550 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY pointed him assistant at St. Wendelin's church in Fostoria Ohio. He so continued until June, 1918, when he went to North Auburn, Ohio, as pastor of the church of the Mother of Sorrows. His labors at that point continued until 1923, when he was appointed pastor of St. Boniface's church, and has since been in Oak Harbor. WILLIAM JOHN DIERKS, D. D. S. In the dental profession in Toledo, none is more highly regarded than is Dr. William J. Dierks, who has been engaged in the practice here for over twenty years and has met with a worthy success. He was born in New York city on the 30th of October, 1882, a son of William J., Sr., and Louisa (Haas) Dierks. The father was born in Hamburg, Germany, came to this country many years ago and was for over twenty-five years with the Ransom & Randolph Company, of Toledo, as a cuttlery grinder. His death occurred in this city in March, 1899. He was a democrat and a member of the Lutheran church. His wife was born in Ehrfurt, Germany, and is still living in Toledo. William J. Dierks, Jr., received his early education in the grade and high schools of Toledo, and received his professional training in the dental school of the University of Illinois, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1907. He returned to Toledo and opened a dental office in the St. Lawrence building, on St. Clair street, where he remained until 1910, when he came to his present location, at 1019 Spitzer building, where he has a completely equipped and up-to-date office. He not only possesses a thorough technical knowledge of his profession, but is careful and thorough in all of his work, the quality of which has been his best advertisement. In December, 1910, in Toledo, was performed the ceremony which united Dr. Dierks and Miss Marie Louise Nix, who is a native of Michigan and is a daughter of Theodore and Mariah (Bauslaugh) Nix, both of whom were born in Canada. Her father, who is deceased, was a photographer by profes- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 551 sion. His widow now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Dierks. The latter received her education in the public schools of Battle Creek, Michigan, and Toledo, takes an active interest in the civic and social affairs of this city and is a member of the Women's Club. Dr. and Mrs. Dierks are the parents of two children : William John, Jr., born July 20, 1915; and Elizabeth Marcia, born May 10, 1917. The republican party receives Dr. Dierks' support and, fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order in all of its branches; the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor commander, and the Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity. He belongs to the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and the Sylvania Golf Club and he and his wife are members of the Washington Congregational church. Professionally, he is affiliated with the Toledo Dental Society, the Northern Ohio Dental Society, the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. Golf and baseball are his favorite out-door sports. FRED WOLFE Fred Wolfe, works manager for the American Gypsum Company at Port Clinton, has had many years of practical experience in this business and is a large factor in the successful operation of the local plant. He was born in Port Clinton in 1894 and is a son of Alonzo and Rose Mary (McKillips) Wolfe, both of whom were born and reared in Lucas county, Ohio. His father spent practically his entire active life on the lakes as a fisherman, but is now deceased. The mother is still living in Port Clinton. Fred Wolfe, who attended the public schools of Port Clinton, was graduated from high school in 1912, and from the business administration course of the Sandusky Business College in 1913. Immediately afterwards he entered the employ of the American Gypsum Company and, beginning at the bottom, worked up through all departments of the plant until he reached his present position as works manager. This company is engaged in the manufacture of wall plaster, wall board, gypsum block and plastic paints, the products being handled through 552 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY dealers. The plant is up-to-date in all of its equipment and gives steady employment to about three hundred and fifty men. In 1916 Mr. Wolfe was united in marriage to Miss Beulah C. Gerner, who is active in local social affairs, being a member of a number of clubs. She also belongs to the Immaculate Conception Catholic church. Mr. Wolfe supports the democratic party, and is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Port Clinton, the Port Clinton Yacht Club, the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club and the Colonial Club. He possesses splendid executive ability and is filling his present position in a highly satisfactory manner, being regarded as one of the most valuable employees of his company. ZEPHIRIN J. BERGERON In the very front rank of the building contractors of Toledo stands Zephirin J. Bergeron, whose operations over a period of nearly three decades have been of a character and magnitude that stamp him as a man of unusual ability in his special field of effort. Mr. Bergeron was born in Montreal, Canada, on the 12th of August, 1874, and is a son of Vincent and Celina (Garnau) Bergeron, both natives of France, the father having been born in Paris. Vincent Bergeron was a wood carver and followed that trade after coming to the United States. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the Roman Catholic church. He and his wife both died at Fall River, Massachusetts, the latter passing away July 26, 1900. Zephirin J. Bergeron attended the public schools of Fall River, Massachusetts, and then entered St. Lawrence College in Montreal, Canada, from which he was graduated in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He completed his technical education in McGill University, from which he was graduated in construction engineering in 1897. He then entered the employ of Armour & Company, being located at various places and working in the construction department. During this period, 1898-99, he went to Manila, Philippine islands, and constructed a cold storage plant for the United TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 555 States government. In 1902 he embarked in the general contracting business on his own account in Toledo, which he has carried on to the present time. He built the Union stockyards in Toledo, the plants of the Zehner Brothers Packing Company and the Folger Packing Company, as well as a lot of important work for the Huebner Brewing Company; the Libbey-Owens Company, at Charleston, West Virginia; the Owens Bottle Company, also at Charleston, and others. On October 25, 1925, he began the erection of the cathedral of Our Lady Queen of the Rosary, in Toledo, which edifice he expects to complete in 1930. Prior to that work, he built the World theater and the State theater in Toledo. These are but a fraction of the contracts which Mr. Bergeron has handled in this part of the country, and his reputation as a competent, capable and entirely dependable contractor is well established. On January 8, 1902, in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Bergeron was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Eloise Cook, who was born and reared in that city and is a daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Cavandish) Cook, both deceased. Mrs. Bergeron was educated in the public schools of her native city and is a member of the Toledo Women's Club. Mr. and Mrs. Bergeron are members of the Gesu Roman Catholic church. Mr. Bergeron gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. Fishing is his favorite diversion. He has had a long and creditable business career, crowned with well merited success, and is accounted one of Toledo's substantial and worthy citizens. The Bergeron residence is at No. 2043 Mt. Vernon avenue. GEORGE WILLIAM DIERKS, D. D. S. Dr. George W. Dierks, who is an experienced dentist, is now devoting his attention almost wholly to the clinic side of dentistry and as an expert X-ray operator is rendering a distinct service to his profession, having his office at 316 Michigan street, Toledo. He was born in this city on the 22d 556 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of September, 1887, and is a son of William J. and Louisa (Haas) Dierks. His father was born in Hamburg, Germany, and died in Toledo, Ohio, in March, 1899. He was a cutlery grinder by trade and was in the employ of Ransom & Randolph, of Toledo, for twenty-five years. He was a member of the Lutheran church and was a stanch democrat. His widow, who is still living in Toledo, was born in Ehrfurt, Germany. To this worthy couple were born five children, namely: George W., of this review; William J., who is a practicing dentist in Toledo ; Frank H., a traveling salesman for the M. I. Wilcox Company, of Toledo; Miss Martha L. Dierks; and Mrs. Carl H. Dodge, both of Toledo. George W. Dierks was graduated from the Toledo high school in 1906 and received his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the dental school of the University of Illinois in 1915. He engaged in the general practice of his profession in Toledo, which he followed successfully until the United States became involved in the World war. He enlisted May 22, 1917, at Columbus barracks, Columbus, Ohio, and was in training at Camp Sherman, Ohio, until March 1, 1918, when he was sent overseas, where he served until the close of the war. He returned to the United States on July 17, 1919, and was honorably discharged, with the rank of captain in the Dental Corps, at Camp Sherman in September, 1919. On his return to Toledo, Dr. Dierks did not resume the general practice of dentistry, but has since devoted his time exclusively to X-ray, with his offices in the Toledo Medical building. He is regarded as unusually proficient in this exacting line of work and has built up a large and prosperous business, for which he has a complete and up-to-date equipment. Dr. Dierks is a member of F. & A. M.; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S.; the Rotary Club; the Sylvania Golf Club; Army and Navy Post No. 54, A. L., of Cleveland, Ohio; and the American Sojourners Club, while, professionally, he belongs to the Toledo Dental Society, of which he was president in 1925-26, the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. He is a member of the First Congregational church and is independent in his political attitude. He has kept up with the latest advances in his profession, to which end he has taken post- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 557 graduate work, three months in Chicago and one year in Cleveland, and is regarded in the profession as thoroughly competent and dependable in every respect. CHARLES LAMSON GUERNSEY Charles Lamson Guernsey, who passed away March 14, 1929, was a pioneer lawyer of Fostoria and for many years one of the most distinguished members of the Seneca county bar. Nature endowed him with a keen intellect and he used his talents wisely and well, upholding the high standards of his profession and rendering to the public a valuable service by reason of his ability to interpret and apply the law to points in litigation. Ohio numbered him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Montgomery township, Wood county, January 31, 1858, his parents being Samuel Curtis and Arabella Wright (Lamson) Guernsey. The father was a native of Delaware county, IN ew Y ork, and on his removal westward settled in Montgomery township, where he conducted a general store. Charles L. Guernsey began his education in the public schools of Freeport, Ohio, and subsequently attended the Fremont high school and also the academy at Fremont. He became a law student in the office of his future father-in-law, Alexander Brown, who was one of the early members of the Ohio bar and prosecuting attorney of Wood county, also serving at one time as mayor and as city solicitor of Fostoria. In early manhood he married Mary Pugh. Following his admission to the bar in 1879, Mr. Guernsey at once entered upon the active practice of his profession and from 1880 until 1898 was junior partner in the firm of Brown & Guernsey. Following the retirement of his father-in-law from the firm Mr. Guernsey practiced alone until 1906, when he was joined by his son, Charles Alexander Guernsey, in a partnership that was maintained until the death of the father. For many years Mr. Guernsey had occupied a prominent position in professional circles. He was always thorough and painstaking in the preparation of his cases and was loyal to the interests of his clients in the extreme, yet he never for a 558 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY moment forgot that he owed his highest allegiance to the majesty of the law. It was in the year following his admission to the bar that on the 31st of January, 1880, Charles L. Guernsey was united in marriage to Miss Malina G. Brown and they became parents of four children: Charles A., mentioned elsewhere in this work; Ethel, the wife of Jules B. Barud ; Bernice, the wife of David W. Jacot, of Middletown, Ohio; and R. Curtis, also represented on another page of this work. The wife and mother passed away in August, 1926, and three years later the death of Mr. Guernsey occurred. They had long . occupied a prominent position in the social circles of the city, their influence always being given on the side of progress and improvement, and in many ways Mr. Guernsey contributed to the development of Fostoria along civic lines. Those who knew him, and he had a wide acquaintance, entertained for him the highest personal regard, while at the same time recognizing his ability and his devotion to the most advanced standards of his profession. WALTER E. MILLER, D. D. S. One of the most highly regarded members of the dental profession in Toledo is Dr. Walter E. Miller, whose offices are located at 712 South avenue, where he enjoys a large practice. He was born near Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, on the 14th of March, 1886, and is a son of James W. and Cara D. Miller. His father died on October 6, 1924. Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of four children, namely: Walter E., of this review; Clarence T., who for the past six years has served as the branch manager of the Berdan Grocery Co. in this city; Ethel, wife of Clarence Ball, of Delta, Ohio, and Louise, the wife of Everett McClure, of Napoleon, Ohio. Walter E. Miller attended the public and high schools of Delta, Ohio, and then entered the dental department of Ohio State University, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1912. He engaged in the practice of his profession at the corner of Ashland and Bancroft streets, but about nine months later he moved to 1307 Milburn avenue, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 559 where he remained four and a half years. He practiced for ten years at 912 Broadway and then, in 1928, came to his present offices. Well grounded in his knowledge of dental practice, his long experience has enabled him to attain great skill and today no dentist of this city is more highly regarded than is Dr. Miller. On January 1, 1914, Dr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Clara Woods, of Bellevue, Kentucky, and they are the parents of a daughter, Marie, born on December 3, 1914, and now in high school. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Third Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Toledo Dental Society, the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. The Doctor has shown a commendable interest in matters affecting the general welfare of his city and is regarded as one of the representative professional men of Toledo. McMILLAN TAYLOR For more than seven decades the Taylor family has been identified with the history of Ottawa county and at all times their record has been one of progressiveness in business and loyalty in citizenship. Closely following in these respects the example of his forebears, McMillan Taylor is now well known as a farmer and business man, making his home in Genoa, where he was born December 12, 1868. His father, Torbert Patterson Taylor, of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, in 1826 and came from Washington county in the Keystone state to Genoa, Ohio, in 1857. He was a carpenter and followed the trade for a number of years but during the Civil war put aside all business and personal considerations in order that he might join the Union army, in which he served as a corporal until 1864. Later he turned his attention to farming, which followed throughout his remaining days, passing away in 1910. He was a republican in politics, always very active in local affiairs, and served as the first mayor of Genoa after its incorporation, while subsequently he was chosen to the majoralty for several more terms. He also filled the office of city councilman 560 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY for two terms, was clerk of the village for a number of years and served for several terms on the board of education. Not only did he figure in agricultural circles but also became well known in connection with financial interests of Ottawa county as president of the Genoa Banking Company for a number of years, being at the head of the institution to the time of his death. He became a charter member of the Genoa lodge of Masons and he was an equally loyal supporter of the Presbyterian church. His wife who bore the maiden name of Dorcas M. Wood, belonged to a family descended from John Rolfe and Pocahontas, of which ancestry the Woods were justly proud. Torbert Patterson and Dorcas M. (Wood) Taylor became the parents of two sons, McMillan and F. P., but the latter is deceased. Reared under the parental roof, McMillan Taylor attended the public schools of Genoa until he had completed the high school course with the class of 1887, after which he was a student in the Davis Business College of Toledo. He was engaged in the harness and saddlery business in Genoa during the decade between 1890 and 1900, but he was reared to farm life and has followed agricultural pursuits on an extensive scale, his farms adjoining the village of Genoa on both the east and west limits. Personally he cannot do as much of the farm work as formerly, for in 1924 he was disabled and since that time has given supervision to his gas station and barbecue on Highway 102. He still directs the farm activities on his holdings of one hundred and forty acres, largely devoted to the raising of corn. Ten acres of this property he has converted into a very beautiful park which he named Green-Wood in honor of his wife and his mother, who bore the maiden names of Green and Wood respectively. Mr. Taylor is likewise a director of the Genoa Banking Company and in business affairs shows sound judgment, keen discrimination and unflagging enterprise. While he now resides in the town, he still owns the old home farm on which stands the homestead that was originally the property of his father. After the latter's death he served as president of the bank for eight years and looked after all of the activities in which his father had been interested. In fact, his has been a very active, busy and useful life. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 561 On July 7, 1887, at Elmore, Ohio, Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Ella May Green, who was born at Marshall, Michigan, September 4, 1867, her parents being George W. and Sarah A. (Mears) Green. Her father, descended from a Vermont family, was a soldier of the Civil war. Her mother was a representative of a family descended from the Montmorencys of France, one of whom was given the title of Lord de la Mere (Lord of the Sea). Thus was derived the later name of Mears in England and the family became quite a notable one in the history of that country. Mrs. Taylor figures actively in the social and club life of Genoa, having membership in the Century Club, the Adelphian Club, and the Outlook Club. Mr. Taylor gives his political support to the republican party and has been an active worker in its ranks. He served for one term as county surveyor of Ottawa county, has also been township trustee and is keenly interested in community welfare and progress, giving his aid and cooperation to every project for the general good and exerting his influence in behalf of all public enterprises. He has done effective work as chairman of many important committees named to promote civic improvements and advance public welfare. Like his father, he has thus made the name of Taylor an honored one in Ottawa county, where for three-quarters of a century the Taylor family has contributed to the improvement and upbuilding of this section of the state. Their labors have been beneficially resultant and, like his father, McMillan Taylor enjoys the confidence and good will of all who know him. He is an active member of hunting and gun clubs and enjoys a well deserved reputation as a good sportsman and fine shot. FREDERICK L. HASBROUCK, D. D. S. Dr. Frederick L. Hasbrouck, who is engaged in the practice of dentistry at 4912 Summit street, Toledo, brought to his field of work a thorough technical knowledge of his science and has shown himself skillful in its practice. He was born in Barnesville, Belmont county, Ohio, on the 20th of 36-VOL. 4 562 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY March, 1901, a son of Frederick L. and Mary (St. Clair) Hasbrouck, and a grandson of the late Col. J. J. Hasbrouck, for-merely of Highland, New York, who later moved to Humeston, Iowa, where he engaged in banking. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, voted the republican ticket and served as a colonel in the Union army during the Civil war. Frederick L. Hasbrouck was born at Highland, New York, and has lived for a good many years at Barnesville, Ohio, where he is engaged in the practice of dentistry. He is a graduate of the Chicago Dental College and practiced his profession at Wappinger's Falls, Dutchess county, New York, but is now practically retired. He supports the republican party and is a member of the Disciples church. His wife was born and reared at Barnesville, where her father, who was a farmer, owned a gristmill. He was a republican, and he and his wife were members of the Christian church. Both parents are now deceased. Frederick L. Hasbrouck was graduated from the Barnesville high school in 1919 and attended Pomona College, at Pomona, California, one year. He began his professional studies in the Cincinnati Dental College, but completed his course in the dental school of Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1926. He began to practice in Toledo, in association with Dr. L. E. Struble, and in February, 1928, came to his present location at 4912 Summit street, where he has a well equipped office and commands a very satisfactory practice. On December 26, 1922, Dr. Hasbrouck was united in marriage to Miss Gladys Mann, who was born at Malaga, Ohio, and is a daughter of F. C. and Mary (Hickenbothum) Mann, now of Barnesville, Ohio. Mrs. Hasbrouck was graduated from the Barnesville high school and from the State Normal School at Athens, Ohio, after which she taught in the public school at Barnesville prior to her marriage. She is a member of the Women's Republican Club. Dr. and Mrs. Hasbrouck are the parents of a daughter, Mary Carrol, born on June 24, 1928. The Doctor is a strong republican in his political views, and he and his wife are members of the Norwood Church of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 563 Christ, of which he is a deacon. He belongs to the Toledo Dental Society, the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Dental Association, is a member of Xi Psi Phi fraternity. During the World war he was a member of the Student Army Training Corps at Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia. He is a man of character and stability, and has been very successful in his profession. CHARLES ALEXANDER GUERNSEY On the list of those who represent the legal fraternity in Fostoria appears the name of Charles Alexander Guernsey, representative of a family that has given three prominent members to the bar of this city. He was born here July 17, 1884, a son of Charles Lamson and Malina G. (Brown) Guernsey, and through the maternal line he is also connected with the legal interests of Seneca county inasmuch as his grandfather, Alexander Brown, was for many years a distinguished lawyer of Fostoria and the associate of his father in practice under the style of Brown & Guernsey. Having mastered the elementary branches of learning taught in the public schools, C. A. Guernsey became a student in the University of Cincinnati, where he completed his law course, the LL. B. degree being conferred upon him in 1906. He at once became the associate of his father under the firm style of Guernsey & Guernsey, benefiting by the broader experience of C. L. Guernsey, who had long been established in successful practice here. Advancement at the bar, however, must depend entirely upon individual effort and C. A. Guernsey at once undertook the thorough mastery of every task assigned him and soon gave demonstration of his own power in the work of the courts. He is now recognized as an able attorney, displaying keen sagacity in the solution of intricate legal problems. He specializes in corporation law, having become well informed in that branch of jurisprudence, and is an attorney for a number of leading corporations of Fostoria, including the Seneca Wire & Manufacturing Company, the Seneca Lumber & Millwork Company and the Fostoria Serum Company and also of the O'Neill Machine Company of Toledo. 564 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY On the 27th of January, 1909, Mr. Guernsey was married to Miss Irma Schwaab, of Cincinnati, a daughter of John and Caroline (Wichard) Schwaab, and they now have five children: Irma Kathleen, Marion Louise, John Thomas, Margaret Nelle and Jane Elsa. Mr. Guernsey gives his political support to the republican party and during 1910-11 was city solicitor of Fostoria. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the Knight Templar degree in the York Rite, the Consistory degrees in the Scottish Rite and is a member of Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of The Maccabees. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian. Socially he is connected with the Fostoria Country Club and he is a member of the following legal societies: Phi Delta Phi, Seneca County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and American Bar Association. FREDERICK H. DE WITT Beginning his commercial career at an early age, Frederick H. De Witt has never feared that laborious application which must always precede ascendancy and is now the proprietor of Port Clinton's largest and finest jewelry store. He was born in Huron county, Ohio, in 1872, a son of William L. and Margaret De Witt, who have passed away. His education was acquired in the public schools of his native county and when a youth of fifteen he became an employe of C. N. Frazier, jeweler, of Norwalk, Ohio, remaining with him for thirteen years. During the Spanish-American war he enlisted in the United States army and served in a company organized at Cleveland. In 1900 he located in Port Clinton and purchased the business of W. 0. McMahan. Starting on a modest scale, Mr. De Witt has developed the business to many times its original size and holds to a high standard in the personnel of the house and in the treatment accorded patrons. Taste, quality and moderate prices distinguish his display of merchandise, which comprises fine jewelry and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 565 many attractive articles suitable for gifts. He is a registered optometrist and carries a complete line of optical goods. He is also one of the directors of the Matthews Boat Company. In 1894 Mr. De Witt married Miss Lulu Rogers, of Norwalk, Ohio, and they have two children: Mrs. Robert Bissell, who lives on Staten Island, New York; and Frederick Paul, who was born in 1904. The son attended Kenyon College and after completing his education was united in marriage to Miss Marion Wirebaugh. Mr. De Witt was one of the organizers of the local Kiwanis Club, becoming its first president. A Knight Templar Mason, he is identified with St. Omer Commandery of Toledo and also belongs to the Catawba Cliffs Country and Beach Club and the state and national associations of optometrists. Mr. De Witt is a broad-gauged man of progressive spirit and marked strength of character and fills an important place in the life of his community. CHARLES A. SCHMETTAU Charles A. Schmettau, who has been numbered among Toledo's able attorneys for the past third of a century, is one of the group of lawyers practicing under the style of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan, a prominent law firm of the state. Mr. Schmettau was born in London, England, January 26, 1868, and received his early education in the schools of that city, while later he continued his studies in Lausanne, Switzerland. He afterward returned to London for the study of law and was admitted as a solicitor on the 2d of June, 1893. Ambitious to avail himself of the opportunities offered in America, he crossed the Atlantic in 1894 and on the 1st of January following located in Toledo, Ohio. Soon thereafter he was admitted to practice at the bar of this state anhims pronounced ability early won h.im merited recognition at the bar. In 1896 he was made assistant general solicitor of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Company, of which he later became general solicitor. Mr. Schmettau has largely specialized in corporation law and has represented important clients. He is a director of the Libby- 566 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Owens Glass Company and Internationale pour la Fabrica- tion Mecanique du Verre, and spends most of his time in Belgium, where the former company has extensive interests. In 1896 Mr. Schmettau was married to Miss Ethel Everhard, of Massillon, Ohio. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in Trinity Episcopal church, and something of the nature of his interests outside of professional and business affairs is manifest in his membership connection with the Toledo Club, the Country Club, and the Toledo Museum of Art. Until he established his residence in Brussels, he was for many years director and secretary of the latter institution. His sterling qualities are many and his worth as a man, as a lawyer and as a citizen is widely acknowledged. FRANK M. PHILLABAUM The productive industries of Ottawa county find a worthy representative in Frank M. Phillabaum, who is assistant superintendent of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, with offices in Marblehead. His entire life has been spent within the borders of this state, his birth having occurred in Coshocton county in 1860. His parents were Isaac and Esther Jane Phillabaum, farming people, and both have passed away. They are survived by three sons : Wellington M., Clarence and Frank M., the first named being a resident of Lakeside, Ohio. In the schools of Coshocton, Frank M. Phillabaum pursued his education and was employed at farm work from 1876 until 1882. On the 1st of March of the latter year he entered the service of the Conotton Valley Railroad Company, afterward becoming associated with the Lakeside & Marblehead Railroad, and removed to Marblehead in 1887 to assume the duties of roadmaster. At the time of his arrival in this district the country was new and there were only a few cottages at Lakeside on the site of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company land. Where Mr. Phillabaum now lives is a glacial groove formed by a giant boulder which came down from Canada over Lake Erie. The Wright Brothers were living in this district when he located here. For a TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 569 quarter of a century he has been connected with the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company and in October, 1898, was made general foreman of the quarries. Throughout the intervening period he has thus been active in the control of one of the important industrial enterprises of this section of the state, directing large operations in this field, while under his supervision the work has been thoroughly systematized and is most wisely, carefully and profitably conducted. In 1919 he was advanced to the post of assistant superintendent and has so continued to serve to the present time with the company with which he has been long associated and of which he is a stockholder. In 1883 Mr. Phillabaum was united in marriage to Miss Rill Wiggins, of West La Fayette, Coshocton county, and they have one son, Ernest J., who was born in 1884. In his political views Mr. Phillabaum has always been a democrat, giving stanch support to the party, and he has ever been keenly interested in civic affairs, supporting those measures which he deems vital to the welfare and progress of his community. He enjoys the confidence, goodwill and high esteem of those who know him. LOUIS H. HARTMAN Louis H. Hartman, the treasurer of the Valve Bag Company of America, at Toledo, has been identified with this well known concern for many years and has greatly contributed by his personal efforts to its success. He was born in Wood county, near Toledo, Ohio, on the 21st of July, 1864, a son of R. H. and Louisa (Schiescott) Hartman, both of whom were born in Hanover, Germany, and died at Woodville, Ohio. His father was in early life a contractor and builder, but in later years devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was a democrat in politics and served for a number of years as township trustee and as a member of the borough council. He and his wife were devout members of the Lutheran church. Louis H. Hartman received his education in the public schools of Woodville, Ohio, and the Forest City Business 570 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY College, in Cleveland. He engaged in farming and oil-producing in Sandusky county, in which locality he lived until 1921. In 1906 he had become identified with the Valve Bag Company of America at Toledo and in 1921 he located in that city and took an active personal part in its operation. He held all of the offices up to general manager, after which he was treasurer and president, and is now treasurer and a director. This company manufactures paper bags and machinery for filling bags, and has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth until today it is one of Toledo's important industries. Mr. Hartman is treasurer of the Hartman Company, which carries on farming and the oil business; is treasurer and a director of the Toledo General Manufacturing Company, makers of special machinery, and a director of the Merchants Savings Bank and Trust Company. On May 19, 1886, in Woodville, Ohio, Mr. Hartman was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Bruns, a native of Toledo, Ohio, and a daughter of Henry Bruns, of Woodville. Her father is the twin brother of W. H. Bruns, aged ninety-six years, and they are supposed to be the oldest living twins in the United States. Henry Bruns is a retired merchant and a large land owner. Mrs. Hartman was educated in the public schools of Woodville and is a member of the Toledo Women's Club. To Mr. and Mrs. Hartman have been born five children, namely : Otto R., who is president and general manager of the Toledo General Manufacturing Company; Alma, who is the wife of Ralph Metzger, an engineer for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at Akron, Ohio; Carl H., general manager of the Valve Bag Company of America and subsidiary companies, with offices in New York city ; Arthur G., a veteran of the World war and now general superintendent of the Valve Bag Company of America; and Laura E., who is at home. Mr. Hartman is a republican in his political alignment and while a resident of Woodville served three terms as mayor, leaving that office with the city out of debt. He is a member of the Rotary Club, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and the Sylvania Golf Club, and is a director of the Robinson hospital. He and his wife are members of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Mr. Hartman has been distinctively successful as a business TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 571 man, has been public spirited in his attitude towards matters affecting the general welfare of the city, and is generous and charitable in his support of worthy benevolent causes. WILLIAM C. WITFOTH The municipal office of sealer of weights and measures is one of great importance to the people of a community, and in the discharge of the duties of that position in Toledo William C. Witfoth is performing a definite public service, due to his conscientious attention to his duties. He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, April 19, 1879, is a son of William A. and Johanna Witfoth, both of whom were natives of that country. The father came to the United States and located first in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was employed for many years by the Widdecombe Furniture Manufacturing Company. During the last ten years of his residence in Grand Rapids, Mr. Witfoth was connected with the service department of that city. His death occurred in 1923, and his wife passed away in 1920. To these parents were born seven children, as follows: One who died in infancy; Agnes, wife of Elmer Laube, a machinist, of Toledo; Frank L., a machinist of this city; Manda, Louise and Pauline, all of whom reside in Grand Rapids; and William C., of this review. William C. Witfoth was but a small child when brought to the United States, attended the public schools of Grand Rapids and was graduated from the high school. He became an expert veneer man and from the age of fourteen to seventeen he worked part time for the largest furniture factory in Grand Rapids. He followed that line of work until he was thirty years old. In 1902 he left Grand Rapids and, coming to Toledo, he went to work for the Schauss Manufacturing Company, with which firm he remained until 1908. He then became assistant sealer of weights and measures for the city of Toledo, in which capacity he served for three years. He was for thirteen years with the Toledo Scale Company as salesman and sales manager for northwestern Ohio, and later joined the Exact Scale Company, of Columbus, Ohio, 572 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY with which concern he remained until 1927, when he was appointed to his present office. On April 22, 1902, Mr. Witfoth was united in marriage to Miss Susan Jacobs, of Riga, Michigan, whose father, Valentine Jacobs, is deceased. Mrs. Witfoth is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Royal Neighbors. Mr. Witfoth is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite; the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Spanish-American War Veterans. He was formerly a member of the Cherry Pickers drill team of the Elks and a member of the Arab patrol, the Shrine drill team. He enlisted and was commissioned an officer for service in the World war, but owing to his wife's illness, he could not go into actual service. Subsequently he was again ordered into the service, with orders to go to California, and while there the Armistice was signed. He is a very popular member of the various bodies to which he belongs and is highly respected for the very efficient and thorough work which he is doing in his official capacity. MARSHALL O. PRICE Marshall O. Price, who occupies the responsible position of employment manager for the United States Gypsum Company, at Gypsum, Ottawa county, has had considerable business experience and is discharging his present duties in a very efficient manner. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1890. He received his educational training in the public and high schools of that city and in Blair Academy, at Blairstown, New Jersey. He began working for the United States Gypsum Company at Oakfield, New York, being employed in its various departments for five years. During 1920-21 he was in business for himself at Westfield, New Jersey, where he had the agency for the Ford line of cars. In 1923 he came to Gypsum, Ohio, and again entered the employ of the United States Gypsum Company, working in TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 573 all departments at various times until 1927, when he was appointed to his present position as employment manager. In 1917 Mr. Price was united in marriage to Miss Oswilla Mosser, of St. Mary's, Pennsylvania. She is now serving as assistant postmaster of Gypsum and is active in the social circles of the community. Mr. Price is a republican in his political affiliation and is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club and the Port Clinton Yacht Club, both at Port Clinton. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, but attends the Community church at Gypsum. He stands for the best things in the life of his community and by his effective services is contributing to the successful operation of the United States Gypsum Company here. ALBION NYQUIST, D. D. S. Dr. Albion Nyquist, one of Toledo's expert dentists, whose offices are located in the Wedgewood building, has been engaged in professional work here for four years. He was born in Stambaugh, Michigan, on the 4th of August, 1892, and is a son of August and Charlotte (Johnson) Nyquist, both of whom are natives of Sweden. His father, who is a stationary engineer by profession, is now retired and he and his wife live at Gwinn, Michigan. They are members of the Lutheran church and he supports the republican ticket. Albion Nyquist attended the public schools, graduating from high school at Gwinn in 1911. He then entered the dental school of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1915. He established his first office in Detroit, Michigan, where he remained four years, and then came to Toledo, where he has remained to the present time. His first office here was in the Nicholas building, where he was associated with Dr. L. L. Barber for eighteen months. The partnership was then dissolved and Dr. Nyquist moved to the Toledo Medical building, where he remained about eighteen months, when he came to his present location. He has attractive and 574 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY well equipped offices and his splendid progress has been due to his ability and skill and his courteous and careful treatment of his patients. On April 23, 1917, in Toledo, Dr. Nyquist was united in marriage to Miss Gladys D. Shroyer, who was born and reared in this city and is a daughter of Albert and Angie (Whitlock) Shroyer. Through her mother, Mrs. Nyquist is a relative of Brand Whitlock. She received a good education in the public and high schools of this city and is a woman of charming manner and gracious qualities and exceedingly popular in the social circles to which she belongs. Dr. and Mrs. Nyquist are the parents of three children, namely: Marjorie Ann, born June 17, 1918; Nancy Jane, born March 7, 1922; and John L., born October 31, 1926. Dr. Nyquist is a republican in his political views and belongs to the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity, the Holland Meadows Golf Club and the Round Table Luncheon Club. He and his wife are members of the Collingwood Presbyterian church. Professionally, the Doctor belongs to the Toledo Dental Society, the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. He enlisted for service during the World war and on November 1, 1917, was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Dental Corps at Detroit. He was sent to Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, where he remained until July 19, 1918, when he went overseas with the Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth Machine Gun Battalion, Eighty-fifth Division. He remained in France until June, 1919, when he returned home and was honorably discharged at Camp Dix, New Jersey, with the rank of first lieutenant in the Dental Corps. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN O'HARA Receiving from his Celtic forbears the heritage of a keen intellect and a strong physique, William T. Sherman O'Hara has made the most of these assets and is one of Toledo's best-known lawyers and self-made men. He is also a well known Mason and ranks with the foremost representatives of the order in Ohio. He was born in Aurelius, New York, Janu- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 575 ary 20, 1864, the son and only child of Peter and Alida V. (O'Hara) O'Hara. His great-great-grandfather O'Hara was born in the northern part of the Emerald Isle in the early part of the eighteenth century and migrated to this country about the middle part of that century. He was united in marriage in the city of Philadelphia to Anna Moore, an English Quaker lady, and with her and his son, the great-grandfather of our subject, migrated to Washington county, New York, about the time of the Revolutionary war. The great-grandfather, John O'Hara, removed from Washington county and became one of the first settlers of Cayuga county, New York, where he acquired large land holdings and other interests. He was united in marriage with Esther Bennett, a descendant of one of the early English settlers of the state of Connecticut. The grandfather, Hiram O'Hara, was born in Cayuga county, New York, and there married Nellie Wyckoff, a direct descendant of one of the Holland Dutch patrons who settled in settled in Flat Bush, Long Island, in 1664. The father was born December 7, 1832, in Cayuga county, New York, and died in 1907. The mother was born in the same county, October 17, 1846, and died November 17, 1886. She was a descendant of Irish, English, German and Holland Dutch stock, her forebears on her mother's side having settled in Connecticut and on the Hudson river early in the seventeenth century. The ancestral families of our subject have been represented in many pursuits and professions in life, such as farming, the trades, manufacturing, the ministry, law and medicine, also in military service in the several wars in which the United States and the colonies have been engaged since 1754. William T. Sherman O'Hara obtained his rudimentary instruction in his native county and afterward attended the public schools of Lorain county, Ohio. He was next a student in the Ohio Northern University, from which he received the degree of B. C. E. in 1887 and those of B. A. and LL.B. in 1892. His life to the age of twenty was spent on the farm, and his first work was along educational lines. He 576 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY engaged in teaching from 1885 to 1889 and was in instructor in both the grammar and high schools of Fletcher, Miami county, Ohio. Mr. O'Hara was the first superintendent of schools of Brown township and proved an able educator. In 1892 he was admitted to the bar and has since engaged in general practice in Toledo. From 1895 to 1899 he was prosecuting attorney for Toledo and made an excellent record in that office. His knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence is comprehensive and exact, and his arguments are strong, logical and convincing. With the passing years his clientele has assumed large proportions, and he also has business connections, being a director of the Fowler Electric Supply Company of Toledo. Mr. O'Hara was married August 29, 1889, in Green township, Shelby county, Ohio, to Miss Anna G. Simes, a native of that county and a daughter of Lanty G. and Mary (Brelsford) Simes, both deceased. Both families were originally from Virginia and became early settlers of Shelby county. Previous to the Civil war the Simes family were large slave holders in Virginia and prosperous planters. Mrs. O'Hara's grandfather was a strong abolitionist and on migrating to Ohio liberated all of his slaves. Mr. and Mrs. O'Hara have three children : Roscoe S., Mary A., and William T. Sherman, Jr. The residence of the family is at No. 209 West Harrison avenue in Maumee, Lucas county, and Mr. O'Hara's office is located in the Nicholas building in Toledo. In politics he is a stanch republican, and his religious views are indicated by his affiliation with St. Paul's Episcopal church of Maumee. He has filled high offices in the Masonic order, and his activities in that connection constitute one of the most important chapters in the record of his life. At Lena, Ohio, in 1886, he was inducted into the order, becoming a member of Social Lodge, No. 217, F. & A. M. He is past master of Rubicon Lodge, No. 237, F. & A. M., of Toledo; a past high priest of Toledo Chapter, No. 161, R. A. M.; past grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio; and general grand king of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the United States. A past master of Toledo Council, No. 33, R. & S. M., grand recorder and a past grand master of the Grand Council, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 577 R. & S. M., of Ohio; a past commander of Toledo Commandery, No. 7, K. T., past master of Fort Industry Chapter of the Rose Croix, A. A. S. R., Valley of Toledo; and first lieutenant commander of Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R. Valley of Toledo. At one time he served as district lecturer and senior deacon of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Since 1916 he has been a thirty-third degree Mason of the northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States, receiving this honor in recognition of his distinguished services in behalf of the order. He is a member of Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. ; and of O-ton-tala Grotto, No. 40, M. O. V. P. E. R., of which he was the first monarch. Mr. O'Hara is a director of the Masonic Temple Association, the Masonic Building Company of Toledo and the Toledo Humane Society. He is a member of the local Exchange and Commerce Clubs, and the Toledo and Lucas County Bar Associations. As a youth he had no financial aid or influential friend, and owes his success to his own efforts and perserverance. Mr. O'Hara has a wide circle of loyal friends, and maintains the dignity and honor of his profession, in which he occupies an enviable position. RENO S. FREEMAN A prominent jeweler, Reno S. Freeman is successfully continuing the business founded by his father and has long been an outstanding figure in mercantile circles of Toledo. He was born in this city on the 7th of June, 1876, and is a worthy scion of one of its old and honored families. His father, Jacob J. Freeman, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1849, a son of Samuel and Hanna (Heitz) Freeman, who were also natives of that state. On leaving Pennsylvania they migrated to northern Wisconsin, settling in Oxford, where Samuel Freeman engaged in teaching and merchandising. He was also the proprietor of a store at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, where he passed away, and afterward his widow made her home with a daughter in Aurora, Illinois. As a young man Jacob J. Freeman was employed in machine shops of Oxford, Wisconsin, and Michigan City, In- 37-VOL. 4 578 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY diana, and while in the latter place he acquired his initial training as a jeweler. Afterward he secured a position in a bank, where he worked for his board until September, 1869, when he came to Toledo. He was in the service of leading jewelers of the city, becoming thoroughly acquainted with the details of the trade, and on March 1, 1877, ventured in business for himself on a very modest scale. He prospered from the beginning, and as the years passed the small store was replaced by the city's largest and finest jewelry establishment. In 1906 the business was incorporated under the style of the J. J. Freeman Company, of which the father was elected president, and his son, Reno S. Freeman, became treasurer. Jacob J. Freeman was one of Toledo's most enterprising and capable merchants and contributed materially toward the city's commercial development. In 1870 J. J. Freeman married Miss Alice Freeman, and they became the parents of two children : Flora A., who was united in marriage to Norman E. Hascall, secretary and general manager of the J. J. Freeman Company, and has two children, Norman F. and Suzanne; and Reno S. In religious faith the father was a Baptist and served for many years as superintendent of the Sunday school of his church. He was identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias and the National Union. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, and his support could always be counted upon in the furtherance of projects for Toledo's growth and betterment. Mr. Freeman was a citizen of exceptional worth, and his death, on March 24, 1926, occasioned deep and widespread regret. Reno S. Freeman was graduated from the Toledo high school in 1893 and was next a cadet at the Peekskill Military Academy of New York. On completing his course he returned home and spent a year in his father's store. He then enrolled as a student in the Chicago Ophthalmic College and after his graduation took full charge of the optical work of the J. J. Freeman Company. This department was discontinued in 1919 and since that time he has concentrated his attention upon the jewelry trade. He is still treasurer of the firm and displays keen sagacity in controlling the financial end of the business, which has been developed by judicious management, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 579 close attention to detail, honorable dealing and strict adherence to the policy that "a customer is always right." At first the firm was engaged chiefly in the repairing of watches and clocks and had but one showcase. More were purchased a few years later, a wall case was installed and finally Butterick patterns and sewing machines were added to the stock. During this time it was necessary to increase the floor space and the quarters of the company were extended to the alley. At length they leased the entire floor at that location and in March, 1907, moved to No. 307 Summit street, where they have since remained, occupying four floors and the basement of the building, which is well adapted to their needs. In addition to an attractive line of jewelry and precious stones, they handle many extensive lines of glass, china and fancy goods of both domestic and foreign manufacture. Year by year the business has grown until they now have more than 50 employes in their establishment, which is a veritable treasure-house. Without compare in all the city, it is a store of perfect appoints and faultless service. Mr. Freeman was married April 27, 1897, to Miss Esther McMillan, who was a native of Clinton, Mass., and died December 24, 1921, in Tuscan, Arizona. On September 8, 1923, Mr. Freeman was married in Toledo to Miss Jeanette Smith, a graduate of one of the local high schools and a daughter of William G. Smith, who is connected with the Overland Automobile Company of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have become the parents of two sons : Robert Smith, who was born July 27, 1924 ; and James Jay, born February 26, 1926. The parents are affiliated with the First Baptist church, and in politics Mr. Freeman is a stanch republican. During the World war he promoted the sale of Liberty bonds and was active in other drives promulgated by the government at that time. He is a director of the Mineral Felt Insulating Company, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and one of the energetic workers who are pushing forward the wheels of progress in Toledo. His Masonic affiliations are with the Sanford L. Collins Lodge, Toledo Chapter and Council, St. Omer Commandery, Toledo Consistory of the Scottish Rite, and Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a mem- 580 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ber of Heather Downs Golf Club. For diversion he turns to yachting and golf and also enjoys the best in music. At all points in his career Mr. Freeman has been actuated by worthy motives and high ideals, and the respect accorded him is well deserved. HAROLD G. WALBOLT Energetic, self-reliant and determined, Harold G. Walbolt has progressed far on the highway which leads to success and controls one of the large coal companies of Toledo. He was born in Waterville, Wood county, Ohio, March 20, 1894, a son of Sardis B. and Elizabeth (Fausz) Walbolt, and in both the paternal and maternal lines is descended from old and prominent families of the state. His grandfather, John Walbolt, was a native of Germany and on coming to the United States settled in northwestern Ohio. In 1849 he went to California by the overland route but fortune eluded him and he returned to Ohio by way of the Isthmus of Panama. For many years he engaged in farming and stock raising in Lucas county and was an extensive breeder of horses. In that line of activity he won a position of leadership and was the first man in this part of the state to import pure bred Percheron stock. He developed one of the finest farms in the county and owed his prosperity to tireless activity and good management. His son, Sardis B. Walbolt, was born near Whitehouse, Ohio, and was reared and educated in Lucas and Wood counties. He also engaged in farming and stock raising and achieved a gratifying measure of success. A strong advocate of educational advancement, he served on both the district and county school boards and lent the weight of his support to all worthy projects. In politics he exerted a strong influence, serving for some time on the state central committee of the republican party, and his religious views were in harmony with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church. In November, 1923, he was called to his final rest, and his widow is now living near Waterville, Ohio. Her parents were natives of Germany and settled in Stark county, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 581 Ohio, in pioneer times. Mr. and Mrs. Walbolt had a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters, of whom Leon A., the fifth in order of birth, is deceased. The others are Senor T., Hilda S., Gertrude, Fred, Harold G., Adelia and Helen S. Harold G. Walbolt was a pupil in the grammar and high schools of Waterville and afterward attended the Ohio State University and Toledo University. His life to the age of eighteen years was spent on his father's farm and on leaving home he went to Columbus, Ohio, becoming a sales agent for the Sunday Creek Coal Company. He remained with the firm for two years and during that time furthered his education by attending a night school. Going to Monroe, Michigan, he entered the employ of the Boehme-Ranch Paper Company, with which he spent one year as fuel agent, and then decided upon an independent venture. He selected Toledo as the scene of his activities and in 1920 organized the Walbolt Coal Company, of which he has since been the president. The business prospered from the start and under his able direction has become one of the foremost institutions of the kind in northwestern Ohio. The firm distributes coal in wholesale lots and obtains its supplies from the mines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Mr. Walbolt is vice president of the Jackson Fourseam Mining Company of Kentucky, also of The Howe Coal Company of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and both are profiting by his business acumen and enterprise. He is also a director of the Waterville State Savings Bank of Waterville, Ohio. On the 5th of May, 1916, Mr. Walbolt was married in Waterville to Miss Helen Dorothy Farnsworth, a native of Lucas county and a daughter of the late W. G. and Ella (Glann) Farnsworth, who represented one of the honored pioneer families of this part of the state. Mrs. Walbolt is a niece of State Senator W. W. Farnsworth, who is president of the Master Farmers of Ohio and was a collaborator with the Editor-in-Chief of a History of Lucas County. Mr. and Mrs. Walbolt have four children : Grant S., who was born March 1, 1917; Betty H., born April 16, 1918; David H., born May 26, 1920; and Alice Ella, born November 5, 1923. All of the children are natives of Waterville, where the parents 582 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY still make their home. They reside on Indiana avenue, and Mr. Walbolt's office is situated on the eleventh floor of the Nicholas building in Toledo. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a member of the official board of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Waterville. His wife is also an earnest worker in its behalf and has been president of the Ladies Aid Society of the church. She is likewise a member of the Profit and Pleasure Club of Waterville. During last presidential election she was appointed by the state central committeemen of Ohio as chairman of the ladies' auxiliary committee of the republican party and did valiant work for its candidates, particularly in behalf of Herbert Hoover. She is active in philanthropic affairs and ever ready to assist the needy. Mr. Walbolt is a prominent Mason, belonging to Wakeman Lodge, No. 522, F. & A. M., at Waterville; Fort Maumee Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., at Maumee ; Bowling Green Council, No. 124, R. & S. M.; Lafayette Lytle Commandery, No. 77, K. T., at Toledo; Valley of Toledo Consistory, A. & A. S. R., and Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Toledo. He is a member of the Waterville Chamber of Commerce; president of the Waterville Parent-Teacher Association; a member of the Waterville Rotary Club and chairman of its programme committee. He finds diversion in hunting big game and in fishing, while he is also a devotee of golf. Mr. Walbolt leads a healthful, well balanced life and is a fine type of the younger generation of business men whose energy and aggressiveness promise so much for Toledo's growth and advancement. He has progressed through the medium of his own efforts and is esteemed for his ability and strength of character. WILLARD MORGAN GILLS, M. D. Willard M. Gills, M. D., of Maumee, was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, March 28, 1896, and is a son of John W. and Margaret Gills, the former of whom was a stock dealer. Willard M. Gills attended the public schools, was graduated from high school, and then entered Ohio University, from which he was TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 583 graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1920. He matriculated in the Cincinnati College of Medicine, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1924, after which he served one year as interne in St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo. He located at Maumee in 1925 and was soon in command of a rapidly growing practice. In 1924 Dr. Gill was married to Miss Ellen Weaver, of Columbus, Ohio, and they are the parents of two children, Joan Rebecca and Margaret Jean. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic order, attaining the degrees of chapter and council. His religious membership is with the Presbyterian church, to which he gives liberal support. He is affiliated with the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is an associate member of the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, and in the field of professional service he has made continuous progress, his ambition, enterprise and ability rapidly bringing him to the front in his chosen vocation. SOLON O. RICHARDSON, JR. No name that figures on the pages of Toledo's history is more fully a synonym for progressiveness in business, loyalty to high standards in sportsmanship, fidelity to civic ideals and to sincerity in friendship than that of Solon Osmond Richardson, Jr. He was long recognized as one of the foremost business, men and civic leaders of Ohio, and throughout his entire life was actuated by a kindly spirit and broadminded interest in his fellowmen that made those who knew him proud to call him friend. Mr. Richardson was a native of Massachusetts, born in Wakefield on the 11th of April, 1864, and represented one of the old and honored New England families, the ancestral lines being traced back to Nathan Richardson of Brookfield, Massachusetts, a "Minute Man, answering first call of alarm to Lexington," and coming down through Dr. Solon 0. Richardson (1) , son of above, who was a Dartmouth. College man and authority on pulmonary disease in the New England 584 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY states. Dr. Solon O. Richardson (2), Sr., father of Solon 0. Richardson, Jr., subject of this article, was a Tufts College man and studied medicine but did not practice it. His people were of liberal education and culture, and were keenly interested in all those things that make for the finest traditions of New England. Dr. Solon O. Richardson (1) and Dr. Solon O. Richardson, (2) Sr., spent their entire life in Wakefield, Massachusetts, where S. O. Richardson (1) was engaged in the practice of medicine, as had his direct ancestors in three generations. Politically, Solon 0. Richardson (2), Sr., was an earnest republican, laboring zealously for party success, and at one time served as a member of the state legislature. Solon O. Richardson (1) organized the military company, known so well in Massachusetts as The Richardson Light Guards, previous to 1861, and which is still active. Abba Foster Richardson, mother of Solon O. Richardson, Jr., was born in New Hampshire and passed away while on a visit to Toledo in 1896, twenty-seven years previous to her husband. After attending the schools of his native city S. O. Richardson, Jr., pursued a course in the Bryant & Stratton Commercial School at Boston, and was a youth of seventeen years when in 1881 he started out in the business world as an employe of the New England Glass Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was while thus engaged that he formed the acquaintance of Edward Drummond Libbey, and when the plant was removed to Toledo in 1888 and the business reorganized under the name of The Libbey Glass Company, Mr. Richardson also established his home in this city, continuing as an active factor in the conduct of the business and succeeding to the presidency when Mr. Libbey retired. He remained as chief executive of the company until a few years prior to his death, when he turned the active management over to others, although continuing as chairman of the board. This was but one phase, however, of the manifold business interests which made him an outstanding figure in commercial and financial circles in Toledo. A recognition of his marked ability, keen insight and sound judgment led others to seek his cooperation in the conduct of various important interests. He became president of the Fifty Associates Com- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 585 pany, builders of the Richardson building at St. Clair street and Jefferson avenue, which company also owned various other valuable properties in Toledo. He became the president of The Richardson Company which was organized to assist new industries locating in Toledo and to aid corporations temporarily in trouble. He also was a director of the Commerce Guardian Trust & Savings Bank, a trustee of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and a lay trustee of Notre Dame University. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion and at all times worked along constructive lines, while at no point, in his career was his path strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes. There were many who sought his counsel and advice, which were freely given for the benefit of his business contemporaries, and had Mr. Richardson achieved nothing else save in the field of business, whereby he contributed materially in the upbuilding and progress of the city, he would deserve recognition as one of the foremost residents of Toledo. As a civic leader, however, Mr. Richardson was widely known. He was again and again called to public office and never failed to respond when the need of his aid was manifest. With a broad conception of civic obligations, he rendered valuable service in various emergencies in city, state and national affairs. During the floods which swept Ohio in 1913 he was appointed on the flood commission by Governor Cox, then governor of Ohio, and received a medal from President Wilson for efficient service rendered. He was called upon in various city emergencies such as that presented by the adoption of the Milner street railway ordinance, under which he became the city's representative on the traction board of directors, also throughout the World war period, 1917-18, when he rendered great assistance in upholding the government's high purposes. He was one of the leaders in organizing for national defense and was appointed to head the organization in Toledo by Governor Cox. He took most prominent part in developing the Liberty Loan organizations and in the War Chest, which afterward became the Community Chest, and in carrying out all programs for war work. 586 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY The story of his public service was most adequately presented by Charles F. Weiler, president of the commission of publicity and efficiency of Toledo, who, in an article in the Toledo City Journal, of May 7, 1927, said : "Great has been the progress in American city government from the 'dark ages of municipal history' in the seventies, when Lord Bryce described municipal administration as the one 'conspicuous failure' of American government, to the comparatively honest and efficient management of city departments today. In this remarkable period of advance the work of a relatively few civic-minded leaders has eminently stood out. In Toledo, such a civic leader was the late S. O. Richardson, Jr. Envisaging a city conducted with the same degree of efficiency as a large private corporation, yet withal democratic in its services to the masses, Mr. Richardson gave freely of his wide administrative experience in counseling the city fathers. No call for membership on any advisory governmental group was quite complete unless the name of the Commodore was included. In addition to his long service on the Commission of Publicity and Efficiency, Mr. Richardson served on the Charter Commission which framed the present city charter; on the Port Commission, which counsels the city officials in the field of harbor development, and on the Citizens Bond Supervisory Committee, which gives advice on the expenditure of the bond money voted by the people in 1925. As a member of the Commission of Publicity and Efficiency, he served a governmental agency which he, as a member of the Charter Commission, was instrumental in establishing. He saw the great good for efficient government that could come from the creation of a governmental board which would study methods of conducting business in the various city departments with the aim of promoting economical and serviceable management. The power to investigate the operation of city offices, coupled with the editing of the official municipal publication, made the Commission of Publicity and Efficiency an unique organization among the cities of the country. In fact, there are only two other cities with investigating agencies supported by public funds, and neither of the two edit a municipal periodical. Having urged the creation of the Commission, Mr. Richardson very glady accepted membership TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 587 on it when it was organized in 1916. Chosen as its first president, he has served continuously, being reappointed twice for five-year terms. During the first year of its operation, Mr. Richardson went deep into his pocket to help support the work of the Commission when the city council refused to appropriate sufficient money to employ a secretary. During the early vicissitudes of the Commission and since then, Mr. Richardson steadfastly kept in mind the purposes for which the Commission was established, never wavering from the course of charter requirements, refusing to mix politics with efficiency and urging economy as well as service in government. His conception of the purpose of the Commission was aptly illustrated in a statement made at one of the last Commission meetings which he attended. In reference to a letter from an administrative official who took exceptions to a contemplated report of the Commission he said, 'it may be right to soften, to temper the report, if necessary, but the Commission cannot whitewash its findings.' This statement likewise indicated his sterling character. Always firm in every performance of duty, he was nevertheless considerate of others, kind, even tempered, good humored in dealing with equals and subordinates alike, and willing to meet a person more than half way. His ability to grasp a situation and to make the proper move not only made him a good executive in private business but endeared him to his fellow members on all civic boards which were so fortunate as to be blessed with his counsel. Toledo has lost a great civic leader. The government of the city is better administered, more efficiently conducted, but yet democratic, because S. 0. Richardson, Jr., lived and served." Mr. Richardson was internationally known through his interest in clean sports, especially yachting, his name being almost as familiar in this connection on the Canadian side of the lakes as in the United States. It was not long after his removal to Toledo in 1888 that he became commodore of the Toledo and Ohio Yacht Club, which two organizations were consolidated in 1896, and in the following year he was reelected commodore of the Toledo Yacht Club, in connection with which his achievements were notable In 1907 he was prevailed upon to become commodore of the Interlake ,Yacht- 588 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ing Association and through three succeeding years he was once more the head of the Toledo Yacht Club. He was the owner of the Puritana, and the builder of the cat boat, Old Sam, which, piloted by George King, defied defeat so successfully that in the interest of the sport it was practically withdrawn. His first power boat was the Ruby, while later he owned the Jessamine, a handsome, seaworthy craft, which, at the time of United States' entrance into the World war, was turned over to the government. In 1924 he purchased the express cruiser, the Arabella, on which he sailed the lakes for several years. He was the donor of the Richardson cup for Class R boats, an international trophy, and did more than perhaps any other individual in establishing friendly relations between the yachtsmen of Canada and the United States. His interest in all aquatic sports had its beginning in his youth, when he learned to sail, hunt and fish on Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Castalia Trout Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Toledo Club, the Country Club, the Erie Shooting and Fishing Club, the Chelsea Plantation Club of Ridgeland, South Carolina, a life member of the Navy League of United States, member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and many other organizations. He was the first and only president of the Association Island Corporation, which was an organization formed in 1907 and composed of the executives and managers of the different divisions of the Electric Lamp Industry. On the 17th of July, 1886, Mr. Richardson was united in marriage to Jennie Brown Barrett, who was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, a daughter of J. Augustus and Caroline (Cheever) Barrett, her father having been a leading wholesale and retail grocer there. The Barrett family was also represented in the Revolutionary war, and J. A. Barrett took active interest in community affairs, giving his political support to the republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson became parents of two sons : S. O. Richardson, III, who has become his father's successor in connection with glass manufacturing; and Augustus B. Richardson ; also, a daughter, Mrs. Arthur T. Bell. Varied and extensive as were Mr. Richardson's interests TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 589 that had to do with the public, he found his greatest happiness at his own fireside. He was a member of the First Congregational church and following his death, which occurred at his summer home in Grayling, Michigan, on the 1st of May, 1927, when he was sixty-three years of age, his pastor said : "We hardly know how the city of Toledo can afford to lose such a man. His death is a challenge to all of the young people of the city. He set a good example. He blazed a noble trail and he always undertook things worth while. The most eloquent voice today is the voice of personal memory—the voice of the little children, of workingmen, of family, of business men, of manly sportsmen in woods, on lakes and streams, the voice of square dealing and honest business methods,—how true and clear is the story they tell of our friend." S. O. Richardson, Jr., left an indelible impress upon the history of Ohio. Toledo was indeed fortunate that he allied his interests with hers. Association with him in any relation of life meant expansion and elevation. He builded stanchly for the material welfare of the city and for its civic progress. He cherished friendships, held to high ideals and shed around him much of the sunshine of life. AUGUSTUS BARRETT RICHARDSON For more than forty years the name of Richardson has figured in connection with the business development of Toledo and Augustus Barrett Richardson is today carrying on enterprises started by his father and manifesting the same qualities of sound judgment and progressiveness which characterized S. O. Richardson, Jr. He was born in this city September 14, 1889, a son of Solon Osmond Richardson, Jr., and Jennie Brown ( Barrett) Richardson, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this work. His early education. aequired in the public schools of Toledo, was supplemented by a course in St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908. His college course was pursued at Harvard University, which in 1912 conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of the class of that year. 590 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Returning to Toledo, Mr. Richardson became associated with his father in business in connection with the sales and management departments of the Libbey Glass Company and also became one of the stockholders of the corporation. With characteristic thoroughness he applied himself to the mastery of the business, giving it close attention until 1917, when he enlisted in the naval aviation department and was stationed at Boston for two months, attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after which he was transferred to the Hampton Roads naval station, where he continued for an equal period. For about a year he was on duty at the Pensacola naval station and was honorably discharged in January, 1919, with the rank of lieutenant, senior grade. Again entering business life in Toledo, he assisted in organizing the Richardson Company and became secretary and manager of this organization, of which he has been president since February, 1929. It constitutes an important feature in the commercial development of Toledo in the matter of industrial management and refinancing, giving to corporations expert advice in the control and direction of business affairs. Mr. Richardson is also a director in the Toledo Trust Company and in eight subsidiary companies of the Richardson Company and is president of the Transcontinental Airport Company, having headed the drives to promote this organization. Almost intuitively he seems to recognize the possibilities of a business situation and to give it the intelligent direction necessary to the attainment of growth and success. On the 14th of June, 1916, in Toledo, Mr. Richardson was married to Miss Kathryn Reynolds, who was born in that city, a daughter of Frederick J. and Ida (Stone) Reynolds. Her mother has passed away. Her father, still a resident of Toledo, is chairman of the board of the First National Bank. Mrs. Richardson was educated in the Smead School for Girls of Toledo and in the Dobbs School at Dobbs Ferry, New York. Both Mr. and Mrs. Richardson hold membership in the Episcopal church and she is also a member of the Toledo Women's Club and has been active in philanthropic work. Like her husband, she is interested in out-of-door sports, in which Mr. Richardson finds his diversion, as he does in fly- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 591 ing, taking keen delight in the progress that is being made in aeronautics. He holds membership with the Sons of the American Revolution in the Toledo Chapter, his ancestors having fought for American independence, and he gives earnest support to the principles of the republican party, believing firmly in their efficacy as factors in good government. His cooperation is withheld from no project which he deems vital to the welfare and upbuilding of his native city and he is now serving as a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Rotary Club, believing firmly in its principle of service. His social nature finds expression in his connection with the Toledo Country Club, the Toledo Club, the Castalia Trout Club, the Erie Shooting and Fishing Club and in the Harvard Clubs of both Boston and New York city. He is a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association. His activities have long centered in those channels through which flows the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number and his has been a well rounded development in which the activities of business, of public life and of needed recreation have found even balance. GEORGE WILLIAM DOUGHERTY George William Dougherty is numbered among the representative and successful young attorneys of Toledo, where he has been engaged in practice for the past five years and is now an associate of Richard D. Logan, with offices in the Nicholas building. He was born at Waverly, Pike county, Ohio, May 23, 1900, his parents being William D. and Byrda (Emmett) Dougherty, the latter now deceased. The father is a merchant at Waverly. The grade and high schools afforded George W. Dougherty his early education, while his professional training was received in the Ohio State University, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1924. The same year he was admitted to the bar and began the work of his chosen profession in Toledo with the firm of Doyle & Lewis. As above stated, he is now associated with Richard D. Logan and he has demonstrated his ability as a lawyer in 592 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the successful conduct of litigated interests. He is a member of both the Toledo Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. On the 30th of March, 1927, Mr. Dougherty was united in marriage to Eloise Fribley Dann, of Albany, Georgia. He belongs to the Masonic order and is also a member of Alpha Tau Omega, a collegiate fraternity. He enjoys deserved popularity in both social and professional circles of his adopted city and the success which he has already won as a member of the bar promises a future of continued advancement. RAYMOND CHARLES KING, M. D. Close application and devotion to duty have been important factors in the success of Dr. Raymond Charles King, a well known obstetrician and gynecologist, who occupies an enviable position in medical circles of Toledo. He was born July 26, 1895, in this city, and is a son of David J. and Mary E. (Hennessy) King. The family was established in this country by his great-grandparents, John and Ellen King, who were natives of Ireland and became early settlers of Lucas county, Ohio. Their son, Bryan King, was born in Toledo and served in the Union army during the Civil war. He was employed by the Wabash Railway for twenty years prior to his death. His widow, Mary (Keefe) King, still resides in the city and has attained the advanced age of over ninety years. They were the parents of David J. King, who was born in Toledo, April 28, 1868, and received his education in its parochial schools. He resides in East Toledo and has been an employe of the New York Central Railroad Company for many years. He casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party and is a faithful member of the Roman Catholic church. His wife was born in Toledo, November 27, 1868, a daughter of Martin and Honora H. (Normile) Hennessy, who were natives of Ireland and came to America soon after the close of the Civil war. Dr. Raymond C. King, an only child, began his education in the Navarre school, next attended the Good Shepherd pa- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 593 rochial school and later continued his studies in St. John's high school. In 1914 he received his A. B. degree from St. John's University and later won the degrees of M. A. and M. D. from the University of St. Louis, graduating with the class of 1918. For a year he was an interne of the City Hospital in St. Louis and during 1919 was in California, filling the post of resident physician in the Los Angeles County Hospital. He was later associated with Dr. J. B. DeLee and served in the same capacity at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital. Since March 1, 1920, he has continuously followed his profession in Toledo, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. In this branch of the profession he has acquired the knowledge and skill of an expert and in addition to caring for his extensive practice is a member of the staff and director of obstetrics at St. Vincent's Hospital of Toledo. In St. James church at Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. King was married September 1, 1925, to Miss Nadine Ann Marshall, a daughter of T. E. and Anna (Donahue) Marshall, who have passed away. The father was active in politics and served as sheriff at Lakewood in the Rocky river district of Ohio. Mrs. King was born in Cleveland and after her graduation from St. Joseph's Academy of that city entered the Teachers College of Western Reserve University, from which she was graduated in 1924 with the degree of A. B. Dr. and Mrs. King now have a daughter, Patricia Ann, who was born in Toledo, October 19, 1927. They adhere to the Roman Catholic faith and Mrs. King is active in church and philanthropic work. The residence of the family is at 633 Stratford place, and the Doctor's offices are situated on the third floor of the Nicholas building. In politics he is non-partisan, voting for the candidate whom he considers best qualified for office, and lends the weight of his support to all worthy public projects. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, while his social nature finds expression in his connection with the Toledo Yacht Club and the Phi Beta Pi fraternity. During the World war he enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States army and is now a member of the Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical So- 38-VOL. 4 594 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ciety, the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Endocrinology. Dr. King devotes much time to study and research and has written numerous papers on his specialty. He ranks with the foremost specialists of Ohio. JUDGE JAMES S. MARTIN Endowed with legal acumen and a keen sense of right, Judge James S. Martin has ably presided over the common pleas court of Toledo for a period of eight years and has also filled other important offices along the line of his profession, conscientiously and efficiently discharging every trust reposed in him. A native of Fredericksburg, Wayne county, Ohio, he was born September 9, 1865, and is of Scotch lineage. The family was founded in America by his great-grandfather, Edward Martin, who came to this country about the year 1780. James Martin, the father of the Judge, was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio, in 1824, and his forbears were among the early settlers of Holmes county, this state. He was reared in Wayne county, Ohio, and obtained his higher education in the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating in the late '40s. Dr. Martin then returned to Fredericksburg and there followed his profession during the remainder of his life. Success attended his ministrations, and his practice constantly increased, extending for miles throughout Wayne and Holmes counties. He never lost the attitude of a student toward his profession and when well along in the sixties he took a postgraduate course in one of the leading medical institutions of Chicago, spending considerable time in that city. During the Civil war he enlisted in the Union army and was assigned the task of caring for sick and wounded soldiers. Dr. Martin was a physician of high standing and loved his profession for the good which it enabled him to do. He also found time for civic affairs and was long a member of the board of education of Fredericksburg. His political support was given to the republican party, and his religious views were in accord with the tenets of the Presbyterian church, of which he was treasurer for forty TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 595 years. Generous, sympathetic and broad-minded, the Doctor was greatly beloved, and his death on October 20, 1899, when he was seventy-five years of age, was mourned by all who knew him. His wife, Elizabeth (Craig) Martin, was born in East Rochester, Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1822 and was a member of one of the old families of that section of the state. She was a Quakeress, adhering to the faith of her ancestors, who were originally from Scotland, but the Craig family has been represented in America for generations. Dr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of seven children, of whom two died in infancy, while three passed away after attaining mature years, and only two survive. Ora, the first born, became the wife of the Rev. John M. Kyle, a Presbyterian missionary, who spent twenty-five years in Brazil, and both are deceased. Jessie, the second daughter, married William Redett, and they have also passed away. They were the parents of one child, Ora Redlett, who is a teacher in the public schools of Akron, Ohio. The son, Frank Martin, was extensively engaged in the lumber business in Alaska, maintaining his headquarters in Anchorage, and there passed away in 1927. The others are : Josephine, who is the widow of the Rev. John A. Shaw, a Presbyterian clergyman, and is serving as matron of the Lucas County Children's Home; and James S. Judge Martin attended the grammar and high schools of his native town and was also a pupil in the Fredericksburg Academy. Afterward he took a course in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and next entered the preparatory department of Wooster College, from which he was graduated in 1887 with the degree of Ph. M. He then decided to take up journalism and secured a position with the Scripps-McRea syndicate. For a time he was a reporter for the Cincinnati Post and was then transferred to the Detroit News, with which he was connected until the latter part of 1889. Meanwhile he had determined to become an attorney —and began the study of Blackstone under the tutelage of Ross Funk, a prominent member of the Wooster bar. Judge Martin completed his training in the University of Michigan, from which he won the degree of LL. B. in 1891, and in the same year was admitted to the Ohio bar. He came to Toledo 596 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY an entire stranger and owing to this handicap found it difficult to gain a foothold in the profession, so in order to make ends meet he wrote special articles for the Sunday Journal, thus continuing until 1893. At that time he became associated with William G. Clark, city engineer for Toledo, and was entrusted with the task of preparing legal documents pertaining to all matters in connection with this department. For three years he devoted his attention to that work and then resumed the general practice of law. Meanwhile he had formed a large acquaintance and gained an established position in his profession, which he followed successfully in a private capacity until 1903, when he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Lucas county. He served for three years under William G. Ulery, prosecuting attorney, and on the expiration of the latter's term of office became a member of the law firm of Ulery, Martin & Webster. This copartnership existed until 1909, at which time Mr. Webster assumed the duties of prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Ulery established his home in California. Mr. Martin then became legal adviser for the Spitzer-Rorick Company, dealers in stocks and bonds, and continued as their attorney until 1918. In that year Cornell Schreiber assumed the duties of mayor and chose Mr. Martin as director of Toledo's board of finance, which was greatly in need of his services. He successfully executed this commission, restoring the city's finances to a healthy condition as the result of a year of intensive effort, and in 1919 was prevailed upon to accept the post of law director for the municipality. In that capacity he also rendered valuable service to the city and held the position until November 14, 1921, when he was chosen by Governor Davis to fill for a short term the office of judge of the common pleas court. In 1922, on the expiration of the time appointed, he was elected to the office for two years and in 1924 was reelected for a term of six years. His course upon the bench has been characterized by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution, and the justice of his rulings proves his moral worth. On the 3d of July, 1894, Judge Martin was married in Adrian, Michigan, to Miss Bertha Fleming, a native of that place and a daughter of George and Zorah (Baker) Fleming. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 597 They were members of pioneer families of that locality, and both have passed away. Mr. Fleming was of Dutch and English lineage, and the Bakers were originally from Holland. Judge Martin casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party and is affiliated with the Westminster Presbyterian church. His wife is active in the affairs of the Woman's Club of Toledo. His deep interest in Toledo's growth and prosperity is indicated by his connection with the Chamber of Commerce. The Judge is a member of the Toledo and Ohio Bar Associations, the Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, the local lodge of Elks and the Maumee River Yacht Club. His Toledo residence is at No. 15 Birckhead place, and his summer home is at Round Lake, where he spends his vacations, deriving recreation from fishing, yachting and motoring. He enjoys life and is a most agreeable and entertaining companion. No questions of policy or personal popularity have caused him to make a compromise with what he considered an evil, and his honor and integrity are above question. Judge Martin's talents have been largely devoted to the public good, and his has been a successful career in the fullest and best sense of the term. ST. BONIFACE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Boniface's Catholic church was organized in 1845 by Father Amadeus Rappe, who came regularly from Toledo on horseback to minister to the people of his faith then living in a dismal and swampy country. Ten years before Joseph Wardlow laid out Hartford on the Portage and in 1862 the village changed its name to Oak Harbor and was incorporated in 1873. It was founded by settlers from Germany, France and Ireland, and missionaries of those early days attended to their spiritual needs until the organization of the parish by Father Rappe, who would hold mass in the humble home of one of the settlers and instruct the children in Catholic teachings. In 1847 he was made the first bishop of Cleveland, and his work at Oak Harbor was taken over by the Rev. L. de Goesbriand. In 1853 the church was attached to St. 598 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Anne's of Fremont, Ohio, where the Rev. Julian Bourjde was in charge. He was succeeded by the Rev. L. Molon in 1856 and the Rev. George Peter, who cared for the little congregation until June, 1861, when ministering priests began to come from Port Clinton, where a frame church had been erected. The Rev. G. A. Varlet was succeeded by the Rev. F. Wardy in July, 1865, and a year later the work was taken over by Father John Koehn, who remained in charge until 1868. The Rev. G. Rudolf was then in charge until March, 1871. During most of the time mass had been celebrated in the home of James Emmelin and later in the home of Catherine Michel, while subsequently services were held in Ebe's Hall, then in a school building and finally in the old Lutheran church. About 1871 or 1872, under the guidance of the Rev. William McMahon, then pastor at Elmore, the Oak Harbor people began to make ready to build their own church. A frame building forty by forty-five feet was erected at Church and Oak streets on a lot donated by Adolphus Kramer. The exterior was completed in 1872, and the church with only a rude altar made of common lumber was then used. Under the guidance of the Rev. Hyacinthe Kolopp, then pastor at Elmore, the work was continued at Oak Harbor and the parish school was started but was soon closed for want of support and attendance. Father John Klute became pastor in 1876 and succeeded in paying of the debt and finishing the church. In May, 1880, the Rev. G. H. Rieken took charge of Elmore and its missions, and in July, 1880, he had succeeded in purchasing two lots in Oak Harbor and erecting thereon a new parish house. The first resident pastor, the Rev. James J. Farrell, arrived in February, 1885, and in the following October was succeeded by the Rev. Charles Griss, who enlarged the church by adding twenty-five feet, a cost of fourteen hundred dollars, and also reopened the parochial school in a frame building which he erected for that purpose. Rev. Michael Becker took up the work in March, 1891, and in December, 1892, was succeeded by Father John Baumgartner, who organized the League of the Sacred Heart and started the fund for a new church. In October, 1906, Rev. Joseph B. Alten took over the work and continued here until TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 599 June, 1912. On the 1st of September of that year the Rev. Philip Schritz came to Oak Harbor and a year later was followed by Rev. Thomas Bonner and Rev. Alexander Buechler, who had charge of the parish for a short time. The pastorate of Father J. A. Tennissen then continued until April 15, 1915, when the Rev. Albert A. Fate took up the work, which he continued until 1923. He was instructed to "erect a new church" and later St. Joseph's church of Toussaint, Ohio, was attached as a mission. The Rev. Fate began the work of raising funds for the new church and the plans were laid before the diocesan building commission in September, 1915, ground for the new building being broken on October 24 of that year. The members moved the old parish house and church to the place which they now occupy. It was necessary to entirely rebuild the parish house, which was done at a cost of four thousand dollars. The first stone for the new church edifice was placed by Bishop Schrembs, assisted by Bishop Gallagher of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a large number of the clergy, on the 25th of November, 1915. The new church was solemnly dedicated by the bishop, October 26, 1917, but in the meantime various parishioners had given new altars, stained glass windows, statues and two large bells, and the first solemn mass was celebrated by the Rev. Albert A. Fate and many assistants, while the officials of the city attended in a body. The building was erected at an approximate cost of forty-eight thousand, five hundred dollars, being of a type of architecture distinctly new in the diocese of Toledo. It is English Gothic and most picturesque and is constructed of tapestry brick and Bedford stone. The church is one hundred and twenty-two feet long inside, sixty feet across the transept and forty-seven feet wide in the body of the church. The inside walls are of soft tinted brick, the ceiling of English oak, and the stained glass windows are composed of English cathedral art glass throughout. The basement, which is above the ground, is fitted for a parish hall. When in May, 1918, the Rt. Rev. Bishop visited Oak Harbor he felt that the old church building might be converted into a school and sisters' home, whereupon plans were made and carried out and the school was opened by the Ursuline Sisters from Toledo in the parish hall September 15, 1919.