50 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY his interest in both and keeps himself well informed on all modern thought in matters of general interest. Willis Fuller Sewall, A. B., librarian of the Toledo Public Library, was born at Chesterville, Maine, Aug. 12, 1866, and in that neighborhood his ancestors have lived continuously since the beginning of the Eighteenth century: He is the son of Howard and Florilla (Fuller) Sewall, the former of whom was born in Chesterville, and the latter in jay, Maine. The Sewall family has been identified with the history of New England from the earliest days, the founder of the family in America having emigrated from Coventry, England, and landed at Boston, Mass., in 1632. Dummer Sewall, a descendant of this early immigrant and the great-grandfather of the subject of this review, was a private in the Continental army in the Revolutionary war, and his eldest child was the first white child born in Chesterville, Maine, the family home. Col. Dummer Sewall, the father of him who has just been mentioned and the great-great-grandfather of our subject, was a surveyor at Bath, Maine, and was prominent during the Revolutionary war, and the Maine Sewalls are for the most part descended from John Sewall. a younger brother of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, who figured prominently in the witchcraft trials at Salem, Mass. Willis F. Sewall, whose name introduces this review, received his early education in the town schools of his birth-place and at Wilton Academy, Wilton, Maine, and Westbrook Seminary, Deering, Maine, graduating in the former, in 1883, and in the latter, in 1886. These institutions were preparatory schools, and after completing his studies therein Mr. Sewall attended Tufts College at Medford, Mass., in which he graduated, in 1890, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He held the preparatory school prize scholarship for high rank through his college course. He was editor-in-chief of the Class Annual in his junior year at Tufts College, by choice of the members of his class, and in his senior year was editor-in-chief of the college paper, by choice of the faculty. He was instructor in French and English composition and assistant librarian at Tufts College during the two years following his graduation, and he entered the Albany (N. Y.) 'Library School, in the fall of 1892. He served as indexer to the New York State Commission in Lunacy, in 1893-4 was cataloguer of the Sauppe Collection of Classical Philology in the Bryn Mawr College Library, in 1894-5, and librarian of the Wilmington (Del.) Institute Free Library, from 1895 to 1899, when he returned to Maine in poor health. In the winter of 1902-03, he served as cataloguer at the Grolier Club Library, in New York City. From the last .named place he came to Toledo, Sept. 1, 1903, and in the position of librarian of the Toledo Public Library he has rendered efficient service and performed the duties thereof in a manner entirely satisfactory to all. On Oct. 30, 1894, Mr. Sewall was married to Miss Kate Louise Howe, daughter of R. L. and Sarah (Chatterson) Howe, of Albany, N. Y., and of this union there has been born a son, Howard Howe Sewall, born Oct. 14, 1896. In politics, Mr. Sewall gives allegiance to the men and measures of the Republican party. BIOGRAPHICAL - 51 John T. Worthington, deceased, was born, in 1818, in Baltimore county, quite near to the city of Baltimore, Md., a descendent of many of the oldest and best known families in that State. In his boyhood, he went to Masontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in business. He developed a decided business talent and was almost uniformly successful in his ventures. He closed out his first business enterprise in Masontown at a profit, and bought a store in Brownsville, Pa., where he also operated a large distillery and manufactured a brand of Monongahela whisky, which became very popular and supplied an extended market. He entered into partnership with Dr. Woodward, of Bellevue, Ohio, and together they managed the large distillery there with great success. Mr. Worthington was also instrumental in the organization of the First National Bank of Bellevue, became its president and was the largest stockholder of the institution at the time of his death, March 12, 1884. He married Emily Parshall and one child was born to the marriage—Matilda, who became the wife of George E. Pomeroy, Jr., of Toledo. Mr. Worthington established his residence with his family in Toledo, in 1876, and lived at the corner of Walnut and Huron streets, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Pomeroy. Mr. Worthington's business success was entirely due to his own personal efforts and to his business sagacity and vigorous will, both of which traits of character he possessed in a high degree. He was not only a practical banker but a close student of finance and political economy, sensitive to the ever changing currents in the world of affairs. In disposition, Mr. Worthington was charitable, kind, genial and affectionate, devoted to his family, and a man of warm personal friendships. He was so fortunate as to be endowed with artistic gifts, whose exercise afforded him the distinctive pleasure of creative work, and in his hours of relaxation from busi ness he pursued the study of art. The drawings and paintings. executed by Mr. Worthington bear the impress of genius, and some of them have been complimented by experienced art critics. While in Rome, Mr. Worthington became interested in sculpture and produced a bust of the Young Augustus, which work is worthy of high praise and is now in the possession of his daughter. George Eltweed Pomeroy, Sr., was born in Northampton,. Mass.. Sept. 16, 1807, a scion of the family of Eltweed Pomeroy,. who lived in the Seventeenth century, descendant of a long line of distinguished warriors and statesmen, of whom Sir Ralph De Pomeroy of Normandy was the progenitor in England. The name "Pomeroy" is a noted one and has long been known in England, particularly in the counties of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. To write a history of the family commensurate with its importance would be impossible in a short space, as its members were people of consequence in Devonshire from the time of the Norman Conquest. The tradition has been handed from father to son that Eltweed Pomeroy, the first representative of the family in America, of whom the subject of this sketch is a lineal descendant in the seventh generation, was a direct descendant of Sir Ralph De Pomeroy, chief of staff to William the Conquerer. 52 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY In the division of lands in England among the followers of the Norman Duke, Sir Ralph received immense estates in Devonshire, which were held almost unimpaired through many generations. The sons of the founder of the family in England were granted tracts of land in Cornwall and Dorset, and they maintained their position of importance through centuries of feudal strife. The common interpretation of the name of "Pomeroy"—"royal apple," -or "fruit of the king"—is an incorrect one. The real derivation of the name is from the parish of St. Sauveur de la Pommeraye, in the department of La Marche, Normandy. Eltweed Pomeroy, the founder of the American branch of the family, was a skilled mechanic, having been trained in the manufacture of guns. He sold his manufacturing plant in England and brought with him to the new world only his tools and his knowledge of the craft. He settled in Dorchester, Mass., and was offered by the Massachusetts Bay Colony a grant of 1,000 acres of land if he would establish a plant for gun manufacture within the borders of the colony. This proposition was accepted by Mr. Pomeroy, and a large and successful plant was established. It is a curious fact that, among all the descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy, seven generations •followed the craft in which their ancestor was so proficient. An anvil used by Eltweed Pomeroy is now in the possession of Lemuel Pomeroy, of Pittsfield, Mass., and it is the only one of the original tools known to be in existence. Lemuel Pomeroy was a dealer in arms for thirty years, and a contractor for arms for the United States. George E. Pomeroy, the subject of this sketch, was taken by his family to Auburn, N. Y., in his early childhood. He received his education there, and in 1829, was employed in a drug store as a clerk. In 1830, he went to Palmyra, N. Y., was engaged in business there for several years and, during his residence there, in 1833. married Miss Helen E. Robinson, also of Puritan descent. In 1835, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy came to the West, settling at Palmyra, Mich., where Mr. Pomeroy engaged in milling and was also proprietor of a hotel. On account of Mr. Pomeroy's ill health, he was obliged to give up these ventures and the family returned to New York. They settled in Albany and, during that period, Mr. Pomeroy inaugurated the express serivce, which he sold to his brother, Thaddeus, in 1844. The Western opportunities still attracted Mr. Pomeroy, and, in a short time, he returned to Michigan and located at Clinton. While a resident of Clinton he established the "Detroit Tribune." In 1863, Mr. Pomeroy engaged in the real-estate business in Toledo and in that thriving city was very successful ; his son George E. Pomeroy was later admitted into the business and the firm was called Geo. E. Pomeroy & Son, which association continued until the death of the former, Jan. 12, 1886. A most interesting departure, and one of far reaching results, was the express line established by Mr. Pomeroy, in Albany, in 1841. The route was from Albany to Buffalo. and, in June, 1841, Mr. Pomeroy left Albany, as the pioneer express messenger of what was known as "Pomeroy's Express." The trips were first made weekly, by railway to Batavia, and stage to BIOGRAPHICAL - 53 Buffalo—the parcels being carried in a carpet bag and a small trunk. The round trip consumed eighty-four hours. Albany and Buffalo bankers had previously employed semi-monthly messengers and were loath to entrust their important interests to an untried agency, but their confidence, once gained, was fully justified, and the express became a permanent adjunct to business traffic and grew rapidly in popular favor. The transmission of the mail between Albany and Buffalo at that time occupied thirty-six hours longer than the express service. The route was soon extended to New York, and Thaddeus Pomeroy, a Mr. Wells, and Crawford Livingston entered the firm under the firm name of Pomeroy Sr. Company. Daily trips were inaugurated, in 1842, and during that year an important advance was made by the addition of mail transportation. Mr. Pomeroy devised for the use of his patrons the first postage stamp used in the United States—a stamp of similar size and form to those afterward used by the United States postal service. Two five-cent stamps were designed—one black and one blue—and a vermilion ten-cent stamp. They were printed on bank-note paper, sized ready for use ; the vignette was a handsome steel portrait of a woman, surrounded by the words, "Pomeroy's Letter Express." Above were the words, "Free Stamp," and below. "20 for $1.00." The enterprise was favorably received and offered cheaper service than had hitherto been obtained from the United States government, but the firm was soon seriously embarrassed by lawsuits commenced by the government for alleged violations of the postal laws. Decisions favorable to the Pomeroy Company were rendered by the courts in all cases and, in July, 1844, the following announcement appeared in the "Toledo Blade:" "New Post Office, Post Reduced. Pomeroy's Daily Letter Express, having been extended to this place, is now prepared to carry letters at the following rates : From Toledo to Detroit and all lake points. Buffalo included, 6 1/4 cents ; to Batavia, Albany, and New York, 12 1/2 cents ; to New England points and Philadelphia, 18 3/4 cents." The new post office was located at the drug store of A. Ralson Sr. Son, in the Mott Block, on Southard, Summit and Monroe streets, and did a flourishing business, as the rates offered were below those of the United States postal service. With .the gradual reduction of government postal rates, and increased efficiency of service, the business diminished, but it was one of the most interesting business developments of the time. Mr. Pomeroy was a man of remarkable imagination and versatility, quick to see and meet the popular need, and a. great measure of his financial ability was transmitted by him to the next generation. Mrs. George E. Pomeroy was the daughter of Dr. Caius C. Robinson and Chloe (Bradish) Robinson, of Palmyra, Wayne county, New York, and was married at the age of sixteen years. Soon after her marriage, she accompanied Mr. Pomeroy to Michigan, and they became members of the New York colony which settled Palmyra, Lenawee county. Mrs. Pomeroy was a resident of Albany while her husband was there engaged in organizing the express venture, which resulted in such a mammoth business. In 1865, the Pome- 54 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY roys settled permanently in Toledo, where they obtained imme- diate social recognition and were in the midst of delightful surroundings. They celebrated their golden wedding, in 1883, and, after three years more of peaceful family life, the husband .and father passed into the eternal rest, Jan. 12, 1886. Mrs. Pomeroy lived with her children until 1895, when she too passed away, May 25, To all who knew Madame Pomeroy, the tidings of her death brought great personal sorrow. The memory which she left behind is one of long years filled with labor for others. With her husband's co-operation, she was instrumental in building churches in Palmyra and Clinton, Mich., and in Toledo. Her charity was strong and self-contained, with a self-poise that was rarely shaken, yet instinct with tender helpfulness to all who appealed to her for sympathy or material assistance. Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy were the parents of five children : Mrs. Joseph A. Ennis, of Hastings, Minn., is the oldest daughter, and the next younger daughter, Marie Louise, resides with her ; George Eltweed Pomeroy is a prominent business man of Toledo, whose sketch also appears in this work ; Martha died at the age of thirty years ; and the youngest daughter resides in Portland, the wife of the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Oregon. George Eltweed Pomeroy, Jr., is the inheritor of a name brought into national prominence by his father, the pioneer founder of express companies in the United States, and is also the inheritor of the unusual brilliance and force of intellect which were at the root of his father's success. Mr. Pomeroy is financially and actively interested in a large number of the wealthiest and most important business corporations in Toledo, and is president of the following: The George E. Pomeroy Company ; the Board of Sinking Fund Trustees ; the First National Bank, Bellevue, Ohio, and the State Board of Commerce. His father, George E. Pomeroy, Sr., and his mother, Ellen E. (Robinson) Pomeroy, were both lineal descendants of the earliest members of the Plymouth Rock Colony. During their residence in Clinton, Lenawee county, Michigan, George Eltweed was born, Nov. 28, 1848. His youth was spent on his father's 360-acre farm, in Michigan, and, in 1865, he accompanied his mother to Toledo, where his father had preceded them. Mr. Pomeroy's first business venture was entered into when he was twelve years of age, upon his father's farm. Fifty of his father's sheep were leased by the boy, who paid one and one-half pounds of wool per head, and returned half the number of old sheep and half of the young ones the second year, as rent for the use of the flock. Young Pomeroy purchased some additional sheep for his flock, and, at the end of the second year, was the owner of sixty-two young sheep ; and at the end of the fourth year he had increased the number of his flock to 400. All-of the care of the animals was undertaken by their owner, who also attended public school in Buffalo, N. Y., and the following year came to Toledo, where be became a valuable assistant to his father. He was active in systematizing his father's rapidly increasing real estate business, and upon his father's death was well fitted by training and experience to preserve and enlarge the latter's BIOGRAPHICAL - 55 important financial interests. Mr. Pomeroy has business acquaintances and associates in all the large cities of the world and is very widely and favorably known in New York City, where his business interests require him to pass a considerable portion of his time. He is personally known to leading bankers in London, St. Petersburg, Vienna, the City of Mexico, and also Halifax, and in his connection with the First National Bank of Bellevue, Ohio, for the past twenty-five years as its president, has conclusively shown himself the possessor of truly remarkable financial wisdom and foresight. This institution, organized by Mr. Pomeroy's father and John T. Worthington—Mr. Pomeroy's father-in-law—had deposits of $30,000 when Mr. Pomeroy entered upon his duties as president, and it now has $600,000 of deposits and assets of $1,000,000. Mr. Pomeroy is also a considerable stockholder in the Second National Bank of Toledo, and also in a number of the larger manufacturing concerns. In political questions of national moment, Mr. Pomeroy sympathizes with the Republican party, but in local matters he holds independent views. He served as president of the Board of Sinking Fund Trustees for four years and also as Tax Commissioner. Although his private business responsibilities are very heavy, he is ready to give conscientious attention to public affairs when his duty as a citizen so demands. Mr. Pomeroy is greatly interested in the several patriotic societies of which he is a member. He has served as governor of the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of Ohio; is a member of a similar society in New York : has been State president of the Sons of the Revolution in Ohio, and is also a member of Chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution in Massachusetts and Ohio, and Sons of the Revolution of New York City. As described in the sketch of Mr. Pomeroy's father, the ancestors of the family played an important part in the Colonial life in New England. Mr. Pomeroy is a member of the Toledo Club, the Castalia Trout Club, of Castalia, Ohio ; the Chamber of Commerce, and the Middle Bass Club ; was president of the Ohio State Board of Commerce four years, and is now serving as chairman of the Executive Committee of that organization. He has made a thorough study of systems of taxation, and rendered valuable service to the public as a member of the Tax Commission. The First Westminster Presbyterian Church is another organization whose welfare is the object of much thought, financial assistance and active labor on the part of Mr. Pomeroy. For fifteen years he has been president of the Board of Trustees, and was a generous contributor toward the erection of its present handsome house of worship. On Aug. 22, 1883, Mr. Pomeroy was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Matilda Worthington, a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of John T. Worthington, who came to Toledo, in 1876, and was for many years prominently identified with large business interests in Bellevue, Ohio. Mrs. Pomeroy was educated at St. Mary's Hall, at Burlington, N. J., a college under the direction and authorship of the Protestant Episcopal church. She is a member of the Toledo Chapter of the Colonial Dames and also of the D. A. R.. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy, at 806 Huron street, has a rare and peculiar charm, as it 56 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY is a treasure house of old and most interesting books and paintings—some handed down for generations in the Pomeroy and Worthington families, and some collected by Mr. Pomeroy and his wife. Mr. Pomeroy is an expert judge of books and Mrs. Pomeroy is the possessor of considerable artistic ability. Franklin S. Macomber, son of Albert E. and Sara S. Macomber, was born in Toledo, March 2, 1877. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of Toledo and finally prepared for college at Cascadilla Academy, at Ithaca, N. Y. In 1895 he entered Cornell University, where he spent two years as a student. He then engaged in active business, becoming a member of the firm of A. E. Macomber & Company, being associated with his father and brother—Irving E. Macomber—in the real-estate business and operation of the Auburndale Brick Works. The active management of the firm was turned over to the brothers, in 1900, and this was followed shortly by the retirement of A. E. Macomber from business. The partnership name was later changed to Macomber Brothers and continued under this style until the death of the younger brother. Mr. Macomber early developed great constructive ability and displayed from the first keen business acumen. The temperaments of the brothers were so adjusted, each to the other, as to enable them to work together with great success. The decade in which they managed and built up their business interests was one of creation, construction and great achievement. Handicapped to a great extent by local conditions, with remarkable energy, shrewd foresight and executive ability, they made anew waste tracts of land and everywhere reclaimed and recreated the property which they owned. The story of their work is told elsewhere in these volumes in the sketches of the Macomber Brothers Company and of Irving E. Macomber. The evidence of their success will long be preserved in the substantial addition made by them to the material wealth and beauty of the city of Toledo. It was not mainly as a business man, however, that Franklin Macomber achieved the remarkable reputation which he had acquired at the time of his premature death. He will be remembered in Toledo longer as a public official, as one who inspired a fine civic spirit, and as a man loved by all his fellow citizens, than as a business man who built up his own fortunes. From the first he interested himself in all public affairs and enterprises. No project for the benefit of his city or its people ever escaped his attention or went without his active assistance: Engaging early in politics in the broad sense, he developed the ability to win the confidence, friend ship and aid of all classes of people. His personal magnetism opened for him gradually the way to leadership in every enterprise in which he associated himself. Great generosity and broad sympathy, with misfortune guided him to the assistance of all whom he knew to be in trouble. His public work commenced with his appointment by Mayor Whitlock as Director of Public Safety at the commencement of his administration, in 1906. From the first he was a remarkable success in the administration of this branch of the city government. He found the police and fire departments of BIOGRAPHICAL - 57 the city in a condition of decay, demoralization, and inefficiency, little suspected by the public at large. This was the result to a large extent of the management of these departments, under an antiquated city charter designed for the government of small towns, by the divided responsibility of separate and independent boards. It was further contributed to by the neglect and unwieldy organization of the boards in control. Although a new civic code was in operation at this time, conditions were not bettered because of the illogical and senseless division of authority and responsibility. Undismayed by the handicaps of the code, Mr. Macomber threw the whole force of his character, energy and constructive ability into the re-creation of the various departments under his jurisdiction. Without previous knowledge of the workings of these de-_ partments he mastered every detail. Winning the confidence as well as the affections of his associates, he secured their support for work of rehabilitation. He reorganized the police and fire departments. He rebuilt their buildings. He drew and secured the passage of legislation adapted to the more progressive methods. He secured the necessary appropriations from the city council to install his improved and modern systems. Establishing absolute economy in department expenditures, he stopped all waste and graft and secured for the city the value of every dollar expended. Largely increasing the force of policemen and firemen, he had before the end of the first Whitlock administration more than doubled, if not trebled, the efficiency of the departments. He awakened the pride and interest of every man. He aroused their enthusiasm in the work of making the police and fire departments of Toledo the best in the country. The handsome and soldierly appearance of the men began to attract the attention of all who came to the city. The buildings, remodeled and having every inch of space utilized, would not have been recognized by a stranger who knew them of old. His personal interest in the men was not less than in their work. He won the love and confidence of every man under his jurisdiction. He knew them all by name. He was the first to come to them with help in time of trouble. His broad sympathy, untainted by any air of patronage, had completely captured them, mind and heart. It was his ambition to make the police and fire departments of Toledo first in efficiency, organization and appearance in the country. He visited many cities and studied their systems. He won the confidence and friendship of all whom he visited. When he died no more sincere expressions of sorrow came than from those officials of other cities who knew him well. His efforts were rewarded, for the police and fire departments he left were unexcelled anywhere in any respect. Not alone in his own department did Franklin S. Macomber confine his work. He was the moving spirit in every enterprise looking to the uplift of the city. He was the right hand of the mayor in every vexatious problem of the municipality. He won the confidence of the labor -unions. He won the confidence of the employers. In time of labor difficulties it was to him both sides appealed, and his efforts never failed to secure a settlement. He was actively interested in mu- 58 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY nicipal legislation at Columbus. He assisted materially in the preparation and passage of the Paine Bill, providing for the Federal System of municipal government. He was already selected, not only by Mayor Whitlock himself, but by the public sentiment, to he the Director of Public Works, and to re-create the other departments of the city government as -he had re-created the police and fire departments. He never lived to see the new law in operation. He was taken without warning to family, friends or associates. On Dec. 10, 1908, he went to the Toledo Hospital for a minor operation. Not the slightest danger was dreamed of by any one. In less than an hour he was dead from heart failure under anaesthesia. The tremendous pressure of the great work he had done had, unknown to anyone, impaired his strength and health and left him no power to rally. The entire city was stunned and grief stricken at the news. No such demonstration of personal sorrow had ever been witnessed in Toledo before. Every associate in his police work, in his business, every tenant and employe, every fireman and policeman, had lost a dearly beloved friend. The newsboys cried in the streets at the announcement. They all knew him well. The extent of his great personal charity, sympathy and friendship was suspected by none until he had gone. Then those whom he had befriended came from every quarter to bear testimony of their sorrow. This work had been done, this public grief had been caused by a man not vet thirty-one years of age. Although enabled to win the confidence and friendship of men in all classes of life, from gambler and saloonkeeper to preacher and priest, his life and every thought had remained as pure and as clean as that of a little child. He was a man without guile. He was married, Nov. 25, 1903, to Miss Annie G. Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reynolds, prominent for many years in business and social circles of Toledo. One son, Charles Reynolds Macomber, was born of this union in 1904. A devoted husband and father, he had five years of ideal married life. Samuel M. Young, late of Toledo, a pioneer attorney and counsellor-at-law, for many years prominently identified with various banking interests, promoter of many extensive railroad projects, and a man of large affairs, was for sixty-one years an honored and influential citizen of Lucas county. His career was crowned with eminent success and prestige ; he was widely and favorably known throughout the commonwealth, and he enjoyed to the fullest extent the respect and esteem of his legal brethren, business associates, competitors. patrons. and all cthers with whom he came in contact, as an exceptionally capable, dignified and high-minded gentleman. It was in Lebanon. Grafton county, New Hampshire. in 1806, that Mr. Young first beheld the light of day, and it was in that vicinity that he received a common-school education and grew to manhood. In early youth, he determined upon the legal profession as his life vocation and, shortly after leaving school, began to read law in the office of John M. Pomeroy. of Burlington, Vt.; and after admission to the bar came west, to Maumee, this county, where, in 1835, he established an office and embarked in the work of his profession. BIOGRAPHICAL - 59 His advent in Lucas county was made during the memorable controversy, familiarly termed the "Toledo War," but he was not an active participant therein, because he then lived in Maumee, which was outside the disputed territory. Upon the organization of Lucas county, Mr. Young became its first auditor, in which capacity he served for two years. In 1838, Morrison R. Waite, a graduate of Yale University, and later in his career one of Ohio's most eminent attorneys, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, located in Maumee and entered the office of Mr. Young, where he read law for a year, after which he was admitted to the bar of Ohio and associated himself with Mr. Young, under the firm title of Young & Waite, which rapidly attained to prominence and came to be recognized as one of the talented legal concerns of the county. In 1850, an office was established in Toledo, of which Mr. Waite assumed charge, the subject of this memoir remaining in charge of the office at Maumee, where he resided until 1860, when he took up his residence in Toledo. In 1852, he became a stockholder and director in the Cleveland & Toledo Railway Company, which road was then in the process of construction, and with which he was identified until it was merged with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway. Later, Mr. Young acquired stock in the Columbus & Toledo Railroad Company, and also was elected to the board of directors, continuing his connections with the road until its consolidation with the Columbus & Hocking Valley railway, which was a part of the larger organization of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad Company. In 1856, the immediate subject of this sketch retired from the active practice of law and turned his attention to his financial interests, having, with others, during the preceding year, purchased the old Dank of Toledo, with which he was associated until 1863. when, under the national banking law, it was reorganized as the Toledo National Bank, with Mr. Young as president. in which capacity Ile continued until January, 1905. In 1862, lie associated himself with Abner L. Backus, under the firm name of Young & Backus. which concern erected the gigantic elevators on Water street, near Adams street, which were designed especially for the canal grain trade, then an important factor in Toledo commerce. After having been associated with this concern for eighteen years, he withdrew, the firm becoming that of A. L. Backus & Sons. Mr. Young was for several years proprietor of the toll bridge across the Maumee river at Maumee, which, in 1877, was purchased by Lucas and Wood counties. In 1866, he became extensively interested in the Toledo Gas Light & Coke Company, assisting in the reorganization and extension of its business, and serving as president for some time. In 1870, lie organized the Toledo Hotel Company, which, two years later, erected the Boody House, and of which company he was president for several years. though he disposed of his interest therein some time prior to his death. During the days. of the old Whig party, when Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were its foremost advocates in the nation, Mr, Young was one of its most prominent supporters in this region, continuing as such until the death of the 60 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY organization, in the fifties. Upon the birth of its successor, the Republican party, he espoused the cause and principles of the newer organization, of which he was a stanch advocate up to the time of his death. He was for many years an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church, of Toledo, and contributed liberally of his time and means to various religious and worthy charitable and philanthropic movements. Few men have had a wider or more varied career than did Mr. Young, yet. in the various capacities in which his exceptionally industrious life placed him, he brought to the discharge of his duties executive ability of a high order, a conscientious and intelligent devotion to duty. and absolute honesty—essential attributes in the larger affairs of life. On June 29, 1841, he led to the altar Miss Angeline L. Upton, a step-daughter of Dr. Horatio Conant, of Maumee, and of this happy union were born six children, namely : Horatio S., Frank I., Elizabeth, and Timothy, all of whom are deceased, and Morrison Waite, now president of the Second National Bank of Toledo, and Mrs. F. B. Swayne, of New York city, the only surviving members of the family. On New Year's Day, in the year 1897, Mr. Young received the Master's summons to the, life eternal, thus closing an exceptionally eventful life of ninety-one years, and all felt that a leader whom it was thought could not be spared had been called home to his reward. He left to posterity a clean record, as a lawyer, business man and citizen, which will long serve as an inspiration to others, and will remain a precious heritage to those he left behind. He has gone out of life, but his memory will never pass from the respect and affection of those who love and revere greatness and goodness. His widow, who was his faithful and affectionate helpmeet and companion throughout their wedded life of nearly threescore years, survived him five months, her death occurring on June 8, 1897. James Drummond has been prominently connected with the dry-goods trade of Toledo for a period of forty years, and he is recognized as an expert in that line of endeavor as well as a close student of economic questions and a man of superior mental attainments. He was born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, June 29, 1848, and is the son of James and Isabella (Marshall) Drummond. The father was a stone mason and sculptor in his native land, a prominent member and official of St. Michael's lodge of Free Masons in Crieff, and an enthusiastic curler. The mother was a daughter of a well-to-do farmer, was educated at Perth, and was a schoolmate of Robert Nicol, the poet. James Drummond is descended from a branch (Strageath) of the Drummond family, retaining right of burial in the private burying ground of the Drummonds in Muthill churchyard, one of the oldest in Scotland, where some members. of his immediate family are buried. The subject of this brief review received a common school education, finishing at the renowned parish school of . Monzievaird and Strowan, of which Mr. McRostie was the principal. This school is situated in one of the most beautiful localities in Scotland, four miles. west of Crieff, and attendance there entailed a daily walk of eight miles, but this was not considered a hardship by the enthusiastic youth. After BIOGRAPHICAL - 61 leaving school, he engaged in the drapery business in Crieff, and there he served an apprenticeship of four years. While thus engaged he was admitted as a communicant of the Free (Presbyterian) Church and actively affiliated with the Young Men's Christian Association, succeeding James Stalker, who is now a professor in Aberdeen University, as secretary of that association. In March, 1868, he went to Glasgow, where he remained about a year in the employ of Arthur and Fraser. Leaving Glasgow on March 4, 1869, he sailed for Boston, Mass., where he had an engagement with the well known firm of Hogg, Brown & Taylor. He remained in Boston until October, 1870, when he came to Toledo, and here he has since been engaged in the dry-goods business, in the employ of various firms. His first trip to New York as a linen buyer was made in the fall of 1879, in the interest of David Robison & Sons, and in 1882, he engaged with Fred Eaton & Company in a similar position, with which concern and their successors he has remained up to the present time. During this. period he has established an enviable reputation as a linen buyer, and he is as well known on White and Franklin streets, in New York city, as on Summit street in Toledo. Mr. Drummond has been connected with two fraternal societies, having been a charter member of Anthony Wayne lodge, Knights of Pythias, and he was the first chancellor commander of Concord lodge of the same fraternity. He was also a charter member of Oak council, National Union. In politics, he is naturally Democratic, and he supported Samuel J. Tilden for the presidency upon the issue of "Pacification of the South." He voted for James A. Garfield, upon the issue of specie resumption, and he became an ardent supporter of Frank H. Hurd in his advocacy of free trade, being a delegate to the National Free Trade Convention, held in Chicago in 1885. He voted for Grover Cleveland in 1884, 1888, and 1892, but with the change of issues following Cleveland's second election, he changed his political affiliations and supported McKinley in 1896 and 1900, .Roosevelt in 1904, and Taft in 1908. In 1875, Mr. Drummond was married, in Toledo, to Mary, the youngest daughter of John and Lucy (Trombley) Jones, who were early settlers in Michigan, from whence they moved to Toledo in the early 60's. Mrs. Jones, surviving her husband, is still alive and active at over ninety-one years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Drummond there have been born two children, Bertha and James, both of whom are married, Bertha to Claude L. Johnston, and James to Miss Blanche Barror, of which union has been born one child, James Barror. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have two children, Helen and James Lynn. Hon. Charles E. Chittenden is the present incumbent of the office of judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the sub-division of the judicial district in which Lucas county is situated, and his elevation to this position is a tribute to his ability as a lawyer and worth as a citizen, the more pronounced because of the fact that the district is usually carried by the opposition party by a substantial majority. Mr. Chittenden is a native son of Ohio and was born at Republic, Seneca county, Sept. 16, 1865. His parents are 62 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Edwin S. and Addie S. (Baldwin) Chittenden, both of whom were born in Republic, Ohio, where the father was engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years and until 1890. He then removed to Toledo, and for a number of years has been the manager of the first floor of Milner & Company's large department store on Summit street. To these parents there were born three children, of which the Hon. Charles E. is the eldest. Nellie, the second born and only daughter, is the wife of Prof. Frank T. Carlton, professor of economics and history in the Albion (Mich.) College, and Herbert T., the youngest, is a practicing lawyer in Toledo, of whom a more extended mention is made on another page of this volume. The father was one of the valiant sons of Ohio that went to the front in the dark days of the Civil war and gave his services to his country in her hour of need. Hon. Charles E. Chittenden received his preliminary education in the common schools of Republic, Ohio, and at the academy at Fostoria, after which he attended a short term at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, finishing his scholastic training at what is now known as the Ohio Northwestern University at Ada. After leaving school, he read law two years in the office of Seney & Schaufelberger, at Tiffin, and then matriculated at the Cincinnati Law School, in which he graduated in the class of 1889. Soon after his graduation, he began the practice of his profession at Tiffin, forming a partnership with Charles E. Derr, under the firm name of Chittenden    Derr, but after two years had elapsed the partnership was dissolved, and in August, 1891, Mr. Chittenden came to Toledo. There he practiced his profession alone for about a year, until his brother, Herbert j. Chittenden. had completed his law studies, when the two formed a partnership under the name of Chittenden & Chittenden, which continued until November, 1908, when Charles E. was elected to the position of Judge of the Common Pleas Court. Herbert J. continues the practice alone, with offices at 1622-1628 Nicholas Building. In politics, judge Chittenden gives allegiance to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party, but prior to his election to the judgeship had held but one official position, that of United States Commissioner, for five years, to which position he was appointed by judge Ricks. His religious faith is expressed by membership in the First Unitarian Church of Toledo, and he takes an active interest in fraternal orders. He has been a member of the Grand Tribunal of the Knights of Pythias of the state of Ohio for the past ten years ; is a Past Master of Rubicon Lodge, No. 237, F. & A. M., and Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Toledo Council. No. 33, Royal and Select Masters ; is a member of Toledo Chapter, No. 161, R. A. M., and of Toledo Commandery No. 7, Knights Templar. On Aug. 27, 1889, Judge Chittenden was married to Miss Edith Foster, daughter of Dr. Thomas Foster, of Carey , Wyandotte county, Ohio, and to this union there have been born two children, Catherine and Edwin F. Judge Chittenden and family reside in a pleasant home at No. 2452 Glenwood avenue. O'Brien O'Donnell, probate judge of Lucas county, was born in St. Clair county, Michigan, son of Patrick O'Donnell, a pros- BIOGRAPHICAL - 63 perous farmer. John O'Donnell, the father of Patrick, was born in Ireland and became a pioneer settler of 'Wayne county, Michigan, subsequently locating in St. Clair county. He had been a farmer in his native land and after arriving in his new home he followed the same vocation. The mother of Judge O'Donnell was also a native of Ireland. Her maiden name was Hanora O'Donnell, but she was descended from a different family than that of her husband, her parents being English-Irish. She came to the State of Michigan when she was about thirteen years old, and that State became her permanent home, her death taking place in Kent county, in 1903. O'Brien O'Donnell obtained his elementary education in St. Clair cOunty, Michigan, and later attended the Detroit College of Law, being graduated in that institution and admitted to the bar in both Michigan and Ohio. He was also admitted to practice in the United States courts at Detroit, Mich., and in the District Court in Toledo. For a time he practiced law successively in Port Huron and Detroit, Mich., finally locating in Toledo in the spring of 1896. There he succeeded in building up a large and profitable general practice, and he established a reputation in the state for unusual ability in handling difficult and complicated litigation. He continued y the practice of his profession until February, 1909, when he entered upon the duties of the office of probate judge of Lucas county, to which position he was elected as a candidate upon the Independent ticket. Under the laws of Ohio, the probate judge of Lucas county becomes ex-officio the judge of the juvenile court of the city of Toledo, and in this connection Judge O'Donnell has inaugurated the "Big Brother" movement in that municipality. By means of this movement de- linquent boys are placed under the individual guardianship of responsible persons, whose duty it is to faithfully endeavor to give the lads a chance in life and to guide them toward real manhood. In this most important capacity, Judge O'Donnell has shown a wonderful sympathy with the incorrigible youth of the city, a keen insight into boys' natures and the greatest enthusiasm and interest in the work. His duties in the probate court are arduous and exacting and are performed with punctilious care, but in spite of the incessant demands upon his time and strength, the work of aiding the boys is regarded by him as a great privilege. Judge O'Donnell is a high-minded and gifted man, with long experience in the practice of his profession and a well balanced and judicial mind ; lie is an eloquent public speaker, a deep thinker, and a man whose life is spent in the pursuit of lofty ideals. In political matters, he allies himself with the Democrats on national issues, but in local affairs lie is independent of any political party. He is a member of St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church and is a regular attendant upon its services. He has membership in the Knights of ColumbuS, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Inverness Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. The Monticello, at the corner of Michigan street and Jefferson avenue, is the home of the Judge, and there he has a delightful suite of apartments, furnished wrth every bachelor corn- 64 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY fort. Such a man as Judge O'Donnell, in principle and action the type of nobility of character, can be pointed to with pride as an example to the younger generation of the city of Toledo. Edward Drummond Libbey is the official head of the Libbey Glass Company, the great factory of which, in North Toledo, gives employment to hundreds of-men, and as a most progressive citizen he has shown an unusual civic spirit by his donations to charitable organizations and public institutions. Mr. Libbey was born at Chelsea, Mass., April 17, 1854, and is the son of William L. and Julia M. (Miller) Libbey. William L. Libbey (born 1827, died 1883) was the son of Israel and Mary Libbey, and, in 1850, became the confidential clerk of Jarvis & Commeraise, glass importers and manufacturers, whose factory was located in South Boston. The story of cut glass in the United States began with Deming Jarvis, the senior member of this firm, and the pioneer glass manufacturer of New England. In 1855, Mr. Jarvis sold his factory to his trusted clerk, Mr. Libbey, and the latter conducted the same for ten years, when he went into the manufacture of glassware, exclusively. He built up a very successful business, but he sold it in 1870, after having been appointed general manager of the New England Glass Company, of East Cambridge, Mass. He continued in that capacity until 1880, when he purchased the business entire, taking his son, Edward D., as partner. Edward Drummond Libbey received his early education in the public schools of Boston, and later attended lectures at the Boston University. In 1874, at the age of twenty years, he was given an interest in his father's glass business, but he began by performing the most trivial of office duties, assuming various clerical positions, in order to learn every detail of the work. Upon the death of his father, in 1883, he became the sole proprietor, and the business continued with the same successful stride under his leadership. The discovery of natural gas in Northwestern Ohio was Toledo's opportunity, as it afforded cheap fuel to the manufacturer, and, in 1888, Mr. Libbey moved the 'business to this city and incorporated it as the Libbey Glass Company, of which he is president. Toledo has never regretted the invasion of Mr. Libbey, for he has done as much for the city as has any resident who ever lived here. Within the -past eleven years he has been largely interested in the manufacture of automatic machinery for the making of glassware and has introduced to the trade the Owens machine that blows glass automatically, doing away with the old hand-andlung method. Mr. Libbey was president of the Toledo Glass Company, a corporation established by him, in 1894, and, in 1903, he organized the Owens Bottle Machine Company, an Ohio corporation, which company secured an exclusive license from the Toledo Glass Company for the United States, for the manufacture of machines and machine-made bottles. This company introduced the bottle machines into the United States, and has been very successful. He is also president of the Owens European Bottle Machine Company, which was organized in 1905, and which company purchased from the Toledo Glass Company all European rights for the Owens Bottle Machine, and which rights were in turn recently BIOGRAPHICAL - 65 sold to the syndicate of European bottle manufacturers. Mr. Lib-bey is also president of the Northwestern Ohio Bottle Company and the Owens West Virginia Bottle Company. Besides the business connections mentioned, Mr. Libbey is vice president of the Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., and socially he is a member of the Union League Club, of Chicago, the Duquesne Club, of Pittsburg, and the Toledo Club, of Toledo. Always a lover of art, he has been the chief benefactor in establishing the Toledo Museum of Art, which bids fair to become one of the greatest centers of attraction in the city of Toledo. On May 29, 1909, he and his wife, Florence (Scott) Libbey, conveyed by deed to the trustees of the museum seven lots and all the buildings thereon, the place conveyed being the old homestead of the late Maurice A. Scott, father of Mrs. Libbey, in Scottwood addition to the city. The terms of this deed are that the trustees shall hold the same for fifty years, erect thereon a museum for the advancement and display of works of art, and, after the lapse of the stated time, the trustees may do with the property as they may desire. In addition to this gift, Mr. Libbey purchased 100 feet on the west side of the new museum property, on Monroe street, extending 400 feet to Grove Place, thus giving the museum a total frontage on Monroe street of 500 feet, and the same on Grove Place. This acquisition was purchased for the purpose of protecting the museum from any future encroachment on the part of unsympathetic property owners who might erect unsightly buildings close to the beautiful Greek museum structure. In all, Mr. Libbey has donated to the cause of art, in Toledo, $130,000. An important addition to the sculpture gallery at the museum has been made .by Mrs. Sarah C. Libbey (widow of the late William L. Libbey, father of Edward D. Libbey), of Brookline, Mass., the same being a beautiful cast of the statue of Joan of Arc, by Chapu, the original of which is in the Luxemburg gallery, Paris. This figure of the Maid of Orleans is lifesize, and by all critics it is acknowledged to be the finest ever conceived and executed of this notable and interesting figure in French history. The cast represents her as a peasant girl, before she donned her sword and armor and led the armies of victorious -France. In closing this brief sketch of one of Toledo's leading citizens, it is fitting that further mention be made of one of the city's most important branches of manufacture. Toledo has the largest cut-glass factory in the world—the Libbey Glass Company —as well as the largest plate glass plant, and besides, it is the home of the Owens Bottle Machine, one of the greatest inventions in this line conceived by the genius of man. And for these distinctions the people of Toledo are greatly indebted to the Libbey Glass Company, because it is the city's pioneer glass industry and has done much to spread the fame of the city as a manufacturing center. Under normal business conditions, the company employs about 1,800 men, and, in addition to cut-glass, the concern makes bulbs for incandescent lights and supplies the factory of the General Electric Company, at Mulberry and Champlain streets, in this city. But the manufacture of glass bulbs is only incidental in the opera- 66 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY tions of the company, which has gained fame throughout the world for its cut-glass. In the cutting of glass into intricate and beautiful designs this nation excels all others, and the Libbey Glass Company is recognized as standing at the head of the cut-glass makers of this country. From the beginning down to the present, the company has held fast to the highest ideals, until it is possible for the connoisseur to pick out the Libbey product almost immediately. The triumphs of the Libbey Glass Company at the World's Fair at Chicago, in 1893, are still fresh in the public mind. It may be said that the magnificent enterprise which prompted the company to erect, at a-cost of more than $100,000, a beautiful building, in which the art of making and cutting glass was carried on in all its branches, was the culminating effort of almost a century of steady progress. At the World's Fair at St. Louis, too, Libbey cut-glass was adequately in evidence, the interval that had elapsed from the time of the previous exposition showing an artistic advance, quite in keeping with the previous progress of the product. Holland C. Webster is one of the most promising of the younger generation of lawyers in the city of Toledo, and his career thus far has been marked by phenomenal success both as a practitioner of his profession and as an indefatigable worker in the other walks of life. Mr. Webster was born in Marion, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1876, and is the son of Rev. L. C. and Angeline (B'Dilon) Webster, the former of whom was born near Berkshire, Delaware county, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1830, and the latter near West Liberty, in Logan county, Ohio, in 1835: They were married at West Liberty, June 1, 1856, and they now reside at Marion, Ohio. During the father's active career he was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the performance of his duties in that capacity filled pastorates in many different places and was widely known through- out Northwestern Ohio. He retired from the ministry about fifteen years ago, having devoted the period of activity to the cause of righteousness. He was a member of the Central Ohio conference. To him and his good wife there were born five children—two sons and three daughters—all of whom are living, with the exception of the youngest daughter, who became the wife of \V. A. Pelt, and died in 1899. The oldest daughter is the wife of S. E. DeWolfe, of Marion, Ohio ; the second is the wife of Dr. Frank Felix, of Cleveland ; Don R. is the eldest son and is engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Denver, Col.; and Holland C., the youngest of the children, is he to whom this review is more particularly dedicated. Holland C. Webster received his preliminary education in the public schools of Delphos, Kenton, Carey and Toledo, Ohio, and finished his literary training with a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, where he graduated, in June, 1898. He spent five years in this institution of learning, taking a course in law in addition to his classical studies, and he finished his preparations for his professional career by studying for six months in the office of Hon. George E. Crane, of Kenton, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1898, and permanently located in Toledo, Dec. 1 of the same year, com- BIOGRAPHICAL - 67 mencing the practice of his profession in the office of Judge John F. Kumler. On May 1, 1904, he was appointed to the position of Second Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Lucas county, and served as such until Jan. 1, 1906. His services in this capacity were such as to bring him more prominently before the public, and his ability was recognized from the very beginning. In January, 1906, he was retained as the legal counsellor for all of the county boards and county officials, and he filled that important position for the ensuing year. In politics, he gives an unswerving allegiance to the Republican party, and in the campaign of 1908, in his absence and without solicitation on his part, he was nominated as the party candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney, and at the November election he was successful by a majority of 3,600 votes. This is the more remarkable when the fact is considered that in the 1908 contest in Lucas county there was a decidedly mixed result, the independent voter appearing as legion, and each candidate was compelled to stand or fall upon his record. Mr. Webster entered upon the duties of his office, Jan. 4, 1909, and it is safe to say, with no disparagement of others, that Lucas county never had a more painstaking official than he who now fills the position of her legal representative. Mr. Webster also has a liking for the military, and for the past five years has been captain of the First Company Signal Corps of the First Regiment, Ohio National Guards. Fraternally, he takes an active interest in the Masonic order, of which he is a Blue Lodge member, and in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. During the year 1908 he officiated as Exalted Ruler of Toledo Lodge, No. 53, and he was the representative to the grand lodge which met in Los Angeles, Cal., in July, 1909. During his incumbency of the office of Exalted Ruler, Toledo lodge made great progress, both financially and numerically, the membership total reaching well beyond the 700 mark at the close of his administration. He is captain of the "Cherry Pickers" drill squad of Toledo lodge. Socially, he has membership in the Lincoln Club, the Rail Splitters, and in the East Side McKinley Club. On July 25, 1903, Mr. Webster was ,married to Miss Ezsma Kutz, daughter of the late Henry Kutz, of Hancock county, Ohio, the father having been a prominent oil producer in that section. Mr. and Mrs. Webster are pleasantly located at the Vendome Flats, Twenty-first street and Madison avenue. Lindley Warren Morris, ex-judge of the common pleas court for the first subdivision of the fourth district, was born on his father's farm, near Alliance, Columbiana county, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1853. He is a son of Thomas C. and Minerva J. (Preston) Morris, both of English descent, and both members of Quaker families. The father was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and the mother was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, whither her parents came from Campbell county, Virginia, a short time before her birth. At the beginning of the Civil war, Thomas C. Morris enlisted as second sergeant in Company B (Benton Cadets), in the regiment known as the "Fremont Guards," and served with that organization until it was disbanded, in the fall of 1861. He 68 - MEMOIRS OP LUCAS COUNTY then recruited Company K, Eightieth Ohio infantry, and was commissioned captain of the company. On March 22, 1862, he joined his regiment at Paducah, Ky., and was mustered into the -United States service for three years. At the expiration of his term, he reenlisted and served until after the close of hostilities. His regiment was first With General Pope through the siege of Corinth ; fought at Farmington and Iuka, Miss.; then took part in the Vicksburg campaign and siege ; was then transferred to Eastern Tennessee and fought at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge ; was with General Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, in 1864, and followed that victorious commander in the march to the sea and up through the Carolinas, to Washington. In the meantime, Captain Morris had been several times promoted, until he received a commission as lieutenant-colonel, and at the close of the war was in command of the regiment. After the surrender of Lee's and Johnston's armies, the regiment was ordered to Little Rock, Ark., where it remained on duty until Aug. 13, 1865, when it was mustered out. Mr. Morris then returned home and resumed the management of his farm and his neglected business. In the fall of 1869, he was elected sheriff of Columbiana county, and was reelected in the fall of 1871, holding the office for four years in all. Upon retiring from the office he again settled down to farm life, in which line of activity he continued until his death, in 1893. His wife also died in that year. Lindley W. Morris received his early education in the country and village schools, where he was partially prepared for college. When his father was elected sheriff, Lindley was made chief deputy, a position he continued to hold during part of the succeeding administration of the shrievalty. While thus employed, he occupied his leisure hours in private study, and, in 1874, entered Oberlin College, when he took the full classical course and graduated, in 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. While attending college, he defrayed part of his expenses by teaching school during the winter months, and, after receiving his degree, he taught for a time in Trumbull county, Ohio, as principal of a normal school, which was attended by a large number of teachers. In January, 1879, he entered the law office of Nichols & Firestone, at New Lisbon, as a student, and in the following year he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. In July, 1880, he located in Toledo, where he was continuously engaged in the practice of his profession until his elevation to the bench, never being in partnership with anyone. Judge Morris is a Republican in his political convictions, and has taken an active part in campaigns, at the same time standing high in the councils of his party. In 1889, he was nominated for judge of the common pleas court, but was defeated. In 1891, he was elected a member of the Toledo city council, reelected in 1893, and during 18934 was president of the council until the end of his term.. In the fall of 1893 he was nominated and .elected judge of the common pleas court for the first subdivision of the fourth district, for the term beginning Oct. 28, 1894, and before the beginning of his judicial term he resigned his seat in the council. He was twice reelected, and retired from BIOGRAPHICAL - 69 the bench, Oct. 27, 1909, resuming the practice of law at Toledo. During his service on the bench, his decisions gave satisfaction to members of the bar, and to the litigants themselves, even though some of them were disappointed. On Dec. 27, 1894, Judge Morris married Miss Fanny May Darling, a native of Hyde Park, Mass., a suburb of Boston. She is a daughter of the late Col. Henry A. and Mary (Newcomb) Darling. Judge Morris and his wife have one son, Lindley Warren, Jr., born Oct. 28, 1895, and a daughter, Hattie Darling, born May 12, 1898. Another son, Willis Hamilton, died in infancy. Judge Morris is a member of the Toledo Yacht Club, the Business Men's Club, the Lincoln Club, the McKinley Club, and the National Union. John H. Spielbusch is the popular and efficient treasurer of the city of Toledo, where he has been a lifelong resident, never having been tempted by the spirit of discontent to wander into unknown fields and seek to better his condition. in strange lands. He was born in the city of Toledo, Sept. 6, 1866, in a house built upon a lot which was purchased by his father in 1854, when this beautiful city on the lake was an infant in size, compared to what it is to-day. His parents were Henry and Barbara (Himmelspach) Spielbusch, old-time residents of Toledo, the mother having been the second white child born in Lucas county. She is still living at the advanced age of seventy-six years. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spielbusch were born three children, of whom Pauline Roeder died in 1908, Clara Mathes resides in Detroit, and John H. is he to whom this review is more particularly dedicated. Henry Spielbusch, the father, was born in Oelde, in Westphalia, near Munster, Prussia, Nov. 13, 1825. Early in life he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, at which he worked until his migration to America. On July 30, 1850, he landed in New York City with twenty-four dollars in his pocket, an amount which he had saved by working at his trade for six cents per day in addition to his board and clothes. He stayed in New York City a couple of months, and on Oct. 15, 1850, arrived in Toledo, where he remained for a period of nine months. He then went to Cincinnati, where he worked a short time, and then continued his travels southward to New Orleans, at which place he was stricken with the yellow fever. He returned to Toledo, April 2, 1852, and worked as a blacksmith six months for George Mathias. He then entered into partnership with Earnest Ruter, and they conducted a blacksmith shop at the corner of St. Clair and Orange streets, for a period of eleven years. Upon the accession of Charles M. Dorr to the mayoralty of Toledo, in 1863, Mr. Spielbusch was one of the first appointments made to the police force, and while serving in this capacity he built a two-story brick building on Cherry street, which was the first structure of its kind erected on that thoroughfare. In this building, on Oct. 6, 1866, Mr. Spielbusch opened a grocery store, which was the beginning of his very successful business career. He was first associated in partnership with Henry Rancamp, with whom he was associated one year; and he then formed a partnership with Charles Oeckel, which continued for a .period of six years, after which Mr. 70 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Spielbusch conducted the business alone until the time of his death, March 31, 1904. His worth as a citizen was recognized in his election to positions of responsibility and he was a useful member of the Toledo city council from 1878 to 1888. He was a member of Fire Company No. 4, composed mainly of Germans, and in January, 1859, was one of the organizers and first treasurer of the Firemen's Benevolent Society. For years prior to his death he was a director of the old Central Savings Bank, which is now known as the Continental Savings & Trust Company. His religious faith was expressed by membership in the Roman Catholic church, and socially he affiliated with a number of German societies. John H. Spielbusch received his preliminary education in the public schools of the city of Toledo, and then prepared himself for active life by taking a course of instruction in a business college. After leaving school, he engaged in several minor occupations and then entered the grocery business with his father, with whom he remained for a period of twenty years and until the death of Mr. Spielbusch, Sr. Then the young man assumed the entire control of the business and conducted it until Oct. 1, 1908, when he retired to devote his entire time to the duties of city treasurer, to which position he had been chosen at the preceding city election. Inheriting a taste for politics from his father, who as already stated was a member of the city council for ten years, he has invariably avoided being a partisan, although his leaning is toward the basic principles of Republicanism. But in the exercise of his right of franchise he has been consistently independent, always voting according to the dictates of an enlightened judgment after a faithful and unbiased study of the questions at issue. His choice among candidates has always been made with a consideration of the fitness of the men presenting themselves, and if he deemed it to be for the best interests of the community, he has been found working just as hard for good Democrats as for Republicans. Quiet in disposition and unassuming in manner, Mr. Spielbusch would not convey to the casual observer the fact that lying beneath the calm exterior are the qualities which make a man of exceptional business ability. Yet by those who know him intimately he is recognized as one of the shrewdest and far-seeing business men in Lucas county. These qualities have been demonstrated and his good judgment proven by the fact that he selected the city of his birth as the scene of his successful achievements. As he grew to manhood he realized that he was already in a most favored spot, and no other place offered sufficient inducements to tempt him to seek his fortune in a different clime. He remained where he was born and reared, devoted a great portion of his time and a large share of his resources to the upbuilding and betterment of his native city, and the results have been beneficial both to himself and the community in which he lives. One phase of his character is his spirit of philanthropy, and this he exercises with so little ostentation that it is known to but a very few, and even to those but in a very limited degree: Of those he has helped privately there is no way of ascertaining the number, and his public gifts are made with no BIOGRAPHICAL - 71 blare of trumpets nor sounding of drums. Notable among his acts of generosity is the presenting to the city of Toledo the fountain which replaced the old market-house at the corner of Spielbusch avenue (which was named in honor of his distinguished father) and Cherry street. The fountain is not only highly ornamental, but it is also of practical utility in supplying water to both man and beast. Mr. Spielbusch has also been the financial backer of the "Independent Voter," the organ of the Independent party in the city of Toledo, and the substantial encouragement he has extended it has been of material assistance in enabling it to place before the public the views and principles which he so earnestly advocates. He has been a director of the Security Savings Bank Trust Co. since its organization. Hon. John P. Manton is one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Lucas county, and his career is one that should serve as an inspiration to struggling youths who have their own way to make in the world. He has reached the honorable position which he now occupies by dint of hard work, and he stands as an example of the possibilities when honest efforts are put forth in this land of opportunities. Judge Manton was born in the city of Toledo, Oct. 22, 1861, the son of Thomas and Jane (Reilly) Manton, the father being a native of Ireland and the mother of the state of New York. The maternal grandparents were early settlers in Toledo, to which place they removed when the mother of the subiect of this review was but one year old. Prior to his removal to Ohio, the grandfather was employed in the construction of the Erie Canal, and he followed the occupation of a stone mason during his active career. The mother of our subject is still living and resides on Rockingham street in Toledo. Thomas Manton was a contracting mason, and followed that occupation through life, dying in Toledo. in October, 1892. To him and his good wife there were born sixteen children, of which only four grew to the Years of maturity, and only three—of which Judge Manton is the eldest—are now living. The others are Mrs. T. J. Bradley of Toledo, and Mrs. Mary J. Printy, wife of M. J. Printy. Edward H. died at the age of twenty-one years. John P. Manton received his scholastic training in parochial schools and at St. Patrick's Academy, which he attended until fifteen years of age. Then, it may be said that he commenced his independent career by engaging as a clerk in the grocery store of, Eagan Brothers, in Toledo. He remained with this firm about one year, and then was employed by Herman Severance, as bookkeeper, for a period of eighteen months. At the end of this time he entered the employ of the Toledo Pump Company, as shipping clerk, and later worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as yard clerk in Toledo and as bill clerk in the office. He remained with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company three years, after which he was with the Wheeling & Lake Erie, as bill clerk, and the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw, in the accounting department. He then was employed for two years as assistant secretary of the Toledo City Natural Gas Plant, and later was in the Internal Revenue Collector's office for 72 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY four and one-half years, in the administration of President Cleveland. While engaged in the last named employment he took the first steps toward attaining his life's ambition, and after faithfully performing the duties of his position during working hours he delved into Blackstone and Kent at night, thus fitting himself for admission to the bar, which goal he reached in March, 1898. In June, following, he formed a partnership with Joseph P. Hanley, under the firm name of Hanley & Manton, and was thus associated two years, building up a fine practice and becoming well established at the Lucas county bar. In 1900, he accepted a position in the city solicitor's office, under Moses Bradley, where he remained two years,, and in January, 1906, he was appointed second assistant city solicitor under Charles H. Northrup, the present city solicitor. While holding this position, in the fall of 1908, he was nominated for the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and at the ensuing election was victorious by a flattering majority. This is the more worthy of note when the fact is considered that the opposition party in Lucas county has a normal plurality which runs into the thousands. Judge Manton took his seat upon the Common Pleas bench, Jan. 1, 1909, for a term of six years. At the present time he is also Dean of the Law Department of St. John's University, succeeding the late Judge Harmon in that position. While in politics he usually acts with the Democratic party, Judge Manton is decidedly independent in his views and belongs to that class of progressive thinkers which in the past few years has contributed to the purification of party politics and the undoing of the time-serving politician. His religious views are expressed by membership in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and he is a member of the Knights of Columbus. On May 10, 1885, Judge Manton was married to Miss Matilda M. Goulden, of Toledo, and to this union there have been born eight children—four sons and four daughters—as follows : James P., Mary Lucile, Thomas R., Monica, Virginia, John Paul, Joseph E., and Jane. The family residence is at 2476 Lawrence avenue. Charles Granville Wilson was born in Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, Saturday, June 27, 1846. His father was James William Wilson, and his mother was Nancy (Justice) Wilson. James William Wilson was born in New Berlin, Pa., Feb. 1, 1816, and died in Fremont, Ohio, July 21, 1904. He was educated in the schools of Pennsylvania and, in March, 1837, was graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, then, and still, one of the leading medical schools of the country. After practicing medicine for two years in Center county, Pennsylvania, he removed, in July, 1839, to Fremont, then Lower Sandusky, where he commenced the practice of medicine and where he continued to reside until his death. Dr. Wilson had an extensive medical practice, to which he gave hard and faithful service. In May, 1865, he was one of the most prominent founders of the First National Bank, of Fremont, Ohio, which was the fifth national bank chartered in the 'United States. He was the vice-president of this bank from its founding until Jan. 27, 1874, when he became its BIOGRAPHICAL - 73 president and so continued until his death. In April, 1882, he was one of the founders of the Fremont Savings Bank, of Fremont, Ohio, and was its first president, and continued to be its president until his death. Dr. Wilson invested largely in real estate, in Sandusky, Wood and Lucas counties. He held many positions of trust in his city and county. Samuel Wilson, the grandfather of Charles G. Wilson, was a prominent merchant, banker and land owner of Central Pennsylvania, and resided in New Berlin, in that State. The great-grandfather of Charles G. Wilson was of New England stock. About 1791, he went to Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where, in 1793, he married Rebecca Orwig, and the same year was murdered by the Indians, as he was passing through the forest. He had received a fine education and was a lawyer by profession. Charles G. Wilson's maternal grandfather was James Justice, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 1794, of English parentage. When a youth his parents moved to Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1820, he married Eliza Moore, who was of Scotch parentage, and whose grandfather, George Davis, the great-great-grandfather of Charles G. Wilson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. In 1822, he removed to Lower Sandusky, now Fremont, Ohio, where he died, in 1873. James Justice was a soldier in the war of 1812 and took part in the campaigns in Northwestern Ohio. In 1823, at the age of thirty-one years, he was elected as Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and was commissioned for seven years by Gov. Jeremiah Morrow. In 1832, he was re-elected and was commissioned for an additional seven years by Gov. Duncan McArthur. Judge Justice was largely interested in manufacturing and banking, and was frequently placed by his fellow citizens in positions of public trust. He was a man possessed of a wonderful amount of good, hard, common sense, and had with it an abundant fund of humor that sweetened life and made him always a welcome companion. Charles G. Wilson attended the public schools of Fremont, Ohio, until April, 1863, when he went to the Reverend Brayton's college preparatory school, at Painesville, Ohio, to commence his preparation for college. At this school, among his schoolmates, were a number of Toledo boys—Edward T. Waite. son of Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, being his room mate ; Frank Smith, son of Dennison B. Smith. and Joe Brown, grandson of General Brown. He remained at this school for a little more than a year and, in September, 1863, he entered Milnor Hall, a college preparatory school, at Gambier, Ohio. In September, 1864, he entered the Freshman class, at Gambier, Ohio, took the four-year classical course, and graduated June 25, 1868, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. On June 28, 1871, Kenyon College conferred upon him the additional degree of Master of Arts. In college, he was always prominent in athletics. He played on the first nine of the college baseball team during all his college course, as short-stop and catcher, and, in his Junior and Senior years, was Captain of the nine, being known as the "home-run getter.'! In these years, he weighed between 130 and 140 pounds, was very active and strong, and 74 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY made it a rule to practice in the gymnasium nearly every day. During all his preparatory school and college course, he never encountered any one who could defeat him, either at running or at high or broad jump. In his Freshman year, he became a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity—the original and always one –of the leading college fraternities of the United States. In college, he early became identified with the Nupi Kappa Literary and Debating Society, and during his college course was an ardently active member of the same. In his Senior year, he was president of his class, and was also chosen one of the four editors of the "Kenyon Reveille." a publication then, and still, issued by the Senior class. In 1868, in his Senior year, with four other brother fraternity men of his class, he took the Master's and the two preceding degrees at the Masonic lodge, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, thus perpetuating through life the fraternal relations so happily begun at college. After graduation. he entered the law office of Buckland. Everett & Fowler, at Fremont, Ohio, where he commenced the study of law, and where he continued such study until October, 1869, when he entered the Harvard Law School, at Cambridge, Mass. Here he took the full course of two years and, June 28, 1871, was graduated by that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Law. On Sept. 4, 1871. he was admitted to the bar, at Elyria, Ohio, by the old District Court then sitting there. On Oct. 2, 1871, Mr. Wilson took up his residence at Toledo, Ohio, and connected himself with the law office of Pratt & Starr, which consisted of Charles Pratt and Charles C. Starr. In July, 1872, Mr. Starr withdrew from the firm and Mr. Pratt and Mr. Wilson formed a law partnership, as Pratt & Wilson. with offices in the Finlay Building, known as the Chamber of Commerce. at the corner of Summit and Madison streets. This building has since, burned. In 1879, Erskine H. Potter was admitted to the firm, which then became Pratt, Wilson & Potter. This partnership eon-tinned until 1880. when Mr. Potter withdrew and the firm again became Pratt & Wilson. In 1884, Henry S. Pratt, the oldest son of Charles Pratt. was admitted to the firm, which then became Pratt, Wilson & Pratt. In 1890. Henry S. Pratt withdrew from this partnership. which again became Pratt & Wilson and so continued until Feb. 1, 1895, when it was dissolved by reason of the election of Judge Pratt to a seat on the Common Pleas bench. Since that time, Mr. Wilson has not been associated with any one in the practice of law. The firm of Pratt & Wilson was among the leaders of the Lucas county bar, and had a large practice in Lucas county and in the other counties of Northwestern Ohio, especially in the adjoining counties of Wood and Ottawa. On Mr. Wilson fell the burden of the business in the outside counties, so that he often wondered to the bar of which county he rightfully belonged. The offices of Pratt & Wilson were on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce Building, above mentioned, room numbers 24 and 25, until early in 1884, when, with Judge John H. Doyle, they rented, for a term of years, the old brick Gardner residence, at the corner of Madison and Superior