HERBERT, THOMAS JOHN (28 Oct. 1894-26 Oct. 1974), 56th governor of Ohio, member of the Ohio State Supreme Court, and state attorney general, was born in Cleveland to John T. and Jane A. Jones Herbert. He received his A.B.
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HERRICK, MYRON TIMOTHY (9 Oct. 1854-31 Mar. 1929), lawyer, businessman, politician, and diplomat, was born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, son of Timothy and Mary (Hulbut) Herrick. He attended Ohio Wesleyan College, not completing his degree but instead coming to
HERRICK, RENSSELAER RUSSELL (29 Jan. 1826-30 Jan. 1899), entrepreneur, city council member, and mayor of Cleveland (1879-82), was born in Utica, N.Y. One of 4 children, his father, Sylvester Pierce Herrick, died when he was 2; his mother was MARIA MARCIA SMITH HERRICK, a successful magazine editor.
HESSENMUELLER, EDWARD (25 May 1811-27 Jan.
HILLIARD, RICHARD (3 July 1800-21 Dec. 1856), entrepreneur and president of the village of Cleveland, was born in Chatham, N.Y. Son of David Hilliard, he attended local schools for a few terms, but at 14, after his father's death, he left to take an apprenticeship in Albany, N.Y. He left the apprenticeship and became a clerk and teacher.
HOADLEY, GEORGE (15 Dec. 1781-20 Feb. 1857), politician and leading legal figure in mid-19th-century Cleveland, was born in Connecticut, the son of Timothy and Rebecca Linley (Taintor) Hoadley. He graduated from Yale in 1801 and later studied law. He held various jobs as a newspaper writer and tutor at Yale before embarking on a career in law. He also served a term as mayor of New Haven.
HODGE, ORLANDO JOHN (25 Nov. 1828-16 Apr. 1912), politician and businessman, was born in Hamburg, N.Y., son of Alfred and Sophia (English) Hodge. He came to Cleveland in 1842 as a "roller boy" in a printing office. A volunteer in the MEXICAN AMER.
HOLLY, JOHN OLIVER, JR. (3 Dec. 1903-20 Dec. 1974) founded the FUTURE OUTLOOK LEAGUE in 1935 to help secure equal employment for AFRICAN AMERICANS in Cleveland; on 23 Oct. 1988, the General Mail Facility at 2400 Orange Ave. at Cleveland's main post office, was named for him. Holly was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
HOME RULE, established in 1912, freed Cleveland from most state-imposed restrictions of the management of its affairs by allowing it to write its own city charter.
HOPKINS, WILLIAM ROWLAND (26 July 1869-9 Feb. 1961), lawyer, industrial developer, and Cleveland's first city manager, was born in Johnstown, Pa., to David J. and Mary Jeffreys Hopkins. The family came to Cleveland in 1874. At 13, Hopkins began working in the CLEVELAND ROLLING MILLS, using his earnings to attend Western Reserve Academy, graduating in 1892.
HUMPHREY, GEORGE MAGOFFIN (8 Mar. 1890-20 Jan. 1970), lawyer, industrialist, president of the M. A. HANNA CO., and secretary of the treasury (1953-57), was born in Cheboygan, Mich., to Watts Sherman and Caroline Magoffin Humphrey. He received his LL.B degree from the University of Michigan in 1912, and practiced law in Michigan, becoming a partner in his father's law firm.
HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, JR. (4 Oct. 1765-7 June 1817), politician and Ohio's third governor, was born in Norwich, Conn., the son of Hannah (Devotion) and the Rev. Joseph Huntington. He was informally adopted by his uncle, Samuel Huntington, subsequently president of the Continental Congress and governor of Connecticut.
IAFELICE, JAMES (3 Jan. 1913-8 Mar. 1998), head of District 54 of the International Association of Machinists, was one of Cleveland's most influential labor leaders. He was born in Cleveland to Concillia "Mary" (Bonavia) and Dominic Iafelice. He grew up in the Murray Hill neighborhood and dropped out of high school to help support his family during the Depression.
INGALLS, DAVID S., SR. (28 Jan. 1899-26 Apr. 1985), the U.S. Navy's only WORLD WAR I flying ace, was born in Cleveland to Albert and Jane (Taft) Ingalls. He enlisted in the 1st Yale Naval Aviation Unit when the war started. Ingalls graduated from Yale in 1920 and from Harvard University with a law degree in 1923.
IRELAND, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, JR. (1 Feb. 1895-21 April 1981) was a colorful, prominent Cleveland business executive who had a long and distinguished career with the M.A. Hanna Co. and the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.
IRELAND, THOMAS SAXTON, JR. (16 Dec. 1895-26 Mar. 1969), politician and writer, was born in Cleveland to Lucretia (Bailey) and Paul Francis Ireland, a manager of GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO. He attended Princeton and Harvard, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1927, and returned to Cleveland after passing the Ohio bar.
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JOHNSON, TOM L. (18 July 1854-10 Apr. 1911), mayor of Cleveland and a noted American Progressive, was born in Blue Spring, Ky., to Col. Albert W. and Helen Loftin Johnson. His family's CIVIL WAR Confederate support depleted their fortunes, so that Johnson earned money selling newspapers to finance his family.
KELSEY, LORENZO A. (22 Feb. 1803-13 Feb. 1890), steamboat captain and mayor of Cleveland from 1848-49, was born in Port Leyden, N.Y., the son of shipowner, Eber Kelsey and Lucy Ann Leete Kelsey. He was educated in his local district and moved to Youngstown to work in lumber. Kelsey moved to Cleveland in 1837 with his wife and became manager of the Cleveland House Hotel for 1 year.
The KENTUCKY ST. RESERVOIR was the first reservoir and central pumping station used to deliver fresh water to Cleveland inhabitants (see WATER SYSTEM). When citizens approved a $400,000 expenditure for erection of a water system in 1853, a board of waterworks trustees was established, consisting of HENRY B.
KLEMENTOWICZ, BRONIS J. (22 Oct. 1915-7 April 1993) was a councilman, utilities director, and law director who worked under Mayors LAUSCHE, CELEBREZZE, and LOCHER.
KNIOLA, MICHAEL P. (16 Sept. 1859-17 Sept. 1944), prominent businessman in Cleveland's Polish community, was born in Samostrzel, Poland, to Peter and Anna Nowakowski Kniola. He immigrated to Spotswood, N.J. in 1873 and moved to Cleveland in 1880, working at Cleveland Rolling Mill Co. He continued his education at Broadway Night School, and eventually became a mill foreman.
KRUMHOLZ, NORMAN (June 17, 1927-December 21, 2019) was Cleveland’s City Planning Director from 1969-1979 and a professor of urban affairs at CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY from 1979 until his death in 2019.
KURDZIEL, AUGUST JOSEPH "GUS" (2 Aug. 1902-30 April 1993) was active in Cleveland's Polish-American Community as publisher of THE POLISH DAILY NEWS (Wiadomosci Codzienne). He was also the youngest person to serve as Cleveland's director of public parks and properties.
LAUSCHE, FRANK JOHN (14 Nov. 1895-21 Apr. 1990), a politician known for his independence and integrity, Frank was born in Cleveland the son of SLOVENIAN immigrants Louis and Frances (Milavec) Lausche. He attended the Central Institute Preparatory School 1915-16, completing his high school education by correspondence.