MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TOLEDO FROM THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL TIMES DOWN TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING A GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF REPRESENTATIVE FAMILIES HARVEY SCRIBNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ILLUSTRATED Volume II MADISON, WISCONSIN WESTERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1910 INDEX A Abbott, Andrew M. 144 Adams, John Q. 152 Ahrendt, William L. 220 Allen, Alfred 558 Allen, George H. 385 Allen, Willard E. 434 Ashley, James M. 32 Austin, James, Jr. 83 Averill, Frederick C. 541 Ayers, Delbert C. 323 B Babcock, Judson 561 Bacon, Norval B. 348 Bainbridge, Francis W. 238 Baker, Ernest F. 357 Baker, William 210 Balton, Clifford G. 232 Bancroft, James E. 632 Barbin, John 664 Barfield, Henry M. 99 Bargy, Frederick H. 346 Barker, Calvin 578 Baumgardner, Leander S. 42 Bayley, Charles B. 469 Beard, Philander C. 162 Beatty, George W. 171 Becker, Bernhard F. C. 277 Beckman, Louis 441 Beckwith, Seth W. 304 Bell, Charles W. 569 Bell, John B. 644 Bennett, Walter G. 421 Benson, Henry 499 Bergen, John 189 Berdan. Judge John 390 Berdan. Peter F. 391 Bethards, Paul E. 311 Bickel, Hugo 639 Biddle. Thomas 498 Bigelow. Henry W. 683 Bills, George W. 680 Bingham, Nye S. 388 Binz, Charles 495 Birckhead, Peter H. 36 Blayz, Charles H. 628 Boardman, Avery W. 627 Bolles, William 126 Bowen, Charles R. 402 Bowersox, Adam C. 181 Bowman. Justice H. 631 Boyd. J. Harrington 187 Boyer, Oscar M. 670 Bradley, Robert H. 359 Braun, Carl F. 29 Briggs. Egbert L. 453 Brigham, Charles O. 252 Brigham, Mayor 251 Brigham, William A. 254 Brough, Bernard F. 101 Brown. Allen 491 Brown, James M. 175 Brown, Stillman P. 559 Brown. Walter F. 179 Brumback, Orville S. 90 Bryce, George C. 167 Burge. Charles S. 432 Burgess, Thomas E. 583 C Carabin, Frank A. 184 Carew, John W. 134 Carew, William F. 374 Carland, John C. 82 Carpenter, Clement D. 170 Carr, Spencer D. 363 Carr, William C. 520 Carroll, Charles H.     445 Cassady, William T. 462 Chamberlin, James D. 382 Chase, George A. 387 Chase, Walter J. 446 Chesbrough, Alonzo 399 Chevraux, Charles V. 500 Chittenden, Charles E. 61 Chittenden, Herbert J. 85 Church, William G. 148 Cichy, Valentine 660 Clark, Leroy E. 339 Clark, Lucien D. 292 Clarke, Dorman J. 299 Clegg, James R. 581 Close, Elmer H. 115 Close, George W. 439 Coghlin, Dennis 173 Cohen, Alies S. 281 Cohoon, James A. 604 Cole, Abner B. 333 Cole, William E. 599 Coleman, John G. 634 Collamore, George A. 120 Commager, Henry S. 524 Comstock, Ambrose B. 271 Comstock, Rosswell W. 582 Cone, Ambrose 572 Cook, Josiah D. 368 Coon, Julius J. 243 Cooney, Michael J. 624 Coup. Cyrus S. 547 Courcier, John F. 543 Crane, Joel W. 514 Cravens. Charles 472 Crawford, Frederick C. 588 Cray, William H. 478 Crinnion, Thomas M. 587 Cronise, Thomas J. 495 Crosby, Alonzo 674 Curtis. Charles F. 31 Curtis, C. Locke 39 D Dahlmeyer, William F. 439 Dailey, James A. 400 Davies, David T. 353 Davies, Hiram 354 Davies, Thomas 413 Davis, Charles S. 188 Davis. Elmer E. 597 Dawley, Byron W. 278 Deaton, U. S. Grant    290 Delaney, Thomas F. 545 Delphey, John P. 192 Dennis. Geo. A. 625 Detwiler, Isaac H. 191 DeVilbiss, Allen 442 DeVilbiss, Thomas A. 444 Dewey. DeWitt C. 645 Dixon, Samuel 489 - 11 - 12 - INDEX Dodd, Elijah 665 Doherty, Elijah W. 292 Dosson, James B. 269 Doyle, John H. 678 Dreyer, Charles C. 589 Drummond, James 60 Duer, Alonzo G. 165 Duncan. Francis A. 635 Dunn, John A. 536 Dunscomb, Daniel 679 E Eastwood, Asa C. 508 Eger, Joseph F. 183 Eggleston, Howard A. 580 F Faber, Charles A. 327 Fallis, Harry D. 205 Farnsworth, John P. 510 Fassett, Elias 615 Ferguson. Charles H. 312 Finlay, William J. 131 Fischer, Christian 671 Fisher, John S. 295 Fitch, Hudson 375 Flower, Stevens W. 465 Folger, Jacob 556 Ford, Edward 25 Ford, George R. 186 Franklin, Charles F. 598 Fraser, Harold W. 540 Frey, Julius T. 651 Fnhrer, Mathias 573 Fuller, John W. 40 G Gardner, Charles 394 Gardner, Darwin E. 612 Garrison, Raymond T. 135 Gassaway, Archibald 204 Gayhart, Emil 574 Geddes, Frederick L. 150 Getz. Charles H. 420 Gifford, Thomas L. 349 Gill, William J. 161 Girardot, Adolph J. 590 Gould, William H. 236 Gadwohl, George J. 224 Grantham. Barfield B. 201 Grasser, Edward J. 542 Greenfield. Edgar J. 275 Griffin, Charles P. 487 Grogan, William 640 Grosh, Emil 464 Grove. Thomas M. 571 Grund, G. Godfrey 198 Guitteau. William B. 250 Gunn, Warren B. 517 Gunnell, George 661 Gutchess. Frank L. 444 H Hail, Almon 174 Hall, Joseph E. 669 Hamilton. J. Kent 109 Hanner, Louis 168 Harks, William A. 653 Harley, Charles A. 642 Harmon, Gilbert 523 Harpster, Charles M. 320 Hart, D. Charles 638 Hart, George W. 360 Harvey, Stimpson G. 546 Hathaway, Harrison 480 Hays, Lincoln J. 677 Hayes, Birchard A. 22 Heeman, Henry 272 Henzler, Garfield F. 309 Herman, Frank J. 255 Herr, John C. 656 Hertzfeld. Peter 673 Hiett. Emery R. 548 Hildebrand, Samuel 418 Hitchcock, Bailey H. 457 Hixon, Robert 450 Hoag, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Scott) 274 Hobart, Addison D. 329 Hoffman, John 567 Holbrook, Ralph S. 149 Holloway, George W. 222 Hotchkiss, Hugh C. 337 Howe, Henry E. 554 Huber, Frank 082 Huebner, Carl A. 527 Huling, Washington H. 270 Hummel, William A. 552 Hunter, Ira E. 280 Hunter, J. Merritt 662 I Isbell, Frank I. 158 Isherwood, Wilson S. 602 J Jacobi, Frank 303 James, Harry S. 551 Jeffrey, Thomas 490 Jermain, Sylvanus P. 40 Johnson. Edgar H. 171 Jones John C. 343 Jones, John P. 377 K Keller, Carl H. 130 Kelsey, Edward W. 550 Kelsey, Harry M. 549 Kelsey, Joel W. 549 Kelsey, John M. 551 Kendall, Cornelius 605 Kent. Charles 113 Kerr, Lorin E. 100 Ketcham, Valentine H., Jr. 196 Kealey, Joseph E. 257 Kimes, Edward L. 115 King, Albert H. 503 King, Charles M. 367 King, Harry E. 159 King, Joseph 570 Kirby, George P. 207 Kirk, Edward A. 202 Kirk, Ezra B. 38 Kirk. Frank R. 619 Kirschner, C. Edward 366 Kirschner, Charles J. 80 Klotz. Solon T. 2:19 Knights, Carl C. 649 Knisely. Howard V. L. 591 Koehrman, John W. 206 Kopf. Frederick 451 Kountz, John S. 145 Krieger. Louis E. 590 Kruse. August 471 Kuhlmann. Adam R. 431 Kumler, John F. 351 Kuttner, Jacob M. 557 L Lang, Albion E. 118 Laskey, George 475 Latcham, George T. 507 Law. Edwin C. 504 Lawless, James T. 313 Lehmann. Frank J. J. 593 Libbey, Edward D. 64 Liffring, Edward A. 317 Liffring, Louis A. 315 Locke, David R. 86 Locke, Robinson 93 Lockwood; Jay C. 660 Lorenz. George E. 330 Lott, Sherman W. 166 Love, George R. 117 Lownsbury, Graham B. 455 Lucas, Loyall B. 221 Lyle, J. Pressley 336 Mc McArthur. John 036 McCaskey, Fred E. 364 McCaskey, Robert 393 McCracken, Ralph C. 477 INDEX - 13 McDonnall, Amos 76 McGettigan, James 221 McGovern, Horatio P. 273 McKesson, George L. 379 McKinney, Thomas 225 McLeary, Edward 449 McMahon, James W. 425 McMaken, William V. 44 McVety, Albert F. 352 M Mackenzie, Joseph G. 355 Maclaren, Selah R. 37 MacNichol, George P. 431 Macomber, Albert E. 48 Macomber, Franklin S. 56 Macomber. Irving E. 110 Mahr, Frank J. 630 Malone, Edward 423 Malone, Michael J. 424 Manton. John P. 71 Marshall, Edwin J. 541 Marshall. John W. 167 Marston, John B. 214 Mateer, Ralph V. 310 Mathias, Louis 408 Mauntler, John F. 529 Meek, .Charles W. 341 Melvin, James 35 Metzger, George G. 182 Millard, George W. 177 Miller, Albert H. 258 Mills, George S. 241 Monroe, Clarence E. 285 Montgomery, James E. 618 Montville. Louis 29 Mooney, Joseph J. 124 Moore. J. Lytle 293 Morris, Lindley W. 67 Morton. Frank E. 305 Mulholand, Isaac M. 297 Mulholand, Porter I. 586 Murphy. John T. 306 Myers, Charles E. 116 Myers, Park L. 288 N Neilson. Carrier W. 164 Nettleman, George H. 207 Newton, John C. 102 Newton. John V. 266 Niles, Henry T. 397 Nolan, Cornelius J. 623 Nolen. John D. 193 Nort, John H. 203 Northup, Charles S. 339 Norton, Douglas 505 Norton, Elijah H. 647 O O'Brien, Morrough 493 O'Donnell, O'Brien 62 O'Dwyer. Edward 620 O'Dwyer, Edward V. 623 O'Dwyer. John A. 427 O'Mara, Daniel J. 484 Ohlinger, Jefferson F. 287 Ormond, John M. 172 Osthaus, Edmund H. 473 Oswald. John W. 406 Owen, Charles W., Jr. 123 Owen. Wilber A. 123 Owens, Michael J. 132 P Page, Henry A. 601 Parker, John H. 570 Parker. Warren H. 575 Parsons. Charles H. 452 Pawlowski, Signatius W. 579 Peck, Chauncey 398 Perrin, John 334 Philipps Henry J., Jr. 674 Pickard. George C. 332 Pickard, Jackson H. 190 Pickett, Stephen J. 211 Pilliod, James E. 133 Pomeroy, George E., Jr. 54 Pomeroy, George E., Sr. 51 Pratt, John S. 95 Pray, Archibald B. 516 Preston, Henry B. 302 R Rabenoyich, Moses D. 286 Redding, Thomas M. 566 Reed, Calvin H. 344 Reeder, William H. H. 78 Reese, David H. 317 Rettig, Melvin O. 199 Reynolds, John H. 630 Richardson, Solon O., Jr. 94 Richie, Arthur J. 294 Riddle. Edward N. 242 Rieg, Philip S. 325 Riggs, Henry E. 264 Riggs, Morris J. 614 Rine, Author H. 322 Ritchie, Byron F. 350 Robison, David, Jr.     96 Rooney, John J. 633 Root, Aaron D. 592 Rosinski, Benedict 858 Rundell. James E. 342 Ryan, Charles W. 438 S Saalfield, John S. 185 Sacred Heart Parish 654 Sala, Frank M. 154 Sanzenbacher, Charles J. 519 Schaefer, William H. 142 Scheble, Eugene D. 326 Schligman, Henry A. 414 Schluter. George R. 494 Schmettau, Charles A. 135 Schmidt, Philip 229 Schooley, Ebenezer W. 585 Schnitz, Charles 362 Schutt, Lewis C. 307 Scott, Jessup W. 23 Scott, Maurice A. 28 Scott. William H. 27 Scribner, Harvey 17 Scribner. Rollin H. 577 Secor, James 103 Secor, Jay K. 522 Secor, Joseph K. 456 Seiss, George J. 637 Selby, Clarence D. 284 Seney, Henry W. 245 Seney, Joshua R. 532 Sewall, Willis F. 50 Seyfang, Mathias 422 Seyfang, Matthew 233 Shaffer, Stephen D. 256 Shanks, Henry P. 262 Shannon, Michael R. 479 Shaw, Daniel C. 259 Sheppey, Marshall 100 Sherer, Willard A. 396 Sherwood. Isaac R. 18 Shunck, Hugh F. 180 Simmons, William H. 158 Sinclair, George G. 30 Skehan, John P. 461 Skehan, Michael J. 521 Slagle, Aaron 535 Smith, Barton 208 Smith, Warren L. 127 Smith, William W. 216 Southard, James H. 237 Spangler, Frank 372 Spicer. John H. 319 Spieker, Henry J. 226 Spielbusch, John H. 69 Stahl. Frank R. 217 Standart, William H. 79 Steedman, James B. 138 Steele. Dennison 106 Sternberger, Charles H. 503 Stewart, William D. 277 14 - INDEX Stollberg. Charles 429 Stone, Walton E. 218 Stophlet, Manfred M. 544 Strausz, Philip H. 482 Streicher, John 600 Sullivan, Lafayette S. 609 Sullivan, Michael C. 381 Suplicki, A. J. 657 Suter, Peter P. 672 Swigart, John 219 T Taber, Ira C. 531 Tait, George 365 Talaska, Leon S. 319 Tappan, Jacob H. 411 Taylor, James H. 428 Taylor, Thomas A. 351 Thacher, Horace C. 537 Thomas, Frank P. 641 Thompson, Harry B. 180 Thompson, Henry L. 47 Thurston, Johnston 403 Tracy, Doria 578 Tracy, Francis E. 447 Tracy, Henry 105 Tucker, Charles E. 155 Tucker, Sol D. 156 Tucker, William H. 518 Tuttle, George H. 451 V VanFleet. Henry F. 663 Vollmayer, John J. 213 Voorheis. George P. 135 Vosburg, John 476 W Wachenheimer. Lyman W. 676 Wachowski. Joseph P. 502 Wade. Benjamin F. 234 Walbridge, George W. 605 Walbridge. William S. 107 Walding, William J. 539 Waldorf, George P. 415 Walker, Robert J. 282 Warren. Samuel 402 Wason, Henry C. 248 Weber, George A. 629 Webster, Holland C. 66 Wedertz, William J. 614 Wehrly, Edward J. 633 Wells, George F. 346 Werder, John C. 268 Wernert, John F. 227 West. Robert J. 215 Whalen Michael 647 Wheeler, Arthur W. 302 Whitlock. Brand 20 Whitmore, Warren 386 Whitwham, Christopher P. 594 Whitwham. Grattan P. 595 Wickham. William 314 Wilcox, Oren S. 429 Wilkinson, Edwin J. 324 Williams, Francis M., Sr. 655 Williams, Lloyd T. 528 Wilson, Anion E. 617 Wilson Charles G. 72 Wilson, Dale 583 Wilson, Frank P. 296 Wilson, James H. 245 Wilson, Justice 527 Wilson, Robert B. 122 Wolcott. Joseph L. 607 Wolf. David 486 Worthington, John T. 51 Y Yaryan, Homer T. 230 Young, Horatio S. 474 Young, Samuel M. 58 Z Zahm. John F. 128 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Allen, George H. 385 Ashley, James M. 32 Babcock, Judson 561 Baker, William 210 Ballou, Clifford G. 232 Beckman, Louis 441 Beckwith, Seth W. 304 Bell, Charles W. 569 Biddle, Thomas 498 Brumback, Orville S. 90 Bryce, George C. 167 Carabin, Frank A. 184 Cohen, Alies S. 281 Collamore, George A. 120 Cook, Josiah D. 368 Crane, Joel W. 514 Cubberley, Mrs. Nellie (Cook) 371 Deaton, U. S. Grant 290 Delaney, Thomas F. 545 Delphey, John P. 192 Dixon, Samuel 489 Doyle, John H. 678 Flower, Stevens W. 465 Ford, Edward 25 Fuller, John W. 40 Gill, William J. 161 Gradwohl, George J. 224 Grantham, Barfield B. 201 Greenfield, Edgar J. 275 Harpster, Charles M. 320 Hart, George W. 360 Hathaway, Harrison 480 Hildebrand, Samuel 418 Hobart, Addison D. 329 Howe, Henry E. 554 Jones, John P. 377 Kent, Charles 113 Kirschner, Charles J. 80 Lawless, James T. 313 Libbey, Edward D. 64 Lyle, J. Pressley 336 Macomber, Albert E. 48 Macomber, Franklin S. 56 Mathias, Louis 408 Mauntler, John F. 529 McCaskey, Robert 393 McGovern, Horatio P. 273 McLeary, Edward 449 McMahon, James W. 425 McVety, Albert F. 352 Millard, Irwin I. 177 Mills, George S. 241 Norton, Douglas 505 Osthaus, Edmund H. 473 Reed, Calvin H. 344 Residence of Willard E. Allen 434 Riggs, Henry E. 264 Robison, David, Jr. 96 Sala. Frank M. 154 Scribner, Harvey Frontispiece Secor, Joseph K. 456 Shaffer, Stephen D. 256 Skehan, Michael J. 521 Stahl. Frank R. 217 Thacher, Horace C. 537 Tracy, Doria 578 Tracy, Henry 105 Voorheis, George P. 135 Warren, Samuel 402 Wason, Henry C. 248 Wilson, Charles G. 72 Wilson, Frank P. 296 Zahm, John F. 128 BIOGRAPHICAL Harvey Scribner inherited a logical turn of mind from his father, the distinguished lawyer and judge—Hon. Charles H. Scribner, now deceased. It was in his father's office that Harvey Scribner studied and afterward practiced law in Toledo, the firm after his accession bearing the title of Scribner, Hurd & Scribner. In 1871, Harvey Scribner was admitted to the partnership of this great firm, the illustrious Hon. Frank Hurd being a member and remaining as such until 1894, when the partnership was dissolved. Some years prior to this, Judge Charles H. Scribner was elected to the Circuit bench and retired from the firm. Harvey Scribner, after the demise of his father and the Hon. Frank Hurd. became a member of the law firm of Scribner, Waite Wachenheimer. Mr. Wachenheimer recently withdrew, Lieut. Henry DeH. Waite remaining with Mr. Scribner. Their specialty is railroad cases. Mr. Scribner has been peculiarly successful in securing damages for his clients who were injured by railways. Associated with Frank H. Hurd, he recovered a verdict of $30,000 in the famous. Shannon case against the Hocking Valley railroad ; also a verdict of $20,000, and was sustained in the Supreme Court, for Edward Topliff, who was injured in the Lake Shore railway collision at Vermillion. Mrs. Eliza L. Topliff, whose husband was killed in the terrible railroad disaster at Kipton, got a judgment of $10.000, the full limit, against this company through Mr. Scribner's efforts. He was also counsel for a large number of the Toledo tunnel catastrophe cases brought before the courts, and collected by suits and settlements some $60,000 from the Lake Shore Railway Company. He caused to he broken the will of Charles B. Roff, which had been drawn up by the late Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, and released a fund of $100,000 from a trust and secured it to the widow. Latterly, Mr. Scribner has taken to literature, and, though he is extremely modest about this attainment, he wields a clever pen in the telling of stories. His experience in the law has been valuable to him and will no doubt furnish excellent material for numerous short stories in the future. Mr. Scribner was born at Mt. Vernon. Ohio. March 19, 1850. He was graduated from the schools of his native town and was but nineteen years of age when he located in Toledo, with his parents, Charles H. and Mary E. (Morehouse) Scribner. There were ten children born to Judge and Mrs. Scribner. Those living are : Harvey. Rollin H., Mrs. Charles Gates and Mrs. Joseph Spencer, of Toledo ; Mrs.. Louis Richardson, of Chicago; Mrs. Charles Cone, of New York ; Edward M. Scribner, of Bridgeport, Conn.; and - 17 - 18 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Charles E. Scribner, of Chicago. Judge Charles H. Scribner died in 1897 ; his wife survives him. Harvey Scribner married Jennie B. Bullard, Sept. 23, 1880. His wife had two children—Daisv and Fred—by a previous marriage. No attorney in Toledo is better liked than is Mr. Scribner. He is a thorough gentleman,. of fine sensibilities, generous and public-spirited to a degree: He is one of the trustees of the Public Library, and is secretary of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.—[The foregoing sketch. is taken from "Men of Toledo and Northwestern Ohio."—Publishers.] General Isaac R. Sherwood, the distinguished and popular Congressman from the Ninth Ohio district, has been a citizen of Ohio for the past fifty-three years and an honored resident of Toledo the greater part of the time since 1865. And now at a ripe age, the record of his public services show a life devoted to public interests and the welfare of the people. It is the record of a printer, a journalist, a soldier, a statesman and jurist, and a public-spirited, progressive citizen—in short, a man of wholesome moral influence in his community, a good neighbor and friend in social life. General Sherwood was born in Stanford, Dutchess county, New York, Aug. 13, 1835. His father, Aaron Sherwood, was a descendant of Dr. Thomas Sherwood. who sailed from Ipswich, England, in 1634, and settled at Fairfield, Conn. His mother, Maria Yeomans, was of Scottish descent, born in New York City. His grandfathers, Isaac Sherwood and Peter Yeomans, and his great-grandfather. Samuel Sherwood, were Revolutionary soldiers. General Sherwood began his education at a country school, and in 1852 entered the Hudson River Institute. at Claverick, N. Y. In 1854 he entered Antioch College, of which the celebrated Horace Mann was president, and which was a leading educational institution of Ohio in that day, and in 1856 he matriculated at the Ohio Law College, in Poland, Ohio. In 1857 he purchased the "'Williams County Gazette," at Bryan, Ohio. and there began a career which stands out in conspicuous grandeur with a record of duties faithfully performed. Although young in years. his ability was such as to win immediate recognition, and three years after locating in his new home, in 1860, he was chosen by the voters to fill the important position of probate judge of Williams county. Assuming the duties of the office in February, 1861, he had been the incumbent a scarce two months when Fort Sumter was fired upon. On April 16, the day following Lincoln's call for volunteers, a large and enthusiastic war meeting was held at Bryan, and Judge Sherwood was the first to offer his services to the government as a soldier. He enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth Ohio infantry, Col. James B. Steedman commanding, and he served in the ranks with the advanced guard in the West Virginia mountains and in the first battles of the war—Philippi, Laurel Mountain and Carrick's Ford. His three months' term of enlistment in the Fourteenth having expired, he assisted in recruiting the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio infantry and was mustered in with his regiment at Toledo and made adjutant, Sept. 11, 1862. He was promoted major upon recommendation of all the officers of his BIOGRAPHICAL - 19 regiment, Feb. 14, 1863. On Feb. 2, 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and on Sept. 8, 1864, was brevetted colonel. Owing to detail or sickness of ranking officers he commanded the regiment throughout its entire field service, beginning with the John Morgan campaign in Kentucky, in 1863, to the muster out, in July, 1865, the service embracing over forty battles and engagements. In the East Tennessee campaign, at the battle of Campbell's Station, he lost the hearing of his right ear from the concussion of a shell. He commanded his regiment in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and after the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., upon recommendation of the officers of his brigade and division, he was made brevet brigadier-general by President Lincoln, Feb. 16, 1863, for long and faithful service and conspicuous gallantry at the battles of Resaca, Franklin, and Nashville. This action of President Lincoln was prompted by a very lucid paper, prepared at Nashville, four days after the battle of Franklin. by the officers and soldiers of the regiment, and addressed to the President. The paper read as follows : "Lieutenant-Colonel Sherwood has proved himself one of the most gallant, daring and efficient officers of the army. It has been the good fortune of the regiment to be led by him in every engagement in which we have participated since we entered the field, and the cool. determined bravery displayed by him on every occasion, particularly that on the bloody field of Resaca and the terrible struggle at Franklin, is an example worthy the emulation of all true soldiers." This testimonial was signed by every officer of his gallant regiment, and also by the line officers of the brigade. After the close of the war General Sherwood returned to his Ohio home and again engaged in the newspaper business. He continued the publication of the "Press" at Bryan, for a year was editor of the Toledo "Commercial," and later was editorial writer on the Cleveland "Leader." In 1868 he was elected secretary of state of Ohio and re-elected in 1870, serving four years in that position. During this time he organized the bureau of statistics for Ohio, a department which has proved of great value to the State. In 1872 he was elected to the Forty-third congress from the Sixth congressional district of Ohio, but owing to his divergent views upon the financial question he was denied a renomination by the Republican party, of which he was at that time a member. In 1875 he purchased the Toledo "Journal" and for nine years officiated as its editor. In 1878 he was elected probate judge of Lucas county on the National or Greenback ticket, and was re-elected, in 1881, as a Democrat and Independent, serving in all six years. After retiring from this office he devoted his attention to newspaper work, being engaged for some time on the "News-Democrat" at Canton, Ohio. Always interested in public affairs, he has ever been found voicing his convictions upon political questions, and long has he been considered a leader among the progressive Democrats of the Buckeye State. In 1906 he accepted the nomination for Congress in the Ninth Ohio (Toledo) district, and after a vigorous campaign was triumphantly elected, although the district in 1904 had given 20 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Roosevelt a majority of 19,936. In 1908 he was re-elected to Congress by a largely increased majority, and his record as a member of the national legislative' body has been one of honorable distinction. Aside. from his other duties, for many years he has been a continuous contributor of political and historic articles to newspapers and magazines, and an illustrated poem, entitled the "Army Gray Back," was published in book form and ran through three editions. On Sept. 1, 1859, General Sherwood was married to Miss Katherine Margaret Brownlee, daughter of Judge James and Rebecca (Mullen) Brownlee, of Poland, Ohio. Mrs. Sherwood has been the. editorial associate of her husband for many years, edited the woman's department of the "National Tribune" from 1883 to 1898, has been an organizer of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, and she is active in women's clubs and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is an author of considerable note, among her productions being "Camp Fire and Memorial Poems." and "Dreams of the Ages. a being of Columbia, 1893." The Toledo residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood is at 2123 Ashland avenue. Brand Whitlock, mayor of Toledo, whose fame as an author extends beyond the confines of the United States, was born at Urbana, Ohio, March 4, 1869. the son of Rev. Elias and Mallie (Brand) Whitlock. The Whitlocks came to America from England in the early part of the Seventeenth century. locating first in Massachusetts and later spreading to New Jersey and the South. The Brands came from Scotland. where for generations they lived in Forfarshire, not far from the city of Dundee. and settled in Virginia, the founder of the family there having been a Jacobite exile. Mayor Whitlock is descended on his mother's side from the Brands of Kentucky and the Talbots of Virginia. His grandfather, Maj. Joseph C. Brand. was a Kentucky slaveholder who emancipated his slaves and removed to Ohio, where he became one of the early Abolitionists. His connection with the last fugitive-slave case—the rescue of the negro Ad White—is set forth in "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" (Vol. I. p. 384). and is also mentioned by William Dean Howells in his "Stories of Ohio." In 1884 Mayor Whitlock's father, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, became a resident of Toledo. At that time Brand was fifteen years old. After attending the public schools for a time he became a reporter on the Toledo newspapers. Upon arriving. at his majority he went to Chicago, where he became a reporter and a political writer on the Chicago "Herald," reporting the proceedings of the Illinois 'legislature and the party conventions. He was of that group of Chicago journalists that included such men as Finley Peter Dunne (Mr. Dooley). Opie Read. Alfred Henry Lewis, Frederick Upham Adams, George Ade, Ben King. Wallace Rice, John T. McCutcheon, Arthur Henry, etc. In 1893, Mr. Whitlock Was appointed to a position in the office of the Secretary of State at Springfield, under the administration of Gov. John P. Altgeld. Prior to this time, however, he had commenced the study of law, and after going to Springfield he completed his studies under Sen- BIOGRAPHICAL - 21 ator John M. Palmer. On June 14, 1894, he was admitted to the bar; and early in June, 1897, he returned to Toledo. where he has since actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He is now the senior member of the well-known firm of Whitlock, Burtsfield Milroy. Although Mr. Whitlock is a lawyer of fine ability and recognized standing, it is as an author that he is most widely known. He began to write short stories for the magazines before his admission to the bar. His first book. "The Thirteenth District." made its appearance in 1902, and was pronounced by ex-President Grover Cleveland to be the best political novel ever published. It was followed by "Her. Infinite Variety," in the spring of 1904. and in the fall of that year was published "The Happy Average." All three of these novels were widely read, but his latest and most important work, "The Turn of the balance," which was published in March, 1907, created a 'sensation that none of his former works had done. It deals with the methods of treating, criminals in the United States, and is an indictment of the entire legal procedure of American courts in the punishment of crime. Some who have read it do not hesitate to declare that it marks the beginning of a revolution in dealing with the criminal classes. In January. 1909. Mr. Whitlock's "Life of Abraham Lincoln" appeared as one of the Beacon Biography Series. He is a constant contributor of short stories and of articles and essays on sociological, political and literary subjects to all the leading magazines. Mr, Whitlock. writing in "The Circle," says : "It has been my privilege to know some great souls—Frank Hurd, Clarence Darrow, Governor Altgeld, Sam Jones and Tom Johnson—and all of these men have had their effect upon me. And then I have known some other great souls who were yet inconspicuous, and they have had their effect. I owe a great deal to William Dean Howells, whose writings and beautiful personality long ago began to exert an influence upon me which has never waned. And then I have read Whitman. and Emerson, and Tolstoi. and Thomas Hardy. And I have a mother and a wife, and, thank God, a few friends." In the latter part of that quotation Mr. Whitlock shows his modesty. His friends number far more than "a few," and most of them belong to that class who admire and respect the man for his real worth. and who will remain steadfast in their friendship in adversity as well as in prosperity. In November, 1903, Mr. Whitlock was elected mayor of Toledoon an independent ticket, though there were five candidates in the field : viz., a Republican. a Democrat, a Socialist, a pseudo-independent—all nominated by party organizations—and himself. His administration has been handsomely endorsed by re-election, in November. 1907, and again in November. 1909, and he is now serving his third term. On Monday evening, Jan. 11, 1909, the Toledo city council adopted a flag for the city. the design of which was submitted by Mayor Whitlock. While living in Springfield. Ill.. Mr. Whitlock married, June 8, 1893, Miss Ella Brainerd, a niece of Senator John M. Palmer, and a woman of rare accomplishments. Mrs. Whitlock has taken a keen interest in her husband's affairs and has contrib- 22 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY uted in many ways to his success. A- letter written by Mr. Whitlock, early in 1910, in reply to the Church Federation of Toledo, on "The Enforcement of Law in Cities," created a sensation and. was widely discussed all over the United States. It is said to have established a new View of the regulation of moral conditions in American municipalities. In an essay published in the "North American Review," in July, 1910, under the title of "A Political Novelist and More," William Dean Howells referred to several of Mr. Whitlock's novels as the greatest of their kind as yet produced in this country. Birchard A. Hayes is one of the prominent lawyers of the city of Toledo, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession for nearly a third of a century, and by his unswerving interity, modest demeanor, and superior ability, he has won and held the esteem of his associates and proven himself worthy of the honored name bequeathed to him by his father. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1853, and is the eldest child of Rutherford B. and Lucy .(Webb) Hayes, the father having been the nineteenth President of the United States, and the mother one of the most gracious women that ever presided at the White House. Birchard A. Hayes received his preliminary education in private schools in the city of Cincinnati, and in the public schools of Fremont, Ohio. After due preparation, he matriculated at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.. where he graduated in the literary course with the class of 1874. He entered the Harvard Law School in 1875, and after a two years' course of study received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1877. One year later, he was admitted to practice in the Ohio courts, and in October, 1878, commenced the practice of his profession in Toledo, in the office of John R. Osborn. After a little more than one year of this preliminary practice, he formed a partnership with Noah H. Swayne and Francis E. Swayne, under the firm name of Swayne, Swayne & Hayes, this professional association dating from January, 1880. From the very first this firm took a prominent position in the legal fraternity of Toledo, and during the thirty years that have elapsed it has become generally recognized as one of the leading firms of the city. The firm name has been changed upon a leading occasions, when new members were added. but Mr. Hayes and Noah H. Swayne have remained throughout this long term of years and are still actively engaged in the business. Francis B. Swayne severed his connection with the firm a number of years ago and now resides in New York City, and with his retirement the firm became Swayne, Hayes & Tyler. At present it is composed of Noah H. Swayne, Birchard A. Hayes, and Rathbun Fuller, the firm name being Swayne, Hayes & Fuller. In politics, Mr. Hayes has given his support to the men and measures of the Republican party, and in religious affairs he is a regular attendant of the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Hayes is a member. On Dec. 30, 1886, Mr. Hayes was married to Miss Mary Sherman, daughter of N. G. Sherman, of Norwalk, Ohio, and of this union there have been born four sons. Sherman, the eldest, attended BIOGRAPHICAL - 23 preparatory schools and is now a student in Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio ; Webb C. is a cadet at the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md., and Walter and Scott R. are attending the public schools of Toledo. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes is pleasantly situated at 2242 Robinwood avenue. Jessup Wakeman Scott was a leading man among the pioneers of Lucas county, and he attained to such prominence that it is fitting that extended mention be made of him in a work intended to record and preserve the names and deeds of those who have achieved distinction in the years that have elapsed since the Maumee Valley passed through the transition epoch of red-man to pale-face domination. He was born at Ridgefield, Conn., Feb. 25, 1799. and died in Toledo, Jan. 22. 1874. His ancestors were of the old New Haven Colony stock. The literary bent of his mind was developed at an early age, he having with the advantages of the district schools of that date qualified himself at the early age of sixteen years to become a school teacher, commencing in Connecticut, and pursuing the profession in New Jersey. Georgia, and South Carolina, and meeting with success. At the age of eighteen he studied medicine, and a few years subsequently changed that profession for the law, and was admitted to the bars of Georgia and South Carolina in 1822. Although devoting several years to the practice, it seems never to have proved fully adapted to his peculiar tastes and habits, and he soon turned his attention to the more congenial pursuits of literature. While in the practice of the raw he was the partner of Chief Justice O'Neal, subsequently a very prominent jurist of South Carolina. He was at one time a teacher in the State Female College at Columbia, S. C. The political questions peculiar to that State becoming exciting and the lines between the State's Rights and National parties sharply drawn, Mr. Scott, as a Northern man and an Anti-Nullifier, soon found himself unpleasantly situated, and in 1830 he came North. Having in May, 1824, married Miss Susan Wakeman, daughter of Jessup Wakeman, of Southport. Conn., he determined to remove to Ohio, and in the spring of 1831. with his wife and three sons—William H., Frank J., and Maurice A.—he came to Florence, Huron county, where his father-in-law owned a large tract of unimproved land. Here he divided his time between farm labor and the conduct of a monthly periodical entitled the "Ohio and Michigan Register and Emigrant's Guide," printed at Norwalk, and devoted, as the title indicates, to intelligence desirable with those seeking information of the Western country. As early as 1828, and while yet in South Carolina, Mr. Scott's attention had been specially called by the map to the remarkable natural advantages of the vicinity of the head of Lake Erie as furnishing a future city of great importance, and in July of that year he addressed to Gen. John E. Hunt, then postmaster at Maumee City and later a resident of Toledo, a letter in which he said : ''I wish to obtain all the information in my power respecting your section of country, with the view of making it my future residence." The result Of his inquiries was such that after remaining about one year at Florence he visited Maumee City, in 24 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY 1832, and made a purchase of seventy acres of wild land, now in the center of Toledo and embracing the present location of the court house, making. a payment of $300. He subsequently unsuccessfully tried to sell this tract at twelve dollars per acre, and got lost in the woods in showing the land to his brother, J. Austin Scott, who thought the price too high. In 1833 Mr. Scott removed his family to Perrysburg, where he resumed the practice of the law, and was chosen prosecuting attorney. In 1834, still bent on literary pursuits, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Henry Darling, he started the first newspaper on the Maumee river. naming it the "Miami of the Lake," that being the legal appellation of the river. The tide of speculation was then rising in this region, and Mr. Scott invested freely in lands, which largely appreciated in value, and he soon found himself a man of great wealth ; but the collapse of 1837 destroyed the bright vision of riches so exciting to his imagination and left him with hundreds of others in great embarrassment. About this time he wrote a series of articles on "Internal Trade," in which he advanced the theory that somewhere in the Valley of the Mississippi, or about the Great Lakes was to be the future great city of the world. In 1836 he "retired on his fortune" to Bridgeport, Conn., but, upon the crash of 1837, he returned to Maumee City, which was his residence for about seven years. It was in 1844 that Mr. Scott first made Toledo his place of residence, and, once more turning to the press, he became the editor and co-proprietor of the "Blade." which he conducted for several years. In 1856, he removed to Castleton, on the Hudson, a short distance below Albany, and there he devoted himself largely to literary pursuits. and wrote for different publications, chiefly on subjects of trade and population. After spending several years at Castleton, he returned to Toledo, which place was .thereafter his residence. In 1868. he prepared with great care and published a pamphlet setting forth his theory of the "Future Great City of the World," in which he claimed and sought to show that Toledo had the location most likely to become such metropolis. In October, 1872. sensible of the near approach of the end of life and anxious to give effect of his deep interest in the welfare of his fellow-citizens and their posterity, Mr. Scott devised and executed a scheme for the endowment of an institution of learning to be known as the "Toledo University of Arts and Trades:" For this purpose he prepared a deed of trust for 160 acres of land, located near the city, to be platted and leased on favorable terms, the proceeds to be used for the benefit of the institution named, under certain limitations. He did not live to participate in the inauguration or the management of the enterprise, but his name is remembered with gratitude for his thoughtful consideration for the generations to come after him. He was the originator of the idea of manual training schools in this country, as at that time most of the expert labor came from Europe. As a husband and parent he endeared himself to his family by ties of unusual tenderness and strength, as a citizen he was a model of propriety, and in precept and practice he was the supporter of public and private virtue. His