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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 251 Today's Topics: #1 bio: Glober, Samuel W. - Hamilton [christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000818.094922.-208471.8.frog158@juno.com> Subject: bio: Glober, Samuel W. - Hamilton County Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Samuel W. Glover Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg Samuel W. Glover, of Cincinnati, president of The Post-Glover Electric Company, belongs to the class of men who, seeing an advantage, possess the ability to follow it to a successful conclusion. Eighteen years ago he assisted in organizing the business of which he is now the head and has lived to see the enterprise grow from a small beginning until today it is one of the highly flourishing concerns of Cincinnati, manufacturing and dealing on a large scale in electrical and railway supplies. Mr. Glover has been identified with the electrical business ever since he was a young man, having recognized years ago the possibilities of this line of activity through the increasing use of electricity as its advantages should become better known. He arrived in Cincinnati in 1893 and associated with Oliver Kinsey and F. V. Van Winkle as The Post-Glover Electric Company. The firm began operating on West Fourth Street, directly opposite 314 to 316, the present location of the company, and moved across the street in order to secure larger accommodations in 1899. The company started with Mr. Kinsey as president and Mr. Glover as vice president and general manager. In 1896 Mr. Glover succeeded Mr. Kinsey as president and has continued from the start as general manager. He is also treasurer, the other officers of the company being Mr. Van Winkle and George N. Devon. The company now occupies seven floors and makes use of forty-two thousand square feet of floor space. The patronage of the house has increased manifold and the name has become widely known, the company now giving employment to two hundred and fifty persons in the manufacture, sale and distribution of its products. Mr. Glover devotes his entire time to this business. He is a man of keen discrimination, sound judgment and fine executive ability, his associates also being thoroughly qualified for performing their full share in advancing the interests of the organization. Mr. Glover is actively identified with the Business Men's Club and fraternally is connected with the Masonic order, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Shrine. He has in Cincinnati found an agreeable and highly promising field for his energy and has met with the success that is almost invariably the result of wisely directed application. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:04:03 -0500 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000818.094922.-208471.1.frog158@juno.com> Subject: bio: Galbreath, Elmer Ellsworth - Hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by blizzard.columbus.rr.com id LAA04839 Elmer Ellsworth Galbreath Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg Among the men of Cincinnati who have gained success through wisely directed effort there are few more inspiring examples than that presented in the life of E. E. Galbreath, president of the Second National Bank. He is a native of Georgetown, Ohio, born February 1, 1864, a son of W. T. Galbreath, who was born at Georgetown January 29, 1818, and married Nancy McClain, a native of the same place. Mr. Galbreath Sr. became very prominent as a banker and was for many years connected with the Ripley National Bank. He was an intimate personal friend of General U. S. Grant and lived to be over four score years of age, his death occurring in 1899. The family is of Scotch lineage, the ancestry having been traced back many generations in Scotland. After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools Mr. Galbreath of this review entered the Ripley High School from which he was graduated in 1882. He then went into Ripley National Bank as assistant cashier, in which position he continued for a number of years, when he was made cashier. Subsequently he was appointed by the federal government as National Bank Examiner for the district and filled that position very acceptably for four years, during which time he gained much experience which assisted him greatly in assuming new responsibilities. He was elected vice president of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati in 1905 and in January 1911, was made president of this institution, a position which he has since filled. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Norwood National Bank and the Mercantile Library. On the 11th of June 1889, Mr. Galbreath was married to Miss Bessie Torrence, a native of Mercer, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Dr. J. W. Torrence. Five children came to brighten their home, Torrence, Joseph, George, Ralph and Kathryn. In politics Mr. Galbreath supports the candidates and principles of the Republican Party and his religious faith is indicated by membership in the Presbyterian church to which he is a liberal contributor. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order and has taken the Scottish Rite and thirty-second degree. He also holds membership in the Bankers=92 Club of Cincinnati, the Business Men=92s Club, the Queen City Club and the Avondale Golf Club. He has always been prompt and efficient in business and has shown a capacity and clearness of perception in meeting emergencies, which mark the true leader. He was fortunate in early receiving thorough instruction in his chosen vocation and there are few men in Cincinnati whose judgment in large financial matters is more readily accepted. Being now in the prime of life with apparently many years before him of increasing prosperity and usefulness, he may be regarded as peculiarly fortunate, and he sees no reason to regret his selection of Cincinnati as a home. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:04:49 -0500 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000818.094922.-208471.2.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Bio: Galle, William F. - Hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit William F. Galle Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg From a clerical position to the present ownership of a thriving manufacturing and shipping industry is the noteworthy rise accomplished by William F. Galle, of the lumber company operating under the same name. In the opinion of his business associates he is looked upon as a man of scrupulous honesty, possessing that energy and force of character, which are impelled by a wholesome ambition. He was born in Cincinnati in 1873, his parents being August H. and Fredericka (Peters) Galle. His father was a native of Germany and when about seventeen years of age crossed the Atlantic in order to avail himself of larger business opportunities in the new hemisphere. Finding his way west over the Alleghanies, he settled in Cincinnati and here secured a position with Amor Smith & Company, remaining in their employ for more than forty-five years until he at length retired. During the later portion of his connection with this firm he acted in the capacity of superintendent, discharging his duties with utmost fidelity to the advancement of the business interests of his employers. William F. Galle obtained his education in Hughes High School and thereafter became bookkeeper in the firm of A. Renesch & Company. He remained with them for a time when he found an opportunity to improve his position and in consequence entered the employ of J. Ringeman & Company, where he worked in a similar capacity. Ever mindful of the ideal of economic freedom, which he cherished in his heart, he watched his opportunities with a shrewd eye and a bold spirit. When the time was ripe he severed his connections with the firm in which he was employed and in February 1901, engaged in the lumber business for himself, operating under the firm style of William F. Galle & Company. How fortunate was the result of the step which he then took is evidenced in the increasing prosperity of the business. He is a manufacturer and wholesale dealer of hardwood lumber and began in a small way to supply the local market. The firm, which has increased its business to the present remarkable proportions, is chiefly employed in furnishing the lumber materials for the manufacture of furniture, carriages, automobile trucks and for interior finishing. They have mills in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana and ship extensively throughout the middle states and the east, handling about twelve million feet of lumber annually. The marriage of Mr. Galle and Miss Louise Rodman, a daughter of F. K. Rodman, of Cincinnati, occurred January 5, 1911. Mr. Galle is very active and enthusiastic in his fraternal relations. He belongs to the Masonic order, being a member of Harmony Lodge, F. & A. M.; Cincinnati Chapter, R. A. M.; Cincinnati Commandery, K. T.; Cincinnati Council, R. & S. M.; Ohio Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in the Hoo Hoo, a lumber organization. Ever a genial companion, he is held in high favor, both in social and commercial circles, in Cincinnati, where he has a host of friends. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:13:41 -0500 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000818.094922.-208471.5.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Bio: Gardell, J.M. - Hamilton County Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit J.M. Gardell Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg J. M. Gardell, who has been remarkably successful in handling large investments and in introducing capital to Cincinnati from other parts of the country, is recognized as one of the most prominent real-estate and loan brokers of the city. He is a native of Cincinnati, born in 1872, a son of John and Victoria Gardell. The father was for many years engaged in the wholesale mercantile business on Walnut Street and is now deceased. Mr. Gardell of this review was educated in the public schools and from his boyhood has been acquainted with business affairs. For fifteen years past he has been actively engaged in the real-estate business. He devotes his attention principally to business property centrally located and has been instrumental in effecting the largest deals ever made by a real-estate broker in Cincinnati, some of them involving more than a million dollars. He negotiated the sale of the Columbia Theater property, on Walnut Street, which amounted to several hundreds of thousands of dollars; the sale of property on the north side of Fifth Avenue, between Vine and Race Streets, aggregating more than a million dollars; the Ohio Mechanics Institute, at the southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and Vine Streets, which called for five hundred thousand dollars; and he made a deal amounting to four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in property on Main Street, between Canal and Hunt Streets; also transactions on Fountain Square brought the price of realty up from five thousand dollars a foot for inside lots to nine thousand dollars a foot. Most of his large negotiations have been concluded within the last two or three years and they have resulted in bringing many hundreds of thousands of dollars from cities in other parts of the country to Cincinnati. He has also been successful in effecting the establishment of manufacturing and business enterprises, among which may be named the large eastern firm headed by S. S. Kresge, which moved from an eastern city and now has two stores in Cincinnati, one of which is on Fifth Avenue, between Race and Vine Streets, in the center of the retail district, and the other on Main Street, just north of the canal. In 1905 Mr. Gardell was married in this city to Miss Eleanor Vaske, a daughter of George Vaske, who was formerly a member of the firm of Van Wormer & Vaske, commission merchants. This firm is now retired from business. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Gardell two sons have been born, Ellsworth, now aged four years, and Norman, aged two years. The residence of the family is on East Walnut Hills, where Mr. Gardell finds a welcome diversion from the cares of business in raising poultry. He attributes his success in life to habits of close observation combined with the ability to keep his plans to himself until the time for making them public has arrived. He is a close student of human nature and always keeps thoroughly informed as to the wants of investors. Mr. Gardell is an authority in the valuation of business property in Cincinnati and it is scarcely necessary to say that he is a man of irreproachable character whose work is as binding as his bond. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:16:52 -0500 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000818.094922.-208471.6.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Bio: Gates, John - Hamilton County Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Gates Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg John Gates, who has been identified with John Gates & Company, wholesale shoe jobbers of Cincinnati ever since he entered business life, is the third of the name in direct descent in the family and can claim a long line of sturdy English ancestry. He is a native of Cincinnati, born February 23, 1853, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Collingwood) Gates. The father and mother came from England with their parents about 1826, when the former was a young lad and both families located in Cincinnati. He completed his school training at Woodward High School, from which he was graduated, soon afterward being apprenticed to the printer's trade. In 1841 he decided to change his vocation and associated with John Simpkinson in the jobbing business. They continued the partnership about a year and in 1842 Mr. Gates established the firm of John Gates & Company in the same line of business, which has ever since been in existence. He proved very successful and traveling men from this house supplied patrons in six or seven states tributary to Cincinnati, Mr. Gates died in 1878, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his wife passed away December 25, 1894, after arriving at the age of seventy-three. They are both buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, in a lot which Mr. Gates purchased in 1852. After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools John Gates, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, was graduated from the Chickering Institute and later was a student in a preparatory school at Easthampton Massachusetts. Soon after returning home from the east he was made manager of his father's factory and subsequently became manager of the jobbing department of the house, so continuing until the death of the father, when he and his brother James assumed control of the business. Under their management the operations of the firm have been greatly increased. Mr. Gates is a member of the board of directors of the Cincinnati Traction Company and has gained for himself a highly creditable place as one of the reliable and progressive men of Cincinnati. He has displayed marked ability and indefatigable energy and success has followed as the legitimate result of his labors. On the 22nd of June 1887, Mr. Gates was married to Miss Frances White, a daughter of M. M. White, president of the Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati, and Hanna Amelia (Coffin) White. To them three children have been born: Morris White, who is now a student at Haverford College, Pennsylvania; John Jr., who is a student of St. George's school, Newport, Rhode Island; and Elizabeth, who was graduated at the Baldwin school, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Politically Mr. Gates is a stanch supporter of the Republican Party and socially is identified with the Queen City Club, the Country Club and Golf Club. He has been over thirty years treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Cincinnati Union Bethel, of which his father was one of the Principal organizers, and is also vestryman of the Church of the Epiphany. A liberal supporter of education and of movements seeking to alleviate the ills of humanity, he is highly esteemed by those who know him, representing, as he does, the qualities of a good citizen, a kind husband and father and a faithful friend. ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:03:20 -0500 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000818.094922.-208471.0.frog158@juno.com> Subject: bio: Goodrich, Ralph B. - Hamilton County Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by blizzard.columbus.rr.com id LAA04839 Ralph Brown Goodrich Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 Transcribed by: Linda Isenbarg During the greater period of his business career, R. B. Goodrich has concentrated his energies upon the development of the Eagle Manufacturing Company, of which he has been president since 1900. He is another of the enterprising sons of Cincinnati, his birth occurring in November 1876, and his parents being Charles Taylor and Ann-Brown Goodrich. The father, who was a native of Petersburg, Virginia, came to this city in 1850, obtaining employment as a salesman with a wholesale fur house, with which he continued to be identified until he engaged in the wholesale fur, cap and glove business himself. He remained connected with this line until 1884, at which time he disposed of his interests and lived retired until his demise in December 1903. Mrs. Goodrich still resides in the old home on College Hill. In the pursuit of his preliminary education, R. B. Goodrich attended the public schools until he had attained the age of about fifteen years when he entered Belmont College, remaining in that institution for four years. At the expiration of that period, he laid aside his textbooks to assume the heavier responsibilities of life, beginning his business career as a clerk with John Shillito & Company. For two years he remained a member of their clerical force, beginning at a salary of six dollars per week and being rapidly promoted, withdrawing at the end of that time because he had obtained an interest in the Eagle Manufacturing Company, about 1897. He immediately became identified with that company, ultimately being made manager and continuing in that position until 1900. In the latter years, they incorporated and Mr. Goodrich became president, the duties of which office, he has most capably discharged for the past nine years. This company, which is one of the enterprising industries of the city, engages in the manufacture of a general line of metal specialties, including special dies, tools and machinery, in the production of which they employ the services of seventy-five people. The scope of their activities has very rapidly developed during the past sixteen years, the demand for their wares having increased until their sales department includes a large and constantly increasing foreign as well as domestic branch. The financial success of their undertaking has been most practically demonstrated, by the erection of a substantially constructed, five-story steel and concrete building, in which they are now located. It contains thirty thousand feet of floor space and has been entirely equipped with new machinery and all manner of modern improvements and conveniences to facilitate the work, as well as for the comfort of the employees, being in every way, a modern structure of its kind. Mr. Goodrich is financially interested in the West End Bank & Trust Company, of which he is a director. Fraternally, Mr. Goodrich is identified with the Masonic order, in which he has attained high rank, having taken the thirty-two degrees of the Scottish Rite as well as those of the York. He is not married, and his religious faith is manifested through his affiliation with the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Business Men=92s Club. Being very fond of outdoor life, Mr. Goodrich is an auto enthusiast, enjoys tennis and devotes as much time as he can spare from his business, during the seasons, to hunting and fishing. His political support he accords the candidates of the republican party, always having been an ardent advocate of its policy, which he considers to be the best adapted to sub serve the interests of the majority. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #251 *******************************************