NORTON, DAVID Z. (1 June 1851-6 Jan. 1928), banker, partner in OGLEBAY NORTON CO., and philanthropist, was born in Cleveland to Washington Adams and Caroline Harper Norton. He began in banking as a messenger for Commercial Natl. Bank in 1868, becoming cashier at 21. In 1890, at the urging of his friend JOHN D.
NORTON, GEORGIE LEIGHTON (29 Nov. 1864-18 Aug. 1923) headed the Cleveland School of Art (see CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART) for 3 decades during the critical period of its development. A native of Newton, Mass., she was the daughter of George and Emily Leighton Norton and a relative of Harvard art historian Charles Eliot Norton.
NORTON, LAURENCE HARPER (8 May 1888-11 June 1960), director (1927-60) and treasurer (1957-60) of OGLEBAY NORTON CO., and president of the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, was born in Cleveland to Mary Castle and DAVID Z. NORTON.
NORWEB, EMERY MAY HOLDEN (30 Nov. 1895-27 Mar. 1984), benefactress, officer, and trustee of the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, was born to Albert Fairchild and Katherine Davis Holden. Norweb was also the granddaughter of LIBERTY E.
NORWEB, RAYMOND HENRY (31 May 1894-1 Oct. 1983), a diplomat who held posts around the world, was born in England to Henry H. and Jeannie Norweb. The family moved to Elyria, Ohio, in 1907. Norweb received his B.A. from Harvard in 1916, and entered the diplomatic service that same year, taking the post of 2d secretary to France in Paris.
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY opened on 10 Sept. 1877. It was founded by the SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME who began an educational tradition which continues to the present.
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE is a Catholic liberal arts institution founded in Cleveland by the SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME in 1922.
NOTTINGHAM was a small village that once rivaled Euclid Village; both were carved out of old EUCLID TWP. Centered around the last mile of Euclid Creek, the area was bounded by Lake Erie on the north, E. 185th and E. 200th Sts. on the east, the New York Central and New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad on the southeast, and E. 170th St. on the south. Its main street was St.
The NOVEL CLUB is a small and intimate group that serves as a forum for the discussion of both classic and contemporary works of fiction. The club was founded on 5 Dec. 1896 by Elizabeth Cutter (later Mrs. Dwight Morrow) and Wm. Torrance as the Classical Novel Reading Union, although the original emphasis on classics in literature lasted only a few months.
NOVY SVET (New World) was organized 16 Sept. 1950 to provide Cleveland with a Czech-language daily newspaper after the demise of the SVET-AMERICAN. Edited by John Kratky and Anton Sustr, it was first located at 12020 Mayfield Rd.
NOWAK, ABRAHAM (28 Aug. 1890-22 Jan. 1977) was a leader in the JEWISH community and served as rabbi of two conservative Cleveland congregations.
NURSING. The story of the advancement of nursing in Cleveland is one of multiple challenges, as nurses have sought to improve nursing practice through upgrading standards for nursing education.
NUTT, JOSEPH RANDOLPH (9 March 1869-18 Dec. 1945), president and board chairman of the Union Trust Co. and treasurer of the Republican National Committee, was born in Uniontown, Pa., the son of Adam C. and Charlotte Frances Wells Nutt. He was educated in public schools and Madison Academy. Coming to Akron, Ohio, in 1893, he operated a jewelry store and four years later organized his first bank.
O'BRIEN, MATTHEW J. (17 Nov. 1894-21 Aug. 1992) founded the O'Brien and Nye Cartage Company in 1929, one of the first Cleveland companies to use refrigerated trucks to transport meat and groceries. He helped establish the Cleveland Draymen Employers' Association and was a founder and trustee of the Health and Welfare Fund, a union benefits plan.
O'DONNELL, JAMES M. (3 Nov. 1872-1 Oct. 1946) owner of the first Cleveland franchise in what became the National Football League (NFL), was the son of Mary Murray O'Donnell. O'Donnell served as a deputy sheriff, was associated with Dann Spring Insert Co., and worked for the Bailey Co. as personnel manager 1914-1934, after which he established a real estate business on Cleveland's west side.
O’MALLEY, GEORGE PATRICK (1 Aug. 1888 - 6 Sept. 1941) was a widely known Cleveland physician. Educated initially in parochial schools in the West Side neighborhood where he grew up, he earned a bachelor's degree at Ohio Wesleyan.
O'MALLEY, PATRICK (1903-14 June 1983), leader of the UNITED AUTO WORKERS and AFL-CIO, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, to Charles and Anna (McGinty) O'Malley. He immigrated to Cleveland in 1924, and joined WHITE MOTOR CO. in 1928 as an inventory checker and timekeeper, a position he held for 21 years.
O'MEARA, JAMES E., JR. (5 May 1908-14 Nov. 1988) earned an international reputation in education, law and labor. Born in Cleveland to James and Anna (Freidel) O'Meara, he graduated from the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS and received an M.A. and Ph.D. from JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY.
O'MIC, JOHN (ca. 1790-26 June 1812), the first person executed in northern Ohio, belonged to the Massasauga band of Chippewas that resided near Pymatuning Creek, Jefferson County, until 1811, when they moved to the west bank of the Cuyahoga. On 3 Apr. 1812, 2 trappers named Buel and Gibbs were murdered in Sandusky. O'Mic and 2 other Indians were arrested.
O'NEILL, FRANCIS JOSEPH "STEVE" (18 Sept. 1899-29 Aug. 1983), businessman and CLEVELAND INDIANS owner, was born in Cleveland son of Hugh O'Neill. He attended Campion College and Notre Dame University.
OAKWOOD, one of the smaller communities in Cuyahoga County, was originally part of Bedford Twp. and incorporated as a village in 1951. Occupying 3.45 sq.
The OAKWOOD CLUB, 1516 Warrensville Center Rd., was the first major Jewish organization located in the CLEVELAND HTS.
The OBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE concerned a former slave, John Price, who had escaped from his owner, John G. Bacon. He fled to Oberlin, OH, a center of ABOLITIONISM prior to the CIVIL WAR and a depot on the Underground Railroad to Canada. Price lived there peacefully for 2 years until he was recognized by a neighbor of his former master.
ODENBACH, FREDERICK L., SJ (21 Oct. 1857-15 Mar. 1933), priest, meteorologist, and professor at JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY for 40 years, was born in Rochester, N.Y., the son of John and Elizabeth Minges Odenbach. He received his bachelor's degree from Canisius College in Buffalo in 1881, joined the Society of Jesus in Sept.
OGLEBAY NORTON CO., one of the oldest iron-ore houses in Cleveland, was established in 1851 as the firm of Hewitt & Tuttle. Cleveland commission agents Isaac Hewitt and Henry Tuttle received the first cargo of Lake Superior iron to reach Cleveland in 1852, and 2 years later they became agents for the Lake Superior Iron Co.
OGLEBAY, EARL W. (4 March 1849-22 June 1926) developer of iron mines in Michigan and Wisconsin, co-founder of Oglebay Norton and Central National Bank, was born in Bridgeport, Ohio, the son of Crispin and Charlotte Scott Oglebay. Brought up in Wheeling, West Virginia, he graduated from Bethany College in Bethany W. Va in 1871 and worked for his father in Wheeling.
OGONTZ (OGANTZ) was the leader of a band of Ottawa Indians encamped near the mouth of the CUYAHOGA RIVER during the first few years of Cleveland's settlement. The Ottawas usually spent the winter months on the west side of the river, migrating in the spring to the Sandusky area.
The OHAB ZEDEK CONGREGATION OF NEWBURGH, an Orthodox synagogue, was established in 1884. The congregation acquired a section of the Lansing Rd. Cemetery, Lansing Ave. and E. 57th St., 24 April 1895. From 1894-1906, Ohab Zedek rented quarters at 7700 Broadway and for the next 3 years at the Opera Block Hall, corner of Broadway and Harvard avenues. In Aug. 1909 the congregation purchased the Homestead Ave.
OHEB ZEDEK (Taylor Rd. Synagogue), the largest Orthodox congregation in Cleveland, was founded in 1904 and incorporated 5 other small to medium-sized Orthodox congregations in the early 1950s. Over 40 Hungarian Jews, many of whom had left Congregation B'NAI JESHURUN in a dispute over mixed seating, formed Oheb Zedek. In 1905 the congregation purchased property at E.
The OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE, a nonprofit research center, was established in 1989 to promote aerospace-related research. The organization facilitates collaboration among universities and the federal and state sectors. It was also planned to enhance Ohio's economic competitiveness, help transfer technology to industry, and attract outstanding graduate students to Ohio universities.
The OHIO AMERICAN was conceived as an organ of the antislavery Liberty party. The paper made its first appearance in OHIO CITY on 19 Sept. 1844. Apparently subsidized by friends of the Liberty party, the 4-page weekly printed little local news other than political items and business notices. It was published by Robert B. Dennis, and L. L.
The OHIO AND ERIE CANAL, connecting Lake Erie at Cleveland with the Ohio River at Portsmouth, was constructed by the State of Ohio between 1825-32 to provide cheap transportation and to promote the state's economic development.
The OHIO AND ERIE CANAL RESERVATION, opened by the CLEVELAND METROPARKS in 1999, follows a 4.3-mile stretch of the former OHIO AND ERIE CANAL between contemporary Harvard Avenue and Rockside Road, which includes parts of Cleveland, CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS and VALLEY VIEW.
The OHIO AWNING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, originally the Wagner Awning & Manufacturing Company, was founded in 1865 by James Wagner and his brother, Jacob. Primarily in the business of sail-making, the company soon expanded its production to include awnings, flags, and tents from a small plant on River St. In 1883, James sold the business to his brother, who brought his son, F.A. Wagner into the firm.
The OHIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, founded in 1972, has been the assisting orchestra for CLEVELAND BALLET and CLEVELAND OPERA.
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION is the state's largest environmental organization, with 80,000 dues paying members, and the largest canvass-based state organization in the nation. Sandy Buchanan has been Ohio Citizen Action's Executive Director since 1993.
OHIO CITY (CITY OF OHIO) was founded in 1818. Originally part of Brooklyn Twp., it is one of Cleveland's oldest neighborhoods. Its historic borders were Lake Erie on the north, the CUYAHOGA RIVER on the east, Walworth Ave. and W. 44th St.
The OHIO CITY ARGUS, Ohio City's first newspaper, appeared in time to promote the interests of west-siders in the famous Bridge War of 1836 (see COLUMBUS ST. BRIDGE). Established on 26 May 1836 by Lyman W. Hall and TIMOTHY H. SMEAD, the 4-page weekly was Whiggish in its political affiliation.
The OHIO COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE in 1995 was one of only 7 podiatric medical colleges in the country. At Carnegie Ave. and E. 105th St., it maintained a faculty of 17 full-time and over 20 part-time instructors, and had a student enrollment of 438. The college, founded in 1916 as the Ohio College of Chiropody, was originally in the Republic Bldg., 647 EUCLID AVE.
OHIO COLORED AMERICAN LEAGUE. See ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES, BLACK.
OHIO MATTRESS CO. currently operates as the Sealy Corp. and produces the popular Sealy Posturepedic and Stearns and Foster brand mattresses. Ohio Mattress was founded in in 1907 by Morris Wuliger, a Hungarian immigrant who settled in Cleveland in 1890 and previously worked as a grocer. At the insistence of a friend, Wuliger began making mattresses and established his first plant on E.