A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . issued by HenryBolles and Madison Kelley. Although the proprietors acknowledgedno political affiliation, their paper was anti-Jaeksonian and anti-Masonic. The Advertiser became a daily paper in 1836. Henry B. Payne came to Cleveland in 1832 and, as already stated,married the daughter of Nathan Perry, Jr. He ably managed thelanded estate that his wife inherited, took an active part in publicaffairs, serving as a member of the city council and the state senate,as a representative in congress and as a U
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . issued by HenryBolles and Madison Kelley. Although the proprietors acknowledgedno political affiliation, their paper was anti-Jaeksonian and anti-Masonic. The Advertiser became a daily paper in 1836. Henry B. Payne came to Cleveland in 1832 and, as already stated,married the daughter of Nathan Perry, Jr. He ably managed thelanded estate that his wife inherited, took an active part in publicaffairs, serving as a member of the city council and the state senate,as a representative in congress and as a United States senator. He 142 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. IX was a member of the first board of waterworks commissioners, oneof the sinking fund commissioners, and one of the congressionalcommission that settled the dangerous Hayes-Tilden presidentialcontroversy. He was actively identified with the railway interestsof the community and did much toward the upbuilding of the died in 1896. In any history of Cleveland the name of HenryB. Payne must be written large. r ^.$S^,ilS^h. Henkv B. Pavne When th(» Commercial Bank of Lake Erie was reorganized in 1832,as already recorded, the directors called from Butlalo a briglit youngman to act as cashier. In response to the call, Truman P. Handy, thentwenty-five years old, came with his young bride and entered upon hislong and successful career as one of the great bankers of Cleveland.*He was a member of the board of education, a trustee of Adelbcrt(Western Reserve University) and Oliprlin colleges, and of the Lane See portrait on page 110. 1832] THE CHOLERA 143 Theological Seminary. For more than fourscore years, he was anelder of the Second Presbyterian church and actively interested iuits Sunday school work. He died in 1898. Another arrival of thisyear was Timothy P. Spencer, one of the founders of the ClevelandAdvertiser and, in later years, the Cleveland postmaster. The yearalso saw the organization of a church in Newbu
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