advances is he who has so developed his latent talents as to enable him to
pass on the highway of life others who. perhaps, started out ahead of him.
Prompted in all of his buisness career h\ the laudable ambition of one day reach-
ing the goal of prosperity, Isaac Elkas has labored continuously and energetically
until he has become manager for the St. Louis Electric & Machine Company,
occupying this position since March, 1902. He was born in May, 1881, in Leota,
Mississippi, his parents being Louis and Kitty Elkas. The father is a broker
and grower and is the owner of considerable valuable property in Washington
county, Mississippi. He was at one time a very prominent business man, very
closely associated with commercial interests as the owner of several stores.
The family is of German lineage, the ancestors living many years ago at Frank-
furt-on-the-Main.
Isaac Elkas, reared in his parents' home, was a pupil in the public schools
until he had passed through successive grades and was graduated from the high
school of St. Louis with the class of 1884. He then pursued a three years' course
in engineering at the University of Illinois. At that time he gave up that line
of work and became connected in business as manager of his father's interests,
remaining with him for three years. On the expiration of that period he returned
to St. Louis and organized the company, of which he is now the manager and
one of the directors. The business is carried on under the name of the St. Louis
Electric & ^Machine Company, and he also represents the Sprague Electric Com-
pany of New York city, being the St. Louis manager of the apparatus depart-
ment of their plant, which was established for the manufacture of electric ma-
chines and accessories.
In December, 1903, Mr. Elkas was married to Miss Becky Mayer, a daugh-
ter of A. B. Mayer, who was very prominent in the manufacture of fertilizer
and was also active in the building and dedication of the St. Louis Eads bridge.
His death occurred in 1900. Unto Air. and Airs. Elkas have been born two
daughters. Dorothea and Katherine, who are the light and life of the household
568 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
at Xo. 5218 ^IcPherson avenue. Mr. Elkas belongs to several clubs and is well
known as a supporter of democratic principles. His life has been that of an
active and enterprising business man. When he was twelve years of age and
attended the high school he was conducting a newspaper called the Fulton Ad-
vertiser. His entire life has been characterized by undaunted industry and deter-
mination, qualities which are too often lacking in those who desire success but
who are not willing to pay the price of concentrated personal effort.
RALPH MARTIN APPEL.
Among its many gifted and progressive young men St. Louis can boast of
none more promising than Ralph Martin Appel, whose talents and enterprise
have won for him an enviable distinction in the business life of the city. He is
a native of Sister Bay, Wisconsin, where he was born November 6, 1887. After
receiving his education, chiefly in Chicago, where he displayed remarkable indus-
trv and aptitude for study, he embarked in mercantile work and successfully
accomplished every task that his duties involved. His exemplary habits and
pleasing personalitv have always attracted attention and gained for him the esteem
and confidence of "his employers and acquaintances.
For a number of years Mr. Appel has been connected with the Bell Oil Com-
panv. of St. Louis, in various capacities, in all of which he has shown marked
ability. He first entered the service of the company when it was located in Chi-
cago and when the business was removed to this city he followed and by gradual
advances due strictly to merit, he now occupies one of the most responsible posi-
tions in the office. Though young in years Mr. Appel is old in business experi-
ence and with advantages such as he possesses the future holds for him the prom-
ise of fame and fortune.
FIENRY G. SCHNECK.
Henry G. Schneck, a member of the Alills, Schneck & Powers Tailoring
Company of St. Louis, was born in Washington, Franklin county, Missouri, Feb-
ruary 4, 1861. His parents were Jacob and Margaretha (Freishlag) Schneck.
The father, who was a cabinetmaker by trade, emigrated from Schwabia, now
German territory, in 1850, and in 1853 settled in St. Louis, where he remained
for about two years. He then removed to Washington, Missouri, where he re-
sided until his death, which occurred in 1882, at the age of sixty-three years, his
remains being interred in the cemetery there. His widow died in St. Louis in
1897, having made her home here with a daughter for several years prior to her
demise.
Henry G. Schneck was a pujjil in the Washington (Mo.) public schools and
afterward attended the Johnson Commercial College of St. Louis to the year of
his graduation — 1882. His first employment was in a gunsmith shop, where he
remained for a period of six months and then came to this city, thinking to find
in its complex and varied business conditions better opportunities for advance-
ment. He entered the cmjjloy of Mills & Averill, proprietors of the largest tai-
loring establishment in the west, and remained with that house through successive
promotions, which came in recognition of his worth, ability and fideHty, from
February, 1878, until February, 1905. He thoroughly mastered the business in
all of its branches and on severing his connection with that house, with which he
had remained for more than a quarter fjf a century, he established business on
his own account at No. 610 Washington avenue under the firm name of Mills,
Schneck & Dunklee. The third partner, however, died three months after the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 569
organization of the firm and the business was then carried on under the style of
Mills-Schneck Tailoring Company until x\ugust, 1907, when the name was changed
to the Mills, Schneck, Powers Tailoring Company. They are now located at 705
Washington avenue, and theirs is one of the leading establishments of the kind in
St. Louis, a large and constantly increasing business being conducted along mod-
ern business lines which keep them in touch with the advanced ideas of the trade.
^Ir. Schneck is a supporter of the republican party, always exercising his
right of franchise for its candidates. He is an exemplary Mason and has attained
the Knight Templar degree in the craft.
He was married in St. Louis to Miss Emma ^l. Benda, on the 7th of April,
1885, ^ii'l they now have three children: Harry Benda, who is a member of the
navy and is making the trip around the world ; Guy and Ruby, at home. The
Benda family are old residents of St. Louis, having been located here for over
thirty years. In an analyzation of Mr. Schneck's life work and what he has
accomplished, it is evident that his success is attributable in large measure to the
fact that he has always continued in the same line in which he embarked as a
young tradesman, gaining thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the busi-
ness in every department, so that when he started out upon his own account he
brought wide experience and sound judgment, as well as unabating energy, to
bear upon the upbuilding of an enterprise, which is now an extensive and pros-
perous one.
THOMAS TURNER FAUXTLEROY.
Thomas Turner Eauntleroy is the third son and child of Hon. Thomas Tur-
ner Fauntleroy and Bettie S. Eauntleroy. He was born at the old colonial town
of Winchester in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, Eebruarv 23, 1862. On his
father's side he is directly descended from ]\Ioore Fauntleroy, wdio came in 1636
from England to Virginia and settled at the mouth of the James river near Nor-
folk. Moore Eauntleroy was a lineal descendant of Nicholas Eauntleroy, who
owned an estate near Alveston, Dorsetshire. England, in 1391, which for many
centuries was known as Eauntleroy's ]\Iarsh. This Moore Fauntleroy was a
member of the governor's council and a colonel of Rangers, a name given to the
militia by the infant colony of A'irginia to protect its people from the incursions
of the savage Indians. About 1648 he bought two thousand acres of land from
the chief of the Indian tribe known as the Rappahannocks, in which is now Rich-
mond county, \'irginia, near the mouth of the Rappahannock river. On this
estate he built a large mansion of bricks made in Englautl and brought by ship
to Mrginia. He gave the name of Naylor's Hold to this plantation, a name it
bears to the present day. The Eauntleroys, like most of the Virginians, were
among the first at the opening of the Revolution to join the patriots in resisting
the encroachments of the crown upon the liberties of the colonists. In 1796,
attracted by the remarkable beauty and fertility of the Shenandoah valley, out
of which the warlike and bloodthirsty Shawnee Indians had but a few years
before been driven, a lineal descendant of j\Ioore Fauntleroy named Joseph, and
Elizabeth, his wife, with their seven sons and one daughter, removed from Rich-
mond county to what is now Clarke county, A'irginia, and took up a large tract
of land upon the banks of the Shenandoah river.
The third son of this Joseph, named Thomas Turner Fauntleroy, here grew
to man's estate. While at school he had run away to join the American army
in the war of 1812, in which he secured a commission as a lieutenant when only
a boy of seventeen. On reaching manhood, he began the practice of law at
Warrenton, the county seat of Fauquier county, \^irginia. In 1823 he repre-
sented that county in the Virginia house of delegates. In 1836 he was commis-
sioned by President Andrew Jackson major of the Second Dragoons in the reg-
ular armv of the L^nited States. He served through the Seminole war in Elor-
570 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ida. In 1847 he was commissioned lieutenant colonel by President Andrew Jack-
son, and commanded all the cavalry of the American army, when General Scott
made his triumphal entry into the city of Mexico at the end of the Mexican war.
In 1850 he was transferred to the First Dragoons and commissioned its colonel
bv President Jackson. In 1851-52 he was in command of Jefferson barracks,
St. Louis, ^Missouri. He retained his colonelcy in the regular army until 1861,
when he resigned and was commissioned by Governor Letcher of Virginia brig-
adier general, and entered the Confederate service and was put in command of
the fortifications around Richmond. He married Anne Thruston Magill, daugh-
ter of Colonel Charles ]\Iagill of the Revolutionary army and granddaughter of
Charles INIynn Thruston, colonel of the Seventeenth Virginia Regiment of the
line and known in the Revolutionary army and history as the "Fighting Parson
of the Shenandoah A'alley," because he had left the Church of England, of which
he was a priest, to enter the patriotic army.
The second son of this Thomas T. Fauntleroy and of the same name was
born at Winchester, Virginia, in 1823. He graduated from the law department
of the University of Virginia in 1844. In 1846 he was elected commonwealth's
attorney of his native county of Frederick. In 1857 he represented this county
in the house of delegates and again in 1877. In the latter year he was also
elected secretary of the commonwealth of Virginia. From 1883 until 1895 he
served as one of the judges of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia.
In the successive steps in the career of Thomas Turner Fauntleroy, of St.
Louis, which marks his orderly progression we note that his early education was
obtained in Shenandoah Valley Academy at Winchester, Virginia, a classical
school of great note in that section. He prepared for a professional career as a
law student in the University of \'lrginia during the sessions of 1881, 1882 and
1883. Rightlv valuing the opportunities of the great west and with laudable
ambition for a progressive and successful career at the bar, he removed to St.
Paul. ^linnesota, October 12, 1883, and there began practice. He was not long
in winning a notable name and place for himself among the representatives of
the legal fraternities of that city, where he remained until the summer of 1896,
when he came to St. Louis, hoping to benefit his wife's health by a removal to
a milder climate. Here for twelve years he has continued in the practice of law
and since the ist of January, 1903, has been associated with Shepard Barclay
and George H. Shields in the firm of Barclay, Shields & Fauntleroy.
Mr. Fauntleroy was married in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 3d of June,
1900, to Bessie Stuart Lee. Of their children, IMar}^ Lee, born in March, 1892,
died July 16, 1893. The surviving children are Bessie Lee and Janet Rankin,
twins ; and Margaret Guion. The parents are Presbyterians in religious faith
and in social lines Mr. Fauntleroy is connected with the ^Mercantile and Noon-
dav Clubs.
GILBERT BURNET MORRISON.
Gilbert Burnet Morrison, principal of the William McKinley high school,
was born in Rutland county, Vermont, April 21, 1852. His father, John Mor-
rison, was a stone cutter and came from Scotland to this country in about 1850
and settled in Vermont. His mother, Mary Burnet Morrison, was a woman of
culture and education, and a descendant of Gilbert Burnet, bishop of Salisbury,
the history of whose life and writings she loved to read and dwell upon. She
was a great admirer of the bishop's character and named her only son after
him. When Gilbert was four years of age his father died from the effects of an
accident in the Rutland marble quarries. Shortly afterward his mother moved
to New York city. From this time, about 1857, Gilbert's life was one of hard
work and hard study — hard work to earn at various occupations the necessaries
GILBERT B. MORRISON
572 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of life, and hard study under the guidance of his mother to acquire the elements
of an education. At his mother's death, when he was twelve years of age, he
had received from her a good start in his education and was advanced consider-
ably beyond children of his age who had attended school. From this time he
was chiefly self-taught. Strong of constitution and apt to learn, he pursued his
studies while gaining a livelihood, receiving the aid of private tutors when he
found special difficulties. His mind inclined toward the physical sciences, which
he pursued with success. He fitted up a laboratory of his own, in which he
worked out experimentally the elementary principles of physics and chemistry.
He worked at various occupations, but it was to his lalDor for three years in
mechanical shops and later on the farm in New York, that he attributes much of
his success, for here he came in contact with the forces of nature. It is to his
hard experience in mastering his studies while in actual contact with the world
that he attributes his success as a teacher. He often assisted schoolboys in
their studies and marveled at their impractical way of looking at things. It
was while coaching boys for college that he decided to become a teacher, though
it took several years of hard work to realize his ambition.
In 1876 he began teaching in country schools of Missouri. In 1878 to 1879
he taught in Brown county, Kansas. Here he met Miss Jean Earnest, also at
that time a teacher in the county schools, whom he married at Hamlin, Kansas,
November 8, 1879. Shortly afterward he returned to Missouri. He was prin-
cipal of the Barry (Mo.) 'public school from 1880 to 1881. In 1882 he was
made principal of the Liberty (Mo.) public schools. While in charge of
these schools he edited and published "The Educational Advance," a vigorous
and aggressive educational magazine, in which he put forth the educational ideas
of reform methods which for a number of years so strongly moved him. His
work in Liberty attracted wide and favorable attention, and in 1884 he was
called to Kansas City, Missouri, to teach the sciences in the Central high school
of that city, a position which he held for fourteen years.
During the growth of the high schools of Kansas City he planned and
equipped the laboratories and introduced the working laboratory method of teach-
ing science. L^'p to this time science had been taught in Missouri only by the
text-book and by demonstrations by the teacher. Mr. Morrison secured the
confidence of the board of education and a laboratory workshop was fitted up
for him in the school, in which he, with the assistance of his pupils, made
nearly all the apparatus needed for the laboratory. It was in this shop that the
foundation was laid for manual training in the public schools of Missouri. Aside
from his classwork Mr. Morrison carried on considerable research work. After
the discovery of the X-rays by Roentgen he conducted the first successful experi-
ments with them west of the Mississippi river, and his results were given in a
lecture before the Jackson County Medical Society and published in the "Med-
ical Index."
As one of the pioneers of the manual training movement he encountered
ojjposition which resulted in many sharp conflicts with the more conservative
elements, but his vigorous articles in the city papers and in educational journals
resulted in the building of the Manual Training Fligh School of Kansas City,
Missouri, the first public school of its kind in the state.
It was about tliis time that Mr. Morrison became acquainted with Calvin
M. Woodward, of St. Louis, whose work for better methods and for manual
training had strongly attracted him. It is to Dr. Woodward's sympathy and
fricndshi]) that Mr. Morrison attributes much of his success of recent years.
In 1895 Mr. Morrison was chosen by W. T. Harris. LInited States com-
missioner of education, to prepare a paper on "The Bell and Lancaster System —
What There Is in It for the Schools of the South." It was read before the
Southern Educational Association at Hot Springs in 1896. Another address on
the "Heating and Ventilation of School Buildings'' was given before the same
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 573
association at Galveston, Texas. An account of this meeting and some reflec-
tions on the education and people of the south was reported to the Kansas City
lournal in an article which was extensively copied by several educational jour-
nals. It was after the publication of this report that Mr. Morrison was asked
by the board of education of Kansas City, Missouri, to plan a high school for
that city, containing manual training correlated and coordinated with a full
academic course ; and as a further preparation for the task he was sent on a tour
of inspection to other cities. On his return he presented an exhaustive report,
together with a proposed course of study and exercises, and plans for a new
building. All of these were adopted without modification and the manual training
high school of Kansas City is the result. In seven years this school reached an
enrollment of eighteen hundred pupils and it is still the largest in point of num-
bers in the state.
While in Kansas City, Mr. Morrison wrote a book on the "Ventilation and
W'arming of School Buildings," published by Appleton's in the International
Education Series ; presented a paper, "Some Thermal Determinations in the Heat-
ing of Buildings," at the Columbus meeting of the "American Association for
the Advancement of Science" ; wrote monographs, "The School Buildings of the
United States," for the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition (silver
medal), and "Schoolhouse Architecture and Hygiene" for the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition (gold medal).
He has for manv years been a student of Herbert Spencer and a great
admirer of his Synthetic Philosophy. He wrote a review of Spencer's Educa-
tion, which appeared in the "Educational Advance"; presented a paper on "Does
the High School Prepare for College and for Life?" at the Los Angeles meeting
of the National Education Association and published in the proceedings of 1899.
While science and education is his work, Mr. jMorrison gives his leisure mo-
ments to literarv study as a recreation. A close student of human nature, he
finds great pleasure in writing analyses of the characters of Shakespeare, some
of which have been published in pamphlet form. In consideration of his scien-
tific and literarv work and his educational service to the state of Alissouri, he
received the honorary degree of iMaster of Arts from W^ashington U^niversity of
St. Louis, in 1903.
Mr. Morrison has been very successful in securing the cooperation of his
assistants and it is to this power in securing the aid of others in furthering his
plans that much of his success is due. How he is regarded by them may be
seen by an engraving on a silver cup presented to him by the teachers of the
Kansas City schools when he left there: "To Gilbert B. Morrison, Our Princi-
pal, by the Teachers of the Manual Training High School, as a token of their
love for him and their appreciation of his preeminent qualities of force, courage
and justice."
In 1904 he was called to St. Louis to organize and open the new \\'illiam
McKinley high school. This school, like others of its kind which have since been
built in this city, possesses characteristics which ^Ir. ]\Iorrison had advocated by
tongue and pen for many years, chief among which is its cosmopolitan charac-
ter, embodying in one correlated whole all of the subjects, academic, commercial
and manual, which time has proved their right to a place in the high school
course — a plan that secures great individual variety of work and at the same
time great social unity.
Mr. ]\Iorrison is also widely known by his war on secret fraternities in high
schools, which has during the last ten years been waged by school authorities
against this undemocratic tendency on the part of the youth of this country.
He began this battle single-handed ten years ago in Kansas City, Missouri. During
this period hundreds of schools have put these societies out and several supreme
court decisions have been handed down against them, and two state legislatures
have passed laws prohibiting their organization. He was chairman of a C(Mn-
574 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY.
mittee appointed by the National Education Association to investigate them and
wrote the report which has been the chief instrument in securing decisions against
them. The McKinley high school has ever been free from these secret organiza-
tions and other forms of snobbishness.
While in St. Louis, Mr. [Morrison has contributed to many educational maga-
zines and has several times been called to other cities to address teachers' asso-
ciations. "The Scope and Content of the District High School," now published
in pamphlet form, was first delivered to the Teachers Association of Philadel-
phia. Pennsylvania, in 1907. During the present year, 1908, he has written a
series of four articles which are published in the "Manual Training Magazine,"
on the "Organization of Manual Training in the High School."
These articles set forth the aims, purposes, methods and probable future of
manual training and industrial education in the public schools. They also de-
scribe and illustrate by cuts and tables the work that is being done in St. Louis.
]\Ir. Morrison is an active member of the National Education Association ;
American Association for the Advancement of Science; National Geographical
Society ; National Association of Science and Mathematics ; Missouri State Teach-
ers' Association; charter member of the American Hygiene Association; mem-
ber of the National Council of Supervisors of the Manual Arts ; Academy of
Science of St. Louis ; and for the present year. 1908, president of the Depart-
ment of Secondarv Education of the National Education Association.
I\Ir. [Morrison lives with his family at Webster Groves, St. Louis county,
[Missouri. He has two daughters, Jean and Eva. The former is a graduate of
Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York, and is now teaching domestic science in
the St. Louis schools. The latter is attending the McKinley high school. Mr.
[Morrison is at present president of the Tuesday Evening Club and a member of
the Webster Groves board of education.
BERNARD M. VERDIN.
Bernard [M. Verdin, who occupied an honorable position as a representative
of the lumber trade and gained the respect of his fellowmen by reason of his
fidelity to manly principles, was born in St. Louis, August 30, 1852. He attended
the St. Louis University and Jones Commercial College, and thus with liberal
educational advantages was well qualified for life's practical and responsible du-
ties. Putting aside his text-books, he entered into business with his father, James
Verdin, who had established a lumberyard, and in that line of trade Bernard [M.
Verdin continued until 1894, carrying on both a wholesale and retail business.
His trade relations were extensive, making him one of the leading representa-
tives of the lumber business in St. Louis. His plant was located at Twelfth and
[Mullanphy streets and few men were better judges of lumber or were in closer
touch with the trade in all of the subsidiary interests of shipment and sale which
bear upon the success of an enterprise of this character. [Moreover, in all of
his trade relations Mr. Verdin was strictly reliable, never winning his success
at the sacrifice of others' rights or opportunities. As he prospered in his under-
takings he also purchased considerable property in the west end and was very
active in developing that part of the town, contributing in large measure to its
upbuilding and improvement.
In 1877 Mr. Verdin w^as married in this city to Miss Josephine Harris, a
daughter of Andrew and Marguerite (Price) Harris, who came from Kentucky
at an early day. Her father was a river pilot and captain and spent the remainder
of his life in this city. Unto Mr. and [Mrs. Verdin were born seven children, of
w^hom four are yet living. Irene first married F. W. Lemp, by whom she has
one daughter, Irene, and for her second husband married L. B. Langan, now de-
ceased, bv whom she has a son, Leon V. Pauline is the wife of John H. Wood,
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576 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of Chicago, and has one son, John H., Jr. James Harris and Josephine complete
the family. Mrs. \'erdin still makes her home in St. Louis and is well known
socially here, having- many warm friends. In 1896 she was called upon to mourn
the loss of her husband, who passed away on the ist of December of that year.
He was a member of the Catholic church, but was not sectarian in his charities,
being alwavs ready to lend a helping hand wherever aid was needed. The poor
and needy found in him a faithful friend and remembered him with gratitude,
while those who met him in social and family relations cherish and honor his
memory.
HENRY L. POLLVOGT.
Henry L. Pollvogt is conducting a prosperous and growing business in man-
tels under the firm name of the Hornet ]\Iantel Company. An analyzation of his
life record shows that his success is not due to any unusual attributes but to his
careful adjustment of the business interests under his control and his wise use
of the opportunities which have come to him. His life record began in St. Louis,
May 30, 1862, his parents being Henry and Frances (Witte) Pollvogt, who were
natives of Germany, whence they came to the new world in 1857, settling in St.
Louis. In this city they were married and unto them were born two sons and
two daughters. The father became a lumber dealer and in the control of his
business affairs provided for the needs of his family. He died in 1893, but is
still survived bv Mrs. Pollvogt, who is enjoying good health and now makes her
home with her son Henry.
When age qualified him for entrance into the public schools, Henry L. Poll-
vogt began his education and later became a student in Johnson's Commercial
College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1882. As his parents were
people of very moderate financial means, it was necessary that he provide for his
own support from the age of fourteen years and, starting out to seek employ-
ment, he at length obtained a position in a wholesale cigar factory, where he
remained for two years. When sixteen years of age he was appointed a sales-
man, selling cigars to the general trade, at which time he was probably the young-
est representative of this line of business in the city. He was quite successful,
however, and gained a liberal patronage for the house which he represented.
After the firm dissolved, he took up the trade of harness and saddlery making,
which he mastered, both in principle and detail. He was in the employ of the
Jacob Strauss Saddlery Company, then located at No. 507 North Main street, and
remained with them for two and a half years. It was with the money that he
saved during that period that he met the expenses of a conunercial course, for
he realized that education is an essential factor in business success and he there-
fore continued his studies until he was qualified by liberal training for the duties
of a commercial career. On leaving college he accepted a clerical position with
a lumber company and l^ecame thoroughly acquainted with the lumber trade
during his year's connection with that house, with which he remained as general
bookkeeper until the firm retired from business. He then made application to
the Simmons Hardware Com])any for a position and in 1884 entered upon a
seven years' connection with that house. In the meantime he was imbued with
the laudable desire to engage in business on his own account and, watchful of
favoring opportunities, he at length became connected with the mantel business
under the firm name of the Hornet Mantel & Cabinet Company. Mr. Pollvogt
is sole proprietor of this business, which is today the largest in the country.
f^is house is known throughout the United States and to every part of the
Union his trade extends. His success is due to several features, one of which
is the careful organization of the business so that maximum results are secured
with a minimum expenditure of time, labor and material. Tlie finest produc-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 577
tions known to the trade are sent out by this house, which is carrying- on busi-
ness at Nos. 1 1 12 to 1 1 20 Market street. The methods of the house are above
reproach, not only because of the excellence of the products which they handle
but also by reason of the straightforward business principles employed.
Mr. Pollvogt was married in St. Louis to Miss Anna Koppelman and unto
them have been born five children : Eleanora, Arthur, Florence, Mamie and
Elsie. Her father is today one of the oldest furniture dealers in St. Louis,
having been in business here for the past half century. He stands as one of
the most prominent representatives of commercial life in this city and the fam-
ily is one of high social standing. Mr. Pollvogt is a member of the Bethlehem
Evangelical church. The onerous and responsible duties of a constantly grow-
ing business have never prevented him from taking an active and helpful part
in work of a public nature that affects the moral, intellectual and material
progress of the community.
WILLIAM FRANCIS CARTER.
With a large clientele, that stands as indisputable evidence of his power at
the bar, William Francis Carter has also become recognized as a prominent fac-
tor in financial circles, succeeding to the presidency of the Missouri Lincoln
Trust Company on the 12th of November, 1907. Born in Farmington, Mis-
souri, October 30, 1867, few men of his years are called to a position of such
large responsibility as he assumed in taking upon himself the direction of finan-
cial interests in this position. His parents are William and Maria (Mcllvaine)
Carter, the former well known as a lawyer. The family came from Virginia
to Missouri and William Carter gained eminence in his chosen profession in
the southeastern portion of the state. For many years he was on the circuit
bench and his opinions were regarded as models of judicial soundness. The
Mcllvaine family came from Kentucky, making settlement in Washington county,
Missouri, and the grandfather, Jesse H. Mcllvaine, was a member of the board
of the Iron Mountain Railway. In ante-bellum days, he also represented his
district in the state senate for a number of years and was a warm admirer and
faithful political follower of Thomas Benton. He was a brother-in-law of Gov-
ernor Dunklin, while one of his sisters became the wife of Senator Yell, of
Arkansas, and who fell in the battle of Buena Vista. Jesse Mcllvaine Carter,
a brother of William F. Carter, is now connected with the L^nited States army,
being stationed at Walla Walla, Washington, with the rank of captain in the
Fourteenth Cavalry. Another brother, Thomas B. Carter, is an electrical en-
gineer and was formerly supervisor of citv lighting in St. Louis. Edwin F.
Carter, a third brother, is in charge of the contract department of the Bell
Telephone Company of Missouri.
With an ancestry that has been an inspiration, William Francis Carter has
made a record in keeping with the history of his forebears. He was educated
in Washington University and in the law department of the University of !\lich-
igan, where he completed his course by graduating in 1890. In June of the
same year he was admitted to the bar at Marble Hill, Missouri, where he prac-
ticed for two years and then sought the broader opportunities aft'orded through
the complex interests of citv life bv removal to St. Louis, where he has since
built up a large clientage, figuring prominently in much of the litigation that
has constituted the work of the local courts. His addresses before the court
are characterized by perspicuity and often by a terseness that seems to put
almost into a single sentence the verv essence of his case, presenting it with a
clearness that could not be attained in an extensive elaboration. He has also
become recognized as a most forceful factor in financial circles and was a direc-
tor of the Scruggs-Barney-A'andevoort Dry Goods Company, associated with
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578 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the ^Missouri Lincoln Trust Company, for two years by reason of his being
executor of the R. ^I. Scruggs estate. On the 12th of November, 1907, he was
elected to the presidency of the Missouri Lincoln Trust Company to succeed
Dr. Pincknev French, and aside from this, he is a stockholder in several other
business enterprises and corporations. He has never sought the honors nor
distinction that mav be gained in political lines and in fact is more closely iden-
tified with the independent movement that is now manifest in politics rather than
with any party.
Mr. Carter was married at Ferguson, Missouri, November 15, 1893, to Miss
Grace Thoroughman. a daughter of Colonel Thomas Thoroughman, and they
have one son, Emmet, aged thirteen years. In reviewing the record of Mr.
Carter it is easy to discern the steps in the orderly progression which marks
his life. He is one of the most self-masterful because one of the best balanced
of men, not given to extremes and yet not without that contagious enthusiasm,
which is a promotive element in many public interests.
FRANK ST. GEMME.
Among the younger and more enterprising business men of St. Louis is
Frank St. Gemme who, since March 15, 1905, has been the vice president of the
Frank & St. Gemme Manufacturing Company. He was born at Prairie Du
Rocher, Randolph county, Illinois, October 4, 1877, his parents being August
and Lucv St. Gemme, the former a cabinetmaker of this city. The family is
of French lineage but has been represented in this country through seven genera-
tions. The grandfather of our subject was a planter at Frederickstown, Mary-
land, and owned many slaves.
Frank St. Gemme was a pupil of the parochial school of his home town and
in the public schools of St. Louis therein continuing his education to the age
of sixteen years. Immediatelv after leaving school he entered upon an appren-
ticeship in the tin shop of John Andrew, at Carondelet, remaining with him for
about fifteen months, after which he devoted three months to the upholstery
business. On the expiration of that period, however, he returned to the trade
in which he had formerly worked and followed that pursuit in various places until
he became associated with William Frank, organizing the present firm of Frank
& St. Gemme. They have been very successful, owing to the broad experience,
practical workmanship and pronounced skill of the partners, whose personal
understanding of the business enables them to carefully direct the labors of
those whom thev may employ. They now have a well equipped plant, provided
with all facilities for the successful conduct of the business along legitimate lines
of trade.
Mr. St. Gemme was married in St. Louis, October 4, 1900, to Miss Cora
Anna Denoyer and they reside at No. 1816 Benton street, the warm-hearted and
pleasant hospitality of their home being greatly enjoyed by their many friends.
Mr, St. Gemme votes independently, nor does he seek nor desire public office,
preferring to concentrate his attention upon his business interests, in which
he is meeting with signal success.
FRANKLIN P. HUNKINS.
I-'ranklin P. Ilunkins, president and treasurer of the Hunkins-Willis Lime
& Cement Company, has arrived at that place where he is able to take a calm
survey of life and to judge accurately of its opportunities and the possibilities
presented in the business conditions of the present age. His labors have been
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 579
discerningly directed along well detined lines and have carried him into important
commercial relations.
A native of Illinois, Air. Hunkins was born in Galena on the 15th of July,
1850, his parents being Darius and Ann (McCarthy) Hunkins. Reared in his
native city, he obtained his preliminary education in its public schools and after-
ward attended college in Racine, Wisconsin. After leaving school he entered
business life in a clerical capacity in the St. Louis office of the Northern Line
Packet Company of St. Louis, a company controlling the line of steamers run-
ning between St. Louis and St. Paul. For two years he remained in that busi-
ness connection, but anxious that his labors should directly benefit himself, in
1875 he organized the firm of Thorn-Hunkins to engage in the lime and cement
business. Lender the original firm style operations were continued until 1889,
when the business was incorporated as the Thorn & Hunkins Lime & Cement
Company, and this was succeeded in 1896 by the Hunkins-Willis Lime & Cement
Company, wholesale manufacturers of lime and cement. Mr. Hunkins is the
president and treasurer of this company which is today conducting an extensive
business, having a well equipped plant, while the output is now very large and
has a readv sale on the market. The business methods of the house are regarded
as thoroughlv reliable and the business policy commends the company to a gen-
erous share of the public patronage.
On the i8th of October, 1877, in St. Louis, Mr. Hunkins was united in mar-
riage to Miss Fannie A. Blaetterman and unto them have been born two daugh-
ters and two sons, Stella, Darius S., Ethel and Everett. The family attend the
Presbyterian church in which Air. Hunkins holds membership, and his political
faith is that of the republican party. He is a member of the Alercantile Club
and is interested in all matters of progressive citizenship, many movements
having profited by the weight of his influence and his generous support. What
he has accomplished in the business world is the visible expression of a life of
well directed enterprise, in which no opportunity has been neglected and no
advantage heedlessly passed by.
CHRISTIAN H. PRIOR.
Christian H. Prior, senior member of the firm of Prior & Hartig, real estate
and loan agents, doing business at No. 616 Chestnut street since 1902, was born
in St. Louis, September 10, 1865. He is a son of Frederick G. and Alarie Prior,
both natives of Osnabruck, Germany, wdience they came to the new world, for
a belief that he might enjoy better business opportunities in this country led
Frederick G. Prior beyond the Atlantic. He was a member of the Home Guard
during the Civil war and for many years was a soda water manufacturer in this
citv but retired in 1890 to enjov well earned rest, his former toil and enterprise
having supplied him with a capital sufficient to care for him in all of the com-
forts and manv of the luxuries of life during the sixteen years which followed
his retirement ere he was called to the home beyond.
Christian H. Prior was for four years a pupil of the public schools of St.
Louis and afterward attended the Eiser German Institute for four years. He
also spent two terms in Greer's Commercial College and thus with good train-
ing for the business world he entered commercial circles as an office boy with
the firm of Ponath & Buse, real-estate dealers, predecessors of the Ponath &
Ingals Company. He continued with them for four years and for two years was
employed at a salarv of ten dollars per month, while when he severed his con-
nection with them he was receiving fifty dollars, having been appointed book-
keeper and cashier after three years' service. He afterward engaged as book-
keeper and cashier with Charles Vogel, remaining in that capacity for sixteen
and a half vears, during which time he handled millions of dollars without los-
580 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ing a single cent or without ever having needed to give bond. On the expiration
of that period he severed his business connections with the firm, but not his
friendship, and started in business on his own account at No. 1009 Chestnut
street. Six months later he removed to his present address at No. 616 Chest-
nut street, where since 1903 he has conducted a real-estate and loan business un-
der the firm style of Prior & Hartig. He has intimate knowledge of the real-
estate market, the property for sale or purchase and is thus enabled to promote
the interest of his clients in making judicial investments.
In April, 1898, Air. Prior was married to Miss Edna Shield, the wedding
being celebrated in this city. They occupy an attractive modern residence at No.
201 1 Herbert street which Mr. Prior inherited from his father. He is a blue
lodge Mason and in politics is a pronounced republican, feeling that the safety
and welfare of the country depend upon the adoption of republican principles.
He belongs to the Church of the Holy Ghost of the German Evangelical denom-
ination.
WILLIAM MORDECAI COOKE.
Among the eminent men of St. Louis of the early days was William Mor-
dccai Cooke, whose life record reflected honor and credit upon the state which
honored him. While it is true that his "were massive deeds and great," they
also but represent the fit utilization of the innate talents which were his. He
achieved distinction at the bar, in public life and on the field of battle and was
none the less esteemed for those sterling traits of character which won him warm
friendships than for the conspicuous acts of his life which gained him honor
and prominence.
The birth of William Mordecai Cooke occurred at Portsmouth, Virginia,
December 11, 1823, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 14th
of April, 1863, when he passed away at Petersburg, Virginia. He was a son of
Mordecai and Margaret (Kearnes) Cooke and was a representative of the Amer-
ican branch of the family in the sixth generation. The ancestors can be traced
back to Mordecai Cooke, who patented lands in Virginia in 1650. He had come
from England in the early part of colonization in the new world and was known
among colonists as "one of the staunchest of the king's men." He was an inti-
mate personal friend of Sir William Berkeley, colonial governor of Virginia, and
established his home at what became known as Mordecai's Mount in Gloucester
county. The family through successive generations figured prominently in the
public life of the Old Dominion. His son, also bearing the name of Mordecai
Cooke, was sheriff of Gloucester in 169S and justice and burgess in 1702 and
1714. He was the father of Mordecai Cooke III, who was a student at William
& Mary College in 1738. He married Miss Booth and the eldest of their chil-
dren was Mordecai Cooke IV, who in 1781 wedded Elizabeth Scrosby. Their
second son, Mordecai Cooke V, born in 1784, was the father of William Mordecai
Cooke of this review. He was for many years a member of the Virginia legisla-
ture and was well known throughout that state as a gentleman of high social
standing. He wedded Margaret Kearnes and they became parents of eight
children, the sixth in order of birth being William Mordecai Cooke, who was
reared amid the refining influences of a cultured southern home and afforded the
best educational and social advantages.
Having j)rei)ared for college under the direction of a private tutor he be-
came a student in the University of Virginia, where he manifested special apti-
tude in his studies. Throughout his entire life he was a man of scholarly tastes
and in college he laid the foundation for a broad and liberal culture. At the
age of seventeen he harl comj^leted the university courses in mathematics and
natural philosophy; at eighteen, the course in literature, French, moral philosophy
and chemistry; at nineteen, the course in political economy; and at twenty, the
WILLIAM M. COOKE
582 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
law course. After winning the Bachelor of Law degree in the university Mr.
Cooke determined to enter upon his professional career in the west and arrived
in St. Louis in 1843. Here he at once began practice and soon gained recogni-
tion as one of the ablest among the younger members of the bar, but after a
brief period he removed to Hannibal, Missouri, in 1849 and there soon gained
distinction as one of the eminent lawyers practicing at that court. He was
elected judge of the common pleas court of that district and his decisions on the
bench were characterized by the utmost fairness and impartiality and by a com-
prehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence.
In 1854, however. Judge Cooke again became a resident of St. Louis and
the court records of that period bear testimony of the eminent position which he
occupied in legal circles. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon
the bar of the state both for legal ability of a high order and for the individualit}-
of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community. Of a family
conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and energy he entered upon
his career as a lawyer and such was his force of character and natural qualifica-
tions that he overcame all obstacles and wrote his name upon the keystone of the
legal arch. His opinions are fine specimens of judicial thought, always clear,
lf>gical and as brief as the character of the case permitted.
But while Judge Cooke gained distinction as a practitioner in the courts he
was also interested in the great problems of government which the nation was
facing. He represented a family that had always taken an active interest in
affairs of state and nation and was admirbly fitted by nature as well as by edu-
cation and professional training for active participation in public life. He took
up the discussion of questions of moment with avidity and fearlessly announced
his views, supporting his position by intelligent arguments. From the year
1845 the slavery question was one of heated controversy throughout the state
and in that year the legislature passed the famous "Jackson resolutions," which
were at once assailed by Colonel Thomas H. Benton in a most aggressive man-
ner and with the marked ability which he always displayed in debate. Old party
lines were largely obliterated and new ones formed as a result of this controversy
and the people arrayed themselves into Benton and anti-Benton factions. Judge
Cooke's position was never an equivocal one and in hearty support of political
doctrines advocated by John C. Calhoun he took a firm stand in opposition to
Benton and the policies which he advocated. He was also strong in his political
opposition to Francis P. Blair, Jr., and yet the two men always entertained for
each other the warmest personal regard.
When it was realized that the question of slavery and all of the attendant
issues which it brought forth could not be settled at the polls nor by discussion
on the platform, but would be submitted to the arbitrament of arms, Judge Cooke
became one of the leading representatives of the southern cause, and in March,
1861. was sent by Governor Jackson as a commissioner to the president of the
Confederate States. When he had fulfilled his mission he returned to Missouri
and entered the Confederate military service, becoming an aide on the staff of
Governor Jackson, in which capacity he participated in the battles of Boonville
and Carthage, while at the battle of Oak Hill he was aide-de-camp to General
Sterling Price. Following that engagement he was sent with General John B.
Clark to Richmond to confer with President Davis and was soon afterward
elected a member of the Confederate congress. As special commissioner from
Missouri and later as congressman he was brought into intimate relations with
the Confederate president and remained one of his most trusted friends and ad-
mirers throughout his life. He died while serving as a member of congress and
even those who differed with him politically recognized that the country had lost
a great and good man.
Hon. George G. Vest, United States senator, in speaking before the Confed-
erate congress, said of him: "I have known Judge Cooke intimately in every
relation of life, j>uhlic and private, civil and military. He was a gentleman by
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birth, education, habit and instinct. A more unsehish spirit never existed upon
earth. Loving and tender as a woman in all social and domestic relations, he was
yet firm and inflexible in opposition to what he conceived wrong, or in defense of
the right. With a fine and cultivated classic taste, thoroughly read in English
and French literature, he had every quality and requirement calculated to adorn
and fascinate society. As the shadows of death gathered upon his brow he met
his fate with the calmness which always attended him. He died a member of
the Roman Catholic church and w-ith a firm reliance upon the promises of the
Bible."
Judge Cooke had been married in 1846 to Miss Eliza von Phul, a daughter
of Henry von Phul, of St. Louis, and their children were : Margaret Kearnes,
Rosalie Genevieve, Henry von Phul, William Mordecai, John Rutherford, Sophie,
and D'Arcy Paul Cooke. To his family Judge Cooke was most devoted, and
while the public made great demands upon his time and energies, he ever found
opportunity for the pleasures of his own fireside and the careful training of his
children. When death claimed him his remains were laid in Calvary cemetery
in St. Louis. He held distinctive precedence as an eminent lawyer and statesman,
a valiant and patriotic soldier, and as one who occupied a most unique and trying
position during one of the most exciting epochs in the political history of Mis-
souri, in which connection he bore himself with such signal dignity and honor as
to gain the respect of all.
WILLIAM FRANK.
William Frank, president of the Frank & St. Gemme Manufacturing Com-
pany, has been in control of this business as its chief executive officer since March
17. 1905- He was born in St. Louis, April 3, 1868, and is a son of August and
Theresa Frank. The father was a mechanical engineer who emigrated from
Germany to the new world in 1840. He is now deceased but the mother still
survives. Until his fourteenth year, William Frank attended the public schools
and then began preparation for his business career as an apprentice to the man-
ufacture of brass musical instruments. He was employed in that capacity from
April 9, 1884, until 1887 and after leaving that employ, he took up the printing
business with the firm of Beebinger & Harrington on Third and Market streets.
After a year and a half, however, he again became connected with brass work,
entering the employ of N. O. Nelson in the manufacture of plumbers' supplies.
For a year he continued with that house and afterward worked in the brass shops
for the purpose of getting a general idea of different lines of work. Five years
were thus spent, after which he returned to the works of N. O. Nelson, occupy-
ing the position of assistant foreman for a time, while later he was promoted to
the place of master mechanic. His connection with that firm continued for five
years, w'hen in 1896 he resigned to become foreman with the Stempel Fire Ex-
tinguisher Company. There he remained for about two years and then took a
position with the Wagner Electric Company as electric instrumentmaker, repre-
senting that house until 1899, when he joined Frank St. Gemme in the present
business. During the time he was with the Stempel Manufacturing Company
he was working on a mechanical fire extinguisher, manufactured in accordance
with a patent which was secured about the time he left the Wagner Manufactur-
ing Company. He possesses considerable inventive ingenuity and mechanical
skill and in fact is recognized as an expert workman in mechanical lines, his own
ability, therefore, w-ell qualifying him to direct the labors of others and to pro-
duce well formulated plans that have constituted resultant elements in success.
For eighteen years Mr. Frank has been a member of the Knights of Pythias
and he also belongs to Tower Grove Turn Verein and the Travelers Protective
Association. In politics he votes independently and is always able to support his
584 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
position bv intelligent argument. As has been truly remarked after all that may
be done for a man in the way of giving him early opportunities for obtaining the
requirements which are sought in the schools and in books, he must essentially
formulate, determine and give shape to his own character and this is what Mr.
Frank has done. He has chosen those things in life which are worth while and
his determination and activity in business have brought to him a satisfactory
reward for his labor.
JOSEPH DICKSON, JR.
Joseph Dickson, Jr., was born April 12, 1876, in St. Louis, a son of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Robertson) Dickson. The public schools constituted the medium
whereby he acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study
in the Washington University from 1894 until 1896, in the Harvard Law School
from 1896 until 1898 and in the St. Louis Law School in 1898-9. Having thus
qualiried for the profession, he began the practice of law in St. Louis and in
1 90 1 became the third member of the law firm of Dickson, Smith & Dickson,
as the associate of his father, Joseph Dickson, and of Eleneious Smith. The firm
afterward became Dickson, Jeffries & Dickson, Mr. Smith being succeeded by S.
B. Jeffries, and at the present time the firm is Dickson & Dickson.
On the 27th of November, 1901, Joseph Dickson of this review was mar-
ried in his native city to Miss Sydney Frances Boyd, a daughter of W. G. Boyd.
They now have one child, Mary Frances Dickson, born August 21, 1902.
]\Ir. Dickson is a welcome member at the St. Louis, Noonday, Racquet and
^Missouri Athletic Clubs of St. Louis and the Harvard Club of New York. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party, but aside from a citizen's
interest in the questions and issues of the day he confines his attention to his pro-
fession rather than politics, and in the practice of law is becoming well known
as an able working member of the bar, who carefully prepares his cases and has
the ability of saying in a convincing way the right thing at the right time. He pos-
sesses, too, an excellent presence, an earnest, dignified manner, marked strength
of character, a thorough grasp of the law and abilitv to applv its principles ac-
curatelv.
WILLIA^I ROEVER.
William Rocver was born September 17, 1830, in Neustadt in the King-
dom of Hanover, Germany, and his life record covered the intervening years to
the nth of June, 1898. He was a son of Louis and Marie (Liidekingj Roever.
The father was a wealthy soap manufacturer of his native land and in 1837 came
to America because of his ideas concerning republican government. He was a
believer in freedom and would not allow his sons to swear allegiance to any
king. He therefore sought the liberty and opportunities of the w^orld's greatest
rqjublic. He came of a family prominent in military and educational circles
in Hanover and was a man of strong mentality and broad and liberal views.
William Roever was but seven years of age when he accompanied his parents
to the new world. His education was acquired in private schools of St. Louis.
His first business experience was gained as an employe of a St. Louis brush
manufacturer. He afterward engaged in clerking for a year in a store in Belle-
ville, Illinois, and 'tlien entered the employ of Woods-Christy & Company, pro-
prietors of a wholesale dry-goods house, with which he remained for several
years. On the expiration of that period he joined his brother Frederick in busi-
ness and so continued until 1860, when he returned to Europe to visit the land
of his birth.
JOSEPH DICKSOX. JR.
58(3 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
At the time of the opening of the Civil war ^Ir. Roever again came to the
United States and recruited a compan}- of home guards, of which he was com-
missioned captain. He participated in the capture of Camp Jackson in May,
1861, and served as captain of his company throughout the period of hostihties.
When the war was over and the preservation of the Union was an assured fact,
he entered the wholesale house of Dodd, Brown & Company, with which he was
connected until 1871. In the previous year he was given a leave of absence and
spent four months abroad wath his wife. He then returned to his former posi-
tion, but ill health compelled him to give up the position in 1871 and for two
years thereafter he lived in Europe for the benefit. of his health. In 1874 he
returned and became interested in the manufacture of shoes at Jefferson City,
but in a short time retired from business and in 1876 erected a residence at No.
3628 St. Louis avenue. He was not again engaged in business throughout the
remainder of his life, but enjoyed well earned rest in honorable retirement.
On the I2th of November, 1867, Mr. Roever was married to Miss Sophie
Deppe, a daughter of Henry and Fredericka (Peters) Deppe, both of whom
were natives of Germany. The father, who was born in 181 5, left Germany
when fifteen years of age and after traveling in the south, settled in St. Louis,
where he engaged in the hardware business, being one of the first merchants in
that line in the city. He died of cholera in 1849. To Mr. and Mrs. Roever
have been born three children, Sophia Eugenia and Frederick Louis and William
Henry, twins. Frederick Louis, however, died in 1892. William Henry Roever
is now professor of mathematics in Washington University. He is a graduate
of that school and won his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Harvard. In St.
Louis he married Miss IMinnie Hamilton, a daughter of Alexander Hamilton,
and they have two children, William Alexander and Frederick Hamilton.
At the time of his death Air. Roever was the oldest living charter member
of Cosmos Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He also belonged to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and was one of the earliest members of the Germania Club.
Reared in an atmosphere of culture and refinement, where true value is placed
upon mental equipment and intellectual progress, he remained throughout his
life a broad-minded man, interested in questions of vital importance, and his
influence was ever on the side of reform, progress and advancement.
AUGUST ZACHER.
August Zacher, arriving in St. Louis empty handed when about twenty-one
years of age, was for many years connected with the jewelry trade of the city
and was regarded as the most expert watchmaker here. He was born July 24,
1845, in Berlin, Germany, and passed away on the i8th of December, 1894.
His parents were Joachim and Emilie Zacher, of Berlin. The son was a pupil
in the public schools of his native city to the age of fifteen years, when he began
learning the watchmaker's trade under the direction of his brother, who at the
time was considered the finest watchmaker in the German capital. August
Zacher gained comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the trade under his
guidance and himself became an expert in that line.
The reports which reached him concerning higher wages and more rapid
advancement in business circles in America led him to seek a home on this side
the Atlantic and in 1866 lie barle adieu to friends and fatherland and sailed
for the new world. He made his first location in St. Louis, where he entered
the employ of a Mr. Haerbermann as a watch salesman and repairer. After a
brief period he became an employ of a Mrs. Boehmer at No. 511 Franklin avenue
in the capacity of watchmaker and repairer, continuing there for several years.
He was next employed by E. H. Kortkamp, who for thirty-five years conducted
a jewelry establishment at No. 514 Franklin avenue. Here he continued as a
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 587
watchmaker and repairer until the death of Mr. Kortkanip, when he entered into
business with his brother-in-law, Otto H. Kortkanip, and remained as one of
the owners of a leading" jewelry establishment up to the time of his demise. He
was regarded as the most expert watchmaker in the city of St. Louis and always
had charge of that branch of their business. He possessed the superior mechan-
ical skill and ingenuity required to hancUe the delicate parts of a watch and his
adjustment was so perfect that he is said to have had no e(|ual in this line of
work in the city.
On the 19th of June, 1889, Mr. Zacher was married in St. Louis to Miss
Emelia Kortkanip, a daughter of E. H. and Bertha (Steidemann) Kortkamp
her father having been one of the oldest and most prominent jewelers of St.
Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Zacher became the parents of a daughter and son, Lillian
E. and Clarence F., both of whom are still attending school. Mr. Zacher's study
of the political issues and questions of the day resulted in his stalwart support
of the republican party and its candidates. He held membership in the German
Evangelical church and was also a very prominent and active member in the
Liederkranz Society, the Central Turn Verein and the Franklin Council of the
Legion of Honor. He believed firmly in the broad humanitarianism upon which
the last named organization is based and throughout his life his guiding prin-
ciples were such as command confidence and respect in every land and clime.
He learned to correctly value life and its opportunities, not only in his business
relations, but in the chances for character development, and his many good
qualities made him an honored and valued resident of St. Louis.
REV. FRANCIS V. NUGENT, C. M.
Rev. Francis V. Nugent, who since 1903 has acted as pastor of St. Vin-
cent de Paul's church and has also been director of the missions of the western
province of the Vincentian Fathers, was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Jan-
uary 16, 1855. He was there reared and began his education in St. Vincent's
College at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Subsequently he attended St. Vincent's
Seminary at Germantown. Pennsylvania, and on the ist of November, 1881,
entered the Congregation of Mission. On the 2d of May, 1884, he was ordained
to the priesthood from St. Vincent's Seminary by Bishop Shanahan, of Har-
risburg, Pennsylvania. Following his ordination he was for ten years asso-
ciated with St. Vincent's College at Cape Girardeau, the last five years of this
time acting as president of that institution.
In 1893 Father Nugent was appointed to the pastorate of St. Joseph's
church in New Orleans, where he remained until 1897, in which year he was
made president of Kenrick Seminary of St. Louis, being thus engaged until
1903. In the latter year he was called to the pastorate of St. Vincent de Paul's
church and at the same time was made director of the missions of the western
province of the Vincentian Fathers. St. Vincent's church, St. Louis, was founded
in 1818. The Vincentians have resided continuously in this city since their
American founder. Father De Andreis, took up his residence here in that year.
At that time there was only one church in what was then a small frontier town.
In 1839 the present St. Vincent's parish was assigned to the Congregation of
the Mission. The first St. Vincent church was located on the square bounded
by Eighth, Ninth, IMarion and Soulard streets, and the present edifice, which
was erected in 1844, in Roman style of architecture, is today one of the most
beautiful in the west. St. Vincent's was first organized as a mixed parish of
English and German and still maintains that character. It was for years the
only parish between Chouteau avenue and Carondelet, this territory now sup-
porting twenty-six churches. In 1844, the same year in which the church was
erected, the Sisters of St. Joseph opened a parochial school at St. \^inccnt's.
588 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Since 1 85 1 the Christian Brothers have instructed the boys, while the Sisters
of St. Joseph have charge of the girls' school, the present pupils being the
grandchildren of the men and women who were pupils under their predecessors
sixty years ago. The present attendance varies from five to eight hundred
pupils. The old Soulard mansion, which still stands on the northwest corner
of Xinth and ^Marion streets was for many years occupied by the priests until
the new parish house was built in 1858.
SIMEON T. PRICE.
Simeon T. Price, engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis since his ad-
mission to the bar in 1874, with more than local fame in the courts as a trial
lawyer, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, May 2, 1849, ^ son of Cosby and
Mary J. Price. He was ten years of age at the time of his parents' removal to
^Missouri, his youth being passed in Lexington, this 'state, while following his
mastery of the common branches of English learning as taught in the public
schools, he pursued an academic course in the William Jewell College of Libertv,
^Missouri. Hoping to find the practice of law both a congenial and a profitable
avocation, he matriculated in the law department of the jNIichigan LTniversity
at Ann Arbor and is numbered among its alumni of 1874.
Almost immediately after his graduation Mr. Price located for practice in
St. Louis and during the intervening period, covering a third of a century, he
has done notable work in the local courts, where he has given proof of his syste-
matic, thorough labor in the office by his clear and forcible presentation of his
case in the courts. While his practice has been of a general nature, he has
gained recognition as an able trial lawyer and as one whose knowledge of cor-
poration law is comprehensive and exact. He has been the legal representative
of various corporate interests and is particularly loyal to his clients, to whom he
gives the benefit of his unwearied industry and broad learning. Neither the
zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success, however, permits him to dis-
regard the fact that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law
and its righteous administration.
The pleasant home life of Mr. Price took its root in his marriage on the
loth of November, 1880. to j\Iiss Emma M. Partee, of Memphis, Tennessee,
and they now have two children, Simeon T. and Mozelle M. Fraternally he is
connected with the Royal Arcanum, the Legion of Honor and the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and he belongs also to the Second Baptist church. He is
a member and ex-president of the Kentucky Society and is vice president of the
St. Louis Alumni Association of Michigan University. He is ever able to support
his political position by intelligent argument and has been a helpful worker in
the campaigns for the democratic party yet has. allowed no political or other
interests to interfere with the allegiance which he gives to his clients" interests.
fi<:ltx erastus anderson.
Felix Erastus Anderson, assistant to the president of the Terminal Railroad
Association, was born Januarv 23, 1869, at Cedar Hill, Tennessee, a son of the
Rev. Jerome B. and Emily F. Anderson. Reared amid the refining influences
of a cultured home, where education is rated at its true value, he was afforded
good opportunities in this direction and supplemented his public-school course
by study in Giles College at Pulaski, Tennessee, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1883. ( )]] the 1st of June, 1885, he entered the railroad busi-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 589
ness as agent for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at Woodward,
Alabama, and was promoted to the position of Stenographer in the Superin-
tendent's office of the same company in the fall of that year. There he remained
until April, 1887, when he was made secretary and chief clerk to the superinten-
dent of the Central Railroad of Georgia at Savannah. He continued in tliat
position from April, 1887, until the ist of October, 1891, when he became secre-
tary to the superintendent of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, with
headquarters at Louisville, Kentucky, where he remained until February, 1892.
During the succeeding four years he was chief clerk to the superintendent of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at St. Louis, and from February i,
1896, to October, 1907, was chief clerk to the president and general manager of
the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and succeeding promotions
brought him to his present position as assistant to the president. His successive
promotions indicate his growing knowledge of the railroad business and his
increasing efficiency as assistant to those having executive authority and in con-
trol of administrative direction. He is today a well informed railroad man and
one whose service is of much value in a position of large responsibility.
On the 2d of June, 1906, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Martha Currie
Martin, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Martin, of Lexington, Kentucky,
and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles in which they move.
Mr. Anderson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, the
University Club and the St. Louis Field Club, and is a man of high ideals as
manifested in all of his social and business relations.
ALFRED ALLEN PAXSON.
Alfred Allen Paxson, now engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis, has
also made a creditable record as a jurist, having served for four years as judge
of the second district police court and as special judge on various other occasions.
His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of Winchester,
Scott county, Illinois, where he was born on the loth of December, 1844, of the
marriage of Stephen and Sarah (Pryor) Paxson. In the mastery of those
branches which constituted the public-school curriculum he qualified for the
profession of teaching and in following that calling acquired capital sufficient
to enable him to meet the expenses of a collegiate course, which he entered upon
in the fall of 1864, matriculating as a freshman in the Illinois College at Jackson-
ville. He pursued a four years' classical course and stood first in scholarship
in his class at the time of his graduation in 1868.
In that year Mr. Paxson joined his parents, who in the meantime had be-
come residents of St. Louis, and while acting- as clerk and bookkeeper for his
father, who had charge of the American Sunday School Book Depository, he
devoted to the study of law those hours which, termed "leisure," are usually given
to social pleasure and entertainment. Two years thus passed, during which time
he attended courses of lectures at the law department of Washington University
and on passing the required examinations, he received from the university the
degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1870. Immediately afterward he was admitted
to the bar and remained in practice in St. Louis until 1873, when impaired health
made it necessary that he seek a change of climate and he located in Texas.
During the four years of his residence in that state, he built up an extensive
practice, connecting him with the litigation in both the criminal and civil courts
of the state. He was appointed district attorney by Judge ^NI. H. Bonner, since
a member of the supreme court of Texas, and as public prosecutor discharged
his duties with strict impartiality. He also became recognized as an influencing
factor in the educational afifairs of the state and served for a time as county
superintendent of public schools.
590 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
His sojourn in the south having restored his heaUh, Mr. Paxson returned
to St. Louis in 1877, and continued in the general practice of law with a con-
stantly increasing- clientage until the spring of 1891, when by appointment he
went upon the bench of the second district police court, serving for four years.
i\t ditterent times he has indicated that his is, in a marked degree, a judicial
mind bv the service which he has rendered as a special judge. He has demon-
strated his power to arrive at an impartial view of a question by looking with
unbiased judgment upon both sides and thus arriving at an equitable decision.
He gives to his clients and to the profession unqualified allegiance and ripe
abilitv and is regarded as an able, faithful and conscientious minister in the
temple of justice.
ludge Paxson's position on political questions is never an equivocal one,
for he is known as a stalwart advocate of the democracy. He has also a wide
acquaintance in the Odd Fellows society and the Legion of Honor, while his
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Evangelical Lutheran church.
Attractivelv situated in his home life, he was married October 8, 1873, to Miss
Julia L. Hart, of St. Louis, whose father, Colonel H. E. Hart, commanded the
Twenty-second Regiment of Illinois Infantry until he gave his life in defense
of his countrv in 1863. Mr. and Airs. Paxson have two daughters and two sons :
Nellie, Harrv, Prvor and Ruth Paxson.
HENRY C. OTTENSMEYER.
Henrv C. Ottensmeyer was born in the province of Prussia, December 23,
185 1. His father, Henrich, was a chemist and occupied quite a prominent posi-
tion in the business world in which he moved. The son was sent as a pupil to
the public schools, where he pursued his studies to the age of fourteen years.
The succeeding two years were passed in the fatherland, and at the age of six-
teen he came to America, landing at New Orleans, where he made his way north-
ward to St. Louis, and here made his initial step in the business world as an em-
ploye in the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, where he continued for about four
months. He was afterward in the employ of Dr. Hartford on his farm in Fer-
guson, St. Louis county, and when he left that service he began learning the
blacksmith trade under the direction of Mr. Allsmyer, of St. Louis. For a year
he remained in that employ, when the business was closed out and Mr. Ottens-
mever was forced to seek employment elsewhere. He continued to serve others for
some time, or until his industry and careful management brought him sufficient
capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account. Since 1887 he
has engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons and in the intervening
time, covering twenty-one years, he has built up a business of considerable pro-
portion. He now has a well equipped plant supplied with modern improved ma-
chinery and his output finds a ready sale on the market because of its excellence,
his reasonable prices and his earnest desire to please his customers.
In September, 1882, in St. Louis, Mr. Ottensmeyer was married to Marie
Schmelzinger, whose father was a prominent soldier. In his religious faith Mr.
Ottensmeyer is protestant, connected with the church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
In politics he is a republican and is a member of the St. Louis Turn Verein. He
was also connected with the Fishing Club, an association which indicates much
of the nature of his recreation.
The German-American element has long been recognized in our American
citizenship. The sons of Germany have brought with them to the new world the
salient characteristic of industry, which has long constituted a potent force in the
civilization of the workl. In America they have been active in promoting agri-
cultural and industrial interests, and they have the perseverance to continue in
a given line until success is achieved. Mr. Ottensmeyer is a worthy son of the
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592 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTfY.
fatherland and is equally loyal in his devotion to the land of his adoption. He
has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the United States,
for he has here found the opportunities which he sought, and in this country,
where labor is not hampered by caste or class, he has steadily worked his way
upward.
AUGUST D. ^lATTFELDT.
August D. ^ilattfeldt, successfully conducting a hardware store in the eastern
section of St. Louis, his native city, was born in 1857. His father, A. D.
Alattfeldt. arrived here in 1848, following his emigration from Germany. He
was a tinner by trade and established his home on Alain street between Clark
avenue and Elm street when the city limits extended to Chouteau avenue on the
south, Twelfth street on the west, the river on the east and to Washington on
the north. In 1869 the father opened the place in which August D. Mattfeldt
is now carrying on business at No. 406 South Second street. This was the
principal business street in the city at that time. There were no railroads here
but wagon trains started out from St. Louis for points in the west and products
were shipped by boat down the river. The father was residing in St. Louis
during the memorable fire of 1848 which almost destroyed the city. During the
early period of his residence here he received three dollars per week, which was
considered an excellent salary for that time. In 1857 ^'^^ established a tin busi-
ness on his own account and in 1869 extended the scope of his labors by adding
a hardware department. As the years went by he prospered in his undertakings
and built up a business of considerable magnitude that yielded to him substantial
profits. He died on the 28th of September, 1890, at the age of seventy years and
ten months, while his wife passed away April 22, 1870. She bore the maiden
name of Henrietta Eisleben, and they were married in St. Louis about 1851.
Their family numbered but two children, Henry and August D., both of whom
learned and followed the tinner's trade.
August D. Alattfeldt, reared in this city, acquired his education here, divid-
ing his time between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the play-
ground and such tasks as were assigned him by his father. In his youth he
assisted his father in the conduct of the hardware and tin business and in October,
1890, succeeded him as proprietor of the store, conducting a retail and jobbing-
business, in which he has been quite successful. He thoroughlv understands the
trade, carries a full line of goods and his stock is at all times attractive and
reasonably priced. He is well known in local political circles as a stalwart advo-
cate of the republican party and, though he has never sought or desired office,
he is deeply interested in the success of the party and does all in his power to
further its growth and win its victories.
BRECKINRIDGE JONES.
Breckinridge Jones, president and counsel of the Alississippi Valley Trust
Conifjany, was born in Boyle county, Kentucky, October 2, 1856, a son of Daniel
William and Rebecca Robertson (Dunlap) Jones, whose marriage was celebrated
October 18, 1842. The mother was of Scotch-Irish descent. In 1735 her
ancestors settled in the valley of Virginia and were numbered among Kentucky's
hardiest pioneers. In fact the ancestors of Mr. Jones on both the paternal and
maternal side were represented in Kentucky before the admission of the state
into the L^nion.
Daniel W. Jones was a merchant and extensive farmer of central Kentucky
until the Tivil war. After the close of hostilities he went to New York city
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 593
accompanied by his family and there engaged in the banking and brokerage busi-
ness for two years. During that period the family settled at Staten Island and
Breckinridge Jones had the opportunity of attending George C. Anthon's well
known school in New York. In 1867 the family returned to Kentucky, where
the father lived retired.
Continuing his education in the schools of his native state, Breckinridge
Jones was in due course of time graduated from Center College at Danville,
Kentucky, in 1875. He engaged in teaching school in Lawrenceburg, that state,
through the succeeding year and gave his energies to the mastery of legal
principles from 1876 until 1878. He further qualified for the bar as a student
in the St. Louis Law School in 1878-9 and in the summer school of the Univer-
sity of Virginia in the latter year. Mr. Jones then located for practice in St.
Louis and continued an active factor at the bar here until 1890. He was
accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage and became recognized
as a prominent factor in other lines. Since 1890 he has occupied the presidency
of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company and is now counsel. In his position of
administrative control and legal direction he finds that his time is fully occupied,
while the company profits by his labors and wisdom which are manifest in the
success attending this important financial enterprise.
In matters of public concern Mr. Jones has also been prominent. He has
been an influential factor in democratic circles and in 1883 was elected from
St. Louis a member of the Missouri house of representatives. He also served
as a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
He belongs to the Christian church and in more specifically social lines is con-
nected with the St. Louis, Noonday, Country and University Clubs. In formu-
lating, determining and giving shape to his own character he has been guided
by high ideals and worthy purposes that have led to business successes and at
the same time have made him a factor whose valuable aid has not been without
its results in communitv life.
JOSEPH ALBERS.
Joseph Albers is superintendent of the ]\Iound City Paint & Color Company
and is conducting business at No. 200 Howard street, where he has continued
since 1891. His birth occurred in Westphalia. Germany, January 31, i860, his
parents being Theodore and Elizabeth Albers. The father was a miller by trade
but afterward engaged in the sugar refining business.
Joseph Albers was only six years of age when brought to this country and
since that time has been a resident of St. Louis. He attended St. Liborius and
St. Joseph's Catholic schools but at the age of twelve years started out in business
for himself, though he later attended the public night schools for several years.
He has depended upon his own resources since the age of twelve and what-
ever success he has achieved is attributable to his persistent, earnest and noble ef-
fort. He entered the employ of Busher & Wolcowitz Paint & Color Company, do-
ing work in the factory, where he soon proved that he was diligent and indus-
trious. Gradually he was promoted, working his way upward, step by step, to an
important position. No higher testimonial of his capability and trustworthiness
could be given than the fact that he was long retained in the services of this house.
Even after a change of ownership occurred, the business becoming the property
of the Mound City Paint & Color Company, he remained and had the credit of
a record of continuous service for thirty-six years. He is today the superin-
tendent for the Mound City Paint & Color Company and his business record is
a most creditable and honorable one.
In January, 1886, ]\Ir. Albers w^as married in St. Louis to ]\Iiss Elizabeth
Bunting, and they have a daughter Lizzie, who is attending the public schools.
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594 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
Mr. Albers owns and occupies a nice residence at No. 4308 Chouteau street, and
also owns a flat building. He is a member of the Catholic church, is
an independent voter and tinds his recreation in hunting, fishing and baseball.
The terms "progress"' and '"patriotism" may be considered the keynote of his
character for throughout his life he has labored for the improvement of every
business and public interest with which he has been associated and at all times
has been actuated bv tidelitv to his country and her welfare.
XENOPHOX P. WILFLEY.
Xenophon P. \\'ilfley, a practitioner at the St. Louis bar, was born March
18, 187 1, in Audrain county, jNIissouri, his parents being J. F. and Sarah P. Wil-
fley. Upon his father's farm his boyhood days were spent and ambitious for
further educational opportunities than were offered by the common schools of
his native county, he attended Clarksburg College, at Clarksburg, Missouri, and
afterward entered Central College at Fayette, ]\Iissouri. where he completed his
course by graduation in 1895. The degree of blaster of Arts was then con-
ferred upon him and for a year thereafter he taught in Central College, while for
three years he was a teacher in the Sedalia (Mo.) high school. He regarded this,
however, merely as an initial step to further professional labor and as opportu-
nit}' oft"ered he prepared for the bar, being graduated from the St. Louis Law
School in 1899. Immediately after his admission to the bar he formed a part-
nership for the practice of law with his brother, L. R. Wilfley, an association
that was continued until April, 1900, when his brother was appointed attorney
general of the Philippine Islands. Since that time X. P. Wilfley has practiced
alone and has been accorded a gratifying clientele. His practice is largely com-
posed of corporation Avork. He has conducted some important litigation that
has tested his ability and by the conduct of his cases has won the admiration and
respect of his fellow members of the legal fraternity.
In politics Air. Wilfley is a stalwart democrat and takes an active interest
in the political situation of the country. He has supported his principles in pub-
lic address in various campaigns but the honors and emoluments of office are not
strong enough to lure him from the strict path of his profession. He belongs
to the Masonic fraternity, his membership being with Tuscan Lodge, X^o. 360,
A. F. & A. M. He is also a member of the Southern J\Iethodist church and his
life is actuated by high purposes and ideals, which is manifest in his social as
well as his professional relations.
Mr. ^^^ilfley was married to ]\Iiss Rosamond Guthrie, of Mexico, Missouri,
October 28, 1908.
FRAXK E. SHELDON.
Although obstacles and difficulties have made rough the path toward pros-
perity for Frank E. Sheldon, he stands today among those who have reached the
heights commanding broad outlook over the business world, while in the south-
west he controls no inconsiderable share of commercial and industrial interests.
Persistently and with indefatigable energy lie has toiled upward, learning the
fact that when there seems to be a lack of o])portunity in one direction, chance
and effort may provide a way in another. There has been no time in his life for
idle repining and, on the contrary, he has alwavs been a man of marked energy,
a man of action rather than of theory, who obtains genuine pleasure from the
successful working out of the intricate problems of the business world. It is
XENOPHOX P. A\ILFLEY
596 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
not alone the prosperity but the gaining of the prosperity that gives him pleas-
ure and he has become recognized in business circles as a man of the keenest
discernment and most sound judgment.
The family of which he is a representative was established in America by
two brothers, whose descendants are now numerous. These brothers became .
residents of Billerica, jNIassachusetts, a httle New England Village named for
the ancient English village of Billericay. While the family was represented in
Massachusetts through succeeding generations for many years, Oren Sheldon,
father of Frank E. Sheldon, was born in New Hampshire and in that state
married Jane Wight, a representative of one of the old New Hampshire families
that traces its ancestry back to the Isle of Wight, England. The Sheldons had
some blood connection with the royal family and the ancestry is not unknown
to heraldry.
The birth of Frank E. Sheldon occurred in Billerica, Massachusetts, July
15, 1 86 1, and his education was acquired in the public schools there and in
McCoy's school, a private educational institution at Lowell, Massachusetts. His
time was busily occupied outside of school hours with various tasks assigned him
upon the home farm and in miscellaneous work that in New England is usually
performed by the occupants of the farm, including painting, the building of dry-
goods boxes and carpentering. The business opportunities of the east did not
prove attractive to ]\Ir. Sheldon, however, and when eighteen years of age he
bade adieu to home and friends and started for the west. At that time St.
Paul, Miimesota, was largely a frontier city and Mr. Sheldon eagerly availed
himself of the opportunity of securing work in a printing office, for he arrived
in the west with a cash capital of but thirty-five dollars. He was afterward
emploved in a lawyer's office and gradually he worked his way upward, utilizing
every opportunity that would bring him a broader outlook and larger financial
returns.
In the spring of 1880, hearing of the survey of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, he secured a position in a survey party under Colonel Dodge, chief engineer
on the Yellowstone division. He was afterward made chainman and while he
performed each task assigned him in capable manner he further increased his
efficiency by using every chance possible to obtain a wider and more comprehen-
sive knowledge of engineering. Gradually he advanced in efficiency and in 1881,
when the Canadian Pacific Railroad was being extended .into western territory,
he applied for a position under General Rosser, with the result that he was made
a member of the first exploration survey under Major Rogers. This party dis-
covered Kicking Horse Pass and after considerable preliminary survey .work they
returned the following winter overland and on foot and with a wagon train,
covering about twelve hundred miles, which entailed many hardships.
Mr. Sheldon became an engineer in charge of construction, when iri the
spring of 1882 the work of actual building was being extended westward. He
remained for five years in that position while the Canadian Pacific was being
built across the country, forming another of the great transcontinental lines.
Those who have traveled over the road will recognize somewhat of the arduous
work necessary for its construction and must know that the engineer in charge
was considered most capable and efficient, for it winds back and forth over the
mountains and through the passes, crossing districts, which to the uninitiated
would seem to offer no opportunity for railroad building. In Kicking Horse
Pass, Mr. Sheldon had been, one of the exploring party to devise the best means
to overcome the problems of railroad construction involved in the wonderfully
broken topogra];hy of that neighborhood and returned to direct the labors of the
workmen in the actual accomplishment of the task. Here he conquered the
eastern slope of the Selkirks and constructed a loop of the Canadian Pacific, which
is regarded as one of the best examples of American engineering ingenuity. The
hours which are usually termed leisure and which were devoted by Mr. Sheldon
to study when he was serving as rorlman were now bearing fruit in the financial
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 597
success and the reputation which he made for himself in the builchng- of the
Canadian Pacific.
From this point on in his hfe record ^h. Sheldon has been connected with
the lumber interests of the country, for with the capital which he had acquired
through his engineering feats he embarked in the lumber business under the
firm name of George E. Snell & Company, opening a wholesale and retail yard
on West -Seventh street in St. Paul for the sale of white pine and hardwood
lumber. His' associate in this enterprise was an old friend and companion of
his surveying days who, leaving the field of civil engineering, had become con-
nected with the lumber trade in a clerical capacity. From the sale of lumber,
Mr. Sheldon branched out into other fields of the trade, taking up the work
of lumber manufacturing early in 1892 in association with his brother, W. O.
Sheldon, under the firm style of the Lawrence County Lumber Companv. operat-
ing a plant at Summertown, Tennessee. Not long after financial difficulties
involved the entire country and the new enterprise, under the name of the
Lawrence County Lumber Company, felt the financial stringency but struggled
on for two or three years before the business was closed out. Frank E. Sheldon,
who had had charge of the marketing of the company's product, had in this
way made the acquaintance of lumber buyers in the middle Mississippi valley,
including T. H. Garrett, of St. Louis, a prominent lumberman of this city.
Mr. Garrett had been an occasional purchaser from the Sheldon company
and each gentleman recognized in the other certain business qualifications, which
he admired and regarded as valuable assets in a business career. Their mutual
■interest, therefore, led to a combination of financial interests, which on the ist
of March, 1905, resulted in the organization of the T. H. Garrett Lumber Com-
pany. The association yet continues and from the beginning passed on to
broad fields of activity until it is today one of the most successful and prosperous
of the St. Louis enterprises. In 1901, in connection with others, Mr. Sheldon
and Mr.. Garrett organized the Grant Lumber Company, Limited, of Selma,
Louisiana, of which Mr. Sheldon became secretarv and treasurer, and also occu^
pied a similar position with the allied company operating under the name of the
Louisiana Railway Company and having headquarters at Selma. The business
at that point was successfully managed until early in the year 1908, when an
interest was sold to the William Buchanan interests and now continues under
the name of the Grant Land & Lumber Companv of Texarkana, Arkansas.
The lumber business of St. Louis, how^ever, does not comprise the full extent
of Mr. Sheldon's interests, for he is connected with the Keystone Mills Com-
pany, of ^^^aukegan, Texas, the Enterprise Lumber Company, Ltd., at xA.lexandria,
Louisiana, and'is also a director of the Grant Land & Lumber Company, the Grant
Timber & Manufacturing Company, the Louisiana Railway Company and various
other lumber companies. He is a director of the Boatmen's Bank, one of the
strongest and ablest managed financial institutions in St. Louis.
On the 29th of September, 1892, occurred the marriage of Mr. Sheldon and
Miss Jennie ]\Iaude Hammett, of St. Louis. Politically he might be termed an
independent republican, for while he believes firmlv in the principles of the party
and supports it on questions of national importance, he does not feel bound by
party ties to the extent of voting for its candidates at local elections where no
political issues are involved. On the contrary, he is closely identified with that
movement toward a higher politics which eschews machine rule and labors for
community interests with a singleness of purpose that seeks only the general
welfare and the benefit of the city at large. He is interested in many scientific
subjects and his reading also includes the best writings of other character. While
the circle of his acquaintances is select rather than large, there is nothing of
the recluse about him and few men have keener appreciation for true worth and
upright character. He belongs to the ^Missouri Athletic Club, is fond of horses
and outdoor sports.
598 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
He never abuses nature's laws nor neglects to give that full exercise to
physical and mental powers which produce their best development. He is pre-
eminently a man of energy, but of energy well directed and wisely applied. He
has never wasted his strength on attempting to overcome insurmountable obstacles
nor to occupy an untenable position, for when he sees such before him he seeks
out another course, knowing that there is more than one road to success and
that the essential recjuirements are unfaltering energy and ready adaptability.
CHARLES A. NIEMEYER.
Substantial expansion of his business interests places Charles A. Niemeyer
in control of an extensive enterprise, and investigation into his record shows
that the business policy he has followed has ever commended him to the gen-
erous support of the public and to the confidence of his colleagues and con-
temporaries. He is the president of the Vane-Calvert Paint Company, which,
as the years have passed, has absorbed various enterprises of this character until
it is now an extensive commercial concern.
'Sir. Xiemever is a native of Lebanon, Illinois, born in December, 1873.
His parents were Louis and Marie Niemeyer, the former a country merchant
carrying a general stock of goods. As the name indicates, the family originated
in Germany. At the usual age Charles A. Niemeyer was sent to the public
schools, where he continued his studies until his fourteenth year, after which
he spent two terms in ]\IcKendree College. His education completed, he came
to St. Louis to enjoy the broader business opportunities afforded by the city and
here entered the retail dry-goods business of Herman Pockels on Jefferson and
Gravois streets. There he remained for eight years, and during that time attended
the College of Pharmacy, from wdiich he was graduated in 1894. He remained
in the store, however, for about two years after his graduation, and in 1897
purchased the business of the Gempp Drug & Paint Company, at which time he
organized the Niemeyer Drug & Paint Company on South Broadwa}'. He still
owns this business, but has extended his efiforts to other lines and is today man-
aging large and important commercial interests.
In 1898 he bought out and reorganized the Vane-Calvert Paint Company,
of which he has since been the president. In 190T they bought out the Buehler,
Phelan Paint Company, consolidating it with the interests conducted under the
name of the Vane-Calvert Company. In 1904, by purchase, they also absorbed the
business of the Wieder Paint Company, and in 1908 the \'ane-Calvert Paint
Company furthermore purchased the plant of the Haas Soap Company. Of
the latter Mr. Niemeyer is also the president. As the years have advanced his
business ability has been developed and he has learned to so systematize his inter-
ests and control his affairs that there has been no useless expenditure of time,
labor or material. He also has the power to unify various interests, bringing
them into a harmonious whole, and thus he has made steady progress in a busi-
ness career that at all times has been honorable by reason of the fact that he
has sought his success along ])rogressive lines without overstepping the bounds of
commercial integrity and honor.
Mr. Niemeyer was married in St. Louis, in April, 1905, to Miss Julia Dieck-
man. a daughter of J. H. Dieckman. of the firm of Wernse & Dieckman, who
has also been a member of the Stock and Merchants Exchanges and a member
of the board of education. ]\Tr. and Mrs. Niemeyer reside at No. 4257 Mary-
land avenue in a handsome dwelling which he erected and he is famed for
his cordial anr] warm-hearted hospitality. Mr. Niemeyer is a member of the
Union Club and the Missouri Pharmacists Association. He takes no especial
credit to himself for his achievements, believing that it is the duty of each mdi-
vidual to use his talents to the best advantage, but the consensus of public opinion
CHARLES A. NIEMEYER
600 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
establishes his standing as a hberal and progressive business man who has been
a potential factor in the lines of commercial activity to which he has directed his
energies.
PETER JOSEPH PAULY, SR.
Peter Joseph Pauly, Sr., president of the Pauly Jail Building Company, has
been identified with the business interests of St. Louis for more than half a
century and still remains as the active head of the enterprise which he established.
Valued from the standpoint of early youth j\Ir. Pauly might seem an old man
but although the snows of many winters have whitened his head, in spirit and in-
terest he seems yet in his prime. Old age is not necessarily a synonym of weak-
ness or inactivity and it need not suggest as a matter of course helplessness or
want of occupation. On the contrary there is an old age which grows stronger
mentally and morally as the years pass, giving out of its rich stores of wisdom
and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the case with Mr. Pauly who is
today a vigorous, energetic and honored representative of building interests in
St. Louis, enjoving the respect of his colleagues and the admiration of all who
know him.
A native of Miesenheim Rhein, Germany, Mr. Pauly was born j\Iay 23, 1832,
his parents being Christian and Catherine (Holzhauer) Pauly. He obtained his
education in the schools of the fatherland to the age of fourteen years, when he
accompanied his parents on their emigration to the new world, the family home
being established in St. Louis. He was self-instructed in English and in the
school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons. In early life he
learned the trade of blacksmithing at the Gaty Foundry in St. Louis and applied
himself with such earnestness to his work that he soon mastered the trade and be-
came expert in that line. He was then joined by his brother, John Pauly, in the
organization of the firm of P. J. Pauly & Brother, steamboat blacksmiths. They
continued the business from 1856 until 1870, when the decline of steamboating
led to their adoption of another field of activity, since which time they have made
a specialty of jail and prison building. In 1885 the Pauly Jail Building Com-
pany, of which Peter Joseph Pauly is president, was incorporated aijid Mr. Pauly,
although he has now passed the seventy-sixth milestone on life's journey, still
remains at the head of this enterprise, in the control of a business of considerable
magnitude and importance.
On the 9th of October, 1853, Mr. Pauly was married to Miss Catherine
Hahn, who was born in St. Louis county in 1836. They celebrated their golden
wedding on the 9th of October, 1903, and are still living in 1908 in good health.
Their mutual love and confidence has increased as the years have gone by and
they have ever maintained a pleasant home to which their children delight to
return. They have reared a family of two sons and three daughters : Peter J.,
Jr.; Josephine; Marv V.; the wife of Dr. William T- Pohrer; John W. ; and
Katie E.
During a residence of more than half a century in St. Loufs, Air. Pauly
has taken an active and helpful part in many public affairs, giving his support to
movements which have proved very beneficial in the city's development. He was
one of the old volunteer firemen, belonging to St. Louis Company, No. 4, and
is now a member of the Volunteer Firemen's Historical Society and also of the
Missouri Historical Society. His memory goes back to the time when the city
was but a progressive town with limited boundaries and of but comparatively
little industrial or commercial importance. He tells many interesting tales of
the days when he served as a volunteer fireman and recalls entertaining reminis-
cences of life here a half century ago. He has always been interested in political
questions and is a rlcmocrat of the more jirogressive school. In 1871 he was
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 601
chosen to represent his district in the state legislature and whether in office or
out he has been loyal to the best interests of the commonwealth. One of the
proudest achievements of Mr. Pauly's life was the passing, in 1872, of the bill
giving Forest Park to the city. Against the opposition of the holders of the
land and of politicans. Air. Pauly fought for this bill and forced its enactment
as he could foresee the wonderful future of the city and its need of a national
recreation place and beauty spot. His religious faith is indicated in the fact that
he is a communicant of the Catholic church. No citizen of St. Louis enjoys more
fully the respect and esteem of those with whom they have come in contact than
does Peter J. Pauly, Sr., and none are more loyal to the interests of this land
than this adopted son, who came from Germany to the new world more than six
decades ago.
LOUIS STUMPF.
Louis Stumpf is largely identified with the commercial interests of the city
as president of the Louis Stumpf Grocery Company, located at 1005 Vande-
venter avenue. He is one of the best known and most reliable men in this line
of trade in the community. He has practically been engaged in the grocerv busi-
ness during his entire life and has risen to his present prominent position in the
commercial world on the strength of his own innate resources. He is in every
sense of the word a self-made man and one whose industry, practical economy
and excellent business judgment have promoted him to the responsible place he
holds in financial circles today.
Air. Stumpf was born in Baden, Germany, in 1839. When a lad he was sent
to the common schools of Alunich. Here he remained until nine years of age,
when he came to America with his father, Christian Stumpf, in 185 1. His parents
located in St. Louis. The elder Air. Stumpf resided on the east side of South
Broadway between Convent and Rutger streets. By trade he was a pattern-
maker and in this line of work was one of the pioneer tradesmen of the city.
His excellence as a mechanic was duly conceded and his workmanship was of
tlTC most skilled nature. Among other things he owned the distinction of having
constructed the pattern for the first locomotive wheel turned out in the city
of St. Louis. For sometime he was in the employ of Palm & Robinson at Third
and Chouteau avenue. This was the first locomotive works operating in the
city. Upon leaving this firm he was employed at dift'erent times with the lead-
ing foundries of St. Louis and was recognized on all occasions as a master at his
trade. He made a specialty of car work and in this line was conceded to be
among the best in St. Louis of his time. From 1861 to 1866 he served as a soldier
in the United States army. In many respects he was a remarkable character and
in mechanical lines an admitted genius. He had but one child. Louis Stumpf. the
subject of the sketch.
Upon locating in the L^nited States Louis Stumpf continued his education
in the old Clark school, at which time Dr. Leavy was principal. L^pon completing
the course of study he entered the high school, from which he graduated, and
subsequently completed a course of study at Jones Commercial College. Immedi-
ately upon leaving school he assumed a clerkship in a grocery store at a salary
of eight dollars a month, his initial step in the business world being taken when he
was sixteen years of age. In 1866, when he was twenty-seven years of age, he
started in business for himself, and his first store was located at the southeast cor-
ner of Eleventh and Alorgan streets. Remaining there for seventeen years, he
then removed to the northeast corner of Channing and Olive streets, where he
greatlv enlarged his business, and conducted it with special pecuniary advantage
until 1885, at which time he had accumulated sufficient means to purchase his pres-
ent site at the northwest corner of A\'est Belle place and A'andeventer avenue. His
602 ■ ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CriY.
business rapidly increased until 1903, when he razed the old building on Vande-
venter avenue and erected the present commodious structure. The lot on which
the new building stands is fifty feet front on Vandeventer avenue. The present
firm was incorporated June 28, 1888, with Louis Stumpf, president; Peter C.
Von Ahnen, vice president ; and L. C. Stumpf, secretary and treasurer, the latter
having succeeded \\'. J. Kawein. Mr. Stumpf's progress in the commercial world
has been remarkable. He began life with little or no means and with few educa-
tional advantages. However, his progressive spirit, practical economy and keen
business judgment enabled him to overcome all deficiencies and make his way
to his present position of financial w^orth. He now owns the reputation of being
one of the most successful men in the grocery trade in the city of St. Louis.
On the 1st of January, 1867, Air. Stumpf was united in marriage to Miss
Annie Elizabeth Webber. Her father was one of the party who assisted in
erecting General Grant's log house, known as Grant's cabin. Mr. and Mrs.
Stumpf had four children : Louis C., who married Jennie E. Rehfeld for his
second wife and has one son, Paul ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Dr. A. H.
Sippy and has one son, William Louis Vaugh ; Caroline E., who is the wife of
Carl Stoftregen, of the firm of Steinwender-Stoffregen Cofifee Company, and
has a daughter, Elizabeth Augusta; and Edward H., deceased. The family
residence is at No. 4017 Morgan street, and they are members of Dr. Rhodes'
Lutheran church.
Air. Stumpf gives his political support to the republican party. He has the
distinction of having been president of the first Retail Grocers Association estab-
lished in St. Louis, in which organization he officiated for several years and is
now president of the West End Grocers Club. His favorite recreation is fishing.
Air. Stumpf is one of the best known men in his line of business in the city and
his enviable prosperitv is due exclusively to his own unwearied application, hard
v.ork and enterprise.
JOSEPH A. RUHL.
Joseph A. Ruhl is a wholesale clothier, who for twelve years has been in
business in St. Louis. He was born October 31, 1855, in Columbus, Ohio, and
is a son of Anthonv and Caroline (Engler) Ruhl. The father, a farmer, enjoyed
the entire respect of the people among whom he lived, and was a man of genial
personal worth as well as of good business ability.
In the country schools Joseph A. Ruhl acquired his education, and in the
business world he has worked his way upward to his present high standing in
the community through his own efforts. His habits have always been temperate
in every relation of life, for his is a well balanced nature, which has learned to
correctly value life's opportunities and conditions. In his early youth he worked
on a farm and came to know the true worth of industry and perseverance. Think-
ing to find other opportunities more congenial and profitable than his work of
the fields, he became connected with the wholesale clothing business, being first
employed as stockkeeper in a wholesale clothing house, while later he became
house salesman. Subsequently he went upon the road as traveling salesman and
in 1887 removed to Omaha, Nebraska, where he established a business on his
own account. He felt that his careful expenditure, industry and business experi-
ence now justified him in starting upon an independent business venture, and
the wholesale clothing enterprise which he established in Omaha proved a suc-
cessful one. He came to St. Louis, Alissouri, on the 22d of April, 1895, and
began business here at the corner of Eighth street and Lucas avenue under the
firm name of Gilmore & Ruhl. Later, the business was reorganized as the J. A.
Ruhl Clothing Company and a large trade is now enjoyed by the house. Their
business methods are unassailable, and along modern commercial lines they are
JOSEPH A. RUHL
604 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
winning success, which is the merited reward and logical sequence of earnest
personal effort.
In 1880 ]Mr. Ruhl was united in marriage to Aliss Catherine Zimmer, a lady
of prominent family connection in Columbus, Ohio. Their children are John
A.. Charles J., Lucille, Agnes, Catherine, ^Nlarie and Marguerite. The family
are communicants of the Catholic church and Mr. Ruhl extends his political
support to the democratic party. He is interested in all that pertains to the wel-
fare of the community and lends his active aid and influence to many measures
for the public good. While he has resided in St. Louis for only a comparatively
brief period, he has, during this time, gained the unqualitied respect of his col-
leagues in the business world, and has built up an enterprise, wl;ich is a factor
in the commercial activity of the city as well as a source of substantial income
to himself.
GEORGE W. LUBKE.
George W. Lubke, who bv the profession has been termed one of the best
judges that has ever sat upon the circuit bench of St. Louis, and who has won
an equally creditable reputation in practice before the courts, was born in this
city on the 22d of February, 1845. - His parents, William and Katherine (Penning-
roth) Lubke, were both natives of Hanover, Germany, but crossing the Atlantic
in earlv life became acquainted in Louisville, Kentucky, where their marriage
was celebrated. Attracted by the discovery of gold in California, Mr. Lubke
made the long and arduous journey across the hot stretches of sand and through
the mountain passes to the Pacific coast in 1849. He had been gone but a brief
period when his wife and other members of the family were stricken with cholera,
which was then epidemic, and George W. Lubke was thus left an orphan at the
age of four years. He was taken to live with relatives in Washington county,
Illinois, and there began his education in a private school connected with the
German Evangelical church. Later he returned to this city and continued his
studies in the public schools and private academies of St. Louis, thus gaining
a broad general knowledge to serve as a strong foundation upon which to rear
the superstructure of his professional learning. He began the study of law with
the Hon. Henry Hitchcock, as his preceptor and after thorough preliminary read-
ing was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1864. About that time Mr. Hitchcock
was appointed assistant adjutant general in the Union army and assigned to duty
as judge advocate on General Sherman's staff. Air. Lubke, then nineteen years of
age, joined the Eleventh Missouri ^Nlilitia and soon afterward saw active military
service under command of General Smith in repelling the invasion of General
Sterling Price into Missouri.
With the cessation of hostilities, Mr. Lubke entered upon the practice of his
chosen profession and no dreary novitiate awaited him, for he soon gained recog-
nition as a young man of strong mental powers, with ability to successfully solve
the intricate problems of the lav/. A liberal and important clientage was accorded
him and he was connected with much of the active work of the courts. The
profession and the public recognize his ability and in 1883 he was elected judge
of the St. Louis circuit court. In the discharge of his duties he gained high and
well merited reputation, his decisions being models of judicial soundness, being
based upon the equity and the law applicable to the points involved. Few attor-
neys ever took exception to his ruling and he recognized the fact that not only jus-
tice, but often the higher attribute of mercy, he held in his hands. Since his retire-
ment from the bench. I\Ir. Lubke has enjoyed a large and distinctively represen-
tative clientage in civil law, specializing in corporation practice.
In 1868 occurred the marriage of Mr. Lubke and Miss Henrietta Lutter-
cord, a daughter of a prominent merchant of St. Louis. Their son, G. W. Lubke,
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 605
Jr., born December i6, 1869, has gained considerable distinction in legal circles.
After attending the public schools of this city Mr. Lubke, Jr., continued his
education in Smith's Academy, in the Washington University and in the State
University of Missouri at Columbia. He pursued his early professional reading
under the direction of his father and completed a law course in the Washington
University, after which he w'as admitted to the bar in February, 1891. He fully
sustains the unsullied reputation that has always been associated in legal circles
with the name of Lubke. He is, moreover, widely known for the active and
efficient work which he has done in connection with various charitable institu-
tions of the city and as a leading representative of the Young People's Christian
Endeavor Society of Missouri. He was married in 1892 to Miss Berenice
Woods, a daughter of D. W. Woods, treasurer of the Post Dispatch Publishing
Company. Both father and son are known for their close adherence to a high
standard of professional ethics and they stand today as splendid representatives
of our best type of American manhood and chivalry.
JULIUS A. BERNINGHAUS.
Julius A. Berninghaus, assistant cashier of the Mechanics American National
Rank, was born in St. Louis, October 5, 1878, a son of Edmund O. Berninghaus,
who on leaving his native land of Germany became a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Following his removal to St. Louis, he became identified with its industrial inter-
ests as a patent box manufacturer. He married Augusta Helgenberg, who died
in 1901, while his death occurred in 1904.
The public schools of St. Louis afforded Julius A. Berninghaus his educa-
tional privileges, his studies being pursued while he was spending his boyhood
days under the parental roof prior to his fifteenth year. At that time he entered
business life as messenger boy in the Mechanics American Bank, where he has
remained continuously since 1893, advancing step by step through successive
promotions with their added responsibilities and duties until in 1902 he reached
his present position of assistant cashier. His record is another indication of the
fact that native talents, developed through exercise, can produce a continuous
alertness, wdiich enables one to grasp every opportunity which comes and use
each advantage that the passing moment brings.
Mr. Berninghaus was married in St. Louis on the 31st of March, 1903, to
Miss Mabel Benedict and they are pleasantly located at No. 3944 Russell ave-
nue. Mr. Berninghaus is well known in various membership relations, belong-
ing to the St. Louis Creditmen's Association, the Mercantile Club, the Century
Boat Club and the St. John's Methodist church. These indicate much of the
nature of his interests and the rules which govern his life and those who know
him find him a genial, pleasant companion and one worthy of their highest re-
spect.
HERMAN GRIMME.
Herman Grimme, whose life has been one of continuous activity in which
has been accorded due recognition of labor until he stands among the substan-
tial citizens of St. Louis, is now conducting a house and sign painting business.
He was born in the city of Biickeburg, in the principality of Schaumburg. Lippe,
Germanv, April 9, 1852, a son of Christian and Minna Grimme. The father, who
was a shoemaker, died in 1868. The son pursued his education in the schools
of Germany to the age of fourteen years and at once began learning the painter's
trade, serving a four years' apprenticeship. He was afterward employed as a
journeyman in various places in the fatherland and in 1873 emigrated to the
606 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
new world, landing in Darien, Georgia. He had to run away from the ship as
he was employed as a cabin boy. and in order to effect his escape he swam across
the river. After performing this feat he found that he had no coat nor hat and
therefore was obliged to return for those articles of clothing. The river was
full of alligators so that swimming was somewhat dangerous, but he displayed
his determination and safely accomplished his self-imposed task.
For one summer Air. Grimme was employed in Savannah, Georgia, and then
went to Baltimore, where he had relatives living. For about three
years he worked in that city and on the expiration of that period
went to A\'ashington, D. C., where he continued for three years, and during that
time conducted a painting business on his own account for two years. Think-
ing to enioy still better business opportunities in the middle west, he came to
St. Louis in 1880 and secured a situation with August Becker, a fresco deco-
rator, with whom- he continued for a year. He also spent one year in the employ
of F. L. INIcGinnis on Seventh street, but ambitious to engage in business on
his own account he severed that connection and opened an establishment of his
own at the corner of Ninth and Locust streets. There he remained for two
and a half years, after which he removed to No. 104 North Twelfth street and
admitted T. Doellmer to a partnership. This business connection was main-
tained for twelve years and was then dissolved by mutual consent. From 104
North Twelfth street Mr. Grimme removed to 107 North Twelfth street and
later to his present location at No. 1012 Chestnut street, here continuing since
1904. As the years have passed his business has steadily increased until he now
has an extensive patronage as a house and sign painter, enabling him to em-
plov a number of workmen. His business is gratifying, as it has come to him
in recognition of his merit in this line.
Air. Grimme was married in St. Louis in October, 1893, to Aliss Elitha
Alalcomis. and they now have four daughters and a son: Alatilda, attending the
high school ; Rudolph and Clara, who are also in school ; and Frieda and Lydia,
at home. Air. Grimme is a member of the Liederkranz Club and of the Ethical
Societv. He is liberal in thought, both in his religious and political connections,
that is. he does not consider himself bound by the narrow ideas of sectarian-
ism, creed or dogma, or bv party allegiance in politics. He believes rather in
the individual working out his own life in accordance with the high ideals which
he may set up for himself.
HENRY KOTTHOFF.
Henrv Kotthoff, deceased, whose name was an honored one on commercial
paper because of the success which he achieved and the straightforward and con-
servative policy which he followed in the conduct of his interests, was born in
Osage county. Alissouri, February 25, 1857, ^"<^ passed away on the 4th of July,
1898, when forty-one years of age. His parents were Casper H. and Marie
Kotthoff. also of Osage county, Alissouri. The father was a prominent, success-
ful and influential farmer. During the period of the Civil war his place was
raided and all of his stock was taken by soldiers. One fine black horse was
taken and later was used by General Marmaduke, who kept it for his
private use.
Henrv Kotthoff jmrsued his education in the country schools to the age of
seventeen years anrl received a teacher's certificate in Osage county. He believed,
however, that the city offered better business opportunities, and when eighteen
years of age he came to St. Louis. That his choice was a wise one is indicated
in the success which crowned his efforts as the years went by. He gained a
place of enviable distinction in commercial and financial circles, carrying for-
ward to successful completion whatever he undertook. He followed where dis-
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608 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
criminating judgment led the way and seemed to have accomphshed, at any one
point of his career, the full possibihties of successful accomplishment at that
point. For a long time he was connected with the wholesale jewelry business in
the old Lindell Hotel, under the firm style of Reinhard, Dinkelmann & Company
As the years passed he branched out into other fields of activity, made exten-
sive investments in real estate, and was the owner of much valuable propert}/
here. He became secretary of the Merchants & Mechanics Building Association,
which he organized in connection with his brother-in-law, John H. Dinkelmann.
He was also secretary of the Tuscan Building Association, which a few years
later was reorganized under the name of the Reliable Investment Company. His
operations in these connections were very extensive and were features in the
growth and upbuilding of the city, as well as his individual success. He was also
one of the promoters of the Benton Law School, which is now one of the best
educational institutions of this character in the city.
On the 7th of June, 1884, Air. KotthofT was united in marriage to Miss
Delia E. ]\I. Dinkelmann, a daughter of Francis H. and Johanna D. (Lahraan)
Dinkelmann, of St. Louis. Two children graced this marriage : Franz H. C,
who died when about five years of age ; and Delius Henry, who was born Febru-
ary II, 1894, and is now attending the Central high school, being a member of
the class of 191 1.
In his political views Air. Kotthoff was a stalwart republican, believing
firmlv in the party principles and yet never anxious for office. He belonged to
Tuscan Lodge. A. F. & A. j\I., and likewise held membership relations with the
Royal Arcanum. Those who met him socially greatly appreciated his genuine
personal worth, and genial qualities. He was very S3'mpathetic, tender hearted
and generous, always spoke well of others and was exceptionally cool and calm,
never getting excited and seldom becoming angry. Those who met him in busi-
ness life recognized in him a forceful man of marked individuality, whose
strength of character lav in his undaunted enterprise and thorough reliability.
GEORGE BOTHE.
George Bothe is now largely living retired, although he still retains the
presidency of the Cass Avenue Bank. In former years he was closely associated
with the productive industries and with building operations, contributing in
substantial measure to the improvement and progress of various sections of the
city. Born in Oldenberg, Germany, in 1841, he was a son of Bernhard and
Catharine Bothe, who spent their entire lives in Germany. He acquired his
education in the public schools of his native town and there learned the carpenter's
trade, serving a regular apprenticeship. He was also, in accordance with the
laws of the land, a member of the German Militia, with which he was connected
for two years. The opportunities of the new world proved an attraction to him
that he could not resist and in 1866, bidding adieu to friends and fatherland, he
sailed for New York. From that point he made his way direct to St. Louis and
for a brief period was engaged in the carpenter's trade. He afterward formed
a partnership under the firm style of Bothe & Rathermann as builders and con-
tractors and for thirty years continued in that business. Today in the city there
stand many substantial structures of his skill and enterprise. The firm secured
and executed the contract for the Wainwright brewery, the Columbia brewery
and a number of large additions to other breweries. They also built some of the
finest residences in West St. Louis and conducted an extensive and profitable
business, their partnership continuing until 1903 with mutual pleasure and profit.
In that year, however, Mr. Bothe withdrew from building operations and has
since lived practically retired. Indolence and idleness, however, are utterly
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foreign to his nature and he feels better content to have the supervision of some
business interests. Therefore in the spring of 1906 he assisted in organizing
the Cass Avenue Bank and was elected its first president, which position he still
holds. This institution is capitalized for one hundred thousand dollars and the
directors are Jacob F. Hellrung, Otto Ande, Dr. J. Jacobson, William B. Bier-
mann, Theodore II. Sonnenberg. William Goessling, Edward Carver, H. A. Luck-
ing, Dr. Huelske, William Protzmann and Louis E. Dehlendorf, the last named
being cashier. :\Ir. Bothe is also a stockholder in several other important business
concerns of the city, which have felt the stimulus of his sound judgment and
business enterprise and have profited thereby.
Mr. Bothe was married in St. Louis and had several children but the wife
and children are all now deceased. He is a member of several societies and is
a prominent representative of the German-American citizenship here. Through-
out his business career he has been watchful of opportunity, has improved his
chances and has gained public patronage in recognition of business methods,
worth and reliability. For many years he figured prominently as a man of affairs
and now well deserves his retirement from the more active duties of a strenuous
business career.
AUGUST ROOCH, ^I.D.
Dr. August Rooch, who for a half century engaged in the practice of medicine
in St. Louis and during the period of the Civil war served for two years as a
surgeon in the LTnion army, was born in Brunswick in 1828. After qualifying
for the drug business he came to St. Louis, being at that time about eighteen
years of age. Here he took up the study of medicine as a pupil in the old Mc-
Dowell College and began practicing in this city, remaining in active connection
with the medical fraternity here for over fifty years. He did not take up any
particular branch of medicine but believed in the general practice and throughout
the period of his professional service he kept in touch with the progress made by
the leading physicians whose investigations and research brought to light valuable
truths afi:ecting the methods of medical and surgical practice. In all the vears
he remained a student of his profession and that his ability was widely recognized
is indicated in the liberal patronage that was accorded him.
In 1865, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dr. Rooch was married to Miss Louise
Brendecke, a daughter of Dr. Frederick Brendecke, who was a prominent scientist
and chemist of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Rooch became the parents of eight chil-
dren, of whom six are yet living: Matilda; Johanna, wdio is the wife of Dr.
Hugo Summa ; Elsie, now the wife of F. W. Doll, of Cincinnati ; Edward, a resi-
dent of Cincinnati ; August R., of St. Louis ; and Lillian, at home.
At the time of the Civil war Dr. Rooch put aside all professional and per-
sonal considerations that he might aid his country. He was always a warm advo-
cate of Union policies and for two years he served as a surgeon in the Fifteenth
Missouri Regiment, giving ready and valuable professional aid to the sick and
wounded, many a poor soldier having reason to bless his memory for what he did
in their behalf. Dr. Rooch was especially fond of music and possessed much mu-
sical talent. He played a great deal and thus contributed to the entertainment of
his friends and to his own enjoyment in his quiet hours. He was a member of the
old Germania Lodge and of the Liederkranz and professionallv was connected
with the St. Louis Medical Association. He belonged to the Ethical Society and
at all times was actuated by a spirit of broad humanitarianism in his relations
with his fellowmen. In politics he was independent, casting his vote for men and
measures rather than for party. He always took a keen interest in the growth of
the city, cooperated in many movements for the public good and to charity he
gave liberally, while in a private capacity he did much for his fellowmen, his
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610 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
benevolent spirit reaching out in helpfulness to all who needed aid. He built a
fine home in North St. Louis forty-three years ago and the old home is now used
bv the public schools of St. Louis. He was a lover of home and family and,
wliile he was loyal in his citizenship and faithful in friendship, his best traits of
character were reserved for his own fireside. He passed away January 13, 1908,
when about eighty years of age and thus was brought to a close a life of great
activitv and usefulness.
A\'ALTER JA^IES HOLBROOK.
Walter James Holbrook is the president of the Holbrook-Blackwelder Real
Estate Trust Company and has been termed "the busiest man in St. Louis." An
understanding of the important character of the investments wdiich he places as
well as the immense volume of his business indicates that the term has been
well applied. The history of his rise to a position of business prominence is
most interesting. He who studies the signs of the times and the forces that have
contributed to the country's greatness recognizes the fact that those who have
aided most largely in the development and upbuilding of their respective local-
ities are those who have become strong and forceful men by reason of the devel-
opment of their natural powers through the stimulus of necessity and opposition.
It is not the men who are born to affluence that are ruling the world today but
those whose early lack of advantages have caused them to exercise and thus
develop their native powers, becoming strong as they recognize their ability to
meet and conquer the conditions of business life.
It has been along such lines that Walter James Holbrook has gained dis-
tinction as one of the most forceful business men of St. Louis. He was born at
Lebanon, Connecticut, October 14, 1861, a son of Charles A. and Eunice A.
( Bailey) Holbrook. both of whom are now deceased. The Holbrook and Bailey
families were of English origin although established in Connecticut during the
early colonization of the new world, the paternal ancestors having come from
\\'eymouth, England, about the middle of the seventeenth century.
Walter J. Holbrook was educated in the public schools of Lebanon and
lived upon a farm until eighteen years of age when as a clerk he entered the gen-
eral mercantile store and Colchester Savings Bank at Colchester, Connecticut,
which were conducted by J. N. Adams, the owner of the former and the treas-
urer of the latter. After four years in that employ Mr. Holbrook purchased an
interest in the business and the firm of Adams & Holbrook was then formed and
continued until 1885, when the junior partner sold out and came to the west
attracted by the opportunities of this great and growing section of the country.
He settled first in Wichita, Kansas, where he enga;^ed in the real-estate
business until the fall of 1892, when he came to St. Louis, organizing here the
Holbrook-Blackwelder Realty Company, which in 1900 was incorporated as the
Holbrook-Blackwelder Real Estate Trust Company, of which ^Ir. Holbrook has
since been the ])resident. The business was organized with a capital of five
thousanrl dollars and has through the energetic and judicious management of
Mr. Holbrook become the largest real-estate concern west of Xew York city,
today having a capital and surplus of a million and a half dollars. The business
has been confined almost entirely to real-estate transactions and investments
within the city of .St. Louis and they have long since established a reputation
for sound judgment in local investments that has secured them the patronage
of the largest investors in this city. They do an annual business of from fifteen
to twenty-five million dollars and own a large amount of valuable property in
.St. Louis, among which is the eight-str)rv business block, in which their office is
located.
W. T. HCLBROOK
612 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Aside from this ^Ir. Holbrook is interested in various financial and com-
mercial institutions of the city and is a director of the Title Guaranty Trust
Company. His success is attributable entirely to his own labors. He has studied
closely the real-estate market, has noted the trend of the times in business lines
foreshadowing growth and development and has thus been enabled not only to
make good investments for himself but also to care for the interests of investors
in such a manner that his patronage has constantly increased in volume and
importance. The business of the Holbrook-Blackwelder Real Estate Trust Com-
pany is today a splendidly systematized organization conducted along legitimate
lines of trade, whereby the city's interests are being conserved, while the wel-
fare and prosperity of the company and its investors are also promoted.
Air. Holbrook is a member of the First Congregational church and also has
membership relations with the Real Estate Exchange, the [Merchants Exchange,
the Business [Men's League, the St. Louis Club, Mercantile Club, Noonday Club
and Racquet Club. His manner is one of quiet reserve and courteous dignity,
while the salient traits of his character as well as his splendid achievements have
gained him the respect and admiration of all who know aught of his career. A
man of great natural ability, his success in business from the beginning of his
residence in St. Louis has been uniform and rapid.
ALFRED JAMES DAATDSOX.
There is no other business enterprise which demands such capability and
thorough trustworthiness as do the railroad corporations and there is no more
incontrovertible evidence of worth and fidelity than the fact that a man has
been advanced through successive promotion in railroad service to a position
of responsibility, administrative direction and authority. Such has been the
business record of Alfred James Davidson, now president of the St. Louis &
San Francisco Railroad Company. There was no environment or incident to
make his early life different from that of the great majority of American boys.
He was born April 14, 1863, in Decatur, Illinois, of the marriage of Alfred
B. and Xellie ( Mitchell ) Davidson, and passing through consecutive grades in
the public schools was at length graduated from the high school at Lexington,
Illinois, with the class of 1880. It was thus incumbent that he should take his
place in the business world and he entered the railway service as station master
at Lexington for the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. During the year in
which he filled that position he devoted all his leisure moments to the study of
telegraphy and gained a knowledge of the business that secured his appoint-
ment to the position of night operator. Later he was promoted to day operator
and finallv was made station agent. In 1884 he became foreman of the transfer
platform for the Cotton Belt Railroad at Birdpoint and his next assignment was
at Waco, Texas, with the triple duties of operator, bill clerk and baggage mas-
ter. Later during two years he filled the positions of train dispatcher, clerk
in the division superintendent's office and general freight office of the Cotton
Belt, being associated with that road until 1888, when he withdrew to accept
the position of chief train dispatcher of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Rail-
road at San Antonio, Texas. Two years later he was appointed train master of
that line, and in 1893 was appointed division superintendent for the northern
division of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, with headquarters at Fort
Worth, Texas, where he remained for four years.
In 1897 he was made superintendent of transportation for the St. Louis &:
San Francisco Railroad, with headquarters at St. Louis, and in 1901 was pro-
moted to the general superintcndency of the road, while on the 5th of April,
1904, he was elected to the presidency of the St. Louis & San h'rancisco Rail-
road Company, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the Evansville & Terre Haute
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and the Fort Worth & Rio Grande Raih'oad Companies. Thus he has gradually
mounted higher and higher in railroad service until he toda}- occupies a posi-
tion demanding capable, administrative ability, keen discernment and the power
of assimilating complicated and often seemingly adverse forces and shaping
them into unity and harmony. In addition to his railroad interests he is a direc-
tor of the Commonwealth Trust Company of St. Louis.
Mr. Davidson was married February 14, 1891, at Yoakum, Texas, to Miss
Pearl E. Elliott. He is known in the social circles of the city as a member of
the St. Louis, Noonday and INIissouri Athletic Clubs and is a member of the
Methodist church. Flis record is one which contains valuable lessons concern-
ing perseverance, energ;,-, determination and fidelity, his eminent position in
railroad circles being attributable entirely to these qualities.
JAMES P. DUNCAN,
James P. Duncan, assistant treasurer of the Buxton & Skinner Stationery
Company, has made steady advance in his business career to his present position,
and his life history does not lack interest to his many friends wdio have noted
his continuous progress and rejoice in his success.
Mr. Duncan was born in Sidney, Ohio, a son of John and Margaret (Ful-
ton) Duncan. On the paternal side he is of Scotch-Irish descent and his an-
cestors fought under Bruce. His grandfather, James Duncan, was born in the
north of Ireland and on coming to the new world settled in Erie county, Penn-
sylvania, at an early day. There he cleared and improved a farm, on wdiich he
made his home until called to his final rest at the ripe old age of ninety-one
years. He was a successful man of affairs and stood high in the community.
His farm is still owned by his descendants. In his family were several children
who scattered over the middle west, one of these being John Duncan, father of
our subject, who finally located in the beautiful little town of Sidney, Ohio.
For a time he was engaged in merchandising and was treasurer of his county
many years. He was also interested in farming and the breeding of fine stock.
Our subject's maternal grandfather was Benjamin Fulton. Old records con-
cerning the history of the Fulton family in Ireland make mention of the origin
of the name. They show the name to have to have originated from that of an
office. In the earlier days of monarchical rule in Great Britain the king held
large reservations of land and had wardens to care for the game and domestic
animals kept on the reservations. Among these was a fowler and the settlement
formed by him and his family attendants became Fowlerton, which later was ab-
breviated to Fowlton and afterward became Fulton. Robert Fulton, the inventor
of the steamboat, was a brother of Abraham Fulton and belonged to the branch
of the family from which Mr. Duncan is descended. The maternal ancestry is
traced back to Abram Fulton, who was the fourth son in a large family. He mar-
ried Mrs. Jane Coe Lamb, whose first husband, Matthew Lamb, was killed by In-
dians, leaving two children, John and Rachel Lamb. The widow afterward gave
her hand in marriage to Abram Fulton, who w^as born near the town of Derry, in
County Derry, Ireland. He was probably between fifty-five and sixty years of age
at the time he came to America, sailing from Derry for New York, but owing to
misfortune the vessel was sixteen weeks in making the voyage across the ocean
and eventually dropped anchor in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. The fam-
ily settled first in the region midway between ]\Iount Pleasant and West New-
ton in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and Abraham Fulton, of the second
generation in America, took up his abode on a farm near Derry, Pennsylvania,
between the years 1770 and 1780, purchasing from the government two hundred
and sixty-one acres of land, while later he purchased fifty-seven acres from John
McReadv. Previouslv he and his brother Robert purchased land in Indiana
614 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
county, Pennsylvania, where they Hved for two years, their mother and sister
Margaret keeping house for them. Later they sold their property there and re-
moved to a farm near Derry. The patent was taken out entirely in the name of
Abram Fulton and was dated 1780. In his family were the following children:
Henry, Joseph, Abram, ]\Ioses. James, Robert, Benjamin, Margaret, Elizabeth
and Jane. The parents were both members of the Presbyterian church, in which
Abram Fulton served as an elder for many years. They suffered many hard-
ships and privations, owing to the fact that their home was located on the fron-
tier. The Lidians were still numerous in the neighborhood and sometimes dis-
played active hostility, the Fultons being driven from their home by the red men.
Abraham Fulton was only nineteen years of age when he came to America and
he died in 1835 when about eighty-five years of age. His w^ife passed away in
1826, when seventy years of age. Their eleven children were all consistent mem-
bers of the Presbyterian church and the eight sons were all elders, unless Abram
was an exception. All but two of the family died in old age, passing away in
the faith of the church.
Benjamin Fulton, a son of Abraham Fulton, lived for some time in Ohio
near Canal Fulton and afterward removed to Shelby county, settling near Sidney.
It was in 1838 that he took up his abode there, living on one farm until his
death, which occurred in 1843. He had eight children: Robert, Jane, Sarah, Jo-
seph. Abraham, Margaret, Isaac and Eliza, and of this family Margaret became
the wife of John Duncan and the mother of our subject.
James P. Duncan spent his earlv boyhood to the age of sixteen years in his
native town, where he acquired a high-school education. When sixteen years of
age he accepted a position as clerk in a general store in Sidney, which position
he held for three and a half years. On the expiration of this period he fitted
himself more acceptably for his business life bv a course in a prominent school
in Poughkeepsie, New York. After his training there was completed he secured
a position in the wholesale establishment of Cal Barker, of Toledo, Ohio, re-
maining there for two years. His life has been one of sterling integrity and un-
questioned honesty. Owing to this fact he has graduallv risen in positions of
trust to the one he now fills and as a consequence left his situation with Mr.
Barker to become the deputy county treasurer in the city of his birth — Sidney,
Ohio. In 1879, at the solicitation of R. D. Patterson, the senior member of R.
D. Patterson & Company, he came to St. Louis to take charge of the office work
of that company, which was engaged in the book and stationery business and
was one of the oldest and best known firms of St. Louis until recent years. After
Mr. Duncan had been in the employ of the company for about five years he as-
sisted in its incorporation and was made secretary and treasurer, which position
of responsibility he held until the business was sold to the Buxton & Skinner Sta-
tionery Company. A few months afterward he accepted a position with the Bux-
ton & Skinner Stationery Company and later became assistant treasurer, which
position he now holds. In this connection he has entire charge of the credits
and finance of the firm, which is a high attestation of their appreciation of his
fitness for that responsible position.
In business and private circles Mr. Duncan is universally admired. His life
has been characterized by faithfulness, devotion to duty and sterling integrity,
and he has occupied positions of increasing responsibility due to these facts.
Mr. Duncan's home is at No. 5886 Clemens avenue. In 1881 he was married
to Miss Candace E. Cole, of Vermont, the daughter of A. B. and Miriam (Hitch-
cock) Cole, one of the oldest and best known families of tlie east. The founder
of the family in America came from England, settled in Rhode Island at what
became known as Coletown. but the name has since been changed to Warren,
A, B. Cole's grandfather, Curtis Cole, was a shipbuilder at the time of the break-
ing out of the Revolutionary war, but on account of privateering that industry
was broken up and he enlisted in the Continental army as an ensign. At the
time of his discharge he was serving as major, as shown by the original papers
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 615
now in possession of his grandson. After the war he removed to Washington
county, New York, which was the birthplace of A. B. Cole. For a number of
years the latter lived in Ohio, but finally returned to New York, being president
of the First National Bank at Greenwich for many years. His wife was a tal-
ented speaker, editor and writer of her day, who had much to do with changing
the laws that governed the property rights of women.
Mrs. Duncan has been a most aggressive leader of Christian work in St.
Louis and in this Mr. Duncan has heartily cooperated as he has had opportunity.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have been born four children : Robert C, James H.,
Andrew C. and Miriam M. The eldest son is a graduate of Washington Uni-
versity and is now an architect, while James is a senior in the university and
Andrew is in the senior year of the Manual Training School. The daughter is
attending the public schools. The sons are three manly young men with high
ambitions that promise a worthy future.
Mr. Duncan is an independent democrat, voting usually in support of the
principles of the democratic party and yet not feeling himself bound by party
ties. While living in Sidney, Ohio, he served as deputy county treasurer, but
otherwise has never sought nor filled political office, preferring to concentrate
his time and energies on business affairs. Following in the footsteps of his an-
cestors in religion, he is a Presbyterian and a lover of the good, the true and
the beautiful.
FLOYD W. BENNETT, M.D.
Dr. Floyd W. Bennett is one of the younger members of the medical fra-
ternity of St. Louis whose age seems no bar to his progress, for he has won a
reputation that many an older physician might well envy. He was born in
Springfield, Alissouri, and is a son of W. P. and Alice M. Bennett, the former
a farmer by occupation. His ancestry in both the lineal and collateral lines has
been distinctly xAmerican for many generations. His parents and his paternal
grandparents are now living in Elwood, Missouri, but his maternal grandfather
is now deceased. His uncle on his mother's side. Dr. Fletcher D. Mooney, was
a prominent St. Louis physician and was professor of abdominal surgery in the
Beaumont Medical College, but is now deceased.
Dr. Bennett completed his literary education in Drury College of Spring-
field, Missouri, where he was graduated on the loth of June, 1901. Always
fond of athletics, he gained considerable reputation in that direction, playing
halfback on the football team of Drury College for four years, while during his
senior year he won a loving cup as the best all-round athlete and broke the col-
lege record in pole vaulting. He also tied the Missouri State University record
for pole vaulting. From early youth it was his desire and intention to become a
member of the medical profession and his reading and studies were directed to
this end, his literary course being supplemented by study in the medical depart-
ment of the St. Louis University. Following his graduation, on the 8th of Alay,
1905, he located in St. Louis for practice, and is steadily accomplishing what he
undertook to do — win for himself a creditable place in professional circles. He
realized that earnest, thorough and comprehensive study constitutes the basis
of professional success. He practices along the most modern lines of scientific
investigation and research and shows the most careful discrimination in the
administration of remedial agencies. He is making steady progress and keeps
in touch with the general advancement of the profession through his member-
ship in the St. Louis Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical Association
and the American IMedical Association.
On the 4th of February, 1905, Dr. Bennett was married in St. Louis, ]\Iis-
souri, to Miss Pearl I. Fleming. They are well known, having a large circle of
616 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
warm friends in the city where they maintain their residence. While in col-
lege Dr. Bennett had military training with the Drury College cadets and this
is manifest in his bearing. He also became a member of the Sigma Chi and his
fraternal relations are with the IModern American Fraternal Order, the Modern
Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
HUGH KIERNAN WAGNER.
Hugh Kiernan Wagner, a patent lawyer of national reputation, was born in
St. Louis, ^Missouri, September 29, 1870. He was the youngest child and only
son of Hugh Kiernan and Mary Ann (Elliot) Wagner. His father was a man
of intellect and culture, and his mother a woman of exceptionally noble character
and superior mental qualities, and Mr. Wagner inherited rare advantages of
mind and character, though no other fortune. He discontinued his school studies
at the age of fifteen, while attending the Central high school of St. Louis. Upon
leaving school (in 1886), he began his business career as a railroad clerk. His
ambition, however, led him to seek a broader and higher sphere of activity, and,
in 1892. he began to studv law, with the intention of ultimately making a spe-
cialty of patent law. In October, 1897, he was admitted to the bar. In August,
1899, having previously had nearly eight years' experience in patent, trade-mark,
and copyright law, he engaged in the practice of same independently and in his
own name. He is enthusiastically interested in his work in that vocation, and
this probably accounts for the fact that in it he has been preeminently success-
ful. His business methods are characterized by lofty ethical standards, and all
his work is marked by consummate carefulness and accuracy.
In addition to his practice of law, he has, since the spring of 1901, been a
lecturer in the Benton College of Law, of St. Louis, for five years imparting
instruction on the subject of Domestic Relations, for four years. Equity Plead-
ing, and, since 1905, on the subject of Pleading in general, including common
law, equitv and code pleading, and procedure in same. He has, also, lectured at
the same law school on Argumentation, Legal Ethics, and Patent, Trade-Mark
and Copyright Law.
He is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the United States ; of
the supreme court of the District of Columbia ; of the court of appeals of the
District of Columbia ; of the supreme court and all other courts of Missouri ; of
the United States circuit and district courts at Portland, Oregon; San Francisco,
California ; ^Mobile, Alabama ; Chicago, Illinois ; Cleveland, Ohio ; St. Louis, Mis-
souri ; and elsewhere ; of the United States circuit court of appeals ; and of vari-
ous other courts. He is a member of the American, Missouri and St. Louis Bar
Associations ; of the American Association of Law Libraries ; and of the St. Louis
Law Library Association. He is a foreign member of the Institute of Patent
Engineers, of Paris, France, and non-resident member of Patent Law Associa-
tion of Washington, D. C, and of Chicago Patent Law Association.
He was married June 7, 1893, to Annette Elliott Hill. Two sons, Elliott
Goodwyn, born January 12, 1895, and Paul Brookes, born January 30, 1898,
complete the family.
Notwithstanding the absence from his career of a collegiate course, Mr.
Wagner has, by means of private study, acquired not only a liberal but thorough
education, being eminently scholarly not only in his tastes but also in his attain-
ments and capabilities. His mind is highly analytical, which gives him pen-
etrating insight into men, affairs and the most difiicult and complex problems,
while the comprehensiveness of his vision and information renders his judg-
ments sound, accurate and wise. He possesses unusual literary talent, includ-
ing not only discriminating taste but also ability to write with marked perspicu-
ity, animation and originality of expression. Not alone in his writings and in
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618 ST. LOUIS, THF FOURTH CITY.
prepared addresses, but also in conversation and other extemporaneous speaking,
he constantly evinces a remarkable gift of ready, apt and striking illustration,
and all his utterances, oral as well as written, are replete with classic allusions
anJ. references. He has written extensively on theological and Biblical themes,
and leading theologians and scientists have paid tributes to the quality of his
theological thoughts and writings. He is a born teacher, and, in addition to his
long experience as a law lecturer, he has at different times and for extended
periods conducted large Bible classes composed of adults of both sexes, using
the expository method of instruction and unfolding the meaning of the Bib-
lical writings in a most interesting, convincing and enlightening manner. Be-
sides h.is tlKological writings, he has written numerous published magazine articles
and pamphlets on legal aiid other topics, including a monograph on a point of
ecclesiastical law and the law of religious societies. He has written one book
of 896 pages.
His executive and other abilities have made him a valuable member of
everv organization with which he has been or is connected, and he has cheer-
lullv perfcrmel important labors for many f them. He is a director cf Asso-
ciated Advertising Clubs of America. As chairman of the legislative committee of
that organization, he drafted a number of laws prohibiting false, fraudulent, mis-
leading and otherwise pernicious or objectionable advertisements, some of those
laws having been adapted for enactment by state legislatures, and the latest
being designed for national legislation. The last-mentioned bill is now pend-
ing in congress and will doubtless ultimately be enacted into law.
In politics he is a stanch republican and was one of the earliest members
of the St. Louis Republican Club. He is prominently identified with the repub-
lican organization and is vice president of Young Alen's Republican Auxiliary
of St. Louis.
In addition to the organizations mentioned above, he is a member, also,
cf the St. Louis, the Glen Echo Country, Xormandie Golf, iMerc?,ntile, ^Missouri
Athletic, Century Boat, Contemporary, Apollo and Amphion Clubs ; of St. Louis
Amateur Athletic Association; of the Civic Federation; St. Louis Public Museum;
St. Louis Symphony Society; and Knights of Columbus Choral Club; of St.
Louis Advertising Men's League; of Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M. ;
Tuscan Hall Association ; and Kilwinning R. A. Chapter, No. 50 ; and of the
Mercantile Library Association ; Washington University Association ; and Na-
tional Geographic Society and other organizations.
ALFRED CHARLES FREDERICK MEYER.
The name of iMeyer has long figured prominently in financial circles of the
city and the subject of this review is now well known as cashier of the South
Side Bank. Numbered among the native sons of St. Louis, he was born August
6, 1873, ^^ the marriage of John Philip Meyer and Wilhelmina Kueck. The
father, a native of Oldenburg, Germany, was born November 11, 1833, ^^^ came
to America in 1852, when nineteen years of age. He settled first in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, where he resided until 1855, ^"^^ t^''^" came to St. Louis. Here he
engaged in the export flour and grain business as senior partner of the firm of
Meyer & Guye, and for many years they were among the largest operators in
this line on the St. Louis market. Mr. Meyer was also vice president and one
of the directors of the German Savings Institution for a number of years and
was vice president of the Merchants Exchange Bank at the time of his death.
His business ability carried him into large undertakings and he became a leading
factor in financial circles of the city. His death occurred August 19, 1879. His
widow, a native of Bremen, Germany, was born June 5, 1840, and has been very
active in a personal way in the work of several German charitable organizations.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH LlTY. 619
At the usual age Alfred C. F. Meyer became a student in the public schools
of St. Louis and passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the
high school. He then continued his studies in a private school at Wiesbaden.
Germany, and in 1893 entered the law de])artment of the Washington University,
from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Law degree in the class of
1895. He then entered practice with Rudolph Schulenberg under the firm name
of Schulenberg & Meyer, which connection was continued until 1904. when he
withdrew from that relation to take charge of the South Side Bank of St. Louis,
being elected cashier and director. The splendid reputation which his father
made in financial and banking circles is being fully upheld by the labors of ISIr.
Meyer of this review, who brings keen discrimination to bear upon the solution
of all financial problems, and his capable control of the afl:'airs of the South Side
Bank show that it has become one of the strong moneyed institutions of that
section of the state. He is also a director of the St. Louis Fire Insurance Com-
pany and a director of the Cooperative Coal & Mining Company, owning and
operating extensive properties at Breese, Illinois.
On the 15th of January, 1898, Mr. Meyer was married to Miss Christine
Arnold, a daughter of Henry and Anna M. (Haas) Arnold. Her father was for
many years secretary of the J. G. Haas Soap Company, but is now retired. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, four in number, are : Alfred Arnold ; John
Philip; Margaret Arnold, who was born July 16, 1902, and died September 26.
1906; and Frederick.
In his political views Mr. Meyer is a republican. He attends the Unitarian
church and is a member of the St. Louis Bar Association, the Union Club and
the Liederkranz Club. He is also a member and one of the organizers of the
Cedar Crest Country Club, having its club house on the Meramec river in Jeffer-
son county. He belongs to the Altenheim Club and is fond of literature. These
different associations indicate much of the character of his interests and activi-
ties. He possesses one of the fine collections of coins in this part of the coun-
try, but with all of his varied interests he is preeminently a business man, kind
energetic and determined. In his social relations his friends find him genial and
he enjoys in full measure the high regard of those with whom he comes in con-
tact.
OSCAR F. POTTER, M.D.
Dr. Oscar F. Potter, who for almost a half century was continuously en-
gaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, but is now living retired, was
born in Watertown, New York, October 13, 1829. The ancestry is almost dis-
tinctively American in its lineal and collateral lines and there has never been a
Potter known as a defaulter or a debtor. The family was founded in America
by two brothers, Anthony and Vincent Potter, who came from England in 1648.
Vincent Potter, the direct ancestor of our subject, was one of the signers of the
death warrant whereby King Charles I was executed. The brothers settled at
Ipswich, Massachusetts, and later removed to Brookfield, that state. A ver\-
prominent member of the family was one Captain John Potter, who took an
active part in the Revolutionary war and rendered valuable military aid in the
w^ar of 1812. He was the great-grandfather of Dr. Potter and other members
of the family were also loyal advocates of the American cause. Anthony Potter,
the emigrant ancestor, married Elizabeth Whipple, of the family to which be-
longed William Whipple, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
In the veins of Elizabeth Whipple there flowed some Indian blood. The grand-
mother of Dr. Potter in the paternal line was a Warren and a direct descendant
of the Warren who came to America in the Mayflower. Her father was a sol-
dier in the battle of Lexington, the first engagement of the Revolutionary war.
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and was closelv related to General Joseph ^^'arren, who was killed at Bunker
Hill.
Levi ^^'a^ren Potter, father of Dr. Potter, was a native of North Brookfield,
Alassachnsetts. born in 1803 and died in 1840. He was for years well known
in military circles, serving for a long period in the regular army, while later he
became captain of the state troops in New York. He learned the millwright's
trade and later was engaged in milling, also superintending the construction of
some lighthouses at Sacket Harbor. It was while his wife was visiting him at
\\'atertown. New York, that Dr. Potter was born. Mrs. Potter was also a native
of ]\Iassachusetts. In 1832 L. W. Potter took up his abode at St. Louis. Finally
he settled at Lebanon, Illinois, and was widely known as a capable financier and
a man of means. He was prominently connected with the business interests of
St. Louis during his short residence here. He entered large tracts of land in
Illinois and requested that his son, Dr. Potter, should hold it until it reached a
certain price. He died at a comparatively early age, passing away in 1840.
Dr. Potter was but eleven years of age at the time of his father's death
and his uncle, Elbridge G. Potter, became his guardian. He was a favorite with
his uncle and after he had attained his majority he was given full charge of his
property. He pursued his more specifically literar}^ education in McKendrie
College at Lebanon, Illinois, and prepared for his profession as a student in the
^lissouri ]\Iedical College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1856.
He had previouslv practiced in 1849 during the cholera epidemic, and in 1856 he
opened an ofiice at Fourth and Lucas streets in St. Louis. While the practice of
medicine has been his real life work, he has traveled broadly, visiting the princi-
pal European countries and all parts of the United States. He has in a measure
investigated the methods of leading physicians and surgeons in the old world and
in his practice has constantly broadened his knowledge and promoted his ef-
ficiency. For many years he was a member of the faculty of the St. Louis Col-
lege of Pharmacy, was also dean of the faculty and for years edited the St.
Louis JMedical Reporter. He thus became very widely known in professional
circles, gaining a position with its prominent leaders and most able representa-
tives. He continued in practice until 1900 and then because of advanced age re-
tired from active professional duties.
Dr. Potter was married April 2, 1874, to Miss Alice LaFontain Mayerton, of
New Orleans. He has long been recognized as a man of liberal culture gained
through travel and broad reading. He possesses also a most natural courtesy and
unfeigned cordiality and his social qualities, as taken in distinction from his pro-
fessional ability, have made him popular and honored.
CHARLES D. BOYNTON.
Charles D. Boynton is a native of the middle west and the spirit and energy
which has been the dominant feature in the upbuilding of this section of the
country is manifest in his life. He was born in Sycamore, Illinois, on the loth
of August, 1862, his parents being Charles Oaks and Lucetta (Stark) Boynton.
His father was a native of Vermont and one of the pioneers of Chicago.
At the usual age Charles D. Boynton entered the public schools and passed
through succesive grades until he entered Racine College of Wisconsin. He
afterward attended the Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, New Jer-
sey, and while in college he became a member of one of its leading fraternities,
the Alpha Tau Omega. In t886 Mr. Boynton gave his attention to the manage-
ment of a bank at Arcadia, Iowa, and successfully controlled its afifairs, giving
evidence of his sound business judgment and discrimination. Later he went to
Durango, Mexico, and Austin, Nevada, where he was connected with banking
and mining interests and other enterprises until 1901. That year witnessed his
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622 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
arrival at Carroll, Iowa, where he bought control of the First National Bank.
After conducting it for a period, however, he disposed of the banking business
and for several years operated in real estate there.
He removed to Cape Girardeau, where he assumed the management of the
large timber interests formerly owned by his father, who died in the year 1900.
Charles D. Boynton conducted the business for the estate until 1906, when he
incorporated the Boynton Land & Lumber Company and extended his efforts by
purchasing the business of other lumber companies so that his enterprise became
one of considerable scope and importance. In the same year he removed to St.
Louis to establish a general office for handling the product of his milling inter-
ests in the southwest. He owns thousands of acres of standing timber near
Boynton, Arkansas, and at that place has sawmills, a store, railroad, etc., in
fact owns the entire town. Employment is given to one hundred and fifty men
by the Boynton Land & Lumber Company and to seventy-five more by the Boyn-
ton Stave & Heading Company, and the business has reached extensive and profit-
able proportions. Sir. Boynton is also a director of the International Bank of
St. Louis.
In 1891 ]\Ir. Boynton was married to Cora B. Farrer, of Sycamore, Illinois.
He belongs to the Mercantile Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks and is inclined to support the Jefifersonian democracy, yet is independent
in politics and votes regardless of party ties. He is entitled to membership with
the Sons of the American Revolution and his mother was the organizer of the
General John Stark Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Such in brief is the history of Charles D. Boynton who, not yet in the prime of
life, has become a recognized factor in lumber circles in the southwest. Although
he was fortunate in that he received assistance from his father's estate, in the
control and management of his interests and in the development of his business
affairs he has shown keen ability and far-sightedness. The work which he has
undertaken is bringing excellent financial results, this fact indicating his capable
management' and powers of executive control.
GEORGE R. HOGG.
George R. Hogg, president of the Hogg-Harris Lumber Company, at 1521
Wright boulevard, a well known concern doing an extensive domestic business,
was born in Hannibal, ^^lissouri, September 14, 1865. He is 'of sturdy Scotch
origin, his father, John Hogg, having been a native of Scotland; whence he came
to America when but a young man. He is a member of a fainily who is proud
of its direct descent from James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd of Scotland. The
elder Mr. Flogg served in the L^nion army throughout the Civil war, and after
the war he settled in ^Missouri, where he was accounted among its pioneers. For
many years he followed railroad contracting. He was a public spirited man and
was remarkably active in building up the town of Hannibal.-. His wife, Jemima
(Thompson) Hogg, was also a native of Scotland, and a daughter of William
Thomjjson, who was a prominent shipowner and emigrated to America with his
daughter when she was quite young. For a number of years he operated a line
of ships sailing out of Perth, Scotland.
In the public schools of Flannibal, George R. Hogg received his preparatory
education. Later he cntererl the Welsh academy, from which he graduated at
the age of twenty-one years. He then started in the lumber business as sales-
man, continuing in this position until the company with which he was employed
went out of business. He next engaged as a traveling salesman for the C. J.
Carter Lumber Company of Kansas City and continued in the employ of this
concern for a period of two years, at the end of which time he opened a sales
office for William Buchanan, one of the largest i)inc lumber manufacturers in the
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south. He remained as manager of the office for a period of five years, (hiring
which time, through his apphcation to husiness. he added greatly to the vohmie
of the firm's trade. Resigning this position, he estabHshed the Hogg-Harris
Lumber Company in 1900 and in 1902 the company was incorporated. The firm
conducts sales offices for several lumber mills of the south, the stockholders of
the company holding individual interest in these enterprises. Mr. Hogg is a man
of ability and through his unwearied application and sound business judgment the
interests of the firm are rapidly assuming large proportions.
The marriage of Air. Hogg to Antoinette lUood, of St. Louis, was solemnized
in 1907. Their children are Frances Margaret and George R., Jr. In politics ^Slr.
Hogg is a republican but his pressing business affairs prevent him from taking
active interest in politics beyond casting his vote in behalf of the candidates of
his party. He is a member of Delmar Lodge, Royal Arcanum, and also belongs
to the Mercantile Club and the Order of Hoo-Hoos.
GERHARD DAAHIER.
Gerhard Dammer, now living retired, was born in Hanover, Germany,
August 13, 1848, and his parents, Gerhard and !\Ieta Dammer, were also natives
of the same place. As a boy the subject of this review became a pupil in the
schools of his native land and when about sixteen years of age made the long-
voyage across the Atlantic to the new world. Becoming a resident of St. Louis,
he was here employed at the shot tower, remaining there almost continuously
for a third of a century. He subsequently spent a few months in the rolling mill
of the Niedringhaus Smelting Company and was afterward in the Louisville &
Nashville depot. His next position was in a smelter at Chiltenham, wdiere he
was engaged in smelting lead ore. On leaving that position he was employed in
Petring's wdiolesale grocery at Eighth and Spruce streets for three years, and in
1904 he retired from business life on account of ill health.
In 1875 Mr. Dammer was married to Miss Elise Mattheis, and they are the
parents of two daughters : ]\Ieta, noW' a music teacher in the Jeff'erson school ;
and Olivia, an accomplished musician at home. Mr. Dammer has always been
an ardent republican in politics and takes a deep interest in the success of his
party. Socially he is a member of Compton Hill Council, No. 555, Royal Ar-
canum. In 1886 he built a six tenement block at 1638-42 Texas avenue and
has since lived there. He has led a busy, active and useful life until recent
vears and through his own labor acquired the competence that now enables him
to live retired.
FRANK A. THOAIPSON.
To an observer, interested in the welfare of humanity at large, and of indi-
viduals in particular, there is always a measure of satisfaction in noting a young
man starting out in life upon the highway to prosperity animated by proper mo-
tives. As one feels a sense of depression at the failure of another, so also does
he experience a sense of uplift at the success of any one. It makes no difference
whether or not he be foreign to his acquaintance. So many in the world, anxious
to get along, are apparently on the outlook for an opening, but it seems as often
as that opening is found, entrance is for some reason denied them. In such
instances, when the purpose is laudable, one is impressed with a sense of regret.
How different the impression upon seeing a young man, who is just launching
out into the world, progress at every step, constantly augment his aft'airs and
manifest that stamina and ambition which challenges opposition and exhibits a
firm resolve to go forward. It is refreshing. It dispels the darkness of pessimism
624 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and fhonld serve as an impetus and inspiration to those who are lagging, and con-
vince them of the truth that in order to succeed one must have a fixed purpose,
to attain which he must he thoroughly qualified, be confident in his ability and
strive continuously. As a young man Frank A. Thompson is a prominent attor-
ney and is evidencing that aggressiveness and enterprise, coupled with excellent
abilitv. which has alreadv placed him in the foremost rank in his profession. He
was born in St. Louis county. ^lissouri, October 4, 1880, at the head of Florissant
valley, one of the most fertile districts in the state. Here his father, Frank A.
Thompson, Sr., and his mother, Kate Edmondstone Thompson, were born and
were extensive landowners. His ancestors for many generations were among
the most prominent and highly respected citizens of this community. His grand-
father and also his great-grandfather were among the early pioneers of St. Louis
county.
Frank A. Thompson. Jr., received his early education in the district school
of St. Louis county and later he became a pupil at the Central high school in
St. Louis, graduating from that institution in 1898. On completing a course of
studv at the University of Alissouri, he entered the law department of the Uni-
\ ersitv of ^Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1904 and was admitted the
same year to the practice of law in St. Louis. Although but young in the legal pro-
fession, his abilitv has won him wide popularity. Aside from the practice of his
profession, he takes an active interest in politics. He is a stanch supporter of the
prnciples of the democratic partv and was nominated for congress in the tenth dis-
trict at the democratic primaries in August, 1908. He is a member of both the
St. Louis and ^Missouri State Bar Associations and also a member of the board
of directors of the State Bank of Wellston. Mr. Thompson is a man of rare
intellectual abilities and legal learning. His career is fortunately in its incep-
tion and promises to develop into one of rare distinction.
JOSEPH M. CHISWELL.
Joseph yi. Chiswell, a member of the firm of Chiswell <& Jaeger, proprietors
of a well equipped jewelry establishment, was born in Cambridge, Saline county,
■Missouri, April 6, 1863. His father, Joseph Newton Chiswell, was a prominent
farmer and stock-raiser. He was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, and
was of prominent family connections, representing one of the old and leading-
families of ^Maryland that was founded in this country by English ancestors in
the latter part of the eighteenth century. The original family residence, which
was erected about one hundred and thirty years ago, is still being occupied by
relatives of Mr. Chiswell. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of
Fannie Hickman.
Reared under the parental roof, Joseph M. Chiswell pursued his education
in a boarding school at Boonville, ^Missouri, from which he was graduated in the
month of June, 1880, on completing a general course. After coming to St.
Louis he became connected with the government survey and in that capacity
went to ?^Iontana, doing work along the Missouri river. He became well known
to the dififerent tribes of red men along the river and had many exciting experi-
ences whHe with them on their hunting, fishing and trapping expeditions. He
was always on very friendly terms with the head men of the different tribes and
they trusted him because of his fair treatment.
After completing his term of service with the government Mr. Chiswell
returned to St. Louis and entered the service of the firm of Langan & Taylor as
manager, remaining with them for ten years. No higher testimonial of efficient
and faithful service could be given than the fact that he remained so long in this
employ. His careful expenditure during that time brought him capital sufficient
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626 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
to enable him to engage in business on his own account and on severing his con-
nections with the tirm of Langan & Taylor he entered into partnership with Mr.
Jaeger in the jewelry business, in which they have met with remarkable success,
having now a well appointed store, attractive in its arrangement and supplied
with a good stock. As ]\Ir. Chiswell has prospered in his undertakings he has
also made judicious investments in real estate in the city and county and is now
the owner of considerable valuable property.
On the 26th of April, 1892, Mr. Chiswell was married to Miss Ada Gwinn,
whose father was a farmer. Their home is at South Kirkwood on the Watson
road and is a spacious residence with attractive grounds, comprising eleven
acres. This country home is named in honor of his wife, Gwinn Dell. In his
political views Mr. Chiswell is a democrat, while his religious faith is that of
the Methodist church. He is highly esteemed in the business world not alone
by reason of the prosperity which he has achieved but also owing to the straight-
forward business methods he has followed and the generous assistance and
friendly counsel which he has given to young men who are striving to gain a
foothold on the road to success.
JACOB CRAIG VAN BLARCOM,
Jacob Craig \'an Blarcom, who for thirty-eight years was a representative
of banking interests of St. Louis, and president from December, 1905, of the
National Bank of Commerce, that today conducts the most extensive banking
business in the west with the exception of a single Chicago bank, attained his
place of honor in the business world through his own efforts. It is a well known
fact that success depends partly upon opportunity, but the reason of the great
majority of failures is that the individual does not recognize his opportunity when
it is presented.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune,"
and that which diff'erentiates the career of the successful man from him who
meets failure is the fact that he is found equipped for the turn of the tide. This
statement finds verification in the life of Jacob Craig Van Blarcom. who at a
somewhat critical period in the history of business was ready to fill a vacancy
in the ranks decimated by a cholera scourge.
He was born in Bergen county, New Jersey, June i, 1849, his parents being
Jacob Van Riper and Euphemia (Dixon) Van B.larcom. Descended from Hol-
land ancestry, the establishment of the family in New Jersey dates from the year
1 62 1 and at an early period a settlement was made by the Van Blarcoms in
Bergen county. There the boyhood and youth of Jacob Craig Van Blarcom was
passed and the schools of Paterson gave to him his early educational oppor-
tunities, while later he attended Rutgers College, of New Brunswick.
Believing that better business opportunities might be found in the west, his
arrival in St. Louis was followed by his securing a position in the employ of
Peterson, Hanthorn & Company, wholesale saddlery, hardware and leather mer-
chants. He bent every energy not only to the duties which devolved upon him,
but to the mastery of the business, acquainting himself with everything bearing
upon the trade, so that in the fall of the year, when cholera was making such in-
roads upon the ranks of young men, creating vacancies in the commercial houses
of the city, he was sent out to represent the house as a traveling salesman. He
took the place of a salesman who refused to go into the fever-stricken cities of
the south and his promotion followed. Thus came the turn in the tide of his
afifairs and from that time forward his course was characterized by an orderly
progression that brought him into large undertakings and responsibilities. In
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 627
his new position he soon demonstrated his excellent qualifications for the work
and continued with the house until 1870, when, at the age of twenty-one years,
he was invested with power of attorney to liquidate all the firm's business and
close up its afifairs.
This task accomplished, there again came to him an opportunity which he
eagerly embraced. In July, 1870, he was elected head accountant of the Bank of
Commerce and through successive positions was promoted from time to time
until, at the age of twenty-eight years, he became cashier of the bank in Janu-
ary, 1877. His connection with the position continued for several years and thus
he passed on to a place of executive control in which he subsequently bent his
energies to organization, to constructive efiforts and administrative direction. He
was afterward chosen vice president and in 1905 succeeded to the presidency.
He studied the specific needs of the institution along the distinctive lines of his
life work and his was an active career, in which he has accomplished important
and far-reaching results. The bank, under his guidance and that of the other of-
ficers, adhered to the principle that the banking institution which most carefully
safeguards its business in order to protect its depositors is the bank that most
merits and receives the public confidence. It is evidence of the public approval
of the bank's conservative management and sound business principles that this
bank, during Mr. Van Blarcom's connection therewith, advanced from the rank
of fourteenth to that of first among the banks of St. Louis in amount of deposits
and volume of business annually transacted and that with the exception of a
single bank in Chicago it is today the largest in the west.
One who knew him well said, "Mr. Van Blarcom was a picturesque and
potential feature in the banking business to the south and west. He was con-
sidered one of the best informed and most virile financiers in the United States,
combining with remarkable insight and wide experience, great courage and de-
termination. He seemed to have perfect command of important problems, was
quiet and decisive no matter how great the question he was called upon to solve.
He was an excellent judge of man and was, therefore, able to draw around him
a corps of assistants whose ability he recognized and therefore sought their
cooperation. Moreover, there was not a man in the bank who did not entertain
for him affection as well as true respect and admiration. It was largely due to
the fact that he showed to the various employes of the bank great kindness and
consideration and was willing to assist them with instruction and advice. One
dav while driving along the street where the bank employes were playing ball
he lifted his hat to them. It was seemingly a trivial thing, but it was an indica-
tion of the character of the man who regarded those in his service as individuals
and not as parts of a highly organized machine, and all of the bank employes
recognized this fact. He was just as accessible in later years when there were
more than three hundred bank clerks as he was in early days when hardly thirty
were employed.
j\Ir. Van Blarcom, aside from his banking interests, was connected with
various other business concerns, which benefited by his helpful spirit, his keen in-
sight and his active cooperation. He assisted in organizing the Missouri Electric
Light & Power Company and the ^lissouri Edison Company and was interested
in the Wagner Electric Company. Some years ago he became a financial factor
in the ]\Iexico Central Railroad with Clay Pierce and other St. Louis capitalists
and afterward assisted in financing the Tennessee Central Railroad, of which he
was president until a short time prior to his death. He was also vice president
of the Burlington Elevator Company, director in the St. Louis Car Wheel Com-
pany, the St. Louis Portland Cement Company and the Phoenix National Bank
of New York.
In January, 1871, occurred the marriage of Mr. Van Blarcom and Miss Mary
Fairfax Gamble, of Bloomington, Illinois, who for a number of years has been
one of the societv leaders of this citv.
628 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
In his social relations Mr. Van Blarcom was connected with the St. Louis,
Commercial. Log Cabin, the Cuivre Hunting and Noonday Clubs, of this city,
and the ^Merchants Exchange, and his name was also on the membership roll of
the New York Club, the Union Club, the Adirondack Club, and the Holland
Society of New York city, in the rooms of which he was welcomed by many
friends during his visits to the metropolis. He was also a member of the Sons
of the American Revolution and the Colonial Wars. As his financial resources
increased JNIr. A'an Blarcom realized fully the responsibilities and obligations of
wealth and gave generously of his means in support of benevolent institutions
and in 1906 was treasurer of the committee which raised a large fund in St. Louis
for the San Francisco earthquake sufferers.
Deeplv interested in community affairs, he safeguarded the interests of St.
Louis as he did his private business interests, although he never sought official
management in any particular bearing upon municipal progress. That he was
public-spirited, however, is a fact of which there is not the least shadow of a
doubt, for his interest in the city and its welfare was manifest in many tangible
wavs. He stood as a high type of the representative American citizen and busi-
ness man who is w-orthy of and receives the admiration and respect of his fel-
lowmen. whether at home or abroad.
He passed away at his summer home, Little Moose Lake, in the Adirondacks,
near Old Forge, New York, August 24, 1908. It was a uniform expression
among the heads of other banking institutions when the news of his demise was
received that it meant a large loss to the banking fraternity of the city. His
opinions were received as authority on banking matters throughout the entire
country and at all times commanded the full confidence and admiration of his
colleagues and associates in financial circles.
At his death the Clearing House Association of St. Louis, by unanimous
vote, passed the following resolution : "Beginning in 1884, he served this asso-
ciation continuously for twenty-three years, either as a member of the committee
of arbitration, member of the committee of management, vice president or presi-
dent. In the turbulent times of the financial panic of last fall he was recalled
to the committee of management, of which he was a member at the time of his
death. His thorough and accurate knowledge of both the theory and practice
of banking, his broad grasp of affairs, his sterling character, his mature judg-
ment, his quick decision, his marked personality, his familiarity with business in-
terests and conditions, not only in this city, but also throughout the territory trib-
utary to this center, all contributed to make his judgment valuable and his influ-
ence powerful in this association. He was equal to emergencies and always ready
for them, his conclusions being swift and accurate in abnormal as well as normal
times. Easily a leader in any field, he w^as president of the largest bank in this
association. In profound sorrow we record this tribute to a departed associate."
While Mr. Van Blarcom amassed wealth, he was most helpful in the use of
it. His nature was broad, his resources great and his mentality strong and in
every relation of life he measured up to the full standard of noble manhood.
Honored and respected in the city of his residence, outside of St. Louis his name
largely stood as the synonym for high achievement in financial circles there.
JOHN C. ROBERTS.
John C. Roberts, as vice president of the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe
Company, has made an almost phenomenal record in the business world from the
fact that he started out upon his business career as a clerk in a country store at
a salary of six dollars a month, and is now one of the leading stockholders and
officers in a shoe manufacturing concern, which in ten years has become one of
the mammoth enterprises of this character in the entire country, closing the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 629
tenth year of its existence with a business unparalleled in the historv of the
shoe trade. Such a record stands in incontrovertible proof of the business ca-
pacity, energy, keen foresight and discrimination of the men at its head, and to
this splendid result John C. Roberts has largely contributed. He is preeminently
a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence.
Born in Readyville, Tennessee, on the 17th of December, 1853, John C.
Roberts is a son of James M. and Louise (Conley) Roberts, also natives of that
state, wdiere the father successfully carried on farming. He remained in the
place of his nativity until his death, which was caused by accident in October,
1897, when he was eighty-one years of age. His wife soon afterward passed
away. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are yet living:
A. W., who is a stockholder in the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company ;
L. M., who is engaged in the stock business at Murfreesboro, Tennessee ; Alice,
the wife of Joseph E. Pettus, of Nolansville, Tennessee ; John C. ; and Belle, the
wife of James B. Humphreys, of Jackson, Tennessee.
It is a notable fact that the greater per cent of prominent and prosperous
business men are those who have spent their youth upon farms, and such was
the environment of John C. Roberts in his boyhood. He attended the country
schools and later was graduated at Woodbury, Tennessee, after which he was
employed in a country store at Readyville, Tennessee, as clerk, at a salary of six
dollars per month, continuing there for a year. He next spent two years in a
hardware store at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he was paid twenty-five dol-
lars per month, and later he gained valuable business training and experience in
a wholesale grocery house, where he continued for two years. His connection
with the shoe trade began as a traveling salesman representing the wholesale
shoe house of Bramlet & Moore, of Boston, with whom he continued for about
three years. He was afterward with Hamilton & Brown, of St. Louis, with
whom he remained as traveling representative for about twelve years, after
which he accepted a position in the house, where he continued for six years, in
the m.eantime becoming one of the directors of the company. At the end of
eighteen years' connection with that house, he organized the present companv —
the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company, manufacturers — in less than ten
days. This has grown to be one of the largest shoe manufacturing concerns
of the country, owning and operating nine extensive factories, fully equipped with
every facility and device for making and placing upon the market an extensive
product. On the loth of May, 1908, the company closed its tenth year with sales
amounting to ten million forty-one thousand three hundred and eighty-five dol-
lars and sixty-five cents, which is conceded to be the record of records of the
shoe trade of the world. The officers of the company are : J. Johnson, presi-
dent; J. C. Roberts, vice president; E. E. Rand, secretary; O. Johnson, treas-
urer; D. C. Biggs, assistant treasurer; and James T. Pettus, Frank C. Rand, T.
Moreno, H. E. Wagner and D. C. Biggs. The first four are members of the
directorate, together with Harry Wood, R. N. Warmack and C. D. P. Hamilton.
The business has a paid-up capital of three million seven hundred and fiftv thou-
sand dollars, and the name of the house is known to the shoe trade throughout
this and other countries, into which extensive shipments are made. The enter-
prise has been developed along safe lines, yet in keeping with the progressive
spirit of the age, in which men handle thousands as coolly and easily as the former
generations handled hundreds of dollars.
In addition to his shoe manufacturing business, Mr. Roberts is interested in
various other enterprises which contribute to commercial prosperity and the
city's growth, as well as to individual success. He is a director of many promi-
nent interests. His name is not unknown in connection with politics as a man-
ager, but not as an officeholder. For two years he served on the democratic state
central committee and he is an ex-president of the Jefferson Club. He belongs
to that class of broad-minded men wdio, while conducting mammoth enterprises,
630 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
yet have regard for the great questions of the day and lend aid and influence for
the furtherance of movements and measures for the public good. He has
various club and social relations, which include membership in the St. Louis
Club, the ^lercantile Club and the Glen Echo Country Club, and the strength
of character which has enabled him to rise in the business world has won him
the recognition and admiration of his associates in social life.
MATHIAS HERMANN.
Mathias Hermann was born March 29, 1839, and died November 22. 1908.
Between those dates he wrote the record of an nonorable and successful life,
and though he did not seek to figure prominently before the public, he dis-
played personal traits of character that won him warm friendships and kindly
regard. His boyhood days were spent in the home of his father, Hubert Her-
mann, and his education was acquired in Germany, his native land. His knowl-
edge of English, however, was acquired after he came to this country. While
still in Germany he served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade and at
the age of nineteen vears he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling in
St. Louis, where he followed carpentering as a journeyman, until 1865, save
for the period of his service as a soldier in the Civil war. His patriotic devo-
tion to his adopted land and his love of liberty led to his enlistment for a term
of six months in the Union army and later he reenlisted and served for three
years.
Following his return Mr. Hermann resumed work at the carpenter's trade
but after a brief period began the manufacture of coffins and the conduct of a
general undertaking business in 1865. In 1869 he established his business at
No. 3521 North Broadway and there remained conducting one of the oldest
enterprises of the kind in St. Louis.
On the 28th of November, 1868, Mr. Hermann was united in marriage to
Miss Pauline Messmer, of St. Louis, and the family home is maintained at
3935 Florissant avenue. Their children are : Theresa, the wife of John Kaem-
merer ; iSIarie, the wife of Charles Trauttenmiller ; Bertha, the wife of Emil
Eschmann ; and Charles M.
The father was a member of the North St. Louis Turn Verein, with which
he was associated for twenty-five years. He also belonged to the Apollo Sing-
ing Society, the Aurora Singing Society, the Harugari Saengerbund and Har-
monic !Maennerchor. He also held membership relations with Hyde Park
Lodge, A. O. U. W. ; Aurora Lodge. I. O. O. F. ; Bremen Lodge of Knights
of Honor ; Lessing Lodge of the Knights of the Ladies of Honor ; the Sons of
Hermann ; the Druids ; the St. Louis Schwaben Verein ; and the St. Ferdinand
Farmer Club. He was also a charter member of Harry P. Harding Post, G.
A. R., and belonged to the North St. Louis Business Men's Association and to
the Catholic church. His political allegiance was always given to the repub-
lican party. One of his strong characteristics was his loyal devotion to principle
and to every cause which he espoused. He believed life held opportunities for
all and his character development lay not more in his business career than in
his devotion to interests which promote culture, intelligence and moralitv.
Charles M. Hermann, who succeeded his father in business, was born in St.
Louis, July 23, 1874, and was educated in the Clay public school and in Bryant
& Stratton Business College. On attaining his majority he joined his father
in business and under his direction was well trained for the duties which now
devolve upon him. He has conducted a successful business, meeting with re-
sults that always follow close application and unremitting industry.
On the i8th of April, 1900, Charles M. Hermann was married to Miss
'Wanda Eschmann, a daughter of Harry and Josephine fRuff) Eschmann. of
MATHIAS HERMANN
632 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Louisville, Kentucky. They have three children, Edwin J., Cornelius and Dorothy
who are with them in their pleasant home at No. 3521 North Broadway. In
social relations Charles ]\1. Hermann is well known, belonging to the North End
Council of the Royal Arcanum ; the Foresters ; the Maccabees ; the Knights &
Ladies of Security : the Court of Honor ; North St. Louis Turn Verein ; St.
Louis Schwaben \'erein ; the Catholic Knights ; the Harmonic Maennerchor ;
the Victor Bowling Club ; and the Druids ; also a charter member of Ouray
Tribe A. O. Red Men and General J. C. Freemason Camp, S. O. V. All of
these associations indicate much of the nature of his interests, the principles
which govern his actions and the trend of his recreation. Furthermore he is
a member of Holy Trinity Catholic church and to the republican party he gives
stalwart support.
]\Irs. Hermann, Sr., is yet residing in St. Louis and is much interested in
chv:rch work and charity, being especially interested in the Little Sisters of the
Poor, to which she has made most liberal donations.
H. G. NEALE.
Throughout the period of his residence in the United States H. G. Neale
has made his home in St. Louis. He was born in England, June 9, 1872, a son
of John H. and Anna (Hardy) Neale. He pursued his education in the English
schools and under the instruction of private tutors and in 1892, when a young
man of twentv years, crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling in St.
Louis. Here he entered the employ of the Crystal Plate Glass Company,
then connected with the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company in St. Louis.
While thus engaged he gained a good knowledge of the business, and
then, prompted by a laudable ambition, he utilized the capital which he gained
through his industry and economy to engage in business on his own account,
organizing with H. D. Condie the Condie-Neale Glass Company, incorporated,
of which he is the vice president. The company manufactures art glass, ship-
ping its goods all over the L-nited States and into Mexico. Its product is of su-
perior quality, the methods of workmanship employed are standard and the af-
fairs of the house are managed with the utmost regard to a progressive spirit
and straightforward dealing.
I\Ir. Neale is a member of Ferguson Lodge, A. F. & A. M., is also a com-
municant of the Episcopal church and gives his political allegiance to the re-
publican partv. He came to America that he might enjoy the larger benefits to
be derived from business conditions here, nor has he been disappointed in the
hope that brought him to the shores of the new world.
HERMAN J. KREMBS.
Herman J. Krembs, a notary with a large clientele among the German-
American residents of St. Louis, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, December 27,
1852. His earlv education was acquired in the elementary schools and later he
attended the Royal Gymnasium until he left his native land for America. At
the age of nineteen years he came to the United States and in 1872 established
his home in St. Louis, where he has resided continuously since or for a period
of thirty-seven years.
On taking up his abode in this city he became connected with the notary
and probate office of Charles F. Blattau, where he remained as assistant for five
years and then secured a commission at Mr. Blattau's death and has since con-
ducted the business at No. 622 Park avenue. He studied law at Washington
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 633
University for some time, but discontinued his studies to take charge of his for-
mer employer's business, which he has now conducted for over thirty-six years.
He has a large German clientele and is one of the oldest notaries of the city.
His business integrity is proverbial and he enjoys in full measure the respect and
confidence of those with whom he has been brought in contact.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Krembs was married August 2,
1882, to I\Iiss Lizzie A. Luecking, a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Eckelman)
Luecking, of this city, her father being a retired capitalist and business man. Mr.
and Mrs. Krembs have three children : Herman J., Jr., a graduate of the St. Louis
University, who is now associated with his father in business ; Alice, who was edu-
cated at Ursuline Convent; and Edward A., a student in the St. Louis University.
The family residence is at No. 1142 Rutger street. In his political association
Mr. Krembs is a democrat who stanchly advocates the principles of the party,
but seeks no office aside from that which he is filling in a professional capacity.
He is a member of St. Vincent's Catholic church and he finds his chief source of
recreation in literature, being a man of wide and varied reading. His success is
attributable to his close adherence to one line of business and his commendable
reputation for reliable dealing.
JOHN BERIAH HOLMAN.
The business of the world is becoming more and more concentrated in the
hands of the master minds of commerce and a business at the present age is
nothing if not gigantic. Among the extensive industries of this country is that
of the Holman Paper Box Company, of which John B. Holman is the president.
It is today the largest plant of the kind in the United States and one of the fore-
most enterprises of St. Louis, contributing in substantial measure to the business
activity of the city as well as to the success of its owners.
Mr. Holman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11, 1853. He comes of
a family that had its origin in England and was founded in America by David
Holman, who settled in Massachusetts on the 5th of January, 1784. His son,
David Holman, Jr., was born in September, 1776, and married Esther Meeks.
Their family included John Beriah Holman, Sr., who was born April 5, 1825,
and died in St. Louis in 1862. His wife, Mrs. Jemima Holman, was a daughter
of Dr. McFeeley, of Cincinnati, and was born in 1830, while her death occurred
in St. Louis, August 4, 1901.
John Beriah Holman, whose name introduces this record, became a resident
of St. Louis in his youthful days and completed his education in Washington
University. He began his business career with the Iron Mountain Railway Com-
pany as a clerk in the general ticket office, where he remained from 1870 until
1874. In the latter year he turned his attention to the hay and grain commission
business, in which he continued for five years. He was then engaged in the real-
estate business on his own account in 1879 and 1880 and in the latter year estab-
lished the present paper box business in connection with his brother, William
H. Holman, under the style of the Holman Paper Box Company. It was incor-
porated in 1885 and upon the death of his brother in 1891, John B. Holman
succeeded to the presidency and has since remained as the chief executive officer
of this enterprise, which from a small beginning has been constantly developed
and enlarged until today the plant of the company is the most extensive of its
kind in the United States. This plant, situated at the corner of Eighth street
and Chouteau avenue, occupies the site of the famous old Brandt House, noted
for being the headquarters of General Fremont during the Civil war, and from
this house was issued the first slavery emancipation proclamation. The business
has been carefully conducted and so systematized as to call for the least expendi-
ture of time, labor and material. This is the secret of all success in manufac-
634 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ture. and vet there has been no saving of expense in the character of the goods
produced nor in the equipment necessary for manufacture along the most modern
hnes. In fact the poHcy of the house is a progressive one, as is plainly indicated
bv the fact that todav the Holman Paper Box Company has the most extensive
plant of the kind in the entire country.
The prosperity of Mr. Holman cannot be attributed to a combination of
fortunate circumstances, but has arisen from keen perception as to the possibili-
ties in trade circles, supplemented by unfaltering enterprise and intelligent effort
well directed. His business has ever been conducted on the strictest principles
of honestv, and aside from his commercial interests Mr. Holman is the center of
a circle of friends who honor and esteem him for his manly virtues and genuine
worth. He belongs to the Business Men's League ; to Occidental Lodge, No.
63, A. F. & A. M. ; to St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M. ; and to St. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 18, K. T. He is likewise a member of the Knight Templar
Club and the Missouri Athletic Club, and his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Methodist church.
HARVEY L. CHRISTIE.
Harvev L. Christie, who for a quarter of a century has practiced law as a
member of' the St. Louis bar and with constantly increasing power as his latent
energies have been developed in the work of the courts, claims Virginia as the
state of his nativity. He was born in Suffolk in the Old Dominion in i860, his
parents being Colonel D. H. and Lizzie A. (Norfleet) Christie. His father com-
manded the Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment of Confederate troops in the
Civil war and was at one time commanding brigadier general. He participated
in several important engagements and was mortally wounded while valiantly
leading his troops in the battle of Gettysburg. His regiment was one of the
first engaged in that ever memorable contest. Colonel Christie was in the thick-
est of the fight until the enemy's bullet claimed him as its victim. He is now
numbered among the heroic dead who were strewn so thickly over the battle-
field, that it would have been possible to walk over the field without stepping
foot upon the ground.
Harvev L. Christie, reared in the Old Dominion, completed his literary edu-
cation bv a' course in William & ]Mary College, from which he was graduated in
1878. He afterward prepared for the bar as a student in the University of Vir-
ginia and his reading was also directed by the Hon. Alexander Martin, of the
Missouri supreme court commission. In early manhood Mr. Christie was iden-
tified with educational interests, being for two years a teacher in Virginia and
for three years principal of the Ingleside Academy in St. Louis county. Follow-
ing his preparation for the bar he was admitted to practice October 27, 1883,
and at once opened an office in St. Louis, later entering into partnership with
P. Taylor Bryan under the firm style of Bryan & Christie. In the intervening
years Mr. Christie has become well known as an able attorney and counselor,
and also as a prominent lecturer on law. He has been accorded a liberal clien-
tele and as the public does not place its legal business in untrained hands the
extent of his practice stands in incontrovertible proof of his ability. Mr. Christie
belongs to the American, to the Missouri State and to the St. Louis Bar Associa-
tions, and is a lecturer on law of corporations in Benton College of Law.
On the 2ist of October, 1885, was celebrated the marriage of Harvey L.
Christie and Miss Addie K. Lackland, a daughter of Judge J. R. Lackland, of
Pattonville. Missouri. They now have one son, James Lackland Christie.
Mr. Christie holds membership- in the Methodist Episcopal church South
and is interested and active in various departments of religious work, includ-
ing the Young Men's Christian Association, of whicli he is a director. He also
HARVEY L. CHRISTIE
636 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
belongs to the St. Louis Provident Association and is a member of the Amer-
ican Academy of Political and Social Science and of the National Municipal
League. His efforts in behalf of public progress in intellectual and civic lines
have been far-reaching and beneficial. He served as secretary of the Public
^^'elfare Commission in 190 1-2 and in politics has always been an independent
democrat, being in sympathy with that movement toward higher politics which
is one of the hopeful signs of the times. In more specifically social and literary
lines ^Ir. Christie is connected with the Noonday, the Glen Echo and Contem-'
porarv Clubs and the Round Table. He finds his friends among those to whom
intellectual activity is a pleasure and is constantly broadening his knowledge
throusfh investigation and research.
ABRAHAM WILLIAM BROOKE.
The majority of men do not attain the goal of prosperity by leaps and
bounds but by the steady plodding day after day, neglectful of no duty and for-
getful of no task. It has been through continuous, persistent and faithful effort
that !Mr. Brooke has worked his way forward, until he is now secretary and audi-
tor of the American Refrigerator Transit Company, of St. Louis. A native of
Salt Lake City, Utah, he was born November 2, 185 s, and is a son of George and
Anne (Holmes) Brooke, the former a native of Yoricshire and the latter of Nor-
folkshire, England. Thev came to America in the year 1850 and settled at Salt
Lake City, where the father engaged in merchandising. On the 3d of July,
1857, however, he removed to St. Louis and here established a produce
and provision business, which he continued until his death, which occurred during
the cholera epidemic in St. Louis on the 15th of August, 1866. His wife sur-
vived him for many years and passed away May 28, 1878.
Brought to St. Louis in his early boyhood, Abraham W. Brooke attended the
Franklin school and after completing his education on June 15, 1870, was em-
ployed at various places and in various positions until the 20th of May, 1883,
when he secured a position in connection with the "Gound Interests," being
assigned to the accounting department of the Alissouri Pacific Railway Com-
pany, as an accountant under C. G. Warner and S. B. Schuyler, general and
assistant auditors of the company. On the ist of March, 1889, he was pro-
moted to the position of auditor for the American Refrigerator Transit Com-
pany, also a "Gound Interest," and that he met the expectations of the com-
pany in efficiency, capability and conscientious service is indicated by the fact
that on June i, 1903, he was elected secretary of the company and occupies that
official position to the present time, February 15, 1909.
On the 2d of April, 1877, Mr. Brooke was married to Miss Lucy AthaHe
Welles, a daughter of George Griffin and Marie Josephine (Brazeau) Welles, of
St. Louis. Airs. Brooke is a descendant of one of the oldest families of this
citv. About the year 1781, Louis, great-grandfather of Mrs. Brooke, and Jo-
seph Brazeau came from Kaskaskia, probably accompanied by others who were
unwilling to remain in the French settlements of Illinois after that district
became part of the United States. Joseph Brazeau had been a member of the
company that founded Kaskaskia. The two brothers married sisters — Marie'
Therese Delisle becoming the wife of Louis Brazeau, and Marie Francoise De-
lisle becoming the wife of Joseph Brazeau. The brothers became prominent
in the little French village of St. Louis, and Louis Brazeau remained a resident
here until his death in the year 1828. He left a large family, including Louis;
Joseph, grandfather of Mrs. Brooke; Auguste ; Marie, who became the wife of
John B. Duchouquette : Julia, who became the wife of Alexandre Papin ; Therese,
who became the wife of Charles Bosseron ; Cecil, who became the wife of
Charles Sanguinette ; and Aurore. who became the wife of Louis Bompart,
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CrfY. 637
Joseph married Julie Robidoux, grandparents of Airs. Brooke. A great number
of their descendants are still living in St. Louis. Joseph Brazeau died in this
city in i8i6 at the age of seventy-four years, while his wife passed away in
1834 at the age of eighty-five years. For almost one hundred and twenty-eight
years the Brazeau family has been represented in St. Louis, its members hav-
ing occupied positions of distinction in connection with events that have shaped
the history of the city.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Brooke has been blessed with eight children:
Marie Grace, the wife of Frank V. Grubs, of Kansas City, Missouri ; Rosa
Josephine, the wife of Wilbur G. Miles, of Brule, Iron county, Missouri ; Lucy
Claire, the wife of F. F. R. Hesse, of Grififen, Union county, Arkansas; Agnes
Welles ; Constance Griffin, the wife of J. P. Finkenaur, of St. Louis ; Emelie
Claire ; Georgene Christy ; and Adrian Welles, only son. The family residence
is a beautiful home at No. 63 Marshall Place, Webster Groves, St. Louis County,
ERNEST PATTON DAMERON, D.D.S.
Dr. Ernest Patton Dameron, practicing dentistry in St. Louis, was born
November 9, 1873, ^" Marionville, Missouri. His parents were John Haywood
and Estelle (Slaughter) Dameron. His father is a merchant and banker located
in Marionville, Lawrence county, Missouri, and has long been recognized as one
of the able financiers and prominent business men of that part of the state.
During the period of the Civil war he was a resident of St. Louis, having come
to Missouri from Virginia, his native state. His wife's father was a surgeon
in the northern army during the war between the two sections of the country.
Since the close of hostilities, however, John H. Dameron has carried on the mer-
cantile and banking business, with which he is still identified, at Marionville,
Missouri. A man of progressive ideas and broad-minded views, he has given
hearty cooperation to many interests for the public good, being particularly
active in support of educational advancement. The Marionville College has
found in him a warm friend and earnest admirer, and he is now serving as a
member of its board of trustees. He is also a prominent and active member of
the Methodist church, and wherever he has gone has made warm friends, win-
ning the confidence of all who know him. He is widely known in St. Louis
through family connections and business relations, and is highly esteemed in
this city.
Dr. Dameron pursued a classical course in ^Marionville College, from which
he was graduated in 1892. He received substantial training for the business
world at Spaulding Business College at Kansas City, where he was graduated in
1893, 3.nd he completed his preparation for a professional career by his gradu-
ation from the Western Dental College of Kansas City in the class of 1898.
He located for practice at his present location in St. Louis, where he has re-
mained constantly since, although in the meantime he acquired interests in the
business world in other fields of labor. For two years he was assistant post-
master at Marionville, was also connected with a local paper there, and he holds
two teacher's certificates which would enable him to engage in educational work
in the public schools of Marionville. He has always been interested in educa-
tional matters and is a firm believer in a thorough public school system. His
own reading has been wide and varied, and not only in his profession but in
other lines as well has he carried on his studies to an advanced point. He fur-
thermore keeps in touch with the progress of the dental fraternity through his
membership in the St. Louis Dental Society and the St. Louis Society of Dental
Science. That he stands high in the profession is indicated in the fact that
he was honored with the vice presidency of the Missouri State Dental Associ-
ation and has been chairman of Section i of the National Dental Association.
638 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
He was also a member of the fourth international dental congress held at St.
Louis during- the World's Fair, and was formerly a professor of dental materia-
medica and therapeutics at the Barnes Dental College. He likewise belongs
to the Interstate Dental fraternity and to the Delta Sigma Delta, a college
fraternity.
Dr. Dameron was married in St. Louis, October 15, 1900, to Miss Cora B.
Nixon, of Kansas City. Thev have a wide acquaintance here, and the hospital-
ity of many attractive homes is cordially extended them. While in Kansas City
Dr. Dameron served as a member of the Third Regiment band of the National
Guard. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, but he nas
never been an office seeker. The only position that he has ever filled of this
character was that of president of the state board of dental examiners, to which
he was called September 19, 1903, and served for three years. Dr. Dameron is
verv fond of hunting and fishing, and belongs to the Grimes Hunting and Fish-
ing Club and to the Colman Hunting and Fishing Club. In fact he is interested
in all outdoor sports and is extremely fond of outdoor life, especially of the
forest and stream. He is an expert oarsman and takes great delight in aquatic
sports. Formerlv identified with the Young Men's Christian Association, he
acted there as instructor of the mandolin and violin classes. He is a very broad-
minaed man. imbued at all times with the laudable ambition for progress, and
this is mamifest in his professional career and in his cooperation with any move-
ments for the public good.
WILLIAM GUY CARPENTER.
William Guv Carpenter, reared amid rural surroundings and with compar-
atively few outside agencies to assist him in preparation for life's practical and
responsible duties, is todav well known as an able lawyer whose keenly analytical
mind and logical deduction enables him to present in clear and cogent manner
before the courts the questions of litigation. He was born in Carlinville, Illinois,
December 20, 1872. His ancestry in both lineal and collateral lines has been dis-
tinctly American through various generations. One of his great-grandfathers
was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, while his grandfather fought under Gen-
eral Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe. His grandparents were from Ver-
mont and New Hampshire and the removal of the family from New England to
the west resulted in the establishment of the Carpenter home in Illinois. Nor-
man C. Carpenter, father of our subject, was a miller and farmer and in follow-
ing those pursuits provided for his family. His wife bore the maiden name of
Sophia Bennion.
A\^illiam G. Carpenter was reared as a country boy, working in the fields
through the summer months while in the winter season he attended the public
schools. When he had mastered the branches therein taught he became a teacher
in the country schools but devoted his vacation hours to further study, for he
was ambitious to acquire a knowledge that would qualify him for a position of
responsibility in the business world. It was by reason of his labors as a teacher
in and near W'averly, Illinois, that he gained the capital sufficient to permit him
to study in the Normal University, at Normal, Illinois, the Chicago University
and the Wesleyan University, at Bloomington. He thus acquired broad general
knowledge and upon his literary training built the superstructure of his profes-.
sional acquirements. A review of the field of business convinced him that he
preferred the practice of law to other pursuits and in preparation for active
connection with the bar he studied in the St. Louis Law School, a department of
the Washington University, from which he was graduated in 1901. He has since
engaged in practice and his careful preparation of his cases and his correct
application of legal principles to the points at issue have been salient features in
his success.
W. G. CARPENTER
640 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
:Mr. Carpenter was married at St. Louis on the ist of February, 1905, to
Miss Josephine \\'ilcox and they have one son, Frank Leland Carpenter. Mr.
Carpenter votes with the repubhcan party on many occasions but does not con-
sider himself bound by party ties. His father was a stanch supporter of Abra-
ham Lincohi and voted the repubhcan ticket until his death but William G. Car-
penter is allied to some extent with the independent movement w^hich recognizes
the dangers to which party politics is subject through machine rule. He pre-
fers moreover to give his undivided attention to his professional duties and his
allegiance to his clients' interest is proverbial. In his presentation of a cause
before the courts he endeavors to present it with the light of clear reasoning and
logical argument and therebv he has won many notable forensic victories.
BERNARD QUIGLEY.
Bernard Quigley is a pioneer of the state of Missouri, having settled there
in 1847 ^" what was then the unpretentious town of St. Louis. Not only was
he a pioneer relative to residence but also from the fact that he established and
operated for many years one of the first shoe manufacturing concerns found
in the western states. A few years ago he retired from active life, from a busi-
ness career every moment of which was summoned to subserve his laudable
ambition, to turn his time and talents to the best advantage with a view of en-
hancing his own personal and pecuniary worth and as well of benefiting the
community. When Mr. Quigley came to St. Louis the city was in its infancy.
It needed men full of vitality, anxious to see the city grow and to be substan-
tial associates of its interests. Such a man was Mr. Quigley. He will long be
remembered as no small factor in assisting in the development of the trade
interests of the community. He was born in Ireland, March i, 1832, a son of
Patrick and Ellen (Kelley) Quigley, both of whom passed away in their native
village.
Facilities for obtaining an education in Ireland among those of limited
means being reduced to a minimum, Bernard Quigley was obliged to be content
with what little was taught him in the neighboring country school. In his day
Ireland oft'ered no opportunities whatever in the way of business or professional
life to her young men, except they descended from families of means and social
standing. Even then one could not forecast for himself a future of even approx-
imate fame or fortune. Mr. Quigley attended the village school until fifteen
years of age, at that time having completed the entire course. With no future to
look forward to should he remain in Ireland but that of striving to eke out a
bare living on the small and unproductive farm rented by his parents, he decided
to bend every energy in order to make his way into the new world. He was
not alone in yearning to become a citizen of that country reputed to be open
with opportunities. Manv other young men of the community were of the
same mind.
At the age of fifteen years he met with a party of friends wdio made known
to him their intention of sailing for the United States. He took ship with them
and landed in New Orleans, Louisiana. Finding nothing in that city to which
he could turn his hand, he sailed up the Mississippi river and finally arrived in
St. Louis. He had been in the city but a few days when he went as an appren-
tice to a shoemaker. While learning his trade he received barely sufficient wages
upon which to subsist but, anxious to familiarize himself with the occupation,
he put up with the attendant disadvantages until he had become a thorough
master of the trade. At that time there were very few professional shoemakers
in the city and in 1853, when twenty-one years of age, he conceived the idea of
engaging in the manufacture of shoes. Consequently he rented quarters on
Washington avenue, where he began to ply his trade. Several years after he
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 641
had been in business the construction of the Eads bridge necessitated buildnig
one of the abutments on the site occupied by his shop, thus forcing his removal.
He repaired to Sixth and Lucas streets as by this time his business had con-
siderably enlarged. He had acquired not only a large retail trade but was also
doing an extensive wholesale business. Several times he was required to enlarge
his establishment. He engaged in the manufacture of all grades of shoes and
his factory was of such proportions as to require the employment of many men.
After following the business for forty years Mr. Quigley, desiring to live the
remainder of his life in quietude, disposed of his business and retired. He w^as
very intimately associated with the early history of the city and well remembers
the big fire which laid the larger portion of the city in ruins, and as well the
awful ravages of the cholera plague which swept the community in 1849. When
Mr. Quigley located on Sixth street that thoroughfare was partiall}- graded but
not open and Carr street marked the northern boundary of the city. Washing-
ton avenue, now one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city, was marked but
by a single brick house and was only open as far as Eleventh street.
Mr. Quigley was united in marriage in 1853 to Ellen McManus, who was
born in Ireland and died in 1896 at the age of fifty-eight years. She came to
St. Louis with a sister when eighteen years old. Mr. Quigley had eight chil-
dren, six of whom survive, namely: Bernard J., James F., Mary K., Mrs. Ellen
W. Sweren, Mrs. Stella Hubbard and Mrs. William Kay. Mr. Quigley, although
possessing those qualities which make an efficient politician, has never aspired
to taking part in public aft'airs. However, he is a democrat and not being parti-
san he is always ready to use his influence in electing the man who in his judg-
ment is best fitted or qualified for the office.
GEORGE M. BURNS.
George M. Burns, sales agent for the Railway Steel Spring Company at
St. Louis, was born in Coshocton, Ohio, August 25, 1858, a son of Joseph and
]\Iary (Johnson) Burns. The father was born at Staunton, Virginia, and died
in the year 1875. He had served as representative in congress and later as
judge of the probate court and was an influential resident of his community.
His wife, who was born at Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, survived him for
a number of years, passing away at Coshocton, Ohio, in 1892.
In the public schools of Coshocton, Ohio, George ]\I. Burns obtained his
early education and at the age of fifteen years left school to enter his father's
office. He was eighteen years of age when, in 1876, he became an employe of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as timekeeper in the shops at Dennison,
Ohio. For some years thereafter he was connected with railroad service, and
in 188 1 went to Texas with the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company as division
storekeeper. In 1882 he became chief clerk to the general superintendent of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, and in June, 1885, entered the
service of the Queen & Crescent Railroad Company as chief clerk to the master
mechanic at Meridian, Mississippi. The year 1886 witnessed his removal to
Birmingham, Alabama, to become chief clerk to the superintendent of the Queen
& Crescent route, and after five years spent in that service, he went in 1891 to
Somerset, Kentucky, as chief clerk to the superintendent of the same road at
that place. In 1892 he became chief clerk to the general manager of the Big
Four Railroad Company, and in 1893 returned to the Queen & Crescent as
chief clerk to the general manager, capably filling that position for three years.
It w^as in 1896 that Mr. Burns arrived in St. Louis and became fuel agent
for the Wabash Railroad Company, also performing the duties of chief clerk
to the vice president and general manager. In 1900 he went to Detroit, [Mich-
igan, as superintendent at that point for the Wabash Railroad, and in 1906
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642 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
returned to this city as sales agent for the Railway Steel Spring Company, which
he has now represented for three years. Each change in his business associa-
tions has marked an upward step, and for some years he has occupied positions
of large responsibility. He is well known and popular in club circles, belong-
ing to the St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, ]\Iercantile and Algonquin Clubs, while
in the IMasonic fraternity he has attained the thirty-second degree.
MARTIN LAMMERT, JR.
^Martin Lammert, Jr., secretary of the Lammert Furniture Company, was
born in St. Louis, January ii, 1874, and is a representative of the German-
American element, which has been a distinguished and forceful factor in the
upbuilding of this city. His father, ]\Iartin Lammert, was born in Germany and
in j\Iarch, 1861, founded the business which is now conducted under his name
and which in the intervening forty-seven years has been an important element
in the mercantile circles of the city. He married Miss Elise Kruger, a native
of St. Louis.
At the usual age Martin Lammert was sent as a student to the public
schools and afterward enjoyed the benefit of a course in Smith Academy, from
which he was graduated in 1890. His close confinement at his books brought
on some trouble with his eyes and necessitated his abandoning further study
after graduation from Smith's. He then entered his father's establishment and,
gradually working his way upward as he mastered the business in its various
departments, becoming familiar with the enterprise in principle and detail, he
was made secretary in 1899. He is thus occupying a position of executive con-
trol and administrative direction in connection with one of the most important
commercial interests of the city. He is possessed of sufficient courage to ven-
ture where favoring opportunity is presented, seizes legitimate advantages as
they arise and has come to be recognized as a dependable man because .of an
evenly balanced mind that enables him to look at a question from all sides and
to reach a logical conclusion.
On the 14th of February, 1900, Mr. Lammert was married to Miss Mary
\^irginia Outten, a daughter of Dr. Outten, the chief surgeon of the Missouri
Pacific Hospital system. Wi-th their three children, two little sons and a daugh-
ter, they reside at No. 5142 Westminster Place and their attractive home is
justly celebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality.
WILLIAM EVERETT GARVIN.
William Everett Garvin, engaged in the general practice of law as a mem-
ber of the firm of Dawson & Garvin, enjoying a measure of success that only
comes in recognition of ability in handling the intricate problems of the law,
was born at .St. Charles, Missouri, May 21, i860. His parents were Alexander
and Elizabeth Jane (Boyd) Garvin. He pursued his education in the Barron pri-
vate grammar school and in the public schools of St. Charles, Alissouri, until 1876,
when he was given the advantage of a course in Westminster College, at Ful-
ton, Missouri, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree
in 1880. With broad general knowledge to serve as the foundation upon which
to build the superstructure of his professional learning, he began preparation
for the bar and was graduatcfl from the St. Louis Law School with the Bache-
lor of Law degree in 1884.
In the meantime, Mr. Garvin had become a resident of St. Louis, where he
has made his home since 1880. in that year he accepted a clerical position in
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY. 643
the produce commission house of Eugene G. Weidner, but regarded this simply
as an initial step toward the accomplishment of his purpose to become a mem-
ber of the legal fraternity. While thus engaged he studied law and in 1883
and 1884 taught a class in bookkeeping in St. Louis University. Admitted to
thr bar, the following year, he entered the law office of Nathan Frank and in
1885 the firm of Frank, Dawson & Garvin was organized for the general prac-
tice of law. From the beginning thev have enjoyed a liberal and growing cli-
entage, connecting them with much important litigation tried in the state and
federal courts. Air. Garvin is most thorough in his preparation, clear and con-
cise in the presentation of his cause, logical in his deductions and correct in his
application of legal principles.
In the line of his profession he holds membership with the St. Louis, the
Missouri State, and the American Bar Associations. He is also a member of
the Missouri Historical Association, while politically he is a representative ot
the democracy and a member of the Young Democracy and JefTerson Clubs.
Along more specifically social lines he is connected wnth the Mercantile, the
Missouri Athletic, and the Glen Echo Country Clubs, while his religious faith
is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. Early coming to a
recognition of the fact that the present, and not the future, holds the oppor-
tunity, he has concentrated his eiTorts and his aim upon the accomplishment of
the largest measure of success possible at a given point in his career and has
given to his clients the benefit of well developed talent and powers in the prac-
tice of his chosen profession.
JOHN MULL ALLY.
John Mullally for forty-five years has been president of the John Mullally
Commission Company, with offices since 1876 at No. 405 Chamber of Com-
merce. He was born at County Westmeath, Ireland, December 25, 1832, his
parents being Martin and Bridget Mullally. The father devoted his entire life
to general agricultural pursuits, remaining a resident of County Westmeath.
Ireland, until called to his final rest.
John Mullallv attended a private school in his native country until eighteen
years of age and was then engaged in farming Avith his father until he came to
America in 1853 by way of New York. He did not linger in the eastern metrop-
olis, however, but continued his journey westward to St. Louis, where he was
engaged in the teaming business, running three or four teams for street car
companies until the horse cars were superseded by different methods of trans-
portation. He was then engaged in the commission business in the old city
building for one year and then removed to the Chamber of Commerce. His
successful accomplishment represents the wdse use of his native pow-ers. As a
commission merchant he keeps in close touch with the trade, continuously study-
ing the market until he displays remarkable prescience in determining the prob-
able conditions that will be met in the purchase and sale of those commodities
in which he deals.
Mr. Mullally was married in St. Louis to Miss Margaret Kelly on the ist of
December, 1859, ^^^^ they have become parents of four daughters and a son:
Margaret, the wife of George F. McNulty, a practicing attorney: Mary E., the
wife of V. Jones, who is engaged in business with Air. Mullally : Teressa, the
wife of James F. Butler, who is engaged in the grocery business ; Martin, who
is associated with his father in business: and Agnes R., the w'lie of Henry W.
Wise, also in business with Air. Alullally. The family residence is a beautiful
home at No. 4419 West Pine street. Mr. Alullally is independent in politics and
in religious faith is a Roman Catholic. He has never felt that he made an
unwise step when he came to the new world, nor that he lacked wisdom in
644 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
choosing St. Louis as a place of residence. He believed then, as he does now,
that the city figures as one of the attractive, progressive and prosperous addi-
tions to the state, justly claiming a high order of citizenship, which is certain to
conserve a substantial development and marked advancement in the material
upbuilding of this country. Through the period of his residence here, while
conducting a profitable and growing business enterprise, he has always found
opportunitv to uphold measures and projects for the progressive development of
St. Louis and has been activelv interested in her welfare.
REV. PATRICK JOSEPH KANE.
Rev. Patrick Joseph Kane is rector of the church of Our Holy Redeemer
at Webster Groves, Missouri, where he has officiated for some time and is
one of the most beloved men of the community. He was born in Ireland, his
parents coming to the United States when he was a child and his preparatory
education w^as received in the public schools of Bloomington, Illinois, after which
he completed a course in a local business college and at the Christian Brothers
College, St. Louis. Subsequently he pursued theological studies in St. Mary's
Seminary at Baltimore, ^Maryland, where he was ordained December 22, 1882.
Immediately upon ordination Father Kane was assigned as assistant in the
church at Hannibal, Missouri, where he remained until the ist of the following
May, then he was transferred to St. John's church in St. Louis, where he offi-
ciated as assistant pastor during the absence of the acting pastor while he was
making a tour in Europe. In the fall of the year 1883 Rev. Kane was appointed
pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception at St. Marys, Missouri,
and his three years' ministry in that church was remarkably successful. The
parish included some three hundred families. He succeeded in stimulating the
work of the parish and during his incumbency received thirty-five or more new
members into the church. In that charge he was unwearied in his activity and
spent much of his time in tramping through the country districts, visiting the
members living there. Through his remarkable energy and enthusiasm he en-
thused new life into the congregation and succeeded in accumulating means for
the purchase of several valuable pieces of ground. He was also instrumental
in constructing a building for the Ursuline Nuns. The congregation had grown
so rapidly under his ministry that it became evident that a new church building
was necessary and he did much toward securing means for this end.
In 1887 Father Kane was put in charge of the parish at Webster Groves.
Missouri. The Rev. C F. O'Leary had been appointed to this parish in October,
1886, and celebrated his first mass on the second Sunday in November in the
Lockwood schoolhouse. where he continued to conduct mass every second Sun-
day, and alternately celebrating mass at Fenton. Missouri. Father O'Leary had
just begun the erection of a frame church when he was relieved of the charge and
Father Kane was put in his place. When the latter assumed the pastorate he
had the new church building, together with a heavy debt approximating two
thousand dollars with which to contend. This debt is said to have been partly
due to a difference which occurred between Father O'Leary and his trustees.
The charge was in a state of financial paralysis and when Father Kane assumed
charge the prospect was one of discouragement. However, he immediately
went to work to rectify matters and on applying to the late Judge Joseph O'Neil,
then president of the Citizens Savings Bank, for a loan of seventeen hundred
and fifty dollars to satisfy a lien on the church property held by the lumber
company, he was refused on the ground that he had no organized parish and
could offer no collateral as security. This rebuff did not cool the ardor of the
priest, w'ho felt that he had the power to organize a congregation if, as was
said, no such organizatir)n then existed. He readily gained the confidence of
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646 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
local men and in a brief period of time he not only succeeded in organizing his
parish but also in acquiring requisite means to build and furnish a large build-
ing. On June 19, 1887, the church was dedicated. It was during this period of
prolonged struggle for existence that Archbishop Kenrick insisted upon Father
Kane becoming the sole trustee of the church property, giving as his reason
that he was becoming senile and that some of the heavy burdens of the church
should be borne by younger men. Much against his will Father Kane consented
to assume the responsibility of the indebtedness of the parish, which he did man-
fully and successfully.
The present magnificent church building and the prosperous circumstances
surrounding the parish are the consequences of his whole-souled and enthusi-
astic effort thrown into the work. Immediately upon the completion of the
church building the parish house was constructed. In the succeeding years the
parish gradually grew in importance and in 1893 Father Kane purchased one
hundred feet of ground facing on Joy street and running back two hundred
and fifty feet on Lockwood, and two years later he bought another one
hundred feet adjoining on Joy street. This is one of the most delightful and
valuable locations in Webster Groves Park. On September 8, 1895, the corner-
stone of the new building was laid and on May 2, 1897, the imposing large
structure was dedicated, the building being constructed out of ]\Ierrimac High-
lands limestone at a cost of above forty-two thousand dollars. Today it could
not be built for double that sum.
Father Kane has not only won the love and esteem, together with the.
confidence, of the members of his own parish but is held in high repute through-
out the community by Protestants and Catholics alike. The esteem in which he
is generally held was demonstrated when the putting up of the new building was
contemplated. At that time the late J. C. Case, organizer of the now defunct
Lincoln Trust Company, voluntarily offered him funds to complete the build-
ing at a low rate of interest. Father Kane is universally liked and is one of the
foremost characters of the community. His parish consists of above one hundred
and twenty families with over ninety children in the parochial school. He is
seriously considering the erection of a new parish school, which he feels must
be constructed within the next eighteen months and which will probably be a
two-story and basement edifice, covering a space of seventy-five by ninety
feet. There will be six rooms on the first floor and a large hall on the top floor,
while the basement will be devoted to recreation rooms, etc.
OZIAS PAQUIN, M.D.
Ozias Paquin, physician and surgeon of St. Louis, with large and important
professional interests, was born in St. Andrews, Canada, August 28, 1864. His
parents were Julien and Celina Paquin. The father, who in early life was a
farmer and afterward became a railroad builder, was one of the first contractors
on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. While thus engaged in the construction of
transportation lines through Canada he was held up and murdered while paying
off his men, a large amount of money being taken from him at the time.
Dr. Paquin spent his early youth on a farm and after leaving school at
the age of eighteen years, spent six years in roaming over the United States
and Canada. The vicissitudes of such a life brought him a very wide and varied
experience. At length he determined to enter upon a professional career and to
this end pursued a college course at Rigaud, Canada. In preparation for the
practice of medicine he studied in the Missouri State University and in the St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated in May,
1888. He has since pursued a course in the Post-Graduate College of New York
city and added to this, he has done much private reading and study, carrying his
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 647
researches and investigations far and wide into the reahns of scientific knowl-
edge. He keeps abreast with current medical literature and his discriminating
judgment enables him to readily select those ideas and methods of practice
which he believes will prove valuable in his professional services.
On the 28th of August, 1889, in St. Louis, Dr. Paquin was married to Miss
Jennie F. Mullally and they have two children : Boy O. M., eighteen years of
age, and Francis L., thirteen years of age. The elder was graduated with
honors from the high school of St. Louis.
Dr. Paquin gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He is a
communicant of the Catholic church and belongs to several fraternal organiza-
tions, including the Elks, the Royal League, the Columbia Knights, the Macca-
bees and the Knights of Columbus. Very fond of hunting and fishing, when
his professional duties will permit, he enjoys a season with rod and gun in his
native country, which is famed throughout the world for its fine hunting and
fishing grounds.
JOHN W. ALLEN.
John W. Allen has reached the eightieth milestone on life's journey and is
now living retired in the enjoyment of a well earned rest, but for forty years
was actively engaged in contracting and building in St. Louis. His birth
occurred in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1828, his parents being William and
Catherine Allen, who spent their entire lives on the Emerald Isle. The father
was a farmer by occupation, and a nephew of John W. Allen still occupies the
old homestead farm. The family has long been a prominent one in Ireland
although the Aliens are of English lineage, early representatives of the name
going from England to Ireland during the time of Cromwell.
Reared and educated in his native country John W. Allen crossed the ocean
in May, 1850, on the sailing vessel, which after a voyage of nine weeks dropped
anchor in the harbor of New Orleans. For a year thereafter he was a resident
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and engaged in contracting business at that point. Subse-
quently he went to the town of Trinity, Louisiana, where with a force of work-
men he carried out a contract under directions from the city engineer. He was
engaged in that work for six months and at the expiration of that period re-
moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he remained for a month with a few friends.
He next came to St. Louis but there was little of building going on at that
time and as his financial condition rendered immediate employment a necessity
he secured farm work until he could reenter the field of building operations.
For forty years, however, he was well known in St. Louis as a contractor and
builder and he also bought and operated a quarry, using the stone for building
purposes, for road making, etc. He feels that he was wise in the choice of a
location, for here he has made a good living and has gained many friends. For
a long period he employed a number of workmen in carrying out his contracts
and led a very busy and useful life, thereby gaining the competence that now
enables him to live retired.
Mr. Allen served for four years in the Civil war, in the United States Tele-
graph Corps and was most loyal to the L^nion cause. He has spent much time in
the study of music, of which he is very fond and which has served to beguile
many an hour for him.
After losing his first wife, whom he wedded in Ireland, Mr. Allen was
afterward married again, his second union being with Ellen Ryan, a daughter
of Patrick and Catherine Ryan, who were also representatives of old Irish fami-
lies. They emigrated to this country in 1831, taking up their abode in Illi-
nois when it was a frontier state, the work of development and improvement
being scarcely begun in its borders. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were married about
648 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
fifteen years ago, but she has been a resident of this city for a half century.
She, too, had been previously married and had a daughter by her former mar-
riage, who is now deceased. Mr. Allen also had several children by his first
marriage, but all have passed away. They are Catholics in their reUgious faith,
being communicants of the Parish of St. Thomas of Aquin. Mr. Allen has con-
tributed liberally to the church and the parish work and is faithful to its teach-
ings. Long a resident of this city he has witnessed much of its growth and
development and throughout the years he has so lived as to enjoy to the full-
est extent the confidence and respect of his fellowmen. In the evening of life
he can look back over the past without regret and forward to the future with-
out fear.
HON. RICHARD BARTHOLDT.
Hon. Richard Bartholdt, journalist and congressman, was born in Schleiz,
Germany, November 2, 1855. He spent the first seventeen vears of his life in
his native land, and has since been a resident of America. He had obtained an
academic education in Germany and he lived in Brooklyn, New York, for two
years, during which time he learned the printer's trade. On the expiration of
that period he went to Pennsylvania and in 1874 came to St. Louis and worked
as a compositor on the Anzeiger des Westens and other German papers until
1877. He was a capable printer, intelligent, studious and genial, qualities which
made him popular with his employers and his fellow workmen. His industry
and careful expenditures enabled him to return to Germany in 1877, ^^^^ ^o
studv law while residing in the fatherland. After a little more than a year he
again came to the L^nited States and, choosing journalism as a life vocation,
he became connected with the Brooklyn Free Press and afterwards with the New
York Staats-Zeitung. His work was of a brilliant character and evinced genius
of a high order. His fondness for St. Louis, however, and the fact that in
1880 he had married a St. Louis Lady, a daughter of Morris Niedner, caused him
to return in 1884, and he here took charge of the Tribune, a German evening
paper, which under his control became prosperous and attained great popularity
among the German people of the city.
In the journalistic field Mr. Bartholdt has exerted a wide-felt influence in
molding public opinion and in shaping the general policy. But in other fields
as well his labors have constituted an element of public progress. In 1890 he
entered politics, becoming a candidate for the school board, and was elected
without opposition. In that position he discharged his duties so admirably that
he was chosen president of the board the following year and, as the incumbent
in that ofifice, exhibited ability and sound judgment that won him the commenda-
tion of all classes regardless of political alftliations. His fitness for public duty
so impressed itself upon the public mind that he was made a candidate of his
party in 1892 for representative in congress from the tenth Missouri district
and was elected by over three thousand majority. Two years later he received
a majority of eight thousand votes, and was reelected in 1896 and 1898, and at
each ensuing election since that time, including that of 1908. His plurality at
this election was the largest given to any representative in the United States —
over twenty thousand. He stands today among the ablest and most influential
men who are aifling in sha])ing the national policy, having served as a member
of many of the most important committees and was the father of the first bill
to hold a world's fair in St. Louis, being largely instrumental afterward in secur-
ing the necessary appropriations from congress for that purpose. He has been
connected with much important constructive legislation and in his discussion of
questions of national interest displays a thorough understanding of the points
at issue and a singleness of purpose which none question. He was president
of the Inter-Parliamentary Union for the promotion of international arbitration,
RICHARD BARTHOLDT
650 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and is today looked upon as the leader of the great movement for more perma-
nent peace in the United States.
To the energetic natures and strong mentality of such men as Richard
Bartholdt is due the success and ever-increasing prosperity of the republican
party in this state. And in the hands of this class of citizens there is every
assurance that the best interests and welfare of the party will be attended to,
resulting in a successful culmination of the highest ambitions and expectations
entertained by its adherents. Given to the prosecution of active measures in
political affairs, and possessing the earnest purpose of placing their partv beyond
the pale of possible diminution of power, the republican leaders in Missouri are
ever advancing. Certainly one of the most potent elements in the success of the
party in this state is the labor of Richard Bartholdt, who throughout his life
has been a loyal citizen, imbued with patriotism and courage in the expression
of his honest convictions. He worked earnestly for the public interest through
the columns of the press, and today just as efficiently and just as loyally is ad-
vocating in the halls of congress and before the people, the principles which he
believes will best advance the welfare of the nation.
ALBERT C. KUXZE.
Albert C. Kunze, a farmer boy in youth, reared amid unpretentious sur-
roundings, is now a general contractor and the amount of business annually
accorded him is evidence of his ability and trustworthiness. He was born in
Detroit, Michigan, August 12, 1873. His father, Carl Kunze, was a native of
Breslau, Prussia, and in 1845 arrived in America. After spending five years in
Hartford, Connecticut, he settled in Detroit, where he owned and conducted a
brewery. In 1887 he retired from active business life and removed to a farm
near Port Huron, where he resided until his death in 1885. His wife, Mrs.
Bertha (Aulepp) Kunze, was a native of the province of Hesse, Germany, and
came to America about 1848, settling in Detroit, where her father. Christian
Aulepp, owns a mill and much land. Her death occurred in 1877. The family
numbered four sons, all of whom are living: Oscar, who is engaged in the
laundry business at Lansing, Michigan; Carl A., a retired farmer of Kingston,
Michigan; Emil W., a grocer of St. Louis; and Albert C.
The last named spent his boyhood on a farm in Tuscola county, Michigan,
and, after attending the district schools, became a high-school student at Mar-
lette, that state, where he was graduated in 1887. Subsequently he entered
Alma College, at Alma, Michigan, where he pursued a special course. He has
been a resident of St. Louis from the age of eighteen years, at which time he
became a salesman in a grocery store, where he remained for five years. On the
expiration of that period he became an employe of the J. C. Finck Mineral Mill-
ing Company in the contract business and was afterward secretary to the Heman
Construction Company until 1904, when he embarked in a general contract
business on his own account under the name of Webb-Kunze Construction Com-
pany. He has been president of this company from its organization. They
began taking contracts in grading, afterward in street paving and later took
quarry contracts. They still continue in all three lines and the growth of their
business has made it a profitable undertaking. Mr. Kunze is also president of
the Tower Grove Quarry & Construction Company.
On the 5th of September, 1898, in St. Louis was celebrated the marriage
of Mr. Kunze and Miss Minnie G. Rhoadman, a daughter of Officer Rhoadman,
of the St. Louis police force. They have one son, Albert R., two years of age,
and they occupy a pleasant home at No. 4430 Page boulevard, which Mr. Kunze
erected in 1907.
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He is a member of the Royal .Arcanum and is ])resiclcnt of the Blue Wing
Game Club, which has a seventeen hundred acre reserve on the Burlington rail-
way. He is likewise a member of the Missouri Game & Fish Protective Asso-
ciation and one of its directors, for, while hunting and fishing are his favorite
sources of recreation he does not believe in that indiscriminate slaughter of
game which results in extinction. On the contrary he believes that fish and
game should have legal protection that the species may be perpetuated and
hence is in favor of stringent game and fish laws. He is an active worker in
local political ranks, although not a politician in the sense of office seeking. He
is nov/ acting as chairman of the finance committee of the Twenty-sixth Ward
Republican League Club. Widely known his many acquaintances find him com-
panionable and the pleasure of warm friendsliip is his.
OSCAR H. GAUT.
Oscar FL Gaut, deceased, was serving as secretary, treasurer and general
manager of the American Supply Company at the time of his death, which
occurred in November, 1908. He was born in Cleveland, Tennessee, July 15,
1863, and the public schools of that city acquainted him with the common
branches of English learning. His father. Judge Jesse Hamilton Gaut, was a
man of considerable prominence, both politically and legally in eastern Ten-
nessee, and for a number of years served as judge of the supreme court of that
state. He also represented his district for three terms in the state senate. He
left the impress of his individuality, as well as his scholarly attainment, upon
the laws enacted during that period. He proved himself a peer to those who
have sat upon the bench of the court of last resort, inscribing his name high
on the keystone of the legal arch. He was also one of the promoters of the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad through the section of the state
in which he lived. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Elizabeth
Isbell, was a daughter of Benjamin Isbell, of McMinn county, Tennessee. His
brother, Judge John C. Gaut, of Nashville, Tennessee, was for a number of
years chancellor of the tenth judicial district of that state.
Oscar H. Gaut, at the age of thirteen years, entered the employ of the East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company as station master, telegraph
operator, express agent and postmaster at Cleveland, Tennessee, but in 1880
severed his connection with railroad interests and removed to Nashville, where
he entered mercantile circles as an employe of the firm of Manlove & Company,
dealers in dry goods and carpets. His ability and faithfulness in this connec-
tion were evidenced in the fact that in 1884 he was promoted to a partnership,
and was active in the management of the house until 1888, when he withdrew
from the firm and established business on his own account under the firm style
of O. H. Gaut & Company, dealers in general house furnishings. For ten years
he continued in that business, and then sold out in 1898, removing to St. Louis
in August of the same year. Here, in connection with R. L. Kline, he organ-
ized the American Supply Company which, on the ist of July, 1902, was in-
corporated as a stock company, with a paid up capital of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Mr. Gaut was at that time elected secretary, treasurer and
general manager, and continued in active control of the business until his death.
The company does an extensive general mail order business throughout the
United States, and the trade of the house is constantly growing. Mr. Gaut dis-
played much of the spirit of initiative in the promotion and management of his
business interests, and his enterprise and determination led him into important
commercial relations.
On the 4th of February, 1891, occurred the marriage of Mr. Gaut to Miss
Annie E. Mills, a daughter'of Dero H. and Annie E. Mills, of Nashville, Ten-
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nessee, who. however, were natives of Hendersonville, that state. 'Sir. and Mrs.
Gant became parents of two sons and a daughter, Oscar H., EHzabeth and Or-
lande P. The family attend the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Gaut
was for a number of years a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian
church of Nashville, Tennessee, and for seven years of that time was an officer
in the church, during which time he acted as custodian of the church funds. He
alwavs favored improvement, reform and progress, and in his business career
was actuated bv a progressive spirit which hesitated not at minor difficulties,
but sought out every point for the accomplishment of his purpose. He made
substantial advancement in commercial lines, and his success seemed to be proof
that the business in which he engaged was that for which nature intended him.
EPHRAHI MAGOON, M.D.
A life characterized by iidelity to high principles has gained Dr. Ephraim
Magoon the respect of all with whom professional or social relations have
brought him in contact. A native of Maine he was born in Harmony, March
17, 1842. a son of Joseph A. and Matilda (Watson) Magoon. In the seven-
teenth century two brothers of the name came from England and settled in New
Hampshire and it is believed that all of the Magoons living in this country are
their descendants.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life
for Dr. ]\Iagoon in his boyhood and youth. He worked in the fields on the home
farm for his father was an agriculturist and merchant and the boy devoted the
summer season to the task of tilling the soil, while in the winter months he
pursued his education in the common schools of Somerset county, Maine. The
first step which varied the routine of early life was his enlistment in the Union
army on the 29th of September, 1862. He served until September, 1863, but
was very ill in a hospital most of that time and at length was honorably dis-
charged because of his physical disability. On his return from the south he
took up the study of medicine under Charles A. Parsons, of St. Albans, Maine,
and pursued a full course of medical lectures in the Maine Medical School, a
department of Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Maine, in 1864, and again took
a full course there in 1865. On the ist of June of the latter year he located for
practice at Sebec, Maine, and in March, 1869, removed to Missouri, settling first
in Clarence, Shelby county, where he remained until January, 1893. On that
date he sought a broader field for professional labor and removed to St. Louis,
where he is still in active practice. His entire life has been devoted to his
profession and he has discharged his duties with a sense of conscientious obli-
gation, realizing fully how important is the work that devolves upon him in
this connection. He has conformed strictly to the high standard of professional
ethics and has continually promoted his proficiency through reading and in-
vestigation, giving to his patients the benefit of an unwearied service and superior
ability.
On the 24th of October, 1863, Dr. Magoon was married to Miss Margaret
Ellen Tenny and for forty-five years they have now traveled life's journey to-
gether, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years have gone by.
Five sons were born unto them of whom three are still living: Dr. Frank L.
Magoon, the eldest, now president of the board of education, married Kate
lierron ; Charles E., who is employed by the St. Louis board of education in
the museum at the Teachers College, married Freda Daudle ; Harry A., now
station agent for the Wabash Railroad at Ferguson, Missouri, married Estella
Westerman.
In his political views Dr. Magoon has always been a stalwart republican,
giving unfaltering support to the principles of the party for his close and con-
DR. EPHRAIM MAGOON
654 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
scientious study of the questions of the day has led him to beHeve that its
platform contains the best elements of good government. His first presidential
vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and he has since voted for Grant,
Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, AIcKinley and Roosevelt and for Taft in November,
1908. He has been a member of the Odd Fellow society since February, 1873,
and for over thirty years has been identified with the Grand Army of the
Republic, thus maintaining pleasant relations with his comrades who wore the
blue and defended the stars and stripes on southern battlefields. His is a lofty
patriotism and a public spirit characterized by devotion to the best interests
of his city, state and country. The guiding principle of Dr. Magoon's life,
however, is found in his religious faith. For fifty-two years he, has been a mem-
ber of the Methodist church, which he joined in November, 1856, and almost
continuously since that time has he held official position therein. He has been
as untiring in his church work as he is firm in his faith in the redemptive power
of Christ and the force of the Christian religion as the civilizing influence of the
world. He has labored untiringly for the upbuilding of his local church in
the denomination and yet he manifests none of that narrow sectarianism which
cannot recognize the good in others. He receives the respect of all who know
him but in his own church where he is best known has the most sincere love of
his fellow members.
CYRUS ASBURY PETERSON.
Progress and patriotism might well be termed the keynote of the charac-
ter of Cyrus Asburv Peterson. In business he has been successful, but through
it all his purpose has been to use his powers to the best advantage, to stand for
all that is uplifting and ennobling in life, and to further to the extent of his
abilities those measures and movements which constitute an element in bring-
ing the race to a higher civilization. Born in Burke county, North Carolina,
March 30, 1848, he traces his ancestry to Paul Peterson, who in the middle of
the eighteenth centurv came from Sweden to the new world. His son, Mathias,
the great-grandfather of our subject, was born in North Carolina, as was his
son, Samuel Peterson, and all three were skilled workers in metals as gunsmiths,
cutlers, braziers, etc.
Daniel Peterson, father of C. A. Peterson, was born in North Carolina in
1824, became a gunsmith cutler and also at different times engaged in farm-
ing, merchandising and teaching. He served as a soldier for the Union in the
Civil war for three years and afterward engaged in the practice of law and
filled the office of probate judge of Madison county, Missouri, from 1865 until
1873. H^s remained a member of the bar of this state until his death in Fred-
ericktown, Missouri, in 1884. His religious faith was that of the Lutheran
church. His political belief was in accord with the principles of the democracy
until 1861, when he joined the ranks of the republican party and remained one
of its stalwart champions until his demise. His wife, Eliza Wilson, was one of
a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, born unto David and
Eliza fSettelmcyer) Wilson. Her grandfather, y\ndrew Wilson, was a Scotch-
Irish immigrant, who settled in North Carolina in the middle of the eighteenth
century. He married a Miss Steele, who came to this country from England.
David Wilson therefore had in his veins the intermixture of the Scotch, Irish
and English, while his wife was of pure Pennsylvania Dutch descent, her peo-
ple being among the German Moravians who removed from Pennsylvania to
North Carolina and founded the Moravian town of Salem, now Salem-Winston.
The paternal ancestors of C. A. Peterson intermarried with the English, Scotch
anrl German colonists of North Carolina in the eighteenth and nineteenth cen-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 655
turies until there was only a small fracti(3n of Scandinavian blood in his veins,
but he still retains the name and the hardy characteristics of the Xorsenien.
]\Ir. Peterson had only such educational advantas^es as could be secured in
the log" schoolhouse near his home to the age of thirteen years, during which
time he mastered the "three R's" and in a measure became acquainted with some
other branches of learning. His youth was spent as a farm boy in North Car-
olina until i860, wdien the family removed to Missouri and were living upon
the borders when the Civil war broke out and all schools were closed. From
that time afterward Mr. Peterson was wholly self-educated. Reared in a south-
ern state, he grew up a fierce secession democrat, but the brutal, atrocious mur-
ders committed by the rebel troops in southeastern Missouri in 1861 caused a
revulsion of feeling and sentiment which landed him square upon the Union
platform in September of that year. Too young to serve in the army, he became
an emergency volunteer when a mere bov to aid in repelling horse-stealing and
bushwhacking raids of the so-called confederates into Missouri between the
years 1863 and 1865. One of the most satisfying experiences of his life was in
doing nine days' active service in aiding General John McNeil and his small
force to defeat the rebel general, John S. IMarmaduke. at Cape Girardeau in
April, 1863. and drive the great horse-stealing, house-robbing expedition out of
the state. It was never the regular soldiers who were fighting for a principle
in either the northern or southern armies that committed these depredations,
but adventurous men who cared nothing for the lives of others nor the rules of
war, that saw in the occasion the Opportunity for pillage and plunder. The expe-
riences of the war kept the border where Mr. Peterson lived in a state of con-
stant anxiety, but as opportunity offered he aided in the farm work in southeast-
ern Missouri from 1861 until 1865, beino- constantly alert to protect himself
against the bushwhackers. What he most desired and what he could not obtain
was a better supply of books. His dominant ambition at that time w'as to own
a Webster's Unabridged dictionary, a thermometer and a watch. His youthful
associates were usually satisfied if they had a bottle of whisky, a fiddle and a
prancing pony. His- environments were, therefore, uncongenial, for his tastes
did not lie in the direction of that of other boys of the neighborhood, and on
the farm, amid the conditions of the border, he found no opportunity for self-
improvement.
In 1865, however, the family removed to Fredericktown, where he had bet-
ter facilities for securing good books, In the seven years which followed, his
time was largely devoted to reading law, to teaching school and working as a
mechanic save in the year 1867, which he spent on Devil's Island in Union
county, Illinois, as superintendent of a farm. He taught school in 1868 and from
1869 to 1 87 1 engaged in reading law but, abandoning that, took up the study of
medicine, in which he continued from 1872 until 1874. He had become a resi-
dent of St. Louis in 1872, in which year he was employed as traveling sales-
man for a boot and shoe house. The following year he conducted a nursery
and fruit-growing- business at Vineland, Jeft'erson county, and during this and
the previous year he utilized every available opportunity for continuing his
studies in medicine. He then began practice and his time and energies were
given to the healing art until 1878, when he graduated from the ^Missouri Med-,
ical College, at St. Louis, at the head of his class, numbering one hundred and
twenty-four members, of which ninety-eight were graduated while twenty-six
were rejected. Following his graduation he continued in practice, securing a
liberal patronage and winning professional recognition in an invitation to fill a
chair in the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis.
He declined the proft'ered position, however. He had practiced at Arnsberg,
Cape Girardeau county, jMissouri, from 1874 until 1881 and during the two suc-
ceeding years resided at Denver, removing to the west to escape the chronic
malaria accumulated in southeastern [Missouri. In 1884 he went to Stratton,
656 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Nebraska, where he conducted a ranch until 1895. engaging there in general
farming and in the breeding of live stock for the foreign market. In Novem-
ber, 1895, l"*^ arrived in St. Louis, where he has since made his home. Here he
has been giving his time and attention to his investments in real estate and on
the 1st of September, 1907, he took up his abode in his recently erected sub-
urban home in Western Grove.
On the /th of July, 1872, at Fredericktown, jNIissouri, Mr. Peterson was
married to ]\Iiss Christina A. Hartkopf, who was born of German parentage in
Ohio, November 11, 1851. A man of domestic tastes, his greatest interest has
centered in his family and he has spoken of his married life as, "One grand,
sweet song." With the passing of the years four children were added to the
household: Darwin Paine, who was born August 14, 1873, ^^^ married Flor-
ence B. Jackson; Winona, born January 23, 1875; Julian Ingersoll, born June
30, 1877; and Tyndall Humboldt, born December 16, 1878. All are still living
and with the exception of the first-named are under the parental roof.
As previously stated, Mr. Peterson became a stalwart republican at the
time of the Civil war and has remained an inflexible champion of the party to
the present time. At the solicitation of the citizens of Fredericktown, Missouri,
he accepted the office of town marshal in the fall of 1869 for the express pur-
pose of ridding the place of that element in its citizenship, which made it "the
toughest town in the state." Mr. Peterson entered upon his duties with de-
termination and fearlessness and accomplished the purpose in six months, bring-
ing about law and order where before had been lawlessness and crime. He
then resigned, for he felt that his work was done, and he has never been an
aspirant for public office. However, he held the position of public administrator
of Aladison county, Missouri, in 1869-70, and the office of superintendent of
registration of voters in the twenty-fourth senatorial district of Missouri in
1870, by appointment of the governor. He is utterly opposed to anything like
misrule in public affairs or any underhand methods employed in bringing about
party successes. He has given his aid and influence toward preserving purity
and honesty in the republican party, believing this to be the only means for the
solution of the political problems before the country. He has always been a
temperance advocate and was a member of the Good Templars from 1868 until
1872, but has maintained no affiliation with any other secret organization. He
is, however, identified with various societies, which have for their object the
dissemination of knowledge and the promotion of learning through further re-
search and investigation. Since his removal to St. Louis in 1895 he has joined
various scientific and historical bodies, having membership relations with the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Historical
Association, the American Anthropological Association, the National Geograph-
ical Society, the American Ornothologists Union, the Southern Historical Asso-
ciation, the Ontario Historical and Archeological Association, the Wisconsin
Archeological Society, the Texas State Historical Association, the Kansas State
Historical Society, and the Missouri Historical Society, of which he was presi-
dent for two terms — 1905 and 1906. He was also a member of the St. Louis
Naturalists Club from 1902 until 1906, inclusive, when he resigned.
Mr. Peterson was reared in the Lutheran faith but for the past forty years
has maintained no church connections, his religion being that of the greatest
good to the greatest possible number, and his work has always been in harmony
therewith. When ten years of age he read the life of Col. Davy Crockett and
wa.s so impressed with his motto, "Always be sure you're right ; then go ahead,"
that he adopted it as the rule of his own life. Later he was forcibly struck with
Pope's expression that, "The proper study of mankind is man," and as a result
of this became a student of anthropology and is still carrying on his researches
and investigations along that line. One of the strongest traits of his character
has always been his desire to avenge the wrongs of the oppressed, and his
labors in that direction have been effective and far-reaching. He believes, with
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 657
Herbert Spencer, that, "Whatever adds to the sum total of happiness is right,"
and as the years have gone by he has contributed by his work and influence to
the orderly progression of the world and to the adoption of principles which
have worked for the welfare of mankind in his advancement toward a higher
civilization.
JOSEPH BARADA WIDEN.
As business interests have increased in complexity and extended condi-
tions have given rise to new enterprises and undertakings, in the control of
these are found men of marked energy, capable of realizing the necessities of
the situation and meeting its demands. In this connection Joseph B. Widen is
worthy of mention as the founder of the Barr & Widen Commercial Agency
which controls an undertaking of marked value to the business men of St. Louis.
Mr. Widen was born in this city, August 5, 1864, and is a representative of
one of the old and prominent French families, being descended on the distaff
side from Jean Baptist Becquette. His great-grandfather who was one of the
earliest French settlers of this city was at one time the owner of a large por-
tion of the property which now comprises the central part of the business sec-
tion of St. Louis, extending from the river to JefTerson avenue and from Pine
to Locust streets. Early association and ancestral connection, therefore, have
heightened Mr. Widen's interest in this city and have led to his cooperation in
many movements by which the city has been materially benefited.
Joseph B. Widen pursued his education in the old St. Louis University
when it was located at Ninth street and Washington avenue, being graduated
therefrom with the class of 1879, when a youth of fifteen years, being one of
the youngest pupils who was ever accorded a diploma bv the institution. He
has been identified continuously with the commercial agency business since July
6, 1882. The company does a general mercantile agency and collection business
and publishes a credit reference book known as the St. Louis Credit Guide which
is the most complete and authentic book on credits published in this city, con-
taining a list of more than eighteen thousand business concerns rated as to their
credit and estimated worth and the comparison both as to the conservative-
ness of the ratings and as to the number of concerns listed, shows that this list
is not only a great deal larger but is far more authentic and complete than
the publication of any of the other agencies. The list is revised yearly as to
addresses, capital and credit rating. Another part of the book is devoted to a
list of about twenty thousand undesirable individual credit customers against
whom this agency either holds or has held claims for collection. The book also
contains the names of sixty-five thousand real-estate holders with the addresses
and amount of assessment and altogether the entire publication contains one
hundred and ten thousand names exclusively for the city of St. Louis together
with a digest of the commercial laws of the state. There have been some
changes in the ownership of the business. The year following its founding bv
Mr. Widen, Joseph H. Barr became associated with him and in 1884 the name
was changed to the Barr & Widen Mercantile Agency while in 1886 the business
was incorporated under the name of the Barr & Widen Alercantile Agency
Company. On the death of Mr. Barr in February, 1903, all of his interests in
the business passed to ]\Ir. Widen and in February, 1906, the business was re-
incorporated under the style and name of the Barr & Widen Commercial Agency
Company. The business outside of St. Louis is conducted as a separate aft"air
and is a personal venture but both concerns have their office in the Commercial
building at Sixth and Olive streets. It is readily apparent to those who give it
a thought that this business has certainly been a material factor in the pros-
perity of St. Louis as the service rendered by the agency has enabled both
large and small retail business merchants as well as wholesalers and manu-
658 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
facturers to do a safe and profitable credit business, thereby materially aiding-
their general prosperity. Not the least good that the agency does is the gen-
eral moral effect that it has upon the community of tending to cause the indi-
vidual to have a high regard for his credit standing and to promptly meet his
just debts, which fact is highly beneficial to the mercantile community. The
business of the Barr & Widen Commercial Agency Company has had a steady
and gratifying growth, increasing more than twenty-five per cent the last year.
In 1885 Mr. \\'iden was married in New York to Miss Eleanor A. Gra-
ham, a daughter of Edward L. Graham, who was a descendant of James Gra-
ham, the marquis of Alontrose, Scotland. JMr. Widen's handsome residence
is at No. 4647 Berlin avenue which is one of the richest and most elab-
orately furnished homes in St. Louis. He takes particular pride in his beau-
tiful Italian garden which is rich in rare plants, life-sized statuary, pagodas and
fountains. The desire for success has never shut out of his life an appreciation
for the beautiful and artistic and in fact his greatest pleasure comes along
those lines.
PATRICK F. GRACE.
On examining into the histor}- of St. Louis and noting those things which
are featured as elements of its upbuilding and material improvement, it is
imperative that mention be made of the work of Patrick F. Grace, who for
many years figured as one of the leading real-estate dealers of the city, laying
out what are today some of the most important residence districts of the city.
^Ir. Grace was a native of Ireland, his birth having occurred in County
Tipperary, December 22, 1834. He was but four years of age when his father,
Thomas Grace, departed this life. The mother and her son afterward came to
America and she lived with him for a number of years. As a boy Mr. Grace
divided his time between the work of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the
playground and the performance of such duties as were assigned him by his
mother. He early faced the necessity of providing for his own support and,
attracted by the stories which he heard concerning the superior business oppor-
tunities in the new world he came to America in 1849 locating first in Cleveland,
Ohio, but the following year came to St. Louis. Here he learned many lessons
in the school of experience, but a spirit of perseverance enabled him to triumph
over obstacles and difficulties, and in course of time he reached a financial posi-
tion that gave him opportunity for the exercise of well-formulated plans and
purposes in business. He became a stockholder in the Illinois River Packet
Company, and for a time was in the government service as first engineer on
a gunboat during the Civil war.
On one occasion he started to cross the plains from Leavenworth, but
changed his plans and returned and continued his business in the middle west.
His engineer's license was taken out for the last time in 1870, for in the inter-
vening years he had become interested in real estate and the growth of his
business in this line demanded his entire time and attention. Early in his resi-
dence in St. Louis he began investing in property here, which largely increased
in value owing to the rapid upbuilding of the city. He always had firm faith
in the future of St. Louis, did not hesitate to put his money into realty here and
in later years concentrated his energies upon the real-estate business as a mem-
ber of the firm of Keane & Grace. In this connection he bought and platted
the district from Union avenue to Kings Highway, and from Del Mar to
Cabanne, and thi"; contributed to the upbuilding of what is today one of the
most beautiful residence districts of this city of fine homes. He became one of the
best known men in the real-estate business in St. Louis and at the time of his
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660 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
death was one of the oldest in years of continuous connection with the business
and one of the foremost by reason of the extent of his operations. He owned
several tracts of land here and was very active in securing the paving of the
streets and other substantial improvements which were elements in the general
progress and upbuilding of the city. For many years he lived at No. 3416 Pine
street, but at the time of his death his residence was at No. 4386 Lindell
boulevard.
In 1869 ]\Ir. Grace was united in marriage to Miss Margaret M. Keane,
also a native of that section of Ireland in which the birth of Mr. Grace occurred.
They became the parents of ten children : Thomas M., who is engaged in the
real-estate business ; Frank P., who died at the age of twenty-seven years ; Oliver
J., who is secretary for the real-estate company ; William L., who is engaged in
the iron business; Bernard E., a dealer in stocks and bonds; Paul R., who is
traveling auditor for the American Can Company; Pierre C, now taking a
course in civil engineering in the Washington University; Leo M., who is study-
ing law at Washington University; Dorothy M.; and Norma Belle. The sons
have become men of well known business ability, enterprise and integrity, of
whom ]\Irs. Grace has every reason to be proud, their record reflecting credit
and honor upon the untarnished name which they inherited from their father.
Mr. Grace was a member of the Old Marquette Club and possessed a social
nature that found expression in warm friendships. A Catholic in religious
faith he gave liberally to the church and remained a consistent communicant
thereof until his death, which occurred April 15, 1905. St. Louis found him a
most progressive and helpful citizen. While ambitious to secure success, at
the same time he displayed the keenest interest in St. Louis and her welfare,
and gave his time, his means and his energies for her upbuilding, for the ex-
ploitation of her resources and for her substantial progress in all those lines
of intellectual, moral and aesthetic development that render a city attractive as
a place of residence. He was very active in promoting the project for holding
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and became one of its stockholders. Many
tangible evidences of his interest in the city's welfare could be given, for they
are matters of general knowledge to all who have for any length of time resided
here and kept informed concerning the city's growth. A resident of St. Louis
through much of the time during a period of fifty-five years, his fellow towns-
men came to know him as a man of honor and worth and gave him that tribute
of respect and admiration which the world instinctively pays to him who uses
his talents for the benefit of the communitv as well as for his individual gain.
JOHN B. VALLE.
John B. A'alle was recognized as one of the most successful business men
of Missouri, devoting his time and energies to mining interests. He was born in
St. Genevieve, Alissouri, and represented one of the oldest and most prominent
French families of the state. His parents were Francois B. and Catherine
(BeauvaisJ Valle. The ancestry is traced back to Pierre La Vallee, the first
of the name in America, who emigrated from Rouen, France, to Canada about
the year 1660. He was born in 1645 ^"^1 was the son of Pierre La Vallee and
Madeleine Dumesnil, of the parish of St. Saens in the district of Rouen. Pierre
La Vallee, the emigrant, was married at Quebec, January 12, 1665, to Marie
Therese Le Blanc, who was born in 165 1, a daughter of Leonard Le Blanc and
Marie Riton. They had ten children, the seventh in order of birth being Charles
La \^allee, who was born in 1679 and was married at Beauport, September 12,
1707, to Genevieve Marcou. He died February 22, 1753, at the age of seventy-
five years, and his wife died May 9, 1756. Thcv were parents of twelve chil-
dren. The fifth in orrler of birth was Francois La Vallee, the ancestor of the
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Valle family of Missouri. He was brave and adventurous and left his family
home at Beauport to seek his fortune in the Mississippi valley. Sometmie prior
to 1748 he arrived at Kaskaskia, the commercial center of the Illinois country.
In that year he married Marianne Billeron, dit Lafatigue, and not long after-
ward removed to St. Genevieve on the ^Missouri side of the Mississippi. There
is a tradition in the family that when it became known that the Spanish author-
ities were to take possession of Upper Louisiana many of the inhabitants of St.
Genevieve wished to leave and in great excitement went to Francois Vallee and
threatened to kill him if he would not accompany them. This he refused to
do. A day or two later, wdien Don Pedro Piernas, Spanish officer in command,
arrived. Francois A'allee met his request for food and supplies, although he
could not help regarding the Spaniards as intruders. Piernas and Vallee, how-
ever, became friends and when the former assumed the governorship of Upper
Louisiana at St. Louis. Francois Vallee was made commandant of the Post St.
Genevieve and civil and military judge of the settlement, which office he held
until his death in 1783. It is thought that it was about this time, 1770, that the
second "e" in the name was dropped and thereafter Francois V^alle thus signed
all his official papers, although it is said that in his private letters he continued
to use the double vow^el. He was married January 7, 1748, to Marianne Billeron,
who was born in 1729 and died in 1781. The Spanish census of Upper Louisi-
ana for 1787 gives a record of the Vsdle families of St. Genevieve, including the
following: "Don Francisco Valle, aged twenty-nine; Donna Maria, his wife,
aged twenty-eight ; Francisco, !Marie and Juliana, their children ; thirty-nine
slaves ; three houses on his place ; products for the year were eight hundred and
ninety minots of wheat, twelve hundred pounds of tobacco, two hundred pounds
of salt, eleven hundred minots of corn. He was a lieutenant of militia : forty-
seven persons dwelt in his establishment.
The fifth child of Francois and jMarianne (Billeron) Valle was Jean Bap-
tiste Valle, who was born September 25, 1760, and died August 3, 1849. He
became the grandfather of John B. Valle of this review. On the 7th of Janu-
ary, 1783, he married Jeanne Barbeau. After the death of Francois Valle, the
founder of the family in Missouri, the position of commandant at Ste. Genevieve
was filled by several others and eventually by Francois Valle, the brother of
Jean Baptiste Valle, who succeeded to that office upon his brother's death in
1804 but served for less than a year, owing to the purchase of the Louisiana
territory by the Americans. He was one of the most influential citizens of his
section and was greatly beloved, being called Pere Valle by his relatives. In
1804 he was appointed justice of the general quarter sessions of the peace by
William Henry Harrison, then governor of Indiana Territory and the district
of Louisiana.
His second son, Francois B. Valle, was born in 1785 and died July 30, 185 1.
He married Catherine Beauvais, who died June 3, 1854, aged sixty-seven years.
Their children were : Amedee, who married Marie Louise Sarrade and is now
deceased ; Mary, the wife of Anthonv La Grave ; Neree, who married Aglae
Chouteau, a daughter of Henry Chouteau ; Clotilde, the wife of Adolf Rozier,
of New^ Orleans : John B., of this review ; Francis, who is deceased ; and Juliette,
the wife of Dr. Thomas Reyburn.
John B. Valle acquired a college education such as was afforded to all young
men who were descended from the prominent old French families of that day.
In earlv manhood he came to St. Louis and engaged in the commission business
on the levee, where he built up a large and successful business, continuing in the
same for some years. He then turned his attention to mining in Madison county
near Fredericktown and became recognized as one of the most prosperous men
in Missouri. He continued in that business until his death and manifested the
most far-sighted sagacity in his mining operations. His investments were most
judiciously placed and brought him a very gratifying financial return. His
brother Francis was also engaged in the same business. John B. VaWe was much
662 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
interested in the commercial condition of St. Louis and was very active in pro-
moting the business development of the citv, becoming a factor in the control of
various business interests of importance. ^Ir. A^alle was married to Miss Lucie
Desloge. a daughter of Firmin Desloge, of St. Genevieve, and unto them were
born three children. Mrs. A'alle still resides in St. Louis and enjoys the warm
regard and companionship of a large circle of friends. In poHtics Mr. Valle was
a democrat, prominent in the councils of his party, and yet the honors and emolu-
to his business interests, which were of mammoth proportions and which made
him one of the most prosperous residents of the state. He displayed the keen-
ments of office had no attraction for him. He preferred to devote his attention
est business discernment and his judgment was rarely, if ever, at fault. He
knew how best to conserve his commercial and industrial interests but while he
promoted his own prosperity he was never known to take advantage of the
necessities of another in a business transaction but on the contrary was a fac-
tor in promoting business activity and general prosperity in St. Louis. He died
on the 22d of August, 1869.
LEO LEVIS.
The name of Leo Levis is inseparably interwoven with the history of com-
mercial activity and progress in St. Louis, for during more than a half century
he has been connected with the wholesale millinery business and is today the
president of the Levis, Zukoski Mercantile Company, controlling one of the
largest enterprises of this character in the United States. To say of him whose
name introduces this review that he has risen from a humble position to rank
among the millionaire merchants of this city is a statement that seems trite
to those familiar with his career, but in a history that will descend to future
generations and will chronicle the commercial progress of St. Louis in the last
half of the nineteenth century and the opening years of the -twentieth century,
it is but just to say that his is a record which many men might be proud to
possess. Notably prompt in keeping his engagements and meeting his obliga-
tions, he has wrought along lines that have brought large results, placing him
in control of a most extensive and profitable business. This is not due perhaps
to the fact that he possesses characteristics unusual to the majority of man-
kind but that he has made better use of his native talents, powers and oppor-
tunities.
Mr. Levis was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 21, 1839, and
pursued his early education in the common schools of that country, while later
he was, for a short time a student in the public schools of Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia. During that period he was working by the day to provide for his own
support. He had come alone to America in 1854 as a boy of fifteen years and
for two and a half years resided in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he was
employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store. In February, 1857, he arrived in St.
Louis and joined his uncle, Morris Rosenheim, who was engaged in the whole-
sale millinery business in this city. He entered his uncle's employ as clerk and
after serving him in that capacity for some time was admitted to a partnership
in the business. The relation between them continued until 1893, when Mr.
Rosenheim retired and the present firm name of the Levis, Zukoski Mercantile
Company was adopted. Mr. William A. Zukoski, the other member of the firm,
had been connected with Mr. Rosenheim in the millinery business, during the
time that Mr. Levis had. The history of this house constitutes an integral
chapter in the business records of St. Louis. Although now at the head of a
very extensive establishment, the firm having floor space of one hundred and
four thousand six hundred and twenty-five square feet, when Mr. Levis became
connected with the business it was in its primitive state. A small stock was
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664 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
carried and its trade connections were limited. As the years have advanced he
has been, an active factor in promoting its growth to its present dimensions and
is justly accounted one of the pioneers, not only in the wholesale millinery busi-
ness of St. Louis but of the entire western country. The company today con-
trols one of the most extensive enterprises of this kind in the United States
and has a large corps of traveling salesmen on the road, covering twenty-
eight states and territories. The business methods of this firm have been such as
to create a high standard of commercial integritv not surpassed by any mer-
cantile house in the city.
On the 1 2th of January, 1870, in this city, ]\Ir. Levis was married to Miss
Josephine Singer, a daughter of Bernhardt and Hettie Singer, who were natives
of Bohemia, Austria. They became parents of five children, one of whom is
now deceased, the others being George S., Walter, Edgar S. and Edna. Mr.
Levis is a member of the Hebrew Charities Association and is a man of benevo-
lent spirit, whose contributions to charitable work include most of the worthy
benevolent organizations of the city, while his assistance to the individual needy
has been most generous. He has never selfishly hoarded his wealth but has con-
tributed freely of his means to assist the unfortunate or to promote municipal
advancement. Naturally modest and of a retiring disposition, his charitable
contributions have invariably been made in a manner to avoid publicity, and
many times unknown except to the recipient. These acts have been prompted by
a genuinely sympathetic nature and a kindliness of heart, that shows no other
motive than that dictated by a desire to benefit his fellowmen. He belongs to
the Columbian Club, the Westwood Country Club and the Mercantile Club and
that he is interested in those lines of thought which afifect individual develop-
ment and the relation of man to his fellows is indicated by his membership in
the Ethical Culture Society. Advancing on life's journey, he has received the
honor and respect which is always accorded in recognition of successful ac-
complishment and genuine worth.
CHARLES EDGAR HAZZARD.
Charles Edgar Hazzard, president of the St. Louis Physicians Supply Com-
pany, was born January 26, 1873, in the cit}' of his present residence, his parents
being Ambrose and ]\Iattie S. (Wilcox) Hazzard. The father, a native of Phil-
adelphia, Pennsylvania, came to St. Louis in 1844 and was for a number of
years a copper merchant and manufacturer, continuing in business in this city
until his death, which occurred January 4, 1894, when he was fifty-four years of
age. He was only a youth of four summers when brought to this city by his
parents. The Hazzards are of an old Pennsylvania Dutch stock of Philadel-
phia and the grandfather of our subject is the only one of his generation to come
to the west. His son, George Hazzard, was harbor commissioner of St. Louis
many years ago. Ambrose Hazzard married Mattie S. Wilcox, who belonged to
an old Missouri family, although her birth occurred in Canada, while her par-
ents were visiting there. Her family, however, have been identified with St.
Louis from a very early day, her father conducting a bakery here in 1830. Her
uncle, Lawrence Mathews, was one of the pioneer bus line men. who ran buses
before there were any street cars in the city.
Charles E. Hazzard was the fifth in a family of ten children, all of whom
are yet living, and in the public schools of St. Louis pursued his education to the
age of fourteen years, when he became connected with pharmaceutical work.
When nineteen years of age he was one of the organizers of the St. Louis Physi-
cians Supply Company and on the incorporation of the business in 1893 he
became secretary, later was made manager and a few years ago was elected
president, since which time he has continued as the chief executive officer of
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this enterprise. The business is an important one in a city containing medical
colleges and is constantly increasing in extent.
Mr. Hazzard is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Royal Arca-
num. He belongs also to the Baptist church and votes independently, for he
does not believe that the best government interests are always conserved by
strict adherence to party ties. His patrons find him courteous, his friends find
him social and at all times he merits the esteem which is uniformly accorded him.
CHARLES SCOTT DUNHAM. D. D. S.
While Dr. Charles Scott Dunham devotes his attention principally to the
practice of dentistry, he is also well known in musical circles and as an ama-
teur photographer, and in fact, his interests are wide and varied, making his
a well rounded character because of the even and well balanced apportionment
of his time and energies. He was born in Greeley, Colorado, December 29,
1871, a son of Edward L. and Annie G. (Scott) Dunham. The father is pro-
prietor of the largest jewelry establishment at Greeley, to which place he emi-
grated in company with W. C. ]\Ieeker through the advice of Horace Greeley,
for whom the town was named. It is today situated in one of the richest agri-
cultural districts of America — a district known throughout the world for the
production of fine potatoes. Xot only is Mr. Dunham a leading factor in com-
mercial circles there but is also a distinguished representative of fraternal or-
ganizations, being a past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in
Colorado, while he has also been representative of the Supreme Lodge of the
United States.
Dr. Dunham is the only child in his father's family and the third male
child born in the village of Greeley, wdiich, in the intervening years, has grown
to be a city of ten thousand inhabitants. He comes of a family of dentists,
having uncles and grandparents who were well known in the profession. An-
other uncle, S. C. Dunham, is the president of the Travellers Insurance Com-
pany, of Hartford, Connecticut. The Dunhams trace their descent m a direct
line back to the Plymouth Rock colony. Perhaps inherited tendency and
natural predilection had much to do with our subject's choice of his life work.
At all events, it is evident that the profession for which nature intended him
is in this field of labor, for he has made continuous and gratifying progress.
His early education was acquired in the public schools of Greeley, where he
also attended business college. He then started to learn the jeweler's busi-
ness and displayed a good ability in that direction, so much so that he won
the favorable attention of his uncle, wdio was a dentist and who prevailed uoon
him to take up the study of the profession with a view to making it his life
work. Finding it congenial. Dr. Dunham continued a course in the Ohio Col-
lege of Dental Surgery, the dental department of the University of Cincinnati,
until he was graduated with the class of 1896. He then studied for one year
with his uncle. Dr. Charles Scott, of Zanesville, Ohio, and afterward went to
New Orleans. Subsequently, however, he came to St. Louis and was in the
employ of a dentist until he opened an office on his own account in 1898. He
established business at No. 15 15 Olive street and later removed to Fourteenth
and Olive, where he has since been located in the enjoyment of a large and
lucrative practice. His professional career is one of decided success, and in all
of his work he is prompted by the laudable ambition to give his patrons the
best possible service, and thus make for himself a reputation which will be
the foundation of continuing patronage and prosperity. He belongs to the
St. Louis Society of Dental Science at present holding the ofiice of Treasurer.
and to the Missouri State Dental Society, and through these connections as
well as by private reading and investigation he keeps in touch with the im-
666 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
provements that are being continually made in the profession, and with the
inventions that are valued accessories to the mechanical skill of the operator.
On the 28th of June, 1904, in St. Louis, Dr. Dunham was married to Miss
Elizabeth Dirque, who was born in Paris, France. Her father was an expert
plate-glass worker and came to America at the solicitation of the Pittsburg
Plate "Glass Company, which sent for him that he might instruct them in the
process of plate-glass manufacture.
Dr. Dunham is a man of temperate habits and is greatly interested in music,
photographv and other arts. He was leader of the musical department of the
National Guards and now belongs to the St. Louis Orchestra Club and to the
Orpheus Alusical Society. He is an expert performer on the trombone and
euphonium. He never misses a rehearsal of the musical organizations with
which he is connected, and his devotion to the art has done much to promote
its interests in the societies to which he belongs. He is also well known as
a fine amateur photographer and has many attractive specimens of his work
taken all over Colorado. During the World's Fair he gained a wide_ reputa-
tion in that line, receiving first prize for his work. He is interested in hunt-
ing and fishing, hunting large game in the western country, including antelope,
bear and deer. In fraternal lines he is connected with the Odd Fellows, still
holding membership with Poudre Valley Lodge, No. 12, of Greeley, Colorado.
His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. It will thus be seen
that Dr. Dunham's interests are wide and varied, and are such as contribute
to the upbuilding of honorable manhood, intellectual progress and steady cul-
ture.
WILLIAM R. SCULLIN.
AMlliam R. Scullin, senior partner of the law firm of Scullin & Chapin, is
one of the younger men of the St. Louis bar whose years, however, do not
seem to impede his progress, for he has attained rank with many of the older
representatives of the profession. He was born at Sedalia, Missouri, Novem-
ber 5, 1881, and is a grandson of Nicholas and Alary (Callahan) Scullin. His
father, James Scullin, was born in New York, and on coming to St. Louis en-
gaged in the real-estate business. He married Isabell Buck, a native of Alis-
sissippi, who is still living.
William R. Scullin is indebted to the public-school system of St. Louis for
the educational privileges which he enjoyed. Having determined upon the prac-
tice of law as a life work, he qualified for the profession as a student in Wash-
ington University and completed the course there by graduation with the class
of 1902, at which time he won the degree of Bachelor of Law. He then be-
gan practice in St. Louis, and, although he has been a representative of the
profession here for only seven years, he now has a good clientele with a good
outlook for a successful future. He possesses strong intellectual force, and
notable energv, and his laudable ambition has carried him steadily forward.
JOSEPH SAMUEL CARR.
Josc])h Samuel Carr. cashier of the Chippewa Bank, was born November 11,.
1877. in Howard county, Missouri. His father, Dr. Washington Means Carr,
was for many years a ])racticing physician of Howard county, devoting his life
to that calling. He was born in 1853, a son of John Henry and Frances (Pulles)
Carr. anrl died at the comparatively early age of thirty-two years, passing away
in 1885. He represented an old Virginian family, his ancestors having resided
there for many years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Bettie Rice, was.
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668 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
a daughter of Silas and }^Iary Elizabeth (Robinson) Rice and a native of
Kentucky.
Joseph Samuel Carr pursued his early education in the common schools
of Howard county, ^Missouri, and afterward attended the normal school at
Kirksville and at Stanberry, Missouri. When sixteen years of age he entered
upon active connection with the banking business, with which he has since been
associated, making steady progress in that tield of industry. He was soon chosen
assistant cashier and at nineteen years of age became cashier of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank at Center, Alissouri. He remained in that institution until 1905,
when he came to St. Louis and in 1906 organized the Chippewa Bank, of which
he was elected cashier and one of the directors. He has been largely instrumen-
tal in making this bank one of the important units in the St. Louis banking sys-
tem. It was established on a safe basis, has been conducted along conservative
lines and the policy which has always been maintained has brought to the con-
cern an amount of business that makes it one of the prosperous and growing
banking institutions of the city. M^r. Carr's success is due largely to the fact
that he has always continued in one line of business and has thoroughly mas-
tered it. He has comprehensive knowledge of the banking business in every
department and this enables him to readily and correctly solve the intricate prob-
lems which continually arise in connection with the conduct of an extensive and
growing banking institution.
Air. Carr is a member of the Mercantile Club and is well known in social
circles, his friends esteeming him for his genuine personal worth. His political
views are in accordance wdth the principles of democracy and his religious faith
is indicated in his membership in the Christian church.
GEORGE BENHAM.
\'aried and interesting have been many of the experiences which consti-
tute factors in the life record of George Benham, now the St. Louis manager
and general agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. In this posi-
tion, demanding executive control and power of administrative direction, he
has given proof of the fact that his business qualifications are fully adequate
to the demands made upon him, and the company which he represents has
profited by his labors, while the position insures to him a gratifying annual in-
come.
Mr. fienham was born in the Mississippi valley, his birth occurring in
Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 2'], 1857. He was but four years of age when he
accompanied his parents, Byron H. and Almira A. (McKelvey) Benham, on
their removal from Indiana to Ohio, the state of their nativity, the family home
being established in Xorwalk. There George Benham pursued his education
until he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1876, after which
he devoted two years to the mastery of a special course in Cornell University.
He then began the stufly of law with the view of using it as an adjunct in
business life and was graduated from the law department of the University of
Michigan with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1880. The same year he was
admitted to practice before the supreme court of Ohio and soon afterward re-
moved to the northwest, being engaged in the land and loan business in Min-
nesota and Dakota from 1882 until 1885, with headquarters at Crookston, Min-
nesota.
The following year Mr. Benham went to the isthmus of Panama, where
he reported for newspapers on the De Lesseps canal. He afterward traveled
as special correspondent for newspapers, reporting on the agricultural and min-
ing development of Lower California and Mexico in 1886 and 1887. Through
the succeeding two years he was correspondent and special writer for the San
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 669
Diego (Calif.) Union, and was a reporter and special correspondent in charge
of the news department for the San Francisco Examiner from 1889 to 1891.
Since April, 1892, he has been manager and general agent for the Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Company at St. Louis, and, occupying this position of responsi-
bility for sixteen years, he has fully demonstrated his power and capacity for
handling its intricate and complex interests to the benefit of the company and
to the satisfaction of the policy holders.
Mr. Benham is well known in insurance circles as a prominent representa-
tive of this field of undertaking. He belongs to the Life Underwriters Asso-
ciation, of which he served as secretary in 1902-3, as chairman of the executive
committee in 1904 and as president in 1905, being reelected in 1906. He has
also been vice president of the National Association of Life Underwriters. He
has been a prominent contributor to life insurance journals and has frequently
addressed meetings upon life insurance topics. His membership relations extend
to the Ohio Society, the Cornell Club of St. Louis, the Mississippi Valley Alumni
Association and the Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is likewise a member of the
Mercantile Club and Xormandie Golf Club, and in politics is an independent
democrat.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, he w-as married September 13, 1887,
to Miss Eloise Kellogg and they now have one daughter, Kathleen Adele.
Throughout his entire career he has never been in the attitude of awaiting de-
velopments but has utilized each moment in producing the results that have had
their effect upon his business career and which have been prompted by a
laudable desire to secure a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He has
always placed his dependence upon individual and well directed effort rather
than upon environment or influence and his success has naturally followed.
THEODORE W. MERTENS.
Theodore ^\^ ]\Iertens. forceful and resourceful, is a self-made man who has
met and overcome many difiiculties and obstacles in his business career but is
now enjoying an era of prosperity for he is meeting with success in the manu-
facture and sale of ice in which he has been engaged for thirty years.
Mr. Mertens is a native of Westphalia, Germany, born September i, 1853.
His parents were Heinrich and Agnes Mertens, who always remained residents
of the fatherland. Heinrich Mertens was a butcher, farmer and builder and
represented one of the old families of his native country. The house in which
he was born has stood for three hundred and fifty years and has always been
in possession of the family. It is called Karstengfausener Kors.
Theodore W. Mertens acquired his education in the schools of his native
country and was afterward employed there to the age of eighteen years, when
he could no longer resist the temptation to try his fortune in the new world
for the reports which he heard concerning America and its advantages were
most enticing. On landing at New York he at once continued his westward
way to St. Paul, Lee county, Iowa, where he worked as a farm hand for four-
teen months. He immediately afterward came to St. Louis and entered the
employ of Fisher & Kromeberger, owners of a brickyard and butchery. Mr.
Mertens remained in charge of their business for a year and then entered the
service of Jasper Brothers, dealers in ice, wood and coal. For five years he
acted as foreman and eventually became manager for the firm.
Severing his connections with them he embarked in business on his own
account, building an icehouse and importing ice from northern lakes. For
manv years he continued to sell an imported product but in 1893 erected an ice
factory, which was the second enterprise of the kind in St. Louis. It was
located' at Twelfth and Palm streets. The business ability of Mr. Alertens is
670 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
indicated bv various features in his career. The Superior Ice Factory had been
unsuccessfully managed for nine years, the losses of the plant during that time
being one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ]\Ir. Mertens was asked by the
banks to take over the business as president and manager and, assuming control
during the five vears in which he remained at the head of that undertaking,
he succeeded in paying ofl:' the debt of trust and all of the debts of the business.
The growth of his own enterprise has been most gratifying, the business ex-
panding so rapidlv that he now has in addition to the main factory three branch
factories. In business matters his judgment is seldom if ever at fault and he is
a most resourceful man, using every expedience to further his interests and will
promote the success of the enterprise under his control. His recognized ability
led to his appointment as receiver for the Vesta Dairy Company in 1902. This
companv had failed with liabilities of forty-nine thousand dollars. It was in-
corporated for seventy-five thousand dollars and under capable management the
enterprise should have been a profitable one. During the first month under Mr.
IMertens' receivership it paid off sixty-seven per cent of the creditors, the amount
collected in that month being thirty thousand dollars. Two weeks after Mr.
]\Iertens sold the entire dairy plant and paid the creditors sixty-seven cents on the
dollar.
On the 26th of February, 1878, ]\Ir. jMertens was united in marriage at
Fort ]\Iadison, Iowa, to ^Miss Lizzie Schultz, whose parents were pioneer resi-
dents of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Mertens have become the parents of ten
children : Alaria, twenty-eight years of age, became the wife of Frank Hellman,
who is now acting as manager for Mr. Mertens. John, tweny-five years of age
and a highlv educated man, is one of the best baseball players of the country.
He married' JMiss Blanch Walsh, a daughter of Peter Walsh, the well known
politician. Otto, twenty-one years of age, wedded Mary Enright, a daughter
of John Enright, the assessor of East St. Louis and is now acting as manager
for the Thirteenth street branch of the business. Theodore W., educated at
Quincy College, at Ouincy, Illinois, is now clerking for his father at Branch
No. 2. Herman, fourteen years of age, is a student in Christian Brothers
College. Bernard, thirteen years of age, is attending the Holy Ghost parish
school. The other children have passed away. The family residence . is at
No. 181 2 Cora avenue and is a beautiful home.
This dwelling and his business properties stand as a monument to the
thrift and enterprise of Mr. Mertens, who can truly be called a self-made man.
At the time he crossed the Atlantic it was necessary that all steamer fees
should be paid before an immigrant could come over. His brother therefore
advanced Mr. ]\Iertens the money but as soon as possible he discharged this
indebtedness and from the beginning of his residence in the new world has
worked his way steadily upward along financial lines. His success has been
such that he has. never claimed his inheritance. He is now at the head of a
business of mammoth pro])ortions, which returns to him an annual income
enabling him to provide himself and his family with all of the comforts and
many of the luxuries of life.
^Ir. ^Mertens is a man of benevolent spirit and has been most generous in his
charity work. He is a communicant of the Holv Ghost church and contributed
two thousand dollars to the erection of its house of worship. He is now act-
ing as one of its trustees and he was president of the Holy Trinity church for
one year and vice president for five years. He is also an honored member of
the St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum and a trustee of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society. He was also elected treasurer of the Holy Ghost church but the
demands of his growing business made it impossible for him to accept the office.
When at a parish meeting the question of raising a fund of one hundred thous-
and dollars to build a church and priest's house was discussed and many ideas
were advanced, Mr. ]Mertens stated that he would at once give two thousand
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dollars if they could secure forty-nine others to contribute equal amounts. At
this writing twenty thousand dollars has been collected and the building is in
process of construction.
In politics he adheres to democratic principles and votes for the party at
state and national elections ; where no issue is involved he casts an independent
ballot. Such in brief is the history of Theodore W. ■\Iertens, who is num-
bered among St. Louis' successful business men. and his example is in many
respects well worthy of emulation, showing what can be accomplished when
•one has the will to dare and to do.
CHARLES SCHLAG.
Charles Schlag, president of the Ideal Coffee & Tea Company, which owes
its existence to his powers of organization and promotion, was born in the
southern part of Germany, July 21, 1871. He came direct to St. Louis from
the fatherland when he left that country in 1885, at the age of fourteen years.
His parents were John and Elizabeth Schlag, the former a farmer by occupa-
tion. In the schools of his native country Charles Schlag had begun his educa-
tion, which he continued in the public schools of St. Louis and then made his
initial step in the business world as a clerk in a grocery store, gaining a compre-
hensive knowledge of the business during his five years" connection therewith.
He next became connected with the tea and coffee trade as representative for
the Great Eastern Coft'ee & Tea Company, with which he was associated for
seven years. Feeling then that there was opportunity for the successful con-
duct of other enterprises of this character, he assisted in organizing the Pro-
gressive Coffee & Tea Company, of which he was the treasurer and active manager
for two years. He then withdrew and organized the Ideal Coffee & Tea Com-
pany, of which he is the president and manager, holding the controlling interest
therein. The business is growing along safe lines, winning a patronage by
reason of the excellent service which is rendered to the public and the straight-
forward business methods employed in the conduct of the trade.
On the 28th of February, 1895, Mr. Schlag was married to ]\Iiss Barbara
Leilich, a native of St. Louis, whose father is well known to the jewelrv trade
of this city. They now have four children, three sons and a daughter, with
whom they reside at No. 3428 Missouri avenue. Mr. Schlag is secretary of the
Society of Practical Christianity, a fact which is indicative of one of the strong
characteristics of his life — that he is a man of action rather than theory, who
works while others plan and who believes in the utilization of the opportunities
that immediately surround the individual in reaching better conditions bringing
a still wider outlook.
ROBERT ELISHA BRADFORD.
Robert EHsha Bradford, manager of the southwestern district for the Con-
tinental Casualty Company, was born at Troup, Smith county, Texas, Septem-
ber 13. 1861. The family is of Scotch lineage, the paternal grandfather having
been born near Edinburgh, Scotland. On crossing the Atlantic to the new
world, he settled in Tennessee, where William E. Bradford, father of our sub-
ject, was born and reared. He was a rancher and stockman and in 1854 re-
moved to Texas, where he lived the life of a frontiersman until ^S'r.g. when
he was killed by a horse thief while assisting in his arrest. His wife bore the
maiden name of Mary Tarbutton and is still living, as are all of the five chil-
dren of the familv.
672 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Robert E. Bradford, who was the fourth in order of birth, pursued his
education in the district schools of Texas to the age of thirteen years and then
started in business in a drug store at Tyler, Texas, as errand boy. He re-
mained there for three years, after which he went upon the road as salesman
for a patent medicine concern, which he represented for two years. Between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years he was in the railway train service
as baggage and express messenger and eventually was made conductor on the
International & Great Northern Railway. He was very young for a position
of such responsibility but was always found most loyal to the trust reposed
in him and prompt in the discharge of his duties. He afterward accepted a
position as traveling salesman for Keasby & Madison, of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, with whom he continued until twenty-three years of age. He was
afterward, for one year, engaged in stock-raising in Texas and at the age of
twenty-five years he entered into active relations with the insurance business
as a solicitor of railroad insurance for the Fidelity & Casualty Company of
New York. Subsequently he was with the Union Casualty Company for three
years as general agent of the railroad department and in 1890 he engaged with
the Railway Officials & Employes Accident Company of Indianapolis, remain-
ing as supervising agent until 1902, when this concern consolidated Avith the
Continental Casualty Company. Air. Bradford was then made manager for
the southwestern district, with headquarters at St. Louis. His business has
had a steady and rapid growth, his district producing one-fifth of the railroad
business for the company. He displays excellent executive ability and is bend-
ing his energies to constructive efiforts and administrative direction, whereby
all of the working forces of the office are kept in harmonious condition so that
the best possible results are achieved.
To some extent Air. Bradford has become interested in other business
concerns, which constitute good dividend paying property. He is now the presi-
dent of the Ouachita Coal & Clay Produce Company and president and general
manager of the \^ersailles & Sedalia Railroad.
In 1882 Air. Bradford was married to Aliss Ella V. Cox, of Huntswell,
Texas, and they have one son, Frank, who was born in 1884 and is now in the
insurance business with his father. Air. Bradford is a member of the Alissouri
Athletic Club. In politics he is active and is always interested in the city's
welfare and substantial development. He is a great admirer of art pottery
and is an expert judge of products of this character. He is known in business
circles as a progressive and aggressive man and is rapidly making his way to
the front ranks and his success is indeed creditable when one stops to consider
the fact that with only a district-school education he started out at the age
of thirteen years and has since been dependent upon his own resources, work-
ing his way upward through successive stages until he is now in control of a
profitable business with a broad outlook for future possibilities.
WILLIAAI LOUIS NIEKAAIP.
William Louis Xiekamj^, secretary of the Beck & Corbett Iron Company,
was born June 21. 1877, ^" -^t. Louis. Alissouri, a son of Charles Henrv and
Sophia Qliller) Xiekamp. The father came to this city at an early age and
secured a position in a tile factory, commencing at the bottom, but, gradually
working his way upward in the field of his chosen industry, he finally became
the president of the IJeck & Corbett Iron Comjjanv, still remaining as its chief
executive officer, with the fleciding voice in all ini])()rtant matters relating to
the conduct of the concern. He is today well known to the iron trade through-
out the country.
WILLIAAI L. NIEKAMP
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674 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
William L. Xiekamp at the usual age became a pupil of the public schools
and. having passed though consecutive grades, was graduated from the Clay
school. He immediately entered the employ of the Globe File & Hardware
Company, which in 1896 was absorbed by the Globe File & Iron Company. In
1901 this was consolidated with the Beck & Corbett Iron Company, which bought
out the Paddock Hawley Iron Company in 1907, adding this business to their
concern, which makes it one of the largest heavy hardware houses in St. Louis.
Parental influence was not exercised to make business life easy for Mr. Niekamp,
On the contrarv he was required to do his work with the same thoroughness
and skill as any other representative of the house, and gradually he was ad-
vanced in recognition of his ability, until he was elected secretary of the com-
pany and is thus in a position of executive control and administrative power.
This is one of the important industrial concerns of the city, and the part which
he plays in its management indicates that Mr. Niekamp is a young man of ex-
cellent business ability and discrimination.
On the 26th of June, 1899, ^'^^"- Niekamp was married to Miss Engie M.
Schultz, and unto them has been born one son, ^^'illiam S., a bright boy of
nine years, who is now a pupil of the William Clark school. In his political
faith ^Ir. Niekamp is a republican, and socially he is connected with the Mis-
souri Athletic Club, the Latin-American Club, Foreign Trades Association, the
Business ]\Ien's League, and the Triple A Golf Club. Mr. Niekamp is a very
fine speciman of physical manhood and attributes his condition to his partici-
pation in athletic and outdoor sports. He possesses a sociable disposition and
has scores of friends, not only in this but in other cities to which business and
social relations have called him. His home is a splendid residence at No. 5242
Cabanne avenue, and its generous hospitality is at all times most attractive to
his manv friends.
TAMILS AI. SLOAN.
The contribution which James M. Sloan makes to the business activity,
enterprise and consequent prosperity of St. Louis is not inconsequential. He
is now eastern buyer for the Hamilton, Brown Shoe Company and is one of its
directors, attaining to these positions of prominence through his merit and
ability. He was born in Marshall county. Mississippi, December 4, 1850, and
is descended in the paternal line from Scotch ancestry. His grandfather, Robert
Sloan, was a native of the land of hills and heather and through the greater
part of his life owned and conducted a plantation in South Carolina. It was
upon that place that the Rev. James A. Sloan was born and reared. He became
a minister of the Presbyterian church and was not unknown to prominence in
that field of labor. He married Sarah Mofifatt, a daughter of William MoiTatt,
who was also a resident of South Carolina, whence he removed with his family
to Mississippi about 1843 ^"f^ became one of the extensive planters of that
state. The death of the Rev. James A. Sloan occurred at Corinth, Mississippi,
in 1894, when he had reached the age of seventy-seven years.
The public schools of northern Mississippi provided James M. Sloan with
his educational opjxjrtunities and at the age of twenty years he entered business
life as a clerk in a country store and incidentally learned telegraphy at Taylor,
Mississippi. When about twenty-four years of age he went to Oxford, that
state, and assumed the management of the clothing and men's furnishing goods
departments in a general store at that place. In 1882 the business was removed
to Fort .Smith, Arkansas, anrl Mr. Sloan continued with the house in his capac-
ity as department manager. There he remained for about four years or until
1886. when he went upon the roarl as a traveling salesman with the Hamilton,
Brown Shoe Companv. covering the state of Arkansas. During the following
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 675
twelve years he thus represented the house and secured an extensive patronage
in the territory over which he traveled. His business capacity and unfaltering
enterprise led to his promotion to the position of eastern buyer, in which con-
nection he is still retained and he is also now one of the directors of the com-
pany, having become financially interested in the business. He is today pros-
perous and successful as the result of his close application and ready recogni-
tion and utilization of business opportunities.
On the first of September, 1880, Mr. Sloan was united in marriage to Miss
Molcie Carter, a daughter of Dr. Robert O. and Edmonia (Corbin) Carter, of
Oxford, ^Mississippi. Mrs. Carter is still living in St. Louis at the age of
eighty-three years. The family were originally Virginians, removing from Rich-
mond to ^lississippi. Unto I\Ir. and Mrs. Sloan have been born seven children :
Isla, who graduated from the Fort Smith high school then attended Randolph
Macon College, Lynchburg, Va., and afterward took a special course at Wash-
ington L^niversity ; Lucia, who graduated from Mary Listitute and in the Wom-
en's College at Baltimore, completing the course in the latter institution with
high honors and serving as president of the class of 1908; Berkeley, who gradu-
ated from Alary Institute and is now attending Simmons College of Boston,
Massachusetts ; Eugene W., a graduate of the Eugene Field school, who is a
student at Smith Academy ; Mildred, who is attending Mary Institute ; Carter,
a pupil in the Clark public school ; and Mary. The family reside at No. 36
W^ashington Terrace, theirs being one of the handsome homes in that exclusive
locality.
Air. Sloan finds his chief recreation in golf, greatly enjoying this outdoor
sport. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is a popular
and valued member of the Mercantile and Glen Echo Clubs, the ^Mississippi
Society, the Southern Society and the Second Presbyterian church. He is in
hearty sympathy with various movements which tend to promote intellectual
and moral progress or to uplift the race and, while his industry has led him on-
ward in the business world, he has also been mindful of his duties in other
connections, essentially formulating and developing his own character along
lines that have gained for him the trust and good will of his fellowmen.
H. T. FABRICIUS.
H. T. Fabricius, vice-president of the Fabricius Tov <S: Xotion Company,
is one of the young business men of the city who is thoroughly imbued with the
progressive spirit that is dominant in all growing business enterprises of the
present day. He was born in St. Louis, September 19, 1876, his parents being
H. P. and Agatha (Martine) Fabricius. As a student in the public schools
he passed through the consecutive grades until he became a high-school student,
and later qualified for the responsible and onerous duties of a commercial career
by study in the Perkins & Herpel Business College. He then put his theoreti-
cal knowledge to the practical test while employed by the Simmons Hardware
Company, being connected with the checking and pricing department for three
years. On the expiration of that period he left their employ and became con-
nected with his father's business as city buyer. The enterprise is conducted
under the name of the Fabricius Toy & Notion Company, and H. T. Fabricius
thoroughly acquainted himself with the trade in ])rincipal and detail, and is
now acting as vice president of the company, which controls an extensive and
growing business and employs forty-eight people. Thev handle toys and notions
of all descriptions, having a large shipping and export business, as well as a
local trade. Air. Fabricius, of this review, has constantly studied the best
methods whereby to keep in touch with his patrons and with the manufacturers
676 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and. alert and energetic, he never heedlessly passes by an opportunity that will
contribute to the legitimate success of the house.
In religious faith Air. Fabricius is a Unitarian, while his political faith is
indicated by the support which he gives to the democratic party at the polls.
He belongs to Cache Lodge, No. 411, A. F. & A. M., and is also connected with
the membership of the iMissouri Athletic Club and the Union Club.
OTTO J. GOSSRAU.
The banking business of America has developed men of marked mental force
and of seemingly indestructible energy — men who have developed the wondrous
tinancial system of this country until it is foremost among the nations of the
earth. \\'hile Otto J. Gossrau has resided in St. Louis for only a comparatively
brief period, already his work has become a potential part of the banking history
of the new St. Louis. He was born in Alton, Illinois, in August, 1872, a son
of Reinhold and Katherina Gossrau. As the name indicates, the family is of
German descent, Reinhold Gossrau being a native of Germany, whence he crossed
the Atlantic to the new world in 1866. He is a very prominent resident of Alton,
Illinois, especially among the German-American citizens there, and his name is
an honored one on commercial paper. He has attained prominence in financial
circles, being now the secretary of the Alton Germania Building & Loan Asso-
ciation.
Otto J. Gossrau was a pupil in the public schools to the age of fourteen
years, having, however, previously attended a German school. When his edu-
cation was completed he received practical experience in his father's coal busi-
ness, acting as his assistant for two years, and then, feeling the necessity of more
thorough preparation for the active duties of business life, he entered Jones
Commercial College, where he spent three months. During that period he utilized
his musical talent as a source of revenue. He had been instructed in music by
his father, who possesses superior ability in that art and engaged in teaching
music as a profession before coming to the new world.
After leaving business college Otto J. Gossrau accepted a clerical position
in the office of the grain commission house of Hunter Brothers, where he re-
mained l<jr about six months. On the expiration of that period he accepted the
position of assistant bookkeeper with the Dey Rubber Company, with which he
continued for about a year. He then became ill with typhoid fever, which pre-
vented his active participation in business life for several months, and when he
had recovered his health he established a general fire insurance and real-estate
agency at Alton, Illinois, conducting the business with success for six years.
On the expiration of that period he was was elected city treasurer for a term of
two years and on his retirement from that position was appointed city comp-
troller, filling the office for two terms. He then retired from the position as he
had entered it — with the confidence and good will of all concerned — and soon
afterward came to St. Louis, where he has made his home since 1903.
In this city Mr. Gossrau, while awaiting a favoring opportunity in the busi-
ness world and not wishing to be idle, entered the Washington National Bank,
giving his services without salary for the purpose of obtaining experience in
banking and also with the hope that it would lead to a position. After a few
weeks he was made collection clerk and thus served for a few months, when he
became bookkeeper, acting in that capacity for eight months. He was then
transferred to the savings department and acted as receiving and as paying
teller. On severing his connection with the Washington National Bank, he
entered the Jefiferson Gravois Trust Company as assistant secretary but when
two months had passed his ability recommended him for promotion and he was
made secretarv and treasurer. He is still identified with the bank in this con-
O. T. GOSSRAU
678 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
nection. Few men of his years are better acquainted with either the practical
or intricate necessities of banking business and few men are better able to read
the future destiny of the great hnancial system of this country. By his work
he has reared for himself a magnificent testimonial and an indestructible com-
pliment to his management and financial genius.
]\Ir. Gossrai; was married in Alton, Illinois, September 19, 1894, to Miss
•Minnie Joesting, a daughter of William Joesting, a former mayor of Alton.
Thev have a daughter Irma, ten years of age, who is with her parents in the
family residence at Xo. 3302 Shenandoah street. In addition to this property
Mr. Gossrau also owns realty in Alton. He brought his superior musical
talent to practical use in his leadership of the White Hussar Band at Alton.
He is the president of the Southwestern Mercantile Association and is recog-
nized as a young man of broad business experience and marked capability, who
in social life displays those traits of character which win for him warm and last-
ing friendships.
GEORGE DELACHAUAIETTE REYNOLDS.
In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual
merit. George Delachaumette Reynolds has made continuous progress until
he occupies a foremost position in the ranks of the legal fraternity of St. Louis.
He is now one of the regular masters in chancery of the United States court
and, moreover, has a large clientage in the general practice of law.
His life record began in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1841,
his parents being Rev. William Morton Reynolds, D. D., and Anna (Swan)
Reynolds. His ancestral history records manv deeds of valor and loyalty dis-
played by those who served in the colonial and Revolutionary wars, and the
family has always been noted for an undaunted spirit of patriotism. George
Reynolds, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was an officer in the
American army in the war for independence. Although hardly eighteen years
of age and before the opening battles of that long and sanguinary contest, he
was captain in the Sussex County ( N. J.) Militia. In 1775 he entered the Con-
tinental army and was commissioned ensign in Captain Shaw's company, Sec-
ond Battalion, First Establishment of the New Jersey Continental Line. The
following year he served as ensign in Captain Brearley's compan3^ Second
Battalion, and later became second lieutenant in Captain Luce's companv in
1777, and when barely twentv years of age was commissioned first lieutenant
in Captain Lowrie's company of Colonel Shreve's regiment. He resigned that
position in 1778 and was made captain and quartermaster at the reorganization
of that department by General Green, thus serving until the end of hostilities.
He lived for a third of a century to enjoy the fruits of liberty, passing away in
Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1821. In early manhood he wedded Mary London,
and after her death married ]Mary, daughter of El!as Delachaumette, who was
of Huguenot descent.
Dr. William M. Reynolds, a son by the second marriage, was a celebrated
educator and writer, one of the founders and later a professor of Pennsylvania
College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, while subsequently he filled the presidency
of colleges in Columbus, Ohio ; Allentown, Pennsylvania ; and Springfield, Illi-
nois. He left the impress of his individuality upon the communities in which
he resided for any length of time and especially upon the students who came
unrler his instruction. In his work he might be termed a practical idealist who,
utilizing the means at hand, found opportunitv to work upward to high aims.
He died in Harlem, Illinois, in September, 1876, his widow surviving him until
1898. She was a rlaughter of Jolm E. and Maria (Smith) Swan, the former
one of the early merchants of Baltimore, Maryland. The latter was a grand-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 679
daughter of Walter Buchanan, a pioneer Scutch-Jrish settler of York, after-
ward Adams county, Pennsylvania.
George D. Reynolds, accompanying- his parents on their removal from
Pennsylvania to Springfield, Illinois, largely acquired his education in the
schools of that city. He afterward entered the Illinois State University, from
which he was graduated in June, 1861, just after the outbreak of the Civil
war. The blood of Revolutionary ancestors flowed in his veins and the fires
of patriotism burned bright within his breast. He put aside all business and
personal considerations to enter military service, becoming a private of Battery
D, Second Illinois Light Artillery. For a few months prior to his enlistment
and before his graduation even, he acted as clerk for Ex-Governor John Wood,
the famous quartermaster general of Illinois, assisting in the arming and
equipment of the first three months' volunteers from that state. He also
enlisted in a company organized at Springfield for the special duty of guard-
ing the state arsenal at that place. Subsequent to his enlistment in the Second
Illinois Artillery, he was made sergeant major of that regiment, and for nearly
two years and through all of Grant's campaigns, which ended at Vicksburg and
Chattanooga, he was on duty at General Grant's headquarters, with Lieutenant
Colonel W. L. Dufif, commanding the Second Artillery, who was on General
Grant's staff as chief of artillery. He served until the end of the war in field
and garrison duty and was mustered out with the rank of lieutenant colonel
of the Sixth United States Artillery (colored) in March, 1866. His service
was often of a most hazardous and active nature and distinguished by scrupulous
performance of every duty to which he was assigned. He was particularly
noted for his thorough mastery of all the details of military technique.
When the war ended Mr. Reynolds returned to his home in Illinois and
now came the opportunity to carry out a plan that he had long cherished and
partly undertaken, of completing his preparation for admission to the bar. He
had hoped to become a law student on the completion of his college course,
but the exigencies of the moment set his plans at naught for the time and he
unhesitatingly put aside his personal interests for what he considered to be
his duty to his country. Upon his return he eagerlv availed himself of the
chance of becoming a law clerk in the office of Browning & Bushnell at Ouincy,
Illinois, using every opportunity to acquaint himself with the principles of law
while thus engaged, supporting himself by clerical work. ]\Ir. Browning, the
senior partner, was then attorney general in the cabinet of President Johnson.
Mr. Reynolds was under the direction of the junior partner, the Hon. Nehemiah
Bushnell, who was one of the most eminent, painstaking and learned lawyers of
that day. In 1867, determining to locate in Missouri, he successfully passed his
examination at Hannibal, Missouri, before Hon. William P. Harrison.
Attracted to southeastern Missouri by the field for a lawyer then opened
by the mining industries of that region, Mr. Reynolds located at Potosi, ^^^ash-
ington county, and began practice under circumstances which would have
seemed very unfavorable to many young men, as he had no capital nor a single
friend or acquaintance in that place. However, he was fortunate in forming
the acquaintance of an elder man, and securing his confidence, formed a part-
nership with Moses Conger, Esq., a very noted local lawyer, and at once dem-
onstrated his ability to the public, so that the clientage of the new firm was
very large. Mr. Conger removing to New York state, 'Mr. Reynolds then
formed a partnership with William S. Relfe. In 1871 the firm opened a law
office in St. Louis, Mr. Relfe continuing in charge of the business at Potosi,
while Mr. Reynolds came to this city. Here he remained for three years and
then in 1874 removed to Boulder, Colorado, where he joined Hon. William E.
Beck in a partnership that was terminated by the latter's election to the district
court. Later Judge Beck was elected to the supreme court of that state.
On the loth of October, 1876, while residing at Boulder, Mr. Reynolds
was married to Miss Julia, the eldest daughter of ^Major Augustus S. Vogdes
680 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and ]\Iaria C. (Evans) A'ogdes. They were married at Louisiana, Pike county,
^Missouri. Three children, George A'ogdes, James \\'iniam and Juha, have been
born to them.
]\Ir. Reynolds returned to St. Louis in 1877 and for a year was in partner-
ship with Hon. R. Graham Frost, while later his partner was James Carr, Esq.
In 1880 he resumed his partnership with his former associate, Mr. Relfe, and
this connection was maintained until the latter's removal to Seattle, Wash-
ington, in 1889, where he died ]\Iay 17, 1896. In 1869 Mr. Reynolds was
appointed circuit attorney of the old Fifteenth judicial circuit to fill a vacancy
and in 1889 received from President Harrison the appointment of United States
attorney for the eastern district of ^Missouri, which office he held until April,
1894, discharging its weighty responsibilities in a manner that won for him
high reputation in his professional ranks. Since his retirement from that office
he has devoted his attention exclusively to his work as attorney and counselor
and in partnership with his eldest son, George V. Reynolds, is in active practice
and is also one of the regular masters in chancery of the United States court.
As a member of the bar Mr. Reynolds has made a most creditable name and
position for himself. Endowed by nature -with high intellectual qualities, well
versed in the learning of his profession and with a deep knowledge of human
nature and the springs of human conduct, with great shrewdness and sagacity
and extraordinary tact, he is in the court an advocate of great power and
influence. Both judges and jury always hear him with attention and deep inter-
est. A'arious official honors have come to him, all in the line of his profession.
His political allegiance is always given to the republican party and he is recog-
nized as one of its most prominent representatives in ^lissouri. having been
active as a speaker in its support during all state and national campaigns since
1884. As a speaker, whether on the political platform or in the presentation
of his cause before the courts, he is earnest and logical, marshalling his fact
with the precision of a militarv commander and giving to each its due relative
importance.
Always deeply interested in the military afi^airs of the country and espe-
cially the welfare of his old comrades in arms, 'Sir. Reynolds is an earnest and
active member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion, being
past commander of the ]\Iissouri Commandery of the latter order. He has
twice been elected and served as commander of General Lyon Post, No. 2, G.
A. R., but is now a member of Blair Post, Xo. i.
In 1896 yiv. Reynolds organized the Pennsylvania Society of St. Louis
and was its president for eight consecutive years. He was made a Mason by
Tyrian Lodge, No. 333, of Springfield, Illinois, while still in the army and
following his removal to Missouri affiliated with Potosi Lodge, No. 131. In
1873 he transferred his membership to Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M.,
of St. Louis, of which he is still a member. He is likewise a member of the
Mercantile Club anrl was one of the founders of the University Club. He is
an Episcopalian and helped organize St. JMark's Memorial church in this city,
of which he was for many years a vestryman.
Taken all in all his life has been a notable life. He was a boy in Sprmg-
field, Illinois, in the days when Abraham Lincoln lived there and was growing
into national fame. As a soldier of the artillery service he was at General
Grant's headquarters. As United States district attorney at St. Louis under
President Benjamin Harrison, he continued in office during almost a year of
President Cleveland's administration. His term of office having expired and
no appointment to the vacancy having been made by President Cleveland, under
the law Mr. Reynolds was commissioned by the Hon. David J. Brewer, asso-
ciate justice of the L'nitcd States supreme court, presiding in the eighth judi-
cial circuit, to serve as United States district attorney until the appointment
of his successor. In his work as United States attorney he was the first to
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 681
deal an effective blow at naturalization frauds, in securing the cancellation of
many decrees of naturalization which had been entered up in the state courts
and his work in this respect was so notable as to be specially referred to in
one of President Harrison's annual messages as having made "a new applica-
tion of an old principle in eciuity." In connection with George A. Dice, then
postoffice inspector here, he drafted the amendment to the United States stat-
utes under which newspapers advertising the Louisiana Lottery and similar
concerns were excluded from the mails and the Louisiana Lottery was finally
driven from the country. He has been active in the drafting of many stat-
utes which have been enacted by the Missouri legislature. Notably he was
one of the colaborers in drafting the revision of the insurance laws of this
state enacted in 1879. Lie also drafted the amendment which went into the
demurrage law of this state at the session of the general assembly in 1907.
As a lawyer he has made one of the most active and able in the state, thor-
oughly equipped by his industry and application in all the branches of his
profession.
WILLIAAI GRANT AIOORE. M.D.
In a history of those men vvhose record reflects honor and credit upon the
medical fraternity and who. in turn, have been honored by the representatives
of the calling with which thev are identified is numbered Dr. William Grant
Moore, of St. Louis. He was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, near Lexing-
ton, on the i6th of February, 1853, a son of William Grant and Sarah Banks
(McConnell) Moore. The father, who was born in Fayette county, Kentucky,
in 181 7, was a son of John and Polly (Grant) Moore, both of whom were na-
tives of Kentucky. His great-great-grandmother, who, prior to her marriage
to William Grant, bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Boone, was a sister of
Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer and Indian fighter of Kentucky and Mis-
souri, and was buried in the Moore family burial ground.
Dr. Moore is a great-grandson of William Moore, who served as a lieu-
tenant in the Virginia line during the Revolutionary war. He is also a direct
descendant of William Grant, who assisted in establishing American indepen-
dence Avhile acting in the capacity of a soldier in defense of the frontier. He
received from Patrick Henry, then governor of Virginia, a warrant for lands
in Kentucky in consideration of his military services. Both the Moore and the
Grant families were of Scotch descent and went into Kentucky from Virginia
at an early day, becoming prominent and influential families of that part of the
country. On the maternal side, too. Dr. Moore is of Scotch lineage and Wil-
liam and Alexander McConnell went into Kentucky with an expedition from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to aid in subduing the Indians in that locality. On
reaching the present site of Lexington they found what they thought was the
finest spot on earth and there located. On the same day they heard the news
of the battle of Lexington and the triumph of the American arms and they
determined to name the new settlement Lexington. William McConnell, the
great-grandfather of our subject, built the first house of that city.
Dr. Moore was reared in Kentucky and obtained his early education in
the common schools of Fayette county. He also attended the Kentucky Uni-
versity, while he completed his academic studies in the A\'ashington & Lee
University of Virginia. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life
work, he matriculated in the medical department of the L^niversity of Louis-
ville, w^here he attended lectures during one session. He then went to Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1875 I'eceived his doctor's degree from the Jeffer-
son Medical College of that city. The year following his graduation he came
to St. Louis and began the practice of his profession. He was then but twenty-
682 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
three vears of age, yet in his professional career no dreary novitiate awaited
him. He had been well qualified by a. liberal education for the calling which
he wished to make his life avocation and nature also seemed to intend him for
the profession. AMthin a comparatively short time he had demonstrated his
power to successfully cope with the complex problems which continaully con-
front the phvsician. He has seldom, if ever, been at error in the diagnosis of a
case or in the administration of a remedial agency. He soon became known as
a phvsician of superior attainments and his constantly expanding- powers have
enabled him to pass on in the successive steps of progress until he has long
since been accorded a place in the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity of
this city.
In 1879 Dr. !Moore was appointed to the chair of histology, materia medica
and therapeutics in the College of Physicians and Surgeons and since that time
has been continuouslv identified with medical educational work. In 1887 he
became one of the founders of the Beaumont Medical College and wdien that
institution was throwm open to students, he was assigned to the professorship
of clinical medicine. In 1888 he w^as made professor of the principles and
practice of medicine and clinical medicine in the same institution and still re-
tains that position, which has given him well deserved prominence among the
medical educators of the country. He has gained equal distinction in his private
practice, which has always been large and of a distinctively representative char-
acter. He has been honored by the medical fraternity with the presidency of
the ^Missouri State ^Medical Society and w'ith the presidency of the St. Louis
Aledical Society. He was also chief executive officer of the St. Louis Obstetri-
cal and Gynecological Society. He belongs to the American Medical Associa-
tion and to the Medico-Chirurgical Society in addition to those already named,
and he is medical examiner for the Legion of Honor and referee of the Na-
tional Life Insurance Company of Vermont, and medical referee for the Alutual
Life Insurance Company of New York. He has made frequent and valuable
contributions to medical literature, his name often appearing in connection with
articles of the utmost value to the profession.
In 1879 Dr. Moore was married to Miss Etolia T. North, a daughter of
one of the oldest merchants of St. Louis. They have become the parents of
two sons and a daughter: Jessie A., the wife of Roger E. Simmons, of Hagers-
town, ^Maryland ; North, who is with the Western Automobile Company ; and
^^'illiam Grant, at home.
While his professional duties have made constant demand upon his time
and energies. Dr. Moore has nevertheless found opportunity to cooperate in
measures and movements directly beneficial to the city's interests and has served
as a member of the school board of St. Louis. He is a man of scholarly attain-
ments, of admirable social qualities and of marked ability in his chosen calling.
Whatever he does is for the best interests of those whom he serves and for the
honor of the profession. No man gives to either a more unqualified allegiance
or riper ability, and these qualities have won for him the admiration and respect
of all who know him, while in private life he is endeared to his close associates
by the simple nobility of his character.
JAMES WILLIAMSON BYRNES.
James Williamson Byrnes is i)resident of the James W. Byrnes Belting &
Hose Company at Nos. 914-916 North Second street, St. Louis. In the twelve
years of its existence the business under his guidance has grown to a profitable
enterprise. Mr. Byrnes is a native of Mem])his, Tennessee. He was born April
4, 1868, and is the older of the two sons of Michael J. and Irene (Williamson)
iiyrnes. The father was born in Dublin, Ireland, April 25, 1839, and came to
JAMES W. BYRNES
684 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH aTY.
the United States at the age of fourteen years, setthng in ^Memphis, Tennessee,
in 1856. In 1872 he became a resident of St. Louis, where he is now Hving
retired, although for some years he conducted an extensive and profitable whole-
sale hardware business in both Memphis and this city. His wife, who was born
in ^Memphis, died in St. Louis at the age of forty-two years. Their younger
son, Lee j\I. Byrnes, is a member of the James W. Byrnes Belting & Hose Com-
pany, the two brothers being thus associated in business.
From the age of four years James W. Byrnes has been a resident of St.
Louis, and after mastering the elementary branches of learning in private schools
in this city, he entered the St. Louis .LTniversity, from which he was graduated
in 1886 with the degree of bachelor of arts. He then entered his father's whole-
sale establishment, Vv'here he spent two years in a clerical capacitv, while later
he pursued a course of study in Eastman's Business College of Poughkeepsie,
New York. Thus qualified for the active and onerous duties of a business career,
he remained for two and one-half years in the employ of the Meachams Arms
Company of St. Louis and from 1892 until 1897 was connected with the Revere
Rubber Company of Boston, being manager of its branch house in St. Louis
during the last two years of that period. Desiring, however that his labors
should more directly benefit himself, in January, 1897, he founded and incor-
porated his present business under the name of the James W. Bvrnes Belting
& Hose Company of St. Louis and has since been its president. The company
manufacturers leather belting exclusively for all kinds of machinery and em-
ploys about thirty-five men. The factory and office are located at Nos. 914-916
North Second street and the volume of trade is constantly increasing.
On the loth of October, 1893, ]Mr. Byrnes was married to Miss Genevieve
von Phul. of St. Louis, whose ancestors have resided in this citv since its earliest
settlement, the family being one of marked social and business prominence.
Mr. Bvrnes is a member of the St. Louis and Noonday Clubs and his religious
faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. There has been nothing unusual
in his career — the record of a business man w4io gives his attention to his com-
mercial and industrial interests and finds that success is the logical sequence of
diligence and perseverance combined with a thorough mastery of the business
in which he is engaged.
ANDREW P. FISCHER.
Through diligent application and industry Andrew P. Fischer has placed
himself in favorable circumstances and, as well, introduced himself into a promi-
nent place in commercial circles. For many years he served as a master me-
chanic, being a stationary engineer of marked ability, and he plied this occupa-
tion in a number of large manufacturing plants. Later in life he engaged in
the hardware business, in which he has since been a prominent merchant. He
was born in .St. Louis, September i, 1859.
His father. John Jacob Fischer, and his mother, Crecentia (Yost) Fischer,
were natives of Bavaria. They migrated to America early in life and located
in this city, where they were married. Mr. Fischer made his voyage to Amer-
ica in a sailing vessel and landed in New Orleans after having been on the
sea seventy-four days. For many years he was superintendent in the lime kilns
and quarries.
Andrew P. Fischer attended the St. Peter and Paul School, at Eighth street
and Allen avenue, where he remained until the age of twelve years. At the
termination of this period he became an apprentice in a machine shop and re-
mained there a sufficient time to learn the trade. In the meantime to complete his
education he attended night school for three years, then held in the Humboldt
public school building, and later took private lessons in various subjects, particu-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 685
larly in mechanical drawing, from Albert Nauer. He finished the course in about
four months and then he took up the study of steam engineering, which he pur-
sued until he had attained the age of twenty-one years, when he applied for a
license as a steam engineer. Passing a creditable examination and receiving
his certificate, he immediately accepted a position as chief engineer for the
Helmbacher Forge & Rolling Mills, with which firm he remained for four years,
W'orking on the night shift. At the expiration of this period his services were
so much appreciated that he was promoted to the station of chief engineer of
the entire mill and held this position for twenty years. All told he served
twenty-four years and eight months in the employ of this firm, which was the
largest concern of the kind in the w'est at that time.
Subsequently Mr. Fischer resigned this position and was employed in the
same capacity by the Green Tree Brewery and remained with this firm but
six months, when he entered the employ of the Collier White Lead Company.
He had not worked in the latter position long when he resigned and engaged
in the hardware business at 2533 South Broadway, with J. T. Albert, in which
business he owms a half interest. Fie v/as not only skilled as an engineer but
manifested exceptional business tact and since entering the hardware business
has succeeded in establishing one of the most lucrative concerns in the citv.
On April 26, 1883, in St. Louis, Mr. Fischer wedded J\Iiss Lena Dressier.
They have the following children : Louisa, twenty-four years old ; John, twenty-
two years old ; Carrie, nineteen years old ; Frederick, sixteen years old ; and
Michael, fourteen years old. The eldest child, Louisa, is united in marriage wath
Louis Muschany and has two childrn, Elmer, five years of age ; and Florence,
who is entering her fourth year.
Mr. Fischer is widely interested in sporting and fraternal organizations, in
which he has a wide circle of warm friends. He is a member of Brotherhood
of Stationary Engineers of St. Louis and for the past thirty years he has been
affiliated with the fidelity Alutual Life Insurance Company. He is also a mem-
ber of St. Paul Society, and for the past twelve years has been associated with
the South Side Fishing Club, which he was instrumental in organizing and of
which he is the president. Besides these organizations he is affiliated with the
St. Louis Motor Boat Club and the Concordia Turn Verein. He is an ardent
Catholic, being a member of St. Peter and Paul church, while his wife, Mrs.
Andrew^ P. Fischer, is a Protestant. For the past twenty-one years he has been
president of the Helmbacher Relief Company. In politics Mr. Fischer is a
republican and he has always voted for the candidates of this party and is
anxious for their success.
RICHARD T. BRADLEY.
Richard T. Bradley, first official reporter for the circuit courts of St. Louis,
was born April 26, 1838, in Catskill. Greene county. New York. His father,
Henry Bradley, w-as a native of the Empire state, born in 181 5, and the grand-
father, William Bradley, was circuit judge of Ulster county, New York. The
Bradleys are descended from early colonial stock, the family having been founded
in Connecticut during the pioneer epoch in the colonization of the new world.
One of the name served under General Braddock in the_ French and Indian w^ar.
Henrv Bradley, having arrived at years of maturity, was married to ]\Iiss Sarah
Tappen, a daughter of George Tappen, who was a brother-in-law of George
Clinton, New York's first governor, and the old Tappen homestead was the resi-
dence of Governor Clinton when he w^as serving as chief executive of the state,
Kingston being at that time the capital.
Richard T. Bradley was educated in the schools of Kingston and in the
Mac George Academv. Shortlv after leaving school he went to Woodville,
686 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTfY.
iNIississippi, and secured the position of bookkeeper in a commercial house. At
the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in the Confederate service as a member
of the Sixteenth IMississippi \'olunteer Infantry and, participating in the Shenan-
doah \'alley campaign with Jackson, he served until the second day of the bat-
tle of the \Mlderness, when he was severely wounded and was sent back to his
old home in [Mississippi. Later, however, when he had sufficiently recovered
he was attached to the quartermaster's department until the close ot the war.
Later he became a resident of Jackson. Mississippi, and was connected with
the Clarion in an editorial capacity and also in association with the business
management. He had previously studied shorthand while in school and during
his service in the army had reported the address of General O. O. Howard
in Jackson in 1865, when the readmission of the state was pending. In 1870
he came to St. Louis and for some time was connected with different manuiac-
turing interests but in 1880 turned his stenographic knowledge to further ac-
count bv opening a general reporting office. In 1887 he was appointed the first
official reporter of the circuit courts, serving with Judges Barclay and Dillon
until 1897. He afterward did general work until 1902, when he was reap-
pointed to his position as reporter for the circuit courts. His ability in this direc-
tion is pronounced, gaining him distinction in court reporting circles.
On the sixteenth of September, 1868, Mr. Bradley was married to Miss
Annie Laurie Kellogg, a daughter of Aaron and Charlotte (Webber) Kellogg,
early settlers of New York. In his political views Mr. Bradley has always
been a stalwart democrat. He belongs to the Episcopal church and also holds
membership in the Southern and Mississippi Societies. He has always been
fond of outdoor sports, is an expert chess player and was for many 3'ears one
of the prominent members of the St. Louis Chess Club. In that way he took
much of his recreation, delighting greatly in what is one of the most scientific
games. Mr. Bradlev has a wide acquaintance in the courts among lawyers and
judges and has an extensive circle of friends among the members of the bar.
WILLIAAI HENRY ANTHONY ^IILTENBERGER.
Business classification places William H. .\. Aliltenberger with the pro-
moters— men of splendid ability and keen insight, who recognize the oppor-
tunities for instituting new enterprises, strengthening business resources through
combination or advancing previously organized interests by more careful and
systematic management. St. Louis has largely profited by his efforts in various
lines and moreover he is a notable example of the men who as the architects
of their own fortune have builded wisely and well. He was born in this city
September 2. 1870, and although connected with several of the most prominent
old French families, both through marriage and through birth, while his own
people have long been numbered among the afiluent and influential of the city,
yet he has never received assistance from the family estate but from the outset
of his career has depended upon his own efforts and the outcome represents
the utilization and development of his innate talents and powers.
His father, Eugene Miltcnljcrger, was well known in connection with the
banking firm of Bogy & Miltenberger, of which United States Senator Vital
Bogy, an uncle of W. H. A. Miltenberger, was the head. The father was born
in Alsace Lorraine, then a part of France, in 1815, and came to America about
1820 or 1821, settling at Alton, Illinois, where he engaged in banking for some
time. He removed to St. Louis in 1823 and entered the law ofifice of Vital Bogy,
with whom he later formed a partnership for the conduct of a banking and law
business. He subsef|uently married Miss Mary Ann Bogy, a niece of his part-
ner and a native of Stc. Cenevievc. Missouri, a French settlement near this city.
He died Ayjril r, 1878. In liis Inisiness affairs Eugene ^liltenberger prospered
WILLIA^I n. A. MILTEXBERGER
688 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
until at the time of his death he was rated foremost among the mihionaire resi-
dents of St. Louis.
Wilham H. A. ]\Iikenberger was the youngest of a family of thirteen chil-
dren, of whom seven daughters and two sons yet survive, his brother being John
J. ^Nliltenberger. a real-estate dealer of St. Louis. In the private schools he be-
gan his education, continuing his studies in the St. Louis University and Chris-
tian Brothers College, pursuing a commercial course in the latter. He was but
eight years of age when he became a cash boy in the employ of William F. Crow
and after his school days were over he entered real-estate and financial circles,
following the traditional occupation of the family, which through various gen-
erations has been represented in the banking bsuiness. Mr. Miltenberger has
since engaged extensively in the promotion of building enterprises which have
contributed largely to the improvement and architectural adornment of the city
as well as to his individual prosperity. There stand as monuments to his enter-
prise the Buckingham hotel and the Times and LaSalle buildings and he also
promoted the Gill building, while many residences have been erected by him.
He now owns the La Salle building, which he has but recently completed and
which is one of the fine modern olifice structures of the city. There seems in his
vocabularv no such word as fail. He does not claim that he possesses business
characteristics unusual to the majority but those who know aught of his career
recognize the fact that he has employed his time, his talents and his opportuni-
ties to the best advantage and therein he has passed many another in the race
of life, reaching the goal of prominence and prosperity long before others who
perhaps started out far in advance of him.
Air. Aliltenberger was married to Miss Jannette A. O'Brien, a daughter
of the late Alajor General Henry O'Brien, of Minnesota, who received the
medal of honor at Gettysburg. They have two sons : William H. A., Jr., now
three years of age ; and Valle Bogy, now in his first year. Mr. Miltenberger
has ahvays been active in politics and gives stalwart support to the democracy
but has never sought office. He has traveled extensively both at home and
abroad, is a patron and lover of art and has a large collection of works of the
best European artists, both in water and oil.
DAN'L EVANS.
Dan'l Evans, a contractor coming from the little rock-ribbed country of
Wales, has been very successful in his business career in St. Louis, finding in
this city, with its pulsing industrial life, excellent opportunity for advancement
and progress. He was born in the countv of Montgomerv in Xorth Wales,
September 28, 1849, '''is parents being Richard R. and Catherine Evans. The
father was a woolen manufacturer and began business in Pandy, Merioneth-
shire, Wales. His wife was the daughter of a Baptist minister and died when
her son Dan'l w^as but eight years of age. In the public schools of his native
country he began his education and through two winter seasons was a pupil
in the night schools of St. Louis.
At the age of fourteen, however, he started out in life on his own account,
entering upon an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade under a ]Mr. Hughes in
Aberdovy, Xorth Wales. From his early boyhood he displayed a fondness
for making things from wood and natural predilection seemed to designate the
carpenter's trade as the one which he should choose as a life vocation. He has
always continued in this line and success has followed his persistent and well
directed labors. Coming to America with his father in 1864, he located in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and during his two years' residence there he worked
in the carpenter shop of the Caml)ria iron works. Later he went to Racine,
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 689
Wisconsin, where he finished learning his trade, residing at that place for five
years. He was next a resident of Emporia, Kansas, where he continued until
the fall of 1873, when he retraced his steps, remaining for a brief period at
Topeka and at Kansas City before reaching- St. Louis.
Now for more than a third of a century he has been a resident of this city
and worked at his trade in the employ of others durnig the first two years of
his residence here. He then became a general builder and has conducted busi-
ness in contracting lines since. His first contract was a residence for T. A.
Stoddart, who at that time was cashier of the Third National Bank, in Cabanne
Place west of Union avenue, and the house was the first in that vicinity built
with all modern improvements. Mr. Evans was a stranger in the city, not know-
ing any one whom he could ask to go upon his bond. He was about to lose the
contract on that account wdien Mr. Stoddart called him into his office and put
him through a rigid course of questioning regarding his habits, mode of living
and his capability as a builder. Mr, Evans gave him the names of all the
men for whom he had been working in St. Louis and Mr. Stoddart seemed much
interested, dismissing him with the remark that he would see. About four days
afterward Mr. Evans received word from the architect to come down and sign
a contract for Mr. Stoddart's house, as the latter had satisfied himself that 'Mr.
Evans could build the residence and that he would go upon the bond himself.
This is perhaps the only instance wdiere the owner has gone upon his builder's
bond to build his own house. It was an indication, however, of the implicit
confidence wdiich he had in Mr. Evans' honesty and he further demonstrated
this by making to him all payments certified to by his architect and never ask-
ing for a receipt for the money paid out to the sub-contractors.
After completing the first contract others came to him and he was soon
conducting an extensive business, which has included the erection of resi-
dences for F. H. Ludington, George O. Carpenter, Chas. B. Greely, L. B. Teb-
bitts, James Richardson, D. R. Francis and others. He has also done the work
on the Mercantile Library, the Thompson building, the Young Men's Christian
Association building, St. Luke's Hospital, the Jewish Hospital and other promi-
nent public structures. He served for two terms as the president of the Me-
chanics' Exchange and was the first president of the Master Builders' Associa-
tion, in wdiich connections he has done much to further the interests of the city
not only along architectural lines but in other ways which have greatly bene-
fited St. Louis. At all times he has been in sympathy with progressive move-
ments in behalf of the city and became one of the incorporators of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, doing all in his power to make that project the splendid
success which it proved.
On the seventeenth of October, 1883, in St. Louis, Mr. Evans was married
to Miss Jennie Jones, of this city, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of Welsh
parentage and removed to St. Louis in the '60s. They have two living children,
Jennie M. E. and Mabel Lillian. In Februar}'. 1896, Mr. Evans completed the
residence at 3137 Lafayette avenue which has since been the family home.
Mr. Evans is a Master Mason and belongs also to St. Louis Commandery,
K. T. He is likewise enrolled among the members of Wildy Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
and Alpha Council of the Legion of Honor. In politics he is a republican but
has never aspired to office. Since his childhood days he has been a church mem-
ber, first joining the church in Aberdovy, Wales, and from there bringing his
church papers to this country, since which time he has united successively with
the Welsh church at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Racine, Wisconsin, and Emporia,
Kansas. On coming to St. Louis, as there was no Welsh church in this city.
he united with the Presbyterian church and is now a member of the Lafayette
Park Presbyterian church, in which he is holding the offices of deacon and trus-
tee. The laudable ambition that prompted his emigration to America in the
hope that he might more ra[)idly acquire success here has been followed by a
career of usefulness. His energv and determination have enabled him to over-
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690 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY„
come all obstacles and as the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely
and well. He has long figured as one of the well known and successful con-
tractors of St. Louis and his capability in business lines is well balanced by his
commercial integrity.
GEORGE V. EMERY.
George \'. Emery is secretary of the Calvary Cemetery Association. He
is a son of George and Abbie (Lewis) Emery, and was born in Boston, Sep-
tember I. 1843. While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof he
attended the public schools and thus qualified for the practical and responsible
duties that come when one enters business life. He was employed in different
ways in the east until 1864, when he came to St. Louis, where he worked in a
wholesale grocery for one year. On the expiration of that period he returned
to Boston but in 1870 again came to St. Louis and was employed in different
railroad offices until January i, 1891, wdien his executive force, business ability
and keen discrimination led to his selection for the secretaryship of the Cal-
vary Cemetery Association. He has continued in the position to the present
time, covering a period of seventeen years. This is the largest cemetery of the
city. While in the east, during the period of the Civil War, he served as pay-
master's clerk of the Union Army, for a time being stationed at Boston.
]\Ir. Emery was married in his native city in 1868 to Miss Carrie F. Wade,
and thev have one daughter, Lillian V. The family are communicants of the
Catholic church and Mr. Emery belongs to the Knights of Columbus and to the
Catholic Knights of America. Politically he is a democrat, interested and ac-
tive on the questions and issues of the day. His social qualities are such as
render him personally popular and he has an extensive circle of warm friends
in the city of his adoption.
FERDINAND C. BRETSNYDER.
Resistless energy, unfaltering determination and the industry that never
flags, have been the salient features in the business record of Ferdinand C.
Bretsnyder and have led to his success so that he is now conducting a pros-
perous business as president of the Bell Oil Company, which was incorporated
on the 25th of March, 1905.
He was born in Chicago, October 14, 1868, his parents being Balthasar
and Eliza Bretsnyder. The family comes of German ancestry. The father, who
for many years conducted business as a wagon painter, winning well merited
success in that undertaking, has lived retired for the past twenty-five years.
The son was a pupil in the public schools to the age of fifteen years, but while
he therein mastered the common branches he has supplemented his early train-
ing by the broad practical knowledge he has gained in the school of experience.
When he put aside his text-books in 1883 he engaged in the engraving business
with his brother William Bretsnyder, continuing in that line of activity in Chi-
cago for about seven years. In 1890 he turned his attention to the oil business
in that city, engaged in the retail distribution, and he carried on the work for
fourteen years. In 1903 he removed to St. Louis and established a retail dis-
tribution business in this city. He continued thus to engage in the sale of
oil until 1905, when he limited his efforts to supplying dealers and manu-
facturers and now sells only to the wholesale trade. Perseverance and honorable
methods have brought him the success which he is now enjoying, enabling him
to builrl njj a business of large anrl profitable ])roT)ortions.
F. C. BRETSNYDER
692 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
\Miile living in Chicago Air. Bretsnyder was married to jMiss ]\Iamie Kofoed,
the wedding being celebrated in 1895. Their marriage has been blessed with
four daughters and tw^o sons but they lost one daughter. Mildred and Nina,
aged respectively ten and twelve years, are attending the Bryan Hill school.
Marvel O. is a little kindergarten pupil. Francis Louisiana, four years of age,
was named in honor of Governor Francis and the world's fair. Rudolph is in
his first year.
In his political views Mr. Bretsnyder is independent. He does not believe
in the domination of political machines and holds himself free to vote as his
judgment dictates. The only time that he has ever been a candidate for office
was when he was placed upon the Chicago platform party municipal ownership
ticket in Chicago for the position of alderman, which ticket was headed by
Governor Altgeld for mayor. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias fra-
ternity and of the Order of Columbian Knights. He regards St. Louis as the
city of his permanent residence and has become the owner of an attractive home
here at No. 1420 Obear avenue. Although he has lived in St. Louis for only a
brief period he has come to be recognized as a strong and alert business man
who does not depend upon any fortunate circumstance or environment but builds
his success upon his own labor.
EDWARD R. EMANUEL.
Edward R. Emanuel, who. since 1895, h^s been secretary and treasurer of
the Sonnenfeld ]Millinery Company, at No. 610 Washington avenue, St. Louis,
was born at Linneus, Alissouri, February 25, 1870. His parents, Herman and
Rosalie (Emanuel) Emanuel, were natives of Germany and were second cous-
ins. The former was born in Bavaria and the latter in Hessen. In 1865 Mr.
Emanuel came to America, while eight years before his cousin, whom he was
later to make his wife, had crossed the Atlantic with her parents, locating in
St. Louis. Herman Emanuel took up his abode at Chillicothe, Missouri, where
he was employed by the firm of Jacob Berg & Company, until his marriage on
the 25th of April, 1869. He then removed to Linneus, Missouri, where he es-
tablished business on his own account, conducting the enterprise vmtil 1875,
u'hen he removed to Brookfield, Missouri. Thirteen years later he disposed
of his interests there and went to San Diego, California, but on account of his
wife's health he sold his interests there in June, 1890, and returned to St. Louis.
Mrs. Emanuel was improved by the change and lived until June, 1903. Her
husband survived her only a few months, passing away in October of the same
year.
Their son. Edward R. Emanuel, was a pupil of the public schools of Brook-
field, Missouri, of Macon City (Mo.) Military Academy, and of the Harvard
School at Chicago, Illinois. He began his business career in San Diego, Cali-
fornia, in 1888, but preferred the middle west and in 1890 sold out and came
to St. Louis. Here he was with the I. B. Rosenthal Millinery Company until
1895, when he and his brother-in-law, Leopold Ackerman, purchased the mil-
linery business of Adolph Rosenthal and Mrs. Fannie Sonnenfeld, the latter
being his sister. At that time Mr. Emanuel became secretary and treasurer
of the Sonnenfeld Millinery Company and has continued in this official connec-
tion to the present time. The company handles a complete line of modish mil-
linery, together with fancy goods and cloaks, and the business is liberally pat-
ronized, for they fully meet the demands of the trade.
In June, 1896, Mr. Emanuel was married to Miss Paula Frankenthal, of
St. Louis, a daughter of Alexander and Julia Frankenthal, natives of Germany.
Unto them has been born a daughter, Evelyn Esther, who is wath her parents
at the family home at No. 4327 West Pine boulevard.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 693
Mr. Emanuel is independent in politics. He belongs to the Columbian
and Missouri Athletic Clubs, and is also connected with the B'nai B'rith. He
possesses that quality which, for want of a better term, has been called "com-
mercial sense," a quality which enables him to recognize the value of a business
situation and to judge his opportunities at their true worth. He is bending his
energies largely to the upbuilding of his business, and his capable control is
manifest in its prosperous condition.
GEORGE H. LOKER.
A glance at the history of past centuries will indicate at once what would
be the condition of the world if the mining- interests no longer had a part in the
industrial and commercial life. Only a few centuries ago agriculture was almost
the only occupation of man. A landed proprietor surrounded himself with his
tenants and his serfs who tilled his broad fields, while he reaped the reward
of their labors, but when the rich mineral resources of the world were placed
upon the market industry found its way into new and broader fields, minerals
were used in the production of hundreds of inventions and the business of na-
tions was revolutionized. When considering those facts we can in a measure
determine the value to mankind of mining interests. One who is connected with
the rich mineral resources of the west is George H. Loker, who was born October
9, 1845, ^^ St. Louis, his parents being George H. and Mary (Fleming) Loker.
The father was born in St. Mary county, Maryland, and the mother at Floris-
sant, St. Louis county. George H. Loker, Sr., became a prominent representa-
tive of financial interests, being well known in banking circles as a member of
the firm of Loker, Renick & Company, and of the firm of G. H. Loker &
Brother.
As a pupil in the Benton public school, of this city, George H. Loker com-
pleted the work of the primary and grammar schools and afterward continued
his grammar course and pursued a classical course in Washington University.
He was graduated from the classical course in the St. Louis University in 1864,
and the following year was devoted to classical study in the College de la Paix,
Namur, Belgium. In 1867 he pursued a course in Jones Commercial College,
of this city. He made his initial step in the business world as messenger in the
banking house of G. H. Loker & Brother, and became shipping clerk and subse-
quently salesman with the wholesale tobacco firm of Seemuller & Company. i\s
he advanced in business life he became connected with the wholesale drug busi-
ness under the name of Vandewater, Loker & Company, but afterward with-
drew from that firm and joined Edwin Harrison in organizing the St. Louis
Smelting & Refining Company and, incidentally, several mining companies ope-
rating in Colorado and Mexico. The Mikado Mining & Smelting Company is
the successor of one of these mining companies, which is still in operation, hav-
ing already been a big producer of ore at Leadville, Colorado. Another is the
Meyer Mining Company, also in operation, of which Mr. Loker is the president
and the only one of the original stockholders living. He has extensive invest-
ments in these lines and what he has accomplished has given him rank with
leading mining operators of the west.
Mr. Loker organized the first military company after the Civil W'ar, it
being know^n as Company A of the Engineers Corps. Colonel N. Pritchard be-
coming its captain. Mr. Loker continued with that company until it was merged
with Company A, of the First Regiment, of which he acted as sergeant major
until he retired from active service. His religious faith is that of the Roman
Catholic church.
Mr. Loker claims that the only incident in his career worthy of note is
the fact that he was directlv connected with the founding of the citv of Lead-
694 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ville, Colo., and yet his fellow citizens recognize him as an enterprising and
reliable business man, one whose achievements are the testimonial of well di-
rected and intelligent effort. The story of work in Leadville, however, is of
deep interest and is worthy of record in this connection. In 1876 or 1877 a
friend of his, August R. j\Ieyer, formerly of St. Louis, had an assay office at
Alma, Colorado, and was the purchasing agent of the St. Louis Smelting & Re-
lining Company, of which jNIr. Loker was secretary. Mr. Meyer wrote that he
was "going over the range"" to California Gulch at the request of a gold placer
miner named Wood, who wanted him to examine some ore he had discovered in
tvhich there was something queer, of which he did not know the nature. On
his return to Alma Mr. jNIeyer wrote Mr. Loker that the substance that was
worrying the miner was carbonate of lead running high in silver, and "he be-
lieved there were large quantities of it in that vicinity and asked Mr. Loker to
get him appointed agent of his company for that place. Mr. Loker spoke to
Edwin Harrison, president of the company, and several of the directors, with
the result that Mr. Meyer received the appointment he requested.
Shortly after that ^Ir. Loker organized among the stockholders of the St.
Louis Smelting & Refining Company an outside company which was called the
Meyer Alining & Exploring Company, the new stockholders putting in the cash
and Mr. Meyer his discoveries. Their own and other discoveries became so
extensive that Mr. Meyer advised the company to build a smelter on the spot,
and he induced a placer miner named Starr to donate to the company a large
part of his placer in consideration of their paying the cost of getting a United
States patent for the whole claim. In order to obtain a patent for the ground
it was necessary to dig holes at various places on the claim and if the earth
taken out contained gold in paying quantities, a patent would be granted. This
was done by the St. Louis Smelting & Refining Company and a patent was
granted.
At Mr. Meyer"s request Mr. Harrison went there early in the summer and
was so impressed with what he saw that on his return he recommended to
their board that a smelter be built at once and out of compliment to Mr. Har-
rison it was called the Harrison Reduction Works.
In July Mr. Loker went there, going from Alma on horseback over the
range, for there was no road, and lost the path for awhile on top of the range
on account of a heavy fall of snow. Arriving at the scene of operations he
found only a cabin where Aleyer did his assaying and lived, but he was then
engaged in laying out the site for the smelter, a space about four hundred feet
square, surrounded by a fence. The rest of the ground was intended for the
use of the teams hauling the ore.
In order that their workmen and employees might procure living necessi-
ties at fair prices the company gave a lot just outside their fence to a store-
keeper of Oro, the nearest town, and a lot opposite to another storekeeper on
condition that they would locate general stores there. This was the beginning
of what was afterward called Leadville. Mr. Meyer wanted to call it Harrison,
but Mr. Harrison and many of the newcomers, thought Leadville would be
better on account of the large production of argentiferous lead ore. The name
of one of those storekeepers was H. A. W. Taber, who afterward became the
millionaire senator from Colorado.
After the smelter was built the officers of the company organized a Col-
orado corporation called the Park Range Toll Road Company, which built and
maintained a fine toll road from the eastern side of the range, in South Park,
into Leadville. About the same time a freighting company was organized to
buy and hire teams to haul the ore and product of the smelter from Leadville
to the railroad at Colorado Springs. Mr. Meyer visited New Mexico and
Arizona to induce freighters to come to Leadville, and he obtained a great
many. The freighting company also brought in furnace supplies and merchan-
dise from Colorado Springs.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 695
In the meantime the fame of the mines had gone abroad and the people
llocked in from everywhere, and they all wanted to get as near the Harrison
Reduction Works as possible and the company, on the other hand, did not want
them so near, but in the night frame houses would be built outside the fence.
At first they were forcibly ejected, but soon they became too numerous and
aggressive, so the idea of holding the ground for the original purpose was
abandoned and that part laid out in streets and alleys which were donated to
the city and kept the streets free of "jumpers" (squatters). The rest of that
ground was divided into town lots and James R. Loker, younger brother of
George H. Loker, was appointed real-estate agent to attend to it. He tried to
sell the lots to those who had unlawfully entered upon them, or rent them, but
they resisted payment and formed an association to test the validity of the
company's patent. Their attorney contended that the ground was more valua-
ble for town lots than for placer mining and, besides that, the charter of the
St. Louis Smelting & Rehning Company did not permit it to conduct a real-
estate business. The United States court at Denver admitted these conten-
tions, ignoring the fact that the placer patent was granted before a town was
thought of and that a mining patent was the only kind that would hold on min-
mg ground ; and the charter of the company was in evidence that it could
transact a real-estate business. The court decided against the company and the
opinion was telegraphed to Leadville. The next morning when the manager
of the Harrison Reduction Works appeared he found that not only the ground
outside the fence had been "jumped" but also the space inside the fence was
occupied by frame houses hastily put up or in process of erection. The mana-
ger at once summoned J. R. Loker, who was at the mines of w'hich he was
superintendent. After a quick conference Mr. Loker went back to the mines
and gathered together all the miners under control of the company and organ-
ized them into a fighting company and marched them down behind the Harri-
son Reduction Works buildings where they would not be seen and where they
were joined by the workmen of the Harrison Reduction Works. In the mean-
time the frame buildings were being constructed and squatter's title to lots were
selling high, but at a signal the company's forces marched out from behind the
building in company front, the front rank carrying telegraph poles, and in a
little while every house was battered down and the debris and the squatters
were thrown over the fence, and guards were kept at the fence to see that they
did not come back.
The company appealed the case to the supreme court at Washington, which
reversed the decision of the Denver court, both as to the validity of the patent
and the right to deal in real estate. In rendering the decision it was said by
some one connected with the case — Air. Loker does not recall whether it was
the court or one of the lawyers — that the company could run a steamboat also
if it was done in the interest of the smelting and refining business. In fact when
the mandate was received the agent of the St. Louis Smelting & Refining Com-
pany took possession of all the buildings on the ground, among which was a
large hotel, theater and a newspaper. But the company did not wish to deal
in real estate and business enterprises, and sold them as fast as possible.
Mr. Loker attaches value to this account because of the fact that it com-
memorates the quick upbuilding of a large city by the enterprise and capital of
St. Louis people. They supplied at once what was needed, wagon roads, freight-
ing outfits, telegraph lines, a newspaper and finally caused the building of the
South Park Railroad from its terminus at Morrison into Leadville, and as the
latter is a matter of interest, Mr. Loker relates the way in which it happened
to be built.
The Kansas Pacific was the first railroad operating between Kansas City
and Denver, and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad was operating between
Denver and Pueblo and was being built through the Royal Gorge to the Arkan-
sas vallev, at the head of which stands Leadville. It also owned coal mines at
696 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Trinidad, Colorado, and was building toward them, but for the time depended
on the Santa Fe Railroad to bring the coal and coke to Pueblo. The St. Louis
Smelting & Refining Company had a contract with the Kansas Pacific from
Denver to Kansas City on freighting ore and base bullion (the product of the
Harrison Reduction Works) and another contract with the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad from Colorado Springs to Denver. After a time the Santa Fe
Railroad got control of the Denver & Rio Grande and the traffic manager of the
Santa Fe system came to the office of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining
Company in St. Louis and requested them to divert their shipments from the
Kansas Pacific, at Denver, to the Santa Fe, at Pueblo. He was told that the
matter would be considered when the company's contract with the Kansas Pacific
expired, but he wanted it done at once and said that if the company did not make
the change the Denver & Rio Grande would charge them ten dollars per ton
on ore from Colorado Springs to Denver and an increased rate on coke from
Trinidad to Colorado Springs. He was told that the company had a contract
with the Denver & Rio Grande also, but he said that made no difiference ; that
the Santa Fe had control and would not recognize the contract.
Air. Loker, with whom the agent had been attempting his negotiations, im-
mediately informed Mr. Harrison of the conversation, and the president of the
company replied that he would see that it did make a dift'erence. He tele-
graphed to ^Ir. Aleyer to meet him in Denver on a certain day and bring with
him the chiefs of the freighters, and he telegraphed Mr. Muir, traffic manager
of the Kansas Pacific, to meet him at the depot at Kansas City prepared to make
a low rate on coke from St. Louis and on grain and provisions from points on
the Kansas Pacific to Denver. Mr. Muir met him and Mr. Harrison told him
of the threat of the Santa Fe and outlined a plan to divert all the traffic of
Leadville from Colorado Springs to Morrison, the terminus of the South Park
Railroad. Air. Muir readily entered into the plan and made suitable rates and
Air. Harrison continued on to Denver. Mr. Meyer and tTie freighters were
already there and arrangements were made to divert the freight. The South
Park Railroad officials were seen and they agreed to build the railroad west-
ward from Alorrison. All this required that the company build depots all along
the road to Alorrison supplied with provisions for man and beast. Mr. Loker's
memory is that they began hauling to Morrison in less than a month and the
South Park Railroad was finished to Leadville in a very short time.
In closing this account of the beginning of Leadville Mr. Loker can prop-
erly assert that he was directly connected with the founding of that city, m
company with August R. Meyer, a native of St. Louis, and aided by the coopera-
tion of Edwin Harrison, and the fact of his being the only survivor of those
mentioned, and the only living man with a personal knowledge of those early
incidents, places him in position to not only speak truthfullv but accurately.
AIORITZ EYSSELL.
Moritz Eyssell is engaged in a general contract business as president of the
Eyssell Construction Company and is also president of the Forest City Build-
ing Company. Like many of the successful leading and influential residents of
this city he claims Germany as his native land, his birth having there occurred
on the nth of December, 1863. His parents were Otto and Marie (Boedecker)
Eyssell, both of whom are now deceased. The father, who followed general
merchandising thrriughout his business career, died in Germany in 1873. The
mother came with her family to the new world in 1884, settling in Kansas City,
where her death occurred in 1904. Five brothers of Moritz Eyssell are well
known among the leading druggists of Kansas City. The family numbered ten
MORITZ EYSSELL
698 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
chiklren. nine of whom are living, the sul^ject of this review being the sixth in
order of birth.
In pnbHc and private schools of his native land Moritz Eyssell secured his
education, and in 1881 came alone to America, settling in Kansas City, Missouri,
at the age of eighteen years. There he attended night school, pursuing a busi-
ness course in Spalding's Commercial College. He had previously learned the
carpenter's trade in Germany, and continued in that business in Kansas City
until 1886. when he began contracting on his own account, remaining a repre-
sentative of the building interests there until 1891. Thinking that St. Louis
offered a still broader field of labor, he then removed to this city, and was in
business alone until 1907, wdien he organized the Eyssell Construction Company,
of which he is now the president. He has continued in general contracting and
building lines and has been identified with much important work in St. Louis,
including the erection of the Washington Hotel, Carondelet Public Library, Gill
Building, at the corner of Broadway and St. Charles, and numerous apartment
houses and residences, all of which go to indicate the nature of his work and the
importance of the contracts awarded him. He has also been associated with
various commercial and financial enterprises of the city, and has dealt quite
extensively in St. Louis real estate. He has ever recognized the fact that the
present and not the future holds his opportunit}^, and at the outset of his career,
he also seemed to understand fully that only the lower ranks of business life
are crowded. He therefore resolved that he would pass beyond that position
and gain a higher altitude. This he has done and his ability has placed him in
a creditable position in the department of business activity which he has chosen
as a life vocation.
Mr. Eyssell belongs to the Union Club, to the Liederkranz, and to the
]\Iasonic fraternity, and his social nature finds expression in his intercourse with
his fellow members of those organizations. He was married in Kansas City,
October 10, 1888, to Miss Emma Sieben, of that city, and to them have been
born a son, Carl George, who at the age of nineteen years is attending Wash-
ington L^niversity, and a daughter. Else ]\Iarie, thirteen years of age, now a
student in the public schools. The family residence at No. 3842 Flora avenue
was erected by ^Ir. Eyssell in 1907.
EDWARD BINDSCHADLER.
Edward Bindschadler, now living retired, his rest from business being well
merited, was for seventeen years the secretary of the ]\Ierrill Drug Company
of St. Louis. While Switzerland has furnished a smaller percentage of citizens
to America than Germany, England and France, none of the adopted sons of
this land have been more loyal to its institutions and its welfare than the sons
of that sturdy little republic of the Alps. It is from that country that Edward
Bindschadler comes, his birth having occurred at Zurich, Switzerland, May 12,
1843. Hi^ parents were Jacob and Regula (Mueller) Bindschadler. The father
was sheriff of Zurich, Switzerland, for many years, and the maternal grand-
father was captain of the militia there. The forefathers of Mr. Bindschadler
resided for many years on Lake Zurich.
In the public schools of his native country the subject of this review pur-
sued his education to the age of twelve years and then spent the succeeding two
years as a high-school student. He then came to America in 1857, landing at
New York city, but did not tarry in the eastern metropolis, making his way at
once into the interior of the country. His destination was St. Louis and on
reaching this city he entered upon a two years' apprenticeship in the employ of
Mr. Wurmb at Ninth and Salisbury streets. He afterward secured a clerkship
with Dr. Stclzleni, who rnvncd a drug store in which Mr. Bindschadler remained
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 699
for a year and a half. He then engaged with Air. Alois, a druggist, whom he
represented as a salesman for a year, while the succeeding year was spent as a
clerk in the drug store of Dr. Hufifel, but following the outbreak of the Civil
war he put aside all business and personal considerations, feeling that his first
duty was to his adopted country. In June, 1861. he joined the army, enlisting
as a member of Company A, of the Thirteenth Alissouri Infantrv. of "U. S. \'ol-
unteers, and was appointed assistant in the hospital, where he served until
1864, being promoted to hospital steward.
At the close of his military service Mr. Bindschadler again became a resi-
dent of St. Louis, after which he entered the employ of Jacob S. Merrill as a
clerk. Gradually he worked his way upward in that establishment until he be-
came secretary of the J. S. Merrill Drug Company. His ability secured him
promotions from time to time until he became one of the executive officers of
the house, and through his enterprising spirit and well directed labor contributed
to its upbuilding. When his enterprise, industry and perseverance had brought
to him a substantial capital he resolved to enjoy life's leisure and retired from
business on the first of January, 1908.
Air. Bindschadler was married in St. Louis to Aliss Anna Kelly in 1868,
and unto them were born five children : Agnes, the wife of Frank Brown, agent
of the St. Louis & Peoria Railroad Company, located in East St. Louis; Kate,
the wife of Young Rothsay ; Leslie, who is engaged in the dry-goods business;
Bertha, the wife of David Dreyfus, a traveling salesman for Glazier Brothers,
dealers in laces ; and Edith, the wife of Archie Bovd. who is engaged in the
plumbing business in Granite City, Illinois.
Mr. Bindschadler gives his political allegiance to the republican party and.
although he never seeks nor desires office, always keeps well informed on the
questions and issues of the day. He is a member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and of Ransom Post, G. A. R., and thus maintains pleasant
relations with his old army conn-ades. What he has accomplished in the busi-
ness world should serve to encourage and inspire others, showing what may be
done by determined effort and indefatigable industry, for he came to America
empty-handed, imbued only with the determination to win success. It has
been through persistent efforts and in legitimate lines of commerce that he
has gained his prosperity.
CHARLES N. STEVENS.
Charles N. Stevens, deceased, won for himself a favorable place in the re-
gard of his fellow citizens as a reliable and progressive business man and as a
citizen of public spirit. A native of the state of New York, he was born in
1844 and was a resident of Toledo, O., at the outbreak of the Civil war. There
he enlisted in defense of the Union cause as a member of the One Hundred
and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had been commander of the
high school cadets there and his military experience in that connection proved
of value to him when he needed to employ the arts of war to defend the inter-
ests of the nation. He served in the army with the rank of lieutenant and at
the close of hostilities received an honorable discharge.
When the war was over Mr. Stevens entered business life in connection
with the hardware and iron trade and, thinking that the new but growing west
offered better opportunities, removed to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1868. He there
continued in the same line of business for twentv years, when he was appointed
purchasing agent of the Alissouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad by the receiver,
removing to St. Louis in 1893. This position, which is one of large responsibil-
itv, claimed his energies up to the time of his demise, which occurred June 8,
1901.
700 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Mr. Stevens had been married in Leavenworth in 1871 to Miss Phoebe
Gillpatrick, a daughter of Dr. Rtifus Gillpatrick, one of the pioneer free state
men of Kansas. He loved and enjoyed his home above everything else and
found his greatest happiness in ministering to the welfare and pleasure of his
family. He erected a fine residence on Cabanne avenue, which is still the home
of Mrs. Stevens. He was a member of the Christian Science church and assisted
in erecting a number of its houses of worship. He was also a member of the
Mercantile Club, the Loyal Legion and of Ransom Post, G. A. R. His political
allegiance was given to the republican party and, aside from politics, he was
active in citizenship in support of all measures which tended to promote the
welfare and advance the interests of St. Louis. He had a very large circle of
friends among the railroad officials, and was recognized as a gentleman of marked
capability and integrity. All who knew him liked him, for he was a man of
genuine worth, free from ostentation or display and possessing those qualities
which command confidence and respect in every land and clime.
WILLIAM T. NEWMAN.
William T. Newman, a prominent representative of the merchant tailoring
interests in St. Louis, is numbered among the citizens of foreign birth who have
found in the business conditions of the new world the opportunities which they
sought for advancement and success. A native of Dorsetshire, England, Mr.
Newman was born in the town of Gillingham, November 3, 1854, his parents
being Joseph and Elizabeth (Lambert) Newman, farming people of England.
After acquiring his education the son was apprenticed to a dry-goods merchant
of Sherbourne, Dorsetshire, for a term of four years and when the time of his
indenture was over he continued with his employer through the succeeding four
years and gained a thorough and accurate knowledge of commercial methods.
He afterward held positions with the leading firms of Southampton, Sheffield,
Leeds, Birmingham and other towns, but the reports which he had heard con-
cerning business conditions in the new world proved a persuasive voice which
he could not resist and in 1881 he sailed for the United States.
]\Ir. Newman has since been a resident of St. Louis, where he has con-
tinuously engaged in merchant tailoring, opening one of the small establish-
ments at that time. Gradually, however, he has developed his business to
colossal proportions and has increased his facilities to meet the growing demands
of his trade until today he is at the head of one of the leading establishments in
his line in St. Louis, employing an average of one hundred and fifty skilled
workmen. The business is conducted under the firm style of the Newman,
Biehle, Joyce Tailoring Company, at No. 1009 Olive street. The enterprise
has become one of the important productive industries and commercial interests
of the city and at the same time has brought to the proprietors a substantial
annual revenue. The development of the business has been brought about along
modern lines of trade and the house has ever sustained an enviable reputation
for the straightforward business policy pursued.
Mr. Newman was married in St. Louis to Miss Alice M. M. Pierson and
unto them have been born a daughter and son, Adelaide A. and George Lambert,
who are students in the McKinley high school. Mr. Newman is prominent in
Masonic circles, is a past master of the lodge, a past high priest of the chapter
and in the Scottish Rite has attained the thirty-second degree. He is a communi-
cant of the Episcopal church and is interested in the intellectual, social, political
and moral progress of his adopted city as well as its material advancement.
His business record is indeed notable and commendable. Tireless energy,
keen perception, honesty of purpose, a genius for devising the right thing at the
right time, joined to every day common sense, guided by resistless will power.
WILLIAM T. NEWMAN
702 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
are the chief characteristics of the man. Justice has ever been maintained in his
relations to his patrons and employes and he has naturally had the loyal sup-
port of the latter and the continued patronage of the former. He has been
watchful of all the details of his business and of all indications pointing toward
prosperity and from the beginning had an abiding faith in the ultimate success
of his enterprise. . •
GUSTAA^E H. SCHOLLMEYER.
The name of Gustave H. Schollmeyer is well known in commercial and busi-
ness circles. He is a director of the Hargadine-AIcKittrick Dry Goods Com-
pany, president of the ^Magnolia Investment Company, vice president of the
Dresden Investment Company and as a stockholder is associated with other
concerns of importance. Through much of his career he has represented inter-
ests upon the road as a traveling salesman and has a very wide and extended
acquaintance. In manners always genial and approachable, and with a cordial
spirit that wins friends, he is known throughout the district over which he sells
as "Scully," a term of friendship indicative of his cordial relations with those
with whom he comes in contact.
His parents were Rudolph and Henrietta Schollmeyer, the former a whole-
sale and retail tobacco merchant. The family is of German lineage and the
parents came to St. Louis in 1852, by way of New Orleans and were married in
this city. In his boyhood days Gustave H. Schollmeyer was a pupil in the old
Benton school at Ninth and Louis streets, where now stands the public library
building, but he left school at the age of twelve years and entered upon his
business career, remaining with the firm of D. Crawford & Company for seven
years. He was first employed as cash boy, then as elevator boy and at fourteen
years of age was made a clerk in the notion department. On leaving Craw-
ford's he became connected with the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Com-
pany, with which he has since been associated. He began as stock clerk, was
later made department salesman and was the first man sent out by the firm with
a special line of furnishing goods. He then covered the territory of southeastern
^Missouri and still retains that territory, although he travels little at the present
time, being associated with those who serve under him and represent him on
the road. At the present writing he is supervising the sales in southeastern
Missouri and assisting in the general management of the business as one of the
directors of the company, having been chosen to that position in 1907. He is
interested in this company as a stockholder and also owns bank and other
stocks and real estate, both in St. Louis and southeastern Missouri. He is the
president of the Magnolia Investment Company and vice president of the Dres-
den Investment Company and is the owner of considerable realty in St. Louis.
His investments include stock in a dozen or more banks and in three banking
institutions he is a director. He is also interested in other enterprises of south-
eastern Missouri, and he owns there a farm of over two thousand acres.
]\lr. Schollmeyer belongs to the Mercantile Club and in 1907 was presid-
ing officer of the Mound Builders, an organization of business men, whose object
it is to promote the sale of goods made in St. Louis. He was president of the
Southeastern Missouri Drummers Association in 1905. In 1896 he organized
what became known as Scully's army, an auxiliary to the Travelers Protective
Association and it did good work with the railroads in securing the transporta-
tion of baggage and other concessions. Fraternally, Mr. Schollmeyer is a life
member of the Elks Lodge, No. 9, and belongs to Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Missouri Chapter, No. i, R. A. M., St. Aldemar Commandery, K. T., and the
Mystic Shrine. Tie likewise belongs to the C)asis Hunting & Fishing Club and
is a member of the Cascade Fishing Club. Dependent upon his own resources
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 703
from the age of twelve years, he has made a notable record. His education was
largely acquired by attending night school and devoting his "leisure hours" to
study. He has correctly judged the possibilities of success, knowing that its
attainment must be based upon indefatigable diligence, and throughout his en-
tire life he has displayed that persistency of purpose which Wanamaker, the
Philadelphia and New York merchant, has styled as the keynote of prosperity.
One who knows him well says of him, "He is a good-natured, clear cut and
likeable man," and it is these equalities that have gained him his personal popu-
larity and the friendship of the great majority of those with whom he has been
brought in contact.
JOHN P. GEMMER.
John P. Gemmer, engaged in gun manufacturing, has been located at No.
700 North Third street for twenty-eight years and his enterprise is recognized
as one of the substantial industries of that section of the city. A native of Nas-
sau, Germany, he w^as born in June. 1838, a son of Henry and Maria Gemmer.
The father came to America in 1855 and throughout his remaining days was
identified with general agricultural pursuits. He was a representative of one of
the old families of Germany but became a most loyal citizen of his adopted land
and here passed away in 1892.
John P. Gemmer pursued his education in the public schools of the father-
land to the age of fourteen years and when a young man of seventeen crossed
the Atlantic to the new world with his father, landing at New Orleans. The
voyage had been made in a sailing vessel and had continued for thirty-eight
days. From the Crescent City Mr. Gemmer made his way northward to Boon-
ville, Missouri, where he remained for four years, being employed in a gun
factory, in which he thoroughly familiarized himself with the business in princi-
ple and detail. He became an expert workman at the trade and in 1859 removed
to St. Louis, where he secured a position with Mr. Kleinhenn, with whom he
continued for a year. In i860 he entered the employ of W. L. Watt, proprie-
tor of the Hawken gun shop, which was established in 1824 by Jacob and Sam-
uel Hawken. The Hawken rifle was long a most popular one, being exten-
sively used in the mountains and in killing buffaloes. In October, 1862, Mr. Gem-
mer purchased the business of Mr. Watt, the shop at that time being located
on Washington avenue between Main and Second streets. There he remained
until 1870, when he removed to No. 612 North Third street and in 1874 changed
his location to No. 600 North Third street. In 1876 he established his business
at No. 704 North Third street and since 1880 has been at his present location.
As the years have passed he has won a gratifying measure of success. He has
one of the leading gun manufacturing establishments of the middle Mississippi
valley and his output has increased from year to year as his patronage has de-
manded.
In St. Louis, in December. 1872, Air. Gemmer was married to Miss Louise
Grcwe. whose parents were worthy people of Germany. Unto them have been
born a son and daughter. Julius, now thirty-four years of age, pursued his edu-
cation in the public schools and in the Jones Commercial College and is now
traveling salesman for the Winchester Gun Company. He learned the business
of manufacturing rifles wnth his father and thus thoroughly understanding the
trade, he is well equipped to place the goods which he handles upon the market
in an advantageous way. His district is Missouri and Illinois. Adela, the daugh-
ter, attended a private high school and has been specially trained in music. The
family residence at No. 2336 Park avenue is a beautiful mansion and is espe-
ciallv' attractive by reason of its warm-hearted hospitality.
704 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
]\Ir. Gemmer votes independently but is most loyal and patriotic in his feel-
ing for his adopted country and his influence is ever on the side of movements
and measures which contribute to its upbuilding and the promotion of its best
interests. He has resided in St. Louis for a half a century and is here well
known, his business record and his private life alike entitling him to the regard
in which he is uniformly held. From an early age he has depended upon his
own resources and the prosperity which has come to him has followed as the
logical sequence of his unremitting efforts and well directed diligence.
HON. WILLIAM B. KINEALY.
The life work of Hon. William B. Kinealy has constituted a valuable asset
in political and legal circles in St. Louis. He was born in this city in 1871,
while his father, ]\Iichael Kinealy, was a native of Ireland and a graduate of
Queens College of Dublin. Coming to America, his qualifications as an attor-
ney gained him rank with the leading representatives of the profession in St.
Louis. It was in this city that William B. Kinealy spent his boyhood days and
acquired his education, supplementing his public-school course by study in Wash-
ington University. His law study was pursued under the direction of his father
and following his admission to the bar in 1897 he became a member of the well
known law firm of Kinealy & Kinealy. With the advantage that came to him
through association with his father, then well established in practice, Mr. Kinealy
was not long in gaining recognition of his merits as a lawyer and in practice
has never failed to give a thorough preparation, presenting his cause with a
clearness and force that never fails to impress the court and seldom fails to win
the verdict desired.
Mr. Kinealy, however, is known not alone as one of the able young lawyers
of the St. Louis bar but is also numbered among the distinguished representa-
tives of the democracy and was honored by his party in 1902 with election to
the state senate. Ever giving careful attention to each question which came up
for consideration he exerted no little influence in legislative halls, especially in
the work done in the committee rooms. He was chairman of the committee on
criminal jurisprudence and a member of the committee on private corporations,
eleemosynary institutions and public health, constitutional amendments, federal
relations, permanent seat of government and Louisiana Purchase Centennial. He
retired at the completion of his term with the confidence and good will of his
constitutents whose interests he had faithfully served, at no time sacrificing
the welfare of the commonwealth to partisanship nor the public good to personal
aggrandizement.
S. M. BRECKINRIDGE LONG.
. S. M. Breckinridge Long, practicing at the St. Louis bar with a large cli-
entage, was bom in this city. May 16, 1881, and comes of a family noted for
strong intellects. Many of its representatives have been lawyers, physicians
and ministers and have always been connected with the professions. Mr. Long
is a son of William Strudwick and Margaret (Breckinridge) Long. His father
served as major in the Confederate army with the Forty-fourth North Caro-
lina Regiment. In the maternal line the ancestry is traced back to John Breck-
inridge, who was attorney general of the United States under Thomas Jeffer-
son. He had four sons. The eldest, Cabell Breckinridge, was secretary of
state of Kentucky and was the father of John C. Breckinridge, vice president
of the United States, vice president of the Confederacy, United States senator
WILLI A Al B. KINEALY
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706 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
from Kentucky and at one time presidential candidate. Robert J. Breckinridge,
the second son, was a lawyer and preacher. His sons were General Joseph C.
Breckinridge Inspector General of the United States army, and Colonel W. C.
P. Breckinridge, who was congressman from Kentucky. William Breckinridge,
the third son of John Breckinridge, was the father of Clifton Breckinridge,
United States ^Minister to Russia. John Breckinridge, Jr., the fourth son, mar-
ried Margaret ■Miller, a daughter of Samuel Miller, founder of the Princeton
Theological Seminary. Their son, S. M. Breckinridge, married Virginia Cas-
tleman, a daughter of David and Virginia (Harrison) Castleman, the latter a
daughter of ^^'illiam Henry Harrison, president of the United States. Margaret
M. Breckinridge, daughter of S. M. and Virginia (Castleman) Breckinridge,
became the wife of- William S. Long, a son of Osmond and Helen (Webb) Long.
It will thus be seen that S. M. Breckinridge Long is descended from an
ancestry honorable and distinguished. Like the family, he sought activity in
professional lines and was prepared for his life work by liberal educational ad-
vantages, completing the academic course in Princeton University with the class
of 1903, while in 1906 he was graduated from the law department of Wash-
ington University at St. Louis. After completing his education he took a trip
around the world, wisely using this most advantageous time, for he was not 'yet
bound down by professional cares and had, too, the ready appreciation of early
manhood for new and interesting experiences. Following his return he entered
upon the active practice of law, in which he is now engaged, with office in the
Commonwealth Trust building. Many members of his family have gained dis-
tinction as representatives of the legal profession, and the strong intellectual
force and laudable ambition of Mr. Long are the basis upon which his many
friends rest their predictions as to a successful professional career for him.
Mr. Long is a stalwart advocate of the Democracy and in 1908 was candi-
date of his party for the state legislature. He belongs to the Phi Delta Phi, a
legal fraternity, and while an active member was consul of the local chapter.
He joined that society in 1904 and in 1907 became a member of the University
Club of St. Louis, while since 1901 he has been a member of the Cottage Club
of Princeton. He is a splendid representative of a progressive type of young
manhood, and nature and education have vied in making him an entertaining
and cultured aientleman.
W. J. RAF.
W. J. Rae made his initial step in the business world at the age of sixteen
years and since that time has taken many forward steps until his success is
assured by reason of the clientage he has secured as a hay and grain dealer. He
was born in St. Louis, February 9, 1867. His father was Edward J. Rae, a
wholesale liquor dealer, who was born in Ireland but was of Scotch descent.
His mother, Mrs. Ellen (Morrison) Rae, was also a native of the Emerald Isle.
Spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, W. J. Rae attended
successively the public schools of St. Louis, the St. Louis University and St.
Mary's University at St. Alarys, Kansas. Constantly broadening knowledge
qualified him more and more largely for the onerous and responsible duties
which come when text-books are laid aside and one takes up the work in the
school of experience. Mr. Rae was a young man of sixteen years when he
secured a position with the Central Grain Elevator Company, with which he con-
tinued to the age of twenty-one. He then went into the local hay and grain
business with his brother under the name of Rae Brothers, and in 1893 he be-
came associated with the John E. Hall Commission Company as vice president.
For thirteen years he was thus engaged in the trade, after which he started out
alone again as a shipper of hay and grain under the firm name of W. J. Rae &
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 707
Company. Throughout ahiiost his entire business career he has been connected
with this Hue of activity and is well known in the markets wherein are handled
the products with which he is concerned as a buyer and shipper.
Mr. Rae was married to Miss M. Blanche O'Reilly, a daughter of Michael
Byrne O'Reilly, a well known lawyer, who is also the president of the M. B.
O'Reilly Realty & Investment Company. They have three children, two daugh-
ters and a son. Ethel M., Gertrude B. and John O'R.
Mr. Rae was formerly president of the Lakedell Automobile Companv and
is a member of the Merchants' Exchange. In fact he is deeply interested in all
that pertains to the business conditions and development of St. Louis and his
cooperation may always be counted upon as a factor iii public progress and
advancement. Many regard a successful investment as due, in part at least, to
luck or fortunate circumstances but investigation into the career of the success-
ful investor will show that he studies the market with the most discriminating
attention, never leaving undone anything that will serve to bring to him a bet-
ter knowledge of trade conditions, so that he may more profitably place the
financial interests entrusted to his care.
DAVID RANDOLPH CALHOUN.
Through the stages of orderly progression David Randolph Calhoun has
advanced from a comparatively obscure position in the business world to one of
prominence, being today a leading representative of commercial lines in St.
Louis as president of the Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company. His connection
extends also to manufacturing lines and he possesses that force of character and
keen business discernment which enable him to carry forward to successful com-
pletion whatever he undertakes. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, Feb-
ruary 28, 1858, his parents being George W. and Sarah R. (Giles) Calhoun.
After mastering the elementary branches of learning as a public-school student
in New Market, New Jersey, he entered Smith Academy of Dunellen, New Jer-
sey. Fle entered upon his business career in New York with the firm of Noyes,
\Miite & Company, commission merchants in notions, continuing with that house
from 1876 until 1878. The latter year witnessed his arrival in St. Louis, where
he entered the employ of Ely, Janis & Company, wholesale dry-goods mer-
chants. His capability and fidelity won him successive promotions and in 1903
he was elected president of the Elv & Walker Dry Goods Company, which had
been mcorporated twenty years before. The history of this establishment forms
an mtegral chapter in the commercial records of St. Louis. Its development is
attributable in no small degree to the efforts of Mr. Calhoun, who from the
earliest period of his connection therewith has largely concentrated his ener-
gies upon its expansion, striving toward high ideals in the improvement of the
personnel, character of service rendered and in all of its various relations to
the public.
Returning to the east in 1891, ]\Ir. Calhoun was married in New York city.
November 25, 1891, to Miss Marie Gardner Whitmore. By a previous marriage
he had one daughter, Josephine C, now the wife of C. Norman Jones, while by
the present marriage there is one son. David R. Calhoun, Jr. In politics ~Slv.
Calhoun is independent and is identified with that progressive movement which
is noticeable in each of the great parties toward reform and purity in the man-
agement of political interests. He is a member of the Business Men's League
and is therefore identified with interests for the advancement of the commer-
cial and industrial life of the city. He is well known in club circles of St. Louis,
being a member of the Log Cabin, Noonday, Racquet, Cuivre, St. Louis and St.
Louis Country Clubs — associations which indicate much of the nature of his
inteiesta and also his high standing among those prominent in St. Louis' social
life. He finds his chief source of outdoor recreation in golf.
708 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Tn an analyzation of his life record it is easily discernible that at the out-
set of his career he was imbued with the laudable ambition to attain success
and that his efforts have been discerningly directed in those lines of life demand-
ing intellectuality, a clearly defined purpose and unfaltering fidelity to the end
in view His methods, too, have been characterized by the strictest conformity
to commercial ethics and there is in his business career no esoteric phase.
GEORGE ROBINSON LOCKWOOD.
George Robinson Lockwood is an attorney whose analytical trend of mind
and interest in the great sociological, economic and political questions of the coun-
trv have led him to give public expression to opinions that have been an influ-
encing factor in molding public thought and action. He was born in St. Louis,
March 23, 1853, a son of Richard John Lockwood, a native of Kent county, Del-
aware, and a grandson of Caleb Lockwood. His great-grandfather was Richard
Lockwood, of Kent county, who was a member of the convention which met just
after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and organized the state
of Delaware. Tracing the ancestry still further back it is found that Robert
Lockwood, who was of Scotch lineage, came from the eastern part of England
to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop. He was connected with the Mas-
sachusetts colony until 1700, when he removed to the eastern shore of IMaryland,
while later the family homestead was established on the borderland between that
state and Delaware. Representatives of the name, however, have been more
largely identified with Delaware than with Maryland and Richard John Lockwood
remained a resident of that state until 1830, when he came to Missouri in company
with his father. Both were connected with mercantile interests here, Richard J.
Lockwood becoming a member of the firm of Hill & Lockwood, wholesale grocers
and dealers in boat supplies. He married first Berenice Morrison and after her
death Ansrelica Peale Robinson, whose grandmother, Angelica Peale, was a daugh-
ter of Charles Wilson Peale, who was born in Maryland in 1743 and became the
great Revolutionary artist, his portraits of Washington being accepted as the
best that were ever painted of the father of his country. Mrs. Lockwood was
born in Jefferson county, Virginia, and died in the year 1900. Her father, Archi-
bald Robinson, was a gentleman farmer of Virginia and a son of Alexander Rob-
inson, a merchant of Baltimore.
George Robinson Lockwood was the eldest of seven children of his father's
second marriage, two brothers and one sister still living : James Y., secretary and
treasurer of the Southern Coal & Mining Company, of St. Louis ; Charles A., a
retired farmer, of Lamar, Missouri; Mrs. Walker Hill, whose husband is- president
of the Mechanics American National Bank, of St. Louis. There is also a half-
brother, William M. Lockwood, deputy comptroller of St. Louis.
A pupil in the public schools in his early boyhood, George R. Lockwood
afterward attended the University of Virginia and the law department of Wash-
ington University, in St. Louis. He was graduated from the former institu-
tion with the Civil Engineer degree in 1877 and followed that profession for two
years in Missouri, Kansas and Arizona, before entering upon his preparation for
the practice of law. He was graduated with the Bachelor of Law degree in 1881
and was immediately admitted to the bar, since which time he has engaged in
practice alone, devoting his attention to civil law exclusively. His clientage has
been of a distinctively representative character, connecting him with much im-
portant litigation, and he is regarded as a safe counsel and a strong advocate.
While never a politician, Mr. Lockwood has always been active in molding
public opinion, usually giving stanch support to democratic principles. He be-
longs to that class of men who wield a power which is all the more potent from
the fact that it is moral rather than political and is exercised for the public weal
GEORGE R. LOCKWOOD
710 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
rather than for personal ends. He has, however, ahvays felt a most hearty con-
cern for the public welfare and has been helpful in bringing about those purifying
and wholesome reforms which have been gradually growing in the political, mu-
nicipal and social life of the city. Such men whether in office or out are the natural
leaders of whichever party they may be identified with, especially in that move-
ment toward higher politics which is common to both parties and which con-
stitutes the most hopeful political sign of the period. In 1895 he organized the
St. Louis Democratic Sound Money Club, and served as its secretary during its
existence to the election of 1896. In the course of his active work for that or-
ganization he produced and circulated some effective literature on the money
question. He was a Palmer and Buckner elector on the democratic sound money
ticket that year. He is also the author of a lengthy pamphlet, entitled Lockwood
on Trusts ; Apprehension \/^ersus Progress ; and the Tools to Him Who Can
Handle Them. He wrote this in 1899, added to it in 1903 and it has been largely
•circulated, especially among members of the bar. In 1903 Mr. Lockwood was
elected a member of the board of education and is still serving, while in 1906 he
was the democratic nominee for judge of the circuit court. His father's coun-
try home at Old Orchard in St. Louis county is still in his brother's possession and
has been the family property for nearly sixty years. His city home is at No. 5710
Cates avenue.
Air. Lockwood was married November 23, 1881, in Albemarle county, Vir-
ginia, to Anna Preston Davis, the eldest daughter of the Rev. Richard T. and
Louisa Alorris (Saunders) Davis, her father being the rector of an Episcopal
church in Leesburg, Loudoun county, Virginia. Mrs. Lockwood is descended
from Thomas Jefferson's sister Martha, who married Dabney Carr, her brother's
most intimate friend. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood :
Richard J., a civil engineer who was graduated from the Washington University ;
Louisa Saunders ; Angelica Peale ; and Thomas Preston, a student in Wash-
ington University.
Mr. Lockwood and his family are of the Episcopal faith. He belongs to
the Jefferson Club and to the St. Louis and iNIissouri State Bar Associations. He
is a lover of literature and his reading has been extensive. He stands as a type
of tlie 'southern srentleman. courteous, hospitable and social, his cliarrning per-
sonalitv and cordiality winning him many friends.
JESSE L. CARLETON.
Jesse L. Carleton, who at the age of twenty years filled the position of stock
clerk in the print department of the Boogher Dry Goods Company, is now finan-
cially interested in the Carleton Dry Goods Company, a wholesale enterprise of
St. Louis, and as traveling salesman with jurisdiction in Oklahoma and Texas,
is contributing in substantial measure to the success of the house. His rise
has resulted from the gradual development of business powers along well defined
lines of trade. He was born in Cumberland, Maryland, August 20, 1862, a son
of Henry Dunlap and Marv Ellen Carleton, nee Boogher. The public schools
afforded him his preliminary educational advantages, which were supplemented
by study in the Normal vSchool at Cumberland, Maryland. He came from a
farm near Cumberland in 1883 to St. Louis when a young man of twenty years
and accepted a position of stock clerk in the print department of the Boogher
Dry Goods Company. Ambitious for advancement and recognizing the fact that
success results from close application and a thorough mastery of every duty, Mr.
Carleton made his services so valuable in the house that promotions followed
and in 1895 he became financially interested and was elected to a position on
the directorate. He continued as a director with that corporation and upon the
reorganization of the business under the firm style of the Carleton Dry Goods
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 711
Company in December, 1899, he was again chosen a director and so continues
to the present time. In 1887 he became travehng representative of the house
in Indian Territory and later in Oklahoma and a portion of Texas, and the
volume of business which has been built up now justifies the association of three
other salesmen with him in that territory. He is also a director of the Corinth
Woolen Mills and is thus extending his interests and activities, having made for
himself a creditable place among the substantial business men of his adopted citv.
Mr. Carleton makes St. Louis his home and was here married on the 27th
of February, 1895, to Miss Sarah M. Leggat, by whom he has one daughter,
Frances Ellen, ten years of age, now attending the Mary Institute. They attend
and hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and Mr. Carleton
by reason of a social nature and genial disposition is a welcome visitor in the
rooms of the Glen Echo, the Country, the St. Louis, the Field, Racquet, the
Normandie and Mercantile Clubs, in all of which he holds membership. He is
fond of athletics and outdoor sports and recognizes the fact that a well developed
physical manhood is an excellent basis for business success. One who reads be-
tween the lines of this history will readily determine that the salient qualities of
success — close application, unwearied industry and progressive methods — are his.
JOHN HARTMAN.
John Hartman is the secretary and treasurer of the American Gold Mining
Company, with offices at No. 411 Olive street. He was born in Alsace, Decem-
ber 23, 1843, his parents being Francis A. and Marguerita Hartman, who in the
year 1848 arrived in America, establishing their home in St. Louis. The father
was the owner of a brickyard and was interested in various other enterprises of
this character as well as in stone quarries, but following the close of the Civil
war he disposed of his interests and lived a retired life. His death occurred
in 1868 when he was sixty-nine years of age.
John Hartman was a little lad of only four summers when the parents
crossed the Atlantic, and the public school system of this city afforded him his
educational privileges. He continued his studies until he reached the age of
fifteen years, after which he became his father's assistant in the brickyards, work-
ing in a general way and never disdaining any kind of labor that would con-
tribute to the upbuilding of the enterprise. He was thus busily occupied for four
years, but after the outbreak of the Civil war entered a sawmill owned by Frank
Ludlow. In T863 he was draughted for service in the army and did duty with
the National Guards until the end of the war. Immediately afterward he secured
a position in Ames pork packing house where he had charge of their stable
taking care of horses.
Four years thus passed by, during wdiich time he carefully saved his earn-
ings until he was enabled to purchase an interest in the merchant tailoring busi-
ness of John H. Banker, becoming a partner in the undertaking. The firm suffered
somewhat by the widespread financial panic of 1873, and on the ist of January,
1874, Mr. Hartman purchased his partner's interest and formed a second part-
nership wdth A. B. Betz. This relation w^as maintained under the firm style of
Hartman & Betz until 1886, when Mr. Hartman bought Mr. Betz' interest and
carried on the business imder his own name for about sixteen years. On the
expiration of that period he withdrew from the merchant tailoring and men's
furnishing goods business, disposing of his interests in 1902. In the meantime
he had become connected with the development of the interests of the American
Gold Mining Company, acting as its vice president for a number of years and
then resigning to accept the executive position in 1905 of secretary and treasurer.
This position he still fills. Fie was likewise the president of the St. Louis
712 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Enameling- Company for a number of years, and thus various business enterprises
have profited by his sound judgment and careful management.
On the 2d of JMay, 1867, Mr. Hartman was married in St. Louis to Miss
Margaret Landragan, a native of Ireland, born July 9, 1837, and they became
the parents of three sons and a daughter : Francis M., born August 29, 1868,
attended Jones Commercial College and is ncnv occupying a responsible position
m Denver, Colorado; J\Iary Ellen, born February 10, 1871, is the widow of Gus
Ikluench and is living with her father; John H., born August 25, 1873, pursued
a commercial course in the Perkins & Herple Commercial College and is now
connected with the Brown Shoe Company; and Joseph B., born July 17, 1876,
occupies a position in the auditing department of the Frisco Railroad.
The handsome family residence at No. 4317 Forest Park boulevard was
erected by JNIr. Hartman in 1897 and has since been his home. He is a member
of the Merchants Exchange and of the Jefferson Club. A Catholic in religious
faith, he is a communicant of the Cathedral church, and in his political views
is a democrat. Unmindful of the honors of office, he has nevertheless won the
honor and respect of his fellowmen wherever his work is known and his influence
is felt.
HENRY J. LINNEMAN.
Henrv J. Linneman, conducting a wholesale drug business, his careful
management being attested by the success of the enterprise, was born in St.
Louis, September 16, 1843, and is classed with the native sons of the city whose
records reflect credit upon its commercial history. His father, Xavier Linneman,
was a native of Germany and came to America in 1837, locating in St. Loiiis,
where he engaged in the stock business for the southern market. He continued
in that field of activity for several years and then retired from business with a
handsome competence about 1854. In early manhood he had v/edded Mary Anna
Kohrumel, who was also of German birth, their marriage being celebrated in the
fatherland.
Henry J. Linneman was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and at-
tended night schools, where he pursued commercial branches. As a boy he
entered the drug business in the employ of jMathews, Levering & Company, re-
maining with that house for ten years, being office assistant and bookkeeper
during the closing years. No higher testimonial of faithful service can be given
than the fact that an individual is retained in the employ of one firm for an ex-
tensive period. On leaving Mathews, Levering & Company, Mr. Linneman en-
gaged witli Brown, Webber & Graham in the same capacity, for two years, and
in 1872 he started out upon an individual venture in the drug brokerage business,
in which line he continued until 1904, when he became an exclusive dealer in
crude drug sundries. He now conducts a wholesale business in these lines and
his efforts are being crowned with prosperity. To his close application to business
without any outside diversion or interests may be accredited his success. He is
now at the head of a prosperous enterprise bringing to him a gratifying return.
In his political views Mr. Linneman has always been a republican. His
religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and he has been very active
in the Sunday school and library work of the church and in its charities and
benevolence. His religion is that of deeds rather than that of words and with
him there is no dividing line between religion and business.
On the 13th of April, 1871, Mr. Linneman was married to Miss Maggie A.
Pritchard, of St. Louis, a daughter of Willis R. and Katherine (Jenkins) Pritch-
ard. Mrs. Linneman shared with her husband in his activities in church and
charitable work, and her death, which occurred in July, 1902, was the occasion
of deep and widespread regret, for the poor and needy had found in her a faith-
ful friend and all who knew her entertained for her the warmest regard be-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 713
cause of her many good qualities of heart and mind. There were five children
of the family • Willis P., a ranch owner in southwestern Missouri ; Harry E.,
who is engaged in railroad business ; Alice M. ; Katherine A. ; and Ella M. The
daughters are all graduates from high schools and private schools. The family
residence, erected by Mr. Linneman in 1888, is at No. 307 North Taylor avenue
and the family occupy an enviable position in the social circles in which they
move.
HARRY PIATT HUBBELL.
Harry Piatt Hubbell, who has been southwestern agent for the Cambria
Steel Company for about ten years, with headquarters in St. Louis, was born
on the_4th of December, 1871, in Monticello, Piatt county, lUinois. His par-
ents, Silas Hart and Sarah Jane (Townley) Hubbell, are both natives of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and are now residents of Kansas City, Missouri. Spending his
boyhood days in his parents' home, Harry Piatt Hubbell was sent as a pupil to
the public schools of Monticello and immediately after leaving school went to
Kansas City, Missouri, accepting a position in the Kansas City sales office of
the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company in March, 1890. On the ist of May, 1891,
he came to the St. Louis office of the same company and was in active connec-
tion with that concern for eight years. On resigning his position he became
representative for the Cambria Steel Company, with which he has now been
connected for ten years, with headquarters at St. Louis, acting as southwestern
sales agent. He has built up a good business for the house, and his executive
ability and keen enterprise are proving forces in the continuance of the trade.
On the 2ist of June, 1898, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hubbell to
Miss Harriet Belle Hanson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McLean Han-
son. They have two children, Howard Hanson and Elizabeth Burton.
Mr. Hubbell has never sought nor desired public office, but has given unfal-
tering allegiance to the republican party, for he believes the best interests of
the community and the country at large are conserved thereby. He belongs
to the West Presbyterian church and to the Young Men's Christian Association,
and his influence is always on the side of right, justice, truth, improvement and
progress. He is now connected with the Civic League and is identified with
several social and fraternal organizations of the city, holding membership in
the Mercantile Club ; the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Club ; the Rose Hill Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. ; the St. Louis Council, No. 26, of the United Commercial Trav-
elers. His geniality, deference for the opinions of others, and cordial address
are qualities which have rendered him popular wherever he has gone, while the
strength of his character has gained him the friendship and regard of many with
whom he has come in contact.
CHARLES FERDINAND KRONE.
Charles Ferdinand Krone, attorney and lecturer at the Benton College of
Law on wills and administrations, was born in St. Louis in 1863. His father,
Charles A. Krone, was an actor who for twenty-five or thirty years played the
heavy tragedy roles at the Le Bar Theater. He married Catherine Basler. a
native of Switzerland.
Charles Ferdinand Krone acquired his preliminary education in the public
schools, mastering the branches of each consecutive grade until he was gradu-
ated from the high school in the class of 1882. He then attended the State
University at Columbia, ^Missouri, and made preparation for the practice of law
714 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in .the office and under, the direction of L. D. Seward, being admitted to the bar
in 1889 He entered upon active practice the following year and has continued
to the present time, Avinning recognition as an able lawyer of analytical mind
and keen discernment. He prepares his cases with thoroughness and care and
is ever most loyal to the interests of his clients. He held the position of as-
sistant circuit attorney from 1897 until 1900 and figured prominently in con-
nection with the boodle cases of 1903, representing Emil Hartman, Charles F.
Kelly and Charles A. Gudke. In addition to a large general practice he is now
attorney for the Lemp estate and represents the brewery also. For six years
he has been lecturer on wills and administrations at the Benton College of Law.
Nature endowed him with strong intellect and as the years have passed he has
developed his latent powers until his presentation of his cases indicates a mind
trained in the severest school of logic and to which close reasoning has become
habitual.
In 1906 J\Ir. Krone was married to Edith V. Doyle, of St. Louis. There
is one child, Madeline C, a stepdaughter. Mr. Krone is a member of the
various IMasonic bodies, also of the Knights of Pythias and of the Knights
and Ladies of Honor, being attorney for the last named. He takes a citizen's
interest in politics, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the
day and giving loyal support to the republican party because he believes its prin-
ciples contain the best elements of good government. He is a close student of
history and ethnology and his closest friends are those to whom the riches of
intellectual life are familiar.
RICHARD A. JONES.
Richard A. Jones, now practicing at the St. Louis bar and numbered among
the veterans of the Spanish-American war, was born in Binghamton, New
York, Alarch 9, 1869. His father, Evan R. Jones, was born at Utica, New York,
and at his death was engaged in the manufacture of stoneware at Pittston,
Pennsylvania. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and
became a captain in the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry,
doing active service at the front. He was wounded at the battle of Spottsyl-
vania Courthouse. He married Sarah A. Van Benschoten, a native of Bing-
hamton, New York, and a representative of a prominent old Knickerbocker
family mentioned in Washington Irving's History of New York. The father
was of \A^elsh descent, although the family was established at Utica, New York,
in the pioneer epoch in the historv of that city. He died in 1880, while his wife
passed away in 1882. Their family numbered six children, of whom four are
living. The three sisters are: Mrs. Ernest Stenger, of Salt Lake City, whose
husband is general superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad ; Mrs.
J. S. Alexander, whose husband is a practicing physician of Omaha, Nebraska;
and Mrs. D. M. Lewis, whose husband is a merchant of Springfield. Missouri.
Richard A. Jones, the youngest of the family, spent his boyhood days at
Pittston, Pennsylvania, in the midst of the anthracite coal regions. He obtained
his education in the graded and high schools of that town and at Binghamton,
New York. He then took up the study of law and after preliminary reading
was admitted to the bar at Omaha, Nebraska, 1893. Immediately afterward he
entered upon active practice there as a member of the firm of Brome & Jones,
with which he was connected until he came to St. Louis. He was admitted to
the Missouri bar in February, 1896, and here joined Charles R. Crouch in
organizing the firm of Jones & Crouch, which partnership continued until 1898,
when both enlisted as members of Battery A of St. Louis and served during the
Spanish-American war with their command in Porto Rico, returning to the
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716 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Uniteil States in the fall of 1898. The return voyage was made in September
and they were mustered out in December.
Mr. Jones then resumed practice in connection with Moses M. Herold under
the firm name of Jones & Herold, but the latter died in 1900 and Mr. Jones has
since been alone in general civil practice. He is accorded a large and distinc-
tively representative clientage and he is a member of the St. Louis and the state
bar associations. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive and, moreover, he
is exact in making application of his legal knowledge to the points in litigation.
On the i2th of July, 1904, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Alice E. Pollard,
a daughter of the late Major Henry M. Pollard, ex-congressman and a prominent
attorne}^ of St. Louis. Mr. Jones belongs to the Blackstone and Jefferson Clubs
and to the Union ]\Iethodist Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes
a very active and helpful interest. He is now serving on its official board and
is president of its Men's Club. He is very energetic, accomplishing what he
undertakes and inspiring others with his own enthusiasm and zeal. Entirely
free from ostentation, he is nevertheless of a social nature and not only makes
friends wherever he goes but has the happy faculty of retaining their warm re-
gard.
EMILE KARST.
Emile Karst was born in the little town of Erstein, Alsace, France, where
his ancestors had lived for over four hundred years. His natal day was Septem-
ber 26, 1826, and though he has now passed the eighty-second milestone on life's
journey he is still active in business circles, carrying on a general insurance busi-
ness for many years at No. 112 North Fourth street and since 1907 in the Pierce
building. His parents were Joseph Aloysius and Catherine (Miltenberger) Karst.
The father was deputy mayor of his native town and emigrated to this country
in 1838, settling first in Illinois. During the period of his residence in St. Louis
he had lived retired, enjoving well merited rest up to the time of his death, which
occurred in November, 1865.
Emile Karst pursued his studies in the schools of his native town to the age
of twelve years and was then brought with his brothers and sisters by his parents
to the new world. He, too, lived in Illinois for some years, and following his
removal to St. Louis he was connected with the extensive private bank of Clark
Brothers & Company as assistant cashier from 1856 until 1864. He then be-
came cashier of the National Loan Bank, later the Continental National Bank,
where he remained from 1866 until 1879. In the meantime, in 1873, ^^ had been
appointed consular agent for France at St. Louis and discharged his official duties
until 1890, when he retired on account of illness. France made him a member
of its Academy and conferred upon him the official distinction of the Palms,
Officier d'Academie, in connection therewith.
Mr. Karst was married in St. Louis in April, 1874, to Miss Fannie Taylor,
a daughter of John B. Taylor, who was a prominent merchant of this city. The
family was represented in Virginia at an early date and Mrs. Karst is a grand-
niece of President Zachary Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Karst have four sons and
two daughters : Jerome, of Barrows & Karst of the Aetna Insurance Company ;
Edgar Taylor, who is auditor for that company; Raymond C, special agent for
the same company; Theodore A., who is traveling for the Cluett & Peabody
Shirt Manufacturing Company; Emily, who attended the Sacred Heart Con-
vent; and Blanche, who was a student in the Visitation Convent. The family
residence at 2736 Geyer avenue was erected by Mr. Karst.
In his political views Mr. Karst is a consistent democrat, always voting for
the men and measures of the party. His Catholic faith is indicated in the fact
that he is a member of the Immaculate Conception church, and he is president
of the Franco-American Society. He is particularly prominent among the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 717
French-American residents of this city and his native tongue is as famihar to him
as that of his adopted country, although the years in which he has used the
English tongue far exceed the years in which he has had occasion to speak the
French language.
Mr. Karst is weh known in the music circles of this country and abroad as
a concert violinist of distinction, as well as a composer of unusual ability. His
works for offertories in the Catholic church service are in almost every church
choir in this country, and his latest work, "Messe Solonnelle," for mixed voices
and orchestra of strings, is one of the favorites in a prominent church in Wash-
ington, D. C. His song with chorus, "Alissouri," one of his latest compositions,
is highly spoken of by the masters in music who have seen it. The poem is by
Robert Collins, a gifted St. Louis poet. Mr. Karst's compositions for violin and
piano for concert and parlor are published by Louis Rouhier, one of the largest
music publishing houses of Paris, France, and are pronounced as both beautiful
and efifective.
EDWARD VINCENT PAUL SCPINEIDERHAHN.
Edward Vincent Paul Schneiderhahn is a well known lawyer of St. Louis
who holds to high ideals in his professional life and in citizenship, as well as in
social relations. He is broad-minded, has advanced ideas upon many subjects
effecting the sociological and economic conditions of the country, and his influence
is widely felt in the community for the benefit of his fellowmen.
His birth occurred in St. Louis, September 23, 1874. His father, j\Iaximilian
Schneiderhahn, was born in Germany and is a sculptor of considerable renown.
He came of a distinguished family and was the youngest of ten children. liis
art studies were pursued in the royal academy of Alunich, and in his professional
career he holds that art is not its own end, but believes that its purpose is to
instruct, to educate and to elevate, and that any other conception degrades art
from its sublime purpose. He married Frances Bleckmann, who was born in
Washington county, Missouri, and was the eldest of a family of eleven children.
Her grandparents became pioneer residents of this state, settling near Washing-
ton, Missouri, when the work of civilization had scarcely been begun there. Both
her grandparents and her parents were buried in the same cemetery in Washing-
ton. Her father, Fritz Bleckmann, married Miss I\Iary Cornet, a sister of Francis
and August Cornet, both deceased, and of Henry Cornet. Fritz Bleckmann took
pride in the fact that his family for centuries had engaged in the same business —
that of blacksmithing — and Henry J. Bleckmann, an uncle of our subject, still
follows that pursuit in Washington, Missouri. The ancestral record of the
family is connected with the duchy of Hanover through all the varying vicissi-
tudes of its history and the Napoleonic campaigns. Reared in the place of her
nativity, Frances Bleckmann remained at home until she became the wife of
Maximilian Schneiderhahn, with whom she traveled life's journey happily until
her death, which occurred at Sanford, Florida, February 4, 1885.
Edward V. P. Schneiderhahn was the second in order of birth in a family
of thirteen children, of whom eleven are yet living. He pursued his early educa-
tion in the parochial schools, attending St. Mary's and St. Vincent's in this city,
while later he became a student in the St. Louis University, pursuing the classical
course. He interrupted his studies in his sixteenth year that he might gain for
himself the means for his further education, but, keeping up with his classes
through private study, he was allowed to pass the examination in branches wbich
had been taught during his absence. He won promotion with his former class-
mates and was graduated with distinction from the St. Louis University. His
tastes have always been along thoughtful, serious lines. Plistory and biography
have constituted his favorite readins" from his earliest vouth. He has reacl but
718 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
few novels, feeling that thev are too unreal, and that life is too short to spend
much time upon any except historical novels. He feels that a good biography
combines the advantages of a history and of the historical novel, for it presents
motives, living action and results that are facts. Nations and individuals, to
solve the problems of the present and of the future, must know and understand
the lessons of the past, and too often novel reading gives one false ideas of life
and untrue standards, so that ]\Ir. Schneiderhahn has confined his reading to such
literature as helps in understanding life, its experiences and its purposes.
When he had completed his classical studies he became a law student and
was graduated from Washington University. Thus qualified for his chosen call-
ing, he was admitted to the bar of St. Louis in 1896 and has since engaged in
practice in this city, his labors in this direction being actuated by a love for in-
vestigation and study and the advocacy of justice. His mind is naturally logical
and inductive and he displays most careful analysis in all legal interests entrusted
to hi? care, so that he arrives at a safe conclusion, based upon an intimate under-
standing of the principles of jurisprudence and their correct application to the
points at issue. He is especially well known for an extensive office practice and
is widelv regarded as a safe counsellor.
J\Ir. Schneiderhahn is also identified with movements relating to the socio-
logical and economic conditions of the country, and in all that he does has been
actuated by a humanitarian spirit. From 1905 until 1907 he was the president
of the Catholic L'nion of Missouri, a state organization of Catholics of German
descent, composed of ten thousand five hundred members. He was the president
of the National German-American Alliance. Missouri division, a state organiza-
tion, until September, 1908, at which time he declined a reelection unanimously
tendered bv the state convention, and instead was made honorary president. In
1906, 1907 and 1908 he was state delegate from the Catholic Union of Missouri
to the national convention of the German Roman Catholic Central Verein, com-
posed of fifteen state organizations. Reared in the faith of the church of Rome,
he has always been most loyal to its teachings and earnest in his advocacy of its
work. He is a persistent and well known advocate of radical divorce reform
and asserts that admitting the principle of absolute divorce is admitting the prin-
ciple of polygamy in amended form. Fie also advocates denying the sanction of
law to so-called common law marriages, and earnestly supports the religious edu-
cation of youth, pointing to the enormous increase in juvenile crime in proof of
the fact that it is needed. He is frequently called upon to address both German
and English audiences in various cities on the above topics, which are matters
that He close to his heart and claim his earnest attention and unflagging efforts.
His influence is always on the side of truth, justice, right and progress, and in
recognition of the fact that Christianity has been the civilizing influence of the
world. In politics he is a republican.
ANTHONY J. IKEMEIER.
From cash boy to the second vice presidency of a leading dry-goods estab-
lishment of St. Louis seems a long step, but it is the route which Anthony J.
Ikemeier has followed in his business career and today he is active, in his official
capacity, in the management of the William Barr Dry Goods Company. Fie was
born in vSt. Louis in February, 1862, his parents being Henry and Mary Ike-
meier. The father, a native of Westphalia, Germany, sought the advantages and
business opportunities of the new world in 1842, when he crossed the Atlantic
to America. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of his adopted
country, giving loyal support to the Union. In his business connection he be-
came well known as a contractor and was accorded a liberal patronage. He was
alsrj prominent and influential in church work, doing all in his power to pro-
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720 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
mote the interests of the denomination with which he was identified. His death
occurred in 1874.
Anthon}- J. Ikemeier was a pupil in the parochial schools and the public
schools of St. Louis and afterwards attended a commercial college, and during
that time he was busily engaged in the business world, having entered the em-
ploy of Scruggs, V^andervoort & Borney as cash boy. He was alert, watchful
of opportunity for service, prompt, reliable, and worked himself gradually up-
ward, his ability recommending him for promotion until he became superin-
tendent. Thirty-four years he remained with that concern and at the time he
resigned he had served as superintendent for over ten years, his broad and practi-
cal experience therefore well qualifying him for the position of second vice
president of the William Barr Dry Goods Company, entering upon this connec-
tion in 1907. He is old in business experience if not in years, having for a
half century been connected with the mercantile interests of St. Louis. He is
one of the directors of the firm and is a man of indefatigable energy, possessing
ni large measure that quality which, for w^ant of a better term, has been called
"commercial sense."
Mr. Ikemeier was married in St. Louis in June, 1903, to Miss Margaret
Casey, a daughter of Mary Casey, and they reside at No. 5593 Bartmer avenue.
In addition to his home Mr. Ikemeier owns property in the northeastern part of
the city. He has made many friends and is justly entitled to high regard, not
only for his business success but for the straightforward policy which has ever
been his and for the social, genial qualities which he manifests in all his social
relations. Interested in music, he has become an associate member of the Apollo
and Amphion Choral Clubs.
REV. FRANCIS JOSEPH O'BOYLE.
Rev. Francis Joseph O'Boyle, who in August, 1906, received the appointment
as vice president and chancellor of the St. Louis University, was born in London,
Canada, October 9, 1870, and in 1872 the family removed to Detroit, Michigan.
His parents were x\dam and Julia (Delaney) O'Boyle. The father was engaged
in the shoe business during his residence in London, Canada, and in Detroit
entered the employ of the H. P. Baldwin Shoe Company. He is still living, but
the mother passed away when her son w^as eleven years of age.
Chancellor O'Boyle acquired his primary education in the public schools of
Detroit and then entered Detroit College, an institution conducted by the Jesuit
Fathers. There he matriculated in 1882 and was graduated with the Bachelor
of Arts degree in 1889. In July of that year he entered the Society of Jesus and
spent three years in the Novitiate of the Order in Florissant, Missouri, during
which time he was engaged in the study of classical literature. In 1892 he came
to St. Louis to begin a three years' course of philosophy in the post graduate de-
partment of the St. Louis University. In September, 1895, he was appointed
professor of languages in the college department of the same university, and in
September, 1900, began the study of scholastic theology in the seminary attached
to the university. In 1903 he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Glen-
non, then the coadjutor of Archbishop Kain. Lie continued the study of theology
for another year, and in September, 1904, returned to the Novitiate of Florissant
for a course in ascetic theology. In September, 1905, he was appointed professor
of classical literature at St. Xavier College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in August,
1906, he received appointment as vice president and chancellor of the St. Louis
University. In June, 1907, he was appointed acting rector of the university to
succeed the Rev. W. Banks Rogers, who on account of illness was obliged to
retire from active w'ork.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 721
' It would be tautological in this connection to enter into any series of state-
ments as showing Chancellor O'Boyle to be a man of ripe scholarship and broad
mind, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. He
is, moreover, a man of broad humanitarianism and strong sympathy who in his
educational and church w^ork has endeavored to understand the causes which lead
man from the path of light and rectitude and to present the value of all those
things which are worth while in such a manner as will prove attractive and obtain
a strong hold upon those wdio come within the circle of his teaching and his
influence. That each change in his life has marked a progressive step is indica-
tive of his high standing in the church which he represents.
NICHOLAS B. SCHUSTER.
It is said that there are eighteen thousand business houses or enterprises in
St. Louis, from which statement something may be judged concerning the com-
plexity and extent of industrial and commercial affairs. To become noticed,
therefore, in a city of this size one must possess somewhat unusual ability and
whatever he does must bear favorable comparison with other work of similar
character. Nicholas B. Schuster has become recognized as a successful manu-
facturer of wagons, buggies and different kinds of vehicles, having his factory
at Nos. 1625-1629 Wash street since 1893. He was born in Chicago in March,
1852. his parents being George and Kate Schuster. The father carried on a
similar enterprise in Chicago up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1882.
He came from Germany to this country and lived for a time in St. Louis, which
was then a comparatively small city.
Nicholas B. Schuster was a pupil in the public schools to the age of twelve
years, and then, at a time when most boys are concerned with the pleasures of
the playground or the duties of the schoolroom, he began earning his own living,
working in the hat store of Clokey & Hand, in Chicago, for about three years.
On the expiration of that period he entered the employ of Mr. Sontag, a grocer,
doing business at Desplaines and Polk streets, Chicago, with whom he continued
for two years. In 1869 he received practical training in the manufacture of
buggies and wagons in the employ of his father, with whom he continued until
eighteen years of age, wdien, in 1871, he came to St. Louis. Immediately after-
ward he entered the employ of the Solar Carriage Company, wdth which he con-
tinued for about eighteen months, wdien he returned to Chicago and was again
in his father's employ for three years. When that period had elapsed he once
more sought a home in St. Louis, arriving in 1875. and continued for a year. He
later went to Sentinel, Pennsylvania, with a capital of about four hundred dollars,
but his business venture there proved unprofitable and he had to borrow^ money
with which to return to St. Louis. Here he sought and obtained employment in
the carriage factory of Wesley Fallon, at the corner of Tenth and Charles streets,
and that his w^ork was efficient and his business reliability unquestioned is indi-
cated in the fact that he remained with the firm for seven years. In 1883
he started in business on his own account, at 1624 Franklin avenue, feeling that
his previous experience and careful savings justified him in this step. He had
a partner, the firm name being Ortmann & Schuster. He remained at that loca-
tion for ten years, and feeling the necessity of having more commodious quarters
he built his present factory and has occupied it continuously since 1893. The
dimensions of the building are fifty by one hundred and fifty-three feet and it is
equipped with the latest and best improved machinery for the conduct of the work.
All the modern facilities for carriage and w-agon manufacturing are here found,
and the completed product is of such style and w^orkmanship as to secure a ready
sale in the market. In the business he employs one foreman and fifty workmen
who are skilled in this department of industrial activity.
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I\Ir. Schuster was married in St. Louis, Alay 31, 1882, to ]Miss Katie Reimert,
a daughter of John Reimert. who for twent3'-one years was identified with the
J. S. !\Ierrill Company. They have two daughters and one son and they also
lost two children. Those still living are : Clara, the wife of Charles J.
Schmucker. who is acting as bookkeeper for jNIr. Schuster ; Josephine, an accom-
plished musician ; and Theodore, ten years of age, attending the public schools.
]\Ir. Schuster erected the family residence at No. 4974 Wabada avenue. He
is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum and also be-
longs to the St. Louis Turner Club. He votes for the best man, regardless of
party ties, nor has he sought office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon
his business affairs, which, capably conducted, are now bringing him success.
FRANK L. AIAGOON, M. D.
Dr. Frank L. ]\Iagoon, following in the professional footsteps of his honored
father, became a member of the medical fraternity in St. Louis and since 1901
has specialized in the treatment of the diseases of the eye, being now well known
as an oculist. He was born November 3, 1867, in Sebec, Maine, a son of Dr.
Ephraim and Ellen M. (Tenny) jMagoon. The father, although now sixty-seven
years of age. continues in the active practice of medicine and is one of the most
highly respected physicians of the city. The removal of the family to Missouri
during the boyhood of Frank L. Magoon opened the way for him to pursue his
education in the schools of Clarence, Missouri, where he was graduated with the
class of 1885. Whether inherited tendency, environment or natural predilection
had most to do with shaping his life work it is difficult to determine, but it is
evident that the choice was wisely made, for in the field of medical science he has
gained a most creditable reputation. He pursued his course in the St. Louis
College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated in 1892. The
following year he located for the general practice of medicine in St. Louis and
so continued until 1901, since which time he has given his attention alone to the
treatment of diseases of the eye. In the line of his specialty he has studied
broadly and his investigations and research have given him a knowledge that
makes his labor of much value in this direction.
On the 20th of September, 1893, in Clarence, ^Missouri, Dr. Magoon was
married to ]\liss Kate Herron and unto them have been born two children, Fred
Herron and Edith Louise. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church, interested and active in its work. Dr. Magoon serving as superintendent
of the Sunday school. He is also in hearty sympathy with the beneficent prin-
ciples of the Masonic fraternity, with which he has been identified in membership
relations since 1896. In politics he is a stalwart republican, not unknown as a
worker in the party ranks. He stands at all times in opposition to anything like
misrule in public affairs, believing in a clean, business-like city administration, and
his devotion to the public welfare is indicated by his capable and beneficial services
as a member of the board of education, to which he was elected in 1903, and
.serving till 1909, and at the present writing he is serving as president of the board.
WARREN FRAZER McCHESNEY.
Long years of business activity, crowned with a period of rest from busi-
ness cares, constituted the life record of Warren Frazer McChesney, who
passed on to the home beyond December 19, 1906. He was then in the seven-
tieth year of his age, his birth having occurred in Columbia, Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania. October 31, 1837. His parents were William and Eleanor (Car-
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724 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
penter) INIcChesney, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, the former at one time a prom-
inent and well known wholesale lumber merchant of that city.
At the usual age Warren F. ]\IcChesney became a pupil in the public schools
of his native town and in due course of time was graduated from the high
school. In preparation for a professional career he spent two years in study-
ing medicine under Dr. Filbert, but never engaged actively in practice. In i860
he came to St. Louis and accepted a position as clerk in the office of the Fourth
Street Railway, where he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war. His
patriotic spirit being aroused, he then joined the army, enlisting at St. Louis
in the Sixth ]\Iissouri Regiment of Volunteers as hospital steward. Subse-
quentlv he was commissioned assistant surgeon under Dr. George S. Walker
and later was transferred to the First Battalion of the Thirteenth United States
Infantry at Big Black River, Missouri, September i, 1863. Mr. McChesney was
on the field of battle and bravely assisted in caring for the wounded in the siege
of Corinth, at Chickasaw Bayou, Champion Hill, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and
Tonesboro and at the close of the war was presented with a fine sword by his
officers and comrades in recognition of excellent service rendered.
On the 2 1st of December, 1864, Mr. McChesney was mustered out at St.
Louis, after which he turned his attention to contracting, subsequently handling
many of the large city contracts. He also held the contract for cleaning streets
before the city took over that work as a special department of its service. He
continued in the contracting business until 1903, when he retired, spending his
remaining days in well-merited rest. He was truly a self-made man, owing his
prosperitv and advancement entirely to his own labors, and in St. Louis he be-
came both widely and favorably known.
On the I2th of October, 1868, Air. McChesney was married to Miss Annie
Al. Hurley, a daughter of Lawrence and Eleanor Hurley, who was a prominent
farmer and bridge builder of Bradford county, Pennsylvania. Their children were
Harry Warren and William C. McChesney and Mrs. Nellie Meakin, all of this
city. In his political views Mr. McChesney was a republican, supporting the
party from its organization until his demise. His friends found him always loyal
to a pledge given or a promise made. He adhered closely to his standard of right
and in all of his business relations was straightforward as well as energetic and
progressive.
DAVID ROWLAND FRANCIS.
President of the Alerchants Exchange, mayor of St. Louis, governor of
Missouri, secretary of the interior, president of the Universal Exposition of 1904,
the public activities of David R. Francis comprehend a full quarter of a century.
Thev have been varied and continuous, almost without parallel, even within
the possibilities of American citizenship. A delegate repeatedly to national and
state conventions of his political party, president of the Trans-Mississippi Con-
gress, a member of delegations undertaking commissions of all kinds for the
general walfare, this personality has been potent in the life of city and state.
It has combined restless and, as a rule, resistless energy to achieve with an
enthusiasm in every effort which fellow citizens have found contagious. Mr.
Francis has been able not only to formulate plans, but to coordinate forces, to
secure cooperation widespread, in carrying forward to success these many public
undertakings. His record is one of the valuable assets of the history of city,
state and valley.
David R. Francis was born in Richmond, Kentucky, October i, 1850, the
son of John Broaddus Francis and Eliza Caldwell (Rowland) Francis. His
descent is from an ancestry honorable and distinguished. The earliest repre-
sentatives of the Francis family in Kentucky were pioneers of that state and
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 725
Thomas Francis, grandfather of David R. Francis, was a Kentucky soldier in the
war of 1812. On the distafif side David R. Francis is descended from David
Irvine, of Lynchburg, Virginia, whose ten daughters were numbered among the
distinguished pioneer women of Kentucky. The hne of descent can be traced
back to the days of Robert Bruce and the pages of the family history teem with
many glorious deeds and brilliant achievements in connection with the annals
of Scotland. In the time of Bruce, William de Irvine was awarded a part of
the royal forest of Drum in consideration of his valuable services to the crown.
Captain Christopher Irvine commanded King James' Light Horse at the battle
of Flodden, and Alexander Irvine closed the gates of Londonderry in the face
of another King James and his army in which connection the Edinburgh Review
has said : "This action entitled him to be called one of the greatest heroes the
ivorld has ever seen." The Irvine family was established in America during
the early colonization of Virginia and many representatives of the name on this
side of the Atlantic have gained distinction, including General William Irvine a
gallant officer of the Revolution ; William and Christopher Irvine, and Christo-
pher, son of W^illiam, who w'ere pioneers of Kentucky and left their impress
upon the development of that state.
John Broaddus Francis, the father of David R. Francis, was at one time
sheriff of ]\Iadison county, Kentucky. For a period he was engaged in mercantile
pursuits in Richmond. Later he devoted himself to agriculture in Lincoln county.
Kentucky. Removing to Missouri in 1882, he continued his residence here until
his death, wdiich occurred in the suburbs of St. Louis in 1894. He was a southern
gentleman typical of the old school, courteous, cordial and hospitable. He was
a wdiig in politics ; he was a great admirer of Henry Clay ; and he abhorred
slavery.
The ancestors of David R. Francis were English, Scotch and W^elsh. a
combination of strains which becjueathed fine physical qualities, Cjuick. shrewd
mentality and tenacity of purpose. These ancestors regarded more highly patri-
otism and public service than the acquisition of large wealth. The patrimony of
•David R. Francis was a good name and equipment to accomplish rather than
an accumulation of riches.
Threefold have been the activities of David R. Francis, along business, politi-
cal and educational lines. This lad of sixteen was one of three boys in the
academy of Rev. Robert Breck, at Richmond. The school was for girls and
thirty of them attended. The principal took two other boys to keep his own
son company in the classes. David R. Francis remained at school until he had
exhausted the local advantages. His mother had a brother in Cincinnati and
a brother in St. Louis, both of whom oft'ered to give David his board if he
wished to come to the city to complete his education. The youth chose St. Louis.
He thought he was prepared to enter the Junior class at W^ashington U^niversity.
When he presented himself he was not up to the requirements for the freshman
year. He completed the full four years' course, receiving in 1870 the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. The college experience inspired a life-long thirst for knowl-
edge and a determination to extend to other young men the opportunities for
education which prompted important acts later in his life.
At the close of his college course Mr. Francis owed four hundred and fifty
dollars ; he had thought of becoming a lawyer. He went back to Kentucky to
consult with his father and mother, to learn if he could raise the money for the
professional course. A letter came from his uncle, for whom he had been named.
David P. Rowland, telling him the place of shipping clerk with Shryock & Row-
land, commission merchants, was vacant, w'ith a salary of seventy-five dollar? a
month. To grasp opportunity quickly has been a characteristic of INIr. Francis'
whole career. The thought of legal studies, to which a way did not seem to
beckon, w^as abandoned. Mr. Francis entered upon the duties of shipping clerk.
To have earned two dollars and fifty cents at the end of a day along the levee,
among the railroad cars, on change and in the counting room, prompted a feel-
726 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ing of independence and inspired devotion to a business career. In twelve
months David R. Francis had paid his college debt, although it took one-half
of that year's salary. In the seven years he established his own business. In
1877 he organized the D. R. Francis Commission Company, and on the admission
of his brother, Sidney Rowland Francis, to a partnership in 1884, the firm style
was changed to the D. R. Francis & Brother Commission Company. This busi-
ness house has operated extensively in the wholesale grain trade through a
period of more than thirty years, Da-vid R. Francis remaining the president and
giving personal attention, although for considerable periods the greater portion
of his time w^as demanded in public capacities.
Six years after Mr. Francis had gone into the grain trade on his own
account, the young men put him forward as their candidate for vice-president
of the ^Merchants Exchange, a high honor, and elected him. The next year one
of the tickets was headed by David R. Francis for president. A campaign of
much spirit and interest, perhaps as exciting as any in the history of the great
commercial body followed. Mr. Francis, only thirty-three years of age, was
elected. Thus began his marvelous public career, but not in the sense of sever-
ance from his business activities.
The entrance of David R. Francis into political life was involuntary. In
the spring of 1885 the democratic party of St. Louis became involved in a dead-
lock over three candidates for the nomination of mayor — Rainwater, Noonan
and Parks. The convention balloted all night. During the early part of the
night Mr. Francis had visited the convention hall, feeling interested especially
in the candidacy of his personal friend Major Rainwater. The thought that he
might be a compromise candidate had not entered his mind. The next morning
j\Ir. Francis was at the Merchants Exchange attending to his usual routine
when he heard a shout at the door and turning called out "What is that?"
The reply came back "You have been nominated for mayor."
This was the beginning of the official political career of David R. Francis.
The previous summer of 1884 he had been one of the delegates-at-large from
JMissouri to the Chicago convention which nominated Grover Cleveland for his
first term. The selection of Mr. Francis for this position came about as a
surprise to him. The state convention had been called to meet in St. Louis
for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. Mr. Francis,
representing the Merchants Exchange, suggested to his associates that the
Exchange appoint a committee, escort the delegates about the citv and show
them such courtesies as were proper. This action made such an impression upon
the delegates that, although Mr. Francis was not an avowed candidate, they
elected him at the convention the following day over the St. Louis candidate.
Mr. Francis received the second highest vote in the convention. The other
delegates at large were John O'Day, Governor Chas. H. Hardin and Charles FI.
r^Iansur.
Mr. Francis was elected mayor of St. Louis by a plurality of one thousand
two hundred. Four years previously the city had elected a republican to the
mayoralty by fourteen thousand. A business administration in the most com-
prehensive sense of the term describes the period of nearly four years during
which ^Ir. Francis was at the head of the city government. Among the achieve-
ments were the reductions of the interest rate on the bonded debt from six per
cent and seven per cent to three and sixty-five hundreths per cent and four per
cent. The Missouri Pacific owed the city one million dollars for which judgment
had been obtained. Vigorous action on the part of the mayor resulted in the
collection of the judgment. .Some progress under Street Commissioner John
W. Turner had been made toward the reconstruction of the down town streets
with granite paving. There had developed great opposition on the part of tax-
payers and the movement had been checked. Mayor Francis took up and pressed
this improvement overcoming the objections of property holders. Investigation
of the water conditions showed that in the near future St. Louis must provide
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 727
a more abundant supply, flavor Francis obtained autbority from tbe council
to buy tbe present site at tbe Cbain of Rocks and to inaugurate tbe removal and
building of new water works witb a conduit. For tbis purpose the municipal
assembly made an appropriation of one million dollars. A vigorous policy toward
tbe St. Louis Gasligbt Company brougbt about a reduction in the price of gas from
two dollars and a half to one dollar and a quarter per thousand cubic feet. An-
other of tbe measures which Mayor Francis pressed was an ordinance providing
for tbe sprinkling of all streets in the city. Etl'orts to impress the advantages of
St. Louis as a convention city during this administration brougbt here the
triennial conclave of tbe Knights Templar, the meeting of the American IMedical
Association, tbe Grand Army Encampment, tbe national gathering of the Chris-
tian Endeavor Society, tbe National Cattle Men's Association and other large
bodies. In 1887 the president of tbe United States and ^Irs. Cleveland visited
St. Louis and were the guests of Mayor Francis at his home. These were some
of tbe more notable acts and events which gave character to tbe administration
of Alayor Francis.
A mayor who had made the record that ]\Ir. Francis bad in the principal
citv of tbe state naturally came into prominence when tbe democratic party be-
gan to consider the selection of a candidate for governor in 1888. 'Mr. Francis
was named by bis party not as a result of machine politics, but upon tbe impres-
sion he had made throughout the state as a municipal executive. He was success-
ful at an election which went against his party in tbe nation. On tbe 14th of
January, 1889, he entered upon a four years' administration of state afifairs, which
was characterized by direct and practical benefits to tbe commonwealth, brougbt
about by the same well directed energy which bad made his services as mayor so
important to St. Louis.
When David R. Francis went to Jefferson City to be inaugurated governor
the state capital was unfamiliar to him. On one occasion he had gone there
while be was mayor, seeking legislation to put wires under ground. Possibly
he had made two or three fiying visits on other errands. An invitation asking
Alissouri to participate in tbe centennial, at New York, of tbe inauguration of
tbe first president of the United States was one of the pressing matters brought
early to the attention of tbe new governor. Tbe retiring executive, Mr. ]More-
house, had appointed ex-Senator David H. Armstrong chairman of a committee
to represent Missouri. Tbe time of the celebration was April, 1889. No other
definite preparation bad been made for ^Missouri's participation. When he began
to inquire about this invitation. Governor Francis learned that other states were
intending to send battalions or regiments of their National Guard to the celebra-
tion. He announced that Missouri would be similarly represented and issued
orders for the National Guard to prepare for the trip. The legislature failed
to make an appropriation. Nevertheless the troops assembled, trains were pro-
vided and Governor Francis appeared witb his staff. Just before tbe trains left
the Union station at St. Louis, the prudent railroad agent, with tbe information of
tbe legislature's non-action in mind, appeared aboard the train, sought the Gov-
ernor and said be must have his money before starting, which goes to show that
the young Governor was not so well known in 1889 as be became later. A personal
check for the amount, about fourteen thousand dollars, was written bv the
Governor and tbe expedition moved. Missouri was creditablv represented in
tbe New Y'ork celebration. And the fact was one of the rifts in the uglv cloud
which had been hanging over "the train robber state.'' The rest of tbe countrv
began to see Missouri in a different light as the business administration progressed.
A bill to reimburse tbe Governor for bis expenditure was presented in the legis-
lature and voted down. When Governor Francis was informed be did not fume.
He said the measure would probably come up at every recurring session for the
next twenty years until the wnsdom of his action w^as vindicated. Over night
was enough to bring better second thought to tbe legislators. The next dav the
vote refusing reimbursement was reconsidered and tbe bill was passed.
728 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Dignities and honors of office have never dulled the energy or repressed the
activities of David R. Francis. Within three months after Air. Francis became
governor he had established such personal relations with the lawmakers as
enabled him to make his administration effective. He gave a series of receptions
in the mansion. He dined the senators and representatives, twenty at a time.
When he went to lunch he was accompanied by chairmen or whole committees
to talk over pending legislation. With the needs before their eyes the legislators
passed appropriations to refurnish the mansion and to make it w.orthy of the
state. To the credit of the Francis administration was placed the first appropri-
ation for the National Guard since the Civil war. On the recommendations and
personal arguments of the Governor, the first Australian ballot law, the school
book commission and uniform text-book law, the reduction of the tax rate, the
appointment of a geological survey commission and a long list of what may be
properlv termed constructive laws of the state, the value of which the years have
shown, were placed upon the books.
In his administration as governor came the opportunity to Mr. Francis to
do what, next to his W^orld's Fair contribution, may be reckoned his greatest
benefit to the greatest number. For several sessions antagonism on the part of
legislators toward the State University had been growing. The federal govern-
ment paid to the state six hundred thousand dollars, being the long delayed
refund of the direct tax. Many bills to dispose of the money were introduced.
Economists wished to buy ancl cancel state bonds. Governor Francis sent in
a message urging the needs of the university and asking that the money be given
as endowment. He pointed out that the condition of the university at that time
was not in keeping with the dignity of the state. The recommendation gained
headway slowly. The first bill to give the money to the university carried with
it the provision that it should not be available until changes were made in the
personnel of the university management. Employing all of his powers of per-
suasion to carry the appropriation, Governor Francis started legislation which
reorganized the management. He sent in a measure which created a bi-partizan
board of nine curators, only five of whom could be of one party and only one
of whom could be from a congressional district. This broke up party and clique
control of the university. Another reform of Governor Francis provided that
when the legislature made an appropriation for the university the money must
remain in the state treasury until needed and drawn in proper form by voucher
for actual expenditures. The old custom had been to transfer the appropriation
as soon as available to some favored bank at Columbia or elsewhere. The
management underwent prompt changes. At the instance of Governor Francis,
Dr. Jesse was secured for president of the university. The institution had
entered upon a new" era with encouraging prospects when in February, 1892, the
main buildings burned. Immediately Governor Francis called a special meeting
of the legislature. Taking the first train for Columbia he addressed the students
advising them to remain and go on with their studies in temporary quarters and
promised them rebuilding should begin at once. For years successive legislatures
had been threatening to separate the agricultural college and move it from Colum-
bia. Such was the hostility occasioned by previous unpopular management that
there was grave danger the fire might cost Columbia either the University or
the College of Agriculture. The special session was convened as quickly as the
legal limit permitted. Governor Francis recommended an appropriation of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars to rebuild and the measure was passed
promptly. From that day the University of Missouri has forged ahead in
strength and influence at a rate that has been the surprise of educators every-
where. For his policies and his acts as goyernor. David R. Francis is called
"the second father of the university." He ranks with James S. Rollins as one
of the two men who have done most for the institution.
Missouri did not appropriate a dollar to be represented at the Centennial,
at the Xew Orleans; and at the Atlanta Expositions. An exhibit of Missouri
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 729
resources at Philadelphia in 1876 was made by Thomas Allen, president of the
Iron jNIountain Railroad. Governor Francis urged and the legislature passed
an appropriation of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for Missouri's
participation in the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893. In the dedication of 1892,
Missouri was represented by Governor Francis and his sta.fi and six hundred of
the National Guard.
When the Columbian Exposition opened Governor Francis was no longer in
office. Taking his family to Chicago in the late summer of 1893 ^^^ rented a
house and remained for some weeks giving his time to the study of the exposi-
tion. When Chicago was chosen by congress as the location for the World's
Fair, Governor Francis presented the claims of St. Louis, remarking when the
vote went against his city that a decade would bring another centennial anni-
versary for celebration — the Louisiana Purchase.
During the second term of President Cleveland, from 1893 to 1897, Mr.
Francis, who had been one of the most pronounced advocates for renomination
at Chicago in 1892, held relations perhaps closer than any other Missourian with
the administration. He was consulted by President Cleveland upon appoint-
ments and policies which concerned this state. In the summer of 1896, Mr.
Francis was asked to take the secretaryship of the interior. His term of office
was not quite one year but in that time he added millions of acres to the forest
reserves and instituted reforms in the service w'hich were ratified and continued
in the McKinley administration.
About the time Mr. Francis retired from the secretaryship of the interior,
he delivered an address before the Business Men's League of St. Louis, in which
he spoke of the coming centennial of the Louisiana Purchase and advised that
the time was none too long to prepare for a fitting celebration. In June, 1898,
he was appointed on a committee of fifteen "to select a Louisiana Purchase
Centennial committee of fifty to arrange for a celebration in 1903.'' He thought
over the matter, decided to give, if necessary, three or four years of his life to
this celebration, and entered upon the movement with all of his acquired ex-
perience and all of his capacity for efl:'ort and accomplishment.
The threefold prominence which has come to David R. Francis embraces
busmess success in great measure, political honors as high as city or state can
confer and a place among the foremost of this generation who have contributed
to intellectual advancement. Four mstitutions of learning, in recognition of the
helpfulness of Mr. Francis in the cause of education, have conferred upon him
the highest honorary degree, LL. D.— his alma mater, Washington University,
in 1905; the University of ]\Iissouri in 1892; Shurtleff College, at Alton, Illinois
in 1893 ; and St. Louis University in 1904.
Sometliing of the extent and importance of his business connections is in-
dicated in that he is vice president of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company and
the Merchants-Laclede National Bank. In 1898 he organized the banking house
of D. R. Francis, Brother & Company, of which he has since been the chief
executive officer. He is president of the Madison County Ferry Company. He
IS associated as an officer or director with various commercial and financial insti-
tutions. He is sought for the stimulus of his enterprise and for the advantage of
his judgment.
In 1876 2\Ir. Francis w^as married in St. Louis to ]\Iiss Jane Perry, a daugh-
ter of John D. Perry, of St. Louis, and a lady whose social and domestic graces
have contributed not a little to the success of her husband. Their six sons are :
John D. Perry, David R.. Charles Broaddus, Talton Turner. Thomas and Sidney
R. Mr. Francis is a member of the Presbyterian church, ^luch of the nature
of his interests is indicated in his membership relations. He is now president
of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association, member of the National
Geographical Societv. and of the St. Louis, L'niversity. Country. Log Cabin,
Racquet, Jefferson. Round Table, Commercial. Noonday. Mercantile and Kinloch
Clubs of St. Louis, and member of the ^letropolitan Club of Washington, D. C.
730 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the ^Metropolitan Club of Xew York, Chamber of Commerce of New York, the
National Civic Federation and the Society for the Cure and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis.
The governments of Europe and Asia, recognizing the value of his services
as the head of the \\'orld"s Fair, have, in accordance with the forms of such
recognition most esteemed among those nations, bestowed upon Mr. Francis
decorations and honors of high rank.
It is a pervading personaHty, not a dominating personality, that enters into
whatever David R. Francis undertakes. It is with him "come" not "follow."
The influence of such a personality always present and_ active can be traced from
step to step through the years of preparation to the culminating and unprecedented
success of the A\'orkrs Fair of 1904. Never in any position of confidence have
his fellow citizens found David R. Francis arrogant or dictatorial.
JOHN W. BENSTEIN.
John W. Benstein, practicing at the St. Louis bar since 1890, his legal learn-
ing and his devotion to his clients' interests bringing him large business in the
courts, w'as born July 19, 1861, in Soest, Germany, which town was founded more
than fifteen hundred years ago, its cathedral standing as an example of the archi-
tecture of the middle ages. His parents were William and Minnie (Wallrabe)
Benstein, both of whom died in their native country. The father was a custom
house officer for the German government and in 1872 removed from Soest to
Minden, Westphalia, Germany, where he continued to hold a government posi-
tion.
John W. Benstein acquired his early education in the schools of his native
town, but was principally educated in Minden, Westphalia, after the removal
of the family to that place. He is a graduate of Minden College and thus with
liberal educational advantages as a preparation for life's practical and responsible
duties he has made steady progress in the business world, actuated by a laudable
desire for success. He came to America in 1880, locating first at Detroit, Mich-
igan, where he accepted a position as collector for a wholesale house, often travel-
ing long distances in the interest of the business which he represented. These
trips frequently took him to various sections of Canada and owing to the lack of
railroad facilities necessitated his driving over much of the territory. He con-
tinued in that and other positions for about four years, after which he went to
Kansas City, Missouri, and there, having determined to become a member of the
bar, continued his law studies until he was qualified for active practice in the
courts. His first case was at Windsor, Canada, and this he successfully concluded.
He was admitted to the bar in Kansas City but practiced there for only a brief
period, after which he came to St. Louis in 1890 and has been a resident and law
practitioner of the city continuously since. He prepares his cases with great
thoroughness and care, is diligent in research and correct in his application of
legal knowledge.
Aside from his work as advocate and counselor, M^r. Benstein is well known
in business circles, being a large investor in St. Louis real etsate. He has much
faith in the city, believing in its continued growth and prosperity, and his en-
thusiasm and zeal in its behalf have constituted elements in its development.
Whatever tends to benefit the city receives his endorsement and his hearty cooper
ation.
On the 1 2th of September, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Benstein was mar-
ried to Miss Emma M. Koch, and they have a son, William, twelve years of age,
and a daughter, Pauline, seven years old. Theirs is a beautiful country residence
at Kirkwood. Missouri, standing in the midst of a block of ground of thirty acres
and the lawn and surroundings are handsomely adorned with shrubbery and flow-
JOHN W. BEXSTEIN
732 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ers, as well as tine old trees. Air. Benstein is a lover of outdoor sports and ex-
ercises and his country residence alfords him much pleasure in this direction. He
is independent in politics but not without the keenest interest in public affairs
relatino- to municipal government and the growth and development of the city
along material, intellectual and moral lines. His church relationship is with the
Christian Scientists. Business capacity, a love of nature and a humanitarian
spirit are well balanced forces in his life and constitute his an active, honorable
and upright manhood.
M. S. FORBES.
]\I. S. Forbes, president of Forbes Brothers & Company, wholesale dealers
in teas, spices and groceries, was born in Alton, Illinois, in 1842. His parents
had become residents of St. Louis in 1845 and, leaving here when M. S. Forbes
was nine vears of age, removed to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he con-
tinued to reside until 1861, several months before hostilities between the north
and south had been inaugurated and the summer had convinced both sections of
the countrv that the war was to be no mere holiday alTair. ]vlr. Forbes responded
to the president's call, enlisting as a member of Company H, Twenty-fifth Mass-
achusetts Infantry, and as a private in the ranks went to Annapolis. He spent
a brief time in the Baltimore camp of instruction and then on detached duty,
and afterward went with the Burnside Expedition into North Carolina. He
worked his wav upward by meritorious service to successive promotions, and
was with the inspector general of the ninth corps under General Burnside. and
continued at the front until victory crowned the Union arms and the end of the
war was proclaimed. He has always manifested the deepest interest in his old
comrades m arms, and holds membership with Ransom Post, No. 131, G. A. R.
A\'hen the war w^as over- Mr. Forbes returned to St. Louis and opened
business here in connection with his brother, Arthur P. Forbes, now deceased.
The enterprise has since been conducted with continued and gratifying success,
the house handling teas, spices, extracts, etc., which they sell to the wholesale
trade, emploving a number of commercial travelers in introducing their goods
to the market. They have enjoyed a substantial patronage for many years, and
the success of the business is the merited reward of the close application and
untiring energy of the proprietor.
In 1871 M. S. Forbes was married to Miss Virginia Isabella Stagg, a
daughter of Henry Stagg, of St. Louis. He belongs to the First Congregational
church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party, standing loyally
by that organization, which was the defense of the Union in the dark days of
the Civil war. In matters of citizenship he is always loyal, manifesting the
same fidelity to his country which he displayed when on southern battlefields
he followed the stars and stripes to victory.
JOHN HOGAN BOOGHER.
John Hogan Boogher. of the St. Louis bar, is a representative in the paternal
line of an old American family of Holland lineage that settled in Maryland in
the early part of the seventeenth century. Several successive generations of the
family resided there, and S. L. Boogher, the father, removed from Maryland to
St. Louis in 1855 and engaged in the wholesale hat business in this city. He at-
tained success and prominence in commercial circles. Mr. Boogher is a son of
Sophia r Hogan) Boogher, a daughter of Hon. John Hogan, who was a minister
of the Southern Methodist church for a half century. By appointment of Presi-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 733
dent Buchanan. 2\Ir. Hogan served as postmaster of St. Louis from 1857 ^o 1861.
He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincohi, from whom he obtained a per-
sonal order directed to the secretary of war forbidding Federal troops in the south
to seize or invade the Southern Methodist church properties. In 1864 Mr. Hogan
represented St. Louis in congress, most of his efforts there being directed to
bills for the improvement of the Mississippi river. Fie was noted for his piety,
his public spirit and benefactions and was an orator ol great ability. His life
in its varied phases was one of great activity and usefulness, characterized by
public honor and personal integrity.
John Hogan Boogher has made St. Louis his home since his birth, which oc-
curred here in 1867. In the acquirement of his education he attended successively
the public and high schools of this city, the Lmiversity of Virginia and the law
department of Washington University of St. Louis. He was graduated from
these respective institutions in the order named in the years 1884, 1888 and 1890.
From early youth his habits and tastes were along literary lines and this has
naturally led to the accumulation of one of the finest private libraries in the city.
From 1890 he has been engaged continuously in the practice of law and is highly
regarded in the profession.
In 1907 Mr. Boogher married Mrs. Elizabeth S. White, who was a widow
with two sons. The elder, William Russell White, is now lieutenant commander
in the United States navy, while the younger, Frank 'M. White, is associated with
Mr. Boogher in the practice of law. Mrs. Boogher's father was a captain in the
Confederate army, who fitted out and equipped his own company for service in
the field. Her mother was a representative of a distinguished South Carolina
family. ]\Ir. and ^Irs. Boogher make their home at the Usona Hotel, one of the
exclusive family hotels of the city. In politics he is a democrat, and although
always active in behalf of his party he has never been an aspirant for public office.
FRANK R. ROSEMANN.
Frank R. Rosemann, who since 1890 has been engaged in the real-estate busi-
ness in St. Louis, was born in this city November 25, 1861. His father, Frederick
Rosemann, took up his abode here in the year 1848, coming from Hanover, Ger-
many, to the new world. He engaged in the wholesale and retail shoe business
on North Broadway, where he was known as one of the pioneer shoe dealers of
the city. Both he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives in St. Louis.
At the usual age Frank Rosemann entered the public schools, and passing
through the consecutive grades completed a course in the preparatory school at
Seventh and Chestnut streets. He was early connected with his father in the
shoe business. He continued in that line of activity vmtil 1890, when his growing
real-estate interest decided him to open a real-estate office with Mr. Cornet on
North Tenth street, under the firm name of Cornet & Rosemann. x\fter a year,
however, Mr. Cornet retired from the firm, since which time Mr. Rosemann has
carried on the business alone. His attention is largely given to the purchase and
sale of properties, and to loaning money on real estate. He has negotiated many
important transfers, the extent of his operations placing him among the leading
representatives of the real-estate business in St. Louis. He is also well known
as a member of the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Mr. Rosemann was married to Miss Rosalie FI. Bayer in this city, and with
their three children they reside at No. 5354 Waterman avenue. Mr. Rosemann
gives his political allegiance to the republican party, and is a member of Tuscan
lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Ascalon commandery, K. T. ; and Moolah Temple of the
]\Iystic Shrine. He is loyal to the teachings of the craft, and enjoys the favor-
able regard of a large circle of acquaintances. There has been nothing spectacu-
lar in his business career, but it has been none the less important and essential
734 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
as a factor in the substantial growth of the city. He has wrought along lines
that have led to success, and his life record is an illustration of the fact that
carefully -directed labor, unfaltering diligence, keen discrimination constitute
an invincible element in winning prosperity.
AMIE DUPIERRIS.
St. Louis, by reason of its advantageous position, being the most contrail v
located of the great metropolitan cities of the country, has become the scene of
marked industrial and commercial activity and trade relations. It has logically
followed that it is the center of the cotton trade from the fact that the product
raised in the south is largely utilized in manufacture in the north and as a central
point St. Louis became the cotton market of the country. It was this which led
Mr. Dupierris to become a resident of this city, for he long stood as one of the
foremost representatives of the cotton business because of an expert knowledge
that made him a superior judge of the value of the crop.
Amie Dupierris was born in New Orleans, March lo, 1846, and as the name
indicates was of French descent. His parents were natives of France. The
father owned a large plantation and many slaves in the vicinity of New Orleans,
being recognized as one of the prominent and influential residents and business
men of that locality.
Spending his boyhood days under the parental roof. Air. Dupierris of this
review pursued his education in the Catholic Jesuit schools of the neighborhood.
Cotton was the largest crop produced in that part of the south and much of the
business of Louisiana was in connection with the raising and marketing of this
commodity. From early boyhood Mr. Dupierris was interested in the raising of
cotton, which was one of the staple products of his father's plantation, and he
became very proficient as judge of the value of that crop, few men equaling him
in this regard. When the cotton market was transferred from New Orleans to
St. Louis he therefore came to the latter city as cotton inspector and had charge
of the work for many years. He inspected all of the cotton which was shipped
to St. Louis and graded it, the different grades being used for various purposes.
He always had charge of an exhibit at the Fair ot St. Louis each year and it
constituted one of the attractive features there. It would be difficult to find one
who had a more extensive knowledge of cotton, its value or of the kind raised.
He could tell at a single glance in what class the product should be put and his
efficiency in this direction constituted an element of worth in the conduct of the
cotton trade at this point.
In 1868 Mr. Dupierris was married to Miss Johanna Reada, a native of St.
Louis and a daughter of Lawrence Reada, who came to this city at an early
day and bought a large tract of land along what is now Manchester road. It was
his intention to speculate in this but he died a year after his arrival. Unto Mr.
and Airs. Dupierris were born three daughters : Mrs. Augusta Hick, living in St.
Louis; Mrs. Rose Grenden, whose husband is a real-estate dealer of this city;
and Leonora, the wife of C. F. Longfellow, who was formerly a building commis-
sioner of St. Louis.
Mr. Dupierris gave his political support to the democracy and always kept
himself informed on the questions and issues of the day. He was a devout Cath-
olic and assisted largely in the building of various churches here, being very
generous in his support of the work in all of its departments. He also took an
active and helpful interest in the growth and upbuilding of St. Louis, especially
in the line of its business development, and his labors constituted an element in
its progress. He was a member of the Cotton Exchange and his prominence in
connection with the cotton trade was ec(ualed onlv bv the place which he occu-
pied in the social circles in wliich he moved. All who knew him respected him
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736 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
for his business enterprise and ability and gave him their warm friendship by
reason of his genuine personal worth. His death, therefore, was the occasion
of distinct loss to the city where he had gained for himself a most enviable posi-
tion. He passed awav in 1880 and was buried in the family lot in Calvary cem-
etery.
Since her husband's death Mrs. Dupierris has disposed of the property which
he had at New Orleans and invested in St. Louis realty, expecting to make her
home here throughout her entire life. She is well known in social circles and her
residence is most attractive by reason of its warm-hearted hospitality.
GEORGE KNAPP HOBLITZELLE.
George Knapp Hoblitzelle, today vice president of the Commonwealth Steel
Company, has been entirely self-supporting from the age of sixteen years and has
partially contributed to his support since a youth of ten years. Through pro-
gressive stages of advancement resulting from the development of his native
talents and powers and the improvement of his opportunities he has worked his
way upward until he occupies a position of distinction as a representative of one
of the most important industrial interests of the country.
St. Louis numbers him among her native sons, his natal day being November
24, 1867. His parents were Clarence L. Hoblitzelle. deputy assessor and collector
of water rates, and Ida (Knapp) Hoblitzelle, second daughter of the late Colonel
George Knapp. After attending the public schools of St. Louis he spent two
years in the Alanual Training School of Washington University. After reaching
the age of ten years he endeavored to secure work of some kind during each
summer vacation and when thirteen years of age in the summer of 1881 he was
"printer's devil" and learned to set type in the composing room of the Missouri
Republican. Pecuniary conditions necessitated the termination of his studies in
the Manual Training School in June, 1884, although the work of the succeeding
year would have brought him to graduation.
Soon after putting aside his text-books he secured a clerical position in the
office of the city comptroller, continuing in that office under democratic and re-
publican administrations from 1884 until 1891. In the latter year he accepted an
offer from the Wrought Iron Range Company of St. Louis, which he represented
in the capacity of confidential correspondent until December i, 1897. He then
severed his connection with that house and accepted the position of vice president
of the Howard, Harrison Iron Company, manufacturers of cast iron pipes, at
Bessemer, Alabama, where he remained until the absorption of that company by
the American Pipe & Foundry Company — a combination of the southern manu-
facturers of cast iron pipe. Returning to St. Louis in 1899, he became secretary
and treasurer of the Shickle, Harrison & Howard Iron Company, founders of
steel castings, and continued with them and their successors, the American Steel
Foundries, until September i, 1904, when he was elected vice president and treas-
urer of the Commonwealth Steel Company, of St. Louis, manufacturers of steel
castings. The steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible and are the
evidence of his constantly growing powers which have developed through use.
He early learned the fact that in self -development lies strength and he tested his
own powers by actual work, doing faithfully, eagerly and efficiently every task
that was assigned him, and thus working his way upward to larger responsibilities
and more important duties. His name is today, however, well known in connec-
tion with the steel trade of the country.
Mr. Hoblitzelle was married in St. Louis, September 24, 1894, to Miss Laura
T. Harrison, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harrison, a sketch of whom
will be found elsewhere in this work, and a granddaughter of James Harrison,
prominent in the early history of St. Louis. They have twf) children: Harrison
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 737
and Laura Trimble. The family attend St. George's Episcopal church, with which
the parents hold membership.
Mr. Hoblitzelle is interested in various projects for the esthetic development
and civic advancement as well as the material progress of his city, a fact which is
indicated in his membership in the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts and the Civic
League. He is also a member of the Noonday Club, Racquet Club, Citizens Indus-
trial Association, the Traffic Club, the National Association of ^Manufacturers and
the Illinois Manufacturers Association. Those who are his associates in business
find him alert, determined and energetic. Those who meet him in social relations
respond readily to his genial and cordial manner, so that the circle of his friends
is constantly broadening. He is a strong believer in Jeffersonian principles of
democracy, but at local elections his support is given a candidate regardless of
political affiliation.
ROBERT H. WHITELAW.
For more than a quarter of a century Robert H. Whitelaw has been a partner
in the firm of Whitelaw Brothers, importers, jobbers and commission merchants,
now located at Nos. 409-411 North Second street. This is now one of the old
established houses of the city and bears an unassailable reputation because of the
straightforward business policy that has ever been followed in its trade relations.
Robert H. Whitelaw was born in Vermont, September 11. 1847, ^^^ i^ a
representative of one of the old and prominent New England families. His great-
grandfather was General James Whitelaw, who came from Scotland and settled
in northern Vermont in 1777, establishing a colony of Scotch people in that local-
ity. He was actively and prominently associated with the early and substantial
development of that part of the state. He was a surveyor by profession and
made surveys, established many boundary lines and drew various maps that were
accepted as authority. His surveying instruments, diary and records have been
presented by Oscar Livingston and Robert Henry Whitelaw to the Historical
Society of Vermont, for they are regarded as a valuable acquisition to important
early records. Robert Whitelaw, grandfather of our subject, was also a very
useful citizen and a prominent man in his community. His son, William Trotter
Whitelaw, was a farmer of Ryegate, Caledonia county, Vermont, and not only
successfully controlled his business interests, but took an active part in shaping
public thought and action, while his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and
ability, and his devotion to high ideals of citizenship, elected him as a representa-
tive in the state legislature. He married Lucy Wells Morse and their family
included Oscar L. and Robert H. Whitelaw, who constitute the present firm of
Whitelaw Brothers of St. Louis.
The younger brother was a pupil in the public schools of his native town,
but otherwise had no educational advantages, save that in the school of ex-
perience he has learned many valuable lessons. He left the public schools at the
age of sixteen years and almost immediately thereafter went to Boston. Massa-
chusetts, seeking the business advantages ofl:'ered by the city. There he accepted
a clerkship with the Boston Belting Company and was its assistant cashier. He
severed his connection with that house at the termination of three years' service.
He had become imbued with the belief that still better business opportunities were
ofifered in the growing middle west, and in February, 1866, he arrived in St.
Louis. His cousin, George P. Whitelaw, had established a paint, oil and chem-
ical business here in 1853, and Robert H. Whitelaw entered his cousin's service as
a clerk and so continued until he and his older brother, Oscar L., purchased
the business. He had occupied a responsible, confidential position, while his
brother was a partner in the business. Thus bv broad and practical experience
the young men were fitted for the conduct of the enterprise, and that they have
738 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
successfully conducted it is indicated by the fact tliat the}- have remained in this
line of trade for more than a quarter of a century, handling chemicals, drugs,
paints, oils, seeds and supplies for soap, glass, paper, cotton and woolen manu-
facturers and for railways and pork packers. Their business has grown year by
vear along substantial lines of trade, and is today an important commercial enter-
prise of large proportions, yielding a gratifying annual dividend on the investment.
Robert H. \Miitelaw was also vice president of the Woodman Linseed Oil Com-
pany of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1882 until 1886. The world judges the indi-
vidual, not bv what he is capable of doing, but by what he does, and that Mr.
\Miitelaw has led a busy and active life, attended by excellent achievements, is
indicated in the fact that the consensus of public opinion concerning him is
altogether favorable.
"in February, 1876, Air. Whitelaw was married in St. Louis to Miss IMary
Gray, daughter' of James and Rebecca D. (Bowen) Westgate, of Nantucket,
Massachusetts. ]\Ir. Westgate for many years was a successful baker, conduct-
ing an extensive business in the manufacture of ship biscuits. Mrs. Whitelaw
died in 1890. leaving a daughter and two sons: IMargaret, the wife of Eugene
Smith \Mlson, an attorney of St. Louis; Ralph Thomas, a graduate of Amherst
College, of the class of 1902 ; and Robert Malcolm, who is a graduate of x\m-
herst College, of the class of 1907. Both sons are engaged with their father
in business, and they reside at the Buckingham Hotel.
Mr. Whitelaw is a valued member of various orders and societies. He be-
longs to the Royal Arcanum and the Legion of Honor and is a member of the
St. Louis Club. He is likewise a charter member of the Round Table, and for
thirty years has been a member of the Merchants Exchange. He became a
member of the Traffic Club on its organization and for many years has been a
member of the ^Missouri Historical Society and of the Archaeological Society of
St. Louis. He is likewise a member of the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts and
is interested in all that pertains to civic virtue and civic pride, to municipal prog-
ress, intellectual, jesthetic and moral culture. He holds membership with the
Historical Society of Vermont, with the New England Society of St. Louis, and
is a member of the executive committee of the Humane Society of St. Louis.
His name is on the membership rolls of the First Congregational church, and
for twenty-one years he served as its treasurer, but resigned two years ago. By
reelection, he has been continued on its board of trustees for a quarter of a cen-
tury, and is helpful in the various church activities. Since age conferre.d upon
him the right of franchise he has been a stalwart republican, and for the past
three years has been vice chairman of the Municipal Bridge and Terminal Com-
mission of St. Louis. This is not a political position, but Mayor Wells, knowing
Mr. Whitelaw's high principles and sterling character, called him to this respon-
sible position, knowing that his business qualifications and his loyal citizenship
well fitted him for the office.
CHARLES Z. TREMBLEY.
Charles Z. Treml)ley. president of the Trembley-Miller Real Estate Company,
president of the Keeley Real Estate Company, also of the Rosewood Realty Com-
pany and the Yelmert Realty Company, has in these connections handled much
property until his knowdedge of the real estate market enables him to speak with
authority on matters relative thereto. A native of Illinois. Mr. Trembley was
born in Murphysboro. January 25, 1868, and is of French descent, although the
family was established in Canada several generations ago. The father, Joseph
Trembley. who was engaged in the grocery business at Murphysboro for many
years, died in 1899, but the mother. Mrs. Octavia Trembley, is still living.
The boyhood days of Charles Z. Trembley were devoted to the acquirement
of an education in the graded and high schools of Murphysboro, with a keen en-
CHARLES Z. TREMBLEY
740 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
joyment of such sports as boys of the period usually indulge in. Immediately
after leaving school he came to St. Louis and began reading law in the office of
Clopton & Trembley, where he remained for three years. During that time he
also attended the commercial college conducted by Perkins & Herpel, pursuing
the evening course. He at length abandoned his law reading to become cashier
and bookkeeper with the real estate firm of Keeley & Company, devoting the day-
time to that position, while in the evening hours he sold property. After four
months he was promoted to the position of salesman and was thus identified with
the business until he became instrumental in incorporating it under the name of
the Keeley Real Estate Company. At that time he was elected vice president,
and on the death of G. M. Keeley, in 1903, succeeded to the presidency. In
1905 he organized a new corporation under the name of the Trembley-Miller Real
Estate Companv and is also its president. He is likewise a director of the Real
Estate Exchange, president of the Rosewood Realty Company and president of
the Yelmert Realty Company. These various connections have brought him into
close contact with the real-estate business of the city. He does not claim to have
succeeded beyond others, but those who watch the real-estate reports recognize
the fact that the companies with which he is connected are doing a good busi-
ness, handling a large amount of property, and as chief executive officer Mr.
Tremblev is contributing in large measure to the substantial results which are
being achieved. They also do a large building and loan business, placing from
two hundred and fifty thousand to three hundred thousand dollars in building
loans from 1900 to 1906, and this has become an important branch of their busi-
ness. Mr. Trembley's law training has eminently fitted him for the probate busi-
ness, which forms no small part of their general line of business.
The home life of Mr. Trembley had its beginning in his marriage in St.
Louis, November 25, 1895, to Miss Ida J. Park, a daughter of IMathew and
Jeanette Park. Her father was the first man to introduce marble into the west-
ern states. He was also well known here as captain in the Missouri National
Guards and was popular in military as well as in business circles. Mr. and Mrs.
Trembley have a daughter, Ida J., who is attending the public schools and who is
with them in their home at No. 5671 Clemens avenue.
Mr. Trembley is a republican, identified with the Republican and other
clubs, and is serving as chairman of the public service committee of the Real
Estate Exchange. He never regards a position as a tenable one if it involves
misrepresentation in even the slightest degree, whether in political, social or busi-
ness life. He justly considers satisfied patrons as his best advertisement, and his
business has enjoyed that substantial growth which cOmes largely from the good
word spoken by those who have had business dealings with him and have recog-
nized him as one who is straightforward and reliable at all times. He takes an
active interest in all outdoor sports, especially hunting and fishing, and is an en-
thusiastic automobilist, but he does not care particularly for club life, preferring
the quiet of home and the companionship of his family.
CALVIN M. WOODWARD, LL. D.
The life record of Dr. Calvin M. Woodward has given decided impetus to
the world's progress in educational lines — and knowledge is the foundation of
all advancement and success. He enjoys national reputation by reason of the
fact that he was the founder and promoter of the system of manual training which
now constitutes a feature in the public school work of all the leading cities of
the country and in many of the smaller towns.
Dr. Woodward was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1837, a son of Isaac
B, and Eliza fWetherbee) Woodward. A pupil in the Fitchburg schools at the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 741
usual age he passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high
school with the class of 1856, and in Harvard College he won the Bachelor of
Arts degree in i860. In more recent years additional degrees have been con-
ferred upon him, he having received the Ph. D. degree in 1874 and the degree
of Doctor of Laws in 1905 from Washington University, and again from the
University of Wisconsin in 1908.
His life work has been that of the educator, and that nature intended him
for this field of labor is evidenced by the notable success which he has attained
therein. Immediately following his graduation from Harvard he became principal
of the Classical High School of Newburyport, Massachusetts, there remaining
from i860 to 1865, save for the period of one year while he was serving his
country as a soldier in the Union army. The year 1865 witnessed his arrival in
St. Louis, since which time he has been continuously connected with Washing-
ton University, starting as assistant principal in the academic department. In
due course of time he was made a member of the faculty of the University and
for more than a quarter of a century has been "Thayer professor of mathematics
and applied sciences" in that institution. Throughout his entire professional
career he has exemplified the spirit of Kant, who said: "The object of educa-
tion is to train each individual to reach the highest perfection possible for him."
To this end Dr. Woodward has ever sought out new plans and methods to ad-
vance the interests of the schools in their preparation of the young for the prac-
tical and responsible duties of life, and his initiative spirit has brought forth
original methods which have constituted a forward step in education and gained
for him the admiration of the world.
Dr. Woodward assisted in the organization of the polytechnic department
and for twenty-five years was its dean, but resigned the deanship in 1896 because
of the constant demands made upon him in other directions. He, however, re-
turned to the office of dean in 1901 and still holds it. From early in his career
as an educator he became interested in systematic and intelligent manual train-
ing and largelv through his investigations and efforts the present famous manual
training school of the Washington University was established in 1879. Year
after year he has labored to promote this branch of instruction that young people
might' leave school qualified for business life not only by mental development but
by the trained use of physical faculties. Not only St. Louis but the entire coun-
try has benefited by his service, for his plan of manual training has been adopted
in everv large city of the country and in many of the smaller towns. Today
manual' training is part of the public school work of the leading metropolitan cit-
ies of the country, and to Dr. Woodward is given the credit of originating and
inaugurating the work as it is known today.
While Dr. Woodward has been one of the builders of the Washington Uni-
versity and has contributed his full share toward making it the leading educa-
tional institution in Missouri, he has also devoted much time and effort to the
public schools and the cause of popular education. His close study of the needs
of the schools and the possibilities for accomplishment has led him to quickly
determine that which is essential and valuable and to discard all that is non-
essential. With other leading citizens of St. Louis early in the year 1897 he in-
terested himself in bringing about a reorganization of the St. Louis school board
which has resulted in a vastly improved condition of the public schools of the
city. After the necessarv legislation had been obtained it was deemed a rnatter
of the highest importance that the reforms to be inaugurated should be intro-
duced bv a non-partisan school board and Dr. Woodward was named as a candi-
date for membership in that board. He and his associates on the reform ticket
were elected bv the largest majority ever given to candidates for municipal office
in this citv and they have fullv justified the expectation of the people.
Dr. Woodward has been a frequent contributor to educational literature
and. moreover, his fertile brain has produced numerous pamphlets and essays
on other subjects, indicating the range of his reading and research. During the
742 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
years from 1877 until 1880 he wrote The History of the St. Louis Bridge, the
magnificent technical work which was characterized by the leading bridge en-
gineer of the country as "the most important American contribution to engineer-
ing literature." In addition to various professorships he served as a member of
the St. Louis board of education in 1878 and 1879 and was again elected in 1898,
continuing in the position to the present time. He was also a member and pres-
ident of the board of curators of the State University from 1891 until 1896, and
was census supervisor of the city of St. Louis in 1880. His membership relations
extend to various organizations which have for their object the promulgation of
scientific knowledge. He was at one time president of the St. Louis Engineers
Club, also of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and was
president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is
a director of the Lafayette Building Association and of the Lewis Blind Stitch
jNIachine Company.
Dr. \\'oodward married ]\Iiss Fanny Stone Balch of Newburyport, Septem-
ber 30, 1863. and of the nine children born unto them three are living: Clara
Lincoln, with her parents at 3013 Hawthorne boulevard ; Fanny Louise, the wife
of Dr. H. C. Mabley, residing at 9408 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio ; and Mar-
garet, the wife of Ralph McCarty, who makes his home at Sewickley, near Pitts-
burg, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Woodward is fond of outdoor games and sports, is a golf player and an
expert oarsman, having been a regular member of the Harvard crew in i860.
Liberal in his religious views, he is a member of the Unitarian church and be-
lieves as firmly in a moral progression of the race as he does that advancement
is being conserved in other lines. His life has been one of intense usefulness
to his fellowmen. He has perhaps achieved his greatest distinction as director
of the manual training school and as a lecturer and writer on the subject of
manual training. St. Louis numbers him among her most honored citizens, while
his distinctive ability places him prominent in the ranks of educators in the
countrv.
•
DORSEY ALBERT JAMISON.
Dorsey Albert Jamison, who since 1875 has practiced continuously at the St.
Louis bar, being now senior partner of the firm of Jamison & Thomas, prominent
in legal circles in this city, was born November 22, 1853, ^lear Murfreesboro in
Rutherford county, Tennessee. His father, Henry Downs Jamison, was a direct
descendant of Colonel Downs, a signer of the Mechlenburg Declaration of Inde-
pendence. He married Sarah Woodlief.
Dorsey A. Jamison acquired his more specifically literary education in Union
University at Alurfreesboro, Tennessee, being graduated from that institution
on the completion of the classical course in 1872. He determined upon a pro-
fessional career and to this end entered the St. Louis Law School, a department
of Washington University, at St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1875,
winning the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He had spent his early youth as a
farmer boy in attending the country schools and working in the fields, but his
ambition led him into other walks of life, which he believed afforded wider oppor-
tunity, and in 1875 '^e began the practice of law in St. Louis, where he has re-
mained to the present time.
Before taking up his college course in law he read in the office of Cline,
Jamison & Gay and was associated with that firm from 1873 u^til 188 1, but at
the latter date became junior partner of the law firm of Collins & Jamison. That
relation was maintained for twenty-one years, or until 1882, when the partner-
ship was dissolved and Mr. Jamison became senior partner of the law firm of
Jamison & Thomas, which is still in existence. The firm engages in the general
practice of law, with a large clientage, and through a third of a century's con-
nection with the St. Louis bar Mr. Jamison has continuously advanced in legal
DORSEY A. JAMISON
744 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
knowledge and in his ability to handle the intricate problems that are presented
before the courts. He is also regarded as a safe counselor as well as able advo-
cate, and now has a clientage of a distinctivel}- representative character.
Air. Jamison has not been unknown in events of public interest and im-
portance. He belonged to and served with the state militia during the strike of
1877. In politics he is a democrat and firmly believes in the principles of the
party, yet his ambition has never been in the line of office holding. In 1907 Gov-
ernor Joseph W. Folk tendered to him the presidency of the police board of the
citv of St. Louis, but he declined on account of the pressure of professional duties
and individual interests aside from his law practice. He is a director and officer
in a number of corporations.
On the 6th of January, 1892, Mr. Jamison was married to Miss Stella Sikes,
at Franklin, Tennessee, and they have one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Jamison.
Mr. Jamison is a prominent Mason, having served as grand master of the state
of Missouri in 1896 and 1897. The thirty-third, the highest degree of Masonry,
has been conferred upon him. In 1904-5 he was president of the Tennessee
Society of St. Louis, has also been president of the Southern Society, and he is
a member of the Second Baptist church, while in the line of his profession he is
connected with the St. Louis and State Bar Associations and with the St. Louis
Law Library Association. He holds to high ideals in his profession, in Masonry
and in fact in everv relation in which he is found and, richly endowed by nature
with admirable qualities, he commands uniform respect and good will wherever
he is known.
ALMON D. HALL.
The lines of capability and fidelity are no more tightly drawn perhaps in
any department of business than in railroad circles, and he who wins advance-
ment therein gains it at the price of hard and self-denying labor and a thorough
mastery of every duty entrusted to him. He must also display something of the
initiative spirit in handling new situations which arise, and promotion then fol-
lows as the logical sequence of his labors. Such a course has characterized the
business record of Almon D. Hall, now chairman of the Southern Freight Asso-
ciation at St. Louis. He was born at Minonk, Illinois, September 21, i860, and
is descended from New England ancestry. His father, Benjamin Hall, a native
of Vermont, removed to the west in 1850 and located at LaSalle, Illinois, while
later he took up his abode in Minonk, where he engaged in railroading. In 1872
he came to St. Louis and entered the service of the Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway Company as roadmaster. In 1885 he removed to Wisconsin, where he
remained in railroad work for a few years, or until his retirement to a farm in
Ashland county, whereon he spent his last years, passing away in 1894. He had
for two years survived his wife, who bore the maiden name of Abigail Thomp-
son, and was a native of Maine. She passed away about 1892.
Almon D. Hall is the only survivor of a family of four children. His elder
brother, Charles Henry, who was a painter by trade, died in 1895. His sister,
Cora E., became the wife of George H. Kershill and died in 1898, at San Diego,
California. Addison, the youngest of the family, died in infancy.
Almon D. Hall spent his boyhood to the age of twelve years in Shelbyville,
Illinois, and in 1872 came to St. Louis, acquiring his education in the public
schools of the two cities. He entered the high school here at the age of seventeen
years, but afterward attended business college for one year. He became a factor
in business circles as an employe in the local office of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way Company, at Carondelet, securing the position of bill clerk when eighteen
years of age. There he remained for eight years, after which he went to Abbots-
ford. Wisconsin, as assistant agent for the Wisconsin Central Railroad, but after
three months was promoted to cashier at Ashland. Wisconsin, the terminus of the
road. There he continued for one year, but not liking the rigorous climate of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 745
that state secured a position as ticket agent at Paris, Texas, for the St. Louis &
San Francisco Railroad in 1888. A year was passed in the Lone Star state,
after which he returned to St. Louis and entered the general freight office of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad as quotation rate clerk. In 1890 he secured a better
position with the Union Pacific Railroad Company, being made chief clerk to the
general agent. James F. Aglar, with whom he continued until 1895. In the fall
of that year he became tariff clerk for the Southern Freight Association and
acted in that capacity until 1903, when, upon the death of the chief clerk, W. H.
McLean, in January of that year, he was promoted to fill the vacancy, and so
continued until May, 1907. when he was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Chairman Seth Frink. He is also agent for various railway
companies for the publication of common freight tariff's. Thus through stages
of gradual development and promotion Mr. Hall has gained the present respon-
sible and important position which he is now filling. He is a member of the
American Association of Freight Traffic Officers and of the St. Louis Railway
Club.
Mr. Hall is interested to some extent in St. Louis real estate. In politics he
is a stanch republican though not an office seeker. He is not at all inclined toward
public life, political or otherwise, and when not occupied with his business cares
and duties prefers to spend his time in fishing and hunting, or in the delights
of literature and amateur photography. He has become quite proficient in the
latter and well versed in the former, and conversing with him one readily recog-
nizes that his mind has been enriched and broadened through the contact with
master minds of manv agfes.
JOSEPH STARKE CALFEE.
Joseph Starke Calfee, assistant cashier of the ^lechanics-American National
Bank and also interested in a number of financial institutions of Missouri, was
born near Graham, Virginia, May 22, 1868, a son of John Anderson and Julia
A. (Davidson) Calfee. The parents were of old Virginia families, who settled
in the Old Dominion on their emigration from England. In 1870, John A.
Calfee and his family located on a farm near Windsor, Henry county, Missouri,
but later the father engaged in mercantile pursuits at that town.
Joseph Starke Calfee acquired his education in the high school at Windsor,
Missouri, spending his vacations in the printing office of the "Windsor Review,"
where he learned the printer's trade. Leaving school at the age of fifteen, he
entered the Windsor Savings Bank in 1883 and remained with that institution
until 1886, when he was elected assistant cashier of the Citizens Bank of Windsor,
Missouri, and one year later, at the age of nineteen, was made cashier of the
bank. He served as cashier and manager until 1894, and during this period the
business gradually grew until what was originall}- a very small institution be-
came one of the largest banks in that section of the state, its splendid development
being attributable in no small degree to the executive ability and excellent manage-
ment of our subject.
In 1894 ^^r- Calfee was elected assistant cashier of the Mechanics National
Bank of St. Louis, and continues in the same position with its successor, the
Mechanics-American National Bank. He is president of the Farmers Bank of
Mayview, Missouri, vice president of the Commonwealth Trust Company of Mus-
kogee, Oklahoma, and is also interested in a number of financial institutions in
this state. Previous to his election as president of the Missouri Bankers' Asso-
ciation in 1903, he served as its treasurer, secretary and vice president, and was
presiding officer of the convention held in the ^lissouri Building at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. These various positions of trust and
responsibilitv clearly indicate his high standing in financial circles, and, more-
746 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
over, he is widely recognized as a man of unswerving integrity and honor in
every relation of life.
On the 1 6th of November, 1904, at Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Calfee was
united in marriage to Miss Nelle A. Beedy, by whom he has one son. Creighton
Beedv Calfee. born January 25, 1908.
Politically he is a Cleveland democrat, and fraternally is connected with
Tuscan lodge", A. F. & A. M., of St. Louis. His religious faith is indicated by
his membership in St. John's iMethodist Episcopal church, South, and he also
belongs to the Mercantile Club and the Glen Echo Country Club.
WILLIAM KLASING.
William Klasing, treasurer of the Acme Truck & Tool Company, was born
in Germany, November 29, 1845, a son of Christian and Sophia (Hederman)
Klasing. He came to America in 1864 when a youth of eighteen years. He had
acquired his education partly in the schools of Germany and after becoming a
resident of St. Louis he attended night school, thus gaining his knowledge of
the English language. On his arrival in the United States he made his way to
this city, but soon afterward went to Washington county, Illinois, where he
engaged in farming for a year.
Air. Klasing then returned to St. Louis and for two years was engaged in
the wholesale liquor business here. He next turned his attention to the dairy
business, to which he gave his undivided attention from 1867 until 1903, and in
that field of activity he amassed a comfortable little fortune. In the latter year
he retired from the business and in 1906 he again became a factor in commercial
life by entering into active connection with the Acme Truck & Tool Company, of
which he was elected treasurer in 1907. This company is manufacturing a general
Hne of railway tools with a large and well equipped plant at Florissant avenue
and Goodfellow street, it being the most extensive of the kind in this city. When
Mr. Klasing became connected with this business it was not enjoying any great
prosperity and his first interest therein was small as compared with what he has
since acquired. In a short time it began to improve after the introduction of new
machinery and other features. Subsequently Mr. Klasing increased his holdings
until he acquired the entire business, which through his able management has be-
come one of the prosperous concerns in the city.
Mr. Klasing's well known business enterprise and keen sagacity are consti-
tuting important factors in the management of the financial interests of this con-
cern. He is also well known in financial circles, being a stockholder in the Lowell
Bank, a member of the North St. Louis Improvement Association and president
of the Acme Heights Improvement Company. He has extensive realty holdings
in North St. Louis and in fact is one of the largest taxpayers of that section.
His investments have been judiciously made and are constituting an important
source of revenue. In his business career he has always closely studied every
situation with which he has had to do, has carefully analyzed it to learn of its
possibilities and also to acquaint himself with the obstacles to success, that he
might utilize the former and overcome the latter. Indefatigable industry, un-
■ assailable business probity and careful investment have been the chief features in
his success.
On the 7th of December, 1867, Mr. Klasing was married to Miss Louisa
Miller, who was of German birth and died April 27, 1901, at the age of fifty-eight
years. She was an active worker in the church, was a member of the Women's
Society and was a lady of fine character, liberal in charity and kindly in spirit.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Klasing were born five children who lived to adult age: Caro-
line, who married John .Sill and has seven children, Lizzie, William, Louisa, Al-
vira, John, Fred and Lillian ; Alvira, who became the wife of John Mehrhoff
WILLIAM KLASING
74S ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and has one child. Lena; Louis, who is married and has two children, Clara and
Cecelia ; William, who with his brother Louis has succeeded his father in busi-
ness : and Clara, who completes the family. The family residence at No. 6338
North Broadway was erected by Mr, Klasing in 1904.
In his political views he is a stalwart supporter of the republican party. He
formerly belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a member
of the Evangelical Protestant church, serving as a trustee for eighteen years.
These associations indicate much of the character of his citizenship and the rules
and principles which govern his life, making him a man whom to know is to
resDect and honor.
THOMAS KEITH SKINKER.
Thomas Keith Skinker, for forty-one years in active practice at the bar of
St. Louis, was born June 9, 1845, in St. Louis county, a son of Thomas Skinker.
He studied at the local schools and was graduated from the Washington Uni-
versity of St. Louis, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts, while later he at-
tended the University of Virginia, studying law under the direction of Professor
John B. Minor.
At St. Louis in 1867 he was admitted to the Missouri bar, in 1876 to the
supreme court of the United States, at Washington. Blessed with good health
and encouraged by a large clientele, he has practiced his profession with marked
success and has gained wide reputation in connection with his dealings with the
legal aspect of county and municipal bonds, having had long and varied experi-
ence in litigation of that character. From 1877 until 1884, in addition to his
private practice, he was official reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of
^lissouri and during that time prepared and published seventeen volumes of these
decisions. In 1893 he built the first electric railway of St. Louis county and has
always been interested in the evidences of progress and improvement, lending his
aid and influence toward further projects of general value.
In 1869 Mr. Skinker was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Rives, a daugh-
ter of Alexander Rives, of Albemarle county, Virginia, who was judge of the
court of appeals and afterward of the United States court in Virginia. Three
daughters and two sons were born of this marriage, including Charles R. Skinker,
formerly assistant city councilor of St. Louis.
A resident of the city and county of St. Louis throughout his entire life, Mr.
Skinker belongs to one of the old and honored families whose name has ever
been a synonym for progressive citizenship in all that the term implies, standing
not only for material progress in business and professional lines, but also for
esthetic, moral and intellectual development.
CHARLES B. SMITH.
Charles B. Smith, a veteran of the Civil war, is now manager of the St. Louis
district for R. G. Dun & Company. He has represented this house since June,
1866, entering its employ in a humble capacity and gradually working his way
upward to the place of responsibility which he now occupies, having under his
direction more than one hundred and fifty employes, with jurisdiction over five
branches in addition to the St. Louis business, namely, Cairo and East St. Louis,
Illinois ; Springfield and Sedalia, Missouri ; and Muskogee, Oklahoma. Such a
record needs little comment ; it is its own encomium, for forty-two years' service
with one company attended by consecutive promotions attests superior ability and
faithfulness.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 749
Mr. Smith was born near Georgetown, Ohio, December 24, 1841, his parents
being Abram and Mary (Jones) Smith. The father was a wheelwright and a
millwright and in following those pursuits provided for his family. He was born
in Maryland and was of English lineage, while his wife, a native of Ohio, was of
Welsh descent.
Charles B. Smith pursued his education in the public and private schools of
Indiana and Ohio, but did not graduate. He worked upon the home farm to the
age of twenty years, learning the lessons of industry, economy and perseverance
which have proven of value to him in his subsequent career. At the age of twenty
he began teaching in the country schools and for several years followed that pro-
fession at a salary of twenty-five dollars per month. He then made application
for military service, but owing to ill health was rejected. In May, 1864. however,
he joined an Ohio regiment and served until its discharge in the following August.
He saw active service in Marvland under the command of General Lew Wallace
and after the close of the war he became connected with the advertising business.
He has long occupied his present position of executive control, bending his
energies to administrative direction and constructive effort. Every business man
acknowledges the value of The Mercantile Agency of R. G. Dun & Company, and
Mr. Smith has done much to uphold the reputation of the house and increase its
worth in this section of the country.
On the 26th of July, 1868, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Emma
E. Fee, a native of Illinois, while her father was from Pennsylvania. In his
political views Mr. Smith is a stalwart democrat and in matters of citizenship
manifests a public-spirited interest, cooperating in many movements for the
general good. He belongs to the Business Men's League and is in touch with
its work in behalf of the city's commercial and industrial progress. Along more
strictly social lines he is connected with the Mercantile and Country Clubs, and
he is also a member of the Christian church. An analyzation of his life record
indicates that the rules which have governed his conduct are those which honor-
able manhood and straightforward conduct always follow. He enjoys in full
measure the confidence and esteem of those with whom business or social rela-
tions have brought him in contact, while the success which he has attained in the
business world has followed as the logical sequence of his unabating energy, his
close application and his determined spirit.
ALWIN GUNDLACH.
Alwin Gundlach is president and treasurer of the Excelsior Box & ]\Ianufac-
turing Company of St. Louis and in the upbuilding and development of this enter-
prise he has displayed the elemental strength of his character and his ready
resource. He faced at the outset of his career in this undertaking conditions such
as were unknown to the business world a half century or less ago. Today large
corporations which have been formed seem to resent as an intrusion upon their
rights the establishment of a new enterprise of similar character, and ]\Ir. Gund-
lach in the organization and development of his business had to fight his way
against grasping corporations, but regarding the worth of his output as his best
advertisement he has steadily advanced through methods which neither seek nor
require disguise, and the business has been almost phenomenally successful.
A native of St. Louis. Mr. Gundlach was born in 1865, a son of Fred and
Sophia (Rope) Gundlach. The father was born in Germany and as a young
man came to St. Louis. He afterward went to California with the gold hunters,
but returned to this city after an absence of three years and resumed the dry-
goods business, in which he had formerly been engaged. He continued in this
field of activity until his demise in 1869, carrying on the store on Market near
Seventh street. He costumed for theatrical people and did an extensive business
750 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in that line. His wife, like her husband, was a native of Hanover, and she ar-
rived in St. Louis a year after Fred Gundlach became a resident of this city.
Alwin Gundlach pursued his education in the public schools to the age of
thirteen years, when he was apprenticed to the trade of saddle and harness
making. He never worked as a journeyman, however, but turned his attention
to the leather business as a clerk in the employ of Henry Schwaner & Company.
He determined to master the business and remained there until twenty-two years
of age. being successively promoted to the position of bookkeeper, city salesman
and eventually traveling salesman. He left that concern to become traveling
representative for E. G. Willis & Brother, jobbers in leather, and was associated
with the house until he withdrew to organize his present business with a capital
of twenty-five hundred dollars. This money he had borrowed and he began opera-
tions on a small scale, but he soon outgrew the original quarters and has erected
a new factory with every facility for the manufacture of boxes. The capital has
been increased to thirty thousand dollars and the force of workmen has grown
from five to thirty-five. They manufacture all kinds of wood packing cases, sell-
ing mostly to the local trade, and they have considerable country trade. Business
is conducted under the name of the Excelsior Box & Manufacturing Company
and the enterprise has had a marvelous growth, facing the opposition of cor-
porations and yet winning its way to a prominent place in industrial circles. Mr.
Gundlach gives to the business his personal attention and active management,
being president and treasurer of the company, with Louis F. Pullman as its
secretary.
In 1887 occurred the marriage of Alwin Gundlach and Miss Cora B. Pullman,
of St. Louis, and they have one child, Edna Olive, born February 6, 1889. Mr.
Gundlach is a member of the Missouri Athletic Club, which he joined on its
organization. He also belongs to the North St. Louis Turner Society, to the
Royal Arcanum and to the Royal League. He is an ardent sportsman, delighting
in hunting and fishing, and he belongs to many clubs of that character, including
the Gilead Hunting and Fishing Club, of Calhoun county, Illinois. In politics
he is a republican, but not a party worker. He stands today as a splendid type
of the self-made man who has constantly developed his mental powers, as well
as built up his fortunes, through hard work, unfaltering energy and unabating
concentration.
RICHARD PERRY SPENCER.
Richard Perry Spencer, practicing at the St. Louis bar, is among the
younger attorneys but with bright outlook for the future, having already se-
cured a good clientage. He was born in Ashland, Boone county, Missouri,
January 11, 1874, his parents being Richard and Annie (Gibbs) Spencer. He
completed his public-school education by graduation from the Windsor high
school in 1891 and then pursued his more specifically literary course in Cen-
tral College at Fayette, Missouri. Early in his business career he engaged
in teaching, being principal of the public schools at Moberly, Missouri, from
1893 until 1895, ^"^^ during the succeeding year was principal of the schools
at Marshall, Missouri. He proved an able educator, winning place in the fore-
most ranks of the public-school system of the state but, ambitious to become
a member of the bar, his time outside of the schoolroom was largely devoted
to the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence and since 1897 he has en-
gaged continuously in practice. He served as city counselor of Marshall, Mis-
souri, from 1897 until 1903. He belongs to the Missouri and to the American
Bar Associations and is meeting with success as a general practitioner at law
in St. Louis, where he located in January, 1903. He is an earnest student, who
has gained a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental principles of law
R. P. SPENCER
752 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and never fails to give a thorough preparation before he presents his cause
in the courts. He has been quite successful in practice and now has a grati-
fying clientage.
While residing in Fayette, ^Missouri, Mr. Spencer was married to Miss
Jeanette Leonard, on the 14th of February, 1901, and they have one daughter,
Jane. Mr. Spencer votes with the democracy, but is not a politician in the
sense of office seeking. He belongs to the Masonic and Knights of Pythias
fraternities and to the JMissouri Athletic and Jefferson Clubs. His religious
faith is indicated by his membership in the Southern Methodist church and
these different organizations indicate much of the nature of his interests and
the rules which gfovern his conduct.
GEORGE P. B. JACKSON.
In a history of the bar of St. Louis it is imperative that mention be made of
George P. B. Jackson, whose ability has placed him in the front rank of a pro-
fession where advancement depends almost entirely upon individual merit. He
is, moreover, a gentleman of wide general information, in which perhaps may
be found one of the strong elements of his power and ability as a lawyer. This
broad knowledge enables him to understand life in its various phases, the motive
springs of human conduct and the complexity of business interests which, com-
bined with a comprehensive familiarity with statutory law and with precedent,
make him one of the ablest attorneys of the St. Louis bar.
Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1846, he is a son of George
Jackson, an English gentleman, who established himself in the south many years
prior to the Civil war and there devoted his attention to the conduct of a sugar
plantation and other business enterprises of that locality. Following his arrival
in the new world he married Anna A. Gillis, who was born in Philadelphia and
came of an ancestry from the north of Ireland, although the family was estab-
lished in Pennsylvania at an early period in its history.
Mr. Jackson of this review spent his boyhood days partly in the south and
partly in Ohio, making preparation for college as a student in Dayton. Ohio.
His family, strongly sympathizing with the south in its attitude concerning seces-
sion and being unable to return to their home in Louisiana, sojourned in Canada
during the period of hostilities, while Mr. Jackson of this review spent the years
1863-4 as a student in the law school of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor.
He also read law while in Canada under the direction of Judge William Pryor,
afterward of the Kentuckv supreme court, and Joshua Bullitt and John Rodman,
both of whom were eminent members of the Kentucky bar. When the war ended,
the family returned to Louisiana and Mr. Jackson was there admitted to the bar
in the autumn of 1866. His initial work in the profession was done at Thibodaux,
Louisiana, and. removing to ■Missouri, he located for practice in Sedalia.
It was while residing there that Mr. Jackson was married, in 1877, to Miss
Mollie Vest, a daughter of Hon. George G. Vest, United States senator from this
state. Their children are : George Vest ; Margaret Sneed, now Mrs. H. G.
Dunham, of St. Louis ; and Sallie Vest Jackson.
In the year prior to his marriage Mr. Jackson was elected for a two years'
term to the office of prosecuting attorney of Pettis county and was then reelected,
continuing as the incumbent in the position for four years, during which time he
secured the first conviction in a capital case and the first enforcement of the death
penalty in that county. He became a partner of J. F. Philips in 1879 and had
practically the entire management and control of the legal business of the firm,
owing to Judge Philips' election to congress. The partnership was dissolved in
1882 on the appointment of Judge Philips as a member of the supreme court com-
mission of Missouri and through the succeeding three years Mr. Jackson prac-
ticed alone. He then became senior partner of the firm of Jackson & Montgom-
ery, being joined by John Montgomery in an association that continued until 1895.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 753
In 1888 this firm became attorneys for the receivers of the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas Railroad Company, and when the receivership terminated Mr. Jackson
became general attorney for the reorganized company. Called to this position of
responsibility, he removed to St. Louis to more capably administer the affairs of
the office and here won immediate recognition as a lawyer foremost among the
leading members of the bar.
His interest in political affairs has been that of a citizen and not of an office
seeker. That he is public-spirited no one doubts, and that he is a student of con-
ditions in state and national welfare effected by legislation is manifest when one
discusses with him the problems of the day. His mind is analytical, logical and
inductive, and this is shown in his conversation upon momentous questions as
well as in his work as an attorney.
NICKOLAS ROLL.
For fourteen years Nickolas Roll has conducted a grocery business at his
present location at No. 1403 South Broadway. Moreover, he is one of the self-
made men of the city, whose determination and energy have carried him into
important business relations without outside aid or influence. He was born here,
November 26, 1866, a son of Henry and Annette Roll. His father, who con-
ducted a coal and wood business for "many years, died March 22, 1882, while the
mother passed away April 5, 1899, at the age of seventy-five years.
Reared under the parental roof, Nickolas Roll was educated in both the Ger-
man and English languages in St. Mark's Evangelical church school and later
attended the Pestalozzi public school, located at Seventh and Barry streets. He
completed his studies there at the age of fourteen years, after which he attended
a grammar night school for two years at the Madison public school at Seventh
and La Salle streets, In accordance with his father's wish, after leaving school
he worked in the coal and wood business with him for about two years, but in
that connection found few new experiences and, ambitious to put forth his energies
in a field wherein he could learn more, he sought other labor.
At the age of seventeen, therefore, Mr. Roll connected himself with the
Stueck-Becker Grocer Company, located at No. 1400 South Broadway, acting
first as driver and later as clerk in the store. He took great interest in the busi-
ness and his faithfulness and ability won him the attention of others in that line,
so that he afterward secured a more remunerative position with the Philip Burg
Grocer Company, situated at No. 1208 South Broadway. He was then twenty-
one years of age and he worked for the firm eight years, spending two years as
delivery man, two years as solicitor and four years as clerk, and during all that
period of eight years lost only about one week's time. This period of steady work,
combined with economy in living, enabled him to acquire capital sufficient to
permit him to embark in business on his own account. This was his ambition and
on the 1st of October, 1894, he opened a grocery store at No. 1403 South Broad-
way. His business has prospered year by year and he still remains at the same
location. After a few years he purchased the building which he occupies and
which is a three-story structure, on which he has made many alterations for its
improvement. He carries a large and well selected line of staple and fancy gro-
ceries and many of his patrons have remained with him throughout the entire
period in which he has been proprietor of this store. He has now been connected
altogether with the grocery business for twenty-seven years and has bought goods
from some of the best firms in the city, including the Adam Roth Grocer Com-
pany, the Gildehaus-Wulfing Grocer Company, the Kreckeler Grocer Company,
the Niese Grocer Company, Samuel Cupples, the R. Hartmann Produce Company,
the Haueisen Produce Company and many other reliable firms of the city. As
the years have gone by he has prospered and has accumulated a snug little fortune.
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754 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
which he has invested in property on the south side. His financial resources are
also based upon his deposits in the Lafayette, International and Frankhn banks,
the German Savings Institution and the Boatmen's Bank.
In the vear 1887, at St. Louis, Mr. Roll was married to Miss Augusta Ger-
winer, the groom being at that time twenty-one years of age and the bride nine-
teen. She was the daughter of Joseph and Applonia Gerwiner, who were early
settlers of St. Louis and are still well and hearty at an old age. Mr. and Mrs.
Roll have two children, Nettie and Walter, aged respectively twenty and seven-
teen vears. The family formerly resided at No. 1403 South Broadway on the
second floor of his place of business, but for the past two years have occupied a
modern and attractive home at No. 2629 Virginia avenue, which was purchased
bv ^Ir. Roll He has led a busy and useful life, leaving him no time for active
association with societies, clubs or lodges even had he so desired. By birth he is
an Evangelical Protestant and is connected with different church societies.
ORION SMITH MILLER, D. O.
Dr. Orion Smith jMiller, well known as a successful practitioner of osteopathy,
was born in St. Louis, October 7, 1865, and is descended from a Pennsylvania
family, coming of English, Irish and Dutch ancestry. Representatives of the
name, however, have long been residents of America. Isaac Newton Miller, the
father of Dr. Miller, was a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and about 1841 re-
moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he engaged in tobacco manufacturing in as-
sociation with Daniel Catlin. He continued in that line of business until his re-
tirement from active life in January, 1899. He died June 18, 1908, at the age
of seventy-two years and ten months. His wife, who in her maidenhood bore the
name of Annie Alvira Smith, was a native of Indiana, and with her parents
came to St. Louis in 1845. She is still living at the age of sixty-six years. Dr.
Miller is the third in order of birth in a family of five children, four of whom
are still living: D. C., a capitaHst of St. Louis; Bessie, the wife of John R.
Scott, connected with the Carnegie Steel Company of Cleveland ; and I. B. Miller,
an engineer of St. Louis.
Dr. Miller at the usual age became a pupil in the public schools of St. Louis
and after completing the third year work in the high school he put aside his text-
books. At the age of sixteen he entered the tobacco business, filling nearly every
position in his father's ofiice and factory for four years. Feehng the need of
more advanced education as a preparation for life's practical and responsible
duties, he then matriculated at Smith's Academy, where he spent two years,
while later he attended Grear's Commercial School of St. Louis. Again taking
up office work he soon became an expert accountant and was thus engaged for
a few years, when he joined his father and brother, D. C. Miller, in the owner-
ship and conduct of an ice and cold storage business, which they sold out three
years later. In 1901 Dr. Miller turned his attention to the study of medicine, thus
accomplishing a long-felt desire, but in 1902 he withdraw from that profession
in order to take up the study of osteopathy. Entering the American School of
Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Missouri, he was graduated in June, 1904, with a class
of one hundred and seventy-three students, making excellent percents, especially
in physiology, anatomy and surgery.
Following his graduation, Dr. Miller entered upon active practice in St.
Louis, where he has continued since and his ability has gained him prominence
as one of the most able and successful practitioners of osteopathy in the city.
He i'^ now vice president of the St. Louis Osteopathy Association, in which he
has been very active, and has read many valuable papers at its meetings. In his
practice he has given special attention to stomach troubles, and his efforts in this
direction have been attended with excellent results. He has also been very sue-
DR. ORION S. MILLER
756 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
cessful in the treatment of dangerous fevers, diphtheria and other maladies which
it has been supposed could only be combated through the use of powerful drugs.
His labors have been so effective in checking the ravages of disease and in re-
storing health that he is now accredited a very extensive patronage, drawing
his practice from among the best residents of St. Louis. He is also interested in
a number of manufacturing enterprises and displays keen foresight in his business
investments.
On the 19th of August, 1888, in St. Louis, Dr. Miller was married to Miss.
JMaude Cash, a daughter of James Green and Isabella Cash, of St. Louis, both
now deceased. Dr. and i\Irs. Miller have become parents of two children : Lucile, a
graduate of the Yeatman high school, is now studying music, and after complet-
ing her course therein she expects to take up the study of journalism in prepara-
tion for literary work, for which she has considerable talent ; the son, Dick Cash
Miller, seventeen years of age, is now a student at the Yeatman high school in
preparation for Princeton University and expects to become a member of the
legal profession.
Dr. iNIiller is a member of the Fourth Christian church. He belongs to the
Masonic fraternity, the Elks and to the Iota Tau Sigma, of which he was one
of the organizers. This was the first Greek letter fraternity in the profession
and Dr. 3*Iiller served as its second president. It has now become a national
organization with a large membership. The Doctor is fond of athletics, in which
he has always been active, and for several years was catcher in some of the
best amateur baseball teams of St. Louis. He is a great believer in athletic
sports as an aid to health, encouraging outdoor life and exercise — a course which
is receiving the endorsement of the members of the medical fraternity as well. He
is a broad-minded, well informed man, holding to high ideals in his jjrofession
and meeting with well merited success therein. It is only the lower ranks of life
that are crowded, and Dr. Miller has long since passed beyond that station to a
prominent place as an osteopathic practitioner in Missouri.
JOSEPH A. FURRER.
Joseph A. Furrer, one of the most popular of those engaged in the dairy
business, has handled milk, cream and butter at his well known stand at No.
3547 ]\liami street for the past twenty-nine years. With little education to
assist him he started in business immediately after leaving school and on the
strength of his own resources, by hard work and attention to business, he has
made for himself an enviable reputation as a business man. He is of Swiss
descent, his father having emigrated to this country from Switzerland in the
year 1846. He landed in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he remained for a few
weeks, and then located in St. Louis. He had been here only for a few days
when he entered the employ of a dairy concern, where he served as an all-round
man, this being his first position in the new world. On resigning it he was
employed with the Lake Dairy on Main and Plum streets as a driver, and, after
having served the firm for a period of eight years, he commenced bt^siness for
himself at No. 3457 Miami street. Here he worked with untiring energy, striv-
ing to enhance his business, and he met with success at every step. While he had
many wagons running and many men employed he was so anxious to increase
his business that for many years he drove one of his wagons himself. Personally
he delivered milk from his own establishment to some of the oldest and most
respected people of the city of St. Louis, and he remained in business until the
time of his death.
His son, Joseph A. Furrer, was sent to the jmblic schools when he had at-
tained the required age, and at the age of twelve years had completed the common
school course. He was sent for a period of one year to a private school and
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 757
then entered the employ of his father, his initial work beiny- menial. Later, as
did his father before him, he drove a milk wagon about the city, delivering to the
residents. This pursuit he has followed up to the present time. He is remark-
able for his enterprise, wdiich is daily adding to his prosperity, and he takes
great pride in his dairy farm and in the satisfaction of those with whom he deals.
From early morning until late at night he is arduously engaged in looking after
his interests. He owns and runs several milk wagons through the city, one of
which he has driven himself since starting in the business, and he has many
men in his employ. Mr. Furrer is very economical and his conservative judg-
ment in manipulating his afifairs, coupled with his remarkable saving ability, has
enabled him to accumulate about hfty thousand dollars, all of whch he has made
in the dairv business.
On November 19, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Helen Olinger,
and they have one child, Joseph, who is attending St. Pius Catholic school. In
politics Mr. Furrer stands on the republican side, believes in the principles of the
party, and is ever ready to use his power in giving them commanding influence
in municipal, state and national affairs. As to religious faith he is a Roman
Catholic.
CHARLES CICERO RAINWATER.
Charles Cicero Rainwater, for a third of a century a representative of the
mercantile interests of St. Louis and also president of the Merchants Bridge
Company, passed from a life of activity November 10, 1902. He was then in the
prime of life, having but recently passed the sixty-fourth milestone on life's
journey. He was born at Knoxville, Ray County, Missouri, April 6, 1838, and
came from pure southern lineage. His father, Moses F. Rainwater, was a native
of North Carolina, while his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clay-Oliver Rainwater,
was a native of Tennessee. The family was represented in the Revolutionary
war by Henry Nuneley, his great-grandfather, who served as a private in the
Virginia line in 1781, and thus Charles C. Rainwater was entitled to membership
with the Sons of the American Revolution, of which society he later became a
member. He completed his education in Central College of Fayette, Missouri,
with the class of June, 1858, and in September of that year was married to Miss
Sarah H. Fower, of Benton county, Missouri.
Not long afterward Mr. Rainwater engaged in merchandising in that county,
where he continued until June, 1861, when true to his loved southland, he joined
the Confederate army as a private and took part in every engagement of note
that occurred west of the Mississippi river, from the beginning of hostilities until
August, 1864. In the meantime he had won rapid promotion in recognition of his
valiant service and unfaltering fidelity and at the time of his discharge he was on
the stafif of General Marmaduke as major and chief of ordnance. He was honor-
ably retired at Camden. Arkansas, in December, 1864, on account of a wound in
the head, received in July, 1863, and a wound in the hip in July, 1864.
About the time of the close of the war, Mr. Rainwater removed to St. Louis
and became a factor in its mercantile circles, so continuing until 1898. He dis-
played careful management in the control of his interests as well as a progressive
spirit and these well balanced powers gained him gratifying success. He was a
most enterprismg man, always ready to assist in any movement that would
benefit St. Louis. With his coworkers he devoted much time and energy to the
building of the St. Louis Merchants Bridge and terminals and was acting as
president of the association at the time of his demise. He was also president of a
number of other business enterprises, wdiich benefited by his cooperation. Added
to an enthusiastic interest in all which he undertook was a clear vision and sound
judgment that made his opinions of great v,'eight in all the different organizations
v.nth which he was connected.
758 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Mr. Rainwater was prominent in club and fraternal circles, holding member-
ship with the jNIercantile and Union Clubs, with the Business Men's League and
the Masonic fraternity. In the last named he was a past master of Anchor
lodge and a past commander of Ascalon Commandery, No. i6, K. T. He was
interested in the organization of the Confederate Veterans of Alissouri and was
adjutant general of the eastern division when called to his final rest. It has been
said that he was the most beloved ex-Confederate in the state of Missouri. He
always had the deepest interest in his fellow comrades in arms and, added to this,
he was a man of most kindly spirit and genial disposition, who recognized and
appreciated the good in others, his life standing in exemplification of the
Emersonian philosophy that "the way to win a friend is to be one." But while
he was a prominent business man, a leading citizen and a faithful friend, his best
traits of character were reserved for his own home and fireside, which he
regarded as the center of his universe.
.JOHN BERNARD WOESTMAN.
John Bernard Woestman, well known for many years in manufacturing, finan-
cial and insurance circles, attained a prosperity which is the legitimate and log-
ical outcome of intelligently applied knowledge. He was born in Hanover, Ger-
many, September 13, 1833, the son of Henry and Annie (Elbrecht) Woestman.
The public schools of his native land afforded him his educational privileges, the
days of his boyhood and youth being largely passed in Hanover.
When a young man of eighteen years, Mr. Woestman came to the new world,
for the reports which he had heard concerning America and her opportunities
proved irresistibly attractive to him. Hoping to enjoy better business advantages
on this side of the Atlantic he came to the United States and secured employment
in a grocery store, where he received the preliminary training that well qualified
him for the successful conducting of a similar business in later years. When his
careful expenditure brought him sufficient capital, he engaged in the wholesale
grocery business on his own account, becoming a member of the firm of Bushman
Brothers & Company in i860. They were succeeded in 1867 by the firm of J. B.
Woestman & Company, the business being thus conducted until 1870, when they
sold out and Mr. Woestman became a manufacturer of flour under the style of
the Camp Spring Milling Company, merchant millers. That corporation proved
a profitable one for more than two decades, or until the Terminal Railroad Asso-
ciation purchased the mill and removed the building in order to utilize the ground
for other purposes. Mr. Woestman then retired from that line. He was a man
of resourceful business ability, however, and had not confined his attention to a
single undertaking. He was a director of the Franklin Bank for more than
forty years, being one of the original founders, and was elected as vice president
in 1895. In 1890 he became one of the directors of the Franklin Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, and five years later was elected as its president, continuing
in that position until the company went out of business. He displayed keen dis-
cernment in the controlling of all business interests with which he was associated
and possessed the power to so utilize seemingly diverse forces as to produce a
harmonious whole.
Mr. Woestman was married in Alton, Illinois, in December, 1859, to Miss
Malinda Deterding, and unto them were born four children, of whom three lived
to adult age: Louise; Edward F., who is in Colorado Springs, Colorado: and
Oscar D., now in San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Woestman was a charter member of the Altenheim. He was also a com-
municant of the Holy Ghost Evangelical church and was one of the founders of
the German General Orphans' Home of Natural Bridge Road. His nature was
kindly and sympathetic and the demands made upon his benevolence were quickly
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760 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
met. He gave freely to those in need and at all times was interested in the wel-
fare of his fellowmen. He served as a member of the city council from 1874 until
1876, and although he never sought nor desired office, he rejoiced in what was
accomplished in St. Louis as the city took on metropolitan proportions with all
the evidence of prosperous upbuilding.
The death of ]\Ir. Woestman occurred J\Iay i, 1907. He never had occasion
to regret his determination to seek a home in the new world, for in this land where
effort is not hampered by caste or class, he worked his way upward, climbing step
by step until he reached a plane of affluence. His business record was such as any
man might be proud to possess, for he considered an engagement made or a
pledge given as a sacred obligation. His life was the expression of high ideals in
business and noble purposes in his relations with those with whom he was con-
stantlv brought in contact.
LEONARD MATTHEWS.
Leonard Matthews was born in Baltimore, IMaryland, December 17, 1828,
and has therefore passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. Few men
have more intimate knowledge of the development and upbuilding of the middle
west and his mind is enriched with many interesting incidents of the early days.
His parents were John and INIary Righter (Levering) Matthews. On the
maternal side a genealogical record gives the ancestral history back to about
the vear 870. A. D.. and traces the line down to two brothers, Wigard and
Rosier Levering, who emigrated from Holland in the year 1685 and settled
at what is now Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia, purchasing the land on
which the town has since been built. On the Matthews side they are of
Huguenot extraction and after being driven to Holland the ancestors emigrated
to this country about 1675, taking up their abode in Baltimore. About 1830,
Leonard ]*ilatthews, a grand-uncle of the subject of this review, wedded Mary
Jane Levering and went to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he reared a large
family. John Alatthews, the grandfather of our subject, removed to Dayton,
Ohio, and among his grandsons were Generals Crook and Sullivan of the United
States army.
John ^^latthews, father of Leonard Matthews, was born in Baltimore, Mary-
land, and in earlv life became connected with mercantile interests as supercargo,
sailing from Baltimore to Spain, where a cargo of wines, liquors and quicksilver
was secured. Thence they sailed to South America, where they sold the cargo
and afterward purchased copper and other metals, hides, etc., returning to
Baltimore about 1825. Subsequently Mr. Matthews engaged in merchandising
in Petersburg, Virginia, in connection with Thomas W. Levering under the
firm style of ?^Iatthews & Levering, and in 1842 he removed with his family
to St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri. In 1857, after spending some time
in Hannibal. Missouri, he came to St. Louis and here engaged in the wholesale
drug business under the firm name of J. Matthews & Sons. He was actively
connected with the business until about 1861, when he retired and became cashier
of the Union National Bank.
Leonard Matthews obtained his early education in the private school of
Reuben S. Harlan at Baltimore, Maryland, and afterward attended the private
school conducted by A. M. Faxon at St. Francisville, Missouri. He left that
institution in 1845 ^"^^ subsequently spent two years in Pope's Medical College
in St. Louis. He was always fond of reading, history, scientific research, natural
history and the interests of outdoor life, especially gardening, and the cultiva-
tion of his tastes in these directions constituted the basis of broad general
knowledge and of physical development, so that the combination of his forces
made him a strong factor in the active affairs of life in later years.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 761
]\Ir. Matthews has lived to witness remarkable changes in Missouri as it has
emerged from pioneer conditions and environments and taken rank with the great
commonwealths of the land, while in several respects St. Louis has gained a world
leadership. He arrived in Missouri in 1838, when his father sent him from
Baltimore to visit an uncle living at St. Francisville. He started on the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, traveling in that way about sixty miles to Frederick,
Maryland, thence proceeding" by stage on the turnpike road to Wheeling and
afterward on the steamer West Wind to St. Louis. There were a number of
Indians on the wharf when he landed. After transferring to another steamer
he arrived in due course of time at Alexandria, Missouri, where there was still
a larger gathering of the red men. It had required two weeks to make the trip from
Baltimore to St. Louis. Life here was very different and unusual to the boy of
ten years who had been reared in the southern city of Baltimore. During that
summer at St. Francisville forty canoes came down the Des Moines river with
Sac and Fox Indians, among whom was the squaw of Keokuk. For the amuse-
ment of the people there the Indians gave a war dance, which Mr. Matthews
found very interesting. In the previous year his older brother was one day
walking with an Indian who told him that he was Black Hawk. There were no
railroads in the state and as there was no quick method of transporting produce,
prices were very low, pork selling at a dollar and a quarter per hundred pounds
and wheat at twenty-five cents per bushel. The vv'omen of the household spun
fiax and wool and made their own clothes. Honey was largely used for sweeten-
ing and the mode of life was very primitive, yet there seemed to be a happier
condition than is now found when competition is so great and there is a ceaseless
struggle for wealth. About 1843, while attending school at St. Francisville, he
learned of the arrest of Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader at Nauvoo, and his
imprisonment at Carthage, Illinois, also the attack on the jail and the killing
of Smith. He suggested to several of his classmates that they should go to
Warsaw and see the fun — such was the hatred of the Mormons at that time,
combined with a boy's love of excitement. A boat arrived from St. Louis bring-
ing three hundred militia to protect the town from the ]\Iormons. The boys were
invited to join the militia but preferred to lie in ambush that they might make
the first attack on the Mormons. Fortunately, however, the followers of Smith
did not materialize, else perhaps some of the boys would not have lived to
tell the tale. Mr. Matthews was living at St. Francisville in the spring of 1844.
The cold weather was very prolonged and on the ist of April of that year a
number of his friends drove to the Des Moines river in the mud, but drove ten
miles up the river in sleighs with perfect safety. This was the year of the great
flood — greater than any ever known before or since.
About 1845 Mr. Matthews removed with the family to a farm five miles
west of Hannibal. He remembers attending an auction sale of negroes at Bowl-
ing Green in 1848, being sent there bv his father, for whom he purchased a fine
young negro. Jack, for seven hundred dollars and took him to Hannibal. While
at Bowling Green he did a little service for a fellow creature — holding a man's
arm which was being amputated by Dr. Bolton. Some years after this, when
Mr. ]\Iatthews was engaged in the drug business. Dr. Bolton came to St. .Louis
with three thousand dollars in gold to buv a stock of drugs, and while talking to
him the one-armed man came on the street. Dr. Bolton introduced him to
Mr. Matthews, who then mentioned the fact that he had held the arm while it
was being amputated. It was the recalling of this little incident to Dr. Bolton's
mind that won Mr. Alatthews the patronage, although every druggist in the
town wished to get that three thousand dollars, for it was the time of the
financial panic, when trade was at a very low ebb. He continued, however, to
have Dr. Bolton's patronage until Mr. Matthews retired from business in 1865.
In the meantime, in 1849, Mr. ^Matthews with John J. and Samuel N.
Holliday and their uncle, went to California with mule teams, spending six
months on the way before they reached Sacramento. In six weeks he took out
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seventy-three hundred dollars from the river bed, but at the end of that time
the rains raised the river and washed out their little camp. Mr. Matthews
remained in California until June, 185 1, when by way of the Panama route, he
returned, arriving in St. Louis in August, 1851. It was at this time that he
embarked in the drug business with his two brothers, conducting three retail
stores, one at the corner of Third and Market, another at Fourth street and
Franklin avenue and the other at Third and Green streets. In 1854 he estab-
lished a wholesale drug house, which he conducted with gratifying success
until 1865, when he sold out to Meyer Brothers, who are still in the business.
In November of that year ]\Ir. Matthews with his wife started on a trip abroad
and spent over a year in visiting Europe, Asia, Africa and various islands adjacent
to those continents. In the meantime the Civil war had been in progress and
in 1862 Air. Matthews, Chester H. Crum and John Riggin were sent with guns
on their shoulders to arrest all who did not enlist in the militia. He hired a
substitute to represent him in the army and at that time those who went as
substitutes used every opportunity for graft by compelling people to pay from
thirteen to fifteen hundred dollars. In this they were in league with the
provost marshal. Mr. Matthews advertised for a substitute and when a man
applied, offered to go to war in place of Mr. Matthews for one hundred dollars.
Mr. Alatthews, therefore, took him to the marshal to enroll him but that officer
sent him to another and thus the enrollment was delayed until finally he threatened
the marshal to take the matter to a higher authority, whereupon the clerk was
called and the substitute accepted. The next day the price of substitutes had
fallen from fifteen hundred dollars to one hundred' dollars, owing to the resolute
stand which Mr. Matthews had taken to oppose the graft.
As the years have gone on he has been connected with various business
enterprises, many of which have proven substantial factors in the upbuilding of
the city and state. He was a director of the Cotton Belt road in Missouri and
Arkansas when the line was being constructed. When the government issued
the five per cent loan, he was made government agent to sell the same at St.
Louis, being then engaged in the brokerage business as a member of the firm of
Edwards & Alatthews, afterwards Matthews & Whitaker. About 1857 he was
a director in the Pacific Insurance Company and about 1872 became a director in
the Provident Savings Bank. In 1875 he was elected to the directorate of the
Third National Bank and was a director of the Perpetual & Pacific Insurance
Company, as well as of the two banks mentioned, also of the Texas & St. Louis
Railway, called the Cotton Belt, the United Elevator Company and the Fidelity
& Deposit Company of Maryland.
Aside from business associations he has done work of an important public
character. About 1885 he was made charity commissioner and served for four
years. It was also about 1885 that he was made a delegate from the Merchants
Exchange to the river convention at Vicksburg and later served on the river
committee sent to Washington. In 1886 he was a guest aboard the United
States steamship Brooklyn, visiting Panama and reporting the almost certain
collapse of the French company, which occurred the next year. The men on
board experienced considerable amusement from hunting filibusters, as Soto, the
ex-president of Honduras, fitted out three vessels which the American ship had
orders to capture. They sighted the masts of a schooner over one of the
numerous keys about ten miles off the coast of Honduras and sent a lieutenant
with a launch to examine the schooner, while the United States ship went to the
main land to see if any vessel was up the river. They found none and returned
to take up their launch, sighted the schooner and hailed her to come to, but she
kept on flying the English flag until they fired a shot across her bow and thus
obtained obedience to the command. About 1893 Mr. Matthews was elected
a life trustee in the Missouri Botanical Garden and ten years later, in 1903, was
a delegate to Maryland for the purpose of inducing that state to erect a building
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CrfY. 763
On the 2d of October, 1861, in St. Louis, Mr. Matthews was married to
Miss Mary Spotswood Nisbet and was obhged to have a permit from the
provost marshal to leave the city on his bridal tour. . His wife was a daughter
of William Nisbet, a former banker and insurance man. Her brother, Robert
Nisbet, was of the firm of Allen, Copp & Nisbet, bankers, while another brother,
Benjamin Nisbet, was of the firm of Lucas, Turner & Company of San Francisco,
in which firm General Sherman was also a partner. ^Irs. [Matthews' mother
was a descendant of Governor Spotswood of Virginia. By this marriage there
were born eight children : Mary, the wife of R. L. Morton ; Belle, who is now
Mrs. Saunders Norvell ; Nina, who is the wife of Percy Werner; William Nisbet;
Edmund Orville, who married Guadalupe Aspuru, of Parras, Mexico ; Leonard,
Jr., who wedded Elvira Houston; Lucy; and Claude Levering, who married Miss
Jane Skinker in this city. The history of Mr. Matthews has been in some respects
a varied and eventful one, bringing him into close contact with many events
which have been factors in shaping the history of St. Louis. In his business
career he has prospered and now has extensive and important income bearing
investments. He is widely known, has ever commanded the respect of his asso-
ciates and colleagues and is today one of the honored patriarchs of the com-
munity, having been a resident of the state for three score and ten years.
CHARLES WINTERER.
Success as some are given to infer is by no means due merely to the chance
shaping of circumstances. Indeed it sometimes happens that events do coalesce
about some individuals affording opportunities for a brilliant career and in such
a way as to enforce their apprehension and employment with the consequence
that these persons become successful in the very nature of the case, but success
attained on the ground of such reasons is by far an exception to common occur-
rence. Few of the lives of men who have won distinction in the business and
professional world seem to have been guided by unseen and irresistible fate,
but rather in almost every instance they evidence the man applying incessantly
and thoughtfully his own resources toward accomplishing a definite end. Not
education or circumstances or a happy turn of affairs nor all combined have
made the men who serve in the more responsible ranks of the commercial world,
but perseverance in hard work with the firm resolution to hold fast every inch
of ground gained. Such are the qualities possessed by Charles Winterer, that were
the efficient instruments by which he forced his way from comparative penury
through a long, brilliant business career to a retired life of comfort and plenty.
He was born in Germany, January 18, 1840. While still a lad in his native
village he attended the common schools, working at intervals on a small farm
cultivated by his parent^. His schooling was limited, as the course pursued
scarcely included all of the common branches. His parents, being in limited
circumstances, were not able to send him to a higher educational institution, and,
there being no openings in his native land by which he might enter a desirable
career, he decided to come to America. Landing in New Orleans, November
18, 1857, and finding no employment there, he repaired to St. Louis. At once
he went to work in a foundry, where he had not been long employed when the
works ceased to operate, and he was turned out upon the world. Seeking a
different occupation, he concluded to learn the baking trade and secured a place
in a large bakery, where it was not long before he thoroughly familiarized himself
with the business. During the Civil war, he enlisted in 1864, as a member of
Company F, Second Regiment, United States Volunteers. He followed the army
as a baker until he received an honorable discharge at the close of the war in
1865.
764 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Returnino- to St. Louis. 'Mr. \\'iiiterer plied his craft as a cracker baker and in
this pursuit^e remained for two years. In 1867 he entered the employ of the Z.
F. Wetzel & Company, remaining with this firm until December 10, 1870, when
their plant was destroyed by fire, and on December 27 of the same year, he was
employed by the J. S. '^Merrill Drug Company at Fourth and Market streets, with
which' he was connected for thirty-three years, retiring in 1903. During that
time he had served in many positions of trust and succeeded in amassing con-
siderable wealth and accumulating much valuable property in St. Louis and
vicinity.
]\ir. Winterer resigned his post much against the wishes of the members
of the firm, as they never had a more valuable or faithful man in their service,
owing to the fact that he was not only precise and diligent in performing the
immediate duties assigned him but also because he manifested a profound interest
in the growth and welfare of the entire business. At the time of his resignation
he received a letter from the firm, setting forth his invaluable worth and speaking
of him in the most flattering terms. Since he left the position vacant, the firm
has so far been unable to secure a man as well qualified as Mr. Winterer.
He was married August 3, 1865, to Caroline F. Futscher, who was born in
Germany in 1846 and came to St. Louis in 1854 with her parents, John and Ottilia
(Rebhol'z) Futscher. Her father was a blacksmith by trade and foUowed that
vocation until the time of his death. Mrs. Winterer has one sister, Mary A., wife
of J. E. Laiibericht. of St. Louis. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Winterer were born nine
children, of whom tw^o are deceased : Edwin A., who died at the age of thirty
years, leaving a wife and one son ; and Louise E., who died in infancy. Those
living are: John G.. who married Anna Keutzer; Otto L., who married Mary
Belgus ; Ottilia P., the wife of Arthur A. Vogel ; Charles W., who married Ray
Lopez; Caroline F., the wife of John Kormann; Aloise A., who married Ellen
Rauth ; and Maria Antonia. Mr. Winterer and his family are members of Sts.
Peter and Paul Catholic church. He is non-partisan in politics but is always
ready to use his influence to put the best man in office.
JOHX J. LOCHMANN.
Leaving school at the age of fourteen years to enter business life, John J.
Lochmann remained thereafter an active factor in the world's work. He was a
native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, born on the 19th of March, 1854, and in the
schools of that city he pursued his education until he felt the necessity of pro-
viding for his own support. He did this by becoming an apprentice in a print-
ing office in Green Bay, there remaining for two years, after which he accepted a
position as traveling agent in Wisconsin for a notion house of New York. He
traveled for four years, after which he turned his attention to the work of hunt-
ing and trapping and to that undertaking gave his energies for five years.
In 1876 Mr. Lochmann arrived in St. Louis, where he accepted a position as
clerk in the dry-goods house of Chase & Cabbot. He spent two years in their
service, after which he became connected with the Wear & Boogher Dry Goods
Company as a salesman, his connection with that establishment covering four
years. Desiring that his labors should be a source of income to himself rather
than that others should profit by his diligence and capability, he then established
a men's furnishing goods store for himself on Olive street, where he carried on
business for eight years. On the expiration of that period he sold out to his
brother-in-law, Joseph Steinhaeufel, and for a year was engaged in no active
business. He then again entered the same line of trade, opening a store on Sixth
between Pine and Chestnut streets, where he remained up to the time of his death,
which occurred May 18. 1904, when he was fifty years of age. He had a well
JOHN J. LOCHMANN
766 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
appointed store, carried a well selected and attractive line of goods and enjoyed a
liberal patronage.
On the 24th of November. 1880, Mr. Lochmann was married to Miss Anna
M. Kautzman, a daughter of Conrad and Margaret (Heilwick) Kautzman, of St.
Louis. They were married in this city and became the parents of one son and
three daughters : John J., Frances and Josephine, all yet residents of St. Louis ;
and ]\Iav A., who died in infancy. Mrs. Lochmann built the house which she now
occupies. Mr. Lochmann was devoted to his home and family, was a member
of the German Catholic church, belonged also to the Legion of Honor and gave
his political support to the democracy. He never feared that laborious atten-
tion to detail so necessary for the attainment of business success nor thought
that his path of life should be made easier than that of other men. He was al-
ways willing to work for the advantages which he secured and his well directed
energv and intelligent effort gained him a place among the substantial merchants
of his adopted city.
OTTO SUTTER, M.D.
Dr. Otto Sutter, physician and surgeon, was born at Sutter, St. Louis county,
:\Iissouri. January 24, 1863. His parents were John and Cathryn Sutter (nee
Killian). His father was a farmer and dairyman. Both he and his wife came
from Altenheim, Germany, in 1835, and settling in St. Louis county, spent their
remaining days here. The father died in August, 1867, and the mother, surviving
for more than three decades, passed away in April, 1898.
Dr. Sutter in his boyhood days was a student in the St. Louis public schools
but discontinued his studies at the age of sixteen years on account of ill health.
He afterward entered the retail drug business, in which he served an apprentice-
ship and at the age of twenty-one years he was the chief druggist at the St. Louis
City Hospital. In the meantime he had pursued a course of study in the College
of Pharmacy, completing his course by graduation in 1884. He resigned his posi-
tion as the chief druggist of the St. Louis City Hospital in that year to enter
business on his own account and for four years he successfully conducted his
store. He then began preparation for the practice of medicine and his knowledge
of pharmacy proved an excellent foundation upon which to rear the superstructure
of his medical and surgical knowledge. He matriculated in the Beaumont
Hospital Medical College, now known as the Marion Simms Beaumont College,
the medical department of the St. Louis University. He was graduated in 1892
and entered upon active practice. While he has enjoyed a liberal patronage of a
private character, he has also held various important positions relative to his pro-
fession, being in 1895 appointed superintendent of the City Hospital, in which
service he continued for four years or until 1899. This brought him broad and
varied experience and on leaving the hospital he took up the practice of surgery,
to which he has since largely devoted his energies. In 1900 he was appointed a
member of the faculty of the Physicians and Surgeons College, filling the chair
on gynecology and diseases of women. Research and investigation along scien-
tific lines, together with broad practical experience, have constantly promoted his
efficiency and he is recognized as one of the skilled and expert members of his
chosen calling. He belongs to the St. Louis Medical Society, the American and
the Tri-State Medical Associations and the Missouri State Medical Society, also
the St. Louis City Hospital Alumni Society.
Or. Sutter was married in St. Louis and has four children. Myrtle, Irene,
Roland and Mabel, aged respectively nineteen, seventeen, fourteen and twelve
years. Dr. Sutter has had military experience with the Lafayette Guards under
Captain Cavander, this being a company of the National Guard. In politics he
is a republican. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Masonic lodges and to
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the [Missouri Athletic Club, while his religious belief is indicated by his member-
ship relations with the Methodist church. Like the constantly broadening angle,
his usefulness has continually increased and while he is not without that laudable
ambition to attain success, which is the spur of intent and energy, he possesses
also that broad humanitarian spirit that prompts his best professional service for
his fellowmen, regardless of anticipated remuneration.
JOHN WESLEY ESTES.
John Wesley Estes, now manager of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, is
a native of Chester county, Tennessee, his birth having occurred near Henderson.
His parents were John Wesley and Nannie (Crook) Estes, the father a prominent
business man. who conducted a general mercantile establishment at Montezuma,
Tennessee. He was also a leader in public thought and action in his community
and was chosen to represent his district in the state legislature. He lost his life
as the result of wounds incurred in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, near Atlanta,
Georgia, in July, 1864, when serving in the Confederate army, and died on the 5th
of January. 1865. His wife passed away at three o'clock on the afternoon of
the same day, her demise being occasioned by grief over her husband's loss. They
were laid to rest in one grave in the family burying ground near Jacks Creek,
Tennessee.
J. W. Estes, Jr., then but a tiny lad, was taken to the home of his grand-
mother, where he remained until her death when he was seven years of age. He
afterward made his home with his uncle until the latter's death, at which time
John W. Estes was a youth of fourteen years. The intervening seven years had
been spent in farm life and during that period the only educational privileges he
enjoyed were afiforded by the district schools, which he was allowed to attend
during the winter months, while the remainder of the time was devoted to farm
work. As opportunity offered, however, he pursued his studies in Henderson,
Tennessee, although it seemed that his curriculum embraced little more than the
proverbial three R's, "readin', 'ritin' and 'rithmetic." In the school of experi-
ence, however, he learned many valuable lessons and throughout life has usually
put a correct estimate upon opportunities, advantages and environment. After
his fourteenth year he accepted a position in a drug store as general utility boy,
but his ambition transcended the bounds of such a position and he rendered him-
self so useful that he was advanced and his wages accordingly increased, so that
at the age of seventeen years he was able to purchase the store, which he con-
ducted for a year. On the expiration of that period he sold out and came to St.
Louis. Here he entered the drug house of A. A. Mellier. He worked for three
months without financial compensation in order to secure the position and re-
mained with the firm until 1887, during which time he was advanced through
minor departments to the position of traveling salesman. During those years his
evenings were devoted to studv and bv attending the night schools he greatly in-
creased his intellectual capacity and force. Possessing an observing eye and
retentive memory, he has also added greatly to his knowledge, and his keen dis-
cernment and correct judgment have been again and again manifested in the
solution of difficult business problems.
After leaving the Mellier Drug Company he removed to Sacramento, Cali-
fornia, where he engaged in the banking business as manager of the private bank
of William S. Kendall. He afterward organized the Eldorado Mill & Lumber
Company, of which he was president and manager for about four years. He then
sold out to the Simpson Lumber Companv and from 1893 until 1901 was with
the Meyer Brothers Drug Company. He had charge of the country sales depart-
ment and had sixty-five salesmen under his supervision. On leaving that position
he became connected with the field of insurance as assistant manager for the
768 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Aetna Life Insurance Company at St. Louis, October i, 1901. He was thus con-
nected until Alav i. 1902, when he accepted the position of manager for the
Equitable. He was a member of the firm of Kendrick & Estes, with offices in
the Equitable building, until Alarch i, 1906, and then resigned to again take the
managership of the Aetna. This is one of the old-line companies whose record was
not subjected during the recent insurance investigation to any criticism, and their
average annual business amounted to about two million dollars in this state.
]Mr. Estes was married in 1883 to Miss Lulu Carrol, who was left an orphan
in infancv. She was born near Hollow Springs. Mississippi, and by her mar-
riage became the mother of three children, John Wesley, AUine and Wellborn.
In his political views Mr. Estes has always been a stalwart democrat who,
keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the day, is able to support
his position by intelligent argument. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and
also a member of the Odd Fellows lodge, and of the Cabanne Methodist church
and Methodist Club. He is serving as a member of its board of stewards and
in the church work is deeply interested. He is likewise on the board of directors
of the Young ]\Ien's Christian Association and is a member of the IMercantile
Club. His life has been honorable in its purposes, straightforward and manly
in action, and though early thrown upon his own resources with but limited oppor-
tunities in life, he has gradually worked his w^ay upward until he commands the
respect of his fellowmen by reason of his success, and also by reason of the honor-
able methods he has followed.
JOHN G. BORRESEN.
John G. Borresen, attorney at law, with office at No. 611 Victoria building,
was born in Hamer, Norway, December 12, 1869. His parents were Guldbrand
and Eli (Johansen) Borresen, who with their family came to this country in 1879,
The father secured a situation as cabinet-maker with the Claes & Lehnbeuter
Manufacturing Company, show-case manufacturers, having previously followed
the same trade in his native land, where for a time he also carried on business
as a piano-maker.
John G. Borresen pursued his education in the public schools of his native
country until his tenth year and following the emigration to America was a
pupil in the public schools of St. Louis until his fifteenth year. In the pursuit
of a more advanced education he entered the Luther College at Decorah, Iowa,
where he continued his studies until his twentieth year, after which he took up
the more difficult lessons to be learned in the school of experience. In 1889 he
secured a position as shipping clerk in the Johansen Brothers Shoe Company
and later was promoted to bookkeeper. Subsequently he was elected secretary
and afterward treasurer of the company, but resigned these positions in 1907.
During the period in which he was acting as secretary and treasurer of the
company Mr. Borresen studied law, pursuing his course in Benton College, where
he won his diploma in 1907. Soon afterward he entered upon the active practice
of law and although one of the younger representatives of the profession, he is
making a creditable record through the ability with which he handles the litigated
interests entrusted to him. His preparation of cases is thorough, his reasoning
clear and cogent and his arguments based upon almost incontrovertible logic. He
is also, aside from his professional duties, acting as vice consul of Norway, and
is president and treasurer of the Franklin Printing Company.
Mr. Borresen was married in St. Louis, April 25, 1894, to Miss Elizabeth
McFarland, a daughter of William J. and Ellen McFarland. They have two sons
and one daughter: Marjorie E., John Kenneth and Gilbert Stanley, all attending
school.
JOHN G. BORRESEN
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770 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
"Air. Borresen has erected a handsojiie residence in Richmond Heights. He
IS a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the South Methodist Episcopal church.
His interest centers in those things which are elevating and uplifting and his
influence is always found on the side of justice, truth and right. With a liberal
education to serve as the basis for advancement, he has made steady progress in
the business world and in the practice of law has already gained gratifying suc-
cess during the brief period of his connection with the bar.
AAROX H. GOOD.
Among those who are operating in real-estate in St. Louis and finding the
field of labor a broad and profitable one is Aaron H. Good, a native son of the
city. He was born February 25, 1869, his parents being Louis H. and Henrietta
(Bader) Good, both of whom were natives of Germany. He was four years of age
when in 1873 his parents removed from St. Louis to Farmington, Missouri, where
he attended a private German school conducted under the auspices of the German
Evangelical church. In 1876 he became a student in the public schools of
Cleveland. Ohio, where he continued his course until he had mastered the
branches taught in the high school. He afterward returned to Farmington, and
was employed as a teacher in the public schools of that place when but sixteen
years of age. A year was spent in that way, after which he attended the Jones
Commercial College in St. Louis in 1886. Entering upon an active business
career, he was for five years in the employ of J. J. Mullally, a stock and bond
broker, after which he entered the service of Julius Pitzman, city surveyor. He
continued with Air. Pitzman for sixteen years or until January, 1907, when he
resigned his position to engage in the real estate business on his own account, for
he believed that the field was wide enough to enable him to operate therein suc-
cessfully in the control of real-estate negotiations. Although but two years have
since passed, he has promoted the purchase and sale of much property and is
steadily building up a good clientage. His previous broad experience under Mr.
Pitzman. the city surveyor, gave him an inside knowledge of St. Louis real-estate,
which has proven to him of much value in the conduct of his business at the
present time.
Air. Good was married on the ist of March, 1905, to Miss Minnie Dagwell,
a daughter of Joseph H. Dagwell, who was with Julius Pitzman in city surveying
for twenty-three years. Air. and Airs. Good now have a daughter a year old.
The qualities which enabled Air. Good to readily master his studies in school,
permitting him to become a teacher at the age of sixteen years, have enabled him
also to readily comprehend the real-estate situation and to utilize his knowledge
to the best advantage, coupled by intelligently applied energy.
JOHX FETERLEIN.
The success of any extensive business is due largely to the fact of the careful
organization, wherein the various departments are under the control of competent
business men possessing superior ability in their specific lines. In this connection
John Feterlein deserves mention as superintendent of the glass works of the
famous Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company, in which capacity he has served for
fifteen years. A native of Germany, he was born in 1852, but when only two
years of age was brought to America by his parents, John and Alargaret Feterlein,
who landed at Xew York City and soon afterward settled in Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania. At the usual age John Feterlein was sent to the public schools there and
acquired a fair education. At the end of his school days he entered the employ of
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 771
Thomas Whiteman. a glass manufacturer of Pittsburg, with whom he continued
for four years, gaining a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the business.
Desiring not only to understand all of the clerical work in connection with this
industry, but wishing also to have an expert knowledge of the practical work, he
entered upon an apprenticeship to the glass-blower's trade, serving for a full term
of four years, ancl then as an experienced glass-blower he removed to St. Louis,
where he occupied various positions in different glass works of the city before
entering the service of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company. He became con-
nected with this department as foreman and now holds the very responsible
position of superintendent. This is an immense business in itself, furnishing
employment to a large force of workmen, and Mr. Feterlein, in his capacity as
superintendent, has the respect of all who serve under him and the full confidence
of the company which he represents.
Mr. Feterlein was married to Miss Amanda Lippert, daughter of Theodore
and Henrietta Lippert, of St. Louis, also representatives of old families of
Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Feterlein now have two daughters, Margaret and Edna,
who occupy with them their handsome residence at No. 2205 Arsenal street. The
progress which he has made in the business world enables Mr. Feterlein to supply
his family with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life and he finds
his greatest happiness in providing for the welfare of his wife and daughters.
He is well known and popular in athletic circles, has high reputation locally in
athletic lines and is a popular member of several clubs. He also belongs to the
Lutheran church and he gives unfaltering allegiance to the republican party, for
his study of the political issues and questions of the day has led him to the belief
that its principles contain the best elements of good government. He possesses
the salient characteristics of a German ancestry — perseverance and thoroughness
• — combined with the alert, enterprising spirit which is typical of the American
nation.
WILLIAM P. NEWTON.
In a study of biography it might seem that the world produces only successful
men, but they who are unsuccessful do not leave the record of their failure, and
yet statistics show that ninety-five per cent of those who enter business life never
achieve prosperity or become forceful factors in the communities where they
reside. The history of the progressive man, therefore, is one of universal interest,
and biography finds its justification in this fact. William P. Newton, who, for a
third of a century has been connected with railroad interests, is now assistant
general auditor of the Frisco Railroad, with offices at No. 906 Olive street.
He was born in Portersville, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1854. His father,
James Newton, was a native of the Isle of Jersey, England, and when a young
man came to the United States, spending his last days in Portersville. His wife,
in her maidenhood Mary Jane Hall, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was
a daughter of James and Elizabeth Hall, also of the Isle of Jersey, who became
substantial citizens in their locality. The grandfather served as a soldier in the
war of 1 812, and was known as Squire Hall in Portersville, Pennsylvania, where
he was regarded as an influential and prominent citizen.
William P. Newton acquired his education in a private school and in 1875
entered the railway service as bill clerk for the Leavenworth, Lawrence &
Galveston Railroad Company, now a part of the Atchison system. Lie was
located at Kansas City, Missouri,, and since that time has been continuously in
railway service. From May, 1877, until May, 1879, he was auditor, secretary
and treasurer for the Joplin road, at Girard, Kansas, and from the latter date
until March, 1881, was traveling auditor for the St. Louis & San Francisco
Railway Company. He then served as chief clerk and general bookkeeper for the
same road and its successor, the Frisco road, from March, 1881, until September,
772 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
1890. and on the latter date he was made assistant general auditor, which position
of responsibility he is now filling.
^Ir. Newton is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is fond of hunting,
fishing and skating, these outdoor sports constituting his pastime. His business
duties have always been his first consideration, however, and when one wins
advancement in railroad circles it is well known that progress is made by reason
of close application and capable service, for the demands are more close and
exacting in railway work than perhaps in any other field of labor.
Mr. Newton was married March 2, 1882, to Miss Ida S. Siebothem, a
daughter or Norman and Elizabeth Siebothem, both of Lexington, Kentucky, and
two children blessed this union, but the younger, Margaret, died at the age of
twelve years. Florence is now the wife of Lewis M. Rumsey, Jr., a resident of
St. Louis, and they have two children : Lewis III, aged five years ; and Margaret,
asred two vears.
CHARLES C. NICHOLLS.
Charles C. Nicholls, president of the Nicholls-Ritter Realty & Financial Com-
pany since its organization in 1892, was born in Camden, New Jersey, January 4,
1855. His parents were Ebenezer and Rebecca (Young) Nicholls. The father,
who was a contractor and built many of the large structures of Camden, repre-
sented one of the oldest families of that city.
Charles C. Nicholls began his education in the Quaker school of his native
town and afterward attended public school in Camden and in Philadelphia, also
spending the year 1869 as a student in the high school at the corner of Broad
street and Ridge avenue in the latter city. He pursued the regular high-school
course and in addition studied German and stenography. In his youth he was
very fond of athletic sports, especially of swimming, and he likewise cared largely
for the sea and for travel. During the periods of vacation, ere he completed his
high school course, he devoted his attention to the duties that devolved upon him
in connection with different positions which he secured.
After leaving school Mr. Nicholls entered the music house of Lee & Walker
of Philadelphia as an office boy, accepting the position at the request of Mr. Lee,
the senior partner. He continued a resident of Philadelphia until September,
1874, when he came to St. Louis and was for one year with the Mullanphy Planing
Mill Company. He next entered the employ of Beard & Brother, safe manufac-
turers, in the capacity of bookkeeper, and when he had been with that house for
three years he was made secretary of the Beard & Brother Safe & Lock Company,
with which he continued until 1885.
In that year ]\Ir. Nicholls turned his attention to the real-estate business un-
der his own name and in 1892 he sold a half interest to E. P. V. Ritter and or-
ganized the Nicholls-Ritter Realty & Financial Company, of which he has since
been president. In this way he has been connected with many important prop-
erty interests of the city and has also administered the estate of Lesley Garnett
and likwise that of Eleazer J. Beard, the latter being valued at about two hun-
dred thousand dollars. He also wound up the affairs of the Beard & Brother Safe
& Lock Company, selling out the business. For a number of years he has been
a director of the Citizens Insurance Company of St. Louis and Hartford. He
is recognized as a man of keen business discernment and discrimination and what
he has accomplished indicates the force of character and sagacity which he has
brought to bear in the solution of all business problems.
Sir. Nicholls, however, has not confined his attention solely to lousiness in-
terests, but has been a cooperant factor in many measures relating to the public
welfare. He is a republican where national questions are involved, but at local
elections is identified with that independent spirit which is one of the hopeful
CHARLES C. NICHOLLS
774 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
signs of the times, indicating that the men of the present generation are awaken-
ing to the fact that the party and its principles should never be sacrificed to the
misrule of party leaders and that affiliation with any political organization does
not constitute a qualification for the faithful discharge of the duties of any office.
He therefore votes independently at local elections, nor does he hesitate to give
expression to his views upon any question if the occasion demands.
Mr. Xicholls has been prominent in the work of the Young Men's Christian
Association and was its first chairman in St. Louis in 1875. when it was reorgan-
ized. He has been a member of the Business Men's League since its inception,
of the Alercantile Club since 1888, of the St. Louis Club since 1903 and of the
Aero Club since its organization. He has also been a member of the Merchants
Exchange since 1878. In religious faith a Presbyterian, he holds membership
with the Grand Avenue Presbyterian church, of which he was a deacon for ten
years, while for the past fifteen years he has served as one of its elders. He was
also for two years president of the St. Louis Sunday School Union and a mem-
ber of the executive board of the State Sunday School Association. He has
acted as Sunday school superintendent for thirty years and is deeply interested in
every plan and movement for the upbuilding of the church and the promulgation
of its teachings, especially among the young, that the best character development
may be conserved and that principles may be formed which shall prove guiding
factors in later years.
Mr. Nicholls was happily married on the ist of June, 1881, to Miss Julia
Cleveland Chamberlain, a step-daughter of Lesley Garnett, who came to St. Louis
in 1848 and established a large lumber business here. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Nich-
olls have been born a son and daughter, Charles C. and Julie C. The former was
married in July, 1908, to Miss Catharine Fitzhugh Ayrault, of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, a descendant of the old Fitzhugh family of Virginia. For years mem-
bers of her family have been prominently identified with educational interests, her
uncle beino- now head master of the Groton school of New York.
JULES E. SMUCKER.
Among those who have worked their way from apparent obscurity to prom-
inence is Jules E. Smucker, who has risen in the commercial world from the in-
significant station of office boy to his present important position as president of
the Jerome Chemical Company. This company has a large establishment at No.
113 Pine street and engages in the manufacture of patent medicines. Mr.
Smucker had few advantages in early life and when he started out in the
world had little in the way of promise to which to look forward. However,
being possessed of strong staying qualities and not easily daunted by discourage-
ments, he worked energetically at all of the duties assigned him and little by little
w^on for himself a successful career. He was born in Jefferson City, Missouri,
June 10, 1872, a son of Luther and Neville C. Smucker. His father was well
known in Jefferson City, having been a practicing dentist there until the time
of his death.
Mr. Smucker was sent to the public schools in his native city when a lad
and remained there until eighteen years of age, at which time he had creditably
completed the course of study. At that age he came to St. Louis to seek employ-
ment. He succeeded in securing the position of office boy in the Mechanics'
Bank. While in this insignificant station he was remarkable for his punctuality
and attention to duty and rose in the esteem of his employers. Being bright
and ambitious to adapt himself to the ways and methods of the commercial
world, he learned rapidly and was gtadually promoted from one station to an-
other until finally he became head bookkeeper of the institution. When he had
been in the employ of the bank for ten years he engaged in the stock and bond
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 775
business in the Bank of Commerce building at No. 421 Olive street. Having
pursued this vocation for four years, he became connected with the Jerome
Chemical Company, of which he was later made president, the important post
at which he now serves. This company was organized in the year 1904, being
then in business at No. 221 Chestnut street. Later, in the fall of the year 1904,
the company removed its c|uarters to its present site at No. 113 Pine street.
The firm engages in the manufacture of patent medicines for distribution among
the jobbers.
Mr. Smucker was united in marriage, in St. Louis, to Miss Laura M.
Meyers, October 20, 1896. They have two children: Jules E. Jr., who is a
pupil in the public schools ; and Virginia. The family resides at No. 5078
Fairmont avenue. Mr. Smucker's political views are on the side of the demo-
cratic party, the candidates of which he is always ready to use his influence to
place in office.
OSCAR CONZELMAN, D. D. S.
Oscar Conzelman, a well known representative of the dental profession,
was born in Irondale, Missouri, June 19, 1869, his parents being Jacob Frederick
and Eva (Fisher) Conzelman. The father was a farmer by occupation and was
the representative of an old family of Wittenberg, Germany. Dr. Conzelman
pursued his education in Washington University of St. Louis and also Columbia
LTniversity. He likewise entered a college in Kentucky, spending one term as a
student in Louisville, but finished his studies in Washington University. In the
preparatory school he pursued his course with the intention of becoming a
physician but, changing his plans, took up the study of dentistry and com-
pleted his course, thus becoming well equipped for professional labor. He has
remained a student of the science of dentistry, however, and is continually carry-
ing forward his researches that the efficiency and value of his labor may be
promoted. For the past fourteen years he has been located in his present office,
which is well equipped with all modern appliances and inventions for success-
fully carrying on his professional work.
On the 27th of January, 1903, in Hannibal, Missouri, Dr. Conzelman was
married to Miss Marguerite Ryan and unto them has been born a daughter,
Virginia Marie. The Doctor is a member of the Lutheran church and he be-
longs to the Liederkranz Club and to the Woodmen of the World. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party and he has always been a firm be-
liever in its principles and constantly supported its projects. He is well known
both professionally and socially and has gained wide recognition as one of the
able members of the dental fraternity here.
HENRY C. BECKWITH.
Although one of the recent additions to the ranks of business men in St.
Louis, having arrived here in 1904. Henry C. Beckwith has become recognized
as a valued representative of industrial and commercial interests, being now
a partner in the Beckwith Brothers Iron & Steel Company, manufacturers'
agents. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1869 and the public schools
of Hamilton county, that state, afforded him his educational privileges. The
first sixteen years of his life were spent upon the home farm but in 1885 the
father left the farm and soon afterward Henry C. Beckwith crossed the thresh-
old of business life to become a clerk in a grocery store. He was employed in
that way for about four years, during which time he carefully saved his earn-
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ings until his capital was sufficient to enable him to engage in business on his
own account. He then purchased a stock of groceries in Cincinnati and carried
on his store for four years. He then sold out and became manager for the
Hamilton Canal Boat Company, which position he filled for about six years, at
the end of which time he removed to St. Louis.
Arriving in this city on the 1st of January, 1904, Mr. Beckwith has fof
five years been identified with its commercial interests, being engaged in the iron
and steel business with his brother, Joseph H. Beckwith. They organized the
Beckwith Brothers Iron & Steel Company and are now manufacturers' agents,
representing eastern iron and steel mills. They occupy offices at No. 13 13
Chemical building and in this connection do a good business. On the 1st of
April, 1908, they further extended the scope of their activities when they pur-
chased the controlling interest in the Banner Stove & Manufacturing Company,
of which Henry C. Beckwith became president. His business career has been
characterized by steady progress that results from the careful fulfillment of
every duty and from a determined purpose that will brook no obstacles or
difficulties that can be overcome by persistent, honorable effort.
]\Ir. Beckwith was married in Cincinnati, May 23, 1893, to Miss Bertha M.
Schwarz, a daughter of Adam and Mary Schwarz.
WILLIAM BUTTS ITTNER.
William Butts Ittner is numbered among the leading architects of St. Louis
to whom the future seems to hold out alluring promises because of his ability that
has already carried him far beyond the point of mediocrity to a place of dis-
tinction in professional circles. He is perhaps today the foremost school architect
of America and in the report of the schoolhouse commission published at Wash-
ington, D. C, in 1908, were the words : "The new public school buildings of St.
Louis are probably the best in the United States." Of these Mr. Ittner was the
architect and his work in this direction has called to him the attention not only
of members of the profession throughout the entire country, but of all who have
interest in the schools or delight in architectural adornment.
A son of Anthony and jMary Isabella Ittner, born on the 4th of September,
1864, he has reached the forty- fourth milestone on life's journey, and in his
chosen profession displays an ability that could come only through close applica-
tion, earnest efifort and comprehensive study. Indeed he has already executed
work which shows him a thorough master of his profession. He was peculiarly
fortunate in having early advantages for stimulating ambition in his chosen field.
His father, Anthony Ittner, was one of the pioneer builders and brickmakers
of St. Louis and from early boyhood the son, by tact and application, acquired
a thorough insight into those branches of the business. He was desirous, however,
of adding to this fund of knowledge in practical building, the crowning art of
architecture. W'ith this end in view he carefully pursued a course in the public
schools and then entered the Manual Training School, being a member of the
first graduating class of that institution. Completing his course there in 1884 he
finished his studies in preparation for his profession as a special student in archi-
tecture at Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, and from the beginning of his
professional career he has made substantial advancement, his course being marked
by an orderly progression that indicates constantly growing powers and increas-
ing ability.
About 1904 he established business on his own account and almost imme-
diately was accorded a liberal patronage. Among the fine structures with which
he has been connected as architect is the s[)lcndid building standing at the corner
of Twelfth and St. Charles and anotlier on St. Charles between Eleventh and
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778 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Twelfth streets, which are the property of L. C. Nelson, the banker. Mr. Ittner
was also the architect of the home of Dr. C. M. Woodward, of Washington LTni-
versity, at Compton Heights, and bthlt the stores and flats owned by Joseph M.
Hayes at Easton and Grand avenues. He has likewise erected scores of other
substantial buildings, operating largely in the west end, where he has trans-
formed unsightly vacancies into beautiful residence districts. His early success
is explained by his thorough experience in all branches of his profession. He
entered upon his varied duties with admirable equipment. He was "to the manor
born," receiving his preliminary training in boyhood under the capable mastership
of his father and carrying out his projects in later years with such industry that
he is credited with the erection of many buildings.
\\'hile his vvork in that direction entitles him to local fame, he has gained
national reputation as an architect of school buildings, and today the school build-
ings of St. Louis outrank in point of beauty, durability, attractiveness and con-
venience of design, those of any other city or the entire countr)'-. On the 22d
of June. 1897, he was elected commissioner of school buildings for the board of
education of St. Louis and has continued in the office to the present time, cover-
ing twelve years. Giving his attention largely to designing plans for school
buildings, he has developed a new style of architecture in this connection which is
generally recognized not only by educators and architects of this country but also
by those of other countries as the best that has been produced in this field of
building. Si. Louis today has every reason to be proud of her schools, which
in their exterior appearance make a most favorable impression upon disinterested
lovers of architecture whose only care respecting the school buildings of St. Louis
is that they should be worth looking at, while educators recognize their superior
convenience and utilitv in man}' lines, and architects accord to Mr. Ittner the
prominence that he has worthily won as the foremost promoter of the public
school interests of the country through the originality and beauty of his designs.
In all of his buildings a noticeable feature is the remarkable arrangement for light.
Moreover, most of the schools have been confined to two-story structures and
none exceed three stories. In front of each school are broad grounds beautifully-
terraced and adorned with flowers and shrubs, which add much to their beauty.
These school buildings are erected to accommodate all grades from the kindergar-
ten to the highest grammar grade, and usually contain twenty or twenty-two class-
rooms exclusive of a large kindergarten room and two rooms for manual train-
ing and domestic science respectively. The constructions are fire-proof except
the pitch roofs, which are of mill constructions covered with sheathing and tile.
The outer and interior main walls are of hard brick, the minor partitions being
of hollow tile, while the floors are of reenforced concrete and finished with narrow
maple flooring in the classrooms. The exterior appearance of the buildings
could hardly be improved. Extravagant material and ornamentation is avoided
and all the buildings announce themselves as handsome, modern school buildings.
St. Louis has everv reason to be proud of what has been done under the direction
of Mr. Ittner as commissioner of school buildings, her position of leadership in
this direction being universally accorded.
In the year of his return to St. Louis, when he entered upon his professional
career here. Mr. Ittner was married — in June, 1888 — to Miss Lottie Crane Allen,
and their children are Gladys Blanche, Helen May and William B. Mr. Ittner
is a member of the St. Louis and University Clubs and of the Public Question
Club, rjf which he served as president in the year 1908. The constantly grow-
ing patronage has left Mr. Ittner, however, little time for participation in
social pleasure, but he has gained recognition by election to membership in the
American Institute of Architects, with which he has been connected since 1890.
He is also a fellow of its local chapter and was president of the latter from 1893
until 1895. He is likewise a member of the St. Louis Architectural Club, of which
he was president in 1897-1898; Architectural League of America, of which he
was president in 1903-04; corresponding secretary in 1905-06; the Civil Improve-
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ment League, of which he was corresponding secretary in 1902-03; and the Cor-
nell Club, of which he was president in 1903.-05.
Great leaders are few. The mass of men seem content to remain in the po-
sitions in. which they are placed by birth, experience and environment. Laudable
ambition, ready adaptability and a capacity for hard work are essential elements
of success and in none of these requirements is William ]]. Ittner lacking. It is
not a matter of marvel, therefore, that he occupies a preeminent position in the
ranks of his chosen profession in St. Louis and has gained distinction as a public
school architect of the countrv.
MORRIS EISENSTADT.
Morris Eisenstadt as president of the Eisenstadt Manufacturing Company
is at the head of the leading jewelry manufacturing establishment of St. Louis
and one of the finest concerns of this kind in the entire west, with a jobbing
trade wdiich exceeds that of any house in the United States. Honored and re-
spected by all, he occupies a most enviable position in the commercial world,
not alone by reason of the success which he has achieved but owing also to the
straightforward business methods ever maintained by the house. It is true that
he entered upon a business already established but he has kept pace with the
onward march of progress, which is as manifest in mercantile circles as in any
other department of life's activities and in all that he has undertaken has dis-
played an aptitude for successful management combined with keen discernment
in the solution of the intricate problems which must always be confronted i*^ the
conduct of extensive interests.
Morris Eisenstadt was born November 22, 1857, a son of Michael and i\Iary
(Meyer) Eisenstadt, the former a native of Elbing, Prussia, and the latter of
New York. In the year 1849 the father arrived in St. Louis and in 1853 began
business as a dealer in watchmakers' supplies but soon after extended the scope
of his enterprise to include the jewelry trade, being one oi the first in that line
in the city. He continued in active connection with the business until his death,
which occurred August 4, 1863. He was succeeded by Adolph Jacobs, who re-
mained at the head of the house until 1883, when Morris Eisenstadt and his
twin brother Samuel took charge of the business, the latter acting as president
of the company until his death, which occurred May 18, 1905, since wdiich time
Morris Eisenstadt has occupied the presidency and has been the chief execu-
tive head of the concern. Eor several years the business was conducted in the
Holland building but in 1906 was removed to its present location in the Star
building, where they occupy two entire floors. They have one of the finest
establishments in the west, manufacturing nothing but high class goods, and
their business is the most important enterprise of this character in St. Louis,
while their jobbing trade surpasses that of any jewelry house in the United
States. Their goods are sold in every state and territory of the L^nion , and the
volume of business annually transacted has reached mammoth proportions. The
present officers are : Alorris Eisenstadt. president ; Joel M. Friede, Albert
Freeh and J. A. Jacobs, vice presidents; George G. Gambrill, treasurer; J. G.
W. Schoenthaler, secretary. The company has been identified with the manu-
facturing interests of St. Louis for more than a half century and has always
been characterized by its progress.
i\Iorris Eisenstadt was equipped for life's practical duties by a liberal edu-
cation in Washington LTniversity, from which he and his brother Samuel were
graduated in 1873. They were almost inseparable in their social as well as
their business interests and the death of Samuel Eisenstadt came as a telling
bloW' to his twin brother.
780 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Spending his entire life in this city, Morris Eisenstadt well remembers the
troublous period attending the Civil war, when the city, situated as it was on
the border between the north and the south, bore the brunt of contention. He
has lived to witness a remarkable growth here as the city has developed, ex-
tending far beyond his old hunting grounds in the vicinity of Grand and Lucas
avenues. In the early days the street cars were hauled by one mule ; slaves
were sold at the courthouse and much of the transportation was by steamer up
and down the river. It was the period of transition from the old to the new,
and in the work of latter day progress Mr. Eisenstadt has borne his full part.
Socially he is well known as a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks and of the ^^lercantile Club.
JAMES ALOYSIUS GODFREY.
While the cry goes up that the ranks of business are overcrowded, careful
investigation will show that the competent men are comparatively few. It is
only where incompetency and unskilled labor are manifest that men are strug-
gling for a position in the business world, for he who is willing to work and mas-
ter each task assigned him soon passes on beyond the many to a position where
his ability iinds recognition and gains its rightful reward in well merited success.
The important nature of the contracts awarded to James A. Godfrey, as a gen-
eral contractor, attests his ability and indicates the prosperity which he is now
enjoying, ^^^ith a nature that could not be content with mediocrity he so quali-
fied himself in his chosen line of work that he passed beyond the stage of appren-
ticeship to that of the journeyman, and from the position of an employe to that
of employer.
His life record began in County Mayo, Ireland, December 25, 1878. He was
the eldest in a family of two sons and two daughters, the others being Thomas,
Catherine and Mary Godfrey, all of whom are yet at home with their parents.
The father, Thomas Godfrey, coming to America in 1882, settled in New York
city and afterward removed to Hartford, Connecticut, whence he went to Phila-
delphia, coming to St. Louis in 1886. Having prospered in his business affairs he
is now enjoying honorable retirement at the age of sixty-four years.
James A. Godfrey was a little lad of five years at the time of the emigra-
tion of the family to the United States. He acquired his education in the parochial
schools and in Christian Brothers College of St. Louis, from which he was
graduated in 1893. Immediately afterward he began work as a stair builder and
carpenter, and desiring a technical education he devoted his evening hours to the
study of architecture and mechanical drawing for several years. Thus he gained
a comprehensive knowledge of the scientific side of the business, which combined
with his practical training has made him one of the most thorough and efficient
representatives of building interests in St. Louis. In 1896 he engaged in general
contracting with William Steinhoff, then controlling the most extensive trade in
St. Louis, and in that employ continued until 1905. During that period he was
identified with the construction of the Mermod-Jaccard building, the first fire-
proof office building erected by a local contractor, also the business blocks owned
by the Ely-Walkers, at Eighth and Washington streets, the Carleton Dry Goods
Company, Leschen Rope W^orks, Schaper Brothers, the Bell Telephone Exchange,
at Vandeventer and OVwe streets, Butler Brothers, at Thirteenth and Washington
streets, the business house of the Rosenthal-Sloane Millinery Company, on Wash-
ington avenue between Tenth and Eleventh, and many other business structures
of less importance.
In T905 Mr. Godfrey succeeded to the business under the firm style of James
A. Godfrey, successor to William Steinhoff. On the ist of January, 1907, he ad-
mitted Harry O. Hirsch to a partnership, and the firm name of Godfrey & Hirsch
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782 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
was then assumed. Since becoming identified with contract work Air. Godfrey
has been connected with a vast amount of important building, many of the fine
structures of the city standing as monuments to his skill and ability.
Since going into business for himself he has been identified with the con-
struction of a large number of fine residences, including the homes of Edwin
Xugent and Hugh McK. Jones, and the Granville residence in Park View.
Air. Godfrey belongs to the Catholic church and to the Knights of Columbus.
Always fond of athletics, in early manhood he was a member of the baseball team
of Jelterson City and of the football team of Christian Brothers College. He
possesses a genial, jovial nature, and the natural wit characteristic of his race.
Moreover, he has the ability to see and appreciate the humor of a situation and
his friends — and they are many — find him a most agreeable and entertaining
companion.
GEORGE BLUMEYER.
No special advantages came to George Blumeyer at the outset of his busi-
ness career, nor did he have unusual obstacles and difficulties to confront. The
opportunities that are open to all were his and that he has succeeded is due to
his recognition of chance and to his persistency in carrying out a well defined
and honorable purpose. He was born in St. Louis, July 14, 1872. His father,
Conrad Blumeyer, a native of Germany, was brought to America by his parents
when six years of age. He pursued his education in the public schools of this
city and married Elizabeth Spuehlman, who was here born. For a number of
years Conrad Blumeyer was a successful retail grocer and as his financial re-
sources increased made judicious investments in real estate until his holdings
were extensive. At the time of his demise in 1902 he was the oldest retail
grocer of the city, was also vice president of the Northwestern Savings Bank
and was a very prominent merchant and business man. His widow is now the
president of the Blumeyer Real Estate Company, which has been organized for
the purpose of holding the estate intact. She has reached the age of sixty-
three years. Her father was a well known steamboat captain at an early day.
George Bkmieyer pursued his education to graduation from the high school
of St. Louis in the class of 1891. He then engaged in the retail grocery busi-
ness, organizing the George Blumeyer & Brothers Grocery Company and estab-
lishing the finest retail grocery in the cit}^, located at Grand and Shenandoah
avenues. Air. Blumeyer of this review was president of the company and the
business was successfully conducted until they sold out to J. F. Conrad & Com-
pany, to engage in their present business, conducted under the name of the
Eagle Supply Company, at Nos. 208-210 North Second street. They have the
best business of this character in the city. The enterprise was established in
August, 1905, as a corporation to handle grocers' sundries to trade by mail.
They do business with consumers through agents who sell directly to the con-
sumer. Their business has had phenomenal growth and now extends to every
state and territory in the Union. They began with but few employes but now
have a very large force and have recently, in order to secure more extensive
quarters, removed to their present location on North Second street. The busi-
ness bids fair to outdistance any concern of this character in the United States
and is already recognized as a formidable rival by other business houses. The
company has institutcfl new and original methods, has secured the service of
most competent sales people, ships goods with prepaid freight and allows fif-
teen days for payment. The house is governed by the best known principles
as well as merchandise of trustworthy quality, has originated and maintains the
lowest prices, aims at perfect store service and prompt delivery and, in fact,
follows those methods which cannot fail to build up an extensive and profitable
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trade. George Blumeyer is the president of the company, with H. W. Kki-
mever as vice president and O. C. Bkimever as secretary, this association being
composed of three brothers. He is hkewise a director of the Bhiemeyer Real
Estate Company.
]\Ir. Bhimeyer votes with the republican party but is not an active worker
in its ranks. He belongs to the Presbyterian church, is a member of the Mis-
souri Athletic Club, derives great pleasure from the automobile and is an en-
thusiast on the subject of baseball.
GUSTAV W. DAHLBERG.
Gustav W. Dahlberg, who for many years has been conducting a success-
ful rental agency, was born in Sweden, April 5, 1834, a son of Charles and
Ulrica (Ameraej Dahlberg. He began his education in his native country and
when nine years of age accompanied his parents to America, the family home
being established in St. Louis in 1844. Here he continued his education as a
public-school student until. he reached the age of twelve years, when he started
out in business on his own account, obtaining employment in a bowling alley
on Main street between Olive and Pine streets, his duty being to set up the pins.
Subsequently he was employed in Bradford's hat store on ]\Iain street near
Green, and afterward secured a position in Rokol's lottery office at Main and
Green streets. He also worked for a time in a tobacco factory and when about
fourteen years of age accompanied his father, who at that time removed to a
farm near St. Charles, Missouri.
After six months, however, not liking farm life, Gustav W. Dahlberg re-
turned to St. Louis, where he was employed until 1862 and then began the
manufacture of plug tobacco on Biddle street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, continuing there for more than a year. He next went to Chester. Illi-
nois, where he engaged in chopping wood, which he sold to the government
boats until 1864. His product brought good prices and he thus made a sub-
stantial start in the business world. He has since been engaged in renting
houses, conducting a rental agencv for thirty-five years. He is well known in
this connection and has broad and intimate knowledge of the market in connec-
tion with his chosen field of labor.
Mr. Dahlberg has resided in St. Louis practically for sixty-five years and
remembers the city wdien it was little more than a village. Chouteau pond then
covered the present site of the Four Courts and the boundaries of the city
were very much more limited than at the present time, while its business inter-
ests were small and inconsequential. Great changes have since occurred and
Mr. Dahlberg has alwavs been interested in what has been accomplished.
JOHN ^lARTIX HIXES.
John Martin Hines occupies the prominent position of buyer and manager
of the clothing department of the William Barr Dry Goods Company. His
aggressive spirit, fervent ambition and natural business ability have enabled
him to rise in the commercial world from the comparatively insignificant station
of messenger bov to the prominent place which he now holds in the financial
world. He is one of St. Louis' most enterprising men in his line of trade and
has won for himself a merited place among the business interests oi the city.
He was born and reared on a farm in Bartholomew countv. Indiana. His
father, Thomas Hines. emigrated from Ireland in 1850, and his mother^ Mar-
garet (McKenzie) Hines. also came from Ireland about the same time. Shortly
78-1 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
after arriving in America they reoaired to Cincinnati and were united in mar-
riage in the latter part of the year 1850. Beside the subject they have two
children: Elizabeth and Thomas, the latter being a clothing merchant in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio.
John JMartin Hines received his early education in the public schools of
Indiana and of Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of eleven years he was com-
pelled to give up his studies and go out into the world for himself. He initiated
himself into the affairs of life as a messenger boy. After being in this service
for some time, he apprenticed himsejf to a tinner, with whom he remained for
a period of eleven years, during which time he had mastered the trade and
worked as a journeyman. In the meantime he had taken considerable interest
in politics, and when later he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, he was appointed to
a position as deputy clerk of the courts of Hamilton county, Ohio, and thus
he served creditably for approximately seven years. At the expiration of this
time he engaged in the general retail clothing business for Browning, King &
Company. After six years of faithful service, during which time he had been
of much benefit in increasing the business of the firm, he resigned his position
and engaged with George W. McAlpin & Company as manager. He installed
the clothing department in their store and continued its manager for five years.
In 1905 he came to St. Louis and was engaged by Barr & Company to act as
manager and buyer of their clothing department, in which position he is still
active.
In 1884 Mr. Hines wedded Delia Conway, of Cincinnati, whose father,
Hugh Conway, was connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. She has
two brothers, both of whom are well known Catholic priests, and also an uncle,
the Rev. John Conway, who built the first Catholic church in London, Ohio, and
also the first Catholic church in Santa Rosa, California. Mr. and Mrs. Hines
have one son, John M., Jr., who was a graduate of the St. Louis University of
the class of 1908 and is now a student at the Law School. Their daughter
Nellie passed away at the age of a year and a half. Another child, Marie,
was adopted at the age of three years and is now entering her fourteenth year.
Mrs. Hines met with an accident in Cincinnati four years ago which caused her
death, and it was owing to this fact that Mr. Hines left that city and located
in St. Louis. He is popular in political circles, and was a member of the Duck-
wood Democratic Club of Cincinnati and also of the Jeft'erson Democratic Club
of St. Louis. He is very active in politics, particularly while campaigns are in
progress. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is also
a member of the Knights of Columbus. His religious convictions are with Ca-
tholicism.
JOHN HOLMES CRENSHAW, D. O. '
John Holmes Crenshaw, an able representative of osteopathic practice in St.
Louis, was born at Amity, DeKalb county, Missouri, August 11, 1877, a son of
Annie C. and Giles Young Crenshaw. His father was engaged in the banking and
real-estate business for a number of years. He was also prominent in political
and public affairs and served as United States marshal during President Cleve-
land's administration for the western district of Missouri. He was also state
beer inspector during Governor Dockery's administration, but is not engaged in
active business or official duties at this time.
Dr. Crenshaw pursued his education in Maysville, Missouri, being graduated
from the high school in 1894. He also attended the Birmingham Business Col-
lege at Birmingham, Alabama, where he completed his course by graduation in
1896 and later attended the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mis-
souri, from which he was graduated in June, 1899. The trend of his mind in
youth seemed to be along mechanical lines. He took up the study of osteopathy
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786 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
originally, not with the purpose of making it a profession, but merely to while
awav the time while undergoing a course of treatment. Being of a mechanical
turn of mind, the study soon appealed very strongly to him, as the body is viewed
bv osteopaths as a machine which, like all machines, if kept well regulated and in
good condition in all of its parts, does perfect work. Becoming interested in
tUe studv. Dr. Crenshaw completed the course and began practice. His time up
to his graduation at Kirksville had been mostly spent in school, with the excep-
tion of one year devoted to the grain commission business, in which he con-
ducted a grain elevator for his father at j\Iaysville during the fall and winter of
1894-5. Since 1899 he has engaged in the practice of osteopathy and has secured
a large and growing patronage in this line. He keeps in touch with the advance-
ment made in the profession through his membership in the American Osteo-
pathic Association, the ]\Iissouri Osteopathic Association and the St. Louis Oste-
opathic Association.
On the 26th of January, 1901, Dr. Crenshaw was married to Miss Clara
^lay Stokes, of Galesburg, Illinois, and they have one child, Margaret Young
Crenshaw, now six years of age. Fraternally the Doctor is connected with the
]\Iodern \\"oodmen of America and W'iedey Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O. F. His polit-
ical views are democratic and in 1903 he was appointed by Governor Dockery to
serve for one year as a member of the state board of osteopathic registration and
examination in ^Missouri. On the organization of the board he was elected sec-
retary and on the expiration of his hrst term was reappointed by the governor
to serve for a five years' term. He was then reelected secretary but at the end
of his second year in that position was elected president, and at the close of that
year Dr. Traughber was elected president and when he left the state in Septem-
ber, 1907, Dr. Crenshaw was chosen his successor and still occupies that posi-
tion. He is regarded as one of the prominent representatives of osteopathy in
St. Louis and has been accorded a liberal patronage. One of the eminent sur-
geons of the country said, "There is no one who has such a correct and com-
prehensive knowledge of anatomy as has the well trained osteopath" and Dr.
Crenshaw's work is proof of this. He has had among his patrons many who
have failed to respond to medical treatment but who have been restored to health
through his methods of practice, and he is destined to win large success in his
chosen callinsr.
WILLIAM CUM^HNS, M. D.
Dr. William Cummins is engaged in the practice of medicine and also con-
ducts a drug store in St. Louis. His knowledge of the composition and nature
of drugs is a strong element in his success in practice, as he understands thor-
oughly the effect which the use of any remedial agency will produce upon the
human system. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, March 25, 1843, his
parents being John and ]\lary (Lonergan) Cummins, both of whom lived and
died in their native country, the father following the occupation of farming
there.
Dr. Cummins was reared at home and acquired his education through the
medium of the public schools. On reaching his majority he determined to
come to the United States, attracted by its broader opportunities and business
advantages. On crossing the Atlantic he settled in LaSalle county, Illinois,
where he remained for two years with a l)rother-in-law, who was a dry-goods
merchant at Ottawa, Illinois. He then took up the study of the drug business
and in 1878 entered the St. Louis Pharmaceutical College, which he attended
for two years. Prior to finishing the course, however, he took up the study of
medicine and in 1880 matriculated in the Missouri Medical College, now the
medical department of the Washington University. He was graduated there-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 787
from with the class of 1882, but not being fully satisfied with the efficiency which
he had attained, he continued his attendance "for one year following his "gradua-
tion and in the spring of 1882 began the practice of medicine. Through the
intervening twenty-six years he has been in continuous practice and has been
unusually successful, when judged both from a professional and financial stand-
point. Since 1886 he has combined the drug business with his practice, being
now proprietor of a well established and attractive drug store at the corner
of Cass and Webster avenue.
In April, 1882, occurred the marriage of Dr. Cummins and Miss Mary
Conroy. a native of Ireland, whence she came to America with her parents in
her childhood days. Dr. Cummins is a communicant of the Catholic church.
While he is inclined toward the democracy, he has not felt himself strictly bound
by party ties and frequently casts an independent ballot. His ambition has
never been in the line of ofifice holding as he prefers to concentrate his time and
energies upon his professional duties and his mercantile interests, and in both
hues he is meeting with success. He is very careful in the diagnosis of a case,
is conscientious in his practice and is moreover possessed of a broad humani-
tarian spirit.
ROBERT E. COLLIXS.
Robert E. Collins was born January 7, 1851, in Florence, Pike county, Illi-
nois. His ancestry reaches back to Scotland, the land of the craig and the
glen, of mountain peak and mountain lake and lowland heath and plain. Though
many years have passed since the family was planted on American soil the sub-
ject of this review manifests the traits of his Scottish ancestry in many of his
sterling qualities. Thomas Collins, founder of the family in the new world,
came from Scotland in 1735 and settled in Georgetown, Sussex county, Dela-
ware. The line of descent comes down through Eli Collins, the great-grand-
father; Eli Collins, the grandfather, born in 1795; and JMunroe R. Collins, who
was born in Ripley, Ohio, in 1827. In the year 1849 when a young man of
about twenty-two years he removed to St. Louis, where he engaged in manu-
facturing and mercantile enterprises for many years, becoming one of the
widely known and leading business men of the city. He was also largely en-
gaged in real estate. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Esther Baker,
was a native of Berlin, Maryland, and a niece of Peter and Jesse J. Linden,
from whom she received an inheritance.
As a pupil in the public schools of St. Louis, Robert E. Collins pursued his
•education and completed a preparatory and academic course in Washington
University. He afterward pursued a collegiate course in \\^ashington & Lee
University at Lexington, Virginia, when General Lee was at the head of that
famous old institution. The Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him
there in 1871, after which he returned to St. Louis and began preparation for
the bar as a law student in the St. Louis Law School, and also in the office of
Britton A. Hill. He was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Missouri
in 1873 and then entered upon the active work of the profession, forming a
partnership with James L. Carlisle, of the firm of Collins & Carlisle. This ar-
rangement continued for several years, after which the firm of Hill & Collins
was organized. While a later professional association with D. A. Jamison
led to the adoption of the firm name of Collins & Jamison. This connection
continued for more than two decades and later jNIr. Collins joined E. R. Chap-
pell in the firm of Collins & Chappell. In the practice of law Mv. Collins gave
ample demonstration of his understanding of the principles of jurisprudence
and of his ability to untangle intricate legal questions ; to sift the evidence and
find the important points of the case and to set at naught many of the argu-
788 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ments and conflicting points of evidence brought forth by the opposition. His
presentation of his own cause was ahvays characterized by clear, logical and
sound deductions and the records show that he won many notable verdicts.
Extending his efforts into other fields, Mr. Collins is now a director and
president of the Collins Realty Company; treasurer and director of the Lindell
Real Estate Company; vice president and director of the Joliet Realty Com-
panv; and an active' director in the Kirkwood Savings Bank, at Kirkwood,
where he resides. The Collins Realty Company was incorporated for the pur-
pose of handling the property interests of the Collins family. The Lindell Real
Estate Company owns much property in the down town district principally on
\\'ashington avenue, while the Joliet Realty Company owms a block known as
the Butler Brothers building, which is the largest building under one roof in
St. Louis. In these connections Mr. Collins is managing important interests and
his labors constitute a factor in the financial success of the organizations.
On the iSth of December, 1873, Mr. Collins was married to Miss Ida Kate
Bishop, a daughter of Littleton R. and Katherine (McDough) Bishop, formerly
of Snow Hill, ^Maryland, j\Ir. Bishop now being a resident of St. Louis. He
was at one time an active and prosperous business man but has retired wdth a
handsome competence acquired through his labors. Mr. and Mrs. Collins had
two children: Esther C, the wdfe of Edwin R. Chappell; and Ida Kate, \yho died
at the age of nine years. The family residence is at the corner of Main street
and Woodlawn avenue in Kirkwood, wdiile their summer home is at Bass
Rocks, near Gloucester, Massachusetts.
j\Ir. Collins has a very complete library of both legal volumes and w^orks on
general literature. He finds relaxation and recreation in photography, chem-
istry and cabinetmaking, which he pursues for his own pleasure, owning a very
coniplete equipment for carrying out his researches and experiments along these
lines. His work in chemistry particularly has given him skill equal to that of
manv a professional representative of the science. He belongs to the St. Louis
Bar Association, to the Phi Kappa Psi and the Masonic fraternity. He also
holds membership in St. John's Methodist Episcopal church South, and in poli-
tics is independent nor has he ever sought political preferment. He finds the
science of law an engaging study and happiness in the correct solution of intri-
cate and involved judicial problems, but his nature is too well rounded to per-
mit his concentration upon any single line and thus his activity has been ex-
tended to other fields of knowledge where his research and investigation have
brought him wide understanding.
CHARLES CONRADIS.
Charles Conradis has built up a national practice in corporation law, being
known in this connection throughout the country and maintaining his office in
St. Louis that he might be centrally located in the care of a clientele that extends
from ocean to ocean. He was born in Washington, D. C, October 5, 1867. His
father, Henrv Conradis, was a native of Germany and in 1850 became a resident
of America's capital. He was for many years a government contractor and en-
gaged on the construction of the capital and other government buildings. He be-
came a very prominent and influential business man of Washington and contrib-
uted in substantial measure to the improvement and adornment of that city, where
he maintained his residence up to the time of his demise on the I5_th of January,
1890. From an obscure position in the business world he worked his way steadily
upward to success. He married Emily Notbohn, a native of Germany, who came
to America in 1853 and is still a resident of Washington.
Charles Conradis was educated in the public schools of the capital and after-
ward entered Georgetown University in the District of Columbia, completing the
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790 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
classical course there in 1887, in which year the degree of Bachelor of Arts was
conferred upon him. He afterward entered the law department, receiving his
degree of Bachelor of Law in 1890 and of Master of Law in 1891. For one
year after his graduation he was connected with the district attorney's office in
Washington as chief clerk, and in 1891 he removed to Helena, ^lontana, where
he formed a partnership with Rufus Garland, a son of Attorney General Gar-
land, who was a member of President Cleveland's cabinet. After a year in Mon-
tana, Mr. Conradis removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he engaged in prac-
tice until 1901, specializing in corporation law. Inthis direction he has built up
a national practice and in order to be located centrally and thus be kept more
generally in touch with his clients, who are found in all sections of the country,
he came to St. Louis in 1901 and opened an office here. He devotes his attention
exclusively to corporation law and has most comprehensive and thorough infor-
mation concerning this great department of jurisprudence, which is gradually
being broadened as the outgrowth of advanced industrial and consolidated com-
mercial interests. The laws that have to do with commerce and with corpora-
tions are becoming more and more involved and intricate and the successful cor-
poration lawyer is one who has remarkable powers of analyzation in order that
he may understand the component parts of a situation and bring to bear thereon
the knowledge appertaining thereto. Few men are so thoroughly equipped for
success in this direction as ]\Ir. Conradis and he is a well known member of the
American Bar Association.
On the 27th of December, 1900, occurred the marriage of Charles Conradis
and ]\Iiss Adele Conrades, a daughter of J. H. Conrades, of the J. H. Conrades
Chair Company of St. Louis. They now have one son, Albert Earl, born in
November, 1901. Mr. Conradis votes with the republican party. Fishing, hunt-
ing, aquatic and other outdoor sports make strong appeal to him and his is a .well
developed manhood and well rounded character. While his power and ability
in professional lines have gained him national distinction, he is not so abnor-
mally developed in any one direction as to be termed a genius, but has on the
contrary that force of character that enables him to turn his interest and attention
upon the subject at hand, whether it has to do with the physical development, the
social amenities, the intellectual progress or the professional labors of the in-
dividual.
lOSEPH PAUL HOF.
Joseph Paul Hof is the real-estate agent for the great Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association of St. Louis. His superior business ability, extensive ope-
rations and personal qualities have made him prominent in both business and
social lines and he stands todav as one of the representative men of the city
who are continuously pushing forward the Avheels of progress. He was born
in St. Louis, in November, 1859. His father, Paul A. Hof, was born in Darm-
stadt, Germany, and died in St. Louis in December, 1891. During his residence
in this city he engaged for a time in the dry-goods business and was afterward
collector of special taxes. His wife bore the maiden name of Theresa Arendes,
a sister of Frederick Arendes, the president and organizer of the Lafayette
Bank. She was born in Westphalia, Germany, but for many years Mr. and Mrs.'
Paul A. Hof resided in St. Louis, where they reared their family, including
Joseph P. Hof of this review.
The son in early boyhood was a pupil in the parochial school, while later
he attended the high school. He afterward became a student in Christian
Brothers College and entered upon his business career in the humble capacity
of an apprentice at the cabinetmaker's trade with the firm of Stoppelkamp &
Hohmann. He was with that concern between the ages of fourteen and eigh-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 791
teen years and later served in various clerical capacities with different houses
for a number of years, being for a time with M. D. Heltzell & Company and
A. B. Bowman & Company. Subsecjuently he became connected with the whole-
sale notion and toy business of F. Etzel & Company, at No. 508 North Main
street, six years being devoted to his duties in that connection. Each change in his
business career has marked a forward step, which has brought him a broader
outlook and wider opportunities. In 1884 he entered the employ of the White
Sewing Machine Company as bookkeeper and cashier, capably representing that
house until November, 1886, when he was appointed deputy collector in the United
States revenue service. After filling the position for five years, he resigned to
accept a position in the new banking house, the National Bank of the Republic.
His duties there engrossed his time and attention until 1893, when he entered
the recorder voter's office under James L. Carlisle, the recorder of voters. His
next position was under Colonel Nicholas M. Bell, the first excise commissioner
of the city of St. Louis, and as his assistant Mr. Hof issued the first license
under the excise law in this city. He remained in that position until the ap-
pointment of C. Speck as collector of internal revenue under the second Cleve-
land administration, at which time Air. Hof was given the appointment of dep-
uty collector and during the last three years of his connection with that depart-
ment he served in the capacity of cashier in the local office. He then left the
government service with the change of administration in 1898 and since that
time has been engaged with the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, in charge
of the real-estate department. Such is a brief outline of his business record.
Those who know Mr. Hof recognize in him a man of sound judgment and firm
determination, who is alert, energetic and vigorous. His powers have constantly
expanded as he has employed his talents in the discharge of onerous and im-
portant duties and as the years have passed his responsibilities have increased,
bringing him to the position which he now occupies as one of the most promi-
nent real-estate men of the city, handling most extensive property interests.
While Mr. Hof is well known in his business connections, there are other
phases of his life which are deserving of comment and commendation. He has
put forth strenuous and effective eft'ort in behalf of the city's welfare along many
lines and holds to high ideals in municipal progress and improvement. For
about fifteen years he has been a resident of the southwestern portion of St.
Louis, known as Lindenwood, where are many of the most beautiful and palatial
homes, and during much of this period he has served as secretary of the South-
western Improvement Association, in which connection he has been actively
engaged in promoting various movements and measures that have proved of
direct and substantial benefit to that section of the city. He has favored and
labored for advancement in the departments of city water, light, the extension
of the fire alarm system and better police protection. While working toward
high ideals, he employs the most practical methods and has secured substantial
results, from which the community at large accrues the benefit. In April, 1906,
he removed from his old home at Lindenwood to a handsome residence at No.
5917 Julian avenue.
Mr. Hof was married in St. Louis, in September, 1885, to Miss Regina F.
Knapp, a daughter of Alexander Knapp, wdio was connected with the Mullen
& Hopkins Paint Company. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hof have been born the fol-
lowing named sons and daughters: Mae Elizabeth, born in 1886, is a graduate
of the St. Alphonsus high school and is now an art student ; Margaret Theresa
is attending the Visitation Academy at Cabanne ; Paul Alexander is pursuing
his studies in St. Rose's school and after his graduation there expects to pur-
sue a college course in civil engineering.
In his political views Mr. Hof is a democrat but is never bitterly aggressive
in his partisanship and in his labors for the city's improvement has worked ear-
nestlv with other broad-minded men to accomplish what would benefit the en-
792 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
tire community. He is a member of the Legion of Honor and of the St. Louis
]\Iuseum of Fine Arts. His sympathy is with all those movements which pro-
mote intellectual and c-esthetic culture, for he recog-nizes the fact that culture
is to the individual what civilization is to the communitv.
BERNARD J. EHNTS.
A useful life is not soon to be consigned to oblivion. The magnetism of its
presence, the characteristics which made it respected and beloved and the influ-
ence it exerted while active in the w^orld's arena leave their impress upon the
community and long after it has gone to continue existence amid the grand real-
ities of after life its memory is frecjuently recalled and crowned with fond recol-
lections. Such is true of the life of Bernard J. Ehnts, who having been influen-
tially associated with the lumber industry of this city, passed into the life beyond
in 1901 .
He was born in Bremen, Germany, December 19, 185 1, a son of Jansen and
Helen Ehnts. His parents migrated to the United States in 1852 when their
only son, Bernard J., was only nine months old. They embarked on a sailing
vessel and landed in New Orleans, Louisiana, after a three months' voyage.
Jansen Ehnts passed away when his son Bernard was sixteen months old. His
widow was then united in marriage with Henry Sickendike.
Bernard J. Ehnts was reared in St. Louis and was given every advantage
by his mother to fit himself for a useful career. After attending the pubHc
schools he took a course in a local business college. Upon graduating he was
given employment by his step-father, who was the owner of an extensive lum-
ber business. While in this position he familiarized himself with the various
grades and kinds of lumber and having become an adept in the business he was
engaged in a responsible position with Joseph Haffner and later with William
Druhe, both of whom were lumber merchants. By this time, having consider-
ably broadened his experience and being conversant with all phases of the lum-
ber industry, he established himself in the hardwood lumber business on Sixteenth
street between Poplar and Spruce streets. Here he transacted an extensive
business until his death. Air. Ehnts was noted for his ability and straightfor-
ward dealing and left behind him a host of warm friends.
Mr. Ehnts was a member of the Holy Ghost church on Page and Grand
avenues. He was a man remarkable for his high moral character, his adherence
to the church and his fidelity to his religious obligations. In politics he was a
republican. While not an active politician he was certainly interested in the
issues of the day and used his influence in the election of men to public office
who could handle them to the best advantage. Among the fraternal organiza-
tions of which he was a member were the Union Club, the St. Louis Turners and
Anchor Lodge, A. F. & A. M. In the latter he took especial interest and had
passed through many of the higher degrees.
Mr. Ehnts was united in marriage February 28, 1878, to Amelia Mueller,
who was born in St. Louis in 1858. She was a daughter of Michael and Anna
f Scholl ) Mueller, both natives of Germany, whence they came to America in 1854.
Her father was a merchant tailor and plied his craft until the year 1870, when
he passed away at the age of fifty years. Besides the wife of our subject they
liave three children: Catherine, wife of Oscar H. Guether ; Bertha, wife of Rich-
ard O'Brien ; and August. Mrs. Mueller passed away in 1898 at the age of seven-
ty-seven years. Mrs. Ehnts has three children : Ellida, wife of Phillip Barden-
heier; Anna, wife of R. M. Wiggin, of Mexico City, Mexico; and Frederick
Henry,
BERNARD J. EHXTS
794 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
j\Irs. Ehnts is a member of the church of the Immaculate Conception and is-
also affiliated with several fraternal organizations. She is noted for her charity
and is always readv to contribute to worthy enterprises. She has traveled exten-
sively, both abroad and throughout this country and is one of the best read
women in the community, remarkable for her versatility and brilliant accom-
plishments.
HEXRY C. OCHTERBECK.
Among St. Louis' business and professional men none are more closely
identified with the growth and best interests of the city than Henry C. Ochter-
beck, one of its native sons. Eor many years he has been known for his ster-
ling qualities, his fearless loyalty, his honest convictions, his sturdy opposition
to misrule in business affairs and his clear-headedness, discretion and tact as
manager and leader. His record in business circles has been one of honor and
success and vet he has given some of the best efforts of his life to the eleva-
tion and purification of the municipal government. As tangible proof of his
devotion to the best interests of the community we have but to cite his service
as a member of the grand jury that exposed the corruption in public places in
June, 1907, and the eft'ective work he has done as mayor of Kirkwood, where
he maintains his residence. In business circles he is well known as a partner
in the DeCamp Fuel Company.
:\Ir. Ochterbeck was born in St. Louis, August 25, 1861. His father, John
A. Ochterbeck, a native of Germany, arrived in America at the age of twelve
years and took up his abode in St. Louis sixty-three years ago. He became a
merchant and merchant tailor and remained a factor in business circles here for
many years or until his death, which occurred in March, 1903. His wife, Mrs.
Caroline Ochterbeck, nee Kunter, was a native of Prussia and arrived in St.
Louis in early life. She is still living at the age of seventy years. Henry _C.
Ochterbeck was educated in the public schools, passing through consecutive
grades until he completed the high-school course by graduation in the class
of 1 88 1. He then entered business fife, being first employed in a wholesale fur-
nishing goods house, where he served in various capacities until through gradual
promotions he became creditman in the George Wolff & Son clothing house.
He withdrew from that business about 1898 to become associated with the firm
of Logwood, DeCamp & Company, fuel dealers, as creditman, and in 1903
was taken into the firm as a partner. They are wholesale and retail dealers in
coal and coke and also operate coal mines at DeCamp, Illinois, under the style
of the DeCamp Coal ]\Iining Company, of which Mr. Ochterbeck is vice presi-
dent and director. He is methodical and systematic in all that he does and be-
sides possesses an analytical trend of thought that enables him to see clearly
the composite elements of the situation, to eliminate that which is useless and
to strengthen that which is vaUiable. He is also a director of the St. Louis
Credit Agency, the Retail Credit Agency, which is of the utmost benefit to busi-
ness men of this city.
In the midst of a business career, in which he has made steady advance-
ment and proven his worth as a factor in the success of the houses with which
he has been connected, Mr. Ochterbeck has always found opportunity to coope-
rate in those movements which have worked for higher ideals in citizenship and
have striven for purity and elevation in politics. He is a member of the Civic
League, did splendid service as a member of the grand jury which exposed the
corruption in public places in June, 1907, and has been an interested worker in
local politics in Kirkwood, where he makes his home. In 1906 he was elected
mayor of the city for a term of two years, and has succeeded in discharging
the indebtedness of the town during this administration and also induced many
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 795
works of improvement and reform. He votes with the democracy but belongs
to that class of men who place the public good before partisanship and never
sacrifice community interests to personal aggrandizement. He has been con-
nected with the Christian Science movement since 1892 and was one of the
organizers of First Church of Christian Scientists on King's Highway. He is
now first reader in the Science Church at Kirkwood.
In 1890 Mr. Ochterbeck was married to Miss Magdalen Gilgen, of New
Philadelphia, Ohio. They have one daughter, Irene, born September 18, 1902,
and a son, Paul G., born October 23, 1903. Mr. Ochterbeck owns an attractive
home at Kirkwood, in which he takes a deep interest and his hobby, if it may
be so termed, is poultry raising. He takes great interest in the production of
fine poultry and his interest centers in his home and its attractive surroundings.
He is too broad-minded, however, to narrow his activities to any one line, his
efiforts reaching out to many concerns which touch the general interests of soci-
ety. He is a man of strong convictions, unfaltering in their support. In conse-
quence of his prominence in political, business and social life he has a wide
accjuaintance and has gained a host of warm friends, whose high and sincere
regard, recognizing his genuine worth, he fully possesses. He has given much
study to political and economic questions and while inclined to be safely conser-
vative he yet holds many advanced ideas on questions of governmental policy.
The soldier on the field of battle has displayed no greater loyalty than has Mr.
Ochterbeck in support of American institutions and his condemnation of political
intrigue as practiced by both parties. There is no doubt that had he entered
into the methods of many politicians he could have obtained almost any office
he might desire but with him principle is above party, purity in municipal affairs
above personal interest.
THOAIAS BARTLETT HARLAN.
Thomas Bartlett Harlan is a member of the law firm of Harlan, Jeffries &
Wagner of St. Louis, and in his practice makes a special feature of corporation
law. He is likewise a factor in the development of the rich natural resources of
the west as one of the organizers and promoters of the St. Louis & Rocky
Mountain Pacific Company, which has large railroad and fuel interests.
A native of the Empire state, Thomas B. Harlan was born in Brooklyn^
New York, April 15, 1868, a son of Thomas Jefferson and Zelpha (Bartlett)
Harlan, who were natives of Virginia and Maine respectively. The father
was a mining engineer, who in 1869 went to California, operating various min-
ing properties in that state and in Nevada. In 1886 he went to New Mexico,
where he was in charge of the Sheridan mine until 1888, when it was closed
down. He continued to reside in that territory, however, until his death, which
occurred in 1897, his grave being made in a cemetery at Silver City, New Mex-
ico. His wife, who died in Nevada in 1872, was laid to rest in Eureka. They
had but two children, Thomas B. and Ella Bartlett, and following the mother's
demise the son and daughter were taken to the home of an aunt in Louisiana,
Pike county, Missouri, where they were reared.
After attending the public schools at that place Thomas B. Harlan spent
one year as a student in a Baptist college in Louisiana and at the beginning of
the school year of 1886-7 ^^^ matriculated in the Missouri State University at
Columbia. Missouri, where he pursued an engineering course. In March, 1888,
he arrived in St. Louis to engage here in the insurance business and at the same
time he eagerly availed himself of every opportunity for pursuing the study
of law. By mutual agreement he and his friend, Washington Irving Carroll,
purchased a Blackstone and each morning arrived at the office an hour before
the dav's work was to bes:in to master that volume. Thev also studied for two-
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years under Conde B. Fallen, who instructed them in Latin and English. Sub-
sequently ]\Ir. Carroll joined the ministry but Mr. Harlan continued in his
preparation for the bar and in 1890 entered the St. Louis Law School. Two
years later he secured admission to the bar by successfully passing the required
examination. One of the examiners on that occasion was Judge Valliant and it
was rather a coincidence that Mr. Harlan tried his first jury case before the same
judge. He completed his law school course by graduation in 1893 after three
years spent as a student in that institution and, locating for practice in St.
Louis, formed a partnership with the Hon. Matt G. Reynolds. This relation
was terminated by reason of the fact that the senior partner's time was taken
up with his duties as attorney of the United States court of private land claims.
Mr. Harlan then practiced alone for about three years, when he became a mem-
ber of the firm of Taylor & Harlan. Judge Reynolds in the meantime having
concluded his duties in the land claims business, the firm was reorganized under
the style of Reynolds. Koehler, Reiss & Harlan, which continued until the elec-
tion of ^Ir. Reynolds to the bench of the circuit court. He took his office on the
1st of January. 1905, and on the ist of August following the present firm of
Harlan. Jefirries &.* Wagner was organized. The second partner was formerly
assistant attorney general, while Thomas H. Wagner was formerly insurance
commissioner of ^Missouri and vice president of the ^lissouri Lincoln Trust Com-
pany. This is today recognized as one of the strongest law firms of St. Louis,
having a most extensive clientage. Their clients include many corporations,
representing some of the largest concerns in the country. Since his admission
to the bar ^Ir. Harlan has remained a student of the law, constantly broaden-
ing his knowledge by research and investigation. He is notably thorough and
painstaking in the preparation of his cases and it logically follows that his
presentation is clear and convincing.
Aside from his work as attorney and counsel Mr. Harlan was one of the
organizers of the St. Louis & Rocky Mountain Facific Company, capitalized
for eleven million dollars and owning a half million acres of bituminous coking
coal in northern New ^lexico. Through its subsidiary company, the St. Louis,
Rocky ^Mountain & Facific Railroad Company, it operates one hundred and six
miles of standard gauge railroad in northern New Mexico. Mr. Harlan was the
prime factor in developing this enterprise, which is the largest of the kind in
the United States.
!Mr. Harlan married Miss Lena Carroll, a native of Fike county, Missouri,
and they have two children, Carroll and Irene. Alembership relations connect
him with the ^Mercantile Club and with the Legion of Honor of St. Louis, and
a wide acquaintance has brought to him the high regard and admiration of his
fellowmen.
HARRY F. HEMAN.
Harry F. Heman. a contractor, was born in St. Louis in 1874, and is a son
of John H. Heman, also a native of this city. The father was for many years
superintendent of the Heman Construction Company, and although he com-
menced business life as a poor man, his strict attention to his trade and his care-
ful management of his interests enabled him, in the course of years, to accu-
mulate a comfortable little fortune. He married Lottie Kroeger and died in the
year 1905. They had three children, Harry F. ; W. F., who is engaged in the
feed business ; and G. A., a contractor.
Harry F. Heman is indebted to the public-school system of St. Louis for the
educational privileges he enjoyed. When nineteen years of age he began tak-
ing city contracts for the building of streets and sidewalks, and since that time
has been continuously engaged in city work of that character. He is now, and
HARRY F. HEMAN
79S ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
has been for some years, one of the most prominent contractors in this line in
St. Louis, and since he started in business he has probably built more streets
liere than any other contractor. As the years have gone by his practical knowl-
edge has increased, and he has learned to produce the best results at a minimum
expenditure of time and labor, and yet the thoroughfares of St. Louis bear evi-
dence of his thoroughness and capability.
in 1893 occurred the marriage of Harry F. Heman to Aliss Kittie Busch, a
daughter of J. H. Busch, of St. Louis county. Mr, and Mrs. Heman have two
sons, Harrv F. and Earl B. ]\lr. Heman belongs to Westgate Lodge, No. 44s,
A. F. & A.'M., and also to St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A.'m., and St. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 18, K. T., the Masonic fraternity finding in him an exemplary
representative. Politically he is a democrat with belief in the principles of the
party but without desire for office as a reward for partv fealty. His entire life
li&s been passed in St. Louis, and the warm friendship of those who have known
him from his boyhood is evidence of the excellent qualities which he has dis-
played in every relation.
A. J. SCHMIDT.
A. J. Schmidt, son of Conrad and Josephine ( Reideser) Schmidt, was born
in Glasgow, Missouri, December 6, 1882. The parochial schools afforded him
his early educational privileges and later he attended an academy until he reached
the age of fourteen years, after Avhich he spent two years as a student in Pritch-
ett College of his native city.
'Mr. Schmidt has been a resident of St. Louis since the ist of September,
1901. at which time he entered a brokerage office as a stenographer, having
previously studied in qualification of a business situation of that character. He
afterward became secretary of the company, working his way upward by his
ability and faithfulness. The business was incorporated as the A. H. Brown
in 1900 with Brown as president and W. G. Boyd vice president. The com-
pany is capitalized for one hundred and fiftv thousand dollars and has member-
ship in the St. Louis Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the
St. Louis ^Merchants Exchange. The firm is well known in financial circles and
handles much valuable commercial paper.
^Ir. Schmidt exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and
measures of the republican party and he belongs to the !^Iissouri Athletic Club.
He is a young man wdio has attained an enviable position for one of his years
and in his life he exemplifies the progressive spirit of the age, whereby many
young men have become leaders in the world of finance and commerce.
ALBERT B. GROVES.
Albert B. Groves, an architect with offices in the Stock Exchange building
at St. Louis, is descended from English ancestry. His father, John Groves,
came to America from England at the age of fifteen years and later in Boston
formed the acquaintance of Miss Mary Southall, who was then visiting with
her father in America. Their marriage followed and they became residents of
Providence. Rhode Island, where on the 8th of December, 1868, Albert B.
Groves was born. The father was a mechanical engineer and iron manufac-
turer, who built and put in operation a large number of bar iron plants in dif-
ferent parts of this country. He also built the rolling mills at Rome, New York.
Albert B. Groves was a lad of three years when the family removed from
Providence. Rhode Island, to Rome, New York, where as a student in the pub-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTfY. 799
lie schools he pursued his education to his graduation from the high school at
Rome in 1884. That fall he entered Cornell University, where he pursued a
four years' course in architecture and was graduated in 1888, winning the de-
gree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture. Entering upon his chosen calling,
he was for a year employed in eastern offices and later went to Denver, Colo-
rado, where he spent two years.
The succeeding two years were passed in study and travel abroad and
upon his return from Europe Mr. Groves settled at St. Louis, where he entered
into a partnership for the practice of his profession under the firm style of Grable,
Weber & Groves. This connection was continued for three years. The with-
drawal of the senior partner left the firm Weber & Groves until after the Lou-
isiana Purchase Exposition, but in 1904 Mr. Weber died and since that time
Mr. Groves has been alone in business, having a most important clientage that
has made him a most prominent factor in the building operations and architec-
tural adornment of the city. Perhaps no better evidence of his ability can be
given than in the statement that he was the architect of the Whitehouse build-
ing, of the Brown Shoe Company, the Norvell-Shapleigh building, the Poland
Book & Stationery building, the main rotunda of the St. Louis city hall, the
new Union Avenue Christian church, the J\Iaple Avenue ]\Iethodist church, the
Fountain Park Congregational church, the Cote Brilliante Presbyterian church,
the Curbv ^lemorial Presbyterian church, the residence of Breckinridge Jones
in Portland Place, the residence of Charles H. Huttig on Washington Terrace,
the residence of Charles Parson on Westmoreland Place, the entrance to Flora
boulevard on Grand avenue and the monumental work, the Xew [Maryland
hotel and the Tuscan Temple on King's Highway and ]McPherson avenue.
In 1893 ]\Ir. Groves was married to ]\Iiss Clara Baker, at St. Charles, Mis-
souri, and they have four children, namely: Theron A., Yersi A.. [Mercedes and
J. Marcellus. Mr. Groves belongs to the St. Louis, Missouri Athletic and the
Maine Fishing & Hunting Clubs, while in Masonry he has attained the thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite and the Knight Templar degree of the York
Hite. He is an officer and member of the Brank Memorial Presbyterian church
and is interested in all that pertains to the city's development in intellectual,
social and moral as well as material lines. In his profession he has ever kept
b)efore him a high standard and has ever aimed to reach it. His constantly ex-
panding powers, resulting from broad experience, have won for him an envi-
able place among those who stand foremost as leading architects of this city.
TAYLOR D. KELLEY
Taylor D. Kelley, sales manager for the American Steel Foundries, was
born November 27, 1862, in Preble county, Ohio, and is a representative of one
•of the old families of that state, his grandfather, Dennis Kelley, having been a
farmer of Darke county, Ohio, where he lived to the age of seventy-five years.
His father, William J. Kelley, Avas born on the old homestead in Darke county
in 1819, and, not caring to follow agricultural pursuits as a life work, turned his
attention to the hardware business, for many years conducting a store. He
wedded Susan E. Taylor, a daughter of Joseph Taylor of Preble county, Ohio,
who was a farmer of that district. The "death of \Villiam J. Kelley occurred in
1899.
Taylor D. Kelley was only three years of age when his parents removed
from Preble to Darke county, Ohio, living on a farm there for about three
years. They afterward went to Greenville, Darke county, where the subject
of this review attended the public schools until eighteen years of age. At that
time he became connected with the hardware business, in which he continued
from 1880 until 1894. In the latter year he heard and heeded the call of the
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city, arriving in St. Louis on the 17th of October, at which time he became
associated with the Simmons Hardware Company as manager of the railway
supply department, occupying that position of responsibility until June i, 1901,
when he was appointed third vice president of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware
Company, continuing with that house until November i, 1904, when he ac-
cepted the position which he now occupies as sales manager of the American
Steel Foundries, of which his brother. William Y. Kelley. is the president. He
has had broad and varied experience in commercial lines, and is thus well quali-
fied for the onerous duties that now^ devolve upon him in connection with the
management of the sales interests of one of the most extensive and important
corporations of St. Louis.
On the nth of February, 1891, j\lr. Kelley was united in marriage to Miss
Otta C. Wood, a daughter of P. B. and Mary E. Wood. They have two chil-
dren, Donald A\'. and Elizabeth, aged respectively twelve and seven years. Mr.
Kelley is very fond of outdoor sports, including golf and motoring, while he is
a member of the St. Louis, Racquet, Noonday, Alercantile, Glen Echo and St.
Louis Field Clubs.
ROBERT AIOORE.
Robert Aloore, who has gained distinction and eminence in civil engineer-
ing circles, was born at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1838. The years have
chronicled his progress in a successful professional career for his ability has led
to his selection for important civil engineering work. His father, Henry C.
Moore, was also a civil engineer as was his maternal grandfather, Charles T.
AA'hippo, who was for some time chief engineer of the State canal from Beaver
to Erie, Pennsylvania. When Robert Moore was about two years of age his
parents removed westward to Indiana with their family, the father having been
appointed chief engineer of the Whitewater canal then being constructed by the
state. After its completion Mr. Moore was engaged on the construction of rail-
roads in Indiana and Ohio and in a number of railroad surveys, and during the
periods of vacation the son assisted his father as flagman and rodman and thus
gained his first practical experience in the line of activity which afterward claimed
his entire attention.
In 1858 Robert ]\Ioore was graduated from the Aliami University at Oxford,
Ohio, and after a few years entered upon the active work of civil engineering.
One of his first professional engagements was in the military department as an
assistant L'nited States engineer at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, and when he had
fulfilled his duties there he returned to his father's home in St. Louis. Since
that time his work has been mainly the location and construction of railways in
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri. He spent two years at Springfield, Illinois,
as chief engineer of a road which is now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio sys-
tem. He was then for a year, 1868-9, at Terre Haute, Indiana, as chief engineer
for the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad and in 1869-70, as chief engineer,
he Inn'lt the road from lielleville to Duquoin, Illinois, which is now a part of the
Illinois Central Railroad system. That contract completed, he assisted his father
on the completion of a railroad from Pleasant Hill, Missouri, to Lawrence, Kan-
sas, a part of which is nr)\v the main line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad. In 1872-3, as chief engineer, he completed a railroad from Lorain to
L'richsville, Ohio, now a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, after which
some time was spent by him in miscellaneous work, including the location of
the eastern half of the Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railroad.
In 1877 -^I^- ^I^'J'Ji'e was appointed sewer commissioner and member of the
board of public improvements of the city of St. Louis, serving there when the
late Henry F)ad, past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, was
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802 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
president of the board. In this position he remained until 1881, when he resigned
to engage in railroad work in wdiich, as constructing and consulting engineer, he
has remained to the present time. He has built several short lines of railroad,
including the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway from St. Louis to Peoria,
Illinois, now belonging in part to the Illinois Central system and in part to the
Chicago & Alton Railway Company. He also built the elevated viaduct of the
St. Louis ^Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Company, of which he was chief
engineer. He acted as consulting engineer for the St. Louis & Illinois Bridge
Company, which owns the Eads Bridge ; for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad
Company : the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Company ; the reorganization
committee of the St. Louis & Southwestern Railway Company; and the reorgan-
ization committee of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company. In
1896 Air. Moore represented the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad in the harbor
controversy which resulted in the selection of San Pedro as the deep water har-
bor of the southern California coast. In 1897 he was a member of the Brazos
river board, which reported to congress upon the works at the mouth of the
Brazos river and their value to the government. In 1899 and 1900 he was a
member of the southwestern pass board wdiich reported to congress a plan with
estimates for deepening to thirty-five feet the southwest pass of the Mississippi
river and in 19CO-2 he built the Southern Missouri Railway. He is now^ consult-
ing engineer for various railroad companies.
The importance of Mr. Moore's work and the ability which he has displayed
therein has made him a valued member of various scientific societies, especially
those which draw their membership from the ranks of civil engineers. He is
one of the oldest members of the St. Louis Engineers Club, which he joined in
1873 s"f^ of which he has twice been elected president. Since 1887 he has been
a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of London, the largest and old-
est engineering society in the world, and since 1876 has been a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, serving in 1902 and 1903 as its president —
the highest honor in the profession. He has membership relations with the
Academv of Science of St. Louis and after serving part of one term as its pres-
ident declined a reelection. He has been a member of the St. Louis board of
education since 1897, was its president in 1905 and 1906, and during his entire
connection therewith has done efi:'ective service toward raising the standard of
the schools in this city. He belongs also to the Historical Society, the Amer-
ican Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Economics
Association.
On the 3d of October, 1878, Mr. Aloore was married in St. Louis to ]\Iiss
Alice Filley. a daughter of the Hon. Oliver D. Filley, at one time mayor of St.
Louis. Mr. and Airs. Moore have one son, Charles W., a member of the firm
of A. G. Edwards & Sons, the leading brokers of St. Louis.
CYRUS PACKARD WALBRIDGE.
While Cyrus Packard Walbridge has made an excellent record as a suc-
cessful lawyer and still more successful merchant, his attention has not been
confined alone to those lines but has extended to the interests which are to the
statesman and man of affairs of vital importance, and in lines affecting the pub-
lic good he has been an able and effective worker. He was born at Madrid,
New York, July 20, 1849, a son of the Rev. Orlo Judson and Maria Althea
C Packard) Walbridge, the former a Methodist circuit rider. In the paternal
line the ancestry is traced back to Llenry Walbridge, one of the founders of
Bennington, Vermont, and Asa Walbridge, who served in the Revolutionary
war. The maternal ancester, William Hyde, was one of the founders of Nor-
wich, Connecticut.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 803
In the common schools of Ilhnois and Minnesota, Cyrus P. Walbridgc ac-
quired his preHminary education and afterward attended Carlton College at
Northfield, Minnesota, while he prepared for a professional career as a student
in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor being gradu-
ated therefrom in 1874. His youthful experiences were those of most boys and
gradually his awakening powers and ambitions led him into professional lines,
and following his graduation he went to Roger City, Michigan, in the employ
of a lumber concern as attorney and general utility man. While there located
he was appointed prosecuting attorney for Presque Isle county, Alichigan, by
the circuit judge. After six months, however, he resigned his position and re-
turned to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis for the practice of law. There
he remained for two years and in 1876 became a resident of St. Louis.
He was here identified with the general work of the courts until 1879,
(vhen he became house attorney for Jacob S. Merrell, a wholesale druggist, and
upon the death of Mr. Merrell in 1885 he was placed at the head of the business
by the heirs and has remained president of the J. S. Merrell Drug Company to
the present time. As he modestly expressed it, "the business has prospered."
Those who know aught of the history of the enterprise during the past twenty-
three years, however, recognize that this prosperous condition is owing largely
to the business ability, executive force and administrative direction of him who
stands at the head and he has brought to bear keen discernment, unfaltering
enterprise and contagious enthusiasm in controlling the interests of the house.
In 1904 he was elected to the presidency of the Bell Telephone Company of
IMissouri and is still the chief executive officer. No further comment concern-
ing his business ability need be given than the fact that he is holding these two
important positions wdiereby extensive trade and financial interests are in his
control. His outlook has always been broad and in his mercantile career he dis-
plays much of the analytical power which characterized him in his law practice
and w^hich now enables him to understand the points that make up a success-
ful combination in business and bring into related interests seemingly diverse
elements.
His activity, however, has been bv no means limited by commercial inter-
ests. He has always been a factor in public life in affairs relating to the gen-
eral welfare and his labors have been along lines which have proven directly
beneficial to the community at large. His militarv record is confined to service
with the National Guard of Missouri and that his ability was ever recognized
is indicated by the fact that when he retired in 1885 he was serving as lieuten-
ant colonel of the First Regiment. He was elected and served as a member
of the house of delegates from 1881 until 1883, was president of the city coun-
cil from 1889 until 1893, was ntayor of St. Louis from 1893 until 1897, and in
1904 was the republican nominee for governor of Missouri. He was also presi-
dent of the Business Men's League from 1900 until 1906 and was the fourth
vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. He has been
honored in trade circles with the presidencv of the National Wholesale Drug-
gists Association, also the St. Louis, Paint, Oil & Drug Club. In the New Eng-
land Society and the Congregational Club he has served as president and he be-
longs to the Masonic fraternitv, the Knights of Pythias, the Legion of Llonor,
etc. He is a member of the Congregational church and the nature of his asso-
ciations are largelv indicative of the character of the man, his purposes and his
ideas.
]\Ir. Walbridge was married in St. Louis, October Q, 1879. to Miss Lizzie
Merrell, daughter of Jacob S. ^Terrell, and their only child is a son. Merrell
Packard Walbridge, born September 5, 1884. Pie attended Smith Academy
and in 1903 entered Amherst College, from which he was graduated in 1907.
In January of the following year he became secretary of the J. S. Merrell Drug
Company, which is his present business connection. He is a member of the
First Congregational church and the X^niversitv Club and while at Amherst be-
804 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
longed to the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. The life record of Cyrus P. Wal-
bridge is another proof of the fact that the road to success is open to all, that
the road to public honor is the path of usefulness and fidelity.
CORNELIUS P. CURRAN.
Cornelius P. Curran, throughout his entire career regarding every engage-
ment made or promise given as a sacred obligation, has today a business record
that any man might be proud to possess. Gradually he has worked his way
upward until he is now at the head of a growing and prosperous business .as
president and treasurer of the Con. P. Curran Printing Company. But while the
development of his trade has made constant demands upon his attention he has
also found time for the delights of literature and for active participation in mat-
ters of public interest and moment.
Air. Curran was born in London, England, January 9, 1866. His father,
Florance Curran, came to St. Louis from Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland,
to which place he had removed on leaving England. Arriving on the shores of
the new world, he at once made his way to the interior of the country, settling
at St. Louis, where he was connected with the iron industry until his death.
He married Bridget Keenoy, who was born in Castlereagh, County Roscommon,
Ireland, and she, too, has passed away. Their family numbered three sons, all
yet living: John P., a vocalist and comedian of the team of Ward & Curran, one
of the best known teams on the American vaudeville stage ; Cornelius P. ; and
Florance J., who is associated with his brother in the printing business.
Brought to America in early youth, Cornelius P. Curran spent his boyhood
days in this city and acquired his education in Christian Brothers College, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1878. Leaving school at the age of
twelve years, he engaged in business as a huckster but although this early venture
served to earn a livelihood, the life was peculiarly distasteful to him and he then
apprenticed himself to a blacksmith, with whom he remained ten months. He
then accepted a position with the Rohan Boiler Works, where he continued
until 1882.
In that year he entered the printing business and later formed a partner-
ship in 1889 with Messrs. Noble & Fox, printers, who were then located at Third
and Locust streets. In 1891 he purchased Mr. Noble's interest and in 1894 that
of Mr. Fox, incorporating the Con. P. Curran Printing Company, which now
occupies two corners on Third and Locust streets, having an extensive plant.
He began business with a small shop, in which he did the mechanical work in
the day time, while the evening hours were devoted to the mathematical calcu-
lations and the financial affairs of the house. Through his indomitable energy
and thrift, however, the business has been gradually developed until he has today
one of the largest job printing establishments of the United States, making a
specialty of railroad and tariff work. They are among the most prominent
tariff printers in this section and the business done is that which requires the
utmost care and accuracy. Only skilled workmen are employed and the output
is always kept up to a high standard. A considerable portion of Mr. Curran's
success may be attributed to the fact that he has never made an engagement that
he has not kept, nor incurred an obligation that he has not filled, while prompt-
ness has characterized his work at all times. This feature of his business is so
pronounced that the phrase "always on time" was adopted bv the firm as the
trade mark of the company, it being considered the kevnote of the success which
has attended the various enterprises in which Mr. Curran is interested. The
apparently insurmountable obstacles necessary to be overcome in the early strug-
gle to secure a ffjothold in the business world, developed in liim a strong self-
reliant character, absolutelv fearless and always fair.
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806 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
^[t. Curran is conceded by his competitors to be an authority on matters
pertaining to the practical or mechanical department of the printing business and
his advice and opinion are frequently asked in the adjustment of the dilTerences
which occasionally arise with organized labor. He has been consistently fair in
the settlement of all questions in the dispute and has at all times retained the
friendship and esteem of his employes. His large acquaintance among railroad
officials throughout the country and the high regard in which he is held in rail-
road circles is the result of the close attention he has given it and the success he
has achieved in this particular branch of his work as well as by those personal
qualities which he possesses and which everywhere insure friendship and
good will.
Aside from the printing business he has been connected with various com-
mercial enterprises of the city and is also interested to a considerable extent in
St. Louis real estate, including a valuable piece of property at Eighth and Wal-
nut streets, wdiere he contemplates erecting a large building in the spring of
1909, to which he will remove his plant, for the business has already outgrown
its present quarters. He also owns a very fine home, which he erected three
years ago at Normandy, ]\Iissouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
Mr. Curran w^as married in this city to Miss Margaret Scully, and their chil-
dren are: Genevieve, Abagail, JNIarguerite, Cornelius, Florence, John, Eugene
Philpot and Alarie June. The eldest daughter, Genevieve, .is the wife of Frank
\\'. Corlev, w'ho is connected with the Con. P. Curran Printing Company.
In his political views i\Ir. Curran is a democrat and has always been active
in local politics but never an office seeker. He belongs to the Catholic church,
being a communicant of St. Ann's parish in Xormandy. He is also a member of
the National Union, the Legion of Honor and is at present the grand knight of
Santa Cruz Council of the Knights of Columbus. He likewise belongs to the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and is president of the Hibernian Investment Com-
pany. His social nature also finds expression in his membership in the Aler-
chants Exchange, the Commercial Club and the Alissouri Athletic Club. He is a
liberal contributor of his time and funds for all movements of public benefit and
to various public and private charities. In fact the poor and needy find in him
a most generous friend and one whose sympathy is manifest in many tangible
ways. His favorite pastime is horseback riding, his love of which he indulges
as he goes to and from his office daily. Also fond of literature, many of his
most pleasant hours are spent in the companionship of the master minds in his
library and although his own educational privileges were limited he is today a
most well informed man. his mind stored with the richest literature and broad-
ened bv investigation into modern questions of vital importance.
ARTHUR ELLIOTT ^lOONEY.
Arthur Elliott ^looney, an expert court reporter, was born May 25. 1852.
in St. Louis, a son of Jonathan and Nancy Ann IMooney, the former born in
Eaton, New Hampshire, March 2, 1792, and the latter in Trenton. New" Jer-
sey, December 24. 1803. In early manhood the father served as a soldier in the
war of 1812 and was afterward connected with canal transportation in Ohio.
Later he engaged in mercantile pursuits for a time and some years prior to
1 861 was in the pork packing business but sold out to Whittaker & Company just
about the time of the opening of the Civil war. During the period of hostilities
he lived on a farm in Jefferson county, Missouri, between Victoria and De Soto,
and was widely known as an inflexible adherent of the Union cause. In 1866
he became a resident of Keokuk. Iowa, where he remained until his death
October 8. 1878. His widow died May 12, 1889.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 807
Arthur E. Mooney began his eckicatiuii in ihc Webster pubHc school in St.
Louis and following the removal of the family from the city entered Trumbull
Seminary at De Soto, Missouri, walking two miles twice a day on the Iron
Mountain Railway track and crossing a bridge which during the Civil war was
known as Alooney's bridge and which was burned by the soldiers under General
Sterling Price, who made a hasty raid in that section of the country. Following
the war Arthur E. Mooney was again a pupil in the Webster school for a year
and when the family went to Keokuk, Iowa, he attended the grammar and af-
terward the high school of that place. In his youth he displayed considerable tal-
ent for drawing and for a while dreamed of an artistic career but later became
a writer for local and other papers until the failure to secure any verv sub-
stantial compensation made it necessary for him to take up other work. In
1 87 1 he secured employment at a salary of twenty dollars per month as a
clerk in the life insurance office of J- D. Ferree and in August, 1872, removed
from Keokuk to St. Louis, where he became policy clerk for the St. Louis
Alutual Life Insurance Company of this city. The office was then located at
No. 513 Olive street and he remained with the company until its removal to its
new building at the corner of Sixth and Locust streets, now known as the Equita-
ble building. The officers of the company at that time were Charles H. Peck,
president, and General Alexander P. Stewart, secretary. The St. Louis Mutual
Life Insurance Company, after absorbing several other life insurance compa-
nies, sold out to the Mound City Life Insurance Company, the predecessor of the
St. Louis Life Insurance Company.
Mr. iMooney severed his connection with the life insurance business about
1874 and the following year entered the office of \\'albridge, Holland & Brown,
the leading shorthand reporters of the west. He wrote in longhand, from dic-
tation, testimony and arguments taken in court and public lectures and political
speeches, devoting his leisure hours to the study of Munson's shorthand system.
At the same, time he assisted in getting out reports of lectures by Llenry Ward
Beecher, W. H. H. Murray and Robert Ingersoll and also in the transcript of
proceedings of the Missouri constitutional convention of 1875. During the win-
ter of 1876 he was in Jefferson City and for a month attended the sessions of
a committee appointed by the legislature to investigate what was known as the
Hannibal and St. Joseph "slush fund," alleged to be one of the early instances
of boodling in this state.
When the firm of Walbridge, Holland & Brown dissolved ]\Ir. Mooney
entered the service of Holland & Allen and was later admitted to a partnership
under the style of Holland, Allen & ]Mooney. Following the death of the sen-
ior partner the firm name of Allen & Mooney was assumed. Before its organi-
zation, however, Mr. Mooney was for several years after 1880 chief clerk in
the postoffice inspector's office in St. Louis, serving under Colonel F. W. Schaurte
and afterward under General Warren P. Edgarton. After returning to the
profession of general law reporting Mr. Mooney took part, either in court or
before masters or referees, in recording the evidence in many important cases,
some of the earlier ones being litigation relating to the Ames estate, which was
in the courts for more than a quarter of a century, the Wabash Railway Re-
ceivership proceedings before E. T. Allen, master in chancery, the Bobb estate,
litigation concerning which started in the early "70s and ceased only a few
years ago.
In 1887 Mr. Mooney received appointment to the position of stenographer
of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis and officiated in the division of the
court over which the Hon. Daniel Dillon presided, while later his service con-
tinued under Hon. James E. Withrow, Hon. O'Neill Ryan and Lion. Hugo
Muench. He took the evidence in February, 1900, in the St. Louis court of
criminal correction in the case of the State vs. Layton — a trial which grew out of
a combination known as the baking powder trust that was waging war on alum
808 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
companies under a law passed by the jMissonri legislature. The testimony, as
given bv eminent chemists and chemistry teachers from many parts of the
United States, was of an exceedingly technical nature and demanded the serv-
ices of an expert stenographer. In 1901 Mr. Mooney was engaged in the con-
tested election case of William AI. Horton vs. James J. Butler, and about 1902
and 1903 took much of the testimony in the noted bribery cases tried in the
criminal division of the St. Louis circuit court. Circuit Attorney Folk having
charge of the prosecution. In March, 1903, Mr. Mooney was engaged by the
department of justice of the LTnited States to record the arguments of counsel
in the case of the United States against the Northern Securities Company, et al.,
heard in the court of appeals room of the United States court in St. Louis. A
few months later he reported the case of the state of Missouri against the state
of Illinois, seeking to prevent a pollution of the Mississippi river by sewage from
Chicago. In September, 1904, Mr. Mooney reported and transcribed the pro-
ceedings of the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, held at Festival
Hall. \\'orld's Fair Grounds, and numbering many representatives of the legal
profession from all parts of the world.
On the 1 6th of October, 1879, in Keokuk, Iowa, Arthur E. Mooney was
married to ]Miss Dora L. Bradford, whose grandfather was engaged in the river
traffic on the JNIississippi south from St. Louis at a time when the steamboat
was the principal means of travel. Four children were born, two of whom are
still living; Arthur B. iMooney, born in Keokuk, Iowa, October 15, 1882; and
Ralph Edgarton Mooney, born in St. Louis, Missouri, October 27, 1891. Both
!Mr. and ^Irs. ]\Iooney are well known in St. Louis, his professional services
bringing him into contact with many distinguished citizens, while his ability has
gained him recognition as one of the expert representatives of his chosen field
of labor.
THEODORE PLATT GREENE.
Kind words and good deeds were as nuich a feature in the life of Theodore
Piatt Greene as were his business activities and consequent success. Born in
Plattsburg, New York, his natal day was December 14, 1821. He spent his boy-
hood and youth in his native town, which was named in honor of his maternal
ancestors. His education was acquired in the schools there, after which he came
tr) .St. Louis and took up the study of law in the office of ex-Governor Polk, being-
later admitted to the bar, subsequent to which time he entered upon active prac-
tice in the state and federal courts, but his hearing became impaired, so that it
was difficult for him to catch the arguments of the opposing counsel and to under-
stand the testimony of the witnesses. He therefore did little court practice and
later branched into the real-estate business, purchasing- and improving consider-
able property on the west side of the city. He then built a home on Fifth and
Myrtle streets, and as the city grew removed to Fifteenth street, while about two
decades prior to his demise he took up his abode on Delmar boulevard, where his
remaining days were passed. Lie became well known in real-estate circles, thor-
oughly informed himself concerning the value of property and its probable rise
or diminution in price. He was thus enabled to make judicious purchases and
profitable sales, and in the course of years he gathered a rich financial harvest
from his labors.
Mr. Greene was married in St. Louis to Miss Julia M. Kimmel who was
born in Missouri and is a daughter of Singleton H. Kimmel, who settled in Cape
Girardeau county at an early day, and there followed agricultural pursuits. Mr.
and Mrs. Greene became the parents of four daughters, all of whom are yet liv-
ing. Mr. Greene was a quiet, home man, finding his greatest happiness at his
own fireside in the midst of his family, and to their welfare he was most devoted.
liis family were regular attendants at the services of the Episcopal church,
but his hearing prevented Mr. Greene from being seen often in the house of wor-
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810 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
?hip. He was a very active man in the attairs of the city antl took a great inter-
est in everything pertaining to its advancement, not only in material lines but
also in the departments of municipal progress, of civic virtue and civic pride, and
of aesthetic and intellectual development. All who knew him had for him only
good words. His opinions were ever expressed in moderation with deference for
the ideas of others, and yet nothing could swerve him from a course which he
believed to be right. He had, moreover, a broad charity and kindly sympathy.
and was ever ready to do a good turn for a friend. The Bar Association num-
bered him among its esteemed members. He died in St. Louis, June i6, 1900,
leaving to his familv the priceless heritage of an untarnished name and the mem-
orv of many good deeds. His comradeship was most prized by those who knew
him best and none could be with him for any length of time without being im-
pressed bv the worth and nobility of his character.
EDWARD CUNNINGHAM, JR.
Edward Cimningham, Jr., was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, on
the 2 1st dav of August, 1841. His father was Edward Cunnmgham and his
mother Catherine I. (Miller) Cunningham, both of old Virginia stock. He at-
tended school at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, where
he graduated in i860. At the outbreak of the war, being then but nineteen years
of age, he occupied the position of assistant professor of engineering in the same
institution, which was then under the superintendence of Major Thomas J.
Jackson, afterward known to fame as Stonewall Jackson. When the call for
troops was urgent, the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute and their instruc-
tors were at once assigned to duty. Mr. Cunningham was selected by Major
Jackson, who then received his appointment as colonel in command of the north-
ern department of Virginia, as adjutant general on his staff. The responsibility
of this position accredited to a young officer under twenty years of age indicates
not only Air. Cunningham's capacity, but the personal esteem in which he was
held by Colonel Jackson. The Virginia State troops, to which Mr. Cunning-
ham in this manner belonged, were assigned at Harper's Ferry to the control of
the regular Confederate military authorities.
In June, 1861, Mr. Cunningham w'as given a commission as captain of en-
gineers of the state of \'irginia and was assigned to the staff of General Joseph
E. Johnston. He served in this capacity on General Johnston's staff at Harp-
er's Ferry, Winchester, and in the yalley of Virginia until shortly before the
battle of Alanassas, when he was transferred to the staff of Urigadier-General
Kirbv Smith, with w'hom Mr. Cunningham served in the engagement referred
to. Shortly after he was commissioned as first lieutenant of artillery in the
regular Confederate army, and was assigned to New Orleans, where he served
under General Mansfield Lovell until shortly before the capture of that city.
He was again called for by Brigadier-General Kirby Smith for staif duty and
served v;ith that commander, for whom he had a warm affection and by whom
he was most highly regarded, until the latter part of 1863. After that date, still
upon General Smith's staff, he was sent to the Trans-Mississippi department,
where he w'as stationed at Alexandria, Louisiana. In June, 1864, he was made
major of artillery for service with the volunteers and became General Smith's
chief of artillery of the Trans-Mississippi department. In that capacity he served
until the surrender of the Confederate army at Shreveport, in 1865. As a
soldier Major Cunningham was esteemed as a strict disciplinarian, and a most
forceful combatant in the field. His bearing was that of an ideal soldier. Even
at the extreme youthful age at which his commands came to him he must have
exhibited great force of character and strong military qualities.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY. 811
At the close of the war, Major Cuiiningham returned to his native state,
Virginia, and received an appointment as professor in the Norwood School in
Nelson county, where he served two years. In 1867 and 1868 he was a teacher
in the Bellevue High School in Bedford county. It was at this time that he
began the study of law in the private law school of James P. Holcombe, here-
tofore professor in the law department in the University of Virginia. The year
after, he was invited to take a position as teacher in the Western Military
Academy at New Castle, Kentucky, under his former commander, General Kirby
Smith, from which position he was made commandant of cadets and professor
of physics and astronomy in the Louisiana State LTniversity at Baton Rouge,
where he served for two sessions, from 1870 to 1872. During all these later
years of pedagogical work ]\Iajor Cunningham was completing his studv of law
which appealed to him very strongly and which was suited remarkably to his
temperament and capabilities. That he might have had a successful career as a
teacher in the applied sciences or in strictly military branches of instruction, no
one who knew him in later life could doubt. Indeed, the quick advance shown
by his course from the close of the war to the cessation of his duty at the Louisi-
ana State University proved his capacity, ^^'ith the certainty of mind, which
was characteristic of him, he gave up his strong promise of eminence in the line
of work to wdiich he had devoted himself since the close of the war and gave
his attention to the tmtried but to him attractive profession of the law. He
came to St. Louis in 1873 and was admitted to the bar in April of that year. It
was but a few months before he was well known in this city, forming almost im-
mediately the closest personal attachments with a set of men of his own years,
and associations, which crystallized into the warmest of personal friendships
lasting throughout his life. The greater part of these friends survive him to
miss his strong personality and kindly presence. Major Cunningham showed a
marked interest in military affairs and athletics. Without being a man of great
physical power, he was a beautifully developed athlete and of most graceful
carriage and bearing. He belonged to the local military organizations and to
the Missouri gymnasium, at which he was a constant attendant for many years.
Throughout his life he was deeply interested in all field sport, indulging in the
relaxation of fishing and shooting as frequently as the stress of his professional
engagements would permit.
Major Cunningham practiced as a lawyer in St. Louis alone until 1887.
when he formed his first law partnership with Air. Edward C. Eliot of the St.
Louis bar. The firm of Cunningham & Eliot, so constituted, continued in exis-
tence until 1891, when it united with the then existing firm of Phillips & Stew-
art to form the firm of Phillips. Stewart, Cunningham & Eliot. By the death
of the senior member of that firm, Judge J. W. Phillips, in 1896, the firm was
continued as Stewart. Cunningham & Eliot, and was dissolved by the death of
Major Cunningham himself on the i8th day of October, 1904.
During the thirty-one years of his practice in St. Louis. l^.Iajor Cunning-
ham enjoyed the benefit of a large clientage among the best citizens of St.
Louis. His uncompromising and unsw^erving integrity, combined with an insis-
tence upon the same qualities in the conduct of his clients' aft'airs made him
sought especially by those whose rectitude of principle was greater than their
desire for success. Yet this strength of character which led to his professional
employment brought the best of success with it. ]Major Cunningham's practice
was a marked illustration of the principles that the right is of itself a ]")<nver in
the conduct of law business.
Major Cunningham was never desirous of place or positi(^n. and he had
almost an aversion to political preferment. There were many instances in his
life wdien he was sought for judicial honors. These he declined. At the same
time it was a part of his character not to refuse any publiclv bestowed duty. In
place of accepting the honors and emoluments of office, i\Iajor Cunningham gave
willinglv and gratuitouslv a large part of his time to public objects. He was
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deeply interested in civil service reform and the principles which were repre-
sented bv it. He was for many years a member of the executive committee of
the Civil Service Reform Association of Missouri and in 1898 was its president.
He took earnest part in the Confederate organizations in St. Louis. In 1892
he was president of the St. Louis Bar Association.
In politics ^Nlajor Cunningham was a democrat of independent tendencies.
He did his own thinking and his views were always based upon conviction re-
specting principles and mquiry respecting men. In the campaign of 1896, be-
cause of his bold and intelligently expressed views respecting the gold issue, he
was selected as chairman of the State Democratic Committee on behalf of
Palmer and Buckner^ the candidates of the gold democracy.
His love of law and order and his strong conviction of the duty of citizens
to support it prompted him in 1900, during the street car strike, to organize a
volunteer company of men to aid the authorities in maintaining order. In the
short space of ten days he had formed a company, composed largely of lawyers
and their friends, efficiently drilled and effective for its purposes. He at once
commanded respect and admiration for the prompt and determined service
rendered.
In the last year of his life, Major Cunningham took an active interest in
prosecutions intended to preserve the purity of the ballot at elections.
INIajor Cunningham was married on December 21, 1876, to Miss Cornelia
Thornton, of Louisiana, a sister of Judge J. Randolph Thornton, of Alexandria,
Louisiana. Two children were born, one of whom died in infancy and the other,
a most promising boy, Edward Thornton, died in his fifteenth year. This latter
event had a most marked effect upon Major Cunningham's later years. The
parents were most deeply aft'ected by the loss. As the indirect result of it Major
Cunningham's wife died in 1903, never having recovered from the mental shock
of that event. He, himself, was of that strong type of character which did not
permit of outward complaint.
]\Iajor Cunningham's health, however, was not robust and he spent the
season of 1904 abroad, returning in September of that year, apparently vigorous
and youthful. But on the 17th of October he was seized with a sudden and
serious malady from which he died the following day regretted b\ his many
friends.
Major Cunningham Avas of an unusually pleasing and interesting personal-
ity. He was quick and graceful in his movements. In his temperament he was
even and placid. His personal address was pleasing and gave the true impres-
sion of an open and candid and honest heart. Earnestness, sincerit)^ and cour-
age were the most marked characteristics of his nature. No one who associated
with him any length of time could fail to be impressed wnth a deep respect for
his inherent sincerity and honesty, or could fail to form for him a warm attach-
ment. No member of the St. Louis bar had more strongly attached friends.
He was very lovable and approachable and had a certain magnetism and charm
of manner, which made him in every situation a most agreeable companion. In
early life he was very gay and jovial. He had a humorous vein and a rich
fund of jokes and anecdotes, which he would use in his conversation in the
happiest way. The domestic bereavements of later life, which he withstood
with the utmost fortitude and cheerfulness, never entirelv subdued the gayety
of his disposition. In his opinion and estimate of men he was generous and
charitable. When he did not have any good to say he remained silent. It was
not so in reference to measures. In his views on every subject he was firm
and positive. There was no uncertainty about him and one knew exactly where
to locate him on every question. He was, however, most amenable to reason.
While judicious, he had the courage of his convictions. The temperament of
his mind was calm and judicial. He rarely, if ever, became excited. His deliv-
ery as a .speaker was deliberate, conforming with his mental processes, which
were logical and accurate rather than brilliant and effusive. He, however, took
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a firm and comprehensive grasp of every subject and dealt with it witli such
clearness that he w^as an interesting speaker. There was nothing in his manner
or thought v^diich appealed to passion or prejudice. He had the natural gift of
rectitude and was incapable in the practice of his profession or in any uther
field of activity of deceit or even of duplicity, and he hated it in others. His
fidelity to his clients was unswerving, and his industry on their behalf was un-
flagging. There was no sacrifice too great to make for them. As a lawyer, as
well as in every other capacity, his life was animated by the highest purposes.
CHRISTOPHER H. SURKAAIP.
Among those who have been engaged in the lumber industry in the com-
munity perhaps no name is more familiar than that of Christopher 11. Sur-
kamp. He entered the business when in middle life and by the dexterous manip-
ulating of his affairs and practical economy he has succeeded in accumulating
considerable means and property. For several years he has been retired from
active business life.
Mr. Surkamp is a native of Germany, having been born in the kingdom of
Hanover, December 4. 1826, a son of George Hcnrv and ?vlarie E. (Tuckan)
Surkamp, both of whom passed out of this life in German\-. He was reared
on a small farm in his native land and was afforded few of the advantages of
an education. He attended the common schools of Hanover until nineteen
years of age, passing through their successive courses. With a higher educa-
tion beyond his reach, he concluded his career could not be but blighted should
he remain within the narrow borders of his native village and pursue the occu-
pation of agriculture. He conceived the idea of leaving Germany and coming
to the United States. On presenting the project to his parents they agreed
that America would offer him an opening to success and, furnishing him with
sufficient means to make the voyage, they consented to his leaving.
Landing in New Orleans, Louisiana, where there were few^ openings in
business lines to those of foreign birth and realizing himself to be at a great
disadvantage by not being able to speak the English language 'Sir. Surkamp de-
cided to locate in St. Louis, where there were many from his native land. He
arrived in this city fifty-seven days after taking ship from Germany and found
no trouble in securing employment. He made the initial move of his business
career, which later proved so successful, by working in a brickyard for a mere
pittance, but this occupation affording him work only during the summer season,
he hired out cutting cord wood during the winter. Having been employed at
brickmaking for one year he next went to work in a lumberyard. In 1850, hear-
ing so much of fortune-making in the state of California, he decided to try his
hand in that region. After a long, wearisome journey bv a water route via
Panama, along which he endured many hardships, he was finally safe within
the borders of the Golden state. On his arrival he did not find the boasted pros-
perity of which he had heard while in St. Louis and which induced him to make
the journey but he remained in California for a period of five years, during
which time he worked at various occupations in different cities thmughout the
state, spending some time in Sacramento. His industry, however, had enabled
him to earn quite a sum of monev and when he returned to St. Louis he was in
a position to enter the lumber business for himself, which he carried on until
twenty years ago, when he retired. During his business career he amassed a
considerable fortune and possesses much valuable j^roperty in St. Lcniis and
vicinity.
Perhaps no man with so few advantages as were aft'orded Air. Surkamp
has been more successful in life and is more entitled to the worthy enconium
of being self-made. On reaching American shores, he was practically without
814 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
means and without educational accomprishments to justify him in applying for
a higher position and balked by his igiiora:nce of the English language he had
no immediate prospect but hard work. -Of this he was not afraid and was wiU-
ing to engage in any honorable pursuit, by which -he could make himself self-
supporting. Notwithstanding, however, these impediments he had within him
the possibilities for success which practical experience and commingling with
the world were bound to develop. His- interest in whatever he put his hand to,
his remarkable industry and perseverance were " manifest at every step and
gradually developed the man who today is able to live a retired life, surrounded
by the conveniences and comforts earned through his persistent application dur-
ing his long business career. He remembers the site occupied by the now pros-
perous citv of St. Louis, when it wore every appearance of a rural district,
strewn with scrub timber and blackberry bushes, and now, looking upon the
city in its present proportions can feel with pride that he has lent of his influ-
ence and industry to make it what is is.
In 1858 he wedded Wilhelmina Charlotta Peters, who was born in Ger-
many in 1840 and migrated to this country, locating in St. Louis in 1842, where
her father for many years was a well known pork packer. She has one brother,
Henry Peters, who is a citizen of St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Surkamp had seven
children, four of whom are living, namely: Christopher H., of Texas; Salina,
wife of Charles Steiner. of St. Louis ; Elizabeth, wife of Rev. John F. Jonas,
pastor of the German Protestant church of St. Louis ; and Amanda, who is a
proficient teacher in the St. Louis public schools. Although not an active poli-
tician JNIr. Surkamp is a republican and has voted for thirteen presidents and
is always ready to exert his influence in electing the candidates of that party.
ADOLPH P. ERKER.
Adolph P. Erker established the Erker Brothers Optical Company in 1880,
and since that time has conducted a growing and prosperous business. No coun-
try has given to the world such perfected scientific instruments as has Germany,
and it is from that country that Air. Erker comes. His birth occurred in Usingen,
February 8. 1854, his parents being Casimer and Christina (Summer) Erker,
the father a commission merchant of Germany, in which country both parents
remained until called to their final rest.
Adolph P. Erker came to America in 1873 at the age of nineteen years, and
first settled in New York city, where he remained for four years, being engaged
in the optical business with B. Pike & Son, one of the largest establishments of
that kind in the eastern metropolis. Mr. Erker had had previous experience in
the business in Germany, so that he was well qualified for the duties that devolved
upon him when he became connected with the New York house. After spending
four years with that establishment, he removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
where he remained for two and one-half years in the same line of business with
William Y. McCalister, owner of one of the leading optical houses in that city.
Mr. Erker next came to St. Louis in the year 1880, and established his present
business unrler his own name. Later, however, the firm name of the Erker
Brothers Optical Company was adopted, the firm dealing in optical goods of
every description together with photographic supplies. They have one of the
most extensive houses in the country, not only in St. Louis but in the west,
employing on an average of forty-six people. The business is located at 604
Olive street, with branch establishments at 221 1 Olive street and 3^64 Olive
street. They not only handle the finest goods of dififerent houses throughout
the country but also manufacture to some extent, and during the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition the Erker Brothers were given the highest awards for stereop-
ticon lanterns and lens-grinding machinery, altliough they had competitors from
A. P. ERKER
816 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
all parts of the world. Xo better goods can be found upon the market than those
which the firm handles, and the growth of their business has resulted from their
close application, careful management and progressive policy.
;Mr. Erker was married in St. Louis to Miss Rose Roeslem on the 30th of
January, 1891. Her father, Anthony Roeslein, was president of the Roeslein-
Robeyn Insurance Company, but has retired from active business and is now a
resident of Cermany.
]\Ir. Erker, since becoming a naturalized American citizen, has been inclined
toward democratic principles but is more or less independent in his views, believ-
ing it safer to support candidates well qualified for office rather than party. He
is a communicant of the Catholic church, a member of the Knights of Columbus
and of the Liederkranz. He came to America practically empty-handed, but
the knowledge he had already gained in business lines served as an excellent
foundation on which to build his success. He is contmually promoting his knowl-
edge, skill and efficiency through experience, research and study, and he early
realized that if he desired promotion he must make his services of value to his
employer. Imbued with the laudable ambition to engage in business on his own
account, he was eventually enabled to follow this course, and since the estab-
lishment of his business in St. Louis nearly three decades ago, he has made rapid
progress in the business world, and is today one of the well-to-do merchants and
manufacturers of the city, also manifesting a keen interest in everything tending
to the welfare, growth and development of St. Louis.
HERMAX EDWARD PEXXIXG.
Prominent among the self-made and successful business men ot St. Louis
is Herman Edward Penning, secretary of the Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Company,
of which he was an incorporator. He began his business career when a young
man and through persistent application to duty and studious attention to method
made substantial progress, finally attaining to his present position, in which he
is closely associated with the foremost mercantile interests.
^Ir. Penning was born in Peru, Illinois, April 3, 1856, his parents being Wil-
liam and ]\Iary (Aliller) Penning, both of whom were well known and highly
esteemed residents of the community. His father had been retired from active
business life for several years. His son's early education was obtained in the
public schools of his native town, but being possessed of steady qualities of
character and a fund of common sense his meager theoretical knowledge became
the foundation of a thorough, practical experience which enabled him to develop
an aptitude for mastering commercial situations and fit him to handle the en-
terprises which have been entrusted to his care. Wlien but a mere boy, 14 years
of age, he left school and sought employment on a farm. After servnig two
years in an agricultural pursuit, he apprenticed himself to a hammersmith and
in three years had become a proficient workman. Xot finding his station in life
as a brawny smitli or tiller of the soil, he became connected with a contracting and
building firm, with which be remained for three years.
In the meantime Mr. Penning, naturally adapted to manipulating business
affairs, had acquired the art of bookkeeping by study and observation, and upon
severing his affiliations with the contracting firm engaged as bookkeeper and
cashier for a hardware concern. Three years later he assumed a responsible po-
sition in a bank, where he remained two years, at the expiration of which time
he servcfl for the same ])criod as a traveling salesman for the Peru Plow & Wheel
Company. Coming to .St. Louis in 1887 he became bookkeeper and cashier of the
Huse, Loomis Ice & Transporation C(Mn])any. His accuracy and business man-
agement soon made him known as a man of executive ability, and he was shortly
promoted to the secretaryship of that company. Later he served in the same
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capacity witli the lluse, Goodell Ice Company, also as secretary and treasurer of
the Creve Coeur Lake Ice Company, and then as secretary of the Polar Wave
Ice Company. In 1903 he became one of the incorporators of tlie Polar Wave
Ice & Fuel Company, of which he is now secretary.
Although non-partisan, Mr. Penning takes considerable interest in politics,
but has not aspired to hold ofifice since servingas city clerk of Peru. Illinois. How-
ever, convinced that straightforwardness and ability are essential assets for an
efficient commercial career, he is persuaded that these same stanch qualities are
necessary in the administration of public affairs and consequently employs his
experienced judgment irrespective of party politics in selecting candidates for
whom to cast his vote who have the reputation of being honest and are capable
of filling the offices they seek.
In 1878 Air. Penning was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Birkenbund, in
his birthplace, and they have two children : Richard is a prominent merchant in
Clayton. Missouri, where he resides with his wife. The other son, Carl, still
pursues his studies in the public schools. The family home at 5186 Vernon ave-
nue is up-to-date and attractive. It is surrounded by a well kept lawn and pre-
sents the appearance of happiness and prosperity.
JAMES ELWOOD SMITH.
While the career of James Elwood Smith has been in the main that of a
successful hardware mercliant, he is equally w'ell known by reason of his earnest
and effective labors for municipal progress and his cooperation has been a valuable
asset in many interests which have proven of the utmost benefit to the city. Born
in Schellburg, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of February, 1851, he
is descended from Quaker ancestry. Between the ages of six and fifteen years
he was a student in the public schools and, putting aside his text-books, entered
business life in the humble capacity of a clerk in a retail hardware store at Bed-
ford, Pennsylvania. Thoroughness has always been one of his salient character-
istics and was manifest from the beginning of his connection with commercial
interests. He mastered every task assigned him and his diligence and fidelity won
favorable recognition.
Thoroughly acquainting himself with the hardware trade during the four
years of his clerkship in Bedford, in 1870, Air. Smith went to St. Joseph, Mis-
souri, where he secured a position as traveling salesman, representing one of the
leading hardware houses of that city. \M-iile this department of the work was
totally unfamiliar to him. his equiinnent was good and he soon succeeded in se-
curing an extensive clientage. He remained upon the road until 1875 and then
came to St. Louis, where he engaged with the Simmons Hardware Companv,
which had then been in existence for about a year. Through the succeeding six
years Air. Smith represented that company on the road and succeeded in extend-
ing its sales to a large degree. The recognition of his ability came in a promo-
tion to an important position in the house and successive promotions followed
until in January, 1899, he was elected vice president of the company. He has since
bent his energies largely to organization, to constructive eft'orts and administra-
tive direction and his work has contributed in no small degree to the expansion
and material growth of the business, from which he himself has also derived
substantial benefits. He is also a director of the Third National Bank of St.
Louis.
Air. Smith was married December 15. 1880, to Aliss Sallie Bryant, a member
of a prominent family of Pottsville. Pennsylvania. They have resided continu-
ously in St. Louis, occupying an enviable position in social circles of the city. Their
family consists of two children: James Elwood. Jr.. now 2}^ years of age. who
is with the Alinneapolis branch of "the Simmons Hardware Company : and Gladys
818 ST. LOUIS, T?IE FOURTH CITY.
Bryant, who is a graduate of Mary Institute and Bennett School at Irvington on
the Hudson.
]\Ir. Smith is a member of the Alercantile, the Commercial, the St. Louis and
the Xoonday Clubs and is also actively associated with several other organiza-
tions having direct bearing upon municipal progress and vipon matters of civic
virtue and of civic pride. He is the vice president of the Smoke Abatement Asso-
ciation and for the past three years has been president of the St. Louis Business
Men's League. He did particularly effective work in promoting the interests of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, being one of the first to endorse the move-
ment which resulted in the holding of the great world's exposition in 1904. He
was chairman of the committee on electricity, a member of the committee on
fine arts and under appointment by the department of state was in 1902 honorary
commissioner for the exposition to Japan, in which capacity he visited that coun-
try and was successful in arousing great interest in the movement among Japan-
ese artists and manufacturers, whose exhibit, it will be remembered, was one of
the most attractive of that of any foreign country. Such in brief is the life his-
tory of James Elwood Smith — a man who has studied the potentialities for devel-
opment in himself and in his environment, had worked to meet specific needs and
has always accomplished results that are desirable and lasting.
ERNST GAIER.
In the period of St. Louis' rapid and substantial development, covering the
last quarter of the nineteenth century, Ernst Gaier figured actively in business
circles, being widely known as a wholesale dealer in millinery. The enterprise
which he owned and controlled had a small beginning but as the years passed
it reached extensive proportions, owing to the careful control and keen business
discernment of Mr. Gaier and his associates. In all his life his record was charac-
terized by such qualities as gain respect and confidence and the most envious could
not grudge him his success, so worthily was it achieved.
A native of the fatherland, Mr. Gaier was born September 21, 1847, a son
of Michael and Marian (Marc) Gaier, the former a wealthy resident of Ger-
many. Their son pursued his education in Stuttgart, Germany. After putting
aside his text-books he learned the millinery business and throughout his entire
life continued in that line of trade, his persistency of purpose and his thorough
understanding of the business constituting the salient elements in his prosperity.
He was a young man of twenty-three years when he determined to try his for-
tune in the new world and crossed the Atlantic to America, settling in St. Louis.
In this city Air. Gaier established a wholesale millinery business at the cor-
ner of Fourth and Pine streets, where the store was conducted for several years.
Later a removal was made to the Boatmen's Bank building and afterward to the
old Armory building, while the present quarters of the house are at Washington
and Twelfth streets. The firm was originally known as Gaier & Stroh, whole-
sale milliners. The enterprise was established on a small scale but as the years
passed an extensive business was developed which came to be known and recog-
nized as one of the largest and most reliable houses of this character in the coun-
try. Their trade relations reached out to many sections and the number of their
patrons constantly grew. In 1894 Mr. Stroh died and Mr. Gaier formed a stock
company, selling some of the stock to his employes. Since that time the business
has been conducted under the name of Gaier, Stroh & Company. This is one of
the best known wholesale millinery houses of the Mississippi valley, with large
and constantly extending trade relations. Mr. Gaier was recognized in New
York city as one of the best and most discriminating buyers of this line of goods
in the country. He devoterl his whole life to building up the business and was
very successful. He knew that success in the millinery trade depends largely
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820 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
upon placing on the market attractive goods and he always kept up with the lat-
est styles, handling attractive productions of domestic and foreign manufacture.
In this city, in 1875, ^^^- Gaier was united in marriage to ^liss Lena Keller,
also a native of Germany and a daughter of Christian and Alaria (Weaver)
Keller. They had two children: Amelia, the wife of H. B. Steifel; and Char-
lotte, at home. ^Ir. Gaier built for his family a fine residence on Pennsylvania
avenue and its attractive furnishings are indicative of a refined and cultured taste.
The death of the husband and father occurred January 23, 1906, after a
residence of more than a quarter of a century in this city. Coming to America
in early manhood he was thoroughly loyal to his adopted land, recognizing the
fact that his opportunities here were superior to those which he could obtain in
other countries. He made good use of his advantages and at the same time was
never neglectful of opportunities for furthering the best interests of the city
along specific lines. He was one of the promoters of the Veiled Prophets exhibi-
tions, which did much to bring to the outside world a knowledge of the advan-
tages here aftorded. His social relations were with the Liederkranz and the Turn
Verein. His religious faith was indicated in his membership in St. Paul's church,
while his political belief was manifest in the stalwart support which he gave to
the republican party. He never sought nor desired political preferment but was
alive to the needs and opportunities of the city and gave thereto the stalwart
allegiance which does not too closely count the cost of promoting the city's wel-
fare. He felt that any sum invested for the city's upbuilding was well expended,
for he possessed that spirit of municipal pride which constitutes the source of a
city's greatness and development. His friends knew him as a man of genuine
worth and unquestioned reliabilitv and his substantial business qualities were
such as one mav readily recommend as an example for others to follow.
JOHN P. ALBERT.
John P. Albert, the president and treasurer of the Albert & Fisher Hard-
ware & Sheet Metal Company and also of the Western Blow Pipe Company, has
gained through his own efforts the success which he now enjoys. A native of
Germany, he came to America when 17 years of age and located in Cincinnati,
Ohio. He traveled extensivelv through nineteen different states of the Union
after completing an apprenticeship at the sheet metal worker's trade in Cincinnati,
and finallv becoming convinced of the superiority of opportunities in St. Louis
over manv other portions of the country, in 1893 he located in this city, where
he sought employment in the field of his chosen labor.
He was ambitious, however, to engage in business on his own account and
in 1904 formed a partnership with Andrew P. Fisher for the conduct of a hard-
ware and sheet metal business. The enterprise proved profitable from the begin-
ning and the following year they incorporated vmder the name of the Albert &
Fisher Hardware & Sheet Metal Works. Their business is located at Nos. 2525-33
South Broadway and is today one of the leading enterprises of this character in
the city. At the beginning Mr. Fisher was chosen secretary of the company and
on its incorporation John Fluegger became a member of the firm as vice
president.
In 1905 the Albert & Fisher Company also organized the Western Blow Pipe
Company, with a factory at Nos. 609-19 Sidney street. This company is doing an
extensive business throughout the southwestern states in the manufacture of blow
pipes for all kinds of mills and factories. The hardware and sheet metal com-
pany handles a complete line of hardware, paints, oils and sheet metal goods of
all kinds. The company has enjoyed a successful and steadily increasing busi-
ness and throughout the recent financial depressions in the business world has held
its own. not finding it necessary to lay off a single man. The business is con-
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ducted along progressive lines, yet with a conservative policy, and the enterprise
and energy of the members of the firm are bringing well merited prosperity.
j\Ir. Albert was married March 6. 1895, in St. Louis, to Miss Rosa A. Gott-
fried, a daughter of Louis Gottfried, one of the leading business men of Pomeroy,
Ohio, and they have a little daughter, Margaret Rosa, born November 9, 1904.
The family residence is at No. 2533 South Broadway, and Mr. Albert is devoted
to his home and family. In politics he is a republican.
EDWIN W. LEE.
Edwin W. Lee, a prominent attorney and representative of a leading pioneer
family of St. Louis, needs no introduction to the readers of this volume. Born
in Beloit, Wisconsin, on the ist of July, 1875, he is a son of Bradley D. and Bell
F. (Waterman) Lee, the former a native of Litchfield county, Connecticut, and
the latter of the state of New York.
Mr. Lee obtained his early education in Smith Academy and afterwards went
to Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he attended Williams College and there
graduated in the classical course in the class of 1897. He was, as it were, "to the
manner born" and whether inherited tendency or natural predilection had most to
do with his choice of profession, it is definitely known that the choice was a wise
one, inasmuch as he has gained a place of prominence among the successful local
practitioners of the city. Returning to St. Louis after his graduation from Wil-
liams College, he attended the St. Louis Law School and was graduated in that
institution wdth the class of 1899. He has since been engaged in the practice of
law in this city, being associated with the firm of McKeighan & Watts, which
firm succeeded the firm of Lee & McKeighan when Mr. Lee's father died in 1897.
After the death of Judge McKeighan the firm name was changed to Watts, Wil-
liams & Dines, and Mr. Lee is now associated with that firm with offices in the
Commonw^ealth Trust building.
He resides at 4400 Westminster Place. He is a member of the Racquet
Club, LTniversity Club, Missouri Athletic Club and Algonquin Golf Club. He is
also a member of Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A. F. and A. M. He has been for
sometime very prominent in social circles in the city and his friends are legion.
In politics he is a republican and he has for many years taken an active interest
in the work of his party. He is secretary of the Missouri State League of Re-
publican Clubs and an officer and worker in his ward organization. His efforts
in support of the principles of his party has been far-reaching and effective.
HARRY C. THOMPSON.
Harry C. Thompson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 27, 1847,
and is a son of Jared and Minerva (Hayden) Thompson, natives of Vermont and
Connecticut, respectively. He started in business life in 1865. on leaving the army.
He had been a pupil in the public schools between the ages of 6 and 16 years and
then aroused by the spirit of patriotism and military ardor which swept over the
countrv he joined the LTnion army in 1863 as a member of the Thirteenth Wiscon-
sin Battery, becoming a gunner. He continued in that service until the close of
the war and proved a loyal, valiant defender of the stars and stripes. When the
country no longer needed his aid he went to Chicago and made his initial step in
the business world, since which time he has followed the path of progression
until it has led him to the vice presidency of the Bucks Stove & Range Com-
pany, one of the most important and enterprising establishments of this char-
acter in the United States.
822 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Starting" in the business world Air. Thompson became a travehng salesman
for a Chicago wholesale hardware house, which he represented on the road until
1870. In that year he came to St. Louis and has been a traveling representative
with the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, with which he was associated until
1883. or for a period of thirteen years, controlling a business of large volume
during that period. He then went to Memphis as manager for the H. Wetter
Manufacturing Company, with which he continued until the fall of 1888. The
same year he returned to St. Louis and associated himself with the present com-
panv as a traveling salesman. The policy of the Bucks Stove & Range Company
has ever been that of thoroughness and advancement and Mr. Thompson proved
a splendid exponent of the spirit which has ever dominated the business. After
three vears he was promoted assistant secretary and eventually was elected vice
president. In this position he must hold himself in readiness at any time to act
as head of the house and his position is therefore one of large responsibility as
well as executive control. The Bucks Stove & Range Company has been char-
acterized by the spirit of modern business enterprise, utilizing original methods
of advertising, promoting a generous rivalry among its salesmen and making all
employes feel that the success of the business is attributable in considerable meas-
ure to them. Thev recognize also that faithful and competent service on their
part means promotion as opportunity offers. Mr. Thompson with the other offi-
cers of the company is making a constant study of the business, and along sub-
stantial lines it has been developed until the trade has reached mammoth propor-
tions.
In December, 1876, Mr. Thompson was married in St. Louis to Miss Minnie
S. Maurice, a daughter of John H. Maurice, who was a prominent architect of
this city. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Thompson have two sons : J. Maurice, who was edu-
cated in St. Louis and is now a practicing physician of this city, and Harry C,
attending the Manual Training School of the Washington LTniversity.
^h. Thompson and his family reside at No. 7127 Lanham avenue and he
also owns about two acres in that vicinity. He has been a member of the Na-
tional Union for about fifteen years and of the Western Travelers' Association
for a like period. He is likewise a member of the Missouri Athletic Club and in
politics is a Republican, voting for the best men at local elections regardless of
party affiliation but supporting the republican party where national issues are
involved. His business record is creditable, for the course that he has followed
has ever been in keeping with high and honorable principles, while at the same
time he has been imbued with the progressive business movement that has rapidly
won for America a place as one of the great commercial countries of the world.
THEODORE F. W. ZIMMERMANN.
An important element in our American citizenship comes from that class
who trace their parentage to. or are natives of Germany. The Teutonic race has
ever been a potent element in the civilization of the world, driving back the bar-
barians of the east who would have infested Europe and carrying its learning,
science and uplifting influences into the far west. Coming of this race, T. F. W.
Zimmermann displays several of its strong and salient characteristics. He was
born in Neumark, Prussia, March 7, 1843, his parents, Gottfried and Caroline
Zimmermann, being farming people of that locality. In 1848 they came to Amer-
ica, landing in the month of February and establishing their home in what was
then the territory of Wisconsin. The father secured a tract of land and upon
the farm which he there developed his son Theodore was reared, devoting his
attention to the work of the fields through the periods of vacation, and during
the sessions of school pursuing his education under public instruction to the age
of sixteen years. Up to that time he had remained as a district school pupil, but
T. F. W. ZIMMERMANN
824 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
was then offered the advantages of study in the city schools of Sheboygan, Wis-
consin, where he completed a high-school course in 1858.
The following year Theodore F. W. Zimmermann came to St. Louis and
entered Concordia College at the corner of Jeft'erson avenue and Winnebago
street, where he remained as a student during the years 1859, i860 and a part
of 1861, perfecting himself in the languages and elementary law, but on account
of the turmoil caused by the breaking out of the Civil war he could not complete
his studies. He then paid a short visit to his home in Sheboygan, Wisconsin,
and, being a strong Union sympathizer, he greatly assisted in recruiting Com-
pany B of the Thirteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. In the latter part of
1861 he went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and there entered Concordia College, a
branch of the St. Louis institution, to further complete his studies. In 1862 'he
returned to St. Louis and resumed his education, graduating from Concordia
College in that year.
At that time he had not fully selected his future profession, but idleness being
utterly foreign to his nature, he commenced teaching, securing a school at Terre
Haute, Indiana, in 1863. He remained there for only about six months, when
ill health obliged him to discontinue his work and later he returned' to St. Louis,
here accepting the position of overseer of the city reform school, known as the
House of Refuge. For eight years he remained in that position and inaugurated
many new and valuable features of reform beneficial to the pupils. There was
an average of about two hundred and forty inmates there and grave problems
confronted the superintendent in his management of the youths who were already
given over to lawlessness, but in whom remained a possibility of becoming useful
citizens. His efficient work in that connection led to Mr. Zimmermann's appoint-
ment in 1870 as assistant superintendent of the city work house, where he
remained until 1879. He then went on a pleasure trip to his former home, spend-
ing about a year in visiting parents, relatives and friends.
In 1 88 1 ^Lr. Zimmermann again came to St. Louis and was appointed justice
of the peace under Mayor Ewing, which position he filled continuously until
1902, his decisions, which were strictly fair and impartial, "winning for him
golden opinions from all sorts of people." During the last twelve years of that
time he was also police court justice in South St. Louis. After the close of the
court work of 1902 he took up the practice of law with his office at No. 2626
South Broadway and has since secured a very fair and satisfactory clientage.
Mr. Zimmermann has been connected with public interests aside from those
mentioned and in all his loyalty to the public good has remained unquestioned.
In 1861, as before stated, he assisted in organizing a nniitary company which
became Company B of the Thirteenth Wisconsin Regiment, and did much by way
of speeches for the Union cause throughout the remainder of the Civil war.
Although he had not yet attained his majority when Abraham Lincoln was first
candidate for the presidency, he became a stalwart Lincoln republican and has
always given his allegiance to the party, belonging now to the Tenth Ward Re-
publican Progressive Club. Fraternally he is connected with the Red Men and
with Meridian Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M., and Missouri Chapter, No. i, R. A.
M. His religious faith is in harmony with Protestant doctrines. Although of
foreign birtli. 'Sir. Zimmermann became entitled to all the rights and privileges of
citizenship when on the 29th of May, 1848, by act of congress, the territory of
Wisconsin was admitted to statehood and every white person residing within its
borders thus became a citizen of the United States.
In Indianapolis Mr. Zimmermann was married to Miss Elizabeth M. Ameiss,
a daughter of David Ameiss, a pioneer resident of St. Louis, who settled in this
city in 1836. Six children were born of this marriage, three of whom died in
infancy. '!'. F. W. Zimmermann, the elder surviving son. is vice president of the
C. Heinz Stove Company, extensive manufacturers and dealers in St. Louis.
He married Mis? Augusta Heinz, a daughter of Christian Heinz, one of the incor-
porators of the stove company. Arthur, the second son, is engaged in farming
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CiTY. 825
in St. Louis county. Agnes is the wife of Phillip Haller, a quarryman and con-
tractor of St. Louis. She has six children, while the elder son has five children.
^Ir. Zimmermann has always been interested in fishing and hunting, mak-
ing annual trips to enjoy those pleasures. Otherwise his attention has largely
been given to his official duties and business affairs, and his loyalty to a trust
constitutes the foundation of the regard which is uniformly tendered him. He
organized the Tenth Ward Improvement Association, principally for benefiting
the sanitary conditions of South St. Louis. In 1896 he was offered the nomina-
tion as probate judge by the republican party but declined the honor.
JOHN SELAIES LOWRY.
John Selmes Lowry, financial agent at St. Louis for the Northwestern Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company, was born in Livingston county, Missouri, April
II, 1865. His father, Alexander Martin Lowry, was a native of Scotland and a
descendant of the Lowry family of Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. The line
of descent is traced down through James, John, Robert, Robert Second, and Alex-
ander Lowry, and through succeeding generations they have figured as one of the
well known families of Dumfrieshire. Family records trace the ancestry back
eight hundred years, a volume of genealogy having been written and published
by Somerset Richard Lowry, Earl of Belmont. In the maternal line John S.
Lowry is descended from Quaker ancestry, his mother being Julia xA.nn Gish, a
native of Lynchburg, Virginia, and a daughter of John Gish, of that state, who was
of the Quaker faith, his ancestors having come to America with William Penn.
The death of Mrs, Julia A. Lowry occurred in 1898. There were five sons and
three daughters in the family, all of whom are yet living, John S. Lowry being
the third son. His eldest brother. Dr. George David Lo\vry, is a practicing physi-
cian of Oklahoma. James x-Mexander, and William W. are farmers of Missouri.
The youngest brother, Joseph Robert Lowry, is special agent of the Northwestern
Life Insurance Company.
John S. Lowry spent his boyhood to the age of 15 years on the home farm
in Livingston county, Missouri, obtained his education in the public schools and
in Lagrange College. He began teaching at the age of 19 years, following the
profession until 1887, when he turned his attention to the real-estate and loan
business in Omaha, Nebraska, as cashier and land examiner for the Lombard
Investment Company. He acted in that capacity until 1892, when he left the firm
and became a member of the firm of Gish & Lowry, financial agents at Dallas,
Texas, the partnership continuing for about two years, after which Mr. Lowry
entered the service of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company as finan-
cial agent, with headquarters at Dallas, Texas. In 1893 '^^ came in that capacity
to St. Louis, where he has since made his home. During his connection with this
corporation he has loaned for them about twenty million dollars during the period
of greatest progress and development of St. Louis. The safe placing of loans
indicates a most comprehensive knowledge of investments. Upon arrival in this
city Mr. Lowry studied the situation, formulating his opinions concerning the
trend of the city's growth, and the wisdom of his judgment is shown in the fact
that the property upon which the company's funds have been loaned has con-
stantly increased in value. He has confined his efforts and attention entirely to
his duties as financial agent, and is today one of the most prominent representa-
tives of this line of business in St. Louis. To some extent he has purchased
property here, including his own home at No. 3749 Westminster Place.
!Mr. Lowrv was married in Dallas, Texas, June 14, 1894, to Miss Ida Lucile
Carv. a daughter of Mrs. Lucy Johnstone Cary. a member of the Cary family of
Virginia and a descendant of the old Car}- clan of Scotland. She is active in social
circles of the city, a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
826 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
tion. and equally well known in niusieal circles, being accomplished in both vocal
and instrumental music. The two living children of this marriage are Arthur
Cary and John Selmes.
]\Ir. Lowry is a member of the Business Men's League, the ^lissouri Historical
Society, the St. Louis Field Club and Xormandie Golf Club, of which he was one
of the organizers, while for the first three terms he served as its president. He
also belongs to Tuscan lodge A. F. & A. M. He is independent in politics but
is interested in all movements for the betterment of the city and state. He was a
member of the jury of awards on provident institutions at the St. Louis Exposi-
tion, and has been a cooperative factor in many measures for general progress. He
has developed in aesthetic lines through his love of art, music and literature, and
to some extent he has become a collector of art and books, possessing a fine library
and many beautiful paintings in which he takes personal pride and pleasure but
rarely exhibits. He is a man of fine physique, strong personality and marked indi-
viduality, never depending upon others for his opinions, but reaching his con-
clusions after wide and thoughtful consideration. Nature and culture have vied
in making him an interesting and entertaining gentleman and congenial companion,
as those testify who come within the closer circle of his friendship.
JOHN FRANK MERRYMAN.
John Frank Alerryman, attorney at law, was at one time representative from
his district in the state legislature, but he regards the pursuits of private life as
abundantly worthy his best efforts and is today connected with some of the most
important legal interests of St. Louis, having a large and distinctively repre-
sentative clientage.
A native of Kentucky, he was born at Mt. Vernon, in Rockcastle county,
September 14, 1854, and belongs to an old Virginian family of Scotch-Irish origin.
His father, Joseph E. Merryman, also a native of Kentucky, came to Missouri in
1856, at which time he located in Platte City. For twenty-five years he was
recognized as a leading practitioner of law in western Missouri, but a short time
prior to his death he removed to St. Louis and retired from active life, passing
away at the home of his son John F. in December, 1899, when seventy-two years
of age. The court records of Platte, Clay and Clinton counties show that no
lawyer has ever tried as many suits in the courts of that district as did Joseph E.
^lerryman and his name figures prominently upon the court records of the state.
He married Miss Harriett N. Gabriel, a daughter of the Rev. Gabriel, a noted
Baptist minister of southern Ohio. Her death occurred when her son John F.
was but seventeen months old. He was the only child of his father's first mar-
riage, but by the second marriage there were three half-brothers : Robert H,,
assistant city attorney of St. Louis ; Todd, who is connected with the wrecking
department of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company ; and Joseph E., who died
in St. Louis three years ago.
John F. Merryman spent his boyhood in Platte City and was educated under
the instruction of F. G. Gaylord, proprietor of Gaylord's Academy of that place,
one of the best known preparatory institutions in the west. He afterward at-
tended the State University at Columbia, Missouri, and Bethany College in West
Virginia, being graduated from the latter in 1873 with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, while subsequently the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him.
Following his graduation he returnefl to Platte City, where he was admitted to
the bar and entered upon the practice of law.
A year later he came to St. Louis, attended law school here and continued
in the active prosecution of his profession until elected on the democratic ticket
to the state legislature in 1880. He was ever active in that body and largely
through his advocacy the first extensive appropriation for the State L^niversity
JOHX F. MERRY^IAN
828 ST. LOUIS,, THE FOURTH CITY.
was secured. He served for one term but did not care for reelection. He has
conducted a general civil practice and for twenty years has been attorney for the
X. K. Fairbanks Company, having charge of all their litigations and legal busi-
ness in the southwest. He was also general attorney for the St. Louis, Peoria
& Northwestern Railroad Company until that line was purchased by the Chicago
& Alton and the Illinois Central systems. He also represents several very im-
portant corporations and is interested in some of the leading financial and com-
mercial enterprises of the city. His business associations have constantly grown
and developed and each consecutive connection with business concerns has marked
his growing success. The consensus of public opinion accords him a foremost
place in the ranks of the leading fraternity, especially in the department of cor-
poration law and civil practice.
On the 1st of February, 1886, in St. Louis, Mr. Merryman was married to
Miss Carrie P. Johnson, a daughter of Governor Thomas P. Johnson, of St.
Louis, the leading criminal lawyer of the west. They had two children, Elvira
F. and Frank Johnson. The former has recently graduated from the Christian
College, of Columbia, Missouri, while the son is a student in Bethany College,
in West Virginia. The wife and mother died in April, 1892, and Mr. Merryman
was married in St. Louis, September 5, 1894, to Miss Florence Rufifner, a daugh-
ter of James Ruffner, of Saline county, Missouri. They have three children,
Catherine, Virginia and Florence, aged respectively thirteen, eleven and nine
years. The family home for nineteen years has been at No. 5936 West Cabanne
Place.
Both ]\Ir. and Mrs. Merryman have appreciation for the social amenities of
Hfe and extend a cordial hospitality to their friends. In politics he has always
been active as a worker in the ranks of the democratic party, but has never de-
sired ofhce as a reward for party fealty. He is a member of the Hamilton Ave-
nue Christian church and takes a most helpful part in the Bible school work and
the church. His life has ever been guided by high and honorable principles and
he has ever recognized the fact that, as Lincoln has expressed it, "There is some-
thing better than making a living — making a life." Realizing that life is made
up of many complex interests and that the individual's attitude to^yard each is
essential. Mr. Merryman has endeavored to support all those interests which in
their combination work for good citizenship and honorable manhood.
AMEDEE B. COLE.
When the middle west was in its formative period the struggle for existence
was a stern and hard one and life had little of the holiday aspect ; then came the
period of the exploitation of natural resources and advantages — a utilitarian age
in which no opportunity could be neglected if success were to be attained; today
the country has largely passed beyond that era and the men of the present genera-
tion are building upon the foundation which their fathers constructed, with lei-
sure also to cultivate some of those graces of character which are not essential to
virile strength perhaps but which add to development in the appreciation of all
that is beautiful, educative and uplifting. The life of Amedee B. Cole suggests
this trend of thought for his grandfather was numbered among the villagers who
found in St. Louis and the undeveloped west little business opportunity while his
father profited by the advantages of a growing country and A. B. Cole enjoys
the privileges which have resuked from the labors of former generations. This
age. however, is not without its responsibilities and in the control of important and
extensive business interests and investments he has shown marked capability for
executive management and administrative direction. At the same time he is
recognized as a gentleman of broad general culture, standing as a high type of
our American manhood and chivalrv.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 829
A native son of St. Louis, Amedee B. Cole was born September 21, 1855,
and was the third in a family of eleven children and the eldest of the seven who
yet survive. Extended mention of his father, long honored as a prominent and
successful merchant of St. Louis, is made on another page of this volume. A
younger brother, Nathan Cole, Jr., is manager of the Pacific Sugar Company,
controlling a large enterprise at Basilia and Corcoran, California. He has re-
sided at Los Angeles for a quarter of a century and, a leader in political circles,
is now the democratic national committeeman from that state.
Amedee B. Cole pursued his education in Franklin School, Smith's Acad-
emy, Washington University of St. Louis and Shurtlefif College of Upper Al-
ton, Illinois. Soon after the completion of his college course he became asso-
ciated with his father in the grain commission business, devoting twentv-five
years of his life to that interest. Gradually he relieved his father of the onerous
cares and responsibilities of a business which had assumed mammoth propor-
tions, the enterprise and progressiveness of the younger man contributing in
large measure to this result. Speaking of his son in connection with the busi-
ness the father some years ago said : "He has added to its prestige and promi-
nence. When the business was incorporated he became its vice president and
for twenty years has had entire charge. He has proven a worthy successor and
enjoyed the fullest confidence of the people of the city." A. B. Cole figured
prominently in connection with the grain trade until 1899 when he was obliged
to withdraw from that field of activity as more important and extensive business
interests demanded his attention. Upon his death in 1889, John Jackson, his
father-in-law, left about three thousand acres of mining lands in the Joplin dis-
trict of southern Missouri and in 1892 the John Jackson Investment Company
was formed to take over this property to be sold, leased or operated to the best
interests of the heirs of his estate. On the death of Hugh Rogers, president of
the company, in 1896, Mr. Cole was elected his successor but the active charge
of affairs was left to the secretary until his death in 1899 when it became an im-
perative necessitv that Mr. Cole assume the management of the business. He
has since given to it his almost undivided attention, has succeeded in disposing
of a larger part of the land and in developing much of the remainder himself,
engaging m mining operations on portions of that tract.
It is characteristic of Mr. Cole that he thoroughly masters every business
problem which confronts him and gains an intimate and comprehensive knowl-
edge of the situation. To this is undoubtedly due in large measure his successful
management of everything that he undertakes. He is now the vice president of
the Nathan Cole Investment Company which is the incorporation of his father's
estate and in the main has charge of its affairs, including the control of a large
amount of business property and other real estate in St. Louis.
On the i8th of June, 1879, in this city Mr. Cole was married to Miss Annie,
daughter of JoKn Jackson, one of the most distinguished citizens of St. Louis
in his day, being president of the St. Louis Elevator Company and prominent
in banking, mercantile and real-estate circles. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Cole have two sons
and three daughters : Annie, John, Ernest. Reba and Margaret. The family are
members of St. Peter's Episcopal church.
Mr. Cole owns a fine residence at the corner of Lindell boulevard and Spring
avenue, where he has lived for seventeen years and being a lover of nature in all
of its phases and interested in agricultural life he also has a farm a mile south of
Kirkwood on the Denny road where he spends the greater part of his leisure
time, finding interest and recreation in his management of agricultural interests.
Few men who have under their supervision such extensive and important busi-
ness concerns devote as much time to public projects as does Mr. Cole. Citizen-
ship is to him a word fraught with much significance and he is never neglectful
of his obligations toward the community in which he resides but embraces
every opportunity to promote public progress. He belongs to the Business !Men's
League and for many vears has been an active member of the Merchants Ex-
830 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
change, serving as one of its directors and first vice president, also declining the
presidency. He enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow members in that organi-
zation and is a valued representative of Masonry, in which he has attained the
Knight Templar and thirty-second degrees. He is likewise a member of the
]\Iystic Shrine, of the St. Louis Club and various other social organizations. He
is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Society of
the Colonial Wars.
In politics he is a stanch republican and has always been active in the work
of the party. He has twice served on the republican state committee and was
its treasurer from 1906 to 1908. His sound business judgment, clear insight into
situations and careful management have proved effective forces in controlling
important municipal and public interests. He has been a member of the Mullan-
phy board, the Public Library board and served for two years as director of the
Public ^luseum. He has been greatly interested in the deep waterways project
since its conception and was a delegate to the majority of its conventions includ-
ing the last one which was held at Chicago. He has given much time to the study
of those questions which are to the statesman and the man of affairs of grave
and vital import and on all such keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the
age. A native of St. Louis, a lover of her historic past with which family tradi-
tion alone would make him conversant, an enthusiastic believer in the greatness
of her future, having witnessed the most important half century of her growth
and development, he has, since reaching his majority, been one of her most loyal
and devoted citizens. He is a man of fine physique, prepossessing appearance
and strong personality. His youthful features and snow-white hair are conflict-
ingly suggestive of both youth and old age while his dignified and courteous
bearing and genial cordiality of manner permit of easy approach without famil-
iarit}' and at the same time command the fullest respect.
PATRICK SCULLY.
Patrick Scully, who for almost a quarter of a century was connected with
the police department of St. Louis and was one of its most faithful, reliable and
able representatives, was born at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, near the Brandy-
wine. He became a resident of St. Louis in 1874 and entered the police depart-
ment as patrolman. For twenty-three years he continued in active connection
with the department and for fifteen years of that time was a detective, being con-
sidered very expert in that branch of the service. He seemed to have almost
intuitive perception in tracing from the effect back to cause or to see the point
of relation between what seemed to the majority of mankind as utterly dissim-
ilar and disconnected incidents. It was this power that enabled Mr. Scully to do
such excellent work as a detective and he was always ready to serve the depart-
ment in any and every way when he could give it efficient aid. A few years prior
to his death he retired from the service and spent his remainnig days in well
earned rest. He passed away on the 9th of March, 1903.
In 1897 ^^^- Scully was united in marriage to Mrs. Grace Letson, nee Mar-
tin, who was of Rome, New York, and came to St. Louis with her mother and
her brother, Senator Thomas C. Martin, of whom extended mention is made on
another page of this work. In early womanhood she became the wife of B. F.
Letson, also a native of Rome, New York, who was connected with the police
department of St. Louis as deputy marshal until his death in 1881. There were
two children by that marriage. The son, Benjamin F., who was educated in the
schools here and was connected with the fire department for thirteen years, was
captain of engine house No. 32 but was killed while responding to a call on Feb-
ruary 13. T903. The daughter is Mrs. Grace A. Schindeler, the wife of William
.Schindeler.
PATRICK SCULLY
832 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
]\Irs. Scully is now - in most comfortable financial circumstances, owning
more property in the northwestern part of the city than any other individual. She
has erected a great many store buildings in that part of the city and her realty
interests return to her a most gratifying annual income. She has many friends
here and enjoys the warm regard of all who know her.
SILAS BENT.
With the most picturesque, interesting- and romantic period in the history
of St. Louis and the southwest the name of Bent is inseparably interwoven. It
figures also in connection with business development here and with the estab-
lishment of the S3^stem of government and the organization of those intellectual,
political, social and moral forces which have made this city and the southwest
what they are today.
Silas Bent, Sr., father of him whose name introduces this review, was born
in Rutland. JMassachusetts, May i6, 1768, and died in St. Louis, November 20,
1827, when fifty-nine years of age. About 1788, or perhaps the following year,
he went to Marietta. Ohio, to make arrangements for the removal of his parents
who were among the earliest prominent settlers of the northwest. Not long
afterward he became a law student at Wheeling, West Virginia, under the direc-
tion of Philip Dodridge. When he had qualified for the bar he decided to en-
gage in merchandising instead of becoming a practitioner and opened a store at
Charlestowm in what is now West Virginia, although the Old Dominion had
Courthouse, Virginia, and in 1803. became deputy surveyor general in the office
of Rufus Putnam. On the 17th of February, 1804, he was commissioned by
Governor Edward Tiffin, an associate judge of the court of common pleas for
not yet been divided. In January, 1802, he was made postmaster of Brooke
\\'ashington county, Ohio, and in July, 1805, was made deputy surveyor under
Jared Mansfield, surveyor general.
Mr. Bent received appointment in July, 1806, from the secretary of the
treasury, Albert Gallatin, as principal deputy surveyor for the terri-
tory of Louisiana, which only three years before had been purchased
from Napoleon. To discharge the duties of this office he proceeded
to St. Louis, arriving September 17, 1806, and on the 20th of August
of the following year he was appointed by Frederick Bates, secre-
tary and acting governor of Louisiana, "first judge of the court of com-
mon pleas and the court of quarter sessions of the peace for the district of St.
Louis." In November, 1808, Judge Bent became auditor of public accounts for
the district of St. Louis by appointment of Governor Meriwether Lewis and
on the 9th of November, 1809, he was made presiding judge of the St. Louis
court of common pleas and on that day signed the first charter for the town
of St. Louis. On the 5th of January, 181 1, Frederick Bates, acting governor,
appointed him auditor of public accounts and in the following September he was
commissioned judge of the court of common pleas and quarter sessions by Gov-
ernor Benjamin Howard. He received from President Madison, February 21,
181 3, a commission which made him judge of the supreme court of the terri-
tory of Missouri and on the 21st of January, 181 7, he was recommissioned by
President Monroe, continuing in that office until it was abolished bv the admis-
sion of ^Missouri into the Union in 1821. Judge Bent then became clerk of the
St. Louis county court and in that office exercised probate jurisdiction in addi-
tion to administering the county business. He filled that position until his death,
which occurred six years later. Throughout the greater part of his life he
was in the public service and over his official record there fell no shadow of
wrong nor suspicion of evil. He possessed not only a comprehensive knowl-
edge of the law but was also a man of wide general information, such as the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 833
government needed in the early settlement of the west, and his labors proved
an important element in ])laeing St. Lonis npon a safe basis for its later develop-
ment along lines that uphold the political and legal status of the community.
Judge Bent was the owner of a home at Carondelct, now South St. Lcjuis.
He was married to Martha Kerr, who was born June 8, 1778, and died August
9, 1833, at the age of fifty-five yeais. Her early home was near Winchester,
Virginia. Judge and Mrs. Bent reared a large family, including Charles, who
was born November 11, 1799; Julianna, who was born July 18, 1801, and be-
came the wife of Lilburn W. Boggs ; John, who was born May 31, 1803; Lucy,
who was born March 8, 1805, and became the wife of Joseph Russell; Dorcas,
who was born March 12, 1807, and married Judge William C Carr ; William,
born Alay 23, 1809; ]\Iary, who was born January 25, 181 1, and married Major
Jonathan L. Bean, of the United States Army; George, who was born April
15, 1814. and died at Bent's Fort, Colorado, October 23, 1846, at the age of
thirty-two years; Robert, who was born February 23, 1816, and died at Bent's
Fort, October 20, 1841, at the age of twenty-five years, his remains with those
of his brother George being afterward removed to St. Louis ; Edward, who
was born September 14, 1818, and died May 5, 1824; and Silas whose name
introduces this review.
Of this family William Bent, who was born in St. Louis, ]\Iay 23, 1809,
accompanied his brother Charles and others to the Arkansas valley, in what is
now Colorado, about 1826. There they built a temporary wooden fort which
was used until the completion, in 1832, of what was known at first as Fort
Williams but later as Bent's Fort. From this center he made trapping and
trading expeditions among the Indians, for when the fort was built the sur-
rounding country was occupied by Comanches and Kiowas. In 1836 he went
to the valley of the Platte for a wife — a Cheyenne maid who was the daughter
of a chief of great influence. The result was that about three-quarters of that
tribe removed to the Arkansas valley and his business increased correspond-
inglv, so that at times he employed one hundred trappers. When the ]\Iexican
war was in progress the fort was used as headquarters for the commissary de-
partment and many supplies were stored there. William Bent went as far as
his brother's home at Taos, New Mexico, with the Second Missouri Cavalry
commanded by Colonel Sterling Price, for whom he acted as guide, and thus
he won the title of Colonel Bent, by which he was afterward known. The gov-
ernment wished to purchase his fort in 1852 for twelve thousand dollars but
he asked sixteen thousand dollars and as no agreement was reached he loaded
the goods he could carry into his wagons, set fire to the powder magazine and
blew up the fort. He began building a new fort forty-five miles east of the (^Id
one in the spring of 1853 and completed it the following year. In 1859 he was
appointed United States Indian agent for the Cheyennes and the Navajos but
after a year's service resigned. In the fall of 1859 he leased his fort to the
government and it was occupied with troops and called Fort Wise, in honor
of Governor Wise of Virginia, until 1861, when it was named Fort Lyon in
commemoration of the gallant General Lyon, who was one of the first to fall
in the Civil War. This fort was abandoned in 1867 and a new one built by the
government twenty-five miles up the Arkansas river. Colonel Bent began mak-
ing improvements near the mouth of the Purgatory river in Colorado, building
a stockade one hundred feet square. The following year he was joined by R.
M. Moore, of Jackson county, Missouri, who married Colonel Bent's eldest
daughter, Mary. She had been educated in the family of Colonel Albert G.
Boone, a relative of the famous Daniel Boone of Kentucky. Mr. ]\Ioore. who
was born in 1833, was the first probate judge and first superintendent of schools
of Bent countv and afterward became one of the largest ranchowncrs and cat-
tle-raisers there. Colonel Bent's wife died soon after the birth of her young-
est child and he later married her sister. His death occurred near Los Animas,
Colorado, ^lay 19, 1869, when he was sixty years of age. He was one of those
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834 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
picturesque figures who add interest to the pages of western history. The red
men respected him because of his strong will yet kindly manner, his truthfulness
and his courage, and the same qualities inspired the admiration of the people of
his own race. He did much toward opening up the west for civilization, blaz-
ing the way that others might follow.
Charles Bent, another son of Judge Silas Bent, was born in Charlestown,
West Mrginia, November ii, 1799, and about 1826 went with his brothers,
William. George and Robert, from the Sioux country to Colorado and built
Bent's Fort. After a brief time he made his way to New Mexico, this being
about 1829. The party applied to President Jackson for military escort to cross
the Arkansas river, then the dividing line between United States and Mexico.
There were sixty men and thirty-six wagons in the party and Charles Bent was
chosen captain. The military escort numbered two hundred soldiers under
j\Iajor Riley and on the way they were attacked by a band of Indians, esti-
mated variously from five hundred to two thousand. They succeeded in hold-
ing their own, however, and at length located permanently in New Mexico.
Several Spanish families crossed the plains from Santa Fe to St. Louis that
fall under the guidance of Charles Bent and his caravan. When war with Mex-
ico was declared in 1846 he commanded a company of spies on the expedition
from Bent's Fort to Santa Fe. He received presidential appointment as gover-
nor of New ^Mexico, September 22, 1846, and on the 26th of December of that
year wrote that he received information of a revolt on the 17th of that month.
He secured seven of the conspirators and believing the revolt to be at an end
went to his home at Taos, January 14, 1847. Five days later the Indians ap-
peared and when refused the release of the prisoners they killed the sheriff
and then attacked the governor's house, killing and scalping Governor Bent, his
brother-in-law and one other. He had married Ignacia Jaramilla and had three
children, Alfred, Estefina and Terisina. With his passing away the southwest
was deprived of one whose efforts were most valuable in opening up that region
that the pioneer white settlers might have opportunity to establish homes and
engage in trading interests there.
The youngest son of Judge Silas Bent was his namesake and the subject
of this review. He was born in South St. Louis, October 10, 1820. and attended
school in Philadelphia. On the ist of July, 1836, he became a midshipman, was
made master in 1849 ^^^ lieutenant on the ist of August of that year. In that
position he conducted a series of surveys on the coast of Japan, during Com-
modore M. C. Perry's expedition, which resulted in opening the ports of that
country to the world. Bayard Taylor, who took part in the expedition, said in
a volume which he published two years later and which was called, A Visit to
India, China and Japan in the Year 1853: "Too much credit, however, cannot
be awarded to the different officers and especially to Lieutenant Bent, for the
coolness and courage with which they prosecuted their work. When we con-
sider that this, one of the greatest bays in the world, had hitherto never been
surveyed, the interest and value of their labors will be better understood." Prior
to this time Lieutenant Bent had been on the United States brig, Preble, under
Commander Glyn, who succeeded in obtaining the release of eighteen Ameri-
can prisoners from Japanese prisons and paved the way for Commodore Perry.
Resigning his commission Lieutenant Bent returned to his early home in
St. Louis, where he assumed the management of the Tyler estate. As his father
had done before him, he figured prominently in the public affairs of the city
and was a member of the board of Freeholders who formed the present city
charter of St. Louis. He also held various other positions of public trust and
was a prominent factor in ])romoting municipal interests.
On the 5th of November, 1857, Lieutenant Bent was married to Ann Eliza
Tyler, a daughter of Robert and Mary Lawrence (Chambers) Tyler, of Louis-
ville, Kentucky. Two daughters survive, Mary Lawrence, and Lucy, who was
married April 19, 1892, to Crittenden McKinley of this city.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 835
For twenty-five years Mr. Bent was warden of Christ Church and gave
hberally of his means toward the support of church and pubhc movements which
he beheved would advance the welfare of the community. The Roosevelt organ
in Christ church, costing fourteen thousand dollars, was dedicated to him. J le
saw St. Louis grow from a village of five thousand inhabitants to a city of over
half a million, and he took an active and prominent ])art in its upbuilding and
advancement.
Most of his leisure was devoted to scientific research and he was especiallv
interested in polar explorations. Fie studied broadly along that line and iii
1868 gave an address before the St. Louis Flistoricaf Society on the Thermo-
metric Gateways to the Poles. This address was published and attracted wide-
spread attention in the scientific world. Throughout the remainder of his life
Lieutenant Bent was interested in the investigations of scientists and men of
broad learning and kept abreast with the best thinking men of the age. He re-
mained an honored and respected resident of St. Louis until near the close of
his Hfe and then went, for the benefit of his health, to Shelter Island, Long
Island, where he died August 26, 1887, his remains being interred at Louisville,
Kentuckv.
AIILTOX GEHMAN CLYMER.
Milton Gehman Clymer is the vice president and general manager of the St.
Louis Syrup & Preserving Company. The rapid growth of the business in the
past five or six years has made it one of the leading enterprises of St. Louis and
its development is attributable in no small measure to the business activity and
careful management of Mr. Clymer whose career has been characterized by steady
progress since he started out in business life driving a wagon. Fie was born in
Polo, Illinois, October 4, 1866, and is a son of H. G. and Mary Clymer. The
familv is of English lineage but since an early period in the colonization of the new
world has been represented in Pennsylvania. H. G. Clymer was a pioneer in the
preserving business in this citv and conducted a successful enterprise until his
life's labors were ended in death in 1883.
The removal of the family to St. Louis enabled Alilton G. Clymer to enjoy
the advantages of instruction in the public schools of this city where he continued
as a student until his seventeenth year. He then began earning his own livelihood
by driving a wagon and afterward acted as a porter, but ambitious to make ad-
vancement in the business world he qualified for more responsible work by pursuing
a course in bookkeeping in the Bryant & Stratton Business College. On the
completion of that course he entered the Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois,
where he remained as a student for two years, but upon his father's death he
was obliged to give up his studies and take charge of his father's business, wdiich
he closed out. He then accepted the management of the Cincinnati branch of the
American Preserving Company, remaining in that city for four years, after which
he was transferred to Chicago in the same capacity, and continued there for two
years. On the expiration of that period he resigned and returned to St. Louis
where, for about eighteen months, he was associated with his father-in-law, C. A.
Hausman, in the manufacture of confectionery. On the expiration of that period
he organized the Columbia Preserving Compan\-, establishing a j^lant on Pine be-
tween Main and Second streets, where the business was conducted for about three
years. It was then reorganized and consolidated with the St. Louis Syrup Re-
fining Company, whose plant was situated in East St. Louis. There the company
remained for about a year after which ]Mr. Clymer erected the present building
and at the same time was elected a director, vice president and general manager
of the business. During the past five or six years the Imsiness has enjoyed re-
markable growth and is one of the important productive enteri)rises of the city,
836 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
turning out a product the excellence of which insures a ready and satisfactory
sale in the market. He is also the secretary of the St. Louis & Colorado Devel-
oping Company. He has been quick to notice and utilize opportunities and as
the years have gone by has achieved success that is evidence of his business
ability, his strong determination and his unfaltering industry.
;^Ir. Clymer was married in St. Louis in June, 1890. to Miss Addie Haus-
man, daughter of Charles A. Hausman, who was for thirty years the general
superintendent of the Blanke Candy Company. Mr. and Mrs. Clymer have a
son and daughter, Adelyn May, who is attending the Yateman High School while
Charles Landis, seven years old, is a kindergarten pupil. Mr. Clymer acquired
by purchase a handsome residence at 5207 Maple avenue. He has been a mem-
ber of the Missouri Athletic Club since its organization and is an honorary mem-
ber of the ]\Iaple avenue Methodist Episcopal church. In his political views he
is a stalwart republican but the honors and emoluments of office have had no
attraction for him. He has been prominently identified with the improvement
of the city, especially in the line of development through real-estate operations,
and is the owner of considerable property in the west end of the city. Aside from
any business connection, however, Mr. Clymer gives hearty cooperation to manv
movements for the general good and does all that he can to advance the interests
and upbuilding of St. Louis.
HERMAN W. FAY.
]\Iany men fail to find correct solution for the intricate and complex prob-
lems of business life or perhaps are lacking in the faculty of unfaltering industry
which must constitute the basis of all success. Possessing the essential elements
of prosperity in commercial lines, Herman W. Fay is well known as senior part-
ner of the firm of Fay & Schueler, manufacturers of druggists' glassware, car-
rying on business at No. 22 Walnut street since 1900. He was born in Nash-
ville. Tennessee, October 12, i860, being a son of William and Rosalie Fay. The
father was a furniture manufacturer of Nashville and of New Orleans, remov-
ing from the former city to the latter in 1870. His last days were spent on his
fruit farm in California, where he passed away in 1898. He came to this coun-
try in 1849 ^"d when the Civil war broke out engaged in the manufacture of
ammunition for the Confederate army during the period of the Civil war.
Herman W. Fay acquired his education in the public schools of Nashville
and New Orleans, being- graduated from the high school in the latter city. He
came to St. Louis with his brother Louis D. Fay when fifteen years of age and
after a few days secured a position as a furniture finisher with the Scarritt Fur-
niture Company, having learned the trade in his father's factory. He there re-
mained for fifteen months, when he gave up the position to take charge of the
finishing work as foreman for William P. Arnd Barber Supply Company. That
he was competent and trustworthy is indicated by the fact that he continued in
that position for five years. Realizing the necessity of further educational train-
ing that he might be qualified for more responsibilities in the business world, he
attended the night session of the Polytechnic high school for four years and also
spent one term in the art department of the Washington LIniversity. At the
same time he took up the study of glass and porcelain painting under the direc-
tion of Professor Monier. In the year 1881 he began business on his own ac-
count in glass and porcelain painting at No. 605 Chestnut street, where he re-
mained for about four years, during which time he gained creditable and grati-
fying success. In 1885 he admitted Richard J. Schueler as a partner and re-
moved to South Broadway, where thev conducted an extensive glass painting
business for the year. Their next removal took them to No. 306 Elm street
in 1886 and at that place they continued for fifteen years or until 1901, when they
HERMAX \\'. FAY
838 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CFfY.
established their business at No. 222 Wahiut street. Each removal was made
for the purpose of securing more commodious quarters for the conduct of a
growing business, until eventually they bought their present three-story building,
which is twenty-five by one hundred and twenty-five feet. The plant is well
equipped with the latest improved machinery and facilities for carrying on the
work and their patronage is extensive, making their business one of the profitable
industrial concerns of the city.
In February, 1883, Air. Fay was married in St. Louis to Aliss Anne Engel-
brecht, a daughter of Conrad Engelbrecht, who at the time of the Civil war
enlisted in Missouri as a member of the Union army and met his death while
defending the old fiag. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fay has been born one son, Harold
W., twenty-one years of age, who is a graduate of the McKinley high school
and is now studying medicine as a third year student in the Washington Univer-
sity. There is also a daughter Alma, seventeen years of age, who is a junior in
the AIcKinley high school. Both children have been educated in music. An-
other son. Clarence H., died February 5, 1904, at the age of nineteen years.
The family home at No. 3904 Hartford street was erected by Mr. Fay and
is a handsome residence, standing as a visible evidence of the business ability and
enterprise of the owner. He is nonsectarian in religious faith and in political
belief is a pronounced democrat. He takes great interest in the local work of
the party and is now a member of the house of delegates, representing the twenty-
fourth ward. Deeply interested in everything that pertains to the w-elfare of
the community he is a member of the Tower Grove Citizens Improvement As-
sociation and the Tower Grove Heights, the Gratiot and the Greenwood Improve-
ment Associations. He is well known in various fraternal circles and is a past
master of the Masonic lodge, a past regent of the Royal Arcanum and a member
of the National Union. He also belongs to several other societies, in all of which
he enjoys the good will and respect of his associates.
In his public service, as well as his business life, he is actuated by the laudable
ambition to accomplish desirable and far-reaching results, and in this connection
Mr. Fay is today prominently before the public, standing as he does as a fearless
exponent of all that he believes to be right. That his fellow townsmen, especially
in his home ward where he is best known, have implicit confidence in his political
integrity and his worth as a leader is evidenced in the fact that he was elected to
the house of delegates in a ward which usually gives a republican majority of
about fifteen hundred. The attitude which he has taken upon many questions of
vital importance has awakened the attention of the entire city and his work has
received the endorsement of all those who stand for good government and clean
politics. He has been characterized as "a perfect type of the honest progressive
citizen." He has ever proven that he is a man of his word by the earnest efl:orts
he has made to carry out his pre-election promises and his platform is clean and
pure. He is opposed to anything like misrule in municipal affairs, being stalwart
in his opposition to all that favors class above the mass or works for the interest
and promotion of the individual rather than the welfare of the city at large. In
his work as a member of the house of delegates he has taken a most decided stand
against combines and cliques in that organization and he believes that there are
ways whereby the members can be forced to work for good government. Since
his well known fearless fight with the house combine he has been frequently
spoken of as a suitable man for mayor and is receiving the support of leading
citizens whose patriotism and municipal loyalty are above question. He entered
the municipal assembly for the purpose of giving his ward, and thereby the en-
tire citv government and people of St. Louis, his best services along the line of
the city's best progress. The business man thinks differently on these topics of
improvement than does a lawyer or other professional exponent. With a man
trained to business, provided he had the advantage of proper schooling and ex-
tensive reading and study apart from business, advancement in municipal affairs
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 839
is the key-note of his endeavor. j\Ir. Fay beheves in many things relative to the
city's improvement, but they can all be comprised under the single head of de-
cency, economy and progress in city administration. His ideas are not theories ;
they are facts which can be put to the practical test. He favors the immediate
construction of the free bridge, for which the people voted their money, but were
balked in carrying their will into execution. He favors the boulevard system and
desires that all the public buildings contemplated under recent legislation be pro-
vided at the earliest possible moment so that hundreds of laborers may be put
to work. He believes in the building and maintenance of a public lighting plant
because the city can thereby perform its own street and municipal building il-
lumination cheaper than under the present method. He desires to bring
natural gas to St. Louis, to abolish all grade crossings, to encourage manufac-
tories and business enterprises to locate here, to take politics out of the city hall
and put all employes on their merits. He favors the appointment of a public
utilities commission. He believes that the day of betterment in public affairs
should be made secure to the present generations rather than that the people
yet to come are to be the heirs of it. In this sense he shows himself not a poli-
tician who wishes for present good but a statesman who takes large things largely
into account. His liberality of view shows itself in liberality of conduct. His
opinions have already carried weight in molding public thought and action. Plac-
ing the public welfare before partisanship and the general good before personal
aggrandizement, the honesty of his motives has never been doubted even by
those who question the correctness of his position. Public-spirited in an eminent
degree, he knows the living issues and feels the palpitating life of politics.
JOHN B. SCHMIDT.
John B. Schmidt was born in St. Louis, November 3, i860, and has spent
most of his life in this city where he has developed an extensive business, being
president of the John B. Schmidt Sign Company since the 6th of February, 1900.
His parents were August and ]\Iinna Schmidt. After some years of connection
with the business interests of this city the father removed to Minneapolis, Minne-
sota, and opened a hotel there. His death occurred in that city on the 21st of
June, 1884, after which his son brought his remains back to St. Louis for inter-
ment. His wife passed away June 4, 1907, and both were laid to rest in the fam-
ily burial lot.
At the usual age John B. Schmidt entered the public schools and continued
his studies in the polytechnic school until he reached the age of sixteen years,
after which he became a student of Washington L^niversity. On leaving college
he went to Minneapolis. ^Minnesota, wdiere his parents w^ere residing, and later
returned with them to St. Louis. However, he spent a brief period in Chicago
prior to his removal to Minneapolis, being engaged in the sign painting business
in that city by the lake in 1878. In 1880 he again became a resident of this city,
his father at that time being at the head of the St. Louis Picture Frame & Mould-
ing ^Manufacturing Company, but when the father became ill John B. Schmidt
had to take charge of the business and eventually sold it. As stated, his father
then removed to Minneapolis and opened a hotel, thus seeking a change of cli-
mate for the benefit of his health. In November, 1885, however, John B. Schmidt
returned to St. Louis and entered into partnership with S. Nicolai who was en-
gaged in the manufacture of glass signs. The partnership between them con-
tinued for five years and three months and was then dissolved by mutual con-
sent, Mr. Schmidt continuing in the same line of business under the stvle of
John B. Schmidt & Company. A year and a half later he admitted Walter Haen-
schen to a partnership but a year later bought his interest. In 1900 he incor-
porated the business under the style of the John B. Schmidt Sign Company and
840 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
has since been its president and treasurer with George Engelke as vice president
and E. Schmidt as secretary. In the development of business there have naturally
sprung up many new enterprises including that of sign advertising in which con-
nection the Schmidt Company is putting forth much work that is attractive and
serving to call attention to the business house by whom it is used. He has se-
cured a liberal patronage and his enterprise is now one of creditable proportions
and of gratifying annual profit. Mr. Schmidt is also a director of the Olive
Land & ]^Iining Company.
Pleasantly situated in his home life he was married in St. Louis, September
21, 1887, to Miss Emma Schueler, a daughter of Gustav Schueler, who served
as a first lieutenant during the Civil war. Mv. Schmidt exercises his right of
franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and he is
well known in various fraternal and social relations. He is a past master of
the I\Iasonic lodge, a past commander of Ascalon Commandery, K. T., a mem-
ber of the Consistory and of the Mystic Shrine and belongs to the Ancient Order
of Druids and the Knights of Pythias, also the Legion of Honor. He is like-
wise a member of the Liederkranz and Sharp Shooters. His religious faith is
indicated in his membership in the Winnebago Presbyterian church. It is a well
known fact that the great majority of men do not become extensively known or
gain national reputation, but it is not the world's leaders who constitute the stable
element in our national existence but those who are perhaps less widely known
but who in their respective stations of life are loyal to honorable principles and
high standards of citizenship and to individual integrity. Such an one is John
B. Schmidt.
JOHN F. GREEN.
John F. Green, engaged in general civil law practice as junior partner of
the firm of Judson & Green, was born in Clinton county, Missouri, February
14, 1864. His grandfather was Samuel Ross Green, of an old Virginia family,
for the more remote ancestry came from the north of Ireland. Cyrus E. Green,
the father, was born in August, 1830, in Madison county, Kentucky, and was
a planter, who for many years carried on general agricultural pursuits. He
now resides in Lathrop, Alissouri, but has for many years lived retired. He
married Miss AA^ilmoth, a daughter of Simeon and Artimesia Moberly. Mrs.
Green was also a native of Aladison county, Kentucky, and the marriage, which
was celebrated in August, 1853, was blessed with seven children of whom four
are yet living, namely: Artimesia, the wife of Dr. C. L. Hamilton; Bessie;
Jennie T. ; and John F. Another daughter, now deceased, was the wife of
Dr. James T. Estill, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
John F. Green pursued his education in the public schools of his native
county and in \\'estminster College, from which he was graduated v.ith the class
of 1884, the degree of Bachelor of Science being conferred upon him. During
the succeeding four years he engaged in teaching, but regarded this merely as
an initial step to other professional labor and with broad literary knowledge it
served as the foundation on which to rear the superstructure of professional learn-
ing. He entered the St. Louis Law ^School, from which he was graduated in
1890, being admitted to the bar the same year. His first professional service was
done in the office of James & Charles S. Taussig, eminent attorneys of this city,
and his association with them proved most helpful. From 1892 until 1898 he
was with the law firm of Judson & Taussig and following the death of the
junior partner he joined Mr. Judson in the organization of the present law firm
of Judson & Green for the practice of general civil law in the state and federal
courts. He has been accorded a liberal clientage, for the public has come to
recognize his professional ability, and to feel that litigated interests are safe in
his hands. Tie is a member of both the St. Louis and Missouri State Bai
Association.
JOHN F. GREEX
842 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
On the 4th of ^lay, 1893, Mr. Green was married to Miss Eleanor E.
Ibbotson, a daughter of H. J. and Jane (Cranwill) Ibbotson, of Montreal,
Canada. Their "children are four in number: Raeburn, Estill, Wilmoth and
Kathleen. The family residence is at No. 5621 Von Versen avenue, and Mr.
Green is a man of quiet domestic taste, devoted to the welfare of his wife and
children. ^Irs. Green belongs to the Tuesday Club and both are highly esteemed
socially. Thev hold membership in the Presbyterian church and in its work are
much interested, ]\Ir. Green now serving as president of the board of trustees
and chairman of the building committee, having in charge the erection of the
new Central Presbyterian church. He is a trustee of Westminster College. He
gives his political allegiance to the democracy and fraternally is connected with
the Legion of Honor and Knights of Pythias. Much interested in the great
economic, political and sociological questions which are of vital import to the
welfare of the nation, he supports those measures and movements which he
deems of essential benefit, particularly the efforts for the intellectual and moral
progress of the race.
DAVID FRANCIS KAIME.
David Francis Kaime was born in Chichester, New Hampshire, of the mar-
riage of Benjamin and Sally (Watson) Kaime. Both parents were natives of
this land and the family is distinctly American in its lineal and collateral lines,
the ancestrv being traced back to one of the name who braved the dangers of
an unknown voyage in 1670 and became one of the early colonists of Maine.
History records that at a still more remote period the Kaimes went from Nor-
wav to Scotland and England.
In his boyhood days David Francis Kaime was a pupil in the public schools
of Pittsfield. New Hampshire, and continuing his education was finally grad-
uated from the Pittsfield Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching in
a district school, but, believing that a broader field would open before him in the
west, he made his way to St. Louis in 1857 and secured a position as teacher in
the North Freeman school then located at Sixteenth and Carr streets. For four
vears he was identified with the educational interests of the city and proved a
capable instructor, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that
he had acquired.
On the expiration of that period he took up the business of manufacturing
matches in St. Louis in connection with James S. Dunham and established the
first match factory of this city. The new enterprise proved a successful venture
and Mr. Kaime continued in that line until September i, 1864, when he sought
the broader field of labor furnished in real-estate operations. For forty-four
years he has been known as one of the prominent real-estate men of the city and
in that time has handled a vast amount of property in making purchases and
sales for others and in conducting real-estate operations on his own account. He
is now the president of the J. E. Kaime & Brother Real Estate Company, incor-
porated, which is one of the most prominent real-estate firms of the city, handling
annuallv a volume of business scarcely equaled by others in the same field. Air.
Kaime is also a member of the Real Estate Exchange and everywhere is looked
on as authority concerning anything bearing upon the property interests of the
city. He is a man of the keenest discrimination and farseeing judgment while
his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the concern
with which he is connected a large degree of success. The safe conservative
policy which he inaugurated and the unquestioned reliability of the firm have
been factors in the prosperity which they have long enjoyed.
Mr. Kaime has been married twice. He first wedded Isabella Eaton, now
deceased, and unto them were born six children, three daughters who are now
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUIY. 843
married, and three sons. Two of the sons, however, have passed away, the
surviving son being Robert D. Kaime, who is connected with his father in the
real-estate business. In 1897 Mr. Kaime v/edded Mary TuUy, of Parkersburg,
West Virginia, and they have one child, Gladys, who is now ten years of age.
Mr. Kaime is fond of hunting and occasionally finds rest and recreation
from his onerous business duties in indulging his love of this sport. He is one
of the substantial citizens of St. Louis, whom all respect and honor, and in vari-
ous lines of activity the city has benefited by his cooperation. For a year and a
half during the period of the Civil war he was a member of the National Guard
of St. Louis. He is also a member and vice president of the Missouri Botanical
Gardens. His position on political questions has never been an equivocal one.
He stands first, last and all the time as a stalwart advocate of the republican
party and, moreover, believes in clean politics free from the domination of the
political boss and yet with well organized forces that shall secure success for the
party in legitimate lines. jMany times have profl:ers of political nominations
been made him but these he has steadily refused, preferring to concentrate his
undivided attention upon his business and the social and religious interests and
duties which constitute elements in his life. He is a prominent Mason and a
member of the St. Louis Club.
JOHN R. PAYKEN.
In his business career John R. Payken has faced many dift'icutcres and ob-
stacles, but persistency of purpose has enabled him to overcome these, and upon
the foundation of his own capacity he has builded the superstructure of his suc-
cess. His birth occurred at Bremer Lehe, Germany, October 21, 1837, his parents
being Nicholaus and Elizabeth (Trentephol) Payken, the former a baker by
trade. The parents both died in Germany, although in 1859 the father visited
his son John in New York, remaining for about a year, and in 1873 the mother
came to the new world on a visit to her son John who was then living in St.
Louis.
John R. Payken acquired his education in Germany, and came to America
in 1853, being then in his sixteenth year. He settled in New York where he se-
cured a position as clerk in a retail grocery house at the small wage of seven dol-
lars per month and board. He remained in the grocery store of John Beneming,
proprietor, for about four years, during which time he gained a thorough knowl-
edge of that business. On the expiration of that period, he engaged in the gro-
cery business on his own account on the corner of Eighth avenue and Fiftieth
street in New York, there remaining until 1859, when he disposed of his busi-
ness which, in the meantime, had grown to considerable proportions. In i860 he
came to St. Louis, where he took a position assisting in the loading and unload-
ing of steam-boats, for at that time practically all shipping was done bv way of
the water routes, so that this was a busy and arduous pursuit, \\niile thus engaged
he formed the acquaintance of Eugene Donzelot, then located at 5 South Levee,
and through his influence and friendship Mr. Payken took a position with Mr.
Donzelot in the saloon business. About that time, however, the war was de-
clared, and business on the Levee was practically suspended. Mr. Payken then
enrolled in the state militia as a member of Company C. Sixth Missouri, and
after enlisting saw some active service, which was confined, however, entirely to
the state. He remained in the army for about three months, and then received
an honorable discharge. After returning to St. Louis Mr. Payken engaged in
the saloon business on the Levee until 1866, and later removed to Third street
near Washington, where he continued to deal in wines and liquors until the Eads
bridge was built, which necessitated the removal of the building occupied by
Air. Payken. He was then located at the corner of Thirteenth and Biddle streets.
844 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
and on the nth of ^lay. 1873. opened a large hall for public meetings and made
that a feature of his business. He also extended his efforts to other fields of
activity, becoming one of the directors of the Biddle Market Bank which was
later consolidated with the German American Bank, which is today one of the
substantial banking houses of St. Louis. Mr. Payken also became a stockholder
in the latter institution. He remained in business at Thirteenth and Biddle
streets for thirteen years, or until 1886, when he became connected with manu-
facturing interests and was prominent in promoting the Nixdorff-Krein Manu-
facturing Company, manufacturers of chains, singletrees, yoke hangers and sad-
dlery hardware. This is the only firm of its kind west of the Mississippi river,
and' is one of the largest in the country, employing on an average of two hun-
dred and forty people. Such is the business history of Mr. Payken who now
stands as one of the substantial citizens of St. Louis, having acquired a hand-
some competence through his energy, industry, economy and utilization of op-
portunities. His business since 1886 has been that of vice president and general
manager of the iron works located at Ninth and Howard streets.
^Ir. Payken was married in St. Louis, July 20, 1861, to Miss Katherine
Hofferberth, and unto them were born six children, Rudolph, Herman and Mrs.
Edward \\"allace being the surviving members of the family.
In his political views Mr. Payken is a republican, while in fraternal relations
he is connected with the Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the St. Louis
Bimdeschor and of the Protestant Orphans Plome, while his religious faith is in-
dicated by his membership in a Protestant church. As he has prospered he has
contributed generously to various movements to assist the unfortunate ones of
the world, while in matters of citizenship he stands for all that is progressive
and beneficial. Although he came to America empty-handed, he is today the re-
cipient of a gratifying annual income, and now in the evening of life can enjoy,
without recourse to further labor, all of the comforts and some of the luxuries
that so to make life worth living.
ja:mes h. brookmire.
James H. Brookmire was numbered among the men, wdio, in the middle of
the nineteenth century, became factors in the business life of St. Louis and
were closely associated with the rapid advancement and expansion of the city
during the succeeding fifty years. He was one of the founders of the house of
Brookmire & Rankin and for a long period occupied a conspicuous and honor-
able position in wholesale grocery circles in this city. A native of Pennsylvania,
his birth occurred January 8, 1836, in the suburb of Hestonville, which has since
become a part of the city of Philadelphia. He was descended from Scotch-
Irish ancestry, the Scotch spelling of the name being Birkmire, and from his
father he inherited marked mechanical ingenuitw The financial condition of the
family was such that his educational privileges were only those aft'orded by the
country schools and at the age of seventeen years he entered upon his business
career, securing a situation in a retail grocery house in Philadelphia, where he
remained for about a year.
With life before him, and possessed of a desire to make the most of his
opportunities, he studied the business situation and came to the conclusion that
the middle west offered larger opportunities for rapid advancement. Accord-
ingly in February, 1855, Mr. Brookmire came to St. Louis, where he accepted
a position as shipping clerk in the wholesale grocery establishment of his uncles,
S. & T. Ilamill, then doing business on the levee. The firm occupied a promi-
nent place in mercantile circles and Mr. lirookmire gained broad experience and
thorough training in modern business methods. His relationship was not itsed
to further his interests, but upon his individual merit he was promoted from
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846 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CFfY.
time to time, until after a live years' connection with the house he was admitted
to a partnership in i860 under the firm style of Joseph Hamill & Company.
Eight years later the senior partner retired, at which time the firm oi Brook-
mife & Rankin was organized, remaining- an active factor in commercial cir-
cles for manv years. The business expanded along lines of substantial growth,
its trade interests reaching out to various sections of the country, and in seek-
ing for the causes of this success it will be readily seen that the reliability of
its methods, the enterprise of its promoters and the capability of the working
force which they gathered about them, were the concomitants in their pros-
perity. As time passed, their trade covered the entire Mississippi valley, and
thoug-h in the years of its career the house passed through periods of national
financial depression, it never ceased to hold to a high standard and was never
forced to suspend business. For a long period Mr. Brookmire continued at
the head of the business and the success of the undertaking was attributable
in large measure to him. At the outset of his career he made it his purpose
to thoroughlv master everything which he undertook and at all times he so
systematized his work that maximum results were accomplished with the least
friction possible and at a minimum expenditure of time and labor. As he
progressed in his commercial career he soon ceased to be a follower and became
a leader among men in this particular class of business. He inaugurated new
methods and sought out new plans wherein he might introduce his goods to
the public and build up a growing trade.
A contemporarv biographer said in relation to his rise in the commercial
world : "He knew not only those routine matters which every grocer is sup-
posed to master, but was also conversant with particulars, which the great ma-
jority neglect. In such matters as the chemistry of his trade he was especially
well informed and his knowledge greatly contributed to the judicious and suc-
cessful management of the firm's large business." All through his life his
mechanical genius found expression in one way or another and he figured as
the inventor of several patents of special ingenuity which have come into general
use among the trade. While Mr. Brookmire preferred to concentrate his ener-
gies upon the upbuilding of the house of Brookmire & Rankin, he was never-
theless connected with a number of other enterprises in the city, and his opinions
were always listened to with attention and respect for it was known that his
judgment was sound and his insight keen.
In January, 1867, JVIr. Brookmire was united in marriage to Miss Anna
Forbes, a daughter of Dr. Isaiah Forbes, an old and well known citizen here.
They became the parents of three daughters and one son : Daisy, the wife of
A. P. Hebard. of St. Louis; James H., of whom mention is made later; Cor-
nelia F.. and Jane. All are living except Jane.
The jjublic. recognizing the marked ability and enterprise of Mr. Brook-
mire. frequently solicited him to serve in official capacities, but he would never
consent to do so as he preferred to do his public service as a private citizen.
He was never neglectful of his duty to municipal aft'airs, however, and exerted
a strong influence in behalf of those interests which are a matter of civic vir-
tue and civic pride. He believed that economy and honesty should be features
in the city administration and in the state and national government and he en-
dorsed every movement for clean politics and an honest, businesslike administra-
tion. He was a valued member of several boards and societies, including the
popular Legion of Honor of St. Louis, and such was the respect entertained
for liim individually and as a business man that everv society or organization
felt it a matter of gratification if they could secure his cooperation and assist-
ance. St. Louis, from the beginning of his residence here, was one of the in-
terests that lay close to his heart. Not alone by reason of his extensive busi-
ness connections did he serve the city, but in manv other ways labored to
secure its growth and expansion. His death, which occurred February 22,
1898. came with a sense of jjcrsrtnal bereavement to manv because of his activity
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 847
in behalf of the city, because of the extent and importance of his commercial
interests and because of personal qualities that rendered him a favorite in the
circle of his immediate friends.
JAMES H. BROOK^IIRE, JR.
James H. Brookmire, Jr., well known in financial circles in St. Louis, his
native city, was born October 3, 1869, of the marriage of James H. and Anna
(Forbes) Brookmire. He was educated in the Stoddard public school, in
Smith's Academy and the St. Louis Manual Training School, being graduated
therefrom wath the class of 1887. He immediately made his entrance into busi-
ness life in connection with the wholesale grocery firm of Brookmire & Ran-
kin, of which his father was the senior partner. He soon familiarized himself
with the business and passed on to positions of executive control, subsequently
bending his energies largely to association, to constructive efforts and adminis-
trative direction. In 1890 he entered the firm of James H. Brookmire & Com-
pany, and in 1893 became the secretary and later vice president and general
manager of the Curtis & Company ^lanufacturing Company, manufacturers
of saws. He was thus connected in business relations until March, 1904, when
he became a stockbroker and the St. Louis representative of Tracy & Com-
pany, brokers of Chicago, New York and St. Louis, and members of the New
York. Chicago and St. Louis Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade.
On the I St of October, 1906. the firm of Simon, Brookmire & Clifford was or-
ganized, being members of the New York and St. Louis Stock Exchanges and
the Chicago Board of Trade. They still do business under that name. Air.
Brookmire is well known in financial circles, handles much valuable paper and
makes extensive investments on behalf of himself and those whom he repre-
sents in moneyed transactions.
On the 23d of November. 1898, in St. Louis, Mr. Brookmire was married
to Miss Anne Kennard. Thev have one son, S. K. Brookmire. In political views
Mr. Brookmire is a republican. He belongs to the Methodist church, to the
St. Louis, the St. Louis Country, the Racquet and the Noonday Clubs — associa-
tions which indicate much of the character of his interests and his recrea-
tion.
LUCIUS LEWELLYN CULA^ER.
In a history of those who in life were prominent factors in the business
circles of St. Louis mention should be made of Lucius Lewellyn Culver, who
was the president of the Majestic Alanufacturing Company and placed upon
the market the first steel ranges. He was born in Champaign county, Ohio,
March 18, 1839, ^^^ ^^^^^^ i'^i St. Louis, Februar\- 11, 1899. No event of special
importance occurred during the period of his boyhood and youth, his experi-
ences being those of the usual routine connected with the duties of the school-
room, the pleasures of the plavground and the performance of various tasks as-
signed him.
After residing in Illinois for several years Mr. and Mrs. Culver removed
to St. Louis about 1876 and from that time until his demise he was closely con-
nected with its business interests. The capability that arises from business ex-
perience and a close study of business conditions led him from year to year
into broader fields of labor and larger opportunities. He was one of the
founders of the Wrought Iron Range Compan\- of St. Louis in 1881 and after
an extended and helpful identification with that company in which his push,
energv and business acumen were of ereat value he severed his connection with
LL'CJL'S L. CL'LXER.
AIARY CUL\'ER
850 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
manufacturing- lines for a few years. In 1890 he organized the L. L. Culver
Manufacturin'g Company for the manufacture of water heaters to be used in
heating buildings, and in 1891 the business was reorganized under the name
of the" ]\Iaiestic ^lanufacturing Company, of which ]\Ir. Culver became presi-
dent. In 1892 he associated with him John Fowler and R. H. Stockton and
thev began the manufacture of Majestic malleable iron ranges. This range was
the' embodiment of original ideas of JNIr. Culver and today there is no moie
practical range on the market than this. Air. Culver was chosen president of
the company." with JNIr. Stockton as vice president and John Fowler as secretary
and treasurer. He continued in the presidency up to the time of his death and
had charge of the factory. Long connection with the hardware trade and close
studv of ranges led him to the belief that he might improve upon those already
in use and notwithstanding the fact that the market was already overstocked
with cooking stoves, he began the manufacture of a new and expensive article,
giving to the public the first steel and malleable iron range on the market. It
soon found favor and through judicious methods of advertising and introduc-
ing his goods to the public, he soon succeeded in securing almost more orders
than the factory could fill. His partners gave him credit for the success of
their enterprise, saying that the business would never have prospered without
him. He was a man of strong character, full of enthusiasm and energy, and
never allowed himself to become discouraged by seemingly insurmountable ob-
stacles. He never felt that every avenue of progress was closed and if he could
not proceed in one direction he bent his energies toward accomplishing his pur-
pose in some other way. His methods were at all times strictly honorable and
in course of time his business developed to extensive and profitable propor-
tions.
In Danville, Illinois, in i860, J\Ir. Culver was married to Miss Mary E.
Comegvs, a native of Champaign county, Ohio. She. was born March 19.
1841, and was a daughter of Cornelius and Annabel (Dunlap) Comegys. Since
her husband's death Mrs. Culver has resided in St. Louis and the hospitality
of many of the city's most attractive homes is accorded her. Her name is
prominentlv associated with some of the most helpful charitable work of the
city. She is most kind hearted and her benevolent spirit has been manifested
in many ways. Deeply sympathetic, it seems her nature to continually watch
for opportunities to relieve suffering and distress and to do good to others.
Entirely unostentatious in manner she possesses a graciousness of bearing which
is most attractive and a tactfulness which puts all at ease in her presence. Many
have been her benefactions which have been known only to the recipient and
donor. Among the more notable which have been made was that to the L. L.
Culver L'nion Hospital Association. This hospital is located at Whitlock place in
Craw fords ville, Indiana, and was dedicated on Thanksgiving day, November
28, 1892, having been erected at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. It was the
outgrowth of the work of the Women's Union, an organization which did sys-
tematic work in Crawfordsville. Some time ago, however, the two prominent
features in connection with the work were the abundance of enthusiasm and
the scarcity of means, but those in charge were not discouraged and they found
the reward of their faith, hope and prayers in the generous gift of Mrs. Culver,
who became interested in the work of the Women's Union and became a life
member of the association Ijy the payment of oiie hundred dollars. Later she
gave ten thousand dollars for the erection of a hospital and afterwards added
to the fund until it amounted to thirteen thousand and two hundred dollars.
Until this time the association was known as the Union Hospital Association
and was so incorporated, but because of the benefaction of the earnest-hearted
Christian woman, wlio with true Samaritan s])irit did not "pass by on the other
side," the name was changed to the L. L. Culver Union Hospital Association
and the building erected as a memorial to her deceased husband. Whatever
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tends to help a fellow traveler on life's journey is a matter of interest to her
and in every possible way she lends her aid and assistance to good works. Her
work for and her splendid gift to the Blind Girls' Home of St. Louis shows
her generosity and undisputed good judgment.
j\Ir. Culver was well known on account of his deep and helpful interests
in St. Louis, its welfare being a matter of deep concern to him. He gave
efifective aid to many measures for the general good and the city numbered him
among its worthy and valued residents. Preeminently a home man, his at-
tractive personality surrounded him with strong friends, who shared with the
wife in the irreparable loss which came to her when on the nth of February,
1899, Mr. Culver was called from this life.
GEORGE ENGELKE.
In the incorporation of the John B. Schmidt Sign Company of St. Louis in
1900 George Engelke became vice president and with the other officers of the
companv has actively engaged in the upbuilding of a substantial business that is
meeting a new demand in the commercial world. While it has been customary
through generations to designate one's business by some outward sign, it is char-
acteristic of the present age that new and effective attractions in signs are being
continuously sought that they may serve as advertisements of the house which
they represent and in this connection the John B. Schmidt Company is doing a
good business, introducing attractive and original work. The vice president of
the company is a native resident of St. Louis, his birth having here occurred on
the ist of July, 1874, his parents being Andrew and Hattie Engelke, who in the
year i860 became residents of America, the father being connected with the dry-
goods business during the period of his association with business forces on this
side of the Atlantic. As a public-school student the son pursued his education
to the age of sixteen years and then entered the employ of the Logeman Chair
Manufacturing Company. After a short time, however, he became connected
with the John B. Schmidt Sign Company and applied himself closely to master-
ing the business in every detail. He displayed creditable workmanship and thor-
ough trustworthiness and thus was promoted from one position to another until
the incorporation took place, when he was elected vice president.
Keeping always well informed on the questions and issues of the day, ]\Ir.
Engelke gives unfaltering support to the republican party. He is a member of
the Masonic blue lodge and of the St. Louis Legion of Honor. He was mar-
ried September 12, 1900, to Miss Louise Niessmann of St. Louis, and they have
one daughter. Vera, who, at the age of seven years, is attending school. The
wife and mother, however, passed away September 13, 1908.
HEXRY WILLIAM BLODGETT.
Henry William Blodgett, well known as a practitioner in railroad and in-
ternal revenue law and now serving as United States attornev for the eastern
district of ^^lissouri, was born October 16, 1876, in St. Louis, where he yet makes
his home. His parents were Wells H. and Emma (Dickson) Blodgett. the for-
mer general counsel for the Wabash Railroad Company, of whom mention is
made elsewhere in this volume.
At the usual age Henry W. Blogett entered the public schools of his native
city and in 1892 became a student in the Manual Training School, from which
he was graduated in 1895. His more specificallv literary education was acquired
in Cornell L^niversity and he completed his preparation for a professional career
852 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
bv graduation from the St. Louis Law School with the class of 1900. Imme-
diately afterward he opened an office in his native city, where by continuous pro-
gress he has gained recognition as a prominent lawyer. In 190 1 he formed a
partnership with James L. ]\Iinnis, now a general solicitor of the \\'abash Rail-
road Company under the firm style of Minnis & Blodgett. This association was
discontinued in 1902 and during that year and a part of 1903 Mr. Blodgett was
again alone in practice. In November of the latter year he formed a partner-
ship with \\'alter X. Davis, under the firm style of Blodgett & Davis, which re-
lationship continued until April i. 1907, and was then dissolved, owing to the
appointment of I\Ir. Blodgett to the office of United States attorney for the east-
ern district of Missouri. The principal business of the firm was in the line of
railroad and internal revenue law^ and they were accorded a liberal clientage.
On the 3d of October, 1901, ]\Ir. Blodgett was married at Alilwaukee, Wis-
consin, to ]\Iiss Daisy Pannill. They have always resided in St. Louis, where
^Ir. Blodgett has spent his entire life. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party and he is identified with that movement which has for its ob-
ject the establishment and maintenance of integrity in politics and the body poli-
tic. He is a believer in party organization, feeling that the best results can only
be accomplished by concerted harmonious effort. His appointment came to him
in the selection of a republican competent to discharge the onerous duties of the
ofiice with ability and fidelity. He is the youngest United States district attor-
ney ever appointed up to this time. He had made an excellent reputation in those
lines of jurisprudence in which he had specialized in practice and he is well quali-
fied to promote the speedy and satisfactory adjustment of legal federal interests
in this part of the country.
ADOLPH HERTHEL.
Adolph Herthel, who was Avell known in banking circles of St. Louis for
many years, was born in this city, October 23, 1847, ^ son of Nicholas and
Barbara ( A^oltz) Herthel. The public schools afforded him his educational privi-
leges and when he put aside his text-books at the age of sixteen years he entered
business life as a grocery clerk. The following year he secured a situation in the
German Savings Institution as collector and remained w^ith that establishment
for eight years, during wdiich time successive promotions, that came to him
in recognition of his ability, brought him to the position of teller.
Later he went to Europe and on his return became teller in the Union Sav-
ings Association, and while with that bank was advanced to the position of
cashier, thus serving until 1882. In that year he retired and for eighteen months
engaged in no business, enjoying during that period a well earned and well
merited rest. He was next appointed teller at the International Bank, but after
three years resigned on account of ill health and went to Denver. On the death
of William C. Lange, president of the International Bank, he returned to St.
Louis and reentered its services as cashier in February, 1886. The bank at that
time was in a somewhat difficult financial condition. Its business was not keep-
ing up to the standard required, hut during the eight years of his service,
through his intelligent management and careful control, the bank was placed
on a par with the most substantial financial institutions of the city. ^Fr. Herthel
was recognized as a business man of marked force of character and his labors
wrought good results that made him one of the most forceful factors in
banking circles.
In St. Louis, October 14. 1875. Afr. Herthel was married to Aliss Minnie
Mincke, a daughter of George Mincke. one of the old and well known residents
of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Llerthcl became the i:)arents of one child, Laura.
Mr. Herthel wa- devoted tr) thf welfare oi his familv and fouml his greatest
ADOLPH HERTHEL
854 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
happiness in administering to their comfort. He was a repubhcan in poHtics
and socially was connected with the Union Club, the Germania and Turner
Hall. He was secretary of the Historical Society and was one of the origin-
ators of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He was everywhere spoken of
in terms of respect, for his diligence and integrity commanded high regard and,
moreover, proved the foundation upon which he builded his success.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER P., ELLERBE.
\\'hile a lawyer of more than local repute and an influential factor in legis-
lative enactment it was the genial spirit of the man that will cause Colonel Ellerbe
to be remembered for years to come. The warmth of his friendship, entirely
free from familiarity, was such as would thaw the icy reserve of any individual.
It was the spontaneous outpouring of a genial nature that was deeply interested
in the welfare of the race.
Colonel Ellerbe was a native of Dallas county, Alabama, his birth occurring
in 1846. He was the son of Alexander William Ellerbe, a lawyer and planter
and a gentleman of broad mind and scholarly attainment. He removed to Ala-
bama from South CaroHna, where the family had been represented from colonial
days, his father, the Colonel's grandfather, having been an officer in a South
Carolina regiment in the Revolutionary war.
Reared in the state of his nativity Colonel Ellerbe became a student in the
University of Alabama. He was pursuing the work of the sophomore year when
the Civil war broke out and was a member of a school battalion but it was not
allowed to go to the front. Aroused by a spirit of patriotism for the southern
cause Colonel Ellerbe did not propose to be deterred in his purpose of joining the
Confederate troops and buckling on his college military belt, to which he fastened
his dress parade sword, ''Lieutenant'' Ellerbe slipped away from the University
of Alabama one night to become a private in a troop^of cavalry among the boys
in gray. He saw active duty on many a hotly contested battlefield but bore un-
complainingly the rigors and hardships of war. His previous military training
as a member of the school battalion stood him in good stead now and his loyalty
and meritorious conduct on the field of battle secured him promotion from time
to time until he became a colonel although he had not as yet attained his majority
when the war closed. While he entered the army a boy he came forth a man
in all of the experiences of military life, his record being one of undaunted brav-
ery and unflinching fidelity to the cause which he served.
W^hen the war was ended Colonel Ellerbe continued his education, matricu-
lating in the University of Virginia, where he completed his law course in 1868.
He then came to St. Louis and remained a member of the bar of this city until
his life's labors were ended in death, September 17, 1908. He was an able
member of the legal fraternity, preparing his cases with thoroughness and care
and presenting his cause before the courts in a logical, forceful manner, which
won for him many verdicts favorable to his clients. His ability in the line of
his chosen profession gained for him a large and distinctively representative cli-
entage. Colonel Ellerbe was also one of the best known factors in political cir-
cles in the state. Unfaltering in his allegiance to the democratic party he never
sought political honors for himself and yet for twenty years was a conspicuous
figure at Jefferson City during the sessions of the state legislature. In 1882 he
was elected to the house from St. Louis county and previous to his incumbency
as head of the state department of insurance and subsequent to it he was inter-
ested in life and casualty insurance legislation. Over the record of his official
career and public service there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil.
His methods were always such as would bear the closest investigation and scru-
tiny and his efforts were the result of his belief in the justice of the cause which
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he supported. He was one of the most active advocates of the nomination of D.
R. Francis for governor of Alissouri and, following the election of Governor
Francis, was made state superintendent of insurance. In all of his public service
he was actuated by a spirit of devotion to high ideals and a belief in the righteous-
ness of the cause for which he contended.
In 1873 Colonel Ellerbe was married to Miss A'irginia Wash, a daughter of
Judge Robert Wash, of St. Louis and unto them was born one son who still sur-
vives, Christopher P. Ellerbe, Jr. In 1892 Colonel Ellerbe married Miss Mary
Francis, a sister of Governor Francis. While his life work was a valuable asset
in the political interests of the state and while his ability as a lawyer gained him
more than local distinction, it was his characteristics as a man aside from any
public relation that gained for Colonel Ellerbe the enviable place which he held
in the hearts of those wdth whom he was associated. He was always genial and
jovial, quickly saw the humor of any situation and was famous for his entertain-
ing stories. Naturally gifted with wit he was always a most interesting talker
and added to all of his other characteristics was a broad charity that prompted
him to respond readily and generously to any tale of sorrow or distress. His
courtesy was unfailing and there was no man in public life in Missouri who could
claim more w-arm and devoted friends than Colonel Ellerbe.
AUGUST H. MUEGGE.
August H. Muegge, conducting a gymnastic institute since 190 1 is an advo-
cate, exponent and teacher of the science of physical development which is be-
coming more and more widely recognized as an indispensable element in prepara-
tion for life's responsible duties, for the world is becoming cognizant of the fact
that the best mental achievement is dependent upon the healthy physical organism
that lies back of it. The institution founded by Mr. Muegge has already received
liberal support and the patronage is growing annually. Flis life record' began in
Hanover, Germany, in September. 1857, ^^is parents being Henry and Wilhel-
mina Muegge. The father was a boilermaker of Hanover, but after coming to
this country lived a retired life. Aside from our subject the other members of
the family were William H. ]\Iuegge, a resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, who
is now serving as justice of the peace; Mrs. W. Huebel, also of Wheeling, West
Virginia ; and Mrs. J. Blumenberg of the same city.
August H. Muegge received his elementary education in the schools of his
native province but put aside his text-books in order to emigrate to America with
his uncle. He continued his education in the public schools of Wheeling, West
Virginia, until he reached the age of fifteen years, and immediately after leaving
school he began learning the cigarmaker's trade at wdiich he served a two years'
apprenticeship. He then began teaching in Wheeling, W^est Virginia, giving in-
struction in gymnastic work in which he had been liberallv trained in Germany.
He was appointed a teacher by the Wheeling Turn Verein and was thus busily
engaged until the spring of 1877. He then removed westward to Dubuque, Iowa,
where he remained for one year, after which he spent a similar period as a teacher
of gymnastic work in Clinton, Iowa. In the spring of 1879 ^''^ came to St. Louis
and made arrangements to teach gymnastic work in the Vorwaerts &.* Carondalet
Turn \"erein. A year was thus passed and then with others he organized and pro-
moted the West St. Louis Turn Verein, remaining with that organization in the
capacity of teacher until the spring of 1901. While thus engaged he also held
the position of teacher in the Washington Liniversity, in Smith's Academy and
]^Iary Institute, and gave his services for two years without remuneration, in-
troducing gymnastics into the public schools of St. Louis. In 1901 he erected
his famous institute at Nos. 1201-1205 South Grand avenue, giving the name of
the ^Muegge Institute to this enterpri^^e. The object of the school is the physical
856 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
education of the human body and is the only one of a private nature in St. Louis.
Mr. ^luegge is thoroughly familiar not only with the lines of exercise which he
uses but with the great scientific principles that underlie his Avork and in his ef-
forts in this connection he has kept in touch with the advanced ideas of all educa-
tors and scientists who are giving their attention to physical development. While
his course of instruction is in large measure original, he is always ready to adopt
anv new method of exercise that he believes will prove beneficial to the work.
]\Ir. ^luegge was married in St. Louis to ]Miss Laura Guenther, a daughter
of Henrv and Dorothea Guenther, the wedding being celebrated in June, 1880.
]\Irs. ]^Iuegge is the niece of Judge J. ^^'erner. now deceased, who for a quar-
ter of a century was judge of the probate court. By her marriage she has become
the mother of one daughter and one son, Rosalie, the wife of Conrad Seibel of
the firm of Seibel & Suessdorf, coppersmiths, and George A., who is attending
Smith Academv and assists his father in the institute.
Professor ^Iuegge is an honorable member of the West St. Louis Turn Verein
and a member of the Freie Gemeinde. In 1897, he was a director of the Na-
tional Xorth American Turner Bund and is a member of the Washington Uni-
versitv Association. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and
while in heart sympathv with its principles, he does not seek or desire office, pre-
ferring to concentrate his energies upon the upbuilding of the institute which he
founded and which is a valuable acquisition to the educational work carried on in
St. Louis.
. GEORGE SAUERBRUXX.
George Sauerbrunn, president of the Sauerbrunn Construction Company,
who is largelv interested in the real-estate business in the city, is a native of
Germanv and' son of Valentine and Christian (Luckbaun) Sauerbrunn, with
whom lie came to America when four years of age. As a contractor he is
identified with many of the imposing buildings of the city. He is a conserva-
tive and reliable business man and on the strength of his own resources has
worked his wav to his present prominent position in the financial affairs of
St. Louis.
At the usual age Mr. Sauerbrunn was enrolled as a pupil in the public
schools, where he received his education, and upon completing his studies he
learned the bricklayer's trade and worked for six years in the employ of James
Bright, one of the largest contractors of the city. He plied his craft until 1884
and then engaged in brick construction for himself. Through practical econ-
omv and careful management he had secured sufficient means to purchase tracts
of land, upon which he erected dw^elling houses that he disposed of at a hand-
some profit. His reputation as a builder soon becanie widely known, and he
took up general contracting. He organized the Sauerbrunn Construction Com-
pany, with George Sauerbrunn as president ; Henry Sauerbrunn, vice president ;
and' \'alentine Sauerbrunn, secretary, with offices at 18 Xorth Eighth street.
Since its formation the firm has been very successful in securing lucrative con-
tract work and has erected a number of the city's finest buildings. Among
other structures which stand as evidences of his workmanship are the Drummon
tobacco factory buildings, the edifice owned and occupied by the X^orvell-Shap-
leigh Hardware Company at Washington and Fourth streets and the warehouse
and store of the Deere Plow Company on Xorth Broadway. While yet in
business as an individual Air. Sauerbrunn built the West End Hotel building at
West Bell and \''andeventer avenues at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars,
which property was later transferred to the Forster Real Estate Company. Mr.
Sauerbrunn has also contracted for the construction of a number of shoe fac-
tories, among which i-^ tlic jilant of the Rril)crts, Johnson &: Rand Shoe Company,
GEORGE SAUERBRUXX
858 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in several different cities. ]\Ianv elegant residences and apartment houses
throiighout the city also bear witness to his popularity as a contractor and
builder.
In 1S82 Air. Sauerbrunn was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Emma Lohide, a
daughter of Charles and Charlotte Lohide, and they are the parents of five
children : Charlotte ; Ethel, who is the wife of Ernest Bishop and has one son,
George Edward; Alma; George C. ; and Roy. The family residence at 5172
Raymond avenue, was erected by Air. Sauerbrunn in 1902 and has since been
his home. He is an active member of a number of lodges and of fraternal or-
ganizations, among which is the Knights of Pythias, and he belongs to the Lu-
theran church, in which he was reared.
H. CHOUTEAU DYER.
H. Chouteau Dyer, a representative of the St. Louis bar with large financial
and commercial connections as well, and not unknown as a leader in democratic
circles, was born in this city, August 9, 1872. He is a son of John N. Dyer, a
native of Fulton, Callaway county, Missouri, and a grandson of William Dyer,
who was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, and came to Missouri in 1823, being
allied with an emigration movement from Kentucky and Virginia known as "The
Crossing." The progenitor of the family in America coming from Bristol, Eng-
land, in 1650, established his home in Virginia, and successive generations have
been prominently connected with notable events in the history of the Old Domin-
ion, while others have attained success in various business lines. W'illiam Dyer,
the grandfather, was a warm personal friend of John Randolph. His son, John
X. Dyer, became librarian of the Mercantile Library of St. Louis, and so con-
tinued until his death in 1889. He was well known and highly regarded in this
city. His wife, Mrs. Carrie Dyer, a native of St. Louis, represented one of the
prominent old French families of the city, being a daughter of Henry Chouteau
and a granddaughter of /Vugust Chouteau, the founder of St. Louis. She is still
living at the age of sixty-five years and of her family of six children four yet
survive, H. Chouteau Dyer being the eldest, while the others are J. Napier Dyer,
a manufacturer of Vincennes, Indiana; and Margaret and Lilia, at home.
After mastering the primary . branches of learning as a pupil in private
schools. H. Chouteau Dyer continued his education in Smith Academy until his
graduation in 1889, and in Harvard University, from which he was graduated
B. A. in 1894. Preparing for a professional career in the Harvard Law School,
he won his bachelor of law degree in 1896 and was admitted to the Missouri bar
in February, 1897. He has since practiced alone, giving his attention to a gen-
eral law business, his comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurispru-
dence constituting the basis of an enviable success, for he has been accorded a
distinctly representative clientage. His name is also well known in connection
with financial and commercial enterprises of importance, and he was one of the
principal organizers of the Bank of Pevely, Alissouri, of which he is a director.
In his political views, Mr. Dyer is a democrat and his efforts in behalf of his
party have made him well known in local and state politics. He was a candidate
for the circuit judgeship in 1908, and has been an active and effective worker in
the campaign. He is a member of the St. Louis Bar Association, and of the
University, Racquet, and Jefferson Clubs, while his religious faith is indicated
by his membership in Christ Church Cathedral. He is not unknown in military
circles and, in fact, from early boyhood has been interested in the life of the
soldier, an interest which has taken helpful form in later years, so that at the
present time he is captain and ciuartermaster of the First Infantry Regiment of
Missouri National Guards, while formerly he was a member of Battery A. His
principal recreation comes through hunting, yet he is fond of all outdoor sports
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 859
and is a lover of nature. He has made one hunting trip up into the .Arctic cir-
cle in Canada.
On the 15th of June, 1897, i'^ Camhridge, Massachusetts, Mr. Dyer was mar-
ried to Miss Ethel Raymond, a daughter of Charles E. Raymond, president of
the Charles River National Bank and of the Cambridge Street Railway Com-
pany. They have become the parents of five children, namely: H. Chouteau, Jr.,
who died July 26, 1899, at the age of fourteen months; Grace, aged eight; John
Raymond, aged six ; Randolph, four ; and Clarissa L., aged two. Mrs Dyer is
popular here and the attractive hospitality of her home has made it the center of
a cultured society circle. In his extensive travels Mr. Dyer has visited many
points of historic, modern and scenic interest in Europe, the United States,
Canada and Mexico, and once toured Germany and Switzerland on a bicycle.
A brief summary of his life would present him as a forceful, energetic man of
contagious enthusiasm for whatever claims his interest and calls forth his efforts.
LOREXZ F. PADBERG.
Lorenz F. Padberg, whose position in business circles is indicated by the
fact that for the past four years he has been honored with the presidency of the
Retail Grocers Association of St. Louis, was born in St. Peter, Minnesota, Sep-
tember 28, 1867, his parents being Lorenz and Alargaret (Filler) Padberg, the
former a liquor merchant. The ancestral home of the family was at Titmernig-
hausen, in the province of Westphalen, Germany. In the parochial schools Lorenz
F. Padberg pursued his education, but at the age of thirteen years put aside his
text-books that he might make his initial step in the business world, entering the
employ of his father, who was connected with the mercantile interests of St.
Louis. From that time to the present he has been a representative of commer-
cial affairs in this city. He applied himself closely to the mastery of the tasks
assigned him and gained a thorough and intimate knowledge of the business
methods employed, becoming cognizant, too, of the opportunities for the expan-
sion of trade. As the years have passed and his experience has developed his
latent energies he has become a recognized factor in business circles, his labors
being one of the strong elements in the success of the house with which he is con-
nected. He has instituted new plans and ideas for the extension of the business
and these have been found practical and resultant. He has long since ceased to
be a follower and has become a leader in mercantile ranks in St. Louis, and is not
unknown in financial circles, being the vice president and one of the organizers
of the Chippewa Bank, at the corner of Chippewa and South Broadway, St.
Louis.
Air. Padberg was married in St. Louis on the 4tli of Alay, 1892, to Miss
Margaret Tiefenbrunn. They now have four sons and two daughters : Lorenz
J. v., Florence M., Margaret, Edwin M., George J. and Lambert A.
JMr. Padberg is a communicant of the Catholic church, and his politics is
that of the republican party. He is always able to support his position by intelli-
gent argument, yet is not active as a political worker for the demands of his busi-
ness leave him no time for extended effort in that direction. He is preeminently
a business man, alert and energetic, and one who is wielding a wide influence in
trade circles. That he is laboring elTectively for the business interests of the city
is indicated by the fact that he has been continued for four years in the posi-
tion of president of the Retail Grocers Association. He is also vice president and
one of the directors of the National Association of Retail Grocers, which associa-
tion has been in existence since 1893. It was organized at Chicago during the
time of the World's Columbian Exposition and is today one of the strongest and
most influential organizations of retail merchants in the LTnitcd States, wielding
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a large influence for the betterment of trade conditions. In planning for busi-
ness development he looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibili-
ties of the future, and his plans are usually such as can be carried forward to
successful completion.
L. BERTRA^I CADY.
Statistics have been given to prove that the great majority of successful
business men have had their nativity and spent their boyhood upon the farms.
However, there are notable exceptions to this rule, as is evidenced in the case
of L. Bertram Cady, the president of the L. Bertram Cady Company, of St.
Louis. A native of Xew York city, he was born December lo, 1857, the son
of Ira L. Cady, a native of Connecticut, who was the greatest safe, lock and
vault expert that the world has known. He followed that business in New York
city until his death, in 1879. His wife, Airs. Chlotilda (Yale) Cady, was born
in the state of X"ew York and was daughter of Linus Yale, Sr., inventor of the
first American bank lock, while his son, Linus Yale, Jr., was the inventor of
the famous Yale lock of the present day. They were lineal descendants of Elihu
Yale, founder of Yale College. J\Irs. Cady died in 1894.
L. Bertram Cady is the youngest and the only surviving member of a
family of six children. He resided in New York city until he reached his twenty-
first year, acquiring his education in the public schools and the Columbia School
of Alines, from which he was graduated in 1877 '^'^'ith the degrees of E. M. and
C. E. He afterward spent a year in post-graduate work as private assistant to
Dr. Thomas Eggleston, professor of mineralogy and metallurgy. He then
entered upon his profession as mining engineer, first in Colorado, afterward in
North Carolina, and later in the Menominee iron range in Michigan, wdiere,
when but twenty-four years of age, he had supervision of seventeen hundred
men. He laid out the plans which were executed after he left there for the first
vertical shaft mining in the iron region.
In the fall of 1882 Air. Cady suffered a complete physical breakdown, and
after several months of acute sciatica he was obliged to abandon his profession
and enter commercial life. Following the change in his business career he
first became a partner of James W. Bell, and afterward Avas head of the firm
of Cady & Nelson, while since 1892 he has been president of the present cor-
poration known as the L. Bertram Cady Company, under which style a tailoring-
establishment has been conducted, and both in the east and in St. Louis the
standard of work has been of the highest, insuring a continuance of a large and
profitable trade. For three years the business was located opposite the Waldorf
Hotel on Fifth avenue. New York city, but in 1895 the establishment was opened
in St. Louis, at which time a private train moved the entire business to this
city with its full corps of the highest skilled New York workmen, who were
accompanied by many of their families. Nearly all of the men who came to
this city at that time still remain in the firm's employ. Three years ago the
continued urgent solicitation of customers led to the establishment of a depart-
ment for ladies on the same plan of high workmanship as executed for the men.
This^ is the fir^t and only enterprise of this class in the citv or anvwhere west
of New ^Vjrk.
On the 8th of June, 1884, in New York city, Mr. Cady was married to Miss
I'^llen C. Brindle, of London, England. The hospitality of their home is most
attractive and the social nature of Mr. Cadv finds further expression in his
membership in the Glen Echo and Noonday Clubs. He likewdse belongs to the
Phi Gamma Delta, to the Merchants' Exchange, and to the Museum" of Fine
Arts, while he is an associate member of the Apollo and Amphion Clubs. He
gives unfaltering allegiance to the republican pa.ny and in these different organi-
zations his w^orth is recognizcfl, U<r he enters heartily into co()pcration with any
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862 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
movements with which he becomes identified. Horseback riding is perhaps his
favorite recreation and while the success of his business now leaves him leisure
for cultivation of graces of character and for the enjoyment of those things
which bring- to him pleasure, he nevertheless gives the most of his time to his
business affairs and his capable conduct of his interests is manifest in his splen-
did success. His strong mentality and liberal education make his companion-
ship valuable, and those who know him cherish his acquaintance in the hope of
closer friendship.
FRED NELSON CHENEY.
Fred Nelson Cheney, district manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany of New York has by his well directed energy gained a place of considerable
responsibility and importance in insurance circles. He was born in Areola, Wash-
ington county, Minnesota, in July, 1858, and is descended from one of the oldest
American families. On the pages of ancestral history appear the names of sev-
eral who have been prominent in connection with public events. Among these
was Hannah Duston. whose experiences form a striking episode in colonial an-
nals. She was a daughter of ]\Iichael and Hannah (Webster) Emerson, born
December 23, 1657, and on the 3d of December, 1677, at Haverhill, New Hamp-
shire, she became the wife of Thomas Duston. The surname has been spelled
in various ways, but the preponderance of authority seems to be in D-u-s-t-o-n.
Hannah Duston, who became the wife of Daniel Cheney, was the eldest of nine
children who had been born to this couple before the dreadful day when the In-
dians swooped down on Haverhill. The youngest was a babe but six days old.
The father, learning that the Indians were close at hand, rushed to the bedside to
save the mother and infant child, but Mrs. Duston utterly refused to go or to
have her husband remain to defend her, urging him to save the children. She and
her nurse, Mrs. Neff, were captured and driven into the wilderness, while the
babe was dashed to pieces. After sufferings of a dreadful nature. Mrs. Duston
and a boy named Samuel Lennerson arose in the night, secured a gun and toma-
hawk and killed and scalped the Indians who guarded them, after which they
made their way back to Haverhill. The general court paid them fifty pounds
asa reward for their bravery, as it was believed that so bold an act had a great
eft'ect on the Indians, making them feel that the white people possessed the same
qualities which they counted heroic and the state has since erected a monument
commemorating this brave deed. Mr. Duston succeeded in making his escape
from his Indian pursuers, firing again and again from his saddle, while his chil-
dren advanced before him until they reached a place of safety. Their daughter,
Hannah, who was then eighteen years of age, was undoubtedly of great assistance
to her father in saving the little ones and a comfort to her mother in carrying on
the work of the household. As stated, she became the wife of Daniel Cheney,
and an ancestor of him whose name introduces this review, the line being traced
down through a second Daniel, Thomas, Duston, Giles, Reuben Peasley, and
Frederick Porter Cheney. The last named was born July 11, 1828. He was mar-
ried October 5, 185 1, to Louisa, daughter of Captain John H. Hill, of Glover,
\'ermont. born June t6, 1829. They settled in Areola, Minnesota, remaining
there eight years, after which they returned to Glover, Vermont. The father
enli'-ted as a member of Company K, in the Vermont infantry, and served in
the Civil war until he was wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia. He never fully
recovered from the effects of that injury, but yet accomplished much. He acted
as superintendent of schools at different places, was twice representative to the
state legislature, and for a time published the Green Mountain Kicker. He was
an ardent patriot, charitable toward misguided opponents and intense in his
hatred of conscienceless demagogues who led the masses astray. A well edu-
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cated man, he was a writer of ability and was a genial and loyal friend. He died
December 25, 1896. and the Grand /Vrrny Post with which he held membership,
attended his funeral in a body. His widow still survives. Her father was an
officer of the American army in the Revolutionary war. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick P. Cheney were born four children : ]\Iarion, whose birth occurred
Alay 10, 1854, and who is now deceased ; Reuben Howard, born February 14.
1856; Sophronia Louise, born June 4, 1866; and Fred Xelson. The last named
accjuired his education in the public schools wdiile spending his early life on a
farm. He continued his education until he became a high-school student, and at
the age of fifteen years put aside his text-books and sought for himself a place
in the business world, securing a position in the retail store of O. D. Owen, at
Barton, A'ermont. His trustworthiness and diligence won him the good will of
his emplo}'er and led to his promotion, so that in time he became buyer and lead-
ing salesman in that establishment. After five years the firm made him manager
of a branch store, with increased salary and commissions. He was thus busily
employed for five years, at the end of which time his brother, Reuben Howard,
offered him a partnership in an insurance business in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire. In this connection he displayed the same qualities of keen business dis-
cernment and unfaltering diligence which has characterized his connection wath
mercantile interests. Under the firm style of Cheney & Cheney the brothers de-
veloped an important agencv for The JNIutual Life Insurance Company, of New
York ; and they were soon made general agents for the state of Vermont and New
Hampshire. Mr. Cheney acted in that capacity for the company for many years
and later was engaged in special work, while since 1902 he has been manager of
the general agency at St. Louis. Since coming to the western territory Fred N.
Cheney has contributed in substantial measure to the growth of the business of
The ]\Iutual Life Insurance Company in this section, and his service to the com-
pany has been such as to make his position a most useful one.
In Glover, A'^ermont, in 1882. !^Ir. Cheney was married to Miss Lulu Irene
Davis, who was there born April 20, 1858. Their children are: Ruth Irene,
born November 4. 1884; Dorothy Zaphira, born May 7, 1897; John Willoughby.
born September 25, 1898; and Margaret Louise, born December 10, 1899.
In his political views Mr. Cheney is a stalwart republican, keeping well in-
formed on the questions and issues of the day. He belongs to the Mercantile
Club, and served for many years as private and officer in the Amoskeag \^eter-
ans, a military organization of New Hampshire, dating from Colonial days. In
Masonry he has attained the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite, the thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is also a member of the ]\Iystic Shrine,
Aleppo Temple, of Boston, Massachusetts. He finds rest and recreation in gar-
dening and has carried his knowledge in that direction far beyond that of the
average individual. Throughout his entire period he has utilized to good ad-
vantage every opportunity that has come to him and as the vears have gone by
has gradually climbed upward until his position in the business world is a sat-
isfactory and responsible one.
ALBERT T. PERKINS.
Albert T. Perkins, a leading figure in railroad circles, is one of the native
sons of New England, his birth having occurred in Brunswick, Maine, October
2, 1865. His parents were Charles S. Perkins, D. D., and INIary (Murray) Per-
kins. He comes in both paternal and maternal lines from early New England
families, tracing his ancestry in the paternal line to Abraham Perkins, who came
from England and settled at Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1638, and to [Miles
Standi sh, who crossed the Atlantic in the J\IaytIower, arriving at Plymouth
in 1620.
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Advanced educational privileges were afforded Albert T. Perkins, who was
graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1883 and from Harvard College in
18S7. He entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad in
the citv of Chicago immediately following" his graduation and there continued
until i8c)o. He afterward represented that company in St. Louis from 1890 until
i8q3 ; in Hannibal. ^Missouri, in 1894; in St. Louis from 1894 until 1902; and in
St. Joseph from 1902 until 1906. The duties assigned him were continuously
of a more and more important character, winning him attention in railroad circles.
With comprehensive knowledge of railroad interests he was chosen adviser to the
municipal bridge and terminals commission of St. Louis, which he has repre-
sented from 1906 until the present, during which time he made further study
of railroad terminals in the large cities of America and Europe. Since that time
he has also been first vice president of the St. Louis, Brownsville & IMexico Rail-
way ; president of the Alar shall & East Texas Railway Company ; and railroad
adviser to the St. Louis Union Trust Company. Few men of the middle west
have more intimate knowledge of railroad interests in this section of the country
or are better qualified to control business of this character either as an execu-
tive officer or adviser, and Air. Perkins has been called as adviser on railroad
terminal problems by several other cities.
It was in St. Louis on the i6th of February, 1898, that Air. Perkins wedded
Eva Spotswood Lemoine, a daughter of Dr. Edwin S. Lemoine, for many years
one of the most prominent St. Louis physicians. Air. and Airs. Perkins have a
daughter, Katherine L. G., born Alarch 23, 1901.
Air. Perkins is interested in many questions which are considered of vital
importance in relation to the general welfare and is now serving as a member of
the board of directors of the pure milk commission. In politics he is independent
yet is not unmindful of the obligations that devolve upon him in connection with
iiis right of franchise. He supports the candidates whom he regards as best
qualified for office and seeks in every way to promote those projects which are a
matter of civic virtue and civic pride. The nature of his interests and his recre-
ation is largely indicated in his membership in the National Geographical Society,
the American Forestry Association, the St. Louis Engineers' Club, the Railway
Club, the Civic League, the Harvard Club, the Association of Harvard Engineers,
the Round Table and the Xoonday Club, and other clubs and associations,
wherebv he is brought into contact with manv distinguished men of the country,
among whom he has gained recognition and friendship.
JOHN G. BOHAIER.
Among the institutions of learning of varied character which constitute
the educational facilities of St. Louis, the Jones Commercial College is promi-
nent, standing at the head as one of the leading educational institutions of this
character in the middle west. Air. Bohmer as its president is widel_\' known
and is doing most active and effective work in that special line of training which
qualifies the individual for responsible positions in the business world.
AJr. iJohmer was born at Richfountain, Osage county, Alissouri, November
9, 1847, a son of Henry and Alargaret (Kindlein) Bohmer. He attended the
parochial school of hi- native town, was also instructed by private tutors and
later became a pu])il in the Jcjnes Commercial College, from which he was
graduated in 1867. < )n the completion of his course in that institution he be-
came assistant writing teacher and a year later was i^rincipal of the penmanship
department anrl teacher of English. In 1879 he entered into partnership with
Professor Jonathan Jones, founder of the Jones Commercial College, and at
his death acquired the ownershi]) of the school as surviving partner. In order
to perpetuate that in-titution as a last request of the founder. Professor Jona-
JOHN G. BOHMER
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866 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
than Jones, ]Mr. Bohmer decided to incorporate the college under the laws of
the state of ^Missouri, and for this purpose associated with him Professors F. A.
Torrence and N. jNI. Clemmons. it was incorporated December 13, 1906, and
is the largest institution of the kind in St. Louis and is the oldest and one of
the largest in the entire country. It has had a continuous existence for over
sixty-eight years, for more than a half century ago there were laid broad and
deep th'ose foundations upon which has arisen the magnificent literary super-
structure which is today a vital factor in the educational activities of this coun-
try. Toward this success several things have contributed : the scholarliness
and foresight of its founder, the scope and aggressiveness of its policy and
the tact and erudition of its faculty. Its purpose has been to win students upon
its merits, knowing that they will gravitate toward that institution which they
know holds the confidence of the business community and which has proven
during all these years its power both to develop the capabilities of students and
to place them where these capabilities may find a fitting arena for their asser-
tion. Since the establishment of the school in 1841 the great majority of the
business men of St. Louis and neighboring cities have derived their commer-
cial knowledge here, while others of its studnts have gained foremost recogni-
tion in science, art, literature and the professions. Thoroughness and system
characterize every department of the work and the methods are most thorough
and comprehensive. St- Louis is proud of this institution and many of her
residents have been among its personal patrons.
Air. Bohmer is a Catholic in religious faith. He is a member of the Sons
of Sodality and of St. Xavier's church choir and perhaps gets more real enjoy-
ment from singing and music than from any other interest in life. His political
support is given to the republican party. He is fond of fishing and hunting
and is not unknown as an equestrian.
L. W. OUICK.
L. W. Quick, president of the Washington National Bank, has been richly
endowed by nature with the qualities which constitute a sure basis for business
success and advancement and has developed his powers through their exercise
until he stands today, although a young man, as one of the leading financiers of
his adopted city. He was born June i, 1872, in Delaware county, Iowa, a son of
Simon \\'. and Catherine C. Quick, the former a merchant. Following the ac-
quirement of his education he started in the business world as a railroad teleg-
rapher in 1886 and later entered the Commercial Telegraph Service* being first
associated with the Western LTnion and afterward with the Postal Telegraph
Company as manager. Subsequently he was with the United Press, then the
Associated Press and in July, 1904, he became secretary to the president of the
Order of Railroad Telegraphers. It will thus be seen that the steps in his orderly
progression are easily discernible. He has worked his way upward, passing on
to positions of executive control and administrative direction. In October, 1901,
he was elected grand secretary and treasurer of the Order of Railroad Telegraph-
ers and has filled the position continuously since, being well qualified by his
systematic methods and keen insight. In January, 1907, he was elected vice
president of the Washington National Bank and the following year was elected
president of the institution, being now its chief executive officer. He has closely
studied the problems of finance and by reason of his executive force, keen dis-
crimination and logical views he is splendidly qualified to administer the affairs
of a financial important enterprise of this character.
On the 15th of February, 1895, at Vinton, Iowa, Mr. Quick was married to
Miss Mae Leonard, and they have one child, Mabel Frances Quick, now nine
years of age. Mr. Quick is well known in fraternal circles and aside from
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CFfY. 867
acting as grand secretary and treasurer of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
since October, 1901, he is now a member of George Washington Lodge, No. 9,
A. F. & A. M. ; Oriental Chapter, No. 78, R. A. M. ; Ascalon Commandery, No. 16,
K. T. ; Missouri Consistory, No. i, A. A. S. R. ; Moolah Temple of the Mystic
Shrine; and St. Louis Council, No. 6, of the Legion of Honor. He is in thor-
ough sympathy with the benevolent and helpful purposes that constitute the
basic element of these orders and has been richly endowed by nature with
social qualities and a generous spirit, which commend him to the confidence and
good will of all with whom he has been associated.
LOUIS BIERMAN WOODWARD.
Louis Bierman Woodward needs no introduction to the readers of this vol-
ume for through almost a half century the family name has been a conspicuous
one on the pages of the commercial history of St. Louis. x\s Louis Bierman
Woodward entered business life he became connected with the extensive enter-
prise established by his father. He is now the secretarv of the Woodward &
Tiernan Printing Company.
His life record began in St. Louis, September zy, 1874, his parents being
William H. and Maria (Knight) Woodward. After mastering the elementary
branches taught in the public schools, he continued his education in St. James
Military Academy. Macon, Missouri, and in the Smith Academy of this city, in
which he was graduated with the class of 1894. He was also for one year a
student in Washington LTniversitv and in 1895 he became connected with the
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company. In February, 1904, he was elected
secretary of the company and is also associated with Edgar B. and Walter B.
Woodward as executor of the estate of their father, W. H. Woodward.
On the 27th of October, 1897. in Brunswick, Missouri, Louis B. Woodward
was united in marriage to Miss Ora Magruder and they have one daughter,
Dorothy, who is with them in their home at 5189 Vernon avenue. Mr. Wood-
ward is of the Episcopal faith and is a member of the Smith Academv Alumni
Association, the Odd Fellows society and the Masonic fraternity, being now a
Knight Templar and Thirty-second degree Mason. He is also connected with
the Royal Arcanum and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His club relations are with
the St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile. Missouri Athletic and Triple A Clubs. His
political views are in accord with the principles of democracy but he is not a
public man in the ordinary sense, having never been an office holder nor an office
seeker, yet during his business life has held important relations to the public
interest through his association with one of the most extensive enterprises of
the citv.
REMY NAPOLEON POULIN.
Remy Napoleon Poulin is a representative in both paternal and maternal
lines of distinguished French families in America. He was born in Montreal,
Canada, December 6, 1847, ^.nd is a son of Dr. Joseph N. and Josephte (Bour-
dages) Poulin. His father was for sixteen years a member of the Canadian par-
liament, while the maternal grandfather was also a member of parliament for
a number of years. The great-grandfather was the Hon. Louis Bourdages, called
"the great Bourdages," the first orator of the legislative assembly in Quebec. The
portrait of Mr. Poulin's ancestor, "the great Bourdages'' adorns the walls of the
portrait gallery of the Chateau Ramsey in Montreal, while that of the Hon.
Etienne Poulin hangs in the national museum in Canada.
868 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Reinv X". Poulin pursued his education in the schools of Alontreal, Canada,
and in ]\Iarvville College, from which institution he was graduated. He was also
graduated from the Royal Military School in Quebec, with the class of 1865.
receiving the first prizes. He came to St. Louis in 1865. arriving on the 9th of
April, the day on which General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant.
He made the trip here in company with Mr. and Mrs. Anthony La Grave, who were
friends of the family and after reaching his destination he secured a position in
the dry-goods house of White & Worthington, where he remained until 1869.
In that year he turned his attention to the grocery business and has since been an
active factor in commercial circles of the city, building up a trade of large vol-
ume and importance. In his business career he has utilized every opportunity
pointing to success, has wrought along new methods and at all times has con-
formed his course to the high standard of commercial affairs.
Air. Poulin was married in 1872 in Montreal, to Aliss Onesime B. Saint-
Aubin and unto them have been born three children : Hortense Beatrice became
the wife of Captain Ola Walter Bell, who was graduated from West Point with
the class of 1896 and saw service in the Philippines, being on active duty there
for three years under command of General Young. His wife spent two years of
that time on the islands and Mrs. Poulin visited them for eight months during
that period, making the trip on army transports. Captain Bell is now stationed
at Jefferson Barracks. Unto him and his wife have been born two children : Mil-
dred Lucille, four years of age and Saint-xA.ubin Bourdages, two years of age.
Remv B. Paulin, the elder son of the family, lives in Seattle, Washington. The
Second son, Albert J., is in business with his father. He was graduated at the
age of eighteen years from the St. Louis University and won the valedictorian
honors of the class. He married Miss Martha Lee Sparks in 1903 and has two
children, Albert de Courval and Marian Janet, aged respectively five and four
years.
]\Ir. Poulin is a member of the Legion of Honor and in his political views
is independent. His religious faith is indicated bv the fact that he is communi-
cant of the Catholic church. Throughout the period of his residence in St.
Louis he has enjoyed to the fullest extent the respect and confidence of his as-
sociates and colleagues in the business world and the esteem of those whom he
has met socially. He has lived here for forty-three years and has therefore
been a witness of the greater part of the city's development and growth for it has
been in the last half century that the city has thrown off the evidence of village-
hood and become a metropolitan center, enjoying all of the advantages and oppor-
tunities which one expects to find in the fourth city of the Union. Mr. Poulin
has been a champion of manv progressive measures since establishing his home
here, being in hearty sympathy with each movement that has had for its basis
the welfare of the communitv.
THOALAS EDWARD AIULVIHILL.
Thomas Edward Mulvihill, excise commissioner at St. Louis, was born in
County Clair, Ireland, Alay 25, 1862, a son of Lawrence and Mattie (Finucan)
Mulvihill. His father was a successful and industrious farmer of Ireland until
his leasehold expired in the '60s and like many others who were victims of the
unjust land laws of that country he was left homeless in old age and his best
prospects lay in emigration to the new world. He therefore came to America
penniless and after accumulating the necessary means sent for his family to join
him here. He located at Watson. Effingham county, Illinois, where he worked
for the Illinois Central Railroad Company for two years. He then removed
to Farina, Fayette county, Illinois, where he died November i, 1872, at the
THOMAS E. MULMHILL
870 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
age of seventy-five vears, leaving three young sons, his wife and one son
having died previously in New York, their deaths occurring soon after they
landed from ship fever which they had contracted on the voyage. Thomas
E. ]\Iulvihill and his brother, John Mulvihill, are now the only survivors of
the family, the latter being agent for the Illinois Central Railroad at Cairo.
Thomas E. JMulvihill spent his boyhood at Farina, Illinois, until he reached
the age of eighteen years and acquired his education in the somewhat primitive
public schools which existed at that day. He attended for only three or four
months during the winter season and during the remainder of the year worked
at farm labor. When eighteen years of age he removed to Peotone, Will
countv, Illinois, where he supplemented his education by two years' study in
the public schools.
Mr. Mulvihill came to St. Louis when twenty-one years of age and entered
the St. Louis Law School, for from early boyhood he had cherished the desire
of pursuing a legal education and becoming a member of the bar. When he
had finished his common-school course his brother Michael, though possessing
very limited means himself, oiTered to bring Mr. Mulvihill to St. Louis and
aid him in preparing for the bar, giving him financial assistance and also wise
counsel and helpful encouragement, so that through brotherly kindness Mr.
jMulvihill was able to carry out his long cherished plan, matriculating in the
St. Louis Law School in 1883. He was graduated in 1885, winning the degree
of Bachelor of Law and gaining the merited praise of the faculty. On coming
to St. Louis he entered the employ of B. Nugent & Brother, dry-goods dealers,
in the capacity of clerk with a wage of five dollars per week. He secured this
position January i, 1882, as it was too late to enter upon that year's course at
the law school, so that he decided to work until the beginning of the succeed-
ing school year.
His diploma entitled him to practice in all of the state and federal courts
and a year later he formed a partnership with E. C. Dodge, who had been a
fellow student in law school, a connection that was continued from 1887 until
Mr. ]\Iulvihill was appointed excise commissioner by Governor Folk, March
27, 1905. He engaged in the practice of both civil and criminal law and was
very successful, having a comprehensive knowledge of legal principles, while
his earnest application, thorough preparation and clear and logical presentation
of his causes gained him distinction and success in the courts. He was ap-
pointed assistant city attorney by Mayor Edward Noonan in the second year
of his administration and served in that capacity for three and one-half years,
during which time he received the democratic nomination for prosecuting at-
torney of the criminal court of correction. He was elected to that office at a
time when all of his party colleagues met with overwhelming defeat — his suc-
cess being due to his personal popularity and to the confidence reposed in him
by his fellowmen. While holding the latter office he received his party's nom-
ination for judge of the criminal court of correction and although defeated in
the ensuing election he had the satisfaction of knowing that his opponent's
majority was only four thousand votes, while other candidates on the repub-
lican ticket were elected with over twelve thousand majority. His large vote
was again attributed to his personal worth and professional skill.
Resuming the general practice of law, Mr. Mulvihill continued to attend
to the work entailed bv a large clientage until appointed to his present otfice,
which came to him without solicitation on the part of himself or any of his
friends, but was the expression of Governor Folk's recognition of his ability.
During the twenty years of his practice in the courts he was never once called
upon by any judge to explain any act, nor was he ever rebuked bv the court.
When taking the oath of office as excise commissioner Mr. Mulvihill
fully realizevl the stupendous task which confronted him and entered upon the
work with a determination that he wouUl enforce every law under his jurisdic-
tion and reform St. Louis no matter what opposition might be raised against
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 871
him. At that time there were twenty-eight hundred saloons and twenty-two
breweries in the city and every law governing them was ignored and violated.
The city contained many dives and winerooms and public morality was held
at naught by the saloon and liquor selling element, which had secured complete
control of both political parties and practically run the city wnth a high hand
and a power which had seemed almost impossible to overcome. This element
had enjoyed its power so long that many of that class had come to think it was
their legal right. How nobly Mr. Alulvihill has performed his duty is evi-
denced in the fact that today every law governing the conduct of liquor selling-
establishments is rigidly enforced ; eight hundred undesirable saloons in the city
have been closed, and not one proprietor doing business today would take the
liberty of entering his own shop on Sunday without first securing the permission
of the excise commissioner.
J\Ir. Mulvihill has always taken an active interest in the work of the demo-
cratic party in the city and in all civic questions and all movements for the
betterment and development of the city. He is a member of the Jefferson Club
and served twice as chairman of the organization committee of that bodv and
also as a member of the democratic city central committee from the twentv-
eighth ward, where he resides. He has for many years been a member of the
St. Louis Bar Association. He belongs to the Missouri Athletic Club, to the
Catholic Club, the Knights of Columbus, the Legion of Honor, the Irish-Amer-
ican Society, of which he is now president, and St. Mark's Catholic church.
During the last few years he has delivered many instructive talks in various
churches of the city, both Protestant and Catholic, on law enforcement as it
applies to the regulating and licensing dram shops. The general public little
comprehends the powerful opposition wdiich Mr. Mulvihill was obliged to com-
bat during the first few months of his administration. Ignoring all political
influence and attempted restraint, his rigid and impartial enforcement of ,all
the dram shop laws made him scores of enemies in both parties, w-ho eagerlv
sought to depose him. Before the confirmation of his appointment bv the state
senate, certain senators and others filed against him false affidavits, charging
him with misconduct in office, in a determined attempt to prevent his confirma-
tion. Nevertheless no doubt of his official integrity ever entered the mind of
Governor Folk, and upon the request of Mr. Mulvihill a commission was ap-
pointed to investigate the false charges, and report was returned bv them com-
pletely exonerating him from every accusation and highly commending him for
having "rigidly, honestly and fearlessly enforced all of the dram shop laws
and properly conducted his office." This investigation, wdiich was held in St.
Louis during the session of the general assemblv in the early part of 1907,
brought out many expressions of the high esteem and approval of his work
and character from the better elements of the city. On one occasion fifteen of
the leading members of the St. Louis bench and bar had been called together
to participate in the investigation, and when asked if they would belie\'^ ]Mr.
Mulvihill as a witness under oath each in turn asserted that, from their personal
and professional acquaintance wath him, they would accept and vouch for the
veracity of any statement that he might make without his having taken the oath.
This tribute from his fellow practitioners w^as the highest that could be paid
to his honesty and integrity. The IMinisters Alliance, comprising three hun-
dred Protestant clergvmen of St. Louis, sitting here in convention at that time,
sent a delegation of six to attend the investigation and presented a resolution of
their approval of his good work and to make protest against his removal not-
withstanding his Catholic faith.
On the 27th of September, 1802. in St. Louis. Air. Mulvihill was married
to Miss Katie ]\T. Daily, a native of St. Louis. They have five children : Mary
M., fourteen years of age: Thomas E., twelve vears ; Francis X.. nine vears;
Virginia, six ; and Josephine Folk, three years of age. The familv reside at
No. 5104 Cabanne avenue, where he owns a fine home.
872 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTfY.
]\Ir. IMulvihill is interested in a hardware business in Fairfield, Illinois, one
of the most successful retail and jobbing stores in the southern part of the state.
His manner is modest and unassuming, courteous and genial. There no longer
remains a doubt in the mind of any one that Mr. Mulvihill will perform every
dutv and meet every obligation that devolves upon him. He is fearless in his
defense of what he i3elieves to be right and St. Louis is to be congratulated upon
having in public office a man of such undaunted loyalty to principle and public
trust."
tIEXRY GLO\'ER.
The greatness of a city does not depend upon its machinery of government,
or even upon the men who fill its offices, but upon those who are the promoters
of its business enterprises and prosperity. Coming to St. Louis in the middle
of the nineteenth century, Henry Glover was well known here for many years
as a representative of the manuiacturing and mercantile interests. He stood as
a tvpe of the Xew England citizen who uses his opportunities to the best ad-
vantage and regards his duties of citizenship and his obligations to his fellow-
men as well as his individual advantages leading toward success. He was born
in Dorchester. ^Massachusetts, in 1806, and acquired his education in that city.
He came to St. Louis from Boston in 1847, and his son, Henry Glover, was
also a distinguished resident here, closely connected with philanthropic inter-
ests. He was much interested in charitable work and was associated with Mr.
Elliott. Mr. Garland and others in establishing the ^ Newsboys Home, doing
everything in their power to assist those waifs of the street. His heart went
out in ready svmpathv to those whom Fate, or untoward circumstances, had
forced to earn their living in this manner, and he put forth earnest and ef-
fective efforts to supply in a public institution those interests and advantages
which were denied to them in the lack of home life.
Following his arrival in this city, Mr. Glover became connected with in-
dustrial circles as a manufacturer of glass. He continued that business for
some time and later turned his attention to merchandising as proprietor of a
grocery store. After a few years he engaged in the saddlery business in
connection with John Howe, but subsequently again became connected with
glass manufacturing and developed an important industrial concern, employing
modern processes of manufacture and producing an output of high quality. He
was a man of great resources, who regarded no position as final but always be-
lieved that from one point of accomplishment he could work onward to a higher
point of perfection and success. He never believed that any condition was
inevitable, knowing that unfaltering enterprise and effort could better it. His
ready resources and adaptability, as well as his careful systemization and man-
agement made him a very successful man.
Air. Glover was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Susan D. Flintham,
whose mother was a Bradford, of the old Bradford family of Philadelphia. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Glover were born three children, but Eliza and Henry are both
deceased. The surviving daughter. Miss Jane B. Glover, resides in her resi-
dence on A\^estminster avenue. It is beautifully arranged, tastefully furnished
and adorned with many fine old oil paintings of the family.
The son, Henry Glover, Jr., was born in Columbus, C)hio, October 17, 1836,
and died in St. Louis, August 11, 1872. He was a distinguished resident of this
city and closely connected with philanthropic interests, being much interested in
charitable work. He organized the Newsboys' Home, in which work he was
assisted by Mr. i^lliott, Mr. ( iarland and others, and became president of that
institution, cloing everything in his jKwver to assist those waifs of the street. His
heart went out in reacly sympathy to those whom fate or untoward circumstances
HENRY GL()\'ER
874 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
had forced to earn their Hving in this manner, and he put forth earnest and
elTective eft'orts to supply in a pubhc institution those interests and advantages
which were denied to them in the lack of home life.
]\Ir. Glover of this review was one of the members of the old guard of
Missouri and all through the war was a stanch Union man, doing everything
in his power to support the Federal government. He belonged to the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows and gave stalwart aflegiance to the republican party,
while his religious faith was that of the Unitarian church. He believed that
the world was growing better, that there was opportunity for each individual,
and his spirit was ever that of helpfulness and encouragement. He was inter-
ested in the city's progress and cooperated in many movements for the general
good, but though public-spirited to an eminent degree and faithful at all times
in his friendships, his best traits of character were reserved for his own home
and fireside, and his greatest happiness came to him in ministering to the welfare
of his wife and children.
WILLIAM DAVIS DOBSON, D.O.
Dr. William David Dobson, an osteopathic practitioner, was born in Green-
ville, Tennessee, November 28, 1848. His parents, David and Nancy (McAmis)
Dobson, were also natives of that state and were of Scotch and Irish lineage,
their ancestors settling in Tennessee in pioneer times.
Dr. Dobson was reared on his father's plantation there and acquired his
education in Greenville and in Tusculum College, from which he was graduated
with the Bachelor of Arts degree, while later his alma mater conferred upon
him the Master of Arts degree and subsequently that of Doctor of Laws. Soon
after his graduation he came to Missouri, settling near Trenton, where he en-
gaged in teaching in the public schools until 1891. He was then elected presi-
dent of the First District State Normal School at Kirksville, Missouri, and served
in that capacity for eight years, during which time he becamie interested in the
science of osteopathy and took up its study in the American School of Osteopathy
of that city. He was graduated with the class of 1902, winning the D.O. de-
gree and afterward held the chair of chemistrv in that school for two years, while
for three years he was dean of the institution, so continuing until he came to
St. Louis in February, 1907, to take charge of the A. T. Still Osteopathic Sani-
tarium. He was thus engaged until the sanitarium was closed in July, 1908, since
which time he has conducted a private practice with office at No. 454 Century
building. His son, Walter N. Dobson, is now associated with him and the firm
of Dobson & Dobson. osteopathic practitioners, are today enjoying a liberal pub-
lic support. The senior partner has been a frequent contributor to the current
literature of the profession and is regarded as one of the most capable and suc-
cessful osteopathic practitioners in Missouri. He is a member of the National,
State and City Osteopathic Societies, in which he has been very active.
The marriage of Dr. Dobson was celebrated in his native city July 5, 1878,
when ?kliss Mattie J. Britton, a daughter of Samuel Britton, a planter near
Greenville, Tennessee, became his wife. They now have two sons and a daughter:
Dr. Walter N. Dobson; Pauline, the wife of George Leonard Gold, of St. Louis;
and Robert Britton, of this city. Mrs. Dobson is active in social, church and
musical circles of the city and is influential therein. Both Dr. and Mrs. Dobson
holfl membership with the King's Highway Presbyterian church, in which he is
serving as elder. In the various departments of the church work they are help-
fully interested, doing all in their power to promote its growth and extend its
influence. Dr. Dobson votes with the democracy but is not an active party
worker. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Mystic Shrine and has
always taken great interest in athletics, being very active in promoting and con-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY. 875
ducting such sports while dean of the coUege in Kirksville. He looks at life
from the viewpoint of a broad-minded, progressive man who believes that the
world is advancing and he is doing his full share toward its progress by his
active and helpful association with many movements that tend toward intellec-
tual, social and moral progress.
JAMES HUMPHREY HAWES.
James Humphrey Hawes has for twenty-three years been a resident of St.
Louis and throughout the entire period has been connected with the Woodward
& Tiernan Printing Company. Li connection with this house he has gradually
worked his way upward and since February, 1905, has managed its financial
interests as treasurer. He was born in Hannibal, Missouri, March 15, 1854, and
possesses the spirit of indomitable enterprise and industry which have charac-
terized the upbuilding of the middle w'est. He pursued his early education in
private schools of his native city, while spending his boyhood days in the home
of his parents, George A. and Sarah (Humphrey) Hawes. For more advanced
education he entered St. Paul's College at Palmyra, Missouri, and afterward
attended the Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1873.
On leaving that institution Mr. Hawes at once started upon his business
career, entering the Commercial Bank of Hannibal, Missouri, in the capacity
of bookkeeper. His broad experience in financial affairs there well qualified him
for the onerous and important work that devolves upon him in the supervision
of the financial interests of the house with which he is now connected. Coming
to St. Louis in 1886 he entered the Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company and
for some years acted as vice president, retiring from that position in February,
1905, to assume the duties of treasurer. He is associated with E. B., W. B. and
L. B. Woodward in the ownership and conduct of this house which is one of the
oldest printing establishments of the city and is one of the largest in the country.
The plant covers almost an entire city block and employment is furnished to a
large corps of practical printers and other assistants. It is this company who set
the standard for excellence and success in this line, their work being unsurpassed
by any printing establishment of America.
On the 26th of April, 1876, Mr. Hawes was married in St. Louis to Miss
Catherine Crane and they reside at No. 3966 Westminster place, their home be-
ing most attractive by reason of its cordial hospitality as well as by the harmony
and elegance of its furnishings. Mr. Hawes gives his political allegiance to the
republican party and though he does not seek or desire political preferment keeps
well informed on the issues of the day and uses his influence for the support of
republican principles. He is of the Episcopalian faith and is a member of the
Missouri Atheletic Club while he finds his chief source of recreation in driving.
He is a strong and forceful factor in business circles, who early learned the
tact that the source of one's power lies wathin one's self and has developed his
energies through the exercise of his native powers and talents, gaining strength,
courage and inspiration for the labors of the succeeding day through faithful
performance of the duties of the present day.
DAVID ALONZO BIXBY.
While business interests have claimed the major portion of his time and at-
tention, David Alonzo Bixby has yet found opportunity for participation in
afifairs of general moment, and his influence is always given on the side of up-
building and progress, whether in relation to the individual or to the city or to
876 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the country at large. Born in Adrian, Michigan, September 24, 1854, he is
connected with a family of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work under
the name of \\'. K. Bixby. Having attended the public schools of his native
town, he pursued a classical course in the University of Michigan, and was
graduated in 1875. He then returned to Adrian to take up the study of law, but
abandoned his preparation for the legal profession in order to fill various public
offices in his native city. He was continually employed in one public capacity or
another until about 1886, when he removed to St. Louis, and since that time
has been connected with the car building industry in one department or another.
His growing capabilities and powers have led to his promotion to places of re-
sponsibility, and he is well known today in industrial circles of St. Louis.
On the i8th of February, 1901, Mr. Bixb}- was married to Miss Frances
B. ^IcElroy, a daughter of John A. McElroy, of Kirkwood, Missouri. Mrs.
Bixby's maternal ancestors were of the Buford and Singleton families, many of
whom have been prominent in public life in Kentucky and Virginia. The
McElroy family has been represented in St. Louis and vicinity for many years,
John A. ]\IcElroy spending his entire life in this locality.
Air. Bixby gave his political support to the democratic party until the Bryan-
McKinley campaign. Since that time he has been generally independent, although
supporting the republican ticket in all national contests. While in Michigan he
served as city clerk of Adrian for four years, was county clerk for one term, and
also represented his district in state legislature for one term. He belongs to
the Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and to the Algonquin Club. He attends the
Episcopal church and is a supporter of charitable organizations, and is a cooper-
ant factor in associations making for civic improvements. He holds, too, high
ideals in citizenship and is identified with that independent movement which is
seeking to free the states from machine rule and inculcate a desire for clean
politics. He enjoys at times a game of whist and golf, but his energies are
mostly given to business with only a moderate participation in social pleasures.
With no vaulting ambition to achieve a marvelous success, he has nevertheless
correctly followed his own capacities and powers and utilized his opportunities
for advancement. When the way has opened, he has never hesitated to take a
forward step, and the weight of his own character and his business qualifications
have led him to a creditable place in the industrial world whereby he has en-
joyed the benefits of a gratifying annual income.
HENRY COLUMBUS JOHNSON.
The history of every man whose life is the expression of honorable success
contains elements of interest to those who take life seriously and are ambitious
to make the most of their opportunities. Henry Columbus Johnson was a self-
made man, who early learned the fact that there is no royal road to wealth and
therefore based his progress upon the substantial qualities of imfaltering industry
and unabating energy.
His birth occurred in Essex county, Virginia, January 20, 1845, his parents
being Henry and Marguerite Johnson, the former a prominent and influential
farmer of Essex county. Reared under the parental roof, the son acquired his
education in the public schools there and remained in the south until thirty-six
years of age. He then sought a home in St. Louis, where he began business on
a small scale, establishing a grocery store in 1881 at No. 4400 Easton avenue.
He remained at that location until 1886, when he withdrew from the grocery
trade and became a retail flealer in coal and sand. The new enterprise proved
profitable and was successfully conducted by him for about eighteen years, or
until 1904, when he retired from business, having in the meantime acquired
a handsome competence through his well directed energy and close application.
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878 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
He was indeed a self-made man and deserved much credit for what he accom-
plished, for when he came to St. Louis he had but very limited capital and prior
to his death had accumulated a very desirable fortune. Moreover, his business
methods were ever such as would bear close investigation. He wrought along
the lines of honest labor and won his success in legitimate channels of trade.
On the 19th of April, 1881, Henry C. Johnson was married to Miss Virginia
Corr, a daughter of John and Emma (INIontague) Corr, of Middlesex county,
\'irginia. her father being a leading and representative farmer of that locality.
L'nto this marriage was born one son, Henry Albert.
Air. Johnson was devoted to the welfare of his little family and gained his
greatest happiness in promoting their comfort. His political allegiance was
given to the republican party, and while he was in hearty sympathy with its
principles and purposes, he never sought office in St. Louis. Before coming to
this city, however, he served as county treasurer and as county sheriff of Middle-
sex county, A^irginia, capably discharging the duties of those positions. His
was an honorable manhood, characterized by unfaltering loyalty to religious
teachings. He held membership in the Third Baptist church and was made a
member of the building committee, instrumental in the erection of the handsome
house of worship at the corner of Euclid and Page boulevard. He long served
as a deacon in that church and all of the various church activities received his
earnest endorsement and generous financial support. He died October 21, 1904,
and the community mourned the loss of a man of worth, whose loyalty and
faithfulness in the performance of each day's duties gained for him the place
which he occupied in the regard of his fellowmen.
CHARLES EHLERMANN.
Charles Ehlermann, who since 1886 has been president of the Charles Ehler-
mann Hop & Malt Company, brewers, distillers and dealers in bottlers' supplies,
comes, as does a large proportion of the citizenship of St. Louis, from Germany,
his birth having occurred in Rotenburg. Hanover, in January, 1846. His parents
were Heinrich and Minna (Wattenberg) Ehlermann, and the father was con-
nected with the grain trade in his native country.
Charles Ehlermann was instructed by a private tutor until he reached the
age of fourteen years and when fifteen years of age he made the voyage across
the briny deep to New York city. He did not tarry in the eastern metropolis,
however, but came at once to St. Louis and has since been a resident here, cov-
ering a part of about forty-eight years. His financial condition rendered it imper-
ative that he obtain immediate employment and he secured a clerkship with the
firm of Wattenberg, Busch & Company, with whom he continued for five vears.
On the expiration of that period a change in partnership occurred leading to the
adoption of the firm style of Adolphus Busch & Company. Lie remained with
the new management for three vears, making a total of eight years for the house,
when further sale of the stock led to the organization of the firm of Charles
Ruppele & Company. With that firm Mr. Ehlermann was connected until 1877.
In the meantime he had become part owner of the business and the firm style
of Charles Ehlermann & Company was adopted. The business was thus con-
tinued until 1880. when a reorganization was effected under the name of Charles
Ehlermann Hop & Malt Company. Since 1886 they have conducted business
at Xo. 526 South Twenty-second street and are well known as brewers, distillers
and dealers in bottlers' supplies.
Those who read between the lines will see that Mr. Ehlermann has made
steady progress in the business world, depending not upon the labors or influence
of others but upon his own persistent effort and determination. Thus he has
gradually worked his way upward until he is now at the head of an important
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business enterprise that has met with gratifying success as the years have gone
by. He is also a director of the South Side Bank.
In September, 1872, in St. Louis, Mr. Ehlermann was married to Miss
Chrissie Gebbers, the daughter of the Rev. C. F. Gebbers, who later became pro-
fessor of modern languages. They have two daughters and one son : Clara, who
attended the ]\Iary Institute and is now the wife of Otto Gerdece, an importer
of New York city; Margaret, the wife of Dr. Gundelach, of St. Louis; and Carl,
who is a graduate of Harvard LTniversity and is now in a law office in New
York city.
]\Ir. and Airs. Ehlermann reside on Forest Park boulevard. Fle is a mem-
ber of the St. Louis Club, the Liederkranz and the Merchants' Exchange. His
religious faith is that of the Lutheran church and his political endorsement is
given to the democracy, although he does not feel bound by party ties. On the
contrary he casts an independent vote if he so desires and the same spirit of inde-
pendence, self-reliance and self-help have characterized him throughout his entire
hfe.
HENRY ROHDE.
As a city grows and its business interests become more varied and complex,
there are found within the ranks of its population many men of forceful character
and enterprise, whose activities have led them out of small undertakings into
positions of executive control, where their efiforts become elements in the business
activity and prosperity of the metropolis. This train of thought is suggested
by the contemplation of the life work of Henry Rohde, now vice president of
the J. B. Stickles Saddlery Company. He was born in St. Louis, February
I, 1846, the son of J. B. and Wilhelmina (Droeger) Rohde. He attended a
private school from 1852 until 1854 and spent the succeeding five years as a
public-school student. He afterward pursued a night course in the Jones Com-
mercial College, from which he was graduated in 1862, his desire for more thor-
ough education and more advanced intellectual development leading him to give
to study the hours which most youths devote to pleasure. After leaving school
he entered the employ of Warne-Cheever & Company, dealers in hardware and
house furnishing goods, with whom he remained from i860 until 1863. He was
then with Hayden & Wilson, wholesale dealers in saddlery hardware, and later
the business was incorporated under the name of P. Hayden Saddlery Company,
with which Mr. Rohde remained as salesman until 1865. He was afterward
traveling salesman for the same house until 1881 and secured a large amount of
business for the company. In the latter year he was promoted to the position
of buyer and so continued until May I, 1902, when he purchased an interest in
the J. B. Stickles Saddlery Company and was elected its first vice president. His
thorough understanding of the trade in all of its departments, his broad experi-
ence as a salesman and buyer, well qualify him for active management in his
present connection, and his labors are proving valuable factors in the prosperity
of the house.
On the 25th of April, 1877, Mr. Rohde was married in St. Louis to Aliss
Minnie Meier, a daughter of the late Henry Meier, president of the Franklin
Bank. They now have two daughters. Cora and Ella, and one son, Edwin
Henry. The family home is at 5105 A'ernon avenue, and its hospitality proves
most attractive to their many friends.
Mr. Rohde is a member of the Western Commercial Travelers' Association,
the Odd Fellows lodge, the Legion of Honor and the Gilead Fishing & Hunting
Club. He finds great interest in fishing when he can secure leisure from his
business to indulge his love of that sport. He belongs to the Evangelical Luth'
eran church, and has served as trustee. In 1864, when a youth of eighteen years,
880 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
he served with the Seventh Regiment of the State MiHtia. His patrons find him
a straightforward, energetic business man and his friends an agreeable and
pleasant gentleman, but his best traits of character are reserved for his own
home and fireside and to the welfare of his family he is most devoted.
LOUIS LA BEAUME.
Louis La Beaume, whose ability as an architect is indicated by his work on
many important structures, not only in St. Louis but throughout the country,
is now following his profession as junior partner with the firm of ]\Iariner & La
Beaume. Born in St. Louis, July 31, 1873, he represents a family which has been
identified with the city since the earliest French settlement. He was graduated
from the ]\Ianual Training School in 1890 and soon afterward took up the study
of architecture in Columbia L^niversity in the city of New York. He added to
his theoretical and scientific training by broad practical experience in connection
with various well known New York and Boston architects and supplemented his
experience gained in this country by further study and travel abroad.
]\Ir. La Beaume returned to St. Louis in the spring of 1902 to assist M.
Emanuel Masqueray in designing the St. Louis Purchase Exposition and upon
the completion of this work formed a partnership with Guy C. j\Iariner, since
which time he has actively followed his profession in St. Louis, under the firm
style of Mariner & La Beaume. They have planned and executed a wide range
of important buildings, among which may be mentioned the new supreme court
building for the state of Missouri, the Central Presbyterian church, the Church
of the Ascension, Hamilton Avenue Christian Qiurch, Navarre building, branch
library at Eleventh and Farrar streets, the Missouri Historical Society building,
Dormitory building for Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri State build-
ing, Jamestown Exposition, and residences for many well known St. Louisans,
including George P. Doan, Jr., Saunders Norvell, William A. Stickney, Allen T.
West, Harold M. Kauffman, Mrs. J. W. Kauffman, H. Chouteau Dyer, E. E.
Magill, Ralph Simpkins, Peyton Carr and others. In his professional career he
has manifested that thoroughness which prompts a complete masterv of every
task undertaken, combined with a laudable ambition that incites to further prog-
ress, to larger labors and the attainment of high ideals.
In 1905 Mr. La Beaume was married to Miss Emma Updike, a daughter of
G. W. L'pdike. Interested in everything bearing upon his profession, he is a
member of the St. Louis chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the
Society of Columbia University Architects and the Boston Architectural Club,
while in more distinctly social lines he is connected with the University, Noondav
and Florisant Vallev Clubs.
WALTER NORTON DOBSON.
Among the younger representatives of the science of osteopathy, who in prac-
tice are meeting with substantial and gratifying success, is numbered Dr. Walter
Norton Dobson. He was born in Trenton, Missouri, August i, 1879, and is the
son of Dr. William Davis Dobson. His boyhood was passed in several Missouri
towns conserjuent to the removal of his father, then engaged in educational work.
The son acquired his education in the public schools and in the State Normal at
Kirksville, and two years after leaving school, in 1897, ^^^ entered upon the study
of osteopathy in the American School of Osteopathy from which he was grad-
uated in 1901. He then went to Utica, New York, where he took up practice, in
which he continued for a time, but later removed to Indiana where he practiced
for several years. Early in 1907 he came to St. Louis and became assistant to
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882 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his father in the A. T. Still Osteopathic Sanitarium, there remaining until the
institution was closed in July. 1908. Since that time father and son have been
associated in private practice with offices at 454 Century building, and their suc-
cess is well indicated in the liberal patronage that is accorded them. Dr. Dobson
of this review is a member of the St. Louis and Misso^iri Osteopathic
Associations.
During his college days he was also very active in athletic lines, being con-
nected with baseball, football and track work, and he shows his athletic training
in his excellent physical development, being a man of fine physique. His political
allegiance is given to the democracy and he is a member of the King's Highway
Presbyterian church.
On the i6th of [March, 1905, Dr. Dobson was married at New Castle, Indiana,
to ]\Iiss Adeline Katherine Hunt, of that city, and they have two children, Wil-
liam Davis and Walter Norton, aged respectively three years and one year.
Dr. Dobson is a young man of pleasing address and cordial manner who is mak-
ing rapid and substantial progress in the profession which he has chosen as his
life work.
SYLVESTER WATTS.
Sylvester Watts was born at the corner of ]\Iain and Plum streets, in St.
Louis, September 14, 1837. His father, John Watts, was a son of John and Eliza-
beth (Rice) \\'atts, and came from Cambridge. Massachusetts, his birthplace, to
St. Louis, about 1820. He made several trips to the headwaters of the Missouri
river in the employ of the American Fur Company, and was identified with this
city when its principal business interests were those of fur trading and dealing
with the Indians. On the 21st of May, 1826, in St. Louis, he wedded Eulalie
Dufrene, a daughter of Ronan and Julie (Pelletier) Dufrene. Her birth occurred
September 15, 1807, opposite the town of St. Charles, Missouri, in what is now
St. Louis county, where her grandmother, Catharine (Lalande) Belland, held
the ferry privilege acquired by her husband in 1800, and sold to William Wiggins
in 1832. The maternal ancestors of Sylvester Watts were among the earliest
settlers of Kaskaskia, Illinois, arriving there about 1712. These included the
Perthuis. Mallett and Lalande families, who were descended from French colo-
nists who reached Quebec and Montreal between the years 1640 and 1660. The
]\Ialletts removed to Detroit before 1700 and are frequently mentioned in letters
of Cadillac. Pierre and Paul Mallett were the first white men who made the
journey from the Missouri river to Santa Fe, in 1739, when they were enter-
tained by the bishop of Santa Fe. Thus the ancestors of Mr. Watts were closely
associated with the early French settlement of the Mississippi valley.
At ten years of age, in 1847, Sylvester Watts became a pupil in the Christian
Brothers' School at the northeast corner of Third and Walnut streets in a build-
ing formerly occupied by the Sisters of Charity. Between the ages of twelve
and fifteen years he attended the Laclede Grammer school, at the southeast corner
of Fifth and Poplar, J. D. Low being principal. In 1853 he was admitted to the
St. Louis high school, which occupied the building on the east side of Sixth
street between Locust and St. Charles, of which J. D. Low was the first prin-
cipal. In early youth he became imbued with the desire to learn mechanical engi-
neering, and on leaving school served an apprenticeship of three years as a ma-
chinist with the firm of J. T. Dowdcll & Company, at Second and Morgan
streets. In 1857-58 he engaged in the grain and commission business in St.
Louis, and the following year, in company with three other St. Louis citizens,
purchased an outfit for crossing the plains to Pikes Peak. The outfit consisted
of two yoke of oxen, a wagon, picks, shovels and six months' provisions. In
1859 they started from St. Louis by steamer and reached Westport Landing,
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now Kansas City, in about ten days. They camped at Westport until May i,
having letters to Colonel A. G. Boone, who gave them valuable information in
regard to making the trip to Denver. The party followed the Santa Fe trail up
the Arkansas river to Bents Ford and Pueblo, and on arriving at the latter place
found eight or ten adobe houses occupied by ^Mexicans. This settlement was
under the control of Major AIcDougall, a civilian. From Pueblo they drove
over the divide to Denver, and at that time there was not a house of any kind
between the two places. At Denver there was but one house on the east side of
Cherry creek, and on the west side was a little hamlet called Auraria, consisting
of a number of huts made of slabs and occupied by Indian traders, among whom
were John Richard, Charles Dubruil, Toma Pete, Tim Goodlett and Jim Beck-
with, a negro, who married Pine Leaf, an Indian squaw. The center of attrac-
tion was a long wooden building with rough board tables, where numerous gam-
bling games were in active operation. The party of which Mr. Watts was a mem-
ber camped around Denver several days and then went to Golden Cit}', on Clear
creek, prospecting for some time along that stream with indififerent success,
after which thev returned, the same year, to St. Joseph, ^Missouri, with the same
team and wagon by the Platte river route.
In the following year Mr. Watts accepted a position as engineer for a min-
ing company, and again crossed the plains from Leavenworth. The wagon train
consisted of twenty-eight wagons of seven yokes of cattle each, owned by Russell,
Majors & Waddell, and loaded principally with boilers, engines and stamp mills,
which were erected in Chase Gulch, near Clear creek. Mr. Watts putting these
in operation in i860, after which he returned to St. Louis.
In Januarv, 1861, Mr. Watts enlisted in the Southwest Battalion of Alissouri
State Guards, and served as sergeant in the battery company commanded by
Captain Jaxon. In jNIay, 1861, a battalion, in command of Colonel Bowen, was
ordered to St. Louis and went into camp Jackson. The day before the surrender
the batterv was stationed on the east side of the grounds, and in the absence of
Captain Jaxon was commanded by Lieutenants Guibor and Barlow. The guns
and ammunition were ready when the United States Regular Infantry appeared
in the timber to the east of the Southwest Battalion, the members of which were
prepared to put into action the training received during four months' service
on the Kansas border. During much of the Civil war ]\Ir. Watts was in the
civil service of the Confederate states, stationed at Richmond, Mrginia, and
other points. Following this he turned his attention to civil engineering and in
1868 he constructed and operated the gas works at Sedalia, Missouri, where he
remained until 1869, after which he constructed and placed in operation various
gas plants, being thus engaged at Atchison, Kansas, in 1870; at Louisiana and
at Boonville, [Missouri, in 1872 ; at San Antonio, Texas, in 1873 ; at Austin,
Texas, East St. Louis, and Carondelet, Missouri, in 1874 ; and at Columbia, Mis-
souri, in 1875. In 1880 he secured a franchise and built the waterworks at
Atchison, Kansas, while in 1882 he constructed the waterworks at Tucson, Ari-
zona and El Paso, Texas, operating those plants for over twenty years.
Mr. Watts was married in St. Charles, Missouri, in January, 1872, the
maiden name of his wife being Julia Emily Judge. She was a daughter of
James Judge, of St. Charles county, Missouri. Unto this marriage was born
one child, Florida, whose birth occurred in San Antonio, Texas, in August. 1873.
She became the wife of Albert Roycroft Smyth, the marriage being celebrated
at Webster Grove, St. Louis county, where ^Ir. Watts resided with his family
from 1874 until 1898. In the meantime, in 1886, he visited Great Britain, France
and Germany with his wife and daughter, and again traveled abroad in 1891.
making a second trip to Europe and extending the journey to Egypt, Greece
and Constantinople. In 1897 ^^^- Watts journeyed through all the European
countries from the ^lediterranean and Finland and Lapland, and saw the mid-
night sun at Kiruna, Lapland, eighty miles north of the arctic circle. The fol-
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lowing year the death of his wife occurred and soon afterward he removed to
Washington. D. C, where he now resides.
\MiiIe he has never held a public office of any kind Mr. Watts nevertheless
has taken an important part in promoting public progress through his extended
service in the west as a civil engineer and builder of waterworks. He is a mem-
ber of the Society of Colorado Pioneers, the Missouri Historical Society of St.
Louis, the Columbia Club of Columbia, Missouri, and was one of sixteen who
organized the American Waterworks Association and the Western Gas Associa-
tion, twenty-six years ago. His life has been varied in its activities, eventful in
its ditlerent phases, and beneficial in its purposes. If the story were written in
detail, it would contain chapters as interesting and thrilling as any found in the
pages of fiction. The years have brought him the reward of earnest and persis-
tent labor and in later years he has had leisure to enjoy travel and other inter-
ests which minister to culture and to pleasure.
WILLIAM H. ABBOTT.
The purpose of biography is to set forth the salient features in a man's
life that one may determine the motive springs of his conduct and learn from
the record which makes his history worthy to be preserved. There is nothing
spectacular in the career of William H. Abbott, but it is characterized by high
ideals of life's purposes and its objects and a continuous endeavor to closely
follow these ideals. He was born May 31, 1850, in the town of Blackburn,
Lancashire, England.
His parents, Joseph Abbott and Matilda (Wilkinson) Abbott, were mar-
ried in the year 1849 by the Rev. Alexander Eraser, M. A. They, too, were
natives of Blackburn, and the father became a cotton manufacturer. He held
membership in the Congregational church and was always greatly interested in
religious work, acting for years as superintendent of one of the Sunday schools
of the church in which he held membership. In 1862 he left England for
America and settled in Mason county, Illinois. After living for three years
on a farm there he came to St. Louis, Missouri, and worked in the St. Louis and
the Home cotton mills for many years. Subsequently he removed to Lincoln
county, J\Iissouri, where he died in June, 1896, at the age of sixty-nine years.
His eldest brother, Henry Abbott, was one of the early settlers of Mason
county, Illinois. In his youthful days he learned the shoemaker's trade, which
he followed for a time, but afterward turned his attention to farming and
amassed a considerable fortune. Later he removed to Logan county, Illinois,
and when he retired became a citizen of Lincoln, the county seat of that cotmty.
He was an active worker in the Methodist church and was loved and revered
by all. There is a large relationship who cherish his memory and hold his
history as an ideal for their own right living, for his record exemplified a high
type of Christian manhood ; nor in his history was there any dividing line be-
tween business and religion.
The maternal grandfather of William H. Abbott was Thomas Wilkinson,
one of the founders of Chapel Street Congregational Chapel at Blackburn,
Lancashire, England. He was also one of the founders of Bank Top Sunday
school, one of the three Sunday schools of that church. When the new Con-
gregational church was erected in 1873-4 a memorial picture was placed therein
in loving tribute to his many years of Christian manhood and devotion to the
church. The Blackburn papers, in an article concerning the dedication of this
church, gave a beautiful account of his life and work.
In his early years William H. Abbott attended what were called the infant
schools and when eight years of age began earning his own living by working
in the cotton mills, spending a half day in the mills and the other half day
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88-6 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in the town schools. Thus his time was passed until he was twelve years of
ao-e. When thirteen years of age he accompanied his mother to the new world,
h?s father having preceded them one year, and the family home was established
in ]\Iason county, Illinois, where he attended the country schools in the winter
months and in the summer seasons worked on a farm. Four years later the
family came to St. Louis, and here William H. Abbott attended the evening
grammar school, while later he entered the Polytechnic Institute and studied
niathematics and mechanical drawing. His early years were a period of earnest,
persistent toil. After coming to St. Louis he was employed in the cotton mills
of this city until 1873, and during that time he ran the first seamless sack
looms ever' in the citv. He then learned the patternmaker's trade at the shops
of the Smith. Beggs '& Rankin IMachine Company, working for them for eleven
years and ending with two years as foreman of the pattern shops. He then
branched out into the contracting business because of its larger opportunities
and has continued in this field of activity to the present time. Im.portant con-
tracts have been awarded him and he has kept continuously busy, having erected
several large residences and churches, while his real-estate operations have made
heavy demands upon his time, and to that branch of his business he is now
devoting much of his attention and his energies.
But while ]SIr. Abbott has led a busy life in his connection with industrial
interests, he has always found time and opportunity for cooperation in the
work of the church and the extension of its influence. From early life he has
always been deeply interested in the church and its purposes. For more than
twenty years he has been a deacon in the First Presbyterian church of St.
Louis' and has for two years been a member of the St. Louis Sunday School
Association, of which he is now the treasurer. Religion has never meant to
him merely the attendance of Sunday services at some place of worship. It
has been to him a matter of daily living, as exemplified in persohal effort to
reach the high ideals of the Teacher of Nazareth and to bring' to others a
knowledge of these teachings. He particularly believes in the ^need of re-
ligious work in the slum districts of the city and is now much interested in
mission work in the down-town portions of St. Louis. He has particularly
directed his efforts to the Xiederinghaus Memorial jMission at Seventh and
Cass avenue, where he has a large adult Bible class and is_ also acting as
assistant superintendent. During the past four years he has built up this class,
which now has a membership of about fifty. It is unique in the fact that it is
largely made up of poor mothers who carry their babies in their arms, with
perhaps other children hanging to their skirts, and sometimes walk for miles
to the class. It is a common sight to see thirty mothers and half a dozen
babies in this class on Sunday afternoons, and many men and women are leading
better lives through the work and influence of this class under the direction of
Mr. Abbott. In 1906 the pastor of the Niederinghaus Mission left and Mr.
Abbott was asked to take charge of the Wednesday evening prayer meetings.
At that time the attendance would not average over ten, but at the present time
an attendance of seventy-five \z not uncommon. His only fraternal relation was
with the St. Louis Council. No. 2. of the Order of Chosen Friends, of which
he served for about ten years as secretary, or until the order passed out of
existence. He votes with the republican party and is also much interested in
the great prohibition movement, for by precept and example he teaches tem-
perance and believes it to be one of the vital forces in promoting morality and
righteousness.
On the 27th of November, 1879, the marriage of William H. Abbott and
Miss Laura F. Nieters was celebrated by the Rev. Hervey D. Ganse. D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Mrs. Abbott was for ten years a
successful teacher in the public schools of this city. Three children have been
born of this marriage : Laura, now the wife of Thomas Manton Pegram, of
Lincoln. Illinois, by whom she has one son, Thomas Manton, Jr. ; William J.,
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who married Miss Grace Duff McConnell, of Lincoln, Illinois, and has two
sons, William J. and T. Lester McConnell ; and John H., who is now a pupil
in the St. Louis high school.
Such in brief is the history of William H. Abbott. He has made a creditable
record as an enterprising", industrious and successful business man, but those
who know him recognize the fact that he is primarily a church and Sunday
school worker — that business interests are merely a means to an end, and that
the real object of his life is to shape his own course according to biblical teach-
ing and to bring to his fellowmen a knowledge of the unsearchable riches of
Christ. Who can measure the influence of his work? The seeds of truth which
he has planted have already borne good fruit, and the lives of many have been
enriched by his teaching, his example, his influence, his sympathy and his
helpfulness.
JAY HERNDON SMITH.
Jay Herndon Smith is today vice president of one of the largest and best
known brokerage firms in the United States. His history is not a story of com-
monplaces, for he started out as office boy and by dint of perseverance, tenacity
of purpose and unfaltering energy he has attained the prominent place which he
occupies in connection with the financial interests in this city. The man who
makes easy the way of advancement is not one's best friend, but he who causes
the individual to exercise his native powers that he may test and know his own
strength, else in times of crisis he wall be inadequate to the demands which are
put upon him through an unusual stress of circumstances. Through the daily
development of his capacities and powers, Jay Herndon Smith qualified for the
important task that now devolves upon him, and his life history is such as is of
interest to all who are thoughtful students and look below the surface to find the
lesson of life therein contained.
Mr. Smith was born in Urbana, Illinois, April 8, 1871, his parents being
William H. and Mary (Herndon) Smith. The father was a railroad contractor,
interested in building railroads throughout the country. The family is of English
ancestry in both paternal and maternal lines, although established in America
at an early period.
Mr. Smith of this review was a public school student at Champaign, Illinois,
and for two years attended the State University there, but did not pursue his
course to graduation. After leaving school, being ambitious to make rapid ad-
vancement, he took a position as office boy with Lobdell, Farwell & Company, in
Chicago, and through his own efforts and close application to business attained
the present position of prominence that he occupies as one of the chief execu-
tive officers of a brokerage firm that is known throughout the entire country. He
started in business in 1890 in Chicago, with Lobdell, Farwell & Company, but
left them in 1896 wdien he became Chicago representative of eastern financial
houses, thus continuing until his removal to St. Louis in 1899. Here he became
associated with A. G. Edwards & Son and was admitted to the firm in the spring
of 1901. He has been engaged in the business of investment banking from
the beginning of his business career, and this is undoubtedly a feature of his suc-
■>:ess, for his long connection therewith has brought him intimate knowledge of
the business in everv department and concerning every subsidiary interest which
bears upon it. Those who desire to know aught of banking investment have but
to consult Mr. Smith and the opinions which he receives are authoritative be-
cause of his comprehensive knowledge of the value of investment securities.
On the 2nd of November, 1899, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Lida Brook-
ings Wallace, a daughter of A. A. Wallace, of St. Louis. They have two chil-
dren, Wallace He-ndon and Robert Brookings. Mr. Smith belongs to the Busi-
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ness Glen's League and is interested in all that tends to further the material
development of St. Louis. He is likewise connected with the St. Louis, Noonday
and St. Louis Country Clubs, while in his political views he is independent. He
holds membership in St. John's ^lethodist church, and his life has been actuated
by principles that are honorable, his sympathy at all times being toward projects
which promote progressive citizenship and elevate mankind to higher standards
of living.
JAMES THOMAS SAXDS.
James Thomas Sands, manager of the Roe estate, his keen business discern-
ment being manifest in its successful control, was born in St. Louis, February 22,
1844, his parents being Samuel Gilbert and Ann j\Iarie (Wright) Sands. In
the maternal line he is descended from a cousin of Governor John Hancock,
of ^Massachusetts, and of Governor Silas Wright, of New York. His father,
Samuel Gilbert Sands, was a native of Pennsylvania and a son of Colonel
James Sands, of Potts Grove, Pennsylvania, who was a friend of General An-
drew Jackson and served with him in the war of 18 12. Colonel Samuel Sands,
the great-grandfather of James T. Sands, was an officer of the Revolutionary
war and a son of Captain John Sands, a native of Sands Point, Long Island.
The ancestral line is traced still farther back to Captain James Sands, of Sands
Point, to Captain James Sands, who was born in England in 1622 and came
to America in 1638, settling first at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, while in 1660
he became a resident of Block Island, Rhode Island. His father was Henry
Sandys, of England, a younger son of Dr. Edwin Sandes, Archbishop of York
in the time of Queen Elizabeth. While occupying the bishopric Dr. Edwin
Sandes leased Scroobv Manor to the father of Brewster, who was one of the
band of Pilgrims that landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. At his death his
eldest son. Sir Samuel Sandys, leased Scrooby Manor to Brewster, and there the
first Separatists" church was formed. All of the sons of Archbishop Sandes
were interested in the London, Virginia Company, his second son, Sir Edwin
Sandes, being governor of the colony in 1620. He also assisted the Mayflower
Company in the settlement of New England.
Descended from an ancestry honorable and distinguished, James T. Sands'
lines of life have been cast in harmony therewith. He was educated in public
and private schools and also under the instruction of private tutors at Alarys-
ville, California. Entering business life, he became bookkeeper for a mercan-
tile firm at Marysville, but at the age of twenty-three years returned to St.
Louis, in 1867, and through the succeeding two years was bookkeeper and
cashier in the United States internal revenue office. On leaving that position,
he became the representative of John J. Roe & Company in the packing business
at St. Joseph, Missouri, thus continuing through the years 1869-70. In the
latter year he was admitted to a partnership and since 1872 has been manager
of the Roe estate. In this connection he has served for years on the directorate
of manv corporations in which the estate was interested, such as the Illinois &
St. Louis Bridge Company; the St. Charles Bridge Company; the United States
Insurance Company : and various railroad corporations. In preparation for the
onerous duties devolving upon him in connection with the management of the
estate, he took up the study of law in 1872, since which time he has had much
probate practice. His business afifairs have been of a complex nature, demand-
ing sound judgment and most careful discrimination in the successful control
of intricate interests. In 1884 he erected the Roe building (named for his uncle,
John J. Roe, who died in 1870), the third modern, fire-proof office building in
the city, and there he has his office, while he resides at the Buckingham Club.
Mr. Sands has for many years been a prominent figure in club life. He
belonged to the Cjld Home Circle and the .\ssembly Club, and is a member of
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the University and Country Clubs, of St. Louis. Interested in the drama, he
was one of the organizers of the ^NlcCullough Dramatic Ckib and played many
parts in the different performances which it has given. He belongs to the
Strollers, the leadirig semi-theatrical club of New York city, and his favorite
sources of recreation have been the drama and genealogical research. Deeply
mterested in American history and genealogy for the past twenty-five years, he
has in preparation a work on family history from data gathered m Europe and
America and expects soon to issue this from the press. He is a member of the
Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the American Revolution,, the Military
Order of Foreign Wars, the New England Society, the Society of the War of
1812, and the Order of Founders and Patriots. He has never cared for par-
ticipation in political affairs, preferring rather those lines which require close
and discriminating study and have to do with the world's progress.
JOHN PIXKNEY REISER.
John Pinkney Keiser, who was one of the most conspicuous representatives-
of the river transportation interests in St. Louis, and was, besides, identified with
many semi-public enterprises, was born September 23, 1833, in Boone county,
^Missouri, son of John W. and Elizabeth (McMurtry) Keiser. He was descended
in the paternal line from a worthy Dutch ancestor. Rev. Peter Derrick Keiser,
who came from Holland to Pennsylvania in 1688 and settled with William Penn's
Quaker and Mennonite followers at Germantown, now a part of the city of Phila-
delphia. This immigrant ancestor was a Mennonite minister and built in Ger-
mantown a church, which was still occupied by a congregation of worshippers-
as late as 1898. One of the earliest, and perhaps the earliest, representatives
of the family to come west was the grandfather of John P. Keiser who was one
of the first settlers at Lexington, Kentucky, and who helped to build the fort
which afforded protection to the original settlers at that place. This Kentucky
pioneer afterward settled on a farm near Lexington and his old homestead is
still occupied by members of the Keiser family. John W. Keiser, the father of
John P. Keiser, was born and grew up there and in 1825 married Elizabeth
Mc3*Iurtry, who was born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
In 1828 they removed to Missouri and settled in Boone county. John W. Keiser
built the first flouring mill — or as it was called in those days, gristmill — in that
county and the first steam mill west of St. Charles, Missouri, and in connection
with this he also built the first paper mill in the state. In 1839 while in St. Louis,
arranging for the rebuilding of his mill, which had been destroyed by fire, he
met Pierre Chouteau, who was then at the head of the American Fur Company,
and the formation of this acquaintance led to his becoming interested in steam-
boating on the ^Missouri river, then a very lucrative business, and one which had'
many attractions for active and enterprising men. He died in 1849 and his wife.
in 1874. John P. Keiser was the oldest of their children, and the others who
survived their mother were Charles W. Keiser, David S. Keiser and Mrs. Bettie
Keiser Pratt. John P. Keiser first attended school at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania,
while his father was there superintending the building of a steamboat. Return-
ing to St. Louis he then attended the Catholic Sisters' school in the old Walnut
Street cathedral. In 1841 his father removed to Boonville and then to Rochport,
Missouri, and the son continued his studies at those places in 1848. In that year
he was sent to a private school at Herman. Missouri, to study the German lan-
guage, and later attended Jones Commercial College of St. Louis and the Howard'
high school of I'ayette, Missouri, where he completed his studies. At the
time he left high school the river transportation interests were having an era of
great prosperity and as the business was then cxceedinglv lucrative and as his
father had been previously identified with it, it was natural that he should have
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 891
been attracted to it. In 1852 before he was twenty years of age he went on the
steamer, Clendenin, with Captain Henry W. Smith, to learn river navigation and
in 1853 he received his first government hcense as a pilot on the Missouri river.
Shortly afterward he took charge in that capacity of the United States snag-
boat, with Captain Waterhouse, and in 1856 although only twenty-three vears of
age, was put in command of one of the steamers of the Lightning line. In 1858
he bought his first steamer. The Isabella, which yielded him rich returns as owner
and commander until the beginning of the Civil war. During the war he was
successively owner and commander of several steamers and had many interesting
and exciting experiences incidental thereto. After the war he engaged for a time
in the commission business in St. Louis, in companv with his brother, Charles
W. Keiser, but the excitement over the discovery of gold in Montana and the
consequent increase of passenger and freight traffic on the Missouri river took
him back to river transportation again. During the years that he was actively inter-
ested in steamboating he built, owned and controlled, in all, fifty-eight steamers.
He was identified with the construction of the Eads bridge for a time as general
supply agent, and was conspicuously successful as general manager of the Caron-
delet ways. Later he was made general superintendent of the Memphis & St.
Louis Packet Company, which subsequently developed into the St. Louis & New
Orleans Anchor Line. Lie was president of the Anchor Line after 1882 until
1884, when he disposed of his entire interest in the transportation company and
severed his connection with the river interests. Shortly after this he was made
president of the Laclede Gas Light Company, which position he ably filled until
the company transferred its property and reorganized the corporation. After
his retirement from the presidency of this corporation he gave his attention to pri-
vate business interests, rounding out gracefully a career during all of which he
enjoyed an enviable reputation for honor and integrity of character. Always a
man of active good judgment he was in all respects a well rounded, well balanced
man of affairs. He was for many years a valued member of the Merchants' Ex-
change and was also a member of the St. Louis, LIniversity and Noonday Clubs.
Genial in disposition and considerate of the welfare of those coming within the
sphere of his influence, it was his pleasure to live in the sunshine himself and to
brighten as much as possible the lives of others. Younger men found no one
among the substantial citizens of St. Louis who would go further out of his way
to help them along in life. His charities were numerous and so quietly bestowed
in manv instances that the recipients had no knowledge as to whence they came.
From the time he was twenty-one years of age he was a member of the Masonic
order and was among the older members of that order in St. Louis. He married,
September 27, 1864, Miss Laura R. Hough, a daughter of Lion. George W.
Hough, of Jefferson City, Missouri. He died July 27, 1901. at Penatangueshene,.
Ontario, while spending the summer there with his family. He is survived by
his wife and one son, Robert H. Keiser of St. Louis, their eldest son, John, dying
in infancy and their only daughter, Bettie L. Keiser. having died in August, 1906.
ROBERT HOUGLI KEISER.
Robert Hough Keiser, dealer in stocks, bonds and investments and manager
of the estate of John P. Keiser. was born in St. Louis, December 7, 1872. He is
a son of the late John P. and Laura R. (Hough) Keiser, of whom extended
mention is made on another page of this volume. His education was acquired
at Smith Academy and in the \\^ashington LIniversity and after finishing his
studies he entered the office of his father, a retired capitalist, and later acted as
his private secretary until the father's death in July. 1901, when he became executor
of the estate. His business training was thorough and systematic and well quali-
fied him for the onerous and responsible duties tliat devolved upon him. In the
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settlement of the estate he was made its manager and continues in this position in
which connection he is displaying marked ability in the successful control of im-
portant interests and keen discernment in placing his investments. He has also
been director of the Rich Hill Water, Light & Fuel Company and of the Vitrified
Brick Company and has acted as vice president and secretary of the Oilman Min-
ing Company. His keen business discernment is manifest in the excellent results
which follow his management.
Mr. Reiser's social nature finds expression in his membership in the Mer-
chants' Exchange, the Civic League and the University, Noonday, Aero and Auto-
mobile clubs of St. Louis. Assuming large financial responsibilities while yet a
young man, ]\Ir. Keiser has met them with ability and success, making for him-
self an enviable reputation in the business world for strict integrity and wise
conservatism. His office is in the Security building. Mr. Keiser is unmarried
and occupies a handsome home at Xo. 44 Portland place.
TAYLOR R. YOUXG.
Among the prominent young attorneys of the city none is more popular and
deserves more credit for the progress he has made thus far in his career than
Tavlor R. Young, who was born in Brandenburg, Meade county, Kentucky,
December 18, 1872. Mr. Young is acknowledged as a learned and competent
lawyer and has won his present distinction after having confronted and over-
come obstacles which would have discouraged many another man and forced
him to relincjuish his purpose.
His parents, Davis and Sallie Young, who. are seventy-eight and seventy-
two years of age, respectively, are living at the old homestead near Branden-
burg. Thev are of Scotch descent and of a prominent old Virginia family,
William H. Young, a paternal ancestor, having settled in Westmoreland county,
Virginia, in 1714. He had five sons who took part in the Revolutionary war
and two were killed in the battle of the Brandy wine. After the war William
H. Young removed to Kentucky, and one of his descendants, William Young,
located in Favette county, which is now the site of the present city of Lexing-
ton. According to Collins' History of Kentucky, ^^'illiam Young held the blue
ribbon as a producer of corn, having raised over two hundred bushels per acre.
His son. Leonard Young, was the first mayor of the city of Lexington and
the great-grandfather of Taylor R. Young, the subject of this review. On his
mother's side the latter is of Irish descent, his great-great-grandfather and
mother having emigrated from Ireland to Virginia and located in Meade county,
his birthplace. His great-grandmother was a native of Germany, where her
ancestors had lived for many generations. With the exception of Leonard
Young, above mentioned, and Bennett H. Young, now residing in Louisville,
Kentucky, all followed agriculture as an occupation.
Taylor R. Young received his education in an old log schoolhouse in Meade
county, X'irginia, after which he attended the public schools at Sandy Hill
and later was enrolled as a pupil at Forest Home College, where he studied
geometry and Latin, graduating from that institution in December, 1888. At
that time the schools were in session but five months of the winter season, and
during the spring, summer and fall Mr. Young worked on the farm, in all
averaging but four months' schooling a year until he was sixteen years of age.
At seven years of age Mr. Young engaged in active farm labor, having at that
tender i)crifKl plowerl, and at the age of nine bound his one-third after the old-
fashioned flropper. He passed through all the experiences of a farmer boy and
at the age of sixteen years was able to do a man's work and split on an average
two hundred rails a day. During his early life Mr. Young enjoyed little leisure.
TAYLOR R. YOUNG
894 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
as he was always compelled to be diligently at work, at which he was exceed-
ingly neat, careful and systematic.
\\'hen a mere boy he had the desire to learn telegraph}- and when he left
school he sold Dr. Talmage's "Beautiful Story" and Mr. Buell's "Story of
J\lan" in order to earn money for that purpose. Having saved one hundred
dollars, the protits of the sale of these books, he left his parental home August
3. 18S9. and the following day arrived in Independence, Missouri, where he at
once commenced studying telegraphy in the school of Whittemore & Hocker.
The school existed but one month after he had entered, but fortunately he
had only paid twenty dollars of his tuition, withholding the remaining forty.
Through the kindness of a friend, J. W. Davis, manager of the Western Union
Telegraph offices at that place, he finished his course in telegraphy under his
instructions and on October 28 secured a place to practice in the railroad office
at Barronett. Wisconsin. His first position was as night operator at Clayton,
Wisconsin, which he secured January 7, 1890. He received rapid promotions,
first being made night operator at Cumberland, Wisconsin, then being trans-
ferred to New Richmond, Wisconsin, and later was given the most important
night office on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, at Spooner,
Wisconsin. Here he had charge of all trains between Eau Claire and Spooner
on the Chippewa Falls branch. Having been in the employ of the company
at this point for three months, he desired the position of third train dispatcher
at St. Paul. This promotion not being granted, he resigned and returned to his
old home in Kentucky, remaining there for two weeks, and then went back
to St. Paul, having been promised the position of night operator at Augusta,
Wisconsin, on the main line between St. Paul and Chicago. He was not given
this position, but was placed as night operator at Windom. Minnesota.
Again i\Ir. Young resigned his position and passed examinations in the
telegraph office of the Northern I'acific Railroad, and was made night operator
at Whitehall, Montana, which position he filled with such proficiency that when
the great washout occurred on the Helena branch, between Logan and Helena,
m the spring of 1891, he was taken on the car by the division superintendent
and had complete charge for one month. He was then made day operator
at Bozeman, ^lontana, which, being a division point, enabled him to cut in on
the Associated Press wire and learn to copy it when he was not busy with
railroad work. In 1891 he was made third train dispatcher at Livingston, Mon-
tana, which position he held without an accident until 1892, when he became
an operator for the Associated Press at Bozeman, Montana. At that time Marcus
Daly and Senator Clark had established a daily paper there to aid the silver issue.
This being before the time typewriters were used in the work, Mr. Young was
compelled to take all his copy by pencil. He retained his position until the
repeal of the Sherman silver bill, when he engaged in relief work at Spokane,
Seattle and Portland for a few months.
He was then transferred to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the Western
Union Telegraph Company, working on the exchange wire, which position he
held for a month, and in 1893 was transferred to Louisville, Kentucky. Here
he was employed at night, and during the day read law in the office of J. R. W.
Smith until 1894, when he lost his position with the Western L^nion Company
and returned to Meade county, Kentucky, and worked on the farm until he
again secured a position in the employ of the Western Union at Nashville,
Tennessee. Later he was transferred to St. Louis, Missouri, and through the
kindness of R. H. Bohle, present manager of the Western Union at that place,
his hours were fixed from ten o'clock in the morning to three in the afternoon
and from seven in the evening to twelve midnight, thus giving him an oppor-
tunity to attend lectures at the St. Louis Law School from eight forty-five to
nine forty-five in the morning and from five o'clock to six o'clock in the evening.
He continued hi^ studies for two years and graduated in 1896 as fourth in his
class and later entered the practice of his profession.
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When j\Ir. Young' left home in 1889 there was a mortgage of one thtmsaiid
•dollars on the farm, and from the time he secured his first position in Clayton,
Wisconsin, until he began his studies at the St. Louis Law School he sent home
regularly fifteen dollars per month to pay for a farm hand to take his place, and
also saved sufficient money to pay off the mortgage. From this it is obvious
that it was with difficulty that he pursued his studies and paid his expenses
with what he had remaining". However, it had always been his desire to become
an attorney at law, and he was willing to undergo any hardships in order to
accomplish his aim. He considered the practice of law as one of the most noble
professions and was anxious to become a barrister, thinking that thereby he
might not only be more useful to himself, but more especially to his fellowmen.
On the whole it may be said that Mr. Young is numbered among the emi-
nently successful lawyers of the city, and he has won considerable distinction
"by having successfully handled several difficult cases. He represented the board
of trustees of Clifton Heights against the Annex Realty Company in a fight
to enforce provisions in a deed to maintain such private places as Portland
place and Westmoreland place. The case is reported in 173 Missouri, page 511,
and is the only decision in the United States or England definitely on this point.
He also defended and won in the slander suit of Lawrence Isl. Jones against
David Lauzner, of Kansas City, Alissouri, for fiftv thousand dollars. The trial
continued for three weeks and four days, and the final decision was handed
down in November, 1904. Attorney General Hadley and Edwin C. Meservey,
now city counselor of Kansas City and candidate for the appellate bench, rep-
resented Mr. Jones. This is said to be the only case on record where live fish
were put in evidence for the purpose of showing the length of time water had
stood upon a certain lot of ground in order to enable the fish to attain the
specified size. Air. Young on another memorable occasion represented the laun-
dries of St. Louis and was successful in a decision in their favor to the efifect
that they did not and could not violate our state anti-trust laws on account of
the fact, of which the court took judicial notice, that a laundryman was a laborer
and did not deal in commodities. Again he represented the same interests in
1908, when the circuit attorney undertook to prevent the laundries from main-
taining a combination to keep up prices on account of the illegality of such a
combination, claiming it to be in restraint of trade. This time also Mr. Young
won his case, the court maintaining that the laundry business was not one af-
fected with a public interest, and therefore not such a combination as would be
enjoined at the instance of the circuit attorney.
In 1907-08 Mr. Young represented as an attorney the local brewerv workers
ni their fight to obtain possession of the old Liederkranz Hall, at ThirteentR
street and Chouteau avenue, which culminated in a brewery strike. At this time
he was retained by the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of
America, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, to defend
an application for an injunction- in the federal courts at Cincinnati, Ohio, to
prevent it from ordering the brewery strike. He defended the application, the
injunction was denied and the strike was ordered and won wnthin two weeks.
Mr. Young represented all of the striking employes before the state board of
arbitration, who decided that the strike was just, and that the brewery bosses
were in the wrong. It is also remarkable in the career of ]\Ir. Young as an
attorney that he ferreted out the fraud of John Knoth, who wheedled sixteen
German ministers out of forty thousand dollars in real-estate transactions. As
Mr. Knoth was insolvent, Attorney Young persuaded him to insure his life,
which he did, and shortly afterward died, at which each of Mr. Young's clients
received full reimbursement for the amounts they had lost. Air. Young has
been connected in an eminent way with many other cases at law, in all of which
he has been successful. Although a young man in the profession, he has an
extensive clientage and his practice thus far has been the means of placing him
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in more than comfortable circumstances. He owns an elegant home, valued
at twentv-tive thousand dollars, in which he has a very costly library.
On Tune 3. 1897, ^Ir. Young was united in marriage with J\Iiss Lulu Denny
Thompson, who was born and reared in St. Louis and whose father was a colonel
in the Confederate armv and for many years before his death, in 1881, was
a prominent member of the ^Merchants Exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Young have
the following children : Ruby Ruth, ten years of age ; Lulu Laverne, nine years
old: and Genevieve Lorraine, who is entering her fifth year.
Among the fraternal organizations with which Mr. Young is affiliated are
the Apollo Tent of the ^^laccabees, having joined this organization in December,
1897; and Keystone Lodge, No. 243, A. F. & A. 'M. He has been a member
of the Christian church since 1887. In politics he is a republican and while he
is activelv interested to the extent of casting his vote and using his influence
toward the election of candidates of the party, yet he has thus far made no
effort toward seeking public office.
FRANK SHAPLEIGH.
Carlisle has said, "The story of any man's life would have interest and value
if truly told" and adds further that "biography is the most interesting and
profitable of all reading." When the record is the chronicle of honest industry
and successful accomplishment it cannot fail to inspire those who read and when
business success is accompanied by a recognition of man's obligations to his fel-
lowmen and "as well of the responsibilities of wealth" it may indeed serve as an
object lesson. Such is the history of Frank Shapleigh, who for many years
figured prominentlv in commercial circles of St. Louis and at his death left a
most honored name.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1838, and when
a young boy was brought to St. Louis in 1843 by his parents, Augustus F. and
Elizabeth Ann (Umstead) Shapleigh, who were married in Philadelphia in 1837.
The father was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 9, 1810, and was
a son of Richard W. Shapleigh, a ship owner, who was lost in the wrecking of
his ship Granville ofif Rye Beach. New Hampshire, in 1824. The family is of
English lineage. Although but fourteen years of age at the time of his father's
dearth, Augus'tus F. Shapleigh was obliged to aid in the support of the family
and secured a position in a hardware store in Portsmouth at a salary of fifty
dollars per year. At the end of the first year he left that position and went
to sea, spending three years on a sailing vessel, but at the request of his mother
and sister he gave up this life on the ocean wave and reentered the hardware
business in his native city. Susbequently he went to Philadelphia, where he
secured a position with Rogers Brothers & Company, proprietors of a hard-
ware store, with whom he remained until 1843. He had been advanced through
successive promotions until he became a junior partner in the firm and when
in 1843 the house established a western branch at St. Louis, Augustus F. Shap-
leigh came to this city to take charge of the new enterprise, then conducted under
the firm style of Rogers, Shapleigh & Company. On the death of Mr. Rogers
the firm became Shapleigh, Day & Company and following the retirement of
Mr. Day in 1863 the firm name of A. F. Shapleigh & Company was assumed.
In Julv. 1880, the business was incorporated as the Shapleigh & Cantwell Hard-
ware Company and in 1888 the name was changed to the A. F. Shapleigh Hard-
ware Company. In 1886 the house suffered heavily by fire, but a new enter-
prise rose phoenix-like from the ashes and foi over fifty years business was
carried on in St. Louis with trade interests reaching throughout the middle
states and to the Pacific coast. The success of this enterprise was attributable
largely to A. F. Shapleigh, who established the business upon a safe, conserva-
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tive basis and yet conducted the business along- progressive lines. From 1859
until 1897 Air. Shapleigh was a trustee and director of the State Bank of St.
Louis, for twenty-eight years was a director of the Merchants National Bank,
but resigned in 1890 in favor of his son, Alfred. He also extended his efforts
to other fields of activity and became a prominent representative of insurance
interests as the president of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company and vice presi-
dent of the Covenant ^Mutual Life Insurance Company. His name was ever an
honored one in commercial circles in St. Louis and through his business activity
and in other wavs he contributed in substantial measure to the growth and
development of the city. He stood as a high type of the enterprising, reliable
merchant whose ways were straightforward and whose word no man questioned.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Augustus F. Shapleigh eight children were born, the
surviving members of the family being Richard W., now connected with the
Shapleigh Hardware Company; Alfred L., also with the company; Augustus F.;
and John B.. a practicing physician.
Of this familv Frank Shapleigh, long active in the management of the
Shapleigh Hardware Company, died at his home at No. 3663 West Pine street
in St. Louis, January i, 1901. He was only five years of age when brought by
his parents to St. Louis and in the Wyman school at Sixteenth and Pine streets
he acquired his early education, while later he attended school at Hermann,
Alissouri, until 1857. In that year he entered the hardware business established
by his father and which at that time was conducted under the firm style of Shap-
leigh, Dav & Company. He was continuously connected with the enterprise and
at the outset of his career made it his purpose to thoroughly master the business
in principle and detail and to gain comprehensive knowledge of every depart-
ment. His thoroughness and accuracy well qualified him for executive control
and administrative direction in later years and at the time of his death he was
vice president and general manager of the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Company.
His life was characterized by all that constitutes honorable manhood as well as
business enterprise and to an unusual extent he enjoyed the confidence and good
will of his associates.
On the 6th of June. 1865, Frank Shapleigh was married in St. Louis to
Aliss ]\Iary Daggett, a daughter of the Hon. John D. Daggett, at one time mayor
of the city. Air. Shapleigh held membership in the Business Men's League, the
^Mercantile Club and the Merchants Exchange. In politics he was independent,
but was never remiss in the duties of citizenship and gave loyal and generous
support to many movements for the public good. He served as an officer in
an important secret society in St. Louis for many years and was active in its
work. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church and his life was
at all times in harmony with its principles. All who knew him honored him and
he enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence and respect of his business asso-
ciates and colleagues. He was devoted to the ties of friendship and of family,
regarding them as a sacred obligation, and when he passed away the city
mourned the loss of a member of one of its most representative and prominent
families. The name of Shapleigh has ever stood as a synonym for all that is
enterprising in business and progressive in citizenship and no history of the city
would be complete without extended reference to them.
LOUIS C. DIEKMANN.
Louis C. Dickmann. who since 1883 has been engaged in the wholesale and
retail coal business and has long been recognized as a leader in political circles in
St. Louis, in which connection lie lias achieved excellent results for the city's
benefit and upbuildinj::, was born in St. Louis, September i, 1857. His parents,
Frederick W. and EHse Dickmann, were natives of Germany, and on coming to
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 899
the new world settled in St. Louis, where the father, who was a cooper by trade,
was long known as a worthy and industrious citizen.
The son became a public-school student and passed through consecutive
grades until he had completed the first year's work in the high school, but he put
aside his text-books in order to provide for his own support when thirteen years
of age, securing a position as office boy in the employ of Garrett, McDowell &
Company, noted manufacturers and dealers in pig iron. He became largelx'
familiar with the methods of trade and commerce while connected with that
house, with which he was associated for thirteen years. Ambitious to engage in
business on his own account, he severed his connection with Garrett, ?\IcDowell
& Company and became a coal merchant of the city, conducting the enterprise
under his own name for some time and later, when the business had developed
to extensive proportions, he formed the Diekmann Coal Company, of which he
is the president. He has for a quarter of a century been engaged in the wholesale
and retail coal business in this city, conducting an extensive and successful enter-
prise, which returns to him a gratifying annual income. He has also extended his
efforts to other lines and is well known in commercial and industrial circles in
St. Louis.
]\Ir. Diekmann is perhaps even better known as a leader in republican ranks,
having figured prominently for a number of years in political circles, especially
in connection with municipal interests. He was first called to office, when in
1890 he was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the house of delegates and in
the spring of 1891 he was reelected for a full term and again chosen to the office
in 1893 ^^d 1895, so that he remained as the incumbent until 1897. During his
last term he was chosen speaker of the house and at different times acted as chief
executive of the city in the absence of Mayor Walbridge. His businesslike meth-
ods of conducting public affairs, his keen insight into problems of municipal gov-
ernment, his capable management of complex city interests and above all his fidelity
to the welfare of the city made him one of the best officials that has served as
speaker of the house.
In 1881 Mr. Diekmann was married to Miss Sophie M. Bredemeyer, and
unto them have been born a son and five daughters. Mr. Diekmann is well known
in fraternal circles, belonging to the Royal Arcanum and to the ^Masonic fra-
ternity. He is particularly prominent in the Knights of Pythias and for two terms
filled the office of chancellor commander of Golden Crown Lodge, while later he
organized Wabash Lodge, No. 248, K. P., of which he has been its representa-
tive to the grand lodge. His abilities well qualify him for leadership and he
possesses much of that characteristic which, for want of a better term, has been
called personal magnetism. Men, however, are drawn to him through the recog-
nition of his strength of character, his rectitude in business, social and political
relations and his loyalty to any cause which he espouses.
EDWIN T. NUGENT.
While the life record of Edwin T. Nugent covers only a comparatively brief
period, his business ability has placed him on a par with men of broader experi-
ence and longer connection with the business world. He is at the head of the
E. T. Nugent & Company, insurance company. He started upon life's journey in
St. Louis, March i, 1876, a son of Byron Nugent, late president of the Byron
Nugent & Brothers Dry Goods Company, and was a pupil in the old Stoddard
public school until his tenth year, after which he attended the Smith Academy
to the age of sixteen years. His education was continued in St. Paul school, at
Concord, New Hampshire, until his twentieth year, after which he pursued a
scientific course at Yale Universitv and was graduated within the classic walls
900 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CriY.
of that institution on the completion of a course in civil engineering with the
class of 1899.
Wdl qualified by liberal education for life's practical and responsible duties,
Mr. Xugent returned to St. Louis and remained in his father's store as sales clerk
for three years. He was afterward associated with the Ferguson-McKinney
Dry Goods Company as traveling salesman for a short time, after which he took
charge of the New York office of the B. Nugent & Brothers Dry Goods Company,
acting as manager in the eastern metropolis for five years. He then returned to
St. Louis and for two years was again connected with the control of his father's
business interests. He next established his present enterprise and has become well
known in insurance circles. He belongs to a family that has figured prominently
in the business circles of St. Louis for many years, but has chosen as a life work
a department of activity in which family influence availed little, or naught, but
where advancement must depend on individual merit.
In December, 1901. Mr. Nugent was married in Philadelphia to Miss Olga
P. Clinton, a daughter of Leon A. Clinton, a brush manufacturer. They have one
daughter, Olga Marie, now five years of age. Their home, at No. 5228 West-
minster place, w-as erected by Mr. Nugent. He is an independent voter and yet
is not unmindful of the duties of citizenship, but casts his ballot with regard to
the capability of the candidate rather than his party affiliation. Of Episcopalian
faith, he is a communicant of St. George's church. Uniformly courteous and con-
siderate, he has the high regard and lasting friendship of those with whom social
relations have brought him in contact, while in his business record he is reflecting
credit upon a family name that has long been an honored one in the commercial
and financial circles of the citv.
LOCKE TIFFIN HIGHLEYMAN.
Locke T. Highleyman, a representative of real-estate and investment inter-
ests, in which connection he has developed an extensive business, was born in
Sedalia, jMissouri, April 23, 1870. He comes of a family founded in America
at the time of the Revolutionary war, representatives of the name coming from
Germany. One of these was a Hessian soldier, who like many other representa-
tives of military life in the fatherland, was hired by King George to aid the
English government in suppressing the rebellion among the colonists of the new
world. Colonel Heilamann, however, became interested in America and the
prospects of this country and remained here to become an American citizen.
The family name was changed to its present form by his son, James William
McDonald Highleyman, who was the grandfather of our subject. The latter
was born at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, January 6, 181 3, and later settled at
Bellaire, Ohio, becoming a prominent man of that section.
Samuel Locke Highleyman, father of our subject, was born in Wegee,
Belmont county, Ohio, June 20, 1843, ^"d was long well known as tax commis-
sioner of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He was identified with that road for
about thirty-six years and in addition to his activity and interests in that direc-
tion he engaged in the general investment business for about thirteen years in
Sedalia. For the past twenty-three years he has been identified with financial
interests in St. Louis, but in January, 1908, retired from active business to enjoy
a well earned rest that has come to him in recognition of his enterprise, his
careful investigation and his judicious management of his interests. He married
Miss Laura Alice Hull, who was born in Des Moines, Iowa, March 25, 1852,
a daughter of A. Y. Hull, who was born July 28, 1817. Her mother, who bore
the maiden name of Margaret E. Tiffin, was a representative of the familv of
that name which gave Ohio its first government. The parents of our subject
are yet in the enjoyment r)f goorl health.
LOCKE T. HIGHLEYMAN
902 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Locke Tiffin Highleyinan acquired his preliminary education in the schools
of Sedalia, ^lissouri, and afterward pursued his studies in Leipzig, Germany.
He was also for a brief period a student in the public schools of St. Louis and
W'hen he regarded his education as completed, he joined his father in business in
St. Louis at the age of sixteen years, becoming connected with varied interests.
After thirteen years of his life were thus passed, he started upon an independent
business venture in the real-estate and investment business. In this he has
continued under his own name with offices at Nos. 1401-04 Missouri Trust
other large ciaes, but is now devoting his entire attention to his extensive and
building. For about three years he had a branch establishment in Chicago and
growing interests in St. Louis, wdiich have already reached large proportions.
He is well known as a most correct valuator of property and as a promoter of
real-estate operations, which have proven important and valued factors in the
city's growth. He is also thoroughly familiar with the value of commercial
paper and other investments and stands today as one of the prominent repre-
sentatives of financial interests in St. Louis.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Highleyman was married in Chi-
cago to j\Iiss Kathryn A. Daily, on the 9th of June, 1900. She is a daughter of
Peter J. Daily, assistant general superintendent of the Rock Island Railroad,
now living in Cameron, ]\Iissouri, where the family is one of marked social
prominence. They had three children, two of whom are living : Locke T. and
Thomas Daily.
Mr. Highleyman is politically independent, believing more in the selection
of a people's candidate than in adhering to any party. He is interested in the
aesthetic development of the city, recognizing the fact that culture is to the indi-
vidual what civilization is to the community. A lover of art, he is a member
of the St. Louis Alusuem of Fine Arts, while in fraternal relations he is con-
nected with the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Masons, having attained
the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. Nor is he unmindful of the
higher, holier duties of life and his interest therein is exemplified in his mem-
bership in the Methodist church.
ALEXANDER M. BOGY.
\\ hile America is the home of the self-made man, it is nevertheless not so
frequent an occurrence to see an individual rise from a humble place in the
business world to a position of leadership that such a course does not aw^aken
admiration and interest. Such has been the history of Alexander M. Bogy, now
secretary of the Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Company. Moreover, his busi-
ness record is such as any man might be proud to possess, for throughout his
entire connection with mercantile interests he has ever regarded an engagement
that he has made, or an obligation that he has incurred as something to which he
is sacredly pledged. He was born in St. Louis, November 2, 1856, a son of Ben-
jamin and Charlotte (Mackay) Bogy. The paternal grandfather, who was of
French parentage, came from Canada to the United States about 1780, and located
at St. Genevieve. ^lissouri. which was then a French settlement in a district
that had not yet become, by purchase, a part of our territory. He was one of the
pioneeers of that district and surveyed a large portion of the Louisiana purchase
for the government, being one of two brothers engaged in government work.
Benjamin Bogy came to St. Louis in his boyhood and secured employment with
the Shapleigh Hardware Company, with which he remained for fiftv-two years.
He became one of the best known traveling salesmen of the southwest, his terri-
tory covering Louisiana. Arkansas and Texas. Throughout the entire period of
his business activity he was never associated with any other enterprise or house,
and his long continuation with that company is the best encomium of his faithful
ST. LOL'IS, tup: fourth city. 903
and meritorious service. During the Civil war he served with the Confederate
army in the rank of colonel The maternal grandfather of A. AI. Jiog\- was a
colonel in the United States army, with headquarters at St. Louis, and when he
passed away his remains were interred at Jefferson Barracks. He came of a
family of Scotch extraction.
Alexander M. Bogy largely acquired his education in Christian Brothers Col-
lege of St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1869. Leaving" school at the age
of thirteen years he secured a position with Chase & Cabot wholesale dry-goods
merchants, at that time conducting one of the largest est^iblishments in this city.
He remained with the house for seven years, after which he accepted a position
with S. C. Davis &' Company, whom he represented for twenty \ears. or until
the partnership was dissolved. He was afterward connected with the Rice-Stix
Dry Goods Company for four years, or until the incorporation of the Ferguson-
McKinney Dry Goods Company, of which firm he is the secretary. This companv
today owns and controls one of the largest dry-goods enterprises in the United
States. At the head of concerns of this magnitude are men of master minds
with ability to plan and perform, to recognize opportunities and to secure the
cooperation and control the labors of a capable corps of assistants. The business
of the house has always been conducted along the lines of old and time-tried
maxims, such as "Honesty is the best policy," and while thus conforming to a
high standard of commercial ethics the house has always been permeated by a
spirit of progressiveness that has kept it in touch with the spirit of marked en-
terprise that dominates American trade relations at the present time.
On the I2th of June, 1878, j\Ir. Bogy was married in St. Louis to ]Miss Rosa-
mond Dowker. Of the four children born of this union, Marion E. is the wife
of Fred I. Morris, formerly connected with the Southern Railroad in St. Louis,
but now engaged in mercantile pursuits in Los Angeles, California ; Ben A. is a
resident of New York, where he is agent for the Wright Health Underwear Com-
pany ; Alexander M., Jr.. is a traveling salesman, representing the Smith, McCord
Dry Goods Company, of Kansas City, Missouri, throughout West Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona. Vernon C. is also a dry-goods traveling salesman, his ter-
ritory covering northwestern Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon and
Washington. The father of ]\Irs. Bogy is John Dowker, of Toronto, Canada,
a representative of an old English family of Yorkshire descent. The first of the
name came to America about 1845.
Mr. Bogy has usually given his political support to the democracy, and yet
may be termed independent, as he has never felt himself bound by party ties and
exerts his right of franchise in support of the candidates whom he regards as
best qualified for ofifice. He is a communicant of the Catholic church and a mem-
ber of the Mercantile club. A man of literary taste, he devotes much of his leisure
hours to reading and he also finds delight in travel, in hunting, and in fishing.
He is accompanied on his various trips by the members of the familv. whose
tastes incline them to the sptirts in which he is indulging or to an interest in the
various places which he visits.
G. LACY CRAWFORD.
G. Lacv Crawford, representing various lines of insurance, was born in St.
Louis, November 2Q, 1870. His father. James E. Crawford, was a native of
Donegal, Ireland, whence he was brought to America at the age of eight years
and was reared in St. Louis. For some time he engaged in business as a dealer
in men's furnishing goods and later dealt in white lead and oil. Other commer-
cial enterprises claimed his attention up to the time ot his retirement, his grow-
ing success enabling him in his later years to enjoy well-earned and well-merited
904 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTPI CrfY.
rest. He married Julia Lyle. a native of St. Louis, and a daughter of Alexander
Lacy Lyle. Her death occurred December i"], 1894, while James E. Crawford
survived until October i, 1901.
G. Lacy Crawford, their only child, was educated at Smith Academy, in St.
Louis, and under the instruction of private tutors. When eighteen years of age
he entered the National Bank of Commerce in a clerical capacity, there remaining
until December, 1894. In January, 1895, he became connected with the bond and
stock business, conducting a brokerage enterprise of that character until May i,
1908, since which time he has given his attention to the insurance business, with
offices in the Pierce building. He is rapidly securing a good clientage in this line
and he also has other interests. He has invested to some extent in St. Louis real
estate, and among his holdings is his residence at No. 4251 West Pine boulevard,
which he erected in 1894.
On the i8th of June, 1895, "Nlr. Crawford made further arrangements for
having a home of his own through his marriage, in St. Louis, to Miss Perlie
Bevis, a daughter of Alfred Bevis, deceased, of St. Louis. They have two chil-
dren, James E. and Lida, aged respectively twelve and nine years. Mr. Craw-
ford is independent in local politics, but supports the national republican ticket.
He belongs to St. Peter's Episcopal church and is a prominent Mason, having
taken the Knight Templar degree and also the Thirty-second degree. He is also
connected with the Mystic Shrine and belongs to the Elks and Eagles. In his
club life he is connected Avith the St. Louis, the St. Louis Country, the Racquet,
the Noonday, the Missouri Athletic, and some hunting and fishing clubs. He is
a lover of the outdoor sports, including horseback riding and golfing, and is like-
wise an enthusiastic motorist. He has traveled quite extensively and looks at
life from no narrow nor contracted standpoint, but is a broad-minded man, mani-
festing a healthy interest in the questions of the day, political and otherwise,
while in communitv aft'airs he shows the cooperation and endorsement of a public-
spirited citizen.
LOUIS THEODORE NOLKER.
Louis Theodore Nolker. who since ^larch, 1899, has been vice president
and treasurer of the Commercial Electrical Supply Company, was born in St.
Louis, September 7, 1877, a son of William F. and Louisa (Brinckwirth)
Nolker. As a pupil in the Jackson school of this city he began his education
and later attended the Christian Brothers College and Smith Academy, being
graduated from the last named with the class of 1898.
Early in his business career Mr. Nolker was for a brief period connected
with the Kinloch Telephone Company, but in March, 1899, became vice presi-
dent and treasurer of the Commercial Electrical Supply Company, serving as
such up to 1906, when he was made president of the company. Because of his
wise judgment, his ability to speedily and satisfactorily adjust involved business
interests and to grasp the adverse and favorable points of a business situation,
he has been called to positions of administrative direction in connection with
various other important enterprises. He is now the secretary and treasurer of
the St. Louis Tin & Sheet Metal Working Company ; is vice president of the
Guarantee Electrical Company ; a member of the St. Louis Credit Men's Asso-
ciation and a member of the advisory board of the National Irrigation Asso-
ciation.
Mr. Nolker has also been called to positions of administrative direction
in connection with organizations founded upon a social basis. He is now the
president of the Smith Academy Alumni Association and a director of the Latin-
American Club and Foreign Trades Association. He also belongs to the Tuscan
Lodge of Masons and holds membership in the Glen Echo Country, the Lhiion,
LOUIS T. NOLKER
906 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
[Missouri Athletic and the \'alley Park Canoe Clubs. He finds his favorite
recreation in horseback riding and is usually the owner of several fine speci-
mens of the noble steed. Although one of St. Louis' young men, his force of
character, his native talents and acquired ability give him rank with those who
are molding- the citv's destinv.
^L\THL\S R. UDELL.
IMathias R. Udell, whose life record proves that there is no discordant ele-
ment between success and honesty, has figured for many years as a leading busi-
ness man of St. Louis, being since 1900 at the head of the Udell-Predock Manu-
facturing Company. Previous to this time he had been active in promoting indus-
trial interests of foremost importance in the city's business activity and pros-
perity. A native of the state of New York, he was born in Westerlo, Albany
county, October 2, 1843. His parents were Gardiner and Minerva (Bennett)
Udell, both of whom were natives of the Empire state, where the father fol-
lowed the occupation of farming. The family is of English origin but early in
the seventeenth century representatives of the name came to the new world.
]\Iathias R. Udell was a public-school student in his native town and with-
out other preparation for life's practical and responsible duties he started in busi-
ness, his inherent force of character and strong determination constituting the
foundation of his success. In 1859 he arrived in the middle west, going to Chi-
cago, where he joined his brother, Calvin G. Udell, who was there engaged in
manufacturing lines. He remained in his brother's employ until after the out-
break of the Civil war, when he returned east to Springfield, Massachusetts, and
was in the government employ in the United States armory there for about three
vears or until 1864. At that time he enlisted for active service at the front, be-
coming a member of the Thirtieth Regiment Unattached Heavy Artillery, with
which he continued until the close of the war, being at that time stationed in the
vicinity of Washington to defend the capitol.
In the spring of 1866 Air. Udell again came to the middle west and engaged
with his brother in the manufacture of woodenware until the fall of 1867, when
he removed to St. Louis and here opened a branch house for the Chicago Manu-
facturing Company. From the beginning the new enterprise proved a success
and !Mathias R. Udell remained in active control thereof tmtil 1875, when that
business was merged with the interests of the Udell-Schmerding Woodenware
Company. His identification with the new concern continued until 1883, during
which time he was manager of the department where was manufactured the
line of goods formerlv constituting the output of the Chicago factory. In 1883
the Udell-Schmerding Company retired from business and soon afterward Mr,
Udell began business on his own account as a jobber of woodenware in St.
Louis, his location being at the corner of Sixth and Locust streets,
where he conducted both a wholesale and retail enterprise as senior part-
ner of the firm of Udell & Crunden. His time and attention were thus fully
occupied for some years and the growth of the business necessitated the removal
of the house in 1889 from its original location to larger and more commodiotis
c|uarters at Fourth and St. Charles streets, where they occupied practically an
entire block. In the course of time Air. I'dell became practically sole proprie-
tor of the business, which he incorporated under the name of the Udell Wooden-
ware CfjniDany, of which he was the president. He continued in that line until
IQOO. When he rctirerl from the woodenware business he incorporated the
Udell-Predock Alanufacturing Company for the manufacture of parlor and li-
brary tables and other furniture. The plant is located at the corner of Monroe
street and I5roafl\va\- and cmijjoys on an average of fifty workmen, beside a num-
ber of traveling '^a1(>mf■n. The trarle now extends throughout the entire United
ST. LUL'IS, THE FOURTH CITY. 907
States and the industry is one of the largest in this Hne in the eity, while the
reputation of the house is constantly increasing because of the attractive styles
which it sends out and the substantial character of its manufactured product.
Mr. Udell was married in Springfield, Massachusetts, August 23, 1864, to
Miss Anna M. Pease, a daughter of Oliver Pease, of Springfield. ^lassachusetts.
The family were old residents of that state, prominent in the social and business
life of Springfield. Three children were born unto Air. and Mrs. Udell: Frank
L., who is now in business with his father as treasurer of the company ; Fdna
M., the wife of John F. ]\Iichaels, secretary of the company; and Lillian T., the
wife of Lee D. Fisher, who is engaged in the construction of electric railroads
under the name of the Fisher Construction Company and also owns and ope-
rates a large electric line extending between Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora, Illi-
nois, known as the Joliet. Plainfield and Aurora road. There are now five grand-
children, the son Frank having a daughter, Gladys, while Mrs. ^Michaels has two
children. Harold and [Mildred, and ]\Irs. Fisher has two sons. Hart Udell and
Frank Lee.
In hearty sympathy with the principles of the republican party, Air. Udell
gives to it stanch support whenever possible, although the demands of his busi-
ness leave him little time for active participation in public work. He is a
valued member of the Royal Arcanum, the Legion of Honor, the Woodmen of
the World, the Ancient C)rder of United Workmen and the Western Commer-
cial Travelers' Association. He stands as a high type of American manhood
because of native intellectual force, of well developed talents, of keen insight, of
strong purpose and unfaltering determination. His sturdy integrity and honesty
of principle have led him to despise all unworthy or questionable means to se-
cure success in any undertaking or for any purpose or to promote his own ad-
vancement in anv direction.
GUSTA\'E WILLIAAI XIEMAXX.
Gustave \Mlliam Niemann, president of the Title Guaranty Trust Com-
pany, has advanced through successive stages of business experience and de-
velopment to a prominent position as financier and real-estat^ operator. The
fifty years of his life have been passed in St. Louis where his expanding powers
have enabled him to advance beyond many on life's highway who perhaps started
out ahead of him. A native of St. Louis, he w^as born July 27, 1857, his parents
being William and Alinna ( Trauernicht ) Xiemann. His father was for many
years engaged in merchandising in St. Louis. A native of Osnabrueck, Germany,
he was born in 1827 and came to the United States in 1847. During the early
years of his residence here he was engaged in the dry-goods trade and was well
known among the prominent, substantial and respected merchants of St. Louis.
For some time he has lived retired and has now passed the eighty-first milestone
on life's journey. Dr. Gustave ^^'. Trauernicht. the maternal grandfather of
Gustave William Xiemann. was a distinguished dentist of St. Louis who died in
Thuringen some years ago.
Gustave William X^iemann, reared in a home of culture and refinement, pur-
sued his education in the public schools and in the Wertz, German private insti-
tute. He obtained his academic instructions in the Christian Brothers College
and later became a student in the St. Louis Law School, ^^'hile he has never
engaged in the practice of la\v his knowledge thereof has been a source of benefit
to him in the conduct of important business interests. He entered the office of
August Gehner, one of the most successful business men of St. Louis, recognized
also as an influential astute financier, and under his guidance Mr. X^iemann
acquainted himself with every feature of the business. His mastery of each
task assigned him enabled him to make steady progress and each forward step
908 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
brought him a broader outlook and wider view. The recognition of his abihty
led to his prompt promotion in ]\Ir. Gehner's office and in 1886 he was admitted
to a partnership. He is recognized as a man of virile strength in the solution
of complex financial problems and his success places him with the prominent
financiers and real-estate dealers of the city. He has become a recognized
authority on matters pertaining to the examination of land titles and devotes a
large measure of his time to this branch of the business. On the ist of Febru-
ary, 1901. the Gehner Company sold out to the Title Guaranty Trust Company,
of which ]Mr. Xiemann became secretary and treasurer. In January, 1904, he
was elected to the presidency and still remains in that position. His name has
long since become an honored one on commercial paper while his opinions of
financial and real-estate questions are largely accepted as authority. He is also
a director of the German-American Bank and has private business interests
which constitute good income bearing investments.
]\Ir. Xiemann belongs to the German Lutheran church and is a prominent
Mason. He has served as master of Tuscan lodge ; is a past eminent commander
of Ascalon Commandery, K. T. ; and is a past potentate of Moolah Temple of
the JNIystic Shrine while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second
degree. He is popular among the members of the St. Louis, Union, Missouri
Athletic and Century Clubs, to all of which he belongs, and his personal quali-
ties have won him favor in social circles. Fie resides with his aged father in a
beautiful residence on Lindell boulevard which he erected some years ago. The
exercise of one's native talents is the source of their growth and in the field of
continuous activity Mr. Niemann has so developed his powers that he today oc-
cupies a conspicuous place among the foremost representatives of financial and
investment interests in his native city.
CHARLES TOPPAN JOHNSON.
Charles Toppan Johnson was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Novem-
ber 21, 1819, and died in St. Louis, June 7, 1895. He came of an old
and prominent family of the east, connected with many events which were
factors in shaping the early history of that section of the country. His father,
Captain Eleazer Johnson, was born at Newburyport, November 12, 1790, and
was a son of Captain William Pierce Johnson, a pioneer shipbuilder at that
place. The great-grandfather of our subject was Captain Eleazer Pierce John-
son, who owned a fleet of trading vessels which plied between Massachusetts
ports and the West Indies, trading in sugar and molasses. It was Captain
Eleazer P. Johnson who was in the West Indies at the time of the outbreak of
hostilities with the mother country. His vessel, which was named American
Hero, he loaded with arms and ammunition and thus brought to this country
the first outside aid in the struggle for freedom, distributing the arms and ammu-
nition among the first defenders o^ the country at the port of Boston. He was
also the leader of the first tea party that threw the tea over into the Boston
harbor and thus announced American hostility to the tax which had been
imposed upon that product. He also led his men to the powder house in New-
buryport and with axes they demolished the house, distributed the powder,
broke up the boxes and then set fire to them. This was several months before
the famous "Boston Tea Party" occurred. His son, Captain William P. John-
son, built the wharf at Newburyport which still bears his name. Captain Eleazer
Johnson, father of our subject, was for forty years city clerk at Newburyport
and a most prominent, influential and honored resident there. His wife bore
the maiden name of Fannie To])pan.
Charles Toppan Johnson, whose name introduces this record, acquired his
education in tlic public schools of his native town and came to St. Louis on the
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910 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
1st of April, 1837. when eighteen years of age. Here he entered into the hard-
ware business with a cousin, Edward Johnson, and when the war with Mexico
broke out he enhsted under Captain \\'eightman, of St. Louis, who was in
Doniphan's Division. When hostihties had ceased he returned to this city and
established a grocery store on Third street, conducting it for several years.
In 1855, however, he sold out his business and accepted a position as conductor
on the railroad, being the first conductor to run over the old Northern Missouri
Railroad, which had just been completed. At the time of his demise he was one
of the oldest conductors in the state and died of heart failure while on duty.
He was very popular with the patrons of the road, for he was always courteous,
obliging, and at the same time was loyal and faithful to the interests of the
company which he represented. During the Civil war he was a stanch Con-
federate and his frank avowal of his sympathy for the south often led him into
encounters with those who were opposed to him. On one occasion, in 1863, the
notorious Jim Lane, leader of the "Kansas Red Legs," was forced to apologize
to Mr. Johnson for remarks which he made, casting reflections on the Confed-
erates. In the early days of his residence here Mr. Johnson was a member of
the old volunteer fire department of St. Louis, being a member of St. Louis
Company, No. 4, and he also belonged to Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
On the 24th of November, 1865, occurred the marriage of Mr. Johnson
and Miss Sarah A. Bedel, a daughter of H. T. Bedel, of Haverill, New Hamp-
shire, and INIaria (Thompson) Bedel, of Cherry Valley, New York. The death
of Mr. Johnson occurred June 7, 1895. He had been a resident of St. Louis for
almost sixty years and was a witness of much of its growth and development,
for it was a comparatively small and unimportant town at the time of his
arrival. There were no railroads and shipments were made by the water routes,
while stage lines connected this city with points farther west. Mr. Johnson lived
to see many changes and always rejoiced in what was accomplished as the city
grew and developed along progressive lines.
GEORGE KIMBALL S^^IITH.
George Kimball Smith, secretary of the National Lumber ]\Ianufacturers
Association, with offices in the Wright building, was born in Christian county,
Illinois, February 23, 1862, his parents being Brianerd and Nancy O. Smith, who
resided upon a farm in Illinois until 1865. In that year the father put aside the
active work of the fields and enjoyed well-earned rest until his death, in 1877.
The family is of English lineage, but has been represented in America sine 1634,
at which time a settlement was made in Connecticut. To this family belongs
Lieutenant Philip Smith, who was active in the Colonial wars.
George K. Smith pursued his education in the public schools and the State
Normal University, at Normal, Illinois, until he completed the course by gradua-
tion in 1880. For a year thereafter he engaged in teaching school at Maroa, Illi-
nois, and then went to Colorado, where he entered the employ of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad Company in a clerical capacity in the master mechanic's de-
partment. In 1883 he removed to Pittsburg, Kansas, that date witnessing a radi-
cal change in his business connections, for he turned his attention to the dry-goods
trade and established a store in partnership with his brother, James B. Smith,
under the firm style of Smith & Smith. They carried on business at Pittsburg,
Kansas, for three years and then sold out, George K. Smith removing to Kansas
City, Missouri, where he engaged in the lumber business as chief clerk with the
North & Ewart Lumber Company. To the duties of that position he directed
his labors for three years, and then removed to Grandin, Missouri, where he en-
gaged as chief clerk with the Missouri Lumber & ]\Iining Company. That asso-
ciation was maintained until 189 r, when he came to St. Louis and engaged as
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 911
secretary with the Southern Lumber JNIanufacturers Association, and he is now
holding the same position under the new organization known as the Yellow Pine
Manufacturers Association. He has also been secretary since 1902 of the Na-
tional Lumber Manufacturers Association. He is likewise a director in the
American Forestry Association, and his study of the lumber interests enables him
largely to speak with authority upon questions bearing thereon.
Mr. Smith was married in Kansas City, Missouri. June 3, 1885, to Miss Lora
E. Allen, and in 1894 he erected a handsome, modern residence at No. 4239
Delmar boulevard. He belongs to the Mercantile Club, Glen Echo Country
Club, and Society of Colonial Wars, and his associates, whether in business or in
social life, find him the courteous, genial gentleman, cognizant at all times of
the rights of others and of his obligations to his fellowmen.
GEORGE D. ROSENTHAL.
George D. Rosenthal is manager of the St. Louis office of the General
Electric Company, and is financially and officially interested in other enterprises.
A native of Krementschug, Poltava, Russia, he was born January 6, 1869.
His father, Herman Rosenthal, librarian and author, was a native of Friedrich-
stadt Kurland, Russia, born October 6, 1843, ^ son of S. Moritz and Pauline
Rosenthal. His education was obtained in the pro gymnasium of Jacobstadt
and, having arrived at the years of maturity, he was married, in June, 1864, in
VVilna, Russia, to ^liss Anna Rosenthal. Coming to the United States on the
i6th of August, 188 1, he established the first agricultural colony for Russian
Jews in America, taking his people to Louisiana. Later he organized two more
colonies, one in South Dakota and one in New Jersey. He is a gentleman of the
broadest culture and of comprehensive learning, and since 1885 has been a con-
tributor to the New York Staats Zeitung. He was sent by the Great Northern
Railway on a mission to Japan and China in 1892-3 and in 1893-4 served as
secretary of the German-American Reform Union. In 1880 he established the
Russian Dary Zarya, and now publishes and edits the liebrew Monthly Intelli-
gencer, in New York. In addition to his labors in publication lines he is the
author of the Worte des Sammlers, 1893; Lied der Lieder, 1893; Report on
Japan, China and Corea, St. Paul, 1893; Spaetherbstnebel Poems, 1906. Since
1900 he has been editor of the Russian department of the Jewish encyclopedia,
and in 1904 he translated Hugo Ganz' Land of Riddles, published originally in
the Russian tongue. He is likewise a man of broad, humanitarian spirit who
has labored earnestly and effectively for the interest of his fellow countrymen,
and is a member of the Imperial Russian Orphan Asylum and of the Red Cross
societies, receiving from the latter a medal in 1877-8. His liberal scholarship, his
broad humanitarianism, and his public-spirited citizenship place him with the
most prominent representatives of the Russian nation in America. He still re-
tains his residence in New York city.
George D. Rosenthal was a pupil in the government university of Poltava
from 1879 until 1882, and the latter year came to America, landing at New York
city, whence he made his wav direct to Mitchell, South Dakota, where his father
established a Russian colony. There he attended the public and high schools un-
til 1886 and the following year returned to New York, where he was associated
with his father in the book business until 1888. He then entered the employ
of the General Electric Company at the Edison Lamp Factory, where he con-
tinued until 1890, and the same year was transferred to the western office in
Chicago, with which he was connected until 1892. In that year he was trans-
ferred to St. Louis, becoming manager of the office here and in this position
has displayed excellent executive ability and administrative direction. He has
also extended his efforts to other departments of business activity, being nmv
912 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the vice president of the P. C. Murphy Trunk Company, and a director of the
Washington National Bank, also a director of the Lincoln Title & Trust Com-
pany. His name thus figures prominently in connection with the financial inter-
ests of the city and his work has been crowned with notable achievement which
has been the logical sequence of his intelligently directed and continuous activity.
In St. Louis, on the 27th of April, 1896, Mr. Rosenthal was married to Aliss
Josephine ]\Iurphy, a daughter of P. C. Murphy, who for the past fifty years
has figured prominently in industrial circles in this city as a manufacturer of
trunks and traveling goods. Their family numbers one son and three daugh-
ters : George Daniel. Jr. ; Xormyan ; Leonore Catherine ; and Helen Dorothy.
The family residence, situated in one of the most attractive districts of the city,
is at Xo. 4304 A\'ashington boulevard, and is a feature in the architectural adorn-
ment of St. Louis. Mr. Rosenthal has not only obtained distinction in business
circles but is prominent in the fraternal and club life of the city. He is a Knight
Templar and thirty-second degree Mason, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He
also belongs to the Liederkranz, the ^lercantile, the Missouri Athletic, the Glen
Echo Country and the Engineers Clubs of St. Louis and to the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers. He is likewise a member of the Oasis Club, of the
St. Louis Power Boat Association, the Missouri Camera Club and the Mississippi
Valley Kennel Club. He is also a member of the Museum of Fine Arts and these
different relations indicate much of the nature of his interests and pleasures.
His political allegiance is given to the republican party. Although modestly in-
clined, he is a man at once thoroughly aggressive in business, believes in facts
rather than in theories and in work rather than in the contemplation of plans.
He meets all men on an equal footing in his courtesy, recognizing no distinc-
tions of wealth but onlv that of worth.
EDWARD D. HOLTHAUS.
Edward D. Holthaus spent his entire life in St. Louis, the span of his
earthlv existence covering the years between February 6, 185 1, the date of his
birth, and ^lay 21, 1896, the date of his death. During much of that period he
was an energetic business man, carefully performing the duties that devolved
upon him. As the name indicates, he was of German lineage, a son of C. L.
and !Maria (Heintz) Holthaus, both of whom were natives of Germany. The
father was born in Osnabruck in 1818, while the mother's birth occurred in
Hamburg in 1821. Both came to the new world in earlv life, making the voy-
age across the Atlantic about the same time and both became residents of St.
Louis, where they were married. Here they continued to reside until 1866,
when they fell victims to the cholera which was epidemic in this city in that
year.
Edward D. Holthaus mastered the elementarv branches of learning as a
private school pupil in St. Louis and afterward entered the St. Louis University,
where he completed his course. When he had put aside his text-books he turned
his attention to business and in the course of time succeeded to the ownership of
the factorv which his father had established and had successfullv conducted in
this city. C. L. Holthaus. in the fall of 1840. had embarked in the manufacture
of tobacco, cigar? and sriufif, establishing his plant on North Third street near
Washington avenue. He met with success in this venture and afterward
removed to No. 614 North Third street, where he continued in business until
his death. His immediate successor in the conduct and management of the
tobacco factory was his son. Louis I. Holthaus, who remained at the head of
the business until about the vear 1886. He then sold his interest to Edward
D. Holthaus, who was then the owner of one of the leading establishments of
this character in the city. As the years passed by he gave proof of his business
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discernment and well formulated plans by gradually expanding the business
until it had assumed extensive proportions and netted him a handsome fortune.
He was a capable man of affairs whose discernment enabled him to utilize
everv opportunity to the best advantage and to coordinate forces, bringing them
into a harmonious whole. He carefully studied trade conditions and in his
tobacco manufacturing business gave to the purchasing public a quality of
goods that enabled him to command a ready sale for his products. He stood
high in business circles and was esteemed by all with whom he was brought
in contact for his high character, his integrity and good citizenship. Outside
of business circles he was known as a quiet, modest man of domestic tastes and
kindly instincts, devoted to his home and family and always ready to respond
to the appeals of those in distress or in need of encouragement and assistance.
In 1883 was celebrated the marriage of Edward D. Holthaus and Miss
Emma Aleinhardt, a half sister of John Dierberger, well known some years since
as cashier of the German-American Bank, of this city. Mrs. Holthaus was
born in St. Louis in 1861 and with five children still survives her husband.
The sons and daughters of the household are Cora, Edward, Robert, Arthur
and Myrtle. The death of the husband and father came as a deep blow to his
family, for he w^as devoted to their welfare and happiness, was kindly, consid-
erate and generous.
He gave his political allegiance to the republican party and always kept
well versed on the questions and issues of the day, yet had no desire for politi-
cal office or honors. He adhered closely to the Golden Rule, believing it the
safest guide for life and in his intercourse with his fellowmen was always
straightforward, charitable and kindly. He belonged to the Legion of Honor
and was a member of the Merchants Exchange Benevolent Society. No tale
of sorrow or distress made appeal to him in vain. He found happiness in reliev-
ing the unfortunate, while his sympathetic nature prompted him to speak a
word of encouragement to the oppressed and disheartened. He never saw a
case of destitution which he did not attempt to relieve when it was possible
for him to do so and there were many poor and needy who have occasion to
revere and bless his memory for his timely assistance. It was these qualities
that won for ]\Ir. Holthaus his firm hold on the regard of those who knew
liim and have caused his memory to be cherished since he has passed away.
GEORGE W. SANDERS.
George \\ . Sanders still remains an active factor in the world's work and
his entire life has been one of usefulness and activity, leading him from humble
environment in business circles to a place of distinction and success. He was
born in \\'estfield, Massachusetts, November 11. 1837, his parents being Plinney
and Charlotte (Curtis) Sanders. The mother was born in Bristol, Connecticut,
and ancestors of both sides of the family came from England to the new world
during the colonial epoch in our history.
Plinney Sanders died during the infancy of his son, George, leaving a widow
and four children, two sons and two daughters, of whom the subject of this re-
view was the youngest. As the family were left in somewhat straightened finan-
cial circumstances he began the battle of life at the age of twelve years, when
he was apprenticed to a neighboring farmer that he might not only become
acquainted with the processes of agriculture but also that his earnings might be
of assistance in supporting his mother and the other members of the family.
He manfully and cheerfully took up this task in which he continued for seven
years. His educational privileges of necessity were circumscribed for he had the
opportunity of attending school only during the short winter sessions. Reading
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 915
and observation added largely to his knowledge and in the school of experience
he learned many valuable lessons.
The tide of emigration was still flowing westward and the great hitherto
unimproved regions were becoming settled. Those who went to the west sent
back reports of the natural resources of the country and the business opportuni-
ties and advantages to be enjoyed in the Mississippi valley and beyond. At-
tracted by the tales which he heard Mr. Sanders determined that he would try
his fortune in the middle west and in the year 1857, when about nineteen years
of age, he became a resident of St. Louis, arriving in this city with a cash capital
of but six dollars, which served as the nucleus of his present handsome assets.
He possessed, however, certain qualities which are ever essential to success.
Integrity, determination and strong purpose animated him in all he did and won
the recognition of his employers who found in him an assistant worthv of their
confidence and trust. He was first employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company in the capacity of fireman, at which time the terminus of the road was
at Jefferson City, Missouri, and, moreover, this was the only railroad west of
the Mississippi river. For about one year and ten months Mr. Sanders occupied
his first position, during which time he made practical use of his surroundings
in the study of engineering, and in less than two years after he entered the em-
ploy of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, he was made locomotive engi-
neer, being thoroughly qualified in every particular to assume the duties and
. responsibilities of this position. He served in that capacity for twelve years or
until the close of the Civil war, and in the meantime carefully saved his earnings,
for it was his desire to engage in business on his own account.
Much of the business of St. Louis was in connection with the Mississippi
river traffic and it was this that gave to Mr. Sanders his idea concerning an inde-
pendent business venture. He began the manufacture of goods used for steam-
boat purposes, including tarpaulins which were utilized as covering for perish-
able articles stored upon the river banks. In this manufacturing enterprise ^Ir.
Sanders met with much success. He gave to the public an excellent quality of
goods at reasonable prices and his straightforward movements insured him a
continuance of the trade which came to him. He soon afterward extended his
scope by beginning the manufacture of a complete line of army clothing and
military goods. He remained at his first location for a number of years and
then removed to Fourth street, opposite the courthouse, which was at that time
the principal wholesale and retail thoroughfare of St. Louis. The partnership
was formed under the style of Stemme, Sanders & Company and the firm con-
tinued in business at the Fourth street location for about seven years, but with
the growth of the city and changes in business centers it was found necessary
to seek other quarters and removal was made to Locust, between Sixth and
Seventh streets. The business was then organized as a stock company under the
name of the George W. Sanders Company with Mr. Sanders as president. The
continuous development of the trade again demanded larger quarters and at
No. 807 Washington avenue the company has found a permanent home, the busi-
ness being now conducted under the style of the Sanders Duck & Rubber Com-
pany. They not only conduct an extensive manufacturing enterprise but are
also exclusive western agents for the A. J. Tower fish brand oil clothing of
Boston, Massachusetts. For the past thirty-three years Mr. Sanders has also
represented the United States Rubber Company, manufacturers of footwear, car-
rying a full line of everything manufactured in rubber goods. The Sanders Com-
pany today employs a large corps of traveling" salesmen and the house has
become known from ocean to ocean, while its annual sales approximate one mil-
lion dollars. Thus the business has developed from a small beginning along sub-
stantial lines of trade and in keeping with ideas of modern progress until it is
today one of the important productive industries and commercial enterprises of
the city.
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On the 1 8th of October, 1864, Mr. Sanders was married to Miss Martha
J. Holton, a daughter of Alfred Holton, then a resident of St. Louis but for-
merly of \^ermont. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were born three daughters and
a son : Horace, who is connected with his father in business as vice president
of the company; Jessie, the wife of Charles Avery, cashier of the Equitable Life
Lisurance Company at St. Louis ; Lottie Louise, the wife of Frank Francis Can-
ter, connected with the Scudder-Gale Grocery Company for the past twenty years ;
and ]\Iabel A., the wife of Dr. Percy J. Farmer, a practicing physician of St.
Louis.
For a number of years Mr. Sanders resided in Webster Grove, a suburb of
St. Louis, and for seventeen years was treasurer of the Webster school board.
For sixteen years he was superintendent of the Webster Presbyterian Sunday
school and an elder in the church during his entire residence there. He is now
living at No. 4393 West Pine boulevard and is an elder in the First Presbyterian
church of St. Louis. He is also a member of the Knights and Legion of Honor
and has been a stalwart republican from the organization of the party. He
stands as a high type of American manhood and chivalry, actuated by high ideals
of citizenship, manifesting his interest in municipal progress, material, intellec-
tual and moral advancement by the hearty cooperation which he has given to
movements along those lines.
JOHN W. SCHLOEMAN.
John W. Scirioeman, who was characterized as "a man loved by all who
knew him," attained a position of distinctive success in business circles and at
the same time his course was so honorable and upright, so just and considerate,
that he had the regard and good will of all, from the humblest employe to his
most prosperous and prominent colleague or contemporary in the business world.
Mr. Schloeman was a native of Germany, born November 8, 1840, but was
only seven years of age when brought to St. Louis, and from that time until his
demise made this city his home. His education was acquired in the schools
here and after entering commercial life he devoted twenty-seven years to the
Belcher Sugar Refining Company, which he represented as a city salesman.
That he enjoyed the full confidence of the house is indicated by his long con-
nection therewith, which, moreover, proved the worth of his service and ability.
On severing his connection with that house he became connected with the leather
trade and organized the J. W. Schloeman Leather Company, of which he became
president. He was engaged in the leather business in the city from 1883 until
his demise. He developed a splendid enterprise of this character and sought
success not for selfish purposes, but because of the opportunity which it gave
him to provide his family with the comforts and luxuries of life, and because
it enabled him to aid the poor and needy and to give substantial assistance as
occasion required. He was most charitable and kind, and a tale of sorrow or
distress made strong appeal to him, as was evidenced by his generous response
in substantial aid and sympathy.
Mr. Schloeman was married in St. Louis to Miss Anna M. Graefe, who
was also a native of Germany and a daughter of William and Anna Marie
Graefe. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Schloeman were born five children: Otto H., Edwin
W., Laura Schloeman, Mrs. E. R. Sewing and Mrs. O. W. Polster.
It was on November 25, 1908, that Mr. Schloeman was called to his final
rest, amid the deep regret of all who knew him. Employes honored and re-
spected him, business associates admired him for what he accomplished and the
methods which he followed, and the poor and needy found in him a faithful
frienrl. In all the qualities of manhood and of the recognition of one's obliga-
tions to his fellowmen, Mr. Scliloemar] was richly endowed, and his memory
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918 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
will be cherished while there remain living monuments upon whom he left the
impress of his individuality. Such a life never fails to be a potent influence for
good, and the world is better by such an example.
\MLLIAM MARVIN ARMSTRONG.
^^'illiam Alarvin Armstrong, vice president of the F. A. Goodrich Iron and
Steel Company, was born in Brooklyn, New York, February 20, 1872. His
grandfather, David Armstrong, was in early life a silversmith of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and afterward was connected with the craft in New York city. His
son, James Armstrong, born in Edinburgh and brought to the new world in his
infancy, became a plumbing contractor of the eastern metropolis, and so continued
until his death, in 1904, when he was seventy-two years of age. He was in his
day the most prominent business man in his line in New York city and was very
successful. His wife, who prior to her marriage was Frances Victoria Wall, is
a native of Canada, of English descent, and is still living in New York. Their
family numbered ten children, the ninth in order of birth being William M. Arm-
strong. James, Edward and Charles are successors of their father in business,
while Frederick is an electrical contractor of New York city.
William M. Armstrong spent his boyhood in Brooklyn and acquired his edu-
cation in the public schools there, after which he entered the Shefiield Scientific
School, of Yale University, and was graduated on the completion of a course in
mechanical engineering, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy with
senior appointment at his graduation in 1893. He put his theoretical knowledge
to the practical test during the year following his graduation, which he spent in
the shops of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. He was
also for a year in the shops of the Erie Railroad Company that he might gain
practical and extended experience in his chosen profession. He was then pro-
moted to the position of engineer of tests on the road, acting in that capacity for
two years, after which he became mechanical engineer with the Michigan Pen-
insular Company, of Detroit. In 1899, at the time the American Car & Foun-
dry Company was organized, he came to St. Louis with them and the same year
was made assistant to the general manager, holding that position until 1902,
when the F. A. 'Goodrich Iron & Steel Company was formed. With the latter
corporation he has been successively secretary, treasurer, and vice president, his
executive ability constituting a valuable element in the success of the house. This
concern is the selling agency for the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company; the La
Belle Iron Works ; the Toledo Furnace Company and other steel manufacturers.
He is also vice president of the firm of the F. A. Goodrich Company, of Detroit,
selling agents for the Pittsburg Steel Mills, and is interested in various other
enterprises. Interested in all topics bearing upon the science of mechanics, he is
now a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He also be-
longs to the St. Louis Railway Club, the Mercantile Club, the University Club and
to the Civic League. In politics he is a republican and has been tendered the
nomination for the house of delegates, but the demands of his private business
prevented his accej^tance. He is an enthusiast on the subject of tennis and a
member of the Triple A Athletic Club. A lover of music and art, he belongs to
the Amphion Club and St. Louis Symphony Society and the St. Louis Museum
of Fine Arts. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church.
In 1900 Mr. Armstrong was married at Binghamton, New York, to Miss
Nellie S. Myrick, a daughter of Nathan S. Myrick, of the H. B. Clafflin Com-
pany, of New York city. She died in 1906, and their only child is also deceased.
Mr. Armstrong was married in St. Louis. September 30, 1908, to Miss Juliet S.
Warner, a daughter of Major Charles G. Warner, for a number of vears vice
president of the Gould system of railways, and active in the various departments
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTfY. 919
of church work in the Church of the Holy Communion — EpiscopaHan. Mr. Arm-
strong neither seeks nor shuns notoriety; on the contrary his thought is fixed upon
his growing business interests, his social and civic duties, and his mterest in those
things promoting aesthetic culture. The natural refinement and graces of his
character have so developed that he is a man of pleasing personality in whom
courtesy, consideration and strength of character are well blended forces.
ENNO SANDER.
The German revolution of 1848 had a vital influence on American history in
that it was the indirect means of bringing to our shores men who have attained
distinction in scholarship, in military and political circles and in business life.
They have had marked influence in molding public progress along various lines
and among those who have left their impress for good upon American upbuild-
ing is numbered Enno Sander, of St. Louis, who has today passed the eighty-
seventh milestone on life's journey. He first opened his eyes to the light of day
in the little village of Trinum, near Koethen in Anhalt, Germany, February 27,
1822, his parents being Karl Friedrich and Emilia (Palm) Sander. In pursuing
his education he attended successively the gymnasium of Zerbst, Eisleben and
Koethen and the University of Berlin, while the year 1847 chronicled his gradu-
ation at Halle. Fifty years later he received the golden diploma from his alma
mater.
Greatly interested in the political situation of his native land, Enno Sander
served as a member of the constitutional assembly of his native state in 1848
and the following year was assistant secretary of war in Baden. As the revolu-
tion proved a failure, he was taken prisoner and sentenced to ten years of soli-
tary confinement for his connection therewith but in 1850 was pardoned and ex-
iled. Coming to the United States, which was the haven of many of Germany's
sterling sons who had labored or fought for larger liberties, he became a most
loyal and devoted citizen of his adopted country and at the time of the Civil war
rendered to her loyal allegiance as major and brigadier quartermaster on the staff
of General John B. Gray in St. Louis.
Throughout the entire period of his residence in this land Mr. Sander has
made his home in St. Louis, where in 1853 he established a drug store. His
success in this line led to the founding of a second store in 1854 and a third in
1865 and in the latter year he also opened a chemical factory which is still in
operation. He is a scientist of broad knowledge and from 1871 until 1874 was
professor of materia medica and botany at the St, Louis College of Pharmacy,
which he had reorganized after it had been closed for two years, and on the 27th
of February, 1902, he was elected professor emeritus. His educational work was
of the highest character and constituted an effective force in the success of the
institution, but while engaged in teaching he also successfully managed his busi-
ness interests and for thirty years, beginning in 1864, conducted an analytical
laboratory in St. Louis. His cooperation has been sought in many lines to pro-
mote knowledge as well as advance material business interests and in 1861 he was
chosen recording secretary of the St. Louis Academy of Science, while the fol-
lowing year he was made treasurer, which position he continued to fill for forty-
six years, when he declined reelection and the academy conferred upon him the
honorary membership.
A man of notable ability, the years have not seemed to lessen his capacities
and power and long after the majority of his fellowmen had put aside active
business cares Mr. Sander, when in his eightieth year, erected a mineral-water
factory and that he had kept in touch with modern invention and mechanical in-
genuity is shown by the fact that he equipped his plant with the latest improve-
ments, making it the best of its kind in the west. The business was incorporated
920 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in 1894 under the name of the Enno Sander Mineral Water Company, of which
he Avas elected president and treasurer. The output includes Apollinaris, Bro-
mine, Carlsbad Sprudel, Carbonic, Friedrichshall, Kissingen, Arseniated Iron,
Pyrophosphorous Iron, Garrod Spa Lithia, American Lithia, Arseniated Lithia,
Benzoated Lithium, Seltsers, Mchy, etc.
The majority of men would feel that they had accomplished their life work
had they conducted a successful mercantile enterprise, had they proved a compe-
tent teacher or established and controlled an important manufactory. Air. San-
der has done all these and furthermore is not unknown as an inventor. He se-
cured a patent on a veterinary medicine chest in 1868, on a chemical fire extin-
guisher in 1869 and on an aerated water still in 1902. While thus engaged he
has been a student along many scientific lines. Dr. Sander is a member of the
St. Louis Academy of Science, the Historical and Chemical Societies of St. Louis,
the American Aledical Association, the American Pharmaceutical Association, of
which he was president in 1871, the Missouri State Pharmaceutical Association,
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of
Alilitary Surgeons, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the
^Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis ; an honorary member of the alumni associa-
tions of ^Maryland College of Pharmacy and St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Many pamphlets and professional articles have appeared from his pen, of which
those written in German have been republished in the pharmaceutical journals
of the European countries in the original text or translated. He was never mar-
ried. The world has been enriched by the learning and capability of Enno San-
der and what was Germany's loss in 1850 became America's gain. St. Louis
honors him as a business man, educator, inventor and scientist and his life record
contains many inspiring lessons.
HENRY PETTKER.
The business development of Henry Pettker has followed his close applica-
tion and sound judgment in the control of mercantile affairs, and he is now one
of the leading retail grocers of St. Louis. He has also engaged in real-estate
operations to an extent that has greatly benefited his section of the city. He
was born Alarch 30, 1841, in Dissen, Westphalia, Germany, his parents being
Mathias and Charlotte (Struwe) Pettker. The father was a landowner and
farmer who for many years was in charge of the government import office of
Hanover and Prussia. Both he and his wife were residents of their native
country until called beyond.
Henrv Pettker acquired his education in the schools of Germany and in
1865 started for America, being then a young man of twenty-four years. His
parents had provided him with ample funds that in the event of his not liking
the country he would have to incur no hardships and would possess a sum suf-
ficient to enable him to return home. His appreciation for our republican form
of government and his desire to enjoy the blessings to be obtained in the land
of the free, together with the fact that he found American people hospitable,
courteous and kind, decided him to remain in this land, and he therefore
sought employment in that line of activity to which he had been reared, securing
a situation on a farm adjacent to the city. There he remained about a year. In
more recent times that farm has been converted into what is known as the New
Picketts cemetery on the Gravois road. Therein he has purchased a lot and
erected a family monument, so that it is probable his last resting place will be
upon the farm where he began his business career in the new world.
Between the years i860 and 1877 he was employed in various ways, and
then became associated with his brother, Frederick W. Pettker, who came to
the United States in 1866, and embarked in the retail grocery business, opening
HENRY PETTKER
922 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
a store at the corner of Eighth and O'Fallon streets, where they erected the
business property they occupied. This venture proved a success from the be-
ginning- and the firm continued the business for a period of ten years. In 1881
the partnership was dissolved and Henry Pettker decided to engage in business
individually, and after seeking a favorable location opened a store at the corner
of Twenty-third and Cass avenue. . He purchased the lot with its improvements
and during the twenty-seven years in which he has carried on the business there
he has developed one of the largest retail grocery establishments in that section
of the city. Being a thorough business man and having faith in the future growth
and upbuilding of his locality, Mr. Pettker also made many profitable invest-
ments in realty and is today the owner of many of the substantial business blocks
and residences of that section, including three corners at Cass avenue and
Twenty-third street. He has made a rule for more than a quarter of a century
to erect one or more buildings each year and has strictly adhered to his resolu-
tion in this connection, so that he has aided greatly in the city's development, at
the same time promoting his individual success, for his property interests have
brought him a good rental and a substantial profit when sales have been made.
Twice married, it was in April, 1870, that Mr. Pettker wedded Miss Hannah
Stuetzer. and unto them were born two children : Marie, now the wife of John
Houston, city attorney of Mansfield, Ohio; and William, who married Katharine
Beckert and is connected with his father in business. Having lost his first wife,
Mr. Pettker was married in St. Louis in 1896 to Miss Caroline Hartman, and
this union has been blessed with two children : Henrv Mathias named in honor
of his grandfather ; and a daughter, Marie Elsie. There are also three grand-
children, ]\Iarie, Henry Pettker Houston and John.
Mr. Pettker is a republican in politics, but has never had a desire for ofhce.
The only public position he has filled is that of election judge. In his youth he
was confirmed in the Lutheran faith and is now a member of the New Picketts
church. In 1869 he joined Pride of the West Lodge, I. O. O. F., and about
ten years later joined the Masonic fraternity, but in recent years has not been
active in fraternal relations. No one more justly deserves the somewhat hack-
neyed but always expressive title of a self-made man, for as the result of close
application and energy intelligently applied he is today one of the leading retail
grocers of St. Louis. Moreover, his name has become a synonym for honestv
to all who know him, his word being as good as any bond ever solemnized by
signature or seal.
HERBERT RIZZIO SHANKS.
There is no spontaneity in business success but rather a process of gradual
accretion, the result of persistent, continuous effort day by day, in which con-
stant watchfulness of trade conditions is a necessary feature. It is thus that Her-
bert R. Shanks has come to the presidency of the Hart Hat & Furnishing Goods
Company, occupying this position since October, 1905. He was born in Newark,
Missouri, November 16, 1880. His parents, George C. and Martha L. Shanks,
are now residents of St. Louis, the father being a contractor and builder. The
family has been represented in this country for generations, the ancestry being
traced back through George and James to Sample Nelson.
Herbert R. Shanks was sent to the ])ublic schools when he reached the age
designated by law anrl there he continued his studies until thirteen years of age.,
when he accompanied his parents on their removal to the country. The succeed-
ing two_ years were passed amid rural surroundings and they then returned to
St. Louis, where the subject of this review began providing for his own support
by securing a clerkship with the Missouri Pacific Railway. He remained with
that corporation until June, 1901, when he became connected witli the hat and
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furnishing goods store owned by William Hart. He was employed as salesman
and buyer until 1905, gradually acquiring an intimate, accurate and expert knowl-
edge of the business so that he was well qualified to assume administrative con-
trol ,when in 1905 he was elected to the presidency. This is a well known house,
carrying an extensive line of goods and enjoying a gratifying share of the pub-
lic patronage. The business is carefully systematized and is the exponent of
modern progressive business methods, resulting in the achievement of success.
On the 15th of October, 1901, in St. Louis, Mr. Shanks was married to INliss
Hazel Hart, a daughter of William Hart, secretary and treasurer of the Hart Hat
& Furnishing Goods Company. They reside at No. 7323 Elm avenue in Maple-
wood. Mr. Shanks is a member and collecting officer of the Hamilton Council,
No. 102, of the Royal League and presided in the orator's chair for one term.
He exercises the right of franchise in support of republican principles and feels
that good government is best conserved in support of the issues for which the
party stands.
JUDGE SIMON S. BASS.
In no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of the
law. And in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation,
a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying
principles, which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging
application and intuitive wisdom, and a determination to fully utilize the means
at hand are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this
great profession, which stands as the stern conservator of justice; and it is one
in which none should enter without a recognition of the obstructions to be over-
come and the battles to be won. For success does not perch on the falchion of
every person who enters the competitive fray, but comes only as the direct result
of capacity and unmistakable ability. Possessing all the requisite qualities of the
able lawyer, Judge Simon S. Bass has figured for many years as a prominent mem-
ber of the St. Louis bar.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, his natal day was May 11, 1852. His father,
Sigmund Bass, was a native of Furth, Bavaria, and about 1835 came to America,
settling on the James river, near Jamestown, Virginia, where he engaged in a gen-
eral merchandising. He was married in Baltimore to Miss Pauline Stearn, a na-
tive of Westphalen, Germany, and a resident of Baltimore. They established their
home in that city, where Mr. Bass engaged in mercantile pursuits until his death,
in 1881. His brothers were prominent in financial circles in Frankfurt-on-the-
Main, Germany, where they conducted a banking business. Judge Bass was the
eldest of four sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. His youngest
brother, Dr. Joseph Bass, is a dentist of New Orleans, while Louis is a merchant
of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin is a traveling salesman, residing in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Judge Bass spent his boyhood in Ijaltimore, acquiring his early education in
the public schools, and his classical education from a private tutor, who was a
brother in Loyola College of that city. He then read law under the direction of
Archibald SterJing, Jr., of Baltimore, who at that time was LTnited States district
attorney there.
The year 1880 witnessed the arrival of Judge Bass in St. Louis, and he con-
tinued his studies in the St. Louis Law School until his admission to the bar on
examination of the judges, as was then the practice. This was in April. 1881.
He also read law here with the firm of Carr & Reynolds before his admission to
the bar and for a few years he engaged in practice alone, after which he joined
John I. Martin in organizing the firm of Martin & Bass, which partnership con-
tinued until 1900. Through the succeeding eight years he was associated with
924 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Charles Brock in the firm of Bass & Brock, and in 1908 he entered into partner-
ship relations with William Zachritz under the firm style of Zachritz & Bass.
During the twenty-five years of his practice Judge Bass has been identified with
many important cases, which have attracted wide attention, and in which he has
been verv successful. He has confined his attention entirely to his professional
duties and on numerous occasions has acted as provisional judge in the court of
criminal corrections. He was nominated for circuit judge at the primaries in the
fall of 1908. but was defeated with the remainder of the democratic ticket in the
republican landslide of that year.
Judge Bass has always been a stanch democrat, but has not been an active
party worker in recent years. For a long period he has been a member of the
^Missouri Bar Association. He has been very active in the Royal Arcanum, the
Woodmen of the World, the Legion of Honor, and fraternal work in general,
and is a member of the committee on laws of the grand lodge of the Royal Arca-
num. He likewise belongs to the Westwood Country Club, the Missouri Ath-
letic Club, Contemporary Club, and to several fishing and hunting clubs, which
associations indicate the nature of his recreation. He early took a stand for the
promotion of St. Louis art. Always much interested in affairs relating to the
Israelite race he has been a member of Shaara Enieth Congregation, and one of
the board of directors for twelve or fifteen years.
On the 226. of February, 1885, Mr. Bass was married in St. Louis, to Miss
Xellie Hedden, of Madison county, Illinois, and they have one son, Sigmund,
twenty-one years of age, a student in Columbia University and three daughters,
Blanche, Ruth and Ethel, all at home.
In the makeup of Judge Bass there is little of self-assertion although he
possesses, as every strong man does, an understanding of his own capacities and
powers. In manner, he is modest and retiring, but in the years of his residence
in St. Louis has become well known as a strong and able lawyer, attaining that
success which can onlv be secured through indomitable energy, perseverance,
patience and strong mentality.
MAX FEUERBACHER.
St. Louis, founded as a French settlement long before Missouri became a
part of the territory of the Fruited States, eventually became largely a city of
German-American population, and the representatives of the Teutonic race,
bringing to the new world their civilization, their enterprise and ambition,
wrought a decided change in conditions here, infusing their own spirit of prog-
ress into the town, with the result that it was transformed into a city of im-
portant commercial and industrial relations. Among those who were factors
in this transformation Max Feuerbacher was numbered.
A native of Germany, he was born near Bamberg, Muhlhausen, June 30,
1835, of the marriage of John and Doretta Feuerbacher. His father was a
brewer by occupation. He acquired a thorough education in the schools of
his native town and then acquainted himself with the brewer's trade under the
guidance of his father, gaining comprehensive and practical knowledge of the
business. He was a youth of seventeen years when he crossed the Atlantic to
America and, becoming a resident of St. Louis, sought employment in the line
of his trade, which he found in Uhrig's brewery, which was one of the early
institutions of its kind in the city. At a later date he was employed at the
Philadelphia brewery on Morgan street, serving there for some time as .fore-
man. Imbued with the creditable ambition to engage in business on his own
account, he became interested in the firm of Joseph Schnaider & Company in
1857. Eight years later the company erected what became known as the Green
Tree Brewery at the corner of Ninth and Sidnev streets. Two years later Mr.
MAX FEUERBACHER
926 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Feuerbacher purchased the interest of ^Ir. Schnaider and soon afterward ad-
mitted Louis Schlossstein to a partnership, at which time the firm name of Feuer-
bacher & Schlossstein was assumed. At a later date their enterprise, which
had grown to large proportions, was incorporated under the name of the Green
Tree Brewing" Company with ]Mr. Feuerbacher as president of the corporation.
As the years passed the enterprise was developed along lines of substantial
growth and its output was continually increased to meet the demands of the trade.
The capable management and keen business discernment of Air. Feuerbacher
were the salient features in the success of the undertaking. At length, warned
by failing health that he must seek relief from business cares in rest and recrea-
tion, he returned to Germany in 1884. In due course of time he reached his
native city, revisited the old homestead and there in the house in which he was
born ]\Ir. Feuerbacher passed away ten days later. His remains were afterward
brought back to St. Louis for interment and now rest in St. Matthew's cemeterv.
Air. Feuerbacher is survived by his widow, who in her maidenhood was
Miss J\Iinna Wallenbroock. Their marriage was celebrated in 1875 and unto
them were born four children : Lydia, Max, Arthur and Walter, all of whom
were left to mourn the loss of the husband and father, who was ever devoted to
the welfare and happiness of his family.
Since his death the family interest in the Green Tree Brewery has been
sold to the combination of English capitalists operating under the name of the
St. Louis Brewing Association. He was well known as one of the prominent
German-American residents of St. Louis and, like many of his fellow country-
men, was most loyal to the L^nion during the Civil war and served as a member
of the Home Guards, organized for the protection of the city. His political
allegiance was always given to the republic?n party and he held membership in
the Protestant Evangelical church. He was also identified with the St. Louis
Commandery of Knights Templar, with the Turners, the Liederkranz and the
Arion societies. He was always loyal to the principles which he made the guid-
ing spirit of his life and he enjoyed in large measure the warm friendship and
high regard of those with whom he was associated through the ties of business
and of friendship. While he was always loyal to his adopted city and its best
interests and faithful to his friends, his best traits of character were reserved
for his own home and fireside, and it is there that his death has been most keenly
felt, for he lived in close and devoted companionship with his wife and children.
JUDGE HUGO MUENCH.
Judge Hugo Muench. lawyer and jurist, whose professional record consti-
tutes a creditable chapter in the judicial history of St. Louis, was born July 14,
185 1, in Warren county, Missouri. On his father's side he is descended from a
lineage of Lutheran ministers, reaching back to the seventeenth century. On the
maternal side he comes from a long line of physicians and surgeons, a number
of whom were professors of surgerv at the Universities of Marburg, Bonn and
Berlin.
The father, Frederick Aluench, was reared as a Protestant minister but,
after settling in this country in 1834, devoted himself first to the establishing of
a home, to farming and fruit-raising. In later years he followed literarv pur-
suits almost exclusively. On planning his removal to the new world he became
one of the leaders of an emigration and colonization society, organized in the
university town of Giessen, his brother-in-law, Paul Follen, being his associate
in this undertaking. The colonization scheme being found impractical on arrival
here, they settled on adjoining farms in Warren county, Missouri. The keen,
scintillant mind and qualities of leadership possessed by Mr. Muench led to his
selection for official houov^ and the district in which he resided elected him, in
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 927
1862, to the state senate for a term of four years. He always took an active
and influential interest in all events and particularly in the question of the aholi-
tion of slaver}-. He strongly opposed the enslavement of the negroes and in 1856
made campaign addresses throughout the east in support of Fremont, following
the organization of the repuhlican party formed to prevent the further extension
of slavery. He was also a delegate to the convention which nominated Ahraham
Lincoln in Chicago in i860, was keenlv alive to the living issues and felt the pal-
pitating pulse of politics.
Judge Aluench supplemented his district-school course in Warren county by
studv at Augusta, St. Charles county, Missouri. He was under his father's
tutelage until seventeen vears of age, when he matriculated in the academic de-
partment of the Washington Lmiversity in St. Louis, afterward spending two
years as a special student in the collegiate department. In preparation for a
professional career he entered the St. Louis Law School in 1871 and graduated
with the Bachelor of Law^ degree in 1873. He had the average experience of a
farmer boy in those years, excepting during 1864 and 1865, when he acted as
senate page in Jefiferson City, through the long regular and revising sessions that
occurred in those troublous years. Those associations as well as the wishes of
his parents inclined him to the study of law in preparation for a life work. Flav-
ing entered the law office of Henry Hitchcock as a student he afterward became
associated with Mr. Hitchcock's brother-in-law, Hon. M. Dwight Collier, with
whom he formed a partnership in 1874 under the firm style of Collier & Muench.
This relation endured until Mr. Collier's enforced retirement and removal from
St. Louis on account of ill health about 1882. From 1884 until 1887 Judge
Muench was in partnership with F. A. Cline, Esq., as Muench & Cline, and on
the retirement of George \\'. Lubke from the circuit bench the firm of Lubke &
Muench was formed, continuing from January i, 1889, in their active practice
until the appointment of Judge Muench as United States consul in April. 1902,
ill health having compelled his retirement from legal work.
Judge ]\Iuench has always been allied with the republican party, following
the views entertained by a father who was an original and ardent abolitionist and
republican. He has never w^avered in his allegiance to the republican party and
has for manv vears attended its conventions as a delegate and participated in its
campaigns. He has not, however, surrendered his right to act independently as
a citizen whenever unworthy nominations happen to be made by his own party.
He was elected a member of the St. Louis public school board in the fall of 1886
to fill an unexpired term. These were stormy times in that body and he gave
earnest and diligent support to every movement which he believed would further
the best interests of the schools. In ^^larch, 1902, he was appointed by President
Roosevelt as United States consul at Zittan, Saxony, and in May. 1903, was pro-
moted to the consulate at Plauen, Saxony. He voluntary resigned, his resigna-
tion to take efifect October i, 1905, in order to resume the practice of law in
St. Louis, his health having been restored in the meantime. At the election of
November, 1906, he was chosen by popular suffrage as judge of the circuit court
for a term of six years, beginning in January, 1907. He completed a term of
eighteen months in criminal division No. 10 and is now assigned for the remain-
der of the term to courtroom No. i of the civil division. He has taken a mod-
est but helpful interest in such enterprises for public benefit as have been launched
in this city during the past twenty or twenty-five years, both in the way of finan-
cial aid and personal efifort.
Judge ^Muench is not a member of any secret society but about 1879 joined
the Turners, being soon afterward elected president or speaker of the North St.
Louis Gymnastic Society (Turn Verein). In 1882 he was elected a member and
vice president of the national governing board of the National Turner Bund and
in 1889 was chosen its president, remaining as such for three and a half years,
when he resigned because of pressure of other duties. In 1897 he was chairman
of the executive committee which prepared and managed a large gymnastic fes-
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tival held in this city that year, bringing over three thousand active participants
at the old fair grounds. He was for a number of times a delegate from this dis-
trict to the national conventions of the Bund. In 1894 he was chosen president
of the Liederkranz Club of this city and was in charge of the celebration of its
silver jubilee of that year. His religious views are in accord with those of the
Ethical Society of which he is a member and supporter.
On the I2th of November, 1874, Judge Muench was married in St. Louis to
Eugenia F. Thamer, a daughter of Julius Thamer and a graduate of Mary Insti-
tute, where she completed the course in 1873 — the year of Judge Aluench's gradu-
ation from the law school. She died May 9, 1908, and is survived by tour chil-
erdn : Julius Thamer, who married Elsa Starkloff, a daughter of Dr. H. M.
Starkloft' of this city, and they have one son; Paula E. ; Alice F; and Hugo, Jr.,
who are all at home, the last named being a student of the McKinley high school.
While Judge INIuench modestly disclaims any claim to prominence he has
nevertheless been recognized for a number of years as one of the able members
of the St. Louis bar, his ability enabling him to cope in forensic combat with many
of the most distinguished representatives of the legal fraternity here. Alore-
over on the bench he has proved an able jurist whose learning is wide and com-
prehensive and whose application of legal principles is correct. His consular
service and his official duties in local action have all been discharged with a sin-
gleness of purpose that none have questioned, while his personal characteristics
as manifest in his social relations have gained him extended friendship and warm
reg^ard.
JOHN PAUL BRYSON, M.D.
Br. John Paul Bryson, who, as medical educator and practitioner, gained
distinction that made him the peer of the ablest representatives of the profession
in the Mississippi valley, came to St. Louis as an inexperienced physician, but
with the passing of the years the field of his usefulness continually increased,
and the public and the profession did him honor for his scholarly attainments
and successful accomplishments in scientific lines.
A native of Mississippi, Dr. Bryson was born April 16, 1846, his parents
being James and Eliza (Banks) Bryson. The paternal grandfather, John
Bryson, was a native of Argyleshire, Scotland, and was owner of estates in the
north of Ireland. His wife belonged to the famous clan Campbell of Scotland
and was a near relative of the eminent divine, Alexander Campbell. In the
maternal line Dr. Bryson was a representative of an old southern family. His
mother was born in Georgia, although her people were from Virginia, the family
having been established in Culpeper at a very early period in the colonization
of the new world. Dr. Bryson was fortunate in that he had back of him an
ancestry honorable and distinguished. His father was a man of noble courage,
uprightness and strength of character, possessing an innate love of justice, while
his wife was equally noted for her benevolent and generous spirit.
Dr. Bryson spent his boyhood days upon one of the old j\Iississippi planta-
tions, living the life common at that dav among the gentlemen of the south.
He was provided with liberal educational advantages, spending some time as
a pupil in the schools of the neighborhood, while under private instruction at
home he continued his education. In early life he manifested aptitude in the
study of science, and his broad research and investigation laid the foundation
upon which he built his professional success in later years. The momentous
questions which precederl the Civil war diverted his attention for a time from
his bcK"jks. and in 1863. when but seventeen years of age, he enlisted as a private
soldier in the Confederate army and served thereafter until the cessation of
hostilities, being largely engaged in active flutv in A^rginia.
DR. T. P. BRYSON
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930 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Following his return from the war. Dr. Bryson took up the study of medi-
cine in the office and under the direction of Dr. S. V. Hill, of Macon, one of
the most learned and skillful physicians and surgeons of the south. He was,
moreover, a gentleman of superior culture, and Dr. Bryson's association with
him was of inestimable benefit. His natural love of science made the study of
medicine one of deep and undying interest to him, and after reading for some
time under the tutorship of Dr. Hill, he matriculated in the Humboldt Medical
College of St. Louis in 1866 and two years later received his degree from that
institution. Xot long after his graduation he received an appointment to the
position of assistant surgeon of the city hospital and acted in that capacity for
one year, thus adding to his theoretical training the knowledge gained from
broad and varied hospital experience. In the fall of 1869 he took up the private
practice of medicine and surgery, and for several years practiced in connec-
tion with Dr. William L. Barret, a distinguished member of the medical fra-
ternity in St. Louis. Dr. Bryson's ability soon gained him recognition as one
wdiose knowledge and powers were manifest in the excellent results which at-
tended his professional labors. Careful in the diagnosis of a case, his judgment
concerning the outcome of a disease was rarely, if ever, at fault and his ability
won him an extended patronage. He also figured prominently in connection
with educational work in medical lines. In 1870 he was appointed demon-
strator of anatomy in the Missouri Medical College, a position which he filled
for two years. In 1872 he became quiz master of the St. Louis Medical Col'
lege, and in 1876 was appointed clinical lecturer at that institute on the genito-
urinary organs. In 1882 he was made professor of genito-urinary surgery in
the same college, and filled that position until his death, making an enviable
record as a lecturer and educator. As the years passed he also did much clin-
ical work at the O'Fallon dispensary, which is the clinical department of the
St. Louis Aledical College. In 1882 he was appointed surgeon to the Mullanphy
Hospital, which position he held up to the time of his demise. His career as
a physician and surgeon in St. Louis was a record of constantly increasing patron-
age, growing usefulness and expanding influence in the profession and in the
community at large. He was deeplv interested in his profession from the scien-
tific standpoint, and, moreover, was actuated in all that he did by a spirit of
broad hunianitarianism. His honors were worthily won, his ability gaining
him preeminence in a profession which many regard as the most important
to which man can direct his energies.
Dr. Bryson sought further efficiency in his chosen calling by his continued
reading and study and from the interchange of thoughts and experiences among
the members of different medical associations. In 1869 he was admitted to a
membership in the St. Louis Medical Society and was also a member of the
Medico-Chirurgical Society of this city and similar local medical societies He
became one of the charter members of the American Association of Genito-
Urinary Surgeons and served for one year as its vice president. He was also
a member of the executive committee of the Congress of American Physicians
and Surgeons, and took a most active and helpful part in the work of keeping
the profession up to a high standard. His fellow members of the medical fra-
ternity often sought his counsel and advice in difficult cases, and he was con-
sulting physician at flifferent times to the St. Louis Hospital, the Missouri
Pacific Hospital and the Baptist Sanitarium. He did much charitable work
along professional lines, rendering his aid cheerfully and willingly to many
cases where he knew that no remuneration would be received.
In 1873 occurred the marriage of Dr. Bryson to Miss Mary Sterling Win-
ter, a daughter of William D. and Sarah (Sterling) Winter, of Bayou Sara,
Louisiana. Mrs. Bryson died in 1890, leaving two children, and in 1893 Dr.
Bryson wedded Miss Jeannic Richmond, of Woodstock, Vermont. He was
devoted to the welfare of his family and found his greatest happiness in his
own home. His best traits of character were reserved for his fireside, and his
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 931
friends ever found him a genial, courteous and hospitable host. His work in the
world was a beneficent one, and his life record marked a career of extreme
capability and usefulness. His memory, therefore, deserves to be perpetuated
in a history that will descend to future generations, for he stood among^ the
progressive members of his profession who led the vanguard in professional
service, actuated by the laudable ambition to achieve success by love of scientific
research, and more than all, by the humanitarian spirit which recoo;nizcs the
brotherhood of the race.
PEYTON T. CARR.
The leaders are comparatively few, while the lower ranks of life are over-
crowded. The great majority who enter the business world are actuated by a
desire to secure a salary at comparatively little personal expenditure of time and
labor, rather than to gain promotions by making service valuable to employers.
It is only when the latter course is followed that advancement is secured, and it
has been through this avenue that Peyton T. Carr has reached the goal of pros-
perity, standing today in a conspicuous position in the enjoyment of notable suc-
cess because of the extent and importance of his business connections. ]\Ir. Carr
is one of the native sons of St. Louis, of whom the city is justly proud. He was
born November 24, 1864, his parents being Alfred and Angelica (Yeatman) Carr,
the former a real-estate operator of St. Louis. The maternal ancestors came from
Tennessee, while the father was a representative of an old Kentucky family.
The public schools, Smith Academy and Washington University afforded
Peyton T. Carr his educational advantages, and he was graduated as a member
of the first class in the Manual Training School, a branch of the university. He
then took a position with the Frisco Railroad Company in the machine shops with
the object of thoroughly learning the business in every detail, his friend. Captain
C. W. Rogers, general manager and vice president of the road, advising and
assisting him in this object. For two years he continued in the shops, but con-
cluded that the work was not entirely congenial and believed that he could win
success in lines which were more satisfactory from the standpoint of personal
liking. He then joined his father, who was engaged in the real-estate business,
and for a number of years Peyton T. Carr continued to carry on the purchase
and sale of St. Louis property, as junior partner of the firm. His next step in a
progressive business career made him vice president and general manager of the
Citizens Insurance Company of Missouri, with which he remained until the com-
pany sold out to the Hartford Insurance Company of Connecticut. His next
business connection brought him still broader opportunities, for he became presi-
dent of the L^nited Elevator and Grain Company, of St. Louis, and still remains
as its chief executive officer. In October. 1907, he was also elected the president
of the Kehlor Flour ^lills Company, of St. Louis, owners of the largest fiouring-
mill enterprise of the city, and one of the mammoth concerns of the kind in the
country, having a capacity of three thousand barrels per day. The larger per-
centage of their business is an export trade, their output being shipped to all the
markets of the world and in addition they also enjoy a large domestic trade.
The mammoth plant, splendidly equipped in every particular with the latest im-
proved machinery, constitutes one of the most important industrial concerns in
St. Louis, keeping the city in touch with outside commercial interests and thus
constituting a feature in its growth. Early in his business life Mr. Carr learned
to differentiate between the valuable and the non-essential, and also soon devel-
oped a keen discriminating power in judging men. so that he has been enabled
to gather about him a corps of most efffcient assistants and helpers. Justice has
always been maintained in his relations with those who have served him aufl
his appreciation of the worth of an assistant has been also one of the elements
932 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of his success. ^Moreover he seems to possess a genius for devising and execut-
ing a plan at the right time, and this is supplemented by the quality of common-
sense, which is too often lacking in the business world.
On the 15th of November, 1893. in St. Louis, Mr. Carr was married to Miss
Josephine Kehlor, a daughter of J. B. M. Keillor, founder of the Kehlor Mills.
He enjoys the companionship of men of culture and intelligence in the St. Louis,
Noonday and Country Clubs, and he also holds membership in the Business Men's
League and the Episcopal church. The success to which he has attained now re-
leases him from that unremitting attention to business which was necessary in his
earlier years and he spends about four or five months each year at his country
home at Glencoe, in St. Louis countv.
C. H. HUTTIG.
C. H. Huttig, president of the Third National Bank, has made history fast
for himself and for those interests with which his personality and activities have
been connected during the period of his residence in St. Louis. He is a man of
forceful character, strong and determined, accomplishing what he undertakes
and displaying at all times the keenest insight into business situations and their
possibilities. Coming to St. Louis unknown in 1885, but with the intellectual
resourcefulness and spirit of energy which have won him name and fame, he
has left his impress upon the business of the city in a manner that has proved
remarkably substantial in effect.
After graduating from the high school of INIuscatine, Iowa, Mr. Huttig made
his initial step in the business world as a bookkeeper for Cooke, Musser & Com-
pany, a prominent banking firm of Muscatine. He was then sixteen years
of age. His business genius pushed him ahead and after successive promotions
he became at the end of three years a stockholder in the firm of Huttig Brothers
^lanufacturing Company. His executive qualities were soon manifested here
and made him assistant manager of the concern. Thus was his early training
received in Muscatine, and in the exercise of his abilities they were strengthened
and grew.
On the I St of December, 1885, Mr. Huttig came to St. Louis. He was
unknown to the local business world, his only recommendation being the brief
business history he had made in Muscatine. There were many such men.
Recommendations were plentiful. Was Mr. Huttig different from other young
men and could he meet the demands of those trained and experienced in busi-
ness? This was the question which he faced. St. Louis, however, was not slow
in becoming acquainted with the fact that his energy and determination would
soon carry him ahead of many of his fellows. Business men recognized the fact
that he possessed much of the initiative spirit and was quick to note and improve
an opportunity. Soon after his arrival in the city he organized the Huttig Sash
& Door Company, of which he became the president and general manager. This
company began business with a capital stock of forty thousand dollars, all paid
up. Mr. Huttig's business management of the establishment was so shrewd and
the enterprise met with such immediate success that within a short time the
capital and surplus amounted to two hundred thousand dollars. Twelve years
after his arrival in the city, early in 1897, he entered actively and officially into
the banking interests of the city, being elected to the presidency of the Third
National I>ank. The record which Mr. Huttig has thus made is equaled by
few men who occupy flistinctive positions in business circles and are distin-
guished representatives of St. Louis commercial history. As head of the bank
he is largely giving his time and attention to constructive efforts and administra-
tive direction and the institution is clerivin£r therefrom substantial benefits.
C. H. HUTTIG
934 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrY.
Under his management the deposits of the bank grew from four milhon dollars
to thirtv-fonr millions — without consolidating with or purchasing any other bank.
While financial and business affairs make heavy claims upon the time and
energies of ]\Ir. Huttig, he also finds opportunity to devote to civic interests of
the citv and gives the weight of his influence and his effort to secure honest
men and honest methods in politics. Although he has never been a politician in
the sense of seeking office for himself, he was a member of the St. Louis school
board from 1891 until 1896, or for a period of four and a half years, during
which time he served for two years as chairman of its most important committee.
that of ways and means. At the division of the democratic party on the money
question in 1896, he recognized the gold standard and the tremendous vote of
public approval certainly proved the judgment of his knowledge on that impor-
tant financial proposition. He has made no mistakes in his devotion, thought or
energv that has given him a name in the history of the progress of St. Louis.
He has given the best that is in him to anything and everything that he has
undertaken. Aluch of his success is due to his recognition of opportunity and his
tact in accepting it ; that he is equal to any emergency that comes his way and
possesses, moreover, business genius enough to meet competition and obtain his
share of the public patronage. He knows when and how to follow the lines of
least resistance in action and in thought and therefore accomplishes results where
others fail. His acquaintance with financial matters, practical in theory and in
possibilities, has made for him a name of national repute and his record is an
honor to St. Louis as well as to himself. His work is a triumph of his business
generalship in these days when the business man is called upon to act cjuick
and think quicker. The story of how he became a part of the history of suc-
cessful St. Louis, how he advanced to his present place by energy, overcoming
all difficulties by his determination and enterprise, constitutes an interesting
chapter in the story of the prominent business men of the city. Free from osten-
tation or display, his every move and word being a direct one, he is a man pro-
nouncedly individualistic, who is not led by impressions but by fact — a man at
once thoroughly representative of the American spirit, whose energy and execu-
tive skill are an inspiration to those whose ambition seeks the higher places in
life. All of his work and his life have been an exemplification of the fact that
what the world demands of men todav is not being merely capable, but by doing
the things of which they are capable.
TESSE McDonald.
Jesse McDonald, lawver and jurist, was born in Wabash county, Indiana,
November 14, 1864, his parents being David W. and Sarah A. (Ramsey) McDon-
ald, natives of Pennsylvania, who however spent almost their entire lives in In-
diana. There Jesse AIcDonald passed his boyhood days and after becoming a
student in the public schools continued his education in the Valparaiso University
in northern Indiana. Later he devoted three years to teaching and for one year
engaged in the publication of a country newspaper. On the expiration of that
period he went to Canada, where he was connected with newspaper work at the
time of the Riel rebellion. After the close of that war he returned to Ohio and
engaged in newspaper work in Cleveland for a year, coming thence to St. Louis in
the spring of t886. He has since resided in this city, where he took up newspaper
work anrl while thus engaged was elected secretary of the city council. He after-
ward acted as private secretary to Mayor George W. Allen and while thus en-
gaged pursued a course in the Washington University Law School, from which
he was graduated with the F)achelor of Law degree in 1890.
Admitted tfj the bar, Mr. McDonald began practice the same year and was
a.ssistant circuit attorney from 1892 until 1896. In 1902 he was called to the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 935
bench of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis and as a jurist dispUued the
same quahties which had characterized him as a man and lawyer. His decisions
were fair and impartial and showed none of that individual opinion which so
often enters in as a disturbing element so that when he retired from the office in
January, 1898, he carried with him the same confidence and high regard of the
public concerning his professional duties that were given him at the outset of his
career as a jurist. Resuming the practice of law, he has confined his attention
to his professional duties and a distinctively representative clientage has been
accorded him.
In October. 1893, at Orange, New Jersey, Judge McDonald was married to
Miss Gertrude Dillon, a daughter of John A. and Blanch (Valle) Dillon. They
have two children, John and Gertrude, aged respectively fourteen and twelve
years. The utilization of opportunities which have come to him and the employ-
ment of his native and acquired ability have led Judge McDonald to the position
which he now occupies at the St. Louis bar, his colleagues regarding him as one
of its ablest representatives.
LOUIS P. ALOE.
Louis P. Aloe, well known as the president of the Aloe Optical Company,
has also been prominent in all civic and political matters relating to the welfare
of St. Louis, his native city. He was born July 20, 1867, and is a son of Albert
S. Aloe, one of the early pioneer merchants of St. Louis who passed away here
in January, 1893. The mother bore the maiden name of Isabella Hill. A young-
er brother of Louis P. Aloe, known favorably and quite generally to citizens of
St. Louis is Captain Alfred Aloe of the United States Army who though but
thirty years of age has achieved considerable success and distinction by reason of
valorous conduct in the late Philippine war.
Louis P. Aloe, educated in the Stoddard School, the Wyman Institute of Al-
ton and in Washington University has achieved success in his business career
and made that steady progress which results from capability, intelligently applied,
energy and adaptability of general knowledge to specific instances. To those at
all familiar with the commercial history of St. Louis it is useless to say that the
Aloe Optical Company with store and office at No. 513 Olive street occupies a
prominent position in its department of commerce, at all times keeping up to a
high standard in the excellence of its workmanship and the grade of goods
carried.
For a number of years Mr. Aloe has been leading figure in political circles
and in affairs relative to the welfare and upbuilding of the city. Nature has well
qualified him for leadership by reason of qualities of professional magnetism, so
styled for want of a better term, bv executive ability and keen discrimination.
He looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future
and his labors have been a resultant factor on many occasions in accom-
plishing desired ends. When but twenty-nine years of age he was the
president of the Merchants League Club of St. Louis, a republican organization
with a membership of eight thousand. He continued in the presidency for a
period of four years and during that time was the leader and head of the repub-
lican party of this city in all matters political. For two years he was secretary
of the Young Republican Association of Missouri, a state organization, and his
labors have been effective forces in placing the republican party in Missouri be-
yond the pale of possible diminution of power. Air. Aloe was a member at large
of the republican state committee for four years and the republican member of
the board of election commissioners from 1891 until 1894 succeeding William A.
Hobbs, deceased. Mr. Aloe's incumbency to the election office was during the
operation of the so called Nesbit election law and prior to his incumbency the
936 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
democracy of the city had achieved continuous success for a period of four years
but his eltorts produced different results for in the local and state election in the
fall of 1894 and during the administration of Mr. Aloe, his party, the republican,
was successful for the first time in a period of almost six years. He has twice
been elected a delegate to the national republican conventions and participated in
the naming of both JMcKinley and Roosevelt for the presidency.
Commercially speaking Mr. Aloe has also held positions of honor, being
president of the National Association of Surgical Dealers of the United States
and Canada and was also a member of the executive board of the Business Men's
League of the city of St. Louis, being the youngest man ever in that body. At
the present time he is the president and head of the Columbian Club, one of the
largest and most representative social clubs of the city, being located on Lindell
boulevard and A'andeventer avenue. He has been four times chosen as its chief
executive officer.
Mr. Aloe resides with his family at No. 4535 Maryland avenue and has four
children : Clarabell. \^iola, Isabel and Louise.
CHARLES GORDON KNOX.
Charles Gordon Knox, deceased, whose ability for leadership led to his
selection for many important positions in business and social life, enjoyed in
every relation the full confidence and good will of those with whom he was
associated. He was born January 27, 1852, in Yonkers, New York, his parents
being Isaac Heyer and Augusta S. (Havens) Knox, the former born in New
York city in 1827, and the latter in the same metropolis in 1826. The father
was a prominent iron and steel broker of New York city, a member of the
firm of Boorman, Johnston & Conipan}^, but lost heavily during the widespread
financial panic which swept the country in 1873. In order to recuperate his
losses he removed to the west in that year and became president of the National
Stockyards at East St. Louis. Here his business acumen and enterprise were
soon manifest, leading to the attainment of success for the enterprise with which
he was connected. He continued in the presidency until his death, which oc-
curred December 21, 1888.
Charles Gordon Knox was graduated from the Phillips Academy at And-
over, Massachusetts, in 1868, when a youth of sixteen years, and afterward be-
came a student in the University of Bonn, at Bonn, Germany, where he re-
mained for four years or until his graduation. Thus with broad educational
advantages he was well qualified for the responsible duties of a business career.
Returning to America, he entered the business world in a clerical capacity,
with the firm of Dennistoun & Company of New York, occupying that position
from 1871 until 1873. In the latter year he came to St. Louis with his father
and through the succeeding fifteen years was chief clerk and secretary-treas-
urer for the National Stockyards Company. He afterwards served as vice
president, secretary and treasurer of the St. Louis National Stockyards, and
in 1889 was elected to the presidency of the Stockyards Bank, continuing in
those positions until January, 1907, when he retired from business life. His
resourceful ability and well known enterprise, however, led to his official con-
nection with other interests. He was chosen president of the St. Louis Cattle
Loan Company and a director of the Mechanics American National Bank and
Commonwealth Trust Company.
On the 15th of June, 1887, Mr. Knox was united in marriage to Miss
Edith Sherman, a daughter of Byron and Julia (Burnham) Sherman, of St.
Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Knox were prominent socially in the city and his activity
made him a leading figure in various associations. He gave stalwart support to
the democratic party, yet had no ambition for public office. He was a member
CHARLES G. KNOX
938 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of the Second Presbyterian church, took an active interest in its work, contrib-
uted generously to its support and was one of its trustees. He was also vice
president and a director of the Mercantile Library Association and a director
of the Young Glen's Christian Association. In 1896 he was elected
to the presidency of the University Club and held membership in the
Country Ciub and the Noonday Club, being president of the latter at one time
and secretary of the Commercial Club for several years. His membership
relations also extended to the Florissant Valley Club, the Recreation and the
Golf Clubs and his fellowmen thereof found him a most genial and companion-
able gentleman, who appreciated true worth in others and valued and received
the friendship of men of intelligence and ability who recognized him as a
peer. He was always courteous, kind and affable and those who knew him
personally had for him warm regard, so that his death was the occasion of
widespread regret, when, on the nth of March, 1907, he was called from this
life. His life was exemplary in all respects and he ever supported those inter-
ests which are calculated to uplift and benefit humanity, while his own high
moral worth was deserving; of the hiafhest commendation.
DAVID C. LOKER.
Although one of the recently organized business enterprises of St. Louis,
the Green & Loker Insurance & Real Estate Company already has a large
clientage and the business has assumed profitable proportions, for the gentle-
men who stand at its head are men of considerable experience in these lines. Mr.
Loker has attained an enviable position in business circles for one of his years
for he is vet a young man, his birth having occurred in St. Louis, January i,
1883.
His parents were Charles F. and Katherine (Cartan) Loker. His father
engaged in the tobacco manufacturing business under the name of Loker & Sons
for many years. He was a brother of George H. Loker, a prominent man in
local affairs. The family is of Scottish ancestry and was founded in this coun-
try in 1840 by George H. Loker, the grandfather of our subject. In the maternal
line he comes of Irish stock, his grandfather being James G. Barry, who emi-
grated from Ireland to the new world in the early part of the nineteenth cen-
tury and was prominent in the public life of St. Louis, serving as mayor from
1849 until 1855.
After acquiring his preliminary education in a private school in this city,
David C. Loker attended the St. Louis University until he reached the age
of eighteen years, when he went to the Cripple Creek mining district and joined
his brother, who was manager of certain interests there. After staying less than
a year in Colorado, however, he returned to St. Louis and secured a clerical
position with the Union Trust Company and when the Missouri Trust Company
purchased the Missouri Trust building he was promoted to the position of man-
ager of the safe deposit department. He acted in that capacity for five years
and when the ^Missouri Lincoln was taken over by the Mercantile Trust Com-
pany he withdrew from the banking business and became connected as a broker
with the H. V. Coudrey Insurance Company. He was thus associated for one
year or until he engaged in business on his own account, forming a partnership
under the style of the Green & Loker Ineurance & Real Estate Company. They
are conducting a good business in both lines and their growing clientage argues
well for their success in the future. Mr. Loker is also the secretary and treas-
urer of the Meyer Mining Company at Leadville, Colorado, and of the Green-
hill Farm, Incorporated. He is actuated in all that he does by a laudable ambi-
tion to attain success and his efforts are directed along well devised lines of labor,
his achievemf-nfs rc])resenting tin- fil utilization of liis innate ]io\vers and talents.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CFfY. 939
Air. Loker possesses a generous, social nature which renders him person-
ally popular. He is a charter member of the Alissouri Council, Xo. 858, Knights
of Columbus, a member of the Bank Clerk's Association and has been a mem-
ber of the Missouri Athletic Club and other societies. He was at one time con-
nected with the Cadet Corps of the St. Louis University and his belief in
Catholicism is indicated in his membership in the St. Francis Xavier church.
His political views and activities endorse democratic principles and he has
served as a democratic judge of election. He makes his business interests
his chief care, however, and his constant study of the insurance and real-estate
field is enabling him to improve his opportunities to good advantage and attain
that success which is the eoal of all business industrv.
JOHN H. DOUGLASS, JR.
John H. Douglass, Jr., attorney-at-law, was born in St. Louis, May 6,
1873, a son of John H. Douglass, Sr., for many years a prominent lumber manu-
facturer of this city, mentioned elsewhere in this volume. In acquiring his edu-
cation the son attended successively private schools, the Stoddard public school.
the Central high school, from which he was graduated in 1892, and Yale Uni-
versity, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts on his graduation with the
class of 1896. He pursued a general classical course at Yale and while in col-
lege received the junior and senior honor appointments. With broad literary
education to serve as the foundation upon which to build the superstructure of
professional learning, he matriculated in the St. Louis Law School and was
graduated wdth the Bachelor of Law degree in 1898 as one of the honor mem-
bers of his class.
On the 6th of July of the same year, Mr. Douglass was admitted to the
bar, and in a legal capacity became connected with Knapp, Stout & Company,
while at a later date he became associated with the law firm of Rowell &
Ferris, with whom he has since been engaged in general practice. He recog-
nizes the fact which present conditions substantiate that the lawyer's influence
is widening rather than lessening ,and that never before since the legal profes-
sion became a distinct vocation has that influence upon the affairs of daily
life been more direct and far-reaching than at the present time. The lawyer
has come to be the silent partner in the great mercantile establishments and
manufacturing industries of the country ; he molds and shapes the management
of our great corporations ; his influence is felt in every avenue of business and
legislative life ; he can not if he would escape those large responsibilities which
pertain to the legal profession. These facts Mr. Douglass recognizes and in his
law work he gives to his clients the benefit of unflagging industry and patient
and comprehensive study and preparation. He is a member of the city and
state bar associations and also of the Law Library Association. He is inter-
ested in a number of financial and commercial institutions of the city, and t(^ a
considerable extent is connected with St. Louis realty holdings.
On the 26th of April, 1905. Mr. Douglass was married in St. Louis to Miss
Bessee Barrett Finney, a daughter of the Rev. Thomas IMonroe and Lucinda
Rebecca (Edmonston) Finney, of St. Louis. There was one daughter born of
this marriage, Elizabeth Finney Douglass, born July 13. 1907. The family resi-
dence is at No. 16 Vandeventer place, one of the finest residence districts of the
city. Mrs. Douglass is greatly interested in religious work and prominent in
social circles.
Mr. Douglass, although reared in the Congregational church, now attends
the St. John's Methodist Episcopal church. His right of franchise is exercised
for the republican principles and candidates, yet he is not active as a worker in
the party's ranks. Re-^t and recreation come to him through outdoor sports, of
940 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
which he is a stanch advocate. He belongs to the St. Louis, University, Coun-
try, Racquet and Noonday chibs. He has traveled quite extensively, both in this
country and in Europe, and his tastes and interests are cosmopolitan. He has
gained that breadth of view which is more quickly secured in travel than in any
other way, and his friends find him a companionable, entertaining gentleman
of refined nature and courteous demeanor, manifesting at all times the spirit
of ffood-will to those with whom he comes in contact.
THO^IAS WALSH.
Architecture is numbered among the v/orld's arts and while it occupies a
utilitarian place in the scheme of things it also serves the purpose of improve-
ment and adornment. Among those that have been factors in the erection of
the finest and most beautiful buildings of St. Louis Thomas Walsh was num-
bered. For many years he occupied an eminent place among the leading archi-
tects of this city, while his personal qualities, as manifest in his social relations,
made him one of the popular residents of St. Louis.
His birth occurred in Kilkenny, Ireland, July i6, 1827, his parents being
William and Mary Lovey (Waryng) Walsh, the latter a representative of one
of the old and honored families in the vicinity of Manchester, England. Thomas
^^'alsh, the eldest of six children, completed his education at Trinity College,
in Dublin. It was the father's desire that the son should follow the profession
of an architect, as he had previously done, and Thomas Walsh therefore became
a student under the direction of Sir William Dean Butler, a distinguished archi-
tect, who later was knighted by the queen for the restoration of St. Patrick's
cathedral.
Mr. Walsh was thus splendidly qualified for his life work when in October,
1849, he came to St. Louis. The city had recently been visited by a disastrous
fire and much building was then going on. Mr. Walsh soon gave demonstration
of his ability in his chosen profession and his services as architect were sought
in connection with the construction of many of the best buildings of the city.
He afterward went abroad to acquaint himself with the architecture of the older
countries, having in view its adaptation to the demands of fine taste as applied
to American building. While he brought back with him many esthetic ideas
they were also of a practical character and the buildings for which he furnished
the plans had not only the element of beauty but also of extraordinary solidity.
Many of the leading structures of the city stand as monuments to his enterprise,
his business judgment and his genius. These included the old custom house,
Republic building, the church of St. Francis Xavier, at Lindell boulevard and
Grand avenue, the new St. Louis Universit}', the old Everett House, the first
Lindell Hotel, the Polytechnic buildings, many of the public school buildings and
others. In 1857 he built the custom house and in 1875 the second custom house.
He also made the plans for and superintended the erection of the Four Courts
and the police stations and was the architect of the Insane Asylum at St. Joseph.
^Missouri, and at Anna, Illinois. Numerous other public buildings were designed
by him and he was the consulting architect and superintendent of the federal
buildings erected in this city. He also presented the premium plan for the
exposition, designed the county poorhouse under instruction of the court and was
regarded as the most prominent architect of his day. not only in drawing the
plans but also in superintendence of the construction of the great buildings which
stand as monuments to his skill and enter])rise. He not only thoroughly under-
stood the scientific principles of construction and the possibility for the devel-
opment of beaut\- in architectural design but also had supervision- over the
minutest details of building. A thorough master of the art, his suggestions for
public projects were always apt and practical. TTis c|uick eye enabled him to
THO^FAS WALSH
942 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
make the selections of locations where improvements were needed or desired,
and his professional capacity enabled him to tell how the wants might be filled.
^^'hile his rise in the business world might be said to be gradual it was by no
means of slow development. He long held a prominent position in architec-
tural circles here and enjoyed the success which was the legitimate outcome of
his labors.
Xovember 21, 1854, Air. \\'alsh was united in marriage to Aliss Isabella
Betts, a daughter of Robert H. Betts, who came to St. Louis from Canada in
1836 and here established a foundry business. He was born in England but
in Montreal, Canada, met the lady whom he there made his wife. They jour-
neyed in a canoe from Canada to St. Louis, making their way down the Ohio
and Alississippi rivers. L'nto them were born seven children, all of whom are
now living. Unto ]\Ir. and Airs. Walsh was born but one son, Robert William.
The death of Mr. Walsh occurred Alar.ch 24, 1890. He had been a life-long
communicant of the Catholic church and was loyal to its teachings. He was
in his sixty-third year at the time of his demise, but for some years had been in
ill health. He continued, however, even when a sufiferer, to engage in busi-
ness, for he possessed strong resolution and kept up through the power of an
undaunted will. In early manhood he set up for himself the highest standard
in the business world and always worked toward it so that for many years he
occupied a prominent place in architectural circles. If the historian were to
attempt to characterize in a single sentence the achievements of Mr. Walsh it
could perhaps best be done in the words : The splendid success of an honest
man in whose life, marked business abilitv and humanitarianism were well
balanced forces.
OSCAR R. WITTE.
Oscar R. Witte is the senior partner of the firm of Oscar R. Witte & Com-
pany, conducting a general insurance business as agents for various old line
companies. His father, John F. Witte, who came to this country from Germany
in 1848, was for thirty-five years the general agent of the Franklin Insurance
Company. He died January 28. 1908, respected and honored by all who knew
him.
Oscar R. Witte was born in St. Louis, June 4, 1870, and at the usual age
became a public-school student, continuing his course of study until his six-
teenth year. Immediately after leaving school he secured a clerical position
in the office of H. R. Krite & Company, dealers in toys and notions. P'or two
years he remained in that position and was then promoted, becoming traveling
salesman and thus representing the house for four years. He soon succeeded
in building up a good patronage, winning many new patrons for the house,
but believing that other lines of business offered a more advantageous opening
he accepted the agency of the Franklin Insurance Company and acted in that
ca])acity until his election as its secretary and treasurer in 1904. At the pres-
ent time he is doing an extensive and profitable insurance business as agent for
the National Fire Insurance Company and the Connecticut Fire Insurance Com-
pany, both of Hartford, the Insurance Company of North America of Phila-
delphia, the Washinirton I-'irc Insurance Company of Seattle, the National Union
Fire Insurance of Pittsburg, I'ennsylvania, the Phcxnix Assurance Company of
London, England, the Bremen's Insurance Companv of Newark, New Jersey,
the Mechanics anr] Trarlers Insurance Comi^anv of New Orleans. Louisiana,
the Union I'ire Insurance Company of Buffalo, New York, the Fidelity Fire
Insurance Company and the iMclelity and Casualty Company, both of New York
City, and the .Sovereign I'irc Insurance Company of Toronto.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 943
In 1895 ^^^'- ^^ itte was married in Evansville, Indiana, to Aliss ]\Iarie
Wack, a daughter of Charles Wack, one of the pioneer settlers of Evansville,
who is carrying on a saddlery business under the firm name of Miller & Wack.
Mr. and Mrs. Witte have a daughter. Elsa Clara, now attending the public
school. Their home at No. 3522 Halliday avenue, which Mr. Witte acquired
by purchase, is in one of the attractive residence districts of the city. In poli-
tics he is a republican yet he is not bound by party ties and casts an independent
ballot when he believes that the best interests will be conserved thereby. He is
a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the South Side Liederkranz Club and his
friends find him a genial, companionable gentleman who does not court but
easilv wins popularity bv reason of his possession of those qualities which in
everv land and clime win respect and confidence.
AUGUST H. SCHNELLE.
No citv in the Union perhaps is more advantageously located as regards
business relations than is St. Louis. On the great highway of navigation from
north and south and situated in the central portions of the country so that much
of the production of mines and farms as well as the manufactories pass through
here, St. Louis has reason to feel that its growth will be continuous, and that
its trade relations will constantly expand in volume and importance. It has
naturally become an important distributing point, its shipment reaching out to
all parts of the world. While it is not situated in the midst of any of the great
forest districts of the country, it is nevertheless an important lumber center and
it is in connection with this branch of commerce , that Mr. Schnelle is well
known, being the president of the Schnelle & Querl Lumber Company, conduct-
ing business at No. 7858 North Broadway since 1904. His birth occurred upon
a farm near Dayton, Ohio, December 22, 1839. In the early '3o"s his father,
Christopher H. Schnelle, arrived in America, emigrating westward from Ger-
manv and taking up his abode in Ohio. W'ith his wife, Mrs. Margaret Eliza-
beth' Schnelle, and family he came to St. Louis in 1843, remaining a resident of
this citv until his death occurred in 1881.
August H. Schnelle was only in his fourth year at the time of his removal
to St. Louis. He first attended a private school and afterward became a pupil
in the Jefiferson public school, where he pursued his studies until he reached the
age of fourteen years. It was at that time that he made his entrance into the
business world, becoming an employe of Colonel Alexander Riddle, a lumber
merchant. He has been continuously connected with the lumber trade here since
that time, or for a period of more than fifty-five years, and is consequently
todav the oldest lumberman of St. Louis. He remained with Colonel Riddle
for four A-ears and two months, when, feeling the need of further educational
training, he pursued a four months' course in the Jones Commercial College.
On the expiration of that period he took charge, as manager, of the business of
James D. Leonard, with whom he continued for eleven years or from 1857 until
1868. Desiring that his labor should more profitably benefit himself, he eagerly
improved the opportunitv to engage in business on his own account in forming
a partnership with Charles F. Querl. [March i, 1868. They purchased the lum-
ber business of AMlkinson Bryan on the corner of Eighth and ]Mullanphy streets
and because of the exorbitant demands in the way of rental made by land-
lords, thev purchased the entire block on Main and Destrehan streets in 1871
and at once removed to the new location. In 1881 they purchased a block on
Angelica and Main streets and the Wabash Railroad, with a frontage of four
hundred and fifty-five feet which is still held by the firm. At the time of this
purchase the business was incorporated under the laws of ?\[issouri and the
present style of Schnelle & Querl Lumber Com])any was adopted. The pro]v
944 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
erty on ]\Iain and Destrehan streets was sold in 1896 to the Bucks Stove &
Range Company, which has erected thereon an immense plant. The lumberyard
of the Schnelle & Ouerl Lumber Company on Broadway covers two and a
half acres of ground with a frontage of three hundred and thirty feet. Mr.
Schnelle is not only the oldest lumber merchant of St. Louis but one of its suc-
cessful and prominent men, having a business which has grown with the progress
of the city, receiving an extensive patronage so that the annual sales aggregate
a very large figure. Undoubtedly one of the means of Mr. Schnelle's success
is the fact that he has always continued in one line of trade, becoming thoroughly
familiar with the business in boyhood and keeping in touch therewith as the
years have gone by and the lumber interests have been carried to other regions
where uncut forests have provided the lumbermen with ample opportunity to
continue their work.
In May. 1871, JNIr. Schnelle was married in St. Louis to Aliss Sophia L.
Crothers, a daughter of John Crothers, who was a very prominent builder and
contractor of Natchez, Mississippi, and who died in 1906 at the age of eighty-
nine years. \lr. and Mrs. Schnelle have become parents of two sons and two
daughters. Those living are : August H., Jr., who is now engaged in the lum-
ber business as secretary and treasurer of the Becker-Schnelle Lumber Com-
pany ; Agnes Elizabeth, who is at home ; and Rowena, the wife of Alexander
Aude, who is in the lumber commission business with offices in the Wright
building. William C, who died at the age of twenty-seven years, had been as-
sociated with his father in the lumber business and was a superior young man,
of fine character and highly talented.
The beautiful home of Mr. Schnelle at No. 5243 Vernon avenue is one of
the visible evidences of his life of well directed thrift and enterprise. His re-
ligious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, his membership being in the
Grand Avenue church of that denomination. His political views have usually
been in accord with the principles and policy of the republican party and yet
he has never held rigidly to party ties but has cast an independent ballot when
he has believed that the best interests of the country would be conserved thereby.
There is no surer test of a man's worth than that of time. With the passing
of the years his strong traits of character are brought to light and if they be
worthy, the world gives endorsement thereof in its confidence, respect and sup-
port. That Mr. Schnelle has continued in the lumber trade through so many
years stands in incontrovertible evidence of the fact that the methods he has
pursued have been such as to merit the trust and good will of all. He has
sought his success through the efficient performance of his duties day after
day and while there have been no exciting chapters in his life's record, it is
evident that business integrity and business enterprise have been well balanced
forces in his career. Such an example is worthy to be followed by others.
EDWARD MALLINCKRODT.
Edward Mallincknjdt, a manufacturer of chemicals, is connected with cor-
porate interests of that character in various parts of the country and his cooper-
ation therewith has made him an important factor in commercial enterprise and
growth from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Moreover, he is widely acknowledged
as a man of scientific attainments, making him a valued factor in various organ-
izations for the advancement of scientific knowledge.
A native son of St. Louis, he was born January 21, 1845, ^''^'^ parents being
Emil and Eleanore Didier (Luckic) Alallinckrodt. His primary education was
acfjuired in public and private schools of St. Louis, while he qualified for his
professional career as a student of chemistrv in Germany. He made his initial
step in the business worUl in Sc])tcmber, 1867, as a member of the firm of G.
EDWARD ^lALLIX'CKRODT
CO— VOL. II.
946 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Mallinckrodt «& Company, manufacturers of chemicals, the business being incor-
porated in 1882 under the name of the ^Nlalhnckrodt Chemical Works, with fac-
tories at St. Louis and Jersey City, New Jersey. For twenty-seven years Edward
Mallinckrodt has remained the president of the business and has extended his
efforts to various other companies operating along similar lines. In 1899 he
organized the National Ammonia Company, with main office in St. Louis, and
has also been its president since its beginning. He is also president of a number
of other companies engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and ammonia
products, located in different sections of the country.
Aside from the many manufacturing corporations directly under his charge,
he is a director and member of the executive and trust committees of the St.
Louis Union Trust Company; a director of Washington University; a member
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American
Pharmaceutical Association ; the American Chemical Society ; the American Insti-
tute of Chemical Engineers ; the Society of Chemical Industries, of Great Brit-
ain ; the Deutscher Chemiker Verein, of Berlin, Germany ; and the St. Louis
Academy of Science.
On the 7th of June, 1876, in St. Louis, ]Mr. JNIallinckrodt was married to
Miss Jennie Anderson, a daughter of Charles R. Anderson, and they now have
one son, Edward, Jr.
Mr. Mallinckrodt votes with the republican party and maintains a public-
spirited interest in political and other public questions of importance. His social
qualities find expression in his membership in The Commercial Club, the Round
Table, the St. Louis Club, the L'l'niversitv, the Noondav and the St. Louis Countrv
Clubs. ■ ■
DAMS CARPENTER BUNTIN.
Davis Carpenter Buntin, general manager and treasurer of the Granite Bi-
tuminous Paving Company, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, July 9, 1858. His
paternal grandfather, Robert Buntin, was a civil engineer at the Fort of Vin-
cennes under General Clarke during the earliest epoch in the history of Indiana
and the middle west. His father, Tuissant Campbell Buntin, was born at Fort
Mncennes and for many years was a resident of Terre Haute, where he was
prominently connected with its business interests, being president of the Terre
Haute Savings Bank at the time of his death in 1892. His widow, who in her
maidenhood was Emma Steel, is still living. Their family numbered six children,
four of whom survive.
Davis C. Buntin, who was the third in order of birth, spent his boyhood in
Terre Haute and pursued his early education in the graded and high schools of
that city, while later he became a student in the State University of Indiana, be-
ing graduated therefrom in 1880 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He made
his initial step in the business world as a clerk in the employ of the Vandalia
Railroad Company and worked his way upward through successive promotions,
becoming contracting agent, assistant paymaster and secretary to the general
counsel, his services covering the period between 1880 and 1887. He then en-
gaged in the contracting business on his own account under the firm name of
Buntin & Shryer, continuing a senior partner until 1900. They did general con-
tracting for public works and had headquarters at both Duluth, Minnesota, and
Indianapolis, Indiana. The partnership Avas dissolved in the latter city in 1900,
after which Mr. Buntin continued in business alone until 1902, when he assisted in
organizing the Granite Bituminous Paving Company, of which he has been gen-
eral manager and treasurer. The company estal)lished its office in St. Louis and
from this point Mr. Buntin superintends the business, the execution of his con-
tracts, however, calling him to various localities. The company is accorded a lib-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 947
eral patronage, its business having long since reached extensive and profitable
proportions.
On the I2th of February, 1901, Mr. Buntin was married in Indianapolis,
Indiana, to Aliss Stella Walcott, a daughter of Charles H. and Ellen S. Walcott,
of Indianapolis. They became parents of two children : Katherine and Sue,
aged respectively seven and two years. Mr. Buntin is a member of the Beta
Theta Phi, a college fraternity and is also identified with the St. Louis Club. In
politics he is a republican, but without ambition or desire for office. His life
has been one of modest reserve rather than of ambitious self-seeking, but in his
business career he has made the steady progress which results from indefatigable
industry and energy intelligently applied.
JOHN H. DOUGLASS.
John H. Douglass was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, and throughout the en-
tire period of his life was actuated by that spirit of enterprise and progress
which has ever been characteristic of the middle west. The steady development
of the Mississippi valley found in him an exponent, and his own life work
brought him in close touch with its general upbuilding. He made for himself a
place in business circles that entitled him to distinction. The course which he
followed in his relations to his employes might well serve as a model to the
business man of the present, who regards results rather than means and fre-
quently puts aside all thought of individual responsibility in his dealings with
those who serve him. Mr. Douglass was most highly respected by all of his
employes and they knew that faithful, meritorious service would win promo-
tion. At the same time he so controlled the complex interests which enter into
every extensive business that he became known as one of the leading lumber
manufacturers of the Mississippi valley.
It was in the pioneer epoch in the history of Iowa, that his parents, Joseph
Stephens and Almeda Anna (Knapp) Douglass, came to the middle west. They
were natives of the state of New York, where their respective ancestors had lived
for many generations. Their marriage was celebrated at Blossburg, Pennsyl-
vania, January 28, 1832, and they resided at Penn Yan, New York, until 1835,
when they removed to Fort Madison, Iowa, then a little trading post on the
Mississippi river. There, on the 20th of June, 1836, John H. Douglass was
born. His life record covered the intervening years to July 20, 1901, when he
passed awav in St. Louis. He mastered the elementary branches of English
learning in the public schools of his native town, afterward studied in the Den-
mark (Iowa) Academy and completed his education at Knox College in Gales-
burg, Illinois. In 1 85 1 he traveled eastward, going by boat to St. Louis, thence
by steamer to Portland, on the Ohio river, by carriage to Louisville, Kentucky.
and by boat to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he first saw a railway train. By that
method of travel he proceeded to Columbus and afterward to Cleveland, Ohio,
whence he went by steamboat to Dunforth, New York, by rail to Oxford.
Orange county. New York, and on to New York city. By such slow stages of
travel and bv what seems to us a most devious route he reached the eastern me-
tropolis, spending six months in school there. In the spring of 1852 he went to
Elmira, New York, where he engaged as salesman in the general mercantile store
of John and Henry Hill, but his interest lay in the west, and in 1853 he returned
to Iowa bv wav of Chicago, traveling by rail to La Salle, Illinois, which was
then the terminus of the most westerlv line of railroad. As a passenger on the
steamer Belle Gould, he proceeded to St. Louis and from that point went by l)oat
to Fort IMadison. In 1854, after leaving Knox College, he pursued a course in
Jones Commercial College, at St. Louis, giving special attention to double entry
bookkeeping and commercial law. When about twenty years of age he entered
94S ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
upon Iiis career as a lumberman at Fort ]\Iaclison by becoming an employe of
the then Knapp. Tainter & Company, continuing also with their successors,
Knapp. Stout & Company ; the former having been engaged in the manufacture
of lumber at ]\Ienominee. Wisconsin, since 1846. On the ist of January, 1865,
he was admitted to a partnership in the firm by which he had formerly been
employed, and in ^Nlarch, 1878, the business was incorporated as The Knapp,
Stout & Company, ]\Ir. Douglass being elected a director and treasurer of the
company. In the meantime, on the 19th of January, 1872, he removed with his
family to St. Louis and established here branch yards and mills, assuming its
management and taking entire charge of the business of the said company in
the south. Air. Douglass spoke authoritatively on many subjects connected with
the lumber trade, for he made a close study of the business and of all the kin-
dred interests involved concerning forest tracts, the cutting of the timber, and
its manufacture and transportation. He continued as treasurer of the company
until January I, 1901, when failing health caused his retirement after forty-
seven years connection with the enterprise, during which time his labors had
been a strong element in promoting the growth and success of the business. The
course which he followed at all times was a most creditable one, no underhand
methods being ever countenanced, while in every particular the business con-
formed to a high standard of commercial ethics. A resident of St. Louis for
almost three decades, throughout the entire period he commanded and enjoyed
the esteem of all classes with whom he came in contact. He was quick to
acknowledge the good in others and, remembering the struggles of his own
youth, did everything in his power to aid those who were honestly, and dili-
gently striving for advancement.
On the 15th of December, 1858, at Fort Madison, Iowa, ]Mr. Douglass
was married to Aliss Caroline Amelia Durfee, of Marion, Ohio, who died in St.
Louis, May 21, 1892. Their children were: Archibald; George, who died at
the age of eighteen months ; Allouise, the wife of Richard T. Shelton ; and John
H., Jr.
]\Ir. Douglass cast his first presidential vote in i860 for Bell and Everett,
and for Abraham Lincoln, in 1864, and he remained thereafter a stanch ad-
vocate of republican principles. He was too broad-minded to be narrowly sec-
tarian in his religious views, but was in hearty sympathy with the work of the
churches toward redeeming the individual for better lines of life and he gave
generously of his means in support of worthy charities and benevolent enterprises.
In 1857 he became a member of the Masonic fraternity and after passing
through the degrees of the blue lodge eventually became a Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason. Fie was actuated in all that he did by high and hon-
orable motives and his every-day life commanded for him the respect and good
will of all with whom he came in contact. He was always faithful in the per-
formance of his daily duties, had an optimistic view of the world and a most
commendable faith in his fellowmen. It is encouragement, not criticism, that
is drawing the individual and the community at large to higher things, and this
truth yir. Douglass recognized. Not by precept but by example did he inspire
others, and when he passed away those who knew him had nothing but good
words for him, his life having awakened their full confidence and genuine
regard.
WILLIAM SCHOENLAU.
There is no other large city in the United States that owes as much to any
one nationality for its great progress and development as is St. Louis indebted
to her citizens of German birth or descent. The sterling characteristics of the
Teutonic race have been dominant factors in the city's rise to the position it now
occupies, as the fourlli in America.
WILLIAM SCHOEXLAU
950 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Xumbered among that class of citizens is William Schoenlau. president and
treasurer of the Schoenlau-Kukkuck Trunk Top & Veneer Company. He
was born November 6, 1839, in Boesingfeld, Lippe-Detmold, Germany, and came
to America in 1857, being then a youth of eighteen years. He made his way
direct to St. Louis and was first engaged here at market gardening for six
months. He was afterward at the Central market for four years, at the end of
which time he engaged in the grocery business in the employ of Edward and
\Mlliam Beckman on Fourth street, near Spruce. That served to give him
experience upon which he based his success when a year later he engaged in
the grocery business on his own account at the corner of Broadway and Rut-
ger street. There he conducted a store for three years, after which he removed
to the corner of Park avenue and Seventh street. In 1867 he fell a victim to
cholera and after his recovery he again resumed business, remaining at one
location for twenty years. He gradually increased his stock and facilities to
meet the growing demands of the trade and became one of the best known and
successful merchants of that part of the city.
]Mr. Schoenlau, while for a number of years has given up mercantile pur-
suits, still owns the business property at the corner of Park avenue and Seventh
street. In 1894 Mr. Schoenlau first became interested in the business from
which his present one is the outgrowth. At that time the business was far
from being on a paying basis, but almost simultaneous with Mr. Schoenlau's
connection and taking charge of the business management the industry began
to prosper. New quarters for the business was one of the first moves of ]Mr.
Schoenlau's, and from Eighteenth street and Chouteau avenue the business was
removed to Iron street and the levee, where a five years lease was taken. The
business was first incorporated in July, 1893, as the Kukkuck Two Ply Trunk
Top Company, and March 20, 1896, the firm was changed and reincorporated
as the Schoenlau-Kukkuck Trunk Top & Veneer Company with William
Schoenlau as president and treasurer; Joseph Hickel, Jr., secretary, and Fred
Kukkuck, vice president and superintendent. These officials have continued in
their respective offices until April 11, 1907, Mr. Otto Steiner became secretary
and superintendent. As previously stated the business showed prosperity from
the time Mr. Schoenlau took hold of it. Although a new line of industry to
him, with his good judgment and business acumen, he studied and solved prob-
lems that had previously been operating against the concern's progress. Condi-
tions that to him seemed wrong he set about to remedy. One great difficulty
had been a location where the work could be carried on to the best advantage,
and in reality was a trouble that was never done away until the firm's removal
to its present location at Fillmore street and the levee. In 1895 Mr. Schoenlau
purchased this property and in 1896 erected an entire new plant arranged for
the special needs of the business — which includes the manufacturing of panels,
trunk tops and the wood parts for show cases and also furniture. In the fall
of 1896 the business and patent rights of the St. Louis Patent Trunk Top Com-
pany were purchased and consolidated with the Schoenlau-Kukkuck Trunk Top
& Veneer Company.
The business has enjoyed a rapid and substantial growth, and is today the
second largest in its line in the city. The company owns timber land in Ten-
nessee, where they secure the logs which are converted into lumber for their
manufacturing purposes. The business is today the visible evidence of Mr.
Schoenlau's life of enterprise and well directed thrift. He has never permitted
obstacles or difficulties to bar his path or impede his progress but has regarded
such rather as an impetus calling forth new effort and closer application.
In May, 1863, Mr. Schoenlau was married to Miss Augusta Hains, w^ho was
born in St. Louis county and died in 1875. They were the parents of eight
children, four of whom are yet living: Augusta married Edward Palus and
has five children, Lydia, William E., Hulda, Adele and Gretchen. Elizabeth
is the wife of Joseph Hickel, Jr., of the Hickel Commission Company of 417
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 951
Morgan street, this city, and they have two children. OUvcr WiUiam and Evelyn.
Ida W. resides at home. Anna Marie is the wife of Otto G. Steiner, secretary
and superintendent of the Schoenlau-Kukkuck Trunk Top & Veneer Company,
and thev have one child, Ottana Willa. For his second wife William Schoenlau
chose Miss Sophia Beuger, whom he wedded January i6, 1877.
They reside at No. 1214 South Eighteenth street and at that locality Mr.
Schoenlau is an extensive owner of residence property. He is the owner of
Schoenlau Grove on Gravois avenue, near Bates street, a most desirable piece
of suburban property. He also owns a tract of about twenty acres of land
adjoining. He was one of the early members of the Althenheim and belongs
to the Liederkranz Club and the St. Louis Turn Yerein. His political allegiance
has been unfalteringly given to the republican party and he served as assistant
treasurer during a part of Mayor Wallbridge's administration. He belongs to
St. j\Iatthew"s Protestant Evangelical church and is interested in much that
pertains to the w^elfare of the individual and the city. Mr. Schoenlau has lived
in St. Louis for more than a half century and throughout this entire period has
been connected with its business affairs.
Notwithstanding the fact that he is now in his seventieth year he is unusu-
ally well preserved, giving his personal attention to the management of his
different interests with the same zeal and efficiency for which he was noted
twenty years ago. Mr. Schoenlau has been successful, not only in the accumula-
tion of w^orldly goods, but in securing and retaining the respect and esteem of
the vast acquaintance w^hich falls to any man after more than fifty years of busi-
ness activity. He has reared a family that would reflect credit on any parentage
and will leave to them an honored name and unsullied reputation.
HENRY B. LOUDERMAN.
While Henry B. Louderman has never sought to figure prominently before
the public, prevented therefrom by an innate modesty, his business connections
have made him a representative citizen, for they have been of a nature that has
contributed largely to the business enterprise and the general good. Numbered
among the native sons of ^Maryland, he was born in the city of Baltimore, De-
cember 15, 1842, his parents being Henry R. and Leonora R. (Rabb) Louder-
man. On the maternal side he came of German ancestry, while ancestors in
the paternal line have been distinctively American for many generations but
supposedly of English lineage.
Henry B. Louderman was educated in private schools of his native city and
without any special education or pecuniary advantages entered upon his busi-
ness career. He came to St. Louis on the 31st of May, i860, at the age of
eighteen years, and secured a clerkship in the employ of John J. Roe & Com-
pany, pork packers. His ability won him various promotions until he eventu-
ally became a member of the firm in 1872, w^hen he withdrew believing that
other fields oft'ered better scope for his energy and enterprise. He becarne vice
president of the American District Telegraph Company in 1876 and during his
connection with that concern the company brought out and introduced the Bell
telephone, building the first telephone line and exchange in St. Louis. After a
few years they sold out to the present company and Mr. Louderman's useful-
ness as a factor in the business interests of the city continued in the presidency
of the St. Louis Sectional Dock Company and of the Carondelet Marine Rail-
way Company. He was president of the latter for twelve years. He has be-
come recognized as a man of sound business judgment and unflagging enter-
prise and the success which he has attained and which places him today among
the men of affluence in St. Louis is attributable entirely to his own eft'orts.
952 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
On the 5th of September, 1865, INIr. Louderman was married in St. Louis
to J\Iiss Sarah ]\Iarshall, a daughter of D. J. and E. A. Marshall, residents of
Delaware. Four children have been born unto them, three sons and a daughter :
Henrv B.. ^^'illiam ]\I., John H. and Leonora, the daughter being now the wife
of Frank J. Carlisle, a resident of Los Angeles, California.
]\Ir. Louderman is independent politically. He belongs to the Legion of
Honor, ]^Ierchants Exchange and Civic League, and is interested in all that
works for good citizenship and for individual progress in lines that recognize
personal obligations and the rights of others. He endorses every movement that
tends to advance civic virtue and civic pride but does not seek public recogni-
tion of his work. For twenty-five years he was a member of Camp Prather,
which has now passed out of existence, and during that period made annual ex-
cursions to Black River, IMissouri, on hunting and fishing trips.
COLONEL CHARLES EDWARD WARE.
Colonel Charles Edward Ware is filling the responsible position of manager
of the railroad department for the Buxton & Skinner Printing Company. An
alert, enterprising business man, giving close attention to the upbuilding of his
department, one can scarcely realize that there are many picturesque chapters
in his life history, and that he was an active factor in events which were brought
about by the Civil war. He was born in St. Louis, INIarch 23, 1850.
His father, Joseph E. W^are, was born in London, England, in 1817, and
after coming to America engaged in steel plate engraving for a brief period.
Locating in Chicago in 1840, he there gave his attention to street building and
railroad survey, in which line he continued until his removal to St. Louis to
engage in the type foundry business, establishing- the present St. Louis Type
Foundry. He continued in that enterprise with William Bright, who at present
conducts the business, but in 1847 Mr. W^are withdrew and began taking con-
tracts for the construction of streets and other public improvements. In this
way he opened Cass avenue, O'Fallon, Mullanphy and numerous other public
highways of the city. In 1850 he contracted to build the Memphis & Charleston
Railroad from Memphis to Stevenson. Alabama, and took with him from St.
Louis a thousand "navies'' to work on the road. On reaching ^Memphis, how-
ever, he found that the railroad company were embarrassed by financial diffi-
culties and the work was dela3^ed for some time. In the interim he built the
Hernando and Pigeon Roost plank roads and also made surveys of the ^Memphis
& Little Rock Railroad ; but all this time he had to pay the laborers whom he
had taken to the south, waiting the fulfillment of the original railroad contract.
As a result of this delay he lost over three hundred thousand dollars in the ven-
ture and sold his contracts. While engaged in building plank roads he had
become convinced of the efficacy of cedar for railway ties and as the result he
invested in cedar forests, discovering great tracts of cedar land on the White
river in Arkansas. He made extensive investments there and erected the first
improved sawmills installed in that region. In 185 1 he removed his family to
the locality, some forty-four years before the White river branch of the Mis-
souri Pacific Railroad was extended into that district, which was largely aii
undeveloped region, its natural resources as yet unclaimed by the white settler.
Joseph E. \\'are remained on the White river until 1859, when he went to
Memphis as agent of the Howe sewing machine for the entire south. He
made Jacksonport. Arkansas, his headquarters for that state and resided there
until 1864. and he was prominent in furthering the secession movement in the
state. As soon as Arkansas determined to withdraw from the Union Mr. Ware
established, near Batesville, saltpeter works, using for the manufacture of salt-
peter the bat refuse from immense caves in the mountains. On the Little Red
CHARLES E. WARE
954 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
river, about seventv-hve miles southeast of Jacksonport. he also opened large salt
work's, securing the saline mineral from a spring that bubbled up in the center
of the stream where the main road crossed the river. When the sahpeter fac-
tory had been established upon a paying basis and he was furnishing the product
to the Confederate government, the First Indiana Cavalry made a raid on his
two plants, and their destruction caused a loss of one hundred thousand dollars.
He also suffered heavy loss in other ways. At the outbreak of hostilities, be-
lieving that the war would be long continued, he had purchased great quantities
of sugar, molasses, rice and coft'ee, which he had stored in Jacksonport, but when
the Federal troops under Generals Steele and Curtis passed through Arkansas,
after the battle of Pea Ridge, from Fayetteville to Helena, traversing the White
river vallev, thev occupied Jacksonport for a month or two and took possession
of :SiT. Ware's 'accumulated stores. The Confederates then prepared a gun-
boat at Duvalls" Bluff", and succeeded in driving the Federals out of Jacksonport,
but in one afternoon Air. W'are's entire stores of sugar and molasses were de-
stroyed. At normal prices they were worth from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred thousand dollars, and at the exorbitant rates prevailing in war days
would have brought twice that amount.
These losses left the family in destitute circumstances and in 1864 Mr. Ware
removed to Potosi, ^Missouri, where he turned his attention to mining, engineer-
ing and mineralog}^ being thus engaged until his death. After the war he
located the St. Jo'seph lead mines and was closely identified with the develop-
ment of the lead resources of southern Missouri, having located the St. Joseph
lead, the St. Francis (now the Desloge) and various other prominent mining
properties of that section. Following his removal to St. Louis in 1872 he began
the publication of "Alines, Aletals & Arts" to further the interests of the mining
districts of ^Missouri. In 1876 he was made general agent for the Iron Mountain
Railroad for the European offices at Liverpool, London and Hamburg and was
largely occupied with fitting out shops on the Iron Mountain and Missouri
Pacific railroads for the purpose of securing skilled mechanics to labor in those
shops. In 1883 he once more returned to St. Louis because of ill health and
passed away that year. His life was one of intense and well-directed activity,
and he was, moreover, a thorough and discriminating student, regarded as a
valued contributor to many scientific journals. Few men have ever been more
conversant upon the mineralogy of Missouri than he and his eff'orts did much
to exploit the interests of the "state in this direction. He numbered among his
friends Edwin Harris, Samuel Gaty, J. C. AlcCune, Girard B. Allen, Thomas
Allen and other distinguished citizens of St. Louis, who recognized his worth
and found in him a congenial friend and companion.
Joseph E. Ware was married to Evelyne Crary, a native of Lebanon, Mad-
ison "county. New York. She represented an old Connecticut family established
there after the Revolutionary war. She was well connected through ties of
relationship with the Seymours, Heads, Ballards, Hitchcocks, Gordons, Gard-
ners, Williams and Lindsey families. At the time the colonists attempted to
overthrow English rule in this country her grandfather Ballard, who had a
family of wife and twelve children, joined the army and served for seven years.
During that time his wife died and he afterward wedded Mrs. Lindsey, a widow
with two children. By their second marriage there were born eleven chil-
dren, so that his progeny was most numerous. He was a man of intense
patriotism and he always observed as holidays the anniversary of important
events of the Revolutionary war, wearing his military garb on the occasion.
As stated, Mrs. Ware w-as connected with the Seymour family, which furnished
a governor to New York, who was afterward nominated for the presidency.
The Heads of the same locality married into the Ballard family. Mr. Head,
having many sons, followed the custom of giving suits of clothing and five
hundred dollars to each of them as they attained their majority. One of these
sons, Coatsworth Head, hunted u]) his cousin, Mrs. Joseph E. Ware, in the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 955
mountains of Arkansas and, remaining in tlie southwest, was elected to the pres-
idency of Batesville Colleg-e. At the time of the war he was made a major in
the engineering department and when his relatives learned that he had joined the
Confederate forces they refused to light on the Union side. One brother drifted
to Texas, where he had large herds of cattle. He believed firmly in the Union
cause and at the time of the war made his way from Texas to Syracuse, New
York, on horseback.
In early boyhood Colonel Ware, whose name introduces this record, went
with his parents tO' Arkansas and assisted his father in the sewing machine busi-
ness at Jacksonport. When the Eighth Arkansas and two other battalions of
Confederate forces were fitted out there he assisted in making uniforms. His
father put in sixty sewing machines in a factory for this purpose and Colonel
Ware taught the detailed men how to operate the machines. This was in
March, 1861, when he was but eleven years of age. Wlien the troops left
Jacksonport he endeavored to enlist but was refused on account of his youth.
His father, who had established the salt and saltpeter works, determined to
place his son, Charles E., in charge of the former and in that connection he
had under his care twenty men and the outfit. They used the same method
in manufacture as was in vogue at Syracuse — the evaporation process. When
Colonel Ware had been in charge for four months the First Indiana Cavalry
destroyed the plant, turning two howitzers upon it. Colonel Ware, being light
weight and too small to assist the soldiers, was made cook and engaged in
preparing corn bread, chicken and bacon. He afterward became a guide and
mail carrier for the Confederate army in 1862-3, carrying the mails between
Little Rock, Jacksonport and various other points, being with Shelby and Mar-
maduke's forces most of the time.
It was prior to this but after the destruction of the salt works on the White
river that a steamboat, the Blue Wing, made its way up the river under com-
mand of Alajor C. C. Rainwater. Two engineers were required to operate the
boat and it was almost impossible to secure competent men at that time. There
was one regular engineer, A. INI. Schackleth, who induced the owner to take
Colonel Ware as opposite engineer. He was thus for several months upon the
vessel, which was used as a supply boat for the Confederates, but which was
afterward sunk just above Jacksonport.
In March, 1864, wdien the Confederates had about abandoned Arkansas, his
father went to Potosi, Missouri. He had left the state fourteen years before
with a half million dollars, but returned with a yoke of oxen and a wagon bear-
ing all his worldly goods, together with two saddle horses. The district be-
tween Jacksonport and St. Louis was overrun by guerrillas, jayhawkers and
other stragglers. They were a mixture of ragamuffins and patriots through
whom the Ware family had to make their way to Potosi, Missouri. On reach-
ing their destination Colonel Ware went immediately into the mines and was
thus engaged when Price's army, in October, 1864, made their last entrance
into Missouri. They found Colonel Ware in the mines and pressed him into
the service to guide Shelby's forces in the attack on Potosi. This was success-
ful. Colonel Ware locating all pickets, his knowledge greatly assisting the Con-
federate commander. When Potosi surrendered he started as Shelby's messen-
ger to join General Price at Pilot Knob, leaving Potosi at one o'clock in the
morning. At Caledonia he met the Federals in retreat, followed by Price, and
returned to inform General Shelby of wdiat was going on. Price moved in the
direction of Jefferson City and thence to Kansas City, and after his defeat at
Big Blue w-ent south.
Colonel Ware, by reason of the assistance which he had rendered the Con-
federates, was constantly harassed by state guards, and on one occasion was
driven out of town, but after remaining in hiding for two or three days he
returned and was again employed in the mines until 1867. He was occupying
a position in the store when he took up the painter's trade under the direction
956 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
of the Rev. I\Ir. Tubbs, a revival Cumberland Presbyterian minister. He was
at that time sixteen years of age and, coming to St. Louis, he engaged in paint-
ing the Broadway Opera Llouse and various dwellings and churches.
In 1867 Colonel \\'are entered the employ of an old friend, George B.
Clark, who established a newspaper in Potosi. In October, 1868, j\Ir. Clark
ottered ^Ir. Ware a third interest if he would remain, while another third in-
terest was taken by a ^Ir. AIcGrain, and the firm of Clark, Ware & McGrain was
organized. In addition to the printing business they established a book store
and the enterprise proved profitable, netting them between six and eight thou-
sand dollars in the succeeding three years.
In 1870 war was being waged in Cuba with Spain and Colonel Ware be-
came much interested in this. His friend, JMajor Clark, noting his desire to
join the army, advised him to attend a convention of ^Missouri editors at ]Mobile
and Xew Orleans, saying that he might find a companion who would go with
him to Cuba. He represented the Washington County Journal, and at the
convention formed the acquaintance of J. C. Jones, representing the Fulton
Telegraph. They became fast friends, very enthusiastic over the war, and
together started for Cuba. On reaching New Orleans it was necessary that
they should soon go on or go to w^ork. Colonel W^are determined to remain
there luitil opportunity should come to go to Cuba, and in order to meet his
expenses in the interim secured a position on the Picavune, working on the paper
until February, 1871.
In the meantime he got over his strong desire to become a soldier in Cuba
and at the date mentioned returned to St. Louis with twenty-five cents in his
pocket. Throughout the intervening years he has been identified with the
printing business. He first secured a position as proofreader with Woodward
& Tiernan on the city work. This was a contract job, which continued until
June. 1871, when the expiration of the time of the contract left him without
further work. Later, however, he was given a similar position by the Times
Printing Company on city work as proofreader and makeup. In the fall of
that year I\Ir. Hutchings of the companv offered Colonel Ware the job de-
partment, making a contract with him to receive one-half of the profit, the com-
pany to supply the plant and material. This proved decidedly advantageous to
both parties, for up to that time the job department had been conducted as a
losing business, but under the capable management of Colonel Ware the busi-
ness increased so rapidly that his income for the year, in accordance with the
terms of the contract, was nineteen thousand dollars. ]\Ir. Hutchings then
sold his interest in the business to Major Ewing and Colonel Ware continued
in charge of the job department. The paper, however, eventually proved a
financial disaster and publication was suspended in 1877. Colonel Ware had
endorsed notes for the company for sixty thousand dollars, and before he was
enabled to pay this off the sum had reached one hundred thousand dollars.
This was followed by years of financial depression and in 1885 he abandoned the
job printing business. In that vear he engaged with the Buxton & Skinner
Company, but after sixteen months reentered the emplov of Woodward & Tier-
nan, with whom he continued for fourteen years in charge of their railroad
business, which grew to such extent under his supervision that the company
decided to break the contract, feeling that he was gaining too large a share of
the profits according to the previously arranged terms. Learning of this. Colonel
Ware cancelled the contract and in 1900 became connected with the Buxton &
Skinner Company under a contract similar to that which he had with Woodward
& Tiernan. His success since making the change has been remarkable, so that
he has had no occasion to regret the course he followed. The business of the
railroad department of this house has become very extensive and his position
is one of large responsiljilit\-. He served for three years as secretary of the
Manufacturers' Association of St. Louis, but resigned in 1905 because of the
])ressure of his private business affairs.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrV. 957
He is deeply interested in building up the fruit-gruwing business of Wash-
ington county, Arkansas, \yhere he and associates have seventy thousand apple
trees that will come into bearing in 1910. He is now president of the Ozark
Land & Fruit Growing Company and treasurer of the West Cabanne Improve-
ment Company.
Colonel Ware was married June 25, 1874. to ^liss Eliza Bissell, a daughter
of James R. Bissell and a granddaughter of General Daniel R. Bissell. Their
children are four in number. James Bissell, born in November, 1875, married
Eliza Boyd and is with his father in the Buxton &. Skinner offices. Edwin Stan-
lev, born in April, 1877. married Edith Hoyt and is engaged in the brokerage
business in New York city. Eloise Morrison is at home. Charles E., born in
June, 1887, is attending the jNIassachusetts School of Technology in Boston.
Colonel Ware is somewhat noted as an ec|uestrian and is an officer in the
St. Louis Light Cavalry Association. For thirteen years he was a member of
the State ]\Iilitia, belonging to the Light Cavalry from 1877 to 1891, and he
served through the strike of 1877, and during the big strike of 1884-5 was on
duty many days. He was also on duty during the railroad strike of 1886, the
cavalry being detailed to protect the property of the street railway company,
and at the time had his horse literally cut to pieces. The soldiers were not
allowed to use anything but their sabers. Colonel Ware belongs to the United
Confederate Veterans' Association, tO' the Aerial Club, the St. Louis Field Club,
the Civic League, the Mercantile Club, the ^Missouri Historical Society, all of
the Masonic bodies, including George Washington Lodge No. 9, A. F. & A. M. ;
Ascalon Commanderv No. 16, K. T., and Aloolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine,
and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 9. His religious faith
is that of the ^Methodist church and his membership is in St. John's. His early
experiences were such as fall to the lot of few boys, and the trying times
through which he passed were such as to awaken a strong and vigorous man-
hood "and to bring to him a knowledge concerning true values in life's contacts
and experiences. He is today one of the strong and well known business men
of the city, successfully controlling extensive and important interests, while his
personal qualities are such as have won for him warm friendships and kindly
regard. The Colonel impresses one by his courtly, gentlemanly bearing, typical
of the old southern school. Kindly and affable, no man in St. Louis has a
larger following. His fine personal appearance and many excellent traits of
character have contributed largely to his success both in business and social life.
BRADLEY D. LEE.
Bradley D. Lee was born ^larch 24, 1838, at Pleasant Valley, Connecticut,
and was a son of Henrv B. and Marv (Austin) Lee. After completing his edu-
cation at the Williston Seminary, he entered the office of the Hon. Fliram Good-
win, of Riverton, Connecticut, and there studied law until he had mastered the
fundamental principles of jurisprudence and was admitted to the bar. About
that time the Civil war was inaugurated and he enlisted for service in the L nion
army. Two brothers also joined the boys in blue, but both fell in battle. Brad-
ley D. Lee was assigned to staff duty w'ith the rank of captain and served ni the
Army of the Potomac until the close of the war, being mustered out with the
brevet rank of major for meritorious conduct. When the hostilities had ceased
he returned to his "home and soon afterward entered the law department of \ale
College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Law m
the class of 1866. • , -
He immediately came to St. Louis and soon after his arrival tormed a
partnership for the practice of his profession with Daniel D. Potter under the
firm style of Potter & Lee. A year later he became the head of the law firm of
958 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Lee & AA'ebster and continued in this connection for three years. During the
succeeding two years he was alone in practice, after which he entered into
partnership relations with Hon. Elmer B. Adams, now judge of the United
States district court. When Judge Adams was elected to the circuit bench
^lajor Lee became head of the law firm of Lee & Chandler and after J\Ir. Chand-
ler's removal to Washington in 1881 he was a member of the firm of Dyer, Lee
& Ellis and subsequently of Lee & Ellis, the latter relationship being maintained
until 1 89 1, when he entered into new partnership relations, becoming the senior
member of the law firm of Lee, McKeighan, Ellis &.• Priest. He was thus asso-
ciated until his death, which occurred in St. Louis, May 10, 1897. For many
years he was one of the most prominent attorneys of the city, his labors largely
setting the standard for professional services and professional ethics.
His knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence were comprehensive and
exact, his application thereto accurate. His reasoning was very sound, his de-
ductions logical, and at all times he made it his practice to aid the court in the
administration of justice, for while he was devoted to the interests of his cli-
ents he never forgot that he owed a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the
law.
CHARLES FREDERICK JOY.
Charles Frederick Joy, elected for five consecutive terms to represent his
district in congress and thus aiding in framing the laws of the lancl, has been
equally effective in the interpretation of the law, practicing as a member of the
St. Louis bar for a third of a century. He has a large and distinctively repre-
sentative clientele,^ while his long service in congress indicates that he gained a
strong political following that fully endorsed his service in the council chambers
of the nation.
A native of Jacksonville, Illinois, he was born December 11, 1849, a son of
Charles and Georgiana (Batchelder) Joy. He came of a long line of Puritan
ancestors, he being the eighth generation from Thomas Joy, the founder of the
American family. This ancestor came from England in 1635, and erected the
first town house in Boston. His parents removed from New Hampshire, their
native state, to Illinois during the pioneer epoch in its history and there reared
their family. After preparing for college in western schools, Charles F. Joy
entered Yale and was graduated in the academical department there with the
class of 1874. The profession of the law seemed most attractive to him as a
life vocation and after thoroug"h preliminary reading he was admitted to the
bar at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in 1875. His removal to St. Louis soon fol-
lowed and here he entered into partnership with Joseph R. Harris, an associa-
tion that was continued until the election of Mr. Harris to the office of circuit
attorney of St. Louis.
]\Ir. Joy was then alone in practice for some time and gained prominence
at the bar as a trial lawyer. In his presentation of his cases he gives to each
point its due prominence and yet never loses sight of the controlling principle
upon which the decision of a case always finally turns. He has never failed to
give his cases a thorough preparation, and while he employs the arts of oratory
to assist him, his arguments are always based upon a comprehensive knowledge
of the facts and the law applicable thereto.
Widely recognized as one of the republican leaders in his district, Mr. Joy
was nominated for congress in 1890, but in that year met defeat. In 1892 he
was more successful, being elected, although he was unseated in a bitterly fought
partisan contest, after serving until near the end of that term of congress.
Nominated again in 1894, he was elected by a very large majority and he won
for himself an enviable rank in the house of representatives. That his constit-
uents and the public at large endorsed his com-sc is indicated bv the fact that
CHARLES F. JOY
960 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
he was reelected in 1896, again in 1898 and again in 1900. During his last term
in congress 'Mr. lov was the chief instrumentality in the house to obtain from
the government a gift of five million dollars for the Louisiana Purchase Expo-
sition and his unremitting endeavors thus made possible the greatest exposition
in the world's history.
During- the last months of this session, and while all his time was monopo-
lized in tins work, the democratic legislature of jMissouri so gerrymandered his
district that everv republican ward was taken from it and no one but a demo-
crat could succeed him, and he resumed the practice of law in St. Louis. He
was, however, again called to office in 1906, when he was elected to the position
as recorder of deeds.
In 1879 ■^^^- Jo^' ■\'>'as married in Salem, Connecticut, to Arabel Ordway
and bv that union had one child, who died in infancy. The mother passed away
a few weeks afterward. In 1895 Mr. Joy was married in San ]\Iateo, California,
to Airs. Elizabeth Ina Ryer, nee Grant, widow of Washington M. Ryer, who
still survives.
]\Ir. Joy is a member of the St. Louis and INIercantile Clubs, of St. Louis ;
the Yale Club, of New York city ; and the Chevy Chase Club, of Washington,
D. C. He has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in
the consistory of St. Louis, is a member of ]\Ioolah Temple of the Alystic
Shrine, of the St. Louis Lodge of Elks and the Business Men's League. Such
in brief is the history of Charles Frederick Joy. Over the record of his official
career and private life there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.
He left the impress of his individuality for good upon the legislation enacted
during his five terms of service in congress, and that he faithfully guarded the
interests of his constituents is indicated by the fact that he was so often returned
to the council chambers of the nation through popular election.
JOSEPH I. LANDAY.
Joseph I. Landay, of Russian birth and parentage, has resided in the new
world from the age of seventeen vears, and no native born son is more loyal to
the stars and stripes, or more in sympathy with the republican institutions, than
is -\Ir. Landay. Early recognizing the fact that within ourselves lies the source
of our power, he has progressed through the wise use of his native ability,
gaining from the faithful performance of each day's duties courage and inspira-
tion for the succeeding day. He was born in Kovno, Russia, in May, 1870.
He attended the public schools of his native country until his fourteenth year,
and after putting aside his textbooks was connected with various business in-
terests until, no longer able to withstand the attractions of the new world, he
crossed the Atlantic, lured by the favorable reports which he had heard concern-
ing business conditions in America. He landed in New York city, and traveled
through this country to a considerable extent, providing for his own support by
any employment that would enable him to earn an honest dollar. In 1891 he
arrived in St. Louis and engaged as a canvasser with C. B. Thomas. For three
years he was employed in that way and in 1895 began traveling for the Koenig
Furniture Company, his territory comprising all of the southern states. After
being with that firm for a year he started in the furniture commission business
for himself, and is still operating along that line. His business interests are now
extensive and important. He is president of the Landay Steel Range Company
and also of tbe Landay Real Estate Company, and is vice president of the
Manufacturers Exhibition Building Company, at Chicago. Thus he has con-
stantly broadened the scope of his activities until his interests are now large and
the returns gratifying. In this manner he has worked his way steadily upward,
the years proving the wisdfjm of his course in seeking a home on this side of
the Atlantic in a home where lalxr is not hampered by caste or class.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 961
Mr. Landay was married in Brooklyn, Xew York, I">bruary 12. 1908, to
iMiss Bertha Byk, a daughter of Morris Byk, a prominent real-estate dealer of
that city. Mr. and Mrs. Landay reside in the Barwick apartments, which he ac-
quired by purchase, and which are in one of the most fashionable residence dis-
tricts of the city. Mr. Landay belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, and is also a member of the Columbia Club. He has made good use
of his time and talents and has achieved success, not bv any unusual methods,
but because he has been more persistent and determined, allowing no obstacle
or difficulty to bar his path if it could be overcome by honorable effort.
CHRISTIAN WORLEY.
Almost every department of business activity is represented in St. Louis,
and the whole constitutes a great commercial and industrial center, its ramify-
ing interests reaching out to every part of the world. Each enterprise, con-
ducted along lines of business integrity and progression, is a feature in the re-
sult that has been achieved, and therefore in the history of business develop-
ment here Christian Worley deserves mention as the president of the St. Louis
Mica Company. A native of Germany, he was born INIarch 6, 1837, his parents
being Christian and Katherina Worley. In the year 1839 the father came to the
new world, and for many years was well known as a blacksmith here, owning
several shops. He continued to make his home in America for a quarter of a
century, or until called to his final rest, in 1859.
Brought to the United States in early childhood. Christian Worley was a
pupil in the parochial schools and at the age of fifteen years began learning the
trade in the employ of Rollo Whitters, a tobacco merchant, with whom he con-
tinued for about four years. On the expiration of that period he became a to-
bacco roller in the employ of Christian Pieper, with whom he continued for
three or four years, when he accepted the position of foreman with Neudecker
Brothers. He remained in that position of control over the working forces of
the establishment until the business was sold out, after which he went to Vir-
ginia, where he was also connected with the tobacco trade for two years. Fol-
lowing his return he was employed as journeyman by William R. Price, a to-
bacco manufacturer, for a little time, and in i860 he returned to the employ of
Mr. Pieper, remaining there for some time. In 1864 he joined A. Newman and
they started in business on their own account under the firm style of A. Newman
& Company. A year later Mr. Worley sold his interest to his partner, and
bought an interest in the business of F. Zowl & Company, but in 1865 with-
drew from that connection. He then engaged as foreman with the tobacco manu-
facturing company of Hackeroch & Johnson, whom he represented until they dis-
posed of their business to the Roche. Boyce & McCabe Manufacturing Com-
panv. He continued with the new firm for another three or four years, and then
again began business on his own account, this time forming a partnership with
Anton Miller, under the name of INTiller & Worley. That their relation was
most harmonious, congenial and profitable is indicated in the fact that it ex-
isted for twenty-six years, during which time they enjoyed a very large patron-
age, their output finding a ready sale on the market. In 1899 they sold out
to Mr. Weisert and Mr. Worley is now living retired, save that he is interested
in the St. Louis Mica Company, in which he holds the office of president. In
this he was associated with his former partner, ~S[t. ]\Iiller, also with 'Slv. ]\lajor,
the three gentlemen being organizers of the business.
Mr. Worlev was married in St. Louis, November 22. i860, to ]\Iiss Barbara
Youps. They have an adopted daughter, Lydia, living with them in their pleas-
ant home, which Mr. Worley erected at No. 4125 Park street. He has_ always
been interested in affairs relating to the upbuilding and progress of the city, and
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in matters relating to the welfare of his country. At the time of the Civil war
he served as a second lieutenant in the Missouri militia, and he is a member of
the St. Louis Legion of Honor, while in former years he belonged to other social
and fraternal organizations. He is a republican and has taken considerable inter-
est in the work of the party, serving as a delegate to some of its conventions
and giving earnest allegiance to its principles because he believes that they are
most conducive to good government. Mr. Worley has passed the Psalmist's
span of three score years and ten, and during nearly its entire period has lived
in St. Louis, so that he has witnessed much of the development of the city as it
has emerged from villagehood and thrown ofif the evidences of close connection
with the frontier. He has always rejoiced in what has been accomplished and
believes that St. Louis has before it a much more brilliant future.
HENRY OTIARA.
About a half century ago an Irish lad of eleven years left his home and
came to America to seek a life of activity in a country where more opportunities
were oltered than in the place of his nativity. That lad was Henry O'Hara,
who in the course of years was destined to rise from the position of fireman on
the railroad to that of president of one of the leading railroad companies of
the middle west, while at the same time he owned and controlled extensive car
building manufactories.
He was born June 4, 1844. about sixteen miles from Belfast in County
Antrim, Ireland, and when the spirit of adventure and the desire for more rapid
advancement than could be secured in his native country took possession of
him, he made his way across the Atlantic and found a home among friends at
New Utrecht on Long Island, New York. There he attended school until
sixteen years of age and laid the foundation for that broad self-culture which
was one of his distinguishing characteristics in later life. From Long Island
he went to the south prior to the outbreak of the Civil war and there secured
a position as fireman on the New Orleans, Jackson & Northern Railroad.
While he was ambitious to secure a place of greater prominence and respon-
sibility, he did not scorn any occupation that would yield him an honest living
and faithfully performed any task assigned to him. It was his fidelity and capa-
bility that won him promotion throughout his entire business career and even-
tually led him to the important place which he occupied in the business world.
Air. O'Hara was acting as trainman at the time of the outbreak of the Civil
war, when, giving up his position, he entered the Confederate army, joining the
artillery forces under General Dahlgren. He was soon transferred to the- com-
mand of General Gardner and his meritorious conduct on the field of battle
won him promotion to the rank of lieutenant. At the battle of Decatur, Ala-
bama, which occurred in 1864, h-e was wounded in such a manner that it be-
came necessary to amputate his leg, but as soon as he had sufficiently recovered
he obtained an artificial limb and returned to the army again, serving until the
close of the war.
When hostilities ceased, Mr. O'Hara, with the small means which he
could command, engaged in the lumber business at Brookhaven, Mississippi,
and found it a successful venture. He took up the work with the same thor-
oughness which characterized him in every relation of life. By studying south-
ern timber he soon discovered that southern longleaf pine is peculiarly adapted
to the construction of railroad cars and, convincing railway men of this fact,
he built up an extensive supply business, securing his patrons from among the
ranks of the prominent railroad men of the country. Thinking to enjoy the
advantages of better slii])ping facilities and closer connection with his trade
interests in St. Louis. Mr. O'Hara removed to this city in 1876 and made it
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964 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his business headquarters throughout the remainder of his Hfe. In 1876 he
accepted an important position with the car service of the Cairo Short Line
Railroad and soon become widely known in western railway circles. In 1890
he organized and was president of the Union Refrigerator Transit Company
and in 1891 was president of the St. Louis, Chicago & St. Paul Railway, popu-
larly known as the Bluff line. The recognition of his executive force and
business abilitv led to his cooperation being sought in various lines, while his
own well formulated plans resulted in the establishment of enterprises of large
magnitude. He became the president of the Lansburg Brake Company and at
one time was at the head of six car factories in successful operation, building
cars for which he had contracted. He supplied the Hicks Car Company with
three thousand cars and the Union Refrigerator Company with a like number.
His mind was most keenly alert and he recognized opportunities which others
passed by heedlessly. His efforts were directed along lines where sound judg-
ment and rare discrimination led the way and success seemed to follow his
every move.
In jNIay, 1882, Mr. O'Hara was married to ]\Iiss Eliza P. Nowland at
Sandoval, Illinois. Mrs. O'Hara was a daughter of Lambert Nowland, a native
of Maryland and a prominent political leader of the middle west. He had
a personal acquaintance with Henry Clay and became a stalwart advocate of
the republican party. It is said that he was the means of sending more than
one man to the legislature. He held several local offices in Illinois, but preferred
to concentrate his time and energies upon his business affairs, being for some
time connected with mercantile business at Sandoval, while later he was for
over thirty years a general agent for the Illinois Central Railroad at that place.
In his fraternal relations he was connected with the Masons and was promi-
nent in the order as well as in business and political circles. He was a man
of fine intellect and possessed all the characteristics of a truly southern gentle-
man, which he was in every way. He married Miss Martha G. Van Meter,
of Martinsburg, West Virginia, a daughter of Dr. Van E. Van Meter. In his
family of twelve children, eleven lived to adult age, all of whom reflected great
credit on their parents.
Mrs. O'Hara was reared in the Congregational faith, but later united with
the ^Methodist church, but Mr. O'Hara was reared in the Catholic church. Their
children were : Beulah, the wife of Everett Watson Brooks, of St. Louis ;
Gertrude, who was educated in Boston ; Henry, living in St. Louis ; and
Benjamin Harrison, now a member of the class of 1910 at Cornell L^niversity,
where he has won various medals and cups as an athlete.
The death of the husband and father occurred April 30, 1897. He was a
splendid type of the self-made man, rising in the business world from a humble
position to a conspicuous place in transportation circles in America. His busi-
ness associates rendered him respect and admiration for what he accomplished
and for the business methods which he employed in gaining the exalted position
which was eventually his. More than his splendid business accomplishments,
however, was his fidelity to his family and home and the faithfulness which he
manifested in his friendships. These marked him as a man worthy the highest
esteem and made his example one worthy of emulation.
JOHN MARTIN HOLMES.
John Martin Holmes, who for forty-one years has been a practitioner at
the St. Louis bar and is now senior partner of the firm of Holmes, Blair &
Koener, has throughout his professional career made that steady progress.
which results from constantly expanding powers and the recognition on the part
of the public of his ability and unfaltering allegiance to the interests of his
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 965
clients. He was born in St. Louis, January 25, 1848, and is a son of John Mar-
tin and Sophia (Wyman) Hohnes. His early educatiiju was obtained in pri-
vate schools in this city, while later he attended the Hillsboro (111.) Academy
and the Illinois College of Jacksonville, being graduated with the Bachelor of
Arts degree in 1867, wdiile the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him
in 1870. Having prepared for the practice of law he was admitted to the bar
in October, 1868, and has since continued in general practice in St. Louis. He
was for a time alone but in 1874-5 was in partnership with T. T. Player, a
brother of the present city comptroller, and in 188 1-2 with Ralph Talbot, now
of Denver. His present law partnership was formed in 1904, when he became
senior partner of the firm of Holmes, Blair & Koerner, now recognized as a
strong one in general practice in this city. The care and precision with which
he prepares his cases is one of the strong elements in his success, for his presen-
tation of his cause is characterized by masterly argument, clear reasoning and
logical deductions. He is a member of both the Missouri State Bar Associa-
tion and the Law Library Association.
On the 7th of March. 1888. Mr. Holmes was married to Miss Ina Meston,
a native of Elgin, Scotland, born August 15, 1863. She died at Colorado
Springs, Colorado, October 3. 1908. leaving two daughters and a son : ]^Iaud,
seventeen years of age ; Meston, fourteen years of age ; and Janet, now ten
years old.
Mr. Holmes gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, but takes
no active part in politics aside from a public-spirited interest in the welfare of
state and nation as promoted through political labors and influence. His favor-
ite recreations are hunting and fishing- and horseback riding, but his time is
mostly occupied by his professional duties and he is recognized as an able and
faithful minister in the temple of justice.
LOUIS OBERT.
Almost a third of a century has passed since Louis Obert became president
of the Louis Obert Brewing Company, having since 1877 been connected with
what is one of the most important lines of manufacture in St. Louis. Born in
Baden, Germany, February 8. 1845, he is a son of Louis and Theresa Obert. He
was a pupil in the public schools of his native country until the age of four-
teen years and then began learning the brewing business with his father, with
whom he continued for three years. At the age of seventeen he started out as
a journeyman as is customary in the fatherland and was employed in various
places, spending some time at Frankfort, Overbach, Nunnheim and other points.
Mr. Obert heard, however, that wages in America were much higher and with
the hope of benefiting his financial condition he crossed the Atlantic to the United
States, landing at New York city, whence he made his way direct to St. Louis.
For forty-three years he has resided here. In 1866 he became a brewer in the
Peswich brewery, where he remained for a brief period, after which he obtained
the position of foreman with the Arsenal brewery, where he remained until
1870. Through the succeeding four years he was foreman of the Louis Cook brew-
ery, after which he started for New Orleans and became the first superintendent
in the Casperloosic brewery, manufacturing the first lager beer ever brewed
there.
After two years Mr. Obert returned to St. Louis and accepting the position
of foreman with Repple & Ehlermann for a short time but, ambitious to en-
gage in business on his own account, he quicklv availed himself of an oppor-
tunity in that direction and in 1876 joined Mathias Weis in the purchase of his
present brewery. The partnership was continued for five years, when Mr. Weis
died and jNIr. ' Obert purchased his interests, becoming sole proprietor. He
966 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
has since erected additions to the building, which is now an important plant
well equipped with the latest improved machinery and most modern facilities
for the manufacture of high grade beer. The output finds a ready sale on the
market and his investment returns a gratifying annual income. As Mr. Obert
has prospered in his undertakings he has made extensive and judicious invest-
ments in real estate and is now the owner of most of West End Heights.
In September, 1870, Mr. Obert was married to Miss Elizabeth Kolb, a
daughter of Louis Kolb, who was a prominent gardener. They have three sons
and one daughter: Louis, the first vice president of the business; William A.,
who is superintendent ; Karl, who is secretary of the company ; and Eliza, who is
acting as bookkeeper. The business is thus kept entirely within the family,
all of the stock being owned by them. The family residence is at No. 3621
South Twelfth street and was erected by ]\Ir. Obert.
In politics he is a republican, but the honors and emoluments of office have
little attraction for him as he prefers to devote his attention to his business.
His residence in the city covers more than four decades and has been continu-
ous save for a brief interval of two years. Throughout this entire period he has
been identified with the brewing business and in all of his work has displayed
thoroughness and an effort to reach high standards in production and manu-
facture.
HORATIO N. SPENCER, M.D.
Dr. Horatio N. Spencer, a member of the medical profession in St. Louis
since 1870 and now specializing in the practice of otology, was born in Port
Gibson, Mississippi, July 17, 1842, a son of Horatio N. and Sarah (Marshall)
Spencer. His paternal grandfather, Israel Selden Spencer, fought for American
independence in the Revolutionary war. Dr. Spencer mastered the elementary
branches of learning tuider the guidance of a private tutor and was graduated
from Oakland College (Miss.) with valedictorian honors in 1861. He
afterwards matriculated in the University of Alabama, where he completed his
course by graduation in 1862, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Tr\ie
to his loved southland, soon after the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the
Confederate army, serving throughout the period of hostilities. Soon after the
close of the war he entered upon preparation for a professional career, com-
pleting a course in the College of Physicians & Surgeons of New York City
by graduation with the class of 1868, at which time the degree of M. D. was
conferred upon him. Immediately afterward he went to Europe and received
the benefit of instruction from some of the eminent physicians and surgeons of
the old world, studying in 1869 and 1870 in the L^niversity of Berlin, Ger-
many.
Thus splendidly equipped for a successful professional career. Dr. Spencer
located in St. Louis. He has largely practiced as a specialist in the treatment
of diseases of the nose and ear and stands today as one of the eminent authori-
ties in this line in the west. The extent of his business is equaled by that of
no other specialist in the same line in St. Louis and he draws his patronage
not only from the city but also from the surrounding districts. There came
to him a recognition of his scholarly attainments in his election to a professor-
ship in the Missouri Medical College. He has for thirty-eight years been a
representative of the profession in this city, where he is practicing with in-
creased honors and success, his skill and efficiency being constantlv augmented
by his extensive research and investigation. He has the interest of a scientist
in the profession, and added to his laudable ambition to acquire success is a
spirit of broad humanitarianism that causes his best efforts to be exerted in
behalf of those who need his professional aid. In 1879 he was associated with
others in the organization and editorial management of the American Journal
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of Otology and in the same year, in connection with others, established the St.
Louis Courier of Aledicine. In 1881 he aided in founding the St. Louis Post
Graduate School of IMedicine, of which he became professor of diseases of the
ear and which later merged into the Alissouri Medical College. In 1899 the
latter institution consolidated with the St. Louis Medical College and became
the medical department of Washington LTniversity, Dr. Spencer being chosen
professor of diseases of the ear. He is a member of the American Medical
Association and since 1870 has been a member of the American Otological So-
ciety.
That his eltorts have not been given entirely to professional interests is indi-
cated by his membership in the American Geographical Society, in the Society of
Colonial ^^'ars in the state of Missouri, the Society of Sons of the Revolution,
the Society of Foreign Wars and the Delta Psi and Nu Sigma Nu, two college
fraternities. He is likewise a member of the St. Louis Club and in St. Anthony's
Club has been honored with the presidency. Many tangible evidences are cited
of his humanitarian spirit, which also finds proof in his active assistance to the
Bethesda Foundling Home and the Home for Incurables and the Aged, of
which institutions he is serving as a trustee. In politics he is an independent
democrat, while his religious faith is manifest in his membership in the Presby-
terian church. An extensive traveler, he has on various occasions visited Great
Britain and Continental Europe, while his journeys in North America have in-
cluded Alaska, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Newfoundland.
On the 28th of September, 1868, Dr. Spencer was married in New York
city to ]\Iiss Annie E. Kirtland, who died in 1885, and two years later the
Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth P. Dwight. By the first union
he had five children: Mrs. Laura Edmunds, born in 1869; Mrs. Dean Du Bose,
who was born in 1871 ; Selden, who was born in St. Louis, March 23, 1873 ;
Horatio N.. who was born in 1875 and was graduated from Princeton Col-
lege in 1899; and Mrs. Anna Hancock, born in 1877. Of this family Selden
Spencer is now associated with his father in practice. He was a student suc-
cessively in the city schools. Smith's Academy, the manual training school and
a preparatory school at Concord, New Hampshire, prior to entering Princeton
University, where he completed his course by graduation with the class of
1897. The following autumn he became a second year student in the Missouri
Medical College and won his degree of M. D. in 1899. During his course
there he devoted one summer to study in the University of Edinburgh, Scot-
land, and following his graduation he put his theoretical knowledge to a prac-
tical test in the work as interne in the St. Louis City Hospital for seven
months. Later he studied in the principal medical centers of Europe, doing
special and general hospital work and receiving post-graduate instruction. In
June, 1902. he returned to St. Louis, where he has since been associated with
his father in practice. Both father and son keep in touch with the most ad-
vanced methods of the profession and maintain a high standard of ethics in
their business career.
EBERHARD ANHEUSER.
It is perhaps fortunate in some ways to bear an illustrious name, and vet
the standard by which an individual is measured is a high one and criticism is
keener if he fails to live up to it. The name of Anheuser has long largely stood
as a synonym of perfection in the brewing interests of St. Louis and has always
suggested notable business ability and the most carefully evolved and faithfully
executed plans. The subject of this review has not been found lacking in the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 969
possession of strong business qualities, and is now assistant city manager of the
Anheuser Busch Brewing Association.
He is yet a young man, his birth having occurred in St. Louis, May 19,
1880, a son of Adolph and Louise Anheuser. The former at one time was
superintendent of the brewery. His grandfather was Eberhard Anheuser, the
founder and promoter of the extensive brewing interests which now bear
his name but which were originally conducted under the name of the Bavarian
brewery, afterward the name of E. Anheuser Brewing Company was adopted,
and later incorporation of the business led to the use of the present style. At the
time of the Civil war Adolph Anheuser was a loyal advocate of the Union cause
and defended the interests of the Federal government at the front.
Eberhard Anheuser of this review attended the Lyon public school and was
a pupil in the room where he now has his office. He left the public schools at
the age of twelve years to enter the Toensfeldt Educational Institute, from which
he was graduated in his nineteenth year with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
He afterward pursued a special course, too, along general lines at the Wash-
ington University, and thus with broad, liberal education and mental discipline
to serve as the foundation for his business activities, he entered commercial
circles and has since been identified with the brewing interests of St. Louis, be-
ing today assistant manager of a business that is scarcely equaled in extent in the
entire world.
Mr. Anheuser was married in St. Louis, June 26, 1901, to Miss E. Sibel,
and purchased his present home at 3003 Allen avenue in a beautiful residence
district in Compton Heights. His name is on the membership rolls of the Alis-
souri Athletic Club and the Leiderkranz and also of St. Kevin's Catholic church.
He votes with the republican party nor is he oblivious to his duties of citizen-
ship, manifesting his hearty interest in many measures for the public good by
the generous support which he gives thereto.
JAMES McNAIR BUICK.
James McXair Buick, who from a humble position in the business world
has made steady progress through the various gradations leading to success un-
til he is now the vice president of the American Car & Foundry Company, was
born in Detroit, Michigan, November 7, 1867. His father, James S. Buick, was
foreman in a pattern-making shop in Detroit. He was born in Scotland and for
some time resided in Quebec prior to his arrival in Detroit, where he passed
away in 1899 after long connection with its industrial interests. His wife, who
bore the maiden name of Elian McNair, was also a native of Scotland.
James McNair Buick was educated in the public and high schools of De-
troit and upon putting aside his text-books in 1880 entered the shops of the
Michigan Car Company at Detroit in order to acquaint himself with the me-
chanical construction. His advance was rapid and meritorious and in 1886,
in recognition of his unusual capacities, he was promoted to the ofiice as a
clerk, a promotion that is regarded as a mark of ability in most institutions. He
rose rapidly through various positions until he became assistant purchasing
agent. He continued with the original company until 1892, when it was suc-
ceeded by the Michigan Peninsular Car Company. When this change was ef-
fected it brought him another promotion, as he became assistant superintendent
of the works. When the company needed an auditor and began to look about
for one competent for the position, Mr. Buick was chosen and, without knowl-
edge of the methods or system of that most responsible department in the insti-
tution, he entered upon his new duties, setting himself resolutely to the task of
gaining intimate knowledge and understanding of all the work connected there-
with. He has since made rapid advancement and i? now rated as one of the most
970 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
efficient accountants of the company's large force. In 1899, after almost un-
precedented success in the counting room, he was made general auditor of the
American Car & Foundry Company, with headquarters in St. Louis. The new
company was the result of the consolidation of his old firm and many others.
He continued as general auditor, inaugurating many reforms and improvements
in his department, always pushing his way forward and giving much valuable
service to the organization and the management of the auditing department.
In 1906 he was made vice president of the company and is the executive officer
at St. Louis. He has thus worked his way steadily upward to a position of
large responsibility and importance, although he began as an apprentice. He
has likewise extended his efforts to various other lines. He is now the vice
president and a director of the Helmbacher Forge & Rolling Mill Company of
St. Louis, Missouri, is the vice president and director of the Sligo Furnace
Company, vice president and director of the Sligo & Eastern Railway Company,
a director of the American Street Flushing ^Machine Company, a director of the
Rogers Ballast Car Company of Chicago, and a director of the National Dump Car
Company of Chicago.
iNIr. Buick's rapid rise and notable success is attributable largely to his
ability to master intricate problems and to understand and utilize to the best
advantage every detail of the business. His broad practical experience in the
shops in early life also constituted an important element in his advance. He has
remarkable power of absorption and concentration and his life is a proof of the
statement of a prominent financier that success is the result of opportunity and
the man, but first of all the man. As Mr. Buick has passed on to positions of
executive control, bringing him into close touch with the extensive and mipor-
tant financial interests of one of the large productive industries of the country,
he has studied most closely the subjects of finance and has a complete library
of books of this character. If he can be said to have a hobby, this is his. There
is perhaps no man in St. Louis as well informed upon such subjects. It is char-
acteristic of Mr. Buick that he thoroughly masters everything that he undertakes
and allows nothing to deter him from accomplishing an object if he can do this
through honorable effort and indefatigable energy.
'Sir. Buick is well known as a member of the St. Louis, Noonday, Univer-
sity. Racquet and Glen Echo Country Clubs, while in fraternal relations he is
a ^Nlason. He also belongs to the Presbyterian church and his entire life has
been actuated by a spirit that has prompted him to encourage the eft"orts of
others who are climbing the ladder of success as he has done and who wish to
attain business prominence and prosperity through straightforward methods.
CAMPBELL ORRICK BISHOP.
Campljell Orrick Bishop, lawyer and jurist, was born in Union, Franklin
county, Missouri, December 28, 1842. The family is of English origin. James
Bishop, founder of the family in America, settled in Connecticut in 1704. One
of his descendants and his namesake was the great-grandfather of C. O. Bishop
and a soldier of the Revolutionary war. For several generations the family
lived in Amherst county, Virginia. Four uncles of Mr. Bishop were ministers
and many others of the family have been identified with the same holy calling,
most of them representing the Presbyterian denomination although some have
been Methodists. The majority have attained considerable prominence in ec-
clesiastical circles and William Bishop removed to Texas, where he became well
known as a writer on religious subjects.
David H. Bishop, father of C. O. Bishop, was a native of Amherst county,
Virginia, and in 1833, at the age of twenty-five years, came to Missouri, settling
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972 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
first at Union. He engaged in teaching school for several years and afterward
filled a number of positions of public honor and trust, serving for a time as
judge of the county court and also as clerk of the court, in which capacity he
was also court reporter. He was a notably fine penman and this combined with
his knowledge of law made his services of much value as clerk of the courts.
In 1848 he came to St. Louis, where he engaged in the life and fire insurance
business until his retirement in 1874, when he removed to a country home in
the suburbs of the city and there passed away in December, 1891, in his eighty-
sixth year. His wife, in her maidenhood, Sarah Lindsay, was of Scotch descent
and a granddaughter of Luke Lindsay, who served under General Washington
in the Revolutionary war. The cartridge box which he carried throughout that
struggle, together with other interesting relics, is now in possession of C. Orrick
Bishop. In her girlhood days Sarah Lindsay came to Missouri, residing at St.
Charles. She was a native of Lewis county. New York, and, surviving her
husband for ten years, passed away in 1901 at the very advanced age of ninety-
one years.
C. Orrick Bishop was the eldest and is the only survivor of a family of
five children. He was brought to St. Louis when five years of age and was
educated in private schools to the age of twelve years, when he became a pupil
in the St. Louis high school, from which he was graduated at the age of fifteen.
That he manifested special aptitude in his studies is indicated by his early age
at graduation. He afterward went to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri,
where he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1862. In the year
1 89 1 his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts and in
1903 that of Doctor of Laws.
After the completion of his college courses Mr. Bishop entered the employ
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in a clerical capacity, filling various positions
in the general office during the four years of his connection with corpora-
tions. He then carried out his long cherished desire to prepare for the bar by
entering upon a course of study in the law department of the Louisville (Ky.)
University, from which he was graduated in 1868 with the Bachelor of Law
degree. Among his classmates are several who have since won distinction, in-
cluding Hon. A. G. Caruth, member of congress, and Hon. A. Shelby Willis,
also member of congress and first United States minister to the Hawaiian
islands.
Soon after his graduation Mr. Bishop returned to St. Louis, where he
entered upon the general practice of law. Advancement at the bar is proverb-
ially slow and yet almost from the beginning he enjoyed a good clientage,
which as the years have passed has connected him with much important work
in the state and federal courts. In 1883 he was appointed assistant circuit
attorney, which office he filled continuously for fourteen years, or until 1897,
when he resumed private practice. In 1901, however, he was again appointed
to that position under Governor Folk and served until January, 1905, assisting
in all of the prosecutions of that period which made Folk famous. In March,
1905, he received appointment to the judgeship of the circuit court and sat
upon the bench until January, 1907, when he resumed law practice. In the
work of the courts he has gained distinction as a criminal lawyer, having largely
devoted his attention to that department of practice. He prepares his cases
with great thoroughness and care and loses sight of no point that bears upon
the verdict. He employs his oratorical gifts in a clear, forceful presentation
of his cause and has won a large majority of the cases with which he has been
connected. He has been professor of criminal law in the law department of
Washington University since 1894, or for a period of fifteen consecutive years.
He has also been an occasional contributor to the current literature of the pro-
fession and has delivered many addresses upon questions of vital import. The
court records show how important has been his law practice for his name is
associated with the most prominent criminal cases tried in the district.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 973
Mr. Bishop has devoted his attention ahnost exckisively to his profession,
yet has engaged to some extent in Hterary work for recreation, especially in his
younger days. He has always been an ardent student and in his teaching has
displayed marked ability in imparting to others the knowledge that he has ac-
quired. He belongs to the Missouri Athletic, Mercantile and Jefferson Clubs,
is free from ostentation or display, but while quiet and unassuming in manner,
he is always courteous and genial, and has many friends in the clubs with which
he is identified in their social circles and at the bar.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER WRIGHT.
Joseph Alexander Wright, a representative of the St. Louis bar, was born
February 8, 1872, in Bartholomew county, Indiana, his parents being William
and Pamela (Wynn) Wright. His paternal grandparents were William and
Elizabeth (Bardsley) Wright, both of whom were born in Ashton-under-Lynne,
England, and came to America in 181 1, settling at Brookville, Indiana. The ma-
ternal grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Goudie) Wynn. The former was
born in Stokesley, England, and came to America in 1814, settling at Brook-
ville, Indiana. The latter was born of English parentage in W'estmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, and became a resident of Brookville in 1820.
Joseph A. Wright pursued his education in Indiana, completing his literary
course by graduation from De Pauw University at Greencastle, that state, in
1894. He then became a post-graduate student in the Columbia University of
New York city in 1894 and again studied there in 1896. In 1895 he was a stu-
dent in the Goettingen University of Germany.
Mr. Wright removed from Columbus, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri, in
1898 and has been engaged in the practice of law in this city continuously since.
He does not concentrate his energies upon one special line but engages in gen-
eral practice and has secured a good clientage which is proof of his ability, as
the public does not place its legal interests in unskilled hands.
Mr. Wright is a democrat in political faith and a Presbyterian in his re-
ligious belief. He belongs to Ascalon Commandery, No. 16, K. T., to Tuscan
Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M., and has been representative from Missouri in
the supreme body of the National Union, a fraternal beneficiary society. He
possesses admirable social qualities and that spirit of courtesy and kindliness
which has gained for him an extensive circle of friends during the ten years
of his residence in this city.
ARTHUR O. WEIGELT.
The thoroughness and careful system which characterize the business inter-
ests of Arthur O. Weigelt have gradually constituted the foundation upon which
he has builded his prosperity. He is an alert, persistent, energetic business man,
now president of the Weigelt Glass & Mirror Manufacturing Company. His
birth occurred in Germany, April 25, 1853, his parents being Ferdinand and So-
phia Weigelt. The father was a builder and contractor of Berlin, and while
spending his boyhood days in his native country, Arthur O. Weigelt attended
the elementarv school and afterward the German high school, from which he
graduated. A review of the business world and its opportunities determined
him to take up the w^ork of fresco painting, which he learned under capable
direction and then established business on his own account in 1876.
Mr. Weigelt continued in his chosen calling in Germanv until he felt con-
vinced that better business opportunities were offered in .America, and sailed
974 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
for the lle^v world. Bidding adieu to friends and native land, he crossed the
Atlantic to New York city and immediately afterward came direct to St. Louis.
For a year thereafter he engaged in fresco work in the employ of Philip Henk-
ler, and at the beginning of the year 1883 he established himself in business at
the corner of jNIarket and Eighth streets, where he remained for ten years and
met with gratifying success in his undertaking. His work was in connection
with the interior decoration of theaters and churches, and he was accorded a
large and gratifying patronage. In 1893 he established himself in his present
business as a manufacturer of glass and mirrors, after buying a patent of a
process for manufacturing mirrors. His plant was originally located on Third
and Lombard streets, where he remained for six years. In 1899 he removed
to his present location at No. 615-617 South Sixth street, in order to secure
more commodious quarters that he might increase his facilities. He became an
importer of French plate glass, and from that time to the present his business
has been one of the successful productive and mercantile enterprises of the city.
He is now president of the Weigelt Glass & Mirror Manufacturing Company,
handling much important material, but manufacturing his own mirrors. He is
also the president of the Sparta Oil Company, and both business concerns are
proving profitable.
Air. Weigelt was married in Germany in March, 1876, to Miss Selma Rein-
hardt. They reside at No. 3152 Texas avenue, where Mr. Weigelt purchased a
handsome modern residence. He gives his political allegiance to the republi-
can party and is identified with several social and fraternal organizations. He
holds membership with the Masonic lodge, with the Liederkranz Club, has been
president of the Orpheus Singer Bund for many years, and was also president
of the St. Louis Singer Bund. He likewise belongs to the Sendwehr Verein
and is prominent among the German American residents of the city. He has
always felt satisfied that he chose America as a place of residence for he has
found good business opportunities here and has made satisfactory advancement
in the business world, while at the same time he has found pleasant social rela-
tions among many friends.
ANTHONY ITTNER.
Anthony Ittner, one of the most prominent of the western brick manu-
facturers, today at the head of a large enterprise as president of the Anthony
Ittner Brick Company, has made an equally creditable record by his devotion
to the welfare of his country as manifest in many movements for the public
good.
He was born October 8. 1837, in Lebanon, Ohio, of the marriage of
John and Mary Ittner. A native of Bavaria, the father at the age of twenty-
one years came to America, arriving in 1832. The following year he became
a resident of Cincinnati, where he took out his first naturalization papers
when William Henry Harrison, afterward president of the United States, was
clerk of the county court of Hamilton county, Ohio. When he had secured
the right of franchise he cast his first presidential vote for Martin Van Buren.
Mr. Ittner was married in Cincinnati. His wife was born on St. George, one
of the Azores islands, in 1818. Her parents, who were natives of Baden,
Germany, sailed from the Azores to America and became residents of Dayton,
Ohio. Following his marriage John Ittner removed to Lebanon, Ohio, where
he lived until 1844 and then became a resident of St. Louis. Here he resided
until 1853, when he removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, but after a few months'
residence there he died, being survived by his wife and eight children, who
returned to St. Louis.
ANTHOXY ITTXER
976 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Anthony Ittner was deprived of many of the advantages whien most
American boys enjoy. It was necessary that he provide for his own support
at the early age of nine years, so that his only opportunity of attending the
public day schools was prior to that time, amounting in all to some nine months.
After starting in business for himself, at the age of twenty-one years, he at-
tended night school for three months and a commercial college for about the
same length of time, there acquiring a knowledge of arithmetic and bookkeep-
ing, which he realized would be essential to a successful prosecution of his
business. The lessons of life, however, are many and he who reads broadly
and observes closely gains much valuable information, particularly of a most
practical character. Mr. Ittner has always been a student in that he has reached
logical and correct conclusions as the result of experience, investigation and
private study. For three years in his early boyhood he was employed in the
Glasgow lead factory, then situated at the corner of Fourteenth and Papin
streets, after which he secured a position in a brickyard and entered upon a
field of activity wherein he was destined to gain distinction and notable success.
He thoroughly mastered every task assigned him, learned the processes of
brick manufacture, and when he left the brickyard of John Snyder he entered
upon a three years' apprenticeship to learn the trade of bricklaying under the
direction of Mr. Snyder, who was a brickmason as well as a brick manufac-
turer. He served Mr. Snyder for a year and a half, at the end of which time
his employer retired from business, and Mr. Ittner, realizing that he was not
yet a full-fledged journeyman bricklayer, entered the service of Samuel Taylor,
working under his instruction six months. Later he worked as a journeyman
with John Harris, Samuel Robbins and Robert Davis, covering a period of
several years, and being installed as foreman by Mr. Davis. It was his am-
bition, however, to carry on business on his own account, and in February,
1859, ^t the age of twenty-one, he formed a partnership with his elder brother,
Conrad S., in the bricklaying and later in the brick manufacturing business.
In 1888 he withdrew entirely from the former field of activity to concentrate
his undivided attention upon the conduct of the extensive brick manufacturing
enterprise which had been developed. His business has constantly increased
in its scope, making it necessary that he enlarge his facilities from time to time
until he now has two extensive plants, which are operated at Swansea, Illi-
nois. Closely identified as he has been for many years with the building trades
and building interests of St. Louis, be is by them held in the highest esteem,
and since its organization has been a member of the Builders' Exchange. For
three terms he filled the office of its president and for one term was president
of the National Association of Builders and also of the National Brick Man-
ufacturers' Association, of which he became a charter member on its organ-
ization. He was thus at the head of two national associations at the same
time, being seventh president in line of each body.
While his success would alone entitle him to distinction as a foremost
resident of St. Louis, Mr. Ittner has been before the public in many other
capacities than as a business man, and in all has given evidence of his high
ideals of life and his devotion to the general' welfare. In early manhood he
did military duty in the city and state as a member of the enrolled Missouri
militia during the period of the Civil war. He was a stalwart champion of
the Union cause and it naturally followed that he gave unswerving support to
the republican party. The active interest which he took in the political move-
ments and questions which one after another have claimed public attention led
to his becoming an important factor in local councils of his party and he was
at one time chairman of the republican city central committee. He was chosen
to represent his ward in the city council in 1867 and received public endorse-
ment of his service in a reelection in 1868. While a member of the citv council
he introduced a resolution to have a committee of five appointed to investigate
the character of material and workmanship that was being used and cmplo^•ed
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in the construction of streets and sewers. The resolution l)i.'inu;- adopted, the
committee was appointed, with Mr. Ittner as chairman, and after hve months'
investigation the report was brought in condemning Ijoth work and material,
but the report was voted down by a large vote, only one member of the council,
August Etling of the First ward, voting with the committee. The report
stands vindicated by time, since all of the reforms recommended by the com-
mittee have since been adopted by the board of public improvement.
In the fall of 1868 popular suffrage sent i\lr. Ittner to the general as-
sembly of Missouri, and in 1870 he was chosen to represent his district in the
state senate, where he served, through reelection in 1874, until 1876, when
he resigned to accept his party's nomination for congress as re])resentative oi
the First INIissouri district. Again he received public endorsement of his
ofificial career at the polls and occupied a seat among the Ohio delegation, a few
seats to the right of General Garfield and a few seats to the left of Major
McKinley. As a member of the forty-fifth congress he made a creditable record
in his loyal support of many bills and acts, of the value of which subsequent
history has proven. In the legislature and in congress he gave careful con-
sideration to each question wdiich came up for settlement and sought the welfare
of the country rather than his party and the interests of his constituents rather
than self-aggrandizement. In fact, over the record of his public career there
falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil and his course needed no de-
fense, as his patriotic purpose was clearly evident. As a legislator Air. Ittner
did effective work in looking to the establishment of a state reformatory and
industrial school for juvenile offenders, modeled after what was then known
as the Ohio family plan, and this work would alone entitle him to distinction.
In the year 1862 occurred the marriage of Anthony Ittner and Aliss Mary
Isabelle Butts, a daughter of William A. Butts, a Kentuckian by birth. They
have seven children. William ]>. attended the St. Louis public schools and
the manual training school of the AX'ashington University, being graduated in
1883 with the first class from that institution, while later he attended Wash-
ington University and Cornell Liniversity, completing a special course in archi-
tecture in the latter in 1887. The succeeding year was passed in office work in
Omaha, Nebraska, since which time he has been a representative of the pro-
fession of architecture in St. Louis and has served three terms as architect
and commissioner of buildings for the public schools. He was married in
1888 to Miss Lottie Allan, of this city. The younger sons of the family are
Benjamin F., George W. and Warren W., all three associated with their
father in business.
Both Mr. and Airs. Ittner are members of the Church of the Unity of
the LTnitarian faith and take a most helpful interest in its various activities.
Airs. Ittner has for many years been president of the Ladies' Working Society
of the church and is now president of the South Side Day Nursery Association,
after acting as its vice president for several terms. Air. Ittner has been a
generous contributor to charitable and benevolent purposes and movements and
to all that pertains to the city's development. He was a member of the board
of directors of the Alissouri Historical Society and one of the promoters of
the Louisiana Purchase Centennial movement, being a member of the original
committee having this in charge. He is one of the oldest Odd Fellows of St.
Louis, having joined in 1863. He is now a member of St. Louis Lodge No. 5,
and on several occasions represented his lodge in the grand lodge of the order
in the state. He belongs also to the Ancient Order of Ignited Workmen, the
Royal Arcanum and the Alissouri Historical Society, of which he is a life
member.
Air. Ittner takes great pride in the fact that since 180T he has given his
greatest attention and efforts to the interests of the industrial education of
the American bov through the medium of trade schools. He is chairman of
the committee on industrial education for the National Association of Alanu-
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978 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
factiirers and chairman of a similar committee of the National Brick jManu-
facturers" Association and also a member of the board of managers of the
National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education. His greatest
ambition is to live to see the day when every American youth with the am-
bition and desire to learn a trade will have the fullest and freest opportunity
to do so. His labors in behalf of public progress have always been of the
most practical nature, and for the betterment morally, physically and finan-
cially of every human being. While others have spent time in thinking out
plans he has been at work accomplishing results. His theories are always
found to be sound and capable of execution, and he deserves the largest meas-
ure of success in the great work in which he is now engaged. The public work
that he has done has made extensive demands upon his time, his thought and
his energies. His aid is never sought in vain for the betterment and improve-
ment of the city. In his life are the elements of greatness because of the use
he has made of his talents and of his opportunities, his thoughts being given
to the mastery of praiseworthy problems and the fulfillment of his duty as
a man in his relations to his fellowmen and as a citizen in his relations to his
state and his countrv.
WILLIAM HENDERSON MAYFIELD, M.D.
The life record of Dr. William Henderson Alayfield seems an exemplification
of the words of Gladstone, who said: "Be inspired with the belief that life is a
grand and noble calling, not a mean and grovelling thing that we are to shuffle
through as best we can, but an elevating and lofty destiny." Dr. Mayfield
receives that high respect which is accorded to him who lives not for himself
alone, but for his fellowmen, doing good wherever opportunity offers, speaking
words of encouragement and hope, lending material assistance when needed and
always, unconsciously to himself, but just as surely, impressing his memory
indelibly upon the hearts of a grateful people who acknowledge their indebted-
ness to him for his timely aid or inspiration.
While the practice of medicine is the chosen life work of Dr. ]\Iayfield, he
has made it the avenue of great helpfulness to those with whom he has come
in contact. A native of ^Missouri, he was born at Patton, January i8, 1852, a
son of George W. and Polly (Cheek) ]\Iayfield. His paternal grandfather,
Stephen Mayfield, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, serving throughout
the entire seven years of that struggle. Dr. Mayfield acquired his early scholas-
tic training at Carleton Institute and the Fruitland Normal Institute. When
seventeen years of age he began teaching and while pursuing that profession also
continued his education by private study, preparing himself to a considerable ex-
tent for a later and successful professional career. He took up the studv of
medicine at Sedgewickville. Missouri, in 1874, under the preceptorship of Dr.
H. J. Smith, and after reading for the prescribed length of time he matriculated
in the St. Louis Medical College, and at the end of the third year was graduated
with the class of 1883. The bent of his mind, however, was toward surgery
and under the tutelage of such eminent surgeons as Dr. I. J. McDowald and Dr.
John T. Hodgen his genius for that branch of medicine was fully developed.
He began the practice of medicine at Alayfield, Alissouri, but though quite
successful in his work there, building up a substantial practice, he concluded to
move to a larger fiekl anrl at the end of the first year came to St. Louis to accept
the chair of materia medica, thera]jeutics and diseases of children in the College
of Physicians anrl .Surgeons. .Soon afterward he conceived the idea of founding
a sanitarium anr] at first threw open his own home to patients, many coming
from the country and from otlier cities to be treated. One of the striking char-
DR. \\'. H. AIAYFIELD
980 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
acteristics of Dr. ]\Iayfield's career has been his benevolence toward the afflicted.
Many patients has he treated and extended to them the hospitality of his own
home and sanitarium when the only remuneration he received was their grati-
tude. His reputation for benevolence is second to that of no individual physi-
cian or institution in the west. Countless numbers have profited by his profes-
sional aid and will cherish and revere his memory as long as they live.
In 1884 Dr. ]\Iayfield founded the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, which was
the first denominational institution of this character in the world. It, however,
constituted an example that has since been widely followed. Under his able
management it became one of the largest and best equipped hospitals in the
west. A property was acquired, the estimated value of which is far in excess
of one hundred thousand dollars. From the beginning the new enterprise pros-
pered, and surrounding himself with an able corps of assistants. Dr. Mayfield
did there a great work. In 1886 the need of more commodious quarters became
imperative and the sanitarium was removed from its first location, while in 1888
the structure known as the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium was erected. Dr. W.
Pope Yeaman in a published volume says: "This institution is the outgrowth
of the benevolent and enterprising spirit of Dr. W. H. Alayfield."' He continued
at the head of that institution, as superintendent and surgeon-in-chief, until the
spring of 1896, having spent twelve years in promoting and making it the
renowned institution it is today, when certain dilTerences arose which caused
him to sever his connection therewith.
In the meantime he had made continuous progress in professional circles,
his ability and efficiency being constantlv augmented by his extended experience
und wide research. He has achieved special distinction in gynaecological and
abdominal surgery and is the originator of an operation for laceration of the
perineum, performing the first successful operation of this character of his orig-
ination in the state of Missouri. He has performed nine thousand operations in
twenty-six years. He is an honorary member of the Illinois ]\Iedical Society
and a member of the Tri-State IMedical Society. He has contributed to the
success of their meetings through valuable papers and his intelligent discussion
of questions of vital importance to the profession. '
Dr. Mayfield became a charter member of the Hospital Saturday and Sun-
day Association and has had much to do with charitable work in the course of
his professional career. It has been authoritatively stated by one who had an
intimate knowledge of his professional career while he was identified with the
Baptist Sanitarium that the value of the services rendered by him free of any
charge whatsoever during six months of the year 1895 was conservatively esti-
mated as a contribution to suffering humanity of between ten and twenty thou-
sand dollars. One marked characteristic of Dr. Mayfield has been the devout
religious element of his nature. He has long been a member of the Baptist
church and stands as the highest type of ,the Christian phvsician, being a most
close follower of Him who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.
All of his work is actuated by the divine teachings concerning one's obligations
and duties to his fellowmen, and, moreover, he has the joy of doing and is
never happier than when he can minister to or aid a fellow traveler on life's
journey.
In 1874 Dr. Mayfield was married to Miss Ellen C. Sitzes, of Marquand,
Missouri, a daughter of John F. and Ellen (Whitener) Sitzes. Her father was
a leading resident of the comnnmity in which he lived, especiallv noted as a
business man and financier. His daughter inherited much of his business ability
and her efforts in this direction have been of great value in assisting- her husband
in carrying out the manv business interests that would have otherwise required
his per-onal attention. The ^Tayfield .Sanitarium was entirely planned and con-
structed under her personal supervision, she aifling the architect and supervising
all the financial affairs incidental to the enterprise. In various branches of
charitable and ])hilanthro]jic work her executive abilitv as well as kindness of
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heart and tender womanly syni])athy has been made manifest in connection wiUi
her labors of love and acts of benehcence.
While great prosperity has crowned ibeir efforts and their labors have been
of marked good to their fellowmen. Dr. and Mrs. Maytield have yet met a
great sorrow in their lives in the loss of their children. Three children were
born unto them, but two died in infancy, while William ii., jr., who was the
pride and joy of the parents' hearts, had reached the age of twenty-one years
when he was taken away. He seemed to have every prospect of a grand and
glorious life, having graduated at the Smith Academy, a scientitic department
of the Washington University. He was a boy of unusual promise intellectually,
morally and spiritually, and as expressed by Senator Leady, of Colorado, was
known generally as a leader of men and boys. While in college he contracted
tuberculosis and after nine months' illness passed away, although every possible
effort was made to prolong life and effect a cure. Many sections of the e<juntry
were traversed, seeking to improve his condition, stopping at points in Colorado,
New iNIexico and Arizona, but all to no avail and the end came, bringing t)ie
deepest feeling of sadness and regret, not ordy to his ]:)arents, but to the many
friends whom he made wherever he went.
Following the demise of their son. Dr. and Airs. j\Ia_\tield determined to use
their entire fortune for philanthropic purposes, the larger part of it to be divided
between the endowment funds of two large corporations, both chartered institu-
tions under the laws of Missouri — the Will ]\Iayfield College at Alarble Hill,
Missouri, named in honor of their beloved and noble son; and the Mayfield
Sanitarium.
Notwithstanding that surgery has been a life-long preference with Dr. Alay-
field, he realized the great need of aiding in the work of stamping out the dread
disease, consumption, and as a consecpience he became one of the active members
and officers of the American Anti-Tuberculosis League. He was chosen as an
executive officer and given charge of its entire management. With characteristic
energy he set about the work for which the league was organized and started
upon an active crusade. One of the first movements in this direction was to
make appeals to the vice president of each state to appoint a staff' of nine or
more who would hold meetings and appoint a superintendent for each county
m his state, the said superintendent to appoint a lecturer for each school dis-
trict, that a knowledge of the dangers of the spread of tuberculosis should be
made known, together with a means of prevention. Circulars were also sen.t
out clearly setting forth the fact that the bulk of suff'ering now caused by the
white plague can be removed by making the milk supply safe, as the use of
infected milk is one of the most prevalent sources of the spread of the disease.
Dr. Mayfield is doing a work in this connection the value of which is incalculable
and his efforts are arousing the public to the need of precaution as well as cure.
His specific work in St. Louis is in connection with the AFayfield Sani-
tarium, an institution of which the citv is justly proud. It is located in one
of the finest residence portions of St. Louis, and the bt.ildings, constructed of
the finest Roman pressed brick on artistic lines of architecture, are imposing
and of magnificent exterior, while the interior presents a cheerful, homelike
appearance. Nothing has been spared which could contribute to the comfort
and happiness of the patients. Each room has sunshine at least a i)art of the
dav and the private rooms are fitted up with all home comforts. The surgical
department is admirably adapted for all kinds of operations, a fin.e operating
room of opalescent glass having just been completed. snpi)lie(l with every appli-
ance for the most scientific treatment of diseases. .\ neurological department,
entirelv separated from the main building, has been opened for the treatment
of nervous patients. The Central Baptist, commenting on this work said :
'T)uildings do not make institutions — they simply furnish the place where the
workers can most successfullv serve those committed to their care. At the head
of this institution stands Dr. W. H. Mavfield. recognized as f>ne of the leading
982 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Christian phvsicians and surgeons in all the southwest. His successful work
is largely made possihle by the sympathetic, intelligent and constant assistance
g-iven^him by Mrs. Mavtield. than whom no one has worked harder nor done
more to make this institution the grand success it is." In connection there is
the women's board, which has charge of the benevolent work of the institution.
It is composed of active. Christian women, an-d by their assistance the sanitarium
has done much more charity work than it otherwise could have accomplished.
Perhaps no better indication of the character of Dr. Mayheld can be given
than bv quoting- from the I'ulletin of Commerce, which says: "He is of singu-
larlv strong personalit\. Jt is not eas}- to penetrate the recesses of his nature —
thc'character that makes him strong, forceful, determined and aggressive. He
is not the kind of character who thinks that every man ought to succeed, but
he is the kind of man to tell you that he thinks every man should try to do it.
He has his sunnv side of nature that is indeed a pleasantry, but it is always sec-
onilary to bu.sin'ess. When vou talk to him if you know more of the sitbject
than iie does he listens — if n:>t. he (Uu^s the talking. Your first impression of
the man is that he is adroit and tactful, ami you find after you know him that
he can be verv positive without being ungracious doing it. He has a capacity
for investigation and comparison, either of men or of values, that comes only
to the trained mind. His ])ersistence for precision and thoroughness in small
affairs, as well as in complex things, is pronounced. All of his work, all of his
intellect and all of his energv show the ultra-cosmopolitan nature of the man.
His work has reared for him an imperishable testimonial and an indestructible
compUment to the brilliancv and fully satisfying genius of which anv man might
have reason to be proud." An even closer analyzation of the life work of Dr.
Mavfield would indicate that back of all the acts and external impressions which
he gives, the motive power of his life is found in his own silent meditations
over life's problems and purposes, in which he has reached the conclusion that
success is not to be measured by the good that comes to us, but by the good that
comes to the world through us.
ED^^'ARD WALSH, SR.
The specific and distinct ofiice of biography is not to give voice to a man s
modest esteem of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the per-
petual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part
of his fcllowmen. Throughout St. Louis Edward Walsh was spoken of in
terms of admiration and res])ect. lie was among the builders of the cit\- and
conducted extensive interests in mercantile and manufacturing lines and in
other departments of business activit}-. I lis life was so varied in its interests,
.sf» honorable in its purposes, so far-reaching an;l beneficial in its afl^airs, that
it became an integral part of the history of the city and left an impress for good
upon the annals of the state.
Mr. Walsh was born in County Tipi)erary, Ireland, December ly , t7<;H, and
died in St. Louis. March 23. iXC/i. Me was one of a family of eleven children,
and the financial conrlition of his ])arent> nijule it necessar\' that he de];eiul U]X)n
his own resources for a livelih<jod from an early age. When a youth of twelve
he left school, but he never ceased to be a student of the signs r)f the times, and
in the sclvx^l of exjK-rience learned many valuable lessons. He always made it
his jnirposc to thoroughl\ inform himself concerning any work which he under-
took and the relations which bf^re upon it either directly or indirectly. He
was alsr) interested in the great general questions of the day and as the years
passcfl gained a knowledge of men and affairs that made him a i)ower in busi-
ness circles. For four years he served an apprenticeship in mercantile lines in
one of the stores in CrMmty Tijjperary and afterward devoterl fom- years to
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984 ■ ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
mastering" the milling business. In both of these lines he was destined to win
notable success in later years, and his thorough training in early manhood con-
stituted the foundation upon which he built the superstructure of his prosperity.
Attracted by the opportunities of the new world, Mr. Walsh came to the
United States at twenty years of age, settling in Louisville, Kentucky, where he
joined a friend and relative who had preceded him. He did not find in that
citv the favorable opportunities which he sought however, and continued on his
westward wav and settled in Sainte Genevieve county, jMissouri, in 1818. There
he built a flour mill, which he operated successfully until 1824, when he disposed
of the business and took up his abode in INIadison county, Missouri. There
he was also connected with the milling business, and as time passed enlargcl
the scope of his undertakings.
Seeking a broader field of labor offered by St. Louis, he became a perma-
nent resident of this city, and throughout his remaining days was a factor in
molding its business development and expansion. Here he joined his brother
in the ownership and conduct of a general store under the firm name of J. & E.
Walsh. In 183 1 he purchased a flour mill, which had been erected four years
before, and became one of the pioneers in the milling industry of this city, his
labors proving an effective force in making St. Louis one of the leading flour
manufacturing centers of the world. His various business interests prospered,
his trade increasing with the growth of the city, and as his financial resources
permitted he made investments in other lines of business, his interests becom-
ing of wide and varied character. He turned his attention to the western river
trafific, investing- a half million dollars in steamboats and other crafts, while at
one time he was connected with more than a score of vessels plying on western
w^aters. When Galena was an important mining town Mr. Walsh was a mem-
ber of the firm which transported the product of three of its mines between
that point and St. Louis. This proved a most profitable undertaking, and in
fact the various business ventures with which he became connected were at-
tended with prosperity. His judgment seemed seldom if ever at error in deter-
mining upon business policy or plan and seemingly diverse interests he com-
bined into a harmonious whole. His business, too, was always of a nature that
contributed to the welfare and growth of St. Louis as well as to his individual
success, and no man gave to the city a greater impetus for expansion and ad-
vancement than did Mr. Walsh.
Although he had large river interests, Mr. Walsh looked beyond the present
to the future and saw that railroad building was to become an important feature
in the future development. He was therefore one of the earliest promoters of
railroad operations in this section of the country, becoming a member of the
first board of directors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He was also one of
the first to purchase stock in the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, when the plan
for its line was conceived, and also in the North Missouri Railroad Company.
^^'hen steam railway systems had brought St. Louis in close touch with the
outlying districts from which it drew many of its trade interests, Mr. Walsh
turned his attention to street railway building, and with this movement his
name is so closely interwoven that no history of urban transportation would be
complete without mention of him. He was one of the builders of the largest
lines of street railway, anticipating the growth of the citv and its need in this
direction. Many other entcr[)rises were benefited by his cooperation and were
organized and develo])ed along lines which he mapped out. He became a
stockholder and official in many companies of importance here, while in finan-
cial circles as well he was a valued factor. He aided in organizing the old
State Bank of Missouri and the Merchants National Bank and he became a
stockholder and direct<jr in the Missouri Insurance and the LTnion Insurance
Companies. His opinions and aid constituted a vital force in the business life
and development of St. Louis and he may well be numbered among the city's
founders and yjromoters.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 9sr>
Mr. Walsh was not miknuwii in political circles. While in no sense a
man in public life, he nevertheless exerted an immeasurable iuHuence on public
affairs, and his opinions were cherished by such men as Senator Thomas II.
Benton, of wdiom he was a warm personal friend, and others high in the political
circles of the state. He cast the weight of his intiuence to further the prin-
ciples for which Senator Benton stood, and in political affairs as in other rela-
tions of life possessed a most clear vision.
While St. Louis knew Mr. Walsh in his varietl public relations, yielding
him a tribute of admiration and respect for what he had accomplished, those
wdio came within the closer circle of his friendship found him a most congenial
and entertaining companion. He reared a family who were an honor and credit
to his name. In 1822 he wedded Miss Maria Tucker and after her death in
1840 was married to ^Nliss Isabella de Mun, a daughter of Jules de Mun, of
St. Louis. Six children of the family survive the father. His daughter Ellen
became the wife of Solon Humphreys, of New York, who at one time was
president of the St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company. Marie C. became the
wife of B. M. Chambers, of St. Louis, while the four sons, Julius S., J. A.,
Edward and Daniel E. Walsh, all contributed largely to the upbuilding of St.
Louis in various ways. The eldest son, Edward Walsh, married a daughter of
Dr. William IMaffftt. of the United States Army, her mother being Julia (Chou-
teau) Ivlaffitt, a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent French
families of the city. Such, in brief, is the personal history of Edward Walsh.
Sr., wdio did much toward shaping the policy of St. Louis in its formative
period. He wrought along lines of great good, for the many enterprises which
he instituted and conducted constituted fruitful elements in the city's expansion.
EDWARD WALSH, JR.
Edward Walsh, Jr., with the lasting example of his father's great work
before him, contributed to the material development of St. Louis and was promi-
nently known as the president of the Mississippi Glass Company. He was born
in this city in 1849 ^^^^^^ was educated at St. John's College, a school for engi-
neers at Columbia, New York. He enjoyed the advantages which his father's
affluent circumstances permitted. While this l)rought him opportunities which
are denied to some, he yet manifested in his business career the strength of
character and stalwart purposes which are indispensable elements of success.
What he undertook received his undivided attention, and as president of the
Mississippi Glass Company he controlled the aff'airs of an important productive
concern which was conducted along modern business lines and had far-reaching
commercial connections.
On the nth of January, 1882, ^Ir. Walsh was married to ^liss Julia Maf-
fitt. a sister of C. C. and P. C. ^laffitt and a daughter of Dr. William and Julia
(Chouteau) Maffitt, her father being a surgeon of the United States Army.
Thev became parents of one son, Edward Joseph Walsh, who, on the 22i\ of
April, 1908, was married to Miss Winifred Erwin, a daughter of Major James
B. Erwin, of St. Louis.
Edward Walsh, Jr., was one of the prominent and popular figures in club
circles of this citv. He was the third president of the Noonday Club, a member
of the St. Louis' Club, the University, St. Louis Jockey and Ouivere Hunting
Clubs. He also belonged to the Tarpon Club of Arkansas Pass, Texa^, and
was one of the original promoters of the St. Louis Fair Association. At one
time he was president of the Pilot Knob Iron Company and was a director of
the Calvary Cemetery Association. He served as water commissioner of St.
Louis soon after the adoption of the present charter under which the water
works of the city now operate.
986 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Death came to ^Ir. Walsh suddenly, although in the previous winter he
had been ill with grippe and had not fully recovered. He was traveling toward
Hot Springs. A'irginia, with the intention of spending the summer there, in
companv with his wife and son, when he expired on the Knickerbocker Special
near IMattoon. Illinois, June ^o, 1901. The news of his death was a shock to
his many friends in St. Louis and elsewhere. Lnlike many men who are born
to wealth, he never wasted his powers and energies on the useless things of
life, but become a forceful factor in business circles. He had, however, a gen-
uine appreciation for social amenities and, being a man of broad culture and
wide travel, his friends found him a' most entertaining companion. While he
was ranked with the capitalists of St. Louis, his wealth was never allowed to
overshadow those interests which make a well balanced character.
HENRY HIEMEXZ, JR.
In the death of Henry Hiemenz, Jr., St. Louis lost one who had become
uniformly recognized as the most successful and conservative real-estate agent
of the city. He began his career in 1875 when a young man of twenty years,
and by his thoroughness, unremitting energ_y and perseverance, as well as unfal-
tering integrity and uprightness, steadily rose to a foremost position among the
real-estate agents of the city. He had the prescience to discern what the future
had in store for the southwestern portion of the city, became identified with its
upbuilding and improvement, and no man was more active or influential as a
real-estate operator in that section. For about thirty years he was connected
with the real-estate interests here, bringing to bear the thorough understanding
and unquenchable enterprise so necessary in this work. At all times he was
recognized as a dependable man, one in whom confidence could be placed and
at no time was any trust reposed in him ever betrayed in the slightest degree.
It was this quality of business and social integrity as well as the generous, cour-
teous manner, that gained for him the enduring friendship of all with whom he
came in contact.
yir. Hiemenz started upon the journey of life at Millersburg, Iowa, August
21. 1855. He was a western man by birth, training and preference and in his
life exemplified the progressive spirit which has been the dominant factor in
the upbuilding of the middle west. His parents were Henry and Barbetta
( Bender) Hiemenz, who removed from Iowa to St. Louis about 1864. Henry
Lliemenz, Jr., was then about nine years of age and in this city pursued a full
course of study in the Christian Brothers College.
Throughout his entire business career he was identified with real-estate
operations, beginning business in that line at No. 421 Chestnut street, while sub-
sequently he removed to No. 614 on the same thoroughfare, where he was located
until his death. He won almost immediate recognition as one of the progressive
real-estate men of the city, although it was not until ten years after he became
a factor in real-estate circles that the marked revival in St. Louis real-estate
took ]jlace. He was numbered among the eight or ten men who did so much
in bringing this about. He remained in active connection with the realty inter-
ests of the city for more than two decades and in all of his work manifested a
spirit of marked determination, industry and energy. He was exceptionally
successful at auction sales and brought into the market an immense quantity of
property which had previously not been regarded as available in any way for
resilience purposes.
-Among his most successful o]jerati()ns was the sulxlividing and placing upon
the market the McRee I Mace, Tfnver Grove Place, Flora Place, Cherokee, Minne-
sota anrl Gravois Traces and Arsenal Heights. Most of these subdivisions are
located in the southwestern section of St. Louis, to which Mr. Hiemenz directed
HEXRY HIEMEXZ. JR.
988 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his most careful attention and it was largely due to his indefatigable efforts that
recognition was given to the value and desirability of property south of JMill
Creek valley. For many years the trend in improvement and the rise in values
was limited to the extreme west end. Mr. Hiemenz was among the first to rec-
ognize that there were many acres of desirable property to be obtained in the
southwestern district at very low prices. Taking his clients into his confidence
and convincing them of the logic of his arguments he prevailed upon several
of them to invest heavily, as he also did in that section. That he merely antici-
pated the public opinion by a few years has been proven by the rapid increase in
values and the large returns from investments which later years have brought.
He gave the same attention and thought to the wishes of his numerous small
clients as he did to the interests of large capitalists, giving the former his time
just as willingly and generously as the latter, and it was to the continued pat-
ronage and support of these various small clients that he attributed the founda-
tion of his prosperity. His labors were most valuable and important in connection
with the upbuilding and development of the city. He laid out almost fiftv
additions which he put on the market, made hundreds of streets and erected
hundreds of houses.
Following his demise a company was organized and incorporated for the
purpose of continuing the business so that the work which he began will be
carried on. As a real-estate agent he was well known and respected by reason
of his unquestioned integrity as well as his familiarity with property values.
He never indulged in wild speculation and in fact was noted for his safe, con-
servative methods. To his clients he gave valuable advice and those who fol-
lowed it never regretted doing so. As the years passed ^Ir. Hiemenz became
interested in various banking interests in this city and was also connected with
various organizations which have for their object not only a social feature, but
also the welfare of the city through the extension of its business relations. He
was thus connected with the Board of Trade, the Business Men's League, the
^Manufacturers' Association and the Real Estate Association.
In 1876 Air. Hiemenz was married to Miss Ottillie Stephan, of St. Louis,
who died at IManitou, Colorado, August 13, 1897, when on a pleasure trip in
the west, being then thirty-seven years of age. She was universally loved and
most of all by her husband, who gave substantial token in his will of the way
in which he cherished her memory. In Bellefontaine Cemetery, where she was
laid to rest, he erected a marble monument on which is inscribed the epitaph
which he wrote :
In Alemory of the Xoblest, Dearest, Gentlest
and Most Unselfish of Women,
OTTILLIE STEPHAN HIEMENZ,
Wife of Henry Hiemenz, Jr.,
The Ornament and Blessing of His Life.
Born Dec. 27, 1858.
Died at Manitou, Colo., Aug. 13, 1897.
When he passed away he set aside a generous sum of money to be used always
to keep the family burial lot in good condition, also designating that flowers
should be placed upon the grave of his wife each Sunday, on her birthday and
on the anniversary of their marriage. About four years after losing his first
wife Mr. Lliemenz chose his second wife from the same family, being married
on the 15th of June, 1901, to Miss Augusta Stephan, a daughter of Otto Stephan,
for many years a successful druggist in South St. Louis. He was born in Heidel-
berg. Germany, came to this city prior to the Civil war and was a prominent
resident here. That Air. Hiemenz entertained the deepest affection for his second
wife was indicated in the fact that he gave to her through the terms of his will
the bulk of his fortune and made her sole executrix of the estate.
Mr. Hiemenz was an active member of the Mercantile Club, the LTnion,
Noonday and St. Louis Clubs, and belonged also to the Irwin lodge of Masons
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CIT^^ 989
and was likewise identified with other fraternities in all of which he was hon-
ored and respected. He ranked equally high in the regard of InisiiRss and ])i()-
fessional men of St. Louis who recognized his husiness cai)acit\- and jiower and
his conformity to a high standard of commercial integrity and ihe\ knew, too,
that his efforts in behalf of the city were far-reaching and beneficial. W hen he
l^assed away, October 5, 1902, St. Louis lost a valuable re])resentative — one whose
work remains, however, as a lasting monument of his merit and his keen sagacity.
Those who knew him in social relations — and he had many friends — entertained
for him the warmest personal regard. The poor and needy, t(jo, found in him
a generous friend nor did he give from any sense of duty, but rather from a
sincere abiding interest in his fellowmen. Aside from his independent gifts,
which were almost numberless, he assisted materially various public charities
and benevolences and when he passed away he made bequests to the St. Louis
Provident Association, the St. Vincent de Paul Association, the Home of the
Friendless, Bethesda Foundlings' Home, Memorial Home, the Altenheim and
several other German associations.
Various societies passed resolutions of respect and the memorial of the
German-American Bank, in w hich he was a stockholder, was as follows :
"As a life full of honor and usefulness, without spot or blemish, has ended
through the death of Henry Fliemenz, Jr., a member of this board.
Therefore, it is resolved by his colleagues, as a slight token of the high
respect and great regard in which the deceased was held among us :
That we, who came in daily contact with him, acknowledge and feel that,
as a member of this board, we learned to love and respect him. He aided us
with his counsel and advice and became personally dear to us through his active,
useful career, manly actions and lovable disposition. As a business man he
extended to all the courtesy of an interview, all his clients received his res])ect
and he instilled into the hearts of those with whom he came in contact the con-
viction that to be honorable and upright in all things was both desirable and
praiseworthy.
That through his demise we lose a dear friend, the communit\- an esteemed
citizen and his family a deeply loved husband and brother.
That we hereby extend to the family of the deceased our deej:* and sincere
sympathy in their great loss, which is all the more to be lamented by reason of
the fact that he was taken away in the prime of life."
When we review the life work of Henry Hiemenz, Jr., and note what he
accomplished and the manner of his life, we feel sure that he left the world
better than he found it. He never lacked the appreciation of earth's beauty or
failed to express it ; he always looked for the best in others and gave the best
he had, so that his life was an inspiration, his memory, a benediction.
JOFIN H. REIXFLVRDT.
John H. Reinhardt. chief weigher at the general postoffice, to which posi-
tion he was appointed in July, 1908, was born in St. Louis, November 4. 1864,
his parents being August and Katherine Reinhardt. The father was engaged
in the dry goods business for more than forty years, and during the period of
the Civil war served in the Home Guard. He was somewhat active in local
interests of importance, and during two dift'erent city administrations ser\ed .'is
district assessor. The family is of German lineage, and was founded in America
in 1852, at which time the family was established in St. Louis, and lias here
been maintained to the ]:)resent time.
John H. Reinhardt was educated in the public schools, wherein he continued
his studies to his seventeenth year. He made his entrance into the business
world as an employe of Pettis & Leathe, formerly at Sixth and Locust streets.
990 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
where he remained for about three years, learning the trade of picture frame
gilding. He next entered the government service as a postoffice employe, and
has been advanced through various branches until he was chief weigher, and is
now acting in that capacity. At the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
he was in charge of the postoffice on the fair grounds. He is also interested in
the Reinhardt improved burial vault.
!Mr. Reinhardt was married in St. Louis, June 24, 1891, to Miss Minnie
Deterding, a daughter of Henry and Fredericka Deterding, the former at one time
a prominent farmer of Illinois. LTnto Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt have been born
a son and daughter, Nelson, who is attending the Irving public school, and
Luella. who will be graduated in June, 1909, from that school. The family
residence is at No. 3809 North Twenty-fifth street. Mr. Reinhardt exercises his
right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party,
and in his fraternal relations is a Alason, having obtained the Knight Templar
degree in that order.
MARGARET A. E. McLURE.
Margaret A. E. McLure was know throughout St. Louis and the state of
Missouri as a public benefactress, whose life was dominated by a spirit of
broad humanitarianism that prompted her to give material assistance and loving
care to all the distressed and unfortunate who crossed her pathway. She
was born in Williamsport, Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the year 181 1,
and came of a family who for many generations had been prominent in the
east, especially in Mrginia and Pennsylvania. Her grandfather, Joseph Parkin-
son, was a historic character by reason of his thrilling experiences with the
Indians. At one time he was captured with eight others and compelled to
■'run the gauntlet" between the lines of the savages. His companions were all
killed but he miraculously escaped, and the Indians, regarding him as no less
than a spirit, gave him food and freedom. In 1702 he laid out the town of
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, (afterward called ^lonongahela City) at the mouth
of Pigeon Creek on Monongahela river, on a neck of land belonging to the
state of Mrginia. There being a dispute between the latter state and Pennsyl-
vania as to the ownership of this tract, ]\Ir. Parkinson was prevented from
realizing on the sale of the property until 1796. when Virginia ceded the
land to the Keystone state. He also established Parkinson's Ferrv there and
later was postmaster of the town. In 1794 Joseph Parkinson joined the in-
surrection known in history as the Whiskey Insurrection, and which had its
origin in the fact that the government levied an excise tax on domestic spirits.
Formidable resistance to this was made in four counties of Pennsylvania west
of the Allegheny mountains which were chiefly settled by the Scotch-Irish who
were of Presbyterian faith. They were men of great energy and decision and
were accustomed to make their own liquor without restraint, which was their
principal product, and in fact the only export they had. and their chief means of
support, and when in the spring of 1794 the excise law was passed and officers
were sent to enforce it in the western districts, the people, stimulated by the lead-
ing men of the community, seized the excise officers and would have hanged them
were it not for the intervention of a few of the leaders, including Mr. Parkinson.
The local militia to the number of between six and seven thousand formed jiart
of the mob. The insurrection grew so serious that General Washington called
upon the governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia for
a body of thirteen thousand men which was afterward raised to fifteen thousand.
Before moving the troo])s. however, three commissioners were sent to arrange
with the leading insurgents and a committee of fifteen met the commissioners
at Parkinson Ferry, wlierc the terms of submission were agreed upon and pardon
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992 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
given to the leaders of the insurrection, among whom was ]\Ir. Parkinson,
pardon being extended him because of his service under Washington with whom
he fought at Braddock. This insurrection cost the government one milhon,
five hundred thousand dollars but it was considerably strengthened thereby.
^^'illiam Parkinson, the father of ]\Irs. ]\IcLure, inherited large means from his
father and was noted for his enterprise and liberality. His daughter ^Margaret
was carefully educated and early in life developed traits of character which, as
they gradually strengthened, made her a leader of her sex and a public bene-
factress.
On the 19th of j\Iarch. 1833, she was united in marriage to William Raines
McLure, and came west with her husband, living for several years in Weston,
■Missouri. On their removal to St. Louis in 1851, Mrs. McLure at once became
prominent in social circles, being widely known as one of the cultured and
accomplished women of the city. After her husband's death she continued her
residence in St. Louis, devoting her life to charitable and humanitarian interests
and giving liberally of her time and means to institutions of that character.
With strong sympathy for the southern cause, she was one of the Confederacy's
most ardent champions in St. Louis at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war.
As a consequence, together with man}^ other prominent women of like sympa-
thies, she was imprisoned in her own home on the 20th of March, 1863, and
confined there until the 12th of Alay following. On that date, in company with
other adherents of the south, she was put on board a boat and delivered inside
the Confederate lines, remaining with the southern army until the cessation of
hostilities and giving such assistance as she was able, in camp and in hospital.
After the fall of A'^icksburg a parole camp was formed near Demopolis, Alabama,
from which Lieutenant Hall, of Guibeau's Battery, was sent to Columbus, ]\Iis-
sissippi, to escort ]\Irs. McLure to the camp at the earnest request of the
soldiers, and was received with great enthusiasm. Accepting the gracious
hospitality of General Wliitfield and his wife, she made her home with them
until the termination of the war, when she returned to St. Louis, again entering
upon those labors of love which made her conspicuous among the women of
Missouri. She was chiefly instrumental in organizing the Daughters of the
Confederacy, designed to keep green the memory of the brave men who gave
up their lives for the southern cause, and to look after their dependent families.
She was likewise one of the founders and builders of the Confederate Home,
located at Higginsville, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. McLure became the parents of seven children, three of
whom are still living: Mrs. Charles Clark; Charles D. and Louis S. McLure.
The eldest son, William Parkinson AIcLure, achieved distinction in the Civil
war. was a brave and efficient officer and gave up his life for his loved South-
land. The other children of Mr. and Mrs. ^IcLure, all of whom are deceased,
were Louis L., Fountain Wells and Ida McLure.
Soon after the war Mrs. McLure went to Montana to visit her son Charles
D., who was then living in Butte, ^Montana, She passed away Januarv 31, 1902,
at the age of ninety-one years, having long passed the Psalmist's allotted span
of three score years and ten. Her demise was the occasion of deep regret, not
only on the part of her children, relatives and friends, but by humanity in
general, and the world is better for her bavin": lived.
JOSEPH E. WANGLER.
Josc]j]i F. Wanglcr is engagefl in the boiler and sheet iron industry at 1547
North Ninth street, conducting one of the oldest enterprises of the kind in the
city, established in 1864. It was incorporated in i8qi as the Joseph F. Wangler
sheet iron works anrl does an extensive Imsiness. He is one of that class of ad-
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 993
mirable and enviable characters who have risen through their own personal
merits and diligence from apprentice to owner of an enterprise. He has been
connected with the boiler and sheet iron trade since boyhood and is familiar
with every phase of its operation, having a thorough knowledge of all of its in-
tricacies. His name is prominently identified with much in]p(>rtant mechanical
construction.
Originally ]\Ir. Wangler is a Pennsylvanian, having been born in that state
in 1837. His parents, natives of Germany, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1832.
Having- attended the public schools in his native state for several years, Joseph
F. Wangler was transferred to St. Pauls parochial school at Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania, where he remained until fifteen years of age. Circumstances prevented
his continuing his education and he went to St. Louis in 185 1. Here he imme-
diately secured work as an apprentice in a local boiler shop. He mastered the
trade quickly and during his twelve years of employment with this firm, he
served in all of the responsible positions which it had to offer. Bv this time he
had become versed in ever\- phase of mechanical construction and all things
pertaining to the trade, and. through the practice of economy, having amassed
sufficient means, he was in a position to commence business for himself. There-
upon he secured quarters at the corner of Main and Carr streets where he in-
stalled a boiler and sheet iron works. In 1891 he transferred his shop to No.
1547 North Ninth street, his present location.
While ^Ir. ^^'angler was never an active soldier or sailor during the Civil
war, yet he served the government in the Navy in a capacity as useful if not more
so than that of manning a ship or carrying a musket. As a sheet iron worker
he became eminently useful in the United States Navy, having assisted in build-
ing most of the gunboats used in the war. He aided in the construction of sev-
eral gunboats at Carondelet under the supervision of Engineer James B. Eads,
later the contractor of the ^Mississippi jetties. He engaged in boat-building for
two years.
In 1865 Mr. Wangler w^edded Miss Carpenter in St. Louis and they have
two sons, Charles J. and Joseph A., and four daughters, Clara, Matilda, Anna
and Theresa. The daughters attended a St. Louis parochial school and gradu-
ated from a local convent. His daughter Matilda is now the wife of Charles H.
Franks, an attorney. His son, Charles J. Wangler, having completed a course
at a parochial school in St. Louis, was graduated from the St. Louis University,
as was also his brother. Joseph A. Wangler. After their graduation both sons
entered in business with their father, under the firm name of Joseph F. \\''ang-
ler & Sons, Joseph F. Wangler being the president, Charles J. the vice president
and Joseph A. secretary. The family home is at 2241 St. Louis avenue and is
one of the attractive residences of that part of the city.
O. F. FLADER, M. D.
Dr. O. F. Flader is one of the younger members of the medical fraternit}'
in St. Louis, who has already achieved success that many a man of long con-
nection with the profession might well envy. He was born in Breese, Illinois,
June 21, 1880. a son of Ferdinand and Alvina (Baum) Flader. His parents
were born and reared in Germany but came to the United States about forty
years ago and settled in St. Louis. A year later they moved to Breese. Illinois,
wdiere they have since resided, the father being comiected with the coal mining
interests of that locality. He saw service in two wars while a member of the
German army. His children are: Ferdinand. Robert H., Edward, Oscar E..
Bertha and Tillie. The second son is a practicing physician.
Dr. Flader attended the public schools of Carlyle. Illinois, for a year and after-
ward attended public and private schools in Pireese until fourteen years of age.
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994 ST. LOUIS,. THE FOURTH CITY.
Subsequently he began preparation for a professional career by three years'
study in the medical department of the St. Louis University and later spent
two years in the College of Physicians & Surgeons, from which he was gradu-
ated with the class of 1904. Since then he has built up a fine practice and
older representatives of the profession as well as his friends predict for him
a very successful future, recognizing in him the qualities which are essential to
success in the work of the physician and surgeon. His office is at No. 308
Liggett building while his home is at No. 1410 Manchester road. He exercises
his right of franchise in support of republican principles and he holds member-
ship in the Lutheran church. He is popular socially and thus is continually ex-
tendins" the circle of his friends.
ROBERT AR^IYTAGE BAKEWELL.
It is a matter of satisfaction not only to the individual but to his many friends
when a life of activity is crowned with an age of ease and especially when that
life has been one of continuous and valued service to his fellowmen. Such was
the history of Judge Robert Armytage Batewell, one of the most conspicuous
figures in connection with the bench and bar of Missouri during the last half of
the nineteenth century. He was, moreover, the last survivor of the St. Louis
court of appeals, which was established in 1875. The history of Judge Bakewell
is the record of capable service and splendid achievement, resulting from strong
individual force, well developed through the passing of the years by exercise,
study, and investigation. A native of Scotland, he was born in the city of Edin-
burgh, November 4, 1826, a son of the Rev. William Johnstone Bakewell, who
was a clergyman of the Church of England.
While still a resident of Great Britain. Judge Bakewell obtained his element-
ary education but was a youth of only twelve years when in 1837 the father came
with his family to the United States, establishing his home first in New York
and subsequently in Pittsburg. Judge Bakewell continued his education in the
Western University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in the class of
1845. He afterward studied for the Episcopal ministry in the General Theolog-
ical Seminary of that church in New York but before completing the course in
1848, and after profound study and investigation, he embraced the Catholic
faith, which he cherished during his long life. His work from early manhood
until his closing years was always along lines demanding strong individual force
and comprehensive knowledge. In early manhood he was a professor of the
classics in the newly established college in Rochester, New York, and was also
connected with journalism in Pittsburg.
The year 1850 witnessed his arrival in St. Louis, whither he came on the
invitation of Archbishop Kenrick to assume editorial charge of a Catholic paper
published under the name of The Shepherd of the Valley. He was thus engaged
in editorial work from 1850 until 1854 and throughout that period devoted all
his leisure hours to the study of law until he qualified for admission to the bar
and was licensed to practice in the courts of the state. He had been a student
in the law office and under the direction of P. B. Garesche, and following his
admission to the bar entered into partnership with him. He soon gained promi-
nence as a scholarly, studious and conscientious lawyer, and his clientage has
become of an important and representative character. At the time of the Civil
war, as his sympathies were with the south and he could not conscientiously take
the test oath, he left St. Louis and joined the army of his personal friend. General
John Sterling Price. He served for some time in the quartermaster's department
as physical disability prevented him from doing much walking, and he was there-
fore unfit for active service in the field.
ROBERT A. BAKEWELL
996 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CTfY.
^^'hen the war was over Judge Bakewell resumed the practice of law in St.
Louis and entered into partnership with Edward T. Parish. Later he was for
a short time senior member of the law firm of Bakewell, Parish & Alead, and
during- the period of his practice in St. Louis was connected with most of the
prominent cases tried in the courts here. His judicial temperament and high
professional ideas marked him in the opinion of the bar and the public for a
judicial career and when the St. Louis court of appeals was established in 1875
by the adoption of the constitution of that year, he was selected by Governor
Hardin to act as one of the judges of that court, his associates being E. A. Lewis
and Thomas T. Gantt. His appointment was one which gave general satisfaction
and at the election of judges in 1876 Judge Bakewell drew the eight years' term
and remained upon the bench until December 31, 1884, when he retired, declining
reelection. He proved one of the ablest jurists that the state of Missouri has
produced and the period of his service was one of exceptional interest in legal
history. His course on the bench w^as characterized by patience, by courtesy and
aftection to the members of the bar and by comprehensive knowledge of the
legal principles involved. His decisions were monuments of judicial soundness
and furthered the ends of justice by maintaining individual rights. During his
nine years' service on the iDench he wrote over twelve hundred opinions, many
of them exhaustive and all of them showing conscientious study.
Resuming the private practice of law in 1884, Judge Bakewell was associated
with Louis Hornsby and his son, Paul Bakewell, and continued for twelve years
an active member of the St. Louis bar, with a practice second to none in extent
and importance. He retired from active connection with the courts in 1896 and
the remainder of his years were devoted to the enjoyment of literary studies and
pursuits, in which he always took great delight.
On the 3d of Alay, 1853, J^'^dge Bakewell was married to Miss Marie Anne
Coudroy de Laureal, a native of Guadaloupe, West Lxlies. She survived her
husband, together with eight of their children. The eldest son, Paul Bakewell,
of St. Louis, is widely known as one of the most eminent practitioners in patent
cases in the country.
Judge Bakewell was a man of broad human sympathy and always found
delight in social intercourse. He was not only a learned lawyer but was a finished
scholar and linguist and he found great happiness in literary pursuits, the sub-
jects of philosophy, scientific research and general literature being of great inter-
est to him. He came to the end of life full of years and honors, passing away
June 30. 1908, in his eighty-second year. His name is inscribed high on the
keystone of the legal arch in Missouri and his record is an inspiration to his pro-
fessional associates, while among his close personal friends his memory is en-
shrined in the halo of a gracious presence that made companionship with him
a constant delis:ht.
MARSHALL P. SANGUINET.
Ihe histor)- of the Sanguinet family constitutes an important chapter in the
annals of St. Louis and the life of Marshall P. Sanguinet has been a factor in
its substantial development in banking and real-estate circles, while the condi-
tions of the little French village in which his youth was passed were far differ-
ent from those of the modern life of the city, he has always kept abreast with
with the trend of public progress and has been not only a follower but also a
leader in the work of general development here. Born in St. Louis on the 29th
of January. 1826. ]^Iarshall P. Sanguinet is a representative of one of the oldest
and most prominent French families of the city. Plis grandfather, Charles San-
guinet, who came to St. Louis in ])ioneer times, was a native of Montreal, Can-
ada, and w^as the son of a Im-cucIi surgeon who, early in the eighteenth century,
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was sent to Canada and \vas assigned to duty at one of the military posts of
what was then known as New France. The Uttle settlement at St. Louis had
been established only a brief period when Charles Sanguinet cast in his lot with
those who were residents here. In 1779 he married iNIarie Conde, a daughter of
Dr. Andre Auguste Conde, the first physician and surgeon to practice in the
village that has in the course of years become the fourth city of the Union. He
acted as post surgeon at Fort Chartres when that fort was surrendered to the
English in 1765. The following year he came to St. Louis, not caring to re-
main under English dominion, and received a concession here of two village
lots on Second street, where he erected a primitive home and continued to re-
side until his death.
Charles Sanguinet was a successful trader and in his business operations
had acquired a considerable fortune. His descendants at the present time are
numerous and closely connected with the most prominent old French families
of St. Louis. His son, Charles Sanguinet, known in the family records as Charles
Sanguinet. Sr., was born in 1771 and his youthful days were passed in the old
French town, which was then only a trading post, while in the Catholic parochial
schools he acquired his education. In those days the fur trade was the principal
source of revenue to the citizens of St. Louis and to this Charles Sanguinet, Sr.,
gave his attention although in later years he became a merchant. Lie spent sev-
eral years in New Orleans, where, in accordance with the custom then pre-
vailing among the wealthier French families, he was sent to complete his edu-
cation. Subsequently he engaged in the grocery business in New Orleans but,
preferring St. Louis as a place of residence, returned to this city. Here in 181 7
he was married to Cecile Brazeau, a daughter of one of the French pioneers of
St. Louis.
Of their family of thirteen children ^Marshall P. Sanguinet and Virginia, the
widow of N. Nadeau, residing in St. Louis, are the last surviving members.
Spending his boyhood and youth in St. Louis he attended a private school con-
ducted bv Ezra Alondy, a noted educator of that day. His birthplace was one
of the landmarks of South St. Louis, being a stone building on the Brazeau farm
at what is now the intersection of Lesperance and Kosciusko street. As a repre-
sentative of one of the first French families he enjoyed the best social and edu-
cational advantages and then as a young man turned his attention to business
interests, becoming teller in the banking house of L. A. Benoist & Company.
There he received a thorough training in banking and all its branches, retaining
his connection with that house for thirteen years, after which he joined San-
guinet H. Benoist in the establishment of a bank which they conducted until
about 1859. In that year Mr. Sanguinet turned his attention to the real-estate
business, in which he met with remarkable success, up to the time of his retire-
ment. He was one of the first business men of the city to devote his entire ener-
gies to real-estate interests and through this field of activity he contributed much
toward the development of additions to the cit\' and witnessed the rise in value
until property sold at as much for a front foot as it had previously brought per
acre. !\Ir. Sanguinet's efforts in real-estate circles were of direct benefit in im-
proving and upbuilding the city and at the same time he received therefrom
substantial financial benefits.
In 1855 Mr. Sanguinet was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Ann E. Betts. a
daughter of R. H. Betts, a well known business man of St. Louis. His wife, Ann
Adamson, of English birth, was a daughter of Isaac and Ann (Foster) Adamson,
who were extensive land owners near London, Canada. Mr. Betts came to St.
Louis in 1836 and for many years was associated with Kingsland & Ferguson
and during his later life engaged in the real-estate business. Mr. and ]Mrs. San-
guinet became the parents of the following children: ?\[arshall Robert, a
well known architect, of Fort Worth, Texas : Frank, also living at Fort \\'orth,
Texas; Conde L., who is with the firm of C. Roudous & Company: Eugene, who
is serving as a first lieutenant with Batterv A. of the United States troops;
998 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Belle; Charles A., a contractor of Dallas, Texas; Benoist, a steamfitter; William
M.. of Dallas.. Texas ; Alexis G., and J\I. Paul, who are engaged in the hardware
business ; Joseph C. ; Annie Cecile ; and Aloysia, now deceased.
Air. Sanguinet was reared in the Catholic faith and always remained a
devout communicant of the church. He was one of the first members of the
St. Vincent de Paul Society, acted as its treasurer for many years and was one
of its most active workers. He has long been deservedly numbered among the
most honored citizens of St. Louis and is one of the oldest of her native sons.
While a large percentage of the city's business men have been attracted here
through its pulsing industrial condition and broad opportunities or have become
factors in its active life in recent years there are also found among the promi-
nent representatives of the commercial and financial interests those who have
been identified with the city through long years and have not only been wit-
nesses of its growth from a small town to a metropolitan center but have been
factors in its yearly development and progress. Such is the history of Marshall
P. Sanguinet. \\^iile he has made the acquaintance of many men distinguished
in state affairs he holds as his most priceless treasure the friendship and respect
of his fellow townsmen, among whom his entire life has been passed and who
are thoroughly familiar with his history from his boyhood down to the present
time.
FRANK W. FEUERBACHER.
Frank W. Feuerbacher is a man of considerable influence in business circles,
possessing a weight of character and keen discrimination that make him a force-
ful factor among his colleagues and associates in commercial lines. A well bal-
anced nature, he has always possessed sufficient courage to venture where favor-
able opportunity is present, and his judgment and even-paced energy generally
carry him forward to the goal of success. He is identified with various corpora-
tion interests which are elements in the city's business activities, as well as a
source of income to the stockholders.
He was born in St. Louis July 30, 1850, the son of Max J. Feuerbacher. He
pursued his education in the public schools and in a commercial college, after
which he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he entered upon an apprenticeship in
a brewery. There he worked his way upward until 1880, when he came to St.
Louis and opened a malt house at No. 2510 South Broadway. He afterward
removed to 2705 South Broadway, where he now conducts business, having also
a large malt house at No. 1025 Sidney street. He does a large shipping business
in malt and his success is undoubtedly attributable in large measure to the fact
that he has continued in the same line in which he embarked as a young trades-
man, gaining thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the business. He is,
however, a man of resourceful ability and has not confined his attention to one
line, but has recognized the possibility for successful activity in other fields and
has become financially and officially associated with a number of commercial,
financial and industrial interests which profit largely by his cooperation, his sound
judgment and his clear sagacity. He is today the president of the Southern Com-
mercial Savings Bank, of St. Louis ; president of the Carondelet Milling Com-
pany; president of the Krauss Improvement and Investment Company; president
of the Western Foundry & Sash Weight Company ; and president of the Caron-
delet Ice Manufacture & Fuel Company. His ready discrimination enables him
to quickly determine what is valuable in any business situation, to discard the
non-essential and retain only that which is essential in furthering and building up
important trade corporations. That he stands today as one of the strong and
forceful characters in business circles is indicated in the fact that he was honored
with the presidency of the Latin-American & Foreign Trade Association, serving
as chief executive officer at the present time.
FRANK W. FEUERBACHER
1000 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
On the 19th of February, 1884, ]\Ir. Feuerbacher was married to Aliss Caro-
line Krauss, and unto them have been born twelve children, of whom eight are
3'et living. They have a large and beautiful modern home at No. 3635 Flora
boulevard. ^Nlr. Feuerbacher is a strong republican, not from any desire for
office as a reward for party fealty, but because he believes that the best interests
of the country are being conserved through the adoption of republican prmciples.
His friends find him a genial, courteous gentleman and he is popular in various
organizations. He belongs to the Liederkranz Club and the Missoitri Athletic
Club : has been an honored member of the Concordia Turn Verein for thirty
years ; was member of the \\"estern Rowing Club for thirty-eight years and at one
time was its president. He is a man of splendid physique and fine personal
appearance and of athletic build, who has conserved his physical forces as he has
his business opportunities, using each to the best advantage. Evenness and poise
are among his characteristics and he is a dependable man in any relation and
any emergency. He is a man ready to meet any obligations of life with the con-
fidence and courage that comes of conscious personal ability, right conceptions
of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activ-
ities.
W. PALMIER CLARKSON.
W. Palmer Clarkson, while largely concentrating his energies upon the inter-
ests of the Pioneer Cooperage Company, which he represents as attorney and sec-
retary, is also connected with various other corporate interests and is classed
with those men whose native talents and acquired ability have gained them an
eminent place in the business circles whereb}- the city's growth and prosperitv are
constantly enhanced.
Mr. Clarkson was born in Essex county, Virginia, February 13, 1867, and
is descended from English ancestry. The family was founded in the new world
by the great-great-grandfather, James Clarkson, who made a settlement in Essex
county, Mrginia, in 1777. The old ancestral home there was built by his son,
John Clarkson, and was known as Alaple Valley. It is a characteristic Virginia
plantation home, which at the time of the Civil war was overrun by both armies
and at the close of hostilities bore many marks of military devastation. It has
since been restored, however, and still stands as one of the attractive old resi-
dences of that part of the state, having been in possession of the family for more
than a century.
James Livingston Clarkson, father of W. Palmer Clarkson, was born in the
old family residence and became a veteran of the Confederacy, enlisting at the
age of sixteen years as a member of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry under command
of the famous General J. E. B. Stuart. Following the close of the war j\Ir.
Clarkson removed to the west, settling in Iowa, where he lived for nine years,
after which he established a lumber business in southeastern Missouri. Con-
stantly broadening the scope of his activities and business interests, he became
president of the Clarkson Saw Mill Company and president of the jNIissouri
Southern Railroad Company. His well directed industrial and commercial aft'airs
gained him place with [Missouri's substantial business men, and with the profits
of well conducted business interests he retired in 1893 ^^id now lives in comfort
upon his farm near Poplar Bluft", Missouri. His wife, who in her maidenhood
was Miss Loulie C. Turner, was a native of King and Queen county, Virginia,
and at the age of three years was left an orphan. Her father was Benjamin
Harrison Turner and his father, who bore the same name, was a relative of Wil-
liam Henry and Benjamin Harrison, former presidents of the LTnited States.
The death of Mrs. Clarkson occurred in 1901.
Brought to St. Louis in his early cluldhood, W. Palmer Clarkson pursued
his education through successive grarlcs in the St. Louis schools until he was
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graduated from the high school with the class of i8S8. He attended the St.
Louis Law School the following year and won the degree of Bachelor of Law
upon his graduation in 1889. He then engaged in practice with marked success
until August, 1902, becoming recognized as one of the ablest corporation lawyers
of the city. As attorney he represented the Missouri Southern Railroad Com-
pany, the Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Company, the Clarkson Saw Mill Com-
pany and other important corporations. Since August, 1902, however, he has
largely concentrated his time and energies upon the interests of the Pioneer Cooj)-
erage Company, which he is representing as attorney and secretary. This com-
pany operates large factories in St. Louis and Chicago, together with numerous
stave and heading factories in the south, the business having reached mammoth
proportions, so that Mr. Clarkson's labors as secretary and attorney are of an
onerous character.
On the i8th of October, 1897, was celebrated the marriage of W. Palmer
Clarkson and Miss Marie Soularcl Turner, a daughter of the late General John
W. Turner, who was street commissioner of St. Louis for eleven vears. Their
family numbers three children: John Turner, Marie Louise and Palmer Living-
ston, born in 1900, 1902 and 1906 respectively.
INIr. Clarkson takes a public-spirited interest in political questions as an advo-
cate of the democracy but never as an office seeker. Citizenship, however, is
more to him that an idle word and he has done effective work for municipal
progress in many lines. He was a member of the board of education, having been
appointed by Mayor Wells to fill a vacancy in 1902, while in April, 1905, he was
elected for a short term and in October of the same year was chosen vice presi-
dent of the board. He is actuated in all his relations by his religious faith as a
member of the Christian church, which he is also representing" on the official
board. In professional lines he became connected with the St. Louis and the
Missouri bar associations and his membership also extends to the Mrginia Soci-
ety, the St. Louis Club, the Business Men's League and the Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation, while in February, 1908, he was elected president of the National Coop-
ers' Association. In spirit he is democratic, recognizing true worth in others and
willing at all times to accord the courtesy of an interview. He has been a student
of those questions which are a matter of vital interest to the statesman and the
man of affairs and keeps abreast with the thinking men of the age in the trend of
modern development and progress. None question the integrity of his purposes
or the honesty of his actions. With him success in life has been reached by the
employment of most honorable methods and such is the regard held for him per-
sonally and in a business way that his opinions and counsels are eagerly sought
and in many cases are received as authoritative.
FELIX ANDRE CHOPIN.
Felix Andre Chopin, attorney at law, practicing as a member of the firm of
Scullin & Chopin, was born at New Orleans, Louisiana. January 8. 1878, and
is of French lineage. His grandfather. Dr. J. B. Chopin, of Chateaubriant.
France, came to this country and settled in Louisiana, where his remaining"
days were passed. The father, Oscar Chopin, was a lad at the time liis father
brought the family to the new world, and was reared in Louisiana, eventually
engaging in the cotton business in New Orleans. He was also a cotton planter
on Red River in Louisiana, but when still a young man came to St. Louis and
accepted the position of cashier in a bank owned by Louis Benoist. ^^"hile thus
engaged he made the acquaintance of Miss Kate O'Flaherty. and they were
married in 1870. She was a daughter of Thomas and Eliza O'Flaherty, the lat-
ter a direct descendant of the Charleville family, who were the founders of St.
Louis. Following his marriage Oscar Chopin returned to New Orleans, where
100-2 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
his death occurred in 1SS3. while his wife, surviving him for twenty-one years,
passed away in 1904.
Educated in the schools of St. Louis, Felix A. Chopin completed the high
school course and afterward attended Washington University, from which he
was graduated with the bachelor of art degree. Having qualified for the practice
of law. he entered upon his chosen profession in St. Louis in 1901, as a member
of the law firm of Scullin & Chopin, and as the years have gone by his success
has increased, until he now has a large and distinctively representative clientage
that has connected him with much of the important litigation heard in the
courts. He is also secretary of the Chopin estate, and is a member of the St.
Louis Bar Association. A receptive mind, retentive memory, and an ability
to readily grasp the strong points in his cause, have rendered him an able advo-
cate, while his comprehensive knowledge of the law makes him a safe counselor.
yir. Chopin finds his chief recreation in shooting, canoeing and golf. He
belongs to the jMissouri Athletic Club, gives his political allegiance to the demo-
cratic party, and has adhered to the religious faith of his ancestors as a member
of the Catholic church.
THO^IAS CRANE YOUNG.
Thomas Crane Young, member of the St. Louis firm of architects of Fames
& Young, is known in his professional capacity throughout the west, and in
various cities from the ^Mississippi valley to the Pacific coast are seen evidences
of his skill. He was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, February 28, 1858, a son
of \'an Epps and Aulisle (Seaman) Young. The Young or Yonge family is
of Welsh origin and traces its descent from Tudor Trevor, who died in 948
A. D. Thomas Crane Young is ninth in descent from the Rev. Christopher
Yonge, vicar of Reydon and Southwold, England, from 161 1 to 1630. His son,
Rev. John Young, emigrated to America in 1637, landing at Salem, Massachu-
setts, and in 1640 he established a settlement at Southold on Long Island, of
which he became the head.
Of his sons, Benjamin Young was town clerk and recorder and John Young
was high sherifif of Yorkshire (America) and colonel of the Suffolk county
militia. Calvin Young, of the sixth generation, was a private of the Second
Albany Company, Regular New York MiHtia, in the Revolutionary war. Van
Epps Young, a merchant during his active business life, enlisted for the Civil
war as first lieutenant of the Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry, in 1862, and par-
ticipated in the battle of Shiloh. The following year he became colonel of the
Eleventh Regiment of Louisiana A'olunteers and commanded a brigade at Vicks-
burg in 1864. Later he was provost marshal general for the western district
of Mississippi. He died at Grand Rapids. Michigan, in 1896.
In the acquirement of his education Thomas C. Young was a student in
the Grand Rapids, Michigan, schools and was graduated from the high school
there with the class of 1876. He was a special student in the Washington Uni-
versity from 1878 until 1880, but in the meantime had made his initial step in
the business world. In his school days he manifested quite a talent for drawing,
which he cultivated at every opportunity. It was his desire to become an artist,
but owing to his father's failure in business had no means with which to pursue
art studies, and in order to provide for his own support worked in the office of
a country architect during the periods of vacation. After his graduation he
was offered a clerkship by the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company and
served in that capacity for two years, when he resigned to become an architect.
?Te came to St. Louis through the advice of George Partridge, who gave him
the use of a scholarship in the Washington University, where he spent two
years as a student. A small legacy and several hundred dollars in prizes won
T. C. YOUNG
1004 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
in architectural work enabled him to go to Europe for study and travel, and
he remained abroad from 1880 until 1882, spending some time as a student in
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and in Heidelberg University.
On his return from Europe Mr. Young obtained a position as draughtsman
in Boston, working under \'an Brunt & Howe and E. j\I. Wheelwright, from
1882 until 1885. He made good progress and executed several small com-
missions independently, but he applied himself so closely to his work that he
undermined his health and was obliged to seek a milder climate. In 1885 he
came to St. Louis and opened an office as architect and after a six months' trial
established an equal partnership with W. S. Eames under the firm name of
Eames & Young, which has continued to the present time. They began here
in a small way, designing dwellings, but the importance of their work has grad-
ually increased to include warehouses, mercantile and office buildings in St.
Louis and elsewhere, the new United States custom house at San Francisco,
California, the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kansas, the United
States penitentiar}' at Atlanta, Georgia, and an office building and large hotel
at Seattle, Washington. Their commissions are now of an important character
and the quality of his work classes Mr. Young with the leading architects of
the country. He was a member of the board of architects and designer of the
Fine Arts building at the Omaha Exposition and was the designer of the Edu-
cation building and a member of the board of architects of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition of 1904. He served two terms as president of the St. Louis
chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Mr. Young has had some military experience, having served for two years
in the Michigan militia as a member of Company A. of Grand Rapids, in 1875
and 1876. He filled the office of mayor of Webster Groves from 1901 to 1903,
but has never been an aspirant for official position. His support is given the
republican party where national questions are involved, but he casts an inde-
pendent local ballot. About 1897 he became a member of the Masonic lodge.
No. 84, at W^ebster Groves, and he belongs also to the Mercantile Club and Al-
gonquin Golf Club, and is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. There
is nothing that indicates more clearly the character of a man than his member-
ship relations, and the foregoing shows clearly his social qualities and evidences
his interest in those measures which recognize man's obligations to his fellow-
men. In professional circles Mr. Young is known to have always maintained
the highest standard of professional ethics and has constantly sought to ad-
vance the standard of scientific and artistic attainments required of his profession.
He was married, June 8, 1887, to Ruth Hodgman, and they have three daugh-
ters— Dorothy, Ruth and J\Iarjorie Young.
JOSEPH ROBB.
Joseph Robb, who for some years was department manager with the Barr
Dry Goods Company, was born in Ireland in 1844 and died in St. Louis, July
30, 1907. His youthful days were spent in the home of his parents, John and
Mary Robb, of Castle Place, Ireland. His father was a prominent business man
there, conducting the largest dry goods establishment of the town. The son
attended school in Belfast, Ireland, and at the age of thirteen years entered his
brother's store as cash boy, there working up to the position of superintendent
and buyer for the shoe and silk departments. He manifested in large measure
that quality which has been termed commercial sense and in mercantile relations
his judgment was seldom, if ever, at fault. At the age of nineteen years he
came to America and. locating in Chicago, Avas there employed for many years
by the Carson, I'iric Drv Goods Company. In t8So he arrived in St. Louis,
where he was employed by the Barr Dry Goods Company, assisting the firm in
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locating in its present extensive quarters. He held a position as department
manager with the house up to the time of his death and was one of its most
trusted and capable representatives. Entirely a self-made man, he was well
known among the merchants and leading representatives of business life in this
city.
On the 6th of July, 1881, l\Ir. Robb was married to Miss Nannie Spore, of
St. Louis, the wedding being celebrated in the Alethodist Centenary church by
Dr. John D. Vincil. ITrs. Robb was a daughter of Captain James and Mary A.
Spore, of St. Louis. Her father was a veteran of the Mexican war, in which he
served as captain, was pension agent for the government here for many years
and was also extensively engaged in the portrait business. Mr. Robb is survived
by his widow but no children. He was an extensive traveler, having visited ev-
ery country of the world and on his trips he stored his mind with manv inter-
esting incidents and anecdotes of his journeys. He held meml)ership with the
National Union, gave his political allegiance to the republican party and was a
member of the Centenary Methodist church. His interest in all public measures
was that of progressive and loyal citizenship and in every relation in which he
was found he enjoyed in large measure that respect and good will which comes
in recognition of an upright life.
JULIUS F. BARTMAN.
Julius F. Bartman is officiating in the high capacity of president of the
Southern Railway Supply Company. He was born October 13, 1880, in Con-
cordia, Missouri, but is of German ancestry. His father, William H. Bartman,
who for many years was a general merchant in Concordia, Alissoari, passed away
in 1896. He was prominent in the politics of the town and for twenty-three
years served as treasurer of the school board. Emilia Vogt Bartman, mother of
the subject, was born in Lexington, Missouri. Her father, Julius A^ogt, was a
hardware merchant who served as chief of the horseshoeing department under
General Joe Shelb}^ during the Civil war, and he bears about with him lasting
marks of the conflict. ]\Ir. Vogt owns the honor of having built the first house
in Concordia, IMissouri.
Julius F. Bartman, having attended the public schools of his native town,
then became a student at Concordia Seminary, where he spent three and a half
years preparing himself for the Lutheran ministry. Upon the death of his fathei
in 1896 he left school and engaged in the general merchandise business conduct-
ing the enterprise until 1899 when he sold out and came to St. Louis. Here he was
employed with the Ely Walker Dry Goods Company as clerk and in September of
the same year engaged as traveling salesman for the same company. Resigning
this position in 1901 he took employment with the Simmons Hardware Com-
pany, and on December 26, 1902, became bookkeeper and assistant manager of
the Missouri Trust Building Company. Severing his connections with the firm,
in 1905, he repaired to Texas for the benefit of his health, returning to St.
Louis after a few months' sojourn and taking charge of the department of insti-
tutional accounts for the Missouri Lincoln Trust Company. In this capacity he
officiated until April of 1907, when he was engaged by the LI. F. A'ogal Con-
tracting & Railway Supply Company. In 1908 he bought out the .stock of the
company and established the Southern Railway Supply Company, in which he
held the office of secretary, treasurer and general manager. In that year the
company was reorganized and its capital increased, and 'Sir. Bartman became
president, A. H. Baier, vice president, and Ephron Catlin. Jr.. secretary and
treasurer. ]\Ir. Bartman is acknowledged to be one of the most conservative
business men of the city, and has successfully and to great pecuniary advantage
transacted all affairs which have been put into his hands. He is a man of great
1006 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
energy and application and as well possesses a fund of sound business judg-
ment. Although a young man he stands in high repute in the financial circles
of the city and is interested not only in the welfare of himself and the concern
with which he is intimately connected but also in the welfare of the entire com-
munitv.
WILLIAAI HENRY GREGG.
^^'illiam Henry Gregg is of Scotch ancestry, being descended from the
Greggs of Aberdeenshire, the name there being spelled variously Greg, Gregg,
Greig, Grig, Griggs, Grag and Gragg. He was born in Palmyra, New York,
]\Iarch 24, 1 83 1, and is a lineal descendant of Captain James Gregg, the latter
in 1690 having emigrated from Ayr, Scotland, to Londonderry, Ireland, and in
1718 to New Hampshire. Pie was one of a party of sixteen who founded the
town of Londonderry, New Hampshire. Major Samuel Gregg, of Peterboro,
New Hampshire, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born
in Londonderry. New Hampshire. He served in the colonial army during part
of the French and Indian war and was in active service during the Revolu-
tionary war as a major in the New Hampshire militia. His brother. Colonel
William Gregg, was an officer in the colonial army, having an important com-
mand under General Stark at the battle of Bennington.
John Gregg, father of William Henry Gregg, was born in Greenfield, New
Hampshire, and removed to Palmyra, Wayne county. New York, about the
year 1822. There he wedded Anne Wilcox, a daughter of William Wilcox and
granddaughter of Gideon Durfee, one of the founders of Palmyra. The latter
emigrated from Tiverton, Rhode Island. John Gregg was engaged in the iron
business from 1824 to 1845, ""^ Palmyra, Lyons, Perry and Rochester, New
Vork. His health failing in 1845, ^"le repaired tc Nashville, Tennessee, taking
with him his son William. In ]\Iarch, of the year 1846, he came to St. Louis,
where he had a brother, Abraham Gregg, of the firm of Gregg & Ross, who
owned a small brass foundry, manufacturing scales and other small articles.
A sister also resided in St. Louis who had married Mortimer N. Burchard,
Sr., owner and operator of the Aetna Foundry, on Second street between Olive
and Pine. John Gregg died soon after his arrival in St. Louis, in May, 1846.
After his father's death William H. Gregg returned to Palmyra, New
York, but in 1847 he again came to St. Louis, where he has since made his
home. He commenced earning his own livelihood at the age of fifteen years,
working for his uncle, Alortimer N. Burchard, Sr., and also for the firm of
Gregg & Ross. During the war with Mexico, Gregg & Ross rented a room
and power from the old firm of Kingsland & Ferguson, composed of George
Kingsland and Daniel Ferguson, having been awarded a contract to make bomb
shells and brass spurs for the army. Here our subject worked all day, polishing
spurs, and often until eleven or twelve o'clock at night, boring out the fuse
holes in six, twelve and twenty-four pound bomb shells. Doniphan's regiment
of calvary was made up in St. Louis and went overland to Mexico, while a
regiment of St. Louis infantry went by boat to New Orleans and then overland
to Texas.
After his return to St. Louis in 1847, ^^^- ^^^§S obtained a position with
Mr. Jerome a furniture dealer on Olive street. Later he became a clerk with
Rogers & Barney, wholesale hardware dealers, and in July, 1850, engaged in
the same capacity with Warne & Merritt, wholesale and retail dealers in wood-
enware, hardware and house furnishings. On Januarv i, 1854, he became a
partner in the firm, which was composed of M. W. Warne, W. H. Merritt,
William H. Gregg, and Francis A. Lane. In August. 1856, Messrs. Merritt
and f'iregg rctircfl and became members of the firm of Cuddv, IMerritt & Com-
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pany, owning- and operating the Broadway Foundry & Machine Shops. This
concern was founded in 1834 by Kingsland, Lightner & Cuddy, and with one
exception was the largest of the kind west of Cincinnati. Constituting the firm
were James Cuddy, ^^^ H. ?klerritt, Wihiam S. Cuddy and Wilham H. Gregg,
the latter having charge of the firm's books and finances. The concern did
nearly all the rolling mill and iron furnace construction work west of Cin-
cinnati. It was identitied with the building of many iron manufacturing plants,
among which being the Chouteau, Harrison & Valle Mill in North St. Louis ;
the John S. Thompson Nail & Rolling Mill in South St. Louis; the Raynor
Alill on Cass avenue ; and the Jones, Lloyd & Company Mill at Paducah, Ken-
tucky. The firm also did a large portion of architectural structural work,
notably all in the old postoffice and custom house, at the corner of Third and
Olive streets, which was the first building in the city having iron columns and
girders.
^Messrs. Merritt and Gregg sold out their interests in the concern in Feb-
ruary, 1857, and ^Ir. Gregg formed, in jNIay of that year, with John S. Dun-
ham, the firm of Dunham & Gregg. They bought out the steam bakery oper-
ated by ]\[r. ^lacnulty, on Fourth street, and conducted the manufacture and
sale of crackers and army bread until the year 1865, when the firm was dis-
solved. Soon after the business was reopened and Charles McCauley, who was
operating a commission and grocery business, was admitted into partnership
and the two enterprises were run together under the separate names of Dunham
& Gregg, and C. McCauley & Company. The business was a great success,
the firm having an extensive trade all over the southwest and northwest, also
a profitable commission and forwarding business in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa and New IMexico.
AMien the war broke out in 1861 Mr. IMcCauley severed his connection
with the firm. ^Messrs. Dunham and Gregg retained the steam bakery, which
they operated exclusively for the making of army bread for the government
until the war closed in 1865, and in addition, with other partners, operated a
similar bakery in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm was dissolved in the fall of
1865 and Mr. Gregg was out of business until May, 1867, when, with a number
of other St. Louis men, he organized the St. Louis Petroleum Company, wdiich
drilled a number of wells near Paolo, Kansas, which enterprise proved unprofit-
able. With others they purchased from the government the steamer General
Price, formerly the towboat Ocean and later a Confederate gunboat, plying in
the towing business on the Mississippi river to New Orleans. The boat was
put into her old trade, but this likewise fell short of being a financial suc-
ces<; In May, 1867, Mr. Gregg assisted in organizing the Southern White
Lead &: Color ^^''orks, the name of which was afterwards changed to the South-
ern \Miite Lead Companv. The stockholders were Robert Thornburgh, Wil-
liam A. Thornburgh. William H. Gregg. Henry S. Piatt, John T. De Moss and
James Johnson, these constituting the first board of directors. The executive
officers were William II. Gregg, president ; Henry S. Piatt, vice president ; F.
W. Rockwell, secretary ; and James Johnson, superintendent, and later John
T. De Moss as superintendent. The company was successful from the outset
and built up a profitable trade, extending its business in various states and
territories in the Union, as well as within the limits of Canada and Mexico.
In 1887 the ^IcBirney & Johnston White Lead Company, of Chicago, was ab-
sorbed by the Southern \\'hite Lead Company, which operated factories in
both cities under the brand of the Southern Company. In 1889 the stock-
holders sold out to the National Lead Trust, which afterward became the
National Lead Company, with headquarters in New York. ^Ir. Gregg re-
mained with the new organization about five months, conducting the afifairs of
the Southern Company, anrl also as first vice president of the St. Louis Smelt-
ing & Refining Company. In Novemljcr, 1889, he resigned all his offices in
the organization.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1009
During the fall of 1891 he organized the William 11. (ircgg While Lead
Company, with William H. Gregg, president; Norris 15. (iregg, vice president;
and William H. Gregg, Jr., secretary. They began the construction of wcjrks
on the Wabash Railroad, near Boyle avenue, but before the work was completed
sold out to the Southern White Lead Com])any. Since then he has spent his
time quietly at home and in travel, each year going north during the summer
and south during the winter. Fond of angling, he seeks resorts favorable for
that sport. He is a stockholder in various enterprises, among them being the
Mound City Paint & Color Company, the business of which is under the man-
agement of his sons and son-in-law.
Mr. Gregg was married November 21, 1855, to Miss ( )rian Thompson,
stepdaughter of ]\Iatthew Rippey, a well known lumber merchant. In the
maternal line she is a descendant of the Lawrence family, of (irotim, Massa-
chusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg have five children: Norris W. (iregg, president
of the Mound City Paint & Color Company, who wedded May Hawley,
daughter of Captain George E. Hawley, of Paddoc-Hawley & C<)m])any ; Wil-
liam H. Gregg, Jr.. vice president of the ]\Iound City Paint & Color Com-
pany, wedded to Lily Kurtzeborn, daughter of A. Kurtzeborn, ])resident of the
Kurtzeborn Jewelry Company; Clara J., who was united in marriage to Charles
M. Hays, president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and vice president and
general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, and a son of Samuel Hays,
formerly postmaster of St. Louis and president of the ^lissouri Pacific Rail-
road; Julia F., who married E. H. Dyer, secretary of the Mound City Paint &
Color Company, and son of Hon. D. P. Dyer ; and (Jrie L. Gregg, who mar-
ried Ludwig Kotany, of tlie firm of G. H. ^^'alker & Company.
Although Mr. Gregg has not held public office he served as hrsl lieutenant
of the Home Guards Company during the war, this company never having
been in active service, except of a local character. During his career he has
been a director in the Mechanics Bank, the ]\Iound City Mutual Lisurance
Company, and a member of the committee of arbitration and appeals of the
Merchants Exchange. Although precise in his observance of religious obliga-
tions he has never been connected with any church organization. He is a Free
Mason, but at present not affiliated with any lodge. He is a member of the
Scotch-Irish Society ; Sons of the Revolution ; and Society of the ColopJal Wars.
As a bov Air. Gregg was a whig, and since the organization of the republi-
can partv he has been an ardent devotee of its principles. However, he i'^ not
partisan, particularly in relation to municipal affairs. He has traveled ex-
tensively, having visited all the states and territories excepting Texas and
Alaska in this country, and throughout all Europe, the northern coast of Africa,
Canada, Cuba and the Bahama islands.
OTTO L. SCHMIDT.
Otto L. Schmidt, who has worked his way to a place of prominence in the
business circles of the city and is now proprietor of a large meat establishment
at 2734 Franklin avenue, was born in St. Louis in August, 1872, a son of Her-
mann and Jennie (Lange) Schmidt, his father, who is deceased, having been a
well known contractor and builder of this city for manv years.
When he had attained the required age Air. Schmidt was enrolled as a
pupil in the public schools here and started out in the commercial world for him-
self when but twelve vears of age. He entered the emi^loy of the James Gary
Shoe Manufacturing Company, with which he remained for a brief jteriod, and
later went to work for J. J. McRoberts, meat merchant, and was emplovcd in a
branch market in the west "end. Being an energetic young man and strictly atten-
tive to business he took a deep interest in the affairs of his emi)loyer and merited
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his promotions from one position of trust to another, until in 1898 he was made
manager of the market, and during his incumbency, by his care and industry, and
soHcitation to please his customers, he added greatly to the volume of business
and was accounted invaluable in his position. In the meantime he had not only
acquired a thorough knowledge of the business but by practical economy laid by
sufficient means with which to start in business for himself and during the same
year opened up a meat market at 2734 Franklin avenue, where he is at present
engaged in a large and growing enterprise.
In i8y8 ]\Ir. Schmidt wedded Miss Eliza Wollbrinck, of this city, and they
have two children : Robert L., and ]\ielba E., who are attending school. ^^Ir.
Schmidt is prominent in fraternal organizations and belongs to the Royal Ar-
canum and the Eagles. He takes an active interest in general outdoor sports and,
being- particularly fond of hunting and fishing, he never permits an occasion for
an outing to slip by. In politics he is non-partisan and reserves the right to per-
sonally judge as to the qualifications of candidates for office, voting for those who
in his opinion are best suited to subserve the interests of the commonwealth.
j\Ir. Schmidt is one of the most enterprising young business men of the city, and
it has been through his aggressiveness, faithful management and keen business
discernment that he has established himself in his present business, the propor-
tions of which are dailv increasing.
CHARLES SILAS RUSSELL.
Charles Silas Russell, president of the Parker-Russell Alining & Manufac-
turing' Companv, has been the promoter of an enterprise of marked value in the
industrial dej^artment of the state and one which has brought to its stockholders
a most gratifying financial return. He was born March 7, 1833, at Oak Hill,
St. Louis county, his parents being James and Lucy (Bent) Russell. His father
was a native of \ irginia and served in the Virginia line during the war of 1812.
Attracted by the opportunities of the west he came to Missouri and settled at
Jackson, where- he engaged in newspaper publication for a time. Later he
removed to St. Louis county and purchased what was known as the Oak Hill
estate, south and adjoining the tract of land which has since become Tower
Grove Park. He figured prominently in the public life of the community, repre-
senting his district in the state legislature and also serving as a judge of the
St. Louis count}- court. Honored and respected by all, he passed away in 1850.
His wife was a daughter of Judge Silas Bent, who was appointed by Albert
Gallatin, principal deputy surveyor of the territory of Louisiana in 1806 and in
September of that year became a judge of the territorial court for the district
of St. Louis. He continued in that position until Missouri was admitted to the
Union as presiding judge of the court, signing the first town charter of St.
Louis.
It will thus be seen that Charles Silas Russell in both the paternal and maternal
lines is a rej^resentative of families that have figured prominently in this part
of the state, leaving their impress upon its growth and progress. He attended
an academy in the acquirement of an education and then matriculated in Yale
College, but llie event of his father's death made it necessary that he return
home and give his attention to business affairs in connection with the estate.
In this he was associated with his mother and for several years managed the
Oak Hill I'arm and the coal mines also owned and operated by the estate.
\\'licn the ]jroperty had been divided, Charles S. Russell, together with others
of the family who had inherited an interest in the coal mines, organized the
Russell Coal Company and as general manager C. S. Russell continued in con-
trol of the mines. While prosj)ecting for a lower vein of coal he discovered the
deposits of fire clay anrl recognizing their value, began the promotion of a
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1012 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
business which has since become one of the important productive industries of
this part of the state and is controlled under the name of the Parker-Russell
Mining & ^Manufacturing: Company. In 1866 he had become a member of the
firm of Parker, Russell & Company, which had been in existence for some years
and at that time the company, which had previously conducted a wholesale gro-
cerv house, began the manufacture of various kinds of goods from fire clay.
Experiment and investigation have been carried forward and as a result of
development and expansion the company have built up one of the largest insti-
tutions of this kind in the United States. The business has grown along sub-
stantial lines and in accordance with modern processes of trade and is today
one of the important industrial concerns of the county, giving employment to a
very large force of workmen and thus proving of general benefit as well as a
.^ource of gratifying income to the individual stockholders. When the Parker-
Russell Mining & Manufacturing Company was organized Mr. Russell was
elected secretary and continued in that position for several years, but is now
president of the company.
A man of resourceful ability, ]\Ir. Russell has not only capably controlled
the interests of the company engaged in the manufacture of fire-clay products,
but has also extended his efforts to other lines. He is president of the Russell
Real Estate & Investment Company, of which he is a large stockholder. Other
business enterprises have felt the stimulus of his sound judgment and active
cooperation. He is quick, positive, exacting and comprehensive of every detail
of aft'airs that comes within the scope of his action.
In 1858 was celebrated the marriage of Qiarles S. Russell and Miss ]Mary
E. Mead, of St. Louis, who died in 1895, and their children are: Sue M., now
the wife of Thomas G. Portis, a member of the St. Louis bar; S. Bent, a civil
engineer; and Charles M., a resident of Great Falls, IMontana.
A contemporary biographer has characterized J\Ir. Russell as a quiet, modest
man, but nevertheless a citizen of sterling worth, recognized by all who come
within his sphere of action as a man of sound judgment, great tenacity of pur-
pose and exact rectitude in all his dealings with men. While he has never
consented to hold office save that he has served on the school board, he has
nevertheless been somewhat active in political circles and as a citizen has been
loyal in his support of measures calculated to benefit the city and promote its
rapid and substantial development.
LORENZO E. DORR.
Lorenzo E. Dorr, president of the Dorr & Zeller Catering Company of St.
Louis, has always striven toward the best in business life and his success is at-
tributable to the fact that he has ever given value received and held to high stand-
ards in his service for others. .\ native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, he was
born ^lay 15, 1857, the second in a family of two sons and two daughters whose
parents. \"ictor and Elizabeth (Scherrer) Dorr are both now deceased.
Lorenzo E. Dorr is the only one of the family who ever came to America.
Having obtained his education in the public and private schools of his native town
of Dieburg, he continued his studies to the age of fifteen years and then entered
the catering business, serving an apprenticeship of five years. He afterward worked
as journeyman confectioner until twenty-five vears of age when he came to
America, attracted by the better business opportunities of the new world. Settling
in St. Louis he was for two years employed by a well known catering house, but
ambitious to engage in business on his own account he embraced the first oppor-
tunity to follow that course when he felt that his experience and careful expendi-
ture justified him in starting upon an independent venture. For a vear he was
alone in Ijusiness and in 1887 organized the firm oi Dorr & Zeller. since which time
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1013
he has been at the head of the business. The trade has grown from small propor-
tions until the house today is in control of one of the most extensive business enter-
prises of its kind in the city. Their prominence is indicated by the fact that to them
were awarded the contracts for serving at various receptions and banquets given
in the state buildings at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. They served ex-
clusively at all of the functions of the Connecticut building and afterward the
state, in a booklet concerning the exposition, mentioned their house as the "Sherry"
of St. Louis. They cater only to the highest class trade in the conduct of suppers
for weddings, parties and receptions, superintending not only the cuisine ancl ser-
vice but also the decorations and minor details. Their success is due to prompt at-
tention as well as capability and the utmost care has always been given to the se-
lection of the best ingredients which the market affords as well as in the manufac-
ture of the highest class of goods in their kitchen and confectionery departments.
Prospering in this line, J\Ir. Dorr has also become interested in other com-
mercial and financial institutions. He is now a director of the Vanderventer Trust
Company and is interested to some extent in St. Louis property, his holdings in-
cluding his own residence and business block at 3924 Washington avenue.
On the 17th of March, 1886, in St. Louis, Mr. Dorr was married in St.
Nicholas church to Miss Rose Stein of this city and they have three children :
Victor, twenty-one years of age ; Oliver, eighteen years of age ; and Roy Henry,
fifteen years of age. Mr. Dorr is independent in politics but is interested in the
city's progress and his influence is always given on the side of advancement and im-
provement. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church and is a member of the
Missouri Athletic Club and the Royal Arcanum. He did not find that he was
wrong in his judgment concerning the opportunities of the new world, but on the
contrary has always felt that his removal was a wise step, for in this country,
where effort and opportunity are open to all, he has met with continuous advance-
ment and has enjoyed the fruits of his labor in a growing and successful business.
OTTO LUDWIG REINHARD RITTER.
Otto Ludwig Reinhard Ritter, superintendent of the City Brewery and
also of the Hyde Park Brewery since 1890, was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, in
April, 1853, his parents being Heinrich and Amalie Ritter. The father, who for
some years was proprietor of an art and book store, died in South America in 1880.
Otto L. R. Ritter attended the elementary schools in Bavaria, removing with
his mother to Wurzburg when in his sixth year. He afterward attended other
schools including a polytechnic school, wherein he pursued his course until he
reached the age of twenty years. In 1873 he sought and obtained a position in the
Riedinger & Son Machine Eactory at Augsburg, Bavaria, and while there he had
the opportunity of observing the invention of the new Linde ice machine. He
continued with that house for eighteen months and then for further business expe-
rience obtained a position in the Augsburg Machine Factory, where he remained
for about tA^o years. He also gained knowledge of the brewing business, which
he learned by service in the breweries in various parts of Germany.
In the year 1880 Mr. Ritter arrived in America with very limited capital. He
started at the bottom round of the business ladder in St. Louis, being employed as
keg washer in the Hyde Park Brewery, which at that time was a newly organ-
ized institution of the city. Mr. Ritter afterward did other services in connection
with the business and through his integrity and industry was eventually appointed
to the position of foreman. While in Germany he had pursued a course in
the Brewers' College and his broad experience has gained him comprehensive
knowledge of the business in all of its different departments. In 1903 he w^^as
appointed superintendent of the City Brewery and in 1906 was made superin-
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tendent of the Lafayette Brewery; while at the present time he occupies the
position of general superintendent of three brew'eries.
Mr. Ritter was married in Germany, in 1880, to ]\liss Charlotte Roeder, and
thev have one son and one daughter: August, who is assistant foreman at the La-
fayette Brewery; and Emma, at home. The family residence is at No. 3513 Greer
avenue. \\'hile in his native land Mr. Ritter served for one year as a volunteer in
the German army. He is a third degree Mason and is interested in much that
pertains to the welfare and progress of the city but has concentrated his ener-
gies upon his business affairs and his close application and unremitting diligence
have constituted the elements which have led to his advancement in the business
world.
WJLLLA^I AUGUSTUS HARVEY.
\\'illiam Augustus Harvey, of the Taxis-Harvey Construction Company, was
born July 2.2, 1878, in St. Louis. He is a son of George Harvey, a native of Eng-
land, who at the age of twenty years came to America and for a half century has
been a resident of St. Louis. During the past two decades he has followed a
contracting business and for the past sixteen years has been secretary and treas-
urer of the P. AL Bruner Granitoid Company. He married Catherine Miller, a
native of Germany, who was brought to America in her infancy and has now
reached the age of sixty-seven years.
William A. Harvey is the youngest of the six surviving members of their fam-
ily. His eldest brother, George H. Harvey, is the senior member of the firm of
Harvey & Hall, general contractors of St. Louis, and thus father and two sons are
representatives of contracting interests in this city. William A. Harvey was edu-
cated in the public schools and in the Kirkwood Military Academy while later he
pursued a commercial course in Bryant & Stratton Business College. In 1895
he entered the employ of the Bruner Granitoid Company as clerk and there con-
tinued until 1906, when he joined Frederick C. Taxis in the organization of the
Taxis-FIarvey Construction Company, doing reinforced concrete work. They
have executed important contracts in connection with the building of business
houses and bridges and their patronage is steadily increasing. Mr. Flarvey gives
his attention entirely to his business, w^hich, capably directed, is bringing him well
merited success.
On the 3d of April, 1907, William A. Harvey was married in St. Louis to Pau-
line Mrginia Graham, a daughter of David Wiley and Mary (Brown) Graham
and a representative of old and prominent families of St. Louis. This marriage
has been blessed with a little son, George G., now in his first A^ear. Mr. Harvey has
never sought to figure in public life but gives his undivided attention to his business
affairs in which he is making steady progress and meeting with well earned success.
TOHN H. TERRY.
John H. 'J'err}', lawyer, legislator and real-estate expert, whose years of
activity are crowned with an age of ease, has for a long period figured promi-
nently in connection with the important interests of St. Louis. Capable of a
calm survey of life, his clarity of vision in regard to the value of any situation
or condition affecting the public welfare, has enabled him to present an impar-
tial view that appeals to the judgment of those who have at heart the welfare of
their community, looking beyond the exigencies of the moment to the oppor-
tunities of the future. He has thus become an unusual factor in St. Louis life.
Judge Terry, by which title he is usually known, was born in Seneca county.
New York, July 30, 1833. His father, James Terry, of English descent, was
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1016 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
reared on Long" Island, where his ancestors had taken up their abode in 1630.
His mother, also a native of the Empire state, was a descendant of Stephen
Hopkins, who crossed the Atlantic on the first trip of the historic IMayflower
in 1620.
judge Terry, one of a family of ten children, supplemented his literary edu-
cation by preparation for the bar, matriculating in the law school at Albany,
New York. Following his graduation, he entered the law office of Boardman
& Finch, of Ithaca. New^ York, where he put his theoretical training to the
practical test and through his experience in the work of the courts gained more
comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and the demands
made of the lawyer in his trial of the causes entrusted to him. His attention
was given to his law- work until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he
recruited a company wdiich was mustered into the One Hundred and Thirty-
seventh Regiment of New York \ olunteers as Company D. Mr. Terry was
elected and commissioned captain, and his regiment was assigned to duty as
part of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Corps of the Army of the
Potomac, commanded by General Henry Slocum. He participated in the cam-
paign of this army until the battle of Chancellorsville, in which he was wounded,
and as the result of his injuries was obliged to resign.
^^'hen he had sufficiently recovered his health, Air. Terry established a law
office in Ravenna, Ohio, wdiere he was associated wdth Judge Day, father of
William Day, now of the United States supreme court. He saw no oppor-
tunities there, however, for substantial advancement in professional lines and
sought the growing- western city of St. Louis, where he arrived in 1865. His
capital was extremely limited, but his know^ledge of the law was comprehensive
and exact and he possessed, moreover, a laudable ambition which is always one
of the constituent elements of success. Early in his residence here he delivered
a course of lectures in Bryant & Stratton College and w^as later associated with
Charles C. Alorrow, as assistant United States district attorney. He afterward
became a member of the law firm of Terrv & Terry and thus continued in active
practice until 18S.0, when he turned his attention to the real-estate business as a
partner of S. S. Scott and became the leading real-estate expert of this city, so
continuing until he retired a few years ago. Even now his advice is often sought
both in legal and real-estate interests. A remarkably w^ell preserved man, he
seems not to have passed the prime of life, but rather to be making continuous
progress in intellectual development and giving out of his rich stores of wdsdom
and experience for the benefit of others.
His strong individuality, his force of character and his thorough understand-
ing of every question or condition with which he has been closely associated, made
Judge Terry a leader of public thought and opinion in this city. The analytical hab-
its of mind which he cultivated as a lawyer and his keen discrimination have ena-
bled him for many years to take a calm survey of life and arrive at a just and cor-
rect conclusion concerning matters of vital importance to the city and its welfare.
In 1868 he was elected to the twenty-fifth general assemblv of Missouri and was
again called to public office in 1871 through his appointment as land commis-
sioner in St. Louis. In that position he rendered many legal opinions and
became known as Judge Terry. In 1878 he was elected to the Missouri state
senate and was very influential as a legislator by reason of his understanding
of the constitutional powers of the assembly as well as his knowledge of the
specific questions which were being- considered by the senate. The present insur-
ance law\s of the state and the statute governing the condemnation of private
property for public uses are measures which were introduced and carried through
by Judge Terry.
He has always been very active in city affairs and interested in those meas-
ures wdiich are matters of civic virtue and civic pride. He was one of the
founders of the Mercantile Club, of which he served as vice president and also
as chairman of the house committee. He was the orsranizer of the Order of the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1017
Legion of Honor, of which he became the first supreme chancellor, and has
been a cooperant factor in many measures leading to the intellectual, aesthetic
and moral development of the city. He belongs to the Unitarian church and is
today one of the oldest members of the ]\Iissouri Historical Society. In this
work he has taken an active part, has filled every office in the socictv, and his
efiforts have greatly furthered its welfare.
Judge Terry retired from active business with ample means and a liberal
collection of art and curios which show a cultivated taste for the beautiful as
well as the useful in life and in which he now finds great pleasure, as his retire-
ment gives him leisure for the enjoyment of such interests. He is now the
president of the St. Louis Public Museum, which has temporarily turned over
its collection to the St. Louis Art Museum, until the former institution is enabled
to secure for itself a home. Judge Terry has one of the most unique collections
of paintings in St. Louis, all of which are works of well known artists that have
been painted under his supervision from models that he has furnished. He also
has a most interesting collection of curios and works of art obtained from the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He is regarded as a connoisseur in art and is
widely known in this connection.
Judge Terry was married in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth Todd, a daughter of
Hon. Albert Todd. There are four living sons of that marriage. Airs. Terry
died in 1884 and in 1891 Judge Terry wedded Mrs. Vashti Pearsall, a childhood
friend, whom he again met in that vear.
W. G. BENNETT.
W. G. Bennett, vice president and general manager of the Chicago Wrecking
& Supply Company, was born in Blanchester, Ohio, November 23. 1868. At the
usual age he entered the public schools and continued his studies, after leaving
Blanchester, in the Danville (Indiana) Normal School. In 1886 he started in busi-
ness life in the employ of Sooysmith & Company, bridge contractors and build-
ers of New York, in the capacity of rod man, and remained with that company
for about seven years, during which time he had won various promotions, until
at the close of his service with the concern he was acting as superintendent of
construction. Among the large contracts on which he worked is the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad bridge at Cincinnati, Ohio, the Louisville & Jefi:ersonville bridge at
Louisville, the Cantilever bridge across the Colorado river at The Needles, in Colo-
rado, the street railway bridge across the Schuylkill river at Philadelphia, and
the railroad bridge at Glasgow, Missouri. He was also heading foreman in the
construction of the Pludson river tunnel at New York city.
In 1892 Mr. Bennett went to work with the Edgemore Bridge Company as
foreman in the construction of the Manufacturers' building at the World's Colum-
bian Exposition in Chicago. Before the completion of the building he secured the
contract to build the intermural railroad on the exposition grounds, and he also
had contracts to erect other buildings there. About the same time he began build-
ing railroad bridges, and at the close of the Chicago Exposition he engaged with
the Columbia Salvage Company as general superintendent. After the wrecking of
the fair buildings the company changed its name to the Chicago House Wrecking
Company, Mr. Bennett remaining with them until the completion of their contract
for the wrecking of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He then organized the St.
Louis Wrecking & Supply Company and- became its president. The name was
later changed to the Chicago Wrecking & Supply Company, of which he is now
vice president and general manager. The company does a general wrecking and
supply business on all building materials, machinery, etc. The patronage is ex-
tensive and the business of the company is all of the most important character.
In constructive as well as destructive work, Mr. Bennett thoroughly understands
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the scientific principles underlying- both, and his work in both fields of labor has
been highly satisfactory. No better testimonial of the eminence to which he has
attained in his chosen field of labor can be given than the citation of the bridges
and buildings which have been constructed under his supervision, as they indicate
more clearly than words what he has accomplished in building lines. In Febru-
ary, 1904, he removed his family to St. Louis, where he has maintained his resi-
dence to the present time.
It was on the 22d of September, 1889. that ]\Ir. P,ennett was united in mar-
riage to Miss Cora Brennen, a daughter of C. FI. and Rebecca ( Jines) Brennen, of
Philadelphia. Her father is a member of one of the old Quaker families of that
city, and was for a number of years eastern agent for. the Alfred Peats Wall Pa-
per Company, of which he was a stock holder. At the present time he is living- re-
tired. The home of Air. and J\Irs. Bennett has been blessed with four children.
Raulston A.. Beatrice O., Dolly A., and William G., Jr. j\Ir. Bennett belongs to
the Alissouri Athletic Club and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Chi-
cago, and in Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree of Scottish rite. He
is also a member of the ^Mystic Shrine. Starting in business life in a humble ca-
pacity, he has attained notable distinction and well merited prosperity. No favor-
able circumstance surrounded him at the outset of his career, but on the con-
trary he worked for the opportunities wdiich were his, and it has been the weight
of his character and ability that has carried him into important business relations.
JOHN GRIFFITH PRATPIER.
From cabin bov on a steamboat to the directorship of one of the most im-
portant marine transportation companies of a country seems a long step, but
while starting out in life in that humble capacity John G. Prather, in the course
of vears, became a factor in the control of many of the crafts which ply the
^Mississippi waters and was also a prominent figure in other business interests
of importance.
He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, June 16, 1834, a son of Wesley
Fletcher and Alargaret (Taylor) Prather. His father was of Welsh lineage,
while his mother came of Scotch ancestry. The Prathers lived in Maryland
during an early epoch in the history of that state and in the eighteenth cen-
turv representatives of the name settled in Ohio near the present site of Cincin-
nati, but owing to the floods there moved up the river to the hills of Clermont.
The birth of Mrs. [Margaret (Taylor) Prather occurred in Cincinnati, and she
was a sister of the late Daniel G. Taylor, at one time the mayor of St. Louis.
She died during the infancv of her son (jriffith, leaving him to the care of a
relative.
When not yet nine years of age John Griffith Prather ran away from home
and as he was afraid of being caught and forced to return he tied himself to
a plank and floated down the Ohio river until he was picked up by some men,
one of whom sent him to Cincinnati. Later in life the father admitted his
fault in not having searched for his son and assisted him in securing an edu-
cation. Cherishing no ill will, however, our subject on his father's death turned
over his share of the estate to his half brothers and sisters and told them to use
his part, if any was left, for a stone to be placed on the father's grave. He
was always kind lo them and on several (occasions assisted them financially
and otherwise.
After he reached Cincinnati, then a little lad of nine years, he secured
work in a grocery store. A little later he shi])ped on a boat for several years'
work on the river. The necessity for providing for his own support gave him
but little opportunity to secure an education and thus qualify for life's practical
and responsible duties. By the time he reached the age of twentv vears he
TOHN G. PRATHER
1020 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CrfY.
had been employed in almost every capacity on the Mississippi river steamboats
from cabin boy to captain. He retained his residence in St. Louis until 1852
and then spent three years in California, being- engaged in salmon fishing on
the Sacramento river. Li 1855 ^^^ joined Captain Taylor in the wholesale liquor
business in St. Louis under the firm style of D. G. Taylor & Company. From
the beginning this proved a profitable undertaking and was conducted with
constantly growing success until January, 1896, when Mr. Prather retired
from the business to enjoy well merited rest. In the meantime, as his financial
resources had permitted, he had become connected with other business interests
of importance. He never ceased to feel an interest in navigation and for twenty
years was a stockholder and director of the St. Louis & New Orleans Anchor
Line of steamboats. He was also similarly connected with the St. Loius stock-
yards and his investments were so judiciously placed that they yielded him a
gratifying yearly income.
In 1859 Mr. Prather was married to Miss Clementine Carrier, a daughter
of Charles L. and Clementine (Papin) Carrier, the mother being a member of
one of the oldest French families of the city and a sister of Dr. T. L. and The-
ophile Papin. I\Ir. and Mrs. Prather became parents of a son and four daugh-
ters, but only one of the family is now living, Mrs. Thomas M. Knapp. Mrs.
Helen Alay Rex, a second daughter, now deceased, left three children, Mar-
garet C, John B. F. and Helen May. and all of her eight grandchildren are
now living with ]Mrs. Prather. Mr. Rex was a lawyer by profession and re-
moving from Ohio engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis up to the time
of his death.
Always interested in community afilairs, Mr. Prather assisted materially
in advancing interests which were of benefit in municipal life. He was also
keenly interested in the situation of the country preceding the outbreak of the
Civil war and when hostilities were begun he assisted F. P. Blair in raising
troops for the federal service. He became a lieutenant colonel of the Fifth
Regiment of the governor's staff and later was transferred to the River Brigade,
but was never called out for active duty. He was a great admirer of Senator
Blair and his enthusiastic follower all through his career. In his later life he
was selected as one of the incorporators of the General Blair Monument Asso-
ciation. Throughout the city his judgment was regarded as sound and his
counsel valuable, so that his advice was often sought on matters of importance.
He served for fourteen years as chairman of the executive committee of the
state democratic organization and for fourteen years was a member of the na-
tional executive committee of his party. It was during this period that Grover
Cleveland was twice elected to the presidency, and he generously recognized
the services of Colonel Prather in various ways, by appointing, at his desire, a
number of friends to high offices and thus exhibiting rare confidence in Mr.
Prather's knowledge of men and affairs. During Mayor Brown's first admin-
istration Colonel Prather served as a member of the board of water commis-
sioners and for two terms was inspector of coal oil revenues by appointment of
Mayor Francis. He was also a commissioner of Lafayette park, and in 1874
was the democratic nominee for county sheriff, but was defeated through
treacherous combinations that demanded certain pledges which he would not
give. In his later years he took no active part in politics, but never ceased to
be an interested observer of the political conditions of the country.
In social circles Colonel Prather was by no means unknown. He was the
organizer of one of the oldest hunting and fishing clubs — Camp Prather — and
was a member of several other important organizations, including the St.
Louis Club, with which he was identified from the beginning. He was a man
of genial nature and kindly intent who had drawn much wisdom from the ex-
periences of life and had learned to correctly value those things which consti-
tute a factor of existence for almost every individual. While in his earlier
years he was buffeted by fate he never allowed hardships or difficulties to bar
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1021
his progress nor to cast a shadow upon a nature that had in it much of hfe's
sunshine. He passed away December 27, 1903, but left the impress of his in-
dividuahty upon the history of St. Louis in manifold ways, all of which, how-
ever, were beneficial in the city's development and substantial expansion.
THOAL\S M. KNAPP.
Thomas AI. Knapp, a son-in-law of John G. Prather, whose sketch is
given above, was born in St. Louis in 1861 and was a son of Colonel George
Knapp, well known in this city at an early day. The father continued his
residence here until his demise and reared his family of twelve children in St.
Louis. Thomas M. Knapp pursued his education in the St. Louis University
and in early life qualified for the practice of law, in which he attained consid-
erable distinction. He served as assistant district attorney under William Bliss
and was a very active man in his profession, having a comprehensive knowledge
of the principles of jurisprudence, while his preparation of law cases was
always thorough and exhaustive and his expositions of the law clear and decisive.
On the 13th of January, 1886, Mr. Knapp was married to Miss Eloise
Prather, who was born in St. Louis and is a daughter of John G. Prather, for
many years a distinguished resident and business man of this citv. ]\Ir. and
Mrs. Knapp became the parents of five children: Griff Prather, Harrv W.,
Thomas McCarten, Wesley Prather and M. Corinne.
Mr. Knapp was descended from a family long connected with the Epis-
copal church. In social aft'airs he was well known, becoming one of the origin-
ators of the Young Democracy Club, which was afterward merged with the
Jeft'erson Club. He was honored with its first presidency and in its membership
he had many warm and stalwart friends. He was always regarded as a man
of unfaltering diligence and determination and carried forward to successful
completion whatever he undertook, having the ability to accomplish his ends
without friction. He secured cooperation through a genial manner and marked
ability and wherever he went he won friends. He died April 28, 1902.
THEODORE PLUMMER.
Theodore Plummer, president of the Plummer Lumber Company, was born
in Clarksville, Tennessee, in July, 1852, and is a son of Theodore and Rebecca
(Bringhurst) Plummer. The father was engaged in the dry goods business in
Xashville. Tennessee, but died in 1859.
Theodore Plummer acquired his early education in the private schools but
afterward attended school in Clarksville, Tennessee, to the age of fifteen years,
when he put aside his text-books and soon afterward crossed the threshold of
business life, becoming a clerk in a grocerv store in his native cit}'. Subsequently
he entered the employ of the Louisville & Xashville Railroad Company and about
three years later was appointed local freight agent and telegraph operator, in
which position he continued until 1880. In that year he removed to Nashville,
Tennessee, where he entered the lumber business and organized the Xashville
Lumber Compan^•, of which he was secretary, treasurer and manager for twelve
years, or until 1893. In 1894 he came to St. Louis and carried on the brokerage
business for three years, after which he organized the Plummer Lumber Com-
pany and is today controlling an enterprise of large volume. He is also consider-
ably interested in farm lands in the gulf coast country of Texas, buying large
ranches which he subdivides into small farms and then places on sale. This
10-22 ST. LOnS, THE FOURTH CITY.
branch of his business has proved quite profitable, while in the lumber trade he has
also met the merited reward of indefatigable energy and intelligently directed labor.
In Xovember. 1878, ^Nlr. Plummer was married in Nashville, Tennessee, to
Miss Marv Livingston, and unto them have been born two sons and a daughter :
Theodore ^L. who attended the public schools and Blees Military Academy and
is now engaged in farming on a Texas ranch ; Rebecca, a graduate of the Mary In-
stitute and now the wife of F. \\ Desloge, superintendent of the Desloge Lead
Company: and James Livingston, six years of age. The family resides at the
Buckingham Hotel. Mr. Plummer votes independently, casting his ballot for
those whom he regards as most capable candidates. He has attained the Knight
Templar degree in ^Masonry, is a member of the Business Men's League and of
St. lohn's ^lethodist Episcopal church, in which he is now serving on the official
board. These connections indicate much of the nature of his interests and of
the rules which govern his conduct. He has in all life's relations been true to manly
principles, his business integrit}^ standing- as an unciuestioned fact in his career,
while his lovaltv to anv trust reposed in him is a matter of general recognition on
the part of all who know him.
FIUBERTUS SCHOTTEN.
The name of Hubertus Schotten long figured conspicuously in connection
with the commercial history of St. Louis and was a synonym for honorable
ambition, unfaltering" purpose and ready adaptability. While his life record
covered only forty-three years, he was throughout that period a resident of St.
Louis, having been born in this city on the 28th of May, 1855. He was the
eldest son of William Schotten, a native of Germany, who arrived in St. Louis
in the early '40s and established a business on a small scale as a dealer in
coffee, teas and spices.
After he had received the usual course of instruction in preparatory schools,
Air. Schotten attended a college conducted by the Franciscan Brothers near
Effingham, Illinois. There he pursued a four years' course of study and on his
return to St. Louis joined his father in business, evincing from the beginning a
remarkable aptitude for commercial pursuits. The father realized the fact that
the best gift he could make his son was a thorough business training, that his
powers and talents might be developed and that he might come to know and
realize the value of opportunity and the worth of diligence and enterprise. He
therefore demanded of his son the same faithfulness, promptness and reliability
that he demanded of other employes in the house, and the thorough training
which the youth received did indeed prove his most valuable inheritance, for
when he was only eighteen years of age, owing to his father's death, he was
called upon to assume the management of the business, which in the meantime
had ceased to be an enterprise of little pretensions and had become one of the
important commercial undertakings of the city.
At his father's death Hubertus Schotten assumed control of the business
and followed certain formulated mental rules which he laid down for himself.
In the first place he gave his undivided attention to the trade and its upbuild-
ing, and studied every possible means that would lead to its growth along the
honorable lines of legitimate development. It was not long before he gave
profjf of his superior ability for mercantile management. He displayed, too,
the indomitable will power and energy which recognize no obstacles and know
no such worrl as fail. Five years after he took charge of the business he was
given an interest in it and two years later the interest of his father's estate was
withdrawn, leaving- him and the younger brother sole owners and proprietors of
the establishment. From this time forward the enterprise and activity of Hu-
bertus Schotten rajjirlly ex];anderl the business until it to(jk rank among the
HUBERTUS SCHOTTEX
10-24 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
great coffee, tea and spice houses of the country. Not only did he build up an
important commercial establishment in the sense that it is one which transacts
only a large volume of business, but in the sense also that it is one which enjoys
an enviable reputation for integrity and fair dealing. Some time before the
death of ]Mr. Schotten the house passed the fiftieth anniversary of its founding.
His father, who had been the founder of the business, was at its head for
twenty-five years and Hubertus Schotten was president of the corporation
which succeeded the original firm for the same length of time. He had gradu-
ally worked his way upward in the establishment, daily mastering the problems
of trade which were presented, and gaining from each new ideas which enabled
him to solve with greater ease the questions of the succeeding day. At the
time of his demise he was a recognized leader among the younger merchants
of St. Louis, and among the older men was known as one whose rapidly expand-
ing powers were enabling him to forge rapidly ahead.
In 1880 Mr. Schotten was married to Miss Adeline Helming, a daughter
of B. H. Helming, an old time resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Theirs was
largely an ideal marriage and their home was blessed with three children, Mary
Beatrice, Marcellus J. and Hubertus, who wdth their mother still survive the
husband and father.
]\Ir. Schotten was yet a comparatively young man when called from this
life, and his loss was regarded as a local calamity among his many friends and
business associates. Not only was his judgment regarded as sound and trust-
worthy in commercial affairs, but in matters relating to the city's welfare his
opinions were also recognized as of marked worth and value. He took great
interest in politics and matters of civic interest and at times rendered valuable
service to the republican party, of which he was always a stanch adherent from
the time when age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He gave liber-
ally to the Catholic church, with which he held membership, and was generous
in support of its various activities. Charitable and benevolent movements always
found in him a friend, whose good will was manifest not only in words but in
more substantial tokens. Strong in his individuality, the story of his life is the
story of honest industry and thrift prompted by high ideals and actuated by
worthy purposes.
PAUL BROWN.
Paul Brown, who, when on one occasion was asked "How can a young man
succeed?" answered "Honor, industry, concentration, economy," thus epitomizing
his own life work and the rules which have governed his actions in a business ca-
reer which has brought him up from humble surroundings to a place among the
millionaire merchants of St. Louis. At the age of seventeen he was an employe
in an obscure position in a tobacco factory ; today he is known throughout the
west as a leading tobacco manufacturer of the country, and the secret of his ad-
vancement lies in his own answer as to what constitutes success.
Mr. Broun was born in Eldorado, LTnion county, Arkansas, August 20,
184S. Of that town his father, Warner Brown, was practically the founder, hav-
ing removed thither from Mecklenburg county, Virginia. He became the owner of
most of the land upon which the town of Eldorado was built and from the be-
ginning until his death was closely associated with its development and progress.
He gained prosperity in his Inisiness career but left a more enduring monument to
his memory in the love and respect which he won from his fellowmen in recognition
of his manly cjualities and high ]nirposes. No good deed done in the name of
charity or religion sought his cooperation in vain and he gave to the Methodist
church the site upon which its first house of worship was erected. His generous
contributions also jjroyed a factor in the early growth of the church when its
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membership was small and funds were particularly needed, and his cooperation
in this as in other good works rose from his deep interest in his fellowmen and
that his work might be an influence toward the betterment of the world. His son
in recent years has honored the father by placing in the handsome new Methodist
church at Eldorado a magnificent memorial window, upon the base of which in im-
perishable letters is the name of Warner Brown. He, too, has contributed to the
support of the church in which in early boyhood he received religious instruction.
Left fatherless at an early age as one of four small children, he was brought
by his mother to Missouri in 1855 and spent his boyhood and youth on a farm near
Wright City in Warren county. W^ith the opening of spring he took his place in
the fields and as the season progressed aided in the plowing, planting and harvest-
ing, while the winter brought him opportunity to pursue his education in the dis-
trict schools. He made his initial step in the business life at the age of seventeen
years, securing employment in a tobacco factory at a salary of thirty-two dollars
per month. The following year he began selling tobacco from a wagon and thus
two years passed but at the age of twenty impaired health caused his return to the
farm, when through the succeeding three years he carried on general agricultural
pursuits. His next step in the business world was made as a representative of the
mercantile interests of Wentzville, Missouri, where he remained for two years.
In 1874 Mr. Brown entered the field of activity in which he first started out,
becoming a member of the tobacco firm of Sherman, Lacy &■ Brown. For thirty-
four years he has now continued in this line of business, his interests developing to
mammoth proportions imder the careful guidance and keen discrimination of Mr.
Brown and his associates. Removing to St. Louis, he has here built up what is to-
day one of the greatest plug tobacco factories of the country, placing upon the mar-
ket the Standard Navy and other famous brands of chewing tobacco, which proved
so popular and caused the rapid yet substantial growth of his business until it as-
sumed mammoth proportions — so much so that when the Continental Tobacco
Company was formed in 1898 the plant of INIr. Brow^n became one of the most
coveted prizes. Despite the fact that his factory was capitalized at but two hun-
dred thousand dollars the Continental Tobacco Company paid him one million, two
hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars for it, yet even at that handsome figure
Mr. Brown was not anxious to sell, so fully aware was he of the great earning
powers of the plant. It was not until after several spirited interviews between him-
self and J. B. Duke, president of the Continental Tobacco Company, that he con-
sented to do so. yiv. Duke finally agreeing to pay his full price. Mr. Brown up to
two years ago continued as managing director in St. Louis for the American To-
bacco Company, and is still a director of that company. He is also a director of
the INIechanics American National Bank, first vice president of the ^lercantile
Trust Company and is also serving as a member of its executive commitee. He
has made judicious and extensive investments in realty in this city and state.
In an analyzation of his life record, leading up to a success which seems almost
phenomenal when we take into consideration the point from which he started, we
must recognize the fact that he possesses marked business ability and the keenest
discrimination with unusual powers of coordination. He understood what many
men fail to comprehen<l — that success results from the accomplishment of maxi-
mum results at minimum expense and efifort, that a business must be so systema-
tized that there is no waste or loss of time or labor or material in any depart-
ment. Mr. Brown, as the result of his long experience, knew how to accomplish
these results. He was thorough from the beginning and he regarded integrity and
■ industry as inseparable factors in success.
In relation to interests of public moment \lr. Brown might well be called a
practical idealist. The city's welfare and advancement are causes dear to his heart
and his interest in municipal affairs has been manifest in many tangible ways. He
was one of the promoters and an active supporter of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, became one of its directors and chairman of the committee on agriculture.
He did much to contribute to the success of the s])lendid international exposition
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102'6 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
held in this city, his sound business judgment and discrimination being factors in
the able management displayed in the conduct of that mammoth undertaking. Mr.
Brown is a member of the St. Louis Club.
Twice married, he has a family of five children by the first marriage and one
bv the second, so that the household numbers four daughters and two sons. While
his extensive business interests have made great demand upon his time and ener-
gies, he has always found time for the enjoyment of the pleasures of his own fire-
side and opportunity to extend that hospitality for which his home has ever been
noted. In his personal relations, as taken aside from any business or public inter-
ests, he is found as a man of genial nature, kindly disposition and most honorable
purposes — qualities which have won him warm and lasting friendships. Few
men have realized or more fully met the responsibilities of wealth. He has given
generously to assist those to whom fate has seemed unkind and his hand is ever
down-reaching to aid a fellow traveler to climb upward. All this, however, is done
in a wav so quiet and free from ostentation that his beneficence is often known
onlv to the recipient and himself. From his boyhood he has entertained high
ideals of life and its purposes and his fellow-townsmen have great appreciation for
the qualities which he has displayed in every relation into which he has been
brought.
SIDNEY SCHIELE.
Sidnev Schiele, conducting a real estate and loan ofiice, was born in St.
Louis in 1872, a son of Sigmand and Fannie Schiele. He attended the grammar
and high schools in the acquirement of his education and in 1888 entered the real
estate business in the office of Samuel Bowman. In this line he has made steady
progress and in 1897 was elected secretary of the Real Estate Exchange, so con-
tinuing until 1904, in which year he engaged in business on his own account. In
January, 1906, he married Aliss Belle Idelman, of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
JOHN D. DAGGETT.
On the list of the chief executives of St. Louis appears the name of John
D. Daggett, who was mayor of the city in the '40s and during a formative
period in its history took an active part in shaping its policy and molding its
destiny. In all of his public work he was actuated by a spirit of the utmost
devotion to the general good and his patriotism and loyalty were manifest in
his practical and resultant work.
A native of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Mr. Daggett was born on the 4th of
October, 1793, pursued his education in the public schools of New England and
at the age of twenty-two years started westward. For a period he resided in
Philarlelphia, thence west to Pittsburg and afterward came to St. Louis, arriving
here in 1817. Only a few years had passed since Missouri became American
property by the terms of the Louisiana Purchase and the city was yet little more
than a trading post on the frontier, deriving its income largely from trade with
the Indians and from the fur trade. It was at that time in great measure a
French town, but American settlers were taking up their abode there and bring-
ing to it the spirit of the new republic.
Mr. Daggett, possessed of the habits of thrift and enterprise common in
New England, turned his attention to the commission business and when his
earnings and savings justified his embarkation in other lines he opened a retail
store, which he successfully conducted for some time. He was also engaged
in the river trade, being part owner in 1830 of the first steamboat, called the
St. Louis. He marie trips between this city and New Orleans and during his
JOHN D. DACxGETT
1028 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
river career commanded several fast boats which were favorites with the trav-
ehng pubhc. At that time the river was the principal means of communication
with the south and was the chief source of transportation. His business there-
fore grew rapidly and proved profitable. Mr. Daggett was also associated with
the sectional docks — a very important and effective accessory to steamboat inter-
ests in those days. He was also one of the organizers and president of the Float-
ing Dock Insurance Company and one of the directors of the Citizens' Insur-
ance Company, both of which were for a time influential and successful con-
cerns of this character. Mr. Daggett possessed notable resourcefulness and
marked energy and thus as the years passed on he utilized opportunities which
others passed by heedlessly and became a leading and influential citizen of St.
Louis. His business judgment was rarely, if ever, at fault and thus his advice
and cooperation were frequently sought in affairs of business importance. He
was one of the founders of the St. Louis Gas Light Company, was elected its
president and thus served for several years.
While business matters of importance claimed much of his time and atten-
tion, Mr. Daggett yet found opportuntiy to aid actively in matters of public
importance and in 1827 was chosen alderman of the city. As a member of the
council he exercised his official prerogatives in support of various measures of
reform and improvement and in 1841 he was chosen mayor of St. Louis, in
which capacity he proved a capable and far-sighted chief executive officer. No
official act of his was ever detrimental to the city's progress or improvement,
but on the contrary promoted its upbuilding and advancement.
In 182 1 Mr. Daggett was married in St. Louis to Miss Sarah Sparks, who
came to this city with her mother from Alaine. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Daggett
were born twelve children, nine of whom reached adult age : Mrs. Eliza Ayres,
who is now deceased ; Harriet, who became the wife of Edward Stagg and has
also passed away; Mrs. Amanda Pomeroy, deceased; William and Lucy, who
have likewise been called to their final rest ; Mrs. Henrietta Drew ; Medora, who
became the wife of Leon Papin ; James, who wedded Miss Rannels and is
deceased; William, who married Miss Masure and has also passed away; Mrs.
I\Iary Shapleigh, of St. Louis and Mrs. Adele Rennick, deceased.
Mr. Daggett was never active in politics, yet kept well informed on the
questions and issues of the day and by his ballot endorsed the principles which
he believed would prove most conducive to good government. He owned a
great deal of property on the south side of the city, making judicious invest-
ments from time to time, and during the war he turned over the docks of St.
Louis to the government and built boats for government service. Alwavs active
in the welfare of St. Louis, he looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to
the possibilities of the future and labored for its advancement in substantial
lines whereby the city's permanent growth and improvement have been promoted.
He was prominent in Masonry and zealous in his advocacy of the craft.
In 1818 he became a member of Missouri Lodge, No. 12, and was one of the
members of the convention that in 1821 organized the grand lodge of the state.
He held various offices in Masonry and believed firmly in the teachings of the
craft which recognizes the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. He
was for many years one of the best known men in St. Louis and was regarded
as one of the principal founders of the business interests of the city. His opinion
could be relied upon, for his judgment was sound, his vision broad and his
sagacitv keen, and, moreover, he never looked at any question from a single
standpoint, but considered it in all of its phases. He could not be induced to
take up any movements which might result beneficially to himself, but which
might perhaps prove detrimental to the city's welfare in some way. He was
never known to overreach another in any business transaction or to take advan-
tage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any trade connection. It was thus
he came to be known as a most honored, reliable and worthv resident of St.
Louis and when he passed away in 1874, at the age of eighty-one years, the
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1029
city mourned the loss of one who was universally esteemed as an upright, useful
and honorable man. His widow survived him for some time and passed away in
St. Louis about twenty years ago.
For this history of her honored father we are indebted to Mrs. Medora
Papin, who became the wife of Leon Papin, of St. Louis. Unto them were
born nine children, seven of whom are yet living: Pierre Papin, of Kansas
City ; Mrs. Marie Lepere ; Emil, a resident of St. Louis ; John, who is a banker
of this city ; Louise, at home ; Richard, of St. Louis ; and Francis, who also
makes his home in this city. These children in both the paternal and maternal
lines are connected with two of the oldest and most prominent pioneer families
of the city and several of the sons are doing credit to an honored ancestry by
reason of their activity in commercial circles here.
WALKER HILL.
Walker Hill, whose pursuit of a persistent purpose has carried him into im-
portant relations with the financial interests of St. Louis, has for twenty-two
years been connected with banking circles of this city and since 1905 has been
president of the Mechanics-American National Bank. Possessing broad, enlight-
ened and liberal-minded views, he holds to high ideals in financial circles concern-
ing the scope of the business, the possibilities of accomplishment and the measures
to be employed. Throughout his entire career he has been identified with bank-
ing and the progressive steps in his record are easily discernible.
Further investigation into his history shows that he comes of an ancestry hon-
orable and distinguished. His great-grandfather and his grandfather owned and
conducted Rumford Academy in King and Queen county, Virginia, in which in-
stitution they prepared young men for the universities. The parents of Walker Hill
were Lewis and Mary Elizabeth (Maury) Hill, the former a commission mer-
chant of Richmond, Virginia, in which city their son Walker was born on the
27th of May, 1855.
His early education was acquired through the instruction of his parents and
he also spent four years in the private school conducted by William F. Fox of
Richmond. In June, 1871, he put aside his text-books in order to enter business.
In his youth he was fond of all athletic sports, especially baseball and his inter-
est and participation therein were undoubtedly features in the development of a
strong physical manhood that enabled him to meet the demands made upon him
as he entered business life. A mental review of the possibilities offered in the
business world led him to choose banking rather than mercantile life and on the ist
of July, 1 87 1, he became messenger in the Planters National Bankx)f his native city.
The following year he was promoted to the position of assistant teller and in
1873 was made teller of that bank, so continuing until 1881, when he was ap-
pointed cashier of the City Bank of Richmond. His connection with that institu-
tion covered about six years, after which he came to St. Louis and in 1887 was
made cashier of the Union Savings Institution, afterward the American Exchange
Bank. In 1894 he was elected to the presidency of the American Exchange Bank
and in 1905 was elected as president of the Mechanics- American National Bank^of
St. Louis, the successor of the Mechanics National and American Exchange Na-
tional Banks. His associate officers are H. P. Hilliard. Jackson Johnson, and
Ephron Catlin, vice presidents, and L. A. Battaile, cashier. The bank is capitalized
for two million dollars and has a surplus of two million, five hundred thousand
dollars. Mr. Hill's long connection with the banking business, covering thirty-
eight years, has given him intimate knowledge thereof in principle and detail and,
continuallv seeking out new methods to augment the business of the house, he
has wrought along progressive lines, accomplishing important and far-reaching
1030 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
results which have contributed in no small degree to the financial standing of the
city and from which he himself has also derived substantial benefits.
'Mr. Hill's standing in banking circles is indicated by the fact of his election as
treasurer of the American Bankers" Association in 1897, as vice president for
the year of 1898-9 and as president for the ensuing year. His interests and efforts,
however, have by no means been confined to the line of activity which he has
chosen as his life work or to subsidiary concerns. His interest encompasses many
of the important cjuestions which are claiming public attention todav and at all
times his influence and aid are found on the side of reform, advancement and
upbuilding. He is the treasurer of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association
and also of the Humane Society of Missouri. He is likewise connected in the same
capacity with the Business Glen's League of St. Louis. He gives his political alle-
giance to the democracy, advocating the standards upheld by Grover Cleveland.
Pleasantly situated in his home life, ]Mr. Hill was married October 14. 1885, in
St. Louis, to Miss Jeanie ^Morrison Lockwood, a daughter of Richard J. and
Angelica Peale (Robinson) Lockwood. The three children of this marriage are
Lockwood, Walter and Maury Hill, and the family attend the Episcopal church,
Air. Hill being junior warden in St. Peter's church of St. Louis. An eminent
statesman has said: "In all this world, the thing supremely worth having is the
opportunity coupled with the capacity to do well and worthily a piece of work, the
doing of which shall be of vital significance to mankind." This opportunity has
come to ]\Ir. Hill and he has demonstrated his power to utilize it, for he has
proven himself a valued factor in the financial circles of St. Louis, holding to
high standards of business integrity and at the same time using legitimate means
for increasing the scope of his activity. His work, too, outside of banking cir-
cles, has been of genuine value to the organizations with w^hich he is connected and
in all of his associations he has stood as a man among men, ready to meet the de-
mands of the hour in a capable manner.
HENRY HARTMANX, JR.
Henry Hartmann, Jr., is vice president and secretary of the Hartmann
Bricklaying & Contracting Company. He was born at Twelfth and Locust
streets, St. Louis, August 12, 1861. His father, Henry Hartmann, president
of the Hartmann Bricklaying & Contracting Company, was born in Preus-Min-
den, Prussia, and came to America in 1850, settling in St. Louis, where he has
continuously engaged in contracting since 1855. He is now the oldest repre-
sentative of this line of activity in the city, although at the present time he is
practically retired, leaving the control of the business to the younger members
of the firm. He still figures as president of the company and there are many
substantial structures of this city which stand as monuments to his enterprise,
while the difference in style and architecture between the earlier and later
buildings which he has erected indicate that he has kept pace with the rapid
progress in building lines. He married Caroline Schwier, who was born in the
same town where her husband's birth occurred. She is still living and eight of
her thirteen children yet survive.
Henry Hartmann, who was the second in order of birth, was educated at
W'alther College of St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1878. He then
learned the bricklayer's trade, and after serving a four years' apprenticeship,
in which he became an expert workman, was made superintendent for the firm
of Hartmann & Debus, contractors, of which his father was the senior partner.
He continued in that position until 1887, when Mr. Debus died. He devoted
the three succeeding years to making estimates for his father and then, on
the 13th of March. 1890, the Hartmann Bricklaying & Contracting Company
w-as incorporated, since which time Henrv Hartmann has been the active head
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of the firm, holding the offices of vice president and secretary. His father
practically retired at that time and Henry Hartmann, Jr., has managed the
business, which under his control is steadily growing. Until the ist of January,
1907, they confined their attention exclusively to bricklaying contracting, but
have since given their attention to general contracting. They constructed about
two-thirds of the Anheuser-Busch plant, also the Alermod & Jaccard building,
the Carleton building, on Twelfth and Washington, the House of the Good
Shepherd, the Butler builduig. Thirteenth and Washington, the building of the
Brown Shoe Company, on Eighteenth and Washington, and many other import-
ant buildings. Since taking up general contracting they have erected the An-
heuser-Busch new power plant and stock, the new fermenting and malting
plant for the Lemp Brewing Company, the malting plant for the Wainwright
Brewery, the American Hotel and Theater, and many residences, including the
homes of Nat Kline, Ernst Klepstein, W. H. Ronginer and G. G. Powell.
Aside from his connections with the company which bears his name, Mr. Hart-
mann is treasurer of the St. Louis Contracting Supply Company, treasurer of
the Master Bricklayers' Benevolent & Protective Association, and is identified
with other business interests. He has made investments in real estate on his
own account, and in addition to other property has an attractive home at No.
2801 South Eighteenth street — a fine residence standing in the midst of one
hundred feet of ground.
Mr. Hartmann has been married twice. On the 8th of June, 1886, in St.
Louis, he wedded Elenora Blickensdoerfer, of this city, who died in 1892, leav-
ing a son and daughter : Henry J., now twenty-three years of age ; and Ella,
nineteen years of age. On the 4th of June, 1893, Mr. Hartmann wedded Miss
Elizabeth Berg, a daughter of George Berg, of St. Louis, and they have many
friends in this city, where they have spent their entire lives.
In politics Mr. Hartmann is a republican where questions of state and
national importance are involved, but casts an independent ballot, considering
only the capability of the candidate in his fitness for the discharge of the specific
duties devolving upon him. Mr. Hartmann belongs to the Gillett-Slew Hunting
& Fishing Club and the B. B. B. B. Bowling Club, of which he is the president.
His recreation comes through these two avenues of pleasure. He belongs to
the Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran church and is chairman of its building com-
mittee. Those who know him find him a cordial friend, one who recognizes and
meets the responsibilities and obligations of life and is working all the time
toward something higher in his relations to the city and in his business career.
PATRICK DOWLING.
Patrick Dowling, a retired railroad contractor who, since June, 1864, has re-
sided in St. Louis, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, in March, 1844. His
grandfather, also Patrick Dowling, was a native of the same county and followed
the occupation of farming as his life work. His parents, Michael and Mary
Dowling, were both natives of County Roscommon, and the former followed agri-
cultural pursuits throughout his entire life.
In the public schools Patrick Dowling pursued his education to the age of
twelve years, after which he worked on his father's farm until twenty years of
age. Sailing for America, he landed at New York and thence made his way
westward to St. Louis, where he engaged with the Iron ]\Iountain Railroad, build-
ing bridges and tracks, for a year. He afterward spent eight months as section
man in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and later became
foreman of section hands for the Wabash Railroad Company, which he thus repre-
sented for a year and a half. lie was afterward foreman for the Iron Mountain
Railroad Company until 1873, and then began contracting for the Little Rock
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and Fort Smith Railroad and later did contract work for the Pine Bluff and
the Cotton Belt Railroad Companies. In 1889 he went to Cumberland Gap, Ken-
tucky, where he remained until 1891, when he arrived in East St. Louis and laid
the track for the Illinois Central Railroad from Belleville to East St. Louis. The
following year, 1892, he went to Indian Territory where he laid one hundred and
fifty miles of track, being closely connected with the development of railroad
interests in that section until 1902. He has since lived retired, making his home
in St. Louis, his previous diligence and energy bringing to him a capital that now
permits him to rest from further labors while the fruits of his former toil enable
him to enjoy all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life.
Mr. Bowling has been married twice. In Davenport, Iowa, he wedded Miss
Carroll, who died April i, 1880, and in St. Louis he wedded ^liss Cullen. They
have six children : Daniel, twenty-six years of age, who was educated in Ken-
ricks Seminary; ^Michael, twenty-three years of age, a graduate of the St. Louis
University and formerly occupying a clerical position with the Lincoln Trust Com-
pany; Mrs. Jennie Clark, whose husband is a contractor and freight agent of the
Erie Railroad Company ; Patrick, twenty years of age, who is with the Title Guar-
antee Trust Company ; Thomas, seventeen years of age, with the Chicago Coal &
Lumber Company ; and Annie, who is attending the Visitation Academy of
Springfield, Alissouri.
Mr. Dowling has for fifteen years been a member of the Legion of Honor.
His religious faith is that of the Catholic church. He is independent in politics, nor
has he ever sought nor desired political preferment, giving his attention to his busi-
ness affairs which, capably conducted, have made him a man of affairs. He
has never had cause to regret his determination to seek a home in America for
in this country, where labor is unhampered by caste or class he has made steady
progress and has won the rewards of persistent diligence.
JOSEPH W. WEAR.
Joseph W. Wear, president of the Skinner & Wear Brothers dry goods com-
mission, is yet a young man but has made a notable place for himself in business
circles. With keen sagacity he has seen the opportunities for broadening the
angle of activity for the house and his career illustrates most clearly the fact that
success is not a matter of genius, as held by some, but is the legitimate outgrowth
of experience, unfaltering purpose and intelligently applied energy.
Mr. Wear was born in St. Louis, November 27, 1876. His father was James
H. Wear, founder and president of the Wear-Boogher Dry Goods Company, now
the Carleton Dry Goods Company, who died in 1893 and a sketch of whom is
given on another page of this volume. His wife, Nannie E. (Holliday) West, is a
direct descendant of ancestors who fought for American independence in the
Revolutionary war.
The public schools of St. Louis offered to Joseph W. Wear his early educa-
tional advantages and in due time he was graduated from the Smith Academy
W'ith the class of 1895. Improving his opportunity to attend Yale, he is num-
bered among its alumni of 1899. He has always been much interested in athletics,
in fact is an enthusiast along some lines, and while attending Yale was for four
years a member of the Yale baseball team. He has held the tennis championship
for ^Missouri for two years and the St. Louis tennis championship for two years,
and with Ralph McKitrich has held the tennis doubles championship for ]\Iis-
souri and St. Louis for four years.
On completing his university course in 1899, Mr. Wear became connected
with the dry goods commission business with his brother, Arthur Yancey Wear, un-
der the name of \\'ear Brothers. In 1908 they admitted Mr. Skinner to a partner-
1034 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
ship and the firm style of Skinner & Wear Brothers was assumed, with Joseph W.
Wear as the president.
On the 14th of April, 1903, Mr. Wear married Miss Adaline Coleman Pot-
ter, who was born in Philadelphia in 1880, a daughter of the Hon. William Pot-
ter, one of the leading" attorneys of Philadelphia, who was formerly minister to
Italv from 1892 luitil 1894 and was decorated by King Victor Emmanuel with the
decoration of Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. He had already
had conferred upon him by King Humberto, the late king of Ital} , the decoration of
the Order of SS. ^laurizio e Lazzaro. Mr. Potter served in many public capacities
under Presidents Harrison and ]\IcKinley, being recognized as one of the dis-
tinguished statesmen of the nation who left the impress of his individuality upon
events and interests of national moment.
]\Ir. \\ea.r belongs to the St. Louis Country Club, the Racquet Club and the
St. Louis A A A Club. He has never lost his interest in athletics and all manly
outdoor sports and yet has never neglected in the slightest degree the demands of
an extensive and growing business, nor been found Avanting in his power to cope
with the intricate problems of a large trade.
HEXRY M. SMITH.
Henrv 'M. Smith, who landed in America when a youth of seventeen years
with a cash capital of five dollars, is today at the head of the extensive business
of the H. ]\I. Smith Produce Company of St. Louis. A native of Dissen, Ger-
manv, he was born December 3. 1848, of the marriage of William Smith and
Kate Bohnameyer. The father was a carpenter and builder and both parents
spent their entire lives in Germany.
It was in the public schools of that country that Henry ]\I. Smith acquired
his education and in 1866 he heard the call of the new world and heeded it.
Coming- to this country imbued with the hope of making more rapid advance-
ment in the business world, he was employed for a short period at L^nion Hill,
Xew Jersev, driving a brick wagon. The fact that he had but five dollars when
he came to America made immediate employment a necessity. The voyage
across the Atlantic had been made in a sailing vessel and he was forty-nine days
en route. Ambitious to engage in a business that would give him better oppor-
tunities than driving a wagon, in 1867 he entered upon an apprenticeship to the
carpenter's trade and spent about four years in that line of activity.
On the 6th of May, 1870, he arrived in St. Louis and worked for a short
period at carpentering in this city, but eagerly availed himself of an opportunity
to engage in business on his own account and in the fall of 1870 made his initial
step as a dealer in produce. From a small and inconsequential beginning the
present large business has developed through the indefatigable energy and
enterprising spirit of Mr. Smith. For a number of years this has ranked as
one of the largest wlnjlesale ])r()(luce establishments in St. Louis, the company,
incorporated under the name of the H. M. Smith Produce Company, enjoying a
trade that annually brings them in between four and five hundred thousand
flollars. This extensive concern is the visible evidence of the life of activitv
which Mr. Smith has led and which has brought him from humble surroundings
to the plane of affluence, where he has broad outlook over the business world,
with close connections with one of its profitable fields of income.
C)n the 1st of l-"cbruary, 1872, in St. Louis, Mr. Smith was married to Miss
I'Veclrica Ilartmann and unto them were born ten children, of whom eight are
yet living: .\lvina, the wife of A. Linda, a dry-goods merchant of St. Louis;
Paulina, the wife of Otto Hoyle, who is engaged in the roofing business: Minnie,
the wife of Ivdward Miller, a member of the H. M. Smith l^roduce Company;
H. M. SMITH
1036 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
\\'illiam, who is engaged in business with his father ; Harry. Edward, Freda and
Mola. at home.
]Mr. Smith is a member of and a deacon in the Evangehcal Lutheran church,
as well as one of the substantial contributors to the same. He was one of the
original agitators in the movement for building the new church edifice at Nine-
teenth street and Xewhouse avenue, and was one of the building committee.
His political allegiance is given to the republican party, but he does not feel
bound by party ties, voting at local elections as his judgment dictates. He came
to America with the intention and purpose of becoming an American citizen in
spirit as well as in name, and no native son of the new world is more loyal to
the interests of this country or desires in greater measure its upbuilding and
welfare. This is manifested in the aid which he gives to many projects for the
public good in St. Louis. He has never had occasion to regret his determination
to cross the water, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought
and which have been improved by him until he stands today as one of the sub-
stantial residents of his adopted city, having won notable and gratifying success
through the legitimate channels of trade.
PROFESSOR CHARLES E. CASPARI.
Eminent among the professional men of the community is Professor Charles
E. Caspari, who has been acting chemist for the Meyer Brothers Drug Com-
pany since 1904. He is a master in his profession, and thus far his career has
been notable from the point of view of the important positions with which he has
been honored, having been connected with the department of chemistry in sev-
eral of the foremost universities. He is thoroughly versed in all branches of the
science, and only a man of proved merit could be entrusted with the position he
now holds. Professor Caspari was born in 1875, in Baltimore, Maryland, where his
parents. Charles Caspari. Sr., and Leslie V. Caspari, lived for a number of years,
his father having been a prominent business man there. Charles E. Caspari at-
tended the public schools in Baltimore until eighteen vears of age, when he had
passed through all the consecutive grades. After a preparatorv course in a private
school he matriculated in Johns Hopkins University, where, upon completing the
regular three-year term, he took a post-graduate course of four years in chemis-
try. From the university he was graduated with the degrees of B. A. and Ph.
D. Immediately upon leaving the university he was called to an instructorship
in chemistry in Columbia University, New York city, where he taught for one
year. Professor Caspari had a natural leaning toward the science, which readily
enabled him to master its intricacies and place him in a high standing in his pro-
fession. His reputation for accuracy and proficiency becoming known, he was
offered the position of research chemist for the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St.
Louis, in 1901. Resigning his chair in the university he accepted the position,
which he held until 1903. During the same year he resigned to accept the chair of
chemistry in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. In 1904 Professor Caspari as-
sumed his present position as chief chemist of the Meyer Brothers Drug Company.
Professor Caspari is pronounced in his political views. He is a stanch demo-
crat by studious consideration of the party principles, and is persuaded that de-
mocracy is essential to the permanent prosperity of the nation. He evinces a
lively interest in the political issues of the times and is not lax in exerting his in-
fluence to put the candidates of his party into office. He is as duteous to his
religious obligations as to his profession in politics, being a member of the
Church of the Messiah.
Professor Caspari was wedded to Miss Emilie Ganz, a native of Switzerland.
Miss Ganz came to this country for the marriage, which took place in Baltimore in
1903, They reside at 4060 Westminster Place and have three children: Florence
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1037
L., Charles E., Jr.. and Emilie C, all of whom are still too young to attend school.
Professor Caspari's career thus far has been brief compared with the remark-
able success with which it has been attended. He has won an enviable reputation
in his profession and has already enjoyed honors to which few men of his years
have aspired.
WILLIAM GREY YANTIS.
William Grey Yantis, the secret of whose rise in the business world is found
in close application and ready adaptability to the duties devolving upon him, is
now the second vice president of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company, of
St. Louis, and his comprehensive understanding of the hardware trade is based
upon his entire life's experience in the business world. He was born in Daven-
port, Iowa, November 15, 1863. his parents being John M. and Johanna M. Yantis.
The public schools afforded him his educational privileges, his studies being com-
pleted by the high school course. Having put aside his text-books, he obtained a
position in the hardware house of Pribyl Brothers at Chicago, where he served in
various capacities, each successive one being a promotion, from 1881 until t886.
In the latter year he came to St. Louis and was with the Simmons Hardware Com-
pany until 1901. In that year he joined the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Company,
which was reorganized and incorporated as the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware
Company, ]\Ir. Yantis entering the latter as vice president. For twenty-seven years
associated with the trade, there are few men more thoroughly conversant with its
interests in principle and detail and in an executive position, such as he now
occupies, he has shown himself well qualified to control intricate interests of one of
the most extensive business houses of this character in St. Louis.
On the 20th of August, 1901, Mr. Yantis was married to Mary E. Dwight. He
is independent in politics, regarding not political ties in exercising his right of
franchise. He belongs to the Christian church, while his membership in club cir-
cles extends to the St. Louis, the Noonday, Racquet and Glen Echo Clubs. With-
out special advantages at the outset of his career, he has steadily worked his way
upward by the merit system and has thus passed on to a position involving wide
responsibility and at the same time bringing substantial financial benefits.
HARRY E. SPRAGUE.
Harry E. Sprague was born in St. Louis, March 13, 1876, a son of the late
Rodolph C. and Ada M. (Clements) Sprague. His father was a native of Balti-
more, Maryland, and for more than forty years prior to his death, which occurred
in 1908, was attached to the St. Louis Medical Supply Depot of the United States
army, entering the government service on his arrival in St. Louis shortly after the
close of the Civil war. ]\Irs. Sprague was a daughter of Cornelius F. and Mar-
garet (Orme) Clements of Liverpool, England, who had settled in St. Louis in the
'60s. The Sprague family is descended from Edward Sprague of Dorset. England,
who settled at Salem, ^Massachusetts in the early part of the seventeenth century.
The family afterward removed to Danielson, Connecticut, and from there Elisha R.
Sprague, a grandfather of Harrv E. Sprague, following his graduation from Am-
herst, went to Maryland. He taught school there and later read law in the office
of James L. Bartol who was afterward for many years chief justice of the Supreme
Court of ^laryland. He practiced law in Baltimore up to the time of his death in
1867, dying at Guayaquie, Ecuador, while temporarily there on legal work. He
was married in 1845 to Alida Cherbonnicr. a sister of Mrs. Bartol.
Harry E. Sprague was educated in the public schools of St. Louis, continuing
his studies until he was graduated from the high school with the last class from
1038 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the old building- on Fifteenth and Olive streets in January, 1893. He then entered
business with the title investigating" firm of Woerheide & Garrell which later devel-
oped into the Lincoln Trust Compan}-. While so engaged he studied law in the
St. Louis Law School of the Washington L^niversity and was graduated in 1899.
Soon afterward he was appointed trust officer of the Lincoln Trust Company
which position he held until 1907, when he entered the general practice of law in
which he is now engaged.
In 1904 ^Ir. Sprague married Miss Ethel Nye Gibbs of Grafton, Massachu-
setts, a daughter of Daniel Xye and Minnie ( Slocoi-nb) Gibbs, their home being
at Kirkwood. ^lissouri.
HENRY PITCHER.
Henry Pitcher, who passed away December 23, 1900, had been a resident
of St. Louis for sixty years and throughout that period had been numbered
among those who contribute to the material, intellectual and moral advancement
of the community. Mr. Pitcher was a native of England, his birth having
occurred in the city of London, August 22, 1813. His parents, John and Jane
(Bowman) Pitcher, were people of some means, who came to America with
their children in the colonizing expedition led by Morris Birkbeck and George
Flower in the year 181 8. The colony settled in Edwards county, Illinois, and
laid out and built the present city of Albion. On the death of Mr. Pitcher's
parents in 1820, his training and education were left in the hands of his grand-
mother, ]ylrs. Alary Bowman, a woman of exceptional ability, to wdiose influ-
ence may be largely ascribed the sterling character for which he was noted.
At the age of ten years he went to Vincennes, Indiana, to attend school, and
remained there about eight years. From 1832 to 1835 he served an apprentice-
ship at the carpenter's trade, and at the conclusion of his apprenticeship worked
at his trade in Cincinnati, Louisville and many other cities of the south.
While in the south Mr. Pitcher became acquainted with Judge Perkins,
a distinguished jurist of Louisiana, who employed him to superintend some im-
portant construction work on his estate. In June, 1838, he came to" St. Louis,
and the city, then containing only a few thousand inhabitants, proved very attrac-
tive to him. He believed that a bright future lay before it, for it was then
growmg rapidly and the amount of building which was being done gave him
ample opportunity to follow his trade and develop a large business. xA.s a con-
tractor and builder he was long associated with the substantial improvement
of St. Louis, and many evidences of his handiwork are still seen in the older
buildings of the city. He was always thorough in his work, systematic and
methodical in all that he undertook, and lived faithfully up to the terms of a
contract, so that his recognized reliability gained him a constantly increasing
patronage.
In 1845 ^^^- Pitcher was married to Aliss Ellen Carroll, of St. Louis, who
died in 185 1, and on the 8th of February, 1853, he w^edded Miss Gertrude Wil-
kinson, a daughter of William and Margaret Wilkinson, of Albion, Illinois. His
children were : Kate, now Mrs. L. Cass Miher ; Jennie, the wife of C. M. Jen-
nings ; Fannie, the wife of William H. Hart ; and Carrie, now Mrs. Franklin L.
Johnson.
Air. Pitcher gave his political allegiance to the democracy. In matters of
citizenship he was always interested when any movement tended to promote
public progress, and his cooperation could be counted upon to further affairs
relating to general development. He was one of the firemen of St. Louis in the
days when there existed a volunteer fire department, and in other ways he was
closely associated with the welfare of the growing city. His religious faith
was that of tlie Episco])al church. He was always temperate in his habits, of
HEXRY PITCHER
1040 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
a cheerful, happy disposition that inclined him always to look on the bright
side of things. A warm hand clasp and an encouraging word indicated to those
with whom he came in contact his deep interest and friendly spirit, and when
he passed away his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. He
had formed an extensive acquaintance in the city and all who knew him appre-
ciated his sterling- traits of character. He was closely associated with the city
during fts early formative period and throughout the sixty years of his resi-
dence here he was known as a high type of American manhood and chivalry.
WILLL\AI J. BRACHVOGEL.
During the years of his residence in St. Louis William J. Brachvogel made
for himself a creditable position in business circles by reason of his close adher-
ence to those principles of justice, truth and progress which are ever essential in
an honorable business career. He was reared in Chicago and is indebted to the
public-school system of that city for the educational privileges which he en-
joyed. While still living there he became connected with the firm of James Cun-
ningham & Company, of Rochester, New York, as a traveling salesman. This
company is engaged extensively in the manufacture of carriages, buggies and har-
ness, with a trade that extends throughout the country. Air. Brachvogel traveled
for the house for five years and then came to this city as manager of the St. Louis
branch of the business. Here he resided for fifteen years and was in charge of
the southwestern territory for the company, having supervision of the sales and
shipments of the products manufactured by the parent house. Altogether he was
with the company for twenty years, a fact which indicates in incontrovertible man-
ner his fidelity to the interests of the house, the value of his services and the high
position he occupied in public regard as a representative of commercial interests.
He did much toward establishing a good trade in Kansas City and was well known
there.
!Mr. Brachvogel was an active and valued member of the Loyal League and
also belonged to the ^Missouri Athletic Club. He was a splendid type of the pro-
gressive, enterprising business man who realizes that there is no such thing as in-
ertia but that the individual must either advance or go backward. He therefore
made steady progress throughout all the years of his connection with business life
here and at the same time was a prominent factor in the city's welfare and growth.
He was particularly influential and helpful in the conduct of the old St. Louis Eair
and Exposition and took great interest in the World's Fair movement of 1904, do-
ing whatever he could to promote its success. He was a very liberal and charitable
man. spoke kindly of those wdiom he had occasion to discuss and those whom he
met at once felt the influence of a generous, genial spirit. He is survived by his
wife and two daughters. When death claimed him he was laid to rest in Rose
Hill cemetery of Chicago. He was then but forty-six years of age and a life
of great usefulness was thus cut ofif, when on the 4th of January, 1909, he was
called to his final rest.
REV. JOSEPH G. HOELTING.
Rev. Joseph G. Hoelting. the efficient assistant pastor of St. Teresa's Catholic
church, was born in .St. Louis, November 3, 1879, son of George and Teresa (Wes-
sell) Hoelting, both of whom were natives of this city. His father, who by occu-
pation was a bookkeeper and was a general favorite among all who knew him,
departed this life in 1891, leaving his widow and three children : Frank G., Louisa
Teresa, both oi whom reside at home witli their mother, and Rev. Toseph G.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1041
Rev. Hoelting began his education in SS. Peter's and Paul's parochial school,
where he pursued his studies until he was fourteen years of age at which time he
gave up school and spent two years as a clerk in a dry goods store, making this
venture in order that he might gain a knowledge of the business world and become
more familiar with humanity. Between the ages of sixteen and seventeen years
he was placed under a private tutor, with wdiom he pursued a course of Latin,
which language he acquired with comparative facility and presently became pro-
ficient in Latin composition. Upon giving up his clerkship he went to Ouincy, Illi-
nois, where he matriculated as a student in the Franciscan College, where he pur-
sued a classical course, which he completed in three years. After his graduation
he returned to St. Louis and in order to complete his education for the priest-
hood entered Kenrick Seminary, where he spent five years in close study. At the
expiration of this time he had finished his course and was ordained to the priest-
hood June lo, 1904, by Archbishop Glennan, and was appointed to Sacred Heart
church, at Thayer, Missouri, where he conducted his ministrations for a period of
five months, when he was appointed assistant pastor at St. Teresa's church, one
of the largest and finest parishes in the city, where he has since been ministering.
In addition to his church duties as assistant pastor he also officiates as chap-
lain of the J\Iullanphy Hospital.
Aside from being a scholarly man. Rev. Hoelting possesses all those higher
and more valuable qualities which go to make up a sturdy Christian character and
as a clergyman is a man whom to meet is to revere and respect.
He is possessed of the necessary qualifications for the sacred calling which he
has chosen and is a zealous Christian worker, always on the alert for opportunity
to do good and ever striving, according to the power obtainable by faith, to con-
tribute not only to the moral and spiritual welfare of the congregation with which
he is affiliated but also to efifect the moral and spiritual uplift of the residents of the
community in which he resides. He is kind and sympathetic and in humility and
meekness strives to emulate the Man of Nazareth that he may afford a fitting exam-
ple to others to persuade them of the value of living a straightforward and up-
right life.
JOHN J. SCHORR.
John J. Schorr, secretary of the Schorr-Kolkschneider Brewing Company,
has occupied this position since June, 1901, entering upon his duties in connec-
tion therewith wdien but twenty-four years of age. He was born in St. Louis.
September 22, 1876, a son of Jacob B. and Louise (Koechel) Schorr. His father,
the founder of the brewery, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, and came to this
country in 1866. He is well known through his benevolence as well as for his
business enterprise. For twenty-eight years he was connected with the Charles G.
Stifel brewery as assistant manager and superintendent and then organized the
Schorr-Kolkschneider Brewing Company and established a plant at Pernell and
National Bridge road. He is associated in this enterprise with Henry W. Kolk-
schneider, who for twenty-six years w^as collector for the Hyde Park Brewery.
The building which they own and occupy is a very modern structure, thoroughly
up-to-date in all its equipment and appointments.
John J. Schorr began his education in the German schools of this city and
afterward attended the public schools until thirteen years of age. He then en-
tered a private school, where he spent three years, and at the age of sixteen
started out in business on his own account. At that time he was apprenticed by
his father to the Charles G. Stifel Brewing Company and remained in that service
for four years. In 1896 he attended the Brewers Academy at Chicago, after which
he went to Memphis, Tennessee, for practical experience, working in different de-
partments of the plant of the Tennessee Brewing Company at ]\Iemphis. his un-
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1042 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
cle. John ^^^ Schorr, being president of the concern. In the fall of 1897 he re-
turned to St. Louis and to gain further practical experience he entered the Green
Tree Brewery, where he continued until 1898. In that year he was appointed
assistant superintendent and brew master of the Charles G. Stifel Brewing Com-
pany and held the position until the present brewery of the Schorr-Kolkschneider
Brewing Company was erected. He was one of the incorporators of the business
and is now its secretary. They have a splendidly equipped plant and the excellence
of their product is bringing to them substantial returns.
In St. Louis, in April, 1900, Mr. Schorr was married to ]\Iiss Emma Leroi, a
daughter of William Leroi, president of the Leroi Furniture Company, and con-
trolling one of the largest furniture factories in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Schorr
have two daughters. Alma and Ilda. The family residence is at No. 3817 North
Twentieth street.
In his political views ]\Ir. Schorr is a republican, stanch in support of the
party principles. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, has taken the Knight
Templar degree of the commandery and is a member of the ]\Iystic Shrine. He
does thoroughly whatever his hand finds to do, has neglected no opportunity and
slighted no task and thus as the years have gone by he has worked his way upward
until his business connection brings him a substantial reward for his labor.
lULES BARON. ^I.D.
Dr. Jules Baron, who since 1884 has been engaged in the general practice of
medicine in St. Louis and is now serving for the second term as coroner of the
cit}-, was here born on the nth of August, 1859, a son of Julius C. and Euphrasia
(E)ubief) Baron. Being left an orphan at the age of six years, he was adopted
bv ]\Ir. and Mrs. Henry Zoellner. He pursued his preliminary education in the
public schools of St. Louis and his more specifically literary course in Washing-
ton L'niversitv. He then prepared for a professional career as a student in the
Medical College of St. Louis, and was graduated therefrom in 1881. In order
to perfect himself in his chosen calling he went abroad and pursued special
courses of study in the Universities of Berlin, Paris and Vienna, under some of
the most renowned physicians and surgeons of the old world. He spent three
years abroad, becoming familiar with the methods of practice in vogue among
the most renowned members of the profession, and thus well qualified for his
chosen calling he entered upon active practice in St. Louis in 1884. He has since
enjoyed a liberal patronage and stands high in the profession, his position being
attested by his fellow practitioners and the consensus of public opinion. He is a
member of the St. Louis Medical Society and the Missouri State Medical Asso-
ciation, and thus keeps in touch with the advanced thought of the profession as
investigation and research are continually broadening knowledge and promoting
efficiency among the members of the medical fraternity. He has some business
interests in more strictly commercial lines, being now president of the Banner-
Clay Works.
Dr. Baron has been married twice. He first wedded Frieda Rahner, and in
May, 1903, was joined in wedlock to Miss Josephine Hecker, by whom he has
one son. Jules, Jr.
Politicallv Dr. Baron is a republican, but while he alwavs keeps well informed
on the questions and issues of the day as every true American citizen should do
yet he has never sought nor desired office outside the strict path of his profession.
He was, however, elected coroner of the city by an overwhelming majority and
on the expiration of the first term of two vears was reelected for the succeeding
term. In the fall of 1908 he was again elected to that office, this being the first
time in the history of St. Louis that one man has been elected three times. He
belongs to the Knights of Pvthias fraternitv and is also a thirtv-second degree
DR. JULES BARON
1044 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Mason, belonging to Anchor Lodge, No. 443, A. F. & A. M. His broad human-
itarian spirit is the basis of his interest in an order which recognizes the need
of mutual helpfulness among mankind. He maintains an office at No. 3357
California avenue, and in his practice manifests conscientious zeal in his devotion
to the interests of his patients.
HEXRY BOLLWERK.
In the history of industrial development in St. Louis it is fitting that mention
be made of the ti'rm of Bolhverk & Brother, carriage and wagon manufacturers,
as thev are conducting" an enterprise of some magnitude and cafr3ang on the busi-
ness, exemplifying the force of industry and determination. A native of St. Louis,
Henry Bolhverk is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kaatmann) Bolhverk, both
of wiiom were natives of Germany. The father lost his parents in Germany.
The parents of Mrs. Bolhverk, however, came with her to America and Henry
Bolhverk, Sr., made the voyage at the same time, arriving in the United States in
1848. They were among the early German residents of St. Louis, which up to
that year had largely been a French settlement, but which was thenceforward to
owe its business development in large measure to its German residents. Henry
Bolhverk, Sr., was a blacksmith by trade and at once opened a smithy of his own
on Broadway near Sidney street in connection with William Jansen. They re-
mained in business together until 1856 and the following year Mr. Bollwerk opened
the shop now occupied by his sons. This was the first blacksmith and wagon
shop established in this section of South St. Louis. In the conduct of his enter-
prise he met with success and in the course of years accumulated a comfortable
competence. At the time of the Civil war he became a member of the Home
Guards but was never in active service. He was engaged in military duty, how-
ever, as a member of the Prussian army for five years and came to America thus
prior to the Rebellion of 1848. He died in 1891 at the age of seventy years and
his W'ife surviving him for some time passed away in 1900. They left a family of
nine children : Johanna, the deceased wife of V. Westhus ; Frances, the deceased
wife of J. C. Tiermann ; Henry; Margaret, the wife of Joseph Kirchhoff ; Joseph,
w^ho is connected with his brother Henry in business ; Mary, the wife of Henry
Liethegener ; William, who is a house and sign painter ; August, a blacksmith ;
and Albert, who is engaged in the grocery business.
Henry Bollwerk's preparation for the practical and responsible duties of life
came to him through instruction in the parish and public schools and for a time
he also attended Jones Commercial College. At the age of fourteen years, how-
ever, he began learning the blacksmith's trade, which he has followed since in
connection with wagon and carriage manufacturing. His business training was
received under the direction of his father, who in 1886 turned the business over
to his sons, Henry and Joseph, and at Nos, 3103 and 3105 South Broadway they
are now successfully conducting a carriage and wagon manufactory. For twenty-
three years they have managed this business which is today the largest of its
kind in the southern part of the city. They are both men of good business dis-
cernment and. with thorough understanding of the trade, they so directed their
labors as to achieve a creditable and gratifying measure of success, the excellence
of their product being such as to insure a ready sale on the market.
In 1881 Mr. I'ollwerk was married to Miss Catherine Beckerle, a daughter of
Henry i>eckerle, whose family number but two children, the son being Michael
Beckerle. The home of i\Ir. and Mrs. Bollwerk has been blessed with seven
children, who are yet living: IT. B.. Louis G., Alwina, Blanche, Leo V., Hilda
and Theressa.
Mr. Bollwerk takes little interest in politics and although he usually votes
the democratic ticket he is somewhat independent in his party connections and
ST. LOUIS. THE FOrRTH CITY. 1045
does not feel bound by party ties at any time. In religious faith he is a Catholic
and has reared his family in that church. The warm friendship entertained for
him by many who have known him from his boyhood days is indicative of the fact
that his life has been well spent and that the rules which have governed his conduct
are in harmony with the principles of upright manhood.
JA:MES HUTCHINSON WEAR.
James Hutchinson Wear, for thirty years a prominent figure in commercial
circles in St. Louis, was well known as the founder and president of the Wear-
Boogher Dry Goods Company, in which connection he instituted an enterprise that,
developing along modern lines of business activity, became a foremost concern in
commercial circles. It was not alone his creditable success, however, that won
for James H. W^ear the hold which he had upon the affection and regard of his
colleagues and associates. He displayed in his life the principles of honorable
manhood and helpful sympathy and it was these qualities which caused the news
of his death to bring a sense of personal bereavement to all who knew him. He
was born near Otterville, Missouri, September 30, 1838, a son of William Gault
and Amanda Wear. His father was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1817, while
the mother's birth occurred in Glasgow, Kentucky, in 1819. He represents one
of the old colonial families founded in this country when America was still num-
bered among the possessions of Great Britain. His great-grandfather was Jona-
than Wear, who with four of his brothers served in the Revolutionarv war in
defense of colonial interests. In his youth William G. Wear became a resident of
Missouri and later purchased the land on w^hich the town of Otterville was laid out
in 1840. There he lived until 1881 and throughout the intervening years was
closely associated with the development and progress of the community.
James Hutchinson Wear, spending his youthful days in his parents' home,
acquired his preliminary education in the public schools and afterward attended
Jones Commercial College of St. Louis. When he was seventeen years of age he
started in business with his father, who was a successful merchant, retaining his
residence at Otterville until 1863, when he became connected with mercantile
interests of St. Louis. In that year he removed to this city, where he engaged in
the boot and shoe business, while later he embarked in the wholesale dry goods
business, becoming head of the firm of Wear & Hickman at No. 319 North Main
street. W'ith the passing years he extended the scope of his activities, his business
developing with the rapid grow^th of the city, while his enterprise won him recog-
nition as a forceful factor in commercial circles. For a time he was senior part-
ner of the firm of J. H. Wear & Company and then organized the Wear-Boogher
Dry Goods Company, of which he was president until his death. He early learned
to correctly value life's contacts and experience, to coordinate forces in the pro-
duction of a harmonious whole and to bring seemingly diverse elements into unity.
Thus his executive ability, combined with his progressive spirit, gained for him
preeminence in commercial circles until the name of Wear was recognized as a
representative one in the commercial interests of St. Louis. He was also a director
of the St. Louis National Bank and to other fields of activity extended his efforts.
In 1866 Mr. Wear w^as married to Aliss Nannie E. Hollidav and unto them
were born seven children. Those now living are John Holliday, Mrs. Mildred
Kotany, Lucretia, Joseph W^alker, James Hutchinson and Arthur Yancey. One
son, William Wear, is now deceased. The death of the husband and father
occurred in St. Louis, September 14, 1893, when he was fifty-five years of age.
While his life was preeminently that of a successful merchant, his business inter-
ests did not exclude his active participation in affairs relating to the improvement
and progress of the city in other directions. He was a member of the Mercantile
Club and took an active and helpful part in church and kindred interests, serving
1046 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
as a ruling elder of the Grand Avenue Presbyterian church and as a member of
the board of managers of the Bethel Mission and of the Protestant Hospital. Few
men have realized more fully the responsibilities of wealth or have had keener
mterest in those lines of activity which tend to relieve hard conditions of life for
the unfortunate. In his career business enterprise and broad humanitarianism
were well balanced factors.
WILLIA:^! henry SWIFT.
jMastering the lessons of life day by day until his post-graduate work in
the school of experience placed him with the men of eminent ability and broad
learning. William Henry Swift has for years figured prominently in the life of
St. Louis, long recognized as a leading journalist, while in later years he has
been at the head of a contracting firm that has operated in nearly every large
city of the country.
Born in Cayuga county, New York, March 27, 1832, he is descended in the
paternal line from an ex-commander in Cromwell's army, who landed at Cape
Cod in 1644 and founded in America a family that has since numbered many
distinguished representatives. Joseph P. Swift, his father, was at one time
high sheriff of Cayuga county, and his prominence in whig circles made him
a colaborer and intimate friend of many distinguished leaders of that party,
including Millard Fillmore and Judge Alfred Conkling.
On the distaff' side William H. Swift is descended from the Stoddards,
who became residents of New England when it was still numbered among the
colonial possessions of the mother country. Anthony Stoddard, a native of
England and the founder of the family in America, settled in Boston about the
year 1630. To this family belonged Captain Amos Stoddard, who as the joint
representative of France and the United States, formally received from Spain
the province of Louisiana. He was the first military commandant of the
newly acquired territory and established the authority of the United States
government, acting as governor there until succeeded by General William
Henry Harrison, governor of Indian Territory, to which Upper Louisiana was
attached some time after its acquisition by the United States.
The vigorous intellectual qualities and forceful character of his ancestry
were transmitted to William Henry Swift, but aside from these inherent forces
he was without patrimony when he started upon his business career. His educa-
tional privileges, too, were somewhat limited, but he has been an apt student
of the lessons to be learned in the school of experience and readily learned to
differentiate between the essential and the non-essential, retaining the former
and discarding the latter. In his boyhood days he became an apprentice in the
printing office of the Auburn Advertiser, published in Auburn, New York. In
those days, when the apprentice had to become familiar with all of the work
of the office, he gained much valuable knowledge concerning business affairs,
politics and governmental problems as presented through the conditions of the
east and south and discussed through the columns of the press. An observing
eye and retentive memory enabled him to continually add to his store of knowl-
edge, anrl a power of mental assimilation enabled him to use all the learning
which he acquired through his business experience.
Thus with constantly expanding powers he sought the business opportun-
ities of the west and in 1850 became a journeyman printer in St. Louis. After
a time he became foreman of the composing room of the State Journal, of
which he was part owner, and in which capacity he remained until the publica-
tion of the paper was discontinued. His understanding of the demands of suc-
cessful journalism had been followed by his ready adaptability to the practical
work connected therewith, and his power in reportorial lines led to his selection
W. H. SWIFT
1048 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
as city editor of the St. Louis Dispatch. In this capacity he had an opportunity
to evince his abihty as a writer, his executive force and his famiharity with af-
fairs in general, and as a result he was promoted to the position of editor in
chief, which he held until his inclination to identify himself more thoroughly with
the business circles of St. Louis prompted him to accept the management of the
commercial and financial department of the Missouri Republican, now the Re-
public. During four years thereafter he conducted this branch of journalistic
work in connection with what was then the leading newspaper of the southwest,
and his varied duties brought him into relation with many of the prominent
men in business and political circles in the state of Missouri.
Always interested in political issues and the questions which are to the
statesman and the man of affairs of great import, his opinions have carried
weight in the councils of the democratic party, and though he has not sought
office as a reward for party fealty, his ability led to his selection for the ofhce
of clerk of the city council, in which capacity he served for two years.
On his retirement from that position Mr. Swift became connected with
important industrial interests and has made steady progress in this line of activ-
ity until he stands today at the head of a company which is known throughout
the length and breadth of the land, for there are monuments to the skill and
ability of its members in many of the substantial structures found in the leading
cities of the country. He associated with himself Jeremiah Fruin in contracting
lines under the firm name of Fruin & Company, of which he was the financial
head, and his knowledge of public affairs, his diplomatic spirit and his ready
understanding of men, resulting from his previous newspaper work, had a vivi-
fying effect upon the business and from that time forward its operations were
vastly extended. Several years later Messrs. Fruin, Bambrick and Swift formed
a corporation to carry on their business, which was organized under the name
of the Fruin-Bambrick Construction Company, with ]\Ir. Swift as its president.
He still remains at the head of what is one of the most famous contracting com-
panies in the Lmited States, its business interests extending to all parts of the
country where important structures have been erected under the terms of con-
tracts awarded them. As a result of his operations and enterprise Mr. Swift
has accumulated a large fortune and is recognized as one of the most dis-
tinguished self-made men of St. Louis. It has been well said of him that "in
social life he is a man welcome in all company wherein intelligence is an mdis-
pensable attribute of agreeableness. His literary skill and his experience in
the world make him a charming companion. His wit is nimble and his humor
kindly. In all the minor offices of life he is a man of deep and broad sympathies.
He holds his wealth, without quixotism, in trust for the less fortunate of his
fellows, and his hand is cunning in charity that evades the gaze of the world in
its operations." ]\Ir. Swift thoroughly enjoys home life and takes great pleasure
in the society of his family and friends, while his courtesy and affability have
gained him the warm regard of those who know him personally.
JOHN W. AIOORE. M. D.
While a graduate physician Dr. 3iIoore is devoting his time and energies to
mercantile and manufacturing interests, being now engaged in the manufacture
and sale of surgeon's and physician's supplies of all kinds. He was born in
Licking county, Ohio, March 7, 1858, and is a son of Solomon and Catherine
CKimmel) Moore, who were of Scotch descent. The removal of the family
to Missouri enabled him to secure his education in the public schools of Mercer,
this state, and later he was graduated with the class of 1882 from the Missouri
Medical College, having in that institution qualified for the practice of medicine
and surgery. He now belongs to its Alumni Association. After his graduation
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he located for practice in Mercer for three and one-half years and then came to
St. Louis in 1885. Here he practiced for one year with Dr. j\I. Yarnall. at the end
of which time he entered the surgery instrument firm of Leslie & Company in the
capacity of salesman. This business was afterwards purchased by the Hold-
kamp-Moore Instrument Company and was incorporated under that name. Mr.
Moore afterwards severed his connection with that house and organized the Blees-
Moore Instrument Company in connection with Colonel Blees, of Mexico, Missis-
sippi, who died in 1906. Following the death of his partner Dr. Moore purchased
his interest in the business and is now sole owner. He manufactures surgical
instruments and physicians' supplies of all kinds and that the business has reached
large proportions is indicated by the fact that employment is given to twenty-eight
men. He has been very successful in introducing his products to the trade, his
output finding a ready sale on the market.
On the 24th of January, 1882, Dr. Moore was married to Miss Susie Graves
and to them has been born a son, Waldo, who is now in college and two daughters,
Claudia and Mary Helen, both at home. Dr. Moore gives his political support
to the republican party. He belongs to the Third Baptist church and his upright,
honorable life has gained him uniform respect and confidence. In professional
lines he is connected with the St. Louis Medical Society, the Missouri State Med-
ical Society and the American Medical Association and, while he no longer engages
in active practice, his comprehensive understanding of the principles of medicine
and surgery is of the utmost value and assistance to him in conducting his manu-
facturing and commercial interests. He is now at the head of a large business
in his line and his extensive trade is well merited.
FREDERICK C. MEYER.
The spirit of enterprise has been characteristic of the growth of the middle
west. There has been an absence of that conservatism which has in a measure
retarded advancement in the east and a lack of inflated values and overdrawn
activity which has seemed to produce phenomenal advancement, but without per-
manent results, in the far west. This section of the country seems to have struck
the happy medium and its citizenship is largely composed of men who have made
continuous and steady progress and as architects of their own fortune have
builded wisely and well and at the same time have been the builders of a substan-
tial commonwealth. To this section belongs Frederick C. Meyer who has always
lived in the middle west, his birth having occurred near Quincy, Illinois, in June,
1868. His father, B. C. Aleyer, was a stationary engineer but is now living retired.
At the time of the Civil war he served with a Wisconsin Regiment and at the
close of hostilities was mustered out with the rank of captain, his promotion com-
ing to him in recognition of valorous and meritorious conduct in the battle field.
He was a native of Germany and in his infancy was brought to this country by
his father.
Frederick C. Meyer began his education in the public schools of Denver,
Colorado, to which city the father removed with his family when the subject of
this review was a young lad. He was seven vears of age when the family returned
to Bethalto, Illinois, and there he continued his studies to the age of twelve years
when he accompanied his parents to St. Louis and was a student in the public
schools of this city to the age of fourteen years. His start in the business world
was an humble one but his energy led him out of the limited environment and
gave him a broader scope. At the outset of his career, however, he did such humble
work as sweeping, cleaning windows, etc. For five years he remained with his
first employer but during that time the nature of his work was changed and his
wages correspondingly increased. He gained considerable knowledge of the drug
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business, and in order to further acquaint himself with the scientific study of the
work he pursued two terms of study in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, from
which he was graduated, receiving his diploma and degree. He afterward ac-
cepted a position as drug clerk in the employ of Herman Pockels but after a year
entered the services of August Kathrasser for two years. He was then offered a
higher position at JMemphis. Tennessee, by the firm of Fahlan & Kleinschmidt,
druggists, with whom he continued for a period of eight months and then returned
to St. Louis. He next engaged as a clerk in the store of Paul M. Nake, where
he remained for a year and a half. He then enjoyed a period of rest, after which
he embarked in business on his own account, forming a partnership with F. F.
Raux in 1895. This connection was continued until he organized the present
company, conducting business under the style of F. C. Meyer Drug Company, of
which he is the president. They own a well appointed store at No. 2757 Lafayette
avenue and the place of business is tasteful in its arrangement while only standard
goods are carried in stock.
;Mr. ^leyer was married in St. Louis in June, 1898, to Miss Clara Palmatier,
and they have one daughter, Eunice E., two years of age. Mr. Meyer is a mem-
ber of the Royal League and is a republican in his political views. As stated he
is an excellent exponent of the spirit of progress which has dominated the middle
west and by his own diligence and perseverance he has gained a place in the
business world where fie now has substantial returns for his investments and his
labor.
JOSEPH SCOTT FULLERTON.
The memory of such a man as Joseph Scott Fullerton can never die wdiile
live monuments remain upon which was imprinted the touch of his noble soul.
Duty and honor were his watchwords, and justice one of his strong character-
istics. Xo trust reposed in him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree, nor
was he ever known to sacrifice a public interest to the furtherance of his own
gains. It was James Lane Allen who expressed the standard of ideal manhood
in the following words : "First of all a man should be a man with the strength,
grace, and vigor of the body ; secondly, he should be a man with all the grace and
vigor of the intellect; and thirdly, no matter what his creed, his superstition,
his dogma or his religion, he should try to live the beautiful life of the spirit."
Few men have so fully realized this ideal. A man of splendid physical perfec-
tion, handsome in face and form, this was always subservient to his keen intel-
lect and his recognition of the higher, holier duties of life. It is not a matter
of marvel, therefore, that his memory is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew
him and remains a blessed benediction to those who were his associates while he
was still an active factor in the affairs of the world.
General Fullerton was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, December 3, 1836. The
family has been represented in America for more than one hundred and seventy-
five years and is of English lineage. The branch from which he descended
removed to Scotland and representatives of the name were prominent in the
political and religious dissensions of that country in early days. In 1602 Fergus
Fullerton left Arran with Ramdal Na Arran (afterward Earl of Antrim) and
built bush mills in the north of Ireland, becoming the progenitor of the family
in that land. In 1641 William Fullerton, then the head of the family, success-
fully defended Ballantoy Castle against the msurgents. In 1690 Humphrey
Fullerton distinguished himself at the battle of the Boyne, and for his bravery
a sword was given to him by Prince William of Orange. This sword was
brought to America by his son, Humphrey, who came here in 1723.
The founder of the family in America had a son also named Humphrey,
who lived at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, while his son, Humphrey, was one of the
largest landowners of that state and maintained his residence near Greencastle.
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His son and namesake, the grandfather of General FuUerton of this review,
became a resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1806. At the time of the removal
his son, Humphrey, .the father of our subject, was an infant. Reared to man-
hood amid the environments of pioneer hfe, after attaining his majority he was
married lo EHzabeth F. Scott, a daughter of Dr. Joseph Scott, a distinguished
physician of Lexington, Kentucky, descended from an ancient Scotch family,
while his father and uncle rendered distinguished service in the American
Revolution. Dr. Scott, desirous that his daughter should have excellent educa-
tional advantages, placed her in school in Baltimore, jNIaryland. They made the
journey in mid-winter and traveled all the way from Lexington on horseback,
their baggage being carried on pack-horses.
General Fullerton's education was carefully superintended by his mother,
and after completing the course in the Chillicothe (Ohio) Academy, at the age
of sixteen years he became a freshman at Miami University at Oxford, Ohio,
one of the oldest colleges in the west. While he did not apply himself with the
thoroughness of some, he yet graduated as one of the first twelve of a large
class which completed the course in Miami University, and he and Whitelaw
Reid, afterward the editor of the New York Tribune, were the youngest mem-
bers of the class. General Fullerton being at that time nineteen years of age.
The following year was devoted to reading history and law in Chillicothe, and in
1857 he matriculated in the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1858.
The fall of the same year witnessed his arrival in St. Louis. His knowl-
edge of the law was theoretical rather than practical, and he gained experience
in the work of the courts, accepting a position in the office of the clerk of the
St. Louis court of common pleas, where his capability and knowledge soon won
the attention of the Hon. Henry Hitchcock, upon whose invitation, in 1859,
General Fullerton took a desk in that gentleman's office. It was a period in
which every true American citizen was deeply interested in the grave political
problems which the country faced. The party lines were tightly drawn and few
men occupied an equivocal position. General Fullerton, ever fearless in defense
of his honest convictions, was identified with that wing of the democratic party
which followed the leadership of Stephen A. Douglas. He was equally stanch
in his adherence to the Union cause, although his nearest and dearest friends
were southern people, in sympathy with the Confederacy. He belonged to a
club of young men that had twenty-six representatives in the Confederate
army and but four in the Union army. Mr. Fullerton, however, firmly believing
in the supremacy of the Federal government, used all of his influence in sup-
port of the Union, and was one of a committee of safety of Union men, who
organized to protect themselves and other Unionists in St. Louis. At the out-
break of the Civil war complications in his father's business prevented him from
joining the army. He had never belonged to any military company and in days
of peace had no interest in the art and science of war, but when exigencies
arose whereby the country needed the aid of its loyal sons, he put aside all per-
sonal opinions and preferences, and aided in the defense of the stars and stripes.
Before becoming a regularly enlisted soldier, however, he did important work
as_ secretary of a commission appointed by the president to examine into the
military accounts of the department of the west, the commission assembling
in St. Louis in the fall of 1861. His brilliant talents as a lawyer had already
brought hirn into prominence, and in performing the duties of secretary, Mr.
Fullerton displayed such ability and zeal that on endeavoring to secure a release
from the cornmission in order to enter the army, his application was twice
refused, and it was not until the commission's labors were ended that he was
able to carry out his cherished desire.
In July, 1862, however, Mr. Fullerton joined the Halleck Guards, was
mustered into the state service, and accompanied an expedition of volunteers
against guerrillas up the Missouri river. L^i)on his return he declined a major's
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commission tendered by Governor Gamble, owing to his lack of military exper-
ience. He continued drilling with his company, and on the 14th of October,
1862, at the request of General Gordon Granger, was appointed second lieuten-
ant in the Second Missouri Infantry, and assigned to duty as aide-de-camp to
the general, wdio was organizing a force in Kentucky to proceed against the
Confederate forces under General E. Kirby Smith. Lieutenant Fullerton acted
on General Gordon Granger's staff through the Kentucky campaign, and in 1863
went with him to Tennessee, where General Granger took command of the
reserve corps of the department of the Cumberland. In April, 1863, he was
appointed assistant adjutant general with the rank of major and was again
assigned to General Granger as chief of staff. Fle then assisted in organizing
the reserve corps which followed General Granger into battle at Chickamauga,
September 19 and 20, 1863. Realizing that the situation was a most desperate
one and depended upon Longstreet's being driven from his position in a gorge,
General Granger threw one division of the corps into the gorge, without orders,
and completelv routed Longstreet, although one thousand seven hundred of his
original force of three thousand three hundred men were killed or wounded in
less than an hour.
On that occasion ]\Iajor Fullerton, by his gallantry, won the attention of
General Thomas, and he was appointed lieutenant colonel and assigned to the
Fourth Army Corps as chief of staff, participating in all of the engagements of
that army until the close of the Atlanta campaign. The position which he occu-
pied in regard to commanding officers is indicated in the fact that General How-
ard requested his assignment to the staff of the Army of the Tennessee, and
General Thomas, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, refused to allow
him to be transferred. After the Atlanta campaign Colonel Fullerton w^as chief
of staff under General Stanley, who, with a part of the Army of the Cumberland,
attacked Hood. Colonel Fullerton participated in the battles of Shelbyville,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzard Roost Gap, Dalton,
Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Top Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Altoona,
the two battles of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Columbia. Spring Hill,
Franklin and Nashville, besides many smaller fights. Colonel Fullerton remained
uninjured, although often in places of great danger. He was a brave and gallant
officer and was recommended for brevet in the Atlanta campaign and again by
Gen. T. J. Wood, and once more by Gen. George H. Thomas for "zealous, intelli-
gent and efficient performance of duty, and for most valuable services and dis-
tinguished personal gallantry in the field, especially displayed at Franklin, Ten-
nessee, November 30, 1864, and in the several conflicts of the battle fought at
Nashville, Tennessee, December 15 and 16, 1864."
With the close of the war General Fullerton tendered his resignation from
the army but it was not accepted, and he was ordered to report to General How-
ard, who, in ]\Iay, 1865, had been appointed commissioner of the Freedmen's
Bureau, who requested that General Fullerton be assigned as his assistant.
General Fullerton, with keen insight, believed that the bureau might become
a political machine, and only accepted his position in connection therewith with
the distinct understanding that politics were not to feature in his work. For
several months he admitted none to the bureau but those connected with the
United States army, and thus excluded those who would have subserved the
opportunities of the bureau to personal interest. In the summer of 1865 he
again sought to resign but was persuaded to remain, and in October was ordered
to Louisiana for the purpose of bringing about an adjustment of difficulties
existing there and securing a better understanding between the state author-
ities and the officers of the militarv department and of the bureau. Under the
previous administration the negroes had formed a very exaggerated idea of
their importance and refused to work, and the planters therefore could secure
no labor: on the other hand, a large class of influential vvdiitc men seemed dis-
posed to harass the negro. General Fullerton sought to inculcate a better under-
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standing between the two races, telling the negroes that freedom did not mean
idleness but that they must work for themselves, while the white men were in-
formed that their late slaves were free men whose labor must be freely paid for
and that in their treatment of the blacks justice should be tempered with mercy,
as the latter had never had opportunity for self-improvement. In a spirit of
humanity, therefore, General Fullerton conducted his work in Louisiana, and
that it was of a most acceptable character is indicated in the fact that in Novem-
ber. 1865, when he retired, the New Orleans Crescent said. ''The short admin-
istration of General Fullerton has been marked by intelligence of the highest
order, and has shown a regard for private rights and civil liberty which has
won him the esteem of this community. . . We would not willingly see
General Fullerton leave New Orleans without this acknowledgment on our
part of the very great service he has rendered the public in his able administra-
tion of the bureau over which he has presided." It is always the case that in
times of excitement and emergency there is a radical element who would carry
things by force, little reckoning on the outcome of their acts and never looking
beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities of the future. This
radical element openly attacked the policy of General Fullerton, but the con-
servative element fully endorsed his wise and humane treatment of the question
and time has proven the wisdom of his course. All through his life he exerted
not only justice but the higher attribute — mercy, and considered every vital
question from every possible standpoint, his habit of logical reasoning as a law-
yer enabling him to take an impartial and impersonal view that resulted in the
attainment of fair and equitable results, where personal prejudice would have
brought partial and biased ones.
Following his service in New Orleans, General Fullerton returned to
Washington and. realizing the fact that the Freedmen's Bureau was largely
coming under political control, he asked to be relieved from duty and be mus-
tered out. His first request was granted but not the second, and by appoint-
ment he acted as President Johnson's military secretary at the executive man-
sion until April, 1866, when, in company with General Steedman of Ohio, he
was commissioned to visit the south and make an inspection of the operations
of the Freedmen's Bureau and of the political and social conditions of the people
in that section. He was thus occupied until August, and the commission exposed
a vast amount of corruption and incompetency in the administration of the
bureau. Again radical papers, who believed in giving every right to the unedu-
cated negro and placing him upon a political and legal status with the white
man, attacked his course, but such representative papers as the New York
Times spoke of his work as "An important public service.'' When again General
Fullerton offered his resignation, it was accepted, and in September, 1866, he
was mustered out and returned to St. Louis, upon which occasion the National
Republican of Washington, D. C, said : ''General Fullerton returns to his pur-
suits of civil life crowned with unnumbered laurels fairly w^on in the militarv
service, and secure of the lasting esteem of all whom he has met in social life
in the national metropolis." He had declined the colonelcy of one of the new
regiments which the president offered him after the close of the war, and in the
fall of 1866 he also declined an appointment to examine certain war claims, for
it was his desire to resume the practice of law in St. Louis.
From December, 1866, until his death, General Fullerton remained a resi-
dent of this city. In February, 1867, entirely without his solicitation or knowl-
edge, he was appointed postmaster of St. Louis by President Johnson, and dur-
ing his administration inaugurated manv needed reforms and placed the office
upon a business basis that proved highlv beneficial. Moreover, he was the first
man to conduct a postoffice on the civil service plan, discharging none for polit-
ical reasons nor were political assessments permitted. He refused to contribute
for campaign purposes when a circular was received from the republican central
committee at Washington, requesting him to do so, nor would he allow any
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postoffice employe to do so unwillingly. On his retirement from the postoffice
he resumed the study and practice of law, but a man of his character could not
retire from active participation of public affairs. The city and county demanded
and needed him and in December, 1872, he joined with other distinguished
residents of St. Louis in organizing the Tax-Payers' League, who freed the city
and county from the rule of rings who were plundering the tax-payers. He
became secretary of the executive committee, composed of some of the most
distinguished citizens of St. Louis, and for over three years, or until October,
1876, this committee worked efficiently, exposed many rascalities and brought
to light the unfaithfulness and dishonesty on the part of certain officials. Wil-
ful misconduct of public interests were stopped through the action of the league,
and its work led to the adoption of the "Scheme and Charter" for the govern-
ment of St. Louis. Again General Fullerton did important public service when
his military experience was again brought into play in quelling the riots of 1877.
On the 29th of October, 1879, General Fullerton established happy home
relations in his marriage to Miss Mary C. Morgan, the only daughter of George
D. Morgan, a retired New York merchant living at Irvington-on-the-Hudson.
General Fullerton was devoted to his home and family, and held friendship in-
violable. He was neglectful of no duty, public or private, and looked at life from
the broad standpoint of one who recognizes his duty to his fellowmen and to his
Creator. He was an active member, vestryman and trustee of Christ Episcopal
church, and his benevolent spirit found expression in his generous assistance
to man)- charities. He was for many years, beginning in 1868, treasurer of the
Army of the Cumberland, and was also treasurer of the Thomas monument
fund, raised by the Army of the Cumberland, for the erection of a statue of
General George H. Thomas at Washington, D. C. The public honors and offices
that came to him were unsolicited and were the expression of confidence in his
ability and trustworthiness. In the early life of this city he was known as a
valued member of the St. Louis and University Clubs. He died in ]\Iarch, 1897,
and those who were his associates on the field of battle, in civic service, in the
courts or in private life felt that a great and good man had fallen. In his life
time the people of his state, recognizing his merit, rejoiced in his advancement
and in the honors to which he attained, and since his death they have cherished
his memory. By his blameless and honorable life and distinguished career he
reflected credit not only upon his city and state, but also upon the whole
countrv.
FRAX'CIS GOEGGEL.
Francis Goeggel, senior partner of the firm of Goeggel & Son, proprietors of
a jewelry store at 5939 Easton avenue, is practically living a retired life, leaving
the management of his business to the junior partner of the firm. He has resided
in St. Louis since the 5th of January, 1881, arriving in this city when a young
man of twenty-six years. His birth occurred in Hohenzollern, Germany, October
12, 1854, his parents being Fritz and Margarette Goeggel. His grandfather, also
a native of Hohenzollern, was a flour miller and baker. The father, likewise
born in Hohenzollern in 1825, attended the public schools until fourteen years
of age and afterward learned the jeweler's trade and devoted his entire life to the
jewelry business, being one of the respected, prosperous and valued merchants
and residents of his city. For thirty-six years he was honored with the mayoralty
there and his death in 1898 was received as a public bereavement. His wife passed
away in 1880.
Francis Goeggel attended the public schools of Germany until sixteen years
of age and was afterward apprenticed to the watch-maker's trade for a term of
three years in Hohenzollern. Subseciuenth- he went to Stuttgart. Germany, where
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he spent six years in the same hne of business and for six months was at Frank-
fort-on-the-]\Iain. He also passed a month at Hamburg, Germany, intending to
sail thence for America, but his father did not approve of this course and, chang-
ing his plans, he remained for one year in Berlin, working at the watch-maker's
trade. He was employed in a similar capacity in Vienna, Austria, for six months,
and for a half of a year was engaged in watch-making at Trieste, Austria. He
]3erfected his knowledge of the business through his experience while employed for
hve years in Geneva. Switzerland. After a month passed in Paris, France, he
decided to come to America and sailed for New York, where he remained for
three months. During a brief period he lived in Chicago and afterward came to
St. Louis, where he secured a position as watch-repairer with the Bowman
Jewelry Company, with whom he continued for a year. He then engaged with
!Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company as watch-maker and thus was connected
with the house for five years, when he was ofifered a larger salary by the Alerrick,
Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Company, with whom he continued for fifteen years.
When that firm failed and disposed of its business, ]\Ir. Goeggel and three other
employes of the house formed a partnership under the name of the Whelan, Achle
& Hutchinson Jewelry Company, Mr. Goeggel having charge of the repair busi-
ness for five years. He then withdrew from the firm and later opened a jewelry
store at 5939 Easton avenue, with his son in charge, under the firm stvle of
Goeggel & Son.
It was in September, 1882, in St. Louis, that Mr. Goeggel wedded ]\Iiss B.
Huebner, and unto them have been born two daughters and a son, Julia, Ella
and Walter, the last named, now twenty-one years of age, being in charge of his
father's business. They reside at 4537 Page boulevard, Mr. Goeggel owning an
attractive residence there, which he erected in 1902. In politics he is independent
yet the duties of citizenship are faithfully performed by him and his influence is
always on the side of progress, reform and improvement. With broad experi-
ence and notable skill in his chosen field of labor, he has made steady progress
in his business career until his success now justifies his retirement from active life.
ALPHONSO CHASE STEW^\RT, LL. D.
Alphonso Chase Stewart is the counsel for the St. Louis Union Trust Com-
pany and senior partner of the distinguished law firm of Stewart, Eliot, Chaplin
& Blayney, tw^o other members of which are sons of celebrated university chan-
cellors, and the remaining member of a college president. Mr. Stewart's life is
varied in its activities and the public work that he has done has made extensive
demands upon his time, thought and energies, although it has largely been of a
nature that has brought no pecuniary reward. In his life are the elements of
greatness because of the use he has made of his talents and his opportunities,
because his thoughts are not self-centered but are given to the mastery of the
life problems and the fulfillment of his duty as a man in his relations to his fel-
lowmen and as a citizen in his relations to his state and country.
Mr. Stewart was born at Lebanon, Tennessee, August 27, 1848. Family
records name Milesius of Spain as the first known ancestor of the family.
Robert Bruce and a brother of the father of Mary, Queen of Scots, were also
lineal ancestors of A. C. Stewart. After residing for some time in Scotland,
representatives of the family went to Ireland and later the family was founded
in Delaware, where it figured prominently in the early history of the state. It
was before the beginning of the seventeenth century that the Stewarts set foot
on .Xmerican soil, and the great-great-great-grandfather of A. C. Stewart lies
buried in the heart of the city of Wilmington, the small burial ground which
contains his remains being now surrounded by the buildings composing the busi-
ness center of that citv.
A. C. STEWART
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Alexander P. Stewart, father of Alphonso C. Stewart, was a West Point
graduate and an army officer. He completed his course of study at the age of
nineteen years, became a lieutenant of artillery and for one year commanded
Fort Buford, North Carolina, after which he was ordered back to West Point
as assistant jjrofessor of mathematics. Later he was called to the chair of
mathematics in Cumberland L^niversity, at Lebanon, Tennessee, where he re-
mained for a number of years. He afterward spent two years as a member of
the faculty of the Liniversity of Nashville, and then returned to Cumberland
University, where he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war. He then
entered the military service of the state of Tennessee and after it seceded he
jomed the Confederacy, serving as lieutenant general at the close of the war.
He had enteied the Confederate army as major of artillery and saw much
action, serving in the Western Army and building all of the Confederate forti-
fications along the ^Mississippi. He was associated with Generals Johnston.
Bragg and Beauregard. Following the cessation of hostilities he was for a time
engag"ed in civil engineering at Lebanon, Tennessee, and in 1869 came to St.
Louis as secretary of the St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company, with which
he was thus associated for a number of years. He resigned to become chan-
cellor of the University of Mississippi, where he served as such with marked dis-
tinction for twelve years, when he became the Confederate representative of the
Chattanooga-Chickamauga National Military Park commission and had principal
charge of the work of laying out that beautiful park. Subsequently he retired and
lived with his son, Alphonso, until November, 1906, when he removed to Biloxi.
Mississippi, where he died Augsut 30, 1908, having attained the venerable age of
eighty-seven years. He married Harriet Byron Chase, a representative of the
Spaulding family of Connecticut, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Alice Fassett
(Spaulding) Chase and a relative of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. The Chase
family was a prominent old one of Connecticut. Mrs. Stewart passed away in 1900.
Alphonso Chase Stewart began his education at the age of five years, when
he became a pupil in a private school conducted by Mrs. Jones at Lebanon, Ten-
nessee. He afterward matriculated in the academic department of the Cumber-
land University, where he remained imtil the outbreak of the war, when the
school was closed. He next entered a priyate school at Memphis, Tennessee,
and afterward attended the military school of the University of Alabama, at
Tuscaloosa, but at the age of sixteen years he put aside his text-books in order
to enter the Confederate army. He had previously, however, joined the
southern army at the age of fifteen years. He enlisted as a private in Starne's
Fourth Tennessee Cavalry and saw very active service, being in the battle of
Saltville on the line between Virginia and Tennessee and in numerous hotly con-
tested skirmishes.
Through the exigencies of the war the family fortunes were ruined and
Alphonso C. Stewart found the necessity of making his own way in life. He
studied for a time under the direction of his father and engaged in farming
the home place in order to support the family, but it was his desire to enter
upon a professional career and he qualified for entrance to the law department
of the Cumberland University at Lebanon, from which he was graduated in
1867, at the age of nineteen years, with the degree of Bachelor of Law. Being
too young to enter upon active practice, he remained and pursued the post-
graduate course in that institution, and had barely reached the age of twenty
years when he finished that work. The county court of Wilson county removed
his legal disability and admitted him to the bar when he had not yet completed
the second decade of his life.
Removing to Winchester. Tennessee. Mr. Stewart entered upon active
practice there but a year later removed to Enterprise, Mississippi, where and at
Mcriflian he continued until January, 1873. In February of the latter year he ar-
rived in St. Louis, opened an office and continued alone in practice until 1874, when
he became the junior jjartner of the law firm of King, Phillips & Stewart. This
ST. LULUS, THE FOLRTll CITY. 1059
association was maintained until 1875, when the firm dissolved and a partnership
was formed under the style of Phillips & Stewart, which had a continuous ex-
istence for fourteen years, or until i88q. The law firm of IMiiilips. Stewart,
Cunningham & Eliot was then in existence until 1896, followed by Stewart,
Cunningham & Eliot, until 1902. LIpon the death of Major Cunningham the
firm became Stewart, Eliot & Williams, and when Judge Williams was elevated
to the bench in 1905 the present law firm of Stewart, Eliot, Chaplin & Blayney
was formed. The firm originally engag'ed in general practice, but in 1883 Phil-
lips & Stewart became creneral counsel for what is now known as the Cotton
Belt Railroad and so continued until January, 1889. They then resumed the
general practice of law, but in the fall of 1889 Mr. Stewart organized the St.
Louis Union Trust Company and has remained its counsel to the present time.
He had previously had considerable experience in managing the business inter-
ests of trust companies and the business of the new institution grew rapidly,
becoming recognized as one of the strong and able financial enterprises of the
city. In the general practice of law Mr. Stewart has displayed a mind naturally
analytical and well trained. His comprehensive knowdedge of the law, especially
the department of corporation law, has made him a valued factor in the affairs
of various business concerns wdth wdiich he is connected. He has been a direc-
tor in the St. Louis Cotton Compress Company ; is a director of the Schultz
Belting Company ; of the Mermod, Jacard & King Jewelry Company ; Goodwin
^lanufacturing Company ; Tow-er Realty Company ; a director and president of
the Vinita Realty Company ; and a director and president of the Spring Avenue
Realty Company. His attention is practically devoted, however, to the interests
of the St. Louis Union Trust Company.
Mr. Stewart was married July 19, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Win-
chester, Franklin county, Tennessee. Their son, Samuel Smith Stewart, born
ni Winchester, November 28, 1872, is a practicing physician at Little Rock,
Arkansas, and division surgeon of the Iron Mountain and allied railroads in
Arkansas. The daughter, Harriet, is the wife of Judge George H. Williams, and
was born at Winchester, Tennessee, in October, 1873.
In professional lines Air. Stewart is connected with the St. Louis Bar Asso-
ciation and with the ^Missouri Bar Association. He belongs also to the St. Louis,
the Noonday, the Racquet and the St. Louis Country Clubs. He has taken the
thirty-third, the highest degree in Masonry, and as deputy of the Supreme Coun-
cil of the thirty-third degree, S. M. J.. U. S. A., is at the head of Scottish Rite
Masonry in the state of Missouri. He is also grand treasurer of the Grand
Lodge. A. F. & A. M., of 3tIissouri, associations which indicate his marked promi-
nence in ^Masonic circles. He is fond of automobiling and is the owner of two
fine cars. General literature has always been a subject of great interest to him
and. moreover, he has been a close student of the languages, especially Latin,
French, German, Spanish and Italian. In community affairs his labor has been
effective as a force for good, and from January, 1905, until February. 1908. he
was president of the board of police commissioners. His political allegiance is
given to the democracy.
Long a member of the Presbyterian church. Air. Stewart has been one of its
active workers for many years, served as Sunday school superintendent for eigh-
teen years and for twenty-one years he was president of the State Sunday School
Association of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He has been ])articularly
interested in this field of labor for the moral development of youth, realizing the
importance of earlv training and environment in establishing the character and
molding the destinies of the individual. From its organization in 1889 he has
been a member of the board of. trustees of Missouri Valley College located at
Marshall, in Saline county. Missouri, which has reaped great good from his
thought, labor and benefactions and among other benefits a beautiful and com-
modious chapel, library and music building called in his honor and memory as
its donor. "Stewart Chapel." Xo good work done in the name of charity or reli-
1060 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
gion seeks his aid in vain and no plan or movement for the benefit of the city
along lines of progress and improvement fails to gain his hearty cooperation and
endorsement. In his personal relations he adheres to high ideals. He holds
friendship inviolable and as true worth may always win his regard he has a very
extensive circle of friends, while his life demonstrates the truth of Ralph Waldo
Emerson's statement that "the way to win a friend is to be one."
DANIEL M. HOUSER.
Daniel ]\I. Houser needs no introduction to St. Louis' citizens, so closely
has he been identified wdth the interests of the city leading to its substantial
improvement, to its municipal development and to its adornment. ]\Ioreover, he
is one of the best known figures in the middle w^est in connection with journalism
and through the period of his long career there has been brought about the
evolution of the newspaper to its present high standard — a work in which Daniel
AI. Houser has been a most active and helpful participant. For fifty-seven years
he has been associated with the paper now published by the Globe Printing
Company, of which he is the president.
A son of Elias and Eliza Houser, he was born in Washington county,
Maryland, December 23, 1834, and was a youth in his fifth year at the time of
his parents' removal to Clark county, Missouri, whence they came to St. Louis
in 1846. He had no educational advantages other than those afforded by the
public schools and the year 185 1, when he was sixteen years of age, saw him
facing the problems' of the business world with a career of success or failure
before him, as he should make it. His first service was in a humble capacity in
the workrooms of the Union, a newspaper w^iich was merged into the Missouri
Democrat upon its purchase by the firm of Hill & McKee. The history of its
evolution is contained elsewhere in this volume. It is inseparably interwoven
with the annals of St. Louis and its record omitted from history's pages would
leave but a garbled version of growth and development here. Alarshall Field,
master of finance and merchant prince, gave this advice to young men: "Try
always to be ahead of your position and increase your efficiency." Although the
words were not uttered at the time of Mr. Houser's early connection with the
Globe-Democrat, the spirit was his in his embryonic business career. He won
his promotions and they signified a recognition of his general worthiness and
specific business ability. He had been with the paper but a few years when he
became bookkeeper and afterward general business manager. About the time
he attained his majority Francis P. Blair purchased the interest of the senior
partner in the Democrat and following his retirement from connection wnth the
paper Daniel M. Houser acquired a pecuniary interest. At that day even the
most progressive newspaper had but a comparatively small equipment, its presses
and other office accessories being of the most crude character as compared with
those of the present day. Mr. Houser has stood in the position of leadership in
the west in the advance which has practically revolutionized the newspaper busi-
ness until the journal of today is in touch with every section of the globe and
presents every subject, as news items or in discussion, that is of any interest
to classes or to the general public. While the paper has kept abreast with
the times in its search for matters of presentation through its columns, the work
of the office has been carried on in the most systematic manner, every detail care-
fully watched with no loss of time or labor, so that maximum results are obtained
by minimum effort, — which is the secret of all real success.
Mr. Houser succeeded to the presidency of the Globe Printing Company
upon the death of his predecessor, Mr. McKee. He was for many years a
director of the Western Associated Press and shared with Richard Smith, W^
N. Haldeman, Murat Ilalstead, Joseph Medill and other well known newspaper
D. M. HOUSER
1062 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
men in planning- the operation that has resnlted in giving to the public the
iournal of today, which is a combination of the magazine and the newspaper.
There is no work, movement or measure of vital interest to the city which does
not elicit the attention of Air. Houser and all such which his judgment endorses
as beneficial or progressive receive his personal cooperation as well as his jour-
nalistic support. It was therefore to be expected that he would be among the
lirst to father the interests of St. Louis in connection with an exposition project
and became one of the incorporators and original directors of the St. Louis
Exposition. In the latter part of November, 1897, having declined to serve
longer on the directorate of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall Associa-
tion, the general manager was requested by the board to express to Mr. Houser
their great regret at his decision, and in doing so F. Gaiennie said : "Your unsel-
tish and disinterested work in behalf of the Exposition foi fifteen years attests
your loyalty to it and your public spirit in everything that has the interest of
St. Louis at heart. Your unanimous nomination by the board would have been
ratified by the stockholders at the election. Your uniform, courteous and con-
siderate manner will long be remembered, and the good wishes of all will follow
you for your future welfare." Air. Houser served as one of the directors of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, of which he was one of the chief promoters
and contributed in substantial measure to the success of that great fair.
In 1862 occurred the marriage of D. AI. Houser and Aliss Alargaret Ingram,
of St. Louis, and the family numbered two sons and a daughter, the former
being associated with the business department of the Globe-Democrat. Airs.
Houser died in February, 1880, and nine years later Air. Houser was married
to Aliss Agnes Barlow, daughter of Stephen D. Barlow, deceased, by whom he
has three children.
Entirely free from ostentation, there is neither about him the least shadow
of mock modesty. He is a gentleman of fine address and thorough culture,
whose citizenship has been a synonym for patriotism and whose business career
has been characterized no less for the integrity of its methods than for its pro-
gressiveness and its success. Today he is not more honored on account of the
enviable position which he occupies in journalistic circles than on account of the
many kindly deeds of his life, which have ever been quietly and unostentatiously
performed.
CHARLES H. SCHOKAHLLER.
Charles H. Schokmiller has the distinction of being president of one of the
(^nly two manufactories for type founders' machinery in the United States, the
business being conducted under the name of the Western Type Foundry Com-
pany. The St. Louis establishment is at No. 108 Pine street and a business is also
conducted by the house in Chicago. Air. Schokmiller is a native of St. Louis, his
birth having here occurred in August, 1870. His parents were Gottlieb and Louise
( Herwig; Schokmiller, the former now living retired.
The public schools of St. Louis afforded Charles H. Schokmiller his educa-
tional privileges and in 1885, when a youth of fifteen, he was apprenticed to the
Kingsland & k'erguson Manufacturing Company. On the completion of his
apprenticeship he entered the employ of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company.
with which he continued until he was employed by the Central Type Foundry
Company, which was shortly afterward absorbed in the trust. He then entered
the employ of the Inland Type Foundry Company, which he represented in various
positions for twelve years, his ability, faithfulness and energy winning him pro-
motion from time to time until when he severed his connection with the house
he was holding the position of general foreman of the mechanical department,
and during twelve years he had been absent from his work only two working
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1063
days. In 1902 he was appointed superintendent of the Keystone Tvpe Company
of Philadelphia, where he continued until 1904. when he estahlished his present
business in the manufacture of type founders" machinery, being one of only two
manufacturers in this line in the United States. Much of the output of the present
factory is shipped to Europe. In 1905 Mr. Schokmiller consolidated his interests
with those of the Western Printers' Supply Company of Chicago and formed the
corporation now known as the Western Type Foundry. This is the onlv type
foundry in the west and south that is wholly independent of the trust. A liberal
patronage is now accorded the company and the business has long since been
placed upon a profitable basis.
The pleasant home life of Mr. Schokmiller had its beginning in his marriage
in St. Louis, in December. 1898, to Miss Cecelia Butler, a daughter of Thomas
and Mary Butler. They have one son, Charles F., who is attending school. Mr.
Schokmiller belongs to the Missouri Athletic Club and is a third degree Mason.
While he has always been interested in those things which bear relation to the
welfare and progress of the city, state and nation, he has confined his attention to
business interests and through well directed energy and unfaltering enterprise
has gained a substantial place in industrial circles.
JUDGE DANIEL G. TAYLOR.
Judge Daniel G. Taylor, who has recently retired from the circuit court
bench after six years of efificient, impartial and faithful service, gained recognition
as one of the ablest members, whose record reflects credit upon the judicial his-
tory of the state. His life is in contradistinction to the old adage that a "prophet
is never without honor save in his own country," for Judge Taylor is a native of
the city in which he has so directed his labors as to gain distinction in his chosen
field. His birth occurred April 23, 1868, and he was a son of Daniel G. Taylor,
Sr., who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1819, of Scotch lineage. Becoming a
resident of St. Louis in ante-bellum days, he was elected mayor of the city in
1861, and served for two years, during the momentous period of the Civil war.
when the reins of municipal government were difficult to handle because both
northern and southern sentiments were here strongly represented. He died in
this city in 1878. His wife, Emilie (LeBeau) Taylor, was born in St. Louis in
1835, and died in 1884. She could relate many interesting incidents of the pioneer
days in St. Louis, and her scrap-book, now in the possession of her son. Judge
Taylor, contains many items of interest, among them an account of the reception
to I\Iajor Fades and also a reception tendered to John ]\IcCullough, together
with accounts of other notable happenings of fifty years ago or more.
Their son. Judge Taylor, spent his early days here, and having attended the
public schools between the ages of six and eleven years, he was sent to Xotre
Dame Universit}- in Indiana, where he remained for six years. Using his literary
education as a foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional
knowledge, he entered the law department of the ^^'ashington University, and in
course of time won the degree of Bachelor of Law. and was admitted to the bar
in 1891.
That year chronicled another important event in the life of Judge Taylor,
for on the 9th of December he wedded Miss Emma L. Whitelaw, a daughter of
George P. and Emma G. Whitelaw. Her father was a prominent business man
and a stockholder in the Collier ^^'hite Lead Compau}-. There are two children
of this marriage, Emma Jane and Grace Angelitjue. aged respectively sixteen and
twelve years.
Entering upon the active practice of law, Judge TaylcM- made substantial
progress, as he demonstrated in the courts his ability to successfully cope with
intricate legal problems, and he accurately applied the principles of law to the
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points in litigation. Strong in argnment. logical in his sequences, he possessed
m'oreover the ability to show the relation of ofttimes seemingly dissimilar facts,
and has so presented his causes before court and jury as to win many verdicts
favorable to his clients. It was the ability which he displayed as a practitioner
at the bar. combined with his strict conformity to a high standard of professional
ethics, that led to his selection for judicial honors. He was elected to the bench
in 1903. serving continuously until igoQ, when, upon his retirement, he resumed
the practice of law as the partner of Jesse A. ^McDonald, under the firm style of
McDonald & Taylor. His course on the bench was marked by the same char-
acteristics which distinguished him as a lawyer and citizen — a masterful grasp of
every question presented for solution, and an unfaltering fidelity to whatever he
believed to be right. His interpretation of the law was sound and his decisions
models of judicial equity which won for him the endorsement of the entire bar.
Judge Taylor is widely known outside of his profession, having been presi-
dent of the ^^'estern Association of the Amateur .\thletic Union and vice presi-
dent at one time of the National Amateur Athletic Union. He w^as also the first
president of the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association, and has always been
widely interested in athletics, not only from the recreation standpoint, but also
from the fact that he realizes the great benefits which mankind derives from
physical exercise in this age when the lines of business largely induce sedentary
habits or indoor work. For six years he was secretary for the St. Louis Coun-
try Club, and is now president of the Racket Club. His favorite pastimes are
golf and sailing, and in both he displays considerable skill. In religious faith he
is a Catholic, and in politics he is an independent democrat, being allied with that
movement which is constantly growing and which is one of the hopeful political
signs of the times, indicating that the thinking men of the age are not bound bv
party ties to the exclusion of the best interests of citizenship and good gov-
ernment.
ISAAC WYMAX ^lORTON.
Isaac \\ }"man !\lorton was one to whom the world instinctively paid defer-
ence because of his upright life and honorable purposes. At no time, in the
stress of business, in his relations as a citizen, or in his associations in social
life, did he ever forget the duties and obligations which he owed to his fellow-
men, and his personal traits of character were such as won for him high
esteem. He was born ]\Iay 4, 1847, ^" Q^^^^cy, Illinois, his parents being
Charles and Rebecca ( Wyman ) [Morton, the former born in Halifax, [Massa-
chusetts, and the latter in Charleston, [Massachusetts. The father died in the
year 1851.
The son, Isaac \\'. [Morton, was educated in the Wyman Institute and in
Washington Universit\-. At the age of seventeen he accepted a position as
collector for the Second National Bank, where he remained until he resigned
in order to enter the employ of the Simmons Hardware Company, which, in
January. 1872. became the firm of E. C. Simmons & Company, at which time
[Mr. "Morton was admitted to a partnership as the junior member of the firm.
Two years later the Simmons Hardware Company was incorporated, Mr.
Simmons becoming president and [Mr. [Morton vice president. The two gentle-
men held their respective positions for twenty-four years, when they both with-
drew from active management, although retaining their official connection wdth
the company as advisory directors. The history of the house in the intervening
ycar.s was one of steady progress and growth. In business of administrative
direction and executive control [Mr. [Morton showed excellent ability and keen
discrimination and his labors proved a strong element in the success of the
house. The business was developed along modern lines and in keeping with
ISAAC W. MORTON
1086 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
the progressive spirit of the times, becoming" one of the most extensive enter-
prises of this character in St. Louis. In all of his dealings he was thoroughly
reliable as well as energetic and would tolerate no underhand means in accom-
plishing anv purpose. The firm has therefore won an imassailable reputation
and the sticcess of the house was due in large measure to its unfailing integrity
as well as its progressive business measures.
On the 19th of January, 1877, Air. Morton was united in marriage to Miss
Jeannette Filley, a daughter of Oliver Dwight Filley, of St. Louis. In his home
he was a devoted husband and a popular, genial host, and with his wife de-
lighted in extending hospitality to their many friends. He was also president
of the ^Mercantile Library Association for two years and was a regtilar attend-
ant at the meetings of the Ethical Society, also serving as a trustee of the Self-
Culture Hall Association. He held to high ideals in manhood and citizenship
and in every relation of life was true to the principles which he believed to be
right in man's relations with his fellowmen. Broad-minded and generous in
thought and purpose, he enjoyed in the fullest degree the confidence and good
will of those with wdiom he was associated. He passed away October 18, 1903,
and his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret to his many
friends.
EDWARD BUDER.
Edward Buder, treasurer of the Mercantile Trust Company, started in busi-
ness life for himself at the age of fourteen years, dependent upon his own re-
sources, and as the days have gone by the careful and intelligent direction of his
labor and his fidelity to the interests entrusted to his care have won him advance-
ment tintil he occupies today a prominent position in financial circles in St. Louis,
his native city. He was born December 2^, 1863, a son of Anton Buder, whose
birth occurred in Austria. Crossing the Atlantic to America Anton Buder lo-
cated in St. Louis, where he engaged in the banking business and is still with
the National Bank of Commerce, being well known as a representative of the
banking interests of the city. He married Appolonia Schmidt, who is also living.
The public schools of St. Louis afforded Edward Buder his educational
privileges and after he ceased to attend the day sessions he continued his studies
in pursuing night courses in the commercial branches. At the age of fourteen
he secured a position in the law office of Finkelnburg & Rassieur, where he
remained for two years, and after one year spent in a mercantile house, entered
the banking business with the Mechanics' Bank, which later became the Mechanics'
National I5ank. Later in connection with Ben Schnurmacher he organized the
American Central Trust Company. Mr. Buder became the secretary and treas-
urer. In May, 1904, the American Central Trust Company was absorbed by the
Mercantile Trust Company, he being appointed assistant treasurer of the last
named company. In 1907 he was elected to his present position of treasurer of the
Mercantile Trust Company. At the organization of the Mercantile National
Hank in December, 1908, he was elected cashier, and on January 19. 1909, made
a rli rector. He has for twenty-eight years been engaged in the banking business
anrl has been one of the strong factors in placing the banks of the city on a
splendid and solid footing. As the years have passed his capacities and powers
have increased as he has exercised his business ability in the faithful performance
of the duties that have come to him day by day. Each step in advance has brought
him a broader outlook and wider opportunities and his record stands as a splendid
illustration of what may be accomplished when determination and ambition lead
the way for earnest and persistent effort. At the Denver meeting of the Trust
Company Section of the American Bankers' Association he was elected vice pres-
ident for the state of Missouri of the section. He also is a member of the Bills
of Lading Committee of the Missouri Bankers' Association.
ST. LOUIS, THE FOrR'IMI CH^Y. 1067
Mr. Buder is a member of the Real E.state Exchange and also holds member-
ship relations with the Union Club, the Century Boat Club and the Lemp Hunting
and Fishing Club. His political allegience is given to the republican party and
while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, as every true
American citizen should do, he has never sought nor held office, preferring to
concentrate his energies upon his business interests in v.hich he has met with
signal success.
EDWARD J. LEXZEX, 1). D. S.
Dr. Edward J. Lenzen. who in the practice of his profession in St. Louis
has succeeded beyond even his expectations, was born in Koln, Germany, April
26, 1881. His parents were Jacob and Helen (Sandkuhl) Lenzen. The father
is a professor of music, having taught the art both in this country and in Germany.
Arriving in St. Louis in 1883. he now makes his home in the suburb of \\'ebster
Groves.
Dr. Lenzen began his education in the schools of Germany and in early life
determined to take up the study of music with the idea of teaching in later years.
He was for some time a student in the Sterns Conservatory of Music in Berlin,
Germany, continuing his studies two years. After coming to St. Louis he took
up the study of dentistry, entering the dental department of the Washington
University from which he was graduated in 1904. He then opened a fine suite
of rooms in the Bristol building at Webster Groves, wdiich is one of the aristocratic
suburbs of the city. His offices are well ecjuipped with all of the most modern
appliances and he numbers among his patients some of the wealthier people of
St. Louis county. Since locating here he has succeeded beyond his fondest hopes
and his work has given complete satisfaction. He enjoys not only the professional
regard but also the social esteem and good will of many of his patients. He is a
member of the St. Louis Dental Society and the St. Louis Society of Dental
Science, and is always interested in anything that tends to further the work of the
profession. Possessing that love of music which is characteristic of the German
race, his tastes are in the line of the high arts, and nature and education have
vied in making him an interesting and cultured gentleman.
C. E. M. CHAMP.
C. E. AL Champ is president of the Champ Spring Company, at Xo. 21 17
Chouteau avenue, the largest manufacturing establishment of the kind in the city,
and its proportions and reputation are due to his untiring energy and business
judgment. He began his business career as a poor boy without the advantages
either of money, education or influence and from a position of comparative ob-
scurity and apparently without prospect at the outset, he has gradually risen
to the prominent position which he now holds in the financial world, through his
innate resources, hard work and persistent effort.
^Ir. Champ was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1852. His father, Charles
Champ, removed to Cleveland, Ohio, when his son was a lad and in this city
the latter received his education in the common schools. His educational advan-
tages were limited as straitened circumstances compelled him to leave school at
an early age and secure employment. He entered the employ of a spring manu-
facturing concern where he served his apprenticeship and became master of the
trade. Having plied his craft for a period of ten years he removed to St. Louis
where he engaged in the same business. Beiiig acknowledged as a skilled artisan
and ambitious to become independent in the industrial world he finally gave up
lOoS ST. LOL'IS. THE FOURTH CITY.
working for others ami founded the St. Louis Spring" Company, the plant being
located on Third and Spruce streets. The products of his plant being of the
greatest utility he presently gained a wide reputation as a manufacturer of springs.
His business gradually increased until the enterprise became one of the most
lucrative in the city. In 1896 the financial returns from the volume of business
transacted enabled him to purchase the site on which the Champ Manufacturing
Company plant now stands. He erected a commodious dwelling for manufac-
turing purposes and changed the name of the firm from the St. Louis Spring
Companv to its present name, the Champ Manufacturing- Company, which he
reorganized with C. E. Champ, president. S. F. Champ, vice president and L. M.
Champ, secretary. Under normal conditions when the plant is working in full
about one hundred employes are kept busy. The firm has the reputation of giving
its hands employment throughout the entire year as there are always orders
enough to keep the plant in operation. The business of the firm has gradually
increased until its output at present amounts to something like one hundred and
fiftv thousand dollars annually. In 1876 Mr. Champ was united in marriage
with !Miss Sophia Farrell, a native Canadian. To this union were born the follow-
ing children : Lula M., Ina E. and Norman B. Among the fraternal societies to
which ]^Ir. Champ belongs is the Missouri Lodge, No. 170, Royal Arcanum. He
is a member of the Presbyterian church to which also his wife and children
belong. Politically Mr. Champ is a republican.
SA^IUEL HOLLIES EULLERTON.
The business record of Samuel Holmes Eullerton is such as would be pos-
sible in no other country but America. In a land unhampered by caste, class,
tradition, custom or precedent he has found the opportunities which, utilized,
have led him into large undertakings and responsibilities. Gradual advance-
ment has brought him to his present position as president of the Chicago Lum-
ber & Coal Company, with active or financial connection with various other
commercial and industrial enterprises.
A native of Belfast, Ireland, he was born .April 22, 1852, of the marriage
of Samuel and Anna (Holmes) Eullerton, and while a boy under the parental
roof mastered the branches of learning that constitute the curriculum of the
public schools in his native land. As a young man of nineteen years he came
to the United States in 1871 and sought a home in the w^est, attracted by the
favorable reports wdiich he heard concerning business conditions in Kansas.
After a few^ years spent in the west he established at Atchison, Kansas, a lumber
business which proved a profitable venture and, owing to his aptitude for suc-
cessful management, grew in volume and importance. His prosperity permit-
ted his connection with other business enterprises, and he is today associated
with various extensive commercial and manufacturing concerns.
In 1896 he removed to St. Louis, where he is now supervising the interests
of the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company as president and general manager.
This business was established in 1866 and was incorporated in 1895, with a paid-
up capital of seven hundred ar.d fifty thousand dollars, which has since been
increased to six million five hundred thousand dollars, the company owning
and operating mills in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnesota and Wash-
ington. He is today ])rcsident of the Gulf Lumber Company, Bradley Lumber
Company, William I'arrell Lumber Company, Eullerton-Powell Hardwood Lum-
ber Company, W. B. Switzer Lumber Company, Chicago Lumber & Coal Com-
pany of Texas, E. A. Thornton Lumber Company, Silver Lake Manufacturing-
Company, Warren, Johnsville & Saline River Railroad Company and Little
Rock, Sheridan & Saline River Railroad Company, and is vice president of the
S. H. FULLERTON
1070 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
S. R. Lee Lumber Compan}-, Hope Lumber Compauy and Tioga & Southeastern
Railroad Company.
^Ir. Fullerton was married in Kansas, January 17, 1877, to Miss Lucy Cook
and thev have two sons and a daughter: Robert W., Ruby L. and Samuel Baker.
Their home is one of the charming- society centers of St. Louis. As a citizen
Mr. Fullerton keeps in close touch with the business interests and with the
social organizations closely allied with, and in a measure representative of,
these interests. He is a member of the Business Men's League, while along
more specifically social lines his membership extends to the St. Louis, Mercantile,
Glen Echo Country, Commercial and Maine Hunting and Fishing Clubs. His
investigation into the political situation of the country and the possibilities of
accomplishment through legislation have led to his stalwart support of the re-
publican party, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Presbvterian church.
PATRICK GORMAN.
Through the various periods of the development and progress of St. Louis
there have stood at the front men of marked enterprise, capable of coordinating
forces and shaping conditions to further their own legitimate purposes. Among
those who figured prominently in St. Louis in the middle portion of the nine-
teenth century was Patrick Gorman, who was not only active in business for his
own benefit, but was also a most public spirited citizen. He was born in county
Kilkenny. Ireland, January 6, 1810, and at the age of thirteen years came to
the United States. He completed his education in St. Mncent's College at Cape
Girardeau, after which he entered the employ of his uncles, J. and E. Walsh. At
a later day he was an active member of the firm of Finn & Gorman, and subse-
quently assumed the management of the flouring mills of J. and E. Walsh, re-
taining that position until 1858. At that time he built some boats for the river
trade and became captain of the steamer Henry von Puhl, plying between St.
Louis and New Orleans. After a brief period he became one of the most popu-
lar steamboat captains in the New Orleans trade. During the period of the Civil
war he, for a time, headed a military company under General Frost. Coming
up the river on his boat, following the opening of navigation after the blockade
was raised, he was killed while in command of his vessel by a shot fired from
a battery at Morganza Bend, Louisiana, his death occurring December 8, 1863.
Mr. Gorman was married twice, and bv the first union one daughter sur-
vives, Mrs. M. R. Ryan. In 1861 Mr. Gorman wedded Miss Jane Brady, who was
born in the north of Ireland, and when a young lady came to the United States.
They became parents of two sons, John and Roger, who are graduates of the St.
Louis University. The former is now engaged in the real estate and contract-
ing business, while the latter is well known in political circles of St. Louis. Mrs.
Gorman yet retains her residence in this city and has a wide acquaintance here.
Mr. Gorman was very j^rominent in political circles and deeply interested in
the politics which mean the science of government — that part of ethics which
has to do with the regulati(jn and government of a nation or state, the preserva-
tion of its safety, peace and prosperity, the augmentation of its strength and re-
sources. There was never any matter of general interest to the city that did not
awaken his interest, and when his keen judgment sanctionpxl any proposal as of
municipal value, he gave tfj it his stalwart and unfaltering support. He was an
inflexible advocate of democracy and on his party ticket was elected to the state
legislature. He was also well known in the early days of St. Louis as president
of the old Union hire Company, in which capacity he served for thirteen years.
He was also at different times i)resident of the Hibernian Society, the Millers'
Association, the j'ireman's ITmd Association and various other institutions, and
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY. 1071
he is remembered by the older residents as a man of many sterHng quahties,
whose worth as a citizen was widely recognized. Whatever" tended to ]n-omote
the city's good or advance its best interests received his endorsement and he was
closely associated with its development during its formative period.
CHARLES PARSOXS SEXTER.
N^o man in St. Louis occupies a more enviable position in commercial and
financial circles than does Charles Parsons Senter, president and treasurer of the
Senter Commission Company, president of the Allen Store Company of Maiden,
Missouri, and stockholder in the St. Louis Union Trust Company, the State
National Bank and the American Central Insurance Company. This is not
due alone to the splendid success he has achieved but also to the straightfor-
ward, honorable business principles he has ever followed and the fact that while
he entered upon a business already established, unlike so many young men whose
parents are in affluent circumstances, he was not content to rest upon his father's
reputation but by the force of his character, strong determination and laudable
ambition has made for himself a position which has commanded the confidence
and admiration of the business world.
Mr. Senter was born February 14, 1870, at the home of his grandmother in
Trenton, Tennessee, although his parents were residents of St. Louis from 1864.
He was a son of William I^Iarshall and Lucy Jane ( Wilkins) Senter. The father
was born in Henderson county, Tennessee, April 11, 1831, and his parents were
Alvin Blalock and Janett ( ]\IcXeil) Senter, natives of Cumberland county. North
Carolina, born in the years 1806 and 1807 respectively. The maternal grand-
parents of Charles P. Senter were Little John and Lucy Jane (Tanner) Wilkins,
natives of \'irginia, while their daughter, Lucy Jane Wilkins, was born February
14, 1832, in Gibson county, Tennessee. In 1864 William Marshall Senter and
his brother-in-law, William Thomas Wilkins, came to St. Louis from Columbus,
Kentucky, and engaged in the cotton commission business, in which the father
continued until his death, January 29, 1901. His business interests constantly
developed in volume and importance until he became recognized as one of the
most prominent representatives of commercial and financial activity in St. Louis.
He became vice president of the St. Louis Cotton Exchange at its organization
and the following year was chosen to the presidency, in which office he served
altogether for ten years but not consecutively. He was vice president of the
Merchants' Exchange when in 1876 it removed to its present building. He was
also a director of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company
when Thomas Allen was president ; was vice president of the Cotton Belt Rail-
way at the time of the building of the line ; became vice president of the St.
Louis Cotton Compress Company upon its organization and served for many
years as its president : and was a director of the Union Trust Company from
its organization until his death. In addition to all these interests he developed
an extensive business, which since his demise has been carried on under the
style of the Senter Commission Company.
Charles P. Senter attended the Stoddard sc'nool in his boyhood days and
afterward entered Smith Academy, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1888. He was also for two years a student in the University of A'irginia and
since 1896 he has been secretary and treasurer of the Smith Academy Alumni
Association. His entrance into the business world was made as an employe in
the National Bank of the Republic of St. Louis, where he remained for two
years, after which he became associated with Paul Jones under the firm style
of Jones & Senter in the real-estate business. He thus handled St. Louis prop-
erty for two years, after which the partnership was dissolved and ^NFr. Senter
1072 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
took charge of some Texas interests for his father and uncle and was associated
with them until their deaths. Upon the death of his father in 1901 the Senter
Commission Company was incorporated to continue the business, with William
T. W'ilkins as president; John Asa Senter, brother of our subject, as vice presi-
dent ; Charles P. Senter as treasurer ; and Aloses Wofford as secretary. Mr.
\\'ilkins died February 3, 1902, and was succeeded by John Asa Senter as
president, while Charles P. Senter became vice president and treasurer, Mr.
Wofford still retaining the secretaryship. The death of the elder brother on
the 27th of October, 1903, led to another election of officers, in which C. P.
Senter became president and treasurer, with Mr. Wofford as vice president,
William B. Keeble secretary and iMichael E. Fox, assistant treasurer. These
are the directors and present officers of the company, in control of a most exten-
sive commission business which has been established for forty-four years.
j\Ir. Senter, in connection with his interests in this line, has extended his
efforts to other fields through active or financial connection therewith. He is
now president of the Allen Store Company of Maiden, Missouri, and is a stock-
holder in the St. Louis Union Trust Company, the State National Bank and the
American Central Insurance Company. He is likewise identified with organiza-
tions for the benefit of trade interests, belonging to the Merchants Exchange
and the Business ]Men's League, while at the present writing, 1908, he is presi-
dent of the St. Louis Cotton Exchange.
In his political views Mr. Senter is a democrat and was a constituent member
of the Jeft'erson Club, of which he served for several years as secretary. No
political offices have ever been his, nor has he ever desired official prefermeiit.
He is, however, president of the Tennessee Society of St. Louis and belongs
to the St. Louis, Glen Echo Country, the Missouri Athletic and the St. Louis
Amateur Athletic clubs. W'hile a favorite in social circles and a most active man
m his business connections, he yet finds time and inclination for cooperation in
religious work and is now a member of the Third Baptist church, in which he
is serving as a trustee and custodian. He is likewise president of the Baptist
ciiy miission board and a member of the Baptist state mission board. In no sense
a man in public life, he has nevertheless exerted an immeasurable influence on
the city of his residence ; in business life as a financier and promoter of extensive
industrial and commercial enterprises ; in social circles by reason of a charming
personality and unfeigned cordiality ; in citizenship by his devotion to the general
good as well as by his comprehensive understanding of the questions aft'ecting
municipal welfare; and in those departments of activity which ameliorate hard
conditions of life for the unfortunate by his benevolence and his liberality. He
was chairman of the Inter-Scholastic and Marathon committee of Olympic games
and served as grand marshal for these games in 1904.
TOHN M. GRANT.
John ]\I. Grant, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in St. Louis
but making a specialty of surgery, was born in Calloway county, Missouri, Janu-
ary II, 1864. In the paternal line he is descended from Scotch ancestry. His
father, Samuel Grant, was born in this state, a representative of an old southern
family residing originally in Virginia, whence representatives of the name went
to Kentucky and later to Missouri. For many years Samuel Grant followed the
occupation of farming in Calloway county, this state, and there died at the age
of sixty-nine years. He married Martha V. Yates, who is still living on the old
family homestead. She, too, was a representative of an old Virginian family
and, like the Grants, they lived for a time in Kentuckv before coming to Missouri.
Dr. Grant was reared on the old homestead farm and supplemented his
early education by study in Westminster College at Fulton. ^Missouri, from which
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1074 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
he was graduated in the class of 1886, winning the degree of Bachelor of Science.
He then took up the study of medicine, reading under the preceptorship of Dr,
^lartin Yates, of Fulton, Missouri, and in the fall of 1886 he entered the Mis-
souri ^Medical College at St. Louis, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1889. He was one of the four highest in his class, receiving honorary men-
tion and after taking the hospital examination he served as junior interne at
the City Hospital for one year and for one year as senior. In 1891 he entered
upon the active practice of his profession and to say that he has been successful
is hardly fitting praise for the work that he has accomplished and the prominence
to which he has attained. He is now located in pleasant and commodious offices
at the corner of Taylor and Washington avenues and while he follows general
practice he yet gives much of his time to surgical work and is widely known for
his skill in this direction. He possesses a clear head, a steady hand, a delicacy
of touch and moreover a sympathy of spirit, all of which are essential elements
in success in surgery. He has gained that knowledge which is disseminated
through the medical societies, holding membership with the American Medical
Association, the Alissouri State and the St. Louis medical societies, the St.
Louis Surgical Club', the Citv Hospital Medical Society and the Washington
Laiiversity Alumni Association.
In more strictlv fraternal lines Dr. Grant is connected with the Masons,
belonging to the lodge, the chapter and to Audubon Commandery, K. T. His
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church and
in politics he is a liberal democrat but the honors and emoluments of office have
never lured him from the strict path of his profession, wherein the conscientious
discharge of his duties, combined with his capability, have gained him considerable
local fame and success.
Dr. Grant was married in 1893 to Mrs. Ida. C. Streiff, of St. Louis, and
they have four children ; Ida, Samuel, John and Edward. By a former marriage
Mrs. Grant had two children, Emily and Walter. The Doctor and his wife
are both well known in this city and those who meet them in social relations
entertain for them the warmest regard.
LOUIS SCHEER.
Since an early period in the nineteenth century the name of Scheer has been
closely associated with the industrial development of St. Louis in the line of
wagon manufacturing and he whose name introduces this review is today at the
head of an extensive and important enterprise of this character. He was born
October 4, 1851, in this city, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Scheer, both of whom
were natives of Germany, whence they came to the United States in the early
part of the nineteenth century. They made their way direct to St. Louis and Mr.
Scheer. having already become an expert in the line of wagonmaking, established
here the Jacob Scheer W^agon Manufactory, his plant being then located at Sixth
and Chestnut streets. Afterward he removed the business to Fifteenth and
Chestnut, later to Sixteenth and Clark avenue, then to Sixteenth and Belmont
and from there to its present location at Nos. 420-22 South Fifteenth street. As
the years ])assed the enterprise was developed until it is today one of the most
extensive and important manufactories of heavv vehicles in the west. The father
continued active in the manageinent and control until 1879, when he retired and
was succeeded by his sf^n.
In the public schools of this city Louis Scheer had begun his education and
some time later he entered the Citv University at Sixteenth and Pine streets un-
der I-'rofessor Wyman. After leaving school he learned the saddlery and harness-
making trade and subsef|uently became associated with his father in the manu-
facture of wagfjns. i'Lnlering the factory, he learned the business in every de-
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partment and since his father retired in 1879 assumed the manaj^a-ment and ha^
since bent his energies and devoted his attention to the further development and
progress of the business. His plant today consists of a large building fullv
equipped with all the latest improved appliances. He emijlo\s a large force
of skilled workmen and every vehicle which leaves his establishment bears the
stamp of thorough workmanship and substantial construction. The very best
material is used in manufacturing and Mr. Scheer is a thoroughlv honorable
business man in every particular. The trade of the house is now extensive and
its success is largely attributable to the enterjjrise and progressive spirit of
the ])resent owner.
( )n the 7th of November. 1872. Mr. Scheer was married to Miss Julia lluss
and unto them were born the following named : Emma and Anna, both" deceased ;
Ida, the wife of Nicholas Von Bergen; Louis, now married; Louisa, deceased;
Blanch, the wife of Peter StelTen ; and Jacob. The wife and mother died about
three and a half years ago and Mr. Scheer is now living with his daughter, Mrs.
Von Bergen. He is a man of sterling qualities and is a general favorite with
all Avith whom he comes in contact. A lover of outdoor sports and amusements,
he finds much ])leasure in hunting and fishing, and when business will ])ermit
spends his time in the fields or along the streams in the countrv adjacent to St.
Louis. Having always lived in this city he has a wide acquaintance here and
his long identification with its business afifairs and the work that he has accom-
plished places him in a prominent position in industrial circles.
CHARLES AL-VRTYX I'RYXNE.
With the nature that finds its chief delight in intellectual activity Mr. Prynne
has made constant advancement in those lines which demand reading and re-
search. He was born at Padstow, Cornwall, England, May 9, 1851. In the
■paternal line the ancestry can be traced back in England to Saxon times, and
William Prynne, father of our subject, was well known in his home locality as
a mail contractor. He engaged in the manufacture of flour after his migration
to the nev/ world and lived a life of untiring thrift and industry. He married
Augusta J. Martyn, who was descended from French Huguenot ancestors, who
escaped from France to England at the time of the St. Bartholomew massacre
when, under the instigation of Catherine di Medici, the Catholic followers of
the queen slaughtered those who were of Protestant belief.
Charles Martyn Prynne pursued his early education in a boys' school in
England and in this country at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and
Middlebufy College of Vermont with the class of 1876. He won the ^Master
of Arts degree, and after leaving college he entered upon newspaper work. He
has been connected with leading journals of the country, having worked in every
capacity in the editorial departments. At one time he was editorial writer for the
Globe-Democrat, also for the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and the Providence
Journal. His tastes are decidedly along literary lines, and he has likewise gained
that culture and experience which only travel can bring. He has circled the globe
and has visited various out-of-the-way parts of the world, learning much of the
habits and customs of primitive races in their native environment.
yir. Prvnne came to St. Louis in 1894 with the late Afr. McMillan and for
a time was associated with the ^^lissouri Car & I*"oun(lry Company. He after-
ward took charge of various companies and has l)een connected with several
important business concerns, also acting as personal re])resentative of \\ . K.
Bixbv.
On the 27th of September, 1883. in Springfield. Massachusetts. ATr. Prynne
was united in marriage to ^liss Sarah L. Beach, a daughter of Dr. John C. and
1076 ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CITY.
Amelia (Gates) Beach. ]\Ir. Prynne belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which
he has attained the Knight Templar degree. He is also a member of the St.
Louis, Xoonday and the Glen Echo Clubs, of the Museum of Fine Arts, the
^lissouri Historical Society, the American Academy of Political and Social
Science, the St. Louis Science Academy, the Archaeological Institute of America
and the Shakespeare Club of New York, of which he is a life member. Mr.
Prynne also had some military experience as a member of the Massachusetts State
^lilitia, while his political activity has been confined to service as consul for
Paraguay. He is independent in politics.
ALFRED LEE SHAPLEIGH.
In a history of the successful business men of St. Louis it is imperative that
mention be made of Alfred Lee Shapleigh, whose activity and enterprise have
gained him success and distinction. He belongs, too, to that class of representa-
tive American men who, while promoting individual success, also enhance in
large measure the general welfare. Born on the i6th of February, 1862, in the
city which is still his home, his parents were Augustus Frederick and Elizabeth
Anne (L'mstead) Shapleigh. His ancestry is traced back to Alexander Shap-
leigh of Totnes, Devonshire, England, who came to America in 1635, as agent
for Sir Ferdinando Gorges and built the first house in Kittery, Alaine. The line
of descent comes down through Alexander. Captain John Shapleigh, a represent-
ative in the Massachusetts general court. Major Nicholas Shapleigh, also a rep-
resentative in the general court, Nicholas, Elisha, Richard and Frederick to x-\lfred
Lee Shapleigh of this review.
Alfred Lee Shapleigh supplemented his early educational advantages by
■^tudy in Washington University, from which he was graduated in 1880, and
made his initial step in the business world as an employe of the Merchants
National Bank of St. Louis. In all of his business relations he has made it his
purpose and aim to thoroughly master the tasks assigned him and to utilize
every opportunity that has presented. In 1881 he went into the coffee and spice
house of Thomson & Taylor, occupying a clerical position in that establishment
until November of the same year, when he entered upon a four years' connection
as cashier with the Mound City Paint & Color Company. In 1885 he took
another forward step when he became secretary of the A. F. Shapleigh Hard-
ware Company, which was founded by his father and on the ist of July, 1901,
he was chosen treasurer of the Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company. In both
these positions he still continues and is therefore a leading representative of the
hardware trade in St. Louis. His energy, intelligently applied, has greatly solved
complex business problems and the wisdom of his judgment has been again and
again manifest in the successful outcome of the plans which he has formulated
and put into execution.
His connection with the hardware trade, however, does not by any means
cover the extent of his business interests ; on the contrary, he is a man of
resourceful business ability, who has done much to further important interests,
especially in financial lines. Fle is now president of the Shapleigh Investment
Company, vice president of the American Credit Indemnity Company of New
York, of the Merchants Laclede National Bank of St. Louis. He is ex-president
of the St. Louis Mercantile Library and was a director of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition Company, serving on the committees of the executive, conces-
s'ons, education and international congresses. He is a director of the Washing-
ton University and vice president of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Asso-
ciation.
On the 2 1st of November, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Shapleigh
and Miss Mina Wesscl, a daughter of Augustus Wessel, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A. L. SHAPLEIGH
1078 ST. LOUIS. THE FOURTH CITY.
They have two children, Alexander U'essel and Jane Shapleigh. ]\Ir. Shapleigh
is identified with various organizations, social and otherwise, including the Noon-
day, the Commercial, the St. Louis and the St. Louis Country Club, the New
Hampshire Society of Cincinnati, the Society of Colonial Wars and the ]\Iissouri
Societv of Sons of the Revolution. He has a military record in that he was for
eleven years a member of the ]Missouri jMilitia and served as captain and adju-
tant of the First Regiment, in which connection he was several times called out
to quell strike riots. He was a director of the Mercantile Club from 1889 until
1895 and in the following year was its. president. His interest in community
affairs has been manifest in many tangible ways and St. Louis numbers him among
those whose aid and cooperation can be counted upon to further public progress
and improvement. That he has accomplished much in the business world is
due to untiring energy and quick perception. He forms his plans readily, and is
determined in their execution, while his close attention to business and his excel-
lent management have brought him the high degree of prosperitv which is
todav his.
JOHN CORSON KING.
John Corson King, a retired real-estate merchant, was born in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, November 12, 184^. a son of Joseph and Mary (Corson) King,
whose father was a prominent farnitr in Pennsylvania, owning a large and valu-
able tract of land near Williamsport, his grandparents on both sides of the house
also having been reared in this country. Mrs. JNIary Page, a sister of John C.
King, resides in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and has a daughter who often
visits her uncle, Mr. King, in this city.
The common schools of his native city afforded John Corson King his pre-
liminary education and he subsequently was graduated from Hicks Seminary.
Upon completing his education he started out in the business world as a farmer,
associated with his father but, being- ambitious and of a turn of mind which led
him to seek adventure, he became interested in a canal boat about the year 1862
and ran between W^illiamsport and Philadelphia, trading in lumber. In this
enterprise he was quite successful and continued in it for six years, at the termina-
tion of which period he established a lumber business in Williamsport, in which
he met with success. In 1881 he disposed of his interest and, repairing to St.
Louis became a real-estate dealer, following the business until 1898, during which
year he became interested in an electric lighting enterprise and incorporated
what was known as the King Electric Company, of Ferguson and De Hodiamont
this state. Selling out his interest in that concern in 1906 he again entered the
real-estate field, in which he has since been employed and in connection with
which he carries on an extensive loan business. He is a conservative business
man of excellent judgment, and he has been wonderfully fortunate in placing
his investments, which have enabled him to become one of the prominent figures
in the financial circles of the city.
In March, 1869, Mr. King wedded Miss Ida Brecht, a native of Williams-
port, Pennsylvania, who departed this life here in 1902 and by whom he had
two children, both now deceased; his son John A., served the city as a member
of the house of delegates. On June 14, 1905, Mr. King was united in marriage
to Miss Delia Hogen, and they reside at 3201 North Gewstead avenue. Politi-
cally Mr. King is a democrat and as to his religious convictions he is independent.
being broad and liberal in his views and not affiliated with any church organi-
zation. He is fond of outrloor sports and takes a great deal of pleasure on the
boulevards in an automobile or behind a fast horse and in these diversions he
spends the greater portion of his leisure, at the same time taking considerable
interest in theatricals and frequently attending the better class of plavhouses.
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He is a man of broad views, and excellent judgment, which he has used to good
advantage in his business career. He is at all times courteous to those with
whom he comes in contact and upon the whole is numbered among the citv's
representative citizens and business men.
HUGO A. KOEHLER.
It is the tendency of the age to combine interests, realizing the fact that
"in union there is strength" and that better results can be obtained by cooperation
resulting in lessened expenditure of time, capital and labor and an increase of
output. It was an understanding of this fact that resulted in the organization of
the Independent Brewers Company of which Hugo A. Koehler is now treasurer.
St. Louis is the city of his nativity as well as of his residence. He was born
November 22, 1868, a son of Henry and Ottilic Koehler. His father and his
maternal grandfather both came from Germany during the Revolution in that
country of 1848. The father's people were landed proprietors of Germanv while
the maternal grandfather was a professor of pedagogy. They were actively
interested in the grave governmental problems which led to the outbreak of the
Revolution and when they found that monarchical rule was stronger than the
voice of the people they sought a home in the "land of the free."
Hugo A. Koehler, reared under the parental roof, pursued his education
in the grammar and high schools of Davenport. Iowa, and in Griswold College
of that city. He afterward attended the medical department of Washington
University in St. Louis. He was but four years of age at the time of his
parents" removal to Davenport, Iowa, and while there pursuing his education
directed his attention somewhat along scientific lines. Later with the idea of
making the practice of medicine his life work he matriculated in the St. Louis
Medical College but as his services were needed in managing the business in-
terests of the family he was thrown into commercial life, becoming vice presi-
dent of the American Brewery in 1890. When this plant was purchased by the
Independent Brewers Company he was retained as manager of the American
Brew^ery and was elected treasurer of the Independent Brewers Company. He
is thus in a position of executive control, having charge of the financial depart-
ment of a most extensive business combine, and his selection for the position
was indicative of the recognition of his superior business ability on the part
of those interested in the new' organization.
Air. Koehler belongs to the Liederkranz, the Racquet, the University, St.
Louis and Noonday Clubs, having many friends among these organizations. He
is likewise connected with a society for ethical culture and has always been fond
of the artistic especially in musical lines and is a member of the Choral Symphony
Society, serving for a number of years as one of its executive committee. He
lias always had a deep interest for the art of music and in this direction has done
not a little to promote musical culture.
ANTOINE FRANCOIS SAUGRAIN, AI.D.
Looking back through the vista of almost a century, we find man\- pictur-
esque and interesting incidents shaping the early history of St. Louis and the
"Louisiana territory." One of the central figures of the early dav, when this
city was a little French village and around it and far to the west stretched an
unbroken wilderness into wdiich the white man had scarcely penetrated, was
Dr. Antoine Francois Saugrain. scientist, physician and chemist. Although he
was not the first to practice medicine here, having six ]:»redecessors. he was the
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most notable of the early representatives of the profession in that he was a man
of broad learning and scholarly attainments. His birth occurred in Versailles,
France, February 17, 1762, and he was descended from a distinguished family
long connected with letters and literary interests of that country. His father
was Claude ]\Iarin Saugrain, of whom the Dictionnaire Universel Critique et
Bibliographique (1811) says: "This gentleman, preserver of the Library of
the Arsenal, was attached to it for nineteen years and never ceased during that
time to give it all his care. To him is due the preservation of this superb
librarv, the finest and largest in France next to the Imperial library. Descended
from one of the most ancient and notable families of booksellers which supplied
a bookseller and publisher to Henry IV, King of Navarre, Saugrain was also a
bookseller, but retired from trade and was appointed keeper of the fine library
of ^I. de Paulmy, which the Count d'Artois had just acquired. To enlarge still
more this collection, he procured the purchase in its entirety of the second part
of the famous library of the Duke de la A'alliere. In the first storms of the revo-
lution on the day of the taking of the Bastile the mob learned that there was in
the arsenal a library belonging to the Count d'Artois ; thither they went immedi-
ately to destroy it. Saugrain alone in the librar}-, notv^ithstanding the dis-
turbance which such a tumult occasioned, had the presence of mind to order
the porter to change liveries and put on the garb of the house of the king. After
so doing the porter opens the door and at the sight of the royal livery the people
withdraw, believing themselves mistaken. It was to this happy idea that the
preservation entire of this precious charge is due. Many times afterward dur-
ing the revolutionary period he had the courage to resist orders coming from
the government authorizing the dismemberment of the second library of France
for the purpose of dividing it among some new establishments. This firmness,
which in the epoch to which we allude frequently endangered his life, was united
in Saugrain with a sweet and loving character which attracted the attachment
of all who knew him. He died in Paris in 1806 at the age of seventy, after a
long and painful illness, with a reputation for honor and probity which was
never disputed.'"
Dr. Saugrain of this review was a brother-in-law of the celebrated Dr.
Guillotine, who from humanitarian principles, desiring" to provide a painless
death for criminals, invented the beheading machine wdiich took his name, little
dreaming of the important part it was to play in the French revolution and that
it was to become known throughout the entire world as the guillotine. Dr. A.
F. Saugrain was educated as a physician and chemist, embracing in his studies
various branches of natural science, and at an early age he entered the service
of the king of Spain, who sent him to Spanish America to examine the mineralogy
of the country and also its general natural history. He went upon this expedi-
tion about 1783 and just how long he remained is uncertain but in 1787 he was
again in Paris, where he made an arrangement with M. Pique, a botanist, to
travel in Kentucky and along the Ohio river. Thev also proposed to find, if
possible, a suitable location for a number of French families who desired to
locate in that region. Tradition has it that when Dr. Saugrain was a lad in his
teens studying in Paris, that it v/as from Benjamin Franklin, then minister to
that country, that he received the impulse which determined his career and sent
him on his first expedition to America. This might have been possible, but it
is not an authenticated fact. It is definitely known, however, that on his journev
to America in the latter ]jart of 1787 he carried a letter of introduction to
Franklin, then in Philadeljjhia, who acknowledges this under date of Februarv
17. 1788, and mentions that Saugrain "is now gone down the Ohio to recon-
noitre that country." Dr. Saugrain wrote a lengthy account of his adventures
on this expedition, in which he detailed the hardships and privations endured
by the j^arty, numbering himself, his two French companions. Pique and Raquet,
and an American of the name of Pierce. They were threatened and even
attacked by hostile savages anrl Dr. Saugrain and others of the party were
ST. LOUIS, THE FOURTH CUrV. 1081
wounded. After enduring almost incredible hardships in the shape of fatigue,
exposure and hunger and narrow escapes from capture by the Indians, they
hnallv reached the falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, on the 29th of March. The
next day Dr. Saugrain crossed the river to a government fort on the site of the
present city of Jeifersonville, where he was cordially received by the officers and
remained until the nth of May. In his previous encounter with the Indians
he had had a finger broken in their firing, had been wounded in the neck and,
trying to escape, had frozen his feet. As soon as he was able to walk he made
short excursions in the vicinity of the falls of the Ohio, examining the soil and
natural products, especially all the mineral deposits, salt-licks, etc., and his obser-
vations on these and references to the future prospects of the country give
evidence of an acute and vigorous mind, coupled with an intelligent understand-
ing of whatever he saw. At length he started eastward on the iith of ^Nlay,
going up the Ohio river on a flat boat to Fort Pitt, now Pittsburg, and thence
crossing the mountains, arriving in Philadelphia on the 20th of July, on which
date is this last entry in his journal: "At last I am in Philadelphia, and the
first thing I did was to repair to Dr. Franklin's. Him I found sick, and for
twenty-three days he has not been out of his bed. He arose to receive me.
He has shown me much attention and has much commiserated me. Fie has
offered me all possible help. He finds himself much better and has invited me
to dinner tomorrow at his house. I shall not fail, though I am quite ill with
my foot and have no change of clothes." Dr. Franklin, on the occasion of one
of Dr. Saugrain's visits, presented to him what is known as the Nini medallion
portrait, which is still in possession of the family and is valued as a souvenir
of an association with the veteran philosopher, to whom the younger man looked
back as one of the sources of his inspiration in his own subsequent attempts
to extend in the Alississippi valley the spirit of scientific research which Franklin,
at a time when his own country was not prepared for it, had so greatly quickened
in Europe. The passport which enabled Dr. Saugrain to leave France, showing
that on the 27th of April, 1790, he received permission in the king's name to
leave for America accompanied by his servant, is also still preserved.
Dr. Saugrain soon afterwarcl returned to France, where he remained until
1792 or 1793, when he sailed again for the United States with a company of
French colonists, who located at Gallipolis, Ohio. In the colony was Mademoi-
selle Rosalie Alichand, whom? Dr. Saugrain married March 20, 1793. In a
history of early Ohio it was said: "Dr. Saugrain is one of the most prominent
figures among the colonists of Gallipolis, and especially the most learned and
scientific." For various reasons the French colonists there became dissatisfied
with their situation and most of them moved elsewhere. Dr. Saugrain v.'cnt to
Lexington, Kentucky, probably in 1796 or 1797, and the following year came
to St. Louis on a visit of inspection. He was so much pleased with the place
and the people that in 1800 he brought his family here and made permanent
location, his home which he owned standing on the block bounded by Second,
Third, Mulberry and Cedar streets. lie seems to have been both popular and
successful as a medical practitioner but preferred chemistry to medicine and
devoted all his leisure time to it. He was one of the early advocates of vaccina-
tion and in the Missouri Gazette of June 7, 1807. he placed a card in which he
called attention to the value of vaccination as a preventive of smallpox and
announced his readiness to vaccinate any who should apply. He was the first
notable representative of scientific investigation in St. Louis and this part of
the country. He became post physician here under the Spanish lieutenant gover-
nor. Don Carlos Dehault Delassus. When this section of the countrv became
United States territory he was re-appointed by President Jefferson in June, 1805,
to this position, which was one of some honor but small profit. From that time
until his death, which occurred in 1820, Dr. Saugrain continued his scientific
experimental work and al'^o continued in the practice of his profession as a
frontier physician.
1082 ST. LOL'iS, THE FOURTH CTTY.
Dr. and ]\Irs. Saugrain had several children. Frederick, born in St. Louis
in 1806, only three years after this became United States territory, outlived the
century and Avas still living in 1903 at the one hundredth anniversary of the
Purchase. The other son was Alfred Saugrain. The daughters were : Rosalie
Genevieve, who was married June 10, 1816, to Henry von Phul ; Elise ]Marie,
who was married June 10, 1817, to Captain James Kennerly of the United
States army; Henrietta Theresa, who was married June 10, 1827, to ]\Iajor
Thomas Xoel of the United States army ; and Eugenia, who became the wdfe
of John Reel, August 21, 1834. Airs. Saugrain survived her husband for nearly
forty years. Though he devoted much of his time to scientific research he never-
theless made ample financial provision for his family, leaving a considerable
landed estate which increased greatly in value with the growth of the city. It
is the unremunerated labors of Dr. Saugrain as a scientist, however, that make
him worthy to be remembered and honored by his descendants and all who have
interest in what the world has accomplished along scientific lines.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Abbott, W. H 884
Adams, J. H 501
Adreon, E. L 360
Albers, Joseph 593
Albert, J. P 820
Alcorn, J. W 179
Allen, J. W 617
Aloe, L. P 935
Anderson, F. E 588
Anderson, J. M 272
Anheuser, Eberhard 968
Anstedt, J. J 481
Appel, R. M 568
Argo, Ernest 166
Armstrong. W. AI 918
Arste, William 223
Ashbrooke, James 273
Babbitt. B. F 535
Bakewell, R. A 994
Bakewell, Rene 157
Ballaseux, Adolph 137
Banister, F. A 289
Barclay, G. R 251
Barker, H. C 28
Barnard, G. D 174
Barns. W. E 416
Baron, Jules 1042
Barrett, J. W 298
Barrows, J. C 73
Bartholdt, Richard 648
Bartman, J. F 1005
Bass, S. S 923
Bassett, S. H 467
Baum, Alexander 483
Bauman, Meyer 110
Beckwith, H. C 775
Bell, N. M 522
Benham, George 668
Bennett, F. W 615
Bennett, W. G 1017
Benoist, C. L 86
Benoist, E. H 421
Benoist, Theodore 397
Bensiek, John C 248
Benstein, J. W 730
Bent. Silas 832
Berninghaus. J. A , 605
Beyer. Charles 319
Beyer, Robert 34
Bindschadler. Edward 698
Bishop. C. 0 970
Bixby, D. A 875
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PAGE
Black. James, Sr 85
Blair, F. P 176
Blake, O. P 107
Bland, C. C 181
Bleha, C. A 460
Blodgett, H. W 851
Bloomfield, G. L 549
Blossom, H. M 92
Blumeyer, George 782
Boehmer, O. J 436
Bogy, A. AI 902
Bogy, Benjamin 133
Bogv, L. V 438
Bohmer. J. G 864
Bollwerk. Henry 1044
Boogher, Howard 242
Boogher, J. H 732
Boogher, J. P 134
Borresen. J. G 768
Bothe, George 608
Bottger. J. F 450
Bovd. J. W 235
Bo3nton, CD 620
Brachvogel. W. J 1040
Bradford, R. E 671
Bradley. R. T 685
Brady. S. J 424
Braun. Adolph. Jr 52
Breaker, M. J 402
Bretsnyder, F. C 690
Brinckwirth, Louis 305
Brinckwirth, Theodore 306
Brinsmade, Hobart 58
Brock, J. E 434
Brooke, A. W 636
Brookmire, J. H 844
Brookmire, J. H.. Jr 847
Brown. A. D 236
Brown. Paul 1024
Brvan, W. C 538
Brvson, J. P 928
Buder. Edward 1066
Buick. J. ^r 969
Buntin. D. C 946
Burton. W. V 3.s
Burns. G. II 641
Busch, Adolphus 296
Byrd, J. H 136
Bvrnes. J. W 682
Cabanne. J. C 208
Cady. L. Bertram S60
Calfce. J. S 745
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Calhoun, D. R 707
Campbell. Tames 244
Carleton. T. L 710
Carlin, J. L. D 543
Carpenter. W. G 63S
Carr. J. S G66
Carr. P. T 931
Carroll, J. H 62
Carter. W. F 577
Caspari. C. E 1036
Catlin. Daniel 24
Catlin. Ephron, Tr 114
CauWeld. H. S 29
Champ. C. E. M 1067
Chenerv. E. A 545
Chenev". F. X S62
Childress, L. W 149
Chiswell, J. M 624
Chopin. F. A 1001
Christian Brothers' College HI
Christie. H. L 634
Clark. S. H. H 44
Clarkson. W. P 1000
Clvmer. H. G ^36
Crvmer. M. G 835
Cobbs. T. H 53
Cole, A. B 828
Cole. Nelson 230
Collins, :\Iartin 534
ColHns, R. E 787
Compton. R. J 186
Condie. H. D 101
Conn. L. H 130
Conradis. Charles 7SS
Conzelman, Oscar 775
Cooke. W. ^I 580
Coudrev. H. ^^I 17
Coultas. John 462
Couper. G. B 40
Cowen. W. B 564
Coyle, P. W 115
Cramer, F. E 394
Cramer. Gustav 198
Crane. C. L 436
Cranfill. J. H 372
Crawford. G. L 903
Crawford. Han ford 482
Creecv. E. P 406
Crenshaw. T. FI 784
Crone. C. C 397
Crossen. H. S -33
Gulp. W. M 559
Culver, L. L 847
Cummins, William 786
Cunningham, A. D 566
Cunningham, Edward. Jr 810
Cupples, Samuel 18
Curran. C. P 804
Curtis. W. S 452
Daggett. J. D 1026
Dahlberg. G. W. 783
Dameron. E. P 637
D'Arcy. H. T 185
Dammer, Gerhard 623
Davidson, A. J 612
Davis. EM 41
Davis. W. W 66
Deacon. A. R 246
PAGE
Deitering, C. H 500
Dennig, L. E 139
Desloge, Firmin 8
Devoy, Edward 512
Diekmann, L. C 898
Dickson, Joseph, Jr 584
Dischert, G. C 400
Dittmann, W. H 200
Dobson, W. D 874
Dobson, W. N 880
Dodd, S. M 220
Dodds, J. T 358
Dodge, E. C. ., 256
D'Oench, William 207
Donk, E. C 533
Doolev, John 61
Dorr,'L. E 1012
Dougan, J. R 142
Douglass, J. H 947
Douglass, J. H., Jr 939
Dowling, Patrick 1032
Dovle. J. G 454
Dozier, L. D 217
Drischler, Francis 556
Dubrouillet, F. V 202
Duncan, J. P 613
Dunham, C. S 665
Dupierris, Amie 734
Dyer, D. P 278
Dyer. H. C 858
Edwards, G. L 115
Ehlermann. Charles 878
Ehnts. B. J 792
Ehrler. W. A 463
Eisenstadt. Morris 779
Ekstromer. C. A. A 96
Eliot, E. C 16
Elkas. Isaac 567
Ellerbe, C. P 854
Ellison, A. B 498
Emanuel. E. R 692
Emery, G. V 690
Engelke, George 851
Eppelsheimer, Frank 307
Epstein, J. 1 526
Erker, A. P 814
Estes, J. W 767
Evans, Daniel 688
Evers, Henry 546
Eyermann, Gottlieb. Jr 377
Eyssell. Moritz 696
Fabricius, H. T 675
Fardwell, H. R 446
Fauntleroy. T. T 569
Fay. H. W 836
Fedder. William 370
Feterlein. John 770
Feuerbacher. F. W 998
Feuerbacher. Max 924
Fiorita. S. R 203
iMschcr. A. P 684
Flader. O. F 993
Flitcraft. P. R 424
I'lynn. J. C fi60
I'Vjley, William 42
Forbes, M. S 732
I'Vjrdyce, S. W 12
I'^ordyce, W. C 91
I
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Francis, A. J 426
Francis, D. R 724
Franciscus. J. M 37
Frank, Nathan 158
Frank, William 583
Frantz, W. H 189
Frederick, A. PI 312
Fruin, Jeremiah 128
Frye. W. G 474
Fullerton, J. S 1050
Fullerton, S. H 1068
Furlong, Thomas 224
Furrer, J A 756
Fusz, P. A 300
Gaebler, A. N 368
Gaier, Ernst SIS
Galbreath, G. W 396
Galoskowsk}', T. F 374
Gamble. D. C 168
Garesche. V. W 502
Garrels, G. W. 488
Garrison. D. E 508
Garvin, W. E 642
Gast. Ferdinand 383
Gatch, E. S 262
Gaut, O. H 651
Gemmer, J. P 703
Georgia, W. E 43
Gerst, F. G 84
Gestring, H. W 448
Gibson, W. 0 301
Gilfillan, Francis 390
Glauber, A. E 370
Gleeson, T. P 52
Glover, Henry 872
Goddard, Warren 201
Godefroy, A. F 560
Godfrey, J. A 780
Goeggel, Francis 1055
Goessling, V. J 167
Good, A. H 770
Gossrau, O. J 670
Gorman. Patrick 1070
Gould, E. M 3S2
Graber, H. A 410
Grace, P. F 65S
Gradolph, W. F 56
Graf. L. J 46S
Graham, B. B 120
Graham. H. B 76
Grant, J. M 1072
Green, F. X 533
Green, James 476
Green, J. F 840
Green. J. L 477
Greene. T. P 808
Gregg, W. H 1006
Grimme. Herman rn5
Gross, J. H 1 60
Groves, A. B 798
Gruen. W. H 100
Gruetzemacher. H, F 326
Gundlach. Alwin 749
Haag, Chris 345
Haarstick. H. C 510
Haarstick, W. T 335
Haase, A. C. L 354
Hackman. F. 'M 530
PAGE
Hagerman. James 80
Hall. A. D 744
Hamilton, Alexander 320
Hamilton. H. A 383
Hammond. J. G 363
Hancock, W. S 438
Harding. G. E • 323
Haren, W. A 334
Harlan, T. B 795
Harrigan, Laurence 89
Harris, N. C 323
Hartmann, Gustave 427
Hartmann. Henry Jr 1030
Hartman. John 711
Hartnett. J. P 539
Harvey. W. A 1014
Haumueller. A. C 367
Hawcs. J. H 875
Hawlev. E. W 257
Havden, C. S 122
Hays, F. P 219
Hazzard, C. E 664
Head J. J 405
Heman, H. F 796
Heman. J. H 319
Hemminghaus, William, Jr 256
Hemminghaus, William, Sr 255
Hermann, Mathias 630
Hermann, Samuel 228
Herthel. Adolph 853
Hesse, J. D ^.75
Hezel, :\Iorris 404
Hiemenz. Henrv. Jr 986
Hi^hlevman. L." T 900
HiH. Walker 1029
Hines. J. M 783
Hitchcock, G. N 246
Hitchcock. Henrv 290
Hoblitzelle. G. K 736
Hoelting. J. G 1040
Hof. J P 790
Hogg. G. R 623
Hoibrook, W. J 610
Holman, J. B 633
Holmes, J. 'SI 964
Holtcamp, C. W 336
Holthaus, E. D 912
Holweck. F. G 484
Houser. D. M 1060
ITovt. E. R 362
Hovt. F. W 261
Hubbell. H. P 713
Hunkins. F. P 57S
Huttig, C. H 932
Ikemeier, A. J 71 s
Trland, F. W 543
Ittner, Anthonv 974
Ittner. W. B 776
Ives. H. C 4S7
Jackson, G. P. B 753
Jann'net, L. A lis
Tamison, D. A 742
Jeffries. S. B 23
Jennings. C. IVI 469
Johansen. Johan 328
Johnson. C. D 342
Johnson, C. T 90S
Johnson, H. C 876
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Johnson. H. McC 415
Johnston, Robert 5.54
Jones, Breckinridge 592
Jones. R. A 714
Jones, R. McK 51S
Jones, S. L 313
Jov. C. F 958
Kaime. D. F 842
Kane, P. J 644
Karst, Emile TIG
Kastor, H. W 286
Kave, W. H 121
Reiser. J. P 890
Keiser, R. H 891
Kelley. T. D 799
Kennett. \\'. P 317
Kiel. H. W 10
Kilpatrick, Claude 369
Kinealy. W. B . 704
King, Goodman 276
King, J. C 1078
Kinsella, Tames 41
Kinsella. \V. J 161
Kinsev. W. ^Vl 444
Kircher. C. E 270
Klasing. A. F 284
Klasing. William 746
Knapp, T. ^l 1021
Knight. H. F 356
Koehler. H. A 1079
Koenig. H. C 287
Knox. C. G 936
Kotthoff. Henrv 606
Kramer, S. L 228
Krembs. H. J 632
Krieckhau?. Augustus 314
Krone, C. F 713
Krum. C. H 116
Kuhs. A. H 414
Kunze. A. C 650
La Beaume. Louis 880
Ladd. W. ^1 492
Lambert. A. W 184
Lammcrt. ^fartin. Jr 642
Lampel. F. L 163
Lampel. Lorenz 162
Landay. J. 1 960
Ledcrer. S. 'SI 94
Lee. B. D 957
Lee. E. W 821
Lehmann. F. W 495
Lcnzen. E.J 1 ofiT
Leonard. L. L 1 60
Lcppcrt. C. J 34'-;
Lesser. Julius 206
Levis. Leo 662
Lewis. J. A 498
Lightholder. W. P 528
Lincoln. J. C 540
Link. T. C 392
Linneman. H. J 712
Lloyd. Hiram 443
Lochmann. J. J 764
r,ock\vood. G. R 70S
Lockwood. R. J 548
Lokcr, D. C 9;!k
Lokcr. G. TT 69:;
Long. .S. M. B 704
PAGE
Loring. J. N 241
Louderman, H. B 951
Lowrv, J. S 825
Lubke, G. W 604
Ludington. F. H 68
Lvnch, G. N 268
^IcArdle, M. P 344
McChesney, W. F 722
:\IcCormack, S. C 83
:\IcCulloch, Robert 182
McDonald, Jesse 934
McDonald, M. F 60
McHose, C. W 505
McKittrick. T. H 103
McLain, J. T 167
McLean, Mary H. . . . • 119
McLure, Margaret A. E 990
Mc]\Iahon, J. F 268
Maffitt, P. C 70
Magoon, Ephraim 652
]\Lagoon, F. L 722
Mallinckrodt, Edward 944
Manewal, August 520
Manlev, W. C 341
Alarshall, W. C 388
Martin, J. 1 550
Martin, Meredith, Jr 90
Mason, W. H 480
Mattfeldt, A. D 592
Matthews. Leonard 760
^lauran. J. L 150
Mavfield, W. H 978
Alechin, G. V. R 368
^leier. Henry 258
]\Ieinberg. P. A 222
Meuue. Aloj'S 393
Menzeuwerth, Henrv 398
Merrick. H. H. ...." 211
^Merryman. J. F 826
:\Iertens. T. W 669
3.1ever. A. C. F 618
Mever, C. F. G 192
Mever. F. C 1049
MeVer. T. F 164
Middlekauff. F. G 409
Miller. J. G 280
Aliller, O. S 754
:\Iiltenberger. W. H. A 686.
Mitchell. G. W ' 353
Montgomery. J. F 340
Moore, F. R 453
Moore, A. R 418
Mooney. A. E 806
Moore. P. N 462
Moore. John W 1048
Moore, Robert 800
Moore. W. G 681
More, E. A 257
Morgan, G. H 470
Morrison, G. B 570
Alorsey, W. L ' 516
Morton, L W 1064
Muckcrmann. J, C 346
Muegge, A. IT 855
Mucnch. Hugo 926
Mullallv. John 643
Mulvihill, T. E 868
Muriiliy. David 302
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Mvers, J. B . . . 3:29
Nagel, Charles 7:1
Nash. W. H 380
Nealc. H. G G?.-l
Nekula, John 42.S
Newcomb, C. L 357
Newcomb, Norton 366
Newman, W. T 700
Newton, W. P 771
Nicholls, C. C 772
Nichols, W. L 555
Nicolans, Hcnrv 420
Nidelet, J. C. ". 35
Niederlander, N. F 332
Niedringhaus, Charles 48
Niekamp, W. L 672
Niemann, G. W 907
Niemever, C. A 598
Nohl, W. H 251
Nolker, L. T 904
Nolte. E. F 432
Noonan. T. S 430
Nortoni, A. D 264
Norvell, Saunders 328
Nugent, E. T 899
Nugent, F. V 587
O'Bovle. F. J 720
O'Da.v, John 364
O'Donnell. Patrick 196
O'Hara, Henrv 962
O'Neil, P. A.' 50
Obear, Bryan 532
Obert, Louis 965
Ochterbeck, H. C 794
Orr, L H 269
Orthwein. C. F 104
Orthwein. W. D 308
Ossing. E. G 282
Ottensmever. H. C 590
Outten. W. B 252
Padberg, L. F 859
Papin, The Family 152
Paquin, Ozias 646
Parker. FT. L 299
Parsons. S. B 22
Paulv. P. J.. Sr 600
Paxson. A. A 589
Pavken. J. R ' 843
Penney, j. L 323
Pennina', H. E 816
Perkins^, A. T 863
Peterson. C. A , 654
Pettker, Henrv 920
Pickett. E. B 148
Pitcher. Henrv 1038
Player. J. Y 65
Ploeser. Louis , ■ ■ . 558
Plummer. Theoflore 1021
Pohlman. W. F 332
Pollvogt, H. L 576
Ponimer, C. F 55
Popper. ']\Iorris 411
Potter. O. F 619
Poulin. R. N 867
Prather. J. G lOls
Preetorius. E. L 324
Price, S. T 588
Priest. H. S 18s
I'Aci-:
Primm. S. S 412
Prior. C. H ■".79
Prvnne, C. ^1 1075
Prvor, E. B 448
Quick, L. W 866
Quigley, Bernard <')40
Raboteau. John 1 32
Rae, W. J 706
Rainwater. C. C 757
Ramsey, C. K 49()
Ramsey. J. P 274
Rathell, S. T 143
Rav. E. L .- 35
Redheffer, H. A 163
Reinhardt, J. IT 989
Reising, Anton 250
Rexford, L. P 124
Reynolds, G. D 678
Rice, C. M 254
Rice. Jonathan 404
Richardson. R. A 78
Ridgely. Henderson 43
Ring. John 79
Ritter. O. L. R 1013
Robb. Joseph 1004
Roberts. J. C 628
Roeder, Philip 138
Roever, William 584
Rohan. Michael 504
Rohde. Henry 879
Roll. Nickolas 753
Rooch, August 609
Rosemann. F. R 733
Rosenthal. G. D 911
Rowell, Clinton -266
Rowland. E. S 282
Ruecking. Herman 491
Ruehmkorf, H. J 156
Ruhl. T. A 602
Russell. C. S 1010
Ryan. M. S 190
St. Gemnie, Frank 578
Sander. Enno 919
Sanders, Carew 440
Sanders. G. W 914
Sands. J. T ^8S
Saugrain. A. F 1079
Sanguinet. M. P 996
Sauerbrunn. George 856
Sawver. F. O ^7
Schiele. Sidnev 1026
Schiller. William 233
Scheer. Louis 1074
Schlag, Charles '''~'
Schloeman. J. W 916
Schmidt. A. T T9s
Schmidt, T. B 839
Schmidt. O. I 1009
Schneck. H, G 568
Schnciderhahn. M V. P 717
Schnelle, A. H 94:!
.Schoenlau. William 948
Scholield. J. V. P 378
Schokniiller. C. H 1062
Schollmever. G. H 702
Schorr. John T 1041
Schotten. TTubertus 1022
Schulte, W. F 247
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
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Schuster, N. B 721
Schwartz, Selig 515
Schwedtman, F. C 9S
Scotland. T. H 3S4
Scott. Tohn 49
Scudder. W. H 173
Sciillv. Patrick S30
Sciillin. W. R 666
Selph. CM 399
Senter. C. P 1071
Seward. M. A 277
Shanks. H. R 922
Shantz. I. ^^' 435
Shapleigh. A. L 1076
Shapleigh. Frank 896
Shapleigh. J. B 431
Shapleigh. R. W. . 234
Sheldon, F. E 594
Shelton. Theodore 145
Simpkins, \\'. H 2S3
Simpson. C. 0 144
Skinker. T. K 748
Slieman. Anthony 114
Sloan, J. 'SI 674
Smith, A. H 330
Smith, C. B 74S
Smith. G. K 910
Smith, H. M 1034
Smith, J. E 817
Smith, T. H 887
Smncker, J. E 774
Spencer. E. J 350
Spencer. H. X 966
Spencer. R. P 7.50
Spragne. H. E 1037
Stamps. \V. C 172
Stanard. E. 0 5
Stanowski. Urlian 514
Steinbiss, H. W .386
Steininger. E. A 457
Stevens. C. X 699
Stewart. A. C 1056
Stocke, Jacob. Sr 71
Stockstrom. Louis 339
Stockton. R. H 506
Stoltman. R. H 202
Strodtman. Ci. W 405
Stumpf. Lonis 601
Sullivan. ]•". IT 338
Snrkamp. C. IT 813
Sutter, Otto 766
Swift. W. Tl 1046
Svvinglev, C. E 95
Tamm. Maximillian 486
Taussig. .Samuel 102
Taylor. ]). G 1063
Taylor. T. V 473
Teichmann. ( ). L 446
Ten l<roek. G. TI :.04
Terry, J. II 1014
Thompson. ]■'. A 623
Thompson. II. C 821
Thomson, W. II 214
Travilla. J. C 54
Treat. E. :\I :,:>-,
Tremblcv. C. Z 738
Troll. Ilarrv 146
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Trumbo, G. M 494
Turner, C. H 415
Turner, H. S 560
Turner, W. P. H 564
Udell, M. R 906
LTrich. Frederick 478
Valle. J. B 660
Van Blarcom, J. C 626
Van Cleave, J. W 125
Van Raalte, Julius. Sr 529
Van Raalte. S 112
Verdin, B. M 574
Vollmer, Frank 170
Vrooman. H. A 347
Waggoner. S. E 496
Wagner, Edward 519
Wagner, E. H 311
Wagner, H. K 616
Wagoner, H. E 327
Walbridge. C. P 802
Walbridge, M. P 151
Wallace. J. T 77
Walsh, Edward, Sr 983 ;
Walsh, Edward, Jr 985 i
Walsh, J. W 494
Walsh, Thomas 940
Wangler, J. F 992
Ware, C. E 952 / .
Waterworth, J. A 458 •'--.<,
Watson, Howard 140
Watts, M. F 467
Watts, Sylvester 882
Wear, J. H 1045
Wear, J. W 1033
Weber, Adam 390
Weigelt. A. O 973
Wells, Rolla 108
Westerbeck. F. L 263
White. T. W. 316
Whitelaw. R. jl'; 737 "
Widen, J. B 657
Wiegand, C. F. W 422
AViest, Adam 197
Wilfley, X. P 594
Wilhelmy, William 74
Williams, M. R 810
Willis, Gordon 180
Wilson. G. H 288
Winterer. Charles 763
Witte, O. R 942
Woestman. J. B 758
Woodward. C. M 740
Woodward. L. B 867
Woodward. W. B 227
Woodward. W. H 30
Worlev, Christian 961
Wright. G. M 229
Wright. J. A 973
Wright. Thomas 11
Yantis. W. G 1037
Young, T. C 1002
Young, T. R 892
Zachcr, August 586
Zahorskv, John 544
Zellcrs, J. A 449
Zieglcr, Charles 373
Zimmcrmann, T. F. W 822
9872