History of Cleveland, (Cuyahoga County) Ohio United States of America

Edward Bliss Foote, physician, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1829; son of Herschel and Pamelia (Bliss, born Townsend) Foote, and grandson of John and Lois (Mills) Foote; and of Christopher and ??? (Bennett) Townsend. On the death of her the, which occurred at the birth of Pamelia, the latter was adopted by Jonathan and Hannah Bliss, who were pioneer settlers of Cleveland, Ohio. The first American ancestor was Nathaniel Foote, who according to the records, took the oath of office in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1633, and after ward located in Wethersfield, Conn. In 1840-44 Edward was a student at Shaw academy, Euclid (now East Cleveland), Ohio. In 1844 he was apprenticed to a printer, and four years inter he removed to New Britain, Conn., where he edited a weekly paper. In 1851 he became associate editor of a New York weekly journal, devoting his spare time to the study of medicine. He was then editor of the Brooklyn Morning Journal for two years. Giving up journalism he devoted himself to the study of medicine, and was graduated from the Penn medical university in 1860. He was elected a member of the National eclectic medical association; of the Eclectic medical society of the state of New York; of the N.Y. county eclectic medical society; of the Connecticut society of the sons of the American Revolution, the Ohio society of New York and other organizations. He was corresponding secretary of the N.Y. state eclectic medical society from 1886 to 1898 with the exception of one year. He edited Dr. Foot's Health Monthly; and is the author of: Medical Common Sense (1857-58); Plain Home Talk, embracing Medical Common Sense (1870); Science in Story (5 vols., 1875); and some fifteen or twenty monographs on subjects relating to medicine, physiology, hygiene and the human temperaments.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Harvey Rice, educationist, was born in Conway, Mass., June 11, 1800. His father was a farmer, and in 1817 the son left the farm with his parents' permission and devoted his earnings to the preparation for college. He was graduated from Williams college in 1824, and removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he re-opened St. Clair academy as a classical school. He was admitted to the bar in 1826, and practised law in Cleveland, 1826?28, as a partner with his preceptor, Reuben Wood. In 1828 he purchased the Independent News Letter, changed the name to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and edited the paper, 1828?29. He was a Democratic representative from Cuyahoga county in the state legislature, 1830?31; agent at Millersburg for the sale of Western Reserve school lands in the Virginia military district, completing in three years (1833?36) the sale of 50,000 acres, and paying nearly $150,000 to the state treasury, as a school fund for the exclusive benefit of the children of the Western Reserve. He was clerk of the court of common pleas at Cleveland, and of the supreme court, 1833?40; the unsuccessful candidate for the 25th and 26th congresses, 1836 and 1838; state senator, 1852?54, and introduced the bill for a new system for the public schools of Ohio, and the establishment of school libraries. He was a member of the city council in 1857, serving as chairman of the committee that established the Cleveland Industrial school, and the same year projected the Perry monument for the public park. In 1862 he was a commissioner to conduct the first draft made in the country. In 1867 he erected, at his own expense, a monument at Mission park, Williamstown, Mass., commemorative of the origination by Samuel J. Mills in 1806 of the American Board of Foreign Missions; and on July 22, 1898, the citizens of Cleveland unveiled a bronze statue to the memory of Dr. Rice as the "Father of the Ohio School System." The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Williams college in 1871. He was president of the Early Settlers' association of Cuyahoga county at the time of his death. He is the author of: Mount Vernon and Other Poems (1858); Nature and Culture (1875); Pioneers of the Western Reserve (1882); Select Poems (1885), and Sketches of Western Life (1888). He died in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 7. 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Lewis William Burton, first bishop of Lexington, Ky., and 178th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. 9, 1852; son of the Rev. Lewis and Jane (Wallace) Burton; grandson of John and Hannah (Miller) Burton; great-grandson of Solomon Burton, who settled in Stratford, Conn., and married there, Mercy Judson, Aug. 1, 1687; and on his mother's side, great-grandson of James and Margaret (Chambers) Wallace. He was graduated from Kenyon college, Ohio, with first honors in 1873 and from the Philadelphia divinity school in 1877. He was ordained deacon in 1877, and priest in 1878, and was an assistant and rector at All Saints' church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1877-80, and assistant and rector at St. Mark's church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1881-84. He was rector of St. John's church, Richmond, Va., 1884-93, and of St. Andrew's church, Louisville, Ky., 1893-96. He was consecrated bishop of Lexington, Ky., Jan. 30, 1896, by Bishops Dudley, Peterkin, Leonard, Randolph, Vincent, White and Nelson. He received the degree of D.D. from Kenyon college in 1896, and from the University of the South in 1896. He was married, Jan. 15, 1883, to Georgie Hendree Ball of Atlanta, Ca.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Henry Wood Elliott, artist and author, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1841; son of Reuben Franklin and Sophia A. (Hopkins) Elliott; and a direct descendant in the ninth generation from John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians. His father (born in 1817, died in 1878) was the author of "American Fruit-Growers' Guide" (1854-76); "Popular Deciduous and Evergreen Trees" (1868); "Hand-Book for Fruit Growers" (1876) and "Practical Landscape Gardening" (1877). Henry was educated in the private and public schools of Cleveland; was private secretary to Prof. Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, 1862-78; artist to the U.S. geological survey, 1869-71; and special commissioner under special act of congress to investigate the seal industry of Alaska, 1872-74, and again in 1890. He was married at St. Paul's Island, Alaska, July 22, 1872, to Alexandria Melovidov, daughter of the Russian agent in charge of Seal Islands, 1820-68. He is the author of Monograph of the Seal Islands of Alaska (1881); Our Arctic Province (1886); besides papers on seal and bird fife, and scientific articles for current periodicals, together with many treatises on the growing of small fruits and the planting of vineyards.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Cleveland, (Cuyahoga County) Ohio

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