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Chapin, George M., FLORIDA 1513-1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of Wars and Peace and Industrial Development, 1914, Vol. 2, 742 pages.

JAMES W. INGRAM. Prominent among the energetic, enterprising and successful business men of Jacksonville is James W. Ingram, one of the organizers and partners of the Ingram-Graham-Grant Electric Company. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, June 17, 1870, and is a son of James F. and Helen K. (Wilmott) Ingram. In his youthful days he attended the public schools of Jacksonville, to which city the family removed in 1880. He started in business life in 1891 as bookkeeper for the H. & W. N. Drew Company, with whom he remained until 1902. In that year he engaged in the electrical business with his brother, J. George Ingram, doing business under the name of the Electric Supply & Construction Company. Their association was maintained for several years, when they consolidated their interests with those of the Florida Electrical Company, and in 1910 organized the Ingram-Graham-Grant Electric Company, under which name they are now operating. They are extensive dealers in electrical supplies, having built up a large business.

On the 15th of April, 1895, Mr. Ingram was married to Miss Anna B. Hill, of Jacksonville, and they have one child, Helen. Aside from his business Mr. Ingram is widely known because of his active work in the Elks lodge. He was exalted ruler in 1912 and 1913 and under his administration the membership increased nearly thirty per cent. His labors have been very effective for the improvement and upbuilding of the organization, and he is well known as a prominent Mason, having taken the degrees in the various Masonic bodies and serving as representative to the Imperial Council of the Shrine held in Rochester, New York, in 1911. He is likewise a member of several local clubs. Active in political circles, he served for two terms, or from 1902 until 1906, in the city council, and was also appointed, in 1905, as city license inspector, which position he has since filled. His various interests have made him widely known and in all the different organizations he has a host of warm friends.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 248-249

R. C. INGRAM.   R C. Ingram, clerk of the Duval county court and criminal court of record at Jacksonville, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, December 25, 1873, his parents
being James F. and Helen K. (Wilmott) Ingram, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Tioga county, New York. In 1878 the parents removed from Tennessee to Florida and settled at La Grange, on the Indian river, where the father engaged in the fishing business, while the mother became teacher of one of the schools of that district. In 1880 they came to Jacksonville and Mrs. Ingram was made assistant principal of the Duval high school and later occupied the chair of English and history in the Normal College at Lake City. She was one of the leading educators of the country, widely known and honored for her good work and her ability in inaugurating high educational standards. She was chosen as one of the lady managers of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, in 1893, and as such was actively interested in making the great affair the success which history now chronicles. She became an associate of Charles FI. Jones, founder of the Times Union, and wrote for that paper many of its periodicals. In fact, she was identified with various prominent societies and leading institutions of the country, especially those working for broader intelligence and higher educational values. A brilliant and gifted woman, the following tribute was paid to her at her death, prepared by a committee of the Woman’s Club as a tribute to the life and character of Mrs. Ingram, who passed away August 30, 1898:

“Whereas God, in his wise providence has called from earth to heaven our beloved sister Helen K. Ingram, it is our fervent desire to express our deep sense of loss in the death of this gifted, cultured and saintly woman; therefore, be it

“Resolved, that her rare qualities blessed every circle she touched, were it home, school, church, society or literature; and that her memory will be a
fragrance wherever she was known; be it further

“Resolved, that in this wonderful woman we have recognized the intellect of a philosopher, the imagination of an idealist, and in her artistic conceptions a queen in the realms of thought. Equally at home among the researches of the scientists or in the regions of fancy her versatility was fascinating.

“We resolve further, That we recognize the loving, helpful nature, which, in her widowhood, did not fail to give the strength of a father to the direction of her sons’ lives, nor the tenderness of a mother to their sorrows. Yet, amid her multitudinous cares, her largeness of heart was ever ready to share the sorrows of her friends, and to shed for a divine solace, sympathy and helpfulness. Now she has found immortality.

“One of equal temper, of heroic bear,

Made weak by time and fate
But strong in will to strive,

To seek, to find, and not to yield.

“Be it further resolved that we extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy, with a copy of these resolutions which we request to be published in our city papers ; and to be spread upon the minutes of our record book.”

James F. Ingram, father of R. C. Ingram, was a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war, serving as quartermaster with the rank of captain. He died in 1888. In the family were four sons: James W.; Justice G. and John R., who are engaged in the real-estate business; and Richmond C.

R. C. Ingram was educated in the public schools of Duval county and was employed as office boy under the old sanitary improvement bond trustees at a salary of five dollars per week. This was his initial step in the business world. He was connected with that office for eleven years, serving as bookkeeper at the time he resigned on account of his health. He then turned his attention to the electrical business, in which he continued for five years, and in the fall of 1908 once more entered the public service, following his election as clerk of the criminal court. That he made an excellent record in that office is indicated in his reelection in November, 1912, so that he is now serving for a second term.

On the 17th of February, 1903, Mr. Ingram was married to Miss Ida M. Oetgen, of South Carolina, and they have one child, Catherine W. Mr. Ingram’s fraternal connections are with Palmetto Camp of the Woodmen of the World, and High Davis Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Long residence in Jacksonville has brought him a wide acquaintance
among its citizens, and his public record commends him to the confidence and regard of all.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 241-242

FRANK M. IRONMONGER.   For more than thirty years Frank M. Ironmonger has been a representative of the Clyde Line Steamship Company and since 1882 has made his home in Jacksonville, where as an officer of the company he has made an excellent record by reason of his obliging manner, his courtesy and his helpfulness to the traveling public and his loyalty to the corporation which he represents. Jacksonville numbers him among her highly esteemed citizens and Virginia claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred in Portsmouth, that state, on the 4th of March, 1853. His early youth was spent in that city, where he remained until 1863, when owing to the exigencies of the Civil war he and his mother took refuge in Fluvanna county, Virginia. There he remained until November, 1864, when at the age of eleven years and eight months he joined the Sixteenth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, becoming an enlisted soldier of the Confederate army. His regiment was attached to Weisiger’s Brigade, Mahone’s Division, A. P. Hill’s corps of the army of Northern Virginia, and Mr. Ironmonger was assigned to duty with the brigade quartermaster. His military record has been written as follows:

“The boyish enthusiasm which incited him to offer himself for his country sustained him through the tremendous conflicts which followed, and he conducted himself as a gallant soldier to the end. His office was by no means a sinecure, and he was frequently under fire. For a few weeks he acted as a courier for General Mahone and was almost constantly in positions of danger. During his service he witnessed the fighting about Petersburg, ending with the evacuation April 2, 1865, and on the retreat he was in the battle of Sailor’s Creek. At Appomatox he witnessed the last conflict of the armies, and saw General Custer ride into the Confederate lines, waving a white handkerchief over his head, and, following the dashing Federal officer to General Lee’s tent, he stood nearby during the interview with the chief of the Confederate armies. After the surrender young Ironmonger received the following parole:

“Appomatox Court House, Va., April 10, 1865.

“The bearer, F. M. Ironmonger, courier for Weisiger’s brigade, quartermaster, a paroled prisoner of the army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go to his home and there remain undisturbed.

“D. A. Weisiger,
“Brig-Gen., commanding Brigade.”

On December 14, 1905, he was presented with a medal by the Daughters of the Confederacy of the state of Florida to the youngest soldier in the Confederate army, which reads thus: “Presented by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, State of Florida, to the youngest soldier in the Confederate army, 1861-1865.” Of this Mr. Ironmonger is very proud, as he may well be. When paroled Frank M. Ironmonger was but twelve years, one month and six days of age. He returned to Fluvanna county to find his home devastated and then went to Richmond, whence he proceeded to his native city of Portsmouth. A boy in years, he had had a man’s experience in all those things which test the character, prove the endurance and call out the manliness of the individual. He soon obtained a position on the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, of which his old commander. General Mahone, was the president. Fie spent three years in that connection and then realizing the necessity and the value of education entered the Webster Institute of Norfolk, Virginia, from which he was graduated with the class of 1870. He then went to New York city, where for five years he filled a position as bookkeeper, and subsequently was in the railroad service until 1882, residing during that period in Baltimore and in New York. At a later date he entered the employ of the Clyde Steamship Company in New York and since 1886 has made his home in Jacksonville, where for many years he has been well known to the traveling public as the general Florida passenger agent of the Clyde Line.

On the 18th of November, 1890, Mr. Ironmonger was united in marriage to Miss Susie E. Lorimier of Dubuque, Iowa, and they have four living children: Frank M., Lorraine, Morton T. and Cornelius. Mr. Ironmonger is devoted to his family, finding his greatest happiness and enjoyment at his own fireside. He is, however, a loyal member of several fraternal organizations, belonging to the various branches of Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine; the Elks; and to the Knights of Pythias lodge. The same spirit of loyalty and courage which characterized the boy soldier has been manifest in his every relation of life and has gained for him the same sterling regard which was entertained for him when in his early youth he defended the flag of his loved southland. He is now equally loyal in all matters of citizenship which have to do with the welfare of city, state and nation.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 383-384

JACKSONVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.   The city of Jacksonville has every reason to be proud of its free public library, an institution which would be creditable to cities of greater size than Florida’s metropolis. Its present standing is due to the intelligence and enterprising methods of the men who have controlled its affairs. The library was opened June 1, 1905, with sixty-two hundred volumes on its shelves. Its trustees were: J. R. Parrott, D. U. Fletcher, W. W. Cummer, C. D. Rinehart, C. Drew, M. D., A. F. Perry, C. E. Gamer, J. W. Archibald and E. J. L’Engle, with George B. Utley as librarian. The building, which was erected at a cost of sixty thousand dollars, was a gift of Andrew Carnegie.

The growth of the library has been most rapid. Jacksonville, fully appreciative of what such an institution may become, has given hearty indorsement and support to the work. The report of 1912 shows twenty-five thousand, eight hundred and forty volumes on the shelves with one hundred and thirty-two thousand, five hundred and two in circulation. The present trustees are: J. W. Archibald, president; C. D. Rinehart, vice president; A. F. Perry, secretary; A. D. Stevens; W. E. Cummer; D. U. Fletcher; G. C. Bedell; C. E. Garner and E. J. L’Engle, with L. W. Josselyn as the librarian. The trustees record a constantly increasing use of the library in all of its phases, and the librarian reports a noticeable advance in the selection of reading matter of better character on the part of patrons It has always been the aim of the library to place books in the homes of all of the people of the city, seeking to meet the wants of the student desiring important information on given subjects, the professional or the laboring man studying his profession or trade; the man or woman reading for recreation or general information; the club or association seeking bibliographical and research material; the child just commencing to read; and the school with its demands of supplementary reading and cooperation. In addition to the general reading rooms there is maintained a children’s room and a librarian especially for children is employed. Every feature of the modern public library in its broadest scope of utility, interest and value is here to be found.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p.635

ELBERT Z. JONES.   Elbert Z. Jones has inaugurated some of the most important realty transfers of Florida and ranks with the most prominent representatives of real-estate interests in Jacksonville. All the days in his career have not been equally bright and at times he has seen the storm clouds gather, but in the real-estate field he has found a business that has proven both congenial and profitable, and his ability in this line is attested by the splendid success which has come to him. His name is today well known throughout the state in this section. He was born in Hillsboro county, Florida, July 5, 1878. His father, James Alfred Jones, was a soldier of the Union army and a republican in politics. He died when his son Elbert was but three and a half years of age. The mother was Sarah Patience Jones, a lady of most even disposition and temperament, whose middle name of Patience was given to her when she was twelve years of age because of her amiable qualities. The mother was left with a large family to support and as they were old enough they were forced to start out in life on their own account because of the straitened family finances. E. Z. Jones never had the opportunity to attend a graded school and was a student in country schools for only six terms. Sometimes he had to walk two miles and at others six miles to school, and thus his education was acquired under adverse circumstances, but in the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons and has become a well informed man. He started out in life on his own account when a young lad of twelve years and at the age of fourteen began working for himself in the hammocks of Manatee, where for two or three years he engaged in raising vegetables. Succeeding in that undertaking, he turned his attention to merchandising but failed in the latter venture. He afterward went upon the road, spending three years as a commercial traveler, and then again entered the mercantile field, but once more met failure. He next engaged in the real-estate business at Lakeland, Florida, in 1902. In this he found a field of labor for which he was eminently fitted and has been very successful during the eleven years in which he has been a representative of real-estate interests. He has handled some of the largest deals ever put through in Florida. For four years he was purchaser for the largest land syndicate ever operated in the state and from them received the highest recommendations. In the earlier years he advertised largely, utilizing original methods in making himself known to the public and in bringing before the people the property which he was handling. In this he laid the foundation of his success which he has budded by enterprise, unflagging energy and unfaltering determination. He has thoroughly informed himself concerning Florida and her lands, and his knowledge of all purchasable property is one of the chief sources of his success. His business was organized and incorporated on the 15th of April, 1912, under the name of the E. Z. Jones Realty Company, in which he has some of the best people of the state as his business associates. His initials have earned for him the sobriquet '‘Easy” Jones, and the name is indicative of both his disposition and his methods of dealing with his friends. He never demands payment at the sacrifice of others’ interests and his own honesty and reliability seem to beget for him the same treatment on the part of others.

On September 1, 1901, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Penelope Dampier, a daughter of John G. Dampier, and they have two sons: Elbert Z., eleven years of age; and John Alfred, who was named for his paternal grandfather and is now in his sixth year. Although Mr. Jones’ father was a republican, our subject was reared in the atmosphere of the democratic party, to which he has always strictly adhered, and for ten years he has been an ardent friend and strong supporter of Park Trammell, the present
governor. The legislature of Florida in 1913 created the office of state game and fish commissioner and Governor Trammell in August, 1913, appointed E. Z. Jones to this office.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 292

HENRY JOHN KLUTHO.   Success and prominence in the profession of architecture have come to Henry John Klutho, who has utilized every opportunity for carrying out his laudable purpose of reaching an enviable position in his chosen profession. Jacksonville in many of her fine structures bears testimony to his skill and ability, and all who know aught of his career bear witness to his energy, his determination, his artistic perception and his comprehensive understanding of the great scientific principles, as well as the practical phases of the profession in which he is engaged. Mr. Klutho was born in Illinois and comes of German ancestry, his grandparents, natives of the fatherland, crossing the Atlantic in 1840 and casting in their lot with the early settlers of the Prairie state. Purchasing land from the government in southern Illinois, they there established their home and representatives of the name have since been natives of the country.

Henry J. Klutho was born at Breese, Illinois, March 19, 1873, a son of Theo and Anna (Moliter) Klutho, the former a landowner and lumber dealer. After acquiring his education in the parochial school he further qualified for the practical duties of business life by a course in a commercial college at St. Louis, where he studied for a year and a half, his father believing a business career the safest one. His experience in commercial circles, however, did not appeal to him and proved that work of that character was not as congenial as he believed it would be. Another writing of him said:

“His tastes were artistic and having a constructive mind building especially interested him. He always viewed the operations of builders with more or less interest, and one day while walking along one of the principal streets of St. Louis he came to a huge building in course of construction. Two of the men employed thereon were holding between them the plans of the building and were engaged in an animated conversation. As he looked at the drawings and saw there every detail of the big building in miniature, conceived
and all worked out intelligently before even a stone was laid, he became forcibly impressed with and attracted to the work and he decided there and then to become an architect."

Having formed this determination he took the first necessary step by enrolling as a student in Schenk’s Drawing Academy. A year was devoted to the study of architectural drawing and he then obtained practical experience in architects’ offices in St. Louis for three years. Then the mecca to which all architectural students turn beckoned him and he went to New York to further qualify for his chosen profession. He devoted four years to study and practical experience in the metropolis under such eminent architects as Francis H. Kimball, Clinton & Russell, W. Wheeler Smith and others and then traveled for a year abroad in Italy, Germany, France and London, studying and sketching architectural designs. In 1899 he entered upon his professional career in New York, and in June, 1901, arrived in Jacksonville, a month after the great fire which had laid waste so much of the city. From the outset he has been accorded a liberal clientage, his business growing as he has given practical demonstration of his power to plan and construct buildings that combine all the phases of utility, comfort, convenience and beauty. The evidences of his skill, knowledge and ability are seen in a number of Jacksonville’s most prominent structures, including the City Hall, the Board of Trade building, the Public Library, the Young Men’s Christian Association building, the Dyal-Upchurch building, the
Clark building, many of the finest residences and several churches. Moreover, he was the architect of the first ten story, fire-proof building — the Bisbee block; the Seminole Hotel; the Florida Life building; the beautiful Shriners’ Temple; and the Germania Club — all in Jacksonville. The design that will, however, stamp him as a genius in his line is the Cohen Brothers Department Store and office building, — considered by many to be a marvel of architectural design and constructive ability surpassed by few in the
country. His professional skill and labor were called into requisition in the erection of the governor’s mansion at Tallahassee and the new public library for the Stetson University at De Land and other smaller buildings throughout the state. He is likewise the architect of the Young Men’s Christian Association building and of the new one hundred and fifty thousand dollar hotel at Waycross, Georgia. In his profession he studies every phase of construction not only in the erection of buildings but also with regard
to their environment and surroundings, that the whole may be harmonious and attractive.

On the 7th of June, 1904, Mr. Klutho was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Warren Wicker, a daughter of John Oscar and Mary Coleman (Spears) Wicker of Augusta, Georgia. Mr. Klutho is a member of the Florida Country Club, the Seminole Club, the Rotary Club, and of the Germania Club. He is also an active member of the Jacksonville Board of Trade, and holds membership in the American Institute of Architects. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is a factor in the progressive element which is bringing about wholesome and purifying reforms. His political concern is with material progress. He believes in a clean ballot box, that more attention should be given to agricultural interests, that irrigation should be extended and the low lands drained. He believes that one source of Florida's development and prosperity would be in inducing
farming immigration, especially of Teutonic and Anglo-Saxon origin. He is an earnest advocate of the public roads system, and in fact his influence is always on the side of progress and improvement where the interests of the great majority will be served. In early life he was an interested student of Plutarch’s Lives and has always read broadly, his
reading including works of biography, history, science and religion. He is especially fond of historical novels and has read the English and German Classics in both languages. His interest in his library, in club and social affairs constitute an even balance to his intense professional activity and make him one of the most popular citizens of Jacksonville.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 306-307

ARTHUR LEE.   Popular among the younger element of Jackson county, Florida, is Arthur Lee, who holds the responsible position of bookkeeper in the First National Bank
of Graceville and also works as night operator for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, having for a number of years been successfully associated with railroad work. He is a native of Jackson county, Florida, having been born January 24, 1884, a son of Cader Alexander and Theodocia E. (Windham) Lee. Both parents were natives of Alabama and made settlement in Florida about 1879, locating in Jackson county where the father followed agricultural pursuits for the rest of his life, passing away October 9, 1910. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having volunteered in June, 1861, and actively participated in many engagements of that sanguinary conflict. For some time he was with General Jackson and was serving under General Lee at the time of the latter’s surrender. In the battle of Gettysburg he was held in reserve, participating only in the last day of that battle. He was prominent politically and had the honor of serving as the first mayor of Graceville, following in his administration a beneficial and progressive policy and making a record so creditable that it has not been forgotten today. In 1893 he also represented his district in the lower house of the legislature, being a democrat in his political views and doing valuable work on the floor of the house and in committee rooms. Mr. and Mrs. Lee were the parents of nine children: Fannie E., the wife of J. J. Prim, of Graceville; Jessie, who married Henry A. William; Costello, the wife of R. M. Miller, of Graceville; Stephen S., of that city; Henry A., of Marianna; George M., deceased; Amasa Coleman, of Bonifay, Florida; Arthur, of this review; and James W., who has passed away.

Arthur Lee was reared upon his father’s farm and attended the public schools to the age of sixteen, when he laid aside his text-books to enter upon a position as a clerk in a store at Cypress, in which connection he continued for six months. He then entered the railroad service as agent and operator at Cypress, remaining in that capacity for about two years, when he removed to Chipley where he acted as operator for two months, when he was transferred to Thomaston, Alabama, remaining there for ten months. His next place of work was at Manistee, Alabama, where he filled the position of general freight and passenger agent with the Manistee & Repton Railroad, and then removed to Foshee, Alabama, where he remained for six months. At the end of this period, in 1904, he came to Graceville where he engaged in the merchandise business, conducting an establishment of that kind successfully until 1907, when he sold out and became bookkeeper for the Noma Mercantile Company of Noma, Florida. Thence he returned to Cypress as station agent at that point, holding that position for three years, and then for ten months was connected with the Southern Hardwood Manufacturing Company in their establishment in Liberty county. Returning at the end of that time to Graceville, he accepted the position of night operator with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Since January 1, 1913, he has also filled the position of bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Graceville, being well fitted for the responsible duties devolving upon him by the wide and valuable experience which he had gained in his former connections.

On May 4, 1904, Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Miss Zolena Williams, a native of Georgia, and they have two children, Mildred M. and Gladys M. Politically Mr. Lee is a democrat, stanchly upholding the principles of that organization and ever giving his support to its candidates. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lee are well known and popular in Graceville and the surrounding district on account of their
many good qualities of heart and mind which have won them the high regard and confidence of all with whom they have come in contact in a business or social way. Mr. Lee stands upon the threshold of a successful career in the world of finance and his qualifications seem to predestine him for an important position in the commercial and financial world.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 503-504

EUGENE OLIN LOCKE.   Since 1872 Eugene Olin Locke, of Jacksonville, has served as clerk of the United States court and as United States commissioner, and during the forty-one years has discharged his duties always ably, conscientiously and worthily. He was born in Stanstead, Quebec province, February 20, 1850, and is a son of William Sherburne and Caroline Dame (Tibbett) Locke, the former a Methodist minister and a descendant of Captain John Locke, first settler at Rye, New Hampshire, where he was killed by the Indians. Mr. Locke’s grandmother, Abigail Sherburne, was a member of the famous Sherburne family who settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

In the acquirement of an education Eugene O. Locke attended high school at Manchester, New Hampshire, an academy at South Berwick, Maine, and Dartmouth College, receiving the degree of A. B. from the latter institution in 1870. Immediately afterward he came to Florida, settling in Key West, as principal of the schools there, and in May of the following year he was admitted to the bar. In 1872 he was appointed clerk of the United States court and United States commissioner and these positions he has since held, his excellent record reflecting credit upon both his ability and his public spirit. He retires to go into the practice of law January 1, 1914. Mr. Locke is now a resident of Jacksonville and has acquired large and valuable real-estate interests here, in Key West and on the Florida Keys, and his business interests are all carefully managed, bringing him a gratifying degree of prosperity.

In Key West, Florida, March 30, 1875, Mr. Locke was united in marriage to Miss Rosetta R. Otto, a daughter of Joseph and Maria (Belton) Otto, the former a native of Germany, who took part in the “Student rebellion’’ and afterward escaped to America. He fought in the Seminole war and afterward studied medicine, becoming assistant surgeon in the United States army and a prominent physician in Key West. His wife is of English ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Locke are the parents of two children : Florence Elizabeth, who married J. P. Lewis; and William Joseph.

Mr. Locke is connected fraternally with Dade Lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M., of which he is past master. He served as grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Florida in 1S92. He belongs to Key West Lodge, No. -13, I. O. O. F., and Otto Encampment, No. 5; holds membership in the Seminole Club of Jacksonville and attends the
Episcopal church. He is a republican in his political beliefs and in addition to the offices which he now holds has served in various others of trust and responsibility, acting as a member of the Key West school board in 1880 and as deputy collector of internal revenue in Key West in 1877. In 1884 he was republican candidate for congress from the first district but was defeated. His has been an excellent official record and has brought him gratifying recognition both in Jacksonville and Key West, where he is regarded as a
progressive and public-spirited citizen and holds the esteem and respect of all who have been associated with him.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 611-612

REV. FATHER M. MAHER. Rev. Father M. Maher is the well known priest of the St. Augustine parish in Jacksonville. He was born in Thurles, Ireland, October, 3, 1866, and at an early age went to Limerick, where he studied under the Jesuits. He completed his education in Rome and was ordained in the St. John Lateran Cathedral of that city in June, 1892. Ten years later, or in 1902, he came to Jacksonville to accept the pastorate of the church of St. Augustine. A religious publication said of him a decade later: “Rev. Father Maher, during the ten years he has been stationed here, has found his way to the hearts of the people of St. Augustine. His genial smile and imperturbable good nature are irresistible and his circle of warm friends is limited only by the number of his acquaintances. His parochial work can be better told by the sick and destitute and those who witness every day his zeal for the welfare of his flock and his disregard for the sacrifice and self-denial it occasions him.” It was due to his efforts that the beautiful and magnificent church edifice, with a seating capacity of about a thousand, was erected. It is built of Olithic limestone at a cost of about one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. The congregation has grown from twenty-five hundred to six thousand and Father Maher has taken a zealous interest in the upbuilding of the church and the promotion of all of its kindred interests. He has organized a school for white children and also one for colored children. The church property has been greatly improved through his efforts and he was instrumental in replacing the stuffy little stores on the church lot with the present fine Bishop building. The Knights of Columbus of Jacksonville owe the existence of their organization to Father Maher. His progressive ideas have left their imprint on the ancient city as his personality has upon its people.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 504

RICHARD P. MARKS.   Richard P. Marks, filling the office of United States district attorney at Jacksonville, and accorded, by the concensus of public opinion, an enviable position in legal circles, was born in Orange county, Florida, July 3, 1876, his parents being Matthew R. and Mary F. (Parramore) Marks, the former a native of Meriwether county, Georgia, and the latter of Madison county, Florida. The maternal grandfather was one of the early settlers of Madison county, this state, where he followed farming and stock-raising. Matthew R. Marks followed farming in early life and at the time of the Civil war responded to the call of the south for troops, becoming a Confederate major of
cavalry. He was with General Forest during the latter part of the service. He was also active and prominent in civic life, serving for several terms as mayor of Orlando, Florida, and for several years as member of the state senate. At the end of the first session of his first term because of a controversy between him and one of his colleagues he accepted the proposition that both should resign and again make the race for the position. The resignation of both was accepted by the governor and Major Marks was returned to the senate, while his challenger was defeated. This probably was one of the most unusual happenings that ever occurred in connection with the state senate, but it proved his personal popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him by his constituents. Pie was very prominent in public affairs relating to his town, county and state, and his influence was ever on the side of improvement and advancement. Major Marks' municipal slogan was paved streets, side walks, and shade trees, and the five thousand shade trees planted by the city of Orlando during his administration, not only made Orlando one of the prettiest cities in the state, but are a living monument to its former mayor. For several years prior to his death, which occurred in 1911, he had resided in New York city. His wife passed away in 1910.

After attending the public schools at Orlando, Florida, Richard P. Marks became a student in Rollins College and later attended the Florida Agricultural College at Lake City. He began the study of law before he had attained his majority in the office of Beggs & Palmer, of Orlando, and in 1899 successfully passed the required examination for admission to the bar. Pie had theretofore practiced to some extent in minor courts. In 1899 he came to Jacksonville to become a clerk in the office of the United States district attorney. In 1902 Mr. Marks was promoted to assistant United States attorney, which position he filled until October 28, 1912, when he was appointed by President Taft to his present position as the successor of Judge John M. Cheney, who was elevated to the United States district bench. Mr. Marks has been continuously connected with this office for fourteen years, having successively held every position in the office, from clerk to United States attorney, and he has discharged every duty devolving upon him with marked dignity, justice and capability. He is also actively engaged in the private practice of law, being a member of the firm of Marks, Marks & Holt. Outside of the district attorney’s office his practice is confined exclusively to civil law cases. Fie occupies a high position in the profession, and has made an official record that is most enviable, capably, earnestly and conscientiously representing the government, and the public and the profession alike commend him for his services.

On the 12th of December, 1907 Mr. Marks was married to Miss Kathryn Slemons, of Orlando, Florida. He belongs to the Seminole and Florida Country Clubs, but has little time for social affairs, owing to the constant demand made upon him by his professional activities. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and his well spent life has established him high in the regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 735-736

ANTONIO MARTINEZ.   Antonio Martinez, who understands the cigar manufacturing business in principle and detail and who is making effective application of his knowledge in the operation of a large factory in Jacksonville, was born in Grado, Spain, May 19, 1878, a son of Jose and Maria Martinez. He acquired his early education in the public schools of his native community, attending until he was twelve years of age, when he moved to Cuba, completing his studies in the schools on that island. When he was only thirteen years of age he began learning the cigar-making business and continued working at it in Cuba until 1894, when he came to Florida, locating in Tampa, where he pursued the same vocation for some time. From Tampa he went to St. Augustine and then to New York state, whence after three years lie came to Jacksonville, settling here in 1900. He established a small cigar factory, hired one man to aid in its operation and with this as a beginning has gradually worked his way upward to his present position among the leaders in the industrial development of the city. His business expanded rapidly, the capacity of the plant was increased and the working force added to from time to time, the business now giving employment to over sixty skilled laborers. Mr. Martinez is considered one of the best cigar makers in this section of the state and he is besides a far-sighted, able and discriminating business man, his individual success being an important element in the industrial and commercial growth of Jacksonville.

In 1898 Mr. Martinez married Miss Julia Margaret Cobb, of Cincinnati, and they have two children. He is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias and he is past sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men. He is well known and highly esteemed throughout the community and the number of his friends has steadily increased as the circle of his acquaintance has widened.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 703-704

LEWIS H. MATTAIR.

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Born: January 29, 1868
Died: August 13, 1940

Lewis H. Mattair, a civil engineer and contractor of Jacksonville, whose experiences have been broad and whose developing skill and ability have placed him in the front rank of his profession, was born in Lake City, Florida, January 29, 1868, his parents being Lewis H. and Fannie E. (Barnard) Mattair. The father was born in Suwanee county, Florida, a son of Lewis H. Mattair, who came from France and settled in this state. This is the only family of Mattairs in Florida. Major Mattair was an officer in the French army and,
crossing the Atlantic, became a pioneer of Florida and a prominent planter of his day, owning a large plantation and many slaves. He remained a resident of Suwanee county until his death. His son, Lewis H. Mattair, father of our subject, was a merchant of Lake City and also ran the old stage line from Jacksonville to Tallahassee before the days of railroads.

Throughout his active life he continued in business in Lake City and there passed away. His widow became the wife of Richard K. Taylor, who is now also deceased.

Lewis H. Mattair, whose name introduces this record, is of the third generation of the name in Florida and has a son, Lewis H. Mattair, Jr., representing the fourth generation. He secured his education largely in private schools, supplemented by a course in the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, where he was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Civil Engineer. He then took up the active duties of the profession, being engaged in the river and harbor work throughout the state in the employ of the government for a number of years. He became city engineer of Jacksonville in 1894, filling the office for a year, and in 1895 removed to New York city, where he was under Colonel George W. Waring, street commissioner, one of the eminent sanitary engineers of the country. His experiences in that connection proved very valuable. In July, 1898, he was appointed by President McKinley as captain of engineers in the Third United States Volunteer Engineer Regiment and was on duty in Cuba, serving on the staff of General J. P. Sanger as engineer officer until mustered out in May, 1899, at Fort McPherson, Georgia. He immediately returned to Cuba and accepted a position under the government as sanitary engineer for the province of Matanzas, thus continuing until June, 1902. He then again came to the United States and was assigned to the quartermaster's department as civil and sanitary engineer at large. He was on duty at Chickamauga Park, Tennessee, as engineer in charge of the new cavalry post, and was subsequently removed to Fort McPherson, Georgia, where he took charge of all the engineering work, remaining in the service until 1906, when he went to Canada. He followed mining engineering in Cobalt Camp and in 1909 returned to Jacksonville where he is now engaged in engineering and contracting. The foregoing is ample commentary of the importance of his professional duties and his capability. He thoroughly understands every phase of the business and is a close student of all those points which investigation, research and experiment are bringing to light in the line of his profession.

On the 7th of December, 1893, Mr. Mattair was united in marriage to Miss May L. Eagan, of Jacksonville, a daughter of Dennis Eagan, postmaster of the city under the McKinley administration and also a republican committeeman of Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Mattair have an only son, who carries the name of Lewis H. Mattair in the fourth generation. Fraternally Mr. Mattair is connected with the Elks and the Masons and he is prominent in club circles of the city, holding membership in the Seminole, Florida Country and Florida Yacht Clubs. His interests in life make his a well balanced character and the course he has pursued in all of his professional and private relations commends him to the confidence and high regard of his fellowmen.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 727-728

GENERAL JOHN STEVENS MAXWELL. The name of Maxwell figures prominently on the pages of the history of the south. Representatives of the name have been prominent in promoting material and political progress, and have also left their impress upon the military annals of Georgia and of Florida. Fortunate in having back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, the lines of General Maxwell’s life have been cast in harmony therewith and Jacksonville has for a number of years known him as a legist, jurist, soldier and also as one whose efforts have been of material benefit in the development of the state. His birthplace was Fernandina and the year, 1866. The family comes of Scotch ancestry, the Maxwells figuring prominently in the land of hills and heather through many centuries. Sir John Maxwell was chamberlain of Scotland in the year 1241 and was succeeded by his brother, Sir Aymer. One of the descendants of the latter was the valiant companion of William Wallace. In the present generation the family is represented in Scotland by Lord Llerries, Sir J. M. Sterling Maxwell, of Pollock, and the Maxwells of Springkell. A branch of the family was founded on American soil during the period when Oglethorpe was colonizing Georgia, and representatives of the name have since been prominent in the south. One branch of the family settled in Leon county, Florida, about 1840 and among Jacksonville’s residents was David E. Maxwell, now deceased, who served as a distinguished soldier in the Civil war and rose to prominence in railway circles. He was a nephew of Dr. George Troup Maxwell, father of J. S. Maxwell. Dr. Maxwell became a distinguished member of the medical profession, winning high honors in Florida. He commanded a regiment during the Civil war, becoming colonel of the First Florida Cavalry.

General John Stevens Maxwell, son of Dr. George Troup and Martha Ella Maxwell, is indebted to the public schools of Florida, Delaware and Georgia for his early educational opportunities. He entered Princeton University as a member of the class of 1889, but left that institution at the close of the freshmen year. He had previously, in the fall of 1886, acquired some knowledge of the real-estate business at Ocala and in January, 1887, he took a second step in his business career by entering the office of the auditor of the Florida Real Estate & Navigation Company at Jacksonville, Florida, where he remained until January, 1889. Within that period he several times won promotion. In the latter year he turned his attention to the study of law, and at the same time acted as stenographer to W. W. Hampton, of Gainesville, Florida, attorney, with whom he remained until February, 1890, when he came to Jacksonville and accepted a stenographic position in the law office of A. W. Cockrell & Son. In June, 1890, he matriculated in the University of Virginia, where he pursued a summer law course under Professor John B. Minor, but the following September resumed his duties with Cockrell & Son. In the spring of 1892 he was admitted to the bar and continued in active practice until May 12, 1898, when he went to Tampa, Florida, to be mustered into the United States volunteer army for the Spanish-American war. In December, 1898, he was mustered out and entered upon the general practice of law in Jacksonville. His advancement at the bar has been continuous. No dreary novitiate awaited him. Almost immediately his skill and knowledge won recognition and he has been continually accorded a liberal clientage. In 1899 city council
elected him city attorney of Jacksonville, but after a contest in the courts the election was declared void. The great fire of May 3, 1901, destroyed his law office, but he immediately resumed practice and in January, 1902, entered into partnership with the Hon. Cromwell Gibbons, who in the following year was speaker of the house of representatives in the state legislature. Under the firm name of Gibbons & Maxwell the partnership still continues, although in the interim Judge Maxwell performed important judicial service. In June, 1907, he was appointed judge of the criminal court of record for Duval county to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Samuel T. Shaylor. In May, 1908, he was nominated in the democratic primaries for a four-years term, which appointment was not made until May, 1909, so that he remains the incumbent in the position. His judicial duties have been discharged with notable promptness and impartiality and indicate his wide, accurate and comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence. In the trial of cases he won an enviable reputation for his clear, concise and forceful presentation of his cause, his deductions always following in logical sequence, while in the application of a legal principle he was seldom if ever at fault.

On the 15th of November, 1905, Judge Maxwell was united in marriage to Miss Willie Mae Dancy and they have one child, Martha Elizabeth Maxwell. Mrs. Maxwell’s parents were William McLaws and Mae (Young) Dancy, the former a representative of an old Georgia family of Scotch lineage. General and Mrs. Maxwell are communicants of the Episcopal church and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. His social relations are with the Elks, the Florida Yacht Club and the Robert Burns Association of Jacksonville, of which he is the president. It was Taylor who said: “Bind together your spare hours by the golden cord of some definite purpose and you know not how much you may accomplish. A man is commonly either made or marred for life by the use he makes of his leisure time.” Recognizing this fact. Judge Maxwell has “improved the shining hours,” using his leisure for reading and recreation that has constituted an even balance for his business and professional activity. One point of great interest to him in his life has been his military experience. On the 6th of July, 1892, he joined Company A of the First Battalion of the Florida State Troops, also known as the Jacksonville Light Infantry. This was during a riot. In August of the same year he was promoted to sergeant, but in 1893, because of business reasons, he asked to be returned to the ranks. Promotion came to him, however, in November, 1894, when he was commissioned second lieutenant, and in May, 1896, he was raised to the rank of captain. His company volunteered for service in the Spanish- American war, and in May, 1898, he went to Tampa, where he was appointed captain of Company E, First Florida Volunteers, U. S. A., on the 19th of the month. He served with his company at Tampa, Fernandina and Huntsville, Alabama, until mustered out of service at Tallahassee on the 4th of December, 1898. In September and October of that year he was provost marshal of the Fourth Army Corps at Huntsville. In the following January he resumed his connection with the Florida State Troops as captain of Company A, First Battalion, and when the State Troops were reorganized into two regiments he was commissioned senior major and assigned to the First Regiment. On the 20th of May, 1903, he was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of infantry and assigned to the First Infantry. On the 28th of February, 1906, he became colonel of his regiment and on the 27th of July, 1907, was commissioned as brigadier general in the Florida State Troops and assigned to command the First Brigade, which position he occupied until January 4, 1913, when he was retired with the rank of major general. Even his professional and military interests do not constitute the entire scope of his activity, for Judge Maxwell is a public-spirited itizen and one deeply interested in the welfare and progress of Jacksonville and the state. In the conduct of private business affairs he has contributed to general improvement. He became the secretary of the Ucita Investment Company, which erected a ten story, steel, fireproof building at the corner of Hogan and Forsyth streets, and has in other ways contributed to the work of public progress. Judge Maxwell’s life history is a credit to an honored family of record. He stands as a high type of American manhood and citizenship — a splendid example of the true southern gentleman, whose activities further his own interests but never exclude his participation in events of public moment whereby the substantial welfare, upbuilding and progress of city and state are concerned.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 98-100

DANIEL HECTOR McMILLAN.   A history of present-day enterprise in Jacksonville would be incomplete were there failure to make mention of Daniel Hector McMillan, the vice president of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company and the individual owner and manager of many turpentine farms. His interests have for many years been of growing importance and have constituted an element in the industrial activity of his section of the state. He was born July 12, 1865, in Robeson county, North Carolina, a representative of one of the old families of that state, his ancestors, of Scotch birth, having emigrated from the land of hills and heather to become residents of North Carolina when it was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Another biographer has written: “The traditions with reference to the origin of the McMillan clan are conflicting. Their known possessions were on both sides of Loch Arkaig. Another branch, supposed to have been driven from Strath Tay, began to flourish in Knapdale in the sixteenth century. Through the marriage of a chieftain with the heiress of the chief of the MacNeils they became possessors of the Castle Sweyn. One of the towers of this stronghold is called McMillan’s Tower. One branch went to Argyle and settled in the southern part, where the chief was distinguished from his residence as McMillan of Cnop, the name of the property which had been obtained from the Lord of the Isles; and it is said that, he had the charter engraved on the top of a rock at the boundary of his land in the Gaelic language and letter. One of the southern branch distinguished himself as a preacher and a leader of the ‘Cameramans,’ who were also called MacMillanites. His bible is preserved among the descendants of the Covenanters. The McMillan Tartan is red and yellow. Led by the great possibilities offered by the new world and especially that part to which his fellow countrymen were coming in large numbers, this ancestor of our subject left his native highlands to make America his home. Other branches of the family came over and now the name is a familiar one in every part of the country.” Through succeeding generations members of the family continued residents of North Carolina, prospered in their business undertakings and took active part in the work of general development and improvement, One of the name, Archibald S. McMillan, was united m marriage to Miss Katherine McLean, also of Scotch lineage, and their home was established in Robeson county, where their son, Daniel H. McMillan, spent his boyhood and youth upon his father’s farm. His experiences were those which usually fall to the lot of the farm lad who enjoys country life in its different phases, who assists in the work of the fields and spends some time in the acquirement of a public-school education. He was about seventeen years of age when he started out in the business world, ambitious for advancement and willing to pay the price of success — that price of close application, unfaltering perseverance and unabating energy. Attention was then being attracted to the Georgia pine belt and it was this which led Mr. McMillan to make his way to the Empire state of the south. The year 1888 found him at Pembrooke, Georgia, where he began operating in turpentine and naval stores in a section where his energy and application brought him deserved success. He there continued for seven years and extended the scope of his activities, becoming interested in merchandising as a partner in the firm of W. H. Hughes & Company. In 1895, however, he disposed of his business affairs in Georgia and removed to Lake county, Florida, where he established a still larger turpentine plant. This venture proved profitable and made it possible for him to enter still more actively in
the important business operations resulting in 1899 in the organization of The Mutual Naval Stores Company at Jacksonville. The business was conducted under that name until it was merged with another enterprise of similar character under the style of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company, with Mr. McMillan as the vice president of what is now one of the most extensive concerns of the kind in existence. He owns and manages about a dozen turpentine farms and his success, placing him with the leading business men
of the city, is attributable directly to his employment of progressive methods, to his unabating energy and his thorough reliability.

Mr. McMillan married Miss Mary E. Roach, a daughter of Charles Roach, of Bullock county, Georgia, and they have eight children, Robert H., Beulah, John D., Warren J., Montague, Spurgeon, Farley and Ralph. Mr. McMillan’s interests center in his family and their welfare. They attend the Baptist church to which he belongs and in the work of which he is much interested. He is a prominent Mason, being a Master Mason, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter and holding the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite; he
is also a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party but he is not desirous of holding office. He concentrates his energies upon his business affairs, and in everything has been eminently practical. While he has reached the goal of prosperity his genuine worth, broad mind and public spirit have also made him a director of public thought and action.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 433-434

ROBERT McNAMEE. Robert McNamee, a prominent attorney of Jacksonville, with offices in the Mutual Life building, and well known also as the owner of the Dixie, a weekly newspaper, is classed with the most progressive and representative men of the city. He is very active in local politics and has been twice a member of the Florida
legislature, serving at one time as speaker of the house of representatives. Fie was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1863, and is a son of Cornelius and Emma McNamee.

Robert McNamee acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and later attended Lafayette College there. He left that institution in his junior year and entered the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, from which he was graduated. He began his independent career as a telegraph operator in the railway service but afterward studied law and was admitted to the bar. He later came to Jacksonville and has been very prominent in professional and political circles here. He possesses an exhaustive knowledge of underlying legal principles and has a keen, incisive and analytical mind and as a result of these qualities has secured a large and representative patronage, connecting him with a great deal of important litigation.

In addition to his professional work he owns the Dixie, a weekly newspaper, which he has made a power in local affairs, for it has become under his able management one of the leading journals in the city.

Mr. McNamee was married, November 17, 1888, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Miss Alice Sauve, a daughter of George Sauve, and they have become the parents of a son, William. Mr. McNamee is connected fraternally with the Knights of Pythias, the Masons, the Woodmen of the World, the Elks, Odd Fellows, the P. O. S. A. and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He holds membership in the Germania Club of Jacksonville. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is active and prominent in public affairs, cooperating heartily in all movements to advance the general interests of the community. In 1899 he was elected to the state legislature, serving as speaker of the house of
representatives during his term, and in 1903 he was again made a member of the general assembly. He proved a capable, far-sighted and able politician and his vote and influence were constantly upon the side of right, reform and progress. Few men in Jacksonville are more widely and favorably known than Mr. McNamee, for his interests have extended to many fields and have touched closely the political, professional and business life of the city.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 612-613

TIMOTHY MURPHY.   Timothy Murphy, proprietor of a large machine and iron works in Jacksonville, is one of the early residents of the city and since 1875 has borne his full share in the work of development and progress. He was born in March, 1844, in what was then Manhattanville but in what is now a part of the city of greater New York. He is a son of Daniel and Johanna (Plarrigan) Murphy, pioneers in the settlement of New York state and for a long period residents of Manhattanville, whence they later moved to Savannah, Georgia.

Timothy Murphy is essentially a self-made man, for he began life at an early age and founded and worked out his own prosperity unaided by force or powerful influence. He received a limited education in the public schools of New York and this he supplemented by courses in night schools and by wide and well selected private reading. At the age of sixteen he learned the machinist’s trade and from 1861 to 1875 was an engineer on the Georgia Central Railroad. In the latter year he came to Florida and, settling in Jacksonville, opened a small machine shop, the nucleus of his present large enterprise. His business expanded rapidly and finally outgrew the original quarters, so that in 1888 Mr. Murphy was obliged to increase his facilities. He moved to his present shop, which is fifty-two and one-half by four hundred feet in dimensions, and here he has since conducted a large and important concern, the working force of which, originally five or six men, has been increased to forty-five skilled workmen. Mr. Murphy is one of the prosperous and substantial business men of the city and his success is the more creditable to him since he has achieved it entirely through his own unremitting energy, determination and labor.

In 1866 Mr. Murphy was united in marriage to Miss Catherine McAuliffe, of Savannah, Georgia, and they have become the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters. Mr. Murphy is a charter member of the local lodge of Elks and belongs also to the Knights of Columbus, being well known in both organizations. There is another field of activity in Jacksonville where his name is an honored and familiar one and where it stands as a synonym for well directed and beneficial work. This is in the field of charitable organizations, to practically all of which he is well known, for he has contributed generously of his time and means to their support and to the promotion of worthy objects in which they are interested. Mr. Murphy’s life has not been an easy one but it has taught him lessons difficult to learn, lessons of charity, kindness and consideration and of the universal brotherhood of man.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 297-298

ALEX HUGH ODOM.   Since his admission to the bar in 1902 Alex Hugh Odom has been continuously engaged in law practice, being located in Georgia and at Jacksonville, Florida, before coming to Palatka in 1908. His birth occurred in what is now Toombs county, Georgia, January 19, 1875, his parents being James H. and Sarah Jane (McNatt) Odom, who were also natives of the same section of Georgia in which their son’s birth occurred. They were reared and married and spent their entire lives there, the father passing away in May, 1911, at the age of sixty-nine. A portion of his life was devoted to farming, but for about twenty years prior to his death he also dealt in naval stores. He was for four years a soldier in the Civil war as a member of a Georgia regiment. His widow survives and now makes her home near Lyons, Georgia. In their family were three sons and four daughters, and they lost one child at the age of eleven months. Two of the number now reside in Florida: Patrick H., of Jacksonville; and Alex H., of this review.

The latter remained at the place of his birth until he left home to attend school, supplementing his early education by a course in Emory College, in which he won the Bachelor of Arts degree with the class of 1899, while in 1901 the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him. He attended Mercer University at Macon, Georgia, for his law course and was graduated B. L. in 1902. He at once began practice at Lyons, Georgia, and in August, 1904, removed to Jacksonville. In 1908 he came to Palatka. Here he was engaged in general practice and has been accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage, which is indicative of the trust reposed in him by the public and their appreciation of his ability. He presents his cases fairly, is strong in argument and logical in his deductions. Both he and his brother Patrick, who is living in Jacksonville, are owners of farms in Georgia. Mr. Odom of this review is a democrat but takes only a citizen’s interest in politics, never seeking nor desiring office. He belongs to the Sigma Nu, a college fraternity; to the Knights of Pythias lodge; and in Masonry has attained high rank, taking the degrees of the York rite and the Mystic Shrine. The rules that further govern his conduct and shape his life are found in the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of which he is a loyal member.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 224-225

William B. Owen. For a third of a century William B. Owen has been a member of the Jacksonville bar and has had important professional connections as shown in a large and distinctly representative clientage and in his service on the bench. New Jersey claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred June 17, 1855. His college training was received at Princeton, where he completed a classical course and was graduated with the B. A. degree in 1876. With a foundation of good literary training he began the study of
law under Henry C. Pitney, the present vice chancellor of the state of New Jersey. In 1875 he came to Jacksonville for the first time and from that year until 1880 spent the winter seasons in this city and the summer months in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he still pursued his legal studies.

In the last mentioned year Mr. Owen was admitted to practice at the bar of Jacksonville and has since been an active factor in legal circles here, representing a large clientage save through the period from 188 until 1892, when he served upon the bench of Duval county. His deductions were strictly fair and impartial. He has wide knowledge
of the law, both in principle and precedent, and his thorough legal training has preeminently fitted him for many responsible positions he has filled. He was formerly counsel for the Land Mortgage Bank of London, England, formerly vice president of the Commercial Bank of Jacksonville and also held the position of president of the Southern Klondike Mining Company.

On the 20th of September, 1888, Judge Owen was united in marriage to Miss Hattie L. Kidd, of Chicago, and they had one child, a daughter, Aileen. Mrs. Owen died June 6, 1906, and Judge Owen married, in June, 1912, Miss Anna Milne, a daughter of James Milne, of London, Ontario, Canada. The family attend the Presbyterian church, in which Judge Owen is an active worker, having served as one of its elders. He is a member of the Jacksonville Board of Trade and in strictly social lines his connection is with the Seminole and Country Clubs. Along professional lines he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida State Bar Association and of the Jacksonville Bar Association. His political support has always been given to the democracy and in 1882 he was elected to represent his district in the lower house of the Florida legislature
where as in all other relations of life he has made a creditable record.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 40-41.

JOSEPH E. PEACOCK.   On the roster of county officials in Duval county appears the name of Joseph E. Peacock, who is filling the position of treasurer, to which he was elected in November, 1912. His record as a business man and citizen commended him to the confidence and support of the public and his record is proving that this confidence was well placed, for he is a faithful custodian of the public’s funds, systematic, prompt, efficient and reliable in the discharge of his duties. He was born in Decatur county, Georgia, December 15, 1865, a son of Levi H. and Linnie (Griffin) Peacock, also of Decatur county. In the pursuit of his education he attended the high school at Bainbridge, Georgia, and at Thomasville, Georgia, entered the South Georgia Argicultural College, from which lie was graduated with the class of 1882. He next took up the study of telegraphy and made such advancement in that field that in 1886 he was appointed to the position of manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company at St. Augustine, Florida, where he remained until 1891. He then left the telegraph service and returned to Bainbridge, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, continuing in that business until 1893. In the month of June of that year he arrived in Jacksonville and became chief clerk to the manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company at thisplace, succeeding him as manager of the Jacksonville office at his death the following year. Mr. Peacock remained in that position until 1911, and when he left the telegraph service turned his attention to the real-estate business, in which he has since engaged, handling both city and outside property. He is thoroughly conversant regarding property values, knows the real estate that is upon the market and has negotiated a number of important real-estate transfers, while enjoying at all times a liberal and well merited patronage.

In 1889 Mr. Peacock was united in marriage to Miss Lilia Williams of Bainbridge, Georgia, and they have become the parents of three children: Charles E., Joseph E. and Lilia. The parents are members of the Episcopal church and Mr. Peacock holds membership in the Seminole, Commercial and Elks Clubs. He is also a representative of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the lodge, the Royal Arch Chapter, the Knights Templar Commandery, and the Mystic Shrine.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 334-335

JAMES M. PEELER.   James M. Peeler, attorney at law and active in the political circles of Jacksonville, where he is now serving as councilman from the seventh ward, was born at Gainesville, Alachua county, Florida, June 13, 1876, his parents being Theodore and Elizabeth (Gibson) Peeler, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Florida. The father came to this state immediately after the close of the Civil war, in which he had seen active service with the Confederate army, having enlisted when a youth of sixteen years. He was but thirty-six years of age at the time of his death and through the years of his business activity had carried on farming.

James M. Peeler acquired his early education in the public schools of his native count)'- and afterward attended the East Florida Seminary at Gainesville. Later he engaged in teaching in Alachua county for six years and during that period devoted the hours which are usually termed leisure to the study of law, which qualified him for admission to the bar in 1902. The following year he came to Jacksonville and entered upon the practice of law, in which he has since continued, acquiring a large and notable clientele in general practice. He prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care, is careful and accurate in citing precedent or principle and is seldom if ever at fault in the application of a legal point.

While the practice of law continues to be his chief activity his interests along other lines have been broad and varied, bringing him into close connection with public activities and progress. He has been an ardent and enthusiastic student of Florida history.

In 1909 he was elected councilman from the seventh ward of Jacksonville and was reelected in 1911 and again in 1913, an indorsement of his excellent services during his first and second terms. He is a member of the laws and rules committee.

On June 20, 1913, upon the organization of the new council, he was elected by the council president pro tern of that body and is now serving as such.

In 1905 Mr. Peeler was married to Miss Madge B. Jones, of Jacksonville, and they have three children: Elizabeth Clare, six years of age; Margaret Catharine, aged four; and Jessie Marie, aged one year. The family residence is at No. 714 West Monroe street and is one of the hospitable homes of the city.

Mr. Peeler is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Pythias. He has keen appreciation for the social amenities of life and possesses also scholarly attainments which have made him a broad reader and a deep thinker, well posted on many topics of current interest and of vital significance to community, state and nation.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 475-476

HENRY B. PHILIPS.   In the judicial history of Duval county appears the name of Judge Henry B. Philips, who has sat upon the county bench for many years and has long been
recognized as one of the leading and able lawyers of the state, with wide knowledge of law and ability in applying its principles. His birth occurred on a farm three miles south of Jacksonville, November 29, 1857, his parents being Albert G. and Margaret Ann (Hendricks) Philips, the latter a daughter of Isaac Hendricks, who removed from South Carolina to Duval county, Florida, in pioneer times. Albert G. Philips was a native of Georgia and in early manhood accompanied his parents to this state, settlement being made in Duval county, where Mr. Philips became a well known leading and successful planter. He passed away in 1873, having for three years survived his wife, who died in 1870.

Spending his youthful days in his native county, Henry B. Philips pursued his education in the public schools of Jacksonville and in Emory College. His review of the various fields of labor to which man directs his attention and his energies led him to a determination to make the practice of law his life work and with that end in view he entered Vanderbilt University, from which he was graduated with the law class of 1881. He then opened an office in Jacksonville, where he has since engaged in practice. He came
to the starting point of his professional career well equipped for success and his thorough preparation of his cases, his able handling of his cause and his logical arguments have been a strong and potent force in winning for him the success that has placed him among the leading lawyers of the Jacksonville bar.

Judge Philips has been twice married. His first union occurred on December 11, 1884, when he wedded Miss Stella M. Tuttle, of Jefferson county, Ohio, who died February 10, 1902, leaving four children, three sons and one daughter, as follows: Charlotte H., Matthew P., Harold T. and Henry K. On the 18th of October, 1904, Judge Philips was again married, his second union being with Miss Catharine Elizabeth Smith. They have two daughters, Margaret Elizabeth and Mary Catharine. Judge Philips is prominent in fraternal circles, being a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is a past noble grand, and is a past chancellor of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. In community affairs he is deeply and helpfully interested and is prominent in the Board of Trade, of which he was formerly one of its governors. He belongs to the Jacksonville Bar Association and enjoys the high regard of his fellow practitioners. His ability in law practice led to his appointment by Governor Fleming to the position of judge of the criminal court at Jacksonville in 1891 and in 1893 he was reappointed by Governor Mitchell, remaining upon that bench for six years. In 1900 he became a candidate for the position of county judge and was elected, entering upon the duties of the office on the 8th of January, 1901. He has since remained upon the bench, covering twelve years’ service, honored by the public and the profession because of the justice and impartiality of his deductions which are based upon an exact and comprehensive knowledge of the law.

Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 310