J. H. Doppes, president of the J. B. Doppes Sons Lumber Company, located at No. 1244 to 1266 Gest Street, was born in Cincinnati on January 24, 1857. He is a son of the late J.B. Doppes, a native of Germany whence he immigrated to the United States in his early manhood, locating in Cincinnati. He began his business career in the Queen City as an employee in a lumber yard. In addition to the energy and perseverance that usually characterize the Teuton he possessed those rare inherent qualities that stamp the successful man. Keen foresight and fine business acumen, accompanied by unremitting energy, enabled him to climb the ladder of success, until from a minor employee he attained a position in the business world that entitled him to the respect he was accorded by all with whom he came in contact. He arrived in Cincinnati in 1849 and twenty-two years thereafter he became identified with the business that he had solidly established at the time of his demise in 1893.
        The public and Catholic parochial schools of Cincinnati provided J. H. Doppes with his education, which was completed in the night High School where he graduated in 1875. In 1869 he began his business training under his father, to whom he attributes much credit for his success. He worked about the lumberyard and office while still a school boy, becoming his father's bookkeeper at an early age.  Among his valued possessions now are the original books of the company, particularly the first order book. After the death of their father the sons, of whom our subject is the eldest, succeeded to the business, which they incorporated in 1904 with J. H. Doppes as president. Although they conduct a wholesale business their trade is almost exclusively retail.
        In 1881 Mr. Doppes was married to Miss. Katherine Keating and to them there have been born three children, two daughters and a son.
        The family are all communicants of the Roman Catholic Church, belonging to St. Lawrence's parish on Price Hill. They take an active interest in all organizations connected with the parish, Mr. Doppes being an earnest and enthusiastic worker in the Men's Club. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, Price Hill Council. His political support he usually gives to the Democratic Party, but he is not personally concerned in political affairs further than to meet the requirements of good citizenship by the casting of a ballot on Election Day. His success Mr. Doppes attributed very largely to the fact that he thoroughly mastered every detail of the business and is still studying and learning. Under the capable supervision of his father he early acquired the habit of thoroughness, and has lived to appreciate the fact the American business failures can more often be attributed to a superficial understanding of fundamental principles and conditions than any other one thing.
 

        Dr. Arthur Charles Bauer, who has been in the general practice of medicine in Cincinnati since 1893 and has also specialized to a considerable extent in gynecology, was born in this city, November 11, 180, a son of Christian and Anna (Lechner) Bauer. His paternal grandfather, Simon Bauer, was a German architect, who left his native country to establish his home in America, settling in New Orleans. After six months, however yellow fever claimed him as a victim. His widow and their two children afterward came to Cincinnati, Christian J. Bauer being at that time about five or six years of age. He was educated in the public schools of this city and became foreman in the stereotype department of the Enquirer, which position he filled for thirty-five years, being one of the oldest stereotype men of the country and an authority upon that subject. At the time of the Civil War he espoused the cause of the Union, enlisting as a member of Company G, Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for four years. He was wounded in both feet and was held as a prisoner of war, in Libby prison at Richmond, Virginia, for some time, but at length was exchanged.  He proved a valorous, loyal soldier, never faltering in the performance of any duty whether is stationed him on the lonely picket line or sent him to the firing line. He afterward became a member of Lytle Post, G.A.R., of which he served as commander, and he also belonged to the Union Veterans legion. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons, holding membership in Miami Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of which he was a past master, while in the chapter he took the Royal Arch degree.  He likewise held membership with the Tribe of Ben Hur. He died May 7, 1909, and is now survived only by Dr. Bauer, the eldest son of the family, Albert J, Bauer, having passed away.
        Dr. Bauer was educated in Woodward high school and in the University of Cincinnati, but ere completing his education he had entered the business world.  Working at various times in different departments of the Enquirer. He first acted as assistant to the manager of the weekly and later did reportorial work but the profession of medicine attracted him and to this he directed his attention, pursuing his preliminary reading under the preceptorship of Dr. L. A. Querner. Subsequently he was graduated from the Ohio Medical College with the class of 1893 and entered at once upon general practice, opening an office in Cincinnati. He also served as assistant at clinics of Professor Frederick Kebeler and taught bandaging at the Medical College, being connected later with the clinics of the Cincinnati Medical College. He also taught materia medica at the Ohio Veterinary College and is now serving on the staff of the Cincinnati postgraduate School of Polyclinic. He belongs to the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and is serving on its legislative committee. He is also a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the West End Medical Association. He thus keeps in close touch with the progressive work that is being done by the profession. He is a member of the executive board and treasurer of the Ohio Miami Medical College Alumni Association of the University of Cincinnati.
        In 1896 Dr. Bauer was united in marriage to Miss. Minnie Hehl, daughter of Louis Hehl, of Baltimore, Maryland, a furniture manufacturer of that city. They have one child, Charlotte Alberta. Dr. and Mrs. Bauer now hold membership in the Presbyterian Church, of which Dr. Watson is pastor and he was formerly a trustee in the Third Presbyterian Church. He is well known in fraternal relations belonging to Enoch T. Carson Lodge, F. & A.M., although he was made a Mason in Miami lodge. He likewise holds membership in Kilwinning Chapter, R.A.M., in Ohio Consistory, S.P.R.S. and Syrian Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. He is filling the office of state counselor in the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and nearly every other position in that organization, including that of colonel of the Second Regiment of the Uniform Rank. He belongs also to the Tribe of Ben Hur, to the Knights of the Maccabees, the Ancient Order of Red Men, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Order of the Iroquois. In matters of citizenship he stands for all that is most helpful to the community, state and nation. He believes in teaching patriotism to young men of the country and that only such immigrants should be allowed to enter as have the qualification to become desirable citizens.  He also holds that those who come here for temporary residence with the intention of only making money and no intention of identifying themselves permanently with the United States should not be permitted to furnish the competition of cheap labor with the native American labor. In a word he believes that America should be for Americans and that every citizen should help to promote the best interests of the country along those lines which work for the good of the majority.
 

        H. M. Beazell, who is prominent as a broker and dealer in investment securities at Cincinnati and also secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, was born in this city July 17, 1861. He is a son of Jasher and Eliza Jane (Smith) Beazell, the former of whom was born in western Pennsylvania in 1824 and the latter in 1838. The father grew to manhood in the Keystone state and in 1855 came to Cincinnati where he established his home. By occupation he was a bookkeeper. He was an active worker in behalf of the Republican Party and served as secretary of the old Cincinnati Waterworks and also for several terms as a member of the school board. He was connected with the Central Christian Church of which he was a deacon for many years. He died in 1906, being then about eighty-two years old. His wife is still living and makes her home in this city.  There were six children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Beazell, three of whom survive beside the subject of this review. Lillian is the wife of Rev. W .D. Holt, of Troy, Ohio. Nannie married Herbert N. Byard, of Cincinnati. Anna is the wife of William D. Knox, also of this city.
        Mr. Beazell of whom this sketch treats possessed advantages of education in the public schools. At the time of the organization of the Citizens National Bank he became connected with that institution and continued with it from 1880 to 1902.  In the latter year he associated with George W. Thomas in the brokerage business under the title of Beazell & Thomas, but two years later purchased the interest of his partner and has since engaged in business alone. He has been a member of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange since 1902 and for several years has served as secretary and treasurer of that body.
        In 1884 Mr. Beazell was married to Miss. Emma T. Casey, a daughter of George H. Casey, of Cincinnati, and they have two sons, George H. and Robert C., both of whom are in the brokerage business with their father. Mr. Beazell holds membership in the Central Christian Church and in years past, when his residence permitted, was greatly interested in Sunday School work in connection with the Church. He is a member of the Cincinnati Commercial Association, the Business Men's Club, the Automobile Club and the Country Club and also a non-resident member of the Hamilton Business Men's Club. A life-long resident of Cincinnati, he has ever since turned his attention to business and has been very closely identified with the interests of the city. He has ever been a consistent advocate of progress and his ideas along lines of the city's development have often received the hearty endorsement of his associates. He is recognized as one of the influential and successful factors in business circles of Cincinnati.
 
 

        The banking, brokerage and investment business early attracted the interest of Edward D. Woodward and for fourteen years he has concentrated his attention along those lines. He is now president of the Edward D. Woodward Company, one of the most prominent and successful concerns in the banking and investment business at Cincinnati. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born in 1876, a son of Tryon J. and Anne (Geyer) Woodward. One of his ancestors on the paternal side was Sir William Tryon, the last of the Colonial governors of New York. When the Colonies revolted against the mother country the governor sailed for England and there spent the reminder of his days. John Geyer, the grandfather on the maternal side, was a prominent furniture manufacturer of Cincinnati prior to the Civil War. He was a warm friend of William Henry Harrison and was active in the log cabin campaign of 1840 when great mass meetings were held and as many as fifty to eighty thousand persons attended some of these gatherings. At a meeting held at Dayton, Ohio, one hundred thousand people were present. The parents of our subject were married in 1864. The father engaged in the tea and coffee business and for forty years past has been actively identified with public service at St. Louis. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is now connected with the office of collector of water rates in St. Louis.
        Mr. Woodward of this sketch received his early education in the private schools of his native city and later matriculated at St. Louis University from which he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1895. Subsequently he received the degree of M. A. from his alma mater. He took special courses in corporation law at Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School, thus laying a secure foundation for the business in which he has since engaged. In 1897 he began in his own name in the banking and brokerage business in this city. The enterprise prospered from year to year and in 1909 the firm was incorporated as the Edward D. Woodward Company, with Mr. Woodward as president, the other officers being: Warren Dohmer, a banker of West Milton, Ohio, vice president; W.R. Bradford, a banker of Florence, Kentucky, as secretary; Charles T. Wulff as treasurer; and Frederick Utz, of Erlanger, Kentucky, as chairman of the executive committee.  The company has connections at the principal business centers of the country as bankers and is making a specialty of handling public and quasi-public bonds. The company also owns large tracts of unimproved land, which are being developed for the market upon an extensive scale.
        Mr. Woodward was married in July 1911, to Miss. Ida Stephan Neu, a member of one of the old families of Brown County, Ohio. He is a member of the First English Lutheran Church and also holds membership in the Cincinnati Gymnasium.  He possesses the qualities of clear perception and sound judgement so necessary in projecting and carrying forward important business affairs and is recognized as one of the leaders in the lines with which his name is connected. He has through life shown strong purpose and his success has been due to his close application and unfaltering diligence. His course has been such ever since the beginning of his business career as to commend him to the confidence and good will of his fellow men wherever he is personally known.