 The Belden Family belongs to the Weatherhead School of Management Family Business Hall of Fame at Case Western Reserve and the Company is one of the largest family owned brick manufacturers in the U.S.According to the biography of William McKinley by Margaret Leech, she describes McKinley’s visit to Canton in 1867, armed with a letter of introduction to Judge G.W.Belden, as the Belden law firm was well known in legal circles.