Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of the Great Lakes Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899 -66- THOMAS FRANKLIN NEWMAN was born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 8, 1853, at which port he was reared and obtained a liberal education. In 1872 he entered the employ of the Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., as receiving clerk in Cleveland, and remained with the firm for twenty years, resigning to tike the general management of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit line. Mr. NEWMAN'S business career has been of a steady and successful growth, beginning as clerk with the Detroit & Cleveland line and working his way upward to the office of general agent at Cleveland, succeeding the late Capt. L. A. PIERCE, in 1882, and ultimately resigning that position to assume the duties of the more important office in the new line of steamers. In 1882, Mr. NEWMAN married Miss CARRIE L. GLOVER, daughter of LUTHER M. GLOVER, of Howell, Mich. He has resided in Cleveland since that time, and is highly respected by his business associates and widely known as a business-like and courteous traffic manager. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more information about Great Lakes Maritime History by by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/ ===========================================================================