The SUNDAY VOICE was Cleveland's first successful Sunday newspaper, surviving for 30 years as a weekly publication. It was founded 15 Oct. 1871 by 4 partners, with W. Scott Robison emerging as sole owner. Edited for a time by HARRY L.
SUNDQUIST, GUSTAF ADOLF (4 June 1879-25 August 1918), recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, was one of nine children born to Anders Gustaf and Eva Sofia (Kullgren) Sundquist in Irsta, Sweden. Gustaf Adolf arrived in New York about 1895 and enlisted in the U. S. Navy 30 July 1897.
The SUPERIOR AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH, founded in 1848 as the Cottage Baptist Sunday School on St. Clair, grew to be one of the most prosperous places of worship along old Superior St., called the "street of churches" in the 19th century. The church moved to E. 25th and Superior, where a wooden structure was erected in 1852. By 1878 the name had changed to the Superior Ave. Baptist Church.
The SUPERIOR ST. TABERNACLE, begun as the City Mission in 1852 by Rev. DILLON PROSSER, was noted for its striking octagonal building on Superior St. (opened in 1877) and for the size of its congregation, over 2,000 in the late 1870s. Originally located on St. Clair, the mission changed its name to the Waring St.
The SUPERIOR VIADUCT was proposed for improving transriver commuting in the years following Cleveland's 1854 annexation of OHIO CITY. The CUYAHOGA RIVER bridges up to that time had been "low-level," necessitating being opened for every river craft that needed to pass. City voters in Apr.
SUPERMAN, the popular comic book superhero, was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1933 while both attended GLENVILLE High School. Their creation became known worldwide, inspired numerous imitation superheroes, and brought fortune to many, but Siegel and Shuster enjoyed none of that fortune between 1949-75.
SUPREME LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA. See DUNBAR LIFE.
SUTLER, ELEANORE MARGUERITE YOUNG (27 Jan. 1915-16 Dec. 1992) served the YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YWCA) in Cleveland, Chicago and Indianapolis. Beginning part-time at Cleveland's YWCA in 1966, she later became Metropolitan Program Director for area branches, holding that position until 1978.
SUTLER, MARTIN RANDOPLH DELANEY, JR., M.D. (4 Nov. 1913-1 June 1981), surgeon, was president of FOREST CITY HOSPITAL (1956), taught at the School of Medicine of CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (1951-81), and was surgeon consultant to the U. S. Veterans Administration.
SUTPHEN, REV. PAUL FREDERICK (15 Jan. 1856-11 Aug. 1929) guided 3 significant local congregations during his career as a Presbyterian clergyman. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Ten Eyck and Harriet White Sutphen. After graduating from Rutgers University, he studied for the ministry at Union Theological Seminary.
SUTPHIN, ALBERT C. (AL) (11 Apr. 1895-25 June 1974) sports promoter and businessman, was born in Franklin, Ohio, the son of Carleton Ernest and Elizabeth Thayer Sutphin.
SVOBODA, FRANK J. (28 Nov. 1873-1 Mar. 1965), CZECH newspaper publisher (1899-1939) and state legislator (1943-60), was born in Bohemia, and came to the U.S. in 1884 with his parents, John and Mary (Marova) Svoboda.
SWASEY, AMBROSE (19 Dec. 1846-15 June 1937), mechanical engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist, was born in Exeter, N.H. to Nathaniel and Abigail C. (Peavey) Swasey. He served as apprentice machinist (1865-69) and met WORCESTER WARNER, with whom he formed a partnership in 1880 to build and sell machine tools.
SWEENEY, MARTIN L. (15 Apr. 1885-1 May 1960), congressman and politician, was born in Cleveland to Dominic and Anna Cleary Sweeney. At the age of 12 he found work to support himself while attending St. Bridget's Parochial School, and later worked as a longshoreman and construction worker while attending Cleveland Law School part-time, graduating and being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1914.
(SWEENEY, PATRICK A. 2 Sep 1939 – 7 Sep 2020) served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1967 through 1996, then in the Ohio Senate in 1997 and 1998, securing millions of state dollars for the arts, social services, and higher education to northeast Ohio. Sweeney was one of five children born on Cleveland’s West Side to Thomas and Bridget (Ruddy) Sweeney.
SWEENEY, ROBERT E. (November 4, 1924 - June 30, 2007) was a Democratic Party politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Congressman and Cuyahoga County Commissioner.
SWITZER, ROBERT C. (19 May 1914-20 Aug. 1997), inventor, entrepreneur, and environmentalist, co-founded the Day-Glo Color Corp., a trade name that became synonymous with the fluorescent dyes and paints that he and his brother, Joseph, first invented in the 1930s.
The SYMPHONIA QUARTET existed for a dozen years primarily for the purpose of presenting chamber music programs in the schools of northern Ohio. It was formed in 1953 at the request of GEORGE SZELL, music director of the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, on behalf of Mrs.
SYNAGOGUE OF THE PROVINCE OF GRODNO. See BETH HAKNESSETH ANSHE GRODNO.
SZABADSAG (Liberty) became in time the largest as well as oldest HUNGARIAN-language newspaper published in the U.S. It was founded in Cleveland by TIHAMER KOHANYI with the financial backing of local Hungarian citizens in 1891.
SZELL, GEORGE (7 June 1897-30 July 1970), internationally renowned conductor and music director of the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, was born in Budapest to George Charles and Margarite Harmat Szell, and grew up in Vienna, studying with Mandyczewski (theory), J. B. Foerster and Max Reger (composition), and Richard Robert (piano).
The T.W. GROGAN CO. was formed in June 1926 by Thomas William Grogan who visualized an opportunity for a progressive building management organization in Greater Cleveland. The small real-estate operation started by Grogan in a one-room office eventually managed more than 300 properties in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, and New Jersey. T.W.
TAFT, FRANCES PRINDLE (12 Dec. 1921 - 14 May 2017) was an influential arts educator and Cleveland civic leader.
TAFT, KINGSLEY ARTER (19 July 1903-28 March 1970) was a Justice on the Ohio Supreme Court between 1948-1962, and Chief Justice, between 1963-1970. An astute student of the law, Taft's judicial career was marked by the establishment of the Ohio Judicial Conference, and the adoption of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure in 1970.
TAFT, SETH CHASE (31 Dec. 1922 – 14 April 2013) was a lawyer, civic leader, and Republican Party politician best known as CARL STOKES' opponent in the famous 1967 Cleveland mayoral race narrowly won by Stokes.
TAIT, JOSEPH (15 May 1937-10 March 2021) was a sportscaster best known for being the voice of the CLEVELAND CAVALIERS.
TALL, BOOKER T. (12 Dec. 1928-13 Feb. 1994) had a varied career as a teacher, businessman, and politician, but he is best remembered for a lifetime of work to enhance and honor the positive achievements of AFRICAN AMERICANS. Born to sharecroppers Booker T. (Sr.) and Julia MacFulton Tall in Hooker Bend, TN, Tall early learned the virtue of industry and thrift.
TAMAS, ISTVAN (8 Aug. 1897-5 May 1974) was a Hungarian-born writer and inventor who lived in Cleveland after WORLD WAR II. He was born of Hungarian parents in Pecsvarad, Hungary, (some accounts indicate the city of Subotica, which became part of Yugoslavia). After studying literature and chemistry at the Univ.
TAMBO TAMBO (c. 1863-24 Feb. 1884) was an Australian aborigine whose misplaced, mummified remains were returned to his homeland for burial 109 years after his death with a traveling circus troupe in Cleveland. His real name was Dianarah or Wangong, according to Australian anthropologist Roslyn Poignant, and he was probably kidnapped from Queensland in 1883 by Robert A. Cunningham, an agent for P.T. Barnum.
TANAKA, HENRY T. (1922 - 2006) was a Japanese American psychiatric social worker. His achievements include being the founding director of Hill House – known today as MAGNOLIA CLUB HOUSE – and leading the successful movement for Japanese internment reparations.
TAP PACKAGING SOLUTIONS is the nation’s largest provider of premium photo packaging products. Originally known as the Chilcote Company, Tap Packaging Solutions has been manufacturing photo mounts for over 100 years in Cleveland. Founded by August A. Chilcote in 1906, Tap Packaging has grown enormously and served as a notable employment opportunity for Clevelanders.
TAPLIN, FRANK E. (28 Oct. 1875-7 June 1938) coal and railroad financier, was born in Cleveland, the son of Charles G. and Frances Smith Taplin. After graduating from CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL in 1893, he worked as a clerk in the tank wagon department of Standard Oil until 1900 when he joined the Pittsburgh Coal Co. as a salesman.
The TAVERN CLUB, on the southwest corner of E. 36th St. and Prospect Ave., is one of Cleveland's oldest private social organizations. It was founded in 1892-93 by a group of young men, primarily from the UNION CLUB, who wanted a meeting place "uptown" surrounded by open spaces.
TAYLER, ROBERT WALKER (26 Nov. 1852-26 Nov. 1910), U.S. federal judge and author of the Tayler Grant ending Cleveland's traction war and regulating the reorganized street railways, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, to Robt. Walker and Louisa Maria Woodbridge Tayler, and spent 3 years at Georgetown University before entering Western Reserve University Law School, earning the LL.D. degree in 1872.
TAYLOR CHAIR CO., headquartered in BEDFORD, is the oldest business still in existence in Northeast Ohio and is believed to be the oldest company in the United States still owned by the same family. Taylor Chair originated in 1816 when Benjamin Franklin Fitch began making split-bottom, slat-backed chairs by hand at his cabin located at what is now the corner of Libby and Warrensville Ctr.
TAYLOR, (HOWARD) LESTER (18 Aug. 1884-11 Apr. 1950) was a well-known physician of Cleveland who devoted a great deal of his time to health education. He was also a founder of the CLEVELAND HEALTH EDUCATION MUSEUM.
TAYLOR, ALBERT DAVIS (8 July 1883-8 Jan. 1951), landscape architect active in Cleveland from 1914-51, was raised in Carlisle, Mass., son of Nathaniel and Ellen F. Davis. He studied 1 year at Cornell University, and received his A.B. from Massachusetts College in 1905.
TAYLOR, DANIEL RICHARDSON (28 Mar. 1838-19 Aug. 1924), was a pioneer real estate agent, businessman, and Cleveland developer who recognized an existing relationship between community welfare and municipal development, a concept known today as "city planning".
TAYLOR, RICHARD S. (21 Sept. 1934-29 May 1993) union leader and community activist, was born in Maybeury, West Virginia, the son of Ralph and Ruby Taylor. He attended Elkhorn High School and served in the U. S. army before moving to Cleveland in the 1950s.
TAYLOR, SOPHIA ELIZABETH STRONG (5 May 1861-25 Sept. 1936) was principal owner of the WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON COMPANY department store from 1892 until her death. She was also known for her philanthropies, including St. Luke's Convalescent Home and missionary activities of the Presbyterian church.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM SON & CO. See WILLIAM TAYLOR SON & CO.
TEACHER EDUCATION. The history of teacher education in Cleveland reflects earlier national and state movements to begin normal schools, needed because of the establishment of the common school during the first half of the 19th century (1789-1860). Previously there was little or no interest in or need for teacher education. Teacher education in Cleveland can be traced to the 1830s.
The TEAMSTERS UNION, officially the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, & Helpers, is one of the largest and most powerful labor unions operating in Cleveland. Organized locally in 1912, Local 407 was chartered to unionize men employed as draymen and teamsters for hauling and delivery services.
TEBELAK, JOHN MICHAEL (17 Sept. 1949-2 Apr. 1985), composer of the musical Godspell, was born in Berea to John and Genevieve Tebelak. At age 9 he was active in the Berea Summer Theater. A choirboy at TRINITY CATHEDRAL, he was fascinated with the pageantry and drama of religion. At 21, he directed productions of Macbeth and Cabaret.