J. E. Sullivan
J. E. Sullivan, manager of the storehouse of The Buckeye Pipe Line Company at Lima, has been in the employ of this company since August, 1890, at which time he located here. He was born in 1868 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York, where he was reared and where his father, Michael Sullivan, still lives and is engaged in railroading. Mr. Sullivan, received his common-school education in Salamanca and then entered the Slocum Business College, of Buffalo, graduating from that institution about 1885. He at once began working as a stenographer and shortly after was appointed court stenographer of Cattarugus County, a position he held for two years, when he resigned to accept a more lucrative offer. Having accepted the position of private secretary for Daniel J. O' Day, who was in charge of The Buckeye Pipe Line Company at Lima, Mr. Sullivan continued in that capacity for 13 years. Having become thoroughly conversant with every detail of the business, he was well fitted for the place which was then tendered him as manager of the company's storehouse, in charge also of the timekeeping department and the fuel business.
Mr. Sullivan was married in 1901, to Winona Reichelderfer, daughter of A. C. Reichelderfer, of the Lima Gas Light Company. They have one child, Marion Margaret. He is a member of the St. Rose Catholic Church and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, and a charter member of Lima Council, Knights of Columbus, in which he has held various offices. Mr. Sullivan has identified himself with business interests in Lima, aside from those of which he is manager, and is one of the reputable, substantial men of the city. He is a member of the Shawnee Country Club, and an enthusiastic golf player who finds healthful, as well as pleasant recreation in the sport.