OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 107 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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 107 Today's Topics: #1 Fw: Bio: George Mantell Allen - Ha [christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000322.104457.-114297.17.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Fw: Bio: George Mantell Allen - Hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit George Mantell Allen, M.D. Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume III, 1912 Pages 144 - 145 Transcribed by: Patti Graman Dr. George Mantell Allen, whose residence and office are at No. 2404 Auburn Avenue, is a native son of the Buckeye State and has for over thirty years made this city his home. He was born at Oberlin, November 23, 1848. His father was Professor George N. Allen, for many years occupant of the chair of geology and natural history at Oberlin College and widely noted for his scholarship. He died in 1880. A brother of our subject, Professor Fred D. Allen, who died in 1906, was one of the Greek scholars of America. He was a graduate of Oberlin College and of the University of Leipsic, Germany. He served for many years as professor of Greek at Harvard University. Dr Allen was reared under the favoring influences of a college town. He attended the local schools and was also a student of Oberlin College. After leaving college he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and for four years was in the employ of Strong-Cobb & Company, wholesale druggists. At the end of this time he came to Cincinnati and entered Miami Medical College, in which he pursued the regular course, graduating in 1881 with the degree of M. D. He served for one year as interne in the Cincinnati Hospital and then began practice, which he has since uninterruptedly continued. He is one of the most favorably known physicians and medical teachers of Cincinnati. Since 1886 he has filled the office of obstetrician to the Cincinnati Hospital. He served for many years as instructor in chemistry at the Miami Medical College and was a member of the board of directors of that college until its merger with the Medical College of Ohio. Since the merger he has filled the important office of clinician in the medical department of the University of Cincinnati. He is also obstetrician to Christ Hospital and a member of the staff of the Episcopal Hospital for Children. In 1883, at Cincinnati, Dr. Allen was married to Miss Helen Hudson, a daughter of Rev. Horace Hudson, who died when she was a child. She is also a granddaughter of the beloved old blind missionary, Rev. Horace Bushnell, one of Cincinnati's pioneer ministers, long since deceased. They have three children; Carolyn, who is the wife of Currier Lang, of Detroit, Michigan; Catharine DeForest; and Jeannette. Professionally Dr. Allen holds membership in the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Obstetrical Society of Cincinnati. By many years of earnest and conscientious effort, in the course of which he has fully demonstrated his ability, he has gained a place in the front rank among the physicians of this city. He is honored by his associates and acquaintances and his brother practitioners place in him their complete confidence. Genial and social in nature, he is welcome wherever he appears and his upright life guarantees the respect and esteem of the entire community. ________________________________________________________________ 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: #2 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:41:50 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000322.104457.-114297.18.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Fw: Bio: Levi Addison Ault - Hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Levi Addison Ault Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume III, 1912 Pages 16 - 17 transcribed by Patti Graman No record of the successful men of Cincinnati would be complete without adequate mention of Levi Addison Ault, whose name is associated with one of the most important manufacturing enterprises in the city. For more than thirty years he has been engaged in the manufacture of printers' inks and colors and the Ault & Wiborg company of which he is the head is now the largest concern of the kind in the world. He was born at Mille Roches, Ontario, Canada, November 24, 1851, a son of Simon W. and Caroline (Brownell) Ault. The father was a cloth manufacturer and it was from him that the son inherited the talent which he has applied with such good effect in his life vocation. The ancestry of the Ault family has been traced to Ault, Picardy, France. At the time of the Huguenot massacre in France members of the family escaped to Holland and thence in 1780 came to America, settling in Canada. The Brownell family is of English origin. The early progenitors in America arrived in Connecticut in Colonial times. Being friendly to the King of England, in 1776 the descendants fled to Canada. Mr. Ault of this review received his early education in the common schools and the Cornwall grammar school. After laying his books aside he devoted his attention for five years to bookkeeping and in 1878 began on a modest scale in the manufacture of printers' inks. As the years passed the business grew and the Ault & Wiborg Company now occupies one of the most complete plants of the kind that has ever been erected and sends its products to all the civilized countries of the globe. Mr. Ault has witnessed various fluctuations I the course of his business life but never yielded to discouragement. By the application of strict business principles, good judgment and fair dealing the company has reached the front rank. Its achievements are the result of harmonious cooperation of the various departments under the constant care and watchfulness of competent leadership and its great success has been honorably gained and is well deserved. In addition to his manufacturing interests Mr. Ault is a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank. On the 23rd of October, 1878, at Cincinnati, he was married to Miss Ida May Holtzinger, a daughter of Henry E. and Angie Holtzinger, the latter of whom died when her daughter was four years of age. They have one son, Lee Brownell, who married Miss Hildegarde von Steinwehe. Politically Mr. Ault is an adherent of the republican party in national affairs but he is an advocate of a business administration in city government and at home elections votes independently. He has taken a great interest in beautifying the city and was appointed by the mayor in 1906 as president of a commission of leading citizens to develop a park system for Cincinnati. This work was completed in 1908 and Mr. Ault has served most acceptably for three years as president of the first park commission. In May, 1911, he donated to the city of Cincinnati a tract of land comprising approximately one hundred and fifty acres and overlooking the Ohio river on Madison Road. This great tract is to be known as Ault Park and is a splendid addition to the park system of the city. Mr. Ault is a valued member of the Commercial, Queen City and Country Clubs and in religious belief adheres to the Unitarian Church. He has through his ability, integrity and public spirit won an honorable place in his adopted city and has no cause to regret his selection of Cincinnati as a home, for here he has found friends and fortune. ________________________________________________________________ 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: #3 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:41:01 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000322.104457.-114297.15.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Fw: Bio: Hon. Alfred G. Allen - hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hon. Alfred G. Allen Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 pg 54-56 Cincinnati, The Queen City Transcribed by: Patti Graman On March 4, 1911, Alfred G. Allen, of Cincinnati, assumed his duties at Washington as member of congress from the second district of Ohio and in the opinion of many friends who have for the past ten or fifteen years been interested in his advancement as a lawyer and his growing influence in Ohio politics, he will right creditably acquit himself of the responsibility. He is a native of Ohio, born on a farm near Wilmington, Clinton County, July 23, 1867. His father, Isaac B. Allen, was born in New York State and settled at Wilmington in 1851. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1861 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Clinton County and, like many noble-hearted patriots of the Civil War period, resigned from a lucrative office in order to enlist in his country's defense. He organized Company C, Seventy-ninth Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected its captain. After serving most honorably he lost his health from exposure and was invalided home in the fall of 1863. He devoted his attention principally to farming from the time of the Civil War until his death, in August, 1891. He was a man of many sterling qualities and a true lover of the republic. In 1855, he married Miss Eliza W. Gaither, of Wilmington, a daughter of Henry Gaither, formerly of Frederick County, Maryland. Of their children two are now living: Effie who makes her home at Wilmington; and Alfred G. After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools Alfred G. Allen became a student of the Wilmington High School from which he was graduated in June, 1886. He studied law in the office of Bateman & Harper of Cincinnati and was graduated from the Law School of Cincinnati College with the degree of LL.B. in June, 1890. He began practice in Cincinnati and upon the death of Mr. Bateman, in 1897, became a partner of J. C. Harper. In 1908 J. W. Curts was admitted to the firm and the title became Harper, Allen & Curts, their offices being in the First National Bank building. This is one of the well-known law firms of Cincinnati-one which has been identified with much important litigation in the state and federal courts. Mr. Allen has been especially prominent in city affairs during recent years. He served as councilman at large in 1906-1907 and also as a member of the board of sinking fund trustees in 1908-9. In the positions named he showed a clear discernment and business judgment which proved of marked benefit to the interests of the city and reflected high credit upon himself. He was elected to congress upon the democratic ticket in November, 1910, after one of the most exciting campaigns southwestern Ohio has known for many years. On the 10th of December, 1901, at St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Clara B. Forbes, a daughter of M. S. Forbes, president of Forbes Brothers' Tea and Spice Company of St. Louis, and one of the leading business men of that city. Mrs. Allen is a lady of unusual intellectual and social accomplishments. She was educated at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, and is an active worker in the Woman's Club of Cincinnati and also in the Tourist Club. Two children have come to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, Mildred F., and Edward Randall. Fraternally Mr. Allen is a member of Price Hill Lodge No. 524, A. F. & A. M. and of the Phi Delta Phi college fraternity. Socially he occupies a prominent place in the community and is president of the Orpheus Club, a well known musical organization; a member of the board of directors of the Cuvier-Press Club; and a valued member of the Business Men's Club, the Duckworth Club, the Elberon Country Club and the Cincinnati Democratic Club. He is a staunch believer in the principles of Christianity and is a member of Price Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. Ever governed by the highest ideals of integrity and honor, he has steadily progressed in his profession and ranks as one of the able members of the Hamilton County Bar. He is a student who spares no pains in arriving at the truth in any subject to which he directs his attention and as an attorney none has ever been more faithful in advancing the cause of his clients or more zealous in behalf of the right. He is known as a man of pronounced convictions, a lover of justice and uncompromising in his battle against wrong. He is now just in the prime of life and there is scarcely a doubt that he will gain high rank among the leaders in his party and at the bar of the Buckeye state. ________________________________________________________________ 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: #4 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:41:18 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000322.104457.-114297.16.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Fw: Bio: Alfred Marston Allen - Hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alfred Marston Allen Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 pg 463-464 Cincinnati, The Queen City Transcribed by: Patti Graman The man who starts in business or professional life with a sound constitution, undaunted courage and a laudable determination to win may be depended upon to carry off the laurels, provided he possesses good habits and substantial staying powers. Alfred Marston Allen, of Cincinnati, apparently began with the qualities above named, as he has made a success of his work and is recognized as one of the leading attorneys in patent law practice in this city. He was born at Glendale, Ohio, November 21, 1860, a son of Samuel B. Allen, who was born at Sandwich, Massachusetts, in October, 1817. Samuel B. Allen came west and engaged in the wholesale and retail drug business in this city as Allen and Company, his establishment being located at Fifth and Main Streets. He died October 2, 1879. The mother, whose maiden name was Bertha Nye, was born at Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1827. James Allen, the great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal side, was a patriot of the Revolutionary war. There were three children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Allen; Alfred Marston; Samuel E., who is now engaged in the practice of medicine in Cincinnati; and Martha, who also lives in Cincinnati and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Alfred M. Allen received his early education in the public schools and was graduated at the Hughes High School in 1877. He matriculated at Harvard University, graduating in 1882 with the degree of A. B., and soon afterward entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL.B. in 1884. He immediately opened an office in this city and engaged in general practice for five years, but since 1889 he has specialized in patent law and has met with more than the ordinary measure of success in this department. On the 29th of March, 1885, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Hannah C. Smith, a native of this city and a daughter of Erastus M. and Mrs. (McAlpin) Smith. Mrs. Smith was for many years senior member of the well known commission firm of Smith & McAlpin. Four children came to brighten the home of Mrs. And Mrs. Allen, namely: Martson, who was born in June, 1887, and received the degree of B. A. at Harvard University in 1908 and the degree of LL.B. at the Cincinnati Law School in 1911, graduating at the head of his class; Erastus S., was born in 1889 and was graduated at Harvard in 1909, being now connected with the Procter & Gamble Company at Ivorydale; Bertah M., who was born March 31, 1894, and was graduated at the Glendale High School in 1911, now a student at Wellesley of the class of 1915; and Mary McAlpin, born October 17, 1901, and now attending the public schools. Mr. Allen is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association and in politics is an adherent of the republican party. He served as member of the council of Glendale from 1886 to 1889, as village solicitor from 1890 to 1892, as mayor of the village since 1896 with the exception of two years and for four years past has very acceptably occupied a chair as member and president of the board of education. Socially he is connected with the University Club, the Business Men's Club, the Cincinnati Golf Club, the Hamilton Golf Club and the Harvard Club, serving as president of the last named in 1910-1911. He is also one of the board of governors of the University Club. The various positions of responsibility which he has been called upon to fill by his neighbors and friends indicate the esteem in which he is held by those to whom he is best known. Always courageous and outspoken in his views, he desires for others the same freedom he asks for himself. On account of ability, integrity and friendly attitude toward all movements aiming to promote the general good he is regarded by his associates as one of the most useful citizens of the community. ________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:39:49 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20000322.104457.-114297.11.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Fw: Bio: D. Howard Gayle - Hamilton county Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit D. Howard Gayle Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. 3; published in 1912 pgs 346, Cincinnati, The Queen City Transcribed by: Debbie Pentecost-McNabb D. Howard Gayle, a well known and prominent business man of Cincinnati, who has for many years been identified with mining and banking interests, was born in Owen County, Kentucky, on the 15th of April, 1860. His parents, James and Sarah Catherine (Green) Gayle, were also natives of that county. The father died in 1897, but the mother is still living at the age of eighty years and continues to reside at the old home in New Liberty, Kentucky. The boyhood and youth of D. Howard Gayle were spent amid a rural environment and, while he assisted to some extent in the labors of the field and was trained to habits of industry and perseverance, he yet did not have to meet the conditions of poverty that force so many boys out into the world at an immature age. As a young man he entered commercial circles in connection with merchandising interests at New Liberty, Kentucky. Later he became a representative of banking interests and for fifteen years was cashier of the Citizens Bank in New Liberty, Kentucky. From that time he has always been connected more or less with banking enterprises and at the present writing, in 1911, is a director of the Fifth-Third National Bank of Cincinnati, also of the Campbell County Bank of Bellevue, Kentucky, and the First National Bank of Richmond, Indiana. In August, 1900, he removed to Cincinnati to become president and general manager of the Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse Company and has since made his home in this city. He Held that position for ten years and during this same period was president of the Association of Tobacco Trade of Cincinnati. He likewise acted as president and general manager of the Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse Company, which company resulted from the amalgamation of seven or eight tobacco warehouse companies of this city. On the 10th of October, 1900, he resigned and retired from the presidency, but still holds a directorship on the board. Mr. Gayle is now president of the Gilmer Fuel Company and vice president and treasurer of the Kroger Gas Coal Company. He is also a partner of R. J. Kroger in the Kroger Gayle Coal Company, successors to the R. J. Kroger Coal Company, which was established in 1888. They own and operate four coal mines and have offices in the Provident Trust building of this city, he having charge of the sales department. In 1886 Mr. Gayle was united in marriage to Miss Jane Orr, a daughter of Colonel J. P. Orr, for many years city auditor of Covington, Kentucky. To them have been born four children; Garvey, who is married and lives in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he is engaged in the coal business; James, connected with the Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse Company; and Lucy and Jane, at home. The family residence is at the corner of Third and Garrard streets in Covington and Mr. Gayle is a member of the Baptist church there. He has never refused his aid and cooperation to the projects wherein the public welfare is involved and throughout his life has stood for progress and improvement. ________________________________________________________________ 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: #6 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:05:56 -0500 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <061001bf945b$ffe20300$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: Bible Record: ALBERT/PARKER Lucas Co. and Sandusky Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Bonnie Burkhardt To: Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 2:55 AM This Bible was found at a lawn sale at the Lucas County/Maumee Valley Historical Society in Maumee. The Holy Bible, containing....(Philadelphia: A. J. Holman & Co., 1890) Inside front cover in large handwriting in pencil: John ALBERT, Toledo, Ohio On a loose sheet of paper which appeared to have been part of the Bible at one time, there were births on the front and deaths on the back. BIRTHS: John ALBERT was born in Delhi Ingham Co. Michigan on the 14th of September in the year 1869 Lillie ALBERT was born in Sandusky Co. Ohio on the 1 of March in the year 1870 Leonard B. ALBERT and Lev D? ALBERT were born in Delhi Ingham Co. Michigan in the year 1894 the 30 of August Carma May ALBERT May 15th 1898 Toledo Ohio 1435 Norwood Ave. DEATHS: John ALBERT born Sept 14th yr. 1869 Died Apr. 18th 1939 Lillie E. PARKER ALBERT Born Mar. 1, 1870 Died June 28, 1956 ============================================================ I do not have any connection to this family, just posting for anyone who may be looking for this family. -- Bonnie Burkhardt -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #107 *******************************************