350 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY in Chicago, Ill. All were born near Mansfield and educated in the common schools of that locality. Thomas L. Gifford graduated with honors at the Ohio Northern University, at Ada, with the class of 1890, having paid his own way through college, and when he received his degree he possessed the sum of fifty dollars with which to begin his business career. He engaged in teaching school, and during the years 1891-92 was principal of the schools at Neosho Rapids, Kan. He also taught in Knox and Morrow counties, Ohio, prior to his going to Kansas, studying law as opportunity offered under his own preceptorship, or, as he sometimes expresses it, he "dug up his law for himself." In October, 1893, he was admitted to the bar, and soon afterward located in Toledo, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. He has never been in partnership with any one, preferring to handle his business in his own way ; and by his energy, close application to the interests of his clients, and the conscientious preparation of his cases, he has won a standing at the bar that marks him as one of the representative lawyers of Toledo. While his practice is of a general nature, embracing all branches of legal business, he devotes a large portion of his time and attention to real-estate law, in which he is considered an authority. He is the attorney for the Home Building and Savings Company, of Toledo, and numbers among his clients other important concerns. Mr. Gifford was born and bred a Republican, but in recent years he has been inclined to act and- vote independently in a number of instances. He is a member of Rubicon Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons ; Toledo Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; the Knights of .,Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen. On Dec. 24, 1893, Mr. Gifford married Miss Genevra Hughes, daughter of Adam Hughes, who resided near Plain City, Madison county, Ohio. Mrs. Gifford was born in Western Missouri and was educated in the public schools of Union county. Ohio, and at Delaware and Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Gifford have one son-Burleigh H., born in Toledo on Jan. 28, 1895. Mr. Gifford and his family reside at 709 Walbridge avenue. Byron F. Ritchie was born at Grafton. Ohio. Tan. 29, 1853. He came to Toledo in January, 1860, and has resided here continuously since that date. He was educated in the Toledo public schools, in which he was graduated in 1870. He studied law in the office of and under the direction of his father, James M.. Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie was married, April 11. 1878, to Miss Kate Ingersoll Taylor, of Williamsburg. Ind. He has one daughter. Violet Burt Ritchie. He was elected as a Democrat to Congress from the Toledo district. in 1892, defeating the Hon. Tames M. Ashley, to which same office his father. Hon. James M. Ritchie, was elected as a Republican in 1880; this being the only known instance where father and son of different politics have even represented the same district in that body. He was admitted to the bar, in 1874, and has since continuously practiced his chosen profession at Toledo. He has made a specialty of criminal law, and is undoubtedly the most capable criminal lawyer in this city. He defended Ben BIOGRAPHICAL - 351 Landis, charged with murder, with exceptional skill and ability. The Wade brothers, jointly indicted with Landis for the same, crime, were previously convicted and executed. Mr. Ritchie succeeded in saving his client's life. He defended Jeremiah Mackley, whom he succeeded in clearing, securing a verdict of acquittal after his brother, Joseph Mackley, had been convicted, sentenced to execution, and now awaits the same at Columbus, for the same crime. Mr. Ritchie overflows with a delightful humor; is a forcible and eloquent speaker, and tries a law suit with a great deal of vivacity and in a manner that is highly interesting and entertaining. John F. Kumler was born on a farm in Butler, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1841, the son of John Kumler and Sarah Landis Kumler, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. He He one of a family of eleven children, eight boys and three girls. He enlisted in the Civil war at the age of eighteen, and served three years. He graduated from the Ann Arbor Law School, in 1870, was admitted to the bar and came to Toledo in the same year. He was appointed by Chester A. Arthur revenue collector for the Northern Ohio district, in 1883. In January, 1907, he was appointed by Governor Harris Judge of the Common Pleas Court, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Julian Tyler. The following editorial, appearing in the "Toledo Blade" Jan. 11, 1907, will be endorsed by every citizen of the Northwest : "After weeks of most intense rivalry among candidates for the judgeship made vacant by the resignation of Julian Tyler, Governor Harris wisely followed his own inclination, went outside of the list of applicants, and selected a man of his own choice. While the announcement that John F. Kumler had been appointed created a surprise, because his name had not been mentioned in connection therewith, it is an agreeable surprise, and sets well with his townsmen and with his colleagues of the bar. Mr. Kumler has been a practitioner in Lucas county for a great many years, and in that time has participated in numerous important cases. He has achieved more than a modest amount of success. While not a profound student, he has always been a worker, and when he accepted a retainer it meant that his every energy would be employed in the case. He is a born fighter. He was a good soldier during the war, and has been a good soldier ever since. In his younger days he was active in politics, and fought with the enthusiasm that was inherent in him. Moreover, he is one of Toledo's most loyal citizens, and has taken an active part in her upbuilding. Judge Kumler will merit the confidence that Governor Harris has imposed in him. With a thorough knowledge of the law, with a fine sense of discrimination, and with a tolerant respect for the opinion of others, he should fully sustain the splendid reputation enjoyed by the bench of this Common Pleas district." Thomas A. Taylor, deceased, late president and manager of the Northwestern Elevator & Mill Company, was for a number of years one of Toledo's representative business men. In his long and active career he was connected with various enterprises besides being at the head of the milling industry mentioned, the products 352 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY of which are known the world over. He was a man of character and integrity in private and business life and made an enviable reputation for himself during the years he resided in Toledo. He was born at Loudonville, Ohio, March 6, 1852, and died at his residence, 2228 Robinwood avenue, Toledo, Ohio, July 19, 1905. His early education was received in the schools of his native place and he was graduated at Rochester University in 1876, prior to that time taking a course- at Denison University at Granville, Ohio. Some time in the late seventies he removed to the city of Toledo and in company with his father, A. A. Taylor, became the owner of the old Manhattan Mills in North Toledo. In 1886 this plant was enlarged and .improved, and the company was reorganized under the name of the Northwestern Elevator & Mill Company, and Mr. Taylor was elected president and manager, which position he held up to the time of his death. He became widely known throughout the country, in grain and milling circles, and during a period of four years he served as vice-president of the Ohio Millers' Insurance Company. He served as president of the Toledo Produce Exchange in 1895 and as vice-president of the same organization a number of terms. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church. and in his daily walk and especially in the home circle did he display the characteristics of a true Christian gentleman. In November, 1881, he was married to Miss Florence Fuller, daughter of Gen. John W. Fuller, and of this union were born two children : John H. and Irene. Albert Franklin McVety, M. D., S. M., M. R. C. S., a prominent and influential physician and surgeon of Toledo, is a product of Canada and her institutions. He was born in Kingston, Ontario, April 1, 1854, of Scotch-Irish parentage, both his father and mother. John and Letitia (Brandon) McVety, having been born in County Fermana, in the north of Ireland, the former in 1801 and the latter in 1811. John McVety left his home in the Emerald Isle in the early twenties of the last century and emigrated to Canada, his wife removing there about the same time. They were married in Canada, where for many years they were successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits and where both continued to reside until their deaths, that of the mother occurring in 1877, in her sixty-sixth year, and that of the father in 1887, at the advanced age of eighty-six. They were lifelong members of the Episcopal church, in the affairs of which they were both very active. Of their union were born nine children—six sons and three daughters —of whom six are now living, five sons and one daughter. Two of the former, Thomas Wilson and John E., are ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church, and two—Albert F., of this review, and Alexander, a resident of Toronto. Ontario—are engaged in the practice of medicine. Dr. Albert F. McVety passed the days of his youth in his native city of Kingston, and there he received his elementary training in the excellent public school system maintained by the Canadian government. He graduated in the Kingston High School and then attended a normal school in Toronto, Ontario, until he had attained to the age of seventeen, after which BIOGRAPHICAL - 353 he became a teacher in the high school at Sydenham, Frontenac county, Ontario, in which capacity he was engaged for ten consecutive years. He commenced his preparation for the practice of medicine in the medical department of Queen's University at Kingston, graduating in that institution in 1886, receiving the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. He then pursued post-graduate work in London, England, where he received' the degree of M. R. C. S. (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons) in 1887, becoming a registered surgeon of Great Britain. He then returned to Canada and embarked in practice in his native city, and continued in the work of his profession there until 1893, when he removed to Toledo, where he has since been engaged in practice. His thorough preparations and his natural adaptability for the work which he has selected as a life vocation have enabled him to take a high rank among the leading diagnosticians and surgeons of this section of the commonwealth. As he is just in the prime of life and as he is a close student of everything pertaining. to the progress of medical science, it is practically certain that he will attain to even greater professional success and prestige in the years to come. On Dec. 23, 1879. Dr. McVety was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Lacey, also a native of Kingston, Ontario, and an only child of Walter P. and Mary Lacey, who are now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. McVety have no children, and are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He also holds membership in the Ohio State Academy of Medicine and the American and Ohio State Medical associations. He is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons ; Toledo Chapter ; Fort Meigs Commandery, Knights Templars : and the Toledo Consistory, in which he has attained the Thirty-second degree. He also belongs to the North Star Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. of which he has been a member for over twenty years. In politics, Dr. McVety is aligned in the ranks of the Republican party. David T. Davies, deceased. was born in Caermarthen, Wales. May 10, 1840 ; was educated in Wales and married to Miss Martha Williams, Feb. 22. 1860. Two years after their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Davies left Wales to establish their home in the United States and settled in Youngstown. Ohio, where they remained until March 1, 1869. when they removed to Toledo. Mr. Davies was the superintendent of the rolling mills while in Youngstown and later in Toledo. Mr. Davies' older sons were his assistants in the mills and when he left the milling buSiness and engaged in the grocery business, they entered upon other vocations. Mr. and Mrs. Davies were the parents of thirteen children. One child, born in Wales, died in infancy ; William T. and John T. are grocers well known on the east side of Toledo, where they occupy and manage an attractive store ; David T., Jr., resides in Toledo: Herbert is one of the most popular instructors in vocal music in Toledo and a fine tenor singer ; Thomas and Hiram are also accomplished musicians ; Arthur is a successful business man of Akron. Ohio ; Louis 354 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY resides in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and the daughters who are living are Mrs. Philip Robertson, of Toledo, and Mrs. Harry King, of Seattle, Wash. Mrs.. Davies was born, Nov. 17, 1841, in Merthyn Tydfel, Wales, one of a family of sixteen children. She became widely known and greatly beloved on the East Side, although her life was a quiet one and her tastes entirely domestic in character. She was a devoted and active worker in the Second Congregational Church, of which she and her hUsband were both members ; she united with the Congregational Church when she was but thirteen years of age, and was esteemed very highly among her associates for her beautiful Christian character and the genuineness of her faith. A living monument to her memory remains in the steadfastness and uprightness of character she imparted to her children, by whom she was beloved as only a Christian mother can be. At the beginning of her last illness, Mrs. Davies was a deaconess and Sunday-school teacher in the Second Congregational Church. Her love for the church was sincere and deep ; her constant presence at its services, her quiet charities, her cheerfulness and helpfulness make her loss irreparable to all who were associated with her. She possessed the characteristic Welsh love for sacred music and was greatly comforted during her last illness by the inspiring music of her faith. In the peace of her home. surrounded by all of her living children, she departed this life March 14, 1904, "as one who wraps the .drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." Mrs. Davies was interred in Woodlawn cemetery, her eight sons acting as bearers. After his wife's death Mr. Davies resided with his daughter, Mrs. Philip Robertson, in the old family home at 624 Platt street ; when about to return from .a visit to some friends in the country, he met with an accident which terminated fatally. During a heavy shower. Mr. Davies waited for a car at Hickory Corners. near Millbury, April 26, 1908. He was prevented by his umbrella from hearing or seeing a special train on the Lake Shore Electric railway and was struck and instantly killed. Mr. Davies held high ideals of character and manhood and won the high esteem and confidence of his fellow men by uprightness and integrity in his dealings. He had also a high conception of his duties as a citizen and labored disinterestedly in behalf of all advancement for the city. He was a consistent member of the Second Congregational Church and one of its most generous supporters. Hiram Davies, the well-known and prosperous proprietor of the Davies Cement Paving Company, general cement pavers, was born in Youngstown. Ohio, Aug. 10, 1884, the son of David T. and Martha (Williams) Davies. A sketch of the father appears elsewhere in this volume. Both parents were born in Wales, and came to this country directly after their marriage. Thirteen children were born to them, and Hiram was the youngest in order of birth. Ten of the thirteen survive. The other survivors are : Mrs. Philip Robertson, of East Toledo : William T., who conducts a prosperous grocery business at 604 Main street, in East Toledo ; Mrs. Harry E. King, of Seattle, Wash.; David T., Jr., formerly BIOGRAPHICAL - 355 county auditor ; John T., Thomas T., Herbert T., Louis T., and Arthur T., all residents of East Toledo. All the children were born in Ohio and received their education in the public schools of Toledo. After the completion of his scholastic training, Hiram Davies, to whom this memoir i8 dedicated, secured a position with the National Supply Company. With this concern he remained in. different positions of responsibility for a period of five year& When he left the company it was to engage in business for himself as a cement paving contractor, under the firm name of the Davies Cement Paving Company,. doing general cement work. Business has developed well, and his income has allowed him to branch out into other lines. He is the owner of the East Side Cinder Company, of East Toledo, managed by his brother, Arthur Davies, and he manufactures the well-known National Steel Reinforced Water Proof Burial Vaults. Everything he has he has earned by his own effort, and his dealings with business men everywhere have earned him the reputation of sterling integrity and honesty. Fraternally, Mr. Davies is identified with the Masonic order. He is a stanch believer in the policies of the Republican party, and lends his influence to help the party at the polls at election times. In religious matters he is allied with the Second Congregational Church. He is a tenor singer of some ability and has been connected with Trinity Church and also the Unitarian Church, and at present is tendering his services to the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at the corner of Monroe and Lawrence streets. He is also one of the most prominent younger members of the Business Men's Club, of Toledo, where he is recognized as an able, intelligent business man of wide influence and acquaintance. Mr. Davies' wife was formerly Miss Freda Minton, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Minton, still residents of East Toledo. Mrs. Davies was born at Prairie Depot, Ohio, and graduated at the Toledo High School in the class of 1901. Mr. Davies' downtown office is 464 Spitzer Building, and in East Toledo is Room 3, Davies Building.. He and his wife make their home at Apartments C, Zora Flats. Joseph Gazzam Mackenzie, secretary and treasurer and general manager of the Ames-Bonner Company, of Toledo, makers of the A B C brushes, was born at Vineland, N. J., Nov. 28, 1870. He is the son of John Frazier and Emma Louise (Gazzam) Mackenzie, the former of whom was born at Allegheny, Pa., July 22, 1832, and the latter at Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 4, 1837. Mr. Mackenzie is of Scottish descent, his paternal great-grandfather, James Mackenzie, having to this country in 1800. He settled first at Baltimore, Md., subsequently moved to Pittsburg, and then spent the last years of his life at Wellsville, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Samuel B. Mackenzie, was born Sept. 23, 1803. three years after the arrival of his father in this country, in Baltimore, Md. When he became of age he was admitted to the bar and removed to Ohio, where he practiced his profession, with offices at New Lisbon. For seven years during his residence in that section of the state he served as clerk of the county court of Columbiana county. Desiring a broader field for his activities, he moved' to 356 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Kansas, then a Territory, and became one of the influential and prominent men of the locality. When the State was admitted to the Union, he was elected to represent Riley county in the State senate, thus having the distinction of being a member of the first State legislature, in the organization of which he took a very active part. During the time the Civil war was in progress he returned to Ohio and served the government in the capacity of inspector. During the later years of his life he was twice elected mayor of Wellsville, and then was an incumbent of the office of justice of the peace for a period of years' The father, John Frazier Mackenzie' was secretary of the United States Examining Board of Paymasters, and after the cessation of hostilities he removed to Philadelphia, Pa', and re-engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, that of law' Mr. Mackenzie's maternal grandfather' Edward Despard Gazzam, was born in Pittsburg, Pa', in 1803. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, in two departments' those of medicine and law, and during the earlier part of his active career was engaged in the practice of both. One of the earliest members of the Republican party in the State of Pennsylvania' he was all his life a prominent factor in the politics of the State. He was the first Republican State senator ever elected in Pennsylvania' and was also his party's candidate for the offices of governor and congressman at different times. His work in behalf of the Republican party was honored by his appointment to the postmaster-ship at Pittsburg. Mr' Gazzam's loyalty to the Union cause at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war was well evidenced by the vigorous manner in .which he prevented the shipment of United States ammunition from the Allegheny arsenal to the Southern arsenals' His wife was Miss Elizabeth Antoinette de Beelen' the daughter of Constantine Antoine de Beelen' and the granddaughter of the Baron Frederic Eugene Francois de Beelen Bertholff, the first resident minister of Austria to the United States' and his wife, Lady Jeanne Marie Theresa de Castro of Toledo, Spain. Joseph Gazzam Mackenzie, to whom this sketch is dedicated, and with whom it is more directly concerned, received his earliest educational training at the Lawrenceville (N. J.) Academy' and later becaMe a student at the Penn Charter School of Philadelphia' Pa' Always interested and capable in the line of athletics, it was at the latter institution that be first figured in athletic sports. He was for a time president of the Penn Charter Athletic Association' also held the same office in the Inter-Academic Athletic Association, and during his terms at the institution won a number of prizes in field sports. As captain of the football. baseball, track and "tug-of-war teams of the institution be led his classmates to many a victory. When he had completed his course at the Penn Charter School he entered the Warton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania' as a special student, and took a prominent part in the athletic interests of the University as manager of the track team. The literary ability which he had displayed while editor of "The Penn Charter Magazine" was recognized by his election as athletic editor of the "University Courier." BIOGRAPHICAL - 357 Upon the completion of his course at the University, Mr. Mackenzie entered into business by becoming connected with the Wellsbach Light Company, in Brooklyn, N' Y., and continued with the firm until 1893, occupying. the position of assistant manager when he left the company. He then accepted a position as Eastern representative of the Ames-Bonner Company, of Toledo, and in June of the following year, 1896, was made secretary and treasurer of the concern. This position he continued to fill with great efficiency until June 10, 1906, when, in addition to the position of secretary and treasurer. he was made general manager of the company' Beside his interest in the above named corporation he has other widely diversified interests, chief among which is that with the Kenilworth Land Company, of Asheville' N. C', of which, on March 13, 1909, he was made a director and vice-president, and on March 4, 1910' was elected president. Mr. Mackenzie is also president of the Kenilworth Company, of Asheville, N. C. In the matter of politics Mr' Mackenzie is identified with the Republican party, and while he has done much to further its cause, he has never become a candidate for office' He has been affiliated for a number of years with many organizations of a fraternal, social and cornmercial nature. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania he was initiated into membership in the Phi Kappa Psi, a collegiate fraternity of excellent standing, and since graduation he has been prominently identified with the alumni association of the order, in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, having been successively elected secretary of the Toledo Alumni Association of the fraternity, and in 1908, 1909 and 1910 was chosen president' On Nov' 24' 1910, he was elected president of the Ohio Phi Kappa Psi. During the years 1907 and 1908 he was a member of the executive committee of the Toledo Credit Men's Association, and on May 14, 1909, was honored with election as president of the association. Socially, he is identified with the Toledo Club, the Toledo Yacht Club' the Business Men's Club and the Sanford L. Collins Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons. While residing in Philadelphia' Mr' Mackenzie became a member and fourth vice-president of the Pennsylvania Club, and a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society' The Philadelphia Humane Society, the Skating Club and the Philadelphia Cricket Club. His prominence and ability were recognized by the Hon' Brand Whitlock' mayor of Toledo, when the latter, on May 6, 1908, appointed him a trustee for Toledo University, for the term ending in January, 1912. On June 13, 1894, occurred, in Philadelphia, the marriage of Mr, -Mackenzie and Miss Jennie Randolph Dorsey, of that city. Of this union was born' July 8, 1907, a son, Joseph Gazzam Mackenzie Jr. Ernest Frank Baker, one of the prominent and influential members of the Lucas County bar, is a native of the Hawkeye State, having been born at. Boone, Iowa, Sept. 26, 1868. He conies of good old Dutch stock, his great-great-grandfather having landed in this country, direct from Holland, during the period of the Revolutionary war. Being a seaman in the British Marine, he 358 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY was pressed into the British navy, contrary to his wishes, and brought to the United States to assist in putting down the Colonists' His sympathies lying with the American patriots, he later joined the Continental army under General Washington and fought to the close of the war, after which he settled in Schuylkill county. Pennsylvania' The sterling qualities of thrift and integrity, handed down through generations to the subject of this sketch, augmented by the development of a robust constitution on an Iowa farm, laid the foundation for a successful and useful career. He received his elementary educational training in the schools of Boone, and at the early age of seventeen years, because of his recognized executive ability, was induced to undertake the task of teaching the "toughest school in the county," which he speedily converted into one of the best' He is in every sense a self-made man, having made his own way through the law department of the State University of Iowa, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, as a member of the class of 1891. Immediately thereafter, he embarked in the practice of his profession at Ogden, Iowa, and a few months later formed a co-partnership with Judge M' K. Ramsey, of Boone, under the firm name of Ramsey & Baker. A year later he was elected Judge of the Municipal Court, which position he held for two years, refusing to serve longer in that capacity. He then became the senior member of the law firm of Baker & Baker, the lucrative business of this firm being still enjoyed by his brother' D. G' Baker, who succeeded to the business upon the dissolution of the partnership, in 1898, Mr. Baker then removed to Denver Colo', in the hope that the mountain climate might prove beneficial to the health of his wife, who had contracted lung trouble. The 'effort proved unavailing, and she succumbed to the ravages of tuberculosis eight months later, leaving a little daughter' Alita Fern Baker, who is still a member of her father's household. In March, 1900, Mr. Baker removed to Ohio. The following autumn he established law offices at Barberton, the "Magic City" of the "Match King," Ohio C. Barber' Here he rapidly established a reputation as a "fighter," and within two years was elected city solicitor of the municipality, the compensation of his predecessor being quadrupled to secure his services. The position was a peculiarly important one because of the large amount of public improvements contemplated, some of which were already under way, and the situation was badly complicated by legal entanglements which -required unraveling. An extensive water-works system' storm and sanitary sewerage systems, fire department, city buildings' and a large amount of street paving furnished a prodigious amount of important work for the legal department as well as a multiplicity of litigation. In this field Mr' Baker established an enviable -record, proving himself master of the situation' Every bond issue -withstood the test of expert scrutiny and every ordinance stood the test of the courts' A hostile street 'car company was speedily brought into subjection and public service corporations of all kinds dealing with the municipality secured their dues and no more. In fact, so valuable became his services that at the expiration of BIOGRAPHICAL - 359 his first term his salary was again doubled as an inducement for him to continue in charge of the legal department. In the spring of 1906, chafing under the limitations of a small municipality, Mr. Baker sought a more extended field for his abilities, locating in Toledo, where he established offices in the Nicholas Building, which he has since maintained. Though but little more than four years have elapsed since he came to Toledo, he has in that brief period of time developed a large and profitable clientele and demonstrated his professional skill in a manner that has won the admiration and respect of his brother attorneys and the confidence and esteem of his clients. Few lawyers have had a wider or more varied experience : yet in all the trying situations to which he has been subjected he has proven entirely equal to the demands. In political matters he is an adherent of the Republican party, though by no means offensively partisan' While residing at Barberton, Mr' Baker met and married Miss Birdie Meeks. a native of Ohio, she being at that time the publisher and editor of the "Barberton Tribune'" a daily newspaper. Of this union two daughters were born—Ernestine Barbara and Mosena Harriet. Mr. Baker owns a modest home on Nessle street, where the family resides' Robert H. Bradley, the genial and efficient secretary and treasurer of the Walding' Kinnan & Marvin Company, wholesale drug firm of Toledo, was born in Adrian, Mich., Oct 29, 1854. He is the son of Robert Johnson and Laura W' Bradley, the former a native of the Empire State and the latter of 'Vermont. The father was a carpenter and builder by vocation. The parents came to Adrian in its early history. and for twenty-five years of his life the father was chief of the Adrian fire department, and also served for a period as a member of the city council. Four sons and two daughters were born to the parents, of whom three sons and a daughter survive' William Foster Bradley was appointed as the first agent of the Wabash railway at Adrian, June 13, 1881, and still occupies that position, having also served that city as mayor, in 1893 ; H. B. Bradley is a printer in the same city ; the daughter is Mrs' Frank A. Stevenson. of Adrian : and the youngest is Robert H. Bradley-' of this memoir. The last named had his scholastic training in the public schools of Adrian, and completed two full years in the high school course. Being of an ambitious nature and desirous of earning his own living, he relinquished his studies to accept a position in the wholesale drug firm of J. R' Bennett & Company, the proprietor of which was familiarly called "Uncle Joe Bennett." By industry and application he soon became well acquainted with every detail of the business, and in the six years of his employment with the firm rose to a position of responsibility in it. In 1876, he accepted the offer of a more remunerative position with Plain, Williams & Company, wholesale druggists of Toledo, and removed to this city to make his home' His connection with the last named concern was retained until the business became insolvent, and, in 1877, he became identified with W. J. Walding & Company—the successor of which is the Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Company—as its traveling representative. For 360 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY nineteen years, from 1877 to 1896, he occupied the same position, and had the unique distinction of selling for the firm the first dollar's worth of goods ever sold by a commercial traveler. In 1896, upon the reorganization of the company, Mr. Bradley was chosen secretary and treasurer, a worthy recognition of his capacity and ability and his long service in behalf of the concern. Today the only wholesale drug company in Toledo is that of the Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Company, whose offices are at 332-334 Summit street ; and this fact bespeaks more than any other could the ability of the concern to fill the orders of the local and outside trade. Besides his interests in the Walding, Kinan & Marvin Company, Mr' Bradley is also identified with the Brown' Wager & Hull Company, well-known stationers on Huron street. On his mother's side, Mr. Bradley is of Scotch-Irish stock. and from his father he inherits those qualities of English training which go to make for business success. Although he has been a stanch believer in the principles of the Republican party ever since he attained his majority, he has never aspired to offices of public trust at the hands of his fellow party men' He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and socially is allied with the Toledo Club' Although not affiliated with any religious organization, he attends regularly the services of the Collingwood Presbyterian Church, of which his wife is a member. On June 8, 1887, was solemnized Mr. Bradley's marriage to Miss 'Minnie Louise Allen, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Allen, a pioneer settler of Adrian, Mich' Mrs. Bradley was born and educated in Adrian, and on her mother's side is descended from the Bradish family, of Quaker ancestry, and one of the pioneer families of Lenawee county, Michigan, in which Adrian is situated. Four children have been the issue of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs' Bradley' Bruce Foster graduated in the Toledo High School, in 1908, and is now a student in the College of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin, at Madison' Wis.; Allen finished the course of the Ashville Preparatory School in 1909; and Therese and Robert are attending the Misses Janes and Franklin Private School, at 2300 Collingwood avenue, in this city. The Bradley home is beautifully situated at 2127 Collingwood avenue. George Washington Hart, deceased, who for many years was a leading citizen of Toledo, was born in Pavilion, Livingston county, New York. June 15, 1834, the son of Robert K. and Lucretia (Cochran) Hart, the former of whom was born June 19, 1809, and died Dec. 31, 1876, and the latter was born at Pembroke, N. H., Dec. 15, 1811. and died March 13, 1852. To these parents were born three children—Webster K., George W., and Mary Viola—of whom the last named is the only one living, and she is the wife of a Mr. Manning and resides at Marshall, Mich. Webster K' was born May 17, 1832, and died Oct. 23, 1855,. at Pavilion, Livingston county, New York and Mary Viola was born June 9, 1840, at Perry Center, Wyoming- county. New York. The father was married a second time, April 4, 1853, to Miss Isabella Parker, of New York' George W. Hart, to whom this memoir is more BIOGRAPHICAL - 361 particularly dedicated, came to Toledo at the age of twenty-one, in 1855, and from that time until his death his interests were extensive and varied. He first secured employment with the wholesale grocery house of Bishop & Company, which firm was later changed to Bishop & Foster' and he remained in the employ of this concern for a number of Years, in the capacity of book-keeper. In 1871, he formed a partnership with the late Adam Burgert, and for years was engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe business, the location of the establishment being on Summit street, between Adams and Madison streets. The style of the firm was Burgert & Hart. Finally, Mr. Hart retired from the boot and shoe business and engaged in the manufacture of brick, as superintendent of the Findlay Pressed Brick Company, which position he continued to hold until his death, July 21, 1895, His passing was a great loss to the whole community. He was a man of culture and refinement, widely read, and a student of public problems. On Sept. 16, 1862, at New Bedford, Ohio, was celebrated his marriage to Miss Amanda Burgert, born at New Bedford, Coshocton county, Ohio, a sister of Adam Burgert, who was his partner in the wholesale boot and shoe business. She was one of twelve children born to David and Elenor (Huet) Burgert, the former of whom was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20, 1795, and. died in Toledo, Ohio, March 13, 1877, aged eighty-one years ; and the latter was born July 20, 1797, and died at New Bedford, Ohio, Nov. 30, 1840, aged forty-three years. These parents were married Jan. 16, 1820. Of the union of George W. Hart and wife there were born three children—two sons and a daughter. Clara Grace, the daughter, is the wife of Harry P. Nichols, of Yonkers, N. Y.; D. Charles is the president of the Darling Candy Company, of Toledo, and James Lee died, in 1884, at the age of sixteen years. The widow resides in Yonkers, N. Y. Few men had a wider circle of friends than did George W. Hart, and it may also be said that there were few men whose home life was more beautiful and affectionate. He had a faculty of making friends, and his happy disposition did much to brighten the pathway of others. He was for years prominent in Masonic circles. He became a Master Mason in 1867, having been initiated in that Year in Rubicon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He went through the various degrees of Masonry and was on the membership rolls of Fort Meigs Chapter, the Toledo Council, and the Toledo Commandery. His Thirty- second degree was taken at Cincinnati, in 1878, and in 1884 he went to Detroit, where he was initiated in the mysteries of Sov. Gr. Insp. Gen. Thirty-third degree. In September, 1893, he received the Royal Order of Scotland. at Chicago. Mr. Hart's executive abilities were duly recognized by his brother Masons, and their appreciation was shown by electing him to positions of honor in the various lodges of which he was a member: He was Grand Master of Fort Meigs Chapter, in 1877; treasurer of Toledo Commandery, from 1880 to 1882 ; treasurer of Miami Grand Lodge of Perfection, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, from its organization to the time of his death ; treasurer of Northern Light Council from 362 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY its organization to 1882, and treasurer of Fort Industry Chapter from its organization until May, 1883. His funeral was under the auspices of and largely attended by his Masonic brethren, and his remains were interred in beautiful Woodlawn cemetery, where a magnificent monument marks his last resting place. Charles Schultz, one of the most esteemed and respected of the German-born citizens of Toledo, who is living quietly retired after a well-spent career, was born in Prussia, Germany, Nov' 7, 1843, the son of Christopher and Mary (Diedrich) Schultz. The parents followed their four older children to the United States, in 1867, and during the passage the mother fell ill and died. She was buried at sea, and the father and his two youngest children, a son and a daughter, were left to continue the journey alone. Corning direct to Toledo, Christopher Schultz found employment as a common laborer until the time of his death, which occurred in 1871. Six children were born to the parents—three sons and as many daughters—all of whom are now living in Toledo. The three daughters—Mrs. John Bottles, Mrs. John Weston and Mrs. Henry Miller—have all been greatly bereaved in the loss of their respective husbands. The three sons—Charles, John and Fred—are all respected citizens of the community. Charles, to whom this memoir is dedicated, received the excellent early educational training afforded only by the German public schools. As he grew to maturity he began to look about him for an opportunity in business, and finally became convinced that nowhere in the Fatherland were there the opportunities afforded that were to be found in the then more recently settled portions of the United States. Accordingly, with the money he had accumulated by hard and earnest labor, he purchased his passage to New York, determined to make his impress upon the commercial life of the new world' His later years have demonstrated the wisdom of his decision in leaving his native land, and although the first few years of his existence here were a severe struggle, his thrift and industry, his willingness and. earnestness, have placed him in the front rank of Toledo's business life. From New York he made his way direct to Toledo. Unacquainted with the language and the customs of the people he had come to live among, he first found no occupation but that of a common laborer' By depriving himself of many of the pleasures of life he managed to save enough money to invest in a team or horses, and with these he did trucking' Subsequently, he opened a grocery store at the corner of Miller and Vance streets, but the work in connection with its management was not the most con-) genial nor the most remunerative, and at the end of twelve months he disposed of his holdings. In 1890, Mr. Schultz undertook the business of sewer contracting and gradually. built up a large and flourishing industry, prosperous and widely known. The secret of his success lay largely in the quality of the work which he performed. So successful was he in this line of trade that, in 1906, he had accumulated a sufficient competence to allow him to retire from the active participation in business, his son-in-law, Albert Gruenke, purchasing his interest. In the matter of politics, Mr' BIOGRAPHICAL - 363 Schultz is intensely loyal to the principles of the Republican party in national and State issues, but he cares naught for party fealty when it is essential that civic righteousness be preserved by voting for the best man the ballot offers. In 1907 he was one of the candidates for alderman from the Ninth ward' It is believed that fraud was used to defeat him when the ballots were counted in the second precinct of the ward, but the evidence was not sufficient for the grand jury to return an indictment against the alleged guilty parties. Mr. Schultz is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Erie street, and in a fraternal and social way is allied with the German Pioneer Society of Toledo' His only commercial relations at the present time are with the Market Savings Bank, in which he is a stockholder ; and he is the owner of considerable valuable realty in the city. On May 31, 1867, occurred Mr. Schultz's marriage to Miss Racke Boldt, a native of Germany, and sister of Joseph Boldt, Sr., of Toledo. Twelve children were born to bless this union, all deceased but a son and daughter. The daughter is now Mrs. Albert Gruenke, of 2435 Broadway, and she is the mother of an eighteen-year-old daughter, Bertha. The son. Carl J. is a graduate of the Davis Business College. and is now interested in the business of sewer contracting with Mr' Gruenke. Carp was married March 21, 1904, to Miss Jessie Risbin, of Toledo' and they now make their home at 811 Woodland avenue' Mr' and Mrs' Charles Schultz live not far from them, at 723 Tecumseh avenue. Spencer D. Carr, president of the National Bank of. Commerce' one of the leading financial institutions of the city of Toledo' was born in Chapinsville, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1847, the son of 'illiam Prescott and Mary Jane Carr. The father was an agriculturist at Clifton Springs, Y., and there spent the better part of his active life. Mr. Carr's educational advantages were limited to the courses afforded by the public schools of Clifton Springs' On Oct' 1, 1868' he came to Toledo to accept the position of bookkeeper with Warriner, Patrick & Company, and retained the office for an even seven years, until Oct. 1, 1875, severing the connection to become bookkeeeper in the First National Bank of Toledo' It was thus he made his start in the banking business, in which today he is one of the leading figures, not alone in the city and county, but in the State as well' When he resigned, Oct. 1, 1892, he was vice-president of the institution, which had grown to immense size' From the First National Mr' Carr went immediately into the National Bank of Commerce, occupying the same position as he had in the other institution. In 1904, at the annual meeting of the directors of the bank, Mr' Carr was elected president, and at the present time is the incumbent of that position' Something in relation to the standing of the National Bank of Commerce is very appropos in this memoir; as the subject of it has had such an influential part in building up the institution. The report of its condition at the close of business, Nov' 16, 1909. showed that the resources consisted of loans and discounts to the amount of $5,570,100'57 ; United States bonds, $721,500.00 ; other bonds, $781,350.00 ; real estate, $30,600'00; cash and due from other banks, $1,019,118'03, and due 364 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY from the treasurer of the United States, $42,700.00. The liabilities. consisted of capital stock, $1,000,000.00: surplus and profits, $268,596.30: circulation, $696,000.00: deposits. $6.104.772.30, and bond account, $96,000.00. The rapidity with which the bank has grown is perhaps best shown by the comparative statements of deposits on May 14, 1908, and Nov. 16, 1909. On the former date they amounted to $4,074,473.98: on the latter, as before stated, to $6.104,772.30, an increase of $2,030,298.32. The other officers of the bank, beside Mr. Carr, are W. W. Edwards, vice-president R. B. Crane, vice-president George W. Walbridge, cashier: and W. L. Lamb, assistant cashier. Other business interests of Mr. Carr include the treasurership of the Toledo Rail-Light Company, and the presidency of the Toledo Steel Casting Company. For more than forty years he has claimed residence in Toledo, but the past three years has made his home at Morenci, Lenawee county, Michigan. where he has a farm of sixty acres. He makes the morning and evening trips to his home by the Toledo & Interurban railway. In a business and social way he is identified with the Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Business Men's Club, the Toledo Club and the Toledo Yacht Club, and is a contributing member of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Toledo Newsboys' Association. Fred Eugene McCaskey, deceased, whose untimely death by drowning occurred Sept. 28. 1904, near Walbridge Park, was the son of the late Robert McCaskey. who, for many years prior to his death, May 2, 1898, was one of the most prominent and influential business men of Toledo. Fred E. McCaskey was born in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1871. and grew to manhood amid the surroundings of an ideal home. His early education was acquired in his native town of Napoleon, and at the age of fourteen, at which time the family removed to Toledo, the father having already engaged in many Toledo interests, he entered the city schools. He was graduated with the class of 1891, in the high school, and immediately entered his father's real-estate office to assist in carrying on the business. After spending some six months in a clerical capacity he was admitted as a partner. the name of the firm being Robert McCaskey & Son. Soon after entering his father's office he gained prominence among the business and professional men of the city by his integrity, ability and scrupulous honesty. During the many years in which he was connected with his father in business, all his energies were devoted to managing the numerous real-estate. insurance and loan branches, which he had helped to establish, in addition to which he served as manager in Toledo for the Waterville Cement Post & Stone Company. In his political affiliations, Mr. McCaskey was allied with the Republican party, but in local matters he never allowed his party fealty to influence his best judgment, exercising his right of franchise for what he considered the best interests of the community. Mr. McCaskey's death came suddenly and as a great shock to his family and many friends. While canoeing on the river on the evening of Sept. 28, 1904, he was suddenly thrown into the water and, before-assistance could reach him, was drowned. The memory of the- BIOGRAPHICAL - 365 loved one is cherished by the fatherless children and the widowed mother as one of the treasures of their lives. He was a good father and husband, and gave much of his time and attention to his family, being of a home-loving disposition and caring little for lodges, clubs and social orders. On Feb. 13, 1893, Mr. McCaskey was united in marriage to Miss Marietta Allen. a sister of Theodore B., and Willard E. Allen, of Toledo, and with his wife and two children, Robert Allen McCaskey and Ruth Allen McCaskey, he lived most happily at 2012 School place. The son is now a student in the public schools of Toledo, while the daughter is receiving her educational advantages at a private school in the city. Mrs. McCaskey's home was formerly at Erie, Mich., a short distance from Toledo. She is a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. her ancestors having taken a brilliant part in that great struggle for independence. The widow and two children are now residing in their new home, but recently completed, at 2232 Parkwood avenue, Toledo. George Tait, whose death occurred at his home, 2243 Ashland avenue, Toledo, May 21. 1904, was for more than a quarter of a century intimately identified with the commercial interests and charitable work of that city. He .was born in Edinburg, Scotland, in 1847, and there learned the bakers' trade under his father. In 1873 he came to Toledo and established a bakery, which he continued to conduct for the remainder of his life. For many years prior to his death his place of business was at 314 Adams street, and few business men in Toledo were more widely or more favorably known than George Tait. Mr. Tait was brought up in the stern faith of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, with which he united while still in his boyhood, when to him it was known as the "Kirk." The lessons taught him by his earliest "dominie" proved to be seed sown in good soil, for they made a lasting impression on the boy and formed the foundation for a character that was irreproachable. His word was never questioned as to its veracity, and he possessed the moral courage to rebuke wrong whenever or wherever it became beneath his notice. Upon coming to Toledo, he became a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and for years was one of its officers. Mr. Tait's distinguishing trait was his charity, and it has been said of him that "his charity was broader than his dogma." He took an active interest in the affairs and support of the Adams Street Mission, of which he was treasurer of the board of trustees at the time of his death. He was also a great friend to the St. Vincent Orphanage. to which he contributed. and the Salvation Army and the Bethel Mission both numbered him among their supporters. As a mark of respect, the children of the orphanage visited his residence in a body and took a last look at the lifeless face of their friend and unselfish benefactor. During the twenty-nine Years of his life in Toledo he never turned a deaf ear to the call of the hungry. and instances might be repeated by the score when his generosity was made manifest in supplying their needs. Mr. Tait was a charter member of Charles Sumner Lodge, Knights of Pythias : a meMber of the Independent Order of Odd 366 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Fellows and Royal Arcanum ; belonged to the Ideal Council of the National Union, and for many years was an officer and member of the Burns Curling Club. His death came suddenly, as the day before that sad event he was at his place of business attending to his duties as usual. The cause of his death was angina pectoris. He left a widow and five children, viz.: Dr. P. George Tait, who graduated in the Toledo High School with the class of 1896, and in the Medical Department of the University of Michigan with the class of 1900, and, after serving one year as house physician in St. Vincent's Hospital, in Toledo, and some time in the New York Hospital, began practice in Toledo ; Mary D.; Belle lives at home with her mother ; Grace, the youngest of the daughters, was married Aug. 18, 1909, to Ransom Ansted, of Toledo ; and Harold lives at home with his mother. Dr. P. George Tait is one of the progressive physicians of Toledo, haying recently spent eight months in the hospitals of London, England, in order to equip himself more thoroughly for the practice of his profession, and since his return has opened an office at 342 Nicholas Building. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church ; belongs to Sanford Collins Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce ; is unmarried and resides with his mother, brother and sisters at the family residence, 2243 Ashland avenue. C. Edward Kirschner, assistant cashier and secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company, of Toledo, was born in that city, June 25, 1877, a son of the late Charles J. Kirschner, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. C. Edward Kirschner was educated in St. Mary's School, in his native city, and in the Jesuit College, of Buffalo, N. Y. Upon leaving school he was associated with his father for one year, at the end of which time he entered the employ of the Home Savings Bank on Madison street. as a messenger boy, and remained with that concern for about nine months. He then became a messenger boy for the Ohio Bank & Trust Company. Some six months later a vacancy occurred in the position of paying teller, and the president, James Robison, was about to look for some one outside the bank to fill it when young Kirschner asked why some one already connected with the bank could not take the place. Mr. Robison asked him if he thought he could fill it, and was promptly answered in the affirmative. The result of the brief conversation was that the young man was immediately installed on trial. He sustained himself, and for eight years discharged the duties of paying teller without any fault being found with his work. By his close attention to his duties and the executive ability he has displayed on various occasions, he has risen to the post of assistant cashier and is also secretary and treasurer of the institution. Upon the death of his father, Sept. 7, 1909, he succeeded to the latter's interest in the firm of Kirschner, Wideman & Uhl, real estate, loans, fire insurance, etc., located at 330-332 Huron street, in the National Union Building. Mr. Kirschner is also on the finance committee of the Toledo Credit Association. Politically, he is a Democrat, but is not especially active as a party worker. His church affiliations BIOGRAPHICAL - 367 are with St. Mary's Catholic Church, in which he was trustee and usher for some eight years, and while serving in this capacity he was influential in persuading a number of young men to become members of the church. He is likewise a member of the Alumni Association of St. John's College, the Knights of Columbus, and the Catholic Knights of America. He is a director of St. Anthony's Orphanage, St. Vincent's Hospital and the Orphan Asylum, and takes a commendable interest in their good works. On Jan. 16, 1905, Mr. Kirschner and Miss Gertrude G. Gramling were united in marriage, being the first couple to have their nuptials solemnized in the new school chapel of St. Mary's. Mrs. Kirschner was born in Toledo and is a graduate of the Ursuline Convent of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Kirschnr have three children—Charles J., Marion and Gertrude G. The family resides at 2315 Fulton street. Charles M. King, district manager of the Columbian National Life Insurance Company, with offices at 426 Ohio Building, Toledo, is a native of Lucas county, having been born near the village of Whitehouse, Aug. 26, 1861. His parents, John and Honora (Lynch) King, were both born in Ireland, the father in County Louth and the mother in County Kerry: They came to this country in early life and became acquainted after their arrival in America, their marriage having been solemnized in the State of New York. They came to Ohio in 1853, when the Wabash railway was in course of construction, and settled near Whitehouse, the father being employed on the railroad for some time. He died in 1884, aged sixty-seven years, on a farm of eighty acres which he had purchased near Whitehouse, and the mother died in Toledo, in 1899, at the age of eighty-three years. They had five children who grew to maturity, and two twin daughters who died in infancy. John and Mary, the oldest of the children that grew up, were born in New York, and the others in Lucas county, Ohio. Those now living are Mrs. Austin Merrick and Charles M., both of Toledo. and Edward O., who studied law and was admitted to the bar, and who left Toledo some five years ago. Charles M. King was educated in the public schools, attending about three months every winter during his boyhood, and after completing his schooling he taught for three years in the vicinity of Whitehouse. On March 28, 1883, he married, in Toledo. Miss Emma Dick, a native of Milwaukee, Wis., a daughter of Henry and Bertha Dick, and after his marriage he owned and conducted a brick and tile factory at Delta, Fulton county, for some time, subsequently engaging in the insurance business in Toledo. In 1886, he sold out his businss in the city and returned to Whitehouse, where he bought property and embarked in the mercantile and livery business, at the same time acting as agent for fire insurance companies. Early in 1909, he became district manager of the Columbian National Life Insurance Company, the home office of which is in Boston, Bass., and again became a resident of Toledo. He was advanced to the responsible position. of general agent for this company, March 1, 1910. Formerly, Mr. King was a Democrat in his political affiliations, but since 1896 has been an ardent Republican. He served 368 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY as councilman at Whitehouse for three years and was for five years deputy sheriff of Lucas county under Sereno B. Chambers. He is a member of the National Union, the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Knights of Pythias. He organized the lodge of Red Men at Whitehouse and represented it twice in the Ohio grand lodge. Mr. and Mrs. King have two children—Charles R. and Bertha Viola—both now practicing physicians. Dr. Charles R. King graduated at the Whitehouse High School when he was fourteen years of age, and, after teaching for four years. entered the Toledo Medical College, where he graduated with the class of 1907. He is now engaged in practice at Whitehouse and was elected mayor of that town at the last election. On July 10, 1907, he married Miss Mabel Boyer, whose father was at one time a county commissioner of Lucas county. The daughter, Bertha Viola King, graduated in the Whitehouse High School as a member of the class of 1901. She then completed the three years' course in the Toledo Medical College, then entered the Lincoln Memorial University. of Knoxville. Tenn.. where she received her degree of Doctor of Medicine, in January. 1910, and a few weeks later passed the State Board examination in Tennessee. Mr. King owns a business block in Whitehouse and was the builder of what is known as "Music Hall" there, the best building in the town, though he sold it some time ago. He and his wife reside in the Palace Flats, 220-222 East Woodruff street. Josiah Davis Cook, deceased, for more than forty years a highly respected citizen of Toledo. was one of the prominent civil engineers of America, and few Toledo citizens were better known throughout the United States. He was interested in the upbuilding of various enterprises of great magnitude. and during his business career he constructed sixty-three water-works plants in as many cities, among them being the plants in Toledo, Sandusky, Galveston, Tex., and Quincy, Ill. Mr. Cook was born in Warren county. Ohio. April 26, 1830, and came of good old Quaker stock, his ancestors having come from England and Wales and settled in North Carolina. late in the Eighteenth century. His paternal grandfather, Wright Cook, was a Quaker preacher who migrated from Virginia to Warren county, Ohio. and, in about the year 1816, he removed to Indiana. One of his sons, Thomas P. Cook, who was born in Virginia in 1802, made Warren county, Ohio, his home, and there the subject of this memoir was born, as before stated, he being the third of a family of five children. The mother was drowned in the Mississinewa river, in Indiana, together with her youngest son, in 1843, and the father died as the result of an accident, in 1881, at the age of seventy-seven years. The great-grandmother of Josiah D. Cook was Charity Pearson, a noted Quaker preacher, who lived in the early part of the Eighteenth century, and made several trips to England on preaching tours His grandmother's maiden name was Davis and his mother's was Kester. The maternal grandfather was descended from English colonists who were among the settlers in Jamestown, Va., in 1607, and his grandmother Kester traced her ancestry to the Davis family, BIOGRAPHICAL - 369 who came from England at about the same time. John Davis, her uncle, left a large fortune which has been accumulating for many years in the Bank of England and amounts at present to many thousand pounds. The Cook family is of great antiquity and importance in Great Britain, and in Ireland it is said that no less than twelve Cooks served as bailiffs and mayors, from 1684 to 1854. Some of the same have been mayors of London, notably one Thomas Cooke, who was knighted at the coronation of Elizabeth, Queen of Edward IV. Sir Anthony Cooke, called the "English Scholar." was chosen tutor to young King Edward VI, on account of his great learning. Artists and musicians abound in the family, and the drawings of Richard Cook are preserved in the British Museum. After the usual preliminary preparations for the duties of life, in the way of scholastic training, Josiah Davis Cook became interested in the newspaper business, and at Marion, Ind., for a time he published the "Western Union," a weekly paper. Succeeding this, he turned his attention to the law. His tastes, however, were neither for law nor journalism, and deserting Marion after a period of prosperity, he became an engineer, taking up the work with a party of railroad engineers surveying through Indiana. He first became employed in this line of endeavor for an engineer corps that was surveying a route between Peru and Indianapolis. in' 1851, and he kept at the work until he had mastered it thoroughly. In 1852, he was engaged upon the Fort Wayne & Southern road, between Fort Wayne and Cincinnati, and the following year he assisted in the survey of the Marion & Mississinewa Valley road. between Marion and Logansport, now a part of the Panhandle. In 1854, he was appointed chief engineer of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, then being built from Cincinnati to Mackinaw, and gave the road the name by which it has been known so long. While engaged upon this enterprise, in the winter of 1854-5, he removed to Sturgis, Mich., at which place he resided during the ensuing six years ; the final surveys for the Grand Rapids & Indiana Road being made in 1857. In March, 1861, Mr. Cook removed from Sturgis to the city of Toledo and became engaged in the commission business, in partnership with W. H. Osbon and Vincent Hamilton, gentlemen who had also removed to Toledo from Sturgis. Perry Crabbs and W. H. Bellman were later associated with the firm and the business was continued until 1870, when Mr. Cook again. engaged in railroad construction as a civil engineer. He was appointed chief engineer of the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan railroad and had charge of surveys and of the construction of the present Toledo division of the Pennsylvania Lines, and was also engaged in bridge building with R. W. Smith, as chief engineer of the Smith Bridge Co., at that time one of the most important manufacturing concerns in the city. In 1872, he engaged in water works, sewerage and municipal engineering and was appointed chief engineer of the Toledo water works, and designed and began the construction of the Toledo plant, which he later remodeled. He was tendered the position of consulting engineer, when the new and larger engines were installed at. the 370 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY plant, and at the same time the buildings were remodeled and enlarged, and the Toledo water works pumping station now stands as a monument of his work in the city, it having been erected under his supervision. The standpipe designed and built by him was, at the time of its erection, the highest pipe in the world. Mr. Cook also served as superintendent of the city water works from 1873 to 1879, and he was to have been a member of the pure water commission of the city, having been asked to take the position and had given his consent, some time prior to his death. The appointment had not yet been made public, but was to have been as soon as Mr. Cook could have had another consultation with the remaining members of that commission. From the time that he retired from the position of superintendent of the Toledo water works, in March, 1879, until 1902, he was engaged in building water works in other cities, and in that time he constructed more plants than any other engineer in the United States. He designed and built the first large standpipe in the world, at Sandusky, Ohio, a type or design which has been very generally used since in all parts of the world. A partial list of the cities in which he installed water works plants are as follows : In Ohio, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Clyde, Fremont, Hicksville, Lima, Milan, Newark, Troy, Toronto, Norwalk, Prairie Depot, Ravenna, Sandusky, Springfield, Toledo, and Youngstown ; in Kentucky, Lexington and Lebanon ; in Tennessee, Jackson and Nashville ; in Kansas, Emporia ; in Missouri, St. Joseph ; in Michigan, Coldwater, Grand Rapids, Hillsdale, Hudson, Jackson, Jonesville. Monroe, Pontiac, Wyandotte, and West Bay City ; in Indiana, Anderson, Decatur, Fort Wayne, Kendallville, Marion, Newcastle, Noblesville, Peru, and Wabash ; in Illinois, Freeport and Quincy ; in Nebraska, Beatrice, Omaha, and Plattsmouth ; in New York, Dunkirk ; in New Jersey, Atlantic City ; in Georgia, Savannah ; in Louisiana, New Orleans ; in Texas, Dallas and Galveston ; and in South Dakota, Fort Meade and Sturgis. At each of these places the water works systems were designed, constructed or re-constructed by Mr. Cook, and each plant cost from $15,000 to $1,500,000. The plant at Galveston, Tex., stood through the flood of the great storm of 1901 and saved the lives of thirty-four persons who sought refuge within its walls. That it weathered the elements is proof of the sagacity of the man who planned the structure. In addition to those mentioned and other water works plants—a total of sixty-three in all—Mr. Cook either designed or personally constructed sewerage systems in the following named cities : Toledo, Ohio, six systems, separate and combined ; Marion, Ohio, four systems, separate and combined ; Springfield, Ohio, one separate system ; Galion, Ohio, one separate system ; Hillsdale, Mich., one separate system ; Wyandotte, Mich., one separate system ; Jackson, Mich., one combined system ; Mount Pleasant, Mich., one combined system ; Emporia, Kan., one combined system ; and at Jackson, Tenn., one combined system. He was continually being consulted by cities and individuals who were eager to have the benefit of his wide experience in such works. But it was to his beloved Toledo that his mind went forth in the BIOGRAPHICAL - 371 closing years of his life, and the last production of his fertile brain was a well matured plan to settle once and for all time the water supply question of the city. His plan was in many respects radically different from anything before suggested in connection with the troublesome question which has so often been before the water works board and the people of Toledo. It contemplated bringing the water for the city's use from the lake, the intake being some distance below Cedar Point, and there were to be two immense mains extending from near the same point toward the city. Two routes were suggested for reaching the stand-pipe after entering the city, one being by crossing the river well up toward where the station is located, and the other by crossing near Ironville. Mr. Cook estimated that his plan would provide 75,000,000 of gallons of water daily, and the estimated cost of the project was placed at $1,000,000. The plan had the merit of suggesting a source of supply which is practically inexhaustible, and the further inducement that, when obtained, it would be pure, clear lake water. Mr. Cook was satisfied, from an examination of the intake location and from government charts, that the water obtained by the plan he proposed would be absolutely acceptable, but he did not live to give the project the benefit of his earnest support. He was called to the life eternal, Sept. 17, 1902, at the advanced age of seventy-two years. The funeral was held, Sept. 19, conducted by Toledo Commandery No. 7, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, the deceased having been a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, Toledo Chapter, Toledo Council, and of Toledo Commandery, Knights Templars. Mr. Cook's was a notable career, honorably lived, and his death was universally lamented throughout the circle of his wide acquaintance. On Oct. 4, 1854, at Marion, Ind., occurred the marriage of Mr. Cook to Miss Eliza Jane McClure. daughter of Samuel McClure, one of the most prominent citizens of that place. Of this union there were born two children : Charles McClure Cook and Mrs. Nellie (Cook) Cubberley, both of whom are residents of Toledo. The latter is a graduate of the Imperial Conservatory of Music at Vienna, Austria, and is a musician of great natural talent and high accomplishments. Charles McClure Cook. son of Josiah D. Cook, was born at Sturgis, Mich., Feb. 5, 1856, and was but five years of age when his parents moved to Toledo, where he attended the public schools and graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1873. He entered the service of the city, in the fall of the same year. as rod man in the engineering corps in the construction of the Toledo Water Works. He was advanced to the position of assistant engineer, in 1874, and continued in the service of the board of water works until 1878. He was assistant engineer in the construction of the water works at Sandusky, Ohio, during a portion of this time, and, early in the summer of 1878, entered. the service of the Pennsylvania company as inspector and assistant engineer. While thus engaged, he superintended the erection of the freight house and the replacement of the former wooden bridge with the present iron structure. In 1879, he superintended the construction of the passenger station 372 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY and the passenger yards, as well as the replacement of the long, trestle works on the easterly side of the river, this being accomplished by an ingenious arrangement for dredging the river, which at that time was considered quite a novelty. He was then appointed road master of the Toledo division, between Toledo and Mansfield, and later was advanced to the position of engineer of maintenance of way, in which position he continued until 1885. In this time he rebuilt a portion of the -Union bridge, of which he was originally in charge in its construction, and which was owned by a subsidiary company composed of the Pennsylvania Railway Company and the Wabash Railway Company. By reason of the construction of the various belt lines around the city, this bridge was long since abandoned and entirely removed from the river. In the spring of 1885, Mr. Cook was promoted to the position of engineer of maintenance of way of the Little Miami division of the Panhandle road, with headquarters at Cincinnati, and he continued in that position until the fall of the same year, when ill health compelled him to ask for a leave of absence, and he visited Europe in search of health. On returning to America, thoroughly restored, in the summer of 1886, he was appointed chief engineer of maintenance of way of the entire Norfolk & Western system, with headquarters at Roanoke, Va., but this position he resigned, in 1888, to become engineer of maintenance of way of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad, with headquarters at Buffalo. While serving in this position he was slated for chief engineer of the system, but within a month of the time the appointment was to have been made there was a change in the ownership of the road and hence the appointment was not made. He resigned his position with the road, in 1893, to engage in commercial business in Buffalo, in connection with manufacturing in Pennsylvania, and, in 1897, he became district manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, for the Northern district of New York. Later he was made associate general agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, in which position he continued until compelled to return to Toledo, in the spring of 1902, by reason of the illness of his father, which resulted in death in September of that year. Mr. Cook became actively engaged in managing the affairs of his father's estate, as well as in the handling of his mother's property in Central Indiana, and has since erected three flat buildings in Toledo as well as two structures of the same kind and a commercial building in Marion, Indiana, together with large barns and other buildings on the Cook farm in that State. Having accomplished all of this to his satisfaction, Mr. Cook engaged in the bond business, in 1908, becoming associated with the large and extensive house of J. S. & W. S. Kuhn, Inc., of Pittsburg, Pa., as special representative in Ohio. Frank Spangler, president and general manager of the Frank Spangler Company, of Toledo, manufacturers and dealers in porch columns, composition capitals, wood turning. hardwood lumber, etc., was born on a farm near Freeburg, Snyder county. Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1867. The Spanglers are of German lineage BIOGRAPHICAL - 373 and members of the family were among the pioneers of Eastern Pennsylvania. a section in which the inhabitants are widely known as "Pennsylvania Dutch ;" and Mr. Spangler feels a just pride in being descended from that sturdy and worthy ancestry. His father. Adam L. Spangler. was a saw-mill man, being the junior member of the firm of Kalbach & Spangler, who sawed principally oak for the Reading and the Pennsylvania railroad companies. Consequently Frank Spangler may he considered a lumberman by inheritance ; though he had but little to do with that line of business until after he left home, at the age of eighteen years. Prior to that time he attended the common schools and supplemented the elementary education thus acquired by five terms in the Freeburg Academy. It was his desire to become a lawyer, and in order to reach the top of the profession he wanted to attend Columbia College (now Columbia University), but his father, with a family of ten to care for, could not afford to grant his wish and suggested that he study law with the district judge. At this the son got his "Dutch up," as he expresses it, and replied, "No. I don't want to be a country squire : I will fit myself for business." Accordingly he attended Coleman's Business College, at Newark, N. J.. and in September. 1885, left home to carve out his own career. Taking Horace Greeley's advice, he went west, and his first employment was with W. R. Wilson & Co. (now the Nye-Schneider-Fowler Company), of Fremont, Neb. Mr. Spangler was employed in the plant at Nickerson, Neb., as bookkeeper, and made himself so generally useful that in the course of six months the company placed him in charge of a branch yard. Four years later he severed his connection with the company, having in the meantime risen to the position of traveling auditor, to accept the Nebraska agency of the Redmond Cleary Commission Company, of St. Louis, at double his former salary. A year later the interstate commerce law proved disastrous to the western business and the branch house was closed. Mr. Spangler then took a position with the Chicago Lumber Company, of Omaha. as city salesman, but, desiring a larger field, he left there and became a traveling salesman for the C. T. Neslon Company, of Columbus. Ohio, covering the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. part of Illinois and Western Pennsylvania. Here he remained until the failure of the company. in 1896, when, in the midst of a political campaign and a. panic, Mr. Spangler found himself without a position. However, with a strong determination to succeed, and with "Economy, Industry and Good Habits" for a motto, he started in business for himself. Jan. 1, 1897. locating at Toledo, on account of its geographical position and good shipping facilities. In a modest way he began turning out porch columns and other wood turnings, which he sold in connection with lumber, as a side line. Both lines prospered. and in order to give a few of his chief lieutenants an incentive, the business was incorporated July 16, 1904, since which time the volume of business has increased materially. Saw mills are operated at Memphis. Tenn.; Advance, Mo.; and Shelby, Miss.; and mill work is shipped from Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, 374 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Louisville, and Memphis. The Toledo factory being too small to handle the growing demands of the trade, much of the mill work is done under contract in Chicago and Detroit, a warehouse having been established at the latter place for stock columns for quick shipment. In this line of business the company gives special attention to large colonial columns, generally made to architects' details. Columns of this character are shipped to every State east of the Rocky Mountains, and recently one lot, three feet in diameter, was shipped to Ogden, Utah. The main offices of the company are located at Rooms .5, 6, and 7, Smith & Baker Building, corner of Adams and Superior streets, and the present officers are as follows: Frank Spangler, president and general manager ; Emily A. Frutiger, secretary ; A. D. Terhune, general salesman ; and in addition there are other salaried and commissioned salesmen. The column department is under the direct supervision Of the secretary and office manager, whose four years of experience have developed her into an efficient department manager. Mr. Spangler looks after the lumber department, which is the principal item. He has always been in favor of trying new experiments in woods. Twelve years ago he began to introduce cypress on the market as a substitute for white pine in the northern territory, and the movement has been attended by success. Large quantities of cypress are now handled by the company. Three years ago he commenced to introduce tupelo or bay poplar as a substitute for high-priced yellow poplar, which is gradually growing more scarce. Although the tupelo has not met with the success so far that the cypress did, several million feet are handled every year, and other standard woods are also sold in large quantities. Mr. Spangler, being at the head of this concern, is naturally a busy man, but he finds time to take part in benevolent and charitable work, devoting one evening each week to settlement work. He is a member of the First Unitarian Church, of Toledo, and is an earnest church worker. He is also a Thirty-second degree Mason, an enthusiastic Hoo-Hoo, and is identified with the Business Men's Club. On Dec. 23, 1897, Mr. Spangler married Miss Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John and Nancy (Hill) Housley, old settlers of Summit county, Ohio, where Mrs. Spangler was born and educated, attending the public schools and Bechtel College. at Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Spangler have one son who was born at Toledo, Oct. 10, 1906. The family home is located at 2408 Franklin avenue. William F. Carew, manager of Carew's Detective Agency, located at 1037 Spitzer Building, Toledo, was born in that city. May 31, 1857. His parents, Nicholas and Mary (Ryan) Carew, were both born in Ireland, where they were married. They came to the United States in 1852, and after a residence of a few months in Boston, Mass., came to Toledo in 1854. Here the father was associated with Edward Conley, one of the early contractors of the city, doing all his figuring and exercising a sort of general supervision of the business. He met his death by drowning in November, 1857, and at the time of his death was in charge of a gang of men employed in opening Summit street, now one of the main business thoroughfares