TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 351 that field until 1911, when he retired from business, at which time he was secretary of what is now the Toledo Title Company. In 1876 Mr. Lemmon was united in marriage to Miss Kitty Zahm of Seneca county, Kansas, who died five years later, leaving one son, Reuben Compton Lemmon, who has since passed away. In 1885 Charles H. Lemmon was again married, his second union being with Harriet A. Weck of Toledo. They traveled life's journey happily together for more than a third of a century and were then separated by the death of Mr. Lemmon on the 14th of February, 1919. He is survived by his wife and a son of the second marriage, Charles Hermon Lemmon, Jr., who at the time of his father's demise was serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He is now a practicing attorney in the office of the well known law firm of Doyle & Lewis. He married Dorothy Richards of Toledo and they are well known in the social circles of this city. He is of the third generation of the family to be connected with the Toledo bar. His grandfather was judge of the common pleas court for twenty years and each representative of the name in successive generations has made for himself a most creditable position as an attorney. In his law practice Charles H. Lemmon was painstaking and careful. He avoided court action except as a last resort and he held high ideals concerning the obligations and the functions of a lawyer, never stooping to any unfair or unjust methods, even though his clients might benefit thereby. He thoroughly believed in a square deal in business transactions and vigorously condemned any action that would not bear the light of day or stand the most critical investigation. His word could always be relied upon and his life record testified to the uprightness of his heart and mind. Those who knew him intimately appreciated his good qualities and bear witness to his high character and sterling worth. Politically he was a democrat but not a bitter partisan. Fraternally he was a thirty-second degree Mason and also a member of Palestine Chapter of the Eastern Star. His life was actuated by high Christian principles and purposes, although he did not become identified with any church. He belonged to the Toledo Bar Association and his professional brethren entertained for him warm regard, while in every relation of life he measured up to those high standards which made him esteemed both as a man and as a citizen. JOSEPH L. ACKER Joseph L. Acker, conducting a large undertaking business as senior partner in the firm of Joseph L. Acker & Son at Toledo, was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, August 15, 1868, his parents being Anthony and Elizabeth (Weaver) Acker. The father, who devoted his life to carpentering, passed away August 15, 1874. Joseph L. Acker obtained his education in St. Peter's parochial school of Toledo and started out in the business world as an employe in a cigar store. He afterward spent two years on a farm and then abandoned agricultural pursuits to enter the employ of the Gendron Wheel Company in this city, with which he remained for twenty-two years, thoroughly acquainting himself with various phases of the business and winning promotion until he became inspector and foreman of one of the departments. In 1901 he took up the business of undertaking as a member of the firm of Senn & Acker and this association was maintained for twelve years, or until 1913, when Mr. Acker purchased the interest of his partner and was joined by his son and namesake, Joseph L. Acker, Jr., under the firm style of Joseph 352 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY L. Acker & Son. The father was also at one time president of the Corn City Savings Association. On the 18th of April, 1896, Mr. Acker was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Pfefferle of Toledo and they have become parents of three children, Joseph L., Mary and Paul, the sons being educated in St. John's College of Toledo, while Mary was educated in the Ursuline Convent of Toledo and the Ursuline Convent at Tiffin, Ohio. She also attended the Notre Dame Academy at Toledo. The religious faith of the family is manifest in their membership in St. Mary's Catholic church. Mr. Acker belongs to the National Union, is president of the State Utidertakers Association and also belongs to the Toledo Automobile Club, to the Knights of Columbus, and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is well known in this city, where he has made his home throughout the greater part of his life, and he is recognized as one of the foremost undertakers in northwestern Ohio. MRS. FRANK IRVIN GREEN Mrs. Frank Irvin Green, widely known in the musical circles of Toledo as a vocalist and teacher of voice, was in her maidenhood Miss Adah Leaver. She was born in Pultneyville, New York, a daughter of William J. and Mary E. (Fish) Leaver. Her mother was a daughter of Major Chauncey Fish of Wayne county, New York, prominent in the Civil war, whose ancestors were of Massachusetts stock, soldiers in the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary war. Her father was for half a century a captain on the Great Lakes and when his daughter Adah was seven years of age removed with his family to Toledo. In this city, therefore, she acquired her education, and although very desirous of receiving musical instruction, it was necessary for her to enter the business world for a time in order to make it possible to pursue the study of music. Later, however, she had the best instructors in voice and piano in Toledo and also studied much by herself, using to the fullest extent the instructions of her teachers. Her first public appearance was at a benefit concert given at Memorial Hall in 1899. Later she went to Chicago, where she became a pupil of Robert Boice Carson, and on her return to Toledo in 1907 she gave a recital with Edgar Nelson of Chicago, pianist, noted organist and coach. She immediately began teaching voice through private lessons and class work and numbers among her pupils many promising young singers. Through the intervening years Mrs. Green has given many recitals in Toledo and vicinity. She appeared at the first Sunday afternoon concert given at the Art Museum in 1914 and many times since, also for the Children's Hour on Saturdays. She took the part of Maggie Nelson in "The Spring Bonnet" operetta in 1916 and sang the soprano solos in the Messiah, given by the Toledo Oratorio Society in 1918. She has worked with almost every musical organization in Toledo and has sung for the Young Women's Christian Association, the Young Men's Christian Association, lodges, churches, clubs and, in fact, for almost every notable public gathering in the city. About 1920 Mrs. Green studied with Joseph Sainton, an eminent English instructor of voice. She is a member of the Washington Congregational church and is soprano soloist with the quartet of this church. She became a member of the Eurydice Club in 1904 and served as its secretary in 1910 and as TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 353 treasurer from 1912 until 1918. She was one of the three founders of the Monday Musical Club, of which she became, the first secretary and of which she was later elected vice president. She is a member of the Toledo Choral Society and of the new opera company being organized in Toledo among the city's best singers and is serving on one of its. committees. She is also a member of the Toledo Woman's Club and the Forsyth Relief Corps. During the war she gave- freely of her time to musical entertainment among the soldiers in the camps, thus doing much to enliven their leisure hours, and later for the American Legion in caring for the wounded soldiers. She has sung with success for the radio. In this connection one of the local papers, under date of November 22, 1922, wrote as follows : "Mrs. Frank I Green, soprano, was given a reception Wednesday night by radio enthusiasts She was one of the featured soloists on The Blade radio program, which was broadcast by the Service Radio Equipment Company through its station, WJK. Scores of telephone calls were received requesting that Mrs. Green continue to sing after her allotted time had expired." Mrs. Green has always cherished great ambitions for Toledo musically and has been most prodigal of her own talents in assisting in the leading musical entertainments of the city, finding her reward in the joy of service and in her desire to give Toledo an impetus toward higher musical taste and development. It was in June, 1894, that Adah Leaver became the wife of Frank I. Green, until recently engaged in the grocery business. They have one son, Raymond L. Green, who has taken both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Michigan, with the intention of entering upon the practice of law in Toledo. LYMAN SPITZER Lyman Spitzer, president and general manager of the Spitzer Paper Box Company of Toledo, occupies a prominent position in the business and financial circles of this city, due not only to the fact that he is a representative of one of the leading families here but also by reason of the individual strength of his character, his resourcefulness and his adaptability. He is a son of Adelbert Lorenzo and Sarah Elizabeth (Strong) Spitzer, mentioned at length on another page of this work. Lyman Spitzer was reared in Toledo, where he received his high school education, subsequently was a student in the Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, and afterward entered Yale, where he completed his course in 1902. He entered upon his business career in connection with the New York office of Spitzer & Company, bonds and investment securities, of which his, father was the senior partner. This was the New York branch of the Toledo house of that name, and Lyman Spitzer remained in that connection for a year. He also spent a year in Maine as a traveling representative of the bond department and in 1905 returned to Toledo, where he entered the office of the Spitzer company, thus continuing for three years. He then entered the real estate end of the business and for ten years was the manager of the Spitzer and Nicholas buildings, two of the largest and finest steel construction office buildings of the city, and the first erected in Toledo. In 1915 Lyman Spitzer purchased the controlling interest in the National Paper Box Company of this city and remained active in the management of the business until he responded to the country's call for service in the World war. He joined the 354 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY army and was made a captain, remaining on duty until discharged in December, 1918, Returning to his home, he reorganized the paper box business under the name of the Spitzer Paper Box Company, of which he is the president and general manager, and which employs seventy-five people. He is also a director and treasurer of the Spitzer Building Company. On the 19th of September, 1906, Mr. Spitzer was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Carey Brumback, eldest daughter of Hon. Orville S. and Jennie (Carey) Brumback of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Spitzer have four children : Lydia Carey, Luette Ruth, Lyman, Jr., born in July, 1914 ; and John Brumback, born March 6, 1918. Mr. Spitzer, while actively identified with various important business interests, has always found time for participation in those plans and projects which are looking to the benefit and upbuilding of the community. For two terms he was president of the Boy Scout Council and was for a time chairman of the finance committee of the. American Legion. He belongs to the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club and the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club. He possesses a splendid library, and much of his leisure is spent there,. where he has familiarized himself with many of the master minds of various ages. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he was a nominee for the position of state senator in 1920. For two years he served as councilman of Toledo from the seventh ward and for two years he was a member of the park board through. appointment of Brand Whitlock, well known minister to Belgium at the time of the World war. Mr. Spitzer is likewise identified with the Chamber. of Commerce, of which he has served as a director. During the World war he did special work, being attached to the general staff. The interests and activities of his life are well' balanced, leading to that normal physical, mental and moral development which goes far toward producing ideal manhood. Mr. Spitzer's residence is at No. 448 West Woodruff avenue. CHARLES FAYETTE CHAPMAN Charles Fayette Chapman, one of the most prominent lawyers of Toledo, and a member of the firm of Tracy, Chapman & Welles, was born at Millbury, Ohio, November 14, 1875, a son of Charles F. and Philinda (Tracy) Chapman. He obtained his public and high school education at Perrysburg, Ohio, and prepared for the legal profession in the law department of the University of Michigan and also studied in the offices of. King & Tracy, prominent attorneys of Toledo. Mr. Chapman was admitted to the bar in 1898, and later was admitted to practice in all the United States courts. He began active practice with the firm of King, Tracy, Chapman & Welles, and on the retirement of Harry E. King from that firm in 1914, it was succeeded by that of Tracy, Chapman & Welles, which has for years ranked as one of the foremost law firms of Toledo. Mr. Chapman has been very successful in his profession and the earnestness, tenacity and courage with which he defends the right as he understands it challenges the highest admiration of his contemporaries. A profound, astute and versatile lawyer, his career at the Toledo bar has been brilliant and with a most creditable record of achievement. He enjoys an exceptionally high class clientele, which he has represented in some of the most important litigation that has come up before the courts of northern Ohio. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 357 On the 25th of October, 1902, Mr. Chapman was married to Miss Elisabeth M. Hanson of Perrysburg, Ohio. They are members of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Chapman is identified with the Toledo Club and the Chamber of Commerce, while along strictly professional lines he has membership with the Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar associations. Mr. Chapman's residence is at No. 2033 Mt. Vernon avenue, Westmoreland. JACOB RAPPARLIE Jacob Rapparlie, a pioneer wagon manufacturer of Toledo, has been closely identified with the growth and development of the city for more than a half century and an active factor in its progress. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 7, 1851, a son of John and Katherine (Hedrick) Rapparlie, both of whom were of German birth and came to the United States in the early '30s. The father at first worked on the canal between Napoleon and Defiance, Ohio, and later he engaged in blacksmithing. Going to Cleveland, he there entered business circles but subsequently removed to Toledo, where he passed away in 1900. The mother's demise occurred in 1880. Jacob Rapparlie attended the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and afterward assisted his father in cultivating the home farm near Fremont, that state. For six years he was thus occupied and in 1869 he came to Toledo, purchasing a corner lot at No. 301 South St. Clair street, where he is now located. He learned the blacksmith's trade under the direction of his father and about 1869 began the manufacture of wagons, being one of the pioneers in this line in Toledo. Owing to his skill and ability it has not been difficult for him to maintain a position of leadership in his chosen occupation and with the passing years his business has steadily grown, keeping pace with the development of the city, until it has reached substantial proportions, while his commercial transactions have at all times balanced up with the principles of truth and honor. In Toledo Mr. Rapparlie was married to Miss Louisa Schettler and they have become the parents of five children : Louisa is the widow of Louis Siedel and is a resident of this city; Arthur C., a graduate of the high school and the Toledo Business College, is associated with his father in his manufacturing operations. He married Miss Olga Liebold, by whom he has two daughters, Irma and Bernice ; Charles J., deceased, was married and became the father of one child, Charline ; Edward A. attended the public schools and the Tri-State Business University of this city and is likewise associated with his father in business. He married Miss Eva A. Bally; Amelia is the wife of Edwin Dusha of this city and they have a daughter, Doris. Mr. Rapparlie is a member of the First English Lutheran church and his political support is given to the men and measures of the republican party. He is a stalwart champion of everything pertaining to the welfare and upbuilding of Toledo and is an active and helpful member of the Chamber of Commerce. His fraternal relations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and his identification with the latter organization covers a period of twenty-four years. He is a self-made man, before whom the door of opportunity has swung open because of his persistence and determination and the fact that he has continued in the field which he first entered is one reason 358 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY for his gratifying success, for the passing years have brought to him the experience and skill which make him an expert in his line of work. He is widely and favorably known in the city in which he has so long resided and the respect which is accorded him is well deserved. BARFIELD BENJAMIN GRANTHAM Barfield Benjamin Grantham, a Toledo realtor, who has conducted an extensive business and worked his way upward along lines that have contributed to the city's benefit, growth and improvement, as well as to the upbuilding of his own fortune, is now the president of the Grantham Realty Company. This, however, is but a corporate name for a business of which he is sole owner. Mr. Grantham, early left an orphan, spent his youthful days amid the hills and pine forests of North Carolina, where he worked in the turpentine districts and also as a common laborer on a railroad. His natal day was August 27, 1875, and his birthplace in Sampson county, North Carolina. His father, Needham Grantham, was born in Wayne county, that state, and was descended from a long line of Scotch ancestors. The family was founded in the new world, however, at an early epoch in the development of North Carolina and Grantham township was named in their honor. Needham Grantham was in the seventy-second year of his age when his son, B. B. Grantham, was born. He had married Molly Porter, who was of Scotch parentage. Her mother was almost one hundred and one years of age at the time of her death. She had a family of fourteen children and Mr. and Mrs. Grantham became the parents of six children : Mrs. Silas Hood, Hiram, Mrs. Henry Thornton and Mrs. Thomas Thornton, all residents of North Carolina ; and Barfield and John, now of Toledo. Barfield Benjamin Grantham was but four years of age at the time of his parents' death and the orphaned children were scattered and grew up in separate homes. He lived with his uncle, Fred Grantham, until he reached the age of eleven years and then, owing to his uncle's death, was thrown upon his own resources. Penniless, he started out to earn a living and soon proved himself adequate to the task. When but fifteen years of age he borrowed money with which to buy tools and employ men for opening a turpentine farm in North Carolina, which he conducted for a year and then sold, while later he became a track layer for a railroad company. A year and a half later he went to Richmond, Virginia, where he was employed in a carriage factory. He also worked with a lumber company as superintendent of the cutting and hauling of timber to the mills and thus the time passed until he determined to try his fortune elsewhere. It seems a far stride from that position to a dominant one in the real estate circles of northwestern Ohio, yet not by leaps and bounds has he reached his present position of leadership as a Toledo realtor. On the contrary his progress has been wrought out by persistent labor, indefatigable energy and undaunted enterprise. He was nineteen years of age, when in the spring of 1894 he left the south and made his way toward Racine, Wisconsin. He arrived in Toledo on the .21st of May and never completed his journey to his original destination but has remained a resident of this section of the country first securing employment on the farm of Thomas Chandler, who at that time lived at Riga, in Lenawee county, Michigan, a few miles northwest of Toledo. He devoted two TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 361 years to farm labor there and during that time won the love of the daughter of the household, Miss Nama R. Chandler, whom he later wedded. Believing that he might have better business opportunities in the city Mr. Grantham became an employe in a large bicycle factory here in 1896 and after spending some time in the employ of two such establishments he began business on his own account as a manufacturer of certain bicycle parts but the bicycle was passing out of popular favor and after a year the business waned and soon ceased to exist. Undeterred by this failure, Mr. Grantham applied himself vigorously to any employment that he could secure. He spent a period of time as a life insurance solicitor and also as collector for a publishing company and eventually he entered the employ of the I. H. Detwiler Company, a firm conducting a real estate, rental and insurance business. Here he found that he had struck his gait, as it were. The business interested him and he acquainted himself with every phase thereof. He learned the market, recognized the most advantageous methods of conducting realty transactions and with broad experience and limited capital to serve as the foundation of later success he became one of the organizers of the firm of Hoiles & Grantham, with offices in the Gardner building. After eleven months the partnership was dissolved but Mr. Grantham continued in the same line, operating largely under his own name until the 1st of December, 1913, when he incorporated his interests under the style of The Grantham Realty Company, of which, however, he is sole stockholder. He buys and sells real estate and develops subdivision property and in the course of his career he has acquired valuable holdings in Toledo, in Maumee and in other sections of the state. In the fall of 1913 he plotted Woodrow park, located on Collingwood avenue and Manhattan boulevard and thus he became the originator in Toledo of "Homesites," a name he gave to the lots, all of which were soon sold. This was the first plotting in the city, where the lots were not all square cornered but were laid out for the convenience of the buyer and home builder. Their dimensions and shape were governed by the lay of the land and the desires of the purchasers and a most attractive residential subdivision was developed. The Grantham Realty Company also plotted seventy acres, adjoining the Inverness Club, called Inverness Place and likewise plotted sixty acres adjoining the Gladiola Farm at Sylvania, at the intersection of Monroe street and the Tremainesville road, known as Sylvan Side. Mr. Grantham also turned his attention to the development of ninety-five acres at Maumee known as the Fort Miami Addition and he has likewise placed on the market many other attractive properties, for which he has found a ready sale because of their desirability and the progressive enterprising methods which he has followed in handling the property. On the 26th of November, 1902, Barfield B. Grantham was married to Miss Nama R. Chandler, daughter of Thomas and Rosellen (Comstock) Chandler, now residents of Sylvania, Ohio, but then occupying the old farm on which Mr. Grantham obtained his first employment in the north. To Mr. and Mrs. Grantham have been born three children, two sons and a daughter : Lloyd, Rosellen and Frederick Barfield. Mr. Grantham has membership in Fort Industry Lodge, No. 630, F. & A. M., of Toledo and Fort Meigs Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M., loyally following the teachings and purposes of the craft. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has never been an office seeker. He is an active member of the Toledo real estate board, of which he was vice president in 1914, while in 1915 he was one of the trustees and a member of the valuation committee. He has always been thoroughly reliable as well as progressive in the conduct of his business affairs and he bears an unsullied reputation because of his integrity and trustworthiness. 362 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY He might have deemed fate unkind in his youthful days but he has never looked upon the dark side nor allowed pessimism to take root in his nature. With a saving sense of humor he combines geniality and an agreeableness which have made for personal popularity and this has constituted one of the strong elements in his growing success. DWIGHT J. PETERSON Arriving in Toledo when a youth of seventeen with no capital save industry, ambition and determination, Dwight J. Peterson has worked his way steadily upward through the force of his personality and the strength of his mental endowments until he now ranks with the foremost lumbermen of the state and his success has been won: by methods which neither seek nor require disguise. He was born in Defiance, Ohio, August 14, 1864, of the marriage of Julius and Amelia (Howland) Peterson, the former also a native of the Bucleye state and the latter of Binghamton, New York, and both are now deceased. Dwight J. Peterson acquired his education in the grammar schools of Defiance, Ohio, and in 1881 he came to Toledo, securing a position with the Frederick Eaton Wholesale Dry Goods Company, but after a short time left their service to enter the employ of the J. R. McGlone Lumber Company. Starting at the bottom of the ladder, he gradually advanced through the various departments of the business, of which he acquired a comprehensive knowledge, and having accumulated sufficient capital through the exercise of economy and self-denial, he established himself in the wholesale lumber business. He was successful from the start, expanding his interests as the years passed, and in 1920 he incorporated the business under the present style of the D. J. Peterson Lumber Company, of which he is the president. He is keenly alive to every new avenue opened in the natural ramifications of trade and his initiative spirit, unerring judgment and executive powers have enabled him to build up a business of large proportions. Mr. Peterson believes in making his yards as attractive as possible and it would be difficult to find a neater or more inviting lumber plant in any section of the country. He has thoroughly systematized the business and is always prompt and reliable in filling orders, knowing that there is no better advertisement than satisfied patrons. On the 12th of December, 1886, Mr. Peterson was married in this city to Miss Minnie Arvilla McGlone, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McGlone, the former of whom was for many years engaged in the lumber business in northern Michigan. He was the founder of the J. R. McGlone Lumber Company and conducted the business successfully until his death, which occurred in 1895. Mrs. Peterson is a woman of culture and refinement and the possessor of an unusually keen, intellect. She is today one of the most prominent women in the public life of Toledo and few have done more valuable work for the city and state. While she works toward high ideals, her methods are practical and her activities are directed toward the attainment of that higher civilization for which the world is constantly striving. She is an ardent suffragist and her mother was one of the originators of this movement in Ohio. Mrs. Peterson is an outstanding figure in political, 'educational, economic and philanthropic activities of the state and her influence has been a most beneficial factor for good. She was the first woman chairman of the woman's division of the republican party and is now serving in that capacity, TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 363 being also a member of the executive committee. She was appointed by Governor Davis a member of the state advisory committee of the republican party and stands high in the counsels of party leaders at both the state and national capitals. She was made a member of the Lucas county republican organization and during the Harding campaign served daily at headquarters as chairman of the woman's division. She was also a member of the state speakers' board and delivered many eloquent addresses for the party, visiting all parts of Ohio. Since its inception she has been identified with the Lucas County League of Women Voters and for years she has been a leader in women's club work. She is a charter member of the Associated Shakespeare Clubs of Toledo and is also connected with the Welfare Club and the Educational Club. She was the first woman appointed on the state library board and at a recent meeting of the American Library Association, held in Detroit, Michigan, was chosen secretary of the trustee section of that organization. She was instrumental in founding the District Nurses Association and the first meeting of its board of directors was held in her home, at which time sufficient money was raised to secure the services of nurses to visit the sick and poor of the city. She is still an earnest supporter of the association and largely through her efforts a fine home has been established in Toledo. She is serving on the board of the Children's Home and is also identified with the Woman's Protective Association, the Interstate Charitable Advisory Union, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Young Woman's Christian Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the King's Daughters. She is the only woman member of the Ohio State Library Board, having been appointed a few months ago by Governor Davis for an eight year term, and finds the work extremely interesting. During the World war she served as local chairman of all the auxiliary committees for the promotion of the various measures promulgated by the government and her activities have touched the general interests of society to their betterment. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have become the parents of a son, J. Harold, who was born in this city on the 12th of March, 1888. He attended the public schools of Toledo and afterward completed a two years' course in the University of Michigan. He was also a student at the Biltmore Forest School and finished his university training at Darmstadt, Germany, graduating in 1911, with the degree of Bachelor of Forestry. Returning to Toledo, he became connected with the D. J. Peterson Lumber. Company, of which he is now serving as vice president and general manager, having about forty employes under his supervision. He is a very enterprising and progressive young business man and ably assists his father in the conduct of their interests. On the 16th of February, 1911, he married Miss Helen Sumner, a daughter of Charles E. Sumner, formerly district attorney of this city, and they have two children : Mary Arvilla, who was born May 6, 1912 ; and J. Harold, Jr., born June 31, 1915. Mr. Peterson enlisted for service in the World war and was commissioned a first lieutenant, being assigned to the bureau of aircraft production. He served three years as scoutmaster of Troop No. 29. He is a popular clubman, belonging to the Inverness, Toledo, Rotary and Toledo Ad clubs, and his political support is given to the republican party. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the Knights Templar degree, and he is also a member of the Shrine. Mr. Peterson, Sr., is also a republican in his political views and in religious faith he is a Presbyterian. He is a Knights Templar Mason and in the consistory he has taken the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Toledo, Inverness Golf and Toledo Country clubs. His -strong powers of organization and 364 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY his progressive spirit have found expression in the development of a large commercial industry, which is not only a source of individual profit but a credit to the city and an important factor in its upbuilding. He enjoys the esteem of many friends and fully deserves the honor that is accorded the fortunate individual who has fought and won in the great battle of life. CARL EYRES Carl Eyres, organizer and president of the Modern Engineering Company of Toledo, under which name he has conducted business for a period of about four years, bringing to the organization of the business large experience gained in former connections along mechanical and engineering lines, was born in Hamilton, Ohio, May 17, 1880, and is a son of George and Florence (Vaughn) Eyres, the father a shoemaker by trade. The public school system of his native city accorded Carl Eyres his educational opportunities and when his school days were over he began learning the machinist's trade. He came to Toledo in 1901 and entered the employ of the American Can Company, with which he occupied a responsible position, spending nine years as foreman of the tool room. He was afterward foreman of the tool room with the Auto Lite Company for a period of seven years and then severing that business relationship, he organized the Modern Engineering Company and was elected to the presidency in 1919. He employs fifteen high-class men who are experts along their particular line and he owns the building which he occupies—a structure thirty-five by one hundred feet, situated on Ash street at Michigan street. On the 17th of June, 1905, Mr. Eyres was united in marriage to Miss Ida Sommers of Toledo and they have become parents of a son, Minor Carlton, who was born June 2, 1917. Mr. Eyres is a Chapter Mason, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft, and he is also a valued member of the Auto Lite Club. The major part of his time and attention, however, is given to his business affairs and his close application has been one of the strong elements in his sucfss. The company does work of special nature, making tools, dies, stamping and special machinery, and the high degree of efficiency there displayed has won for the company a liberal patronage. JAMES BROWN BELL James Brown Bell, senior partner in the stock brokerage house of Bell & Beckwith, was one of the founders of this business in 1898, when in company with J. K. Secor, the business was organized as the firm of Secor & Bell. Very few, if any, stock brokerage houses in the state have had a more creditable record or enjoy a higher standing after twenty-five years of active business. James Brown Bell was born May 11, 1871, in Glendale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, the son of James Brown and Sarah Ellen (Cassady) Bell. The father was a native of Dumfries, Scotland, while the mother was born in Miamisburg, TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 367 Ohio. In the acquirement of his education James Brown Bell attended the public and high schools of Cincinnati, and Kenyon Military Academy, subsequently becoming a law student at Yale University, where he was graduated with the class of 1891. In 1895 Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Miss Marie Suydam of Toledo, and they have two sons : James Brown Bell (III), born October 24, 1905, in Toledo, and now a student at Hotchkiss ; and Frank Suydam Bell, born May 24, 1908, in Toledo. In the year of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bell established their home in Toledo and for a time he was identified with manufacturing interests, but later became one of the organizers of the firm of Secor & Bell, which was formed in 1898. This association was maintained for twenty-three years, or until the death of Mr. Secor in 1921, when the firm became Bell & Beckwith. This firm occupies a dominant position in stock brokerage circles in Toledo and its strength and reliability are fully attested by the extensive and high class clientele it serves. Mr. Bell has varied and extensive interests aside from those of Bell & Beckwith and enjoys a wide acquaintance among financial men throughout the country. During the World war Mr. Bell was connected with the Emergency Fleet Corporation in the wood ship division on special assignment. He also served in an executive capacity during the Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other drives, devoting virtually his entire time to war work during that period. His broad humanitarianism is manifest in many ways, not the least of which is his service as president f the Toledo Hospital. He is also president of. the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club and he belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has membership in the Toledo Club, is a charter member of the Country Club, a member of the Inverness Club, the Castalia Trout Club, the Erie Shooting Club, the Bankers Club of New York, the Toledo Yacht Club and the Commerce Club. Mr. Bell's residence, "Maribell," on the Perrysburg road, is one of Toledo's attractive suburban homes. HENRY M. RANKIN Among the large productive industries of which Toledo is justly proud is that of the Tiedeman Glove Company, whose president, Henry M. Rankin, has devoted his life to manufacturing interests, and he is therefore well qualified to direct an extensive business of this character. He was born in Selma, Alabama, July 7, 1884, and his parents, Edwin and Henrietta (Ziegler) Rankin, were also natives of that state. The father is one of the foremost business men of Rome, Georgia, where for many years he has engaged in the manufacture of clothing, and his efforts have been crowned with a substantial measure of success. The mother passed away at Selma, Alabama, in 1887, leaving four children : Henry M. ; Edwin G., a resident of Fort Worth, Texas ; Pierce R., who is living in New Orleans, Louisiana ; and Mrs. J. B. Cook, of Montgomery, Alabama. The public schools of Montgomery afforded Henry M. Rankin his early educational opportunities and he afterward completed a course in the Alabama Polytechnical Institute at Auburn. From an early age he has been connected with manufacturing enterprises, gaining his initial experience along this line in his father's plant at Rome, Georgia, and for twelve years he assisted the latter in the conduct 368 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY of the business. The subject of this review then went to Winder, Georgia, as general manager of the Bell Manufacturing Company, which was operating branch establishments at Gainesville, that state, and also at Charleston, South Carolina. For five years he remained with that company and then became identified with a firm engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A year later he came to Toledo with the Hettrick Manufacturing Company, but left their service at the end of twelve months and on the 1st of January, 1922, was call to the presidency of the Tiedeman Glove Company, manufacturers of cotton and canvas gloves. The other officers of the company are W. E. Hettrick, vice president, and James G. Hickox, secretary and treasurer, and in the conduct of the business they utilize about two hundred persons. Mr. Rankin gives his close personal attention to every detail of the business and manifests strong executive power in its control. His expert knowledge of this industry, gained through close study and many years of practical experience, enables him successfully to direct the labors of those in his employ, toward whom he maintains an attitude of kindness and consideration, which has secured their hearty cooperation and goodwill, thus making for increased efficiency in the operation of the business. Mr. Rankin was married December 5, 1906, tdaughElizabeth I. Yost, a daugh-'ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Yost of Bristol, Virginia, and a granddaughter of William Fain, who served as attorney general of Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin have become the parents of two children: Elizabeth, who was born at Bristol, September 19, 1907, and is now a student at the Scott high school of Toledo ; and Robert M., who was born in Rome, Georgia, October 1, 1911, and is attending the Southard private school of this city. Mr. Rankin is a member of St. Mark's Episcopal church of Toledo and in politics he maintains an independent attitude, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He is a member of the Optimists Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Toledo Credit Men's Association and fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Rankin has made good use of his time. talents and opportunities and his earnest and systematic efforts have been crowned with successful achievement. As a business man his standing is of the highest and he manifests a deep and helpful interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and progress of the city with which he has allied his interests. GUY WORTH KINNEY Guy Worth Kinney was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, November 8, 1853; the oldest son of Joseph and Eliza Ann (Carey) Kinney. His father at this time was probate judge in Upper Sandusky, but shortly afterward the family moved to a farm near Carey, Ohio, where his early life was spent. His maternal grandfather, John Carey, for whom the town of Carey was named, was one of the earliest settlers in this region. He was a man of great force of character, upright and public-spirited, and no doubt exerted a lasting influence on his grandson, who greatly admired him. Mr. Kinney was a great lover of reading and study, even as a boy, and stood high in his classes as he advanced through the various grades of school, college and law school. He graduated from Western Reserve College in 1875, spent one year at TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 371 Harvard Law School, completed his legal studies in the office of Judge Pennewell of Cleveland, and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1877. Locating in Toledo, he became active at once in the professional, political and social life of the city. In 1885 he was elected city solicitor, serving two terms and making an enviable record. This was the only public office he held but he was always keenly interested in all vital public affairs and gave freely of his time and labor in many civic problems. In 1885 Mr. Kinney married Miss Nellie Weed of Philadelphia. They had one child, a son, Carey R. Kinney, now residing in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mrs. Kinney died in 1889. Mr. Kinney was a profound student and thinker, absolutely independent in forming his opinions, unaffected by popular clamor, and impatient of superficial, slovenly methods and judgments. He held high ideals of what the legal profession should stand for, and lived up to these ideals in his own practice. Mr. Kinney was greatly handicapped for a long period by failing health, but it had been a lifelong habit with him to combat physical ills by the force of his will and he continued actively engaged in business until a few weeks before his death, which occurred February 13, 1922. ARTHUR WALTER BUNCE One of the most important factors in the upbuilding and improvement of this city is the Toledo Savings Association, an old established and substantial financial enterprise, of which A. W. Bunce is secretary and manager, and his keen business sagacity and marked administrative ability well qualify him for his important duties. He was born in South Manchester, Connecticut, August 15, 1857, a son of Walter and Emily (McKee) Bunce, who were also natives of that state, in which they spent their lives. The father devoted his attention to the manufacture of paper. Both parents are now deceased. In the acquirement of an education Arthur Walter Bunce attended the grammar schools of Hartford, Connecticut, and the high school at Rome, New York, and after completing his studies he went to New York city, where he secured employment. At the end of a year he left the eastern metropolis and in 1876 he arrived in Toledo, accepting the position of cashier for the C. L. Luce Company, with which he remained for fifteen years. On severing his relations with that firm he joined the Paddock-Hodge Company, wholesale grain dealers of this city, in the capacity of cashier •and for thirty-one years continued with that house, being regarded as one of its most efficient and valued employes. On the 1st of November, 1921, Mr. Bunce became secretary and manager of the Toledo Savings Association and he is now serving in this capacity. The fact that he has been chosen to fill these important and responsible offices indicates the confidence reposed in his ability and integrity—a faith that is well justified, for he has instituted a most progressive policy and under .his judicious administration the association is enjoying a very prosperous existence. It was incorporated in 1885 and during the intervening period f thirty-seven years has steadily grown and developed until it now ranks with the leading financial institutions of this part of the state. Its directors are W. W. Hoskin, H. A. Jones, A. W. Bunce, F. E. Calkins, J. G. Kapp, Sr., Dr. C. M. Harpster, George L. Shanks and A. F. Wunderlich and its assets and liabilities for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1921, amounted to two million, 372 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY two hundred and sixty-eight thousand, one hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-four cents. The association is founded on almost universal ambition of each individual for a home and through this agency the man of limited means is enabled to secure a comfortable and attractive residence at a reasonable cost and to gain a start in life. It also makes for better citizenship, for the owner of a home is bound to take a deeper and more helpful interest in the welfare of his city than the man who is not a taxpayer. The existence of this association and the large amount of new building resulting from its operation, gives a great and steady impetus to work in all the building trades and allied industries ; in fact, there is scarcely an avenue of commercial activity that is not affected by the erection of each new home. It is thus clearly evident that an enterprise of this character is one of the greatest assets in stimulating the growth and development of a city and its influence upon a community is a most beneficial one. On the 3d of February, 1882, Mr. Bunce was united in marriage to Miss Cora McBride, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin McBride of this city. Her demise occurred April 10, 1914. They were the parents of three children ; Anna B., now Mrs. A. R. Ayers, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has three children, Alice, Samuel, and Helen. Mr. Ayers is superintendent of motive power for the Nickel Plate Railroad ; Alice, a graduate of the Toledo schools, is living in this city ; and Walter, who married Miss Melba Taber, is also a resident of Toledo. Mr. Bunce is a member of the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. That he is a progressive and public-spirited citizen is indicated by his membership in the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and he is also connected with the Exchange Club and the Masonic order. He is a self-made man whose life record commands uniform respect and confidence. Merit and ability have won him advancement and in all of his business career he has followed closely the rules which govern strict and unswerving integrity and unabating industry. For forty-six years he has made his home in Toledo and his genuine personal worth has won for him he unqualified respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. Mr. Bunce's residence is at No. 2120 Scottwood avenue. ROBERT DONALD McCREE Robert Donald McCree, thoroughly trained along mechanical lines and previously associated with important engineering work, became one of the organizers of the Toledo Coldmaker Company and devoted his time and efforts to the development and conduct of the business, until November, 1922, when he moved to Delphos, Ohio, to become manager of the Delphos Ice Company, which position he is most acceptably filling. Born in Chicago, on the 29th of November, 1894, he is a son of Robert Reed and Anna J. (Seaver) McCree, the former an accountant. Reared in his native city, he pursued his education in the public schools there and when he had put aside his textbooks, upon mastering the usual branches of the public school curriculum, he went to Ann Arbor, where he entered the engineering department of the University of Michigan, completing his course of study there as a member of the class of 1917. He afterward entered the civilians' branch of service in connection with the World war, with the rank of second lieutenant and was in the air service when discharged in January, 1919. He later became asso- TOLEDO AND LUCAS, COUNTY - 373 ciated with the engineering department of the city of Detroit, where he remained until November, 1919, and then came to Toledo. Here he was one of the organizers of the Toledo Coldmaker Company, Incorporated, and became technical service manager. His previous business experience and thorough training stood him in good stead in this relation as it will in his present association and he bids fair to attain a place of prominence, having already made progress along his chosen lice of life work that many an older man might well envy. HENRY MATTHEW DICK Henry Matthew Dick, who was secretary and treasurer of the Gradwohl Whitman Realty Company, was born in Quincy, Illinois, on the 23d of June, 1880, a son of Herman and Augusta (Brand) Dick. When he was but three years of age the parents left Illinois and came with their family to Toledo, where Henry M. Dick attended the public schools. Later he became a student in the Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard in 1905. His first commercial venture was in the storage battery business in Toledo and after a time he became assistant secretary of the Huebner Toledo Breweries Company. He was thus engaged until 1916, when he turned his attention to real estate interests and was elected secretary and treasurer of the Gradwohl Whitman Realty Company. He thus entered actively into the purchase and sale of realty and negotiated many important property transfers. He also became an officer of the Sonora Mining & Development Company in the state of Sonora, Mexico, but at the time of the Yaqui uprising was compelled to leave the country for safety, although still owning much property there. On the 25th of May, 1909, in New York, Mr. Dick was united in marriage to Miss Clara Reinhart of Toledo, a daughter of Florian and Magdalen Reinhart. Mr. Dick passed away on the 9th of July, 1919, as the result of a nervous breakdown. His political allegiance was always given to the republican party and he kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He belonged to the Toledo Club and to the Toledo Yacht Club and was a well informed man on every subject, reading widely and thinking deeply. FLETCHER CLARK HULL No business enterprise in Toledo has done more toward establishing the prestige of the city as an industrial center than has that of Hull Brothers and Haas Company, the well known umbrella manufacturers. Fletcher Clark Hull, the secretary and treasurer of the firm, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, November 20, 1866, of the union of Henry W. and Eliza (Crouch) Hull, both of whom were natives of West Virginia. In early life they came to Ohio, settling in Fayette county in 1855, and there the father followed the occupation of farming until called to his .final rest. The mother has also passed away. Their family numbered seven children, of whom four survive : Randolph P., president of the firm of Hull Brothers & Haas Company ; Cephas, a resident of San Francisco, California ; Mrs. Drusilla Lewis, who is living in Montreal, Missouri, and Fletcher C. 374 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Fletcher Clark Hull acquired his education in the public schools of Fayette county, Ohio, and at Martinsville, in Clinton county, this state, remaining upon the home farm until he reached the age of thirteen years when he then started out in life on his own account, working on a farm for three years, when he secured a position as clerk in a store at Morrisville, Ohio, where he remained for a year, and then went to Wilmington, Ohio, and was there for five years similarly employed. Going to Norwalk, Ohio, he engaged in the dry goods business in partnership with his brother, but disposed of his interest in the undertaking at the end of three years and became traveling salesman for an umbrella house, which he successfully represented for eight years, gaining a comprehensive knowledge of the business. In 1899 he, together with his brother, R. P. Hull, began the manufacture of umbrellas at Norwalk, where they conducted their interests successfully for a period of seven years, or until January, 1906, when the business was removed to Toledo, Ohio, occupying the building at 346 Summit street. Three years later the firm erected its present plant at 1447-1457 Summit street in Toledo, this being the first industry to locate in that section of the city. The firm name of Hull Brothers Umbrella Company was retained until January 1, 1923, when it was changed to Hull Bros. and Haas Company, C. H. Haas being admitted to the firm in recognition of his connection with the company for sixteen years and his valued assistance in building up the business of the company. Fletcher Clark Hull's brother, Randolph P. Hull, is president of the firm, and C. H. Haas vice president and general manager, while Fletcher C. is filling the offices of secretary and treasurer. Their factory is one of the most modern and best equipped in the city and in the conduct of their business they employ about one hundred and fifty people. Since its inception the business has enjoyed a remarkably rapid growth, owing to the superior quality of their output, which has secured for it a wide sale, and they are numbered among the four largest manufacturers of umbrellas in the world. On the 29th of June, 1898, at Norwalk, Ohio, was solemnized the marriage of Fletcher C. Hull and Miss Marie D. Hirsh, a daughter of Mrs. Dora Hack of that city. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Hull is also identified with the National Chamber of Commerce and the United Commercial Travelers of Norwalk, Ohio. When national issues are at stake he supports the candidates of the republican party, but at local elections he casts an independent ballot, voting for the man whom he deems best qualified for office without regard to party ties. He has led an active and useful life, employing every opportunity to advance, and his present success is entirely attributable to his own labors. He is a man of high personal standing, of marked business integrity and ability, and in winning prosperity he has at the same time gained the respect and goodwill of all with whom he has been associated. CHARLES GRANVILLE WILSON Charles Granville Wilson, a lawyer of eminent ability and power, has in recent years withdrawn more and more largely from the active practice of the profession, until his time and energies are now given to business affairs and investments of importance that place him in a commanding position in financial and commercial circles. Forceful and resourceful, with marked adaptability, his activities in everything that he has undertaken have spelled success, nor has he