STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY TOLEDO and THE SANDUSKY REGION Volume III ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1929 BIOGRAPHICAL EDWARD DRUMMOND LIBBEY A history of Toledo would be incomplete without a sketch of Edward Drummond Libbey, one of its truly great business men and public-spirited citizens. One of the pioneers in the business world, he helped make Toledo one of the important industrial centers of the United States. Through his public spirit he established in Toledo the greatest art museum now existing in any American city of its size, making Toledo one of the great art centers of the United States. His career was a constant and steadying influence in Toledo business and civic and artistic life for more than a third of a century. Primarily his name is associated with glass manufacture, particularly cut glass. Two generations of the family have been identified with the development of this industry. It is said that the story of cut glass in the United States began with Deming Jarvis, the pioneer glass manufacturer of New England. Deming Jarvis was senior member of Jarvis & Commeraise, glass importers and manufacturers, with a factory located in South Boston. In 1850 this firm took into its employ as confidential clerk William L. Libbey. The latter was born in 1827 and died in 1883, a son of Israel and Mary Libbey. He remained with the firm of Jarvis & Commeraise only five years, or until 1855, when Mr. Jarvis sold the plant to the former clerk, and it was successfully conducted for ten years by William L. Libbey. At the end of that time he concentrated all of his attention upon the manufacture of glassware. A successful business was built up, but he sold in 1870 and took the position of general manager of the New England Glass Company at East Cambridge, - 5 - 6 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Massachusetts. In 1880 he bought the entire business and at that time took in his son Edward as a partner. Edward Drummond Libbey was born at Chelsea, Massachusetts, April 17, 1854, a son of William L. and Julia M. (Miller) Libbey. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Boston and later attended lectures at Boston University. In 1874, at the age of twenty, he was given an interest in his father's glass business. It was by a most strenuous apprenticeship that he was fitted for executive responsibility. He performed the most trivial of office duties and filled nearly all the clerical positions in order to learn every detail. On the death of his father in 1883 he succeeded as sole proprietor of the business and it went forward in the same successful manner under his leadership. It was the discovery of natural gas in northwestern Ohio, and consequent cheap fuel to manufacturers, that brought Mr. Libbey to Toledo. He moved his business to the city in 1888 and incorporated it as The Libbey Glass Company. This is now one of Toledo's most noted industries. This city has the largest cut glass factory in the world in the Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company, and for this distinction the city and its citizens are indebted to the enterprise of Mr. Libbey, who was the pioneer in this special industry. Under normal business conditions the company employs several hundred men. No other nation has excelled America in the cutting of glass into intricate and beautiful designs, and among cut glass manufacturers the Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company stands deservedly at the head. It is a business with a great record of success and of progressive ideals, and the excellence of the Libbey product is unmistakable under whatever conditions it is tested. At the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 the Lib-bey Glass Company erected at a cost of more than one hundred thousand dollars a beautiful building in which the art of making and cutting glass was carried on in all its branches. That beautiful and practical exhibition probably did more than anything else to familiarize the world with this art and secure its just appreciation. What the Libbey Company did then was the culminating effort of almost a century of steady progress in glass cutting, but the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 7 progress has continued uninterruptedly throughout the subsequent thirty years. Again, at the World's Fair in St. Louis, more than ten years later, the Libbey cut glass was prominent as an attraction and as a sharer in the awards. Mr. Libbey became president of the Libbey Glass Company at the time of its incorporation and served as its chief executive officer until the Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company succeeded to the name. A number of years ago he turned his attention to a problem and in helping forward its solution practically revolutionized glass manufacture. This was brought about by the manufacture of automatic machinery for the making of glassware, particularly the ware which must be "blown," and that for generations the only method was the old hand and lung practice. Mr. Libbey did much to introduce to the trade the Owens machine, which blows glass automatically. He was president of the Toledo Glass Company, a corporation established by him in 1894, and in 1903 he organized the Owens Bottle Machine Company, an Ohio corporation. This company secured an exclusive license from the Toledo Glass Company for the United States for the manufacture of machines and machine-made bottles. Since then the company has introduced the bottle machines into many of the largest plants in the United States. The Owens machine has been one of America's most wonderful inventions and in its success has almost rivaled Standard Oil in the returns to the original investors. Mr. Libbey was president of the Owens European Bottle Machine Company, which was organized in 1905. This company purchased from the Toledo Glass Company all European rights for the Owens Bottle Machine, but later these rights were sold to a syndicate of European bottle manufacturers. In 1911 Mr. Libbey and his associates began a series of experimentations toward the perfecting of a process of drawing window glass in flat, continuous sheets. The basic idea, conceived by the late Irving W. Colburn, was sold at a receiver's sale and was purchased by the Toledo Glass Company and at great expense was successfully developed, resulting in a machine quite as revolutionary in the manufacture of sheet glass as the bottle machine in its branch of the glass industry. In 1906 the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Corn- 8 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY pany was organized and purchased the sheet glass patent from the Toledo Glass Company, and Mr. Colburn was identified with these corporations until his death. Mr. Libbey was president of the Owens Bottle Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, all of his various glass companies being leaders in their several fields. With this brief exposition of his business interests and achievements, it remains to state what Mr. Libbey did for his home city apart from the stimulation and establishment of business and industrial well-being. There is no reason to doubt the assertion that has been made that he did as much for Toledo as any resident who ever lived here. It was not merely a diversion but a sincere interest which made him always a lover of art. That interest took its chief direction in his benefactions in establishing the Toledo Museum of Art. On May 29, 1909, he and his wife, Florence (Scott) Libbey, conveyed by deed to the trustees of the museum seven lots and all the buildings thereon. This place was the homestead of the late Maurice A. Scott, father of Mrs. Libbey, and situated in the Scottwood addition to the city. The terms of the deed are that the trustees hold the same for fifty years, erect thereon a museum for the advancement and display of works of art, and after the lapse of the stated time the trustees may do with the property as they may desire. In addition to this gift Mr. Libbey purchased three hundred feet on the west side of the new museum property on Monroe street, thus giving the museum a total frontage on Monroe street of about eight hundred feet and about five hundred feet on Grove place. This acquisition was purchased for the purpose of protecting the museum from any future encroachment on the part of unsympathetic property owners who might erect unsightly buildings close to the beautiful museum structure. The Toledo Museum of Art was incorporated in 1901 and Mr. Libbey was the president and greatest patron of the institution. Upon the ground a magnificent structure was erected through the benefactions of Mr. Lib-bey and thousands of other Toledo citizens, which is praised by critics everywhere. Mr. and Mrs. Libbey presented many beautiful paintings and other works of art to the museum. One of the former's gifts was a collection of ancient glass, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 9 which with previous gifts in the same field makes the Toledo museum glass collection perhaps the foremost in America. In 1.916 an endowment fund of six hundred thousand dollars was raised among Toledo citizens for the Museum of Art, even children contributing their pennies, and to this fund Mr. Libbey was the largest donor. He was vice president of the American Federation of Arts, the leading national art organization, and was a member of and a liberal contributor to the Egyptian Exploration Society. On July 26, 1922, Mr. Libbey was signally honored by King Albert of Belgium, who conferred upon him the Belgium Order of the Crown, with rank of commander, in recognition of his great accomplishments. The order is conferred upon those who have distinguished themselves in artistic, literary or scientific work, or in the sphere of commerce or industry. This order has been conferred upon only a few Americans. Mr. Libbey thus received international honors in recognition of his preeminence in the encouragement of art and in commerce and industry. He took a prominent part in the upbuilding of Toledo, particularly with reference to the schools and the development of the civic center and city plan commission. He was elected to the board of education by an almost unprecedented vote and to this work he gave his time unstintingly. He was honored with the presidency of the board but declined reelection. The Edward Drummond Libbey high school in the south end of the city was named in his honor in recognition of his efforts in behalf of the schools. A worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, Mr. Lib-bey was a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, No. 396, F. & A. M.; Toledo Chapter, No. 161, R. A. M. ; and Toledo Commandery, No. 7, K. T. Socially he held membership in the Toledo, Country, Inverness and Carranor Hunt and Polo Clubs of Toledo, the Sylvania Golf Club of Sylvania, Ohio, the Metropolitan Club, the Lotus Club, the Salmagundi Club, the National Arts Club and the Bankers Club of New York and the Midwick Country Club of Los Angeles, California. He was also a member of the Institute of Social Sciences of New York. Mr. Libbey's residence was at 2008 Scottwood avenue. His winter residence was in Ojai, Ventura county, California, where he spent several months. Here as well as 10 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY in Toledo, in his characteristic manner he remodeled the little village from the usual unsightly appearance of most of America's villages, into a beautiful little town with Spanish type of architecture, building a civic centre among the beautiful live oaks, a post office and acquiring a large tract in the center of the village which he improved and dedicated as a public park. He passed away November 13, 1925. LYMAN A. BREWER, M. D. Dr. Lyman A. Brewer, who in professional circles has largely concentrated his attention upon surgical work, in which he has developed a high degree of efficiency, was born in Toledo, June 30, 1864, a son of Dr. Lyman A. and Lucretia (Campbell) Brewer. The family is of English origin, the grandfather of Dr. Brewer being Alonzo Brewer. His father, who was born in 1820, attended the Geneva Medical College, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree at his graduation. He then opened an office in Jonesville, Michigan, where he remained until he came to Toledo about 1860. During the Civil war he joined the army as a member of the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, becoming major surgeon and later division surgeon. He served throughout the entire period of hostilities between the north and the south and at the close of the war settled in Hillsdale, Michigan, where he continued in general practice to the time of his death, which occurred in 1876, when he was fifty-six years of age. His wife, a native of Potsdam, New York, and a member of one of the old families of that state of Scotch descent, died in Toledo in 1907, at the age of eighty-three years. She had two children, Lyman A. and William C., also a resident of Toledo. Dr. Brewer pursued a public school course until he had completed the work of the high school and then entered Hillsdale College at Hillsdale, Michigan. He prepared for a professional career in the University of Michigan, winning his M. D. degree in 1887, after which he opened an office in Hillsdale, where he continued in practice until 1890, when he came to Toledo. Here for almost four decades he has remained TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 11 in continuous practice and is widely recognized as one of the foremost physicians of northwestern Ohio. He has taken postgraduate work in London and in Berne, Switzerland, and throughout his professional career he has been a close and earnest student of medical science, keeping in touch with the latest researches and discoveries. He is emeritus surgeon of St. Vincent's Hospital, consulting surgeon of the Toledo General Hospital and the Women's Hospital and chief of staff of Mercy Hospital. He was at one time dean and professor of surgery in the Toledo Medical College, now out of existence. During the war he served at Debarkation Hospital No. 5 at Grand Central Palace, in New York city, as chief of the surgical section, from August 18, 1918, until May, 1919. Dr. Brewer votes with the republican party and his religious belief is attested in his membership in the First Presbyterian church. He is a lover of outdoor sports both because of his enjoyment of nature in its every phase and because of the benefit which he knows is derived from living in the open. When leisure permits he enjoys out-of-door life but allows nothing to interfere with the faithful performance of his professional duties. He has long enjoyed the confidence and high regard of his fellow members of the profession and he has membership in the Toledo Academy of Medicine, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. SPENCER ANDREWS CANARY There are two outstanding characteristics in the makeup of Spencer Andrews Canary, the able editor of the Sentinel-Tribune of Bowling Green, Ohio. These qualities are : first, thoroughness and the ability to put over most things that he starts to accomplish; and, secondly, his keen intuition in sizing up men, their motives and capabilities. Mr. Canary was born in Bowling Green, May 13, 1874, and is a son of John W. and Celia E. (Duncan) Canary, the latter a niece of General William H. Gibson. As a little boy he peddled onions in the mornings before school and did such odd jobs as he could secure. Starting at the age of thirteen, his work 12 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY on the farm included a seven-mile walk daily to and from pasture field with the cows. Later as an editor he added to his farm knowledge by "doing" farmers' institutes and attending a brief agricultural course given by the Ohio State University extension department in Bowling Green. As a boy he also carried newspapers, this being followed by a job as house to house canvasser in the sale of various publications, which included the Standard Dictionary when it was first brought out in 1895. In grammar school he won a scholarship which accorded him the right of attending the Tri-State Business College and later he took a course in stenography there. He was graduated from the Bowling Green high school as salutatorian in 1894. His experiences have included work as a janitor of schools and he also taught in the seventh grade in Bowling Green. He sold industrial life insurance for the Metropolitan in Toledo and "Huck Finned" on the Miami canal with a tintype gallery man and doubtless saved the life of his aged partner by keeping their "ship" from going over the Independence dam during a storm, while he was playing the part of the towpath mule. He then linked up with photography and learned some of the art while tenting around in Florida, Ridgeville Corners and other small towns, and he went through a tornado experience while doing this. Mr. Canary next joined his brother Russell in Seneca county, where both employed their leisure in debating on semi-monthly occasions at a country schoolhouse. Spencer A. Canary was also chairman of the first meeting in Bloom township, Seneca county, at the time the stone road proposal was made. He worked six months in the France stone quarry, Bloomville, Ohio, and is proud that he never "bushed"—that is, quit because of heat or fatigue. He worked as a stenographer for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad commercial agency in Toledo and began work as reporter for the Sentinel at Bowling Green, November 5, 1900. With John T. Hutchinson he bought the Wood County Tribune, January 6, 1902, and became its business manager, but sold his interest in July, 1905. He then engaged in a book-selling business and acquired new experience. In December, 1905, he returned to work for the Sentinel and in October, 1907, bought an interest in the Sentinel-Tribune, becoming associate editor. In TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 13 April, 1909, he became editor of the paper and has so continued. On the 8th of December, 1903, Mr. Canary was married to Miss Lucy Lee Chaney, a daughter of John and Sarah Chaney, of Bowling Green. Her grandfather served in congress with John Quincy Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Canary have three children : John Sumner, a lawyer of Cleveland; Robert Barnhard, a teacher in the Lorain high school; and Richard Lee, a sophomore in Dennison University. Mr. Canary has always been keenly and helpfully interested in public service, ever attempting to advance the welfare and progress of community and county, and has been especially active in helping boys and young men. Three times he has been secretary of the republican executive committee and has also served as secretary of the central committee. In 1904 he and William M. Coen, now deceased, conceived and promoted the city Board of Trade and in 1910 he became the first secretary of the present Bowling Green Commercial Club, of which he has served as a director for twelve years. He was also the first president of the Parent-Teacher Association and he has occupied the presidency of the Town and Gown Club. Fraternally he is a Mason, an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, being a past chancellor commander of the latter, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. Financially and otherwise he has backed the various enterprises of Bowling Green which have been established here as a result of such community support. He has membership in the Presbyterian church and has served as secretary of the board of trustees. One of his great efforts upon which he has expended much time and energy is the preservation of the scenic beauties of the historic Maumee river for the benefit of the public at large, being active in securing the location of the highway near the river in order that seekers after the beautiful in nature may be able to enjoy this God-given right and not have it known only to the few. In future years the populace will honor the names of those who have aided in this great accomplishment. One of Mr. Canary's greatest regrets was that he did not actually get into the service of Uncle Sam during the Spanish-American war, as his father and his mother's brothers 14 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY were in the Civil war and his ancestors in the American Revolution. In an effort to get in he joined two "paper" companies and two drill companies. He was a lieutenant in the one at Bloomville under Captain Hillery and a private in Captain Nagle's company at Tiffin. When he registered for the World war he did not ask exemption, although married and having three children. He served his country as Liberty and Victory Loan salesman and as publicity chairman in the drive for the War Chest to be used by the various organizations, such as the Salvation Army, in assisting the soldiers in barracks and camp and field. There is little in the world in which Mr. Canary is not interested, but his hobby is human nature. He delights to study the latter in the light of phrenology and the Tope School of Phrenology has conferred on him the honorary title of Doctor of Phrenology in recognition of his knowledge of the subject and of his work to establish it. "Keeping fit" through exercise is another one of his hobbies. For many years he has had as his personal slogan the title of Charles Reade's novel, "Put Yourself in His Place," and in recent years he has evolved this motto for himself—"Very little matters very much." JOHN C. BUDD Among the younger members of the bar of Lucas county is numbered John C. Budd, who is rendering very satisfactory service as United States commissioner for the northern district of Ohio, in addition to conducting a general law practice in Toledo. He was born on a farm near Perrysburg, Ohio, February 15, 1891, and is the eldest son of William and Jane (Walker) Budd. William Budd was born in Germany, which he left when a child of two, or over eighty-two years ago, and came to this country with his parents, who settled near Perrysburg. About 1887 he married Jennie Walker, a daughter of William Walker of Scotch Ridge, Ohio, and to them were born eight daughters and six sons. John C. Budd attended the public schools of Perrysburg, graduating from high school in 1909, and when a small boy TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 15 began to assist his father in tilling the soil. He aided in the cultivation and improvement of the homestead until he was twenty years of age, also working on other farms in Wood county, Ohio, and with the money thus earned paid the expenses incidental to his course at the Metropolitan Business College. He was known among the farmers as an honest and very industrious lad, and in school he was a good student who always stood high in his classes. Mr. Budd was then of a very modest and retiring disposition, which retarded his success in early life but his abundant supply of energy and determination later won him recognition. After his graduation from high school and business college Mr. Budd obtained employment in the Toledo office of the clerk of the United States district court and later was deputy clerk both in Cleveland and Toledo, thus serving for three years. Meanwhile he had become a student at Toledo University, attending night classes of that institution, from which he won the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1915, and in the following year he was admitted to the Ohio bar. From 1915 until 1924 he was private secretary to the Hon. John M. Killits, one of the foremost and best known federal judges in the United States. This eminent jurist paid a high tribute to Mr. Budd's character, saying that he was one of the most faithful employes he ever had. In 1924 Mr. Budd -began his career as a lawyer in Toledo, devoting his attention to his practice until November 8, 1927, when he received from Judge Killits the appointment of United States commissioner for the northern district of Ohio, and is now serving in that capacity. Efficient and conscientious, he meets every requirement of the office and also continues in the general practice of law. Mr. Budd was married August 26, 1916, to Miss Helen Bowers, only daughter of the late Dr. I. S. Bowers, who was one of the most prominent and highly esteemed physicians of Perrysburg. Mrs. Budd inherited the good qualities of her father and mother. The latter died when her daughter Helen was but ten years old. Like her husband, she is a graduate of the Perrysburg high school, and both are endowed with those attributes which make for strong and enduring regard. Mr. and Mrs. Budd have two children : Merlin 16 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Bowers, who was born June 27, 1918 ; and Dariel Virginia, born June 19, 1922. The parents reside in Maumee and are active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Budd is an officer. He is an Elk, belonging to Toledo Lodge, No. 53, and is also a member of the Catawba Beach Club. ROBINSON L. BIDWELL, M. D., F. A. C. S. An earnest student and a tireless worker, Dr. Robinson L. Bidwell has won a gratifying measure of success in his profession and occupies a commanding position in surgical circles of Toledo. He was born in West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio, April 18, 1884, a son of Lester and Anna (Colliver) Bidwell, and is of English descent. The father was born July 9, 1849, in Madison county of which he was a lifelong resident, and successfully engaged in the livestock business for many years. He was deeply interested in educational matters and served on the school board for a considerable period. He spent his declining years in retirement at London, Ohio, and responded to death's summons December 27, 1927, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife was born in Madison county on the 16th of September, 1851, and passed away in 1909, when fifty-seven years of age. She was a daughter of Dr. John Colliver and of Scotch ancestry. To Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bidwell were born three sons : P. J., a well known surgeon of Toledo; Robinson L. ; and Nathan B., a successful attorney of Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Robinson L. Bidwell was a pupil in the public schools of West Jefferson and engaged in teaching in Madison county for two years. At Valparaiso University of Indiana he studied science and pharmacy and in 1908 was graduated from the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. Previous to that time he was first assistant to Dr. Thomas C. Hoover, a member of the surgical staff of Columbus Hospital, and filled the position for three years. During that period he was also connected with St. Francis Hospital and on the 28th of September, 1908, opened an office in Toledo. His ability has been enhanced by special courses in the medical TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 19 department of Harvard University, the Massachusetts General Hospital and the New York Post Graduate Hospital and his surgical skill is in constant demand. Dr. Bidwell devotes his attention to the treatment of the diseases of women and is a member of the staffs of St Vincent's Hospital and the Women's & Children's Hospital. Formerly he was connected with the surgical staff of Toledo Hospital and during the World war was medical examiner for the fourth district of Toledo. Dr. Bidwell was married November 24, 1909, in Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Caroline Baird, formerly a director of the Model Kindergarten of that city. Her father, Joseph Baird, was a prominent merchant of Pataskala, Ohio. The Doctor's residence is at No. 2233 Parkwood avenue and his offices are located on the second floor of the Colton building. He adheres to the Presbyterian faith and in politics is a republican of independent views. A thirty-second degree Mason, he is identified with both York and Scottish Rites and the Shrine, and his fraternal relations also extend to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His public spirit prompts his activities in connection with the Chamber of Commerce and along social lines he is affiliated with the University Club, the Sylvania Golf Club and the Maumee River Yacht Club. He is a member of the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and has been honored with a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Bidwell has a high conception of the duties and responsibilities of his profession and is constantly augmenting his scientific knowledge and broadening his field of usefulness. HOWARD LEWIS Howard Lewis, one of the leading members of the Toledo bar, was born in Caldwell, Ohio, October 18, 1877, a son of Charles Thomas and Dora (Glidden) Lewis, the former of whom was born in Marietta, Ohio, October 9, 1850, and the latter in Caldwell, June 25, 1855. The Lewis family is of Welsh descent, while the Gliddens came of English extrac- 2-VOL. 3 20 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY tion. Charles Thomas Lewis was for more than a third of a century a member of the Toledo bar, honored for his ability and close conformity to the ethical standards of his calling. He was for years associated with Judge John H. Doyle in the old original firm of Doyle & Lewis. Howard Lewis was but five years of age when his parents removed to Toledo, where he attended the public schools. Continuing his education he graduated from Doane Acad-. emy, Granville, Ohio, in 1896; received his A. B. degree at Denison University in 1900, and the LL. B. degree was conferred upon him by Harvard Law School in 1903. In December of the same year he was admitted to the Ohio bar and in 1904 entered into active practice in Toledo with Doyle & Lewis, one of the leading law firms in this city for many years. On the 1st of January, 1913, Howard Lewis became a member of the firm and has ever since maintained the connection. Through all the years since his admission to the bar Howard Lewis has made continuous progress in his chosen field. His fitness for that most exacting branch of the legal profession, corporation law, is attested by a clientele that includes a number of large corporations and in which connection he has figured in some of the most important litigation before the courts of Ohio during the past twenty-five years. Specializing in railroad, insurance and corporate practice, the firm of Doyle & Lewis is general attorney for the New York Central Railway; district attorney for the Michigan Central Railway, also the Big Four Railway, and attorney for the Equitable Life Insurance Company, the Globe Indemnity and the Royal Insurance Companies, also the Employers Liability Corporation. Aside from his law practice he is a director of the Conklin Pen Company, the Fifty Associates Company, the Toledo Sugar Company and other important commercial and industrial interests of the city. He has been a member of the board of trustees of Denison University since 1918 and is also a trustee of Woodlawn Cemetery. Fraternally he is a Mason and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, while politically he is a republican. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, Mr. Lewis is a member of the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club, the Carranor Hunt & Polo Club and the Ottawa TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 21 Hills Riding Club. In his professional connection he belongs to the Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar. Associations. A successful lawyer of the highest reputation, Mr. Lewis has attained a foremost position among the ablest members of his profession in Toledo. On April 20, 1910, in Toledo, Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Caroline Melvin Palmer, who was born in Fostoria, Ohio, June 28, 1882, a daughter of Melvin R. and Frances (Crockett) Palmer. In her infancy the parents removed to Toledo, where she was reared. Mrs. Lewis was educated at Miss Smead's School for Girls and in the Mount Vernon School at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have two sons: Howard, Jr., born January 27, 1912; and Melvin Palmer, born December 25, 1913. The parents attend the Ashland Avenue Baptist church, and the family home is at 2428 Scottwood avenue. WILLIAM L. HERTZER There is always room at the top for men of energy, ability and high character of the type of William L. Hertzer, who has risen from a lowly position to the presidency of the Tiffin National Bank, which he has continuously and faithfully served for a period of forty-eight years. He was born in Green Springs, Seneca county, Ohio, October 27, 1860, a son of Guenther F. and Elizabeth (Rauch) Hertzer, and is of German ancestry. His father, who engaged in business as a merchant tailor, was a prominent Mason and also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of Druids. In January, 1913, he responded to death's summons, while the mother passed away in July, 1928. The public schools of Tiffin afforded William L. Hertzer his educational advantages and at the age of seventeen he secured a clerkship in the local post office, in which he spent four years. In 1881 he joined the clerical force of the National Exchange Bank, now the Tiffin National Bank, and through tireless application and the capable performance of each day's duties advanced through the various departments, becoming president in 1926. Fortified by a highly special- 22 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ized knowledge of the banking business as well as the requisite executive force, Mr. Hertzer has wisely administered the affairs of the institution for three years, instituting well devised plans for its growth and the expansion of its influence, and enjoys the twofold distinction of guiding the destiny of the largest bank in Seneca county and the oldest in Tiffin. Established sixty years ago, it has steadily increased in power and usefulness, becoming a vital force in the progress of Tiffin and one of the strongest moneyed institutions of northwestern Ohio. The other officers of, the bank are : B. W. Crobaugh, first vice president; Lynn Troxel, vice president; H. H. Frazier, vice president and trust officer; L. A. Smith, cashier; and Charles F. Wylie, Jr., and Melville B. Lynn, assistant cashiers. The board of directors is composed of Dr. Robert C. Chamberlain, B. W. Crobaugh, H. H. Frazier, William L. Hertzer, E. R. Frost, Eugene A. Good, Lynn Troxel, James D. Watson and Charles S. Yingling. The bank's statement of March 27, 1929, showed a capital of $250,000 a surplus fund of $500,000, undivided profits of $67,794, deposits amounting to $2,804,876, and total resources of over $4,000,000. Methodical and systematic, Mr. Hertzer has been able to broaden his energies without lessening their force and in addition to the discharge of his arduous duties as president of the Tiffin National Bank is serving as treasurer of the National Machinery Company, the Loomis Machine Company and the Citizens Building Association, while of the Green Lawn Cemetery Association he is secretary and treasurer. On the 25th of April, 1889, Mr. Hertzer married Miss Emma Geyer, a daughter of Charles and Ida (Kaesman) Geyer, of Tiffin, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hertzer have a family of four children, of whom Carl G., the eldest, who is employed in the testing department of the National Machinery Company, married Miss Leila Zarges and has become the father of a son, Lewis William. Robert W., who fills the position of deputy county auditor, married Miss Helen Hauck and they have one child, Donald. The younger members of the family are: John S., who is employed in the cost department of the National Machinery Company; and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 23 Lucile, a student at Leland Stanford University of California. Mr. Hertzer is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, while the sport of fishing affords him relaxation, from business and financial affairs. His is the record of a serviceable life of quiet devotion to duty and upon the enduring foundation of integrity and honor has been reared the fair fabric of his successful career. ANTON H. WEIL On the roster of public officials of Lucas county appears the name of Anton H. Weil, who is discharging the duties of recorder, for which he is well qualified by reason of his experience and ability. He was born in Toledo, May 2, 1871, a son of Conrad and Maria (Beck) Weil, who were natives of Germany but were married in Toledo. The father followed the trade of a carpenter. In the family were five children, four sons and a daughter. Anton H. Weil received a common school education and began his active career as a messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company. For five years he worked for C. A. King & Company, dealers in grain, and next held a position in the Toledo factory of the Pope Automobile Company, where he spent one and a half years, having charge of various departments. Afterward he was employed in the Lozier and Yost bicycle works and in 1905 became an assistant superintendent of the upper floors of the Tiedtke Brothers store, with which he was connected for sixteen months. Mr. Weil then entered the county recorder's office in the capacity of a clerk and owing to his capability and trustworthiness was advanced to the position of chief deputy. In November, 1928, he was elected recorder and has amply justified the confidence reposed in him, maintaining a high standard of efficiency in his department. Mr. Weil was married December 29, 1892, in Toledo, to Miss Katherine Breisacher, a daughter of George B. Breisacher, and they have become the parents of a son, Edward 24 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY W., who is now a deputy in the office of the auditor of Lucas county. Mr. Well is affiliated with the German Lutheran church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. Along fraternal lines he is identified with the Eagles, the Foresters of America and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. By nature he is genial, sincere and generous, and these qualities have drawn to him a wide circle of loyal friends. FRANK H. BUCKINGHAM Though a comparatively recent addition to the ranks of the legal fraternity in Bellevue, Frank H. Buckingham has gained recognition as a capable lawyer and is building up a splendid practice, while his excellent personal qualities have won for him many loyal friends throughout the community. He was born in Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio, July 23, 1901 and is a son of Jesse and Bretna (Lathan) Buckingham, the father a grain dealer of Bellevue. The son received his public school education in Bellevue, where he graduated from high school in 1919. In the following year he entered Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, which he attended two years, and when he had completed his classical studies, he pursued the law course in Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1926. Although admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1925, he did not enter upon the active practice of his profession until July, 1926, when he opened an office in Fremont, where he remained until November, 1927, since which time he has been in Bellevue, where he is associated with R. R. Parkhurst, under the firm name of Parkhurst & Buckingham. He conducts a general practice, is a constant and close student of the law and has shown a degree of efficiency in handling cases entrusted to him that has won for him the respect of his colleagues and the confidence of the public. In November, 1928, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Sandusky county for a term of two years. On April 11, 1923, Mr. Buckingham was united in mar- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 25 riage to Miss Adele Balthaser, of Columbus, Ohio, where she graduated from high school She is a daughter of Peter H. and Effie (Griffen) Balthaser, of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham are the parents of a son, Thomas S., born February 21, 1926, and a daughter, Ruth Joanne, born July 23, 1928. Mr. Buckingham is a stanch republican in his political views and has shown an active interest in public and civic affairs. He is a member of the Sandusky County Bar Association and the Delta Upsilon and Delta Theta Phi college fraternities, while he and his wife hold membership in the Congregational church. Because of his ability, his character and his record as lawyer and citizen, he is held in high esteem by all who have come in contact with him. EVERETT ELLSWORTH TAYLOR Everett Ellsworth Taylor, who served with distinction in the World war, is now devoting his energies to the business of the Toledo Printing Company, of which he is the president. He also figures prominently in the affairs of the American Legion and in other connections. He was born in Logansport, Indiana, November 17, 1893, a son of Harry E. and Armeda (Henderson) Taylor, and is of English lineage. In the paternal line he is descended from an American patriot who fought in the Revolutionary war, and his grandfather was a Union officer during the Civil war, serving for four years and being wounded five times. He chose the career of an agriculturist and always followed that line of work. The paternal grandfather of Everett E. Taylor engaged in the grocery business in Indiana during the early days. He was a first cousin of General Zachary Taylor, who became the twelfth president of the United States. Harry E. Taylor was born in Winamac, Indiana, and received a high school education, afterward becoming a photographer. When thirty-three years of age he located in Toledo and for a considerable period was connected with the Toledo Traction Company, filling various positions and eventually becoming cashier. Afterward he served as district superintendent of the Prudential Insurance Company and 26 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY later became affiliated with the Acme Power Company. He was active in fraternal affairs. His wife was born in. Circleville, Ohio, where the family settled in pioneer times. Her mother, Elizabeth Jane Thomas, was a native of Ireland and when a child came to America with her parents, who established their home in Ohio. There were three children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Taylor but Everett E. is the only one now living. In 1911 he was graduated from the Central high school of Toledo and afterward was a student at the American Engineering College, which he attended at night, working during the day for the Toledo Railways & Light Company. He enlisted April 24, 1917, twelve days after America entered the World war and organized a company whose members were trained at night school, using broomsticks in place of rifles. Mr. Taylor made patriotic speeches from automobiles and other places of vantage and secured seventy-five recruits. On the 15th of July, 1917, he was called upon for active service and commissioned a first lieutenant. He was placed in command of the company which he had formed, comprising a unit of the Thirty-seventh Ohio Division, and the men were sent to Camp Sheridan at Montgomery, Alabama, for training. They remained there until June 22, 1918, when they sailed for France, and landed at Brest on the 5th of July. Mr. Taylor was transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment of United States Infantry, serving under Colonel F. W. Galbraith, later commander of the American Legion, and was stationed in the Lorraine sector. He participated in the Argonne and St. Mihiel offensives and in the former was wounded and gassed, on September 29, 1918. He was ordered to Belgium and served on two fronts. He was promoted to a captaincy October 16, 1918, and from October 17, 1918, until April 9, 1919, he was division liaison officer and assistant to G-3 of the general staff of the Thirty-seventh Division under Major General C. F. Farnsworth, who afterward became chief of the United States infantry, with headquarters in Washington, D. C. In recognition of his gallant and meritorious conduct on the field of battle Captain Taylor was awarded the Croix de Guerre with two silver stars and received one division cita- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 27 tion as well as a citation from general headquarters. On April 9, 1919, at Chillicothe, Ohio, he was mustered out of the service with a highly creditable military record. In 1927, accompanied by Mrs. Taylor, he joined the pilgrimage of the American Legion and returned to Paris, France, for its tenth annual convention. They visited all the battlefields over which he fought and took moving pictures of each, which were later shown in Ohio to over seven thousand people in thirty-five different gatherings, each with a travelogue lecture given by Mr. Taylor. Mr. Taylor entered the employ of the Toledo Edison Company, with which he spent ten years in all. Starting as office boy, he rose to the position of illuminating engineer for the H. L. Doherty Company of Ohio. In March, 1923, he severed his connection with the Edison Company, becoming commercial manager of the Gillet-Hoehler Company, dealers in electric lighting fixtures, and he acted in that capacity until September 1 of the same year, when he purchased an interest in the Toledo Typesetting & Printing Company. At that time the name was changed to the Toledo Printing Company, of which he has since been the executive head, and during his tenure of office the business has enjoyed a rapid growth. The firm has an up-to-date plant at Nos. 317-23 Tenth street and publishes magazines, periodicals and direct mail advertising. On the 16th of February, 1918, Mr. Taylor was married in Montgomery, Alabama, to Miss Hazel W. Broer, a daughter of William H. and Elizabeth (Witker) Broer, natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have two children : Ruth Ellen, who was born in Toledo, September 29, 1922; and Richard William, born in Toledo September 16, 1926. In 1929 Mr. Taylor erected and completed his new home in Brookside road, Ottawa Hills. Mr. Taylor is serving for the second term on the board of trustees of the First Congregational church, and his wife is affiliated with St. Paul's Lutheran church. She is active in the affairs of a number of clubs for women and also in the work of the Young Women's Christian Association of Toledo. An ardent champion of the Boy Scout movement, Mr. Taylor has done important work as scout master of Troop No. 29, 28 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY sponsored by the First Congregational church, and in 1928 was awarded a medal in recognition of his ten years of service in behalf of the organization. He is business manager of the Councillor, the official newspaper of the American Legion of Ohio, and published the first issue of that paper with his partner, Edwin J. Tippett, Jr., as editor. A thirty-second degree Mason, Mr. Taylor is identified with both the York and Scottish Rites and the Shrine. He is also a member of the National Sojourners; the Beta Phi Sigma, a national fraternity; the Young Men's Christian Association; the Chamber of Commerce; the Sylvania Golf. Club; the Advertising Club of Toledo and the Exchange Club. In politics he is a stalwart republican and his opinion carries considerable weight in the local councils of the party. In 1928 he was a candidate for the office of county commissioner and lost the election by a small margin. He has been chosen captain of the Community Chest forces and is completing his tenth year of activity in that work. Mr. Taylor was general chairman of "The Every Member Canvas" of First Congregational church in 1928 and brought it to a successful conclusion. Generous, broadminded and public-spirited, he is always found in the vanguard of movements destined to prove of real and practical good and belongs to that desirable class of citizens who constitute the strength, bulwark and motive power of every locality in which they are found. CARL VITZ The efforts of Carl Vitz as librarian of the Toledo Public Library have been most effective and far-reaching. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 1883, and comes of a family that numbered various pastors of the Reformed church among its members. His parents are Dr. Martin and Mary Ellen (Engeler) Vitz, the former born at Magley, Indiana, August 15, 1857, and the latter at Vera Cruz, Indiana, October 22, 1861. He comes of German and Swiss ancestry on the paternal side and of Swiss descent in the maternal line. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 29 A portion of the early boyhood of Carl Vitz was spent in Auglaize county, Ohio, and he was a lad of twelve years when the family home was established in Cleveland, where he was graduated from the West high school in 1900. Thereafter he entered Adelbert College of Western Reserve Uni versity, which in 1904 conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Mr. Vitz was planning to enter the teaching profession when he was advised by Dean A. L. Fuller to take up library work. Already he had been working in the Cleveland Public Library as a page and in 1907 he won his professional library degree—that of Bachelor of Library Science—from the New York State Library School at Albany. His early practical experience, as stated, came to him in his work in the Cleveland library from 1898 until 1906 and in the college library at Western Reserve. After leaving the New York State Library School he went to Washington, D. C., where he organized the first technology department of the public library in the national capital. After two years' service as assistant librarian there he returned to Albany as assistant to the director of the New York State Library, remaining in that position from 1909 until 1912. During this time occurred the memorable fire of March 11, 1911, which wrecked the structure with its five hundred thousand volumes and destroyed countless invaluable documents which cannot be replaced. Mr. Vitz was given charge of the task of re-ordering for the new library, for which the New York legislature made an appropriation of one million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In 1912 Mr. Vitz became second vice librarian in Cleveland, Ohio, and was in charge of the main library for six years. He was advanced to the position of first vice librarian and continued to act in that capacity until 1922, when Toledo secured him as librarian. His high standing in professional circles is indicated in the fact that he was president of the Ohio Library Association in 1921. He also acted as camp librarian at Camp Sherman during the World war period and since 1913 has been lecturer and instructor in the Library School of Western Reserve University, where every year he delivers a number of lectures on library administration. He has also filled various positions in connection with 30 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the American Library Association, of which he has been councilor since 1924. In Albany, New York, August 22, 1910, Mr. Vitz was married to Miss Adelaide Ruth Van Aernam, of that city, and of Dutch ancestry. Her parents were Charles H. and Mary Etta (HoWard) Van Aernam, the former born in Albany, New York, March 5, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Vitz are the parents of five children, namely : Howard Engeler, born September 8, 1911; Richard Van Aernam, born August 11, 1913; Margaret Elizabeth, born January 29, 1915; Janet Anderson, born December 22, 1921 ; and John Stewart, born October 25, 1925. Mr. Vitz has membership in the Rotary Club and the Torch Club of Toledo and is a Presbyterian in religious faith. He finds recreation and pleasure in gardening and in horti- cultural pursuits, in which he indulges on a four-acre tract of land on the Stearns road. He has exemplified in his life the spirit of Franklin's words: "Leisure is the time saved for doing something useful." Naturally his reading is of a most comprehensive scope. A contemporary writer has said of him : "He is fond of architecture, follows political science keenly, but best of all, joins that growing list of men of intellectual strain who boldly admit a liking for detective stories. They are his choice in the late hours of the evening after hard days." His chief interest now, aside from the wise management of the present library, is the development of the project for a new library. HARRY S. DAY One of the best known citizens of Sandusky county, Harry S. Day, of Fremont, enjoys a wide reputation for his success in the nursery business and for his prominence in public affairs, having held various offices of trust and responsibility, while in private life he has exemplified the highest type of citizenship. Mr. Day was born in Fremont in 1871 and is a son of John and Emily (Williams) Day, the former a pioneer in the nursery business in this locality, having started the present concern in 1858. The mother died in 1917. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 33 Harry S. Day acquired his early education in the public schools of his home city, graduating from high school in 1889, after which he took a special course in Oberlin College. In 1894 he entered the railway mail service, which he followed for four years, when he resigned, but subsequently reentered the service and remained four years longer. In 1901 he started the nursery business on his own account and was also associated with his father along that line. On the death of his father in 1910 he took over the management of the nursery business, to which he has given his close attention, resulting in a steady and substantial growth, until it is now the largest enterprise of its kind in northwestern Ohio. Mr. Day has seventy-five acres of land in cultivation as a nursery, its products being sold mainly by catalogue and mail orders, and has a farm of over one hundred acres just outside of Fremont. In 1904 Mr. Day was united in marriage to Miss Lola Garvin, of Fremont, daughter of Jacob B. and Mary (Coffin) Garvin, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Day are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth, who is at home. Mrs. Day is actively interested in the church, club and social affairs of her community and is popular among her associates. Politically Mr. Day has always been a strong supporter of the republican party and has been very active in political affairs. In 1902 he was appointed deputy postmaster of Fremont, which position he held for four years. In 1917 he was elected mayor of Fremont, and two years later was reelected, serving two terms. In 1922 he was the republican candidate for state treasurer and was elected, leading the entire republican ticket. He discharged his responsible duties so satisfactorily that in 1924 he was reelected, and at the end of his second term retired from the office with a splendid record of efficient public service. Mr. Day was a candidate for nomination for Congress in 1928. He was chairman of the republican county committee for eight years and was reelected in 1928 but resigned, and was president of the Sandusky County Republican Club for four years. Mr. Day is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Chamber of Corn- 34 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY merce. He attends the Presbyterian church. He has been successful in his business affairs and, in addition to his extensive nursery interests, is a director of the Catawba Orchard Association, a director of the Midwest Mortgage Company, of Columbus, and a director of the Citizens Savings and Loan Company. In his business career and public services he has honored the community in which he lives and he commands to a marked degree the confidence and loyal esteem of his fellowmen. EDWIN J. MARSHALL Edwin J. Marshall, of the firm of Marshall, Melhorn, Marlar & Martin, of Toledo, was born in that city, June 28, 1873, son of John W. and Margaret (Baker) Marshall; attended the public schools until graduated from the old Central high school with the class of 1892. His professional training was received in Cornell University, from which he received the LL. B. degree in 1895. The following year he formed an association with Harold W. Fraser under the name of Marshall & Fraser, which continued until 1924. On the 8th of October, 1899, he was married to Miss Helen B. Boardman, of Lowell, Massachusetts. N. R. HARRINGTON For over forty years a member of the legal fraternity of Bowling Green, N. R. Harrington has contributed materially toward its prestige and at the same time has won that prosperity which is the direct and legitimate reward of an upright life of tireless industry. He was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, August 27, 1860, a son of W. A. and Helen M. (Ross) Harrington, and is of English descent. His grandfather, William Harrington, resided in Vermont during his youth and left that state in 1819, migrating to Ohio. He was one of the early settlers of Trumbull county and attained the advanced age of ninety-one years. W. A. Harrington was born in Trumbull county in 1829 and became an agricul- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 35 turist. From 1858 until 1880 he engaged in farming in Pick-away and Madison counties, and then returned to Trumbull county, where he resided until his death on the 5th of June, 1893. His wife, Helen M. (Ross) Harrington, was born in New Hampshire in 1835 and passed away in 1883. They had a family of four children : N. R. ; two who died in infancy; and Minnie M. Woodruff. N. R. Harrington attended the public schools of Warren, Ohio, and obtained his start in life as a bookkeeper in the office of the Lima Paper Mills. His ability and close application were rewarded by rapid advancement and eventually he became secretary of the company and superintendent of the plant. In 1884 he tendered his resignation and entered the employ of his uncle, C. A. Harrington, a prominent attorney of Warren. While reading law N. R. Harrington was appointed a deputy clerk of courts and thus gained valuable legal experience. In March, 1887, he was admitted to the bar and in the following May located in Bowling Green. He formed a partnership with Robert Dunn, Sr., in 1888 and in 1890 became a partner of the Hon. Frank A. Baldwin, with whom he practiced for over twenty years. In 1915 he took Robert Dunn, Jr., into a partnership. Mr. Harrington has a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and displays keen discrimination in the solution of intricate legal problems. He is thorough and painstaking in the preparation of his cases and his extensive clientele is indicative of his ability as an attorney and counselor. He is interested both as director and attorney in the Wood County Savings Bank and the Equitable Savings & Loan Company, is attorney for the Lima Toledo Railway Company and is also connected as attorney and director with the Ohio Northern Public Service Company and the City Water Company. Mr. Harrington was married January 1, 1889, to Miss Laura Belle Case, of Trumbull county, Ohio, and they have become the parents of three children : Edward A., Helen M. Compton and Frank A. Mr. Harrington is a republican and at one time was city solicitor. He also served on the board of education for twelve years and was clerk of the board, discharging his public duties with characteristic efficiency and conscientiousness. 3-VOL. 3 36 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY For forty years he has been a member of the First Presbyterian church of which he is an elder. He served for a term of three years as a member of the judicial committee of the general assembly and is a moderator of the Toledo presbytery. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a Noble of Toledo Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias and along strictly professional lines has member,- ship in the Wood County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Time has proven his worth and he is highly esteemed in the city in which he has so long resided. WELLINGTON T. HUNTSMAN Wellington T. Huntsman, postmaster of Toledo, has been active in public affairs for many years and also in religious work, exerting a strong force for moral progress and spiritual uplift in his city. He was born in Darlington, Richland county, Ohio, February 22, 1864, a son of Amariah C. and Mary (Culp) Huntsman. The grandfather, Jonathan Huntsman, was a native of Pennsylvania and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Ohio. His son, Amariah C. Huntsman, was born in the Buckeye state and devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, passing away in 1902. Reared on the home farm, Wellington T. Huntsman attended the public schools of that locality and completed his studies in the University of Lebanon. For seven years he was a public school teacher and then located in Toledo, becoming an instructor in the Tri-State Business College, with which he was connected for three years. He then entered the employ of the New York Central Railroad Company and remained with the corporation for seven years. For three years he was deputy city auditor and for two years was associated with "Golden Rule" Sam Jones, who was one of Toledo's notable men and achieved more than local prominence during his service as mayor of the city. Mr. Huntsman was a member of the board of state examiners for four years and then entered the office of the county clerk of courts, in which he spent seven years, acting as chief deputy during TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 37 five years of that period. Afterward he engaged in the bond business and in banking for eight years, prospering in his undertakings, and in 1920 was the popular choice for county clerk. He was reelected in 1922 and 1924 and resigned to become postmaster of Toledo, assuming office January 6, 1925. With post-graduate experience in public affairs, he discharges his duties with marked efficiency, and his work has received high commendation. On the 10th of November, 1896, Mr. Huntsman was united in marriage to Miss Marian Bankson, who was born in Michigan and has proven an ideal companion and helpmate. Both are active in welfare work, and Mrs. Huntsman is particularly interested in projects for the benefit of young girls and is secretary of the board of control of Flower Esther Hall and secretary of the board of Friendly Center. Mr. Huntsman is a member of the board of the Flower Hospital and a trustee of St. John's Methodist church. For twenty-three years he has served as superintendent of its Sunday school and has been leader of the church choir for twenty-six years. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. By nature he is genial, frank and kind-hearted, and his friends are legion. He has ably and conscientiously discharged every trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private nature, and his influence upon the life of his city has been of the highest order. CLYDE PUBLIC LIBRARY One of the most important and highly appreciated institutions in any well organized community is the public library, the influence of which on the education, improvement and entertainment of the people is incalculable. In this regard a public library is a direct asset and deserves the recognition and support of all intelligent people. The public library at Clyde, Ohio, is the outgrowth of the old public school library which for a number of years had been maintained by the board of education, which made small purchases of books 38 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY from year to year. In the course of time it grew to a size that compelled its removal from the high school rooms to a part of the play hall in the rear of the school building. On December 1, 1903, at a full meeting of the board of education, Judge S. S. Richards introduced the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : "Resolved that the school library, which has grown until it contains about sixteen hundred books, is large enough to allow of its use by the general public as well as by the pupils, and having been paid for by the residents of the school district, is hereby constituted a public library, free to all of the inhabitants of the district, under reasonable regulations to be adopted by the board; and that arrangements shall be made so that after January 1, 1904, said library shall be kept open to the public to draw books at least one-half day in each week. Resolved, that it is the purpose of this board to increase the efficiency of said library by making liberal purchases of additional books from time to time, as authorized by law." Thus was instituted the public library, an action which met with so large a response on the part of the people of the community that the board was encouraged to make substantial additions to the list of books. However, by the end of 1904 it was found that there was left in the library quarters no further room for expansion and the board faced the problem of securing more space. After some deliberation, it was decided that a suitable building was necessary to make a permanent home for the library, and it was suggested that the board present the matter to Andrew Carnegie, who had been so generous in providing for the erection of library buildings in other cities. A communication, embodying a description of Clyde and vicinity, naming its resources and historical features, as well as the situation relative to the library, was delivered to Mr. Carnegie in person by Mr. Richards, president of the board of education, with the result that Mr. Carnegie offered a gift of ten thousand dollars, under the following conditions : "That the people of Clyde furnish a site for the library building and equip the same; that the village council and the board of education jointly agree to accept the gift; that ten percent of the amount of the gift be raised and expended annually in maintaining this as a free public library." These TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 39 conditions were accepted and a canvass of the school district for the necessary funds was made. When completed, on notice, Mr. Carnegie placed ten thousand dollars to the credit of the board of education. Plans submitted by Paul O. Mortz, of Bloomington, Illinois, were selected and the construction of the building began in May, 1905. The building, which is constructed of Sandusky county granite, specifically of "hard heads" split and laid with the face outward, is attractive in design and complete in its arrangements and equipment, and has well served its purpose. As the building progressed it became apparent that an additional sum would be required to complete it, and this was generously contributed by Mr. Carnegie. By arrangements with the local board of education, the school children of Green Creek township also have use of the Clyde library, the board of that township having agreed to expend for the purchase of books the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars annually from the tuition funds of the township. All books are classified according to the Dewey decimal system of classification and are catalogued by the card method. The library is open to the public from 12 :30 P. M. t o 8 :30 P. M. The first librarian was Miss Rena Richards, who took the Library course in Western Reserve University and proved in every respect well qualified for the position and made herself invaluable to the patrons of the library by her courtesy and accommodation, as well as by her kindly assistance. The present librarian is Mrs. Bessie Neipp, who is equally accommodating and helpful to the patrons of the library. The present board of education of Clyde, under whose management the library is conducted, is as follows: Irving R. Clapp, president, Albert A. Wott, clerk, Karl B. Mann, Harold Miller and A. M. Gault, and Mr. A. J. Love is Superintendent of Schools. EDWARD P. BUCKENMYER Energetic, determined and self-reliant, Edward P. Buckenmyer secured his education through his own efforts and his talents, natural and acquired, are bringing him rapidly to the fore in legal circles of Toledo. He was born in Spencer 40 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY township, Lucas county, Ohio, February 20, 1895, and is a son of Jacob R. and Dena (Lehmkuhle) Buckenmyer. His forbears in the paternal line lived in Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and Jacob Buckenmyer, the American progenitor of the family, settled in New York state about the year 1850, there remaining until about 1870, when he migrated to Ohio. Jacob R. Buckenmyer was reared in Lucas county and became one of the progressive agriculturists of the Fort Miami district. His wife was born at Fort Jennings in Putnam county, Ohio. Her father, Casper Lehmkuhle, was a native of Hanover, Germany, and as a young man he came to the United States, settling in Putnam county, Ohio, where he developed a valuable farm. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Buckenmyer were the parents of twelve children, of whom seven survive, six sons and a daughter. Edward P. Buckenmyer, the fourth in order of birth, was a pupil in the rural schools of Spencer township and was graduated from the Swanton high school in 1913. His early life was spent on the home farm and in 1913-14 he was principal of the Lyons (Ohio) school. During the latter year he attended a summer school at Wooster, Ohio, and in 1915 and 1916 was storekeeper of the State School for the Deaf at Columbus, Ohio. He then matriculated in the Ohio State University, which he left when the World war was in progress and enlisted in the United States army January 5, 1918. For a few months he was in training at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and was sent overseas June 5, 1918. While stationed in France he had the privilege of attended the University of Grenoble for four months and returned to his native land in July, 1919, receiving his honorable discharge on the 24th of that month. Mr. Buckenmyer worked his way through the University of Ohio, in which he completed a six years' course, winning the A. B. degree from that institution in 1920 and that of LL. B. in 1922. During the summer of 1921 he was a forest ranger in Yellowstone National Park and thus paid the expenses of his last year in the university. In 1922 he located in Toledo, becoming associated with the law firm of Seely & Wolfe, with which he was connected until July 1, 1928. He is now alone, maintaining an office on the tenth floor of the Nicholas building, and his residence is at No. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 41 1926 Milburn avenue. He has successfully handled important litigated interests and in his presentation of a case is always well fortified by a comprehensive understanding of the legal principles applicable thereto. Mr. Buckenmyer is a strong democrat and an energetic worker in behalf of the party. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Toledo City, Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and Toledo Post of the American Legion. He also belongs to the Toledo Tennis Club, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Forty and Eight, the social branch of the American Legion. A young man of earnest purpose, tireless industry and keen intelligence, Mr. Buckenmyer is destined to go far in his profession and is esteemed for his strength of character and genuine worth. FORREST R. MILLER Forrest R. Miller has steadily progressed toward the goal of success and is now an important factor in banking circles of Tiffin. He was born in Seneca county, Ohio, November 10, 1888, and is a son of Christian and Martha C. (Watson) Miller. His grandfather, Christian Miller, was a native of Germany and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Ohio. Forrest R. Miller received a public school education and his first knowledge of financial affairs was gained in the Tiffin National Bank, in which he was employed for five years, filling various positions. In 1912 he entered the Commercial National Bank, of which he was made assistant cashier in the following year, and since 1919 has been its cashier. Thoroughly understanding the intricate details of modern finance, he has contributed toward the success of the bank by conscientious, efficient work and is devoted to its interests. He is a director of the institution and also of the New Riegel State Bank. Mr. Miller was married July 28, 1911, to Miss Rachel E. Hoke, daughter of George M. and Anna R. (Martin) Hoke, 42 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Tiffin. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children : Philip H., Martha R. and Forrest. Mr. Miller is a democrat and was elected county treasurer in 1918 but did not accept the office. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian and along social lines is connected with the Mohawk Country Club. A Knight Templar Mason and member of DeMolay Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., he is also identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Mr. Miller owes his rise in the financial world to the faithful performance of each day's duties, coupled with the ability to meet and master situations, and the respect accorded him is well deserved. FRANK O'NEILL In the field of invention and manufacture Frank O'Neill is one of Toledo's conspicuous men, for in the development of glass working machinery he has achieved a noteworthy success, the O'Neill Machine Company now ranking among the city's leading industrial concerns. He was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, on the 16th of February, 1863, a son of James and Rebecca (Orr) O'Neill. His father, who was a native of Canada, became a merchant tailor and followed that vocation practically up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1907. He was survived a number of years by his widow, who was born in Bridgewater, Ohio, and who passed away in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1917. In their family were three children, namely : Jesse, who is with the O'Neill Machine Company; Harriet, the wife of Ralph Thomas, who is an accountant in the court house of Santa Clara county, at San Jose, California; and Frank, of this review. When a small boy Frank O'Neill accompanied his parents on their removal to Marietta, Ohio, and later to Quaker City, this state, in the public schools of which place he acquired his education. When sixteen years of age he started to learn the glassworking trade at Martins Ferry, Ohio, in which city he was employed during the greater part of the time until 1886. He then moved to Findlay, Ohio, where he TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 45 worked in a machine shop, making moulds for the manufacture of glass articles. Two years later he went to Fostoria, this state, where he was employed at machine work. There he began to invent glassworking machinery in 1893 and from that time until 1911 he worked in various cities of this country, building machines for the making of glass bottles and jars. In 1911 Mr. O'Neill came to Toledo and established a small plant on Locust street for the making of the machinery which he had invented. A short time later he moved to the Factories building, in which he remained until 1914, when he moved to his present location at 2090 Auburn avenue. In 1923, the business having grown to an extent that demanded more space and better manufacturing facilities, he erected an up-to-date and commodious factory building, sixty by two hundred and twenty feet in size, in which is to be found the most improved type of machinery for his purpose. The company manufactures glass bottle machinery of advanced type, which is shipped to all parts of the world. Two sizes of bottle machines are made. The large machine, which has eight moulds, has a capacity of from twenty to fifty bottles or jars a minute, depending on the size of the article, while the small machine, which has six moulds, will turn out from twenty-four to fifty bottles or jars a minute. One hundred men, most of whom are expert machinists, are employed in the plant, and the company now has sufficient orders ahead to keep the shop running for nearly five years, and necessitating an increase, in 1929, of seven thousand square feet of floor space. The company recently invented a new and more modern type of glassworking machine, of an advanced type and automatic in operation, which will revolutionize the business. On October 9, 1894, Mr. O'Neill was united in marriage to Miss Marion F. Brown, of Fostoria, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Wilson M., who was born in Fostoria, September 11, 1895. He attended the public schools of Fostoria and after graduating from high school entered Culver Military Academy at Culver, Indiana. In June, 1917, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twelfth Ammunition Train of the Ohio National Guard. He was sent for training to Montgomery, Alabama, where he remained for three months, fol- 46 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY lowed by three months at San Antonio, Texas. He was then sent to France, where he served for seventeen months, during which he participated in the fighting in the St. Mihiel and Verdun sectors. He was honorably discharged at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, and at once became associated with his father in the manufacture of glassworking machinery. He spent six years in Europe in the interest of the O'Neill Machine Company, estblishing branch offices in London, Paris, Brussels and. Berlin. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of of the Scottish Rite; the Beta Phi Sigma college fraternity, the Sylvania Golf Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He was married on October 5, 1917, to Miss Mildred Kinker, a daughter of W. J. and Isabelle (Sawdy) Kinker, the former of whom is identified with the Zehmer Packing Company.   Frank O'Neill has lived an active and useful life, devoting his energies to work of a constructive nature, in which he has made a notable advance over previous attainments in his special line, and in business circles he is regarded as a man of unusual capacity for accomplishment. He is cordial and unassuming in manner, enjoys a wide acquaintance and commands the respect of all who know him.. He is a member of Toledo Club ; Sylvania Golf Club and the Elks, and is also a member of the Collingwood Presbyterian Church.   HIRAM BLOOMER, Jr.   Hiram Bloomer, Jr., is the Toledo agency director of the New York Life Insurance Company and has devoted twenty-seven years to the service of that financial institution. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 14, 1875, a son of Hiram and Fannie T. (Skinner) Bloomer. His grandfather, who also bore the name of Hiram Bloomer, followed the occupation of farming and was a resident of Ovid, New York. He was a Baptist in religious faith and gave his political support to the republican party. His son Hiram was born February 13, 1842, in Ovid and during the Civil war served in the Three Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry, holding the rank of first lieuten-   TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 47   ant. Afterward he was a custom tailor of New York city and engaged in the same business at Interlaken, New York, there remaining until his demise on the 15th of July, 1910. At one time he was a member of the board of supervisors of the town of Covert, New York, to which office he was elected on the republican ticket, and his life was governed by the teachings of the Baptist church. Mrs. Fannie Bloomer was born in Schuyler county, New York, September 3, 1841, and still resides in Interlaken. Her parents were Joseph L. and Elizabeth (Terry) Skinner, pioneers of Schuyler county. Her father was a native of Connecticut and devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was a stanch democrat but never aspired to political office.   Hiram Bloomer, Jr., obtained his early education in New York city and attended the high school at Interlaken. In New York city he became an employe of the American News Company, with which he spent nine years, acting as a floor salesman and also working in the library of the firm. On the expiration of that period he assumed the duties of assistant cashier in a New York city office of the New York Life Insurance Company and later was promoted to the position of cashier, thus serving in New York city, Utica, Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghamton, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto and Montreal, Canada; Atlanta, Georgia; and Cleveland, Ohio. He was next made reinstator for the company in the United States and Canada and afterward did field work in the Cleveland office. On the 1st of August, 1914, he was appointed agency organizer at Toledo and was promoted to Detroit, January 1, 1915, as agency director. On the 1st of November, 1916, he opened the branch office in Toledo and has since been agency director in this city. He has a highly specialized knowledge of the life insurance business, and his efforts in behalf of the corporation have been manifestly resultant.   On September 21, 1901, in the Calvary Baptist church of New York city, Mr. Bloomer was married by the Rev. Robert Stewart MacArthur, D. D., to Miss Anna M. Wells, who was born in the town of Johnson, Rhode Island, and received her education at Providence. Her parents, Nelson and   48 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY   Eliza (Wilbur) Wells, were life-long residents of that state, where the father engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Bloomer adhere to the Baptist faith, and he is allied with the republican party. He is an ex-president of the Toledo Life Insurance Managers' Club and also belongs to the Toledo Association of Life Underwriters. His Masonic affiliations are with Farmerville Lodge, No. 183, F. & A. M., at Interlaken, New York; Toledo Chapter, No. 161, R. A. M.; Toledo Council, No. 33, R. & S. M. ; St. Omar Commandery, No. 59, K. T. ; and Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also identified with Seneca Lodge, No. 694, I. O. O. F., and turns to motoring and the collecting of autographs for diversion. Each step in his career has been an upward one, bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities.   JUDGE ARTHUR W. OVERMYER   Arthur W. Overmyer, of Fremont, has honored Sandusky county through his capable public services in various capacities and as judge of the court of common pleas has proven an able, fair and conscientious jurist, commanding the uniform confidence and respect of the people of his county. Judge Overmyer was born in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio, on the 31st of May, 1879, and is a son of Barnhart B. and Mary M. (Walborn) Overmyer. The family has long been established in this country, his ancestry being traced back to John George Overmyer, who came to the United States from Baden, Germany, in 1751, and settled in Pennsylvania. Barnhart B. Overmyer was born in Washington township, Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1840, and lived all of his life in this locality. He was a man of ability and character and capably filled various public offices, serving for two terms as a member of the board of county commissioners. To him and his wife were born five children, namely: Arthur W.; Frank, who is engaged in the contracting business; John C., formerly county treasurer of Sandusky county, and now a civil engineer; Robert L., who died in 1902 ; and Mrs. Emma R. Auxter, a widow. Arthur W. Overmyer attended the district schools of   TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 49 Washington township, and later the law department of Ohio Northern University, at Ada, from which he was graduated. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in December, 1902, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Fremont. From 1903 to 1910 he served as secretary of the Sandusky County Fair Association, and was clerk of the city board of health from 1907 to 1910. He was city solicitor of Fremont from 1909 to 1913, and in 1914 was elected to congress from the thirteenth congressional district. So satisfactory was his service in that body that he was reelected and served two terms, with great credit to his ability and faithfulness. On his retirement from office he resumed the practice of his profession in Fremont, in which he continued until April 10, 1926, when, on the death of Judge John T. Garver, he was appointed to fill the vacancy on the bench of the common pleas court, and in the following November he was elected to fill out the term, which will expire February 10, 1931. A marked tribute to his high standing among the people of his county was the fact that he was elected without opposition, and his record as a jurist has fully upheld the judgment of the people in his election. On June 17, 1903, Judge Overmyer was united in marriage to Miss Nina Zelden Preston, of Hardin county, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Richard Preston, who was born December 18, 1904, and is now state editor of the Indianapolis Star. In his political views Judge Overmyer is a democrat and has long taken an active and effective part in public affairs. He is a forceful and eloquent public speaker and for the past thirty-five years has made addresses throughout Sandusky county, and during the important political campaigns has been in great demand through the state. He made many effective speeches throughout Ohio in support of the last Liberty Loan drive and has never been found wanting in his support of those things which are calculated to promote the public welfare. He is a member and past exalted ruler of Fremont Lodge, No. 169, B. P. O. E., which he has on numerous occasions represented in the grand lodge. He served two years, 1919-20, as a member of the board of education and in the latter year, as president of the board, had the unusual privilege of signing his son's graduation diploma. He