REYNOLDS, Frank P., wholesale foreign and domestic fruits; born, Chenango Co., N.Y., Nov. 16, 1853; son of Henry A. and Cordelia (Hudson) Reynolds; educated in public schools of Detroit; married at Detroit, 1884, Miss Belle Warner. Has been a resident of Detroit since 1857; began business career with his uncle, A. McPherson, produce commission, 1872; engaged in business as Ayers & Reynolds, 1891, and since 1900 has operated as F.P. Reynolds & Co., of which he is sole proprietor. Member Detroit produce Exchange. Republican. Congregationalist. Member Masonic order. Recreations; Outdoor sports. Office; 40-42 Griswold St. Residence: 48 Alexandrine Av., E.

RHINES, Edward H., insurance; born at Toledo, O., May 2, 1868; son of Capt. James and Margaret (Curran) Rhines; educated in public and high schools of Detroit; married at Detroit, 1897, Marie Luella Bowen. Began active career in wholesale chemical house, continuing until he entered employment of the Standard Life and Accident Insurance Co. in 1890; appointed state agent of the casualty department of the company in Michigan, 1902. Clubs: Fellowcraft, Detroit Athletic. Office: 35 W. Fort St. Residence: 211 Palmer Av., E.

RICE, Merton L, real estate, loans and insurance; born, Macomb, Mich., Oct. 28, 1862; son of John D. and Olive Z. (Davis) Rice; educated in public and high schools of Detroit and at Detroit Business University up to 1888; married at Wyandotte, Mich., June 27, 1904, Anna L. Andrews. Began active career, 1892 as clerk in Rice’s Temperance Hotel, Detroit, owned by his father; entered real estate business, 1893, and was connected with various real estate firms in Detroit, 1893-03; has been an independent real estate operator since 1903. Director Sunset Mining and Milling Co., Arizona. Republican. Methodist. Club: Harmonie. Recreation: Boating. Office: 805-9 Majestic Bldg. Residence: 362 McClellan Av.

RICH, Herbert M., physician; born, Middleville, Mich., Feb. 12, 1874; son of Dr. Samuel C. and Ada (Matteson) Rich; graduate Literary Department, University of Michigan, 1897; M.D., same university, 1901; spent three years in hospital work in Boston, new York and Vienna; married at Cambridge, Mass., 1903, Constance Abbot. Began practice in Detroit, 1904; managing editor Detroit Medical journal since Jan., 1805. member Wayne Country Medical Society, Michigan State Medical Society, American Medical Association, Detroit Milk Commission. Republican. Member executive committee Detroit Municipal League. Congregationalist. Clubs: University, Detroit Boat. Recreations: Outdoor sports. Office: 435 Jefferson Av. Residence: 190 Seyburn Av.

RICH, Sylvester L., of mirrors, hall and special furniture; born where Wayne County Building now stands, Detroit, July 22, 1852; son of George M. and Margaret (Young) Rich; educated in private school, 1859-63; public schools, 1863-65; married at Detroit, May 1, 1879, Mary A. Zender. Began active career Dec., 1865, in jewelry store of M. S. Smith & Co., continuing until Mar. 12, 1870; entered employ of C.D. Widman, manufacturer of furniture, Apr. 1, 1870, as assistant shipping clerk; was advanced successively as moulding finisher, foreman, superintendent, general manager, secretary and treasurer, and is now vice president and treasurer C.D. Widman & Co., his service covering a period of more than thirty-seven years with the company. Also director George H. Gies Co. Member Board of Commerce. Recreation:: Traveling. Office: C.D. Widman & Co. Residence: 1026 Gratiot Av.

RICHARDSON, Hedley V., lawyer; born, Ontario, Can., Dec. 8, 1870; son of Henry and Isabelle (Laing) Richardson; came to Detroit, 1882; educated in Detroit public and high schools and University of Michigan. married at Detroit, Oct. 17, 1900, Florine Whitaker. Has been engaged in general practice at Detroit since 1894. member Detroit Bar Association, Fine Arts Society of Detroit. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Detroit Boat. Office: 306 Moffat Bldg. Residence: 51 Charlotte Av.

RIDGLEY, Robert B., wholesale saws and steel; born, Southampton, Eng., Oct. 11, 1840; son of Robert and Harriett (Budden) Ridgeley; educated in England. Came to United States, 1856, and entered employ of Welch & Griffiths, Boston, serving apprenticeship in the sqw factory until 21 years of age; was transferred to office and continued there until 1865; when the firm opened a branch office in Detroit and he was placed in charge, succeeding to the business in Detroit in his own name, 1878; also succeeded to Detroit agency of William Jessop & Sons. Agent for Carborundum Co., and for several years agent for Henry Disston & Sons. Member Detroit Board of Commerce. Independent in politics. Unitarian. Clubs: Detroit Athletic, Cosmopolitan. Recreation: Cricket. Office: 14-16 Atwater St., E. Residence: The Pasadena.

RITCHIE, John W., manufacturer; born, Ross’s Point, N.Y, Dec. 27, 1848; son of William and Emily (Cummings) Ritchie; educated in Hamilton, Ont., married at Detroit, Dec. 29, 1875, Elizabeth Schwinck. Came to Detroit, 1868; worked at trade of boiler making in various shops until 1885, assisted in organization of the East End Boiler Works, 1885, of which he is junior partner, manufacturers of marine boilers, tanks, smokestacks and all kinds of sheet iron work. Republican. Presbyterian. Member Masonic order. Recreation: Fishing. Office: 11-19 St. Aubin Av. Residence: 788 Champlain St.

RITCHIE, Ryerson, secretary Detroit Board of Commerce; born, Peterborough, Ont., Sept. 10, 1856; son of John and Dorothea (Wright) Ritchie; educated in public schools and at Collegiate Institute, Peterborough; married, Toronto, Can., Aug. 11, 1880, Charlotte Emily Ashfield. Removed from Canada to Cincinnati, 1881; secretary Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association, Cincinnati, 1882-85; secretary Commercial Club, Kansas City, 1885-92; secretary Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1892-98; president American Trust Co., Cleveland, 1898; secretary Detroit Board of Commerce since 1903. Widely known as organizer of commercial bodies; president Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1890; was secretary McKinley National Memorial Association. Republican. Clubs: Detroit, Detroit Boat. Recreation: Country life. Office: Detroit Board of Commerce. Residence: 29 Alger Av.

ROACH, Frank M., cigar manufacturing; born, Batesville, O., may 20, 1862; son of George W. and Mary (Thompson) Roach; educated in public schools of Batesville; married at Dennison, O., Dec., 1895, Ella N. Dunstone. Began active career in learning watchmaker’s trade, at Zanesville, O., working later at Columbus and Cincinnati; entered cigar business as traveling salesman, 1890, and continued four years; established the Northwest Cigar Manufacturing Co., 1894, and has since been at the head of the company. Member Knights of Pythias, B.P.O.E. Recreations: Outdoor sports. Office: 139 Jefferson Av. Residence: 1215 Van Dyke Av.

ROBBINS, Frederick Wright, surgeon; born, East Haddam, Conn., Apr. 7, 1857; son of Silas Wright and Lydia Walker (Andrews) Robbins; graduate Wesleyan University, 1880; Detroit Medical College, 1884; post-graduate study at University of Vienna, winter of 1889-90; married at Providence, R.I.,, Nov. 11, 1891, Emily E. Anthony. Has practiced in Detroit since 1884; professor genito-urinary diseases and clinical surgery, Detroit College of Medicine. Fellow American Urological Association; member American Medical Association, Michigan State medical Society. Clubs: Detroit, Detroit Golf, Detroit Curling. Recreations: Golf, curling, hunting and fishing. Office: 101 Fort St., W. Residence: 96 Forest Av., W.

ROBERTS, Dougald H., president and general manager Roberts Brass Manufacturing Co.; born near Bothwell, Ont., Can., Dec. 25, 1851; educated in common schools of Ontario; married at Wallaceburg, Ont., Nov. 21, 1877, Miss Louisa McDougall. Engaged for some years in mechanical engineering in Canada; in 1887 became one of the organizers of the firm of McRae & Roberts, Wallaceburg, Ont., which moved to Detroit, in 1892, and was incorporated in 1894 as the McRae & Roberts Co., of which was vice president and superintendent; withdrew in 1906, and organized the Roberts Brass Manufacturing co., manufacturers of high grade brass good, of which his son, William H., is secretary and treasurer, and another son, Earl W., is vice president and general superintendent. Member Board of Commerce. Recreations: Reading, theater. Office: 1395-1407 Fort St. Residence: 405 Campbell Av.

ROBERTSON, Forbes, county treasurer; born, Detroit, May 5, 1861; son of John and Marion (Adam) Robertson; educated in public and high schools and at Albion College, Mich.; married at Amherstburg, Ont., Jan. 21, 1905, Ethel Kolfarge. Began active career as furrier, Detroit, 1880, continuing until 1883; engaged in manufacturing furniture, 1883-86; was identified with Michigan Car co., 1886-94; in fire insurance business since 1894; elected treasurer Wayne Co., fall of 1904, for term ending July 1, 1909. Served in Michigan National Guard three years, and in Michigan Naval Brigade six years (honorably discharged). Republican. Episcopalian. Member I.O.O.F., B.P.O.E., Scotch St. Andrew’s Society. Clubs: Country, Detroit Boat, Detroit Motor Boat. Recreations: Motor boating and fishing. Office: County Bldg. Residence: 260 Bowen Av.

ROBERTSON, Frank A., coal and coke; born, Pokagon, Mich.., Dec. 2, 1869; son of Alexander and Mary (Briggs) Robertson; educated in public schools, Detroit Business University and Detroit College of Law, graduating, LL.B., 1899; married, Detroit, Aug. 14, 1907, Edith G. Blow. Born and reared on a farm; came to Detroit, 1891, and was identified with the coal business for a number of years; assisted in organizing the American Coal and Coke Co., incorporated Sept. 1, 1905; has been secretary and treasurer of the company since time of its organization. Republican. Member Board of Commerce. Mason (32^o), Shriner. Office: 1017 Union Trust Bldg. Residence: 78 Ash St.

ROBINSON, Fred Austin; born, Edgerton, Wis., July 27, 1860; son of George O. and Helen S. (Mather) Robinson; educated at St. Johnsbury (Vt) Academy; Detroit High School, University of Michigan, degree of A.B., 1882, Law Department, same university, LL.B., 1883; married at Detroit, May 2, 1888, Clara L. Hayes. Has been engaged in business in Detroit since Mar., 1883. Member Robinson & Flinn, lands, established, 1872; managing director The Farrand Co., pianos, etc., Detroit. Member Detroit Bar Association. Member Board of Estimates, Detroit, eleven years, 1893-1904 (president, 1895-96). republican. Methodist. member Chi Psi, University of Michigan, ‘82. Clubs: University, Boylston (musical), Old Club. Recreation: Automobiling. Office: 1220 Penobscot Bldg. Residence: 556 Cass Av.

ROBINSON, Fred J., wholesale and retail lumber; born, Detroit, Sept. 5, 1870; son of Thomas and Sarah J. (Wilkinson) Robinson; educated in public schools of Buffalo, N.Y.; married at Detroit, Dec. 10, 1891, Nelly E. Hendricks. Began active career, 1891, in employ of W.A. C. Miller, lumber dealer, and continued with him, 1891-Jan. 1, 1904, when associated with A.B. Lowrie and bought out Mr. Miller, also the yard of Edmond Wall; firm has since operated as Lowrie & Robinson. Mason, Knight Templar. Club: Fellowcraft. Recreations: Baseball, automobiling. Office: Warren and Grand River Avs. Residence: 298 Merrick Av.