200 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY macher, vice president and treasurer, F. B. Anderson, secretary, and W. T. Davis, assistant treasurer, these men and Mrs. J. S. Dugan also composing the board of directors. Mr. Skinner is also a director of the Home Building and Savings Company. He has closely studied existing conditions in the world of trade, knows the market with which he has to deal and by progressive methods and indefatigable energy has steadily developed his business interests along lines leading to permanency and success. On the 26th of September, 1900, Mr. Skinner was united in marriage to Miss Grace Wright of Toledo and they have one child, Marion Wright, now Mrs. James M. Lattin of Toledo. In Masonic circles Mr. Skinner is well known, having become a Consistory Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a prominent figure in club circles, belonging to the Maumee and Toledo Yacht Club, to the Rotary Club, the Inverness Club and the Sylvania Golf Club, associations that indicate much of the nature of his interests and the line of his recreation. He is also identified with the Young Men's Christian Association, of which he is serving as a director, and thus he manifests his concern as to the welfare and protection of the youth of the city, fully meeting his obligations in this and in every other matter of citizenship. Life has ever been to him purposeful, its opportunities have been to him a call to action and to this call he has made ready response. His residence is at No. 1330 Broadway, which has been the family home for over thirty years. ARTHUR A. SWARTZ Arthur A. Swartz, attorney at law of Toledo, who since 1908 has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession, was born in Wood county, Ohio, July 20, 1881, and is a son of Andrew and Lena (Graves) Swartz, who were farming people. The son was reared in the usual manner of the farm bred boy who divides his time between the acquirement of an education and the work of the fields. He attended the country schools of his native county until he had mastered the elementary branches of learning and later he became a student in the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio. A review of the broad field of business determined him upon the study of law in preparation for a life work and he became a law student in the University of Michigan, in which he pursued the full course, winning his professional degree in 1908. In the same year he was admitted to the bars of both Michigan and Ohio. He located in Toledo in 1908 and for some years was associated in practice with C. A. Seiders and O. B. Snider but at the present writing follows his profession independently. He is a lawyer of ability, showing intense zeal and industry in the preparation of his cases, while in the work of the courts he is recognized as a strong pleader, a clear thinker and logical reasoner. For several years he was the secretary and one of the instructors in the law department of the Toledo University. He belongs to the Lucas County and Ohio State Bar associations. On the 7th of August, 1908, Mr. Swartz was married to Miss Emily E. Dent, who prior to her marriage to Mr. Swartz, had for nine years been a successful teacher in the public schools of Wood county, Ohio. Mrs. Swartz passed away on the 28th of March, 1919, leaving two children, Arthur Barton and Helen Gwendolyn. On the 2d of September, 1922, Mr. Swartz was again married, his second TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 201 union being with Blanche M. Van Arsdale, the only child of Anson and Cora B. Van Arsdale. Mr. Swartz now resides with his family at No. 1405 Harvard boulevard, Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Swartz has always been deeply interested in everything concerning the wel-fare and protection of children and is now Boy Scout commissioner of Toledo, Ohio. He is a member of the Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio and is deeply interested in all that has to do with historical research. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also identified with the Chamber of Commerce, being a member of the legislative committee of that body, and with the Toledo Automobile Club. His religious faith is manifest in his connection with the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs, and his entire life has been guided by high and honorable principles, making him a man whom to know is to respect and esteem. HIRAM REEVE KELSEY Hiram Reeve Kelsey was for many years a conspicuous figure in connection with the lumber trade and manufacturing interests of Toledo. A native son of the city, he was born January 1, 1859, his parents being Aaron Lufkin and Helen Mar (Lawton) Kelsey. A sketch of the father will be found elsewhere in this publication. Hiram Reeve Kelsey received his education in the schools of Toledo and in the Shattuck Military School at Faribault, Minnesota, which he attended for five years. When his textbooks were put aside he immediately became associated with his father in business and thoroughly acquainted himself with every phase of the inter-ests with which the father was identified. In 1886, at the time of his father's retirement, he formed a partnership with George L. Freeman, under the name of Kelsey & Freeman. The firm developed a business of extensive proportions over a period of thirty-one years. Mr. Kelsey had gone to Canada to buy lumber when he became stricken with the illness that terminated his life, on the 12th of June, 1917. The business was reorganized in 1918, under the firm style of The Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company. He was also a director in the Milburn Wagon Company. He was for a time a vice president of the Merchants National Bank and also of the Peoples Savings Bank, in which position he served at the time of its organization. Honored and respected by all, he occupied a most enviable position in the commercial and financial circles of the city not alone by reason of the success he attained but also owing to the straightforward business policy which he ever followed. It is true that he entered upon business enterprises already established by his father, but in enlarging and controlling these he manifested the progressive spirit of the age and adopted the most advanced commercial methods. He possessed initiative and energy and obstacles and difficulties in his path seemed but to serve as an impetus for renewed effort on his part, leading ultimately to success. On the 16th of October, 1883, in Toledo, Mr. Kelsey was married to Miss Alice Gladstone Young, a daughter of James and Mary (Sherret) Young, both of whom came from Scotland and eventually took up their abode in Toledo, where Mr. Young was a contractor and builder. Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey became the parents of seven children : Helen, the wife of Clement E. Chase ; Aaron Lufkin (II), who is vice president of The Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company and who married 202 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Eleanor Kinsey ; Mary Isabel, the wife of John D. Biggers ; Alice Reeve, the wife of Russell Cooke ; Katharine ; Grace Secor ; and Florence. While Mr. Kelsey belonged to the Episcopal church, he attended services at the First Congregational church. He was well known in social and club circles, having membership in the Inverness Club, the Toledo Club, the Mullet Lake Club and the Middle Bass Club. An appreciation of Mr. Kelsey's worth and character was written by his old-time friend, W. E. Ketcham, as follows : "Suddenly and without warning came the passing of our old friend, H. R. Kelsey, bringing the numbing shock and then the dull pain that will endure for so long for those near him. When the shock has passed we may look upon his death as of one who fearlessly embarked on the `Great Adventure,' leaving sorrowing friends but many pleasant memories behind him. The writer recalls him as a jolly, rollicking boy in the old homestead in lower town, when the yard sloped down to the river and quiet and serenity reigned. The Toledo in which he was born was a village nestled in the trees and as it grew he grew with it. The writer recalls him as attending the old Bush street school long since abandoned. He recalls particularly that sweet and gracious lady—his mother. His career in business has been successful and beyond reproach. It was characterized by inflexible and unwavering integrity. His home life was ideal. Few that experienced it can forget the splendid hospitality of the home on lower Summit in which the host and hostess beamed with kindness and graciousness—surrounded by a charming family. No one can forget his merry humor and good-natured jests. It was a distinct privilege to be there. His business of lumber buying took him to the remote places. He died in the little town of Spragge, Ontario, on the north shore of Georgian Bay, where he often went. It was noticed by those whose sad duty it was to go there to bring back his earthly form that everyone knew him pleasantly and spoke through tears, of his passing. In the lumber woods there will be many a tear brushed from the rough cheek of a 'lumber jack' when they speak reverently and lovingly of his kindliness and justness and the tear and the thought. will be sincere. One of the gentle sides of his character was his genuine love and appreciation of art. To those who knew him intimately it was a matter of wonder when he could find time in a busy business life to acquire such a wide and accurate knowledge of pictures. He collected many beautiful examples. His life was round and full and he left the goblet nearly brimming. We who only wait a time for sailing bespeak a pleasant voyage for him." WILLIAM HARDEE In the passing of William Hardee the city of Toledo lost a distinguished citizen and one who for many years had occupied a position of leadership in industrial and financial circles of the city. Entering business life here as a pioneer, he became nationally known by reason of his activities in the oil industry as head of the National Supply Company, which under his wise and cautious yet courageous leadership attained eminence in its line. As a philanthropist, too, his memory is honored and will long be cherished. The story of his career is a most stimulating and fascinating one, for it was from a humble position that he worked his way steadily upward to that of chief executive to one of the nation's leading industrial enterprises. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 205 William Hardee was seventy-six years of age when called to his final rest on the 1st day of May, 1922, his birth having occurred in 1845. He was born in England of Scotch parentage, being a son of James and Agnes (Dunlop) Hardee, who came to the new world when their son William was but three years of age. The father was a skilled machinist. He made his way westward to Detroit when there was no railroad between Detroit and Buffalo, all transportation being by way of the lakes. Mr. Hardee was a skilled mechanic and assisted in building a part of the Michigan Central Railroad. He was also one of the first men in the Detroit shops to develop low pressure engines. William Hardee pursued his education in the schools of Detroit. He was tall and well developed as a boy and when he came to Toledo with the Wabash Terminal, acting as agent, he was receiving one hundred dollars per month, although only eighteen years of age. This was considered a very large wage for one of his years and experience in that day. Prompted by a laudable ambition, he carefully saved his earnings and made investment in a business in 1873, in association with Cornelius Kendall and Daniel C. Shaw, organizing the Shaw-Kendall Company, which is still in existence. Shortly after this date the firm of Woolcott, Roe & Company was consolidated with the Shaw-Kendall Company and Joseph L. Woolcott became an active partner in the latter concern. In the late '80s, with R. E. Townsend, William C. Hillman and others, the Buckeye Supply Company was organized as a subsidiary of the Shaw-Kendall Company to deal in oil well supplies. The first store was established in Cygnet, Ohio. Mr. Hardee and his associates became interested also at about that time with a group of Pittsburgh supply men in what is now the National Supply Company. Gradually the interests of Mr. Hardee and his associates became dominant in the three organizations and about 1900 all were merged into the National Supply Company, an Ohio corporation, with Toledo as headquarters. Mr. Hardee, who was himself an expert accountant, became treasurer of the new company and it was under his capable control that the National Supply Company attained its commanding position in the oil well supply business. Through the intervening period the business was steadily developed until it is today the largest in the world, with stores and offices throughout every civilized section of the globe. The company became widely known in the oil producing centers and to such has shipped supplies in large quantities. Mr. Hardee was actively identified with the undertaking from its inception until his demise and filled all of the offices of the company, including those of president and chairman of the board of directors. In his later years, however, he largely curtailed his efforts, preferring to rest in considerable measure from the labors of previous years. He was also interested in numerous other Toledo concerns and was a prominent factor in financial circles as president of the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company, which position he filled for three years following the death of the late James J. Robinson—a period which marked the greatest growth in the history of the bank. For more than seven years he was one of the directors of The Toledo Times Publishing Company, serving in that capacity at the time of his demise. In business Mr. Hardee took a keen interest in the welfare of his associates and employes.; was noted for his beneficence and generous support of worthy charities ; and was foremost in the performance of civic duties. He was one of the most ardent supporters of the state employes' compensation law, and due to his efforts and policies the welfare department of the National Supply Company was made one of its most important activities. Some years ago he planned and the company put into effect an old age pension system to take care of the men who grew old in the service of the firm. 206 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY He was of the old school of business men who made it a part of their life to be interested in the younger business men and his financial aid and sound advice assisted many young men on the road to success. Throughout his business career Mr. Hardee displayed remarkable ability in coordinating and relating seemingly diverse interests, which under his guidance were combined into a unified and harmonious whole. His splendid powers of organization were an important feature in the success of many interests and established his right to a place in the foremost ranks of the business men of the state. In 1871 Mr. Hardee was united in marriage to Miss Adelaide C. Nessle of Toledo, a native of New England, and their children are : Agnes D., Ella L., who became the wife of Dr. Harold James Morgan, a surgeon in the World war, who died of influenza ; Karl N. ; Florence ; Helen, the wife of John. C. Husted ; and William D. All are residents of Toledo. A month prior to his death Mr. Hardee went to Atlantic City for a rest but while there became ill and returned to Toledo, here passing away a few days later. Extensive as was his acquaintance in this city, he was equally well known in New York and in California. He was a member of the Inverness, Country and Toledo Clubs of Toledo, the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh and the Bankers Club of New York and a fellow of the American Geographic Society. When called from this life he was serving as first vice president of the Toledo Museum of Art, of which he was one of the founders, and he was also a patron of Berea College in Kentucky. To local charities, such as the War Chest, the Community Chest, the Red Cross and many others, he gave generously and unostentatiously. During the hour of his funeral all stores of the National Supply Company throughout the country were closed. The following tribute appeared editorially in one of the local papers : "On the journey of life we come into personal contact with some comrades who do not reveal upon the instant all the secrets of their inner natures—who do not wear their hearts on their sleeves, but who cherish their noblest emotions within the sealed vault of conscience. Such friends, when we regard them as related to the hail-fellows-well-met—the easy going, the communicative, the impulsive companions of our earthly career—may remind us, in a retrospect of our mortal pilgrimage as human units in the great scheme of the universe, of Long-fellow's philosophy—that 'into each life some rain must fall ;' but when we come to know them at their best—to follow them, step by step, in a realization of their ideals and to the ultimate revelation of their true characters—we discover, again with the poet, that behind their reserve and equipoise 'is the sun still shining'—the sun of undemonstrative but true affection. And so we hold fast their memories, realizing, at the end, how helpful they were to us and to the world. "Of such was William Hardee, Toledo's distinguished and venerable citizen, who has just passed to his reward. He held no worthy fellowship in contempt, but he sowed the seeds of his personal confidence on ground of his own choosing. His heart was not an open book, but to those who were privileged to look within its covers it revealed a soul faithful to the higher ideals and the nobler aspirations of humanity. This was William Hardee, as the few knew him. This was he, as the many who knew him not. A great passion to do good—a great longing to be useful—expired when his heart ceased to beat. For many years Mr. Hardee has been a potent factor in the business, industrial and social life of Toledo. His energy was untiring, even until advanced years. To accomplish, to achieve, to build, to exercise a constructive influence upon the great world of material endeavor- TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 207 that was his desire, most abundantly fulfilled. He was one of those of whom Solo-mon said : 'Behold a man diligent in business ; he shall stand before kings.' "He loved Toledo. The city's welfare was his deep concern. He viewed it as an institution, in part, of his own making for here he had devoted years of mental concentration to its upbuilding. Identified with the interests of capital, he was nevertheless a true friend of labor. He wrought as his conscience told him, for the ultimate good of all. Without ostentation, Mr. Hardee was a philanthropist. In-stitutions for education, for moral uplift, for material advancement, far remote from Toledo, will testify to this, while agencies of helpful influence at our doors will not forget him as a friend and protector. Without egotism, he strove to make his counsel and aid of value to others. Without self pride, he builded well upon the foundations of personal industry. Without affectation, he was able to claim the attitude of a social democrat—one who was a friend to all, in his own way, in his own good time, with such reserve as he saw fit to throw around his confidences. "Toledo has lost a citizen whose passing is universally deplored in the community. The world of affairs has lost a leader whose influence was, potent for progress and human betterment. The personal friends of William Hardee have lost a confidant in whom their faith and trust was long abiding." The entire career of Mr. Hardee was evidence of the fact that he never allowed personal interest or ambition to thwart his public spirit or activity. No plan or movement for the benefit of his city along lines of progress or improvement sought his aid in vain. In his life were the elements of greatness because of the use he made of his talents and his opportunities, because his thoughts were not self-centered but were given to the mastery of life's problems and the fulfillment of his duty as a man in his relations to his fellowmen and as a citizen in his rela-tions to community, commonwealth and country. H. J. BOLLINGER, M. D. Although one of the younger representatives of the medical fraternity of Toledo, Dr. H. J. Bollinger has clearly demonstrated his professional ability and has established his position among the leading physicians of the city. He was born in Washington township, Lucas county, Ohio, August 11, 1890, a son of John and Ella (Stetzer) Bollinger, the latter also a native of this county. Here the father followed the occupation of farming, devoting his life to agricultural pursuits, and his demise occurred in 1894. The mother afterward married Dr. Moses Rabenoyich, a physician and surgeon, and they reside in Toledo. By the first marriage there were three children : Orville, Laura and H. J. H. J. Bollinger was a pupil in the public schools of Toledo, afterward attending night classes conducted by the Young Men's Christian Association, and he continued to devote his evenings to study for four years, being employed during the day. He was then enabled to enter Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio, from which he received the B. S. degree in 1914, and he next became a student at Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, Maryland, being graduated therefrom in 1919, on the completion of a course in medicine. He acted as assistant physician at that institution until the 1st of January of the following year and then came to Toledo, where he has since successfully followed his profession. He is rapidly building up 208 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY a large practice, specializing in pathology and internal medicine, in which branches of medical science he is regarded as an authority. For the past three years he has been pathologist at Mercy Hospital and from 1919 until 1921 he was engaged in making blood tests for the Municipal Hospital. He is a deep and earnest student of his profession and neglects no opportunity to broaden his knowledge and promote his skill. On the 28th of July, 1918, at Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Bollinger was married to Miss Fannie J. Millhaubt, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Millhaubt, prominent residents of that city, and to this union has been born a daughter, Patricia Maria, whose birth occurred in Toledo in 1921. The Doctor is a member of the Evangelical church and his deep interest in the welfare and advancement of his community is indicated by his connection with the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Lions Club and in Masonry has taken the chapter degree. He keeps in close touch with the advancement that is constantly being made along professional lines through his identification with the Lucas County and Ohio State Medical societies and the American Medical Association and during the World war he served an externeship at Johns Hopkins, under government orders. He is a young man of determined spirit and marked strength of character who has ever been guided by high purposes and ideals and what he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents. CHARLES BETTS, M. D. There is perhaps no one who has firmer hold upon the affectionate regard of his fellow townsmen than does the general medical practitioner, who carries aid and comfort into hundreds of homes in the ministration of his professional duties. Dr. Charles Betts indeed made for himself an enviable place in the regard of his fellow townsmen and his work was of greatest worth to the city in which he so long resided. He was a native son of Ohio, born in the town of Bettsville, being a son of Jonathan R. Betts, a native of the state of New York, and a direct descendant of General Israel Putnam. His mother bore the maiden name of Sarah Cox and, like her husband, was an early resident of the Buckeye state. Thirty years prior to his death Dr. Betts removed from his native town to Toledo and here spent two or three years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a telegrapher. He utilized his leisure hours while thus engaged by studying medicine, for it was his desire to become a member of the profession, and ultimately he earned the funds necessary to meet his tuition in the Western Reserve College at Cleveland, which he entered as a medical student, being graduated therefrom in 1890. He entered upon the practice of his profession in the same year and made steady progress therein throughout the intervening period to the time of his death. He had a large practice, being the loved family physician in many homes, where he carried cheer and encouragement by reason of his pleasant smile and friendly greeting as well as his professional power. In Toledo, in 1902, Dr. Betts was united in marriage to Miss Helen R. Slack, a daughter of Jesse W. and Theresa D. (Hayward) Slack, who were natives of New Jersey and of New York, respectively. Dr. and Mrs. Betts became parents of a son, Charles. The family circle was broken by the hand of death when on the 16th of August, 1914, Dr. Betts passed away at his summer home. His entire life was TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 211 guided by his Christian faith and belief. In politics he was nominally a republican, though he did not hesitate to cast an independent ballot if in his judgment this was the better course to pursue in order to gain the best interests of the community. He was a valued and representative member of the Toledo Medical Society and the Lucas County Medical Society and he was also well known in the membership of the Ohio State and American Medical associations. Perhaps no better analysis of his record as a physician and surgeon and of his character as a man can be given than by quoting from the words of his old-time friend, Dr. J. C. Reinhart, who at the time of his demise wrote : "Early in his professional career he developed a fondness for surgery, which soon led him to devote himself exclusively to that field of work, becoming particularly proficient in surgery of the pelvis and abdomen. In 1902 he was married to Miss Helen Slack of New York. Shortly afterward he established the Jefferson Hospital, which he and Mrs. Betts maintained till a short time before his death. Dr. Betts was a man of high character, of fine physique and pleasing personality. Only those among his friends who knew him intimately could appreciate his worth. He was generous to a fault, charitable and just, loyal to his friends and fair to those whose opinions differed from his own. One of his dominant personal traits was to excel, if possible, in whatever work he undertook, satisfied with nothing but the best, the most careful and painstaking effort. Under the most trying and vexatious circumstances he never lacked nor lost self-control. He was a man of big and generous heart. His sympathy for the suffering was such that much f his time and skill was given gratuitously for their relief. Like the true physician, he was easily touched by the ills and misfortunes of others ; but few, save the re-cipients themselves, knew how frequent and how great were his deeds of charity and helpfulness. Though his appearance indicated a high degree of physical vigor, yet it was known to himself and a few of his intimate friends that his tenure of life was uncertain. On account of the not infrequent attacks of the malady which ended fatally at Beulah on the 16th, he had arranged during the past year to abandon the continuance of the Jefferson Hospital and convert the building into dwelling apartments, thereby relieving himself of a part of his work which, in his state of health, was considered to be too arduous. The last summons came while in the midst of these preparations. The loving husband, the kind father, the faithful friend, the skilled physician, though dead, will live in the memory of those who knew him." CHARLES C. F. SIEVING Prominently connected with one of the important industrial enterprises of. Toledo, the record of Charles C. F. Sieving shows what may be accomplished through determined purpose and the wise utilization of opportunity. Starting out in the business world in a humble capacity, he has steadily worked his way upward in the employ of the Western Manufacturing Company until he is today secretary and treasurer of that organization. He is a native son of the city in which he makes his home, his birth having here occurred April 26, 1870, his parents being E. Henry and Sophia (Puck) Sieving, the father a lumber dealer. The son was educated in the public schools and after putting aside his textbooks secured a position as office and tally boy with the Western Manufacturing Company, which is one of the important productive industries of the city. The business was organized in 212 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY 1870 by John H. Puck, Frederick Puck and four others, with a capital stock of six thousand dollars. Frederick Puck was identified with the business until his death in 1900, while John H. Puck, at the age of eighty, is still interested therein. The factory is situated at the corner of Vine and Water streets and is one hundred and sixty-five feet by one hundred and ninety-eight feet, with a dock property of two hundred and fifty feet. The lumberyard on Water street, between Walnut and Sycamore streets, is one hundred and sixty-five by two hundred and fifty feet. The company deals in lumber and manufactures sash, doors and all things for building material. It employs one hundred and twenty men and something of the treatment accorded employes is indicated in the fact that there are no strikes among the workmen, who recognize the fact that faithful and capable workmanship will win promotion when opportunity offers and at all times fairness and justice is meted out to them. They are accorded a good living wage and, moreover, if there is any grievance they know that they have opportunity to present the matter to those in authority. The officers of the company in the year 1923 are : Frederick Schulty, president ; F. J. Puck, vice president ; and Charles C. F. Sieving, secretary and treasurer. Working his way upward from a minor position, Mr. Sieving has become thoroughly familiar with every phase, branch and department of the business and is splendidly qualified for the position of executive direction which he now fills. On the 14th of July, 1897, Mr. Sieving was united in marriage to Miss Ida Melcher of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have become the parents of five children : Dorothea Ida, who is the organist in the Salem Lutheran church ; Carl Henry, who is with the Western Manufacturing Company ; Elsa Sophia; Paul Frederick ; and Elma Margaret. The religious faith of the family is that of the Lutheran church, in the work of which 'they have long taken an active and helpful part. Mr. Sieving has for years been a member of the church choir and prominent in musical circles. He belongs also to the Young Men's Christian Association, in the work of which he takes active part, and he is likewise a member of the Commerce Club. Marked strength of character, forcefulness and resourcefulness, capability and laudable ambition, have constituted the forces which have brought him steadily to the front in business circles, while his personal qualities have at the same time won him warm friendships among those with whom he has come into contact. FREDERICK DANIEL HEGAMASTER Frederick Daniel Hegamaster, president of the Ohio and Michigan Paper Company, is one of the best known men in the wholesale paper trade in this section of the country, as a result of his more than thirty years identification with that line of business.. He is a self-made man whom Toledo regards as a valuable addition to its citizenship, for he has made wise use of his time and opportunities and has always been an advocate of progressive development. He was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, May 6, 1868, a son of Herman Augustus and Caroline (Klingler) Hegamaster, the former a well known carriage manufacturer of that place. In the acquirement of an education Frederick D. Hegamaster attended the public school of Perrysburg and later became a student at the Northwestern College of Naperville, Illinois. In 1892 he came to Toledo and entered the employ of the Ohio and Michigan Paper Company in the capacity of bookkeeper, retaining that position TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 215 until 1902, when with his two partners, Mr. Sisson and Mr. Winegar, he purchased the business. This he conducted successfully as manager until 1920, when the business was incorporated, with Mr. Hegamaster as president, V. D. Sisson a vice president, and Ira G. Winegar as secretary and treasurer. He combines a detailed knowledge of the business with marked executive ability and the capacity for hard work. Under his management the scope of the business has been greatly enlarged and is now the leading house in its line in Toledo. Mr. Hegamaster also has other business interests, being secretary and treasurer, also a director, of the Troy Oil & Gas Company, and he likewise engages in farming and stock raising, specializing in thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs. While the latter project was begun and is maintained largely as a source of recreation and diversion, it has been successful. At Perrysburg, Ohio, on the 4th of September, 1894, Mr. Hegamaster married Miss Nellie Gladys Zingg and they have one son, Donald Zingg Hegamaster, who was born in Perrysburg, July 27, 1895, and graduated from Scott high school, then entered the University of Pennsylvania. His university work was interrupted at the time the United States entered the World war, by his enlistment in the navy, where he was commissioned ensign. After the close of that great struggle he resumed his work in the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from that institution in 1921, being now identified with the Ohio and Michigan Paper Company. Mr. and Mrs. Hegamaster are members of the Collingwood Presbyterian church. He does not allow the material things of life completely to engross his attention, but has ever found time to appreciate and enjoy those things which are of cultural value, serving to elevate and broaden the mind, and is a supporter of the Art Institute. He is a man of keen perception, enterprise and determination, who has steadily advanced since making his initial step in the field of business and his labors have found culmination in the development of a representative commercial enterprise which adds to the industrial prestige of the city. Mr. Hegamaster's city residence is at No. 2702 Collingwood avenue. HENRY P. BLODGETT Henry P. Blodgett, a native son of Toledo and a member of a family, which for forty-two years has figured conspicuously in business circles here, is now serving as secretary and treasurer of the Blodgett & Beckley Company, specializing in the sale of teas and coffees, and conducting one of the largest mercantile enterprises in the city. Mr. Blodgett was born February 20, 1896, and is a son of Albro and Elizabeth Parsons (Doolittle) Blodgett, the latter also a native of Toledo and a daughter of General C. C. Doolittle. The father was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, and in 1883 he came to Toledo, first engaging in the merchandise brokerage business and afterward forming the firm of Blodgett & Hassett. Subsequently he assumed control of the Bour Conipany, which is now known as the Blodgett & Beckley Company, and he is serving as its president. His enterprising spirit and administrative powers have enabled him to develop a very extensive undertaking and he also has other important business interests in the city, ranking with the foremost business men of Toledo. The mother also survives and to their union were born three children, but Henry P. is the only one now living, the other two having died in infancy. In 1913 Henry P. Blodgett was graduated from the Central high school of 216 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Toledo and he then became a student at Williams College, from which he won the A. B. degree in 1917. Following the entrance of the United States into the World war he enlisted in the service and was sent to the Officers Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, receiving the commission of second lieutenant, while in December of that year he was promoted first lieutenant. He was assigned to the Three Hundred and Thirtieth United States Infantry and was ordered overseas with his regiment, spending nine months in France. After receiving his discharge he returned to Toledo and was made secretary and treasurer of the Blodgett & Beckley Company, which offices he is now capably filling. The firm handles a superior grade of tea and coffee and with the growth of the city the business has constantly expanded until it now ranks with the most important and extensive in the city. Mr. Blodgett devotes every energy toward the legitimate advancement of his house and his cooperation is a valuable asset in the promotion and expansion of the business. At St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 3d of January, 1920, Mr. Blodgett married Miss Jane Hersey Mudge, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mudge, prominent and highly respected residents of that city. Mr. Blodgett is a republican in his political views and his public spirit finds expression in his membership with the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, while he is also connected with the Toledo Club and the Toledo Country Club. He is a young man who has not yet reached the zenith of his powers but he has already demonstrated his ability to manage important interests, and he worthily bears a name that for over four decades has stood as a synonym for integrity, enterprise and reliability in business circles of Toledo. KARL MATHEIS Karl Matheis was born in Toledo, December 22, 1860, a son of John and Phillipina (Hager) Matheis. The father engaged in the manufacture of structural iron, having a large concern where he made all kinds of fences and iron work of various kinds. His home was on Ontario street, near Jackson, then one of the attractive residential districts of the city. Karl Matheis acquired his early education in the public schools and when his textbooks were put aside began working for an uncle, Philip Hager, in his furniture store. In 1884 he started in the undertaking business with Albert Bennett, opening an undertaking establishment on St. Clair street, in the old Obermiller building. About a year later Mr. Bennett died and Mr. Matheis purchased his interest in the business, continuing alone at the original location for about ten years. He then removed to No. 428 Summit street. In all of his business affairs he manifested a thoroughly progressive spirit. He was wide-awake and alert and readily adopted the modern methods, appliances and appurtenances of the business. He had the distinction of introducing many methods which are now universally practiced and he did the first arterial embalming in Toledo in the year 1885. In 1890 he brought the first ambulance to this city and a newspaper item of that time relates that its first call was to carry an injured man to the hospital and its second call was to the Madison Avenue dock to meet the steamer Gazelle, among the passengers being a man whose fingers on the right hand had been shot away in an accident at Put in Bay. Mr. Matheis held the TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 219 first double funeral in Toledo and also cared for the first body taken out of Toledo to be cremated. There was no morgue in the city until Mr. Matheis constructed a small brick affair in the rear of No. 428 Summit street. This constituted the beginning of service of that character in Toledo. He also inaugurated the first chapel service in the city. On the 24th of November, 1887, Mr. Matheis was married to Miss Elizabeth H. Gerkens, a daughter of John H. and Clara (Thulman) Gerkens, who came from Hanover, Germany, and settled in this city. The father conducted a grocery store at Seventeenth and Madison streets and later at Seventeenth and Adams streets. Mr. Matheis held membership in St. Paul's Lutheran church and in politics he was a stanch republican. He was well known in club and social circles, belonging to the Toledo Club, the Toledo Yacht Club and the Maumee Yacht Club, f which he was at one time commodore. He was a charter member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, F. & A. M., and attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He was also a Knights Templar Mason and a Shriner. He likewise had membership with the Knights of the Maccabees. He was a man of attractive personality, possessing in large degree those magnetic qualities which won for him a host of friends. Moreover, it is said that he never lost a friend through any fault of his. He was familiarly known as "Karl," the use of his Christian name indicating the kindly regard which was entertained for him by rich and poor alike. All felt honored by his acquaintance because of the many sterling traits of his character. In 1913 Mr. Matheis suffered a nervous breakdown which resulted in his death on the 28th of October, 1917. With his passing Toledo lost a most progressive citizen. He had made and perfected the plans for building a strictly up-to-date undertaking establishment to include a chapel, parlors, undertaking rooms and showrooms—all that the most modern establishment of the kind could present. He owned the first funeral car in Toledo and at present the company owns a large Winton service limousine. The death of Mr. Matheis brought deep regret to many who knew him. He possessed many lovable traits of character and was widely known for his generosity and benevolence. It is told of him that he paid the hospital expenses, amounting to over five hundred dollars, for a poor woman who needed to undergo an operation for cancer but could not afford to pay hospital charges. While his charities were most numerous, they were also most unostentatious, the world knowing little of them. He faithfully followed the Biblical injunction not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. When he saw the old, the poor and the feeble he would think to himself : "If that was my mother, father or friend—" and with this loving thought would go the desired relief. He often sacrificed his personal interests and comfort to aid others and frequently to the point of self-denial would send coal or food to poor families. He was a consistent supporter of the existing avenues of charitable relief and, moreover, he was a most public-spirited citizen, with faith in Toledo and her future and doing everything in his power to promote her progress. He was ever ready to meet any obligation that came to him as a matter of citizenship and he was much interested in the new Art Museum, contributing liberally to its building. He was also a generous and zealous supporter of the Young Men's Christian Association. He leaves behind him a trail of beautiful memories and the recollection of his kindliness, his cheerfulness and his valued friendship is cherished in the hearts of all who knew him. After his nervous break-clown he suffered the added affliction of blindness but through all was calm and 220 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY courageous. Since his death Mrs. Matheis has been carrying on the business and hopes to put into execution some of the plans which were perfected by her husband ere he passed on. THOMAS JAMES O'CONNOR Thomas James O'Connor, active in industrial fields in Toledo as secretary of the Joseph L. Skeldon Engineering Company and secretary and treasurer of the Skeldon-Ryan Construction Company, was born October 25, 1891, in the city which is still his home, his parents being Timothy and Mary (Dawson) O'Connor. The father is a member of the Toledo fire department. The son, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, pursued his education in the public and parochial schools of Toledo and started out in the business world as a bookkeeper, being employed in various offices. In 1915 he entered the employ of Joseph L. Skeldon in the capacity of bookkeeper and by reason of the business capability he displayed was advanced to the position of secretary of the Joseph L. Skeldon Engineering Company in 1916. He has since occupied this official connection with one of the important industrial corporations of the city and has likewise become the secretary and treasurer of the Skeldon-Ryan Construction Company. The work of these two companies is of' an important character and they control business of extensive proportions, so that Mr. O'Connor has gained a creditable place among the successful men of his native city. On the 8th of September, 1915, Mr. O'Connor was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Frances Gfell of Toledo and they have a daughter. and a son, Florence Marie and Thomas James, Jr. Mr. O'Connor turns to golf for recreation, greatly enjoying a game on the links. He is well known in Toledo, where his life has been passed, and many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time. WILLIAM A. KUHLMAN William A. Kuhlman, owns and conducts a contractors' equipment and road equipment business under the name of William A. Kuhlman & Company; and by reason of what he has accomplished Toledo must class him with her energetic and substantial business men. Moreover, he is a native son of the city, born August 17, 1868, his parents being Abrahard H. and Sophia (Harde) Kuhlman. The father was a native of Germany, who came to Toledo about 1835, when nineteen years of age. Here he entered the contracting business, giving his attention to the construction of buildings and since that date the family name has been associated with industrial and commercial activity in this city, covering a period of eighty-seven years. William A. Kuhlman attended the Lutheran parochial school and the public schools of Toledo in the acquirement of his education, and he also early learned lessons of value concerning the worth of industry, economy and determination in the world's work. He has always employed these qualities in the conduct of his business affairs. His original position was that of clerk in a hardware store, in TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 221 which connection he was employed for five years. He afterward went on the road as a traveling salesman for a hardware house, which he thus represented for three years and on the expiration of that period, with the capital he acquired through his industry and economy, he entered the hardware business on his own account and conducted the store until 1912, building up one of the substantial enterprises of that character in Toledo. In the year just stated he turned his attention to the equipment and engineering business and is now engaged in handling contractors' equipment and road equipment under the firm style of William A. Kuhlman & Company. Mr. Kuhlman belongs to the Contractors and Builders Associations and is also a member of the Exchange Club, of the Chamber of Commerce, and of the Toledo Builders Exchange. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. He enjoys boating and fishing, whereby he gains needed rest and recreation from the onerous cares of a substantial and growing business. HARRY RAINEY DE VORE Harry Rainey De Vore, a native son of Toledo, is prominently identified with the grain business and is a member of a family which for many years has conducted extensive operations in this field of activity and which has made large contribution to the industrial development and upbuilding of the city. He was born December 14, 1879, of the marriage of Henry W. and Clara (Rainey) De Vore, the former a native of Erie county, Pennsylvania, while the latter was born near Vermilion, Ohio. When twenty-one years of age the father came to the Buckeye state and in Toledo he entered the grain business in association with his uncle. Later H. W. De Vore & Company was organized, this being the outgrowth of Henry D. Walbridge & Company and Henry W. De Vore continued active in its conduct for a number of years, building up a business of large proportions. He is now living retired in Toledo. The mother has passed away, her demise occurring in this city in March, 1917. They became the parents of two children : Eva E., deceased ; and Harry Rainey. In the public schools of his native city Harry R. De Vore acquired his education and when nineteen years of age he became associated with his father in the grain business, being admitted to a partnership in 1911. He has a comprehensive understanding of every phase of the business and has worked untiringly and effectively to broaden the scope of the undertaking, which has long occupied a position of prominence in connection with the grain trade of the Maumee valley, the business methods of the house having ever commended it to the confidence and support of the public. Mr. De Vore was married in this city on the 22d of August, 1901, to Miss Anne Florence Thompson, who was born in Toledo, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Thompson. Mr. Charles H. Thompson filled the position of supervisor of music in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. De Vore have become the parents of two children : Robert Thompson, who was born in 1905 and is now in his senior year at the Scott high school, class of '23 ; and Henry W. Jr., who was born in 1908 and is now a student at Scott high school, class of '26. Mr. De Vore is independent in his political views, placing the qualifications of a candidate above party ties. He is a director of the Toledo Produce Exchange, of which he served as vice president in 1918 and 1919, and in the following year 222 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY (1920) he was chosen president, also filling that office for the year 1921. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and through his connection with the Toledo Chamber of Commerce he is promoting the industrial development and prosperity of the city. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, while the nature of his recreation is indicated by his membership with the Toledo Golf. Club. He is a forceful, energetic and capable business man whose work sustains the enterprising spirit that has long been synonymous with the family name in Toledo, and that his life has been an exemplary one in all respects is shown in the fact that those who have known him from boyhood to the present time entertain for him the highest respect and esteem. His residence is at No. 2233 Glenwood avenue. FRANK JACOBI, A. B., M. A., M. D., F. A. C. S., OPTH. D. The tendency of the age has been towards specialization and following this line Dr. Frank Jacobi of Toledo has concentrated his efforts upon diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which department of practice he has made steady advancement until his reputation is an enviable one. Born in Toledo, on the 2d of April, 1872, he is a son of John J. and Josephine (Young) Jacobi, the latter a daughter of Michael Young, who became one of the pioneer residents of Stark county, Ohio, identified with the development and upbuilding of that section from an early day until his demise. His wife also passed away in. Stark county. Dr. Jacobi's father was born in Germany in 1839 and acquired his education in the public schools of that country, after which he sought the opportunities of the new world, arriving in Toledo in 1865. Here he engaged in merchant tailoring and afterward turned his attention to the operation of a brewery, in which he continued until his death in 1898. Politically he was a democrat and was prominent in the local councils of the party. For some years he served as a member of the workhouse board. His religious faith was that of the Roman Catholic church. His wife was born in Massillon, Stark county, Ohio, in 1849, and still makes her home in Toledo. In their family were nine children, six of whom are living. Frank Jacobi obtained his education in the public schools of Toledo, which he attended to the age of twelve years and then entered Canisius College at Buffalo, New York, where he pursued his studies for six years. In the spring of 1895 he was graduated from the medical department of the State University of Michigan and in order to advance still farther in his chosen calling and render his service of the greatest benefit to his fellowmen, he went abroad and for two years pursued special courses of study in various medical centers of Europe. With his return to Toledo, Dr. Jacobi here began practice and after a brief period he withdrew from general practice to give his attention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His exhaustive study and research along these lines have brought his skill to a high point of efficiency and he is recognized as one of the foremost oculists and aurists of northwestern Ohio. He is now serving on the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and Lucas County Hospital, in addition to caring for a large private practice. He belongs to the Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology and the American College of Surgeons. In July, 1901, Dr. Jacobi was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Raitz, a native