HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1375 complished by a very small majority. It is almost a tradition that any island man is supposed to have no chance for county or any offices except local ones. George Lonz is affiliated with Put-in-Bay Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Masonic Lodge at Port Clinton. AVERY SEDGWICK HILL, who died at Toledo September 18, 1891, was for many years a member of the Lucas County bar, and was distinguished rather by the unusual attainments of his mind and character and by the possession of qualities which, while not necessary and in fact sometimes preventing success in a professional or business way, are highly prized and appreciated as attributes of a cultured and high minded gentleman. A son of the late Gen. Charles W. Hill, he was born at Toledo December 5, 1846, and at the time of his death was forty-four years, nine months of age. Mr. Hill graduated from the Toledo High School with the class of 1866, and in 1869 enjoyed some of the high honors of his class in the law department of the University of Michigan. Prior to his graduation he had been admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1868, and he began his professional career with his father. The firm of C. W. and A. S. Hill was terminated with the death of General Hill. After that Avery S. Hill continued the practice of law alone until 1888. He was then appointed one of the official stenographers of the court under the provisions of a law passed that year, and he held that position until his death. While thoroughly grounded in the principles of jurisprudence and loving the law as a science, Mr. Hill had a sensitive disposition which made him adverse to the contentions incident to active practice. Thus it was with a sense of relief that he gave up his practice and assumed his duties as official court stenographer. His natural gifts and inclinations were pre-eminently as a linguist, while he devoted much time and study to the acquisition of a thorough knowledge of the modern languages, especially the German. It is said that, not even excepting the most cultured men of German birth, Mr. Hill was perhaps the most proficient German scholar in Toledo. He was a master of the language, speaking and writing it with the greatest accuracy and accent and had a wide and thorough knowledge of Germany as a nation, German history and literature, and had studied deeply the contributions of that nature and people to the law, to science and to the various fields of art. Mr. Hill possessed a reading knowledge of the French and Polish language. At his death the Lucas County Bar Association passed resolutions of respect and admiration for their deceased fellow practitioner, and the members of the bar and citizens in general esteemed him as a high minded gentleman, and one whose attainments in scholarship, whose genial and social disposition, and courteous demeanor, were intimate and distinctive traits of his entire career. In 1874 Avery S. Hill married Miss Ida Rose Klauser, only daughter of the late Dr. Francis J. Clauser. Mrs. Hill and her three children still survive. These children are : Carl F., a musician and teacher of music, liv- ing at Toledo; Herman A., reference to whom is made on other pages ; and Miss Rose Elizabeth, who lives with her mother. WILLIAM WATSON BOLLES. Though a man of intensely unassuming character, the name of the late William W. Bolles is one that must always be closely associated with Toledo business and civic affairs. He was one of the- city's foremost real estate dealers. In that business he was guided by some strong convictions and ideals, and from the modern viewpoint it is unmistakable that he rendered an enduring service to the city's development by sturdily following those convictions. Born at Delphi, Indiana, February 25, 1841, he came to Toledo when a boy with his father, William Bolles, who was numbered among this city's early dry goods merchants. Thus the career of the late William W. Bolles was entirely worked out in Toledo, and he. lived there until his death at his beautiful home on Collingwood Avenue August 8, 1907. He was a member of the second class graduated from the Toledo High School. For many years he was affiliated with Toledo. Lodge No. 144, Free and Accepted Masons, and with Toledo Commandery Knights Templar. However, he was not given to club life, and divided his time quite accurately between his business affairs and his own home. So far as possible he avoided publicity, and was not a seeker for social or political honors. Among business associates he was upright and conscientious, gained the confidence of all with whom he had dealings, and it was his strict integrity that was at the foundation of his success. He loved his home and its associations above everything else in life. In his courteous relationship with his fellowmen he 1376 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO was often spoken of as a gentleman of the old school. On October 27, 1868, he married Miss Ellen Collamore, daughter of Dr. Anthony Collamore of Pembroke, Massachusetts. Doctor Collamore was descended from an old colonial family. Mrs. Bolles still resides in Toledo, and her three children, also residents of this city, are William, George A. and Miss Margarita. The home at which Mr. Bolles spent his last years and where he died was a magnificent place on Collingwood Avenue. The stately homestead was surrounded by over twenty acres of ground, and with its shaded lawns, its blooming gardens it afforded an unusually attractive place in the residential district. Mr. Bolles had owned this place for many years, and the fact that it was the center of many associations of his own life and those of his family prevailed above every other consideration in causing him to refuse to sell any portion of the grounds during his lifetime. Not only did he keep his own house and grounds up to the highest standards of improvement and beautification, but he exerted a strong and potent influence in keeping the neighborhood one of the highest character, and the owners of property throughout that district of the city have had many reasons to be grateful to this Toledoan. It was Mr. Bolles who set out all the fine shade trees which are growing today along Winthrop Street. He possessed some very strong ideas on the subject of civic sightliness and beauty, and it was his influence that kept the telephone poles off of Winthrop Street between Fulton and Ashland, and that fine thoroughfare has never been marred by such poles. At one time he owned practically all the property bordering on Winthrop Street and he bought the corner of Ashland Avenue and Collingwood Avenue, converting it into a small park, to carry out his scheme of making this a strictly residential district and keeping business houses away. Now that the results of his foresight are manifest, it is possible to estimate at their proper value the services of such a strong minded and forceful citizen as the late W. W. Bolles. After the death of her husband Mrs. Bolles took an affectionate interest in keeping up the lid home until its care became too great for one of her years. In April, 1909, she sold the old homestead and its grounds to the school board, and on the site now stands the splendid Jesup W. Scott High School, one of the finest high school buildings in the State of Ohio. Thus to a large degree this school and its site will perpetuate the ideals which influenced the late Mr. Bolles in preserving this beautiful location throughout his own life. Mrs. Bolles now resides a short distance from the old home at 362 Winthrop Street. She has been prominent for a number of years in Toledo's social and philanthropic affairs and was president of the Day Nursery for many years. A student of history, she is especially well versed in the storied annals of the Maumee Valley, and probably no one is a better authority on its past. Mrs. Bolles is chairman of the Historic Sites and Revolutionary Graves Committee of the Ursula Wolcott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Toledo, and is state chairman for that order of the Revolutionary Graves of Ohio. To plant a tree is to render a service for which subsequent generations may be grateful. Mrs. Bolles has in recent years taken upon herself the remarkable task of planting elm trees all along the old Detroit trail of the River Road back to the bridge. So far the plan has proceeded to the extent of the planting of 135 elms. This is one of the pleasant and grateful tasks of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Each one of these trees is to be named for an old settler of Lucas County, and the name of such old settler is to be engraved on a plate attached to the tree. A more splendid way in which to beautify some of the historic highways of Ohio and to render tribute to many worthy names of pioneers could not be imagined. CHARLES B. DUGGAN. So largely dependent is the security of water transportation along the dangerous coasts of large bodies of water like Lake Erie, on the star that gleams with light in the lighthouse towers through darkness and frequent storm, that great care is taken in selecting capable and experienced men as lighthouse keepers. No position demands greater faithfulness in the discharge of duty or greater resourcefulness in the times of the wild battle of the elements. On Put-in-Bay stands the lighthouse that, through the vigilant care of Charles B. Duggan, nightly sends its friendly gleam for miles around, thereby guiding the mariner safely to anchorage through the tossing waves. Charles B. Duggan was born March 14, 1866, at Sacketts Harbor, near Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. In young manhood he learned the carpenter trade and fol- HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1377 lowed the same until 1898, when he entered the life-saving service, at Buffalo, New York. In this connection his training was very thorough. It was in 1903 that he came to West Sister Island, having been appointed keeper of the lighthouse at that point, and he continued there for five years. In 1908 he took charge of the lighthouse on Put-in-Bay and has continued in charge here ever since. To some extent Mr. Duggan is also a farmer and grape producer, owning a valuable tract of twenty acres here, devoting eight acres to vineyard purposes and the remainder to general farming and peach orchards. At Sacketts Harbor, New York, Mr. Duggan was married to Bertha Graham. He has three sons, Arthur, Archie and Lyle, all three being yet at home. In politics he has always been identified with the democratic party. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to a lodge at Port Clinton, Ohio ; belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Sacketts Harbor, New York, and is also a member of the order of Foresters, in Sandusky. He is a brave, dependable man and an industrious and respected citizen. CHARLES A. PECKHAM. One of Toledo's largest and most important industries is The Toledo Bridge and Crane Company. The organizer and the general manager is Charles A. Peckham, whose individual career has unusual interest on account of his varied constructive accomplishment and also because he represents some of the fine old families of Northwest Ohio. Born in Monroe County, Michigan, December 16, 1869, he is a son of the late Edward W. and Sophia L. (Hill) Peckham. His father, who was born in Utica, New York, came to Toledo after the Civil war, and was in active business there as a saw manufacturer until 1890. He then lived retired until his death on May 30, 1901. The mother, Sophia L. Hill, was born in the old Hill home on Summit Street in Toledo and was married in that city. She died August 9, 1910, and she and her husband were laid to rest in the Forest cemetery. She was of old pioneer stock, and was a daughter of the late Gen. Charles W. Hill, a distinguished Toledoan sketched on other pages of this publication. Edward W. Peckham and wife had one son, Charles A., and two daughters, Mary Louise and Mrs. Fred E. Pile, both of Toledo. Charles A. Peckham received his early education in the public schools of Toledo, but at the age of thirteen left school to become dependent upon his own resources. At that time he entered the employ of the B. F. Wade Company, a large printing establishment, and was with them eight years. He began as a general utility boy in the printing office, and was the firm's trusted bookkeeper before he left. In 1892 Mr. Peckham formed an affiliation which opened the real field for his energies and ability. Becoming connected with The Toledo Bridge Company, he was eventually made its assistant secretary and treasurer, and filled that post until 1901. The Toledo Bridge Company was then sold to The American Bridge Company. The larger corporation transferred Mr. Peckham to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as assistant to James A. Huston, district contracting manager of The American Bridge Company. Mr. Peckham remained at Pittsburg as assistant to Mr. Huston from May, 1901, to September of the same year. On his return to Toledo he became secretary and treasurer of The F. Bissel Company, and that formed his chief business connection until May 1, 1905. It was at the latter date that Mr. Peckham became the mainspring in organizing The Toledo Bridge and Crane Company, and of this he has made a remarkable success. As already mentioned, he is now general manager of one of Toledo's largest industries. This is an engineering concern, extensive builders of steel bridges and buildings of steel frame, and they also manufacture electric traveling cranes, hoists, coal and ore handling bridges, and kindred machinery. The plant covers ten acres, and the volume of business has aggregated $1,000,000 for the past several years. About 500 men are employed. In passing it should be noted that The Toledo Bridge and Crane Company furnished the steel construction for the twenty-one story Second National Bank Building of Toledo, also erected the Cherry Street bridge of that city, the Damascus bridge over the Maumee near Napoleon, and their bridges may be found all the way from New York to San Francisco. Recently a bridge was shipped from the company's plant to Los Angeles, California, and they have also done work on the Island of Cuba. Besides his position as head of this company Mr. Peckham is president of The L. F. Burdick Company of Toledo and president of The Refrigeration Engineering Company of Toledo, vice president of The Gasser Coffee 1378 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO Company of Toledo and director of The Northern National Bank. He is also well known in social circles, being a member of The Toledo Club, Inverness Golf Club, Toledo Commerce Club and the Toledo Automobile Club, and is a vestryman in Trinity Episcopal Church. Politically he is a republican. His chief recreation is automoblling. Mr. Peckham and family reside at 416 West Bancroft Street. On September 6, 1893, he married Miss Celia Bird Burdick, the oldest daughter of the late Leander and Jennie (Walker) Burdick. Her mother is still living in 'Toledo and her father, the late Leander Burdick, was a prominent Toledo banker. Mrs. Peckham was born and educated in Toledo. CASPER H. SCHROEDER. When Casper H. Schroeder died at his home in Toledo October 13, 1903, he left behind an institution, one of the oldest and most substantial manufacturing concerns, that was in the nature of a monument to his patient and persevering endeavors covering nearly forty years, and continued to this day by members of his family is one of the, largest enterprises of its kind in the Middle West. It was the skill, the conscientious care, the personal integrity inwrought by this sterling old Toledoan into the early stages of his business that proved the enduring foundation for an industry that outlasted a lifetime and contributed to the prosperity of his home city and constituted a splendid man• ufacturing service to the world at large. About a month before his death Mr. Schroeder had returned with his wife from a trip abroad, where they had spent ten weeks in the hope of recovering his failing health. Casper IL Schroeder was of rugged German parentage. He was born in Westphalia, Prussia, October 5, 1837, and was therefore sixty-six years of age when he died. In 1852 he came to the United States with his parents, having in the meantime received the common school training given to all German youth. The family settled in Wood County, Ohio, and from there Casper H. Schroeder moved to Toledo in 1861. For the first six years he was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. In 1867 he began the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, etc., and his first factory was on the same ground now occupied by the great plant of the C. H. Schroeder Company, from 339 to 345 South Erie Street. At the beginning it was a limited institution in output and trade connections. A small mill was built by Mr. Schroeder in 1867, and for twenty years he conducted the business under his own name. In 1886 the business had reached such proportions that a stock company was organized consisting of Mr. Schroeder, Henry Aufderheide, and Charles Dreyer. The authorized capital stock was placed at $70,000. Twice the business suffered the disaster of fire, in 1880 and again in 1887. From the beginning Casper H. Schroeder was the leading spirit in the growth and development of this magnificent concern. He was its president at the time of his death. C. H. Schroeder Company are wholesale manufacturers and dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, moldings, etc. The office, factory and warehouse are on South Erie Street, and they also have extensive yards and shipping and dock facilities along South Erie Street. The principal lumber materials utilized in their products are white, yellow and Norway pine, hemlock and oak. It is by no means a local business. The company fill orders in all parts of the United States, and in past year shipments have been made to foreign countries. In 1902 for instance the company shipped forty-two carloads of sash, doors, etc., to the Westinghouse people of Manchester, England. The present officials of the company are : William H. Schroeder, son of the late Casper H., president and treasurer; Mrs. M. A. Schroeder, widow of Casper IL, vice president; and Charles H. Schroeder, another son, secretary. For the purpose of handling the local trade in sash, doors, etc., William H. Schroeder and his brother, Charles H., established a partnership in 1908 under the name William H. and Charles A. Schroeder as wholesale manufacturers and dealers in lumber, mill work and interior finishings, and also window glass and other building materials. Their plant was formerly located at the corner of Nebraska Avenue and Fifteenth Street, but in 1910 they moved to quarters just below the factory of the C. H. Schroeder Company on South Erie Street. The late Casper H. Schroeder was an active member of the German Pioneer Association, from the time of its organization, at one time was president, and for twenty years before his death was its treasurer. He enjoyed a host of friends and loyal associates throughout his career in Toledo and was everywhere recognized as an honest, charitable and hospitable gentleman, distinguished alike for his great HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1379 business ability and his devotion to family and friends. His body was laid to rest in Wood-lawn Cemetery. Surviving Casper H. Schroeder were Mrs. Schroeder and two sons and three daughters. The son William H. and the son Charles H. are now the executive officers of that great business founded by their father. The daughters are : Mrs. H. W. Dachtler of Toledo ; Mrs. D. C. Hemley of Toledo ; and Miss Helen M. of Toledo. THOMAS B. ALEXANDER is one of the most interesting personalities of Northwest Ohio. It is given to few men to live a career of so many interests and activities as Mr. Alexander. People who know him as a leading citizen of Put-in-Bay are familiar with the fact that he has been one of the builders of that town, and that he is proprietor of the Crescent Hotel, the leading hostelry on the islands of this historic harbor. His more intimate acquaintances know that he trod the stage for many years, and that his abilities as an actor were sufficient to make him a very popular figure before the footlights in his time. Mr. Alexander has been identified with Put-in-Bay more or less continuously for the past quarter of a century, and he was married here. Mrs. Alexander, a woman of quiet and unassuming culture, is a granddaughter of the famous John Brown of Osawatomie. Mr. Alexander was born in Richmond, Indiana, May 25, 1866. When he was a few months old his parents removed to Springfield, Ohio, where he spent his early years at home. Since he was about ten years of age he has made his own way in the world. As soon as old enough his remarkable talent for dramatic performance placed him upon the stage in various roles, and that was his profession continuously until he retired a few years ago. At one time he had a couple of companies of his own on the road. During the last six years of his stage career he was leading man in stock companies, and much of the time was known to the theater public of Chicago. Mr. Alexander first came to Put-in-Bay on July 1, 1890. Thereafter he spent his summers there, and was absent during the theatrical season. On retiring from the stage in 1911 Mr. Alexander devoted all his time to his hotel and other business interests. In the fall of 1905 he was the leading spirit in the organization of the Put-in-Bay Improvement Company. This company erected the Colonial Casino and hall and the electric light plant. Mr. Alexander was president of this company, which as much as any other thing has been a big factor in the development of Put-in-Bay as a popular resort. While the company was organized .in the fall of 1905, the Casino and electric light plant were completed for the 1906 season. On June 1, 1908, Mr. Alexander became proprietor of the Crescent Hotel. He has since made it the leading hotel at Put-in-Bay and the best one now on the Bass Island. It has eighty-five rooms, is thoroughly modern and up-to-date, and most of the rooms have facilities of hot and cold water, telephones and private baths. A public spirited citizen in every sense of the word, and a loyal republican in politics, Mr. Alexander has been called to various places of trust during his residence at Put-inBay. He served as justice of the peace two terms, and as mayor two terms. From 1895 until December 31, 1915, he was member of the council continuously except while mayor. He is affiliated with Commodore Perry Lodge No. 730, Independent Order Odd Fellows at Put-in-Bay, and the Loyal Order of Moose. On September 10, 1893, Mr. Alexander married Miss Edith Brown. Her grandfather was the immortal John Brown of Kansas, whose name will always live in American history as a martyr to the abolition cause. Mrs. Alexander's father was John Brown, Jr., who was much of the same mold as his father and was a prominent resident of Put-in-Bay from 1862 until his death. All the time of the Harpers Ferry raid he was in Canada engaged in drilling negroes. Returning to his home in Ashtabula County, Ohio, he organized a company of cavalry sharpshooters. When the war broke out he went to Kansas and joined the 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, being captain of Company K. Before he got into actual service his health failed, and he was discharged on account of disability. By this time the entire North was marching, to the tune "John Brown's Body," and being unable to bear the part which he craved in actual hostilities, John Brown Jr. sought a place of retirement from the conspicuous attention which his name produced. Locating on South Bass Island, he made it his home until his death on May 2, 1895, at the age of seventy-three. His wife, Mrs. Wealthy C. Brown, died ally 21, 1911, at the age of eighty-four. They were the parents of two children : John and Mrs. Alexander. Mrs. Alexander was born on South Bass Island, but her brother John was born in Ash- 1380 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO tabula County, Ohio. He is known among his family as John Brown VIII, being in the eighth generation from Peter Brown, who was the first American ancestor of the family and who came to New England with the, Plymouth colonists. When John Brown Jr. located at Put-in-Bay in 1862 there were only three or four other families on the island. He possessed many of those puritanical virtues for which his father was noted, and naturally took a leading part in affairs. He served as justice of the peace and was one of the incorporators of the village of Put-in-Bay. A surveyor by profession, he was employed in performing' most of the surveys of the islands as deputy to the county surveyor of Ottawa County. His thoroughness as a surveyor became proverbial, and he was a man of absolute honesty and integrity. The only other member of the family to live on Bass Island was Owen Brown, a younger son of John Brown, Sr. Owen came here in 1881, and it was his home for many years. For a long time he was manager of the Gibraltar property for Jay Cook, the great Philadelphia capitalist. Later he removed to California and died and was buried near Pasadena on Brown's Peak, which he and his brother Jason of Akron, Ohio, owned. FRANK D. BUTLER has in many ways proved his judgment and resourcefulness as a Toledo business man and .financier. Though still young, not yet thirty-five, he has been working in different business lines since early boyhood, and has thus accumulated a great fund of experience. He is now one of the assistant cashiers of The Dime Savings Bank Company of Toledo, one of the largest institutions of its kind in Northwest Ohio, with an aggregate of resources totaling more than $4,000,000. Mr. Butler has active charge of the branch of this bank at 1121 Broadway. That location was formerly the home of the old Broadway Savings Bank. That institution failed, and the location was then taken over by The Dime Savings Bank Company and was made a branch of the central institution. That was in the fall of 1909, and Mr. Butler was selected by the bank officials to take charge of the new branch. Since then Mr. Butler has built up more business for the Dime Savings Bank at this location than the old Broadway Bank ever enjoyed in its most palmy days. Frank D. Butler was born on a farm in Fulton Township of Fulton county, Ohio, March 27, 1882, a son of Thomas and Bridget (McTigue) Butler. Both parents were born near Sligo, Ireland, but were married in Toledo. Thomas Butler came to this country alone when about nineteen years of age. The mother came over when about five years of age with her parents, and the vessel which carried them was shipwrecked and they were saved by the crew of another ship. Both families landed in Nei York and subsequently settled in Ohio. Thomas Butler had a long and very active business career. From 1851 until the early '70s he was in the grocery business at Toledo and his grocery store occupied a site near the old Oliver House. After leaving the grocery business he removed to Fulton County and located on the farm where his son Frank was born. Thereafter he followed farming, and cleared up a place of forty acres. This farm was sold and since 1903 both parents have lived retired in Toledo. Thomas Butler was a gallant soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. He served as a private for about eighteen months in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry. He and his wife became the parents of ten children, two daughters dying in infancy and four sons and four daughters growing to maturity. At the present time the surviving children are four daughters and two sons. The youngest in the family, Frank D. Butler, received his early education in the public schools of Fulton County and at Toledo. In this city he attended the Tri-State Business College. The first fifteen years of his life were spent on a farm, and then coming to Toledo secured employment while attending school. For one year he was with the Woolson Spice Company and for seven years was with the Crescent Fuel Company. As cashier of the Fuel Company he had charge of the various yards about the city and it was the ability he showed in this position which caused his selection seven years ago by the officials of The Dime Savings Bank to take charge of the newly opened branch on Broadway. Mr. Butler is financial secretary of Justice Council of the National Union, the largest council of that order in Ohio. He succeeded on January 1, 1911, J. B. Thomas in that office. Mr. Thomas had been financial secre- tary for twenty-three years, and he urged and nominated Mr. Butler as his successor for the office. Mr. Butler is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, is secretary of the South Toledo Commerce Club and is a member of HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1381 the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Toledo. June 12, 1912, in the Immaculate Conception Church Mr. Butler married Anna M. Larkin of Toledo, daughter of Timothy and Margaret (McGuire) Larkin. Mrs. Butler was born at Marblehead, Ohio, but was educated in the parochial and public schools of Toledo. Her parents still live in Toledo, and Timothy Larkin, her father, is now one of the oldest active engineers with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. He has a run out of Toledo. Mr. Butler and his wife are well known socially in Toledo and his favorite diversion is a baseball game when his business duties permit. He and his wife are the parents of two sons : William F., born September 11, 1913, and Robert L., born April 11, 1916, both natives of Toledo. CLARK D. HOWE has been an active figure in Toledo's business and public affairs for many years. His principal connection now, and for the past seven years has been, as manager of the lapse department of The National Union. This great mutual insurance order has a fine building of its own in Toledo, located on Michigan Street opposite the Lucas County Courthouse. Mr. Howe has long been prominent in The National Union, and he has many other relations with the fraternal, civic and business life of his native city. Mr. Howe was born in East Toledo August 14, 1864, a son of David and Hannah M. (Thorp) Howe. His maternal grandparents, Peter and Phoebe (Young) Thorp, were early pioneers in Sylvania, Lucas County, where Hannah Thorp was born. She survived her huSband many years and resided in Northern Michigan, where she died and was buried. David Howe, who was born near Schenectady, New York, came to Ohio when he was about twenty-one years of age, and passing up the Maumee River on a boat he located in the vicinity of Sylvania, where he married, and where he lived until his death. By trade he was a carpenter, and volunteering for service in the Union army he was assigned to work as a carpenter, bridge builder and mechanic. Later he became a building contractor, and he died at the age of seventy-four, while his wife passed away at the age of seventy-two. David Howe was noted for his robust physique and never knew what sickness was until his last illness. Blood poisoning resulting from a .slight injury caused his death. He was a splendid citizen and a fine moral upright man. Vol. III-4 He was quite active in politics in his day, and at different times was candidate for such offices as assessor. He was widely known as Deacon Howe, and both he and his wife were charter members of the Second Baptist Church on the east side. He was one of the most active workers in that denomination, being one of the members of the church board. His political affiliation was republican practically from the beginning of that party. He is laid to rest in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Toledo. In the family were eight sons, two of whom died in infancy, and five are now living. The oldest, Samuel T. Howe, is one of the foremost men of Kansas, living at Topeka, where he is chairman of the State Tax Commission and president of the National Tax Association. He has filled the office of state treasurer of Kansas, was sheriff of Marion County, Kansas, and his name is well known all over that state. The next in age, Hiram, died in infancy. Julius O. is a resident of Toledo. Charles E. died at the age of fifty-three. George A. is also a Kansan, and has served as clerk of Kingman in that state for a number of years. James E. is the next in order of age. The youngest of the children, Clark D. Howe, like the others, was born in East Toledo and received his education in the local schools and took the public school course until within a year of graduation. Leaving school, he began work for the old firm of Worts, Kirke & Biglow, manufacturers of crackers, cakes and candies. He was with that firm consecutively for seventeen years, most of the time as outside man and city salesman. With that long and thorough experience he next engaged in the bakery business for himself on Main Street in East Toledo, and followed that for three years. After leaving the bakery business Mr. Howe spent three years in the county auditor's office under W. M. Godfrey. Then for ten years he was a deputy internal, revenue collector being cashier of the office for five years and outside man five years. The collectors during that time were George P. Waldorf and Col. William V. McMaken. In 1909, on leaving the internal revenue department, Mr. Howe took the management of the lapse department of The National Union and has since directed the affairs of that office and is also national representative or senator of the national organization. Mr. Howe has long been well known in republican circles of Toledo, and in August, 1382 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO 1916, was one of the candidates for the office of county auditor. He is a member of the Business Men's Exchange Club, which meets at the Boody House every Tuesday, and has just finished a term as vice president. He is also a member and director of the East Side Commercial Club. Other local organizations with which he is identified are the Toledo Young Men's Christian Association and the Toledo Amateur Athletic Association. In the National Union Mr. Howe has held all the various chairs. For the past twelve years he has been handling the finances as clerk of East Toledo Camp No. 5797 Modern Woodmen of America, and he is affiliated with Toledo Lodge No. 402, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in Masonry has taken both the Scottish and York Rite degrees, being a thirty-second degree Mason. He is a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396, Free and Accepted Masons, Toledo Chapter No. 161, Royal Arch Masons, Vistula Council, Royal and Select Masters, and has been recorder of Utah Commandery No. 66, Knights Templar, since it was organized eighteen months ago. He belongs to all the Scottish Rite bodies, and is a member of Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine and of O-Ton-Ta-La Grotto No. 40. Mr. Howe and his family are among the working members of the Second Baptist Church on the East Side, and for many years has held the position of trustee. His wife has a class of twenty-five young ladies in the Sunday school, and his daughters are also leaders in church affairs. On October 9, 1889, Mr. Howe married Miss Alice R. Ryan. They were married in the Second Baptist Church. Her father, Capt. W. T. Ryan, who died in 1911 and is buried in the Willow Cemetery on the East Side, was long an active figure in public affairs of Toledo and at one time served as street commissioner. Mrs. Howe's mother is Aurelia (Kirke) Ryan and is still living in East Toledo. Mrs. Howe was born in East Toledo and received her education there. There are three daughters in the family, all of whom are graduates of the Toledo High School and all are now wage earners. Martha A. is in the city purchasing office ; Isabelle is with the Ben L. Stevens Lumber Company in the Spitzer Building; Charlotte A. is with the Roulet Company, manufacturing jewelers of Toledo. Martha and Isabelle are both graduates of the old Central High School, while Charlotte graduated from the East Side High School. Martha is clerk of the Second Baptist Church and secretary of the Sunday school, and has filled those positions for a number of years. The other daughters, Isabelle and Charlotte, are members of the church choir and teach in the primary and kindergarten . classes of the Sunday school. LEONARD E. FRENCH. The valley of the Maumee, in Henry County, is one noted for the excellence and fertility of its farms, no less than for the progressive spirit and ability of its agriculturists. Here are found properties on which are crops of various kinds, all alike in their abundance, and model homesteads that reflect credit upon the thrift and good management of their owners. Standing out prominently among these Ohio farms is that belonging to Leonard E. French, a 253-acre tract lying in sections 23 and 25, Napoleon Township, on the south bank of the Maumee River, and known as Maumee Avenue farm. Mr. French is an agriculturist of ability who has passed his entire life in the vicinity of his present home, and who has devoted his activities to the pursuits of the soil. He was born in Napoleon Township, January 15, 1868, and is a son of William and Sarah (Miller) French. The father was born in Licking County and the mother was born in Morrow County, Ohio, and were children when they came to Henry County with their respective families. Here they were educated, reared and married, and after their union settled down to housekeeping on a farm located in Napoleon Township, on Holgate Pike, south of the City of Napoleon. Their start was a modest one, but they were industrious and persevering, and after the passage of some years they succeeded in accumulating a valuable property. On this they made modern improvements from time to time and here rounded out full and useful lives, respected members of their community and the center of a group of sincere friends. They were members of the best of society, and leaders in good works in their community, although their numerous charities were hidden under a desire for unostentation. Mr. French was a stanch supporter of the principles of the republican party and took an active interest in local affairs, although he did not aspire to public office, preferring to confine his public services to a support of good men and measures. He died November 29, 1914, at the age of sixty-seven years, Mrs. French having passed away on the 7th of the same month, being four years the junior of her HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1383 husband. She was a pronounced artist in oil and china painting. They had two children : Leonard E., and Olive, who is the wife of Joseph McCallister, lives on the old French homestead in Napoleon Township, and has two sons and one daughter. Leonard E. French was given a good education in the public schools of Napoleon Township, and grew up to sturdy manhood, dividing his time between securing mental food at the schoolhouse and developing 'his physical body in the hard and healthful work of the home place. Under his father's instruction and through his own experience and observation he developed into a practical agriculturist, with an appreciation of the benefits to be derived from a use of modern methods and machinery, and this, in large part, has been the secret of his success. He was industrious and enterprising, and finally determined to start upon a career of his own. Like his father, his start was modest, but he soon began to add to his equipment and acres until he now has one of the best farms in his township. In section 23, Mr. French is the owner of fifty-four acres. In addition he owns 253 acres, located in section 25, Napoleon Township, all under a high state of cultivation with the exception of thirty-five acres in timber. Mr. French raises the finest crops of grain, and finds a ready and instant market for his product. His methods, as has been noted, are modern in character and he is always ready to give each innovation a trial. His property has been enhanced in value by the erection of a number of up-to-date buildings, these including his handsome residence, located on his home farm, a home which contains twelve rooms, with bath and basement; an excellent water system and lighted by electricity. This two-story brick structure is modern in its appointments and comfortably furnished, reflecting alike the good taste and prosperity of its owner. The barn is a tall, commodious building, 40 by 56 feet, with all up-to-the-minute appliances, and including a large lean-to, and the other buildings, such as the granary, tool house, garage, etc., compare favorably with the barn. Mr. French is an enthusiastic automobilist, having found his machine not only a means of pleasure but a great help to him in a business way. He has not, however; neglected his live stock, and his (Attie are sleek, well-fed and contented. All in all, Maumee Avenue Farm is one of the model properties in its part of Henry County, and Mr. French is to be congratulated upon the possession of qualities that have made its development possible. Mr. French was married in Henry County to Miss Freda Stroeh, who was born near Hamburg, Germany, June 6, 1874, and there grew to young womanhood and was educated. She came to the United States with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stroeh, the family locating on a farm in Harrison Township, Henry County, where Mr. Stroeh is still living. Although past seventy years of age he is still engaged. in agricultural pursuits, and is known as one of the able farmers. In political matters Mr. Stroeh is a democrat. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, of which his wife, who died some ten years ago, was also a member. Mr. and Mrs. French are the parents of three children : Margaret, who is a graduate of the City High School, Napoleon, class of 1916, and Inez, who was also a member of the same graduating class, and both are attending the College of Art at Athens, Ohio, and Ernest, who is attending the graded schools, and now is in the sixth grade. The children are all bright and talented, excellent examples of the sturdy life of this part of the state. The daughters are members of the Presbyterian Church and Mr. and Mrs. French attend services there. He is a republican in his political views and a steady worker in behalf of his party, although he votes for the man rather than the party. All progressive movements launched in his community have his eager and willing support, and his good citizenship has never been doubted. JOSEPH M. MURPHY. If there is one business institution in Toledo which deserves special mention on account of its live and progressive organization and rapid but substantial growth it is The Citizens Ice Company. The moving spirit in its organization was Joseph M. Murphy, a prominent Toledo citizen, who is secretary and general manager of the company. Some of the important facts regarding this company may well be used as an introduction to a brief sketch of the career of Mr. Murphy. When it was organized in 1906 The Citizens Ice Company had only $22,000 in capital, and its equipment comprised five wagons, 20 horses, and every detail of the business had to be worked out new. At the present time the company has an authorized capital of $200,000, divided equally between the common and preferred stock. Of the common stock $100,000 have been issued and paid for 1384 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO and also $47,000 of preferred stock. This $147,000 capitalization is now all paid in cash, and the total assets of the organization are $262,000. During the first year the assets were only $57,000. At the beginning the company operated over the entire Toledo district, including Ironville, Casino, Air Line. Junction and the Waterworks. Now they deliver to their customers within a restricted city district between Dorr Street and Vermont Avenue. The equipment now consists of fifty-five wagons and automobile trucks, with forty-seven horses and. with two main plants, one at 19-23 South Erie Street and another on Council Street. The main office is at 25 South Erie Street and there are thirteen ice stations in the city and they also have four natural. ice plants and properties in Michigan at Whitmore Lake, Lake George and Island Lake. About 40 per cent of the ice delivered to their customers is natural ice, while the rest is distilled water ice. At the beginning the output of manufactured ice was only fifty tons a day, and now their plants have an output of 175 tons daily. At first the company had no ice storage capacity, while now they have refrigerated storage houses of 6,000 tons capacity. From a list of customers aggregating 982 the business has grown until they now supply more than 11,000. The first year only 8,000 tons of ice were sold, while in 1915 the business aggregated 30,000 tons. Beginning with only a small percentage of. family trade, that branch of the business has practically monopolized their entire attention and they now supply more than 90 per cent. In 1915 the company installed six "jitney" stations, and it is now/ planned to have fifteen more. Every year since the company was organized in 1906 until the present 7 per cent dividends have been paid on the preferred stock and 6 per cent on the common. A notable increase to the business organization was made in May, 1916, when the company bought The Toledo Ice and Coal Company and. The Toledo Ice Delivery Company, placing one large organization in control of the entire business. The stockholders of this company are made up of the very best people in and around Toledo, and the organization has as heads of departments young, enthusiastic and capable men. The company has also emphasized the character of the personnel of all the employes. They make a strong point of employing drivers who are neat, polite and transact business in uniform, and it should be mentioned that the employees are now taking a Sheldon course in salesmanship. The officers and directors of the company are : Jay K. Secor, president; George W. Sawkins, vice president ; Joseph M. Murphy, secretary and general manager ; Isaac E. Kniseley, treasurer ; and Thomas J. Marlowe, credit manager. A native son of Toledo, Joseph M. Murphy was born July 14, 1868, and is a son of James and Bridget (McGrath) Murphy. His father was born in County Clare and his mother in Tipperary, Ireland, and both came to the United States with their respective parents. They were married in New York, and in 1854 located in Toledo. James Murphy died in this city in 1901 at the age of seventy-eight, while- his wife passed away in 1896, aged sixty-nine. Both are now at rest in Calvary cemetery. Like many of the Irishmen who came to Northern Ohio in the early days, James Murphy was a railroad laborer and for many years a section foreman. In the early days his wages amounted to only 50 cents a day, and even when promoted to foreman his stipend amounted to 75 cents a day. Throughout his long active career he continued as section foreman, and though his income was never sufficient so that he could be called a wealthy man, he reared a family of ten children and provided for them well, demonstrating the truth that a thrifty use of money is more important in the long run than a large income. Of the twelve children in the family, five sons and seven daughters, two sons and two daughters reached maturity. Joseph M. was the youngest of the family and the only others 'still living are his two sisters, Mrs. George W. Sawkins of Toledo, and Mrs. Anna Henry, a widow, living in Toledo. Joseph M. Murphy while a boy attended the Immaculate Conception parochial school, which was then located on the corner of Dix (now known as Courtland) Avenue and Jervis Street. Many of the young pupils called this school Darby College for short, and the old residents of that section of the city still refer to the school by that name. After leaving school Mr. Murphy began life in a humble capacity as water boy for a railroad section gang. He next took another job carrying water for the men in the Mitchell and Rowland lumber yard. He worked as messenger for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway for more than a year, and then became bill clerk and was in the employ of that railroad system for a number of years. After- HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1385 wards he was clerk in the general offices of the Michigan Central for several years, and then became bookkeeper for The Gendron Wheel Company. For about six years he was employed as bookkeeper and part of the time as manager of the branch house of Swift & Company. Then followed employment as bookkeeper with Berdan & Company, wholesale grocers. His first independent venture in business was not financially successful. For a time he sold bicycles, but when that proved an unproductive enterprise he engaged in the meat business on Ashland Avenue in 1900. It was in that line of work that he laid the foundation for his subsequent success. He gave it up in 1906 in order to organize The Citizens Ice Company, and has been manager and secretary of that company ever since. Politically he was born a democrat. His father was one of the most ardent followers of the democratic party in Toledo, and though Mr. Murphy has gravitated into the ranks of the republican party he states that if his father knew that he voted anything but the democratic ticket he would turn over in his grave. Mr. Murphy is very popular among Toledo business men and his genial personality has been a factor in a number of organizations. This is indicated by the fact that he is chairman of the entertainment committees in the Toledo Commerce Club, the Rotary Club and the Toledo Yacht. Club. He also belongs to the Toledo Automobile Club and his favorite recreation is automobile touring. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and he and his family worship in the Cathedral Chapel parish. The home of the Murphy family is at 614 Virginia Street. On October 4, 1894, in the Immaculate Conception Church Mr. Murphy married Miss Lillie . Bourdette of Toledo, daughter of Oscar and Mary (Lawless) Bourdette, both now deceased. Mrs. Murphy was born in Adrian, Michigan, but was educated in Toledo in the Immaculate Conception parochial school and in the Ursuline Convent. She also attended the public schools, including the high school. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy became the parents of five children, and two daugh- ters and one son are now living : Cecile Marie ; Claire Marie; and Robert Arthur. The oldest child was Irma, who was killed by a street car on Broadway when six years of age. Another daughter died in infancy. The daughter Cecile graduated from the Ursuline Convent in 1914 and from the Thomas Normal Train- ing School at Detroit in 1916. Claire M. is now a student in the Ursuline Convent. NAJIB N. SALLUME, M. D. During his twenty years of practice as a% physician and surgeon, the people of Toledo have come to know Doctor Sallume not only as one of the able members of his profession but as one of the most gifted personalities and most brilliant intellects that the old world of the East has given to New America. Doctor Sallume is a master of both the ancient and modern learning, is an erudite scholar, a writer who has secured his niche of fame and was skilled in all the intricacies of European and Asiatic politics and diplomacy before he sought a quiet haven in Toledo. He was born September 10, 1868, in the family suburban home near the ancient city of Damascus, being fourth of the eight children of Rev. Nassif N. Sallume, who was a minister of the Presbyterian Church. Of the five sons his father selected him as best fitted, by endowments and inclinations, for the ministry. When Doctor Sallume was ten years of age his father died, but mindful of the latter's wishes he determined to prepare for .the ministry and continued his preparatory course. At the age of thirteen he entered the Syrian Protestant College, now University, at Beirut, and was afterwards given the advantages of the Royal Universities at Constantinople and. Berlin and other centers of education. For more than fourteen years his life was spent in institutions of learning, eight of those years as both professor and student. From the age of sixteen he was frequently employed to teach American and English missionaries the language of the land and initiate them into the mysteries of oriental life and customs. At seventeen he was preaching to large congregations. In the midst of a busy life his talents for literature cropped out, and at nineteen he wrote the Arabic Poems, which gained current, and were considered of sufficient merit to be translated into German blank verse under the title "Trauer Ode and Grabschrift." The Arabic text of the latter poem is engraved upon the tombstone of the late William I, Emperor of Germany. When twenty years of age Doctor Sallume was appointed to a professorship in English and Semitic languages and mathematics and made an active member of the National Audjumani Danish—the authorized body to preserve the purity of the language of the land. The lucidity of his thought, his poetic tone, and the 1386 -HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO energy and elegance of diction and profound sincerity which marked his utterances and writings gave him a national fame. At twenty-two he had written text-books and manuals on Semitic languages, particularly on Arabic, these books being in English and other tongues. Doctor Sallume mastered sixteen ancient and modern languages, and was an authority on Comparative Philology and allied sciences. For all his attainments he was more than the quiet scholar. He was a leader. in the life and times of his people, and it was for political reasons that he finally had to sever his connections with the land and institutions he loved so much and come to America. Doctor Sallume was the first and perhaps the only Christian of his generation to receive military honors from the Old Regime in Turkey. The rank of general was conferred upon him by the Turkish Government. With his learning and his ability as a natural orator and debater, and with a power of applying the imagination of a poet to the facts and business of life, he was almost inevitably received into the inner circles of statecraft and was given the responsibility of many important posts, as a military attache and envoy plenipotentiary in European and Asiatic courts. For the efficient and satisfactory manner in which he discharged such duties he received further recognition in being several times decorated by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. With all this his interest did not wane in his scientific pursuits and cultural studies. In 1893, comparatively a young man, he conducted an expedition of great importance for the Royal Scientific and Geographical Society across the great Arabian desert and .through all the country lying between the Mediterranean and the head of the Persian Gulf. Doctor Sallume became connected with what was known as the "Young Turkey Party," an organization that stood for progress in governmental affairs. Since then this party has practically triumphed and come into control of the Turkish Government, but at the time now under consideration a swift vengeance was meted out to those who were allied with such interests. It was for this reason that Doctor Sallume was compelled to leave his native land in 1895, and on April 17th of that year he arrived at New York. No sooner had he arrived in this country than the news reached him that the Imperial Turkish Government had confiscated all the family estate, real and personal, and he had to fall back on his education to earn a living, hampered with the handicap of being hounded and shadowed by Turkish Secret Service agents. Having decided to follow the practice of medicine, believing that this work afforded' the greatest opportunities for leading a quiet and inconspicuous life, he spent the best part of the first two years after his arrival in visiting the great medical institutions of this country. January 18, 1897, Doctor Sallume registered in Toledo as physician and surgeon, and has practiced his profession here ever since. May 5, 1900, he received in Lucas County Probate Court the proper documentary evidence that he is a naturalized citizen of the United States. In Toledo Doctor Sallume has attained high rank in Masonry. On the occasion of his retiring at the close of 1915 from the office of Master of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, the Monthly Bulletin published an interesting article reviewing Doctor Sallume's career and with particular reference to his Masonic connections. From that article the following sentences are quoted : "Dr. Sallume was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Sanford L. Collins Lodge on May 22, 1900, and worked for a number of years on the Team and as an officer pro tem. Later he served in all the progressive elective offices, having been elected and serving as Junior 'Deacon for 1911. It was during 1915 while Master of Sanford L. Collins Lodge that Worshipful Brother Sallume was chiefly instrumental in establishing the United Masonic Employment Bureau which has accomplished so much practical good for Masons in Toledo. “While rather exacting as a Master, he never tired of giving unstinted praise to worthy subordinates for the work they did and his administration was especially conspicuous for a punctilious regard for the ritualistic work of the lodge and the propagation of true fraternity. He is a member of Toledo Chapter No. 161, Toledo Council No. 33, Toledo Commandery No. 7, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine. In all these bodies he has been an active, enthusiastic and efficient worker." HERMAN ALEXANDER HERBSTER. In every large center may be found valuable collections, both public and private, of rare and curious things, mainly the result of wide extended travel. To a traveler far distant from home, the beautiful and unusual wares and rare objects he finds himself surrounded with make HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1387 a strong appeal. He desires to carry with him something more tangible of the pleasure he has found than merely a memory. To view these possessions of another land and another people, perilous voyages are undertaken, long journeys are made and hardships are cheerfully endured. Few such travelers pass on to another scene without bearing with them some portable souvenir of the section visited. These accumulations become collections, and in time many form the nucleus of museums, and what, sometimes, perhaps, was a purchase made to gratify a passing fancy, because of fine engraving, perfect line, delicate carving or enchanting color, may become in other surroundings, an unpurchasable treasure and, through sight, give delight to thousands who can, practically, never leave their own firesides. Visitors from far and near in the vicinity of Put-in-Bay, Ottawa County, Ohio, have found one of the attractions of the place to be the large souvenir and curio shop owned and conducted by Herman Alexander Herbster, one of the substantial and highly respected residents of the island. Mr. Herbster is also a large publisher and dealer of souvenir postal cards, which find a ready sale over a large area. Herman A. Herbster was born at Put-in-Bay April 4, 1874. His father, Herman Herbster, came to the United States from Baden, Germany. In the early '70s he located on Put-in-Bay Island and established a hotel and also a saloon, being a fine business man. In 1878 he purchased a vineyard and went into the business of grape culture, and had his life been spared no doubt would have become a man of large fortune because of his enterprise. He was accidentally killed in 1880, falling from a railroad train while returning to his home from Dayton, Ohio, where he had been visiting his son, Herman A., who was attending school at that place. For some years, or until the vineyard was sold, Mrs. Herbster and her children continued to conduct the business. This was the celebrated Crystal Cave property, made notable by the discovery in 1882 by a German geologist, of the presence in the cave of deposits of the mineral strontia. Of his parents' family Herman Alexander was the first born, the others being : Frank J., who is interested in mining in Alaska; Christina, who is the wife of C. A. Bullock, now living in Nashua, New Hampshire; and Otto G., who is a photographer in business at Put-in-Bay. Herman Alexander Herbster was given excellent educational advantages, attending the public schools in his native place and spending one year as a student in St. Mary's Institute, at Dayton, Ohio. After leaving school he decided to learn the jewelry business, and along this line spent two winters in Detroit, where he perfected his skill in repairing and in engraving jewelry, this branch of his profession having been a great aid in connection with his curio business. Mr. Herbster has worked at his trade in numerous cities, including Columbus, but ever since he was sixteen years old he has spent his summers at Put-in-Bay and sold souvenirs and in this way. became thoroughly acquainted with the tastes of visitors. In 1896 Mr. Herbster established his large curio and souvenir shop, finding ready sale for the attractive wares he provides, these including his own specimens of burnt leather work, which are especially beautiful. All over the country there are' homes in which may be found his wares, carrying with them memories of delightful seasons on Put-in-Bay. In addition to his curio business and jewelry line, Mr. Herbster manages five acres of land set with choice fruit, this enterprise being more for the sake of recreation than as a commercial venture. Mr. Herbster has a domestic circle, wife and children. The family all belong to the Roman Catholic Church. In politics he has always been identified with the republican party and at times he has served as a member of the city council. He is one of the representative men of Put-in-Bay. GEN. ROBERT K. SCOTT, M. D. A career of exalted distinction and usefulness was that of the honored Ohio pioneer to whom this review is dedicated, and his ability and noble character gained to him high honors in varied fields of activity. He was one of the pioneer physicians and surgeons of Henry County, Ohio ; he gained marked distinction as a gallant soldier and officer in the Union service during the Civil war ; he was a prominent and revered Government official in South Carolina during the so-called reconstruction period that followed the close of the war, and such was his hold upon the confidence and esteem of the people of the Palmetto State that he was elected governor of that historic old commonwealth, of which office he continued the incumbent for two successive terms; but such was his loyalty to his old home State of Ohio that he eventually returned to the same and he 1388 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO continued his residence within its borders until the close of his life. General Scott acquired large landed and other property interests in the section to which this history is devoted, was one of the influential citizens of Henry County and aided greatly in its civic and material development and progress, and it is most consonant that in this publication be entered a tribute to his memory and a brief record of his remarkable and distinguished career. Robert Kingston Scott was a scion of fine old Scotch-Irish stock and his paternal grandfather, Robert Scott, was born in the North of Ireland, where his ancestors had taken refuge after the battle of Culloden, Scotland, in 1746. They were representative of the historic Scottish clan of Buccleuch, which had taken part in that famous battle and had been put to flight, the defeat having led to eventual settling of many members of the clan in the counties of Northern Ireland. Prior to the War of the American Revolution Robert Scott and three of his brothers came to this country, and his brothers settled in Maryland, where they passed the residue of their lives. He was a youth of seventeen years when he espoused the cause of the American colonies and went forth. as soldier in the War of the Revolution, in which he served with marked fidelity and valor. After the war he settled at Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife continued to reside during the remainder of their lives. Their son John, father of the subject of this memoir, was born and reared in Northumberland County and later became an influential citizen of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he established his home after having served as a gallant soldier in the War of 1812. In the earlier years of his active career he followed the vocation of civil engineer, but for many years he was found numbered among the representative farmers of Armstrong County, where he and his wife, whose maiden name was Jane Hamilton, continued to maintain their home until their death. Gen. Robert Kingston Scott was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on the 8th of July, 1826, and in his youth he was afforded full advantages of the really excellent common schools of his native county. His youthful ambition was to prepare himself for the legal profession, and with this end in view he came to Ohio and entered Central College when he was a lad of sixteen years. He later decided to adopt the medical profession, and his preparation for this exacting calling was by the medium of the historic Starling Medical College, in the City of Columbus, an institution that many years later was to become the medical department of the University of Ohio. In 1850, within a short time after the discovery of gold in California,, Doctor Scott made the weary and perilous journey across the plains to the New Eldorado. He identified himself with gold mining and also found demand for his service as a physician, with the result that he accumulated an appreciable sum of money. Upon his return to Ohio he became one of the pioneers in the midst of the wilds of Henry County, and he was one of the earliest and most influential physicians and surgeons in this section of the Buckeye State. Financial success attended his well ordered activities and he became the owner of a large landed estate in this section, in the splendid future of which he had utmost confidence. His exceptional ability and indomitable energy and progressivenes made him a leader in popular sentiment and action and to identify himself with all things tending to insure social and material advancement. For a number of years he diversified his activities by conducting a prosperous general merchandise establishment at Napoleon. When the Civil war was precipitated on the nation Doctor Scott was tendered by Governor Dennison a major's commission, and he promptly accepted the same and became an officer of the state militia. He was duly mustered into the service of the United States and in November, 1861, he was given a lieutenant's commission in this service. With his command he took part in the reduction of Fort Donelson and in the two days' battle of Pittsburg Landing, where his regiment, the Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, made a splendid record of intrepid gallantry and where his horse was shot from under him in the midst of the fierce conflict. In 1862 he took part in the siege of Corinth and Bolivar, and in July of that year he was promoted to a colonelcy, being the youngest of the colonels in the division commanded by General Ross and later being transferred to the command of General Hulbert. In connection with the fall of Corinth Colonel Scott received special mention for gallantry, and similar distinction was accorded to him in connection with the battle of Hatchie River, where his command was with the forces of General Price. Later he was made brigade commander, in recognition of his special ability shown in the carrying HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1389 out of orders from general headquarters. He took part in the battles of Port Hudson, Jackson, Raymond and Champion's Hill, later was placed in command as second brigadier, and he was with Sherman's forces in Big Shanty and Kenesaw Mountain, during the vigorous operations directed against the command of Gen. Joseph C. Johnston. At nearly the point and time that marked the death of General McPherson, who fell mortally wounded at Atlanta, General Scott was captured by the enemy, and, with other prisoners, he was sent forth to Macon, Georgia. He was placed' with other officers in an ordinary box-car, in which also were other soldiers from the ranks, and all were guarded by a Confederate officer. Colonel Scott sat in the open door of the car, with his feet hanging outside, and when the guarding officer was dozing he removed the cap from the latter's gun and at a favorable moment jumped from the door of the car. He rolled down an eighteen foot embankment and after recovering his breath he set forth to make good his escape. For seven days he followed the course of the Okmulgee River in the direction of the Federal lines, and for three days his only food was three army crackers, or hard tack. After leaving the river he met a citizen who, from fraternal motives, 'provided him with food and with clothing that measurably served as a disguise. The General had nearly reached a point beyond the danger lines when he was intercepted and identified as a Union man when he was crossing a ferry, and was again placed in captivity. He was taken as a prisoner of war to Charlestown, South Carolina, where with. other officers and private soldiers, his exchange was effected in September, 1864. He later rejoined his command at Atlanta, from which city he accompanied General Sherman on the historic march to the sea and thence through the Carolinas to the national capital, where he participated in the Grand Review of the victorious Union forces. He was then sent with his regiment to Louisville, Kentucky, where they were mustered out on the 10th of July, 1865. He had been brevetted brigadier general in the preceding January, and during the major part of his service in the office of colonel he had virtually exercised the prerogatives and function of brigadier general. Before the final muster roll was called he was presented with a handsome gold watch as a mark of the affection and esteem of the officers and men of his regiment. He had been the dominant figure in effecting the recruiting of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which Capt. Charles E. Reynolds and many other Henry County men formed a part. On the 15th of December, 1865, General Scott was ordered by the Secretary of War to report to Gen. 0. 0. Howard at Washington, and he was thence sent to relieve General Saxton as commissioner of freedmen, refugees and abandoned lands at Charleston, South Carolina. He assumed the duties of this exacting office on the 1st of January, 1866, and with such ability, diplomacy and consideration did he discharge the duties of the office as to meet with unqualified commendation on the part of the Government authorities and also to gain the unqualified esteem of both the white and negro citizens of his jurisdiction. In consonance with a request made by the citizens in general in South Carolina General Scott was not mustered out at the time determined upon by the authorities in Washington but was continued as the incumbent of the office until July, 1868, when he resigned the position. He had in the meanwhile acquired official residence in South Carolina, on account of his prolonged official service there, and in 1868 he was given significant evidence of 'his inviolable hold upon the confidence and esteem of the people of the state, in that, as nominee on the republican ticket, he was elected governor of that commonwealth by the splendid majority of 45,000 votes. His careful and able administration as chief executive resulted in his re-election in 1870, and he thus served two consecutive terms as governor. For six years after his retirement from the position of governor of South Carolina General Scott continued his residence in that state, and he then, in July 1878, returned to Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, and assumed the active management of his extensive real-estate interests in this section of the state and ,in the City of Toledo. He continued his residence at Napoleon, one of the venerable, revered and distinguished citizens of Henry County, until his death, which occurred on the 12th of August, 1900, at the age of seventy-four years. The general was a stalwart and effective advocate of the principles and policies for which the republican party stands sponsor, was prominent and influential in the Grand Army of the Republic and was affiliated also with the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. While engaged in the practice of medicine in the village of Florida, Henry County, Gen- 1390 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO eral Scott was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca J. Lowry, who was born December 1, 1831, a daughter of John and Eleanor (McKinley) Lowry, sterling pioneers of Henry County, her mother having been a representative of the same family line as was the late and lamented President McKinley. John Lowry was born and reared in Warren County, this state, a son of George Lowry, who was a native of England and one of the early pioneers of Ohio. John Lowry established his residence in Henry County in 1831, when this section of the state was principally represented by virgin forest and impenetrable swamps, and here he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1848, his widow long surviving him and being summoned to eternal rest in 1876. General and Mrs. Scat became the parents of two children, of whom the firstborn was Eleanor C., she having been born at Columbia, South Carolina, on the 9th of February, 1872, and her death having occurred in the same year. Of the younger child, Robert K., Jr., more specific mention is made in following paragraphs. Mrs. Scott still survives her husband and continues to maintain her home at Napoleon, a venerable and gracious woman who has the affectionate esteem of all who have come within the sphere of her gentle influence. Robert Kingston Scott, Jr., only son of the honored subject of this memoir, was born at Huntington, Indiana, on the 10th of October, 1865, and he passed to the life eternal on the 7th of July, 1906. As a youth he attended the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, an institution whose organization lapsed a few years ago, and later he was for some time the military instructor in historic old Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. He had previously been a student in the United States Military Academy, at West Point, but he resigned his cadetship in this institution at the expiration of his freshman year. After his return to Napoleon, where he became associated in the management of the large family estate, he served as captain of Company F, Ohio National Guard. At the home of the bride's parents in Napoleon was solemnized the marriage of .Captain Scott to Miss Jeanette Elizabeth Ulrich, who was here born and reared and who` is a Baugh- ' ter of Adam J. Ulrich, a sterling citizen of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this work, so that a repetition of. the family record is not here demanded. 'Mrs. Scott is a woman of education, culture and gracious personality, and in her native city and county her circle of friends is virtually coincident with that of her acquaintances. She has become specially well known for her public spirit, her generosity and her many charitable and philanthropic deeds. She has proved herself a capable business woman and is ably and carefully giving her personal attention to _ the management of her large property interests in Henry County. She was one of the organizers of the Commercial Bank of Napoleon and has been a member of its directorate from the time of its incorporation to the present. She is a popular leader in the representative social activities of her native city. Captain and Mrs. Scott had' no children. MAURICE ALLEN, junior member of the law firm of Smith, Baker, Effler & Allen, with offices in the Smith & Baker Building at Toledo, has during his brief career as a lawyer and previously in college and university work exhibited those qualities which would be expected of the son of a distinguished father. Mr. Allen is the son of Dr. Horace N. Allen, whose valuable service in foreign missionary fields and as a diplomat and a prominent resident of Toledo has received attention on other pages of this publication. Shortly after Doctor Allen married Frances Ann Messinger he went to the Far East, locating first in the City of Shanghai where he engaged in the practice of medicine. It was while here that Maurice Allen's only brother, Horace E., was born. Horace is now assistant general superintendent of the Michigan Railway Company, with headquarters at Jackson, Michigan. In the year 1884 Doctor Allen took up his residence in Seoul, Korea, and was soon accorded a special position of dignity in the Korean Court. It was while his parents were at Seoul, Korea, that Maurice Allen was born, June 22, 1886. He has the distinction of being the first white male child born in Korea. The first white child, it should be noted, was Alice Appenzeller, a daughter of Henry G. Appenzeller, a Methodist missionary. She was born in Korea about a year before Maurice Allen, and after an education in the United States, completed in Wellesley College, she returned to Korea as a missionary. Maurice Allen was born in a dwelling house which stood on the present site of the Royal Library at Seoul. Both of these brothers on account of their long residence in the Far East became proficient in the Korean language. Maurice Allen received his early education HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1391 in St. John's Military School of Manlius, New York, from 1899 to 1903, and during the following year studied under private tutors in Geneva, Switzerland. Then entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was a student there until 1908, graduating as civil engineer with the degree S. B. Instead of engineering he determined to make the law his profession, and with that purpose in view entered the law department of the University of Michigan where he was graduated with the degree Juris Doctor. Admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1911, Mr. Allen at once located in Toledo, where he was associated with the law firm of Smith & Baker until made a partner on January 1, 1914. The firm name was then changed to Smith, Baker, Mier & Allen. Mr. Allen is a republican, is a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396 Free and Accepted Masons at Toledo, belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon college fraternity, to the. Osiris Senior Honorary Society of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and while in the University of Michigan he was a member of the junior honorary society Woolsack and the senior society Barristers. He is a member of the Toledo Commerce Club, Toledo Club, Country Club, and of the First Congregational Church. He is also a member of Anthony Wayne Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which chapter his father is now president. November 15, 1911, in the old First Congregational Church of Toledo the marriage of Maurice Allen and Miss Mildred Barton Smith was one of the society events of that season in Toledo. Mrs. Allen is a daughter of Barton Smith, senior member of the law firm of Smith, Baker, Effler & Allen. Mrs. Allen was educated in Miss Smead's School of Toledo, spent one winter in study in Geneva, Switzerland, was at Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and finished in Miss Gillman's School in Boston. She is a member of Ursula Wolcott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Allen reside at 2267 Robinwood Avenue. FREDERICK OSWALD is senior partner in the Buckeye Electric Company of Findlay. This is a company with the best reputation for expert service and the best facilities and organization for rendering that service of any similar concern in Hancock County. Mr. Oswald has been in the electrical business for a great many years and his success is due to the fact that he followed his early inclinations and has steadily kept at one pursuit since boyhood. He was born at Findlay in 1882, a son of Samuel and Mary (Schenk) Oswald. His father, who was a building contractor and merchant, came from Berne, Switzerland, to America in 1872, first locating at Bluffton, Ohio, and in 1876 moving to Findlay. The common schools and two years in the high school gave Frederick Oswald his start in life so far as a literary education was concerned. Then as a boy he began work for the Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company, at first as a helper under General Manager Charles F. Smith. He learned rapidly, was faithful and diligent, and in a short time was promoted to mechanic. He also had his eye on the future, saved his money, and after getting a limited capital he formed a partnership known as the Electric Construction and Motor Company. He had several associates in that enterprise and it was continued for one year. In 1904, with others, Mr. Oswald established the Buckeye Electric Company. After a year he bought out his partner and continued the business alone until 1911. In that year the business was reorganized and Fred B. Love became a partner, and these two men, both expert and practical electricians, have continued the business with increasing success ever since. Mr. Oswald was married in 1903 to Mary Opperman, daughter of William and Eliza (Wingate) Opperman. They are the parents of two children, Richard, born in 1905, and Mary Louise, born in 1906, both now attending the public schools. Fraternally Mr. Oswald is affiliated with the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Brotherhood of America. He is well known both in social and business life in Findlay. FRED B. LOVE. When Fred B. Love was a boy, like many other young men of his age, things electrical had a peculiar fascination for him. It was not a passing fancy with him, however, and he has not only been interested in that profession but has given it every energy he possesses, and by hard work has made a splendid success. He is now junior partner in the Buckeye Electric Company of Findlay He was born in 1889 at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, a son of S. J, and Flora (Ahlefeld) Love. He is of Scotch and English ancestry and his grandfather, Rev. B. C. Love, is still 1392 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO living at Perrysburg, Ohio, and is one of the pioneer Methodist ministers of the state. He is also noted as a local historian, and has compiled a history which for many years has been recognized as a standard source of authority on the territory it covers. Mr. Love's father was a railroad man. When Fred B. Love was nine years of age the family removed to Findlay, and here he attended the common schools and the Findlay High School. He was eager to get into the real work of life and left school to learn the trade of electrician with the firm of Shanahan, Darrow and Oswald. For three years he remained with them, and when Mr. Oswald started in business for himself Mr. Love went along, and under him completed another three years of training and practical work. Having mastered the business in all its details he formed a partnership with Mr. Oswald under the name Buckeye Electric Company, and this firm, during its five years' existence, has gained a position second to none as general electric contractors, with trade extended all over Hancock County. Their specialty is fine work, and their contracts, have always met the tests of the most exacting inspection. The company has fine headquarters in Findlay and they carry a splendid display of goods. Mr. Love is unmarried. He is very active in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in the local lodge has held the chairs of esteemed loyal knight and esteemed lecturing knight. He is also affiliated with the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias, and in matters of politics is independent. Besides his active connection with .the Buckeye Electric Company he is a stockholder, director and vice president of the Varley Manufacturing Company, a company manufacturing automobile parts. STEVENS WARREN FLOWER was one of Toledo's noblest citizens. Two splendid institutions in Toledo bear witness to his beneficence. These are the Ellen B. Flower Deaconess Home and the Flower Hospital.. Toledo will ever be indebted to Mr. Flower for his gift of the Flower Hospital, which, although still in its infancy, has already become one of her greatest hospitals. Having been blessed with no children of their own, and becoming deeply impressed by an instance of the deaconess work, Mr. and Mrs. Flower considered the advisability of leaving their residue to be used as a home for these self-sacrificing women, After the death of his loving companion, Mr. Flower decided to bequeath his residue, with about two acres of land surrounding it, valued at $50,000 to the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a site for a deaconess home as a memorial for Ellen B. Flower, and as a site for a hospital to be known as the Flower Hospital. A generous endowment in money was also provided by his will. A nurse's training school is maintained in connection with the hospital. The first unit of the hospital, with room for twenty-five beds, was opened January 19, 1910. The second unit, with accommodations for thirty-five beds was opened June 1, 1913. It has been crowded with patients from the beginning. Another valuable property was given by Mr. and Mrs. Flower during their lifetime as a rescue home for girls. It is operated under the same management and is now a home where the deaconesses bring young women coming into the city as strangers to make their own living. Here they are sheltered and assisted until they succeed in getting suitable employment and homes. The memory of Mr. Flower and his estimable wife will ever be kept green by these gifts for the benefit of humanity. Stevens W. Flower was a native of the old Empire State, having first beheld the light of day in the Town of Clayton, Jefferson County, New York, August 21, 1832. He was descended of highly honorable ancestry. His father, Joseph Warren Flower, of Massachusetts, served in the War of 1812, and his widow received from the Federal Government a land grant of 160 acres, and was also awarded a pension. His grandfather, Timothy Flower, of Connecticut, was a member of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, and the records show that twenty-five men of the Flower name and ancestry, residents of the states of Massachuetts, Connecticut and New York, served their country honorably in this conflict, which resulted in the annihilation of British tyranny in the American colonies. Mr. Flower's mother, Amy Stevens, was a daughter of Gen. Elias Stevens, of South Royalton, Vermont. A prominent and influential man in his day, serving in the Connecticut militia in the war of the Revolution and as a member of the Vermont Legislature for twenty years. These facts, taken from family and military records, show that patriotism, so important an element in Mr, Flower's nature, was an inheritance from both paternal and maternal ancesters. When he was about two years old his father was summoned to the life eternal, and after about five years of widow- HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1393 hood his mother married Augustus Ford, master in the United States navy, who was a noble father to the boy and young man, and who went to his reward in 1855. Soon after the marriage of the mother to Mr. Ford the family moved to Sackett's Harbor, New York, where Stevens W. lived until he entered the military service of his country in the great Civil war, enlisting September 12, 1862, as a first lieutenant in Company H, Tenth New York Heavy Artillery. He served with his command in a variety of places, participating in the defenses of Washington and in the memorable campaigns of Sheridan. He experienced active service at Cold Harbor, Virginia, before Petersburg and Richmond ; in the assault on Petersburg; in the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, and in the fall of Petersburg, and Richmond, April 2, 1865. For fidelity to duty, and because of his marked executive ability, he was appointed quartermaster and served in this capacity, in many important branches of the service, until his discharge from the army at the close of the conflict, in June, 1865. As quartermaster he furnished supplies to General 'Sherman's and Sheridan's commands as they passed through Petersburg on their final return from their triumphant invasion of the South to Washington, and was complimented verbally. by General Sheridan for the prompt and efficient manner in which he had supplied his army with provisions. For his faithful and exceptionally meritorious services wherever assigned he was recommended by General Grant for the position of assistant quartermaster-general, but because of the commission incident to Lee's surrender and the assassination of President Lincoln the commission was not issued. He came to Ohio immediately after the cessation of hostilities, and early in the spring of 1866 associated himself with his father-in-law, the late George W. Reynolds,. in the Reynolds Flour Mills at Maumee, in which he retained his interest until 1873, when the firm retired from the milling business. But about five years previously the firm had established a commission house in Toledo, under the name of George W. Reynolds & Co., of which Mr. Flower assumed the general management in 1873. The firm of George W. Reynolds' & Co. was continued until 1876, when Mr. Reynolds retired, and soon afterward the firm of S. W. Flower & Co.,was formed, its principal business being that of dealing in seeds, especially clover seeds. The business has grown steadily and has been remunerative, is still carried on by Charles S. Burge, the other member of the firm. S. W. Flower was an honored member Of several patriotic and fraternal organizations, belonging to the ancient and honorable Order of Free and Accepted Masons, which he joined shortly after attaining to his majority, at Sackett's Harbor, New York ; Ohio Post, No. 107, Grand Army of the Republic ; An-Phony Wayne Chapter, No. 739, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Toledo Produce Exchange, of which he was an active member for over thirty years, and of which he served as president for a term. His ancestors were not only patriotic and highly honorable, but were also of a decided Christian character. His grandparents, parents and stepfather were all Christian people. His most intimate friends were Christian people. He gave his heart to God in early manhood, and ever afterward his daily life was strictly in accord with the tenets of the Christian faith. He carried his religious principles into his business, and often said that if he succeeded in commercial pursuits it must be along the lines of strict honesty, integrity and fundamental teachings of the lowly Nazarene. He prospered in the seed business because he handled good seed, and the firm of which he was the head became known far and wide as one that could be depended on to buy and sell on the principle of the strictest honesty. He loved to converse on religious topics, especially those pertaining to personal religious life and experience. Being of a modest and retiring nature, he often felt troubled that he did not feel as keen religious emotions and personal assurances as some Christian people experienced or professed. He was both conservative and progressive. While clinging to the old doctrines, and always loyal to the church, he took a broad and statesmanlike view of the Kingdom of God, and a better way presented itself. In the spring of 1867 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Maumee, in the affairs of which he was very active until he took up his. residence in Toledo, in 1874, when he transferred his membership to St. Paul's Church of that denomination. By changes of residence he became an attendant upon the services of other churches, having been for a number of years a member of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, and frequently attending, with Mrs. Flower, the church of her choice, the Episcopal, at. Trinity or St. Mark's. Among young people he was an especial favorite, contributing to their enjoy- 1394 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO ment in all possible ways and assisting them by kindly advice and example. Nearly all his life he was a highly successful teacher of Bible classes in Sabbath schools ; and his Christian activities, especially the study and teaching of the Word of God and his many unostentatious benevolences, became to him real means of grace ; and he always counted them among the happiest experiences of his life. In his later years Mr. Flower suffered greatly from bodily infirmities, and he was not able to attend religious services at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was then a member. Nevertheless his spirit ever remained sweet, something that earthly suffering could not crush and his purse was always open to the call of the church or any public call. He gave as if giving was a real Pleasure to him. No solicitor for a worthy cause needed to hesitate in approaching him for a contribution. The domestic altar fire was kept burning in his home. Morning and evening reading of the Scriptures and prayer were regularly maintained, and frequently in the household worship he strengthened his body and soul by receiving the Communion in sacred commemoration of his dying but risen and ever-living Lord. Pos sessed of an intellect with the ability to grasp, things of a permanent value, he had a judicial mind which gave weight to his opinions, and a beautiful Christian spirit which made him as fair with those who differed from him as with those whose views were strictly in accord with his own. Men trusted him because of their profound faith in his integrity ; they followed him because he possessed the qualities of leadership ; they loved him because he was an humble follower of Jesus ; and those who knew him best loved him most. He was hospitable and charitable, he endured all with true and unflinching Christian fortitude, fully believing that, this painful life ended, there would be for him, through the merits and mercy of his crucified Redeemer, the bliss, the fruition of a glorious immortality and eternal life ; and as he neared the end he looked back over his long and exceptionally useful life of nearly fourscore years, a large part of which had been cheerfully given to the service of the Kingdom, he patiently awaited the approbation of the Master—"Well done, thou good and faithful servant." He joined the "silent majority" November 13, 1908, and all felt that a leader whom it was thought could not be spared had been called home to a well-earned reward. In September, 1865, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Frances B. Reynolds, an adopted daughter of the late lamented George W. Reynolds, for several years associated in business with Mr. Flower, and one of the most influential and respected citizens of Lucas County, who then and for many years resided at Maumee. Frances (Reynolds) Flower was taken ill in July, 1866, and gradually failed until the last days of December of the same year, when God called her home, and her body was laid away in beautiful Riverside Cemetery, at Maumee, amidst a vast concourse of sorrowing friends and acquaintances only about fifteen months after their marriage. On October 8, 1874,- Mr. Flower was happily united in marriage with Miss Ellen Burge, of Maumee, and in the following November they removed to Toledo. Ellen (Burge) Flower was born in Bampton, Devonshire, England, April 21, 1847, and died in her home in Toledo, April 24, 1903, after a happily wedded life of twenty-nine years. Mrs. Flower was a woman of rare excellence of mind and heart, one of those characters that leaves its impress upon every life it touches. Kind and sympathetic, she was ever ready to contribute to the comfort and good cheer of all who came within the sphere of her influence, finding her greatest happiness in earnestly endeavoring to make others happy. More than any other one characteristic that molded her life was her utter unselfishness, and she exemplified the Christian virtues in her daily walk and conversation. Her well-rounded Christian character and sweet, loving and gentle disposition endeared her to all and made her life a constant benediction. A woman of perfectly transparent character, a devout Christian, having a positive experience of salvation by Divine Grace through faith, sympathetic, useful and beloved. she lived in fear of the Lord and died a peaceful and happy death. Almost her last conscious words were the beautiful benediction of the Lord's prayer : "Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen." Although Stevens W. Flower is gone, his impress still remains in the community. His integrity in business is still remembered. Many a man will perform his duties more faithfully and more conscientiously because of the influence of his unostentatious but forceful life. Those who are compelled to seek hospital shelter will bless his name. Friendless girls who come to the great City of Toledo will speak the name of Mr. and Mrs. HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1395 Flower reverently. Indeed it is good to have lived, and to have lived to such good purpose. ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE, now a prominent banker and citizen of Los Angeles, earned his early distinctions as a lawyer in Northwest Ohio at Bucyrus and Toledo, and is identified by many ties with this section of the state. He was born near Bucyrus, Ohio, April 12, 1873, and in that city spent his boyhood and early manhood. Here he received his first business and financial training, having been employed in the Second National Bank. After graduating from the high school at the head of his class in 1890, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and was graduated bachelor of arts in 1895. While in college he attained high rank as a student, being one of the fifteen honored students of his class, and after graduation was given membership in the honorary scholastic fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. While in the university at Delaware he became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and has always kept up an active interest in that organization, and is one of its prominent national representatives. Soon after graduation he was elected general secre- tary of the fraternity, a position he filled for eight years, being elected four times, without opposition, during which period he visited a majority of the universities, colleges and chapter houses over the country. From 1912 to 1914 he was national president of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. It is said that Mr. Monnette probably has a larger personal acquaintance among the individuals of the fraternity than any other member. On graduating from the Ohio Wesleyan he took up the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1896. While at Bucyrus he practiced as a member of the firm of Beer, Bennett & Monnette for several years, and became one of the leading legal lights. Of this firm, the Hon. Thomas Beer was known as an able jurist and the Hon. Smith W. Bennett, now of Columbus, Ohio, the latter retiring, the firm continued as Beer & Monnette for several years. He then moved to Toledo in December, 1903, where he quickly attained high position at the bar, and was a member of the firm of Seiders & Monnette. Since 1906 Mr. Monnette's home has been in Los Angeles, California. Being admitted to the bar in that state after several years of active law practice there, he was elected president of the Citizens Trust & 'Savings Bank in 1912, a position he still holds. He is also a director in the Citizens National Bank, and a director of the Bankers Oil Company. He . has actively concerned himself in a public spirited way with the civic affairs of that great Californian city. He is a member of the Los Angeles Municipal Annexation Commission, by appointment of the mayor, and is a member of the Board of Library Directors of the Los Angeles Public Library, and of which he has recently been elected its president. The Monnettes are one of the oldest and most honored families of Crawford County, Ohio. His grandfather, Abraham Monnette, was a pioneer in that county, and left a large family of descendants. Mervin Jeremiah Monnette, father of Orra E., was for many years president of the Second National Bank of Bucyrus- until he removed to Los Angeles, where he is now a director and official in several banks, has interest in important business enterprises, and occupies a splendid home. Mervin J. Monnette established the Monnette Hospital at Bucyrus. The mother of Orra E., Olive Adelaide Monnette, was a daughter of the late George Washington Hull, who was a prominent and successful banker of Bucyrus. She died in 1912. Orra E. Monnette is a student of genealogy. He has written a history of the Monnet, Monnett and Monnette families, which is considered a model of genealogical history. Besides many articles in magazines on genealogy, he has also compiled the "Spirit of Patriotism," a history of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution, and a Chronological History of California, both of which are valuable works and have been well received. He takes a very active interest in and is vice president of the Sons of the Revolution, and has been both president and treasurer of the Ohio Society of Southern California. At the present time he is governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California. Politically speaking he is a republican, is a Thirty-second degree. Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner, and a member of the Methodist Church. He is also a member of the California, Los Angeles Athletic, Los Angeles Country and Scribes clubs of that city. Mr. Monnette married Miss Carrie Lucile Jane-way, a daughter of the late William Francis Janeway of Columbus. WILLIAM FRANKLIN HOSLER, of Findlay, began his business career early and has been indefatigable in the constant pursuit of his 1396 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO varied interests and has long since won a secure position in the business affairs of Hancock County. He is now cashier of the Ohio Bank and Savings Company, director, secretary and treasurer of the Findlay Courier, a director and president of the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company, and a director of the First National Bank of Findlay, Ohio. He was born in 1862 in Washington Township of Hancock County, where his father was a contractor and farmer. His parents, Peter and Susanna (Sherman) Hosier, were of Swiss ancestry, the families coming originally from Berne, Switzerland. Peter Hosier was elected county treasurer in 1874, for a two-year term, and at that time the family removing to Findlay. He was one of the pioneers of Hancock County and a very representative man of his day. William F. Hosier continued his education in the public schools of Findlay and was also employed in the treasurer's office under his father. Early in his business experience he became an employe of the Farmers Bank of Findlay, and was with that institution six years, part of the time as teller and in his third year became assistant cashier. In 1887 he and his father organized the City Bank of Findlay. Mr. William F. Hasler becoming cashier. In 1898 the bank was reorganized, but he continued as cashier. In 1912 its name was changed to the Ohio Bank and Savings Company. Peter Hosier died in 1897, having been president of the City Bank at the time of his death. William F. Hosier has always been a democrat, is a member of the Findlay Country Club, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1885 he married Helen M. Shafer, daughter of Morgan D. and Mary L. (Bunts) Shafer of Findlay. The Shafers are an old and respected family of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Hosier have one daughter, Mary Louise, who was born in 1887 and is now the wife of Raymond H. O'Brien, a prominent Toledo lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien have a daughter named Mary Louise. In 1900 Mr. Hosier was one of the reorganizers of the Findlay Courier and has since been its secretary and treasurer. A few years ago he was elected president of the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company, an immense plant employing over 200 men. Mr. 'Hosier is one of a fine family, being one of twelve children, all of whom have been pros perous and have had successful relations with this community. JOHN WESLEY DURHAM. In arrangement, equipment, general fertility and productiveness, there are few better farms in all Northwestern Ohio than that owned and occupied by John Wesley Durham in Napoleon Township of Henry County. His home farm is on section 218, but he also owns extensive bodies of land in other parts of that county. Mr. Durham is an old and prominent resident of Henry County. The foundation of his success was laid of course as a farmer. His influence, however, has spread to various business affairs and he has also played a part in public life. He was one of the organizers of the Henry County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company and for some time acted as one of its agents. He served as a county commissioner for two years from 1906, and is a very active republican. He and his wife enjoy the comforts of their beautiful homestead known as the Homestead Farm. They are generous, hospitable and kindly people, and their lives have been spent in doing good not only for their children but for their neighbors and friends. The Durham family is of German ancestry. The grandfather, William Durham, was born in Germany; came to the United States and while living in Virginia married a Virginia woman, Mary Elizabeth Jeams. During the early '20s they moved to Ross County, Ohio. A few years later, in that county, on February 27, 1827, was born their 'son John, father of John W. Durham. Six months after his birth the family moved to Richland Township in what is now Defiance County. At that time that section was on the frontier, was covered with dense woods, much of the land was under water, and it was largely an impenetrable wilderness. There the Durhams faced all the dangers, privations and hardships of pioneering. Their first habitation was a log cabin of the simplest type and with the simplest furni. ture in the midst of the woods. They were surrounded by Indians and wild animals, and at that time there was no Town of Defiance and their nearest mill and market were ten miles away, with dense woods between, the only path being blazed trails. William Durham acquired an extensive tract of land in that vicinity. Six years after his settlement there, in 1833, while carrying a log on his shoulder his foot slipped on the ice and in falling the log struck him in such a way as to fracture his skull, resulting in his death. HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1397 He was then in the prime of life. His widow died a number of years later, after carefully rearing her children. There were eight of the children, and all of them grew up and married except one, and all are now deceased. John Durham, owing to the fact of his father's early death, had to contend with the serious problems of life at an early age. He spent his childhood with his mother and also in the home of James Moorhead, and early started out to make his own way. His first purchase of land was in section 36 of Adams Township, Defiance County. This was in 1851. For forty acres he paid $100, and that land was the scene of his industrious labors for a number of years. Later he bought a farm in Richland Township of the same county, and he lived on it plying his vocation as an agriculturist until his death. He was a fine type: of the early settler. While his youth had been passed in such circumstances as to preclude his securing an education, it is said that he could practice mental arithmetic in figuring out problems to better advantage than most men could with pencil and paper. He married for his first wife Sarah Crago, who was born in Washington Township of Defiance County and was about the same age as her husband. She died in October, 1861. Her parents were among the very early settlers of that part of Defiance County. She left five children : John Wesley ; Manuel ; Isaac J., who is a retired farmer in Napoleon Township ; Ellen, unmarried ; and George, a. farmer in Defiance County. John Durham, Sr., married for his second wife Martha A. Welder, and she also became the mother of five children. While growing to manhood on his father's farm, John Wesley. Durham secured such education as was afforded in the country schools of that time. He was taught the lessons of industry and honesty and has practiced these and has exercised a commendable business judgment so as to place him far ahead in the matter of material prosperity. In Flat Rock Township of Henry County he married Miss Clara Brubaker. She was horn on the farm where she spent her childhood days April 28, 1853, a daughter of John and Sarah (Wyandt) Brubaker, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Her mother came to Ohio when a child with her parents and located in Stark County, while her father came to Ohio from Pennsylvania when a young man. They were married at the home of her father, Henry Wyandt, in Stark Vol. III-5 County, and they then located near the Wyandt home in Wilmont, Sugar Creek Township. While Mr. and Mrs. John Brubaker lived there five children were born : Hannah, Mary, Francis, Christian and Alfred. In 1847 the Brubaker family started with wagons and teams to a point further west, in Flat Rock Township of Henry County. John Brubaker in the preceding year had walked the entire distance and had selected a farm. Never a furrow had been turned on the farm of his selection, and he had all the tasks of the pioneer settler. The Brubakers lived in a log cabin for some years after they came to Henry County, and in that humble abode were born the other children : Daniel, Mrs. Durham, Jacob, who died at the age of sixteen, and Emanuel. Of the children born in Stark County three sons are still living. In 1857 John Brubaker replaced the old log cabin with a substantial frame house. He lived the quiet and industrious life of the capable farmer and died at the old home April 3, 1892, followed by his wife on October 23, 1900. The Brubakers were most kindly and excellent people, and. Mrs. Brubaker was reared in the faith of the Disciples Church. In February, 1874, not long after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Durham located on the farm where he was born in Defiance County, but in August of the same 'year they returned to Flat Rock Township in Henry County, where they resided three years. In 1878 they moved to section 28 of Napoleon Township and for three years rented the land, which he then purchased. Mr. Durham's homestead there now comprises 176 acres. He also owns 36 acres in section 31, 80 acres in Liberty Township, 34 acres in Flat Rock Township, and the Angling Road Farm, which is in section 31 of Napoleon Township and section 5 of Flat Rock Township, and contains 70 acres. All these lands are excellently improved. On his home farm Mr. Durham has spent many years of labor and has invested heavily in improvements. He has built two houses, one of nine rooms and the other of five, and has a large bank barn 40 by 60 feet, with an addition 40 by 44 feet, serving perfectly its purposes for stock and grain. Like most successful farmers, Mr. Durham combines stock raising with the growing of the staple crops. He keeps high grade Hereford cattle and some fine horses. He is a member of the Masonic Order and Mrs. Durham belongs to the Methodist Church. They have been exceptionally happy in 1398 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO their domestic life and have a fine family of children. Carey is now giving a good account of himself as a farmer in Flat Rock Township ; by his marriage to Martha Gist he has six sons, named Frederick, Willis, Julian, Herbert, Henry and Harold. Ernest, the second son, conducts his father's farm in the capacity of manager ; he married Bertha Bales, and their children are Ray, Olive and Hazel. Eugene is a farmer in Liberty Township and married Irva Frederick, their children being Cleo, Leverne and Burdette. Elsie, the oldest daughter, is the wife of Edwin Hammond, and they live on a farm near her father's place. Chester, who now lives in Oklahoma, has two children, named Robert and Arthur. Estella, who in addition to completing the course of the common schools as did the other children, spent two years in college, is the wife of Robert Walters, a furniture dealer in Napoleon ; their children are Luther, Margaret, and Dorothy Lucile. Laura is the wife of Walter Leonhardt, a farmer in Defiance County. Alta is the wife of E. P. Hollingshead of Napoleon, and their children are Geraldine, Marian and Bernadine. Roscoe, the youngest of the family, is now a student in the Napoleon High School. ARTHUR W. RYAN. One of the younger members of the Toledo bar, Arthur W. Ryan is associated in practice with Mr. Warren J. Duffey, with offices in the Gardner Building. Mr. Ryan is capable, proficient and hard working, has had splendid training, and is rapidly making his way to a front rank in the Toledo bar. He is a son of William and Mary Ryan, both of whom were born in Saginaw, Michigan. His father has been through all the vicissitudes of the lumberman's life, and is now secretary and treasurer of The West Toledo Lumber Company. William Ryan came to Toledo about twenty years ago, and has enjoyed a large and important position in business affairs. He is also president of The Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers. William Ryan and wife had four children, Arthur W. being the oldest. Harold T. is associated with his father in the lumber business, while the two younger are Genevieve C. and Gerald M., both at home. Arthur W. Ryan was born in Saginaw, Michigan, August 23, 1893, and like the other children was reared and educated in Toledo. He graduated from the Cathedral parochial school in 1910, and then entered Notre Dame College at South Bend, Indiana. He finished his course there and received his degree bachelor of laws in 1914, and in December of that year was admitted to the Ohio bar after examination before the Supreme Court at Columbus. Returning to Toledo he became associated with Warren J. Duffey in the general practice of law. Mr. Ryan, who is unmarried and resides at the family home at 366 West Central Avenue, is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Toledo Bar Association. RICHARD V. KENNEDY is now concluding his second term of service as sheriff of Hancock County. During the last generation it is doubtful if any man has become better known in public affairs in that county than Mr. Kennedy. He is a man qualified in every particular for efficient and competent public service. He has himself been on intimate terms of fellowship with poverty, with hard work, and he knows both the classes and the masses and is a thorough believer in the essential principles of democracy. It was kindness more than mere efficiency which characterized his administration as sheriff. He is a man of humanity, and in no circumstances does he allow himself to lose Sight of the fact that lawbreakers and prison. ers under his care are human beings, and entitled to sympathy so far as consistent with firm control. Some of the reforms which he introduced in the management of the county jail, distinguished chiefly by simple kindness, attracted so much notice that they were written up in the metropolitan newspaper press. Sheriff Kennedy was born in Hancock County November 7, 1863, and was one of a large family of thirteen children born to James H. and Susannah (Oman) Kennedy, whose home was in Orange Township of Hancock County. Mr. Kennedy is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and his grandfather came from Ireland. With only a country school education, acquired in the schools of Cannonsburg, Ohio, Richard Kennedy became self supporting at the age of thirteen. He was not ashamed to accept any honorable means of earning his living and getting ahead in the world. He was both industrious and skillful. It is said that some years ago, before he became prominent in politics, he turned out, with the labor of his own hands, 76,000 axe handles, the entire output being sold to one firm. He was also in the grocery business for one year. HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1399 When only a youth such confidence was reposed in his judgment and ability that he was appointed to the office of township clerk, and the served 2 ½ terms. Then for five years he was clerk of the board of Orange Township, was secretary of the agricultural society of Hancock County, being elected without solicitation on his part for six years, and for 31/2 years was a member of the board of election. He resigned from that office to become candidate for sheriff on the democratic ticket in 1912. It should be remembered that Hancock County is strongly republican in its normal political complexion and yet Mr. Kennedy was the choice of the people against a very able candidate by a majority of ninety, while in his reelection in 1914 he had 600 votes over his opponent. At the conclusion of his term in 1916 Mr. Kennedy intends to retire from active politics, though he will always be found working for the welfare of his party. He is chairman of the executive and central committees of his party in Hancock County, and succeeded in formulating a ticket that was elected without losing a candidate in the fall election of 1916. Mr. Kennedy is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Loyal Order of Moose, is past dictator of the Moose, and in these fraternities and in the general body of citizenship of Hancock County he has a host of loyal friends. He is heartily in sympathy with Sunday schools, was at one time vice president of the St. Paul's Evangelical Sunday School, and he won the prize in a campaign for securing new members, his contribution being 350 new recruits to the Sunday school. He is an active and generous patron of the different orphans homes, and has been greatly beloved because of his thoughtful and kindly deeds. In Orange Township in 1888 Mr. Kennedy married Miss Elizabeth Fenton, daughter of Thomas Fenton. They have one son, Clement J., who is now thirty-one years of age and married Lucinda Bower of Orange Township Mr. Kennedy has close affiliations with agricultural interests in Hancock County, has held offices in the local Grange, and also belongs to the Farmers' Institute. HOWARD ION SHEPHERD, vice president and a director of The Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company of Toledo, is a lawyer by profession, came to Toledo in 1905 from Detroit, and in this city has largely concerned himself with important business, financial and public affairs. In 1910 he served as president of The Toledo Chamber of Commerce and as a director in the National Rivers and Harbors Congress from 1910 to 1913. As chairman of the River and Harbor Committee of The Toledo Chamber of Commerce he obtained from the United States Board of Engineers at Washington their approval for a 23-foot channel for Toledo harbor, and also obtained the approval of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives for the appropriation aggregating $500,000 to carry out that improvement. Mr. Shepherd represents one of the fine old pioneer families of Eaton County, Michigan. His maternal ancestors date from the family of John Aldrich, who landed in Massachusetts in 1630, while his paternal ancestors go back to the coming of Henry Shepherd to America in the middle of the eighteenth century. His grandfather, Hiram Shepherd, went out to Eaton County, Michigan, in the year that Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837, acquired 200 acres of government land 21/2 miles south of Charlotte, cleared a tract and built a log house, and in 1840 brought his family from New York and domiciled them in an utter wilderness. A few years later they moved into the then small Village of Charlotte, where Hiram Shepherd established a country store. The late Hon. Elisha Shepherd, father of the Toledo banker, was for many years recognized as Charlotte 's grand old man, and as much as any other individual was the prime mover in the progress of that Michigan city. At the time of his death, which occurred in December, 1913, he was the oldest pioneer of Eaton County, which had been his home for about seventy-two years. He was born March 9, 1831, in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, and was about nine years of age when he came with other members of the family to Eaton County, Michigan. There he grew up in frontier surroundings. His early education came from the common schools of Charlotte and he also attended Olivet College in Michigan for a short time during the first two years of its existence. Among other early experiences he drove the stage from Jackson to Charlotte before the time of railroads, part of the time with ox teams, and he also carried mail horseback between Marshall and Charlotte, a portion of the distance over Indian trails. He had excellent business ability and was as unsel-