TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 575 were of very conservative dispositions. At the present time the board of directors consists of the following : Milledge O. Baker, Rufus H. Baker, Badger C. Bowen, Walter M. Braun, William A. Brigham, Herbert J. Heywood, John W. Koehrman, Marion M. Miller, Raleigh D. Mills, Charles H. Parsons and Frank D. Stranahan. The officers are : Marion M. Miller, president ; W. A. Brigham, first vice president ; Rufus H. Baker, second vice president ; Raleigh D. Mills, cashier, and Karl E. Naugle, assistant cashier. THOMAS F. HEATLEY, M. D. Thorough preparatory training has well qualified Dr. Thomas F. Heatley for his chosen life work and the profession as well as the public accords him rank with the leading surgeons of Toledo. He was born at Chelsea, Michigan, March 27, 1884, a son of Henry V. and Maria (Farrell) Heatley, the former a native of England and the latter of Sandusky, Ohio. As a young man the father came to the United States, first locating at Sandusky, Ohio, and later removing to Michigan, where he acquired a farm, on which he continued to live until his demise, at the age of fifty-eight years. After his death the mother became a resident of Detroit and still makes her home in that city, having reached the age of sixty-nine years. In their family were thirteen children, nine of whom survive, namely : William, Eugene, Mary, Alfred, Thomas F., Leo, Mrs. Esther Powell, Ethelbert and Robert. The country schools of Michigan afforded Thomas F. Heatley his early educational opportunities and he later completed a course at Clary's Business College in Ypsilanti, that state. He next became a student at the Ferris institute of Big Rapids, Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1907. He then entered the University of Michigan, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1911, and was president of his class. He afterward spent a year in postgraduate work at that institution, specializing in surgery, to which he has since devoted his attention. Going to Rochester, New York, he became interne at the Infants' Summer Hospital and for six months was connected with St. Mary's Hospital of that city, after which he came to Toledo, serving for a year as house physician at St. Vincent's Hospital. He then became surgeon for the New York Central Railroad Company, acting in that capacity for five and a half years. He is resident surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and a member of the surgical staff of Mercy Hospital, in addition to which he has a large private practice. He' has developed a high degree of skill in the treatment of surgical cases and is a thorough and conscientious student of his profession. On the 2d of October, 1915, Dr. Heatley was married to Miss Frances Eleanor Savage, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Savage of Ashtabula, Ohio, and they have one child, Jane, who was born in 1919. Dr. Heatley is a Roman Catholic in religious faith and in the Knights of Columbus he has taken the fourth degree. He is also a member of the Sylvania Golf Club and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. His professional connections are with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and during the World war he was a member of the board of medical examiners for this district. He is a self-educated, self-made man 576 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY whose professional training was gained through great effort and tenacity of purpose, and the strength of character which he thus early displayed has been manifest throughout his career. His example is one well worthy of emulation, showing what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do, and prompted by a laudable ambition Dr. Heatley has established his position among Toledo's foremost representatives of medical and surgical science. CHARLES E. DOAN Charles E. Doan has spent his life in Toledo, where he is widely and favorably known, and he has been an important factor in the promotion of the automobile trade in this city, having concentrated his attention upon that line of activity for the past eighteen years. He is now serving as president and general manager of The Doan Motor Company, distributors for the Studebaker cars, and is one of the most enterprising and successful dealers in .the city. He is one of Toledo's native sons and was born November 24, 1881, his parents being Thomas Clarke and Elizabeth (Bellamy) Doan. The father was a native of Cleveland, and the mother was a native of this city. For many years the father was a member of the J. B. Shepler Company and he was numbered among the best known and most highly respected residents of Toledo. Both Mr. and Mrs. Doan are deceased. In their family were two children, one of whom died in infancy. Charles E. Doan, the only surviving member of the family, attended the public schools of Toledo and at an early age he started out in the business world, securing a position with the Western Chandelier Company. He was afterward in the service of the Northwestern Gas Company and in 1904 became identified with the automobile industry.: this time the automobile was gradually coming into use for commercial purposes and Mr. Doan obtained employment in the mechanical department of the plant operated by the Pope Automobile Company, For four years he was thus occupied, endeavoring to gain as thorough a knowledge as possible of the mechanism of motor vehicles during that period, and he then became a salesman for the Atwood Automobile Company, distributors for the Overland car when it was manufactured in Indianapolis. He next accepted a similar position with the Norris Toledo Automobile Company and afterward joined the Blevins Auto Sales Company, Studebaker distributors, in the capacity of salesman, continuing to act as such from 1910 until 1918. He then took over the interests of the Blevins Company and reorganized the business, which is now conducted under the style of The Doan Motor Company, agents for the Studebaker cars in this section. Broad experience has given him an expert knowledge of the business in which he is engaged and he keeps well informed as to the latest developments in the automobile industry. Owing to his progressive methods and untiring industry there has developed a large volume of business, about thirty people being employed in his establishment, and he 'distributes the Studebaker throughout northwest Ohio, through about thirty dealers. In Detroit, Michigan, on the 9th of September, 1911, Mr. Doan married Miss Emma Schurtz, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schurtz of Toledo, and they have a daughter, Lois Ruth, whose birth occurred in 1915. Mr. Doan is a director of the Automotive Trades Association of Toledo, also first vice president of The Ohio Automotive Trades Association and vice president for Ohio of The National TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 579 Auto Dealers Association. He is also connected with the Maumee River Yacht Club, the Toledo Yacht Club, The Toledo Club, the Toledo Automobile Club and the Exchange Club, and of the last named organization he served as president in 1922. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and The Maccabees, a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to both the York and Scottish Rites, and he is a Noble of Zenobia Shrine. At the age of sixteen he served as a member of the Sixteenth Ohio National Guards and served as private and corporal in the same company with the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry throughout the Spanish-American war, both in this country and in Cuba. Upon the reorganization of The Ohio National Guard he reenlisted in Company C of the Sixth Ohio National Guard as sergeant, which company had the distinction of being selected as representative from Toledo in a regiment representing Ohio at The St. Louis Exposition in 1904. Later he served as second and first lieutenant of the same company. Dependent upon his own resources from an early age, he has worked his way steadily upward, achieving that success which is the merited reward of industry, capability and integrity, and Toledo numbers him among her self-made men and valued citizens. His residence is at No. 2734 Scottwood avenue. CARL RUEDY In the vocabulary of the man of courage, determination and ambition there is no such word as fail. This statement is verified in the career of Carl Ruedy, whose progressive spirit led him to venture far in search of opportunities for advancement, and through their wise utilization he has worked his way steadily upward until he now ranks with Toledo's successful business men and public-spirited citizens. A native of Switzerland, he was born April 21, 1883, and his parents, John and Vrene (Schnetzler) Ruedy, spent their lives in that picturesque country, the father devoting his attention to the meat business. They had a family of ten children, three of whom survive : Albert and Carl, both residents of this city ; and Herman, who still lives in the Land of the Alps. Carl Ruedy attended the public schools of Switzerland until he was ten years of age and then entered his father's meat-packing establishment, in which he spent eight years, during which period he gained a thorough knowledge of the business. In 1901, when a youth of eighteen, he left his native land to seek his fortune in a strange country and after reaching New York city he made his way to Toledo, where he entered the meat business, in partnership with his brother Albert. They were associated in business until 1920, building up a large trade and winning marked success in their operations along that line. Meanwhile Carl Ruedy had invested his earnings in land, which he improved and sold to good advantage, and in order that he might devote his entire attention to real estate he disposed of his interest in the meat business. He is well informed concerning property values and has negotiated many important realty transfers, displaying marked foresight, enterprise and ability in the conduct of his interests. He has established his position among Toledo's leading real estate dealers and through his activities in his field he has contributed to the material upbuilding of the city, as well as to the promotion of his own prosperity. Mr. Ruedy was married October 18, 1907, to Miss Minnie Meister, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meister of Toledo, and they have three children : Ella, 580 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY who was born in 1910 and is attending the public schools ; Lillian, born in 1919; and Minnie, born in 1922. Mr. Ruedy is a manager of the Lutheran church and guides his life by its teachings. His record should serve as a source of encouragement to others, proving that success and an honored name are within the possibility of attainment by all and that every obstacle can be overcome by earnest effort, intelligently directed. He has thoroughly identified his interests with those of his adopted country and Toledo counts him as a valued addition to its citizenship. LESTER V. McKESSON Lester V. McKesson, whose name has long been prominently known in real estate circles, was connected with this line of business for a quarter of a century, or until death ended his labors on April 20, 1923. Mr. McKesson came from one of the old families of northern Ohio, and was born July 20, 1842, at Enterprise, Erie county, a son of Isaac and Zorada Jane (Hunt) McKesson. Lester V. McKesson spent his youthful days on the old homestead, with the usual experiences of the farm bred boy, and after acquiring his early education in the public schools, he continued his studies in Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio. He was a youth of but eighteen years of age when he responded to the country's call for troops to aid in the preservation of the Union, enlisting on the 21st of April, 1861, only a few clays after Fort Sumter had been fired upon. He donned the nation's blue uniform and as a private joined the boys of Company E, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, rising to the rank of lieutenant, and is numbered with that great army of Boys in Blue whose military record is a credit and honor to the state of Ohio, whence they went to the front. He prized highly the "Token of Honor he received from the citizens of Sandusky, Ohio, for three years' distinguished service in the United States army, from 1861 to 1864—Winchester, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and sixty-five other engagements." Soon after the war Mr. McKesson established a sawmill and bending works at Collins, Ohio, where he continued in business until about 1890, when he disposed of his interests there and removed to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he conducted a similar business, as the Union Bending Works and Sawmill, also manufacturing spoke shapes and felloes. In the spring of 1898 he removed to Toledo, where he resided until his death. Here he entered the real estate business and was successful. As the years passed his investments were well made until his holdings became extensive and valuable, the management of which he looked after personally. In 1921. he expended seventy-five thousand dollars in remodeling the McKesson building, at 229-231 Erie street, an improvement which has added greatly to the value of property on that thoroughfare south of Madison avenue. Mr. McKesson was first married on April 10, 1866, in Sandusky, Ohio, to Miss Harriet A. Fisher, a native of that city, and to them were born two daughters and a son : Jennie E., a graduate of Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, was principal of the Wayne public school for eight years, and later served several years in a similar capacity at Central school on Madison street ; Carrie E. married Dr. John W. Brandau, a prominent physician of Clarksville, Tennessee, in which city her death occurred ; the son, George Lester, is a well known business man TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 583 of Toledo and is mentioned elsewhere in this work. Having lost his first wife, Mr. McKesson later married Mrs. Mary W. Lockwood of Milan, Ohio. Following her death he married Agnes C. Wilcox of Detroit. Mr. McKesson was a member of the Exchange Club, the Commercial Club a0 also of the Gideons. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and for years took a great interest in its work, while as a director of the Young Men's Christian Association he manifested a keen interest in its welfare and progress and for'a good many years was its treasurer. His was a long, active and useful life, in which he not only contributed to the growth of the community in which he resided, but in many ways furthered the moral development of the city. In all of his undertakings he was actuated by a progressive spirit, and his diligence and determination were strong influencing factors in the attainment of his success. Although in his eighty-first year, when he passed away, Mr. McKesson was a remarkably well preserved man ; keen, active and as alert as most men ten years his junior. In this respect he inherited longevity, as his father lived to the advanced age of ninety-two. WILLIAM BAKER Honored and respected by all, there is no man who has occupied a more enviable position in the regard of his fellow townsmen than did William Baker, a lawyer of marked ability and a citizen above reproach. He was richly endowed with those qualities which men honor and which they should emulate. While gifted by nature with strong mentality, he used his talents wisely and well and in the upbuilding of his own fortunes through the practice of law he never forgot his duties and obligations as a man and citizen, fully meeting these in every particular and thus contributing in large measure to the civic progress and public benefit of Toledo, where he long made his home. Ohio was proud to number William Baker among her native sons. His birth occurred in Norwalk, Huron county, February 5, 1822, and he represented an old New England family that sent their descendants into Ohio to aid in the development and upbuilding of the Western Reserve as the family had previously* done in the settlement of New England, thus planting the seeds of civilization in the soil of the new world. In his youthful days William Baker eagerly availed himself of every educational opportunity offered and when he had mastered the elementary branches of learning he continued his studies in Granville College, from which .he was graduated when nineteen years of age. Prompted by a most laudable ambition he then perfected his plans whereby he became a student in the law school of Harvard University and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1844, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts. With his return to Ohio he was admitted to practice in the courts of the state and in November, of that year he took up his permanent abode in Toledo, which at the time was little more than a village. Here for a half century he continued to reside, loyal to public interests and welfare at all times, while as a representative of the bar he was prominently connected with the work of the courts and contributed in notable measure to the upholding of the legal status of the community. He had not long been identified with the Lucas county bar before his clientage took on. substantial proportions and he demonstrated his ability to 584 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY cope with the intricate and involved problems of the law. He tried many kinds of cases, trying them well, and he always presented the strongest reasons for his contentions, so that he won many verdicts favorable to his clients. He was also active in everything that pertained to the intellectual, civic, moral and material progress and well being of Toledo and he at all times gave most unfaltering loyalty to his city and was ever keenly appreciative of the opportunities here offered. In 1847 he formed a partnership with the late Judge Myron H. Tilden, an association that was maintained until 1850, after which Mr. Baker practiced independently until 1857, when he was joined by Judge William A. Collins in a partnership that existed until 1870. In 1881 he became senior partner in a law firm in which he was associated with his son, Rufus H. Baker, and with Barton Smith. A contemporary writer has said of him : "Mr. Baker had acomprehensive and accurate knowledge of the science of jurisprudence and was never lacking in facility in applying this knowledge to his effective work, both as a resourceful trial lawyer and as a counselor of mature judgment and much conservatism, the while he was tireless in his efforts to protect and forward the interests of his clients, though invariably refusing to identify himself with causes, the justice of which he knew to be of negative quality. In a word, he was at all times and under all conditions a man of the strictest integrity and one who never sacrificed the dictates of conscience for any matter of personal expediency. Thus it was but natural that he should achieve success in his profession, and the concomitant respect and confidence of his fellowmen. Early in his career at the bar he won secure vantage ground and from that time forward until his death his prestige and success were marked by cumulative tendencies. That a man with so broad a mental ken, so sure a judgment and so marked practical circumspection should become influential in connection with the march of civic and material advancement was virtually a matter of logical sequence. With such men as Morrison R. Waite, Samuel M. Young, Peter F. Berdan, Joseph K. Secor, Horace S. Walbridge, Abner L. Backus and others he was a prominent factor in building up the institutions upon which now rest Toledo's prosperity and precedence." Beyond the field of his profession Mr. Baker directed his labors with sound judgment, becoming an active factor in the construction of the Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland Railroad, now constituting the Norwalk division of the New York Central lines, and he was thus also identified with the Wabash Railroad. He took active part in developing the enterprise leading to the building of the Boody House, which was long the leading hotel of Toledo and he was a potent factor in the establishment of the Wabash grain elevators and in the promotion of the Milburn Wagon Company and a number of other important concerns that have featured largely in the connection with the material growth and progress of the city. On the 28th of August, 1849, Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Frances C. Latimer, who died February 23, 1911. They were parents of three sons and a daughter : Herbert, who was president of the Home Savings Bank of Toledo, died March 11, 1920 ; Arthur E., who is a well known business man of this city ; Rufus H., who was his father's law partner and is still engaged in the practice of his profession ; and Katharine, the widow of John J. Manning. Mr. Baker was long a consistent member of the First Baptist church of Toledo, as was his wife. They manifested the keenest interest in its work and in its welfare and made generous contributions to its support. For many years Mr. Baker served as superintendent of the Sunday school and took helpful interest in other branches of the church work. In this connection a contemporary writer said of him : "His religion was not confined to the matter of creed or individual belief, but he conscien- TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 585 tiously endeavored to make his abiding faith evident through good works and kindly deeds. Thus he was earnest in the support of charitable and benevolent objects and many men who afterward became prosperous and influential in connection with the business life of Toledo ow' e their initial steps toward success to his timely advice and assistance. It not infrequently falls to the lot of those who thus strive to aid others to become victims of misplaced confidence and Mr. Baker was not permitted to offer his claims to being an exception to this rule. He at times suffered heavy financial losses through the unworthiness of those to whom he extended a helping hand, but this condition never rendered him uncharitable or served to destroy his confidence in humanity. Of him it has been said that no man 'in whose integrity and ability he believed ever asked his help in vain.' During the Civil war he was a member of the sanitary commission and rendered efficient service in that connection, as he also did as president of the Toledo branch of the United States Christian commission." Firm, indeed, was the hold which William Baker had upon the affectionate regard and high esteem of his fellow townsmen and the news of his demise, which occurred November 17, 1894, received editorial mention in the leading newspapers of Toledo, one of which said : "It is a distinct loss to a city when such a man as William Baker passes away. Broad-minded and thoughtful, with .a sincere belief in his fellowmen and an earnest desire to do what lay in his power 'for their prosperity and progress, Mr. Baker was one of the human factors, and a large one, in the arduous work of laying the foundations upon which the superstructure of Toledo's growth and prosperity has been erected. Quiet and unassuming in his manner, he was not one to pose constantly before the public, but there was no project for the advancement of the real prosperity of Toledo as a commercial and manufacturing center which did not find in him an earnest advocate and sagacious supporter. Though not a demonstrative man, the energy and thoroughness characteristic of his New England ancestry made his support count for much. Nor was he less a factor of usefulness and progress in the upbuilding of the social fabric of the city. His fifty years' residence in Toledo was one of continuous helpfulness to the development of her moral, religious and educational progress. A consistent and active Christian, he was a tower of strength to the church of which he was a member, and his influence extended far beyond the limits of his immediate field. He has gone to his rest, full of years, fruitful in good works and leaving to his fellow citizens an example that all may emulate with honor to themselves and credit to Toledo." HERBERT BAKER Herbert Baker was born in Toledo, September 26, 1854. He was the son of William and Frances C. Baker. He attended the public schools of the city, graduated with the high school class of 1872, and spent a portion of a year at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts, but was obliged to leave the seminary on account of ill health. In his youth, by an unfortunate accident he lost a leg, the evil effects of which carried along all through his life, and to that is attributed much that developed in his character. Because of it he was denied many of the pleasures of young manhood, and came to be of a retiring disposition, patient in suffering, and greatly considerate of others. 586 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Mr. Baker read law in the office of his father for a short time, but finding it uncongenial, he embarked in business, first as a general contractor, fulfilling several contracts with the city of Toledo for grading streets and the like. Quitting that, he took a small share in a foundry business, and later acquired the interests of his partners. He met with a measure of success in this business, and after a few years added to the foundry a machine shop for the manufacture of toolmaking machines. In 1881 he admitted his brother, Arthur E. Baker, into partnership with him, when the firm became that of Baker Brothers, with which he was active until his death. He was one of the original founders of the Home Savings Bank of Toledo, and he was elected its president in 1893, before the Bank began active operations, holding the position during the rest of his life. Mr. Baker was a man of extraordinarily high ideals, a consistent member of the First Baptist church, and in his modest, quiet way gave very liberally to the church and to the various charitable societies of the city. It may be said of him truthfully that he possessed an unusual quality of uprightness. Many men attain uprightness after much of a conflict with temptation, but Mr. Baker was innately good. His great conscience would scarcely admit evil into his mind, and he was universally recognized as one of Toledo's best and most helpful citizens. He died March 11, 1920. LAWRENCE GRAEME BELL Lawrence Graeme Bell, a native son of Toledo whose record reflects credit and honor upon the city, belongs to that class of representative Americans who while promoting individual interests also contribute in large measure to public progress, and through his real estate operations he is doing much to improve the city and promote its growth. He was born August 11, 1886, of the marriage of John Bancroft and Ada (Marshall) Bell, the former a native of Sylvania, Ohio, and the lat. ter of Massachusetts. They afterward removed to Chicago, where they resided until the disastrous fire which swept through that city in 1871, and then came to Toledo. The father first engaged in the manufacture of soap, later turning his attention to the dry goods business, but shortly afterward disposed of his interests and lived retired until his death. The mother survives and is still a resident of Toledo. Of their children two are living : Bruce B. and Lawrence G., both residents of Toledo. In the acquirement of an education Lawrence Graeme Bell attended the grammar and high schools of his native city, the Kiskiminetas Springs School at Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, and afterward was a student at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. His initial business experience was obtained as an employe of the Paragon Refining Company, with which he remained for five years, and he then secured a position with the United States Rubber Company. At the end of a year he severed his relations with that firm and became a salesman for the Reuben Realty Company of Toledo, with which he was connected for five years, acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of the business. He then decided to embark in the business on his own account and in association with Carl C. Teipel organized The Bell-Teipel Realty Company, which also handles fire insurance and loans. Mr. Bell is filling the office of president, while Mr. Teipel acts as secretary and treasurer, and since its inception the enterprise has enjoyed a steady growth, a large business having been developed in each TOLEDO AND LUCAS. COUNTY - 589 department. Mr. Bell is also president of the Circle Investment Company of Toledo and is a sagacious, farsighted business man, whose interests are most capably managed. On the 28th of December, 1917, Mr. Bell married Miss Martha J. Arnold, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander ,Arnold, prominent residents of this city, and they have two children : Lawrence G., Jr., whose birth occurred February 12, 1919 ; and Alexander Arnold, who was born January 28, 1922. Mr. Bell is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and Delta Kappa Epsilon, a college f raternity. He is also identified with the Toledo Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His political allegiance is given to the platform and candidates of the republican party. He has ever recognized the fact that each day and hour has its opportunity and that effort intelligently put forth must ultimately win its reward and in the fulness of time he has reaped the reward of sound judgment, indefatigable industry and judicious investments. He is a most loyal supporter of city because of his belief in its opportunities and his enthusiasm finds expression in effective work for its improvement and development. He resides at No. 715 W. Delaware avenue. IRVING NATHANIEL HAUGHTON The growth of a city does not depend so much upon its machinery of government, or even upon the men who hold public offices, as upon those who foster trade relations and promote commercial activity. In this connection, therefore, Irving Nathaniel Haughton is deserving of more than passing notice, for he is at the head of the Haughton Elevator & Machine Company, the largest elevator manufacturing plant in the middle west, and represents a family which for many years has been closely and prominently connected with the industrial development of the city. He is one of Toledo's native sons, his birth having occurred in this city on the 23d of April, 1879, and his parents, Colonel Nathaniel and Frances C. (Bush) Haughton, were both born in this section of the state. Nathaniel Haughton responded to his country's call during the Civil war, serving as colonel of the Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was retired with the rank of brevet brigadier general. Returning from the Civil war, he established a foundry and machine business in Toledo. About 1888 his son, Harry B., entered the business and at that time was begun the manufacture of elevators, from which has developed the extensive business of the Haughton Elevator & Machine Company. Nathaniel Haughton remained at the head of the undertaking for many years, ranking with the foremost business men of the city, and he was also actively interested in numerous public and philanthropic enterprises. He was widely known and highly respected in Toledo, to whose upbuilding and prosperity he contributed in substantial measure, and his demise occurred in this city in 1899. Mrs. Haughton survives her husband and is still a resident of Toledo. They were the parents of five children : Harry B. and Frank, both of whom are deceased ; Ned A. ; Edith E., who is in charge of employment for the International Y. M. C. A., in New York city ; and Irving N. The public schools of Toledo afforded Irving N. Haughton his educational advantages and his initial business experience was obtained as a clerk in the offices of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company. He later became a salesman f or the Haughton Elevator Company, which had been founded by his 590 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY father, and for sixteen years served in that capacity. Following the demise of his brother, which occurred in 1915, he assumed charge of the enterprise and is now serving as president and general manager. While it is true that Mr. Haughton entered upon a business already established, he has greatly enlarged the scope of the undertaking, displaying marked executive force and administrative ability in its control and maintaining the same high standards which have ever characterized the output of the firm. He has secured a high degree of efficiency in the operation of the business and is just and considerate in his treatment of those in his service, now having between four and five hundred employes. On the 19th of July, 1909, Mr. Haughton was united in marriage to Miss Frances Gates, a stepdaughter of the late Dr. Collamore, a prominent physician of this city. Mr. Haughton is a thirty-second degree Mason and is also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and his political tenets are those of the republican party. His standing as a business man is indicated by the fact that he has been chosen president of the Merchants & Manufacturers Association of Toledo and a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce and is also a member of the Rotary, Toledo and Inverness clubs of this city as well as the Cleveland Athletic Club of Cleveland, Ohio, the Milwaukee Athletic Club of Milwaukee and the Uptown Club of New York city. He. is recognized as an astute, farsighted business man of forceful personality, who occupies a position of leadership in the field in which he is specializing, and he worthily bears a name which for many years has stood as a synonym for progressiveness, reliability and integrity in industrial circles of Toledo. ADOLPH SCHLETT Coming to Toledo in 1904, Adolph Schlett has since been identified with the business interests of the city and is now the president of the Acme Specialty Manufacturing Company: His life record illustrates what can be accomplished in this land where effort and opportunity are unhampered by caste or class. He was born in Tubingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, on the 20th of May, 1875, and is a son of Emanuel and Wilhelmine (Faiss) Schlett. The father was a wholesale grocer. The son, educated in Germany, spent the first seventeen years of his life in his native land and. then crossed the Atlantic to the new world. He early learned the business of 'surveying and the use of all instruments of that character and when he came to the United States he turned his attention to f arming. Later, however, he learned the trade of tool and die making and worked in various places, gaining broad and intimate knowledge of the business. Eventually he reached the responsible position of superintendent of the Stove & Range Manufacturing Company at Wheeling, West Virginia, and from that city came to Toledo in 1904. Here he purchased a machine shop of tool and die works, the plant being a very small one, and at the beginning he employed only three men. The business has steadily grown and developed until now, under the name of the Acme Specialty Manufacturing Company, two excellent buildings are utilized, one having dimensions of a hundred by one hundred and ten feet, while the new building, three stories in height, is one hundred by one hundred and fifty feet. Employment is given to ninety workmen in the shop and the company is represented on the road by six traveling salesmen. The concern makes a specialty TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 593 of shaving sets, traveling, toilet, stand and shaving mirrors, manicuring sets and dressing cases, bath room mirrors and accessories, and sells to all the large department stores in the United States. In the beginning, on the incorporation of the company, the business was capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars but this has since been increased until the capitalization is now two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Schlett is president of the company and his determined spirit and unabating energy have brought him to a place among the prominent representatives of manufacturing in Toledo. On the 26th of April, 1902, Mr. Schlett was united in marriage to Miss Albertine Alline Burbott of Appleton, Wisconsin. He is very fond of athletic sports and golf and turns to these for recreation from the onerous cares of a steadily growing business. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, loyally following the teachings and purposes of the craft and he is also well known in club circles, having membership in the Toledo Club, the Rotary Club, the Toledo Yacht Club and the Sylvania Yacht Club. The last two indicate his interest in marine sports and at all times and in every relation of life he manifests a social nature and deference for the opinions of others that has made him very popular. Throughout his life he has been a constant student in the school of experience, displaying at all times discriminating judgment in." his choice of business opportunities and in the development of the interests which have been under his control. Steadily he has increased his knowledge and his power and today his position as a leading manufacturer of Toledo is a gratifying one, while his life record illustrates what can be accomplished through persistent and earnest effort and is also proof of the fact that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously.. Mr. Schlett's residence is at No. 2705 Collingwood avenue. W. A. TAYLOR, M. D. Dr. W. A. Taylor, one of the younger members of Toledo's medical fraternity,_ is devoting his attention to surgical work, and recognition of his well developed powers on the part of the general public has gained for him a large practice. He was born at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1890, and is the only child of Walter and Carrie (Phillips) Taylor, also natives of the Keystone state. They continued residents of Pennsylvania until 1904, when they came to Toledo, where they have since made their home, and for many years the father was connected with the Buckeye Furniture Company. W. A. Taylor attended the public schools of Syracuse, New York, and following his graduation from the Central high school of that city he entered the College of. Physicians & Surgeons at Chicago, .Illinois, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in 1914. After serving an interneship at St. Vincent's Hospital of Toledo, Ohio, he became connected with Mercy Hospital at Davenport, Iowa, and in January, 1916, he established an office in this city. He is a skillful surgeon and does everything to perfect himself in his chosen vocation. He is a close and discriminating student of his profession and his ambition keeps him abreast with the trend of the times in the field of modern medical and surgical practice. He is visiting physician at Robinwood, Mercy and Toledo hospitals and also has business interests, being a director of the Auburndale, Ohio, Savings. Association. 594 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Dr. Taylor is a member of the Ashland Avenue Baptist church and he is prominent in Masonry, being a member of the commandery, while in the consistory he has taken the thirty-second degree. The nature of his recreation is indicated by his connection with the Toledo Yacht Club. His professional relations are with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Thoroughness characterizes all of his efforts and natural talent, acquired ability, determination and energy have enabled him to make continuous progress in his profession. WILLIAM HAGENBERG SCHAEFER Though closely identified with the commercial interests of Toledo for many years, William Hagenberg Schaefer has by no means confined his atthis privatehe management of his private business affairs, important, extensive and successful as they are. On the contrary he has extended his efforts into various other fields and has been particularly active in connection with those forces which make for the economic, sociological and civic development of a community. Moreover, he is a man of action rather than theory and his ideas have at all times taken practical and tangible form, proving highly resultant. William Hagenberg Schaefer is a native son of Toledo, born September 2, 1860, his parents being William and Margaret (Hassenzah) Schaefer, both of whom were natives of Germany. In his boyhood days the son was employed in a dry goods store and also worked as a Western 'Union messenger. He afterward became a traveling salesman for a wholesale crockery house, with which he was associated for twelve years and during that period gained intimate and accurate knowledge of every phase of the business. Later he became associated with his brother Henry under the style of H. Schaefer & Company, dealers in crockery at Toledo, and in 1901 William H. Schaefer became actively identified with the brokerage business, handling crockery and glassware under the style of the Schaefer Brokerage Company. In this business he is still engaged, although he has discontinued the crockery line, and today his patronage is extensive, the business being one of the important interests of the kind in the city. Mr. Schaefer has been connected for some years with the United States Rubber Company, representing the mechanical goods division of that company and being now distributor of fruit jar rubbers throughout twenty-six states in the east and south. On the 10th of January, 1883, Mr. Schaefer was united in marriage to Miss Luella Logan Swain of Toledo and they have become parents of three sons: Otto H., Charles H. and Clarence A. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer are members of the Episcopal church and takes an active interest in all those forces which make for public progress and improvement along the lines of benefit, reform and development. Mr. Schaefer belongs to the Toledo Council of the United Commercial Travelers and the Toledo Traveling Men's Association, of which he formerly served as president, while for many years he was one of the directors. It was during his term in the presidency that the relief fund was established and of this he was the treasurer. On the 1st of April, 1914, the Toledo Traveling Men's Association was transferred to the Toledo Travelers Life Insurance Company, of which Mr. Schaefer was elected president and has since filled that position. He is also zealously interested in the Newsboys' Association and in 1905 TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 595 organized the campaign for funds for a building for this society, being very successful in putting over the work. He was secretary of the organization continuously until 1910. Fraternally he is a Mason, connected with the lodge, chapter, commandery and Mystic Shrine, and president of the 1918 January class, A. A. S. R. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and has been a member of the Rotary Club almost from its organization, having taken a keen interest in its work. He has long been a close student of those great political, economic and sociological problems which so deeply affect the public welfare and along these lines keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age. He is an enthusiastic supporter of Toledo, working earnestly and consistently for its. upbuilding and benefit, and his name is high on the roll of those who are regarded as prominent and representative residents of the city. His residence is at No. 535 Acklin avenue. ROBERT LAW Robert Law, who passed away in December, 1912, at the venerable age of eighty-nine years, was born on Goat Island, just above Niagara Falls, February 19, 1823, and was one of a family of nine children, eight sons and a daughter, but was the only one born on American soil. His parents were James and Mary (Shackleton) Law, who were natives of Manchester, England, and who in the year 1820 came to the new world, settling at Niagara Falls. There the father conducted a woolen mill on Goat Island, which he operated for a time, but later he owned, cleared and developed a farm in the vicinity of Toronto. During his youthful days Robert Law enjoyed such educational opportunities as the time and neighborhood afforded, but his chances in that direction were somewhat limited, much to his regret. When he was nineteen years of age he recrossed the border between Canada and the United States and-became a student in the academy at Olcott, New York, where he pursued a four years' course. When he had finished school he went to Lockport, New York, where he established business on his own account, taking up the manufacture of various kinds of woodenware, including pails, handles for different purposes, shingles and various other wooden articles and devices. Mr. Law possessed the constructive mind of the inventor and at this period of his life he invented a shingle and heading machine which for efficiency and simplicity has never been improved upon and is in almost universal use today. Mr. Law removed from Lockport to Buffalo and in 1860 he took up his abode on a farm at Clarence, New York, but after four years devoted to agricultural pursuits he returned to Buffalo in 1864, there making his home until 1870, when he came to Toledo, where he erected a. shingle mill at the foot of Mulberry street, on Water street, on the site where the Pennsylvania station now stands. There he remained in active business until the property was condemned by the railroad to be used as the site for the new station. Later Mr. Law became engaged in the coal and wood trade on St. Clair street, between Adams and Madison, and his close application and enterprise brought results in the upbuilding of his business. At the same time Mr. Law found opportunity to exercise his inventive talent and he had no fewer than ten practical inventions to his credit. The now indispensable bath seat was one of these and another was a tie plate which is in use on 596 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY the railroads of the country. He had also submitted a suggestion for draining roadways. Instead of the highly rounded, and in inclement weather often dangerous, center of the dirt road he suggested a flat road to be supplied with drainage done by tile—after the manner of draining swamps and lowlands. This was a very practical suggestion and it would not be surprising to see some city taking advantage of the plan which he offered. On the 8th of January, 1850, Mr. Law was united in marriage to Miss Elvira Britt at Medina, New York, she being a daughter of Nathan and Lucy (Darbee) Britt. Mrs. Law had the distinction of having seven ancestors among the passengers on the Mayflower. Among her relatives were William Mullens and his wife and daughter Priscilla, the latter becoming the wife of John Alden; James Chilton, wife and daughter Mary, who was the first of the entire number of passengers to step foot on Plymouth Rock, leaping lightly to the rock as the boat was brought to anchor. Many are the intimate and interesting tales told by the family concerning these early pioneers who first settled New England. It was Priscilla Mullens who prepared the first Thanksgiving dinner and among the invited guests were the Indians, with whom there had already sprung up a friendship. From such an ancestral line Mrs. Law was descended. She passed away on the. 5th of November, 1912, while Mr. Law survived only until December of the same year, and both were eighty-nine years of age at the time of their demise. They had become the parents of the following children Mrs. M. V. Card, now a widow ; Edwin ,C. Law, district freight agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, who married Katharine Tracy and has one child, Edwin ; Robert J., who is engaged in the real estate business with offices in the Nicholas building and who married Katharine Ganson, by whom he has three children, Leila, who is the wife of Edward L. Clapp, Vernum Law and Susan, who is now Mrs. Herbert Kelty ; Sheridan E., who is with the Irving B. Hiett Company and who married Emily Hoyt, and they have a daughter, Alice, who is the wife of John Irving Nelson; Mrs. Herbert Bissell, who has two children, Mary and Herbert ; Mary E., principal of the Law Froebel Kindergarten Training School of Toledo ; Dr. L. C. Law, deceased, who had one son, Channing E., now a resident of Denver, Colorado; and Ovid Britt Law of Detroit, Michigan, who has a son, Harvy R., living in Toledo. LEO S. HILLEBRAND Leo S. Hillebrand, a native son of Toledo and a member of one of the old and highly respected families of the city, is secretary and treasurer of the A. Bentley & Sons Company, well known engineers and building contractors, controlling extensive business interests, and has risen to his present position through the strength of his mental endowments and his keen appreciation of responsibility. He was born in this city July 29, 1886, and is a son of Frank and Christina (Meyer) Hillebrand, who are also natives of Ohio, the former born in Cincinnati and the latter in Lucas county. In the early '60s the father came to Toledo, where he entered mercantile circles, and for forty years he successfully engaged in the furniture business, becoming recognized as one of the leading merchants of the city. He is now living retired in Toledo, where 'he is widely known and highly respected, and the mother also survives. In their family were five children : Frank, TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 599 a resident of Detroit, Michigan ; William, and Mrs. Gertrude Schneider of Toledo ; Sister Mary Constance, who is connected with a convent at Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Leo S. After completing his grammar school course Leo S. Hillebrand entered the St. Francis de Sales high school of Toledo, from which he was graduated in 1902, and he then obtained employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad, while later he was with the Toledo Terminal Railroad Company. His identification with the A. Bentley & Sons Company dates from 1903, and starting in a clerical capacity he was advanced from one position to another of greater responsibility as his experience and efficiency increased, until at length he was made secretary and treasurer, which offices he now fills. There is no department of the undertaking with which he is not thoroughly familiar and his enterprise and keen sagacity have enabled him to formulate plans which have materially promoted the success of the concern. The nature and scope of the work which they have accomplished and the importance of their interests establishes their position among the foremost representatives of industrial interests in Toledo and Mr. Hillebrand also has voice in the management of the subsidiary companies controlled by the A. Bentley & Sons Company, as well as in that of other large business interests of the city. On the 23d of January, 1918, Mr. Hillebrand was married to Miss Lorin Monks, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monks of Toledo, and they have two children : Leo S., Jr., who was born September 29, 1919 ; and James Richard, born April 2, 1921. The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church and Mr. Hillebrand is a member of the Knights of Columbus, in which he has taken the third degree. He is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Toledo Commerce and Transportation clubs, the Ottawa River Yacht Club and the Toledo Club, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party. Each step in his career has been a forward one and his life record is one in which notable business ability and the recognition and utilization of opportunity are well balanced forces. He has ever adhered closely to the rules which govern strict integrity and unabating industry and has many friends whose esteem he has won and retained by reason of his high principles and fine personal qualities. LLOYD THOMAS WILLIAMS Lloyd Thomas Williams, member of the firm of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau & Williams, one of the foremost law firms of the state, was born May 31, 1874, in Jackson, Ohio, a son of William E. and Anna (Hughes) Williams. He received his early education in the public schools of his native city and after his graduation from the high school entered the Ohio State University and was graduated with the Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1896, while in 1900 the LL. B.. degree was conferred upon him. He began practice alone in Toledo, in 1900, and in 1903 associated himself with the firm of Brown and Geddes. In 1905 he was admitted to partnership under the firm style of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau & Williams. On the 12th of September, 1912, Mr. Williams was married to Miss Frances E. Baker and they have become parents of two 'daughters and two sons : Frances Elizabeth, Alice Pamelia, Lloyd Thomas, Jr., and William Arthur. Mr. Williams is a member of the Toledo Club, the County Club, and of the