Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . ion two years, when heengaged in mercantile business in connection with his father-in-law,Mr. A. Adams. This partnership lasted five years, after which hecarried on the business alone until 1833, From 1829 to 1833, he was sheriff of Trumbull county, and had thedisagreeable office of executing the murderer, Gardner. In 1834, Mr. Mygatt became a financier, which may be said to behis profession. He was then appointed cashier of the Bank of Xor-walk, Ohio. In 1836, he w^as appointed cashier of the Bank ofGeauga, at Painesville, Ohio; and in 18
Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . ion two years, when heengaged in mercantile business in connection with his father-in-law,Mr. A. Adams. This partnership lasted five years, after which hecarried on the business alone until 1833, From 1829 to 1833, he was sheriff of Trumbull county, and had thedisagreeable office of executing the murderer, Gardner. In 1834, Mr. Mygatt became a financier, which may be said to behis profession. He was then appointed cashier of the Bank of Xor-walk, Ohio. In 1836, he w^as appointed cashier of the Bank ofGeauga, at Painesville, Ohio; and in 18-16 he became President of theCity Bank of Cleveland, holding the last named office until firm of Mygatt & Brown was then formed, for private banking,and continued until 1857. In 1855, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives,from Cuyahoga county, serving two sesssion. The Merchants Bank of Cleveland, in 1857, became deeply in- sll .bIsft/inO Jj; ,iofmijl hi: )o ySfi ^ili bfiil kfs ,Yj ? -nr xJ<19»^-* ^iiiii-^td .tV;. w f0 ^1v r ITS REFRESEXTATUE MEX. 55 volved, by the failure of the Ohio Life- and Trust Coiiip;ni\\ ofCiiuiiiiniti Mr, Mygatt was appointed cashier at this tinip, when amemorable panic in tinances was sweeping over the country, ihebank sank a large part of its stock, but maintained its integrity, androritinued to redeem its notes. In l^Gl, he retired Irom active business, but, witli his long habits ofemployment, it soon became irksome to him to be out of work, andin lb(55 he became Secretary of the Cleveland and Mahoning EailroadCompany, a position he still retains, for the sake of being employed. A large portion of Mr. Mygatts time and means have always beendevoted to benevolent purposes ; Sunday schools, the annual contri-butions for the poor, the church, industrial schools, and, in fact, allcharitable movements have found in him a ready response; he willlong be remembered for his works sake. As a business man he was characterized by
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