Frederick H. Ballman, banker and manufacturer of Cincinnati, is a native of this city and for many years has been an active factor in its growth. He was born February 7, 1854, a son of John F. and Ann Eliza (Kottkamp) Ballman, and in the public schools gained the rudiments of an education. At the age of thirteen years he entered the employ of Carpenter & Schlotman, window-shade manufacturers, with headquarters on Sixth Street near Vine, and continued with this firm until 1878. He then became connected with A.J. Nurre, manufacturer of molding and picture frames, soon afterward going upon the road as traveling representative. In 1882-1883 he traveled for John T. Bonte, who was in the same line of business as Mr. Nurre, and from 1884 to the close of 1886 was traveling salesman for the Sargent Manufacturing Company, manufactures if furniture. In 1887 he assisted in the organization of the Ballman, Hugenberg Company, which took over the business of the Sargent Manufacturing Company, Mr. Sargent retiring, and carried it forward for ten years. This firm was then succeeded by the Ballman Cabinet Company, of which Mr. Ballman of this review is the head. The company manufactures a line of fancy furniture, its factory being located at 530-542 Livingston Street. Employment is given to about eighty persons and the business produces a handsome annual revenue. In February 1907, Mr. Ballman assisted in organizing the Liberty Bank & Savings Company. He was elected the first president of this institution and is still holding that office. Mr. Ballman also filled for many years the office of president of the Globe Building Savings Company; he is a member of the Furniture Exchange of which he occupied the president’s chair for three terms and for ten years has been identified with the Industrial Bureau, of which he served for a time as a director. Being thoroughly experienced in business affairs and also possessing executive qualifications of a high order, he has made a success of his undertakings, arguing well for favorable returns in any enterprise to which he devotes his attention.
        In 1890 Mr. Ballman was married to Miss. Minnie Klayer, who dies in 1909. She was a woman of many admirable traits of mind and character and attracted a host of friends, who sincerely regretted her departure. Fraternally Mr. Ballman is a valued member of the Masonic order, being connected with Excelsior Lodge, A.F. & A.M.; Cincinnati Chapter, R.A.M.; Cincinnati Commandery, K.T.; and Syrian Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. He has never possessed aspirations for public office but served to the general satisfaction of the people for thirty years as member of the Cincinnati school board. He has always been active in benevolent interests, as is shown by his connection with the German Altenheim and German Orphan Asylum, of which he is a member and liberal contributor. Always alert and zealous in whatever has attracted his attention, he has been unusually successful and has many friends, who admire him for his upright character and the interest he evinces in the welfare of all with whom he is brought into contact. His success is due to increasing endeavor, tireless energy and close application, and that stout adherence to the highest ethics of business.
 

Fifteen years' experience in the bond and investment business has convinced William A. Draddy, of Cincinnati, that he used good judgment when he decided to become a bond broker. He has made a success in this line and can claim among his clients many of the leading men of Cincinnati and the tributary region. He was born in Cincinnati in 1861, a son of John J. and Hannah (Collins) Draddy. The father was born in Cork, Ireland, and became a marble cutter and sculptor. He emigrated with his brothers to American and settled in Cincinnati in 1857. About 1868 he started in the marble business on his own account and spent the remainder of his life in this city. His brothers located in New York City and became quite prominent in the marble business.
        William A. Draddy attended the public schools and after completing his preliminary education began learning the clothing business with the firm of Goldsmith, Loeb & Klaw. He passed through various departments and in 1887 was admitted to membership in the firm. He continued in this business until 1895, when he retired and in the year following entered the bond business. He soon gained a recognized footing and today is one of the responsible and prosperous bond men of Cincinnati.
        Mr. Draddy was married to Miss Mayme Cabel, a daughter of Joseph C. Cabel, of Washington, Indiana, one of the pioneer coal operators in southern Indiana, and they have three children, Mildred, Rosemary and William Cabel. Mr. Draddy possesses attractive personal qualities which have made him popular wherever he is known and in business or friendship he has been found true to every obligation. He is a loyal citizen and a forceful factor in everything he undertakes. It is men of this class that add stability to business enterprises and that may be depended upon in the hour of emergency.
 

        COLUMBUS BIERCE HAUK. A familiar figure in Springfield is that of Capt. Hauk, who for a number of years has been enjoying the fruits of his former industry in the freedom from anxiety or toil which his abundant share of this world's goods allows. He moved to this city early in the '70's, buying property at the corner of East High Street and Belmont Avenue, where he and his cherished companion still live. He erected a fine brick house, under whose hospitable roof good cheer for body and mind are found by all who enter there. Although both Mr. and Mrs. Hauk are on the shady side of life, they enjoy quite good health, and are still capable of an active interest in current events and all worthy enterprises. For forty-six years they have shared each other's joys and sorrows, and a retrospective view of these years gives them no cause to regret their union.
        Capt. Hauk is of German ancestry, his grandparents having been born in the Fatherland, whence they emigrated to Pennsylvania. There their son Conrad was born and grew to man's estate. He went to Virginia, in which State he married a Miss Reed, the couple coming to Ohio about 1808. Mr. Hauk bought a farm in Athens County and engaged in agricultural pursuits as a pioneer there, living
but about a decade after his arrival. The natal day of our subject was July 23,1819, and he was but two weeks old when his mother died. He was taken into the family of Judge Abel Miller, who resided on a farm one and one-half miles from Athens, and there remained until 1833, when he started out in life for
himself.
        Going to Cincinnati, which was then a city of about thirty-five thousand inhabitants, young Hauk Secured a situation on a river steamer, his intention being to learn the business of a pilot. In three years he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and become acquainted with the channels of
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, upon which he acted as pilot and commander until 1865, his home during those years having been in Cincinnati. During the perilous times of the Civil War he commanded a boat, the trips of which were attended with considerable danger to the officer in charge. After the
Rebellion Capt. Hauk resigned and settled on a farm he had previously purchased in Clark County, near South Charleston. After living upon it seven or eight years, he removed to his present home, believing that he and his wife merited a more restful life than their past had been.
        The companion of Capt. Hauk, with whom he was united in marriage February 4, 1844, was born in Cincinnati and bore the maiden name of Joanna Norton. She is a daughter of Elijah and Joanna (Lyon) Norton. Her father was born at Edgar- town, Mass,, and when but a boy began sailing before the mast. His last voyage was on a whaling cruise, and while away the War of 1812 began, and in order to reach home the vessel had to run the gauntlet of pirates and blockaders. This determined him to abandon the sea and he settled in Cincinnati, which was then a small city. After having followed the trade of a
carpenter for a time, he embarked in the ice trade, being the first in the city to follow that business and for a time supplying the entire population.  The infirmities of age finally compelled him to abandon it and his last years were spent in retirement, his mortal remains being finally deposited in Spring Grove Cemetery. His wife was a native of New Jersey and daughter of James Lyon, a Cincinnati pioneer. She died when her daughter, Mrs. Hauk, was an infant. Mr. Lyon at one time owned five hundred acres of timber land, including the locality known as Walnut Hills, a great part of which is now in the city of Cincinnati. He cleared a farm, erected good buildings upon it, and made it his home until his death.
        Capt. and Mrs. Hauk are the happy parents of four children. James Norton, the oldest son, resides on a farm near South Charleston; Charles D. lives in Chicago; Ella married Gomer Highley and lives in Chicago; Henry resides in Springfield. James was attending college when the late war broke out, and was anxious to enter the army, but as he was only seventeen years of age, his parents would not give their consent. Finding, however, that his patriotic ardor did not abate, in 1862 they gave their consent to his enlistment and he became a member of the Seventh Ohio Cavalry. He served in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, participating in the Atlanta campaign under Sherman, and gallantly discharging his duties until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged with his regiment and returned to his home. The first political affiliation of Capt. Hauk was with the Whig party, but he has been
a Republican since the party of that name was organized. Both he and his wife belong to the East High Street Methodist Episcopal Church and both are highly respected for their Christian character, intelligence and long years of usefulness.