650 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY tective Order of Elks, the American Legion, the Acacia fraternity and the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. Prior to the World war Mr. Lane taught in country schools and in 1920 and 1921 taught in Bowling Green high school. On May 20, 1917, he enlisted and attached to the Thirty-seventh Division. He was engaged in home service at Camp Sheridan until June 17, 1918, when he was ordered overseas and was in France with the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Field Hospital, with which body he took part in three offensives in France and Belgium. He returned to the United States on March 25, 1919, and was honorably discharged. He now holds a commission as lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps, attached to the administrative department of the Two Hundred and Forty-fifth Medical Corps. Mr. Lane is a member of the Wood County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association and is held in high esteem among his professional brethren, while throughout the range of his acquaintance he commands uniform confidence and respect. LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN GROSH, M. D. Concentrating his energies upon the practice of medicine, Dr. Lawrence Chamberlain Grosh has long been a commanding figure in professional circles of Toledo and renders to the city that service which only the skilled, experienced physician is capable of giving. He was born in Goshen, Ind., and was a child of two when his parents, Emil and Mary H. Grosh, settled in Toledo, where he has resided for fifty-six years. His education was completed in the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1896, and since 1898 he has continuously followed his profession in Toledo, establishing an enviable reputation as a specialist in internal medicine. During the World war he was a member of the medical advisory board, holding the rank of captain while in the service of his country, and he has also been health officer for Goldendale. Dr. Grosh married Miss Caroline Ritchie, who was born May 2, 1871, and they have two children : Hilda, the wife of A. Lewis Bentley, whose home is at No. 3822 Sulphur TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 651 Springs road in the suburb of Ottawa Hills; and Lawrence C., Jr., a student at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. Dr. Grosh is a member of the Toledo Club, the Catawba Island Golf Club, the Toledo Country Club, the Carronor Club. the Toledo Riding Club, the Toledo Academy of Medicine, the Lucas County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. He subordinates all other interests to the demands of his profession, and his notable success as a physician proves that he has chosen the vocation for which nature intended him. C. BURTON NICKELS C. Burton Nickels is a well known citizen of Toledo, a member of the firm of C. B. Nickels & Company, engaged in the investment and security business. He was born in Toledo on the 15th of July, 1884, a son of Gill and Mary (Burton) Nickels. He is descended from honored old American families, members of which played their parts in the great historical drama of this country's formation and development. His paternal grandfather, George W. Nickels, Sr., was born in Gallion, Ohio, March 6, 1820, and died there, August 15, 1873, after a long and honorable career as a merchant in that city. He was a veteran of the Mexican war. He married Margaretta Webber, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1834, and is now living at Gallion, Ohio, at the age of ninety-five years. Among their children was Gill Nickels, who was born in Gallion, Ohio, September 7, 1854, and died in Toledo, March 29, 1891. He conducted a commercial printing house and served as postmaster at Gallion for a number of years. He was a republican in politics and was chairman of the republican county committee of Crawford county. Religiously he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. One of his grandfathers was George Le Fevre, who was of French Huguenot descent and served as an ensign in the Revolutionary war. Other of Mr. Nickel's ancestors, who were among the founders of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, were descendants 652 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Hon. Daniel and Marie (Wassenbuer) Ferre. Their laughter, Catherine Ferre, who married Isaac Le Fevre, came to America and joined a company of Huguenots at New Paltze, Ulster county, New York. They remained there until 1712, when they removed to Strasburg, Pennsylvania, and established their family in Pequa valley. Peter Tritt was a Revolutionary ancestor on the paternal side, having served as a private from York county, Pennsylvania, and Abraham Groves, another paternal ancestor, enlisted from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mary (Burton) Nickels was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, November 16, 1856, and died in Toledo, January 19, 1913. She was a daughter of Zemira G. and Esther Jane (Wagner) Burton. Her father, who was born in 1831 and died at Ashland, Ohio, in 1906, was a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a corporal in General Sherwood's regiment, the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry. He was employed in a steel rolling mill near New Philadelphia, Ohio. He was a son of Henry and Hannah (Penniwell) Burton, the former of whom was of Revolutionary stock and died in Ashland, Ohio, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife was born in 1800 and died in 1875. Esther Jane Wagner was born at Shanesville, Ohio, and died at Ashland. C. Burton Nickels was graduated from the Central High school of Toledo in 1902 and then entered Denison University at Granville, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1905. He took two years of graduate work in engineering and finance at the University of Wisconsin, and, after a short experience in the bond business in that state, became associated with the Willys-Overland Company, of Toledo, with which concern he remained from March, 1910, to January, 1914, first as assistant sales manager and later as assistant to the superintendent. He was then appointed a director of public service in Toledo, his fellow directors being the late Avery W. Boardman, the late Albert Neukom, William R. Walters and David H. Goodwillie. On the expiration of his official term Mr. Nickels became connected with the Atwood Auto Company, which was succeeded by Willys-Overland, Inc., with which latter concern he was associated as salesman. In January, 1917, he organized the Nickels, Jackson & Larenburg Company, of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 653 Toledo, to distribute the Stearns-Knight automobile in northern Ohio, and carried on that business until July, 1924, since which time he has devoted his attention to the investment and securities business at 511 Hardner building, under the name of C. B. Nickels & Company. This company has done much effective work in its line in this community, having participated in the financing of the State Theater, the Commercial building, the Fulton Garage, the Commercial building and the Huron building, and it acts as the distributor of stocks and bonds and does corporate financing. Mr. Nickels is a director in the Fleschman-Kroetz Company, of Toledo, which owns and operates moving picture theaters. On April 26, 1913, in Puce, Canada, Mr. Nickels was united in marriage to Miss Marian Crozier, who was born in the Dominion and is a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gardiner) Crozier. Her father, who lives at Puce, is a retired farmer and merchant. Her mother is deceased. Mrs. Nickels was graduated from the Central high school, Toledo, and from the Thomas Normal Training School of Detroit. She also attended Toledo University and has taught domestic science in the Toledo public schools. She is a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church and is an active member of the Women's Republican Club of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Nickels are the parents of a daughter, Mary Elizabeth ("Betty") , born February 10, 1915. In his political views Mr. Nickels is a stanch republican ; served as chairman of the Lucas county committee during 1918-1920, and was the republican member of the board of education from January, 1920, to April 30, 1928. His religious connection is with the Ashland Avenue Baptist church, to which he gives liberal support. He is a member of Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R., in which he is senior warden of Fort Industry Chapter, eighteenth degree; Toledo Lodge, No. 53, B. P. 0. E.; Anthony Wayne Chapter, S. A. R.; the American Automobile Association, of which he was a director; and the Toledo Automobile Club, of which he was a trustee for over nine years and served as president during 1925-26. He belongs to the Sigma Chi college fraternity. He is possessed of a frank and straightforward manner, is sin- 654 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY cere in all of his relations, both business and social, and commands the uniform confidence of the people of his city and county. HON. GEORGE E. SCHROTH Among the leading and able jurists of Ohio, a man with wide knowledge of law and vigorously active in its practice, is the Hon. George E. Schroth of Tiffin, Ohio. The bar of the county seat of Seneca county has long been known as one of the strongest in Ohio and counts among its membership many attorneys of high standing and legal ability. It is such men as Judge Schroth that helps the Tiffin bar to sustain this enviable record. George E. Schroth was born in Cincinnati, April 7, 1863, and is a son of Frederick and Katharine (Biehler) Schroth. He acquired his education in the common and high schools of Cincinnati and in the Ohio Northern University at Ada. He obtained the fundamentals of his legal knowledge under the direction of Judge J. K. Rohn of Tiffin, also following for a time the profession of school teaching, and was admitted to the Ohio bar in May, 1886. Soon thereafter he was also admitted to practice in the various United States courts. Beginning the practice of his profession in Tiffin, Judge Schroth was elected prosecuting attorney of Seneca county in 1890 and served efficiently in that office for two terms, or from 1891 to 1897. He was referee in bankruptcy from 1898 to 1903 and served as judge of the court of common pleas in the tenth Ohio district from 1903 to 1909. On his retirement from the bench he took up the practice of his profession again and has been active therein to the present time. Judge Schroth represents many large interests in his practice, and also possesses besides the knowledge of law, rare business judgment which has enabled him to become a man of importance in financial affairs. He is president of the City National Bank of Tiffin and is interested in many other business enterprises of note. On the 8th of August, 1889, Judge Schroth was united in marriage to Miss Rosa Wolfe of Tiffin, and they are the par- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 657 ents of a son and a daughter, namely : Katherine, who married F. Lloyd Bryant, and George E., Jr., now prosecuting attorney of Seneca County, Ohio. Prominent in Masonry, Judge Schroth has membership in De Molay Commandery, No. 9, K. T., and he also belongs to Pickwick Lodge, No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and to the Junior Order of American Mechanics, as well as to several social organizations. In the strict path of his profession he has membership connection with the American Bar Association, the Ohio Bar Association and the Seneca County Bar Association. Politically he is affiliated with the republican party. Tiffin may well be proud of his professional and business success, and as an honored representative of the Ohio bench and bar his record finds appropriate place in the annals of this section of the state. HENRY C. SANDROCK Henry C. Sandrock, one of the enterprising young business men of northwestern Ohio, is now the cashier of the Curtice State Bank in the town of Curtice. Here he was born in 1894, and his parents, William and Kathryn Sand-rock, were natives of Germany. They became residents of Curtice about forty years ago, and the father engaged in farming, specializing in grain raising. He has passed away and is survived by the following sons : Henry C. ; George, who is engaged in the hardware business in Monroe, Michigan; John and August, who follow farming; Louis, who is manager of the elevator in Curtice; and Frederick F., also an agriculturist. Henry C. Sandrock obtained his public school education in Curtice and then entered the Tri-State Business College at Toledo, from which he was graduated with the class of 1915. For a year he was employed in that city by the International Harvester Company and subsequently spent four years as teller with the Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Company, thereby gaining his initial experience in the financial field. In November, 1919, he came to the Curtice State Bank, which was organized in May of that year and opened 42-VOL. 4 658 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY its doors for business on the 15th of November with Mr. Sandrock as cashier. He has been active here throughout the intervening period, and his efforts have been a substantial and resultant factor in the development of the bank's business, which he and his associates have placed upon a systematic basis that carefully safeguards the interests of depositors and at the same time furthers the business connections of the house. The bank is capitalized for $40,000, has a surplus of $22,000 and total resources of $700,000. Mr. Sandrock is a director and stockholder as well as cashier of the institution, and he is also a director of the Metropolitan Mortgage Company of Toledo. The officers of the bank are : A. M. Lorenzen, president; August W. Tank and John E. Brunner vice presidents. The marriage of Mr. Sandrock to Miss Olive C. Ingraham, a daughter of Dr. F. D. Ingraham of Curtice, was celebrated in 1917, and they have one child, Douglas Frederick, born in 1922. Mr. Sandrock is a supporter of the republican party, and his interest in community welfare is manifest in many tangible ways. He is both a Knight Templar and Consistory Mason and loyally follows the teachings and purposes of the craft, while his social qualities find expression in his membership in the Chippewa Country Club and the East Toledo Luncheon Club, in which organizations he has many warm friends and enjoys in full measure their high esteem. CHESTER WILLIAM WAGGONER, M. D. During his boyhood, Dr. Chester William Waggoner formed habits of industry, perseverance and self-reliance which have continued throughout life, constituting the basis of his success in later years. He is largely self-educated as he paid the expenses of his high school course, also providing most of the funds necessary for his college training, and his ability and experience have placed him with the leading physicians of Toledo. The Doctor was born in Lindsey, Sandusky county, Ohio, June 26, 1883, a son of Israel and Sarah Ann (Artz) Wag- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 659 goner, and comes of colonial stock in the paternal line. The Waggoner family was founded in this country by his great-grandfather, who emigrated from Germany to America and became one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania. During the Revolutionary war he enlisted in the Continental army and won the commission of captain. Israel Waggoner was a native of Lindsey, Ohio, and devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the German Reformed church and gave his political support to the democratic party. His wife was a native of Ohio and the daughter of an Alsatian. Mrs. Waggoner died February 15, 1898, at the comparatively early age of thirty-eight years and was long survived by her husband, who passed away December 20, 1916, when sixty-two years old. Dr. Waggoner, their only child, was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools of Lindsey, remaining at home until he reached the age of eighteen. He taught school for two years in Sandusky county. On the expiration of that period he enrolled as a student in the University of Toledo, from which he received his professional degree in 1906, and he served for six months as an interne in the Lucas County Hospital in Toledo. This was followed by post-graduate work in Harvard University at Boston, Rush Medical College of Chicago, the John Hopkins University at Baltimore, and the Post-Graduate College of New York city. In 1907, he began his professional career in Toledo and in the intervening period of twenty-two years, his practice has steadily grown until it is now of extensive proportions. Dr. Waggoner specializes in internal medicine and is director of medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital. On the 14th of November, 1916, Dr. Waggoner was married in Toledo to Miss Gertrude Potter, a native of New York state, and they now have two daughters : Elizabeth Ann, who was born September 20, 1917; and Donna Gertrude, born March 31, 1919. The residence of the family is at No. 1911 Mt. Vernon avenue, and the Doctor's offices are located on the fourth floor of the Valentine building. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree, belonging to Calumet Lodge and the chapter of the same name, St. Omer Commandery of the York Rite and Toledo Consistory of the Scottish 660 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Rite. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and his public spirit is expressed through his connection with the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Waggoner is a member of the Woman's Club and figures prominently in social affairs. In politics Dr. Waggoner is non-partisan and made an excellent record as health commissioner of Toledo, filling that office from 1916 until 1920, while during the World war he served on the draft board. The Doctor is an ex-president of the Toledo and Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Northwestern Ohio Medical Society and the Northern Tri-State Medical Association. He represented the Ohio State Medical Society in the capacity of councilor for eight years and in 1929 was elected president of Ohio State Medical Association, and is also affiliated with the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians. His has been an upright, successful and serviceable career, and his tireless application and scientific attainments have enabled him to achieve distinction in his profession. WILLIAM F. MILLER William F. Miller, an attorney of the Toledo bar, practicing as a partner in the firm of Miller & Miller, was born April 18, 1888, in the city which is still his place of residence, his parents being Charles H. and Alvina (Schleske) Miller. The father, a native of Bavaria, Germany, in which country he was reared, educated and married, settled in New York city upon coming to the new world, but afterward left the seaboard to establish his home in Toledo. Here he has since resided and for many years was successfully engaged in the retail grocery and meat business, building up a trade that brought to him a substantial income whereby he is now able to live retired. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party, while his religious belief is that of the Lutheran church. His wife, also a native of Bavaria, is still living and they became parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, of whom two died in infancy. William F. Miller, the sixth of the family in order of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 661 birth, pursued his education in the public and high schools of Toledo, completing his course in 1907. He next entered the Woodville Normal Academy, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911. For a year thereafter he studied at St. John's University in Toledo. A statement of his educational progress reads smoothly, apparently indicating that his studies were continuously pursued, but the truth is quite the contrary. After his preliminary course was completed he found it necessary to earn the money that would enable him to continue his educational work. Diligence, industry and ambition enabled him to press forward and with a desire to become a member of the bar he began reading law in St. John's University. He next entered the Hamilton College of Law in Chicago and won his LL.B. degree in 1917. In the meantime he had pursued the profession of teaching for eighteen months in the public schools of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in order to procure the funds that would enable him to continue his law course. Following his graduation from the law school he entered upon active practice, in which he has since continued, and he has made substantial progress along the path of his chosen profession. He is now senior partner of the firm of Miller & Miller, his younger brother, H. Henry Miller, being his associate. The firm conducts a general law practice, but William F. Miller specializes in corporation law and is thoroughly informed concerning that branch of professional work. His brother is a graduate of the Cincinnati Law School and the firm is enjoying a growing practice that is already one of substantial proportions. At the age of twelve years William F. Miller was working in a stave factory, earning from fifteen to thirty cents per day at piece work; today he is occupying a creditable position at the Toledo bar and his rise is due entirely to his own efforts and determined purpose. At Fort Jennings, Ohio, in 1913, Mr. Miller married Miss Florence A. Raabe, who was born at that place and is a daughter of Charles C. and Alida (Jameson) Raabe, whose family numbered twelve children, eleven of whom are yet living. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Miller was the founder of Fort Jennings, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born four children : Paul C., Betty Jane, William 662 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Frederick, Jr., and Jean Florence, all of whom are at home with their parents at 3362 River road. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Toledo Woman's Club and the Women's Conservation League, and she is also active in philanthropic and church work. Theoretically Mr. Miller is a republican and supports the party where national issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot, considering only the capability of the candidate in regard to the office which he seeks. He belongs to the Heather Downs Country Club, the Sylvania Country Club and the Maumee River Yacht Club and he finds his recreation in golf and outdoor sports. However, nothing is allowed to interfere with the demands made upon him in his professional capacity and he is an honored member of the Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations by reason of his fidelity and conformity to the highest ethical standards of his chosen calling. He is also a factor in financial affairs as president of the Buckeye Savings Association. PAUL E. BENNETT, D. D. S. Dr. Paul E. Bennett, whose offices are at 926 West Delaware street, is one of Toledo's leading young dentists and enjoys a large practice. He was born in this city on the 2nd of September, 1895, a son of Walter H. and Mary (Dunn) Bennett. His father was born at Cornwallis, Wales, April 12, 1865, and is now living, retired, in Toledo, after many years of active participation in the wholesale bakery business. He is a republican in politics and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. His wife was born in Toledo, September 19, 1868, and is a daughter of Edward and Cecelia (Navarre) Dunn, both of whom were born in Ohio and died at Bay Shore, Toledo. Mr. Dunn was a farmer and a member of the Roman Catholic church. His wife was a relative of Peter Navarre, the famous scout under Gen. William Henry Harrison. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1785, and died in Toledo, Ohio, in 1874. The Indians gave to the Navarres five square miles of land, some of which TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 663 came to Dr. Paul E. Bennett, who sold it to the Standard Oil Company a few years ago. Dr. Bennett attended the public schools and was graduated from Scott high school, Toledo, in 1915. He then entered the dental school of Western Reserve University at Cleveland, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1919. He at once entered upon the practice of dentistry in Toledo and is devoting his attention closely to his life work. On July 22, 1916, in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Bennett was united in marriage to Miss Vivian Doris Murphy, who was born October 28, 1896, and is a daughter of William Clark and Sophie (Steinmetz) Murphy. Her father, who was born September 18, 1869, is associated with the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and votes the republican ticket. His father was John Murphy, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in Toledo. Sophia Steinmetz is a daughter of Michael and Sophia Steinmetz, both of whom were natives of Bavaria, Germany, and died in Toledo, where Mr. Steinmetz had engaged in the retail grocery business. Mrs. Bennett was educated in the Ursuline convent and Scott high school in Toledo. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Toledo Women's Club. Dr. and Mrs. Bennett are the parents of two sons, Richard Granville and Robert Rhoades. The doctor is a stanch republican in his political views, and he and his wife are members of the First Congregational church. He belongs to Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M.; the Chamber of Commerce ; the Kiwanis Club ; the Sylvania Golf Club ; the Toledo Club ; the Catawba Beach Club; the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity; the Toledo Automobile Club; the Pioneer Automobile Club ; the North Shores Club, and other civic and social organizations. He is also a member of the Toledo Dental Society, the Northwestern Ohio Dental Association, the Ohio State Dental Society, the American Dental Association and is an associate member of the Toledo Academy of Medicine. During the World war he was put in the dental-medical class and later was in the Student Army Training Corps at Western Reserve University. He possesses a thorough technical knowledge of his profes- 664 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY sion ; is courteous and careful in his relations with his patients, and takes great pride in doing only the highest quality of work. CHARLES WALLACE BRINGMAN The oldest undertaking establishment in Upper Sandusky is that now owned by Charles W. Bringman, who maintains a modern funeral home at Fourth and Wyandot streets and is meeting with marked success. He was born in this city on the 12th of June, 1887, and is a son of A. M. and Margaret (Shoenfield) Bringman. The mother, who was born in Pennsylvania, is deceased. A. M. Bringman was born in Wyandot county and for many years was engaged in the grocery business. In 1907 he established a furniture business in Upper Sandusky, which he conducted alone until October, 1909, when his son Charles W. acquired an interest in the business. They carried it on together until November, 1927, when the father sold his interest to his son and retired. Charles W. Bringman received a good public school education and then attended the Barnes School of Embalming, from which he was graduated in 1908. On October 1, 1909, he entered business with his father and took over the undertaking department, to which he gave his persona] attention. In 1921, he sold out the furniture stock and has since devoted his entire attention to funeral directing, in which exacting line of effort he is regarded as one of the best in this section of the state. He now has a new funeral home, modern and complete in all of its appointments, including display room, preparation room, reception room and other desirable features, and also has a complete motor outfit, including ambulance, funeral car, service truck and passenger cars. Mr. Bringman does the embalming, in which he is an expert, and is ably sustaining the prestige of this well known establishment, which has been in existence here, under various managements, for about sixty years. In 1911 Mr. Bringman was united in marriage to Miss Hortense Neidig, who was born and reared in Upper Sandusky, and they are the parents of three children, namely: TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 665 Wallace, born in 1912 and now in high school ; Joseph, born in 1914; and Martha Jane, born in 1917. Mrs. Bringman, a very proficient musician, is president of the Music Club and is active in the club and social affairs of Upper Sandusky. Every member of the family plays some musical instrument and together they have very enjoyable musical hours. Mr. Bringman is an active supporter of the republican party and has been honored by election to public office, having served two terms as a member of the city council and one term as mayor. He is a Mason, in which order he has received the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite ; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Luncheon Club, and was the organizer and is still an interested member of the Historical Society of Wyandot County. His religious membership is with the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he gives generous support, as he does to all worthy benevolent causes. He is affiliated with the county, state and national associations of funeral directors and embalmers. His business record has reflected great credit on his ability and judgment, and he stands in the front rank of the funeral directors of this part of the state. MITCHELL P. HOWES In the field of refrigeration along advanced scientific lines Mitchell P. Howes, president of Refrigeration Headquarters, Inc., of Toledo, is regarded as an expert, and he has built up a large and successful business in this territory. He was born in Clark county, Indiana, on the 25th of July, 1894, a son of Alonzo M. and Hattie F. (Kegler) Howes. He comes of sterling old English stock, his paternal great-grandfather having emigrated to this country in an early day. He settled in Kentucky, in which state was born the grandfather. Alonzo M. Howes was a native of Clark county, Indiana, followed farming throughout his active life, and is still living at the age of ninety-two years. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted from Kentucky and fought in the Southern army until the close of the conflict. One of his ancestors 666 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY fought in the English army in the battle of Waterloo, and one of Mr. Howes' maternal ancestors fought in Napoleon's army in the same battle. Mrs. Hattie Howes is living at the age of sixty-seven years. To Mr. and Mrs. Howes were born three children, Warder F., engaged in the plumbing business in Jeffersonville, Indiana, was married twice and for his second wife chose Miss Erva Sauer, of Louisville, Kentucky. Alma is the wife of Fay H. Irwin, president of a large insurance company of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Mitchell P., of this review, completes the family. Mitchell P. Howes was educated in the public schools of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Purdue University at Lafayette, Indiana, in addition to which he took a course in a business college. Later he worked for the Cole Automobile Company of Indianapolis, with which concern he remained nearly three years. He then went to Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the garage business for a short time, giving this up to enlist for the World war. He was sent to Columbus Barracks, where he was in training but a short time when he was sent overseas. He enlisted in the infantry but was transferred to the aviation corps. He was soon promoted to master signal electrician and was first sent to England and later across the channel to France. For a short time he was located at Neufchateau, being sent from there to Soissy Le Ori, an American aviation camp, where he remained three months. He was next transferred to Chattion Sur-Seine, where he remained in the aviation camp for some time, and from there was sent to the city of Langres, where he was in an officers' training camp. While there the armistice was signed, and he was sent back to the American transfer corps at Langres, where he remained for one year. He returned to the United States and was honorably discharged in November, 1919. On leaving the army, Mr. Howes returned to Indianapolis, to which city his parents had moved, and there he became identified with the Gibson Auto Company, with which he was connected for fifteen months. He then entered the employ of Coppes Brothers & Zook, makers of the "Nappanee" kitchen cabinets, as business sales promotion manager. He remained with that firm until July, 1924, when TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 667 he became sales manager for the Strand Lumber Company, of Detroit, Michigan, where he remained one year. Going then to New York city, he joined the Servel Electric Refrigeration Company, becoming assistant to the vice president, H. P. Childs. He was put in charge of the sales department of New York, which position he held until June 27, 1905, when he went to Evansville, Indiana, for that company, and had charge of the sales department during the receivership of the company. Later he was also put in charge of the general sales department of the company, with jurisdiction over the United States. He filled that position until November 1, 1928, when he came to Toledo as president and general manager of the Northwestern Ohio Servel, Inc., with offices at 371 Phillips avenue, where they occupy an up-to-date building and utilize ten thousand square feet of floor space. In June, 1929, the name of the concern was changed to Refrigeration Headquarters, Inc., distributors for the Servel electric, Electrolux gas refrigerators, Holmes electric refrigerators, Lipman commercial refrigerators and Hussman commercial refrigerators, in addition to which they carry the Schurtz line of gas-fired absorption refrigerating machines. The company's factory is at Evansville, Indiana. The Toledo sales department has on display about thirty models at all times and carries the largest and most complete line of gas and electric refrigerators in the United States. The firm is equipped to do anything that can be done at the various factories, having fifteen factory-trained service men, who are capable of rendering service on any type of mechanical refrigerator, which makes the firm's service set-up of the highest possible efficiency. On December 30, 1924, Mr. Howes was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Taylor, of New York city, and they are the parents of a son, Mitchell P., Jr., who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 31, 1927. Mrs. Howes' mother, Eva Taylor, was an actress of note, having appeared in all the large cities of this country, Australia and Europe for many years. She was leading lady in many of the best stock companies out of New York city, up to the time of her retirement in 1922, since which time she has resided in that city. Mrs. Howes was also on the stage from childhood, starting in New 668 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY York at the Vitagraph studios and following that profession for a number of years. Mr. Howes has been a prominent factor in the promotion of electric refrigeration in Toledo and Ohio, and many of the largest apartment houses, stores and business houses have installed his system, the volume of business having shown a steady and substantial increase under his sound management. HENRY CHARLES QUINNELL One of the leading country newspapers of northwestern Ohio is the Sylvania Sentinel, published at Sylvania, Lucas county, by Henry C. Quinnell, who has proven a capable and successful newspaper man. He was born July 31, 1895, in Ospringe, Kent, England, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Mackett) Quinnell, the latter of whom is of French descent. The father has been for many years connected with the Southern Railroad Company of England. Henry C. Quinnell received his education in the public and secondary schools of England and in 1911, at the age of sixteen years, came to Toledo. He took special courses in journalism and advertising at Toledo University, after which he entered the office of the Legal News, of Toledo, as an apprentice. He continued with that publication for five years and then enlisted for the World war, joining Company I, Three Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry. He was in training camp for a while and in May, 1918, was sent overseas. He saw active service during the remainder of the conflict and returned to this country February 2, 1919, being honorably discharged ten days later. Mr. Quinnell at once returned to Toledo and entered the employ of the Superior Typesetting Company, with which concern he remained until 1921, when he bought the Sylvania Sentinel, in partnership with Harry Crawford, who died in February, 1929. In 1926 he bought Mr. Crawford's interest in the paper and plant and has carried the business on alone. The Sentinel, which is a weekly paper, serves Sylvania and neighboring townships as well as the contiguous portion of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 669 southern Michigan. Its news columns are well edited, and the paper is attractive typographically, so that it enjoys a well merited popularity, having a circulation of fifteen hundred and sixty. In connection with the newspaper Mr. Quinnell also conducts an up-to-date commercial printing plant, well equipped in every respect, and he has built up an extensive job printing business. Five people are employed in the office, and the Sentinel is now a valuable property, having developed steadily under Mr. Quinnell's able management. In 1920 Mr. Quinnell was united in marriage to Miss Grace M. Schmuhl, who was born and reared in Toledo and is of German descent. They are the parents of two children : Charles Ralph, born December 6, 1920, in Toledo; and Robert Neil, born August 27, 1928, in Sylvania. Mrs. Quinnell is a member of the Sylvania Literary Club and the Delphian Society. Mr. Quinnell has been a republican since casting his first vote and has shown a commendable interest in local public affairs. He is a member of Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M., of Toledo; Sylvania Chapter, No. 149, R. A. M.; Grafton Acklin Council, R. & S. M., of Toledo; the American Legion and the Sylvania Gun Club. He also belongs to the Sylvania planning commission. He has proven a loyal citizen of his adopted country, has won a high place in the esteem of his community and, personally and through the columns of his paper, has been influential in promoting the welfare and prosperity of his home town. GRAFTON L. MOUEN Grafton L. Mouen, a veteran of the World war and one of Toledo's well known stock brokers, was born in Maumee, Ohio, June 30, 1893, and is a son of Grafton B. and Sena (Kaiser) Mouen. His grandparents, Grafton and Louisa (Wall) Mouen, were natives of Pennsylvania, but lived for many years in Warren county, Indiana, where they passed away. The grandfather served in the Union army during the Civil war and was a stanch adherent of the republican party, while in religious faith he was a Quaker. Grafton B. 670 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Mouen was born on the home farm in Warren county, Indiana, in March, 1860, and engaged in merchandising for several years, but is now living retired in Maumee, Ohio. He is identified with the Masonic order and gives his political support to the republican party. His wife, a lifelong resident of Maumee, was born February 24, 1859,. and passed away January 10, 1929. Her parents, Louis H. and Louise ( Harbaugh) Kaiser, who were natives of Germany, became early settlers of Maumee, there remaining until their demise. Mr. Kaiser aided in preserving the Union during the dark days of civil strife and exercised his right of franchise in support of the candidates and principles of the republican party, while in religious faith he was a Roman Catholic. In the acquirement of an education Grafton L. Mouen attended the parochial and public schools of Maumee and St. John's College of Toledo, afterward enrolling as a student in the engineering department of the University of Michigan, where he spent a year. His initial experience in financial affairs was gained in the Maumee Union Deposit Bank, of which he was assistant cashier for two years. In 1916 he became an employee of the firm of Secor & Bell, Toledo stock brokers, remaining with them until he enlisted in the United States army. He was in training at Fort Winfield Scott, San Francisco, for six months, with the Fifth Regiment Coast Artillery. From there he was sent to New York, sailing for France in June, 1919, and was on active duty in the Champagne sector, while later he was at Saumur. He was stationed in France for eight months, returning to the United States in February, 1919, and at Fort Totten, New York, was honorably discharged as a private. On arriving in Toledo Mr. Mouen reentered the service of Secor & Bell, with whom he continued until the reorganization in 1924, and has since been a partner in the firm of Bell & Beckwith, whose success he has furthered by close application and highly efficient work. They deal only in high grade securities and are members of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Mouen is thoroughly informed on the subject of investment banking and the various phases of modern finance and is serving on the board of directors of the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 671 Union Deposit Bank of Maumee, also representing The McMillan Company, of Fort Wayne, Ind., in a similar capacity. On the 28th of December, 1921, Mr. Mouen was married, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Angela Harks, a daughter of Martin and Mary (Dillhoefer) Harks. Her father is deceased, but her mother still resides in Cleveland. Mrs. Mouen was born in that city, January 15, 1891, and completed her education in the Ursuline convent. Mr. and Mrs. Mouen have three children : Marjorie Ann, who was born in June, 1923; Marion Suzanne, born in July, 1926; and Crafton Martin, born in March, 1928. Mr. and Mrs. Mouen are faithful communicants of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Maumee, while in politics he is a republican. His appreciation of the social amenities of life has led to his connection with the Inverness Club, the Toledo Club, the University Club and the Toledo Yacht Club, while his civic spirit is expressed through his membership in the Chamber of Commerce. Ably and conscientiously fulfilling each trust reposed in him, Mr. Mouen has rapidly advanced and measures up to high standards in every relation of life. CLIFFORD A. JOHNSON Clifford A. Johnson, a member of one of the large coal companies of Toledo, has also become well known as a dealer in radios and is constantly expanding his interests as opportunity offers. He was born July 17, 1895, in this city, in which his parents, Andrew J. and Matilda E. (Burkhart) Johnson, have always resided. The father was born January 12, 1869, while the mother's natal day was April 23, 1871. The grandfather, Andrew J. Johnson, Sr., who was a native of Sweden, emigrated to the United States when a young man, coming to Toledo in 1851, at an early stage in its development, and he erected a log cabin on what is now Central avenue. Entering the field of contracting he took an important part in the work of upbuilding and improving the city and afterward became a millwright. During the Civil war he proved his loyalty to the country of his adoption by gallantly defending the Union cause. His wife, who bore the 672 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY maiden name of Rose Fournier, was born in Belgium, but was reared in France. Her demise occurred in Toledo in 1912, and Mr. Johnson passed away in this city in 1914. Their son, Andrew J. Johnson, Jr., attended the public schools of Toledo, afterward becoming an accountant in the service of the New York Central Railroad Company, where he spent several years. Subsequently he was a city salesman for the Seyfang Coal Company, remaining with the firm until he embarked in business in partnership with his brother, A. L. Johnson, under the style of the Johnson Coal Company, which is still retained. A. J. Johnson is now vice president of the company, a director of the Troy Oil & Gas Company, the Merritt Jewelry Company, the Toledo Glove Manufacturing Company and other large corporations. A recognized leader in his chosen line of endeavor, he was called to the presidency of the Toledo Wholesale Coal Trades Association, whose interests he has materially furthered, and is also an influential member of the Chamber of Commerce. He adheres to the Roman Catholic church and has taken the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus, while in politics he is a democrat of independent views. In 1894 Mr. Johnson married Miss Matilda E. Burkhart, a daughter of Lawrence and Caroline (Laugendefer) Burkhart, who were natives of Germany and cast in their lot with the pioneer settlers of Toledo. The father worked for a time on a canal boat, eventually becoming the owner of a brickyard. He has passed away, but Mrs. Burkhart still resides in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have three sons : Clifford A.; Roger L., who was born in 1899; and Junior A., born in 1905. The eldest son, Clifford A. Johnson, was a pupil in the Sherman public school, next enrolling as a student in St. Ann's parochial school, from which he was graduated in 1911. This was supplanted by a two years' course in St. John's college and on leaving that institution he became an employe of the Johnson Coal Company, with which he has since been connected. Starting as an office boy, he progressed through the various departments and is now general manager of the Johnson Coal & Wood Yard, the retail department of the business, which has rapidly developed under his expert super- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 673 vision. Governed by high commercial standards, the Johnson Coal Company has steadily widened its trade relations, keeping pace with the development of the city and in close touch with the constantly changing conditions of the commercial world. In addition to his activities in behalf of the firm, Clifford A. Johnson is vice president and sales manager of the Park Lane Radio Company, Inc., which he organized in 1925 in association with Herbert C. Kuebler, who is filling the offices of president and treasurer. They deal exclusively in radios, some of the sets which they handle selling for $2,500, and their store at 2229-31 Jefferson avenue, ranks with the largest and best of the kind in Toledo. They also do fine art work in connection with the building of radio sets, employing skilled cabinet makers for this purpose, and their annual sales amount to a large figure. Mr. Johnson is likewise serving as secretary of the High Flash Gas & Oil Products Company of Toledo, and has the foresight, wisdom and resourcefulness of the successful business man. On the 15th of November, 1919, Mr. Johnson was married in Toledo to Miss Beatrice Marie Weber, a daughter of Charles Valentine and Anna (Martin) Weber. Mrs. Johnson, who was born July 8, 1896, in this city, is a graduate of St. Mary's school and the Ursuline Convent of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have four daughters : Marjorie Ann, who was born July 14, 1921; Madelyn Mathilda and Marilyn Beatrice, twins, born September 14, 1922; and Ellen Clare, born September 2, 1924. During the World war Mr. Johnson entered the service of his country, going to West Point, Kentucky, where he was attached to the Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment of Field Artillery, and was detailed for duty in the Signal Corps. Later he was transferred to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, serving under Colonel Sorley, and at Camp Sherman, Ohio, was honorably discharged June 12, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are devout communicants of the Gesu Roman Catholic church, and the latter is a member of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association and the Catholic Women's Club. Mr. Johnson's fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. As a member of the Lions Club and the Chamber 43-VOL. 4 674 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Commerce he is working for Toledo's best interests and his standing as a business man is indicated by the fact that he is serving as president of the Toledo Radio Association, which in 1929 staged the most successful radio show ever presented here. Mr. Johnson enjoys fishing and other sports, spending most of his leisure in the open. He is a broad-gauged young man of substantial worth and a live factor in his city. ALBERT A. WILLARD Albert A. Willard, who as a member of the firm of Willard & Eaton, of Toledo, is well known as a capable and successful contractor in marine work, was born in this city on the 8th of April, 1884, a son of John and Emma Willard. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Willard, was a native of New York state and early in life came to Point Place, Ohio, now a part of Toledo, where he acquired one hundred and sixty acres of land. He carried on agricultural pursuits throughout his active life ; also engaged in fishing and hunting and did considerable civil engineering, assisting in the survey of the boundaries of Ohio and other states for the United States government prior to the Civil war. He died in 1881. Later the family disposed of the farm and moved to Port Clinton, where they remained only a short time and then returned to Toledo. John Willard was born at Point Place; received a public school education and for twenty years was in the employ of the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad. Later he was an employe of the Toledo city park board, with which he remained until 1922, when he retired from active affairs owing to impaired health. To him and his wife were born eleven children, of whom the living are Lewis, John, Helen, May Eliza and Albert A., all residents of Toledo. Albert A. Willard received his education in the Franklin public school, which he attended until fifteen years of age, when he went to work. He soon became identified with marine work, which he has followed to the present time. In 1922 he formed a co-partnership with Walter A. Eaton, under the firm name of Willard & Eaton, and this is now one TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 675 of the successful marine contracting firms in this section of the country. The firm builds docks and bridges and constructs foundations, cribs and breakwaters, and has a well merited reputation for the high quality of its work. The firm had a contract which required three years to perform, at Monroe, Michigan, where it reclaimed a large tract of land; put in 3,200 feet of dockage and built five bridges. At Bay Crest the firm put in 1,200 feet of dock between Monroe and Stony Point; did the foundation work at Lakeside for the Luna river dance hall, and did the foundation work at Willow Beach, as well as a number of other large contracts. The company's office is in the Summit-Cherry building, at 616 Summit street, Toledo. On October 7, 1908, Mr. Willard was united in marriage to Miss Opal I. Willmont, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Willard is a member of Lotus Lodge, No. 625, F. & A. M., in East Toledo. He is a man of attractive personality and genial manner and is regarded very highly throughout the range of his acquaintance. WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK For over forty years William G. Clark, of Toledo, has commanded recognition as an expert and competent civil engineer, in which capacity he served in various official positions, while for the past twenty-nine years he has been engaged in the private practice as a consulting engineer in Toledo, having his offices at 1046 Spitzer building. Mr. Clark was born near Wattsburg, Erie county, Pennssylvania, on the 22d of December, 1858, and is a son of Lorenzo Dow and Jane (Mitchell) Clark. The father, who was born August 30, 1824, was of English descent. His father was born in Vermont, where he was married to Lydia Haskell Lampson. About 1820 they removed to a farm near Waterboro, Cattaraugus county, New York, where their son, Lorenze D., was born and reared. He remained there until 1854, when he settled on a farm near Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was married to Jane Mitchell, February 17, 1855. She was born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 676 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and in 1837 accompanied her parents, William and Isabel Mitchell, to the United States, settling near Wattsburg, Pennsylvania. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark are now deceased, the latter dying in 1894 and the former in 1905. William G. Clark attended school in Wattsburg until 1875, and the high school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, two years. In 1879 he entered the engineering department of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1884, having been out of college one year. During the period from August, 1884, to June, 1887, he served successively as instructor in mathematics and chemistry, assistant professor of civil engineering and acting professor of civil engineering at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri. From 1887 until 1892 he was first assistant city engineer of Toledo, Ohio, and was for three years the junior member of the firm of Wickenden & Clark, engineers, in Toledo. He was then elected city civil engineer of Toledo, in which position he served until 1897, when he became chief engineer for the American Sanitary Engineering Company of Detroit, Michigan, holding that position until 1900. He has since been engaged in private practice as a consulting sanitary engineer in Toledo, specializing in water supply, water purification, water softening, sewers, sewage disposal and hydraulic developments. He has made or assisted in making, reports on a number of water supplies, including those at Toledo, Elyria and Piqua, Ohio; Decatur, Illinois; Rocky Ford, Colorado, and others, and has built, rebuilt or enlarged water purification and softening plants in Toledo, Sandusky, Port Clinton, Fremont, Napoleon, Lima, Barberton and Piqua, Ohio ; Flat Rock, Dearborn, Flint and Alpena, Michigan, as well as Decatur, Illinois, and Rocky Ford, Colorado. On December 21, 1886, at Plainfield, New Jersey, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Anna Beasley, who died in June, 1906. In June, 1914, he married Mrs. Arrilla C. Richter. In his political views Mr. Clark is a republican, but takes no active part in public affairs. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has received the thirty-second degree TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 677 of the Scottish Rite, and also belongs to the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and the Exchange Club of Toledo. The only public position held by him at this time is as a member of the commission on the expansion of the county buildings of Lucas county. His religious connection is with the Baptist church. He stands for those things which contribute to the well being of society and is regarded as one of Toledo's worthy and dependable citizens. JOHN SHERRING PRATT In the front rank of the members of the Toledo bar stands John S. Pratt, whose record, covering a period of over thirty years, is replete with services of the highest, order in various positions of responsibility. He was born in Toledo, on the 5th of June, 1875, a son of Charles and Catherine (Sherring) Pratt. He comes of a long line of American ancestors, the progenitor of the family in this country having settled in the colonies in 1630. Among his descendants was Mr. Pratt's great-grandfather, Aaron Pratt, who married Miss Olive Metcalf and they lived on the farm which had been in the family for several generations where the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, now stands. To them was born Alpheus Pratt, a native of Massachusetts, who died in Hudson, Michigan, where he had engaged in farming. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics was first a whig and later a republican. He married Miss Louisa Eames, also a native of Massachusetts, and they became the parents of Charles Pratt, father of John S. Pratt. Charles Pratt was born in New York state, January 28, 1828, and died in Toledo, Ohio, March 15, 1900, having been a resident of this city since 1850. He was a distinguished lawyer, a judge of the common pleas court and a president of the Ohio State Bar Association. He was a charter member of the Westminster Presbyterian church and was president of its official board from its organization until his death. He was a stanch republican in his political views. His wife was born in England, April 4, 1834, and died March 20, 1920, in Portland, Oregon, 'though still a resident of Toledo. She was a 678 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY daughter of John and Mary Ann (Atmore) Sherring, the former of whom was born in the city of London, the son of a country gentleman, and died in the town of Halstead, Essex, England. He followed the manufacturing business. His wife, who was also a native of England, died in Toledo, Ohio. John S. Pratt attended the public schools of Toledo, graduating from high school in 1893. He then attended the law school of the University of Michigan until 1897, in which year he was admitted to the bar of Ohio. Locating in Toledo, he was associated in practice with the law firm of Swayne, Hayes & Tyler, and later he formed a partnership with his father and William K. Terry, under the firm name of Pratt, Terry & Pratt, which continued until the father's death, in 1900, when the name was changed to Terry & Pratt. In 1904 Mr. Pratt was appointed judge of the city court, to which position he was later elected, and he served on that bench until January 1, 1908, when he resumed the practice of law alone. In March, 1908, he was appointed United States attorney for the northern district of Ohio, and was in charge of the district attorney's office at Toledo until May 1, 1917. In the meanwhile he was associated with the law firm of Doyle & Lewis. Since retiring from the office of district attorney he practiced alone until recently, when he became associated with 0. B. Snider and C. A. Seiders, with offices in the Nicholas building. This is a strong and successful law firm and commands a large practice in the courts of Lucas county. In August, 1921, Mr. Pratt was appointed by the attorney general of the United States as a special assistant to the attorney general, which position he still holds. In this connection he is a specialist in the prosecution of criminal cases involving the use of the mails in fraudulent schemes, particularly in the sale of corporate securities by fraudulent methods. As special assistant to the United States attorney general, Mr. Pratt prosecuted Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, who is now serving a fifteen-year sentence in the peniteniary ; the Wood brothers, of Texas and Oklahoma, who were the promoters of the Owenwood Corporation of California, and the Inrader Corporation, through which the public was defrauded of thirty millions of dollars and the members of which are now in the penitentiary. During TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 679 recent months Mr. Pratt has been engaged in prosecuting fraud cases relating to the real estate boom in Florida. He is engaged in the general practice of law in the state and federal courts and has won high prestige for his ability, integrity and success. On June 9, 1906, Mr. Pratt married Miss Genevieve Doyle, of Toledo, who was born October 3, 1886, and died January 6, 1912, in this city. She was a daughter of Judge John H. and Alice (Skinner) Doyle, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt became the parents of a daughter, Alice Doyle, born December 17, 1908. She has received a good education, being graduated from Fairfax Hall, at Waynesboro, Virginia, in 1927, and from Lasell Seminary, at Auburndale, Massachusetts, June 4, 1929. She is prominent in athletic circles. On June 29; 1918, Mr. Pratt was married to Miss Helen Mitchell, who was born in Bryan, Ohio, June 25, 1881, and is a daughter of the late Dr. William K. and Mary Jane (Long) Mitchell. The latter now resides in Toledo. Dr. Mitchell, who was an able and successful physician, practiced at Ligonier, Indiana, and stood high in his community. Mrs. Pratt was educated in the public schools of Bryan, Ohio, the Smead School, of Toledo, and the Liggett School, of Detroit, Michigan. She is a member of the First Congregational church and the Women's Club. In his political alignment Mr. Pratt is a republican and has always taken an active interest in public affairs. During the World war he was a leader in local war activities, serving as chairman of the Four-Minute speakers of Lucas county and was director of the speakers' bureau of the Liberty Loan organization for the twenty counties of northwestern Ohio. He is a Mason, and is a member of Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R., and Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He is also identified with the Chamber of Commerce, the Torch Club of Toledo, the Toledo Country Club, the Toledo Yacht Club, the Toledo Transportation Club, and the Psi Upsilon college fraternity. He maintains professional affiliation with the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He belongs to the First Congregational church, to which he gives liberal support, and is interested in every movement the object of which is the ma- 680 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY terial, civic or moral progress of his city or county. Mr. Pratt is not only a lawyer of outstanding ability, enjoying a well merited prominence in his profession, but in the sphere of private citizenship has exemplified qualities which have gained for him the uniform admiration of his fellowmen. JOHN MILTON KILLITS John Milton Killits, a distinguished representative of the bench and bar, has been United States district judge of the northern district of Ohio since June 30, 1910, residing at Toledo. He is a native of Lithopolis, Ohio, and a son of Andrew Welser and Clerissa (Crumley) Killits, the former born at Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1836, and the latter at Lithopolis, Ohio, January 8, 1839. In both the paternal and maternal lines he comes of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Andrew Welser Killits, of German and Danish lineage, was a son of John Killitz, who migrated to the United States in 1805. Mrs. Clerissa (Crumley) Killits was a granddaughter of Christian Graumlich (Anglicised Crumley) , whose father, Valentine Graumlich, brought him as an infant from Wurtemburg in 1752 to Union county, Pennsylvania. Following the completion of a high school course at Bryan, Ohio, John M. Killits entered the preparatory department of Oberlin College. He then matriculated in Williams College, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1880, that of Master of Arts in 1887 and the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 1914. In 1885 and 1886 he received the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws, respectively, from Columbian (now George Washington) University. Following his graduation from Williams College in 1880 he was publisher of the Red Oak (Ia.) Express until 1883, while from 1884 until 1887 he acted as editor of publications of the Signal Bureau in Washington and as secretary to the chief signal officer. During the sixteen-year period between 1888 and 1904 he engaged in law practice at Bryan, Ohio, and was prosecuting attorney of Williams county from 1893 until 1898. Elected to the bench, he served as common pleas judge of the third judicial district of Ohio TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 681 from 1905 until 1910, residing at Bryan, and in the latter year was made United States district judge of the northern district of Ohio, with residence at Toledo. Though now retired, he occasionally resumes court work and hears or tries cases. On the 21st of June, 1887, in Washington, Judge Killits married Alice Nourse Steuart, of English, Scotch and French Huguenot descent. She was born in Live Oak county, Texas, September 5, 1863, a daughter of Alexander Somerville and Emily (Nourse) Steuart, natives of Washington, D. C., who are deceased. Judge and Mrs. Killits are the parents of two daughters : Alice Milton, the wife of Harry W. Gardner, a hardware merchant of Bryan, Ohio; and Edith Steuart, who is the wife of Howard L. Smallman, a successful surgeon of Barberton, Ohio. Mrs. Killits has membership with the Daughters of the American Revolution and also belongs to the Toledo Women's Club. Politically Judge Killits is a republican. He performed effective public service as a member of the Toledo city charter commission in 1914 and again in 1928. A prominent worker in the Methodist church, he was a member of the quadrennial general conferences at Baltimore in 1908, at Minneapolis in 1912, at Saratoga Springs in 1916 and at Des Moines in 1920. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and he is also a valued member of the Toledo, Inverness, University and Rotary Clubs of Toledo and the Nisi Prius (lawyers) Club of Cleveland, while in the strict path of his profession he likewise has membership with the Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. NEWTON A. TRACY Newton A. Tracy of the widely known law firm of Tracy, Chapman & Welles, has established his position among the leading attorneys of Toledo and represents a family noted for legal ability of a high order. He was born in this city on the 9th of August, 1888, and is a son of Thomas Henry and Laura E. (Pratt) Tracy, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. After the completion of his high school 682 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY course he entered Oberlin Academy and was graduated with the class of 1909. He next enrolled as a student in the University of Michigan, from which he won the degree of LL.B. in 1912, and in the same year was admitted to the bar in Michigan and Ohio. On returning to Toledo, Mr. Tracy became associated with the firm of King, Tracy, Chapman & Welles, and in 1914 the present style of Tracy, Chapman & Welles was adopted. Mr. Tracy has since been a partner in the firm, of which his father is the senior member, and this is regarded as the strongest legal combination in the city. Newton A. Tracy specializes in corporation law and has successfully handled much important litigation. He was elected secretary of the Toledo Bridge & Crane Company, the Toledo Screw Products Company, the Air-Way Electric Appliance Corporation and the Auburn Factories Company, which have derived much benefit from his legal acumen and wise counsel. At the present time he is a director of the Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company, the Air-Way Electric Appliance Corporation and the Erie Glass Company. On the 1st of January, 1914, Mr. Tracy was married in Detroit, Michigan, to Miss Juanita Hopper, a native of Athens, Ohio, and the two children of this union are : Laura-belle E., who was born in Toledo, May 16, 1915; and William Thomas, born July 15, 1916. Mr. Tracy's office is situated on the tenth floor of the Ohio building in Toledo, and his residence is located on the River road in Maumee. He is building a beautiful country home on the site of Fort Miami, where the old British fort was erected during the War of 1812, and he plans to add many improvements to the property, which is still in a good state of preservation. Along social lines he is connected with the Toledo Club, the local Yacht Club and the Toledo Country Club. Mrs. Tracy takes an active part in the work of the Young Women's Christian Association and is one of the directors of the Maumee branch of the Girl Scouts of America. Mr. Tracy is affiliated with St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church and gives his political support to the republican party. He is a member of the Lucas County, Ohio State and Ameri- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 683 can Bar Associations. At all points in his career he has been actuated by worthy motives and high ideals, and his record reflects credit upon an honored family name. RUDOLPH SCHEIDHAUER Rudolph Scheidhauer, recognized as one of Bowling Green's best citizens, has here been active in the bakery business for more than a decade and has built up an extensive and lucrative patronage in this connection. He was born in Hermersberg, Bavaria, Germany, July 29, 1888, his parents being Jacob and Frieda ( Seiler) Scheidhauer, the former a butcher by occupation. His education was acquired in his native country and included two years' study in the Ober Realschule or College of Metz. After putting aside his textbooks he served an apprenticeship as a baker in his home town and he also served for three years in the German army. In July, 1913, when a young man of twenty-five years, he crossed the Atlantic to America, and two days following his arrival in the new world he obtained employment in a town in New Jersey. The country and its opportunities so attracted him that he decided to establish his home in the United States and here he has since resided, returning to the fatherland only for a visit in 1922. He left New Jersey for Pennsylvania and subsequently spent two years in St. Louis, Missouri, and it was while on a visit to Basic, Virginia, that he met his future wife. On the 28th of April, 1919, he embarked in the baking business at Bowling Green, Ohio, where he has thus continued to the present time and has developed a patronage of large and profitable proportions. His establishment is modern and in its conduct he displays the most progressive and enterprising methods. In early manhood Mr. Scheidhauer was united in marriage to Miss Anna Niggemeyer, who was born January 20, 1882, at Pomeroy, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. Her parents, of German lineage, were Theodore and Amelia (Klingcnberg) Niggemeyer, the former being proprietor of a cigar factory at Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. Scheidhauer have 684 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY become parents of two sons : Adolph, deceased ; and Rudolph William, who is a student in Nazareth Hall on the Maumee river. Mr. Scheidhauer is a valued member of the Bowling Green Commercial Club and fraternally is affiliated with the local organizations of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. In religious faith he is a Catholic. He has never regretted his determination to establish his home on this side of the Atlantic, for here he found the opportunities which he sought and in their wise utilization has gained business success as well as the warm regard and high esteem of his fellow citizens. INDEX Alter, F. W. 339 Appleby, J. I. 632 Arend, F. J. 332 Arnold, Valentine 415 Austin, James, Jr. 600 Bachman, A. W. 371 Bahnsen, Ben 541 Baird, J. E. 319 Baker, H. H. 22 Baker, William 446 Barber, L. L. 639 Barendt, W. B. 516 Bargy, F. H. 455 Barlow, E. B. 294 Barnett, T. D. 500 Barton, R. P. 211 Batchell, G. W. 308 Beasecker, G. H. 542 Beck, W. W. 20 Bennett, P. E. 662 Bergeron, Z. J. 552 Bergman, H. W. 190 Berry, J. L. 490 Betts, E. C. 442 Bevan, Larry 634 Blodgett, Albro 166 Bodette, E. H. 520 Boice, R. E. 288 Bollinger, O. F. 9 Bonnar, B. H. 382 Bowers, E. J. 438 Bowland, E. G. 118 Bowman, M. B. 71 Bowman, W. M. 647 Bragg, T. R. 498 Brandes, C. A. 361 Bringman, C. W. 664 Brown, N. W. 127 Brunner, J. E. 303 Bryant, D. C. 173 Burmann, H. E. 285 Burmann, G. H. L. 502 Callin, Lura W. 214 Canfield, D. R. 377 Carland, J. C. 193 Carpenter, F. G. 12 Carroll, D. J. 614 Carroll, J. M. 616 Chambers, H. G. 139 Chapman, C. F. 414 Chapman, L. H. 72 Clark, W. G. 675 Comstock, R. W. 606 Comte, C. F. 549 Cooke, U. A. 538 Cox, C. H. 67 Crobaugh, B. W. 503 Cronstine, Monroe 304 Crowell, C. E. 471 Curtin, C. R. 95 Davidson, A. R. 534 Davis, J. H. 212 Day, J. R. 106 Demuth, G. E. 151 De Witt, F. H. 564 Dierks, G. W. 555 Dierks, W. J. 550 Dierksheide, H. W. 255 Doane, H. F. 511 Dodd, M. S. 259 Doehler Die Casting Co. 43 Dolph, A. C. 298 Donovan, L. E. 467 Doubledee, F. J. 145 Dougherty, G. W. 591 Douglass, F. M. 264 Dowling, P. F. 486 Eberly, C. B. 637 Eberwine, G. J. 508 Elwell, D. A. 219 Emmert, C. G. 466 Emmert, William 543 Fall, A. P. 404 Fellabaum, C. B. 111 Figmaka, C. J. 83 Finn, W. A. 403 Flowers, E. M. 469 Foreman, F. W. 85 Foust, L. D. 89 Fox, P. O. 201 Francis, H. E. 243 Frantz, E. E. 197 Frazier, S. M. 547 Freeman, R. S. 577 Freeman, W. D. 50 Fries, E. M. 195 Froney, B. J. 224 - 685 - 686 - INDEX Gale, L. M. 368 Garber, J. O. 347 Garrigan, R. A. 162 Geddes, F. L. 424 Gehring, R. H. 245 Gill, A. D. 247 Gillis, J. H. 353 Gills, W. M. 582 Gilreath, R. A. 63 Granthen, F. H. 292 Graves, H. F. 21 Grob, W. C. 30 Grosh, L. C. 650 Guernsey, C. A. 563 Guernsey, C. L. 557 Guernsey, R. C. 481 Gunckel, J. E. 268 Haas, L. J. H. 120 Hablitzel, A. W. 70 Hablitzel, R. H. 142 Hackett, F. M. 107 Hackett, J. W. 113 Halbert, V. B. 232 Hall, H. E. 286 Hancuff, A. P. 86 Hare, R. L. 628 Harnden, L. V. 68 Harrington, F. A. 180 Harris, B. A. 392 Hartman, L. H. 569 Hartung, W. H. 109 Hasbrouck, F. L. 561 Haskell, W. L. 16 Haswell, Alfred 313 Heatley, T. F. 312 Heymann, R. C. 376 Hiett, S. J. 153 Hinchey, F. A. 526 Hodson, M. T. 283 Hoehler, F. C. 174 Hoffman, A. F. 279 Hoffman, A. G. 246 Hoffman, E. F. 238 Hoffman, L. F. 256 Holtcamp, F. E. 429 Holton, H. S. 354 Holzhauer, A. J. 105 Hoover, A. L. 14 Hoover, J. E. 363 Hopkins, F. M. 533 Howard, Lester 250 Howe, E. J. 61 Howes, M. P. 665 Hueter, T. B. 40 Hunt, L. W. 230 Jackman, John 396 Jackson, S. D. L., Jr 55 Jackson, W. T. 617 Jaeger, C. E. 535 Johnson, C. A. 671 Johnson, M. T. 124 Jones, I. E. 482 Kaczmarek Family 301 Kaemming, C. F. 411 Kear, R. H. 280 Kelly, J. E. 345 Kesler, H. A. 474 Killits, J. M. 680 King, R. C. 592 Klein, A. W. 126 Kotts, F. A. 76 Kranz, A. J. 26 Kranz, P. J. 645 Krenz, R. W. 329 Krull, V. H. 52 Kuebler, P. J. 108 Ladd, R. D. 141 Lane, Moses 649 Lathrop, W. L. 175 Leasure, J. P. 10 Lehmann, G. D. 419 Lemle, L. C. 357 Lewandowski, L. H. 321 Lewis, C. M. 399 Lewis, F. S. 527 Locke, N. W. 644 Logan, R. D. 204 Luttrell, L. P. 257 McCormick, E. J. 640 McCormick, M. J. 199 MacInnis, D. A. 188 MacInnis, John 208 Mackey, L. L. 489 Mahon, S. K. 443 Main, R. J. 462 Main, R. S. 462 Maloney, B. A. 57 Mankel, I. R. 112 Markey, J. C. 25 Martin, J. S. 594 Martin, M. A. 496 Mathewson, G. O. 140 Mauerhan, A. C. 499 Mauntler, A. H. 356 Medaris, C. F. 11 Mensing, F. E. 400 Merrell, J. B. 181 Meyer, E. H. 92 Miller, B. R. 453 Miller, F. E. 115 Miller, Hiram 290 Miller, L. D. 133 Miller, P. R. 514 Miller, W. E. 558 Miller, W. F. 660 Miller, W. I. 412 Mills, G. S. 331 INDEX - 687 Milroy, C. M. 629 Moore, R. W. 423 Morgan, H. W. 203 Mouen, G. L. 669 Murphy, H. J. 316 Murphy, P. F. 451 Nachtrab, L. L. 299 Nash, S. R. 545 Nearing, C. R. 378 Neidecker, J. A. 530 Neill, W. A. 131 Neumeyer, J. J. 350 Newell, H. H. 169 Nickels, C. B. 651 Niermann, W. F. 160 Nowak, A. R. 90 Nowak, S. F. 79 Nyquist, Albion 573 O'Hara, W. T. S. 574 Ohler, A. W. 100 Ordway, C. S. 134 Palicki, R. C. 487 Patterson, Grove 161 Paule, C. J. A. 495 Penske, W. W. 228 Peters, F. C. 220 Phillabaum, F. M. 566 Pilliod, C. J. 314 Pool, H. J. 420 Port Clinton Lumber & Coal Co. 360 Pratt, J. S. 677 Price, M. O. 572 Priest, R. T. 56 Proctor, C. L. 439 Quinnell, H. C. 668 Raab, J. W. 373 Racine, C. W. 611 Ramey, H. A. 448 Randolph, W. W. 493 Rasmussen, A. R. 27 Ray, E. H. 433 Read, C. U. 445 Reams, Frazier 185 Reams, G. H. 476 Reid, J. C. 364 Rettig, R. E. 457 Reynolds, H. S. 623 Rhoades, E. H., Jr. 432 Ricaby, G. B. 322 Richardson, A. B. 589 Richardson, S. O., Jr. 583 Rieg, P. W. 146 Rimer, S. S. 98 Robinson, W. E. 517 Rodemich, O. W. 434 Rohr, W. S. 318 Romanoff, L. R. 484 Roose, G. A. 38 Rundell, W. A. 306 Rush, J. V. 607 Russell, F. C. 401 Rutherford, J. M. 94 Ryan, T. H. 529 St. Boniface's Church 597 Sts. Peter and Paul Parish 80 Sandrock, H. C. 657 Sauvey, I. J. 148 Savage, W. E. 48 Saxton, G. B. 631 Scheidhauer, Rudolph 683 Schilb, J. R. 513 Schlatter, Godfrey 327 Schmettau, C. A. 565 Schneider, G. F. 253 Schroth, G. E. 654 Schuiteman, E. D. 346 Schulty, Frederick 334 Schultz, L. J. 406 Schwalbe, A. F. 472 Scott, C. E. 234 Scott, W. H. 170 Secor, A. J. 217 Secor, J. K. 225 Seitz, W. J. 254 Shaw, T. S. 536 Sheldon, Nettie F. 518 Sherer, H. H. 291 Shields, A. W. 44 Shinn, W. H. 64 Showel, Leo 468 Simmons, A. E. 454 Simpson, A. M. 263 Sloan, S. G. 58 Smith, Zach 125 Snyder, E. S. 504 Snyder, O. A. 388 Stalter, A. P. 36 Stephan, E. F. 458 Stichter, W. E. 261 Stockstill, H. A. 209 Sweatman, C. C. 609 Syx, B. C. 544 Szumigala, F. J. 369 Tallman, J. A. 28 Tank, R. A. 143 Taylor, McMillan 559 Thomas, F. W. 248 Thompson, J. E. 389 Thornburgh, V. H. 604 Thornton, C. B. 374 Tracy, N. A. 681 Tracy, T. H. 613 Turner, H. M. 116 688 - INDEX Urbanski, M. W. 643 Vandenbroek, A. A. 77 Van Driesen, A. C. 91 Van Keuren, Ebon 459 Vick, E. C. 360 Vollmayer, R. H. 602 Waggoner, C. W. 658 Walbolt, H. G. 580 Walinski, N. J. 441 Ward, C. S. 200 Wauseon Public Library 39 Webb, H. B. 531 Welles, G. D. 176 Welles, G. E. 5 Willard, A. A. 674 Williams, J. A. 96 Williams, S. R. 416 Williams, W. E., Jr. 612 Winn, J. W., Jr. 427 Winter, N. O. 444 Witfoth, W. C. 571 Wolfe, Fred 551 Wright, G. E. 510 Wright, K. M. 410 Yager, J. A. 53 Yarnell, D. B. 240 Yeisley, C. J. 480 Young, M. W. 342 Zachman, R. E. 34 Zeeb, Jacob 336