TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 125 byterian church from the age of fifteen until the year 1913, when he was admitted into membership of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Toledo, and also of the mother church at Boston, Massachusetts, and in 1918 he became a practitioner of Christian Science. He also belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution and the same patriotic strain which prompted his ancestors to espouse the cause of liberty in the war for independence has always characterized him in his relation to the public, his labors being an effective force in promoting any plan or project for the welfare of community, commonwealth or country. He is today one of the venerable and honored citizens of Toledo, respected by all who know him and most of all where he is best known. He resides at No. 616 Lincoln avenue, where he has lived for the past nineteen years. MORRISON W. YOUNG Morrison W. Young, a financier and representative business man whose ability has brought him to the presidency of the Second National Bank and to the active control of important commercial and manufacturing enterprises, is classed with those men who are directing the destinies of Toledo and who in recent years have been the builders and promoters of her greatness. Mr. Young was born in Maumee, Ohio, in September, 1860, his parents being Samuel M. and Angeline L. (Upton) Young, long identified with the interests of northwestern Ohio. The father was born at Lebanon, Grafton county, New Hampshire, in 1806, and after attending the public schools entered upon preparation for law practice and was admitted to the bar. He became a resident of Maumee, Lucas county, in 1835 and there entered upon the practice of law. When Lucas county was organized he was elected its first auditor, serving for two years. For a considerable period he was the senior partner in the firm of Young & Waite, the junior partner being Morrison R. Waite, who for a year was a student in the law office of Mr. Young before entering into partnership relations and who subsequently became chief justice of the United States supreme court. In 1855 the firm established an office in Toledo but in the following year Mr. Young retired from active practice, having previously become a prominent factor in the Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Company and after-ward with the Columbus & Toledo Railway Company. He entered banking circles in 1855, when with others he purchased the old Bank of Toledo, to the management of which he gave much of his attention. In 1865 this was reorganized as the Toledo National Bank and Mr. Young was chosen the first president, remaining in that office until January, 1890. In 1862, as senior partner in the firm of Young & Backus, he erected the giant elevators on Water street near Adams street and for eighteen years was closely associated with the grain and elevator trade in this city. In fact many of the most important business enterprises of the nineteenth century owe their existence and successful management to him. He also exerted a wide influence over political thought and action and as well in connection with the religious development of the city, being an active member of the Trinity Episcopal church. He died January 1, 1897. A contemporary biographer has written of him : "The late Mr. Young was not' only distinguished by the possession of singular faculties as an executive and business genius, but had qualities of leadership among men, a devotion to duty, a fidelity to high ideals, and conscientious performance of every obligation imposed upon him. By sixty-one years of residence he was 126 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY easily one of Lucase county's most distinguished citizens. However, his name and the recognition paid to his abilities were not confined to his home county. He was well known in financial and political circles all over Ohio and even in the larger centers of the nation. Along with the dignity that goes with large practical achievements he possessed that dignity that comes from character and true gentlehood." Morrison Waite Young, reared in Toledo, attended the public schools until 1876 and then pursued a preparatory course in the Hopkins grammar school at New Haven, Connecticut, whereby he became qualified to enter Yale in the fall of 1879. He was there graduated with the class of 1883 and following his return home he initiated his business career through connection with the Clover Leaf and the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroads. After two years he turned his attention to the hardwood lumber business and also supplied ties to the Pennsylvania and Lake Shore railroads, building up a business of large and substantial proportions in that connection, with which he was associated until 1890. Following his father's demise he took over the management of the Young estate, involving large and important property and commercial interests and he also became president of the Blade Printing & Paper Company, the interest of which had engaged his father's attention for many years. For an extended period Mr. Young has also figured in financial circles as an officer and director of the Second National Bank and the recognition of his keen sagacity, sound judgment and progressive business methods led to his election to the presidency of that institution on January 14, 1908, as the successor to the late Edwin Jackson. In this position he is at the head of an institution which for fifty-nine years has been a factor in Toledo's development, growth and progress. His entire course has proven him a worthy successor of his father. He has developed his powers in accordance with the demands and opportunities of the time, showing a marked mastery of business situations and a wise use of the opportunities which have come to him. He is president and one of the organizers of the Summit Trust Company, and a director and organizer of The Toledo Plate & Window Glass Company. He is also a director of the Northwestern Elevator & Mill Company and was formerly a director and the vice president of the Toledo Gas Light & Coke Company. He is actuated by a determined purpose that reaches its objective, for in his vocabulary there is no such word as fail. Mr. Young is also well known in social circles, having membership in the Toledo Club, of which he has served as president ; in the Toledo Commerce Club and in the Toledo Country Club. While the advantages of his youth were liberal he has directed his efforts in fields where individual merit and ability are the only factors that count in the attainment of results and today he is recognized as one of the distinguished business men and financiers of Toledo. JOHN W. LANDIN John W. Landin, a prominent building contractor of Toledo, is closely associated with the development and upbuilding of the city and in the conduct of his business affairs he displays that spirit of enterprise which works for individual success and also constitutes a factor in public prosperity. He was born in New Haven, Indiana, September 24, 1879, of the marriage of William and Theresa (Mack) Landin, who were also natives of the Hoosier state. The father devoted his life to the occupation of farming and his demise occurred at New Haven, Indiana, in 1882. The TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 127 mother survives and now makes her home at Defiance, Ohio. In their family were two children : John W. and Mary. The public schools of New Haven and Fort Wayne, Indiana, afforded John W. Landin his educational opportunities and on starting out in life for himself he learned the carpenter's trade, after which he engaged in structural iron work and in cabinetmaking. He followed that trade in the employ of the Toledo Lumber Company until about 1920, when, in association with Karl Fink, a fellow workman, he organized the general contracting and building firm of Landin & Fink, of which he has since been a member. Starting in a small way, they have built up a business of substantial proportions, and on many sides are to be seen evidences of their handiwork. In the execution of contracts they are prompt, efficient and thoroughly trustworthy and their business transactions are at all times characterized by integrity and honesty. Mr. Landin has been married twice. At Rome, New York, on the 23d of November, 1902, he wedded Miss Eva Long, a daughter of John J. Long, and her demise occurred in August, 1904. They were the parents of a son, Everett J., who was born in Rome in 1904 and is now a student at St. John's College of Toledo. On the 12th of February, 1910, at Defiance, Ohio, Mr. Landin was again married, his second union being with Miss Cecelia Wagner, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, prominent residents of that city. Mr. Landin is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church and he is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, in which he has attained the third degree. He has eagerly grasped every opportunity which has come his way and each step in his career has been a forward one. He is alert, energetic and resourceful and his enterprise and ability have carried him steadily onward toward the goal of success. KARL J. FINK Karl J. Fink is a well known building contractor of Toledo whose success has been founded upon broad practical experience and expert ability, and his labors have contributed materially to the upbuilding and improvement of the city with which he has allied his interests. He was born abroad on the 11th of September, 1879, a son of John and Fredericka (Baerle) Fink, who are also of European birth, and the father is likewise a builder and contractor. He is now eighty-six years of age and the mother has reached the age of eighty-three. The fourth in order of birth in a family of eight children, Karl J. Fink attended the public schools of his native land and also a technical school, in which he learned the cabinetmaker's trade. At the age of fourteen years he began assisting his father in his building operations and remained in his native land until 1906, when he sought the opportunities offered in the United States to an ambitious, energetic young man, first locating at Defiance, Ohio. He secured work as a cabinetmaker in Geiger's furniture factory and remained there until 1915, when he came to this city and obtained employment with the Toledo Lumber Company, with which he was connected for five years. He then joined John W. Landin, also a workman at that plant, and they established a general building and contracting business, which they have since conducted successfully under the firm style of Landin & Fink. Their business has rapidly developed, owing to their straightforward dealing and 128 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY thorough knowledge of the work in which they are engaged, and they have been awarded a large number of contracts. At Defiance, Ohio, on the "9th of May, 1907, Mr. Fink was married to Miss Annie Merzk, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Merzk, and they have become the parents of six children : Annie, whose birth occurred in 1908 ; Karl, born in 1910 ; Roland, born in 1911 ; Eugene, born in 1914; Robert, born in 1917 ; and Edward, born in 1919. The first four children are natives of Defiance and the last two were born in Toledo. The family attended the German Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Fink is a member of the American Legal Association and the Young Men's Christian Association. In his business career he has demonstrated what it is possible to accomplish through determined effort, wisely directed. As the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well and his labors have brought him a desirable measure of success, while they have also been a source of benefit to his city. WILLIAM HENRY FISHER, M. D. Dr. William Henry Fisher, eminent in the field of surgery, belongs to that class of representatives of the medical profession, who have made their calling something more than a means of livelihood. Dr. Fisher has studied the profession and its opportunities froth the standpoint of utmost service and scientific advancement, delving deep into the questions which have to do with standardization of hospitals and all those grave, broad and important problems that in any way concern professional advancement and the higher achievements of the medical fraternity. For a number of years he has practiced most successfully in Toledo, in which city he was born on the 25th of February, 1870. He was graduated from the 'high school and pursued his preliminary medical studies under the direction of his father, A. W. Fisher, a capable physician of that day. At length he entered the medical depart-ment of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1891. The following year he was appointed surgeon for the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital service for the port of Toledo and occupied the position for thirteen years, at the end of which time he resigned. He then received post-graduate instruction in surgery in New York schools and hospitals and also attended clinics in the surgical centers of Europe in 1900, since which time he has visited repeatedly all the important surgical centers in the United States, thus con-stantly promoting his knowledge and efficiency. He has served on the surgical staff of the Toledo Hospital, the Lucas County and St. Vincent's hospitals and at the present writing is a member of the advisory board of the last named. He is lecturer on gynecology to the Nurses Training School and is visiting surgeon to the hospital and is also director of gynecology at the Lucas County Hospital. For several years he gave special lectures on gynecology and cystoscopy and held surgical clinics in the interests of the Toledo Medical College. After the most persevering endeavors covering nearly twenty-five years, in association with other members of the profession, reorganization of staffs, standardization of hospitals, the building. of proper homes for nurses, and the establishment of free dispensaries and clinics were consummated. The importance of this work can scarcely be overestimated and from the beginning of his professional career Dr. Fisher has made valuable contribution to the advancement of the science of medicine with direct application thereto to the needs of suffering humanity. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 131 Dr. Fisher was president of the Toledo Medical Association in 1900 and 1901 and in addition to his connection therewith he has membership in the Lucas County, the Ohio State and American Medical associations and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Fisher is a republican by birth and principles. He has never sought political preferment but takes a keen and active interest in civic, state and national policies and lends the weight of his influence on the side of progress and improvement at all times. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, is a thirty-second degree Consistory member and Mystic Shriner and he is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a life member of the Union Club of Michigan, while in Toledo he has membership in the Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Club and the Inverness Club. His membership relations also extend to the First Congregational church and he has ever been keenly interested in those forces which make for advancement in any field wherein the welfare of society and the betterment of the individual are involved. His residence is at No. 2540 Scottwood avenue. JOHN ALLEN HAMILTON Many years have passed since John Allen Hamilton was called to his final rest, but he is remembered in the business circles of Toledo through his connection with the lumber trade and his memory is cherished by many friends who esteemed him for his sterling worth and the splendid qualities of manhood and citizenship which he ever displayed. A native son of Ohio, he was born in Piqua, February 25, 1838, a son of John and Flora (Patterson) Hamilton and a great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, who settled in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, after his discharge from the Continental army at the close of the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, John Hamilton, married Susanna Allen, a daughter of Judge John Allen of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He pursued his more advanced education in Marietta College and in young manhood was identified with the coal business, but during the greater part of his life was connected with the lumber trade. He operated in this line in Toledo in connection with the Mitchell & Rowland Company and afterward became the senior member of the firm of Hamilton, McClure & Company at Saginaw, Michigan, there concentrating his efforts and attention upon the cutting and marketing of timber to the time of his demise, and building up a business which was at the time one of the largest in the Saginaw valley, with timber lands in Canada, as well as in upper and lower Michigan. During the Civil war period Mr. Hamilton served as a member of the Home Guard at Portsmouth, Ohio. His political allegiance was always given to the republican party, which found in him a stanch and stalwart supporter. He belonged to the Saginaw Club at Saginaw, Michigan, and while in Toledo he had membership in the Westminster Presbyterian church, but following the establishment of his home at Saginaw he became a member of the First Congregational church of that city. His life was characterized by fidelity to duty and he followed advanced principles that made him a man whom to know was to esteem and honor. On the 6th of October, 1859, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Hale Rowland, a direct descendant of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. The line of descent comes down through Edward Fuller, Samuel Fuller, Samuel Fuller (II), Matthew Fuller, Caleb Fuller and Mrs. Caroline 132 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Matilda (Fuller) Chapman, to Mrs. Abigail Storrs (Chapman) Rowland, the mother of Harriet (Rowland) Hamilton, who was likewise a lineal descendant of Anne Hutchinson and Thomas Welde, who collaborated with Richard Mather and John Eliot in writing the "Bay Psalm-Book." Mrs. Hamilton was thus connected with some of the most distinguished New England families. She was born in Salem, Indiana, February 11, 1840, a daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail S. (Chapman) Rowland, who during her early childhood took up their abode in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her father was prominent as a lawyer and judge for many years. Mrs. Hamilton acquired her more advanced educational training in Wesleyan College and was graduated with the degree of M. E. L. in 1856. By her marriage she became the mother of seven children : Rowland Starr, now deceased ; Bertha, the deceased wife of Henry C. Potter, Jr., of Saginaw, Michigan ; Grace, the wife of John H. Howry, living in Denver, Colorado ; William McClure, who has also passed away ; John Alan, who married Lorraine E. Melvin of Toledo, Ohio, and is now living in Buffalo, New York ; Ralph Bergen, who married Edith Seixas of New York and is now deceased ; and Bartelle Sawyer, who married Elizabeth Schenck of Toledo and is living in this city. Like her husband Mrs. Hamilton was a member of the Congregational church. She long occupied an enviable position in the social circles of the city and had a legion of warm friends here. The demise of John Allen Hamilton occurred at Saginaw, Michigan, on the 14th of November, 1886. Harriet Rowland Hamilton died on January 22, 1923, at Toledo, Ohio. EDWIN J. MARSHALL Edwin J. Marshall, senior member of the well known law firm of Marshall & Fraser, was born in this city, on the 28th of June, 1873, his parents being John W. and Margaret (Baker) Marshall. Edwin J. Marshall graduated from the old Central high school with the class of 1892 and received his LL. B. degree from Cornell University, with the class of 1895. The following year he entered into partnership with Harold W. Fraser, as the firm of Marshall & Fraser, which has existed without interruption to the present time. On the 8th of October, 1899, Mr. Marshall was married to Miss Helen B. Boardman of Lowell, Massachusetts. HOWLAND MADISON FLOWER, M. D. Following the trend of the times, which is toward specialization in all lines of professional activity, Dr. Howland Madison Flower is limiting his practice to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which he has become recognized as an authority, and his pronounced ability has established his position among Toledo's leading physicians. He was born at Moline, Illinois, May 30, 1§69, and comes of a family that has long figured prominently in connection with the medical profession. His parents were Frank Warren and Caroline Frances (Brown) Flower, the former a native of Fishers Landing, New York, and the latter of Cherry Creek, that state. They removed to Illinois in early life and both were graduate TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 135 physicians, successfully following their chosen profession in that state and also in Iowa and Missouri. The mother also practiced in California and was among the first of her sex to enter the field of medical science. Two children were born to them : Courtney Warren, who is a merchant and resides in Sedalia, Missouri ; and Howland Madison. After completing his public school training Howland Madison Flower attended a normal school and later became a student at the Chicago Homeopathic College, from which he was graduated in 1895. The next eighteen months were spent as an interne at the Chicago College Hospital and he then came to Toledo, where he has since followed his profession. He has taken postgraduate courses in the medical centers of this country and of Europe and has ever been actuated by the laudable desire to progress. He was in general practice for eight years before taking up special work. He now specializes in diseases pertaining to the eye, ear, nose and throat, in the treatment of which he has been very successful, and his professional services are in constant demand. Dr. Flower volunteered for service in the World war and was commissioned a captain in the United States army. He was stationed first at Camp Greenleaf, was later transferred to Fort Oglethorpe and subsequently sent to the base hospital at Camp Hancock, Georgia. He was next ordered overseas but received his discharge while preparing for embarkation. He belongs to the American Legion and is also a member of the Toledo Automobile Club, while his political tenets are those of the republican party. Fraternally.he is identified with the Masons. His professional relations are with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. His success as a medical practitioner proves that he has chosen the vocation best suited for the exercise of his talents and his professional colleagues and the public unite in bearing testimony as to his high character and marked ability. LEWIS B. TUCKER Lewis B. Tucker, senior member of the well known bond house of Tucker, Robison & Company, is one of the prominent figures in Toledo investment circles. He was born in Norwalk, Ohio, July 9, 1880, a son of Harmon Girard and Philena (Miller) Tucker. In 1883 they established their home in Toledo, where the father was at that time connected with railroad interests. Two sons were born to their union : Ray R., of Norwalk, Ohio ; and Lewis B. Lewis B. Tucker was but three years of age when his parents removed to Toledo. He attended the grammar and high schools of the city and entered upon his business career in the employ of Howard T. Radcliffe, interior decorator, then manager of the Sterling & Company store. For several years Mr. Tucker remained in that connection. Subsequently he became a student at the Toledo Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1906, but did not take up the work of the profession. He accepted a position as assistant secretary and treasurer of The Citizens Safe Deposit and Trust Company. In July, 1912, he joined Sidney Spitzer to establish the firm of Sidney Spitzer & Company, dealers in municipal bonds, and remained a partner in that firm until December 31, 1917. After a year and a half in the service of the United States treasury department at Washington, he organized the present firm of Tucker, Robison & Company. They are 136 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY dealers in bonds and other high grade investment securities and have attained a foremost position among the representative bond houses of Toledo. Mr. Tucker has made a close study of the business in which he is engaged and his familiarity with investment securities is of no little value to the extensive clientele enjoyed by Tucker, Robison & Company. Among his other business interests he is a director of the Rivoli Realty Company and also of the Riddle Manufacturing Company of Ravenna, Ohio. At Bellevue, Ohio, on the 5th of July, 1901, Mr. Tucker was married to Miss Irma Tyler, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Tyler, now residents of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have three children : Melville Keith, whose birth occurred May 7, 1903 ; Virginia Tyler, who was born in 1907 ; and Lewis Cornell, who was born in March, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker are members of the Ashland Avenue Baptist church. His political support is given to the republican party, and he is a member of the Bankers Club of America and also a member of the Toledo Club and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. During the World war Mr. Tucker was an executive in the state organization department of the War Savings Committee, connected with the treasury department and maintained his headquarters in Washington until after the armistice was signed. Throughout his career he has closely applied himself to the work in hand and his success has been distinctly the result of his own efforts and achieved in a manner that has brought to him a position of the highest standing in business circles. Mr. Tucker's residence is on the River road. DANIEL M. AND CARL W. SCHMIDLIN Daniel M. and Carl W. Schmidlin constitute The Schmidlin Brothers Company of Toledo, engaged in scientific heating, ventilating and general sheet metal work. The brothers are sons of Frederick and Elsie (Bitter) Schmidlin and are natives of Lucas county, Ohio. The grandfather came to this county about 1835 and here followed the occupation of farming for many.years but is now living retired. Daniel M. Schmidlin was born in Toledo, February 4, 1898, and was educated in the public schools and in a business college of Toledo, thus qualifying for life's practical and responsible duties. Starting out in the business world, he was employed as an accountant for a time and later was teller with the Ohio Trust & Savings Bank for a period of three years. On the 17th of November, 1917, he became associated with his brother, Carl W. Schmidlin, in the organization of The Schmidlin Brothers Company, for the conduct of a heating, ventilating and general sheet metal work business. Their plant is located at Nos. 410 to 414 Orange street and from the beginning their patronage has steadily grown until they now control a large trade. Daniel M. Schmidlin is the secretary and treasurer of the company and from the beginning his executive ability, keen business discernment and unfaltering enterprise have been strong factors in the continued success of the undertaking. On the 15th of February, 1922, Daniel M. Schmidlin was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Davies of Columbus Grov.e, Ohio, and they are well known in Toledo, where they have many warm friends. Mr. Schmidlin is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in various activities which relate to the public welfare and general improvement of the community. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 137 Carl W. Schmidlin was born in Lucas County December 18, 1892, pursued a public school education and also attended a business college. He afterward became a bookkeeper and was advanced to the position of office manager, serving in that capacity for seven years, after which he resigned his position to join his brother, D. M. Schmidlin, in the organization of The Schmidlin Brothers Company, of which he is the president. He is a member f the Builders Exchange and also of the Sheet Metal Contractors Association of Toledo. On the 11th of June, 1919, Carl W. Schmidlin was married to Miss Helen Green of this city. The brothers are both widely known here, having spent their lives in Lucas county, and the sterling worth of their character, as well as their business force and ability, has gained them high standing in Toledo. GEORGE E. HARDY George E. Hardy, a member of one of the pioneer families of Toledo, has spent the greater part of his life in this city, in which he is well and favorably known, and is now serving as treasurer of The Johnston-Hardy Company, one of the prominent insurance firms of the city. His birth occurred at Swanton, Ohio, March 2, 1870, and his parents, George and Harriet E. (Barnes) Hardy, are natives, respectively, of Albany, New York, and Willoughby, Ohio. As a young man the father came to this state and in 1873 he established his home in Toledo. He was an expert painter and for many years had charge of the finishing department of the B. A. Stevens Company. He is now living retired in this city and the mother also survives. To their union were born five children and four of the number are still living, namely : Mrs. Elizabeth Redmond, of Byron, Michigan ; and Mrs. May Decker, James and George E., all residents of Toledo. George E. Hardy acquired his education in the grammar schools and a business college of this city and his initial business experience was obtained in the employ of H. P. Tobey & Company, dealers in marine, factory and mill supplies. In 1899 he formed a partnership with F. A. Dischinger, going into that same line of business opening an establishment on Water street in this city. Subsequently the firm became The Hardy-Dischinger Company. Mr. Hardy was thus occupied until 1907, when he bought out the Toledo White Lead Company and reorganized the business, adopting the form of The Hardy Paint & Varnish Company. This he successfully operated until February, 1914, when he sold his interests and became secretary for the Toledo Commerce Club, continuing to act in that capacity until September, 1918. He then resigned to accept a similar position with the Chamber of Commerce at Portland, Oregon, but remained in that city for only a short period and then returned to Toledo. He next became special agent, representing the local interests of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, of Baltimore. Maryland, with which he was connected until August, 1920, when he purchased an interest in The Johnston-Decker Company and the name was changed to The Johnston-Hardy Company, of which he is now treasurer. This firm represents some of the strongest and most reliable insurance companies in the field and enjoys an extensive and representative clientele. In Detroit, Michigan, on the 20th of June, 1893, Mr. Hardy married Miss Emily S. Logan, a daughter of Charles R. and Sylvia Logan, residents of Saginaw, 138 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY that state, and they became the parents of two children : Norris Logan, who was born December 24, 1894, and died August 31, 1916, when a young man of nearly twenty-two years and Sylvia Ruth, who was born August 9, 1910, and is now attending the public schools. Mr. Hardy is a Christian Scientist in religious faith and in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree, belonging to both the York and Scottish Rites. He is a member of the Rotary Club, serving as the second president of the Toledo Rotarians and was one of the five founders of the Toledo Rotary Club in 1912. He is also connected with the Chamber of Commerce. In all that affects the welfare and upbuilding of his city he is quick to respond and his loyalty and public spirit prompt him to put forth effective effort in its behalf. He is chairman of the waterways and harbor committee of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and for twenty-five years he has been identified with that organization. He is also secretary of The Toledo Port Commission. He is a man of resolute purpose and marked strength of character and his course has at all times marked him as a citizen of worth. High regard is entertained for his genuine public spirit, civic pride and his devotion to the public welfare. HARVEY P. PLATT An outstanding figure in connection with the history of Toledo, Harvey P. Platt left the impress of his individuality and ability upon the annals of city and state. He was a notably courageous man, standing unfalteringly and loyally in support of any cause in which he believed and actuated at all times by a desire to make his service of public benefit and worth. He was associated with many projects important to the welfare of Toledo and ranked as one of her representative and honored business men. He was born at Schroon Lake, Essex county, New York, August 27, 1827, and was the fourth in a family of fifteen children, whose father was Daniel S. Platt. His mother was Caroline Wyman, who was one of the three wives of Daniel S. Platt, for death at different periods disturbed the household by removing the wife and mother from the family circle. The Platt family is of English lineage, the ancestral line being traced back to Richard Platt in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. There were various representatives of the name in England, who won coat of arms between the reign of Edward III and that of "Good Queen Bess." From Richard Platt previously mentioned descended another Richard Platt, who became the founder of the family in America in 1638, establishing his home in New Haven, Connecticut, where he acquired extensive property holdings and reared his family. He also aided in founding a church organization there and in developing a flourishing community. Ere his death he had lived to see his children marry and nineteen grandchildren perpetuating the Platt name. To each of these he bequeathed a Bible at the time of his death in 1684, at which time his estate was valued at six hundred pounds. A few years ago one of his descendants placed a memorial tablet for him among the coping stones of a beautiful bridge erected to the memory of early settlers across the Wapawaug at Milford, Connecticut, Richard Platt having aided in founding that township two hundred and fifty years before. Harvey P. Platt, whose name introduces this review, belonged to what was known as the Lanesboro branch of the family, being descended from the fourth' TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 141 son of Richard Platt, the American progenitor, this fourth son being Josiah, who was born in America in 1645. The line comes on down through: John, born in 1677; Ebenezer, born in Milford in 1708 ; Abial I, born in Danbury, Connecticut, in 1745, and whose name is found on the roll of the Massachusetts state house at Boston as one of the six hundred men of Lanesboro furnished by the town for service in the Revolution. He married Rhoda Hall and they had seven children, including Jabez Hall Platt, who was the grandfather of Harvey P. Platt. The father, Daniel S. Platt, removed to Schroon, New York, about 1810 and there died in 1852. His eldest son, Edward Francis Platt, became a Baptist minister of Toledo in 1853, organizing the First Baptist church of this city. Another son, Edwin S. Platt, served with the rank of major in the Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war and died in Denver in 1881. A third son, James D. Platt, was a lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and became a prominent citizen of Dayton, connected with the Barney & Smith Car Works. A fourth son, Daniel Starr Platt, was also a soldier connected with the medical depart-ment, U. S: A., and was a business man of Kansas City. Harvey P. Platt completed his education in the State Normal School at Albany, New York, and in 1851 removed to Ohio. In 1859 he took up his abode in Toledo, where he resided to the time of his death. In the meantime he had studied law in Cleveland and was admitted to the bar in 1853. Later he spent some time in South America, after which he again became a resident of Cleveland, where he resided until his removal to Toledo in 1859. He served as clerk of the first probate court in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and in Toledo he entered upon the active practice of law but as the years passed his time was more and more largely given to other interests. He made extensive investments in real estate, becoming the owner of much valu-able property, whereby his capital was greatly increased and he became one of the city's men of wealth. In the year 1859 Mr. Platt was united in marriage to Miss Mary Oswald, who died in 1906. They became the parents of four children but all have passed away with the exception of Agnes Barney, who occupies the homestead at No. 318 Chestnut street. Mr. Platt saw service in the Civil war, participating in the battle of Winchester as aid to the commanding officer, having gone there to seek his brother who was ill. At all times he was actuated by a progressive spirit in relation to his duties and obli-gations to the community, to the commonwealth and to the country. From the beginning of his residence in Toledo he was a prominent figure in the city's growth and improvement. He was the promoter of the first bridge, except railway bridges, across the Maumee river and this project he executed in 1864, at which time the population on both sides of the river had so greatly increased as to make the need of intercommunication very pressing. A proposition was made for the construction of a bridge on the present location of the Cherry street bridge in that year but it met with strong opposition on the ground that it would obstruct navigation. Mr. Platt, however, never faltered in his work in behalf of the project and was secretary of the company, which in August, 1864, let a contract for the building of the structure. The bridge was maintained by the company until 1872, when it was purchased by the city and utilized as a public thoroughfare until swept away by the flood of 1883, Mr. Platt being the last man to cross the bridge before it was swept into the stream. He was also interested in the development of marine facilities here and in 1869 secured the establishment of the present harbor lines on the east side of the river. In 1893 he was made one of Ohio's commissioners to the World Colum- 142 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY bian Exposition in Chicago. In 1906 he was active in contesting the erection of a straight bridge across the Maumee river and advocated the building of a U bridge with one foot on Cherry street and the other on Jackson street. Mr. Platt was ever a fighter. He stood courageously for what he believed to be for the best interests of the public, carrying his contentions into the courts and using every honorable means to further the end that he deemed of greatest public worth. When he passed away one of the local papers said : "His dream of a future metropolis comes to a sudden end. His progressiveness in the general development of the city was often misunderstood. As time passed, however, his opponents came to realize in him a man of unusual foresight and indomitable energy and in his death the city loses one of the great factors among the early builders of Toledo." His fearlessness, tenacity of purpose and courageous defense of what he believed to be best, elicited the admiration and respect of even those who opposed him. While he was still an active factor in the world's work a local paper in 1880 wrote of him : "Here we have a man, straight as an arrow, except that his head drops a little forward, as is usually the case with hard thinkers, with a good form, which is always clothed with good taste. He has black hair and whiskers, what would be termed a good face, steps not hastily, but more rapid than the average of men, and wears a countenance which never undergoes marked changes, either when the heart is sad or filled with joy. His full, high forehead indicates a goodly share of brain and the fibre of his general make-up shows solidity and force. Seemingly he possesses that greatest of all powers, complete control over himself. He is a man who never undertakes to accomplish anything without due deliberation and once he becomes enlisted, his face never turns back until success crowns his efforts. If one path does not lead to the accomplishment of his purpose, no one would know, by look or word, that he was disappointed and another path is taken and followed until it brings his efforts to naught but that matters not, for he at once takes another and never fails to reach the point for which he started out. Whenever the people of Toledo have a public enterprise on foot which requires judgment, industry and untiring perseverance for its success, the first man they seek to enlist is H. P. Platt, Esquire, and when he takes hold, all feel that success is assured. He is a great admirer of fine horse flesh and generally keeps a good supply of first-class travelers for himself and personal friends. Always polite, pleasant, agreeable, and communicative, yet he is always remarkably cool and seemingly keeps all conflicting elements of his character in complete subjection. He is not a cold-blooded, but a cool-headed man —that is, a man who knows and controls himself—a trait of character which gives him great advantage over his fellows, especially those who sometimes permit impulse and passion to get the better of their judgments. Few want to antagonize him, feeling that his coolness, mental resources, indomitable energy and untiring perseverance will in the end give him the victory. He seldom attempts to make a public speech, but his persuasive powers in private conversation, his industry in finding and talking with men, his ability as a manager and his knowledge of men, make him recognized as a power, whether as a politician or business man. Men sometimes call him a 'schemer,' but that is more because of his ability to win success in whatever he undertakes, than on account of any of the elements which are properly described by that term. Would that we had more H. P. Platts—more men of his self-control, his great powers of perseverance, and his virtues as man and citizen." Harvey P. Platt had reached the age of almost eighty-three years when he passed away on the 4th of June, 1910. He had remained an interested observer TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 143 of public events to the last and a real worker in the world. A number of years before he had retired from the practice of law and had in considerable measure given over the management of his important and extensive real estate holdings but he was actively concerned in public projects and the general welfare remained with him to the last a matter of vital concern. His contribution to the up-building of Toledo was real and valuable and no man was more sincerely conscientious in the performance of his duties of citizenship. JOHN HOWARD McNERNEY John Howard McNerney was born in Sandusky, Ohio, December 4, 1892, and is a son of Peter T. and Marie Octavie (Mansuy) McNerney. He received his education in the public and parochial schools of Toledo, to which city his parents had removed in his early youth, and later he attended St. John's University here, being graduated in 1912, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Having prepared for the bar, he received his LL. B. degree and was admitted to practice in the courts of this state in 1916. In the meantime he was awarded the degree of Master of Arts. Prior to his admission to practice as an attorney, Mr. McNerney was employed as secretary to the late Clarence Brown, then at the head of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau and Williams, one of the foremost law firms in the state. After being admitted to the bar Mr. McNerney engaged in law practice also in their office, and later, when Mr. Brown relinquished his law practice to become president of The Owens Bottle Company, Mr. McNerney also entered the employ of that corporation as secretary to the president. The Owens and associated companies constitute the largest glass industry in the United States and have extensive foreign connections. Following the death of Mr. Brown in 1918, Mr. McNerney remained with the company, of which he is now assistant treasurer and assistant secretary. In addition, he is an instructor in the law department of St. John's University. On February 12, 1923, Mr. McNerney was married to Miss Marie Eula Norris of Toledo, daughter of the late Martin Lewis Norris and Mary (English) Norris, formerly of Zanesville, Ohio. HENRY WESTERMAN McKISSON Henry Westerman McKisson, secretary and treasurer of the Toledo Steel Tube Company, was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1887, and is a son of John Clay and Catherine (Westerman) McKisson. The father was one of the organizers of the American Metal Wheel Company and is now living retired at Toledo. There were no unusual phases in the youthful experience of Henry Westerman McKisson and his business career represents the steady unfolding and development of his powers. His eyes have ever been open to the door of opportunity and his will responsive to the chances offered in business life. He is today one of the officials of the Toledo Steel Tube Company, which was incorporated in 1914 with a capitalization of one hundred thousand dollars. The com- 144 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY pany has a building three hundred by twenty feet and enploys one hundred workmen in the manufacture of welded steel tubes. The officers of this company are : George L. Freeman, president ; M. W. Young, Rathbun Fuller and J. C. McKisson, vice presidents ; H. W. McKisson, secretary and treasurer ; and J. 0. Eddy. The product is manufactured mostly for automobiles and bicycles and the business has now reached extensive and profitable proportions. H. W. McKisson was united in marriage on the 5th of January, 1915, to Miss Dorothy W. Freeman, a native of Toledo, and a daughter of George L. and Mary G. (West) Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. McKisson have become parents of three sons : Henry Westerman, Jr., John Clay and George Freeman. Mr. McKisson turns to golf, fishing and hunting for recreation. He is a member of the Toledo Club and the Toledo Country Club and his personal qualities are such as make for popularity in the social circles in which he moves. He is also well known as a representative young business man and his progressive spirit is widely recognized by those with whom he has been brought into contact. GEORGE L. FREEMAN Among the Toledoans who have very materially assisted in the present-day growth and development of the city and at the same time have built up a splendid business enterprise through their own efforts, is numbered George L. Freeman, the president of the Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company, conducting an extensive business as dealers in and manufacturers of lumber and as owners of a planing mill devoted to the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. This is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the state and has been developed through the diligence and determination of Mr. Freeman and his associate officers. His life story is of interest .because of his successful achievements. Born in Toledo on the 18th of May, 1859, he is a son of Sanford W. and Alida (Printup) Freeman. The father, a native of Burlington, Vermont, came to Toledo in 1835, when it was a little hamlet giving little indication of the changes which were soon to be wrought. He immediately became a leader in the community and served for many years as a member of the city council, instituting a number of the valuable public measures which were passed and promoting many of the, public improvements that were made. He afterward became vice president of the Toledo Pump Company and was active in connection with the operation of that enterprise until he removed to Alabama, where he became identified with the yellow pine lumber industry. In the later years of his life he lived retired, passing away in Toledo in 1904, at the venerable age of eighty-three years. His wife, who was born at Fonda, New York, came to Toledo in 1837 with her father, Andrew Printup, and in 1850 she became the wife of Mr. Freeman. She passed away in 1889, at the age of sixty-three years. There were four children in the family, two of whom died in infancy; while those who survive are : George L., of this review ; and Mrs. Eva Hart, -residing in Athens, Georgia. George L. Freeman attended the grade schools of Toledo and afterward the Central high school, from which he was graduated in 1877. He then started out in the business world, working first for the old Summit Street Railway Company, while later he entered the employment of Barber & Starr, lumber dealers, with whom he continued until April, 1886. At that date he became associated with the TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 147 late H. Reeve Kelsey, as successors to Kelsey-Lawton and Company, their inter-ests being carried on under the firm style of Kelsey & Freeman. The business was established in 1856 by Aaron L. Kelsey and Nathan Reeve, the first named being active in its affairs until 1886, when he retired, at which time Mr. Freeman became a partner. Mr. H. Reeve Kelsey died in 1917, and in 1918 the business was reorganized as The Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company, Mr. Freeman becoming president of the corporation. At the present time The Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company is operating the largest business enter-prise of this kind in northwestern Ohio. Not only do they handle lumber, but also operate a planing mill in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, and they handle all kinds of building materials and builders' supplies. They have a large branch yard at Indiana avenue and the Michigan Central tracks, and a large dock for sea going vessels. This has been built recently to meet the ever-increasing demands for the products which they handle and their lumber trade is one of exten-sive proportions. Mr. Freeman is also the president of the Toledo Steel Tube Company ; is a director and member of the executive committee of the Toledo Travelers Life Insurance Company, which he helped to organize ; and occupies a foremost position in the business circles of the city. On the 5th of December, 1888, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Freeman and Miss Mary J. West of Toledo, daughter of Charles West. They have become parents of two children : Dorothy W., the wife of Henry W. McKisson, and their three children are, Henry Westerman, Jr., John Clay and George Freeman McKisson ; and George L., Jr., who completed his education at the Manlius Military Academy, Manlius, New York, and is now connected with The Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company. Mr. Freeman is a member of the Toledo Club and of the Toledo Country Club. Fraternally he is connected with Sanford L. Collins Lodge, F. & A. M. % His religious faith is indicated in his connection with Trinity Episcopal church, in which he is serving as a vestryman, and in political belief he is a republican. His aid and influence have ever been factors on the side of right and progress and he has labored as diligently and as effectively to promote the public welfare as to advance his individual fortune. He has never failed to respond to the call of opportunity and has passed on to the place of successful achievement. A mammoth business enterprise is now under the control of himself and his fellow officers of the lumber company and it is the measure of his activity, enterprise and progressive spirit. Mr. Freeman's residence is at No. 2228 Robinwood avenue. SEAVEY Y. BRIGHAM Seavey Y. Brigham, a native son of Toledo and a member of one of its old families, is prominently connected with the automobile industry, being secretary and treasurer of the S. Y. Brigham Motor Company, agents for the Durant and Star cars. He was born October 3, 1883, and his parents were George Mayor and Kate Elizabeth (McCormick) Brigham, the former a native of Toledo and the latter of Monroe, Michigan. In this city the father was reared, educated and married and here he spent his life, passing away on the 21st of March, 1907. He was a prominent and highly respected business man and was connected with the 148 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Western Union Telegraph Company and the Toledo Heating & Lighting Company. The mother is still a resident of this city. Seavey Y. Brigham, their only child, acquired his education in his native city and was graduated from high school in 1902, after which he attended the Polytechnic school. His initial business experience was obtained with the Patent Lime Process Manufacturing Company, with which he remained for three years, and he then became connected with the lumber industry, as treasurer of an independent enterprise for four years. On the expiration of that period he joined the Yaryan Naval Stores Company of Gulf port, Mississippi, as secretary and treasurer and was identified with that firm for five years, afterward returning to Toledo. In 1917 he organized the S. Y. Brigham Motor Company, of which he is now secretary and treasurer, and was the Hupmobile agent in this city. On the 1st of January, 1922, he secured the agency for the Durant "4" in northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan and is selling one of the leading automobiles on the market today. He is a very successful salesman and his aggressive methods and thorough understanding of the business in which he is engaged have enabled him to build up one of the leading automobile agencies in the city. At Bradford, Pennsylvania, on the 18th of October, 1913, Mr. Brigham was married to Mrs. Leonore Dunham Madison, a daughter of Sherman and Emogene Dunham, well known residents of that place, and they have become the parents of a son, Anthony, who was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and is now attending the Waite high school of Toledo. Mr. Brigham gives his political support to the republican party and he is a member of the Country Club, the Toledo Yacht Club and the Toledo Commerce Club. He is alert, energetic and progressive in the conduct of his interests and his well-directed efforts have resulted in the attainment of a gratifying measure of success, while his genuine personal worth has won for him the unqualified respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. THOMAS JEFFERSON WATSON Business duties and opportunities brought Thomas Jefferson Watson to Toledo, where he arrived in April, 1890, as representative of the Craig Oil Company. For a considerable period he was connected with refining and oil interests and in later years became prominently associated with financial affairs and other business concerns here. Moreover, he became an integral part in the social life of the city and in its moral development, as well as in its material progress, and when he passed away Toledo recorded the loss of one of her representative residents. Mr. Watson was born near Carrollton, Ohio, January 26, 1842, and his death occurred May 5, 1915, when he was seventy-three years of age. He attended the district schools and soon after the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted as a private, joining the Third Independent Battery of Ohio Light Artillery, with which he served until the close of the war. He was in a number of hotly contested engagements and went with Sherman on the celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea. After the war his first business venture was in the establishment and conduct of a grocery and general store at Smiths Ferry, Ohio, and it was at this place that he first turned his attention to the oil business, building a refinery there. The success of this enterprise attracted the attention of the Standard Oil Company who purchased the business. Following ten years' experience along that line he went to