650 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY strong Universalist. In politics he is a stalwart republican and has been an ardent worker in behalf of the party. He was a member of the election board for thirty-five years, the executive head of the school board for six years, president of the city council for a similar .length of time and also constable for six years, making a highly creditable record in each of these offices. Formerly he was identified with the Knights of Pythias and passed through all of the chairs in his lodge. In 1900 he joined the Modern Woodmen of America and is still connected with the order. His powers and talents have been wisely conserved, and although he has passed the seventy-second milestone on life's journey he remains an active factor in the world's work. Mr. Cupp has exerted his efforts as readily for the general good as for his own aggrandizement, and time has established his worth as a business man and as a citizen. JOSEPH C. HUBER, JR. Joseph C. Huber, Jr., a prominent architect of Toledo, was born January 8, 1884, on a farm at what is now Collingwood and Melrose, Toledo, in a large brick house, which stood opposite the site of the new cathedral. This pioneer dwelling, one of the first erected in that vicinity, was recently demolished. Mr. Huber was the fifth of a family of eleven children born to Joseph C. Huber, Sr., and Agatha. (Machen) Huber. His grandfather, H. P. L. Machen, having received land from the government, staked out his claim at this site when Indians still lived in the district. On that homestead the family of Joseph C. Huber, Sr., resided for a few years during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Machen in Europe. Joseph C. Huber, Sr., was a native of Baden Baden, Germany, and was left an orphan at the age of two years, being reared in Defiance, Ohio, by Mrs. Hendricka Van Den Broeck, who reared besides her only daughter, Mrs. Arnold J. Machen, now eighty-four years of age and residing at 339 Batavia street, Sister Dionisious, who celebrated her golden jubilee in a convent at Joliet, Illinois, in June, 1929. Mr. Huber, Sr., worked for nine years on the bench as a tailor TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 653 in Defiance and then joined Arnold J. Machen on South St. Clair street, Toledo. Later the business was conducted at Monroe and Summit streets and subsequently in the old Law building at Madison avenue and Superior street, where Mr. Huber was known as Toledo's fashionable tailor. He possessed those qualities which make for popularity and at one time was urged to become a candidate for mayor but was not desirous of holding public office, although he heartily indorsed all movements for the city's growth and betterment. In politics he was non-partisan and in religious belief was a Catholic, while along fraternal lines he was prominent in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His upright, useful life was terminated in 1909, when he was sixty-one years old. His wife attained the age of forty-one years, passing away in 1896. Joseph C. Huber, Jr., decided while still a school boy that he would become an architect and previous to his graduation from St. Patrick's Academy in 1900 studied drafting and sketching under the late Arthur E. Hitchcock, from the Boston Institute of Technology, an architect of note. Later Mr. Huber entered his employ, working six months of his apprenticeship without compensation, and was then paid a salary of three dollars per week, which he now says was probably more than he earned. After the death of Mr. Hitchcock he entered the service of E. O. Fallis, dean of Toledo architects, remaining with him for six years, and was next a student at Columbia University, from which he gained his theoretical knowledge. While working in the offices of a number of New York architects he enlarged his practical experience and in 1908 returned to his native city as an architect for the board of education, with which he was thus connected for four years. During that period he was engaged with others on plans for the Scott and Waite high schools, as well as several ward schools, and rendered valuable service to the city in that connection. Mr. Huber then opened an office here and while conducting his private practice received from Bishop Joseph Schrembs the appointment of consulting architect of the Architectural Commission of the Diocese of Toledo. The importance of this position is indicated in the fact that he was in charge of all work in sixteen counties of north-. 654 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY western Ohio and designed many of the buildings in this section of the state. Since 1912 Mr. Huber has practiced independently and on the death of E. 0. Fallis took over his business. He maintains offices in the tower of the Security Bank building and has attained high standing in his profession. Mr. Huber was married April 24, 1909, in Detroit, Michigan, to Mrs. Nellie Hitchcock Joslin, widow of Clarence Joslin. Mr. and Mrs. Huber have four daughters : Mary Ellen Greiner, Margaret Elizabeth Mahon, Jane Rosalie Hitchcock and Patricia Josephine Huber. The residence of the family is at 216 West Bancroft street, Toledo. Mr. Huber adheres to the Catholic faith and is unbiased in his political views, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He is greatly attached to Toledo, taking keen delight in its general development and civic improvements, and is a firm believer in the rapidly increasing value of its real estate. He is president of the Architects Society of Toledo, a charter member of Toledo Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and is now engaged in organizing the Ohio Society of Architects. Mr. Huber enjoys his work so thoroughly that he never takes an extended vacation, his work being his recreation. All of his energies are reserved for his professional labors; and his pronounced success indicates that he has chosen the vocation which affords the best medium for the expression of his talents and creative art. LAURANCE BALDWIN BECKWITH Laurance B. Beckwith, one of the best known figures in stock brokerage and financial circles of Toledo, is the head of Bell & Beckwith. He was born in this city, December 27, 1879, a son of George H. and Elizabeth M. (Baldwin) Beckwith, and is of English lineage in both the paternal and maternal lines. The father was born in Cleveland, Ohio, February 22, 1856, and was reared and educated in that city. Early in the '70s he came to Toledo and has long been regarded as one of the ablest members of the Toledo bar, being TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 655 senior member of the law firm of Smith, Beckwith, Ohlinger & Froehlich, and he maintains the dignity and honor of his profession. His wife came from an old and prominent family of Toledo. To them were born one son and one daughter : Laurance B.; and Eva M., who is the wife of Thomas Rodd, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Laurance B. Beckwith attended the public schools of Toledo and later a preparatory school in Cleveland, concluding his education at Yale University, from which he received his B. A. degree with the class of 1902. His initial experience as a stock broker was with Secor & Bell, and in 1905 he was admitted to a partnership. The style was later changed to Secor, Bell & Beckwith, and so continued until the death of Jay K. Secor in 1921, when the firm name became Bell & Beckwith, the senior partner being James Brown Bell, who was one of the founders of the business in 1898. Mr. Bell's death occurred in 1924, but the firm name of Bell & Beckwith remains unchanged. This firm is a member of the New York Stock Exchange and offers a complete investment and brokerage service with every modern facility and practice. It has long occupied a foremost position in its line of business in this section of the country and enjoys an extensive and high class clientele. Mr. Beckwith's long experience in the security brokerage business has given him unusual familiarity with its various phases and he is regarded as a very able man in his line. Among his other business connections, which include banking, industrial and commercial interests, he is a director of the Toledo Trust Company; director of the La Salle & Koch Company of Toledo; director of Harbauer & Company of Toledo; director of the Sterling Products Company, the Household Products Company and the American Products Company, all operating in New York city. He has a wide acquaintance with financial men in various parts of the country. On October 9, 1907, Mr. Beckwith was married in Toledo to Miss Katharine R. Smith, a native of this city and a daughter of Howard M. and Ida (Howard) Smith, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith have a son and a daughter : Redfield, who was born July 27, 1910; and Eliz- 656 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY abeth, born July 5, 1914. The family residence is on Chevy Chase Lane. Mr. Beckwith is a member of the Toledo Club, the University Club, the Toledo Country Club and the Carranor Hunt Club, while Mrs. Beckwith belongs to the Woman's Club. In politics he is a republican. His activities and interests are well balanced, and he loyally cooperates in all projects for Toledo's growth and betterment. EDWARD P. SARGEANT Edward P. Sargeant, who fought for his country in the World war, recently joined the legal fraternity of Toledo and possesses the energy, ability and ambition essential to important achievement. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18, 1895, a son of John and Hannah (Martin) Sargeant, natives of England. They emigrated to the United States in 1868, settling in Ohio, and the father obtained work as a brick-mason, a trade which he had learned in England. While living in Cincinnati he engaged in contracting, specializing in fire brick, and devoted his life to that line of work. He operated on an extensive scale and at one time took a large part of the output of the Charles Taylor & Sons Company, manufacturers of fire brick particularly adapted to the setting of fire kilns and boilers. He passed away in 1900. His widow, who still resides in Cincinnati, has attained the age of seventy-two years. They became the parents of seven sons, of whom three were trained by their father in the trade of a brick-mason, which they are still following. The youngest son, Edward P. Sargeant, was reared in his native city, graduating from West night high school in 1915, and then matriculated in the Cincinnati Law School, which he attended for a year. In 1917, at the time of the first draft, he enlisted in the United States Army and was assigned to duty with Company A of the Three Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment of Infantry, attached to the Eighty-third Division. On the 12th of June, 1918, he sailed for France and served with distinction. On returning to America he was sent to Chillicothe, Ohio, and in February, 1919, was honorably dis- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 657 charged at Camp Sherman. Before his enlistment he had been an employe of The W. H. Anderson Company, publishers and distributors of law books, and on arriving in Cincinnati he resumed his connection with the firm, which he represented as a traveling salesman. From 1919 to 1921 he covered the Cincinnati territory as well as all of Tennessee and part of Kentucky and portions of Alabama and Georgia.) While riding on the train he read law and also had the benefit of instruction from John C. Nieporte, a prominent attorney of Cincinnati. In 1921 he was transferred to the northwestern Ohio district and established his headquarters in Toledo on the 11th of May, 1925, when The W. H. Anderson Company opened a branch office on the eighth floor of the Spitzer building. After coming to this city Mr. Sargeant studied under Ira R. Cole, now judge of the municipal court of Toledo, and on the 27th of January, 1928, was admitted to the bar but at present is devoting his time to the sale of law books, in which connection he has met with gratifying success. On the 23d of November, 1923, Mr. Sargeant was united in marriage to Miss Laura Schmazel, also a native of Cincinnati, in which city her mother still resides, but her father has passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Sargeant are earnest, helpful members of the Presbyterian church, and he is also identified with the Masonic order, the American Legion and the State Bar Association. He is a devotee of golf and also enjoys swimming and boating. He has an analytical, well trained mind and is a tireless worker, destined to succeed in anything that he undertakes, while his personal traits are such as inspire strong and enduring regard. DAVID CREGER David Creger, member of the law firm of Kear & Creger, of Upper Sandusky, and the present prosecuting attorney of Wyandot county, was born in this city on the 10th of December, 1900, and is a son of Franklin P. and Emma (Foulk) Creger, the former of whom is a successful and well known farmer. In the family were the following children : David, 658 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of this review; William R., a chemist of Chicago, Illinois; Hubert, who is at home ; Paul, a reporter on the Daily Chief, of Upper Sandusky; and Grace, who is at home. David Creger received his early education in the public and high schools of Nevada, Ohio, graduating from the latter in 1919. Later he entered the law department of Ohio Northern University, from which he was graduated in 1926, and in July of that year was admitted to the bar. In 1927 he opened a law office in Upper Sandusky and is now a partner of Russell H. Kear. In the fall of 1928 Mr. Creger was elected prosecuting attorney of Wyandot county, assuming the office on January 7, 1929, and is discharging the duties of that position in a very able and creditable manner. Mr. Creger is a democrat in politics and has always shown a keen interest in public affairs. He is a member of the Reformed church and is affiliated with the Wyandot County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association, being highly regarded by his professional brethren. As a lawyer he is careful and conscientious; has shown a ready familiarity with legal principles and their application, and has met with flattering success in practice. HARRY WILLSON FALCONER Harry Willson Falconer, a worthy scion of an old and distinguished southern family, has depended upon his own efforts for advancement and is one of the best known insurance men of Toledo, where he has successfully engaged in this line of business for thirty years and has also gained prominence in other walks of life. He was born in Washington, D. C., July 22, 1862, a son of William Hamilton and Mary Ann (Boteler) Falconer, both of English lineage. William Hamilton Falconer was a descendant of the Hon. William Burgess, who was born in England in 1622 and bore the arms of the family of Truro, in Cornwall, namely, a fesse chequy, or and gules, in chief three crosses crosslet fitchie of the last, but maintained a very near relationship to the Burgesses of Marlborough, Wilts county, whose daughter was the wife of Lord Charles Baltimore's stepson. In Burke's Landed TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 659 Gentry appears the name of John Burgess, of Parkanour and Thorp Hall in County Tyrone, Ireland. He bore the title of high sheriff and married Lady Caroline Clements, the youngest daughter of Nathaniel, the second earl of Listron. From John Burgess was descended Joseph Burgess, Esq., who married Elizabeth, daughter of George Lloyd, of Eastham, Essex county, England, and had three sons. The records reveal a will of Joseph Burgess, Esq., of Marlborough, made in 1674, granting his estate to his relatives in Maryland, one of whom, the Hon. William Burgess, became his executor. About 1680 Colonel William Burgess founded the town of London on the South river and in a few years that community outrivaled Annapolis in point of culture. The land records show a tract called Burgh, taken up in 1658 by Colonel Burgess, and they also state that on September 24, 1674, he proved his right to five hundred and fifty acres of land for transporting eleven persons. He passed away on the 24th of January, 1686, at the age of sixty-four years, and the tombstone erected by his wife is the oldest in All Hallows cemetery. Colonel Burgess left a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, and was also survived by eight grandchildren. A daughter married. Samuel Norwood, who was one of the first vestrymen of St. Ann's Episcopal church at Annapolis. Samuel Norwood was a man of wealth and prominence, and his estate, known as Norwood, afterward became the site of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Colonel Burgess increased his holdings until he became one of the largest landholders in Maryland and at various times transported about one hundred and fifty persons to the colony. William Hamilton Falconer was born April 3, 1820, and was reared and educated in Maryland. In early manhood he removed to Washington, D. C., and there engaged in contracting for several years, building many of the city's fine residences. He constructed the Louise Home, erected by W. W. Corcoran for decadent southern families impoverished by the Civil war, and was also the builder of the Corcoran Art Museum and the old Riggs Hotel. He was one of the foremost contractors of the capital city and contributed in notable measure toward its upbuilding and improvement. In 1863 41-VOL. 3 660 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY he retired from that field of activity and afterward was prominent in business, financial and civic affairs of Frederick, Maryland. For many years he was a director of the Deaf & Dumb Institute of Frederick and also served as president of the Frederick County Agricultural Society. In politics he was a stanch republican. Mr. Falconer had a large residence on East Patrick street and there he frequently entertained his intimate friend, General Grant, and other men of note. The wife of William Hamilton Falconer was born February 10, 1826, and was a granddaughter of Walter Boteler, an Englishman. He was born in 1763 and died August 22, 1829. His wife, Jemima Boteler, was also born in 1763 and her demise occurred on the 29th of January, 1831. Death summoned Mr. Falconer in 1890, and his wife passed away May 14, 1912. Harry W. Falconer received instruction from private tutors and also attended Frederick College. Afterward his father secured for him a position in a local dry goods store, in which he worked for a year without pay, and was there employed until 1879. At that time the family located in Baltimore, Maryland, and he entered the service of D. Holliday & Company, a wholesale dry goods firm of that city. He learned all branches of the business and was next a commercial traveler for the Daniel Miller Wholesale Dry Goods Company, with which he spent a number of years. Wishing to see the west, he located in Kansas City, Missouri, but a year later returned to the east. For seven years he was connected with a mercantile house of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and after his father's death started in business for himself. Although he prospered in the undertaking, Mr. Falconer decided to withdraw from that field, finding the work uncongenial, and he sold the business. On the 24th of January, 1898, he arrived in Toledo and immediately afterward engaged in the insurance business. He now writes all forms of insurance and has developed one of the largest concerns of the kind in this part of the state. His associates in the business are his only son, Robert Daniels Falconer, and Howard 0. Dunbar and Byron S. Picton. Harry W. Falconer is at the head of the business and in its control brings to bear the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 661 knowledge, wisdom and executive force so essential to success in every line of commercial activity. Mr. Falconer was married October 12, 1904, in Toledo, to Miss Mabel Virginia Daniels, a daughter of Thomas Daniels, a well known pharmacist of the city, and Mary (Clark) Daniels. Mr. and Mrs. Falconer have two children, Robert Daniels and Virginia, twins. The daughter is the wife of Robert R. Coon, who is a partner of the Toledo firm of Bell & Beckwith, stock and bond brokers. Mr. Falconer has a country home, Falconwood, situated near Perrysburg in Wood county, Ohio, and his offices are located on the ninth floor of the Nicholas building in Toledo. During the World war he had charge of the local hut of the Young Men's Christian Association and has been one of the trustees of that organization for a number of years. He is vice president of the Flower Hospital and a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church. At one time he was president of the Men's Club of the church and is now chairman of the Episcopal Mission in this city, manifesting a deep and helpful interest in religious work. He was the first president of the Toledo Casualty Agents Association and is also identified with the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Club, and Sanford L. Collins Lodge, No. 396, of the Masonic order. Mr. Falconer is broad in his views, progressive in his standards and high in his ideals and exerts a strong force for good in his city. WALTER A. EVERSMAN Walter A. Eversman has made the practice of law his life work and is one of Toledo's well known attorneys. He is a son of Frederick W. and Elizabeth (Graether) Eversman. Immediately after his graduation from the Toledo high school he entered the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1901 and that of LL.B. in 1903. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1903, and entered upon the practice of law in Toledo and in 1915 became a partner in the firm of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau & Williams. He is now a member of the firm of Geddes, Sch- 662 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY mettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan, whose offices are located on the eleventh floor of the Ohio building. On June 25, 1910, Mr. Eversman married Miss Grace L. Greenhalgh. In 1918 he was appointed general solicitor in charge of the legal department of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad, now the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co., for the Federal government, thus serving until the termination of federal control, when he was elected a director and general solicitor of that road, whose legal interests he has safeguarded since that time. He is a member of the local, state and national bar associations. PETRIE MOFFAT The James Vernor Company is ably represented in Toledo by Petrie Moffat, an enterprising young business man, who has made an enviable record during the eight years of his connection with this well known corporation. A native of Ontario, Canada, he was born December 19, 1896, and is one of the three children of John and Fannie Moffat. The others are : Horace, who is engaged in farming in Canada; and Irene, the wife of Roy Alexander. Petrie Moffat acquired his high school education in Paisley, Ontario, and in 1914 enrolled as a student in the Normal College at North Bay, graduating with the class of 1915. For two years he was a teacher in the public schools of Canada and afterward traveled for a time. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits near Regina in western Canada for two years. During the World war Mr. Moffat enlisted in the Canadian army and was assigned to the western division, being stationed in the officers training camp at Regina for eight months. On receiving his honorable discharge he returned to the homestead, which he cultivated for a year, and then crossed the border, locating in Detroit, Michigan. In 1921 he became a salesman for the James Vernor Company of that city, thus continuing for four and a half years, when he was promoted to the position of manager, and has since conducted the company's store in Toledo. Located at 319-21 Erie street, it has forty-five hundred square feet of floor TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 663 space and is unique in its appointments and furnishings. A large sum of money was expended upon the establishment, which embodies the Italian style of architecture and is artistically decorated. The counters are of marble and an art cement floor is one of the features of the place, which is provided with the newest system of lighting and every modern convenience. The balcony is attractive and inviting, and the office is supplied with the best equipment obtainable. The company operates a number of trucks, which deliver its products within a radius of sixty miles from Toledo. Vernor's ginger ale has a wide sale in many states and for years has been classed with the best beverages of the kind on the market. Mr. Moffat has exerted every effort to promote the success of the company and under his capable direction their business in Toledo has rapidly expanded. On the 25th of April, 1925, Mr. Moffat was married in Detroit to Miss Hazel James, a daughter of Albert and Jeannette James, the former a native of Wales and the latter an American. Doris Moffat, the only child of this marriage, was born June 1, 1928. The family attend the Rosewood Presbyterian church, and Mr. Moffat is identified with the Masonic order. Of forceful personality and progressive spirit, he occupies a prominent position in business circles of Toledo and loyally cooperates in all projects destined to prove of benefit to the city. CLEON DUBS BRILLHART The town of Napoleon, Ohio, is fortunate in having at the head of its school system a man of the caliber and character of Professor Cleon Dubs Brillhart, who as superintendent of the city schools has rendered a type of service that has met with the approbation and appreciation of the people of the community. He was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1892 and is a son of Rev. William E. and Cora (Kline) Brillhart, also natives of the old Keystone state. The father, who was a minister of the Evangelical church, died in 1917 at York, Pennsylvania, and the mother is still living in that city. Both grandfathers, Edward Brillhart and John Kline, 664 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY served in the Union army during the Civil war, and two of his brothers, John E. and William E. Brillhart, are veterans of the World war and are now prominent in educational and religious affairs. Cleon D. Brillhart attended the public schools of his native state and was graduated from York Collegiate Institute in 1912. He then entered Albright College, at Myerstown, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1916. During the three succeeding years he was a teacher in the high school at Bowling Green, Ohio, as well as athletic coach. In 1919 he became principal of the high school at Napoleon, in which capacity he served six years, and was then made superintendent of the city schools, still filling that position in a highly creditable manner. With a natural aptitude and love for educational work, he has devoted his efforts closely to the interests of the schools here, with results that are greatly appreciated throughout the community. The Napoleon schools are in every respect modern in equipment and methods and are fully accredited. The new high school building was completed in 1921, at a cost of two hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and the manual arts, home economics, chemistry and biology departments are recognized as among the most complete and efficient in northern Ohio. The old high school building, located on the same grounds with the new building, is used for the grades and the junior high school. The present grounds have been used for school purposes continuously since about 1866, the first class graduating in 1870. It is questionable whether in Ohio can be found more attractive public school grounds, the lawns being spacious and well kept and ornamented with more than thirty giant elm and maple trees, besides many flowers and much ornamental shrubbery. From the trees hang potted ferns, vines and plants in profusion, and bird fountains are scattered over the grounds, the general appearance of the premises indicating a prideful care and attention over many years. In the rear of the school buildings are the play grounds, containing equipment valued at over five thousand dollars and including tennis courts, volleyball courts, an outdoor basketball park and a spacious football and baseball field. The grounds are equipped and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 665 arranged so as to care for the recreation of pupils of all ages. The South grade school likewise is well equipped with a playground and a nicely cared for lawn about the building. About eleven hundred pupils are enrolled in the grade schools and three hundred and twenty-five in the high school, while thirty-two teachers are employed. There is a school band of sixty pieces, which is a highly creditable organization and has stimulated a love for music among many who otherwise would have given it little personal attention. To all of these various interests Mr. Brillhart has given a due share of his attention, for he is deeply sympathetic with every phase of public school life and favors every activity which will in any way contribute to the mental, moral or physical development of the young. He spent the summer of 1929 at the University of Michigan, working on the M. A. degree. On July 1, 1917, in Bowling Green, Ohio, Mr. Brillhart was united in marriage to Miss Edna E. English, who prior to her marriage was secretary to the superintendent of schools of that city. To them have been born two sons, William E. and Robert R. Mr. Brillhart is a member of Bowling Green Lodge, No. 112, F. & A. M., and is advisory for Maumee Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay, at Napoleon. He is president of the Kiwanis Club, is a member of the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America and is a director of the movement "City Beautiful," which is doing such effective work in his community. He is treasurer of the city library board and has shown an effective interest in the welfare of this very important institution. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Brillhart is an elder. He is the teacher of a Bible class of more than sixty members, known as "Everyman's Bible Class," while Mrs. Brillhart served as superintendent of the primary department and is chairman of the music committee of that organization. In 1917 he enlisted for the World war, entering the officers' training camp at Camp Knox, Kentucky, but the armistice was signed before he was ordered into active service. A man of progressive ideas and methods, public spirited in his attitude towards everything having to do with the welfare of his community and standing consistently for all that is best 666 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY in life, he has exerted a definite influence for good in the city now honored by his citizenship and commands the uniform confidence and esteem of all who know him. ELMER E. DAVIS Largely through his own efforts, Elmer E. Davis earned and provided the money necessary for his higher education, and is now numbered among the successful lawyers of Toledo. He was born on a farm near New Straitsville in Perry county, Ohio, October 31, 1865, a son of Robert and Alcinda (Thorpe) Davis. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of New York. Both parents migrated to Ohio while they were small children. The family lived on a farm in Perry county, Ohio, until the year 1888, when it removed from there to a farm near Newark, Ohio, where two members of the family still reside. Six children were born to the parents, four of whom survive. The mother died in 1888 shortly before the family removed from Perry county. The father died on the farm near Newark in 1920. While living on the home farm Elmer E. Davis attended the district schools and later the New Straitsville high school. After his graduation from high school he worked for some years in order to earn the money necessary for his higher and professional education. He later entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in June, 1891, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In the fall of that year he located in Toledo, where he has practiced law continuously up to the present time. He is well versed in legal science, and the court records show that he has won a large percentage of the cases intrusted to his care. On September 6, 1904, Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Miss Grace L. Richards, of Toledo, Ohio. He is a republican and served as a member of the common council of Toledo in 1893. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Shrine, and also belongs to the local, state and American Bar Associations. He is highly regarded by the members of the bar and has long taken an active and prominent part in the civic and business affairs of Toledo. INDEX Acker, J. J. 576 Acklin, G. M. 264 Acklin, J. M. 228 Aitken, J. E. 122 Alexander, P. W. 356 Allen, H. L. 487 Altenberg, O. L. 272 Apple, G. K. 604 Aubry, T. S. 274 Aufderheide, H. F. 105 Austin, C. R. 387 Averill, F. C. 585 Avery, R. D. 155 Baer, C. A. 309 Bahnsen, H. A. 528 Bahnsen, J. H. 518 Baker, F. S. 224 Baker, H. C. 643 Ballou, J. G. 529 Barefoot, C. R. 556 Barnholt, R. A. 476 Bartley, H. J. 177 Bartley, John 108 Bartley, R. A. 129 Bartley, R. F. 507 Bebout, J. W. 402 Beck, C. V. 117 Beckwith, L. B. 654 Belt, L. L. 514 Bidwell, R. L. 16 Billings, F. S. 269 Birch, Chester 562 Bittinger, O. E. 363 Bixler, M. H. 377 Bloomer, Hiram, Jr. 46 Bluff, F. F. 633 Boon, G. A. 534 Bowman, J. F. 299 Boyd, J. H. 143 Boyers, G. L. 267 Brand, W. W. 602 Bremer, C. G. 362 Brewer, L. A. 10 Brillhart, C. D. 663 Brown, J. W. 420 Brown, R. T. 583 Brownlee, W. K. 619 Buckenmyer, E. P. 39 Buckhout, D. H. 600 - 667 - Buckingham, F. H. 24 Budd, J. C. 14 Burt, J. C. 566 Bushey, D. B. 392 Bushkuhl, H. A. 62 Busse, L. B. 233 Camper, E. F. 408 Canary, S. A. 11 Carnegie-Stahl Free Public Library 43 Carr, W. C. 74 Case, S. R. 238 Chapman, P. H. 119 Cheney, H. M. 287 Christy, A. R. 84 Clark, O. C. 575 Clyde Public Library 37 Cole, I. R. 435 Collins, C. C. 639 Collins, E. T. 201 Collins, S. L. 214 Conner, W. F. 369 Coonrod, J. B. 55 Cottrell, C. E. 459 Crawford, Ruel 447 Creger, David 657 Culbert, A. E. 63 Cummings, C. 0. 124 Cupp, G. W. 648 Davis, E. E. 666 Davis, W. D. 579 Day, H. S. 30 Deck, H. E. 642 Deck, J. F. 338 Dehn, A. O. 411 de la Barre, Paul 406 DeMuth, E. D. 577 Depenthal, E. H. 398 Detzer, H. J. 524 Devlin, W. B. 614 Dierks, C. L. 282 Diethelm, M. W. 486 Dillon, C. B. 361 Dolan, L. P. 646 Dore, F. T. 159 Dreitzler, John 298 Duffey, W. J. 570 Durnwald, F. A. 295 668 - INDEX Easley, J. V. 544 Eaton, D. C. 230 Edington, G. C. 331 Effier, L. R. 314 Egger, C. G. 330 Emch, A. W.   286 Eversman, W. A. 661 Fagan, J. C. 336 Falconer, H. W. 658 Farrell, E. P. 388 Faskin, J. A. 616 Fazekas, S. A. 622 Files, A. F. 50 Finefrock, C. B. 462 Finkbeiner, D. A. 432 Fletcher, C. L. 326 Forshey, J. A. 182 Fox, K. P. 107 Frazier, H. H. 152 Frederick, C. W. 259 Frick, H. W. 188 Friedmar, I. H. 502 Frowine, E. J. 266 Gabel, R. J. 189 Gabel, W. A. 114 Gardiner, W. B. 53 Gardner, O. F. 481 Garty, R. J. 203 Gaudern, P. E. 615 Gerow, L. H. 65 Gibson, L. W. 227 Gilbert, C. V. 312 Gillet, E. R. 440 Godwin, Blake-More 407 Good, A. F. 379 Good, B. Z. 199 Graves, C. H. 446 Graves, J. F. 397 Graves, Scott 434 Graves, W. E. 500 Green, George 603 Griffith, W. E. 90 Gross, C. A. 52 Hahn, A. A. 374 Hahn, L. J. 493 Hakes, W. J. 426 Hall, R. C. 625 Hall, W. P. 424 Hardy, G. E. 82 Harkness, E. D. 186 Harrer, E. A. 490 Harrington, N. R. 34 Harris, W. R. 88 Hasemeyer, E. A. 281 Haynes, W. P. 254 Heath, H. H. 138 Heller, F. 419 Henry, Leslie 200 Herrlin, A. S. 632 Hertzer, W. L. 21 Hetrick, L. W. 645 Hettrick, W. E., Jr. 278 Hill, L. G. 560 Hochenedel, C. A. 393 Hoover, C. D. 252 Hopkins, Edward 608 Hossler, A. L. 350 Housholder, J. H. 110 Hubach, C. H. 245 Hubach, W. G. 271 Huber, J. C., Jr. 650 Hudson, L. W. 535 Hummel, W. A. 494 Hunter, I. E. 217 Hunter, J. F. 618 Huntsman, W. T. 36 Ickes, E. M 351 Irwin, W. E. 552 James, B. F. 210 James, W. B. 164 Jones, H. P. 473 Keil, F. W. 216 Keilholtz, K. D. 586 Kelting, A. C. 366 Kelting, A. J. 302 Kershaw, A. L. 627 Kirk, A. E. 531 Knisely, W. C. 324 Kornfeld, J. S. 296 Kraemer, D. A. 519 Krentzfeld, F. H. 569 Kridler, P. W. 333 Krout, C. A. 305 Krupp, W. A. 453 Kuesthardt, S. H. 499 Kuntz, G. I. 202 LaCost, C. T., Sr. 530 Landwehr, F. H. 70 Lane, W. L. 591 Langenderfer, A. S. 359 Lausten, A. C. 543 Lavey, H. A. 173 Law, R. J. 241 Lea, T. M. 301 Lebowsky, L. A. 404 Lehman, O. C. 523 Lehmann, J. J. 285 Lemmon, C. H. 437 Lewis, Howard 19 Leybourn, A. S. 225 Libbey, E.. D. 5 Lincoln, J. H. 67 Linkey, A. G. 510 Lins, P. A. 93 INDEX - 669 Lint, Amos 412 Long, R. L. 572 Lynch, E. J. 471 McUmber, H. H. 410 Macelwane, F. J. 509 Mackley, L. F. 212 Manton, T. R 634 Marshall, E. J. 34 May, E. G. 292 Mayle, A. M. 270 Meader, H. B. 640 Meek, C. A. 352 Metzgar, Homer 116 Meyer, G. F. 492 Middleton, H. A. 620 Millard, G. W. 538 Miller, A. F. 573 Miller, C. J. 163 Miller, F. J. 234 Miller, F. R. 41 Mitchell, A. F. 599 Moffat, Petrie 662 Mollgaard, Dethlef 313 Momenee, J. D. 607 Montgomery, A. R. 371 Morrison, G. C. 190 Munger, G. J. 136 Munn, J. O. 257 Myers, G. E. 417 Myers, R. C. 205 Nagel, Frank 121 Naylor, J. E. 211 Neal, E. E. 549 Newman, H. L. 461 Newton, N. B. 482 Norton, J. P. 133 Norwine, K. J. 506 O'Connell, Louis 320 O'Neill, Frank 42 Orr, P. F. 516 Overmyer, A. W. 48 Overmyer, O. A. 394 Paine, L. H. 165 Pelton, O. B. 438 Peppers, W. R. 88 Perringer, F. F. 347 Peter, C. R. 334 Pfaender, H. G. 135 Philo, D. W. 341 Place, A. W. 444 Platt, J. H. 128 Pomrenke, Minnie B. 429 Powers, G. G. 449 Puck, F. J. 101 Raab, L. J. 448 Reetz, C. A. 606 Rettig, M. O. 630 Rhoades, J. D. 96 Richards, S. S. 76 Robison, D. J. 178 Rolf, F. W. 151 Rosenthal, I. M. 342 Rudes, M. B. 521 Ruffner, L. C. 463 Rupp, L. G. 307 Ryan, H. M. 564 Ryan, William 322 Sanger, Sigmond 430 Sargeant, E. P. 656 Sassen, J. L. 458 Schaal, F. C. 91 Schroeder, L. F. 318 Schultz, A. P. 592 Schwartz, W. H. 69 Schwarz, F. F. 612 Seiders, C. A. 56 Semon, R. R. 505 Seymour, Frederick 454 Shaw, Eva E. 157 Sherck, N. B. 297 Shields, C. H. 160 Shoemaker, E. W. 364 Sieving, C. C. F. 405 Skilliter, W. D. 477 Smith, D. F. 628 Solether, E. K. 100 Sprenger, J. W. 501 Stautzenbach, Henry 370 Steinle, C. F. 279 Stophlet, M. M. 597 Strauch, C. A. 104 Streicher, A. M. 589 Sullivan, D. F. 451 Sullivan, J. D. 559 Tallman, A. P. 479 Taylor, E. E. 25 Tefft, C. B. 550 Tiedtke, H. D. 546 Timblin, W. C. 636 True, G. A. 395 Tustison, L. O. 513 Uline, M. J. 378 Urschel, J. J. 166 Urschel, W. L. 206 Van Dusen, C. A. 220 Vitz, Carl 28 Vogel, E. B. 89 Vogeli, H. C. 503 Voorhees, E. R. 87 Votaw, F. M. 423 Vradenburg, G. A. 260 Waldorf, G. P. 192 Wall, R. J. 246 Waters, R. C. 465 670 - INDEX Weber, L. D. 376 Weger, H. R. 176 Weigel, A. A. 243 Weil, A. H. 23 Welt, Phineas 94 Wenzlau, R. S. 80 White, F. O. D. 580 Whitmer, J. W. 594 Wilder, W. W. 468 Williams, L. T. 288 Witmer, Fred 380 Witte, R. F. 185 Wolfe, Stanley 255 Wolfe, W. E. 415 Yingling, C. S. 78 Young, H. E. 536 Young, T. H. 348 Younker, H. L. 373 Younkman, G. F. 335 Zimmerman, Joseph 496 Zolg, W. A. 466