200 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of steel, gypsum, lime, cement, etc. Mr. Good closely supervises the details of the work and his correct estimate of men has enabled him to fill many branches of his business with employes who seldom fail to meet his expectations. He has the initiative and executive power so essential to important achievement. Mr. Good was married August 8, 1915, to Miss Helen Louise Chamberlain, of Tiffin, and they now have two daughters, Nancy Jane and Mary Elizabeth. Mr. Good is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran church and casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree and is identified with both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Lincoln Club, the Mohawk Country Club and the Mohawk Golf Club. In public affairs he manifests a deep and helpful interest and is a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association of Tiffin. Moreover, he is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and he is interested in several other corporations. Through tireless industry and the wise use of the gifts with which nature endowed him, Mr. Good has risen to a position of broad influence and usefulness and is esteemed for the qualities to which he owes his success. LESLIE HENRY Leslie Henry, one of the younger attorneys of Toledo, was born in this city, June 19, 1904, and is the son of Herbert Leslie and Bertha Cecelia (Yorkey) Henry, the former a native of Blissfield, Michigan. The mother was born in Ligonier, Indiana, and is a daughter of Augustus Yorkey, who still resides in that town. He is a Union veteran and has attained the venerable age of eighty-nine years. Herbert L. Henry is, and has been since an early age, connected with the New York Central Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Henry make their home in Maumee, Ohio, and have two children : Leslie; and Alice, who was born March 6, 1908. The son acquired his public school education in Toledo and pursued his advanced studies in the University of Mich- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 201 igan, which conferred upon him the degree of A. B. in 1926 and that of J. D. in 1928. While at Michigan he received the keys of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Order of the Coif. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1928 and has since been identified with the firm of Tracy, Chapman & Welles, of Toledo. Mr. Henry is a member of the University Club of Toledo. EDMUND TERRY COLLINS Edmund Terry Collins, who represents the third generation of the family in Toledo, has successfully engaged in the real estate and loan business for a period of twenty years and has also performed his share of public service. He was born in this city on the 12th of June, 1876, a son of Daniel A. and Eva ( Terry) Collins, and a grandson of Sanford L. Collins, whose biographical record is published elsewhere in this volume. Daniel A. Collins was born in Toledo in 1837 and became one of its successful insurance agents. His deep interest in the advancement of the city prompted his effective efforts in its behalf, and for a number of years he served on the board of aldermen, of which he was president at one time. His life was long, upright and useful and was brought to a close in 1909, when he was seventy-two years of age. Edmund T. Collins supplemented his public school education by a course at the University of Toledo and then entered upon his commercial career. For a number of years he was identified with the hardware trade and in 1909 embarked in the real estate and loan business, in which he has since continued with gratifying success. He is secretary, treasurer and manager of The Second Mortgage Securities Company of Toledo and a dominant factor in the conduct of the business, which is one of large proportions. Mr. Collins is generally regarded as the best property appraiser in the city, and his services in this connection are in constant demand. He also has financial interests and is a member of the trust committee of the Commerce Guardian Trust & Savings Bank of Toledo. Mr. Collins was married November 7, 1906, in Bellevue, Ohio, to Miss Martha R. Wood, a daughter of James B. Wood, 202 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY a pioneer of that locality, and they have become the parents of a son, Edmund T., Jr., who was born in Toledo, May 15, 1911, and is now a student at Washington and Jefferson College. Mr. Collins is a Knight Templar Mason and a Noble of Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has attained the thirty-second degree in the order. He is an ex-president of the local Kiwanis Club and belongs to the Toledo Club, the Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and for thirteen years he has been a member of the civil service commission of Toledo. He is affiliated with the First Congregational church and conscientiously follows its teachings. Mr. Collins is well known as an enterprising business man of strict honesty and a public spirited citizen who sustains the high reputation of the family. CLARENCE I. KUNTZ, M. D. One of the leading physicians of Fremont, as well as one of its most popular citizens, is Dr. Clarence I. Kuntz, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine here for fifteen years, during which time he has built up a large practice and gained an enviable reputation. Dr. Kuntz was born in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, on the 16th day of December, 1885, and received his elementary education in the public schools of that locality. After attending Heidelburg College at Tiffin, Ohio, he then entered the medical school of Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1913. He served one year in St. Vincent's Hospital at Erie, Pennsylvania. In June, 1914, he entered upon the practice of his profession in Fremont, where he has continued to the present time with the exception of the period of his military service. For awhile he served in the students training unit hospital at Erie, Pennsylvania, and was later commissioned a lieutenant, and then promoted to a captaincy, in the medical reserves at Camp Sherman, being attached to the Fortieth Infantry Regiment. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 203 resumed his practice. He has a nicely furnished and well equipped office at 4091/2 West State street and has been more than ordinarily successful in combatting disease, being held in grateful regard by many who have benefited by his ministrations. He is a member of the medical staff of the Memorial Hospital and belongs to the Sandusky County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society and is a fellow of the American Medical Association. In 1912 Dr. Kuntz was united in marriage to Miss Kathryn M. Decker, of Tiffin, Ohio, daughter of William and Hermine (Krebesbach) Decker, both living in Tiffin, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Kuntz are the parents of five children, namely : Genevieve M., now sixteen years of age, William H., fourteen, John J., twelve, Mary Alice, nine, and Clarence I., Jr., six years of age. Dr. Kuntz is a democrat in his political views and takes a deep interest in public affairs. While in Heidelburg College he took the course in oratory and has done much effective public speaking, particularly on educational subjects. He teaches biology in St. Joseph's high school and has coached the basketball team of that institution for six years, being at the present time director of athletics in that school. He is a member of the American Legion, the Lions Club, the Knights of Columbus and he and his wife are earnest members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, of, which he is a councilman. He is now chairman of the Knights of Columbus Boy Scout Troop committee and that he is keenly interested in the political situation is shown in the fact that he is now a member of the democratic county executive committee. A man of high ideals, to which he is absolutely loyal, his record since coming to Fremont has gained for him a high place in public esteem, while among his associates and acquaintances he is deservedly popular. RHEU J. GARTY Like most men of prominence in the commercial world of today, Rheu J. Garty owes his advancement to hard work, coupled with the ability to meet and master situations, and is one of the forceful executives of The Toledo Title Company, 204 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY while he also represents other large corporations in official capacities. He was born in Fayette, Fulton county, Ohio, August 17, 1879, and is a son of Jacob B. and Mary (Crouse) Garty. The father was born near Reading, Pennsylvania, March 13, 1853, and is of Dutch ancestry. Late in the '50s his parents went to Michigan, settling near Monroe, and there he received his education. In 1876, when a young man of twenty-three, he came to Ohio and established his home in Fayette, where he was married. He followed the trade of a mason for many years, filling contracts throughout northwestern Ohio, and he accumulated a substantial competence which enables him to spend the sunset period of life in ease and comfort. His wife was born in Ottawa, Ohio, March 15, 1857, and is of German lineage. Mr. and Mrs. Garty celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on the 12th of March, 1928, and have a family of three children : Rheu J. ; Ray N., a well known pharmacist of Toledo; and Reo, the wife of Arloe V. Belding, of Lakewood, Ohio. Rheu J. Garty attended the public schools of his native town and made his first money by working on a farm, receiving seventeen dollars per month. Afterward he turned to educational work and taught for three years in the schools of Fulton county, while for two years he was an instructor in a state institution at Athens, Ohio. In this way he acquired the funds necessary for his law course and in 1905 won the degree of LL. B. from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Ohio bar and began the practice of law in Toledo in 1905. In 1907, at the time of its organization, he became connected with The Toledo Title Company, with which he continued in various legal capacities until it absorbed the business of the Lucas County Abstract Company. Mr. Garty has since been executive vice president and treasurer of The Toledo Title Company and through the exercise of his legal acumen and administrative power has aided in making this one of the largest and strongest corporations of the kind in the state. He is secretary of the Carl E. Mehring Company of Toledo and vice president of the National Survey Company, Inc., which have also derived substantial benefit from his wisdom, experience and cooperation. Mr. Garty was married June 3, 1908, in Collingwood, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 205 Ontario, Canada, to Miss Mary E. Adams, a native of that city and a daughter of John and Mary (Thorpe) Adams, members of old and prominent families of Collingwood. Mr. and Mrs. Garty have two children : Paul H., who was born March 18, 1911; and Mary Louise, born April 17, 1914. Mr. Garty is a member of the Toledo Yacht Club, the Ohio Title Association and the American Title Association. His wife takes a leading part in the activities of Silver Star Circle of the King's Daughters and is also a member of the Sama-Gama Club, the Business & Professional Women's Club and the Woman's Club of Toledo. Both are affiliated with the First Congregational church, and Mr. Garty is an adherent of the republican party. His office is in the Spitzer building, and his residence is at No. 3240 Kimball avenue. He enjoys outdoor life and has an attractive summer home at Stony Point peninsula on Lake Erie. His standards of life are high, and he commands the respect of all who know him. RAY C. MYERS Ray C. Myers, energetic and well poised, is ready to meet life's duties and obligations with confidence and courage and his ability as a funeral director is bringing him rapidly to the front in business circles of Tiffin. He was born in Wyandot county, Ohio, August 18, 1901, and is a son of Ervin R. and Hattie (Walton) Myers, also natives of this state, the father being now a retired farmer. Reared on a farm, Ray C. Myers obtained his rudimentary instruction in a country school and in 1920 received a diploma from the Tiffin high school, afterward attending the Cincinnati School of Embalming, of which he is a graduate. After working for a number of morticians in Tiffin, he went to Toledo, where he obtained valuable practical experience with William Caldwell, the foremost undertaker of that city, where he remained a year and a half. In 1926 Mr. Myers began his independent career as a mortician, locating at No. 155 East Perry street, and now has one of the well appointed funeral homes of Tiffin. Its facilities are adapted 13-VOL. 3 206 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY to every need and under his expert management the business is rapidly expanding. On August 29, 1928, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Adela Shedenhelm, daughter of William G. and Laura (Adams) Shedenhelm, of Tiffin, and both are prominent in the social life of the city. Mr. Myers is affiliated with the Church of Christ. Along fraternal lines he is connected with Tiffin Lodge, No. 77, F. & A. M., also the Chapter and Council, the Eagles, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the Exchange Club. Although young in years, Mr. Myers has already advanced far on the highroad which leads to success, and his efficiency, industry and determination insure his continued progress. WILLIAM L. URSCHEL William L. Urschel, one of the leading figures in the lime industry of northwestern Ohio, president and founder of the William L. Urschel Lime & Stone Company, passed away very suddenly on June 22, 1928, near Cincinnati, Ohio, while on a business trip. He was born in Monclova, Lucas county, Ohio, May 9, 1876, a son of John and Mary (Schenkel) Urschel. The family is of German origin and the first of this branch to emigrate to America was Daniel Urschel, grandfather of William L., who came early in the nineteenth century and settled near Navarre in Stark county, Ohio. John Urschel, son of Daniel, was born in Stark county and learned the trade of tanner, which he followed in early life, and for a period was located at Monclova. Later he was engaged in farming in Stark county, and was also associated with his sons in the lime industry at Woodville. He died in Toledo in 1914, at the age of seventy-six years, while his wife also died in the same year when she was sixty-six years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Urschel were the parents of three sons : Daniel F., who resides at Florence, Kansas; John J., of Toledo, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this publication; and William L., of this review. William L. Urschel, was about one year old when the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 209 family returned to Stark county. He was reared to farm work and received his education in the public schools. When the family removed to Woodville in the late '90s to develop their interests in the lime business, Mr. Urschel embarked on a business career that not only brought a large financial success but gave him a national reputation in his line. For a number of years he was associated with his father and brothers in the Woodville Lime Products Company but in 1927 disposed of his interests in the corporation to his brother, John J. Urschel. In the year 1923 William L. Urschel founded the William L. Urschel Lime & Stone Company and it grew to be a powerful factor in the lime industry. In 1929 this business was sold by the estate to the France Stone Company of Toledo. Mr. Urschel had other large business interests, among which were the Toledo-Baltimore Bottle Cap Company, of which he was president, the Urschel Engineering Company and the Valve Bag Company, in which he was a large owner for a number of years until a short time previous to his death. On. December 22, 1898, Mr. Urschel was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Gerber of Stark county, daughter of Elias and Maria (Snively) Gerber. Mr. and Mrs. Urschel became parents of a daughter, Lucille M., who is the wife of James Reed Morris, president of the Toledo-Baltimore Bottle Cap Company of Toledo, and she is the mother of one child, Elizabeth Deria. Mr. Urschel was a member of Portage Lodge, No. 351, F. & A. M., at Elmore, Ohio; Oak Harbor Chapter, No. 162, R. A. M. ; St. Omer Commandery, No. 59, K. T. ; and Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He was also a member of the Toledo Club and the Inverness Golf Club, and was a republican in politics, but never cared for public office. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church, and he served on its official board for a number of years. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman and for many years was active in yachting circles, owning one of the largest yachts of the Toledo fleet and serving as commodore of the Toledo Yacht Club. He was interested in the development of the Toledo zoological park and contributed liberally toward its expansion. Mr. Urschel stood as a high 210 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY type of the American citizen, resourceful, farsighted, public-spirited, and in every relation of life he enjoyed the good will and confidence of those with whom he came in contact. His aid and influence were ever given on the side of progress and improvement, and his worth as a man and citizen was widely acknowledged. The family residence was at 2936 Collingwood avenue. BENJAMIN F. JAMES For over forty years Benjamin F. James has been identified as counsel with many important cases in the courts of Wood county, and in Bowling Green, where he has been engaged in the practice of law during this entire period, he is regarded one of the leaders of the bar, as well as one of the community's most influential citizens. Mr. James was born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, on the 30th of April, 1863, and is a son of William D. and Sarah (Meredith) James. His paternal grandfather, Edmund James, was a native of Wales, from which country he came to the United States in young manhood, settling near Granville, Ohio, where he married Esther Griffith, who also was born in Wales, and soon after their marriage they moved to Chesterville, Morrow county, this state. They became the parents of ten children, one of whom, William D., was born December 22, 1815, and died May 13, 1875. He was a farmer and also an extensive stock dealer, and in his political views was first a whig and later a republican. His wife, whose death occurred September 27, 1894, was born at Chesterville, Ohio, July 30, 1818, and was a daughter of William and Mary (Farmer) Meredith. To Mr. and Mrs. James were born ten children, namely : Mrs. Lucretia Peterson, Milo, Mrs. Mary E. Moore, James H., Milton D., Robert W., Keturah, Mrs. Jennie E. Crawford, Ellsworth W. and Benjamin F. Benjamin F. James was reared on his father's farm and at the age of fifteen years determined to secure a thorough education. To this end, during the ensuing six years he attended Chesterville high school, Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University and Chicago University, receiving from TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 211 the latter institution the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1884. For the year following he was professor of Latin and Greek in Bardstown College, Kentucky, and the next year was professor of Latin and Greek in Burlington College, Burlington, Iowa, having been tendered the presidency of that college at the close of that year. He had determined to devote his life to the legal profession and felt compelled to decline the proffer. He then entered Yale University for post graduate and law studies and received therefrom the degree of Bachelor of Laws. For more than forty years past he has practiced his profession in Northwestern Ohio with offices both in Bowling Green and Toledo. He is regarded as one of the most capable members of the Ohio bar, has been accorded a large practice and has honored his profession by his adherence to its noblest traditions and highest ideals. In his political views Mr. James is a republican and has taken an active interest in public affairs. He has served as city solicitor, was a member of the general assembly of Ohio from 1891 to 1895 and in 1905 became attorney for the Spanish Treaty Claims commission, created by the act of congress under the treaty of Paris of December 20, 1898, and spent two winters in Cuba and one summer in Spain, resigning in 1907 to return to the practice of law. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Zeta Psi college fraternity and Phi Delta Phi law fraternity, having been the founder of the latter at Yale and its first charter member. A man of gracious and kindly manner, cordial and unaffected in his social relations, and standing for all that is best in the life of the community, he has proven worthy of the confidence and respect which has been accorded him. JAMES E. NAYLOR James E. Naylor, a member of the Toledo bar, the only son of Joseph R. Naylor, Jr., and Jennie (Edwards) Naylor, was born in Beloit, Mahoning county, Ohio, January 17, 1902. The family was established in this state by his grandfather, 212 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Joseph R. Naylor, Sr., who came from New Jersey and was one of the early settlers in that district. James E. Naylor spent the first eleven years of his life on his father's farm near Beloit, when his parents moved to Sebring, Ohio, where they resided until his father's death, February 13, 1920. He was graduated from Sebring high school in 1920; received his A. B. degree from Mount Union College in 1924; was graduated from the Law School of Western Reserve University in 1927, and was admitted to the bar the same year. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice at Toledo, now being associated with the firm of Johnson, Johnson & Farber. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Toledo Bar Association, the Masonic order, Phi Delta Phi and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities. LE ROY FRANKLIN MACKLEY Closely applying himself to the work in hand, Le Roy F. Mackley has been carried steadily forward until he now ranks with the most prominent life insurance men of Toledo. He was born in Portage, Wood county, Ohio, May 9, 1889, and is a son of Joseph Henry and Mary Catherine (Perry) Mackley, the latter now deceased. His father became a Union soldier in 1861, enlisting in Pennsylvania, and he was wounded in the line of duty. He served from the beginning until the close of the Civil war, in which his brother, John Mackley, also participated. While residing in Pennsylvania they engaged in the oil business, afterward transferring their operations to Ohio and here becoming pioneers in the development of that industry in Wood county. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Mackley were born six children, of whom two died in infancy, and four survive. George V., the eldest, was born in the state of New York and completed his education in Ohio, graduating from the Portage high school. He was in the employ of various oil companies of Wood county and is connected with the National Milling Company of Toledo. In North Baltimore, Ohio, he married Miss Hallie Harry, by whom he has two daughters, Irene and Leota. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 213 Irene was united in marriage to Dallas Cline, who is engaged in the automobile business in Toledo. Edna E. is the wife of Arthur L. Ewing, who removed to Toledo from Bowling, Green, Ohio, and has been identified with the National Milling Company for eighteen years. Their children are Robert Lee, Maybelle, Florence and Vernon Edward. Josephine was born in Portage, Ohio, and When but a year old was taken to Adams county, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Wilson Eyler. She acquired her education in the schools of that district and afterward became the wife of John Kepner, a farmer. Le Roy F. Mackley, who completes the family, obtained his early instruction in Portage and pursued his high school studies in Toledo, attending night classes. For a time he engaged in agricultural pursuits and also worked for an oil company of Wood county. At the age of seventeen he became private secretary to George R. Love, superintendent of the State Hospital at Toledo, and filled the position from 1906 to 1915. He then entered the Toledo office of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company of Detroit and was made cashier and bookkeeper, thus serving for a year. On the 5th of June, 1916, he became an agent for the Western & Southern Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, becoming assistant superintendent fourteen months later, and on October 1, 1922, he was promoted to the office of superintendent in charge of the Lima, Ohio, district. On December 24, 1924, Mr. Mackley returned to Toledo and has since been in charge of the south district in that city. That his position is one of large responsibility is indicated in the fact that thirty representatives, twenty-four agents and five assistant superintendents, together with the office force, are under his direct supervision. A forceful and capable executive, he has developed a highly efficient organization and during his incumbency of the office of superintendent this has become one of the most profitable fields in which the company is operating. Mr. Mackley was married May 19, 1911, to Miss Mabel C. Monahan, a native of Hudson, Michigan, and a daughter of John and Mary (O'Neil) Monahan. The father was born in County Louth, Ireland, and came to America with his parents in 1837. Settling in Lenawee county, Michigan, he purchased a farm and gradually added to his holdings until 214 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY he at length accumulated one thousand acres of fertile land. When gold was discovered in California he went to that state by way of Cape Horn but later returned to Michigan, spending the remainder of his life on his homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Mackley are the parents of four children : John Charles, who was born November 4, 1914 ; Jeannette A., born March 12, 1916; William L., born May 19, 1917; and Marie E., born April 3, 1919. The parents are devout communicants of the Church of Our Lady of Spiritual Help and Mrs. Mackley is active in the work of the altar societies and the sodality of the church. The family reside at 1523 Detroit street, where Mr. Mackley owns an acre of ground, which is devoted to the growing of choice flowers. He is keenly interested in the science of floriculture and the occupation of gardening affords him much enjoyment. His best efforts are always given to any task that he undertakes, and his advancement is attributable to diligence and thoroughness—his salient characteristics. SANFORD LANGWORTHY COLLINS Toledo is a monument to the combined labors of many able, farsighted business men of the type of the late Sanford Langworthy Collins, whose life record is inseparably associated with the early history of the city's development. He was born in Brownville, Jefferson county, New York, April 4, 1805, a son of John W. and Mercy (Langworthy) Collins, natives of Connecticut. They were married in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1793 and a year later migrated to Oneida county, New York, where they spent eight years, removing to Jefferson county, that state, in 1802. John W. Collins was one of the organizers of the town of Brownville and there remained until his demise in 1810. When a child of seven Sanford L. Collins went to Bridgewater, New York, and lived with his maternal uncle until he reached the age of fifteen. His boyhood was a period of hard and unremitting labor, and he had very limited educational opportunities. He left Bridgewater in company with his brother-in-law and conducted a hotel in Gaines, Orleans TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 215 county, New York, there remaining until he reached the age of twenty-one. For three years he followed the same line of activity in Lockport, New York, and in 1829 embarked in merchandising in Pendleton, where he also engaged in the lumber and stave business. At the end of two years he disposed of his holdings there and with his younger brother, Morgan L. Collins, journeyed to Detroit, Michigan, in July, 1831. After consulting an old friend in that city he continued his trip, visiting Ann Arbor, Jackson, Marshall and White Pigeon, Michigan. He was favorably impressed with the site of Jackson and entered a quarter section of land in what is now in the heart of that city. His brother departed for New York and Sanford L. Collins returned to Detroit, entering the employ of Lewis Godard. In accordance with an agreement between Major Stickney, of Port Lawrence township, and Samuel Allen and Otis Hathaway, of Lockport, to plat a portion of the Major's farm for town purposes, Mr. Godard arranged with the latter for certain sections thereof. He was also to send a stock of goods to the new town, which was done in December, 1831, and Sanford L. Collins was made agent. The supplies were placed in the old blockhouse near the present corner of Jefferson avenue and Summit street, and this was the first sale of goods in what is now Toledo. In the spring of 1832 Mr. Collins was instructed by Mr. Godard to erect a store building on the southeast corner of Lagrange and Summit streets, to be occupied by Elkanah Briggs, and he completed the building in October, 1832. At that time Mr. Briggs was engaged in business in partnership with Mr. Godard under the style of Briggs & Godard and in February, 1833, when Mr. Godard withdrew from the firm, Mr. Collins returned to Toledo, which was then known as Vistula. He arrived here on the 2d of February and looked after the Indian claims when the Ottawa treaty was made. In the fall of 1832, in partnership with Stephen B. Comstock, he purchased lands at Tremainesville, known as the Burgess tract, which is now included within the corporation limits of Toledo. Soon after acquiring the property Mr. Comstock sold his interest therein to Mr. Godard, who joined Mr. Collins in erecting a store building, which was the second one at that location. In September, 1834, Mr. 216 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Collins went to New York for a stock of goods and in November the merchandise was offered for sale. It was during this period that Morgan L. Collins and his brother John W. entered the business, which was conducted under the name of S. L. Collins & Company until 1837, when it was sold. Sanford L. Collins successfully administered the affairs of the firm and also prospered as an agriculturist and operator in real estate. In January, 1834, Mr. Collins married Miss Harriet Whitney, a daughter of. Noah A. Whitney, who settled in Ohio in 1824, when this region was largely a wilderness and aided in bringing to light its natural resources. Mr. Collins was a man of prominence in his district and efficiently discharged the many public trusts reposed in him. In 1834 he was appointed postmaster of Tremainesville, serving until 1842. In the year 1837 he was elected to the office of treasurer of Lucas county, being the first to serve in such capacity as the new county had just received its charter as one of the results of the famous Ohio and Michigan war, in which bloodless conflict he acted as captain of a militia company. In 1840 he assisted in forming Washington township and subsequently filled all of the offices in the township. Always deeply interested in Masonry and active in its behalf, Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M., was named in his honor. Strong in his convictions, he never swerved from the course he considered right, and his high sense of honor and marked public spirit made him universally admired and esteemed. FARLAND W. KEIL Farland W. Keil, cashier of the State Savings Bank of Woodville, Sandusky county, has spent his life thus far in this locality and has always commanded the respect of his fellow citizens because of his earnest purposes, his business ability and his genuine worth as a man and citizen. Mr. Keil was born in Woodville in 1885 and is a representative of one of the old and honored families of this locality, of which his grandfather, Jonas Keil, was one of the pioneer settlers. His father, J. F. Keil, was long identified with the business inter- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 217 ests of the community and was regarded as one of its substantial citizens. Farland W. Keil was born in Woodville, received his educational training in the grade and high schools and then went to work for the Lake Shore Electric Railroad, by which he was employed as a station agent for about five years. In 1916 he entered the State Savings Bank as assistant cashier and in 1921 was made cashier, in which position he is still serving, having been a large factor in the splendid growth and prosperity of that institution. This bank was organized in 1909, has a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, a surplus of fifty thousand dollars, undivided profits of over twenty-seven thousand dollars and deposits of seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars. Mr. Keil is a stockholder in the bank, of which he has been a director since 1925, and has an interest in the Lucky Farmers Exchange, of this place. In 1912 Mr. Keil was united in marriage to Miss Vada Neal, who was born in Genoa, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Gillert Dick, born June 9, 1914, and now in high school. Mr. Keil votes independently but has always been actively interested in local public affairs, being at this time treasurer of the village. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church, to which they give generous support. He is now treasurer of United Brethren Sunday school and steward in the church. Mr. Keil belongs to the Sandusky County Bankers Association, the Ohio State Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association and is held in high regard among his fellow bankers. He has an enviable standing throughout his community and has a large circle of loyal friends. IRA ELLIS HUNTER, M. D. The medical profession in Toledo has in its ranks no more worthy member than Dr. Ira Ellis Hunter, who has been successfully engaged in the practice in this city for the past quarter of a century. He was born at Shiloh, Richland county, Ohio, May 13, 1869, and is a son of Samuel S. and Julania C. (Breneman) Hunter. His paternal grandparents 218 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY were John, and Eliza (Ellis) Hunter, both of whom were natives of New York state and died in Ohio. John Hunter was a blacksmith by occupation, and both he and his wife held membership in the Disciples church. His son, Samuel S. Hunter, was born in Pompey, New York, in 1834 and died near Greenwich, Ohio, June 22, 1909. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Shiloh for twenty-five years but later turned his attention to farming. Both he and his wife passed away at the old homestead at Greenwich which is now the property of Dr. Hunter, who is deeply attached to the place because of the memories associated therewith. Mrs. Samuel S. Hunter bore the maiden name of Julania C. Breneman and was born near Greenwich, Ohio, her parents being John and Barbara (Richard) Breneman, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively, and who passed away on their farm near Greenwich. Samuel S. and Julania C. (Breneman) Hunter were the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters, namely: Milo Monroe, a farmer living near Greenwich, Ohio; Mrs. Freeman Enger, of Greenwich; Dr. Frederick S., who practiced medicine in Michigan and died in Toledo, January 8, 1910 ; George Washington, a hotel proprietor of Bucyrus, Ohio, who died in Toledo in 1926; John B., who was a farmer near Greenwich and died in 1923; Mrs. George McDonald, of San Diego, California, who departed this life in 1918; and Ira Ellis, of this review. The last named attended the public schools at Shiloh and was graduated from the Greenwich high school in 1889. Next he attended Hiram College for one year and for a similar period was a student in the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, after which he taught school for a year. Having determined to devote his life to the practice of medicine, he matriculated in the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1900. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Wooster, Ohio, where he remained for two years, on the expiration of which period he accepted an appointment as first assistant surgeon at the State Soldiers Home at Sandusky, Ohio, continuing in that capacity for about two years. In 1904 he located in East Toledo, where he has followed his profession to the present time, devoting the greater part of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 219 his attention to obstetrical cases, and has gained high standing in the ranks of the medical fraternity, being regarded as a learned and capable practitioner. He is a member of the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital, Flower Hospital, Maternity and Children's. Hospital and East Side Hospital; visiting physician to Robinwood Hospital, and his practice has become one of large proportions. Dr. Hunter has been married twice. At Des Moines, Iowa, on June 24, 1903, he wedded Miss Lena Mary Kleinfelder, who was born in Joliet, Illinois, and died in Toledo, Ohio, August 20, 1909. She was a trained nurse, which profession she followed prior to her marriage. Her parents were Amos and Susan (Hammer) Kleinfelder, residing in the vicinity of Canton, Ohio, both of whom are deceased. Both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Mrs. Lena Hunter were ministers of the Evangelical church. On June 24, 1913, in Toledo, Dr. Hunter was married to Miss Pearl Belle Langendorf, who was born and reared in this city and is a daughter of Jacob and Belle Langendorf. Mrs. Pearl Hunter was educated in the public schools of Toledo and is a member of the Women's Educational Club, the Toledo Women's Club and the Dendarah Court of Shrine. Dr. and Mrs. Hunter are the parents of two children : Thomas Edward, born July 5, 1915; and Margaret Eloise, born August 15, 1917. Dr. Hunter volunteered for service in the World war; enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps, received the commission of captain, and was stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia, during 1918 and 1919. While there he was medical adviser to General Peyton C. March and family, as well as the family of Major General Charles T. Menoher, who commanded the Rainbow Division in France. In his political views Dr. Hunter has always been a democrat. He is a member of the Masonic order, including all of its branches up to and including the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, also belongs to Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine, to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to the East Toledo Club and the Highland Meadows Golf Club. Dr. Hunter's professional relations are with the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Maumee Medical Society, of which he has served as president, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medi- 220 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY cal Association. He and his wife are members of the Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served on the board of trustees for eight years. Dr. Hunter's residence is at 2608 Fulton avenue, Toledo, and his summer cottage is at Devil's Lake, Michigan, where fishing furnishes him relaxation. CHARLES A. VAN DUSEN In the career of Charles A. Van Dusen, president of the Van Dusen Auto Repair & Machine Company, of Toledo, stands an exemplification of the fact that for the young man of industry, good sense and character success is within his reach, regardless of apparent obstacles. He was born in Monroe, Michigan, on the 14th of May, 1869, and, being left an orphan when only an infant, he was put in the Coldwater Orphans Home in Branch county, that state, in which he remained until ten years of age. He was then taken by Willard Chapman, a farmer, living near Shiloh, Michigan, with whom he remained for four years. His school education was confined to the time he was in the orphans home and during the winter months while living with Mr. Chapman, when he attended a district school. However, during subsequent years he devoted his spare time to reading and study and is regarded a well informed man on a wide range of subjects. When fourteen years old Mr. Van Dusen started out to make his own way in the world, working on farms and in the north woods of Michigan, where he found employment in lumber camps with various companies, and also at times assisted longshoremen in loading and unloading boats. When eighteen years old he came to Toledo and went to work for the New York Central Railroad as a carpenter and stonemason, being employed also as a roundhouse laborer and a foreman, switching cars and passing through the various grades of yard work, including those of yard master, until 1894, when he was made night general yard master. In the following year he went to Chicago and engaged in switching cars at the Calumet terminal. Later he went to Massillon, Ohio, as extra brakeman on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad; TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 223 was promoted to yard brakeman, then to yard switchman, and later to night yard master at Ironville, Ohio. One year later he was transferred to Massillon as general yard master of the Massillon yards, which position he held for eighteen months, when he was made assistant train master and yard master. He was next honored by being given three jobs at once, namely, train master, road master and wreck master, which positions he filled so satisfactorily that he was transferred to Canton as superintendent of the Cleveland division of that road. Later he was transferred to the superintendency of the Toledo division, which position he held for two years, when he returned to Canton as general superintendent of the road. One year later Mr. Van Dusen resigned from the railroad service and, returning to Toledo, became associated with the J. C. Carland Company, general railroad contractors, and he acted as general manager for two years, during which period he built the Ohio electric railroad from Leipsic into Toledo. He then went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in general railroad contracting for three years, after which he came back to Toledo and bought an interest in an automobile business on Madison avenue, under the name of the Abbott-Detroit Sales Company. Six months later he sold his interest in that concern and started the Auto Repair & Machine Company, at the corner of Washington and Summit streets, in which business he was engaged successfully for fifteen years. During that time he also started the Toledo Standard Commutator Company, on Smead avenue, of which he was president, and during the two and a half years in which he was identified with that business he got out a number of patents, on which its present business is based. He sold his interest in the commutator business but continued in the Auto Repair & Machine Company. In 1926 he bought the property which he now occupies at 904 Lafayette street, rebuilt the structure already there, making additions and incorporating the business under the name of the Van Dusen Auto Repair & Machine Company, of which he is president, general manager and treasurer. The company does a general repair business, specializing in heavy truck work and equipment. He has devoted himself tirelessly to 14-VOL. 3 224 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY building up his present business, in which he is realizing a splendid success, and is regarded as a man of sound and reliable judgment and a capable executive. On November 21, 1890, Mr. Van Dusen was united in marriage to Miss Mary Shea, who was born and reared in Toledo and is a daughter of the late William Shea. She was educated in the parochial schools of this city and is a member of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs. Van Dusen are the parents of two children : Charles A., Jr., now vice president of the Van Dusen Auto Repair & Machine Company; he married Hazel McDonough of Toledo, and they have five children, Robert, Joanne, Thomas, William and Charles. Dorothy is the wife of Arthur Volk, of Toledo, and they have a son, Richard. Mr. Van Dusen is a republican in his political views. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Woodmen of the World, the Home Circle, the Toledo Automobile Club and the Chamber of Commerce. At one time he was a member of the Ohio National Guard and during the World war he gave active support to the various Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. He owns one of the finest camp cars in this section of the country, it having been converted from a Marmon passenger car. He is a man of high business ideals, has shown himself a good citizen and is constant and sincere in his social relations—in short, he is a well rounded man and is worthy of the success which has crowned his efforts. FRANK S. BAKER Frank S. Baker is one of Fremont's leading merchants and enjoys a wide reputation as an able and progressive business man. He is now manager of the F. W. Uhlman Store. He was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1889, and received his early education in the public schools, graduating from high school at North Baltimore, Ohio. He worked for a while in various shoe and clothing stores and in 1916 became associated with Fred Uhlman, of Bowling Green, Wood county, Ohio. In February, 1927, they bought out the Bach Clothing TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 225 Company, in Fremont, and Mr. Uhlman now has a large and well stocked store here, which is under the personal management of Mr. Baker. They also have a large shoe store in Tiffin. Mr. Baker is active and enterprising in his business methods, courtesy, acommodation and fair dealing being the foundation stones on which his success has been based, and he makes friends of all who deal with him. In 1916 Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Florence Partee, of Defiance, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Frank S., Jr., born in 1923. Mrs. Baker is a member of St. Ann's church and is prominent in the social circles of Fremont. Mr. Baker is a strong republican in his political views and is actively interested in the civic affairs of his community. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys a wide acquaintance, and all who know him hold him in high regard for his business ability and sterling character. ARTHUR S. LEYBOURN Reared amid rural surroundings, Arthur S. Leybourn early acquired habits of industry, perseverance and thrift which have constituted the basis of his success in later life. He is one of the officers of the Toledo Radio Company and an enterprising business man of broad experience. He was born in Washington township, Lucas county, Ohio, January 22, 1883, a son of William and Sarah (Wilson) Leybourn, and represents one of the old families of this part of the state. The father was born July 19, 1824, in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, and was but a year old when his parents, John and Jane (Burton) Leybourn, made the trip across Lake Erie in a rowboat, an undertaking fraught with great hazards. They decided to cast in their lot with the pioneers of Lucas county and John Leybourn purchased land in Washington township, where he spent the remainder of his life, developing a highly productive farm. He took out the first citizenship papers issued in Lucas county and was loyal and devoted to the country of his adoption. William Leybourn was reared on the 226 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY homestead and also chose the career of an agriculturist, becoming one of the prosperous dairy farmers of Washington township. During the Civil war he enlisted for a term of one hundred days and served in Company I, which was attached to the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In politics he was a strong republican, and his life was governed by the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church. He attained the venerable age of eighty-four years, passing away in January, 1909. He was of English descent, and his wife was of Scotch and Irish lineage. She was born in Bloomington, Iowa, May 8, 1845, and was a daughter of William and Rebecca (Shearer) Wilson, who migrated to that state from Pennsylvania. Later they settled at Ottawa Lake, Michigan, and it was there that their daughter Sarah met William Leybourn, to whom she was later married. They were the parents of four children : Hessie, William C., Charles W. and Arthur S. The last named was a pupil in the country schools of Washington township and completed his studies in the Central high school of Toledo. He remained at home until he reached the age of twenty-two years, aiding his father in the cultivation and improvement of the farm, and then became a clerk for a Toledo firm. He started at a salary of fifty dollars per month and was engaged in office work for about six years. During that time he increased his earning capacity and when he had accumulated sufficient capital embarked in the livestock commission business. Mr. Leybourn prospered in the venture and in 1917 entered a new field of activity, becoming a dealer in talking machines. He was thus engaged until 1924, when the Toledo Radio Company was organized and incorporated, and he has since been a member of the corporation, whose success he has furthered by close application and systematic work. The present officers of the corporation are: Charles H. Womeldorff, president; J. S. Ball, vice president; and Arthur S. Leybourn, secretary and treasurer. They are jobbers for the Sparton Radio Corporation of Jackson and carry a complete line of radio supplies. The business has grown rapidly since its inception and theirs is now one of the largest firms of the kind in the city. In 1929 the corporation organized as a subsidiary the Columbus Radio Company, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 227 at Columbus, Ohio, to distribute the Sparton radio in that district. Mr. Leybourn was married December 14, 1904, in West Toledo to Miss Bessie Skinner, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a daughter of Charles T. and Alice (Wood) Skinner. Her father was born in England and settled in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in pioneer times. Mr. and Mrs. Leybourn have three children : Leslie C., who was born April 4, 1907; Charles W., born June 25, 1909; and Alice June, born June 28, 1912. The residence of the family is at No. 534 Walden avenue and Mr. Leybourn's office is located at No. 136 Huron street. His Masonic affiliations are with Collingwood Lodge, No. 457, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master ; Collingwood Chapter, No. 196, R. A. M. ; and Grafton M. Acklin Council, No. 127, R. & S. M. Mrs. Laybourn belongs to the Eastern Star and is associate conductress of Yondota Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. Leybourn are consistent members of the East Side Presbyterian church, and in politics he is a republican. He works for the success of the party but has never been an office seeker. For diversion he turns to bowling and is also an enthusiastic fisherman. Mr. Leybourn is a man of broad and liberal views, quiet and unassuming in manner, but possesses many sterling traits of character, as his fellow citizens attest. LEVI WESLEY GIBSON With post-graduate experience in civic affairs, Levi Wesley Gibson possesses exceptional qualifications for the office of mayor and has represented Fostoria in this capacity for four years. He is also an enterprising business man of broad experience and proven ability. He was born at West Independence, Big Lick township, Hancock county, Ohio, August 30, 1870, a son of John and Susan (Bolander) Gibson, and following the completion of his high school course he matriculated in Findlay College, which he attended for three years. For a decade he taught school in the district near his home, imparting his knowledge with clearness and readiness to his 228 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY pupils and proving a capable educator. In 1902 he came to Fostoria and was employed in the mercantile establishment of Peter Brothers until 1908. He then organized the Peter Clothing Company, of which he became secretary and treasurer in 1908, and thus served for eight years, working earnestly and effectively to develop the business. From 1916 until 1920 he was assistant purchasing agent for the Allen Motor Company and since 1921 has been associated with the mercantile firm of McDonel Brothers, who have materially benefited by his business sagacity and systematic, well directed efforts. In 1892 Mr. Gibson was married in West Independence to Miss Edna Seever, who graciously presides over their attractive home. Mr. Gibson is a stanch adherent of the republican party and entered the arena of public affairs in 1910, when he was chosen one of the councilmen of Fostoria. He acted in that capacity for four years and was safety director from 1914 to 1916. In 1918 he was made president of the common council and served for two years. He was the popular choice for mayor in November, 1925, and the record which he made during the first term won for him reelection in 1927. Mayor Gibson has taken a determined stand for the rigid enforcement of law and order and his administration has been highly satisfactory, for the good of the city is his first concern. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has never used politics for personal ends, manifesting that unselfish spirit and eagerness to advance civic development which are embodied in the truest and highest ideals of public service, and his record is an unblemished one. JAMES MONTGOMERY ACKLIN James Montgomery Acklin, president of the Acklin Stamping Company, at 1925 Nebraska avenue, Toledo, is a leading figure in the commercial and industrial circles of the city and has met with a very flattering measure of success. He was born in Toledo on the 27th of April, 1884, and is a TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 229 son of Grafton Molen and Jessie F. (Ridenour) Acklin, both of whom are deceased, the father dying December 17, 1926, and the mother August 27, 1927. Further reference is made to the parents in a separate sketch on other pages of this work. The paternal grandfather, John S. Acklin, was born August 29, 1821, in Maysville, Kentucky, and September 4, 1850, he was married to Martha Ann Smith. The great-grandfather, David Acklin, who was born in Campbell county, Kentucky, in 1792, married Martha Maxwell. The maternal grandfather, Dr. William Tarleton Ridenour, of Toledo, was a major in the Union army during the Civil war. He married Mary Jane Bricker. James Montgomery Acklin received his early education in the public schools of Toledo, after which he entered the engineering department of Cornell University, from which he was graduated in 1906. Returning home, he went to work for the Toledo Machine & Tool Company, with which he was connected for five years. In 1911 he joined his father and two brothers, Donald R. and William Collord, in organizing the Acklin Stamping Company, of which the father was president up to the time of his death, since which time James M. has been president, with Donald R. as vice president and William C. as secretary and treasurer. This concern has enjoyed a steady and substantial growth during the years of its existence and is now numbered among the prosperous and substantial industrial establishments of Toledo. James M. Acklin has been married twice, first, on October 29, 1908, in Detroit, Michigan, to Miss Catherine Armstrong, of that city, whose father was a member of the firm of Armstrong & Graham Company, of Detroit, at one time the largest harness and leather house in this part of the country. To this union was born a son, James M., Jr., on August 22, 1912. The mother died January 28, 1916, and on June 11, 1921, Mr. Acklin was united in marriage to Miss Beatrice Evans, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a daughter of Howard Elijah and Minnie (Retting) Evans, the former of whom was for many years extensively engaged in the lumber business in Michigan but is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Acklin are the parents of two children, Bernice, born March 20, 1922; 230 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and Evan Collord, born on April 14, 1924. The family residence is at 2419 Robinwood avenue. Mr. Acklin is a member of Rubicon Lodge, No. 237, F. & A. M. ; Toledo Chapter, R. A. M. ; the Toledo Club, the Toledo Tennis Club and other social and civic organizations. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Mrs. Acklin is a member of the Toledo Women's Club. The family attend the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. Acklin has taken a commendable interest in matters affecting the welfare and progress of his city, is regarded as one of its progressive and public-spirited men, and has worthily won the high place which he holds in business and civic circles of Toledo. DWIGHT CHARLES EATON Energetic and self-reliant, Dwight C. Eaton earned the funds necessary for his schooling and has always given his best efforts to every task that he has undertaken, thus advancing steadily until he has become a forceful figure in business circles of Toledo. He represents one of the old families of the Buckeye state and is descended from Revolutionary stock. He was born in Bowling Green, Wood county, Ohio, May 5, 1879, a son of Samuel Maloney and Hannah Viola (Fullerton) Eaton. His grandfather, John Eaton, was born in Moon township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, on the 25th of May, 1797, and endured the many hardships of the early settlers of that state. The store goods required by the family were purchased in Philadelphia and brought home on wagons or pack mules, the distance being about three hundred miles over the mountains. When a youth he enjoyed the privilege of riding on the Clermont, the first steamboat built in the United States. In 1815 he volunteered for service in the regular army and aided in subduing the Indians. In 1816 he migrated to Ohio and was one of the earliest residents of Uniontown, which is now Ashland, the county seat of Ashland county. He journeyed back to Pennsylvania soon afterward and there remained until 1821, when he returned to Ohio. Mr. Eaton purchased land in Clearcreek township, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 231 Ashland county, where there were only about fifty-one inhabitants, of whom thirty-five were whigs. John Quincy Adams was then serving as president. Savannah was then called Haneytown, deriving its name from an old Methodist minister who lived there and was the first representative of Richland county in the Ohio legislature. Mr. Eaton cleared his land and transformed it into a valuable farm. Casting his first presidential ballot for Andrew Jackson, he never wavered in his allegiance to the party and at one time was the oldest democrat living in Clearcreek township, Ashland county. In many respects he was a remarkable man and toward the close of his long and useful career wrote a clear and interesting account of his life which was published in the Bowling Green Gazette in the '80s. His wife, Elizabeth (McKinzey) Eaton, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1801, and was a daughter of James and Mary (Campbell) McKinzey, who were married in that county in 1800. Her father enlisted in the navy at L'Orient, France, in 1779, becoming a seaman on the Bonhomme Richard under Captain John Paul Jones, and lost a leg in the battle with the Serapis, on which he was afterward a cook. He returned to America on the Ariel and was cook for a year on the United States frigate Trumbull, commanded by Captain Nichols. Mr. McKinzey was a prisoner for five months in New York and returned to Philadelphia after he was exchanged. He was next a cook on the Due de Lauzun, a United States ship, on which he served until the close of the war, and was pensioned April 3, 1818. Samuel Maloney Eaton, the only child of John and Elizabeth (McKinzey) Eaton, was born in Ashland, Ohio, July 28, 1845, and there received his early education, removing to Bowling Green about 1857. Later he located in West Toledo and here spent the remainder of his life, engaging in engineering work for many years. He was a man of temperate habits and a strong advocate of prohibition. His political support was given to the democratic party, and his life was governed by the teachings of the United Presbyterian church. He was married December 25, 1873, in Bowling Green, Ohio, to Miss Hannah Viola Fullerton, who was born in Sherman, New York, April 9, 1856, a daughter of John and Elizabeth 232 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY J. (Van Gilder) Fullerton. The father was born in 1835 and was also a native of Sherman, of which his father, Robert Fullerton, was an early settler. He was of English lineage, and the Van Gilders were of Dutch origin. Eli Van Gilder, the father of Mrs. Fullerton, was a resident of Auburn, New York, and a member of one of the oldest families of that state. Samuel M. Eaton attained the venerable age of eighty-two years, passing away September 15, 1927, and his widow is now living in Alcona county, Michigan. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom seven survive. The eldest, Harriet Lucretia, was born March 20, 1875, and is the wife of H. L. Bevier, of Charlotte, Michigan. John Henry, born July 11, 1877, married Miss Sadie Henson, and they now make their home in Duluth, Minnesota. Dwight Charles was the third in order of birth. George S., born August 20, 1882, married Miss Theresa Doblinger and they reside in Battle Creek, Michigan. Alvin R. was born June 27, 1884, and was married June 10, 1919, in Blessing, New York, to Miss Katherine 0. Hasel, by whom he has two sons, Alvin Ralph, Jr., and Richard Edwin. The other children of Samuel M. Eaton are : Harry M., who was born July 1, 1886; and Ray Robert, born June 24, 1888. Dwight C. Eaton was reared in Bowling Green and was graduated from high school in 1899. He first chose the career of an educator and taught school for nine years in Wood county, Ohio. On the expiration of that period he located in Duluth, Minnesota, and entered the real estate field. There he remained for fourteen years, prospering in his undertakings, and then went to Los Angeles, California, where he engaged in the same line of business for four years. After leaving that city he returned to Ohio and established his home in Toledo. For five years he was finance director for the Banner Lumber & Building Company and is now local correspondent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He has charge of the real estate, mortgage and loan department and in the discharge of his important duties brings to bear broad experience and keen sagacity, ably safeguarding the interests of the corporation. Mr. Eaton was married April 3, 1924, in Bowling Green to Mrs. Irene May (Feltman) Burner, a widow, whose par- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 233 ents were Frank Conrad and Nettie (Hinkley) Feltman. Mrs. Eaton was born in Toledo and from 1914 until 1924 was a bacteriologist, during that time being connected with the Toledo Hospital, the Hospital for Women and Children and the local board of health. By his first marriage Mr. Eaton became the father of a son and two daughters : Robert Bruce, who was born in. Duluth, Minnesota, October 29, 1910, and is now serving in the United States navy, being one of the Coast Guards at Boston, Massachusetts; Frances Jean, born in Duluth, March 20, 1909 ; and Marion Robena, born December 15, 1918, also in Duluth. By his second union Mr. Eaton has a daughter, Eleanor Yvonne, who was born in Toledo, November 1, 1926. The residence of the family is at No. 1431 Lincoln avenue and Mr. Eaton's office is located at No. 206 Nicholas building. During the World war he was one of the directors of the Liberty Loan drive in Duluth, Minnesota, and while engaged in business in that city was elected secretary of its real estate board. At Waterville, Ohio, he joined Wakeman Lodge, No. 522, F. & A. M., and also belongs to the Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, having membership in Anthony Wayne Chapter. He is affiliated with the United Brethren church and follows an independent course in politics, placing the qualifications of a candidate before party ties. Mr. Eaton is a hunter of big game and a keen sportsman. His clearly defined plans and well developed powers have carried him into important relations, and his sincerity, integrity and breadth of mind have drawn to him a wide circle of steadfast friends. LOUIS B. BUSSE Louis B. Busse, vice president and general manager of the Franklin Printing and Engraving Company, is one of Toledo's representative business men. He was born in this city on the 13th of August, 1880, a son of James and Anna J. (Wehrman) Busse, natives of Cincinnati, Ohio. In that city James Busse became connected with the R. G. Dun Company and afterward established their agency in Toledo. Both 234 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY he and his wife are deceased and are survived by three children : Louis B., Marie K. and Irene C. Louis B. Busse was graduated from high school in 1897 and soon afterward entered on his business career as an employe of the Piper Oil &Gas Company, with which he spent four years. He remained with its successor, the Toledo Starch Company, for a similar length of time, and in 1901 accepted a position in the kodak department of the Franklin Printing and Engraving Company. Capable and energetic, he progressed through the various branches of the business and following the death of Charles Bellman, in 1923, was made vice president and manager of the corporation. Mr. Busse's connection of almost thirty years with that business has brought him a wide acquaintance in commercial circles and a position of prominence among Toledo's strong and able business men whose activities have had no little to do with the development of business projects that have become leaders in their respective lines. On the 14th of April, 1907, Mr. Busse was united in marriage to Miss Grace E. Carter, of Toledo, and both are prominent in the social life of the city. Mr. Busse is a Catholic in religious faith. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Toledo Yacht Club, and the Heather Downs Country Club. He has been loyal to every trust reposed in him and faithful to every duty, and his good qualities are well known to Toledo's citizens, who speak of him in terms of high regard. His residence is at 323 West Woodruff avenue. FRANKLIN J. MILLER Franklin J. Miller, president of Tiffin Business University, Tiffin, Ohio, is widely and favorably known as a commercial educator, having been engaged in that field of educational work for the past quarter of a century. He is alsc associated officially with some of the leading commercial enterprises of the city of Tiffin. He was born in Garrett, Indiana, January 24, 1880, the son of Isaac and Julia (Wickham) Miller. Soon after hi TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 237 birth his parents removed to Putnam County, Ohio, where he received his early education in the public schools. He graduated from Crawfis College in 1900, and the following fall began teaching in the public schools of Blanchard township. He pursued a normal training at Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana, and also completed a course in law, and received the LL. B. degree from the American Law University. He later graduated from Lima Business College and was elected principal of the Ottawa Commercial College, which position he held until 1912, when he was elected principal of the commercial department of Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio. This position he retained until 1918, during which year he organized and obtained the charter for Tiffin Business University. He assumed the presidency of this institution, which position he still retains. The institution of which he is president has made consistent and marked progress during the past decade until today it numbers over two hundred students in attendance, maintaining as high matriculation requirements as any college or university in Ohio. The school has been approved by the state department of education of Ohio, being officially recognized as an accredited commercial school, conferring at present two degrees based on four years' work; the B. S. in Education on normal graduates, and the B. S. in Commerce on graduates from the four year course in commerce and finance. Mr. Miller is secretary-treasurer of the Ohio Commercial Teachers' Association, and is secretary of The Ohio Business Schools Association, the latter of which he was instrumental in organizing. He is associated industrially with a number of corporations. At present he is director of The Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company, with main offices at Columbus, Ohio, and is president of The Tiffin Home Building Company. He organized and incorporated The Hunter Paint & Wall Paper Company, and served as its first president. He is active in Sunday school and church work, serving for the past several years as a member of the executive committee of the Ohio Sunday School Association. He has been active for a number of years in local boy scout work, a mem- 238 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ber of the Y. M. C. A., and a member of the board of reference of the Ohio Children's Home Society. Denominationally he is a Methodist, and politically a republican, and is serving at present as treasurer of the Seneca county republican executive committee. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic bodies, having advanced to the thirty-second degree in that order. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Jr. Order of the United American Mechanics. He was married June 16, 1904, to Miss Belvia E. Draper of Leipsic, Ohio. He and Mrs. Miller are the foster parents of two adopted children, brother and sister, Franklin J. Miller, Jr., and Margaret Jane Miller. Mr. Miller is now and has been recognized as a broad-gauged man of well balanced capacities, and a useful and influential citizen. SAMUEL ROBERT CASE Few men have been more prominently connected with monetary affairs of Bowling Green than Samuel Robert Case, and the present stability of the banking institutions of the community is directly attributable to the aggregate labors of able, experienced financiers of his type. He was born December 20, 1868, on the old Hixson homestead, on the present courthouse square in Bowling Green, and is a member of one of the pioneer families of the state. His father, Samuel Case, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, March 25, 1832, and became one of the leading citizens of Bowling Green, where he spent the remainder of his life. In 1874 he was elected auditor of Wood county and served until 1881, a period of seven years, establishing an enviable record as a public official. He was an earnest, helpful member of the Methodist Episcopal church and lent the weight of his support to all worthy public projects. Death summoned him on the 4th of April, 1904, when he was seventy-two years of age, and his wife, Mary E. (McMahan) Case, passed away May 21, 1917. Of the daughters born to them, two are living : Mrs. Lura Callin ; and Rose, who is the wife of the Rev. Elmer W. McCam- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 239 mon, a Methodist minister. Their son, Myron L. Case, was a prominent banker and died December 28, 1923. Samuel R. Case, the suriviving son, was graduated from the Bowling Green high school with the class of 1887 and has devoted the greater part of his life to financial affairs. In 1904 he entered the Wood County Savings Bank in the capacity of bookkeeper and soon afterward was promoted to the position of assistant cashier. Later he became vice president of the institution and thus served for eleven years. On November 1, 1927, he was elected president of the Commercial Bank & Savings Company of Bowling Green and during his tenure of office the institution has grown steadily in strength and usefulness. He has a clear understanding of the complex details of modern finance and this knowledge is supplemented by keen sagacity and the requisite administrative power. In addition to his interests in Bowling Green, he is a director of the Munn Banking Company of Portage, Ohio. Mr. Case was married March 7, 1893, to Miss Kate. L. Whitehead, a daughter of Dr. John Henry Whitehead, one of Wood county's foremost physicians, who was born July 20, 1841, and was one of the six children of John and Eunice (Pruden) Whitehead, natives of Hoboken, New Jersey. After their marriage they migrated to Ohio and settled on a farm in Plain township, Wood county, where the mother passed away. Subsequently John Whitehead married a Mrs. Nearing and removed to Tontogany, where he spent the remainder of his life. Dr. Whitehead attended the public schools of Bowling Green and at the age of seventeen became an educator, teaching in rural schools of that locality. When a young man of nineteen he enlisted at Perrysburg, joining Company H, Sixty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and served faithfully for four years. He entered the army as a private and rose to the rank of first lieutenant. During the early part of the war he saw much hard fighting and was twice wounded. The first injury was a slight one but the second was more serious for he was shot through the leg and incapacitated for further field service. Owing to the lack of knowledge in Civil war times of aseptic processes and many other devices of modern surgery, the wound gangrenated and for a long time he was confined 15-VOL. 3 240 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY in a hospital. Being an expert and rapid penman, he found employment part of the time as a clerical worker for the colonel of his regiment. Dr. Whitehead never sought compensation from the federal government for his military services but his friend, Dr. Peck of Perrysville, of his own volition secured a pension for this gallant officer and it was paid him regularly. After the war Dr. Whitehead returned to Perrysburg and resumed teaching. About 1869 he began the study of medicine under Dr. John Osborn and later completed a course in the Cleveland Medical College. For a few years he was a country doctor, drawing his patients from the district west of Portage, and then located in Bowling Green. Here he followed his profession successfully for many years, establishing a large practice in the town and surrounding country. Efficient, sympathetic and kind-hearted, he was a fine type of the old-time family physician and his ministrations were beneficially resultant. In 1867 Dr. Whitehead married Miss Susie Osborn, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and a daughter of Dr. John and Julia (Buchtel) Osborn. Her mother was closely related to John R. Buchtel, the well known educator, who founded the institution at Akron which long bore his name and is now the Akron Municipal University. Dr. Osborn was born in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and his wife was a native of Pennsylvania. They were married in the Keystone state and soon afterward came to Ohio. Dr. Osborn opened an office at Prairie Depot, Wood county, where he also conducted a drug store, and later he removed to a farm west of Portage. He was notably successful in checking the progress of cancerous growths and also in the treatment of fevers and pneumonia. Dr. Osborn was called to his final rest in 1875 and his widow passed away about ten years later. Their family numbered six children, five daughters and a son. To Dr. and Mrs. Whitehead were born two children : John Stanley, who died in boyhood; and Kate L. The Doctor erected a modern ten-room home at No. 304 South Church street in Bowling Green and occupied that residence until his death on the 6th of August, 1910, when he was sixty-nine years of age. He was a member of the County, State and American Homeo- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 241 pathic Medical Societies and was long active in the affairs of Wiley Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian and his political support was given to the republican party. Dr. Whitehead stood high in his profession and his many admirable traits of character made him greatly beloved. Mr. and Mrs. Case are the parents of two sons. Robert Whitehead, the elder, completed a course in the Bowling Green high school in 1915 and the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1919. In 1924 he was graduated from the University of Michigan and is now a chemical engineer. He married Miss Kathryn Prieur, by whom he has a son. John Samuel, the second son of Samuel R. Case, was graduated from the Bowling Green high school in 1923 and won the degree of Electrical Engineer from the University of Michigan in 1928. Samuel R. Case belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is treasurer of The Lakeside Association, the noted Methodist resort on Lake Erie. He is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church and shapes his conduct by its teachings. Mr. Case is a man of proven integrity and ability, who is at his best in solving the intricate problems of finance, and his worth is thoroughly appreciated by Bowling Green's citizens, who speak of him in terms of high regard. ROBERT J. LAW Robert J. Law has been actively engaged in business in Toledo for the past thirty-seven years and is today conducting a prosperous real estate business, with his offices at 130 Security building. He was born in Portage county, Wisconsin on the 2d of November, 1857, and is a son of Robert and Elvira (Britt) Law: His paternal grandfather, James Law, was born in Todmorden, England, and died in Scarboro, Canada. He was a wheelwright by trade and in 1810 came to the United States, landing at Philadelphia, from which city he walked to his destination in Canada. On account of his having been a manufacturer, the English government would not permit him to leave the country, so he put out to sea in a small boat and was picked up by a ship bound for America. He 242 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY established a woolen factory at Niagara Falls, New York, which was was run by water power, it being located where now stands the Cataract house. He erected his own factory building and also made the machinery which he installed in it. He was a mechanical genius and made violins and other instruments. He married Miss Mary Shackleton, who was born in England and died in Scarboro, Canada. Their son, Robert Law, was born on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York, February 25, 1824, and died in Toledo, Ohio, in 1913. In early life he was a lumberman and on coming to Toledo in 1870, he started a large shingle mill and lumberyard at the foot of Chestnut street. This he conducted until the Pennsylvania Railroad bought him out in 1872, when he became a street contractor, which line of business he followed successfully until his retirement in 1890. He was of an inventive turn of mind and devised a number of useful things. He was reared in the faith of the Protestant Episcopal church and sang in a choir in Canada of which his mother was the choir leader. He was a republican in politics and was a man of fine public spirit. In Rome, New York, he married Elvira Britt, who was born at Sherburne, Chenango county, New York, and died in Toledo, Ohio, in 1913. She was a daughter of William and Lucy (Towne) Britt, the former of whom was a native of New York and died at Medina, Orleans county, that state. He was a printer by trade and was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. His father was a Revolutionary soldier. His wife was also a native of New York and died at Rome, Oneida county, that state. Robert J. Law received his education in the public schools of Toledo, Ohio, and later learned the brick-mason's trade. In 1884 he went to Lexington, Kentucky, where he superintended the erection of the waterworks buildings. In 1885 he embarked in brick manufacturing in Lexington, and was engaged in the construction of brick-paved streets until 1891. In that year he returned to Toledo and engaged in the brick manufacturing business on the east side. Three years later his plant was destroyed by fire, after which he turned his attention to the real estate business, in which he has been engaged to the present time. He owns the Burnley-Wood TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 243 subdivision and has been active and successful in the furthering of several real estate projects which have contributed to the growth and development of this city. Mr. Law's knowledge of real estate values in Toledo and vicinity has caused him to be recognized as an authority and he is frequently called upon to appraise real estate. In August, 1876, in Toledo, Mr. Law was united in marriage to Miss Kate W. Ganson, who was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, January 2, 1859, a daughter of Vernum and Susan Eastman (Rix) Ganson, of Toledo, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Law died in Toledo, March 31, 1923, leaving three children, namely : Leila M., now Mrs. Edward L. Clapp, of Toledo; Robert V., of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Susan E., now Mrs. Herbert D. Kelly, of Santa Monica, California. Mrs. Law was extremely active in the civic affairs of Toledo, having served for fifteen years as chairman of the board of the Women's and Children's Hospital and she was credited with having been the main instigator in the erection of the present hospital. She was a member of the Toledo Women's Club; was closely identified with the work of the Red Cross Society and was effective in her support and advocacy of all civic improvements. Mr. Law is a strong republican in his political views, while his religious faith is that of the Unitarian church. He has been for the past twenty years a trustee of the Women's and Children's Hospital, one of the most highly appreciated benevolent institutions of this city. He is a man of forceful personality and sterling qualities and all who know him hold him in the highest esteem. ALTON A. WEIGEL Alton A. Weigel is a partner in the firm of Arnold & Weigel, one of the largest and most important contracting and engineering concerns in northwestern Ohio. They have a national reputation as experts in their line, gained through the successful record they have made in specializing in the designing and erection of lime calcining and hydrating plants, while their sound business methods have gained them 244 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY a prominent place in industrial circles. The partners in this firm are Valentine Arnold and Alton A. Weigel Born in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, April 1, 1893, Mr. Weigel is a son of Andrew and Catherine (Myers) Weigel, the former a cabinetmaker by trade, still living in Tiffin. Alton A. Weigel attended the grade and high schools of his home city, after which he studied in Lane Technical Institute in Chicago and the Chicago Art Institute, in which he gave special attention to architecture and engineering. Returning to Tiffin, he worked for the Webster Manufacturing Company from 1909 to 1913, after which he spent three years, 1913 to 1916, with the Webster Engineering Company in Chicago. In the latter year he went back to Tiffin and for two years was with the Schaffer Engineering and Equipment Company. He then enlisted in the Motor Transport Corps of the United States Engineers, with which he served for nine months, with the rank of sergeant major, in the task of laying out camps, drawing French road maps, etc., and in 1919 was honorably discharged. In the fall of that year he came to Woodville, capitalizing on the fact that Woodville was the "Lime Center of the World," and organized the firm of Arnold & Weigel, contractors and engineers. This has been a strong and successful combination, Mr. Weigel looking after the engineering, designing, sales and office departments of the business, while Mr. Arnold has charge of construction. They have done a large amount of work in all sections of this country, including many large manufacturing plants in this part of the state and elsewhere, and are now erecting a new process plant at Houston, Texas, for the manufacture of chemical lime from gulf oyster shells. They maintain foreign representatives in England, France, Australia and Mexico and have a well established reputation for dependability in the execution of every contract into which they enter. Mr. Weigel not only gives close attention to this business, but is also president and a director of the Croghan Creamery Company, of Fremont, owners of a very flourishing plant and one of the best equipped in the state. Mr. Weigel is a strong democrat in his political views and has been democratic central committeeman during the last TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 245 four years. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, No. 608, of Tiffin, Ohio; the Exchange Club of Woodville, in which he has charge of publicity; the Lincoln Club of Tiffin, and Clarence L. Nieman Post, No. 455, American Legion, of Woodville. He is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church of Tiffin and gives his support to all worthy causes. Mr. Weigel has shown much strength and originality as a designer, a talent which he developed under the best instructors in Chicago, including the late Luther Bradley of the Chicago Daily News. During that time also he did much cartooning and illustrating for magazines and newspapers. He is a man of excellent personal qualities, which have gained for him a large circle of friends, while in business circles he enjoys an enviable reputation as a reliable and trustworthy man, well worthy of the confidence and respect accorded him. CHARLES HENRY HUBACH Charles H. Hubach, who is a fine type of the modern business man and successfully controls the operations of one of Tiffin's important productive industries, was born in this city May 28, 1878, a son of Henry and Emma (Reyfuss) Hubach, natives of Germany. The father was born January 27, 1843, and the mother in 1846. Henry Hubach came to the United States in 1866 and located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, where he served an apprenticeship in a brewery, and afterward engaged in that line of work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was married in the last named city and afterward established his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he operated a brewery for a time. In 1877 he came to Tiffin and acquired the Joseph Wagner property. Here he successfully engaged in the brewing business for many years under his own name and in 1903 erected a large modern plant. He remained at the head of the industry until his death on June 16, 1915, and his wife passed away in 1900. They were the parents of six children : Emma Diemer, William G., Alma Graf, Charles H., Selma and Alice. Charles H. Hubach attended the public schools and also had the benefit of a commercial course in Heidelberg College. 246 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY At an early age he entered his father's plant and gradually advanced through the various departments, mastering the technicalities of the brewing industry. After the passage of the Volstead act the business was discontinued and the plant was equipped for the manufacture of ice cream, butter and cheese. It is located on Madison street and is operated with marked efficiency. The output being of high grade, finds a ready market. The business is conducted under the style of the Hubach Products Company, of which Charles H. Hubach is the president, and its progress has resulted from his carefully matured plans, his executive ability and high standards of service. On the 25th of September, 1906, Mr. Hubach was united in marriage to Miss Elleta Zuck, daughter of Oscar and Edith (Saffel) Zuck, of Sycamore, Ohio, the father now deceased. The attractive home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubach has long been a center of the social life of the city. Mr. Hubach is a Knight Templar Mason and a Shriner, has taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and is a member of DeMolay Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He is also identified with the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Mohawk Country Club, the Lincoln Club and the Exchange Club. While he has never aspired to public office, he is deeply interested in everything that touches the welfare of Tiffin and heartily cooperates in all projects for its growth and betterment. His life has been well spent and he enjoys to the fullest extent the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. RICHARD JOHN WALL Varied and important interests claim the attention and profit by the keen sagacity of Richard John Wall, who is one of Toledo's most enterprising and capable young business men and an outstanding figure in local transportation circles. He was born January 24, 1897, in this city, and represents one of its old and honored families. His father, Christopher Franklin Wall, was born in Toledo on Christmas day of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 249 1856, a son of Edward and Alice (Ryan) Wall, who were natives of Dublin, Ireland, and left that country in their youth. On emigrating to the United States they settled in Virginia and came to Toledo early in the nineteenth century. Edward Wall was one of the old-time carriage builders of Toledo, carrying on that business in a plant at the corner of Summit and Walnut streets. He was a Union soldier during the Civil war and served in a company which was organized in Lucas county. His son Michael was a member of this same company, as was also his brother, Valentine Wall, an associate in the carriage building enterprise. Christopher F. Wall received a limited education, as his father met with financial reverses when he was eleven years of age, and when fifteen the boy laid aside his textbooks that he might help his brother Thomas, who was preparing for West Point, as Well as to give his sister, now Mrs. Catherine (Wall) Chapman, a liberal education in the arts and science. He learned the machinist's trade, which he followed for four years. Afterward he entered the employ of the American District Telegraph Company, starting as a clerk, and rose to the position of manager. During that period he was a member of the fire department and served in succession as captain, assistant chief and chief, occupying the last named office until August, 1900, when he tendered his resignation. For about four years he was in charge of the insurance department of the American Linseed Company at a large salary and subsequently purchased the Boody House, which he conducted for five years. During all this period he was president and general manager of the Toledo Transfer Company, which prospered under his able management. Mr. Wall greatly enjoyed outdoor sports and was secretary and treasurer of the Toledo Baseball Club, whose interests he materially promoted. He was a director of public safety, a member of the mayor's cabinet, during the World war, an obligation imposed upon him by his constituents, and expressed his affection for his city and country by effective efforts in their behalf. In political affairs he was a stanch supporter of the republican party, taking a keen and helpful interest in its success. Mr. Wall was a familiar figure in public affairs and for years a leading factor in the civic develop-