BIOGRAPHICAL - 575 claiming it to cultivation, much of the work of reclamation falling on his sturdy shoulders. Later. in company with a brother, he became engaged in cutting timber in the neighborhood of the parental farm and selling it as cord wood in the village ; and after continuing in this work for several years he purchased the farm which he today owns and operates, having been continuously identified with the agricultural industry from that time to this. Mr. Gayhart served as a member of the Union army in the Civil war, enlisting as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio infantry, May 2, 1864, which regiment was organized at Johnson's Island. Ohio, from May 13 to 31, of that year, for 100 days of service. It was later assigned to the Army of the Potomac and experienced much active service in the State of Virginia, especially in the James and Shenandoah river valleys and in the vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond. It was mustered from the service at Toledo, Sept. 22, 1864. On Jan. 28, 1868, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gayhart to Miss Angeline Penny, daughter of Samuel and Adeline (Sherwood) Penny, of New York State. Of this happy marital union has been born one child—Walter C.—who was reared on his father's farm, received his education in the public schools of Sylvania and Toledo, and is now married and engaged in the real-estate business in the city of Toledo. Although Mr. Gayhart was reared in the Lutheran faith, he is not affiliated with any religious denomination, yet his conduct has ever been actuated by high moral ideals and charity towards his fellow men. In his political adherency. he clings to the faith of his honored father, being a stanch Republican. and though he never aspired to a political career he takes a deep interest in all movements which look to the civic betterment of the community. His loyal interest in his former comrades-in-arms is evidenced by his membership in Page Post, No. 471, Grand Army of the Republic. Warren Henry Parker, deceased, for many years a substantial farmer of Sylvania township. and at the time of his death, Jan. 12, 1899, one of the oldest living pioneers of Lucas county, first beheld the light of day on the old Parker homestead in the State of Massachusetts, May 7. 1819. a son of Levi Simeon and Lucy C. (Gleason) Parker, who were also natives of the old Bay State. In 1831, when twelve years of age. he came to Lucas county with his parents, the father purchasing a tract of land on the banks of the Maumee river, about a half a mile below the site of the present Northwestern depot, in what is now the city of Toledo, but which was then a wilderness. The father. with the able assistance of the subject of this review, reclaimed a large portion of his land from the wilds and later helped to plat the town of Vistula, which is now a part of Toledo. During the winter of 1832. Samuel Allen and Otis Hathaway. who at that time owned a large portion of the land upon which the city of Toledo now stands, and who were then constructing docks on. the river, boarded at the home of Levi Simeon Parker. Warren H. Parker received a thorough common school education, working for his board and keep on a neighboring farm while attending district school. Reared to the sturdy disci- 576 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY pline of rural life, he acquired at a tender age the lessons of hard work and self-dependence, and at the same time became familiar with agricultural pursuits, with which he was continuously identified from his youth to the year 1897, when, having attained to his seventy-seventh year, he disposed of his farm and removed to the village of Sylvania, where he purchased a comfortable home. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and though not an office-seeker in the usual understanding of that term, he was for five years chosen by the electors of the township of Sylvania to the office of township trustee, the duties of which he discharged to the satisfaction of all concerned. He was a member of the Sylvania lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the affairs of which he was a prominent figure. He was twice married. On June 5, 1842, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Martha M. Huling, who was born Oct. 2, 1825, and died Oct. 31, 1849, and of which marital union were born two children : Harris E., born Jan. 11, 1843, and died Aug. 27, 1860 ; and Ellis M., who was born Oct. 21, 1849, and died March 7, 1851. Mr. Parker was married again, in Morenci. Lenawee county, Michigan, to Miss Elizabeth Gilpin, a native of Sumner Hill township, Crawford county. Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John and Mary (Procter) Gilpin ; and of this union one daughter was born—Marietta, who was born Aug. 5, 1867. and passed away Oct. 3, 1877, in her eleventh year. Mrs. Parker's brother, William W. Gilpin, was a gallant soldier in the Union army in the Civil war. In the autumn of 1861, he enlisted in the Sixty-seventh Ohio infantry, and later re-enlisted in a battery of Michigan light artillery, from which he was honorably discharged ; and he died of disease, Oct. 31, 1862. Joseph King, a venerable farmer of Sylvania township, one of the oldest in Lucas county, both 'in point of age and time engaged in agricultural pursuits, was born in Grange township, Medina county, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1836, a son of William and Anna (Peats) King, both of whom were natives of England. William King, during the days of early manood, was a gallant soldier in the British army and served under the command of the Duke of Wellington, one of the greatest generals in England's history, in the memorable battle of Waterloo, wherein the world-empire aspirations of Napoleon Bonaparte were given their death blow. The maternal ancestors of Joseph. King, of this sketch, were noted for their long lives, several of them having lived to be over 100 years old, remaining in full possession of their physical and mental faculties up to the very last. He is the youngest of three brothers, all of whom survive, the others being : Charles, the eldest, who at the advanced age of eighty is a resident of Cleveland, Ohio : and James B., who is living in Hillsdale county, Michigan. The immediate subject of this review was reared on the old King homestead in his native county and his educational advantages were those of the common schools there. He was in New Orleans, La., when the great Civil war broke out and was forced to join a Confederate military company, as a member of which he was compelled to perform drill duty at Eunice Landing,. Ark., for two months, at the expiration of BIOGRAPHICAL - 577 which he succeeded in making his escape therefrom, and, although narrowly escaping recapture on several occasions, he finally made his way through the Confederate lines, and, July 1, 1861, enlisted as a private in Company I, Fortieth Illinois infantry, as a member of which he participated in several of the more important engagements during the earlier part of the war, including the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth. He continued in the service until Feb. 9, 1863, when, by reason of disablement, he was honorably discharged at Memphis, Tenn. The war record of Mr. King tells the story better than words of his gallantry and undying loyalty to the Stars and Stripes, and it is one which should prove a source of inspiration to all becoming familiar with it. Upon returning from the army, Mr. King was for some time engaged in various forms of manual labor in the vicinity of the old homestead in Medina county and later removed to Sylvania, where he learned the cooper's trade and worked at various odd jobs Until along in the year 1864, when, through his great industry and frugality, having accumulated sufficient means, he purchased the productive and well cultivated farmstead, situated only a short distance from the village of Sylvania, and which he owns and operates. When he came into possession of this place it was covered with the native timber, but he rapidly reclaimed the largest portion of it to cultivation and made mans excellent improvements of a permanent nature, the thrifty, prosperous appearance of the farm today signifying how masterfully he has solved the problem which confronted him. In his political views, Mr. King is an enthusiastic adherent of the Republican party, and he is also an active member of Page Post, No. 471, Grand Army of the Republic. He was happily united in holy wedlock to Lydia Dean, who had been previously married, and was a daughter of Jacob Van Alstine, for many years a resident of Lucas county. No children were born of this marital union. In 1890, Mrs. King was struck by a train on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad and was instantly killed, her tragic death coming as an exceptionally severe blow to her beloved husband and her numerous friends and acquaintances. Rollin Hurd Scribner, the efficient treasurer of the Security Savings & Trust Company, of Toledo, was born in that city, which has been the scene of his active business career. He is the son of Charles H. and Mary E. Scribner, the former of whom was long prominently connected with the legal profession, as a practitioner and judge. Rollin H. Scribner received his educational training in the schools of Toledo. upon leaving which he entered the employ of the First National Bank of Toledo as a messenger boy. He remained with this financial institution three years, and then became connected with the Ketcham National Bank as note teller, and he there worked his way up, through different departments. to the position of assistant cashier, and in all he was with the Ketcham National Bank for a period of fifteen years. Soon after the organization of the- Security Savings Bank & Trust Company, he became connected with that institution, and at the present time, as before stated, occupies the position of treasurer. Politically, he is a stanch 578 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY supporter of the cause of the Republican party. but has never aspired to become its candidate for public office of any nature. On Oct. 12, 1891, Mr. Scribner was happily married to Miss Mabelle Spear, and of this union there have been born three children—Marian, Carleton S., and Russell S. Doria Tracy was for more than a third of a century one of the most prominent citizens of Toledo, where he was extensively engaged in various lines of business, and his success was due to methods which were entirely above reproach. Mr. Tracy was born at Richmond, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. May 18. 1808, and he spent his boyhood days upon a farm, receiving his education and training in the common schools and at an academy near his birthplace. He remained upon the home farm until he had reached the age of eighteen years. at which time he became apprenticed to the spinner's and weaver's trade, which occupation he followed. for about five years. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Pittsfield, Mass., but after a time sold his interest there and removed to the State of New York. where he engaged in farming and manufacturing from 1844 to 1850. He then established his residence in Allegheny county, New York, where he built a saw mill, and then he engaged in the lumber business continuously until 1867. In the last named year he removed west and took up his residence in the city of Toledo, where he engaged quite extensively in caring for and promoting his various business interests. In this general line of endeavor he achieved commendable success, and for the ensuing thirty-six years was recognized as one of the city's leading men of affairs. He came into the possession of many valuable properties. among which may be mentioned the Aldine Hotel, the buildings occupied by J. Melvin & Co. and S. H. Knox & Co., and one of the buildings occupied by the Lamson Brothers. In his political views he was a stanch supporter of the men and measures of the Republican party, but never aspired to public office, and was content to do his duty as a private citizen in the every-day walks of life. Mr. Tracy was twice married, first in 1832, to Miss Lucretia Hatch. who died in 1836. The second marriage was to M iss Almaria Nichols, who died in 1869. Mr. Tracy died March 8. 1903. and his remains were interred in Woodlawn cemetery. He was survived by three sons—Henry. Frank E. and William N.—and also by one daughter, Katharine, who is the wife of Julius G. Lamson, of Toledo. The death of the eldest son, Henry. occurred Jan. 19, 1904, and a sketch of him appears elsewhere in this work. Calvin Barker, whose intense activity, sagacity and executive ability have made him one of the conspicuous figures in the business circles of Toledo. which city has been his place of abode for more than half a century, was born on Staten Island, N. Y., in 1834, the son of Capt. John Barker. who for over forty years was superintendent of the Staten Island Dyeing and Printing Establishment. The father was a native of Sudbury. Mass., where he was born in 1799. and he was the scion of a conspicuous Revolutionary family. His parents were in the camp at Lexington while BIOGRAPHICAL - 579 the siege of Boston was in progress. and his father and other members of the family took an active part in the war for American independence. The old homestead at Sudbury. Mass., is still in the possession of members of the Barker family, as it has been for more than 200 years, and by this sign alone the ancestral history of the subject of this review can be traced back to the very earliest years of the Eighteenth century. Capt. John Barker died at Factoryville, N. Y.. April 27, 1863. in the sixty-fourth year of his age. Calvin Barker. to whom this review is more particularly dedicated, grew to manhood in the old Empire State of the Union. and he came to Toledo in 1856, when that place had a population of barely 5,000. His first employment in his western home was as a member of the firm of W. H. Ketcham & Company, and as managing partner of that concern he was very successful, soon becoming recognized as a business man with a high order of ability. In 1866 he engaged in the wholesale and retail millinery business, and in this as in all his other undertakings he achieved well merited success and secure advancement. In 1879 he became associated with Lewis W. Frost in the general insurance business, and this relationship has continued up to the present time, the firm now being styled Barker, Frost & Chapman. L. L. Chapman being the third member of the association. This firm does an extensive business in all lines of insurance, as it has a foundation firmly established by years of honest dealing. Mr. Barker is also interested in a number of other business enterprises and he has large investments in real estate in and around Toledo. He has always been numbered among the leading ones of the public-spirited citizens of the city and county, and in all movements looking to the advancement and upbuilding of the community he is ever found a. cheerful giver and willing worker. In the Civil war days. when the people at home ere doing their part of the necessary work in upholding the cause of the Union, he was a member of the Finance committee of the Third ward in Toledo. The duties of this organization were to look after the interests of the departing soldiers. by way of providing food. etc., a work similar to that now performed by the Red Cross Society. After the close of hostilities this committee had on hand approximately $5,000, and with this nucleus the Memorial Building in Toledo was started. In December, 1856. Mr. Barker was married to Miss Mary A. White. daughter of Rev. Samuel White, at Staten Island. N. Y.. and of this marital union there is one surviving child, John S.. who has a responsible position with the New York Life Insurance Company. Signatius W. Pawlowski, who is engaged in the undertaking and embalming business in Toledo. with place of business at 2829 Lagrange street, is a product of the German Empire and her institutions, his birth having occurred in the province of Posen, Prussia, June 29. 1875. He is of Polish descent and is a son of Martin and Marcella (Pajiocka) Pawlowski. both of whom were also born in the province of Posen. The father emigrated to the United States in 1888, and so pleased was he with conditions here that he determined to establish his place of residence on this side of the Atlantic, 580 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY and accordingly sent for his family. The immediate subject of this review received his educational training in the schools of his native land and in the parochial schools of Toledo, where the family located shortly after their arrival in this country. He made his preparations for the undertaking and embalming business as an understudy in the firm of Senn & Acker, with whom he remained for about two years, and also worked for Mr. Abele for a short time prior to embarking in business on his own account. He has achieved gratifying success in his chosen field of industry and is numbered among those sturdy and self-reliant citizens of Lucas county who came hither from a foreign land and became the architects of their own fortunes, winning a worthy success and accumulating a considerable property. On Oct. 16, 1899, Mr. Pawlowski was united in holy wedlock to Miss Mary Wisniewska, daughter of Andrew Wisniewska and Sophia (Gawronska) Wisniewska, who reside at 2836 Warsaw street. Toledo, and of the above union have been born three children, namely : Edward Boleslous, Theresa Hattie. and Andrew Martin. The Pawlowski family is affiliated with the church of the Roman Catholic faith, and in his political views Mr. Pawlowski is a stanch adherent of the Republican party. He also belongs to the Polish National Alliance of America and St. Michael's, St. Vincent's, St. Gregory's, and St. John's societies. Howard A. Eggleston, the popular undertaker and embalmer of Toledo, is a product of the city in which he resides, having been born there, Nov. 25, 1877, a son of Hiram and Mary (Coy) Eggleston. The father first beheld the light of day in New York State, Aug. 8, 1839, and the mother in Toledo. Feb. 6, 1845. In 1854, at the age of fifteen years, Hiram Eggleston left his boyhood home in the Empire State and, accompanied by his parents, migrated west to Lucas county, settling in what is now known as East Toledo, where his father and mother continued to maintain their residence throughout the residue of their careers, and where, in later years, his marriage to Mary Coy was solemnized. The region in which the Eggleston family established their domicile was at that time little more than a trackless wilderness, and wild game of numerous varieties was to be found in abundance in the surrounding forest. Hiram Eggleston was one of the first of the gallant sun; of the North to respond to President Lincoln's call for volunteers and to go forth in defense of the Union in the great Civil war, and, though ready to sacrifice his life for his country if need be, he was compelled to return home because of ill health, after having experienced only a few months of active service. He went to his reward, April 2, 1891, and his death was held as a personal bereavement in the hearts of those amongst whom he had lived so many years. He was a prominent figure in local politics, being active in Republican circles, having held the office of township clerk for fourteen years, and having also served as a member of the town board of trustees. Howard A. Eggleston. whose name initiates this review, was reared in his native city of Toledo, and his early educational training was that afforded in the public schools in the vicinity of his boyhood home. After leaving school, he successfully passed BIOGRAPHICAL - 581 the rigid competitive examination given by the United States Civil Service Commission to candidates for positions in the postal service, and became a mail carrier in the city of Toledo, in which capacity he continued for about five years, after which he studied for the undertaking and embalming business and secured from the Ohio State Board of Embalming a certificate entitling him to practice in this commonwealth. He has been engaged in his present business only about three years and is one of the younger undertakers and embalmers of Toledo, both as regards age and length of time engaged in business, but the high standing he has attained and the extensive patronage which is being accorded him is a sufficient augury of his ultimate success in his chosen field of endeavor. Mr. Eggleston holds membership in the Royal Arcanum ; the Protected Home Circle ; Toledo branch, No. 100, National Association of Letter Carriers ; and the Ohio State Funeral Directors' Association. He is also a member of the Yondota Lodge, No. 572, of Masons, of Toledo. In his political affiliations he is a Republican and takes a keen interest in all matters touching the public interest, particularly those of a local nature ; and as regards religious matters he entertains extremely liberal views. He was happily united in marriage, June 25, 1903, to Miss Anna E. Clegg, daughter of Richard S. and Mary F. ( Janney) Clegg. Mrs. Clegg died Dec. 8, 1907, and Mr. Clegg resides at 910 Starr avenue, Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Eggleston have one. child, Helen E., who is now about four years of age. James R. Clegg, who is engaged in the undertaking and embalming business in Toledo, was born in the little village of Swanton, Fulton county, Ohio. Nov. 21, 1880, a son of Richard S. and Mary ( Janney) Clegg. Richard S. Clegg was born in England, Feb. 27, 1844, and. in 1856, when twelve years old, he came to this country, settling in Monroe county, Michigan, where for many years he continued to maintain his residence, and where his marriage to Mary Janney, a native of that county, was solemnized. In later years he removed to Swanton, Ohio, where he remained for several years. after which he took up his residence in Perrysburg, Wood county, Ohio, and there resided until 1895, when he came to Toledo, where he has since maintained his home. Shortly after the birth of James R.. whose name appears at the head of this sketch, the Clegg family removed from Swanton, Fulton county, to Perrysburg-. Wood county, Ohio, and there he was reared and secured his education in the graded and high schools. He then commenced to prepare himself for the business in which he is now engaged, by attending the Carl Barnes School of Embalming, receiving his diploma in that institution. He then embarked in the work of his chosen vocation, in which he has been engaged ever since. During the spring and summer of 1898, he served in the Spanish-American war, enlisting as a private in the Sixth Ohio infantry, though he did not have the opportunity of experiencing active service. On Dec. 5, 1903; Mr. Clegg and Miss Jessie L. Britner were happily united in marriage, and of this union was born one child, Gertrude Frances, who is now about four years of 582 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY age. Mrs. Clegg was a daughter of George W. and Fannie (Maddox) Britner, of Omaha, Neb., and was born in 1880. On Dec. 8, 1907, four years and three days after her marriage, Mrs. Clegg received her summons to the life eternal, her death being held as a personal bereavement in the hearts of those among whom she had lived for so brief a time ; and Mary (Janney) Clegg, the mother of the subject of this review, passed to her reward on the same day, the death of the mother occurring at 2:30 a. m., and that of the wife at 1:15 p. m. In his religious convictions Mr. Clegg is a Baptist, having joined Second Church of that denomination in Toledo about two years and a half ago. In politics he is an ardent supporter of the cause and principles of the Republican party. and though he takes an active interest in questions of the hour, he is by no means a politician. Fraternally, Mr. Clegg is well associated, being a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the National Union. His sister, Anna E., is the wife of Howard A. Eggleston, of Toledo. a sketch of whom appears on another page of this volume, and the Clegg children. of whom there were six—four brothers and two sisters—are all living, with the exception of Mrs. Lottie Chilcott, who passed away April 14, 1897. The Clegg and Eggleston families reside at 910 Starr avenue. Dr. Rosswell W. Comstock, the well-known physician of Maumee, Ohio. is a native of the country near Bowling Green, Ohio. where his parents. William and Mary (Chapman) Comstock, were engaged in farming many years. William Comstock was born in Wood county, near Bowling Green, in 1855, and his wife in Connecticut, in 1857. Mr. Comstock was successful in his agricultural career, but in 1890 relinquished this occupation to travel in the interest of the Owosso Casket Works, of Owosso, Mich., and now resides at Perrysburg, Ohio. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Comstock. C. R.. a traveling salesman for a clothing firm, resides at North Baltimore, Ohio ; Howard and Harry are druggists, successfully established at Monroe, Mich. ; Lelia married H. L. Hawkins, of Dowling. Ohio ; Jennie resides with her parents ; and Rosswell W. is the youngest. Mr. Comstock was born April 3, 1876, was educated in the public schools of Perrysburg, attended the Detroit College of Medicine, and was graduated there May 9. 1901. Immediately upon his graduation he commenced the practice of his profession at Maumee and opened an office on East Warren street. By strict attention to the arduous duties of his practice and the display of unusual professional skill in difficult cases, Dr. Comstock has gradually won his way to a place in the front rank of physicians in the district and is recognized as a doctor of great wisdom and ability. He is a member of the Masonic order, Northern Light Chapter, No. 40 ; of Epsilon Chapter of the Detroit Medical College, and of the National Union Insurance Association. Politically, Dr. 'Comstock is allied with the Democratic party. takes an active interest in political matters. and has served the city of Maumee as a member of the school board for five years past ; his present term of offrce expires in 1913. On BIOGRAPHICAL - 583 June 25. 1902, Dr. Comstock married Miss Cecilia Boff, of Perrysburg, daughter of Ignatius and Ellen (Leighton) Boff, and the union has been blessed by the birth of one child, Mary Ellen, born July 30. 1905. Mr. Boff his wife live in Perrysburg, retired from active duties ; the former served four years as a private in an Ohio regiment. Dr. Comstock is a man of 'high moral character; he possesses a keen mind and a courteous and genial manner, which wins him popularity. A useful and prosperous career opens before him, and it is the earnest wish of his many friends and patients in Maumee that many of his years may be passed in that city. Dale Wilson, M. D., is one of the younger members of the medical profession in Toledo, his professional career in that city covering a period of only nine years, but the success and prestige he has attained in that brief space of time is sufficient demonstration of his capabilities as a physician and surgeon and his standing as a citizen. He is a native son of Toledo, having been born there Sept. 12, 1878, a son of Frank P. Wilson. M. D., and Nancy (Raines) Wilson. (See sketch of father on another page of this volume.) Dr. Dale Wilson acquired his early educational training in the graded and high schools of his native city. after which he matricu- lated as a student in the Toledo Medical College, in which he completed the prescribed course, being graduated with the class of 1901 and coming forth admirably equipped for the general practice of the medical profession. Having thus attained his degree of Doctor of Medicine, he immediately launched forth in the practice of his profession in Toledo. But later, having resolved to make a specialty of orthopedic surgery. he abandoned his practice temporarily, went to New York City, and, for the purpose of perfecting himself for this branch of the medical practice, he pursued post-graduate studies and was an interne in a hospital especially devoted to patients afflicted with ruptures and other deformities. He then returned to Toledo and resumed his practice. and has since achieved gratifying success in the branch of medicine in which he is specializing. Dr. Dale Wilson is today a member of the American, Northwestern and Ohio Medical associations and the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine. Fraternally he is affiliated with Toledo Lodge. No. 53, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Yondota Lodge, No. 335, of the Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the United Spanish-American War Veterans, having served throughout that war as a member of Company L, Sixth Ohio infantry. In politics he is aligned in the ranks of the Republican party, and, though he has never aspired to political office, he has taken a profound interest and been influential in civic affairs in his city and county. Dr. Wilson's official apartments are situated in the Ohio Building, one of the largest office buildings in the city of Toledo. Thomas Earl Burgess, M. D., a well-known and highly respected physician and surgeon of Toledo, who has been praticing his profession in that crty for upwards of sixteen years, is a native of the Emerald Isle and was born Oct. 4, 1866. The paternal 584 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY grandparents, William, Sr., and Rebecca Burgess, were residents of Ireland throughout their lives, his death occurring in 1847, and her's about 1888, at the advanced age of ninety years. The maternal grandfather, Thomas Earl, also a native of Ireland, emigrated to Ohio about 1849 and located in Lorain county. He was a farmer by occupation and was a gallant soldier in the Union army throughout the Civil war, participating in many of the more important engagements of that bloody conflict. In later life he removed from Lorain county, Ohio, to Fairfield township, Lenawee county, Michigan, where he resided continuously during his remaining years, passing away in 1887. His good wife survived him many years, her death occurring in Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, at the advanced age of 102 years. Dr. Burgess' parents, William, Jr., and Mary Ann (Earl) Burgess, were also born in the Emerald Isle, the father in 1843 and the mother in 1847. When the subject of this sketch was about one year old the Burgess family left the land of their nativity and emigrated to Lenawee county, Michigan, where the father purchased a farm, and there the family resided until 1869, when they removed to Fulton county, Ohio, where they settled on the farm upon which the parents still make their home. The father has been engaged in the farming industry all his life and is one of the extensive agriculturists of Fulton county. In political matters he is a stanch and earnest supporter of the principles of Republicanism, and he enjoys the respect and esteem of the entire community in which he lives. Of the union of William Burgess and wife were born eight children—five sons and three daughters—of whom five are now living. Dr. Burgess secured his elementary educational training in the public schools of Fulton county, and his early life was not much different from that of all farmer lads, being reared on the parental farmstead and doing his quota of its work. For four years he was a student in the Fayette Normal University, in Fulton county, and after the completion of his course there he was several years engaged in teaching school. But his aspirations lay in another direction than that of the pedagogical profession, and he matriculated in the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine and was graduated as a member of the class of 1892. He immediately embarked in his professional career at Ashley, Steuben county, Indiana, where he was located for two years, after which he removed to Toledo, which city he has continued to make the base of his operations. He has met with much success since coming to Toledo, and is one of the most progressive and busiest practitioners in Lucas county, his professional skill and services being called into demand almost night and day, and his patients are to be found in all portions of the county. Dr. Burgess was united in holy wedlock, Feb. 27, 1900, to Miss Loretta Donohue, who was born in Toledo and is a daughter of Sylvester and Catherine Donohue, the former of whom was for several years engaged in the grocery business in Toledo, and died there in 1880, and the latter is still living in Toledo. Dr. and Mrs. Burgess have one child, William Thomas, who was born Feb. 12, 1909. BIOGRAPHICAL - 585 The doctor is a member of the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the American and the Ohio State Medical associations, and Fraternity Lodge, of Ann Arbor, No. 162, Free & Accepted Masons. Dr. Burgess is a Republican and stands with his party on all the great issues that are today before the country for solution, his political convictions being based upon principle rather than a desire to hold office. In religious matters he is an active member of the church of the Episcopal faith. Ebenezer Walker Schooley, M. D., one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Toledo, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1840, and is a son of Phineas and Mary (Walker) Schooley, the former having been born in Virginia and the latter in the above named county. Phineas Schooley came west, to Morrow county, Ohio, in the days of his youth, accompanied by his parents, Isaac and Sarah Schooley, where his father reclaimed a farm from the wilds, and where both of his parents spent the residue of their lives. Phineas Schooley was educated in the common schools of his native State and those 'of Morrow county, Ohio, after which he became a school teacher, which occupation he followed for several years. He married in Guernsey county, Ohio, where he resided for some years, and where his good wife passed to the eternal, in 1844, when the subject of this review was but four years of age. Later, Phineas Schooley removed to the Hawkeye State and became numbered among the pioneer settlers of that region, where he reclaimed a farm to cultivation and spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1881. Of the marital union of this worthy couple were born twelve children, of whom only two survive—Mrs. Susan Purvis, of Colorado, and Dr. Schooley. In politics, the father was first a Whig and later a Republican, and both he and his wife were devout members of the Friends Church. Both lived exemplary lives and enjoyed the esteem -of all who knew them. The early educational training of Dr. Schooley was received in the public schools of Londonderry, Guernsey county, Ohio, and. when twelve years of age, he removed to Iowa with his father. His primary education was completed in the public schools of Iowa City. He responded to President Lincoln's first call for troops by enlisting as a private in Company E, First Iowa infantry, for three months of service, which regiment was mustered in at Keokuk, Iowa, May 14, 1861, and went directly to Missouri, where it was engaged in many sharp skirmishes and won renown by its gallantry while under fire of the enemy. Upon expiration of its term of service it was mustered out, at St. Louis, Mo., and, in the following winter, Dr. Schooley re-enlisted, at Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, as a private in the Sixty-eighth Ohio infantry, in which regiment he continued to serve until the close of the war, participating in many of the important engagements, among which were the siege of Vicksburg, the battles of Raymond, Jackson, Champion's Hill and Clinton, and in the celebrated Atlanta campaign he experienced active service at Kenesaw Mountain, Nickajack, Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station. He then participated in Sherman's famous march to the sea and through the Caro- 586 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY linas, and, after taking part in the grand review at Washington, his regiment was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 10, 1865. Though he enlisted as a private, he was later promoted to sergeant and was on detached duty as hospital steward. Soon after the close of the war Dr. Schooley commenced to prepare himself for the exacting work of the medical profession by matriculating as a student in, the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and there received his degree as Doctor of Medicine, in 1872. He then commenced the work of his profession, selecting Milton Center, Wood county, Ohio, as the base of his operations, .where he continued for fifteen years, at the expiration of which time he removed to Weston, in the same county, and was there engaged in practice for eleven years, until 1898, when he came to Toledo, where he has since been located. The careful and painstaking manner in which he handles his cases won him many patrons, and he has attained renown as a practitioner. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and the National Medical Association ; Weston Lodge. No. 560, Free & Accepted Masons Duel Lodge. No. 598, Milton Center, and Columbian Encampment, No. 274, Weston, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a charter member of the latter ; and he also belongs to Toledo Post, No. 107, Grand Army of the Republic. In politics, Dr. Schooley renders allegiance to the Republican party, and, though he has never cherished aspirations for political office, he was, while a resident of Wood county, treasurer of the township of Milton for a period of six years. He holds membership in the Central Christian Church of Toledo, in the affairs of which he takes an active interest. On Nov. 14, 1865, Dr. Schooley was united in marriage to Miss Maria R. Robinson, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, and who is a daughter of William and Sarah (Zollars) Robinson, and a niece of Judge Allen Zollars, of Fort Wayne. Ind. Of the union of Dr. Schooley and wife have been born three children, namely : Jessie L., the wife of Dr. Buck, of Waterville, Lucas county, Ohio William Howe, who is in business in Toledo, Ohio : and Ethel, who died at the age of six years. Porter I. Mulholand, M. D., a young and successful physician and surgeon of Toledo, merits consideration in this historical compilation by reason of his status as a member of the medical fraternity and the high standing to which he has attained as a citizen. The name of Mulholand is a prominent one in the annals of the medical profession, as Dr. Porter Mulholand's grandfather, Dr. Isaac M. Mulholand, M. D. (of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume), and his father. Dr. John M. Mulholand, M. D., of Pittston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. have for many years been engaged as practicing physicians and surgeons. Dr. John M. Mulholand, who was born in Mercer county. Pennsylvania. received his elementary educational training in the public schools of Michigan and was graduated at the high school in Saginaw in that commonwealth. His professional training was acquired at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati. and he there received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in the spring of 1875. For the past twenty- BIOGRAPHICAL - 587 nine years he has been successfully engaged in the work of his profession in the State of Pennsylvania. during which time Pittston. Luzerne county. has been the base of his operations. In politics he is a loyal adherent of the Republican party and has enacted a prominent role in civic affairs in his community, and for the last twenty years has been president of the Board of Health of Pittston. His beloved wife, Mary (Porter) Mulholand, a native of Kilmarnock, Scotland, was for many Years a faithful member of the Presbyterian church, and May 20., 1905, she was summoned to the church triumphant. leaving, beside her husband, children and other relatives, a wide circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn her passing. Of the happy union of Dr. John M. Mulholand and wife were born two children. both of whom are living. Dr. Porter I. Mulholand, the immediate subject of this review, first beheld the light of day in Venango county. .Pennsylvania, Sept. 24. 1875. and hrs primary educational training was secured in the public schools of Pittston, Pa.. after which he pursued a course of study in Wyoming Seminary at Kingston. Luzerne county. Pennsylvania. His professional training was acquired at Toledo Medical College and, in the spring of 1902, he was graduated there with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Shortly after graduation he established offices in Toledo. where he has since been engaged in the work of his profession. Though he is one of the younger members of the medical fraternity practicing in the city. both in point of age and length of time engaged in the work of his profession, he enjoys a lucrative patronage, is recognized as one of the successful men in the treatment of diseases, and stands high with both the public and his brother physicians. In his political affiliations, like his father and grandfather. he is a stanch Republican. and fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the American and Ohio State Medical associations and the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine. On May 30. 1899, Dr. Porter I. Mulholand was united in matrimony to Miss Eudora B. Mahon, an accomplished daughter of Charles H. Mahon, of Pittston, Pa., and of this .happy union has been born one son—Charles Mortimer. Thomas M. Crinnion, M. D., merits consideration in this volume by reason of his status as one of the progressive physicians and surgeons of Toledo. He is a native of the city in which he is now practicing. having been born there Oct. 23. 1879, and he is a son of Nicholas and Margaret (Flood) Crinnion. the former of whom first beheld the light of day in Dublin, Ireland, in 1846. and the latter in Ohio. Jan. 26. 1854. Dr. Crinnion's maternal grandparents, James and Julia Flood, were both natives of County Cavan. province of Ulster, Ireland, and came to this country and settled in Medina county, Ohio, in 1850, where the grandfather was engaged in farming until his death. which occurred in 1860. His wife survived him for thirty-four years. passing away in 1894, at an advanced age. Nicholas Crinnion, the father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in the Emerald Isle and, in 1869, when in his twenty-third year, emigrated to America, locating first in Norwalk.. Huron county, Ohio. and in 1878 588 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY coming to Toledo, where he now lives retired. He was for many years an employe of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company. He began at the bottom, but his promptness, fidelity and aptitude soon won for him the approbation of his superiors, which naturally led to his promotion, until he attained to the position of passenger conductor, which position he occupied at the time of his retirement. In politics he is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are loyal adherents of the religious faith in which they were reared—the Roman Catholic. He is now in his sixty-fourth year and is held in high respect and esteem by all who are acquainted with him. Dr. Crinnion was reared in his native city, and there he received his elementary educational training in parochial schools, after which he attended the Christian Brothers' St. Francis School. Later, he matriculated in Niagara University, in Niagara county, New York, graduating in that institution in the spring of 1899. His professional training was acquired in the Toledo Medical College, where he was graduated and received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in the spring of 1903. But he was not content with merely receiving a degree from a medical college. He was desirous of gaining a deeper insight into the intricacres of his chosen profession. Hence, immediately subsequent to graduation, he secured an appointment as house physician in St. Vincent Hospital. Toledo, where he continued until July, 1904, coming forth admirably prepared for the practice of medicine. He then established offices in Toledo, where he has been located ever since, and where he has developed a large and profitable practice. Though but six years have elapsed since he embarked in the work of his profession, he has kept in close touch with the progress of medical science and has steadily grown in his vocation, until today he is regarded as one of the more progressive of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Lucas county. In practice, his work has won the approbation of his fellow practitioners and the confidence .of his patients, and a highly successful future is predicted for him by those who know him best. He belongs to the American and Ohio State Medical associations, the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Catholic Knights of Ohio. Dr. Crinnion is a Republican who performs the duties of good citizenship at the polls on rainy days as well as in clear weather, and he is always true to his convictions, though by no means an "offensive partisan." He adheres to the religious faith of his forefathers, being a loyal member of the Roman Catholic Church, in the affairs of which he takes an active interest. He is unmarried. Frederick Carl Crawford, M. D., who for the past eleven years has been prominently identified with the medical profession in Toledo, is a native of the Keystone State, having been born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Dec. 8, 1872. His maternal great-grandfather, Robert McMinn, Sr., was the first white man to establish his domicile in the village of Beaver Valley, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and he was over 100 years of age at the time of his death. Dr. Crawford's maternal grandfather, Col. Robert McMinn, Jr., was a native of Beaver Valley and there he died. BIOGRAPHICAL - 589 He participated in the War of 1812 as a member of the United States army, in which he attained to the rank of colonel as a reward for his gallantry. Dr. Crawford's paternal grandparents were also numbered among the pioneer residents of Beaver Valley, and there they both passed to their reward. Dr. Crawford was reared in his native county, and there he secured his elementary educational training in the public schools, after which he pursued a course of study rn Greensburg Seminary, Westmoreland county, Pennsylva- nia, and then commenced his preparations for the practice of his profession, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine in a medical college at Cleveland, Ohio, rn the spring of 1897. He immediately located in Toronto, Jefferson county, Ohio, for the practice of his profession, and there he continued until July 1, 1899, when he established offices in the city of Toledo, where he has since been located. He soon succeeded in building up an extensive practice and has attained to pronounced success and prestige as a member of the medical profession. Through the columns of leading medical journals he keeps in close touch with the discoveries and new theories in the field of medical science; he is thorough and conscientious in his methods of treatment, which inspires the respect of his fellow practitioners and the confidence of his patients. As he is just in the prime of life, with studious habits and a laudable desire to excel in the work of his chosen vocation, it is practically certain that his professional reputation will be even greater in the years to come. He is a member of the American, Ohio State and Northwestern Ohio Medical associations, and Sanford L. Collins Lodge, No. 396, Free & Accepted Masons. In his political belief he is an enthusiastic Republican and takes an active interest in civic affairs, though he is not an active politician in the ordinary understanding of that term. In politics, as in professional affairs, he reaches conclusions by close and candid investigation and the exercise of a high order of intelligence. In his religious convictions he adheres to the faith of his parents and is a Presbyterian. On Jan. 4, 1899, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Crawford to Miss Jennie Parker, an accomplished young woman, who was born in Oneida county, in the old Empire State, and is a daughter of Henry Parker, of Rochester, N. Y. Dr. Crawford and wife have no children. Charles C. Dreyer, M. D., is one of the popular and progressive physicians and surgeons of Toledo, and his proficiency in his chosen vocation is best demonstrated by the extensive and lucrative practice which he has developed in the fourteen years in which he has been engaged in the work of his profession in that city. Doctor Dreyer is a product of Lucas county and her institutions, having been born in Toledo. June 1, 1870. His paternal grandfather, William Dreyer, one of the pioneer settlers of Lucas county, was born in Germany and, in 1813, emigrated to Ohio, taking up his residence in Lucas county shortly afterward. and there he resided continuously until his death. His good wife also passed to the life eternal in Toledo and both were laid to rest in Forest cemetery. Dr. Dreyer is a son of Christian and Mary (Volkstead) Dreyer, the 390 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY former of whom was born. in Lucas county, in 1833, and was summoned to his reward in Toledo, in 1906. aged seventy-three years, and the mother is likewise a native of this county. having first beheld the light of day in 1835. and she is still living. being in her seventy-sixth year. The father was a machinist by occupation ; he was a stanch Republican in his political affiliations, and a charter member of St. John's Lutheran. Church on Erie street, Toledo, of which he was one of the founders and promoters. Of the union of Christian Dreyer and wife were born four children, of whom three survive. Dr. Dreyer passed his boyhood days in his native city and availed himself of the educational advantages afforded in the graded and high schools there. He then matriculated in the medical department of the University of Wooster, at Wooster, Wayne county. Ohio, and graduated in that institution as a member of the class of 1896. After thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine, he established himself in the practice of his profession in Toledo. where he has since continued to maintain his offices. He has built up an extensive and profitable practice. in which he has readily demonstrated his skill in a manner which has won the approbation of his brother practitioners and the respect and confidence of his patients. In 1896, Dr. Dreyer was happily united in holy wedlock to Miss Clara Dimke, a native of Toledo and a daughter of Gustave and Albertine (Weyland) Dimke, also of Toledo, and of this marital union have been born three children : Alberta. Marion and Charles. Dr. Dreyer is a member of tilt Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine and the American and .Ohio State Medical associations. He is a communicant in St. John's Lutheran Church on Erie street, in which as a babe he was administered the rite of baptism and of which his honored father was one of the founders and charter members. The Doctor is a Republican in political matters and he enjoys the esteem of his neighbors and many friends and has the confidence of all who know him as a man of unimpeachable integrity. Adolph J. Girardot, M. D., who has attained to eminence as a member of the medical profession in Toledo, is a product of Canada and her institutions, his birth having occurred in Sandwich, Ontario, Dec. 27. 1870. He is of French descent. his parents, Theodore and Eugenie (Zele) Girardot, having been born in France. They were reared and educated in the land of their nativity and there, in 1845, their marriage occurred. Four years later, in 1849, twenty-one years prior to the birth of the immediate subject of this sketch, they emigrated to Fort Wayne, Allen county, Indiana, in the vicinity of which the father purchased a large tract of land, and where the parents continued to make their residence for six years. They then removed to Sandwich, Ontario. Canada, where Theodore Girardot took charge of Assumption College, in which capacity he continued for ten years. at the expiration of which he was appointed superintendent of public schools for Western Ontario, which office he held until his death, in 1899. His wife, who was his faithful and loving companion during their married life of fifty-one years, passed to her reward in 1896. They were the par- BIOGRAPHICAL - 591 ents of ten children, of whom eight are now living. Dr. Girardot was reared in his native town and his primary educational advantages were those of the public schools there. He was graduated in the high school at Sandwich, and then entered St. Mary's College, at Montreal, and was granted the degree of Bachelor of Arts by the regents of that institution. Having determined to make the medical profession his life vocation, he then matriculated in the Detroit College of Medicine, graduating and receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine in the spring of 1895. Shortly afterward, he entered St. Mary's Hospital. at Detroit, Mich., in the capacity of interne. and there he remained for about a year. In 1897, he located in Toledo for the practice of his profession, and since that time Ile has attained to a leading position among the more talented and progressive members of the medical fraternity in Lucas county. He is a member of the faculty of the Toledo Medical College, occupying the chair of materia medica. He is a member of the staff of physicians and surgeons at St. Vincent's Hospital. Toledo, and is also connected with the medical department of the Ohio National Guards. On May 22, 1902, Dr. Girardot led to the altar Miss Constance Hackl. the accomplished daughter. of Dr. Joseph and Catherine (Connor) Hacki. the former of whom was for many years prior to his death a prominent physician of Toledo. Dr. and -Mrs. Girardot have three children : Adolph, Jr., Catherine and Joseph. The Doctor is affiliated with the American and Ohio State Medical associations, the Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Knights of Ohio, and the Military Association. In politics, he is an adherent of the Republican party, though not an "offensive partisan," and among his host of friends are numbered many influential Democrats. In his religious belief he clings to the faith in which the members of the Girardot family were reared. being a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church. Howard V. L. Knisely, M. D., prominent among the younger generation of the members of the medical fraternity in Toledo, who has been established in the practice of his profession in that city for about five years. is a native of the Buckeye State, his birth having occurred on the Kniselv homestead, in Sandusky township, Crawford county. Ohio, on Yew Year's Day, 1880. His great-grandfather on the paternal side of the family, John Knisely, removed from Pennsylvania to Crawford county in an early day and located on government land. a portion of which is still in possession of the Knisely family. The paternal grandfather, John Knisely, second, was born in Crawford county, where for many years he was successfully engaged in the farming industry, and his wife was Elizabeth (Esterline) Knisely. The maternal grandparents of Dr. Knisely were Adam and Margaret (Beach) Freese, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Germany. Adam Freese was a farmer by occupation, and he and his. wife spent the later years of their lives in Vernon township, Crawford county, *here their daughter, Sarah. the mother of the immediate subject of this sketch, was born June 11, 1859. Dr. 592 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Knisely's father, John Knisely, third, was born on the old homestead in the township of Sandusky, Crawford county, July 10, 1857, and farming was his chief occupation. In his political views he was a stanch Democrat of the old school ; one who was a firm believer in the doctrines as laid down by Thomas Jefferson and defended so heroically by Andrew Jackson. He was active in the political arena of his community and held various local offices. Both of the parents' were devout members of the German Lutheran Church, and five sons, of whom four survive, were born of their union. Dr. Knisely was reared on his father's farm and did his quota of its work, which labor tended to develop those qualities of application and industry which have since figured so prominently in his success. His early educational training was that afforded by the public schools in the vicinity of his boyhood home, and later he attended the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Hardin county, Ohio. He then taught school for three years, but having determined to enter the medical profession, he matriculated in Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, and, in the spring of 1904, having completed the prescribed course, he was granted by the faculty of that celebrated institution the degree of Doctor of Medicine, which entitled him to practice. But desiring to have some practical experience and to gain t. deeper insight into the intricacies of the medical profession before embarking in practice. he secured an appointment as interne in St. Francis Hospital, at Columbus, where he remained for one year and then established himself in practice in Toledo, where he has been a very busy practitioner ever since, and has come to be recognized as one of the talented and progressive physicians and surgeons of the city. In addition to his private practice, he is a member of the staff of physicians and surgeons at Jefferson Hospital, in Toledo. He holds membership in the Ohio State Academy of Medicine and the American and Ohio State Medical associations. In political matters, Dr. Knisely does not render allegiance to any of the parties, though he never fails to perform the duties of good citizenship at the polls and is interested in all civic and public benefactions. In his religious convictions he remains loyal to the faith in which he was reared, being a member of the German Lutheran church. Mrs. Kniselv was formerly Miss Marie Berman, a native of Toledo and daughter of Christian and Angaline (Pruss) Berman. The marriage of Dr. and Mrs. Knisely occurred May 3, 1905, and of this union have been born two children—LaVonia and Warren. Aaron D. Root, M. D., for the last nineteen years a prominent physician and surgeon in Toledo, now surgeon for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company, and formerly a member of the faculty of Toledo Medical College, was born in the vicinity of the village of Grafton, Lorain county, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1869. His paternal grandfather, Ashley S. Root, a native of Pittsfield, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, came to Lorain county, Ohio, with his parents in an early day and there passed the remainder of his career. The maternal grandparents, Hybert and Elizabeth (Wolcott) Morton, were among the early settlers in Litchfield, Medina county, BIOGRAPHICAL - 593 Ohio, where both continued to make their residence up to the time of their deaths. Dr. Root is a son of Isaac and Harriet (Morton) Root, the former of whom is a native of Lorain county, Ohio, and the latter of Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio. Isaac Root is a farmer by occupation, and he and his good wife still reside on the old homestead in Lorain county upon which the subject of this review was born. He is a stanch Republican, and for many years has been a prominent figure in the political arena of his native county, where he has been the incumbent of various offices. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the affairs of which they are very active, and both have lived exemplary, Christian careers, enjoying the unreserved respect and confidence of the entire community in which they have resided so many years. Four children have been born to them, of whom all are living, and of whom Dr. Root is the eldest. The last named received his primary education in the public schools of Grafton, and in 1886 he came to Toledo, where he was graduated in the high school as a member of the class of 1889. In the ensuing autumn he entered the Northwestern Ohio Medical College, graduating in that institution in the spring of 1891, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then located in Toledo for the practice of his profession, and there he has since continued to practice and has built up an extensive patronage, in which he commands the respect of his brother practitioners and enjoys the confidence of his patients. He is a member of the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the American, Tri-State, Ohio State and the Northwestern Ohio Medical associations, and the fraternal order of the Knights of the Maccabees, in which he is examining physician. He is an honorary member of the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and, as is stated above, he is surgeon for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company and was formerly a member of the faculty of Toledo Medical College. In politics he renders allegiance to the Republican party, and he is a member of the Episcopal church. On June 14, 1894, he led to the altar Miss Harriet Ellen Back, who was born in Toledo and is a daughter of George and Ann (Morgan) Back, the latter of whom came to Toledo in early life, where she passed away in 1900. Her husband survives and is still a resident of Toledo. Of the union of George Back and wife were born twelve children, of whom only three are living. Dr. and Mrs. Root have no children. Frank J. J. Lehmann, M. D., who is engaged in the practice of his profession in Toledo. is one of the representative physicians and surgeons of Lucas county, and his proficiency in his chosen vocation is best indicated by the large patronage which he receives. He was born in Toledo, May 29, 1877. a son of Frank J. and Mary (Schuller) Lehmann, the, former of Whom was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1855, and the latter in Toledo, Jan. 9. 1858. Dr. Lehmann's paternal grandparents. Herman and Mary Miller (Staetter) Lehmann. were natives of Baden, Germany, and in the forties of the last century the former immigrated to this country with his father, coming to Cincinnati; where he continued to make his resi- 594 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY dence for some years. He was editor of the "Volksfreund,” in which capacity he traveled extensively throughout the United States. He was also a physician and, in his later life, he removed to Toledo, where he practiced medicine for many years and where his death occurred in 1892. The paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this .review was also a member of the medical profession and practiced in Ohio up to the time of his death. The maternal grandfather, John Schuller, a native of Bavaria, Germany, also came to the United States during the forties of the last century and settled in Toledo. the journey from the "vaterland" to the above city occupying sixty-two days. He was an expert cabinet-maker, which occupation he continued to pursue after taking up his residence in Toledo, and he passed to his reward on May 5, 1897. His wife, Frances (Meyer) Schuller. was born in Augsburg. Bavaria. Germany, and died in Toledo in 1889. Dr. Lehmann's father is an expert woodworker by occupation. For twenty-four years he was superintendent of the Barbour & Starr Company of Toledo, and at present he is assistant to the master mechanic at the Pennsylvania-Wheeling car shops. He entertains liberal views as regards politics and he and his wife have for many years been loyal members of the Roman Catholic church. Of their union has been born but one child—the subject of this sketch. Dr. Lehmann secured his early educational training in the parochial and public schools of Toledo, after which he attended a business college. He was graduated at the Toledo Medical College, April 7, 1897, and during the two ensuing years pursued post-graduate studies in New York city and in the medical department of Western Reserve University, at Cleveland, Ohio. He then located in Toledo for the practice of his profession and there he has been a very busy practitioner ever since. He holds membership in the Tri-State Medical Association ; Arcade Lodge, No. 121, Knights of Pythias ; Toledo Lodge, No. 13, Loyal Order of the Moose : the National Union ; the Foresters of America ; and the National Red Cross Society. Dr. Lehmann gives his political allegiance to the principles of the Republican party and is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He was married. Sept. 18, 1901. to Miss Ivah Lowder. who was born in Frankfort-Benzre county, Michigan. and is a daughter of A. R. and Caroline (Sitz) Lowder, who now reside in Toledo. Dr. and Mrs. Lehmann have two children, namely : N. Bernard and J. McKenna. Christopher P. Whitwham, for many years a prominent figure in the commercial circles of Toledo. and during the past twenty-five years a manufacturer and dealer in paints, varnishes and white lead, with headquarters at 501 Superior street, is a product of the Wolverine State. having been born in Monroe, Mich., Nov. 20, 1849. His parents were Joseph and Mary J. (Phillips) Whitwham, the former of whom was born in England, 1831. and the latter in Newfoundland in 1835. Joseph Whitwham emigrated to Canada in his boyhood days and, in 1847. when sixteen years of age. he removed to Monroe, Mich., where he continued to reside for about three years, at the expiration of which he took up his residence in BIOGRAPHICAL - 393 Toledo. He was a marine engineer by occupation and, from 1830 to 1852, was an engineer on a ferry boat out of Toledo. In his political adherence he was a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and he and his devoted wife were members of the Roman Catholic church. They were the parents of two children—Christopher P.. of this sketch, and a daughter, Mary. The father was summoned to the church triumphant in 1891, aged sixty years, and his widow survived him five years, passing away in 1896, in her sixty-first year. The immediate subject of this review was but one year old at the time of his parents' removal from the place of his birth to Toledo, and there he was reared and received his primary education, after which he attended the Toledo High School. He commenced his independent career by entering the employ of the Warner-Patrick Company, of Toledo, wholesale dealers in vehicles, hardware and saddlery supplies, with which concern he remained for twenty-three years, during twenty of which he was engaged in the capacity of traveling salesman. In 1883, he embarked in his present line of industry, on Summit street in Toledo, where he continued for fifteen years, until 1900, when he removed to his present place of business, at 301 Superior street. Mr. Whitwham was united in marriage, Nov. 8, 1876, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Healey. and of this happy union have been born ten children, of whom seven are now living, the surviving being: Joseph ; Leo ; Marie ; Gratian P., a practicing physician and surgeon in Toledo. of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume ; William, Irma. and George. The deceased children are Alma, Rose and Kester. Mr. Whitwham and family are communicants in the Roman Catholic church, and he is also a member of the National Union and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. His first Presidential vote was cast for Gen. U. S. Grant in the fall of 1872, when the latter was seeking re-election against Horace Greeley, and during early manhood Mr. Whitwham was a rock-ribbed Republican. but of late he reserves the privilege of acting independently of all party affiliations when his better judgment dictates such a course. He has attained to his present status in the commercial and industrial world through his industry. frugality and the exercise of a high order of intelligence. The best efforts of his career have been devoted to the establishment and the upbuilding of a business which would yield him a fair return on his investments and at the same gratify the wants of his patrons and render general satisfaction to all concerned. When he shall have laid down the burden of life the world will be better for his having lived in it. Gratian Philip Whitwham, M. D., one of the younger members of the medical profession in Toledo. is a native of that city. having been born there. Dec. 2. 1880.. a son of Christopher P. Whitwham (a sketch of whom is to he found on another page of this volume) and Elizabeth Ann (Healey) Whitwham, and a grandson of Joseph Whitwham. who for forty-one years was a resident of Toledo. Dr. Whitwham's boyhood days were passed in his native city and hiS early educational advantages were those afforded in the graded and high schools there. He then attended Assumption College, at 596 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Sandwich, Ontario, Canada, for four years, and his preparations for the medical profession were made in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Chicago, where he was graduated and received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in the spring of 1904. He then secured an appointment as interne in St. Alexis Hospital, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained for one year and gained much practical experience, coming forth admirably equipped for the intricate work of his profession. He immediately established offices in the city of Toledo, where he has maintained his headquarters ever since. Being young and ambitious to excel in the work that he has chosen as his life vocation, he has been a close student of everything pertaining to his profession and has =ducted his cases in a manner that demonstrates his skill as a practitioner and that has won the admiration of his brother physicians and surgeons and the respect and confidence of the general public. He holds membership in the American and Ohio State Medical associations and the Lucas County Academy of Medicine. Louis E. Krieger, whose popularity with the people of Toledo has been well evidenced by his four successive elections as clerk of the Police Court of Toledo, was born in Covington. Ky.. Dec. 9, 1857, the son of Louis and Katherine (Ohler) Krieger. Both parents were born in Germany, but did not meet until each had made the journey across the water alone. Their marriage occurred in Cincinnati. The father came to Toledo about the time of the outbreak of the war of secession, and, becoming imbued with the patriotic spirit of the time, he enlisted in an Ohio regiment and went to the front, where he saw service in many of the most severe and bitterly contested battles of that great internecine struggle. He became a master cabinet maker, but after his return from the war he relinquished his vocation to enter the employ of the Hitchcock & 'Walbridge Company as a sash and door manufacturer. Later, he was connected with Mr. Peters in the same line of business. The father's death occurred in October, 1898, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. The mother survived him some ten years, her demise having occurred in February, 1909. Both parents were lifelong, devout members of the German Reformed Church. at the corner of Canton avenue and o Scott street. Seven children were born to the parents—four daughters and three sons. Fred, the first born, is now deceased, and the second in order of birth is Louis E., to whom this memoir is dedicated. The eldest daughter is Mrs. George P. Kirby, whose husband is a lawyer, now practicing in Toledo in partnership with Gen. J. Kent Hamilton. The fourth child is Mrs. John H. Arnsman, whose husband is one of the well known contractors of Toledo. The husband of Mrs. David T. Davies, the fifth in order of birth of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Krieger, served some time as county auditor of Lucas county, and, in the election of 1909, was the unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Toledo, in opposition to Hon. Brand Whitlock, the present incumbent of the office. John L. Krieger is a barber, residing at 1102 Broadway. and Mrs. A. A. Fox is the 'youngest. The three eldest children were born in Covington, Ky., the other four in BIOGRAPHICAL - 597 Toledo. Mrs. Kirby is a graduate of the Toledo schools, and for a number of years before her marriage was a member of the teaching corps of the public schools. Louis E. Krieger took advantage of the educational advantages afforded by the public schools of the time of his youth, but before he had completed his course he left the institution to accept a position in the counting room of the "Toledo Blade." Subsequently, he was for a period of seventeen years a member of the clerical force in the office of the freight department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway. He has always been interested in politics, national, state and municipal, and in 1901 he became the candidate of the Republican party for the office of clerk of the Police Court. In the election of that year he carried nearly every precinct in the city, and his management of the office to which he was chosen earned him the nomrnation two years later. For four successive terms now he has been the successful candidate for the office which he hoLds, and the measure of popularity in which he is held is best attested when it is stated that at the last two elections he was the only candidate on the Republican ticket who was successful in election. Mr. Krieger's social and fraternal relations are with the National Union, the Knights of the Modern Maccabees, the North American Union, the Toledo and Arbeiter Maennerchor and the Business Men's Club. In a religious way he is affiliated with the German Reform church. On Dec. 24, 1882, occurred Mr. Krieger's marriage to Miss Mary Mizner, a native of Toledo, and a daughter of the late David Mizner and his wife, Barbara. Mr. Mizner passed away some years before his daughter's marriage, but his widow is still a respected resident of Toledo, where she has spent the better part of her useful life. To Mr. and Mrs. Krieger have been born nine children, five of whom survive. Orville L.. the eldest, a stamp-maker by vocation, is married and resides at 1016 Colburn avenue. The other survivors are Clinton C.. Ethel M., David N. and Anna R. All have been given the opportunity of taking advantage of the Toledo parochial school training. Louis was drowned in the Maumee river while swimming, just ten days before the tenth anniversary of his birth. His sudden end was a great shock to the parents. The three other children died in infancy. Mr. Krieger and his family have a beautiful home at 347 South avenue. Elmer E. Davis, a well known attorney of Toledo, with offices in the Gardner Building, was born on a farm near New Straitsville, Perry county, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1865. He is a son of Robert and Alcinda Thorp Davis. being next to the oldest of six children, all of whom are lrving. His father is a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. and his mother was born in the State of New York. Both his parents came to Ohio when they were small children, the father coming with his parents, in 1838, when but two years of age, and the mother with her parents, a year or so later, when she was about the same age. The parents were reared, educated and married in Perry county, Ohio, where the father was for many years actively engaged in farming. The father was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war, and now resides on a farm near 598 - MEMOIRS OF LUCAS COUNTY Newark, in Licking county, Ohio. His mother died about twenty years ago. Elmer E. Davis was reared in his native county, his early education being such as was afforded by the public schools in the vicinity of his boyhood home. He graduated in the New Straitsville High School when fifteen years of age. After leaving school, he engaged in various occupations for some years, during which time he saved up money enough to enable him to enter the Law Department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in which institution he graduated, in the year 1891, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. A few days prior to his graduation from law school, he successfully passed the examination for admission to the bar, at Columbus, Ohio. In the fall of 1891 he came to Toledo, occupying "desk room" in Captain Everett's office about two years, when he became established in his present suite of offices in the Gardner Building, he and the late John T. Greer being the first tenants of the surte of rooms which now constitute his offices. His practice at first was largely that of a commercial lawyer, but he has gradually drifted from that into a general practice. In his professron he has achieved considerable success, haying a large clientele, and is generally regarded as a capable and trustworthy lawyer. At the present time, he is the president of the Lucas County Bar Association. Fraternally, he is a member of several of the various Masonic bodies of Toledo, including St. Omer Commanders and Zenobia Shrine. He is a Republican in politics, and, though never an office seeker, was at one time a member of the Toledo council, representing that portion of the city which is now known as the Sixth ward. In 1904, he married Grace L. Richards, of Toledo, Ohio, and now resides at No. 2425 Scott-wood avenue. Charles F. Franklin, who, prior to Jan. 1, 1910, was president and general manager of the Toledo & Western Railway and president of the Adrian Street Railway Company, of Adrian, Mich., and now general superintendent of the Winona Interurban and the Winona & Warsaw lines, at Warsaw, Ind., has risen step-by-step to these responsible and exacting positions. His advancement has been the result of pure merit, the secret of his success being hard, skillful and painstaking work. He was born in Locust Valley, N. Y. Aug. 29, 1859. of American Colonial lineage. His parents—Eugene B. and Elizabeth (Jackson) Franklin—were natives of the same part of New York—Queens county. The father had a United States bonded warehouse in New York -City and died in New York. After his death, his widow moved to Montana, where several of her children had preceded her, and has since made her home with a daughter, in Helena. They were the parents of three sons and two daughters, of whom three are living. Mr. Franklin belonged to the celebrated group of "Forty-niners" who led the van of the rush to California and made the perilous journey around Cape Born, in 1849. Charles F. attended public school in Locust Valley and commenced his career as a railroad man, as a 'messenger for the D., L. & W. R. R., in 1874-5. A year later found him with the Long Island railway. and he worked up through many suc- BIOGRAPHICAL - 599 cessive stages until the year 1893 found him general superintendent of the Newburgh & Walden Railroad Company, at Newburgh, N. Y. He remained in this office until 1898, and resigned it to become general superintendent of the Ohio Southern railroad, at Springfield. In 1900, he was appointed general superintendent of the Clover Leaf route, at Toledo, and; in 1902, he accepted the post of general manager and assistant treasurer of the Toledo & Western Railroad Company. In 1906, he was elected a director in this company and later was made its president and general manager. On Jan. 1, 1910, he resigned these positions and accepted that of general superintendent of the Winona Interurban and the Winona & Warsaw lines. Mr. Franklin's offices are in Warsaw, Ind.. but his family resides in Toledo. He is a member of the Masonic lodge of Newburgh, N. Y.. and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hempstead. N. Y. He is also identified with the Toledo Transportation Club. In 1909, Mr. Franklin was chosen to be one of a committee of five appointed for the purpose of formulating a set of rules for the operation of interurban railways by the interurban railways of Columbus, Ohio. In political sympathy, Mr. Franklin is strongly Republican on national questions, but independent in his views on local matters. He is a prominent member of the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Business Men's Club of Toledo. On July 30, 1884, Mr. Franklin married Miss Anna T. Underhill, daughter of Jacob S. Underhill, of Locust Valley. N. Y.. a descendant of Capt. John Underhill. Mrs. Franklin was born and educated in Locust Valley and graduated at the Friends' Academy of that place. Five children were born of this marriage, of whom four are living. Townsend V. was born at Locust Valley, N. Y., attended school at Newburgh and graduated in the high school there with the class of 1897 ; he is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Zenobia Shrine of Toledo, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; he is purchasing agent and secretary of the Toledo & 'Western railroad, and resides with his parents. Elizabeth was born in Hempstead, N. Y., married Eugene Avery, and died, leaying one daughter. Elizabeth, who makes her home with Mr. Franklin. Gertrude Taber was born in Hempstead, graduated in the Toledo High School, in 1909, and is now studying kindergarten at the Monroe Street Training School for kindergartners. Charles F., Jr., was born in Hempstead and was educated in Toledo. George M. was born in Newburgh, N. Y., and was educated in Toledo. The Franklin home is situated at 22 Melrose avenue, and is the goal to which Mr. Franklin turns for rest and relaxation from business cares. He is devoted to his family and home and has been ambitious to succeed for his family's sake. He is a man of high principles, unswervingly loyal to his ideas of right, and, as his career shows, is firm in his fidelity to duty. His life should be an inspiration to any ambitious boy. William E. Cole, one of Toledo's well known and enterprising business men, was born at Myricksville, Mass., Oct. 8, 1862. He came to Toledo with his parents when he was but four years