winter, using the money that he saved in the summer months to pay his tuition.

In the spring of 1843 he went to Massillon with a stock of groceries, and engaged in business there for two years, after which he went to Milwaukee.

Milwaukee at that time was a new town. It had prospects of becoming a great city. He remained there two years and again returned to Cleveland to enter into the employ of S. L. & H. Petrie. He remained with this firm until the fall of 1848, when he bought out the stock and trade of I. L. Beardsley, then located at the foot of Superior street.

In the meantime Dr. Branch and Solon Burgess had established themselves in the wholesale grocery business, and soon it seemed to be for the interest of all parties to unite their stocks in trade, which was done and the business continued under the name of Branch & Burgess. In the early part of 1853 Dr. Branch retired and the firm name was changed to L. F. & S. Burgess and remained so up to 1890, when Messrs. George K. and T. W. Ross were admitted as partners, the name being changed at that time to Burgess & Ross. The firm name of Ross, Sprague & Co. is an outgrowth of the firm of which Mr. Burgess was a member.

In public life Mr. Burgess was prominently known, having been connected with the Cleveland Humane Society, as its president, for a number of years. In politics he was a Republican—a hard worker for his party prior to his retirement. Mr. Burgess was one of the directors of the Workhouse for a number of years and was president of the board for some time. He was also connected with the Children's Aid Society, being treasurer for a long period.

He was a member of the board of trustees of the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church.

On September 1, 1853, Mr. Burgess married Miss Renda L. Lyon. One daughter, Miss Anna Burgess, is the only child who survives that union.

1902.

MR. OSCAR M. BURKE.

Mr. Burke died at his residence on Prospect street, Feb. 9,

He was born in what was then called Newburg, now a part of the city of Cleveland, March 14, 1823. His father, Gaius Burke, was from Connecticut and was the first United States mail carrier between Cleveland and Columbus, carrying the mails through the wilderness between the two cities on foot for a number of years, and afterwards covering the route on horseback. He attended the district school in Newburg until he was fifteen years old, and then went to school in Twinsburg, O., for two years, afterwards teaching in Twinsburg. After teaching there for one winter, he came to Cleveland and taught school on the West Side for a year. Then he went to Waukegan, Ill., and was teacher and principal of the schools there for seven years. In 1854 he returned to Cleveland and was connected with a number of different manufacturing enterprises, and became secretary and treasurer of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad.

Mr. Burke was best known as one of the founders of the Lake Shore Foundry, now one of the branches of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company, of which his son, Col. Clarence E. Burke, was one of the organizers, and as the first vice-president of the Dime Savings and Banking Company.

In 1873 he organized the Lake Shore Foundry Company and devoted the remainder of his business life to the duties of the presidency. The foundry was one of the most important industries of the kind in the country, and he was its executive head for twenty-six years, at the end of which time he retired.

He married Miss Martha C. Meech, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon Meech, who were also pioneers of Newburg.

MR. CHARLES G. CALKINS.

Mr. Calkins died in Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 1, 1902, at the age of eighty-three years and eight months. The funeral was held at the home of his son, John U. Calkins, in that city.

Mr. Calkins was an old resident of Lakewood, his father and mother having lived there to advanced ages. After the death of his wife he went to California to live with his children, but retained a keen interest in his old home to the day of his death. His son, Commander C. G. Calkins, United States Navy, who was born in Lakewood, was navigation commander of the Olympia, at the battle of Manila. He went into Manila Bay and found water for his big ships by ordering constant soundings. To his correct engineering much of the success of the battle at Manila was due.

Of the life, character, and intellect of the remarkable old gentleman, who had been called at last, when he was apparently in the enjoyment of better health than he had known for years, Dr. Jewett, who conducted the funeral services, found much to say. His was a rare mind, the speaker said, and his life was an example of simplicity and kindliness. The remains were interred in Cypress Lawn Cemetery.

"The deceased left two sons and a daughter, namely, Commander C. G. Calkins, U. S. N., who is now cruising in Cuban waters; Mrs. Henry L. Brooke, of this city, and John U. Calkins, teller of the Bank of California."

MR. JAMES CANNON.

Mr. Cannon died in a house he built in 1851, in Lakewood, August 5, 1902.

He was eighty-eight years old and had lived in this county for more than seventy years. Death was caused by the infirmities of old age.

Mr. Cannon was born April 3, 1814, on the Isle of Man and

came to this country in 1827, and located in Cleveland, where he arrived after a five weeks' journey. Soon after his arrival his father died, and he made his home with Judge Barber on the south side of the river. He learned the ship carpentry trade and worked on the Robert Fulton, the first vessel built in Cleveland.

For years Mr. and Mrs. Cannon, who were active temperance workers, conducted a temperance hotel known as the Rocky River Friendly Inn. His wife died four years ago. Mr. Cannon leaves one son, J. C. Cannon, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

DR. HARVEY W. CURTISS.

Dr. Curtiss died at Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga county, where he had lived for fifty years, Wednesday, April 30, 1902.

Dr. Curtiss was born in Charleston, Portage county, O., Feb. 22, 1824. He studied at Grand River Institute, Ashtabula county, O., and in 1849 commenced the study of medicine. In 1851 he graduated from the Cleveland Medical College, and at once entered the practice of medicine in Pittsburg, Pa. He went to Chagrin Falls in 1852, and this place has been his home ever since.

Dr. Curtiss in 1869 was elected a representative from Cuyahoga county in the Ohio Legislature. He was re-elected in 1871, and in October, 1873, was elected to the state senate. In 1875 he was elected to the senate again and served as president pro tem. Upon the resignation of Gov. Hayes to accept the presidency of the United States, and the installation of the lieutenant governor as acting governor in the spring of 1877, Dr. Curtiss was made president of the senate and lieutenant-governor. Since his retirement from active politics he has practiced medicine until about two years ago.

Dr. Curtiss is survived by a wife who is aged 76 years, and three children-Mr. Dwight W. Curtiss, of Akron; Dr. Paul Curtiss and Mrs. Virginia C. Smith, both of Chagrin Falls.

MRS. MARY E. DAVIDSON.

Surrounded by her sons and daughters, Mrs. C. A. Davidson died March 3, 1902, at her home on Cedar avenue. Mrs. Davidson before her marriage was Miss Mary E. Adams, being the daughter of Ezekiel Adams, one of the pioneers of Collamer, where she was born sixty-two years ago. She was deeply and usefully interested in the benevolent and other work of the First Baptist Church, of which she was a member for many years. Previous to that she was a member of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church.

In addition to Mr. Davidson, the family consists of four sons, Edward B. and Ezekiel Davidson, of Cleveland; Charles A. Davidson, Jr., of the Indian Territory, and Asa A. Davidson, of Chicago; and four daughters, Mrs. George T. Andrews, of Asheville, N. C., and Mrs. Ben T. Jenks, Mrs. John H. Jenks, and Mrs. Edward Hart, of Cleveland.

HON. EDWARD S. FLINT.

Ex-Mayor Edward Sherrill Flint, who died Jan. 29, 1902, was a native of Ohio, having been born in Warren on January 3, 1819. His father and mother died when he was still a child, and he was taken to Vermont, to his grandparents, who raised and educated him. Before he reached his majority, however, he returned to Ohio. He lived for a few years in Painesville, and afterwards moved to Cleveland, which city was ever afterwards his home.

Mr. Flint's early life was an exceedingly active one and on all sides his public spirit manifested itself. Away back in the forties he was a volunteer fireman, and was a member of the old Phoenix Engine Company No. 4. He was also a member of the Cleveland Grays, which organization he joined sixty-five years ago. Later he belonged to the Grays' Gun Squad, out of which