John H. A. Bone is a native of Cornwall, England, having been born in
that county October 31, 1830. He received a good education, being first
intended for the army, but an accident having permanently crippled his
right arm, that purpose had to be abandoned. He resided awhile in London
and Liverpool, during which time he was connected with the press of
those cities, and contributed to periodicals. Having married in his
native place, he left England in the Autumn of 1851, for the United
States, and after a brief stay in New York, arrived in Cleveland in
October of that year.
Early in the Spring of 1857, he joined the editorial staff of the
Cleveland Herald, to the columns of which he had for some years previous
been a frequent contributor. At the same time he had contributed to the
pages of the Knickerbocker Magazine, Godey, Peterson's, the Boston Carpet
Bag, then conducted by B. P. Shillaber ("Mrs. Partington,") and G. C.
Halpine ("Miles O'Reilly,") and other literary papers of Boston, New York
and Philadelphia, as well as to a Cleveland magazine, the New American
Monthly, and was a regular contributor to the Cincinnati Pen and Pencil, a
handsome weekly magazine of more than ordinary merit that was run for some
time under the editorship of W. W. Warden.
Mr. Bone, on joining the Herald, took charge of its commercial, local,
amusements and literary departments. As the business of the paper
increased he resigned those departments, one after another, to others, and
on the retirement of Mr. Harris, transferred his labors to the leading
editorial department, retaining charge of the literary department also.
In addition to his daily duties on the Herald, Mr. Bone has found time to
furnish papers to the Atlantic Monthly on matters of scholarly interest
and historical importance, has for the past three years been on the
regular staff of Our Young Folks, contributing to it a number of
historical articles, prepared with much care and research, and is an
occasional contributor to other periodicals.
Mr. Bone published, about sixteen years ago, a small volume of poems,
mostly written in boyhood. His after verses, of various characters, are
scattered through newspapers and magazines and have never been collected.
With the exception of a few political squibs, he has for some years
abandoned verse. A work on the oil regions was issued in 1864, and a
second, enlarged edition, was published in Philadelphia, in 1865.
Aside from his professional duties as a journalist and the fulfilment of
his engagements as a magazine writer, Mr. Bone's literary tastes are
chiefly with the older works of English literature. He is a close student
of what is known as Early English, delighting in his intervals of leisure
to pick from the quaint and curious relics of the earliest English
literature bits of evidence that serve to throw some light on the actual
social and intellectual condition of our English ancestors four or five
centuries ago. He has been for years, and still is, connected with English
literary societies for the bringing to light and publishing for the use of
the members, unpublished documents of historical and literary value. Of
what is know as Elizabethean literature he has been a diligent student. At
present he is connected with the management of the Cleveland Library
Association and Western Reserve Historical Society.
William W. Armstrong.
William W. Armstrong, one of the present proprietors of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, is a native Buckeye, having been born in New Lisbon,
Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1833. In his fifteenth year he removed to
Tiffin, Seneca county, with the purpose of learning the printing business.
In 1852-3, he was appointed to the position of Registrar of the Bank
Department in the State Treasurer's office at Columbus. In 1854, he
returned to Tiffin and purchased the Seneca County Advertiser, which he
made noticeable among the Democratic papers of the State for its vigor and
ability. He was recognized among the Democrats of the State as one of
their rising men, and in 1862, he was chosen as the Democratic candidate
for Secretary of State, and was elected.
In 1865, having completed his term of office and returned to editorial
life, he purchased the material and good will of the Plain Dealer, which
had suspended publication, and set about bringing it back to its old
prosperity and position among the journals of the State. His efforts were
crowned with success. The reputation of the paper for boldness and
ability, which had been affected by the death of its founder, was
restored, and the business knowledge and tact which Mr. Armstrong brought
to bear upon its management before long put its affairs in a healthy state
and established the journal on a good paying basis. Although a strong
partisan in politics, Mr. Armstrong recognizes the importance of fairness
and courtesy, and hence he has the personal good will of his professional
and business rivals as well as associates.
In 1868, Mr. Armstrong was elected delegate at large to the Democratic
National Convention which nominated Horatio Seymour for the Presidency.
Frederick W. Green.
Frederick W. Green, the associate of Mr. Armstrong in the proprietorship
and editorship of the Plain Dealer, was born in Fredericktown, Frederick
county, Maryland, in 1816. In 1833, he removed to Tiffin, Seneca county,
Ohio. Becoming identified with the Democratic party he was elected by that
party Auditor of Seneca county, and retained that position six years. In
1851, he was elected to Congress from the Seneca district, and in 1853,
was re-elected. At the close of his term he was appointed Clerk of the
newly organized United States District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio. In this position he remained twelve years.
In 1867, he purchased an interest in the Plain Dealer, and at once entered
upon editorial duties on that paper in connection with Mr. Armstrong.
Their joint labors have made the paper the Democratic organ of Northern
Ohio. Mr. Green, during his fourteen years residence in Cleveland, has
been reckoned among its most respectable citizens, and possesses many warm
friends irrespective of political differences of opinion.
Index.
Historical and Statistical.
History of Cleveland
Trade and Commerce
Ship Building
The Bench and Bar
Educational
Railroading
The Coal Interest
Religious
Medical
Manufacturing
Telegraphy
City Improvements
Military
Journalism
Biographical Sketches.
Those marked with an asterisk (*) are illustrated with portraits.
*Aiken, S. C.
Adams, S. W.
*Allen, J. W.
*Andrews, S. J.
*Abbey, G. N.
Alcott, Leverett.
Armstrong. W. W.
Blair, John.
Barnett, Melancthon.
Baldwin, Dudley.
Baldwin, Norman C.
*Bradburn, Charles.
Beardsley, D. H.
*Bradley, Alva.
Barr, John.
Bingham, Wm.
Beckwith, T. S.
*Baldwin, E. I.
Brayton, H. F.
*Bolton, Thomas.
Backus, F. T.
*Bishop, J. P.
*Beckwith, D. H.
*Bousfield, John.
*Buhrer, S.
Barnett, James.
Benedict, G. A.
*Bone, J. H. A.
Cutter, Orlando.
*Chapin, H. M.
*Crittenden, N. E.
*Cooke, W. P.
Cobb. J. B.
Colwell, A. G.
*Cannon, A. V.
Childs, O. A.
Coe, S. S.
Coe, C. W.
*Case, Leonard.
*Coffinberry, J. M.
*Collins, W.
*Case, William.
*Crawford, L.
Cross, D. W.
Cassels, J. L.
Castle, W. B.
*Chisholm. H.
*Clark, M. B.
Creighton, W. R.
*Dangler, David A.
*Dodge, H. H.
Dickman, F. J.
Delamater, John
Edwards, Wm.
*Ely, George B.
Errett, Isaac
*Freese, Andrew
*Farmer, James
*Fairbanks, A. W.
Garretson, Hiram
Gordon, W. J.
*Goodrich, W. H.
*Garlick, Theodatus
Green, F. W.
Hilliard, Richard
Hickox, Charles
*Handy, T. P.
Hanna, Robert
Hurlbut, H. B.
*Hoyt, J. M.
*Humiston, R. F.
*Hart, William
*Hussey, J. G.
Haldeman. L.
Hayward, W. H.
*Johnson, Levi
*Jenness, B. W.
*Johnson, S. W.
*Jones, James M.
*Kelley, Alfred
*Kelly, Moses
*Kirtland, J. P.
Lyon, Richard T.
Lester, S. F.
Long, David
Lowman, Jacob
Merwin, Noble H.
*Mygatt, George
Morgan, E. P.
*McDermott, James
*Martin, John
*Morris, David
*Myers, R. P.
McNairy, A. C.
Morley, J. H.
*Newberry, J. S.
Otis, William A.
Otis, W. S. C.
Other Military Men
Perkins, Joseph
*Peck, E. M.
*Palmer, C. W.
*Perkins, Jacob
Philpot, William
*Price, W. I.
*Quayle, Thomas
*Robison, J. P.
Raymond, S.
Redington, J. A.
Ranney, R. P.
*Rice, Harvey
*Rhodes, D. P.
Rouse, Benjamin
Rockefeller, J. D.
Scovill, Philo
Scranton, Joel
*Sheldon, S. H.
Sackett, Alexander
Scott, M. B.
*Sims, Elias
Severance, J. L.
*Sanford, D.
Strong, S. M.
Starkweather, Samuel
*Sherman, C. T.
*Spalding, R. P.
*Smyth, Anson
*Stone, Amasa, Jr.
*Streator, W. S.
*Seelye, T. T.
*Stone, A. B.
*Scofield, W. C.
*Stager, Anson
*Stevens, H. S.
Scowden, T. R.
*Sargent, J. H.
Townsend, Amos
Tilden, D. R.
Thome, J. A.
*Thatcher, Peter
Weddell, P. M.
Winslow, Richard
White, Moses
Walton, T. A.
*Worthington, George
Wick, Henry
Warner, J. F.
Wood, Reuben
Willey, John W.
*Willson, H. V.
*Witt, Stillman
Woolson, C. J.
Westlake, G.
*Wilson, W. G.
*Wade, J. H.
*Whittlesey, C.
Younglove, M. C.