450 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY eral men in his employ. In 1868 he was first united in marriage to Miss Mary O'Neal, daughter of Peter O'Neal, one of the pioneer settlers in Monroe county, Michigan, where he was active in circles of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of this marital union four children were born. The first wife .died March 4. 1890, and the second wife was Mrs. Lillian De LaForet. of Toledo, Ohio, to whom he was married Nov. 13, 1897. Mr. McLeary is a member of Toledo Lodge, Knights of Pythias; the American Order of Mechanics, and Lodge No. 144, Free & Accepted Masons, of Toledo. In political matters he does not render allegiance to any of the parties, but exercises his elective franchise without any regard to partisanship and as a free man should—candidly, fearlessly and intelligently. Robert Hixon, president and proprietor of the Hixon Lumber Company, of Toledo, with offices at 1233 Nicholas Building, is a native of having f the Badger State. havin first beheld the light of day in La Crosse, Wis., May 23, 1878. He is the youngest of the five sons born to his parents, Gideon C. and Ellen (Pennell) Hixon, the former of whom was a native of the old Bay State. and the latter of the Empire State. Gideon C. Hixon. in early manhood. migrated west, to LaCrosse, Wis., and entered the lumber business, gradually purchasing large tracts_ of timber land, and then devoting- his time and attention to the marketing of the timber thereon. He passed away many years ago, when the immediate subject of this review was still in his youth. Robert Hixon acquired his elementary educational training in the graded schools of his native city of La Crosse, after which he attended the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Conn., preparatory to matriculating in Yale 'University, at New Haven, Conn. In the spring of 1901. after four years of successful study, he was graduated in the last named institution. Upon leaving school he began to learn the lumber business, commencing as an employe at the bottom that he might familiarize himself with it from the ground up. He continued to work for others for about three years and, in 1904. embarked in business on his own account, coming to Toledo in 1905 and organizing and incorporating the company of which he is president and proprietor, with F. Smith as secretary. Though the company does some wholesaling, the business in the main is conducted on a retail basis, and retail stations are maintained in numerous towns in Northwestern Ohio, new ones being established each year. The company enjoys an extensive and lucrative patronage and has experienced a remarkable growth and volume of business, and today it is widely recognized as one of the foremost lumber concerns in Northwestern Ohio. As is stated above, the main offices are located in suite 1233, Nicholas Building. Toledo. Though he has maintained a progressive attitude and has displayed a loyal interest in all that has made for the well-being of the city and county. Mr. Hixon finds but little time to devote to politics, and exercises his elective franchise without any regard to partisanship. Since taking up his residence in Toledo he has been an active force in the commercial life of the city, and his genial and companionable nature make him a BIOGRAPHICAL - 451 strong factor of its social life. He is one of the widely known and esteemed citizens of Lucas county, and is unmarried. Frederick. Kopf, the well-known and highly respected blacksmith of Toledo, with place of business at 618-20 Huron street, is a native of the old Empire State, having first beheld the light of day in Erie county, New York, March 20, 1853. He is a son of Frederick, Sr., and Dorothy (Huber) Kopf, who were born. reared and united in marriage in Germany, and came to America some two or three years prior to the birth of the subject of this sketch, locating first in Erie county, New York, and later in Monroe. Mich., where the father passed to his reward in 1835, and the mother in 1867. Frederick Kopf, Jr., to whom this sketch is dedicated, was the only child of his parents, and was an infant in arms at the time of his parents' removal from New York to Michigan, and his educational advantages were those afforded in the common schools in the immediate vicinity of the farm upon which he was reared in the last mentioned State. When seventeen years of age he came to Toledo and learned the blacksmith's and wagon-maker's trades, and shortly after having attained to his legal majority, in 1874. he launched forth in businesS on his own account, establishing a blacksmith shop at the corner of Walnut and Summit streets, where he was located until 1889, when he removed his headquarters to a site on Locust street. The remarkable growth and volume of business demanded greater facilities, and, in 1893, Mr. Kopf erected the large and commodious three-story building at 618-20 Huron street. where the establishment is now located. He employs from sixteen to eighteen men, and, though he conducts a general blacksmith business, he makes a specialty of wagon construction and repair work. Mr. Kopf was thrown upon his own resources at an early age, and has made his way in the world by his great industry, frugality and intelligence, as well as a strict adherence to correct business principles. He is widely known as one of the thrifty and progressive citizens of Toledo and commands the esteem of all who know him. He holds membership in the Woodmen of the World and In the German Benevolent Society. In politics he exercises the right of suffrage without any regard to political organizations, and while he has but little time to devote to public affairs, he exercises his prerogative for the good of the community. In 1874 Mr. Kopf was happily united in marriage to Miss Mary Hauselman, daughter of John and Christina Hauselman, the former of whom was one of the early settlers in Toledo, and both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kopf are the parents of six children, namely.: Lydia C., Dorothy M. (deceased Feb. 20, 1910). Ethel B., George D., Flora and Ruth. The members of the Kopf family are communicants in the German Methodist church, corner of Walnut and Ontario streets, and the parental home is at 124 Rockingham street. George H. Tuttle, associate general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, with offices in the Nasby Building in Toledo. and secretary of the Citizens' Lighting & Heating Company, is a native of the Wolverine State, his birth having occurred in Sturgis, St. Joseph county, Michigan, Feb. 5, 1861. Ht 452 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY is a son of Hiram and Harriet N. Tuttle, the former of whom was a native of the State of New Hampshire. In the early forties of the last century the parents emigrated to St. Joseph county, Michigan, traversing Lake Erie in a sailing ship and making the rest of the journey in wagons, as railroads were practically unknown in this region at that time. Hiram Tuttle was a contractor and builder by occupation, which he pursued during his residence of fifty or more years in Sturgis, Mich., and there his death occurred in 1895, his wife having preceded him in death, in 1871. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom besides the subject of this sketch are now living, one of the sons having lost his life in the famous Toledo fire of 1862. George H. Tuttle was reared in his native town of Sturgis, and there he acquired his education in the graded and high schools, after which he learned the jeweler's trade, and then went to Ionia, Mich., where he continued to reside for six years, at the expiration of which he took up his residence in Toledo, securing employment in the Hudson clothing store, where he had charge of a department for several years. He then became a solicitor and for several years was also engaged in the oil business. In 1894, he entered the employ of the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company in Toledo, where his punctuality, his loyal devotion to duty and his pronounced aptitude soon won for him the approbation of his superiors, which naturally led to his promotion until he attained to his present office of associate general agent. Mr. Tuttle is affiliated with the Toledo and the Toledo Business Men's clubs, and he and his wife are communicants of the First Congregational Church of Toledo. In his political adherency he supports the men and measures of the Republican party, and though he finds but little time to devote to politics, he exercises his prerogative for the good of the party and the community at large. He was united in holy wedlock, Sept. 14, 1892, to Miss Grace Hubbard, daughter of Franklin and Sarah (Lyman) Hubbard, of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle are the parents of three children, namely : Editha Harriet, born in January, 1896 ; William Hubbard, born in January, 1900, and Sarah Rachel, born in July, 1904. Charles H. Parsons, general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Northwestern Ohio, with offices in the Nasby Building, is a product of the old Empire -State and her institutions. He is of highly honorable New England ancestry both maternal and paternal sides of the family, having first beheld the light of day in Greene county, New York, May 8, 1861. On his mother's side he is directly descended from Peregrine White, whose birth occurred on the Mayflower, in Cape Col harbor, Nov. 20, 1620, being the first white child born in New England. Mr. Parson's maternal grandparents were Elisha and Jane Doan White. His paternal great-grandmother was a member of the Judson family, famous in the annals of New England history. He is a son of Romayne L. and Susan Brace (White) Parsons, both of whom were born in New York State. The immediate subject of this review secured his educational training in the public schools of Pulaski, Oswego county, New York, and in the Pulaski Academy, grad- BIOGRAPHICAL - 453 uating from the last named institution in 1881. He entered upon his independent career by embarking in the mercantile business with his father, with whom he was associated for about a year, later taking up his residence in Oneida, N. Y., where for the ensuing sixteen years he was successfully engaged in the mercantile business, after which he became district agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company at Utica, N. Y., and continuing for about seven years. In May, 1904, Mr. Parsons removed to Toledo to become general agent for the above company, in which capacity he has officiated from that time to this, having general supervision of the insurance company's affairs throughout the northwestern portion of this commonwealth. On Oct. 3, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Parsons to Miss Abbie Dunning, daughter of Amos W. and Amanda (Deveraux) Dunning. The first representative of the Dunning family in this country originally settled in the State of Connecticut, and a member of the family served on George Washington's staff during the Revolutionary war. Henry Deveraux, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Parsons, was for many years a prominent figure in commercial and political circles in Central New York. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons have two children : Marian Dunning, who is now attending Wellesley College, Massachusetts, and Harry Romayne, who is a pupil in the graded schools of Toledo. Mr. Parsons holds membership in Oneida Lodge No. 270, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Toledo Club. In his political convictions he is an ardent adherent of the "Grand Old Party," and though not an active participant in the political arena, he is one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Toledo and of Lucas county, always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to any movement which looks to the uplifting of the community. The members of the Parsons family are communicants in Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the family residence is at 2225 Scottwood avenue. Egbert Leonard Briggs, ordinary branch manager of the Pru- dential Life Insurance Company in Northwestern Ohio and Southern Michigan, with offices in the Nicholas Building, Toledo, first beheld the light of day in the township of Chesterfield, Macomb county, Michigan, Dec. 27, 1855. He is one of a family of ten children born to his parents, Jerub and Harriet (Leonard) Briggs, both of whom were natives of the Empire State. In 1848 the father migrated from his home in Penn Yan, Yates county, New York, to Macomb county, Michigan, where he was a successful follower of agricultural pursuits until his death, in 1894. At the outbreak of the great Civil war he responded to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers and presented himself for enlistment in a Michigan regiment of infantry, but was rejected because of his defective eyesight. He was an exemplary and honored citizen and enjoyed the unreserved respect of all who knew him. The mother, in early womanhood, came west with her parents and settled in Mount Clemens, Mich., and there her marriage to Jerub Briggs was solemnized April 5, 1850, and she went to her reward in 1880. Egbert Leonard Briggs was reared on the parental farmstead, and at a tender age began 454 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY to contribute his quota to its work, in the meantime availing himself of the educational advantages afforded in the district schools of the neighborhood. Later, he attended the high school at Utica, in his native county, graduating in that institution in the spring of 1874. He matriculated in the literary department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, as a member of the class of 1884, but withdrew before completing his course and became superintendent of the public schools at Eaton Rapids, Eaton county, Michigan, having had a considerable experience as a pedagogue, as he had taught at various intervals in several different places between the years 1871 and 1880, prior to entering the university. He remained at Eaton Rapids for four years and then became superintendent of the schools at Grand Haven, Mich., in which capacity he continued for seven years, at the expiration of which he accepted a similar position at Coldwater, Branch county. Michigan. where he remained for five years. In 1898, he withdrew from the teaching profession and entered the employ of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company as -a solicitor, at Grand Rapids, ,Mich., in which capacity he continued until 1900, when he was appointed joint manager of the Prudential Life Insurance Company in Detroit, and became a member of the firm of Briggs Seelye, in the last named city. He remained in Detroit until 1903, and then took up his residence in Toledo, where he has since officiated as manager of the Prudential company, having general supervision of its business in Northwestern Ohio and Southern Michigan. Mr. Briggs is a figure in Masonic circles, being a member of Rubicon Lodge. No. 237. Free & Accepted Masons; Fort Meigs Chapter. No. 29. Royal Arch Masons; Jacobs Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar, at Coldwater, Mich.; Mount Maria Council, No. 6, Royal & Select Masters, at Coldwater; and he also holds membership in the Toledo Business Men's Club. In political affairs, he is actuated by a desire to promote the public weal and generally exercises his right of suffrage in support of the men and measures of the "Grand Old Party." He is a liberal and broad-minded citizen who takes an active interest in questions of the hour relating to public policy, and, though be has been a resident of Toledo only seven .years, he is generally recognized as a progressive factor in the commercial life of the city. As a citizen, he has the confidence and esteem of his business associates, the company's patrons and his wide circle of friends and acquaintances, and on matters relating to insurance he is an acknowledged authority. Mr. Briggs was united in marriage. Dec. 23. 1884, to Miss Nellie Holmes, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., a daughter of Alfred H. and Ann (Sheldon) Holmes. Of the marital union of Mr. and Mrs.' Briggs have been born four children. namely : Helen C., deceased, who passed to the life eternal at the age of twenty years; Harriet A., who is a member of the senior class in the Toledo High School ; Mary Lucile, a pupil in the graded schools; and Dorothy H., who is also attending the graded schools. The members of the Briggs family are communicants in Washington Street Congregational Church of Toledo and they reside at 2359 Warren street. BIOGRAPHICAL - 455 Graham B. Lownsbury, general agent of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company at Toledo and formerly a prominent figure in railroad circles, is a member of one of Lucas county's old and highly honorable families. His paternal grandparents, Levi S. and Mary A. (Black) Lownsbury, were numbered among the earlier settlers of this county, the former of whom was born in Schenectady, N. Y., and the latter in Pittsburg, Pa., May 1, 1819. They were united in marriage in New York, Jan. 22, 1835, and in the following year migrated west, to Lucas county ; Levi S. coming in the fall, and his young wife following early in the ensuing winter, making the journey in a sleigh with a babe of six weeks in her arms, and being followed by packs of wolves all along the route. They established their domicile, first in Toledo, later in Maumee, and when the court house was removed to Toledo they returned to the latter place, as Levi S. Lownsbury was an attorney by profession. He was an eminent figure in political, legal, educational and fraternal circles and one of the first superintendents of the public schools in Toledo was city clerk from 1849 to 1831 : was county auditor for some time was a charter member of the first Masonic lodge in the city and was a senior warden in Trinity Episcopal Church of Toledo prior to the erection of that society's original edifice. He met with pronounced success as a practitioner of the legal profession, in which he was actively engaged until his death, in 1857. His devoted wife survived him forty-three years and received her summons to the life eternal, Dec. 18, 1900, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, seven months and seventeen days. Their union was blessed with the birth of nine children, of whom but four are now living. The immediate subject of this sketch is a son of John B. and Sarah J. (King) Lownsbury, the former of whom first beheld the light of day in Toledo, June 1, 1838, in his parents' home, which was then located on the present site of the Cherry street monument, and he is now living retired in the city of his birth. He was educated in the public schools of Toledo and then studied civil engineering, which he followed for about two years, after which he became a clerk in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company, and, with the exception of a few months in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, he worked continuously for the Wabash up to the time of his recent retirement, at which time he was the general agent of that road in Toledo. He was formerly interested in an extensive plantation in Mexico, upon which he resided for about a year. He drilled with the celebrated "Toledo Guards" and was for many years actively associated with the city fire department. He was also actively affiliated with the Toledo lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he was at one time Exalted Ruler. In his political adherency he is a stanch Republican, and, though he has always taken a profound interest in politics and in questions pertaining to the public interest, he has never aspired to the honors and emoluments of public office, and in his religious convictions he has ever been actively allied with the church of which his father was 456 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY one of the charter members and one of the original vestrymen—Trinity Episcopal. John B. Lownsbury was twice married. On Oct. 15, 1862, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Sarah J. King, a native of Maryland and daughter of Alexander and Lavania King, for many years residents of the above State, and of this union of Mr. Lownsbury and wife were born two children : Graham B., whose name initiates this article, and Angeline D., deceased. Sarah J. (King) Lownsbury was reared in the church of the Presbyterian faith, and on May 23, 1886, she received her summons to the church triumphant, leaving, besides her husband and immediate relatives, an extensive circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances to mourn her untimely passing. On Feb. 21, 1899, John B. Lownsbury was united in -holy wedlock to Miss Louisa King, also a native of Maryland, and a sister of his first wife, and she went to her reward in Mississippi, May 29, 1900, but fifteen months subsequent to her marriage to Mr. Lownsbury. Graham B. Lownsbury, to whom this memoir is dedicated, was born in Toledo, July 13, 1863, and acquired his educational training there, in the graded and high schools. He embarked in his independent career as a clerk in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company, in which capacity he continued for two years, and, in 1882, went to work for the Wheeling & Lake Erie, with which he remained continuously for fifteen years, in the capacities of operator, cashier and chief clerk, respectively. He then became soliciting freight agent for the Hocking Valley Railroad Company, which position he resigned July 1, 1903, to become agent of the Aetna Life Insurance Company in Toledo. On Jan. 1, 1905, he accepted his present position as general agent of the Pacific Mutual Life in Toledo, with offices in the Nicholas Building. Graham B. Lownsbury has also been married twice, the first time on April 14, 1883, to Miss Clara Lancto, daughter of Barney Lancto, of Toledo, and for many years prior to her marriage an employe in the Lyons store in that city. Two children—Mary and John—were born of this union. The first wife having died, on May 24, 1900, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lownsbury and Miss Inez Chapman, a native of Millbury, Wood county, Ohio, a teacher in the public schools, of which union have been born four children : namely, Jeannette Grace, Eleanor Poe, Mervil Chapman and Angeline King. In his political and religious convictions the immediate subject of this review clings to the faiths in Which he was reared, being a Republican and holding membership in Trinity Episcopal Church, though his wife is affiliated with the church of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. He also belongs to the Toledo Life Underwriters' Association and the South Side League. Joseph K. Secor, the subject of this memoir, was a native of Orange county, New York, but in 1840 he Came to Toledo and entered the employ of the late Valentine H. Ketcham, in the grocery business. Being young and active, willing to work and quick to learn, conscientious in the discharge of his duties and always strictly honest and reliable, it was but natural that he should make rapid progress. After a while he became a partner of Mr. Ketcham, under the firm name of Ketcham & Secor, and BIOGRAPHICAL - 457 this association lasted until 1850, when Peter F. Berdan succeeded Mr. Ketcham, the firm then taking the name of Secor, Berdan & Co.. the individual members being Joseph K. Secor, Peter F. Berdan and George Secor. Prior to this time the firm of Ketcham & Secor had become interested in banking, and as a private banking house became widely and favorably known as one of the most substantial and conservative financial institutions in Northwestern Ohio. In 1863 Joseph K. Secor was one of the organizers of the First National Bank, of which he was made vice-president and director. The First National Bank succeeded the private bank of Ketcham & Secor, Mr. Secor remaining in touch with the affairs of the institution until Jan. 1, 1890, when he retired from the active pursuits of life, after a successful business career of fifty years in Toledo, and he passed his remaining days looking after his investments and in the enjoyment of home and friends. His death occurred April 16, 1892, when he was about seventy years of age. In addition to his mercantile and banking interests, he was at one time connected with the Second National Bank, served on the city council in 1873, was one of the advisory board of the Toledo Industrial School, and had other important investments to engage his attention. Joseph K. Secor is remembered in Toledo as one of the bulwarks of finance, an able and sturdy bank official, and a thoroughly honest man—one whose judgment and opinions were often sought in important matters, and never sought in vain. A fine oil painting of Joseph K. Secor hangs in the Hotel Secor, alongside an oil painting of his brother, James, and the pictures are frequently pointed out to guests as the portraits of two of Toledo's representative and best known pioneers. Bailey Hall Hitchcock, civil engineer, was born at Hanson, Plymouth county. Massachusetts, April 28, 1828. He was descended from Luke Hitchcock, who came from Fenny Compton, England, and was living "in good esteem" in Hartford, Conn., in 1647. The latter had a son. Luke, born June 5, 1655. One of the sons of Luke 2d was Ebenezer. born at Springfield. Mass., Aug. 24, 1694. He married Mary Sheldon, who was the mother of his fourteen children. She was the daughter of Joseph Sheldon. of Sheffield, who was a representative to the general court in 1708, and a direct descendant of Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon, of Canterbury, England. The mother of Mary Sheldon was Mary, daughter of Joseph Whiting. treasurer of Connecticut for thirty-nine years, having succeeded his father, William Whiting, who had held the office for thirty-seven years. and being followed by his son, who continued the treasurership in the family for thirty-two years more. The wife of Joseph Whiting was Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Pyncheon, of Springfield. His wife was Amy, daughter of George Wyllys, the second governor of Connecticut, a man of wealth and a Puritan of the Puritans. In 1638 Governor Wyllys sent his steward, William Gibbons, with twenty men, to prepare a home for him, and a year later took possession of the Wyllys estate in Hartford, on which stood the tree to become the famous Charter Oak of a later generation. He died 458 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Jan. 18, 1776. Rev. Gad Hitchcock, son of Capt. Ebenezer and Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock, was born Feb. 12, 1719, at Springfield, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard College, in 1.743, and settled over the parish at Pembroke, Mass., in October, 1748. The settlement was for life, and on Dec. 22, 1748, he was married to Dorothy, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Avery). Angier, of Cambridge. Samuel Angier was the son of the Rev. Samuel Angier and Hannah, only daughter of Urian Oakes, foUrth president of Harvard College. Samuel Angier's grandfather was Edmond Angier, who married Ruth, only daughter of William Ames, D. D., "of famous memory." Dr. Ames was a Fellow of Christ College ; was driven from England for non-conformity ; was sent by the States-General of Holland to the Synod of Dort to "aid the President of the Synod by his suggestions." He was the author of the "Medulla Theologi" and other works, and was a professor in the University of Franeker. His portrait, painted in 1633, hangs in Memorial Hall in Harvard University. Mrs. Hitchcock's lineage was equally illustrious on her mother's side. Her grandfather was Dr. Jonathan Avery, and her grandmother, Sybil (Sparhawk) Avery, after the death of her young husband, married Rev. Michael Wigglesworth. who wrote the "Day of Doom." Sybil's mother was Patience, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Newman, who led his people into the wilderness and fuunded a town he called Rehoboth, because his flock might now say, "The Lord has made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land." He was the author of the first concordance of the Bible, and in the words of Cotton Mather, "was a very living preacher and a very preaching liver." In December, 1748, Mr. Hitchcock bought a house, that is still standing, and seventeen acres of land. Here he passed his days and here he died, full of years and honors. In 1774 he was called upon to deliver the election sermon in the Old South Church in Boston before the Legislature and the Governor,.it being the occasion of the "Election of His Majesty's Council for the said Province." The fierce excitement and spirit of resistance that preceded the outbreak of the Revolution had reached its height. The tea had already gone overboard in Boston Harbor, and blood was soon to flow at Lexington. Pembroke had been the first town in outspoken protests and threats against the tyrannical action of the royal government and the preacher's whole heart was with his people, whose ideas he had helped to mold. He had chosen for his text Prov. xxix : 2—"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." The very text was like a trumpet call to battle. Fresh from the people, whose excitement and indignation he shared, he arose in the presence of the hushed assemblage and launched full on the bosom of the astonished Governor, "When the wicked beareth rule. the people mourn." He gave an outline of the condition. of affairs in America and added, "If I am mistaken in supposing that plans are formed and executed subversive of our national and charter rights and privileges and incompatible with every idea of liberty, all America is mistaken. with me." He boldly defended the right of revolution, and called on the people to be careful of their civil and re- BIOGRAPHICAL - 459 ligious liberties. Governor Gage was filled with great wrath on account of the boldness of this position. After listening to the sermon, the legislature ordered it printed. and then proceeded to elect councillors in full accord with the preacher's advice. Governor Gage negatived thirteen of them, and adjourned the legislature to meet at Salem, June 17, as a punishment. and as a means of keeping them from coming together. At Salem, he again adjourned them, but they locked the doors, refused admission to the Governor's messenger, and transacted their business in spite of him. Mr. Hitchcock was elected, July 12, 1779, a member of the convention to make a constitution for Massachusetts. The convention met in 1780 and formed the constitution under which Massachusetts was governed until 1820. In 1787 he received the degree of D. D. from Harvard College. The following record remains in the handwriting of his son : "My honored mother died Aug. 6, 1792. after an indisposition of four months, in the seventy-ninth year of her age. My honored father died Aug. 8, 1803, after an indisposition and confinement of four years. He was in the eighty-fifth year of his age and the fifty-eighth of his ,ministry." Dr. Gad Hitchcock, the only child of Gad and Dorothy Hitchcock, born Nov. 2, 1749. was graduated at Harvard in 1768. He served as surgeon in the army of the Revolution, in Col. John Bailey's regiment. and was afterward chief surgeon of General. Fellow's 'brigade hospital in the Jerseys, till the end of his term of enlistment, in February. 1777. He married, July 9, 1778, Sagie Bailey, daughter of Col. John Bailey, of Hanover, Mass. They had twelve children—seven daughters and five sons. The oldest son and eighth child, Charles Hitchcock. was born in Hanson, Mass., Sept. 4, 1794. He was a farmer, a man of education, a useful citizen, holding office in educational, town and county affairs, and was a member of the legislature. He died in Pembroke, Nov. 9, 1848. He married Abigail Little Hall, daughter of Bailey Hall, of Pembroke, and granddaughter of Dr. Jeremiah Hall, who was a noted surgeon. serving in the French and Revolutionary wars and as a member of the Continental Congress. Her ancestry goes back to Thomas Little, who married Ann Warren. daughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower : and another line goes hack to Edward Doty of the Mayflower. She was a woman of fine endowments and greatly beloved. Early left a widow, she devoted herself to the education of her children. The last twenty years of her life was spent with her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Tyler—the son-in-law being a leading lawyer of Cambridge, Mass.—in their beautiful country home at Winchester, Mass., receiving the care and devotion of her children and grandchildren and the happiness she so richly deserved. She died in her eighty-sixth year in the full possession of her faculties. Her oldest son, -Charles, after graduating at Dartmouth and the Dane Law School at Cambridge, settled in Chicago. where he held a leading position at the bar, and. in 1870. was president of the convention which framed the present constitution of the State of Illinois. He died at his home in Chicago in May, 1881. in the prime of life. Mr. Hitchcock, the subject of these memoirs, received his 460 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY early education at the academy at Hanover, Mass., a well known preparatory school. He afterward studied surveying with "Squire" John Ford, of Marshfield, and in the office of Ezra Lincoln, a well known civil engineer of Boston. From May, 1849, to April, 1852, he was assistant engineer on the construction of the Troy & Greenfield railroad, now the Hoosic Tunnel Line, being under the eminent engineer, Thomas Lovett, and had a prominent part in this pioneer piece of railroad tunneling. From April, 1852, to 1853, he was assistant engineer on the Sackett's Harbor & Saratoga railroad. From April to November, 1853, he was on surveys of the Whitehall & Plattsburg railroad and the Troy & Rutland railroad. At that time, that region of the Adirondacks was an unknown wilderness, and the survey was made with an Indian guide, cutting hemlock branches for their beds on the deep snow and reaping the full benefit of the "open-air" life. He left Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in November, 1853, for Attica, Ind., where he entered the employ of Boody, Ross & Company, in the construction of the Wabash railroad, then called the Toledo & Illinois railroad. He came to Toledo in September, 1854, when the cholera had caused all business to be suspended and many of the workmen had died, and took possession of all the railroad property until the work was resumed. He resigned, in 1859, to engage in the lumber and manufacturing business, afterward erecting large buildings, and going into partnership with John -Walbridge. The firm did a large business, employing many men, and during the years of the Civil war contributed generously toward the Federal cause. Mr. Hitchcock served several years in the city council and as police commissioner, and was a valued counsellor in all the affairs of the city pertaining to his profession. In 1874, he took up his old profession of civil engineering and was engaged at the American Bridge Co. works in Chicago and at Phoenixville, Pa., on bridges for the Cincinnati Southern railroad, afterward superintending their construction in Kentucky. He was chief engineer of the Toledo & Findlay railroad, and for several seasons was engaged in government engineering on the rivers and harbors of Lake Erie ; and later was consulting engineer with J. D. Cook, engineer of the Toledo water works. He died April 23, 1893, on his seventy-fifth birthday, at his home in Toledo. His wife and three children survive him. He married, Dec. 9, 1836, Sarah Hatch Collamore, a daughter of Dr. Anthony Collamore and Caroline (Hatch) Collamore. His oldest son, Edward Bailey Hitchcock, born in Toledo, in December, 1860, married, first, Miss Eleanor Corwin, of Lebanon, Ohio, deceased, and, secondly, Miss Celia Ennis, of Iowa. They have one child, Helen Abigail, born May 25, 1908. He is a civil engineer by profession, connected with MacArthur Brothers Company, contractors, and has been connected with large construction enterprises. Abby Little Hitchcock was born in Toledo, in November, 1862. She graduated at the Michigan University in 1885, and married A. C. Bartlett, of Chicago, in June, 1893. They have one daughter, Eleanor Collamore, born in July, 1894. Frederick Collamore Hitchcock, born in Toledo, in September, 1864, is a civil engineer, unmarried, and is vice-president and BIOGRAPHICAL - 461 general manager of MacArthur Brothers Company, contractors, of New York and Chicago. Mrs. Sarah (Collamore) Hitchcock, the wife of the subject of these memoirs, was born in Pembroke, Mass., and is the daughter of Dr. Anthony and Caroline (Hatch) Collamore, of that place. Her father, Dr. Anthony Collamore, was graduated at Harvard in 1806, and was a prominent physician and member of the Massachusetts legislature. Her mother, Mrs. Caroline Collamore, died in Toledo, in March, 1879, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Bolles. The first of the Collamore family that moved into this country was Peter, coming to Scituate, Mass., early in the history of the colony. He had no children and sent for his nephew, Capt. Anthony Collamore, in England, to inherit his, estate. The latter settled in Scituate and was commander of the militia there. William Henry Harrison, former president of the United States, married Annie Symmes, great-granddaughter of Capt. Anthony Collamore. He was a valiant Indian fighter, secretary of the Northwest Territory, and a delegate to Congress. Dr. Collamore's grandmother was a daughter of Col. Benjamin Lincoln, of Hingham, and a sister of Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, who received the sword of Cornwallis at the surrender of Yorktown. He was Secretary of War for Washington, and signed his own dis- charge from the army. John Peter Skehan, deceased, for many years a prominent figure in the commercial life of Toledo, was a native of the Emerald Isle, haying been born in County Tipperary. His parents, Michael and Margaret (Cooper) Skehan, were both born in the same county, where the father was in his maturer years engaged as a teacher. After coming to the United States the father settled his family in Somerset, N. Y.. where he earned a goodly competence by a peda-. gogic career. After some -years the family moved to Toledo, and the father passed away within a few months after the arrival. The mother survived him a number of years, her demise occurring Nov. 21. 1893. The parents were both loyal and devout members of the Roman Catholic church of St. Francis de Sales, and all of their nine children were brought up in that faith. But one of the nine survives—Martin--now a resident of Toledo. The deceased members, in order of birth, are Richard, Ann, James, Patrick, John Peter, Michael. Mary and William. John Peter Skehan, the subject of this memoir. received the scholastic training afforded by the excellent parochial school of St. Francis de Sales Church in Toledo. The death of his father early in his life made it necessary for him to assist in the support of the family, and accordingly he accepted a position with the firm of William Finlay, dealer in oysters. Subsequently, for a period of fifteen years, he was one of the most honored employes of the D. Y. Howell -8E Sons Company, dealer in wholesale fish, oysters and sea foods. Industrious methods and an inherent thrift aided him in the accumulation of a sufficient sum to enable him to branch out into business for himself. This he did by assuming contracts for street sprinkling for the city, and dealing in horses, a business which he continued during the balance of his life. Mr. Skehan's demise occurred May 25, 1906, and his remains are in- 462 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY terred in Calvary cemetery. In the matter of politics he was affiliated with no party organization, but exercised his right of franchise: as his conscience and his better judgment dictated. He was a lifelong member of the Roman Catholic church, and the funeral ceremony over his remains, held at St. Patrick's Church, brought a host of sorrowing friends to the edifice to pay the last tribute to his memory. On Jan. 25, 1881, Mr. 'Skehan was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Carney, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Carlon) Carney of Toledo. Two children came to bless this union—William John, born Jan. 24. 1882, who has continued to manage the business interests left by his parent, and beside holds a position as clerk in the Northern National Bank of Toledo; and Jane Margaret, born Jan. 28, 1886, who assists her mother in the management of the household. -Mrs. Skehan's father, Thomas Carney, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, and her mother in County Cavin of the same country. Mr. Carney came to the United States when he was but fifteen years of age and settled in Chicago, where he later obtained work on lake craft plying out of that harbor. Soon after his marriage he removed to Toledo, and from the time of his arrival until the time of his death, which occurred May 4, 1895, he occupied a responsible position as a traveling salesman for a New YOrk firm. Mrs. Carney passed away soon after her husband's demise, Aug. 29, 1895. When Mr. and Mrs. Carney came to Toledo the city was but a village, and was still in the rural condition before sidewalks were needed or had been built. Mr. Carney was a stanch supporter of the principles of Democracy, and did much for the advancement of the party's cause. Of Catholic faith, his immediate relations were with St. Patrick's Church. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Carney. James. Mary and Martin are living in Toledo; Margaret is the widow of the subject of this memoir ; Kate is the widow of the late Michael J. Skehan, of Toledo : and Elizabeth is the wife of George Doner, an employe of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railway, with headquarters in Toledo. William Thomas Cassady, deceased, was for many years intimately connected with the commercial and industrial life of the city of Toledo. Born in Boston. Mass., May 5, 1847. the son of Thomas and Susan (Hall) Cassady, he came west, to Perrysburg, Ohio, in 1853. with his mother, soon after the death of the father, who was a miller by vocation and was actively engaged in that work at the time of his death. Three children were born to the parents—two daughters and a son. Helen. the first born, is now deceased William T. is the subject of this memoir ; and Elizabeth died in infancy. The mother passed away -while a resident of Perrysburg. The scholastic training of William Thomas Cassady was limited to courses afforded by the public schools of Perrysburg just prior to Civil war time, but the broader education he acquired was gained in the school of experience. While still a youth he came, in 1864, to Toledo to make his start in the business world. His first labors were in a minor capacity with the Calvin Barker Dry Goods Company. and before he severed his connection with that concern he had gained, by his industry and capability, a position of trust and BIOGRAPHICAL - 463 responsibility. At the end of six years, in 1870, in .partnership with R. D. Whittlesey, Mr. Cassady established a wholesale millinery company, a concern which prospered from the time of its inception. In 1883, the firm was dissolved and Mr. Cassady became associated with -his father-in-law and brothers-in-law in the J. S. Norton Hardware Company, a concern doing a large business, not only in Toledo but throughout the State as well. When he left the last named company it was to become associated with the B. A. Stevens Company, with which he remained for nine years. During the last seven years of his life he was identified with the Arbuckle-Ryan Company, and he was still affiliated with the concern when his spirit took its flight, April 4, 1905. His remains were laid to rest, amid the sorrowing presence of a host of friends, in Woodlawn cemetery. Although not a member, Mr. Cassady y was a regular attendant upon the services of the Collingwood Presbyterian Church. In the matter of politics, he cast his lot with the fortunes of the Republican party, and although he did yeoman service in the campaigns of importance, he was never a candidate for, nor did he aspire to, public office of any nature. Fraternally he was affiliated with the National Union. On Oct. 8, 1874, occurred the marriage of Mr. Cassadv to Miss May Norton, the daughter of Jesse S. and Martha D. (Blinn) Norton, of Toledo. Four children were born to bless this union. Helen, the eldest, is at home ; William makes his home in Toledo ; Donald Blinn is a traveling salesman with headquarters in Toledo ; and Ruth Hall, the youngest, makes her home with her mother. Jesse S. Norton. Mrs. Cassady's father, was born in Henderson, N. Y.. Aug. 1. 1825. the son of Chester and Laura (Bullard) Norton. Mrs. Norton was a native of Ohio, born in Perrysburg, Oct. 18, 1826, and was the daughter of Nathaniel and Maria (Parker) Blinn, both of whom came of excellent Colonial stock. Mr. Norton was a man of wide experience in various branches of business. For a time he was a captain on the Great Lakes. in command of the schooner "Defiance." and later he operated a private bank in Perrysburg. where he also was engaged in the pork-packing industry. Upon the opening of hostilities in the Civil war he recruited a regiment for the Union cause, which later, upon being sworn into the service of the United States, became the Twenty-first Ohio infantry. In the battle of Scarey Creek, Colonel Norton was captured by the Confederates and assigned to one of the prisons in which the unfortunate Federal soldiers were confined. Subsequently, however, he managed to obtain a parole and returned to Ohio. In 1864, he removed with his family to Toledo. Here Mr. Norton renewed his civilian vocation by becoming a member of the produce exchange, dealing in grain. Although he prospered in this line of trade, it was not wholly congenial, and he left it to become a partner in the hardware business with James Maples, under the firm name of J. S. Norton & Company. When his sons had grown to manhood he disposed of his interest in the business to them and retired from active life. During his residence in Toledo Mr. Norton served officially as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and also as a 464 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY representative of his ward in the common council of Toledo, being elected to both offices as the candidate of the Republican party. Fraternally, he was for years one of the most prominent and influential members of the Sanford L. Collins Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons. In religious matters he was allied with the Protestant Episcopal faith, and a devout and zealous attendant upon the services of Trinity Church. Mr. Norton passed away, Nov. 4, 1886, after a life of usefulness and popularity. Less than eight years afterward, on Jan. 15, 1894, his widow followed him across the Great Divide. Ten children came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Norton. Mrs. Cassady, the eldest, was born June 19, 1850; Charles Corwin, now deceased, was born in 1852 ; Jennie is deceased ; Carrie is the widow of C. N. Lowrey, of Toledo ; a biography of Douglas, the fifth in order of birth, appears elsewhere in this volume ; Jesse, born in 1859, is now a resident of Duluth, Minn.; Frank, now deceased, was born in 1861 ; Chester Blinn, also deceased, was born in 1865 ; Kate, who was born in 1867, died two years later ; and Mattie, the youngest, is the wife of Charles O. Pheatt, of the city of Toledo. Emil Grosh, well known in connection with the Maher & Grosh wholesale cutlery establishment, was prominent in Toledo business circles until his death, Dec. 2, 1900. He was born in Sonneburg, Germany, Aug. 6, 1841, son of Henry and Mary (Schmidt) Grosh, both natives of Germany. Emil Grosh was left an orphan at a tender age and. while a lad, left his native city and came to Buffalo, N. Y., where he was received into the family of an uncle, Henry Schmidt. He was sent to school by his relatives in Buffalo and, upon reaching suitable age, was employed in the hardware store of Lawrence & Noble, at Goshen, Ind. He remained in this position until 1864, when, in company with a son of Mr. Noble, he opened a hardware store in Bourbon, Ind. He resided in Bourbon four years and then sold his interest in the company and removed to Rochester, where for three years he was engaged in the same business. He then accepted a position with the C. Gerber & Company hardware house, as traveling salesman, and remained in the employ of that company four years. In these different capacities, Mr. Grosh became thoroughly familiar with every department of the hardware business. and when he came to Toledo, in the early seventies, and associated himself with Mr. Gruber in a wholesale hardware establishment, the firm prospered and enjoyed a large patronage. Upon Mr. Gruber's death, his share in the concern was purchased by Mr. Maher, and the firm has since been known as the Maher & Grosh Wholesale Cutlery Company, although Mr. Grosh sold his interest to Mr. Maher four years before his death. The firm of Maher & Grosh dealt in high-class articles and enjoyed a firm footing in the business world. Mr. Grosh was a man of energy and devotion to his business, as well as the possessor of a clear and logical intellect. His character entitled him to the respect which he received from his fellow men, and his business integrity was unquestioned. Mr. Grosh was married, June 16, 1868, to Miss Mary H. Chamberlain, daughter of BIOGRAPHICAL - 465 Judge Ebenezer. M. Chamberlain and Phoebe Ann (Hascall) Chamberlain, of Goshen, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Grosh became the parents of two children—Dr. Lawrence Chamberlain Grosh, a medical practitioner of Toledo and Jerome Emil, who is deceased, having met death by drowning, in 1903. Mr. Grosh had retired from business in 1896, and expected to enjoy with his wife some years of well-earned leisure. Sickness and death overtook him in a very short time, and he was laid to rest in Woodlawn cemetery, in December, 1900, leaving to mourn his loss his devoted wife and sons. Mr. Grosh was a member of the Masonic order. He felt no ambition to hold political offices, but was a consistent Republican in his party affiliations. The parents of Mrs. Grosh were both of American nativity, the noted father—Judge Ebenezer M. Chamberlain— having been born at Orrington, near Bangor, Me., Aug. 20, 1805, and the mother at Leroy, N. Y., March 13, 1816. Judge Chamberlain received his education in New England and was taught the trade of shipbuilding, at which he was employed until he was twenty-one years of age. Upon attaining his majority, he studied law, in accordance with a cherished ambition, and, in 1833, he located in Goshen, Ind., and entered upon the practice of his profession. He was a brilliant and eloquent speaker, a close student and a deep thinker. His success was flattering, and most complicated litigation, involving large interests, was intrusted to him. He was actively interested in political matters and was elected a member of the Thirty-third congress from the Fort Wayne district of Indiana. He had previously, in 1835 and 1837, served two terms in the House of Representatives of the State legislature of Indiana. He later gave up his private law practice to accept a seat upon the bench, and was Circuit Judge of Elkhart and LaGrange counties for thirteen years. Judge Chamberlain's record as a lawyer and as a man was unassailable, and as a judge he was swayed by no consideration other than his duty. He possessed all the qualifications of judicial character—extensive legal knowledge, sound morality, urbane and agreeable manners. Judge and Mrs. Chamberlain were the parents of eight children, of whom only two are living. These two are daughters, both widows, the one of Emil Grosh and the other of Frank G. Hubbell, who was a prominent citizen of Goshen, Ind. Stevens Warren Flower, late a highly respected and influential citizen of Toledo, at one time a resident of Maumee, a gallant soldier in the great Civil war. and for many years an active and prominent figure in commercial and religious circles in the county, was a native of the old Empire State, having first beheld the light of day in the town of Clayton, Jefferson county, New York, Aug. 21, 1832. He was descended of highly honorable ancestry. His father, Joseph Warren Flower, of Massachusetts, served in the War of 1812, and his widow received from the Federal government a land grant of 160 acres, and was also awarded a pension. His grandfather, Timothy Flower, of Connecticut, was a member of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, and the records show that twenty-five Men of the Flower name and ances- 466 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY try, residents of the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, served their country honorably in this conflict, which resulted in the annihilation of British tyranny in the American colonies. Mr. Flower's mother, Amy Stevens, was a daughter of Gen. Elias Stevens, of South Royalton, Vt., a prominent and influential man in his day, serving in the Connecticut militia in the war of the Revolution, and as a member of the Vermont legislature for twenty years. These facts, taken from family and military records, show that patriotism, so important an element in Mr. Flower's nature, was an inheritance from both paternal and maternal ancestors. When he was about two years old his father was summoned to the life eternal, and after about five years of widowhood his mother married Augustus Ford, master in the United States navy, who was a noble father to the boy and young man, and who went to his reward in 1855. Soon after the marriage of the mother to Mr. Ford the family moved to Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., where Steyens W. lived until he entered the military service of his country in the great Civil war, enlisting Sept. 12, 1862, as a first lieutenant in Company H, Tenth New York heavy artillery. He served with his command in a variety of places, participating in the defenses of Washington and in the memorable campaigns of Sheridan. He experienced active service at Cold Harbor, Va.; before Petersburg and Richmond; in the assault on Petersburg ; in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va.. and in the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, April 2, 1865. For fidelity to duty, and because of his marked executive ability, he was appointed quartermaster and served in this capacity in many important branches of the service until his discharge from the army at the close of the conflict, in June, 1865. As quartermaster he furnished supplies to General Sherman's and Sheridan's commands as they passed through Petersburg on their final return from their triumphant invasion of the South to Washington. and was complimented verbally by General Sheridan for the prompt and efficient manner in which he had supplied his army with provisions. For his faithful and exceptionally meritorious services wherever assigned he was recommended for promotion by the quartermaster-general shortly prior to the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg, and was recommended by General Grant for the position of assistant quartermaster-general, but, because of the confusion incident to Lee's surrender and the assassination of President Lincoln, the commission was not issued. During its period of service his regiment lost 267 men, two of whom were officers. and two died in the hands of the enemy. Mr. Flower received a pension for disabilities incurred in the service. He came to Ohio immediately after the cessation of hostilities, and early in the spring of 1866 associated himself with his father-in-law, the late George W. Reynolds, in the Reynolds Flour Mills at Maumee, in which he retained his interest until 1873, when the firm retired from the milling business. But about five years previously the firm had established a commission house in Toledo. under the name of George W. Reynolds & Co., of which Mr. Flower assumed BIOGRAPHICAL - 467 the general management in 1873. The above firm was continued until 1876, when Mr. Reynolds retired, and soon afterward the firm of S. W. Flower & Co. was formed, its principal business being that of dealing in seeds, especially clover seeds. The business has grown steadily and has been remunerative, is still carried on, and during Mr. Flower's last illness was very ably conducted by Charles S. Burge, the other member of the firm. S. W. Flower was an honored member of several patriotic and fraternal organizations, belonging to the ancient and honorable order of Free & Accepted Masons, which he joined shortly after attaining to his majority, at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.; Ohio Post, No. 107, Grand Army of the Republic ; Anthony Wayne Chapter, No. 739, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Toledo Produce Exchange, of which he was an active member for over thirty years, and of which he served as president for a term. His ancestors were not only patriotic and highly honorable, but were also of a decided Christian character. His grandparents, parents and stepfather were all Christian people. His most intimate friends were Christian people. He gave his heart to God in early manhood, and ever afterward his daily life was strictly in accord with the tenets of the Christian faith. He carried his religious principles into his business, and often said that if he succeeded in commercial pursuits it must be along the lines of strict honesty, integrity and the fundamental teachings of the Lowly Nazarene. He prospered in the seed business because he handled good seed, and the firm of which he was the head became known far and wide as one that could be depended on to buy and sell on the principle of the strictest honesty. He loved to converse on religious topics, especially those pertaining to personal religious life and experience. Being of a modest and retiring nature, he often felt troubled that he did not feel as keen religious emotions and personal assurances as some Christian people experienced or professed. He was both conservative and progressive. While clinging to the old doctrines, and always loyal to the church, he took a broad and statesmanlike view of the Kingdom of God. and did not deem it necessary to follow the old and beaten path if a better way presented itself. In the Christian church he found the suitable field for the practical, exercise of his Christian faith and principles. In the spring of 1867 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church at Maumee, in the affairs of which he was very active until he took up his residence in Toledo. in 1874, when he transferred his membership to St. Paul's Church of that denomination. By changes of residence he became an attendant upon the services of other churches, having been for a number of years a member of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church. and frequently attending, with Mrs. Flower. the church of her choice, the Episcopal. at Trinity or St. Mark's. Among young people he was an especial favorite, contributing to their enjoyment in all possible ways and assisting them by kindly advice and example. Nearly all his life he was a highly successful teacher of Bible classes in Sabbath schools ; and his Christian activities, especially 468 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY the study and teaching of the Word of God and his many unostentatious benevolences, became to him real means of grace ; and he always counted them among the happiest experiences of his life. For several years prior to receiving the summons to the Church Triumphant, Mr. Flower was unable, because of severe afflictions, to attend religious services in the church. But in all this time the sacred fire of his deep and abiding faith never died out on the domestic altar of his home. Morning and evening reading of the Scriptures and prayer were regularly maintained, and frequently in the household worship he strengthened his body and soul by receiving the Holy Eucharist, in sacred commemoration of his dying but risen and ever-living Lord. Possessed of an intellect with the ability to grasp things of a permanent value, he had a judicial mind which gave weight to his opinions, and a beautiful Christian spirit which made him as fair with those who differed from him as with those whose views were strictly in accord with his own. Men trusted him because of their profound faith in his integrity ; they followed him because he possessed the qualities of leadership ; they loved him because he was an humble follower of Jesus; and those who knew him best loved him most. He was hospitable and charitable to an extreme degree, thoroughly enjoying the companionship of friends and delighting in aiding those in humble circumstances to better their conditions. His last months on earth were marked by suffering and weakness best known to those who so long and faithfully ministered to him both by day and by night ; but he endured it all with true and unflinching Christian fortitude, fully believing that, this painful life ended, there would be for him, through the merits and mercy of his crucified Redeemer, the bliss, the fruition of a glorious immortality and eternal life ; and as he neared the end he looked back over his long and exceptionally useful life of nearly fourscore years, a large part of which had been cheerfully given to the service of the Kingdom, he patiently awaited the approbation of the Master—"Well done, thou good and faithful servant." He joined the "silent majority" Nov. 13. 1908, and all felt that a leader whom it was thought could not be spared had been called home to a well-earned reward. There is a vacancy in many hearts that will never be filled by another, and many a man will perform the duties of life more faithfully and conscientiously because of the influence of his quiet, unostentatious, yet forceful, life. He has departed this life, but his memory will forever remain green in the affection and respect of those who love and revere goodness. Stevens W. Flower was twice married. In September, 1863, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Frances B. Reynolds, an adopted daughter of the late lamented George W. Reynolds, for several years associated in business with Mr. Flower, and one of the most influential and respected citizens of Lucas county, who then and for many years resided at Maumee. Frances (Reynolds) Flower was taken ill in July, 1866, and gradually failed until the last days of December of the same year, when God called her home, and her body was laid away in beautiful Riverside Cemetery, at Mau- BIOGRAPHICAL - 469 mee, amidst a vast concourse of sorrowing friends and acquaintances, only about fifteen months after their marriage. On Oct. 8, 1874, Mr. Flower was happily united in marriage with Miss Ellen Burge, of Maumee, and in the following November they removed to Toledo. Ellen (Burge) Flower was born in Bampton, Devonshire, England, April 21, 1847, and died in her home in Toledo, April 24, 1903, after a happily wedded life of twenty-nine years. Mrs. Flower was a woman of rare excellence of mind and heart, one of those characters that leaves its impress upon every life it touches. Kind and sympathetic, she was ever ready to contribute to the comfort and good cheer of all who came within the sphere of her influence, finding her greatest happiness in earnestly endeavoring to make others happy. More than any other one characteristic that molded her life was her utter unselfishness, and she exemplified the Christian virtues in her daily walk and conversation. Her well-rounded Christian character and sweet, loving and gentle disposition endeared her to all and made her life a constant benediction. A woman of perfectly transparent character, a devout Christian, having a positive experience of salvation by Divine Grace through faith, sympathetic, useful and beloved, she lived in fear of the Lord and died a peaceful and happy death. Almost her last conscious words were the beautiful benediction of the Lord's prayer : "Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen." Charles Edwin Bayley, deceased, whose death brought sincere grief to a host of sorrowing friends, was born in Benton. N. Y., Dec. 12, 1855, the son of Charles Edwin and Jennie (Field) Bay- ley. The father was a native of Newbury., Vt., born there Oct. 14, 1826, and the mother first saw the light of day in New York City Feb. 17, 1834. The former had the educational advantages afforded by the public schools of Buffalo, N. Y., and after he had completed his studies he accepted a position as cashier in a private bank in the same city. He continued to serve in that capacity for sever 11 years, until 1862, when he came west. The Civil war then being at its height, he enlisted in the commissary department of the Union army and soon won the rank of captain. He was at the front until the close of the war, when he returned to Buffalo. There. he remained but a short time, however, leaving to go to Pennsylvania, where he labored in the newly opened oil fields. From Pennsylvania he removed to Canada, and then to Grosse Isle, Mich., where he assumed the management of a well-known summer hostelry. Six years later he returned to Bothwell, Canada, and from then until the time of his demise, Jan. 12, 1904, was successfully engaged in the practice of law. He was a Democrat in his political belief, and at one time served his ward as its representative in the city council. Brought up in the Methodist Episcopal faith, he was always a devout adherent to its principles. Fraternally, he was allied with the Masonic order, and was secretary of the local lodge while a resident of Bothwell. During his residence there he also served well and faithfully as secretary of the school -board, the agricultural society and the public library. His widow now resides 470 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY with a daughter in Cleveland, Ohio. Six children were born to the parents, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eldest. Fred is a resident of Pittsburg; William is associated with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway in its Cleveland office ; Harry is a commercial traveler, operating from Chicago ; Hattie is the wife of Charles F. Chapman, of Cleveland; and Virginia is the wife of Dr. T. W. Watson and a resident of New Mexico. Thomas C. Field, the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Flushing, L. I., in 1794, and his wife, nee Deborah Ketchum, in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1800. Mr. Field was a prominent Democrat in his political relations, was a major in the State militia and a devout member of the Presbyterian Church. His business interests were centered in the wholesale drug and oil industry in New York City, where he died in 1878 ; his widow passed away in Babylon, L. I., in 1886. Charles Edwin Bayley, Jr., to whom this memoir is dedicated, received his scholastic training in the schools of Buffalo, N. Y., and Bothwell, Canada. His first labors were in the car manufacturing shops of the Great Western railway in Windsor, Canada, whence he went south to the State of Kentucky to engage in agricultural pursuits. For a period of five years he was prosperously employed in this work, an only left it at the end of that period to remove to Grosse Isle, Mich., to enter the hotel business with his parent. When his father gave up the management of the hotel, the son also disposed of his interests and entered the employ of the Canadian Southern railway as a locomotive fireman. Subsequently his knowledge of the trade won his promotion to the position of locomotive engineer, and later he held a similar position with the Wheeling & Lake Erie railway, operating out of Norwalk, where he had made his home. In 1896 he came to Toledo, Ohio, and accepted a position with the Ames-Bonner Company as a stationary engineer. Four years later he relinquished this work to become identified with the National Union. with which he remained for about twenty-four months. During the three years immediately following, he was associated with the Toledo Laundry, and at the time of his demise, which occurred Sept. 12. 1908, he was employed in the Nasby Building. In the matter of politics Mr. Bayley gave unswerving allegiance to the Republican, party, but never sought nor held public office of any nature. Fraternally, he was allied with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Home Guard, and the Stationary Engineers' Union. Early in his life he became a member of the Presbyterian church, and was always active in its meetings and devotional services. On March 8, 1882, occurred the marriage of Mr. Bayley to Miss Mary E. Slack, the daughter of H. T. and Mary Ella (Brown) Slack, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Two children came to bless this union. Clara May, the elder, is the wife of H. H. Brubaker, a prominent resident of Toledo ; and Alpha is at home with her mother, at 19231 Vermont avenue. Mrs. Bayley's father, H. T. Slack, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his wife was born in Indiana. Mr. Slack was a wagon-maker by vocation, and during his active career was identified with many of the largest manufactories in this section of the BIOGRAPHICAL - 471 country. He was a stanch adherent of the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, but never had any desire to attain to public office, despite the fact that his many 'friends often urged him to become the candidate of his party. In fraternal matters he was well-known throughout his neighborhood as one of the influential members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his. wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church and reared their family in that faith. Mr. Slack's death occurred in Wilmington, Ohio, where he had made his home for a number of years, in October, 1886. His widow passed away, Jan. 1, 1905, while visiting in Kentucky. August Kruse, deceased, who for a number of years was one of the most prominent and respected dealers in groceries in the city of Toledo, was a native of Germany, born July 6, 1842. He was the son of Peter and Mary Kruse. Peter Kruse was a farmer by vocation and came to the United States about 1852. Soon after landing in New York he made his way direct to Lucas county, where he purchased a farm and engaged in the operation of it. He continued to reside on it until the time of his death, which occurred in his fifty-fifth year. His widow survived him a number of years, her demise occurring in Toledo, in her eighty-second year. Both parents were active and devout members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Four children—Martin, Albert, August, and Christian—all of whom are now deceased, were born to them. August Kruse, the immediate subject of this memoir, received his educational training in the gymnasia of his native country, and completed his course by a few months of study in the common schools of Lucas county after his father had become a resident of the United States. His first years of labor were spent on his father's farm as an assistant to his parent, but agricultural pursuits were not congenial to him, and about the time that he attained his majority he removed to Toledo and entered the employ of the Hitchcock Lumber Company. For a number of years he labored hard and earnestly in the service of that concern. and by thrift and industry. and a desire to make the best of things for himself, he managed to save sufficient money to establish himself in the grocery business. His place of business was on Segur avenue. The enterprise proyed successful from the time of its inception and became known throughout the city as one of the most modern and best supplied houses of its kind. To such an extent did the business flourish that, a few years before his demise. which occurred Oct. 4. 1906, Mr. Kruse had gained a sufficient competence to enable him to withdraw from active business pursuits and live retired for the rest of his days. Always intensely interested in the matter of politics, Mr. Kruse came to the conclusion that the Democratic party best carried out his ideals of government, and throughout his life lent active support to that party. At one time his fealty was recognized by his selection as the incumbent of the office of police commissioner, a position which he filled with dignity and distinction. Reared in the Lutheran faith, he remained a stanch adherent to its tenets throughout his life. giving immediate support to it by mem- 472 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY bership in and attendance upon the services of St. Luke's Church. On Sept. 15, 1886, Mr. Kruse was united in marriage to Miss Emma Eickert, the daughter of Christian and Henrietta (Eggert) Eickert, of Rochester, N. Y. Beside his respected widow, three sons—Albert, August, Jr., and Elmer—and a daughter—Emilysurvive him. Charles Cravens, D. D., deceased, one of the leading figures in the Unitarian Church throughout the country, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1822. He was the son of Gresham T. Cravens, in early days a prominent mason contractor in Cincinnati, and who lived retired for a number of years before his demise. which occurred in June, 1862, some time after his wife passed away. In the matter of politics, the father was a Republican in his later years, and in a religious way was identified with the Unitarian Church. Fraternally, he was identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Free & Accepted Masons. Nine children were born to the parents. Charles Cravens was the eldest. His preparatory education he received in the public schools of Cincinnati, and later studied in the Woodward College of the same city. His first charge after his admission to the ministry was in a small Ohio city, whence he went in a few months to Massachusetts. In the last named State he held several pastorates, notable among which were those at Cape Cod, Lowell and Attie-borough, North Lowell. From the last charge he resigned to accept a call to a church in Le Roy, Genesee county, New York, and from there removed to Brooklyn, where he served as pastor in one of the largest churches in the State. In 1873 he came to Toledo to make his home, and here he held the pastorate of the Unitarian Church for eight years. In 1881 he severed his active connection with the ministry, and seldom thereafter was his voice heard from any pulpit. He was an excellent public speaker and lecturer, forceful, eloquent and pleasing, and it is said of him that he inspired many to better things. A deep student of all literary subjects, he was especially devoted to the study of Shakespearean drama, and as a lecturer on this subject filled engagements throughout the country. He also devoted considerable time to the instruction of pupils in the works of Shakespeare. Prior to Civil war time he won a wide reputation as an advocate of abolition, and was zealous in his support of the Union cause when it came to make the freedom of the slaves its theme. Fraternally, he was identified only with the Masonic order. As a resident of Massachusetts he espoused the cause of the Republican party as soon as it was organized, and by the vote of his fellow citizens served as one of the first representatives of that party in the Massachusetts legislature. While a resident of that State he was also a member of -the school board .of his community. In his later -years he became convinced that the Republican party was casting loose from the ideals for which it had been organized, and believing that the ideas he entertained as to the administration of government were better upheld by the Democratic party, he allied himself with that organization and became one of its leaders. At one time he BIOGRAPHICAL - 473 became the candidate of his party for the position of mayor of Toledo, .but, despite the fact that he led the remainder of the ticket by a large number of votes, he was defeated at the polls. On May 16, 1855, Dr. Cravens was united in marriage to Miss Mary Crofoot, the daughter of Joel and Mary (Carr) Crofoot, of Pavilion, Genesee county, New York. One daughter, Mary Daisy, now deceased, was born to bless this union. Mr. Cravens' death occurred Feb. 16, 1901, and in his passing the city of Toledo lost one of its truest and most cultured citizens. Mrs. Cravens' father, Joel Crofoot, was a native of Rhode Island, and his wife was also born in New England. Mr. Crofoot was an agriculturist of means in Genesee county, New York, but lived retired for some months before his death. His wife passed away in June, 1856, in Pavilion, N. Y. Mr. Crofoot was a Whig in the days when that party was in its fullest power. He was a stanch adherent of the tenets of the Unitarian church, and held an office in the local society. Mrs. Cravens now makes her home at No. 3 Indiana Flats, 1101-1109 Washington street, Toledo. Edmund H. Osthaus.—Toledo is proud to claim as one of her citizens Edmund H. Osthaus, the artist, whose work has made him famous on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Osthaus was born at Hildesheim, Germany, Aug. 5, 1858. He pursued his studies at the Royal Academy at Duesseldorf, under Christian Johann Kroener. His master, while a great painter of landscape, frequently turned his brush to the representing of animals, and from him, no doubt, Mr. Osthaus received his first inspiration, for, while his brush possesses equal facility in the painting of landscapes and figures, he is perhaps better -known as a painter of hunting dogs. Not only by virtue of his early training, but also in consequence of his love of the chase. Mr. Osthaus is admirably equipped to excel in his particular field of art. He is a frequent exhibitor in the exhibits of the American Water Color Society, the Society of Western Artists, and the other important exhibitions of the country, and at the various museums in Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, etc. Mr. Osthaus was one of the founders and incorporators of the Toledo Museum of Art, and has always been one of its most active trustees and supporters. So well does Mr. Osthaus understand what he paints that for many years he has been one of the judges in the various national field trials. Recently, following the trial of the Continental Club in North Carolina, the New York Herald, in an article devoted to the work of Mr. Osthaus, included the following interview with Todd Russell, of the Kennel Department of Outing : " 'Today,' said Mr. Russell. 'the specialist has a recognized position which gains him credit within limits, and possibly causes him to be looked at as narrow from the broader viewpoint of general work. It is a pleasure. therefore, to find a man, a painter, who, while restricting his subject matter to a limited field, is nevertheless master of the technique of his craft. Edmund H. Osthaus not only is a good dog painter—he is a good painter who paints dogs. His drawing is admirable, and his ability to execute a particularly 474 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY vivid portrait of an animal is something that always attracts the trained craftsman who knows from experience that this kind of work, unusual as it is, calls for a very special kind of mastery of the difficult points of the art. The best man in any work is apt to be the one who brings to it the greatest amount of personal interest. Mr. Osthaus does his dog work from love of that part of the game, and he is fortunate in being so able in its portrayal. His personal friends have seen many landscapes by him that are admirable in composition and color. For this reason they are annoyed sometimes that he restricts himself to but one public field—that of painting dogs. Sometimes, however, they are pleased, for the lucky one who has an `Osthaus' of his favorite animal is not only qualified thereby to rank among sportsmen 'who know,' but has -a constant reminder of how that dog really looked and was. That is good portraiture, and would be were the subjects gods or men or little red apples. As it is, the result of Mr. Osthaus' work as a painter of dogs has been, for all dog men, the perpetuation of the real type of excellence in each breed as he paints it. To the practical dog man there could be nothing of greater value, and its historical interest in days to come can hardly be estimated.' Horatio Samuel Young, for many years identified with the business interests of Toledo, was a native of Lucas county, having been born in the town of Maumee. April 26, 1843. His father. Samuel M. Young, was born in the State of New Hampshire, Dec. 29. 1806, and was educated in the schools of his native State, after which he came to Ohio and located at Maumee, where for a time he was employed as a teacher in the public schools. Having studied law before he came west, he was quick to recognize the need of an attorney, so he wrote to his friend, Morrison R. Waite. and in 1839 they 'formed a partnership in Maumee, which lasted until Mr. Young retired from the practice, in 1856. In 1860 he removed to Toledo, where he was already engaged in banking. having, with others, purchased the Bank of Toledo, the predecessor of the Toledo National Bank, with which he was connected until he retired from active business pursuits some time before his death. He was also associated with Abner L. Backus in the elevator business ; held stock in the rolling mills, and was interested in a number of, enterprises. He was an' enthusiastic supporter of the principles and policies of first the Whig and later the Republican party, but was never an aspirant for public office, save that of county auditor, which office he filled from Sept. 14, 1835, to June 9, 1837, receiving, for such service the sum of $361.63. He and his wife were members of the Trinity Episcopal Church, in which he served for several years as vestryman. His death occurred Jan. 1. 1897. On June 6, 1841, Samuel M. Young married Miss Angeline L. Upton. of Maumee, who was born July 17, 1823. and of this union were born the following children : Horatio S.. Timothy, Frank I., Helen E., and Morrison W. Helen E. is the \vile of Francis B. Swayne, of New York City ; Morrison W. lives in Toledo, and the others are deceased. Horatio S. Young was educated at Grosse Isle and