600 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY It has grown year by year. The new building was completed and dedicated by the bishop, October 18, 1919. The school has three rooms, with a sisters' home above, and was built and equipped at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars and much of the labor on the new school was furnished by men of the parish. With real cooperation on the part of the people, St. Boniface's parish at Oak Harbor possesses buildings that are first-class in every particular and the work of the church is being carried steadily forward. Father Fate was transferred to Shelby, Ohio, in April, 1923, and Rev. Charles F. Comte took charge of Oak Harbor at that time. HON. JAMES AUSTIN, JR. For forty-five years Toledo has been the scene of the professional labors of the Hon. James Austin, Jr., who has attained high standing as a jurist, author and educator, and is a recognized authority on criminal law and procedure. His interests are broad and varied and have ever been of that uplifting character which promotes good citizenship and advances the welfare of the nation at large. Judge Austin was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, April 11, 1858, a son of James and Tammie Jane (Whiting) Austin, and traces his ancestry in the maternal line to the colonial epoch in American history. His father was born in Padiham, Lancashire county, England, April 29, 1817, and the mother was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, September 9, 1819. She was a granddaughter of Elkanah Whiting, who joined a Massachusetts company and served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. James Austin, Jr., was graduated from high school in 1876 and remained a resident of his native city until he reached the age of twenty-five years. His higher education was obtained in Brown University, from which he won the A. B. degree in 1880 and that of A. M. in 1882. In 1880 he was elected for scholarship to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1883 he left Woonsocket and established his home in Toledo, where he has since resided. His practice grew rapidly and his comprehensive legal knowledge led to his selection as professor TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 601 of criminal law and procedure in the law schools of Toledo University and St. John's University, a position which he filled with distinction for a period of seventeen years. Dur- ing 1904 and 1905 he was police prosecutor and in 1906 became police judge of Toledo, thus serving for twelve years. From 1918 until 1925 he presided over the municipal court and has since been judge of the juvenile court and the court of domestic relations, a division of the common pleas court. With patient care he ascertains all of the facts of each case brought before his tribunal and dispenses justice with an even hand. Endowed with a keen insight into human nature and a mind trained to grasp the complicated points of legal matters, Judge Austin has demonstrated an unusual capacity for administering judicial office, and his course has won the approval of the bench and bar and the admiration of the entire community. On June 13, 1887, Judge Austin was married in Toledo to Miss Minnie Weber, who was born November 22, 1862, in this city. Her father, Caspar Weber, was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and her mother, Kathrina (Zimmerman) Weber, was born July 5, 1832, in the same city. Judge and Mrs. Austin have three children : Ralph W., of Pelham, New York, who married Miss Fraser Turner and has two sons, Robert Turner and William Fraser; Irene, who is the wife of Willard M. Kiplinger, of Toledo, and the mother of two children, Jane Ann and Austin H. ; and Paul W., who also resides in this city. He married Miss Bertha Holtkamp and they have one child, James Henry. Judge Austin is an adherent of the republican party and was elected justice of the peace in 1886, thus serving until 1895. During 1896-97 he was one of the councilmen of Toledo and from 1898 to 1902 was a member of the board of elections. He is a trustee of the First Unitarian church and belongs to the Unitarian Laymen's League. His Masonic affiliations are with Rubicon Lodge, No. 237, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; and Fort Meigs Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M., of which he is a past high priest. He is a past adjutant general of the Uniformed Rank of the Knights of Pythias, of which he is also a past chancellor, and belongs to the Past Chancellors Association and the Concord-Toledo 602 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Veterans Association of that order. He is serving on the welfare committee of the Loyal Order of Moose and is an honorary member of the Order of Foresters and also of the K. O. G. Club. Judge Austin is likewise identified with the Exchange Club, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio and the American Historical Association. His deep interest in the sociological and economic questions of the day has led to his affiliation with the American Prison Association, the National Probation Association, the Travelers Aid Society, the Florence Crittendon Home, the Frederick Douglass Community Association, the Social Workers Club and the North Toledo Community House. He is a member of the Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations and has made valuable contributions to the literature of his profession as the author of "Austin's Manual of Criminal Law and Procedure." Blessed with a human warmth born of contact with the people, Judge Austin possesses the poise and legal acumen that make him a natural arbiter of human differences—a judge in all that the name implies. His activities have touched life at many points, and his good deeds have been the outpouring of a generous spirit and the expression of a nature that reaches out to all humanity. ROBERT H. VOLLMAYER, D. D. S. Dr. Robert H. Vollmayer is one of Toledo's best known dentists, not only for his technical skill and professional success, but also for his splendid work in other lines of activity. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, on the 8th of November, 1883, and is a son of John J. and Emelia C. (Becker) Vollmayer. The family had its origin in Germany, in which country were born his paternal grandparents, Michael and Barbara Vollmayer, both of whom died in Toledo, Ohio. The grandfather was a farmer by occupation. John J. Vollmayer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 14, 1848, and was for many years engaged in the grocery business and in banking, but is now living retired from active pursuits in Toledo. He is a demo- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 603 crat in politics and served as police commissioner of the city from 1880 to 1884, prior to which he had served four years as a member of the city council. He was a member of the Cathedral chapel. His wife was born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 23, 1853, and is a daughter of Nicholas and Louise (Miller) Becker, both of whom were natives of Germany and died in Baltimore, where her father had run a bakery and kept a hotel. Robert H. Vollmayer received his early education in the parochial schools, pursued his classical studies in St. John's College, Toledo, and then entered the dental school of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1906. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Toledo, where he has continued to the present time, his well equipped offices being in the Nicholas building. Dr. Vollmayer was married November 17, 1917, in Toledo, to Miss Marie McMahon, who was born in this city, October 12, 1893, and died here, December 19, 1918. She was a daughter of James W. and Matilda (Torrence) McMahon. On February 25; 1922, Dr. Vollmayer married Miss Gertrude McDonald, who was born in Toledo, September 18, 1884, and is a daughter of Terrence J. and Catherine (McGreevy) McDonald, both of whom are deceased. Her parents were natives respectively of New York state and Canada, and her father was a lawyer by profession and interested in the banking business. He was a democrat, and he and his wife were Roman Catholics in their religious faith. Mrs. Vollmayer was graduated from the Central Catholic high school of Toledo and attended Georgetown University, at Washington, D. C., two years. She is a member of the Toledo Women's Club and takes a deep interest in the social and civic affairs of the city. Dr. and Mrs. Vollmayer have a daughter, Mary Ann, born on July 28, 1925. In his political attitude Dr. Vollmayer is independent, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He belongs to the Torch Club, the Toledo Club, the Inverness Club, and the Knights of Columbus, in which he has held all the offices. Professionally, he is a member of the Toledo Dental Society, the Northern Ohio Dental Association, the Ohio State Den- 604 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY tal Society and the American Dental Association. He was a member of the Ohio State Dental Board from 1912 to 1921, being secretary of the board during the last six years of that period. He is also vice president of the Toledo Dental Dispensary. During the World war he was appointed by the war department as a special examiner of officers in the Dental Corps. As a member of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce he has had opportunity to demonstrate his deep interest in the progress and welfare of his city, in which line he has done effective work. He and his wife are earnest members of the Gesu Roman Catholic church, to which they give generous support. The Doctor is a man of candid and straightforward manner, makes a favorable impression on those who come in contact with him and is numbered among the leaders of his profession in Toledo. VICTOR H. THORNBURGH Victor H. Thornburgh, investment broker at Toledo, was born in Bloomville, Seneca county, Ohio, January 16, 1896, a son of Dr. Rollo W. and May (Seitz) Thornburgh. His grandparents were Wesley and Eliza Jane (Choate) Thornburgh, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Maryland. They were reared in Tiffin, Ohio, and after their marriage removed to a farm near Napoleon, this state. Wesley Thornburgh enlisted in the Union army, joining a company commanded by Captain Pray of Toledo, and while in the service contracted pneumonia, his death occurring in the south in 1863. His wife passed away late in the '60s. Dr. Rollo W. Thornburgh was born in Henry county, Ohio, September 26, 1858, and attended the country schools of Seneca county, afterward completing a course in Baldwin University. For ten years he taught in rural schools and then entered Cleveland University, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1895. He began his career as a physician in Bloomville, Ohio, and in 1899 located in Toledo, where he spent the remainder of his life. Dr. Thornburgh was an able exponent of his profession and established an extensive practice. He was a member of the Toledo and Lucas County TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 605 Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Along fraternal lines he was identified with Robinson Locke Lodge, No. 659, F. & A. M., the Woodmen of the World, the Woodmen's Circle, the Protective Home Circle and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Central Methodist Episcopal church. On Christmas day of 1884 Dr. Thornburgh married Miss May Seitz, a native of Seneca county, Ohio. Her father, Hon. John Seitz, was a man of prominence in his district and filled the office of state senator for eight years. Of the six children in the family of Dr. and Mrs. Thornburgh, John S. was the eldest. He was born in March, 1886, and died at Jamestown, New York, in January, 1919, while in the service of his country. Wesley Choate was born in Seneca county and is engaged in the investment business. Orrin K. is connected with the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo. Victor H. is the next in order of birth. Edwin R., an overseas veteran, served with the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment of field artillery, a unit of the Thirty-seventh Division, and is now a contractor. Ellen is the wife of Herbert F. Tigges, of Toledo. Victor H. Thornburgh completed his studies in the Scott high school of Toledo and at the age of twenty secured a clerkship with the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company. In June, 1917, he entered the service of his country and was detailed for duty with the One Hundred and Twelfth Ammunition Train, attached to the Thirty-seventh Division. With this outfit he went to France and participated in the Meuse-Argonne drive. He was stationed for a time in the Marbach sector and returned to the United States in April, 1919. At Camp Sheridan, Ohio, he was discharged and on returning to Toledo became associated with the firm of Graves, Blanchet & Thornburgh, investment brokers, this relationship existing for five years. Mr. Thornburgh then became connected with Worthington, Murfey & Company and afterward was identified with the Guaranty Trust Company of Detroit, Michigan, for a year. He was next associated with David Robison & Company, of Toledo, and later joined 606 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY his brother in the firm of W. C. Thornburgh & Company. In October, 1928, Mr. Thornburgh established the firm of V. H. Thornburgh & Company, Inc., dealers in high class securities and has already established a large and desirable clientele. He has a detailed knowledge of the bond business and gives to investors the benefit of expert advice in the selection of securities suited to their needs. Mr. Thornburgh was married January 21, 1918, in Toledo to Miss Grace Hatch, a native of North Baltimore, Ohio, and a daughter of Frank Clayton and Nell (Quinn) Hatch, the former of New England ancestry and the latter a member of one of the pioneer families of Henry county, Ohio. Mr. Thornburgh's residence is at No. 3752 Garrison road, and his offices are located on the third floor of the Home Bank building. He belongs to the American Legion and in religious faith is a Methodist. His political support is given to the republican party and along fraternal lines he is identified with Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M. Mr. Thornburgh has worked persistently and energetically in his field of activity, and his straightforward business methods have won for him a creditable position among Toledo's business men and citizens. ROSWELL W. COMSTOCK, M. D. The oldest physician in point of years of service in Maumee is Dr. Roswell W. Comstock, who has ministered to the people of this community for twenty-eight years and rendered a quality of service which has established him firmly in the confidence of the people of the community. He was born in Plain township, Wood county, Ohio, April 3, 1876, and is a son of William and Mary (Chapman) Comstock, the former of whom was born in Wood county, and the latter in Mystic, Connecticut. The mother passed away in 1924, and the father, who devoted the active years of his life to farming, is now retired and lives in Maumee. Roswell W. Comstock attended the public and high schools of Perry, after which he entered the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery, at Detroit, Michigan, from which he was TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 607 graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1901. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Maumee, where he has continued to the present time. He has conducted a general practice in medicine and surgery, in which he has been very successful, and is regarded as a capable and trustworty physician. In 1902 Dr. Comstock was united in marriage to Miss Cecilia Boff, of Perrysburg, Ohio, and they are the parents of a daughter, Mary Ellen, who was graduated from the Maumee high school and St. Mary's Academy, and also in voice from Collinwood Conservatory. The Doctor is a democrat in his political views, and has been active in community affairs, having served for sixteen years as a member of the school board, of which he was long president. He has been a member of the Fort Meigs Memorial Commission for the past fifteen years, and is serving as chairman of that body. He is a member of Northern Light Lodge, No. 40, F. & A. M., at Maumee, and the American Legion. The Doctor is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted January 24, 1918, in the Three Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Seventy-ninth Division, in which he was commissioned a first lieutenant. Later he was promoted to battalion surgeon, with the rank of captain, and served in Montfaucon, the St. Mihiel drive and the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was honorably discharged from the service May 24, 1919. JOHN V. RUSH John V. Rush, a well known paving and excavating contractor of Toledo, was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, April 26, 1892, a son of Charles and Mary Ellen (Kane) Rush, the former a native of Buffalo, New York, and the latter of Canada. His paternal great-grandfather was a French soldier, serving under Napoleon Bonaparte, and spent the latter part of his life in the United States. His son, William Rush, a native of Buffalo, was identified with the shipping business, operating a barge on the Erie canal from that city to Albany, New York, for a considerable period. He after- 608 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ward settled in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, where he passed away. He was the father of Charles Rush, who was also the owner of barges plying on the Erie canal and subsequently lived in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. His demise occurred in that city, October 13, 1894, when he was forty-six years of age. His widow now resides in Detroit, Michigan. Her father, John Kane, a native of Ireland, participated in uprisings against England and later joined a party of his fellow countrymen who settled in Canada. He remained in the Dominion until his demise, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits, and he conformed his life to the teachings of the Roman Catholic church. The public schools of Mount Pleasant afforded John V. Rush his educational advantages, and his initial business training was gained in the service of Hatch & Sons, Detroit paving contractors, with whom he spent seven years. Afterward he worked for general contractors in various cities, becoming familiar with many lines of construction, and in 1916 located in Toledo. For five years he was in the employ of The Streicher Company, general contractors, severing his connection with the concern in 1923, when he formed a partnership with T. E. Boyer under the style of Boyer & Rush, which continued until May, 1929, when Mr. Rush purchased the interest of his partner. He specializes in paving work, and his operations are centered in Toledo, which is indebted to the firm for the improvement of many of its streets. During the World war Mr. Rush was engaged in work for the United States government on Hog Island, acting as foreman for the Jarrett Chambers firm of contractors for about a year. He is thoroughly informed on all matters pertaining to the business in which he is engaged. On the 21st of June, 1916, Mr. Rush was married in Toledo to Miss Mildred Hendricks, a daughter of Edward and Stella (Monier) Hendricks, of Metamora, Ohio. There are two children in their family : Delight, who was born January 2, 1924 ; and Johnnie, born April 27, 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Rush are affiliated with the Perpetual Help Roman Catholic church, and in politics he is a republican with independent views, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. Along social and fraternal lines he is identi- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 609 fled with the Knights of Columbus and the Maumee River Yacht Club. He is a progressive business man of marked stability of character who well merits the prosperity which he now enjoys, for it has resulted from tireless effort, unfaltering purpose and honest, straight-forward dealing. CHARLES C. SWEATMAN Charles C. Sweatman is engaged in the wholesale and retail plumbing and heating supplies business at 509-13 Superior street, Toledo, as a member of the firm of J. E. Sweat-man & Son. He was born in Duke Center, McKean county, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1884, a son of John E. and Jeannett (Whitman) Sweatman. The father, who was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1857, was descended from one of the old families of Pennsylvania of English origin founded in America by his father, John Sweatman, who came from England in the early part of the nineteenth century and settled in Cattaraugus county, New York, where he engaged in farming. His wife lived to the venerable age of ninety-eight years, her death occurring in 1919. John E. Sweatman was reared on his father's farm and acquired a limited education in the district school, which he was able to attend only through the winter months, as his labors were needed on the homestead during the summer season. After attaining his majority he left the farm and entered the oil fields of Pennsylvania, being continuously connected with the oil business until 1889. In that year he came to Toledo and for a short period was connected with the City Gas Company. Prior to this, however, he had served an apprenticeship at the plumber's trade and on leaving the service of the gas company turned his attention to the plumbing business, opening a shop at 1528 Adams street in 1914. His start was made in a small way, but in course of time his original shop became too small to accommodate the growing business, necessitating his removal to more commodious quarters. It was then that he located at 1618 Adams street, where he remained for five years, when his constantly increasing business again forced him to seek a new location at 39-VOL. 4 610 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY 447 Huron street. The business was carried on at that point until 1921, when he entered the wholesale and retail business at 509-13 Superior street. Through the intervening period the trade of the house has constantly grown until theirs is now one of the leading enterprises of the kind in northwestern Ohio. In politics John E. Sweatman was a stanch republican and took a very active and helpful part in civic affairs, giving his aid and influence to all projects which he deemed of vital worth to the community. He also served for a number of years as a member of the workhouse board of Toledo and he was accounted a valued resident as well as a substantial business man of this city, where he passed away June 25, 1925. His wife, who was born near Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1860, belonged to an old Pennsylvania family of Scotch and French descent, being Scotch in the paternal line and French in the maternal line. Mrs. Sweat-man, who still makes her home in Toledo, became the mother of three children, of whom the eldest, J. Ross, born in 1881, learned the plumber's trade with his father and was associated with him in business at the time of his death, which occurred at the early age of twenty-one years. The daughter, Elizabeth Ann, the youngest of the family, is now the wife of William Fitkin, of Toledo. Charles C. Sweatman, the second of the family, pursued his education in the public schools and in the Davis Business College of Toledo and when eighteen years of age entered his father's employ, learning the plumbing trade. In due course of time he was admitted to partnership and was associated with his father until the latter's death. However, he virtually managed the business from 1914 and has been sole proprietor since his father passed away. The company specializes in the sale of plumbing and heating supplies, selling direct to the consumer and thereby saving the home-builder the excessive profits usually demanded when installation is made by the individual plumber. Their trade extends to all the surrounding counties and even as far as Detroit, Michigan. The business is now one of extensive and gratifying proportions and under the able management of Mr. Sweatman is constantly increasing. In Toledo, in 1908, Mr. Sweatman was married to Miss TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 611 Edith Beil, who was born on a farm in Wood county, Ohio, a daughter of the late Adam and Alice (Heiter) Beil, both of whom were of German descent. The father became a pioneer farmer of Wood county, where he was very successful in the operation of his land. Mr. and Mrs. Sweatman reside at 2056 Calumet street in Parkside. She is a member of the German Reformed church and active in all of its affairs. Mr. Sweatman belongs to Barton Smith Lodge, F. & A. M., the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Eagles. He finds his diversion in hunting and fishing, enjoying those sports when leisure permits, but the major part of his time and attention is given to his business affairs and the steady development of his interests is proof of his close application, wise management and sound judgment. CHARLES WILLIAM RACINE Among the younger and successful representatives of the legal profession in Toledo is Charles William Racine, who has been a member of the firm of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan since January 1, 1927, and is dean of the law school of the University of Toledo. He was born in Piqua, Ohio, December 15, 1897, and is a son of Edward C. and Bertha M. (Stein) Racine, also natives of that city. His sister, Edna N., is the wife of Harry G. Cox, of Newark, New Jersey. Charles W. Racine pursued his education in the public schools of Piqua, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school in 1913. Subsequently he continued his studies in the Ohio State University, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1920 and in which he also received his professional training, being admitted to the bar two years later. Since 1922 he has been continuously associated with the Toledo law firm of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan, of which he became a member on the 1st of January, 1927. A capable, conscientious attorney, thoroughly versed in the various branches of jurisprudence, he has won well merited success in his chosen work and has fully sustained 612 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the enviable reputation which his firm has ever enjoyed. As above stated, he is now dean of the law department of the University of Toledo and is also a member of the executive committee of the Toledo Bar Association, of which he formerly served as secretary. He likewise belongs to the Ohio State and American Bar Associations. On the 24th of June, 1926, Mr. Racine was united in marriage to Lilian Luscombe, a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Luscombe. He is president of the University Club and also has membership in the college fraternity Chi Phi and in the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi, and the honorary fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. At the time of the World war, he enlisted as a first class seaman in the United States Navy, and later received the commission of ensign. He served on the U. S. S. "Morristown," operating off the coast of England, and was discharged at Norfolk, Virginia, in the summer of 1919. He is a member of the Toledo Post of the American Legion. A young man of upright conduct, strong character and splendid personality, he commands to a marked degree the esteem and good will of his fellowmen and has a large circle of loyal friends throughout the community. WILLIAM EDWIN WILLIAMS, JR. William Edwin Williams, Jr., whose professional record covers eleven years' law practice in Toledo, is one of the younger members of the bar, being a partner in the firm of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan. He was born in Jackson, Ohio, March 18, 1893, a son of William Edwin and Margaret (Evans) Williams. The father, who devoted his life to the practice of medicine, passed away December 26, 1911. In pursuit of an education William E. Williams, Jr., attended grade and high schools of his native city and subsequently matriculated in the Ohio State University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1915, while two years later the same institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Laws. On the 15th of May, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 613 1918, he enlisted for service in the World war as a private and was subsequently commissioned a second lieutenant of field artillery, attached to the Fifty-eighth Regiment of Field Artillery at Camp Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina, from which he was discharged on the 10th of December, 1918. He has membership in the Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations, and is held in high esteem among his professional colleagues. Mr. Williams' religious belief is indicated in his membership in the First Congregational church. He is likewise affiliated with two Greek letter fraternities—Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Phi, and he has membership in the American Legion, The Toledo Chamber of Commerce, University Club of Toledo, and Sylvania Golf Club. His favorite forms of recreation are golf and squash, which afford him needed relaxation. THOMAS HENRY TRACY For forty-six years a member of the Toledo bar, Thomas Henry Tracy has had a long, useful and successful career and is a man of high professional attainments. He was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, July 13, 1859, a son of Joseph Rex and Hannah (Burdick) Tracy, and supplemented his public school education by a course in the Mansfield (Ohio) Normal College. Afterwards he took up the study of law and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1883. Since that time he has practiced continuously in Toledo, and his broad experience and constantly expanding powers have placed him with the foremost lawyers of northwestern Ohio. On the 1st of April, 1892, he was joined by Harry E. King„ and for twenty-two years they were associated under the style of King & Tracy. They are widely and favorably known as attorneys and practiced in all of the courts of northern Ohio. Mr. King retired April 1, 1914, and the present style of Tracy, Chapman & Welles was then adopted. Mr. Tracy has since been the senior partner and is at the head of the largest and most prominent law firm in the city. He is a director of and attorney for the Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company, the 614 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Toledo-Edison Company, the Toledo & Indiana Railway Company and many other corporations. A profound scholar, he is learned not only in the technique of common law, but also in the broad underlying philosophy of jurisprudence, and is thus able to untangle many a knotty legal problem. His arguments are characterized by clearness, logic and force and carry conviction to the minds of court and jury. On the 1st of January, 1885, Mr. Tracy was united in marriage to Miss Laura E. Pratt, of Weston, Ohio. Their residence, "River Home," is situated in Perrysburg, one of the attractive suburbs of Toledo. In politics Mr. Tracy is a republican and during the administration of Governor Joseph B. Foraker was appointed a member of the commission that had charge of the construction of the gas line and plant for the city of Toledo. For three years he served on the board of education, doing all in his power to advance the standards of the local schools. In religious faith he is a Methodist and conscientiously adheres to the teachings of the church. He is a member of the Toledo and Country Clubs and the Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Mr. Tracy is a man of broad sympathies and exemplifies in his conduct the lofty ideals of an ancient and noble calling. DANIEL J. CARROLL From childhood Daniel J. Carroll has resided in Lakeside and through the wise utilization of his opportunities he has become one of its leading merchants and a member of the well known firm of Carroll Brothers. He was born in Monroe, Michigan, in 1875, a son of William A. and Mary A. Carroll, the former also a native of that state, while the latter was born in Marblehead, Ohio. The mother was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ward, who were natives of Ireland and cast their lot with the early settlers of Ottawa county, Ohio. They were adherents of the Catholic faith and devout communicants of St. Joseph's church of Marblehead. William A. Carroll was a Union soldier and after the war was engaged in engineering work. As a young man he spent some TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 615 time in Lakeside and was married in Marblehead. Afterward he settled in Monroe, Michigan, but returned to Lakeside in 1885 and was a foreman for the Lakeside Camp Meeting Association for several years. He and his wife have passed away and three of their children, William, Edna and Ella, are also deceased. The others are : Daniel J.; John M. ; Ralph G., who is in the employ of a Mansfield firm; Mrs. Mary J. Baldwin and Mrs. Anna Pettibone, both residents of Lakeside, and Mrs. Charlotte Geisman, of Lakewood, Ohio. Daniel J. Carroll was a boy of ten when his parents came to Lakeside and his education was acquired in its public schools. In 1900 he embarked in merchandising in partnership with his brother, John M. Carroll, at Lakeside, and for twenty-nine years they have remained in the same location. Their store was destroyed by fire in 1905 but they immediately made plans to rebuild on a much larger scale. Starting with limited capital, they won the confidence and support of the public by honest dealing and efficient service and now have a large patronage. Their stock includes dry goods, furniture, hardware, groceries, meats and vegetables. They have a regular force of five men and in summer require about twenty extra employes. Carroll Brothers are the proprietors of the Island View Hotel, which they operate during the summer season, and they own much valuable property in Laker side, one of the most popular resorts on Lake Erie. The partners are shrewd, farsighted business men and receive substantial returns from their investments. In 1900 Daniel J. Carroll married Miss Cora C. Graves, of Danbury, Ohio, and they have two children. The son, Robert G. Carroll, was graduated from the Lakeside high school and also from Wesleyan University, in which he took a course in business administration. The daughter, Lucille, was graduated from Wesleyan University in 1924 and is now the wife of Kenneth Ballinger, a journalist. They reside in Jacksonville, Florida, and are the parents of one child, Carol Josephine. Mr. Carroll is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Civic Club, while his wife belongs to the Woman's Club and the Corterie Club. He gives his political allegiance to 616 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the republican party and as president of the school board he is exerting every effort to further the educational advancement of Lakeside. The good of his community is a matter of vital concern to Mr. Carroll, and every movement calculated to raise its intellectual, moral or material standards receives his hearty indorsement. JOHN M. CARROLL Among the men who are pushing forward the wheels of progress in Ottawa county is numbered John M. Carroll, a member of the firm of Carroll Brothers and an outstanding figure in business circles of Lakeside. He was born in Monroe, Michigan, in 1877 a son of William A. and Mary A. (Ward) Carroll, and is of Irish lineage. The father was also a native of the Wolverine state and migrated from Monroe to Lakeside, Ohio, in 1885. He was in the employ of the Lakeside Camp Meeting Association for several years, filling the position of foreman, and remained here until his demise. He was affiliated with the Catholic church and gave his political support to the republican party. At the age of eight John M. Carroll became a pupil in the public schools of Lakeside and after his studies were completed he secured a position as clerk, working in a grocery store for some time. Thus he gained a practical knowledge of commercial affairs and in 1900 joined his brother, Daniel J. Carroll, in business. They opened a general store in Lakeside and prospered from the beginning owing to their close attention to detail and strict adherence to a high standard of service. Alert to the needs of patrons, they gradually added to their stock of merchandise, which now comprises dry goods, furniture, hardware, groceries, meats and vegetables, and they have made their establishment a center of service in the community. Carroll Brothers are not only the leading merchants of Lakeside but they are also numbered among its largest property holders, owning and operating the Island View Hotel, a first-class hostelry which is steadily gaining in popularity. The members of the firm are experienced business men of keen powers of discernment and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 617 at all times have been animated by that spirit of enterprise which makes for public progress as well as individual prosperity. In 1901 John M. Carroll married Miss Christina M. Andrews, of Danbury, Ohio, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Marrian, who is a graduate of Oberlin College and is now the wife of William Brown, associated with his father in the boat business. They have one child, Carolyn Marie. Mr. Carroll is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church and his wife is also serving on its board. She is organist of the church, a member of its Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies, and is likewise connected with the Pythian Sisters and the Ladies of the Maccabees. Mr. Carroll is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Civic Club and the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club. He is identified with the Lakeside fire department and has always been ready to serve his community when needed, manifesting an unselfish devotion to the general good. HON. WILLIAM T. JACKSON Typically American in spirit and interests, it is generally conceded that Hon. William T. Jackson has been one of the best mayors that Toledo has ever had. Few men entertain such a keen sense of public honor or display a more marked fidelity to duty. It was after a number of years of previous public service that William T. Jackson was called to his present position and he has fully met the requirements of the office and measured up to expectations of his supporters in his administration of municipal affairs. As a business man, too, he has won for himself a creditable place, being a member of the firm of Joseph Jackson & Sons, well known contractors and builders. William T. Jackson was born in Toledo, May 8, 1876, his parents being Joseph and Rebecca (Moon) Jackson, while in the paternal line his grandparents were William and Sarah (Cullen) Jackson. Joseph Jackson was born in Hougham, Lincolnshire, England, January 15, 1851, and was there 618 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY reared and educated. He came to the new world in 1868, when a youth of seventeen years, making his way direct to Toledo, where he joined an elder brother, Thomas Jackson, who was then a resident of this city and with whom Joseph Jackson made his home. He learned the building business, in which he later successfully engaged as a contractor, organizing the firm of Joseph Jackson & Sons, which firm operated extensively here in connection with building interests. The father was also very active in civic and political affairs in Toledo and labored consistently and effectively for the public good. He served as a member of the board of aldermen and in 1907 was a member of the Toledo public service board, then consisting of three members, but at the present time this work is under the immediate direction of a commissioner. Religiously, Joseph Jackson was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church and lived the life of a devout Christian, always loyal to his professions. He died August 8, 1924, at the age of seventy-three years, leaving to his family the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. His wife was born in Ontario, N. Y., May 23, 1852, and was a daughter of Trayton and Harriett (Sand) Moon, both of whom were natives of England, the mother having come from the county of Sussex. Mrs. Jackson died August 6, 1904, at the age of fifty-two years. By her marriage she became the mother of eight children, three sons and five daughters. The second in order of birth in this family was William T. Jackson, who acquired his early education in the public schools of Toledo and completed his studies in Stebbins Business College, pursuing a commercial course. At the age of seventeen years he started out to provide for his own support, entering upon an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade. His term of indenture covered three years, after which he entered the contracting business as a member of the firm of Joseph Jackson & Sons, the business having been established in 1876 by his father. William T. Jackson has since operated in this field and has long since been recognized as one of the foremost contractors and builders in the state, the firm furnishing employment to between two and five hundred men in the execution of the various projects it has undertaken. In 1921 Mr. Jackson was chosen president of the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 619 General Contractors Association, a position indicating his high standing in business circles. He has also served on the directorate of the Toledo Builders Exchange and of the Industry Building & Loan Association. Not only have has activities been of a most extensive and important character in connection with building operations, but Mr. Jackson has also figured prominently in the public life of the community as an office holder. In January, 1922, his ability and fitness for public service was recognized when the Hon. Bernard F. Brough, then mayor of the city, appointed him to the office of director of public service—a position of great responsibility in which he continued for four years, having during that period constructed the present city Safety building, sewers, roads and bridges. The building operations conducted under his direct supervision necessitated the expenditure of many millions of dollars and placed Todelo in the front rank among American cities in the matter of its public improvements and facilities. On the 8th of November, 1927, Mr. Jackson completed his first term as president of the Ohio State Conference on City Planning and at the present writing is serving as the first vice president of the Ohio State City Managers and Mayors Association. He is also president of the Toledo Citizens System Company and a director of the Industry Savings Loan Association. He was elected to the mayoralty in 1927 and is giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration that has made him exceedingly popular as a public official. He has not hesitated to sacrifice his personal interests for the general good and he has managed municipal affairs with the same thoroughness, earnestness and capability that he has displayed in the control of his private interests. The press has on many occasions given expression to high endorsement of his service in public office and his fellow townsmen, regardless of political affiliation, have spoken in terms of praise concerning the quality of his public work. Mr. Jackson has been married twice. On the 28th of September, 1907, he wedded Miss Maude Atkins, a daughter of William and Anna (Keough) Atkins, of Toledo. Mrs. Jackson passed away December 31, 1915, leaving a daughter, Nan Betty, who is a student in the Scott high school. In this 620 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY city, on January 25, 1919, Mr. Jackson married Cora Kuhns, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John H. and Margaret Kuhns. They reside at 2627 Collingwood avenue. Mrs. Jackson takes a very keen interest in charitable and philanthropic work. A tale of distress receives from her a sympathetic response, and as wife of the mayor there are many calls made upon her. Whenever possible she puts forth effective effort to relieve the unfortunate, her life being characterized by an ideal of service. She has done effective work in church and Bible school organizations, serving for several years as teacher of a young people's Bible class in the Epworth Methodist Sunday school. She has also been greatly interested in the building of better homes in Toledo and shares with her husband in his ideals in this regard. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have membership in the Epworth Methodist church, and he has formerly served on its official board. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Sanford L. Collins Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Fort Meigs Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M.; Toledo Council, No. 33, R. & S. M. ; Toledo Commandery, No. 7, K. T.; and the Toledo Consistory. Not only has he attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, but the honorary thirty-third degree has also been conferred upon him in recognition of the value of his service to Masonry. He belongs to Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine, was formerly a member of the board of trustees of the Flower Hospital and has membership in the Rotary Club of Toledo, the Chamber of Commerce, the Art Museum, the Toledo Club and the Toledo Yacht Club. Naturally his attention is being concentrated, by reason of his official service, upon the opportunities that lie before Toledo for its development and expansion. He has advocated more fire stations, a new city hall and extensive grade separation projects and has instituted work along these lines. He has been one of the promoters of the new convention and exposition hall which is being built in Toledo and which will rank favorably with others in large cities throughout the country. He advocates the city taking over the transcontinental airport and he believes in the establishment of a municipal park in the vicinity of the old Casino park. His labors have been and are far-reaching TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 621 and effective. The city's welfare has been greatly promoted through his agency and his plans have provided a most comprehensive program for public improvement. While he holds to high ideals, he utilizes the most practical methods in their attainment and Toledo has profited greatly through his effective efforts. Concerning Mayor Jackson's achievements in 1928, the first year of his administration, one of the local papers said in part as follows : "Toledo citizens, stockholders in the largest business concern within the boundaries of the corporate limits, will cut a huge melon in the form of sixty-seven definite achievements which either have been completed or are well under way as the first year of Mayor Jackson's administration draws to a close. Primary among these accomplishments for the citizenry of Toledo is listed the settlement of the street car question. This former problem is reported to have caused a deficit of more than eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars in the stabilizing fund of the Community Traction Company since 1921. The mayor in a statement commends the splendid cooperation of his cabinet, the street railway board of control and city council for aiding him in reaching this settlement. Mayor Jackson declares that the settlement has resulted in better service conditions, establishment of additional motor bus lines, including two crosstown lines; reductions in bus fares netted the city $277,791.74 on an old obligation of the traction company and started a huge track reconstruction program. These accomplishments all have been made in return for the elimination by the city of private bus competition within one-quarter of a mile from bus or car lines operated by the Community Traction Company . . . The mayor points out that Toledo now has a unified transit system with the most economical service, enabling the city to inaugurate a comprehensive repaving program. Second in importance in the program that has been completed by Mayor Jackson is listed the street repaving and paving projects. Included among the many major thoroughfares that have been repaved are Monroe street, Erie street, Seventeenth street and Lagrange street. Many other streets also have been repaved . . . Four definite developments in the grade crossing elimination program are listed in the mayor's 622 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY statement . . . Toledo's sewage system has received ample attention from the city administration . . . Preliminary plans now are under way for the construction of the new high-level bridge over the Maumee river for which a bond issue of $3,000,000 was approved by the voters last fall . . . The mayor points out that preliminary legislation for the extension of Jefferson avenue from Collingwood avenue to Monroe street already has been passed. The extension of Kress street to Central avenue also has been started. A long list of definite improvements in the division of safety and other departments related to this division are contained in the report. These include the establishment of what the mayor declares is a new leadership in the police department, resulting in better protection for citizens. He also points to the purchase of ten machine guns, ten armored vests and ten additional motorcycles for better protection. Patrolmen are said to be better uniformed and all officers are in active police duty. Civilians have been employed for school traffic duty, additional traffic lights have been installed and the pistol range in Bay View park has been enclosed. Fire apparatus has been rigidly inspected, which has resulted in the purchase of new motor apparatus, reconditioning of old apparatus, reduction in fire losses, repairs to eight fire stations and plans for new fire stations. Toledo now has a traffic court to speed justice and the bondsmen evil has been lessened, the mayor declares. Toledo's two incinerator plants now are in full operation, Mayor Jackson points out. He says that new rules making garbage collection more sanitary by requiring the wrapping of garbage, and the purchase of additional garbage trucks have improved this department. Toledo now has a motorized street flusher and repairs to all municipal automobiles have been centralized in the municipal garage. Service Director Schroeder has effected a new street lighting contract which will save the city thousands of dollars annually, the mayor asserts. The survey of the Miami and Erie canal property for the proposed new super-highway south from Toledo is under way and city attorneys are continuing their fight for the right of the city to drain this canal, the mayor reports. Hundreds of new street signs have been installed and contracts have been awarded for many more. Ravine park has TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 623 been filled and the city has completed its obligation to the board of education for the proposed transfer of this property for the Erie street school site, the mayor says. This site is to be used for the new fire and police alarm telegraph building and for a heating plant for the civic center building. Plans for the establishment of a new exhibition and convention hall on the site of the Erie street market have been completed. Improvements to the Spielbusch avenue curb market have also been made. Extension of the city's waterworks system is under way, the mayor points out. Toledo virtually has completed its agreement for the sale of the Armory park site to the United States government for the new federal building. Other accomplishments listed are : Completion of the Community house in Close park; additional improvements to the Walbridge park zoo; acquisition of additional park lands; improvements of the roadways in Bay View park ; additional boulevard paving; improvements to golf courses ; completion of the new entrance and roadways in Ottawa park ; cleansing of Beatty park; construction of an additional story to the Toledo workhouse ; establishment of a new system for the zoning and collection of water rents; appointment of a full-time health commissioner ; establishment of a campaign for the elimination of rabies; purchase of new playgrounds; cut in the cost of operating Forest cemetery; and the preparation of a definite bond budget for the future expenditures of the city." HAROLD SHELDON REYNOLDS Three generations of the Reynolds family—Col. Sheldon Clark Reynolds, Frederick Jesse Reynolds and Harold Sheldon Reynolds—have for sixty years been at the forefront in the financial and commercial development of Toledo, as well as prominent in its civic and social betterment. The family traces their English lineage in America to the year 1632, shortly after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, and they are in direct descent from the celebrated portrait painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds. It was natural that Col. S. C. Reynolds should have dis- 624 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY played a special interest in the history and advancement of the, northwest, for his father saw valiant service in the War of 1812, which conflict saved this nation the broad and magnificent territory northwest of the Ohio river. Sheldon C. Reynolds was born in Essex county, New York, November 29, 1835. He was the youngest son among ten children of Jesse and Sarah (Sheldon) Reynolds. Jesse Reynolds was born in Dutchess county, New York, September 15, 1793. By occupation he was a farmer and his thrift and sterling qualities have followed his progeny down the years. His death occurred December 10, 1853. Colonel Reynolds' mother was born September 6, 1794, and died July 20, 1851. After an early environment of country life, Sheldon C. Reynolds, at the age of fourteen years, with an ambition to broaden his career, went to Bridgeport, Vt., where he spent two years at the home of a sister. Two of his brothers, W. R. and W. B. Reynolds, sensing the advantages of the expanding west, had launched a successful mercantile business at Jackson, Mich. Lured by the glowing accounts of their progress, Sheldon C. Reynolds joined them as a clerk and within three years was a partner in the firm, taking the interest of his brother, W. B. Reynolds. A year later the firm became W. R. and S. C. Reynolds, so continuing for fourteen years or until 1869, when the three brothers came to Toledo and purchased the old Armada Flouring Mills. In 1872 W. B. Reynolds sold his interests to his other brothers and in 1875 the mill property was purchased entire by other parties. Being a man of keen vision and business foresight, Colonel Reynolds sensed the future of Toledo as a metropolis and its advantages as a grain center, and entered the grain commission business. Associated with him was his nephew, Charles L. Reynolds, a son of W. R. Reynolds. Later Frederick J. Reynolds, the colonel's son, and J. H. Bowman became members of the firm, known as Reynolds Brothers. The first year (1875) the company shipped 2,000 car loads of grain, and in 1885 handled the enormous volume of 85,000 car loads, the largest business of any firm in the United States. Always in touch with the world markets, the Reynolds Brothers were the first dealers to buy wheat in car load lots west of the Mississippi and Missouri, and it is no exag- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 625 geration to say that Colonel Reynolds was the major factor in making Toledo the leading grain market of a wide territory. His operations also extended to transportation and banking and for many years he was a dominating figure in the commercial and industrial advancement of this thriving city. As one account of his career stated, "he not only helped to lay the foundation but to rear the superstructure of much that is considered most enduring and permanent in the present fortunes of this important port." Up to the time of his demise in advanced years he maintained his position of influence in financial and commercial affairs to a high degree. He held large interests, including at one time the largest block of stock of any individual in the First National Bank, Toledo's oldest bank, was largely interested in the then Second National and the Toledo Savings Bank and Trust Company and in other financial institutions. Colonel Reynolds was a leader in the movement, then an important one, which brought about the erection of the Produce Exchange and was the largest stockholder of the project. For more than twenty years he was a director of the Wabash Railroad Company, also a director in the Hocking Valley, the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Kanawha & Michigan Railway Companies. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board of directors of the First National Bank, of which he had for several years been president and in which capacity he was followed by his son, Frederick J. Reynolds. For many years Colonel Reynolds was president of The Lake Erie Transportation Company and the major ship of that company at one time bore his name. Colonel and Martha A. Reynolds, besides their son, Frederick J., were the parents of three children who died in infancy. While not a member, Colonel Reynolds was a faithful and liberal supporter of the Trinity Episcopal church for more than thirty years. His principal form of recreation was sailing on the Great Lakes and his beautiful yacht, The Sigma, which he sailed to practically every port in the lake system, is yet well remembered by yachting enthusiasts. Frederick J. Reynolds, upon whose shoulders fell the mantle of his father's large and diversified financial affairs and who carried on the responsibility with the same business 40-VOL. 4 626 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY foresight, vision and ability displayed by his father, is now chairman of the board of directors of the First National Bank, Toledo's longest established bank, the story of which heads the list of Toledo banks in the chapter on Toledo's solid and prosperous financial institutions. Frederick Jesse Reynolds was born in Jackson, Mich., August 25, 1857, and is a descendant of a long line of distinguished American stock, dating back to 1632, when the first of the family arrived in this country and settled at Providence, R. I. His ancestors fought in the War of the Revolution and in the War of 1812. Mr. Reynolds was educated in the public schools of Toledo and the Collegiate and Commercial Institute of New Haven, Connecticut. He began his business career as clerk in the office of Reynolds Brothers, Toledo's leading grain merchants. Within five years he became a member of the firm and was one of its active members until the business of the prosperous institution was wound up, when the various members took on the responsibility of other large financial affairs. In 1887 Mr. Reynolds was made vice president and general manager of the Toledo & Michigan Belt Railway and was the executive head of the company until it was absorbed by the Michigan Central Railroad. Mr. Reynolds became a director in the First National Bank in 1897 and was chosen one of the vice presidents in 1898. He succeeded S. C. Schenck as president of the bank and served in that capacity as its head from 1909 to 1923. He also became a director of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company and director in the Mathers Spring Company. His other activities were or are a membership in the New York Produce Exchange and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce ; socially, he is a member of the Toledo Club, Toledo Country Club, Middle Bass Club, Toledo Yacht Club, Bankers Club of New York, the Ohio Society of New York ; in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. For years he was a vestryman of the Trinity Episcopal church of Toledo. On October 4, 1882, Mr. Reynolds was united in marriage to Miss Ida Louise Stone, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Stone and Sarah Jane (White) Stone. Mrs. Reynolds was born in New York city, October 14, 1861, and died at Pasadena, California, February 12, 1915, burial taking place in TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 627 Toledo. She was of English descent and belonged to an old Massachusetts family that was represented in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds became the parents of four children : Harold S., Natalie, Dorothy and Kathryn, all born in Toledo. Harold S. Reynolds is president of that pioneer financial institution of Toledo, the First National Bank, the successful guidance of which has been in control of two associated families of Ketcham and Reynolds for nearly three-quarters of a century. Inheriting the business foresight, vision and financial judgment displayed by his grandfather and his father, Mr. Reynolds has added to the long and unsurpassed record of wise management, the progressive ideas and science of modern banking, the welfare of each customer being considered to the fullest extent, courtesy and expert advice always being cheerfully accorded. Harold Sheldon Reynolds was born in Toledo, Ohio, February 1, 1885, and is a son of Frederick J. Reynolds and Ida ( Stone) Reynolds, and of English lineage. He attended the public schools of Toledo and in 1900 was graduated from St. Paul's School in Garden City, Long Island. Later he matriculated in the University of Michigan, from which institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1906. For three years thereafter he was associated with the firm of Reynolds Brothers, devoting his attention to the grain trade. In 1909 he entered the First National Bank in a minor capacity and progressed through the various departments as he merited advancement. As before noted, he was chosen head of the institution and assumed his duties as president in 1923 and, being of the third generation in that position, displays the financial acumen, broad vision and executive force manifested by his forebears; and it may be said that the First National Bank in its record of sixty-six years of service has been a potent factor in Toledo's progress and development. Its service is friendly and its facilities for helpfulness cover a wide scope. Mr. Reynolds is also a director for the Toledo Trust Company, the Morris Plan Bank of Toledo, the Rossford Savings Bank of Rossford, Ohio, and is interested in several other successful enterprises, including large industrials. 628 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Mr. Reynolds was married February 3, 1909, in Toledo, to Miss Rachel Ketcham, daughter of George H. and Jennie B. (Reed) Ketcham. Thus were two of the old and prominent families of Toledo closely united, Mrs. Reynolds being the granddaughter of Valentine H. Ketcham, one of Toledo's earliest financiers, the first president of the First National Bank upon its organization in 1863, in which capacity he served until his death in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds reside at 2232 Parkwood avenue, and are the parents of four children : Mary Virginia, who was born July 28, 1911; Rachel Ketcham, (II), born September 30, 1914 ; Harold Sheldon, Jr., born October 2, 1916; Rosalie, born November 16, 1918. Mr. Reynolds adheres to the Episcopalian faith and is a vestryman of his church. He is a member of the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club, the Inverness Club, the Sylvania Golf Club, the Castalia Trout Club of Castalia, Ohio; the Union League Club and the Bankers Club of New York city; also the Everglade Club of Palm Beach, Florida, and the Broadstreet Club. He is vitally concerned in the welfare and development of Toledo, takes deep interest in all civic affairs, and although quiet and undemonstrative in his work, his philanthropic activities include a wide range. ROBERT L. HARE One of the distinctive industries of Upper Sandusky is the brick and tile factory of Robert L. Hare, which is the only plant in its special line of manufacture in this part of the country. Mr. Hare was born here in 1884 and is a son of C. D. and Mary (McCutcheon) Hare, the former of whom was an early pioneer of this locality. He was a democrat in politics and was prominent and widely known. His death occurred in 1924. Robert L. Hare attended the public schools of his home city and then entered Ohio State University, where he took the special course in clay working, being graduated as a Ceramic Engineer in 1908. He was employed in various clay-working plants in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri for about ten years and then, in 1919, returned to Upper Sandusky TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 629 and bought a small, two-kiln tile plant, which had practically no equipment. From this modest beginning he has steadily built up the plant until he now has thirteen kilns and all modern improvements, the capacity being eighty thousand brick per day. Its products are known as the sand mold, old colonial and English bricks, and are sold direct in this immediate territory and through jobbers elsewhere. Sixty-five people are given employment, and the annual output of the plant amounts to approximately eighteen million bricks, for which there is ready sale. In March, 1928, the business was incorporated as the Wyandot Clay Products Company, with Mr. Hare as president, Mrs. Jane Sears Hare as vice president and Shirley Hare as secretary and treasurer. In 1918 Mr. Hare was united in marriage to Miss Jane Sears, and they are the parents of a daughter, Sally Frances, born in 1920 and now attending the public schools. Mr. Hare is a republican in his political views and is a member of the county central committee. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is affiliated with the Brick Makers Association, the Face Brick Makers Association and the American Ceramic Society. He has shown splendid judgment in his business affairs; now has his plant in splendid condition ; has thirty years' supply of clay on his own property and is meeting with very gratifying success in his operations. HON. CHARLES M. MILROY. No member of the Toledo bar is better known than the Hon. Charles M. Milroy, who has successfully followed his profession in this city for more than three decades. During that period many important public trusts have been reposed in him and for eight years he has served with distinction as judge of the court of common pleas. He was born in Northwood, Logan county, Ohio, December 5, 1867, the son of the Rev. William and Isabella (McCracken) Milroy, and is of Scotch ancestry. The father was a native of New York state and pursued his theological studies in Edinburgh, Scotland. 630 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY He was ordained a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian, or Scotch Covenanter, church, and proved a zealous and effective worker in its behalf. On the 5th of November, 1876, he was called to his final rest and was long survived by his wife, who passed away April 7, 1914. She was the mother of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Soon after the father's death the mother moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Charles M. Milroy attended the grammar and high schools of that town. As a young man he engaged in teaching for six years and thus provided the funds for his higher education. He received the B. S. degree from the Ohio Northern University in 1890 and that of LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1897. Immediately following his admission to the bar Mr. Milroy located in Toledo and his ability at once won recognition. Among his partners in the practice of law were Brand Whitlock, who subsequently achieved distinction in field of diplomatic service; Lewis E. Mallow and S. S. Burtsfield. From 1903 until 1906 Mr. Milroy was assistant city solicitor under U. G. Denman, and his next public office was that of prosecuting attorney of Lucas county during 1913 and 1914. In 1916 and 1917 he was at the head of the municipal government of Toledo, being the first incumbent of the office under the new city charter, which invested the mayor with greater powers, and was confronted with a difficult situation in regard to the traction problem and the financial condition of the city. He brought to bear all of his acumen and force in the adjustment of these matters, and his administration was strongly commended. In 1920 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, entering upon his new duties January 1, 1921, and is now serving for the second term upon the bench. Conscientious, able, industrious and fearless, he has shown an unusual capacity for administering judicial office, and his course has won high commendation from members of the bar. On the 12th of October, 1904, Judge Milroy was married in Toledo to Miss Mary Hallaran, who was graduated from Vassar College in 1899, and they have become the parents of a son, Richard, now a student at the University of Michigan. The judge is affiliated with the First Congregational church and gives his political support to the republican party. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 631 A Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, he holds the thirty-second degree in the order and is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and the local state and national bar associations. His breadth of mind, his fidelity to duty, and the firmness, frankness and integrity of his character are well known, and his record reflects credit and honor upon his profession. GUY B. SAXTON, D. D. S. Dr. Guy B. Saxton has made the practice of dentistry his life work and has successfully followed his profession in Toledo for nearly a quarter of a century. He was born in Washington Court House, Fayette county, Ohio, November 2, 1869, a son of L. P. and Lucy (Morris) Saxton, and is of English and Irish ancestry. The father, who was also a native of Washington Court House, devoted his life to mercantile pursuits. During the Civil war he enlisted in the First Ohio Regiment of United States Infantry and served for three years under General Hugh J. Kilpatrick, who later became minister to Chile. Mr. Saxton was a stalwart republican and shaped his conduct by the teachings of the Methodist church. He passed away in 1927, when seventy-two years of age, and had long survived his wife, who died during the infancy of their son, Guy B., who was the only child born to them. Mrs. Saxton was a daughter of the Rev. Joseph Morris, a Methodist clergyman, who was a chaplain in the Union army during the war between the north and the south. Dr. Saxton attended the grammar and high schools of his native town, and then went to Kansas. For three years he was employed in the Bank of Topeka and returned to Ohio on the expiration of that period, becoming a student at the University of Cincinnati, from which he received the degree of D. D. S. in 1894. After his graduation he returned to Washington Court House, where he engaged in general practice until 1905, and has since made his home in Toledo. Experience and study have enhanced his ability and skill in dental work, and his patients are drawn from a wide area. Dr. Saxton was married in Monroe, Michigan, to Miss 632 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Kathie McDonald, a daughter of John McDonald, and they have two children : Jane, a high school teacher of New York city; and John B. The residence of the family is at No. 1668 Wildwood road, and the doctor's offices are located on the eleventh floor of the Nicholas building. He is affiliated with the Toledo, Lucas County and Ohio State Dental Societies in welfare work and is active in the affairs of the Child Conservation League. During the World war Dr. Saxton served on the local draft board, doing all in his power to aid the government. In politics he is nonpartisan and casts his ballot for those men and measures that he deems will best conserve the public weal. Fishing affords him relaxation and diversion, and he also enjoys the sport of hunting. His life has been well spent, and his genuine worth is attested by all who know him. JOHN I. APPLEBY, M. D. The medical profession has a worthy representative at Bellevue, Ohio, in Dr. John I. Appleby, who, by close devotion to his life work and his success in the treatment of human ailments, has built up an extensive practice and earned a high place in public esteem. He was born in Springfield, Missouri, on the 13th of August, 1893, and is a son of Robert L. and Sarah Sadie (Hall) Appleby, of whom the father died in 1920, while the mother is still living in Springfield. To them were born eight children : Mrs. Mary Maida Kennedy; Mrs. Helen Lucile Smith; Christia Ann, who is a student in Ohio State University; Eunice, who is with her mother; John I., of this review; Mattie Martha, who died in 1920; Homer, who died at the age of six months, and Maxie, who died at the age of one and a half years. John I. Appleby attended the public and high schools of his native city, after which he entered Park College, at Parkville, Missouri, and was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1915. He then attended the University of Missouri, from which he received the Master of Arts degree and a fellowship in anatomy in 1918, also was elected to membership in the honorary fraternity, The Sigma Xi. He TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 633 completed his professional training in the medical school of the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine in 1920. During the remainder of that year he served as interne in the City and County Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in St. Vincent's Hospital, at Toledo, during the following year. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished inasmuch as he worked his way through high school, college and medical school, prompted by a laudable ambition to make his life worth while. Recognizing his own difficulties, he has been instrumental in aiding several boys and girls to secure college educations, mostly through financial assistance given them. Dr. Appleby was licensed to practice medicine in Minnesota and Missouri in 1920 and in Ohio in 1921 and in the latter year he located in Bellevue, where he has practiced to the present time, specializing in internal medicine. He is a member of the Sandusky County Medical Society, Lucas County Medical Academy, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Association of Physiologists and Biologists and Anatomists, and is an associate member of the Academy of Medicine, Toledo. He is a constant and close student of his profession and has written a number of articles for the leading medical magazines, dealing particularly with the vascular system and the human embryo. He is a director and also the medical director of the Greenspring Sanitarium and is company surgeon to the Nickel Plate Railroad. During the late war Dr. Appleby saw active service with the students army training corps for twenty months, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. In his fraternal relations he is a Mason, belonging to Miami Valley Lodge, F. & A. M., from which he has advanced through both the York and Scottish Rites and in the latter has attained the thirty-second degree. He also belongs to Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of Toledo, and he has membership with the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, both of Bellevue, and with the American Legion. He is an active member of the Presbyterian church and at one time served a year as layman pastor of a Presbyterian church outside of Columbia, Missouri. Cordial 634 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and friendly in manner, he possesses the happy faculty of inspiring confidence on the part of his patients, and is held in the highest measure of esteem throughout the community in which he lives. LARRY BEVAN Larry Bevan, attorney at law of Toledo, recognized as an able member of the profession by reason of his comprehensive familiarity with legal principles and the clearness and precision with which he presents his evidence in litigation before the courts, is numbered among Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred in Carlisle, December 13, 1889. He comes of Welsh ancestry, the line being traced back through several generations to the progenitor of the family in the new world, who came to America with the British army during the Revolutionary war and, being pleased with the country, settled in Maryland soon after the close of hostilities. Miles Bevan, father of Larry Bevan, was also born at Carlisle, Ohio, and was reared and educated in this state. Later he began farming and stock raising on his own account and devoted his entire life to agricultural interests. He was a veteran of the Civil war, enlisting when but eighteen years of age as a member of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served as a private throughout the entire conflict between the northern and southern forces. In politics he was a stanch republican, unswerving in his allegiance to the party, and took an active interest in local, state and national politics. His death occurred in Caldwell, Ohio, July 17, 1916, when he had reached the age of seventy-two years. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Marie Smith, was born in southwestern Ohio and belonged to an old Virginian family of English lineage, although her more immediate ancestors settled in southwestern Ohio at a very early day, being among the pioneers of that section. Her people were intimate friends of Louis Wetzel and of Daniel Boone, both of whom visited the old Smith homestead on various occasions. Among the ancestors of Mrs. Bevan in the maternal line was one Isaac Enoch. Her great-grandfather was a soldier with the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 635 American forces in the Revolutionary war. His son Enoch served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was wounded in the battle of Fallen Timbers. Mrs. Maria Bevan died in Caldwell, Ohio, March 23, 1918, when seventy-two years of age. Larry Bevan was the seventh in order of birth in a family of six sons and two daughters. The educational opportunities accorded him were those afforded in the public and high schools of Caldwell, which he attended until graduated from the high school, when he entered Marietta College at Marietta, Ohio. There he completed a two years' course of study and next matriculated in the Kent Law School, while at a subsequent date he enrolled as a student in the Ohio Northern University, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1917. The following year he began practice in Toledo, where he has since remained, and through the intervening period, covering more than a decade, he has continued in the general practice of law and has won a liberal clientage. Prior to the completion of his law course, however, he taught in the Caldwell high school for a period of four years and used his salary and other earnings, some of which he derived from the sale of pianos, to meet his tuition during his college course. Although he could not play a note, he proved an efficient piano salesman and also a capable educator in his high school work but regarded these activities merely as a means to an end, for it was his earnest desire to become a member of the bar. Since his admission to practice he has made steady progress and in 1921 he was made assistant United States attorney, serving through a two-year period. He prepares his cases with thoroughness and care, presents his cause with clearness and force and has won many verdicts favorable to the interests of his clients. He maintains his office at 1126 Ohio building in Toledo and he does considerable office practice, being regarded as a safe counselor. There is another interesting chapter in the life record of Mr. Bevan—one that has made for his popularity with the youth of the state—and that is his interest in, support of and promotion of outdoor sports. Football is his first love, with baseball as a close second, and then comes boxing, for in his younger days he won considerable fame as an amateur boxer 636 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and had several offers to become a professional in the ring. But it is as a coach of football that he is most widely known, first acting in this capacity in 1918 and thereafter spending seven years in coaching high school teams of Toledo, his teams making notable records. In sixty-five games only one of his teams failed to score a touchdown. He had himself played with the Caldwell high school football team in 1903 and ran the team as quarterback. While at Marietta College he was sub-quarterback in the first year and played regular quarterback the second season, but it was in baseball at Marietta that he established a record, being elected captain of a college team before he played a single game with the varsity. For two years he played football and baseball at Marietta and then played on the football team at Marysville ( Tenn.) College and coached the college nine. It was while coaching the Ohio Northern football, baseball and basketball teams in 1917 that he continued his law studies at Kent School in Chicago and later won his degree. In the meantime he had played professional baseball for a number of years and when that period of his life was over he returned to Caldwell to teach history, mathematics and English and to coach the football team, which during the succeeding two years never suffered a defeat. In 1917 he went to Ohio Northern as coach and during the late summer of 1918 came to Toledo to enlist in the Officers Training School. Not only has he been an excellent coach but he has had a marked influence over the youth whom he has instructed, giving them an excellent example in that he has never used tobacco nor liquor, recognizing their effect upon the human system. At Pontiac, Michigan, on the 15th of September, 1924, Mr. Bevan was married to Miss Myrtle Sanzenbacher, who was born in Toledo and is a daughter of William and Bertha ( Horn) Sanzenbacher, representatives of old and well known families of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Bevan have an interesting little daughter, Bonnie Lou, who was born in Toledo, June 5, 1925, and is the light and life of the home, which is situated at 1731 Wildwood road. Mrs. Bevan is very prominent in connection with the activities of women in Toledo. She belongs to the American University Women's Club, the Alumni Michigan University Club, the Alpha Xi Delta and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 637 the Mu Phi sorority of the Michigan University. She is likewise a director of the Jones-Franklin kindergarten department and is very active in upholding and promoting the educational, social, civic and religious activity of the city, giving to these interests all of her time that home duties will permit. She is a member of the ladies' auxiliary of the Spanish American War Veterans Association and she has membership in the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church. Politically Mr. Bevan has always been an active republican, doing all in his power to legitimately promote party successes. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose and he is well known in club circles, having membership in the Lawyers Club, the Heather Downs Country Club, the Waite W. Varsity Club, in the Delta Theta Phi, a college fraternity, and the Delta Upsilon, a law fraternity. Like his wife, he is an earnest member of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church. His interest in community affairs is shown in his connection with the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and his active support of its projects for the general good. He retains all of his former interest in the great sport football, in which he won pronounced success, and in the game finds his chief diversion. He is also a lover of other outdoor sports and is an athlete, enjoying the pleasures and benefits derived from outdoor life. Duty—to himself, to his family, to his profession and to the community, constitutes a well balanced force in his career. His worth as a man and as a citizen is widely known and his many sterling traits of character have gained for him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. CHARLES B. EBERLY Among the capable and substantial citizens of Bowling Green stands Charles B. Eberly, the secretary and manager of the Equitable Savings & Loan Company, with which organization he has been officially connected for the past thirty-seven years. He was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, on 638 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the 24th of May, 1868, and is a son of William Sells and Harriet Ann (Chubb) Eberly, the former born December 19, 1836, and the latter February 25, 1846. In 1869 the family moved to Bowling Green, where they lived until their removal to Fostoria, Ohio, in 1875. They lived there but a short time and then returned to Bowling Green in April, 1875, where Charles B. Eberly had resided continuously since. He attended the public' schools, graduating from the Bowling Green high school in May, 1886, being a member of the fourth class which graduated from that institution. Soon afterward Mr. Eberly entered the Exchange Bank, where he was employed for twenty years, or until 1906. During the ensuing four years he was with the Wood County Savings Bank. In 1892 he had been elected secretary of the Equitable Savings & Loan Company, his duties for a number of years requiring only a portion of his time, but in 1910 he resigned his position with the bank in order to give his full time to the savings and loan and insurance business, he having bought the business of Barton & Loomis. He has been very successful in his affairs, commanding a large and successful general insurance business, while the Equitable Savings & Loan Company, under his supervision, has made splendid progress and now presents the best financial statement in its history. Mr. Eberly is a shareholder in this company, a stockholder and director of the Wood County Savings Bank Company, and is the owner of considerable valuable real estate in Bowling Green and Wood county. On September 23, 1891, in Bowling Green, Mr. Eberly was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Maud Whitaker, a daughter of William A. and Emily J. (Ordway) Whitaker, the former of whom was of English descent. Mrs. Eberly's paternal great-great-grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Her father, William Austin Whitaker, was born in Huntsville, Tennessee, February 3, 1845, and died in Hillsboro, Alabama, March 12, 1882, while her mother, whose maiden name was Emily Jane Ordway, was born in Milan, Ohio, July 2, 1844, and died in Bowling Green, Ohio, on May 6, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Eberly are the parents of a daughter, Zula Marie, who is the wife of Uri F. Bruning, of Delaware, Ohio, and they have two children, Rachel Ann and Harold TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 639 Richard. Mrs. Eberly is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Bowling Green Chapter, O. E. S., of which she is a past worthy matron; the Shakespeare Club of Bowling Green and the King's Daughters. Mr. Eberly is a republican in politics, though somewhat liberal in his political views. He is a member of Bowling Green Lodge, B. P. 0. E., in which he has served as esteemed loyal knight; the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club, the Izaak Walton League of America, the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society, the Bowling Green Golf Club and other local civic organizations. He and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They give their support to all worthy causes and are very highly regarded throughout the community which they have so long honored by their residence. LAFAYETTE L. BARBER, D. D. S. One of Toledo's most distinguished professional men is Dr. Lafayette L. Barber, who is not only the dean of the dentists of this city in point of years of service, but has also received at the hands of his professional brethren the highest honors within their power to bestow. Dr. Barber was born in Wood county, Ohio, on the 5th of August, 1859, and is a son of Robert and Emeline (Adams) Barber. The father, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in Toledo, Ohio, was prominent in business circles of this city, having been vice president and general manager of the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo. He was president of the city board of aldermen and was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having erected and given to the society the church which it occupies. His wife was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died in Toledo, Ohio. Her father, Andrew Adams, a native and lifelong resident of Perrysburg, Ohio, was a farmer by occupation and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a direct descendant of President John Quincy Adams and of General Nathanial Greene. Lafayette L. Barber attended the district schools of Wood county and then entered the dental school of the University 640 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1885. He at once located in Toledo, where he has practiced his profession continuously to the present time, a period of forty-four years. He has always kept in close touch with the latest advances in the art and science of dentistry and has commanded his full share of the dental business of this city. In March, 1889, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Barber was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Maley, who was born and reared in this state, and who died in Toledo, June 14, 1926. She was a daughter of the late David Maley, of Cleveland, and received her education in the public schools of Sandusky, Ohio. She was an earnest member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church of Toledo and was a woman of charming grace and estimable qualities, which endeared her to all who knew her. Dr. Barber is a member of the Masonic order, being affiliated with all of its various bodies in this city; the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Inverness Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce, while his religious connection is with St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member and a past president of the Toledo Dental Society, the Northwestern Ohio Dental Society, the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. During the World war he was a member of the dental department of the Medical Council of America, and served for eight years as a member of the dental examining board. He has measured up fully to the requirements of every position which he has held, has exemplified the highest type of citizenship in his career and has honored his profession and his community by his worthy and useful life. EDWARD JAMES McCORMICK, A. M., M. D., F. A. C. S. Dr. Edward J. McCormick is accorded rank with the foremost surgeons of northwestern Ohio, and with the exception of the period of his service in the World war his professional career has been spent in Toledo. He was born in Alger, Arenac county, Michigan, September 25, 1891, a son of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 641 Michael and Mary Ellen (Daley) McCormick, and is of Scotch and Irish extraction. The McCormick family was founded in America by his grandfather, Jeremiah McCormick, who was a native of County Cork, Ireland, and married Catherine Gallagher, also a Celt. The maternal grandparents of Dr. McCormick were William Daley, a native of Massachusetts, and his wife, Ellen Hickson, a native of England and a daughter of a member of parliament. The Doctor's father, Michael J. McCormick, has been connected with the business interests of Toledo for more than forty years, being one of the city's well known citizens, and since 1921 has been secretary and manager of the Toledo Automobile Club. A more extended mention of him will be found on another page of this work. In the public schools of Bradner and Toledo, Dr. Edward J. McCormick acquired his early education and next attended Assumption College at Sandwich, Ontario, Canada. This was followed by seven years of study in St. John's College, Toledo, which awarded him the A. B. degree in 1911 and that of M. A. in 1913. In 1911 he matriculated in the medical school of St. Louis University and was graduated with the class of 1915. During his college and university years he took a prominent part in athletics and other activities, having been awarded letters in baseball, basketball and football. He was also a member of dramatic clubs and debating teams. For eighteen months he was an interne of St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo and then became associated with Dr. Julius H. Jacobson, a noted Toledo surgeon, with whom he remained until August, 1917. At that time Dr. McCormick, as a member of the Reserve Corps of the United States Army, was one of the first Toledoans to volunteer for service in the World war. He was commissioned a first lieutenant and sailed for England in August, 1917. For three months he was a surgeon of the Reading War Hospital in Reading, England, and was then assigned to the Forty-sixth North Midland Division of the British Expeditionary Force in France. While with that division he was connected with the Second North Midland Field Ambulance and various battalions of infantry. When in France he was made a captain and later won the commission of major. The Military Cross 41-VOL. 4 642 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY was awarded him for distinguished service, and he now holds the rank of lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve. On returning to the United States he was detailed for duty at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C., and in June, 1919, was honorably discharged. On the 19th of that month he resumed his professional activities in Toledo. Dr. McCormick is a member of the executive committee and the surgical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital, where he is also serving in the capacity of secretary of staff. He is surgeon to St. Anthony's Orphanage and a member of the surgical staff of the Lucas County Hospital. On the 5th of June, 1920, Dr. McCormick was married in Toledo to Miss Josephine Beck, a daughter of Mrs. Catherine Beck and a member of an old and highly respected Toledo family of German and French origin. Dr. and Mrs. McCormick have become the parents of four children, all born in Toledo : Edward James, Jr., who was born May 11, 1921; Richard Arthur, born October 3, 1922; Carol Jeanne, born December 18, 1924 ; and Kathleen Ann, born October 26, 1927. The family reside at No. 2925 Burnett place, and the Doctor's office is located at No. 1403 Jefferson street. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic and attends services at the Cathedral chapel. He takes a keen interest in politics and at one time served on the democratic reorganization committee of Lucas county. Along fraternal lines he is a member of the Knights of Columbus; is a past exalted ruler of Toledo Lodge, No. 53, B. P. O. E.; a trustee of the foundation of the Ohio Elks Association ; and district deputy grand exalted ruler for northwestern Ohio Northwest, 1929-1930. He is also a trustee of the University Club, a member of the Toledo Club, the Sylvania Golf Club and an ex-president of the Alumni Association of St. John's University. Formerly he was commander of the Frank Ferneau Post and now belongs to Toledo Post of the American Legion. For five years he was secretary of the Toledo Academy of Medicine and at one time was its president. He is one of the trustees of the Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County. In 1928 he was chairman of the surgical section of the Ohio State Medical Association. His name also appears on the membership TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 643 rolls of the Phi Beta Pi national medical fraternity, the Northwestern Ohio and Tri-State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association and since October 24, 1924, he has been a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has written numerous articles upon surgical subjects for publication in medical journals and is in demand as a public speaker. Thoroughly appreciative of good literature, he devotes many of his leisure hours to reading, and his favorite sports are golf and hunting of big game. MICHAEL W. URBANSKI One of Toledo's leading foreign-born citizens is Michael W. Urbanski, who is the owner of an up-to-date dry goods store at 3138 Lagrange street and is also prominent in local public affairs. He was born in Poland on the 10th of September, 1887, and he is a son of Anthony and Anna Urbanski, both of whom are deceased, the father dying September 10, 1911, and the mother January 5, 1925. They brought their family to the United States in 1890 and spent the remainder of their days in Toledo. They had seven children, namely : Joseph, born in Poland, was fore twenty years engaged in the dry goods and tailoring business in Toledo, where his death occurred April 17, 1923. He was married twice, first to Miss Catherine Grzegorek, a native of Poland, by whom he had three children, and after her death he married her sister, Pauline Grazegorek, and by that union there were also born three children. Walter, born in Poland, died January 5, 1927, having been for many years a furniture dealer in Toledo. He married Miss Felixa Druzbicki, and they had five children. John, born in Poland, was educated at St. John's College, Toledo, and St. Mary's College, Cincinnati, and is now pastor of the Nativity church, Toledo. Michael W., of this review; is the next of the family. Louis, born in Toledo, is a successful furniture and hardware merchant of Toledo. He married Miss Helen Siudyla, of this city. Sylvester R., born in Toledo, received his preliminary education in St. John's College, Toledo; later was graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan, and is now practic- 644 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ing law in Toledo. He served for eighteen months in the World war. Loretta is the wife of Frank Pietrykowski, a druggist of Toledo. Michael W. Urbanski attended the public schools of Toledo and prepared for a mercantile career by taking a course in a business college. He learned the printing trade, which he followed for eight years, after which for a number of years he was associated with his brother in the dry goods business. In May, 1926, he embarked in business on his own account, establishing a dry goods, shoes and ladies' apparel store at 3138 Lagrange street, and here he has met with a very flattering success, due to his close attention to business, his fair dealing and his uniform courtesy. Mr. Urbanski was united in marriage to Miss Dorothy H. Woodka, who was born in South Bend, Indiana, and whose father, Frank J. Woodka, now deceased, was a prominent business man of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Urbanski are the parents of two children, Virginia and Louis, both of whom are attending school. Politically Mr. Urbanski is a democrat and is now serving his third successive term as a member of the city council, in which he has done much effective work for his constituents. He is a candidate for reelection in the fall of 1929. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and the Polish National Alliance of Toledo. He and his family are members of St. Adelbert's Roman Catholic church. He is a good business man, a public-spirited citizen and has proven worthy of the high place which he holds in public regard. NORMAN W. LOCKE One of the most capable and efficient civil engineers of the country is Norman W. Locke, as his record for two terms as county surveyor of Wood county, Ohio, and in other departments of public service, will testify. His proficiency is also shown by his work in northwestern Ohio for some twelve years before he was elected to the important office of county engineer, and since that time. Mr. Locke was born at Hoosick Falls, New York, on the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 645 24th day of April, 1890, and is a son of Norman W. and Helen (Scott) Locke, both of whom are deceased. He received his early education in the public schools; was graduated from high school at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and then entered Ohio Northern University, at Ada, where he majored in engineering and from which he was graduated in 1914. In that year he was appointed deputy county surveyor of Wood county, in which capacity he served until 1923, when he was elected county surveyor, holding that position two terms, or until 1929. Later he was employed as city engineer of Bowling Green, Ohio, and is technically well qualified for all branches of his profession. He gives his close attention to his duties and is careful and thorough in everything he does, so that he commands the confidence of all who have had official relations with him. In November, 1914, Mr. Locke was united in marriage to Miss Olive Brooks, of Ada, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Norman W., Jr. Mr. Locke is a strong supporter of the republican party and has shown a commendable interest in all matters affecting the welfare and prosperity of his city and county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian church. Courteous and agreeable, he has won a host of warm and loyal friends throughout Wood county and other sections and commands the sincere respect of all who know him. PETER JOSEPH KRANZ Peter Joseph Kranz, a well known figure in Toledo's real estate financial and insurance circles, has had a career of unusual activity and notable success and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for his start in the business world was a very modest one. Through inherent force of character, determination, energy and laudable ambition, he has attained a prominent position in business circles, his operations being carried on through the several corporations of which he is the executive head. A native of Germany, he was born in Alsdorf, July 22, 1866, a son of Peter and Mary (Roles) Kranz, also natives of 646 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Alsdorf. The father learned the millwright trade, and when he joined the army in accordance with the military regulation of his native country, his height—six feet two inches—brought him assignment to the Royal Guards at Berlin. Both parents have passed away, the father at the age of fifty-six and the mother when seventy-six years of age. Peter J. Kranz was the youngest in a family of eight sons and three daughters. After leaving school he joined his eldest brother in Toledo, desirous of trying his fortune in the new world. He spent six months in the employ of the paving contracting firm of Casey & Streicher and later at different periods was employed as a clerk in various grocery stores. In 1888 he became bookkeeper for the Mutual Savings Association and while thus employed for a period of four years gained an acquaintance that proved of much value to him when he started out in the real estate and insurance business on his own account. This he did by forming a partnership with Henry Heeman under the firm style of Heeman, Kranz & Company, which became The P. J. Kranz Company on the incorporation of the business, November 30, 1910. The company conducts one of the largest real estate enterprises in Toledo, and not only has the firm handled extensive real estate operations but has also carried on a large and successful business in the fields of insurance and loans. Mr. Kranz has been president of this company ever since its organization. On the 30th of August, 1905, he incorporated The Kranz Realty & Investment Company, of which he has also been president since its inception. In 1925 Mr. Kranz organized the Columbia Savings Association and has since been its president. This institution has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth and is accorded rank with the strong and ably managed financial institutions of its type in Toledo. In 1929 the Columbia Savings Association was moved to its present modern and commodious quarters at 233 Huron street, where is also located the other companies under Mr. Kranz's executive leadership. Mr. Kranz was married February 8, 1890, to Helena Ramm, a daughter of Henry Ramm, of Toledo. She was born in Holstein, Germany, and was twelve years of age when the family home was established in Lucas county, Ohio. Mr. and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 647 Mrs. Kranz have five sons : Leo P. ; Albert J., a lawyer, who is vice president and counsel for the Columbia Savings Association and a more extended mention of him will be found on another page of this work; Karl J.; Bernard H., secretary of the Columbia Savings Association ; and Gerold I. All of Mr. Kranz's sons are stockholders of the P. J. Kranz Company, the Kranz Realty & Investment Company and the Columbia Savings Association. Mr. Kranz and his family are communicants of the Catholic church, and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He is identified with the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and the Slagle Resort Club, and his social qualities have made for popularity and friendship wherever he is known. He has always been keenly interested in public welfare and served as a member of the cabinet of Mayor Milroy, as director of finance from December, 1915, until April 1, 1916, when private affairs demanded his entire attention. He has always voted with the democratic party since becoming a naturalized citizen. He has been a supporter of the Toledo Art Museum, a member of the Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio and the Ohio State Board of Commerce. He also has membership on the Toledo Real Estate Board, the Ohio Real Estate Board and the National Real Estate Board. Since 1888 he has been a member of the American Philatelic Society, and his collection of stamps is one of the finest in the state. His interests and activities have covered so wide and varied a scope as to make his a well rounded character, and Toledo points to him as one of her strong and capable business men and representative citizens. WALDO MOFFETT BOWMAN Waldo Moffett Bowman is secretary-treasurer and manager of The Rupp & Bowman Company of Toledo, which he founded in 1895 and which through the intervening period of more than a third of a century has specialized in sickroom supplies, prescriptions and equipment for physicians and hospitals. He was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, August 20, 1876, his parents being William Moffett and Sarah (Hamil- 648 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ton) Bowman, the former also a native of Bucyrus and the latter of Monroeville, this state. His father, who comes of English and Scotch descent, traces his ancestry back to the Bowmans who settled in Kirkoswald, Cumberland county, England, in the year 1100, and to the Highland-Scotch American family of Moffett at Hagerstown, Md. The mother, Mrs. Sarah (Hamilton) Bowman, is of Scotch-Irish lineage. Seth Downing, her grandfather in the maternal line, served as a soldier of the Revolutionary war and his son and namesake settled in Monroe, Mich., early in 1800. James Hamilton, the father of Mrs. Sarah Bowman, was a former postmaster and grain merchant at Monroeville, Ohio. Waldo M. Bowman pursued his education in the public schools of his native city and since the beginning of his business career has been active in the management of The Rupp & Bowman Company, which he founded in 1895, beginning operations at 529 Magnolia street, in Toledo. Subsequently a removal was made to 102 East Bancroft street, while for the past seventeen years the business has been carried on at 319 Superior street. The Rupp & Bowman Company conducts one of the few sick-room supplies stores in the United States modeled after the first-class European establishments, and the institution is recognized as one of the most complete of its kind in the country. In the official capacity of secretary-treasurer Mr. Bowman has contributed materially to the continued growth and success of the enterprise, for he is a man of marked business ability, keen sagacity and sound judgment. The scope and breadth of Mr. Bowman's interests are futher indicated in the fact that he is a past president of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association, a trustee of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, a member of the national committee on methods and ethics of the National Exchange Club and a past president of the Toledo Exchange Club. Moreover, he is a fellow of the American Public Health Association and a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas county, Ohio. Politically he is an independent republican, while fraternally he is affiliated with the following Masonic bodies : Rubicon Lodge, F. & A. M.; Collingwood TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 649 Chapter, R. A. M. ; Graf Ackin Council, R. & S. M.; LaFayette Lyttle Commandery, No. 77, K. T., of which he is prelate; Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S.; and Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R. MOSES LANE Moses Lane, who is building up a very satisfactory law practice in Bowling Green, entered upon his life work with the advantage of a thorough education and has become an astute, sagacious and successful practitioner. He was born on a farm in Wood county on the 6th of August, 1896, a son of Moses and Mary A. (Kromer) Lane. His grandfather, who also bore the name of Moses Lane, was a son of John Lane, who was a native and lifelong resident of England, where he followed blacksmithing. The grandfather was born in Somersetshire, England, and there learned the trade of a blacksmith, which line of work he followed after coming to the United States and settling in Huron county, Ohio. He here married Miss Ruth Lunbrick-Goodenough. Moses Lane, the third, attended the country and high schools, the State Normal School at Bowling Green and Toledo University, after which he entered the law school of Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1925. In that year he was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Bowling Green, where he quickly gained recognition as a capable lawyer and one closely devoted to the interests of his clients, and today he is accorded a place high in the ranks of his profession in the city. On September 23, 1922, Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Miss Edith M. Overton, of Montgomery, Alabama, and they are the parents of two children : Moses, the fourth, and Betty. The republican party receives Mr. Lane's support, and in 1926 he was elected city solicitor, which position he is filling in a very acceptable manner. He is a Mason, in which order he has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite ; is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Pro-