Sandusky Township (part 12 of 57)

Flower decided to bequeath his residue, with about two acres of land surrounding it, valued at $50,000 to the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a site for a deaconess home as a memorial for Ellen B. Flower, and as a site for a hospital to be known as the Flower Hospital. A generous endowment in money was also provided by his will. A nurse's training school is maintained in connection with the hospital. The first unit of the hospital, with room for twent.y-five beds, was opened January 19, 1910. The second unit, with accommodations for thirt.y-five beds was opened June 1, 1913. It has been crowded with patients from the beginning. Another valuable property was given by Mr. and !Mrs. Flower during their lifetime as a rescue home for girls. It is operated under the same management and is now a home where the deaconesses bring young women coming into the city as strangers to make their own living. Here they are sheltered and assisted until they succeed in getting suitable employment and homes. The memory of ]\Ir. Flower and his estimable wife will ever be kept green by these gifts for the benefit of humanity. Stevens W. Flower was a native of the old Empire State, having first beheld the light of day in the Town of Clayton, Jefferson County, New York, August 21, 1832. He was descended of highly honorable ancestry. His father, Jo.seph Warren Flower, of Massachusetts, served in the War of 1812, and his widow received from the Federal Government a land grant of 160 acres, and was also awarded a pension. His grandfather, Timothy Flower, of Connecticut, was a member of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, and the records show that twenty-five men of the Flower name and ancestry, residents of the states of Massachuetts, Connecticut and New York, served their country honorably in this conflict, which resulted in the annihilation of British tyranny in the American colonies. Mr. Flower's mother. Amy Stevens, was a daughter of Gen. Elias Stevens, of South Royalton, Vermont. A prominent and influential man in his day, serving in the Connecticut militia in the war of the Revolution and as a member of the Vermont Legislature for twenty years. These facts, taken from family and military records, show that patriotism, so important an element in Mr. Flower's nature, was an inheritance from both paternal and maternal ancesters. When he was about two years old his father was summoned to the life eternal, and after about five years of widow- hood his mother married Augustus Ford, master in the United States navy, who was a noble father to the boy and young man, and who went to his reward in 1855. Soon after the marriage of the mother to Mr. Ford the family moved to Sackett's Harbor, New York, where Stevens W. lived until he entered the military service of his country in the great Civil war, enlisting September 12, 1862, as a first lieutenant in Company H, Tenth New York Heavy Artillery. He served with his command in a variety of places, participating in the defenses of Washington and in the memorable campaigns of Sheridan. He experienced active service at Cold Harbor, Virginia, before Petersburg and Richmond ; in the assault on Petersburg; in the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, and in the fall of Petersburg, and Richmond, April 2, 1865. For fidelity to duty, and because of his marked executive ability, he was appointed quartermaster and served in this capacity, in many important branches of the service, until his discharge from the army at the close of the conflict, in June, 1865. As quartermaster he furnished supplies to General Sherman's and Sheridan's commands as they passed through Petersburg on their final return from their triumphant invasion of the South to Washington, and was complimented verbally by General Sheridan for the prompt and efficient manner in which he had supplied his army with provisions. For his faithful and exceptionally meritorious services wherever assigned he was recommended by General Grant for the position of assistant quartermaster-general, but because of the commission incident to Lee's surrender and the assassination of President Lincoln the commission was not issued. He came to Ohio immediately after the cessation of hostilities, and early in the spring of 1866 associated himself with his father-in-law, the late George W. Reynolds, in the Reynolds Flour Mills at ]\Iaumee. in which he retained his interest until 1873, when the firm retired from the milling business. But about five years previously the firm had established a commission house in Toledo, under the name of George W. Reynolds & Co., of which Mr. Flower assumed the general management in 1873.

The firm of George W. Reynolds & Co. was continued until 1876, when Mr. Reynolds retired, and soon afterward the firm of S. W. Flower & Co. was formed, its principal business being that of dealing in seeds, especially clover seeds. The business has grown steadily and has been remunerative, is still carried on by Charles S. Burge, the other member of the firm. S. W. Flower was an honored member of several patriotic and fraternal organizations, belonging to the ancient and honorable order of Free and Accepted ]\Iasons, which he joined shortly after attaining to his majority, at Sackett's Harbor, New York; Ohio Post, No. 107, Grand Army of the Republic; Anthony Wayne Chapter, No. 739, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Toledo Produce Exchange, of which he was an active member for over thirty years, and of which he served as president for a term. His ancestors were not only patriotic and highly honorable, but were also of a decided Christian character. His grandparents, parents and stepfather were all Christian people. His most intimate friends were Christian people. He gave his heart to God in early manhood, and ever afterward his daily life was strictly in accord with the tenets of 'the Christian faith. He carried his religious principles into his business, and often said that if he succeeded in commercial pursuits it must be along the lines of strict honesty, integi'ity and fundamental teachings of the lowly Nazarene. He prospered in the seed business because he handled good seed, and the firm of which he was the head became known far and wide as one that could be depended on to buy and sell on the principle of the strictest honesty. He loved to converse on religious topics, especially those pertaining to personal religious life and experience. Being of a modest and retiring nature, he often felt troubled that he did not feel as keen religious emotions and personal assurances as some Christian people experienced or professed. He was both conservative and progressive. While clinging to the old doctrines, and always loyal to the church, he took a broad and statesmanlike view of the Kingdom of God, and a better way presented itself. In the spring of 1867 he united with the I\Iethodist Episcopal Church at Maumee, in the affairs of which he was very active until he took up his residence in Toledo, in 1874, when he transferred his membership to St. Paul's Church of that denomination. By changes of residence he became an attendant upon the services of other churches, having been for a number of years a member of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, and frequently attending, with Mrs. Flower, the church of her choice, the Episcopal, at Trinity or St. Mark's. Among yoiing people he was an especial favorite, contributing to their enjoy- ment in all possible ways and assisting them by kindly advice and example. Nearly all his life he was a highly successful teacher of Bible classes in Sabbath schools; and his Christian activities, especially the study and teaching of the Word of God and his many unostentatious benevolences, became to him real means of grace; and he always counted them among the happiest experiences of his life.

In his later years Mr. Flower suffered greatly from bodily infirmities, and he was not able to attend religious services at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was then a member. Nevertheless his spirit ever remained sweet, something that earthly suffering could not crush and his purse was always open to the call of the church or any public call. He gave as if giving was a real pleasure to him. No solicitor for a worthy cause needed to hesitate in approaching him for a contribution. The domestic altar fire was kept burning in his hnnie.

Morning and evening reading of the Scriptures and prayer were regularly maintained, and frequently in the household worship he strengthened his body and soul by receiving the Communion in sacred commemoration of his dying but risen and ever-living Lord. Possessed of an intellect with the ability to grasp things of a permanent value, he had a judicial mind which gave weight to his opinions, and a beautiful Christian spirit which made him as fair with those who differed from him as with those whose views were strictly in accord with his own. Men trusted him because of their profound faith in his integrity ; they followed him because he possessed the qualities of leadership; they loved him because he was an humble follower of Jesus ; and those who knew him best loved him most. He was hospitable and charitable, he endured all with true and unflinching Christian fortitiide. fully believing that, this painful life ended, there would be for him, through the merits and mercy of his crucified Redeemer; the bliss, the fruition of a glorious immortality and eternal life: and as he neared the end he looked back over his long and exceptionally useful life of nearly fourscore years, a large part of which had been cheerfully given to the service of the Kingdom, he patiently awaited the approbation of the Master - "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." He joined the "silent majority" November 13, 1908, and all felt that a leader whom it was thought could not be spared had been called home to a wellearned reward.

In September, 1865, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Frances B. Reynolds, an adopted daughter of the late lamented George W. Reynolds, for several years associated in business with Mr. Flower, and one of the most influential and respected citizens of Lucas County, who then and for many years resided at Maumee. Frances (Reynolds) Flower was taken ill in July, 1866, and gradually failed until the last days of December of the same year, when God called her home, and her body was laid away in beautiful Riverside Cemetery, at Maumee. amidst a vast concourse of sorrowing friends and acquaintances only about fift^een months after their marriage. On October 8, 1874, Mr. Flower was happily united in marriage with Miss Ellen Burge, of Maumee, and in the following November they removed to Toledo. Ellen (Burge) Flower was born in Bampton, Devonshire, England, April 21, 1847, and died in her home in Toledo, April 24, 1903. after a happily wedded life of twenty-nine years. ]\Irs. Flower was a woman of rare excolleiiee of mind and heart, one of those cliaraeti'rs that leaves its impress upon every life it touches. Kind and sympathetic, she was ever ready to contribute to the comfort and good cheer of all who came within the sphere of her influence, finding her greatest happiness in earnestly endeavoring to make others happy. More than any other one characteristic that molded her life was her utter unselfishness, and she exemplified the Christian virtues in her daily walk and conversation. Her well-rounded Christian character and sweet, loving and gentle disposition endeared her to all and made her life a constant benediction. A woman of perfectly transparent character, a devout Christian, having a positive experience of salvation by Divine Grace through faith, sympathetic, useful and beloved, she lived in fear of the Lord and died a peaceful and happy death. Almost her last conscious words were the beautiful benediction of the Lord's prayer: "Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen."

Although Stevens W. Flower is gone, his impress still remains in the community. His integrity in business is still remembered. IVIany a man will perform his duties more faithfully and more conscientiously because of the influence of his unostentatious but forceful life. Those who are compelled to seek hospital shelter will bless his name. Friendles.s girls who come to the great City of Toledo will speak the name of IMr. and Mrs.

Orra Eugene Monnette, now a prominent banker and citizen of Los Angeles, earned his early distinctions as a lawyer in Northwest Ohio at Bucyrus and Toledo, and is identified by many ties with this section of the state.

He was born near Bucyrus, Ohio, April 12, 1873, and in that city spent his boyhood and early manhood. Here he received his first business and financial training, having been employed in the Second National Bank. After graduating from the high school at the head of his class in 1890, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and was graduated bachelor of arts in 189.5. While in college he attained high rank as a student, being one of the fifteen honored students of his class, and after graduation was given membership in the honorary scholastic fraternity Phi Beta Kappa.

While in the university at Delaware he became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and has always kept up an active interest in that organization, and is one of its prominent national reprcsnit.itivcs. Soon after graduation he was eli'ctrd unicral secretary of the fraternity, a position he filled for eight years, being elected four times, without opposition, during which period he visited a majority of the universities, colleges a)id chapter houses over the country. From 1912 to 1914 he was national president of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. It is said that Mr. Monnette probably has a larger personal acquaintance among the individuals of the fraternity than any other member.

On graduating from the Ohio Wesleyan he took up the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1896. While at Bucyrus he practiced as a member of the firm of Beer, Bennett & Monnette for several years, and became one of the leading legal lights. Of this firm, the Hon. Thomas Beer was known as an able .iuri.st and the Hon. Smith W. Bennett, now of Columbus, Ohio, the latter retiring, the firm continued as Beer & Monnette for several years. He then moved to Toledo in December, 1903, where he quickly attained high position at the bar, and was a member of the firm of Seiders & Monnette.

Since 1906 IMr. Monnette 's home has been in Los Angeles, California. Being admitted to the bar in that state after several years of active law practice there, he was elected president of the Citizens Trust & Savings Bank in 1912, a position he still holds. He is also a director in the Citizens National Bank, and a director of the Bankers Oil Company. He has actively concerned himself in a public spirited way with the civic alfairs of that great Californian city. He is a member of the Los Angeles Municipal Annexation Commission, by appointment of the mayor, and is a member of the Board of Library Directors of the Los Angeles Public Library, and of which he has recently been elected its president.

The Monnettes are one of the oldest and most honored families of Crawford County, Ohio. His grandfather, Abraham Monnette, was a pioneer in that county, and left a large famil.v of descendants. Mervin Jeremiah Monnette, father of Orra E., was for many years president of the Second National Bank of Bucyrus until he removed to Los Angeles, where he is now a director and official in several banks, has interest in important business enterprises, and occupies a splendid home. Mervin J. Monnette established the Monnette Hospital at Bucyrus. The mother of Orra E., Olive Adelaide Monnette, was a daughter of the late George Washington Hull, who was a prominent and successful banker of Bucyrus. She died in 1912.

Orra E. Monnette is a student of genealogy. He has written a history of the Monnet, Monnett and Monnette families, which is considered a model of genealogical history. Besides many articles in magazines on genealogy, he has also compiled the "Spirit of Patriotism," a history of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution, and a Chronological History of California, both of which are valuable works and have been well received. He takes a very active interest in and is vice president of the Sons of the Revolution, and has been both president and treasurer of the Ohio Society of Southern California. At the present time he is governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California. Politically speaking he is a republican, is a Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner, and a member of the Methodist Church. He is also a member of the California, Los Angeles Athletic, Los Angeles Country and Scribes clubs of that city, Mr. Monnette married Miss Carrie Lucile Janeway, a daughter of the late William Francis Janeway of Columbus.

He is now cashier of the Ohio Bank and Savings Company, director, secretary and treasurer of the Findlay Courier, a director and president of the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company, and a director of the First National Bank of Findlay, Ohio.

He was born in 1862 in "Washington Township of Hancock County, where liis father was a contractor and farmer. His parents, Peter and Susanna (Sherman) Hosier, were of Swiss ancestry, the families coming originally from Berne, Switzerland. Peter Hosier was elected county treasurer in 1874, for a two-year term, and at that time the family removing to Findlay. He was one of the pioneers of Hancock County and a very representative man of his day.

William F. Hosier continued his education in the public schools of Findlay and was also employed in the treasurer's office under his father. Early in his business experience he became an employe of the Farmers Bank of Findlay, and was with that institution six years, part of the time as teller and in his third year became assistant cashier. In 1887 he and his father organized the Citj^ Bank of Findlay. l\Ir. William P. Hosier becoming cashier. In 1898 the bank was reorganized, but he continued as cashier. In 1912 its name was changed to the Ohio Bank and Savings Company. Peter Hosier died in 1897, having been president of the City Bank at the time of his death.

William F. Hosier has always been a democrat, is a member of the Findlay Country Club, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1885 he married Helen M. Shafer, daughter of Morgan D. and Mary L. (Bunts) Shafer of Findlay. The Shafers are an old and respected family of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Hosier have one daughter. Mary Louise, who was born in 1887 and is now the wife of Raymond H. O'Brien, a prominent Toledo lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien have a daughter named Mary Louise.

In 1900 Mr. Hosier was one of the reorganizers of the Findlay Courier and has since been its secretary' and treasurer. A few years ago he was elected president of the Buckeye Traction Ditclier Company, an immense plant employing over 200 men. Mr. Hosier is one of a fine family, being one of twelve children, all of whom have been prosperous and have had successful relations with this community.

John Wesley Durham. In arrangement, equipment, general fertility and productiveness, there are few better farms in all Northwestern Ohio than that owned and occupied by John Wesley Durham in Napoleon Town- .ship of Henry County. His home farm is on section 218, but he also owns extensive bodies of land in other parts of that county. -

Mr. Durham is an old and prominent resident of Henry County. The foundation of his success was laid of course as a farmer. His influence, however, has spread to various business affairs and he has also plaj'ed a part in public life. He was one of the organizers of the Henry County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company and for some time acted as one of its agents. He served as a county commissioner for two years from 1906, and is a very active republican. He and his wife eujo.y the comforts of their beautiful homestead known as the Homestead Farm. They are generous, hospitable and kindly people, and their lives have been spent in doing good not only for their children but for their neighbors and friends.

The Durham family is of German ancestry. The grandfather, William Durham, was born in Germany, came to the United States and while living in Virginia married a Virginia woman. ]\Iary Elizabeth Jeams. During the early '20s they moved to Ross County, Ohio. A few years later, in that county, on February 27, 1827, was born their son John, father of John W. Durham. Six months after his birth the family moved to Richland Township in what is now Defiance County. At that time that section was on the frontier, was covered with dense woods, much of the land was under water, and it was largely an impenetrable wilderness. There the Durhams faced all the dangers, privations and hardships of pioneering. Their first habitation was a log cabin of the simplest type and with the simplest furniture in the midst of the woods. They were surrounded by Indians and wild animals, and at that time there was no Town of Defiance and their nearest mill and market were ten miles away, with dense woods between, the only path being blazed trails. William Durham acquired an extensive tract of land in that vicinity. Six years after his settlement there, in 1833, while carrying a log on his shoulder his foot slipped on the ice and in falling the log struck him in such a way as to fracture his skull, resulting in his death.

He was then in the prime of life. His widow died a number of years later, after carefully rearing her children. There were eight of the children, and all of them grew up and married except one, and all are now deceased.

John Durham, owing to the fact of his father's early death, had to contend with the serious problems of life at an early age. He spent his childhood with his mother and also in the home of James Moorhead, and early started out to make his own way. His first purchase of land was in section 36 of Adams Township, Defiance County. This was in 1851. For forty acres he paid $100, and that land was the scene of his industrious labors for a number of years. Later he bought a farm in Richland Township of the same county, and he lived on it plying his vocation as an agriculturist until his death. He was a fine type of the early settler. While his youth had been passed in such circumstances as to preclude his securing an education, it is said that he could practice mental arithmetic in figuring out problems to better advantage than most men could with pencil and paper. He married for his first wife Sarah Cragn, who was born in Washington Township of Defiance County and was about the same age as her husband. She died in October, 1861. Her parents were among the very early settlers of that part of Defiance County. She left five children: John We.sley: Manuel; Isaac J., who is a retired farmer in Napoleon Township; Ellen, unmarried: and (ieorge, a farmer in Defiance County. John Durham, Sr., married for his second wife Martha A. Welder, and she also became the mother of five children.

While growing to manhood on his father's farm, John Wesley Durham secured such education as was afforded in the country schools of that time. He was taught the lessons of industry and honesty and has practiced these and has exercised a commendable business .iudgment so as to place him far ahead in the matter of material prosperity.

In Flat Rock Township of Henry County he married i\Iiss Clara Brubaker. She was born on the farm where she spent her childhood days April 28, 1853, a daughter of John and Sarah (Wyandt) Brubaker, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Her mother came to Ohio when a child with her parents and located in Stark County, while her father came to Ohio from Pennsylvania when a young man. Thev were married at the home of her. father, Henrv Wyandt, in Stark

County, and they then located near the Wyandt home in Wilmont, Sugar Creek Township. While Mr. and Mrs. John Brubaker lived there five children were born: Hannah, Mary, Francis, Christian and Alfred. In 1847 the Brubaker family started with wagons and teams to a point further west, in Flat Rock Township of Henry County. John Brubaker in the preceding year had walked the entire distance and had selected a farm. Never a furrow had been turned on the farm of his selection, and he had all the tasks of the pioneer settler. The Brubakers lived in a log cabin for some years after they came to Henry County, and in that humble abode were born the other children: Daniel, Mrs. Durham, Jacob, who died at the age of sixteen, and Emanuel. Of the children born in Stark County three sons are still living. In 1857 John Brubaker replaced the old log cabin with a substantial frame house. He lived the quiet and industrious life of the capable farmer and died at the old home April 3, 1892, followed by his wife on October 23, 1900. The Brubakers were most kindly and excellent people, and ]Mrs. Brubaker was reared in the faith of the Disciples Church.

In February, 1874, not long after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Durham located on the farm where he was born in Defiance County, but in August of the same year they returned to Flat Rock Township in Henry County, where they resided three years. In" 1878 they moved to section 28 of Napoleon Township and for three years rented the land, which he then purchased. Mr. Durham's homestead there now comprises 176 acres. He also owns 36 acres in section 31, 80 acres in Liberty Township, 34 acres in Flat Rock Township, and the Angling Road Farm, which is in section 31 of Napoleon Township and section 5 of Flat Rock Township, and contains 70 acres. All these lands are excellently improved. On his home farm Mr. Durham lias spent many years of labor and has invested heavily in improvements. He has built two houses, one of nine rooms and the other of five, and has a large bank barn 40 by 60 feet, with an addition 40 by 44 feet, serving perfectly its purposes for stock and grain. Like most successful farmers, Mr. Durham combines stock raising with the growing of the staple crops. He keeps high grade Hereford cattle and some fine horses. He is a member of the Masonic Order and Mrs. Durham belongs to the Methodist Church. They have been exceptionally happy in their domestic life and have a fine family of children. Carey is now giving a good account of himself as a farmer in Flat Rock Township ; by his marriage to Martha Gist he has six sons, named Frederick, Willis, Julian, Herbert, Henry and Harold. Ernest, the second son, conducts his father's farm in the capacity of manager; he married Bertha Bales, and their children are Ray, Olive and Hazel. Eugene is a farmer in Liberty Township and married Irva Frederick, their children being Cleo, Leverne and Burdette. Elsie, the oldest daughter, is the wife of Edwin Hammond, and they live on a farm near her father's place. Chester, who now lives in Oklahoma, has two children, named Robert and Arthur. Estella, who in addition to completing the course of the common schools as did the other children, spent two years in college, is the wife of Robert Walters, a furniture dealer in Napoleon; their children are Luther, Margaret, and Dorothy Lucile. Laura is the wife of Walter Leonhardt, a farmer in Defiance County. Alta is the wife of E. P. Hollingshead of Napoleon, and their children are Geraldine, Marian and Bernadine. Roscoe, the youngest of the family, is now a student in the Napoleon High School.

Arthur W. Ryan. One of the younger members of the Toledo bar, Arthur W. Ryan is associated in practice with ilr. Warren J. Duffey, with offices in the Gardner Building. Mr. Ryan is capable, proficient and hard working, has had splendid training, and is rapidly making his way to a front rank in the Toledo bar.

He is a son of William and Mary Ryan, both of whom were born in Saginaw, ^Michigan. His father has been through all the vicissitudes of the lumberman's life, and is now secretary and treasurer of The West Toledo Lumber Company. William Ryan came to Toledo about twenty years ago, and has enjoyed a large and important position in business affairs. He is also president of The Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers. William Ryan and wife had four children, Arthur W. being the oldest. Harold T. is associated with his father in the lumber business, while the two younger are Genevieve C. and Gerald M., both at home.

Arthur W. Ryan was born in Saginaw, Michigan, August 23, 1893, and like the other children was reared and educated in Toledo. He graduated from the Cathedral parochial school in 1910, and then entered Notre Dame

College at South Bend, Indiana. He finished his course there and received his degree bachelor of laws in 1914, and in December of that year was admitted to the Ohio bar after examination before the Supreme Court at Columbus. Returning to Toledo he became associated with Warren J. Duffey in the general practice of law.

]Mr. Ryan, who is unmarried and resides at the family home at 366 West Central Avenue, is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Toledo Bar Association.

Richard V. Kennedy is now concluding his second term of service as sheriff of Hancock County. During the last generation it is doubtful if any man has become better known in public affairs in that county than Mr. Kennedy. He is a man qualified in every particular for efficient and competent public service. He has himself been on intimate terms of fellowship with poverty, with hard work, and he knows both the classes and the masses and is a thorough believer in the essential principles of democracy.

It was kindness more than mere efficiency which characterized his administration as sheriff. He is a man of humanity, and in no circumstances does he allow himself to lose sight of the fact that lawbreakers and prisoners under his care are human beings, and entitled to sympathy so far as consistent with firm control. Some of the reforms which he introduced in the management of the county jail, distinguished chiefly by simple kindness, attracted so much notice that they were written up in the metropolitan newspaper press.

Sheriff Kennedy was born in Hancock County November"?, 1863, and was one of a large "family of thirteen children born to James H. and Susannah (Oman) Kennedy, whose home was in Orange Township of Hancock County. Mr. Kennedy is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and his grandfather came from Ireland.

With only a country school education, acquired in the schools of Cannonsburg, Ohio, Richard Kennedy became self supporting at the age of thirteen. He was not ashamed to accept any honorable means of earning his living and getting ahead in the world. He was both industrious and skillful. It is said that some years ago, before he became prominent in polities, he turned out. with the labor of his own hands, 76,000 axe handles, the entire output being sold to one firm. He was also in the grocery' business for one year.

When only a youth such confidence was reposed in his judgment and ability that he was appointed to the office of township clerk, and served 2i^ terms. Then for five years he was clerk of the board of Orange Township, was secretary of the agricultural society of Hancock County, being elected without solicitation on his part for six years, and for 31/2 years was a member of the board of election. He resigned from that office to become candidate for sheriff on the democratic ticket in 1912. It should be remembered that Hancock County is strongly republican in its normal political complexion and yet Mr. Kennedy was the choice of the people against a very able candidate by a majority of ninety, while in his reelection in 1914 he had 600 votes over his opponent. At the conclusion of his tenn in 1916 Mr. Kennedy intends to retire from active politics, though he will always be found working for the welfare of his party. He is chairman of the executive and central committees of his party in Hancock County, and succeeded in formulating a ticket that was elected without losing a candidate in the fall election of 1916.

Mr. Kennedy is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the'lndependent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Loyal Order of ]\Ioose, is past dictator of the Moose, and in these fraternities and in the general body of citizenship of Hancock County he has a host of loyal friends. He is heartily in sympathy with Sunday schools, was at one time vice president of the St. Paul's Evangelical Sunday School, and he won the prize in a campaign for securing new members, his contribution being 350 new recruits to the Sunday school. He is an active and generous patron of the different orphans homes, and has been greatly beloved because of his thoughtful and kindly deeds.

In Orange Township in 1888 Mr. Kennedy married Miss Elizabeth Fenton, daughter of Thomas Fenton. They have one son, Clement J., who is now thirty-one years of age and married Lucinda Bower of Orange Township

Mr. Kennedy has close affiliations with agricultural interests in Hancock County, has held offices in the local Grange, and also belongs to the Farmers' Institute.

Howard Ion Shepherd, vice president and a director of The Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company of Toledo, is a lawyer by profession, came to Toledo in 1905 from Detroit, and in this city has largely concerned himself with

In 1910 he served as president of The Toledo Chamber of Commerce and as a director in the National Rivers and Harbors Congress from 1910 to 1913. As chairman of the River and Harbor Committee of The Toledo Chamber of Commerce he obtained from the United States Board of Engineers at Washington their approval for a 23-foot channel for Toledo harbor, and also obtained the approval of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives for the appropriation aggregating $500,000 to carry out that improvement.

Mr. Shepherd represents one of the fine old pioneer families of Eaton County, Michigan. His maternal ancestors date from the family of John Aldrieh. who landed in Massachusetts in 1630, while his paternal ancestors go back to the coming of Henry Shepherd to America in the middle of the eighteenth century. His grandfather, Hiram Shepherd, went out to Eaton County, Michigan, in the year that Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837, acquired 200 acres of government land 214 miles south of Charlotte, cleared a tract and built a log house, and in 1840 brought his family from New York and domiciled them in an utter wilderness. A few years later they moved into the then small Village of Charlotte, where Hiram Shepherd establi.shed a country store.

The late Hon. Elisha Shepherd, father of the Toledo banker, was for many years recognized as Charlotte's grand old man, and as much as any other individual was the prime mover in the progress of that Michigan city. At the time of his death, which occurred in' December, 1913, he was the oldest pioneer of Eaton County, which had been his home for about seventy-two years. He was born March 9, 1831, in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, and was about nine years of age when he came with other members of the family to Eaton County, Michigan. There he grew up in frontier surroundings. His early ediication came from the common schools of Charlotte and he also attended Olivet College in ^Michigan for a short time during the first two years of its existence. Among other early experiences he drove the stage from Jackson to Charlotte before the time of railroads, part of the time with ox teams, and he also carried mail horseback between Marshall and Charlotte, a portion of the distance over Indian trails. He had excellent business ability and was as unsel-

On October 17, 1852, Elisha Shepherd married Miss Huldah Elizabeth Ion, who was born near Northville in Oakland County, Jlichigan, January 2, 1835. Her father, Launcelot Henry Ton, was a gradiiate of Oxford University in England, and he and his wife were among the first residents of Oneida Township in Eaton County, and it was at their home in that locality that Huldah Ion and Mr. Shepherd were married. Her father moved among the pioneers as a prominent figure, due both to his superior education and to his high character. He held various county offices and left his imprint on many local institutions. In an oration delivered at Charlotte July 4, 1846, the original copy of which is now in Mr. H. I. Shepherd's possession, Launcelot Ion, who was the son of an English Episcopal clergyman, set forth his reasons for leaving England and coming to America. He came to the New World largely inspired by our spirit of freedom and liberty, and in his speech he lauds George Washington and refers to the curse of slavery. From this ancestor, and in turn from his mother, Howard I. Shepherd inherits a most unusual collection of heirlooms and valuable books and documents, some of them well over two hundred years old.

Soon after their marriage Elisha Shepherd and wife started housekeeping in Charlotte, and later they purchased the old Eagle Hotel, Mr. Shepherd being associated with his fatherin-law, Mr. Ion, and together they operated it for a number of years. This hotel stood on the present site of the Phoenix House in Charlotte. The building was constructed of hewn timbers, and Mr. Shepherd added a 60 by 40 foot addition to the old hotel, and the logs for this addition were cut and drawn by him from a tract of timber where the buildings of the Charlotte Manufacturing Company and the Grand Trunk Passenger Depot now stand. At one time he was a director of the Peninsular Railroad, now a part of the Grand Trunk System. After leaving the hotel business Elisha Shepherd with his brother James engaged in general merchandising under the name E. & J. Shepherd. This mercantile house branched out into the buying and selling of agricultural produce of all kinds, established a private bank, and became one of the largest mercantile houses in that section of Michigan. The firm also built a number of business blocks in Charlotte.

Elisha Shepherd was one of those who participated in the organization of the republican party in Michigan, having been a delegate to the famous convention "Under the Oaks" at Jackson in 1854. He was three times mayor of the City of Charlotte and held a number of other local offices. The Eaton County Pioneer Society honored him in his later years by electing him life president. His was a life of signal honor and 'usefulness, and he passed away in the fullness of years at the age of eighty-two.

After he sold the hotel in Charlotte he and his wife moved to a cottage which stood on the site of the present Shepherd home in Charlotte. The present ^-esidence was built in 1865, and the old home has seen many happy gatherings and social functions in the years gone by. In that home in February, 1907, seven years preceding her husband, Mrs. Elisha Shepherd pa.ssed away after having spent more than half a century in Charlotte. In her earlier years she was a leader in both the social and religious life of the community. These honored pioneers were the parents of six children, all of whom are still living : Mrs. Celia Ion Dodge; Launcelot Henry Shepherd; Mrs. Vina S. Mikesell ; Fred S. Shepherd, all residing in Charlotte ; Elisha Shepherd, Jr., of Monroe, Michigan; and Howard Ion Shepherd.

Howard Ion Shepherd was born at Charlotte, Michigan, July 28, 1874. He graduated from the Charlotte public schools in 1893, was a student of Olivet College in Michigan, and in 1898 took the degree bachelor of laws from the University of Michigan. Admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Michigan in 1898, he was in the active practice of law from that date until 1904 at Detroit. Being inclined to a business career, he left the practice of law and conducted the Detroit office of N. W. Halsey & Company of New York, handling railroad and municipal bonds until December, 1905.

Mr. Shepherd came to Toledo in December, 1905, as secretary and assistant treasurer and director of The Toledo Shipbuilding Company. He was with that company until July, 1913, when he became vice president and director of The Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Companv. He was a director of The First National Bank of Toledo from 1909 to 1913, is a director of the Fifty Associates Company, and has been active in all matters of public interest, particularly those favoring the indu.strial improvement of Toledo. He was one of the prime movers in the consolidation of The To- ledo Chamber of Commerce and The Toledo Business Men's Club, making the present Toledo Commerce Club. Other interests that from time to time have benefited by his association are the Young iMen's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, and the Toledo IMuseum of Art. He lias the reputation of being one of the ablest after dinner speakers in Northwest Ohio.

He is a republican, a member of the Toledo Club, tlie Inverness Golf Club, the Toledo Commerce Club, and Toledo Yacht Club ; is a member of the Session of the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian Church: is also president of the Alumni Association of the Micliigan Chapter Delta Chi fraternity, and vice president of The Trust Company Association of Ohio.

On February 27, 1899, he married Miss Floy A. Bush, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Bush, who are now living at Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and whose parents were among the early pioneers of Eaton County. ]\Irs. Shepherd's grandfather in 1837 took up land from the Government and cleared it and made a home on which his children afterward lived. Mr. and ilrs. Shepherd have four children : Henry Bush Shepherd, ^Marion Ella Slieplierd, Helen Eli^ibeth Shepherd and Katherine Louise Shepherd.

C.\PT. Jules Maurice Pimient.\. In Captain I'imienta. now professor of Romance Languages at the Toledo University, that city has a distinguished representative of the lirilliant and versatile Frenchman of the higher class. Captain Pimienta, though only in the middle period of his life, has been through a vast range of experience. He earned his title by many years of military service. He has degrees from several of the foremost institutions of learning in Europe. He has been pretty much all over the world, served his flag in North Africa and China, and has held a number of scholastic honors in some of the leading universities of America.

He was born in Paris, France, November 2, 1864. His parents were M. L. and Angeline M. (Freycney) Pimienta. The record of the family througliout has been filled with military honors. His parental great-grandfather was an Italian, was born at IMilan, and when five years of age went to France with his parents. Later he joined the French army, and at one time he served under the revered American patriot Lafayette. Captain Pimienta 's paternal grandfather was Albert H. Pimienta, an officer in the French army during the civil wars in France. M. L. Pimienta, father of the captain, was born and reared within si.x miles of Paris and also became a French military officer find died in Paris in 1888 at the age of fifty-nine. Captain Pimienta 's mother, who was born and reared at Bordeaux, is now living in Paris at the venerable age of ninety-seven years. Neither of his parents ever came to America. The maternal grandfather was Jules ilaurice Freycney, after whom Captain Pimienta was named. This ancestor, as also his father before him, served as a paymaster in the French army. Captain Pimienta was one of a family of five sons and two daughters. Leon, the oldest, is now a brigadier general under the command of General Roque, and at last accounts was stationed on the west wing of the French army at Verdun. Captain Pimienta is the second in order of birth. Henri Robert is a military surgeon serving along the French front in the present war. Gustave is a lieutenant in the French navy. Eraile is an officer in the Algeria cavalry and now stationed at Saloniki. The two daughters, Helen and Camille, died in childhood.

Captain Pimienta attended the elementary and high schools of Paris, the University of Sorbonne, where he graduated with the degree bachelor of science, and he also took a special course at the military college. He then entered the regular army of France. While on a leave of absence he was graduated from the University of Pisa in Italy with the degree bachelor of arts. Captain Pimienta became military attache to the French ambassador at ]\Iadrid, and while there attended the Graduate College of the University of Madrid, being awarded the degree master of arts. For a time he served as military attache to the French ambassador to Germany, and then resumed his place in the regular army.

Captain Pimienta participated in the Tonkin war in China, also in the uprising in Tunis, and in the Algerian war. Three times he was wounded in action and received in recognition for his valor the medals of Tonkin, Tunis and Algeria, after which he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor "For order of high seholarsliip and gallant military record." Altogether he saw nine years of continual service in the regular army of France and was honorably discharged with the rank corresponding to our rank of captain oi infantry.

at Chicago in 1893 Captain Pimienta was especially detailed to act as chief military attache to the director general of the French Republic. It was this visit to America which committed him to a lasting love of American institutions, further cemented by his marriage to an estimable American woman whom he met in the City of Chicago. In 1898 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Captain Pimienta married Miss Josephine E. DeLong, who was born and reared in Wisconsin. Her father, now deceased, was a Frenchman, and her mother, who resides in Milwaukee, was born in Alsace. Captain and Mrs. Pimienta have four children as the fruit of their happy union : Lucy and Albert, both of whom were born in Wisconsin ; Leon, born in Mexico; and Alice, born in Michigan.

After returning to the United States in 1900, Captain Pimienta spent two years in Detroit, where he was associate professor of Romance Languages in the University of Michigan. Then followed a brief visit in Paris, and returning to America he went to Old Mexico, where he became professor of Modern Languages and a teacher in a military college of Mexico. He spent five years there. From Mexico his next place was in Montreal, Canada, where he was professor of Romance Languages at McGill University for two years. For a time Captain Pimienta taught languages in private clas.ses at Chicago, but altogether was not favorably impressed with that city, and he then spent a year as professor of French in the State Normal School of Michigan at Ypsilanti. Then followed another year in Mexico as teacher, and on May 13, 1913, he arrived in Toledo, where he has since been professor of Romance Languages in Toledo University. He is also employed as trau.slator for the Overland, Toledo Computing Scale Company and other local manufacturing concerns.

Captain Pimienta is. a member of the Military Club of France and of the French Academy. He is a very eloquent orator and is master of the Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and English languages. He is a very influential and active democrat, and has done a great deal of service to that party during campaigns. In the presidential campaign of 1896 he delivered speeches for William Jennings Bryan in both English and French, and had the honor of drawing some of the largest audiences that heard any of the orators in that memorable campaign. He also took the stump for Governor Ferris of Michigan, campaigned for Bryan in his last race for the presidency, and made speeches in Chicago for Carter Harrison in the mayoralty campaign. He speaks French and Spanish in many of his campaign addresses, but is equally fluent in the use of perfect English. In fact his methods of teaching language have lately been adopted by many of our leading institutions of learning. In the 1916 campaign Captain Pimienta was one of the orators selected for Ohio in support of the campaign of Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood for Congress, and he was also engaged to speak in the East for President Woodrow Wilson. Altogether Captain Pimienta is one of the most interesting and engaging personalities in Toledo citizenship.

William James Frey. If the consciousness of duty well, and unselfishly done, and of possessing universal personal esteem in everj' part of the city and county in which he has spent over a half centuiy, can bring happiness to an individual, such compensation for many years of strenuous and conscientious striving for the public welfare, must be enjoyed bj' William James Frey, probably the most prominent and public spirited citizen in Hancock County. To his public spirit both city and county are indebted in many ways, particularly Pindlay, for largely through his energy, determination and perseverance was the capital secured to install one of the finest water supply systems in the whole country, and not only was this accomplished but through his foresight and promptness, in an epidemic, was the source of the water uncontaminated, and the public health protected. In some countries a medal of public service would have been bestowed for work of such great beneficence. Mr. Frey served as county treasurer two terms of four years each.

William James Frey was born at Bellefontaine, Ohio, December 9, 1854. He is of English and Scotch ancestry and of revolutionary stock. The earliest members of the family in the United States settled at Cumberland, Maryland. The parents of Mr. Frey, Samuel Dunbar and Priscilla Bell (Slicer) Frey, removed from Logan County, Ohio, to Findlay in 1863, and here the father engaged in business as a merchant.

In the public schools of Findlay young William J. Frey was an attentive student and continued his studies in the high school where he took the full course and was one of two pupils of the first graduating class, the other being Doctor Tritch of Findlay. After supplementing this instruction with a commercial course in the Felton and Bigelow Commercial College at Cleveland, he entered his father's drug store on the corner of Sandusky and West Main streets (which was operated for thirty years) and there, in the old way, learned pharmacy. In 1874 Mr. Frey became a student of law in the office of Judge Michael Whitel}', and remained with him for ten years, being admitted to the bar at Columbus, in 1879.

In the meanwhile Mr. Prey became interested in public matters and in politics. His convictions led him into the ranks of the Jeffersoniau democracy and political office was urged upon him almost from the beginning. For two terms he was chosen chairman of the democratic state central committee. In 1900 he was his party 's candidate for congress from the Eighth District, a great republican stronghold, and although he was defeated at the election he ran 600 votes ahead of any predecessor. In other contests his personal popularity gave him a large vote, notably for the state senate, but the republicans on those occasions carried every county. On one occasion he had to take a determined stand to prevent his party from making him a candidate for governor. In 1913 he was elected mayor of Findlay and gave the city an admirable administration, practical, useful and honest.

When Mr. Frey was young his father owned the land from beneath which emerges an underground river and this water, through artesian wells has been utilized in providing Findlay 's magnificent water system. The water is conveyed a distance of fifteen miles from Lime Stone Ridge to the city line. For many years William James Frey sought to interest the people of Findlay in the unequaled water supply lying practically in its back yard, but many interests, for various reasons brought about contention and nothing was done. Mr. Frey secured the capital to purchase the necessary piping and during his administration as president of the waterworks board the system was completed, with the result that Findlay enjoys an abundance of pure sweet water not excelled anywhere.

After all this effort there came a time when the good .iudgment. the wise public spirit and the legal knowledge of Mr. Frey were absolutely demanded in order to preserve this blessing for the people of this city. In the great epidemic of cattle plague that swept away the finest herds in manv sections of different states, Hancock County suffered and over 600 diseased cattle were slaughtered, this happening in the vicinity of the water supply source. It was a grievous lack of sanitary precaution that led the officials in charge of this matter to contemplate burying the diseased carcasses where they were killed. No one seemed to be particularly interested when Mr. Frey protested, and it was necessary for him to secure an injunction to prevent this calamity. Otherwise the whole water supply would have been and death and disaster would certainly have followed. Such an exhibition of real public spirit and humanitarian impulse could not be lost on his fellow citizens as soon as they realized the gi-avity of the situation.

On April 16, 1891, Mr. Frey was united in marriage with Miss Mary Frances Gilcrist, of Vermilion, Ohio, a daughter of Abraham and Betsey Ruth (Clough) Gilcrist. Her ancestry is English and Irish and they came early to the American colonies and took part in" the Revolutionary war. Her people came to Ohio from Shirley Hill, New Hampshire. Her father was a lumber merchant and ship owner and operated the Gilcrist Transportation line between Alpina, Michigan and Buffalo, New York. She was educated at Ann Arbor, Michigan and Oberlin College and is a cultured and gracious lady. Mr. and Mrs. Frey have one daughter, Florence Merriam who, with her mother, enjoys the city's pleasant social life, being interested also in serious things, Mrs. Frey being president of the City Federation of Women Clubs for two years. The family belongs to the First Methodist Church.

Among the important business concerns to which Mr. Frey still gives attention may be mentioned the Cedar Point Amusement Company, of which he is a director; the Commercial Bank and Savings Company, of which he was one of the organizers and is a director ; and the Majestic Theater, in which he owns stock and is a director. He owns valuable farm land in the vicinity of Findlay and the Frey business block in the city. He is a thirtysecond degree Mason and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias and the Elks and finds social relaxation as a member of the Findlay Country Club. He is a generous, whole-souled man, led into many charitable enterpri.ses through benevolent impulses. He is a loyal friend, a genial host and an incorruptible citizen.

Toledo was the late Horace Holeomb, who was identified with banking and merchandising in that city for nearly half a century, and who became the founder of the Holeomb National Bank, whose resources and splendid record were combined a few years ago with the National Bank of Commerce.

By his fine integrity of character no less than by his commanding genius as a financier, the late Horace Holeomb was one of the dominating personalities in Toledo's commercial history. He was born at Granby, Connecticut, June 17, 1824. By inheritance and by his own careful life he possessed an iron constitution, an unbending will and an intellect of great s'trength and breadth. He was nearly seventy years of age when he passed awav at his residence in Toledo, March 9, 1894.

Reared under the wholesome influences of a New England community, he early went to New York City, and later became junior partner in the wholesale grocery firm of Kent, Pogue & Company. In 1858 he identified himself with the new City of Toledo, entering the wholesale grocery business with Robert Bell, under the name Bell, Holeomb & Company. Subsequently Bell and Holeomb took over the entire business and continued the firm as Bell & Holeomb for many years. In 1862 Mr. Holeomb became interested in the Fir.st National Bank, of which the late Valentine H. Ketcham was then president. Mr. Holeomb was made a director and was elected vice president. In 1871 Mr. Holeomb with Salmon Keeler and E. H. Norton founded the banking firm of Keeler, Holeomb & Company. This new bank was soon on a firm footing and in a flourishing condition. On July 1, 1891, the firm took out a charter becoming a national bank, and owing to the fact that ^Ir. Holeomb had for a number of years been the active head of the private bank, the new corporation was named the Holeomb National Bank, with Mr. Holeomb as president. He continued as president of this institution until his death three years later.

After his death his son-in-law, Dr. William A. Hume, who succeeded to his interests as a director, became active in the management of the bank and the institution continued on its old footing until 190.5. Doctor Hume then retired from all participation in the bank's affairs, and in 1907 the Holeomb National Bank was merged with the present National Bank of Commerce.

larger business and public interests of the city. His was an unblemished business record, and his success was largely due to the fact that he scrupulously fulfilled every promise made. Men of his character add much to any city, and his life should be remembered as a part of the city's history and also for the hosts of friends such a career merited.

Ferdinand E. Welch. Thousands of citizens not only in Toledo but all over the country recall with affection the late Ferdinand E. Welch, who for twenty-two years was proprietor of the Boodj' House in Toledo. Before his retirement he had spent more than half a century in the liotel business, and had made the hotel keeping a profession. His ability to render ample and satisfactory service and his genial hospitality made him an almost ideal boniface. He was also an excellent citizen, as many people in Toledo will testify, and few men lay down the responsibilities of life with so much good to their credit as this splendid hotel proprietor.

His death occurred at his residence in Toledo October 31, 1911. He was born in East Cleveland, at Euclid, Ohio, July 26, 1839. He was one of seven children of John and Rebecca (Merchant) Welch. His father, who spent his early life in Dutchess County, New York, was of revolutionary stock. The Merchant family were from Jersey City, New Jersey. Ferdinand Welch was survived by three of his parents' children: C. M. Welch, of Detroit; Mrs. Burlingame, of Teenmseh, ilichigan ; and i\Irs. Randall Crawford, of Cleveland.

For many years Ferdinand E. Welch was one of the most conspicuous figures in hotel life in the Jliddle West. When only fourteen years of age, in 1853, lie began his apprenticeship in what was known as the Welch Tavern at Cleveland. His uncle was proprietor. After three years he accepted the position of clerk at the McHenry House in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He also had some early experience in the Weddell House in Cleveland. In 1861 he began his real career as a boniface by purchasing the restaurant and hotel at the old Great Western Depot in Cleveland. When the hotel was destroyed by fire two years later he became manager of the I\IeHenry House in Meadville. where he had previously clerked. He operated that hostelry until 1868, when he sold out and bought from Shadrach Groff the Junction House in Lafayette, Indiana. He was proprietor of that old and well known hotel for fifteen years from 1872 to 1887. In

Returning to Toledo" in 1887 Mr. Welch again succeeded Mr. Groff, who had been, proprietor of the Boody House since it was first opened for business in 1871. For some years Mr. W^elch was associated with the late ilr. Hardy in the Boody House. The career of Mr. Welch during the twenty-two years he remained lessee of the Boody House is still fresh in the minds of the traveling public and the people of Toledo. Under his able management the house enjoyed a great popularity and became known from coast to coast. The old Boody House is now almost a thing of the past. It was erected in 1870 and for years was one of the conspicuous landmarks of the city. It is now about to be demolished to make room for the new modern sixteen story Bond Hotel.

It was in July, 1906, after fifty-three years of active hotel experience that Jlr. Welch turned over the Boody House to Chris Wall and Elmer C. Puffer and retired to private life. Mr. Welch had the distinction of founding the Ohio Hotel Men's State Association, one of the strongest organizations of its character in the country. He was the first president of the association and at the time of his death was a member of its executive committee. He also served as president of the Toledo Hotel Association. A successful business man, he was at one time a director in The Ketcham National Bank, now The First National Bank of Toledo.

Ferdinand Welch was extremely popular with the traveling public and was literally the genial host. After his retirement he built a splendid home on one of the principal streets of Toledo and lived there until his death. The residence is still the home of ]\Irs. Welch. Mr. Welch was active in the Toledo Club, the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. In 1863 he married I\Iiss ]\Iary Richardson of Maumee. Their only child is Mrs. J. S. Me- Hugh of Lafayette, Indiana.

NoRM.\N Lamont Maclachlan. :\I. D. a resident of Findlay for more than a quarter of a century, and one of the leading medical men of the city. Doctor ilaelaehlan is perhaps most widely known through his successful cooperation and official conduct of various large business interests. Without doubt he is one of the foremost business men in this section of Northwest Ohio.

of age when his parents moved to Argyle Township in Sanilac County, Michigan. His mother's name was ]Mary Black, and both the Blacks and Maclachlans were of sturdy Scotch stock, coming to Canada from Argyleshire in 1842. Doctor Maclachlan attended the common schools at Argyle in Michigan, and in 1875 entered the University of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1878. He studied medicine under various private practitioners, and for eleven years was successfully identified with his profession in Cass City, Michigan. Doctor Maclachlan moved to Findlay, Ohio, in 1889 and has enjoyed some of the more distinctive honors of his profession. For twenty-three years he has been local surgeon for the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company; from 1898 to 1906 he was surgeon of the Findlay Home and Hospital : and is local medical examiner to the State Industrial Commission. For sixteen years he was secretary and member of the local United States Board of Pension Examiners. He is an active member of all the medical societies.

During his residence in Cass City, Michigan, Dr. JIaclachlan served as mayor in 1883- 1884. For six years he was a member of the Findlay City Council and two yeare was its president. He was a member of the school board in 1894-1895. Politically he is a republican and has always been an ardent admirer of former President Roosevelt. He was a Roosevelt delegate from the Eighth Ohio district to the National Republican Convention in 1912 at Chicago. He is a member and president of the Findlay Commerce Club, is also president of the Up-to-Date Club, a member of the Findlay Country Club, and is aiifiliated with the Masons, in wliicli lie has attained the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, with the Odd Fellows and with the. Maccabees.

His business connections are with a number of the best known industries of Findlay. He was formally president of the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company, an office he filled for six years, was formerly vice president of the company two years, and has been a director for thirteen years. This is one of the industries which gave place of prominence to Findlay as an industrial city. He has been a director in the Commercial Bank, Savings and Trust Company since its organization in 1901 and is now vice president. He is also president and director of the Adams Axle Company, a concern employing 150 men. He is vice president of the Vaiilue Banking Company, and is president of the Findlay Publishing Company, publishers of The Morning Republican, the leading newspaper of Hancock County.

On November 27, 1889, Doctor JIaelachlan married Miss Emma Jackson of Blenheim, Ontario, a daughter of John Jackson. Mrs. Maclachlan died June 12, 1907, leaving one daughter, who is now Mrs. H. W. ilaePhail, of Raymond, Washington, and the mother of one son, Norman C. IMacPhail. Doctor ]\Iaclaehlan remarried, July 27, 1916, to Miss L«na Gertrude Roling, of Columbus. Ohio, a daughter of Anthony and ]\rary Lena (Andres) Roling. Mrs. ^laclachlan was for several years engaged in educational work as supervisor of primary methods in public schools, and was also noted as a lecturer before educational institutes. She has contributed articles to many of the educational magazines. She is a graduate of Teachei-s College, Columbia University, New York City.

Noah H. Swatne of Toledo is one of the most widely known lawyers of Northwestern Ohio, and his work has conferred additional honor xipon a name which became distinguished in Ohio and throughout the nation through his father, who was also Noah H. Swayne, and who for many years was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. While Justice Swayne was never a resident of Northwestern Ohio, there is every reason and fitness for referring briefly to his career in these pages.

Justice Noah Haynes Swayne was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, December 7, 1804, and was nearly eighty years of age when he died in New York Cit.v" June 8, 1884. He was a descendant of Francis Swayne, who had immigrated to this countiy in the days of William Penn, accompanied by his family, and settled near Philadelphia. Joshua Swayne, father of Judge Swayne, retained his membership in the Society of Friends. He removed to Virginia, locating at the Town of Waterford, and gave his son a liberal education. The early studies of the lad were directed toward the medical profession and at one time he served as an apothecary's clerk in Alexandria. Through the death of his teacher this plan was interrupted. His father died not long afterward, and his mother being unable to provide for his support while pursuing a collegiate course, he took up the study of law in Warrenton and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1823.

In 1825 Judge Swayne came to Ohio and opened an office at Coshocton. He served as prosecuting attorney of the county in 1826-29, and was then elected as a Jefferson democrat to the Ohio Legislature. In 1830 President Jackson appointed him United States district attorney for Ohio, and he soon afterwards removed to Columbus and filled the office until 1841. While in that office, in 1833, he declined an appointment as president judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He also served as a commissioner to manage the state debt, and as a member of a committee sent by the governor to effect a settlement of the boundary lines between the states of Ohio and Michigan. In 1840 he was a member of the committee to inquire into the condition of the State Blind Asylum. Becoming interested in public charities, he ever afterwards took a leading part in organizing and visiting asylums and institutions for the blind, the deaf and dumb and lunatics.

After leaving the United States district attorneyship, he resumed private practice. The trial of William Rossane and others in the United States District Court at Cohimbus in 1853 for burning the steamboat Martha Washington to obtain the insurance was one of his most celebrated cases. He also appeared as counsel in fugitive slave cases, and owing to his anti-slavery opinions joined the republican party on its formation. It was characteristic of his essential kindliness of nature and his views and principles on justice that as early as 1832 he emancipated a number of slaves acquired by his marriage.

His bold utterances upon public questions in the trying years preceding the war made him one of the many conspicuous Ohio leaders of that time, and on January 14, 1862, he was appointed by President Lincoln one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court at the most critical hour in the history of that tribunal. He was appointed in place of John McLean, deceased, and was commissioned on January 24, 1862. He served on the Supreme Bench until 1881, when he resigned on account of advanced age. The degree doctor of laws was conferred upon him by Dai-tmouth and IMarietta colleges in 1863. and by Yale in 1865. Carson's History of the Supreme Bench speaks of him as follows: "A judge of unusual capacity, familiar with adjudged cases, and with settled habits of labor and research, of genial and benevolent courtesy, singularly amiable in disposition, and patient even with

Two of the sons of the late Jvistice Swayne now reside in New York, Gen. Wager Swayne and Frank Swayne, the latter for many years a resident of Toledo. Gen. Wager Swayne was a practicing lawyer in Ohio when the Civil war liroke out, went to the front as a major of the Forty-third Ohio Volunteers, came out of the war a major general, and afterwards joined the regular army and was brevetted brig^adier general. Following his military services in the South he was an active aid to the Federal Government in the establishment of schools and in cari-ying out the reconstruction plan in the southern states, and subsequently for some years practiced at Toledo.

Noah H. Swayne, of Toledo, was born in JMaryland in 1847. The position of his father gave him many opportunities and advantages during his youth, and he graduated from Yale University with the class of 1870. He also took up the profession of his father, and was prepared in the Colvmibian Law School at Washington and admitted to practice iu the Supreme Court in 1873. Returning to Toledo, he has ever since for a period of forty years or more occupied a foremost position in the Lucas County bar. His practice has extended over a wide range of territory. The firm of Swayne, Swayne, Hayes & Tyler had for many years a clientage probably not surpassed by any other firm in Ohio, and including vast interests of many leading corporations as well as wealthy individuals.

The law library of Mr. Swayne is said to be one of the most extensive private libraries in the Northwest, and among other works it includes the only full and complete private collection of legislative and judicial reports upon and affecting the Northwest Territory, from the beginning of legislation at Philadelphia down to the present time, that there is in existence.

While Mr. Swayne has taken an active interest in politics as a republican, he has steadfastly refused to become a candidate for any office, political or judicial, with the exception that he was a member of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly. While in the Assembly he rendered Toledo a most valuable service. As his father had drawn the bulk of the laws up to that time regarding the care and maintenance of the insane, Mr. Swayne also took a great interest in the same line, and made special effort in their behalf while in the Legislature. While the question of taking care of the overflow among the'patients of the various institutions was being discussed, he defeated a bill to add to the capacity of the assylums already built and went to work to create the necessary legislation for the establishment of a new institution. He wisely deferred bringing the question of location into the original measure. He first assured himself of the proper steps to build the new asylum, and before the appointment of a commission to fix the location he interviewed the various state officials and had incorporated into the act the name of such officers comprising the commission as would favor Toledo. The result is best told in the magnificent s.ystem of buildings for the insane now found in one of Toledo's suburbs. This city as well as Ohio in general owe a great debt to Mr. Swayne for this work. Mr. Swayne was a member of the Chicago convention of 1916 that nominated Charles E. Hughes for President. He is prominent iu Toledo financial affairs, being a director of the Second National Bank. For years he was a member and president of the Toledo Public Library Board, and that institution owes a great deal to his interest and work. In younger years Mr. Swayne was very, fond of athletics, and has always retained that interest and there is today no more devoted baseball "fan" than he. He provided the magnificent ball park in Toledo which is called "Swayne Field" in his honor. This is the finest ball park in Northwest Ohio. Socially Mr. Swayne is very popular and a member of many different clubs including the University Club of New York, the Country Club, IMiddle Bass Club and Toledo Clubs of Toledo, and he also belongs to the Toledo Commerce Club. On March 15, 1886, he married Frances Sickles of St. Louis.

Chaeles Frederick Mather Niles. A prominent banker, and until recently president of the Security Savings Bank & Trust Company of Toledo, Charles Frederick Mather Niles inherited his taste and talents for banking. His father, Charles E. Niles, was president and one of the founders of the First National Bank of Findlay, Ohio.

His capacity for finance and business organization has made him a notable factor in Toledo commercial history. Probably more than any other individual he has been entrusted with important receiverships, among which were the Toledo Commercial and the Toledo and Indiana Electric Railroad. He also rendered some valuable public service

Charles Frederick Mather Niles was born at Hudson, Michigan, April 4, 1859, and has enjoyed a very active business career for the past thirty-five years. He received his education in public schools and in the University of Wooster, Ohio, where he graduated A. B. in 1882, and in 1885 received the degree Master of Arts. While in college he was Washington Orator and was editor in chief of the University Index. Coming from a family of means, he was able to gratify his tastes and desires for culture, and after leaving Wooster University he went abroad and was a student in London, England, and Dresden, Germany.

Mr. Niles has always been an active democrat. During his first administration President Cleveland appointed him Register of the United States Land Office at Garden City, Kansas. While in Kansas Mr. Niles was admitted to the bar. but so far as known has never handled any legal business except such as has been connected with banking or other private affairs. Mr. Niles served as president of the Garden City Bank, of the Hodgeman County Bank of Jetmore, was a director of the First National Bank of Garden City, and of a bank at Mead Center, all in Kansas, and was also a director of the Kansas Southwestern Railroad. After leaving Kansas Mr. Miles was president of the Continental National Bank at Memphis, Tennessee, and in 1897 was elected president of the Tennessee Bankers Associations, but in 1898 came to Toledo and organized the Security Trust Company. Later a savings department was added, and the Security Savings Bank and Trust Company is now one of Toledo's leading financial and fiduciary institutions. Mv. Niles served as president of the bank until his retirement on January 1, 1916.

In addition to his services in connection with financial institutions, Mr. Niles has utilized many unusual opportunities to associate with and assist young men. While in Wooster University he became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and has always kept up his associations with that body and has received many honors from the national fraternitv. He first attended the biennial G. A. C. at Washington in 1880, and has hardly missed a meeting of the body since then, and it is said that he has a larger acquaintance among Phi Kappa Psi men than any other individual. For a number of years he served as national treasurer and one term as national president, and was long a member of its executive council. Mr. Niles is also active in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine.

He has enjoyed a delightful home life, and has an attractive residence at 2062 Robinwood Avenue. Mrs. Niles before her marriage was Miss Fannie I. Sneath. Her father was the late Samuel B. Sneath, a well known banker of Tiffin. Mr. and ilrs. Niles had four children : Louise, wife of Samuel E. Gates and living in Spokane, Washington; Fredericka, wife of Harry T. Loew of Toledo; Sarah, at home; and Charles, who had nearly completed his course at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, preparatory to a promising career, when he was drowned by the upsetting of a canoe near Monroe, Slichigan.

Joi?EPH P.\RKER B.\KER, ]\I. D. There are some individuals who always manage to find the opportunity, or to create it, to attend to good works whether of a public or private nature. Dr. Joseph Parker Baker is pre-eminently one of this class, and, fortunately for the development of the best interests of Findlay, does not stand alone. He is a member of the group of able citizens whose civic interest and pride are equal to their business and professional enterprise and ambition and who are centering every possible energy upon the perfection of better conditions and the improvement of the municipal service. Of broad education and fine, sympathetic nature, as well as of strength and courage, he is peculiarly and admirably adapted to be associated with the progressive guard of such a city as Findlay.

Doctor Baker was born June 9. 1864, in Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio, and is a son of Joshua Cope and Clarissa A. (Moorhead) Baker. On his father's side he is of German-English descent, and on his mother's of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the progentitor of the Cope family settling in Penns.vlvania with William Penn. When Doctor Baker was one year old the family moved to Allen Township, Hancock County, and there he grew up on the farm, his early education being secured in the public schools of Findlay. After a course in the Delaware Business College, he took up school teaching at West Millgrove and later followed the same vocation at Bairdstown, his experience as an educator covering in all a period of seven years. During this time he had not relinquished his early ambition of a career in medicine, and when he found the leisure from the duties of the schoolroom applied himself resolutely to his studies. Finally he placed himself under the preceptorship of Dr. Anson Hurd, the oldest physician of Findlay, under whose instruction he remained three years. With this preparation he entered Sterling Medical College in 1888, and in 1890, after a brilliant college career, graduated as president of his class.

Immediately after his graduation, Doctor Baker opened an office at Findlay and settled down to a general practice. He was not content, however, to remain in the ranks of the mediocre, and accepted every opportunity to further himself in his profession. A constant student, he took special courses at the New York Polyclinic and the New York Post- Graduate Hospital, and in 1911 and 1916 took a post-graduate course at Harvard. From the time of his entrance into professional ranks his practice has grown and developed, until today he is accounted one of the leading physicians of tlif city. Doctor Baker is S member of the American .Mcili.-al Association, the Ohio State Medical Sucicty, the Northwestern Ohio Medical Society, and the Hancock County Medical Society. His practice is general, which, with a love of medical study, makes him one of the most widely read members of his calling in this part of the state.

While Doctor Baker is widely known for his achievements in his profession, he is equally so for his activities in civic affairs. He has always been activel.y and unselfishly interested in the betterment of social coiidifidiis for his locality, a work which has licen facilitated by his incumbency of the office nt' prcsiilent of the Findlay Board of Health during the past twenty years. He has worked faithfully and continuously for better housing, better ventilation, better sanitary conditions and better water, and in the last-named direction was the most prominent factor, with ex-Mayor Frey, in securing for Findlay its present unequalled artesian water supply. A practical humanitarian, he is noted for his good deeds, and as president of the Charity Association of Findlay has done much to aid the unfortunate of the city. He takes a helpful interest also in commercial affairs, as a member of the Findlay Business Men's Association, and his fellowmembers therein are ever ready to give respectful attention to his sound, practical suggrestions. Doctor Baker is a member of the Findlay Country Club, and is prominent fraternally, being a thirty-second degree Scottish

Rite Mason and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No. 75, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias,

Doctor Baker married Miss Harriet Schwartz, a daughter of Henry Schwartz, a pioneer merchant of Findlay, in 1892. They are members of the First Lutheran Church of Findlay.

Eenest Bourneb Allen, D. D. Since October 1, 1901, Ernest Bourner Allen, D. D., has been pastor of the First Congregational Church of Toledo. This service, now covei'- ing fifteen years, makes his one of the longest continuous pastorates among the Protestant churches of the city.

Doctor Allen is in fact one of the leading Congregational ministers of the country. He has specially distinguished himself by his work among young people, and his church has one of the largest Sunday schools in Ohio. He is a minister of high ideals, of enthusiasm, a good preacher, an organizer and leader of men, and has identified himself closely with all civic movements in Toledo during the last fifteen years.

He was born at Kalamazoo, Michigan, June 2. 1868, a son of George Ladd and Harriet (Bourner) Allen. During his boyhood up to the age of fifteen he attended the public schools and also Parsons Business College at Kalamazoo, and then followed various commercial pursuits for a livelihood from 1883 until 1888. With a higher education in mind and a professional career to follow. Doctor Allen then entered Olivet College in Michigan, where he was graduated B. A. in 1895. In 1903 he graduated Bachelor of Divinity from the Oberlin Theological Seminary. In 1907 his alma mater Olivet College conferred upon him the degree D. D.

Ordained in the Congregational ministry September 19, 1895, Doctor Allen was pastor at Lansing, Michigan, from that date until 1901, and has since been at the head of the large church in Toledo. He was a trustee of the Ohio Congregational Conference from 1907 to 1914, and during 1910-11 was moderator of the church. He has been corresponding editor of the Congregationalist of Boston since 1910, and contributing editor to The Advance at Chicago since the same year. He is a trustee of Olivet College, having held that post since 1897, Doctor Allen has been a member of the board of trustees of the Federation of Charities, is a trustee of the Toledo

Doctor Allen is a skillful writer of both prose and poetry. It should not be neglected to mention that he is author of "The Toledo Creed," which has been adopted as defining and stating the spirit of the City of Toledo, Ohio.

Elihu Warner Tolerton. During his thirty years of residence in Toledo the late Elihu Warner Tolerton impressed his life and influence on many individuals and institutions outside of his own profession, which was that of the law. He was one of the foremost lawyers of Northwest Ohio, and possessed the character, talents and varied learning which give dignity and value to the legal calling.

His birthplace was Salem, Ohio, and there he was laid to rest. At the time of his death, which occurred at his home, 1704 Jefferson Avenue, in Toledo, August 22, 1905, he was fifty-six years old. He was born May 14, 1849, a son of Hill Tolerton. As a boy he attended country schools, but following the leadings of an active ambition he entered Allegheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated A. B. in 1871. He was also Greek salutatorian and prize essayist in the Philo Franklin Literary Society. Soon after graduation from college he was admitted to the bar at New Lisbon, near Salem, which was then the county seat of Cohimbiana County. Coming to Toledo he opened a law office in the old Anderson Block, but in 1875 moved to the Produce Exchange Building. He was the first tenant of that old landmark in Toledo, and never moved his offices from the structure during the thirty years of his active practice. At the time of his death his office was in room 43.

Mr. Tolerton . was practically without experience in the law when he came to Toledo, but by diligent work and a conscientious devotion to the interests of his clients he built up and acquired a practice such as few of his fellow members of the bar enjoyed. With his increasing prestige as a lawyer, large affairs were entrusted to his charge, and in 1887 he was appointed attorney for the Pennsylvania lines, a position he held until his death. He was also connected with the Manufacturers Railroad after that property had been sold by Alex Backus and W. H. A. Reed, its builders and owners, to Thomas H. Tracy.

At that time the railroad had tracks from Locust to Olive Street and track right to the north citj' line. Mr. Tolerton was foremost in public affairs, and became prominent in commerce, being interested in the establishment of many of the city's best known commercial institutions. At the time of his death he was a director and attorney for the National Bank of Commerce, The Toledo Machine and Tool Company, The Toledo Metal Wheel Company, The Harris Toy Company, and a number of others. It is said that he was probably the most heavily insured man in Toledo. He carried more than $100,000 in various companies. There was that about the late ilr. Tolerton which commended him to the respect and admiration of his fellow men. He took great pleasure in the fraternities of his college and was in full membership of the Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Psi, having been initiated in the former about two years before his death while paying a visit to his old college. This honor was greatly appreciated by him. Mr. Tolerton early united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, apd was long identified with St. Paul's Church at Toledo. The present splendid edifice of that church at the corner of Madison Avenue and Thirteenth Street, was largely due to his wise planning ancl individual generosity. For thirty years he conducted the Men's Bible Class of the church, and many scores of Toledo men attended that class and considered it one of the most important events and occasions of each week. Mr. Tolerton was not a routine teacher. He taught largely by talking rather than asking questions, taking his subject or text from the regi;lar Sunday school lesson. From the wealth of his experience he was able to vitalize the talks, and all who ever attended the class regarded such attendance as a great privilege and recall with pleasure the hours spent there under his instruction. For many years he also served as a member of the board of stewards of St. Paul's Church. After coming to Toledo, on May 4, 1875, ]\Ir. Tolerton married Miss Mary Wilbur, a Toledo girl. Their four children are all living, as follows: Harry H. Tolerton, now in business at San Francisco, California; Lucy, wife of Richard W. Kirkley, formerly an attorney at Toledo but now a resident of Los Angeles, California: May W.. of Pasadena. California; Wilbur D., of Pasadena. Mrs. Tolerton is also now a resident of Pasadena.

Otto Dewey Donnell. Among the young men of Northwest Ohio who within the space of a few short years have attained to positions of prominence in the business world, a number of those best known have found in the oil business the medium through which their success has been gained. This industry, which is one of the leading ones in the life of Northwest Ohio, has constant and pressing need of young men of ability, mechanical knowledge and perseverance, who are willing to give themselves whole-heartedly to the interests of the business, and such a one is found in the person of Otto Dewey Donnell, who, at the age of thirty-three years, is vice president of the Ohio Oil Company, of Pindlay, and one of 4;he most prominent business men of this thriving industrial city. Further, he occupies an acknowledged place in the civic and social life of the city and of recent years has done much to advance its interests.

Mr. Donnell was born at Allentown, Allegany County, New York, September 26, 1883, and is a son of James C. and Sadie (Flinn) Donnell. On his father's side of the family he is of Irish descent, while his mother belongs to the Southern Randolphs, an old Virginia family whose members bear a distinguished position in the history of the South. Mr. Donnell was still a child when brought by his parents to Findlay, and here his early education was secured in the graded and high schools, from the latter of which he was duly graduated. Being of a scientific bent, he was next sent to the Case School of Applied Science, at Cleveland, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1906, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. Returning to Findlay, he entered the employ of the Ohio Oil Company, the largest producers of oil in the Buckeye State, his first position being that of mechanical engineer. Subsequently, he was made manager of constiiiction, and finally was advanced to the office of vice president, the position which he now holds. His father, James C. Donnell, is president of this company, which owns 18,000 wells, of which 12,000 are producing at this time. Mr. Donnell is justly accounted one of the best informed men "in the oil business in Ohio today. His entire career, since leaving school, has been devoted to his present line of work, and he has thoroughly and systematically mastered its many departments, so that he has a practical, working knowledge of every phase of the business of oil production. He is also vice president of the Electric Construction Company, another large Pindlay enterprise, and in business circles is generally regarded a sound, energetic and capable man of affairs, with a keen foresight, sound initiative and a power of resource.

If Mr. Donnell is well known in business circles, he is equally so in civic affairs. Always a friend of the schools and a firm believer in the necessity of thorough mental training, on January 1, 1916, he was elected president of the Findlay Board of Education, for a term of two years. He is also chairman of the building committee of the board, and in this capacity has already supervised the operations on two new graded schools, known as the "Washington and the Lincoln. His work in this connection is of marked benefit to his city. Politically he is an independent republican, but he has not allowed politics to interfere with either his business or his civic affairs, his principal interest in public matters lying in his desire to see good men elected and good measures passed. Fraternally he stands high in Masonry, belonging to the Knights Templar and to Zenobia Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was one of the principal organizers and president of the Findlay Country Club, and is a golf enthusiast who plays an excellent game. Mr. Donnell's religious affiliations is with the First Presbyterian Church, of which he is now acting as a member of the board of trustees.

In 1908 Mr. Donnell was united in marriage with Miss Glenn McClelland, of Pindlay, and to this union there have been bom tliree children: James C. II, John Randolph and Otto Dewey Jr.

Samuel Hildebrand. America is a country noted for its remarkable contra.st in the material fortunes of individuals. There have been so many eases to prove the point that it is not regarded as extraordinary when the poor and humble clerk of today becomes the rich merchant of tomorrow, or the child born in the log cabin becomes a man entrusted with the destinies of a state or nation.

About the beginning of the year 1889 there arrived at Castle Garden, New York, a little party of a dozen Europeans, all French people except one Swi.ss boy, Samuel Hildebrand by name. Samuel Hildebrand was unable to understand or speak a word of English. He brought no capital with him, though he was skilled in the mechanical trade of carpenter.