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Born 1861
From History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909), Centennial portrait and biographical record of the city of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with the biographi (1897)
ILLIAM L. CATEN, senior member of the firm known as the Southern Ohio Coal company, in Dayton, Ohio, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., August 29, 1861, receiving his earlier education in Gloversville, Fulton county, in the same state, and graduated from the Saint Lawrence university, Canton, N. Y., in the scientific course, in 1883. For a short time he was engaged in Goshen, Ind., in the lumber business, but in 1884 came to Dayton as the manager of the Southern Ohio Coal company, which corporation ceased to exist in 1892. Mr. Caten and his brother, Frederick, then purchased the business and are still conducting it under the old firm name, operating four places of business in the city, handling all varieties of fuel, and giving employment to forty men. In politics Mr. Caten is a republican.
Frederick Caten, the junior partner, was born in Blossburg, Pa., May 21, 18 66, and was educated at the Clinton Liberal institute, Fort Plain, N. Y., from which he graduated, in the scientific course, in 1885. Immediately thereafter Mr. Caten came to Dayton and became associated with his brother in the Southern Ohio Coal company, but in 1890 returned to Gloversville, N. Y., and was there engaged in the manufacture of glove leather for four years, when he disposed of his interest in the business and returned to Dayton to rejoin his brother William.
Frederick Caten was united in marriage December 8, 1891, in Cortland, N. Y., with Miss Anna B. Cordo, the union being blessed with one child — Mary Louise.
As printed in Centennial portrait and biographical record of the city of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with the biographi (1897). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
WILLIAM LEONARD CATEN.
William Leonard Caten, secretary of the Reynolds Aertke Carton Company of Dayton, was born in Syracuse, New York, August 29, 1861, and is a son of Lawton and Flora (Hoyt) Caten. His father spent most of his life in Syracuse, where he was born in 1835 and died in 1905. He built the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad, which he owned and managed from 1869 until 1898. His wife, who was born near Syracuse in 1839, passed awav at Gloversville, New York, in 1880. In their family were five children: William Leonard, of this review; Eva A., the wife of Frederic Remington, of New York; Clara, the wife of H. L. Burr, of Gloversville; Emma L., a resident of Syracuse; and Frederick A., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
William Leonard Caten was a little lad of eight summers when the family removed from his native city to Gloversville, New York, where he continued his education, pursuing his studies there until 1879. More liberal advantages were then accorded him, enabling him to pursue a course in the St. Lawrence University, at Canton, New York, from which he was graduated in 1883 with the degree of B. S.
That year also witnessed the arrival of Mr. Caten in Dayton and now for more than a quarter of a century he has made this city his home, participating in the various phases of its life and assisting in its progress and substantial improvement. He first entered the employ of the Southern Coal & Iron Company, with which he continued for a year in a comparatively humble capacity, when he succeeded to the
W. L. OATEN position of manager of the company, taking the place of John H. Patterson, who is now the president of the National Cash Register Company. Mr. Caton remained as manager until 1893, when he was appointed a trustee of the company, and afterward wound up its affairs and disposed of the property in 1898. He next became interested in the Reynolds-Easton Company, manufacturers of waterproof signs, which was afterward merged into the Reynolds Aertite Carton Company, of which he became secretary in 1901. He is thus active in control of its business interests, having a voice in its management and sharing in the responsibilities that one must always face in the conduct of an important and growing business enterprise.
On the ist of December, 1886, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Caten married Miss Edith G. Eaton, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Eaton, of that city, where her mother is still living. Her father died in Boston in 1903. He took a prominent part in public affairs and served as a member of the legislature. His other children are Mrs. J. G. Quimby, of New York; Mrs. W. D. Gunnison, of Brooklyn; and Mrs. C. S. Heard, of Augusta, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Caten have two sons: Walter E. and William L.
Mr. Caten belongs to the Beta Theta Phi and his social nature finds expression in his membership in the Dayton City Club, the Bicycle Club and the Country Club. His study of the political issues and questions of the day has led him to give his endorsement to the republican party and at all times he manifests a broad-minded and public-spirited interest in affairs relating to the advancement of the city, whether promulgated through one political influence or another. Personally, he has sought success through the legitimate lines of trade and commerce and while he is making steady progress in the attainment of financial independence, he has ever regarded his own self-respect and the merited esteem of his fellow-men as infinitely more valuable than wealth, fame or position.
As printed in History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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