150 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY tion he matriculated as a student at Kenyon College, in which institution of learning he successfully pursued a course of study, and with the class of 1887 he graduated. During the ensuing three years he laid the foundation for a professional career by close and diligent study in the law offices of Doyle & Lewis, of Toledo, and he was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio after passing the State bar examination at Columbus, in 1890. Immediately thereafter he engaged in active practice at Toledo, and has been continuously so engaged ever since—a period of twenty years. At the beginning of his practice he became the senior member of the firm of Holbrook & Marrarrat, which partnership existed until early in the year 1909, since which time Mr. Holbrook has been practicing alone, occupying a pleasant suite of offices at 407 St. Clair Building. In addition to his work as an attorney and counsellor at law, the demands of which consume a great deal of his time and attention, he has taken considerable interest in the business affairs of his native city, and at the present time is closely identified with "several of the leading industrial enterprises of Toledo. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Kohler Brick Company, a member of the Board of Directors of the Toledo Tile Company, secretary of the C. L. McBride Manufacturing Company, secretary and organizer of the F. Bissell and the Toledo Plaster companies, and a director of the Continental Trust & Savings Bank of Toledo. In the earlier years of his life he took considerable interest in military affairs, and as a member of the Ohio National Guard became quite prominently identified with the military of the State. First entering the service as a second lieutenant in the Sixteenth regiment of State troops, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and later he was commissioned as captain of his company, which position he held at the time of resigning from the service, Aug. 14. 1893. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Sanford Collins Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, and also with the Delta Kappa Epsilon Greek-letter fraternity ; as a man of affairs he is identified with the Toledo Business Men's Club, and professionally with the Ohio State Bar Association, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Episcopal Church. In his political views he gives an unqualified allegiance to the men and measures of the Republican party, although he has not essayed the role of an office-seeker, and he takes an intelligent interest in all affairs pertaining to the welfare and upbuilding of the city and county in which he resides. Mr. Holbrook is happily married to Miss Mayme Cummings, daughter of Robert Cummings, an estimable citizen of the city of Toledo, and of this marital union there has been born a daughter, Annette C. Frederick Lyman Geddes, lawyer, of Toledo, was born Noy. 10, 1850, at Adrian, Mich. His father, Norman Geddes (1823-99), lawyer, was for nine years probate judge of Lenawee county, Michigan. His family is an ancient one. The tradition is that in Brittany, in the Seventh century, a powerful family (whose original name has been lost), having adopted as its .crest three heads of the pike-fish. with the Latin motto, "Capta Majora" (Employed in Greater Things), became known as Gadois—the plural of "gad"— BIOGRAPHICAL - 151 the Celtic name of the pike. Towards the close of the Ninth century, some members of the family, under the leadership of Roland Gadois, settled in Normandy and in time became baronial knights. When, in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, summoned the Norman knights to his aid, two brothers Gadois, bearing the distinguishing crest and motto of the family, responded with their attendants. For their valor, some years later, they were granted lands on the borders of Banff and Elginshire, in the north of Scotland, and there founded the Scottish Geddes family, the name of the pike being, in Highland Gaelic, "Ged," and the crest still determining the family name. Early in the Seventeenth century, many members of the family immigrated to the North of Ireland, whence, in 1732, James (1704-64), son of Paul (1660-1730), came with his three sons, to America, settling in what is now Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. Of these three sons, Paul (1732-1814), was the maternal grandfather, and Samuel (1739-88), was the paternal grandfather of Judge Geddes. This Paul was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, and, during the Revolutionary war, was a member of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety. Laura (Casey) Geddes (1821-51), wife of Judge Geddes. died less than a year after the birth of Frederick Lyman, her only child. She was a descendant of Thomas Casey (1637-1711), who came to Newport, R. I., in 1658, and who, traditionally, was the sole survivor of his family, all other members of which were destroyed in Cromwell's massacre, at Drogheda, in 1649. His great-grandson Edward (17571817), who was Laura Casey's grandfather, was, in 1779-80, a private in Col. Archibald Crary's Rhode Island regiment, in the Continental army. Frederick Lyman Geddes graduated in the Adrian High School, in 1868, and in the University of Michigan, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. in 1872. He received the degree of Master of Arts, in 1873. For two years after gradua- tion, he was in Lee county, Illinois, the first year being spent in Amboy, where he was employed for a time in an abstract office and later as private secretary of the president of the Chicago & Rock River railroad, now a part of the Burlington system. During the second year, he read law in the office of M. H. Williams, at Dixon. During the winter of 1874-5, he attended the Law Department of the University of Michigan. Having been admitted to the bar, in Michigan, March 10, 1873, and in Ohio, a month later, he located at Toledo, forming, with Barton Smith, a classmate, a law partnership which continued six years. In 1882 he formed with Clarence Brown a partnership which still continues, the present firm being Brown, Geddes, Schmettau (Charles A.) & Williams (Lloyd T.). During recent years he has been exclusively engaged in the organization and conduct of corporations. He attends the Unitarian church, and is a Republican, but decidedly in favor of a tariff for revenue only. He is a member of the Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar associations, the American Society of International Law, and the International Law Association, and of the Toledo, Country, Middle Bass, and Transportation clubs ; a trustee of the Toledo Museum of Art, and a director of many corporations. He was Commander of 152 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Toledo Commandery, Knights Templar, in 1898, and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio, in 1906. He received the thirty-third degree of the Masonic Scottish Rite, at Boston, in 1900, and, since 1907. has been First Lieutenant Commander of Toledo Consistory. He married, Dec. 24, 1879, Kate Rosebrugh, born Sept. 18, 1853, daughter of James (1821-87), and Sarah Lucretia (1822—) (Bottum) Rosebrugh, of Amboy, Ill. Mrs. Geddes is a great-great-granddaughter of Rev. John Rosbrugh, whose family immigrated to Northern Ireland from Scotland, about the time of his birth, 1714, and who, while still in his early youth, came with an older brother to America. He graduated from the College of New Jersey and became pastor of Allen Township Church, Northampton county, Pennsylvania. The militia of Northampton county was called out by General Washington upon authority granted, Dec. 17, 1776, by the Pennsylvania Council of Safety. On the following Sunday, the Rev. Mr. Rosbrugh concluded an intensely patriotic sermon by offering to go, as chaplain, with his congregation, to the field of battle. His people responded that they would go if he would be their commander. He accepted, and, Dec. 23, 1776, he and his parishioners, as a military company, marched, ready for action. Three days later, he received a commission as chaplain, and, only a week thereafter—Jan. 2, 1777—was killed by the Hessians in the second battle of Trenton. His son, Judge James Rosbrugh (1767-1850), great-grandfather of Mrs. Geddes, in 1812, while a member of the New York legislature, went from Albany to his home (now Groveland, Livingston county), raised, among his neighbors, a military company, was elected its captain, and marched with them to the frontier under proclamation of General Smith, who had proposed an immediate invasion of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Geddes have five children : Paul Rosebrugh, for five years a student of music at Florence, Italy, now residing in Boston ; Laura Casey, A. B. Smith College, 1907; Katherine Rachel, some time a student at Granger Place School, Canandaigua, N. Y., and later at Burnham School, Northampton, Mass.; Florence Dority, graduated, in 1909, at MacDuffie School, Springfield. Mass., and now a member of Smith College, class of 1913 ; and Donald Frederick, now a student in Hackle)? Upper School, Tarrytown, N. Y. John Quincy Adams, a prominent and influential member of the Lucas county bar, and man of affairs, with offices in the National Union Building, Toledo, first beheld the light of day on a farm near Prairie Depot, Wood county, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1858. He is a son of John McCook and Susan (Lesher) Adams, who are still living on the farmstead upon which the immediate subject of this review was born. The father is one of the most successful agriculturists and one of the extensive individual oil producers of Wood county. His father, David Adams, the paternal grandfather of John Quincy, was numbered among the pioneer settlers of that county, having located there, in 1834, and six years later he erected, on the east branch of the Portage river, the first grist mill in the county. John Quincy Adams divided his early days between the district BIOGRAPHICAL - 153 schools, in the neighborhood of his boyhood home, and his father's farm, performing his quota of its work, labor which tended to develop in him those qualities of application and industry which have since figured so prominently in his eminent success. He attended the Ohio Normal Training School. at Fostoria, Ohio, and, in the spring of 1883, was graduated in a classical course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. He then taught school for some time and later became a traveling salesman for a large Chicago publishing house but his aspirations were in another direction, and, as soon as he was able to do so, he took up the study of law, commencing his preparations for the legal profession in the offices of a cousin, Hon. P. M. Adams, of Tiffin; Ohio. But poor health soon compelled him to temporarily abandon his studies and, in 1886, he embarked in the grain business, in partnership with M. M. Fowler, at Bradner, Wood county, Ohio, in which he continued until 1889, when he disposed of his grain interests and entered the farming and oil business, in which he met with gratifying success. In 1895. Mr. Adam's came to Toledo and entered the offices of the law firm of Pratt & Wilson, where he completed his preparations for the legal profession, and, in 1898, was admitted to the bar of Ohio, after which, for several years, he was associated in practice with Charles G. Wilson and Hon. Curtis T. Johnson. He is now in partnership with Hon. Curtis T. Johnson, with offices in the National Union Building, which firm has rapidly attained to a leading position among the talented legal concerns of the city. Mr. Adams is extensively interested in Toledo real estate, principally residence property, and, in 1901, he was instrumental in founding the Toledo-Bryan Air Line Electric Railroad Com- pany, and supervised the construction of several miles of the road. In 1905, he and his brother, Dr. R. R. Adams, established and organized the Bloomdale Petroleum Company and operated several wells in Wood county. His political convictions find expression in his membership in the Democratic party, though he is not an "offensive partisan," and numbers among his hosts of friends many Republicans. Though not an office-seeker in the visual understanding of that term, he was the nominee of his party for city judge, in 1898, and ever since taking up his residence in Toledo he has been prominently identified with movements looking to the reformation of politics, and has endeared himself to all honestly having at heart the higher interests of the city and the citizen. He is an honored member of the National Union, the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Mystic Circle, the Home Guards of America, and various other societies and organizations. He has occupied, with distinction, exalted offices in all of the above orders, and is now a member of the Supreme Executive Council of the Home Guards of America, at Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. Adams was happily married, Dec. 1, 1907, to Miss Ruth Thrift, a young lady of culture and refinement, a daughter of Edwin Washington and Rachel (Cole) Thrift, and a member of one of Toledo's oldest and highly respected families. 154 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Hon. Frank M. Sala, a former judge of the Police Court of the city of Toledo and one of the prominent and able members of the Toledo bar, was born at Minerva, Stark county, Ohio, sixteen miles north of Canton, Feb. 14, 1863. He is the son of Benjamin and Theisbe (McDaniel) Sala, the former a native of Canton and the latter of Harrisburg, Pa. The paternal grandfather, George Augustus Sala, came to Canton from his birthplace, in Saxony, Germany, at an early date, and settled in Canton, where he established the first drug store and pharmacy located in the city. He was a man of learning in scientific lines, and was well read in many other branches of education. The father, Benjamin Sala, was a merchant tailor and a cutter of ability, and spent the entire working period of his life at that trade. He came to Toledo, in the spring of the year 1876, and he and his wife spent the balance of their lives here. During the Civil war he served as a member of an Ohio volunteer regiment, and was engaged in many of the historic battles of that great internecine struggle. In later years, he was identified with Forsyth Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and also with the Masonic order. He was a life-long Republican in his political views. Six of the children born to the parents grew to maturity. Alice, the eldest, who died in 1903, was the wife of Major Roatch, of Malvern, Ohio. Mrs. John Klauser is living in Oil City, Pa., and Mrs. Charles Croll resides in her fine country home, near Sylvania. Melton Sala and two sons are engaged in the manufacture of ladies' fine suits, in Minerva, Ohio, with a branch office in Canton, and two other sons are ministers of the gospel. Justin B. Sala never married, and now makes his home with his brother, Frank, in Toledo. Frank M. Sala. is the youngest child of his parents. The first rive years of his educational training were spent in the Knox county schools, and, when he was but thirteen years of age, he removed with his parents to Toledo. In this city he continued his studies, and was within one year of graduation from the high school when ill health compelled him to leave the institution. For some time following, he devoted himself to studying in a literary and scientific course, under the instruction of private tutors, among them such eminent teachers as Prof. Friedberg ; and he also studied elocution under the instruction of Mrs. Dr. Logan. When his health had been sufficiently regained, he entered the law office of Ritchie, Howe & Ritchie, as a student. Devoting himself earnestly to his studies, mastering each point as it came to him, and making the best of his opportunities, he completed his course in four years and passed, most creditably, the examination submitted by the State Board of Law Examiners for applicants for admission to the bar, and was admitted to practice. During the last year of Hon. James Southard's (afterward Congressman) term as prosecuting attorney for Lucas county, Mr. Sala served as his assistant, and, in 1901 and 1902, was chosen to act as police judge of the city. After leaving the bench he entered into a law partnership with Judge Ritchie, under the firm name of Ritchie & Sala. When the firm was dissolved by mutual consent, a year later, he practiced alone until Feb. 1, 1909, when the firm of Sala & Carabin BIOGRAPHICAL - 155 was organized, the junior member being Frank A. Carabin, who had been an assistant of Mr. Sala for two years prior to the organization of the firm. As a criminal lawyer, Mr. Sala has gained an enviable record, not only in the city but throughout the county and the State as well, and it is said that, with the possible exception of Judge Ritchie, he has had for trial more criminal proceedings than an.y other attorney in Toledo. Before a jury, his clearness of logic, his interpretation of knotty points in the law, and his lucidity in summing up a situation, bring him many favorable verdicts. Of late years, he has been making a thorough study of the more advanced points of the corporation statutes, with a view to devoting himself more especially to that branch of the legal practice, and there can be no doubt that he will make as great a success in that phase of the law as he has in the practice of the criminal code. Politically, Mr. Sala is closely affiliated with and a strong believer in the principles of the Republican party, but, aside from his term as police judge and the year he served as assistant prosecuting attorney, he has never held public office. In a social, fraternal and business way, he is identified with the Toledo Business Men's Club, the Knights of Pythias, the Lucas County Bar Association, and Toledo Lodge, No. 197, of the order of Eagles. In the last named lodge he has been the incumbent of the office of president, three successive years. His religious relations are with the Christian Church, of Toledo. Mr. Sala is married to Miss Adda Lu Verna Collins, the ceremony having occurred Oct. 23, 1885, in Oil City, Pa., where Mrs. Sala was born and reared. Her father, J. D. Collins, was formerly a prominent merchant of Oil City, Pa., but at the present time is proprietor of a large hotel in San Diego, Cal., and also manages large oil and lumber interests there. Three chil dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sala. Rosa B., the eldest, now Mrs. Frederick Alexander, is a graduate of the Toledo High School, in the class of 1903, subsequently completed a course in the Law Froebel Kindergarten School, and for two years prior to her marriage was engaged as a kindergarten teacher in the Toledo public schools. Earl V., the second child, is now proprietor of the new Superior Art Store, at 318 Superior street, in Toledo ; and Errett, the youngest, is a student in the high school. The Sala home is beautifully located, at 2151 Lawrence avenue. Mr. Sala's offices are Rooms 321 and 322, Valentine Building. He was the first tenant to move into the building, when it was completed, and has continued to keep his headquarters there ever since. Charles Edwin Tucker, of Toledo, secretary of the Permanent Construction Association of that city and an extensive operator in the oil fields of the State of Illinois and Wood county, Ohio, was born at Bath, Me., Dec. 26, 1848. He is the third of five children—three sons and two daughters—born to George W. and Mary A. (Reed) Tucker, both natives of the State of Marne, where they passed their lives. The father and mother of Mary A. Reed lived to be ninety-two and ninety-five years old. respectively. The former was a veteran of the War of 1812. George W. Tucker was a brick manufacturer, and for many years conducted, in Bath, 156 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY a brickyard that his father established. Charles E. Tucker acquired his early education in the schools of his native city, graduating in the high school as a member of the class of 1865. He afterward entered the University at Canton, in Northern New York, where he graduated in the Theological Department with the class of 1869. Soon afterward he entered the ministry of the Universalist church. His first charge was at Marblehead, Mass., where he remained for two years, at the end of which time he accepted a call to Biddeford, Me. There he served as pastor of a church for three years ; was then for two years in charge of a church at New Haven, Conn.; next served for five years as pastor at Titusville, Pa., going from there to Aurora, Ill. Two years later, he retired from the ministry altogether. While located at Titusville, Pa., Mr. Tucker became interested in the oil business, in connection with his family physician, Dr. J. L. Dunn. Since retiring from the pulpit, he has been associated with this line of activity. When the field at Bradford, Pa., was opened, he located there, and, for twenty years, was an active figure in the Pennsylvania oil fields. He has also been interested in the development of the fields in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, and is still connected with the work in the State of Illinois and Wood county, Ohio, as already stated. In 1900, he removed to Toledo and has been a resident of that city ever since. In October, 1909, he was elected secretary of the r Permanent Construction Association, builders of mausoleums. Politically, Mr. Tucker is in sympathy with the Prohibition party. His fraternal relations are with the Masonic order. He was made a Mason at Biddeford, Me., March 4, 1873, consequently he has been a member of that time-honored fraternity for nearly forty years. He has attained to the degree of Royal Arch Mason. He belongs to the Business Men's Club of Toledo, and is ever a willing helper in any movement for the promotion of the moral or material interests of his adopted city. On Dec. 16, 1874, Mr. Tucker was united in marriage, at Buffalo, N. Y., to Miss Mary D. Druilliard, daughter of Solomon Druilliard, of that city, who was for many years the general agent of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, while those lines were under the control of the late Cornelius (Commodore) Vanderbilt, and he was a warm personal friend of Mr. Vanderbilt. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have three surviving children : viz., Dr. Edwin D., a practicing physician of Toledo ; Mrs. Lee S. Gordon, of Beaumont, Tex. ; and Solomon D., an attorney of Toledo, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Tucker was born and educated in Buffalo, N. Y., being a graduate of the Buffalo Seminary. She is 'a woman of fine accomplishments, and with qualities that readily make and hold friends. Sol Drullard Tucker, a young attorney and counsellor at law, of Toledo, was given birth at Aurora, Ill., Dec. 22, 1880, the son of Charles E. and Mary (Drullard) Tucker. The father is a native of Bath, Me., and the mother was born at • Buffalo, N. Y., where her marriage to Mr. Tucker occurred. This newly wedded couple first made their home at Titusville, and later at Bradford, BIOGRAPHICAL - 157 Pa., in both of which places the father was pastor of the Universalist church, a vocation which he regularly pursued until 1875, when he launched forth in the oil business and the manufacture, wholesaling and retailing of nitro-glycerine. About the year 1890, he removed to Jamestown, N. Y., where, for five years, he was engaged in the manufacture of ladies' and children's shoes, after which, in 1895, he returned to the oil industry at Bradford, where he remained for five years, until 1900, when he removed to Toledo, where he is still engaged in the production of oil, being financially interested in the oil fields of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker, Sr., now reside at No. 7 Betts Apartments, Toledo. Four children—Charles M. Tucker, who died at Bradford, Pa., March 29, 1908, leaving a wife and two babies ; Edwin D., a physician of Toledo ; Alice D., now Mrs. Lee S. Gordon, of Beaumont, Tex.; and Sol Drullard, of this review—were born to this worthy couple. Sol Drullard, his youngest brother—Dr. Edwin D. Tucker—and their sister received their elementary scholastic training at the Clinton Liberal Institute & Military Academy, the first named attending school there for three years, after which he was a student at the Cayuga Lake Military Academy, in New York State, and later attending the New York Military Academy (Cornwell on the Hudson), in which he graduated. in 1899, and from whence he went to the Cornell University Preparatory. School, at Ithaca, N. Y., in which he was graduated in June, 1900. Having at an early day determined upon the legal profession as his life's work, he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, in the fall of 1900, in which he was graduated in June, 1903, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Tucker enjoyed great popularity while a student at the law school and, during his Senior year, was secretary of his class. He was admitted to practice his profession and plead the cause of clients before the various tribunals of the State of Michigan, at Lansing, soon after graduation, and was admitted to the bar of the State of Ohio, in 1905, at which time he commenced to practice the legal profession in the city of Toledo, having since built up a large and profitable clientage. He now occupies a suite of rooms at 1040-1041 Ohio Building, in Toledo, though formerly he was located in the Chamber of Commerce Building. Politically, Me. Tucker is a Republican when national issues are at stake, though he believes in independent voting in local politics. He is a Mason. a member of the Toledo Yacht Club, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, and St. Mark's Episcopal Church. On June 20, 1906, he was united in matrimony to Miss Esther Gertrude Tonson, daughter of George W. Tonson, now president of the Board of Public Service. His wife was born at Detroit, Mich., and received her educational training in the public schools of Toledo, graduating at the Toledo High School with the class of 1899. 'Mr. and Mrs. Tucker reside at 2056 Warren street, Toledo. Dr. Edwin D. Tucker is also a graduate of the Clinton Liberal Institute and Military Academy, and the Western University of Pennsylvania, with the class of 1902. When the Spanish-American war broke out, in 1898, he was a student at the last named 158 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY institution, and he immediately withdrew and enlisted .in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, and was later transferred to the regular army, at Chickamauga, serving as hospital steward until the cessation of hostilities, when he returned to his studies at the university. In the year 1905, he entered upon the practice of the medical profession in Toledo, and is now located at 237 Michigan street, where he enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice in the field of medicine, in which he has specialized diseases of the skin. Frank I. Isbell, one of the representative members of the Toledo bar, was born at Attica, Seneca county, Ohio, and is the only son in a family of five children, born to Henry S. and Jane B. (Lemmon) Isbell. Of these five children, three are yet living—Frank I.; Mrs. Aldrich, wife of Judge Aldrich, of Detroit, Mich.; and Mrs. F. Van Rensselaer, of Toledo. The father was a farmer, and died in Fulton county, Ohio, in 1905. The mother, who now resides in Toledo, is a sister of the late Judge Lemmon, of that city. Frank I. Isbell was educated at Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., up to the senior year, when he left the institution to take up the study of law with his brother-in-law, Judge Aldrich. Subsequently, he finished his legal studies with Charles H. Lemmon, of Toledo, and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He began the practice of his profession at Wauseon, Fulton county, Ohio, where he was located until 1895, when he removed to Toledo and has here been engaged in the active practice of law since that time, with offices at 715 Nasby Building. Mr. Isbell does a general law business, not specializing in any one class of practice, and he enjoys a satisfactory clientage. In his political convictions, he is aligned with the Democratic party, but is not a seeker for official honors. Mr. Isbell married Miss Lillian Kelly, daughter of Thomas Kelly, of Wauseon, where she was born and educated, and they have two children—Kathryn C. and Robert H.—aged (1910) twelve and five years, respectively. Both children were born in Toledo. Mr. Isbell and his family reside at 2513 Lawrence avenue. William H. Simmons, deceased, founder, and for many years president and treasurer of the Simmons Boot & Shoe Company, of Toledo, was given birth, July 12, 1837, at Toronto, Canada. Upon becoming an orphan. at the youthful age of fourteen, he left the old homestead in his native town and started forth to make his own way in the world. After passing two years at Syracuse, N. Y., he went to Adrian, Mich., where for several years he was clerk in a hardware store, and though he received but fifty dollars, maintenance included, as compensation for his first year's labor, at this early day he displayed that frugality and foresight which characterized his later years, by saving every penny of his hard earned salary. At the outbreak of the Civil war, Mr. Simmons entered the commissary department of the Federal forces, at Chicago, and later returned to Adrian, where, three separate times, he presented himself for service in the Union Army, only to be rejected because of his poor physical condition. He came to Toledo in 1865, and launched forth in the leather industry with a young man named Orlando C. Smith, under the firm title of Smith & BIOGRAPHICAL - 159 Simmons, in a small building on Summit street, near Monroe. In 1879, George H. Peabody, at that time a capitalist at Boston, Mass., was admitted to membership in the firm, which became Smith, Simmons & Peabody, and the scope of the business was at that time so enlarged as to include the manufacture and jobbing of boots and shoes. The concern was incorporated, in the year 1894, under the title of the Simmons Boot & Shoe Company, and from that time until his demise, in 1906, the subject of this review was president and treasurer of the company. For twenty-three years the headquarters of this concern has been at 122-124 Huron street, and the business has been developed so rapidly that it is today one of the largest boot and shoe establishments in the State. Mr. Simmons was ever closely identified with the commercial development of Toledo, ever having at heart the material progress and welfare of his beloved city. For many years he was closely identified with the affairs of Trinity Episcopal Church, serving as warden for several years, and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern National Bank. On Sept. 7, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Young, of Adrian, Mich., to whom was born one son, Francis William, who is now president of the Simmons Boot & Shoe Company, and resides with his mother in their beautiful home, at 2115 Coiling-wood avenue, Toledo. After having been in New York, where he contracted a severe cold, which later developed into pneumonia, the father passed away at his home, April 3, 1906, leaving behind him the record of a usefully and profitably lived career, to which his family and relatives may well point with pride and admiration, and which should prove a source of inspiration to all becoming familiar with it, especially the penniless youth starting forth in the great battle of life, without the assistance of either gold or family influence. Harry Eldridge King, a well known lawyer of Toledo. Ohio, was born near Cumberland, Allegany county, Maryland, May 12, 1857, the son of Capt. Alexander and Lavinia M. (Collins) King, both of whom were natives of the State of Virginia. He is a descendant on both sides of families who were prominent, respectively, in the early history of the Old Dominion and of Maryland. His paternal grandfather, Col. Alexander King, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly in 1802-12, and his maternal great-grandfather, Benjamin Tomlinson, was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1791, and by subsequent elections served in that body during the sessions of 1786-7, 1801, 1804-5, 1807, 1811, 1819, and 1822. Members of the Tomlinson family are frequently mentioned in the annals of Allegany county, and were active participants in all movements for the general welfare. Capt. Alexander King, the father of the subject of this sketch, remained with his father at the Virginia homestead until shortly after reaching his majority, when he removed to Cumberland, Md., where for years he was engaged in the mercantile business. After retirement. he passed the closing years of his life on a beautiful plantation about six miles north of Cumberland, near the present village 160 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY of Ellerslie. His superior ability, sterling integrity and independence of character were soon recognized by the citizens of Allegany county, and brought him into considerable prominence. In 1837, he was elected one of the first trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Cumberland, Md., with which he was always allied. He served as a member of the Board of County Commissioners from 1843 to 1845, and was one .of the judges of the Orphans' Court from 1856 to 1864. He acquired the title of captain in a local military organization .known as the "Cumberland Guards," .which he commanded, and in which position he displayed signal courage when called upon to aid in the suppression of rioting near Cumberland, in 1843, during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal: At the outbreak of the Civil war, though living in a community where sentiment was divided and the Southern cause had many sympathizers, he promptly arrayed himself upon the side, of the Union and exerted all the influence at his command to preserve its integrity. Captain King closed an honorable career at his Maryland home, in 1873. Harry E. King, whose name initiates this biographical review, received his preliminary education in the schools of Cumberland, Md. Later he attended the State Normal School at Millersville, Pa., during the sessions of 1874-75 ; the Collegiate Institute at Ft. Edward, N. Y., in 1877 ; and Eastman's National Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1878. His work as a student in these institutions was thorough and laid the foundation for practical and efficient service in after life. His father's death, which occurred when the son was about sixteen years of age, obliged him to rely upon his own resources. His Scotch-Irish ancestry had endowed him with a hardy courage which stood him in good stead at this time, and his struggles served to develop and mature his character, the while intensifying the underlying self-reliance of his nature. From 1879 to 1881 he was employed as clerk in a large general store at Sulphur Springs, Tex., and with the money thus earned he was enabled to take the preliminary steps toward realizing his cherished ambition of entering the legal profession. He had entertained a well defined predilection for the law from his youth, combined with a settled determination to adopt that occupation, and with this end in view his entire training and study had been carefully directed to acqurring a thoroughly practical knowledge of men and affairs. After giving up his employment in Texas he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan and remained a student in that institution during the sessions of 1881-82. In March, 1882, he came to Toledo, and at once made arrangements to continue his legal studies in the office of Swayne, Swayne & Hayes, with whom he remained as a student until 1883, when he successfully passed the Ohio State Bar examination, and on Feb. 6 was admitted by the Supreme Court to practice in the courts of that commonwealth. In 1885 he became a member of the firm of Swayne, Swayne & Hayes, and this association continued until April 1, 1892. He then formed a partnership with Thomas H. Tracy, under the firm name of King & Tracy, and together they acquired an extensive general BIOGRAPHICAL - 161 practice and became and are counsel for a large number of prominent corporations and mercantile firms. The firm has been exceptionally successful. For some years they occupied offices in the Nasby Building, but in the spring of 1908, when their rapidly increasing business led to the admission of two additional members to the firm—Charles F. Chapman, Jr., and George D. Wellessuitably appointed offices were furnished for their especial use in the Ohio Building. The name of the present firm is King, Tracy, Chapman & Welles. As a corporation counsellor, Mr. King is recognized as one of the ablest members of the Toledo bar, and in the practice of his profession he is quick, careful and accurate, possessing a great faculty for details. He is most industrious in the preparation of his cases and brings to the cause upon which he is engaged a clear head, a practical, sound, common sense and untiring energy. One of the oldest and best known members of the bar in Toledo has said of him : "I have been intimately acquainted with Harry E. King since he first came to Toledo and have watched his life with unusual interest. He is of a deeply religious nature, upright, honorable and conscientious. In his professronal work he is scrupulously exact. He spares himself no pains to acquire the most complete and minute details of any case in which he is interested. Indeed the facility with which he brings every point to light that has any bearing upon the matter in hand, no matter how rnvolved it may be, is quite remarkable. He does this apparently without extraordinary effort, and as he is possessed of great energy and vitality it is probably the power of concentratrng these faculties that enables him to reach such results. His sterling integrity, honesty and scrupulous care inspire the implicit confidence of all who become associated with him." In his political affiliations Mr. King is a staunch Republican and was for five years secretary of the Toledo board of elections, to which responsible office he was appointed by Gov. Joseph B. Foraker, and which he resigned to accept appointment to membership in the same board, in which position he served four years. On June 12, 1883, Mr. King was united in marriage, at Tenafly, N. J., to Miss Mary Elma Haring, daughter of Dr. J. J. Haring, a physician of high standing in his community. The marriage was blessed by the birth of four children : Harry Swayne, who is a graduate of Cornell University ; Margaret Haring ; James Ernest, who is now in his Junior year at Williams College ; and Grace McAllister. The family residence is pleasantly situated at No. 1 Bronson Place, in Toledo. William J. Gill, who has practiced law in Toledo for nearly a quarter of a century, is a native of the Empire State, having been born in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 12, 186E His parents, John and Mary (Donovan) Gill, were both born in Ireland, the father in Belfast and the mother in County Cork. They came to this country separately, became acquainted, and were married in Buffalo. Mary Donovan's father was a member of the English Coast Guards, and lost his life by drowning while in that service. For many years John Gill was connected with the oil and refining busi- 162 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY ness. When the subject of this sketch was only about six months old, the family removed to Toledo, where the father was for some twenty years in charge of the oil refinery owned by West & Truax, and known as the Rock Oil Company, situated on the East Side, opposite the foot of Monroe street. He was in the employ of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, as hostler, for thirteen years, after which he lived retired until his death. His widow survived him for a few years, when she, too, passed away. She was a great church worker in the Church of the Good Shepherd, to which she belonged. After coming to Toledo, two more children were born to John and Mary Gill, viz : Mary and Jerome, both living in Toledo at the present time. William J. Gill received his education in the public and parochial schools, after which he attended the Davis Business College, of Toledo. He then entered the office of the late Hon. Gilbert Harmon, ex-judge of the Common Pleas Court, and began the study of law. After three years of faithful preparation, he was admitted to the bar. He remained with Judge Harmon until the latter was elected to the judgeship, and was then with Judge McGahan until the expiration of Judge Harmon's term, when the two judges took offices together, and Mr. Gill established an individual practice. Upon the death of Judge McGahan, Mr. Gill resumed his relationship with his old preceptor, Judge Harmon, and remained with him till the latter's death, Aug. 17, 1909, their offices being 867-869 Spitzer Building. Mr. Gill then located by himself at room 864 Spitzer Building, where he does a general law practice and has attained a high standing as a trial lawyer. He is always attentive to the interests of his clients, careful in the preparation of his cases, and is never willing to acknowledge defeat until every resource has been exhausted. In his political convictions he is independent, casting his vote for the best man, but he is in harmony with the Democratic party on the tariff question. He was reared in the faith of the Roman Catholic church and is now a member of Father Muellinbach's parish, whose church is located at the corner of Monroe and Bancroft streets. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1894, Mr. Gill married Miss Hannah O'Donnell, a -daughter of John J. O'Donnell, of Cleveland, Ohio, the ceremony having been performed in St. Patrick's Church of that city. Mrs. Gill was born in Cleveland and was educated there, in the Ursuline Convent, where she graduated with honors. Mr. and Mrs. Gill have two children—Helen M., born in 1896, and John O'Donnell, born in 1900. The family reside at 2257 Rosewood avenue. Philander C. Beard, deceased, one of the most highly esteemed members of the Lucas county bar, and late senior member of the law firm of Beard & Beard, with offices at 504-507 Spitzer Building, Toledo, first beheld the light of day,. March 4, 1829, in Morrow county, Ohio. His parents were Reuben and Eliza (Loveland) Beard, the former of whom was born in New YOrk State, in 1805, and the latter in Hartford, Conn., in 1810. They were numbered among the earliest settlers in Morrow county, Ohio, where for BIOGRAPHICAL - 163 many years they resided in a log cabin of the most primitive type, and endured the hardships and privations incident to frontier life. The wheat and corn for family use was taken on horseback to the mill, 'many miles from the old homestead, and, while the father was assiduously tilling the soil his good wife performed her household duties and spun and wove, with hand-wheels. and loom, the wool and flax from which the clothes of the family were made. Though the educational advantages of the parents were necessarily limited, they were both of strong mentality, and, by self-study in their later years, they supplemented the meager educational training acquired in the old backwoods school house. They lived upright, consecrated, Christian lives; were active and devout members of the Christian church ; were endowed with clear convictions as to right and wrong ; and both commanded in fullest measure the respect and esteem of those in whose midst they lived and labored so many years. Reuben Beard received the Master's summons to the life eternal. Jan. 13, 1870, and his faithful companion throughout their wedded life of nearly half a century survived him over twenty-five years, her death occurring, May 9, 1895, thus closing an eventful and exceedingly useful career of eighty-five years. Philander C. Beard, to whom this memoir is dedicated, was reared on the old Beard homestead, experiencing the hard labor and privations incident to the life of the farmer lad of that early period, which tended to develop within him those qualities of application and industry which afterward figured so prominently in his eminent success as a member of the legal profession. His preliminary educational training was acquired in the district schools in the neighborhood of his father's farm, after which he taught in various district and select schools of Morrow, Delaware and Union counties, in this State. He then attended Oberlin College for a year, at the expiration of which he again became. a pedagogue, and, shortly after attaining his legal majority, was elected to the office of justice of the peace in Bennington township, Morrow county, in which capacity he served two terms, attending to the duties of the office in connection with his work as teacher. In the meantime he also studied .law and, at the expiration of his second term as justice of the peace, was admitted to the bar, thereby becoming entitled to plead the cause of clients before the various State and Federal courts. He practiced his profession in Morrow, Knox and Delaware counties until 1878, when he removed with his family to Toledo. Here he established his offices and soon met with the well deserved success. which his exceptional ability and his thorough knowledge of the law merited. During the last twenty years of his life he was associated in practice with his son, Ellsworth M., under the firm name of Beard & Beard, with offices in the Spitzer Building. The professional career of Mr. Beard was characterized by a marked success, and he was held in high esteem by his legal brethren, his clients and all others with whom he came into contact, as an able, dignified and high-minded gentleman. He was ever honest and honorable in pursuance of any work, and, as a result of faithful adherence to duty and loyalty to his own man- 164 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY hood, he saw the evening of his career crowned with a most satisfactory success, and the respect, honor and esteem of all his associates. In political matters, Mr. Beard was always a loyal Republican, except during the period when it seemed that the Prohibition party would check and stamp out the evils of intemperance throughout the nation. Soon after locating in Toledo, in accordance with his strong temperance convictions, at the request of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and contrary to the advice of some of his friends, who argued that he would never develop a successful law practice if he became known as an advocate of temperance, Mr. Beard delivered many lectures in opposition to the liquor traffic in Toledo and throughout Northwestern Ohio ; and, though it was detrimental to his practice at the time, it later brought to him a clientage composed of the very best people in this portion of the commonwealth. During the ante-bellum and Civil-war days, he was a strict Abolitionist and an active lieutenant in the "underground railroad," thus aiding many of his fellow-mortals to escape from bondage, in the South, to freedom in Canada. Mr. Beard was twice married. On July 4, 1850, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Hettie Howard, of Morrow county, and, Aug. 30, 1851, a son was born to them—Rev. Reuben A. Beard, who now resides in Fargo, N. D. Six years later, Hettie (Howard) Beard passed away and, about one year afterward, Mr. Beard was united in marriage to Miss Lucetta Manville, who was born July 6, 1841, on the old John Manville homestead, adjoining the village of Sparta, in Morrow county, and of this union were born six children : namely, Loma L. (Beard) McCune, born Oct. 17, 1859, is a widow and resides in Toledo ; Ellsworth M., born Feb. 17, 1862, resides at Toledo, engaged in the practice of law, and is married to Lillian E. Donnolly ; Vernon V., born Sept. 23, 1865, is the husband of Ida Repas, and has for many years, resided in New York city ; Rev. Stanley B., born Feb. 26, 1867, died Dec. 6, 1897, leaving a widow, Jessie E. (Culley) Beard ; Charles, born June 10, 1872, is a resident of Harrisburg, Pa., and is married to Della Price ; and Roland A., the youngest of the children, born June 13, 1880, is the husband of Harriet Rogers. and makes his home in Toledo. Philander C. Beard closed his eyes on earth, Thursday, April 21, 1910. Carper W. Neilson, an attorney-at-law, with offices at 905-907 Spitzer Building, Toledo, was born at Delaware, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1870, a son of George and Sarah (Sherer) Neilson, the former a native of Delaware, Ohio, and the latter of the State of Pennsylvania. Both parents are now deceased. The father was a farmer by occupation, and, in the spring of 1864, enlisted as a corporal in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry, one of the "Hundred Days" regiments, commanded by Col. Henry C. Ashwill, and served with his command until mustered out, at the expiration of his term of enlistment. He died Jan. 21, 1907, his wife having departed this life some ten or twelve years before. They were the parents of three sons and a daughter, all living, viz.: Mrs. Henry C. Miller, of Delaware, Ohio ; Wilmer G., also BIOGRAPHICAL - 165 a resident of Delaware ; Edward J., of Toledo ; and Carper W., the subject of this sketch, who is the youngest of the family. Carper W. Neilson received his elementary education in the public schools of Delaware, Ohio, after which he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating with the class of 1891. He then taught school for several years, one year of which was in Farmington College, Farmington, Mo., and for two years he was superintendent of schools at Robinson, Ill., studying law in the meantime under the preceptorship of Judge B. F. Freshwater, of Delaware. In 1895 he became a resident of Toledo, and in June, 1896, was admitted to the bar. He at once engaged in the practice of his profession, conducting his business alone until in September, 1909, when he formed a partnership with Andrew M. Abbott, under the firm name of Neilson & Abbott, which association continued until July, 1910. Mr. Neilson does a general law practice and is regarded as one of the substantial lawyers of Toledo. He is a member of Rubicon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. On Oct. 24. 1907, he was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Andrews, and they reside in the Cheney Flats, at the corner of Thirteenth and Adams streets. Alonzo Grant Duer, a well known member of the Toledo bar, is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in the picturesque little village of Fredericksburg, Wayne county, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1874, the only child of Alson Kent and Ellen Estella (Sowers) Duer. The father was a harness maker by trade and employed three or four assistants, most of the time, in his shop at Fredericksburg. Just six weeks after the birth of his son, Alonzo, he contracted diphtheria and died, after a painful illness of only three days. He was a son of Jonathan and Lydia W. (Manley) Duer and was one of a family of thirteen children, his father having been one of a family of seventeen. The maternal grandparents of Alonzo G. Duer were John William and Sarah (Robbins) Sowers. He is of German and English lineage, both his grandfathers having been of German descent and his grandmothers of English extraction. Alonzo G. Duer received his primary education in the local schools and, in 1891, he graduated at the Millersburg High School. He then began the study of law and, in 1895, was admitted to the bar at Millersburg, where he formed a partnership with Henry P. Karch, under the firm name of Karch & Duer. which association lasted for about eighteen months, when it was dissolved by mutual consent in July, 1896, Mr. Karch going to Cincinnati, and Mr. Duer coming to Toledo. While practicing in Millersburg, Mr. Duer was appointed official court stenographer for Holmes county, Ohio. Upon locating in Toledo, he took offices in the Gardner Building, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, and by his energy, close attention to the interests of his clients, and his thorough knowledge of the law. he has built up a lucrative business. Mr. Duer is a member of Toledo Lodge. Free & Accepted Masons ; Fort Meigs Chapter, Royal Ara Masons ; the Woodmen of the World, and the Home Guards of America. His religious affiliations are with 166 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY the Memorial United Bretheren Church, though, before coming to Toledo, he was a Methodist. His first presidential vote was cast for William McKinley, in 1896, and since then he has been a consistent supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party, so far as National and State politics are concerned, but in local matters he is inclined to be independent. In the local municipal campaign, in the fall of 1909, in which nearly the entire independent ticket was elected, Mr. Duer took an active part, being chairman of the committee of the Independents and also chairman of the permanent Executive Committee. On Jan. 1, 1910, he was appointed assistant city solicitor and is at present holding that position. On Sept. 21, 1896, Mr. Duer and Miss Kittie Church were united in holy matrimony, at Millersburg, Ohio. Mrs. Duer is the daughter of the late B. S. Church, a prominent attorney of Coshocton, Ohio, where she was born and attended the public schools, after which she completed her education at Ada and Oberlin, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Duer have one daughter, Margaret Ellen, born Oct. 28, 1897. They reside at 806 Oakwood avenue. Sherman W. Lott, a prominent attorney and counsellor-at-law, of Toledo, was born of Holland Dutch ancestry in Liberty township, Seneca county, Ohio, March 27, 1866, the son of James and Margaret (Feasel) Lott, both natives of Fairfield county, this State. Though both were given birth in the same county, they did not become acquainted until, in later years, they became residents of Seneca county, where their marriage occurred. The father gained his livelihood as a tiller of the soil, and for many years was treasurer of Liberty township. He responded to President Lincoln's call for troops, in 1864, enlisting in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio infantry, as a private for the 100-days' service, performing guard duty, first at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, and later at Washington, D. C. After having lived long and useful careers, James Lott and his beloved wife passed away, on the old homestead in Seneca county, many years ago,, leaving five children —three boys and two girls—of whom Sherman W., of this review, ranks fourth in point of age, and is the only member of the family residing in Lucas county. The eldest of the children, Mrs. C. M. Cross, resides at Indianapolis, Ind, while the youngest. Anna M., is living on the old farm in Seneca county, as is Grant, an older brother. John L., also an attorney, is now in Washington, D. C., where, for the past eight or nine years, he has been in the government service as a special commissioner for revising the Federal statutes. All of the children were given birth on the old homestead, and all received their elementary educational training in the district schools of the immediate neighborhood, later attending Heidelberg University, at Tiffin, Ohio, of which institution two of them—John L. and Mrs. Cross—are graduates. One of the children, a sister, died in infancy. After having completed his studies at Heidelburg University, Sherman W., of this sketch, came to Toledo and entered the law office of Judge Joseph AV. Cummings, where for two years he diligently studied the underlying principles of the legal profession, at the expiration of which period he went to BIOGRAPHICAL - 167 Columbus and was admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Ohio, March 9, 1893. Immediately thereafter, a law partnership was founded between preceptor and pupil, under the firm name of Cummings & Lott, which professional relationship was profitably maintained for more than six years—until the demise of Judge Cummings, in December, 1899, and since then, Mr. Lott has been successfully practicing the legal profession by himself, having offices at 543-544 Ohio Building, Toledo. For two years he was police prosecutor in Toledo, and for nearly five years occupied the responsible position of Judge of the Municipal Court. He is affiliated with the Republican party, is a member of the Business Men's Club, and is closely identified with the Memorial Church of United Brethren in Christ, of Toledo. On Dec. 4, 1901, he was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Vosburgh, daughter of Llewelyn Vosburgh, of Toledo, formerly of Maumee City, this county. Mrs. Lott received her elementary scholastic training in the schools of the last named place and later attended the Toledo High School for a period of two years. Her mother passed away many years ago, and her father is now remarried. Mr. and Mrs. Lott reside at 1119 West Woodruff avenue and have no children. John W. Marshall was born in Niagara county, New York, Sept. 18, 1849. He was left an orphan at an early age, hence his educational advantages were somewhat limited, his scholastic training having been acquired in the district schools of his native county. When the great Civil war broke out he was imbued with the patriotic spirit of the times and suceeded, though under age, in enlisting as a private in Company G, One-Hundred and Eighty-seventh New York infantry, serving in the capacity of brigade orderly until General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Receiving his honorable discharge at Buffalo, N. Y., he drifted westward for several years and, in 1872, became a resident of Toledo. Here he launched forth in the paint and glass business, and later became identified with the Detroit White Lead Works, with which concern he was associated continuously for twenty-five years. His active identity with this concern marked him as one of the successful business men of Toledo. He has made judicious investments in Toledo real estate, in which he has extensive holdings, which consume the greater part of his time and attention. He is an enthusiastic lover of golf, passing considerable of his time on the links, at the Country Club. He has also served as president of that organization. On Aug. 19, 1872, in his first summer's residence in Toledo, he was united in matrimony to Miss Margaret Baker, of Huntington county, Indiana, where his wife was born and educated. Two children were born of this union—Edwin J., a prominent young attorney of Toledo and a member of the well-known firm of Mashall & Frazer and John W., Jr. John W. Marshall has taken an active interest in Toledo's social and club circles, being one of the most widely known club men of this city. George Chester Bryce, one of the promising attorneys of Toledo, with offices in the Spitzer Building, was born in the city of Dayton, Ohio, July 18, 1882, his parents being Stephen T. and Ada 168 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY N. Bryce. He received his elementary education in the public schools, graduating at the Toledo High School with the class of 1900. He then entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he graduated in 1903, and the same year was admitted to the Michigan bar. The following year he was admitted to practice in the Ohio courts, and since that time has been associated with the well known law firm of Marshall & Fraser, of Toledo. He belongs to Rubicon Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, and to the Knights of Pythias, and in both of these orders he is a popular member. On Sept. 22, 1908, Mr. Bryce and Miss Katherine Ora Tyrrell were united in marriage, at Toledo. Of this union there has been born one son, John Tyrrell Bryce. Mr. Bryce and family reside at 2347 Lawrence avenue. Louis Hanner, owner and manager of "The Farm," has become exceedingly popular with the people of Toledo through the excellent management of his place of business and the manner in which he conducts catering for weddings, parties and banquets. He is a native of the county which he now claims as his home, having been born in Providence, Lucas county, Nov. 14, 1859, the fourth in the order of birth of the children born to his parents. The father, Louis Hanner, Sr., was born in Wurtemburg, Germany. Feb. 9, 1821, and received the excellent scholastic and military training afforded to the youth of the Fatherland. Seeking new fields for the exercise of his many talents, he determined to settle in the United States, and, in fulfillment of his decision, he landed in New York city, June 28, 1846. Just at that time the Mexican war was at its height, and, fired with a patriotic zeal for his chosen home, he enlisted as a private in the Thirty-third New York artillery, and, under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott. saw much active service in that struggle. After the cessation of hostilities, he continued his service in the regular army, his early training serving him well. On July 13. 1851, Louis Harmer. Sr., received an honorable dishcarge from the army and, fifteen days later, July 28, 1851, he came to Providence, Lucas county, and determined to make that place his home. Establishing himself in business, as a cabinet and furniture maker, he met with success and gained the esteem and respect of his neighbors. Eight years later, in 1839, he removed to Toledo, in order that he might have a larger field for his constantly increasing trade. In February of the following year. he opened a boarding house, on St. Clair street, for the accomodation of the transient trade, and prospered to such an extent that, in December, 1864, he removed to the new hostelry he had built, at the corner of 'Washington and Superior streets. This establishment, known as the Hanner House, was for years the best appointed and equipped hotel in the city, and today it is known ..as one of the landmarks of the city. The property is still owned by the heirs. As proprietor of the Hanner House, Louis Hanner, Sr., became well-known throughout the northern part of Ohio and the southern counties of Michigan. As business grew. he was able to devote more time to the welfare of the fast growing city, in which he took a lively interest. A stanch Republican in his BIOGRAPHICAL - 169 political beliefs, his party honored him by election as Police Commissioner, and, still later, he served the community for seven years as assistant street commissioner. Ill health finally compelled him to give up his active business career, and, upon retiring, he sold his interest in the hotel to his two sons, Charles and Louis. In November, 1885, in his home on Nebraska avenue, on the day before that set for national thanksgiving, his spirit took its flight. On the day of his discharge from the regular army, Louis Hanner, Sr., was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Oberly, at West Point, N. Y. Mrs. Hanner, the mother, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, Sept. 22, 1825, and, while still a girl, was brought to this country by her father, Augustine Oberly. She survived her husband for some years, her death occurring Feb. 15, 1902. Five of the children born of this union are now living. They are Mrs. Emma Wilson, of New York ; Mrs. John W. Merriam, of New York ; David Hanner, of New York ; Louis Hanner, of Toledo ; and Edward A. Hanner, also of Toledo. The last named is now employed in the city engineer's office. He is a graduate of Fort Meyer, and for ten years was in the employ of the government, in the weather bureau. When he left the service, he was given the highest recommendations, and it was with regret that his superiors allowed him to sever his connection with the department. Excepting their children, the only living relative of either the father or mother is Mrs. Josephine Schlayer, of Toledo, a sister of Mrs. Hanner. Louis Hanner, the subject of this memoir, took advantage of the educational opportunities afforded by the public schools of Toledo. As he grew to manhood, he familiarized himself with his father's business and, when poor health compelled the latter to give up his active participation in the management of the hotel, the two sons, Louis and Charles, (the latter now deceased) were well qualified to take active hold. For ten years, from 1882 to 1892. they concluded the Hanner House, in the same creditable manner in which their father had operated it. In the latter named year, Louis disposed of his interest, and for a period earned his livelihood by conducting a billard hall, on St. Clair street. With the money he had saved by thirft and industry, he later purchased two and a half acres of land, upon which stood the building known as the Fisher Club House, built by the late George Fisher. Mr. Hanner razed the club house, and in its stead erected a new one, modern and well appointed in every detail. On Dec. 23, 1897,. "The Farm," as Mr. Hanner had named his new place, was opened to the public. Since that time, it has been conducted in a modern, wholesome manner, and its patrons include the most cultured people of the community. During the summer months, a summer theatre is conducted in connection, and only the best and most widely known artists appear upon its stage. Beside the management of "The Farm," Mr. Hanner does a large and prosperous business catering for parties, weddings and banquets. He has donated a part of his property to the community to extend Manhattan Boulevard through, from Collingwood avenue to Detroit avenue. In the matters of politics, Mr. Hanner is an ardent believer in the principles of the Republican 170 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY party, but he has never sought public office, despite the fact that his work in behalf of his party entitles him to recognition at its hands. In a business and fraternal way, he is identified with the Chamber of Commerce, the Knights of the Modern Maccabees, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Elks. He is also interested in the charitable work of the city, being one of the largest contributing membemembershe Newsboys' Home. On Nov. 23, 1882, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hanner and Miss Rosa Heinzman, of Adrian, Mich., the ceremony being performed at Detroit. One child, a daughter, Bertha Louise, was born May 19, 1885, to bless this union ; but the happiness of the parents lasted but a few short years, as on March 17, 1890, the beloved child succumbed to one of the many ailments to which childhood is subjected. Her demise was a great grief to the parents, but the memory of her childish interests has served to assuage the anguish of their bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Hanner make their home at "The Farm," at 3387 Collingwood avenue. Clement D. Carpenter, attorney and counsellor at law, with offices at No. 1519-1522 Nicholas Building, Toledo, and one of the founders and a member of the faculty of the law department of St. John's University, in the same city, was born at Blissfield, Mich., March 23, 1848. His father, Hon. Joel Carpenter, deceased, a native of the Empire State and for many years a prominent lawyer and politician at Blissfield, Mich., passed away at his home in that place, Jan. 22, 1891. The mother of the subject of this review was Minerva Mead, daughter of Hon. Darius Mead, of Blissfield, and she was united in marriage to Joel Carpenter, Dec. 25, 1844. She was born at Lanesboro, Mass., Aug. 3, 1823, came to Blissfield with her father in 1833, and she passed away March 12, 1853. Of her marital union with Joel Carpenter there were born three children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest. The other two .were : Carrie F., who was born Aug. 6, 1850, and died Feb. 13, 1891; and Minerva E., born Feb. 24, 1852, died on March 18 of the same year. Clement D. Carpenter, whose name introduces this review, received his elementary education in the public schools of Blissfield and later attended the high school at Ypsilanti, Mich., at which place he graduated with the class of 1865. He acquired his collegiate training at Adrian (Mich.) College, where he was a student for two years, and at the University of Michigan, where he graduated in law with the class of 1872. He then began the practice of his profession at Toledo,' where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He has been a resident of this city ever since first locating here, with the exception of two years, which were spent in Chili as Secretary of Legation, by appointment of President Arthur. For ten years Mr. Carpenter was official reporter of Lucas county, from which position he resigned about three years ago. Politically Mr. Carpenter gives allegiance to the Democratic party and is a firm adherent of the principles of that organization as expounded by Jefferson, Jackson, Tilden, and Cleveland. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order and of the lodge of Elks in Toledo. On June 30, 1876, Mr. Carpenter BIOGRAPHICAL - 171 was married to Miss Georgiana Florence Savage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Savage, highly respected residents of Blissfield, Mich. Mrs. Carpenter was a devout and active member of the Central Congregational Church, of Toledo, and in her daily walk illustrated the beauty and beneficence of a Christian life. She died, Sept. 27, 1905, and is buried at Blissfield, Mich. George W. Beatty, general manager of the Toledo office of. the Central Ohio Paper Company, 1629 Nicholas Building, is a native of the State of Virginia, having been born at Portsmouth, Feb. 8, 1866, a son of Charles Sturdevant and Georgiana (Woolley) Beatty, the father being a tea importer by trade. His ancestry has been traced back to Samuel Beatty, his father's father, who was a native of County Armagh, Ireland, and to his grandmother on the same side of the family, who was a native of Anneka Jans, of Holland. The collegiate training of George W. of this review was acquired at the Ohio State University, where he pursued the classical course and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in June, 1886, a short time prior to attaining his majority. He commenced his work in life as office boy in the office of the Central Ohio Paper Company, at Columbus, this State, and became manager of the Toledo branch of this concern, in the year 1895. though he did not remove his family to Toledo until 1904. Mr. Beatty is associated with several of the clubs of business and professional men of Toledo. He joined the Toledo Camera Club, in 1904, acting as its president during the years 1904-05-06 ; the Museum of Art, in 1904, and the Business Men's Club, of Toledo, in 1908. He is also treasurer of the American Federation of Photographic Societies, and is closely identified with the affairs of the Trinity Episcopal Church of Toledo, of which he is a member, serving as treasurer of the Sunday school of that church society, in 1905, member of -the vestry in 1906, and he is now a member of the diocesan board of missions of that organization. In his college days, Mr. Beatty was made a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and was also active in cadet circles at the Ohio State University. Politically, he is closely allied with the Republican party, being a staunch believer in the underlying principles of this political organization. On Oct. 2, 1889, he was united in holy wedlock with Miss Virginia Hayward, at Washington, D. C.. which happy union has been blessed with the birth of four children—Edmund William, born Oct. 5, 1890; Hayward, born March 28, 1895 ; Robert Burroughs, born Dec. 26, 1899; and Albert Woolley, born Jan. 13, 1902. Edgar Hare Johnson is a lawyer with offices at 1423 Nicholas Building, Toledo. He received his preparatory education in the public schools of his native state—Indiana—and at Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest., Ill, and in the fall of 1898 matriculated at Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., where he was graduated in June, 1902. with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Having resolved to adopt the legal profession as his vocation he entered the law department of Northwestern University, at Chicago, during the ensuing fall, and later. became a student in the law school 172 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY of the University of Ohio. After having been formally admitted to the bar of the State of Ohio, he opened a law office in Toledo, Jan. 1, 1903. In politics Mr. Johnson is a staunch Republican, though he has never sought public office. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta, college fraternity ; Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternal order ; the Business Men's Club, of Toledo ; and he belongs to the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian Church. John M. Ormond, one of Toledo's representative attorneys, was born at Sharon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania. His parents, Rev. B. K. and Mary (McFarland) Ormond, are both natives of Pennsylvania, the father of Washington and the mother of Westmoreland county. For many years the father was actively engaged as a Presbyterian minister. He came with his family to Toledo in 1886, and for thirteen years was pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church. About 1902 he retired from active work as a clergyman, and died Sept. 7, 1909, leaving surviving his widow, who resides at 2106 Jefferson avenue, and four children, viz.: Mrs. John R. Calder ; Miss Georgie M.; John M., the subject of this review ; and Mrs. F. W. Thomas, all residents of Toledo and all of whom were born in Sharon and partly educated there. John M. Ormond graduated at the high school at Sharon, Pa., and afterwards attended the University of Wooster, at Wooster, Ohio, where he was graduated with the class of 1887. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he graduated with the class of 1889, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Philosophy and Doctor of Laws. In the fall of 1890 he was regularly admitted to the bar of Ohio and, the following year, opened an office in the old Law Building in Toledo for the practice of his chosen profession. He remained in this location for about two years, when he removed to the Nasby Building and remained there for about three years, but for the last fifteen years he has occupied his present quarters, at 840842 Spitzer Building, being the first and only tenant to ever occupy those rooms. Mr. Ormond does a general practice, but for the last five years he has devoted a considerable portion of his time and attention to corporation law and numbers among his clients some of the leading corporate concerns of Toledo. He is the owner of considerable real estate, both city and farm property ; is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and is active in every movement for municipal progress. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, college fraternity, and the Phi Delta Phi, the latter a law fraternity, and is active in the work of both organi- zations. In his political views he is a consistent supporter of the principles espoused by the Republican party, and his religious affiliations are with the Third Presbyterian Church, of which his father was so long pastor. On Oct. 1, 1890, Mr. Ormond and Miss Lucy Jameson. of Warren, Ohio. were united in matrimony in that city. Mrs. Ormond is a daughter of the late Biven Jameson an old and honored citizen of Warren, where she was born and educated during the early years of her girlhood, later graduating at the Lake Erie Seminary, of Painesville, Ohio, with the class BIOGRAPHICAL - 173 of 1887. She is a charter member of the Sorosis Club of Toledo. Both her parents are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Ormond reside in a pleasant home at 2238 Scottwood avenue. Dennis Coghlin, who for more than three score years was identified with the industrial and commercial interests of the city of Toledo, and whose name was a synonym for energy, honesty and progress, was a native of the Emerald Isle, having been born in Ireland in May, 1820. When he was about sixteen years of age he accompanied his parents to America. In Montreal, Canada, the father, Timothy Coghlin, was offered employment in a stone quarry, but, being attracted to the free states, he crossed the St. Lawrence river and with his family made his way to New York State. At that time the old Erie & Kalamazoo railroad was under construction, and with a view to securing employment thereon) Mr. Coghlin came west, locating at Monroe, Mich. He and his son, Dennis, found employment with the railroad contractors, and lived in company houses just outside of the city of Toledo. In October, 1836, Dennis Coghlin became a resident of Toledo, and from that time to the day of his death—Aug. 6, 1900—he was a potent factor in shaping the city's growth and development. His first work in Toledo was the contract for the grading of St. Clair street, from Cherry to Monroe, which was the beginning of his fortune. He succeeded as a contractor, after which he dealt in furs, then operated a dry goods store, and was successively engaged in the boot and shoe, hardware, and newspaper publishing business. In whatever he undertook he succeeded, because of his quick sagacity, indomitable energy, and strict integrity. He finally engaged in the brewing business, and for years his name was associated with the Buckeye Brewing Company. After severing his connection with that institution, his money found its way into almost every local commercial enterprise. In the later years of his life he invested largely in business buildings, owning, among others, the Baumgardner. Milner and Nast buildings. At the time of his death he was a director in the Second National Bank, the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company, and was a stockholder in nearly every bank in the city. Mr. Coghlin was generally credited with being one of Toledo's multimillionaires, but no whisper of irregularrty or unlawful methods was ever heard in connection with the accumulation of his large fortune. He made money, it is true, but in return he opened up by his enterprise and energy opportunities for employment, and in many other ways contributed to the material welfare of the people about him. He was reared in the Catholic faith, but his charity was broader than any creed, and every worthy undertaking .for the relief of suffering humanity found in him a ready and willing helper. Shortly after coming to the Erie & Kalamazoo railroad, Mr. Coghlin formed the acquaintance of Ellen Agnes Martin, and they were subsequently married. She died May 6, 1900, having borne her husband four sons and two daughters. One son, James D., died April 17, 1903, and the other children are still living. They are John, who is now president of the Buckeye Brewing 174 - MEMOIRS OP LUCAS COUNTY Company ; Amadeus and William Mrs. Harry Dowling, and Mrs. James E. Rundell, all living in Toledo. Almon Hall, a well known attorney of Toledo, with offices in the Chamber of Commerce Building, 248 Summit street, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1844, and is the eldest of five children born to Dr. Alexander 'Wilford and Mary (Rhoades) Hall. All these children were born in Columbiana county and all are yet living, except Albert E.. the second of the family, who died some years ago. Alonzo. the third son, now lives in Toledo; one daughter is the relict of the late Rev. A. R. Kieffer, LL.D., an Episcopal minister of Bradford, Pa., and the other is the widow of the late Dr. Paul of Danville, Ill., where she now resides. Dr. A. Wilford Hall, Mr. Hall's father, was born at Bath, Steuben county, New York, and was a writer of note on philosophical subjects. He was the publisher of "The Microcosm," a scientific journal, and was the inventor, or rather the first discoverer, of what is known as "Hall's Health System"—the copious flushing of the lower bowel. On this subject he wrote a small volume, over 400,000 copies of which were sold. The benefits of this discovery are now almost universally well understood. He practiced very little, preferring to devote himself to writing on scientific subjects. He died at the age of eighty-four years in New York City, where he lived for fifty years prior to his death. His wife died at the age of eighty-two at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul, of Danville, Ill. Almon Hall received his education in the common schools, and, as he says, graduated in "the University of Hard Knocks." At the age of eighteen years he enlisted as a private in the Forty-ninth Ohio infantry. commanded by Col. William H. Gibson—better known as Col. "Bill" Gibson, "the old man eloquent,"—and served with that regiment from the battle of Shiloh until just before the .fight at Stone's River, Tenn., when he was so unfortunate as to be captured. in a cavalry skirmish, in Kentucky. He was paroled, recaptured by the Union cavalry, and was sent to Camp Chase. Columbus. Ohio. From there he was detailed to duty at General Hooker's headquarters, at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until the war was over, being mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, in 1865. He then studied law with his old colonel, 'William H. Gibson, who was at that time a member of the law firm of Gibson & Pennington, of Tiffin, Ohio, and after two years was admitted to the bar. He then went to Iowa, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession for several years. On Dec. 24, 1872, he married Miss Eugenia Hargrave Pennington, a daughter of the late Hon. Robert G. Pennington, Colonel Gibson's law partner, and the following year located in Toledo, where he has ever since made his home. For about four years after coming to Toledo, he was associated as partner with the late Judge Pike. At the end of that time he established an office of his own, and, as he had a natural liking and aptitude for scientific subjects—a taste that developed in his early boyhood—he has made a specialty of patent, trade-mark and copyright causes, in which he has been more than