Iron County register., 1898-12-22

HUN. calvin
were Mrs Brice, Capt. Stewart NJ
Brice, John Francis Brice, Miss Helen
Brice and Miss Kate Brice. Another
SON, W. Il. Brice, is on his way home
from China
Biographical
Calvin S. Brice was born at Dem
mark. o., on September IL, 1s45, his
father being VIM. X. Brice, Presby-
terian minister. and his mother Eliza
beth Stewart Brice. The family re
manned at Denmark for three years
after the birth of Calvin, when they
moved to Columbus Grove, Putnam
county, in the same state When Is
years of age he entered the prepara-
tory department of the Miami uniyer.
sity at Oxford, o.
A Country school Teacher.
After graduating he moved to Lima.
o., where. for time he taught in the
public schools and later on received an
appointment as auditor of Allen coun-
ty-
In July, 1864, he received a COM
mission as captain of Co. E. One Hum
dred and Eightieth Ohio infantry. He
served in the field with the Twenty
third army corps in Tennessee. yir-
ginia and the Carolinas and Georgia.
until the close of the war. He was
appointed lieutenant colonel, but never
mustered in.
Studied Law at Ann Arbor.
He then took a course in the law
department of the University of Mich
igan, at Ann Arbor. and was admitted
to the bar in the spring of 1866. when
he began to practice in Lima, o.
First Experfence as a Railroad Lawyer.
His first experience as a railroad
lawyer was in the legal department of
the Lake Erie & Louisville railroad. in
which corporation he acquired mod
crate amount of stock, and played an
energetic part in the construction and
extensions of that road.
As = Railroad Constructor.
Shortly afterward ne started the con-
struction OF the Nickel Plate railroad
This was done because of refusal of
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
read TO make satisfactory arrange
ments with the Lake Erie & Western
road TO take traffic delivered by that
road.
Entered Upon His Political Career.
Mr.. Brice began his political career
as an elector on the Tilden electoral
ticket in 1876, and in 1854 he was an
elector ON the Cleveland ticket. He
was delegate-at-large from Ohio 10
the democratic national convention az
St. Louis in 1855. and was selected to
represent Ohio on the national com
mittee in the ensuing year.
Became = United States Senator.
Upon the death of VIM H Barnum
in 1850. Mr.. Brice was elected chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee
In January, 1890, he was elected
senator from Ohio for the term be
ginning March 4, 1891. While in the
United States senate he served on Inn
porfant committees, and was a mem
of his party.
Was Keen Man of Affairs and Left
Large Fortune
Senator Brice was keen man of af-
fairs. and left fortune well up in the
millions He was actively interested
in many financial undertakings. At the
time of his death he was the president
of and a director of the Lake Erie &
Western railroad: president and di-
rector of The Sault Ste. Marie Bridge
Co.; president and director of the Gin
cinnati Northern railroad, and was in
terested in many other enterprises
DSd Not Neglect the Social AmrnisIe<-
Mr. Brice was q member of many
social organizations. including the
Metropolitan. Manhattan. Lawyers.
Riding, Democratic and Whist clubs.
the Ohio society of this city. the Ards
ley County club and the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity.
He was also member of the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art and the
American Geographical society
During the past year he had de-
voted considerable attention TO the ex-
ploitation of certain Chinese conces-
sions, and was at the head of syndi.
cate known as the American Develop
ment Co.