HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1925 ganization and the disciplined facilities of the company in 'handling some of the largest building contracts in and around Fremont. The resources of the company are adequate to the fulfillment of contracts of almost any size or character. The business has been brought to a high state of efficiency. Hundreds of smaller buildings have been erected, and some of the more important contracts might be mentioned as follows : The $35,000 plant of the Deissel Wemmer Cigar Company at Delphos ; the Pike School, at Bellevue, costing $35;000 ; the $100;000 high school at Delphos; the $30,000 public library at Delphos; the Community Mausoleum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, costing $100,000 ; the People's Bank Building of Clyde, Ohio, $40,000 ; the Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial Building at a cost of $50,000 ; the State Normal College at Bowling Green, including the Administration Building, $200,000; the. Dormitory, $100,000; Science Building, $100,000 ; and Training School, $100,000 ; the First National Bank Building of Fremont, $100,000 contract ; the Memorial Hospital of Fremont, $100,000 ; and the Masonic Temple Building, at a cost of $150,000. Mr. Carl F. Steinle was born at Fremont, Ohio, August 8, 1878, a son of Joseph and Caroline (Gretz) Steinle. Both parents were born in Germany and are still living at Fremont. Caroline Gretz was born February 9, 1849. Her parents died in Germany, and in 1864 she came alone to the United States at the age of fifteen. She made her way to the home of her sister in Fremont. Caroline Gretz was a daughter of Peter and Magdaline (Longendefer) Gretz. Joseph Steinle was born in Germany February 2, 1845, and at the age of eight years came to the United States with his parents, Joseph and Anna (Grodwold) Steinle. For three years the family lived in Galion, Ohio, and in 1857 settled in Fremont. Joseph Steinle began work at the carpenter's trade and at the age of twenty-two started in business for himself as a contractor. He continued actively until 1898, when he was able to turn over most of the cares of the business to his son Carl. For thirty-six years he was associated in business with his brother Oswald Steinle, under the firm name of Steinle Brothers. When Carl F. Steinle entered the firm it was organized as the Steinle Brothers Company, but six years later was reorganized as the Steinle Construction Company, of which Joseph Steinle is president, while Carl is secretary, treasurer and general manager. Vol. III-3 8 Joseph Steinle is a democrat in politics. His wife is' an active member of the Lutheran Church. They had only two children. The daughter, Charlotte Steinle, died in June, 1914. Carl F. Steinle was graduated from the Fremont High School in 1895. He then entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, where he completed his engineering and architectural courses, in 1898. Subsequently he took special work in architectural engineering. Though his father was a prosperous business man, he early learned to depend upon his own efforts and displayed a business en terprise when only a school boy. At the age of thirteen he worked during the summer vacations in the hardware store of Gast & Lang at Fremont. Before going to university he worked at the carpenter's trade. In 1898-99 he was foreman for the Columbus Construction Company at Columbus and on returning to Fremont he entered the Steinle Brothers firm, where he remained in a subordinate capacity from 1900 to 1904. He was then made a member of the firm and in 1911 he bought the interests of his uncle and had the practical executive management of the Steinle Construction Company since that date. The company is capitalized at $10,000 and all the stock is held in the family. Mr. Steinle is Past Exalted Ruler of Fremont Lodge No. 169, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is also a Knight Templar Mason and 'Shriner. Politically he is a democrat and has shown much interest in civic affairs, though his business has made heavy demands upon all his time and energy. Mr. Steinle was married December 10, 1903, to Miss Ella Elizabeth Kramb, who was born in Lindsey, Sandusky County, Ohio, daughter of Jacob Kramb. Her father was a merchant at Lindsey, was born in Germany, served in the American Civil war as a Union soldier, and for three terms filled the office of county recorder of Sandusky County. Mr. and Mrs. Steinle have three children : Miriam, aged thirteen ; Robert Lynn, aged twelve ; and Freda Elizabeth, aged nine. The children are all in school and are being given the best of home and school advantages. ISAAC L. STINEBAUGH, deputy county surveyor of Wood County and city engineer of Bowling Green, has given the best years of his life to the civil engineering profession, and his skill and competence need no word of recom- 1926 -HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO mendation or praise in a community where his services are so well known. He has been engaged in many large public works and private contracts in addition to the routine duties of his public office, and many of the most important improvements made in Wood County in recent years have been planned and supervised by him. He first served as deputy county surveyor under Elmer E. Spafford, being appointed in 1904. In 1908 Mr. Gallier appointed him his deputy and in 1913 he was again made deputy county surveyor. Mr. Stinebaugh has been a civil engineer for thirty-five years. For 31/2 years he was deputy .surveyor under Arthur Hatch in Lucas County. Isaac L. Stinebaugh was born on a farm near Bloomville in Seneca County, Ohio, February 16, 1863. He is of old Maryland family and ancestry. His parents, I. B. and Nancy E. (Long) Stinebaugh, were both born in Seneca County, Ohio, his father in 1829 and his mother in 1836. Their respective families were pioneers in that county, coming from Maryland and setting up their homes in the midst of the heavy forest. They cut down the trees and cleared up a portion of the wilderness and spent the rest of their days in that community. I. B. Stinebaugh and wife after their marriage located on the old Stinebaugh farm in Seneca County and it was their home until ten years ago, when they removed to east of Tiffin, where they are still living, hale and hearty in spite of the many years of their lives. Both are active in the Free Will Baptist Church. I. B. Stinebaugh served for thirty years as trustee of his home township. He began voting as a free soiler and has been a republican since the birth of that party. Isaac L. Stinebaugh grew up on the home farm, and early qualified as a teacher, which he followed along with his work as a practical surveyor and engineer. He carried on higher studies in the Ohio State University and was graduated in 1892 in the civil engineering department. Since leaving college he has given all his time to engineering. He was in Seneca County and for seven years was in Ottawa County, and the remainder of his service has been rendered in Wood and Lucas counties. Mr. Stinebaugh owns a fine residence at Bowling Green. He married in this city Ada Bodett, who was born in Wood County and is a graduate of the Bowling Green High School. For the past thirteen years she has been employed as a deputy in various county offices and is now deputy county auditor of Wood County. Mr. and Mrs. Stinebaugh were married in 1916. Mrs. Stinebaugh is a regular attendant and active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Stinebaugh's actions have been in line with the republican party. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge at Bloomville, with the Royal Arch Chapter at Tiffin, and with the Knights Templar and the Scottish Rite bodies at Toledo. He also 'belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Bloomville. F. M. HOPKINS, editor and publisher of the Fostoria Daily Review, is an Ohio newspaper man of wide experience, was trained as a lawyer and was in the practice of that profession before he took up the newspaper business. Mr. Hopkins was born in Epworth, Iowa, July 12, 1875, a son of T. M. and Augusta (Brown) Hopkins. Both parents were born in Ohio and his grandfather, T. Hopkins, is also a native of this state and spent his life here as a farmer. The maternal grandfather, Charles Brown, was born and reared at Park-man, Ohio, was also a farmer and lived to be a hundred years old. Mr. Hopkins' father is now deceased. He and his wife were married at Parkman, Ohio, and went West to Iowa, in which state he served twenty-one years in United States marshal's office. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in politics was a democrat. During the Civil war he was four years in Company G of the Twenty-first Iowa Regiment. He was first sergeant of his company. He and his wife were members of the Congregational Church. The only one now living of three children, F. M. Hopkins received his early education in Dubuque, Iowa, graduating from the high school in 1892. He graduated from the Iowa State University in 1895 and in 1896 was admitted to the bar and was in practice at Dubuque until 1898. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American war in that year he became first sergeant in the Forty-ninth Iowa Regiment of Volunteers and was in service for thirteen months, After his honorable discharge he resumed practice at Dubuque and remained in that city from 1899 until 1903. In the latter year he gave up the legal profession and at Toledo became a reporter on the Times. In 1904 he went with the Toledo Blade as city editor and held that position until 1911, when he became managing editor HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1927 of the Toledo Times. In 1913 Mr. Hopkins came to Fostoria and bought the Daily Review. He has done much to vitalize and invigorate this leading paper of Seneca County and it now has a circulation of 2,700 and there is also a large job printing establishment. Mr. Hopkins is, a republican in politics and in 1916 was publicity director for the State of Ohio. He has made himself a factory in many local affairs, having served as president of the chamber of commerce two years, as a chairman of the executive committee of the Red Cross, and is a director in various business organizations. He is also one of the board of directors of the Fostoria Country Club. Mr. Hopkins married in 1899 Caroline B. Bertholet, who was born at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. They have three children, Edmond, Constance and Virginia, all in school, Edmond being a senior in high school. PAUL BECKETT SHOOP is one of the aggressive and enterprising young business men of Upper Sandusky and at the age of twenty-four has proved his right and ability to stand alone in the competition for success. Mr. Shoop is a native of Wyandot County and was born on his father's farm at Indian Mills east of Upper Sandusky in 1893. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch and English stock. His great-grandfather Shoop came from Holland to Pennsylvania in early times. He is a son of Nathan and Zilla (Beckett) Shoop. His father spent his active career as a farmer and is still living on the old homestead. The mother died there in 1913. As a boy Paul B. Shoop attended the country school of Indian Mills during the winters, and was at home doing his part on the farm in the summer seasons. When he was fifteen years of age he passed the Boxwell-Patterson examination and on his creditable showing was given a free scholarship in the Upper Sandusky High School. He was a student there the full four years, graduating in 1913. The following year he spent at Columbus as a student in the Bliss Business College, and in order to pay his board and room rent he worked in a restaurant. His first business position was as stenographer at Columbus, but he left that in a short while and for a. year was general clerk with M. Stanton & Company at Columbus. The next year he put in as a traveling representative of the Interstate Educational Society. of New York selling music and other goods over Central Ohio. He proved his ability as a salesman, and in that work acquired some of the capital which subsequently enabled him to go into business of his own. After leaving the road he returned to the home farm and assisted his father a short time, and then became insurance and financial clerk in the financial department of the Quaker Oats Company of Chicago, putting in two years with that firm. In January, 1917, Mr. Shoop returned to Upper Sandusky and bought the American Steam Laundry plant, of which he is now sole proprietor. This is one of the best laundries in Wyandot County in the matter of equipment and excellence of service and Mr. Shoop is doing much to extend its trade and facilities. He has several agencies throughout the surrounding territory, and now has about all the business the plant can handle. In 1916 Mr. Shoop married Gladys Evelyn Seligman, daughter of Charles and Bertha (Ewing) Seligman, of Upper Sandusky. Mr. Shoop is a republican and has been quite active in party affairs. Inducements have been held out to him by the leaders of the party to become a candidate for office but he has never. followed them up. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Lodge No. 176, Free and Accepted Masons, and belongs to the Columbus, Ohio, Young Men's Christian Association. CLOYCE EDWARD OVERHOLT, one of the leading dentists ,of Hancock County, is a native of Northwest Ohio, and by thorough preparation, hard work and constant study has attained that enviable position where his work is not only remunerative but is appreciated for its quality of excellence. Doctor Overholt was born on a farm east of Van Buren in Hancock County in 1881, a son of J. C. and Melissa (Baker) Overholt. He is of German and English stock. His great-grandfather came from. Germany and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Doctor Overholt's ancestors were soldiers in the American Revolution and some of the family also fought in the Civil war. When he was four years of age his. father removed to Findlay, and in that city Doctor Overholt acquired his education in the public schools. He attended the high school and from that entered the Ohio Medical College at Columbus in 1902. In 1905 he finished the course of the Dental School and was graduated D. D. S. For two years Doc-, for Overholt practiced at Eaton in Preble County, and left a promising business there 1928 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO to remove to Findlay in the fall of 1907. He has his offices on South Main Street and has every modern equipment of the up-to-date dentist. Every year Doctor Overholt attends the State Dental Association meetings and by constant association with the leading members of the profession he is seeking to improve and increase his own ability to perform skilful work. He is a member of the County, State and National Dental associations. Fraternally he belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in politics is a. republican. WILLIAM BRUCE JAMES. The work of William Bruce James as a lawyer at Bowling Green has been distinguished by a fidelity to every interest committed to his charge, and by the ̊performance expected of a thoroughly qualified, cultured and loyal gentleman. Mr. James practices as a member of the firm of Ladd, James & Ladd, and is now serving his fourth term as city solicitor. Mr. James began practice with a training and experience of a thorough literary as well as professional education. In 1904 he graduated A. B. from the Tri-State College at Angola, Indiana, subsequently spent one year in the classical course in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and then prepared for his profession in the law department of the University of 'Michigan, where he was graduated in June, 1908. In the same month he was admitted to the bar and at once began practice at Bowling Green. In 1909 he was elected city solicitor, and has continuously filled that office to the present time. Since 1909 he has also been qualified to practice in the federal courts. Mr. James is a member of the Wood County Bar Association, is affiliated with Bowling. Green Lodge No. 818, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Plymouth Lodge No. 157, Knights of Pythias, at Bowling Green, Wood County Lodge No. 112, Free and Accepted Masons, and is popular in these fraternities and among all classes of citizens. He was born at Bradner, Wood County, March 7, 1883. When he was six years of age he was taken to Sandusky County and he grew up in the country, and with the advantages of the local schools qualified as a teacher, a vocation he followed two years before he entered the. Tri-State College at Angola, Indiana. He is the only son and child of Rinaldo and Keturah (James) James, both of whom were born in Morrow County, Ohio, were they were married. Rinaldo James is a farmer and stock raiser. William B. James was married at. Bowling Green to Bessie Yeager. Mrs. James was born in Missouri March 10, 1886, and when she was fourteen years of age her parents returned to Napoleon, Ohio. Her father, Lorenzo D. Yeager, subsequently went back to Missouri and died in that state when past middle life. His widow is now living at Bowling Green, and though past threescore is still diligent in looking after her household duties. Mr. and Mrs. James have two children: Robert M., born February 25, 1912 ; and Norman W., born October 20, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. James are members of the Christian Church and in politics he is a republican.. H. C. DERAN was admitted to the bar and began practice at Fremont twenty-four years ago. He has a practice second, to none in Sandusky County in point of importance and value, and the local bar recognizes him as one of its leading and most brilliant members. His work in the profession has been characterized by sound learning, thorough experience and a ready ability to cope with all the exigencies that a lawyer must meet in a varied and extensive practice. He is also a man of literary tastes, and when his business justifies it he finds his greatest delight in his library. Mr. DeRan was born in Fremont, Ohio, December 17, 1872, a son of Dennis and Ann (Flumerfelt) DeRan, both natives of Ohio. The paternal grandfather was also Dennis De-Ran, a native of Ireland who settled in Ohio about 1836 and took up Government land, which he developed as a farm. The maternal grandfather, Daniel V. Flumerfelt, was a na- tive of New Jersey and was one of the earliest pioneer settlers in Seneca County, Ohio, where he located in 1807. Dennis DeRan, father of the Fremont lawyer, was born in Sandusky County December 7, 1846, while his wife was born in Seneca County in May, 1847. They were married in Sandusky County and they are now living retired at Tiffin. Dennis DeRan spent his active career as a farmer. He and his wife had three children : H. C. DeRan ; R. L. DeRan, an attorney at Tiffin; and Zoe, wife of Minor Raymond, assistant secretary of the Webster Manufacturing Company at Tiffin. Reared on a farm, H. C. DeRan early determined that the country should not bound the horizon of his opportunities and with a HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1929 persistence and energy unusual in a boy of his age he steadily kept at his education until he had graduated from one of the best universities in the country. He attended the district schools, and afterward took the literary course in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He took post-graduate studies in the University of Michigan and was graduated from the law department of that university in 1893. Admitted to the bar in the same year, he began practice at Fremont .and his practice has always followed general lines. He also has interests in various manufacturing concerns and is the owner of two fine farms in Sandusky County. Politically he is a democrat, and he represented Sandusky County in the State Legislature from 1897 to 1901. He is also a member of the County and. State Bar associations, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. DeRan was married in 1907 to Mabel Hubbard, a native of Fremont and a daughter of John Hubbard, a traveling man. They have two children : Catherine and H. C., Jr. J. E. KELLY was graduated with the law class of 1897 from the Ohio Northern University at Ada, was admitted to the bar the same year, and has since been in active practice at Bowling Green. With twenty years of experience he has accumulated a large practice and a high standing in local professional circles and is a man of unusual accomplishment. Mr. Kelly has membership in the County and State Bar associations, is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and also active in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. For two years he served on the Board of Public Works at Bowling Green and was also a member of the city council. As a republican he has been influential in local politics, and has 'been delegate and committeeman in party affairs and in judicial, congressional and county conventions. Mr. Kelly was born near Custar in Wood County March 7, 1870. He grew up in the county and acquired his higher education in the normal schools at Fostoria, Ohio, and Valparaiso, Indiana. For a number of years he was a successful educator and turned from school work to prepare for the law. As a diversion from his law business Mr. Kelly looks after two fine farms near Bowling Green. These farms aggregate 265 acres, all in a high condition of improvement and well stocked. Mr. Kelly is a thoroughly practical farmer, and has made his land profitable as well as a source of great pleasure to him as a side occupation. Mr. Kelly's father, Alfred Kelly, was a prominent oldtimer in Wood County, and a remarkable man not only for his service rendered as an educator but as a reformer and a man who carried the ideas of progress over a large section of country. In many ways he was years ahead of his time in the principles he advocated, and he went about as a pioneer of his ideas, doing good, and by lectures and personal contact with the people doing much to enlighten public opinion. He was of Irish stock and was born in Ohio and for many years taught school. Most of his teaching was done in the public schools and his influence was as valuable and beneficial to the older people as to the younger generations who came to him daily in the schoolroom. He married Emeline Crum, also a native of Ohio and of Pennsylvania parents. She was also an educator. Alfred Kelly died at the age of eighty-three in 1903. Though he saw active service as a member of Company I of the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war, he escaped without wounds or capture. His widow is still living at the age of eighty-four and is quite vigorous for her years. She is a member of the United Brethren Church, while Alfred Kelly was an active Presbyterian. Mr. J. E. Kelly differs from both his parents in matters of religion and is a Methodist. The older generation of the Kellys were quite prominent in the Presbyterian Church, and some of them became preachers. Six of the children of Alfred Kelly and wife are still living out of the seven who were born to them. These children are all married and all have children. Mr. J. E. Kelly was married in Seneca County, Ohio, to Miss Maude Knepple,who was born, reared and educated in Seneca County, and was a teacher before her marriage. They have one daughter, Eleanor Jean, who was born in 1910. HARRY J. HALL is head of the firm Hall & & Son, coal merchants and paving contractors at Findlay. This is a business which has been developed through a long period of years and has had the resources and enterprise of three successive generations of the Hall family. Harry J. Hall was formerly in business with his father and recently has taken his own son into partnership. 1930 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO Hancock County has been the home of the Halls since early times. The Halls are a very old English family and have been in America many generations. Harry J. Hall was born in Findlay September 15, 1867, a son of Charles B. and Ellen (Coontz) Hall. His mother is of German stock. Charles B. Hall is stilling in Findlay, now retired, and for many years was in the dry goods business. He is a democrat and was elected two terms, from 1878 to 1882, as sheriff of Hancock County and for many years was trustee of the local cemetery. Harry J. Hall attended the public schools of Findlay, and at the age of eighteen left high school to begin work for former Mayor Fry of Findlay, at wages of $1.50 a week. He continued that employment for three years and was then appointed mail clerk under W. S. Hammaker for a year. Mr. Hall next became associated with his father under the firm name C. B. Hall & Son in the operation of lime quarries, and this company had the first natural gas lime kiln in Northwest Ohio. It was situated on West Lima Street in Findlay. Harry J. Hall was bookkeeper for the firm three years and then became an active partner in the business. After one year the industry was closed out and C. B. Hall & Son turned their attention to the coal business and to paving construction. The old title of the firm continued from 1895 until 1916, when the senior partner retired and Harry J. Hall took his son, Charles R., as a partner, under the name Hall & Son. They are now among the leading coal dealers in Hancock County and furnish coal on large contracts. They also have the organization and the facilities for paving construction on a large scale and are now doing three-quarters of the street paving in Findlay. Harry J. Hall married in 1892 Marian V. Miller, daughter of R. C. Miller. His only son, Charles R., was born April 6, 1893. He has proved himself an aggressive young business man. Charles. R. Hall married in 1912 Audrey Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chapman. They have one daughter, Mary Jane, born December 30, 1915. Mr. Harry J. Hall is a democrat in politics. He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is a member of the English Lutheran Church. WILLIAM T. MOONEY. When judge William T. Mooney entered the eternal sleep that knows no awakening in this world, Auglaize County lost her most brilliant and distinguished son"—in the words of the Auglaize County Democrat. The end came quietly and peacefully after a long illness at his home in St. Marys, on November 29, 1904. The death was not unexpected but the shock to friends and relatives was none the less severe. The St. Marys Daily News expressed the feeling of his home community in the following words : "In the death of Judge Mooney St. Marys loses her most distinguished citizen and one who had a place in the heart of every resident of the town. He was loved and respected not only because he was distinguished in his profession and had attained high honor in that direction, but he was loved by those who enjoyed his personal acquaintance because of the warm friendships he had formed and the warm, noble heart that was always in evidence. He was a man full of love and charity, benevolent to a large degree and without selfishness when the rights of others were to be considered. He gave freely of his able advice and wise counsel to those who sought it and to the poor and needy he was liberal, never failing to help those who needed help nor to respond to a cause when convinced that it was a worthy one." William Thomas Mooney was a son of Michael J. and. Catherine (Salmon) Mooney, and was born in St. Marys on November 14, 1862, and had just passed his forty-second birthday at the time of his death. He was a brother of Daniel F. and Joseph J. Mooney, sketches of whom also appear in this work. He was educated in the public schools of St. Marys and graduated from the high school at the age of sixteen years. In the same year he entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, from which institution he graduated with high honors in 1882. During this time he taught the country schools in the neighborhood of his home, and in 1883 was elected principal of the Normal Academy at Coldwater, Ohio. He entered upon the study of the law and began its practice in 1885 in St. Marys in partnership with Dixon Edgerton. Not satisfied with his preparation, he forsook the practice and entered the Cincinnati Law School in 1886, for he was determined to become thoroughly prepared for his life work. During both the junior and senior years he carried the honors of his class by attaining the highest grades of any member, and when he graduated in 1888, the head of the institution, Dean and former-Governor Cox paid him the compliment of saying that he was the most HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1931 thoroughly equipped student that had ever left that school. From the very beginning of his practice success came to him and his business grew rapidly. In 1891" he formed a partnership with J. H. Goeke. The first political .honor attained by Mr. Mooney was an election to the office of the city solicitor of St. Marys, which office he filled for two terms. In 1892 a vacancy occurred on the common pleas bench and Mr. Mooney was nominated by the democratic party to fill the unexpired term. Although only thirty years of age at this time, there was no opposition whatever in the convention to his nomination. He was duly elected at the ensuing election and was chosen for the full term in 1894 and for a second term in 1899. The work on the bench gave Judge Mooney the opportunity to exercise in full measure the legal attainments he had acquired. It proved that he had been richly endowed by nature with the judicial temperament. He soon took rank among the best known and most competent jurists of the state, sustaining in the highest degree the confidence reposed in him by his party and the people. In 1900 Judge Mooney was nominated by his party for the office of judge of the Circuit Court, and was elected by an overwhelming majority. This position he held at the time of his death. In 1895, at the state convention held in Springfield, Ohio, the democrats placed him in nomination for the judge of the Supreme Court, but he was defeated with the rest of the democratic ticket. Of his varied attainments the Kenton Press said: "In every department into which he subdivided his energies and activities Judge Mooney excelled. At the bar he was a brilliant advocate ; on the bench, a learned judge ; in the forum, a magnetic orator. Aggressive, industrious, keen of intellect, he gathered in all the real grain of experience and wafted off the chaff. He grew day by day, developed, broadened. But body could not keep pace with mind." As a campaign orator, Judge Mooney was very able and forceful and his services were greatly in demand. To this work he always gave freely of his time, and his reputation as a speaker extended far beyond his own judicial district, which included nearly all of Northwestern Ohio. At the state convention held at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1889, Judge Mooney was the temporary chairman of the convention and delivered the keynote speech, which was widely and enthusiastically commented upon by the press of the entire state. He was also made permanent chairman of that convention. In 1892 Judge Mooney was united in marriage to Miss Mary Spellacy, of Conneautville, Pennsylvania. His marriage was a most happy one and six children came to bless their home. The private life of Judge Mooney was of the same high character as his public career. He was a man of strong convictions on moral subjects and in religion; as he was in political and secular matters. He was a faithful and devout member of the Catholic Church and never failed in his religious duties. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and also of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Many touching tributes were paid to Judge Mooney by the press and prominent men from many sections of the state. One of the most touching, because coming from one who knew him so well, came from Hon. J. H. Goeke, of Wapakoneta, a former partner and congressman from this district. William Thomas Mooney, the friend of this bar, the hope of our people, the example of all that is good and great, the lawyer, the judge, the gentleman, the good citizen, in the words of an eminent writer, `wrapped the drapery of his couch about him and laid down to pleasant dreams.' His musical tongue is stilled, his beaming eye is closed and his great career is ended. It is hard for me to comprehend that he lives no more, but it is the truth. I saw him breathe his last. He died a Christian death ; he died a martyr to his work on the bench in the discharge of his duties to the people. His reward, God alone can give ; a crown of diamonds and eternal perfect happiness are none too good for him." DANIEL F. MOONEY, of an old and influential family of Northwest Ohio, has added not a little to the prestige of the family name by his own abilities and services as a capable lawyer and latterly in the diplomatic field. Mr. Mooney is present United States Minister to Paraguay. He was born at St. Marys, Ohio, January 16, 1865. His father, Michael Mooney, who was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, emigrated to the United States in 1847, a passenger on an old fashioned sailing vessel. Coming to Ohio in 1851 he first located in Fairfield County and later removed to St. Marys. There he made a very creditable business record. He was almost a pioneer in the insur- 1932 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO ance field, and he developed that specialty to pronounced success. For many years he was with the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, at first as district agent, then state agent, and finally as agent for the three states of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. He also became one of the directors of the company. Michael Mooney married Catherine Salmon in 1862. She was born in Maryland and died in 1908, while Michael Mooney passed away in 1907. These worthy parents had ten children, and of the six survivors Daniel F. is the oldest. One of his brothers was the late Judge William T. Mooney, one of the most popular judges who ever sat on the District Bench in his part of the state. Still another brother is Joseph J. Mooney, who followed his father in the ,insurance business and is now vice president and general superintendent of agencies of. the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, living at Toledo. Daniel F. Mooney graduated from St. Marys High School in 1882. About that time he was given an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but after some consideration he declined and decided to follow a civil career. Some years after leaving high school he entered the Ohio State University, where he was graduated LL. B. in 1894. He at once began practice and quickly acquired a lucrative business as a lawyer. From the first he showed an interest in politics, as a force in good government, and from 1896 to 1900 served as city solicitor of St. Marys, an office in which he made a splendid record. In 1908 Mr. Mooney was elected a member of the Ohio Senate, serving one term, and in 1912 was re-elected for a second term. His force of character and natural ability made him prominent and one of the most influential members of the senate. Mr. Mooney is personally genial and affable, a good mixer, makes friends wherever he goes, and temperamentally was a diplomat before his appointment into that service. On January 30, 1914, President Wilson appointed Mr. Mooney Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Paraguay. This important position he has since filled, his residence being at Asuncion, the capital. Representing the largest republic in America, his position has been one of the greatest importance during the troublous times of the present war. His activities and personal popularity deserve much credit for the fact that Paraguay has adopted its attitude of benevo lent neutrality toward the United States. The Paraguayan and Buenos Aires newspapers have at various times spoken highly of the work that he has done and praised his part in international relation. On August 29, 1914, a peace treaty between the United States and Paraguay was signed. This signalizes a new epoch in the relations between the two countries, which in times past have not always been the most cordial, and in fact have disclosed a number of serious differences. This treaty prevents the two countries from ever becoming hostile to each other, and binds them to refer all matters of difference to arbitration. Mr. Mooney has always been a democrat in politics. He is unmarried and a member of the Catholic Church. JOSEPH J. MOONEY. In the insurance field there is no one name that is more significant of successful ability in management and business getting than that of Mooney. Joseph J. Mooney, now vice president and general superintendent of agencies for the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company of Detroit, is a son of the late Michael Mooney, who was identified with the same company and was one of the directors primarily responsible for its upbuilding and its large hold on this section of Ohio. Joseph J. Mooney is one of Toledo's most popular and best known citizens. He is a brother of Daniel F. Mooney and the late Judge William T. Mooney, sketches of whom appear elsewhere. He was born at St. Marys, Ohio, April 9, 1868, a son of Michael and Catherine (Salmon) Mooney. The oldest son of the family was Judge William T. Mooney, who died in 1905, at a time .when his future was bright with promise as a lawyer and jurist. Through his work in the insurance field the late Michael Mooney accumulated a generous prosperity. He was not only successful from the material point of view, but his name represented the best qualities of commercial character and integrity. He died at St. Marys, Ohio, February 3, 1907, and his wife passed away there in March, 1908. It is but summing up a reputation that was more than local when it is said that no woman ever lived in St. Marys who came nearer fulfilling the highest ideals of a wife and mother than Mrs. Michael Mooney. Joseph J. Mooney has for many years been a practical man of affairs, and yet he started life with a liberal education. He attended the St. Marys schools and in 1888 graduated from HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1933 the commercial department of Canisius College, a Jesuit institution in Buffalo, New York. For a time he read law with his brother at St. Marys,. Ohio, but was not admitted to the bar, since early in his studies he realized that his talents and inclinations were for other lines. He left the law to become cashier in his father's insurance office. Somewhat later he was made assistant superintendent of agencies in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, and in 1897 he was elected a director of the Michigan Mutual Life insurance Company. His Toledo office is in the Nicholas Building, and for a number of years he has been active in Toledo citizenship. In national politics he. is a democrat, but locally is an independent worker for good government. Soon after Hon. Brand Whitlock, now United States Minister to Belgium, was elected mayor of Toledo, Mr. Mooney was appointed a member of the Uni- versity Board, but at the mayor's request he resigned to accept the office of president of the Board of Public Safety to Toledo. When that board was abolished by the Legislature, Mr. Mooney was appointed Director of Public Safety of Toledo by Mayor Whitlock and served until January 1, 1914, when Mayor Whitlock retired. In 1908 he was nominated by an independent movement for the office of state senator, but was defeated. Mr. Mooney is a member of the cathedral parish of the Catholic church of Toledo, is a member of the Toledo Club, the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which organization he is a past exalted ruler. Mr. Mooney is the type of man whose presence means much for good in any community. He has unquestioned integrity, is genial and warm hearted, and has a host of personal friends and stands for the best in social and civic life. On February 16, 1909, Mr. Mooney was married to Miss Adele Block. Miss Block prior to her marriage had made a name for herself on the American stage. She was associated with such noted stars as E. H. Sothern, Virginia Harned, Henrietta Crossman and Bertha Kalich. She was the original Iris in the production of Lew Wallace's Ben Hur. Mr. Mooney became acquainted with her while she was a member of the Casino Stock Company at Toledo. Mrs. Mooney was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is a woman of rare culture and charm. She graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and in her dramatic work was held in high esteem by the eminent players to whom she gave such splendid support. The marriage of Miss Block and Mr. Mooney took place in the Fifth Avenue Cathedral of New York City, Rev. Father O'Connel of St. Francis de Sales Church of Toledo officiating. Among the guests were Hon. and Mrs. Brand Whitlock, the former being at that time mayor of Toledo. Since her marriage Mrs. Mooney has given up the stage and resides with her husband and mother at 2263 Parkwood avenue, Toledo. taw CHARLES A. RAHN, one of the successful. business men of Findlay, has made his position secure in the commercial world as a result of many years of steady and reliable industry. By trade he is a harness maker, and he has made that trade the medium of his most important service to the world and out of it has developed his present extensive business, the Rahn Harness Shop, at 602 South Main Street in Findlay. Mr. Rahn was born in Middleburg Town. ship of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 26, 1858, a son of Karl Gottlieb and Sophia (Albrecht) Rahn. His father was born north of the City of Berlin in the Province of Pomerania, July 9, 1828. The parents were married in the old country and in 1857 they emigrated to America, voyaging on a sailing vessel for six weeks and bringing their two children. They proceeded immediately to Middleburg Township of Cuyahoga County. For one year Karl Rahn worked as a woodchopper for the Big Four Railroad. He lived in the woods where his work was and the first habitation of the Rahns in this country .was a log house. He also followed farming to some extent and was employed in the Berea stone quarries as a quarryman until 1873. He had been thrifty and saving of his earnings and finally bought seventy acres in Columbia Township of Lorain County. On that farm with its increasing comforts and advantages he lived until his death in 1895. Charles A. Rahn had two brothers and one sister. His birth occurred in the old log house of Middleburg Township of Cuyahoga County and he grew up chiefly in the country districts, where his first schooling was obtained. He also spent some time in the Berea public schools and in the Baldwin College at Berea. From the age of fifteen until twenty-one he was engaged in farming in the summer seasons, while each winter he studied in coun- 1934 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO try school or in Baldwin University. Jacob F. Eckert taught him the harness trade at Berea. His apprenticeship continued for two years, at wages of $25 a year, and then for a time he worked at his trade as a journeyman. Despite the meagerness of the stipend he managed to save a little money. In 1882 Mr. Rahn opened a shop of his own on Broadway in the City of Cleveland. That was the location of his shop for sixteen years. He then moved to Woodland Avenue and his business was conducted on that thoroughfare for another twelve years. In July, 1910, Mr. Rahn came to Findlay and opened his first harness shop at 524 South Main Street. Fifteen months later he removed to the J. Ewing Building. on East Crawford Street, but in January, 1917, came to his present location at 602 South Main. Street. He does general harness manufacturing and repairing and also carries a large line of automobile tires and accessories. Mr. Rahn was married in 1884 to Miss Etta B. Weed of Oswego County, New York. There were two children of this marriage, Earl William, born in 1891, and Carl, born in 1894. Earl was married in July, 1916,. to Miss Mabel Parsons of Cleveland. For his second wife Mr. Rahn married in 197 Mrs. Mary Mosher, of Cleveland, daughter of John Smith. In politics Mr. Rahn is republican. He is an active and public spirited citizen and is member of the Findlay Commerce Club. W. C. BELL'INGER has been a resident of Fremont and one of the coming business men', the architect of his own destiny, and though when he was married he had only $50 to his name, he is now at the head of a well situated and prosperous drug business and is also enjoying the honor and confidence of his fellow citizens to the extent that he is serving as president of the school board of the city. Mr. Bellinger was born at Fremont November 9, 1879, a son of Charles and Mary (Renchler) Belllinger. His mother, who is still living at Fremont, was born at Wuertemberg, Germany, in 1841. The father was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, came to Buffalo, New York, when a young man, and soon afterwards settled at Fremont, Ohio, where he married. He was a harness maker and saddler by trade, and followed that throughout his active career. He was a hard worker, and did all he could to provide good home training and advantages for his family. He was an active member of the Grace Lutheran Church, was affiliated with the Masonic order and a democrat in politics. He and his wife had eight children, and the five now living are : Tillie, wife of C. F. Michael, a farmer in Sandusky County; Carrie, wife of L. P. Wickeland, a machinist at Genoa, Ohio ; William, who is an employee in the Henkel Company's works at Fremont; Gertrude, wife of Archibald Lilly, a plasterer at Fremont ; and W. C. W. C. Bellinger attended the public schools of Fremont and was in the second year of high school when he began learning a trade. After several years he became identified with the Simple Account Sales Book Company and worked with that firm one year. For about eight months he was employed as an inspector in the Claus Shear Company. He was then proprietor of a small store for a year and then went on the road for the Simple Account Book Company and sold their goods for two years. Mr. Bellinger entered business for himself by purchasing a half interest in a drug store, and is now member of the firm Hetrick & Bellinger, an establishment that is one of the best stores in the drug line in the City of Fremont. On September 21, 1902, Mr. Bellinger married Miss Hadie Hetrick, daughter of Daniel Hetrick. Her father was a farmer during his active career and died in Fremont. Mr. BELLINGERellinger have two children: Eloise and Marion, both of whom are students in the local schools. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Bellinger has passed all the chairs in the Subordinate Lodge of Odd Fellows, is a member of the Encampment, and in politics is a democrat. He has taken much interest in the cause of education, and has been continuously a member of the school board of Fremont for seven years. He is now in his fourth consecutive year as president of the board. HON. FRANK W. THOMAS. Among the leaders who puertemted in the general overturn of political traditions in Ohio in 1916, an interesting part was taken by Frank W. Thomas of Bowling Green, who was at that time elected senator from the Thirty-third District, comprising Wood, Fulton, Hancock and Putnam counties. This was not the first success of Senator Thomas as a democrat in a normally re- HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1935 publican stronghold. He had served as representative to the House from Wood County during the years 1910 to 1914, two terms. While a member of the House of Representatives he was on. the committee of labor, enrollment, fees and salaries. Each time he was elected by a good majority, though usually democrats have scant favors from Wood County. During the session since he entered the Senate Mr. Thomas has done an important part with various committees, including those on common schools, enrollment, finance, industrial schools, insurance, labor, public health, public printing and public utilities. Outside of politics Mr. Thomas is chiefly known as a successful newspaper man and for twenty-seven years, since early boyhood, has been connected with the Wood County Demo-. crat at Bowling Green. He began his associations with that journal when its editor and proprietor was the late Henry S. Chapin. Mr. Chapin is remembered in Northwest Ohio journalism as the founder of the Toledo Bee and also the Post and Sunday Journal of Toledo. The Wood County Democrat was established in 1876 by the Peters Brothers of North Baltimore. On September 1, 1890, Mr. Chapin took the management of this paper and continued its publication until he sold out in September, 1907. His successor in ownership was Mr. Thomas and V. C. Van Voorhis. Mr. Van Voorhis is the present postmaster of Bowling Green, having entered upon his duties in that office August 1, 1914. When Mr. Van Voorhis went into the postoffice Mr. Thomas became active editor and manager. During political campaigns the Democrat has had daily issues, but its regular policy is as a weekly and more than 2,500 copies of the paper go out through the rural districts in and around Bowling Green. While nominally democratic, the paper is first and last for the community welfare and in community matters it has adopted a strict neutrality basis. Frank W. Thomas was born in Hancock County on a farm September 2, 1873. His early training was as a farm boy and his education was limited to the advantages of the common schools. On the 5th day of March, 1890, when he was seventeen years of age, he came to Bowling Green and was enrolled as a worker in the Democrat office. He swept out the rooms, and was at the beck and call of every employe in the plant. He was printer's devil, learned to set type at the case, run the press, gather local news, and occasionally write something in the way of a special article. He became an expert compositor and pressman, and for several years was linotype operator. After the paper was sold by Mr. Chapin he had the general business management during the four years Mr. Van Voorhis conducted the editorial end of the paper and for the past three years he has been both manager and editor. Mr. Thomas represents an old family of Hancock County. His grandfather, John Thomas, was born in Virginia of Welsh ancestry. He married in that state Miss Linthicum and they came as pioneers to Hancock County, locating in the woods and clearing up a farm from the forest. John Thomas spent his last years there and died when about three score. Lewis Thomas, father of Senator Thomas, was born in Hancock County in 1856. He grew up on his father's farm and married a neighbor girl, Miss Martha Nigh. She was also born in Portage Township. of Hancock County in 1858, a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (DeRhodes) Nigh. Her parents were both born in Columbiana County, Ohio. Andrew Nigh removed to Hancock County when a young man. He had learned the trade of cooper and plasterer. Later he returned to his native county, married, and brought his bride to Hancock County and began life as a farmer. For his time he acquired considerable wealth and large holdings of land and was also a moving spirit in everything that went on in the community.. His wife died in Hancock County when about sixty and he lived to be eighty-six. The Nighs and Thomases were all active factors in the Methodist Church and they helped organize the Methodist Episcopal Church which was long known and is today known as the Thomas Methodist Church. These families contributed numerous voters to the democratic party of the old Jackson stripe. Andrew Nigh cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and President Jackson subsequently signed his parchment deed to the Nigh, homestead in Hancock County. After marriage Lewis Thomas and wife took up farming on the old Thomas homestead, and they lived there until Senator Thomas was about eight years of age, when they removed to Bowling Green. Lewis Thomas died in that city September 5, 1903. He was an active democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His widow is still living at the age of sixty-six. Senator Thomas was married in Wood County to Miss Anna Potter, who was born in Washington Township of that county Janu- 1936 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO ary 3, 1875. She was well educated in the county schools. Senator and. Mrs. Thomas have the following children : Helen, who is the wife of Fred A. Parker, a graduate of the veterinary school at Toronto, Canada, and now practicing at Bowling Green ; Robert, who is a student in the State Normal School at. Bowling Green ; and Viola and Donna, both attending the local schools. Senator Thomas is a member of Wood County Lodge No. 112, Free and Ancient Masons, and is a charter member and has filled all the chairs in Union No. 156 of the Typographical Union. For many years he has been an active factor in the local democratic party and served as a member of the County Democratic Central' Committee twenty years, and for two terms has been chairman of the Executive Committee and has also worked closely with the State Central Committee. For three years he served as vice president of the Ohio Federation of Labor. ANCEL ROY MONROE STOWE. Of Toledo University, one of the few municipal universities in the .United States, an account has been written on. other pages of this publication. The president of the university, Doctor Stowe, has been singularly successful in his administration of its affairs since he took charge in 1916. The institution has in fact made remarkable progress during this time, and- is rapidly gaining both in influence and prestige in the community and in comparison with other similar institutions. Doctor Stowe is a man of thorough scholarship, and has proved. his ability both in the administrative line and as a director of the scholastic work. The university now has several hundred students and confers all the collegiate degrees. Ancel Roy Monroe Stowe was born August 30, 1882, a son of Dennis Lowery and Leonora Grace (Monroe) Stowe. While neither of his parents had the benefits of a college education, very early in the life of their son they assumed that he would go to college and lost no opportunity to develop in him the desire for a higher education. For their interest and encouragement Doctor Stowe has always felt himself in great debt. He acquired his elementary and secondary education in the public schools of Chicago. He took his regular collegiate work in North western University of that city, graduating Bachelor of Philosophy in 1903, at the age of twenty-one, and Master of Arts in 1904. After resident work of a year Harvard: University conferred upon him the degree Master of Arts in 1905,. and he has his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University, given in 1909. He has been a teacher and school administrator for over ten years. His first regular teaching position was as principal of the Darien Center School at Darien, Connecticut, in the school year 1906-07. He was principal of the training school of the State Normal at Hyannis in Massachusetts from 1907 to 1909; was professor of history and philosophy of education in the State Normal College at Emporia, Kansas, from 1909 to 1912 ; was supervisor of training in the Wisconsin State Normal at Whitewater in 1913-14 ; and in 1914-15 was acting professor of education and psychology and director of university secondary education in De Pauw University at Greencastle, Indiana. After this experience and from these positions Doctor Stowe came to Toledo University in 1916 as president and also as incumbent of the chair professor of education. Doctor Stowe is a progressive republican, a member of the Congregational Church, and has been identified with the Fraternal Lodge of Masons at Hyannis, Massachusetts, since 1909. On September 5, 1907, at New Canaan, Connecticut, he married Marjorie Henry, second daughter of William and Margaret (Waters) Henry. They have one son, David Henry Stowe, born at New Canaan, Connecticut, September 10, 1910. HON. EDWARD M. FRIES. From a promising career as a civil engineer Edward M. Fries turned his attention to law, and for nearly a quarter of a century has been an active member of the Bowling Green bar. Among other interests of a widely diversified practice Mr. Fries is now president of the Wood County Savings Bank, having for a number of years been a director of that institution and in 1914 succeeding Myron L. Case as directing head. Mr. Fries was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1893 and admitted to the bar the same year. He at once came to Bowling Green and in 1895 formed a partnership with Hon. Robert S. Parker. Mr. Parker was formerly a circuit judge. After two years' practice with Judge Parker Mr. Fries was alone for a couple of years and then formed a partnership with Hon. C. R. Painter, then a member of the State Legislature. This partnership existed until the fall of 1902. At that HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1937 date Mr. Fries was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court in what was then the Tenth Judicial District. He had the distinction of being the youngest Common Pleas judge in the state. He brought to his office wide experience, a thorough knowledge of the law, and the qualifications that make the just and upright judge. He held the office six years. At that time the Tenth Judicial District included nine counties, but his work was largely confined to the subdistrict of four counties, Wood, Hancock, Hardin and Seneca. After retiring from the bench Judge Fries practiced law alone until 1915, when he became associated with Charles S. Hatfield, who had just completed his second term of office as prosecuting attorney for Wood County. The firm of Fries & Hatfield has a general practice and is one of the strongest and best known firms of lawyers in this section of the state. Judge Fries is a native of Wood County and is a comparatively young man, only fifty years of age. He grew up and received his education in the local schools and afterwards took a scientific and engineering course in the Ohio Northern University at Ada. He was graduated in 1886 and from that time until he entered the Cincinnati Law .School was a civil and construction engineer. Part of the time he was with the Lake Erie and Western Railway, and subsequently was in the State of Washington. He was in Washington when that territory was admitted to the Union. Judge Fries is of an old family of Eastern Pennsylvania. His forefathers lived there prior to. the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Abraham Fries, was born in Pennsylvania and spent all his life there, where he died at the age of seventy-five. He and his family were all Lutherans. Solomon Fries, father of Judge Fries, was one of quite a family of children, grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, and subsequently removed to Tiffin, Ohio, where he married Louisa A. Steckel. She was born in Pennsylvania and her German ancestors in that state located there in 1725. The first member of the Steckel family born in Pennsylvania was named William. The name. of Louisa Steckel's father was also William, and he was born in Pennsylvania and married there Miss Leisenring. They subsequently removed to Seneca County, Ohio, where William .Steckel died when about seventy years of age. The Steckels were also a Lutheran family. William Steckel and wife had eight children, and two of. them, Elias and Mrs. Frances Rex, are still living, the former a resident of Atlanta, Indiana, and the latter of Tiffin, Ohio. Some years after the marriage of Solomon Fries and wife they removed in 1860 to Bloom Township of Wood County, and were prosperous farmers of that section for many years. Solomon Fries was born in 1824 and died at the age of seventy-nine. His wife was born in 1835 and died at seventy-two. They were members of the Lutheran Church, and Solomon Fries was a very active and ardent republican. For two terms he served Wood County as a commissioner. Judge Fries was married in Wood County to Miss Anna Davis, who was born here in 1874. Prior to her marriage she was a successful teacher in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Fries have four children: Gertrude, aged twelve and a student in the Bowling Green High School; Edward, aged ten, and Robert, aged seven, both in the grade schools ; and Zenobia. Mrs. Fries is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Judge Fries has always been a republican and was elected on that ticket to the office of judge. His young law partner, Charles S. Hatfield, was born in Wood County about thirty-five years ago, is a graduate of the Bowling Green High School and of an Indiana college, and took his law course in the Ohio State University at Columbus, where he was graduated in 1907 and admitted to the bar the 'same year. Since then he has been in active general practice at Bowling Green and his prestige and success as a lawyer seem completely assured. JAMES W. RAE, M. D., obtained his medical degree from the Toledo Medical College with the class of 1910. He has since been in active practice both as a physician and surgeon at Bowling Green, and has won a comfortable practice and also a high standing in medical circles. He is a skillful surgeon, and is now registered as a member of the Toledo Hospital Corps for the American Red Cross Service and is likely at any day to be called to active service in France. Doctor Rae's office is at 1231/2 South Main Street in Bowling Green. He was born in Pennsylvania August 10, 1880, but since the age of nine years has lived in Ohio. He obtained most of his early education in Bowling Green, and in 1899 was graduated from the high school. In the meantime, in 1898, he had enlisted in a cavalry company for service in the Spanish-American war, and was with the organization for eight months, but was never called beyond the bor- 1938 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO ders of the country. After graduating from high school he enlisted in the First United States Cavalry and as first sergeant of Troop M went to the Philippines. He was in service in the far East for three 'years and the fall after his return took up the study of medicine. Doctor Rae is a member of the County and State Medical societies and the American Medical Association and for two years served as secretary of the Wood County society. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias,' the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Maccabees: Doctor Rae is of Scotch parentage. His father is the venerable Dr. John B. Rae, whose career has been distinguished for his devoted efforts in behalf of the trade union movement, especially among the mine workers of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Dr. John B. Rae is still living at Bowling Green. He and his wife, Helen (Brown) Rae, were both born near Edinburgh and were Scotch Highlanders. John B. Rae acquired 'his medical education in Edinburgh, and after his marriage he set out for America, establishing a home in Pennsylvania during the early '70s. He practiced in several different localities, and in 1889 removed to Ohio, and subsequently established a sanitarium and hospital in Bowling Green. He is now eighty years of age and is living retired. His wife was accidentally killed in a gas 'explosion in the bathroom of her home in September, 1906, at the age of sixty-four. Both were active members of the Christian Church. Dr. John. B. Rae, after coming to the United States, began practice among the Pennsylvania miners, where at the time those workmen were laboring under most distressful and often" oppressive conditions, and hosts of them were in dire poverty. Thus his practice brought him into close contact with the awful conditions that prevailed industrially, and he not only gave countenance to but became a leader in the movement and promotion of mining unions as a means of raising the standards of American workmen. He took up that cause when it was dangerous to be recognized as one who favored a union, and he fearlessly pursued the end until he saw the American Mine Workers Union established permanently. He was elected to the office of president and was sent to the headquarters of the union at Columbus, Ohio. It was the duties connected with that work which made him a resident of that state. Dr. John B. Rae was orphaned at the age of nine years and from that time earned his living and, paid for his education. Thus he grew up a poor man and acquired a thorough sympathy and understanding of those who had to struggle for their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. These early hardships proved only an incentive to his sturdy Scotch ambition and his life has been one continual service in behalf of those less fortunate and particularly in behalf of the great 'cause of trade unionism. Dr. James W. Rae was married in Wood County to Grace L. Duffield, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1884. As a child she came with her parents to Bowling Green. She is a daughter of D. D. and Alice (Foster) Duffield, who are still living in Bowling Green. Her father was a pioneer oil man in Wood County, and is now superintendent of the Sun Oil Pipe Line Company of Ohio. Doctor and Mrs. Rae have two children, Frances, aged nine, and Albert, aged three. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church and politically Doctor Rae is a republican. HARRY G. POTTER is identified with the real estate business in Toledo and is one of Toledo's most loyal citizens. He was born in Corinth, New York, January 24, 1871, son of Frederick R. Potter, a native of the same state. The Potter ancestors came out of England and were early settlers' in America. Frederick R. Potter spent his active life as proprietor of a summer and resort hotel in New York, where he is still living. 'He is an active member of the Baptist Church and was formerly postmaster of his home village. The older of two sons, Harry G. Potter, had a public school education. He first came to Toledo in 1883, and some years later he again left New York and found a permanent location at Toledo. He came to the city with the intention of taking up the study of law and became a student with H. P. Platt, one of the most prominent lawyers of the city. Mr. Potter became interested in the real estate business and became a member of the firm of H. P. Platt & Company. Mr. Potter has had an extensive experience in real estate lines both in and out of Toledo, and has bought and sold a vast amount of property. He was for fifteen years in business with Mr. Platt and then entered the real estate business for himself. His offices are now in the Bank of Commerce Building HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1939 and besides handling important commissions as a real estate broker he is personally the owner of considerable valuable property in and near the city. Mr. Potter grew up in a republican atmosphere, all his family being republicans, though he is now largely independent in his political actions. He is as public spirited in his relation to community undertakings as he is successful in the management of his private affairs. NORMAN C. SHERWOOD though a man of only sixty years is one of the oldest business men in point of continuous service at Fremont. This is due to the fact that he began business life at an age when most boys are still in school and under the care and direction of their parents. He has made success in keeping with his many years of experience and is now head of the Trommer Company of Fremont. Mr. Sherwood was born at Fostoria, Ohio, May 17, 1857, a son of William D. and Frances (Harris) Sherwood. He represents some lineage of prominent families. His grandfather, William D. Sherwood, was born in New York State and was a pioneer settler at Tiffin, Ohio, about 1822. Although an attorney by profession, he was for many years engaged in the edged tool business at Plain:- field, New Jersey. In 1825 he removed to Sandusky County, acquired a section of land, and lived to develop it as a fine farm. In the War of 1812 he had served as a captain in the American army and fought in the battle of Plattsburg. Before coming to Ohio he met and married Miss Allen, a daughter of John. Allen and a niece of the Revolutionary hero, Ethan Allen. Mr. Sherwood's maternal grandfather, Mark Anthony Harris, was bOrn in Pennsylvania near the New York line and was a brother of that John Barris who laid out and founded the City of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania. Mark A. Harris' mother was a Meade, of the family from which General: Meade, the great Civil war soldier, was descended. William D. Sherwood, Jr., father of Norman C., was born at Tiffin, Ohio, in 1822 and died in 1905. He had a long and active career. For his first wife he married a Miss Bigler, who died in 1849, both her children being also deceased. Soon after her death William D. Sherwood went out to California after the discovery of gold on the Pacific Coast. He returned to Ohio in 1853 and in that year was married at Fort Seneca to Frances Harris, who was born at Fort Seneca, Ohio, in 1836 and died in 1882. They had three children : Norman C. Eugene H. who is manager, of the Postal Telegraph office at Fremont ; and William D., a retired railway man living at Beulah, Virginia. William D. Sherwood was a member of the Masonic order, a republican in politics, and at one time served as mayor of Fostoria. Early in the Civil war he enlisted and became first lieutenant in Company A of the Fifty-fifth Ohio Regiment. He was soon disabled by illness and discharged. After doing some duty as a recruiting officer he re-enlisted in the 100 days' service and spent that period as a guard at the Confederate prison on Johnson's Island. In 1865 he removed to Fremont and for a number of years was in the tanning business. In 1869 he was again attracted to the West and added considerably to his fortune in the gold mines of Montana. In 1872 he went out to California again, but his last venture was a losing one. Norman C. Sherwood had only a district school education as a preparation for. life. When twelve years of age he began clerking in a dry goods store at Fremont. He contracted to work at $75 a year. He showed quick apprehension and gave laborious attention to his duties, and was soon promoted. He became bookkeeper, subsequently worked as clerk in the Fremont Postoffice, and for a number of years was in the auditor's office of the Lake Erie & Louisville Railway Company. Mr. Sherwood began his connection with the Trommer Company as bookkeeper. He did not allow the strict duties of that position. to define his interest in the business, and in a few years had worked up to the post of manager. In 1906 he took over the active management of the business, which is incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000. The Trommer Company manufactures a malt extract for medical purposes, and the product is shipped all over the United States and a large foreign trade has been developed in England. The volume of business runs between $500,000 and $600,000 a year. Mr. Sherwood is treasurer and general manager, while Edmund Zurhorst of Sandusky is president, Charles L. Sherwood, a son of Norman. C., is vice president, and W. S. Lewis is 'secretary. Mr. Sherwood and family are active mem- 1940 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the prominent Masons of Northwest Ohio. He has attained the thirty-second degree in Scottish Rite and has filled all the important chairs in the different branches of the York Rite, being past master, past high priest, past thrice illustrious master, and past eminent commander of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery respectively. His sons are also past officers in each branch of the York Rite except the Knights Templar. Mr. Sherwood grew up in the atmosphere of republican politics, was a loyal worker in that party for a number of years, but more recently became committed to the progressive wing of the party. For two terms he served in the city council, and has been quite active in politics. Some years ago he helped organize an independent ticket in order to put an end to the corrupt politics in his home city. an local affairs it is the cause of good government which appeals to him more than the success of any one faction or party. He takes considerable interest in the dry question in Ohio. For a man who started in life with absolutely nothing except the latent capabilities of his mind and body Mr. Sherwood's success is a striking illustration of what may be accomplished by an individual. On April 19, 1882, he married Miss Susan Lewis, who was born in Sandusky County, a daughter of Benjamin W. Lewis. Her father was a school teacher, a music teacher and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood have four children : Charles L. and Norman D., and Jeannette and Norma, both at home. Charles L. Sherwood was born at Fremont November 11, 1883, and after leaving school he became identified with his father's business and is now vice president and superintendent of the Trommer Company. He is also active in local affairs, being a trustee of the Fremont Board of Commerce, is clerk of the school board and has been a member of the hoard for four years. Like his father he is prominent in Masonry, being past master, past high priest and past eminent commander, and now deputy illustrious master of the council. He is a progressive republican. He is also affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, United Commercial Travelers, has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry and he and his family are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married March 31, 1909, to Flossie Reynolds. She was born in Lake County, Ohio, daughter of A. A. and Elvina Reynolds, both of whom are now deceased. Charles L. Sherwood and wife have two children : Jeannette and Mary Eleanor, the first daughter being in school. N. D. Sherwood, second son of Norman C. Sherwood, was born March 18, 1885, and is assistant superintendent of the Trommer Company. He is a York Rite Mason and has filled the chairs of master and high priest in the lodge and chapter. He married Ruby Gottron, who was born in Fremont, daughter of Philip Gottron. They have two children: Elizabeth Ann and Susan Ruth, the former being now in kindergarten. HON. DANIEL KIDDER HOLLENBECK iS the oldest member of the Wood County bar. He has been continuously in practice at Perrysburg nearly sixty years. His father was a, prominent early citizen in the Maumee Valley,. and was also a lawyer, and. it is noteworthy that Mr. Hollenbeck now occupies the law office which his father occupied for that special purpose and here he himself read law and it is the oldest law office in that part of Northwest Ohio. The Hollenbeck family has lived in Northwest Ohio seventy years. D. K. Hollenbeck was born in Mumford, Monroe County, New York, twenty miles from the City of Rochester, on January 15, 1834. His parents, Francis and Eliza (Jamison) Hollenbeck, were both natives of New York State. His father was born in the little town of Williamsburg, near Scoharie, and the mother near Gloversville. Francis Hollenbeck was a miller by trade. For many years he was employed by the Mumfords who owned a great many mills along the Genesee River, and that family also owned a large amount of wild land in Williams, Lucas and Henry counties of Northwest Ohio. To look after these lands and sell them the Mumfords sent Francis Hollenbeck west in 1844. His first headquarters were at Miami in Lucas County, and in 1846 his family followed him to Northwest Ohio. Long before his death Francis Hollenbeck had sold nearly all the Mumford lands in this section of Ohio. About 1850 he moved to the other side of the river and established his home at Perrysburg. Besides acting as land agent for the Mumfords he also looked after the warehouses of that firm on both sides of the river. He was a man of versatile gifts, highly educated, and with almost a genius for handling varied enterprises. He was prominently associated with the Perrysburg school, known as the Union HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1941 school, and served as its principal and superintendent. He was at the head of the schools in 1854 when the cholera was epidemic over all that region. While in school work he took up the study of law with H. S. Commager, and was admitted to the bar January 10, 1856. Since that date for sixty years the name of Hollenbeck has been continuously identified with the legal profession. For many years Francis Hollenbeck was associated with D. M. Mefford, under the firm name of Mefford & Hollenbeck. Francis Hollenbeck was in active practice until his death. He was survived a number of years by his widow. In pioneer times, when it was the custom to have three school examiners, Mr. Hollenbeck filled one of those posts of responsibility for a number of years. In his family were four sons, and the only survivor is D. K. Hollenbeck, the oldest. The son George W. lived for many years in Toledo and finally went with a company to Mexico to work some gold mines. After the company had broken up he went to Los Angeles, and there died, leaving a widow and two children. William Henry, the third son, was a wagon maker by trade and died at Perrysburg. Francis E., the youngest, was for about fifteen years in the office with his brother Daniel K. before his death. The sons Henry and George were members of the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry during the war and were stationed on duty at Johnson's Island. George was a lieutenant and William a private. D. K. Hollenbeck also had a brief experience as a soldier. He was a member of the famous Squirrel Hunters Brigade. He rossed the pontoon bridge at Cincinnati, walked to camp about five miles from that city, and after being away two weeks was returned home. About two years ago the State Legislature granted each member of this organization the sum of $13 as pay for the time spent in the field. D. K. Hollenbeck and all his brothers were born in New York State. He was twelve years of age when his parents settled at Miami, Ohio, and was about sixteen when they moved to Perrysburg. The first union school ever organized in the State of Ohio was that organized at Perrysburg, and Francis Hollenbeck was among those most prominent in getting the school started. D. K. Hollenbeck completed his early education in this school, and the first twenty-three years of his life were spent in attending school and reading law in the office of his father. On September 19, 1857, he was admitted to the bar in Wood County and that Vol. III-89 date establishes his claim as the oldest living attorney of the county. He has been in general practice for the past fifty-nine years, and still looks after a large office business, with special attention to collection and commercial litigation. Mr. Hollenbeck has been on the official board of the Citizens Banking Company of Perrysburg, Ohio, since its organization. This is the oldest banking institution in Wood County. Mr. Hollenbeck has always been an active republican since the organization of that party. At various times he has accepted a place on the local ticket and has been an unsuccessful candidate for clerk of courts and probate judge. He is now one of the five commissioners of the Fort Meigs Memorial, and is also a member of the Library Board of Perrysburg and a park trustee of the village. The Way Library at Perrysburg was donated to that city by the late W. V. Way, a prominent old lawyer of forty years ago. Mr. Way died in August, 1875, and his body now rests in the local cemetery, the site being marked by the finest monument in the grounds. Mr. Hollenbeck was one of the three executors of his will, and when the library was dedicated was selected to deliver the principal address. Mr. Hollenbeck is one of the old Masons of Northwest Ohio and is affiliated with Phoenix Lodge No. 123, Free and Accepted Masons, at Perrysburg, and with Fort Meigs Chapter Royal Arch Masons. On March 4, 1863, he married Miss Frances Bruce, of Clinton, Michigan. Her parents, Phineas and Eliza (Hatch) Bruce, were early settlers in Michigan and her father was a cooper by trade. Mrs. Hollenbeck was born in Clinton, Michigan, completed her education at Ypsilanti, and prior to her marriage was a teacher in her home state. Five of her sisters were also teachers and are all now deceased. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hollenbeck began housekeeping at Perrysburg and several years ago they quietly celebrated that important event known as a golden wedding anniversary. To their marriage were born four children. The only son, Fred, is a lawyer by profession, having been admitted to the Ohio bar, but has never practiced and instead has followed the real estate and loan business. For the last twenty-five years he has lived in Seattle, Washington, is unmarried, and in that time has never been back to Northwest Ohio, though his parents have visited him several times. The oldest daughter, Ella E., who died in December, 1913, was a teacher in the Mis- 1942 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO souri State Normal at Warrensburg, but was brought back to Perrysburg during her last illness. The daughter Grace A. is still at home. Jean K. has for the last eight years been a teacher in the Stickney School at Toledo. All the children were born in Perrysburg, graduated from the Perrysburg schools, and all of them had college advantages. Ella and Grace graduated from Alma College at Toronto, Canada, Jean is a graduate of. Winona College in Minnesota, and Fred is a graduate of the University Michigan. HARRY P. BLACK. As a member of. the Seneca County Bar for over twenty years none better upheld the prestige and dignity of the profession than Harry P. Black, whose death occurred on the 28th of August, 1917. Mr. Black took to his profession the training and experience of a self-made man. He had earned his own living and had contributed to the support of his family since an early age, and developed the qualities of self-reliance and enterprise which stood him in. good stead when he was admitted to the bar. He enjoyed a large practice and gave faithful and able servive in every relationship. Of Scotch-Irish ancestry, Harry Patrick Black was born at Birkcaldy in Fifeshire, Scotland, April 4, 1870. He was a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Smythe) Black, both of whom were born in County Sligo in the North of Ireland. They were of Scottish origin. They were married in Ireland and Michael Black for many years followed his trade as a potter. He was an expert mechanic in that line. Prior to his marriage he had come to America and during the Civil war he enlisted at Brooklyn in the navy and served throughout that struggle. He afterwards returned to 'Scotland and when Harry P. Black was about .three years of age he brought his family to America and located ,at Baltimore, where he was connected with different pottery establishments until his death in 1884. His widow survived him until 1895. Both were active members of the Catholic Church. Of their seven: children three are still living: John, who is engaged in the automobile business, at Muncie, Indiana; Thomas J., manager of pottery works at Crooksville, Ohio ; and Mrs. John Monroe, whose husband is a potter at East Liverpool, Ohio. Harry P. Black was only fourteen years of age when his father died. In the meantime he had attended St. Patrick's Parochial School at Baltimore and also the Christian Brothers School at Endicott City,. Maryland, not far from Baltimore. The death of his father threw 'upon him unusual responsibilities and at the age of sixteen he began earning his own living as a worker in the Maryland Pottery Works at Baltimore. He served an apprenticeship of five years, and continued two more years as a journeyman. While a skilled worker at his trade, his natural bent and his inclinations were for a professional life. The law was his choice, and having once begun to fit himself for its practice he never deviated from a rigid course of preparation, which he pursued with the obstacles and handicaps imposed by the necessity of earning his own way in the world. In 1892 Mr. Black removed to Seneca County and located at Tiffin. While working during the day he studied law at nights, and had as his preceptor that able and honored member of the Seneca County Bar, James H. Platt. Mr. Black began his law studies under Judge Platt on St. Patrick's Day of 1893. The next month he was elected township clerk of Clinton Township and filled that office while studying law. He was admitted to the bar June 7, 1895, and almost immediately was elected city solicitor and filled that office two successive terms. He began practice as a junior partner with his former preceptor, Judge Platt, and that relationship continued until Judge Platt was elevated to the bench. Mr. Platt had previously served as prosecuting attorney and Mr. Black was elected as his successor in November, 1908. He was prosecuting attorney of Seneca County two terms and that gave him an opportunity not only to uphold the dignity and respect of the law by a forceful administration, but also furnished unusual opportunities for experience. After leaving office Mr. Black gave his entire time and energy to his private practice. On June 18, 1901, he married Miss Ida G. Wagner, who was born in Tiffin, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Wagner. Her father was a pioneer brewer at Tiffin and for many years one of the influential business men of the city. Of the two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Black one died in infancy. Josephine Elizabeth was born February 20, 1909, and is now attending school. The family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Mr. Black was very prominent in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was a past exalted ruler, past state president and for four years was district deputy of the order. He also held all the chairs in the Knights of Columbus. HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1943 Poitically he was a democrat, and in many always proved his value to that party in Seneca County. HENRY NEWBEGIN was one of the veteran members of the Northwest Ohio bar at the time of his death, January 7, 1917. For more than half a century the bar of Defiance had known him as one of its strong and resourceful members, a valiant fighter for any cause cause which he believed to be just, and a citizen of over power and influence. He was a native of the State of Maine, born in Pownal May 2, 1833, and had already sed the eighty-third milestone on the journey of life. His parents were John and Asenath (Knight) Newbegin, who were farming people of the Pine Tree state and spent all their lives there. Like many New England farmers they believed in giving their children the best of educational advantages, and Henry Newbegin after completing the common school course entered Bowdoin College, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1857 and his Master of Arts degree in 1860. He had always maintained close affiliations with his alma mater and from 1887 had been a member of its board of overseers. Mr. Newbegin was an early educator in Northwest Ohio before he entered the law. From 1858 to 1861 inclusive he was superintendent of the. Union schools at Bryan, Ohio. In the meantime he carried on his studies for the law and dating from 1862 had been a member of the Defiance bar. The history of the bench and bar of that city might be written almost as a commentary on his individual career. He had always looked upon the law as a profession and not as an occupation, and had given it his best energies and talents to the exclusion of all political or business affairs. However, at different times he had erved as a director in the Merchants National Bank at Defiance, also as vice president. Mr. Newbegin was twice married. All his children were by his second wife. On October 23, 1867, at Cumberland, Maine, he married Ellen T. Sturdivant, a, daughter of Captain Ephraim Sturdivant. The three children of this marriage were all born in Defiance, Ohio. Parker C., the oldest; is a civil engineer by profession and now has charge of the maintenance of way department of the Bangor & Aroostook Railway, with headquarters at Houlton, Maine. He married Frances Burleigh and has two children, Ellen L. and Mildred. Rev. Edward H. became a clergyman of the Episcopal Church and died at the age of thirty-six, on October 14, 1906, He married Elizabeth King, of Boston, Massachusetts, and left four children, Henry W., Edward K., Elizabeth K. and Robert. Robert, the youngest son, still unmarried, is a successful lawyer with offices in Toledo and was in partnership with his father at the time of the elder's death. SARA ELLEN BURK. The opportunities of woman in the business field are limited chiefly in the same direction that they are limited for men. The woman of enterprise, who understands the details of business, and is able to profit by experience, has the same prospects of success as her brothers. A notable illustration of this is the career of Miss Sara Ellen Burk, who is now general manager of the United Underwear Company at Findlay and has made this business the first of its kind in importance in Hancock County. She was born at Ironton, Ohio, April 27, 1883, a daughter of James and Ella (Meek) Burk. She is of Irish and Catholic stock and her father was a rolling mill man. Her maternal grandmother, Bridget, came from County Mayo, Ireland, at the age of eighteen and located first at Cumberland, Maryland, where she married Michael Burk and together they went to. Ironton, Ohio. Miss Burk attended public school, later went with her parents to Birmingham, Alabama, where she was in St. Joseph's Convent, and she finished her school work at Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. When still a young girl she began learning the millinery trade at St. Louis; Missouri, where she worked as an apprentice with two different firms. After a year at Toledo, she came to Findlay at the. age of eighteen and took her place at the millinery table of the Beehive dry goods store. She was there three years, part of the time as clerk and then became saleswoman in the linen and hosiery department of Hoover Brothers store for two years. For six years she was in the underwear and hosiery department of H. F. Windes & Sons store, and then, profiting by a wide experience and a thorough ability, she took the management of the Findlay branch of the A. C. Lane Specialty Company, handling hosiery, underwear and fancy knit goods. She opened the new store of the company in Findlay and at first worked both as a saleswoman and as local manager. She brought to the business thorough experience 1944 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO and also a large following of friends and customers, and the success of the store was immediate. She has since built up the business until it is the largest of the kind in Hancock County. Miss Burk keeps up the stock and looks after the advertising and window trimming, and also supervises the work of seven people in the store. A. V. BAUMANN, JR., is a lawyer of exceptional ability and enjoys an influential place as a member of the Fremont bar, and is one of the youngest men to hold the office of prosecuting attorney in Northwest Ohio. He represents a very old and prominent family of Sandusky County. He was born in Fremont January 13, 1891, a son of A. V. and Annie Rose (Greene) Baumann. His grandfather, Jacob Baumann, was a native of Switzerland, born in 1827, and settled at Fremont, Ohio, in 1854, where he was in the meat business for a number of years. He died in 1911. A. V. Baumann, Sr., was born in Fremont in 1859, filled the office of county auditor for six years, and since his term expired has been successfully engaged as an oil producer. He also owns interests in several manufacturing plants at Fremont. He was married at Fremont to Miss Annie Rose Greene, who was born there in 1869. Her grandfather, John L. Greene, was a prominent lawyer and at one time was a judge in Ohio. Her father, John L. Greene, was born in Ohio and for many years was one of the leading members of the Fremont bar. He was a soldier four years during the Civil war, rose to the rank of captain, served on General Thomas' staff and was brevetted major at the close of the war. He afterwards filled the office of Common Pleas judge and during the flood of 1883 served as mayor of Fremont. Mrs. Annie Rose Baumann has long been prominent in the social life of Fremont, and was formerly a member of the state executive committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and is chairman of the conservation committee of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She has given much time and study to affairs of local history and as state president of the Daughters of 1812 was one of the speakers of the dedication of the Perry Monument at Putin-Bay. A. V. Baumann, Sr., and wife have two children, the daughter, Elizabeth, being the wife of C. F. Holzhepfel, a merchant at Sandusky. A. V. Baumann, Sr., is a member of the Lutheran Church and his wife is a Presbyterian. He is a democrat, has always been interested in politics and has served as a delegate to state and national conventions and on a number of committees. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. A. V. Baumann, Jr., was graduated from the Fremont High School in 1907. After a year of experience on a local newspaper he entered Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he finished the regular literary course in 1912. He studied law in the University of Michigan, was graduated in 1914, and in February, 1915, was admitted to the Ohio bar. Thus he became engaged in his chosen profession at the age of twenty-four and has already gained a reputation as a safe and capable attorney. In 1916 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Sandusky County. He is a democrat in politics, and he gives most of his time to the duties of his present office. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is camp commander of the Sons of Veterans. He is a member of the college fraternities Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Phi. WILLIAM M. GRAY and his brother Clarence Gray comprise the well known contracting firm of Gray Brothers at Bowling Green. As a result of long experience, beginning on a small scale, they have perfected an organization and service that enable them to handle the largest contracts in a reliable, prompt and efficient manner. They are builders of stone, cement and asphalt roads and street paving. This firm was established at Bowling Green in 1912. While much of their construction work has been done in Wood County, their contracts really cover all Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan. In fully half a dozen counties they have built about sixty miles of macadam roads, and they have for this work a complete equipment of machinery and tools and a force of trained workmen. William M. Gray, the senior member of the firm, has been doing public work since a young man. On July 17, 1899, he began driving a team on public work, and during the second year he was made an overseer under a contractor. He studied his work, utilized every opportunity to improve his knowledge and skill, and being at the same time thrifty and saving of his money he was in a position within a few years to set up in business as an inde- pendent contractor. He has been doing con- HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1945 tract work in his own name since 1909, and in 1912 took in his brother to make the firm of Gray Brothers. At the present time this firm is building a section of the famous Dixie Highway. This is Division No. 282, between Bowling Green and Perrysburg, connecting those two cities. In 1915 they constructed two miles of the same highway in Hancock County. Both the brothers were born and reared in Lucas County, Ohio. William was born in 1878 and his brother in 1883. They grew up there on a farm, were educated in the public schools, and had commercial training in the business college at Valparaiso, Indiana. Their parents, Thomas and Sarah (Ryan) Gray, are still living on their old homestead in Lucas County, the father at the age of sixty-five and the mother at fifty-seven. Every one in Providence Township of Lucas County knows this worthy couple, who have spent all their lives in Ohio and were married in Lucas County. William M. Gray was married in Lucas County to Myrtle Brown. She was born in Millbury, Wood County, and reared in Providence Township, was educated in the local schools and at Toledo and for a short time prior to her marriage was a teacher. They have three children : Charles, now sixteen years of age, is a member of the class of 1919 in the high school at Bowling Green ; Margaret, aged fourteen, also in high school ; and Dorothy, aged seven, has begun her studies in the grade school. Mr. Clarence Gray was married in Lucas County, in Providence Township, to Isabel Baldwin. They also have three children : Pearl, aged eleven ; Merle, aged ten ; and Mary E., aged two. The two older children are in the public schools. JOSEPH F. REED, present public safety director of the City of Bowling Green, has had a long and active connection with official affairs in that city. He was born in Pauling, Ohio, September 15, 1855. He was reared in his native city, attended the public schools and was married in that county to Miss Jessie Ditto, of Delphos, Ohio. Mrs. Reed was born and reared at Delphos, became a teacher and followed her work in Paulding, Ohio, where she met and married Mr. Reed. In 1886 they removed to Bowling Green and for seven years conducted a high class restaurant in the city. Mr. Reed then sold out and took the office of city marshal. Four years later he was appointed chief of police and kept the city in peace and order in that capacity for sixteen years. On January 1, 1914, he resigned his office as chief, but a year later was appointed safety director. Mr. Reed has served as chief of police or safety director under eight different mayors. These mayors were W, S. Haskell, now of Detroit ; Almer Campbell, a Bowling Green attorney; Joseph E. Baird, now director of public service in Bowling Green ; James LaFarre, now deceased ; I. M. Taylor, an oil producer ; David C. Van Voorhis, present postmaster of Bowling Green ; T. C. Conley, attorney and court stenographer; and S. W. Bowman, attorney and present mayor of the city. Mr. Reed is affiliated with Centennial Lodge No. 626, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also township trustee of Plain Township. Politically he is a republican and he and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To him and his wife have been born five children. Ralph died at the age of twenty, just after finishing his high school studies, Norma died in infancy, Ethel M. is a graduate of the local high school at Bowling Green, and is a school teacher in this county. Joseph D. Reed is a rubber worker. with the Goodyear Rubber Company at Akron and by his marriage to Cora Austin has a daughter, Josephine. Ned Shirley, who is employed as a draftsman with the Garford Truck Company, married Helen Hess, of Bowling Green, and has a daughter, Nedra, five years old. ORIO M. KNAPP learned the Printing trade from his father and printing has been his chief business connection at Tiffin. He has also interested himself in a number of other movements and institutions in that city, and has made his work and talents a source of usefulness and benefit to his community as well as to himself. Mr. Knapp was born at Tiffin January 28, 1878, a son of Russell L. and Philippina E. (Snyder) Knapp. His grandfather, Orson Knapp, was an early day tailor and merchant at Bellefontaine, Ohio. The maternal grandfather, Christopher Snyder, was a native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States about 1820. He was a pioneer in Tiffin and became a very successful man in that city. He. had a crockery store, and afterwards built two business blocks on Washington Street. Russell L. Knapp was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and is now deceased, 1946 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO while his wife, Philippina Snyder, was born at Tiffin, where they were married, and is still living in that city. Russell Knapp followed the trade of printer nearly all his active career at Tiffin. At the age of sixteen he enlisted for service in the Union Army and was in the war for a brief period. He was one of the leading Masons of Tiffin, filled the office of secretary in the various bodies represented there, and also occupied the chairs of the Lodge, Chapter and Knight Templar Commandery. Politically he was a republican and served as councilman of Tiffin. He and his wife had three children : Orio M. Knapp ; Augusta R., at home with her mother ; and Earl C., a draftsman with the National Machinery Company at Tiffin. Orio M. Knapp grew up at Tiffin, attended the Tiffin High School, and early learned a trade and became actively associated with his father in the printing business. His father died in June, 1905, and he took in as a partner Henry Brohl, and the business is now continued under the name Knapp & Brohl. They have a well equipped plant and all the facilities for turning out commercial printing of every class and style. Mr. Knapp is also art editor and cartoonist of the Goose Quill, a monthly magazine published in Tiffin. Mr. Knapp has never married. He is independent in politics, is president of the Tiffin Board of Health, secretary of the Seneca County Humane Society, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and a director of the Seneca County Historical Society. He is also affiliated with Tiffin Lodge No. 94 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A. A. SLAYBAUGH, who recently completed a most creditable term of administration of the office of prosecuting attorney in Putnam County, has been in active practice as a lawyer in this county of his birth for over twenty years. As an attorney he has a vast range of experience, acquired partly in private practice and partly in public office, and long since attained a secure position as a member of the bar. Mr. Slaybaugh was born September 2, 1874, at West Leipsic, in Putnam County. He is a son of Thomas C. and Emma J. Slaybaugh. His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania. His mother was a school teacher in an early day, and his father, who is still living, was a carpenter and a veteran of the Civil war. Mr. Slaybaugh was reared in West Leipsic, attended the Normal School at Leipsic, Ohio, when it was under the capable supervision of I. S. Harmon, and at the age of sixteen he acquired his teacher's license. Like many successful men in the law and other professions he did his novitiate as a teacher. For two years he taught in Putnam County, his first school being at Miller City in 1891. In June, 1893, Mr. Slaybaugh began the study of law with T. W. Prentiss at Leipsic. With such diligence did he apply himself to his work that in October, 1896, he was admitted to the Putnam County bar and at once began practice at Leipsic. Mr. Slaybaugh has for many years been active in the councils of the democratic party. From 1900 to 1902 he was mayor of Leipsic, was solicitor of the village from 1902 to 1912, and on January 1, 1914, again took charge of the office. He was a member of the local board of education from January 1, 1910, to January 1, 1913, resigning to enter upon his duties as prosecuting attorney. He was elected prosecuting attorney in November, 1912, and during the four years of his service, until 1916, he made the office a source of protection and means of the upholding of law and order in a manner which reflected great credit upon his personal courage and ability. On June 9, 1901, Mr. Slaybaugh married Emily Bradley. Mrs. Slaybaugh was born in Kalida, Putnam County, a daughter of Patterson and Emily (Turpenning) Bradley. Her father, now deceased, was a farmer in early life and later a dealer in horses. He also served with credit as a soldier in the Union army. He was of Irish parentage and he located at Kalida in Putnam County soon after the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Slaybaugh have two children : Gordon Maxwell and Helen Louise. FRANK WILLIAM DAY. It is, a successful man who can capitalize a special ability and his experience so as to become proprietor of a business of his own. This is what Frank William Day has done at Findlay and though one of the younger business men of that city he is now sole proprietor of the successful establishment known as Day Cycle Compan at 111 East Sandusky Street. Mr. Day was born at Viroqua in Vern County, Wisconsin, on May 10, 1890, a s of William H. and Minnie (Mitchell) Da His family is of English descent, and t Days were established in this country three brothers. When Mr. Day was a year and a half old his parents removed to Ca HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1947 Ohio, and a few years later to Findlay. Mr. Day was reared and educated at Findlay, attending the grammar and high schools. At the age of eighteen he began working as a clerk for Bickelhaupt, the grocery man, but after a year he went with Thomas & Company in their establishment on South Main street. He made his services count until he soon was given charge of an entire department. In December, 1911, Mr. Day left that firm to set up in business for himself at 110 West Front Street. He conducted a repair shop for bicycles and motorcycles, but six months later moved to his present location at 111 East Sandusky Street. Here he has extended his business by putting in a complete stock of bicycles, tires, motorcycle, automobile and electrical supplies. He has a patron, age now not only in Findlay but also Hancock County, and an expert himself in his special line he has the executive ability to handle a prosperous and growing business. January 1, 1910, Mr. Day married Miss Maybelle Clare Ames of Findlay. They have two children: Frank William, Jr., born October 13, 1910, and Roger Rollin, born January 17, 1912. Mr. Day is independent in Ms politics and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a result of hard work and depending strictly upon himself he now owns his own home and some other real estate in Findlay. HON. A. H. JACKSON. While Mr. Jackson is entitled to the distinction of " Honorable" before his name by reason of his former service in Congress and also by the excellence of his four years as mayor of Fremont, his real achievements have been in business and industrial affairs. Many people will be found say that A. H. Jackson has done more for e solid prosperity of Fremont than any other one man. His beginnings were humble enough. At one time he was selling goods from a wagon a kind of high class peddler. He probably erited some Yankee genius in commercial affairs. Mr. Jackson has been a resident of Fremont more than forty-five years. Quite early in his career he entered the manufacturing field. He has been responsible for the upbuilding and maintenance of the two largest industries of Fremont. The product of these industries has made the name Fremont known over all America and even in foreign lands. Public service is important, but nothing comes so close to the vital welfare of the people as a wisely conducted and permanent industry, furnishing employment to many and creating work and opportunity of an enduring nature. Mr. Jackson is a native of New York State, having been born in Delaware County May 10, 1846. His parents were George W. and Roxanna (Ripley) Jackson. His father was a native of New York State and his mother of the State of Massachusetts, and they lived to advanced years. The father was a farmer but in later life engaged in the lumber industry and was fairly successful. He and his wife had five children : Marian, George Herbert, Ellen, Clara and A. H. All the other children are now living in Michigan. Both parents were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and the father was a republican. A. H. Jackson had a common school education in Delaware County, New York. He also attended school for a time at Corning, New York. By the time he was seventeen years of age he had a moderate amount of schooling and considerable knowledge of the carpenter's trade. But even then he recognized his true field as merchandising. Some men start as clerks and go through a long apprenticeship before they become independent merchants. Mr. Jackson took a short cut. With a capital of about $17 he invested in a stock of notions, and exercised such salesmanship and persistence as to turn over his capital in a short time. He made sufficient profit to buy a horse and wagon. The wagon he filled with a stock of goods readily saleable through the country districts. He started selling on the streets at auction, and was soon making good in his special role as a street salesman. There were several things that contributed to his success and raised him above the plane of the ordinary peddler. In the first place he refused to handle anything except reliable goods. He also recognized the value of advertising. He made his wagon attractive, displayed his goods to advantage, and in a short time he had several wagons traveling about. His own special wagon was a creation sufficient to attract the eye of the most dilatory purchaser. It was drawn by four fine horses, and the caravan seldom stopped at town or city without effecting a sale, and always remaining three days in a town: With this fine outfit Mr. Jackson traveled through New England and through the states of Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. 1948 - HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO His reputation and the reputation and quality of his goods often preceded him by miles, and when he made a second round on any route his patronage increased almost by magic. In 1872 Mr. Jackson had established his home at Fremont. He continued selling goods on the road for a number of years, but in 1884 gave up traveling and embarked in a local retail dry goods business. Mr. Jackson was always alert and quick to realize the advantage of something new in the market. About that time the mode of woman's dress prescribed the "bustle" as indispensable to good form and Mr. Jackson invented and put on the market a superior type of this now obsolete article. He developed a large demand for the bustles, and they were manufactured on a large scale. It was from this that his vast enterprise as a manufacturer was developed. He also began manufacturing underwear and making shears and razors. He is now head of two industries, and they are the largest institutions in Sandusky County and among the largest and most important in the State of Ohio. The A. H. Jackson Manufacturing Company, making a large line of women's and children's muslin and flannelette underwear, is incorporated with a capital of $400,000. The products are sold all over the United States and the annual volume of sales amount to over $900,000. Mr. Jackson is also president of the Fremont Suspender Company, manufacturing suspenders, hose supporters and similar articles. He is president of the Jackson Knife and Shear Company, manufacturing knives, shears and high class razors, and this company is capitalized at $200,000. The A. H. Jackson Manufacturing Company, besides the immense plant at Fremont, has branch factories in Sandusky, Tiffin, Clyde and Bellevue, Ohio. These various companies are family corporations and practically all the stock is owned by Mr. Jackson and members of his own household. He was married in 1872 to Miss Mary Sharp, a native of the State of Delaware and a daughter of Abram Sharp, who was an early settler in Fremont and a carpenter and contractor there for many years. He lived beyond the age of ninety-nine. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have three children : Lula F., Nellie and Edith. Lula is the wife of F. H. Anderson, general manager of the underwear factory at Fremont, and they have two children, Marion and Dorothy. Nellie married Thomas A. Morrow, who is a successful New York business man and is general agent, advertising manager and has most of the. responsibilities connected with the New York City branch of the "2 In 1 Stove Polish." Mr. and Mrs. Morrow have one child, George K. Edith is the wife of B. H. Swift, manager of the shears works at Fremont. Their two children are Jackson Bradford and Barbara Swift. Besides the industries he has built up Mr. Jackson has done much other material development in Fremont. Several fine brick structures in different parts of the city bear his name, one of them being the Hotel Jackson. He built a nice home for each of his children, and at this writing he is constructing a beautiful home for himself at the corner of Birchard Avenue and Park Avenue, located in the most exclusive part of the city, and it is a home which would be a credit to any metropolis. Mr. Jackson has always taken a leading part in republican politics and in public affairs in Fremont and in Sandusky County, From 1897 to 1901 he served as mayor of Fremont and that administration marked an era of general prosperity and improvement in his city. In 1902 he was elected a member of the Fifty-eighth Congress, and that elec- tion was a test and proof of his tremendous personal popularity, since he was chosen on. the republican ticket in a district normally democratic by thousands of votes. It was one of the most interesting campaigns in Ohio politics, and his friends did not cease celebrating his victory for a number of days. After one term in Congress he declined to a cept further nomination. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are active members of the Presbyterian Church and Mrs. Jackson is a worker in the various church societies. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic order. HON. EARL D. BLOOM, lieutenant-governor of the State of Ohio, has for many years been a successful lawyer in practice at Bowling Green and is a native of Wood County, where he was born on a farm in Liberty Township in 1862. He is a son of James and Lydia (Ackerman) Bloom. Both parents were born in Wood County and both in the same year, 1840. They were married in Liberty Township, took up farming there, and when Governor Bloom was a small child they removed to Henry Township in the same county and resumed farming in that section. On the old homestead James Bloom passed away in 1883 HISTORY OF NORTHWEST OHIO - 1949 His widow died in 1916, aged seventy-six. Both were active members of the Christian Church for a number of years but later became affiliated with the United Brethren. James Bloom was a democrat and held several local offices. Their respective parents had come to Wood County in pioneer days, when the entire country was almost an unbroken forest. The Blooms and Ackermans were of the substantial farming class and contributed their energies to the betterment and substantial improvement of this section of Ohio. It is noteworthy that Governor Bloom's father and grandfather, both of whom bore the name James, were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil war. Both were members of the Eleventh Ohio Infantry. The grandfather served more than a year and James, Jr., was in the service forty-four months. The latter was twice wounded, once at Missionary Ridge. Both wounds were in the arm and he was not long disabled from active service. In later years he affiliated with Sill Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at North Baltimore. James and Lydia Bloom had five children : Horace, a farmer in Henry Township, has two children, Earl and Gladys ; Louis, also a farmer in Henry Township, is married and has a family of children, Lewis, Andrew, John and Mildred ; Earl D., the third in age ; Harriet, wife of C. C. Swope, a farmer in Wood County, their children being Maude, Beatrice and Pearl ; Phoebe is the wife of Samuel George and they live in Cleveland. Governor Bloom grew up and received his education chiefly in Henry Township of Wood County and for five years was a successful teacher in that township. He then began the study of law and in 1895 was graduated from the Ohio Northern University at Ada and was admitted to the bar the same year. For ten years he practiced with offices at Bloomdale in Wood County and in 1905 removed to Bowling Green. He has practiced in all the courts of. the state and has been a successful lawyer and for many years a leader in the democratic party. Since his admission to the bar he has been a .delegate to nearly all the state, county and district conventions and was a member of the National Convention at St. Louis in 1916 which renominated President Wilson. He has also served on the local and county democratic committees. Mr. Bloom is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Toledo Valley Consistory and belongs to the Lodge at North Baltimore and the Chapter and Commandery at Fostoria. He is also affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge at Bloomdale. At Weston, Wood County, July 24, 1895, Governor Bloom married Eleanor G. Lathrop, a daughter of William C. and Maria E. (Dubbs) Lathrop. Mrs. Bloom was born in Wood County in 1875. She taught school and also did work as a tutor for several years before her marriage. They have one daughter, Alice G., a graduate of the Bowling Green High School with the class of 1917 and now attending Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio. Governor and Mrs. Bloom are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. GEORGE N. YOUNG. The responsibilities of managing the Tiffin postoffice could not have been better bestowed than upon George N. Young, who prior to his appointment had distinguished himself by his able and faithful performance as a teacher, public official and a hard working and earnest citizen. Mr. Young has the distinction of being the first postmaster to have his office in the new building at Tiffin. Mr. Young knows what it is to be dependent upon his own resources. He began earning his living at the age of sixteen and has sought position and fortune by no other means than what his own efforts and work would justify. Mr. Young was born on a farm near Carey in Richland Township of Wyandot County October 11, 1879, a son of Robert and Minerva (Epley) Young. His parents were both born in Wyandot County. The grandfather Louis Young was born in Holland and on coming to America located at Hagerstown, Maryland, later moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and from there to Wyandot County, Ohio, where he bought land direct from the Government. He improved a home in the wilderness and spent the rest of his years there. His first home in Wyandot County was a log cabin. His oldest son still owns and occupies that old farm. Mr. Young's maternal grandfather, George Epley, came from Ireland and was also an early settler in Wyandot County. Robert Young was born in Wyandot County March 30, 1855, and is still living. His wife was born May 4, 1858, and died February 19, 1915. Robert Young is still living on his farm and looking after its management, having given to agriculture the