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

William Keith Brooks, naturalist, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, March 25, 1848. He was graduated at Williams college in 1870, and then pursued a scientific course at Harvard, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1874. He was then employed by the Boston society of natural history. On the founding of the Johns Hopkins university he was elected a fellow; upon its opening he was made an associate; in 1883 was advanced to the position of assistant professor, and he served 1891-1901 as professor of morphology. In 1878 Professor Brooks established the Chesapeake marine laboratory, as an annex to the laboratory of the university. This institution, under his supervision, furnished opportunities and material for many valuable investigations in marine zo?logy, several of which have been incorporated in standard German text-books. In 1882 Professor Brooks presented a memoir on Lucifer to the Royal society of England, through Professor Huxley, which was published in the "Philosophical Transactions," In 1886 his report of the Stomatopoda collected during the Challenger deep-sea explorations, was published by the English government, and in 1893 his memoir on the genus Salpa was published by the Johns Hopkins university. He was elected member of the National academy of science in 1884, and received one of its medals for his work, "The Development and Protection of the Oyster in Maryland." He received the degree of LL.D. from Williams college in 1893.

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

Lydia Hoyt Farmer, author, was born in Cleveland, Ohio; daughter of James M. and Mary Ella (Beebe) Hoyt, and granddaughter of Alexander M. Beebe, LL.D., a celebrated New York lawyer. She was married to Elihu Jerome Farmer in 1864; their son, James Eugene (Yale, 1891), became an educator and author; another son, Ernest M., a musical composer and violinist, and their daughter, Ethel F., an author and musician. Mrs. Farmer's books include: A Story Book of Science (1886); The Prince of the Flaming Star (operetta, 1889); Boy's Book of Famons Rulers (1886); Girl's Book of Famous Queens (1887); The Life of La Fayette (1888); A Short History of the French Revolution (1889); A Knight of Faith (1889); A Moral Inheritance (1890); What America Owes to Women (World's Fair Book, edited by Mrs. Farmer, 1893); Aunt Belindy's Points of View (1894); The Doom of the Holy City: Christ and Caesar (1895); The Nero of the Nineteenth Century(1897).

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

Physician, Manufacturer, and State Senator, was born January 23d, 1811, at Lyons, Ontario county, New York. On his father's side he is of Seotch descent, his paternal ancestors having emigrated to America among the earliest settlers. His mother is of English extraction. He was educated at Niffing's School, at Vienna, New York, after leaving which, in 1828, he commenced the study of medicine as a private pupil of Dr. Woodward, President of the Vermont College of Medicine, from which institution he graduated in 1831. He started in the practice of his profession at Bedford, Ohio, where he continued for eleven years, and his success was gratifying as well as lucrative. He thereafter turned his attention to other business. In 1874 he erected the National Packing House at Cleveland, which is probably the model packing house of America or Europe. The cost of the building was $40,000, and in it one thousand hogs per day can be disposed of. He has taken an active part in public affairs, and has filled honorable positions in political and business life. In 1861 he was elected to the State Senate, where his services were honorable to himself and valuable to his constituents. He was the Vice-President of the Northern Ohio Fair Association at its organization, and for the last three years has been its President.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.

Isaac H. Robinstin was born in Osnaburgh, Stark county, Ohio, June 28th, 1838. His parents came from Pennsylvania. He attended school at Louisville, Ohio, and subsequently, in 1858, went to Tiffin, and made theology his study. Becoming discouraged in this pursuit, he turned his attention to medicine under the direction of Professor J. D. Wilson, in the old Allopathic School at Cleveland. After receiving his diploma, he commenced practice, in which he is still engaged in Cleveland with marked success. He has travelled over the greater part of twenty-three States, and in doing so has spent a fortune, trying to find new fields of labor. In 1861 he entered the United States service under Colonel Piatt, of Cincinnati, for three months, and thereafter for three years under Colonel Samuel Beatty, of Canton, Ohio, and continued in the army altogether for four years, serving faithfully as Assistant Surgeon, and receiving honorable discharge. At the time of entering the army he was a Democrat, but he became a sound Republican in 1863. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows; also of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1864 he was married to Jennie Anderson, daughter of Dr. Anderson, of Lima, Allen county, Ohio.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.

History of Cleveland, (Cuyahoga County) Ohio

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