TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 327 benevolence was of that practical character which gives the poor a chance and made it possible for them to own their homes. He constantly reached out along lines of helpfulness of this kind and in many other ways extended an assisting hand to those who needed aid. The sterling traits of his character were many, as attested by the legion of friends who mourn his demise. JOSEPH JACKSON Joseph Jackson, president of the firm of Joseph Jackson & Sons, contractors of Toledo, came to this city a poor boy and through persistency of purpose and indefatigable energy has worked his way upward until he is today one of the prosperous and highly respected residents of northwestern Ohio. A native of England, he was born in Lincolnshire, January 15, 1851, and is a son of William and Sarah (Cullen) Jackson, who were also natives of that land, where they spent their lives, the father devoting his attention to the occupation of farming throughout his active life. He passed away in England in the year 1876. His wife survived until 1887. In his boyhood days Joseph Jackson attended the common schools of his native land but at an early age was required to go to work and thus provide for his own support. He continued to live at home until his twentieth year, when he determined to try his fortune in the new world, and bidding adieu to friends and family he sailed for the United States. On reaching the eastern coast he continued toward his destination, Toledo, and at once entered the employ of his brother, Thomas Jackson, who owned a small farm on the east side, along Brown road. Mr. Jackson, worked at farm work for his brother for one year. After that period Joseph Jackson secured a position with John W. Moon, a carpenter, under whom he learned the trade, receiving twelve dollars per month for the first year, sixteen dollars per month for the second year and twenty dollars per month for the third year. Two years later he became a partner of Mr. Moon and the association was thus maintained for eight years. They worked largely on the east side and the first individual job that Mr. Jackson did on the west side was to remodel the home of Joseph Bonner. He early established a reputation for honesty and reliability that has ever been one of the valuable assets in his business career, and thus winning a well merited reputation for integrity as well as thorough workmanship, business soon came to him unsolicited and he was recognized as one of the best builders of the city. Since then he has specialized in fine residences and has erected some of the most beautiful homes of the city. A short time after he started out independently it was necessary for him to employ workmen and as his sons grew to manhood they joined him in a partnership that has since been maintained, the business being now carried on under the style of Joseph Jackson & Sons, contractors and builders. They have long enjoyed an extensive patronage and the business has developed year by year until it is one of the most important of its kind in Toledo. Mr. Jackson was united in marriage on the 20th of January, 1873, in Erie, Michigan, to Miss Rebecca Moon of Toledo. She was born in the state of New York, May 23,-1852, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Trayton Moon, and she passed away on August 6, 1904. There were eight children of that marriage: Mrs. Hattie Welever, who was educated in the public schools of Toledo and is still in this city ; William T., a member of the firm of Joseph Jackson & Sons and also a member 328 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY of the city service board, while in Masonic circles he is widely known as a Consistory Mason ; James D., who attended the Steadman Business College and is also one of the partners in the firm of Joseph Jackson & Sons ; Mrs. Mary Eva Wakefield, who resides in Toledo ; Walter, who is now on the clerical force of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Toledo ; Edith, at home ; Ethel, a teacher in Waite high school ; and Mrs. Mildred Williams, who resides in Toledo. Mr. Jackson usually gives his political allegiance to the republican party and for one term he served as a member of the city council, while from time to time he has filled other public offices, including two terms as a member of the city service board, and to these duties and interests he has ever been most loyal. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with which organization he has been identified for more than forty years, holding stanchly to the beneficent principles which underlie the society. He started out in life empty-handed, but he possessed courage and determination and these stood him in the stead of fortune. When at length he took up carpenter work he felt that he had found a field of labor that was entirely congenial and he developed great thoroughness and efficiency in this line. Steadily he advanced until he was qualified to engage in the business on his own account and to employ others instead of being employed. Gradually his interests have unfolded in scope and volume and his position is today that of one of the foremost contractors of the city. Mr. Jackson's residence has been for nearly fifty years at what is now No. 919 East Broadway. HERMAN HENRY BIRKENKAMP During the last thirteen years of his life Herman Henry Birkenkamp lived retired, but for many years before he had been active as a liveryman and afterward as a funeral director and embalmer. He belonged to that class of substantial citizens upon whose efforts depend the business advancement and steady growth of the city, because of his support of all those interests and activities which feature as factors in general improvement and progress. Mr. Birkenkamp was a native of Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany, born July 25, 1835, second son of John Henry and Grace (Wroeden) Birkenkamp. The father was a marble contractor. Both he and his wife passed away in Hanover in 1853. Throughout the period of his minority H. H. Birkenkamp remained a resident of Hanover and there obtained a public school education, while later for five years he provided for his own support by driving a team for the fire department in his home town. On August 1, 1856, he and his prospective bride and a colony of about fifty other people from Hanover started for the United States, taking passage on the sailing ship Clio, which after a stormy voyage of seven weeks and two days dropped anchor in the harbor of New York on the 22d of September, 1856. Accompanying Mr. Birkenkamp were his brothers and sisters and they took the route via Dunkirk, New York, and thence to Toledo, where another brother, William Birkenkamp, had settled in 1853, the latter meeting them' at the old depot on Lafayette and St. Clair streets, the building yet standing. H. H. Birkenkamp arrived at his destination practically empty-handed, for he possessed but twenty-seven cents. Necessity, therefore, made it imperative that he gain immediate employment and he scorned no occupation that would yield him an honest living. He first worked at sawing wood, for which he received one TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 331 dollar and with this he purchased a sawbuck. In the summer of 1858 he was in the employ of the firm of Thorne & Hathaway, lumber dealers, and while thus working he had the misfortune to break his arm in 1859. Because this incapacitated him for various kinds of work he accepted a position as night watchman and thus served until the spring of 1861. He then purchased an old horse and two-wheel dray and for six years engaged in the transfer and delivery business between hotels and depots. He was ambitious and energetic, however, and he made good use of every opportunity to advance his fortune, so that in 1867 he purchased his first carriage—one of gold and silver mountings, the only one of its kind in the city, and it attracted much attention. This constituted his start in the livery business. His patronage along that line steadily increased, so that he enlarged his equipment from time to time, and for a considerable period he had one of the leading livery establishments in the city. In 1877 he extended the scope of his activities to include the undertaking, embalming and funeral director business and such was the growth of his patronage in that connection that he was soon forced to concentrate his entire efforts and attention upon this branch. For some time prior to his death he was the oldest undertaker of Toledo and he long maintained a foremost position in the ranks of the undertakers in the city. In the early days he located at the corner of Broadway and Jervis street and his family was the third to establish a home on what is now the south side. There he built his residence, also his business headquarters, and he continued active as a funeral director and embalmer with his three sons, Herman, Henry and William, until about 1901, when because of poor health he turned over his interests to his two sons, Henry J. and William H., who are still conducting the business, which has always been under the name of H. H. Birkenkamp. On the 8th of November, 1856, in the German Reformed church at Lagrange and Erie streets in Toledo, Mr. Birkenkamp was united in marriage, by the Rev. Henry Eschemeier, to Miss Elizabeth A. Ehlert, who was born June 28, 1838, and had crossed the Atlantic on the same ship with him. For fifty-eight years they traveled life's journey happily together, sharing with each other the joys and sorrows, the adversity and prosperity which checker the careers of all. Mrs. Birkenkamp is remarkably active for one of her years. By her marriage she became the mother of ten children, of whom three sons and five daughters are living. There are also fourteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The two oldest of the children, now deceased, were : John C., who became an undertaker and worked at his profession both in Chicago and Toledo and who died in Toledo, February 24, 1902 ; and Mary Eleanor, who died in Toledo, May 24, 1880, at the age of nineteen. The living children in order of age are : Mrs. Fred Hake of Toledo ; Mrs. George Rodenhauser of Toledo ; Miss Louisa, who deserves much credit for the successful management of the business established by her father and is actively associated with her two brothers in its conduct ; Mrs. Otto Peth of Toledo ; Mrs. Albert Bersticker of Toledo ; Herman W., the oldest of the sons, also living in Toledo ; and Henry J. and William H., who are carrying on the professional part of the business which their father established. These children were all born and reared in the old residence at Broadway and Jervis street and were educated in the Toledo public schools. Henry J., the second youngest of the children, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and Miss Louisa Birkenkamp is a member of Triune Chapter, Eastern Star, and the White Shrine and Oriental Shrine. Mr. Birkenkamp passed to his reward on January 7, 1914, and that he was 332 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY one of the well known and highly respected residents of Toledo was indicated in the large concourse of people who gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to him at the funeral services and formed a part of the long cortege that followed his remains to the last resting place in Forest cemetery. On hundreds and hundreds of occasions he had officiated for others and now his turn came and there was an almost countless throng who remembered his kindliness, his tact and his courtesy in their hour of bereavement. He had always maintained the highest standards in his business. At the time of his death the equipment of the firm included thirty-six white Arabian horses, sixteen carriages, three funeral cars, two service cars, invalid coach, automobile equipment and in fact everything that measured up to the highest standards of service of this kind, unexcelled by any other firm in Toledo. The concern is still located at the corner of Broadway and Jervis street and operated under the father's name—H. H. Birkenkamp. In the year 1915 they sold all the stock of horses and carriages and bought five auto hearses in grey and white, three service wagons, two limousines and the largest funeral parlor car in the city, having seating capacity for twenty-four people, carrying all the flowers and having a separate compartment for the remains, on a three and a half ton Packard chassis. A large showroom is maintained by the firm, which also has two chapels, one containing two hundred and five seats and the other fifty seats, together with a mausoleum. In his political views Mr. Birkenkamp maintained an independent position, voting for men and measures rather than party and seeking at all times to advance the welfare and progress of the city in which he so long made his home. He was a member of the Knights of the Golden Rule, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Red Cross Funeral Directors Association and both he and his wife became charter members of St. John's German Lutheran church. Mr. Birkenkamp was likewise identified with St. John's Lutheran Benevolent Society and other organizations. He was ever most loyal to the teachings of the church and the principles of the Christian religion and his life at all times measured up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship. He was a home-loving man, finding his chief delight in the companionship of his family. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he found the opportunities which he sought in a business way, while he gained those warm friendships which make for pleasure and contentment at all times. He was one of the best known citizens of Toledo and many might well follow his example if their desire is to develop character worthy of emulation and respect. JOHN MARTIN SAWHILL  Through a period of seventeen years John Martin Sawhill has been a resident of Toledo, having in 1906 become identified with the Toledo Metal Manufacturers Company, of which he is now the secretary and treasurer. The attractiveness of Ohio as a place of residence, because of its business opportunities and natural advantages, is indicated in the fact that so large a percentage of her native sons have remained within her borders. Among this number is Mr. Sawhill, who was born in Mansfield, on the 16th of March, 1883, and is a son of John Lorimer and Sarah Jane (Martin) Sawhill. The father still makes his home at Mansfield, where he has long been engaged in the business of stove manufacturing. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 333 At the usual age John M. Sawhill entered the public schools of his native city, thereby qualifying for life's practical and responsible duties. When he had completed his school course he entered the office of a steel manufacturing company in Mansfield, where he remained until 1906, when at the age of twenty-three years he came to Toledo and here accepted the position of office manager with the Toledo Metal Manufacturers Company. He proved his capability in this connection, mastering every phase of the business and acquainting himself with every feature of the trade in principle and detail. His capability and business capacity led to his election to official position in 1913, when he became secretary and treasurer, and in this connection he continues. The company today employs thirty men and the business has enjoyed a steady and substantial growth. On the 29th of June; 1903, when he was twenty years of age, Mr. Sawhill was married to Miss Katherine Moser of Mansfield and they are parents of one son, Robert Moser, born July 26, 1904. Mr. Sawhill is an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and he belongs also to the Exchange Club and to the Chamber of Commerce, the latter connection indicating his interest in all that has to do with the public welfare, and at all times he is numbered among the public-spirited citizens of his native state. JOHN CYRUS RATHBUN John Cyrus Rathbun, a native son of Toledo who typifies in his life the spirit of progress and enterprise which has been the dominant factor in the up-building and development of the city, is well known in business circles as the president of the Rathbun Cartage Company, which from a small beginning has been transformed into an undertaking of substantial proportions. He was born November 10, 1874, of the marriage of Edward S. and Dolly (Davis) Rathbun, the former of whom was born on a farm near Ann Arbor, Michigan. In early life he came to Toledo, where he followed the cabinetmaker's trade, and he also became prominent in musical circles of the city. He was a talented violinist and for many years conducted an orchestra, while he was also the leader of the Rathbun Band. He passed away in this city. The mother is still residing in Toledo. In their family were two children : John C. ; and Walter C., a member of the Rathbun Cartage Company. John Cyrus Rathbun acquired his education. in the public schools of his native city and his initial experience along commercial lines was obtained with the Toledo Merchants Delivery Company, of which Harry Johanning was the organizer. He remained with that firm for twenty-three years, acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of the business, and on the 1st of May, 1913, in association with his brother Walter, he formed the Rathbun Cartage Company. From its inception the undertaking proved a success, and starting with three horse-drawn wagons, they gradually added to their equipment until they now have twenty vehicles of that type, in addition to four automobile trucks and two passenger cars. They utilize three floors of a building at No. 197 South St. Clair street, affording them eighteen hundred square feet of floor space, and they also have a warehouse for the storage of goods, being able to accommodate merchandise varying in weight from one pound to twenty tons. The business was incorporated in 1920 and is a close corporation, of which John C. Rathbun is the president. He conducts the enterprise along 334 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY the most modern and progressive lines, gives his close personal attention to all the details of its operation and has been farsighted in the direction of the policy of the concern. On the 25th of February, 1904, Mr. Rathbun was united in marriage to Miss Kate M. Carpenter of Toledo, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carpenter, well known residents of Osseo, Michigan. Mr. Rathbun is a member of the Washington Street Congregational church and his civic spirit finds expression in his connection with the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Lions Club and in Masonry has passed through the lodge, chapter, council, commandery and consistory, being also a member of the Shrine. Industry has been the key which has unlocked for Mr. Rathbun the portals of success. Thoroughness and diligence have characterized all of his work and he measures up to the highest standards of personal honor and present-day business ethics, while. in matters of citizenship he is loyal, progressive and public-spirited. Mr. Rathbun resides at No. 851 Lincoln avenue. WILLIAM CROSSMAN CHAPMAN, M. D. There are many who accord to the medical profession first place as to usefulness among the activities to which man may direct his efforts, and while in this field Dr. William Crossman Chapman made a notable record of service to mankind, he was also helpfully interested in many projects and measures which looked to the development and upbuilding of the community in many ways and to the uplift of the individual. He never lightly regarded life's responsibilities and its opportunities but rejoiced in the chance which it gave him for service and the opportunity offered to assist to the extent of his ability in the city's progress. Dr. Chapman was born August 15, 1840, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and passed away in Toledo on the 29th of May, 1910, his parents being William and Margaret (Crossman) Chapman, the former a druggist and pharmacist of Cincinnati. William C. Chapman was educated in the public schools of his native city until graduated from the Woodward high school, after which, in preparation for a professional career, he attended the Miami Medical College of that city and in due course of time received his degree of M. D. He then located for practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but came to Toledo in 1873 and continued actively to follow his profession as a general practitioner throughout his remaining days. He served as a lieutenant in the Civil war, loyally defending the interests of the Union, and he was in public office only as a member of the Ohio state board of health for a number of years, acting for two terms as president of that board. His activities were almost wholly confined to his work along professional lines and in a civic way he was interested in the city board of health, with the possibilities for safeguarding the welfare and sanitary conditions of Toledo through that avenue. He was also active in all of the medical societies, including the local organizations, the Northwestern Ohio. the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations. Then, too, Dr. Chapman gave expression to his keen and broad sympathy by his earnest work in various charitable organizations, including the Federated Charities of Toledo, and he served as a member of the board of the old Adams Street Mission, of which he was president for a number of years. Masonry found in him a loyal and exemplary advocate and the Presbyterian church knew him as a most TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 337 earnest member and effective worker. He held the position of deacon or trustee in the church during the greater part of his life and no good work done in the name of charity or religion sought his aid in vain. He was much interested in promoting the welfare of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association and he also manifested earnest support and abiding interest in those organizations which made for cultural advancement or which added to the joys of life through companionship. To this end he belonged to many clubs and social organizations and he was also identified with the Toledo Art Museum, the Symphony Orchestras and similar enterprises. On the 3d of September, 1863, at Cincinnati, Dr. Chapman was united in marriage to Miss Harriett Mitchell, a daughter of Jethro Mitchell, and to them five sons were born : Harry M., who wedded Clara Bosche of Cincinnati ; Frank H., who married Isabella Irvine ; George L., who wedded Mary Cochran ; William B., whose wife was in her maidenhood Miss Florence Brew ; and Howard V., who married Ione Minuse. It is a matter worthy of record that at the time of the father's death, after a marriage of forty-seven years, his five sons and seven grandchildren were all living—residents f Toledo, his own demise being the first break in the family circle. His strong endorsement of every progressive element, his stanch support of effective organization which make for higher ideals of life and his most valuable service along professional lines, made him indeed a citizen of worth to Toledo and one whose passing was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. HAROLD C. KUNEY It has been said that this is the age of young men. It is certainly a notable fact that at the head of many progressive business enterprises are many young men whose alertness, zeal and enthusiasm are strong assets in the successful conduct of a business. Since 1912 Harold C. Kuney has been identified with the American National Company of Toledo and in 1920 was elected to official position, being made treasurer. Through a period of more than a decade, therefore, he has been identified with the successful conduct of this enterprise and Toledo recognizes in him one of her valued native sons. He was born November 22, 1892, his parents being Charles Spencer and Norah (Hyde) Kuney, the former an electrical engineer still active in business here. Harold C. Kuney was educated in the public schools and when his school days were over he became identified with telephone companies, which he represented in connection with the electrical department in various cities. His early training was along electrical lines and from boyhood he was more or less familiar with electrical business through association with his father. His training, too, has been thorough and his knowledge of the business has steadily increased as his experience and activities' have broadened. After working in various cities he came to Toledo as cost accountant with the American National Company and in 1920 was elected to his present office, so that he now has voice in the management of the business, with which he also acts as credit manager. On the 20th of June, 1910, Mr. Kuney was married to Miss Ethel McFarlin of Clyde, Ohio, and they have become parents of two daughters, Clara and Elinor. Mr. Kuney is influenced in all of his relations' with his fellowmen and with the general public by the teachings of the Masonic fraternity and of the 338 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of both of which he is a loyal and consistent representative. In matters of general concern he mainfests a public-spirited citizenship and is one of the progressive business men and valued residents of Toledo. EDSON W. BAUMGARDNER Edson W. Baumgardner, deceased, was for many years one of the most substantial and representative business men of, Toledo, where he was executive head of Baumgardner & Company, a business of extensive proportions. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1851, a son of Peter and Mary (Smith) Baumgardner. Edson W. Baumgardner received his education in the public schools of his native city and at the age of fourteen years came to Toledo and entered into partnership with a kinsman, L. S. Baumgardner, who had established the enterprise known as L. S. Baumgardner & Company, in 1866. Edson W. Baumgardner was the dominant factor in the remarkable growth of that business, which was begun on a small scale but during the intervening years has increased until today it is numbered among the chief mercantile enterprises of northwestern Ohio. L. S. Baumgardner relinquished his interest from time to time, .and Edson W. became executive head of the business and so continued until his death on the 5th of April, 1920, his activities with the Baumgardner interests covering a period of fifty-five years. Mr. Baumgardner enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came into contact. He employed the best principles of honesty and integrity in the conduct of his business affairs and was a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. He was associated in an advisory capacity with many of the city's leading business and financial institutions, but would never accept a nominal title on their directorates. In 1872 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Baumgardner and Miss Frances Mary Langan and to their union three sons were born : Frank L., Ned and Carleton M. One of Mr. Baumgardner's chief joys in the later years of his life was to have his sons associated with him in business and to see the able manner in which they were conducting their several departments. Mrs. Baumgardner survives her husband and is living in Toledo, where she has a large circle of friends. For many years Mr. Baumgardner was a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and socially he was identified with the Toledo and Country clubs. He was essentially public-spirited and no movement for the development and improvement of the community at large sought his aid in vain. He measured up to the highest standards of citizenship and his death has caused a vacancy that will be hard to fill. LEO E. MUNCH Leo E. Munch, engaged in the wholesale confectionery business in Toledo, has been identified therewith from his boyhood days. It is true that he entered upon a business already established and placed upon a substantial basis by his father but in enlarging and controlling this many a man of less resolute spirit would have failed. He has shown ready adaptability and enterprise in all that he has undertaken TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 341 and has been active in developing the business to extensive proportions. Toledo has reason to be proud of her native sons who have contributed to her upbuilding and material growth and among this number is Leo E. Munch, who was here born on the 23d of October, 1884, his parents being Joseph and Mary (Kopf) Munch. The father came to this city in 1871 and for a number of years was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was born in Sennheim, Alsace-Lorraine, and attracted by the opportunities of the new world he crossed the Atlantic and took up his abode in Toledo. Here after some years connection with railroad interests he entered the dry goods business, conducting a store at Front and Main streets in East Toledo. In 1893 he built a hotel at No. 201 and 203 Main street, the structure being a three-story brick building, fifty by one hundred and twenty feet, containing sixty rooms. Thus through many years he was active in connection with the business development of Toledo but is now living retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. He has reached the seventy-second milestone on life's journey. Leo E. Munch was educated in the parochial schools of East Toledo and in a business college and in his boyhood became associated with his father in mercantile interests. Upon the retirement of his father from business he took charge of affairs and is associated with his brother, Harry J., in the ownership and management of a wholesale confectionery business, in connection with which they also sell soft drinks. They have ever recognized the fact that satisfied patrons are the best adveftisement and their earnest desire to please their customers has led to a steady growth in their trade. Mr. Munch is also one of the directors of the Ohio Savings Association. On the 12th of June, 1906, Leo E. Munch was united in marriage to Miss Clara Mayer of this city. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, also of the East Side Luncheon Club and of the Chamber of Commerce. Harry J. Munch, partner in the business, was born in Toledo, June 21, 1883. He, too, obtained his education in the parochial schools, while his business training was received in his father's store, so that he early became familiar with the value of industry and perseverance, while his experience has developed his sound judgment and his enterprise. 'He and his brother, Leo E., now conduct a wholesale confectionery business as previously stated and the labors of the one ably round out and supplement the efforts of the other, making this a strong firm. Harry J. Munch was married February 6, 1922, to Miss Helen Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri. Like his brother he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and he also belongs to the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Loyal Order of Moose. Both are representative merchants of Toledo, their thoroughness, close application and energy enabling them to overcome all obstacles and work their way steadily upward to success. FORREST JEFFRIES Forrest Jeffries has been a member of the Toledo bar since 1911, specializing in the field of corporation law, and his contemporaries unite in bearing testimony as to his high character and ability: He was born in Hicksville, Ohio, May 21, 1885, and his parents were F. W. and Bertha (Will) Jeffries, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. 342 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Forrest Jeffries attended high school at Denver, Colorado, after which he entered the University of Denver, from which he received the A. B. degree in 1906 and the M. A. degree in the following year, and in 1909 he was graduated from the law department of that institution. For two years he successfully followed his profession in that city and in 1911 he came to Toledo, where he has since made his home, engaging in the practice of law, devoting his attention principally to corporation law, and since 1913 he has been in the law offices of and associated with Mr. Rathbun Fuller. In Chicago, Illinois, on the 3d of November, 1911, Mr. Jeffries was married to Miss Mary Gunther, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gunther, and they have become the parents of a son, Robert F., who was born in Toledo in 1917. To his chosen life work he gives his undivided attention, and wisely and conscientiously utilizing the talents with which nature has endowed him, he has won a position of prominence in his profession. EUGENE DONATI SCHEBLE, D. D. S. Dr. Eugene Donati Scheble, deceased,' held high rank among the dentists of Toledo for many years and exemplified in his life the most advanced principles and methods of the profession which he represented. A native son of Ohio, he was born in Richmondale, in 1853, his parents being Joseph and Melinda (Foreman) Scheble, the father a captain in the Civil war, while the grandfather of Mrs. Scheble was a general of the Revolutionary war. Joseph Scheble removed from Richmondale to Ashley, Ohio, and there followed merchandising. It was in the latter place that Eugene Donati Scheble obtained his grammar school education and pursued his high school course. Having determined upon the practice of dentistry as a life work, he subsequently became a student in the Philadelphia Dental College and there won his degree in 1874, when twenty-one years of age. On returning to Ashley he entered at once upon active practice but in the following year sought a broader field of labor by removing to Toledo in 1875. Here he opened an office on St. Clair street, between Jefferson and Monroe streets, and subsequently removed his offices to the Trinity block, opposite Trinity church, where he remained until 1882. He then purchased the property at No. 331 Superior street and moved there, having his office in his home,. In 1893 he formed a partnership with Dr. Otto Marx and the association was maintained until 1910, when both Dr. Marx and Dr. Scheble retired from active practice. His professional career was marked by a steady progress that indicated him to be a close student of the science of dentistry and everything pertaining thereto. He kept in touch with the trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation and employed the most advanced methods known to dental surgery. In many ways he did pioneer work in his profession and methods which he adopted and followed later became recognized principles of dentistry. It is said that he never had an equal in the making of porcelain plates in Toledo and he was the first dentist in the city to put in inlays. Often, in company with Dr. Marx, he would go to Ann Arbor and study some new phase of dentistry, which he would then immediately put into practice. He was a dentist wholly to be relied upon for his honesty and the quality of his work and his entire career was a credit and honor to the profession which he represented. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 343 On the 25th of December, 1879, Dr. Scheble was married to Miss Janet L. Vogel, a daughter of George and Lucy Ann (Rohr) Vogel, who were pioneer residents of Toledo. Following his retirement from active practice Dr. and Mrs. Scheble spent several years in travel, taking three trips to Europe, one to South America and another to Honolulu, besides visiting many of the most interesting points of the United States. On the 10th of February, 1922, they sailed from New York on the Empress of France to take the Mediterranean trip. They had been out about a week when the Doctor was taken ill and, leaving their boat, they made their way to Liverpool and returned to the United States as rapidly as possible. Arriving in New York, Dr. Scheble was removed to St. Luke's Hospital, where he passed away on the 14th of March, being at that time sixty-nine years of age. He had for many years been a most prominent and influential resident of Toledo. Aside from being one of the oldest and ablest representatives of the dental profession here, he was prominent in public affairs and was elected to the city council by an overwhelming majority, having been called "the moral candidate." He was a charter member of the Toledo Club and also of the Country Club and he likewise had membership in the Inverness Club and in the Masonic fraternity, at all times exemplifying in his life the beneficent spirit and purposes of the craft. Dr. Scheble was ever a man of most generous spirit and according to the terms of his will he made bequests of twenty thousand dollars to charity, including ten thousand dollars to the Toledo District Nurses Association, five thousand dollars to the Old Ladies Home and an equal amount to the Federation of Charities. The gift to the District Nurses Association is to be known as the Janet L. Scheble fund. He also left many other bequests to friends and relatives. During their travels abroad in 1903, Dr. and Mrs. Scheble found a sacred Egyptian cat mummy near Beni Hassan, a village in middle Egypt, on the Nile. It was one of the cats sacred to Pakht, a cat-headed goddess who with Isis was regarded as a goddess of misfortune by the believers in the Egyptian mythology. This was donated to the Toledo Museum of Art. On this trip Dr. and Mrs. Scheble were passengers on the second boat to go through the Panama canal and in 1913 both took an aeroplane trip at Tampa, Florida. They were always intensely interested in progress of any kind and Dr. Scheble was the friend and patron of many projects looking to advancement and improvement. He held an enviable position in the regard of his many friends as well as in the dental fraternity and all who knew him courted his friendship as a valuable asset in their lives. CLAIRE H. SPECK Claire H. Speck, secretary and treasurer f the Morris Plan Bank of Toledo and a veteran of the World war, was korn in Pemberville, Ohio, December 7. 1893, his parents being George H. and Cora A. (Smith) Speck. The father was well known in newspaper circles, being editor and owner of the Pemberville Leader. Claire H. Speck spent his youthful days largely in the acquirement of a public school education in his native city, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, while later he attended business college at Toledo and also the Oberlin (Ohio) Business College. When his commercial training was completed he obtained a position as bookkeeper in the Citizens Savings Bank at Pem- 344 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY berville and by reason of his capability and fidelity won promotion to the position f assistant cashier with the Citizens Banking Company of Perrysburg, Ohio, where he remained for three and a half years. All this while he was gaining more intimate and thorough knowledge of the banking business and his powers were thereby constantly increasing. In August, 1917, he came to the Morris Plan Bank of Toledo in the position of assistant treasurer and in January, 1918, was advanced to the treasurership, while in January, 1920, he was elected both secretary and treasurer. In the meantime Mr. Speck had entered service in connection with the World war, enlisting on the 4th of March, 1918, as a private in the Medical Corps. He was raised to the rank of first sergeant ere the war ceased. He was discharged on the 22d of May, 1919, and with his return home resumed active relations with the Morris Plan Bank, of which he is now one of the officials. He is also a director of the Maumee Valley Mortgage Company and is well known in financial circles. On the 25th of November, 1920, Mr. Speck established a home of his own through his marriage to Miss Lucile D. Shumaker of Lima, Ohio, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Marilyn Ann, born December 10, 1921, at Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Speck has membership with the Masonic fraternity, being identified with Freedom Lodge, F. & A. M., of Pemberville, Ohio, and Crystal chapter of Bowling Green, Ohio. He is also a member of the American Legion, being in hearty sympathy with the purposes of that organization to uphold American principles with the same fidelity and strength which was manifest when four million men responded to the call to the colors during the World war. M. O. BAKER M. O. Baker was born at Margaretsville, Annapolis county, in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, August 12, 1865. His parents, James Edward and Evaline (Parker) ,Baker, were natives of that province, their forefathers having settled in Nova Scotia generations back. Mr. Baker has four brothers, three of whom reside in Nova Scotia, and one, Bernard A. Baker, president of The M. O. Baker Company, resides in Toledo, Ohio. M. O. Baker acquired his education in the Provincial public schools of Nova Scotia, which are famous for their thoroughness in the fundamentals of learning. At the age of seventeen he left the old homestead for Massachusetts. His first employment was on a dairy farm in Littleton, Massachusetts, and later he obtained employment in a retail market at West Acton, Massachusetts. Realizing that a commercial educational training was needed, he completed a course at The Bryant & Stratton Commercial College of Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from this institution he secured a position as bookkeeper in New York city with Swift & Company, Chicago packers. In less than two years he was managing one of the company's branch houses, located at Atlanta, Georgia, later becoming superintendent of southern territory with headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia. While connected with Swift & Company, Mr. Baker had the opportunity of visiting most of the important business centers of this country. In 1897 he came to Toledo in the interests of Swift & Company and was so impressed with the commercial possibilities and ideal living conditions that he severed his connections with TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 347 Swift & Company and entered the wholesale fruit and produce business under the firm name of M. O. Baker & Company. His firm immediately became one of the leaders in that line of business. In 1916 he reorganized the firm into a stock company, The M. O. Baker Company. He remained active head of this concern until October, 1920, when he disposed of his holdings in order to give his entire time and energies to his large real estate holdings. The firm name of the M. O. Baker Company remains unchanged. He is vice president of The Fifty Associates Company, this company being one of the largest owners of business property in Toledo ; president of The Commodore Perry Company, large holders of centrally located real estate ; and has been director of The Home Savings Bank Company for many years. He married, in 1894, Miss Frances M. Houghton of West Acton, Massachusetts. They have three children. The eldest, a daughter, Evelyn, married Hampton G. Wall, a prominent attorney here ; one son, John M., twenty years of age, is taking a commercial course at Ann Arbor, Michigan ; the other son, Robert H., fourteen years of age, is attending Scott high school. Mr. Baker is a thirty-second degree Mason ; a Rotarian ; a member of The Toledo Chamber of Commerce, serving on many of its important committees ; a member of Inverness Club, which is nationally and favorably known in golfing circles ; and a member of Collingwood avenue Presbyterian church. In politics he is a republican of the independent type. He believes that in Toledo there are great opportunities for business growth and expansion and knows that it is an ideal place for the average man to own a home and rear and educate a family. Mr. Baker resides at No. 2251 Glenwood avenue. JACOB NICHOLAS BICK Jacob Nicholas Bick, a prominent citizen of Toledo whose influence is a potent factor for good in his community, is numbered among the leading contractors of the city and his well directed efforts have contributed to public improvement as well as to individual success. He was born in Lucas county, Ohio, September 9, 1859, and his parents were Jacob and Marie (Bettinger) Bick, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio. During his childhood the father was brought to the United States and in Lucas county, Ohio, he was reared and educated. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and developed a large farm, becoming the owner of one of the most valuable properties in this section of the state. During the Civil war he proved his loyalty to his adopted country by offering his services to the federal government but was rejected, owing to the fact that he was suffering from an attack of inflammatory rheumatism. He passed away on his farm in Lucas county in 1892, when sixty-one years of age, and the mother died in Toledo in 1919, at the age of eighty-five years. About fifteen years previous to her demise she met with a severe accident which necessitated the use of an invalid's chair during the remainder of her life, but she bore her lot patiently and without complaint, radiating cheerfulness and sympathy to all who came within the circle of her influence. Mr. and Mrs. Bick were the parents of seven children, six of whom are living: John, who is living in Kansas ; and A. W., Mrs. Mary Hogan, Elizabeth, Barbara and Jacob N., all of whom are residents of Toledo. 348 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Jacob Nicholas Bick acquired his education in the district schools of Lucas county, the public schools of Toledo and a commercial college of this city, after which he embarked in business on his own account, opening a retail shoe store. This he conducted successfully for three years and then sold, to engage in railroad contracting, in which he has continued, building up a business of large proportions. He has completed many important projects, building the Terminal Railroad in this city, and the Toledo Electric line, and has constructed both suburban and city roads. He also engages in general contracting and there is no phase of the business in either its technical or practical phases with which he is not familiar. He is prompt, reliable and trustworthy in the execution of contracts and his work represents the highest standard of efficiency. On the 10th of May, 1886, Mr. Bick was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Langendefer of Toledo, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Langendefer, well known residents of Lucas county, and they became the parents of a son, Arthur, who died in infancy. Mr. Bick is an independent democrat in his political views and he has taken a most progressive stand on many public questions. Although many public offices have been tendered him lie has declined most of them. He has never been remiss in the duties of citizenship, however, and has left the impress of his individuality upon public thought and action. He is well known throughout the city as the champion of progress and of moral and civic advancement and he is deeply interested in the work of reform and improvement. Mr. Bick is a charter member of the Toledo Club and of the National Union and for many years has been connected with the Commerce Club. For more than ten years he has been president of the Ohio Neighborhood Club, in which he has taken a keen interest. His residence is at No. 1050 Lincoln avenue. The house was built in 1914 and has since been his home. CHARLES HERMON LEMMON Almost a half century ago Charles Hermon Lemmon, now deceased, entered upon the practice of law in Toledo and continued in the active work of the profession for a number of years. Later he turned his attention to the abstract business and examination of titles, continuing in that field of labor until 1911, when he retired to enjoy a well earned rest. His was an active career and his fidelity to manly principles gained for him the respect and goodwill of all with whom he came into contact. He was born on a farm near Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, March 9, 1852, his parents being Judge Reuben Compton and Amelia (Armstrong) Lemmon. The father was a member of the bar and engaged in the practice of law at Maumee, then the county seat of Lucas county, but when in March, 1853, Toledo was made the county seat, the Lemmon family removed to this city. Charles H. Lemmon acquired his education in the public schools of Toledo and when his general education was finished he entered upon the study of law in the office and under the direction of his father, being admitted to the bar in Lucas county in 1874. He immediately entered upon the practice of his chosen profession and made steady advancement therein. He served as assistant' prosecuting attorney from 1877 until 1879 and performed the duties of the office with credit to himself and to the full satisfaction of the public. He later turned his attention to the abstract business and examination of titles to real property and continued active in