Caleb married
1] Gertrude B. YOUNGLOVE
on 13 October 1881
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
They were the parents of one son;
Albert Younglove.
2] Martha Isabelle CUTLER
on 6 June 1888
They were the parents of one daughter;
Harriette.
CITIZENS OF OHIO - Biography:
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Caleb was born of parents both descended from families who have for generations been prominent figures in the history of the New England States. A great part of Caleb's early life was spent in Europe where he received his early schooling at Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of sixteen, he returned to America where he entered the Boston Latin School and later Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1878. He then entered upon his business career that was later to have many ramifications.
In 1882 he came to Cleveland where his father-in-law turned over the quarries of Kelly's Island to him and from this small beginning he organized what is now the Kelly Island Lime Company and Transport Company. As his capital grew, he became interested in other important interests in Cleveland and became president of several major corporations. Five years prior to his death his ill health forced him to relinquish his active connection with most of the companies and he devoted his time in an effort to regain his health, but this was not successful. With his death was broken a connecting link with the families who made the early history of Cleveland. What endeared him to all who knew him and gave him the unusually large number of personal friends, was his cordiality and loyalty, his unselfish interest in their joy or sorrow, the love he undoubtedly felt for each, and his glad willingness to do anything he could for them. The passing of a man like Caleb is a blow to his family and community. He was the architect of his own fortune.
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Son of - John Emery GOWEN
and Mary Homer THURLOW.
Caleb married
1] Gertrude B. YOUNGLOVE
on 13 October 1881
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
They were the parents of one son;
Albert Younglove.
2] Martha Isabelle CUTLER
on 6 June 1888
They were the parents of one daughter;
Harriette.
CITIZENS OF OHIO - Biography:
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Caleb was born of parents both descended from families who have for generations been prominent figures in the history of the New England States. A great part of Caleb's early life was spent in Europe where he received his early schooling at Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of sixteen, he returned to America where he entered the Boston Latin School and later Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1878. He then entered upon his business career that was later to have many ramifications.
In 1882 he came to Cleveland where his father-in-law turned over the quarries of Kelly's Island to him and from this small beginning he organized what is now the Kelly Island Lime Company and Transport Company. As his capital grew, he became interested in other important interests in Cleveland and became president of several major corporations. Five years prior to his death his ill health forced him to relinquish his active connection with most of the companies and he devoted his time in an effort to regain his health, but this was not successful. With his death was broken a connecting link with the families who made the early history of Cleveland. What endeared him to all who knew him and gave him the unusually large number of personal friends, was his cordiality and loyalty, his unselfish interest in their joy or sorrow, the love he undoubtedly felt for each, and his glad willingness to do anything he could for them. The passing of a man like Caleb is a blow to his family and community. He was the architect of his own fortune.
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Son of - John Emery GOWEN
and Mary Homer THURLOW.
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CALEB EMERY GOWEN
1855 - 1914
'My peace I give unto you'
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