The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . /r^i°^-w A-y&re/L»^ 170 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. as the Reform Mayor. Shortly after the expira-tion of his term, Mr. Roche was made generalmanager and vice-president of the Crane
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . /r^i°^-w A-y&re/L»^ 170 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. as the Reform Mayor. Shortly after the expira-tion of his term, Mr. Roche was made generalmanager and vice-president of the Crane elevatorcompany, with an assured income of $25,000 perannum, for such services as he has time to Roche is possessed of great executive abilitj andpower of endurance, which render him capable ofdoing a larger amount of work than most men. In1871, the year of the great Chicago fire, during whichhe lost everything, Mr. Roche manied Emma , of that city. They live in a handsome resi-dence on Warren avenue, and are much sought by themost cultured people of Chicago, who value Mr. Rochefor his good domestic habits, philanthropy, and up-right character. CRUIKSHANK, Edwin Allen, real estateoperator, was boin in New York city Aug. 11, came of an old and highly respected Scotch fam-ily, his grandfather having emigrated to Americafrom Scotland, Tliis ancestor settled in New York,building his house at the corner of Morris Lane(formerly Beaver La
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