250 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY William Backus Guitteau, superintendent of the Toledo public schools, was born in that city, Nov. 27, 1877, a son of Edward and Clara (Wilson) Guitteau, the former a traveling salesman and the latter a daughter of Hon. Joel W. Wilson, of Tiffin, Ohio. He received his early education in the schools of his native city, graduating in the high school, in 1894, having completed the four years' course in three years. He then entered the Ohio State University, where he spent the year 1894-93, followed by one year at the University of Michigan, as a special student of history and economics. In the fall of 1896, he returned to the Ohio State University, from which institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, in 1897, having again completed a four years' course in three years. He represented the Ohio State University in the first annual debate of the State Debating League, carried off second honors in the Fourteenth annual oratorical contest, and was the orator for his class at the commencement banquet. He then entered the Law Department of the State University, and completed two years of the course in one year. In 1898, he was awarded the Emerson McMillin Fellowship in Economics over several competitors, but resigned this to accept a position as teacher of English in the Toledo Central High School. In June, 1900, he passed the State bar examination, and at the same time was awarded the President White Fellowship in Political Science, at Cornell University. Entering that institution in the fall of 1900. Mr. Guitteau studied advanced politics and economics under Prof. J. W. Jenks, and received the degree of Master of Arts, in 1901. During the summer of 1901, he served as clerk of the United States Industrial Commission, at Washington, D. C., and the following year was awarded the Harrison Fellowship in Political Science, by the University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in 1904. The subject of his thesis was "Constitutional Limitations Upon Special Municipal Legislation." In 1904. he returned to his position as instructor in the Toledo Central High School. In the spring of 1905, he resigned this position, in order to accept the secretaryship of the Detroit Municipal League. In the fall of 1905, he was offered the principalship of the Toledo Central High School, which he filled with signal ability until the death of Superintendent C. L. Van Cleve, Sept. 26, 1909, when he became acting superintendent. On Oct. 18, 1909, he was elected superintendent of the Toledo schools by the unanimous vote of the Board of Education, a fitting recognition of his qualifications as a school executive. Although still a young man, Mr. Guitteau's training and experience are a guarantee that the schools of Toledo under his supervision will be kept abreast of the times. Such has been the case with the Central High School, whose present high stand' and is largely due to his intelligent and well directed efforts. He is an earnest student of municipal affairs, a ready public speaker, and has recognized ability as a writer on municipal and educational topics. In his political opinions he is a Republican. His fraternal relations are with Sanford Collins Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Phi college fraterni- BIOGRAPHICAL - 251 ties, the latter being composed exclusively of law students. On Oct. 5, 1907, Mr. Guitteau married Miss Ida E. Le Clerc, daughter of Bruno Le Clerc, of St. Ignace, Mich. Mayor Brigham, whose death, Jan. 8, 1897, at the ripe old age of ninety-one years, marked the close of a long and active career, was born in Westmoreland, Oneida county, New York, May 16, 1806, one of the eight children born to his parents. His early childhood was spent amid the surroundings of farm life, and his scholastic advantages were limited to the courses afforded by the country schools of that early day. While still a youth, he removed with his parents to Vienna, a small village in the same county in which he was born. There, as he grew to manhood, he learned the carpenter's trade, and became one of the most skillful in the trade. When the time came for him to make a home of his own, he married Miss Clarissa Bill, of Vienna, and, in the spring of 1835, with his wife and child, he took passage on the Commodore Perry, Capt. David Wilkinson commanding, bound for Toledo. The newcomers were welcomed by Chester Walbridge, the father of the late H. S. Walbridge, of Toledo, and remained as his guests while their own home was in process of construction. Mrs. Brigham passed away, in 1842, leaving, besides her husband, two children—Harriet (now Mrs. W. A. Beach, of Toledo) and Charles 0., whose death occurred May 2, 1906. A memoir of Charles 0. Brigham appears elsewhere in this work. In 1843, Mayor Brigham returned to the place of his birth and was united in marriage to Miss Malinda P. Merrell, of Westmoreland. Five children were born to bless this marriage : Stanley F., George M. (deceased), William A., Frederick M., and Harry C., and the four now surviving make their residence in Toledo. excepting Frederick M., who resides in Philadelphia. George M. Brigham was for thirty years connected with the Western Union Telegraph Company, of -Toledo, the last few years of the time as night manager in the office. After completing his work, at 12:30 a. m., March 21. 1907, he returned to his home, and a few minutes later was stricken with apoplexy. Less than six hours afterward he succumbed to the stroke. He was fifty-eight years of age. and for many years had occupied a prominent place in the social and business circles of the city. Besides his connection with the telegraph company, he was associated as a partner with Homer T. Yaryan in the Yaryan Heating Company, a prosperous business which the partners had built up. Fraternally, he was identified with the National Union. Besides his four brothers, he is survived by his widow and a son, Seaver. Mayor Brigham. to whom this sketch is dedicated, was one of the first to express his views against the evil of the slave traffic, and while a young man, in 1832, he organized, in Vienna, N. Y., one of the first anti-slavery societies in the Empire State ; and for three years he served as its secretary. With the exception of three years, from 1837 to 1840, he lived in Toledo, the lapse between the above mentioned years occurring while he was a resident of Dundee. Mich. In reality, he was a pioneer of pioneers, and watched with interest and solicitude the growth of the city from the time it was an unin- 252 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY corporated hamlet to the years when it became reckoned as one of the most prosperous municipalities of the State. During all this time he was actively identified with its history. Before the time of Toledo's corporate existence, he served for various periods as township clerk, township treasurer, and infirmary director, and subsequently, when the community had attained to the dignity of a municipality, he was for two years a member of the city council, for three years one of the waterworks commissioners, and, in 1832, he was appointed to the position of mayor, to fill an unexpired term. Other honors were given him by men high in State and National affairs. In 1856, Gov. Salmon P. Chase nominated him for collector of canal tolls, and subsequently Governor Cox made him a member of the first organized police board of the city of Toledo. Mr. Brigham was accustomed to recall with great interest the historic mass meeting at Fort Meigs, in 1840, when Gen. William Henry Harrison, afterward elected President of the United States, opened the campaign of that year. Always, in adult life, a devout Christian, he was one of the charter members of the First Congregational Church of Toledo. organized in 1844, and was continuously for fifty-three years deacon and church clerk, holding both offices when be died. On Jan. 8, 1897, Mr. Brigham answered the call of his Maker. His death closed a chapter in the history of the city of Toledo, where for sixty-two years of his life he labored long and earnestly for the upbuilding of the community. For thirty years he had gathered his children about him each twelve months in a family reunion. This last gathering was an especially felicitous one, for all present felt that owing to his advanced years he would not be spared to them for many, if any, more such celebrations. His devoted wife survived him some nine years, as her death occurred May 12, 1906. With her demise came to its end a beautiful career. She was eighty-five years of age. and for sixty-three years of that time had been a resident of Toledo. coming from her home in Oneida county, New York, when a bride of but a few weeks. All through her long, useful life her home was her chief delight. and her time and labor were devoted lovingly and willingly to her husband and her children. It has been truly said of Mrs. Brigham that in her was exemplified the most beautiful type of mother, and her memory remains with her .children as an inspiration of unselfishness and nobility of character. One year after her arrival in Toledo, she identified herself with the many activities of the First Congregational Church, and was still interested in it when she answered the summons of Him whose life she had so well emulated. Charles O. Brigham, deceased, whose death, May 2, 1906, came as a great shock to a host of friends and as a sincere and honest grief to the many he had befriended, was for years one of the leading figures of Toledo's commercial, social and fraternal life. Born in Dundee, Mich., Sept: 9. 1838, a son of the late Mayor Brigham, the subject of this memoir underwent all the hardships and vicissitudes of that early day, in a comparatively new country, and grew to manhood amid surroundings which tended to bring out the ster- BIOGRAPHICAL - 253 ling qualities in him. Unlike so many young men, he had a definite aim in life, and by the time he had reached his majority he had mas- tered the art of telegraphy, at that time a science which had few of the present-day advantages of equipment ; and he became one of the most skilled operators which the West had produced. With a brother-in-law, W. A. Beach, he entered the Toledo office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and with this company he remained until his thrift and saving qualities had gained him a competence, which allowed him to retire from the active pursuits of business, in 1900. During many years of his service with the Western Union corporation, he served in the capacity of operating manager. and his genial qualities, together with his accuracy and ability in handling the key, gained him a State-wide reputation. Fraternally, Mr. Brigham was prominent in several orders. At the time of his demise he was president of the Anthony Wayne Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and in the evening immediately preceding the day upon which he answered the final summons, he had acted as toastmaster at a banquet given by the chapter in honor of Dr. E. D. Gardiner, who had been recently chosen president of the State chapter of the order. Among his other fraternal connections was that with the National Union, and it is said of him that no other one man did so much to further the interests of the organization in Toledo. The appreciation of his efforts by his co-workers in the order was shown by his election at one time to be their representative in the Senate, the supreme body of the society ; and again when he was chosen president of the r Lucas county cabinet. Although his work and interest extended throughout the county and State, his most active efforts were put forth in Revere Council, with which he was connected up to the time of his death. In a religious way, Mr. Brigham centered his interest in the Central Congregational Church, and carried into his every-day life the precepts of his Master. His heart went out to the weak and sinful, the poor and afflicted, and he gave of his time and money freely that he might relieve their sufferings. Many years of earnest work in the Adams Street Mission attested his desire to aid the fallen and help the down-trodden. During the latter years of his life he was one of the building committee of his church, and he watched with eagerness the erection of the new House of God. For eighteen years. also, he served faithfully and well as a member of the Board of Trustees of his church. At the banquet to Dr. Gardiner, Mr. Brigham's friends remarked that he was never more brilliant as a speaker, nor more genial as a host and friend. Upon returning from the Valentine Cafe. where the affair was held, he remarked that never had he spent a more enjoyable evening. After reading for a time, he retired. Next morning, when the housekeeper and cook arose, at 5 :30 a. m., their attention was attracted by his unusually heavy breathing, but thinking it was nothing more than a heavy sleep, they paid no more attention to it. At six o'clock. when they went to waken him, they found that his spirit had taken its flight. Physicians pronounced death due to apoplexy. In his passing the city of Toledo lost a citizen of high- 254 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY est integrity, refined taste and generosity. Mr. Brigham was twice married. In 1860, he was united to Miss Sarah Graham, who died ten years later, leaving him one son, Charles G. In 1871, he was married to Miss Mary L. Peck, the shock of whose sudden death, in 1903, was a blow from which he never wholly recovered. Mr. Brigham's standard of life was well summed up in his address at the banquet to Dr. Gardiner, when he said : "Oftentimes things national and local have seemed to all go wrong. I have often been discouraged. But when everything has been darkest I have lifted my eyes and said to myself, 'God's in his heaven ; all's well with the world.' " William A. Brigham.—The Woolson Spice Company, of Toedo, of which W. A. Brigham is vice-president, is among the largest coffee-roasting houses in the -United States and one of the largest shipping firms in Toledo. It was incorporated, in 1882, and Mr. Brigham was elected one of the first directors and chairman of the examining committee, which position he occupied until 1883. In that year he entered more actively into the business management of the company, as secretary and assistant manager, which position he occupied until 1897. when he was elected general manager. This important post Mr. Brigham filled to the satisfaction of all concerned. After two years in the office of general manager, Mr. Brigham left the business in smooth working order, with the details systematically arranged, and decided to retire, but, in June, 1909, he resumed an advisory connection with the company as vice-president and director, and fills this office at the present time. Mr. Brigham is . a native-born citizen of Toledo. born Sept. 21, 1853. son of the late Mayor Brigham, one of the earliest settlers of Toledo. His mother, Malinda (Parsons) Brigham, is referred to with her husband, elsewhere in this work. William A. attended the public schools in Toledo and, at the age of fifteen years, entered the employ of N. M. Howard & Co., grain merchants, on Water street ; he remained with this house two years, and was afterward associated with the firm of Cray & Rood. He was chief bookkeeper for Emerson & Co., wholesale grocers, for eight years, and left this position to ally himself with the Woolson Spice Company, with which he remained permanently. Mr. Brigham is a director ,of the Home Savings Bank and a member of the Executive Committee. In manner, Mr. Brigham is cordial and agreeable, and he possesses many warm admirers and friends. As manager of a business, extensive, varied in its details, and constantly changing because of improvement of method, Mr. Brigham has proved himself to have executive ability of the highest order, combined with untiring energy and ceaseless effort. Mr. Brigham is a loyal adherent to the principles of the Republican party and takes a broad, and intelligent view of public affairs. He was formerly identified with a number of the prominent Toledo clubs, but has given up his membership in these in recent years. His summers, Mr. Brigham spends at his beautiful country home in Dorset, Vt., and in winter he lives in Toledo, at The Rosamond. Mr. Brigham was united in marriage, to Miss Cora Frances Steele, Sept. 22, 1875. BIOGRAPHICAL - 255 Mrs. Brigham is a cultured and intelligent woman, daughter of the late Dennison Steele, of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Brigham are the parents of two daughters—Cora Steele, now Mrs. Truman H. Mitchell, and Bessie, who married James C. Anderson. Both daughters reside in Toledo. Frank J. Herman, a well-known and prosperous general contractor, and one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Toledo, was born in Edgerton, Williams county, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1866. He is a son of Xavier and Catherine (Stagmayer) Herman, the former of whom was born in Alsace-Lorraine, now a province of the German Empire, and the latter in Crawford county, Ohio. The parents were married in Crawford county, but moved soon afterward to a farm near Edgerton, in Williams county, where they were among the pioneer settlers of the country. The mother passed away after a few years of happily wedded life, and the father married a. second time, taking for a wife Miss Magdeline Miller. The father and his second wife are now also deceased, and their remains rest sideby-side in the cemetery at Edgerton. Fifteen children were born of the father's two marriages, twelve of whom survive. Frank J. Herman is the only member of the family who now makes Toledo his home. The subject of this memoir received only the limited education afforded by the public schools of Edgerton, and early in his life was obliged to get out into the world to earn his livelihood. Carpentering was his chosen vocation, and he served a thorough, apprenticeship at it before he became a master in the trade. After four years of labor as a journeyman, part of the time in Toledo, whence he had moved, March 1, 1890, he established himself in the contracting and building business, and has since been most profitably engaged therein. For more than sixteen years he has managed the industry with constantly growing success, and many of the public buildings and private dwelling houses of Toledo and nearby cities stand as monuments to his skill and integrity. Among the best known of the buildings over which he has had the supervision of the construction are the Korea Block, at the corner of Cherry and Bancroft streets ; the Tarault Block, on Cherry street ; St. Peter's school building, on South St. Clair street ; and he has but recently completed the elegant new St. Adelbert school building and the parsonage adjoining, on La Grange street, between Weber and Oakland streets. Mr. Herman has made a careful study of the best methods in the building of school edifices, and has done a great deal of work along this line in adjacent cities and villages. Some of these buildings are the following: The high school at Swanton, the high school at Blissfield. Mich., the high school at Port Clinton, the East River school, at Elyria, Ohio, and the high school at Defiance, Ohio. He was the contractor, also, in charge of the construction of St. Mary's Church edifice at Caraghar, Ohio, St. Peter's Church at Archbold, Ohio, and. the Church of the Assumption at Conner's Creek, Mich., the last named of which is one of the finest edifices in that State. The parsonage of St. Richard's Church, at Swanton, and the parsonage of St. Mary's Church, at Ottoville, Ohio, were also built under his 256 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY direction. In recent years, Mr. Herman has entered a new phase of the contracting business, namely, that of building compartment mausoleums. He has but recently completed such structures at 4 Swanton, Delta and Loudenville, Ohio, and has taken a contract to erect one at Charleston, W. Va. The large double house. at 822 and 824 East Bancroft street, was one of Mr. Herman's first buildings in Toledo, and he now lives on the side numbered 824 and rents the other portion. In the matter of politics: Mr. Herman is absolutely without affiliation, but never fails to exercise his right of franchise for the man he believes will bring about the best results to the community, both morally and commercially. He has never held public office and has never had the desire to do so. Religiously, he is a devout and regular attendant member of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, of Toledo. His only fraternal relations are with the Knights of Columbus. On Oct. 25. 1894, occurred Mr. Herman's marriage to Miss Veronica Hitz, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hitz, of Delphos, Ohio, where Mrs. Herman was born and reared and where four of her sisters now reside. Four sons have been born to bless the union. Aloisius X., the eldest, is a student in St. John's School, and the other three—Oscar B., Rudolph V., and Francis R.—are all attending St. Mary's School. Stephen D. Shaffer was born Aug. 20, 1812, in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of a family of twelve children—five boys and seven girls. His father, Phillip Shaffer, was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1814, when Stephen was two years of age. Here, on a farm. he labored until the spring of 1828, when his father took a contract to build a portion of the canal, young Stephen joining in the work with his father, and for a time was boss of a gang of men on the same canal on which James A. Garfield worked when a boy. While here he signed the pledge and joined his first temperance society, thus early beginning to evince that uncompromising disposition for the right which followed him to the end of life. In the spring of 1829 he went to Zanesville, Ohio, where he began an apprenticeship of three years in a tanyard with the firm of Morehead & Roberson. About this time he was reclaimed in a religious revival conducted by Rev. Joseph Trimble. He had been converted when a mere boy at a camp-meeting near Dresden, Ohio. From Zanesville he went to Cumberland, where he purchased a tanyard and engaged in the tanning business for himself. While there, on Jan. 29, 1835. he was married to Miss Eurania P. Amlin, of Zanesville, Ohio. This union was blessed with two sons and one daughter. In 1838 he moved to Frazersburg, and from there he again moved to Zanesville and again engaged with the firm of Morehead & Roberson. About this time he was granted license to exhort, and soon after license to preach. being ordained local elder by Bishop Morris. Between the years 1845 and 1848, in connection with the ministry, he was engaged in the grocery business. At Lock, in Knox county, he began to edit the "Preacher and Expository," a temperance paper and the first in the State. From this time BIOGRAPHICAL - 257 onward, through pen and pulpit, he devoted his entire time and means to the abolition of slavery, the overthrow of the saloon and the salvation of souls. In 1850 and 1851 he traveled the New Connerstown circuit ; in 1852-53 the Martinsburg circuit ; in 1854-55 the Port Jefferson circuit, with Rev. Blake and Rev. L. C. Webster as co-laborers. In the fall of 1855 he was sent to Jamesfield, remaining two years. While there he engaged in his first hard-fought battle against the saloons, and was victorious. In 1857-58 he labored on the Bethel circuit in the city of Toledo, where his zeal gave rise to the organization of the Mission School, numbering when he left Toledo 500 boys and girls, the poor of the town, who were almost wholly dependent upon public charity for both bodily and spiritual comfort and support. In the autumn of 1859 he was sent to Sylvania, where he remained until the spring of 1861, when he entered the Civil war as chaplain of the Forty-seventh Ohio infantry, receiving his commission from Governor Dennison. He labored in this capacity with such heroism as to receive the appropriate appellation of the "Fighting Parson." On Jan. 23, 1863, he resigned his commission, in consequence of a wound received while in line of duty at Green River, W. Va. He then came to his home in Bellefontaine, Logan county, Ohio. After his health had sufficiently recovered he again resumed the work of the ministry to which God, in an early day, had called him.' He continued to use his pen as a weapon in the overthrow of the saloon traffic by editing a paper called the "Harbinger" at Findlay, Ohio. After that time he traveled the following circuits : Rawson, Arcadia, Freeport and North Baltimore, upon which latter circuit, at different times, he traveled and labored for five years. He assisted Rev. A. C. Thomas in revivals as late as the year 1886, and he solemnized a marriage about two weeks before his death, which occurred on the morning of April. 22, 1890, at his home in North Baltimore. Ohio. He had the great honor of receiving 12,000 souls into the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he made more temperance speeches and overthrew more saloons than any other one man during his time. Joseph E. Kewley, one of the members of the well-known legal firm of Miller. Kewley & Miller. of Toledo. is a native son of Toledo, having been born there, May 26. 1883. He is the third son and the fourth child of the five children born to his parents, Thomas and Ellen Kewley, both of whom are living in Toledo. The father is engaged in the plumbing and heating business with another son, Thomas F., under the firm name of Thomas Kewley & Son. Both parents are descended from a long line of Manx ancestors and were born in the Isle of Man, the home of Hall Caine, where the scenes of many of his best stories are laid. The Isle of Man is so small and offers so few opportunities to its people that statistics show that there is an average of only one male child born to the inhabitant families who remain on the island, and the others are compelled to .seek their fortunes in other lands—Australia, America. and, of more recent years, in South Africa. The parents were united in marriage in their native land, in 1872, and the same 258 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY year made their way to Toledo, where they have been respected and valuable members of the community ever since. Four sons and a daughter were born to bless their marriage, and their names and the order of birth are as follows : Thomas F., William H., Jessie E., Joseph E., and_ James K. Joseph E. Kewley, to whom this memoir is dedicated, and with whom it is more immediately concerned, received the excellent scholastic training afforded by the public schools of Toledo, and, in 1902, upon the completion of his course, was graduated at the high school. Being desirous of obtaining the advantages of a higher education, he matriculated at the Ohio State University, devoting his time to literary and legal studies. In 1906, the regents of the institution granted him the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and shortly afterward, having meantime been admitted to practice in the courts of the State, he opened offices in Toledo as a member of the firm of Miller, Kewley & Miller. Mr. Kewley takes an active interest in the welfare of the Republican party, but has never been a candidate for public office. The offices of the firm of Miller, Kewley & Miller are Rooms 16451646-1647 Nicholas Building. Albert H. Miller, a prominent member of the Toledo bar and a partner in the firm of Miller, Kewley & Miller, was born at Bellefontaine, Ohio, Oct. 23. 1883. His father, the late Alexander W. Miller, also a native of Bellefontaine, was a silversmith and jeweler of that place, who died some months before his son was horn. The mother, whose maiden name was Martha Ella Howenstein, is now the wife of Rev. George W.. Hamilton, D. D., and lives in Cadiz. Ohio. The Miller family is descended from a long and notable line of Ohio pioneers. Albert H. Miller, the subject of this sketch, received his preparatory scholastic training in the schools of Bellefontaine, where he lived until March, 1900. Upon removing from that city to Piqua, he entered the Piqua High School, and was graduated at the institution, in 1902. Then casting about for a means of livelihood, he found employment for a time as timekeeper for a construction gang on a railroad, from which position he was promoted to be paymaster and then foreman of the gang. Subsequently, he became a motorman on The Dayton & Troy electric railway, and still later served for a time as local superintendent for the same company, in Piqua. During the years prior to 1906, he claimed residence in Piqua, Cadiz and Columbus, for various periods, and, July 5, 1906, became a resident of Toledo. Mr. Miller's legal training was received in the Ohio State University, at which institution he was given the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1906. Within a few months afterward, he began the practice of his chosen profession, in Toledo, in partnership with A. Jay Miller and Joseph E. Kewley, the latter named of whom was one of his classmates in the Ohio State University. A sketch of Mr. Kewley appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Miller is actively interested in the matters of politics, being of the younger generation which has infused new life into the Republican party. The offices of the firm are located in rooms 1645-1646-1647 Nicholas Building. BIOGRAPHICAL - 259 Daniel Coffin Shaw, who is now living quietly retired in Toledo, after a life of varied experience in many lines of endeavor and adventure, was born in Newport, Me., April 2, 1839. He is the son of Caleb and Mary (Hill) Shaw, the former of whom was born in Maine and the latter in Massachusetts. The father served a successful apprenticeship in the trade of carpenter while a youth, and for several years earned his livelihood at that trade and in farming operations. While his son was still an infant, Caleb Shaw removed, with his family, to Chicago, and there established himself in the grocery business, carrying general merchandise as a side line. Success attended his efforts as a tradesman for several years, but later the firm became insolvent and Caleb Shaw, after straightening up his affairs, returned to his former trade to furnish him a livelihood. He was thus engaged at the time of his demise, which occurred in 1863, while his son was away at the front in the Civil war. His wife survived him a number of years, until 1869, when she, too, answered the summons of death. To these parents were born three daughters and one son, of whom the subject of this review is the only one living. Daniel C. Shaw's educational advantages were exceedingly limited, being only those afforded by the public schools of the day. The building where he attended classes was on Madison street, between Clark and Dearborn, opposite the present home of McVicker's Theatre, and now one of the most thickly populated business districts of Chicago. At the time of his attendance this building was the only public school structure in the city. Mr. Shaw's first labors after leaving school were as a printers' "devil" in the composing room of the old "Chicago Journal," when the edition was run off by hand, before the days of machine presses. After he had done his stint of the undesirable work found about a newspaper office, he was given a "case" that he might learn to "pick" or "set" type, and another "devil" was installed. Either the new "devil" considered that his predecessor was too much elated over his elevation to the "case," or the predecessor considered that the new "devil" did not show enough humility in his position—whatever it was, they "went to the mat together," "pied a form," and both found themselves rather forcibly requested to leave the employ of the "Journal." Finding himself out of employment at the end of his first year's job, Mr. Shaw determined to learn the trade of watchmaker and jeweler, and served a formal apprenticeship in the vocation. For five years altogether, including his term as an apprentice and his work as a journeyman, he labored at the trade. When he left it it was to assist his father in the carpenters' trade. Like many youths, he considered that he knew much more than his parent about the latter's work, and not being convinced to the contrary, he determined to strike out for himself. From Chicago he made his way to St. Louis, thence to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. At the latter post the three men—Majors, Waddell and Russell—were preparing an expedition to carry supplies to the regular army forces, in Salt Lake City, Utah, then fighting what is known in history as the Mormon war. Having the natural desire of youth to 260 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY see the world, Mr. Shaw enlisted in the expedition and, with the train of twenty-five wagons, drawn by six yoke of oxen, he made the trip across the prairie and the mountains to Salt Lake City. When the supply train arrived the trouble was settled. The regiment, however, had been ordered to California, and, joining this expedition, Mr. Shaw drove a mule team to the Golden Gate State. There he was assigned to the quartermaster's department as forage master, having charge of all the feed provided for the regiment. It was in 1857 that he reached the extreme West. About this time the Indian uprising was spreading terror among the new settlers in what is now the State of Washington, and a requisition was sent to the California post for mules and supplies. Upon loading up, young Shaw was assigned to take charge of the stock. The trip from Benecia, Cal., to Vancouver was made by water and consumed twenty-eight days. Before the journey was completed the mules had become so covered with mange that they lost all their hair, and presented an extremely ludicrous sight when they were landed. When the uprising was finally suppressed. Mr. Shaw remained at the post, and the following year, under Lieutenant Mullen, he joined a surveying expedition to the land near the Canadian boundary line, north of the Snake river. This party was the one that cut the first wagon road through that region. Learning that a party was about to return to the East, Mr. Shaw determined to join it. Leaving Fort Walla Walla, the expedition set out for Fort Benton. The trip was one of the most hazardous ever undertaken across the country and consumed eighteen months in its completion. For several weeks the party was held snowbound in the mountains, and through cold, starvation and disease, lost 500 head of stock. When spring came they found they had just enough stock left to complete the journey to Fort Benton. There boat transportation was supplied and the expedition came 2,200 miles down the Missouri river to Sioux City, Iowa. the boat being what was known as a Mackinac boat. From there Mr. Shaw took a stage across the country to St. Joseph, Mo., and thence went to Chicago by rail, via St. Louis. He arrived in Chicago just as the first troops were leaving the State to go to the front in defense of the Union. When he had learned the cause of the war, no more than whisperings of which had reached him in his western seclusion, he, too, became enthused with patriotic ardor, and enlisted as a private, in the regiment which became known as the Thirteenth Illinois infantry, on the morning of May 24, 1861. This was the first volunteer regiment raised for the three years' service. and it was mustered into the United States army at Dixon. Ill. From there it was sent to St. Louis. and thence to Rolla. Mo. Learning of his western experience, his superiors detailed him as wagon master in the quartermaster's department. His first taste of battle was at Pea Ridge, Mo., and later at Springfield, under the peerless General Lyons. Subsequently he was assigned to an expedition under General Curtis, which was sent to Arkansas to subdue the Confederate forces in that State and cut off Memphis from getting assistance from the Southwest, and took some two BIOGRAPHICAL - 261 months to the trip. From Arkansas he went to Helena, Ark., and from there went by boat down the Mississippi to the rear of Vicksburg, which the Union army was then besieging. In the immediate vicinity of Vicksburg the regiment saw many pitched battles and numerous skirmishes, among them Arkansas Post, where 7,000 Confederates were captured. In the spring the Thirteenth Illinois joined General Grant in the expedition which captured Jackson, Miss., and at Champion's Hill and Black River Bridge drove the Southerners back into Vicksburg. After the fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, Mr. Shaw was given a furlough and he returned to Chicago for a time, rejoining his regiment at Memphis, Tenn. From there it was sent to participate in the Chattanooga campaign ; was with Hooker when he made his famous charge up Lookout Mountain ; saw hot fighting at Missionary Ridge, Tenn.. and Ringgold, Ga., and then was sent to Madison Station, Ala_ There the regiment was besieged by the Confederate forces from the South, near the Tennessee river. While the siege was in progress, Mr. Shaw was sent to Huntsville for assistance (reinforcements), which arrived on the scene in nine hours. and drove the Confederate forces back across the Tennessee river to the South. By this time the Thirteenth Illinois had fulfilled its term of service and was ordered back to Springfield, Ill., where its members received honorable discharges. Returning to Chicago, Mr. Shaw accepted employment of John Davis & Co., steam fitting-and machine works. In 1869, Mr. Davis, desiring to start a branch shop in Toledo,' offered Mr. Shaw a partnership in the concern if he would undertake the management of the Toledo branch. Agreeing to this proposition, Mr. Shaw came to Toledo, and the branch was started, under the firm name of Davis & Shaw. At the time of the Chicago fire, Cornelius Kendall. whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work, and who had been employed by Mr. Davis, purchased the latter's interest in the Toledo branch, thus severing it from the Chicago concern, and the firm became known as Shaw & Kendall. Subsequently, William Hardee purchased an interest in the business and the firm name was changed to Shaw, Kendall & Company, which remained the same, even after Joseph L. Wolcott had taken an interest in it. Still later, when W. C. Hillman came into the firm, which had taken up dealing in oil, the latter phase of the business was organized as the Buckeye Supply Company. As the time passed it was determined that the two concerns mentioned above should combine under the name of the National Supply Company, and this is the company which is operating in Toledo' today. In order to give employment to the many employes who had stood so faithfully by the firm, the Shaw-Kendall Engineering Company, of which Mr. Shaw is president. was organized. in 1898. Mr. Kendall was its vice-president and general manager up to the time of his death, which occurred Aug. 15. 1909 William L. Brown is secretary. and 'William M. Bellman is treasurer. and latterly has acted as its manager. Mr. Shaw was also the moving spirit in the organization of the Marine Boiler Works plant on the East Side. and is now its vice-president ; and he was instrumental in the 262 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY establishment of the Dixon Engineering & Construction Company, of which he is the incumbent of the office of president. His other business relations include a directorship in the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company. In a social and fraternal way he is allied with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Country Club, and his wide reputation as a philanthropist has won him election as a trustee of the Humane Society. In the matter of politics he is a Republican, but has never sought elective office of any nature, although he served the community as trustee of the waterworks for two terms, and for twelve years was a member of the manual training school board. In religious matters he is allied with the Congregational Church. On June 9, 1869, Mr. Shaw was united in marriage with Miss Cornelia Dean, of Chicago, who was born near Pekin, Ill., and was a graduate of the Northwestern University, at Evanston, Ill. Mrs. Shaw departed this life. Nov. 13, 1905. A few months ago Mr. Shaw withdrew from active participation in the affairs of the business world, and now lives quietly retired at his home, 2038 Parkwood avenue. Henry P. Shanks, one of the prominent and influential members of the city council, and a well-known dealer in real estate, is descended directly from a long line of sturdy Scotch agriculturists, and is a native of the State of Ohio. He is the son of Peter and Jeanette (Weddell) Shanks, born May 26, 1848, at Scotch Ridge, Wood county, Ohio. The parents were both born near Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew to maturity and were married there. The father was engaged in agricultural pursuits, known in Scotland as a plowman, and, in this country, more prosaically, as a farmer, an occupation of life-long duration with him. The parents migrated to the United States, in 1833, with a party of some twenty people from their own vicinity. After landing. the party proceeded direct to Wood county, Ohio. where land was reasonable and the opportunities better, and formed a colony which they named Scotch Ridge. The old Presbyterian Church, which the first settlers erected, is still standing and is doing service as the meeting house of their descendants. Ten children were born to the parents, of whom six are now living. John, the eldest, is a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio. George and William enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil war and both met death the same day, in the battle of Chickamauga, as members of the corps which repulsed Longstreet's desperate attempt to break the Union line and swing the tide of victory to the Confederate side. John, Thomas and David were also members of the Union volunteer army during the war, making five members of the one family who evidenced their willingness to help blot out slavery. Thomas, David, Robert and Lewis are now following the occupation of farming, near Scotch Ridge. James and Jackson. former residents of Scotch Ridge, are now deceased. Henry P. Shanks, the subject of this memoir, is between David and Robert, in order of birth. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, he was too young to enlist, but his interest in the struggle was keen. When he had completed his studies in the common schools of the day, he accepted a position as clerk BIOGRAPHICAL - 263 in a dry-goods store, in Pemberville, Ohio, a position which he retained some three years. From there he removed to Perrysburg, Ohio, to fill a similiar position, with better opportunity for advancement. The ten years of his stay in Perrysburg convinced him that he could make an excellent stake by striking out for himself, and accordingly, at the end of that period, he migrated to Grand Rapids, Ohio, to open a general store of his own. The venture met with success from the start, and he developed a large business with the farmers in the vicinity, buying their butter and eggs and other produce and shipping to other large markets. After twenty years of residence in Grand Rapids, he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., to give his son the benefit of a university education, and when the latter had completed his collegiate work, six years later, he came to Toledo, in 1894. Here lie embarked in the real-estate business, in partnership with his son, under the firm name of H. P. Shanks & Son. Possessed of fine business acumen, unerring judgment and ability to "size up" a situation, Mr. Shanks' efforts have been crowned with success. Beside his interest in this business, he looks after a number of estates, of which he is administrator or trustee, and supervises the management of some farms he owns in Wood and Henry counties. In politics, Mr. Shanks is a stanch Republican and has done much to further the success of the party at the polls. During his residence in Wood county, he was at one time elected county treasurer, but the immediate demands of his business interests necessitated his resignation, after he had filed his bond and before he had taken his oath of office. In 1907, he stood as a candidate on the Republican ticket for member of the city council, from the Fifth ward, and when the votes had been counted it was found that he had won a sweeping victory. Again, in 1909, he was the party's candidate for the same position, and again went into office with a large majority. On Oct. 17, 1872, Mr. Shanks was united in marriage to Miss Marion Howard Las-key, a daughter of the late George Laskey, of Grand Rapids, for many years an influential merchant of that place. Mrs. Laskey is now a respected resident of Toledo, her home being located at the corner of Parkwood avenue and Virginia street. Mrs. Shanks was born and spent the earlier part of her life in Grand Rapids. To Mr. and Mrs. Shanks has been born one son, George L., now associated with his father in the real-estate business and conducting at the same time a prosperous insurance business. with William R. Sinclair, under the firm name of "The Shanks-Sinclair Company." George L. Shanks graduated at the Grand Rapids High School as a member of the class of 1882, and when his father and mother removed to Ann Arbor he took a three years' course in the literary department of the University of Michigan. Since his residence in Toledo he has been associated with his father and William R. Sinclair, as above mentioned. George L. Shanks is one of the prominent members of the Masonic order in Toledo, having passed through thirty-two .degrees of the order, and he is also influentially identified with the Toledo Business Men's Club. He makes his 264 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY home with his parents, at 1918 Monroe street, and his own and his father's offices are in the Valentine building. Henry Earle Riggs, senior member of the Riggs & Sherman Company, engineers, of Toledo, and for many years an eminent figure in the engineering and scientific worlds, is a native of the Sunflower State, having first beheld the light of day in the city of Lawrence, Kan., May 8, 1865. The Riggs family is of English origin, and the first member to settle in America was Edward Riggs, who emigrated from England in 1633 and located at Roxbury, Mass. His son, Edward, Jr., became a sergeant in the famous Pequot war in Connecticut, in 1637, and distinguished himself by his gallantry. He established his domicile at Derby, New Haven county, Connecticut, and his home was for many months the asylum of Whalen and Goff, two of the regicide judges who condemned King Charles I of England. In 1663 Edward Riggs, Jr., with a number of his neighbors, founded the city of Newark, N. J., and for many generations his descendants maintained their residences in the immediate vicinity of that place. His great-grandson, Gideon Riggs, and his great-great-grandson, Joseph Riggs, Sr., were gallant soldiers in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, and a grandson of Joseph Riggs, Sr., whose name was also Joseph, was the first member of the family to come to Ohio, locating, in 1818, at West Union. Adams county, afterward removing to the city of Portsmouth, Ohio, where he passed a long and exceptionally useful career, attaining to prominence in that region and engaging in the manufacture of iron. He married Rebecca Baldridge, daughter of Rev. William Baldridge. who was for many years prominent as a minister in the United Presbyterian Church ; who twice refused the presidency of Washington University (now Washington and Lee). at Lexington, Va., and who served throughout the Revolutionary war, as did his father, Alexander Baldridge, a planter of North Carolina. and his father-in-law, Col. James Agnew, of Pennsylvania. The third son of Joseph and Rebecca (Baldridge) Riggs was Samuel Agnew Riggs, who was born at Hanging Rock. Lawrence county, Ohio. March 1, 1835, and who became the father of the immediate subject of this memoir. He was graduated at Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson). in Pennsylvania, was admitted to the practice of law and afterward removed to Kansas. where he attained to eminence in legal. political and educational circles. He was United States District Attorney throughout the Civil war period ; was a member of the Home Guards during the war ; was one of the survivors of Quantrill's murderous raid on Lawrence, Kan.; was for many years a leading member of the Kansas bar ; was twice the Democratic nominee for Congress in the district in which he maintained his residence ; was elected circuit judge in a district which was overwhelmingly Republican, and was for many years a member of the faculty of the law school of the university at Lawrence, Kan. He was united in marriage to 'Miss Catherine Doane Earle, a native of Pittsburg, Pa., and a daughter of the Hon. Henry Earle of that place, who was of English-Dutch lineage and BIOGRAPHICAL - 265 a descendant of "Edward Earle of Secaucus," who settled in New Jersey in 1669, and of whom a few years later it was said. "he has the bravest plantation in the colonies" ; and he and Michael Jansen, one of the famous "council of nine" in New York State during Gov. Peter Stuyvesant's rule, were the original representatives of the Earle family in America. Edward Earle. the fourth of the name in direct line of descent from "Edward Earle of Secaucus," served as member of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. Henry E. Riggs, to whom this memoir is dedicated, acquired his collegiate training in the University of Kansas, in his native city. graduating in that institution as a member of the class of 1886. The University of Michigan granted his C. E. degree. From 1886 to 1890 he was associated with the engineering departments of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad companies. From March 1, 1890, to Jan. 1, 1896, he was chief engineer of the Ann Arbor Railroad Company, planning and supervising many improvements in this prop- erty during the period of receivership, and shortly after severing his connection with this road he became associated with the Riggs & Sherman Company, engineers, with which he has been identified ever since, and which has designed and constructed many railroad lines, among them being the Newton & Northwestern, in Iowa ; the Marion & Bluffton, in Indiana, and the Toledo Urban and Interurban. This concern has also designed various systems of sewerage. among which may be mentioned those at Sidney, Wellsville, Oxford. St. Marys and Jackson. in the State of Ohio, and those at Adrian, Coldwater. Grand Haven, Owosso, Pontiac and Charlotte, in the State of Michigan ; and it has designed numerous street pavement and waterworks improvements. In 1890, and again in 1894, Mr. Riggs was in complete charge of the civil engineering work in the appraisal of the railroads in the State of Michigan, being associated in this work with Prof. Mortimer E. Cooley. of the University of Michigan. to whom this gigantic task had been assigned by the State authorities. Mr. Riggs has served on various boards of appraisal and arbitration, and of late has devoted his time and attention largely to reports and valuations for banks and trust companies, and to expert investigation work in connection with various litigations. in which thousands of dollars' worth of property is involved. He has also engaged in many other lines of work. in which his expert knowledge as a civil engineer has been in great demand. and his professional duties have taken him as far west as the Rocky mountains, as far south as the Gulf of Mexico and as far east as the Atlantic seaboard. Mr. Riggs is affiliated with various clubs and societies, among which are the American Society of Engineers the Michigan Engineering Society, of which he was once president ; Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific fraternity ; the Toledo Engineers' Club, and the Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity. In religious matters he is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he has been an exceptionally active figure, having served as a member of both session and trustees of the 266 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Maumee church, as a delegate to the Synod, as a commissioner from the Maumee Presbytery to the General Assembly, and he is now trustee of Maumee Presbytery, and also a member of the Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions. In politics Mr. Riggs has not clung to the faith in which he was reared, as have the great majority of men, but has shown his independence of thought and action by aligning himself in the ranks of the Republican party ; and, though he has not aspired to the honors and emoluments of public office, he has, at the behest of his neighbors, for five successive times accepted election to the school board in his home town of Maumee. On Oct. 1, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Riggs to Miss Emma King Hynes, daughter of S. B. Hynes, late of Los Angeles, Cal., who at the time of his death was one of the best known railroad men in the West and Oriental traffic manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Northern Pacific railroad companies, being in general charge of the trans-Pacific business of these roads. Mr. Hynes was formerly also general manager of the Los Angeles Terminal railway ; was once general freight agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company ; was an honored veteran of the Civil war, and a man of lofty character and commanding ability. The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Riggs has been blessed by the birth of seven children—four daughters and three sons—namely, Ellen Earle, Genevieve, Emma, Catherine, Samuel Hynes, Joseph Agnew and Finley Baidridge. The Riggs family occupies a beautiful home in the village of Maumee, which is always open to their friends. John V. Newton, V. S., is the owner and surgeon-in-charge of the Newton Horse and Dog Hospital at 619 Walnut street. Toledo. well-known to the lovers and owners of valuable animals as a modern and up-to-date establishment, possessing every appliance and improvement which science has devised for the comfort and care of injured and diseased horses and dogs. Dr. Newton was born in Hastings county, Ontario, in 1850. son of Richard and Mary Elizabeth (Van Tassel) Newton. He received his early education at the district schools during the winter, while he worked on the farm in the summer months: He then entered a commercial school and remained for two winters, graduating in the regular course. At the age of twenty-one years, he left home and engaged in a manufacturing enterprise, with which he was occupied four years. He matriculated at Toronto University, in the Medical Department, studied one year, and at this time decided to adopt the profession of veterinary surgery. After graduation at the Ontario Veterinary College, in 1878, he came to Toledo, a stranger. and speedily attained the recognition his ability deserved, with the result as above stated. Dr. Newton is also the owner of a fine stock farm, called the "Newton Home," at West Toledo : he was the first man who had the enterprise to pay 52,000 for a draft stallion to improve the strain of stock of this country. At one time he owned a number of imported draft horses, but has since devoted his attention to standard bred, trotting and road horses and has in his stables some of the finest stock to be seen within many miles. BIOGRAPHICAL - 267 Dr. Newton was the first president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association, organized twenty-seven years ago ; he has been a director in the Toledo Humane Society since its organization, twenty-six years ago, is a director in the Lucas County Fair Association, is a charter member of the Toledo Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Oak Council National Union, the Business Men's Club, the Yacht Club and the Masonic order. In the last organization he has taken the thirty-second degree and belongs to the Mystic Shrine.. In 1872, Mr. Newton was united in marriage to Miss Sabra Ketcheson and they became the parents of the following children : Edward Richard, John C., Sabra and Maude. Edward resides in Chicago ; John C. is the present sheriff of Lucas county and the father of two children ; Sabra married A. L. Hoffman, of Toledo, and has one son ; Maude E. is the wife of H. H. Hillman of Vincennes, Ind., and has two daughters. Mrs. Newton died in March, 1900, and, in 1901, Dr. Newton married Mrs. Elizabeth E. Harris. whose son, W. R. Harris, resides with Mr. and Mrs. Newton. The family residence is located at 621 Walnut street, in close proximity to the hospital, where Dr. Newton is often obliged to respond to emergency calls. Dr. Newton has always been broadly interested in political affairs and has made an able and efficient public officer in several different capacities. In 1894 he was elected county commissioner ; in 1899 he was elected sheriff, re-elected in 1901, and he held that office during the erection of the new courthouse and county jail and was the first sheriff to have charge of the new jail upon its completion. At the present time, Dr. Newton's time and experienced judgment are principally devoted to the government of his hospital, which is a model in every. particular ; he employs a staff of assistants, of whom Dr. Reuben Hilty and Dr. John M. Coffin are at the head, and no effort is spared by any member of the force to give the most careful and untiring attention to the animals entrusted to their charge. Dr. Newton is a man who studies and keeps abreast of every new discovery in veterinary surgery and he applies his knowledge with discriminating wisdom. No member of his profession is more in demand in consultation in difficult cases than Dr. Newton. and his opinions are heard with great respect by his fellow practitioners. George P. Kirby, who for upward of thirty years has been prominently identified with the legal fraternity in Toledo, and now a member of the firm of Hamilton & Kirby, attorneys and counselors at law, with offices at 923 Ohio Building, is a native of the great Empire State, having first beheld the light of day in the city of Troy, Rensselaer county, New York, Aug. 9, 1838. r He is a son of Peter and Charlotte (Bernard) Kirby, both of whom were natives of England, the former having been born in the classic city of Oxford. and the latter in the borough of Reading. George P. Kirby lived in his native State and acquired his elementary educational training in the public schools in the vicinity of his boyhood home. While he was yet a lad, his parents came to Michigan, and when nineteen years of age he came to Toledo, arriving in this city, Sept. 6, 1877; and on May 3, 1881, after diligent and thorough 268 - MEMOIRS OF LI:CAS COUNTY study of the underlying principles of the law, he received his certificate entitling him to plead the cause of clients before the various tribunals of the State and Nation. He at once established himself in practice in Toledo, where he has ever since been a very busy practitioner. Forceful, clear and concise, his logic commends itself alike to court and jury. and his tireless energy in the cause of justice has placed him prominently in the public view. He is a strict observer of the ethics of his profession ; he avoids everything resembling pettifogging; he is a liberal and public-spirited citizen, and commands to the fullest extent the respect and esteem of his brother attorneys as well as the confidence and regard of his clients. Always interested in the public weal, he has aligned himself in the ranks of the Republican party and, though not an active politician in the ordinary understanding of the term, he has contributed much to the signal success of his party ; though he endeavors to exercise his prerogative in the interests of the public welfare, realizing that whatever is of benefit to the community as a whole is also to his private interest. He is a Mason in good standing, being affiliated with the various bodies of York and Scottish Rite Masonry, and also holds membership in the Royal Arcanum, the National Union, the Toledo Club and the Unitarian Church. On March 26, 1883, Mr. Kirby was happily united in marriage to Miss Kate F. Krieger, daughter of Louis and Katherine (Ohler) Krieger, of Toledo, and of this union have been born three children : Esther, deceased; George P., Jr., and Paul B. The Kirby home is at 2263 Parkwood avenue. John Carl Werder, deceased, a gallant soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. for many years a substantial business man of Toledo and Sylvania. and later an enterprising farmer in the immediate vicinity of the latter place, was born in Switzerland, Sept. 13. 1847, a son of Carl and Barbara (Whitmer) Werder, both of whom were also natives of the above country. The immediate subject of this sketch left the land of his birth in his early youth and emigrated to the United States, coming directly to the 'State of Ohio. In January, 1864. though just past sixteen years of age, he enlisted as a private in Company H, Fourteenth Ohio infantry, to serve three years, as a member of which regiment Mr. Werder participated in many of the most important engagements of the war, experiencing active service in the Atlanta campaign and in numerous other encounters. He was mustered out with his regiment at Louisville. Ky.. July 11, 1865. Soon after the close of the war Mr. Werder located in the city of Toledo. where for several years he was successfully engaged in the liquor business. Later, he removed to Bay City, Mich.. and embarked in the lumber business, in which he continued for seven years, at the expiration of which he disposed of his interests there and removed to Toledo, where for several years he was again engaged in the liquor business. Later, he disposed of his property there and purchased the beautiful farm in the vicinity of Sylvania village, whereon he was profitably engaged in agricultural pursuits for about three years. and upon which his widow now resides. In his political proclivities, Mr. Werder was BIOGRAPHICAL - 269 ever a loyal Republican, his first presidential ballot having been cast in the fall of 1868 for a former comrade-in-arms, Gen. U. S. Grant. During his later years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Pioneers. On Aug. 3, 1867, he was united in holy matrimony to Miss Lizzie Heiser, daughter of Henry and Christina Heiser, of Germany. Four children were born of this happy union, only one of whom survives : namely, Carl A., who was married, April 2, 1906, to Miss Marie Ganyo, daughter of William Ganyo, and is one of the thrifty, prosperous young men of the community wherein he resides the other children passed away in infancy. On Aug. 3, 1906, Mr. Werder received the summons to the life eternal, leaving his bereaved wife, his devoted son and a large number of friends to mourn his -loss. The highest tribute is due him. He made his own way in the world by his industry, frugality, intelligence, and a loyal devotion to duty. While he enjoyed a generous measure of prosperity, it was not at the expense of his fellow men, for he helped those in humble circumstances to better their condition, and not one cent of the possessions he left was dishonestly acquired. Naturally, he enjoyed the respect and friendship of those around him, and when, in response to "taps," he joined the ranks of his "silent comrades," the world was better for his having lived in it. James Burton Dosson, who for more than twenty 'years has been engaged in the carriage and vehicle business, and whose name has ever been a synonym for energy, honesty and progress, is a product of the State of Tennessee and her institutions, his birth having occurred in the little village of Rhea Springs, Rhea county, March 21, 1868. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, and progenitors on both paternal and maternal sides of the family were gallant soldiers in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war and rendered effective service in the expulsion of British tyranny from the American colonies. The first representatives of the family in Tennessee settled there in about 1800, after having emigrated from their former homes in old Virginia and North Carolina. Reuben Drown, the great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, built the first brick house in Bledsoe county, Tennessee, which house was used as a hospital by the soldiers of the Federal army during the winter of 1862-63. nearly 4.000 of whom were at that time encamped on the plantation awaiting an opportunity to annihilate Champ Ferguson and his men. James B. Dosson is a son of John Francis and Sarah (Hutcheson) Dosson, the former of whom was born in Loudon. Loudon county, Tennessee, April 17, 1840, and the latter first beheld the light of day in Pikeville, Bledsoe county, in the same State. June 20, 1842. The father was a valiant soldier in the great Civil war, enlisting May 17, 1861, as a private in Company D. Nineteenth Tennessee infantry, and serving until the close of hostilities. The immediate subject of this review was reared in his native country of Rhea. Tennessee, and there received his primary educational training in the public 270 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY schools, after which he attended Cook Academy at Carp. Tenn., preparatory to entering the Tennessee Valley College at Evansville, also in Rhea county. Shortly after having attained his legal majority, he went to Chattanooga and embarked in the carriage and vehicle business, in which he has been continuously engaged ever since. He remained in Chattanooga for three years and then travelled for three years for Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing, Company. In 1897, he came to Toledo as manager for the Columbia Buggy Company and remained in that position for one year, when he purchased the business in which he has continued ever since. In his political proclivities Mr. Dosson remains loyal to the faith in which he was reared, being a Democrat of the unwavering type, and, though taking a keen interest in all matters pertaining to the public welfare, especially those of a local nature, he has but little time to devote to politics and has never fostered aspirations for a public career. He is held in high regard by all who know him and has been an active factor in the commercial development of the city. On July 28, 1897, Mr. Dosson and Miss Fannie Laurentz were happily united in marriage, and they have no children. They reside at 425 Irving street, Toledo, and are associated with the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, and Mr. Dosson is vice-president of the Baptist Brotherhood of that church. Washington Harris Huling, deceased, for fifty-two years a prominent and influential resident of the village of Sylvania and vicinity. was born in Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, July 8, 1822, and passed away in Sylvania, May 16, 1890, at the age of sixty-eight. While Mr. Huling was still in his youth, his father died and, in 1838, he and his devoted mother migrated to Ohio and settled in Sylvania, when he was in his seventeenth year. His educational advantages were those afforded in the common schools of his native State and those of Sylvania, in which village he commenced his independent career by embarking in the dry goods business, in which he was engaged consecutively for more than forty years. For many years he also conducted a cooper shop in Sylvania and owned and operated a fertile and productive dairy farm in the immediate vicinity thereof. He was very unfortunate in the matter of fires, for at different times his large dairy barn, his cooper shop and two of his store buildings, with a large quantity of mercantile stock, were completely consumed by flames, and another of his store buildings was also burned to the ground shortly after his demise. Undaunted by such calamities, he immediately rebuilt along more extensive lines than formerly and business was soon being conducted as though nothing had occurred. In his political faith he was a staunch Republican, of the uncompromising type, ever ready to do all within his power to achieve a triumphant victory for his party. He did not cherish aspirations for a public career, though at different times he was selected by the electors of the township to discharge the duties of the office of town clerk and treasurer. For many years he was a member of the Congregational Church, in all departments of which he was an active worker, and for a number of years he officiated as a member BIOGRAPHICAL - 211 of the board of trustees thereof. Mr. Huling was twice married : first, in 1843, to Miss Mary Allen, of Sylvania, of which union there were born three children, all of whom died in infancy. This wife died in 1852, and on April 7, 1853, he was happily united in marriage to Miss Clara L. Forbes, daughter of Alexander and Sophia (Styles) Forbes, of York, Medina county, Ohio. There were no children born of this union. Mr. Huling was a splenid example of a "self-made man." Left fatherless at a tender age, he was forced to rely on his own resources, and thus very early in life acquired the arduous lesson of self-dependence. His genial, kindly disposition made him hosts of friends in every walk of life, who sincerely lamented his death. He was public-spirited to an extreme degree and strongly supported every movement for the upbuilding of the community and the establishment and maintenance of good government. He was ever benevolent toward the poor and came to be recognized as one of Sylvania's most charitable and progressive citizens. 'While he enjoyed a generous measure of prosperity, it was not at the expense of his fellow-men, for he repeatedly helped others to better their circumstances, and not one cent of the possessions he left was dishonestly acquired. Naturally he enjoyed the friendship and esteem of those around him, and when he joined the "silent throng" the world was better for his having lived in it. At the time of the Civil war he was commissioned major of volunteers in an Ohio regiment, but was never called out. Ambrose B. Comstock, one of the representative farmers of Sylvania, was born in Cooperstown, Ostego county, New York, Oct. 23, 1830, a son of Beebe and Louisa (Parker) Comstock, the former of whom was born in Hartwick, Ostego county, New York, Nov. 5, 1799, and the latter in Weston, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, Jan. 25, 1809. In 1833, when Ambrose Comstock was but three years of age, the family migrated to Ohio, coming directly to Sylvania, the journey from Toledo to Sylvania having been made on foot, the mother bearing the subject of this sketch in her arms all the way. The father purchased a tract of land, upon which a portion of the village of Sylvania now stands, and here the family located. The land was then covered with the native timber, but the father reclaimed the greater portion of it to cultivation and made many excellent improvements of a permanent nature. He became one of the substantial farmers of the community and passed the residue of his life on this homestead, where he died Aug. 17, 1869, in the fullness of years and honored and highly respected by all who knew him. His devoted wife, who in the old pioneer days used to think nothing of walking to Toledo and back of an afternoon for the purpose of securing the mail, was summoned to her reward, Oct. 5, 1899, at the advanced age of ninety. The subject of this review was reared on the home farm and early began to contribute his quota to its work, in the meanwhile availing himself of the advantages of the local schools. He has continuously resided upon the old parental farmstead in Sylvania, where he is generally recognized as one of the thrifty, progressive and public-spirited citizens of the com- 272 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY munity, and commands in fullest measure the unreserved respect of his fellow-townsmen. Mr. Comstock was a gallant soldier in the Union army during the great Civil war, having enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio infantry, which regiment was organized at Johnson's Island, Ohio, for one hundred days of service, and was composed of the First regiment Ohio National Guard from Lucas county, and the Seventy-fifth battalion Ohio National Guard, from Fulton county. Mr. Comstock experienced active service in numerous skirmishes along the Shenandoah and James river valleys in the vicinity of Richmond, and Petersburg and Monocacy, and in the intrenchments before 'Washington. He was mustered from the service at Toledo, Sept. 22, 1864. He was united in marriage to Miss Cadelia Keeler in 1859. In politics he has been aligned in the ranks of the Republican party ever since the birth of that organization and has rejoiced in its triumphs and sorrowed in its defeats. His active interest in his former comrades-in-arms is signalized by his membership in Post 247 of the Grand Army of the Republics His life has been one of exceptional industry, great frugality and uncompromising devotion to duty, as a result of which he sees the evening of his days crowned with a satisfactory success. Nearly fourscore years have passed since he left the place of his birth, back in the old Empire State. and became a resident of Sylvania, and in the meantime his honored parents, many of his comrades-in-arms, and a great number of the bosom -friends of his early manhood have joined the ranks of the "silent majority." He patiently awaits the approbation of the Master's—"well done thou good and faithful servant." Henry Heeman, a resident of Toledo for more than fifty-six Years. during which time he has been prominently identified with industrial and insurance lines of business, and for the past eighteen years senior member of the firm of Heeman, Krauz & Company, life insurance brokers, is a product of Germany and her institutions, his birth haying occurred in Hanover, Prussia, Aug. 20, 1831. He is a son of Ernest and Mary (Astauss) Heeman, both of whom were also natives of Hanover, where the father was for many years engaged in the agricultural industry, and where both spent their entire lives. The immediate subject of this memoir acquired his educational training in the common schools of his native land and then learned the carriage and wagon-maker's trade, which he pursued until the summer of 1854, when he left the land of his birth and set sail for America, landing in New York City, Aug. 13 of that year, and arriving in Toledo five days later, just two days prior to the twenty-third anniversary of his birth. Toledo was then a small lake port of some 6.000 inhabitants, and as Mr. Heeman was unable to procure employment along the line of his trade he followed carpentry in the city for some time, and then entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company, constructing several bridges, elevators and other structures for this company. In 1859, he accepted employment with the firm of Wilder & Hall, sash. door and blind manufacturers. of Toledo, the name of which firm was later altered to Wilder & Hitchcock, and then to Hitch- BIOGRAPHICAL - 273 cock & Walbridge. Mr. Heeman started in with this concern as a general factotum about the establishment. but gradually developed into a first class mechanic and finally became foreman of the carpenter and joiners' department, occupying this position until the dissolution of the concern. Afterward, he became interested in the Wales Manufacturing Company, in which he was foreman for some eight or ten months, after which he withdrew from the concern and became foreman for William Peters, who in the meantime had purchased the establishment of the former firm of Hitchcock & Walbridge. in which capacity Mr. Heeman continued until the plant was destroyed by fire, in 1881. He then built himself a house and several cottages and, in 1883. entered the life insurance business as a solicitor ; later becoming a member of the firm- of Heeman and (Theodore) Smith. insurance brokers and general agents of the Germania, Pennsylvania and Teutonia Life Insurance companies. Mr. Heeman was associated with Theodore Smith for nine years and then, in 1892, entered into his present partnership with Mr. Krauz, which firm became general agents for the following life insurance companies : the Teutonia of Dayton, Ohio ; the Wheeling of Wheeling, W. Va. the Cincinnati Underwriters ; the Delaware of Philadelphia, and the Reliance, also of Philadelphia. Mr. Heeman was actively engaged in the business until the death of his wife, in 1900. Mr. Heeman was united in marriage, in 1850, to Miss Mary Schrieber. of Hanover, Germany-, and of this onion have been born four children—one daughter. who is married ; and three sons—Louis H.. who resides in Cleveland. Ohio ; Albert G., who lives at 220 Sumner street, Toledo ; and Theodore J., of Detroit, Mich. ; all of whom are engaged in the railroad business. In political matters, Mr. Heeman is an independent, keeping himself well informed on questions pertaining to the public weal, and casting his ballot in according with his estimation of the relative merits of men and measures. He is an honored member of the .German Pioneers' Society of Toledo. Horatio P. McGovern is the owner of a finely equipped farm near the corporation limits of Maumee, Lucas county, and his success in life has been due to a more than ordinary native ability, coupled with a determination that never quailed in the presence of serious obstacles. He was born in Maumee, Ohio, July 1, 1868, and is the son of Patrick and Margaret (Finnegan) McGovern. The father was born in Ireland, the year of his birth being 1822, and the mother was born in Connecticut in 1834. Her parents removed from the Nutmeg State to Canada, later to Sandusky, Ohio, and thence to Maumee, where she met and married Patrick McGovern, the happy event taking place in 1853. Her father was, by trade, a stonecutter and contractor. Patrick McGovern was engaged in the grocery and livery business during the greater part of his active career, though in the early years of his life he followed the trade of a cloth weaver in his native country, Ireland. He came to Maumee in 1849, and there he resided the remainder of his life, dying in October, 1904, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife had previously passed away in the same year, at the age 274 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY of sixty-eight. To this honored couple there were born eight children. John W., the eldest, died in 1904; Regina is living at the old home in Maumee ; George is at present superintending the former business of his father, and resides at the old home, as does also Ida ; Agnes is deceased ; Horatio P. is mentioned more at length in the after part of this review ; Margaret resides at the old home, and Julia is the wife of Peter Merickle, of Fort Wayne, Ind. The children are all unmarried, with the exception of the last named. Horatio P. McGovern, to whom this review is more particularly dedicated, received his education in the public and parochial schools of Maumee, and after leaving school he immediately connected himself with his father in the grocery and livery business in Maumee, remaining so employed for several years. In 1890 he went to Toledo and engaged in the wholesale grocery business six" years. In 1896 he returned to Maumee and again entered the grocery and livery business with his father. Upon the death of the latter, in 1904, he engaged in farming near Maumee, and has been so employed up to the present time. Aside from his business operations, Mr. McGovern takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, and politically is a strong adherent of the Democratic party, expressing his views and exercising his influence in the way that he deems for the best interests of the country. He served on the Maumee city council from 1899 to 1901, and while the incumbent of that position he was one of the strongest advocates and promoters of the installation of an electric light plant in the municipality. He served as mayor of Maumee during the years 1908-09, and was instrumental in promoting the paving of the streets, some of which was done in his administration of the office. His religious faith is expressed by an active membership in St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Maumee, and in this, as in the secular affairs of life, he is ever found ready to perform the duties that fall to his lot. The old McGovern homestead is located at the corner of Broadway and Conant streets, in Maumee, and there the subject of this review resides, enjoying the companionship of his brother and sisters. The brother, George A. McGovern, is managing the livery business at the present time under the name of P. McGovern's Son. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Hoag, who for the last fifteen years has been actively engaged in the real estate business in Toledo. is a native of this State, having been horn in Genoa, Ottawa county, Ohio. on Christmas day, in the year 1866. A grand-uncle on the paternal side was a gallant soldier in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, enacting a valiant role in the annihilation of British misrule in the American colonies. and two of her uncles, Thomas and Dr. Walter Scott, were numbered among the earlier settlers of the Empire State. She is a relative of Mrs. Caroline (Scott) Harrison, daughter of Dr. John W. Scott. the famous educator, and widow of the late President Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. Hoag is of good old English-Scotch stock ; her father. Benjamin Scott, though born in the State of New Jersey, was of Scottish lineage, and her mother, Lydia (Kent) Scott, was