TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 477 of Toledo, who passed away on the 18th of December, 1918. Fraternally Mr. Medbury is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has become a member of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Izaak Walton Fishing Club, the Toledo Club and the Toledo Yacht Club, associations which indicate much concerning the nature of his interests along recreational lines. He likewise has membership in the Chamber of Commerce and is a Rotarian. He was made chairman of the juvenile court branch of the Rotary Club, which takes care of boys who are brought before that judge, exemplifying the "big brother" idea in their relation to boys who need friendship, guidance and kindly advice and assistance that they may leave the paths of waywardness and enter upon a course that will bring them to good citizenship. In this work Mr. Medbury is keenly interested and is accomplishing excellent results. ROLLIND O. HOLLOWAY Rollind O. Holloway, a native son of Toledo, is a representative in both the paternal and maternal lines of well known and highly respected pioneer families of Lucas county. He has been identified with the bar of this city for the past five years and has already won a well established position in the ranks of his profession. He was born in this city May 28, 1892, a son of Otto W. and Ida (Hinkle) Holloway, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. The paternal greatgrandfather, Peter Holloway, was one of the earliest settlers of Lucas county, where he continued to make his home until his demise, which occurred when he had reached the advanced age of ninety-three years. His son, John P. Holloway, was one of the prominent residents of Lucas county, in which he successfully followed the occupation of farming, while he also engaged in teaching school. He likewise served as justice of the peace and continuously filled that office for twenty-five years prior to his death. His widow, Mrs. Mary Ann (Taylor) Holloway, is still a resident of Lucas county and has reached the age of eighty years. The maternal grandfather, Jacob Hinkle, was a native of Pennsylvania, and he also became a pioneer settler of Lucas county. Otto W. Holloway, the father of the subject of this review, devoted his active life to the building and contracting business in Toledo. The mother passed away in 1899. They were the parents of three children : John H., who is a successful educator and a member of the faculty of Purdue University of Indiana ; Mrs. Edward Leneger of Clayton, Michigan ; and Rollind O. In the acquirement of an education Rollind 0. Holloway attended the grammar and high schools of Monclova, Ohio, and then became a student at the Ohio Northern University at Ada, this state. He afterward took up educational work, teaching in the grammar schools of Bono, Ohio. Later he became superintendent of schools at Richfield, Ohio, in which capacity he served for five years, and he then entered the law department of the Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1917. Coming to Toledo, he began practice with the firm of Tracy, Chapman & Welles, with which he was associated until 1920, since which time he has been associated with Amos L. Conn, under the firm name of Conn & Holloway. His mind is analytical and logical in its trend and in his presentation of a case he is always fortified by a comprehensive understanding of the legal principles applicable thereto, while his arguments are logical and convincing. He 478 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY is well qualified to handle important litigated interests and is building up a good clientele, while he is also a director of a number of business enterprises. At La Fayette, Indiana, on the 18th of March, 1913, Mr. Holloway was married to Miss Helen A. Ward, a daughter of Nathan and Amelia Ward, prominent residents of Monclova, Ohio, and they have become the parents of four children : Elaine F., who was born in Richfield, Ohio, in 1914 ; Imogene A., who was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1916; John R., whose birth also occurred in Columbus, in 1918 ; and Norman D., who was born in this city in 1919. Mr. Holloway gives his political allegiance to the republican party and his professional connections are with the Lucas County and Ohio State Bar associations, while he is also a member of the Lawyers Club. He is a worthy representative of an honored family name and in a profession which demands a keen intelligence and requires untiring effort he is steadily progressing, his pronounced ability and adherence to high ethical standards winning for him the confidence and respect of his fellow practitioners and of the general public. JAMES E. CLARK James E. Clark, president and treasurer of the Gould Specialty Manufacturing Company, occupies a prominent position in manufacturing circles of. Toledo. Mr. Clark is a native of Brighton, Ontario. His parents were Jared 0. and Mary E. Clark, who removed from Ontario to Flint, Michigan, and there James E. pursued his education until he became a high school graduate at that place. When at length his textbooks were put aside and his school training was regarded as finished he took up the more difficult lessons to be learned in the school of experience. Mr. Clark began his business career in the employ of W. C. Durant, who was later head of the General Motors Corporation, and Dallas Dort, today a well known automobile manufacturer, who were then conducting their interests under the name of the Flint Road Cart Company. He continued with that concern until he left to enter the office of W. A. Paterson, a carriage manufacturer, who at a later period, however, began the manufacture of the Paterson motor car. Mr. Clark's next business connection was that of secretary and sales manager with R. D. Scott & Company of Pontiac, Michigan, and following the destruction of their plant by fire he became associated with the Gould Specialty Manufacturing Company of Toledo. He now concentrates his efforts and attention upon this business and, acquiring more and more of the stock, he has become president and treasurer of the corporation. Their plant is devoted to the manufacture of boys' play suits, boys' overalls and ladies' aprons and house dresses. Their output is large and of excellent quality, while the reasonable prices and fair dealing of the house have all been important factors in the rapid and substantial growth of the company. In Pontiac, Michigan, twenty-three years ago, Mr. Clark was united in mar riage to Miss Myrta L. Farmer, a daughter of E. Farmer, who is now living in Holly, Michigan, at the. advanced age of eighty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have become parents of two daughters and two sons : Marion, J. Edwin, Onnolee and Carl C. For fourteen, years Mr. Clark has resided in Toledo and has come to be regarded as one of the city's valuable citizens whose activities have had a distinct bearing on its business and industrial life. He and his wife are members of St. John's Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally he is connected with the Masons TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 479 and with the Eastern Star. He has never sought nor filled political offices but at the time of the World war he did active service in connection with every Liberty Loan campaign and was accorded medals for the admirable results which he accomplished in that connection. He has ever been mindful of his public as well as his private duties and has given earnest and zealous support to all those projects which he deems of vital public worth. ALONZO GRANT DUER Alonzo Grant Duer, a leading member of the Toledo bar who has recently retired from the position of city solicitor, in which capacity he served for four years, is a native of Fredericksburg, Wayne county, this state, born January 22, 1874, being the only child of Alson Kent and Ellen Estella (Sowers) Duer. The father was a harnessmaker by trade and conducted a large business at Fredericksburg, employing several assistants. In 1874 he contracted diphtheria, passing away three days later, at which time his son, Alonzo G., was but six weeks old. Alson Kent Duer was a son of Jonathan and Lydia W. (Manley) Duer, whose family numbered thirteen children, and his father was one of a family of seventeen. The maternal grandparents were John William and Sarah (Robbins) Sowers and it is an interesting fact that both of the grandfathers of Alonzo G. Duer were of German lineage while his grandmothers were of English descent. At the usual age A. G. Duer became a pupil in the public schools and in 1891 was graduated from the high school at Millersburg, Ohio. It was about this time that he determined to make the practice of law his life work and with that end in view he began studying, being admitted to the bar at Millersburg in 1895. There he entered into partnership with Henry P. Karch, under the firm style of Karch & Duer, a connection that was maintained until July, 1896, when Mr. Karch removed to Cincinnati and Mr. Duer came to Toledo. While in Millersburg he had filled the position of official court stenographer for Holmes county, Ohio. Taking up his abode in Toledo, Mr. Duer entered into partnership relations with Judge Wellington Stilwell, with whom he was thus connected from 1896 until 1899, since which time he has practiced independently. He has enjoyed a large practice of important cases covering many departments of law, in all of which he seems well versed. From 1910 until 1914 under Mayor Whitlock, he occupied the position of assistant city solicitor and under Mayor Schreiber from 1918 until 1922. He is also the president and one of the directors of the Ohio Canvas Company, but the major part of his time and attention is concentrated upon his law practice and his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial. On the 21st of September, 1896, Mr. Duer was united in marriage to Miss Kittie Church of Millersburg, Ohio, a daughter of the late B. S. Church, .who at one time was a prominent attorney of Coshocton county. It was in that county that Mrs. Duer was born and reared and she completed her education at Ada, Ohio, and in the Ohio Wesleyan University. By her marriage she has become the mother of a daughter, Margaret Ellen, born October 28, 1897, who on the 29th of December, 1919, became the wife of Frank L. Wolf of Toledo, general manager of the Ohio Canvas Company. In politics Mr. Duer has always been a stalwart republican where state and 480 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY national policies are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. In his first presidential vote he supported William McKinley. He has been quite active in local politics and in the fall of 1909, during the municipal campaign in which nearly the entire independent ticket was elected, he took an active part, being chairman of the committee of the independents and also chairman of the permanent executive committee. In early life he belonged to the Methodist church but since coming to Toledo has united with the Memorial United Brethren church. Fraternally he is connected with Toledo Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and Fort Meigs Chapter, R. A. M., while he also belongs to the Woodmen of the World and the American Insurance Union. His life has ever been actuated by high and honorable principles and the sterling worth of his character is attested by all with whom he has been associated, both in public and private life. DEWITT FISHER DeWitt Fisher, a prominent attorney of Toledo, was born in Ada, Ohio, May 28, 1883, a son of John S. and Mary A. (Greene) Fisher, the former a native of Bethany, Virginia, while the latter was born near Toronto, Canada, whence in early life she came to Ohio. The father was a well known physician and surgeon of Ada for many years. He passed away in Toledo in 1917, at the age of seventy-two years, survived by his wife, who still makes her home in this city. Their family numbered three children : Thaddeus W., who is deceased ; Ilo B., now the wife of James L. Trotter ; and DeWitt. The last mentioned was a pupil in the public schools of Owosso, Michigan, and entered the study of law in the Toledo University and was graduated with the LL. B. degree in the class of 1912. Four years later he was appointed clerk of the invalid pension committee under General Sherwood and on the 1st of March, 1917, he was appointed clerk of the city court of Toledo. In 1918 he filled the position of secretary to Mayor Schreiber and continued to act in that capacity until 1922. Since 1912 he has also engaged in the general practice of law at various times and since the 1st of January, 1922, has been practicing with Cornell Schreiber. On the 25th of August, 1913, Mr. Fisher was married to Miss Charlotte M. Witt of Buffalo, New York, and they have one child : Bernice E., born July 8, 1914. BADGER CROSSWELL BOWEN The city of Toledo is fortunate in being able to number among her citizens who stand out conspicuously, Badger C. Bowen, president of The Welles-Bowen Company. Mr. Bowen's broad vision, keen foresight and excellent judgment have been dominant factors in the development of one of the foremost real estate firms in the city, whose operations have reached immense proportions in residential subdivision development. Badger Crosswell Bowen was born in Columbia, South Carolina, September 17, 1872, and comes from an old southern family. His parents, John Henry and Mary Dudley (Crosswell) Bowen, were both natives of that state, the latter being a granddaughter of the Rev. James Jenkins, who was one of the founders TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 483 of the Methodist faith in South Carolina, under Wesley. John Henry Bowen was born in Sumter county, in 1824, and during the Civil war served as a captain under General Beauregard. After the war he resumed the life of a planter, later became permanently connected with transportation interests in South Carolina, with the old Wilmington" & Augusta Railroad, now a part of the Atlantic Coast Line System, this association being maintained until his death, which occurred in 1893. His widow survived him many years, attaining the age of eighty, and passed away in April, 1920, at the old family home in Laurens, South Carolina. Their family numbered five children : James Jenkins ; John Dudley ; William Henry ; Mary Gwynne ; and Badger Crosswell. Badger C. Bowen was reared in South Carolina and acquired his education in private schools of that state, later leaving there to enter the insurance business in Richmond, Virginia.. He remained in that city about two and one-half years, then located in Newburgh, New York, in the insurance business, and later in Cleveland, Ohio, was similarly connected, until coming to Toledo in 1899, was manager of a publishing business. In June, 1908, he became associated with William B. Welles, in forming The Welles-Bowen Company, of which Mr. Bowen has since been president. The extent and character of the operations of this, company have had as much to do with the city's residential growth and development as those of any other Toledo real estate firm in the same period. They have developed many fine properties in this city, among them being "Parkside," "Westmoreland," "Fairmount Park," "Old Orchard"' and "De Veaux Park." These properties embrace nearly three thousand city lots, which have been improved and beautified in every manner possible to add to their natural attractiveness. The Welles-Bowen Company is really in a class by itself in the thoroughness and completeness of the preparation and improvement of its properties. Mr. Bowen's judgment in realty values is highly regarded and carries probably as much significance as that of any other man in Toledo, while the breadth of his vision and knowledge of potentialities in real estate matters have often been reflected in his operations. He is conceded to be a very able man in. the control of his interests. He ranks with the leading realtors of Toledo and his influence is one of broadening activity and strength in the field in which he is operating. Among his many activities he is serving as a director of The Home Savings Bank, is a trustee of the Toledo Club, one of the early members of the Rotary Club, in the work of which he .has always taken an active part, and is a member of the Country Club and of almost every civic organization. At Dallas, Texas, on the 6th of April, 1904, Mr. Bowen married Miss Anna Louise Connor, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Benson Glenn Connor, the former a prominent physician of that city. Mrs. Bowen is a graduate of Belmont College at Nashville, Tennessee, and in social and civic. affairs of Toledo she takes an active and prominent part. She was one of the founders of the League for Teaching the Deaf and is a member of the Thalion Club, the Anti-Tuberculosis Society and other organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen have become the parents of two sons : Badger Crosswell, who was born February 12, 1905, in Toledo, and is now attending Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut ; and William Dougherty, born March 16, 1908, in Toledo, who is also a student at Choate School, Walling-f ord, Connecticut. Mr. Bowen was especially prominent in all war activities and served as vice chairman of the Liberty Loan committee for Toledo and Lucas county ; also as vice 484 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY chairman in the War Chest campaign, devoting all of his best efforts. to further the interests of his country at a most critical period in its history. He is a member of the State Planning Commission, and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. Mr. Bowen is an enthusiastic out-of-doors sportsman and for some years has made annual visits with a party of friends to the Canadian big game country. He enjoys golf and spends as much time as possible on the Country Club links. His activities have touched the general interests of society to their betterment and in all movements affecting the welfare of his city he is quick to respond. A resident of Toledo for nearly twenty-five years, there is no one who has greater confidence in her future or more enthusiasm for her present than Mr. Bowen. The force of his personality, the keenness of his insight and the soundness of his judgment have brought him to a position of prominence in business circles of Toledo and his work has been of signal service and benefit in the upbuilding and development of the city, as well as in the promotion of his own fortunes. Mr. Bowen's home, completed in 1923, is a striking example of Italian architecture and is one of the very handsome and unusual residences in the beautiful district of Westmoreland. WILBER OWEN Wilber Owen is the senior partner in the firm of Owen, Owen and Crampton, patent attorneys of Toledo. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 30th of June, 1873, he is a son of Charles W. and Belle J. (Allen) Owen. The father was a newspaper man, identified with the Coldwater Courier of Coldwater, .Michigan, and other Michigan newspapers. Wilber Owen obtained his education in the public schools of Lansing, and Coldwater, Michigan, and afterward continued his education in the George Washington University at Washington, D. C., where he was graduated in 1896 with the LL. B. degree, while in 1897 he received from his Alma Mater the Master of Laws degree. While in Washington he was connected with the Patent branch of the Government Printing Office. In October of 1897 he came to Toledo, where he has remained, and for four years thereafter he engaged in the general practice of law with success, but gradually his interests and activities centered upon patent law and since 1901 he has concentrated his efforts in that field. He is today a member of the firm of Owen, Owen and Crampton, his partners being his brother, Charles W. Owen, and Faust F. Crampton, and they are recognized leaders among the patent attorneys of the middle west. Their business is of an important character, demanding not only a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence applicable to their special line of work but also a knowledge of the various technical subjects involved in the patent cases under their charge. They have been connected with notable cases in this particular and their clientage is now extensive and important. In addition to his professional interests Mr. Owen is a director of The Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company and of The Fifty Associates Company and a member of the executive committee of the latter. In Adrian, Michigan, on the 23d of February, 1900, Mr. Owen was married to Miss Ida E. Weden. They are members of the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian church, in the work of which they take an active and helpful interest. Mr. Owen having served as one of the deacons and elders of the church. His con- TOLEDO AND ,LUCAS COUNTY - 487 nections outside of his profession are varied and indicate clearly the nature of his interests and the rules that govern his conduct. Aside from his association with the church he ,is a Mason, holding membership in lodge, chapter and council. He is a past president of the Toledo Rotary Club, is a Member of the Toledo Club, the Inverness Club, the Toledo Kennel Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He is popular in these organizations by reason of his genial disposition and unfeigned cordiality. He is the author of "Owen's Law Quizzer," published by the West. Publishing Company and now in its fourth edition. This book was written soon after he located in Toledo and, as he says, while he was waiting for clients. It is very popular with law students throughout the country. Mr. Owen's residence is at No. 2364 Robinwood avenue. WILLIAM PARMAN To promote and project a successful mercantile enterprise requires a man with marked powers of organization and executive control. To this class belongs William Parman, who has devoted forty-three years to the dry goods business, and he now ranks with the leading merchants of Toledo. His birth occurred in Ottawa county, Ohio, on the 15th of January, 1862, and his parents were Christian and Hannah Parman, both of whom were of European birth and came to the United States in early life. The father devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and remained a resident of Ottawa county until his demise. The mother has reached the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Their family numbered eight children : John, who is living at Rockyridge, Ohio ; Herman, of Toledo ; August, whose home is in Ottawa county ; Christian, a resident of Lorain, Ohio ; Mrs. Allie Peters of Toledo ; Mrs. Anna Roloff, who lives in Ottawa county ; Mrs. Carrie Newmeister of North Amherst, Ohio ; and William, the subject of this review. William Parman acquired his education in the schools of Ottawa county, Ohio, and when seventeen years of age he became connected with the business which was to be his life work. He secured a clerical position in a dry goods store at Elmore, Ohio, where he remained for nine years, and spent the next seven years in the employ of Joseph Munch, a well known dry goods merchant of East Toledo. In 1901 he entered the men's furnishings and dry goods business on his own account, organizing the Parman & Heinze Company, of which he has since been a member and their establishment, which is located at Nos. 1512-14 Cherry street, is one of the largest stores of the kind outside of the down town section of the city. They have a large stock of high grade merchandise and employ about ten clerks in the conduct of their business, which is operated along the most modern and progressive lines. They have always regarded satisfied patrons as the best advertisement and their strict integrity and honorable, straightforward dealing have won for them the confidence and support of the public. On June 29, 1892, Mr. Parman married Miss Louise Fink, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fink of this city, and they have become the parents of two sons, of whom Clarence J. Parman is the elder. He was born September 1, 1896, and was graduated from the Central high school of Toledo, after which- he completed a course in an architectural school at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now engaged in business as an architect, maintaining offices in the Nicholas building at Toledo, Ohio, and has gained high standing in his. profession. He married Miss 488 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Lucille Elton of Toledo, and they have two daughters : Jean Edna and Phyllis Louise. Howard R. Parman was born July 15, 1898, and after his graduation from the Scott high school of this city he took up the study of chemistry in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He is now connected with the Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company of Toledo. During the World war he spent six months in the service of his country as a member of an Ohio company. Mr. William Parman reserves the right to vote according to the dictates of his judgment, and where matters of progressive citizenship are concerned his support is never found wanting. He is a member of the Toledo Commerce and Toledo Automobile clubs and is also identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. With industry and determination as dominant qualities Mr. Farman has made steady progress in the business world, advancing from a humble financial position until he now ranks with Toledo's representative merchants and self-made men, and none can grudge him his success, so worthily has it been won. FRED W. HAIGH Fred W. Haigh, a member of one of the old and prominent families of Toledo, has depended upon his own resources for a livelihood from an early age and his enterprise and ability have brought him steadily to the front in his chosen line of activity. He is at the head of one of the leading printing establishments in the city and for thirty-six years has controlled this business, which has kept pace with the growth and development of Toledo. He was born at Bryan, Ohio, May 11, 1868, and his parents, James and Elizabeth (Bigger) Haigh, were. natives of Indiana. Shortly after their marriage they came to Ohio, settling in Toledo, and the father became well known in business circles of the city as a member of the Castner & Haigh Insurance Company, with which he was connected for many. years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Haigh are now deceased. Fred W. Haigh attended the public schools of Toledo to the age of thirteen years, when he began learning the printer's trade, and after completing his apprenticeship he continued in the business, working for others until he reached the age of eighteen, when his ambition led him to embark in an independent venture. Since 1886 he has engaged in the printing, engraving and book-binding business and as the. years have passed he has gradually expanded his interests until he is now the owner of one of the largest and oldest enterprises of this nature in the city, having about twenty-five employes. He has devoted his life to the printing business, of which he has gained an expert knowledge, and his plant is supplied with the most modern equipment, thus enabling him to turn out work of the highest, grade. In 1893 Mr. Haigh was united in marriage to Miss Anna .M. Stiles, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Stiles of Monroe, Michigan, and they have become the parents of a son, Frederick Dwight, who was born in Toledo, November 14, 1900. He was graduated from the Scott high school of this city and is now attending Dartmouth College. Where national issues are involved Mr. Haigh gives his political support to the republican party but casts an independent local ballot, voting for the candidate whom he deems best fitted for office. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Toledo Club, the Inverness Club and the Toledo Yacht Club. From the age of thirteen years his life has TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 489 been one of unremitting industry and along the path of opportunity open to all he has reached the goal of notable success. With the development and upbuilding of Toledo he has long been closely associated and in the conduct of his business affairs he has displayed that spirit of enterprise which works for individual success and also constitutes a factor in public prosperity. JUDD RICHARDSON Judd Richardson, the president of The Judd Richardson Company of Toledo, in which, connection he is extensively engaged in the insurance and real estate business, was born in Peninsula, Summit county, Ohio, March 30, 1865, and was brought to Toledo in December, 1866, by his parents, Ira A. and Angeline (Shields) Richardson. The father was born in Northfield, Summit county, February 14, 1837, and in young manhood he married Angeline Shields of Boston township, Summit county, who was born in 1843. In 1866 they established their home in Toledo and Mr. Richardson turned his attention. to the conduct of an insurance and real estate agency, which has since been in existence and is now known as The Judd Richardson Company. With this enterprise the father is still connected, being now vice president of the company. He is without doubt the oldest insurance man. in this city. He belongs to Toledo Lodge, No. 144, F. & A. M., which he joined in January, 1867, and he is also a member of Fort Meigs Chapter, R. A. M., and Toledo Council, R. & S. M. He served on the executive committee of the Masonic bodies of Toledo for twenty-two consecutive years and for several years he was superintendent of the Platt Mission, a branch of the First Baptist church. During his superintendency he purchased the building in order to save the work, moving the building from Irving street, near Ashland avenue, to the corner of Prescott and Fulton streets. From this mission grew the Ashland Avenue Baptist church, now located at the corner of Ashland and Woodruff avenues. In 1887 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 10th of January of that year. She was a very active member of the First Baptist church and also an earnest worker in the Platt Mission. She was, moreover, an ideal mother of a most lovable character and a kindly friend to the poor and needy. Judd Richardson was educated in the Toledo public schools, from which he was graduated with the class of 1883, and following the completion of his course he became associated with his father in the insurance and real estate business and has since devoted his time and attention thereto. He succeeded his father in 1910 and in 1920 incorporated the business under the present name, becoming the chief executive head of the enterprise. He has since served as president, with his son, Dorman E. Richardson, as the secretary. It was on the 26th of March, 1890, in Toledo, that Judd Richardson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Louisa Rood, a daughter of Emmor Alonzo and Sarah (Dorman) Rood of Toledo, Ohio. They have one son, Dorman Emmor, who was educated in the Toledo public and high schools and in Denison University and throughout his business career has been identified with his father. He enlisted for service with the Sanitary Engineers during the World war and was in the Engineering Division in the government camps of the south, doing active duty as a sanitary engineer, especially in connection with swamp drainage. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant and had been endorsed for a commission as lieutenant 490 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY at the time the armistice was signed. He married Ruth. Anderson Eldridge of Franklin, Ohio, on the 14th of June, 1920. Politically Mr. Richardson has always been a stanch republican and at one time served as police commissioner of Toledo. Fraternally he is connected with the National Union and with the Modern Woodmen. He also belongs to the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Real Estate Board, the Toledo Fire Underwriters' Association and the Toledo Museum of Art. He is an active member of the Ashland Avenue Baptist church, with which his parents were closely connected during its mission days, and he is also identified with the- Young Men's Christian Association. Through the above connections is indicated the scope of his activity and the worth of his work. His aid and influence are ever given on the side of progress and improvement and his entire career has been permeated by a desire that his activity shall be of service and benefit to his fellowmen. He has held to advanced principles and his life has ever been the expression of the highes standards of citizenship. WILLIAM BUELL WELLES Moving ever forward in business to his objective, William Buell Welles has reached a creditable and enviable position in real estate and insurance circles in Tole& as the secretary and treasurer of the Welles-Bowen Company. He is a native son of this city, born March 30, 1878. His father, General George E. Welles, also a native of Ohio, was born in Elyria, July 4, 1840, and entered upon his business career when a lad of but fourteen years as clerk in a drug store. He established his home in Toledo in 1859 and accepted a clerkship in the wholesale house of West & Truax, with which he remained until he joined the army for service in the Civil war. It is few men who possess the soldierly qualities, the perseverance, the determination and the spirit of patriotism and loyalty which carried George E. Welles from the ranks to the position of brigadier general. He enlisted April 14, 1861, as a private in Company E, of the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was then being organized in Toledo. Before his regiment was sent to the front he was appointed first lieutenant and detailed for duty with the paymaster general of this state. He served during a three months' term of enlistment in that connection and after being mustered out on the 3d of August, 1861, he returned to Ohio. On the 29th of October, following, however, he received a commission from the governor as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which he assisted in raising. Early in January, 1862, his regiment joined the army of General Grant, then operating on the Cumerland river in Tennessee. Mr. Welles led his troops in many of the famous engagements of that' long and sanguinary conflict, winning promotion at different periods until in Tanuary, 1865, he was given a full commission as colonel and on the 16th of March, 1865, a few weeks before the end of the war, he was brevetted brigadier general for "gallant and meritorious conduct." In few instances did so young a volunteer soldier receive such rapid and important promotion and each advance step in his military career was made solely upon merit. Throughout the army of the Tennessee he became known as "the boy colonel" and Major General Leggett, his division commander, said of him : "That boy never made a mistake." A contemporary biographer writing of his military history said.: "His service led him TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 493 into some of the hottest fighting and most protracted campaigns of the war. The record beginning at Fort Donelson was continued in the advance up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, embracing the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, the operations around Vicksburg, including the battle of Champion Hill and the siege and capture of that Mississippi stronghold. After the campaigns and battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, from Atlanta he and his regiment followed Sherman on the march to the sea, went from Savannah north to the Carolinas, and were a part of Sherman's army present at the surrender of the last great fragment of the Confederate army, the troops under Joseph E. Johnston. Some weeks later General Welles led his regiment in the. Grand Review at Washington, then proceeded with it to Louisville, Kentucky, where on July 10, 1865, his faithful followers were finally mustered out and given their honorable discharge. In one of the great battles around Atlanta, General Welles was severely wounded. In the same engagements the gallant General McPherson was killed, and the regiment of Colonel Welles was close by when that intrepid leader fell. In .that fight the cool judgment and prompt action of Colonel Welles succeeded in extricating his regiment, when almost surrounded by Confederates, and placing it in a position where it continued an effective fighting unit. This splendid handling of his troops brought him high compliments from his superior officers." - After receiving his discharge General Welles returned to northwestern Ohio and was appointed assistant postmaster of Toledo. He also engaged in business for a time with A. W. Colton & Company in the grain and shipping trade and afterward was associated with his brother, A. K. Welles, in the grain business under the firm style of Welles Brothers. From President Grant he received appointment to the position of assessor of internal revenue and continued to act in that capacity until the office was discontinued. In 1887 he was called to Duluth, Minnesota, where he became secretary of the board of trade, but in 1894 he once more took up his abode in Toledo and for several years was local representative of the New York Life Insurance Company. He also served as deputy county clerk under two administrations, but was compelled to retire from public life in 1903 on account of ill health, and he passed away on the 27th of April, 1906. We again quote from a former biographer who said : "General Welles was one of the most substantial citizens of Toledo. His interests included a number of business enterprises, and every duty of a public nature he discharged with singular fidelity and straightforwardness of purpose. He was distinguished by a great modesty and courtesy of demeanor and a gentleness of disposition which made him greatly beloved among his wide circle of friends. It is said that General Welles never showed the slightest propensity to boast of his army record. In fact, it required considerable questioning to draw him out on that subject, and many of his later day acquaintances never realized that he was one of the most brilliant soldiers northwestern Ohio had furnished, to the Union army. He took a prominent part in Masonic circles and was also an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic." On the 24th of May, 1877, General Welles wedded Miss Julia Smith, a native of Toledo and a daughter of Denison B. Smith and a granddaughter of General John E. Hunt, one of the distinguished pioneers of northwestern Ohio, having located in Maumee in 1816, while later he removed to Toledo. Mrs. Welles died in this city November 26, 1911, more than five years after the death of her distinguished husband. She was an active member of the Trinity Episcopal church and greatly interested in all work for the general good. General and Mrs. Welles had 494 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY two sons, the younger being George D., a prominent member of the Toledo bar, practiCing with the firm of Tracy, Chapman & Welles, who is mentioned at length elsewhere in this work. The elder son; William Buell Welles, now of the real estate and insurance firm, operating under the name of the Welles-Bowen Company, pursued a public school education and when eighteen years of age was graduated from the Central high school with the class of 1896. He then made his initial step in the business world and spent eight years in the employ of the Bostwick-Braun Company, wholesale and retail hardware dealers of this city, representing the company on the road in Michigan for three years. For two years he traveled through Indiana and Ohio for the Van Camp Hardware Company of Indianapolis and then returned to Toledo, where he became manager of the retail department of the Star Hardware Company, a position which he occupied for two years. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention to the general insurance business and today he not only handles all kinds of insurance but also casualty and security bonds and in addition conducts a real estate business. For a time he was alone but in June, 1908, he was joined by Badger C. Bowen in organizing the Welles-Bowen Company. They have built up a business in their line scarcely equaled by that of other firms in the city. The extent and character of the operations of this company have had as much to do with the city's residential growth and development as those of any other Toledo real estate firm in the same period. Through the real estate department they handle only their own property and they organized the Parkside Realty Company, which owned four hundred lots on West Bancroft street in one of the best residential sections of the city. This was platted and put on the market in April, 1915, and at the end of a year fully three-fourths of the lots had been sold. The company also platted the Westmoreland addition on West Bancroft, containing three hundred and twenty-three lots and this was put upon the market in the spring of 1916. They have continued most active in the real estate and insurance fields and Mr. Welles is also a director and secretary of the Parkside Realty Company, a director and secretary of the Ottawa Park Retreasurer of secrWelles- Boweneasurer of the Welles-Bowen Company and a director of the Court Realty Company. On the 3d of October, 1911, Mr. Welles married Miss Henrietta M. Gossman, a daughter of Frederick Gossman, and they have a daughter, Julia. Mr. Welles belongs to the Masonic lodge and chapter, and is a companion in the Military Order of The Loyal Legion. He is also a member of the Toledo Club, the Toledo Commerce Club, and the Toledo Yacht Club, and is prominent and popular in business and social circles and through all public connections. Practically his entire life has here been passed and the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance. Mr. BoWen's residence is at No. 2005 Mount Vernon avenue, Westmoreland. JULIAN HOWARD TYLER Julian Howard Tyler, a representative of the Toledo bar and a member of the city board of education, was born in Napoleon, Ohio, January 2, 1862, his parents being Justin Howard and Hattie M. (Peck) Tyler. In both the paternal and maternal lines he is a representative of old New England families. Through the mother he is a descendant of Samuel Peck, who was one of the signers of the con- TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 495 stitution of the New Haven (Conn.) colony and became the first secretary of that colony. In the paternal line he is descended from Job Tyler, who arrived in America in 1669, settling in New England. One of the family was Judge Royal Tyler, who became chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont. Graduating from the high school of Napoleon, Julian Howard Tyler afterward entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was there graduated on the completion of a classical course, receiving his. A. 13. degree in 1884. He pursued the study of law in his father's office and in 1886 was admitted to practice. He entered upon the active work of the profession at Napoleon, where he remained for five years and in 1891 he came to Toledo. For four years he was assistant city solicitor of Toledo and afterward was elected judge of the court of common pleas, sitting upon the bench for four years. He is a member of the Lucas County and Ohio State Bar associations. On the 2d of November, 1887, Mr. Tyler was married to Miss Lillie B. Heller of Napoleon, daughter of Samuel L. Heller. He is a member .of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, of the Masonic order and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also identified with the Toledo Club, the Country Club and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. His recognition of public duty and obligation has led him to accept membership on the board of education, and on January 1, 1924, he will have completed ten years of service. OSIRIS B. RANDOLPH, M. D. Dr. Osiris B. Randolph, who since 1902 has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Toledo, was born in this city on the 30th of March, 1874, and is a son of P. B. and Kate (Corson) Randolph, who were natives of Virginia and of Indiana, respectively. The father removed to the latter state in young manhood and became a well known physician and surgeon there, while later he followed his- profession in Toledo for many years, his death occurring in this city in 1875. The mother yet makes her home in Toledo. Osiris B. Randolph, an only child, attended the grade schools of this city and continued his education in the Central high school, after which he decided upon the practice of medicine as a life work and in preparation therefor entered the Toledo College of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1898. He afterward became interne in several New York hospitals, in which he remained for a number of years, and in his hospital practice gained that broad experience which is so valuable and which can never be acquired so quickly and thoroughly in any other way as in hospital work. In 1902 he returned to Toledo, where he has since built up a large practice, specializing in surgery. He has taken postgraduate work in all the leading surgical centers of the country and is thoroughly abreast with the most advanced methods of America's eminent surgeons. His position is a most creditable one and his practice is now extensive. He belongs to the Toledo Academy of Medicine, the Lucas County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Randolph has two daughters, Kathryn and Josephine, who were born in Toledo and were educated in the schools of this city. Dr. Randolph is a Mason of high rank, belonging to the consistory and.to the commandery, and he has always been a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft. In a calling where 496 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he has worked his way steadily upward and his course has at all times commanded the respect of his professional brethren as well as of the general public. DAVID THOMAS DAVIES Starting out in the world when a boy of fourteen years, empty-handed and with no capital save ambition and determination, David T. Davies has never feared that laborious attention to business which must precede ascendancy. The years have chronicled his steady progress and he is now numbered among the successful business men of Toledo. He was born at Hubbard, Ohio, May 3, 1868, and his parents were David T. and Martha (Williams) Davies, both of whom were natives of Wales. In early life they came to the United States, establishing their home at Hubbard, Ohio, in 1864. There the father devoted his attention to the operation of a steel mill, later going to Brookfield, Ohio, where he conducted a general store, and subsequently he removed to Youngstown, this state, where he was employed as superintendent of the Valley Rolling Mills. Eventually he came to Toledo, where he engaged in the same line of business until 1900, when he retired from active life. He met an accidental death, in 1908, being struck by one of the cars of the Lake Shore Electric Railroad while attempting to cross its tracks. The mother passed away in this city on the 4th. of March, 1904. They were the parents of thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters. David T. Davies attended the public schools of Youngstown, Ohio, to the age of fourteen' years when he became a wage earner, obtaining employment in the rolling mills of that city, with which he was connected from 1882 until 1889. In the latter year he accompanied his parents on their removal to Toledo and was variously. employed until 1895, when he became a clerk in the city auditor's office, continuing to fill that position until 1898. He then was appointed the first clerk of the city courts, which were organized by him. He served most acceptably in that capacity until 1903, when he was chosen county auditor, and for six years was the incumbent in that office. In that year he was the nominee of his party for mayor of Toledo, but met defeat at the polls. In 1910 he was made manager for the Firestone Tire Company, acting as general distributor of its tires in this locality until 1920, when he joined his brother in the real estate business, and was manager of the insurance department of The Thomas Davies Realty Company, of which he is one of the partners. The business was organized by Thomas Davies in '1918 and was developed into one of the largest undertakings of its kind in the city. The firm specialized in business properties, also handled insurance and loans. This company closed one of the largest leasehold contracts ever taken over in Toledo, which called for over one and a half million dollars. The Woolworth Company of New York city effected a deal through the Davies company by which they are to pay a gross rental of ninety thousand dollars per year for the southeast corner of Superior and Adams streets. Mr. Davies, in 1922, disposed of his interests in The Thomas Davies Realty Company, and established The D. T. Davies Insurance Company, with offices at No. 237 St. Clair street. On the 3d of May, 1899, David T. Davies married Miss Lucy Krieger, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Krieger of this city, and they have become the TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 499 parents of a son, David T. (III), who was born March 28, 1904; and is now in the senior class of the Waite high school. Mr. Davies is a Knights Templar Mason and is serving as vice president of the Zoological Society of Toledo. He is a popular clubman, having membership with the Kiwanis, Maumee River Yacht, Toledo Commerce and East Side Commerce clubs, and of the last named organization he is vice president and one of the directors. He is a prominent member of the Elks. Mr. Davies is a self-made man whom Toledo regards as a most valuable citizen, for he has made wise use of his time, talents and opportunities and has always been an advocate of progressive development. Mr. Davies is one of the city's well known men whose friends are coextensive with his acquaintance. For a number of years he lived on the east side, where the many warm friendships and delightful acquaintances the family enjoys make him loth to call any other part of the city his home, even though his permanent residence is on Ten Mile Creek, Shoreland avenue, and is one of Toledo's attractive suburban homes. EDWARD PATRICK FARRELL Edward P. Farrell, one of the leading representatives of commercial activity in Toledo, has 'devoted his life to the furniture business and for nearly three decades he has figured prominently in industrial circles of the city, owing to his -skill as a craftsman and his thorough knowledge of the trade. He was born in Almont, Canada, July 15, 1868, of the marriage of William Thomas and Elizabeth (Sabraugh) Farrell, also natives of that country. The father devoted his active life to the furniture business and accumulated a substantial competence which now enables him to live retired. The mother has passed away. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom survive, namely : John Augustus, a resident of Lawrence, Massachusetts ; William Alexander, of Youngstown, Ohio ; James Arthur, whose home is in Cincinnati, this state ; Edward Patrick and Dominick Joseph, both of this city ; and Ambrose Daniel, of Elyria, Ohio. Edward Patrick Farrell acquired his public school education in Canada and afterward learned the upholsterer's trade under the able supervision of his father, with whom he was associated in business until 1884. In that year he came to Toledo and secured a position with the Gendron Wheel Company, with which he remained for two years. Lured by the west, he started for the Pacific coast, with San Francisco as his destination, but as his funds were very limited he found it an exceedingly difficult matter to carry out his desire. On reaching St. Louis, Missouri, he approached a locomotive engineer who was making preparation to start on his run and asked him how he could reach San Francisco without money. The engineer decided to assist Mr. Farrell and allowed him to ride in the locomotive cab to Sedalia, Missouri, afterward taking him to his home in that city, where he remained for several weeks, when he was turned over to another engineer who was operating on a western line. In this manner he managed to reach his destination in about six weeks and on arriving in San Francisco the last engineer with whom he had traveled returned to Mr. Farrell the silver watch which he had offered as a pledge to the first railroad employe who had assisted him on his journey. He had no difficulty in securing a position and entered the employ of the Wakefield Rattan Company, but at the end of four weeks became homesick and was trans-